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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• AC360: On the Ground in Nepal After Devastating Floods; U.N.: 65K People Require Emergency Support; Police: 24 Bodies Recovered from a House in Nepal; 950 Plus Dead, 4,400 Plus Missing After Catastrophic Nepal-China Floods; 5-Year-Old Girl Found Alive After Nearly 60 Hours Buried In Debris; Families Search For Missing Loved Ones After The Nepal Flood; Nepal Market Town Buried Under Flood Debris. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with U.N. Nepal Regional Coordinator Lila Pieters Yahia; Interview with World Central Kitchen Response Director John Torpey; Interview with "Postcode Ukraine: Diary of A Volunteer" Creator Mark Neville; Interview with "Postcode Ukraine: Diary of a Volunteer" Guest Curator Andrey Kurkov, Interview with Afghan Refugee and Catholic Charites USA Migration and Refugee Services Case Manager Mursal Rahim. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• El-Sayed Attacks "Ohio J.D. Vance" As VP Campaigns In Michigan; Supreme Court Allows Trump To Continue Ballroom Construction; Trump Defends Data Centers: "Let Data Reign"; 955-Plus Killed, 4,400-Plus Missing After Catastrophic Nepal-China Floods. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Search And Rescue Continue In Grand Canyon; CNN Updates On Flash Flood Disaster In Nepal; Kalshi Bans George Santos For Life; Trump On New U.S. Strikes On Iran; Trump: U.S. Action Is "Limited" But Could Still "Smack Them"; Paxton Says He Was "Following Texas Law" When He Claimed Three Primary Residences; Day Three Of Jury Deliberations Wrap Up In Clancy Murder Trial. Aired 5-6p ET
• More Than 4,400 Missing From Nepal Flood As Death Toll Passes 950; Trump Says U.S. Action Is Limited But Could Still Smack Them; 2 Dead, 15 Others May Be Missing in Grand Canyon Flashflood; Vance Calls El-Sayed "Very, Very Evil" At Michigan Rally; NYPD Officers Shoot Knife-Wielding Woman In Times Square. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Sources Say, Army Secretary Resigns Amid Tensions With Hegseth; Trump Shrugs Off Six-Plus Months Of Iran War, This Is Not A Big War; Supreme Court Allows Trump To Continue Building Ballroom; Laura Loomer Lashes Racist Comments On Angie Nixon, Other Black Politicians. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• 1 Dead, 15 Missing in Grand Canyon Flashflood; U.S., Iran Trade Attacks for First Time in a Month; 900-Plus Dead, 4,700-Plus Missing in Nepal-China Floods. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• U.S. And Iran Trade Attacks In First Major Escalation In A Month; One Dead, Around 15 Missing In Grand Canyon Flash Flood; Trump Calls For FCC Action Against NBC'S Kristen Welker. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Conditions Hampering Search and Relief Efforts in Nepal-China Disaster Zone; One Dead, Around 15 Missing in Grand Canyon Flash Flood; Jury Resumes Deliberations in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial Today. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• U.S. and Iran have First Major Escalation in Month; Sanders Worried Democrats are Rooting for El-Sayed to Lose; Grand Canyon Evacuee Wieke De Boer is Interviewed about the Flooding; U.S. Faces Challenges in Chinese Drone Investigation; Casinos gear Up for War; FDA Stresses Food Safety Protocols. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Jury Resumes Clancy Murder Trial Deliberations; Flash Flooding in the Grand Canyon; Grand Canyon Evacuee David Gregory Recounts the Flooding; CARE Nepal's Nilkantha Panday is Interviewed about the Flooding. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) is Interviewed about the Democratic Party; Polls on Independents; Battle Grows Over A.I. Regulation. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• U.S. And Iran Trade Attacks in First Major Escalation in a Month; Concerns Mounting About Security of Second Regional Maritime Chokepoint; Google Maps Changes Lake Ontario to Lake America in U.S. Searches; U.S. Army Veteran Pardoned for Crimes That Led to His Self- Deportation; John Galliano Exhibition for 2027 Met Gala Canceled; 950+ Dead, 4,400+ Missing After Catastrophic Nepal-China Floods; Gambling Industry Mobilizing to Fight Prediction Markets. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• U.S., Iran Trade Strikes After Weeks of Relative Calm; Financial Stability Board Warns That A.I. Could Threaten Global Financial Stability; Jordan Says Eight Iranian Missiles Destroyed While Entering Airspace; Awaiting Verdict in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial; FBI & DHS Working Together to Track Drone Spies. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Watchdog Says Advanced AI Threatens Global Financial System; J.D. Vance, Abdul El-Sayed Hold Dueling Michigan Campaign Events; Closing Arguments Underway in Tupac Murder Trial; Health Officials Say It's Safe to Eat Lettuce. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Jurors In Day Three Of Deliberations Of Lindsay Clancy Trial; Deliberations Resume in Triple-Murder Trial of Lindsay Clancy; Two Dead, 15 Others may be Missing in Grand Canyon Flash Flood; U.S. and Iran Trade Attacks in First Major Escalation in a Month; Trump Unveils New Prescription Drug Pricing Deals; WAPO: Pentagon Secretly Installs Military Influencers in Civilian Roles. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Voters Head to Polls in Massachusetts Primary Election Tomorrow; Data Center Build-Up Key Issue for Midterm Voters; Passenger Jets' Low Flyby at South Africa Stadium Sparks Concerns; NASA's Telescope Could Unravel Mysteries of the Invisible Universe. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• U.S., Iran Trade First Strikes in a Month; Urgent Search Underway to Find Workers Missing in Tunnels; Trump: NBC Host Should Face 'Rebuke or Punishment' from FCC; Families of Missing North American Hikers Wait for News; NASA's New Telescope to Explore Universe's Darkest Secrets; Scottie Scheffler Captures Another FedEx Cup, Wins Championship; Netherlands Throws Annual Festival for Redheads. Aired 12-1a ET
• Iran And U.S. Trade Strikes For First Time In A Month; One Dead, Several Missing After Flash Flooding At The Grand Canyon; Death Toll In Nepal Floods Tops 900, As Number Of Missing Nearly Doubles To Over 4,200; Kyiv Endures Fourth Straight Day Of Russian Drone Attacks; At Least Eight Die, 18 Missing After Ferry Capsizes Off North Cyprus; Google Maps Now Shows Lake Ontario As Lake America After Trump Orders Name Change; Trump Praises His Tariffs, Calls Canada a Trade "Abuser"; Iceland Rejects Talks on Joining European Union; NASA's New Telescope to Study Dark Matter and Exoplanets. Aired 1-2a ET
• U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes; CNN Updates on Nepal-China Floods; Great Lake Name Change on Google Maps in U.S.; Trump Versus Free Press; 900+ Dead, 4,200+ Missing After Catastrophic Flooding; U.S., Iran Trade First Strikes In A Month, Escalating Conflict; Jury Deliberations In Lindsay Clancy's Murder Trial To Resume; NASA Launches Mission To Investigate Cosmic Mysteries. Aired 2-3a ET
• U.S., Iran Trade Strikes for the First Time in a Month; Death Toll in Nepal and China's Catastrophic Flooding Breached the 900 Mark; Trump Hits NBC News' Kristen Welker to Face Rebuke or Punishment from FCC. Aired 3-4a ET
• U.S., Iran Trade First Strikes In A Month, Escalating Conflict; CNN Granted Access To Key Island In Bab Al-Mandab Strait; 900 Plus Dead, 4,200 Plus Missing After Catastrophic Flooding. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Kyiv Endures Fourth Straight Day Of Russian Drone Attacks; Eight Killed And 18 Missing After Ferry Capsizes Off Northern Cyprus; Iceland Rejects Restarting Talks To Join E.U.; Deliberations Continue In The Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial; NASA Launches Powerful New Space Telescope; Notting Hill Carnival's 60th Year Celebrated On Family Day. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN This Morning
• Border Czar: Deportation of Far-Right Influencer 'Not Political'; Trump Calls on FCC for NBC's Welker to Be Punished; Today: Closing Arguments Begin in Duane Davis Case. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Spending on Texas Senate Race; El-Sayed Apologizes for Synagogue Attack Remarks; AOC and the Democratic Socialists of America. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• U.S., Iran Trade First Strikes in a Month, Escalating Conflict; Trump Defends Ongoing War, Cites Economic Pressure on Iran; Dramatic Rescue Efforts Underway After Nepal-China Floods; Urgent Search Underway to Find Workers Missing in Tunnels; At Least 8 Dead After Ferry Capsizes Off Northern Cyprus. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• How The Ongoing U.S.-Iran War Is Impacting The Gulf Region; Dramatic Video Shows Young Girl Rescued From Nepal; Israeli Settlers Seize Palestinian Home With Owner Inside; One Dead, 15 Believed Missing In Grand Canyon Flash Flood; Jury In Third Day Of Deliberations In High-Profile Murder Case; The Scramble To Regulate A.I. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Sources: Army Secretary Resigns Amid Tensions With Hegseth; Supreme Court Allows Trump To Keep Building New White House Ballroom; 950+ Dead, 4,400+ Missing After Catastrophic Nepal-China Floods; Two Dead, About A Dozen Missing After Grand Canyon Flash Flood. Aired 7-8p ET


Inside Politics
