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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Biden Returning From Israel, Will Address Nation On War Tomorrow Night; Biden Warns Israel Not To Make Mistakes; Biden: Egypt Agreed To Allow 20 Trucks Of Humanitarian Aid to Gaza. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator and U.N. Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths; Interview with Former Jordanian Foreign Minister and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Vice President for Studies Marwan Muasher; Interview with Council on Foreign Relations President Emeritus Richard Haass; Interview with Columbia University Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies and "The Hundred Years' War on Palestine" Author Rashid Khalidi. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Biden Visits Israel After Devastating Blast at Gaza Hospital; Protests Erupt After Deadly Gaza Hospital Blast; Biden Speaks with Reporters Aboard Air Force One; Jordan Loses Second Vote for House Speaker. Aired 4-5p ET
• Aunt Of Israeli Held Hostage By Hamas Speaks Out; Attack Plans Found At Kibbutz Where Residents Fought Off Hamas Militants; IDF Chief Of Staff: War With Hamas "Will Not Be Short"; Interview With The Father And The Best Friend Of The Woman Hamas Kidnapped On A Motorcycle. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Biden to Address Nation On Israel-Hamas War Tomorrow; Biden, U.S. Intel Convinced Israel Not Behind Hospital Strike; Biden Warns Israel, Don't Repeat U.S. Mistakes After 9/11; Muslim Boy Slain By Landlord In Chicago; Still No Speaker Of The House; Suspected Killer Of Natalee Holloway Admits To The Crime. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Pres. Biden Meets With First Responders & Families In Israel; Source: U.S. analyzing Israel Intel On Gaza Hospital Blast; Protests Erupt Near U.S. Embassy In Lebanon. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Protests Erupt in Lebanon; Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) is Interviewed about Israel; House Convenes for Second Vote; Fred Upton is Interviewed about the Speakers Race. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• President Biden Speaks After Meeting With Israeli Leaders. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Israel at War; Hamas to Permit Red Cross Access to Hostages Urged by Biden; Conversation of Two Hamas Members Intercepted by IDF Allegedly Discussing Misfiring Islamic Jihad Rocket Onto Gaza Hospital; Interview with Spokesperson for the Israeli Prime Minister Tal Heinrich; House to Vote on Speaker as Mideast Reels From Hospital Strike. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Did Not Air 11-11:30a ET
• Did Not Air 11:30a-12p ET
• Interview With Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ); U.S. Assesses Israel Not Responsible For Gaza Hospital Blast; Interview With Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY); House Republicans Struggle Again to Elect Speaker. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Right Now: Air Raid Sirens In Tel Aviv; U.S. Embassy In Amman, Jordan, Issues Security Warning; Jordan Loses Second Vote For House Speaker; Former Speaker McCarthy Says Jordan Should Go To Third Ballot; U.S. Currently Assesses Israel "Not Responsible" For Deadly Hospital Blast In Gaza; Ivo Daalder, Former U.S. Ambassador To The U.N., Discusses Biden's Trip To Israel Amid Continuing War With Hamas. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Deadly Explosion Rocks Gaza Hospital: Hundreds Killed; U.S. Backs Israel's Denial of Responsibility in Hospital Blast; Biden Urges Caution in Israel, Recalls Post-9/11 Mistakes; Arab Leaders Cancel Meetings with Biden Amid Regional Outrage; Intelligence Points to Palestinian Rocket in Hospital Tragedy; Biden's Middle East Visit Overshadowed by Hospital Controversy; Tensions Rise as Hezbollah Targets Israeli Military Positions; Humanitarian Aid Corridors Opened, but Regional Meetings Cancelled; U.S. Warns Iran, Sends Additional Military Presence to the Region; Israel Determined to Topple Hamas, Ground Invasion Imminent. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• IDF Chief: War "Will Not Be Short"; Jonathan Conricus, IDF Spokesman, Discusses Israeli-Hamas War; U.S. Currently Assesses Israel "Not Responsible" For Deadly Hospital Blast In Gaza; Spokesman: Jordan To Keep Going Despite Second Loss; Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA) Discusses Jordan's Speakership Battle & Israeli-Hamas War; Hamas Social Media Following Surges On Telegram App. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Demonstrators Call For Ceasefire At Rally On Capitol Hill; U.S. Currently Assesses That Israel Is "Not Responsible" For Deadly Gaza Hospital Blast; UN Declines Comment On Israeli Demand That It Declare Palestinian Terrorist Groups Responsible For Hospital Blast. Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• Protests Across Middle East After Gaza Hospital Blast; Interview With Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL): Jim Jordan To Keep Going Despite Second Loss For Speaker; Hundreds Attend Vigil For 6-Year-Old Boy Killed In Alleged Anti-Muslem Attack. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Protests Erupt After Deadly Gaza Hospital Blast; Hundreds Believed Dead In Gaza Hospital Blast; Israeli Airstrikes Hit Rafah, Khan Yunis Killing Dozens; US President Biden En Route To Israel As War Rages; Israelis Living Near Gaza Border Waiting For Next Move; IDF And Hezbollah Exchange Fire At Israel-Lebanon Border. DF Says It Has Proof It's Not Behind Hospital Blast; Emergency Responder Recalls Horrors of Hamas Attacks; Second Vote Scheduled to Choose House Speaker; Israeli Hospital Operating Out of Underground Parking Deck. Aired 12-1a ET
• Hundreds Believed Dead In Gaza Hospital Blast; Protests Erupt After Deadly Gaza Hospital Blast; Israel's Hunt For Hamas Terror Group Leader Yahya Sinwar; Protests Erupt after Deadly Gaza Hospital Blast; Jordan Scrambles after 20 Republicans Voted Against Him; Israeli Hospital Operating Out of Underground Parking Deck. Aired 1-2a ET
• Biden Heading To Israel After Gaza Hospital Blast; Growing Concern Over Likely Israeli Ground Incursion; Jordan Scrambles After 20 Republicans Voted Against Him; Putin & Xi Meet For Bilateral Talks On Summit Sidelines; Hamas' Social Media Following Surges After Attacks; Gaza Officials Blame Israel For Hospital Blast: Israeli Military Says It Was Islamic Jihad Rocket; Israel Airstrikes Hit Rafah, Khan Younis Killing Dozens; Tensions Mount At Israel-Lebanon Border; Israel Hunts For Leader Of Hamas In Gaza. Aired 2-3a ET
• CNN's Continuing Coverage on the War in Israel and the Arrival of U.S. President Joe Biden in Tel Aviv. Aired 3-4a ET
• CNN International: U.S. President Biden Arrives in Israel; Hundreds Believed Dead in Gaza Hospital Blast; Biden Arrives in Israel After Gaza Hospital Blast. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN International: Biden Arrives in Israel After Gaza Hospital Blast; Hundreds Believed Dead in Gaza Hospital Blast; Biden and Netanyahu Meeting in Tel Aviv. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Did Not Air 8-8:30a ET


