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Cuomo Prime Time
• Reuters: Trump Says He Has Power To "Run" Mueller Probe; Reuters: Trump Wary Of Perjury Trap In Mueller Trap. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Reuters: President Trump Won't Say If He'll Do Mueller Interview. Aired on 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Oscar Winner, Jennifer Lawrence, I Was Treated In An "Abusive Way"; Interview With Stars Of "Call Me By Your Name". Aired 2-2:30p ET


At This Hour
• Trump Lashes Out at Mueller as White House Doesn't Know What McGahn Said to Special Counsel; Sources: Feds Preparing Charges Against Michael Cohen; Melania Trump Talks Cyberbullying as Trump Tweets. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Melania Trump Talks Cyberbullying as Trump Tweets; Fallout from Trump's Yanking John Brennan's Security Clearance; Pope Francis Speaks Out on Sexual Abuse by Priests in Pennsylvania; Day 3 of Jury Deliberations in Manafort Trial. Aired 11:30-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Michael Cohen Set to Be Indicted?; Trump Attorney Argues 'Truth Isn't Truth'; White House Counsel Speaking to Robert Muelle; Nixon White House Lawyer Responds to Trump Calling him a "Rat". Aired 4- 4:30p ET
• Michael Cohen Set to Be Indicted?; Brennan vs. Trump. Aired 4:30-5p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• President Trump Upset with Don McGahn's Interview; Trump Boasted that He Could Run Mueller's Probe; President Trump Compliments Border Patrol Agent, Overshadowed by a Racist Comment; Just How Worried Should President Trump Be? Aired 10-11p ET
• Source Says Trump Is Unsettled By McGahn's 30-Hour Interview With The Special Counsel; Manafort Jury Ends Third Day Without Verdict; President Trump's Campaign To Silence Critics; Team Trump Considered Denying President Obama Access To Intelligence Briefings; One-On-One With Kwame Jackson; Speechwriter Out After CNN Reports He Attended Conference With White Nationalists; FLOTUS Says Social Media Can Be Destructive And Harmful While POTUS Slams Critics On Twitter. Aired 11-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Melania Trump Speaks at Cyber Bullying Prevention Summit; Pope Addresses Pennsylvania Sex Abuse Report; Manafort Jury Begins Day 3 of Deliberations; White House Don't Know What Don McGahn Discussed with Robert Mueller. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Manafort Jury Begins Day 3 of Deliberations; Pope Breaks Silence on Priest Sandal; Help for Addicted Pregnant Women. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• White House Don't Know What Don McGahn Discussed with Robert Mueller; Feds Prepare Criminal Charges Against Michael Cohen; Manafort Jury Begins Day 3 of Deliberations; Interview with Representative Eric Swalwell; Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Rep. Swalwell: I'm "Considering" a 2020 Presidential Run; Bomb Killing 40 Children in Yemen was Supplied by U.S.; Documentary on Ruth Bader Ginsburg Airs September 3; NYT: Weinstein Accuser Allegedly Paid Off Her Own Accuser. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Report: "New York Times" Says McGahn Spoke to Mueller For Over 30 Hours; "Times" Says McGahn Feared He Was Being Set Up to Take the Blame; Trump's Lawyers Do Not Know What McGahn Told Mueller; Trump's Rat Tweet Shows He Thinks That John Dean Is the Watergate Villain; Melania Trump Gives Anti-Bullying Speech as Trump Throws Insults. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Melania Trump Talks Cyberbullying as Trump Tweets; "Why Am I Still Catholic" Amid Priest Abuse Scandal; Jimmy Carter Breaks Silence on Trump; Is "Crazy Rich Asians" the Start of a Cultural Shift in Hollywood. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Michael Cohen Set to Be Indicted?; Trump and McCarthyism; Trump Attorney Argues 'Truth Isn't Truth'; White House Counsel Speaking to Robert Mueller. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump's Longtime "Fixer" Could Face Charges by Months End; "The New York Times", Asia Argento Paid Settlement to Her Own Accuser; Trump Points Out Border Agents Speaks Perfect English; Jury Deliberated for Third Day in Manafort Trial; Dad and Son Drive through Hell to Escape Wildfire; Woman Falls from Cruise Ship and Treads Water for 10 Hours. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Indonesia Earthquakes; India Flooding; 89 South Koreans Are In the North Korea for Brief Reunions; Economists: Maduro's New Reforms Won't Fix Hyperinflation; Venezuelans Rush Back after Anti-Migrant Attack in Brazil; Ecuador Requiring Passports from Venezuelan Migrants; Mystery Graffiti Artist Banksy Opposes Moscow Show. Aired 12m-1a ET
• Flood Waters Slowly Recede Thousands Still Trapped; Michael Cohen May Be Charged By Month's End; Venezuelan President Maduro's Economic Reforms; Afghan Government Officers Truce to Taliban for Eid al-Adha Holiday; Iran's Foreign Minister Rejects Trump's Offer of Direct Talks. Aired 1-2a ET
• Exclusive: Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif Says U.S. Addicted To Sanctions; Trump Presidency Challenges U.S. Europe Relationship; Twitter CEO Censors Ways To Fight Hate Speech; New Romantic Comedy Takes Top Spot At U.S. Box Office. Aired 2-3a ET
• More Headaches for Trump from Mueller Team; Families Reunited After 65 Years; Syrians Bracing for Government's Retake of Idlib; U.S. Addicted to Sanctions. Aired 3-4a ET


