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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• 579-plus Killed, 2,500-plus Missing After Massive Flood Wave Hits Nepal-China Border; Survivor Of Devastating Flash Flood: "I'm Really Grateful;" Americans Rescued In Flood Speak Out; Rescuers Wary Of New Deluge As New Lake Forms Near Nepal Flood Zone. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Former NSC Senior Director for China Julian Gewirtz; Interview with "Tonight the Music Seems So Loud" Author Sathnam Sanghera; Interview with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Iran War Hits Six Months With No End In Sight; AOC Sanders, Jeffries Rally Voters Ahead Of Midterms; NOTUS: Trump Admin Wants To Give Portion Of Yosemite National Park To Private Developer In "Land Exchange"; 579+ Killed And 1,900+ Missing Following Massive Nepal- China Flood. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• 570 Plus Dead, 2,500 Plus Missing In Catastrophic Nepal-China Flood; Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Is Interviewed About Republicans Worry "Trumpapalooza" Could Fall Flat, Trump Says He'll Make It Easier For Ranchers To Process Their Own Beef; Kennedy Center Delays Plan To Add Trump's Name After Hearing; Riders Suffer Brain Injuries After Riding Six Flags' X2 Rollercoaster. Aired 5-6p ET
• U.S. Goals Still Unmet As War On Iran Hits Six-Month Mark; Inside Sacred Slat Lake Temple, Closed To Outsiders For 133 Years; Polls Show Tight Texas Senate Race Between Paxton And Talarico; Report: Texas GOP Senator Cornyn Not Raising Money For Ken Paxton; Hollywood's Problems Star In The Fight For City Hall. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• GOP's Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) Warns Of Nightmare Scenario If Democrats Win; ICE Arrests Far-Right Provocateur, Who Supported ICE; Washington Post Reports, White South Africans May Get $4,500 If They Come to U.S.; Fed Chair Warns Inflation, Calling it Concerning; Trump's Attacks Now Unite Allies Against The United States. Aired 10- 11p ET


CNN News Central
• 530-Plus Dead, 1,300-Plus Missing in Catastrophic Nepal-China Floods; Marine One Again Struggles to Communicate With Air Traffic Control; Soon, Jury Resumes Deliberations in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Judge Pauses USPS Plan To Implement New Mail Voting Restrictions; 530+ Dead, 1,300+ Missing In Catastrophic Nepal-China Floods; Riders Rushed To Hospital After Braving Famous Six Flags Roller Coaster. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• New Video Shows Glacial Collapse that Sparked Flood Disaster in Nepal; American Survivors Speak Out After Deadly Nepal Disaster; Jury Resumes Deliberations in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial; Marine One Again Struggles to Communicate with Air Traffic Control; You Adults Flock to Prediction Markets. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Red Cross Nepal Delegation Head David Fisher is Interviewed about the Flood Disaster; Americans on Renaming Great Lakes; Football and the Republican Mid-Term Convention Conflict; Doomsday Prepping Surges in America. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Deadly Flood Disaster in Nepal Update; Jolene Gosha is Interviewed about Her Missing Friend in Nepal; Jury Resumes Today in Clancy Trial; Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) is Interviewed about Changing Lake Ontario's Name. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• President Trump's Poll Numbers; State Department Spokesman Tommy Pigott is Interviewed about Nepal; Pickleball is America's Fastest Growing Sport. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Fed Chair Speaks Out; Trump Visits NASA; Nepal Flood Survivors Speak Out; Jury Deliberates in Lindsay Clancy Trial. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Judge Rejects Trump's Newest Bid To Fight Hush Money Conviction In Federal Court; Axios Reports U.S. On Verge Of Massive Deal For Venezuela Oil Fields; Riders Rushed To Hospital After Braving Famous Six Flags Roller Coaster; Autopsy Shows National Guard Shot Man In The Back; General Mills Removes Artificial Colors From Cereal. Aired 1:30- 2p ET
