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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Former VP Pence Testifies For More Than Five Hours To Federal Grand Jury Investigating Trump, January 6; Federal Prosecutors Say Pentagon Leak Suspect Has History Of Making Violent Threats And Possessed Arsenal Of Weapons; Signs Ukraine's Counteroffensive Against Russia May Be Underway; Trump Rape Accuser E. Jean Carroll Testifies Again At Civil Trial; Manhunt Continues For Two Mississippi Inmates After One Is Captured And Another Is Confirmed Dead; Public Defender Alleges Former San Francisco Official Attacked Homeless Man With Bear Spray Prior To Metal Pipe Attack; CNN Kfile: Trump Previously Backed Policies On Social Security For Which He's Now Attacking DeSantis, Calling The Program A "Ponzi Scheme". Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With "The Wall Street Journal's" Editor-In-Chief Emma Tucker; Interview With Daughter Of Rached Ghannouchi And Founder Of Tunisia's Ennahda Party Yusra Ghannouchi; Interview With The Washington Post Business Reporter Jacob Bogage. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Judge Leaves Pentagon Docs Leak Suspect In Jail While He Debates Pre-Trail Release; Family Of Americans Stuck In Sudan Frustrated With U.S. Government Response; WNBA Star Brittney Griner Speaks At First Public Event Since Imprisonment In Russia; Texas Woman Tells Senators She Nearly Died After Being Denied An Abortion; Trump Lawyer Cross-Examines E. Jean Carroll Over Assault Accusation. Aired 4-5p ET
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET


CNN News Central
• Pentagon Leak Suspect in Court Today; U.S. Economy Grew in Q1; House Passes Debt Limit Bill; Pope Francis Allows Women to Vote. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Americans Stuck In Sudan; Trump Loses Appeal To Block Pence; Jessica Roth Is Interviewed About The Trump Civil Trial; DeSantis Blasts Disney; Giant Panda Returns To China. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• House GOP Passes Debt Limit Bill, Hopes to Force Biden to Negotiate; Now, Husband of Accused of Murdering Wife to Appear in Court; Hunter Biden Lawyers Meet with Justice Department. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Top Generals From U.S. And Ukraine Meet As Russia Intensifies Its Attacks; Ukraine: New, Deadly Barrage Of 80-Plus Russian Attacks Overnight; Russia's War On Ukraine; Uvalde, Texas Shooting Response, DOJ Examined 13,000 Pieces Of Evidence; More Than 170 Colleges Offered Admission To A High School Senior; Interview With 16-Year-Old Senior At International High School Of New Orleans Dennis Barnes; Tirzepatide, an Injectable Drug from Eli Lilly, Can Treat Obesity. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Pentagon Info Leaker Presents "Ongoing Risk To National Security"; Tucker Carlson Breaks Silence; South Korean President's U.S. Visit; Louisville Bank Shooter's Parents Apologize; Talk Show Pioneer Jerry Springer Dies. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Missouri Judge Temporarily Blocks Limits On Gender-Affirming Care; Pro-Netanyahu Demonstrators Gathering At Israeli Parliament; Round One Of NFL Draft Kicks Off Tonight. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Loses Appeal to Block Pence Testimony; Trump Accuser Testifies; Interview With Former National Intelligence Director James Clapper; Economy Slowing; Pentagon Leak Suspect in Court. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Griner Gets Emotional At First News Conference Since Release From Russia; Griner: I'll "Never Go Overseas Again" Unless To Play In Olympics; S. Korean President: Alliance With U.S. Is Stronger Than Ever; S. Korean President Wows With "American Pie" Performance; One Escaped Inmate Found Dead, 3 Others Still Missing; Eli Lilly: Injectable Drug Tirzepatide Can Treat Obesity. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Soon: Suspect In Court As Prosecutors Call Him A Flight Risk; Blinken: U.S. Working On "Sustained Process" For Evacuation; Parents Of Louisville Mass Killer: "We Are So Sorry." Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Biden Administration Braces For A Migrant Surge; Brian Walshe Pleads Not Guilty In Disappearance And Apparent Death Of Wife; Record Snow Melt Sparks Flood Concerns Along Mississippi River; Large Storm Brings Golf-Ball-Sized Hail To Florida, Texas; How A Giant Panda Turbocharged Chinese-U.S. Tensions. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Judge: No Immediate Ruling On Whether Suspect Stays In Jail; Griner Gets Emotional At First News Conference Since Release From Russia; Republicans Move To Restrict Gender Affirming Care In Multiple States; Medical Associations: Gender-Affirming Care Is Clinically Appropriate. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• One Escaped Inmate Captured, 2 Others Still Missing; Accuser Admits Parts Of This Story Are Difficult To Conceive Of; Trump Suggests He May Skip GOP Primary Debates; U.S. Slaps New Sanctions On Russia For Detaining Americans; Five-Year-Old With Rare Disorder Awaits Life-Saving Treatment. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Hospitals In Sudan Struggle To Keep Up As Casualties Mount; President Joe Biden And President Yoon Suk-yeol Announce Agreement To Deter North Korea; RSF Denies Seizing National Laboratory In Khartoum; Xi Jinping And Volodymyr Zelenskyy Speak For The First Time Since Invasion; Vladimir Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Charged With Extremism And Terrorism; E. Jean Carroll Testifies in Civil Lawsuit Against Trump; Panda Caught Up in U.S.-China Tensions. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Hundreds Of Thousands Flee Sudan As Situation Deteriorates; Biden And Yoon Sign Pact To Deter North Korea Nukes; Disney Sues Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. E. Jean Carroll Testifies In Civil Lawsuit Against Trump; Disney Files Suit Against DeSantis, Claiming "Retaliation"; Missouri Judge Temporarily Blocks Limits On Gender- Affirming Care For Trans People; Saving One Of The World's Most Trafficked Birds; "Ya Ya" Gets Caught Up In U.S.-China Tensions. Aired 1-2a ET
• Republicans Narrowly Pass Bill To Raise Debt Limit; E. Jean Carroll Testifies In Civil Lawsuit Against Trump; Head Of Army Willing To Extend Ceasefire By 72 Hours; Xi And Zelenskyy Speak For First Time Since Invasion; Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Speaking At Event In Israel; YaYa Gets Caught Up In U.S.-China Tensions. Aired 2-3a ET
• Republican-controlled Congress passed the Debt Ceiling Bill, but it may not Pass Through the Senate yet; Sudanese Army Head Willing to Extend the Ceasefire for Another 72-hours; U.S. and South Korean Presidents have Strengthened their alliance to deter North Korea. Aired 3-4a ET
• CNN International: Republicans Narrowly Pass Bill to Raise Debt Limit; Biden and Yoon Announce Agreement to Deter North Korea; Disney Files Suit Against DeSantis, Claiming Retaliation; E. Jean Carroll Testifies in Civil Lawsuit Against Trump. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN International: Hospitals in Sudan Struggle to Keep Up as Casualties Mount; Xi and Zelenskyy Speak for First Time Since Invasion; Ya Ya Lands in China After Flight from U.S. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Ukraine: Russian Strikes in Mykolaiv Targeted Civilians; Humanitarian Situation Worsens as Food & Water Run Out; South Korean President to Address U.S. Congress in a Few Hours; What's Happening between Disney and DeSantis; Chinese Media: Panda "Ya-Ya" Arrives in Shanghai from U.S. Aired 8-8:30a ET


