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CNN Transcripts for August 29, 2021

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CNN Newsroom
• Hurricane Ida Makes Landfall In Louisiana As Category 4 With 150 mph Winds; New Orleans Braces For Up To 20 Inches Of Rain From Hurricane Ida; President Biden Addresses The Nation From F.E.M.A. Headquarters. Aired 3-4p ET
• Hurricane Ida Pummels Louisiana On 16-Year Anniversary Of Hurricane Katrina; Interview With Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser (R-LA) About The State's Preparedness Ahead Of Hurricane Ida; Interview With Morgan City Mayor Lee Dragna About The Impact Of Hurricane Ida; Aired 4-5p ET
• Hurricane Ida Pounds Louisiana; 400,000Louisiana Residents with No Power; Hurricane Ida Considered As Life-Threatening Storm. Aired 5- 6p ET
• Hurricane Ida Pummels Louisiana as Cat 4 Storm; 2,400 FEMA Personnel Deployed to Assist with Hurricane Ida Impact; New Orleans Braces Up to 20 Inches of Rain from Hurricane Ida. Aired 6-7p ET
• Hurricane Ida Churns Inland with Devastating Force; U.S. Neutralizes ISIS-K Bomber Suspect Posing Imminent Threat; Hurricane Ida Could Leave Parts of Louisiana Uninhabitable. Aired 7-8p ET
• Hurricane Ida Unleashes Strong Winds, Rain and Storm Surge Across Louisiana; Ida Reverses Flow of Mississippi River with Cat 4 Force; Interview with Baton Rouge Mayor Sharon Weston Broome about Hurricane Ida; U.S. Neutralizes ISIS-K Bomber Suspect Posing Imminent Threat; Biden Attends Dignified Transfer of Troops Killed in Kabul. Aired 8-9p ET
• Hurricane Ida Slams Louisiana With Wind, Rain, And Storm Surge; New Orleans, Surrounding Parish Without Power. Hurricane Ida Roars Inland With Category 3 Force; Flash Flood Emergency Is Issued For New Orleans; Aired 9-10p ET
• Hurricane Ida Slams Louisiana With Wind, Rain & Storm Surge; Official: Reports Of People With Water Up To Their Chests; Biden Attends Dignified Transfer Of Troops Killed In Kabul; Actor Ed Asner Passes Away At Age 91. Aired 10-11p ET
• Hurricane Ida Makes Landfall In Louisiana; Fall Of Afghanistan; Multiple Rockets Fired In Attack On Kabul Airport. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Dangerous Hurricane Ida Barreling toward U.S. Gulf Coast; U.S. Says Strike Killed Two "High-Profile" ISIS Targets; Female Activists Stay in Afghanistan to Fight for Rights; New Economic Crisis Looms after Taliban Takeover; U.N.: More than 500,000 Afghan Refugees May Flee by End of 2021; Communities Come to Grips with U.S. Service Members' Deaths in Kabul Airport Attack. Aired 12-1a ET
• Dangerous Hurricane Ida Barreling toward U.S. Gulf Coast; U.S. Says Strike Killed Two "High-Profile" ISIS Targets; U.S. Embassy Issues Security Alert at Kabul Airport Due to "Specific, Credible Threat" at Multiple Areas; U.S. Evacuation from Afghanistan Now in Final Phase; Australia Reconsidering "Zero COVID" Strategy; Chinese State Media Attempts to Twist Narrative on Pandemic. Aired 1-2a ET
• Dangerous Hurricane Ida Now Category 3; U.S. Embassy Issues Security Alert at Kabul Airport Due to "Specific, Credible Threat" at Multiple Areas; U.S. Says Strike Killed Two "High-Profile" ISIS Targets; U.S. and Allies Evacuated over 113,000 since August 14th; Communities Come to Grips with U.S. Service Members' Deaths in Kabul Airport Attack. Aired 2-3a ET
• U.S. Evacuation From Afghanistan Now In Final Phase; Dangerous Hurricane Ida Now Category 3; U.S. Embassy Issues Security Alert At Kabul Airport Due To "Specific, Credible Threat" At Multiple Areas; About 350 Americans Still Trying To Exit Afghanistan; Louisiana Governor Warns Of Storm Impact On Hospitals; Australia Reconsidering "Zero COVID" Strategy; Chinese State Media Attempts To Twist Narrative On Pandemic; Afghan Evacuees Arrive In U.S.; Female Activists Stay In Afghanistan To Fight For Rights. Aired 3-4a ET
• U.S. Embassy Issues Security Alert At Kabul Airport Due To "Specific, Credible Threat" At Multiple Areas; Dangerous Hurricane Ida Now Category 4; Louisiana Governor Warns Of Storm Impact On Hospitals; U.S. Evacuation From Afghanistan Now In Final Phase; U.N. Reports More Children Than Ever Live As Refugees Or Migrants; Communities Come To Grips With U.S. Service Members' Deaths In Kabul Airport Attack. Aired 4-5a ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Did Not Air 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• Hurricane Ida Still Strengthening As It Nears Louisiana Coast; Biden: Another Attack In Kabul "Is Highly Likely" This Weekend; Pentagon: Two ISIS-K Operatives Killed In Friday Drone Strike; Biden Heading To Delaware For Arrival Of Kabul Victims' Bodies; Biden Endures Worst Day Of His Presidency; Summer Of Freedom From COVID Turns Into Spike In Cases. Aired 8-9a ET


