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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Thousands of Mourners Pay Their Final Respects to Pope Francis; Pope Francis Lies in State at St. Peter's Basilica; Pope Francis Honored by His Hometown Soccer Club; President Trump Will Take Make First Foreign Trip of Second Term to Attend Funeral of Pope Francis; Trump Presses Zelenskyy to Accept U.S.-backed Peace Deal; Conclave to Select Next Pope Expected to Being in Early May; Israel Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former Irish President Mary McAleese; Interview with Former Senior Adviser to President Obama David Axelrod; Interview with IKAR Senior and Founding Rabbi and "The Amen Effect" Author Rabbi Sharon Brous. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Stocks Make Gains After Trump Shifts Tone On Trade And Powell; Sources: Pentagon Shakeup Going "Better Than We Ever Expected"; Now: Pope Francis Lying In State In St. Peter's Basilica. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump, Bessent Soften Tone On Trade War With China; Rep. Mike Lawler, (R-NY), Is Interviewed About Tariffs, Pete Hegseth; GOP Sen. Cramer: Hegseth Needs More Help Around Him; FDA Says It Will Phase Out Petroleum-Based Food Dyes. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Shifts Tone on China, Fed Chair After CEO Warnings; Pope Francis Lies in State at St. Peter's Basilica; Small Business Owners Grapple With Trump Tariffs. Man Seeks Clemency From Hochul After Reinstated Conviction; Sources: FEMA To Lose About 20 Percent Of Staff Ahead Of Hurricane Season. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Mega Donor Says, He's Eroding the American Brand; Trump's Support Among Young Men Eroding Amid Economic War; Trump Offers Private Dinner to Investors in His Meme Coin. Rep. Crockett Argues Style Might Be More Important Than Substance; Hegseth Defends Himself On Signal Chat Issue. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Prominent Role of Pentagon Chief's Wife Draws Scrutiny; U.S. Markets Rebound After Treasury Secretary Calls Trade War Unsustainable; Pope Francis Now Lying in State in St. Peter's Basilica. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY) On Scrutiny At Pentagon On Prominent Role Of Pete Hegseth's Wife; Vance Issues Ukraine Ultimatum As Rubio Skips Key Talks In London; Karen Read's Murder Retrial: Paramedic Testifies Read Said "I Hit Him" Multiple Times. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• with Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL): Hegseth's Wife, Brother Included in Second Signal Chat; Trump Signals Potential U-Turn on His Trade War with China; Trump Administration Reached Out to Harvard Three Times Last Week. Aired 8:00-8:30a ET
• Sources Say, Trump Soliciting Feedback on Hegseth Amid Chaos; Elon Musk to Step Back from DOGE as Tesla's Profits Fall; FDA Says It Will Phase Out Petroleum-Based Food Dyes. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Trump Signals Potential U-Turn on His Trade War with China; Treasury Secretary Expects De-Escalation of Trade War With China; Sources: Hegseth Increasingly Paranoid About Potential Leaks. Judge Lets Weinstein Remain in Hospital During Trial; Witness Describes Moment She & Read Saw Victim's Body in Snow. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• U.S. Markets Open As Trump Signals Possible U-Turn On China Tariffs; Handbag Stolen. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Mourners Pay Respects to Pope Francis; President Trump Blinks on Tariffs?. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Prominent Role Of Pentagon Chief's Wife Draws Scrutiny; White House Appears Open To Negotiations With Harvard; Opening Statements Begin In Harvey Weinstein Retrial; Sen. Ron Johnson Wants Senate Hearings On 9/11 Conspiracies. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Stocks Surge as Trump Signals Possible U-turn on China Tariffs; Trump Softens Tone on Powell After Warnings From Advisers; Elon Musk Says He'll Reduce Time at Doge as Tesla Profits Plunge; Pope Francis' Body Lies in State for Public Viewing; Cardinals Begin Preparing for Conclave to Elect Next Pope; Trump Slams Zelenskyy for Inflammatory Comments on U.S. Proposal. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Slams Zelenskyy For "Inflammatory" Comments On U.S. Peace Proposal; Sources: Trump Soliciting Feedback On Hegseth Amid Chaos; Mohsen Mahdawi Hearing Ends Without Decision On His Release; FDA Unveils Plan To Remove Some Artificial Dyes From Foods. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Stocks Surge as Trump Signals Possible U-Turn on China Tariffs; Top Retail CEOs Warn Trump His Tariffs Could Lead to "Empty" Shelves; CNN Goes Inside St. Peter's Basilica Where Pope Francis Lies in State; Thousands Line Up to See Pope Francis' Body Ahead of Funeral. Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• Trump Puts Onus on Zelenskyy to Accept Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal; Uvalde City Council Approves $2 Million Settlement with Victims' Families. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Funeral For Pope Francis To Be Held On Saturday; Exclusive Look At Trump Portrait Gifted By Putin; Gunmen Kill 26 Himalayan Tourists; Trump Won't Play "Hard Ball" With China; U.S. Lawmakers Visits Khalil And Ozturk; Embattled Hegseth Remains Defiant Despite Leaks, Disarray; First Glimpse Of Trump Portrait Gifted By Putin. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Funeral For Pope Francis To Be Held On Saturday; U.S. Treasury Secy.: Trade War With China Unsustainable; Palestinians in Gaza Mourn Pope Francis' Death; First Glimpse of Trump Portrait Gifted by Putin; Embattled Hegseth Remains Defiant Despite Leaks, Disarray; Wild Jaguar Takes Her First Steps Into a New Future. Aired 1-2a ET
• Pope To Lie In State At St. Peter's Basilica Today; Church To Start Centuries-Old Process To Pick New Pope; Indian Police: Gunmen Kill 26 In Attack On Tourists; Wall Street Rebounds After U.S. Remarks On China Trade War; IMF Warns U.S. & Global Economies To Slow Tariffs; Trump: "No Intention Of Firing" Fed Chair Powell; Pope's Funeral Kicks Off Nine Days of Mourning; Funeral for Pope Francis to Be Held on Saturday; Pontiff to Be Buried in Simple Tomb at Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica; Pope to Lie in State at St. Peter's Basilica Today; Embattled Hegseth Remains Defiant Despite Leaks, Disarray; Zelenskyy Says Ready for Any Format of Negotiations With Moscow. Aired 2-3a ET
• CNN's Special Coverage on the Transfer of the Coffin of Pope Francis from Casa Santa Marta Chapel to St. Peter's Basilica. Aired 3- 4a ET
• Trump: Team "Actively" Talking With China To Get "Fair Deal"; Sources: Retail Execs Warn Trump of "Empty" Shelves; Trump Accuses Zelenskyy Of Prolonging the War; Mourners Pay Last Respects As Pope Lies In State; Musk To Spend More Time At Telsa As Company's Profits Plunge. Aired 3-4p ET
• Cardinals Pay Respects at Pope's Coffin; Pope Francis Lying in State at St. Peter's Basilica. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Pope Francis Lying in State at St. Peter's Basilica. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN This Morning
• Pope Francis Now Lying in State at St. Peter's Basilica; Trump Says He Has 'No Intention of Firing' Fed Chair; Trump Says China Tariffs Will 'Come Down Substantially'. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Pope Francis Now Lying in State at St. Peter's Basilica; Navigating Your Finances During Uncertain Times; Supreme Court Could Require Schools to Offer Lesson Opt-Outs. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Trump Says He Has No Intention of Firing Jerome Powell; Embattled Hegseth Remains Defiant Despite Security Leaks, Disarray; Gunmen Kill 26 in Attack on Tourists in Indian-Controlled Kashmir; Musk to Scale Back his Work at DOGE; Race for Champions League Spots in England. Aired 9-10a ET
• Markets Surge as Trump Signals Lower Tariffs on China; U.S. Treasury Secretary Speaks in D.C.; Bessent: "America First Does Not Mean America Alone"; UAE, Saudis Have Pledged to Invest in U.S.; U.S.-Iran Technical and Political Talks Planned for Saturday; Quake Measuring 6.2 Strikes off Coast of Turkiye. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• "Trump Chickened Out", Chinese Mocking Trump On Trade; Source: Hegseth's Wife, Ex-Fox Producer, South Security Clearance; Target Foot Traffic Drops Amid Boycott Over DEI Rollback. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Pope Francis Lying In State At St. Peter's Basilica. Aired 5- 5:30a ET
