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CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Remembering Dolly Parton: Musician, Philanthropist, Icon; Trump Angers Some In GOP By Reviving Tariff War Ahead Of Midterms While Blaming Biden For The Affordability Crisis; Trump Travels To Texas "To Help" Paxton In Senate Race; Two Unvaccinated People In Pennsylvania Become First Measles-Related Deaths In The U.S. This Year; Measles Vaccine; Meta Settlement; I'm Sorry, What? Aired 12-1p ET


The Amanpour Hour
• Interview With Former Hamas Hostage Evyatar David; The Trump Administration's Secretive Deportation Deals; Interview With Folk Singer Judy Collins; Bosnian Serb War Criminal Ratko Mladic Dies Behind Bars. Aired 11a-12p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET.
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET.
• Flooding Kills over 600 and Leaves 3,000 Missing Along China- Nepal Border; Search and Rescue Missions Launched in Nepal in Wake of Flooding along Chinese Border; Jurors in Lindsay Clancy Triple Murder Trial Continue Deliberations; President Trump Announces Oil Deal with Venezuela; At Least 37 People Killed in Residential Area After Russian Drone Strikes Ammunitions Warehouse in Kyiv; NBA Star LeBron James's Rise to Prominence Chronicled in CNN Documentary; Roger Federer to be Inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame; Man Indicted for Fraud after Convincing Women Online He was a Wealthy NFL Player. Aired 2-3p ET
• Rescuers Race To Find Survivors In Nepal Days After Catastrophic Flood; Trump Announces Deal To Secure Venezuelan Oil; 90 Americans Among Missing After Massive Nepal-China Flood; Storms, New Lakes Threaten Flood Zone; Jury In Clancy Murder Trial Ends Day Two Of Deliberations; New Drone Video Shows Homes Buried In Mud In Hard-Hit Nepali Valley; Inside The Teepee Capital Of the World. Aired 3-4p ET
• Did Not Air 4-5p ET.
• 600+ Dead, 3,000 Missing After Catastrophic China-Nepal Flood; 90 Americans Among Missing After Catastrophic Flood; Canada's Retaliatory Tariffs On U.S. Goods Kick In Sept 8; Interview With Michigan Representative Debbie Dingell (D); Six Months In: Trump's Stated War Goals Remain Unfulfilled; Tributes Pour In To Honor The Legendary Singer And Philanthropist; Reflecting On Dolly Parton's Talent For Music And Songwriting; Helping Vets Cope With The Healing Power Of Art. Aired 5-6p ET
• 600-Plus Dead, 3,000 Missing After Catastrophic Flood Along China's Border With Nepal; Legal Battle Mounts Over Trump's Order To Limit Mail Voting; Dozens Dead Near Kyiv After Russia Drone Attack. Aired 6-7p ET
• More Than 600 And 3,000 Missing After Catastrophic Flood Along China-Nepal Border; Ninety Americans Among Missing After Deadly Flood And Landslide In Nepal; 17,000 Children Need Help After Nepal Floods According To UNICEF; Trump Administration Moves To Crank Up Economic Pressure On Iran; Tributes Pour In To Honor The Legendary Dolly Parton; Experts: Trump Tests Bounds Of White House Secrecy; Closing Arguments Set For Monday On Tupac Murder Trial. Aired 7-8p ET
• Nepal-China Flood; War With Iran; Euro Referendum. Aired 2-3a ET
• Nepal-China Flood Claims 616 Lives, 2,500+ Missing; Trump Claims "Historic" Oil Deal with Venezuela; U.S.-Israel War with Iran Hits Six-Month Mark with No End in Sight; Trump Administration Appeals Order Pausing Vote by Mail Restrictions; Iceland to Vote on Whether to Restart Talks to Join E.U.; Grand Ole Opry to Honor Dolly Parton with Tribute on Saturday; Solar-Powered Clinic Takes Health Care on the Road in Kenya; Roger Federer to Be Inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame. Aired 3-4a ET
• Nepal-China Flood Claims 616 Lives, 2,500+ Missing; Trump Administration Appeals Order Pausing Vote by Mail Restrictions; U.S.- Israel War with Iran Hits Six-Month Mark with No End in Sight; Federal Court Says Stats Can Regulate Prediction Markets; Trump Executive Order Creates U.S. Space Academy; Grand Ole Opry to Honor Dolly Parton with Tribute on Saturday; Sir Anthony Hopkins Shares Passion for Music and Composition. Aired 4-5a ET
• Nepal-China Flood Claims 616 Lives, 2,500+ Missing; At Least 27 Killed in Overnight Strike in Kyiv; Trump Claims "Historic" Oil Deal with Venezuela; Iceland Votes on Whether to Restart Talks to Join E.U.; Roger Federer to Be Inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame. Aired 5- 6a ET


