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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Abortion Contortion, Sen. Vance's History Of Comments On Abortion; Vance Says Trump "Likes To Have Some Fun" When Asked About Vulgar, Sexual Repost About Kamala Harris And Hillary Clinton; Trump Asks To Delay NY Hush Money Sentencing, Citing New Federal Election Subversion Indictment; NHL Star Johnny Gaudreau And His Brother Killed By Alleged Drunk Driver On The Eve Of Their Sister's Wedding. Aired: 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former U.S. House Republican Charlie Dent; Interview with Representative Brendan Boyle (D-PA); Interview with Gender Apartheid Recognition Activist and Afghan Women's Rights Activist Metra Mehran; Interview with Actor and Musician Jeff Goldblum. Aired 1-2p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Sticking Points In Interviews With Trump, Vance, Harris & Walz; Harris Defends Changing Stance On Fracking Ban; NHL Star Johnny Gaudreau, Brother Killed In Crash; Key Decisions Ahead As Trump Seeks to Delay Trials, Sentencing. Aired 4-5p ET
• Did Not Air 5-6p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Backs Florida Six-Week Abortion Ban After Suggesting the Opposite; Harris, Trump Virtually Tied With Voting to Start in Days; Poll Shows Harris as More Level-Headed, Mentally Fit; "NewsNight" Tackles State Of The Presidential Race 2024. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Harris and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) Sit Down for First Interview as Democratic Ticket; Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) Tries to Clear Up Controversies Over Military Service, Fertility Treatment; TSA Says, 17 Million Travelers Expected to Fly Over Labor Day Weekend. Aired 7- 7:30a ET
• Harris And Walz Sit Down For First Interview As Democratic Ticket; Labor Day Gas Prices Are Heading To Three-Year Low; Kyiv Seek U.S. Go-Ahead For Strikes Deeper Inside Russia. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Democratic Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris Sits Down for Interview Along with Her Vice Presidential Running Mate Tim Walz; Kamala Harris Says Her Values have Not Changed Since Running for President in 2019 Even If Some of Her Policy Positions Have; Tim Walz Describes His Family's Efforts to Conceive through IVF. Trump's Federal Election Subversion Case Slows to a Crawl, Interview with Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH). Aired 8-8:30a ET.
• Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) is Interviewed about the Trump Campaign. Look at the Harris Interview; Inflation Holds Steady. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Harris Campaign Launches Reproductive Rights Bus Tour; Trump Campaigns in Pennsylvania; Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) is Interviewed about Harris' Interview; A Look at Kamala Harris' Interview. Aired 9- 9:30a ET
• Lael Brainard is Interviewed about Inflation; Labor Day Air Travel Caps Summer; Irene Kim is Interviewed about Swifties for Kamala. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump Promises Government Funding of IVF Treatments; Trump Comments Cause Confusion Over Abortion Stance. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Joint Status Report Due Today In Trump Election Subversion Case; Trump Seeks To Move NY Criminal Case To Federal Court; Fed's Preferred Inflation Gauge Held Steady In July; Markets Betting On An Interest-Rate Cut In September; Labor Day Air Travel Expected To Cap Record-Setting Summer. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Proposes Policy To Make Government Or Insurance Pay For IVF; Harris Defends Biden Administration's Economic Record; Lloyd Austin Meets With Ukrainian Defense Minister At Pentagon. Aired 2- 2:30p ET
• Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) Discusses Harris Defending Policy Shifts, Trump's Position On Florida's 6-Week Abortion Ban, Trump Proposal On Paying For IVF; MD Supreme Court: Adnan Syed Murder Conviction Should Be Reinstated; NFL Embraced Soft-Shell Helmet Covers, But Are They Effective? Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Harris Allies Question Trump's Pledge To Eliminate IVF Costs; Trump Team Tries To Clarify After He Suggests He Might Support Florida Measure Expanding Abortion Rights; Trump: Florida's Six-Week Abortion Ban Is "Too Short"; Harris Says She Would Name A Republican To Her Cabinet If Elected. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Polio Vaccinations to Begin Sunday After Israel and Hamas Agree to Humanitarian Pauses; Prosecutors: Overseas Swatting Scheme Targeted U.S. Politicians; NHL Star Johnny Gaudreau, Brother Killed Riding Bikes in New Jersey; Record Airport Crowds for Labor Day Weekend. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Harris & Walz Sit for Exclusive Joint Interview with CNN; 16 Killed in West Bank by Israeli Military Operation; Polio Vaccinations, Humanitarian Pauses to Begin in Gaza Sunday; Ukrainian Star Pilot Killed in Country's First Loss of F-16 Jet. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Harris And Walz To Sit With CNN For Exclusive First Joint Interview Since Campaign Began; Jordan Condemns Israeli Attacks On West Bank, Urges International Action; Houthis Detonate Explosives On Oil Tanker In Red Sea; Ukraine Confirms First F-16 Combat Loss. Harris-Walz Joint Interview; Donald Trump Backs Government-Funded IVF Treatment; Polio Vaccinations, Humanitarian Pauses to Begin in Gaza on Sunday; High Seas Standoff Between China and Philippines; Inflation and Hot Weather Threaten Ice Cream Business. Aired 1-2a ET
• Did Not Air 2-3a ET
• Harris Makes First Primetime Interview with Walz on CNN, Tackling Pressing Issues and her Platform for her Presidency; U.S. Calls for a De-escalation in the South China Sea Conflict between China and the Philippines. Aired 3-3:45a ET
• Harris and Walz Sit for Exclusive Joint Interview with CNN; Trump Bashes Harris at Wisconsin Town Hall; W.H.O. to Fight Polio Outbreak in Gaza; Israel Carries Out Major Operations in Occupied West Bank. Aired 4:00-4:30a ET
• Harris and Walz Sit for Exclusive Joint Interview with CNN; Trump V. Harris Online War of Wards and Memes Heats Up; Ukrainian Seeks U.S. Go-Ahead for Strikes Deeper Inside Russia. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• CNN International: Donald Trump says no, it's Tim Walz Who's Weird; Hariss Discusses War in Gaza in Exclusive CNN Interview; CNN Speaks to Republican VP Nominee J.D. Vance; Vance: I'm Sure Trump will say What His Position on Abortion Ultimately is; Lion Rescued from Ukraine Takes Timid Steps Outside. Aired 8-9a ET
• CNN International: Harris, Walz Sit Down For Exclusive CNN Interview; Harris Campaign Announces Reproductive Rights Bus Tour; Trump To Speak In Battleground State Of Pennsylvania. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Harris Defends Policy Reversals, My Values Have Not Changed; Trump Says Florida Six-Week Ban Proposal is Too Short; Report Shows Key Inflation Gauge Did Better Than Expected Last Month. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Key Inflation Gauge Did Better than Expected Last Month; How Israeli Raid in West Bank Impact Negotiations; At Least 19 Killed During Israel Raid in West Bank; TSA Expecting 17 Million Passengers This Labor Day; College Football Back. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Promises Free IVF Treatments, Softens Abortion Stance; Trump Seeks To Move NY Hush Money Case To Federal Court; Speaker Mike Johnson Helped Coordinate Trump's Cemetery Visit. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• More Than 12 Million Americans Under Heat Alerts; Inflation Easing?; Polio Vaccination Campaign Begins in Gaza. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• CNN International: Zelenskyy Fires Air Force Chief After Fatal F-16 Crash; Humanitarian Pauses For Polio Vaccinations To Begin Sunday; Harris Defends Policy Shifts: "My Values Have Not Changed"; China's Xi Meets U.S. National Security Adviser In Beijing. Aired 3-4p ET


