Return to Transcripts main page

CNN Transcripts for March 20, 2025

Note: This page is continually updated as new transcripts become available. If you cannot find a specific segment, check back later.

Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump Again Attacks Judge in Deportation Flights Case: Claims his Rulings are "Ridiculous, and Inept"; Trump Signs Order Aimed at Dismantling Education Department; Dems At Fiery Town Halls Face Calls To Step Up Opposition To Trump; Trump Signs Order Aimed At Dismantling Education Dept.; Israel Renews Gaza Ground Campaign; Hamas Fires Rockets At Tel Aviv; Sources: New Canadian PM Expected To Call For Elections As Trade War Threatens Crucial Summer Vacation Season In Maine; Boston Celtics Being Sold For Record $6.1 Billion. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Civic Initiatives Executive Director Maja Stojanovic; Interview with "Adolescence" Actor and Co-Writer Stephen Graham; Interview with The New York Times Opinion Columnist Nicholas Kristof. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Trump Signs Order Aimed At Dismantling Education Department; Judge Blocks DOGE From Accessing Social Security Sensitive Data; Judge: DOJ's Response On Deportation Flights Is "Woefully Insufficient" And Demands More Answers; Dissatisfied Voters Clash With Lawmakers At Town Halls. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Signs Order Aimed At Dismantling Education Department; Voters Express Rage, Frustration At Fiery Town Halls; Hamas Fires Rockets At Israel As Death Toll Mounts In Gaza; Judge Rules Georgetown Researcher Cannot Be Deported; Investigative Journalist Stumbles Onto Series Of Cold Cases. Aired 5-6p ET
• Voters Express Rage, Frustration at Fiery Town Halls; Judge Says, DOJ's Response on Deportations Woefully Insufficient; How Maine Became Ground Zero in the Trans Athlete Debate. Leader of $250M Pandemic Aid Scam Found Guilty On All Counts; Europe Delays Tariffs On U.S. Goods Until Mid-April. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• New York Times Reports, Musk to Get Top Secret U.S. Plan for Potential China War; Lawmaker Gets Racist Messages After Border Czar Clash; Judge Blocks Trump's Deportation of Georgetown Student. Judge Blocks Trump's Deportation of Student From Georgetown; Lawmaker Gets Racist Messages; AOC Tells Democrats To Fight Harder. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Protesters, Furious Constituents Blast Lawmakers at Town Halls; Trump Expected to Sign Order Aimed at Dismantling Education Department; Fed Holds Rates Steady, Projects Slow Growth and Rising Inflation. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Purge of Pentagon Websites Includes Content on Holocaust, Sexual Assault, Suicide Prevention; Swatters Target Conservative Influencers in Growing Wave; Russia and Ukraine Trade Attacks Hours After Trump's Call with Zelenskyy; Families of Veterans Who Died by Suicide Battle VA for Benefits. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Trump Expected to Sign Order Aimed at Dismantling Education Department; IRS Discussing Turning Over Taxpayer Data to Homeland Security; President Trump with Negative Net Approval. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) is Interviewed about Elon Musk and DOGE; March Madness Begins Today; Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH) is Interviewed about Funding Cuts to Tracking Russian War Crimes; Fed Holds Rates Steady. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Trump Expected to Sign Order Dismantling the Education Department; Furious Constituents Blast Lawmakers at Town Halls; Backlash against DOGE; Shooting at Hospital in Michigan; Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) is Interviewed about Fiery Town Halls. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• New Developments in Kohberger Case; Trump Administration Unfazed by Court Losses; Looking Back at Clarence Thomas' Nomination Controversy. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• European Union Delays Retaliatory Tariffs; Trump Continues to Blast Judges; President Trump Targets Education Department. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• NYT Says Judges Fear For Their Safety Amid Online Threats; Canadian Transportation Agency Says Landing Gear Support Broke On Delta Plane That Flipped Over & Burned At Toronto Airport; New Bipartisan Support To Give Combat-Injured Veterans Full Benefits. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump to Sign Order Aimed at Dismantling Education Department; Deadline Passes for DOJ to Turn Over Deportation Flight Details; Protesters, Furious Constituents Blast Lawmakers at Town Halls; Conservative Influencers Becoming Targets of Swatting. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• The Death Benefits Battle Between the VA & Families of Veterans Who Died By Suicide; DHS Detains Georgetown Univ Fellow, Revokes His Visa; Finland Ranked "Happiest" Country Again, U.S. Sinks To 24th Place. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump to Sign Order Aimed at Dismantling Education Dept; Trump Admin. Unfazed by Court Losses; Sets Sights on Supreme Court; Deadline Passes for DOJ to Turn Over Deportation Flight Details. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez Hold Fighting Oligarchy Rally; Court Docs in Idaho Murder Trial Show Surviving Roommates' Phone Usage Before 911 Call. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Israel Launches Ground Offensive, Retakes Key Area in Gaza; Trump and Zelenskyy Discuss Proposed Ceasefire; Detention of Istanbul Mayor Sparks Protest; Ukrainian POW's Reunite with Families after Long Captivity. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Judge Extends Deadline For Deportation Information; Trump And Zelenskyy Discuss Proposed Pause; Israel Launches Ground Offensive In Gaza; Detention of Istanbul's Mayor Roils Turkish Politics; Palestinians Leave as Israeli Outposts Spring Up; China Expands State- Run Media as Trump Guts U.S. Efforts; Peruvian Fisherman Details Fight for Survival for 95 Days. Aired 1-2a ET
• Israel Intercepts Ballistic Missile Fired By Houthis; Hostage Families Speak Out As Israel Resumes Fighting; Ukrainian POW's Reunite With Families After Long Captivity; South Carolina Man Charged Over Attack on Tesla Station; FBI Investigates Attack on Tesla Cars as Possible Terrorism; The Canadian Pacific Train Roars Back to Life After a 14-year Restoration Process; Star Wars Droids Visit California Conference. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Ukrainian President Talks to Trump on Temporary Truce; Turkish People Resist New Ban on Public Demonstrations; Democrats, Republicans Turn to Exasperated Constituents at Town Halls; IOC to Elect Next President. Aired 3-4a ET
• CNN International: Soon: Trump To Sign Executive Order On Education Department; Gaza Officials: Latest Israeli Strikes Kill At Least 85; Russia & Ukraine Accuse Each Other Of Attacks As Ceasefire Talks Are Set For Early Next Week; Court Deadline On Deportations By Trump Administration Passes; Political Division Drives Tesla Stocks Down; E.U. Delays Tariffs On U.S. Products Until Mid-April. Aired 3-4p ET
• CNN International: Trump Signs Order to Dismantle the Dept. of Education; E.U. Leaders Vow Support for Ukraine; Israel Launches Ground Operation in Gaza; "Crisis" Times at Tesla; Legal Standoff Between the WH and a Federal Judge on Deportation Flights; New IOC President Elected; Boston Celtics Sold for a Record-Breaking $6 Billion. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump to Sign Executive Order to Close Education Department; Name, Image & Likeness Deals Open Doors for College Athletes. Aired 6- 6:30a ET
• Zelenskyy Agrees to Pause on Attacks on Energy Targets; Amanda Litman is Interviewed about Democrats Struggling to Find a Message; Dr. Gail Hansen is Interviewed about Bird Flu; Judge Wants Answers about Deportation Flights; Pentagon Website Purge. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Gaza Officials: Latest Israeli Strikes Kill at least 59; Trump Escalates Fight with Judge Over Deportation Fights; Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $660M Plus Over Pipeline Protests; Federal Reserve Holds Interest Rates Steady, Projects Slow Growth & Rising Inflation; Zimbabwean Woman in the Running to Lead the IOC. Aired 9-10a ET
