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Cuomo Prime Time
• Trump Walking Back Talk On Tougher Background Checks; Trump Blames Google For 2016 Popular Vote Loss; Congresswomen Omar & Tlaib Rip Trump & Israel For Barring Them. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Washington Post: White House officials Eyeing Payroll Tax Cut in Effort to Reverse Weakening Economy; FEC Chair Calls Out President Trump over Baseless Voter Fraud Claims. Aired on 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• World Mourns for Notre Dame; Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House Speaker, is Interviewed About Notre Dame, Irish Parliament and Brexit; Rebuilding Notre Dame; Simon Schama, Historian, is Interviewed About Notre Dame; Survival Math. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Trump, Economic Advisors Downplay Recession Threat, Trade War Fears; Soon: Elizabeth Warren Will Speak at Native American Presidential Forum; Potential Mass Shootings Stopped in 3 States; Trump Confirms He's Looked into Buying Greenland as NASA Warns of Its "Supercharged" Ice Melt. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump Confirms He's Looked into Buying Greenland as NASA Warns of Its "Supercharged" Ice Melt; Trump in Change in Tone Now Says "We Already Have a Lot of Background Checks"; Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D- NY) Discusses Trump Flipping on Background Checks, Gun Control, House Judiciary Committee to Take Up Series of Gun Bills; New Jersey Child is 35th Death in a Hot Car This Year; Sources: NYPD Commissioner Expected to Announce Decision on Officer Involved in Death of Eric Garner. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Downplays Recession Fears; Israel Controversy; Reps Omar & Tlaib Speak After Israel Ban, Trump Insults. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Israel Controversy; Trump Falsely Claims Google Manipulated Votes In 2016 Election, Citing No Evidence; Warren To Native American Voters: I Have Made Mistakes; Sen. Gillibrand Supports Mandatory Buyback Program For Assault Weapons. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• President Trump Says Recession is Far from Happening; Former Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC) Is Interviewed About His Effort To Find A Republican Contender To Run Against President Trump; How Mike Pompeo Went From Critic To Right-Hand Man In The Trump Administration; Anthony Scaramucci Looking To Build A Coalition To Challenge President Trump; NYPD Officer Charged With Killing Eric Garner Was Fired With No Pension. Aired 10-11p ET
• Good Economy Is Trump's Only Ladder For 2020; President Trump's Approval Rating At 43 Percent Only; History Of Slavery Brought By NYT 1619 Project; President Trump Has Made No Secret His Admiration For Andrew Jackson; President Trump Appears To Be Backing Off His Plan To Expand Background Checks On Gun Buyers; Three Men Arrested For Making Separate Mass Shooting Threats. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump and Economic Advisers Downplay Recession Fears; Police Prevent Potential Mass Shootings in Connecticut, Florida and Ohio; Thousands Cram Streets in Peaceful Weekend Protests in Hong Kong. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Weekend Protests in Hong Kong; Trump Comments on Deal with China; Afghan's Recent Suicide Bombings; NASA Tracks Melting Glaciers. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump, Economic Advisers Downplay Recession Fears; Potential Mass Shooting Foiled In Three States; Trump Says, We Do Have A Lot Of Background Checks Right Now; Streets Clear After Massive Hong Kong Anti-Government March Sunday; Minnesota Farmer Says, Farmers Are Losing Big Time; Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) Massachusetts, 2020 Democrats Speak At Native American Presidential Forum. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Interview with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) of California; NYPD Eric Garner Decision Due Today; Trump Attacks Fox News Over 2020 Election Poll Findings. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• NYPD Fires Officer In Eric Garner Chokehold Death Case; Mayor de Blasio Holds Press Conference Regarding NYPD Decision To Fire Police Officer In Eric Garner's Death Case; Three Potential Mass Shootings Thwarted Across America. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Seized Iranian Ship Leaves Gibraltar Despite U.S. Request; Potential GOP Challenger, Mark Sanford Says He'd Still Vote For Trump Over A Democrat; Report: Trump Cuts Off One Of His Closest Friends Amid Inauguration Fund Probe. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• NYPD Fires Cop Involved in Eric Garner Death; Fallout From ICE Raid Continues; Trump Downplays Recession Fears. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Breastfeeding Mom Still in Custody Without Infant After ICE Raid; Warren Courts Native American Voters after Ancestry Blunder; Nuclear Monitoring Stations in Russia Go Quiet after Blast; NYPD Officer's Sister Says He Told Me He Was Going to Kill Himself. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Hundreds of Thousands Turn Out For Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Rally; Taliban Peace Deal?; Funerals Begin for Victims of Attacks on Kabul Wedding; Trump & Top Advisers Dismiss Economic Concerns. Aired 12-1a ET
• Officials Respond to Leaked Report on No-Deal Brexit; Blaze in Dhaka Slum Leaves 10,000 People Homeless; Rescue Ship Sends Urgent Request to Dock at Lampedusa; Putin's Private Army; Florida Man Forced from Home by Vultures; Thousands Pour Into Hong Kong Streets In Largest Rally In Weeks; Funerals Take Place For Victims Of Kabul Wedding Attack; White House Insists Tariffs Won't Hurt U.S. Consumers. Aired 1-2a ET
• Donald Trump Downplaying Talks of a Recession; Migrants Attempt to Swim to an Italian Island; Majority of U.S. Troops are Leaving Afghanistan; Protests in Hong Kong; Iran Claiming Diplomatic Victory; Giant Fire in Chalantika Slum in Dhaka; Iranian Tanker Leaves Gibraltar After Detention; White House Dismisses Impact of Tariffs on U.S. Economy; China's Global Times Editor Hu Xijin Speaks to CNN; Italian Politicians Argue Over Whether Ship Can Dock; President Trump Confirms Interest In Buying Greenland. Aired 2-3a ET
• White House Not Worried of a Recession; U.S. and Afghanistan Crafting Peace Deal; Consequences May Happen With or Without a Deal on Brexit; Oppressed Sudanese Getting Justice After 30 Years; Protesters Fight Calmly; ISIS Claims Responsibility For Attack On Afghan Wedding; Iranian Tanker Leaves Gibraltar After Detention; Trump and Top Advisers Dismiss Recession Concerns; Poll: Two-thirds of Americans Support Free Trade; Trump Eyes a Minnesota Win as Support Among Women Slips; Democratic Hopefuls Court Black Vote in South Carolina; New Video Shows Recently Opened Migrant Facility; CNN Exposes Secret, Private Army That Does Anything Putin Says; Rescue Ship Sends Urgent Request to Dock at Lampedusa; Florida Man Forced From Home By Vultures; Gators Caught Climbing Fences, Crossing Roads in Florida. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Officer Fired in Garner Case; Three Mass Shootings Thwarted; GOP Memo to Downplay White Nationalism; Survey of Economists on Recession; Trump Upset with Fox. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Only One Person Attended Steve King's Iowa Forum After King's Comments About Rape, Incest; James Garner's Family React To Cop's Firing Involved In Garner's Death; Democrats Face Backlash For Participating In Journalist's Book; Mike Pompeo Went From Trump Critic To Trump Loyal Soldier Following 2016 Election. Aired 1:30-2p ET


Connect the World
• Iranian Oil Tanker Seized by U.K. Leaves Gibraltar; Iran Warns Against Any New Seizure of Its oil Tanker; Iranians Speak Out About Tension with West; Greenland Melting Faster than Scientists Expected; Interview with Mohamed Salah, Liverpool Forward, Discusses Warda Controversy and Women's Rights in Middle East; Leaked Documents Show U.K. Preparing for No- Deal Scenario; Leaked Brexit Report Warns of Food, Medicine Shortages; Sudan's Ex-President Faces Charges of Corruption. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Falsely Claims Google "Manipulated" Votes In 2016 Election, Citing No Evidence; WH Official Admits Tax Cuts May Be On Table Amid Recession Fears. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• White House To Ease Economic Concerns; Mass Shooting Plot Thwarted; Afghan Peace Talks; Freking Cool; President Trump Confirms In Buying Greenland; PA Plant Workers Would've Lost Pay If They Missed Trump Speech; Big Cost For No-Deal Brexit; Leaked Memo Warns Of No- Deal Brexit Chaos; Coast-Guard Searching For Two Firefighters; Sister of NYPD Cop Who Killed Himself Says, Department Gave Guns Back. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• White House To Ease Economic Concerns; Mass Shooting Plot Thwarted; Afghan Peace Talks; Freking Cool; America's Choice 2020; Protest Reignites in Hong Kong; President Trump Confirms In Buying Greenland; Tesla Plans To Rent Solar Panels. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• White House Downplays Risk of Recession; Mass Shooting Threats Thwarted in Ohio, Florida and Connecticut; Suicide Bomb at Kabul Wedding Kills 63. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Mass Shooting Threats Thwarted in Ohio, Florida, and Connecticut; Suicide Bomb At Kabul Wedding Kills 63; Hong Kong Protests Viewed As Test Of Movement's Durability. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• The White House Dismisses Fears Of A Slowdown Despite The Warning Last Week In The Bond Markets; Trump's Team Say The Deadline Has Been Extended On Huawei, The President Says He'll Decide Today; Famous Short Seller Andrew Left Wades In On The Ge Whistleblower Report. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Warren Speaks to Native American Forum; White House Downplays Recession Fears; NYPD Press Conference on Garner Case. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• NYPD Discusses Fate of Officer in Eric Garner Case; NYPD Fires Officer in Eric Garner Case. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Trump, Economic Advisers Downplay Recession Fears; Trump Confirms Interest to Purchase Greenland; 3 Men Arrested for Making Separate Mass Shooting Threats; Trump Begins to Backtrack on Tougher Gun Restrictions. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Trump Backtracks on Gun Restrictions; Seized Iranian Ship Leaves Gibraltar; China Tariffs Hurt U.S.; ISIS Claims Deadly Afghan Wedding Attack; Show for Little Leaguers. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Trump, Economic Advisers Downplay Recession Fears; Trump Begins To Backtrack On Tougher Gun Restrictions; Scaramucci Says GOP Is Looking For Viable 2020 Alternative. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• FEC Chair Calls Out President Trump Over Baseless Voter Fraud Claims; NASA Scientists Track Greenland's Melting Glaciers; ISIS Claims Responsibility For Deadly Afghan Wedding Attack. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• President Trump Appears to Back Off Calls for Expanded Background Checks for Gun Purchases; Jay-Z's Company Makes Entertainment Deal with NFL. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Stephen Miller's Powerful Role; Warren Speaks at Native American Forum; Randy Rainbow's Rise with Satire. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Top Economists Say A Recession Is Coming Within Two Years; The Bundesbank Is Now Warning That Europe's Largest Economy Will Probably Slip Into Recession ; Huawei Got Some Relief From The U.S. Government. Aired 3- 4p ET


The Situation Room
• NYPD Fires Officer In Eric Garner Chokehold Death Case; Trump And His Advisers Downplay Recession Threat; Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) Interviewed About Trump's Conspiracies. Aired 5-6p ET
• Potential Mass Shootings Averted?; Trump Downplays Recession Fears; NYPD Fires Cop Involved in Eric Garner Death; Interview With New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio; August on Track to Be Hottest Ever as Dangerous Heat Persists; U.S. Tests Ground Launched Missile. Aired on 6-7p ET
• Potential Mass Shootings Averted?; Trump Downplays Recession Fears; NYPD Fires Cop Involved in Eric Garner Death; Interview With New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio; August on Track to Be Hottest Ever as Dangerous Heat Persists; U.S. Tests Ground Launched Missile. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Problems Involving Lead and Tap Water Growing in New Jersey; Experts Aim to Add New Rules Concerning Chomolungma; 103 Year Old Take Record Skydive


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Leaked Government Memos Detail Possible Brexit Shortages; Released Iranian Tanker Leaves Port; NASA Scientists Investigate Greenland's Rapid Glacial Melt; Rescue Ship Blocked From Docking In Italy; Sudan's Ex- President On Trial For Multiple Charges; Brexit Changing Freedom Of Movement; Prince Andrew "Appalled" At Epstein Sex Abuse Claims; Leaked Documents Warn Of No-Deal Brexit Chaos In The U.K. Nairobi Governor Reveals Lawmaker's Affair At His Funeral. Aired 2-3p ET