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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Judge Unseals Some Mar-a-Lago Documents, Sets up Possible Affidavit Release with Redactions; Donald Trump Pushing for Affidavit Release Publicly, but not in Courts; 18 Former Top Trump Officials Tell CNN They Believe A "Standing Order" To Declassify Documents To Be Patiently False; Former Trump Official Say His Claim Of "Standing Order" Declassify Is Nonsense; Afghans Outside Kabul Reflect On The Long, Bloody War; Good Samaritans Help Driver In Rollover Crash. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti Ulrika Richardson; Interview with Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Andriy Zagorodnyuk; Interview with Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra Conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson; Interview with Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra Violist Kateryna Suprun; Interview with Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra Double Bassist Nazarii Stets. Aired 1-2p ET


At This Hour
• Trump's Legal Battles; Trump Organization CFO Pleads Guilty; Biden Administration Accelerates Monkeypox Vaccine Efforts; CDC Overhaul; Iran Nuclear Talks; Interview with Rep. Gregory Meeks on Iranian Sanctions. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Drought Forecast Shows Temporary Relief For Western States; Suspect In Salman Rushdie Stabbing Indicted, To Appear In Court; Texas School District Removes 41 Books, Including The Bible. Aired 11:30a- 12p ET


The Global Brief with Bianca Nobilo
• Leaders Issue Dire Warnings About Ukraine Nuclear Plant; Judge Wants Redacted Affidavit, Russia Oil to Cuba. Aired 5-5:30p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Judge Releases Some Documents Related To Mar-a-Lago Search; 18 Former Trump Admin Officials Say They Never Heard Of Trump's "Standing Order" On Declassifying Documents.; Ex-Trump Org. CFO Pleads Guilty In Tax Fraud Scheme; Kabul Police: Mosque Blast Killed 21 People, Injured Dozens; Ohio Judges Rules Walmart, CVS, Walgreens Must Pay $550M In Opioid Lawsuit; Back-To-School COVID Mask Rules Vary Widely. Aired 4- 5p ET
• Judge Sets Up Possible Release Of Redacted Affidavit Justifying Mar-a-Lago Search; Ex-Trump Org. CFO Pleads Guilty In Tax Fraud Scheme; Trump Appeals Order Allowing IRS To Release His Tax Return To A house CMTE; Trump Considering Releasing Mar-a-Lago Surveillance Footage; Cook Political Report Shifts Pennsylvania Senate Race In Favor Of Democrats; FCC Cracks Down On Scam "Auto Warranty" Robocalls; NFL Quarterback Deshaun Watson's Suspension Increased To 11 Games. Aired 5-6p ET


Don Lemon Tonight
• Florida Judge Looking To Unseal Documents; Former Trump Officials Shrug Their Shoulders To Another Bravado; Trump Makes Money After FBI's Mar-a-Lago Search; Trump Org. CFO Allen Weisselberg Pleaded Guilty; FBI Agents' Lives In Danger; Convicted People Outsmart Legal Troubles. Aired 10-11p ET
• Judge Unseals Some Mar-a-Lago Docs, Sets Up Possible Affidavit Release With Redactions; McConnell Admits Republicans May Not Retake Senate; Judge Partially Blocks DeSantis's Anti-Woke Law; Cleveland Browns QB Deshaun Watson Disciplined By The NFL Over More Than Two Dozen Sexual Misconduct Allegations; W. Kamau Bell Is Back With Another All-New Episode Of "United Shades Of America." Aired 11p-12a ET


