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Cuomo Prime Time
• Trump Smears Birx As "Pathetic" After Her Virus Warning, Then Calls Pelosi "Nasty" For Criticizing Birx; Trump Falsely Claims Lockdowns Don't Prevent COVID Infections; NY Prosecutors: Trump Investigation Goes Beyond Hush Money. Aired 9-10p ET
• Seventeen-Year-Old High School Athlete Loses Both Parents To COVID-19 Days Apart; President Trump Claims Virus Is "Receding" But Science Shows Otherwise; According To NYT, Scientists Worry About Political Influence Over Coronavirus Vaccine Project; President Trump Losing Ground And Time In 2020 Election; More Than 100 Million At Risk From Hurricane Isaias. Aired 10-11p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump Claims U.S. Doing Very Well With COVID-19 As U.S. Deaths Top 155,0000 and 4.7 Cases; President Trump Blasts Main-In Voting At His Press Conference. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Crises in America Defining Donald Trump; Joe Biden Ahead in Polls Against Trump; "Too Much and Never Enough," a New Memoir by Mary Trump; Mary Trump, Author, "Too Much and Never Enough," is Interviewed About Trump; Interview With Author James McBride; Interview With Edward Enninful. Aired 2-3p ET


At This Hour
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Attacks Birx After She Said Virus is "Widespread" in U.S.; Stimulus Negotiations in a "Bad Place" Despite Optimistic Talk. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Storm Targets East Coast; Judge Speaks Out About Deadly Attack On Family; Will Trump Roll Out Unsafe Vaccine Too Early? Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Did Not Air 10-11p ET
• Hurricane Isaias Taking Aim At The Carolinas; President Trump Saying United States Is Doing Very Well As Coronavirus Death Surpass 155,000; President Trump Rails Against Mail-In Voting As Nevada Approves Plan To Mail Ballots To All Registered Voters; A New Report Examines How The Pandemic Defeated America; President Trump Tweets Open the Schools; 260 Employees In Georgia's School District Exposed To Or Test Positive For COVID-19; Newly Leaked Body Cam Video Of George Floyd's Arrest; Seven St. Louis Cardinals Players, Six Team Staffers Test Positive For Coronavirus. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• California Becomes First State with 500,000 Cases; Florida Testing Sites Reopen After Closing Due to Tropical Storm Isaias; Lawmakers Resumes Negotiations Over Coronavirus Relief Bill; Giroir: Arizona and Texas Showing "Downward Trajectory" in COVID-19 Cases; Arizona Congressman Grijalva Tests Positive for COVID-19. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• Oklahoma Teacher on Resuming School; Pentagon Pick Placed in New Role; NYC Sees More Shootings; Peter Navarro is Interviewed about TikTok. Aired 9:30-10a
• U.S. Nearing 4.7 Million Cases, Almost 155,000 Deaths; $600 Unemployment Benefit Expires, No Agreement on New Relief Bill. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Hurricane And Tropical Storm Watches And Warnings From Florida to Maine as Tropical Storm Isaias Heads For The U.S.; A Possible Setback for the Largest School District in Georgia After Over 200 Employees Have Either Tested Positive for COVID-19 or Have Been Exposed. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Attacks Dr. Birx for 1st Time After she Issues New Warning about More Widespread Cases in U.S.; 3 Indiana Schools Deal with Cases of COVID-19 as They Reopen; Tech Giant Microsoft in Talks with Trump about Buying TikTok; Graham Brookie Discusses Microsoft Pursuing TikTok, Security Concerns. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• "Reality Check": Still Awaiting Health Care Plan Trump Promised Two Weeks Ago; An Entire Family Infected With COVID, Including Newborn Baby; NJ Federal Judge Speaks Out About Deadly Attack; East Coast Braces For Tropical Storm Isaias. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• U.S. Records Nearly 1.9 Million Cases In July; President Donald Trump Misleads On Coronavirus As Back-To-Back-School Season Arrives; President Donald Trump Attacks Dr. Birx After She Said Virus Is "Widespread" In U.S.; Trump Campaign, RNC Work To Limit Expansion Of Mail-In Voting; MLB Season In Doubt After Outbreaks On Marlins, Cardinals. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• MLB Season In Doubt After Outbreaks On Marlins, Cardinals; Negotiations Stall Between Dems, GOP On Stimulus Package; Biden's Vice Presidential Vetting Narrows To Five Candidates. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Attacks Birx for First Time as She Warns of New Outbreaks; Virus Mutations can Have an Effect on Vaccine Development; Trump Speaks after Criticizing Birx over Her COVID Warnings. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Trump Holds Press Conference; Dr. Paul Offit Discusses Trump Saying Good News On Therapeutics, Vaccines, Trump Again Touting Hydroxychloroquine; Trump Calls For Firing Of Head Of Tennessee Valley Authority; Birx: U.S. In "New Phase" Of Pandemic, More Widespread Cases; Treasury Secretary: Relief Benefits A Disincentive To Finding Work. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Keeps Pushing Drug Despite Warnings, Task Force Disputing Claims; Trump Task Force Doctors, Scientists Keep Contradicting Him; Rural Areas in U.S. Rising Number of Cases; NYC Sheriff Makes Arrests in Illegal Boat Party Amid Pandemic; Mom Warns After 2-Year-Old Son Infected, Showing All Symptoms; NY Prosecutors Suggest Probe of Trump for Possible Fraud. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• NY Prosecutors Suggest Probe Of Trump For Possible Fraud; Update On Coronavirus Responses From Around The World; NJ Federal Judge Speaks Out About Deadly Attack; Boston Marathon Bombing Survivor Reacts To Court Vacating Death Penalty For Bomber. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• California Outbreak; Should Schools Reopen?; Trump Attacks Dr. Birx. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• No Word on Stimulus Deal as Negotiators Met for 2 Hours; All The Promises Trump Has Made But Not Kept on Health Care; Positive Cases Spark MLB Schedule Changes, New Safety Concerns; MLB Season in Doubt Now; Ohio High School Athletes Must Be Tested Before Playing Sports; 100 Million+ At Risk as Isaias Moves Up East Coast. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Dr. Birx: U.S. in 'New Phase' with More Widespread Cases; Analyzing Importance of T Cells in Virus Treatments; Tropical Storm Isaias Off Coast of Florida; Victoria, Australia, Enacts Strict New Lockdown Measures; NASA Astronauts Splash Down in SpaceX Capsule; Brazil Reporting More Than 94,000 Coronavirus Deaths; Renters Fear Eviction as Unemployment Bonus Ends; India Surpasses 1.8 Million COVID Infections; Trump Places Failed Pentagon Nominee in Another Post; Kurds Displaced & Helpless Since U.S. Forces Abandoned Them. Aired 12- 1a ET
• U.S. East Coast On Alert For Tropical Storm Isaias; Microsoft In Talks To Buy TikTok; No Agreement On $600 Monthly Relief Package; Trump Begins Election Roadblock Tactics; Hurricane Watches Issued as Isaias Heads Toward Carolinas; Dr. Birx: U.S. in New Phase with More Widespread Cases; Brazil Reporting More than 94,000 Coronavirus Deaths; U.K. Orders Strict Lockdown Hours before Muslim Holiday; India Says it Has Surpassed 1.8 Million Cases; NASA Astronauts Splash Down in SpaceX Capsule. Aired 1-2a ET
• Victoria, Australia Enacts New Lockdown Measures; Kurds Displaced And Helpless Since U.S. Forces Abandoned Them; Retired Nurse Answers Call To Help During Outbreak; CDC Forecast 19,000 Americans to Die of COVID-19 in Three Weeks; Tropical Storm Isaias Nearing Florida and Heading Towards the Carolinas; Thousands Evacuate in Southern California Wildfire; Microsoft in Talks to Purchase TikTok; New Role for Anthony Tata in Pentagon; White House and Lawmakers Resume Stimulus Talks; Victoria, Australia Declares State of Disaster. Aired 2-3a ET
• Lawmakers Working on Stimulus Package; Germans Protests Amid a Pandemic; No Warning for Muslims; Trump Bans Chinese Companies; SpaceX's Mission Accomplished; Dr. Deborah Birx with Stark Warning; Leadership Matters in a Pandemic; Tropical Storm Isaias on Its Way to the East Coast; Florida Facing Two Huge Challenges; Australia Under Strict Lockdown. Aired 3-4a ET
• Dr. Birx: U.S. in New Phase with More Widespread Cases; Warnings Extended as Storm Isaias Moves Along U.S. East Coast; California Wildfire Forces Thousands from Their Homes; Australia's Sate of Victoria Imposing New Restrictions; "Major Incident" Declared in Greater Manchester. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Microsoft Pushing Ahead with Talks to Purchase TikTok; U.S. Lawmakers to Resume Talks with White House; Some Renters Fear Eviction as Unemployment Bonus Ends; Brazil Reporting More Than 94,000 Coronavirus Deaths; Brazilian President Keeps Downplaying Threat of Pandemic; Kurds Displaced and Helpless Since U.S. Forces Abandoned Them; Baseball Player opts Out of Season Without Alerting Team; NASA Astronauts Splash Down in SpaceX Capsule. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET


Connect the World
