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CNN Transcripts for May 18, 2025

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CNN Newsroom
• Officials Hold News Conference On Explosion In Palm Springs, California; Mexican Navy Training Ship Moving In Wrong Direction When It Hit Brooklyn Bridge. Aired 1:09-2p ET
• Officials Identify Suspect In California Fertility Clinic Explosion; 2 Dead, Dozens Injured After Mexican Navy Ship Hits Brooklyn Bridge; Ukraine: Russia Launched Largest Drone Attack Of The War; Violent Tornado Outbreak Kills 25 Across Kentucky, Missouri; Sean "Diddy" Combs Trial Enters Week 2 Tomorrow. Aired 2-3p ET
• Official: Ship Was Moving In Wrong Direction When It Hit Brooklyn Bridge, Killing Two; Officials Identify Suspect In California Fertility Clinic Explosion; Ukraine: Russia Launched Largest Drone Attack Of The War. Aired 3-4p ET
• Officials Identify Suspect In California Fertility Clinic Explosion; Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Form Of Prostate Cancer. Aired 4-5p ET
• Former President Biden Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer. Aired 5- 6p ET
• Joe Biden Diagnosed With "Aggressive" Prostate Cancer That Has Spread To His Bones; Suspect Identified In Palm Springs Fertility Clinic Bombing; Trump Agenda Faces Key Vote Amid GOP Infighting. Aired 6-7p ET
• Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer That Has Spread To His Bones; House Budget Committee To Hold Rare Sunday Vote For Trump Agenda; Manhunt For New Orleans Jailbreak Expands To Other States; Biden Diagnosed With "Aggressive" Prostate Cancer, Has Spread To His Bones; Ukraine: Russia Launches Largest Drone Attack Of The War; Pope Leo XIV Celebrates His Inaugural Mass. Aired 7-8p ET
• Inauguration Mass for Pope Leo XIV Set to Begin Soon; 2 Dead, 19 Injured After Mexican Navy Ship Hits Brooklyn Bridge; FBI Says, Fertility Clinic Blast Intentional Act of Terrorism. Aired 3-4a ET
• Inauguration Mass for Pope Leo XIV; Pope Leo XIV Celebrates his Inaugural Mass; 150 Plus Killed in Israel's New Offensive; Trump to Speak to Putin by Phone. Aired 4-5a ET
• Pope Leo XIV Celebrates His Inaugural Mass; 2 Dead, 19 Injured After Mexican Navy Ship Hits Brooklyn Bridge; FBI: Fertility Clinic Blast "Intentional Act of Terrorism". Aired 5-6 am ET


CNN Special Reports
• Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: Animal Pharm. Aired 8-9p ET


CNN This Morning
• Pope Leo XIV Celebrates His Inaugural Mass; Two Dead, Dozens Injured After Mexican Navy Ship Hits Brooklyn Bridge; One Dead In Palm Springs Explosion That "Targeted" Fertility Clinic. Ship Likely Suffered "Mechanical" Issue Causing To it The Underside Of The Bridge; Trump Says He Will Speak To Putin By Phone On Monday; Ukraine Air Force: Russia Launches Largest Drone Attack Of The War; Tornado Outbreak Kills At Least 25. Aired 6-7a ET
• 2 Dead, Dozens Injured After Mexican Navy Ship Hits Brooklyn Bridge; 1 Dead In Palm Springs Explosion That "Targeted" Fertility Clinic; Pope Leo XIV Celebrates His Inaugural Mass; Trump Says He Will Speak To Putin By Phone On Monday; Ukraine's Air Force: Russia Launched Largest Drone Attack Of The War. Mexican Navy Ship Hits Brooklyn Bridge; Tornado Outbreak Kills at Least 25; At Least 100 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Strikes on Gaza. Aired 7-8a ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Trump's Trop to a Transforming Middle East; Trump Announces Syria Sanctions Relief; Interview with Retired General Stanley McChrystal. Interview With Retired U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal; Interview With Media Mogul Barry Diller. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Returns Home To New Blowback After Whirlwind Trip; Tonight: Trump Agenda Faces Key Vote Amid GOP Infighting; Interview With Sen. John Curtis (R-UT). Interview with Sen. John Curtis (R-UT); Top Biden Backers Distance Themselves from Past Comments. Aired 8-9a ET


State of the Union
• Questions Linger About President Biden; Interview With Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC); Interview With U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Aired 9-10a ET


The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
• Did Not Air. Aired 8-9p ET