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CNN Transcripts for August 08, 2021

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CNN Newsroom
• Cases, Hospitalizations Surge As Delta Variant Fuels New Wave In U.S.; Interview With Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY); Dixie Fire Now Second Largest In California History; Future Variants Could Evade Vaccine-Induced Immunity; Taliban Take Kunduz, First Major City Since U.S. Withdrawal; Biden Admin's Hopes Of Reviving Deal Dimming; Olympic Games Come To A Close In Tokyo After One-Year Delay; Navigating The Isles Of Shoals. Aired 2-3p ET
• Cases, Hospitalizations Surge As Delta Variant Fuels New Wave In The U.S.; California Mandates All Healthcare Workers Be Fully Vaccinated; Senate Moving Toward Final Vote On Infrastructure Bill. Aired 3-4p ET
• New COVID-19 Hospitalizations Hit Six-Month High; Florida Becomes The Epicenter Of The COVID-19 Pandemic; California's Dixie Fire Now Second Largest In State's History; Tracking Down A Super- Spreader Of COVID Misinformation; Confinement In Russia; Interview With Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA); Disney's Hall Of Presidents; CNN Heroes. Aired 4-5p ET
• Governor Andrew Cuomo Accuser Speaks Publicly For The First Time; Health Authorities Warn Of More Variants To Arrive; Thousands Evacuated As Wildfire Rages In Greece; Major Afghan City Falls To The Taliban; Interview With Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX); Final Day Of 2020 Tokyo Olympics; Wall Street Awaiting Effects Of Delta Variant On Job Market; A Stranger's Sketch Going Viral. Aired 5-6p ET
• Staffer Who Filed Criminal Complaint Speaks Publicly; Former Top DOJ Officials Accuse Deputy Of Trying To Help Trump Subvert 2020 Election Results; California Governor Gavin Newsom Tours Town Destroyed By Dixie Fire; U.N. Warns Global Catastrophe Ahead Of Crucial Environmental Report; Interview With Miami Mayor Francis Suarez (R); Tokyo Summer Olympics Wrap Up After Year-Long Delay. Aired 6-7p ET
• Louisiana Repeatedly Breaking Its Own COVID-19 Hospitalization Record; Staffer Who Filed Criminal Complaint Speaks Publicly; Taliban Seizes First Major Afghan City After U.S. Troop Pullout; On the Frontlines Of Taliban's Brutal Advance In Afghanistan; Barbie Debuts Six Dolls Honoring COVID-19 Leaders; California's Worsening Drought Takes Growing Toll On State. Aired 7-8p ET
• Tokyo 2020 Summer Games in Final Hours; Devastating Fires in Athens, Greece; Protests against Italy's "Green Pass"; Arkansas' Surging COVID-19 Cases Push Medical Staff to Brink; France Institutes Health Pass for Cultural, Leisure Venues; New Calls for Pregnant Women to Get Vaccinated; Beirut Blast Anniversary; Mexico Sues Gun Makers; Humanitarian Ship with Rescued Migrants Arrives in Italy; China's Drive to Win Olympic Gold. Aired 12-1a ET
• Sturgis Biker Rally Repeats Superspreader Event; Tokyo 2020 Summer Games in Final Hours; U.N. Warns of Potential Unparalleled "Catastrophe" in Afghanistan; California Wildfires; Devastating Fires in Athens, Greece; Interview with Britain's Tom Daley, Diving Gold Medalist. Aired 2-3a ET
• Tokyo 2020 Summer Games in Final Hours; Delta Variant Puts Pressure on Florida Children's Hospitals; Protests against Europe's Health Passes; U.N. Warns of Potential Unparalleled "Catastrophe" in Afghanistan; Beirut Blast Anniversary; U.S. Senate Closer to Passage of Infrastructure Bill; California Wildfires; Interview with Britain's Tom Daley, Diving Gold Medalist. Aired 3-4a ET
• Tokyo 2020 Summer Games In Final Hours; Delta Variant Puts Pressure On Florida Children's Hospitals; New Cases Surge In Greece; Scientists Puzzled By U.K. COVID-19 Trend; U.N. Warns Of Potential Unparalleled "Catastrophe" In Afghanistan; Hungary's Viktor Orban Bans Books; U.S. Senate Closer To Passage Of Infrastructure Bill; California Wildfires; Devastating Fires In Athens, Greece; China's Drive To Win Olympic Gold. Aired 4-5a ET
• New York Governor's Lawyers Fighting Allegations; Scientists Puzzled By U.K. COVID-19 Trend; Tokyo 2020 Summer Games In Final Hours; Sturgis Biker Rally Repeats Superspreader Event; U.N. Warns Of Potential Unparalleled "Catastrophe" In Afghanistan; Beirut Blast Anniversary; Protests Against Europe's Health Passes; California Wildfires; Devastating Fires In Athens, Greece; Inside Simone Biles' "Secret Gym". Aired 5-6a ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Interview With Dr. Anthony Fauci About The Delta Variant; Some American Conservatives Praise Hungary And Its Almost Autocratic Prime Minister, Viktor Orban. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• U.S. Averaging 100,000-Plus Cases A Day For First Time Since February; Senators Hear New Details About Efforts To Undermine Election; Senate On Verge Of Passing Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan; House Democrats Divided Over Way Forward On Infrastructure; Is Economy Strong Enough To Withstand Delta?; Governor Cuomo Faces Criminal Probes After A.G. Report; California Gov. Newsom Facing Recall Election. Aired 8-9a ET


New Day Sunday
• Florida Breaks Pandemic Record For COVID-19 Hospitalization; Spirit Airlines Cancels 22 Percent of Flights On Saturday After Week Of Cancelations And Delays, Dixie Fire Scorches Northern California. Aired 6-7a ET
• COVID Cases Surge as Students Return to Class Across U.S.; Aide Who Says Governor Cuomo Groped Her Files Criminal Complaint; $1 Trillion Bi-partisan Infrastructure Bill Advances in Senate. Aired 7- 8a ET


Reliable Sources
• Piecing Together Evidence Of Trump's Coup Attempt; The Problems With Tucker Carlson's Hungary Infomercial; Albany Editor On Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Media Playbook; Behind The Scenes Of CNN Conversations About Chris Cuomo; 'Being' A Different Kind Of Interview Show; Bedside Interviews With Unvaccinated Adults In The ICU; Andrew Sullivan On The Reality Of 'Living With COVID-19'. Aired 11a-12p ET


State of the Union
• Interview With Senior Presidential Adviser Anita Dunn; Interview With Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO); Interview With Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL); Interview With Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA). Aired 9-10a ET