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Cuomo Prime Time
• Senate GOP Expected To Block Vote On January 6 Commission; NY Times: Prosecutors Investigating Whether Ukrainians Meddled In 2020 Election To Help Trump; Paul Ryan Criticizes Trump's Hold On GOP. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Senate to Hold Key Vote on Capitol Riot Commission; Interview with Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN); Remembering the Nine Victims in the San Jose, California Shooting; San Jose Gunman Detained In 2016 By Border Officials Who Found Notes About Terrorism, Hatred Of Workplace; NY Times: Unexamined Evidence In Covid Probe; Family And Supporters March To Louisiana's Governor's Compound; Wants Officers Held Accountable For His Death; Source: DHS Warning Of Possible Violence At Events Marking The 100th Anniversary Of The Tulsa Race Massacre. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Emerging From COVID; COVID Origins?; Interview with Palestinian- American Writer and Psychologist, Hala Alyan. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Nine Transit Workers Killed in California Mass Shooting; Interview with Mayor Sam Liccardo of San Jose, California; Senate Republicans Expected to Block Insurrection Commission; Prosecutors Investigating Trump Tell Witness to Prepare for Grand Jury Testimony. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Ronald Greene's Family to Join Rally at Louisiana Capitol Today; New Documentary Marks 100 Years since Tulsa Race Massacre; Ohio Teen Wins Full Ride for College in Vaccine Giveaway. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• GOP Leaders Confident They Will Defeat January 6 Commission Bill Today; Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) is Interviewed About the January 6 Commission Bill; WSJ: San Jose Shooter Was Questioned About Hatred of Workplace By Federal Law Enforcement in 2016; CNN: Paul Ryan to Slam Trump in Speech Tonight As Reps Gaetz & Greene Hold Trump-Style "America First" Rally; Ohio Awards First $1 Million Vaccination Lottery Prize; Biden Condemns "Escalating Violence" in Ethiopia's Tigray Region. Aired 4-5p ET
• WSJ: San Jose Gunman Detained in 2016 by Boarder Officials Who Found Notes about Terrorism, Hatred of Workplace; Data Obtained by CNN Shows Interest in Vaccinations Increased after CDC Updated Mask Guidance; Biden: DNI Report on COVID Origins will be Released; Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) is Interviewed about COVID Origin, Force Labor, Afghans; Blinken Warns Israeli Leaders Evictions Of Palestinians Could Spark Renewed "Tension, Conflict And War"; Family, Supporters March To Louisiana Governor's Compound; Demand Arrest Of Troopers Who Beat. Tased Ronald Greene; GOP Releases $928B Counteroffer, Well Short Of Biden's Latest $1.71T Infrastructure Proposal; Relative Of Detained Iranian-Americans Describes Feeling "Betrayed," Pleads For Help From Biden Admin. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• GOP Tries to Block January 6 Commission; Police Officers Confront Lawmakers on House Floor; Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) Was Interviewed About the Chance of Passing the January 6 Commission; Michigan Secretary of State Warn Democrats of the 2024 Elections; Ret. Army Colonel Douglas Macgregor Spreading Conspiracy Theory. Aired 10- 11p ET
• Senate Planning To Vote Tonight On January 6th Commission; Awaiting Key Senate Vote On Capitol Riot Commission; Don Interviews Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO); Mother Of Fallen Capitol Officer Asks GOP Senators To Support January 6th Commission; DHS is Warning of Possible Violence at Events Marking the 100th Anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Likens Democrats to Nazis. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• San Jose Railyard Shooting; Former Capitol Police Comment about Congress; Judge Says Election Lies Could Inspire more Violence; GOP Unveils Infrastructure Counteroffer; Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) is Interviewed about an Infrastructure Bill. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Vaccination Interest After Mask Guidance; Ed Bastian is Interviewed about Travel; Biden Wants Report on COVID Origin. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Today, Senate Votes on Whether to Advance January 6 Commission Bill; Nine People Killed at California Rail Yard in 17th Mass Shooting this Week; Biden Gives U.S. Intel 90 Days to Report on Origin of Pandemic. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Should U.S. Take Action to Explore China and Their Virus Leak to Help Ensure That Another Pandemic Won't Occur In The Future?; A Key Witness in the Trump Investigation Told to Prepare for a Grand Jury Testimony; President Biden Visiting Tulsa, OK, Next Week to Honor the 100 year Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Man Kills Nine Coworkers at Rail Yard in 17th Mass Shooting this Week; Senate Republicans Expected to Block Vote on January 6 Commission; Biden's Call for COVID Origin Probe Splits U.S. and China. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Interview with Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC); Soon, Biden to Deliver Remarks on Economy from Cleveland; GOP Unveils $928 Billion Infrastructure Counteroffer; Witness in Trump Case Told to Prepare for Grand Jury Testimony; Studies: People Who Test Positive for COVID-19 May Develop Long-Lasting Immunity; Vaccination Interest Increased after CDC's New Mask Guidance. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• President Biden in Ohio; San Jose Mass Shooting Investigation; Republicans Set to Block Bipartisan Insurrection Commission. Aired 2- 2:30p ET
• Biden Delivers Remarks on Economic Plan for America. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• San Jose Mass Shooting Investigation; COVID's Origins; Republicans Set to Block Bipartisan Insurrection Commission; President Biden in Ohio. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Ronald Green's Family Joins March to Louisiana Capitol; "Dreamland" Tells Story of Tulsa Massacre, Airs Monday at 9PM; TSA Conduction 1,300 Investigations into Mask Violations; "Friends" Reunion Special Now Streaming on HBO Max. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Growing Calls to Cancel Tokyo Olympics; Wuhan Lab Theory; Belarusian Terror Tactics against Journalists and Activists; Palestinian Human Rights Campaigner's View; Taiwan Reports Record COVID Deaths as Cases Surge; Black Fungus Cases in India Rise as Drug Supplies Run Low; Dozens of Politicians Killed Ahead of June 6 Elections. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Doctors' Groups Lead Push to Cancel Tokyo Games; Biden to Intel Agencies: Report on COVID Origins in 90 Days; Sri Lanka Works to Contain Expected Oil Spill; Syrian President Assad Expected to Win 4th Term in "Sham Election"; CNN Investigates Atrocities in Tigray Region; U.S. Companies May have Benefited from Forced Labor of Uyghurs; 18,000 Afghans Who Helped U.S. Still Awaiting Visas; A Passport for Your Food; Two ExxonMobil Directors Ousted after Investor Battle. Aired 1- 2a ET
• Growing Calls to Cancel Tokyo Olympics; COVID-19 Hot Spots Flare While Global Cases Drop; Mexico's Deadly Election Season; Palestinian Human Rights Campaigner's View; Belarusian Terror Tactics against Journalists and Activists; Amazon Buys MGM. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Japan's Doctors Union Agree to Cancel Tokyo Olympics; IOC Doing the Wrong Thing; U.S. Intel to Investigate the Origin of the Virus; Dominic Cummings Spill Beans Against His Former Boss; India Facing Another Plague; President Biden Calls For Ceasefire And Humanitarian Access In Tigray; Blinken' Middle East Trip Ends In Jordan; A Palestinian Human Rights Campaigner's View; Deadly Volcanic Eruption, Tremors Put Republic Of Congo And Rwanda On High Alert; Taiwan Faces Vaccine Shortage Amid COVID Outbreak; 18,000 Afghans Who Helped United States Still Awaiting VISAS; Dutch Court Orders Shell To Cut Emissions Faster. Aired 3-4a ET
• Nine Killed in Mass Shooting at Rail Maintenance Yard; Senate Expected to Vote on January 6 Commission Bill; Biden to Intel Agencies: Report on COVID Origins in 90 Day; Doctors' Groups Lead Push to Cancel Tokyo Games; Lukashenko Claims "Ill-Wishers" Attacking Belarus; Investigations of Atrocities in Tigray Region. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Grand Jury Reportedly Convened to Consider Charging Trump; Former Johnson Aide Rips into Government COVID Response; Hedge Fund Says Oil Companies Dragging Feet on Climate Crisis; Amazon Announces $8.45 Billion Deal to Buy MGM; Fan Dumps Popcorn on Wizard's Russel Westbrook. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• Biden Wants Further Research on Wuhan Lab Theory; U.K. Health Secretary Defends Government's Early Handling of Pandemic; G7 Condemns Belarusian Terror Tactics against Journalists and Activists; DRC is "World's Most Neglected Displacement Crisis." Aired 10-11a ET
