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•Americans Freed In Prisoner Swap Land In US; Historic Prisoner Swap Involves 24 Detainees, Seven Countries; Alexei Navalny's Daughter On The Historic Prisoner Swap; Tonight: Biden, Harris To Greet Freed Americans At Joint Base Andrews; How The Divine Nine Is Helping To Shape The 2024 Election. Aired 8-9p ET

•Did Not Air 1-2p ET

•Americans Released From Russia To Land In U.S. Tonight; Evan Gershkovich Released From Russia In Prisoner; Vice President Harris Speaks About Prisoner Swap; Vance Defends Trump For Falsely Suggesting Kamala Harris "Happened To Turn Black". Aired 4-5p ET
•Americans Freed In Biggest Prisoner Swap With Russia Since Cold War; Key White House Official On Condition Of Americans Freed By Russia; Harris Nears VP Announcement As Her Team Tests Top Contenders; The Dangers Of Living In Phoenix, America's Hottest City. Aired 5-6p ET

•Soon, Biden, Harris Greet Freed Americans At Joint Base Andrews; Soon, Freed Americans To Reunite With Families U.S.; Trump Escalates Race Attacks, Including Birth Certificate; "NewsNight Tackles State Of 2024 Presidential Race; Members Of The Panel Give Their "NewsNightcaps". Aired 10-11p ET

•Harris Fires Back at Trump's False Claim She Happened to Turn Black; Thousands Gather for Memorial Service for Hamas Political Leader; 9/11 Families Upset Over Plea Deal With Terror Attack Suspects. Aired 7-7:30a ET
•Trump Doubles Down On False Claims Harris "Happened To Turn Black"; Dr. Sanjay Gupta On The Mind Of A Medalist; Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH) Says: "Stop The Trash Talk." Aired 7:30-8a ET
•Donald Trump Makes Controversial Remarks at Event for National Association of Black Journalists; Donald Trump Continues to Claim that Presumptive Democratic Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris Identified as Indian Before Identifying as Black; Iran Vows Retaliation for Assassination of Hamas Political Leader; Massive Russia and US Prisoner Swap Underway. Aired 8-8:30a ET
•Massive Russia and U.S. Prisoner Swap Underway; Whelan and Gershkovich to Be Released from Russia. Aired 8:30-9a ET
•Americans Released in Massive Prisoner Swap with Russia. Aired 9-9:30a ET
•Whelan and Gershkovich to Be Released in Prisoner Swap. Aired 9:30-10a ET
•U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan Holds Press Conference; Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan Released in Prisoner Swap. Aired 1-1:30p ET
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•Americans Released In Historic Prisoner Swap With Russia. Aired 2-2:30p ET
•WH Official: Harris Had 2 Private Conversations On Prisoner Swap At Munich Conference In February; VP Harris Remembers Late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee In Houston; Source: Hamas Leader Killed By Bomb Planted Months Ago; Simone Biles Wins All-Around Gold At Paris Olympics. Aired 2:30-3p ET
•Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich Freed In Prisoner Swap With Russia; VP Harris Delivers Eulogy For Late TX Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee; WH Official: Harris Had Two Private Conversations On Prisoner Swap At Munich Conference In February; Americans Released In Historic Prisoner Swap With Russia. Aired 3-3:30p ET
•Now: Released Russian Prisoners Arriving In Moscow; Americans Released In Historic Prisoner Swap With Russia; Hamas Leader Killed By Bomb Planted Months Ago; Big Day For U.S. Women Gymnasts At The Olympics. Aired 3:30-4p ET

