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Cuomo Prime Time
• Controversial Reps Gaetz & Greene Rally Trump Base In Florida As Trump Tightens Grip On Party; Chamber Of Commerce Wants End To $300/WK Extra Unemployment Benefit After Weak Jobs Report; Chinese Rocket Debris Set To Hit Earth This Weekend. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• G.O.P. Representatives Gaetz and Greene Appearing Together in Florida; Texas Poised to Enact Voting Restrictions as Trump's Big Lie Grips Republicans Nationwide; Rep. Stefanik Backs Controversial G.O.P.-Sanctioned Recount of 2020 Election Ballots in Arizona; Federal Grand Jury Returns Indictments Against Four Former Officers Civil Rights Charges. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Wellcome Trust Director Jeremy Farrar; Interview With Author Selma van de Perre. Aired 2-3p ET


At This Hour
• Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former Minneapolis Police Officers for Violating George Floyd's Rights; Major Disappointment: Report Shows 266,000 Jobs Added in April; Pfizer Seeks Full FDA Approval of COVID Vaccine for Ages 16+. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Texas House Advances Bill to Restrict Voting; Ex-FDA Chief Says It's Time for CDC to Lift Indoor Mask Mandates; Rocket Debris Expected to Crash Into Earth Soon. Aired 11:30-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• U.S. Added 266,000 Jobs in April, Well Below the 1M Expected; Biden Admits There is a "Long Way to Go" in Economic Recovery; Pfizer Applies for Full FDA Approval of Its COVID Vaccine; In 2015 Stefanik Harshly Blasted Trump's Rhetoric and Policies; Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R- IL) is Interviewed About the GOP Family Feud; Federal Grand Jury Indicts Four Ex-Officers in Minneapolis for Violating Floyd's Civil Rights. Aired 4-5p ET
• Biden getting more opposition from Republicans after the jobs numbers came out; Gaetz and Taylor Greene getting ready for their America First tour; Republicans are ready to move on from Liz Cheney to Elise Stefanik; The House passes H.R. 1 John Lewis Voting Rights Act; Secret Service Director testifies about events of January 6; More discussion about the jobs report; Governors in Northern U.S. Sharing Vaccine Doses with Canada; Canada's Vaccine Demand Outpaces Supply as U.S. Demand Lags; Japan in 4th Wave of Infections as it Preps for Summer Olympics; Asian American Diplomat Describes Experience at State Department as Traumatic. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• GOP Trump Critics Turned into Allies; April Jobs Report Drop; Four Ex-Minneapolis Officers Facing New Charges; Republicans Passing New Election Laws; Floyd Family Pleased with DOJ's Action; State Lawmaker Multitasking While Driving. Aired 10-11p ET
• GOP Reps Gaetz and Greene Sing Trump's Praises at Rally as House GOP Prepares to Oust Cheney From Leadership; Don Lemon Interviews Douglas Brinkley About Democracy and GOP; Don Lemon Interviews Catherine Rampell About Economy, Unemployment and Jobs; Four Ex-Police Officers Charged With Violating George Floyd's Civil Rights. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• April Jobs Report; Stefanik to Replace Cheney; Conservatives Criticize Stefanik; Pfizer Applies for Full Approval. Aired 9:00-9:30a ET
• Riot Suspects Uses Fox as Defense; Marty Walsh is Interviewed about the Jobs Numbers; Unfounded Claims in Arizona Election Audit. Aired 9:30-10a ET.
