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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• NY Times: Trump Executive Allen Weisselberg Nears Plea Deal With Manhattan Prosecutors; Feds Charge Pennsylvania Man Who Allegedly Threatened To Kill FBI Agents; Can Rep. Liz Cheney Survive A Trump- Backed Challenger In Tomorrow's Wyoming Primary?; CNN' Clarissa Ward Returns To Kabul A Year After City's Fall; Author Salman Rushdie Taken Off Ventilator, Family Says He's Still In Critical Condition; Carl Nassib, The First Active NFL Player To Come Out As Gay, Signs Deal With Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Former U.S. Ambassador To Afghanistan Ryan Crocker; Interview With Acting Afghan Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani; Interview With Former Afghan Youth Representative To The U.N. Shkula Zadran; Interview With Committee to Protect Journalists President Jodie Ginsberg. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Warner, Rubio Send Private Letter Requesting Info On Mar-A-Lago Search; Trump Under Investigation For Possible Espionage Act Violations; FBI & DHS Warns Threats To Law Enforcement Spike After Trump Search. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• CNN In Afghanistan One Year After U.S. Withdrawal; House Republicans Issue Scathing Report On Afghan Withdrawal; China Announces New Drills Amid New U.S. Visit To Taiwan. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Global Brief with Bianca Nobilo
• One Year Since Fall Of Kabul; Kenya's Next President; U.S. Citizens Moving To Mexico. Aired 5-5:30p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Giuliani Informed He's A Target Of Georgia Election Meddling Probe; Top Senators On Intelligence Committee Ask For More Info On Mar-a-Lago Search; CNN's Clarissa Ward Returns To Kabul One Yar After City's Fall; Salman Rushdie In Critical Condition With "Life-Changing" Injuries; Russia Confirms Griner, Whelan Discussed In Prisoner Swap Talks; Polio Detected In NYC Wastewater. Aired 4-5p ET
• DOJ Not Releasing Details Of Mar-a-Lago Search Affidavit; House Republicans To Release Report On U.S. Withdrawal In Afghanistan; Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) Is Interviewed About U.S. Withdrawal In Afghanistan; Governor Ron DeSantis In Arizona Rally Using The FBI Raid To Energize The Republican Base; Wash Post Analysis: Election Deniers Have Won 2/3 Of Republican Nominations For States & Federal Offices With Authority Over Elections; Cheney Faces Uphill Battle Against Trump-Backed Rival Tomorrow. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Justice Department Conducts Criminal Investigation Into Rudy Giuliani; DOJ Says No To Release Of FBI Affidavit Content; Rep. Liz Cheney Faces Tough Battle In Wyoming; Dr. Mehmet Oz Criticized Over Video He Posted; Salman Rushdie Out Of The Woods. Aired 10-11p ET
• Rudy Giuliani Is Target Of Georgia Election Investigation; DOJ Opposes Release Of Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant; White House Official Addresses Biden's Monkeypox Response; Cheney Tries To Hold On In Tough Wyoming Primary Reshaped By Trump. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Lawyer Claimed In June No More Classified Docs At Mar-a- Lago; FBI, DHS Warn Of Jump In Threats After Mar-a-Lago Search; Taliban Fighters Celebrate In The Streets Of Kabul; House Republicans Issues Scathing Report On Afghanistan Withdrawal. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Cheney's Tough Primary; Judge Rules Against Graham; Lawmakers Visit Taiwan; Anne Heche Dies after Crash; Rushdie Off Ventilator. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump Lawyer Claimed in June No More Classified Documents at Mar-a-Lago; U.S. Lawmakers Visit Taiwan on Heels of Pelosi's Recent Trip; Al Qaeda Presence Not "Reconstituted" in Afghanistan. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Republicans Rally Around Trump After Mar-a-Lago Search; Interview With EPA Administrator Michael Regan About Investments to Combat Climate Change; School Districts Nationwide Struggle To Fill Teacher Vacancies. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Afghanistan Withdrawal One Year Later; Heightened Threats Against FBI; Senate Requests Documents Seized From Mar-a-Lago. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Liz Cheney Faces Uphill Battle Against Trump-Backed Rival Tomorrow; China Launches Military Drills As U.S. Lawmakers Visit Taiwan; Study: "Extreme Heat Belt" To Impact 100 Million Americans by 2053; Climate Change Threatens Pollinators Sustaining Food Supply. