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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
Special Counsel Seeks Limited Gag Order On Donald Trump; Interview With Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA); Big Three Feel Pinch As Auto Workers Launch Strike Targeting Key Parts Of Each Company; CNN Boards Plane Tracking Hurricane Lee; Derna Left Like A War Zone After Libya's Catastrophic Flooding; Honoring The Leesburg Stockade Girls' Fight For Civil Rights. Aired 8-9p ET
Amanpour
Interview With Minister Of Women's Affairs In Pre-Revolutionary Iran Mahnaz Afkhami, Interview With Norwegian Refugee Council Secretary General Jan Egeland; Interview With Open Society Foundations Europe And Central Asia Director Catherine Fieschi. Aired 1-2p ET
The Lead with Jake Tapper
UAW Launches Historic Strike Against Big 3 Automakers; Prosecutors: Trump's Public Statements Have Lead To Harassment Of Witnesses; Special Counsel Obtains At Least 32 Direct Messages From Trump's Twitter Account In 2020 Election Probe; U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Blames Strike On Biden; Deliberations Underway In Texas AG Impeachment Trial; Paul Whelan's Sister Pushes Biden To Bring Her Brother Home; UAW Launches Historic Strike Against Big 3 Automakers. Aired 4-5p ET
UAW Launches Historic Strike Big 3 Automakers; Autoworkers Go On Strike Asking For 40 Percent Pay Increase, 4 Days Workweek; DeSantis, Trump Try To Court Evangelicals At D.C. Events; Trump Falsely Claims Florida "Sort Of" Had Vaccine Mandate; Biden Admin Imposes New Sanctions On Iran Ahead Of Anniversary Of Mahsa Amini's Death; Biden And Zelenskyy To Meet In The U.S. Next Week; Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), Is Interviewed About Pentagon Revisiting Investigation Into Kabul Airport Bombing; Actors And Writers Show Solidarity As Hollywood Strike Drags On. Aired 5-6p ET
CNN News Central
UAW Launches Historic Strike Against Big Three Automakers; Special Counsel May Bring More Charges Against Hunter Biden; Libya Floods: Thousands Dead, 10,000-Plus Missing. Aired 9-9:30a ET
Trump Says It's "False" He Told Employee To Delete Mar-a-Lago Security Footage; Trump Suggests His Own Impeachment Led To Push For Biden's; State Of Emergency In Maine; New England Braces For Impact; U.S. Sources Say Chinese Spy Balloon Program Suspended; At Least 21 Of 30 TX State Senators Must Vote In Favor Of Conviction To Remove Paxton From Office. Aired 9:30-10a ET
Indictment of Hunter Biden on Gun Charges After Plea Bargain Fell Through; Hunter Biden May Face Additional Charges by Special Counsel; Interview with McLaughlin and Stern Partner and Former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Daniel J. Horwitz; UAW on Historic Strike Against 3 Major Automakers; Maine Declares a State of Emergency, While New England Braces for the Effects of Hurricane Lee; Interview with Washington County, Maine Emergency Management Director Lisa Hanscom; Biden Impeachment Inquiry. Aired 10-10:30a ET
Biden Impeachment inquiry; Interview with USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page; Russia's War on Ukraine; Village Near Bakhmut Reclaimed by Ukrainian Brigade; Next week, Zelenskyy Will Meet with Biden in the United States; Protests Erupted in Response to the Anniversary of Mahsa Amini's Death; Coast Guard Sexual Assault Cases are the Subject of Senate Investigation. Aired 10:30-11a ET
GM CEO: We Think We Have A Very Competitive Offer On The Table; Special Counsel May Bring More Charges Against Hunter Biden; Three Men Acquitted Of Plot To Kidnap Michigan Governor. Aired 11-11:30a ET
