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CNN Newsroom
• Hurricane Ida Threatens Parts Of U.S. Gulf Coast; New Orleans Mayor Urges Citizens To Leave City Ahead Of Hurricane Ida's Landfall; Hurricane Ida Anticipated To Be Category Four Storm; Evacuations Continue In Afghanistan From Kabul Airport; U.S. Drone Strike Reportedly Kills ISIS Terrorist Planner Near Afghanistan-Pakistan Border; Interview With Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA). Aired 2-3p ET
• Hurricane Ida Upgraded To Category 2 Storm; Louisiana Governor Holds Briefing As Hurricane Ida Approaches; President Biden Says Situation In Kabul Still Extremely Dangerous; Pentagon: Two "High Profile" ISIS-K Members Killed, One Wounded In Retaliation Strike; Interview With Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD); China Not Happy With U.S. Intel Report On COVID-19 Origins; Judge Strikes Down FL Governor's Mask Mandate Ban. Aired 3-4p ET
• Hurricane Ida Expected To Make Landfall In Louisiana As Cat 4 Hurricane; Biden On Strike Against ISIS-K: Not The Last One; Nationwide Marches For Voting Rights On The Anniversary Of 1963 March On Washington; Interview With Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC); Interview With John Bel Edwards (D-LA); All 13 U.S. Servicemembers Killed In Kabul Identified. Aired 4-5p ET
• Gulf Coast Braces For Impact As Hurricane Ida Bears Down; Biden: Another Kabul Attack Highly Likely In Next 24-36 Hours; Judge Strikes Down FL Governor's Mask Mandate Ban As Cases Surge; Nationwide Marches For Voting Rights Held On Anniversary Of 1963 March On Washington. Aired 5-6p ET
• U.S. Strikes Back For Kabul Bombing, Evacuations In Final Phase; Drone Strike Kills Two High-Profile ISIS Targets According To The Pentagon; Ida Expected To Hit Louisiana Tomorrow As Category 4 Hurricane; Anti-Vaccine Protesters Harass Hawaii's Lt. Governor; Team Rubicon Preps To Respond After Hurricane Ida Hits; Biden: Another Kabul Attack "Highly Likely In Next 24-36 Hours"; Ivermectin Debacle Exposes Hypocrisy Of Anti-Vax Crowd. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S. Evacuation From Afghanistan In Its Final Phase; Gulf Coast Braces For Impact As Hurricane Ida Bears Down; Louisiana Hospitals Nearly Full As Hurricane Approaches; ISIS-K Commander Talks About The Kabul Attack; Pilot Plucks 17 People To Safety From Tennessee Flash Floods; Mississippi Braces For Hurricane Ida Amid Surge Of COVID Cases. Aired 7-8p ET
• Gulf Coast Braces For Impact As Hurricane Ida Bears Down; Biden: Another Kabul Attack "Highly Likely In Next 24-36 Hours"; Louisiana Hospitals Maxed Out Before Hurricane Even Hits; DOD Releases Names Of Service Members Killed In Kabul Bombing; Doctors Frustrated As COVID Cases Climb; U.S. Embassy Warns Of "Credible Threat" Near Kabul Airport. Aired 8-9p ET
• Two High-Profile ISIS Targets Killed In U.S. Drone Strike; Ida Likely To Be "Extremely Dangerous" Hurricane When It Hits Louisiana; U.S. Embassy Issues Security Alert At Kabul Airport Due To A "Specific, Credible Threat" At Multiple Areas; Biden: Another Kabul Attack "Highly Likely In Next 24-36 Hours"; Nurses In Mississippi Battle Burnout, Staffing Shortages. Aired 9-10p ET
• Ida Expected To Make Landfall In Louisiana As Category 4 Hurricane; U.S. Embassy Issues Security Alert At Kabul Airport Due To A "Specific, Credible Threat" At Multiples Areas; Hurricane Ida Rapidly Gaining Strength. Aired 10-11p ET
• Ida Expected To Make Landfall In Louisiana As Category 4 Hurricane; Mandatory Evacuation Orders Issued As Hurricane Ida Strengthens; U.S. Embassy Issues Security Alert At Kabul Airport Due To A "Specific, Credible Threat" At Multiples Areas; U.S. Strikes Back For Kabul Attack; Withdrawal Deadlines Day's Away. Aired 11p-12a ET
• U.S. Embassy Warns Americans at Kabul Airport Gates to "Leave Immediately"; U.S. Military Conducts Airstrike against ISIS-K Planner; Several Groups Vying for Power in Afghanistan; COVID-19 Cases Climbing as Sydney Ends Ninth Week in Lockdown. Aired 12-1a ET
• U.S. Embassy Warns Americans at Kabul Airport Gates to "Leave Immediately"; U.S. Military Conducts Airstrike against ISIS-K Planner; U.S. Evacuation from Afghanistan Now in Final Phase; Several Groups Vying for Power in Afghanistan; Cases among Unvaccinated Overwhelming Some U.S. Hospitals. Aired 1-2a ET
• U.S. Military Conducts Airstrike against ISIS-K Planner; Biden Warns Another Terror Attack in Kabul "Likely"; Hurricane Ida Heads into Gulf of Mexico, Takes Aim at New Orleans; U.S. Evacuation from Afghanistan Now in Final Phase; Italy Reimposes Indoor and Outdoor Mask Mandates in Sicily; Florida Judge Rules against Governor's Mask Mandate Ban; ISIS-K Claims Responsibility for Deadly Suicide Bombing; Several Groups Vying for Power in Afghanistan. Aired 2-3a ET
• Hurricane Ida Heads Into Gulf Of Mexico, Takes Aim At New Orleans; U.S. Embassy Warns Americans At Kabul Airport Gates To "Leave Immediately"; CNN Speaks With ISIS-K Commander Ahead Of Taliban Takeover; U.S. Evacuation From Afghanistan Now In Final Phase; U.K. Ends Evacuation Operation In Afghanistan; China Administers Over Two Billion Vaccine Doses; Australia Reconsidering "Zero COVID" Strategy; U.N.: More Than 500,000 Afghan Refugees May Flee By End Of 2021; More Than 18,700 Evacuees Flown To Ramstein Airbase. Aired 3-4a ET
• Cases Among Unvaccinated Overwhelming Some U.S. Hospitals; Hurricane Ida Heads Into Gulf of Mexico, Takes Aim At New Orleans; U.S. Military Conducts Airstrike Against ISIS-K Terror Group; U.S. Intelligence Report On COVID-19 Origins Inconclusive; Taliban Vowed To Govern According To Sharia Law; U.S. Evacuation From Afghanistan Now In Final Phase; Ronaldo Returning To Manchester United; Parole Recommended For Robert Kennedy Assassin Sirhan Sirhan. Aired 4-5a ET
• U.N.: More Than 500,000 Afghan Refugees May Flee By End Of 2021; Hurricane Ida Heads Into Gulf Of Mexico, Takes Aim At New Orleans; U.S. Military Conducts Airstrike Against ISIS-K Terror Group; Florida Judge Rules Against Governor's Mask Mandate Ban; Cases Among Unvaccinated Overwhelming Some U.S. Hospitals; Taliban Vowed To Govern According To Sharia Law; More Than 18,700 Evacuees Flown To Ramstein Airbase; Ronaldo Returning To Manchester United; Parole Recommended For Robert Kennedy Assassin Sirhan Sirhan. Aired 5-6a ET


