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


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Florida COVID Patients Asking for Vaccine Once it is Already Too Late; Former Trump Adviser Strikes $250 Million Bail Deal; Trump's Obsession with Arizona; Trump To Travel To Arizona To Rally His Supporters Around The Lie He Won The Election; Why The Resistance In Alabama Is So High; Next: "Eating Planet Earth: The Future Of Your Food". Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard; Olympic Games Begin. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Alabama GOP Gov: "It's Time to Start Blaming the Unvaccinated"; Pelosi Considers Adding GOP Rep. Kinzinger to Insurrection Panel; Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) is Interviewed About the Infrastructure Talks. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Tokyo Olympics Begin with Subdued Opening Ceremony; Team USA Athletes and Competitions to Watch; Crew Makes Narrow Escape as Flames Lap Their Fire Engine. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Delta Variant Poses an Increasing Threat to the Unvaccinated; White House Puts New Urgency on the Unvaccinated as Cases Surge; COVID Rules and Protests Hang Over Quite Opening Ceremony; Nation's Largest Wildfire in Oregon Burns More than 400K Acres; British Government Under Fire for Lifting COVID Restrictions; Retail Experts Predict Shortage of Back-to-School Supplies. Aired 4-5p ET
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Less and Less People Getting their Vaccine Shots; Older People May Need Booster Shots; Division Among GOP Over Vaccine Efficacy; President Biden Under Pressure to Pass Voting Rights Legislation; Vaccine Efficacy May Wane Over Time. Aired 10-11p ET
• New Coronavirus Cases, Hospitalizations Rise as Delta Variant Spreads in the United States; Mother Holds Vaccination Drive at Memorial For Her Son; Alabama City Councilman Refuses to Resign After Racial Slur; Tokyo Summer Olympics Open Amid COVID-19 Pandemic; The Ugly Truth About Facebook; CNN Heroes Salutes: Inspiring Kids 'One lawn At a Time.' Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Delta is Threat to Unvaccinated; NFL Threatens Teams; Pelosi Considers Adding Kinzinger to Committee; Mississippi AG Asks to Overturn Roe v. Wade; Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Few Spectators for Opening Ceremony; FBI Warns of Cyberattacks Ahead of Olympics; U.S. Conducts Airstrikes against Taliban; Biden Sanctions Cuban Regime. Aired 9:30-10a ET.
• Pandemic Isolated to Those Who Won't Get Vaccine; Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Considers Adding GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) to January 6 Panel; A.G. Garland Says New Firearms Trafficking Strike Forces are Part of Larger Package DOJ Using to Combat Violent Crime. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• L.A. County Officials Say Delta Variant is Game-Changer as Cases Rise Among Vaccinated; CIA Inspector General Reviewing Havana Syndrome Cases; Opening Ceremony Underway in Tokyo Amid COVID Spike. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Unvaccinated Americans Fuel Rise in Hospitalizations; Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Looks to Add Another GOP Member to Committee; Naomi Osaka Lights Cauldron to Officially Open Tokyo Games. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Few Spectators in Stands as Opening Ceremony Kicks off Olympic Games; Bootleg Fire Scorches Hundreds of Thousands of Acres in Oregon; Wildfire Smoke from West Stretches Across U.S.; NFL Warns Teams Outbreaks Among Unvaccinated Players Could Lead to Forfeits, Financial Loses; Trump Ally Tom Barrack Released on Bail After Indicted on Illegal Lobbying Charges. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Indicted Trump Associate Reaches Bail Agreement; CIA Investigating Havana Syndrome; Olympic Games Begin; Delta Surging. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Alabama's GOP Governor: It's Time to Start Blaming the Unvaccinated; On the Frontline with Crews Battling Massive Bootleg Fire; Olympics Open Historic Games Amid COVID Spike; MLB's Cleveland Indians Changing Name to "Guardians"; Tarrant, Alabama, City Councilman Refuses to Resign after Using "N" World During Meeting. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• FBI's Investigation of Brett Kavanaugh Under Fire; U.S. and Russia to Launch Strategic Stability Talks; Republican Governor Blames Unvaccinated For Continuing Pandemic. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• FBI Received 4,500+ Tips During Kavanaugh Background Investigation; Interview with Shontel Brown Democratic Congressional Candidate on Unvaccinated People; NFL Threatens Teams: Forfeit Games if Unvaccinated Outbreaks; Don Lemon Explores: Where Have All the Theme Songs Gone? Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Opening Ceremony for Summer Games Just Hours Away; Japan Spent Billions on Games, Ended Up Barring Spectators; Delta Variant Fuels Surge in COVID Infections Across Asia; WHO Calls for All-Out Vaccination Effort in Africa; Italy Announces Mandatory 'Green Pass' to Curb Cases; U.N. Warns of Growing Jihadist Threats; Australia Pushes Back on Possible 'In Danger' Rating for Great Barrier Reef; Bolsonaro Losing Support in Brazil. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• All Eyes on Tokyo 2020; Delta Variant Drives Global COVID Surge; YouTube Pulls Bolsonaro Videos for Spreading Misinformation; Japan Spent Billions on Games, Ended up Barring Spectators; U.N. Warns of Growing Jihadist Threats; Australia Pushes Back on Possible "In Danger" Rating; Uncertainty Grows for Chinese IPOs on U.S. Markets. Aired 1-2a ET
• Tokyo 2020 Olympics Will Take Place Amid COVID Cases Rising; Asia Battling the Delta Variant; Concern in U.K. and Wales Over an COVID-19 App; Italy and Israel to Mandate Green Pass; Impact of Vaccinations in Africa; Japan under pressure to host safe Olympics amid COVID surge; China flooding: Survivors recused after days without food, water; Australia pushes back on possible in danger rating. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Dreams Crushed by COVID-19; From Full Packed Stadium to Bare Venue; Spectators Watch While in Self-Isolation; Pingdemic Affects Food Supply in Britain; Italy Imposed Green Pass Rule; Bolsonaro Supporters Leaving Him Over Poor Performance; Tokyo 2020 Will Officially Begin as COVID Looms; Australia Pushes Back on Possible In Danger Rating; Floods and Wildfires Bring Climate Crisis into Focus; Global Threat of Terror; U.S. Sanctions Parts of Cuban Regime Following Protests; Surfer is Stoked as Watery Sport Makes Its Olympic Debut. Aired 3-4a ET
• Opening Ceremony for Summer Games Just Hours Away; U.S. Vaccination Rates Down to Lowest Point Since January; Florida Governor Adamant About No Mask Mandate as Cases Surge; U.K.,10,000 Key Workers Now Exempt From Self-Isolation; Delta Variant Fuels Surge in Covid-19 Infections Across Asia; Pelosi Looks to Bolster Bipartisan Standing of January 6 Panel; Thousands of Firefighters Battling 80 Blazes in 13 States. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• After a year-long delay it is the final sprint to the Olympics in Japan; Standing By for a Decision: The UNESCO World Heritage Committee on Australia's Great Barrier Reef Endangered Listing; U.N. Warning of Increased Threats from Terror Groups Linked with ISIS and Al-Qaeda. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN Special Reports
• Jonathan Safran Foer On Climate Change; Danielle Beck: We Are Committed To Being Part Of The Climate Solution; Weir: By Some Estimates, We Have 60 Years Of Good Soil Left On Earth. Aired 9-10p ET


Connect the World
• Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony in Virtually Empty Stadium; Food Workers in England Exempt from Self-Isolation; Australia Pushes Back on Great Barrier Reef as "In Danger"; U.S. Sanctions Parts of Cuban Regime; Uncertainty for Chinese IPOs on U.S. Markets; Wildfires across the U.S. Aired 10-11a ET
• Japan's Emperor Naruhito Meets with U.S. First Lady; United Nation Warns of Growing Jihadist Threats; World Food Programme Calls on Space Billionaires for Help; COVID Cases on the Rise in Turkey; W.H.O.: Worried About COVID in Countries in Humanitarian Crisis; Funeral Held for Slain President as Tensions Flare. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Frustrations Mount as Vaccinations Stall, Hospitalizations Spike; New Capitol Police Chief on January 6 was Courage on Display; January 6 Panel on Riot Hears First Witnesses on Tuesday; Trump to Hold Arizona Rally, Will Prop Up Sham Audit; Trump Ally Barrack Freed: $250M Bail Deal for Release. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• Olympic Opening Ceremony Set to Begin, in Pandemic's Shadow; U.S. Strikes Taliban in Support of Afghan Forces; Drought Worsens and Expands in the Northwest; VP Harris Zeroing in on Voting Rights As Her Top Priority. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Unvaccinated Americans Post Growing Risk To Unvaccinated Americans; Tokyo Residents Overwhelming Oppose Moving Forward With Olympic Games; China Eyeing Tokyo Ahead Of Hosting 2022 Winter Olympics. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• The Olympics Opening Ceremony is Underway in Tokyo; The F.B.I. is Warning that Hackers could be Targeting the Games; Snap Stocks Surges after Revenue more than Doubles. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• AL GOV: It's Time to Start Blaming the Unvaccinated; GOP Governors Sound Alarm for Unvaccinated; Unvaccinated Americans Behind Rise in COVID-19 Cases; McCarthy, Trump Are Potential Witness in 1/6 Committee Probe; Representative Aguilar: 1/6 Committee Members on Group Text, Including Cheney. Aired 12-12:30p ET.
