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CNN Transcripts for August 25, 2019

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The Axe Files
• THE AXE FILES In Iowa; Iowa, The Gateway To The Presidential Race. Aired 7-8p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Iran's Foreign Minister's Surprise Arrival At The G-7 Summit; Clock Is Ticking For The Packed Field Of Democratic Hopefuls; President Trump Just Picked Up Another 2020 Primary Challenger; President Donald Trump Says A New Trade Deal With Japan Is Done In Principle; Environmental Disaster Unfolding In Brazil From The Fires In The Amazon; Dayton, Ohio Community Is Coming Together To Reclaim The District Left Devastated By A Recent Mass Shooting That Killed Nine People. Aired 2-3p ET
• Admin Official: Iranian Foreign Minister Arrival At G7 "A Curveball"; White House Adviser Stephen Miller Defends Immigration Policies; CNN Hosts Presidential Town Halls Tonight Starting At 6PM ET; "March For Our Lives" Introduces New Plan Addressing Gun Violence; 43,000+ Troops Deployed To Fight Amazon Rainforest Fires. Aired 3-4p ET
• Iranian Foreign Minister Unexpectedly Arrives at 67 Amid Tension; Deadline to Qualify for Third Democratic Debate is Wednesday; Joe Walsh to Take on Trump in 2020 Republican Primary; Dave Chappelle Hosts Benefit Concert in Wake of Dayton Shooting; New Trade Deal with Japan Done in Principle; Protests in Hong Kong; CNN Original Film Halston; CNN Heroes; Andrew Luck Announces his Retirement from the NFL. Aired 4-5p ET
• President Trump At G7 Summit, Second Thoughts On Trade With China; Boris Johnson Offers Rare Gentle Criticism To Trump On China Trade; Joe Walsh Declares Candidacy For Republican Nomination; Identity Theft From Space; Trump's China Tariffs And Wall Street; Brazil Deploys Military To Help In Amazon Fire; Prince Andrew's Statement On Relationship With Jeffrey Epstein; Elie Honig Answers Legal Question In "Cross-Exam"; Virginia Solemnly Marks 400th Anniversary Of American Slavery; Shooting Deaths Of Young Children On The Rise In St. Louis, Missouri; Benefit Concert For Mass Shooting Victims In Dayton, Ohio; Remembering One Year After John McCain's Death. Aired 5-6p ET
• Dave Chappelle Hosts Benefit Concert in the Wake of Dayton Shooting; Trump Says He's Having Second Thoughts on Escalating the China Trade War; Macron Sparks Confusion by Inviting Iran's Foreign Minister to G7; Interview with Representative John Garamendi (D-CA) on G7 Summit. Aired 8-9p ET
• U.S. President and U.K. Prime Minister Remarks at G7 Working Breakfast; Trump: Johnson is Right Man to Deliver Brexit; Hong Kong Demonstrators Hold Different Rallies One Day after Unrest; Brazil's President Sends Military to Fight Amazon Fires. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• World Leaders Convene for G7; Trump: Johnson is Right Man to Deliver Brexit, Wants Russia at 2020 G7; Moscow Announces Submarine Missile Tests; Hong Kong Demonstrators Hold Different Rallies One Day after Unrest; NRA Upheaval; Brazil's President Sends Military to Fight Amazon Fires; Joe Biden Campaigns in New Hampshire; Audio Glitch Makes Bill de Blasio Sound Like Chipmunk. Aired 4-5a ET
• World Leaders Convene for G7; Trump Defends U.S.-China Trade War to British Prime Minister, Denies Pressure from G7; Hong Kong Demonstrators Hold Different Rallies One Day after Unrest; Brazil's President Sends Military to Fight Amazon Fires; Israel Launches Airstrikes in Syria; Trump Meets with Abe on G7 Sidelines; Prince Andrew Denies Knowing about Jeffrey Epstein's Behavior. Aired 5-6a ET
• CNN International: Trump Arrested and Processed at Fulton County Jail; Firefighters Struggling to Contain Greece Wildfires; U.S. to Start Training Ukrainians on F-16s in October; Blackswan has no Korean Members. Aired 8-8:30a ET


Connect the World
• Iran's Foreign Minister Arrives In Biarritz Amid G7 Meeting; Trump Admits Second Thoughts On Trade War With China; Iran Denies Israeli Airstrikes Hit Iranian Targets In Syria; Police Use Tear Gas As Protesters Throw Petrol Bombs; U.N. Has Called For Myanmar's Military Leaders To Be Investigated For War Crimes, Genocide; Macron Says Protecting Environment Is G7 Priority. Aired 11a-12p ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Iran's Zarif Arrives at G7, Will Not Meet with U.S. Delegation; Asia in the Trump Era, Stronger or Weaker?; How Do We Feed People in the Future?; Discussion of Changing Global Time Zones. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump & Global Trade Tensions; Trump Admits to "Second Thoughts" About Trade War Escalation; Biden's 2020 Pitch to Voters: I'm the One Who Can Defeat Trump; 2020 Democratic Rivals Dismiss Biden's Electability Argument; Justice Ginsburg Treated for Pancreatic Cancer; Buttigieg on 2020 Strategy. Aired 8-9a ET


New Day Sunday
• World Leaders Meet Against Backdrop Of Global Economic Fears; U.K. Prime Minister On Trump's Trade War: "We're In Favor Of Trade Peace"; President Trump To Meet Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; Protesters Throw Bricks And Petrol Bombs At Hong Kong; Russia Test-Fires Ballistic Missiles From Two Nuclear-Powered Submarines; North Korea Tests New "Super-Large Multiple Rocket Launcher"; Israel Says It Foiled Imminent Iranian "Killer Drone" Attack; L.A. Sheriff's Deputy Made Up Story That He Was Shot By A Sniper; Trudeau: We Negotiated Trade Deal With U.S That Is Good For Workers; Wildfires Sweep Through Brazil's Amazon Rain; Prince Andrew: I Never Witnessed Or Suspected Epstein's Behavior; Colts Quarterback Andrew Luck Retires At 29; Six Injured By Lightning Strike At PGA Championship. Aired 6-7a ET
• President Trump Just Wrapped Up a Meeting with the Canadian PM; Trump on Brexit: PM Johnson is "The Right Man To Do The Job; Protesters Throw Bricks and Fire Bombs at Hong Kong Police; Wildfires Sweep Through Brazil's Amazon Rainforest; Watches and Warnings in Effect for Tropical Storm Dorian. Aired 7-8a ET


Reliable Sources
• The Big Picture Of Trump's Erratic Behavior; Right-Wing Media Hypocrisy About The Deficit; Reporters Expose West Virginia Governor's Conflicts Of Interest; April Ryan Breaks Silence On Bodyguard's Alleged Assault; United By Tragedy: Two Families Work To Keep Reporters Safe. Aired 11a-12p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• Town Hall Meeting with Gov. Steve Bullock (D-MT), Presidential Candidate. Aired 6-7p ET
• Town Hall Meeting with Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-NYC), Presidential Candidate. Aired 7-8p ET


State of the Union
• Interview With Cindy McCain; Interview With National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow; Interview With Sen. Bernie Sanders (I- VT). Aired 9-10a ET