• Feds Charge Two Men In Alleged $1.3 Million Romance-Investment Scheme; 570-Plus Dead, 1,900-Plus Missing In Catastrophic Nepal-China Floods; Jury Deliberations Underway In Lindsay Clancy Trial; President Trump Speaks To Astronauts On International Space Station; ATC Audio Shows Air Traffic Control Struggling To Reach Marine One Again; Closing Arguments In Tupac Shakur Murder Trial To Begin Monday. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trade War with Canada Intensifies as Trump Renames Lake Ontario; GOP Privately Worries About Trump Upcoming Midterm Convention; Jury Deliberations Underway in Linsay Clancy Trial; Inside the Rapidly Growing Doomsday Prepper Movement. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Prosecution Expert Witness "No Longer Employed" By Hospital; Now: Jury Deliberations Underway in Lindsay Clancy Trial; U.S. Survivor Of Nepal Floods: It Came "Just Like a Tsunami"; 570 Plus Dead, 1,900 Plus Missing In Catastrophic Nepal-China Floods; White House: Will Appeal Judge's Block On Trump's Mail Ballot Order; Judge Pauses USPS Plan To Restrict Mail Ballots That Trump Ordered. Aired 3- 3:30p ET
• Interview with Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA): Iran War Hits 6-Month Mark with No End in Sight; Moulton Faces Off with Sen. Markey for Massachusetts Senate Primary on Tuesday; Young Adults Traded Over $5 Billion on Kalshi So Far in 2026. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Race to Find Survivors; Trump Orders Renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America"; "Butcher of Bosnia" Dies; Nepal Police Say Dam Has Burst, Urge Residents To Seek Safety; Texas Couple On Bucket List Pilgrimage Among The Missing; Tate Brothers Appear In Federal Court For Bail Hearing; ICE Arrests Asylum Seeker Who Has Told She Could Be In The U.S. Aired 2-3a ET
• Norway's Long-Reigning King Harald V Dies; Trump Renames Lake America as the Latest Move in the U.S.-Canada Trade War. Aired 3-3:45a ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump Trolls Canada by Renaming Lake Ontario to 'Lake America'; Trump to Skip Ceremony in NYC Marking 25 Years Since 9/11; Power Outages & Data Centers: Is Gary, Indiana, a Wake-up Call? Aired 6- 6:30a ET
• GOP Pushing Restrictions on Naturalized Citizens; Jurors Deliberate in Clancy Case; Utah Governor Claims Biden Considered Trump Pardon; Jelly Roll Poking Fun at Trump. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• U.S. Survivors Describe Harrowing Escape from Floods; Norway Faces Difficult Transition After King's Death; Nepal, China Floods Leave at Least 538 Dead, 1,300+ Missing; Jury Resumes Deliberation in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial; Fed Chair Warsh to Speak at Jackson Hole Economic Symposium. Aired 9-9:45a ET
• Nepal, China Floods Leave at Least 538 Dead, More Than 1,300 Missing; Jury Resumes Deliberations in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial; Imran Khan's Family Taking Pakistani Government to Court; Israeli Strikes in Lebanon Test Fragile Ceasefire; Nepal Leads Rescue as Humanitarian Groups Coordinate Relief; Young Adults in U.S. Have Staked $5.4 Billion This Year on Kalshi; New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Delivering Key Speech in Wyoming; Trump to Award Artemis II Crew Congressional Space Medal of Honor; Aired 10a-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• American Survivors To CNN: "Came Just Like A Tsunami"; Detained By ICE; Fired Stars And Stripes Employees Sue Hegseth. Aired 7-8p ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Awards Artemis II Crew With Congressional Honor: Trump Renames Lake Ontario "Lake America" Amid Canada Feud; Sen. Collins Urges Admin. To Roll Back Canada Tariffs; Does James Talarico Have A Jasmine Crockett Problem?; Talarico Gains New Admirer In Mark Cuban; Now: Deliberations Underway In Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial. Aired 12- 12:30p ET
• Now: Deliberations Underway In Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial; Evyatar David Recounts Hamas Terrorists Forcing Him To Dig What He Was Told Would Be His Own Grave; Sources: Trump To Skip 9/11 Ceremony At Ground Zero. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Rescuers In The Nepal-China Flood Zone Are On High Alert As A Newly Formed Lake Threatens To Bring Fresh Destruction To The Area; Jury Deliberating The Fate Of Lindsay Clancy Asked To Re-examine Key Evidence; New Fed Chair Signaling He Plans To Do Things Differently From His Predecessor; Many Nepali Families Desperate For News Of Loved Ones; U.S. Survivors Describe Harrowing Escape From Floods; Israeli Strikes In Lebanon Test Fragile Ceasefire; Judge Pauses USPS Plan To Implement New Mail Voting Restrictions; Young Adults 18-21 Traded $5 Billion On Kalshi This Year; Federal Judge Rules Against Pentagon In Anthropic Case. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump's Detour In Iran Now Turns Into A Six-Month Slog; Fired Publisher Speaks Out; CNN Updates On Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Nepal, China Floods Leave at Least 570+ Dead, 1,900+ Missing; American Survivors Speak Out After Deadly Nepal Disaster; Jury Resumes Deliberations in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial; Trump Changes Lake Ontario to "Lake America" Amid Trade War; Trump to Give Artemis II Crew Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Nepal And China Resume Flood Rescue Operations After Brief Pause; Red Cross: 90K Plus People Impacted by Nepal Flooding; Fed Chair Kevin Warsh: Inflation Figures Are "Concerning"; Young Adults in U.S. Have Staked $5.4B This Year On Kalshi; Israeli Strikes In Lebanon Test Fragile Ceasefire; Jury Resumes Deliberations In Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial; King Harald V Of Norway Dies At 89, His Son Becomes King; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Charting A Course For The Statue Of Liberty; Nepal-China Floods Leave At Least 570-Plus Dead, 1,900-Plus Missing; Warsh Defends Reluctance To Give Forward Guidance; Immigrants Arriving At Ellis Island Faced Hardship, Poverty; Music Artists Go Global To Make The Numbers Work; City Cruises Takes Visitors Near Liberty Island. Aired 4-5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Headlines: Nearly 500 Dead, 1,300+ Missing In Catastrophic Flood In Nepal; Jury To Decide Fate Of Mom Accused Of Murdering Her 3 Children; Trump Signs Executive Order To Change Lake Ontario To "Lake America". Aired 5-5:30a ET
• CNN Headlines: Rescue Operations Underway In Nepal And China After Deadly Floods; Jury Deliberations Continue In Lindsay Clancy Triple Murder Trial; Tate Brothers Remain In Custody As Hearing Wraps Without Judge's Decision. Aired 5:30-6a ET


The Situation Room
• Jury Asks Question to Judge in Lindsay Clancy Trial; This Hour, Hearing on Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order; Legal Roller Coaster Over Mail Voting Intensifies Ahead of Midterms. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• FDA Approves Updated COVID Vaccines; Fed Chair Quiet on Interest Rates; Partial Lunar Eclipse. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Clancy Defense: Jury Asked To See Prescription Drug Bottles & Knife; 579 Dead, 90 Americans Among 1,900 Plus Missing After Nepal Flood; Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Is Interviewed About Grand Jury Finds FL "Misappropriated" Taxpayer Funds. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Pentagon Fires Stars and Stripes Staff Amid Pressure Campaign; Mail-In Voting Battle; A Sailor's Path to Medical Discharge for His Mental Health; Military Mental Health Support Under Scrutiny. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• War Trump Said Would Last Four To Six Weeks Hits Six-Month Mark; WaPo: White House Likely Overstating Progress On Ballroom; Lindsay Clancy Trial: No Verdict Yet, Jury Asks To Review Evidence. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Rescue Efforts Intensify In Nepal After Catastrophic Flooding; Judge Pauses USPS Plan To Restrict Mail Voting; U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Warns On Inflation; Around 2,500 People Missing After Nepal-China Floods; Potential U.S.-Venezuela Oil Deal; NASA Set To Launch Roman Space Telescope On Sunday. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Earth Moves Between Sun and Moon in Partial Lunar Eclipse; Nearly 500 Dead and 1,300+ Missing in Catastrophic Flood; Trump in Texas to Campaign for Ken Paxton Bid for Senate; Monsoon-Fueled Storms Possible in Flood Zone in Coming Days. Aired 12-1a ET
• Nearly 500 Dead And 1,300 Plus Missing In Catastrophic Flood; Earth Moves Between Sun And Moon In Partial Lunar Eclipse; Jury Expected To Resume Deliberations On Friday; Board Delays Plan to Add Trump's Name to Kennedy Center; Federal Judge Pauses Postal Plan to Restrict Mail Voting; Scientists Looking Into Cause of Disaster; Trump Administration Increasing ICE Operations at U.S. Airports. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Nepal, China Floods Leave At Least 570-Plus Dead, 1,900-Plus Missing; Trump Signs Order To Create A U.S. Space Academy; Judge Pauses USPS Plan To Implement New Mail Voting Restrictions; Jury Deliberations Underway In Lindsay Clancy Trial; Norway Mourns King Harald As His Son Ascends To Throne. Aired 3-4p ET