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Cuomo Prime Time
• State Appeals Court Sides With Dallas Judge Over Texas Governor In Mask Fight; U.S. Troops Heading To Afghanistan To Evacuate Personnel; Police Officers Threaten To Quit Over Vaccine Mandates. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• New D.H.S. Terrorism Bulletin Warns of Potential for Violence Ahead of 9/11 and Surrounding Religious Holidays; Interview with Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) Where American Effort in Afghanistan has Turned to Dust; CDC Recommends Third Covid vaccine Dose For Certain Immunocompromised People. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Krystsina Tsimanouskaya; Crisis in Afghanistan; Interview with Kristina Timanovskaya; Interview with Jaime Lowe and Jessica. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Major Afghan Cities Fall to Taliban at Alarming Speed; Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) is Interviewed About Afghan Cities Falling to Taliban at Alarming Speed; CDC Advisers Meeting Now on Need for Additional Vaccine Doses. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• U.S. Intel Says, Russian Efforts to Interfere in 2022 Election Are Evolving; Major Afghan Cities Fall to Taliban at Alarming Speed; Texas Hospitals Running Out of ICU Beds as Cases Surge. Aired 11:30a- 12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• CDC Advisory Panel Recommends Third Vaccine Dose for Those with Weakened Immune System; CNN Gains Access to Taliban at Old U.S. Military Base It Seized; Interview with DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas; White House Facing Multiple Crises: Afghanistan, COVID, Immigration & More; Three Teachers in Broward County, Florida, Die of COVID Within One Day of Each Other. Aired 4-5p ET
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• GOP Governors Chose Politics Than Health for Constituents; Parent Attacked Principal Over Mask Mandate; Unvaccinated Teachers Died From COVID; Time to Let Afghan People Defend Their Own Country; Virus Will Stay Forever; Kevin McCarthy Selling His Moron Shirt. Aired 10-11p ET
• Did Not Air 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• FDA Approves Third Dose for Some; Afghanistan on Verge of Taliban Takeover; Afghanistan's Unraveling Threatens Biden's Legacy; COVID Hospitalizations in the U.S.; San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg is Interviewed about Federal Assistance for COVID. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Census Shows U.S. is More Diverse; Democrats Threaten to Derail Pelosi; Russia Interfering in 2022 Election; July High for Illegal Border Crossings. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Eight States Account for 51 Percent of U.S. COVID Hospitalizations; Taliban Now Control Half of Afghanistan's Provincial Capitals; Four Broward County Teachers Die from COVID Complications in 24 Hours. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Los Angeles County Expands Vaccine Mandate to Include Paramedics, Dental Office Workers, Home Health Workers; Pandemic Widens Learning Gap Between Struggling and Excelling Students; Britney Spears's Father Says He'll Step Down as Conservator. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, CDC Meeting after FDA Approves Third Dose for Immunocompromised; Feds Detect Alarming Amount of Online Extremist Rhetoric; Record Number of Children Hospitalized for COVID. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Record Number of Children Hospitalized for COVID; Zero Pediatric ICU Beds Left in Dallas County, Judge Says Child Has to Die for Bed to Free Up; Growing Pressure for Vaccine Authorization in Kids Under 12; U.S. Sending 3,000 Troops to Aid Evacuations as Afghanistan on Verge of Complete Taliban Takeover; Former Secretary of State Pompeo Blames Biden's "Weak Leadership" for Afghan Crisis; CDC Vaccine Advisers Recommend Third COVID-19 Dose to Certain Immunocompromised People. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• CDC Recommends Third Dose For Some; Afghanistan in Crisis. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Pentagon Briefing on Crisis in Afghanistan; U.S. Embassy Kabul Instructing Personnel to Destroy Sensitive Material; CDC Vaccine Advisers Recommend Third COVID-19 Dose to Certain Immunocompromised People. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Cuomo Set to Step Down; Afghanistan Crisis; CDC Recommends Third Vaccine Dose For Some. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Afghanistan's Fast Unraveling Jolts Biden National Security Team; Feds Detect Alarming Amount of Online Domestic Extremist Rhetoric; Man Who Got Unauthorized Third Shot; DHS Says Unprecedented Number of Migrants Illegally Crossing Border. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• 3,000 U.S. Troops to Help with Embassy Drawdown; Health Officials Studying Long COVID in Children; Villages in Evia Coming to Grips with Devastation of Wildfires; National Mourning for at Least 69 People Killed in Fires in Algeria; U.N.: 390K Afghans Displaced This Year; Mexico Reports More Than 24K New COVID Cases Thursday; Samsung Vice Chairman Released on Parole. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Second Largest Afghan City, Kandahar, Falls to Taliban; 3,000 U.S. Troops to Help with Kabul Embassy Drawdown; Britney Spears' Dad Intends to Step Down as Co-Conservator; Mexico Reports 24,700+ New COVID Cases Thursday; Second Largest Afghan City, Kandahar, Falls to Taliban; Belarus Accused of Using Migrants to Pressure E.U.; Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-Yong Released on Parole; Onboard JetBlue's First Flight to Europe; Villages in Evia Coming to Grips with Devastation. Aired 1-2a ET
• Second Largest Afghan City Falls to Taliban; Coronavirus Pandemic Around the World; Extreme Weather Torments Europe. Aired 2-3a ET
• Taliban's Hold in Afghanistan Growing by the Day; Cities Seized Without a Fight; Pentagon Sending 3,000 Troops in Afghanistan; FDA Approves Booster Shots; Mexico's Health Care System Overwhelmed by COVID Cases; Pooper Countries Left Behind in Vaccination; Afghan Cities Lashkar Gah, Kandahar Fall To Taliban; Samsung's Vice Chairman Lee Jae-Yong Released On Parole; Wildfires Wipeout Greek Villages; Algeria Battling Wildfires; Onboard JetBlue's First Trans-Atlantic Flight; Britney Spears Conservator Challenge. Aired 3-4a ET
• Afghan Cities Lashkar Gah, Kandahar Fall to Taliban; 3,000 U.S. Troops to Help with Embassy Drawdown; FDA Authorizes Booster for Some Immunocompromised Americans; Mask Mandates Enrage Some Americans as Variant Spreads; U.S. Hospitals Running Out of Beds; Extreme Heat and Fires Scorch Greece and Algeria; Fred Expected to Restrengthen As It Heads Toward U.S. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Second-Largest Afghan City, Kandahar, Falls to Taliban; U.N.: 390,000 Afghans Displaced this Year; Mexico Reports 24,700+ New COVID Cases Thursday; Trump Supporter's "Cyber Symposium" Ends Up Being a Dud; "Field of Dreams" Game and Messi Trains with PSG; Britney Spears Dad Intends to Step Down as Co-Conservator. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN Special Reports
• CNN Special: Being A.O.C. Aired 11p-12a ET


Connect the World
• Fate of Afghan Interpreters in Limbo; Half of Provincial Capitals now under Taliban Control; National Security Adviser Denies Taliban Presence in Pakistan; Taliban Take Kandahar, Control Half of 34 Provincial Capitals; Cole: Get Ready for Millions of Afghan Refugees; Photojournalist Reflects on "Unbelievable" Taliban Takeover. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Afghanistan Provincial Capitals Taken Over By the Taliban; Rare Mass Shooting in England; Forest Fires and Flash Floods Ravaging Countries; A Win For Britney Spears. Aired 10-11a ET.


