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Cuomo Prime Time
• CDC Director: If You're Masked And Mitigating Risk, COVID Won't Be Transmitted In School; Families Demand Biden Release Classified 9/11 Documents; Britney Spears' Attorney Files For Earlier Court Hearing To Immediately Remove Her Father From Conservatorship. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Interview with Mayor Sylvester Turner (D-TX), Houston; F.D.A. Developing Booster Shot Strategy for September Guidance for Immunocompromised Could Come Sooner; Gov. Cuomo's Lawyers Push Back on Sexual Harassment Allegations as Staffer Files First Criminal Complaint; Former Acting Deputy AG Gives Closed-Door Interview To Lawmakers About Trump's Efforts To Overturn Election. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden; Andrew Cuomo Facing Possible Impeachment; Battle Over Booster Shots; Interview with Peter Bergen; Interview with Lachlan Morton. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Biden Speaks After Economy Adds 943,000 Jobs in July; Gov. Cuomo Accuser Files Criminal Complaint. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Biden Speaks as Rate of Daily Vaccinations Ticks Up; Florida Breaks Hospitalization Record as Governor Remains Defiant on Strategy; United Airlines Mandates COVID Vaccines for All Employees. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Governor Cuomo Attorneys Speak After Staffer Files Criminal Complaint. Aired 4-5p ET
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Governor Cuomo to Fight Tooth and Nail Against Accusers; New Yorkers Wants Governor Cuomo to Resign; Texas GOP Pushing to Restrict Voting Rights; Trump Supporter Pleaded Guilty; Health Experts Raise Concern on Sturgis Event; Cuomo's Lawyers to Challenge D.A.'s Report; N.Y. Assembly Member Outrage of Cuomo's Failed Leadership; House Select Committee to Check on White House Log Calls. Aired 10-11p ET
• Trump-Appointed Lawyer Tried to Weaponize DOJ to Help Trump; Don Lemon Interviews Fareed Zakaria About the GOP and Election Lies; Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Lawyers Push Back on Sexual Harassment Allegations as Staffer Files Criminal Complaint; Thousands of Bikers Descend on Sturgis Amid COVID Fears; Coronavirus Pandemic in the United States; Know Your History; Tx Gov. Abbott Announces Second Special Session of State Legislature to Push for Voting Restrictions; Black Realtor and Client Cuffed While Touring Home. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• CNN: Biden Considers Withholding Federal Funds To Spur Vaccines; W.H. Launches Effort To Get More Eligible Children Vaccinated; CDC Director: Fully-Vaccinated Who Get Breakthrough Infection Can Pass It On; Texas Education Agency Releases Controversial New Guidance For Schools On Handling Positive COVID Cases; United Airlines Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine For All Employees; Senate Back Tomorrow For Key Vote On $1T Infrastructure Deal; About 31,000 People Under Evacuation Orders Due To Dixie Fire; W.V. Gov. Launches Program To Measure Antibody Levels Among Vaccinated. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• W.V. Gov. Launches Program To Measure Antibody Levels Among Vaccinated; W.V. COVID Czar Warns State Is At "Critical Moment" For Vaccinations; Space Force Guardians Defend America High Above Earth; U.S. Makes Strong Hiring Gains, Adds 943,000 Jobs In July. Aired 9:30- 10a ET
• Father Hospitalized with COVID Urges People to Get Vaccinated; Florida Shatters Hospitalization Record as Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) Remains Defiant; Damning New Evidence Shows Trump and Loyalists Attempted Coup. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Top House Democrat Calls Out Extreme Left Wing of His Party; Texas Governor Announces Second Special Session of State Legislature; Allyson Felix Makes History in the Women's 400-Meter. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• White House Considering New Plan, Withhold Funding to Increase Vaccinations; U.S Adds 943,000 Jobs in July, Unemployment Falls to 5.4 Percent; Companies Wrestle with Employee Vaccine Mandates. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Companies Wrestle with Employee Vaccine Mandates; Governor Cuomo Accuser Files Criminal Complaint; Pentagon Investigative Team: Iran Behind Attack on Oil Tanker; South Dakota Motorcycle Rally Rolls on, Despite Delta Variant Threat; Kindness Outshines Adversity at Tokyo Games. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Interview With White House National Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy; Criminal Complaint Filed Against Andrew Cuomo; Vaccination Push. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• U.S. Adds 943,000 Jobs in July, Unemployment Rate at 5.4%; Biden: July Job Growth Is Proof "Our Plan Is Working"; Op-Ed: "Woke" Corporations Won't Stop the Pandemic, Government Intervention Will; Texas Governor Calls Special Session Aimed at Restrictive Voting Laws; My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell Presses Ahead with False 2020 Fraud Claims. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Infrastructure Negotiations; Interview With State Sen. Shevrin Jones (D-FL); Half of U.S. Population Now Vaccinated. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Sturgis Offers Free Self-Test Kits During Motorcycle Rally; Soon Cuomo's Attorneys to Speak About Accuser's Criminal Complaint; Cuomo Attorney's Speak After Staffer Files Criminal Complaint. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• CDC Director Walensky's Statement; The Latest COVID Numbers in Thailand; COVID Delta Variant is Driving up Infection Rates Across Southeast Asia; U.S. Women Athletes Are Taking the Olympics by Storm. Aired 12-1a ET
• Johns Hopkins: U.S. Averaging 97,500 New Cases Per Day; Australians Face New Lockdowns as COVID Cases Surge; 6,000 Hectares Burned in Greece Since Sunday; Lionel Messi Parts Ways with Spanish Football Team; IOC Revokes Accreditations of Two Belarusian Coaches; Inside the Gym that Let Biles Train for an Olympic Comeback; Women of Team U.S.A. are Racking up Olympic Medals; Raisi Calls for Lifting of Sanctions During Inauguration. Aired 1-2a ET
• Firefighters are Scrambling to Contain Fires in Southern Europe; Global Push for Vaccines as Delta Variant Surges; FC Barcelona Say Lionel Messi is Leaving the Club; Iran's Hardline New President Sworn In Amid Stalled Nuclear Deal; War in Afghanistan; U.S.: "A Team" Wins Gold in Women's Beach Volleyball; IOC Revokes Accreditations of two Belarusian Coaches; W.H.O.: COVID-Related Death in Africa Reach Record Peak; Study: Flooding Will Affect Millions More People By 2030; 13-Year-Old British Skateboarder Sky Brown Still Soaring. Aired 2-3a ET
• COVID Cases in the U.S. to Worsen Says CDC Director; Quarantines and Travel Restrictions Anew in China; Australia Imposes Another Lockdown; Delta Variant Causing Chaos in Southeast Asia; U.S. Intelligence Community Comb Through Heaps of Data on COVID Origins; Tigray Rebels Seize UNESCO Site of Lalibela; Wildfires Burning Out of Control in Southern Europe; Calls for Pregnant to Get Vaccinated in U.K.; Climate Crisis In 2030; Mexico Sues U.S. Gun Makers Over Flow Of Firearms; New Calls For Pregnant Women To Get Vaccinated; Women Of Team USA Are Racking Up Olympic Medals. Aired 3-3:45a ET
• U.S. Vaccinations Now Up to About 700,000 Per Day; Florida Becomes Latest COVID-19 Epicenter in U.S.; Florida Governor Bans Mask Mandates in Schools; Hard Lockdowns Imposed on Australia's Three Largest Cities; New Travel Restrictions, Quarantines in China as Cases Rise; IOC Revokes Accreditation of Two Belarusian Coaches; Greek Prime Minister: County Faces Critical Situation as Fires Burn; Greenville Falls Victim to Fast-Moving Blaze. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• House Panel Takes the Lead in January 6 Investigations; Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi Sworn into Office in Iran; U.S. Urges Tigrayan Forces to Protect Ethiopia's Lalibela; Lionel Messi Parts Ways with Spanish Football Team; Women of Team USA Are Racking Up Olympic Medals; Spirit Airlines Cancels Hundreds of Flights. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• Rocket Fire Streaks Across Israeli Skies; Lionel Messi Leaving Barcelona Football; Blazes Scorch Greece; COVID Infections in the U.S. Aired 10-11a ET
