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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Jury Seated in Historic Trump Hush Money Criminal Trial; Tension Inside House GOP Exposed On House Floor As Republicans Divided On Foreign Aid Votes, Procedure To Oust Speaker; More Than A Dozen Members Of Kennedy Clan Endorse Biden. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Czech President Petr Pavel; Interview with "New Cold Wars" Author and The New York Times White House and National Security Correspondent David Sanger; Interview with "Fire Shut Up in My Bones" Composer Terence Blanchard. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• New Jurors Could Be Seated Soon; Two New Jurors Selected, Total Now Back To Seven; Speaker Mike Johnson Will Not Change Motion To Vacate; Twelve Jurors Now Seated For Donald Trump Trial. Aired 4-5p ET
• Seven Men, Five Women Selected For Trump Jury; Trump Jury & One Alternative Selected, More Alternative Needed; Former VP Pence: Putin Will Attack NATO Country If Ukraine Loses. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Iranian News Agency Reports, Explosion Heard in Iran; Iran Says Flights to Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz are Suspended; Israel Strikes Back At Iran. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) Moves Ahead With Foreign Aid Plan Despite Threats to Oust Him; 911 Services Mostly Restored After Outages in Four States; Biden to Appear With Kennedy Family, Receive Their Endorsement. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Bryan Kohberger's Legal Team Files Alibi Defense; DOJ Nears Settlement With Nassar Sexual Assault Survivors; Prince Williams Returns To Work After Kate's Cancer Revelation. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Former President Trump to Attend New York City Courtroom for Third Day of Jury Selection in Criminal Trial Involving Falsification of Business Records; House Speaker Mike Johnson Possibly Risking His Speakership by Brining Ukraine Aid Package to Vote on House Floor; 911 Services Mostly Restored After Outages in Four States; Biden to Appear with Kennedy Family, Receive Their Endorsement; Biden's Support Among College Students Hinges on Gaza Policy. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trump Media Stock Rebounds; Johnson Moves Ahead with Foreign Aid; Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) is Interviewed about Foreign Aid; FBI on Alert for Threats to Jewish Community; Arizona Keeps Abortion Ban Repeal in Play; Arrests Made in Toronto Heist. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Soon: Jury Selection Resumes In Trump Hush Money Trial; Trump Arrives At Courthouse For Day 3 Of Hush Money Trial; Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, (R-FL), Is Interviewed About Foreign Aid, Mike Johnson; Johnson Moves Ahead With Foreign Aid Plan Despite Threats To Oust Him. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Biden to Appear with Kennedy Family; FCC Investigates 911 Outages; Juror Excused from Trump Trial; Prosecutors Push Back Against Juror. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump on Trial; Two Jurors in Trump's Hush Money Trial Removed; Jury Selection Underway; Trump Violated Gag Order 7 More Times; Interview with Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL). Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) Discusses GOP Urging Johnson To Change Rules On Vacating Speakership & Johnson Advancing Foreign Aid Plan; Kennedy Family Endorses Biden, Rejects RFK Jr's Run; Biden Speaks After Endorsement From Kennedy Family; Countdown To Midnight Release of Taylor Swift's 11th Album. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Jury Selection Challenges in Trump Hush Money Trial; Endorsement for President Biden by the Kennedy Family; Speaker Mike Johnson's Leadership Test Over Foreign Aid; Columbia University Protest Leads to Arrests; Debate over Immigration and Foreign Aid in Congress; Potential Changes to House Rules Regarding Speaker Removal. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) Discusses Johnson Defying Ouster Threat, Advancing Foreign Aid Plan; 2 Seated Jurors Excused On Day 3 of Trump Trial Jury Selection; Pro-Palestinian Protesters Arrested At Columbia University; Mortgage Rates Jump Above 7 Percent, Highest Since November. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• 2 Seated Jurors Excused on Day 3 of Trump Trial Jury Selection; NYPD Dispersing Protests at Columbia University; Republicans Divided Over Making Process of Ousting House Speaker More Difficult; Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) Discusses About Leadership Standing of Speaker Mike Johnson. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Jury Selection; Israel-Hamas War; Mount Ruang Eruption; Cashing In. Aired 3:30-4 ET


