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CNN Transcripts for July 20, 2025

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CNN Newsroom
• Number Missing In Deadly Texas Floods Drops From 97 To Three In Kerr County; 50 Million-Plus People Brace For Unusually High Temps This Week; Americans Weigh In On President's Performance; At Least 38 Dead After Tour Boat Capsizes In Vietnam; 10th Victim Dies In Massachusetts Assisted Living Facility Fire; Harvard, Trump Administration Face Off In Court Amid Funding Battle; Palestinian Health Officials: 78 Killed In Gaza While Seeking Aid; WNBA Players Send Message With Shirts During All-Star Game Warmups; UK Researchers: Eight Healthy Babies Born From Three People's DNA. Aired 2-3p ET
• Americans Weigh In On President's Performance; Number Of Missing Drops To Three From 97 Ion Kerr County After Texas Floods; Zelenskyy Calls For Peace Talks With Russia This Week. Aired 3-4p ET
• Number Of Missing Drops To Three From 57 In Kerr County After Texas Floods; Harvard, Trump Admin To Face Off In Court Amid Funding Battle; Mexican Migrant Arrested And Beaten By ICE Released From Custody; Americans Weigh In On President Trump's Performance. Aired 4- 5p ET
• CNN Polling On President Trump's Six Months Performance; Official; Number Of Missing Drops To Three In Kerr County, Gov. Abbott Calls For Special Legislative Session; CNN Exclusive Access To Camp La Junta After The Flooding; Tesla's Autopilot Under Federal Trial; CNN Interviews Former Hamas Hostage. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump's Approval Ratings Drop On Immigration; Texas Lawmakers To Take Up Trump Plan To Add More GOP Seats; Five Killed, Dozens Injured In Russian Attacks; Trump Officials Considers Reopening Alcatraz. Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump's Approval Drops On Key Issues Of Economy, Immigration; Trump Calls For Washington Commanders To Change Their Name; Trump Sues Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Report; Questions Remain After CBS Cancels "The Late Show"; Americans Weigh In On Trump's Handling Of Immigration; Trump Says It's Highly Likely He'd Fire Fed Chief Powell; Harvard, Trump Admin To Face Off In Court Amid Funding Battle; Harvard, Trump Administration To Face Off In Court Amid Funding Battle, Critical Rare Earths On Their Way Back To The U.S.; Number Of Missing In Kerr County Drops From 97 To Three. Aired 7-8p ET
• Dozens Killed Near Gaza Aid Site; Russia's War On Ukraine; Boat Capsizes In Vietnam. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Trump Asks DOJ to Unseal Some Epstein Grand Jury Testimony; Americans React to Epstein Files Fallout; Israel-Hamas War Public Perception; Trump Sues Wall Street Journal for $20B; At Least 32 Killed While Seeking Aid in Gaza; Beloved Veteran "Papa Jake" Dies at 102; Ukraine Calls for Peace Talks with Russia Next Week; Trump to Sign $9B Cut to Public Broadcasting and International Aid; Car Plows Through a Crowd Outside L.A. Nightclub. Aired 4-5a ET
• President To Sign $9B Cut To Public Broadcasting, International Aid; Palestinians: At Least 32 Killed While Seeking Aid In Gaza; Ukraine Calls For Peace Talks With Russia Next Week; 30 Injured When Car Drives Into Crowd Outside L.A. Club; Trump Administration Shuts Down LGBTQ+ Crisis Hotline. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN This Morning
• Flash Flooding Leads To Water Rescues In Maryland, Virginia; Kerr County, Texas, Revises Number Of Missing People Down To Three; Today Marks Six Months Of President Trump's Second Term; Ukraine Calls For Talks With Russia Next Week As Ceasefire Talks Stall; E.U. Imposed New Sanctions On Russia Friday Focused On Oil; Hong Kong Axes 500 Flights As Powerful Typhoon Hits City; CEO Resigns After Viral Incident At Coldplay Concert; Texas Lawmakers Go Into Special Session To Address Flood Disaster. TX House Approved Funds For Emergency Preparedness; Stalled In Senate; Texas Gov. Orders Lawmakers To Consider Congressional Redistricting; How Music Stars Are Helping Combat Climate Change; North Korean Defectors Pursue Musical Dream; Jake Larson, World War II Veteran TikTok Star, Dead At 102. Aired 6-7a ET
• Kerr County Texas Revises Number Of Missing People Down To 3; Flash Flooding Leads To Water Rescues In Maryland, Virginia; Oral Arguments In Harvard Vs. Trump Admin Case Set For Monday; Search Underway For Person Who Shot Driver That Struck Multiple People In L.A.; Death Toll Rises In Massachusetts Assisted Living Facility Fire; CEO Resigns After Camera Catches Him Cuddling With Employee. 1.4M Could Risk Losing Homes Under New HUD Proposal; Acting ICE Director Defends Allowing Agents to Wear Masks; Acting ICE Director Confirms Agencies Will Share Personal Data for Migrant Arrests. Aired 7-8a ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Is Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza? Interview With Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers; Interview With British Conservative Party Leader Kemi Badenoch. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• As Trump Hits Six-Month Mark, Epstein Saga Sparks MAGA Crisis; New CNN Poll Shows Warning Signs As Trump Marks Six Months. As Trump Pushes Texas Takeover, Democrats Plot Counterpunch; Interview with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY); One Year After Biden Dropped Out, How Much Have Dems Moved On. Aired 8-9a ET


State of the Union
• Interview With Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY); Interview With Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Interview With Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN); Interview With Fmr. Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-TX); Interview With U.S. Special Envoy For Hostage Affairs Adam Boehler. Aired 9-10a ET


The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
• Change Amplified: Live Music and the Climate Crisis. Aired 8-9p ET