•Iran Mourns Slain Hamas Political chief Ismail Haniyeh; Suspected 9/11 Mastermind Reaches Plea Deal in the U.S.; Trump Makes False Statements in Contentious Interview; Large Crowds Attend Memorial Services For Hamas Leader; Haniyeh Assassination Could Threaten Hostage Talks; Al Jazeera: Two Journalists Killed In Israel Airstrike; Maduro Files Appeal With Supreme Court To Certify Election; Tesla CEO Elon Musk Accepts Maduro's Challenge To Fight. Aired 12-1a ET
•Assassination Of Hamas Leader Puts Middle East On Edge; Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Agrees To Plead Guilty To 9/11 Attacks; U.S. Calls On Maduro To Come Clean On Disputed Election. Iran's Response to Haniyeh Assassination; Memorial Service Underway for Hamas Political Leader Haniyeh; Local Officials Pushing Back Against Secret Service Claims; Celebrities Take Starring Role in the Race for the White House; France's Leon Marchand Wins Two Gold Medals in One Night. Aired 1-2a ET
•Iran Mourns Slain Hamas Political Chief Ismail Haniyeh; Middle East On Edge After Hamas Leader's Assassination; Hostage Families: Assassination "Doesn't Help" Talks; Trump Lashes Out At Convention For Black Journalist. Large Crowds Attend Memorial Service for Hamas Leader; Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Leads Prayers; Israel Has Yet to Claim Responsibility for Haniyeh Killing; Middle East on Edge After Hamas Leader's Assassination; U.S. Calls on Maduro to Come Clean on Disputed Election; Maduro Files Appeal With Supreme Court to Certify Election; N. Korea Won Silver, S. Korea Won Bronze in Mixed Doubles Table Tennis; Bad Weather Affected Opening Ceremony Performance Say Dancers. Aired 2-3a ET
•Trump Attacks Harris' Racial Identity; Iran Holds Memorial Service for Slain Hamas Leader; U.S. Reached Plea Deal for 9/11 Mastermind, Minus the Death Penalty Sentence. Katie Ledecky Breaks New Record, French Swimmer Earns Double Gold in Paris; Maya Rudolph Returns to SNL as Kamala Harris; 14-Month Old Boy Miraculously Pulled Out of the Underground Pipe. Aired 3-4 ET
•Trump Falsely Claims Harris Happened to Turn Black; Political; Middle East on Edge After Hamas Leader's Assassination; Second Night of Clashes in the U.K. Between Far-Right Protesters and Police; Olympics Day 6 to Feature Women's Gymnastics Individual All-Round Final; Celebrities Take Starring Role in the Race for the White House. Aired 4-4:30a ET
•Growing Outrage Over Targeted Strike Against Haniyeh; Netanyahu Says Israel is Ready for Any Scenario; Dancers: Bad Weather Affected Opening Ceremony Performance. Aired 4:30-5a ET
•CNN International: Iran Holds Memorial Service For Slain Hamas Political Leader; Netanyahu: Israel Delivered "Crushing Blow" To Enemies; ISF: "Eliminated" Hamas' Military Chief In Gaza In July. Aired 8-8:27a ET
•CNN International: Now: Historic Prisoner Swap With Russia Underway; WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich, Fmr. U.S. Marine Paul Whelan Expected To Be Released; Press Freedom Groups Celebrate Gershkovich Release; Turkey: 26 People Being Exchanged Between Seven Countries In Historic Swap; Two Children Among Those Released. Aired 11a-12p ET
•Now, Historic Prisoner Swap With Russia Underway, Wall Street Journal Reporter Gershkovich, Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan Expected to be Released; Family of One of Prisoners Being Released Elated But Nervous; Turkey Confirms it Played a Role in Huge Prisoner Swap, Says it Involves Seven Different Countries. Aired 10-10:30a ET
•Historic Prisoner Swap with Russia; 26 Prisoners Being Exchanged Between Seven Countries; Gershkovich and Whelan Confirmed to be Released. Aired 10:30-11a ET
•Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich Released in Prisoner Swap. Aired 11-11:30a ET
•New Details Emerge on Hamas Leader's Death; Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich Released in Prisoner Swap. Aired 11:30a-12:00p ET
•CNN International: Americans Released In Historic Prisoner Swap With Russia; Israel: "Eliminated" Hamas' Military Chief In Gaza In July; Ukraine At The Olympics. Aired 3-4p ET
•CNN International: Americans Released from Russia En Route Back to U.S.; 24 Prisoners Exchanged Between Seven Countries in Historic Swap; Gershkovich and Whelan Freed from Russian Prison; White House Officials Briefing on U.S.-Russia Prisoner Swap; Russian State Media Releases New Video of Prisoner Release. Aired 1-2p ET

