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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump Considering Releasing Surveillance Footage Of FBI Mar-a- Lago Search; Source: Former Chief Financial Officer At Trump Organization Expected To Plead Guilty To Tax Fraud Tomorrow; Cheney's Loss May Be The Second Worst For A House Incumbent In 60 Years; Cheney Weighs Potential 2024 Face-Off With Trump After Primary Defeat; Cheney Summons Lincoln, Gettysburg Address In Plotting Political Future; Water Cutbacks As Colorado River Hits Record Low. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former U.S. House Republican and "White Flag with Joe Walsh" host Joe Walsh; Interview with Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Senior Fellow Karim Sadjadpour; Interview with Centre for Economics and Business Research, U.K. Government Economic Service Former Joint Head and Economist Vicky Pryce; Interview with 17-Year-Old Aviator Attempting to Break World Record Mark Rutherford. Aired 1:00-2p ET


At This Hour
• CNN Presses Rudy Giuliani ahead of Georgia Grand Jury Testimony; Former Trump Lawyers Interviewed by FBI over Mar-a-Lago Documents; Mike Pence Calls for "Unprecedented Transparency" and End to Attacks on FBI; Liz Cheney Loses in Landslide to Trump-Backed Candidate. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Teacher And Bus Driver Shortages Impact New School Year; U.S. Imposes Water Cuts As Colorado River Hits Dangerous Low; Germany, Israel Condemn Abbas' Holocaust Comments. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Global Brief with Bianca Nobilo
• Cheney Loses; Ukraine Claims Crimea Strikes; 10.1 Percent UK Inflation. Aired 5-5:30p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Multiple Casualties After Explosion At Kabul Mosque; Ukraine Admits They Attacked 3 Russian Military Targets In Crimea; Parents And Teachers Face Back To School Sticker Shock; Pence Says He Would Consider Testifying Before January 6 Committee; Rudy Giuliani Wraps Up Grand Jury Testimony After Six Months; Cheney on Possible 2024: Run: I'll Make A Decision in "Coming Months". Aired 4-5p ET
• Rep. Cheney Loses In Landslide To Trump-Backed Harriet Hageman; Cheney Vows To Fight Trump: "Freedom Must Not Die Here"; Poll: Only 16% Of Hageman Supporters Think Biden Is Legitimate President; Cheney On Possible 2024 Run: I'll Make A Decision In "Coming Months"; Updated COVID Boosters To Target Omicron Variants Expected In September; U.S. Government To Stop Paying For COVID Shots, Tests Next Year; CDC director Lays Out New Plan To Overhaul Agency; Pence Says He Would Consider Testifying Before Jan. 6 CMTE; Rudy Giuliani Appears Before Grand Jury Wednesday; Iran Seeking Compensation For U.S. Nuclear Deal Withdraw; Syria Denies It Is Holding American Journalist Austin Tice; Family Of U.S. Navy Officer Jailed In Japan Over Fatal Car Crash Calls On Biden To Intervene; Texas School District Temporarily Pulls 41 Books, Including The Bible, From Shelves; Trump's CFO Allen Weisselberg Will Implicate Trump Companies in Guilty Plea. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Rudy Giuliani Appeared Before Grand Jury; Sen. Lindsey Graham Refuse To Appear Next Week; Former President Trump Wants To Release Mar-a-Lago Surveillance Video; Veteran Lawyers Reject Representing Donald Trump; Liz Cheney Looking Ahead To Her Bigger Political Future; Inflation Reduction Act Won't Take Effect Right Away; Extreme Drought Exposes More Human Remains In Lake Mead. Aired 10-11p ET
• Florida Judge To Hold Hearing On Request To Unseal Mar-a-Lago Affidavit; Rudy Giuliani Appears Before A Grand Jury; Liz Cheney Lost Bid For Reelection To Trump-Backed Candidate Harriet Hageman; Trump Has Long, Strained Relationship With The FBI; Texas School District Removes 41 Books From Libraries Pending Review. Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Giuliani Appears before Georgia Special Grand Jury; Cheney Loses in Landslide; FBI Interviewed Ex-White House Lawyers. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• Retail Sales Stagnated; Pence Considers Testifying; Bus Driver Shortage; Highland park Victim Feels Hopeless. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) Loses in Landslide to Trump-Backed Harriet Hageman; Giuliani in Atlanta to Appear Before Georgia Special Grand Jury; Former Vice President Pence Says He'd Consider Testifying Before January 6 Committee. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Federal Government Announces Mandatory Water Cuts as Colorado River Dries Up; Afghan Women Struggle for Basic Rights After Taliban Takeover; NASA's Mega Moon Rocket Rolls Out to Launch Pad. