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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Appeals Court Rules Many Trump Tariffs Illegal; Trump Administration Plans Big Immigration Enforcement Operation In Chicago; Upheaval At CDC Has Health Professionals Worried; Bookie At Center Of $17M Ohtani Interpreter Scandal Speaks Out; Remembering Hurricane Katrina; Celebrating The Music Of New Orleans. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview With Journalist And Historian And "Watergate: A New History" Author Garrett Graff; Interview With Musician Jon Batiste; Interview With "Five Days At Memorial Writer, Director And Executive Producer John Ridley. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Sources: GOP Senator Joni Ernst Won't Run For Re-Election In 2026; RFK Jr. Picks New CDC Leader; Emergency Hearing In Fed Firing. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• CVS Holds Off On Offering COVID Vaccines In 16 States; FEMA Reforms Unravel 20 Years After Katrina; Man Tried To Reach For A Guardsman Firearm In The Metro Train In DC; Tariff Exemptions On Small Shipments Expire Under New Trump Administration Rules; Xi, Putin, Modi Meeting To Discuss Trump & U.S. Policy; Newsom Ramps Up Criticism Of Trump's Federal Takeover; Jake Reunites With Katrina Survivor Who Lost Home In Storm. Aired 5-6p ET
• Appeals Court Says Trump Unlawfully Leaned On Emergency Powers To Impose Tariffs; New Updates In Trump's Attempt To Fire Fed Gov. Lisa Cook; Federal Judge Rejects Effort To Dismiss Lawsuit Alleging Saudi Arabia Helped 9/11 Hijackers; Texas Governor Signs New GOP- Friendly House Map Into Law; Warmer Waters Lead To Rise In Dangerous Bacteria. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Fed Appeals Court Strikes Down Trump's Tariffs; Sources Say, White House Planning ICE Crackdown In Chicago In Days; Florida May Lose $218 Million On Empty Alligator Alcatraz; Missouri's Governor Mike Kehoe Announces He Is Calling A Special Session To Redraw State's House Districts; The Pentagon Reinstalls Portrait of Confederate General Robert E. Lee to the Academy's Library. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• CDC in Turmoil After Chief Fired, Top Leaders Resign; Families of Two Victims Killed in Church Shooting Speak Out; Million Expected to Travel for Labor Day Weekend. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Sources: Trump Administration Planning Major Immigration Crackdown In Chicago; Zelenskyy Aides To Meet With Trump Officials After Russian Strikes; FEMA Reforms Unraveling Two Decades After Katrina. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• U.S. Ends Low-Value Package Tariff Waiver; CDC in Turmoil After Chief Fired, Top Leaders Resign; Families of Two Victims Killed in Church Shooting Speak Out; Border Patrol Arrest 2 Firefighters Allegedly in U.S. Illegally; Cracker Barrel Removes DEI and Pride Pages from Website. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Deanne Criswell is Interviewed about FEMA Reforms Unraveling; Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) is Interviewed about a Crime Bill and Russia; Crystal Garrant is Interviewed about School Shootings; Labor Day Gas Prices Drop. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• More Information on the Minneapolis School Shooting; Amy Maxmen is Interviewed about CDC Turmoil; Catelin Drey is Interviewed about Winning in Iowa. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Angela Ferrell-Zabala is Interviewed about the School Shootings; Story of Rebuilding After Katrina; Millions Expected to Travel for Labor Day. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• New Details Emerge in Minneapolis School Shooting; Trump Revokes Kamala Harris' Secret Service Protection; Court Holds Hearing on Firing of Federal Reserve Governor; Chaos at CDC. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Florida May Lose $218 Million As Judge Orders Shutdown Of Detention Center; 95 People Sickened In Salmonella Outbreak Tied To Recalled Eggs; Two Injured After Houston-bound Flight Hits Severe Turbulence; Millions Expected To Travel For Labor Day Weekend; Air Force Offers Military Funeral Honors For Rioter Killed On January 6; Remembering Hurricane Katrina's Devastation 20 Years Later. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Ends Tariff Exemption For Low-value Packages; RFK Jr. Names HHS Deputy Jim O'Neill As Acting CDC Chief; Hearing Ends With No Ruling In Fed Governor Lisa Cook's Challenge To Trump Firing Her; Trump Administration Plans To Deport Hundreds Of Guatemalan Children; Trump Administration Plans Big Immigration Enforcement Operation In Chicago As Soon As Next Week. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Heated Argument Erupts at U.S. Open Over Unspoken Rule; Costliest U.S. Natural Disaster Katrina Hit 20 Years Ago Today; Ukrainian Delegation Meets U.S. Envoy Witkoff in New York; Trump Mandates Classical Architecture for Federal Buildings. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Ex-CDC Official: RFK Jr. Never Briefed by Agency on Measles, COVID, Flu; RFK Jr Names HHS Deputy Jim O'Neill as Acting CDC Chief; Minneapolis Mourns Victims of Catholic School Shooting; Police: Locked Church Doors Likely Saved More Lives; Hearing Ends with No Ruling in Fed Governor Lisa Cook's Challenge to Trump Firing Her; Obama Aims to Rally Democrats with New Video Message. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Israel Declares Gaza City A Dangerous Combat Zone; Pentagon Reinstalling Robert E. Lee Portrait At West Point; Remembering Hurricane Katrina's Devastation, 20 Years Later. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Ukraine: Russia Launches Second-Largest Air Assault; Both Children Killed in Minneapolis School Shooting Identified; U.S. Ending Low-Value Package Tariff Waiver on Friday; Teams Take on Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia. Aired 12-1a ET
• Russia Launches Second-Biggest Air Assault Of Ukraine War; U.S. Envoy: Russian Attack Threaten Trump's Peace Effort; How To Help Children Cope With Anxiety After Tragic Events; Two Children Killed, 18 Other People Wounded In Attack; U.S. Ending Low-Value Package Tariff Waiver for Good; Modi, Putin, Xi to Meet in China Amid U.S. Pressure; Government to Shut Down "Alligator Alcatraz"; Migrant Speaks Out About Arrests Captured in Viral Video; CDC Staffers Cheer on Top Officials Who Resigned in Protest; Life-Threatening Bacterial Infections Surging; Preview of the MTV Video Music Awards. Aired 1-2a ET
• Russia Ramps Up Attacks; Minnesotans Try to Make Sense of Unspeakable Tragedy; A New Community Thrived After Katrina; White House to Comply With Order To Shut "Alligator Alcatraz" By End Of October; Teams Take On Bridgestone World Solar Challenge In Australia. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Authorities named two victims of the Annunciation Catholic School Shooting; Russian, Indian Leaders to Attend Sunday's Shanghai Cooperation Organization Meeting; U.S. Ends Tariff Exemptions for Shoppers who Prefer Cheaper Goods. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• CDC in Upheaval after Top Official Resign; Legacy of a Storm: The Lingering Impact of Hurricane Katrina. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Journal Details of the Minnesota Shooter; Jennifer Mascia is Interviewed about the Minnesota Shooting; Israel Recovers Remains of Two Hostages; Vance Leads Defense of Trump Policies. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Trump has Repeatedly Threatened to Ramp Up Economic Pressure on Russia if it doesn't End War with Ukraine; Young Survivors Recount Frightening Moments During Attack; UK, France, Germany to Reimpose Iran Sanctions; Battle Over Fed Firing Escalates with Court Hearing Today; Emotional Coco Gauff Advances to 3rd Round. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• New Russian Attack On Kyiv Ahead Of Ukrainian Delegation Meeting In New York; Leaders Of India And Russia Meet With China's Xi Amid U.S. Pressure; Israel Recover Body Of Hostage Ilan Weiss; 11-Year-Old Mass Shooting Survivor Shares Her Terrifying Ordeal; Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook Files Lawsuit To Keep Job; Airlines Lease Planes To Meet Demand, Keep Costs Down; Burning Man Hit With Massive Dust Storm. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Fed Appeals Court Strikes Down Trump's Sweeping Tariffs; Sources: Major Trump Immigration Raid In Chicago Days Away; White House Defends RFK Jr. Amid CDC Chaos: "Crown Jewel" Of Trump Administration. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Two Children Killed, 18 Other People Wounded In Attack; Sources: Deputy HHS Secretary Jim O'Neill To Lead CDC; U.S. Envoy: Russian Attacks Threaten Trump's Peace Efforts; U.S. Ends Low-Value Package Tariff Waiver; Thailand's Prime Minister Removed From Office. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Thailand's Prime Minister Removed From Office; Migrant Speaks Out About Arrests Captured In Viral Video; Top CDC Officials Resign To Protest Agency Director's Firing. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• CDC In Crisis After Chief Fired, Top Leaders Resign; Vance: Why Should "Bureaucrats" Get To Set Interest Rates?; FDA Narrows Covid Vaccine Approval Ahead Of Virus Season; ICE Has Deported Nearly 200K People Since Trump's Return To Office. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump Cancels Harris' Secret Service Protection; Sources: Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst Won't Seek Reelection; Remembering Hurricane Katrina 20 Years Later. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Russia And Ukraine Trade Strikes As Ukraine And The U.S. Head Back To The Negotiating Table; Gaza City Declared A "Combat Zone" As Israel Recovers 2 Bodies From Hamas; U.S.-Venezuela Tensions Rise As Warships Arrive In Southern Caribbean; Latin American Countries Takes Sides Amid U.S.-Venezuela Dispute; Thailand's Prime Minister Removed From Office; Modi, Putin, Xi To Meet In China Amid U.S. Pressure; Scientists Seek To Save Northern White Rhino Using IVF. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Federal Appeals Court: Most Trump Tariffs Are Illegal; Embattled Fed Gov's Fate In Limbo As Judge Weighs Ruling; Sources: Iowa Republican Senator Joni Ernst Won't Seek Reelection; CDC In Chaos As Trump Admin Calls RFK Jr. "Crown Jewel"; Search Warrant Details Revealed As Gov. Walz Eyes Major Move. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Two Children Killed, 18 Other People Wounded in Attack; Kennedy to Name Acting CDC Chief after Susan Monarez Fired; Israel Declares Gaza City a "Dangerous Combat Zone"; ICE Deports Around 200,000 People Since Trump's Return; Fans Celebrate at Tay-Tay Themed Bar; Time Capsule Sealed by Princess Diana Opened 34 Years Later. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Fed Governor In Court Today Fighting Trump's Firing; Four Senior CDC Officials Resign, CDC Staffers Held Rally; Explosions Seen On outskirts Of Gaza City; Ukrainian Delegation Meets U.S. Envoy Witkoff In New York; Nearly 1,400 Died Because Of Katrina, More Than One Million Displaced. Aired 12-12:45p ET


Quest Means Business
• Emergency Hearing Over Fed; Senior CDC Officials Resign Amid Firing Of Monarez; U.S. Envoy Meets With Ukrainian Delegation in New York; Israel Declares Gaza City A "Dangerous Combat Zone"; Thailand Prime Minister Removed From Office Over Phone Call Scandal; Donald Trump Revokes Secret Service Detail For Kamala Harris; Rising Prices, Competition Squeeze Italy's Beach Clubs; Oman Air Is Focused On Its Niche, Not Huge Markets. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Sources Say, RFK Jr.'s Deputy at HHS to Be Named Interim CDC Chief; This Hour, Hearing to Block Firing of Fed Governor Lisa Cook; Minneapolis Mourns Victims of Catholic School Shooting. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• 20 Years Since Hurricane Katrina Made Landfall; FEMA Workers Put On Leave After Signing Letter; IDF Declares Gaza A "Dangerous Combat Zone". Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Sources: RFK Jr.'s Deputy At HHS To Be Named Interim CDC Chief; End Of Tariff Exemption May Raise Prices On Some Online Orders; 20 Years Ago Today: Hurricane Katrina Hits Gulf Coast. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• College Football Bids Farewell to Lee Corso; Interview With Chef Dominick Lee; Americans' Opinions of Trump Administration?. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Court Holds Emergency Hearing On Firing Of Fed Governor; Ukraine Blasts Bridges In Russia As Putin's Forces Bombard Kyiv; Trump Admin. Plans Immigration Crackdowns In Chicago, Boston. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• Ukraine's "Read Diplomacy" Push; Ukrainian Delegation Meets U.S. Envoy Witkoff; Modi, Putin And Xi To Meet In China; U.S. Appeals Court; Trump Unlawfully Used Emergency Powers To Impose Tariffs; Lisa Cook's Hearing End Without Ruling; Thailand's Prime Minister Removed From Office; Trump Sons Promote New Bitcoin Company In Asia; New Orleans, Israel Ramps Up Attacks In Gaza City; 20 Years After Hurricane Katrina. Aired 6-7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Kennedy Names HHS Deputy Jim O'Neill As Acting CDC Director; Trump Administration Cancels Nearly $5 Billion In Foreign Aid; U.S. Plans To Send Hundreds Of Children Back To Guatemala; Ukraine: Russia Launches Second- Largest Air Assault; Modi, Putin And Xi To Meet In China Amid U.S. Pressure; Israel Ramps Up Attacks Ahead Of Planned Gaza City Assault; Hearing In Cook's Challenge To Firing Ends Without Ruling. Aired 3-4p ET