CNN Gets Rare Look Inside Hurricane Hunters' Plane; UAW Launches Historic Strike Against Big Three Automakers; Zelenskyy To Meet Biden Next Week. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
Trump Denies Mar-a-Lago Allegations; Autoworkers Strike. Aired 1-1:30p ET
Libya Floods: Thousands Dead, 10,000-Plus Missing; Source: China Appears To Have Suspended Spy Balloon Program; Hurricane Lee Approaches New England & Canada As Cat 1; Descendants Of Slaves Fear Land Loss From Georgia Zoning Change. Aired 1:30-2p ET
Auto workers strike as President Biden backs fair wages, CEOs respond to union demands amid record profits. Hunter Biden faces gun- related charges with potential additional tax charges looming. Study examines the impact of the auto workers' strike on the economy. Jury acquits three men in the Michigan kidnapping plot case. Former President Trump's history of making legal promises to testify under oath. Senate takes action after CNN report exposes sexual assault cover-ups by the Coast Guard. Aired 2-2:30p ET
3 Ex-Officers Accused In Tyre Nichols' Death Seek Own Trial; Senate Launches Inquiry Into Coast Guard Serial Assault Cover-Ups Exposed By CNN Report; Close to 3,000 People Killed In Powerful Earthquake In Morocco; Cardiac Arrest Patients Recall Near-Death Experiences. Aired 2:30-3p ET
Hunter Biden Indicted On 3 Gun Charges; President Speaks On Economy Amid News Of Son's Indictment. Aired 3-3:30p ET
Chinese Defense Minister Li Not Seen Publicly In Two Weeks; UAW: Bargaining With Big Three To Resume Saturday; Hurricane Lee Approaches New England And Canada At Cat 1; Aaron Rodgers Ran "Gamut Of Emotions" After Injury. Aired 3:30-4p ET
CNN Newsroom
China's View On Deeper Russian-North Korean Alliance; Artillery Duels Rage As Counteroffensive Grinds On; E.U., U.S. Firms Scramble To Fill Ukraine's Combat Needs; UNICEF: 300,000 Children Facing Disease, Displacement; United Auto Workers On Strike At Three U.S. Plants; Hollywood Star Taika Waititi's Love Of Rugby. Aired 12-1a ET
U.N. Says Most Libya Flood Deaths Could Have Been Avoided; Kim Visits Military Aviation Plant In Russia's Far East; U.S. Auto Workers Launch First Simultaneous Strike At Detroit Three; Iranian Hackers Target Secrets Held By Defense, Satellite And Pharmaceutical Firms; Ukraine Intensifies Attacks on Russia In Crimea and Black Sea; Ukraine Stepping Up Attacks in and Around Crimea; E.U., U.S. Firms Scramble to Meet Ukraine's Combat Needs; Cuban Leaders and Envoy to Moscow Send Conflicting Messages on War in Ukraine; Hunter Biden Indicted on Felony Gun Charges; Interview with Taika Waititi. Aired 1-2a ET
State Media Releases Photos of Kim Jong-Un's Visits in Russian Military Sites; Hunter Biden Indicted on Gun Charges; UAW Members went on Strike as the Midnight Deadline is Expired. New Study: Conditions On Earth May Be Moving Outside "Safe Operating Space" For Humanity; Humans Pushing Limits Of Our Planet; Arm Stock Surges 25 Percent In Nasdaq Debut; Apollo Spacecraft On Moon Causing Lunar Quakes. Aired 2- 3a ET
Russian President Accepts NoKor Leader's Invitation to Visit Their Country; Biden and Zelenskyy will Meet for the Second Time in the United States; ICRC Described the Massive Flooding in Libya as Catastrophic and Brutal. Auto workers in Three States Launched a Simultaneous Strike to Demand Increase in Their Pay; Former Spanish Football Association Chief is in Court for Two Charges on Sexual Harassment and the Controversial Kiss; Hollywood Actor Makes his Directorial Stint in Tour De Rugby. Aired 3-4a ET
