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Cuomo Prime Time
• Buttigieg Unveils Plan To Tackle Mental Health & Addiction; Trump Uses "Enemy" Label For Chinese President & Fed Chair; Former U.S. Officials Deny Ex-CEO's Claim FBI Asked Him To Pursue Maria Butina. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Commenter-in-Chief Sends Markets Tumbling; President Trump Reportedly Questioning Why He Has to Attend G7 Summit; Justice Ginsburg Treated For Pancreatic Cancer; Evangelical Speak Out About President Trump's Conduct In Office; President Trump Offers U.S. Assistance To Fight Wildfires; "A Toxic Tale: Trump's Environmental Impact" Airs Tonight At 10 p.m. E.T. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• College Bribery and Corruption Scandal in America; The Future of U.S. Economy; Lawrence Summers, Former President of Harvard University, is Interviewed About America's College Admission System and Brexit; Sharing Music Played as a Child; Lang Lang, Pianist, is Interviewed About his New Album, "Piano Book"; The Blackface Scandal in Virginia. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• China Announces New Round of Tariffs; Trump Suggests Fed Chief Could be "Bigger Enemy" to the U.S. than Communist Chinese President; Fed Chair Acknowledges Growing Risk of Economic Slowdown & Says Trade is Factor; Rep. Seth Moulton Announcing End to Presidential Bid; Frontrunner Joe Biden Absent from DNC Summer Meeting; Buttigieg Looks to Iowa to Regain Momentum. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Ivanka Trump & Jared Kushner Publicly Missing in Action Again after Trump Calls Jewish Democrats "Disloyal"; CBP Won't Reveal Contagious Disease Data from Migrant Centers, Doctors Sound Alarm; The CNN Film "Halston" Premieres Sunday Night, 9:00 Eastern and Pacific. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg Undergoes Cancer Treatment; Dow Plummets; 21 Dem Candidates Remain as Key Debate Approaches. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Sanders Camp Tries to Work Around Media Companies; Putin Orders "Symmetrical Response" to U.S. Missile Test; DOJ; Scammers Raked In Millions In Massive Web Scam; Brazil Considers Sending Troops To Amazon Fires As International Pressure Mounts. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Did Not Air. 10-11p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Putin Orders Military to Prepare Response to U.S. Missile Test; World Leaders Hope for No Drama as Trump Heads to G7 Tonight; China to Impose New Tariffs on $75 Billion of U.S. Goods. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• Corrections Officers Subpoenaed in Epstein Case; Summer of Warren; Rainforest Fires Spread. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• China Slaps New Tariffs On U.S. Ahead Of Trump's G7 Trip. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Latest 2020 Election Predictions as Third Democratic Debate Approaches; Orphanage Opens for Infants with Prenatal Drug Exposure; Changes to the Environmental Protection Agency Under President Trump. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• China Slaps A New Round Of Tariffs On $75 Billion Worth Of U.S. Goods; President Vladimir Putin Has Ordered His Military To Prepare A Symmetrical Response To A U.S. Missile Test; Campaign Adviser For Senator Kamala Harris Says This Week Was Their "Lowest Point" In The Campaign So Far. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump's Obsession with Obama Intensifies During Wild Q&A; CNN's Axelrod Tracks Down 2020 Candidates in Iowa; Justice Ginsburg Treated for Pancreatic Cancer; Health Care CEO Tells His Peers Enough is Enough on Guns; Trump Goes on a Twitter Tirade Targeting China for New Retaliatory Tariffs & the Federal Reserve Chairman. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Economic Turmoil?; Putin Orders Military Response to U.S. Missile Test; Ruth Bader Ginsburg Undergoes Cancer Treatment. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Russia Blames Radioactive Exposure on Fukushima Crabs; Navy SEAL Commander Says We've Drifted from Our Core Values; Justice Ginsburg Treated for Pancreatic Cancer; Op-Ed Says Trump Is Accidental Catalyst for Progressive Change; "Halston" Premiers This Sunday. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Wildfires Scorching Amazon at Record Rate; Expectations Low for This Year's G-7 Meeting in France; Washington Urges South Korea, Japan to End Dispute; Hong Kong British Embassy Worker Arrested; Rescued Migrants Test E.U. Immigration Policies; Ty Herndon Offers New Take on 1995 Hit Song. Aired 12-1a ET
