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Cuomo Prime Time
• WaPo: CDC Internal Doc Warns Delta Infections Likely More Severe; Former Vaccine Skeptic Urges Americans To Get Shots After Her Unvaccinated Husband Is Hospitalized With COVID-19; Lindsey Vonn: None Of Our Places To Judge What Simone Biles Does. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Biden Orders Federal Workers to Get Vaccinated or Face Strict COVID Testing and Masking Rules; January 6 Committee to Look at People who were Communicating with Trump on January 6; Dems Activists In Texas Conduct Selma-Inspired March From Georgetown To Austin; Actress And Activists Sharon Stone On COVID & Taking It Seriously. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Sports and Mental Health; Authoritarian Crackdown on Journalists; Interview With Belarusian Opposition Leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya; Interview with Colleen Hacker; Interview with Michelle Fiscus and Jason Martin. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• More Companies Impose Vaccine Requirements; Soon: Biden to Announce Vaccine Requirement for Federal Workers; Senate Advances Infrastructure Bill with Bipartisan Vote. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• U.S. Economy Grew at 6.5 Percent Rate, Full Recovery from Pandemic; Arkansas Children's Hospitals Say, Record Number of Kids Hospitalized; Sunisa Lee Wins Gold Medal in All-Around Gymnastics. Aired 11:30-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• More Companies Tell Employees: Get Vaxxed or Get Fired; Biden Announces Vaccine Requirement for All Federal Employees; Biden Announces Vaccine Requirement for All Federal Employees. Aired 4-5p ET
• Biden Announces Vaccine Requirement For All Federal Employees; More Companies Tell Employees: Get Vaxxed Or Get Fired; Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) Is Interviewed About Vaccine Requirements; Louisiana COVID Patients Explain Why They Didn't Get Vaccinated; Blinken: First Afghan Allies To Arrive In U.S. "Very Soon". Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• WaPo Reveal Chilling Document from CDC; GOP Divided on Vaccine and Mask Mandate; Rep. Jim Jordan Lost His Retentive Memory; Lawmakers Use the Pandemic as Political Issue; Health Officer Heckled by the Anti-Mask Crowd. Aired 10-11p ET
• Internal CDC Document Urges New Messaging; Louisiana is Seeing Explosion of Cases and Hospitalizations; GOPs All on Defense About What They Knew, and When About January 6th; Schumer and Pelosi Plan to Meet with Biden on Voting Rights; Race a Core Issue in January 6th Attack, the Big Lie, and GOP Voter Restrictions; U.S. Gymnast Sunisa Lee Wins Gold in Gymnastics All-Around. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Corporate America Requiring Shot; Biden Announces Vaccine Requirement; Breakthrough on Infrastructure Bill; Biles' Talks about Mental Health. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Lollapalooza Takes Place in Chicago; Duke Requires Masks Indoors; Ex-Cop Jailed After Buying Guns; Police Call on Union to Denounce Insurrection; Fires Sweep Across Portions of the U.S. Aired 9:30-10a
• Corporations Requiring Vaccine As COVID Surge Threatens Business; Miami-Dade County Mandating Masks in All County Facilities; 17 Republicans Join Democrats to Move Forward on Infrastructure Deal. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Survey Shows 85 Percent of Flight Attendants Have Dealt with Unruly Passengers; Unemployment Rate for Black and Latino Women on the Rise; American Suni Lee Wins Individual All-Around Gold. Aired 10:30- 11a ET
