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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Judge Grills Trump DOJ Lawyers In Tense Deportations Hearing; Trump Denies "New York Times" Story Says Musk At Pentagon For DOGE Not There For China; Interview With Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY); WI Voters Set To Pick New State Supreme Court Justice On April 1; Russia And Ukraine Trade Blame Over Attack On Russian Gas Metering Station; Russia's "Merchant Of Death" Update; Trump, Musk Influencers Targeted In Swatting Incidents. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With International Rescue Committee President and CEO David Miliband; Interview With "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" Author Omar El-Akkad; Interview With Trust For Public Land President And CEO Carrie Besnette Hauser. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Judge Scolds Trump DOJ For "Disrespectful" Language; Trump Denies NYT Report Musk To Be Briefed On China War Plan; AOC, Sanders Rally Voters In Colorado Amid Democratic Angst; Judge: Mariah Carey Didn't Steal "All I Want For Christmas Is You". Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Judge: Trump's Use Of 1798 Act Has "Frightening" Implications; Trump: Musk Was At The Pentagon To Talk About DOGE; Columbia University Agrees To Policy Changes After Trump Administration Funding Threats; Heathrow To Resume Some Flights After Power Station Fire; Democrats Fight For Control Of Wisconsin State Supreme Court. Aired 5- 6p ET
• Judge Grills Trump DOJ Lawyers In Tense Deportations Hearing; Washington Post Reports, Top Social Security Official Threatens To Shut Down Agency Over DOGE Access To Taxpayer Data; Top Pentagon Spokesman Reassigned Following DEI Website Purge; New Museum Honors Medal Of Honor Recipients. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Tensions Boil Between Judge, Trump DOJ Over Alleged Defiance; Trump Revokes Security Clearances For Biden, Harris, Others; Musk Visits Pentagon, Denies Getting Top Secret War Plans; Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Under Fire For His Comments; Leland Dudek Threatens To Shutter SSA; Boxing Legend George Foreman Passes Away At 76. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Global Travel Chaos as Power Outage Shuts London's Heathrow Airport; Musk to Visit Pentagon as It Considers Major Cuts to Top of Military; DOJ Returns to Court Amid Legal Fight Over Deportation Flights. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• London's Heathrow Airport Shut Down, Flights Worldwide Affected; Ocasio-Cortez Urges Democrats to Fight Harder at Rally; Judge: Trump Administration Can't Deport Georgetown University Fellow; DOJ Returns to Court Amid Legal Fight Over Deportation Flights; NTSB: 68 Bridges Need to be Assessed for Risk of Collapse. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Musk to Visit Pentagon as It Considers Major Cuts to Top of Military; Trump Denies New York Times Report that Musk will be Briefed on China War Plan; Global Travel Chaos as Power Outage Shuts London's Heathrow Airport; Interview with Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL): Democrats Face Voters' Fury in Town Halls. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Judge Blocks DOGE From Accessing Sensitive Social Security Data; Trump on Department of Education: "It's Doing Us No Good"; DC Firefighter Serves Got Meals to First Responders at Emergencies; "Adaptation Nation: A Climate Crisis Survival Guide." Aired 8:30-9 am ET
• London Counter-Terror Police Investigating Heathrow Fire; Global Travel Chaos As Power Outage Shuts London's Heathrow Airport; Musk To Visit Pentagon Amid Report He'll Be Briefed On China War Plan; Ocasio-Cortez Urges Democrats To Fight Harder At Rally; Trump Escalates Attacks On Judge Amid Fight Over Deportation Flights. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• March Madness Is In Full Swing With Tipoff Of The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament; Tesla Investor Calls For Elon Musk To Step Down As Tesla CEO; Commerce Secy. Urges People To Buy Tesla Stock, Raising Ethics Questions; "Have I Got New For You" New Episode Airs Tomorrow At 9P ET/PT; Comedian Amber Ruffin To Host White House Correspondents' Dinner. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Heathrow Airport Shut Down; Desperate Families of Deported Migrants Hunt For Answers; Pentagon Welcomes Elon Musk. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) Discusses Where Democratic Party Should Be Heading; DoorDash To Let Users Eat Now, Pay Later For Food Delivery; Upstarts McNeese State & Drake Bust Brackets On NCAA Tournament Day 1. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Musk Visits Pentagon As It Weights Major Cuts To Top Of Military; Musk And Doge Backlash Fuels Tesla Crisis; DOJ Discussing Invoking Privilege In Deportation Flight Dispute; Trump Intensifies Attacks On Federal Judge Ahead Of Hearing. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Canadian Prime Minister's Liberal Party Surging In Polls In Wake Of Trump's Push To Annex Canada & Tariff Threats; Feeding America: Trump Admin Freezes $500M In Food Bank Aid; "Adaption Nation: A Climate Crisis Survival Guide" Airs Sunday At 8PM. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump: Deported Migrants Were "A Bad Group" Of People; Judge Hits DOJ For "Disrespectful" Language, Grills Lawyers On What They Knew About Migrant Flights To El Salvador; Musk Wraps "Great Meeting" At Pentagon As Military Weighs Big Cuts; Now: Flights Resuming At Heathrow Airport After Shutdown; Total Measles Cases In United States Rises To 404; Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) Discusses About The Message Of Constituents To Fight Hard; Voters Tell Dems To "Fight Dirtier" & "Get In The Mud" Against GOP. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Musk Visits Pentagon as It Weights Major Cuts to Top of Military; Judge Films Himself Handling Guns to Explain Dissent; DOJ Faces Judge Amid Legal Right Over Deportation Flights; Voters Unleash Fury on Some Lawmakers at Town Halls. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• London's Heathrow Airport Shuts Down Due to Power Outage; Hamas Fires First Rockets at Israel Since Truce Collapse; Judge Blocks Deportation of Georgetown University Fellow. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• London's Heathrow Airport Shuts Down Due To Significant Power Outage; Hamas Fires First Rockets Since Israel Broke Recent Ceasefire; Russia, Ukraine Trade Fire As Partial Ceasefire Teeters; Pentagon Set Up Briefing For Musk On Potential War With China; Judge Temporarily Blocks Deportation Of Georgetown University Researcher; Scientist Banned From Entering U.S. Over Opinions About Trump; London's Heathrow Airport Shuts Down Due to Power Outage; Shares Edge up Thursday, but Musk-Driven Concerns Remain; Kirsty Coventry to Become First Female President of IOC; How Researchers Are Using A.I. to Decode the Emotions of Pigs. Aired 1-2a ET
• London Heathrow Closes After Significant Power Cut; Russia and Ukraine Carry Out Attacks Despite Planned Peace Talks; Zelenskyy Brings Up Talks with Trump; E.U Leaders Discuss Defense Spending; Hamas and Houthi Rebels Fire Missiles Towards Tel Aviv as Israel Renews Ground Offensive in Gaza; Trump Denies Musk Briefed on Potential War with China; Judge: DOJ Response On Deportations "Woefully Insufficient"; Trump Signs Order To Dismantle Education Department; Flights Canceled, Diverted As Heathrow Hit By Power Outage; Judge Tosses Out Copyright Case Against Maria Carey's Hit. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Power Outage Forces Heathrow Airport to Fully Shut Down Operations for a Day; New Canadian P.M. Calls for a Snap Election; Kirsty Coventry Elects as New IOC President. Aired 3-4a ET
• CNN International: First Flight Arrives At Heathrow After Fire Triggers Major Shutdown; Federal Judge And Trump Administration Face Off Over Deportation Flights To El Salvador; Trump, Musk At Pentagon To Talk Costs, Not China War Plan. Aired 3-4p ET
• CNN International: Some Flights Resume At Heathrow; Musk Not Briefed On China War Plan; Next-Gen F-47 To Be Built By Boeing; Use Of Alien Enemies Act "Frightening" Says Judge Boasberg; Alison Kosik's Money Advice For Women; Hamilton Takes First Ferrari F1 Pole; "Snow White" Controversy. Aired 6-7p ET
• CNN International: London's Heathrow Airport Shuts Down Due To Power Outage; Trump Signs Order To Dismantle Education Department; Teachers Union Slams Trump Order To Axe Education Dept. Aired 4-5a ET


CNN This Morning
• London's Heathrow Airport Closed, Flights Worldwide Affected; Today: Elon Musk to Visit Pentagon; Is Hollywood Shifting to Appeal to Trump's Base?. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Fire Near Heathrow Shuts Down One of World's Busiest Airports; Judge Holds Hearing on Deportation Flights; Lawmakers Face Frustrated Voters at Town Halls Nationwide; Judge Blocks DOGE from Sensitive Social Security Data. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• London Airport Closure Affecting Hundreds of Flights; Israeli Government Votes to Dismiss Head of Internal Security Service; Moscow, Kyiv Trade Blame Over Russian Gas Station Attack; Heathrow Airport Shutdown Triggers Global Travel Chaos; UFC Announces Fight Night in Abu Dhabi This Summer. Aired 9-10a ET
