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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump Deflects on Major Security Breach, calls it "Witch Hunt"; Hegseth Claims "No Classified Information" in Signal Group Text; Interview with Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX); Trump Deflects on Major Security Breach, Calls It Witch Hunt; Hegseth Claims No Classified Information in Signal Group Text; DHS Secretary Noem Tours Controversial Prison as Appeals Court Upholds Deportation Block; State Health Officials Say Measles Cases in Kansas Rises to 23; Five Senior CDC Leaders to Depart as Agency Braces for Deep Cuts. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• White House Holds Briefing; Macron to Host Zelenskyy; Journalist Reveals "Attack Plans" Shared in Chat. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• White House: Trump "Continues To Have Confidence" In National Security Team; Appeals Court Upholds Block On Trump's Use of Alien Enemies Act; Soon: Trump Announces Tariffs As White House Defends Texts On Attack Plans. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Appeals Court Rules Against Trump On Deportations; Federal Appeals Court Uphold Temporary Block On Trump's Use Of Alien Enemies Act For Deportations; WH: Trump Still Has Confidence In National Security Team; Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), Is Interviewed About Hegseth Claims Nothing Classified Was Shared In Chat; Trump Announces 25 Percent Tariff On All Cars Not Made In U.S.; Dramatic Video Shows Tufts Student Detained By Federal Agents. Aired 5-6p ET
• New Group Chat Texts Released as White House Grapples With Fallout; Appeals Court Rules Against Trump on Deportations; Trump Announces 25 Percent Tariff on All Cars Not Made in U.S. Prince Harry Steps Down From Charity He Founded; New Report Digs Into How The Mets Secured Juan Soto. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Distances Himself from Breach, I Wasn't Involved; U.S. Defense Officials Say, Details Hegseth Shared were Classified; Senate Intel Democrats Say, Trump Officials Absolutely Misled Congress; "NewsNight" Tackles Signal Chat Security Breach; DHS Agents Arrest Tufts Student. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Trump Stands By National Security Adviser Waltz Despite Chat Blunder; U.S Intel Chiefs Back on Capitol Hill Amid Group Chat Fallout; Impact of Trump's Tariffs on Americans' Hunt for Jobs. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Interview with Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL): U.S. Intel Chiefs Back on Capitol Hill Amid Group Chat Fallout; Use of Civilian App for Military Planning Raises Questions; Hegseth Again Denies Texting War Plans in Chat on Unclassified App; Five Senior CDC Leaders Depart Agency Ahead of Anticipated Cuts; Crime Ring Targets Surfers, Draining Accounts and Maxing Credit Cards. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• U.S. Intel Chiefs Return to Capitol Hill Amid Group Chat Fallout; Trump and White House Defect, Downplay Group Chat Intelligence Breach; Trump Executive Order Suspends Security Clearances for Jenner and Block Attorneys. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Journalist Shares Texts from War Chat; Rep. Warren Davidson (R- OH) is Interviewed about the Released War Chat; Trump Administration Responds to War Chat. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Journalist Reveals War Chat; Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) is interviewed about the Shared War Group Chat. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) is Interviewed about the Signal Chat; White House Says Chat Wasn't War Plans. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• White House Under Fire Over Signal Chat Leak; Interview With Rep. Keith Self (R-TX). Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Now: WH Briefing As New Texts Are Released From Group Chat; Journalist Reveals Attack Plans Shared In Group Chat; DHS Secy. Noem To Tour El Salvador Mega-Prison. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Hegseth Again Says Attack Plans in Group Chat Weren't Classified; White House Calls Report of Attack Plans as Sensationalist Spin; Secretary Rubio Speaks as New Group Chat Messages Are Published; Trump to Announce New Auto Tariffs. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Secy. Rubio Speaks As New Group Chat Messages Are Published; WH: Trump To Announce New Auto Tariffs Today; GOP Senate Armed Services Chair Wants Probe Into Signal Chat; Supreme Court Upholds Background Check Rules For "Ghost" Guns. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• WH Again Downplays Group Chat Attack Plan Controversy; WH Won't Say Why Timing of Military Strikes Wouldn't be Classified; Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) Discusses About War Plan Text; GOP Senate Armed Services Chair Wants Probe into Signal Chat; GOP Rep.: U.S. Mission would have Succeeded even if Chat had Leaked. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• DHS Secretary Noem Arrives in El Salvador Ahead of Prison Tour; New Video Shows Arrest of Tufts University Student from Turkey; FEMA in Turmoil as Trump Officials Vow to Eliminate the Agency. Aired 3:30- 4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• U.S., Russia And Ukraine Agree To Halt Black Sea Fighting; Trump Insists No Classified Information Shared On Signal Chain; Europe Considers Security Options After Trump Admin Insults; South Korea Battling Worst Forest Fires In Decades; Oscar-Winning Palestinian Director Freed From Israeli Custody; Pope Came So Close To Death Doctors Mulled Ending Treatment. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Top Intel Officials Shift Responsibility On To Hegseth; Ukraine And Russia Agree To Cease Fighting In The Black Sea; South Korea Fires Kill At Least 18 People; Oscar-winning Palestinian Director Hamdan Ballal Released From Detention; Thousands Turn Out For Turkey Protests After More Than 1,400 Arrests; Top Intel Officials Shift Responsibility To Defense Secretary; Chinese EV Maker BYD Eclipses Tesla Sales, Tops $100B; Florida Considers Allowing Teens To Work Night Shifts; Nigerian Startup Aims To Redefine Dining At Work; Pope Came So Close To Death, Doctors Mulled Ending Treatment. Aired 1-2a ET
