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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Father of Shooting Speaks Out: "A Coward" Took my Son; An 11- Year-Old Shooting Witness Speaks Out; Police: Shooter Had "Deranged Fascination" with Prior Shootings; Dr. Susan Monarez Ousted As CDC Director, Other Key Officials Resign; Russia Kills 21 In Second- Largest Air Assault Of Ukraine War; WH: Pres. Trump "Not Happy" But "Not Surprised" By Russia Attacks; Remembering Hurricane Katrina. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former CDC Vaccine Expert Fiona Havers; Interview with The Brooking Institution Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy Suzanne Maloney; Interview with Johns Hopkins University Associate Professor of Middle East Studies Narges Bajoghli; Interview with International Crisis Group Senior Analyst for Mexico David Mora. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• White House: Trump Fired CDC Head After She Refused To Leave; New: Police Say 116 Rifle Rounds Recovered At Minneapolis Scene; Rioter Killed On January 6 To Get Full Military Funeral Honors. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Dad Describes His Children's Experience During Minneapolis Shooting; Disturbing Posts Online As Minneapolis Attack Unfold; CDC In Chaos After Trump Fires Its New Director; Russia Kills 21 In Second- Largest Air Assault Of Ukraine War; Fiery Exchange At U.S. Open Over Rare, Unspoken Rule. Aired 5-6p ET
• Judge Sets Friday Hearing in Trump's Attempt to Fire Fed Governor; Eight-Year-Old Fletcher Merkel Identified as Minnesota Shooting Victim; Sources Say, White House Planning Immigration Enforcement Operation in Chicago as Soon as Next Week. Police: Shooter Had "Deranged Fascination" With Prior Shootings; Judge Sets Friday Hearing In Trump's Attempt To Fire Fed Governor. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Is America on a Fast Track Toward Autocracy; Fed Gov. Lisa Cook Sues Trump Over Attempted Firing; Judge Sets Friday Hearing in Trump's Attempt to Fire Fed Governo. CDC Staff Members Honor Resigned Top Officials After Monarez Ouster; U.S. Air Force Will Offer Military Funeral Honors To Ashley Babbitt. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Minneapolis in Mourning After Two Children Killed in School Shooting; 15 Killed in Russian Strikes on Ukraine, Including Four Children; Trump Looks to Make His Mark on the Federal Reserve. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Democrats Renew Calls For Gun Control After Minnesota School Shooting; CDC Chief Ousted Less Than Two Months After Being Sworn In; Florida Official: Everglades Detention Center Likely Empty Within Days. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Minneapolis Morning After 2 Children Killed in School Shooting; Students and Parents Describe Terror of Minneapolis Shooting; White House Ousts New CDC Director After She Refuses to Resign; Trump Looks to Make His Mark on the Federal Reserve. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Minneapolis Shooter Released "Manifesto" on YouTube; Police Search for Motive After Deadly Catholic School Shooting; Massive Russian Attack Kills at Least 15 in Kyiv; FEMA Workers Suspected After Signing Letter to Congress. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Minneapolis in Mourning After Two Children Killed in School Shooting; CDC Chief Ousted Less Than a Month After Being Sworn in; Florida Official Says, Everglades Detention Center Likely Empty Within Days. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Police Chief Says, Shooter Released Manifesto on YouTube; Fed Gov. Cook Files Lawsuit Over Trump's Attempt to Fire Her; 18 Killed in Russian Strikes on Ukraine, Including 4 Children. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• CDC in Chaos?; Interview With Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN); Minneapolis School Shooting Investigation. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• White House Fires CDC Director, Four Top Officials Quit; Investigators Comb Through Shooter's Hate-filled Manifesto, No Clear Motive Determined Yet; Minneapolis is Mourning After Two Children Killed in School Shooting; 15 Children and Three Adults Injured When Killer Shot Through Windows During Mass; Fed's Lisa Cook Sues to Try to Stop Trump From Firing Her. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• 15 Children, Three Adults Injured When Killer Shot Through Windows During Mass; Minneapolis Shooter Visited the Church Weeks Ago to Help Plan Attack; White House Reaffirms FBI Investigating Shooting as Hate Crime; Ousted CDC Chief Clashed With RFK Jr. Before Removal. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Uvalde, Sandy Hook Parents Grieve for Minnesota School Shooting Victims; At Least 21 Killed in Massive Russian Attack on Kyiv, Ukraine; CDC Staffers Hold Ceremony After Top Officials Quit. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Soon: Police Update MN School Shooting Investigation; Students and Parents Describe Terror of Minneapolis Shooting; Police Update Investigation into Deadly School Shooting; Police: 116 Rifle Rounds, 3 Shotgun Shells, 1 Live Pistol Round from Apparent Misfire Recovered; Police: No Known "Specific Grievance" Against Church or School. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• DA: More Than Anything, the Shooter Wanted to Kill Children; CDC Staffers Hold Send-Off Ceremony After Top Officials Resign; Ousted CDC Chief Clashed with RFK Jr Before Removal; Minneapolis in Mourning After 2 Children Killed in School Shooting. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Did Not Air 12-1a ET
• 2 Children Dead, 17 Victims Injured In Minnesota Catholic School Attack; New Video Reveals Third Strike In Gaza Hospital Attack; Ukraine Delegation To Meet U.S. Officials In New York On Friday; Kim Jong Un To Join Putin And Other Leaders At China Military Parade; Europe Boosting Defense Capability Amid Russia Threat; Exploring the Planet's Most Vital Ecosystem; Denmark Summons U.S. Envoy over alleged "Influence Operations" in Greenland; Officials Release A.I.-Generated Warning of Mt. Fuji Eruption. Aired 1-2a ET
• Two Children Killed, 17 Other People Injured In Attack; New Video Reveals Third Strike In Gaza Hospital Attack; Kremlin Rejects Presence of European Troops in Ukraine; At Least Eight Killed in Massive Russian Attack on Kyiv; Trump Again Threatens Sanction on Russia, No Set Deadline; Denmark Summons U.S. Envoy Over Report on Covert Influence Operations in Greenland; New CDC Director Ousted, Other Key Officials Follow; Climate Change Making Wildfire Weather Conditions Worse; South Korea to Ban Digital Devices in Classrooms; China's First Newborn Pandas of 2025 Make Public Debut. Aired 2-3a ET
• Two Children Killed, 17 Others Injured in a School Mass Shooting in Minneapolis; Indian Exporters Struggling After the Stiff Tariff Increase for U.S. Imports; Prominent World Leaders to Attend China's Military Parade; U.S. to Hit La Nina Winter in the Coming Months. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Police: Suspect Killed 2 Children, Injured 17 at Catholic School; New CDC Director Ousted, Other Key Officials Follow; 'Born After the Storm': A Generation Shaped by Disaster. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Hundreds Attend Vigil after Minneapolis School Attack; Minneapolis Suspect Killed Two Children and Injured 17; New CDC Director Ousted; FEMA Staffers on Leave. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Two Children Killed, 17 Other People Wounded in Attack; Ukraine: At Least 18 Killed in Massive Russian Attack on Kyiv; Inside Trump's Campaign to Fire Governor Lisa Cook; Nvidia Shares up after Reporting Revenue Jump; Son Heung-Min Throws Out First Pitch at Dodgers Game. Aired 9-10a ET
• New Video Reveals Third Strike In Gaza Hospital Attack; At Least 18 Killed in Massive Russian Attack on Kyiv; Supreme Court in 1989 Declared Flag Burning a Protected Form of Speech; Interview with Rafael Grossi on IAEA Returning to Iran; Call to Earth: The Aquatic Underworlds of Amazonia; World's Tallest Bridge Passes Final Load Test. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Silent As Putin Launches Second-Biggest Attack Of War; Both Children Killed In Catholic School Shooting Identified; Sources: RFK Jr.'s Deputy Expected To Replace Ousted CDC Head; Fed Governor Files Lawsuit As Trump Attempts To Fire Her. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• 2 Children Killed, 17 Other People Injured In Attack; Ukraine: At Least 14 Killed In "Massive" Russian Attack On Kyiv; UNSC Members Except U.S. Call For Gaza Ceasefire. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• 2 Children Killed, 17 Other People Injured In Attack; New CDC Director Ousted, Other Key Officials Resign; Denmark Summons U.S. Envoy Over Report On Covert "Influence Operations" In Greenland. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Minneapolis Mourns After Two Children Killed In School Shooting; Source: Shooter Intended To Carry Out Attack From Inside The Church; Source: Shooter Visited The Church In Recent Weeks; CDC Director Fired After Vaccine Disagreements With RFK Jr.; Multiple High-Level CDC Officials Quit After Director Fired; Fired CDC Director: RFK Jr. Is "Weaponizing Public Health". Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Fed Governor Lisa Cook Sues Trump Over Effort To Fire Her; Poll: Americans Largely View Big City Crime As A Major Problem; But More Than Half Not Comfortable With Federal Takeover; Minneapolis Mourns After Two Children Killed In School Shooting; Disgraced Ex-Rep. George Santos Pens Op-Ed About Life In Prison. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Venezuelan Military on Alert Amid U.S. Naval Deployment; Maduro Denies Any Involvement in Drug Trafficking; Thousands Take Part in Spain's Tomato Throwing Festival. Minneapolis Community Devastated By a Deadly Shooting As Officials Continue to Search for Answers; At least 18 People Killed, Including 4 Children in Ukraine as Hope for Peace Remains at an Impasse; Venezuela Mobilizes Militia As a Showdown Between U.S. and Venezuela Looms. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Shooting Kills Two Children, Injures 17 at Minneapolis Catholic School; Mayor: Not About Thoughts & Prayers, "Kids Were Literally Praying'; Police: Rifle, Shotgun, Pistol Used in Shooting Were Legally Bought. Aired 12-1a ET
• Shooter Barricaded Door, Opened Fire into Church Pews; Democrats Renew Calls for Gun Control. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Kyiv Residents Share Horror after Russia's Deadly Strike on Capital; Two Children Killed 17 Others People Wounded in Attack; Israel Ramps Up Attacks on Gaza City as IDF Calls the Evacuation of City "Inevitable"; Update on Minnesota Catholic School Shooting Victims; EMS Chief: One Child "Took a Shotgun Blast to the Back" While Covering His Friend During Shooting. Aired 11-12a ET
• Two Children Killed, 17 Other People Wounded In Attack; Russia Launches Second-Biggest Air Assault Of Ukraine War; New Video Reveals Third Strike In Gaza Hospital Attack; Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook Files Lawsuit To Keep Job; DCD Director Fired by Trump Administration; FEMA Staff Put On Leave After Penning "Katrina Declaration"; Russia Swapping Ruthless Paramilitary In Africa For A Replica; Europe Boosting Defense Capability Amid Russia Threat; The Rising Environmental Cost Of AI Use. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• CDC in Chaos After Trump Fires Director Susan Monarez; De Minimis U.S. Tariff Loophole Set to Expire Friday; Kremlin Wages Deadly Aerial Assault on Kyiv; E.U. Proposes Removing Tariffs on U.S. Imports; Two Children Killed and 18 People Wounded in Catholic School Attack; Top NYC Bar Turns to Crowdfunding for Expansion. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Community Searching for Answers After Shooting of Praying Children; Minneapolis in Mourning After Two Children Killed in School Shooting; Camp Mystic Families Call for Safety Law After Deadly Texas Floods. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• New Details on Minneapolis Suspect; No Clear Motive Determined Says Police Chief; White Housing Fires CDC Director; Minnesota Sports Community Rallies After Shooting. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Gun Violence in America; Minneapolis School Shooting Investigation. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Hospital Officials Provide Update on Shooting Victims; Minneapolis School Shooting Investigation. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump Firing Of CDC Chief Sparks Exodus Of Leadership; 8 & 10- Year-Old Victims Of Minneapolis Shooting Identified; Vance Defends "Thoughts And Prayers" After Minneapolis Shooting. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Russia's Deadly Assault on Kyiv; At Least 21 Dead in Russian Attack; Minneapolis School Shooter Investigation; Police Investigating "Manifesto" Video of Shooter; CDC Director and Fed Governor Fight Efforts to Fire Them; Fed. Gov. Lisa Cook Sues Trump; Putin and Kim Expected to Attend Military Parade in China; Israel Ramps Up Attacks in Gaza; IDF Calls Evacuation of Gaza "Inevitable"; Afghanistan Withdrawal: The Toll on the Troops. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Minneapolis School Shooting: Two Children Killed, 18 Other People Injured In Attack; Ukraine: At Least 21 People Killed In Russian Attack; CDC Director Fired By Trump Administration. Aired 3-4p ET