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CNN Transcripts for July 21, 2021

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Cuomo Prime Time


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees


Amanpour


At This Hour


The Lead with Jake Tapper


Don Lemon Tonight


CNN Newsroom
• COVID Is Making A Resurgence Here In The United States; A New Study Estimated That As Many As 10 Time More People Have Died In India Than What The Official Death Tolls Says; The Senate Will Vote On Whether To Move Ahead With The Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan; Sen. Chris Coons Is Interviewed On Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• Emerging Republican and Democrat Strategies on House Select Committee; Tom Barrack Indictment; West Coast Wildfires' Smoke Blanketing East Coast; SpaceX Inspiration4 Set To Launch. Aired 9:30- 10a ET
• More Than 91 Million Americans Live in Counties with High COVID-19 Transmission Rates; GOP Expected to Block Vote on Infrastructure Debate. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Biden Attends CNN Town Hall Tonight with Agenda in Peril; Texas Democrats Heap Pressure on Congress for Voting Rights Action; White House Confirms Talks with Fox New over COVID-19 Coverage. Aired 10:30- 11a ET
• House Speaker Rejects Two GOP 1/6 Committee Picks; Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) will Pull All His Picks to 1/6 Committee; GOP Expected to Block Vote on Infrastructure Debate. Aired 1-1:30p ET.
• Defense Secretary Austin, General Milley Hold Press Briefing; 91-Plus Million Americans Live in County with "High" COVID Transmission; Former Trump Surgeon General Urges CDC Reversal; Miami- Dade Officials Plead for Vaccinations, Masks in Crowds; Gen. Milley Briefs After Book Revealed Trump Coup Fears; Another Trump Ally Indicted, Jailed on Illegal Lobbying Charges; McCarthy Speaks After Pulling All 1/6 Select Committee Picks. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Republicans Pull Out of Insurrection Commission. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• McCarthy: GOP Won't Take Part in 1/6 Committee Unless Pelosi Seats All Our Picks; CDC: Delta Variant Rise Puts Unvaccinated in Greater Danger; Florida Hospital Reports Record Number of Patients with COVID; Parma City, Ohio, School District Will Not Require Masks for Students Regardless of Vaccination Status. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Johnson & Johnson Booster Needed For Delta Variant?; Republicans Pull Out of Insurrection Commission. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• CDC Says Daily Pace of Full Vaccinations Hits Lowest Point Since January; Some Conservatives Now Encourage People to Get Vaccinated; Tokyo Olympics Underway Despite Threat Of COVID; Senate Votes on Whether to Advance Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal; Joe Biden in Cincinnati, Ohio for Town Hall Meeting. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Olympics Won't Rule Out Canceling Games Due To COVID; Study: India's COVID Deaths May Be 10 Times Official Count; Record-Breaking Rain Triggers Flood In Henan Province; U.K. Prime Minister's Ex- Adviser Accuses Him Of Callous Approach; Trump Ally Charged With Illegal Foreign Lobbying; Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin Crew Complete Successful Flight; Extreme Weather Sign of Worsening Climate Crisis; COVID Taking Much of the Fun Out of Olympics. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• COVID Cases Rising in Japan as Competition Gets Underway; At Least 12 Dead as Rain and Floods Hit Henan Province; Iraq Market Bombing: Death Toll Climbs to 309, At Least 50 Wounded; Delta Variant Surging Through Southeast Asia; U.K. PM's ex-Adviser Accuses Him of Callous Approach; Bezos' Historic Flight; COVID Taking Much of the Fun Out of the Games. Aired 1-2a ET
• Tokyo 2020 CEO Won't Rule Out Last-Minute Cancellation Of The Olympic Games Amid Rising COVID-19 Cases; Record Breaking Rain Triggers Floods In Henan Province; Study: India's COVID Deaths May Be 10 Times Official Account; WHO Head Says the World Needs a Celebration of Hope; Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin Crew Complete Successful Flight. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Tokyo Olympics Kicks Off; India's COVID Death Toll Under Reported; Southeast Asia Pummeled by Delta Variant; Haiti With New Prime Minister; France to Compel Everyone to Have a Health Pass; Flooding Killed 12 People in China's Henan Province; Olympic Village COVID-19 Isolation Bubble is Broken; COVID Cases Rising in Japan as Games Get Underway; Toyota Pulls Its Olympic T.V. Ads in Japan; Olympics CEO Won't Rule Out Cancelling Games Due to COVID; COVID Taking Much of the Fun Out of the Games; Extreme Weather Wildfires in United States; Merkel Makes Second Visit to Flood Disaster Zone; Bezos on Future of Space Travel; Biden and The Buccaneers. Aired 3-4a ET
• CDC: Delta Variant Accounts for 83 Percent of COVID Cases in U.S.; Olympic Competition Now Underway After Year-Long Delay; Trump Ally Charge with Illegal Foreign Lobbying; Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin Crew Complete Successful Flight; At Least 83 Large Wildfires Burning in 13 U.S. States. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Voters Weigh in On Biden Presidency at Six-Month Mark; Newly Released Videos Show Violence Against Police; Study: India's Covid Deaths May Be 10 Time Official Count; French Health Pass Required for Many Popular Activities; Milwaukee Bucks Win First NBA Title in 50 Years. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• Extreme Flooding Hits Central China; 2022 Winter Olympics to Proceed in Beijing; India COVID-19 Deaths 10X Higher than Official Count; Lawmakers Debating French President Emmanuel Macron's New COVID-19 Health Pass; Billionaire Space Race; Allegations against Russian Wagner Mercenaries for Torture and Murder; Siberian Wildfires. Aired 10-11a ET
• Family of Syrian Man Tortured & Killed by Russian Wagner Mercenaries Speaks to CNN; Legal Effort to Hold Russian Wagner Mercenaries Accountable for Alleged Torture and Murder; ISIS Claims Responsibility for Afghan Palace Attack; Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan & Iraq Talks to CNN; Taliban Gains Ground in Afghanistan; Many Women in Afghanistan Say They Feel Betrayed and Unsafe; Former Ambassador: The Iraq War is Far From Finished; Indonesia Extends COVID Restrictions as Cases Surge; Study: India COVID Deaths 10 Times Higher Than Official Count; Australia Expands Lockdowns to Another State; Pfizer-Biontech to Start Producing Vaccine in South Africa; The Devastating Reality of Global Vaccine Inequalities; Athletes Forced to Drop Out of Olympics Over COVID Tests; CNN Speaks to Paralympian Olivia Breen; Games Go Ahead in Empty Stadiums as new COVID Cases Pop Up; Paralympian Told Her Sprint Briefs Were "Inappropriate"; COVID Taking Much of the Fun Out f the Games; Athletes Debunk "Anti-Sex" Bed Rumors; Restrictions Making it Harder for Athletes to Have Sex; Expert: Olympic Athletes Need "Release"; Olympic Dream "Snatched" From Ugandan Runner; Uganda's Former Star Athlete Speaks Out; Johnson in Quarantine and Under Fire; Census Begins for Royal Swans in England. Aired 11a-12p ET.


