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Cuomo Prime Time
• CDC: Fully Vaccinated People "No Longer Need To Wear A Mask Or Physically Distance In Any Setting"; Gaetz Ally To Plead Guilty And Cooperate With Prosecutors; Sources: Colonial Pipeline Paid Ransom To Hackers. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• CDC Says Fully Vaccinated Americans No Longer Need Masks in Most Cases; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Aggressively Confronts Rep. Ocasio-Cortez In Capitol; Rep. Cheney: GOP Can't Be A Party Based On A Foundation Of Lies; Review of Millions Of Votes In Arizona To Hit A Temporary Pause For High School Graduations; Abrams: AZ Audit Is A Continuation Of The Insurrection; CDC: Fully Vaccinated Americans No Longer Need Masks In Most Cases; Source: Ransom Was Paid To Hackers; Delivery Of Fuel Has Started, Some Gas Lines Persist. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Middle East Crisis; Interview With Fmr. Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL); Interview With Russian Ambassador to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov; Interview with Jamal Simmons. Aired 2-3p ET


At This Hour
• Fauci: We Should Encourage, Not Require Children to Vaccinate; Cheney: Trump Willing to Unravel Democracy to Get Back Into Power; Soon: President Biden Speaks on Gas Shortages, Pipeline Hack. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Disturbing Body Cam Video Shows Rioters Attacking Officer on January 6; Death Toll Climbs as Violence Escalates Between Israel and Hamas; 100-Plus High-Profile Republicans Seek Reform, Threaten New Party. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Biden Speaks on COVID Response, New Mask Guidance; CDC: Vaccinated People Don't Need a Mask Inside or Outside; TSA Requiring Masks on Planes, Trains & Buses Until Sept 13; Cheney Doesn't Rule Out a Run for President Against Trump; U.N. Warns of "Full Scale War" Amid Israel-Gaza Violence. Aired 4-5p ET
• Fauci Gives First Interview Since new CDC Mask Guidance; CDC: Vaccinated People Don't Need a Mask Inside or Outside; Some GOP Lawmakers Still Insist The 2020 Election May Have Been Rigged Against Or Stolen From Trump; Rep. Chip Roy Says He Will Run Against Elise Stefanik In Tomorrow's Election For GOP Conference Chair; Israeli Forces: Ground Troops Are Currently Attacking Gaza. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Rep. Liz Cheney Now Braver Than Ever; CDC Gives Green Light to Taking Off Mask; Democrats Felt Outrage to GOP Claim of Capitol Tour; Officer Fanone Remember the Horrors of January 6th Riot; Lawmakers Tried to Whitewash the Riot; Lifting of Mask Mandate Motivates More People to Get the Vaccine; QAnon Supporter Chased Down Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Aired 10-11p ET
• CDC, Fully Vaccinated People Can Stop Wearing Masks; CNN Film, Race For The Vaccine; Officer Michael Fanone Speaks Out On The CNN Exclusive Video Of The Insurrection At The Capitol, GOP Members Of Congress Trying To Whitewash The Deadly Capitol Attack On January 6; Hero Officer Beaten During Capitol Riot Calls Out Politicians Who Refuse to Admit the Facts on January 6; Black Drivers Say They're Target by Police Because of Air Fresheners Dangling from Rear-View Mirrors; Prince Harry on Life in the Royal Family. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Fauci on Masks Outside; GOP Lawmakers Downplay Insurrection; Cheney Comments about Trump; Barbara Comstock and Sarah Longwell are Interviewed about Liz Cheney; Pete Buttigieg is Interviewed about Gas Supply, Colonial Pipeline, and Infrastructure. Aired 9:00-9:30a ET
• Pete Buttigieg is Interviewed about Infrastructure; Fauci on Mask Rules; Catastrophe Avoided in Tennessee; Clashes in the Streets of Israeli Cities. Aired 9:30-10a ET.
