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Cuomo Prime Time
• Protests And A Pandemic Under President Trump; Nineteen States See Record Coronavirus Cases Amid Reopening; Interview With Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan (D-WA); Dr. Fauci Calls Rise In Covid-19 Cases "Disturbing"; Confronting Systemic Racism In America; Record Number Of Americans Agree: There's Systemic Racism; 19 States See Covid-19 Cases Rising Amid Reopening; CDC Predicts 130,000 U.S. Coronavirus Deaths By July 4. Aired 8-9p ET
• CDC Predicts 130,000 U.S. Coronavirus Deaths By July 4; Tulsa Police Under Scrutiny After Video Shows Black Teens Cuffed For Jaywalking; North Carolina Sees Largest Single-Day Spike In Coronavirus Cases Since Pandemic Began. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Did Not Air 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• How Corporate America Can Change Inequality; Former Chairman and CEO, Time Warner, and Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation, are Interviewed About Inequality in America; "Sitting in Limbo," a New BBC Drama; Britain's Racial History; Interview With Author Dr. Robin DiAngelo; Interview With Actor Patrick Robinson. Aired 2-3p ET


At This Hour
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump's 2020 Strategy?; Interview With Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC). Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Protests, Coronavirus, Economy: Voting Issues in Battleground Arizona; Trump: Tulsa Rally Scheduled on Juneteenth Not On Purpose, "Think About It As a Celebration". Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• President Trump Chooses Significant Dates for His Campaign; Mayor Sylvester Turner (D) Houston Was Interviewed About the Rise of Coronavirus in His State; Coronavirus Pandemic; Rate Of New Coronavirus Cases Trending Up In 19 States; Harris County, Texas, Seeing Biggest Spike Yet In Cases; NASCAR Bans Display Of Confederate Flags After Driver Bubba Wallace Called For A Ban On CNN; Newly Released Video Shows Black Man Saying I Can't Breathe During Arrest In Oklahoma City In 2019. Aired 10-11p ET
• President Trump Playing Demur on Reality in Front of Him; Protesters Tirelessly Asking for Justice and Change; President Trump Defiant as Cultural Change Sweeps America, Tweets He Will Change Tulsa Campaign Rally to June 20th; President Trump Suggests Ending Bigotry and Prejudice Will be Quick and Easy; CDC Predicts 130,000 U.S. Coronavirus Deaths by July 4th, More New Cases as States Reopen; Trump Administration Rolls Back Obama-Era Transgender Health Care Protections. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• 19 States See Increase in New Coronavirus Cases; Trump Plans to Hold Big Rallies Starting Next Week; Chicago Police Investigating Officers Caught Lounging Amid Looting; Trump Doubles Down on Threats to Intervene in Seattle Protests; Seattle Police Look to Return to Precinct Vacated Due to Protests. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Stocks Open Higher After Selloff; Virus Mutations Not Expected; Chauvin Eligible for Pension; Lawmakers Push Back on Defunding Police; North Korea to Build Forces against U.S. Aired 9:30-10a
• 19 States See Increase In New Coronavirus Cases; Protesters Throw Fireworks At Police In Portland, Oregon; Trump Defiant As Cultural Change Sweeps U.S. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Phoenix, Arizona Mayor Admits Reopened Too Soon as COVID-19 Cases Rise; Schools Prepare for Social Distancing in Fall Despite Inadequate Funding; Starbucks Reverses Position, Allows Black Lives Matter Employee Apparel. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Digs in as Cultural Change Sweeps Across U.S.; Trump Defiant about Social Distancing, Masks at Campaign Events; 19 States See Increase in New Coronavirus Cases; Judge Lina Hidalgo Discusses Harris County, TX, Seeing Biggest Spike Yet in Cases; Dr. William Schaffner Discusses Growing Concerns over Coronavirus Resurgence in America; Alicia Andrews, Oklahoma Democratic Party chair, Discusses Growing Backlash to Trump Campaign's Tulsa Rally on Juneteenth, Campaign Requiring No-Sue Waivers, Trump Saying Racism Can Be Solved Quickly, Easily. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Congressman Finds 13 Chicago Officers Lounging in His Office as Violence, Looting Continued Around Them; Minneapolis City Council Meets to Decide Fate of Police Department; Officer Accused of Killing George Floyd Could Still Receive Pension; White House Refuses to Disclose Companies That Received COVID-19 Relief; Sen. Tim Scott to Lead GOP's Police Reform; NY Governor Cuomo Holds Press Conference Ahead of Signing Police Reform Legislation. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• New York Governor Andrew Cuomo About To Sign Police Reform Bills; New York Governor Andrew Cuomo: Local Governments and Police Department Must Enact Reform Plan By April 1st, 2021 To Qualify For State Funding; Growing Concerns Over Coronavirus Resurgence In America; 90-Year-Old Grandma Tries To Shield Grandson In Viral Arrest; Congressman Finds 13 Chicago Officers Lounging In His Office As Violence, Looting Continued Around Them. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump: Fight Against Bigotry Will "Go Quickly, Very Easily"; Culture Shifts In U.S. Following George Floyd's Death; Starbucks Walks Back Ban On "Black Lives Matter" Apparel. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• 14 Minneapolis Officers Condemn Chauvin, This Is Not Who We Are; Trump Calls Protesters Domestic Terrorists In No-Cop Zone; CDC Warns Of Increase In Cases In Coming Weeks Amid Reopening. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• New CDC Guidelines Advise Caution with Travel, Especially Public; Viral Video Shows White California Woman Harassing Filipino- American Woman; State Sen. Audrey Gibson (D-FL) Discusses Trump to Accept GOP Nomination in Jacksonville; Trump Requires Rally Goers to Sign Coronavirus Waiver; Filmmaker Stanley Nelson Discusses Trump Rally in Tulsa on Juneteenth, and the Tulsa Massacre. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• President Trump Condemns Some Use of Police Chokeholds; Interview with West Point Graduate Todd Friedman; Minneapolis Police Officers Break Silence to Condemn Death of George Floyd. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• CDC Warns of Increase of Cases in Coming Weeks Amid Reopenings; Officer Says, "I Don't Care" When Black Man Said, "I Can't Breathe"; White House Refuses to Disclose Companies That Received COVID-19 Relief; Merriam-Webster Revised "Racism" Definitional after Request. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Breonna's Law Passes; Coronavirus Spikes. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Cuomo Says New York has Lowest Rate of Transmission in U.S.; Restaurants Face New Challenges are Reopening Accelerates; Medical Workers Stage Protests Over Racial Inequality in Healthcare; North Carolina Doctor Says Racism is a Pandemic Too; Dave Chappelle Talks About George Floyd in New Special; Starbucks Now Says Workers Can Wear Black Lives Matter Items; Two Chefs Feeding the Hungry During Coronavirus Pandemic. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump Stands by Decision to Disperse Protestors with Force; U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Regrets Role in Photo Op; Key Model Predicts 170,000 U.S. Deaths by October; COVID-19 Fuels Financial Stress Across U.K.; Colombians Struggle with Income Inequality as Cases Rise; U.S. Stocks Plunge Amid Fears of Second COVID-19 Wave; Trump Warns Against 'Falsely Labeling' People as Racists; Controversy over Trump's Planned Juneteenth Rally in Tulsa; Black Lives Matter Movement Spreads Across U.K.; Hong Kong Students Return to School; Museums Finding Ways to Remember COVID-19 Crisis. Aired 12-1a ET
