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CNN Transcripts for August 02, 2025

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The Amanpour Hour
• Interview With B'Tselem Executive Director Yuli Novak; Interview With Physicians for Human Rights Israel Executive Director Guy Shalev; Interview With Former Director Of The National Institutes Of Health Dr. Francis Collins; One Of Ukraine's Youngest Victims; Interview With Former Special Adviser To Shinzo Abe Tomohiko Taniguchi; Interview With National Security Council Former Director For Indo-Pacific Strategy Mira Rapp-Hooper; 35 Years Since Saddam Hussein Invaded Kuwait; "Bend It Like Beckham". Aired 11a-12p ET


CNN Newsroom
• FBI: Apparent Bomb Found In Home Of California Man Who Allegedly Sent Money To ISIS; Manhunt For Montana Mass Shooting Suspect Underway; Ghislaine Maxwell Moved To Lower-Security Prison In Texas; Trump Claims He Wants To "Release Everything" In Epstein Files; Trump Fires Sr. Govt. Official Over Weak Jobs Report, Claiming Without Evidence Data Was "Rigged". 36 Tons Of New Aid Airdropped Into Gaza By Coalition Of Countries; Trump Fires Sr. Govt. Official Over Weak Jobs Report, Claiming Without Evidence Data Was "Rigged". Aired 12-1p ET
• Grand Canyon Wildfire Reaches "Megafire" Status, Nears 115k Acres; Manhunt For Montana Mass Shooting Suspect Underway; Manhunt Underway For Man Suspected Of Killing 4 People In TN; Local Public Media's Future In Question After CPB Says It's Shutting Down; Bureau Of Labor Statistics Make Major Downward Revisions To May And June Jobs Reports; Arrest Made In Killing Of A Couple Hiking In Arkansas. Aired 1-2p ET
• Attorney Of Victim Of Jeffrey Epstein Says His Client Upset By Epstein Associate Ghislaine Maxwell's Move To Minimum Security Prison; Authorities In Tennessee Involved In Manhunt For Suspect Accused Of Killing Four People; Protestors Hold Demonstration In Tel Aviv After Hamas Releases Images Of Emaciated Hostages; President Trump States Two U.S. Nuclear Submarines Moved Into Tactical Positions Near Russia; Ten-Year-Old Ukrainian Boy Killed In Russian Strike; President Trump's Announces Addition Of $200 Million Ballroom To White House Grounds. Aired 2-3p ET
• California Man Accused Of Sending Money To ISIS; Grieving Residents Call For Improved Flood Alert Warnings; Trump Fires Labor Statistics Chair For Weak Jobs Data; Families Rush To Beat Tariffs In Back-To-School Shopping; Trump, Allies Mount Pressure Campaign Ahead Of Midterms; Half-Million Young Catholics Flock To Rome For Youth Jubilee; Atlanta Pastor Documents A Week Spent Living On The Streets. Aired 3-4p ET
• Watchdog Agency Starts Probe Into Former Special Counsel Jack Smith; Trump Leaves Door Open On Potential Pardon For Maxwell; Man From California Accused Of Sending Money To ISIS; Trump Fires Jobs Data Chief; Families: Witkoff Said Talks Should Bring Release Of All Hostages; Manhunt Underway For Suspect In Killing Of Four People In Tennessee. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Fires Top Jobs Data Chief Over Weak Jobs Numbers; Trump: Moving Nuclear Subs After Remarks By Russian Official; Trump Unveils New Tariffs For Most Countries; New U.S. Tariff On Many Canadian Goods Is A Punishing 35 Percent; France, U.K. & Canada Plan To Recognize A Palestinian State; U.N.: Nearly 1,400 People Killed While Seeking Food In Gaza; MAGA Base Shifts On Epstein, Rallies Around Trump For Now. Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump Tells Schumer To "Go To Hell" Over Funding Demands; Office Of The Special Counsel Now Investigating Jack Smith; Trump Orders Nuclear Subs Repositioned After Russia Remarks; Trump Fires Top Jobs Data Chief After Weak July Report; Trump Announces $200 Million White House Ballroom; Trump Unveils New Tariffs For Most Countries; Parents Race To Beat Price Hikes On Back-To-School Supplies; Pope Leo Makes Appearance At Vatican Jubilee Of Youth. Aired 7-8p ET
