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Cuomo Prime Time
• Did Not Air 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Biden Administration Says Pandemic has Entered Troubling New Phase among the Unvaccinated; Trump Discusses Rioters' Actions In Taped Interview With Authors Of "I Alone Can Fix It"; White House "Deeply Disappointed" In China's Decision Not To Cooperate With Next Phase Of WHO Study; Florida Mother Who Refused Vaccine Struck By Covid: "It Was Horrifying". Aired 8-9p ET
• Biden Administration: Pandemic Has Entered Troubling New Phase Among the Unvaccinated; L.A. County Sheriff Says He Won't Enforce Mask Mandate; D.C. Police Looking For Suspect In Shooting. Aired 9-10p ET


Amanpour
• Perversion of Justice; Interview With NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg; Investigating Capitol Insurrection; Interview with Ursula Burns. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Sources: WH & Health Officials Discuss Revising Mask Guidance; Biden Pleads with Americans to Get Vaccine as Cases Surge; Biden: Ditching Filibuster Would Throw Congress into "Chaos". Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Says, GOP Antics will Not Get in Way of Insurrection Probe; Trump Says, Insurrection Crowd was Loving in New Audio; U.S. to Sanction Cuban Officials after Protests Crackdown. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Top Health Officials Warn About "Aggressive" Delta Variant; Sources: Biden Admin Talking About Revising Mask Guidance, White House Insists Guidance Has Not Changed; Sources: Pelosi Considering GOP Rep. Kinzinger for 1/6 Committee; Chicago Mayor Sits Down with CNN; New Audio: Trump Rambles About Jan. 6, Says Rioters Were "Loving". Aired 4-5p ET
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Cases Surging in Unvaccinated Communities; Kevin McCarthy Pulled Five GOP Members; President Biden Waits to Sign Voting Rights Bill; Democrats Wants Safety in Neighborhoods; NFL Players Rebuke New Rules. Aired 10-11p ET
• President Joe Biden Visited Cincinnati for CNN Town Hall; Voters Weighed In on CNN Biden Town Hall; President Biden on Voting Rights and the Filibuster; Shooting in Downtown D.C. is Under Investigation; Trump Calls Rioters 'Loving' in a Newly Released Audio; COVID-19 Infections Rising in 48 States; School Board Meeting Takes Hours, Gets Heated Over Masks. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Biden Downplays COVID Rise; Biden on Labor Shortage; Florida Leads in New COVID Cases. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Oregon Faces Third Largest Fire in State History; McCarthy Pulls GOP Members from Select Committee; Prosecutors Had Evidence on Barrack. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Source Says, Biden Health Officials Weigh Mask Recommendations amid Surge; Cases Surging in Nevada, Health Officials Recommend Return to Masking; Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Speaks after Rejecting Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) Picks for January 6 Committee. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• First Lady Jill Biden Arrives in Japan for Olympics; CNN Member's Personal Stories of Tragedy in the Pandemic; Senate Republicans Have Blocked a Vote to Begin Debate on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Sources Say, White House and Health Officials Discuss Revising Mask Guidance; Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Battle over January 6th Committee. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• HHS Secretary in Nevada Amid Effort to Boost Lagging Vaccinations; Dreams Dashed as Nearly 100 Athletes Test Positive Before Olympic Games; Biden Delivers Blunt Talk on Economic Worries at CNN Town Hall; GOP Blocks Vote on Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, Pushing for More Time to Debate & Write It. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Republican House Leader Refusing to Participate in Insurrection Commission; COVID Spreading. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Dreams Dashed as More Athletes Test Positive Before Olympic Games; Opening Ceremony Director Fired for Anti-Semitic Remarks; Tucker Carlson Claims Capitol Police Officer Is "An Angry, Left-Wing Political Activist"; Trump Misleads on 1/6: "It Was a Loving Crowd"; NFL Issues New Rules on Handling of COVID Outbreaks. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Republican House Leader Refusing to Participate in Insurrection Commission; Interview With U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Nominee Xavier Becerra; COVID Rising. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• As Virus Resurges, GOP Suddenly Embraces Covid Vaccine; DOJ Launches New Initiative to Curb Surging Gun Violence; Cases Rising Among Unvaccinated in Hot Spots Across U.S.; Parents Concerned About Schools Reopening Without Mask Mandates. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony For Once-Postponed Games Set For Friday; South Korea Reports Record Daily Increase In Cases; Brother Of Syrian Man Allegedly Tortured And Killed By Russian Wagner Mercenaries Speaks To CNN; Kerry: Urgent Engagement Needed On Climate Crisis; Skateboarding To Be Added To 2021 Olympic Games. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Latest on Controversies Surrounding the Olympics; Biden on When children Under Twelve May Get Vaccine; UK PM Accused of Being "Super Spreader" of Confusion; Opening Ceremony for Once-Postpones Games Set for Friday; Swedish Pole Vaulter Has Gold Medal Hopes; New York Ocean Giants; More than 2.6 Million Hectares Burned in Siberia; Surfing, Skateboarding to Make Olympic Debut. Aired 1-2a ET
• Biden's Exclusive CNN Town Hall; Wildfires Rage in Siberia; Director Of Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony Sacked; Cases, Hospitalizations, Deaths All on the Rise in U.S.; More Than 2.6 Million Hectares Burned in Siberia; COVID Cases Rising Among Children as Schools Set to Reopen. Aired 2-3a ET
• Athletes Leaving After Testing Positive; Tokyo Games Director Ousted; Take the Vaccine or Leave It; Speaker Pelosi Refuse Detractors from GOP; Inferno Engulfed Thousands of Acres of Land; China Rejects Second Phase of WHO Covid Origin Study; President Biden Saying Kids Under 12 Could Be Able to Get Vaccines Soon; COVID Cases Rising Among Children as Schools Set to Reopen; Russian Mercenaries Accused in Horrific Killing; Brother of Syrian Victim Speaks to CNN; Tokyo 2020, Surfing, Skateboarding to Make Olympic Debut. Aired 3-4a ET
• Questions at Town Hall on Covid, Unfractured, Economy; Authors of Book Shar Audio Clip of Trump Interview; Republican Leader Yanks All His Picks from January 6 Panel; More than a Dozen Athletes Have Tested Positive for Covid, Dropped Out; More than 20,000 Firefighters Deployed in 13 States. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• On Covid Surge: "It's a Pandemic of the Unvaccinated"; Nevada Becomes Covid Hotspot as Vaccinations Plateau; Infections Surging in England After Its Reopening; China Rejects Second Phase of W.H.O. Covid Origin Study; Sponsors Curtail Olympic Commitments Ahead of Games. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• Delta Variant Surges in Africa Despite Vaccination; Tokyo 2020 Loses More Athletes Due to Positive Tests; China Shuts Down WHO COVID-19 Origin Investigation; Over Two-Thirds of India May Have COVID-19 Antibodies; Pfizer BioNTech to Make Vaccines in South Africa; On the Radar. Aired 10- 11a ET
• Video of Director of the Tokyo Olympics Released Joking About the Holocaust Just Hours Before the Opening Ceremony; U.K. Newspapers Referring to What is Being Called a Ping-Demic; Thousands of Firefighters and Military Personnel are Responding to Widespread Flooding Across Central China. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• C.D.C. Chief Warns Virus has No Incentive to Let Up; Nearly Half of House G.O.P. will not Say if they are Vaccinated; Florida Governor Vows No Lockdowns as Cases Surge; Sources: Pelosi Looks to Boost Partisan Standing of Jan. 6 Panel; Olympics Opening Ceremony Hours Away as Tokyo COVID Cases Spike. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• Biden: Vaccination Shows You "Care About Your Fellow Americans"; COVID Cases Spiking in Tokyo One Day Before Start of Olympics; Madowo: "My Uncle Died of COVID-19 Before He Could Get a Vaccine". Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Biden Pitches Vaccines As Administration Mulls New Mask Recommendations; Senate GOP Blocks Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill As Talks Continue; China Shuts Down COVID Investigation. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• On the Eve of the Olympics, the Opening Ceremony is Thrown into Disarray; A Warning on the Economic Impact of Vaccine Inequality; Elon Musk Explains why He Wants Bitcoin to Succeed. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Biden, CDC Consider Revising Mask Guidance For Vaccinated; W.H.: Delta Threat is Predominantly to Unvaccinated; Nearly Half of the House GOP Caucus Won't Say if They're Vaccinated; GOP News Conference Focuses on COVID Origins; Survey: Doctor, Nurse Most Trustworthy Source of COVID Info. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Pelosi: Investigating 1/6 Is "Deadly Serious"; McCarthy Speaks Amid Fallout Over 1/6 Committee; Biden: Killing Filibuster Would "Throw The Entire Congress Into Chaos". Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Biden, CDC Consider Revising Mask Guidance for Vaccinated; Biden Still Pushing for Bipartisan Solution to Infrastructure; Standoff: GOP Yanks Panel Picks After Pelosi Rejects 2. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Larry Madowo Shares his Personal COVID Story; Jill Biden Arrives at Tokyo Olympics; Cuomo Faces Repercussions; Wildfire Smoke Reaches NYC; New Details in Epstein's Death. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Biden Pleads With Americans to Get Vaccine as Cases Spike; Standoff, GOP Yanks Panel Picks after Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Rejects Two. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Biden DOJ Sending "Strike Forces" To Five Cities Over Crime Surge; Couple Asks Biden About Vaccine Hesitancy In Black Community; Biden's Hometown Of Scranton Feeling Impact Of Inflation. Aired 7:30- 8a ET
• President Biden Encourages Americans to Get Vaccinated against Coronavirus During Townhall; White House May be Considering Recommending Mask Mandates Even for Vaccinated Due to Delta Variant Spread; Republicans Removed from House Panel on January 6th Capitols Riots; Interview with Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI). Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Couple Hit by Breakthrough COVID; SIAC Mandates Vaccines for Athletes; Biden and CDC Consider Mask Guidance. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Olympic Ceremony will Go Ahead, Despite Controversy and COVID; W.H.O. Says Truly Global Recovery Rests on Vaccine Equity; Joe Bide Says Inflation will not Get out of Hand. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Cases Rising Among Unvaccinated In Hot Spots Across U.S.; Sources: W.H. & Health Officials Discuss Revising Mask Guidance As Pandemic Rages Among The Unvaccinated; Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) Is Interviewed About Jan. 6 Committee; Trump Calls January 6 "Loving," Rants About Election He Lost In Newly Released Audio; Olympics Opening Ceremony To "Proceed As Planned" Tomorrow Despite More Athletes Testing Positive For COVID-19. Aired 5-6p ET
• Sources say, White House and Health Officials Discuss Revising Mask Guidance as Pandemic Rages Among the Unvaccinated; Pelosi Says, Investigating January 6 is Deadly Serious, Won't Let GOP Antics Get in the Way of Truth; Olympic Opening Ceremony to "Proceed as Planned" Tomorrow Despite More Athletes Testing Positive for COVID-19; NFL Warns of Forfeits, Fines for Outbreaks Among Unvaccinated. Aired 6-7p ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Olympic Games Show Director Fired Ahead of Opening Ceremonies; China Rejects New W.H.O. Investigation; Delta Variant Brings New Wave of Infections to Israel; Vaccine Inequity Undermines Global Economic Recovery; Floods in China Kill at least 33; The Unvaccinated in Italy Facing Major Restrictions; Travel Host Rick Steves on European Tourism. Aired 2-3p ET