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CNN Transcripts for April 19, 2025

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The Amanpour Hour
• Interview With Governor Maura Healey (D-MA); Interview With Wesleyan University President Michael Roth; South Korean Women Fight Back Against Explicit Deepfakes; Interview With British Playwright Ryan Calais Cameron; Is A Painful History Repeating Itself In Sudan; Remembering Mario Vargas Llosa. Aired 11a-12p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Putin Declares Brief Easter Truce With Ukraine; Supreme Court Temporarily Pauses Deportations Under Alien Enemies Act; Nearly 40M People From Texas To Ohio Under Threat Of Severe Weather; Two Father Killed During Florida State Attack Identified; U.S. And Iran Wrap Second Round Of Critical Nuclear Talks In Rome; Dem Senator Meets With Abrego Garcia In El Salvador; Scientists Detect Signs Of Life On Distant Planet, Study Suggests. Aired 12-1p ET
• Supreme Court Temporarily Pauses Deportations Under Alien Enemies Act; Democrat Rep. Casar Holding Meetings With Voters In GOP- Leaning Areas; Putin Declares Brief Easter Truce With Ukraine; Some 40M From South TX To OH Valley Could See Damaging Winds, Hail; Two Fathers Killed During Florida State Attack Identified; Some Children Left To Navigate Immigration Court Alone; U.S. & Iran Wrap Second Round Of Critical Nuclear Talks In Rome; New Study: Shingles Vaccine Can Decrease Development of Dementia; Trump Admin Freezes $2.2B For Harvard After University Rejects Demands. Aired 1-2p ET
• Russian President Vladimir Putin Announces Easter Truce In Conflict With Ukraine; U.S. Supreme Court Pauses Trump Administration's Use Of The Alien Enemies Act To Deport Group Of Venezuelan Immigrants In Texas; Vice President J.D. Vance Visits Vatican City As Pope Francis Recovers From Double Pneumonia; Senator Chris Van Hollen Meets With Deported U.S. Illegal Immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia In El Salvador; Protests Held Against Trump Administration In Cities Across U.S.; Trump Administration Tariffs May Reduce Access To Healthy Foods For Many Americans. Aired 2-3p ET
• Supreme Court Temporarily Pauses Deportations Under Alien Enemies Act; U.S. And Iran Wrap Second Round Of Critical Nuclear Talks In Rome; Florida State Reels From Gun Rampage That Killed 2, Wounded 5; Easter Vigil Mass Underway At Vatican; Corporations Paid Big Bucks To Sponsor WH Easter Egg Roll; Today Marks 30 Years Since Bombing Of Murrah Federal Building. Aired 3-4p ET
• Second Round Of U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks Happened In Rome Today; Kyiv Skeptical As Putin Declares Brief Easter Ceasefire In Ukraine; Supreme Court Pauses Deportations After Emergency Appeal Filed Friday; FSU Shooting Victims Identified As Robert Morales, Tiru Chabba; Dem. Senator Van Hollen Meets With Abrego Garcia In El Salvador; Trump Admin Fighting Several Deportation Battles In Court; Report: Trump's Border Czar Looks To Congress For More Money; "50501" Crowds Protest Trump Administration's Policies; Pope Francis Limits Appearances As He Continues To Recover; Vice President Vance Meets With Vatican Officials. Aired 4-5p ET
• Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Deportation Under Maritime Law; Interview With Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN); GOP Bracing For Funding Fight To Pass Trump Agenda; Putin Declares Brief Easter Truce In War But Ukraine Says It's Still Under Attack; Survivor And Mom who Lost Sons Remember Oklahoma City Bombing; Trump Admin Dialing Up Pressure In Ongoing Battle With Harvard; Drake Expands Legal Battle With Label Over Lamar's Song; Easter, Passover Celebrations Will Come With Hail And Flooding. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump White House: Very Good Progress In Second Round Of Iran Nuke Talks; Supreme Court Pauses Deportations Under Alien Enemies Act For Now; Trump Blasts Federal Reserve Chari Who Warned Tariffs Could Hurt Economy; RFK Jr. Says Autism Is Preventable, Contrary To Research; Tributes Pour In For FSU Shooting Victims; 911 Call From Suspect In Arson At Gov. Shapiro's Home Released; Boston Reenacts Paul Revere's Ride 250 Years Later; Corporations Pay Big Bucks To Sponsor WH Easter Egg Roll. Aired 6-7p ET
