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Cuomo Prime Time
• Trump Warns Maskless Floridians About Potential Hurricane Strike but Leaves Out COVID-19 Storm; Rep. Jordan Tries To Trap Fauci On Protests & Virus Spread; Trump Campaign Halts Buying Ads In Michigan As Biden's Lead Widens. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• More Than A Thousand Deaths In The U.S. From COVID-19 Today; A Number of Promising Developments In Treating And Preventing The Disease. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Miami Dade College President Eduardo Padron; Interview With Former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Paul Rosenzweig. Aired 2-3p ET


At This Hour
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• U.S. Tops 4.5 Million Coronavirus Cases. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• CDC: 260 Kids and Staff Infected at Georgia Camp; Trump Renews Unfounded Claim Mail-In Ballots Will "Rig" Election. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Coronavirus Soars in the Midwest; President Trump Sowing Doubt; Rushing Re-openings Have Consequences; Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) Was Interviewed About the Surge of Cases; President Trump Portrays the Best POTUS. Aired 10-11p ET
• Coronavirus Cases Surging In The U.S. As Hurricane Isaias Heads Toward The State Of Florida; How Representative James Clyburn Outlines The Trump Administration In Handling Of Coronavirus; President Trump Downplays Coronavirus Deaths As CDC Predicts Around 20,000 More Deaths; More Than 40 Percent Of Kids In One Summer Camp Caught COVID- 19; President Trump Continues to Float Voter Fraud Risks Amid Virus; Union Leader Sounds Alarm About New Postal Policies That May Affect 2020 Mail-In Voting; Commissioner Warns He Might End Season if Coronavirus Isn't Managed Better. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Anthony Fauci, Top Health Experts to Testify on U.S. Virus Response. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Fauci, Top Health Experts Testify on U.S. Virus Response. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Fauci, Top Health Experts Testify on U.S. Virus Response. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Fauci, Top Health Experts Testify on U.S. Virus Response; Fauci to Public: "Avoid Crowds of Any Type No Matter Where You Are". Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Fauci, Top Health Experts Testify on U.S. Virus Response; Raskin Questioned Fauci on Statements Trump Made on Virus. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Fauci, Top Health Experts Testify on U.S. Virus Response. Aired 11:30a-12p ET.
• Fauci: Lack Of Total Shutdown Early Made Outbreak Worse In U.S.; GOP Lawmakers Openly Reject Trump's Tweet On Delaying Election; Former Presidents Praise John Lewis' Fight For Democracy, Voting Rights On Same Day Trump Tweets About Delaying November Election. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Fauci, Top Health Experts Testify On U.S. Virus Response; CDC Director: Actions of U.S. Public Key To "Beating This Pandemic"; CDC Director: Actions of U.S. Public Key To "Beating This Pandemic"; Fauci: Cautiously Optimistic A Vaccine Will Be Ready By End Of 2020. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• CDC Study Finds Efficient Spread of Virus among Kid Campers; Hurricane Barrels Toward Florida Amid Coronavirus Crisis; Senate Takes Long Weekend as Relief Expires for Millions. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Senate Takes Long Weekend as Unemployment Relief Expires for Millions; Man Who Lost Mother to COVID-19 Has Message for Those Refusing to Wear Masks; The 37 Times Trump Has Been Soft on Russia. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• COVID-19 Cases Remain High Without National Plan; Florida Newspaper Calls on Ron DeSantis for COVID-19 Help; Michelle Bolsonaro Tests Positive for COVID-19. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Interview with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi; Stuart Appelbaum, President, RWDS Union, Discusses Why Employees Should Not be Responsible for Enforcing Mask Use. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Teenager Charged With Twitter Hack; NBA Returns; Kids and Coronavirus; Hurricane Targets Florida; Interview With Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Mayor Dean Trantalis. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• NBA Returns To The Court After Almost Five Months; Trump's Own Intel Officials Contradict His Mail-In Voting Fraud Claims; US Surpasses 4.5 Million Confirmed Coronavirus Cases; DeSantis Defends Push To Reopen Schools As Cases Rises; Helping Navajo Elders During The Coronavirus Pandemic. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Key model Projects 230,000+ U.S. Deaths by November; Trump Floats Election Delay Despite No Authority to Do So; U.S. Experiences Worst Economic Plunge on Record; Examining the Mental & Emotional Effects of COVID-19; Thailand Claims It's Eliminated Community Transmission; China Accused of Abusive Campaign Against Uyghur Women; Indonesian Company makes Plastics from Seaweed. Aired 12-1a ET
• COVID Cases Spiral, GDP Numbers Sink; Single Gathering Transmission Behind West China Flare Up; Trump Casts Doubt on November Election; U.S. Experiences Worst Economic Plunge on Record; Tower of London Beefeaters Face Layoffs for the First Time; Hottest Temperatures of Year Expected in Western Europe; Kicking Out the Coronavirus; Smaller Crowds Participate in Hajj's First Ritual; Final Farewell to Civil Rights Icon Rep. John Lewis. Aired 1-2a ET
• Did Not Air 2-3a ET
• President Trump with Another False Claim; Coronavirus Vaccine Not a Magic Bullet; Brazil's First Lady Tested Positive; Trump Fears of Mail-in Voter Fraud; U.S. GDP Nosedive in Q2; Nation Bid Goodbye to an Icon; Record Heat Forecast For Western Europe Summer Heat Wave; Criminal Investigations Opened Against FIFA President; China Accused Of Abusive Campaign Against Uyghur Women; Seaweeds to Help Fight Water Pollution in Indonesia; NBA Games Resumes. Aired 3-4a ET
• Health Experts Raise Concern on Virus Surging in Midwestern U.S.; California Struggling to Contain COVID-19; Trump Falsely Claims Children are Immune to Coronavirus; Trump Floats Election Delay Despite No Authority to Do So; Eviction Threat Looms for Millions of Americans. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Eviction Threat Looms for Millions of Americans; U.S. Suffers Worst Quarterly GDP Drop on Record; Oregon State Troops Take Over in Portland; Isaias Strengthens Into A Hurricane; Warning Over Protests in Israel; Tower of London Beefeaters Face Layoffs for the First Time; NBA Returns to the Court After Almost Five Months. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET


Connect the World
• Did Not Air 10-11a ET
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Says Florida is "Doing Really Well" After The State Reports Record Deaths for 4th Day in a Row; Trump Downplays Coronavirus Death as CDC Predicts Up to 30,000 More Deaths in Three Weeks; Hurricane Heads Toward Florida Coast as State Sets New Record for Virus Deaths for Fourth Straight Day; DHS Warns Foreign Enemies Could "Confuse" Public on Mail-In Voting as Trump Pushes Unproven Claims of Fraud; Still No Winner in New York Primary Race 38 Days After Election; ESPN: MLB Commissioner Warns Season Could End After Cases Rise. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• Pandemic Death Toll Climbs as Hurricane Approaches Florida; GOP Pushes Back Against Trump Idea to Delay Election; Operation Warp Speed Chief Expects "Highly" Effective Vaccine; Thailand Offers Case Study in Controlling Pandemic; NBA Returns to the Court After Almost Five Months. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• GOP Pushes Back Against Trump Idea To Delay Election; Isaias Strengthens Into Hurricane Headed For Florida; Russia Claims U.S. Drugmakers Are Interested In Its Vaccine. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Did Not Air 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET


New Day
• Hurricane Isaias Threatens East Coast; Trump Faces Rare Rebuke from GOP Over Election Delay. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Trump's Poll Numbers; Former Presidents Honor Lewis; Unsealed Documents involving Epstein; Coronavirus Deaths Overwhelm Funeral Homes; NBA Returns to Court. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Hurricane Isaias Takes Aim at Florida Amid Pandemic; Glaxo, Sanofi Partner to Produce 100 Million Vaccine Doses; Trump Suggests Delaying Election, Only Congress Can Do It. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Parents in the U.S. Torn Over Sending Kids Back to School; One Marine Dead, 8 Others Missing in Training Accident Off California Coast; European Economies Battered By Global Pandemic. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Hurricane Threatens Possible Landfall in Florida; Florida Shuts Down State-Run Coronavirus Testing Sites Due to Hurricane; Nation's Top Health Experts to Testify before Congress; Rep. James Clyburn (D- SC) is Interviewed About Top Health Officials to Testify on Capitol Hill and Remembering Rep. John Lewis. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Transition Integrity Project Member Talks about this Initiative; Coronavirus Pandemic Update from Around the World; Unity as Trump Threatens Democracy; Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Anthony Fauci Says A Vaccine This Year Is Not A Dream As The U.S. Government Offers Billions More In Funding; Russia Racing To Become First To Approve Vaccine; Big Tech Firms Post Huge Earnings One Day After Antitrust Hearing; White House Condemns Hong Kong Election Postponement; Film Director Alan Parker Dies At 76; Teenager Arrest And Charged Over Twitter Hack. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• U.S. Cases Surpass 4.5 Million as Record Number of Infections Reported to W.H.O. in Last 24 Hours; Trump in Florida as State Sees Deadliest Day of Pandemic, Greets Crowds without Mask; Trump Ramps Up Effort to Sow Doubt in 2020 Vote, Warns of "Greatest Election Disaster in History"; Hurricane Warnings Issued For Parts Of Florida; California Sees First Coronavirus Teen Death; Massive Increase In Mail-In Ballots Leaves N.Y. Race Still Undecided; Tower Of London's Beefeaters Face Layoffs For First Time In 500 Years As Virus Cuts Tourism. Aired 5-6p ET
• Hurricane Targets Florida; U.S. Tops 4.5 Million Coronavirus Cases; Hurricane Warning Issued for Parts of Florida's East Coast; Are Face Shields or Goggles Needed in Addition to Masks?; Ohio Reports 91,000+ Total Cases, 3,489 Deaths. Aired 6-7p ET