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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• State Department Urges Americans In Middle East Countries To Depart "Now"; Iraq: 70+ Iranian Drones, Missiles Have Hit Erbil; Israel Unleashes New Attacks In Iran & Lebanon; Sources: U.S. Embassy In Saudi Arabia Hit By Suspected Iranian Drones; Trump: The "Big Wave" Yet To Come; Vance On Iran's Next Leader: "Love It" If They'd Be Willing To Work With U.S.; Trump: Iran "Ignored" U.S. Warnings Not To Rebuild Nuclear Program. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Now: Admin Officials Briefing Gang Of 8 On Iran War; War Spirals Across Mideast As Trump Warns Iran Of Bigger Strikes; Trump Tells CNN "Big Wave" Yet To Come In Iran War. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• War In The Middle East Is Expanding; Jake Tapper Interviews Trump; Jake Tapper Interviews Carlos Gimenez; U.S. Urges Americans Across Mideast To Depart; Lawmakers React To Briefing On Iran War; Austin Mass Shooting May Have Been Motivated By Iran Strikes, According To Law Enforcement; State Dept. Urges Americans In 14 Countries To Depart Now. Aired 5-6p ET
• War Spirals In Middle East After U.S. And Israel Strike Iran; Six U.S. Service Members Killed, 18 Seriously Wounded In Iran War; U.S. Military Says, Three Jets Shot Down By Friendly Fire In Kuwait; U.S. Senate Primaries For Both Parties Attracting National Attention; Oil Prices Surge As War With Iran Continues. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Warns Iran Of Bigger Strikes As War Expands; Death Toll Rises To Six U.S. Service Members Killed In War; U.S. Urges Citizens To Leave Middle East Countries Now; Trump Warns Of Big Wave Of Attacks On Iran; U.S. Prepares For Increasing Attacks From Iran. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• War With Iran Escalates as U.S. Forces Attacked; Trump Warns There Will Likely be More Deaths of U.S. Troops; Sources Say, Authorities Probe Whether Austin Shooter was Motivated by Strikes on Iran. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• U.S. Central Command: Kuwait Mistakenly Shot Down Three U.S. Fighter Jets; Iran Launches Deadly Retaliatory Strikes Across Middle East; Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) On Today's Gang Of 8 Briefing On Iran Strikes. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Interview with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Minority Leader: Democratic Response to Iran Strikes; Pentagon Holds News Conference on Iran Strikes. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Pete Hegseth and Dan Caine Hold Press Conference; News Out of Press Conference on Iran; Daniel Shapiro is Interviewed about the Iran Strikes. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Hegseth and Caine Answers Questions about Iran; Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) is Interviewed about the Iran Operation; U.S. Operation Not about Regime Change. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Mike Lyons is Interviewed about the Iran Response; Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) is Interviewed about Iran; John Bolton is Interviewed about the Strikes on Iran; Trump Speaks to CNN after Strikes. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• American Fighter Jets Downed By Friendly Fire; Widening War. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Qatar Says It Shot Down Two Iranian Bomber Aircraft; Israeli Military Launches Strikes Against Hezbollah Targets Across Lebanon After Evacuation Warnings; U.S. Military Says Four U.S. Troops Killed, 18 Seriously Wounded; Oil Prices Jump Amid Concerns Over War Disrupting Global Supplies. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Oil Prices Jump Amid Concerns Over War Disrupting Global Supplies; U.S. Military Says Four U.S. Troops Killed, 18 Seriously Wounded; Israeli Military Launches Strikes Against Hezbollah Targets Across Lebanon After Evacuation Warnings; Trump Projected Four to Five Weeks for War With Iran, But We Can Go Longer; Iraq Vows to Block Militant Attacks, Keep Country Out of War. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Texas Shooting Victims ID'd as Savitha Shan, 24 and Ryder Harrington, 22; Interview with Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA): House and Senate to be Briefed Tomorrow on Iran Strikes; Hundreds of Iranians Reported Killed in Joint U.S.-Israeli Airstrikes. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump: Projected 4-5 Weeks for War with Iran, But We Can Go Longer; Israel and Hezbollah Trade Attacks as Conflict Widens; Trump: Iran War was Our "Last Best Chance" to "Eliminate" Threat; Trump Lays Out Objectives for Military Strikes on Iran; Iran: Enemies Will Not Be Safe "Even in Their Own Homes." Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Satellite Images Show Several Large Iranian Ships are on Fire; Israel Says It Hit Iranian Intel Headquarters and Bases; Marco Rubio Speaks Before Briefing Top Lawmakers on Iran War; Interview with Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ): Mission is to Destroy Iran's Ballistic Missiles Capability. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Top Iranian Official: Tehran Will Not Negotiate with U.S.; Trump: War with Iran Could Last 'Four to Five Weeks'; Conflict in Middle East Disrupts International Travel; Sources: Trump Administration to Brief Lawmakers on Iran Strikes; Explosions Heard in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha; Oil Surges, Stock Futures Sink as War Disrupts Crude Supply. Aired 12-1a ET
