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Cuomo Prime Time
• Milley: Esper, Miller, Meadows, Pompeo Knew About China Calls; Petito Family Urges Brian Laundrie To Turn Himself In; WSJ Report Exposes Facebook Efforts To Target Preteens. Aired 9-10p ET


Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Interview with Sen. Angus King (I-ME); General Milley Confirms Call with Nancy Pelosi after January 6; New Details about Laundrie Family Camping Trip after Brian Laundrie Returned without Gabby Petito; Pres. Biden Cancels Trip To Chicago; Legislative Agenda Hangs In The Balance; Progressive Democrats Demand Sinema And Manchin Reveal Views On Biden Agenda; NY Mandates Vaccines For Health Care Workers; Thousands Still Not Vaccinated; Obama Breaks Ground On New Library; Calls Out Those "Turning Away From Democratic Principles"; LeBron James Confirms Covid Vaccination. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• America's Generals in Hot Seat; World Without Hate; Interview With Anita Hill. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Milley, McKenzie: We Assessed that 2,500-3,500 Troops Should Stay. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Senators Grill Military Officials on Afghanistan Withdrawal. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Top Generals Contradict Biden In Contentious Hearing, Admit They Wanted 2,500 Troops To Remain In Afghanistan; Pelosi Reverses Course, Plans To Hold Infrastructure Vote Thursday Even If Massive Budget Bill Is Not Done; Pfizer Gives FDA Initial Data On COVID Vaccine For Kids Ages 5-11; Gabby Petito's Family Calls On Her Fiancee To Turn Himself In; Grisham Book Explains Trump's Secretive Walter Reed Trip In 2019. Aired 4-5p ET
• Gen. Milley Confirms Call After Jan. 6 Insurrection To Assure China Trump Was Not Planning A Military Strike; Gen. Milley Confirms Call With Pelosi After Jan. 6, says He Explained He Wouldn't Characterize Trump's Mental Health; Poll: 53 Percent Of American Don't Trust Biden To Give Accurate COVID Info.; Pfizer Submits Data To FDA On Vaccines For Children 5-11; Sanders Urges House Dems To Vote "No" On Infrastructure Until Budget Deal Passes; Pelosi Reverses Course, Plans To Hold Infrastructure Vote Thursday Even If Massive Budget Bill Is Not Done; Defense Secy.: We Did Not Plan For 11-Day Afghan Collapse; Anita Hill On Her 30-Year Struggle Against Gender Violence; Explosive Volcanic Eruptions Rock Canary Islands For 10 Straight Days. Aired 5-6 ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• President Biden Met With Senators Manchin And Sinema; All Talk No Done Deal; Top Generals Disagree With President Biden; LeBron James Admits Being Vaccinated; Brian Laundrie Still Being Searched; General Mark Milley Responds About His Quotes On Many Books; U.S. Not Alone In Many Things. Aired 10-11p ET
• President Joe Biden's Agenda Is At Make Or Break Point With Anxiety Growing Among Democrats; Generals Appear To Contradict Biden On Troop Withdrawal; Pfizer Submits Data On Vaccine For Kids Ages 5 To 11 To FDA; Laundrie Went Camping With Family After Returning To Florida; Seventy Million Americans Are Still Not Vaccinated; School District Clashes Over How Race Is Taught in Classrooms. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Milley Faces Questions on The Hill; Pfizer Gives FDA Data on Vaccine for Children; GOP Blocks Bill to Fund Government. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Gen. Milley Faces Questions on Afghanistan, Trump Revelations; Gen. Milley Defends Calls to China During Trump Era; Military Leaders Face Questions on Afghanistan Withdrawal. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Milley, McKenzie Say, We Assessed That 2,500-3,500 Troops Should Stay; Milley Says, Pulling U.S. Advisers Out of Afghan Army Years Ago Hurt Intel; Generals Say, If Afghan Army Fought, Kabul Likely Not in Taliban Control Yet. . Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Interview With Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX); Family of Gabby Petito Holds Press Conference; Officials Testify to Congress About Afghanistan Withdrawal. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Pfizer Submits Vaccine Trial Data for Kids Ages 5-11; CDC: No Unexpected Adverse Reaction from Booster Shots; Poll Shows Surge in Blacks, Hispanics Getting Vaccinated; Poll: Biden Facing a Trust Deficit Over Handling of COVID; U.S. Condemns Latest North Korean Missile Launch; Simone Biles: "I Should Have Quit Way Before Tokyo". Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Infrastructure Negotiations; U.S. Military Leaders Testify on Afghanistan. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Pfizer Submits Vaccine Trial Data for Kids Ages 5-11 to FDA; Petito Family Calls on Laundrie to Turn Himself In; New Audio Sheds Light on August 12th Altercation; Soon, Obama Breaks Ground on Presidential Library; Obama Speaks at Groundbreaking for Presidential Library. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Infrastructure Negotiations; President Obama Speaks Before Breaking Ground on Presidential Center. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Senators Grill Top Military Brass On Chaotic Afghanistan Pull Out; Military Testimony On Afghanistan Troop Levels Conflicts With Biden's Statements; Top General Defends Calls To China During Trump Administration; Interview With Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL) On Conservatorship Abuse Legislation And Debt Ceiling Bill; New York Governor Signs Order To Alleviate Potential Health Care Staffing Shortages. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• British Government Puts Army On Standby Amid Panic Buying; Britain Facing Shortage Of Petrol Delivery Drivers; Parties Jockey For Power As Coalition Talks Begin; South Korea: North Korea Fires Presumed Short-Range Missile; Evacuated Afghan American Recounts Harrowing Escape; China Rations Energy To Cope With Power Shortages. Aired 12-1a ET
• British Govt. Puts Army on Standby Amid Panic Buying; Scholz Pledges Stronger EU, Continuity After Narrow Win; Haiti Struggles with Kidnappings and Gang Violence. Aired 1-2a ET
• U.S. Congress To Grill Military Leaders About Withdrawal; Expert: Military Leaders Can't Get Too Defensive At Hearing; Evacuated Afghan American Recounts Harrowing Escape; British Government Puts Army On Standby Amid Panic Buying. Aired 2-3a ET
• Army Drivers on Standby; World's Most Powerful Without Power; China Had an Airshow; Top Military Officials to Face Lawmakers; Volcano Continue with its Lava Flow; Leaving the Hell of Afghanistan. Aired 3-4a ET
• U.S. Congress to Grill Military Leaders About Withdrawal; Republicans Block Bill to Suspend Debt Limit, Avert Shutdown; Nearly 1 in 4 Eligible Americans Remain Unvaccinated; British Government Puts Army on Standby Amid Panic Buying; South Korea: North Korea Fires Presumed Short-Range Missile; Haiti Struggling with Kidnappings and Gang Violence. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• R. Kelley Faces Life in Prison After Sex Trafficking Conviction; Authorities Searching for Laundrie in Florida Swamplands; Germany's Post-Merkel Future; United Airlines: 98.5 Percent of Employees Vaccinated by Deadline; Long-Delayed James Bond Film Set for World Premiere. Aired 4:30-5a ET