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Heightened Threats Against FBI; Senate Requests Documents Seized From Mar-a-Lago; Afghanistan Withdrawal One Year Later; Rudy Giuliani Target of Georgia Grand Jury Probe. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Republicans Rally Around Trump After Home Search; Salman Rushdie In Critical Condition, But Expected To Survive Stabbing; FDA Pushes Ahead With New Monkeypox Vaccine Strategy Amid Concerns. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Giuliani Informed That He's A Target Of GA Election Meddling Probe; FBI & DHS Threats To Law Enforcement Spike After Trump Search; Officials: Russian Presence In South Complicated By Ukraine Attacks; Wyoming Voters Set To Decide Rep. Liz Cheney's Political Fate. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• GOP Rep. Liz Cheney Faces Tough Primary After Criticism of Trump; Economists Remain Optimistic On U.S. Economy Amid Recession Fears; Labor Bureau: 300,000 Public School Teachers Left The Field Between February 2020 And May 2022; Study: Extreme Heat Belt To Impact 100+ Million In U.S. In Next 30 Years. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• CNN Goes Inside Field Hospital Near Eastern Front Lines; Russian Journalist Holds Anti-War Sign At Court Hearing; India And Pakistan Mark 75 Years Since End Of British Rule; One Year Since Taliban Seized Control Of Kabul; Afghan Assets Frozen By West After Taliban Takeover; U.S. Lawmakers Make Unannounced Trip To Taiwan; Actress Dies Days After Fiery Crash Into Home; China Issues Highest Heat Alert For 200 Plus Cities & Counties; River Thames Shrinks Due To Extreme Heat, Drought; Controversy, Chaos Win Out In Chelsea-Spurs Draw. Aired 12-1a ET
• Fmr. Afghan Pres. Ashraf Ghani Speaks With CNN; One-Year Since Taliban Seized Control Of Kabul; CNN Goes Inside Field Hospital Near Eastern Front Lines; India And Pakistan Mark 75 Years Since End Of British Rule; 18 Children Among 41 Killed In Egypt Church Fire. Aired 1-2a ET
• EU, 42 Countries Urge Russia to Pull Out from Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant; Republicans Defend Trump, Democrats Seek Damage Assessment; Taliban Marks One Year in Power; U.S. Lawmakers On Unannounced Trip To Taiwan Spark Renewed Outrage From Chinese Government; Kenya Election Results Expected Today; India And Pakistan Mark 75 Years Since End Of British Rule. Aired 2-3a ET
• U.N. Warns Russia and Ukraine of Danger in Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant; Former President Trump Claims Executive Privilege; Taliban Denies Knowing Whereabouts of Killed Al-Qaeda Leader; Faulty Wiring Killed 18 Children in Egypt; China Responds to U.S.'s Second Visit to Taiwan; Tehran Cleans Itself for Salman Rushdie's Attack. Aired 3-4a ET
• One Year Since Taliban Seized Control of Kabul; Mounting Questions After Classified Docs Found at Mar-a-Lago; China Outraged Over U.S. Lawmakers' Visit to Taiwan; EU and 42 Countries on Russia to Leave Nuclear Plant; Iran Blames Rushdie and His Supporters for Attack. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Liz Cheney Faces Trump-Backed Challenger on Tuesday; Results from Tuesday's Vote in Kenya Expected Today; India and Pakistan Mark 75 Years Since End of British Rule; Over 10 Million Americans Under Heat Alerts; Heat, Drought Creating Dangerous Conditions Across Europe; Actress Anne Heche Dies Days After Fiery Crash into Home. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• Taliban Seized Control Of Kabul One Year Ago; U.S. Drone Strike In Kabul Killed al Qaeda's Leader; India And Pakistan Mark 75 Years Since End Of British Rule. Aired 10-10:45a ET
• Taliban Seized Control of Kabul one year Ago; Former President: "I've Done my Time"; Iran Blames Salman Rushdie Himself for Attack on Author; William Ruto Wins Kenya's Presidential Election; India and Pakistan Mark 75 Years Since end of British Rule; London's River Thames Shrinks in Extreme Heat, Drought. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• DOJ Reveals New Details, Argues To Keep Mar-a-Lago Affidavit Secret; Trump White House Lawyer Subpoenaed By Grand Jury Investigating January 6; Prosecutors Tell Giuliani He Is A Target In Georgia Election Probe; Pennsylvania Man Charged Over Alleged Threats Made Against FBI; FBI Bulletin: "Violent Threats" Emerge In Wake Of Mar-a-Lago Search; Trump Facing Possible Legal Jeopardy In Several Probes; DeSantis Takes His Message National Amid Talk Of Presidential Run. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Sources Tell CNN Trump Lawyer Told DOJ in June There was No More Classified Material at Mar-a-Lago; House GOP to Issue Scathing Report on Afghanistan Withdrawal; Salman Rushdie Begins to Regain Voice After Stabbing. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• FBI Faces Unprecedented Number Of Threats After Mar-a-Lago Search; Wounded Ukrainian Troops Treated At Secret Field Hospital; Houston Astros Host Members Of Uvalde Community. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Afghan Economy Plunged into Cross after Taliban Takeover; China Outraged over U.S. Lawmakers' Visit to Taiwan; Economists Urge U.S. to Release Afghanistan's Frozen Assets; Taliban Remain Internationally Isolated; SparkCharge Creates World's First EV Charging App; Parts of France Ration Water Amid Severe Drought. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• 11 Sets Of Classified Documents Found In FBI Search At Mar-a- Lago; Sources: Trump's Attorney Asserted In June There Were No Classified Docs At Mar-a-Lago, FBI Found 11 Sets; Trump Claims Documents Taken In FBI Search Were Privileged; FBI: "Unprecedented" Number Of Threats After Mar-a-Lago Search; GOP Split Emerges In Response To Mar-a-Lago Search; CNN's Clarissa Ward Returns To Kabul A Year After City's Fall; Half Of Afghanistan Acutely Hungry, 90 Percent Below Poverty Line. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• House Republicans Release Scathing Report On Afghanistan Withdrawal; Biden Admin Planning Over 35 Trips To 23 States To Tout Agenda; Wyoming Voters To Decide Liz Cheney's Political Fate. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Afghans Celebrate One Year Of U.S. Troop Withdrawal From Country; Militia Group Wagner Hit Inside Ukraine; Rushdie On Road To Recovery After Stabbing Attack; China Resumes Drills As U.S. Delegation Visits Taiwan; U.S. Warns Of Threats After Mar-A-Lago Search; U.S. Charges Iranian For Alleged Assassination Plot. Aired 2-3p ET


New Day
• The Evolving Defenses, Explanations from Trump and His Allies; Iran Blames Salman Rushdie and Supporters for Stabbing Attack; House GOP to Issue Scathing Report on Afghanistan Withdrawal. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• House GOP to Issues Scathing Report; Reports on the Economy This Week; School district Offers Teachers Incentives not to Retire; Cheney Faces Tough Primary; London River Running Dry. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Trump's Shifting Explanations For Keeping Classified Docs; Lawmakers Call For Security Threat Assessment Over Docs; Republicans Pressure A.G. Garland Over Search Of Trump's Home; DeSantis Kicks Off MAGA Promoting Tour In Arizona. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• CNN's Clarissa Ward Returns To Kabul One Year After City's Fall; Polio Detected In New York City's Wastewater, Raising Outbreak Fears; Would Salman Rushdie's "Satanic Verses" Be Published Today? Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Trump Under Intense Scrutiny over Classified Documents; Some Republicans Criticize FBI Executing Search Warrant at Former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago Residence; Reporting Indicates Lawyer for President Trump Previously Signed Document Stating No Classified Materials Remained at Mar-a-Lago. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Government's Classification of Secrets; Top Secret Documents at Mar-a-Lago; New Warning of Violent Threats Against Law Enforcement and Government Personnel; Fact-Checking Trump's Defenses. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• William Ruto Declared President-Elect; China Cuts Rates Amid COVID Lockdowns, Property Slump; US Stocks Recover After Chinese Economic Data Disappoints; Pinterest CEO: Growth Continues, Despite Headwinds; U.S. Stocks Overcome Fears Of China Slowdown; Hunt: China Slowdown Could Ease U.S. Inflation. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN TONIGHT: DOJ Opposes Release Of Mar-A-Lago Search Affidavit; Cheney Fighting To Hold Onto House Seat After Taking On Trump; Florida Hopes To Ease Teacher Shortage By Allowing Veterans To Teach Under Certificate, Without College Degree. Aired 9-10p ET


The Situation Room
• New Threat To Kill Law Enforcement After Mar-a-Lago Search; Giuliani A Target In Georgia 2020 Presidential Election Probe; CNN In Afghanistan One Year After Fall To The Taliban; GOP's Cheney Facing Uphill Battle Against Trump-Backed Challenger; Rushdie's Son: "His Life-Changing Injuries Are Severe". Aired 6-7p ET