CNN Newsroom
• Judge Hears Arguments on Unsealing Mar-a-Lago Affidavit; Former Trump Organization CFO Expected to Plead Guilty in Tax Fraud Scheme; White House to Announce Key New Steps in Fight Against Monkeypox. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Republican Nominees That Disputed the Election; Sarah Longwell is Interviewed about Republican Nominees; Damage to Ukraine Nuclear Plant; Alberto Carvalho is Interviewed about L.A. Public Schools. Aired 9:30-10a
• Today, Judge Hears Arguments on Unsealing Mar-a-Lago Affidavit; Suspect in Salman Rushdie Stabbing Indicted; White House Ramping Up Fight Against Monkeypox. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Drought Impacting Nearly Three-Quarters of U.S Farmers; Today, Judge Hears Argument on Unsealing Mar-a-Lago Affidavit; Ex-Trump Organization CFO Pleads Guilty in Tax Fraud Scheme. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Organization CFO Pleads Guilty; Will Mar-a-Lago Affidavit Be Unsealed?. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• WH Launches Plan to Increase Doses, Do On-Site Vaccinations at Events; NFL's Deshaun Watson Suspended 11 Games, Fined $5 Million; Severe Drought Impacts Felt Around the Globe; Heavy Rains in TX Forecast Pose New Threat of Flash Flooding. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Interview With Michael Cohen; Trump CFO Pleads Guilty; Will Mar-a-Lago Affidavit Be Unsealed?. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Judge Sets Up Possible Release of Redacted Affidavit Justifying Mar-a-Lago Search; White House Announces Key New Steps in Fight Against Monkeypox; Case Reported in Man Whose "Primary Risk Factor" Was Close, Nonsexual Contact at Crowded Outdoor Event. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Judge Sets Up Possible Release Of Redacted Affidavit Justifying Mar-A-Lago Search; Ex-Trump Org. CFO Pleads Guilty In Tax Fraud Scheme; Jobless Claims Dip Signaling Strong Labor Market. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Jobless Claims Dip Signaling Strong Labor Market; U.S. Home Sales Dropped in July for Sixth Straight Month; NBA Won't Hold Games on Election Day in Effort to Encourage Voting; DeSantis Targets "Woke" CEOs in New Rules for Pension Investments; Boston Children's Hospital Faces Threats After Right-Wing Tweets. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Ukraine Report Confirms It Was Behind Explosions In Crimea; Wounded Ukrainian Soldiers Refuse To Give Up; Serbian, Kosovo Leaders To Hold Talks With E.U.; China Experiencing Worst Heat Wave In 60 Years; U.K. Inflation Rises To 10.1 Percent In July, Highest In 40 Years. Aired 12-1a ET
• Ukraine Report Confirms It Was Behind Explosions In Crimea; At Least 7 Reported Killed By Russians Strike In Kharkiv; Wounded Ukrainian Soldiers Refuse To Give Up; China Experiencing Worst Heat Wave In 60 Years; Researchers Find Forest Fires Worldwide Are Getting Worse; Serbian, Kosovo Leaders To Hold Talks With E.U.; U.K. Inflation Rises To 10.1 Percent In July, Highest In 40 Years; At least Three Dead after Blast in Kabul Mosque; Giuliani Meets with Grand Jury Behind Closed Doors; Trump Scrambling to Hire Attorneys; Surge in Chinese Asylum Seekers under Xi's Rule. Aired 1-2a ET
• Ukraine Report Confirms It Was Behind Crimea Blasts; China's Worst Heat Wave In 60 Years; At Least Three Dead After Blast In Kabul Mosque; Wildfires Tear Through Eastern Spain; At Least 26 Died in Algeria Wildfire; Highest Inflation Rate in UK in 40 Years; Trump and FBI's Long Conflict; Texas School District Removes 41 Books from Libraries Pending Review. Aired 2-3a ET
• Donald Trump Throwing a Meat to Bait; Rudy Giuliani Face Grand Jury for Six Hours; Former V.P. Pence Changed His Mind; Afghanistan Still Not Safe Under Taliban Rule; Ukrainian Troops Targeted Crimea. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump May Release Surveillance Video of FBI Search; NYT: Trump Claimed Documents Were His Personal Property; Giuliani Meets with Grand Jury Behind Closed Doors; The Trickle Effect of Climate Crisis; U.S. Retail Sales Fall Flat; CDC Plans Changes to Respond Faster to a Health Crisis. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Trump's Long, Strained Relationship with the FBI; U.N. Chief to Visit Ukraine Amid Nuclear Plant Concerns; Extreme Weather Around the World; China Experiencing Worst Heat Wave in 60 Years; Dozens of Books Under Scrutiny in Texas School District. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Connect the World
• Ukraine in "Strategic Deadlock" after Months of War; Russian Crude Headed for Cuba; Trump's Legal Battles; Liz Cheney Gears Up for Trump Fight, Political Future; China's Record Heat Wave. Aired 10-11a ET
• At Least 7 Reported Killed by Russian Strike in Kharkiv; Serbia, Kosovo Leaders hold Crisis talks with EU; Trump's Long, Strained Relationship with the FBI; Chinese National Flees Repression, Seeks Asylum in U.S.; New U.S. Monkeypox Strategy; NASA Stops Spacewalk after Issues with Cosmonaut's Suit. Aired 11a-12p ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Unsealed Docs Sharpen Focus On Trump As Possible Subject Of DOJ Probe; Ex-Trump Officials Mock Claim He Had Standing Order To Declassify Docs; Interview With Georgia Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Stacey Abrams; McConnell Admits Republicans May Not Retake Senate; Little Leaguer Who Cracked Skull In Bunk Bed Fall Out Of ICU; U.S. Officials Crack Down On Relentless Auto "Warranty" Robocalls. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin
• Today: Florida hearing on Request to Unseal Mar-a-Lago Affidavit; Trump Considering Releasing Mar-a-Lago Search Surveillance Video; Giuliani Appears Before Georgia Grand Jury Probing Election Scheme; Ukraine Responsible for 3 Explosions in Russian-Annexed Crimea. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• State Courts Take Action On Abortion In Wake Of Roe V. Wade Ruling; NYT: TikTok Amplifies Misleading Information And Falsehoods; China Is Seeding Clouds To Counter Devastating Drought. Aired 5:30-6a ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Russia Claims Ukraine Preparing False Flag Op at Nuclear Plant; Investors Await Fed's Jackson Hole Conference Next Week; Daly: Consumers Depend on us not to Cause Volatility; Chinese National Flees Repression, Seeks Asylum in U.S.; Space Tourism Drives Growth in Zero-Gravity Flights; Ratcliffe Expresses Interest in Buying Manchester United. Aired 9-10a ET


