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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Judge Finds Trump In Contempt For Violating Gag Order; Fined $9,000; Former Attorney For Stormy Daniels And Karen McDougal Takes The Stand At Trump's Historic Hush Money Criminal Trial; Situation Tense At New York's Columbia University; Hundreds Of NYPD Strategic Response Officers Outside Columbia. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Palestinian Observer to the United Nations Riyad Mansour; Interview with "Rebellion" Author Robert Kagan; Interview with The Lincoln Project Senior Adviser and "It Was All a Lie" Author Stuart Stevens. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Judge Fines Trump $9K For Violating Gag Order Nine Times; Ex- Attorney For Stormy Daniels & Karen McDougal Testifies; Trump Rails Against Gag Order And Hush Money Trial. Aired 4-5p ET
• Donald Trump Reveals Plans For Second Term; Columbia: Students Occupying Campus Building Face Expulsion; Sources: Biden Admin To Reclassify Marijuana As Lower-Risk Drug; Sheryl Sandberg Exposes How Hamas Used Sexual Violence In War. Aired 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• NYPD On Columbia University Campus, Telling Protesters To Disperse; NYPD Enters Columbia, Students Told To Shelter In Place; NYPD Begins Arresting Protesters As Officers Enter Campus; CNN Follows Latest Developments On Columbia University Protests. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Protesters Breach Columbia Building, Barricade Themselves Inside; Soon, Trump Heads to Court for Week 3 of His New York Criminal Trial; Today, Federal Reserve Meets to Weigh Interest Rates. Aired 7- 7:30a ET
• Students Facing Suspension, Expulsion, Arrest Over Campus Protests; King Charles Resumes Royal Duties After Cancer Diagnosis; 4 Officers Killed While Serving Warrant At A North Carolina Home. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Arizona Republicans Elect Controversial Figures to Republican National Committee; Jewish Student Participating in Pro-Palestinian Protests on Columbia University Campus Interviewed on Goals of Movement and Recent Occupation of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University by Student Protesters; Trump Hush Money Criminal Trial Resumes in New York; Four Officers Killed While Serving Warrant. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Four Officers Killed While Serving a Warrant; Biden's Approval Rating Dips; CNN Speaks to Haitian Gang Leader. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Protests at Columbia; Trump Trial Resumes in New York; Fed Meets on Interest Rates; Trump's Angry with Lawyers. Aired 9-9:30a ET
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CNN Newsroom
• Universities Crack Down on Pro-Palestinian Protests; Hamas Weighing Ceasefire and Hostage Release Proposal; Russia Advances in East Ukraine Amid Delay of Western Aid; Dozens Killed After Dam Burst in Kenya; At Least 71 Killed, Dozens Injured after Dam Burst; CNN Speaks with Haitian Gang Leader Wanted by FBI. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Pro-Palestinian Protests Spreading To Campuses Across U.S.; Sources: Hamas Weighing Ceasefire & Hostage Release Proposal; At Least 71 Killed, Dozens Injured In Latest Flooding Incident; Zelenskyy Urges Allies to Speed Up Military Aid Delivery; Exclusive Interview with Haitian Gang Leader; Paris Pushes for More Social Housing to Keep Costs Down. Aired 1-2a ET
• Gaza Ceasefire Talks Pick Up Steam; Source: Hamas Weighing Ceasefire And Hostage Release Proposal; Columbia University Suspends Students After Talks Fail; Police Clear Pro-Palestinian Protesters at Sorbonne University; Iranian Students Support U.S. University Protesters; Protesters Take Over a Main Building at Columbia University. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Hamas Considering a Ceasefire Hostage Release Deal to Avert Ground incursion in Rafah; CNN Speaks to a Haitian Gang Leader Who is Now Under FBI's Most Wanted List; Pro-Palestinian Protesters Stormed Columbia University's Main Building; 71 Killed, More than 100 Injured in Flash Floods along Kenya's Capital; CNN Goes Behind the Scenes at the Largest Chinese Car Show. Aired 3-4a ET
