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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Documents Seized By FBI From Trump, Part Of Espionage Act Probe; Search Warrant Shows FBI Took 11 Sets Of Classified Documents From Trump, Including Highly Classified Material; NY Times: Agent Says Salman Rushdie On A ventilator With Damage To Arm, Liver, Will Likely Lose An Eye After Attack; House Passes Major Climate, Health Care Bill, Clearing Measure For President Signature. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with "The Fifth Act" Author Elliot Ackerman; Interview with "The Princes" Director Ed Perkins; Interview with "I'm Glad My Mom Died" Author Jennette McCurdy. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Trump Calls For Release For Search Warrant Of His Home; Violent Rhetoric Circulates On Pro-Trump Forums After FBI Search. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Author Salman Rushdie Attacked During Lecture In New York; Any Moment: House Begins Debate On Inflation Reduction Act; Death Toll In Kentucky Flooding Rises To 39. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Global Brief with Bianca Nobilo
• Did Not Air 5-5:30p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Judge Unseals Trump Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant; Search Warrant Cites Three Criminal Laws: Espionage Act, Obstruction And Removing Government Records; Trump Claims He Declassified Mar-a-Lago Documents; Judge Unseals Trump Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant; Search Warrant Cites Three Criminal Laws: Espionage Act, Obstruction and Removing Government Records. Aired 4-5p ET
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Warrant: Trump Being Investigated For Possible Espionage Act Violations, Obstruction, Criminal Handling Of Docs; Search Warrant Receipt: FBI Seized 20+ Boxes From Mar-A-Lago, Including 11 Sets Of Classified Docs, Photos, Handwritten Note; FBI Investigating "Unprecedented" Number Of Threats Against Bureau In Wake Of Mar-A-Lago Search. Aired 9-10p ET
• Trump Team Point Fingers At GSA And National Archives; Classified Documents Were Declassified Prior To Packing; Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant Made Public; Trump-backed Candidate Poise To Win In Wyoming GOP Nomination; Death Threats Becomes Real For Salman Rushdie. Aired 10-11p ET
• Did Not Air 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• FBI Search Related to Nuclear Weapons; Police Kill Armed Suspect Trying to Breach FBI Office; Secret Service Accused of Impeding Probe. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• House to Vote on Inflation Reduction Act; CDC Ends Some Recommendations; Vaccine Maker Has Reservations about Dose Strategy; Warnings over Ukrainian Nuclear Plant; Anne Heche Not Expected to Survive. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• DOJ Files Motion to Unseal Search Warrant, Trump Says He Won't Oppose; Multiple Former Trump Cabinet Officials Engaging with January 6 Committee; Today, House Votes on Sweeping $750 Billion Health Care, Climate Bill. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Today; House Votes on Sweeping $750 Billion Health Care, Climate Bill; Former Ohio Democratic Party Chair Says, Battle for Democracy Taking Place at Nation's Statehouses; Ohio Police Kill Armed Man Suspected of Trying to Breach FBI Office. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Nuclear Documents at Mar-a-Lago?; House Set to Pass Inflation Reduction Act; Trump Team Facing Deadline to Oppose Release of Search Warrant. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Author Salman Rushdie Hospitalized After Attack During Lecture; Ohio Police Kill Armed Suspect in FBI Breach Attempt; Violent Rhetoric Spreads on Pro-Trump Sites After FBI Search; Polio Virus Detected in NYC Wastewater Samples. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Interview With Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA); Nuclear Documents at Mar- a-Lago?; Congress Set to Pass Inflation Reduction Act; Trump Facing Deadline to Oppose Release of Search Warrant. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Author Salman Rushdie Attacked Onstage, Suspect in Custody; Ohio Police Identify Armed Man Killed in Standoff at FBI Office; Violent Rhetoric Circulates on Pro-Trump Forums After FBI Search; Polio Virus Detected in NYC Wastewater Samples; Family of Anne Heche Gives Sad Update on Her Condition. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• WSJ: FBI Recovered 11 Sets Of Classified Documents In Trump Search; DOJ Tells Court Trump Does Not Object To Unsealing Search Warrant. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Judge Unseals Trump Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant; DOJ Searched Trumps Home for Violation of Espionage Act, Obstruction and Removing Government Records. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• U.N. Raises the Alarm Over Shelling of Zaporizhzhia Plant; Ukrainians Grapple with Decision to Stay or Leave; Justice Department Moves to Unseal Warrant, Property Receipt; 21 Chinese Warplanes, Six Vessels Spotted Near Taiwan Strait; 2 Dozen+ Killed in Anti-Government Demonstrations; Afghans More Impoverished Than Ever Under Taliban; Heat, Drought Creating Dangerous Conditions Across Europe. Aired 12- 12:45a ET
• Afghans More Impoverished Than Ever Under Taliban; Save the Children: Situation Bleak for Youngest Afghans; Heat, Drought Creating Dangerous Conditions Across Europe; Challenging Conditions Hamper Efforts to Rescue Miners; Trump Apparently Shredded Documents, Tried to Flush Them; U.N. Raises the Alarm over Shelling of Zaporizhzhia Plant; Justice Department Moves to Unseal Warrant, Property Receipt; 2 Dozen Plus Killed in Anti-Government Demonstrations; Hong Kong Loses Record 113,000 Plus Residents in Past Year. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump Responds to Search Warrant Request; CNN Gives Latest Updates on Russia's War in Ukraine; Malnutrition Threatens Thousands of Children's Lives in Haiti; Hong Long Loses Record 113,000+ Residents In Past Year; Heat, UNHCR/NRC: Severe Drought Displaces M People In Somalia; Drought Creating Dangerous Conditions Across Europe. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• A.G. Merrick Garland Gave Approval to FBI Search; U.N. Warns of Constant Shelling Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant; Only a Handful Ukrainians Wants to Evacuate; Poverty Getting Worse Under Taliban Rule; Wildfires Leaves Western Europe in Ashes; Fossil Fuels Damages the Arctic; Protesters Killed in Sierra Leone's Protest; Climate Change Wipes Beaches; Hongkongers Leaving in Droves; Mexican Miners Trapped for Days Now. Aired 3-4a ET
• Garland Calls Out Attacks on FBI, Justice Department; FBI was Looking for Nuclear Documents; Ohio Police Kill Gunman Who Tried to Breach FBI Office; Ex-Members of Trump Cabinet Engaging with January 6th Committee. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Washington Post: FBI was Looking for Nuclear Documents; Trump Apparently Shredded Documents, Tried to Flush Them; Ukraine Reports New Strikes Near Zaporizhzhia Plant; Donors Pledge More Than $1.55 Billion in Air for Ukraine. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• Deadline Nears as Justice Department Moves to Unseal Search Warrant; Ukrainian nuclear authority: Zaporizhzhia Plant Risks Violating Radiation and Fire Safety Standards Pelosi's Taiwan Visit Gives China's Xi Political Ammunition; FIFA To Begin Qatar World Cup A Day Early; Foster Feels Pressure As New Zealand Face Archrivals. Aired 10-11a ET
• Trump says on Social Media that he Encourages the Release; Deadline Nears as Justice Department moves to Unseal Search Warrant; Ukraine: "No Adequate Control" Over Zaporizhzhia Plant; Author Salman Rushdie Attacked During Lecture in New York; Study: Still Time to Save East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Official: U.S. and Syria have had Direct Engagements to Release Austin Tice, taken Hostage 10 Year Ago. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Warrant: Trump Under Investigation For Possible Espionage Act Violations; FBI Searched Mar-a-Lago To Probe Potential Espionage Act Violations; House Passes Sweeping Health, Climate Bill In Win For Biden; Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant: FBI Was Authorized To Search "45 Office"; FBI Investigating "Unprecedented" Number Of Threats Against Bureau In Wake Of Search Of Trump's Home; Salman Rushdie On Ventilator, Will Likely Lose An Eye: Agent To NYT. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Trump Says He Won't Object to Unsealing Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant; WaPo: FBI was Searching for Nuclear Weapon-Related Documents; CDC Ends Social Distancing, COVID Quarantine Recommendations. Aired 5- 5:30a ET
