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• Trump Meeting With Russia's Putin; Russian Media Hails Alaska Summit; Hurricane Erin Rapidly Intensifies Into Category 5 Storm; What Trump, Putin Body Language Reveals About Ukraine Talks; Ukrainian POW Returns Home After Three Years In Russia; "AMERICAN PRINCE: JFK JR.". Aired 11a-12p ET
• Trump Says Peace Agreement, Not Ceasefire, Best Way To End War; Russian Media Calls Trump Handshake With Putin "Historic"; Ukrainian Media Criticize Summit As "Shameful" And "Useless"; Trump: Zelenskyy Coming To Oval Office For A Meeting Monday; New Orleans Mayor Indicted After Long Corruption Probe; CA Dems' Redistricting Plan Aims To Flip 5 GOP Seats; Air Canada Flight Attendants On Strike, Operations Suspended. Aired 12-1p ET
• Trump Says Peace Agreement, Not Ceasefire, Best Way To End War; Zelenskyy Says He Supports Trilateral Meeting With U.S., Russia; Ukrainians Express Skepticism Over Alaska Summit Outcome; Source: Trump Discussed "Article 5-Style" Security Guarantees For Ukraine In Event Of Peace Deal; Russian Media Calls Trump Handshake With Putin "Historic"; Ukrainian Media Criticize Summit As "Shameful" And "Useless"; California Dems Propose New Congressional Map To Offset Potential Republican Gains In Texas; Patty Hajdu Orders Air Canada Flight Attendants Back To Work; West Virginia National Guard Being Sent To D.C.; D.C. Police Chief Retains Command Of City's Police Force. Aired 1-2p ET
• President Trump's Meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Ukraine War May Lead to Trilateral Summit Involving Ukrainian President Zelenskyy; President Trump Says No Ceasefire Agreement Reached During Meeting with Putin; President Trump to Meet with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in Oval Office; Ukrainians React Negatively to Trump-Putin Summit; U.S. Congressmembers React to President Trump's Meeting with Vladimir Putin; Transportation Department Authorizing More Drones to Operate in Skies over U.S.; New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell Facing Federal Charges for Spending Public Money on Personal Affairs; Body Language Expert Analyzes President Trump and Vladimir Putin During Press Conference after Meeting in Alaska. Aired 2-3p ET.
• Trump Now Pushes For Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal, Not Ceasefire, After Putin Meeting; Zelenskyy Set To Meet With Trump At White House Monday; Putin Says Summit Was "Timely And Very Useful"; California Dems Ready For Redistricting To Counter Texas; Interview With Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA); New Orleans Mayor Indicted After Long Corruption Probe; Govt Orders Air Canada Flight Attendants Back To Work. Aired 4-5p ET
• European Officials: Trump Says He Wants To Arrange A Summit With Himself, Zelenskyy And Putin; Hurricane Erin Rapidly Intensifies To Category 5 Storm; California Dems Have New Redistricting Map To Counter Texas; National Guard Troops Deployed To Washington, D.C. Ukrainian Prisoner Of War Returns Home After Three Years In Russia; West Virginia National Guard Sent To D.C. As White House Escalates Police Takeover; "American Prince: JFK JR" New Episode Tonight At 9:00 P.M. ET/PT. Aired 5-6p ET
• Source: Trump Discussed NATO Like Security Deal Guarantees For Ukraine In Event Of Peace Deal; Hurricane Erin Quickly Grows Into A Category 5 Storm; California Democrats Ready For Redistricting To Counter Texas; Russian Foreign Minister Wears Sweatshirt With "USSR" In Cyrillic; Russian Media Hails Alaska Summit; Govt Orders Air Canada Flight Attendants Back to Work; Vigil For Man Killed On Freeway Fleeing ICE Agents In L.A. Aired 6-7p ET
• Multiple European Leaders Invited To White House For Zelenskyy Meeting; Melania Trump Writes Letter To Putin About Protecting Children; Protesters In Washington, D.C. Confront National Guard Troops; A Former Spy's Take On The Putin-Trump Summit; New Orleans' Mayor Is First To Be Charged While In Office. Aired 7-8p ET
• Did Not Air. Aired 3-4p ET
• Trump, Putin End Summit With Talk of Progress But No Deal; Putin Suggests Next Meeting With Trump Could Be In Moscow. Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump, Putin End Summit With Talk of Progress But No Deal; Air Canada Flight Attendants Go On Strike. Aired 1-2 am ET
• U.S. and Russian Presidents End Summit with Talk of Progress but No Deal; Spain Battles 14 Major Fires. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Says He'll Meet with Trump on Monday in Washington; Zelenskyy Sees No Signals that Russia Is Preparing to End War; U.S. Deploys Troops, Equipment to Latin America, Caribbean, for Combating Drug Cartels; Adidas Apologizes to Mexican Artisans. Aired 4-5a ET
• Trump, Putin End Summit With Talk Of Progress But No Deal; Zelenskyy Says He'll Meet With Trump In Washington Monday; Zelenskyy Says He Supports Trilateral Meeting With U.S., Russia; Trump Says He Agreed With Putin That Ukraine Will End With Land Swaps And Security Guarantees From The U.S.; European Official Tells CNN: Conversations With Trump Involved "Article 5-Type " Security Guarantees For Ukraine; Erin Now A Category 2 Hurricane, Still Gaining Strength; AG Bondi Gives Control Of D.C. Police Dept. Back To District; California Dems Release Map Ahead Of Redistricting Fight; New Orleans Mayor Charged With Conspiracy, Fraud; CNN Speaks To People Who Celebrated V-J Day In 1945. Aired 5-6a ET
• President Trump's Meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Ukraine War May Lead to Trilateral Summit Involving Ukrainian President Zelenskyy; European Leader States Trump Administration May Support NATO Style Protection for Ukraine as Part of Peace Agreement with Russia; Attorney General Pam Bondi States Washington Police Chief Pamela Smith Back in Charge of D.C. Police Department After President Trump Ordered Federal Takeover of D.C. Police Force; Air Canada Cancels Flights after Flight Attendant Union Goes on Strike; Hurricane Erin in Atlantic Ocean Threatening to Become Category Five Storm. Aired 10-11a ET.


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