• Day 17 Of Protests Over George Floyd; Roundtable For Racial Justice Excludes Top Black Leaders; Trump Plans Next Rally In Tulsa; States' Continued Increase In Covid Hospitalizations; U.S. Stocks Plunge As Fears Of Second Wave Rise; Latin American Coronavirus Cases Top 1.5 Million; Trump Warns Against "Falsely Labeling" People as Racists; Confederate Symbols Removed amid Protests for Racial Equality; Long History of Complaints against Minneapolis Police; Crowds in London March for COVID Victim; Backlash Grows with Cop Shows on TV. Aired 1-2a ET
• Black Lives Matter Protesters March for 17th Day; Pres. Trump Talks of Dominating the Streets; Three Top Law Enforcement Officials, All Black, Not Invited; Trump: Using Force on Protesters Like "Knife Cutting Butter"; U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Regrets Role in Photo Op; Trump Threatens to Move Military into Seattle; Trump to Hold Rally on Juneteenth in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Trump Steadfast on not Renaming Military Bases; Biden Concerned Trump May Try to Steal Election; Pandemic Rages as White House Task Force Absent; U.S. Surpasses 2 Million COVID-19 Cases as Hospitalizations Rise in Some States; Key Model Projects 170,000 U.S. Deaths By October; Health Experts Stress Importance of Wearing Masks; Johns Hopkins: More Than 2 Million COVID- 19 Cases in U.S.; 2,000+ Complaints Since 2013 Against Minneapolis Police, But Few Officers Have Been Disciplined; Black Lives Matters Movement Spreads Across U.K.; Museums Finding Ways To Remember COVID- 19 Crisis. Aired 2-3a ET
• President Trump Snubbed Three Key Officials in Dallas; General Mark Milley Apologize for Joining President Trump in a Photo-Op; Early Lifting of Restrictions Have Consequences; Stock Markets Fears the Uptick in COVID Cases; Re-opening of Economy Putting More People at Risk in Latin America; Africa Not Prepared for Surge in Cases; America In Crisis; United States Cities Prepare For 18th Straight Day Of Protest; Minneapolis City Council To Discuss Dismantling Police Department; What Defund the Police Really Means To Protesters; U.S. Cities Struggling With Budget Crises; Republican Platform Hurts City Budgets; Protesters Demand Confederate Memorials Come Down; Black Lives Matter Movement Spreads Across U.K.; Crowds In London March For Covid Victim; French Police Lay Down Handcuffs To Protest Chokehold Ban; Police Show Under Fire; Coronavirus Pandemic; Recent Spikes Reported In More Than A Dozen U.S. States; Spain Reported No Covid Related Deaths For 4th Day; Covid 19 Fuels Financial Stress Across U.K.; Spain's La Liga Returns To The Pitch After Three Months; Backlash Grows With Cop Shows On TV; Museum Curators Begin Collecting Black Lives Matter Signs. Aired 3-4a ET
• U.S. Cities Prepare for 18th Straight Day of Protests; President Trump Talks of Dominating the Streets; U.S. Joint Chief's Chairman Regrets Role in Photo Op; Trump Threatens to Move Military into Seattle; Health Experts Warning Pandemic Far From Over; Recent Spikes Reported in More than a Dozen U.S. States; U.S. Stocks Plunge Amid Fears of Second COVID-19 Wave; U.K. Airlines Launch Legal Challenge to Quarantine Rules. Aired 4:00-4:30a ET
• Confederate Symbols Removed Amid Protests for Racial Equality; Trump Opposes Removing Confederate Names from Military Bases; Black Lives Matter Protesters Marched for Another Day; More than 2,00 Complaints Since 2013 Minneapolis Police but Few Disciplined; Controversy Over Trump's Planned Juneteenth Rally in Tulsa. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET


Connect the World
• Churchill Statue Boarded Up Against Protesters; Trump Threatens Action Against "Autonomous Zone"; U.K. GDP and Dow Jones Suffer Under Lockdowns. Aired 10-11a ET
• Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan Says President Trump Threat "Illegal And Unconstitutional"; United Kingdom Economy Shrank By Record 20.4 Percent In April; Confederate Symbols Removed Amid Protests For Racial Equality; Anti- Government Protests Erupt In Lebanon As Lira Tanks; Hong Kong Students Adjust To New Classroom Rules. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Protests Growing Across U.S. as Trump Questions Protesters; Trump Says Police Chokeholds Sound "So Innocent and so Perfect" and Needed in Some Cases, But Open to Banning Them; Newly-Released Video Shows Black Man Screaming "I Can't Breathe" During Arrest; Officer Said "I Don't Care"; CDC Projects 16,000 Virus Deaths in the Next Three Weeks; Doubts About Trump Emerge in Republican Stronghold in Arizona; Seattle Standoff: Trump Threatens to "Take Back" City After Protesters Create "Autonomous Zone". Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• Trump Defiant As Cultural Change Sweep America; Another Man Dead After Telling Police He Couldn't Breathe; Louisville Will End No- Knock Warrants. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump Defiant As Cultural Change Sweeps America; Another Man Dead After Telling Police He Couldn't Breathe; An Inside Look At Houston Schools As They Plan For Reopening. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Stock Markets Rebound After Thursday's Tumble; 170,000 Pro-China Accounts Removed For Manipulation; Ben & Jerry's Proposal To End Racial Injustice. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET


New Day
• Trump Defiant as Cultural Change Sweeps America; Growing Concern Over COVID-19 Resurgence in America; RNC Moves Convention to Florida; Trump Doubles Down on Threats to Intervene in Seattle Protests. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Growing Concern over Coronavirus Resurgence; Chauvin Eligible for Pension; Stocks Rise after Worst Day Since March; Milley Didn't Give White House Notice of His Apology; NFL Future for Colin Kaepernick. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Trump Defiant As Cultural Change Sweeps America; Growing Concern Over Coronavirus Resurgence In America. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Texas Man Speaks Out About Confrontation With Police; Minneapolis Police Rarely Disciplined After Complaints; Mark Zuckerberg And Wife Slam Trump Over Incendiary Rhetoric. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• President Trump Speaks about Race Relations; New Coronavirus Cases Rise in 19 States; CNN Anchor Don Lemon Discusses Speaking Out about Protests in Wake of Death of George Floyd at Hands of Police; Growing Concern Over Coronavirus Resurgence in America; Washington Post: First Lady Renegotiated Prenup Before White House Move; Key Officials Not Invited to Trump Event on "Justice Disparities". Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Key Officials Not Invited to Trump Event; Chicago Officers Lounged During Protests; Houston Outlines School Reopening Measures; Faith Leaders Reflect on Moment of Reckoning. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• U.S. Markets Volatile In Final Hours Of Trading; Eurozone Industrial Output Falls 17 Percent In April, Lebanon Central Bank To Inject U.S. Dollars Into The Market; Starbucks Changes Course; Florida And Texas Record Highest Single Day Of COVID-19 Cases Yet; U.K. Statues Boxed Up Over Concerns Of Vandalism. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Source: Trump Convinced Stoking Cultural Wars is Good Strategy; Defiant Trump Stokes Racial Divisions and Defends Harsh Response to Protests; New York Governor Signs Package of Sweeping Police Reform Bills; 18th Straight Day of Protests Under Way Nationwide; New CDC Guidelines Warn Time Spent With Others Raises Virus Risk; U.S. Deaths Surpasses 114,000, CDC Projects 130,000 Dead By July 4; Utah & Oregon Pause Lifting Of Restrictions As Cases Spike; Lawsuit: Officers Used Excessive Force And Delayed Medical Care For Man Who Died In Custody. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump's 2020 Strategy; Interview With National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci; Defiant Trump Stokes Racial Division, Defends Harsh Response To Protests; 14 Minneapolis Officers Condemn Chauvin, This Is Not Who We Are; New "I Can't Breathe" Video As More Cases of Police Brutality Emerge. Aired 6-7p ET