• CNN Teams Hear Explosions in Dubai, Abu Dhabi And Doha; Israeli Airstrikes On Beirut Kill Hezbollah Parliamentary Chief; Demonstrators In New York Call For Regime Change In Iran; Trump Administration To Give Briefing On Iran To Congress; Trump Administration to Brief Lawmakers on Iran Strikes; CNN Teams Report Explosions in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha; Fighter Jet Crashes in Kuwait, Video Geolocated by CNN Shows; Conflict in Middle East Disrupts International Travel; War with Iran Prompts Celebrations and Protests Worldwide. Aired 1-2a ET
• War Escalates and Expands Across Region; CNN Reports the Economic Impacts of War with Iran; Lebanon: At Least 31 Killed In Israeli Strikes; Fighter Jet Crashes In Kuwait, Video Geolocated By CNN Shows; Conflict In Midde East Disrupts International Travel. Aired 2-3a ET
• CNN's Breaking News Coverage on the U.S.-Israel Strikes on Iran and its Escalation throughout the Middle East. Aired 3-4a ET
• Smoke Seen Rising Near U.S. Embassy In Kuwait; Top Iranian Official - Tehran Will Not Negotiate With U.S.; Trump - War With Iran Could Last Four To Five Weeks; Kuwait - Several U.S. Military Aircraft Have Crashed Today; Iranian President - Revenge Is Country's Right And Duty; Iranian Deputy FM - Trump Crossed Very Dangerous Red Line; Saudi Def. Min. - 2 Drones Targeting Oil Refinery Intercepted; CNN Teams Report Explosions In Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha; Fighter Jet Crashes In Kuwait, Video Geolocated By CNN Shows; Sources: Trump Admin. To Brief Lawmakers On Iran Strikes. Aired 4-5a ET
• War Between U.S.-Israel and Iran Escalates; Red Crescent: More Than 500 People Killed in Iran Since the U.S. and Israeli Strikes Began; President Trump Cites War with Iran Could Last "Four to Five Weeks". Aired 5-5:30a ET
• CNN Teams Report Explosions In Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha; War With Iran Driving Global Oil Prices Up, Stocks Down; War With Iran Prompts Celebrations And Protests Worldwide. Aired 5:30-6a ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump: War with Iran Could Take 4 Weeks or Less; Video Shows Fighter Jet Fall from Sky Near U.S. Base; Crude Oil Prices Up, Stock Futures Down Sharply Amid War with Iran. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Three U.S. Warplanes Accidentally Shot Down; Mixed MAGA Reaction on Iran Strikes; Large Explosions over Tehran; Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) is Interviewed about Iran. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Smoke Rises Over Beirut Skyline as Middle East Conflict Escalates; Pentagon Gives First Public Briefing on War Against Iran; Iran Forms Leadership Council After Khamenei's Killing; War Spirals in Middle East as Explosions Heard Across Region; Saudi Aramco Shuts Ras Tanura Refinery After Debris Starts Fire; Gulf Energy Production and Data Center Infrastructure at Risk. Aired 9-10a ET
• War In Middle East Spirals As Explosions Heard A Cross Region; British Prime Minister Speaks Amid War In Iran; Starmer: "Deeply Concerning" That U.K. Citizens And Armed Forces Are In Danger In Middle East; Starmer: Iran's Approach More Reckless, Dangerous; Starmer: U.K. Jets Are Part Of Coordinated Defense Ops; Starmer: Sending Rapid Deployment Teams To Middle East To Support U.K. Nationals In Region. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Now: Israel Says Iran Launching New Wave Of Missiles; U.S. Officials: "Major Uptick" In Attacks In Coming Hours; U.S. Urges Citizens To Depart Middle East Countries "Now"; Death Toll Rises To Six U.S. Services Members Killed In Kuwait. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Did Not Air 5-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Holds Medal Of Honor Ceremony Amid War With Iran; Trump: Iran With Long-Range Missiles And Nukes Is Intolerable Threat; Trump To CNN: The Big Wave Of Attacks In Iran Is Yet To Come. Aired 12- 12.30p ET
• War Spirals Across Mideast As Trump Warns Iran Of Bigger Strikes; New CNN Poll: 59 Percent Disapprove Of U.S. Strikes On Iran; Mud-Slinging Dominates Messy Texas GOP Senate Race; Cornyn Goes Scorched Earth On Paxton To Try To Save Senate Seat. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Did Not Air 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• U.S. Official: "Major Uptick" In Attacks On Iran Coming In Hours; Democrats Slam Trump On Iran; U.S. On Alert As FBI Probes Texas Shooting As Potential Terrorism. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Did Not Air 11a-12p ET
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Did Not Air 4-5pm ET


The Situation Room
• U.S. Military Says, Four American Troops Killed in Iran Operation; New Video, Large Explosions in Central Tehran; Israel and Hezbollah Trade Attacks as Conflict Widens. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Israel Launches Strikes Against Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon; Trump Says the "Big Wave" is Yet to Come in War with Iran; Large Explosions in Central Tehran. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Any Moment: Trump To Address War With Iran; U.S.: Kuwait Accidentally Shot Down 3 American Fighter Jets; Lebanon: At Least 31 Killed, 140 Plus Injured By Israeli Strikes. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Interview With Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY); Confused Messaging From Trump Administration on Iran Attack?; Trump Delivers Remarks on Iran Attack; Gas Prices Expected to Rise. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• U.S. Embassy In Saudi Arabia Hit By Suspected Iranian Drones; Netanyahu Vows "Decisive" Action In Iran, Not Endless War; Deposition Video Shows Heated Moments Of Clintons' Testimony. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• Did Not Air 6-7pm ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Did Not Air 3-4pm ET