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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump Journey Back To The Twitter Era; NYT/Siena College Poll Shows How the Race has Changed Since Biden's Exit; Some PA Suburban Voters Not Yet Ready To Embrace Harris Despite Profound Disagreements With Trump; Musk Blames "Massive DDOS Attack On X" For Delay In Trump Interview; Trump's False Claims About Size Of Harris Rallies Part Of Long-Standing Obsession With Crowd Size. Aired: 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia and "Midnight in Moscow" Author John Sullivan; Interview with MSF Medical Team Leader Dr. Javid Abdelmoneim; Interview with The New York Times Opinion Columnist Masha Gessen. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Falsely Claims Photos Of Harris' Crowds Created With A.I.; Tonight: Elon Musk Interviews Trump On X As WSJ Report Details His Hands-On Push To Re-Elect Trump; Trump Campaign Claims It Was Hacked By Iran; GOP Nominee To Run NC Schools Advocated Pro-Trump Military Coup In January 6 Video; Pennsylvania Voters Weigh Options: Trump, Harris Or Neither. Aired 4-5p ET
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump's Campaign Hits Another Snag With X Meltdown; Trump Fumes Over Harris, Struggles To Define Her In Race; Critics Pounce On TIME Magazine Giving Harris A Glowing Cover; "NewsNight" Discusses State Of Presidential Race 2024; Celine Dion And Other Artists Ask Trump Not To Play Their Music. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Harris Hunkers Down in D.C. With One Week to Democratic National Convention; Trump and Musk to Have Live Conversation on X; Defense Secretary Austin Orders Guided-Missile Submarine to Middle East. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• New Poll Shows Voters' Enthusiasm For Harris Over Biden; Georgia Election Rules Changed With 85 Days Until Presidential Election; Uvalde Shooter's Uncle Begged Police To Let Him Intervene. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• New Polling Shows Democratic Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris Leading Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump in Three Battleground States; Donald Trump Claims Crowd Sizes for Kamala Harris Campaign Rallies are Fake; Trump Campaign Says It was Cyber Hacked by Foreign Actors; Defense Secretary Austin Orders Guided-Missile Submarine to Middle East. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• America's Choice 2024; Russia's War On Ukraine. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• America's Choice 2024; U.S. Sending Assets To Middle East. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Stock Market Looks To Build On Last Week's Comeback; America's Choice 2024; U.S. To Appeal After Chiles Stripped Of Bronze. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Harris Gaining in Polls Against Trump; Israel Bracing For Iranian Attack. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Texts, Video, 911 Calls From Uvalde School Massacre Released; Trump Sues Justice Department for $100M Over Mar-a-Lago Raid; Trump Campaign Says It Was Hacked, Points Finger At Iran; USA Gymnastics: Video Supports Efforts To Reinstate Chiles' Medal. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump And Musk To Have Live Conversation Tonight; Trump Falsely Claims Harris Posted Fake Pic Of Detroit Rally Crowd; Russia Orders Evacuations As Ukraine Pushes Into Territory. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Biggest Shakeup In A Century To Hit Real Estate Agents This Week; Trump Unleashes Attacks On Harris And Walz At Campaign Stop; Trump Falsely Claims Photos Of Harris Big Crowd Created With AI; Harris Expected To Roll Out Her Economic Policy This Week; Why Tablets May Be Making Your Toddler Angrier. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• New Poll Shows Harris Gaining Ground In 3 Key Battleground States; Trump & Musk To have Live Conversation On X Tonight; Harris Hunkers Down In DC With One Week To Dem National Convention; White House Urges All Sides To Attend Thursday Ceasefire Talks; Hamas Says Its Soldiers Shot And Killed One Israeli Hostage, Wounded Two Others; Israel Still Bracing For Potential Retaliation By Iran, Hezbollah. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• USGS: 4.4 Magnitude Quake in Southern California; Officer Fighting for His Life After Protests in Ferguson, Missouri; FDA Okays Nasal Spray Alternative to EpiPens; Numerous Cities Will be Too Hot to Host Future Olympics. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Gaza Ceasefire Talks Due To Take Place This Week; Israel Bracing For Potential Attacks By Iran & Hezbollah; Ukrainian Forces Push Deeper Into Russia's Kursk Region. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Israel Bracing For Potential Attacks by Iran And Hezbollah; Kyiv Blames Moscow For Zaporizhzhia Fire; Ukraine Ramps Up Drone Attacks On Russian Targets; Paris Games come to spectacular close, hand off to Los Angeles; Harris Campaign Raises $12M at San Francisco Fundraiser; Venezuelan Opposition Leader Calls for Day of Mass Protests; All Voice, Data Info Pulled from Black Boxes; Drug Lord Makes First Statement after U.S. Arrest; Drought Threatens Goat- Farming Collapse in Sicily. Aired 1-2a ET
