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Cuomo Prime Time
• L.A. Schools Launch Testing And Tracing Program For All Students And Staff; Trump Pushes Misleading Claim On "Unsolicited" Mail Ballots; Louisville Agrees To Pay Breonna Taylor's Family $12 Million And Enact Police Reforms In Historic Settlement. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Exclusive Interview With Bob Woodward, Author of "Rage". Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Trump Denying Climate Science and Doubts Coronavirus Science; Normalization Deals Between Israel, UAE and Bahrain; Michael Anton, Former U.S. National Security Council Spokesman, is Interviewed About Trump and the Normalization Between Israel, UAE and Bahrain; Human Side We Almost Never See in Gaza; "Gaza," a New Film by Brendan Byrne, Brendan Byrne, Producer, "Gaza," is Interviewed About Gaza; Mutually Exacerbating Catastrophes Under COVID Pandemic; Interview With Eddie Glaude Jr.; Interview With Melinda Gates. Aired 2-3p ET


At This Hour
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Continues to Ignore COVID-19 Science. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Hurricane Sally Targets Gulf Coast; Interview With Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA); California Manhunt; COVID-19 Vaccine Timeline?. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• President Trump Pressed By Voters; Waiters Don't Like Masks?; No Answer For MAGA Question; Hurricane Sally Hammering Gulf Coast; U.S.' Image In Tatters. Aired 10-11p ET
• President Trump Faces Tough Questions From Voters On Pandemic, Health Care, Policing And Race; President Trump On Coronavirus: I Didn't Downplay It; Fact-Checking The President's Town Hall Tonight; President Trump Still Claiming Virus Will Disappear; Trump Challenged At Town Hall: Voter Asks "When Was America Great For African- Americans?"; Hurricane Sally Continuing Slow Crawl Towards Gulf Coast. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Hurricane Sally Expected to Strengthen Before Striking Gulf Coast; Hundreds Expected At the White House for a Peace Agreement Signing Between Israel, Bahrain And the UAE; At Least 36 Dead, Dozens Missing in West Coast Wildfires. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• More Children Test Positive for Virus; Vaccine Trial Surpasses Diversity Goal; New Video of Ambushed Deputies; Champions for Change Boyan Slat. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Gulf Coast Bracing for Life-Threatening Storm Surge, Flash Flooding; At Least 36 Dead, Dozens Missing in West Coast Wildfires; Biden and Trump Battle for Crucial Latino Voters in Florida. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Presidential Race in Florida Tightens; Gov. Ron DeSantis Not Releasing School COVID-19 Data; Interview with former Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism and Threat Prevention at the Department of Homeland Security Elizabeth Neumann. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Hurricane Sally Closes in on Gulf States; Gov. Tate Reeves (R- MS) Discusses Hurricane Sally Preparations Amid Pandemic; Trump Insists U.S. "Rounding the Turn" & Claims Vaccine "Weeks" Away; Experts Say It's Reckless for Trump to Hold Rallies Amid Pandemic; 36 People Dead in CA, OR, WA in Historic Wildfires. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Trump Blames California Wildfires On Lack Of Maintaining Forests Instead Of Climate Change; Katrina Survivor Prepares For Hurricane Sally; Top HHS Spokesman Says Government Scientists Guilty Of "Sedition"; Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D-PA) Discusses Judge Ruling PA Coronavirus Restrictions Unconstitutional & Mail-In-Voting Delays. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Hurricane Sally Closes In On Gulf Coast; Gulf States Bracing For "Historic" Rainfall Event; Soon: Israel, UAE, Bahrain Sign Peace Deal; Dr. Anthony Fauci Says "I Prefer To Look Forward" When Asked If Woodward Revelations Could Have Saved Lives; Trump Welcomes Middle East Leaders For Historical Deal Signing. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Israel, UAE, Bahrain Sign Historic Peace Accord At White House. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Israel, UAE, Bahrain Sign Historic Peace Accord At White House. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Israel, UAE, Bahrain Sign Historic Peace Accord At White House; Dr. Chris Pernell Discusses Vaccine Trials, Trump's Timeline Challenged, Dem Senate Candidate "Hesitant" To Take COVID Vaccine; Trump Health Aide Pushes Conspiracies, Warns Of Armed Revolt; Gulf Coast Bracing For Sally's Life-Threatening Storm Surge, Flash Flooding. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Hurricane Sally to Make Landfall Tonight; Live Coverage of Joe Biden Speech on Veterans; Live Coverage of Press Conference as Breonna Taylor's Family Reaches Settlement Agreement. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• City Of Louisville Reaches $12 Million Settlement With Breonna Taylor's Family; Healthy 14-Year-Old Contracted COVID-19 And Now Suffering From Myocarditis; Rob Harris, Los Angeles Police Protective League Union Director, Discusses Ambush Shooting Of Two Sheriff's Deputies In Los Angeles & L.A. Sheriff Challenging LeBron James To Double Reward For Finding Shooter. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Louisville Settles Lawsuit With Breonna Taylor Family; Western Wildfires; President Trump Continues to Ignore COVID-19 Science; Hurricane Sally Targets Gulf Coast. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• City of Louisville Reaches $12 Million Settlement with Breonna Taylor's Family; Heartbroken Window of COVID-19 Victim Warns Americans of Deadly Virus; NFL Free Agent Calls League's Racial Justice Efforts Half Hearted; DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation into Bolton's Book. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump Downplays Role of Global Warming in Western Fires; Climate Change Skeptic Appointed to Top Position at NOAA; U.K. Bans Social Gatherings of More than Six; Trump and Supporters: We Don't Need Masks; Bahrain, UAE to Sign Normalization Pacts with Israel Tuesday; Growing Number of Hong Kong Residents Fleeing; Oracle to Be TikTok's Business Partner in U.S. Aired 12-1a ET
• White House Climate Change Denier On Fires; Two Year's Worth Of Fire In A Week; High Flood Risk In Mississippi And Alabama; 2024 To Achieve Global Inoculation Says Vaccine Make; Bahrain, UAE to Sign Normalization Pacts with Israel Tuesday; Trump Administration to Block More Goods from China Suspected of Being Made with Slave Labor; Growing Number of Hong Kong Residents Fleeing; Russia's Putin Announces $1.5 Billion Loan to Belarus; U.S. Open Champ Naomi Osaka Finds Her Voice. Aired 1-2a ET
• White House Hosts Middle East Signing; Putin Offers Aid To Lukashenko; WHO Report: World COVID Response Inadequate; NASA: There May Be Life On Venus. Aired 2-3a ET
• Wildfires Ravaged U.S. West Coast; Hurricane Sally Now a Category One; Coronavirus Cases Increases Worldwide; U.S.-China Trade Tensions Deepen; Israel, UAE, and Bahrain Signs Peace Agreement; Kremlin Approves Loan to Belarus; U.S. Wildfires, Dozens of Blazes Burn Millions of Acres in Western States; Filmmaker Records California Berry Creek Fire; World May Not Have Enough Coronavirus Vaccine Doses Until 2024; Close to 30 Million COVID-19 Infections Worldwide; CDC Reports Altered to Avoid Undermining Trump; Trump Holds Second Indoor Rally in Two Days; Growing Number of Hong Kong Residents Fleeing; Manhunt for Person who Shot L.A. Sheriff's Deputies; Sport and Social Justice In U.S. Open. Aired 3-4a ET
• As Fires Rage, Trump Questions Climate Science; Dozens of Fires Devastating Parts of Western U.S.; U.S. Gulf Coast Braces for Impact from Hurricane Sally; Trump to Woodward: Nothing More Could Have Been Done; Trump Holds Second Indoor Rally in Two Days; World May Not Have Enough Vaccine Doses Until 2024. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Bahrain, UAE to Sign Normalization Pacts with Israel; U.S. Ambassador to China Stepping Down; Cuba Extends Curfew and Lockdown Measures; Russian Opposition Leader Off Ventilator; Manhunt for Person Who Shot Sheriff's Deputies; U.S. Open Champ Naomi Osaka Speaks Out. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET


Connect the World
• Trump Assaults Science as Hurricanes and Fires Rage; Bahrain, UAE to Sign Normalization Pacts with Israel Tuesday; Kremlin Critic Shares Post- Attack Photo from Hospital. Aired 10-11a ET