CNN Newsroom
• Iran Warns Israel Any Attack Will Be Dealt with Fiercely; Security Council to Vote on Palestinian U.N. Membership; U.S. House Set to Vote on Ukraine Aid Bill Saturday; Third Night of Protests Amid Reading of Controversial Bill; Sudan Near Collapse and Starvation After Year of Conflict. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Israel-Iran Tensions; Israel-Hamas War; Boeing Under Fire in Senate Hearing; UNRWA: Man-Made Famine Tightening Its Grip Across Gaza; At Least 14 Killed in Strike on Gaza Refugee Camp; Afghanistan & Pakistan Enduring Deadly Rains & Flooding; Russians Suspected of Hacking Water System in Texas Town. Aired 1-2a ET
• Netanyahu Under Pressure Amid Iran Attack And War In Gaza; Israel-Iran Tensions Raise Fears Of Wider Conflict In Region; Israeli War Cabinet Divided On Response To Iran Strikes; Zelenskyy Pleads For Air Defenses As Russia Strikes Chernihiv; Afghanistan And Pakistan Enduring Deadly Rains And Flooding; Foreign Ministers Meet in Capri, Italy to Discuss Middle East, Ukraine, and Possible Sanctions Against Iran; Trump and Polish President Discuss NATO Spending, Ukraine; Third Night of Protests in Georgia Amid Reading of Controversial Bill; Bangladeshi Show "SS Food Challenge" Tries to Reduce Hunger; North Korea Unveils New Song in Honor of Kim Jong Un. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• G7 Leaders to tackle Middle East Conflicts; Sudan May Collapse as Starvation and Famine is Now Experiencing, Just Two Years Into The War; Extreme Weather Felt in UAE and Neighboring Countries; Boeing Whistleblowers Testify Before a Senate Committee Hearing; Raptors Player Slaps Ban for Life by the NBA for Sports Betting. Aired 3-4a ET
• CNN International: Foreign Ministers To Discuss Middle East, Ukraine; Afghanistan & Pakistan Enduring Deadly Rains & Flooding; U.S. House Set to Vote On Ukraine Aid Bill Saturday; Polish President Meets With Donald Trump. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN International: Foreign Ministers To Discuss Middle East, Ukraine; Afghanistan & Pakistan Enduring Deadly Rains & Flooding; U.S. House Set to Vote On Ukraine Aid Bill Saturday; Polish President Meets With Donald Trump. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: G7 Leaders Gather In Capri; EU Council Meeting In Brussels; Qatar To Conduct "Comprehensive Evaluation" Of Its Mediation Role; Jordan Hospital: Eight Members Of A Family Killed In Rafah Airstrike. Aired 8-9a ET
• CNN International: Court Resumes In Trump Hush Money Trial; Judge Excuses One Juror In Trump Hush Money Trial; EU's Top Diplomat: We Are On The Edge Of War In Middle East. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Impaneled Juror Excused After Saying Aspects of Her Identity Revealed; Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) Advances Foreign Aid Plan, Defying Ouster Threats; Blinken Urges Lawmakers to Pass Ukraine Aid BIll. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Democratic Support for Speaker Johnson's Retention in the House is Split; Interview with Armed Services Committee Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA); Johnson Ignores Calls for Removal and Continues with International Aid Initiative; U.S. and Allies Meet Amid Rising Tensions Between Israel, Iran; After a Trump Juror was Dismissed, Jury Selection Resumes. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Deadly Israeli Strikes Continue in Gaza; Interview With Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY); Trump Juror Excused. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• U.S. Slaps New Sanctions On Iran After Attack On Israel; Today: Kennedy Family Members To Endorse Biden Over RFK Jr.; Now: Court In Recess, Jury Selection Resumes Soon. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Jury Selection Back Underway; Two Seated Jurors Excused; The Israel-Hamas War is Taking on the Most Vulnerable; More Than 13,000 Children Killed in Gaza; Food Aid Reaches Gaza; Trump Recently Met with Foreign Leaders. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN This Morning
