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The Amanpour Hour
• Interview With Harvard University Professor Jill Lepore; Interview With University Of Oxford Professor Timothy Garton Ash; Inside Mexico's Crackdown On Drug Cartels; Interview With The Parents Circle Families Forum Member Rami Elhanan; Interview With The Parents Circle Families Forum Member Bassam Aramin; The Vietnam War: 50 Years On; Excerpt Of Interview With "My Name Is Emilia del Valle" Author Isabel Allende. Aired 11a-12p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Tariffs On Imported Auto Parts Now In Effect; Buffett Criticizes Trump's Tariffs: "Trade Can Be An Act Of War"; Trump Says Economy Would Be "OK" If There's Short-Term Recession; Australia's PM Retains Power In A Test Of Anti-Trump Sentiment; Judge Permanently Blocks "Unconstitutional" Trump Order Targeting Law Firm Perkins Coie; Trump: Government Will Revoke Harvard's Tax-Exempt Status; Intense Diplomatic Efforts Underway To Cool Pakistan-India Tensions. Pakistan Conducts Missile Test As Tensions With India Intensify; Major Delays At Newark Airport Roll Into Sixth Day; Voice Of America To Begin "Phased Return" Next Week. Aired 12-1p ET
• Tariffs On Imported Auto Parts Now In Effect; Trump Says Economy Would Be "OK" If There's Short-Term Recession; Trump Proposes $1T In Defense Spending & $163B In Cuts From Non-Defense, Domestic Spending; Trump Ousts Waltz As National Adviser, Taps Him To Be U.N. Ambassador; Australia's PM Retains Power In A Test Of Anti-Trump Sentiment; Ukraine: At Least 47 Injured In Russian Drone Strike On Kharkiv; U.S. And Ukraine Sign Critical Minerals Deal; Jury Selection Starts Monday In Sean "Diddy" Combs Trial. Jury Selection Begins Monday in Sean "Diddy" Combs Criminal Trial; Severe Storms Hammer the Eastern U.S. this Weekend; Prince Harry Opens Up About His Rift with King Charles; Polls Open: Voters Decide on Creation of Starbase, Texas. Aired 1-2p ET
• Mike Waltz Replaced with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as President Trump's National Security Advisor; FAA Imposes Ground Delays at Newark Airport Due to Lack of Air Traffic Controllers; Black Hawk Helicopter Nearly Misses Passenger Jet at Reagan National Airport; Trump Administration Tariffs Set to Increase Costs Related to Car Purchasing and Repair; Port of Los Angeles Reporting 35 Percent Drop in Arrivals Compared to Previous Year; Tensions Between Pakistan and India Rise as Pakistan's Military Conducts Missile Test; Churchill Downs to Host 151st Running of Kentucky Derby; Group of Black Trump Voters Interviewed on Their Attitudes towards President Trump and Democratic Party. Aired 2-3p ET.
• Tariffs On Imported Auto Parts Now In Effect; Trump Blasts Judge's Ruling On Alien Enemies Act; Drone Strike In Kharkiv Injures At Least 47; Inside The Fight Against A Drug Cartel; White House Budget Proposal Include Deep Cuts To Health Programs; "The Wired Rainforest." Aired 3-4p ET
• Legendary Investor Warren Buffett Announces Plans To Retire; Trump Shrugs Off Recession Fears; Polls Open For Voters To Decide On Creation Of Starbase, Texas; Trump Cabinet Gives Musk A Seemingly Friendly Send-Off; Musk Says He Plans To Keep His Office In The West Wing; Prince Harry Says King Charles No Longer Speaks To Him. Aired 4- 5p ET
• Secretary Of State Rubio Would Take Over As Acting National Security Adviser Once Mike Waltz Is Ousted From His Job; Tariff Impact On Supply Chains; NTSB Probing Aborted Landings At Reagan National Airport; United Cuts 35 Daily Flights Out Of Newark Over FAA Staffing; Voice Of America Restored After Judge Rebukes Trump; Trump Signs Executive Order To End Federal Funding To PBS, NPR; Index Ranks U.S. 57th Out Of 180 Countries For Press Freedom; U.S. Supreme Court Weighs Trump's Transgender Ban. Aired 5-6p ET
