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Cuomo Prime Time
• McConnell: Trump's Nominee "Will Receive a Vote"; CDC Abruptly Removes Guidance About Airborne Transmission, Says It Was Added "In Error" Amid Concerns Over Politics; Justice Department Labels New York, Portland and Seattle as "Anarchy" Jurisdictions. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Nearly 200,000 Americans Killed By Coronavirus; Two More GOP Senators Weigh In On Ginsburg Vacancy; Interview With Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT); Kentucky Family Remembers Frontline Doctor. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87; Replacing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Voter Suppression in America; Interview With Stacey Abrams, Producer, "All In: The Fight for Democracy,"; Coronavirus Surge in the U.K.; Death Toll in United States About to Pass 200,000; Boris Johnson Considered Mini Lockdown to Interrupt COVID Transmission; Interview With Doris Kearns Goodwin; Interview With Wellcome Trust Director Jeremy Farrar. Aired 2-3p ET


At This Hour
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Supreme Court Battle Set to Begin; Joe Biden in Wisconsin; U.S. Approaches 200,000 Deaths from COVID-19; Trump Claims U.S. is Rounding the Corner of Pandemic Despite 40,000+ New Daily Cases of Average. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• Nevada Race; Interview With Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT); Supreme Court Battle Set to Begin. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• President Trump To Announce His SCOTUS Nominee; Trump's Unkept Promises; Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) Is Interviewed About Democrats' Plan To Stop SCOTUS Nomination; CDC Updated Its Web Site; Cities Labeled As Anarchy Jurisdictions. Aired 10-11p ET
• U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll About To Reach 200,000; Fight Over Next SCOTUS As Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Passed Away; President Trump Meets With Judge Barrett At The White House Today; Trump Supporters Booed Ohio Republican; NFL Fined Three Head Coaches Last Sunday; Trump Says He Will Nominate A Woman For SCOTUS On Friday Or Saturday; Twenty-Eight-Year-Old Doctor Dies From Coronavirus; New Kelly Loeffler Ad Boasts She Is More Conservative Than Attila The Hun. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• The U.S. on the Verge of Surpassing 200,000 Coronavirus Deaths; Updated CDC Guidance Says COVID-19 Can Spread Through Air. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• Coronavirus Surge across Europe; Remembering Justice Ginsburg; McMaster on Troop Withdrawal. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Nation on Verge of Surpassing 200,000 Coronavirus Deaths; Fierce Showdown on Capitol Hill over Replacing Justice Ginsburg; More Colleges Canceling Spring Break to Help Slow Virus Spread. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Many Universities Cancelling Spring Break; Ruth Bader Ginsburg Death May Impact Election; Interview with Director Julie Cohen and Former Law Clerk Margo Schlanger of "RBG". Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Supreme Court Vacancy Animates 2020 Election Debate; Senate Republicans to Watch on Supreme Court Nomination; Biden: "So Much a Stake" with Supreme Court Fight; 28 States Trending in the Wrong Direction; Giroir: We Want a Surge in Testing of Younger People; Dr. Carlos Del Rio Discusses Trump Giving Himself A+ Grade on Pandemic as Cases Rise, U.S. Nears 200,000 Deaths, CDC Updating Guidelines on Virus Spread; Ginsburg to Lie in Repose at Supreme Court Wednesday and Thursday. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Fight To Replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg On Supreme Court; Ginsburg To Lie In Repose At Supreme Court Wednesday And Thursday; Update On Coronavirus Responses Around The World; Principal Chrissy Cox Discusses Coronavirus Complicating Back-To-School Season. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• President Donald Trump Wants To Vote On Supreme Court Pick Before Election Day; Collins, Murkowski Side Against Fast-Track Confirmation; CNN: Social Conservative Legal Circles Pressuring Trump To Choose Judge Amy Coney Barrett As Ginsburg Replacement; Twenty- eight States Now Trending In The Wrong Direction; Former FDA Chief: One More Virus Cycle Into Fall And Winter. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Biden Is Leading Trump On The Path To 270 Electoral Votes; Remembering Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; CDC Website Reverts Back To Old Guidance On COVID Aerosolized Transmission. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• CDC Abruptly Reverses Guidance On How Coronavirus Is Transmitted; Arizona Senate Race Suddenly Most Consequential In Court Battle; Trump Reverses View On Supreme Court Selection In Election Year. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Brian Morgenstern, White House Deputy Communications Director & Deputy Press Secretary, Discusses Trump's Decision To Replace Ginsburg Before Election, Reversing His Previous View & Trump's Promised Health Care Plan; Update On Coronavirus Responses Around The World; Dow Down 744 Points Amid Fears Over Coronavirus. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Government Acts to Control COVID-19 Science; President Trump to Nominate Ginsburg Replacement by End of Week; Supreme Court Set to Hear Affordable Care Act Case in November. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Falsely Claims Ginsburg's Final Wish Is Hoax By Democrats; DOJ Threatens To Defund "Anarchy Jurisdictions"; Trump Tamps Down On Expectations Of Hitting Biden Hard In First Debate; Firefighter Debunks Conspiracy Theories On Social Media About Wildfire Origins; Emmys Red Carpet Hosts Forced Off Air After Testing Positive. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Mitch McConnell Vows Supreme Court Vote in 2020; More Confusion Over CDC COVID-19 Guidance; U.S. on Verge of 200,00 Coronavirus Deaths. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• McConnell Says Trump's Nominee Will Receive a Vote from the Senate; Schumer in eulogy on Intense Fight Over RBG's Supreme Court Seat; Biden Speaks as U.S. Approaches 200,000 COVID Deaths; Biden Says Trump Froze and Failed to Act About the Coronavirus. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• How the U.S. Presidential Election Could Go Wrong; Xinjiang Denies Forced Sterilization of Uyghur Women; Iran Calls U.S. Move to Reimpose Sanctions "Void and Illegal"; People Pay Tribute Outside the Supreme Court; Hybrid Emmy Awards Had Winners Accept Trophies at Home; President Donald Trump Says He Will Nominate A Woman This Week To Replace Ginsburg; Bill Clinton Recalls His 1993 Appointment; Battle Looms As Trump Announcement Could Be Near; CDC: Virus Can Spread Through Particles In Air; Australia's Victoria State Sees Fewest New Cases In Months. Aired 1-2a ET
• Battle Looms as President Trump Announcement Could Be Near; Coronavirus Pandemic: Spike in Europe COVID Cases; Iran Responds to U.S. Sanctions Threats; The Primetime 2020 Emmy Awards Were Presented; Nation Mourns for Justice Ginsburg; President Trump Rush to Replace Ginsburg; Bill Clinton Called out Trump and the GOP; Virus is Now Airborne; U.K. Impose New Rules. Aired 3-4a ET
• Ginsburg's Seat Draped in Black as U.S. Mourns Loss; Battle Looms as Trump Announcement Could be Near; Biden Urges Senate to Delay Vote Until After Election; Democrats Suggest Adding Seats If Trump Nominee is Approved; People Pay Tribute Outside the Supreme Court; Protests at White House as U.S. Nears 200,000 Deaths; CDC Acknowledges Virus Can Spread Through the Air; U.K., France Weigh Additional Health Rules as New Cases Surge. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Battle Looms as Trump Announcement Could be Near; Biden Urges Senate to Delay Vote Until After Election; Biden's Roots Gain Him Support in Irish Town; Biden Wades into U.K.'s Ongoing Brexit Drama; Iran Rejects U.S. Efforts to Reimpose Sanctions. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Death Sets Off Political Fight; Johns Hopkins: U.S. Death Toll Approaching 200,000; People Pay Tribute Outside the Supreme Court; Tropical Storm Beta Threatens Texas, Louisiana Coasts; Latin America Wildfires Threaten Permanent Damage. Aired 12-1a ET
• Possible Battle Emerging Between Democrats and Republicans for Next Justice Confirmation; U.S. Nearing 200,000 Mark for COVID-19 Deaths; Protest in Madrid on New Lockdown Measures; Risk of New Lockdown for United Kingdom as Outbreaks Accelerates; Source: McConnell Says Republicans Comfortable With Judge Amy Coney Barrett To Replace Ginsburg; Iran Calls U.S. Move To Reimpose Sanctions Void And Illegal; Feast On Egypt. Aired 2-3a ET


