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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Iranian Drone Attack Caused Fire At Oil Port; Ceasefire And Peace Talks Being Tested As U.S. And Iran Trade Shots. TRUMP: U.S. Will Guide Ships Throughout Strait Of Hormuz; Ceasefire & Peace Talks Being Tested As U.S. & Iran Trade Shots; Intel Report: Security Increased Around Putin Amid Assassination & Coup Fears; Russia Declares Victory Day Ceasefire For May 8-9; Zelenskyy Counters Russia's Victory Day Ceasefire With New Date; 3 Cruise Ship Passengers Dead, Others Sick After Suspected Hantavirus Outbreak; NTSB Investigation Underway After Airplane Clips Truck & Light Pole. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder; Interview with Civil Rights Activist Martin Luther King III; Interview with Former Special Assistant to President Obama and Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy Founding Director Jason Bordoff. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Ceasefire Teeters As U.S., Iran Fire Shots In Strait Of Hormuz; New Strikes Test Iran Ceasefire As Gas Prices Hit Wartime High; Spirit Airlines Cites Recent Geopolitical Events" For Closure. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Threatens To Blow Iran Forces If They Target U.S. Ships; The Washington Post: Medicare Portal Database Exposed Health Providers' Social Security Numbers; GOP Mounting Quiet Campaign To Lure Fetterman Away From Dems; Rep. Mace Gives Update In Congress Sexual Harassment Probe; Jeffries Leads Redistricting Effort In New York; Supreme Court Ruling Sets Off Gerrymandering Scramble; Secret Service Shoots Armed Man Near White House; Putin Boosts Security Amid Leaked Coup Threat Claims. Aired 5-6p ET
• Ceasefire At Risk As Iran And U.S. Trade Shots, Iran Attacks UAE; Three Dead In Possible Hantavirus Outbreak On Cruise Ship; New Details About Ex-Congressman Eric Swalwell Emerge; Supreme Court Temporarily Restores Access To Abortion Pills; Secretary Rubio To Meet With Pope Amid Trump's Clash With Pontiff. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Claims War's Unpopularity Among Americans Is Fake; Generational Divide Over Trump's Iran War Is Growing Wider; Trump Admin Blames Biden For Gas Prices, Spirit Collapse, Inflation; Trump Demands To Cancel Elections And Rig Maps For GOP; Americans Not Happy With Jeff Bezoz Involvement With Met Gala. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Iran Claims It's Prevented U.S. Ships from Entering Hormuz; United Plane Hits Bakery Truck, Light Pole While Landing in New Jersey; Three Dead, Three Others Sick After Suspected Hantavirus Outbreak on Cruise. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• U.S. Military To Begin Guiding Ships Through Strait Of Hormuz Today; Spirit Airlines Cancels All Flights, Shuts Down Customer Service; Blanche: Comey Indictment "Not Just About A Single Instagram Post." Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Interview with Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA): Iran Claims It's Prevented U.S. Ships from Entering Hormuz; United Plane Hits Bakery Trump, Light Pole While Landing in New Jersey; Trumps Approval Among Independents at this Point in His Term. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Oil Prices Climb on Fears of Confrontation; Two U.S.-Flagged Merchants Successfully Transit Strait of Hormuz; Cooler Air in the Forecast; Raul Torrez is Interviewed about the Meta Trial; Omar Nok is Interviewed about Traveling without Flying. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Two U.S. Vessels Sail Through Strait; Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) is Interviewed about the Strait of Hormuz; United Plane Hits Bakery Truck; Katy Nastro is Interviewed about Passengers with Spirit Tickets. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Acting A.G. on Comey Indictment; DeSantis Chances for 2028; Matthew Rhys is Interviewed about "Widow's Bay". Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Putin Paranoia?; Suspected D.C. Gunman in Court; Strait of Hormuz Tensions. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• United Jet Hits Truck, Streetlight While Landing at Newark International; Spirit Airlines Workers Search for New Jobs After Shutdown; Flight Data Shows 2022 Chinese Plane Crash May Have Been Intentional; Ceasefire in Question as U.S. & Iran Trade Shots; 23 People Injured in Mass Shooting at Lake Party; Rudy Giuliani Hospitalized in Critical Condition With Pneumonia; Princess Eugenie Pregnant With Third Child; New Oscar Rules, Only Humans Can Win Acting & Writing Awards. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• New Oscar Rules, Only Humans Can Win Acting & Writing Awards; Three Passengers Dead After Suspected Hantavirus Outbreak on Cruise; Ceasefire in Question as U.S. & Iran Trade Shots; New Polls Show 60 Percent Job Disapproval Rating for Trump; Search for Suspects After Masked Gunmen Injure 23 People in Oklahoma. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Ceasefire in Question as U.S. and Iran Trade Shots; New Details About Ex-Congressman Eric Swalwell Emerge; Supreme Court Temporarily Restores Mail Access to Mifepristone. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Ceasefire, Peace Talks in Questions as U.S. & Iran Trade Shots; United Jet Hits Truck, Streetlight While Landing at Newark Intl; Judge Apologizes to Press Dinner Suspect Over Solitary Confinement 3-3:30p ET
• Study Shows Student Well-Being Improves Over Time of Phone Bans; Oil Prices Surge on Fears Fragile U.S.-Iran Ceasefire May End; Bezos-Backed Met Gala Draws Calls for Boycott. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• President Trump Announces U.S. to Guide Ships Through Strait of Hormuz. Atlanta-Area High Schooler Deported Back To Honduras. Met Gala Returns To New York Monday. Aired 12-1a ET
• U.S. To Start Guiding Ships Through Strait Of Hormuz; Ukraine Steps Up Attacks On Russian Energy Exports; Cuba Slams "Unprecedented" Trump Threats; Suspected Hantavirus Outbreak Kills Three on Cruise Ship; Fallout From Wave Of Armed Attacks Against Government In Mali; Fallout from Waves of Armed Attacks against Government of Mali; Fans Celebrate the Return of Korean Band BTS. Aired 1-1:45a ET
• U.S. to Start Guiding Ships Through the Strait of Hormuz; U.S. Gas Prices Surge Again; Trump, Republicans Face Grim Polling as 2026 Midterms Approach; Three Dead in Suspected Hantavirus Outbreak on Cruise Ship; Trump: U.S. "Having Very Positive Discussions" With Iran; IDF Issues Evacuation Warnings In Lebanon Despite Ceasefire; Cuba Slams Trump's Threats To Take Over Island; New Exhibit Offers Look At Dior's Legendary Designs. Aired 2-3a ET
• Hantavirus Outbreak Claims Three Lives on a Cruise Ship; New York Legislators Propose a Bill to Ban Armed Robots' Use; Cavaliers, Pistons Overcome Game 7 of the NBA Playoffs, Through to the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Aired 3-4a ET
• President Trump Announces Mission Project Freedom; Rhetoric Between the U.S. and Cuban Governments Grows More Heated. Aired 4- 4:30a ET
• Supreme Court Decision Sets Off Redistricting Scramble; Appeals Court Blocks Abortion Pill Access By Mail; Troubled Carrier Abruptly Ceased Operations This Weekend; Met Gala Returns To New York Tonight. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN This Morning
• U.S. Military to Begin Guiding Ships Through Hormuz; U.S. National Average Gasoline Price $4.45 Per Gallon; Rudy Giuliani Hospitalized in Critical Condition; United Airlines Plane Hits Truck; Iranian State Media: U.S. Naval Vessel Hit by Two Missiles. Aired 6- 6:30a ET
• Iranian State Media Says a U.S. Naval Vessel was Hit; Senior U.S. Official Denies Ship was Hit; Trump Claims it's Treasonous to Say U.S. is Not Winning the Iran War. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Billionaire Emaar Developer Mohamed Alabbar on Iran War; Three Dead Amid Suspected Hantavirus Outbreak on Cruise Ship; Employees & Passengers Scramble on Spirit Airlines Demise; Last Minute Bailout from Trump Administration Failed to Materialize; United Airlines Boeing 767 Strikes Truck While Landing; U.S. Gasoline Prices Still Rising Amid Iran War Uncertainty. Aired 9-10a ET
• Two U.S.-Flagged Merchant Vessels Successfully Transited Through Strait Of Hormuz; Hezbollah Leader: There Is No Ceasefire In Lebanon; Billionaire Emaar Developer Mohamed Alabbar On Iran War; United States Ramps Up Economic Pressure On Iran; Cuba Slams Trump Over Threats To Its Sovereignty; Three Dead Amid Suspected Hantavirus Outbreak On Cruise Ship. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• New Video: Mideast Oil Port On Fire After Drone Attack; Trump Tries To Spin Disapproval Amid Unpopular War: "I Don't Like War"; Report: Putin's Security Tightened Amid Assassination & Coup Fears. Aired 7-8p ET


Inside Politics