• Trump Working on Plan to "Get People Fed" in Gaza; Trump Flexes Nuclear Muscle amid Spat with Medvedev; Life Is Challenge for Ex- Detainee Paul Whelan; African Nations Fail to Strike Trade Deals with U.S.; Collector Pays $10 Million for Birkin Bag at Auction. Aired 3- 3:45a ET
• Trump Fires Labor Stats Chief after Weak Jobs Report; Ghislaine Maxwell Moved to Minimum Security Prison Camp; Trump Flexes Nuclear Muscle amid Spat with Medvedev; U.S. Officials Visit Aid Site as Starvation Grips Gaza; Netanyahu Postpones Decision on Military Action; President Adding $200 Million Ballroom to the White House; Pope Makes Appearance at Vatican Youth Jubilee. Aired 4-5a ET
• Trump Fires Labor Stats Chief after Weak Jobs Report; Trump Raises Tariff Rate on Canada from 25 Percent to 35 Percent; Ghislaine Maxwell Moved to Minimum Security Prison Camp; U.S. Officials Visit Aid Site as Starvation Grips Gaza; Kyiv Reels from Russia's Deadliest Strike in a Year; Angry Voters Confront Republican Lawmakers at Town Halls; Trump Demands Drugmakers Lower U.S. Prices in 60 Days; Chess Included in 2025 Esports World Cup for the First Time. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN This Morning
• International Crew Lands At ISS For Start Of Longer Mission; Ghislaine Maxwell Moved To Federal Prison Camp In Texas; Trump Says He Wants To Release Everything On Epstein; Air Quality Concerns Expand Across Northern U.S.; U.S. Stocks Slump On Latest Tariffs, Soft Jobs Data; Manhunt Under Way After 4 Killed In Montana Bar Shooting; Corporation For Public Broadcasting Will Shut Down After Trump Funding Cuts; Manhunt Underway For Tennessee Quadruple Murder Suspect. Dow Sinks 500-Plus Points, Global Stocks Drop As Trump Unveils Tariffs; Heavy Rain Floods Part of Grand Central Terminal; National Guard Deploys Cyber Forces to St. Paul After Minnesota Cyber Attack. Aired 6-7a ET
• Manhunt For Suspect In Deadly Bar Shooting In Montana, Four Killed; Ghislaine Maxwell Moved To Federal Prison Camp In Texas; BLS Made Downward Revisions To May And June Jobs Reports; Arrests Made In Killing Of A Couple Hiking In Arkansas; UCLA Loses Federal Research Funding Amid Fight With Trump; NTSB Wraps Up Grueling Testimony On Potomac River Collision. Aired 7-8a ET


First of All with Victor Blackwell
• The Major Warning Sign In New Jobs Report; Black Unemployment Rises To Highest Level Since October 2021; Will President Trump Face Backlash Over Fewer "Black Jobs"?; Aired 8-9a ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. President Trump Fires Head of Bureau of Labor Statistics after Poor July Jobs Report; Former U.S. Vice President and Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris Questions Stability of American Political and Democratic System; Trump Administration Announces Plan to Build New White House Ballroom with Private Donor Money; New York City Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Addresses Questions about His Previous Defund Police Stance; Conservative Political Commentator Charlie Kirk Speculates Higher Testosterone Levels in Men Correlates with Support for Republican Politics. Aired 10-11a ET


Smerconish
• Is It In The Political Interest Of Democrats To Give Trump Credit? WAPO: Medicare, Medicaid To Experiment With Covering Weight Loss Drugs. A Chilling Erosion of Empathy As Some Online Celebrate NYC Tragedy. Aired 9-10a ET