New Day Saturday
• Hurricane Ida Whips Cuba, Spins Towards U.S. Gulf Coast; U.S. Conducts Airstrike Against ISIS-K Planner; U.S. Racing to Evacuate Americans and Afghan Allies by Tuesday; Biden: Afghanistan Evacuation is "Dangerous" but "Worthy" Mission; Florida Judge Rules Against Governor DeSantis' Ban on Mask Mandates; U.K. Study Finds Delta Variant Doubles COVID Hospitalization Risk. Aired 6-7a ET
• Hurricane Ida Whips Cuba, Spins Towards U.S. Gulf Coast; U.S. Conducts Airstrike Against ISIS-K Planner; Georgia School District Return To Remote Learning Amid Surge; CNN's Clarissa Ward Talks With A Commander Of ISIS-K, Terror Group That Says Its Behind Deadly Kabul Attack; Officials Warn Of Possible Threats To The U.S. After Kabul Attack; Republican-led Texas House Passes New Voting Restrictions. Aired 7-8a ET
• Hurricane Ida Whips Cuba, Spins Towards U.S. Gulf Coast; U.S. Conducts Airstrike Against ISIS-K Planner; Alabama Hospitals Overwhelmed By COVID Patients; Voting Rights Legacy; Coronavirus Pandemic. Aired 8-9a ET


The Situation Room
• Hurricane Ida Threatens Parts of U.S. Gulf Coast; Hurricane Ida Anticipated to be Category Four Storm; Evacuations Continue in Afghanistan from Kabul Airport; U.S. Drone Strike Reportedly Kills ISIS Terrorist Planner Near Afghanistan-Pakistan Border; Interview with Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) on Continuing Efforts to Evacuate Americans and Afghans from Kabul Airport. Aired 10-11a ET
• Hurricane Ida Could Hit Louisiana; Pentagon Press Briefing. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Interview With Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA); National Weather Service: Some Locations May Be "Uninhabitable For Weeks Or Months" From Hurricane Ida's Wind, Rain And Surge; Mayor: Hurricane Ida Represents A "Dramatic Threat" To New Orleans; Pentagon: Remains Of 13 Service Members On Way Back To U.S.; Rate Of COVID Deaths Increased In 42 States In The Last Week. Aired 12-1p ET
• Pentagon: Two ISIS-K Members Killed, One Injured In U.S. Drone Strike; Pentagon: Threats At Airport Are "Real, Very Dynamic"; Defense Department Releases Names Of U.S. Servicemembers Killed In Kabul; FEMA Briefs Biden On Hurricane Ida; Hurricane Ida Turning Into "Very Dangerous Storm". Aired 1-2p ET


Smerconish
• Terrorist Attack at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan Kills Over 170 People, Including 13 U.S. Service Members; U.S. Continues to try to Evacuate Americans and Afghans From Afghanistan by August 31 Deadline; Terror Group Claims Responsibility For Kabul Bombing; Will Political Fallout Define Biden's Presidency. Aired 9-10a ET