• U.A.E. Says It Intercepted Three Missiles From Iran Over Its Waters; Confusion Over Who Controls Strait As U.S., Iran Trade Threats; CNN Poll Of Polls: Trump Approval Falls To 35 Percent; Supreme Court Temporarily Restores Mail Access To Abortion Pill; Trump Admin. Races To Access State Voter Rolls Ahead Of Midterms. Aired 12- 12:30p ET
• Trump Allies Aim To Topple Indiana GOP Lawmakers Who Defied Him; The Atlantic: Trump Is Focused On Becoming One Of History's "Great Men"; Ben McKenzie: "Cryptocurrency, It's Pretty Stupid". Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• U.S. And Iran Trade Shots Around The Strait Of Hormuz; Two People Killed After A Car Rams Into A Crowd In The German City Of Leipzig; A Suspected Virus Outbreak On A Cruise Ship Carrying More Than 150 People Turn Deadly; Ceasefire In Question As U.S. And Iran Trade Fire; U.S. And Iran Trading Fire Around Strait Of Hormuz; United Flight Hits Bakery Truck While Landing In New Jersey; Spirit Airlines Shuts Down All Global Operations. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Ceasefire Under Strain; Supreme Court Allows Louisiana To Speed Up Redrawing Map; A-List Celebrities Steal Show At Meg Gala. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• CENTCOM Denies U.S. Ships Hit by Iranian Missiles; Iran Publishes New Map Showing Hormuz Under Its Control; Iran Claims It Prevented U.S. Ships from Entering Hormuz; Oil Prices Climb on Fears of Strait of Hormuz Confrontations; Three Cruise Passengers Dead After Suspected Hantavirus Outbreak; Hearing for Suspect in WH Press Dinner Shooting Today. Aired 11a- 12p ET
• UAE Says It Intercepted Missiles From Iran; CNN Poll Of Polls: Trump's Disapproval rating Rises To 64 Percent; GameStop Wants To Buy eBay For $55.5 Billion; Three Dead Amid Suspected Hantavirus Outbreak On Cruise Ship; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Ceasefire In Question As U.S. And Iran Trade Fire; U.S. Average Gas Price Approaches $4.50 a Gallon; Intel Report: Kremlin Tightens Security Around Putin; United Plane Hits Truck During Landing At Newark Airport; GameStop Makes Daring $55B Takeover Bid For EBay; Bezos' Sponsorship Of 2006 Met Gala Sparks Backlash. Aired 4-5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Headlines: A United Airlines Plane Coming in for a Landing Hits a Bakery Truck on a Highway at Newark Airport; Rudy Giuliani Hospitalized; A Suspected Deadly Illness Breaks Out on a Cruise Ship Off the Coast of Cape Verde. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• CNN Headlines: Trump: We're Having "Very Positive Discussions" With Iran; Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani Hospitalized In Critical But Stable Condition; Supreme Court Asked To Restore Access To Abortion Pill Through Mail. Aired 5:30-6a ET


The Situation Room
• Iran Claims It Has Prevented U.S. Ships from Entering Strait; United Plane Hits Truck, Light Pole While Landing in New Jersey; New Details About Ex-Congressman Eric Swalwell Emerge. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Iran Threatens U.S. Forces in Hormuz; Rampant Conspiracy Theories Spread After WHCD Shooting; Making Money Off the War. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• U.S. To Start Guiding Ships Through Strait; Hantavirus Outbreak Kills 3 In Atlantic Cruise Ship; Hearing Prep Underway For Alleged Press Dinner Shooter; Police Search For Suspects In Oklahoma Shooting That Sent At Least 13 People To Hospitals; Spirit Airlines Shuts Down, Leaving Passengers Scrambling. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Met Gala; Supreme Court Restores Mail Access to Abortion Pill; Chaos in Strait of Hormuz?; Possible Hantavirus Outbreak on Cruise Ship; Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• U.S. & Iran Exchange Fire In Strait Of Hormuz; POLITICO: GOP Quietly Trying To Flip Dem Sen. Fetterman; Bezos-Backed Met Gala Draws Calls For Boycott. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: U.S. and Iran Trade Fire in the Strait of Hormuz; Trump Launches Operation Seeking to Open Hormuz Strait; Trump's Disapproval Rating Rises to 64 Percent; Future of the U.S.-Europe Military Relationship; Intel Report: Kremlin Tightens Security Around Putin; Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni Reach Lawsuit Settlement. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Ceasefire In Question As U.S. And Iran Trade Fire; Police: At Least Two Dead After Car Strikes Crowd In Germany; Intel Report: Kremlin Tightens Security Around Putin; Suspected Hantavirus Outbreak Claims At Least Three Lives; Bessent: U.S. Has "Absolute Control Of The Strait; GameStop Makes $55 Billion Bid For eBay. Aired 3-4p ET