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Cuomo Prime Time


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees


Amanpour


At This Hour


The Lead with Jake Tapper


Don Lemon Tonight


CNN Newsroom
• NGO, At Least Six Dead in Kabul Terror Attack; Pentagon Confirms Second Explosion at Hotel Near Airport; Officials: U.S. Personnel Among the Wounded in Kabul Airport Attack; Three Officials tell CNN At Least One Blast Appears to have been Suicide Bomb; Taliban: 13 Dead, 52 Wounded in Kabul Explosions. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Taliban: 13 Dead, 52 Wounded In Kabul Explosions; Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) Is Interviewed About Withdrawal Of U.S. Troops In Afghanistan. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Pentagon Says, Explosion Outside Hamid Karzai International Airport; Officials Say, Explosion Outside Kabul Airport Appears to be Suicide Attack. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Officials Say, Explosion Outside Kabul Airport Appears to be Suicide Attack; U.S Embassy in Kabul Says, Reports of Gunfire at Airport; Officials Say, U.S. Personnel Among the Wounded in Kabul Airport Attack. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Officials Say, U.S. Personnel Among the Wounded in Kabul Airport Attack; Taliban Says, 13 Dead, 52 Wounded in Kabul Explosions; Pentagon Says, Number of U.S. Service Members Killed in Kabul Attack. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Pentagon: "Number of U.S. Servicemembers Killed in Kabul Attack; New Graphic Video Shows Aftermath of Kabul Terror Attack; Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) Discusses Attack in Kabul, Evacuations. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• U.S. Service Members Killed in Kabul Attack. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Pentagon: "Number Of U.S. Servicemembers Killed In Kabul Attack; New Graphic Video Shows Aftermath Of Kabul Terror Attack. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Pentagon Briefing; U.S. Service Members Killed in Kabul Attack. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Pentagon Says 12 U.S. Service Members Killed, 15 Wounded in Kabul Attack. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Desperation Grows Outside Kabul Airport As Deadline Nears; Security Threats Prompt Warnings To Leave Airport; China Slams U.S. Intel Report On Origin Of COVID-19 Origin; U.S. Officials: 19,000 People Evacuated On Tuesday; Troops From U.S., Other Countries Begin Leaving Kabul; Iceland Becomes Case Study For Herd Immunity. Aired 12- 12:45a ET
• America's Patience with the Unvaccinated Running Out; Security Threats Prompt Warnings to Leave Kabul Airport; Desperation Grows Outside Kabul Airport as Deadline Nears; First Afghan Refugees Arrive in Uganda; New Name of Pfizer COVID Vaccine Draws Criticism. Aired 1- 2a ET
• Five Days Left Until U.S. Withdrawal Deadline; ISIS-K Poses Threat To Kabul Evacuation; COVID Origins Report Deemed Inconclusive. Aired 2-3a ET
• ISIS-K Poses Threat to U.S. Evacuation Efforts; Israel Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to Meet with President Joe Bide at the White House; U.S. Racing Evacuations for 1,500 Americans Left in Afghanistan; Future Unclear for Women and Girls in Afghanistan. Aired 3-4a ET
• Security Threats Prompt Warnings to Leave Airport; Desperation Grows Outside Kabul Airport as Deadline Nears; U.S. Air Base Housing Thousands of Afghan Evacuees; Florida Hospitals Facing Shortage of ICU Beds; Pfizer Seeks FDA Approval of Third Vaccine Dose; China Slams U.S. Intel Report on Origin of COVID-19; Congress Requests Records on Trump's Final Weeks in Office. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Security Threats Prompt Warnings to Leave Airport; Afghans Plead with U.S. to Keep Evacuations Going; U.S. Congressmen Under Fire for Afghanistan Trip; Body Camera Video Shows 2019 Beating of Black Man by Louisiana State Trooper; Pandemic Burnout Leads Many Nurses to Resign; Imminent Draw for Champions League Group Stages. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World


Erin Burnett Outfront


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin


First Move with Julia Chatterley


Inside Politics


New Day
• U.S. Evacuation Operation in Afghanistan Ending in 36 Hours; COVID Rates Highest Among Older Teens; Trump Makes Executive Privilege Threat to Block House Panel Probe. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Trump Records Sought in Capitol Riot Investigation; Trump Makes Executive Privilege Threat; Biden Meets with Israeli Prime Minister; New Numbers on Afghan Evacuations; New Jersey Veteran Shot by Police; Pandemic Unemployment Benefits to End. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Evacuation Effort in Final 36 Hours, Estimated 150 Americans Need to Get to Kabul Airport, Gates Now Closed; Blinken Says, Estimated 1,500 American Citizens Remain in Afghanistan; 100,000-Plus in U.S. Hospitals with COVID for First Time Since January. Aired 7- 7:30a ET
• Afghanistan, COVID, Infrastructure Test Biden's Resolve; Trump Makes Executive Privilege Threat to Block House Panel Probe; GOP Attacks Dems Over School Shopping Inflation; Frontline Nurses Battle Burnout, Staffing Shortages; Evacuation Efforts Slowing in Afghanistan Tomorrow, U.S. to Continue Evacuating People As Long As Possible; U.S. Veterans Mobilize to Help American, Afghan Comrades; Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Americans and Afghans Continue to Leave Afghanistan from Kabul Airport Ahead of August 31st Deadline to Complete Evacuations; Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) Interviewed on Meeting New Arrivals from Afghanistan at Fort Bliss; Baltimore County Declares State of Emergency After 370 Percent Case Spike; Video Surfaces of Louisiana Trooper Beating Black Man with Flashlight. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Mary Trump is Interviewed about Donald Trump; Evacuation Slowing in Afghanistan; California's Recall Election; Tony Hale is Interviewed about Sitcoms. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business


The Situation Room


Hala Gorani Tonight