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Cuomo Prime Time
• Trump Again Pushes False Narratives That Pandemic Is "Disappearing" And "Cases Are Up" Because Of Testing; Trump Says He's Issuing Executive Order To Require Insurance Companies To Cover Pre- Existing Conditions (It's Already Law); Intel Officials Warn Congress Russia Is Spreading False Info About Biden. Aired 9-10p ET
• New Executive Order Underway; People Avoid Encounter with ICE; COVID Testing in Question; Sturgis Undeterred by Coronavirus Threat; Trump's Poll Falls Behind Biden; USPS Freezes Hiring. Aired 10-11p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• President Trump Speaks as Stimulus Talks Collapse, Says Pandemic is Disappearing As U.S. Nears 161,000 Deaths; All New York Schools Cleared To Reopen; Teacher To Minnesota Governor: "I'm Scared"; Georgia School Reverses Suspension Of Teen Who Shared Viral Photo Of Hallway Packed With Students; 8-Year-Old Boy Survives Mystery Illness Linked To COVID-19; U.S. Intel Official: China, Russia And Iran Trying To Interfere With Presidential Election. Aired on 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• New Allegations Against Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman; Theranos Whistleblower Speaks Out; Unrest in Lebanon; 16 Beirut Port Employees Detained; Mona Fawaz, Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, American University of Beirut, is Interviewed About Lebanon. Aired 2-3p ET


At This Hour
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Intel Officials: Russia, China & Iran Trying to Interfere in Election; Trump Seizes on Biden's Comments on Black and Latino Diversity; U.S. Adds 1.8M Jobs in July, Unemployment Falls to 10.2 Percent; Cuomo: All New York School Districts Are Authorized to Open. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Cuomo: All New York School Districts Are Authorized to Open; Data Shows Stricter Measures in Arizona are Working, but Experts Warn the State is Not in the Clear. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• President Trump Holds Press Conference At His Golf Club; White House And Dems No Deal On The Relief Package; President Trump Falsely Claims Virus Is Disappearing; Parents Worried About Safely Sending Children Back To School; Crowds Gathering for Motorcycle Rally Expected to Draw 250,000 and Without a Mask Rule Amid Pandemic; Jerry Falwell, Jr. Agrees to Take 'Indefinite Leave of Absence' From Liberty University. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Did Not Air 10-11p ET


CNN Newsroom
• 1.8 Million Jobs Created in July, But Recovery Losses Momentum; Dozens of Georgia Teachers Protest Return to In-Person Teaching; Some Labs in Miami-Dade County Taking More Than 8 days for Test Results; New Projection: Nearly 300,000 in the U.S. Could Die from Coronavirus By December; Economic Stimulus Discussions on Brink of Collapse; President Trump Considering Executive Action on Economic Relief. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• New Report: Up to 40M Americans could be Evicted by End of Year; Amid Tension with N. Korea and Iran, Trump Advisers Hesitated to Give Military Options Over Fears He Might Start War; Rep. Ruben Gallego is Interviewed about Donald Trump, U.S. Troops in Germany, China Apps and Mail-in Voting; U.S. to Withdraw Nearly 12,000 Troops from Germany; Trump Issues Exec. Order Banning TikTok and WeChat in 45 Days; Postmaster General Says election Main will not be Slow Down; Biden Fires Back after Trump Accuses Him of Being "Against God"; Biden Clarifies Remarks about Black and Latino Voters. Aired 9:30-10p ET
• New Projection Shows Nearly 300,000 in U.S. Could Die From Virus By December; Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) Expected to Announce Decision on New York Schools Today; Economic Stimulus Discussions on Brink of Collapse. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Economic Stimulus Discussions On Brink Of Collapse; Trump Issues Executive Order Banning TikTok And WeChat in 45 days; Court: House Can Subpoena Ex-White House Counsel Don McGahn To Testify; 66 Players Opt-Out Of NFL Season Over COVID-19 Concerns; Markakis Hits Walk-Off Home Run after Opting Into Season. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• New Model Showing Almost 70,000 Fewer Deaths by December If Most People Wear Masks; Dr. Anne Rimoin & Dr. Susan Butler-Wu Discuss Number of COVID Tests Down in 29 States as Death Toll Rises, DeWine False-Positive, Accuracy of Rapid Tests; WHO: COVID Cases Up Globally Among Younger People; CDC Warns Not to Wear Masks with Vents or Valves; Economic Stimulus Talks on Brink of Collapse; 1.8 Million Jobs Added in July But Recovery Is Losing Momentum; Florida Governor Pushes for Return of School Sports Amid Pandemic. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Florida Governor Pushes for Return of School Sports Amid Pandemic; Long-Term Lingering Effects of COVID Alarm Scientists, Survivors; Governor Cuomo Authorizes All N.Y. School Districts to Reopen; Arizona Public Health Association Executive Director, Will Humble, Discusses Former Hot Spot Arizona Seeing New Cases Decline, What Other States Can Learn. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• KC Health Official: Afraid Death Projections Are "Way Under"; Coronavirus Cases Trending Down In 26 States; Governor Andrew Cuomo Announces "All School Districts Can Open"; Testing Snags Persist Across U.S.; Stimulus Talks On Brink Of Collapse As August Recess Looms. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Coronavirus Pandemic; Trump Attacks Biden On Religion And Race; Brent Scowcroft, Prominent Elder Statesman Has Died. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• A Death Nearly Every Minute, the Lives Lost to Coronavirus; Fear as Bikers Rally Expects 250,000 People without Mask Rule; Postmaster General Says, Election Mail will not be Slowed Down. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Interview with Former Democratic Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid; Update on Coronavirus Response from Around the Country; Rep. Mark Walker, (R-NC), Discusses His Call for Jerry Falwell Jr to Resign from Liberty University After Posting Photo with Pants Unzipped, Trump's Comment that Biden Will "Hurt God". Aired 1:30-2p ET
• US Deaths Surpass 1,200 In A Day For Third Day In Row; All New York School Districts Authorized To Open For In-Person Learning; 1.8 Million Jobs Added In July; Stronger Than Expected; American's View Of The Virus Depends On What They Watch; Biden Under Fire For Remarks Suggesting Of Black Diversity. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Student's Suspension Reversed over Picture of Crowded Hallways; Rod Bradley, Meade County Board of Commissioners Vice Chairman & Hotel Owner, Discusses this Weekends' Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, Precautions He's Taking; S.E. Cupp Responses to Criticism on Editorial Saying She'll Vote Based on Biden's V.P. Pick. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Georgia Teachers Protest School Reopening Plan; Pandemic Threatens Generation of Women; New York State Schools to Reopen. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Pandemic Threatens to Set Back Generation of Women; Mnuchin Says He'll Advise Trump to Take Executive Action after Stimulus Offer Rejected; Biden Fires Back after Trump Falsely Claims He's Against God and Bible; At Least 66 NFL Players Skipping Season. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Growing Anger as Protestors Demand Accountability; Community Bands Together to Begin Rebuilding after Blast; International Offers of Aid Pouring into Lebanon; CDC Warns 9 U.S. Cities of Rise in COVID- 19 Infections; New Model: U.S. Death Toll Could Reach 300,000 by December; Trump Signs Order Banning TikTok, WeChat in 45 Days; Trump Says Vaccine Could Be Ready by Election Day; Woman Plays Piano Surrounded by Debris from Blast. Aired 12-1a ET
• Macron: Aid To Lebanon Will Have "Full Transparency"; International Offers Of Aid Pouring Into Lebanon; White House Advisers Urge The Public To Wear Masks; New Model: U.S. Death Toll Could Reach 300,000 By December; Moment of Blast Captured on Church Camera; Anger Growing over Reports of Ignored Warnings; Trump Signs Order Banning TikTok, WeChat in 45 Days; India Surpasses Two Million COVID-19 Cases; Germany Adopts Massive Testing Plan for Tourists; Message of Hope. Aired 1-2a ET
• Anger Growing Over Reports Of Ignored Warnings; Amnesty International Calls For Global Aid, Investigation; Investigating Russia's Rapid Test And Vaccine Claims; Germany Adopts Massive Testing Plan For Tourists; India Surpasses Two Million COVID-19 Cases; President Donald Trump Signs Order Banning TikTok, WeChat in 45 Days; There is Growing Anger as Protesters in Beirut Demand for an International Investigation to the Deadly Explosion; Community Take Steps to Begin Rebuilding Beirut; International Aid are Pouring into Lebanon; Coronavirus Ravages the United States; President Trump Says Vaccine Might Be Ready by Election Day. Aired 2-3a ET
• Anger Growing Over Reports Of Ignored Warnings On Beirut's Explosion; A Bride Shared Her Experience In The Beirut's Explosion; President Trump Says Vaccine Possible Before Election Day; Investigating Russia's Rapid Testing And Vaccine Claims; Dr. Gupta Guides Us Through Best Masks Practices; President Trump Sign Order Banning TikTok, WeChat In 45 Days; Clips Of Beirut's Blast Survivor As They Recall The Moment; Outrage Seen in Lebanon; Emmanuel Macron Visits Blast Site; Port Officials to Answer Tuesday's Blast; Coronavirus Not Done Yet; South Africa's Coronavirus Tops in Africa. Aired 3-4a ET
• Lebanese Media Says 16 Port Workers Detained in Investigation; Beirut's Governor Says 300,000 People Lost Their Homes; Anger Grows as Officials Investigate Deadly Blast; Fauci: U.S. Positivity Upticks a Predictor of Trouble; U.S. Cases Rise as People Attend Crowed Events; Trump Signs Order Banning TikTok, WeChat in 45 Days. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Captain of Ship that Carried Ammonium Nitrate Speaks Out; Top Port and Customs Officials Have Bank Accounts Frozen; Community Bands Together to Rebuild After Blast; Concerns About Corruption Amid International Aid Offers; U.S. Lifts Its Global Level 4 Travel Advisory; Germany Mandates Tests for Travelers from High Risk Areas; Beirut Survivors Recall Blast's Terrifying Moment. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET


Connect the World
• Death Toll from Beirut Explosion Rises to 154; CNN Talks to Lebanese MP Gebran Bassil; The New Normal for Travel?; Saudi Crown Prince Accused of Assassination Plot. Aired 10-11a ET
• Hezbollah Chief Calls Beirut Explosion "Disastrous"; CNN Talks To Lebanese MP Gebran Bassil; Bahaa Hariri: We Need International Investigation Immediately; Mega Explosion Killed At Least 154, Injured 5,000 Others; Popular Lebanese Singer Responds To Explosion; At Least Three Dead After Plane Overshoots Runway In India. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Says "We are Going a Different Way" After Dems & WH Negotiators Fail to Reach a Stimulus Deal; U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll About to Cross 161,000; Pres. Trump About to Speak as Stimulus Talks Collapse; President Trump Speaking as Stimulus Talks Collapse, 30 Million Americans Without Jobs Await Aid. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• COVID Models Predict Skyrocketing Number of Dead Americans; Trump Order Bans on TikTok and WeChat If Not Sold; Long and Uncertain Road for Thousands After Blast in Beirut; 66 Players Opt Out of NFL Season Over COVID-19 Concerns. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• COVID Models Predict Skyrocketing Number Of Dead Americans; Trump Orders Bans On TikTok And WeChat If Not Sold; Concerns Of Second Coronavirus Wave As New Cases Mount In Europe. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Lebanese Media Reports 16 Port Workers Detained In Investigation; U.S.-China Tech Tensions Continue As Donald Trump Issues Executive Order Targeting TikTok And WeChat; U.S. Jobs Growth Slows In July. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET


New Day
• U.S. Death Toll Could Reach 300,000 by December; Economic Stimulus Discussions on Brink of Collapse; Trump Issues Exec Order Banning TikTok in 45 Days Unless Sold; Ohio Governor Tests Positive, Then Negative for COVID-19. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Trump and Biden Clash in Comments; Search for Survivors Continues in Beirut; Advisers Hesitated to Give Military Options to Trump; Schools Plan Reopening; Players Opt out of Season. Aired 6:30- 7a ET
• New Projection Shows U.S. Death Toll Could Reach Nearly 300,000 by December; Birx Warns of Rising Positivity Rate in Nine Cities, Including Baltimore; NOAA Warns of Rare Extremely Active Hurricane Season. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• NOAA Warns of Rare "Extremely Active" Hurricane Season; CNN: Trump Administration Leveraging Control Over U.S. Postal Service; Coronavirus Pandemic Disrupting Health Services Across Latin America. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Model Suggests Deaths Due to COVID-19 Could Reach 300,000 in U.S. By December; Republicans and Democrats Reportedly No Closer to Agreement on Economic Stimulus Package; Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Draws Controversy for Comments on African-American Community; Georgia High School Student Shares Alarming Picture of Crowded Hallway: Georgia Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan is Interviewed About the Coronavirus Pandemic and Georgia Schools Reporting Cases in First Week of Classes. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Pandemic Forcing Many Working Moms To Stay Home With Kids; 1.8 Million Jobs Added In July; Unemployment Rate Slips To 10.2 Percent; School Principal Makes "U Can't Touch This" Safety Video. Aired 8:30- 9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Plane Skids Off Runway In India, Killing At Least 16; Trump Signs Order Banning TikTok And WeChat In 45 Days; Hezbollah Chief Denies Any Involvement In Tuesday's Port of Beirut Explosion. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• U.S. Nears 5 Million Cases With 160,000 Plus Deaths as Coronavirus Testing Declines In 29 States; Former CDC Directors Rip White House Mixed Messaging on Virus; Stimulus Talks Collapse and Trump Threatening Executive Action; Fauci Ducks Mail-In Voting Question; Potential Antibody Treatment Likely In Short Supply; Explosion Death Toll Climbs To 154 With 5,000 Wounded; CDC Warns Not To Wear Masks With Vents Or Valves. Aired 5-6p ET
• Will Trump Use White House For Acceptance Speech?; U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 160,000; Seven-Year-Old Boy Becomes Georgia's Youngest COVID Victim; U.S. Intel Officials Say, China Prefers Trump not Re-Elected, Russia Spreading False Information about Biden; U.S. Intel Officials: China "Prefers" Trump Not Re-Elected, Russia Spreading False Information About Biden; Trump Says U.S. Sending Aid to Beirut After Deadly Explosion. Aired 6-7p ET