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Cuomo Prime Time
• Two New Studies Suggest Increased Cancer Risk For 9/11 First Responders, Rescue And Recovery Teams; Retired Firefighter Opens Up About Responding To 9/11 Attacks, Health Issues & Pushing For Adequate Funding; Afghan Family Reunited In U.S. After Vet Helps Teen Escape. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Biden to G.O.P. Governors Threatening to Sue Over New Vaccine Rules, "Have at it;" How COVID Attacks Those Who are not Fully Vaccinated; Federal Education Dept. Opens Investigation In Florida Over School Mask Mandate Policy; Democrats Hold A Decided Edge So Far On Ballots Returned Ahead Of Tuesday's Vote. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• 20 Years After 9/11; Interview With Former Afghan Ambassador to the United States Roya Rahmani; Interview with Former U.S. State Department Official Lawrence Wilkerson; Interview with FDNY Chief Joseph Pfeifer. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Biden Unveils Sweeping Vaccine Mandates For Millions Of Workers; GOP Governors Threatens To Sue Over Biden's Vaccine Mandates; U.S. Prepares To Mark 20th Anniversary Of 9/11 Attacks. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Biden Calls on Governors to Require Vaccination of Teachers and Staff; Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to Prop Up GOP Incumbents Targeted by Trump; U.S. Prepares to Mark 20th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks. Aired 11:30-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Biden Dares GOP to Sue Over Vaccine Mandate: "Have At It"; Second Passenger Flight Departs Kabul with Americans on Board; Thousands of Documents Turned Over to House Select Committee; Giuliani Associate Pleads Guilty in Campaign Contribution Case; America's Evolution After the Attacks on September 11, 2001; China Cracks Down on Businesses, Accuses Celebrities of Disloyalty. Aired 4-5p ET
• Fmr. Top U.S. General In Afghanistan: Was "Not Worth The Cost"; Newsom's Ballot Strategy: Leave Questions Number 2 Blank; Pilots Warn New Security Measures Needed To Protect Air Travel; Coronavirus Pandemic; Numbers Dropping; Fall of Afghanistan. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• GOP Governors Fighting Against Mandates; President Biden Remind Americans of What Unity Is; Americans OK with Vaccine Mandates; Americans Fight Over Mask Mandates; U.S. Marks 20th Anniversary of 9/11 Attack. Aired 10-11p ET
• GOP Critics are Looking to Challenge New Vaccine Mandate in Court; Big Developments on Mask Mandates in Schools; False Claim Goes Viral About F-22 Pilots Resigning After a Vaccination Text from Secretary of Defense; GOP Laying the Groundwork to Lie that the California Recall was Stolen; Statue of Confederate Robert E. Lee Removed from Richmond as America Continues to Reckon with Legacy of Racism; Experts Say Fentanyl is a Big Factor in Record Drug Overdose Deaths; CNN Heroes: Preventing Cervical Cancer Cases by the Thousands. Aired 11a-12p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Biden Unveils Vaccine Mandates; Challenges to Biden's Mandate; Fauci Comments on Vaccine for Kids; January 6th Panel Receives Documents; McCarthy Works to Prop up Incumbents; Passengers Boarding at Kabul Airport. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Chuck Hagel is Interviewed about the 9/11 Anniversary; Investigation into Eight Unvaccinated Pregnant Women's Deaths; Breyer Comments on Texas Abortion Law. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Frustrated Biden Targets Unvaccinated with New Rules; Biden, Chinese President Xi Speak amid Rising Tension; 20th Anniversary of 9/11 Marks First Time Without Troops in Afghanistan. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Biden Speaks at D.C. School after Unveiling Vaccine Mandate; White House Says, Taliban Have Been Cooperative and Shown Flexibility in Getting Americans Out of Afghanistan. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Biden Unveils Tough Measures to Vaccinate most U.S. Workers; Businesses Praise Biden's Vaccination Plan; GOP Officials Lash Out at Biden's Vaccine Measures. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Lessons From 9/11 Still Loom Over Flight Safety Concerns; CNN Poll: Americans More Pessimistic About U.S. & Economy; Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) Discusses Law Enforcement Email Showing Knowledge Of Threat Prior To 1/6 & Threats Ahead Of 20th Anniversary Of 9/11. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Domestic Terrorist Threat; Remembering 9/11; Vaccine Mandates. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Email Warned Law Enforcement of 1/6 "Mass Casualty Event"; Telecom & Social Media Grapple with How to Respond to 1/6 Select Committee; CNN POLL: Americans More Pessimistic about U.S. & Economy; Chris Christie Takes Thinly Veiled Shots at Trump; Second Passenger Flight Departs Kabul with Americans Onboard. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• What Went Wrong in Afghanistan?; Interview With Former Acting CDC Director Dr. Richard Besser; Remembering 9/11; Vaccine Mandates. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• U.S. Set to Mark Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks; Retired FDNY Chief Opens Up About Watching Towers Fall On 9/11; Nurse Details Horror Inside Warehouse Holding Evacuated Nursing Home Residents; Senate Democrats Push to Include Path to Legalization for Millions of Immigrants in Economic Agenda Bill. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Evidence Shows Torture, Mass Detention in Tigray Region; 100+ Foreign Nationals Leave Kabul on Charter Flight; Biden, Xi Spoke Thursday as Relationship Remains Tense Super Typhoon Chanthu is Equivalent of Category 4 Hurricane; Canadian Party Leaders Debate COVID, Climate Change, Reconciliation; China's Crackdown Renews Debate on Gaming Addiction; China's Crackdown Renews Debate on Gaming Addiction. Aired 12-1a ET
• Afghan Women Vow to Keep Protesting Despite Ban; 100 Plus Foreign Nationals Leave, More Flights Expected; Biden Unveils Tough New Measures on Vaccinations. Aired 1-2a ET
• Biden, Xi Spoke Thursday As Relationship Remains Tense; Two Dangerous Storms Threaten Parts Of Asia; China's Crackdown Renews Debate On Gaming Addiction. Aired 2-3a ET
• At Least 100 People Allowed to Leave Afghanistan; World Bank Freezes Afghanistan Assets; President Biden Unveil His New Plan to Curb Pandemic; Top Health Expert Feel Frustrated; Taliban Remain Consistent with Their Policies; Canada's Federal Election Less Than Two Weeks Away; Super Typhoon Chantu Headed to Taiwan. Aired 3-4a ET
• Biden Unveils New Measures on Vaccinations; Republicans Furious Over Biden's Vaccine Mandates; U.S. Justice Department Sues Texas Over Restrictive Abortion Law; Afghan Women Vow to Keep Protesting Despite Ban; Looking Back at America's 20-Year War in Afghanistan. Aired 4- 4:30a ET
• Biden, Xi Spoke Thursday as Relationship Remains Tense; CNN Investigation Uncovers Atrocities in Tigray; Increasing Wildfire Threat in Western U.S.; Teenagers Shine in U.S. Open Women's Semifinals. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• New Lebanon Government Formed for First Time Since Port Blast; Second Qatari Charter Flight Takes Off from Kabul Airport; Taliban Back in Power 20 Years Since 9/11 Attacks; Evidence of Torture, Mass Detention and Executions in Tigray Region; Children in Several Indian States Return to Classrooms amid COVID-19; Students on Pandemic's Impact on Learning. Aired 10-11a ET
• Nic Robertson Reflects on Reporting from Kabul on 9/11; Muslim Americans Reflect on the 9/11 Attacks; Muslim Imam Working to Heal Wounds Caused on 9/11; New Lebanon Government Formed for First Time Since Port Blast; France's Strict Vaccination Policies: Lesson for U.S.; Two Teens Face Off in Women's Final on Saturday. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• "Real Tyrant": Biden's New Vaccine Rules Trigger Right-Wing Outrage Even as Unvaccinated Are 11 Times More Likely to Die; GOP Governors Slam Biden Over New Vaccine Rules Even as Their States Have Some Form of Vaccine Mandate for Schools; United Airlines Workers with Religious Objections to COVID Vaccine Will Be Placed on Indefinite Unpaid Leave; Gov. Newsom's Strategy on Recall: Leave Half the Ballot Blank. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET
• New Vaccine Requirements Will Apply to 100 Million Americans; Biden, China's Spoke Thursday Amid Tense Relationship; Kentucky Hospitals Pushed to Their Limits Amid Virus Surge; First International Passenger Flight Since U.S. Withdrawal Leaves Kabul. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• L.A. Schools Mandate Vaccinations For Students 12 And Up; President Biden Rolls Out Sweeping New Vaccine Requirements; Justice Department Sues Texas Over Six-Week Abortion Ban. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• A Second Passenger Plane Arrives at Kabul Airport; President Biden and Xi Hold Talks as Economic and Geopolitical Relations Remain Tense; More than 100 Million American Workers Face New Vaccine Rules. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Biden Implements Vaccine Mandates to Blunt COVID Surge; More Than 150K Cases Each Day, as Biden Pushes New Mandates; The Law & Vaccine Mandates; Biden calls out Republicans for "Bullying" Schools; Biden Dares GOP to Sue Over Vaccine Mandate: "Have at it". Aired 12- 12:30p ET
• CA Gov. Newsom Confident 4 Days Out From Recall Vote; Remembering The September 11th Terror Attacks. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Biden Introduces New Vaccine Requirements in Effort to Control COVID Surge; CNN Poll: 69 percent of Americans Say Things in U.S. are Going Badly; Kentucky Hospitals Pushed to Their Limits. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• McCarthy Working to Prop up Candidates; David Priess is Interviewed about the Infamous Bin Laden Memo; Second Flight Arrives in Kabul. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Brady, Buccaneers Rally to Beat Cowboys in NFL Opener; Biden Unveils Sweeping Mandates, Patience is Wearing Thin; GOP Governors Threaten Battle over Biden's Vaccine Mandates. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Looking Back When America Is Hit The Way It Was On 9/11; FBI Citing A Search Warrant For A Lawyer Who Was Allegedly At The Capitol On January 6; Federal prosecutors zeroing in on one of the gravest charges connected to the Capitol Riots. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• President Biden Criticizes Americans Unvaccinated for COVID-19; Biden Administration to Issue Rule Mandating Testing for Large Private Companies; U.S. Generals Involved in Afghanistan War Interviewed for Special Retrospective; Nurse Details Horror Inside Warehouse Holding Evacuated Residents; Second Largest School District Mandates Vaccine for 12 or Older. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Nick Melvoin is Interviewed about L.A. Schools Mandating Vaccines; Bobby Valentine and Joe Torre are Interviewed about Baseball and September 11th; Man Walks to Honor 9/11 Firefighter Brother. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Major U.S. Firms Embrace Biden's Vaccine Mandate; California Governor Faces Recall Election; Biden, Xi Hold "Respectful" Phone Call; Second Qatar Airways Passenger Flight Lands In Doha; Apple Ordered To Change How It Handles App Store Payments. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Biden Dares GOP to Sue Over Vaccine Mandates, Have at It; Email Shows Law Enforcement Prepared for Violence, Mass Casualty Event Ahead of January 6th Riot; Assessing the Terror Threat 20 Years after 9/11; Biden to Unruly Air Travelers: "Show Some Respect" Amid Mask Wars. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN 10
• Commemorating the September 11th, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on America; Featured Memories of Students Who Where with The President On That Day. Aired 4-4:10a ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Taliban Assert Control in Panjshir Province; Mutilated Bodies Found Downstream from Tigray Region; Republicans Threaten to Sue Biden Over Vaccine Mandates. Aired 2-3p ET