• Get Vaccinated or Get Out, Corporate America Requiring Shots; Israel Preparing to Offer Third Vaccine Dose; Outbreak at New York Summer Camp Fueled by Unvaccinated Kids. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• 17 Republicans Join Democrats to Move Forward on Infrastructure Deal; U.S. Gymnast Suni Lee Wins Gold; Former Olympic Gymnast, Dominique Moceanu, Discusses Simone Biles, Mental Health, the Pressure of the Games Now and Then; Ex-Cop Who Stormed Capitol Jailed After Buying 37 Guns. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Interview With Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI); Interview With MGM Resorts President and CEO Bill Hornbuckle; Vaccinations Jump Amid COVID Surge. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• USA Gymnast Sunisa Lee Wins Women's All-Around Gymnastics Gold; House Republicans Revolt over Reimposed Mask Mandate; E.R. Doctor: Patients Listening to Misinformation "Instead of Me"; Update on Coronavirus Reponses Around the World; Stabbing of Women & Dog in Atlanta Park Underscores Surge in Violent Crime Nationwide; Biden Facing New Pressure from Immigration Activists. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• USA Wins Women's All-Around Gymnastics Gold; Infrastructure Negotiations; Interview With Orange County, Florida, Mayor Jerry Demings; Vaccinations Jump Amid COVID Surge. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• California and Nevada Governors Plead for Federal Aid; New Study Warns of Long-Term Impact of COVID; Research Says COVID Is Linked to Cognitive Decline; Texas Teachers Urge Governor to Allow School Mask Mandates; What Parents Can Learn from Gymnast Who Left Olympic Games. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Athletes Suffer In Oppressive Heat And Humidity; Medal Events In Swimming, Rowing, Women's Gymnastics; WHO: Global Cases Rise For Fifth Consecutive Week; England Ends Quarantine For Vaccinated E.U., U.S. Visitors; Cuban Regime Takes Hardline Toward Recent Protests; Partisan Divide Deepens Over Masking Even As Cases Rise. Aired 12- 12:45a ET
• U.S. Gymnasts Go For All-Around Gold with Biles Out; Delta Variant May Make Booster Shot Necessary; Anti-Vaxxer Regret. Aired 1- 2a ET
• Partisan Divide Deepens over Masking Even as Cases Rise; U.S Report Says, China may Be Expanding Its Nuclear Arsenal; 19-Year-Old Woman Aims to Set Aviation Records. Aired 2-3a ET
• Smoldering Heat Affects Athletes in Japan; COVID-19 Cases in Japan Continue to Rise; Delta Variant Fueling COVID-19 Cases in Asia; England Makes it Easy for U.S. and E.U. Tourists to Visit U.K.; Millions of Americans Still Skeptical of Getting Their Jabs. Aired 3- 3:45a ET
• Biden Expected to Mandate Vaccines for Federal Workers; Some Companies Requiring Employees to Get Vaccinated; 17 Senate Republicans Vote to Advance Infrastructure Plan; Health Expert: Growing Risk to Those in Olympic Bubble; American Caeleb Dressel Wins 100-Meter Freestyle Gold; Alaska Under Tsunami Warning After 8.2 Earthquake; Brothers Refuse to Evacuate as Dixie Fire Burns in California; U.S., Russia Begin Strategic Stability Talks. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Mask Debate Intensifies in Florida As Covid Cases Surge; Florida Parent Urges Caution As Cases Spread among Children; WHO Says Global Cases Rise for Fifth Consecutive Week; England Ends Quarantine for Vaccinated EU, U.S. Visitors; Officers Want Support from Federal Order of Police; Covid Patients, Families Expressed Regret Over Refusing Vaccine. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• American Sunisa Lee Wins Gold; COVID-19 Cases Surge in Tokyo during Olympics, Unexpectedly Tumble in U.K.; Taliban Leaders Visit China; Cubans Face Mass Trials after Historic Protests; Corporate America Tells U.S. Workers to Get Vaccinated. Aired 10-11a ET