CNN RIGHT NOW
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET


Connect the World
• U.N. Marks 75th Anniversary As We Pass 31,000 Cases; Brazil's Leader Tours Success As Wildfires Rage; Trump Will Nominate Ginsburg Replacement Friday Or Saturday. Aired 10-11a ET
• U.K. Says It Could See 50,000 Cases A Day By Mid-October; U.S. Stocks Tumble As Coronavirus Case Count Grows; Admiral Brett Giroir: No Wide Vaccine Development Until Mid-2021; Iran Rejects U.S. Efforts To Re- impose Sanctions; Joe Biden's Root Gains Him Support In Irish Town; Hollywood Tries To Celebrate Its Best During Pandemic. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• U.S. Deaths About To Reach 200,000 As Trump Gives Himself "An A+" For His "On The Job" Pandemic Performance; CDC Reverses Guidance, Says New Language On How COVID Spreads Was Added In "Error" Amid Concerns About Political Pressure; GOP Discusses Two Options For Timing Of SCOTUS Confirmation Vote; Trump: Much Rather Have A Vote Before The Election; Interview With Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY); Interview With Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT). Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• U.S. Congress Battles for Supreme Court Nominee Ahead of Election; GOP Accused of Hypocrisy for Pushing Vote Ahead of Election; President Trump Approves TikTok-Oracle Deal. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Supreme Court Nomination Battle Begins Today; U.S. About To Surpass 200,000 Coronavirus Deaths; U.K. Seeing A Second Wave of Coronavirus Coming In. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Coronavirus Fears And D.C. Dramas Send Global Markets Lower; TikTok's Chinese Owner Says It Is Still In Charge Despite The Oracle Deal; Shares In Truck Maker, Nikola Plunge After The Exec Chairman Resigns. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET


New Day
• Epic Battle Begins to Replace Ginsburg on Supreme Court; U.S. About to Surpass 200,000 Coronavirus Deaths. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• New Coronavirus Cases Surge; Trump to Nominate Woman to Supreme Court; Second Lockdown Possible IN U.K.; Coronavirus Cases in Sweden Remain Low. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Epic Battle Begins to Replace Ginsburg on Supreme Court; Tropical Storm Beta Takes Aim at Gulf Coast; New Coronavirus Cases Surge, Averaging 40,000 a Day in the U.S. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Epic Battle Begins To Replace Ginsburg On The Supreme Court; Sen. Graham Flip Flop Highlights GOP Supreme Court Hypocrisy; US About To Surpass 200,000 Coronavirus Deaths. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• President Trump States He Will Announce Nominee To Replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg On Supreme Court; Judge Amy Coney Barrett Said To Be Leading Candidate For President Trump's Supreme Court Nominee; Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell States President Trump's Supreme Court Nominee Will Get Senate Vote; Epic Battle Begins To Replace Ginsburg On Supreme Court; U.S. About To Surpass 200,000 Coronavirus Deaths. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Scalia's Son Remembers Friendship with Ginsburg; Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine; Long Lines to Vote in Virginia. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Selloff Continues As COVID-19 Cases Rise And Stimulus Chances Fade; Banks Across The Globe Are Hit By Claims Of Widespread Money Laundering; McConnell On GOP Effort To Fill RBG's Supreme Court Seat. Aired 3-3:30p ET


The Situation Room
• U.S. Nearing Grim Milestone On Coronavirus Deaths; Trump Grades Himself A+ For Coronavirus Handling; Interview With Bob Woodward; Woodward's Conclusion: Trump Is "Wrong Man" For The Job; Trump Says He'd "Much Rather" Have Senate Vote On Nominee Before Election. Aired 5-6p ET
• Supreme Court Battle; U.S. On Verge Of 200,00 Coronavirus Deaths; Interview With Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL); CDC Abruptly Reverses New Guidance On Airborne Coronavirus Transmission, Claims Update Posted Just Days Ago Was In Error; Trump Urging Supreme Court Confirmation Vote Before Election, Says He'll Reveal Nominee By End of Week; GOP Sen. Grassley Signals He's On McConnell's Side After Previously Opposing Moving Ahead On A Vacancy This Year; Biden Slams Trump On Pandemic As U.S. Approaches 200,000 Deaths. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Passes Away; Controversy Brews Over The Timing Of A New Nomination; Type Of Western Apple Tree Returns From The Past. Aired 4-4:10a ET