• GOP Lawmakers Try to Downplay, Whitewash January 6 Insurrection; Rep. Liz Cheney Says, Trump Willing to Unravel Democracy to Get Back into Power; Energy Secretary Says, Pipeline Should Return to Normal by End of Weekend. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Buttigieg Says, White House Open to Negotiating on Corporate Tax Hike; USAID Urges Continued Full Access to Ethiopia's Tigray Region; Tiger Still Missing in Houston as Search Intensifies. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) Ally to Plead Guilty, Strikes Cooperation Deal; Biden Urges Calm Amid Panic Buying as Gas Pipeline Restarts; Fauci Says, Put Aside Your Mask if You're Fully Vaccinated and Outside. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• New Video Shows Brutal Assault on Officer as GOP Whitewashes Jan. 6th Riot; Former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) Discusses GOP Trying to Whitewash Jan. 6th Riot, Marjorie Taylor Greene's Ongoing Harassment of Democrat Members of Congress; Soon, CDC to Ease Restrictions on Masking, Social Distancing for Vaccinated Americans; Biden Meets with GOP Senators on Infrastructure; 6 of 7 Yankees Staffers Who Got J&J Vaccine Suddenly Test Positive for COVID. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• CDC Eases Mask Restrictions For Fully Vaccinated Americans. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• CDC: Vaccinated People Can Go Without Masks Indoors and Outdoors. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Interview With Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R-GA); CDC Eases Mask Restrictions For Fully Vaccinated Americans. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• CDC Says Vaccinated People Can End Mask Use, Social Distancing; Biden to Address COVID Response, New CDC Mask Guidance; "Race for The Vaccine" Premieres Saturday. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; CNN Crew Finds Eritrean Troops Blocking Aid In Tigray; Israel Responds With More Airstrikes In Gaza; Report: Slow Global Response Caused Spread Of Pandemic. Aired 12- 12:45a ET
• Ethnic Clashes Rock Jewish-Arab Cities in Israel; 35 Indian States Under Lockdowns or Restrictions; Ohio Lottery to Give Vaccinated Winners $1 Million; Ethnic Clashes Rock Jewish-Arab Cities in Israel; Designing New Materials Out of Trash; Investigations Begin Into Alleged Police Abuse. Aired 1-2a ET
• Fears of Full-Scale War Loom over Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; Eritrean Troops Blocking Aid in Tigray; Nearly All Indian States under Lockdowns or Restrictions. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Dozens Now Killed in Israel-Palestine War; Both Leaders Say They're Not Backing Down; President Biden Understand Israel's Right to Defend Itself; India's Death Toll Keep Rising; Nepal's Healthcare System on Breaking Point; Ethnic Clashes Rock Jewish-Arab Cities In Israel; Reports on Coronavirus Pandemic; Info Hoarded, Decisions Delayed As Virus Spread; Ohio Lottery To Give Five Vaccinated Winners $1 Million; President Biden, U.S. Defends Israel's Right To Defend Itself; U.S. Fuel Pipeline Restarts As Gas Stations Run Dry; Columbian Leader, Police Conduct Under Investigation; Dadaab and Kakuma Refugee Crisis; Future Of Tokyo Olympics. Aired 3-4a ET
• Colonial Pipeline Resumes Operation After Cyberattack; House Republicans Oust Rep. Cheney from Leadership Role; Stefanik Being Groomed for Republican Leadership Role; House Lawmakers Hold Hearing About Capitol Riots; Biden Speaks with Netanyahu as U.N. Warns of War; CDC Recommends Pfizer Vaccine for Kids as Young as 12. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Almost All Nepal's Districts Under Lockdowns or Restrictions; Report: Faster Response Could Have Prevented Pandemic; CNN Crew Finds Eritrean Troops Blocking Aid in Tigray; IOC Plans to Hold Olympics Despite Rising Covid Concerns. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; Eritrean Troops Blocking Aid in Tigray; Nearly All Indian States under Lockdowns or Restrictions; Climber Witnesses COVID-19 Infections at Everest. Aired 10-10:45a ET
