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CNN Transcripts for May 15, 2021

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CNN Newsroom
• Israeli Defense Forces Strike Building Used by Media Organizations Such as Al Jazeera and Associated Press; New CDC Guidelines Allow Any Fully Vaccinated Person to No Longer Wear Masks or Social Distance; Gas Stations in U.S. Southeast Continue to Experience Shortfalls after Gas and Oil Pipeline Shutdown by Hackers; Video Released of Police Pepper Spraying and Tasing Black Man with Mental Health Issues at South Carolina Detention Center before He Dies; Associate of Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz Agrees to Plea Deal on Charges Including Sex Trafficking; Restaurant in Utah Allows Customers to Eat Inside without Masks if They Can Show Proof of COVID Vaccination; Bengal Tiger Goes Missing in Houston, Texas. Aired 10-11a ET
• Israeli Strike Destroys Building Housing Al Jazeera, AP Offices; Some States, Businesses Drop Mask Mandates Following CDC Guidance; Interview With Governor Dan McKee (D-RI); Operations Return To Normal As Gas Shortages Continue; Medina Spirit Cleared To Race At Preakness Stakes Today; A Folk Art Paradise. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Israeli Strike Destroys Building Housing Al Jazeera, AP Offices; Fauci: Unvaccinated Students Should Wear Masks As Schools Reopen; WH Responds To Israeli Strike On Al Jazeera, AP Offices; CNN: Congressional Democrats Have A 100 Percent Vaccination Rate; Some Businesses Reviewing Mask Policies Following CDC Guidance; Man Last Seen With Tiger Jailed On Unrelated Charge. Aired 12-1p ET
• Biden Talks With Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Amid Growing Crisis; Israeli Strike Destroys Building Housing Al Jazeera, Associated Press Offices; CDC: Vaccinated Americans No Longer Need Masks In Most Cases; Pipeline Company Pays Ransom To Group Behind Cyberattack; Senate Intel: Cases Of Debilitating Havana Syndrome Increasing; Former Gaetz Associate Strikes Plea Deal In Sex Trafficking Probe; Houston Police Empty-Handed In Search For Bengal Tiger. Aired 1-2p ET
• Israeli Defense Forces Strike Building Used By Media Organizations Such As Al Jazeera And Associated Press; President Biden Speaks To Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu And President Mahmoud Abbas Of Palestinian Authority Regarding Ongoing Violence; New CDC Guidelines Allow Any Fully Vaccinated Person To No Longer Wear Mask Or Social Distance; Republican Congressman Andrew Clyde Draws Criticism For Comparing January 6th Capitol Riots With Normal Tourist Visit; Prices Rise In U.S. Fastest Rate Since 2008. Aired 2-3p ET
• House Strikes Deal To Create Independent Jan. 6 Commission; Interview With Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA); Israeli Airstrike Destroys Gaza Building With AP, Al Jazeera Offices; Biden Speaks With Israeli And Palestinian Leaders Amid Gaza Violence; Sources: Colonial Pipeline Paid Ransom To Hackers; NY Yankees Hit By Breakthrough COVID Cases; Fauci: Unvaccinated Kids Should Still Mask Up When Around Others; Houston Police Empty-Handed In Search For Bengal Tiger. Aired 3-4p ET
• Israeli Airstrike Destroys Gaza Building With AP, Al Jazeera Offices; Biden Speaks With Israeli And Palestinian Leaders Amid Gaza Violence; House Strikes Deal To Create Independent Jan. 6 Commission; Businesses End Mask Mandates For Fully Vaccinated Customers; Should Masks Be Required In School If Kids Are Not Vaccinated?; Guests On Fox News Call Out Network For Allowing Misinformation. Aired 4-5p ET
• CDC Greenlights Pfizer Vaccine For 12 to 15-Year-Olds; Some Republicans Try To Rewrite History Of Capitol Attack; Kobe Bryant Being Inducted Into Basketball Hall of Fame; Eight New York Yankees Test Positive For COVID Despite Vaccination; Growing Concerns About Safety Of Olympic Games In Tokyo; Israeli Airstrikes Bring Down Building Housing Associated Press, Al Jazeera. Aired 5-6p ET
• U.S. Nears End Of Pandemic As States Drop Mask Mandates; Former Gaetz Associate Strikes Plea Deal; Israeli Airstrike Crumbles 12-Story Building In Gaza City; Republicans Who Condemned Trump After Riot Now Embraces Him; Kobe Bryant To Be Inducted Into Basketball Hall Of Fame; "A Radical Rebellion: The Transformation Of The GOP". Aired 6-7p ET
• Israeli Airstrike Demolishes Media Building; Al Jazeera Acting Director Calls Israeli Airstrike That Destroyed Gaza Office A War Crime; End Of Mask Mandate In Many States Met With Relief, Confusion; House Strikes Deal To Create Independent January 6 Commission; Teen Fact-Checkers Debunk Viral Misinformation; Houston Police Empty-Handed In Search For Tiger. Aired 7-8p ET
• Hamas Launches More Rockets Toward Tel Aviv; Reporters Flee Moments Before Gaza Building Is Hit By Airstrike; Americans As Young As 12 Now Eligible For Pfizer Vaccine; Interview With Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR); Mississippi River Bridge In Memphis Closed Due To Crack; U.S. Nears End Of Pandemic As States Drop Mask Mandates; Kobe Bryant Inducted Into Basketball Hall Of Fame. Aired 8-9p ET
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; U.K. Town Stepping Up Vaccinations and Testing. Aired 12-12:15a ET
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; U.K. to Flex Vaccination Drive against Variants; Kenya Suspends Vaccinations Due to Shortage; Japanese CEO Urges Government to Cancel Games. Aired 1-1:30a ET
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; WHO Asks Wealthier Nations to Donate Vaccines; Kenya Suspends Vaccinations Due to Shortage; Gasoline Shortage in U.S. Begins to Ease; Japanese CEO Urges Government to Cancel Games. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; U.S. Faces Patchwork of Mask Rules; U.K. to Flex Vaccination Drive against Variants; Japanese CEO Urges Government to Cancel Games; U.S. Republicans Replace Trump Critic and House Representative Liz Cheney; Memphis I-40 Bridge Remains Closed to Traffic; About 2.4 Million Children Vaccinated in U.S.; Police Still Searching for Missing Tiger; Foreign Accent Syndrome. Aired 3-4a ET
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; U.S. Faces Patchwork of Mask Rules; U.S. Republicans Try to Rewrite History on Capitol Riot; U.S. Republicans Replace Trump Critic and House Representative Liz Cheney; Video Shows Death of Mentally Ill Man in Police Custody; Japanese CEO Urges Government to Cancel Games. Aired 4-5a ET
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; U.S. Faces Patchwork of Mask Rules; U.S. Republicans Replace Trump Critic and House Representative Liz Cheney; U.K. to Flex Vaccination Drive against Variants; Kenya Suspends Vaccinations Due to Shortage; Japanese CEO Urges Government to Cancel Games. Aired 5-6a ET