CNN International: Devastation in Libya, at Least 5,000 Killed; Crews in Morocco Having Little Succes in Search for Survivors; Ukraine Claims Andriivka Retaken in Fierce Fighting; China's View on Deeper Russian-North Korean Alliance. Aired 4-4:30a ET
CNN International: United Auto Workers on Strike at Three U.S. Plants; Hunter Biden Indicted on Gun Charges; Trump Says He Discussed Pardoning Himself But Dismissed It; Spain's Ex-Football Chief Due in Court Over Kiss; Arm Stock Surges 25 Percent in Nasdaq Debut; Lampedusa Experiences Surge in Migrant Arrivals. Aired 4:30-5a ET
CNN International: Mounting Questions Over Whereabouts of China's Defense Minister; Ukraine Claims Andrivka Retaken in Fierce Fighting; Union Launches Strike Against Big Three U.S. Automakers; Joe Biden Dealing With Multiple Issues in Challenging Week. Aired 8-8:30a ET
CNN This Morning
Workers Go on Historic Strike Against All Big 3 Automakers; Hunter Biden Facing Criminal Charges Over 2018 Gun Purchase; McCarthy Stares Down Another Right-Wing Revolt Over Spending. Aired 6-6:30a ET
United Auto Workers Launched Historic Strike Against Big 3 Automakers; Tropical Storm Warning Issued as Hurricane Lee Approaches New England Coast; Special counsel indicts Hunter Biden on felony gun charges; CNN Live in Flood-Devastate Libya; Floods in Libya Killed Thousands, Left 10,000 Missing, Displaced 38,000 People. Aired 6:30-7a ET
Workers Go on Historic Strike Against All Big 3 Automakers; New England Coast Under Tropical Storm Warning as Hurricane Lee Nears; Hunter Biden Indicted on Gun Charges After Plea Deal Collapsed. Aired 7-7:30a ET
Judge Shuts Down Effort To Try Trump And Co-Defendants Together; Senate Launches Inquiry Into Coast Guard Sexual Assault Cover-Ups Exposed By CNN Report; McCarthy Stares Down Right-Wing Revolt. Aired 7:30-8a ET
Members of United Auto Workers Go On Targeted Strikes against Big Three Automakers; Sen. Debbie Stabenow Interviewed on UAW and Automakers Contract Negotiations and President Biden Reelection Bid; President Biden to Meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy; President Biden and President Zelensky Expected to Meet in U.S. Next Week; Hunter Biden Indicted on Gun Charges after Plea Deal Collapsed; Trump: "False" that He Told Staffer to Delete Footage. Aired 8-8:30a ET.
Biden Facing Growing List Of Challenges: Auto Strike, Impeachment Inquiry; Hunter Biden Indicted On 3 Federal Gun Charges; General Motors CEO Mary Barra Joins CNN This Morning. Aired 8:30-9a ET
CNN Tonight
Special Counsel Seeks Limited Gag Order From Trump, Warns Of Possible Harassment; Union Auto Workers' Strike Continues; Birmingham Remembers Church Bombing That Killed Four Black Girls. Aired 11p-12a ET
United Auto Workers Strikes Against Big Three Auto Makers. Aired 12-1a ET
Connect the World
Thousands Dead After Flood Devastation In Derna, Libya; North Korean Leader Continues Tour Of Russia's Far East; On The Front Line With Ukraine's Artillery Troops; U.S. Union Launches Strike Against Big Three Automakers; Spanish Judge Approves Restraining Order Against Luis Rubiales; Survivors Of Morocco Earthquake In Limbo One Week After. Aired 10-11a ET
Derna President: Situation Originally Seemed Manageable; Kim Jong-Un Continues his Tour of Russia's Far East; Thousands Dead, 10,000 Plus Reported Missing; ICRC: Sending Supplies to Ensure Dignified Burials of Derna, Libya Flood Victims; Survivors in Limbo One Week after Disaster; Union Launches Strike Against Big Three U.S. Automakers. Aired 11a-12p ET
Erin Burnett Outfront
