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Cuomo Prime Time
• Trump Falsely Says "Every Statistic" Shows Kids' Immune Systems Handle Coronavirus Well; Trump Rails Against Voting By Mail; Georgia Teacher Resigns After Being Forced To Work At School While Students Go Virtual. Aired 9-10p ET
• Mother And Four Kids Handcuffed At Gunpoint By Police; Seven Governors Join Deal In Pursuit Of First Multistate Coordinated Testing Strategy; Progressive Beats Longtime Democratic Representative In Primary Upset; Joe Biden Will Not Travel To Milwaukee To Accept Nomination; Closing Argument: Life Is Pain Management. Aired 10-11p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• U.S. Deaths Top 157,000 With More than 4.8 Million COVID-19 Cases; Novavax Reports Favorable Results In Its Vaccine Trial. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• The Explosion That Shattered Beirut; 100 Deaths and Rising After Lebanon Explosion; Trump's Poll Shows Steady Decline; Steve Cortes; Senior Adviser for Strategy, Trump 2020 Campaign, is Interviewed About Trump; Trump's Verbal War with Disease Expert; Challenges and Opportunities of the Coronavirus Pandemic; Interview With Isabel Wilkerson; Interview With National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci. Aired 2-3p ET


At This Hour
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump in Denial Over Coronavirus Pandemic? Interview With Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Beirut Explosion Aftermath; Mississippi Outbreak; Schools Begin Reopening. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• The President Claims Virus Will Just Go Away As U.S. Gets Closer To Five Million Cases; A Number Of Students Quarantined After Several People Test Positive In A School District; President Trump Claims That Mail-In Voting Would Be A Disaster And Lead To Fraud; Distrust In Science Widespread In America; Trump Convention Speech Possibly In The White House; Kanye West Getting Help From Republicans On His Presidential Bid. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Did Not Air 10-11p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Falsely Claims Children are "Almost Immune" to Coronavirus; Trump "Still Doesn't Get" Pandemic Severity; Florida Governor Suggests Allowing Visitors with Antibodies At Nursing Homes; Makeshift Facilities Open to Take Pressure Off Texas Hospitals; Trump Campaign Sues Nevada Over Mail-In Ballot Expansion. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) is Interviewed about Mail-in Voting, Education, Stimulus; Bruit Hit by Huge Explosion; Defense Officials Dispute Trump's Claim of Beirut Attack; Arizona Pushes for Schools to Reopen. Aired 9:30-10a
• Source Familiar with Trump's First Task Force Meeting Since April, He still Doesn't Get Severity of Pandemic; Democratic Senators Want More Election Security Info Made Public; Several COVID-19 Cases Reported at Georgia Schools as Classes Resume. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Trump Falsely Claims Children Are "Almost Immune" to Coronavirus; Homeless Americans Among Most Vulnerable in Pandemic; At Least 100 Dead, Hundreds Still Missing After Beirut Explosion; Major University Cancels Football in 2020. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Source: Trump Still Doesn't Get Severity of Pandemic; Georgia Second-Grader Tests Positive after 1st Day of School; Dr. Leana Wen Discusses Trump Falsely Claiming Children Are "Almost Immune" to Coronavirus; Update on Coronavirus Responses Around the Country; Trump Campaign Sues Nevada over Main-In Ballot Expansion; Trump Says He May Deliver Convention Speech from White House. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Massive Beirut Explosion Kills at Least 100, Hundreds Missing; Trump Claims Beirut Explosion Was an "Attack"; Biden Not Expected to Accept Democratic Nomination in Milwaukee; Georgia Teacher Resigns after Being Forced to Work at School While Students Go Virtual; "Mulan" Finally Heading to Disney Plus after Delays; CNN's "On the Trail" Streams Tomorrow on HBO Max. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Positivity Rate Trending Up In Over 30 States; Florida Eclipses 500,000 Coronavirus Cases; President Donald Trump Falsely Asserts Children "Almost Immune" From COVID-19; Joe Biden No Longer Expected To Travel To Milwaukee To Accept Nomination; Mail-In Voting Early Test In Washington Primaries. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Coronavirus Stimulus Bill; 2020 Election; Moderna Is Pricing Coronavirus Vaccine; Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Source Says, Trump Still Doesn't Get Pandemic's Severity; CNN's Gupta Interviews Fauci As U.S. Death Toll Surpasses 157,000. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Dr. Sanjay Gupta Interviews Dr. Anthony Fauci. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Fauci: U.S. Has Suffered "As Much or Worse Than Anyone"; Trump Falsely Claims Virus "Going Away" in Push to Reopen Schools; NYC to Set Up "Quarantine Checkpoints" for Out-of-State Drivers; Former Mask Skeptic Issues Warning After Month-Long COVID Battle. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Follow-Up Fact-Check: Trump Campaign's Claims On Nevada Mail-In Voting; Outrage After Viral Picture Shows Crowded School Hallway In Georgia; Beirut Death Toll Rises To 135, Dozens Missing; Trump Claims Beirut Explosion Was From An "Attack". Aired 2:30-3p ET
• New Documentary Examines 2020 Presidential Campaign; Beirut Explosion Aftermath; Trump's Shifting Positions on Mail-In Voting; Some Schools Start Reopening. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• At Least 135 Dead, Dozens Missing After Huge Blast in Beirut; U.S. Defense Chief Says Most Believe Blast an Accident; Iowa Teacher Pushing for Masks in Schools Sends His Mock Obit to The Governor; Sally Yates Says Neither Obama Nor Biden Tried to Influence Flynn Investigation; Trump Again Blasts Mail-In Voting Despite Endorsing It for Florida; Kids Pack Hallway Without Masks in Georgia School. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Beirut Explosion Rocks Lebanon's Capital City; Trump on Rising Death Toll: "It Is What it Is"; Mexico Announces Plan for School; At Least 78 Killed in Massive Explosion in Beirut; U.S. Delegation to Arrive in Taiwan in Coming Days. Aired 12-1a ET
• Dozens Dead, Thousands Wounded in Beirut Explosion; U.S. Death Toll Nears 157,000 with 4.7 Million+ Cases; U.N. Chief: "Generational Catastrophe" Over Education; Schools Wrestle with How and When to Reopen; Australia Deploys Military Personnel to Enforce Stay-at-Homme Orders in State of Victoria; At least 78 Killed in Massive Explosion in Beirut; Trump Insists Pandemic is Under Control in U.S.; Some Americans Ignore Guidance to Avoid Large Gatherings; Beirut Marks Day of Mourning after Tuesday's Deadly Blast. Aired 1-2a ET
• Aid Agency: Children Unaccounted for After Beirut Blast; Trump Insists "Virus is Under Control," But It's Not; U.S. Schools Wrestle with How and When to Reopen; U.S. Delegation To Arrive In Taiwan In Coming Days; Latin America And The Caribbean Top 5 Million Cases; Brazil Teacher Brings Hugs To Students. Aired 2-3a ET
• Casualties Piling from Beirut's Explosion; Chemicals Stuck for Years in Warehouse; Lebanese Hospitals Asking for Assistance; President Trump with His Own Assessment; Dozens Dead, Thousands Wounded In Beirut Explosion; In An Interview Of President Trump, He Insist COVID-19 Outbreak Is Under Control; U.S. Schools Wrestle With How And When To Reopen; Several COVID-19 Vaccines Now In Clinical Trials; Uncertainty Over How Much Protection Antibodies Offer. Aired 3-4a ET
• Dozen Dead, Thousands Wounded in Beirut Explosion; Trump Insists Virus is Under Control, But It's Not; Trump Suggests Administration Doing All It Can to Control Virus. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• At Least 100 Dead, 4,000 Wounded in Beirut Explosion; CNN Bureau Witnesses Explosion First-Hand; Lebanese Red Cross Sets Up Multiple Shelters in Beirut; Lebanon Concerned After Trump Calls Explosion an "Attack"; Israel Offers Humanitarian Assistance to Lebanon; U.S. Delegation to Arrive in Taiwan in Coming Days. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET


Connect the World
• Beirut Explosion Rocks Lebanon's Capital City. Aired 10-11a ET
• Lebanese Health Minister Says Many People Are Still Missing; Massive Explosions Kills At Least 100, Thousands Wounded; Health Minister: Hundreds Reported Missing After Explosion; Blast Injuries Parishioners At Catholic Church; Lebanon's Hospitals Overwhelmed By COVID-19, Blast Victims; Lebanon's Troubles Often Comes Down To Corruption. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Interview with White House Trade Advisor Peter Navarro; Republican Operatives with Trump Ties are Helping Kanye West Get His Name on Ballots; Trump Says "Perhaps" Beirut Blast "Was An Attack". Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• U.S. Death Toll Climbs As Trump Minimizes Crisis; Defense Officials Contradict Trump Claim; Trump Campaign Sues Nevada Over Mail Ballots; Miami Marlins Return to the Field After COVID-19 Outbreak. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• U.S. Death Toll Climbs As President Trump Minimizes Crisis; U.S. Defense Officials Contract Trump Claim On Beirut Explosion; Trump Campaign Sues Nevada Over Mail-In Ballots. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• At Least 100 People Dead And 4,000 Others Injured In Beirut Blast; Clock Ticking For U.S. Stimulus; Upwork Matches Freelancers With Work Offers. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET


New Day
• More Than 1,000 Coronavirus Deaths in U.S. for 10th Time in Two Weeks; Defense Officials Contradict Trump's Claim Beirut Blast was an 'Attack'; Progressive Democrat Defeats 10-Term Incumbent in Missouri; Kobach Loses to Relief of Kansas Establishment Republicans. Aired 6- 6:30a ET
• Explosion in Beirut; Trump Claims Beirut Blast was an Attack; Coronavirus Pandemic Update from Around the World; Lawsuit over Nevada Mail-In Ballots; Coronavirus Deaths in U.S. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• More Than 1,000 Coronavirus Deaths in U.S. for 10th Time in Two Weeks; Mayor Warns of Dire Situation in Jackson, Mississippi; Goldman Sachs Says, Many Parents Would Stop Working if Schools Don't Reopen. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Hundred Dead, Hundreds Missing After Massive Explosion in Beirut; Homeless Americans Among Most Vulnerable in Pandemic; New York Times: Republicans Aid Kanye West's Bid to Get on 2020 Ballot. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Coronavirus Cases Continues to Rise in Parts of U.S. as Cases Plateau in Others; Progressive Activist Cori Bush Interviewed after Winning Missouri Democratic Primary in Upset; Pandemic Creates Election Safety & Security Challenges; 100 Dead, Hundreds Missing After Massive Explosion in Beirut. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Georgia County School Plan; Trump to Give Convention Speech from the White House; Trump talks Vote Counting; "On The Trial" Begins Tomorrow. Aired 8:30-9a ET


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


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN International: 136 Dead, 5,000 Wounded In Beirut Explosion. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• One-On-One With White House Chief Of Staff; W.H. Chief Of Staff Chides Dems On Stimulus, Defends Trump Pandemic Response In Exclusive CNN Interview, Says He Doesn't Expect Trump To Accept Nomination In Oval Office Speech; New Clues About Cause Of Beirut Blast, 135-Plus Dead, 5,000-Plus Hurt. Aired 5-6p ET
• Should Schools Reopen?; President Trump Holds White House Press Briefing; Trump: Pandemic Will Go Away, Hopefully Sooner Rather Than Later; Texas Reports 235 New Deaths And 8,700-Plus New Cases; Food Insecurity In The U.S. On The Rise As Prices Soar And Stimulus Money Running Out; At Least 135 Dead, Dozens Missing After Huge Explosion In Beirut. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Coronavirus Pandemic Affecting Where People Want to Live; The Debate on How to Educate Has Become One of The Key Talking Points During the COVID-19 Pandemic