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CNN Transcripts for September 17, 2020

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Cuomo Prime Time
• Biden At CNN Town Hall: "This President Should Step Down"; Ex- WH Aide: Trump Called COVID-19 "A Good Thing" Because He Didn't Like Shaking Hands With "Disgusting" Supporters; DoJ Doubles Down On Possible Sedition Charges For Protesters. Aired 9:15-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Did Not Air 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Financial Misconduct in NRA; Leaked Cables About President Donald Trump; "Collateral Damage," a New Memoir by Kim Darroch; Britain Willingly Breaking International Law; Kim Darroch, Former British Ambassador to the U.S., is Interviewed About Leaked Cables and Brexit; Tennis Major Tournament Renamed for a Woman; Fed Cup Renamed to Billie Jean King Cup; Billie Jean King, Founder, Women's Tennis Association, is Interviewed About Sports and Activism. Aired 2-3p ET


At This Hour
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Former Pence Staffer Denounces President Trump; Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) is Interviewed About FBI Director Saying that White Supremacist Are the Largest Group of Racially Motivated Domestic Terrorists and Russia is Actively Working to Hurt Biden's Campaign.. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• BioNTech, Pfizer to "Adapt" Vaccine Trial to Hit October Deadline. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Trump's Own Depiction of America; Biden Campaign Followed Protocols; Former Aide Joins Anti-Trump Club; More to Come Against Trump; Domestic Terrorism Cause by White Supremacists. Aired 10-11p ET
• Joe Biden Calls Trump's Virus Response Close To Criminal; Ex- White House Aide Olivia Troy Slams Trump On Coronavirus; Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks USPS Policy Changes Nationwide; Attorney General Trashes His Department Of Justice Employees; The Department of Justice is Doubling Down on William Barr's Suggestion to Charge Protesters with Seditious Conspiracy; The Department of Justice Looked into the Possibility of Charges Against Officials in Portland or Over Handling of Protests; More Than Two Dozen High School Students in Quarantine After Parents Sent COVID-19 Positive Student to School; President Trump Dismisses Virus Deaths of Americans in Blue States. Aired 11p- 12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Contradicts CDC Chief's Testimony on Masks and Vaccines; BioNTech Expands Production Capacity, Seeks October Vaccine Approval; Internal AstraZeneca Document Revealed Vaccine Trial Participant Has Serious Symptoms; Attorney General William Barr Blasts DOJ Prosecutors, Equates Them to Pre-schoolers; Whistleblower: Military Police Considered Using Heat Ray Against Protesters Near White House; Torrential Rain Causes Flooding in Florida Panhandle And Alabama. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Flooding in Florida and Alabama; Maine Wedding Linked to Coronavirus; Oregon Officials Fight Fires and Conspiracy Theories; Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is Interviewed about Wildfires, Stimulus, and Charging Protesters with Sedition. Aired 9:30-10a
• Trump Contradicts CDC Chief's Testimony on Masks and Vaccines; Torrential Rain Causes Flooding in Florida Panhandle and Alabama; Biden Campaign Launches New Battleground Ads Today. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• U.S. Presidents Historically Honored Election Process; University COVID-19 Cases Continue to Rise; Bill Barr Criticizes Integrity of Justice Department Prosecutors. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Creates Confusion, Contradicts Scientists on Masks, Vaccines; U.S. Adds 36,000+ New Infections on Wednesday; Trump: Blue States Drag Down U.S. COVID Response; GOP More Dismissive of Trump Controversies as Election Nears; Cohen: A.G. Barr is President Trump's New Fixer. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Jocelyn Benson, (D) Michigan Secretary of State, Discusses Trump Questioning Mail-In Ballot Integrity, Postal Service Ability to Handle Mail-In Ballots; Former DNI Dan Coats Says Question Integrity of Election System Is Dangerous, Calls on Congress to Create Election Watchdog Group; Biden Launches New Ads in Battleground States, Pushes Advantage on Coronavirus; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Draws Line on Coronavirus Stimulus Package Negotiations. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• 23 States Recording More Infections This Week Versus Last Week; CDC Director: Vaccine Likely Available To General Public In Mid-2021; Bill Barr: Junior Members Of Justice Department Shouldn't Set Agenda; Bill Barr: Prosecutors "Inserted Themselves" Into Political Process; Bill Barr: AG & DOJ Are "Political" But In A "Good And Necessary" Way. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Joe Biden Speaks Directly To Voters Tonight In Cnn Town Hall; Former Top U.S. Intel Official Calls On Congress To Create Bipartisan Commission To Oversee Election. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Undermines His CDC as More States See Rise in Cases; Moderna CEO Says, Hope to Know by November if Vaccine Works; Barr Says, COVID Lockdowns Greatest Intrusion of Liberties Since Slavery. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Mom: Southwest Kicked Me & 2-Year-Old Son Off Flight Over Mask; WHO Warns Europe Not in Clear Yet on Coronavirus; British Foreign Minister, Dominic Raab, Discusses Rising COVID Cases, Testing Capacity Problems, U.K. Vaccine Research, Trade with U.S. & Good Friday Agreement; FOX Peddles Dangerous Misinformation about Coronavirus. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Robert Redfield and President Trump Disagree on Vaccine Timeline; FBI Director Wray Testifies Domestic Terrorism Is Up; Interview with Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and the Family of Lorne Breen. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Baltimore Schools CEO: 65% of Students Attending Online Class; Marshall Berton, UGA Junior & Executive Director, UGA Votes, Discusses UGA Reversing Decision to Allow In-Person Campus Voting; David Laufman, Attorney for a Military Whistleblower Adam DeMarco, Discusses Defense Department Official Wanting to Use Heat Ray on Protesters; Joe Biden Speaks Directly to Voters Tonight in CNN Town Hall; Indonesian Village Making Anti-Maskers Dig Graves for COVID Victims. Aired 2:30- 3p ET
• Trump Rails Against Foes at National Archives; Trump Administration Requested Heat Ray to Clear D.C. Protest?; Trump Continues Contradicting Health Officials on COVID-19. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Rails Against Foes with Dramatic Rant at National Archives; 200+ University of Wisconsin Students Test Positive Since Dorm Move in Began in August; Colleges Crack Down on Student Behavior as Virus Spreads; Joe Biden Town Hall. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump Claims CDC Chief "Confused"; Biden: Politics Cannot Interfere with Vaccine Research; "Historic and Catastrophic Flooding" along U.S. Gulf Coast; Kushner Refuses to Rule Out Assassinations as Part of U.S. Foreign Policy; U.S. Officials Weighed Using Heat Ray on Protesters; Venezuelans Fear COVID-19 Diagnosis More Than Death; Growing Concerns Over Vaccine Supply & Distribution; Congressional Report Slams Boeing, FAA for Deadly Crashes. Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump: CDC Has It Wrong On Vaccines And Masks; Sally Rescue Operations Begin; Almost 30 Fires Still Raging In Oregon; Trump Administration Pushing Imminent Vaccine Narrative; Growing Concerns over Vaccine Supply and Distribution; Report Slams Boeing, FAA for Deadly Crashes. Aired 1-2a ET
• Migrants At Sea Say Greek Government Turns Them Away; Quarantine Warehousing In Venezuela; Djokovic Back In Action, Back On Form. Aired 2-3a ET
• CDC Director Made a Mistake; AstraZeneca Pursue Clinical Trials; Hurricane Sally Left Areas Inundated; A.G. Bill Barr Compared Lockdowns to Slavery; Joe Biden Saying I trust Scientist, But I Don't Trust Donald Trump; President Trump Faced Questions on COVID-19 from Undecided Voters; Grieving Daughter Blasts Trump Over COVID-19; Venezuelans Fear COVID-19 Diagnosis More than Death; CNN Accompanies Turkish Coast Guard on Migrant Rescue; U.S. Fed Say it Will Keep Interest Rates Near Zero. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Claims CDC Chief "Confused" on Masks, Vaccine; Biden: Politics Cannot Interfere with Vaccine Research; Officials Considered Using Heat Ray on Protesters; Barr Compares Justice Department Staff to Preschoolers; Hurricane Sally Weakens But Still Dropping Torrential Rain; Smoke From U.S. West Coast Wildfires Reaches Europe. Aired 4- 4:30a ET
• Scientific American Backs Biden in First-Ever Endorsement; Grieving Daughter Criticizes Trump's COVID-19 Response; Biden Outlines COVID-19 Response, Pushes for Mask Mandate; Venezuelans Fear COVID-19 Diagnosis More Than Death; South Africa Plans to Reopen Its Borders in October; Navalny Team Now Believes He Was Poisoned at Hotel; U.S. Fed Says It Will Keep Interest Rates Near Zero. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET


Connect the World
• Trump Claims CDC Chief "Confused"; Venezuelans Fear Quarantine More than COVID-19; Israeli President Apologizes for Second COVID-19 Lockdown; AstraZeneca Vaccine Trial Patient's Neurological Symptoms; Aides: Alexei Navalny Was Poisoned in His Hotel Room; "Historic and Catastrophic Flooding" along U.S. Gulf Coast. Aired 10-11a ET
• Memo Sheds Light On AstraZeneca Vaccine Trial; Israel's President Apologizes For Second COVID-19 Lockdown; World Health Organization On State Of Pandemic In The Middle East; President Donald Trump Causing COVID-19 Confusion By Contradicting Experts; Mother Talks About Horrific Conditions In Forced Quarantine; Growing Concerns Over Vaccine Supple & Distribution. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Former WH Aide Says Trump Didn't Want to Hear About Rising Covid Cases or Deaths: "Biggest Concern" was Reelection; Trump Holds Crowded Event as U.S. Nears 200,000 Deaths; Ex-WH Aide: Trump Doesn't "Care About Anyone Else but Himself": Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) Michigan Discusses About Trump's Rally Packed With Supporters With No Masks, No Social Distancing; DOJ Repeats Suggestion of Sedition Charges for Violent Protesters; 59 Western Wildfires Burn Nearly 6 Million Acres, Trump Blames Poor Forest Management, Not Climate Change. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• Trump Versus Medical Advisers (Again); AG Barr Slams Prosecutors, Compares Lockdowns to Slavery; At Least One Killed, Hundreds Rescued After Hurricane Sally; Big Ten Football To Return Next Month. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump Undermines CDC Director On Masks And Vaccine Timing; A.G. Barr Invokes Slavery To Attack Coronavirus Lockdowns; Hurricane Sally Leaves Historic Flooding Across Gulf Coast. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• The Fed Says it Will Keep Rates Lower for Longer, but Wants Congress to Help; President Trump Expresses Doubts on the TikTok-Oracle Deal; Snowstorm After a Red Hot Debut for Snowflake. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET


New Day
• Trump Contradicts CDC Chief's Testimony on Masks and Vaccines; Attorney General Bill Barr Likens Virus Lockdown to Slavery; Torrential Rain Causes Flooding in Alabama & Florida Panhandle. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Barr Likens Virus Lockdown to Slavery; Remnants of Sally Dump Rain; America Pays Price for Climate Denial; Twitter's Tiny Warning Label on Trump's Tweet. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Trump Contradicts CDC Chief's Testimony on Masks and Vaccines; Torrential Rain Causes Flooding in Alabama and Florida Panhandle; Attorney General Bill Barr Likens Virus Lockdown to Slavery. Aired 7- 7:30a ET
• Miami Beach Mayor Asks Florida Governor for Statewide Mask Mandate; Colleges in the U.S. Struggle to Contain Spread of Coronavirus; Sweden's COVID-19 Infection Rate Falls to Pre-Pandemic Levels. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• President Trump Contradicts Statements from CDC Director on Coronavirus Vaccine and Efficacy of Mask-Wearing to Combat Coronavirus Spread; Hurricane Sally Causes Massive Flooding in Alabama and Florida; Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) is Interviewed About AG Barr Likening Virus Lockdown to Slavery; Smoke From West Coast Fires Reaches Europe, 4+ Million Acres Burn. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Environmental Activist Missing in Oregon; Weekly Jobless Claims Released; Winning over Latinos and Women in Arizona; Trump's Re- election Campaign Strategy. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Central Bank Uncertainty Rattles Global Market; W.H.O. Says Spike in Cases Should be Wakeup Call for Europe; Trump Contradicts C.D.C. Director on Vaccine Timeline; Raab: Good Friday Agreement Not In Jeopardy; Wyndham CEO: U.S. Franchisees. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Presidential Town Hall With Joe Biden. Aired 8-9:15p ET


The Situation Room
• Former Official on Coronavirus Task Force: Trump could have Saved Lives, but He was too Concerned about Re-Election; Ex-W.H. Official: Trump Doesn't Care about Anyone but Himself; DOJ: Prosecutors Looked Into Possible Criminal Or Civil Charges Against Portland Officials For Handling Of Protests; A.G. Barr Blasts Own DOJ, Compares Officials To Preschoolers; CNN Hosts First "Drive-In" Town Hall Due To Coronavirus Pandemic; Second Coronavirus Lockdown Begins Tomorrow In Israel; BioNTech CEO: Will Seek Vaccine Approval In Late October. Aired 5-6p ET
• Attorney General Compares COVID-19 Lockdowns to Slavery; Pence Staffer Denounces President Trump; Interview with Martin Luther King III; Former Official on Coronavirus Task Force Says, Trump Could Have Saved Lives, But He Was Too Concerned About Re-Election; Pence National Security Adviser Responds to Allegations About Trump Ex-White House Official. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Hurricane Sally Makes Landfall In Alabama; The Effects Of Wildfires In The Western U.S.; A Man In India Is Taking Steps To Preserve The Biodiversity Of Seeds. Aired 4-4:10a ET