Special Counsel Seeks Limited Gag Order On Trump In Election Case; Russian Woman: Putin's War, Recruit Efforts "F*cked Up"; DeSantis Leans Into Navy Career As Campaign Struggles; Libya Death Toll Soars, Estimates As High As 11,000; Mystery Grows Over Chinese Defense Minister's Whereabouts. Aired 7-8p ET
Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
Union Workers Strike Against All Three Big Automakers; Special Counsel Indicts Hunter Biden On Gun Charges; Soon: Ex-Spanish Soccer Chief To Testify In Court. Aired 5:30-6a ET
First Move with Julia Chatterley
CNN Witnesses Flood Devastation on the Ground in Derna; Resurrecting the Woolly Mammoth; "Dumb Money" Creators: Our Goal was to Tell the Truth; Apple to Provide Software Update in France; Colossal Uses AI to Monitor Orphaned Elephants; Today Marks the Final First Move. Aired 9-10a ET
Inside Politics
Any Moment: Biden Speaks On Strike Against Big 3 Automakers; Biden: No One Wants A Strike, But Workers Deserve "Fair Share"; Biden: Workers Should Share In Record Auto Profits; Biden Confronts Choice Between Family, Politics & The Law; Hunter Biden Atty: DOJ Caved To "Republican MAGA Crazies". Aired 12-12:30p ET
Hunter Biden Atty.: DOJ Caved To "Republican MAGA Crazies"; Twitter Turned Over Trump's Direct Messages To Special Counsel; Trump: I'll Testify I Didn't Order Surveillance Footage Deleted; DeSantis & Trump Headline Dueling Conservative Summits; Key States Are Preparing To Respond To Legal Challenges To Keep Trump's Name Off The Ballot. Aired 12:30-1p ET
Isa Soares Tonight
Libya Left Like A War Zone After Catastrophic Flooding; U.S. Auto Workers Begin Historic Strike; Colombian Artist Fernando Botero Dies At 91; Ukrainian Military: "Surrender If You Don't Want To Die; Chinese Foreign Ministry Skirts Questions About Whereabouts Of Recently Promoted Defense Minister; Spanish Judge Approves Restraining Order Against Rubiales. Aired 2-3p ET
One World with Zain Asher
CNN Looks Into The Devastation In Derna Left By Earthquake; U.S. President Biden Speaks On Autoworkers Union Strike; Stagnating Economy Drives Young Cubans To Enlist In Russian's Invasion Of Ukraine; Zain Asher Sits Down With Chef Kwame Onwuachi To Talk About Food And Life. Aired 12-1p ET
Quest Means Business
Autoworkers Walk Off Job At Three US Plants; Flash Floods Leave Trail Of Utter Destruction In Libya; Qatar Airways CEO: Australia's Rejection Is Unfair; United States Sentiment Slips As Oil Rises; Drought Slowing Transit Through Panama Canal; Neal: We're Facing A "Riskier, More Uncertain World". Aired 3-4p ET
CNN Live Event/Special
Special Counsel Wants Limited Gag Order For Trump; Trump Blasts Deranged Smith After Gag Order Request; Feds Want Gag Order To Stop Trump From Intimidating Witnesses; Jokes Fabricated To Boost Audience Impact; MAGA Congresswoman Kicked Out In Venue For Her Misbehavior. Aired 10-11p ET
The Situation Room
Special Counsel Seeks Limited Gag Order On Trump; Union Launches Historic Strike Against U.S. Automakers; CNN Team On The Ground In Flooded-Devastated Libya; Hawaii Governor On Wildfire Death Toll & Number Of Missing; CNN Team On The Ground In Flood-Devastated Libya. Aired 6-7p ET
The Source with Kaitlan Collins
Michael Moore On UAW Strike; Special Counsel Seeks Limited Gag Order On Trump; Elon Musk Sparks Uproar With Ukraine, Taiwan Comments. Aired 9-10p ET
CNN 10
Hurricane Lee; Mysterious Lights Captured In a Video Taken Before the Earthquake in Morocco; Artificial Intelligence and How Tech Leaders and Politicians Are Discussing the Challenges of Managing It. Aired 4-4:10a ET
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace
Did Not Air. Aired 10-11p ET