• National Security Adviser Added A Journalist To Text Chat On Highly Sensitive Yemen Strike Plans. South Korea Battling Worst Forest Fires In Decades; Palestinians Hold Largest Anti-Hamas Protest Since October 7th; Pope Came So Close to Death Doctors Mulled Ending Treatment; Motorcyclist Found Dead After Falling Into Sinkhole in Seoul; Chinese EV Maker BYD Eclipses Tesla in Sales; Research Finds Chewing Gum Release Microplastics Into Saliva. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Russia, Ukraine Agrees to Maritime Ceasefire, Suspension on Strikes in Energy Facilities; Journalists who Covered Protests in Turkey Arrested and Detained; South Korea's Centuries-Old Temple Destroyed by Wildfires; Infinite Reality Acquires Napster. Aired 3-4a ET
• French President Macron Hosts Ukrainian President Zelenskyy; Defense Secretary Insists Yemen Chat Didn't Contain "War Plans"; Democrats Call For Hegseth, Waltz To Resign; Palestinians Take Part In Largest Anti-Hamas Demonstrations In Gaza Since Start Of War; Prince Harry Quits Own Charity Over Leadership Row. Aired 3-4p ET
• CNN International: Hegseth Insists Yemen Chat Didn't Contain "War Plans"; Trump Announces 25 Percent Auto Tariffs; Macron Hosts Zelenskyy in Paris; France Pledges $2.1B Support for Ukraine; International Turkish Student Arrested; China's Cyberattacks Underreported Threats. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN This Morning
• Participants in Insecure Group Chat Defend Its Use; Today: Rubio Heads to Caribbean Focused on Crisis in Haiti. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Rep. Dave Min (D-CA) is Interviewed about the Group Chat Fiasco; Consumer Confidence at Lowest Since January 2021; Graham Cluley is Interviewed about the Signal Scandal; Trump Orders DHS and DOGE to Review State Voter Rolls. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Did Not Air 9-10a ET
• House Hearing with U.S. Intel Chiefs; Journalist Shares New Texts from War Group Chat. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Deflects On Major Security Breach, Calls It "Witch Hunt"; Kristi Noem At Notorious Prison; Amanda Knox OutFront. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• U.S. National Security Adviser Acknowledges Adding Reporter; Europe Considers Security Options After Trump Admin. Insults; Russia Agrees To Halt Black Sea Fighting With Conditions; New Chinese Maritime Technology Is Spooking Taiwan; Tech Startup Buys Napster To Transform Music Platform. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Senate Democrats Grill Top Intelligence Officials; FBI Creates Task Force to Crack Down on Tesla Attacks; Netflix Series Raises Issues Around Parenting, Social Media. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Hegseth Continues to Claim No Classified Information was Shared Despite Texts Showing Location, Targets & Timing of Upcoming Strike; Intel Officials Testify After Stunning National Security Blunder; U.S. Defense Official: Details Shared by Hegseth Were Classified. Aired 12- 12:30p ET
• Intel Officials Testify After Stunning National Security Blunder; GOP Senate Armed Services Chair Confirms Plans to Investigate Trump Administration Group Chat Security Blunder; Some Democrats Call for Hegseth to Resign. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Macron Hosts Zelenskyy in Paris; France Pledges $2.1B Military Support for Ukraine. Journalist Reveals Attack Plans Shared in Signal Group Chat; Zelenskyy and Macron Meet in Paris; NPR and PBS Grilled By DOGE Committee. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Intel Breach Scandal Grows as Trump Defends Hegseth; Couple with Three Kids Deported After 35 Years in U.S.; Laura Coates Interviews PA State Senator-Elect James Malone. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• CNN International: U.S. Intel Chiefs Back On Capitol Hill Amid Group Chat Fallout; Journalist Reveals "Attack Plans" Shared In War Group Chat; U.S. Intel Chiefs Testify Before House Cmte. Amid Group Fallout. Aired 11a- 12p ET


Quest Means Business
• Sources: Defense Secretary Shared Classified Information in Group Chat; Trump: Russia may be Dragging Feet on Peace in Ukraine; Wildfires Destroy Historic Buddhist Temple in South Korea; Trump to Announce Tariffs on Cars Shipped to the U.S.; Intel Chiefs Testify as Group Chat Fallout Grows; Republican Lawmakers Target NPR, PBS for Defunding. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Group Chat Strike Plans Released; Intel Officials Testify As Group Chat Fallout Grows; New, U.S. Defense Official Says, Details from Group Chat Were Classified. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• House Intelligence Committee hearing Underway; Intel Officials Testify as Group Chat Fallout Grows. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• More Trump Administration Signal Chat Texts Released. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Interview With Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO); Firestorm Over Leaked Trump Administration Signal Chat Grows. Aired 11:30a-12:00p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump Distances Himself From Group Chat: "I Wasn't Involved"; Trump: 25 Percent Tariff On All Imported Cars Begin April 2; Search Underway For Four U.S. Soldiers Missing In Lithuania. Aired 9-10p ET