• Pro-Democracy Demonstrations Protesting Trump Admin Policies; Interview With Governor Matt Meyer (D-DE); White House Urges Supreme Court To Allow Deportations Under Other Laws; Trump White House Says Very Good Progress In Second Round Of Iran Nuke Talks; Putin Declares Brief Easter Truce; Ukraine, Russia Swapped Hundreds Of Captured Wounded Soldiers; Judge Declines To Enforce Order Restoring AP's White House Access; Pope Francis Limits Appearance As He Continues To Recover. Aired 7-8p ET
• Trump Ready to Recognize Russian Control of Crimea; U.S. Secretary of State Hints at Walking Away from Peace Talks; Rep. Chris Van Hollen Back in U.S. after Meeting with Abrego Garcia; FSU Holds Vigil for Shooting Victims; U.S. to Scale Down Military Presence in Syria; Vatican Prepares for Easter and Pope Determined to Remain Visible; Scientists Hope to Ease Environmental Destruction with AI. Aired 3-3:45a ET
• Source: Trump Ready To Recognize Russia's Control Of Crimea; U.S. And Iran To Hold Second Round Of Nuclear Talks; Houthis Vow To Keep Hitting Israel, U.S. After Deadly Strikes; Pentagon: U.S. To Scale Down Military Presence In Syria; Supreme Court Pauses Deportations Under Alien Enemies Act; Democratic Senator Meets With Abrego Garcia In El Salvador; Trump Sees Strongest Approval Over Immigration; U.S., Ukraine Make Progress On Critical Minerals Deal; China Places Export Restrictions Aon Some Rare Earths Minerals; White House Economic Adviser Declines To Say If President Trump Can Fire Federal Reserve Chair; Mexican Care Rebrands "Cafe Americano" As "Cafe Mexicano"; JD Vance Attends Good Friday Service At The Vatican; Scientists Hope To Ease Environmental Destruction With AI. Aired 4-5a ET
• Rep. Chris Van Hollen Back In U.S. After Meeting With Abrego Garcia; Trump's Immigration Policy Garners Strongest Approval; Trump Ready To Recognize Russian Control Of Crimea; Judge Pauses Mass Layoffs At Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Trump Wants To Redefine "Harm" For Endangered Species; White House Promotes COVID "Lab Leak" Theory On New Site; Europe Working To Lure Researchers From U.S.; Vatican Prepares For Easter And Pope Determined To Remain Visible; Mexico City Marks Good Friday With Passion Play. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN This Morning
• Supreme Court Temporarily Pauses Deportations Under Alien Enemies Act; Top Secretary Hegseth Aide Leaves Post; Thunderstorms, Heavy Rain And Flash Floods To Impact Southern Plains And Midwest; Iran, U.S. Hold Talks In Rome In Bid To Reach Nuclear Deal; U.S. Open To Recognizing Crimea As Russian In Ukraine Deal. Second Round of U.S. Talks on Iran's Nuclear Future in Rome Underway; Suspected FSU Shooter Phoenix Ikner's Biological Mom Kidnapped Him and Fled to Norway Amid Bitter Custody Battles Years Before Deadly Rampage; Federal Judge Denies Request to Delay Combs' Sex-Trafficking Trial. Aired 6-7a ET
• Supreme Court Pauses Deportations Under Alien Enemies Act; Democratic Senator Meets With Abrego Garcia In El Salvador; Salvadorian President Posts Mocking Pictures Of Meeting; Trump Administration Revokes Hundreds Of Student Visas; Iran's Foreign Minister Hopeful Iran, U.S. Can Reach Agreement; Trump Says Ukraine- Russia Talks Coming To A Head; Mortgage Rates Climb To Highest Level In Two Months As Trump Tariffs Continue To Rock Markets; Chinese Robots Race Humans In The 1st Humanoid Half-Marathon; Indoor Gym Welcomes Kids Of All Abilities. Aired 7-8a ET


First of All with Victor Blackwell
• Are Boycotts Against Companies Dropping DEI Works?; Organizer Of Target "Fast" Speaks OUt On Boycott's Impact; Target, Retailers Grapple With Fallout From DEI Changes; Father-To-Be Who Care For Man With Autism Faces Deportation; Effort To Stop Sewage Harming Black Residents Branded "DEI." Aired 8-9p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• Conflicts and Controversies Occurring in President Trump's Second Term Examined; Senator Chris Van Hollen Meets with Deported U.S. Illegal Immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador; Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Draws Controversy for His Statements about Debilities Autistic Children Suffer and Causes of Increase in Autism Diagnoses; Democratic National Committee Vice Chair David Hogg Calls for Primarying Ineffective Democrats; President Trump Announces Plans to Renovate Penn Station in New York City. Aired 10- 11a ET.


Smerconish
• A Fight He Relishes; Scotus Temporarily Pauses Deportations Under Alien Enemies Act; How could The Kilmar Abrego Garcia Standoff End?; New York Times: Trump Official Sent Letter To Harvard Without Authorization; Trump Administration Intensifies Funding Fight Against Harvard University; The Oklahoma City Bombing 30 Years Later. Aired 9- 10a ET