Inside Politics
• Next Hour: Hearing On Unsealing Affidavit Behind Mar-a-Lago Search; Ex-Trump Finance Chief Pleads Guilty In Tax Fraud Scheme; Weisselberg Expected To Serve 100 Days In Prison After Guilty Plea; Weisselberg Defies Predictions & Pressure, Does Not Flip On Trump; Cook Political Report Update: PA Sen Race Now Lean Dem; Midterm Climate Improving For Dems With 82 Days Left; Poll: Generic Congressional Ballot Split Evenly Between Dems & GOP; Trump Plots Political Future Amid Intensifying Legal Storm. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump Plots Political Future Amid Intensifying Legal Storm; South Carolina Court Blocks 6-Week Abortion Ban, While Federal Judge Lets North Carolina Reinstate 20-Week Ban; Homes Sales Slowed In July For The Sixth Month. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• A Judge In The U.S. Considering Unsealing Mar-a-Lago Affidavit; Zelenskyy, Erdogan, Guterres Meet In Ukraine; Russia Sends 700k Barrels Of Russian Crude Oil To Cuba; Right-Wing Coalition On Course To Win Italy's Election; Judge Sets Up Possible Release Of Redacted Affidavit Justifying Mar-a-Lago Search; Chinese National Flees Repression, Seeks Asylum In U.S.; NASA: Spacewalk Cut Short By Battery Pack Issues. Aired 2-3p ET


New Day
• Today: Judge Hears Motion to Unseal Trump Search Warrant; DOJ Grand Jury Subpoenas Trump White House Docs Over January 6th; Giuliani Testifies for 6 Hours as Georgia Election Probe Intensifies; Ex-Trump Exec to Plead Guilty, But Won't Implicate Trump Family; Western U.S. Deals with Water, Energy Issues as Heat Wave Returns; Americans Grapple with Pricey Back-to-School Shopping. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Pricy Back to School Shopping; Pharmacies Pay in Opioid Case; Mariah Carey Fights for Trademark; Teens Abandoning Facebook. Aired 6:30-7a ET
• CNN Reports, Trump Considers Releasing Video of FBI's Mar-a- Lago Search; White House Says, Updated COVID Boosters May Be Available in Three Weeks; More Election Deniers Winning GOP Primaries Across U.S. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Conservatives Form Factions In Battle For Party's Future; Lone Survivor Of Lightning Strike Near White House Joins New Day; Brett Baty's Family Reacts To His First MLB Home Run. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Trump Legal Team States They May Release Security Video Footage of FBI Executing Search Warrant at Mar-a-Lago; Justice Department to Argue Before Judge for Continued Secrecy of Search Warrant for Mar-a- Lago; Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg Expected to Plead Guilty to Tax Fraud Scheme. Aired 8- 8:30a ET
• Brian Deese is Interviewed about Inflation; Boston Children's Hospital Faces Threats; Drought Conditions Improve and Worsen in U.S.; Inflation and Sports. Aired 8:30-9a ET


Quest Means Business
• Central Banks Signal A Prolonged Fight Against Inflation, Germany Will Slash Sales Tax On Natural Gas To Just Seven Percent; Zelenskyy, Erdogan And Guterres Meet In Ukraine; Former CFO Of Trump Organization Pleads Guilty For Tax Crimes; No Agreement Between Serbia And Kosovo; Hadi Matar Pleads Not Guilty To Attempted Murder; Recent Bombings In Afghanistan Killed Or Wounded At Least 250 People. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN TONIGHT: 18 Top Former Trump Admin Officials Dismiss Trump's Document Defense; Federal Judge Blocks Florida Gov. DeSantis' "Stop-Woke" Law; Cleveland Browns QB Deshaun Watson Suspended 11 Games, Fined $5 Million In Sexual Misconduct Case. Aired 9-10p ET


The Situation Room
• Judge Unseals Some Mar-a-Lago Documents, Sets Up Possible Affidavit Release; Ex-Trump Officials Refute Claim Of Standing Order To Declassify Documents; Ex-Trump Org Finance Chief Pleads Guilty In Tax Fraud Scheme; Biden Admin Stepping Up Response To Monkeypox Outbreak. Aired 6-7p ET