CNN This Morning
• Biden in Israel after Deadly Gaza Hospital Blast. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Biden in Israel; White House Downplays Trip; Biden Comments on Explosion; Mustafa Barghouti is Interviewed about the Explosion; Biden to Deliver Remarks in Israel; Biden and Netanyahu Give Remarks. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• President Biden Meets With Israeli War Cabinet; Biden in Israel After Deadly Gaza Hospital Blast. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Biden In Israel After Deadly Hospital Blast Roils Region; Video Geolocated By CNN Shows Moment Of Deadly Gaza Hospital Blast; Today: Jim Jordan Faces Second Round Of Voting For Speaker. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Arab Leaders Cancel Meetings with President Biden as He Flies to Israel to Meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Israel Claims Explosion that Destroyed Hospital in Gaza Caused by Rocket Misfire from Palestinian Militants; U.S. Solidarity; At Least 17 Journalists Killed in Gaza Fighting. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Protests Erupe in West Bank; Jordan Falls Short in Vote; Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY) is Interviewed about the Speaker Race. Aired 8:30- 9a ET


Connect the World
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• Did Not Air 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Video Appears To Show Rocket Explode Moments Before Hospital Blast; Expert: Gaza's Underground Tunnels Large And "Sophisticated"; Putin And China's Xi Refuse To Condemn Hamas After Attack. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Biden Arrives in Israel After Gaza Hospital Blast; Israel: Evidence Shows Islamic Jihad Rocket Caused Hospital Blast, Gaza Officials Blame Israeli Airstrike; Protests Erupt After Deadly Gaza Hospital Blast. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Anger Erupts Across Middle East Over Gaza Hospital Blast As Biden Arrives In Israel; Biden To Speak With Abbas and El-Sisi On Flight Home From Israel; Today: Jim Jordan Faces Second Round Of Voting For Speaker. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Did Not Air 12-12:30p ET
• Did Not Air 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Republican Jim Jordan Loses Second Vote To Become Speaker; After Blast Kills Hundreds At Gaza Hospital, Israel And Hamas Trade Blame As Rage Spreads In The Region; Jordan Cancels Summit With Biden. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Biden To Give Formal Oval Office Address About Wars In Israel And Ukraine; Government Assessment: Israel Is Not Responsible For Deadly Hospital Blast In Gaza; Law Enforcement Watching For Potential Threats In Wake of Israel-Hamas War; Young Boy Stabbed To Death In An Alleged Anti-Muslim Hate Crime; Laura Coates Speaks With A Rabbi And An Imam. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• CNN Continues Its Breaking News Coverage On Israel At War; Capitol Hill Members Of The House Vote On A New Speaker For The Second Time This Week. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Biden Warns Israel Not To Be Consumed By Rage; Jordanian Foreign Minister: We Need To End This War; IDF: Islamic Jihad Behind Hospital Blast Is A Failed Rocket Launch; Republican Jim Jordan Loses Support In Second Vote; Humanitarian Crisis Grows After Gaza Hospital Blast; Protests Across Islamic World After Gaza Hospital Blast. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• U.S. Currently Assesses Israel Not Responsible For Gaza Hospital Blast; Republicans Struggle To Choose House Speaker; President Biden In Israel. Aired 10:55-11:30a ET
• U.S. Currently Assesses Israel "Not Responsible" For Hospital Blast; Soon: House To Take Second Speaker Vote; Right Now: Nominating Speeches For Second Speaker Vote. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Right Now: Nominating Speeches For Second Speaker Vote; Second Vote For House Speaker Underway; Jordan Does Not Appear To Have Votes For Speaker. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Jordan Does Not Appear to Have Votes for Speaker. Aired 12:30- 1p ET


The Situation Room
• New Details On U.S. Assessment Israel Not Responsible For Hospital Blast; Protests, Soaring Tensions In Mideast Amid Anger Over Hospital Deaths; Biden Returning From Israel, Will Address Nation On War Tomorrow Night; Wartime Tensions Soar In Mideast After Deadly Gaza Hospital Blast; Hamas Turns To Social Media For Propaganda War. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Biden To Protesters: I Have Faith In Pentagon, U.S. Intel, On Gaza Hospital Blast Assessment; Biden Met With Hamas Attack Survivors, First Responders; Multiple Jordan Detractors Receiving Angry Phone Calls. Aired 9-10p ET


CNN 10
• Update on The Israel-Hamas War; A Mars Express Satellite Captures Amazing Video Imaging of "Labyrinth of Night"; Whale of a Tale. Aired 4- 4:10a ET


State of the Race with Kasie Hunt
• Biden to Israel after Deadly Hospital Blast Rolls Region; Protest Erupt Near U.S. Embassy in Lebanon; Biden to Israel: While you feel Rage, Don't be Consumed by it; Rep. Jordan Tells Republicans they have a Choice Elect him or Stand in the Way, Empower McHenry; U.S. House Convenes for Second Vote on New Speaker. Aired 11a-12p ET