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Cuomo Prime Time
• Florida Now The Epicenter Of Latest COVID Surge; Variant Surge, Vaccine Hesitancy Stalling Pandemic Recovery; Bob Costas On U.S. Division Over COVID-19 Vaccinations. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Interview With Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA); VA Issues Vaccine Mandate For Health Care Workers; Science Under Attack At Arizona Trump Rally; White House Ramps Up Vaccine Push As Hesitancy Turns To Resistance; Documents Reveal Death Threats And Roadblocks For Govt. Investigators Digging Into The Assassination Of Haiti's President; Trump Ally Pleads Not Guilty To Federal Charges Of Illegal Foreign Lobbying; Final Surfside Collapse Victim Identified, Death Toll At 98. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Reparations Bill Passed in Evanston, Illinois; COVID Rising in Africa. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Unvaccinated Americans Fuel Surge in Cases & Hospitalizations; NYC to Mandate Vaccination for Its Entire Workforce By September 13; Source: GOP Rejects Latest Dems Offer on Infrastructure. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Biden Marks Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act; Medical Groups Call for Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers; Team USA Picks Up More Medals in Tokyo. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Interview With Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA); V.A. Health Care Workers, New York City & California State Employees All Now Facing Vaccine Mandates; Trump Ally Tom Barrack Pleads Not Guilty To Charges Of Illegal Foreign Lobbying And Making False Statements; Infrastructure Deal On Shaky Grounds As Blame Game Begins; House Committee Prepares For First Capitol Riot Hearing; U.S. Warns Of More Airstrikes Targeting Taliban In Afghanistan; U.S.-China Meetings. Aired 4-5p ET
• January 6 Select Committee To Hold First Hearing; Interview With Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND); Michael Flynn's Remarks After Being Gifted A Gun; Biden Confirms U.S. To End Its Combat Mission In Iraq; Florida Daily COVID-19 Cases Triple Over Past Two Weeks; COVID-19 Hospitalizations Surge To 870 In Alabama; COVID Cases Linked To Olympics Jump To 153; Mayor: All 98 People Killed In Condo Collapse Now Found, Identified. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• House January 6 Select Committee Starts Hearing Tomorrow; Four Heroes Will Testify Under Oath; Couple Skeptical Of Getting Vaccine Gets Infected With COVID-19; Interview With Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA); Trump Supports Ken Paxton In Texas; House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy Calls Rep. Liz Cheney and Rep. Adam Kinzinger Pelosi Republicans. Aired 10-11p ET
• Hours Away From First January 6 Select Committee Hearing; New Vaccine Mandates Due To Surge Of Coronavirus Cases In The U.S.; Savannah Becomes First Major Georgia City To Reimpose Mask Mandate Amid Surge; Man Confronts Tucker Carlson, Calls Him The 'Worst Human Being Known To Man'; Flynn Gifted With Assault-Style Rifle, Says 'Maybe I'll Find Somebody In Washington, D.C.'; Trump Ally Pleads Not Guilty In Federal Court. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• COVID Surges in 48 States; Lawsuit to Stop St. Louis Mask Mandate; GOP Group Wants Kinzinger and Cheney Punished; New Capitol Police Chief Comments on Threat. Aired 9-9:30a ET.