Connect the World
• Iranian Foreign Minister Says U.S. Has an Addiction to Sanctions; Vatican Publishes Letter on Pennsylvania Sex Abuse; Dozens of Families Separated by War Meet Again; Trump's Attorney Giuliani Says "Truth Isn't Truth"; Jack Dorsey Acknowledges Twitter Has Toxic Content Problem; U.S. Supplied Bomb That Killed 40 Children in Yemen; Many in the U.K. Are Pushing for a Second Referendum on Brexit; Remembering "Grandad Mandela". Aired 11-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Tells Reuters He Could "Run" Mueller Probe; Reuters: Trump Says Speaking To Mueller Could Be A Perjury Trap; Sources: Trump Unsettled By McGahn Mueller Meeting; Trump On Border Patrol Agent: "Speaks Perfect English". Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Russia Investigation; Giuliani, Truth Isn't Truth; Day Three Of Jury Deliberations In Manafort Trial; Iran, U.S. Is Addicted To Sanctions; U.S.-China Want To End Trade War By November; Pittsburgh Bishop Under Fire; Indycar Driver Injured In Spectacular Crash; South Koreans Enter North Korea For Family Reunions. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Russia Investigation; Giuliani, Truth Isn't Truth; Day Three Of Jury Deliberations In Manafort Trial; Iran, U.S. Is Addicted To Sanctions; U.S.-China Want To End Trade War By November; Pittsburgh Bishop Under Fire; Indycar Driver Injured In Spectacular Crash; South Koreans Enter North Korea For Family Reunions. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• White House Downplays McGahn's Cooperation with Mueller; Prosecutors Prepping Charges Against Cohen; Day 3 of Jury Deliberations in Manafort Trial Begins; Brennan Willing to Sue Trump Over Security Clearance; Trump's Speechwriter Leaves White House; Iran's Foreign Minister Says the U.S. is Addicted to Sanctions; U.S.- China Want to End Trade War By November; Catholic Church in Pennsylvania Hold First Sunday Service Since Priests Sexual Abuse Scandal; Prosecutors Set to Charge Chris Watts Over Family Murder; Little League Classic Inspires Next Generation; Simone Biles Wins Gold at 2018 U.S. Gymnastics Championships; IndyCar Wreck Leaves Driver Hospitalized. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• White House Downplays McGahn Cooperation With Mueller; Iran Foreign Minister: U.S. Is Addicted To Sanctions; IndyCar Driver Injured In Spectacular Crash. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Anger over McGahn Interview; Giuliani Clarifies Truth; Manafort Jury in Day Three of Deliberations; Cohen Could be Charged. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Prosecutors Could Charge Cohen as Early as This Month; Over 175 Former U.S. Officials Condemns Trump's Brennan Action; First Lady Fights Cyberbullying as Trump Rips Critics; GOP Senate Hopefuls in AZ Fight to Prove They're More Trump-like. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Cohen Trial Decision Coming Soon; Should Trump Testify Or Not; Rudy Giuliani Expresses His Concerns On The Trial; Donald Trump Jr. And The Russian's Meeting; Helicopter Crash Killing One. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• McGahn Talked with Mueller; Giuliani on Trump Tower Meeting; Biles Makes Statement; Bomb Supplied by U.S. in Yemen. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• The NYT: White House Counsel, Don McGahn, Met With Robert Mueller's Team For Nearly 30 Hours Over the Past Nine Months; Don McGhan's Attorney Did Not Give Trump's Lawyers a Full Account of What Don McGhan Told Mueller. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Pope Francis Breaks His Silence On Priest Sex Abuse Scandal; CNN Reality Check: Trump's Attacks On The Russia Investigation; Iran Foreign Minister: U.S. Addicted To Sanctions; Rate Of Pregnant Women Addicted To Opioids Quadruples. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Reporting Indicate White House Counsel Don McGahn Extensively Interviewed by Special Counsel Mueller's Team; More Intelligence Officials Release Letter Criticizing President Trump's Decision to Revoke Security Clearance of John Brennan. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• McGahn Talks with Mueller; Trump Compares Probe to McCarthyism; Colorado Man to be Charged with Killing Family; Trump Administration and ACLU Asylum Plan. Aired 8:30-9a ET


