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Cuomo Prime Time
• Book: Trump Pressured Pence To Overturn Election On January 5: "I Don't Want To Be Your Friend Anymore If You Don't Do This"; Book: Top General Made Secret Calls To China To Prevent War; GOP Senator Pushes Right-Wing Theory, Alleges Biden "Mute Button". Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• New Book Reveals More about Donald Trump's Presidency; New Exit Polling in California Recall Election; Interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT); New Exit Polling In California Recall Election; Voting Underway In California: Gov. Newsom's Job Stake; Data: 9.1+ Million Pre-Election Ballots Cast; 52% From Dems; Tropical Depression Nicholas Slows, Dumps Torrential Rain. Comedian Norm MacDonald Dies At 61. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With John McEnroe; Interview With Ken Burns; ; Interview with author, Dave Zirin. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Blinken: Roughly $80B Worth of Military Equipment Now in Taliban Hands. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Secretary of State Blinken Testifies on Afghanistan Withdrawal. Aired 11:30-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Pediatric Group Warns Cases in Kids are Rising "Exponentially"; One-on-One with Biden Chief Medical Adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Final Stretch of Voting in Election to Keep or Replace Governor Newsom; Blinken Defends U.S. Afghan Exit in Testimony Before Congress; Trump's Erratic Final Days; Antony Blinken Testifies Before Congress; Tropical Storm Nicholas Slows, Dumps Torrential Rain Over Texas; Biden In Colorado To Push His Infrastructure & Climate Plans. Aired 4-5p ET
• Today: Voters Decide Whether To Keep Or Remove Gov. Newsom; New Data: Cases In Children Jump 240 Percent In Three Months; New CNN Analysis Shows Black & Hispanic Americans Are Underrepresented In Testing And Vaccination; CNN Investigate U.S. Military Claims About Deadly Drone Strike; Video, Interviews Cast Doubt On Pentagon Account Of Drone Strike; Blinken Faces Tough Questions On Afghanistan Withdrawal; Governor Activates National Guard To Drive School Buses; Comedian & "SNL" Alum Norm Macdonald Dies. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Did Not Air 10-11p ET
• Did Not Air 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Serious Questions Raised on Deadly U.S. Drone Strike in Kabul; Blinken Faces Tough Questions on Afghanistan Withdrawal; Defense Secretary Austin Declined to Testify Today; Polls Open in Less Than an Hour in California Recall Election; Security Fencing Returns to U.S. Capitol Hill Ahead of Right-Wing Rally. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• New Analysis Shows Black, Hispanic Americans Underrepresented in COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination; Tropical Storm Nicholas Now a Major Flood Threat to Texas and Louisiana; North Carolina District Refuses to Quarantine Students Despite Exposure to COVID-19. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Secretary of State Blinken Testifies on Afghanistan Withdrawal. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Secretary of State Blinken Testifies on Afghanistan Withdrawal. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• General Milley Took Top-Secret Action to Limit Trump's Ability to Order Military Strike Says New Woordward Book; Now, Senators Grill Blinken on Administration's Kabul Exit; California Voters Head to Polls to Determine Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA)'s Fate. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• California Voters Head to Polls to Determine Gov. Newsom's Fate; Family Begs Others to Get Vaccinated After ICUs at 43 Hospitals Were Too Full to Treat Their Loved One; Tragic Stories of Loss Amid Ongoing Battles Over Vaccines; On Full Vaccinations, U.S. Ranks Second-to-Last Among G-7 Nations; Surveillance Camero Footage & Interviews Cast Doubt on Pentagon's Account of Deadly U.S. Drone Strike in Kabul; U.S. Inflation Eases in August, Prices Still Rising. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Capitol Prepares For Right-Wing Rally; Trump's Erratic Final Days. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump, GOP Push Baseless Claims Of Fraud Before California Election Results; Blinken Defends Chaotic Afghanistan Withdrawal, Blames Trump During Senate Hearing; FDA To Discuss COVID Booster Shots On Friday; Surge Of Infections & Hospitalizations In Alabama, ICU Beds At Or Near Capacity; Fauci Disagrees With Expert Review Objecting To Boosters; COVID Cases In Children Rise 240 Percent Since July. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Interview With Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA); Capitol Prepares For Right-Wing Rally; California Recall Election. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Nicholas Makes Landfall as a Hurricane Along Texas Coast; Massachusetts National Guard Helps with Bus Driver Shortage; Ocasio- Cortez Wears 'Tax the Rich' Dress at Met Gala; Norm Macdonald, SNL Star Dies. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Donors Pledge More Than $1 Billion At U.N. Conference For Afghanistan; Antonio Guterres: Afghans Facing Collapse Of Entire Country; Israel To Share COVID Booster Data With U.S. FDA; Typhoon Chanthu Weakens To A Tropical Storm; Record Number Of Environmental Activists Killed In 2020; Report: Climate Change Making Some Areas Uninhabitable. Aired 12-1a ET
• Afghanistan's Future; Newsom's Fight For Survival; Coronavirus Pandemic; UK Approves Pfizer Jabs For 12-15 Year Olds. Aired 1-2a ET
• Afghanistan's Most Perilous Hour; Guterres: Afghan Facing Collapse Of Entire Country; Top U.S. Diplomat Defends American Withdrawal. Aired 2-3a ET
• U.N. Taking Note of Afghanistan's Dire Situation; Secretary Blinken Defended U.S. Exit from Afghanistan; Taliban Deprive Women's Rights; U.S. Looking at Israel for Booster Guidance; Hurricane Nicholas Battered Texas. Aired 3-4a ET