Erin Burnett Outfront
• 3 Educators in One FL County Die in 24 Hours Tied to COVID, All Under 50, All Unvaccinated, All Worked With Kids Under 12; Mississippi: 3 Schools Close After COVID Outbreak; Dallas County: No Pediatric ICU Beds; GA School District: 550 Cases; Experts: Up to a Third of COVID Cases Suffer from Long COVID. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air 4-5a ET
• U.S. Sending New Troops Help with Kabul Embassy Drawdown; FDA Approves 3rd Vaccine Dose for Immunocompromised People; Fields of Dreams Faceoff. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• U.S. Sending 3,000 Troops To Help Evacuate Personnel In Afghanistan; FDA Approves Third Vaccine Dose For Immunocompromised People; Britney Spears' Father Says He'll Step Down As Conservator. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• The Taliban Take Control of Afghanistan's Second Largest City; China's COVID Spread Disrupts the World's Third Largest Port; Newly Opened Theme Parks and Disney+ Push Profits Higher. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Biden Sends 3,000 Troops to Afghanistan to Evacuate Americans; U.S. sending 3,000 Plus Troops to Help Evacuate Afghan Embassy; Major Afghan Cities Fall as Taliban Rapidly Advances; FDA Authorizes 3rd Vaccine Dose for Immunocompromised; Census Shows U.S. more Urban, less Rural than Ever. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Census Shows U.S. More Urban, Less Rural Than Ever; Nine House Dems Test Pelosi, Demand Vote on Infrastructure; Kentucky Senators Take Vastly Different Approach as COVID Cases Rise. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• FDA Approves Booster for Immunocompromised; Southeastern States Battling Increased COVID Infections; Afghanistan on Verge of Collapse as Taliban Take Over; Texas Hospital Forced to Transfer Pregnant Patients Amid Surge. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• McConnell vs. Paul on COVID; Dr. Scott Hadland is Interviewed about Finding COVID Testing for Kids; July Hits Record of Illegal Border Crossings; Russia Trying to Interferes in 2022. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• FDA Authorizes Third Dose for Some Immunocompromised; Hospitals on Brink, ICU Beds Running Out Across Nation; Afghanistan on Verge of Collapse as Taliban Take Over. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Dad Of Baby Hospitalized With COVID Pleads With Unvaccinated; Justice Barrett Refuses To Block University's Vaccine Mandate; July Busiest Month For Illegal Border Crossings In 21 Years. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Taliban Rapidly Taking Territory in Afghanistan as U.S. Troops Sent in to Evacuate U.S. Embassy in Kabul; Four Teachers from Broward County, Florida, Die of COVID in Single Day; Hospital Where Don Lemon Was Born Full of COVID Patients. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Dr. Chavi Karkowsky is Interfered about COVID Effect son Health Care Workers; Four Broward County Teachers Die of COVID; Greg Sankey is Interviewed about his Plea for Vaccinations. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Taliban Capture Half of All Afghan Provincial Capitals; Partial Shutdown at Major Chinese Port over COVID Case; July Was The Hottest Month Ever Officially Recorded; CDC Advisers Recommend 3rd Vaccine Dose For Some People. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Pentagon: U.S. Troops Moving to Afghanistan, Rapid Speed of Taliban Takeover "Deeply Concerning;" CDC Endorses Additional Vaccine Dose for Immune Compromised People. Florida Reports 150,000 Plus New COVID Cases in the Last Week; DHS Issues New Terrorism Threat Alert as 9/11 Anniversary Approaches; White House Facing Multiple Crises; Impeachment Probe Twist. Aired 5-6p ET
• CDC Endorses Third COVID-19 Dose for Some People with Compromised Immune Systems; Pentagon Says U.S. Troops Moving to Afghanistan as We Speak Rapid Speed of Taliban Takeover Deeply Concerning; Judges Hearing Capitol Riot Cases Step Up as the Conscience of Democracy While Lawmakers Squabble. Aired 6-7p ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Taliban Capture Half of All Afghan Provincial Capitals; U.S. Department of Defense Addresses the Press on Taliban's Advances in Afghanistan. Aired 2-3p ET