• Legendary Investor, Warren Buffet Announces Plans To Retire; Trump Shrugs Off Recession Fears, Saying Everything Is Okay; Zelenskyy: Willing To Agree To Ceasefire Of At Least 30 Days; Prince Harry Opens Up To BBC About Rift With Royal Family; Inside The Sinaloa Cartel & The Mexican Military's Battle To Defeat Them; Pakistan Conducts Missile Test As Tensions With India Intensify; Intense Diplomatic Efforts Underway To Cool Pakistan-India Tensions. Aired 6- 7p ET
• Warren Buffet Announces Plans To Retire, Criticizes New Tariffs; New Tariffs On Imported Auto Parts In Effect; How The "Trump Effect" Changed Australia's Election; How The "Trump Effect" Changed The Australian Election; Sen. Cantwell: Near Miss At Reagan Airport "Outrageous"; Jury Selection Starts Monday In Sean "Diddy" Combs Trial. Aired 7-8p ET
• Australian Election Dominated by Cost of Living; Trump "OK" with Short Recession; India Holds Military Exercises, Pakistan on Alert; Royal Family Rift between Charles and Harry; Papal Conclave Begins May 7. Aired 3-3:45a ET
• Australian Election Dominated by Cost of Living; U.S.-Canada Relations; Gaza Blockade Stretches into Third Month; Trump Asks Federal Reserve to Lower Interest Rates; E.U. Consumers Fight Trump's Policies with Their Wallets; Voting on Creation of City of Starbase, Texas; Planting Mangroves to Combat Rising Sea. Aired 4-5a ET
• Trump "OK" with Short Recession; White House Wants Large Domestic Cuts and Defense Increase; Vance Not Expecting Quick End to War in Ukraine; U.S. "Mineral Diplomacy"; U.S.-Canada Relations; Russell Brand on Conditional Bail over U.K. Rape Charges; Papal Conclave Begins May 7. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN This Morning
• Tariffs On Car Parts Entering The U.S. Come Into Force; Newark Airport Is Experiencing Major Flight Delays; Millions Vote As Polls Begin To Close For Australian Federal Election; PM Carney To Meet With President Trump In Washington; Prince Harry Says He Wants Reconciliation With His Family. Vatican Installs Chimney on Roof of Sistine Chapel Ahead of Conclave; Zelle Restores Service After Payment Outage Issue; Wanda Barzee Arrested for Violating Probation Terms After Visiting Park. Aired 6-7a ET
• Tariffs On Imported Auto Parts Now In Effect; Stocks Rallied Friday After Stronger-Than-Expected Jobs Report; Cassie Ventura To Be Star Witness In High Profile Diddy Sex Trafficking Trial; Today: Haitian Community Targeted By Trump Hosts Cultural Event; Trump Admin. Considering Labeling Some Suspected Cartel And Gang Members Inside The U.S. As Enemy Combatants; Houston Rockets Force Game 7 With Golden State Warriors; St. Louis Blues Beat Winnipeg Jets 5-2 To Force Game 7; 151st Kentucky Derby Off To The Races On Saturday. Aired 7-8a E.T.


First of All with Victor Blackwell
• Flight Delays At Newark Airport, FAA Cites Air Traffic Control Staffing Issues; Today: 90M Plus People From Florida To New England At Risk; Tariffs On Imported Auto Parts Now In Effect; Professor Discusses Latest Research On Preventing Gun Violence; Labor's Albanese Wins, Dutton Concedes; 7 Dead After Fiery Crash Near Yellowstone National Park; Vatican Chimney Installed Ahead Of Papal Conclave; Blood Of Man Who's Had 200 Snake Bites Helps Make A Potent Antivenom. Aired 8-9a ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. Recent Polling Shows Lower Approval Ratings for President Trump after 100 Days in Office for Second Term; Trump Administration Tariffs Possibly Set to Increase Consumer Prices; President Trump Signs Executive Order to End Public Funding of NPR and PBS for Biased and Partisan News Coverage; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Ends Pentagon Initiative Promoting Women Which was Signed into Law During President Trump's First Term; FBI Demotes Agents Who Kneeled during George Floyd Protests; Minnesota Governor Tim Walz Gives Speech on Reason He was Chosen as Kamala Harris's Vice Presidential Candidate; New Study Shows Young People Aged 18 to 29 across 20 Countries Less Happy than Previously. Aired 10-11a ET.


Smerconish
• "We're Not Talking About This"; Belichick's "Creative Muse" Makes Waves At UNC; Could Public Funds Go To Religious Charter Schools? Consumers Now Face "Tariff Surcharges" For Some Goods. Aired 9-10a ET