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Cuomo Prime Time
• Schwarzenegger Speaks Out On The Climate Crisis, Urges Activists To Target Pollution: "We Can Terminate It"; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Slapped With 12-Hour Twitter Ban For Vaccine Tweets; Neil DeGrasse Tyson On Bezos' Mission To Space. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Dow Suffers Biggest Drop Of The Year As Delta Variant Fears Hit Wall Street Hard; Election Skeptics Among G.O.P. January Committee Picks; First Capitol Rioter Convicted Of A Felony Received Eight-Month Sentence; Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos, Crew Set To Travel Into Space Tomorrow Morning; Number Of COVID Cases Linked To Tokyo Games Rises To 61; Rising NHL Pro Prospect Says He's Gay. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• The Pegasus Threat; Lessons on COVID From Israel; Interview With London Mayor Sadiq Khan; Interview with Michael Pollan. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• New Cases & Hospitalizations Rise Amid Slowing Vaccine Rates; U.S. Stocks Down Sharply on Pandemic Fears; U.S. Gymnast Tests Positive for COVID at Training Camp in Japan; American Academy of Pediatrics: All Students Should Wear Masks; Interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Biden Agenda on the Brink as Key Senate Deadline Looms This Week; Biden Speaks on Economy amid Rise in COVID Cases, Plunging Stocks. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• COVID Hospitalizations & Deaths Rising, Nearly All Unvaccinated; Growing Number Of Athletes Test Positive For COVID-19; Biden Rejects Claims His Agenda Would Accelerate Inflation; Interview With Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH); Olympic COVID Fears; Gun Violence Plague; Almost 200 Dead In Western Europe Flooding, Hundreds Still Missing; U.S. Allies Blame China For Hacks, Opening New Front In Cyberwar. Aired 4-5p ET
• U.S And Allies Expose China For Cyberattacks; Rising Hospitalizations And Deaths Due To COVID-19 In Every U.S. State; President Biden Walks Back On His Facebook Comment; Biden Vs. Facebook Spat Growing Over COVID Misinformation; Insurrectionist Sentenced To Eight Months; Fire Officials: At Least 80 Wildfires Burning In 13 Western States; Amazon Billionaire Jeff Bezos Set To Launch Into Space Tomorrow. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• President Biden Backtracks Comment About Facebook; U.S. Now Averaging 266 New COVID Deaths Every Single Day, Virtually Every One Of Them Unvaccinated People; Interview With Rep. Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez (D-NY); More Athletes Testing Positive For COVID; Kevin McCarthy Picks GOP Members For The January 6 Committee; Right-Wing Media Promotes Vaccine Misinformation. Aired 10-11p ET
• House GOP Leader McCarthy Makes Picks For January 6 Panel; New Cases Of COVID-19 Are On The Rise Across The United States; Top Pediatricians Say Everybody Should Wear Masks In Schools, Even If Vaccinated; Senate Committee Holds Hearing In Georgia Over Restrictive Voting Law; Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos And Crew Are Set To Travel Into Space. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Athletes Test Positive for COVID; Twelve States Still with Low Vaccine Rates; Dr. Amy Compton Phillips; Talks about COVID rates and Olympics; Blaming China for Cyberattacks; Spyware is Used on Journalists and Activists. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Biden's Infrastructure Hangs in the Balance; First Felony Sentencing in Capitol Riots; Another Weekend of Gun Violence; Bezos Launches Tomorrow; Retired Astronaut Speaks about Space Travel. Aired 9:30-10a ET.
