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CNN Transcripts for August 18, 2019

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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Anderson Cooper Interviews Stephen Colbert. Aired 8-9p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Law Enforcement May Have Thwarted As Many As Three Possible Mass Shootings In The Last Five Days; President Trump Returning From Vacation; Wedding Becomes Scene Of A Terror Attack; Three Of The Top Five Presidential Candidates Are In South Carolina Courting The African-American Vote Which Makes Up 60 Percent Of That Key Primary State's Electorate; Antigovernment Protestors Flooding The Streets Of Hong Kong Prompting Chinese Leaders To Promote Dramatic New Propaganda Video; New Detention Facility Near The U.S. Mexico Border Built. Aired 2-3p ET
• Police Thwart Three Separate Potential Mass Shootings; Trump's Economic Team Out In Force To Squash Recession Anxiety; Thousands Pack Hong King In 11th Week Of Protests; 63 People Killed, 182 Wounded In Kabul Wedding Attack; Top Democratic Candidates Court Black Voters In South Carolina; New York Lawmaker Wants Students To Learn About Hate Symbols; Stephen Colbert Opens Up About Loss And Grieving. Aired 3-4p ET
• Police Thwart Three Separate Potential Mass Shootings; Trump Returns from Vacation to Recession Fears, China Trade War; Top Democratic Candidates Court Black Voters in South Carolina. Aired 4-5p ET
• Trump Speaks to the Press on Recession, Trade Wars, Middle East, Gun Laws and NAFTA; Three Potential Mass Shootings Prevented by Authorities; Wedding in Kabul Attacked by Suicide Bomber; Elie Honig Answers Legal Question in "Cross-Exam"; Vaping Linked to Severe Lung Disease; Ken Cuccinelli Wants to Re-write Immigration History. Aired 5-6p ET
• President Trump Says, I Don't See A Recession; Police Thwart Three Separate Potential Mass Shootings, Making Arrests In Ohio, Florida And Connecticut; Rocky Week For Markets Amid Recession Fears, Trump Trade War; Trump Brushes Off Fears Of Brewing Recession. Aired 6-7p ET
• Suicide Bombing Killed Scores Of People Celebrating A Marriage In Afghanistan; Finale Episode Of "The Movies" Airs Tonight. Aired 7- 8p ET
• Crowds of Demonstrators Gather before Hong Kong March; U.S. Mass Shootings. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Crowds of Demonstrators Gather before Hong Kong March; Multiple Arrests at Dueling Protests in Portland, Oregon; Dozens Dead after Blast Hits Kabul Wedding; Elizabeth Warren's Evolution from Conservative to Liberal; Teen Activist Sets Sail on Zero-Emissions Yacht. Aired 4-5a ET
• Crowds of Demonstrators Gather before Hong Kong March; Dozens Dead after Blast Hits Kabul Wedding; Leaked Documents Show U.K. Preparing for No Deal Brexit; Putin's Private Army; Trump's Support among Women Slips; Heat Wave Suspected of Killing Salmon. Aired 5-6a ET


Connect the World
• Thousands Turn Out For Massive Pro-Democracy Rally; At Least 63 People Dead After Blast Hits Kabul Wedding; Sudan Celebrates Historic Power-Sharing Agreement; CNN Speaks To Organizers Of Rallies; Leaked Documents Show U.K. Preparing For No-Deal Brexit; U.S. Lawmaker's Scrapped Trip Sparks Controversy. Aired 11-12p ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Is The World Ready For A Recession?; Britain Still Uncertain On Deal Or No Deal Brexit; Global Instability: Tour Of The World's Hotspots; Climate Injustice: The Rich Pollutes, The Poor Suffers?; From No Formal Education To A PhD From Cambridge. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• Recession Fears Rise After Volatile Week on Wall Street; Israel Blocks Two Dem Congresswoman After Pressure From Trump; Economic Concerns Raise Political Risks for Trump; Fox News Poll Shows Trump Trailing Top Dem Candidates; Nine Candidates Have Qualified for Third Dem Debate. Aired 8-9a ET


New Day Sunday
• Far-Left And Far-Right Activists Face Off In Oregon; Trump Targets Far-Left Group But Is Mute On Far-Right Extremists; Man Interested In Mass Shooting Arrested In Connecticut; GOP Rep. Steve King Unapologetic For Rape And Incest Comments; Workers Given Three Choices: Attend Trump Speech, Use Paid Time Off Or Lose Overtime Pay; Massive Anti-Government Protests Flood The Streets Of Hong Kong; Massive Kabul Bombing Leaves 63 Dead And 182 Injured; U.S.-Taliban Peace Plan Intended To End Afghanistan War; U.S. Farmers Fed Up With Chinese Tariffs; Tropical Moisture Brings Heavy Rain To Florida; Little League Teams Honor Former Player; Racer Avoids Catastrophe On The Track. Aired 6-7a ET
• Massive Anti-Government Protests Flood the Streets of Hong Kong; Workers Who Attended Speech Told Not to Protest Trump; 120 plus Cases of Lung Disease in 15 States Could Be Linked to Vaping; Jay-Z Inks Entertainment, Social Justice Deal With the NFL; Growing Concerns Over Fallout from Botched Russian Missile Test. Aired 7-8a ET


Reliable Sources
• NYT Editor: We Are Not The "Resistance"; CNN's Clarissa Ward Targeted By Russian Propaganda; First Look At Upcoming Global Disinformation Index Report; The Growing Disinformation Wars; Meet The Journalist Who Inspired The Great Hack; WOPO: Trump Hits 12,000 Lie Milestone. Aired 11a-12p ET


State of the Union
• Israel Controversy; Interview With White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Director Peter Navarro; Interview With Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg. Aired 9-10a ET