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The Amanpour Hour
• Interview with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht- Ravanchi; Interview with Author Vali Nasr; When There Was Hope for Change in Iran; Interview with Movie Director Wes Anderson; Berlin Pays Tribute to Christo. Aired 11a-12p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Israel Says It "Eliminated" Two Iranian Quds Force Commanders; New Strikes In Israel And Iran As Conflict Enters Second Week; Trump: Two Weeks Is "Maximum" For Decision On Iran Strike; Iran: 400 Plus Iranians Killed, 3,000 Plus Injured Since Start Of Conflict; Brutal Heat Dome Building, Sending Temps Soaring For Millions; Israeli Missile Hit A Residential Building In Iran, CNN Analysis Shows A Nuclear Scientist Lived There. Trump: Two Weeks Is "Maximum" For Decision On Iran Strike; Vance Defends Trump's Decision To Deploy Natl. Guard; Appeals Court Blocks Louisiana Ten Commandments Law. Aired 12-1p ET
• New Strikes In Israel And Iran As Conflict Enters Second Week; CNN Goes Inside War Room Bunker In Haifa, Israel As Conflict Escalates; Trump Says DNI Tulsi Gabbard Is "Wrong" On Iran's Nuclear Capability; Combs' Former Assistant Brendan Paul Testified On Friday; Jury Deliberations Could Begin As Soon As Next Week. Senate Republicans Gearing Up for Potential Vote Next Week; Conversation with Olympic Gold Medalist Simone Manuel; CDC: Drowning is Leading Cause of Death Among Young Kids; How Cuomo and Trump are More Alike than Different. Aired 1-2p ET
• Pro-Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Released from ICE Detention; Israel Claims It Killed Two Iranian Commanders of Elite Branch of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Overnight Strikes; President Trump Criticizes Intelligence Assessment Provided by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Iran's Work towards Producing Nuclear Weapons; ICE Raids in California Leading to Decrease in Business; U.S. has Option to Deploy Bunker Busting Bombs to Destroy Iranian Underground Nuclear Facility; Explosion of SpaceX Rocket Prompts Criticism from Residents Living Near Starbase; American Biker Briefly Trapped in Iran after Commencement of Israeli Strikes. Aired 2-3p ET.
• U.S. B-2 Bombers Depart Missouri As Trump Weighs Military Options; New Strikes In Israel And Iran As Conflict Enters Second Week; U.S. Appeals Court Blocks Louisiana Ten Commandments Law; Palestinian Boy's Emotional Plea For Food in Gaza; A Call For Compassion On World Refugee Day 2025; More Protests Expected In Los Angeles Tonight; Disciplinary Action Against Dodgers, Padres After On- Field Tensions; How Andrew Cuomo And Donald Trump Are More Alike Than Different; Georgia Teen Shares Story Of Surviving Tornado. Aired 3-4p ET
• Soon: Trump Holds National Security Meeting Amid Mideast Conflict; New Strikes In Israel And Iran As Conflict Enters Second Week; B-2 Bombers Head Across The Pacific, As Trump Weighs Options; Vice President JD Vance Refers To Dem Sen. Alex Padilla As "Jose"; CNN Team Hears Loud Explosions East Of Tehran; CNN Team Hears Loud Explosions East Of Tehran; Jury Deliberations Could Begin As Soon As Next Week; Brutal Heat Dome Building, Sending Temps Soaring For Millions. Aired 5-6p ET
• B-2 Bombers Head Across Pacific As Trump Weighs Military Options; NYT: Iran's Leader Names Possible Successors In Case He Is Killed; Soon: Trump Holds National Security Meeting Amid Mideast Conflict; Cuomo Seeks A Political Comeback, Similar To Trump's; Cuomo & Mamdani Lead In Crowded NYC Mayoral Primary Race; Polls: Young Democrats More Likely To Favor Mamdani Over Cuomo; At Least 8 Dead After Hot Air Balloon Accident In Southern Brazil. Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump Holds National Security Meeting Amid Mideast Conflict; New Strikes In Israel And Iran As Conflict Enters Second Week; Israeli Missile Hit Residential Building In Iran; Activist Mahmoud Khalil Arrives In New Jersey After Release From ICE Detention; Iranians Injured By Strikes Speak To CNN From Hospital Beds In Tehran, At Least Eight Dead After Hot Air Balloon Accident In Southern Brazil, Trump: "We Have Completed Our Very Successful Attack On The Three Nuclear Sites In Iran. Aired 7-8p ET
• Trump: "We Have Completed Our Very Successful Attack on the Three Nuclear Sites in Iran"; Sources: U.S. B-2 Bombers Used to Target Iranian Nuclear Sites. Trump Announces Air Strikes on Three Nuclear Sites in Iran. Aired 8-9p ET
• US Enters Iran-Israel Conflict. Aired 9-10p ET
• Trump Announces Air Strikes On 3 Nuclear Sites In Iran; Soon: Trump To Address Nation At 10PM ET After Strikes On Iran; U.S. Told Rain That Airstrikes Would Be Contained, And Nothing Further Is Planned. Aired 10-11p ET
