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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Nearly 400 Killed, 1,300-plus Missing, Officials: High Risk Dam Could Breach; American Teen, Mother Among Missing After Nepal Flash Flood; Nearly 400 Killed, 1,300 Plus Missing After Catastrophic Nepal- China Flood; Rescue Teams Battle Severe Conditions In Race To Find Survivors; Officials: "High Risk" Dam Could Burst, Cause Second Catastrophe; Nepal PM: 573 Citizens Rescued After Destructive Flood. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Parents RISE! Co-Founder Lori Schott; Interview with Whistleblower and former Meta executive Arturo Bejar; Interview with The Atlantic Staff Writer Rose Horowitch; Interview with Musician Susanna Hoffs. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Emergency Hearing Ends Over Trump's Name On Kennedy Center; Trump Traveling To Texas "To Help" Paxton In Senate Race; Just In: Jury Finishes First Day Of Deliberations In Clancy Murder Trial. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Signs Order Renaming Lake Ontario "Lake America"; USPS Says Its New Mail Ballot Regulations Are In Effect; Soon: Trump To Headline RNC Fundraiser In TX For Ken Paxton. Aired 5-6p ET
• Battle Over Trump's Name on Kennedy Center; 1,300-Plus Missing After Nepal Floods; New Details in Crash Investigation. Emergency Hearing Wraps Over Trump's Name On Kennedy Center; Report: Georgia GOP Senate Candidate's Former Staffer Posted Image Of Himself Appearing In KKK Robe, Stoking Republican Worries. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Declares Mission Accomplished Despite Ongoing War; Trump on Russia Helping Iran, They've Behaved Very Well; ICE Arrest Soar, But Not All Targets Have Criminal Records. ICE Arrests Hit New Record- High as Trump Administration Nears 2000 Arrests a Day Goal; Trump Renames Lake Ontario to Lake America, a New Rhetoric on U.S.-Canada Trade War. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• 270-Plus Killed, 1,300-Plus Missing After Floods Hit Nepal- China Border; Today, Hearing on Renewed Push to Add Trump Name to Kennedy Center; Soon, Closing Arguments Set to Begin in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• 270+ Killed, 1,300+ Missing After Floods Hit Nepal-China Border; Bryan Kohberger Granted New Hearing In Bid To Take Back Guilty Plea; Trump Signs Proclamation To Pause Certain Beef Tariffs. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Urgent Search for 1,300 Plus Missing After Deadly Nepal Floods; Hearing on Renewed Push to Add Trump Name to Kennedy Center; Officer Arrested After Tracking Ex-Girlfriend on Flock Camera System; Judge Won't Force ICE Agent's Extradition from Texas to Minnesota. Aired 8- 8:30a ET
• Cause of Nepal Floods; IFRC Tommaso Della Longa is Interviewed about Nepal; Numbers on Trump Amid Tariffs; Former Canadian Official Chrystia Freeland is Interviewed about Tariffs; Tate Brothers Expected in Court; Trump Administration on TikTok. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Flooding Disaster Hits Nepal-China Border; Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) is Interviewed about Trade with Canada; Closing Arguments in Clancy Trial. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Calls for Rules on Fully Autonomous Weapons; Live Coverage of Clancy Trial. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump Orders Renaming of Lake Ontario; Trump Administration Threatens to Demolish Kennedy Center; Bill Gates Issues Warning on A.I.; Deliberations Begin in Lindsay Clancy Trial; Deadly Flooding in China and Nepal. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump Renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America Effective Immediately; Trump Says Putin Will Not Be Attacking a NATO Territory; Officials Say USS Theodore Roosevelt to Be Deployed to Middle East; Trial Date for Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Set for June 2028; Two Airport Workers in Germany Die After Contracting Malaria; NFL Ends the Pro Bowl Game, Players Will Still Be Honored. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Signs Order to Rename Lake Ontario to Lake America; 350+ Killed, 1,300+ Missing After Catastrophic Nepal-China Floods; U.S. State Department Says 90 Americans Unaccounted for After Nepal Floods; Jury Deliberations Begin in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial; Trump Heads to Texas as Paxton Faces Tough Senate Race. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• High Risk New Debris Dam Could Burst, Trigger New Flood in Kathmandu, Nepal; Hearing on Bid to Block Trump's Name on Kennedy Center; Two Air Traffic Controllers Left Work Early Before Deadly Collision at LaGuardia Airport; Largest Ever Map of Autism May Hold Clues to New Treatments. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump: Renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America "Effective Immediately"; Now: Deliberations Underway in Lindsay Clancy Trial; HHS Secretary Kennedy: PA Governor's Office May Have "Altogether Fabricated" Reports of Measles Deaths. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• GOP Grapple with Trump's Approval, Trade War Ahead of Midterms; Interview with Rep. Josh Gottheimer: GOP Attack Some Democrats as Socialists Ahead of Midterms; Riders Rushed to Hospital After Braving Famous Six Flags Roller Coaster. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• 165 Killed And 1,300 Plus Missing After Floods Hit Nepal Border; Iran And Oman Make Progress In Talks On Strait Of Hormuz; Tim Curry, Cult Favorite Character Actor Dead At 80; Rescue Operations Underway in Nepal After Catastrophic Floods; Closing Arguments Set to Begin Thursday in the Lindsay Clancy Triple-murder Trial; Meta Reaches $18 Billion Settlement in Social Media Addiction Case; FDA Approves Groundbreaking Pancreatic Cancer Drug; Duke & Duchess of Sussex Returns to the U.K. Aired 2-3a ET
• More than 1300 Missing, Close to 200 People Dead in a Catastrophic Flooding in the China-Nepal Border; Meta Agrees to Settle $18 Billion and Make Sweeping Changes to Resolve Social Media Addiction Claims. Aired 3-3:45a ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump is Betting on His Record: Will it Save the GOP?; Meta Agrees to Time Limits for Teens on Instagram & Facebook; Fired General Was Advised to Drop Kid Rock Probe. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Three Secret Service Officials on Leave Amid Investigation; Vance Fundraising Text Goes Viral; Republicans Sour on Flock Cameras; Bill Gates Sounding the Alarm on A.I. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Hundreds Dead in Nepal as Fears Grow of Secondary Disaster; Nvidia Earning Soar Even as Bill Gates Shares AI Fears; Rescue Efforts Intensify After Floods Hit Nepal-China Border; Qatari Prime Minister Visits Iran to Revive U.S.-Iran Talks; Tate Brothers to Request Bail While They Fight Extradition. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Rescue Efforts Intensify After Floods Hit Nepal, China; "Butcher Of Bosnia" Ratko Mladic Dead At 84; Closing Arguments Underway In Murder Trial; Scientists: Collapsing Glacier Contributed To Flood Disaster; CNN Meets The U.S. Ambassador To Italy. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Growing Fears Dam Will Burst Amid Race To Find Survivors In Nepal; Trump: Renaming Lake Ontario To Lake America "Effective Immediately"'; Report: Ballroom Construction Was Factor In Marine One Close Call. Aired 7-8p ET


Inside Politics
• Today: Trump And Speaker Johnson Campaign In Texas; Johnson Barnstorms Toss-Up Districts In Bid To Hold House; Republicans Privately Worry "Trumpapalooza" Will Be A Bust; 27 New Measles Cases In Maryland Since Mid-July, All Unvaccinated; Could A Democrat Win Iowa Governor's Race For First Time In 20 Years? Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Could A Democrat Win Iowa Governor's Race For First Time In 20 Years?; Iowa Dem Holding 100 Town Halls; Meta Agrees To Pay $18B, Change Platforms For Teens In Settlement; Utah Joins Meta Settlement Over Teen Mental Health Hard Allegations; UNH Poll: Pappas Loses Significant Ground To Progressive Manzur; Democrats Chart Possible Paths To A Senate Majority. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Rescue Efforts Intensify After Floods Hit Nepal-China Border; New Lake Created by Landslides Threatens a Second Disaster; Top A.I. Chip Maker Sales Soar; Judge Holds Hearing on Returning Trump Name to Kennedy Center. Aired 2:00-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump Distraction Piling Up as Midterm Pressure Intensifies; Judge Temporarily Blocks USPS Plan to Restrict Mail-In Voting; CNN Updates on Lindsay Clancy Trial. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Families Desperate for Word on Missing Loved Ones in Nepal; Widespread Damage at Nepal-China Border after Deadly Floods; Texas Frees I.C.E. Agent Accused in Minnesota Shooting; Images & Videos Show How Flooding Unfolded at Nepal Border; White House: No Negotiations Happening Between U.S. and Iran; Firefighters Rescue Puppy Stuck in Drainage Pipe. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Floods Leaves Scores Dead, 1,300 Plus Missing In Nepal And China; Rescue Efforts Intensify After Floods Hit Nepal-China Border; "Butcher Of Bosnia" Ratko Mladic Dead At 84; Closing Arguments Wrap In Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial; Scientists: Collapsing Glacier Contributed To Flood Disaster; Later: Hearing Over putting Trump's Name Back On Kennedy Center; Revolutionary Japanese Artist Yayoi Kusama Dead At Age 97; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Trump Signs Order Renaming Lake Ontario "Lake America"; CIA Chief Travels to Moscow; U.S. State Department Mobilizes Disaster Relief to Nepal; Closing Arguments Wrapped Up in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial. Nepal Police: At Least 389 Dead After Massive Landslide; NVIDIA, CrowdStrike, Okta Shares Up After Strong Earnings; Gates: There's Big Risk of People with Ill Intent Using Artificial Intelligence. Aired 4p-5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Headlines: Hundreds Killed, 1,300+ Missing After Floods Devastate Nepal Border; Closing Arguments Today For Mom Accused Of Killing Her Children; How Meta Settlement Impacts Users; Bill Gates Issues Warning For Future Of Humanity With A.I. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• CNN Headlines: Meta Reaches $18 Billion Settlement Over Alleged Harm To Children; Hundreds Killed, 1,300+ Missing After Floods Devastate Nepal Border; Closing Arguments Set to Begin Today In Lindsay Clancy Triple Murder Trial. Aired 5:30-6a ET


The Situation Room
• Judge Gives Jury Instructions Ahead of Closing Arguments in Clancy Trial; 350-Plus, 1,300-Plus Missing After Floods Hit Nepali- Chinese Border. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• New Cancer Treatment; CIA Chief Visits Moscow; Interview With Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday; Meta Settles Landmark Case. Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• Ratko Mladic Dies; Closing Arguments Begin in Lindsay Clancy Trial. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• "Butcher of Bosnia" Ratko Mladic Dies in Prison at 84; DOJ: Kennedy Center May Be Torn Down If Renovations Blocked; Americans Missing in Nepal Flood Disaster. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump Signs Order To Change Lake Ontario To "Lake America"; Tomorrow: Day 2 Of Deliberations In Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial; Trump Headlines TX Fundraiser To Boost Paxton In Senate Race. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: More Than 1,300 Missing After Deadly Floods in Nepal, China; Trump Signs Order Renaming Lake Ontario "Lake America"; Profiting from the Presidency?; UEFA Preparing Criminal Complaint Against FIFA President; Legal Battle Over Mail Voting. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Widespread Damage at Nepal-China Border After Deadly Floods; Meta Reaches $18 Billion Settlement in Social Media Addiction Case; States, Rights Groups Fight Trump's Curbs on Mail-In Voting; 165 Killed, Hundreds Missing after Floods Hit Nepal Border; Fans at Dollywood Remember Dolly Parton. Aired 12-1a ET
• 165 Killed, Hundreds Missing After Floods Hit Nepal Border; Trump Claims Cia Director Ratcliffe's Surprise Trip To Russia Is "Semi-Routine"; Prince Harry And Meghan Land In U.K. Days After Announcing Move; Japanese Artist Yayoi Kusama Dies At 97; Democrat Charts His Own Course In Iowa Governor's Race; U.S. State Department Pauses Immigrant Visa Appointments Worldwide; Rescue Operations Underway in Nepal after Catastrophic Floods; Former Israeli Hostage Speaks to CNN about Digging His Own Grave; Closing Arguments Set to Begin Thursday. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• More Than 1,300 Missing After Deadly Floods In Nepal, China; Jury Deliberations Underway In Lindsay Clancy Case; UEFA Preparing Criminal Claims Against FIFA's President; Trump Signs Order Renaming Lake Ontario To "Lake America". Aired 3-4p ET