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The Amanpour Hour
• Interview With CNN Political Commentator Karen Finney; Interview With Trump 2020 Director Of Strategic Communications Marc Lotter; One-On-One with Pop Icon Cyndi Lauper; Ukrainian Athletes Undeterred By War And Grief; Archive: Interview With Astronaut Michael Collins; Trump Assassination Attempt And The Echoes Of 1968; Interview With Former President Lyndon B. Johnson's Daughter Lucy Baines Johnson. Aired 11a-12p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Biden: Getting Back On Campaign Trail "Next Week"; Trump, Vance Head To Michigan For First Rally After RNC; Zelenskyy: Told Trump United States Support "Vital" In Protecting Ukraine; Details Emerge About Trump's Would-Be Assassin A Week After Shooting; Israel Confirms It Struck Houthi Military Targets Inside Yemen; Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Dead At Age 74. Aired 12-1p ET
• Biden Faces New Wave Of Democratic Defections; Trump Returns To Campaign Trail After Assassination Attempt; Israel Confirms It Struck Houthi Military Targets Inside Yemen; 1,800+ Flights Canceled Globally Today As Tech Outage Recovery Continues; Secret Service Ramped Up Security At Trump's First Rally Since Shooting & Around Mar-a-Lago; WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison; Julia Ioffe, Puck News Washington Correspondent, Discusses Gershkovich Sentence. Aired 1-2p ET
• Donald Trump To Hold First Campaign Rally After Assassination Attempt. Trump Campaign Rally In Michigan To Feature Republican Vice Presidential Running Mate J.D. Vance; Israeli Military Claims It Struck Several Houthi Military Targets Inside Yemen; Airline Travelers Across Globe Still Being Affected By Computer Shutdown; Law Enforcement Authorities Believe Thomas Matthew Crooks Used Drone To Survey Area Of Pennsylvania Rally Before Assassination Attempt On Donald Trump; Donald Trump Says He Had Very Good Phone Call With Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy; Secretary General Of Estonian Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Jonatan Vseviov Interviewed On Ongoing War Between Russia And Ukraine; Breakdancing To Debut As New Olympic Sport In Paris Summer Games. Aired 2-3p ET
• Biden Faces New Wave Of Democratic Defections; Trump Holds First Campaign Rally Since Assassination Attempt; Questions Over Plan B As More Lawmakers Call For Biden's Exit; Israel Strikes Houthi Military Targets Inside Yemen; More Than 2,100 Flights Cancelled Due To Global Tech Outage; Security Ramped Up At Trump's First Rally Since Shooting; Evan Gershkovich Sentenced To 16 Years In Russian Prison; Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese Team Up For All-Star Game. Aired 3-4p ET
• 35 Democratic Lawmakers Now Urging Biden To Exit Race; Trump And Vance In Michigan For First Rally Together; Interview With Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) About Joe Biden; Source: Investigators Believe Trump Shooter Used A Drone Over Rally Site Hours Before Shooting; Chaos At Airports After Massive Tech Outage; Israel Attacks Houthi Targets In Yemen For First Time. Aired 4-5p ET
• Trump And Vance In Michigan For First Joint Rally; 35 Democratic Lawmakers Now Urging Biden To Exit Race; Trump Holds First Rally Since Assassination Attempt; Trump, J.D. Vance Hold First Rally Together Since Nomination. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump, JD Vance Holds First Rally Together Since Nomination; Biden: Getting Back to the Campaign Trail Next Week; Israel Attacks Houthi Targets in Yemen for the First Time; Details Emerge About Trump's Would-Be Assassin a Week After Shooting; Trump Says He had "Very Good Phone Call" with Zelenskyy; WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison; Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Dead at Age 74. Aired 6-7p ET
• Bill And Hillary Clinton Said To Privately Urge Donors To Fund Biden; Biden Allegedly Seething At Pelosi Amid Calls To Drop Out; Trump, JD Vance Hold First Rally Since Nomination; Interview With Representative Greg Landsman (D-OH) About President Biden; Iran Condemns Israeli Airstrikes On Yemeni's Port City Of Hodeidah; Trump Once Again Tries To Distance Himself From Project 2025; Cybersecurity Firm CrowdStrike At Center Of Massive Tech Outage. Aired 7-8p ET
• Race For White House Sees Contrasting Paths; First Trump-Vance Campaign In Michigan; Biden Recovering From COVID; Thirty-Five Democratic Lawmakers Urge Biden To Step Aside; Trump Distances Himself From Project 2025; Biden Back On Campaign Trail "Next Week"; Interview With Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA); Biden "Seething" At Pelosi Amid Calls To Drop Out; VP Harris Remains The Loyal Lieutenant On The Campaign Trail; Unraveling Trump Shooter's Plot; Israel Confirms It Struck Houthi Military Targets Inside Yemen. Aired 8-9p ET
• First Trump-Vance Campaign Trail Event Held Tonight In Michigan; Biden: Getting Back On Campaign Trail "Next Week"; Biden Facing Growing Calls To Drop Out Of Presidential Race; Source: Shooter May Have Scoped Out Rally Site Using Drone; Remembering The Life Of Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. Aired 9-10p ET
• Democratic Lawmakers Urge Biden to Exit Race; New Delays Possible from Global Tech Outage; Conscription of Unorthodox Jews Begins Sunday; Investigators Trace Shooter's Pre-Rally Moments; Hackers Targeting People Desperate for Solutions; "The WSJ"'s Evan Gershkovich Gets 16-Year Sentence in Russia; Heat Wave in Western U.S. Aired 3-4a ET
• Democratic Lawmakers Urge Biden to Exit Race; New Delays Possible from Global Tech Outage; Security Lapses in Deadly Tel Aviv Drone Attack; Zelenskyy Pushes for More Leeway on Strikes; "The WSJ"'s Evan Gershkovich Gets 16-Year Sentence in Russia. Aired 4-5a ET
• Biden Dismisses Calls to Drop Out Weeks Before Convention; Investigators Trace Shooter's Pre-Rally Movements; Computer Outage Hit Businesses Worldwide. Aired 4:30-5a ET