• Trump Tries To Recruit Cheney Challenger; Trump Misleads On 1/6: "It Was A Loving Crowd"; Biden's VA Campaign Stop Tonight Will Test Midterm Message. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• NFL Threatens Teams: Forfeit Games if Unvaccinated Outbreaks; Olympics to Begin in Shadow of Pandemic; Female Athletes Battling Inequality at Tokyo Games; U.S. Strikes Taliban to Help Afghan Soldiers Amid Offensive; Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago Still On Despite Surging Cases; Less Than a Third of U.S. Teens Returning to School are Vaccinated. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Carol Leonnig is Interviewed about Her New Trump Book; Oregon Faces Third Largest Fire in History; Climate Crisis Affects Infrastructure. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Alabama's GOP Governor Says, it's Time to Start Blaming the Unvaccinated; NFL Threatens Teams, Forfeit Games if Unvaccinated Outbreaks; Would GOP Ditch the Filibuster if Party Regains Senate Control. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Arkansas Nurse Combats Insults And Disinformation About Vaccine; Hunter Biden To Meet With Potential Art Buyers Despite Concerns; CIA Watchdog To Review "Havana Syndrome" Cases Amid Escalation. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• COVID Delta Variant Spreading Rapidly Among Unvaccinated in U.S.; Cities and Counties Across U.S. Reimplemented Mask Mandates Due to Delta Variant Spread; Torrance City Councilman Aurelio Mattucci Interviewed on His Opposition to New Los Angeles County Mask Mandate; Florida Paper Calls Out Governor DeSantis: Focus on Outbreak, Not Your Career; Councilman Rejects Demands to Resign After Using Racial Slur. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• NFL Threatens Teams over COVID; FBI Warns of Hackers during Olympics; Air Quality across Nation Suffers; Ed Alonzo is Interviewed about "Saved By the Bell". Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• U.S. Stocks Set for Record-Breaking Close; New Cases Rise in U.K. to Six-Month High as Lockdown Ends; Tokyo Marks Start of Olympics with Subdued Ceremony; Government: We're Past Third COVID-19 Wave Peak; Former Bolsonaro Fans Turn On Him Over Broken Promises; Kayak CEO: Business Travel Will Bend With Leisure Travel. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• A.L. Gov.: "It's Time To Start Blaming The Unvaccinated"; L.A. County Health Director: About 20 Percent Of New COVID-19 Cases In June Among Fully Vaccinated; Sources: W.H. & Health Officials Discuss Revising Mask Guidance As Delta Variant Rages Among Unvaccinated; Trump Ally Tom Barrack Strikes $250 Million Bail Deal With Prosecutors After They Called Him A "Serious Flight Risk"; Judge Orders Barrack To Wear Location Monitoring Bracelet, Restricts His Travel To Parts Of CA & N.Y.; Olympics Opening Ceremony Kicks Off Games After Tokyo Sees Highest Daily Case Count In 6 Months. Aired 5-6p ET
• "Blaming" the Unvaccinated; Biden Admin Officials Shift to a More Urgent Tone as COVID-19 Surges Among Unvaccinated Americans; Trump Ally Tom Barrack Strikes $250 Million Bail Deal With Prosecutors After They Called Him a "Serious Flight Risk;" At Least 1 Suspect at Large, 2 Wounded After Shooting Outside DC Restaurants; Trump Going to Arizona to Peddle His False Election Claims. Aired 6-7pm ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Tokyo Marks Start of Olympics with Subdued Ceremony; Key Food Workers in England Exempted from Isolation Rules; U.N.: Lebanon's Water System on Verge of Total Collapse; Olympics Begin Amid Unprecedented Challenge; U.S. Strikes Taliban In Final Stages Of Troop Withdrawal; Wildfires Ravage Parts of Siberia. Aired 2-3p ET