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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Sources: U.S. Fighter Jet Shot Down Over Iran One Of Two Crew Members Rescued, Search Ongoing; The View from Space; Sources: U.S. Fighter Jet Shot Down Over Iran; Lebanon's Health Ministry: At Least 1,345 People Killed By Israel Bombardment; International Rescue Committee CEO Warns Of Worsening Humanitarian Crisis In Middle East Amid Iran War; Pope Leo Carries Wooden Cross During Candle-Lit Procession; NASA Releases Images Of Earth Taken By Astronauts; 50 Years Of Apple. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former U.S. National Security Council Official Gary Sick; Interview with "The Fear of 13" Actor Adrien Brody; Interview with "The Fear of 13" Playwright Lindsey Ferrentino; Interview with The Atlantic Staff Writer McKay Coppins. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Now: U.S. Searching For Crew Member After F-15E Downed In Iran; Trump Says Downing Of U.S. Jet Will Not Affect Iran Talks; Time: Susie Wiles Concerned Aides Are Giving Trump A Rose-Colored View Of How Iran War Is Being Perceived; Exclusive: Alito Taken To Hospital Last Month After Becoming Ill. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Rep. Scott Franklin (R-FL) Is Interviewed About U.S. Searching For Crew Member After F-15 Downed In Iran; Sen. Tim Kaine, (D-VA) Is Interviewed About Searching Of Crew Member, F-15, War Powers Resolution, NATO; Wide-Ranging New Interview With OpenAI CEO Sam Altman; Iran Claims It Struck A Second U.S. Combat Plane; Doctors Studying Long-Term Use Of Beta-Blockers. Aired 5-6p ET
• U.S. Searching For Crew Member After F-15 Downed In Iran; Hegseth Fires U.S. Army Chief Of Staff Amid Iran War; NASA Cancels Correction Burn, Says Artemis II On Track For Moon; Trump Cabinet Worries About Job Security After Bondi, Noem Firings; Homeowners Association Demands Thousands Of Dollars From Members Whose Homes Were Damaged. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• U.S. Army Chief Of Staff, Two Generals Fired AS Iran War Continues; Source: Decision To Fire Top Army General "Abrupt, But Expected"; NYT: Hegseth Blocked Promotions Of Two Black And Two Female Officers. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Sources Say, U.S. Intel Says Half of Iran's Missile Launchers Intact; Trump Fires Loyalist Pam Bondi as Attorney General; Artemis II Leaves Earth Orbit on Journey to the Moon. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Trump Fires Loyalist Pam Bondi As Attorney General; Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) On U.S. Intel Shows Iran Has Significant Missile Launching Capability; Testimony Resumes In Hawaii Doctor's Attempted Murder Trial. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Iran Claims Photos Show Downed U.S. Fighter Jet; U.S. Intel Shows Iran Has Significant Missile Launching Capability; Trump Fires Pam Bondi, Names Deputy Todd Blanche as Acting Attorney General; American's Views of Both Parties Deeply Negative. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Numbers on Pam Bondi; Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) is Interviewed about Iran; U.S. Economy Added Jobs; Adam Frank is Interviewed about the Artemis II Mission. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Iran Claims it Downed Fighter Jet; Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D- VA) is Interviewed about Iran and Bondi; U.S. Economy Added Jobs in March; Orion Crew Capsule; Artemis II Heads Toward Moon; Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is Interviewed about Bondi. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Democrats Winning in Polls; U.S. Economy Added 178,000 Jobs; Money Madness in College Basketball. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Huge Lead For Democrats Among Independents; U.S. Fighter Jet Shot Down Over Iran. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• One of Two Crew Rescued After Fighter Jet Shot Down in Iran; U.S. Intel Shows Iran Still Has Major Missile Capability; White House Seeks to Boost Military Spending to Highest Level in History; Artemis II Crew Releases Stunning First Images From Space; Orion Capsule Set to Fly Record-breaking 252,021 Miles From Earth; Judge Tosses Most of Blake Lively's Claims Against Justin Baldoni; Rapper Pooh Shiesty Charged in Dispute With Gucci Mane's Label; Amazon Adds 3.5 Percent Surcharge as Fuel Costs Soar; U.S. Economy Added 178,000 Jobs in March, Unemployment Rate Dips. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• U.S. Economy Added 178,000 Jobs In March, Unemployment Rate Dips; One Of Two Crew Rescued After Fighter Jet Shot Down In Iran; Artemis II Crew Releases Stunning First Images From Space. Aired 2- 2:30p ET