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Will Pence Testify to January 6 Committee?; Rudy Giuliani Testifies in Georgia; Liz Cheney Loses Primary. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• NTSB: Co-Pilot "Visibly Upset" Before Exiting Plane Midair; Florida Court: 16-Year-Old Girl Not "Mature" Enough for Abortion; CDC Reorganizing, Focusing on Restoring Public Trust; Hackers Working to Protect Next Election; Bible Among 41 Books Taken Off Texas School District's Shelves. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Could Pence Testify to January 6 Committee?; Giuliani Testifies in Georgia; Liz Cheney Loses Primary Election. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Fed Releases Minutes From Meeting Where Historic Rate Hike Was Approved; U.S. Retail Sales Stagnated Last Month, Up 10.3% From Last Year; U.S. Natural Gas Prices Spike To 14-Year High; South Korean Says North Korea Fired 2 Cruise Missiles; Tom Holland Takes Social Media Break Citing Mental Health. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Rudy Giuliani Appears Before GA Special Grand Jury; New Law Tackling Climate Change Comes As West Faces Dire Drought. Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• New COVID Boosters Targeting Omicron Rolling Out Next Month; CDC Reorganizing, Focusing On Restoring Public Trust; Florida Court: 16-Year-Old Girl Not "Mature" Enough For Abortion; Hackers Crack Open Voting Machines To Dispel Election Lies; Schools Grappling With Teacher & Bus Driver Shortages. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Liz Cheney Concedes And Vows To Keep Up Fight Against Donald Trump; Primaries A Test Of Donald Trump's Power Over Republican Party; Former Donald Trump Lawyers Questioned By FBI Over Documents; Explosions Rock Russian Ammunition Depot In Crimea; Extreme Drought Drying Up Colorado River, Lake Mead. Aired 12-1a ET
• Cheney Concedes And Vows To Keep Up Fight Against Trump; Sarah Palin Seeks Political Comeback In Alaska House Race; Alaska Sen. Murkowski Challenged By Trump-Backed Tshibaka; Giuliani Under Orders To Face Georgia Grand Jury; Biden Signs Sweeping Climate, Tax, Health Bill Into Law; Explosions Rock Russian Ammunition Depot In Crimea; Odinga Formally Rejects Kenya's Presidential Election Results; Top Presidential Candidates in Brazil Officially Launch Their Campaigns; Hackers and Election Officials Test Voting Machines. Aired 1-2a ET
• Cheney Concedes And Vows To Keep Up Fight Against Trump; Final Polls Closed In Alaska's Primary Races; Sarah Palin Seeks Political Comeback In Alaska House Race; Senator Murkowski Advances to November Election; North Korea Fires Two Cruise Missiles; Explosion in Russian Military Ammunition Depot; People Advised Not to Approach Russian Military Installations by Zelenskyy; Colorado River and Lake Mead Drying up; Southwest U.S. Water Use Drastically Reduced Due to Drought; California Residents are Urged to Conserve Electricity. Aired 2-3a ET
• Liz Cheney Defeated but Not Deterred; Senator Lisa Murkowski and Kelly Tshibaka Advance in Alaska's Special Race; Rudy Giuliani Faces Grand Jury in Georgia; DOJ Interviewed Pat Cipollone and Patrick Philbin. Aired 3-4a ET
• Liz Cheney Loses Her Seat in Wyoming Republican Primary; Former Trump Lawyers Questioned by FBI Over Documents; New COVID Boosters to be Out Next Month in the U.S. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Hackers And Election Officials Test Voting Machines; Source: Iran Wants Compensation If U.S. Exits Deal; Explosions Rock Russian Ammunition Depot In Crimea; Ship Carrying Food Aid Departs Ukraine For Ethiopia; Drought Forces Massive Cuts In Water Use For U.S. Southwest; NBA Won't Play Any Games On U.S. Election Day; Emma Raducanu Defeats Serena Williams Ahead Of U.S. Open. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• Liz Cheney Loses in Landslide to Trump-Backed Candidate; Israel and Turkiye Restore Full Diplomatic Ties; Russian Strike on Odessa Wounds Four; Iran Nuclear Deal; Afghanistan One Year Post-Taliban Takeover; U.K. Inflation; Serbia-Kosovo Crisis Talks. Aired 10-11a ET
• Liz Cheney Loses in Landslide to Trump-Backed Candidate; Abbas Accuses Israel of 50 Holocausts, Walks Back Comment; Severe Drought Drying up Colorado River, Drains Reservoirs; Kyiv: Ukraine Behind Three Explosions in Crimea; Diplomat: Iran Wants Compensation if U.S. Exits Deal; UK Inflation Hits 10.1 Percent as Bread and Milk Price Soars. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Weighing Release Of Surveillance Video Of FBI Search; Judge To Hold Hearing Tomorrow On Fate Of Mar-a-Lago Affidavit; Giuliani Now A Target In Georgia Election Probe, Testifies For 6 Hours; Washington Post: Trump Scrambling To Add Seasoned Lawyers To Team; Biden Cabinet Secretaries Hit Road To Sell $750B Spending Bill; Man Desperate To Escape China's COVID Lockdowns, Leaves Children Behind, Enters U.S. Illegally After Perilous Journey. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Rep. Liz Cheney Concedes Loss to Trump-Backed GOP Rival; FBI Interviewed Trump White House Lawyers in Mar-a-Lago Document Probe; Biden Signs $750 Billion Climate, Health Care & Tax Bill. Aired 5- 5:30a ET