• Brazil's Pres. Now Says Ranchers Could Have Set Amazon Fires; U.K. Prime Minister Angling For New Brexit Deal; South Korea Ends Intelligence Sharing Deal With Japan; U.K. Seeks Information on Hong Consulate Staffer; Economic Indicators Could Spell Trouble for Trump; Qantas Ponders 19-Hour Non-Stops; Ty Herndon Offers New Take on 1995 Hit Song. Aired 1-2a ET
• Brazil's President: Ranchers Could Have Set Amazon Fires; South Korea Ends Intelligence Sharing Deal with Japan; Documents: El Chapo Associate Orders Hit from Prison; More Than Two Dozen Arrested In Shooting Plots; New Footage Of Titanic Reveals Ship-Is Deteriorating; The Amazon Still Burning at a Record Rate; New British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's First G7 Summit; South Korea Ending Intelligence Sharing Agreement with Japan; Ocean Viking Migrant Ship Still Awaiting Port Access; Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh Refuses to Return to Myanmar; Google Disabled YouTube Accounts Posting Hong Kong Protest; Hong Kong Man Arrested at West Kowloon Train Station Springs Controversy. Aired 2-3a ET
• Rainforest On Fire, Wildfire Crisis In The Amazon; Brexit Bargaining; World's Longest Route, Qantas' 19 Hour Flight; Johnson's European Union Tour; South Korea Ends Intelligence-Sharing Deal With Japan; President Trump Reverses Course On Payroll Tax Cut; Famous Wreckage Titanic, Decaying. Aired 3-3:30a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• China To Impose New Tariffs In US Goods; Trump Scrambles, Meets With Trade Team After China Retaliation; Economic Pressure Mounts On Trump Amid Retaliation, Red Flags; Putin Orders Military Response To US Missile Test; Russia Blames Radioactive Exposure On Fukushima Crabs. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• World Leaders, Celebrities Call for Action on Amazon Wildfires; The Unorthodox Rise of Trump's New White House Press Secretary; Shake- Up at NRA, Several Lawyers Out; Trump & Democratic Senator Confirm Talks Underway on Gun Action. Aired 1:30-2p ET


CNN Special Reports
• A Toxic Tale: Trump's Environmental Impact. Aired 10-11p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Unleashes New Tariffs; Tweets Send Stocks Plunging; Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) Is Interviewed About President Trump Attacking Seth Moulton; Sources: Trump Has Been Questioning Aides Why He Must Attend G7; Doesn't View Summit As A Productive Use Of Time; 2020 Presidential Candidate Tom Steyer is Interviewed About Claims He's Trying to "Buy" His Way Into Next Dem Debate; Bernie Sanders Not Backing Down from Attacks on Media. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• G-7 Summit This Weekend in France; South Korea Ends Intelligence Pact with Japan; Brazil's President Blames Environmentalist over Amazon Wildfires. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Trump Turmoil Anticipated as World Leaders Meet This Weekend at G-7; South Korea to End Intel-Sharing with Japan; Smoke from Amazon Fires Plunge Brazil's Sao Paolo into Darkness. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Anxiety Rattles U.S. & Global Economies; Fed Chair Faces Biggest Test Yet; World Leaders Meet this Weekend at G7; South Korea Ends Intel Pact with Japan; Wildfires Burn in Amazon Rainforest; Dodgers Rally in Bottom of 9th Inning to Win 3-2. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Anxiety Rattles U.S. And Global Economies; World Leaders Meet This Weekend At G7; Wildfires Burn In Amazon Rainforest. Aired 5:30- 6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Investors Brace For The Fallout As China Announces Tariffs On The U.S.; President Putin Orders What He Calls A Symmetrical Response To U.S. Missile Test; The F.B.I. And A Retail Executive All Wrapped Into One Outrageous Story. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• China Imposes New Tariffs; Trump Talks Russia Rejoining G-7; Johnson Faces First Global Test. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Buttigieg Looks to Iowa to Get His Momentum Back; New DHS Rule Let Administration Detain Migrant Families Longer; DOJ Newsletter Included Link to White Nationalist Site; Pelosi Holds Dem Caucus Calls As Impeachment Calls Grow Louder. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Putin Orders Military to Prepare Response to U.S. Missile Test; New Poll: Trump Approval Slides to 36 Percent; Harris Aide; Major Drop in Poll a 'Low Point of Campaign'. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Brazil's President Criticized over Fires; Putin Orders Military to Prepare; North Korea Slams Pompeo; West Virginia Struggles to Overcome Opioid Crisis; Packers and Raiders Play on Shortened Field. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Putin Announces Military Will Respond to U.S. Missile Test; Low Expectations Set for G-7 Summit; Trump Sends Mixed Messages as Economy Flounders; Ken Cuccinelli, Head of Immigration Services, is Interviewed about Rule Change on Detaining Immigrant Families. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Trump Administration Changes Rule On Detaining Migrant Families; Former Overstock CEO Claims FBI Asked Him To Pursue Tryst With Russian Spy; Mayor Pete Buttigieg Tries To Regain Momentum In Iowa. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Vladimir Putin Calls for Russian Plan to Counter New U.S. Intermediate Missile Testing; President Trump Prepares to Leave for G7 Summit; Dozens Arrested Across U.S. for Mass Shooting Threats. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• U.S. Stock Futures Down; Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL) is Interviewed about Tariffs and Immigration; Reflecting on Halston and His Impact on Fashion; Loughlin's Legal Fight. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Dow Tumbles After Trump Tweets On China And Federal Reserve Chief; E.U. Leaders Holding Jair Bolsonaro's Feet To The Fire Threatening To Block A Trade Deal Unless He Takes Action To Protect The Amazon; Stocks Tumble as President Trump Lashes Out at China; Hasbro Strikes Deal to Buy Peppa Pig; Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Treated for Pancreatic Cancer. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Ginsburg's Diagnosis; Trump Announces Retaliation Against China on Twitter; Sen. Ben Cardin (D) Maryland Interviewed About Trump's Trade War With China; Justice Ginsburg Undergoes Fourth Treatment for Cancer; NRA Fires Longtime Lawyer, Two Others Resign as Turmoil Inside Gun Rights Group Intensifies; North Korea Launches Scathing Attack on Secretary of State. Aired 5-6p ET
• Economic Turmoil; Ruth Bader Ginsburg Undergoes Cancer Treatment; Interview With Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA); As Trump Is About To Leave For G7, Sources Say He Questioned Why He Must Attend The Summit; As Trump Lashes Out Over Economy And Trade War His New Press Secretary Remains Silent; Ex-Overstock CEO Makes Wild Claims In Interview, Says FBI Asked Him To Romance Accused Russian Agent; Russia Blames Radioactive Contamination of Patient After Mysterious Explosion on "Fukushima Crabs". Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Wildfires Spread Across Parts of the Amazon Rainforest; Deterioration Takes Toll on Iconic Ocean Liner; ISS is Increasingly Open for Business


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Trump Blames U.S. Businesses, Jay Powell for Trade War Problems; G7 to Take Place This Weekend in Biarritz; William and Kate Board Budget Airline to Scotland; China To Impose New Tariffs On $75 Billion In U.S. Goods; U.S. Justice Ginsburg Receives New Cancer Treatment; Putin Orders "Symmetrical" Response To U.S. Misael Test; Former Overstock CEO: FBI Asked Me To Pursue Maria Butina. Aired 2-3p ET