• Trump Loyalist Who will Likely Replace Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) Facing Criticism from Conservative Republicans over Voting Record, Past Trump Comments; Federal Grand Jury Indicts Four Former Minneapolis Police Officers for Violating George Floyd's Rights; Pfizer Applies for Full FDA Approval of COVID Vaccine for 16-Plus. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) Holding America First Rally Amid Uproar; New York City Businesses, Actors Eagerly Awaiting Return of Tourists and Broadway; Chinese Rocket Debris Could Crash to Earth as Soon as Tomorrow. Aired 10:30- 11a ET
• Biden Says, Still Digging Our Way Out of a Very Deep Hole; Texas Republicans Advance Bill That Would Make it Harder to Vote; Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Says, The Republican Party Can't Grow Without Trump. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Federal Grand Jury Indicts Chauvin, 3 Other Ex-Cops in George Floyd's Death; Lawyer for Accused Capitol Rioter Says Client Had "FOXitis"; As Vaccine Rates Rise, So Does Demand for Travel; Pollster: Stressing the Benefits Likely to Help Vaccine Hesitancy; Chinese Rocket Debris Could Crash to Earth as Soon as Tomorrow. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Japan's Fourth COVID Wave; Weak Jobs Report; Derek Chauvin Facing Federal Charges in George Floyd Death. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Japan in 4th Wave of Infections as It Preps for Summer Olympics; India Sets New Record for Number of Coronavirus Cases in a Day; 28 Killed in Protests Against Colombian Government Response to COVID; Former Rep. David McIntosh (R-IN) & President, Club for Growth, Discusses Questions over Rep. Stefanik's New Loyalty to Trump, Her Conservative Credentials; Waves of Attacks Against Asian-Americans Continue; Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) Discusses Asian-American Diplomats Saying Discrimination Holds Them Back & Violence Against Asian- Americans. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Pfizer Seeking Full Approval For Vaccine; Texas Passes Restrictive Voting Bill; Weak Jobs Report; Derek Chauvin Facing Federal Charges in George Floyd Death. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Pfizer Applies for Full FDA Approval for Its COVID Vaccine; Gaetz, Greene Holding "America First" Rally Amid Uproar; Interview with Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, (D) Miami-Dade County, DeSantis Vax Passport and possible losing Cruise Line Business in Florida; WriteGirl Expands Work Helping Teens Find Their Voice. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• India at Epicenter of Asia's Worsening COVID Crisis; Bogota Mayor Calls for Young People to be Heard by Government as Protests Continue; Lebanon's Rising Food Prices Make for a Rough Ramadan; Argentina Battles Oxygen Tank Shortage; U.K., France Resort to Gunboat Diplomacy in Jersey Dispute. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• India Reports Record 414,000 New Cases in Past 24 Hours; India's COVID Crisis Spill Across the Region; Japan Considers Extending COVID State of Emergency; Violence Escalates in Burkina Faso; Centrist Yair Lapid Traying to Form New Government; COVID Overwhelms India's Holiest City; Germany Resists Calls to Waive COVID- 19 Vaccine Patents; U.S. Considers Unfreezing $1 Billion in Iranian Funds; Fishing Feud in Jersey. Aired 1-2a ET
• India Has Worsening COVID-19 Crisis; India's COVID Crisis Spills Across the Region; Japan Considers Extending COVID State of Emergency; Colombia Protests Leave 25 People Killed; Argentina Battles Oxygen Tank Shortage; U.K. and France Resort to Gunboat Diplomacy In Jersey Disput; U.K. And France Resort To Gunboat Diplomacy In Jersey Dispute; Space Debris Crashing Onto Earth Soon; Major Corporations Come Out Against Proposed Voting Restrictions In Texas; Capitol Rioter's Lawyers Claim He Had "Foxitus". Aired 2-2:45a ET
• India's Holiest City Seeing More COVID Deaths; COVID Cases in Southeast Asian Rising; ICU Beds and Hospitalization Spike in Japan; European Countries Pushing Back on Patent Waiver; Hartlepool's Election Added Leverage to Boris Johnson; France and U.K. Fight Over Fishing Rights; China Intimidated by Australia's Cold War Mentality; India's COVID Crisis, Nation Reports Almost 4,000 Deaths In Past 24 Hours; Nine Days Of Violent Protests Leave 25 People Killed; COVID-19 Ravaging Latin America Countries; Lebanon's Painful Ramadan; Space Debris Crashing Onto Earth Soon; Out Of This World Vintage. Aired 3-4a ET