• North Korea Fires 2 Cruise Missiles Into Sea Off Its West Coast; Iran Wants Compensation If U.S. Pulls Out Of Nuke Deal Again; Cost Of Carrying A Credit Card Balance Rising Rapidly. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Today on First Move: U.S. Retail Numbers, UK Inflation Soars, Musk Football Madness; China: Current Heat Wave is "Strongest" Since 1961; Elon Musk Jokes on Twitter about Buying Manchester United; UFODRIVE already Operates from 15 Locations in 10 European Class; World's First All-EV Car Rental Company Expands into U.S.; Uganda Increases its Chocolate Production. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Cheney Ponders Political Future After Losing Wyoming GOP Primary In Landslide; Cheney Vows To Fight Trump And Election Deniers This Cycle; Liz Cheney Cements Position Leading Opposition To Trump; Cheney: GOP Is In "Bad Shape" And Has "Work To Do"; Giuliani Testifies To Atlanta Special Grand Jury; Giuliani Now A Target Of Atlanta Grand Jury Probe; Giuliani Spread Bogus Election Fraud Conspiracies For Trump; Pence Says He Would Consider Testifying Before Jan 6 Cmte. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Pence: Garland Should Give "Full Accounting" On Mar-A-Lago Search; CDC Director Announces Plan To Overhaul Agency; Biden Signs Sweeping Health, Tax, Climate Bill Into Law. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Liz Cheney Loses In Landslide To Trump-Backed Candidate; A Ukrainian Report Acknowledges Ukraine Was Behind Crimea Attacks; NATO Steps In Amid Growing Tensions In The Balkans; U.K. Inflation Rate Hits 10.1%, Highest Since 1982; EU & U.S. Studying Iran's Response To "Final" Proposal; Abbas Accuses Israel Of 50 Holocausts, Walks Back Comment; 30 Million Americans Under Heat Alerts As Temperatures Soar. Aired 2-3p ET


New Day
• Cheney, GOP'S Most Forceful Trump Critic, Loses House Seat; FBI Interviews Former White House Counsel, Deputy Over Documents. Aired 6- 6:30a ET
• Giuliani to Appear Before Grand Jury; Bus Driver Shortage Across Nation; Homebuilders See Housing Recession; NASA Rolls out Artemis 1; FDA Approves Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• Trump Foe Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) Loses Wyoming GOP Primary in Landslide; Washington Post Reports, Trump Searching for Vet Defense Team, But Getting Rejected; St. Louis Schools Offering Gas Cards Amid Bus Driver Shortage. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Ukrainian Army Struggles to Maintain Equipment Amid Attacks; State Attorney Suspended by DeSantis Over Abortion to Appeal; How the Center Can Take Back Power from the Extremes. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Wyoming Republican Representative Liz Cheney Loses Primary to Trump-Backed Challenger; Liz Cheney States She is Considering Presidential Run in 2024; Soon: Giuliani to Appear Before Georgia Grand Jury as "Target"; Abbas Calls Israeli Acts Toward Palestinians "Holocausts". Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Tom Nichols is Interviewed about Political Violence; Todd Jacobson is Interviewed about the NBA and Election Day; Giuliani Arrives for Testimony; July Retail Sales Released; U.S. Forces New Water Cuts. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• UK Inflation Soars To 10.1 Percent, Highest In G7; US Retail Sales Unchanged In July; American Airlines Orders Fleet Of Supersonic Jets; Liz Cheney's Primary Loss And Possible Bid For Presidency; Severe Drought In The Western United States; Elon Musk Jokes About Purchasing Manchester United; Marketplace Nation Looks At Asian Immigrants And Their Place In Today's Economy And Marketplace. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN TONIGHT: Pence: "I'd Consider" Testifying Before January 6 Committee If Invited; Liz Cheney "Thinking" About 2024 Run After Losing 2022 Primary; Giuliani Appears For Six Hours In Front Of Fulton County, GA Grand Jury. Aired 9-10p ET


The Situation Room
• Giuliani Testimony Ends After Six Hours Before Georgia Grand Jury; Pence To GOP, Stop Attacking FBI After Mar-a-Lago Search; Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) Weighs Potential 2024 Face-Off With Trump After Primary Defeat; Trump's Long, Strained Relationship With The FBI; White House: Updated COVID Boosters Available Next Month. Aired 6-7p ET