CNN This Morning
• Tucker Carlson Breaks Silence after Being Fired by FOX; DeSantis Calls Disney Lawsuit 'Political'; Columnist Testifies Trump Raped Her in NYC Store Dressing Room; McCarthy's Debt Limit Bill Passes House with Narrow Margin. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Today, Suspect in Court as Prosecutors Call Him a Flight Risk; Tucker Carlson Breaks Silence After Being Fired from Fox News; Rep. Kevin McCarthy's Debt Limit Bill Passes House, But Dead on Arrival in Senate. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• McCarthy's Debt Limit Bill Passes House; Biden Addresses Age Issue; Dr. Nadia Ahmad is Interviewed about Tirzepatide; Heat Eliminate Bucks in Playoffs. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Oklahoma Death Row Inmate Richard Glossip Denied Clemency; Americans Stuck In Sudan Express Anger At U.S. Government; Eli Lilly: Drug To Treat Diabetes Also Helped Patients Lose Weight. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Jailed Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Says He Faces New Terrorism Charges; ISIS-K Leader Behind 2021 Kabul Airport Bombing Killed By Taliban; Actor, Singer, Activist Harry Belafonte Dead At 96. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Zooey Zephyr is Interviewed about Being Silenced in Montana; U.S. Economy Grew in Q1; 88th NFL Draft Kicks Off Tonight; Rainn Wilson is Interviewed about his New Book. Aired 8:30-9a ET


CNN Tonight
• San Francisco D.A. Says Former City Official Beaten With Pipe By Homeless Man, Public Defender Alleges Ex-Official Bear Sprayed Homeless Man First; Republicans Hammer Teachers Union Head Over CDC Guidance And COVID Classroom Closures; What Have We Learned From Pandemic School Closures?; Mike Pence Testifies Before A Grand Jury; Umpire Strikes Back; Spielberg Says Old Works Should Not Be Revised. Aired 10-11p ET
• Pence Testifies Before Grand Jury; Carolyn Bryant Donham Dies At 88; Fed Chair Pranked Into Chat; Owning A Home Is Out Of Reach For Americans; Barack Obama Hosts "Working: What We Do All Day" Docuseries; "CNN Tonight" Presents "On The Lookout." Aired 11p-12a ET


