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Cuomo Prime Time
• Rep. Cheney: I Will Not Sit Back In Silence; Congress Demands Answers From CDC On Shifting COVID Guidance; Brown Family Views Additional Bodycam Footage. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• GOP Rep. Liz Cheney Speaks On House Floor About Move To Oust Her From GOP Leadership; Rep. Cheney: Our Freedom Only Lasts If We Protect It; Sen. Paul And Dr. Fauci Clash Over Wuhan Lab Theory; Brown's Family Views 18-Plus Minutes Of Nearly Two Hours Of Body Cam Footage. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• COVID-19 and the Amazon; Middle East Crisis. Aired 2-3p ET


At This Hour
• Fauci, GOP Sen. Paul Spar Again Over Senator's Misleading Info; White House Monitoring Fuel Supply Shortages After Pipeline Cyberattack; Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI) is Interviewed About the Pipeline Cyberattack; House GOP to Vote Tomorrow on Ousting Liz Cheney from Leadership. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Palestinian Militants and Israel Exchange Barrage of Rocket Fire; Some Families Hesitant to Send Kids Back into Classrooms; Man Charged in Capitol Riot Claims Foxitis Made Him Believe U.S. was Being Robbed of a President. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Judge's Order Restricts Brown's Family to 18 Minutes of Nearly Two Hours of Body Cam Footage That Exists; Dozens Killed as Violence Between Israel, Hamas Escalates; Atlanta Shooting Suspect Facing Death Penalty Charges; First Children Ages 12 to 15 Receive Pfizer Vaccine. Aired 4-5p ET
• Palestinians Claim 30 Killed In Israeli Strikes, Including 10 Children; Interview With Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ); Source: U.S. Military Monitoring Israel-Gaza Situation; Gas Prices At Six-Year High After Fuel Pipeline Cyberattack; Biden: Working On New Guidance For Fully Vaccinated People; First 12 To 15-Year-Olds Receiving The Vaccine Today; Brown Family: What We Saw On Video Was An Unjustified Killing; House Republicans Likely To Oust Rep. Cheney From Her Leadership Position Tomorrow; Medina Spirit Allowed To Race In Saturday's Preakness. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Rep. Liz Cheney Stands For Democracy; Political Grip Above Right And Wrong; "Black Mold" Developing In The World Of Politics; Brown Family Eager To Get Justice; Voting Rights Bill The New Jim Crow 2.0 According To Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). Aired 10-11p ET
• Liz Cheney Calls Out Trump In House Speech, Saying Election Was Not Stolen, Trump Is Undermining Democracy; Department Of Justice Found No Evidence Of Election Fraud; Escalating Violence Between Israelis And Palestinians; CDC Director Defends Outdoor COVID Transmission Figure After NYT Report Calls It Misleading; After Blaming Cancel Culture, Trainer Of Medina Spirit Now Admits Kentucky Derby Winner Tested Positive For Steroid. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Pfizer Vaccine Available to 12 to 15 Year Olds; School Shooting in Russia; Violence Escalates between Israelis and Palestinians; Feds Seek Cooperation from Gaetz's Ex-Girlfriend; GOP Votes on Cheney Tomorrow. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Colonial Pipeline Hack; Joe Lieberman is Interviewed about Cyber Security Legislation and Liz Cheney; Capitol Police Saw Proud Boys before Breach. Aired 9:30-10a ET.
• Colonial Pipeline Has Not Shared Information with Federal Government on Vulnerability Used by DarkSide Gang; House GOP to Vote Tomorrow on Ousting Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) for Trump Criticism; Biden COVID-19 Response Team Testifies before Senate Committee. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Dr. Fauci Updates Senate Committee on Efforts to Fight COVID; White House COVID Response Officer Says, Vaccine Supply is Greater Than Demand. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• FDA Authorizes Pfizer Vaccine for Kids Ages 12-15; CNN Reports, Feds Seek Cooperation of Ex-Capitol Hill Inter, Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) Associate in Sex Trafficking Probe; Palestinian Militants and Israel Exchange Barrage of Rocket Fire. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Palestinian Militants & Israel Exchange Barrage of Rocket Fire; Dozens Reported Dead as Israeli-Palestinian Violence Spikes; Pipeline Cyberattack Now Sparking Gas Shortages; DHS Official: Colonial Pipeline Slow to Provide Info on Hack; Chipotle Hiking Wages to Boost Hiring; Chipotle Hikes Worker Pay Amid Nationwide Labor Shortage; Tom Cruise Returns Golden Globes, NBC Scraps Airing Award Show Amid Diversity Controversy. Aired 1:30-2p ET.