• Cops and Bystanders Save Mom and Baby; Dixie Fire Burns at Least 192,000 Acres; End of U.S. Combat Mission in Iraq; American Simmers Make Splash at Olympics. Aired 9:30-10a
• Fauci on Variant Surge, We're Going in the Wrong Direction; Today, House Select Committee Expected to Meet to Continue Preparations for First January 6 Hearing. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Biden, Iraqi Prime Minister to Announce End of U.S. Combat Mission in Iraq; Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) to Give an Opening Statement at Tomorrow's January 6th Hearing; Georgia School Reopenings Cause Confusion over Varying Mask Policies. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Cases Up, Mandates Back as Unvaccinated Americans Hinder Progress; Right now, House Select Committee Meeting to Prepare for First Critical January 6 Hearing; Biden to Announce End of U.S. Combat Mission in Iraq. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) Discusses U.S. to Continue Airstrikes in Support of Afghan Forces After Withdrawal & the Bipartisan Blame Game as Infrastructure Talks Hit Hurdles; Parents Split on Vaccinations as Student Return to School; Team USA Off to a Mixed Start in Tokyo; 13-Year-Old From Japan Takes Gold in Women's Street Skateboarding; Trump Ally Tom Barrack Pleads Not Guilty to Illegal Lobbying Charges; Clark Atlanta University Clears Student Account Balances. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Insurrection Committee Hearings Set to Begin; COVID Spiking. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Growing GOP Group Wants Kinzinger, Cheney Punished for Joining Jan 6th Select Committee; Biden: I Whipped Donald Trump in Virgina; Biden Meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Kadhimi; Department of Veterans Affairs Will Require Health Workers to be Vaccinated; Some Districts Kept from Ordering Mask Use as School Year Looms. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Associate Pleads Not Guilty; Infrastructure Negotiations in Danger?; Interview With Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA); COVID Cases Rising. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Barrack Pleads Not Guilty to Illegal Foreign Lobbying Charges; St. Louis County Official Says COVID Numbers Too Alarming to Ignore; Wildwood Mayor Plans to Fight Mask Mandate; Outbreak in Massachusetts Town Infected 380+ Vaccinated People; California Dixie Fire Now 15th Largest in State History; Officers and Bystanders Lift Car to Save Pinned Baby. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Japan Contends with Pandemic, Tropical Storm and Games; New South Wales Officials: COVID Restrictions are Working; Indonesia Has Become Epicenter of Outbreak in Southeast Asia; French Lawmakers Approve Bill Expanding Health Pass Use; At Least 149 Killed in Flooding, Landslides in India; U.S. Diplomat in China for Talks Amid Soaring Tensions; Pakistan Taliban Leader Reacts to Gains by Afghan Taliban. Aired 12-1a ET
• Thousands of Brazilians Demanding President's Impeachment; Tunisian President Sacks Prime Minister, Freezes Parliament; Pakistani Taliban Leader Reacts to Gains by Afghan Taliban; U.S. Diplomat in China for Talks Amid Soaring Tensions. Aired 1-2a ET
• Olympic Games Updates In Japan As New COVID-19 Cases Surge; Rising COVID-19 Cases All Across The U.S.; House Select Committee To Investigate The Capitol Riot Starts Tuesday; CNN's Exclusive Interview With Pakistani Taliban Leader; Tunisia President Suspends Parliament And Dismisses Prime Minister; Jordan's King Call Half Brother's Action Amateurish. Aired 2-3a ET
• U.S. Won its First Gold Medal on Sunday; Fans Can't Hide Their Excitement; U.S. Cases Going Up, Vaccination Drops; Missouri's St. Louis County Back to Mask Mandate; U.K. to Impose COVID Passport; Hospitalizations in U.K. Triggered by Mass Gatherings; U.S. Forces Will Continue to Support Afghan Forces. Aired 3-4a ET


Connect the World
• Tunisian President Sacks P.M. After Political Unrest; Lebanese Leaders Select A New Prime Minister Designate; U.N.: Number Of Afghans Killed Or Injured On The Rise. Aired 10-11a ET
• Democratic Experiment Collapsing in Middle East as some Countries Move Toward Authoritarian Rule; Biden to Meet with Iraqi PM at White House in Coming Hours; Upsets Abound on Day Three of Olympic Games; United Nations: Number of Afghans Killed or Injured on the Rise; China's New Warning to the U.S.; China Blames U.S. for Failed Relationship. Aired 11a- 12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• GOP's Last-Ditch Effort To Seat McCarthy's Picks For January 6 Committee On Track To Fail On House Floor; Interview With Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD); Florida Hospital Director Warns Of "Exponential Rise In Patients: "This Could Be Over If People Got Vaccinated"; V.A. Becomes First Federal Agency To Require COVID Vaccine; Trump Ally, Tom Barrack Please Not Guilty; Trump Takes Big Lie To Arizona, Praises Sham Election Audit. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• COVID Cases Surge in U.S. as Vaccinations Rates Plummet; French Lawmakers Approve Bill Expanding Health Pass Use; 13-Year-Old Wins Women's Street Skateboarding; Opening Ceremony Watched by 70+ Million People in Japan; Partisan Battle Lines Drawn on Committee Makeup. Aired 4:00-4:30a ET
• U.S. Diplomat in China for Talks Amid Soaring Tensions; U.S. General: Airstrikes Backing Afghan Forces to Continue; Biden to Meet with Iraqi Prime Minister at the White House; Tunisian President Sacks Prime Minister, Freezes Parliament; Massive Sandstorm Engulfs City in Northwest China; Tropical Storm Nepartak Threatens Japan; Memorial Concert Honors Surfside Victims. Aired 4:30-5a ET.