CNN This Morning
• Harris Lays Out Vision For America In First Interview; Israel Agrees to Pauses In Fighting In Gaza for Polio Vaccine; Sources: Ukraine to Present Russian Targets to U.S.; Trump Looks To Delay Sentencing In New York Hush Money Case. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Harris Defends Economic Record, Says "There's More To Do"; Trump Promises Free IVF Treatments, Softens Abortion Stance; 44-Year- Old Rich Hill Takes The Mound For Red Sox. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Harris-Walz Field Questions in First Campaign Interview; Labor Day Weekend Brings Cooler Temperatures. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA) is Interviewed about Harris' Interview; Michael Smerconish Talks about Trump and Harris; Trump Promises Free IVF. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Did Not Air 9-10a ET
• Harris, Walz Sit Down for Exclusive Join Interview with CNN; Humanitarian Pauses for Polio Vaccinations to Begin Sunday; Death Toll Rises as Israeli Offensive Enters Third Day; Ukraine Seeks U.S. Go-Ahead for Strikes Deeper Inside Russia. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Will Vote To Keep Florida Abortion Ban He Called A "Mistake"; Trump About To Headline Event For Controversial "Moms For Liberty"; Ukraine Presses U.S. To Allow Strikes Deep Inside Russia. Aired 7-8p ET