CNN This Morning
• Biden Faces Fresh Wave Of Democratic Defections As Campaign Tries To Press Forward; Gunman At Trump Rally Had Drone In Car, Possibly To Scope Out The Site; Services Begin Slow Recovery After Faulty Software Update Causes Global IT Crash; Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Dead at Age 74; A Russian Court Sentences Wall Street Journal Journalist Gershkovich to 16 Years Imprisonment; Tiger Woods Struggles As He Misses Cut at British Open. Aired 6-7a ET
• Biden Faces New Wave Of Democratic Defections; Harris Holds Call With Donors To Discuss "Urgent Needs"; Nearly All Of Democratic Party's 3900-Plus Delegates Currently Pledge Support To Biden; Secret Service Bolsters Security For First Trump-Vance Rally; Flawed Update Crashes Services Around The World; Cybercriminals Promoting Fake Recovery Web Sites In Wake Of Outage; Blinken: "We're Inside The 10- Yard Line" On Ceasefire Deal. Aired 7-8a ET


The Chris Wallace Show
• More Democrats Calling on President Joe Biden to Step Down as Democratic Party's Presidential Nominee in 2024; Vice President Kamala Harris Poised to Become Democratic Party's Presidential Nominee If Joe Biden Steps Down; Donald Trump's Speech at Republican National Convention Accepting the Republican Party's Presidential Nomination Draws Criticism for Being Too Long and Divisive; California Governor Gavin Newsom Signs First in Nation Bill Banning Schools from Notifying Parents If Their Child Changes Gender Identity; Elon Musk Vows to Move X and SpaceX Company Headquarters from California Due to New LGBTQ Bill; Mayor of Paris, France, Swims in Seine River to Demonstrate Its Suitability for Possible Use in Summer Olympics; U.S. States Favorite Ice Cream Flavors Examined Ahead of National Ice Cream Day. Aired 10- 11a ET.


First of All with Victor Blackwell
• Black Female Leaders Sign Letter In Support Of Biden; Refugee Community Demands Answers After Death Of Teen; Unique Opera Honors Black Lives Lost To Police Violence; Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Considers Transgender Ban; The Navy Exonerates 256 Black Sailors Unjustly Punished Over 1944 WW II Port Explosion; Sheila Jackson Lee, Outspoken Texas Congresswoman, Dies At 74. Aired 8-9a ET


Smerconish
• Harris Considered Heir Apparent If Biden Steps Down; Warning Signs Missed Before Assassination Attempt; Airlines, Banks, Hospitals, 911 Services Hit By Global Tech Outage. Aired 9-10a ET