• CNN International: Police and Universities Crack Down on Escalating Protests; Hamas Weighing Ceasefire and Hostage Release Proposal; At Least 71 Killed, Dozens Injured in Latest Flooding Incident in Kenya; Hush Money Case Against Former President Trump Resumes Today. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN International: Speaker Mike Johnson Under Threat From How Own Party; Russia Advances in East Ukraine Amid Delay of Western Aid; Paris Pushes for More Social Housing to Keep Costs Down; South Dakota Governor Trolled for Shooting, Killer Dog. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Columbia Campus Protest Escalates; Protesters Barricade Themselves in Columbia University Building; Arrests Made at U.s. Universities, Including UT Austin & Tulane University; Blinken Arrives in Jordan Ahead of Trip to Israel; Egypt is Proposing a One-year Ceasefire, Release of All Hostages; Hamas Weighing Ceasefire & Hostage Release Proposal; Hush Money Trial Resumes With Banker Gary Farro's Testimony; at Least 71 Killed, Dozens Injured in Flash Flooding in Kenya; in India, Tensions Between Muslims and Hindus Rise Amid Historic Elections; King Charles Resumes Public Duties After Cancer Diagnosis; Paris Pushes for More Social Housing to Keep Costs Down. Aired 8-9a ET
• CNN International: Judge Finds Trump Violated Gag Order Nine Times; Trump Team Cross-Examines Banker In Hush Money Trial; Protestors Barricaded Inside Columbia University Building. Aired 11a- 12p ET
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• CNN International: Police Confront Protesters At University Of North Carolina; Judge Fines Trump $1,000 For Each Gag Order Violation; In A New Interview, Trump Says States Should Decide Whether To Prosecute Women Who Have Abortions; Netanyahu Tells Hostage Families That Israel Will Enter Rafah "With Or Without A Deal"; King Charles Visits Cancer Treatment Center On First Official Royal Visit Since He Was Diagnosed With Cancer In February. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN This Morning
• Columbia University Protesters Breach Academic Building; Today: Speaker Johnson Holds News Conference On Protests; Axios: Johnson Slams Reports Of ICC Warrants, Urges Biden To Step In. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Columbia University Protesters Breach Academic Building; Trump Hush Money Trial Resumes With Banker On The Stand; Now: Blinken Visiting Jordan, Israel For Ceasefire Talks. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Student Barricade Inside Columbia's Hamilton Hall. Aired 6- 6:30a ET
• Columbia Protesters Break into Building; Two Columbia Students Interviewed about Protests; Lawsuit Filed against Columbia University. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Hamas Weighing Ceasefire & Hostage Release Proposal; Muslim and Hindu Tensions Rise Amid Historic Election; Trump Back in Court for Hush Money Criminal Trial; Judge Finds Trump in Contempt for Violating Gag Order; Judge Merchan Finds Donald Trump in Contempt, Warns him of "Incarceratory Punishment" if he Keeps Violating Gag Order. Aired 9-10a ET
• Trump in Contempt for Violating Gag Order; Trump Hush Money Trial Resumes, Banker Returns to Stand; Colleges Struggle to Contain Widening Demonstrations; Columbia University Protesters Breach Academic Building; Officers Use Force, Arresting Dozens of Protesters at UT Austin; Demonstrations Draw Comparisons to 1980s Anti-Apartheid Movement. Aired 10- 11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Ex-Attorney For Stormy Daniels Texted: "Trump Is F*ked"; Heavy NYPD Presence At Columbia, Mayor: "This Must End Now"; Trump: "I Would Absolutely Use The National Guard" Against Protesters. Aired 7-8p ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Trump Fined For Violating Gag Order; Trump On Trial; Keith Davidson Testifies In Court; Campus Protests; Classes Cancelled At The University Of North Carolina; Protesters Occupying A Building Threatened With Expulsion; Multiple Students Arrested; Biden Administration To Reclassify Marijuana; Islamophobia In India; Amazon's Strong Q1; Bumble Opens Door To Men; Men To Make The First Move; Bumble's Match Modification; Champions League Semifinals. Aired 6-7p ET


Inside Politics
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Isa Soares Tonight