• Lebanon: Four Detained in Connection to Rocket Attacks; First Provincial Capital in Afghanistan Falls to Taliban; Barcelona President Blames Finances for Losing Messi; Will Human Rights Change in Iran Under President Raisi; Lebanese Party Leader Talks to CNN; Lebanese Film Paints Clear Portrait of Corruption There. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• DeSantis Escalates Feud with Biden as FL Hits Record Cases; Sources: Top DOJ Official, a Trump Loyalist, Believed China Used Special Thermometers to Change 2020 Election Results; Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) Discusses About Trump Push of Big Lie that China Used Specialized Thermometer to Change Election Results in 2020; Gov. Cuomo's Attorneys Fire Back Against Sexual Harassment Allegations; Arizona Republican Warns Others in GOP to Watch Their Backs. Aired 7- 8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• White House Considers Withholding Funds to Spur Vaccinations; Vaccination Increase as the Message Gets Through; DeSantis Facing Pushback for Banning Mask Mandates in Schools; California's Largest Active Wildfire Prompts More Evacuations; Democrats Centralizing Trump Probes Under Jan. 6 Committee. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• White House: Escalating Attacks By Iran "Issues of Concern"; IOC Removes Two Belarus Coaches From Olympic Village; Vaccine Hesitant Alabama Beginning To See Uptick In Shots. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• The U.S. Adds Back almost One Million Jobs in July; Apple, the Tech Giant Says it is Willing to Scan Photos to Help Tackle U.S. Child Abuse; The IOC Hails Olympic Success as The Games Draw to a Close. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• United Airlines Mandates COVID Vaccines for all Employees; U.S. COVID-19 Cases Up more than 500 Percent in One Month; Mississippi Health Official: COVID-19 Situation is "Dire"; Biden Delays Vaccinations as Senate Eyes Infrastructure Vote; Who are the Unvaccinated and why they Hesitating. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Poll: More Unvaccinated Fear Shot More Than COVID; Lawmakers Fear For Their Safety As They Head To Home Districts; One Of Gov. Cuomo's Accusers Files Criminal Complaint. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• CNN: Biden Considers Withholding Federal Funds To Spur Vaccines; Florida Shatters Hospitalization Record As DeSantis Remains Defiant; WHO Argues No Boosters For U.S. Until World's Vaccinated; Jeffries Goes Off On "Extreme Left" Who Trash Mainstream Dems; Sharp Decline In Vaccination Ads On Television In U.S.; Teachers Union Under Fire For Not Pushing Vaccine Mandates. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Teachers Union Under Fire; Biden Immigration Plans Crumble; Olympic Fiction of Chinese Taipei; NYPD Officer Organizes Volleyball League for Teens. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Hospitals Overrun with Mostly Unvaccinated Coronavirus Patients; Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) Fights Vaccine Mandates Citing Papers for Basic Activities; Shadow War Intensifies Between Israel and Iran. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Shadow War Intensifies Between Israel And Iran; Damning New Evidence Shows Trump And Loyalists Attempted Coup. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Members of Justice Department Under Former President Trump May Be Questioned by House Select Committee about Former President Trump's Requests to Declare 2020 Election Fraudulent; My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell Profiled on His Allegations of Fraud in 2020 Presidential Election; Unvaccinated Man from ICU Bed: "I Messed Up". Aired 8-8:30a ET
• U.S. Economy Adds 943,000 Jobs in July; House GOP's Path Back to Power; The Bunker Boom; Creed Bratton is Interviewed about "The Office". Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• U.S. Adds 943K Jobs in July, Most Since Last August; Greece Wildfires Turn Deadly; Australians Face New Lockdowns as COVID Cases Surge; Hezbollah Fires Rockets at Israeli Positions Near Lebanese Border, Calling It Retaliation For Airstrikes; IOC Removes To Belarusian Coaches Amid Sprinter Scandal. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• CDC: Half Of U.S. Population Fully Vaccinated; Study: Vaccination Cuts Risk Of reinfection By More Than Half; Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH), is Interviewed About The Rise In Cases As Delta Variant Surges; Gov. Cuomo's Lawyers Push Back On Sexual Harassment Allegations As Staffer Files First Criminal Complaint. Aired 5-6p ET
• Biden Touts Strong Jobs Report, Warns Surging Delta Variant Could Set Back Economic Recovery; Top Trump Ally Spread Election Conspiracies as He Tried To Weaponize Justice Department to Overturn Election; Governor Cuomo Lawyers Launch Fierce Attack on New York A.G. and Accusers; CNN Gets an Inside Look at U.S. Space Force. Aired 6-7p ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Hezbollah Fires Rockets Toward Israel; Ethiopian Government Threatens War in Tigray; Apocalyptic Scenes in Europe As Wildfires Scorch Southern Europe. Aired 2-3p ET