First Move with Julia Chatterley
• Trump Makes False Late-Term Abortion Claim; Harris Dismisses Trump's Race Attacks; Humanitarian Pause in Gaza; Gaza Polio Vaccinations; Israel Says It Killed Hamas Commander in West Bank; Musk's X Suspended in Brazil; Zelenskyy Fires Air Force Chief; Ukraine Pressing U.S. to Lift Restrictions on U.S.-Made Weapons on Russian Soil; Chinese Passengers' Extreme Measures to Silence a Crying Child; NHL Star Johnny Gaudreau and Brother Killed in Bike Crash. Aired 6-7p ET


Inside Politics
• Harris: "People Are Ready For A New Way Forward"; Harris Defends Policy Changes: "My Values Have Not Changed"; Harris Hugs Biden Record On Economy, Immigration, Israel; Trump Gives Mixed Signals On Key Abortion Measure; Anti-Abortion Advocates Uneasy With Trump's Latest Rhetoric. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Harris Defends Changing Her Stance On Fracking Ban; Harris Blames Trump For Killing Border Security Bill; Trump Proposes Insurance Or Government Cover IVF; Walz On Seeing His Son's Emotional Convention Moment. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Harris, Walz Sit Down For Exclusive CNN Interview; Zelenskyy Fires His Air Force Chief After Fatal F-16 Crash; Israel Agrees To Pauses In Fighting In Gaza For Polio Vaccination; Trump To Speak In Battleground State Of Pennsylvania; Special Counsel To Propose Next Steps In Trump Election Case; NHL Star Johnny Gaudreau And Brother Killed In Bike Crash; Palestinian Educator Details Struggles Teaching In Gaza; Americans Swarming Airports And Roads For Holiday Weekend. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump Damage Control Over Abortion Backlash; Jack Smith Framing Solution On Trump's Subversion Case; Death Row Fighting To Avoid Execution; Former Top Pentagon Official Claims Recovery Of Non-Human Specimen; Youngest Male Olympic Gold Medalist Of U.S. Track. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Harris And Walz Sit Down For First Interview As Democratic Ticket; Harris Campaign To Launch Reproductive Rights Bus Tour; NHL Star Johnny Gaudreau Struck, Killed While Riding Bike; Fadi Aldeeb Honored To Be The Only Palestinian Paralympian; Americans Swarming Airports And Roads For Holiday Weekend; Inflation And Hot Weather Threaten Ice Cream Business; Aired 12:00-1:00p ET


Quest Means Business
• Trump, Harris Campaign Trade Attacks as Election Draws Near; Harris, Walz Sit Down for Exclusive CNN Interview; The Brooklyn Bridge: A Historic Feat of Art and Engineering; United States Defense Secretary Meets With Ukrainian Counterpart; TSA Expects This Labor Day To Be Busiest On Record; I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream At The Cost Of Ice Cream. Aired 4-5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Exclusive Interview With Harris & Walz. Aired 9-10a ET
• CNN Exclusive Interview with VP Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. Aired 2-3a ET


The Situation Room
• Trump Now Says He'll Vote Against A Florida Measure To Expand Abortion Rights After Appearing To Signal He Might Support It; Trump's Controversial Cemetery Visit Aided By GOP House Speaker; Rep. Mikie Sherrill, (D-NJ), Is Interviewed About Trump's Controversial Cemetery Visit Aided By GOP House Speaker; One-On-One With Ukrainian Defense Minister; GA Election Workers Seek Rudy Giuliani's Condos, Luxury Watches And Sports Memorabilia To Enforce Defamation Judgment; Maryland Supreme Court Rules Murder Conviction Of Adnan Syed From "Serial" Podcast Should Be Reinstated. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Says, Will Vote Against Florida Abortion Rights Measure; New Polling Shows Harris And Trump Neck-And-Neck In Sun Belt Battlegrounds; Georgia Election Workers Sue To Seize Giuliani's Condos, Car, Yankee Rings; Labor Day Gas Prices Heading Toward Three- Year Low; NHL Player & Brother Killed By Driver While Riding Bikes. Aired 6-7p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump Abruptly Reverses Position On Abortion Ban In FL; Gwen Walz Slams Trump For Overturning Roe, Putting "IVF At Risk"; J.D. Vance Posts 2007 Viral Video In Attempt To Mock Harris. Aired 9-10p ET


CNN 10
• Check Your Fridge: CDC Warns Against Eating Recalled Deli Meat as Deadly Listeria Outbreak Expands; Namibia Plans to Kill More Than 700 Animals Including Elephants And Hippos -- And Distribute the Meat; One Arizona City is Changing the Way Urban-Dwellers Enjoy the Night Sky. Aired 4-4:10a ET