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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• CNN To Hold First Interview With Harris And Walz; Special Counsel Files Reworked Indictment Against Donald Trump In January 6 Case; Prosecutors Rework Indictment Against Trump To Comply With Supreme Court Decision On Immunity; Franklin Graham Claims His Late Father Bill Graham Supported Trump Despite Other Graham Family Members Saying Otherwise; Trump Sits For Interview With Dr. Phil; Israeli Military Rescues 52-Year-Old Hostage Held By Hamas In Gaza. Aired 8-9P ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former U.S. National Security Adviser and "At War with Ourselves" Author Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster (Ret.); Another Hostage Rescued in Gaza; The Plight and Persecution of the Rohingya People; Interview with "When the Heavens Went on Sale" Author Ashley Vance; Interview with "Wild Wild Space" Director Ross Kauffman. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Says He's Reached An Agreement To Debate Harris On September 10; Trump & Harris Campaigns Hit Battleground States, Prep For Debate; New Trump Indictment In Election Subversion Case; Source: Trump Team Surprised By Timing Of New Indictment. Aired 4-5p ET
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Harris And Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) To Sit Down For First Interview With CNN; Harris And Trump Campaigns At Odds Over Debate Rules; Special Counsel Jack Smith Files A Superseding Indictment In The Election Interference Case Against Donald Trump; Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Speaks On Immunity ruling; "NewsNight" Panel Discusses Inflation Under The Biden-Harris Administration. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Trump Fuels Speculation He May Skip Debate, If There is One; Special Counsel Fights to Revive Classified Documents Case Against Trump; Zelenskyy Says, Ukraine Will Respond After Deadly Russian Strikes. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Latino Group Calls On U.S. Justice Department To Investigate Texas Attorney General Paxton; McMaster: I Would Not Work In Another Trump Administration; One American Died, One Injured After Ice Cave Collapses In Iceland. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Donald Trump Hints He May Not Agree to Presidential Debate with Vice President Kamala Harris; Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) Interviewed on His Joining New Bipartisan Task Force Investigating Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump. Special Counsel Jack Smith Fights to Revive Classified Documents Case Against Trump; Trump Lawyers Accuse Fani Willis of "Racial Animus" Toward Trump; Voting Companies, Officials Brace for 2024 Elections. Aired 8-8:30a ET.
• Roland Gutierrez is Interviewed about Raids in Texas; Hostage Rescued from Gaza; Kerry Kennedy is Interviewed about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; Wesley Clark is Interviewed about Ukraine. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Israel Announces Rescue of Hostage; Trump Fuels Speculation over Debate; Harris Pitches Plan for Economy; Former Trump Officials Speak Out; Trump Uses Misleading Chart on Immigration. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Rosario Marin is Interviewed about Supporting Harris; Israeli Hostage Rescued from Tunnel; Latino Group Calls or Investigation on Texas AG; SpaceX's Plans First Civilian Spacewalk. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Hamas Hostage Rescued; Potential Election Chaos in Georgia?; Latino Group Accuses Texas Attorney General of Voter Intimidation. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) Discusses TX Judge Pausing Biden Program For Immigrant Spouse of U.S. Citizens; SpaceX Delays Polaris Dawn Launch Due To Helium Leak; Apple To Debut Its First Generative AI Phone Next Month. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Harris Pitches Plan for Economy in New Campaign Ad; Israeli Military Rescues Hostage Kaid Farhan Al-Qadi from Hamas; Ukraine Looks to Strike Deeper into Russian Territory. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Meta's Zuckerberg: Biden Admin "Pressured" Company To Censor Covid-Related Content In 2021; Top 20 Metro Areas See Higher Rents, Home Prices; Study: Microplastics Increasingly Infiltrating Human Brains. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Says He's Reached An Agreement To Debate Harris On Sept. 10; Israel Military Rescues Hostage Kaid Farhan Al-Qadi from Hamas; U.S. National Security Adviser Meets China's FM in Beijing. Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• New CEO of Red Lobster is 35-Year-Old Millennial; Eli Lily Lowers Cost of Popular Weight Loss Drug; Karen Read Sued by Family of Boyfriend She's Accused of Killing; RFK Jr. Had Long History of Attacking Trump Before Endorsing Him; British Rock Band Oasis Announces 2025 Reunion Tour. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Dems Sue to Block New GOP-Backed Georgia Election Rules; Harris Campaign Launches Georgia Bus Tour; DOJ and Special Counsel Fight to Revive Classified Docs Case; WH Pressure Meta to Censor COVID Content; Voting Firms and Officials Prepares for November Election; Voting Companies Fight Disinformation; Oasis Announces Reunion Tour; Mariah Carey's Mom and Sister Died on the Same Day. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Zelenskyy Vows Response for Major Russian Attack; U.S. Negotiators Meet in Cairo on Gaza Ceasefire Deal; U.S. Assumes Iran Still Prepared to Attack Israel Directly; Telegram CEO Arrested Sparking Debate Over Free Speech Online; Trump and Harris Campaigns at Odds Over Debate Rules; Looking Back at Historic Moments in Election Debates; Law Lets Australians Ignore After-Hours Work Communications. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Large-Scale Russian Air Attack On Ukraine; Gaza Ceasefire Talks Will Continue in Cairo; Telegram CEO Pavel Durov's Arrest Not Political; France Investigates Messaging App's Role In Criminal Activity; Durov's Arrest Sparks Debate over Free Speech Online; Trump & Harris Campaigns at Odds over Debate Rules; San Francisco Cracks Down on Homeless Encampments; Ship Captain Facing Manslaughter Investigation; Former England Manager Sven-Goran Eriksson Dead at 76; Australia's Right to Disconnect. Aired 1-2a ET
• Ukraine Looks To Strike Deeper Into Russian Territory; France Detains Pavel Durov In Criminal Investigation; U.S.: Negotiations Meeting In Cairo On Gaza Ceasefire Deal; France Investigates Messaging App Telegram's Role In Criminal Activity. Trump and Harris Zeroing in on Battleground States; Trump and Harris Campaigns at Odds Over Debate Rules; U.S. Believes Iran Still Prepared to Attack Israel Directly; Israel, Hezbollah Still Trading Strikes as Tensions Flare; Dam Collapse Kills at Least 30 People, Destroys Villages in Sudan; at Least 23 Killed by Flooding in Bangladesh; One Dead, One Injured After Ice Cave Collapse in Iceland During Group Tour. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Trump-Harris September 10 Debate May Delay Due to Microphone Rules; Russia Launched Fresh Wave of Strikes to Ukraine; American Tourist Died in a Collapsed Glacier in Iceland; Arizona Judge Sets Election Subversion Trial Date to January 2026; Congressional Task Force Visited Butler, Pennsylvania Where the Assassination Attempt of Donald Trump was Held; Football Manager Sven-Goran Erikkson Dies. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump and Harris Campaigns at Odds Over Debate Rules; Meet the Polaris Dawn Crew; Ukraine Looks to Strike Deeper into Russian Territory; Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Arrested in France. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Trump and Harris Campaigns at Odds Over Debate Rules; Negotiators Meeting in Cairo on Gaza Ceasefire Deal; Law Lets Australians Ignore After-Hours Work Communications; British Rockers Oasis Announce 2025 Reunion Tour; San Francisco Cracks Down on Homeless Encampments; Former England Manager Sven-Goran Eriksson Dead at 76. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Second Day of Deadly Russian Strikes in Ukraine; U.S. Negotiators Meeting in Cairo on Gaza Ceasefire Deal; U.N. Pauses Gaza Aid Deliveries Monday Over Security Risks; Kennedy Suspended His Presidential Campaign on Friday, Endorsed Trump; Trump and Harris Still Haggling Over Sept. 10 ABC Debate; Special Counsel Tries to Revive Trump Classified Docs Case; Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Arrested in Paris; Congressional Task Force Visits Site of Trump Shooting; Hostage Rescued From Gaza by Israeli Military. Aired 8-9a ET
• CNN International: IDF: Hostage Abducted by Hamas Rescued from Tunnel in Gaza; Zelenskyy Says He Intends to Present Kyiv's Victory Plan to Biden in September; RFK Jr., had Long History of Disparaging Trump before he Endorsed Him; Democrats Defend Harris Over Interview Attacks; Study: Increasing Amounts of Microplastics in Brain Tissue; British Rockers Oasis Announces 2025 Reunion Tour. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Israeli Military Says, 52-Year-Old Hostage, Father of 11 Rescued; Congressional Task Force Visits Site of Trump Shooting; Live or Muted? Harris, Trump Campaigns Spar Over Debate Mics. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Debate Over Debates; Russia Launches Missile and Drone Attacks in Ukraine; Hamas Hostage Rescued. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• New iPhone Coming; Cheaper Weight Loss Drugs?; Interview With Michael Cohen; Latino Group Accuses Texas Attorney General of Voter Intimidation. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• IDF: Hostage Abducted By Hamas Is Rescued From Gaza Tunnel; Trump Says He's Reached An Agreement To Debate Harris On September 10; Harris Campaign Backing Democrats' Lawsuit Against Georgia Voting Rules; Zelenskyy Vows Response to Latest Russian Attack; Macron: Pavel Durov's Arrest Was "In No Way" Political. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN This Morning