• Promising U.S. Jobs Report to be Released in Coming Hours; U.S. President Touts $2.3 Trillion Infrastructure Plan in Louisiana; More of the U.S. Starts Opening Up as Cases Decline; Grieving Families Lashing out at Medical Workers in India; Elise Stefanik Campaigning to Replace Liz Cheney; Conservative Win in Former Labour Stronghold; U.S. Secret Service Chief Testifies About Riots. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Covid Outbreak has Taken a Toll on Health Care Workers; U.S., France Favor Waivers for Covid Vaccine Patents; Japan Considers Extending Covid State of Emergency; Study: Asian-Americans Targeted 2,400 Times this Year; Chines Rocket Debris is Expected to Crash into Earth Soon. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• India's Tourist Hot Spot Now a Coronavirus Hot Spot; CNN Witnesses India's Holiest City Scrambling to Cremate the Dead; UK Withdraws Patrol Boats After French Protest Ends; Chinese Space Debris Crashing Into Earth In Next Day or So. Aired 10-11a ET
• "COVID Warrior" Connects Patients With Oxygen; Japanese Health System in Crisis as Olympics Approach; UK Withdraws Patrol Boats After French Protest Ends; Grieving Families Lash Out At Medical Workers; Colombian Officials: 26 Dead, 390 Plus Hurt in Clashes; India's Vaccine Delays Impact Rebel-Held Idlib in Syria. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Rep. Matt Gaetz, Under Federal Investigation, Joins Forces with Conspiracy Theorist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene; U.S. Adds 266,000 Jobs; Economists Predicted 1 Million; Federal Grand Jury Indicts Derek Chauvin in George Floyd's Death; Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) is Interviewed About the Federal Grand Jury Indictment in George Floyd's Death. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• New Signs American Economy is Roaring Back; Biden in Louisiana: Ambitious Economic Plan Will Aid Middle Class; COVID Cases and Hospitalizations in U.S. Hit 7-Month Low; European Countries Expanding Plans to Allow Summer Tourism. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Biden Aiming For Bipartisan Compromise On Infrastructure; Times Square Businesses Look Forward To Return Of Tourists; Coronavirus Strikes Varanasi, Hindu Faith's Holiest City. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• U.S. Hiring in April Far Weaker than Hoped; Japan Keeps Lockdowns in Place Heightening Olympic Fears; U.K. To Greenlight Some Quarantine-Free Trips. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Chinese Rocket Debris Could Crash to Earth as Soon as Tomorrow; Biden Reacts to Disappointing U.S. Jobs Report; Biden: We're still Digging Out of an Economic Collapse; Biden: Jobs Report Shows Workers Can't Find Jobs; Pfizer Seeks Full FDA Approval of COVID Vaccine For People 16+. Aired 12-12.30p ET
• Pfizer Seeks Full FDA Approval Of COVID Vaccine For People 16 Plus; Four Ex-Cops Indicted On Civil Rights Charges In George Floyd's Death; AZ Dem Senators Walk Moderate Line Amid Partisan Turmoil. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Soon: Highly-Anticipated Jobs Report to Show Blockbuster Growth; Summer Travel Boom Coming in U.S.; U.S. Records Lowest Number of New COVID Cases in 7 Months; Trump Loyalist Replacing Cheney Repeats Election Lies. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Riot Suspect's Defense; Asian-American Diplomats Claims Discrimination; Protests in Colombia; Rocket Debris to Crash into Earth. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Pfizer Applies for Full FDA Approval; India's Deaths Continue; Stefanik Once Blasted Trump; Alberto Gonzales is Interviewed about Replacing Cheney. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Trump Voter Admits Casting Deceased Mother's Ballot; Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL) On Florida Voting Restriction Law; GOP Lawmaker Calls Colleague "Buckwheat" On House Floor. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• U.S. Economy Expected to have Added 1 Million Jobs in April of 2021; Threat of Inflation in Current U.S. Economy Examined; Former U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel Interviewed on Current State of Republican Party and U.S. Foreign Policy; School District Regrets "White Student Support Circle" After Verdict; Texas County Democratic Chair Apologizes For Calling GOP's Tim Scott "Oreo". Aired 8-8:30a ET
• April Unemployment Rate; Broadway Reopens in September; Musk to Host "SNL". Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• U.S. Jobs Miss Sparks Debate on Unemployment Benefits; England to Allow Quarantine-Free Travel from 12 Countries; Officials Say More than 350 Hurt in Colombia Protests; U.K.s Labour Party Loses Stronghold In Hartlepool; Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former Officers In Floyd Death; Petition To Cancel Tokyo Games Gets 230,000 Plus Signatures. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Matt Gaetz Under Fire; Pfizer Seeking Full Approval For Vaccine; Federal Grand Jury Indicts Chauvin and Three Other Former Minneapolis Police Officers in George Floyd's Death; Sheriff Says, Andrew Brown Jr. Relatives will be Allowed to View Specified Videos of His Fatal Encounter with Police Tuesday; Texas House Passes Election Overhaul Bill Tightening Already Restrictive Voting Laws. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• International Headlines Concerning COVID-19; CNN Heroes Work to Help American Teens