• Australian State Of Victoria Declares State Of Disaster; CDC Forecasts 173,000-Plus U.S. Deaths By August 22; U.S. Struggles With Testing As Finding Sits Unused; Student Nurse's Criticism Of U.K. Prime Minister Goes Viral; TikTok Users Troll Trump Campaign's Oklahoma Rally; Justin Thomas Returns To Golf's World Number One. Aired 11a-12p ET
• California Becomes First U.S. State To Top 500,000 Cases; Australian State Of Victoria Declares State Of Disaster; Fresh Attacks By Turkey On Mostly Kurdish Region Of Iraq. Aired 10:00-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Attacks Birx For Warning Virus Is "Extraordinarily Widespread;" Dr. Fauci Says Asymptomatic Cases Driving "New Phase" Of Virus In U.S.; Dr. Fauci: Children Can Get Seriously Ill With Virus, A Rare Event, But Not Zero; NYT: Trump Campaign Advisers Privately Call A Pre-Election Vaccine "The Holy Grail"; Sources: Biden Has Started To Narrow Down His V.P. List, Will Make His Pick By End Of This Week. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• New Coronavirus Cases Level Off But Death Rate is High Across the U.S.; Punishing Winds and Dangerous Storm Surge Expected in Florida; Stimulus Deal Unlikely As Lawmakers Remain Apart on Key Issues. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• New Coronavirus Cases Level Off But Death Rate Is High Across The U.S.; Isaias Forecast To Become A Hurricane Again Today; Parents Form "Pandemic Pods" To Teach Kids In A Bubble. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Microsoft Makes Its Play For The Chinese Video App, TikTok; Millions Of Americans Lose Benefits As Lawmakers Search For A Deal, An Entirely New Business Model Opens Up For Space Travel. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET


New Day
• Dr. Birx: U.S. in 'New Phase' of Pandemic with More Widespread Cases; Tropical Storm Isaias Strengthens Overnight; NYT: Scientists Worry About Political Influence Over Vaccine Project; Negotiations to Resume Over Coronavirus Relief Bill. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Biden Nears Running Mate Decision; Trump Directs Tata to New Role; Indiana Student Tests Positive on First Day of School; NFL Coach Tests Positive for Covid. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Dr. Birx Says, U.S. in New Phase of pandemic with More Widespread Cases; Tropical Storm Isaias Strengthens Overnight, Taking Aim at Carolinas; Soon, Negotiations Resume over Coronavirus Relief Bill. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• The Search Has Been Called Off For Seven Marines And One Sailer Who Are Feared Dead; Microsoft Confirms That They Are Discussing To Buy TikTok; Dr. Harvey Risch Talks About How And Why He Supports Hydroxychloroquine. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Health Professionals Offer Opinions on Efficacy of Hydroxychloroquine as Treatment for COVID-19; White House Coronavirus Task Force Warns of Possible New Phase of Coronavirus Pandemic; Tropical Storm/Hurricane Threatens Carolinas. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Coronavirus Resurgence Moving into Midwestern States; Federal Judge Speaks out After Attack; Pandemic Pods for Kids Learning; MLB Season in Doubt; Coronavirus Pandemic Update from around the Country. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Spain & Portugal Report Devastating Collapse Of Intl Tourism; Trivago CEO: Industry Cannot Lose Travellers' Trust; Georgia Tourism Head: Staying Hypervigilant On Travel Safety; Pandemic Pods A Costly Alternative To Typical Classrooms; Antibody Therapies Give Hope For COVID-19 Treatment; U.S. Gives Regeneron $450 Million To Manufacture Therapy; Brazilian President Keeps Downplaying Threat Of Pandemic. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Thirty U.S. States Record Spiking New Deaths; Deborah Birx Slammed By Trump And Nancy Pelosi; Trump Still Touts Hydroxychloquine for COVID-19 Treatment; FL Set To Become 2nd State Behind CA With Half Million Cases; Fauci: Default Position Should Be To Keep Schools Open But Primary Consideration Should Be Safety; 260 Employees Infected Or Exposed To Virus In Georgia's Largest School District; 7 St. Louis Cardinals Players, 6 Staffers Test Positive For Coronavirus, More Games Postponed. Aired 5-6p ET
• President Trump Holds Press Briefing; Interview With Former Acting CDC Director Dr. Richard Besser; Trump Says We're Doing Well, Even As Death Toll Tops 155,000 In U.S.; Dr. Fauci: New Phase Of Coronavirus Refers To Insidious Community Spread; Isaias Expected To Hit Land As A Hurricane Tonight, More Than 100 Million At Risk On East Coast. Aired 6-7p ET