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Cuomo Prime Time
• Did Not Air


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• President Trump Keeps Up Attacks on Democratic Congresswomen; Greenland to Pres. Trump: We're Not For Sale; Hundreds Of People At Services For El Paso Victim After Widower With No Other Family Invites Anyone To Come; Stephen Colbert On Living With Grief And Loss; Woodstock At 50: A One-Hour Special, Tomorrow At 9pm. ET. Aired on 8- 9p ET


Amanpour
• Trump Administration Brings Back Death Penalty; Moral Duty of Religious Lives; Sister Helen Prejean, Author, "River of Fire," is Interviewed About Death Penalty. Realizing that Rhetoric Has Real World Consequences; Rev. Rob Schenck, Evangelical Minister, is Interviewed About Violence. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Rep. Tlaib Says She Will Not Visit West Bank after Israel Grants Permission with Political Restrictions; Rep. Brad Schneider (D- IL) Discusses Spat Between Tlaib, Omar & Israel, Trump's Involvement, the BDS Movement; NYPD Video of Suspect Who Left Suspicious Rice Cookers; Trump Floats Idea of Buying Greenland; New Poll: Warren Surges, 4 Democrats Now Top Trump. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• New Poll: Warren Surges, 4 Democrats Now Top Trump; WAPO: Trump Concerned Economic Trouble Could Hurt Election; Widower Invites Public to Wife's Funeral; "Woodstock at 50" Airs Tomorrow at 9:00 P.M. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Israel Controversy Growing; Greenland to Trump: We're Not For Sale; Trump Worried About Economy?; Source: Trump Called Bank Executives for Their Thoughts on Recession Warnings; NYT: Autopsy Finds Epstein Cause of Death Was Suicide By Hanging; NY Police Search for Man Caught on Camera Leaving Two Rice Cookers at Busy Subway Station. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• 2020 Presidential Hopefuls Court Young Black Voters; Saudi Arabia Rules U.S. Mother Too Western To Care For Daughter; New CNN Doc Looks At How Secretive Government Agencies Use Amazon. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Trump Slams Rep. Tlaib, Who's Refusing To Visit Israel Due To Conditions Imposed By Israeli Government; Fox Poll, Biden, Sanders, Warren And Harris All Beat Trump In Hypothetical 2020 Match-Ups; Buying Greenland. Aired 10:30-11p ET
• President Trump Uses His Power to Demean People; Sorry is Not in Trump's Vocabulary; De'Von Bailey's Family Wants Independent Investigation; Peter Fonda, Star of "Easy Rider," Dies at 79; CNN Hero Roger Montoya. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Family of Man Killed By Police in Colorado Springs Call for Independent Probe; Dale Earnhardt Jr. Survives Fiery Plane Crash; President Trump Set to Meet with National Security Advisors to Review U.S.-Taliban Peace Plan in Afghanistan. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Roller Coaster Week on Wall Street; Carlos Santana Talks about Woodstock; Earnhardt Junior Plane Crash; Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) Says She Won't Visit West Bank After Israel Allows Visit On Humanitarian Grounds; Family Of Man Killed By Police Calls For Independent Probe; NYPD Shows Video Of Suspect Who Left Suspicious Rice Cookers; Trump Says, No Choice But To Vote For Me Over Economy; Poll Shows Biden Top Choice For Democratic Nominee, Warren Second; Trump Says, We Have To Start Building Mental Institutions Again. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Sen. Elizabeth Warren Releases New Policy Plans; Iranian Tanker Released by Gibraltar Court; Four Hundred Expected at El Paso Funeral Tonight. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• President stoking fears of impending economic disaster, if he is not reelected; Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) Reacts To Rep. Tlaib's Rejection Of Israel's Reversal To Ban Her Entry; Disturbing New Details About The Working Environment In The U.S. State Department. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• The Long History of Trump Aides Dismissing His Ideas & Orders; Body Cam Video Shows Man Shot in Back by Police; Widower Invites Public to Wife's Funeral; "Woodstock at 50" Airs Tomorrow at 9:00 P.M. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Five Immigration Protesters Injured; Greenland to Trump: We're Not For Sale; Trump's Tumultuous Two Weeks. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Israel Reports a Gaza Rocket Intercepted over Southern Israel; Democratic Candidates Court Black Voters at Church Forum; Parents, Senator Team Up After Veteran's Suicide; Arts Center Creates Safe Haven for Kids in New Mexico. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Israel Bans Two U.S. Democrats From Entering Country; North Korea Fire Two More Missiles; Seized Iranian Oil Tanker Released By Gibraltar; Hong Kong Protests; U.S. Race Car Star Dale Earnhardt Jr. Survive Plane Crash; Investigations in Philadelphia Shooting; Ohio Shootings Updates; El Paso widower invites entire city to wife's funeral; Global markets uneasy over China-U.S. Trade War; James Bond's Aston Martin Auctioned For $6.4 Million. Aired 12-1a ET
• North Korea Fires Two More Missiles; Israel Bans Two U.S. Democrats From Entering Country; City's Police Defend Tactics During Demonstrations; North Korea Has Fired Off Two More Short Range Ballistic Missiles; Israel Says it is Blocking Two US Congresswoman From Entering the Country After Donald Trump Encouraged That Decision; Hong Kong Police Are Defending the Way They Handle the City's Massive Protests; Gibraltar's Supreme Court Has Ruled That a Seized Iranian Oil Tanker is Free to Leave. Aired 1-2a ET
• North Korea Fires Two More Missiles; Trump Pressures Israel to Deny Entry to Two Congresswomen; Hong Kong Protests; Seized Iranian Tanker Allowed to Leave Despite U.S. Plea; Fiery Landing. Aired 2-3a ET
• Israel Barred Two U.S. House Democrats; Gibraltar Court Gave Green Light to an Iranian Ship; Hong Kong Police Contest Their Move Against Protesters; Zimbabwe Experience More Power Outages; Scientists Unveiled an Alarming Discovery; Aired 3-3:30a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Tlaib Rejects Israel's Invitation; Bank CEOs Warn of Impact of Trade War; Greenland's Not for Sale. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Warren Releases Plan to Help Native Americans; Warren Rises in Polls as Trump Threatens to Use Slur Nickname for Her; Critics Call Jay-Z's NFL Partnership a Betrayal, "Gut Punch" to Kaepernick; CNN Special Report Focuses on "The Age Of Amazon". Aired 1:30-2p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Greenland Says It's Not For Sale After Trump Inquires About Buying The Danish Territory; Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) Is Interviewed About Trump's Inquiry To Buy Greenland As Crazy Uncle Or Smart Idea; Trump Calls Rep. Tlaib's Cancelled Trip To Israel To Visit Grandmother In West Bank "A Complete Setup"; NYT: Obama Told Biden Earlier This Year "You Don't Have To Do This, Joe, You Really Don't"; Will Warren's Conservative Roots Hurt Her With Liberal Voters?; Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) is Interviewed on Gun Violence Prevention Bills. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Israel Denies Entry to 2 U.S. Congresswomen; Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Family Lucky to Escape Fiery Plane Crash; El Paso Widower Invites Public to Wife's Services. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Rep. Tlaib Requests Humanitarian Visit to Family in West Bank; Farmers Hurt by Trump's China Trade War; Hong Kong Protesters Appeal for Sanctions Against Beijing; Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Family Safe After Escaping Fiery Plane Crash. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Tlaib Makes Appeal in Letter to Israel's Interior Minister; Dale Earnhardt Jr., Family, Survive Plane Crash; Whiplash on Wall Street; Phillies' Bryce Harper Crushes Walk-Off Grand Slam. Aired 5- 5:30a ET