New Day Sunday
• Nurses In Mississippi Battle Burnout, Staffing Shortages; Ida Intensifies Into Dangerous Category 4 Hurricane; U.S. Embassy: "Specific, Credible Threat" At Kabul Airport; Ida Strengthens Into A Category 4 Hurricane, Closes In On Louisiana; Thousands Evacuate As Hurricane Ida Barrels Toward Louisiana; Several Parishes Issue Mandatory Evacuation Orders Ahead Of Ida; U.S. Warns Of Possible New Attack In Kabul; Remembering U.S. Service Members Killed In Kabul Bombing; Biden: Another Attack On Kabul Airport Likely In 24-36 Hours. Aired 6-7a ET
• U.S. Embassy Issues Security Alert At Kabul Airport Due To "Specific, Credible Threat" At Multiple Areas; Dangerous Hurricane Ida Now Category 4; Jefferson Parish Warns Of "Unsurvivable" Storm Surge; Communities Come To Grips With U.S. Service Members' Deaths In Kabul Airport Attack; U.S. Evacuation From Afghanistan Now In Final Phase; Female Activists Stay In Afghanistan To Fight For Rights; Mississippi Nurses Battle Burnout. Aired 5-6a ET
• Ida Intensifies Into Dangerous Category 4 Hurricane; U.S. Embassy: "Specific, Credible Threat" At Kabul Airport; Tornado Watch Issued For Parts Of Gulf Coast As Ida Moves Closer. Aired 7-8a ET


Reliable Sources
• Category 4 Hurricane Ida's Landfall Is Imminent; Inside The Efforts To Get Afghan Journalists To Safety; Eye Of Hurricane Ida Nearing Louisiana Coast; ABC News Producer Sues Former 'GMA' Boss; Rachel Maddow Renews With MSNBC, But There's A Catch; Spotlight Coverage Of California Recall Election. Aired 11a-12p ET


The Situation Room
• Ida Could Make Landfall Imminently Near Houma, LA; U.S. Carries Out Air Strike Against Suspected ISIS-K Bomber; Biden Attends Dignified Transfer of 13 Americans Killed in Kabul. Aired 12-1p ET
• President Biden Attends Dignified Transfer For Service Members Killed In Kabul; Hurricane Ida Makes Landfall In Louisiana; Residents Near Louisiana's Amite River Bracing For Flooding; Aired 1-2p ET
• Ida Makes Landfall In Louisiana As Cat 4 Hurricane With 150 MPH Winds; Biden Attends Dignified Transfer For Service Members Killed In Kabul; Actor Ed Asner Passes Away At Age 91. Aired 2-3p ET


State of the Union
• Interview With Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI); Interview With Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA); Interview With U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. Aired 9-10a ET
• Interview With Gov. John Bel Edwards (D-LA); Interview With Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT); Interview With National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci; Interview With Former Afghan Ambassador to the United States Roya Rahmani. Aired 10- 11a ET