• Growing Numbers of Athletes Have Tested Positive for COVID-19; Infrastructure Push on Rock Ground as Key Senate Test Vote Looms; Havana Syndrome Worsens, Hits U.S. Diplomats in Vienna. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• U.S. Secretary of State Blinken Announces He Will Meet with Belarus Opposition Leader; The Countdown For Bezos to Blast Off to Space. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Dow Sinks as COVID Cases Rise in All 50 States; Dow Sinks Dramatically as Delta Variant Fears Hit Wall Street; Future of DACA in Jeopardy after Judge Bars New Applications. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Future of DREAMers Is Endangered After Judge's Decision; At Least 61 COVID Cases Tied to Tokyo Olympics; CDC Upgrades U.K. COVID Risk Level as It Lifts Restrictions; U.S. Personnel in Vienna Report Mysterious Havana-Syndrome-Like Health Incidents; Jeff Bezos' Space Flight Launches in Less Than 24 Hours. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Biden's Economic Agenda; Olympic COVID Fears. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• U.S. & Allies Blame China for Widespread Cyberattacks; Fauci Slams COVID Misinformation as Cases Rise in All 50 States; Biden Backtracks on "Facebook Killing People," But Needs to Stop Misinformation; Haiti's Acting Prime Minister to Step Down Amid Power Struggle; Jeff Bezos' Space Flight Launches in Less than 24 Hours. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Biden's Economic Agenda; Olympic COVID Fears; Interview With Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA); COVID Cases Rising. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• U.S. And Europe Battling Life-Threatening Weather Conditions; Extreme Heat, Dry Conditions Fuel Wester U.S. Wildfires; Western Europe Begins Massive Clean-Up Effort After Flooding; Fox Corporate Quietly Implements Vaccine Passports While It's Top Personalities Attack Them; Arizona Police Investigate Shooting Rampage Across 3 Crimes Scenes; Dow Sinks Dramatically as Delta Variant Fears Hit Wall Street. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• England Lifts Lockdown Restrictions as New Cases Surge; COVID Cases Rise in Japan with Olympics Just Days Away; At Least 189 People Killed in Germany and Belgium; Catholic Shrine Opens Doors to Victims of Flooding; Brazil Struggles to Root Out Illegal Mining in Amazon; U.S. Diplomats in Austria Reporting Signs of Mystery Illness. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• UK PM Self-Isolates as England Opens Up; COVID Cases Rise Ahead of Tokyo Games; Merkel Sees the Devastation; Indonesia Plans for Eid Al-Adha as COVID Cases Surge; War in Afghanistan; First Lady Returns Home Ahead of Husband's Funeral; Solidarity Demonstration Held in Support of Cuban Protests; Hong Kong Government Condemns U.S. Sanctions on China Liaison Officials; Collin Morikawa Wins Open in His First Time at Tournament. Aired 1-2a ET
• Lockdown Restrictions Lifted in England; Tokyo Olympics Hit by Rising COVID Cases Before Opening; Rising Hospitalization and Deaths in the U.S. Due to Delta Variant; 189 Deaths in Belgium and Germany Due to Flooding; Israel Plans To Crack Down On COVID Rule Breakers; Israeli PM: Vaccine Alone Not Enough To Overcome Crisis. Aired 2-3a ET
• Athlete Pull Out Over Increasing COVID Cases; England Push its Lifting of Restrictions; Unvaccinated Population Puts Everyone at Risk; L.A. County Sheriff Won't Force People to Wear Mask; Flooding in Germany Left Hundreds Homeless; Empathy Knows No Faith; Limited Attendees Allowed This Year's Hajj; Many Are Still Skeptical to Get COVID Vaccine; Mysterious Illness Found in Austria; Taliban Forces Not Fan of Peace Talks; Collin Morikawa Breaks New Record. Aired 3-4a ET
• Number of Covid Cases Linked to Olympic Games Not at 58; England Lifts Lockdown Restrictions as New Cases Surge; Alabama Struggles to Lift Its Low Vaccination Rate; At Least 194 People Killed in Germany and Belgium; Shooting Outside Ballpark Sends Fans and Players Scrambling. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Six-Year-Old Girl Killed in a Drive-By Shooting; acting U.S. Ambassador Calls for Investigation Into Taliban Murder of 22 Surrendering Afghan Commandos; Haitian First Lady Returns Home Ahead of Husband's Funeral; 80 Wildfires Burning across Several U.S. States; Brazilian Amazon Tribe under Threat from Illegal Minors; Spy Campaign Reportedly Targeted Journalists, Activists; Collin Morikawa Wins the Open Championship. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• Olympics Hit By Rising COVID Cases; Europe Floods Described As Terrifying And Surreal; Jeff Bezos Set To Rocket Into Space Tuesday. Aired 10-11a ET