NEWS STREAM
• World Headlines; Australia's Refugee Crisis; Dorsey Speaks Out; Hugo Awards. Aired 8-9a ET


Crime and Justice With Ashleigh Banfield
• Woman buried in a Colorado work site; two little girls, their bodies discarded into pitch black oil tanks. Aired 6-8p ET


Quest Means Business
• Tesla Stock Is Under Pressure Once Again; Pepsi Makes A Bet On Bubbles With A $3 Billion Deal For SodaStream; U.S. Markets Closed Higher Across The Board; The Bolivar Is Getting Its Zeroes Trimmed; It's Part Of Maduro's Magic Formula For Recovery; Greece Has Successfully Finished The Third And Final Round Of Its Emergency Loan Program; Greece Exits Bailouts Designed to Stop Debt Crisis; Pope Francis Breaks Silence on Catholic Abuse Scandal; Flooding Claims at Least Eight Lives in Southern Italy; Trump Takes a Shot at Fed Chairman for Raising Interest Rates; Iranian Foreign Minister: U.S. has an "Addiction to Sanctions" Problem; French Oil Giant Total Officially Withdraws from Iran; Kevin Spacey's New Film Takes in $618 at the Box Office; Dorsey: Twitter Has a Problem with Toxic Content. Aired: 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Trump Rattled by White House Counsel's Cooperation with Mueller Investigation; Feds Prepping Charges against Michael Cohen; Awaiting Manafort Verdict. Aired 5-6p ET
• Interview With Congressman Adam Smith; Michael Cohen Set to Be Indicted?; Trump Attorney Argues 'Truth Isn't Truth'; White House Counsel Speaking to Robert Mueller. Aired 6-7p ET


Wolf
• Trump Angry over McGahn Interview; Brennan Considers Fighting; Giuliani's False Claims; Trump Dares Brennan to Sue; Trump's Approval at 43 Percent. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Poll: Trump's Approval Stands at 45% & Disapproval Rises; Giuliani: "Truth Isn't Truth"; Fallout from Trump's Yanking John Brennan's Security Clearance; White House Counsel Don McGahn Has 30 Hours of Q&A with Mueller; Awaiting Jury Verdict in 3rd Day of Manafort Trial; Iranian Foreign Minister: U.S. Has "Addiction to Sanctions"; Syrians Brace for War's Final Showdown. Aired 1:30-2p ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Trump's Attorney, Giuliani, Says Truth Is Not Truth; Trump Erupts Over McGahn's Meeting with Mueller; Syrian Parents Mourn Children After Airstrikes; Pope Francis Breaks Silence on Latest Sex Abuse Scandal; U.S. Supplied Bomb That Killed 40 Children In Yemen; Iranian FM: U.S. Has "Addiction To Sanctions;" Neighbors Tighten Borders Amid Mass Exodus; NYT: Asia Argento Paid Settlement To Her Own Accuser; Tourist Survives 10 Hours At Sea After Falling From Ship. Aired 3-4p ET