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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• FCC Chair on Kimmel Suspension: "I Don't Think this is the Last Shoe to Drop"; FCC Chair: "If Broadcasters Don't Like that Simple Solution They can Turn Their License into the FCC; Republicans Block Dem Rep. Khanna's Effort To Subpoena FCC Chair Carr Over Jimmy Kimmel; Kasparov: "I saw How Russia Killed Media Freedom"; TX Democrats Say Their Voices Silenced By Partisan Redistricting; Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Secretary and Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov; Interview with United Nations General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock; Interview with Sara Jacobs. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• ABC Suspends Kimmel After FCC Pressure Over Kirk Comments; Trump Suggests Pulling Network's Licenses Over Negative Coverage After ABC Suspension Of Kimmel. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• FCC Chair Credits Local T.V. Stations For Kimmel Suspension; Trump Suggests Networks' License Could Be Pulled If They Air Mostly Negative Coverage Of Him; FCC Chair Defends Satire In 2022" "Important Form Of Free Speech"; ABC Suspends Jimmy Kimmel After FCC Pressure Over Kirk Comments; Indiana Gov. Says State Could Face Political "Consequences" If It Doesn't Move Forward With Redistricting Push; CDC Advisers Postpone Vote On Some Vaccine Recommendations; Dr. Sanjay Gupta Answers Your Questions On New "Kissing Disease". Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Admin Ramps Up Threats Against the Free Press; Sources Say, ABC Wants to Bring Back Kimmel, But No Path Forward Yet; Trump and Starmer Skirt Question on Former British Ambassador's Links to Jeffrey Epstein. Farm Aid Celebrates 40 Years Of Helping Farmers. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Floats Pulling T.V. Licenses Over Negative Coverage of Him; FCC Chair Says, I Don't Think This is the Last Shoe to Drop; Source Says, ABC Wants Kimmel Back, But He Has to Lower Temperature. Jimmy Kimmel Show Pulled Off Allegedly Due To Charlie Kirk Comments. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel's Show Off Air Over Charlie Kirk Comments; Trump Meets With U.K. Prime Minister Starmer on Final Lega of History Trip; CDC Vaccine Advisers Kick Off Two-Day Meeting. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel's Show Off Air Over Charlie Kirks Comments; Trump Says He's Designating Antifa as a Terrorist Organization; Stock Futures Higher After Fed Cuts Interest Rate. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel's Show Indefinitely After FCC Threat; FCC Chair Says Broadcasters May Feel More Pressure in the Future; Trump and UK Prime Minister Hold Briefing on U.S.-UK Tech Deal. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Chagas Disease in U.S.; Bipartisan Effort on Political Violence; Polls on Texas Latinos; Dog's Heart-Stopping Heroic Save; Dr. Paul Offit is Interviewed about the CDC. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Bill Carter is Interviewed about ABC Pulling Kimmel; Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) is Interviewed about the CBS and Kimmel; Trump Holds News Conference with U.K. Prime Minister; Senators Want Russia Designated as State sponsor of Terrorism. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Jeanna Smialek is Interviewed about the Fed's Rate Cut; Sources Confirm ID of Shooter in Pennsylvania; Meta Unveils A.I.-Powered Glasses. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Pennsylvania Police Officers Killed in Ambush; Vaccine Advisory Committee Meets; Trump Meets With British Prime Minister; Jimmy Kimmel Pulled From Air. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Shooter Identified in Killing of Three Police Officers in Pennsylvania; Free Speech Advocates Alarmed After ABC Takes Kimmel Off Air; Meta's New A.I.-Powered Smart Glasses Unveiled; Nvidia Will Take a $5 Billion Stake in Intel; Military Helicopter Crashes Near Base in Washington State; Judge Blocks U.S. From Expelling Guatemalan Minors; Sesame Street Works With Pentagon to Help Military Families. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Sesame Street Works With Pentagon to Help Military Families; ABC Suspends Jimmy Kimmel After Threats From FCC Chairman; Trump Says U.S. Is Trying to Get Afghan Air Base Back From Taliban. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Leo XIV Speaks in First Formal Interview Since Becoming Pope; Harris Book: Buttigieg Would Have Been an Ideal Partner; WNBA Franchises See Record-Breaking Growth. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Experts: Chagas Disease Should Now be Considered Endemic in the U.S.; Trump Suggests Networks could Lose FCC Licenses if They Air Too Much Negative Coverage of Him; ABC Suspends Jimmy Kimmel After Threats from FCC Chairman; RFK's CDC Panel Expected to Change Child Vaccine Schedule; Trump Seeks to Label "Antifa" as a Terrorist Group. Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• Trump Suggests Networks' Licenses Could Be Pulled if They Air Mostly Negative Coverage of Him; Israeli Official: Real Estate Bonanza in Gaza After War; Phone Company Will Reward You to Stay Off Your Phone. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Show Over Charlie Kirk Remarks; United Kingdom Rolls Out Red Carpet for Trump; Satellite Images Show Israeli Tanks on Edge of Gaza City; Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates for the First Time Since December; Widow: Lab Tests Show Russia Opposition Leader was Poisoned; Fans Snap Up Crybaby Toys from Labubu Maker Pop Mart. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Jimmy Kimmel Taken Off Air Over Charlie Kirk Comments; King Charles Rolls Out Royal Red Carpet For Trump And Melania Trump On U.K. State Visit; Markets Mixed After Fed First Rate Cut Since December; E.U. Commission Proposes Curbs On Trade With Israel Over Gaza War; Satellite Images Show Israeli Tanks on Edge of Gaza City; Navalny Widow: Lab Tests Show Russian Opposition Leader Was Poisoned; Brazil's Ex-President Bolsonaro Diagnosed with Skin Cancer; Study: New A.I. Tool Predicts Your Risk of 1,000 Diseases; Meta Unveils New A.I.- Powered Smart Glasses; Ben & Jerry's Co-Founder Quits in Dispute with Unilever. Aired 1-2a ET
• ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Show Over Charlie Kirk Remarks; Palestinians Flee Gaza City Amid Israel's Ground Assault; Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates For First Time Since December; Navalny's Widow Says Lab Tests Show Russian Opposition Leader Was Poisoned; Workers to Strike in France, Protest Over Government Budget Cuts; Meta Unveils New A.I.-powered Smart Glasses. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Trump to Meet British P.M. After a Lavish Meeting with the Royal Family; ABC Pulls "Jimmy Kimmel Live" over Charlie Kirk Comments; Pop Mart's Crybaby is now the Next Labubu. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Jimmy Kimmel Pulled Off-Air Indefinitely Over Kirk Comments; Donald Trump Feted at State Banquet in U.K.; Inside DOJ's Pursuit of the President: From Nixon to Trump. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Jillian Snider is Interviewed about the Shooting in Pennsylvania; Trump to Designate Antifa as Terrorist; Julie Rovner is Interviewed about the Vaccine Advisory Committee; Harris New Book. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Trump Meets with Starmer after Royal Pageantry at Windsor; Protests Sweep France; Proposed Budget Cuts Spark Nationwide Unrest in France; British Army's Red Devils put on Parachute Display; Trump to Designate "Antifa" a Terrorist Organization; Trump and Starmer to Hold News Conference. Aired 9-10a ET
