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CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Midterm Anxiety Mounts For GOP As Dems Try To Expand Map; Katie Zacharia Fires As White House Press Secretary; Kelly Clarkson's Feud With Brooklyn Magic Shop. Kelly Clarkson's Feud With Brooklyn Magic Shop; Dow Has Worst Drop Of 2008 Financial Crisis; The Sunday Scaries Are Getting Scarier. Aired 12:30-1p ET


The Amanpour Hour
• Interview With McCain Institute Executive Director Evelyn Farkas; Interview With "Ethel Kennedy" Author Kerry Kennedy; Haiti's Brutal Battle Against Gangs; Interview With Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen; Interview With Former Cambridge Analytica Director Brittany Kaiser; When U.S. Troops Flooded Saudi Arabia To Fend Off Invasion; The U.K.-U.S. Spat Over Winnie The Pooh. Aired 11a-12p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Takes Midterm Campaign Blitz To Ruby Red Kentucky; "No Kings" Anti-Trump Movement Shifts Focus To Rally Voters To Polls; Pope Leo Leaves Hospital Days After Lung Cancer Surgery; Massive Protests Rock France. Investigators Search for Motive in Oregon School Shooting; Republicans on Defense as Democrats Seek to Flip Key Seats; Democrats Battle for First Texas Senate Win in 38 Years; Kilauea Erupts Again in Hawaii. Aired 1-2p ET
• Pope Leo Leaves Hospital Four Days after Cancerous Nodule Removed from His Lung; Michigan Democratic Senate Candidate Abdul El- Sayed Campaigns in Red Districts of Michigan; No Kings Rally Protesting Trump Administration Takes Place in Georgia; Large Protests Involving Students and Unions Take Place in Paris over Cost of Living; Former Student Kills Four in Shooting at Elementary School in Bend, Oregon; President Trump Holds Rally in Kentucky; Polls Show Democrats Likely to Take Control of House of Representatives in Midterm Elections; Developing Coastal Storm Threatens U.S. East Coast. Aired 2-3p ET
• Abdul El-Sayed Holds Town Hall As Dem Tries To Win Michigan; "No Kings" Anti-Trump Movement Shifts Focus To Rally Voters To Polls; Immigration Taxes Center Stage In Texas House Seat Battle; Trump Fires White House Press Secretary After Five Days; No Major TV Pool Coverage Of Trump This Weekend; Massive Violent Protests Rock France; Trump, DOJ Escalate Fight Over Alleged Non-Citizen Voters; Representative Ilhan Omar Challenges Legality Of Trump Admin's Search Of Her Home; Pope Leo Leaves Hospital After Surgery. Aired 3-4p ET
• Trump Rallies In Kentucky 17 Days Before Midterms; New Cook Ratings Has 11 House Races Shift Toward Democrats; Investigators Search For Motive In Oregon School Shooting; Suspicious Letters Sent To Lawmakers, Election Offices; Trump Waives Russia-Related Sanctions Before They Begin; Elizabeth Holmes Back In Spotlight In New Documentary; Pope Discharged From Hospital After Lung Cancer Surgery. Aired 4-5p ET
• Trump Waives Russia-Related Sanctions Before they Begin; Interview With Former U.S. Ambassador To NATO Kurt Volker; El-Sayed Holds Town Halls Across Michigan; Paris Mayor Condemns Violence As Protests Erupt Across France; One-On-One With Dem Nominee For Governor Of Texas, Gina Hinojosa; Celebrating 20 Years With Dion's Chicago Dream. Aired 5-6p ET
• Global Protest Wave from New Delhi and Tirana to Paris and Rome; CNN Investigates French Police Excessive Force Claims; Trump Waives Some Sanctions under Lindsey Graham Act; WaPo Journalist Hospitalized after Israeli Settler Attack; Trump Fires New Press Secretary Five Days into Job; Winnie-the-Pooh Turns 100. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Global Protest Wave from New Delhi and Tirana to Paris and Rome; Trump Waives Some Sanctions under Lindsey Graham Act; Trump Says He Wants Ukraine-Russia War to End; CNN Investigates French Police Excessive Force Claims; Trump Fires New Press Secretary Five Days into Job; Pope Shows "Steady Improvement" Following Cancer Surgery; "Monarch's Journey" Exhibit Opens at New York Museum. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Trump Waives Some Sanctions under Lindsey Graham Act; Trump Says He Wants Ukraine-Russia War to End; Father of Students Shot and Killed School Shooting Suspect in Oregon; CNN Investigates French Police Excessive Force Claims; Pope Shows "Steady Improvement" Following Cancer Surgery; Inside Haiti's Gang-Controlled Capital; Pope Leo to Be Discharged from Hospital Today. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN This Morning
• Pope Leo XIV To Be Discharged From Hospital; No Motive For Shooting In Deadly Oregon Shooting; Trump Waives Several Russia Sanctions As Row With Zelenskyy Intensifies; Trump Takes Midterm Campaign Blitz To Ruby Red Georgia; France Braces For Massive Protests. President Trump Waives Russia Sanctions Passed Under Lindsey Graham Act; Katie Zacharia Ousted After Five Days as White House Press Secretary; Police Search for Motive in Deadly Oregon School Shooting. Aired 6-7a ET
• Trump Waives Russia Sanctions Passed Under Lindsey Graham Act; Katie Zacharia Ousted After Five Days As White House Press Secretary; French Police Deploy Tear Gas, Charge Into Crowded Protest; AOC Pours $1 Million Into Abdul El-Sayed's Final Push In Michigan; Suspicious Substances Sent To Election And Congressional Offices; Dream, Valkyries Tip Off In WNBA Finals Later Today. Aired 7-8a ET


First of All with Victor Blackwell
• Trump Takes Midterm Campaign Blitz To Ruby Red Georgia; Secoriea Turner's Family Calls On Jackson To Stop Using Her In Ads; Family Says Wounds Reopened By Use Of Daughter's Death In Ad. Aired 8- 9a ET


Smerconish
• Rep. Nikki Budzinski, (D-IL), Is Interviewed About House Dems Plan First 100-Days Agenda If They Win; What Happens If The AI Bubble Bursts? Pope Leo Discharged From Hospital; Can NATO Guarantee Ukraine's Security Without The U.S.?. Aired 9-10a ET


Table For Five
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. President Trump Continues to Promise $5,000 to Every American if Republicans Retain Control of House of Representatives and Senate; President Trump Criticizes Michigan Democratic Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed for His Muslim Faith; New White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Criticized for Her Claims to be a Lawyer; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Says Trump Administration Pulled Back Its Assistance with Ukraine's War against Russia. Aired 10-11a ET.


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Trump Denies Ordering Starshield Slowdown In Ukraine; Zelenskyy Takes Veiled Swipes At Trump As Relationship Sours; Increasing Reports Of Israeli Settler Violence In West Bank; New Protests Expected After CJP Leader Detained; Albania Faces violent Unrest As Protesters Clash With Police; Zacharia Exit Leaves WH Without Press Secy. Before Midterms; Teen Gunman Kills Three Children And A Teacher In Oregon; Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump Takes Campaign Blitz To Battleground Georgia; U.S. Midterm Elections Just Over Two Weeks Away; Trump Fires New Press Secretary Five Days Into Job; Zelenskyy Takes Veiled Swipes At Trump As Relationship Sours; Pope Leo And Putin Discuss Humanitarian Situation In Ukraine; Aired 1-2a ET