• The FDA has Authorized Pfizer's Coronavirus Vaccine for Children Ages 12-15; Ongoing Feud Between Republican Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Dr. Anthony Fauci; Breaking News of Escalating Violence in Israel. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Loud Blasts, Fires in Tel Aviv as Mideast Violence Explodes; Rocket Fire Continues between Israel and Gaza after 13-Story Tower Collapses in Gaza Following Israeli Airstrike; Ahmaud Arbery murder Suspects Arraigned on Federal Hate Crimes; Fulton County D.A. Plans to Seek Death Penalty, Enhanced Hate Crime Charges in Atlanta Spa Shooting. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Family of Andrew Brown Jr. Views Bodycam Footage; Middle East Crisis. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• 12- to 15-Year-Olds Begin Receiving Pfizer Vaccine Today; Prosecutor Will Seek Hate Crime Charges and Death Penalty in Atlanta Spa Shootings; Feds Seeking Cooperation of Ex-Intern, Girlfriend in Gaetz Probe; McCarthy Cites GOP's Big Tent as Defense for Ousting Cheney. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Israel Responds To Gaza Rocket Fire With Airstrikes; Over Half Of India Under Lockdown; Vaccine Hesitancy Posing Major Challenges; China Reports Slowest Population Growth In Decades; Anger Grows As Government Tries To Quell Unrest; WSJ: Bill And Melinda Gates Working On Divorce Since 2019. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Israeli-Palestinian Clashes Escalate Dramatically; U.N. Says 781 Killed, Thousands Injured in Myanmar; Medina Spirit Trainer Denies Doping Allegations; Jerusalem Violence Escalates; India's COVID-19 Infections Drop for Second Straight Day; China Reports Slowest Population Growth in Decades. Aired 1-2a ET
• Israel Responds to Gaza Rocket Fire with Airstrikes; Over Half of India under Lockdown; U.K. Prime Minister Approves Next Phase of England's Reopening; China Reports Slowest Population Growth in Decades; U.N. Reports 781 Killed, Thousands Injured in Myanmar; U.S. Fires Warning Shots at Iranian Fast Boats. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Tensions Escalated Between Gaza and Israel; India's Rural Areas Not Spared by the Pandemic; Normal Life in U.K. Seen in the Horizon; Russian Hackers Targeted Oil Pipeline in the U.S.; Hacked Oil Company Affects Gas Prices; Palestinians Fight Eviction From Homes In Sheik Jarrah; India's COVID-19 Infections Drop For Second Straight Day; Columbia Protests, Anger Grows As Government Tries To Quell Unrest; Showdown At Sea, U.S. Fires Warning Shots At Iranian Boats; United Nations Panel Finds ISIS Committed Genocide Against Yazidis; Massive Wave Of Migrants Overwhelms Italian Island; China's Population Growth Slows. Aired 3-4a ET
• Russian Media: At Least 9 Dead in School Shooting in Kazan, Russia; FDA Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine for Children 12 to 15; FBI Investigating Cyberattack on Critical U.S. Fuel Line; Israeli- Palestinian Clashes Escalate Dramatically. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Russian Media: At Least 9 Dead in School Shooting in Kazan, Russia; President Biden Looks to Cut Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal; Republicans Prepare to Face Off Over Cheney's Future; Second Was of COVID-19 Devastates Indian Village; Olympics Chief's Trip to Japan Postponed. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• Over Half of India under Lockdown; Israel Responds to Gaza Rocket Fire with Airstrikes; Nine Killed in Russia School Shooting; Big Pharma Opposes Patent Waivers; Queen Elizabeth Opens Parliament. Aired 10-11a ET
• Air Raid Sirens in Israel Warn of Possible Rocket Fire; CNN Speaks to Netanyahu Adviser Mark Regev; Officials: 28 Palestinians, Two Israelis Killed in Airstrikes; Israel: Palestinian Militants Fire Hundreds of Rockets; World Trade Organization Considering Waiving Vaccine Patents; Brit Award Change Rules Thanks to Singer Rina Sawayama. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Rep. Cheney On Eve Of Vote To Remove Her From Leadership Position: I Will Have Something To Say "In A Little Bit"; Protesters On Streets As Brown Family Sees More Shooting Video; Andrew Brown's Family Sees About 19 Minutes of Video of Deputy-Involved Shooting; AZ Governor Signs Bill Removing Tens Of Thousands From Early Voting List As GOP-led Audit Goes On; Interview With Arizona Secretary Of State Katie Hobbs (D); Florida Governor DeSantis Declares State Of Emergency, Activates National Guard Over Gas Shortages. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• U.S. Grapple with Fallout from Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack; FDA Authorizes Pfizer Vaccine for 12-to-15 Year Olds; At Least 9 Dead in Mass Shooting at School in Kazan, Russia; Jerusalem Flare-Up Leads to 200 Gaza Rockets Fired at Israel. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Pandemic And Poverty Spark Violent Protests Across Colombia; NBC Won't Broadcast 2022 Golden Globe Awards; Attorneys General Urge Facebook To Stop Plans For An Instagram For Kids. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Investors Selling Stocks on Growing Inflation Fears; Russian Hackers Justify their Actions as Pipeline Stays Shut; IBM's CEO Tells Why AI and Quantum Computing are Key to Future Growth. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Man Charged in Capitol Riot Claims "Foxitis" Made Him Believe U.S. "Was Being Robbed of a President"; Dr. Anthony Fauci: Can Return to Normal "Very Soon" If Vaccine Rates Continue; CDC Chief: "Trends Give Me Hope" But "Variants Could Set us Back"; U.S. Cybersecurity Official: Colonial Pipeline Slow to Provide Info on Ransomware Attack; Biden: Russia Has "Some Responsibility" to Deal With Pipeline Cyber Attack. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• CDC Chief: "I Would Encourage All Parents To Get Their Kids Vaccinated"; House GOP Expected To Oust Liz Cheney From Leadership Tomorrow; Violence Escalates Between Israelis And Palestinians. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• FDA Green Lights Using Pfizer Vaccine for Adolescents; McCarthy Announces Vote to Oust Liz Cheney for Trump Criticism; At Least 11 Dead in Russia School Shooting; FBI: 'DarkSide' Gang from Russia to Blame for Cyberattack on Pipeline; Sirens Going Off in Israel as Violence Escalates. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Jenner on Governor Run; Capitol Police Part in Insurrection; Biden Open to Sharing COVID Vaccine; Debate over Required Vaccine for Military. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Feds Seeking Cooperation of Ex-Girlfriend in Gaetz Probe; Sirens Going off in Israel as Violence Escalates; FDA Green Light Using Pfizer Vaccine for Adolescents. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• GOP Governor Defends Decision to Cut Pandemic Jobless Aid; A Brewery Says Free Beer Leading to Rise in Vaccinations; Andrew Brown's Family to See Bodycam Video of His Death Today. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• FDA Approves Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use in 12 to 15-Year-Olds; Prosecutors Attempting to have Ex-Girlfriend of Representative Matt Gaetz Provide Testimony against Him for Sexual Misconduct; McCarthy Announces to Oust Liz Cheney for Trump Criticism. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Jenner Talks about California Election and Trump; Violence Escalates in Israel. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Did Not Air 4-5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• Explosions in Tel Aviv after Residential Tower is Destroyed in Gaza; Loud Explosions And Sirens Heard In Tel Aviv; Gaza Tower Block Collapse After Israel Airstrike; Israel, Gaza Militants Exchange Fire In Escalating Confrontation. Aired 3:23-4p ET
• Loud Explosions and Sirens Heard in Tel Aviv; Israeli Military Says 150-Plus Airstrikes Conducted in Gaza; U.S. Calling for Restraint as Middle East Tensions EscalateIsrael, Gaza Militants Exchange Fire in Escalating Confrontation; Gaza Tower Block Collapses after Israeli Airstrike; Air Sirens Sound Throughout the Day in Ashkelon, Israel. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Andrew Brown Jr.'s Family Views Body Cam Video of Fatal Police Shooting; Children Ages 12 To 15 Can Receive Pfizer Vaccine; Middle East Crisis; Trump Official Says, No Voter Fraud; Fulton County Prosecutors To Seek Death Penalty And Hate Crime Charges Against Atlanta Spa Shooting Suspect. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• A Cyberattack On An American Fuel Pipeline; A Tale Of Two Different Approaches To Reopening Schools; A Controversy In Horseracing. Aired 4- 4:10a ET