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


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• State Department Says Taliban Gains in Afghanistan of Grave Concern; Israelis Over the Age of 50 Told to Get Third COVID Vaccine Dose; Some Overrun Texas Hospitals Using Tents To Triage Patients Amid Rapid Surge In Covid Patients; Harris County, TX Judge Issues Mask Mandate For All County Schools, Childcare Centers. Aired 8-9p ET
• Israelis Over Age 50 Told to Get Third COVID Vaccine Dose; School Mask Debate Grows Heated Nationwide; U.S. to Deploy 3,000 Troops to Afghanistan; Father Kills His Two Children Over QAnon Conspiracy Theory; National Debate on Possible Link Between Bail and Crime Rates. Aired 9-10p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Fmr. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND); Deadly Wildfires; Crisis in Afghanistan; Interview with Lucy Walker; Interview with Preet Bharara. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Hospitals Overwhelmed with COVID Cases as Delta Variant Surges; CNN: U.S. Intelligence Warns Taliban May Seize Afghan Capital Soon; New York's Next Governor Distances Herself from Cuomo. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Allyson Felix Reunited with Her Daughter after Tokyo Games; 14- Year-Old Girl Spends Five Days on Oxygen after Getting COVID; Soon, Biden to Lay Out Plan to Lower Prescription Drug Prices. Aired 11:30- 12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Pentagon: 3,000 Plus U.S. Troops will be Deployed to Afghanistan; Soon: FDA Could Authorize Booster Shots for Immunocompromised; Census Shows Most Growth in Cities, America More Diverse; GOP Rep. Perry Played Key Role in Promoting Trump's "Big Lie". Aired 4-5p ET
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Louisiana Overwhelmed with COVID-19 Cases; Unvaccinated People Ends Up Getting the Virus; Right Messaging Needed at the Right Time; White Population Decline 8.6 Percent; The Terminator Not Mincing Words. Aired 10-11p ET
• Some Americans are Ignoring Science About Wearing Masks and Debate Rages Over Mask Mandates in Schools as Kids Remain at Risk; U.S. is Averaging 122,000 Plus New Cases a Day With 75,000 Plus Hospitalized; FDA Authorizes Additional COVID-19 Vaccine Dose for Certain Immunocompromised People; U.S. Embassy Urges Americans to Leave Afghanistan "Immediately"; CA Man Allegedly Confesses to Killing His Children. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Anti-Mask Parents Threaten Health Officials in Tennessee; Los Angeles Moves Toward Vaccine Requirement for Indoor Public Spaces; Judge Rules Dominion Voting Lawsuits Against Trump Allies Can Go Forward. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Rand Paul Reveals Wife Bought Stock Last Year in Remdesivir Maker; Intelligence Warns Kabul Could Fall into Taliban Control in 30 to 60 Days; Back-to-School Shopping Impacted by COVID Surge. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• HHS to Require Its Entire Health Care Workforce be Vaccinated; COVID Outbreaks Force Several Schools to Turn to Virtual Learning; Dry Conditions Fuel 105 Wildfires in 14 Western States. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Hospitals Across U.S. Running Out of ICU Beds as COVID Cases Surge; Taliban Fighters Break Through Frontline in Kandahar; Parents of 337 Migrant Children Separated at Border Still Not Found. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Sense of Urgency in White House as Taliban Make Rapid Gains in Afghanistan; Hospitals Across U.S. Running Out of ICU Beds as Cases Surge; Biden Lays Out Plan to Lower Prescription Drug Prices. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Biden Lays Out Plan to Lower Prescription Drug Prices; U.S. May Move Embassy to Kabul Airport as Taliban Close In; 26 Arizona Republicans Urge Governor to Withhold Public Funding from Schools Requiring Masks. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Crisis in Afghanistan. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• FDA Expected to Authorize 3rd COVID Shot for Immunocompromised; Debate Rages Over School Mask Mandates as Kids Attend At Risk; Georgia Hospital Workers "At Wits End" Amid COVID Surge; Pentagon: Approx. 3,000 U.S. Troops Will Go Into Afghanistan. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Crisis in Afghanistan. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Pentagon Indicates 3,000 Plus Troops Will Go to Afghanistan; State Department Says Hastening Relocations of Afghans Who Helped U.S. in War; Parents Clash Over School Mask Mandate in Tennessee; White House Teams Up with Social Media Influencers to Boost Vaccine Rates. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• WHO: World on Track for 300M Cases by Early 2022; Mexico's President Vows to Protect Prominent TV Anchor. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Officials: Kabul Could be Surrounded with Weeks; Hottest Temperature Ever for Europe?; China Accuses Canada of "Double Standards" After Criticism. Aired 1-2a ET
• Mexico's President Vows to Protect Prominent T.V. Anchor; China's Sentencing of Canadian Businessman Sparks Outrage. Aired 2- 2:45a ET
• Taliban Takes Tenth City in Afghanistan; International Community Must Act to Save Afghanistan; Algerians Struggle to Contain Wildfires; Tropical Depression Poured Heavy Rain to Dominican Republic; Mexican Anchor Remain Consistent with Her Job; Omar al- Bashir Faces ICC; Kathy Hochul Ready to Govern New York. Aired 3-4a ET
