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Cuomo Prime Time
• Mueller Report: Obstruction By Trump Failed Because Aides Refused To "Carry Out Orders"; Mueller Report "Does Not Exonerate" Trump; Mueller Passes "Obstruction" Torch To Congress. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Mueller Report: Obstruction By Pres. Trump Failed Because Others Refused To Carry Out Orders; Mueller: Congress Still Has Ability To Find That President Trump Obstructed Justice; Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) Is Interviewed About The Special Counsel Mueller's Report. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Mueller Report Made Public; John Avalon, CNN Senior Political Analyst, is Interviewed About the Mueller Report; David Urban, CNN Political Commentator, is Interviewed About the Mueller Report; Historical Precedent of What's Happening in America; Sean Wilentz, Professor of History, Princeton University, is Interviewed About the Mueller Report. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Release of Redacted Mueller Report Is Imminent; Redacted Mueller Report Released to Congress & Public; Mueller on Obstruction: Unable to Conclude That "No Criminal Conduct Occurred". Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Mueller on Obstruction: Unable to Conclude That "No Criminal Conduct Occurred"; Mueller Investigated Multiple Instances of Possible Obstruction of Justice; Mueller Referred 14 Investigations to Other Offices; Trump Called Then-White House Counsel McGahn to Remove Mueller But McGahn Refused. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Adam Schiff Comments on Mueller Report; Mueller Report Findings?. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Mueller Found No Evidence of Collusion, Couldn't Make Obstruction Decision; Trump Takes Victory Lap: I'm Having a Good Day. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Mueller Report Says The Trump Campaign Expected Benefit From Russia's Illegal Actions; Trump Not Cleared Of Obstruction; The President has lied and misled us again and again and the Mueller report proves it. Aired 10-11p ET
• Mueller Report Does Not Exonerate Trump, Unable to Conclude No Obstruction Took Place; House Judiciary Chairman to Subpoena Full Report, Calls on Mueller to Testify Before Committee; Interview with Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA); Mueller Report Catches Press Secretary Sanders in Multiple Lies. Aired 11-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Release of Redacted Mueller Report is Imminent; Attorney General Bill Barr Set to Release Redacted Mueller Report. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• Barr to Speak on Mueller Report; Bill Barr's Press Conference. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• The Release Of the Redacted Report Is Imminent. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Bill Barr's Emphasis of Trump's Emotional Duress Does Not Absolve Him from Obstruction Intent; Barr's Report Shared with Both White House Counsel and Trump's Outside Attorneys; Barr Will Not Release Grand Jury Content of Mueller Report to Congress. Aired 10:30- 11a ET
• Special Counsel's Very Long-Awaited Report On Election Interference By Russia And Related Activities By The Trump Campaign And The President Finally On Public Display. Aired: 2-2:30p ET
• Mueller on Obstruction: Unable to Conclude that "No Criminal conduct Occurred"; Mueller Report Outlines Trump's Reaction to Appointment of Special Counsel; Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) Holds News Conference on Mueller Investigation, Democrat Investigations; Is it a Winning Strategy for Democrats to Investigate Trump on Abuse of Power Prior to 2020 Elections. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Analyzing the Mueller Report. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Discussion of Mueller Report. Aired 3:30p-4p ET
• 340 Climate Change Demonstrators Arrested in London Since Monday; Unseasonal Storms Leave Damage, Deaths in India; FOX News in the Doghouse with Trump. Aired 12-1a ET
• Hours Away From Public Release Of Redacted Version; State News: N. Korea Test-Fires Tactical Guided Weapon; Chaplain Hailed As Hero For Saving Relics; Sudan Protests Continue With Demand For Civilian Rule; Peru's Former President Dies Of Self-Inflicted Gunshot; 340 Demonstrators Arrested in London since Monday; Counting underway in Biggest Single Day Election; Police: Woman Infatuated with Columbine Found Dead; Dozens of Doctors Charged with Illegally Prescribing Opioids for Cash, Sex. Aired 1-2a ET
• Release of Mueller Report Ecpected; AG William Barr to Hold Press Conference Regarding Release; North Korea Says It Test-Fired New Tactical Guided Weapon; Latest on Notre Dame Fire. Aired 2-3a ET
• Kim Jong-un Sends a Message to U.S.; Tensions Running High Over the Mueller Report; Experts Check Notre Dame's Stability; Protesters Go Wild in London; Dozens In India Perish In Powerful Storms; Barr News Conference Before Congress Receives Report; Investigators Speak To Workers About Notre Dame Fire; North Korea Demands Replacement Of Pompeo For U.S. Talks; Counting Underway In Biggest Single Day Election; Peru's Former President Dies Of Self-Inflicted Gunshot; Medical Breakthrough For bubble Boy Disease; Flummoxed By Fox News; Uncanny Canines. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Mueller Report on Trump Associates, Russia and WikiLeaks; Mueller Report on Obstruction; Mueller Considered Trump's Answers Inadequate. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Mueller Investigated Rumored Compromising Tapes of Trump in Moscow; Mueller Considered Whether Trump Tower Meeting Could Violate Campaign Finance Laws; Mueller: Congress Still Has Ability to Find If President Obstructed Justice. Aired 1:30-2p ET