Erin Burnett Outfront


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin


First Move with Julia Chatterley


Inside Politics


New Day
• Number of Infected Children Doubles from Last Month; Tokyo Sees Highest Daily COVID Increase Since January; GOP to Turn Focus from Trump in January 6 Investigation; Trump Ally Jailed on Charges of Acting as Agent of a Foreign Government. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Biden Attends Town Hall Tonight; Cruz Blocks Diplomat Confirmations; Wildfires Force Evacuations; Bucks Win NBA Title. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• CDC Says, Delta Variant Puts Unvaccinated in Graver Danger; Another Trump Ally Indicted, Jailed on Illegal Lobbying Charges; Biden Attends CNN Town Hall Tonight with Agenda in Peril. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Joe Biden Is Still Working To Pass Bipartisan Infrastructure Reform; The Ohio Department of Health Is Reporting The Highest Number Of New Cases Since May; Dr. Fauci And Sen. Paul In A Tense Exchange About Fauci Lying To Congress About COVID; Breathrough COVID Infections As The Delta Variant Spreads; A Paralympian Is Quitting The Tokyo Games After Request For Accommodations Were Denied. Aired 7:30- 8a ET
• Paralympian Withdraws from Tokyo Games When Mother is Not Allowed to Accompany Her as Personal Care Assistant; Delta Variant Spreading in U.S. Among Those Unvaccinated against Coronavirus; President Biden Criticizes Facebook for Allowing Disinformation about COVID Vaccines to Spread on Platform; Interview with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Gene Nora Jessen Is Interviewed About Being One Of The First Women To Train For Space; Wally Funk Back In Space After Six Decades Of Waiting; Eighty Wildfires Are Scorching More Than A Million Acres In The Western U.S.; COVID Is Hitting Arkansas Hard; Jordan Windle's New Perfect Dive Won Him A Spot On The Olympic Team. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business


CNN Live Event/Special


The Situation Room


Hala Gorani Tonight