• Harris & Trump Campaigns At Odds Over Debate Rules; Russian Strikes Damage Critical Ukraine Infrastructure; Heat Alerts From Midwest To Mid-Atlantic. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump And Harris Battle For Must-Win Pennsylvania; Alice Tapper's New Book Inspired By Medical Misdiagnosis; MLB History: Danny Jansen Plays For Two Teams In Same Game. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Trump Criticizes Debate Host as Details in Flux; Republicans Speaking Out against Trump. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Heat Alerts Span the Country; Trump Hits on Afghanistan Withdrawal; Charlie Dent is Interviewed about Pennsylvania; Zuckerberg Speaks Out. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• U.S.: Negotiators Meeting in Cairo on Gaza Ceasefire Deal; IDF: Qaid Farhan Alkadi was Rescued in Tunnel; Israel Announces Rescue of 52-year-old Hostage; Israeli Military: Hostage Abducted by Hamas Rescued; Zelenskyy Vows Response to Latest Russian Attacks. Aired 9-10a ET
• Hostage Kaid Farhan Al-Qadi Abducted by Hamas Rescued; Medical Staff Update on Rescued Hostage Al-Qadi; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Vows Response to Latest Russian Attacks; Meta Censored Some Content under Government Pressure; Qatar Counting on Tehran to Play "Constructive Role" in Israel-Hamas Mediation; Iceland Ice Cave Collapse Kills American Tourist. Aired 10-10:45a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Special Counsel Files New Indictment Against Donald Trump; Harris And Walz Sit Down For First Interview With CNN; Mystery Deepens Over "Russian Zuckerberg's" Arrest. Aired 7-8p ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Special Counsel's New Set of Charges Against Trump; Harris and Walz to be Interviewed by CNN on Thursday; Trump Agrees to Terms with Harris Debate; Israeli Hostage Rescued in Gaza; Meta "Pressured" to Censor COVID Content; Mexico's Outgoing President Pausing Relations with the U.S. and Canadian Embassies; Polaris Dawn Launched Delayed; Nokia and NASA Putting Cell Phones into Orbit and the Moon; Oasis Announces Reunion. Aired 6-7p ET


Inside Politics
• Harris Adviser: Harris Will "Schedule" Interview By End Of August; Harris Once Supported Banning Fracking, Passing Medicare For All; RFK Jr. And Tulsi Gabbard Join Trump Transition Team; Israel Announces Rescue Of 52-Year-Old Hostage Kaid Farhan Al-Qadi; Voting Companies, Election Officials Brace For 2024 Election; Special Counsel Appeals Dismissal Of Trump Classified Docs Case. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Special Counsel Appeals Dismissal Of Trump Classified Docs Case; Trump Lawyers Accuse DA Fani Willis Of Having "Racial Animus"; New Harris Ad Focuses On Her Plan To Bring Down Housing Costs; Poll: 41 Percent Of Independents Say Prices Will Go Down If Trump Wins; Only 17 Percent Say Same About Harris; Kash Patel Is "The Man Who Will Do Anything For Trump." Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Harris and Trump Battle on Mics at Debate; Gaza Humanitarian Aid Suspended; Gaza Ceasefire Talks Moves to Doha on Wednesday; Rohingya Still Threatened by Violence; Polaris Dawn Mission Pushed to Wednesday; Trump Agrees to September 10 Debate with Harris; Study on Increase Plastics in Human Brains. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Jack Smith Files New Indictment In Trump January 6 Case; CNN Lands Exclusive First Joint Interview With Harris And Walz; Georgia Democrats Fight Back Over Election Rules Changes; Laura Coates Interviews Cornel West. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Israeli Military: Hostage Abducted By Hamas Rescued; Ukraine Looks To Strike Deeper Into Russian Territory; Trump And Harris Still Haggling Over September 10 ABC Debate; Latino Group Calls On U.S. Justice Department To Investigate Texas Attorney General Paxton; Officials Admit Paris Transit System Not Disabled-Friendly; School Moves From Israel-Lebanon Border Amid Strikes; Apple Expected To Unveil iPhone 16 Equipped With AI; Brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher Bringing Oasis On Tour; Aired 12:00-1:00p ET


Quest Means Business
• Meta Chief Accuses The White House Of Censorship Pressure; Trump Says He Has Accepted Rules For September 10 Debate; Hostage Rescued From Gaza Reunites With Family; Interview With Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc On New Green-Fueled Container Ship; Kelce Brothers Sign Massive Podcast Deal With Wondery; "World Of Wonder" Goes To Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• CNN To Hold First Interview With Harris And Walz; Revised Indictment Filed in Trump Election Subversion Case. Aired 5-6p ET
• CNN To Hold First Interview With Harris And Gov. Tim Walz (D- MN); Poll Shows Harris Narrows Trump's Advantage On The Economy; Revised Indictment Filed In Trump Election Subversion Case; Justice Jackson: "Concerned" Over Trump Immunity Ruling; Israel Says It Rescued 52-Year-Old Hostage Held By Hamas In Gaza. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Special Counsel Files Reworked Jan. 6 Indictment Against Trump; CNN Lands Exclusive First Joint Interview With Harris & Walz; Zuckerberg: WH "Pressured" Meta To Censor 2021 COVID Posts. Aired 9- 10p ET


CNN 10
• Flash Flooding in the Grand Canyon; Wildlife Team in South Africa, Helping Endangered Seals Escape the Perils of Plastic Pollution. Aired 4- 4:10a ET