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CNN Transcripts for August 24, 2025

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CNN Newsroom
• Trump Admin Plans Unprecedented Military Crime Crackdown In Chicago; Trump Sends Letter Of Support To Zelenskyy For Ukraine's Independence Day; U.N.-Backed Group Declares "Man-Made" Famine In Parts Of Gaza; New Orleans And Gulf Coast Residents Reflect On Hurricane Katrina; ICE Raids In Home Depot Parking Lots Put Day Laborers In Limbo; Despite More Homes For Sale, Buyers Aren't Biting Anymore. Aired 1-2p ET
• Trump To Meet With South Korea President Lee Tomorrow; South Korea President Meets Japan's PM Ahead Of Summit With Trump; Jeffries: Republicans Trying To Rig The Midterm Elections; Survivors Of NY Bus Crash Recount Traumatic Ordeal; Israel Launches New Strikes On Houthi Rebels In Yemen; U.S., Venezuela Escalate Military Tensions; Police Close Down Facebook Page Sharing Intimate Photos Of Women; Union: At Least 600 CDC Employees Getting Final Termination Notices; $10 Million Up For Grabs In Tight PGA Tour Leadership Race. Aired 2-3p ET
• Trump Administration Plans Unprecedented Military Crime Crackdown In Chicago; Israel Launches New Strikes On Houthi Rebels In Yemen; Survivors Of New York Bus Crash Recount Traumatic Ordeal. Aired 3-4p ET
• White House Planning To Send National Guard To Chicago; Democrats Losing On Party Registration On Swing States; Israel Retaliates with Missile Strikes On Yemen; Ukraine Celebrates Independence Day, President Zelenskyy Vows To Continue Fighting. Fed Chief Fuels Hopes For A Rate Cut; China Shows Power; U.S. Open Gets Underway. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Admin Making Plans to Send Military into Chicago; Interview with Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL); Trump to Host South Korean Leader for First D.C. Meeting; Kim Jong-un Admits North Korean Troops Died in Ukraine War; U.N. Says Gaza in the Midst of a Man-Made Famine; Orlando Officials Condemn Removal of Rainbow Crosswalk; Musk Fans Meet Up at Tesla Diner in Los Angeles. Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump Admin Makes Plans To Send Military Into Chicago; Trump To Host South Korean Leader For First D.C. Meeting; Trump Sends Ukraine Letter Of Support On Its Independence Day; Texas And California Working To Redraw Their Electoral Maps; SpaceX Aborts Starship Mega Rocket Test Flight Launch; Trump To Host South Korean Leader At White House Tomorrow. Aired 7-8p ET
• Katrina 20 Years Later. Aired 8-9p ET
• Deadly Strikes In Gaza; Celebrating Independence Amid War; Facing Deportation Again. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Israel Bombards Gaza City Ahead of Planned Takeover; Dozens Killed in Israeli Strikes on Gaza; Trump Eyes Chicago for Federal Crime Crackdown; Abrego Garcia Threatened with Deportation to Uganda; Ukraine Marks Independence Day; South Korea and Japan Presidents Meet in Tokyo; U.S. Infant Mortality Rate. Aired 4-5a ET
• Trump Administration Has Been Planning To Deploy The National Guard In Chicago For Weeks; GOP Governors Send National Guard Troops To Washington, D.C.; Texas Republicans Approve New Congressional Map; Both Menendez Brothers Denied Parole In Parents' Murders; Israel Hostage Families Urge Netanyahu to Secure Deal; Ukrainian Keeps Its Culture Alive in the Face of Aggression; Troop Deployments Part of Administration's Hardline Immigration Goals; Sexually Explicit Italian Facebook Page Shut Down. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN This Morning
• Abrego Garcia Threatened With Deportation To Uganda; Several Remain Hospitalized After Deadly Tour Bus Rollover In New York; Israel Strikes, Shelling Continue As Gaza Becomes Focus Of Military Offensive; Thousands Take Part In Nationwide Protests Against Israel's War In Gaza; More Than 20 Hurt After School Bus Crash In Pennsylvania; Florida, Feds Appeal Ruling Halting "Alligator Alcatraz" Detention Camp; Monday's Powerball Drawing Jumps To $750 Million; Texas Governor To Sign New Congressional Maps Into Law; Officials Say Trump Administration Planned For Weeks To Send National Guard To Chicago; Trump Alludes To Sending National Guard Troops To New York Next; U.S. Envoy Kellogg In Kyiv For Ukraine's Independence Day. U.S. Envoy Kellogg In Kyiv For Ukraine's Independence Day; Shares Of Cracker Barrel Drop After Logo Change; Musk Fans Meet Up At Tesla Diner In Los Angeles; FAA Warns Of Uptick In Lithium Battery Fires Aboard Planes. Aired 6-7a ET
• Fears Grow As Israel Readies Assault On Gaza's Largest City; Trump Sends Letter Of Support To Zelenskyy For Ukraine's Independence Day; Tour Bus Rollover Kills 5 On Interstate In Western NY; More Than 20 Hurt After School Bus Crash In PA; Abrego Garcia Threatened With Deportation To Uganda; Police Shut Down Facebook Page Sharing Intimate Photos Of Women. No Word on When National Guard Would Deploy to Chicago; Maxwell's Interview Transcripts Released; FBI Searches Home of John Bolton; Newsom Trolls Trump will All-Caps X Posts. Aired 7-8a ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Disconnected: Life in a Disruptive Digital Age. Interview With Harvard Professor Emeritus Of Public Policy Robert D. Putnam; Interview With San Diego State University Psychology Professor Jean M. Twenge; Interview With King's College London Senior Lecturer In The Social Science Of Development Alice Evans. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Admin Plans Unprecedented Military Crackdown For Chicago; Texas & California Advance Redistricting Plans As Trump Eyes Other States. Interview with Maine Democratic Senate Candidate Graham Platner; Newsom Blows up Social Media with Posts Trolling Trump; Taking Stock of Hurricane Katrina, 20 Years Later. Aired 8-9a ET


State of the Union
• Interview With Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY); Interview With Former Chicago, Illinois, Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Aired 9-10a ET


The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
• Did Not Air. 8-9p ET
• Sports Betting: America's Big Gamble. Aired 10-11p ET