• Soon: Closing Arguments In Tupac Shakur Murder Trial; Trump Posts "Let Data Reign" As Voters Reject Data Centers; Bipartisan Backlash: Both Parties Fun Against Data Centers; Abbott Backs Off Data Center Support As AI Backlash Grows; Rogers Defends Trump's Unpopular New Tariffs On Canada; Rogers, El-Sayed Trade Hits In Football-Fueled Macho-Off; Kalshi: GOP House Candidate Traded On Her Own Campaign. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Kalshi: GOP House Candidate Traded On Her Own Campaign; Paxton Hits The Campaign Trail As He Hopes For Funding Boost; Democrat Talarico Massively Outspending Republican Paxton On TV; Cornyn Calls Paxton A "Lazy" Campaigner Without A "Compelling Case"; Trump Admin Considers Trading Land In Yosemite Natl. Park To Developer; Judge Extending Pause On Border Wall Work Inside Big Bend Natl. Park; Google Maps Changes Lake Ontario To Lake America In U.S. Searches. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Rescuers In Nepal Race To Reach Hundreds Of Potentially-Trapped People In A Hydropower Set Of Tunnels After Last Week's Catastrophic Flash- Flooding; U.S. And Iran Trade Strikes Near The Strait Of Hormuz; Iceland Votes Against Restarting EU Membership Talks; Closing Arguments Underway In Tupac Shakur Murder Trial; Trump Calls For FCC Action Against NBC Host; Trump Cuts Deal With Venezuela; New Settler Attacks In West Bank. Aired 2- 3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Army Secretary Resigns After Months of Tension With Hegseth; CNN Provides Updates On Tupac Shakur Murder Trial; Voters Feel The Pain From A.I. Data Centers. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• CNN Granted Access to Key Island in Bab Al-Mandab Strait; 900 Plus Dead, 4,000 Missing after Catastrophic Nepal-China Floods; Oil Prices Rise After U.S. & Iran Trade Fire for 1st Time in a Month; Trump: U.S. to Control 65B Barrels of Venezuelan Reserves; Jury Deliberations Resume on Whether Mother is "Criminally Responsible" for Killing Three Children; NASA Launches Mission to Investigate Cosmic Mysteries. Aired 11a-12p ET
• U.S. And Iran Trade Attacks In First Time Major Escalation In A Month; Urgent Search Underway To Find Workers Missing In Tunnels; Watchdog: Advanced A.I. Threatens World's Financial System; Soon: Closing Arguments In Accused Mastermind's Trial; Two Dead, 15 Believed Missing In Grand Canyon Flash Flood. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• U.S., Iran Trade Attacks In First Major Escalation In A Month; Bank Of England Governor Warns Advanced Artificial Intelligence Threatens Financial Stability; Russia Targets Kyiv With Relentless Drone Attacks; Zelenskyy: We Need New Interceptors To Shoot Down Drones; Europe Protests Russian Finance Minister's Surprise Visit To G20 Meeting At United States Invitation; Search Continues After Deadly Ferry Accident Off Cyprus. CNN Visits Nepali Town Ravaged By Deadly Floods. Aired 4-5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Headlines: Deadly Flash-Flooding Rips Through the Grand Canyon, as Rescuers Search for Several Missing Hikers; Death Toll Up Overnight in the Devastation in Nepal; SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Launches NASA Space Telescope. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• CNN Headlines: Today: Jurors Resume Deliberations In Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial; Survivors Of Flood At Nepal-China Border Crossing Speak To CNN; Trump: NBC Anchor Should Face "Rebuke Or Punishment" From FCC. Aired 5:30-6a ET


The Situation Room
• U.S. and Iran Trade Attacks in First Major Escalation in a Month; 1 Dead, 15 Feared Missing After Grand Canyon Flashflood; Jurors Resume Deliberations in Clancy Triple-Murder Trial. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Some Young NFL Players Returning to College?; Trump Targets NBC Anchor; U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes. Aired 10:30a-11a ET
• U.S. & Iran Trade Attacks in First Major Escalation in Weeks; Now: Jury Deliberating in Clancy Triple-Murder Trial; Casinos Gear Up For "All-Out War" Against Prediction Markets. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Vance Takes Reporter Questions Amid Escalating War with Iran; Trump After New Strikes: Iran Officially "A Failed Nation"; Ontario Premier Warns of "Devastating" U.S.-Canada Trade War; China's Xi Kicks Off Series of Diplomatic Visits; Lionel Messi Retiring from Argentina's National Team. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump Goes All In On Data Centers: "Let Data Reign"; U.S. & Iran Trade Attacks In First Major Escalation In A Month; Duane "Keffe D" Davis Found Guilty In Tupac Shakur's Murder. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Race Against Time for Rescue Missions in Nepal; Trump Warns U.S. Will Respond "Hard" to Iranian Attacks; Ben-Gvir Releases Provocative A.I.-Generated Campaign Video; Experts Question Legality of U.S.-Venezuelan Oil Deal; U.N.: 65,000 People Require Emergency Support; Lionel Messi Retires from International Play. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• U.S. & Iran Trade Attacks In First Major Escalation In A Month; Houthis Threaten To Shut Down Commerce Through Red Sea; Urgent Search Underway In Nepal To Find Workers Missing In Tunnels; Closing Arguments Underway In Tupac Shakur Murder Trial; Two Dead, 15 Believed Missing In Grand Canyon Flash Flood; WaPo: U.S. Military Leaders Warn Hegseth Against Extending War. Aired 3-4p ET