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The Amanpour Hour
• Interview With Principles For Peace Foundation Executive Director Hiba Qasas; Interview With Israeli Air Force Former Chief of Planning General Nimrod Sheffer; Interview With "The Uninhabitable Earth" Author David Wallace-Wells; Interview With "Adventures In The Louvre" Author Elaine Sciolino; When the Taliban First Seized Power. Aired 11a-12p ET


CNN Newsroom
• DOJ Turns Over "Thousands Of Pages" Of Epstein Records To House Oversight Committee And Release Maxwell Interview; At Least 5 Killed, Dozens Injured In NY Tour Bus Crash; Texas GOP Approves New Maps As Partisan Redistricting Race Escalates; TX Dems Vow Legal Fight Over Redrawn Maps After Returning To Capital; California Voters To Get Final Say On New Redrawn Maps. U.N.-Backed Group Declares "Man-Made" Famine In Parts Of Gaza; Judge Bans Migrant Detention Center From Taking New Detainees; Wildfires Erupt In The West As Dangerous Heat Intensifies. Aired 12p-1p ET
• At Least 5 Dead, Dozens Injured After NY Tour Bus Crash; Lyle Menendez Denied Parole A Day After Brother's Bid Was Rejected; DOJ Turns Over "Thousands Of Pages" Of Epstein Records To House Oversight Cmte And Releases Maxwell Interview; Kilmar Abrego Garcia Released From Criminal Custody; Trump Admin May Deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia To Uganda; FBI Searches Home & Office Of Trump's Former Adviser. Famine Officially Confirmed in Parts of Gaza; Israel Intensifies Strikes on Gaza City; Powell Suggests Interest Rate Cuts Could Be Coming Soon. Aired 1-2p ET
• Justice Department Releases Audio and Transcript of Interview with Jeffrey Epstein Associate Ghislaine Maxwell; Texas Senate Approves New Congressional Maps Drawn to Give Republicans Possible Five Seat Advantage Next Midterms Elections; California State House Passes Redistricting Bill; California Parole Board Denies Parole for Erik and Lyle Menendez; Russia Continues Attacks in Ukraine as Trilateral Meeting between Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and President Trump Not Materializing; Republican Governors Deploying Their States' National Guard Troops to Washington D.C. to Assist with President Trump's Crackdown on Crime; Failing Lithium Batteries Causing Increase in Fires on Planes; Golfers Tommy Fleetwood and Russell Henley Leading PGA Tour Championship. Aired 2-3p ET
• FBI Searches Home And Office Of Trump Adviser John Bolton; Texas Republicans Approve New Congressional Maps; U.N. Backed Group Declares "Man-Made" Famine In Parts Of Gaza; Powerful Rally After Fed Chief Fuels Hopes For A Rate Cut; OpenAI CEO Signals A.I. May Be In A Bubble; Tour Championship This Weekend, Winner Gets $10 Million. Aired 4-5p ET
• Texas Republicans Approve New Congressional Maps; Lyle Menendez Denied Parole A Day After Erik's Bid Was Rejected; Trump Administration Threatening To Deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia; Trump Gives Putin Another Deadline In Hopes Of Ending War; U.S.-Venezuela Escalate Military Tensions; Trump Calls For Getting Rid Of Mail-In Ballots For Elections; FAA Warns Of More Lithium Battery Fires On Planes; NTSB Investigating New York Tour Bus Crash That Killed Five. Aired 5-6p ET
• Vance Says Bolton Search Not Motivated by Trump Revenge; GOP Governors Send National Guard Troops To Help Trump In D.C.; Trump Threatens Emergency Declaration To Keep Troops In D.C.; Gaza Suffering "Man-Made" Famine, Says Un-Backed Group; Trump: Concerns About TikTok Are "Highly Overrated"; House Dems Accuse DOJ Of "Stonewalling" On Epstein Files; Lyle Menendez Denied Parole A Day After Erik's Bid Was Rejected. Aired 6-7p ET