New Day Saturday
• States, Businesses Drop Mask Mandates Following new CDC Guidance for Fully Vaccinated Americans; President Biden Revokes Series of Trump-era Executive Orders; Rep. Liz Cheney Kicked out of GOP Leadership Team; Ten Palestinians Killed in West Bank Clashes with IDF; Former Matt Gaetz Associate Strikes Plea Deal; Judge Sets Federal Trial for 3 Former Officers Charged in George Floyd's Death for August 2. Aired 6-7a ET
• States, Businesses Drop Mask Mandates Following CDC Guidance; House Strikes Deal To Create Independent January 6th Commission; New Video Shows A Black Man With Mental Health Issues Pepper-Sprayed And Tased Before Dying In Police Custody; No End In Sight To Conflict As Israel Military Bombards Gaza, And Gaza Fires Barrage Of Rockets Into Israel; Entire State Of ` Is Now In Drought, Expected To Intensify During Summer Months. Aired 7-8a ET
• Gasoline Shortage Persists in Southeastern U.S. As Pipeline Restarts; Executive Orders Seeks to National Cybersecurity; CT Mobilizes Mass Vaccination Drives For Teens With Community Health Centers; Biden Revokes Series of Trump-Era Executive Orders; Representative Liz Cheney on Trump Purging Republicans Who Stand Up to Stolen Election Lie: "He Might Try But He Won't Succeed; Kobe Bryant Being Inducted Into Hall of Fame Today. Aired 8-9a ET


Smerconish
• Is The American Work Ethic Dying?; Businesses, States Scramble To Evaluate New Mask Rules After CDC Guides That Fully Vaccinated Individuals No Longer Need To Wear Masks; Hackers Get Paid Ransom After Shutting Down Oil Pipeline; Should Colonial Pipeline Have Paid The Hackers?; Thanking Donald Trump? Aired 9-10a ET