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CNN Newsroom
• Violent Tornadoes Rip Through The South Overnight; Deadly Storms Slam Alabama Laving Widespread Damage; Witkoff Says He Expects Trump-Putin Call This Week; Democrats Fume Over Schumer's Handling Of Shutdown; Rubio: Attacks On Houthis Will Continue Until Shipping Threat Ends; "Tesla Takedown" Movement Sparks Protests Outside Showrooms; 59 Killed In Nightclub Blaze Sparked By Pyrotechnics; First Photo Of Pope Francis As He Recovers In The Hospital; 2025 NCAA Bracket To Be Revealed Today. Aired 2-3p ET
• U.S. Envoy: Trump And Putin Likely To Speak This Week; Storms Carve Path Of Destruction Across The Deep South; First Photo Of Pope Francis As He Recovers In The Hospital. Aired 3-4p ET
• Trump And Putin Likely To Speak This Week; Democratic Party's Favorability Rating Falls To Record Low; More Details In The Disappearance Of College Student; Tesla Boycott Targets Elon Musk's Wealth After Mass Layoffs; Protests Ramp Up Outside Tesla Showrooms Nationwide; Voice Of America Staff On Leave After Trump Cuts Funding; Deadly Storms Slam Alabama Leaving Widespread Damage; First Photo Of Pope Francis As He Recovers In The Hospital; Dylan Mulvaney On Gender Transition Journey, Bud Light Backlash; SpaceX Crew 10 Arrives At ISS, Paving Way For Crew 9's Return Home. Aired 4-5p ET
• Iran-Backed Houthis Claim Retaliatory Attack On U.S. Carrier; President Trump And President Putin Expected To Speak In The Coming Days; Record Low Numbers For The Democratic Party. Stuck Astronauts Give A Warm Welcome As New Crew Arrives; Storm Threat Intensifies As Deadly System Moves East; Vatican Shows First Image Of Pope Francis Since Hospitalization; Hundreds Deported Despite Court Order. Aired 5- 6p ET
• Trump White House Deports Hundreds Of Migrants Despite Judge's Pause; Houthis Vow Retaliation After U.S. Strikes; "Tesla Takedown" Protests Appear Across The Country; Recession Anxieties Rise After Trump's Tariff Threats; New Episode Of "Twitter: Breaking The Bird" Tonight. Aired 6-7p ET
• White House Defends Deportation Order Bringing Venezuelans To El Salvador; Houthi Rebels Claim Attack On U.S. Aircraft Carrier In Red Sea; Man Last Seen With Missing Student Interviewed By Dominican Republic Officials; At Least 36 Dead After Violent Storms Slam The South; Stuck Astronauts Give A Warm Welcome As New Crew Arrives, Selection Sunday: 2025 NCAA Bracket Reveal Today; "Made In Russia" Is The New Craze In China Shopping. Aired 7-8p ET
• U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff Says He Expects Trump-Putin Call This Week; Business Leaders Alarmed By White House Economic Policies; Governor Newsom Criticized For Hosting Right-Wing Guests On Podcast; Food Insecurity Rises Alongside Higher Prices; March Madness In Full Swing. Aired 8-9p ET
• U.S. Strikes Houthis In Yemen; Starmer Hosts Virtual Meeting On Ukraine; Crew-10 Arrives Onboard Space Station. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Deadly U.S. Storms; U.S. Strikes Houthis in Yemen; Trump Warns Iran to "Immediately" End Houthi Support; Putin's Response to Ceasefire Plan; Inside Look Into DOGE Cuts at IRS; Environmental Protection Cut; Voter's View of Democrats in Congress; Trump Takes Aim at Education System. Aired 4-5a ET
• Dozens Dead Amid Tornado Outbreak in Southern U.S.; Houthis Vow Revenge After Deadly U.S. Airstrikes in Yemen; Ukraine's Allies to Moscow; Your Response "Not Good Enough"; An American Medic's View From The Front Line; Wife of Activist Mahmoud Khalil Releases Statement; Huge Protest in Belgrade Against Serbian Government. "She's Passed Out": 911 Call in 2022 Idaho Killings Released. Aired 5-6 am ET


CNN This Morning
• Dozens Killed as Violent Tornado Outbreak Hits the Southeast; Judge Pauses Trump's Attempt to Use Wartime Authority for Deportations; Schumer Facing Blowback After Supporting GOP-Led Funding Bill. Violent Storm System Spreads Death And Destructions Across Central, Southern U.S.; President Trump's Tariffs Threats Leave Wall Street Shaken Up; Food Insecurity Rises Alongside High Prices; Pope Francis Continues Recovery At Rome's Gemelli Hospital. Aired 6-7a ET
• Violent Tornadoes Rip Across Mississippi, Killing At Least 6 People; At Least 31 Dead, 100 Plus Injured After U.S. Strikes Vs. Houthis In Yemen; Trump Warns Iran, Houthis' Main Backer, To "Immediately" End Rebel Group's Support; "She's Passed Out": 911 Call In 2022 Idaho Killings Released; Trump Signs Stopgap Bill To Keep Government Funded Through Sept. 30; 51 Killed As Fire Rips Though North Macedonia Nightclub; Peruvian Fisherman Found Alive After 95 Days Lost At Sea. Democrats Grappling with How to Move Forward; WH Intensifies Campaign to Deport Foreigners in Pro-Palestinian Demonstrations. Aired 7-8a ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Trump Orders Airstrikes on Iran-Backed Houthis in Yemen; How Europe and the World is Handling Trump 2.0. No Arrests of Campus Activists Violate First Amendment?; How Democrats Have Struggled to Build and Govern; Why Democrats State Are Losing People; The Path Forward for Democrats. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• New CNN Poll: Democratic Party's Favorability At Record Low; Democrats Fume Over Schumer's Handling Of Shutdown; Dozens Reported Killed After U.S. Strikes On Yemen's Houthis; Judge Blocks Trump From Using Wartime Authority For Deportations. Trump Deepens Attacks on Perceived Political Enemies; Who Will Lead the Democrats?; New Moms in Congress Defy Speaker on Remote Voting for Parents. Aired 8-9a ET


State of the Union
• Interview With Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI); Interview With Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff; Interview With Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD); Interview With Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX). Aired 9-10a ET


The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
• Did Not Air