• U.S. Health Officials Race to Expand Vaccine Protection; Tennessee School Board Meeting Erupts with Anti-Mask Protests; Taliban Now Control 10 Provincial Capitals; Fred Weakens to Tropical Depression in the Caribbean; Greek Officials: Evia Fires Coming Under Control; 69 Killed in Algeria, National Mourning Declared; Family Has Change of Heart on Vaccines After Teen's Close Call. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Senate Passes Two Key Biden Spending Bills; Kathy Hochul, New York's States Lieutenant Governor Promises Changes; New Zealand Outline Plans to Reopen Borders; Paris Saint-Germain Officially Introduce Lionel Messi. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• Taliban Seize Strategic City of Ghazni, South of Kabul; Rainfall and Lower Temperatures Offer Little Help to Greek Firefighters; Blazes in Algeria Kill at Least 69 People, Including Soldiers; Heat Wave Scorches Europe; Single COVID-19 Case Prompts One-Week Lockdown in Canberra; Twitter Blocks India's Main Opposition Party Account after Top Leader Tweets Image of Rape Victim's Parents; More than Half of Stolen $600 Million Plus Returned in Huge Hack. Aired 10-11a ET
• CNN: U.S. Intel Warns Kabul could Collapse within Months; Rouse: Many Afghans Feel Abandoned by the U.S.; Blazes Kill at least 69 People Including Soldiers; Iran Fights to Save Rapidly Shrinking Salt Lake; Oromo Liberation Army in Talks with Tigrayan Forces; Provincial Official: Heart on the Verge of Collapse. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• CDC: 91 Percent of U.S. Seeing Substantial to High COVID Transmission; FDA Authorization for Boosters for Some Immunocompromised People Expected Within Next 24 Hours; Israel OK's for People 50 Plus; San Fran Sheriff's Dept Union: Deputies will Quit Over Vaccine Mandate; About 23 Percent of Deputies not Vaccinated; Census Data Shows a More Diverse America: White Population Shrinks as Hispanics and Asians Fuel Growth. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET
• FDA Set to Authorize 3rd Dose for Immunocompromised People; Texas Governor Threatens Districts that Defy His Ban on Mask Mandates; Former U.S. Attorney Tells Investigators He Resigned Early Because He Heard Trump was Thinking of Firing Him. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Incoming New York Governor Kathy Hochul "Fully Prepared" For The Job; Intel Officials Warn Kabul Could Fall To Taliban Within 90 Days; Mexican News Anchor Threatened Over Her Coverage Of Drug Cartel. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Beijing Warns it could be Tough on Tech Until 2025; The Poly Network Hackers Return Lots of the Loot; Twitter, the Social Giant Sparks a Political Row after Blocking India's Opposition. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Soon: FDA Could Authorize Booster Shots for Immunocompromised; HHS: More Than 1 in 5 ICU Beds Filled By COVID-19 Patients; DeSantis Promises to "Fight Back" Against Biden White House; Moderate, Progressive Dems at Odds Over Next Move on Biden Agenda; Doctor Shares Heartbreaking Video From Inside ICU. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Lindell "Symposium" Comes Up Empty On Election Fraud Proof; U.S. Embassy Urges Americans To Leave Afghanistan "Immediately"; Incoming NY Gov. Vows To End "Toxic" Culture. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Hospitals on Brink: ICU Beds Running Out in Several States; FDA to Authorize Third Coronavirus Shot for Immunocompromised; Parents Harass, Threaten Health Officials Over Mask Mandates; Judge: Defamation Lawsuits Against Trump Allies Can Go Forward; Ex-U.S. Attorney Testifies Trump Wanted to Fire Him for Not Backing Lies. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Warnings the Taliban May Seize Kabul; West Virginia College to Charge Unvaccinated Students $750; Third of U.S. Under Heat Alert; Atlanta School accused of Segregation. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Hospitals on Brink, ICU Beds Running Out in Several States; FDA to Authorize Booster Shots for Some Immunocompromised; Judge Says, Defamation Lawsuits Against Trump Allies Can Go Forward. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Attempts To Blame Migrants For Disease Is Familiar Pattern; Back-To-School Shopping Impacted By Delta Variant; Female Olympians Win 58 Percent Of U.S. Medals, Including Gold. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Broward County, Florida, School District Issues Mask Mandate Despite Governor Ron DeSantis' Threat of Not Paying Superintendent Salaries; Former Anti-Vaxxer Now Promoting Getting Coronavirus Vaccine after Being Infected with COVID-19; My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell Hosts Event Purporting to Prove 2020 Election Stolen from Donald Trump; Rand Paul Reveals Wife Bought Stock in Remdesivir in February 2020; Breathtaking Speed: Taliban Seize 10th City in Matter of Days. Aired 8-8:30 ET.
• Biden Compared to Past Presidents; Dwier Brown is Interviewed about "Field of Dreams"; Ultramarathoner Carol Seppilu Advocates for Suicide Prevention; Yeardley Smith is Interviewed about "The Simpsons." Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Pentagon Press Secretary Says about 3,000 U.S. Troops are Going to Afghanistan to Assist with any U.S. Evacuations; F.D.A. to Authorize Booster Shot for Immunocompromised; JetBlue "Frustrated" with U.S. Travel Rules amid New York-London Launch; Taliban Take Herat and Breach Kandahar Front Line; Call to Earth. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Pentagon: About 3000 U.S. Troops Will Go Into Afghanistan To Assist In Departure Of Diplomats, Possible Evacuations; U.S. Orders Drawdown Of Embassy Personnel In Afghanistan As More Cities Fall To Taliban; Soon: FDA Expected To Authorize A Third Vaccine Dose For Some Immunocompromised People; More Than 400 Students Quarantined In Palm Beach County After Two Days Of School. Aired 5-6p ET
• About 3,000 U.S. Troops Deploy to Afghanistan Within 48 Hours; Chaos Erupts as Tennessee Parents Protest School Mask Mandate; Britney Spears' Father Says He Intends to Step Down as Her Conservator; Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett Refuses to Block Indiana University's Vaccine Mandate. Aired 6-7p ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Taliban Take City of Herat in Afghanistan; U.S. State Department: U.S. will Draw Down Some Personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul; Wildfires Continue its Path of Destruction Across Southern Europe and North Africa. Aired 2-3p ET