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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Iran Names Khamenei's Son As New Supreme Leader; Intense Strikes On Tehran's Energy Sites; Trump Says U.S. Troops Could Possibly Be Sent To Iran To Seize Uranium; Trump Says Next Supreme Leader Won't Last Long Without His Support; What We Know About Iran's Drone Arsenal. Aired 7-8p ET
• Trump Calls Higher Gas Prices "A Little Glitch"; Iran Names Khamenei's Son As New Supreme Leader; Seventh U.S. Service Member Killed In War With Iran; Interview With Representative Adam Smith (D- WA); Who Is Mojtaba Khamenei; Airstrikes And Anger On The Streets Of Lebanon's Capital. Aired 8-9p ET
• Fuel Supplies In Tehran Disrupted After Intense Strikes; Ali Khamenei's Son Mojtaba Chosen As Iran's New Supreme Leader; Improvised Devices Found Near NYC Mayor's Home; 7th U.S. Service Member Dies In War With Iran; Trump Says Iran At Fault For Strike On Girls School. Aired 9-10p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Two Israeli Soldiers Killed in Israel's First Military Deaths of War; New Wave of Iranian Drone, Missile Strikes Reported Across Persian Gulf; Interview with Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA); Israel Launches Wide-Scale Strikes in Iran After Targeting Oil Sites; Analysis of Iran's Nuclear Threat; Analysis Suggests U.S. Responsible for Deadly School Strike. Aired 1-2p ET
• Israel Launches "Wide-Scale Strikes" In Iran After Targeting Oil Sites; Trump Calls Higher Gas Prices "A Little Glitch"; Lebanese Health Ministry: Almost 400 Killed Since War Began; Trump: "We're Not Looking For The Kurds Going In"; NYPD: Device Hurled Near NYC Mayor's Mansion Was An IED That Could Have Caused "Serious Injury Or Death"; Clean Up Underway After Severe Storms Spawned Tornadoes, Leave 8 Dead. Aired 2-3p ET
• Israel Launches New Wave Of Attacks, Targets Oil Facilities In Tehran; Trump: We're Not Looking To The Kurds Going Into Iran; Trump Says Next Supreme Leader Won't Last Long Without His Support. Aired 3- 4p ET
• Israel Starts New "Wide-Scale Strikes" in Iran; Seventh U.S. Service Member Killed in War with Iran; Interview with Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL). Tehran's Skies; U.S. Ground Troops; Inspired By ISIS; Iran's propaganda machine. Aired 4-5p ET
• Seventh U.S. Service Member Killed In Iran War; Two Republicans Vote With Democrats To Rein Trump's War Powers; Mojtaba Khamenei Selected As Iran's Next Supreme Leader. Aired 5-6p ET
• Mojtaba Khamenei Selected As Iran's Next Supreme Leader; CENTCOM Confirms Seventh U.S. Service Member Killed In War With Iran; Interview With Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon; NYPD Investigate New Suspicious Device Near Mayor's Mansion. Aired 6-7p ET
• Did Not Air. 7-8p ET
• Iran's IRGC Announces New Missile Launches After Leader Named; Black Smoke Fills Tehran's Skies After Oil Storage Sites Hit; Oil Prices Soar as War Escalates; Iran Urges Its People to Support Country's New Leadership. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Gulf Nations Report New Strikes After Iran's Apology; Trump Doesn't Rule Out Sending U.S. Ground Troops To Iran; Lebanon: Nearly 300 Killed In Israeli Strikes Since Monday; Protesters Across The U.S. Call For End Of War With Iran; Iran Targets U.S. Air Defenses In Arabian Peninsula; China: Must Avoid "The Flames Of War" Spreading; Communist Regime Weighs Options As U.S. Increases Pressure; Aired 12- 1a ET
• Gulf Nations Report New Strikes After Iran's Apology; CNN Speaks With Tehran Shop Owners As Business Takes A Hit; U.S. Gas Prices Continue To Climb Amid War With Iran; Iranian Officials Working To Select New Supreme Leader; China Urges U.S. To "Manage Differences" Ahead Of Summit; Iranians React To Destruction Of Morality Police Center. Aired 1-2a ET
• IDF Says New Wave Of Strikes Launched Against Iran; Trump Doesn't Rule Out Sending Ground Troops To Iran; Gulf Nations Report New Strikes After Iran's Apology. Aired 3-4a ET
• IDF Says New Wave of Strikes Launched Against Iran; Gulf Nations Report New Strikes After Iran's Apology; Dignified Transfer Held for Six U.S. Troops Killed in Iran War; Israel Air Strikes Hit Beirut; International Reaction to Iran War; Israel Says It Will Target New Iranian Leader; China: Must Avoid "the Flames of War" Spreading. Aired 4-5a ET
• Trump Doesn't Rule Out Sending U.S. Ground Troops To Iran; Gulf Nations Report New Strikes After Iran's Apology; Trump Rules Out Kurdish Involvement In War With Iran; Tehran Oil Facilities Burning After Overnight Strikes; European Leaders Focus On Diplomacy To End War. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN This Morning
• IDF Says New Wave Of Strikes Launched Against Iran; Iranian Media: Iran Close To Choosing Next Supreme Leader; Israeli Military Vows To Go After Khamenei's Successor. Oil And Gas Prices Rise As Iran War Escalates; Gulf Nation's Report New Strikes After Iran's Apology; Trump Admin Falling Short On Plan To Build Housing For Vets; Lower 48 States Have Seen The Second Warmest Winter On Record. Aired 6-7a ET
• Iranian Clerics Say Supreme Leader Chosen, No Name Given; Israel Military Vows To Go After Khamenei's Successor; Gulf Nations Report New Strikes After Iran's Apology; Israel Targets Iranian Oil Storage Sites; IDF Says New Wave Of Strikes Launched Against Iran; Trump Doesn't Rule Out Sending U.S. Ground Troops To Iran; Congress Hesitant To Call Actions In Iran A War. China Warns "Flames of War" Spreading from Iran Conflict; Gas Prices Soar to Highest Point of Either Trump Presidency. Aired 7-8a ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Biden's National Security Advisor On Trump's War With Iran; Will War In Iran Embolden Russia? Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• Israel Unleashes New Strikes Against Iran's Oil Storage Sites; Trump Says He Wants To Be Involved In Picking Iran's Leader; Democrats In A Bind As War With Iran Escalates. GOP Frets Crucial Texas Senate Race as Trump Weighs Options; Trump: "Great Change Will Soon Be Coming to Cuba"; Last Minute GOP Senate Swap Had Been Quietly in Works. Aired 8-9a ET


State of the Union
• Interview With Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT); Interview With U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright; Interview With Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC). Aired 9-10a ET


The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
• Did Not Air. 8-9p ET
• CNN's Sara Sidner Reports In "War With Iran: The Attack And Fallout" For The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper. Aired 10-11p ET