• Today: House Expected To Pass Inflation Reduction Act; Some Residents In Donbas Remain In Their Homes Despite Danger; Baseball Returns To The Field Of Dreams. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Justice Department Moves to Unseal Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant; Argentina Hikes Key Interest Rate to 69.5 Percent; Two more Grain Ships Sail from Ukrainian Black Sea Port; Strive Urges U.S. Corporations to Focus on Core Business; Drought Declared in Parts of England; Antarctic Glaciers have Lost 12 Trillion Tons of Ice Since 1997. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Awaiting Trump Legal Response To DOJ Move To Unseal Warrant: WAPO: BFI Searched Mar-a-Lago For Nuclear Documents; Justice Dept. Moves To Unseal Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant; Trump; GOP Intel Members Demand Oversight As DOJ Moves To Unseal Warrant; Trump Lawyer: Hasn't Talked To Trump About Nuclear Docs. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• House Set To Pass Dems' Sweeping Health Case, Climate Bill; Jan. 6 Cmte Engaging With At Least 9 Former Trump Cabinet Officials; CDC Ends Social Distancing, COVID Quarantine Recommendations. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Author Salman Rushdie Stabbed In New York; Trump's Legal Team Left With An Hour To Argue Against Unsealing Search Warrant; Parts Of England Officially Fall Into Drought; Salman Rushdie Stabbed On Stage Before Lecture; FBI Office Attacked; Deadline Nears As Justice Dept. Moves To Unseal Search Warrant. Aired 2-3p ET


New Day
• FBI Searched Mar-a-Lago for Nuclear Documents; Ohio Police Kill Armed Suspect Who Tried to Breach FBI Office; New Accusations Secret Service Impeded Probe of Its January 6th Response. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• CDC Loosens Covid Restrictions; Karine Jean-Pierre is Interviewed about the FBI Raid and Inflation Reduction Act; Ice Crumbling Faster than Thought; Baseball Returns to the Field of Dreams. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Trump Says He Supports Release of FBI Documents as His Lawyers Face Deadline; The Washington Post Reports, FBI Searched Mar-a-Lago for Nuclear Documents; Violent Rhetoric Circulates on Pro-Trump Forums After FBI Search. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Trump Calls For Release Of FBI Search Documents, But Will His Lawyers Contest?; Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) On FBI Search Of Mar-A-Lago For Nuclear Documents; Toledo Firefighter Helps Save Referee's Life During Basketball Game. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Justice Department Issues 3:00 P.M. Deadline to Trump Legal Team to Respond to Motion to Unseal Search Warrant and Property Receipt from Mar-a-Lago Search and Seizure; Reporting Indicates Documents FBI Searched for at Mar-a-Lago Related to Nuclear Weapons; Trump Calls for Release of FBI Search Docs, But Will His Lawyers Contest?. Aired 8-8:30a ET.
• Mayor Eric Adams is Interviewed about Migrants and Covid; Tim Alberta is Interviewed about the FBI Raid on Trump. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• WSJ: FBI Seized 11 Sets Of Classified Documents At Mar-a-Lago; US Markets Rise As Investors Cheer Inflation Data; Swedish Inflation Slow To 8.0 Percent In July; Family: Anne Heche Is "Braind Dead" But Remains In Life Support; Author Salman Rushdie Stabbed At New York Event; Judge Unseals Trump Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant. Aired 3-4p ET


The Situation Room
• Trump's Home Searched For Violation Of Espionage Act, Other Crimes; Judge Unseals Trump Mar-A-Lago Search Warrant; FBI Recovered 11 Sets Of Classified Docs In Trump Search; Gunman In Ohio Standoff Previously Known To FBI Due To Jan. 6 Link; House Passes Dems' Sweeping Health Care, Tax & Climate Bill; Author Salman Rushdie In Surgery After Stabbing. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump's Home Searched For Violation Of Espionage Act, Other Crimes; Landmark Bill Heads To Biden To Sign In New Win For Democrats; Gunman In Ohio Standoff Previously Known To FBI Due To January 6 Link; Author Salman Rushdie Attacked In New York After Years Of Death Threats. Aired 6-7p ET