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CNN Transcripts for May 17, 2025

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The Amanpour Hour
• Interview With Former Deputy Secretary Of State Wendy Sherman; Interview With Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba; Influencers Push Propaganda In Russian-Occupied Ukraine; Interview With "Standing Together" Co-Director Alon-Lee Green; Interview with "Standing Together" Co-Director Rula Daood; White South Africans Granted Refugee Status By Trump; Post-Apartheid Reconciliation Still A Work In Progress; Cannes Film Festival. Aired 11a-12p ET


CNN Newsroom
• At Least 21 Dead After Tornado-Spawning Storms Pummel Central U.S.; Trump Says He Will Speak With Putin By Phone On Monday; Axios Releases Full Audio Of Robert Hur's 2023 Interview With Biden. Combs' Ex-Girlfriend Cassie Ventura Ends 4 Days Of Explosive Testimony; DHS: In "Very Beginning Phases" Of Immigrant Reality Show Pitch Review; Leaders Set To Tee Off Soon For 3rd Round Of PGA Championship. Aired 12-1p ET
• Manhunt Underway For 7 Inmates Who Escaped From Louisiana Jail; New Dramatic Bodycam Footage Shows Moments A Group Of Residents Tried To Stop An ICE Arrest In MA; At Least 14 Killed In KY, 7 In MO After Tornado Outbreak. Trump Says He Will Speak with Putin by Phone on Monday; Trump to Walmart: "Eat The Tariffs," Don't Pass Them on to Customers; Gaza Humanitarian Aid Official Explains Plan to Get Help to Civilians. Aired 1-2p ET
• High Winds Cause Damage in St. Louis and Chicago; Full Audio of Former President Joe Biden's 2023 Interview with Former Special Counsel Robert Hur Released; Ukrainian Officials Say Nine People Killed by Russian Drone Strike on Bus in Ukraine's Northern Sumy Region; Pope Leo XIV Offering to Mediate Peace Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine; Social Media Influencer in Mexico Murdered during Livestream in Suspected Femicide; Sean Diddy Combs's Former Girlfriend Cassie Ventura Testifies in His Criminal Trial; Attackers Attempt to Kidnap Pregnant Daughter of Cryptocurrency Company Executive in Paris. Aired 2-3p ET.
• Trump Says He Will Speak With Putin By Phone Monday; House Budget Committee Votes Down Bill With Trump's Agenda; Three Inmates Captured, Seven Remain At Large After New Orleans Jail Escape; At Least 21 Dead After Tornado Outbreak Pummels Central U.S.; ICE Arrest In Worcester, Massachusetts, Sparks Community Outrage; Full Audio Of Biden Interview With Special Counsel Released; Cassie Ventura Ends Days Of Testimony On Sean "Diddy" Combs Trial; New Book Tells Story Of Dog That Inspired A Rescue Organization. Aired 3-4p ET
• Mounting Problems At Home As Trump Returns From Mideast; Manhunt Underway For Seven Escapees From New Orleans Jail; Tornado- Spawning Storm System Kills At Least 25 In Missouri And Kentucky; AP: Explosion Reported At California Fertility Clinic; First Week Of Testimony Wraps Up In Sean "Diddy" Combs; Worcester Residents Try To Block ICE Agents From Making Arrest. Aired 4-5p ET
• Explosion Near California Fertility Clinic; Full Audio Released Of Biden's Interview With Special Counsel; Interview With Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA); Supreme Court Blocks Trump From Using 1798 Law For Deportations; Trump To Walmart: "Eat The Tariffs"; Ukraine: Nine Killed When Russian Drone Hits Bus In Sumy Region. Aired 5-6p ET
• FBI On Scene Of Explosion At Palm Springs Fertility Clinic; Palm Springs Mayor Calls Explosion Intentional Act Of Violence; Tornado-Spawning Storm System Kills At Least 25 In Missouri And Kentucky; At Least One Killed In Explosion Near Palm Springs Fertility Clinic; Palm Springs Mayor: No Indication Or Concern For Additional Violence After Explosion Near Fertility Clinic; Mounting Problems At Home As Trump Returns From Mideast; Full Audio Released Of Biden's 2023 Interview With Special Counsel; Manhunt Ongoing For 7 Men Still On The Run After Jailbreak By Breaking Wall Behind Toilet; Lone Guard Stepped Away For Food; State Attorneys General Taking Luxury Trips Paid For By Companies They Regulate. Aired 6-7p ET
• FBI On Scene Of Explosion At Palm Springs Fertility Clinic; Trump Plans To Speak With Putin By Phone Monday; Interview With Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN); Police And Firefighters Responding To Large Palm Springs Explosion; Tornado-Spawning Storm System Kills At Least 25 In Missouri, Kentucky; GOP Hardliners Deal Major Blow To Trump Agenda. Aired 7-8p ET
• Trump Returns as Domestic Problems Loom; Ceasefire Remains Elusive after Russia-Ukraine Direct Talks; U.S.-Israel Backed Group to Deliver Aid to Gaza; Israel and Syria Hold Rare Direct Talks; SCOTUS Temporary Stops Alien Enemies Act Deportations; Sean Combs' Ex Cassie Ventura Wraps Up Four Days of Testimony; Sweden's KAJ Favored to Win 2025 Eurovision; Jhonattan Vegas Tops PGA Championship's Second Round. Aired 3-4a ET
• Seven Men on the Run after Escaping Louisiana Prison; At Least Five Killed, Millions under Threat of Tornadoes; Trump Returns as Domestic Problems Loom; Secret Service Interviews James Comey over Social Media Post; U.N. Aid Chief Says Don't Waste Time on Alternative Plan for Gaza; Ukraine's Missing Children; The Sports-Loving Pope Leo. Aired 4-5a ET
• Trump Returns as Domestic Problems Loom; Israel Launches New Major Military Offensive in Gaza; U.S.-Israel Backed Group to Deliver Aid to Gaza; Hardline Republicans Threaten to Sink Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill"; Ceasefire Remains Elusive after Russia-Ukraine Direct Talks; Mexican Officials Search for Killer of Social Influencer; Threat of Tariffs Looms over Foreign-Made Films; The Sports-Loving Pope Leo. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN This Morning
• Storm Kills At Least 4 In St. Louis As Millions Remain Under The Threat; 7 Inmates Still On The Run After New Orleans Jail Escape; Cassie Wraps Up Testimony In Sean "Diddy" Combs Trial; Audio Released Of Biden Interview With Special Counsel; Republican Hard-Liners Defy Trump, Johnson As Megabill Fails To Advance. Israel Launches New Major Military Offensive in Gaza; Secret Service Questions Ex-FBI Director Over "86-47" Post; Moody's Lowers Perfect Credit Rating for U.S. Aired 6-7a ET
• At Least 14 Killed In Severe Storms In KY, MO; Millions Remain Under Threat Of Tornadoes And Damaging Winds; Three Inmates Captured, Seven Remain At Large After New Orleans Jail Escape; Trump Wraps Up Tour After Announcing Several Mideast Deals; Defense Attorneys Tried To Show Inconsistencies In Ventura's Testimony; Trump Wants To Meet With Putin After He Skipped Peace Talks; Audio Released Of President Biden's 2023 Interview With Special Counsel; Knicks Into Conference Finals For First Time In 25 Years. Aired 7-8a E.T.


