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CNN Transcripts for April 20, 2025

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CNN Newsroom
• Trump Administration Urges Supreme Court To "Dissolve" Pause On Deportation; Pope Francis Gives Easter Blessing After Meeting With VP J.D. Vance; IDF: "Professional Failures" Led To Killing Of 14 Gaza Medics; FSU Waives Mandatory Attendance, Will Allow Remote Studies; Justice Alito Slams Supreme Court Majority For Alien Enemies Act Order; HHS Secretary's Remarks Upset Autism Community; Why Some People On Weight Loss Drugs Hit A "Plateau"; Canadian Comic Hero "Captain Canuck" Returns To Face Trump. Aired 2-3p ET
• Pope Gives Blessing In Highest-Profile Appearance Since Hospital Release; Trump Administration Urges Supreme Court To Dissolve Pause On Deportations; Possible Tornado Tears Through Jacksboro, Texas; Aired 3-4p ET
• Trump Admin Urges Supreme Court to End Pause on Deportations; Justice Alito Slams Supreme Court Majority for Alien Enemies Act Order; Pope Francis Gives Blessing on High-Profile Appearance on Easter Sunday; FSU Waives Mandatory Attendance, Will Allow Remote Studies; FSU Shooting; Autism Discussion; Weinstein Retrial; Captain Canuck Returns. Aired 4-5p ET
• Senator Van Hollen Visits Kilmar Abrego Garcia In El Salvador; Justice Alito Slams Supreme Court On Dissent For Blocking Trump's Deportation On Venezuelans; FSU To Resume Classes On Monday But With Options; Records Related To RFK's Assassination Ordered Released; Oklahoma Faces Historical Weather Event; Strongest Evidence Yet Of Life Found Far, Far Away; Wave Of Deportations Leaves International Students In Limbo. Aired 5-6p ET
• Alito Slams Supreme Court Majority Ruling To Pause Deportations; Democratic Senator Warns Maryland Man's Case Threatens Rights Of All Americans; Police Searching For Suspect After Shots Fired Near Harvard University; Israeli Military Blames Professional Failures On The Killing Of 15 Palestinian Medics; Dems Face Tough Choices As They Map Out 2026 Senate Fight; Zelenskyy Accuses Russia Of Attacking During Easter Truce; Fallout From RFK Jr.'s Comments On Autism; The Weight Loss Struggle. Aired 6-7p ET
• Pete Hegseth Allegedly Shared Yemen Attack Details In Personal Signal Chat; U.S. Stock Futures Fall After Roller Coaster Week; Alito Slams Supreme Court Majority Ruling To Pause Deportations, Defense Secretary Shared Detailed Military Plans In Second Signal Chat that Included His Wife And Brother; Tech Giants Taken To Court. Aired 7-8p ET
• Christians Celebrate Easter Sunday; Ukraine: Fighting Continues Despite Putin' Easter Truce; Netanyahu Vows To Continue War; Trump Brings Corporate Sponsors To White House Event. Aired 3-4a ET
• Christians Celebrate the Sacred Easter Holiday; Easter Mass at the Vatican; Putin's Easter Ceasefire; Netanyuhu Vows to Continue War in Gaza; Iran Nuclear Talks "Very Good Progress"; Anti-Trump Protests; Supreme Court Pauses Deportations; Easter Sunday at the Vatican; Ant Smuggling on the Rise. Aired 4-5a ET
• Vatican Celebrates Easter Mass As Pontiff Recovers; Ukraine Fighting Continues Despite Putin's Easter Truce; Possible Territorial Concessions in Peace Agreement; U.S. Vice President to Travel to India; Protesters Denounce President in Nationwide Rallies; Many in Autism Community say RFK Jr. Pushing Harmful Rhetoric. Aired 5-6 am ET


CNN This Morning
• Vatican Celebrates Easter Sunday Mass As Pope Francis Recovers; Pope Francis Appears During Easter Sunday Mass; Ukraine: Fighting Continues Despite Putin's Easter Truce; Trump Administration Optimistic After U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks; Protesters Nationwide Rally Against Trump Administration; New York Times: Trump Administration Draft Order Calls For Drastic Overhaul Of State Department; White House Sets Up Pricey Partnerships For Easter Egg Roll; Nearly 20 Million People From Illinois To Louisiana Under Threat Of Severe Storms; Classes Resume Monday At FSU After Deadly Mass Shooting; FSU Community Remembers Victims Of Thursday's Mass Shooting; Harvard Defies Trump Admin Demands To Change Curriculum, DEI Policies; Two Killed In Central Oklahoma When Vehicle Is Swept Away In Major Flooding; Tech Companies Sign Up To Sponsor White House Easter Egg Roll; Blue Origin's All-Female Crew Flight Faces Criticism; Drake Expands Defamation Lawsuit Against His Own Record Label. Aired 6-7a ET
• Pope Gives Easter Blessing In Highest Profile Appearance Yet; Ukraine: Fighting Continues Despite Putin's Easter Truce; Two Killed In Central Oklahoma When Vehicle Is Swept Away In Major Flooding; WH: "Very Good Progress" Made During Iran Nuclear Talks; Protesters Nationwide Rally Against Trump Administration; Trump Urges Supreme Court To Allow Non-Alien Enemies Act Deportations; Federal Funding Cutbacks Leave Some Migrant Kids To Navigate Immigration Court Without A Lawyer; Trump Admin Doubles Down On Painting Abrego Garcia As MS-13 Gang Member; Carville Calls Hogg "Contemptible Little Twerp"; Blue Origin Flight Backlash; Peeps Top-Searched Easter Candy; Two Killed in Oklahoma Flooding. Aired 7-8a ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Trump's Tariffs Upended A Booming Economy; The Best Of Times And The Worst Of Times In The 1920s; The Ill-Advised 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariffs Hurt America. Interview With Bestselling Author Michael Lewis. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• Interview with Rep. Jason Crow (D-Co); Dems Face Tough Choices as they Map Out 2026 Senate Fight; This Week: George Santos to be Sentenced on Federal Charges. Trump's Clash With Judiciary Escalates Amid Broader Pushback; Trump Double Downs On Abrego Garcia Case: "Never Coming Back"; NYT: Trump Admin. Draft Order Calls For State Department Overhaul. Aired 8-9a ET


State of the Union
• Interview With Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD); Interview With Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN); Interview With Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). Aired 9-10a ET