• Olympics Hit By Rising COVID Cases With Days To Go; Jordan's King Abdullah Meets With Biden; Spy Campaign Reportedly Targeted Journalists, Activists; Biden Addresses Americans About Economy; Jeff Bezos Preparing For Space Flight On His Own Rocket. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Dow Plunges 700 Points Over Delta Variant Fears As COVID Cases, Hospitalizations And Deaths Jump; Fauci Warns Of A "Smoldering Of This Outbreak" If U.S. Doesn't Get Uncooperative People To Get Vaccinated; McCarthy Meeting With Jan. 6 Select Committee Picks; First Capitol Rioter Sentenced For Felony Gets Eight Months, Could Set Benchmark For 230 Rioters Charged With Same Crime; Biden Backtracks, Says "Facebook Isn't Killing People"; COVID Cases Linked To Olympics On The Rise, Now At 61. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• Olympians Diagnosed with COVID As Cases Climb Across Japan; Heat and Drought Kill Trees Across U.S. Northwest; Major Cities in the U.S. Rocked By Another Weekend of U.S. Gun Violence. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Europe Begins Digging Out After Historic Flooding; U.S. Officials In Vienna Report Mystery Health Symptoms; U.K. Prime Minister Reverses Decision And Will Isolate After COVID Contact. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• The U.S. Accuses China of Masterminding Huge Hack Attacks; Rising COVID Cases and Sponsor Concern Threaten to Undermine Tokyo Games; Jeff Bezos Tell CNN His Historic Launch will Change Him. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Biden Speaks on Economy Amid Rise in COVID Cases, Plunging Stocks; Joe Biden: U.S. Will See "Ups and Downs" in its Economic Recovery; Number of COVID Cases Linked to Olympics Rises to 61; Schumer Deadline Could Talk Core of Biden Agenda; Democrat Senator: Put "Election Infrastructure" in Reconciliation Package. Aired 12- 12:30p ET
• Capitol Rioter Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison; New Books Reports Trump Praised Hitler; Immigration Ruling Leaves "DREAMers" In Limbo. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Olympics Hit by Rising COVID Cases; British P.M. Johnson Self- Isolates after Exposure to COVID as Regulations Lifted; 100,000 Protest Against Vaccine Push in France; E.R. Doctor: I Don't Blame Unvaccinated Patients, I Blame FOX; Rioter's Sentencing Today May Be a Benchmark for Others; Big Week for Biden's Budget Package and Infrastructure Deal. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Cassidy Blames Biden for Low Vaccine Rates; Two More Texas Lawmakers Test Positive in D.C.; Ambassador's Daughter Kidnapped and Beaten; U.S. Officials in Austria Experience Havana Syndrome; Death Toll from Flooding Rises in Europe; U.S. Gymnast at Olympics Tests Positive for COVID. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Biden Facebook Spar after He Says Platform is Killing People; U.S. Blames China for Hacks, Opening New Front in Cyber Wars; Countdown, Jeff Bezos Launches Space Flight in 24 Hours. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Countdown: Jeff Bezos Launches Space Flight In 24 Hours; Delta Variant Overwhelms Missouri Hospitals As Cases Surge; Britney Spears Takes Aim At Dad And Sister In Venting Spree. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Some Olympic Athletes in Tokyo Test Positive for Coronavirus; Likely Public Health Consequences Summer Olympics being Held in Japan During Coronavirus Pandemic Examined; President Biden Accuses Social Media Companies of Causing Deaths Due to Vaccine Misinformation being Allowed to Spread; FOX Spreads Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric as Officials Plead to Stop. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Arizona Audit Suspicion over Ballots; Biden Officials Say Lab Leak Theory is Credible; Democrats Urge Breyer to Retire. Aired 8:30- 9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Global Stocks Tumble As Delta Variant Surges; Toyota Pulls Olympic Ads In Japan Amid Backlash; England Plans New Restrictions On Day One Of Full Reopening; Biden: U.S. Holding Off On China Sanctions As Investigation Continues; Jeff Bezos Speaks With CNN Ahead Of Blue Origin Blastoff; Dow On Pace For Worst Fail Since October Amid New COVID Fears. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Dow Sinks 725 Points As Delta Variant Fears Hit Wall Street; Capitol Rioter Who Breached Senate Gets Eight Months In Prison In First Felony Sentencing From January 6 Attack; Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R- CA) Names Five Republicans To January 6 Committee; At Least 150 Killed In U.S. Weekend Shootings; Jeff Bezos Talks To CNN Just Hours Before Historic Launch. Aired 6-7p ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• U.K. Prime Minister Johnson Urges Caution As England Drops Restrictions; Haiti's Acting Prime Minister Joseph to Hand Power to Prime Minister-Designate Henry; Death Toll in Western Europe After Floods Rises to At Least 195 People; Report: Pegasus Spyware Used To Target Journalists, Activists; Bezos Prepares To Travel To Edge Of Space. Aired 2-3p ET