• Today: Day 3 Of Jury Selection In Hush Money Trial; G7 Foreign Ministers Meet In Italy On Middle East Tensions, Ukraine; Prince William Resumes Duties After Kate's Cancer Announcement. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Johnson Defies Ouster Threats, Advances Foreign Aid Plan; Senate Dismisses Articles Of Impeachment Against Mayorkas; Students And Younger Voters Protest Biden's Handling Of Gaza. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Day 3 of Jury Selection Today in Hush-Money Trial; Senate Dismisses Articles of Impeachment Against Mayorkas. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Day Three of Trump's Hush Money Trial; Biden Pushes Economic Message; Jane Harman is Interviewed about Israel; Kennedy Family Endorse Biden. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Qatar Reevaluating Role as Mediator in Ceasefire Talks; UAE Trying to Dry Out from Heaviest Rainfall in 75 Years; Day 3 of Jury Selection in Hush Money Trial; Foreign Leaders Meeting with Trump ahead of election. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Court Resumes in Trump Hush Money Trial; Getting Aid into Gaza; Qatar Reevaluating Role as Mediator in Cease-Fire Talks; Hush Money Trial Judge Excuses One Juror; UAE Trying to Dry Out after Heaviest Rainfall in 75 Years. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Fully Jury Chosen In Trump's Criminal Trial: 7 Men, 5 Women; Iran Makes Nuclear Threat As Israel Vows Retaliation; Live Interview with Iran's Foreign Minister. Aired 7-8p ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Trump Criminal Trial; Trump Trial Jury Selected; More Alternates Needed for Trump Trial; Two Jurors Dismissed; Gaza Damaged for Decades to Come; Middle East Crisis; Iran Warns of "Decisive Response"; Speaker Johnson Facing New Threats. Aired 6-7p ET


Inside Politics
• Day 3 Of Jury Selection In Trump Hush Money Case; Six Jurors Remain After One Is Excused; 12 More Needed; Prosecutors Say Trump Is Still Violating Gag Order; Five Jurors Remain After Two Are Excused; 13 More Needed; Trump Wants A Cut If GOP Candidates Use His Name To Raise Money. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Johnson Risks Speakership With Aid Plan For Ukraine And Israel; Judge Dismisses Another Juror Who Had Been Selected; Five Jurors Remain After Two Who Had Been Selected Are Excused; RFK Jr. Officially Qualifies For Michigan Ballot; Biden Campaigning Today In Philadelphia With RFK Jr.'s Siblings. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Second Juror Excused in Trump Hush Money Trial; Fears of Regional Conflict in the Middle East in Focus at G7 Meeting and United Nations; Russia's War on Ukraine; Russia's Airstrike Claimed 18 Lives and Injured 78 People in Northern Ukraine; Bills Brought to House Floor by Speaker Johnson. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Israel Attacked Iran. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial In New York Suffers A Setback On Day Three; Torrential Rain Hits Dubai; A Gaza Civil Defense Official Says That Hundreds Were Killed And Apartment Blocks Reduced To Rubble; Taylor Swift's New Album Drops At Midnight, U.S. Eastern Time. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Two Seated Jurors Dismissed from Trump Hush Money Case; IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings; Biden Considers Tripling Tariffs on Chinese Steel. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• 12 Trump Jurors and 1 Alternative Now Seated; Prosecutors Refuse to Share Witness List With Trump Team, Cite Previous Social Media Posts; Trump Complains He Can't Campaign Jury Selected As Biden Hits The Trail In Pennsylvania With Kennedy Family. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Seven Men, Five Women Chosen To Decide Trump's Fate; Kerry Kennedy Dismisses Brother, "It's Either Trump Or Biden" In 2024; Iranian News Agency: Explosion Heard In Iran. Aired 9-10p ET


CNN 10
• A gold Medal for Breakdancing?; A Year`s Worth of Rain Plunges Normally Dry Dubai Underwater. Aired 4-4:10a ET