• Israel Allows Previously Banned Lawmaker To Visit; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. And Family Escape Fiery Plane Crash; Hong Kong Protests. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• The CEO Of Cathay Pacific Resigns Over The Hong Kong Protests; GE Denying Allegations Of A $38 Billion Fraud; Reports Suggest The President Would Like To Buy Greenland. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Tlaib Opts Not to Visit Israel; Warren Climbs in Polls; Warren Releases Native American Policy. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump: Love or Hate Me, You've Got to Vote for Me; Grassley Releases Findings on Hillary Clinton's Server; Sanford: "Growing Ever Closer" to 2020 Decision; Trump Phones Supporter After Mistaking Him for Protester; Greenland Declares It's Not for Sale. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Family Survive Fiery Plane Crash; Israel to Allow Representative Tlaib to Visit Family in West Bank; Trump Asked Aides if It's Possible to Buy Greenland; Trump Trails Leading Dems in 2020 Matchups. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• North Korea Launches Projectiles; Dayton Killer Had Cocaine in his System; Economy and Trump's 2020 Bid; Harper Crushes Walk-Off Grand Slam. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Family Escape Fiery Plane Crash; Israel to Grant Request of Representative Rashida Tlaib on Humanitarian Grounds; Greenland Government Says Country Not for Sale; Interview with Mark Sanford on Possible Challenger to Trump. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) Live On New Day; El Paso Widower Invites Entire City To Wife's Funeral; CNN Special Report Focuses On "THE AGE OF AMAZON." Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Israeli Government to Allow Representative Rashida Tlaib Into Country After Banning her and Representative Ilhan Omar; President Trump Speaks about U.S. Economy at Rally; President Trump Mocks Overweight Attendee at Rally; CNN: NYC Transit Hub Evacuated After Pressure Cookers Found; Trump's Trade Adviser on Possible Economic Downturn. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Peter Navarro on Economic Downturn; Pressure Cookers in New York Subway; Joe Lieberman on Israeli Ban; Suspicious Packages at Two Locations in New York City. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• This Week's Stock Market Roller Coaster; Hong Kong's Week Of Protest Cost Cathay Pacific Chief Executive His Job; General Electric Is Fighting Back Accusations Of Fraud; Congresswoman Tlaib Rejects Israel's Invitation After Ban was Lifted; Violence Escalates in Zimbabwe's Capital; Hong Kong Officials Deny Permits for Sunday's March. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• Special Report: The Age of Amazon. Aired 9-10:30p ET


The Situation Room
• Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D) Illinois Interviewed About Corey Lewandowski; Rep. Tlaib Rejects Conditional Israeli Offer To Allow Visit; Reports: Trump Anxious And "Rattled" Over Economy. Greenland Throws Cold Water on President Trump's Reported Interest in Buying the Island for the U.S.; Authorities Say Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Others "Extremely Lucky" to Survive Plane Crash; North Korea Couples Missile Launch, Diplomatic Jab. Aired 5-6p ET
• Ex-Trump Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski Says He's Happy To Come Testify In House Impeachment Probe; House Judiciary To Vote On Gun Bills Before The End Of Congressional Recess; Trump Calls Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D) Michigan Canceled Trip To Visit Grandmother In West Bank A Complete Setup; U.S. Customs Computer Crash; Interview With Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ); Interview With Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA); No Deal: Greenland Tells Trump It's Not For Sale; CNN: U.S. Expects Iran to Launch Missile in Coming Days Amid Concerns U.S. Enemies Feel Emboldened By Trump. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Solutions to Honeybee Declines; CNN Hero Series; Glass Bottomed Walkway Opens in China


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Donald Trump Interested in Purchase of Greenland; Israel Grants Rashida Tlaib Entry; Iranian Tanker Released by Gibraltar Court; Trump Trade Adviser Plays Down Recession Fears; Michigan Weighs In On Impeachment; John Fogerty Remembers Late-Night Set At Woodstock; Nepal Proposes New Restrictions For Climbing Mt. Everest. Aired 2-3p ET