• IOC Member Coventry Lauds Biles for "Brave" Decision; Confirmed COVID Cases Unexpectedly Tumble in UK; Israel May Soon Give Third Vaccine Doses to Older Adults; CNN Speaks to CEO of Robinhood Markets; Iranian Supreme Leader Criticizes U.S. over Nuclear Deal; Villages Evacuated as Weather Fuels Fires in Turkey. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Biden Shifts Admin's Messaging, Now Telling Federal Employees to get Vaccinated or Face Regular Testing; L.A. Hospital Admitting Most COVID Patients Since Pandemic Began; McCarthy Calls Jan 6 CMTE "A Sham" When Asked if He'll Testify; Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) is Interviewed About the Police Reform Negotiations; Former Overstock.com CEO Donates $3.2M to Arizona Sham Audit. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Companies Rethink Vaccine Requirements; Biden to Announce Vaccine Requirement for Federal Workers; Dem & GOP Reached Compromise on $1 Trillion Measure; Caeleb Dressel Wins His First Individual Gold Medal. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• U.S. Virus Cases Falling Rapidly Despite Lockdowns Easing; Some California Residents Stay Home Despite Threat From Dixie Fire; Olympic Athletes Struggle With Tokyo's Sweltering Heat. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Robinhood Set for a $32 billion IPO, DiDi, the Chinese Firm Denies Rumors it is Going to Go Private Just Weeks after its IPO; Corporate America Tells Employees to Get Vaccinated if they Want to work. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Corporate America Mandating Shots; Major Companies Require Employees to get Vaccinated; MO DOC: People Fear Backlash from Friends over Vaccines; Bipartisan Deal Survives First Senate Hurdle; Subpoena Fight Looms for 1/6 Committee. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Is Interviewed About McCarthy Attacking Pelosi Over Mask Mandate; Soon: Biden Announces Vaccine Requirement For Federal Workers. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• FDA Official Approval of COVID Vaccine on Horizon; Data Shows Unvaccinated to Blame for Surge; House Republicans Revolt Over New Mask Mandate Amid Surge; Republicans Join Dems to Move Forward on Infrastructure Deal; Caeleb Dressel Wins First Individual Gold Medal. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• U.K. Cases Mysteriously Plunge; Dame Karen Pierce is Interviewed about the U.K. Plunge in Cases; Midwest Bracing for Severe Storms; Ex-Cop Jailed After Buying Guns; Black and Latino Women Unemployment Rising. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Get Vaccinated or Get Out, Corporate America Mandating Shots; Biden on Verge of Potentially Historic Infrastructure Deal. Aired 7- 7:30a ET
• Trump Supporter Speaks Out On Matt Damon Shadowing Him; Biden On Verge Of Potentially Historic Infrastructure Deal; Councilwoman Speaks Out On White Colleague's Racial Slur. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Tarrant City Councilwoman Veronica Freeman Discusses Racial Slur Said by Another Councilmember; Large American Corporations Requiring Employees Get COVID-19 Vaccine; Broward County Public Schools Requiring Masks When Teachers and Students Return Next Month; Rate of Vaccination in U.S. Recently Increasing; Nurse Discusses Treating Patients for COVID-19. Aired 8-8:30 ET
• Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) is Interviewed about Infrastructure; U.S. Economy Grows at 6.5 Percent Rate; Jeremey Bloom is Interviewed about Mental Health in Sports. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Corporate America Ramps Up Vaccine Requirements; Amid Government Pressure, E.U. Catching U.S. in Vaccine Race; Robinhood Down after IPO Debut at Lower Range of Valuation; Israel Offers Third Vaccine Dose to Over 60s; U.S. Economy Recovers Pandemic Losses; U.S. Real Estate Boom. Aired 3- 4p ET


The Situation Room
• Biden Intensifies Plea for Vaccinations, Orders New Requirements for Federal Workers, it's About Life and Death; Florida Reports Highest Number of Daily Cases Since January; Republicans Stage Mask-Free Walk In Revolt Against House Mask Mandate. Aired 6-7p ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• American Sunisa Lee Wins Women's All-Around Gymnastics Gold; Source: Joe Biden to Announce Vaccine Requirement for U.S. Federal Workers; England Prepares to Drop Quarantine for Some Travelers; U.K. Reports Slight Uptick in COVID-19 Cases after Week-long Drop. Aired 2-3p ET