• Israel Set New Daily High In COVID-19 Cases Monday; Palestinian Authority PM Calls Signings A "Black Day" For Arab World; Kremlin Critic's New Message To Supporters; Palestinians Oppose Normalization Deals With Israel; Ashrawi: Coercing Arabs Won't Bring Peace Or Dignity; Soon: UAE, Bahrain Sign Normalization Pacts With Israel. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Trump Hosts UAE, Bahrain And Israel For Deal Signing; Israel, UAE, Bahrain Sign Historic Peace Accord At White House; White House: Precautions Taken To Comply With COVID-19 regulations. Aired 12-1p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Tonight: I Didn't Downplay Coronavirus, I 'Up-played' It; Hurricane Sally Hours From Making Landfall, More Than 18,000 Customers Without Power In Three States; Nearly 90 Wildfires Burn In Western U.S. As Trump Deflects On Whether He Believes In Climate Change; Dramatic Video Moments After Ambush Shows Deputy Helping Her Partner After She Was Shot Herself; Biden Heads To Florida Amid Struggles With Hispanic Voters. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• Slow-Moving Hurricane Set to Wallop Gulf from Louisiana to Florida; Trump Defies Pandemic, Hosts Big Crowd Indoors (Again); California Wildfires Have Burned 32. Million Acres in 2020; Eric Reid Calls NFL's Use of Kaepernick in Video "Diabolical". Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Slow-Moving Hurricane Sally Set To Wallop Gulf From Louisiana To Florida; Trump Defies Pandemic, Again Hosting Big Crowd Indoors; President Trump Openly Questions Climate Science During Wildfire Briefing. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• The U.S. Government Reviewing Oracle's Deal With TikTok This Week; UAE, Bahrain To Sign Normalization Pacts With Israel; Delta Air Lines To Save Jobs And Boost Diversity. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET


New Day
• Hurricane Sally to Batter Gulf Coast with Torrential Rain; New Audio Reveals Trump's Early Concerns about Coronavirus; Trump Again Hosts Indoor Event with Few Masks. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Fires Scorch the West Coast; Trump Assaults Science; Hurricane Sally to Batter Gulf Coast; State Department Asked to Send Christmas Cards; New Video of Ambushed Deputies. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Hurricane Sally to Batter Gulf Coast with Torrential Rain; At Least 36 Dead, Dozens Missing in West Coast Wildfires; Trump Assaults Science as Hurricane, Fires and Pandemic Rage. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• At Least 36 Dead, Dozens Missing in West Coast Wildfires; South Dakota's Attorney General Under Investigation After Allegedly Hitting and Killing a Pedestrian. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Tropical Storm Sally Threatens Parts of Gulf Coast with Flooding; National Institutes of Health Official States AstraZeneca Should Reveal More Information on Reason for Pausing Coronavirus Vaccine Trials; President Trump Holds Indoor Event in Phoenix, Arizona; Trump Again Hosts Indoor Event with Few Masks or Social Distancing; At Least 36 Dead, Dozens Missing in West Coast Wildfires. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trump's Climate Change Denial; Biden Heads to Florida; West Coast Farm Hit by Wildfires. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Israeli Lockdown Imminent, Prime Minister In White House For Deal With UAE And Bahrain; German Hotel And Food Service Turnover Up 22 Percent From June; Apple Unveils New Watch, iPad Air, And Subscription Bundle; Kim Kardashian West To Join Instagram Boycott; WTO Rules U.S. Tariffs On China Violate Trade Regulations. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Hundreds Attend W.H. Signing Ceremony, Sit Side-By-Side With Few Masks; Trump Contradicts Health Experts, Claims Vaccine Coming "In Weeks" And U.S. "Rounding The Turn" In Virus; Israel, UAE, Bahrain Sign Historic Diplomatic Pacts At White House; Trump Retweets Baseless Smear Against Joe Biden; New Forecast: Hurricane Conditions Just Hours Away On Mississippi, Alabama Coasts; Louisville, KY Reaches $12 Million Settlement With Breonna Taylor's Family; L.A. Deputy Saved Partner's Life While Bleeding From Face Wound. Aired 5-6p ET
• President Trump Touts Vaccine; Hurricane Sally Targets Gulf Coast; Interview With New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D); News Forecast: Hurricane Conditions Just Hours Away On Mississippi, Alabama Coasts; Israel, UAE, Bahrain Sign Historic Diplomatic Pacts At White House. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Another Hurricane Hits The U.S. Gulf Coast; Different Nations Give Different Reponses To Coronavirus; New Vehicle Makes A Popular Sport More Accessible. Aired 4-4:10a ET