• Trump Announces U.S. Air Strikes On 3 Nuclear Sites In Iran. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Did Not Air. 4-5p ET
• New Strikes In Israel, Iran As Conflict Enters Second Week; Trump: Two Weeks Is "Maximum" For Decision On Iran Strike; Iran, Europeans Make Little Progress At Geneva Talks; Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Released From Detention; Vance Defends Trump's Decision To Deploy National Guard. Aired 12-1a ET
• New Strikes In Israel, Iran As Conflict Enters Second Week; Israeli Official: "Skeptical" Of Diplomatic Talks With Iran; Iranian Official: Trump, Israel Can "Easily" End Conflict. Aired 1-2a ET
• New Strikes In Israel, Iran As Conflict Enters Second Week; Netanyahu: Conflict With Iran To Last "As Long As It Takes"; Trump: Two Weeks Is "Maximum" For Decision On Iran Strike; Aired 2-3a ET
• New Strikes as Israel-Iran Conflict Enters Second Week; Iran Files Complaint against IAEA Chief; Haifa Residents Respond to Missile Strikes; Trump Says "Very Hard" to Ask Israel to Stop Hitting Iran; Israeli Attacks Continue on Civilians Trying to Access Aid; Thousands Gather in Iran to Protest Israel; OPEC+ Is Increasing Oil Output Gradually; CNN Investigates Deadly Dominican Republic Nightclub Roof Collapse; Heat Dome Causes High Temps across U.S.; Second Annual AI Conference Held in Rome. Aired 3-4a ET
• IAEA Chief Says No Tangible Proof of Iran's Active A-Bomb Program; Israeli Official "Skeptical" of Diplomatic Talks with Iran; CNN Investigates Israeli Strikes on Key Iranian Officials and Their Civilian Toll; OPEC+ Is Increasing Oil Output Gradually; New Strikes as Israel-Iran Conflict Enters Second Week; Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Released from Detention; Heat Dome Causes High Temps across U.S. Aired 4-5a ET
• New Strikes as Israel-Iran Conflict Enters Second Week; Israel Slams Iran at U.N. Security Council Meeting; Thousands Gather in Iran to Protest Israel; Trump Says U.S. Shouldn't Have to Meet NATO Spending Target; Cuomo and Mamdani Lead in Crowded NYC Leadership Race; Israeli Prime Minister Says Conflict with Iran to Last "As Long as It Takes"; Flights Paused to Some Countries amid Israel-Iran Conflict; Combs' Former Assistant Testified on Friday. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN This Morning
• Israeli Air Force Eliminates Commander Of The Iranian Quds Force; Trump Says Two Weeks Is Maximum For Iran Decision; Columbia Protester Mahmoud Khalil Freed From Immigration Detention; Dangerous Heat Dome to Bring Record Temperatures to Much of the US. New Strikes in Israel, Iran As Conflict Enters Second Week; Los Angeles Dodgers and Trump Administration at Odds Over Presence of Federal Agents at Stadium; A Man is Charged with Attempting to Kidnap Memphis Mayor Paul Young. Aired 6-7a ET
• Iranian Drones Break Through Israeli Air Defenses; New Strikes In Israel And Iran As Conflict Enters Second Week; Protests In Iran As Israel-Iran Conflict Enters Second Week; Cybercriminal Breach Aflac As Part Of Hacking Spree; Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Released From Detention; Vance Defends Trump's Decision To Deploy National Guard; DHS Reverses Course, Will Target Farms, Hotels, And Restaurants; Starship Explodes On Launch Pad In Texas. Aired 7-8a ET


First of All with Victor Blackwell
• Journalist Caught Up In Trumps Immigration Crackdown; Journalist Covering Immigration Detained By ICE Faces Deportation; Son, Colleagues Of Journalist Detained By ICE React To Arrest; Tennessee Moves To Return Man To Prison For Murder He Denies Committing; Trump Criticizes "Non-Working Holidays" On n Juneteenth; A Kroger Grocery Store In Atlanta Is Drawing Backlash Over Its Juneteenth Cakes; A Former Plantation Becomes A Space For Healing, Art And Reparative History. Aired 8-9a ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five. President Trump Says He Will Make a Decision on U.S. Military Involvement in Israel-Iran Conflict within Two Weeks; Tucker Carlson and Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz have Heated Discussion on Calls for Regime Change in Iran; U.S. Politicians State They Feel Unsafe Due to Recent String of Politically-Motivated Violent Acts; Democrats Officials Criticized for Staging Political Stunts over Trump Immigration Policy; Trump Administration Ending Specialized Suicide Prevention Services for LGBTQ+ Youth Who Call into Suicide Prevention Hotline. Aired 10-11a ET


Smerconish
• No War Ever Begins As A Forever War; 30,000 Pounds U.S. "Bunker" Design To Penetrate Earth Targets; Iran's Fordo Facility Buried Out Of Reach for Most Weapons. Should The L.A. Dodgers Deny Access To Federal Agents?. Aired 9-10a ET