• Texas Republicans Approve New Congressional Maps; U.N.-Backed Group Declares Famine In Parts of Gaza; Afghans Left Behind After U.S. Withdrawal Speak Out; Trump Calls For Getting Rid of Mail-In Ballots For Elections; Trump Administration May Deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia To Uganda; Remembering Judge Frank Caprio's Compassion; "American Prince: JFK, Jr." Final Episode Tonight. Aired 7-8p ET
• First Responders Say 18 Killed in Israeli Strike in Gaza City ahead of Takeover; U.N.-Backed Group Declares "Manmade" Famine in Parts of Gaza; Russia Puts on a Show of Patriotism on Flag Day Holiday; Ghislaine Maxwell, Seeking Pardon, Praises Trump in Interview; Dow Soars to First Record High of the Year; FBI Searches Home of Former Trump Adviser John Bolton; Pickett Fire Burning in California's Napa Valley. Aired 3-3:45a ET
• U.N.-Backed Group Declares "Manmade" Famine in Parts of Gaza; Putin Expects Full Restoration of Relations with U.S.; FBI Searches Home of Former Trump Adviser John Bolton; Dow Soars to First Record High of the Year; Think Tank Reports Secret North Korean Missile Base; Funding Loss Threatens Efforts to Find Missing Ukrainian Children; South Korean President Visits Japan for Bilateral Talks; Chilean Police's New Recruit Ready to Purr-Tect and Serve; Hero Postal Carrier Brings in Washing from the Rain. Aired 4-5a ET
• Texas Senate Approves Controversial Congressional Map; Ghislaine Maxwell, Seeking Pardon, Praises Trump in Interview; Trump Calls for Federal Crime Crackdown in Chicago; SecDef Fires General Who Led Defense Intelligence Agency; Dow Soars to First Record High of the Year; Scholars Push Back on Trump's Smithsonian Attack; Top 25 Showdown in Ireland. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN This Morning
• Texas Senate Passes New Republican-Drawn Congressional Map; Five Dead In Bus Crash After Niagara Falls Tour; Lyle Menendez Joins Brother Erik, Denied Parole In Parents' L.A. Killing; Evacuations Underway In Napa County; Ghislaine Maxwell Says There Is No Jeffrey Epstein Client List. FBI Raid Home of Former National Security Adviser John Bolton; Powell Sends Stocks Surging After Jackson Hole Speech. Aired 6-7a ET
• Five Dead, Dozens Injured After New York Tour Bus Crash; Lyle Menendez Denied Parole One Day After His Brother, Erik; Maxwell Says She Doesn't Believe Epstein Died By Suicide; House Oversight Committee Gets First Batch Of Epstein Records; United Nation-Backed Group Declares "Man-Made" Famine In Parts Of Gaza; GOP Governors Send Troops To Help District Of Columbia Crackdown; Trump's District Of Columbia Takeover Raises Legal Questions; United States Takes 10 Percent Stake In Intel As Part Of Trump's Big Tech Push. Aired 7-8a ET


First of All with Victor Blackwell
• What Trump Says Beautiful "African American Ladies" Are Asking For; Trump Says Chicago Next Up For Federal Crime Crackdown; TX Senate Passes Trump-Backed Congressional District Map Favoring GOP; GOV to Sign. Aired 8-9a ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. Former National Security Adviser John Bolton's House Raided by FBI; California Governor Gavin Newsom Gains Attention for Social Media Posts Mocking President Trump; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Fires General over His Intelligence Assessment of Damage to Iranian Nuclear Facility by U.S. Strike; Retailer Target's CEO Resigns after Drop in Sales Following His Ending of DEI Program; Restaurant Chain Cracker Barrel Criticized by Conservatives for Changing Its Logo. Aired 10-11a ET


Smerconish
• C.A. Voters Will Decide Whether To Adopt A New Congressional Map; T.X. Republicans Approve New Congressional Maps; The Democratic Party Faces A Voter Registration Crisis; Maxwell Says She Doesn't Believe Epstein Died By Suicide; Maxwell Says There Is No Epstein Client List. 1965 U.S. Program Tried To Replace Migrant Labor With Teens; America's Social Calendar Is Bare. Aired 9-10a ET