• Biden to Intel Agencies: Report on COVID Origins in 90 Days; Advisor to W.H.O.: China Covering Up COVID-19 Origin; Two Exxonmobil Directors Ousted After Investor Battle; A "Passport" For Your Food; Palestinian Activist Describes Talk with Blinken; "Super Flower Blood Moon" Lights Up the Sky. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Awaiting Vote on Jan. 6 Commission Bill; Senate GOP Expected to Block it, Caving to Trump, 2022; Gaetz & Greene Take Road Show & Trump's Election Lie to Georgia; Gaetz-Greene Rallygoer Clings to False Claim Trump Won 2020: "This was too Great of a Crime and We Just Can't Let it Go"; Current, Former Republicans Take Sides as Trump Looms Large; Authorities Previously Detained California Shooter, Found a Hatred Toward Employer, Had Books about Terrorism and Manifestos; Protesters March In Louisiana to Demand Justice for Ronald Greene; Texas Republicans Emboldened After Blue Wave Eludes Democrats. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• Gunman Kills Nine Co-Workers At San Jose Light Rail Facility; Senate GOP Posed to Block Commission on Capitol Riots; Doctors Warn of Chance Mutant Strains Could Spread from Games. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Gunman Kills Nine Co-Workers At San Jose Light Rail Facility; Biden Directs Intel Community To Probe COVID Origins; Taiwan Battling Its Worst COVID Outbreak. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Biden Heads to Cleveland to Remarks on Economy; GOP Source: McConnell Asked "A Personal Favor" For Republican Senators to Vote Against Jan 6 Commission; Today: GOP to Choose Between Trump & Truth in Jan 6 Commission Vote; 9 People Killed When Coworker Opened Fire At California Rail Yard; Biden Orders 90-Day Intelligence Review of COVID-19 Origin. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• China: Lab Leak Theory Is "Political Hype, Smear Campaign & Blame Shifting"; Biden En Route To Cleveland To Tout Economic Agenda; States & Cities Hope Incentives Coax More People To Get Vaccinated. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• At Least 17 Mass Shootings Across the U.S. in Past Week; Capitol Police on Congress: 'They Think We're Like Servants'; Witness Told to Prepare for Trump Grand Jury; Judge: Trump's 'Steady Drumbeat' of Big Lie May Inspire More Attacks; Biden's COVID Origin Probe Came Amid Public Pressure. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Ali Ellebedy is Interviewed about his New Research on Coronavirus; Violent Crime Spikes and the Solution; Biden Demands Action on Guns; Firm Deadline on Police Reform; Greene Rebuked for Comments; DHS Mandates Cybersecurity Measures. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• At Least 17 Mass Shootings Across the U.S. in Past Week; CNN Reports, Witness in Trump Case Told to Prep for Grand Jury Testimony; Trump Claims Absolute Immunity from Blame in Insurrection. Aired 7- 7:30a ET
• Stand-up Comedian Returns to Stage Tonight After Pandemic; Players Livid after Fan Dumps Popcorn on Head of Star; Op-Ed: "I'm a Rational Jewish Person. Marjorie Taylor Greene is Nuts"; Sen. Angus King, (I) Maine, is Interviewed about January 6 Commission, Cyberattack; Today: Senate to Hold Key Vote on January 6th Commission Bill; DHS to Mandate Pipeline Companies Report Cyber breaches. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Mass Shooting Takes Place in Railyard in San Jose, California; America has Suffered 17 Mass Shootings over Past Week; Interview with Man Whose Six-Year-Old Granddaughter Killed in Mass Shooting; Interview with New York City Mayoral Candidate Andrew Yang. Aired 8- 8:30a ET
• Capitol Police are Angry at Republicans; Joe Walsh is Interviewed about Being Fired from Conservative Radio; Dominique Dawes is Interviewed about the Tokyo Olympics. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Russia Denies its Airspace as Detour around Belarus; Biden Engages China on Trade, Probes COVID's origins; Australia's Victoria State Locks Down after New Outbreak; France, Austria Announce U.K. Travel Restrictions as Cases Rise; Report: Amazon Exploring Opening Physical Pharmacies; Jeff Bezos Formally Stepping Down as Amazon CEO on July 5. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Senate Set to Vote on Insurrection Commission; Interview with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT); San Jose Mass Shooting Investigation; GOP Counters Biden's Infrastructure Plan with $928 Billion Offer; Data Obtained by CNN Shows Interest in COVID Vaccinations Increased after CDC Announced New Mask Guidance; Emotional Toll of January 6; Family, Supporters March to Louisiana Governor's Compound, Demand Arrest of Troopers Who Beat, Tased Ronald Greene; Homeland Security Warning Tulsa Race Massacre Events Could Be Target for White Supremacists. Aired 6-7p ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Biden Orders New Intelligence Report on COVID Origins; EU Foreign Ministers Meet Amid Belarus Plane Crisis; U.S. Promising New Era of Engagement with Palestinians; Two Vaccine Doses Effective Against Variant Found In India; Evacuations Ordered As Fears Grow Of New DRC Eruption; Taiwan Reports Record COVID-19 Deaths As Cases Surge. Aired 2-3p ET