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


Erin Burnett Outfront
• "Betrayal": Pelosi Reverses Course, Moves Forward with Infrastructure Deal Without Larger Bill, Irking Progressives; Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) Discusses About Speaker Pelosi's Reverse Course on Infrastructure Deal; Top Generals Contracting Biden Over Troop Presence in Afghanistan; Official: Laundrie Family Together at Campground in Early Sept.; Petito Family Atty to Brian Laundrie: "Turn Yourself In"; Laundries Camped Together After Brian Returned Without Fiancee; New Book Suggests Trump Had Colonoscopy During 2019 Hospital Visit. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Did Not Air. 4-5a ET
• Dems Scramble to Avert Government Shutdown and Lift Debt Ceiling; White House Pressing to Pass Infrastructure & Safety Net Bills Together; Lawmakers Set to Grill Top Military Leaders About Afghanistan. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Democrats Scramble To Avert Government Shutdown And Lift Debt Ceiling; North Korea Launches Presumed Short-Range Missile; R. Kelly Convicted Of Racketeering And Sex Trafficking. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• China Sparks Growth Fears with Forced Fuel Cuts; The U.K. Petrol Crisis Continues as Troops Prepare for Action; Ford Invest Billions in an EV Future. Aired 9-9:30a ET


Inside Politics
• Milley Acknowledges Interviews with Multiple Book Authors; Senators Grill Top Military Leaders on Chaotic Afghanistan Exit. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Senators Grill Top Military Leaders On Chaotic Afghanistan Exit. Aired 12:30-1p ET


New Day
• GOP Blocks Bill to Fund Government and Prevent First U.S. Default; Lawmakers Set to Grill Pentagon Leaders on Afghan Withdrawal; Inside the Secret U.S. Rescue Mission from Afghanistan; Battle Escalates Between NBA & Unvaccinated Players. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Anti-Vaccine NBA Players Dig In; Trump's Pick to Challenge Cheney; Hinckley's Unconditional Release; FBI Scales Back Search for Laundrie. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• GOP Blocks Bill to Fund Government and Prevent First U.S. Default; CNN Reports, Georgia GOP Livid over Trump's Praise of Stacey Abrams over Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA); Lawmakers Set to Grill Pentagon Leaders on War Exit. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• US Has Issues Evacuating Remaining Americans in Afghanistan; Donald Trump Campaigns for VA Governor Candidate. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Says Senate Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill to be Voted on Separately from Possible Senate Reconciliation Bill; Senate Republicans Block Motion to Raise Federal Government Debt Ceiling; Sen. Angus King (I-ME) is Interviewed on Lawmakers Set to Grill Pentagon Leaders on War Exit. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Insurrectionists in the Constitution; R. Kelly Faces Life in Prison; Li Sollis is Interviewed about Utah's Domestic Violence Laws; Poll Shows Reasons for New Vaccinations; Cedric Ceballos is Interviewed about his COVID Battle. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Rising Energy Prices, Bond Yields Rattle Investors; Jerome Powell Expects Elevated Inflation in Months Ahead; Power Shortages Leads to Outages in Northeastern China; Daniel Craig Plays 007 Once More. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• U.S. Military Leaders Testify On Afghanistan, Contradict Biden; Divided Dems Heading For A Showdown Over Biden Agenda; Pfizer Submits Data To FDA On Vaccine For Young Children. Gabby Petito's Family Speaks as Feds Scale Back Manhunt for Brian Fiance, Laundrie; North Korea Claims Successful Hypersonic Missile Test. Aired 6-7p ET


Hala Gorani Tonight
• U.S. Military Leaders Testify at Senate Hearing on Afghanistan; U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Says Fuel Supply Crisis is Starting to Stabilize; A Volcano Erupts on Spain's La Palma Island; Haitian Elections Postponed Again; Pfizer BioNTech Submit Data on Children; German Election; Daniel Craig Plays 007 Once More. Aired 2-3p ET