• Mob Violence Rocks Israeli Cities as Arab and Jewish Communities Clash; U.S. Secretary of State Calls Palestinian Authority President; Mob Violence Sweeps Through Israeli Cities After Days of Hamas Rocket Attacks and Israeli Airstrikes; 83 Palestinians, Including 17 Children and Seven Israelis Reported Killed; Tensions Rise With More Israeli Airstrikes, Hamas Rocket Fire. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• "Great Day for America": Biden Touts New CDC Guidance that Vaccinated Americans No Longer Need Masks in Most Cases; CDC: Vaccinated Americans can Stop Wearing Masks in Indoors and Outdoors; Sources: Colonial Pipeline Paid Ransom to Hackers; Biden, GOP Signal Optimism After White House Meeting on Infrastructure; Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) is Interviewed About Biden, GOP Meeting on Infrastructure; Gaetz Ally Plans to Plead Guilty, Cooperate with Prosecutors. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• Colonial Pipeline Launches Restart, Return to Normal Will Take Days; GOP Lawmakers Downplay, Deflect at Capitol Riot Hearing; CDC: Vaccine For Ages 12-15 Means Students Can Return to Class; Biden Asserts Israel's Right to Defend Itself Amid Gaza Conflict. Aired 5- 5:30a ET
• Colonial Pipeline Launches Restart But Return To Normal Will Take Days; House GOP Ousts Cheney For Calling Out Trump's Election Lies; Nepal Urges Everest Climbers To Return Oxygen Tanks Amid COVID Crisis. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Unrest in Israeli Cities as Jewish and Arab Citizens Clash; President Biden Calls for Calm; Elon Musk Abandons Plans to Accept Crypto for Cars. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Second Largest Teachers' Union Backs Fully Open Schools in the Fall; Any Moment: Biden to Address Colonial Pipeline Hack; Biden to Host Republicans at White House Next Hour to Talk Infrastructure; CNN: Some Republicans Still Question Biden's Election Victory; Cheney: "Sad and Dangerous" How McCarthy is Leading GOP. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), Is Interviewed About Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack; Gaetz Associate Plans To Plead Guilty, Strikes Cooperation Deal. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Cheney Ousted from Leadership Position; Gas Stations Up and Down East Coast Run Out of Fuel; Security Concerns Raised after Marjorie Taylor-Greene Verbally Accosts Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Crack Found in Main Bridge on I-40; Biden and GOP Meet on Infrastructure; Debate over Mask Guidance; Tokyo Olympics To Start Amid Rising COVID Cases; Nepal Faces Oxygen Shortage; Yankees Clubhouse with Coronavirus; Video of an Officer being Attacked at the Capitol Insurrection is Released. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Officer Michael Fanon Slammed Lawmakers Yesterday For Brushing Over The Reality Of The Capitol Riots; More Than 100 Republicans Threatening To Form A Third Party; President Joe Biden Expected To Make Remarks On The Cyber Attack Against Colonial Pipelines; A Florida School Makes Masks Optional For All Students. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Ohio Governor Launches $1 Million Lottery For Vaccinated Ohioans; Sirens Going Off in Israel As Violence Escalates; Pipeline Restarts Operations As Gas Stations Run Out Of Fuel. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• House Republicans Deny Facts about January 6th Insurrection and Former President Trump's Accusations that 2020 Election Stolen; Representative Liz Cheney Removed from House GOP Leadership Position; Gas Stations Experiencing Shortages and Consumer Hoarding; Americans Panic-Buying Gas Following Pipeline Cyberattack; Ohio Gov Announces $5M Lottery for Vaccinated People. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is Interviewed about the Capitol Insurrection; Weekly Jobless Claims Hit New Low; Gov. Mike DeWine (R- OH) is Interviewed about Vaccine Lottery. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Israeli Troops Gather on Border with Gaza; Several Global Airlines Stop Flying to Israel; Tesla Backs Away from Bitcoin over its Energy Use; CDC: Fully Vaccinated Americans Don't Need Masks In Most Cases; Biden Won't Rule Out Retaliation Against Pipeline Hackers; Colombia's Foreign Minister Resigns After Tax Protests. Aired 3-4p ET
• Mob Violence Sweeps Through Israeli Cities After Days of Hamas Rocket Attacks And Israeli Airstrikes; Several Global Airlines Stop Flying to Israel As Tensions Continue to Mount Between Israelis and Palestinians; CDC: No More Social Distancing for Fully Vaccinated in the U.S.; Mob Attacks Amid More Israeli Airstrikes, Hamas Rocket Fire; Israeli Army: Three Rockets Fired Toward Israel From Lebanon. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Ground Troops Attack Gaza; CDC Eases Mask Restrictions For Fully Vaccinated Americans; First Day of Widespread Vaccination of 12 to 15-Year-Olds; Republicans Trying to Rewrite History, Downplaying Violence of January 6; Biden Urges Americans Not to Hoard or Panic As Critical Fuel Pipeline Resumes Operations; Gaetz Ally Plans to Plead Guilty and Cooperate with Prosecutors. Aired 6-7p ET