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Cuomo Prime Time
• IRS Memo Contradicts Admin Policy on Trump Taxes, Chris Cuomo Talks With Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX); Democrats Face Division Over Impeaching Trump; Chris Cuomo Debates With Angela Rye and Karen Finney; Joe Biden Far Ahead of Opponents in New Quinnipiac Poll; New Coke Returns in Honors of Netflix's "Strange Things"; Only The Best: Trump Doesn't Have Them, But He Needs Them. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• White House Not Backing Down in Battle With Dems; Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) is Interviewed About House Dems Subpoenaing Hope Hicks and Ex-Chief of Staff to Don McGahn; Washington Post: Draft IRS Memo Says Pres. Trump Tax Return Must Be Given to Congress Unless He Invokes Executive Privilege; Sources: Mueller Does Not Want to Appear Political. Aired on 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Tension Between U.S. and Iran High, Yet Both Don't Want War; Iranian Prime Minister Worried About Accidental Warfare; David Petraeus, Former Commanding General, Multi-national Force in Iraq, is Interviewed About Iran and Iraq. Congressman Nominates Jose Andres for Nobel Peace Prize; Jose Andres, Michelin Star Chef & Author, "Vegetables Unleased," is Interviewed About Vegetables and His New Book. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• White House Blocks Don McGahn's Congressional Testimony; Tensions Flare as Democrats Debate Impeachment Behind Closed Doors; Appeal Filed after Judge Orders Trump Accounting Firm to Hand over Records; Rep. Andy Kim (D-NY) Discusses Impeachment, Don McGahn, the Iranian Threat; Trump Expected to Pick Ken Cuccinelli for Top DHS Job. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Soon Trump Administration to Brief Lawmakers on Iran; CNN Interview with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif; Beto O'Rourke Will Try to Recapture Momentum at Tonight's CNN Town Hall; Water Rescues Underway in Oklahoma Amid Massive Flooding. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Federal Judge Examines Mississippi Abortion Ban; Interview With Rep. Val Demings (D-FL); Impeachment Calls Grow Louder. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Iranian Tensions; Beto Reboot?; Trump Accuses Opponents of Treason. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Did Not Air 10-11p ET
• Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-TX) Covered Wide Array Of Issues In His Town Hall; Growing Call From Democrats To Impeach President Trump; Subpoena Issued To Former White House Aides; White House Defies Congressional Oversight At Trump's Instruction; Rep. Jamie Raskin (D- MD) Is Interviewed About Congressional Subpoenas; "Washington Post:" Draft IRS Memo Says Trump's Tax Returns Must Be Given To Congress Unless He Invokes Executive Privilege; HUD Sec. Carson Has Multiple Heated Exchanges With Female Dems. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Tensions Flare as Democrats Debate Impeachment Behind Closed Doors; White House Blocks McGahn's Testimony on Capitol Hill; Several Democrats Press Pelosi on Impeachment; Don McGahn Expected to Defy Congressional Subpoena; Democrats Divided Over Impeachment; Michael Cohen Reveals Jay Sekulow Urged False Testimony on Trump Tower Moscow. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Iran Refuses Trump's Offer of Talks; Don McGahn to Defy Subpoena; Trump Appealing the Mazars Subpoena Ruling; Powerful Storms Threaten Oklahoma. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Ex-White House McGahn Defies House Subpoena, Skips Hearing. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Don McGahn Does Not Answer Subpoena Today; Trump's Attorneys to Appeal Court Financial Ruling; Severe Flooding Today in Oklahoma. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Team Mueller Is Expressing Reticence About His Testifying Before The House Judiciary Committee In Front Of Cameras; A New Danger In The Midwest After Dozens Of Tornadoes Touched Down; Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) Talks About Briefing With Secretary Pompeo Regarding Iran. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) Discusses Pompeo Briefing On Iranian Threat, Impeachment And Don McGahn's No-Show; Trump Continues To Attack Biden Against Advisers' Advice; Beto O'Rourke Will Try To Recapture Momentum At Tonight's CNN Town Hall; Nationwide Protests Erupt Over Abortion Bans Across U.S.; Fox News Host Privately Encouraged Trump To Pardon U.S. War Criminals; Mueller Team Hesitant About Special Counsel Testifying Publicly Before Lawmakers. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Federal Judge Examines Mississippi Abortion Ban; Iranian Tensions; Impeachment Calls Grow Louder; Robert Mueller Hesitant to Testify Publicly. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Water Rescues Underway After Tornadoes Rip Across U.S.; Barr Says Trump Is Not an Errand Boy for Congress; Kobach Demanded Wild Perks to Be Trump's Immigration Czar; Broken Promises Weigh on Black Voters Ahead of 2020 Vote; Chinese Tariffs Drowning Maine's Lobster Industry. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Report: U.K. Welfare Cuts Causing Families to Go Hungry; Cubans Experiencing Food Crisis; Trump May Have Revealed U.S. Intel in TV Comments. Aired 12-1a ET
• Crisis Rages in Yemen Where Millions Face Famine; New Change U.K. Party Pushes for another Referendum. Aired 1-2a ET
• White House Tells Former Counsel To Defy Subpoena; Mixed Messages and Threats from Trump on Iran Confuse Observers; Google Restricts Huawei's Access to Software Services; U.K. Welfare Cuts Causing Families to Go Hungry. Aired 2-3a ET
• Mixed Messages from Trump Confuses Observers; Don McGahn to be Held in Contempt of Congress; New Party in U.K. Pushes for a new Brexit Referendum; Iran Claims To Increase Uranium Enrichment Capacity; White House Tells Former Counsel To Defy Subpoena; Formula One Champion Niki Lauda Dies At 70; Crisis in Yemen, Where Millions Face Famine; Yemen's Nationwide Addiction To Khat; A Pardon For War Crimes; High Tech Breakup; Automaker Cutting 10 Percent Of Salaried Staff Worldwide; Dire Warning About Violent Weather; Scaling The Heights In Eiffel Tower; Game of Thrones Series Ends. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Mueller's Team Hesitant About Special Counsel Testifying Publicly; Tensions Among Democrats As Some Push Pelosi To Start Impeachment. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Democrats Furious After Ex-White House Counsel Fails to Show Up to Testify; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) & Presidential Candidate Discusses Abortion Laws, Protests, Democrat Impeachment Debate; CNN Interview with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif; DOJ Offers to Show Mueller Materials to House Intel Committee If They Back Off Barr Threat; A.G. Barr Defends Actions: I Felt Rules Being Changed to Hurt Trump; NYT: Kobach Demanded Perks to be Trump's Immigration Czar. Aired 1:30-2p ET


Connect the World
• Trump Administration to Brief U.S. Lawmakers on Intel; Zarif to CNN: U.S. Has Broken Promises; Qat, Yemen's Most Popular Drug is Starving Its People; British Prime Minister Discusses New Plan to Leave European Union; May Says Customs is Most Difficult Issue in Brexit; May; MPs Will Be Asked to Vote on Holding New Referendum. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) is Interviewed About HUD Secretary Ben Carson's Congressional Testimony; Governor Steve Bullock (D-MT) is Interviewed About his Presidential Run; GOP Representative Finds Support Back Home After Making Impeachment Case. Aired on 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• McGahn to Defy Subpoena; Judge Rules Firm Must Hand Over Trump Financials; Trump Targets Biden; Floods and Tornadoes in the Midwest; Lawsuit: Boeing Spent Decades Concealing Flaws. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Don McGahn Expected to Defy Congressional Subpoena; Judge Rules Firm Must Hand Over Trump Financials; Trump Targets Biden; Flash Floods Threaten Millions from Texas to Missouri; Lawsuit: Boeing Spent Decades Concealing Flaws. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Former White House Counsel Expected to Defy Congressional Subpoena; Judge Orders Accounting Firm to Turn Over Trump Records; Trump Targets Biden; Floods and Tornadoes in the Midwest; Lawsuit: Boeing Spent Decades Concealing Flaws; warriors Sweep Blazers to Reach 5th Straight NBA Finals. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Former White House Counsel McGahn To Defy Subpoena; Judge Orders Accounting Firm to Turn Over Trump Records; Trump Camp Worried About Cracks In Rust Belt Support. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• U.S. Eases Restrictions On China's Huawei. Biggest Shoe Brands Telling President Trump Tariffs Would Be "Catastrophic;" How One Cannabis Firm Is Doing Its Best To Fill The Gaps In Regulation. Aired: 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Ex-White House Counsel McGahn Defies House Subpoena, Skips Hearing; Mueller Hesitant To Testify Publicly; Trump Appeals Ruling Ordering His Accounting Firm To Turn Over Financial Statements; Trump Calls Out Biden For Leaving Pennsylvania. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump Name-Drops Joe Biden at Pennsylvania Rally; Abortion Laws Trigger Protests; Beto O'Rourke's Evolving 2020 Strategy; Would -Be "Immigration Czar" Kobach Has Big List of Demands. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• White House Blocks Don McGahn's Congressional Testimony; Judge Orders Trump Accounting Firm to Hand Over Records; Trump Knocks Biden as He Ramps up Reelection Bid; Tornadoes & Flash Floods Slam Millions Across Central U.S.; CNN Hosts Town Hall with Beto O'Rourke Tonight; Fifth Migrant Child Dies in U.S. Custody at the Border; Dems Divided on Responding to Stonewalling with Impeachment. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Dems Divided on Responding to Stonewalling with Impeachment; Judge Orders Trump Accounting Firm to Hand Over Records; Trump Administration to Brief Congress on Iran; Prince Charles to Meet Trump During Controversial State Visit. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Pressure Grows on Pelosi to Begin Impeachment Proceedings; Midwestern U.S. Hit with Tornadoes & Flash Floods; Trump: Iran Attack Would Be 'Met with Great Force'. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio On His Presidential Run; CNN Reality Check: What Is Trump Trying To Hide With Deutsche Bank? Billionaire Robert F. Smith's History Of Paying It Forward. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Beto O'Rourke Aims to Recapture Campaign Momentum; Some House Democrats Increasing Calls for Impeachment of President Trump; Don McGahn Refuses to Testify Under Subpoena before House Judiciary Committee; Tornado Strikes Near Tulsa International Airport. Aired 8- 8:30a ET
• Pressure Grows On Pelosi To Begin Impeachment Proceedings; Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) Interview For Trump's Impeachment; Several States Push To Restrict Abortion Access; Maine Lobster Industry Devastated By Trade War; A Sisterhood In Step For Health; Trump Knocks Biden As He Ramps Up Reelection Bid. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Theresa May Promises to Give Lawmakers a Vote on Whether to Hold a Second National Referendum on Brexit; Formula One Legend Niki Lauda Dies at Age 70; Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver's Restaurant Chain Collapses. Aired 3- 4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• Frm. Rep. Beto O'Rourke in a Town Hall with Dana Bash. Aired 10-11:12p ET


The Situation Room
• House Dems To Meet As Impeachment Calls Grow; House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas Former White House Aides Hope Hicks And Annie Donaldson; Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) Is Interviewed On Subpoenas For Hicks and Donaldson; Trump Tweets About McGahn Defying Subpoena; Beto O'Rourke Relaunches Presidential Campaign; North Korea's Propaganda Machine Gets Makeover. Aired 5-6p ET
• Interview With Rep. Harley Rouda (D-CA); U.S. Fighter Jets Intercept Russian Warplanes Off Alaska; House Democrats To Meet Tomorrow As Impeachment Pressure Builds; Mueller Team Hesitant About Special Counsel Testifying Publicly, Fearing It Would Seem Political; New Poll Shows Biden Tops Nearest Democratic Rival By Nearly 20 Points; CNN Hosts Iowa Town Hall As Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D) Texas Seeks Campaign Reboot; Millions At Risk From Severe Storms In Central U.S. After Tornadoes And Flooding Prompt Dramatic Rescues. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• CNN Investigation Indicates Humanitarian Aid is Being Misused in Yemen; New Study Contrasts the Effects of Ultraprocessed and Unprocessed Foods; World Record Teddy Bear


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Theresa May Says New Brexit Bill Includes A Vote an A Second Referendum; Foreign Minister of Iran Says U.S. Is Playing A Very, Very Dangerous Game; Former White House Counsel Skips Mueller Report Hearing. Aired 2-3p ET