•Trump Falsely Suggests Harris "Happened To Turn Black"; Memorial Service For Hamas Political Leader Underway; UAW Endorses Harris For President. Aired 5-5:30a ET
•Trump: The Vice President Does Not Have Impact On Election; U.S. Reaches Plea Deal With Alleged 9/11 Mastermind; Katie Ledecky Breaks Olympic Record in 1,500 Meter Freestyle. Aired 5:30-6a ET
•Trump Backlash After Questioning VP Harris Racial Identity; VP Harris Responds to Trump's False Attack on Her Race; Trump Facing New Criticism After NABJ Convention; Severe Storms and Dangerous Heat. Aired 6-6:30a ET
•One Hundred Million People are Under Heat Alerts Today; Trump and Harris Rally in Georgia; Trump Defends Vance; Harris to Announce Running Mate. Aired 6:30-7a ET

•Did Not Air 9-10am ET.
•U.S. and Russia Carrying Out Massive Prisoner Swap; Historic Seven- Country Swap Exchanges 26 Prisoners, Including Two Children; Turkiye Confirms Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan Are Part of Exchange; Targeted Killings Raise Fears of Wider Middle East Conflict. Aired 10:30-11a ET

•Soon: Americans Freed In Prisoner Swap Land In U.S.; Soon: Biden, Harris Greet Feed Americans At Joint Base Andrews; Trump On Event Where He Questioned Harris's Race: I Showed Up. Aired 7-8p ET

•Russia and West Trading 24 Prisoners; Biggest Prisoner Swap Between Russia and West; Americans Released from Russia En Route Back to U.S.; Hezbollah's Leader Says Israel Crossed Red Lines; Israel Says it Killed Hamas Military Chief; Bomb that Killed Hamas Leader was Planted Months Ago; Putin Receives Released Russian Citizens; Red Carpet Arrival for Russian Prisoners; Simone Biles Earns Sixth Career Gold Medal; Biles Makes History Once Again. Aired 6-7p ET

•Americas Released In Historic Prisoner Swap With Russia; Americans Evan Gershkovich And Paul Whelan Released From Russia In Historical Prisoner Swap; Biden Speaks After Massive Russia-U.S. Prisoner Swap; Biden: "A Feat Of Diplomacy" Made The Release Deal Possible. Aired 12-12:30p ET
•Biden: Today Is A "Powerful Example" Of Why Our Alliances Matter; Americans Evan Gershkovich And Paul Whelan Released From Russia In Historic Prisoner Swap; WH Official: Harris Had Two Private Conversations On Prisoner Swap At Munich Conference In February. Aired 12:30-1p ET

•U.S. And Russia Carry Out Massive Prisoner Swap; Turkey Confirms It Played Mediator Role In Huge Prisoner Swap Which Involved Seven Countries; Massive Russia And U.S. Prisoner Swap; Historic Prisoner Swap; American Prisoners Released En Route To U.S.; Bomb That Killed Hamas Leader Was Planted Months Ago; Former Head Of Mossad Speaks To CNN. Aired 2-3p ET

•Americans Freed In Russia Prisoner Swap Arrive In The U.S. Aired 11p-12a ET

•Soon: Biden To Speak On Prisoner Swap With Russia; Blinken: Whelan, Gershkovich, Kurmasheva On way Back To United States; Biden Makes Remarks On Prisoner Swap With Russia; Biden On Multi-National Exchange Deal: Relationships Matter; 24 Detainees Freed In Prisoner Swap Between Russia And West; Turkish Source: Prisoner Swap Between Russia And West Is Complete; Aired 12-1p ET

•Historic Prisoner Swap Between The West And Russia; Biden Praises Germany For Role In Freeing Prisoners; Hezbollah Chief: Israel Crossed Red Lines; Kamala Harris Speaks After Prisoner Swap; Simone Biles Wins All- Around Gold In Women's Gymnastics; Tech Giants Report Mixed Results. Aired 4-5p ET

•Biden, Harris To Greet Freed Americans When They Land In U.S. Tonight; Putin Personally Greets Russians Freed In Historic Prisoner Swap; Trump Campaign Says It Raised $138.7 Million In July; Source: Hamas Political Leader Killed In Iran By Bomb Planted Months Before The Explosion; Americans Freed In Historic Prisoner Swap With Russia On Flight To US. Aired 6-7p ET

•Soon: Biden, Harris To Greet Americans Freed From Russia; Harris & Top VP Choices Clear Schedules Ahead Of Announcement; Trump's Nephew Alleges Cruel, Racist Past In New Book. Aired 9-10p ET