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CNN Transcripts for September 21, 2018

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Cuomo Prime Time
• Interview with Michael Moore; Discussion of Kavanaugh Controversy; Rod Rosenstein Denies Reports of Intention to Reomove Trump. Aired 9-10p ET
• Kavanaugh Controversy Examined; New York Times Story on Rod Rosenstein; Michael Mukasey Interviewed; Hurricane Maria Aftermath in Puerto Rico Documentary to Air. Aired 10-11p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Sources: Deputy AG Rosenstein Discussed Secretly Recording President Trump, Invoking 25th Amendment; Rosenstein Calls Report That He Suggested Recording Trump, Discussed 25 Amendment "Inaccurate, Incorrect"; President Trump: There's a "Lingering Stench" At the FBI and "We're Going to Get rid of That"; New Statement From Rosenstein: "I Never Pursued Or Authorized Recording The President"; Pres. Trump: There's A "Lingering Stretch" At The FBI And "We're Going To Get Rid Of That"; The Whelan Affair; Kamau Bell Remembers Anthony Bourdain; Parts Unknown Premieres Sunday On CNN At 9PM ET. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• A Fair Hearing for Christine Blasey Ford?; Republican Torturers; Turning Zimbabwe Around; W. Kamau Bell Goes to Kenya; The Racial and Cultural Divide in America; White Fragility. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Trump Abandons Measured Tone, Targets Accuser; Kavanaugh Accuser Open to Testifying Under Right Terms; Biden Voices Regret About Handling Anita Hill Hearing; Trump Suggests Some Russia Documents May Not Be Released; Trump Tweets Attacking Blasey Ford Could Impact Negotiations to Have Her Testify. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump Tweets Attacking Blasey Ford Could Impact Negotiations to Have Her Testify; ABC: Cohen Has Spoken to Mueller Team Multiple Times for Hours; ICE Arrests Immigrants Who Agreed to Take in Immigrant Children; 3 Infants, 2 Adults Stabbed at Home Daycare in Queens. Aired 11:30-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Attacks Kavanaugh's Sexual Assault Accuser; Rod Rosenstein Under Fire; Sources: Deputy AG Rosenstein Discussed 25 Amendment, Suggested Secretly Recording Trump After Comey Firing; Trump Ends Relative Restraint, Repeatedly Attacks Ford. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Trump Ends Relative Restraint, Repeatedly Attacks Ford; NYT: McConnell, Ryan Express Worry For Trump Midterm Impact; NYT: McConnell, Ryan Express Worry For Trump Midterm Impact; Trump Puts Aside Past Grudge To Campaign For Sen. Heller; This Is Life Premieres Sunday On CNN After Parts Unknown. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Did Not Air This Date


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Suggests U.S. Allies are Concerned About Releasing Russia Docs; Trump Questions Why Kavanaugh's Accuser Didn't Call the FBI 36 Years Ago; Michael Cohen's Attorney Reportedly Says Cohen is Giving Information to Mueller's Team. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Cohen Interviews with Mueller Team; Hackers Targeted Senators; CNN Special on Puerto Rico; Carolina Residents Brace for Flooding. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump Ends Restraint, Repeatedly Attacks Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford; Kavanaugh Accuser Open to Testifying Under Right Terms; Trump Suggests Documents May Not Be Released Due to Key Allies' Worries; Michael Cohen Gives Information to Robert Mueller's Investigation; Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Lawyer: Michael Cohen is Giving Info to Mueller's Investigation; Obama Back on the Campaign Trail; "This is Life" Premieres Sunday after "Parts Unknown". Aired 10:30-11a ET
• New York Times Story Says Rosenstein Considering Invoking The 25th Amendment to Remove Trump; Rosenstein Says It Was Not Discussed. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• NYT: Rosenstein Recorded Trump in White House, Discussed with Cabinet Invoking 25th Amendment to Oust Trump; Rosenstein Dismissing "New York Times" Report; Trump Abandons Measured Tone, Targets Accuser; Senate Republicans Send Counteroffer to Blasey Ford; Blasey to Ford to Talk with FBI over Death Threated Against Her. Aired 2:30- 3p ET
• Trump Attacks Kavanaugh's Sexual Assault Accuser; Invoking the 25th Amendment?; Rod Rosenstein Under Fire. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump's Position on Ford Not Reporting Assault Creates Debate; Senator Collins Criticizes Trump; CNN Hero Helping Girls Fill the Gender Gap in Kenya; Anthony Bourdain Last Season Begins. Aired 3:30- 4p ET
• E.U. Leaders Reject Latest U.K. Brexit Proposal; Kavanaugh Nomination Fight; Pilots Avert Crisis on September 11 Air India Flight; Jet Airways Plane Turns Back After Cabin Pressure Drop. Aired 12m-1a ET
• Mother of 7-Year-Old Rape Victim Speaks Out; New Possible Victims Come Forward in Rape Case; Pilots Avert Crisis on September 11 Air India Flight; Bobi Wine Returns to Uganda, Faces Treason Charges; If Donald Trump's Hollywood Star Could Talk; Kavanaugh Accuser Willing To Testify; Lawyer: Kavanaugh's Accuser Willing To Testify; ABC: Cohen Has Met With Mueller Team Multiple Times; Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang Dies At 61. Aired 1-2a ET
• Confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh; a year after Hurricane Maria Cleveland Browns finally won. Aired 2-3a ET
• Embattled Nomination; Russia Investigation; Puerto Rico Recovery; Hurricane Florence. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN Special Reports
• Storm of Controversy: What Really Happened in Puerto Rico. Aired 11-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Sources: Rosenstein Discussed Taping Trump, Invoking 25th Amendment; Grassley: Committee To Vote Monday If No Deal On Ford Testimony; Sources: Rosenstein Discussed Taping Trump, Invoking 25th Amendment; First Cruz Versus O'Rourke Debate Underway in Texas. Aired 7-8pm ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Clevand Browns First Win in 635 Days; Christine Blasey Ford Prepared To Testify Next Week; Kavanaugh and Blasey Both Get Death Threats; Florence's Impact Still Being Felt In The Carolina's; Former Rap Mogul Suge Knight Facing Decades In Prison After Pleading No Contest Of Voluntary Manslaughter. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Trump Seeks Kavanaugh Vote; Latest on Russia Probe; Maryland Rite Aid Shooting. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Aftermath of Hurricane Florence; Latest in Russia Probe; Maryland RiteAid Shooting; Browns Get a Win. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Kavanaugh Accuser Lays Out Terms To Testify; Woman Shoots Six At Rite Aid Facility In Maryland; Florence's Impact Still Being Felt In The Carolinas; Cleveland Browns Win! Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Wants Vote; Kavanaugh Accuser Conditions; GOP Message Hits Snags; Counteroffer to Ford. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• CNN: GOP Counteroffer to Ford Calls for Wednesday Hearing; Biden to Senate: Threat Ford With Respect; Ultimate Battleground: Colorado's 6th District; Cruz, O'Rourke Face Off in First Texas Senate Debate. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Kavanaugh Accuser Open to Testifying Under Right Terms; Lawyer: Michael Cohen is Giving Info to Mueller's Investigation. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Pilot Tries to Steal Plane; A Look Back at Hurricane Maria; Browns Beat Jets; Battleground in Colorado. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Conditions Raised by Christine Blasey Ford's Lawyers; Michael Cohen Cooperating with Robert Mueller Investigation. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Cruz And O'Rourke Face Off In First Senate Debate Tonight; Father And Son Gun Down Neighbor Over Mattress Dispute; CNN Reality Check: Golf Magazine Helps Clear Man Of Conviction; W. Kamau Bell On His Trip To Africa With Anthony Bourdain. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Christine Blasey Ford Agrees to Testify to Senate about Sexual Assault Allegations against Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh after Original Senate Deadline; Interview with Senator Angus King. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trump's Star Gets Bars; Kavanaugh Accuser Open to Testifying; Conway's Interview Reviewed. Aired 8:30-9a ET