• Latest Israeli Strikes Kill at Least 59 in Gaza; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Bolsters Support in Norway, Looking for Ceasefire Everywhere in Ukraine Territory; Ukraine-Russia Negotiations to Continue in Saudi Arabia Next Week; Egypt Condemns Renewed Israeli Ground Operations in Gaza; American Detained by Taliban in Afghanistan Has Been Freed; International Olympic Committee Votes for New President. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump's Claims Of Dismantling Education Department Face Reality Check; Pentagon Searched "First," "History" In Rushed DEI Purge; Declared Dead Amid Government Cuts; What's Going On With Governor Newsom?. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Trump, Zelenskyy Discusses Proposed Pause In Energy Attacks; Trump To Sign Order To Dismantle Education Department; White House: Judges Are Usurping Trump's Authority; Israel Launches Ground Offensive, Retakes Key Area In Gaza. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Border Czar: Deportations Continue Despite Judge's Order; ICE Defends Arrest of High-Profile Undocumented Mom of Four; Climate Scientists: 2024 was Hottest Year on Record. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• DOJ Deadline to Respond to Judge on Trump Deportation Plans; Trump Officials Confident of Supreme Court Siding with them on Immigration, Executive Power Cases; Trump, Top Allies Demand Judges Ruling Against him be Impeached; Trump Signing Order to Start Shutting Down Education Department; Fuming with Frustration. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Democrats Face Angry Constituents At Town Halls; More Than 350 Cases Of Measles Reported In The United States; Former Surgeon General Urges RFK Jr. To Become Vaccine Champion. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Judge Says Trump Administration's Response on Venezuela Deportations were "Woefully Insufficient"; Europeans Look to Shore Up Support for Ukraine in New Round of Ukrainian Ceasefire Talks; Israel Pushes Ahead with its New Ground Offensive in Gaza. Israel Intercepts Missile from Yemen; Israel Launches Ground Offensive in Gaza; Protests in Istanbul; Trump to Sign Order to Dismantle Department of Education; IOC Picks 10th President. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Musk to Get Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential China War; Trump Lashed Out at Judges, Demands Justice Roberts to "Fix" It; Trump Signs Order to Dismantle Education Department; London's Heathrow Airport Closed for 24 Hours Due to Fire; Doctor Faces Hate and Threats Over Gold Tesla. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• CNN International: Israel Launches Ground Offensive, Retakes Key Area In Gaza; Israelis Clash With Police At Anti-Government Protests; Kremlin: Talks With The U.S. Could Come Next Week. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Israel Launches Ground Offensive, retakes Key Area In Gaza; Kremlin: Ceasefire Talks Set For Monday In Saudi Arabia; 24,000 Articles On Chopping Block In Pentagon Website Purge; Families Of American Vets Who Died By Suicide Fight For Benefits; Georgetown University Fellow Detained By DHS; IRS Discusses Sharing Confidential Taxpayer Data With DHS; Ukrainian Prisoners Of War Reunite With Families; Boston Celtics Sold For a Record- Breaking $6.1 Billion; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Trump Signs Order to Dismantle Education Department; U.S. Commerce Secretary Urges Americans to Buy Tesla Stock. Trump to Sign Order Dismantling Education Department; E.U. Delays First Round of Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S.; Kirsty Coventry Becomes First Woman Elected IOC President. Aired 4-5p ET


The Situation Room
• 24,000 Articles on Chopping Block in Pentagon Website Purge; Voters Unleash Frustrations With Lawmakers at Town Halls; Fed Holds Rates Steady, Projects Slower Growth and Higher Inflation. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Taliban Releases George Glezmann; Lawmakers Facing Angry Voters; Secretary Noem Tours Drug Seizure Operations. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Taliban Releases American; Trump Targets Education Department; European Union Delays Retaliatory Tariffs. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Boston Celtics Sold; Report Released on Toronto Plane Crash; Trump Trade War Raising Copper Prices; Russia, Ukraine Exchange Attacks on Infrastructure. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump Signs Order To Dismantle Education Department; New York Times: Elon Musk Set To Get Access To Top-Secret U.S. Plan For Potential War With China; Judge: DOJ Response On Deportation Flights "Woefully Insufficient." Aired 9-10p ET