• Judge Finds Trump In Contempt For Violating Gag Order; Cohen's Former Banker Gives Details On Stormy Daniels' Payment; Columbia University Threatens Expulsion Of Pro-Palestinian Protesters; Trump On Trial; Trump Violates Gag Order Nine Times; Keith Davidson Testifies In Court; Students Occupy Columbia University Building; Columbia Students Face Expulsion; Biden Administration To Reclassify Marijuana. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• NYPD: Columbia University Property Has Now Been Cleared And Dozens Were Arrested. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• NYPD Currently Not Planning To Enter Columbia's Campus; Donald Trump Found In Contempt For Violating Gag Order; Students And Faculty At Iran's Tehran University Rally In Support Of The Pro-Palestinian Protest Movement Across The US. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Ex-Lawyer For Stormy Daniels And Karen McDougal Testifying; Judge Finds Trump In Contempt For Violating Gag Order; Classes At UNC-Chapel Hill Canceled Due To Protests; Trump Hush Money Trial Adjourned For The Day; Protesters Occupy Academic Building At Columbia University; Netanyahu Insists Israel To Enter Rafah With Or Without Deal; Amazon Announces Latest Earnings; Paris Pushes For More Social Housing To Keep Costs Down. Aired 4- 5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• Fifth Day of Testimony in Trump Trial; Judge Finds Trump Violated Gag Order. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Judge Finds Trump in Contempt for Violating Gag Order as Fifth Day of Testimony in His Hush Money Trial Begins; Michael Cohen's Banker Resumes Testimony in Trump Trial; Now, Defense Cross-Examining Michael Cohen's Banker. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Defense Cross-Examining Gary Farro; Columbia Protesters Barricading Themselves; House Democrats Says They'll Save Speaker Johnson's Job. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Judge Rules Trump Violated Gag Order. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Judge Finds Trump In Contempt For Violating Gag Order; Now: Fifth Day Of Testimony In Trump Hush Money Trial; Prosecutors Call Employee For Court Reporting Company To Testify In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Prosecutors Call Employee For Court Reporting Company To Testify In Trump Hush Money Trial; Prosecutors Play Clip Of Trump Deposition In E. Jean Carroll Case; Prosecutors Play Clip Of Trump Being Asked About "Access Hollywood" Tape; Now: Ex-Attorney For Stormy Daniels & Karen McDougal Testifying. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Now: Ex-Attorney For Stormy Daniels & Karen McDougal Testifying; Now: Ex-Attorney For Karen McDougal Testifies Former Playmate Told Him Trump Relationship Was "Sexual In Nature". Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Judge Rules Donald Trump Violated Gag Order. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Columbia University Protesters Breach Academic Building; Soon, Fifth Day Of Testimony In Trump Hush Money Trial Resumes; Trump Removes Social Media Posts That Violated Gag Order. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Donald Trump Hush Money Trial Resumes With Key Attorney Testimony; Trump Faces $9,000 Fine Over Gag Order Violation, Removes Social Media Posts; Prosecution Presents Multiple Witnesses Before Lunch In Trump Trial. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Ex-Attorney For Stormy Daniels & Karen McDougal Resumes Testimony; Police & Protesters Confront Each Other At UNC Chapel Hill. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Ex-Atty For Stormy Daniels & Karen Mcdougal Resumes Testimony; Columbia Threatens To Expel Protesters Occupying Academic Building. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Fifth Day Of Testimony In Trump Hush Money Trial; Ex-Attorney For Stormy Daniels And Karen McDougal Testifies; Judge Threatens To Jail Trump If He Violates Gag Order Again. Aired 3:30-4p ET


The Situation Room
• New Transcript Of Today's Trump Trial Testimony Just Released; Judge Threatens To Jail Trump If He Violates Gag Order Again; Stormy Daniels' Former Lawyer Expected To Return To Stand Thursday; Trump's Son Eric The First Family Member To Attend Trial; NYC Mayor: "External Actors" Causing Serious Public Safety Issues Around Columbia University. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Exclusive: CNN On Campus Of Columbia University; NYPD On Columbia Campus, Dozens Arrested & Loaded Onto Buses; Columbia University: Decision To Call In NYPD To "Restore Safety And Order To Our Community". Aired 9-10p ET


CNN 10
• Pro-Palestinian Protests Disrupt Colleges Across the U.S.; Low Sea Ice Threatens Antarctica`s Penguins; Trillions of Cicadas Set to Emerge Across the Eastern Half of the United States. Aired 4-4:10a ET