• Heathrow Airport Shutdown Triggers Global Travel Chaos; Turkish Protesters Defy Ban Over Istanbul Mayor's Detention; Egypt Presses on with Post-War Plan for Gaza; London Airport Closure Affecting Hundreds of Flights; Ukraine Ceasefire Talks to Resume in Saudi Arabia Monday; More Mass Protesters in Turkey Over Istanbul Mayor's Detention; Elon Musk Wraps Meeting at the Pentagon. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• DHS Slashes 300 Staffers, Claims Divisions "Obstructed" Enforcement; Trump Digs In On Standoff With Judge Over Deportation Flights; Report: Musk Briefing At Pentagon On China War Plans Called Off; "Buffoon On Ketamine": Politician Rises After Trashing Trump, Musk. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• London's Heathrow Airport Shut Down Due To Power Outage; Trump Signs Order To Dismantle Education Department; U.S. Stocks Close Slightly Lower Thursday; Hamas Fires First Rockets At Israel Since Truce Collapsed; Ukraine Ceasefire Talks To Resume In Saudi Arabia Monday. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• London's Heathrow Airport Shuts Down Due to Power Outage; Voters Push Back on DOGE Cuts in Tense Town Halls. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump, Defense Secretary Speak from Oval Office; Musk Visits Pentagon as it Considers Major Cuts to Top of Military; Trump on Musk Visit to Pentagon: There for DOGE, Not China; Families of Deported Migrants on Desperate Hunt for Answers. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump Escalates Feud With Federal Judge Over Deportations; AOC & Sanders Launch "Fight Oligarchy" Tour; Trump's Close Friend, Billionaire Steve Witkoff's Rising Star On U.S. Foreign Policy; New Netflix Series "The Residence" Explores Private World Of White House. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Heathrow Airport Shutdown Triggers Global Travel Chaos; Federal Judge And Trump Administration To Face Off Over Deportation Flights To El Salvador; President Trump Says New F-47 Fighter Jet Will Be Built By Boeing; Heathrow Flights Resume After Fire Triggers Major Shutdown; Israeli Government Votes To Dismiss Internal Security Chief; Ukraine And Russia Trade Aerial Assault Attacks; Man's Quest To Show U.S. Social Security Administration He's Alive. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump Revokes Security Clearances For Biden, Harris, Clinton And Others; Boxing Legend George Foreman Dies; Trump Orders A.G. To Review Conduct Of Lawyers And Firms; Jake Tapper Interviews Anita Hill For "United States Of Scandal." Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• CNN International: Heathrow Airport Shutdown Triggers Global Travel Chaos; Elon Musk Visits Def. Secretary Hegseth At Pentagon; Voters Across U.S. Fed up With Trump Cuts, Dems' Strategy. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Trump Touts Large Investments, Like NVIDIA And Apple; Heathrow Airport Shutdown Triggers Global Travel Chaos; Heathrow Airport Shuts Down Due To Power Outage; Elon Musk Visits Defense Secretary Hegseth At Pentagon; Trump Announces Sixth Generation U.S. Fighter Jet, The F-47; Israeli Government Votes To Dismiss Head Of Internal Security Service; Man's Quest To Show U.S. Social Security Admin He's Alive. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Heathrow Flights Resume After Fire Triggers Major Shutdown; Richard Quest Gets Stuck In Brazil; Boeing Wins Contract For New U.S. Air Force Fighter Jet; Heathrow Shutdown Causes Global Travel Disruption; Greek Tourism Minister Stranded By Heathrow Chaos; Santorini Works To Recover From Recent Earthquakes; Flight Compensation Expert On Heathrow Chaos. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Now, Musk Visiting Pentagon at Invitation of Defense Secretary Hegseth; Lawmakers Face Constituents' Fury at Town Halls; Israeli Defense Minister Says, IDF Told to Seize More Gaza Territory Until Hamas Agrees to Release All Hostage. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Canadian PM Expected to call for Election; Musk Wraps Up Meeting at Pentagon; Odessa in Flames After Russian Attack. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Pentagon Spokesman Reassigned Following Diversity Content Purge; Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Is Interviewed About Judge; Trump Admin To Clash In Court Over Deportation Flights; Judge Says Trump Admin. Can't Deport Georgetown Fellow. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump Speaks From White House; Americans' Opinion on Trump and Musk?; Heathrow Airport Shut Down. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump: "Not Really Involved" In Controversial Deportation Flights; Trump: Musk Visited Pentagon For DOGE, Not China; Lutnick: Seniors Won't Complain About Missed Social Security Check. Aired 9-10p ET