• Wild COVID Resurgence Push the Unvaccinated to Get Their Shot; U.K. Government Considering Vaccine Passports for Large Events; Tunisian President Fires Prime Minister and Freezes Parliament. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Biden, Senators Hoped To Finish Infrastructure Bill Today; China Blames U.S. For Strained Relations As Diplomats Meet; U.S. General Vows To Continue Airstrikes Supporting Afghan Troops; Over 70 Million People In Japan Watched Opening Ceremony; Officers, Bystanders Save Baby & Mom Trapped Under Crashed Car. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• China's Clamp Down Extends to Online Education, Stocks Plunge; Protests across Europe as new Vaccine Rules are Reinforced; The Olympic Medals Flow for Japan as TV Ratings Soar. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Cancer Survivor Makes History in Triathlon; Medical Groups: Mandate Vaccines for Health Care Workers; Arkansas GOP Governor Defends Ban on Mask Mandate; Capitol Riot Committee Calls its First Witness Tomorrow; Today: Mask Mandate Returns to St. Louis. Aired 12- 12:30p ET
• St. Louis Mayor: Mask Mandate In Place So COVID-19 Doesn't Spiral; Infrastructure On The Brink: Hurdles Remain For Bipartisan Deal; Right Now: Trump Ally Tom Barrack Being Arraigned. Aired 12:30- 1p ET


New Day
• More Nations Require Vaccine 'Pass' to Enter Restaurants, Gyms; Slight Uptick in Vaccinations as Variant Spreads Across U.S.; FOX Viewers Dramatically Less Likely to Be Vaccinated; American Swimmers Make a Splash in Tokyo; China Looks to Outshine Japan at Next Year's Olympic Games. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• January 6th Hearings Begin Tomorrow; Officers and Bystanders Save Baby from Under Car; Biden's Rivals on Him Now; Wildfires Scorch more than 1.5 Million Acres. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• 48 States Report Rise in Cases, Three States Account 40 Percent of Cases; Growing GOP Group Wants Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) Punished for Joining Panel; Feud Intensifies Between Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Ahead of January 6 Hearing. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• U.S. General Vows To Continue Air Strikes Against Taliban; Today: Indicted Trump Ally Arraigned After $250 Million Bail; USA Men's Basketball Loses First Olympic Game Since 2004. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• COVID-19 Vaccines Less Effective on Immunocompromised; Some Counties in Georgia Not Mandating Masks in Schools; Interview with Mother Whose Son Died from COVID-19 after He Refused to Get Vaccine; New Capitol Police Chief Says Insurrection was not a Love Fest. Aired 8-8:30a ET.
• Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is Interviewed about the Select Committee; Wildfires Burn in the West; Penn and Clapton on Vaccines; Facts and Fears over Vaccination; Philip Morris To End Cigarette Sales. Aired 8:30-9a ET.


Quest Means Business
• White House Says U.S. Travel Restrictions To Remain In Place; Global Vaccination Levels Lag Behind U.K. And Europe; China's Regulatory Crackdown Hits Stocks In China And U.S.; Tunisian President Ousts P.M., Suspends Parliament; Japan Leads Medal Table On Day Four Of Olympic Games; Female Athletes Speak Up Against Revealing Uniforms. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• New Vaccine Mandates In California, New York City And U.S. Veterans Affairs As COVID Cases Surge Among The Unvaccinated; Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) Feud Over January 6 Committee Boils Over With Tensions Hitting A New High; Trump Ally Tom Barrack Pleads Not Guilty To Illegal Foreign Lobbying Charges After $250 Million Bail Deal; Biden's Infrastructure Deal On Shaky Ground; Growing Questions About Possible Vaccine Passports In U.S. Aired 6-7p ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Biden Hosts Iraqi Prime Minister At The White House; Tunisian President Ousts Prime Minister And Suspends Parliament; Protesters In Paris, Athens And London Clash With Police Over Vaccine Mandates; Pakistani Taliban Leader Reacts To Gains By Afghan Taliban; Chinese Officials: U.S. Portrays China As Imaginary Enemy; At Least 180 People Killed In London Floods, Landslides; Britain's Tom Daley Claims Elusive Gold Medal. Aired 2- 3p ET