First of All with Victor Blackwell
• Trump Defends Refugee Status For White South Africans; NJ Dems Pushed Back On Claims They "Body Slammed" ICE Agents; DHS: In Beginning Of "Vetting Process" For Reported Immigrant Reality T.V. Show; Cassie Ventura Wraps Up Four Days & Nearly 20 Hours Of Testimony; Danity Kane's Dawn Richard, Who Starred With Combs On "Making The Band", Takes The Stand. Plea Deal Offered To L.A. Deputy Convicted In Controversial Arrest; Maryland Governor Vetoes Reparations Study Bill. Aired 8-9a ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. President Trump Accepts Luxury Plane from Qatari Royal Family to Replace Air Force One Despite Previously Criticizing Politicians for Taking Money from Qatar and Other Countries; New Book Exposes Extent to Which White House Staff Went to Conceal Former President Biden's Cognitive Decline; Trump Administration Gives Refugee Status to White South Africans Citing False Claims of Genocide and Land Confiscation as Reasons; Trump Administration Officials Say Former FBI Director James Comey Should be Prosecuted for Social Media Post Suggesting Ousting of President Trump from Office; Student at Northeastern University Asks for Refund after Discovering Professor Used ChatGPT to Provide Feedback on Her Work. Aired 10-11a ET
• Mexican Navy Training Ship Strikes Brooklyn Bridge. Aired 10:30-11p ET
• Mexican Navy Training Ship Strikes Brooklyn Bridge; FBI: Fertility Clinic Blast "International Act Of Terrorism"; St. Louis, Missouri Residents Assessing Damage From Massive Storms. Aired 11p-12a ET


Smerconish
• Do Dems Need To Acknowledge They Mishandled Biden's Decline?; Combs Defense Ends Cross Examination OF Cassie Ventura. Crafting Your Authentic Life And Career. Aired 9-10a ET