• Hezbollah Fires Rockets Towards Israel; President Biden Shares Reason for Dropping Out of the Race; Harris Raised $12 Million in San Francisco Fund Raiser, Leads in Polls in Key States; Russia and Ukraine Blame Each Other Over Fire in Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant; Authorities in Brazil are Investigating the Plane Crash in Sao Paulo; Fireworks Illuminate Sky Above Olympics Closing Ceremony; Officials Release New Documents Related to 2022 Shooting; Drug Lord Makes First Statement After U.S. Arrest; Childhood Vaccines Prevent 500M+ Illnesses Since 1994. Aired 2-3a ET
• U.S. to Deploy a Guided Mission Submarine as Israel Braces for Possible Attacks from Iran and Hezbollah; Trump Questions Harris' Crowd Size in One of Her Rallies; Ukrainian President Blames Russia for Starting Fire in a Nuclear Power Plant; Team USA ties with China for the Most Golds, but Claims Overall Champions at the Close of Paris Olympics; Families now Seeking Help for Victims of the Plane Crash near Sao Paulo, Brazil; Dairy Products Industry is now Facing a Threat as Drought Affects Goat Farming in Italy's Sicily Region. Aired 3-4a ET
• U.S. Defense Secretary Orders Guided-Missile Submarine to Region: Gaza Ceasefire Talks Due to Take Place This Week; Harris Expected to Roll Out Her Economic Policy this Week. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• France Puts on Star-Studded, Action Packed Closing Ceremony; Some Cities Too Hot to Host Olympics by 2050; Drought Threatens Goat- Farming Collapse in Sicily; Families Help Authorities Identify Bodies in Sao Paulo, Brazil; What's It All About Banksy? London Wants to Know. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Study: Cities Hosting Olympics Spending More, Making Less; Trump Hopes To Blunt Harris's Ascendency; Ferguson Officer Gravely Injured During Protests; Israel Bracing For Potential Attacks By Iran & Hezbollah; U.S. Defense Secy. Orders Guided-Missile Submarine To Region; Russia Orders More Evacuations; Ukrainian Incursion Enters 7th Day; Biden Opens Up About Dropping Out Of The Presidential Race; Trump Claims Harris Used "Fake Crowd Picture"; Fireworks Illuminate Sky Above Olympics Closing Ceremony. Aired 8-9a ET
• CNN International: Gaza Ceasefire Talks Due To Resume On Thursday; Israel Bracing For Potential Attacks By Iran & Hezbollah; Russia Caught Off Guard By Ukraine Offensive In Kursk. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Trump Spreads Bogus Claim That Harris Used A.I. to Inflate Crowds; New Poll Shows Harris Gaining Ground in Three Key Swing States; U.S. Appeals Decision to Strip Jordan Chiles' Bronze Medal. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Trump Spreads Bogus Claim That Harris Used A.I. to Inflate Crowds; Trump Dismisses Harris' Momentum; Harris to Roll Out Economic Policy This Week; Ukrainian Soldiers Raising Flags Inside Russia; Evacuations Underway Along Russia's Border; Infiltrating the KKK; The Spike in Political Violence. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Dismisses Harris' Momentum, Massive Crowds; Harris Expected To Roll Out Her Economic Policy This Week; Defense Secy. Austin Orders Sub To Middle East, Speeds Up Arrival Of Strike Group Ahead Of Anticipated Iran Attack. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Team USA Brings Home Most Olympic Medals; Did Iran Hack Trump Campaign?; Trump Demands $100 Million From DOJ; Ukrainian Forces Move Into Russia. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• CNN International: New Poll Shows Harris Gaining Ground In 3 Key Battleground States; Trump & Musk To Have Live Conversation On X Tonight; Putin Tells Russian Military To "Squeeze Out" Invaders; Hamas Says It's Killed One Israeli Hostage, Injured Two Others. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN This Morning
• Critical Swing State Polling Shows Kamala Harris' Campaign Could Be Rebuilding the Blue Wall; Trump Attacks Harris on the Border and the Economy; Ukraine Admits to Operating Inside Russia for the First Time, While Also Accusing Putin's Army of Dangerous Escalation at a Nuclear Power Plant. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Report: Potential Attack On Israel By Iran Days Away; Tonight: Elon Musk To Interview Trump On X; U.S. To Appeal After Gymnast Chiles Stripped Of Bronze. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• New Poll Shows Harris' Significant Gains on Trump; Trump Goes on Offense Against Harris; Trump Spreads Conspiracy Theories About Harris Rally Size. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• America's Choice 2024. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• U.S. Defense Secretary Orders Guided-Missile Submarine to Region; Russia Expands Evacuations Amid Ukrainian Offensive; Harris Supercharges Democrats ahead of Party Convention; Elon Musk to Interview Donald Trump on X; What's it all about, Bansky? London Wants to Know. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Ukraine Claims Gains In Its Offensive In Russia; U.S. Defense Secretary Orders Guided Missile Sub to Middle East; Top E.U. Diplomat Calls for Sanctions Against Israeli Ministers; Poll Shows Harris Gaining Support; Rare Look Inside Notorious Detention Facility In Israel; Evacuations Ordered Near Athens As Wildfire Rages; Drought Threatens Goat-Farming Collapse In Sicily; Trump Campaign Says It Was Hacked By Iran; Fireworks Light Up The Sky As Olympics Come To A Close; Team USA's Gabby Thomas "On Top Of The Moon" After Olympics; Los Angeles To Host Summer Games In 2028 Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Lashes Out As Harris Gains In Key States: "Fake Polls"; Putin Critic Speaks Out After Being Freed In Swap; New Ruling In Fight Over Gymnast Jordan Chiles' Bronze Medal. Aired 7-8p ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• U.S. And European Allies Call For Iran To Stand Down; British PM Asked Iran President To Refrain From Attacking Israel; U.S. Defense Secretary Orders Guided-Missile Submarine To The Middle East; Ukrainian Forces Push Deeper Into Russia; Putin Vowing To Stop Ukrainian Incursion; Russia Orders Massive Evacuations; Greece Asks E.U. For Help To Contain Wildfire; Evacuations Ordered Near Athens; Europe Hit By Heat Wave; Flood in North Korean Villages; Kim Jong Un Rejects International Aid; Harris Supercharging Democrats; FBI Investigates Trump Campaign Hacking; Musk To Interview Trump On X; Spectacular Finish To Olympics Games; Show-Stealing Uniforms In The Olympics; Great Barrier Reef Facing Existential Threat. Aired 6-7p ET


Inside Politics
• Trump & Harris Campaign Strategies Take Shape With 85 Days To Go; Trump Bizarrely Claims Harris Rally Crowd In Michigan Was Fake; Trump Focuses On Last Opponent: "We're Going To Get Joe Biden Out"; Trump Wants Justice Dept To Pay Him $100M For Alleged Damages From Mar-A-Lago Search; One-On-One With Sen. J. D. Vance; Vance Tries To Turn Tables On Walz: He's The "Weird" One; Vance On Abortion: "We Have To Let Voters Decide". Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Harris Says She'll Unveil Economic Agenda This Week; Trump Bizarrely Claims Harris Rally Crowd In Michigan Was Fake; Inside The Gen Z Operation Powering Harris' Online Campaign; Biden Ready To Campaign For New Dem Ticket. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Ukraine Seizes Villages Inside Russia; Wildfire Rages Near Greek Capital Athens; Elon Musk To Interview And Welcome Donald Trump Back On X Platform; Evacuations In Greece As Wildfire Rages; Hamas Says It Killed One Israeli Hostage And Injured Two Others; James Comey's New Thriller "Westport"; Paris Goes To Hollywood for Olympics Closing Ceremony. Aired 2- 3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Musk-Trump Interview Marred By Tech Problems, Huge Delay; New Poll Shows Harris Gaining Ground In Three Key Battleground States; Sources: Iranian Hackers Breached Roger Stone's Email; Passengers Refute Trump's Claim Willie Brown was on Chopper. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Israel Bracing For Potential Attacks By Iran And Hezbollah; Putin Tells Russian Military To Squeeze Out Invaders; Harris Gains In Polls As Trump Struggles To Halter Her Momentum; U.S. Appeals Decision Stripping Gymnast Chiles Of Bronze Medal; U.S. Defense Secretary Orders Guided- Missile Submarine To Region; Researchers Predict Sharp Rise In Cancer Deaths Among Men; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Elon Musk Set To Interview Former President Trump On X; Trump Team Blames Iran For Alleged Campaign Attack; Russia Orders More Evacuations Amid Ukrainian Offensive; Evacuations Ordered Near Athens As Wildfire Rages; Greek Authorities: 685 Firefighters, 32 Aerial Units Deployed; Blink Fitness Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Israel On High Alert; U.S. Sends Submarine To Middle East; Trump Attacks Kamala On Crowd Size; Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) Is Interviewed About Stunning Ukrainian Offensive Sparks Wave Of Russian Evacuations; Trump Files Claim For Alleged Damages From Mar-a-Lago Search; Greece Pleads For Help As Wildfires Rage Near Athens. Aired 5- 6p ET
• Trump On Familiar Turf As He Attacks On Harris, Makes False Claims; Harris Seeks To Build On Momentum One Week Before Democratic Convention; Israeli Military On High Alert For Potentially Imminent Attack By Iran; USA Gymnastics Says Court Has Rejected Appeal For Jordan Chiles To Keep Her Bronze Medal; Study: Global Cancer Deaths Among Me to Surge 93 Percent By 2050. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump-Musk Interview Underway After Major Tech Problems; Sources: Suspected Iranian Hackers Breached Roger Stone's Personal Email As They Targeted Trump Campaign; Trump Seeks $100 Million In Damages From DOJ For Mar-A-Lago Search. Aired 9-10p ET