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CNN Newsroom
• Ex-Trump "Fixer" Michael Cohen Expected To Testify Tomorrow; U.S. Officials Warn Against Invasion Of Rafah As Israel Presses Ahead; Suspect Sought In Ambush Killing of Ohio Police Officer; Sever Storm, Flood Threats Return To South East Texas, Louisiana; Biden Goes After Trump: He's "Clearly Unhinged"; Trump Holds Campaign Rally Before Trial Resumes Monday; Apple Apologizes, Says iPad Pro Ad "Missed The Mark". Aired 2-3p ET
• US Officials Warn Against Invasion Of Rafah As Israel Presses Ahead; Star Witness, Michael Cohen Set To Take Stand Tomorrow In Trump Case; Jury Selection Set To Begin Tomorrow In Menendez Trial; Interview With Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA). Aired 3-4p ET
• Demolition To Remove Portion Of Key Bridge Pushed Back To Monday; Star Witness Michael Cohen Set To Take Stand Tomorrow In Trump Case; Israel Launches New Attacks In Gaza Ahead Of Potential Rafah Invasion; Pomona College Moves Graduation 30 Miles Away Amid Protests; Trump's Fiery Immigration Rhetoric; FAA Reauthorization Bill Heads To House; Biden Signs One-Week FAA Extension; Opportunities For People With Autism; Champions For Change. Aired 4-5p ET
• Gaza Death Toll Surpasses 35,000; Thousands Of Civilians Fleeing Rafah; President Biden Warns Israel About Rafah Invasion; Putin Replaces Defense Minister Shoigu; Michael Cohen To Testify Monday On Hush Money Case; CNN Covers Widespread Abuse Inside Israel's Shadowy Desert Prison; Students Walk Out On Seinfeld's Graduation Speech At Duke; Pomona College Graduation Moved Off-Campus To Avoid Protests. CNN Original Series Presents "How It Really Happened." Aired 5-6p ET
• U.S. Officials Warn Against Invasion Of Rafah As Israel Presses Ahead; IDF Orders Residents To Leave Northern Gaza; Top Progressive Faces Tough Primary After Criticizing Israel; Vladimir Putin Replaces Defense Minister Shoigu In Surprise Move; Behind Trump's Fiery Immigration Rhetoric Is A Radical Agenda; Prince Harry And Meghan Wrap Up Nigeria Trip. Aired 6-7p ET
• About 300,000 Have Fled Rafah As Israel Launches New Attacks; Michael Cohen Due To Take The Stand On Monday; Trump Claims RFK, JR. Is Democrat Plant To Help Biden; Putin Expected To Meet With Xi In China This Month; Surfer Works To Save Coral Reefs. Aired 7-8p ET
• Israeli Strikes in Gaza; Russia Claims Gains in Kharkiv Region; Sussex Fever. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Israel-Hamas War; No Secure Place In Gaza, According To Palestinians; Egypt Declines To Work With Israel To Coordinate Help; Israel Getting Ready In Rafah For Potential Ground Assault; MSF: Unable To Ensure Patient Security In Rafah; Protests Against The Government Before Israel Memorial Day; Israel-Hamas War Left Emotional And Physical Wounds To Survivors; Stunning Reappearance Of Auroras In The Midst Of A Solar Storm; Russia's War In Ukraine; Russia's Offensive In Northern Ukraine; Volgograd Refinery Targeted By Ukrainian Drones; Five Settlements In Kharkiv Area Allegedly Under Russian Control; U.S. Report Does Not Go So Far To Say Israel Broke The Law; 2024 U.S. General Election; Amidst Criminal Prosecution, Trump Holds Rallies In New Jersey; Floods In Southern Brazil Claimed 136 Lives And More Than 100 People Missing; In Lagos, Prince Harry And Meghan Will End Their Trip To Nigeria; Nigerian Capital Welcomed Prince Harry And Meghan With Much Enthusiasm. Aired 04:00-5a ET
• 300,000 Have Evacuated Rafah To "Humanitarian Areas"; Russia Claims It Captured Five Villages In Kharkiv Region; Trump Rallies In New Jersey Amid Criminal Trial; Prince Harry And Meghan To Wrap Up Nigeria Tour In Lagos; Campus Protests Impact Graduation Ceremonies; Survey: 1 In 8 U.S. Adults Have Taken Weight Loss Drugs. Aired 5-6 a ET


CNN This Morning
• Deadly IDF Strikes In Northern, Central, And Southern Gaza; IDF: 300,000 Have Evacuated Rafah To Humanitarian Areas; Report: Egypt Refusing To Coordinate Aid With Israel; Strategic Campaign Stops On Opposite Coasts For Biden, Trump; Trump Makes Strategic Stop In A Blue State; Ex-Trump Fixer Michael Cohen Expected To Testify Monday; House To Vote On Key FAA Safety Bill This Week. Aired 6-7a
• Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial; On Monday, Michael Cohen, Former "Fixer" For Trump Scheduled To Testify; Threats Against Major Witnesses In Trump Case; Michael Cohen Instructed By Judge To Refrain From Discussing The Trump Trial; Bracing For Cicada Invasion; Unusually Large Double Brood Of Cicadas Predicted To Emerge; 35 Million At Risk For Severe Weather; Threats Of Flooding And Tornadoes Growing In The South; CNN's "Champions For Change"; IDF: 300,000 Have Evacuate Rafah To "Humanitarian Areas"; MSF: Can No Longer Guarantee Patient Safety In Rafah; Trump Holds Beachfront Rally In NJ, Close To Battleground State PA; Biden Wraps Up 2-Day Tour On The West Coast; Biden Calls Trump "Clearly Unhinged" At Seattle Fundraiser; House Rejects Effort To Oust Mike Johnson From Speakership; Controlled Demolition Planned At Baltimore Bridge Collapse Site. Aired 7-8a ET
• Did Not Air 8-9a ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Interview with Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni; Interview With Former Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Nasser Al-Kidwa; Interview With UCSD's 21st Century China Center Founding Chair Susan Shirk; Interview With Author Robert Kagan. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Rallies On Jersey Shore After Bombshell Week In Court; Progressives Mixed On Reaction To Biden's Move On Rafah; Senate Primary Gets Nasty in Final Days. Trump Campaign Sees RFK Jr. as Political Problem; Corruption Case of Senator Bob Menendez Set to Kick Off. Aired 8:30-9a ET. Aired 8-9a ET


State of the Union
• Interview With FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell; Interview With Fmr. Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA); Interview With Sen. J.D. Vance (R- OH); Interview With Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT). Aired 9-10a ET


The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
• The Playing Field: The Battle Over Transgender Athletes. Aired 8-9p ET