• Trump and Starmer Tout U.S.-U.K. "Tech Prosperity Deal"; Trump- Starmer News Conference; Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Threatens More Networks; Protests At ABC; Epstein Haunts Trump. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Show Over Charlie Kirk Remarks; United Kingdom Rolls Out Red Carpet For Trump. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Leo XIV Gives First Sit-Down Interview Since Becoming Pontiff; Markets Mixed After Fed's First Rate Cut Since December; President Donald Trump Arrives At Chequers. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump: Kimmel Suspended Because He's "Not A Talented Person"; ABC Suspends Jimmy Kimmel After Threats From FCC Chairman; Trump Lashes Out At Australian Reporter For Question; Dems Warn That Trump Will Use Kirk Murder To Stifle Dissent. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• ABC Suspends Jimmy Kimmel After Threats From FCC Chairman; Republicans Target Private Citizens For Charlie Kirk Posts; Harris Says Buttigieg Was Her "First Choice" For Running Mate But The Pairing Was "Too Big Of A Risk"; Music Legends Unite For Farm Aid's 40th Year Celebration. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• U.S. Late-Night TV Host Jimmy Kimmel Suspended Over Comments About Charlie Kirk; President Trump Cites Russia-Ukraine War Won't Be Easy to End During U.K. Visit; Hundreds of Thousands Take to the Streets of France As Demonstrations Against Austerity Measures Turn Violent. Unions Strike Against Proposed Budget Cuts; PM Lecornu Tackles Growing Deficit; Israeli Minister Suggest Gaza "Real Estate Bonanza"; Gaza City Assault Means Hostages Will Never Return Says Hamas; Antifa to Become a Terrorist Organization. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump Threatens More Broadcasters After Kimmel Suspension; Late Night Hosts Rally Around Jimmy Kimmel Amid Suspension; Does Kimmel Have Grounds to Sue the Government? Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Trump's UK Visit Ends with News Conference Alongside Starmer; Trump: We have to have the Hostages Back Immediately; ABC Pulls Kimmel Show Over Charlie Kirk Remarks; Nationwide Protests, Clashes with Police Amid Political Crisis; Markets Open after Fed's First Rate Cut Since December; Bob Dylan to Perform on Farm Aid Live on CNN. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Trump's U.K. Visit Ends With news Conference Alongside Starmer; ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Show Over Charlie Kirk Remarks; Man Kills Three Police Officers, Wounds Two In Pennsylvania; Black College Student Found Hanging In Mississippi; NVIDIA Set To Purchase $5 Billion In Intel Stock; Unemployment Rates For Black Workers Increased In August; DCD Panel Discussing Major Changes To Vaccine Policy; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• ABC Suspends Jimmy Kimmel After Threats from Regulator; Trump Dismisses Free Speech Concerns After Kimmel's Suspension; Trump Ends U.K. Visit with Press Conference Alongside Starmer. Trump Appears to be Running Viktor Orban's Playbook; Ringo Starr Touring with His "All Starr Band". Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Starmer Hold News Conference; Trump Says, Signed Historic Technology Deal With Britain; U.K. Prime Minister Says, Situation in Gaza is Intolerable. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Trump and U.K. PM Starmer Hold News Conference; TikTok 'Will Be Owned by All American Investors' Says Trump; Situation in Gaza is 'Intolerable' Says Starmer. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Meets With British Prime Minister; Jimmy Kimmel Placed on Indefinite Suspension. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Interview With Geraldo Rivera; Kissing Bug Disease; Jimmy Kimmel Placed on Indefinite Suspension; Interview With Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO). Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump Floats Pulling TV Licenses If Networks Are "Against" Him; Sen. Kaine Plans To Force Vote On Brazil & Canada Tariffs; Music Legends Unite For Farm Aid's 40th Year Celebration. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Trump Says DCC Could Revoke TV Broadcast Licenses; ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Show Over Kirk Remarks; House Committee Members Seeking to Bring in FCC Chair; Trump Ends U.K. Trip; U.S. Files Lawsuit Against Ticketmaster; Children in Russian-Occupies Areas. Aired 6- 7p ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Show Over Charlie Kirk Remarks; Trump Says He Disagrees With UK PM On Palestinian Statehood; Hamas: Gaza City Assault Means Hostages Will Never Return; Was Donald Trump's UK State Visit a Success?; CDC Advisers Meeting on Vaccine Policy Changes. Aired 3-4p ET