• Israel Delay's Planned Iran Strikes; U.S. Searches for Jet Crew Member; Cuba Prisoner Release; United Leaked Anthropic Memo Warns of Next Wave of A.I.-Driven Attacks. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Sources: One Of Two Crew Rescued After Fighter Jet Shot Down In Iran; Trump Imposes New 100 Percent On Pharmaceuticals, Metals; Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) Discusses Iranian Response To Missing U.S. Member Rescue. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Iran War; Mission To The Moon; Jonathan, 193-Year-Old Giant Tortoise, Is Alive. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Sources: About Half Of Iran's Missile Launchers Left Intact, Thousands Of Attack Drones Remain, According To U.S. Intel; U.K. Hosts Virtual Meeting On Reopening Strait Of Hormuz; New Troops Of Expanded Foreign Force In Haiti To Fight Gangs; Trump Presses Ahead With Conflict With No Clear Endgame; Loyalist-Stacked Commission Approves Trump's Ballroom; Artemis II Leaves Earth's Orbit On Journey To Moon. Aired 2-3a ET
• Pam Bondi Out at U.S. DOJ; Iran's Military Capability Largely Intact; Zelenskyy Help in Reopening Strait of Hormuz. Aired 3-3:45a ET


CNN This Morning
• U.S. Intel Says About Half of Iran's Missile Launchers Still Intact; Trump Fires Bondi, Appoints Blanche on Interim Basis. Aired 6- 6:30a ET
• Kurt Volker is Interviewed about the NATO Alliance; Double Haters Could Decide Midterms; Tiger Woods' DUI; White House Cabinet Reshuffle. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• U.S. Intel Says Half of Iran's Missile Launchers Intact; Israel Intensifies Its Attacks Against Hezbollah; France Part of U.K.'s Virtual Meeting on Reopening Strait of Hormuz; Iran Claims Images Show Downed U.S. Fighter Jet; More Than One Million People Displaced in Lebanon; Trump Fires Pam Bondi as U.S. Attorney General; Attack Leaves New Bridge Near Tehran Split in Two; Norwegian Foreign Minister Speaks to CNN; China Races to Remake Its Nuclear Weapons Program; Pope Leo Leads His First Holy Week. Aired 10a-11a ET
• Israel Expands Operations Against Hezbollah in S. Lebanon; Iran Claims Photos Show Downed U.S. Stealth Fighter Jet; President Trump Fires Pam Bondi as U.S. Attorney General; Artemis II Astronauts Flying Away from Earth Toward the Moon; Artemis II Crew Sleeping After Successful Moon-bound Burn. Aired 9-9:45a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Two U.S. Planes Shot Down; Aboard Artemis Mission; A Top FEMA Official Defends Claim He Was Teleported To Waffle House. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Iran: Eight Killed, Dozens Injured In Strike On Bridge; Diplomatic Push Underway To Reopen Strait Of Hormuz; Iran Claims Images Show Downed U.S. Fighter Jet. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Iran Claims Images Show Downed U.S. Fighter Jet; Trump Presses Ahead With Conflict Without Clear Endgame; Former Iranian Official Outlines Potential Peace Deal. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Iran Claims Images Show Downed U.S. Fighter Jet; Pentagon: Report On Iran's Capability "Completely Wrong"; President Trump Fires Pam Bondi As U.S. Attorney General; Artemis II Leaves Earth's Orbit On Journey To Moon. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Former Biden Official Warns About Ending Conflict Too Early; Diplomatic Push Underway To Reopen Strait of Hormuz; Pope Leo XIV Presides Over First Easter Events As Pontiff. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Sources: Search And Rescue Operations Underway For Two Pilots After U.S. Fighter Jet Shot Down Over Iran; Sources: One Rescued, One Still Missing From Downed U.S. Jet; Sources: Justice Alito Was Taken To Hospital Last Month After Becoming Ill At A Federalist Society Dinner In Philadelphia. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Sources, Justice Alito, 76, Was Taken To Hospital Last Month After Falling Ill At A Federalist Society Dinner In Philadelphia; CNN Poll: Dems Up 6 Points On Generic Congressional Ballot; Sources: U.S. Rescued One Of Two Crew On Downed Jet; Artemis II Officially Out Of Earth's Orbit And Heading To Moon. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Sources Say The U.S. Has Rescued One Of The Crew From An American Fighter Jet Shot Down Over Iran; Exclusive CNN Reporting Finds That Roughly Half Of Iran's Missile Launchers Are Still Intact; Pope Leo Celebrates First Easter; CNN Speaks To Families Displaced In Lebanon; Sources: U.S. Rescues One Of Two Downed Fighter Jet Crew In Iran; Ukraine Targets Russian Oil Refineries And Export Hubs; Day Three Of History-Making Mission To Orbit The Moon. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• U.S. Fighter Jet Shot Down Over Iran; Rescue Mission Underway; U.S. Searching For Crew Member After F-15 Downed In Iran; White House Increase In Defense Spending, $1.5T Budget Request; Artemis Crew Halfway To The Moon; Hershey Faces Scrutiny For Using Chocolate Substitute In Some Candy. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Trump Again Threatens to Pull U.S. Out of NATO; Hegseth Fires U.S. Army Chief of Staff, Two More Generals; Bondi Subpoenaed to Discuss Epstein Files Later This Month; Israel Mulls Destroying Lebanese Villages for Buffer Zone; Israel Expands Operations Against Hezbollah in S. Lebanon; UNSC to Vote Bahrain Proposal on Strait of Hormuz. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Sources: Search Underway After U.S. Fighter Jet Shot Down In Iran; Hegseth Fires U.S. Army Chief Of Staff, Two More Generals; Sources: U.S. Rescued One Of The Downed American Pilots In Iran; Cuba To Free More Than 2,000 Prisoners As Crisis Deepens; Artemis II Leaves Earth's Orbit On Journey To Moon; Holy Week For Jews And Christians Amid Times Of War; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Sources: U.S. Rescues One Of Two Downed Fighter Jet Crew In Iran; Trump Says Downing Of U.S. Jet Will Not Affect Any Iran Talks; Krugman: Energy Crisis Impacts More Than Just Gas Prices; Iran Says It Struck Second U.S. Combat Plane; E.U. Fuel Prices Have Soared 30 Percent Since Start Of Iran War; U.S. Battling China For Chile's Lithium; Iran War May Worsen Hunger Crises Around The World. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Iran Claims Photos Show Downed U.S. Fighter Jet; Sources Say, Intel Shows Iran Has Major Missile Launching Capability; Trump's New Budget Proposal, $1.5 Trillion for Defense. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• U.S. Sources: American Fighter Jet Shot Down Over Iran; Search Underway for U.S. Jet Crew Shot Down in Iran. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Sources: Search Underway After U.S. Fighter Jet Shot Down In Iran. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• U.S. Fighter Jet Shot Down in Iran. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• U.S. Searching For Crew Member After Iran Downs F-15; Trump: U.S. Can Open Strait Of Hormuz "With A Little More Time"; Oscar- Nominated Film Uses Prisoners' Videos To Expose Abuses. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• Sources: U.S. Rescues 1 of 2 Downed Fighter Jet crew in Iran; U.S. Intel Says Half of Iran's Missile Launchers Intact; White House Budget Calls for $1.5T in Defense Spending; China Races to Remake its Nuclear Weapons Program; NASA Shares New Pictures of Earth from Artemis II Crew. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Half of Iran's Missile Launcher Still Intact; Trump Fires Attorney General Pam Bondi; Artemis II Leaves Earth's Orbit on Journey to Moon; China Leans on Green Energy as Iran War Disrupts Markets; Police Release Video of Tiger Woods Arrest; Inside the Evolution of Apple Products, Technology, Culture. Aired 12-1a ET
• President Trump Fires Pam Bondi As U.S. Attorney General; Sources: About Half Iran's Missile Launchers Left Intact, Thousands Of Attack Drones Remain, According To U.S. Intel; New Secretary Markwayne Mullin Already Making Changes At DHS; Blanche: DOJ Will Pour Heart and Soul into Fraud Cases; China Leans on Green Energy as Iran War Disrupts Markets; What to Watch and What to Skip This Weekend. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Sources: U.S. Rescues 1 Of 2 Downed Fighter Jet Crew In Iran; Frenche-Owned Vessel Passes Through Strait Of Hormuz; People Leo Carrying Cross During Good Friday Devotion; Artemis II Heading To The Moon After Leaving Earth's Orbit; China Races To Remake Its Nuclear Weapons Program. Aired 3-4p ET