• Pope Francis Lying In State At St. Peter's Basilica; Musk Signals Downsized Government Role, Return To Tesla; Thousands Ordered To Leave Their Homes As Wildfire Explores In New Jersey. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump: Team is "Actively" Talking with China to get a "Fair Deal"; Trump Signals Potential U-Turn on China Trade War; Sources: Retail Execs Warn Trump of "Empty" Shelves from Tariffs; Prominent Role of Hegseth's Wife Draws Scrutiny; FDA Says it will Phase Out Petroleum-Based Food Dyes. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• FDA Says It Will Phase Out Petroleum-based Food Dyes; CDC Warns Foodborne Illnesses on the Rise in the U.S.; Trump Unlikely to Fire Hegseth, but White House Officials Troubled by Disarray Among His Top Aides; Trump Slams Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in New Post; Democratic Senator Durbin Announces He Will Not Seek Re-election. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Mourners Pay Last Respects As Pope Lies in State; Trump Says His Administration is "Actively" Talking with China to Get a "Fair Deal"; China: If the U.S. Wants to Make a Deal, It Should Stop Threats and Coercion and Engage on Basis of Respect and Equality. Aired 14-15:00p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump Softens Tone but Won't Say When Tariffs Will be Cut; Trump Puts Onus on Zelenskyy to Accept Peace Deal; Judge Grants DOJ Extension in Abrego Garcia Case; Democrats Face Shake-Up as Longtime Senator Retires; Laura Coates Interviews Eva Longoria. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• CNN International: Trump: Every Country Wants To Make Deals With Us; U.S. Markets Up After Trump Softens Tone On Powell, China Tariffs; U.S. Treasury Secy: U.S. Seeking Trade Fairness Globally. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Pope Francis Lying In State At St. Peter's Basilica; Trump Admin Signals U-Turn On China Tariffs; U.S. President Softens Tone On Powell, China Tariffs; London Talks Scaled Back As Rubio Skips Summit; Judge Extends Deportation Block Under Alien Enemies Act; U.S. FDA To Phase Out Petroleum-Based Food Dyes; Chinese Innovations On Full Display Amid Trade War. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• U.S. Markets Up After Trump Softens Tone on Powell, China; U.S. Business Activity Slows Amid Tariff Uncertainty; Tesla Posts Lowest Quarterly Sales in Nearly Three Years; Ukraine's Peace Talks; New Media Taking Over WH. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Dow Rebounds After Talk of De-Escalating China Trade War; Sources Say, Trump Softened Tone on Fed Chair After Advisers' Warnings; Columbia Student's Lawyers Accuse Government of Setting Up Citizenship Interview as a Trap to Detain Him. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Deporting Legal U.S. Residents Without Criminal Charges; Trump Admin. Stonewalling in Abrego Garcia Case; Paying Final Respects to Pope Francis; Sentencing of Highland Park Shooter; Rubio Unveils First State of State Dept. Overhaul. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Interview With State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce; Setback in Russia-Ukraine Talks; Trump Backing Down on Tariffs?. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Banning Food Dyes?; Trump Administration Targets Anti-Christian Activity; Senator Dick Durbin Announces Retirement; Interview With State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump Tones Down Attacks On China Marking Shift In Trade War; Trump Presses Zelenskyy, Not Putin, To Give In On Peace Deal; Dick Durbin, Number Two Senate Democrat, Won't Run For Re-Election. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Trump Hits Out at Zelenskyy; Trumps Softens His Tone on Tariffs; Pope Francis Lies in State; Tourists Attacked in Kashmir; Meeting MAGA Media at the White House; E.U. Hits Apple and Meta with $797M Antitrust Fines. Aired 6-7p ET