• Final Day of Voting in High-Stakes California Recall; Top U.S. Diplomat Defends American Withdrawal; Hurricane Nicholas Makes Landfall Along Texas Coast; Florida Governor Threatens Fines Over Vaccine Mandates; More Than 5,000 Untested Rape Kits Across the State of Texas. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• More than 5,000 Untested Rape Kits Across the State of Texas; Guterres: Afghans Facing Collapse of Entire Country; Eight U.S. Bases Housing More Than 50,000 Afghan Refugees; Biden Pushes Climate Agenda; Raiders Beat Ravens in Overtime Thriller; Apple Issues Urgent Software Update. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• Did Not Air. 10-11a ET
• Did Not Air. 11a-12p


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Moments Away: First Exit Polls in CA's Recall Election; Trump Calls CA "Rigged"; Biden: GOP Candidate "Trump Clone"; New Calls for Gen. Milley to Resign After Bombshell Revelation; "Trump Now All But Manic": Top U.S. General was Certain "Trump had Gone into Serious Mental Decline" After Election, Book Says; Interview with Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET
• California Voters Decide Gov. Newsom's Fate Today; Nicholas Slams Texas Coast, Poses Major Flooding Threat; The Last Pilots Out of Afghanistan. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Biden Makes Last-Minute Push To Keep Newsom In Office; South Carolina Police Investigate Missing Money From Murdaugh Law Firm; Biden: Climate Change To Blame For Rise In Extreme Weather Events. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Inflation Increases, but there are Some Signs Prices, Maybe Cooling; Chinese Property Giant Evergrande Warns Again it Could Default; Rumors Swirl Ahead of Apple's Next Big Product Launch. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• General Milley Worried Trump Would "Go Rouge" After Jan 6 in New Woodward/Costa Book; General Milley took Top-Secret Action to Limit Trump's Ability to Order Military Strike Says New Woodward Book; Trump Pressured Pence to Overturn Election on January 5th, "I Don't Want to be Your Friend Anymore if you Don't do this"; Woodward/Costa Book: Pelosi to Milley on Trump After Jan 6, "He's Crazy. You Know He's Crazy. He's Been Crazy for a Long Time". Aired 12-12:30p ET
• U.S. Secretary of State Blinken Defends Biden Withdrawal On Day Two Of Testimony; Today: Voters Decide Whether To Keep Or Remove Gov. Newsom; GOP Laying Groundwork To Lie That Election Was Stolen; Rep. AOC's Dress Makes A Statement: "Tax The Rich". Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• Trump, GOP Push Baseless Claims of Fraud Before California Results; D.C. on Alert for Armed Rally Goers; AOC Wears 'Tax the Rich' Dress at Expensive, Elite Event; NC School District Stops Tracing, Quarantines for Non-Positive; Video, Interviews Cast Doubt on Pentagon Account of Drone Strike. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Video, Interviews Cast Doubt On Pentagon Account Of Drone Strike; Tropical Storm Nicholas Threatens Texas, Louisiana; Two Middle Schoolers Accused Of Plotting Columbine-Style Shooting; Interview With EPA Administrator Michael Regan On Climate Action In The Biden Spending Plan. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Trump, GOP Push Baseless Claims of Fraud before Results; Threats against Officials, New Laws may Destabilize Elections. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Threats Against Officials, New Laws May Destabilize Elections; Russian President in Isolation After Inner Circle Members Tested Positive for COVID; Black, Hispanic People Underrepresented in Testing, Vaccinations; Police Prepare for Armed Rallygoers at Saturday's D.C. Event; Secretary of State Antony Blinken Defends Biden Administration's Afghanistan Withdrawal. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Republicans Criticize President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken during Congressional Hearing; Republicans across U.S. Questioning Results of Elections They Lose or May Lose in the Future; Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Attends Met Gala Wearing Designer Gown with "Tax the Rich" Written on It. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Booster Debate Explodes As Some Scientists Disagree With Need; Texas Business Leader: We Support Vaccines But Not "Frightening" Mandates; Californians Decide If Governor Should Stay In Office. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• U.K. Prime Minister Outlines Plan To Keep Country Open In Winter; Change Ahead In Norway As Labour Party Wins Election; South Africa Looks At How To Provide Basic Income Grants; The Met Gala; Democrats Push For Tax Hike On Richest Americans; Quest's World Of Wonder: Costa Del Sol; South Africa Set Zero Tolerance Policies For Corruption. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• Californians Now Casting Their Ballots; Democrats Outnumbered Republicans In California; Polls Still Favor Democrats In California; General Mark Milley Set The Guardrails; California's Recall A Test For Democrats; Larry Elder Leaving A Mark To Remind Voters. Aired 10-11p ET
• California Recall Election: Governor Gavin Newsom Has Early Lead In CNN Exit Poll With Most Votes So Far Against Recall. Aired 11p-12a ET


The Situation Room
• Book Says, Top U.S. General Took Secret Action to Protect Nukes from Trump; Final Hours of Voting in High-Stakes California Recall; CNN Investigates Trump's Lies and Attempt to Overturn Election. Trump Lies About Voter Fraud Could Destabilize Election System. Aired 6-7p ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• Blinken Defends U.S. Withdrawal Before Senate Panel; British Prime Minister Outlines Fall And Winter Pandemic Plan; Britain's Prince Andrew Sued Over Sexual Assault; Video, Interviews Cast Doubt On Pentagon Account Of Drone Strike; Californians Decide If Governor Should Stay In Office; Apple Unveils New iPhone Amid Spyware Concerns; Teenager Shocks Tennis World With First Grand Slam Title; The Met Gala. Aired 2-3p ET