Connect the World
• Did Not Air


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Mueller: Trump Told Sessions, "This Is The End Of My Presidency. House Judiciary Chairman Will Subpoena Full Report; Calls On Mueller To Testify Before Committee; Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) Is Interviewed About The William Barr's Redacted Mueller Report. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Redacted Mueller Report Comes Out Today; Democrats Ready to Issue Subpoena for Full Report; North Korea Wants Secretary Pompeo Out of Future Talks; How Firefighters Beat the Notre Dame Inferno. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• AG Bill Barr to Hold a Press Conference Before Releasing the Redacted Mueller Report; Some Trump Aides Regret Cooperating with Mueller; North Korea Wants Secretary Pompeo Be Replaced in Future Nuclear Talks; Firefighters Concentrated on Notre Dame's Belfry. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Today The World Will Learn Robert Mueller's Findings, Most Of Them Anyway; Attorney General Bill Barr Is Expected To Hold A Press Conference This Morning; Pyongyang Is Demanding That Mike Pompeo Be Replaced In Any Future Talks; Sixty People Including Doctors, Pharmacists, Nurses Busted In The Largest Legal Opioid Operation. About Half A Million Students In And Around Denver Will Go Back To School Today With Heightened Security This Morning. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Redacted Mueller Report Due In Just Hours; North Korea Demands Pompeo Be Replaced In Future Talks; Feds Charge Doctors In 8-State Opioid Bust. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Analysis of the Just Released Mueller Report; Mueller on Obstruction Charge; Mueller on Trump Campaign and Russia. Aired 12- 12:30p ET
• Mueller: Obstruction by Trump Failed Because Others Refused to "Carry Out Orders"; Mueller: Trump's Public Acts Can Be Considered Obstruction; Mueller on Obstruction: "Unable to Conclude No Criminal Conduct Occurred"; Mueller Considered Whether Trump Tower Meeting Violated Campaign Finance Laws. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Soon: Justice Department to Release Redacted Mueller Report. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• North Korea Demands Pompeo be Removed from Talks; Teen Who Threatened Columbine Found Dead; Pelosi and Schumer Call for Mueller to Testify; Investigation Ramps Up at Notre Dame. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Barr to Release Redacted Mueller Report This Morning; Kremlin: Kim Jong-un to Meet with Putin in Russia Soon. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) On Release Of Mueller Report; John Hickenlooper Makes Case For Presidential Run; Three Key Questions For Attorney General William Barr. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Attorney General William Barr to Hold Press Conference on Release of Redacted Mueller Report. Aired 8-8:30a ET.
• Reality Check on Trump and Obstruction; Barr to Release Mueller Report; Democrats Want Mueller to Testify. Aired 8:30-9a ET


NEWS STREAM
• Did Not Air


Quest Means Business
• Did Not Air


The Situation Room
• Mueller Report "Does Not Exonerate" Trump; Interview with Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) on Possible Trump Obstruction of Justice; Interview with Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Member, Intelligence and Judiciary Committees, on Gaps in Mueller Investigation; The Mueller Report Says Obstruction On By Trump Failed Because Others Refused To Carry Out Orders; White House Counsel McGahn Packed Up Office, Threatened To Quit Because The President Asked Him To Do Crazy Things. Aired 5-6p ET
• Interview With Rep. Ted Deutch (D) Florida; Mueller Report Released; Mueller Report Does Not Exonerate Trump On Obstruction, Is Unable To Conclude No Criminal Conduct Occurred; White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders Admitted To Mueller Her Public Comments About FBI Weren't True. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Lawmakers Await Full Results of Mueller Investigation; CNN Reveals How Venezuela Has Become Route for Illegal Drug Smugglers


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Did Not Air