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CNN Transcripts for September 21, 2025

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CNN Newsroom
• Soon: Thousands Gather To Honor Life And Legacy Of Charlie Kirk; Shooting At New Hampshire Country Club Leaves One Dead, Two Injured; UK, Canada, Australia Formally Recognize Palestine As A State. Aired 1-2p ET
• Memorial Service For Charlie Kirk; Thousands Gather To Honor Life And Legacy Of Charlie Kirk; Memorial In Arizona For Slain Conservative Activist Charlie Kirk; Trump Calls On AG Bondi To Use The DOJ Against Political Foes. Aired 2-3p ET
• Thousands Gather To Honor Life Of Conservative Activist; California Bans Most Officers And ICE From Wearing Masks On Duty; Trump Says Bondi Doing Great Job After Blasting Her On Social Media. Aired 3-4p ET
• Thousands Gather To Honor Life Of Conservative Activist Charlie Kirk. Aired 4-5p ET
• Secretary Rubio, Secretary Hegseth, And Secretary Kennedy, Jr. Speaks At Charlie Kirk's Memorial In Glendale, Arizona; Key Members Of Trump Administration Speak At Charlie Kirk's Memorial. Aired 5-6p ET
• Erika Kirk Speaks At Her Late Husband's Memorial; President Trump Speaks At Kirk's Memorial. Aired 6-7p ET
• President Trump, Admin Officials, And Erika Kirk Pay Tribute To Activist Charlie Kirk. Aired 7-8p ET
• Israel Expands Gaza City Invasion; Russia Carries Out Attacks Across Ukraine; Russia's Intervision Music Concert. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Conservatives Gather to Pay Respects to Charlie Kirk; High Level Security of Kirk Memorial; Trump's $100,000 New H-1B Visas Comes into Effect; IDF Troops Expanding Operations in Gaza City; European Airport Cyberattack Disruption; Trump Escalates Push to Retake Bagram Air Base; Russia and Ukraine's Roles in Next Week's UNGA; Great White Shark Nursery Off Coast of New York. Aired 4-5a ET
• Thousands Set To Attend Charlie Kirk Memorial In Arizona; Ukraine Reels From Massive Wave Of Russian Strikes; Marine Heat Wave Called A "Blob" Engulfs Northern Pacific; Early Voting Underway In Virginia Gubernatorial Race; Young Future Defenders Hone Drone Skills In Lithuania; Hong Kong Rejects Bill Granting Rights To Same-Sex Couples. Aired 5-6 am ET


CNN This Morning
• Shooting At New Hampshire Country Club Leaves One Dead, Two Injured; President Trump Expected To Speak At Charlie Kirk's Memorial; Up To 100,000 Expected At Memorial Honoring Charlie Kirk; Charlie Kirk's Memorial Given Highest DHS Rating; Trump Blames Kimmel's "Talent" For Suspension, Not Pressure From The White House; Trump To Award Ben Carson A Second Presidential Medal Of Freedom; Luigi Mangione's Lawyers Want Death Penalty Dismissed In CEO Murder Case; New Threat Of Floods In Southwest U.S.; Ukrainian Air Defense Combats Russian Aerial Assault; U.K. Fighter Jets Fly Over Poland As Part Of NATO's "Eastern Sentry" Operation; NATO Countries On Edge As Russian Air Incursions Increase; Russia Launched Hundreds Of Drones And Missiles Across Ukraine; Behind-The-Scenes Look At High-Level Security of UNGA. Aired 6-7a ET
• Up To 100,000 Expected At Memorial Honoring Charlie Kirk; Shooting At New Hampshire Country Club Leaves One Dead, Two Injured; Pres. Trump Pressures Bondi To Go After Political Rivals; CA Governor Bans Federal Law Enforcement From Wearing Masks; Russia Launched Hundreds Of Drones And Missiles Across Ukraine; Zelenskyy To Talk Future Security Guarantees With Trump; NYT: Justice Dept. Closed Probe Into Trump's Border Czar For Accepting Bag Of Cash; Trump Denies Government Pressured ABC To Suspend Kimmel; ICE Detains Parents On Son's 10th Birthday; White House Says TikTok Deal "100 Percent Done"; U.S. Will Control Algorithm in TikTok's Operations. Aired 7-8a ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Interview with Hillary Clinton; Interview With U.N. Secretary- General Antonio Guterres; Interview With Former Mossad Director Yossi Cohen. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Heads To Kirk Memorial In Fraught Political Moment; Trump Demands Attorney General Pursue Opponents "Now"; Harris Hits Nerve As Democratic Heavyweights Punch Back. Aired 8-9a ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• Spooner Is Part Of The Old Muscle Shoals Gang From Alabama; Family farms Are Degrading Agriculture, As We Know It, In Rural Communities. Aired 12-1a ET
• CNN Special Event Farm Aid 40. Aired 1-2a ET


State of the Union
• Interview With Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY); Interview With Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK); Interview With Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA); Interview With Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX). Aired 9-10a ET


The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
• Did Not Air 8-9p ET
• The Simrils: A Family In Black And White. Aired 10-11p ET