NEWS STREAM
• Latest Child Rape Victim In India, Recovering In The Hospital; A Ferry Capsizes In Tanzania, Nearly 100 Killed; Accuser Of Kavanaugh Will Testify; China Threatens U.S. On Newly Imposed Sanctions; World Headlines; Salzburg Summit Fallout; China Blocks Twitch; Airport Security Breach. Aired 8-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Donald Tusk Says He Wants To Break The Impasse That Has Fallen Over The Brexit Negotiations; Wall Street Is Doing Some Self-Reflecting Change; Monday Is When Donald Trump Impose Tariffs On $200 Billion Worth Of Chinese Goods; Comcast Will Go Head To Head With Fox For An Auction For The Control Of British Broadcaster, Sky; Death Toll Rises to 126 in Tanzania Ferry Tragedy; Rod Rosenstein: NYT Report on Wearing Wire to Record Conversations with President Trump is Inaccurate; Republicans to Offer Ford Hearing on Wednesday; Theresa May Demands Counterproposal from EU, Warns Talks with EU Leaders are at an Impasse; Three Infants Stabbed at a NYC Day Care Center; China Warns U.S. to Revoke Sanctions; President Trump to Address UN General Assembly Next Week; EU Tech Firms Respond to Brussels Scrutiny; Think Tank Chief Creates Brexit Board Game. Aired: 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Sources: Rosenstein Discussed Secretly Taping Trump, Invoking 25th Amendment; Deadline Just Passed For Kavanaugh Accuser To Respond To GOP Counteroffer And Terms For Her To Testify; Cyberattacks By Foreign Government Hackers Target Senators. Aired 5-6p ET
• Interview With Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta; Trump Attacks Kavanaugh's Sexual Assault Accuser; Rod Rosenstein Under Fire; Pompeo Threatens Iran, Slams John Kerry in New CNN Interview; CNN Special Report on Hurricane Aftermath in Puerto Rico. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Issues Concerning the "Brexit"; A High-Speed Rail Line that Runs Through Israel; The Work of a Positive Athlete


Wolf
• GOP Counteroffer to Ford; Trump Attacks Ford; All Sides Play Politics. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Cohen Has Spoken to Mueller Team Multiple Times for Hours; Trump Abandons Measured Tone, Targets Accuser; Trump Suggests Some Russia Documents May Not Be Released; Pompeo: Not Ruling Out Military Action Against Iran; NYT: Rosenstein Recorded Trump in White House, Discussed with Cabinet Invoking 25th Amendment to Oust Trump. Aired 1:30-2p ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• British Broadcasting Network Sky Is Up For Sale; May Rebuffed By E.U. Over Brexit Plan; Deputy Attorney General Considered Removing Trump With 25th Amendment; U.K. Demands Counterproposal From E.U.; Tanzanian Media: 127 Bodies Recovered From Capsized Ship; Three Infants Stabbed At Unlicensed New York Daycare; Man Sneaks Onto Airliner, Charged With Attempted Theft; CNN Explores "Wellness For Everyone" Center. Aired 2-3p ET