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Cuomo Prime Time
• U.S. Averaging More Than 1,000 COVID-19 Deaths a Day; Trump Downplays Increasing Number of U.S. COVID-19 Deaths; Gym Owner's Pushback Against NJ COVID-19 Restrictions; Trump Compares His Record to Teddy Roosevelt, LBJ & Lincoln. Aired 9-10p ET
• Axios Interviews President Trump; Trump Claims COVID Is Under Control; Governors In Unison To Combat Virus Spread; President Trump Downplayed A Hero Activist; Trump's Bet In Kansas Defeated; Massive Explosion In Beirut Killed 78 People. Aired 10-11p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 156,000; Spouse Of COVID-19 Victim Remembers His Husband; Trump: Americans "Are Dying, That's True, It Is What It Is"; 1,000-Plus Americans Have Died Per Day In 11 Of Last 15 Days; Trump Has Concerns About Nevada's Mail-in Ballots, But Now Supports Florida's Plan, A Crucial Swing State; At Least 78 Killed, 4,000 Wounded In Beirut Explosion. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Dozens Killed and More Than a Thousand Injured in a Massive Explosion in Beirut; Education During Pandemic Around the World; Reopening Schools During The COVID-19 Pandemic; Edward Lee Childress, Superintendent, Corinth School District, Mississippi, is Interviewed About Education; Lack of National Coordination is Devasting; Arne Duncan, Former U.S. Secretary of Education, is Interviewed About Education; Interview With National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins; Interview With Megan Rapinoe. Aired 2-3p ET


At This Hour
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Should Schools Reopen?; President Trump Believes Coronavirus Pandemic Under Control; "It Is What It Is": Trump Responds To 156,000- Plus Americans Dying Of Virus; Health Minister: At Least 50 Dead, 2,750-Plus Injured In Beirut Blast; The Testing Crisis: What 20 Experts Say They Need From Federal Government. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Storm Batters East Coast; Coronavirus Relief Package Negotiations Continue; U.S. Coronavirus Testing Failure? Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Pass 156,000; President Trump On The Rising Death Toll: It Is What It Is; Governors Band Together For Coronavirus Testing Strategy As White House Faces Criticism; Preliminary Results Show Novavax Coronavirus Vaccine Is Safe And Elicits Immune Response; President Trump Claims Virus Is Under Control. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Did Not Air 10-11p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Says "It is What It is" as U.S. Death Toll Passes 155,000; Trump on John Lewis: "He Didn't Attend My Inauguration;" Georgia Reopens Coronavirus Field Hospital in Atlanta; Two Teenagers in Florida Die from COVID-19 Complications; Futures Down Slightly Amid Stimulus Negotiations. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Stimulus Bill Not Close to a Deal; Leaked Video Reveals Floyd's Arrest; Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) is Interviewed about Mail-in Voting, Stimulus and Russia; . Aired 9:30-10a
• Trump Says, It is What It is as U.S. Death Toll Passes 155,000; Sources Say, White House, Top Democrats Nowhere Near Deal on Stimulus Bill. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Kansas City Mayor: Put On A Damn Mask; Trumps Continues Claims Of Mail-In Voting Fraud, Without Evidence; College Football Star Opts Out Of Senior Season Citing Deep Concerns Over Coronavirus. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Falsely Claims Virus is "Under Control" as Death Toll Rises; Video of Jonathan Swan's Interview with Trump; Trump Denies Virus Reality. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Nevada Becomes 8th State Moving Toward Mail-In Ballots for November Election; State Senate Majority Leader, Nicole Cannizzaro, (D-NV), Discusses Mail-In Ballots, Trump's Opposition; Update on Coronavirus Responses Across the Country; Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez Discusses Startling Similarities Between Anti-Maskers and Anti- Vaxxers. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• President Donald Trump Says Pandemic Is Under Control As Positivity Rates Rise In 33 States; 27 States Reporting An Increase In New Deaths; President Donald Trump: Other Countries Having Big Spikes In Coronavirus Cases; Trump Says He Has "A Lot Of Respect" For Birx After Attacking Her; Court Filing Suggests Wide-Ranging Investigations Into Trump. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Coronavirus Pandemic; Massive Explosion Hits Beirut Port; Five States Holding 2020 Primary Today. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump on 155,000 Americans Dying of Virus, It Is What It Is; Trump Dismisses John Lewis' Legacy, He Didn't Come to My Inauguration; Study Shows Decline in Patients Diagnosed with Cancer During COVID. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump Demands Schools Open While Dismissing The Science; Teacher Decides To Retire Rather Than Return To Classroom; Update On Coronavirus Responses Around The Country; Massive Explosion Rocks Beirut; San Francisco: From Early COVID Success To Hotspot. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Makes False Claims About U.S. Testing, Death Rates; Trump Defends Holding Tulsa Rally By Touting T.V. Ratings; Teachers, Students & Parents Protest Reopening Schools. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Fact-Check On Trump Comparing U.S. To Other Nations On Pandemic; Trump Reverses Himself On Mail-In Voting But Only In Florida; Interview With Trump 2020 Campaign Senior Advisor, Mercedes Schlapp. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Beirut Explosion; President Trump in Denial Over Coronavirus Pandemic?. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Nurse Survives Heart, Lung Failure in 117 Day Fight With COVID; Leaked Video Reveals New Details of George Floyd's Fatal Arrest; Pelosi Says Stimulus Price She Will Settle for Is $3.4 Trillion. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Rate of New Deaths Trending Up in 30 U.S. States; Most Brazilians Not Using Unproven Drug Sent from U.S.; Australian State of Victoria Declares State of Disaster; Mexico to Start Schools Online in Three Weeks; Indiana Student Sent Home from School with COVID-19; Iran: One Person Dies of COVID-19 Every 7 Minutes; North Korea Clams It's COVID-Free & Working on Vaccine; Hurricane Isaias Makes Landfall in North Carolina; Former Spanish King Leaves Country Amid Financial Scandal; Trump Sets September 15 Deadline for TikTok Purchase; Vibrant Central London Now Quiet Due to COVID-19. Aired 12-1a ET
• WHO: Virus Impact Will Be With Us For Decades; COVID "Out Of Control" Across Much Of The U.S.; Schools Open, Questions Remain; Toughest Measures Yet In Peacetime For Australia; Vietnam: Calm Then Storm Of COVID Cases; Arizona Couple Gets Virus after Ignoring Social Distancing; Hurricane Isaias Makes Landfall in North Carolina; Philippine Capital Returning to Modified Lockdown; Leaked Video Shows Details of George Floyd's Arrest; U.S. Judge Describes Son's Final Moments before Ambush; Vogue Honors Activists. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump Slams Top Health Expert After She Issues Virus Warnings; Postal Service: Ample Capacity To Handle Mail-In Ballots; Leaked Video Shows Details Of George Floyd's Arrest; Northern Irish Nobel Laureate John Hume Dies At 83; Vibrant Central London Now Quiet Due To COVID- 19; Rate of New Deaths Trending Up in 30 U.S. States; Trump Attacks Birx for Warning Virus Is "Extraordinarily Widespread;" Australian State of Victoria Declares State of Disaster; Hurricane Isaias Makes Landfall in North Carolina; Most Brazilians Not Using Unproven Drug Sent from U.S.; Parents Form "Pandemic Pods" to Teach Kids in a Bubble. Aired 2-3a ET
• U.S. Facing New Phase in COVID; Trump Wants to See School Back to Normal; Melbourne Follows Victoria's Strict Measures; One Dies Every Seven Minutes in Iran; Thousands Lost Power in North Carolina; Researchers in Britain Says Second Wave of Coronavirus can be Prevented; Germany Reopened Its Schools; Mexico Faces Problems with School's Online Learning; Arizona Couples Acquired COVID-19 After Ignoring Social Distancing And Masks; Most Brazilian Health Officials Not Using Unproven Drug Sent From United States; North Korea Claims It's COVID-Free And Working On Vaccine; Former Spanish King Leaves Country Amid Financial Scandal; President Trump Sets Deadline For TikTok Purchase; Vietnam Tourist Spots Becomes A Ghost Town; Socially Distance Service In Egypt. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Says U.S. "Doing Very Well" As Deaths Rise in 30 States; Fauci Says Asymptomatic Community Spread Driving New Phase; Dr. Birx: U.S. Outbreak Extraordinarily Widespread; Isaias Downgraded to Tropical Storm after Landfall; Melbourne Faces New Restrictions as Outbreak Grows; Brazil Reports More than 16,000 New Infections; Iran: One Person Dies of COVID-19 Every Seven Minutes; Outbreak Turns Vietnamese Resort City into Ghost Town. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Arizona Couple Gets Virus After Ignoring Social Distancing; Trump Sets September 15 Deadline for TikTok Purchase; Nevada Approves Plan to Mail Ballots to Voters; Trump Slams Universal Mail-In Voting, Again; Leaked Video From George Floyd's Arrest; NFL Struggling with Virus Even Before Season Starts; Baseball Season Threatened by Virus Outbreaks. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET


Connect the World
• U.N. Chief Warns of "Generational Catastrophe" on Education; Germany Reopening Some Schools; Mexico Announces Plan for School; Israel Dealing with Outbreaks after Schools Reopen; Former Spanish King Leaves Country amid Financial Scandal; Victoria Premier Warns Those Ignoring Lockdown Will Be Fined; Most Brazilians Not Using Unproven Drug Sent from U.S.; Los Angeles Lakers Claim West's Top Seed; Tech Entrepreneur Discusses Sports' World Impact. Aired 10-11a ET
• CNN Speaks To Trump Campaign's Communications Director; President Donald Trump Claims Of Mail-In-Voting Fraud, Without Evidence; Iran: Someone Dies From COVID-19 Every Seven Minutes; Large Explosion Heard In Beirut, Thick Smoke Rising; Lebanese Media: Multiple People Injured After Beirut Explosion. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• U.S. Has Nearly 23 Percent Of World's Coronavirus Deaths; Trump: Americans "Are Dying, It Is What It Is"; Study: Potential Coronavirus Vaccine Shows Promising Results; Six States Band Together For Rapid Testing Plan As Trump Admin. Faces Growing Criticism For Lack Of National Plan; Tropical Storm Isaias Wreaks Havoc Up East Coast; Interview Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC) On Tropical Storm Isaias And North Carolina Joining Bipartisan Agreement for States to Carry Out Rapid Testing; Massive Explosion Rocks Beirut. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• Fires and Rescues as Storm Makes Landfall in the Carolinas; 155,000+ Americans Dead of COVID, Trump: It Is What It Is; Dems and GOP Remain Far Apart on Stimulus Talks; Bodycam Leaks of George Floyd Arrest; 7 Cardinals Players, 6 Staffers Test Positive for COVID-19. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Hurricane Isaias Makes Landfall In North Carolina; 155,000 American Dead of Covid --Trump: "It Is What It Is"; President Trump Sets September 15th Deadline For Sale Of TikTok. 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
• Isaias Pounds East Coast with Powerful Winds & Downpours; Two Teens Die from COVID Complications in Florida; Trump Claims U.S. is Doing Better Than Other Countries Despite Rising Death Toll; Stimulus Talks Continue on Capitol Hill. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Trump Weighs Action on Stimulus; Trump Comments on Lewis; Trump Probe Extends Beyond Payments; New Book on Mueller Probe; More Cardinals Test Positive. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Isaias Pounds East Coast with Powerful Winds and Downpours; Trump Claims U.S. is Doing Better than Other Countries despite Rising Death Toll; Leaked Video Reveals New Details of George Floyd's Fatal Arrest. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• White House, Top Democrats Signal Progress on Stimulus Negotiations; Congressman Louie Gohmert Rebuked By Daughter for not Wearing Mask. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Hurricane Isaias Makes Landfall on North Carolina; President Trump Interviewed on Ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic in U.S.; Coronavirus Cases and Deaths in E.U. Less than U.S.; Mayor of Atlanta Keisha Lance Bottoms is Interviewed About the Coronavirus Pandemic and Schools to Open In August; U.S Donation of Hydroxychloroquine Sits Untouched in Brazil. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• U.S. Donated Not Touched in Brazil; Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is Interviewed about the Relief Bill; Gupta on Parenting Struggles During Pandemic. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Did Not Air 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 156,000; Trump On The Rising Death Toll: It Is What it Is; Third U.S. Company Releases Study Showing Its Coronavirus Vaccine Is Safe, Elicits Immune Response; NYC Health Commissioner Resigns, Says Experts Were Sidelined; State Education Official: NYC Plan To Reopen Schools "Looked More Like An Outline, Not A Plan"; NYPD Reporting Sharp Rise In Shooting, Murders, Burglaries; At Least 73 Killed, Thousands Hurt By Beirut Explosion. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Believes Coronavirus Pandemic Under Control; President Trump Holds Press Briefing; Trump Again Falsely Claims U.S. Has One Of The Lowest Coronavirus Mortality Rates; At Least 78 Killed, Thousands Injured In Beirut Explosion. Aired 6-7p ET