CNN This Morning
• Nepal Floods Update Death Toll Exceeds 600, 2,500 Missing As Rescuers Race Against Time; Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Warns Inflation Is Still Too High; Rescue Efforts Resume As Storms, New Lakes Threaten Flood Zone. Six Hundred-Plus Dead, 3k Missing After Catastrophic Flood in Nepal; Trump Appeals Ruling as Battle Over Mail-In Voting Escalates; Massachusetts Jurors Still Deciding Fate of Lindsay Clancy. Aired 6-7a ET
• 600-Plus Dead, 3,000-Plus Missing After Catastrophic Flood; Iran War Hits Six Months With No Clear End In Sight; Jury Deliberations Resume Monday In Trial Of Mother Accused Of Killing Her Children; Thousands Remain Missing After Catastrophic China-Nepal Flood; Marine One Struggles Again To Contact Air Traffic Control; 18- 21 Year Olds Trading More Than $5 billion In Prediction Markets. Aired 7-8a ET


First of All with Victor Blackwell
• Desperate Search For Thousands Missing After Devastating Flood; Family Seeks Info On American Anil Goel, Missing After Hiking; Lawsuit Challenges Mamdani's City-Run Grocery Store Plan; Trump Appeals Latest Decision Blocking Mail Voting Changes; Trump Administration Removes Painting By Famed Obama Portrait Artist. Aired 8-9a ET


Smerconish
• National Debate Over The Costs And Benefits Of Data Centers; Atlantic: Trump Plans Midterm Ads Touting His Record. Trump Order U.S. To Call Lake Ontario "Lake America"; Former NBA Players Challenge WNBA Eligibility Rules; Interview With "Inside The NBA" Analyst And Former NBA Player Charles Barkley. Aired 9-10a ET


Table For Five
• President Trump Proposes Renaming Lake of Ontario to Lake of America in Midst of Trade Dispute with Canada; Country Singer and Songwriter Dolly Parton's Legacy Remembered; Social Media Company Meta Agrees to Pay $18 Billion Lawsuit Settlement and to Implement Safety Measures for Underage Users of Its Platform; Entertainers Jelly Roll and Kacey Musgraves Criticized by Conservatives for Comments about President Trump and Immigration. Aired 10-11a ET.


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Rescue Efforts Resume As Storms, New Lakes Threaten Flood Zone; More Than 500 Dead, 2,500 Plus Missing After Catastrophic Flood; Trump - U.S. Reaches Historic Oil Deal With Venezuela; Trump Signs Executive Order To Create U.S. Space Academy; Aired 12-1a ET
• 616 Dead, 2,500 Plus Missing After Catastrophic Flood; Like A Tsunami U.S. Survivor Describes Flooding Disaster; Hollywood's Problems Star In The Los Angeles Mayoral Race; Clancy Has Pleaded Not Guilty To Three Counts Of Murder; Inside Sacred Salt Lake Temple, Closed To Outsiders For 133 Years; Aired 1-2a ET