Connect the World
• Evacuations Continue in Sudan amid Growing Humanitarian Crisis; Satellite Images Suggest Russia Is Moving Armored Units; U.S.-China Panda Diplomacy; Turkiye's Erdogan Appears after Concerns about His Health; Disney-DeSantis Feud; U.K. King and Queen Get the Tussaud Treatment. Aired 10-11a ET
• South Korean President To Address U.S. Congress; Yoon: Alliance With U.S. Has Ensured Our Safety And Security; Yoon Suk Yeol Marks 70th Anniversary Of Alliance Between Washington And Seoul; Yoon: North Korea's "Obsession" With Nuclear Weapons Throwing Its Population Into Poverty; South Korean President Addressing U.S. Congress. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Report: Leaked Docs Reveal Putin Scrambling To Enlist More Troops; Prosecutors: Suspect In Docs Leak Wanted To Kill A "Ton Of People"; Pence Testifies For 5+ Hours Before Grand Jury In Jan. 6 Probe; DeSantis Blasts Disney Lawsuit As "Political" During Overseas Trip; New Revelations About Tucker Carlson's Pattern Of Sexist Comments; Brittney Griner Speaks Out On Surviving Russian Imprisonment; Giant Panda Ya Ya Back In China As Scientists' Push Back On Allegations U.S. Mistreated Her. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• House GOP Passes Debt Limit Bill Hoping to Force Biden to Table; Disney Sues DeSantis After Board Votes to Seize Control Back; President Yoon to Address Congress, Meet VP, Secretaries of State and Defense; Columnist Testifies in Battery & Defamation Case Against Trump. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Xi And Zelenskyy Speak For First Time Since Russia's Invasion; Doctors In Sudan Struggle To Treat The Wounded As Supplies Run Out; House Passes Republican Bill To Raise Debt Limit. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Strong Q1 Results from Facebook's Parent Company; Hospitals Struggle to Keep up as Casualties Mount; Citroen Launches New Model in S.E. Asia, S. America, India; Taiwan Losing Supporters in Latin America; Beijing Broadens Law in Worrying Move for Businesses; South Korean President to Address U.S. Congress. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Report: U.S. Economy Grew At 1.1 Percent Over First Quarter; McCarthy Pressures WH To Negotiate After Passing Debt Limit; Debt Ceiling Fight Threatens To Push U.S. Into Financial Run; Biden, South Korean President Celebrate 70-Year Alliance; Now: Cross Examination Of E. Jean Carroll In Trump Trial; Trump Loses Appeal To Block Pence Testimony In 1/6 Probe; Hunter Biden's Lawyers Met With Justice Dept Officials; Trump's First TV Ad Mocks DeSantis; DeSantis: Disney Lawsuit Is "Political". Aired 12-12:30p ET
• DeSantis: Disney Lawsuit Is "Political"; Biden: Took "Hard Look" At Age Before Deciding To Run; Haley: Biden "Likely" Won't Make It To End Of Second Term; Brittney Griner Speaks 5 Months After Release From Russia; MT GOP Bans Transgender Lawmaker From House Floor; Voters' Level Of Education Could Predict Close Races For President, Senate, House; WH Braces For Migrant Surge As Title 42 Expires May 11th; Jerry Springer Dies At 79 After Battle With Cancer. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Shaky Ceasefire Deal In Sudan Set To Expire Within Hours; U.S. Airman Accused Of Leaking Classified Pentagon Documents Appears In Court; Jerry Springer Dies At Age 79; Evacuations Continue In Sudan Amid Growing Humanitarian Crisis; Montana House Votes To Ban Trans Lawmaker; Girl To Get Lifesaving Treatment For Rare Immune Disease; Talk Show Pioneer Jerry Springer Dies. Aired 2-3p ET


Quest Means Business
• GDP Growth Slows To 1.1 Percent In First Quarter; Meta Stock Surges After Revenue Returns To Growth; South Korean President Addresses US Congress; Evacuations Continue In Sudan Amid Growing Humanitarian Crisis; Brittney Griner Says She Won't Go Overseas Again Except For Olympics; Call To Earth; Car Companies Experiment With Monthly Fees; Talk Show Pioneer Jerry Springer Dies. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• Pence Testifies In DOJ's January 6th Probe; White House Denies Biden Got Reporter's Question In Advance; Trump Accuser: "Certain Parts Of This Story Are Difficult To Conceive." Aired 9-10p ET


The Situation Room
• Judge Holds Off Ruling On Whether Leak Suspect Stays In Jail; Sources: Pence Appears Before Federal Grand Jury Probing Jan. 6; E. Jean Carroll Cross-Examined After Testifying "Trump Raped Me"; CNN Near Front Lines As Ukrainian Counteroffensive Looms. Aired 5-6p ET
• Sources Say, Pence Appears Before Grand Jury Probing Trump And Jan. 6; Leak Suspect In Jail As Judge Debates Pre-Trial Release; Brittney Griner Emotional As She Speaks Out About Russian Detainment; Americans Stuck In Sudan Vent Frustration With U.S. Government; Remembering Jerry Springer. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Meeting Between President Joe Biden And South Korea`s President Yoon Suk Yeol; A Look At Panda Diplomacy. Aired 4-4:10a ET