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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump Claims "We've Won" War with Iran, Offers No Evidence; Barrage of Rockets Fired into Israel; Interview with Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ); Strait of Hormuz in Crosshairs of Iran Conflict as Attacks on Ships Escalate; Trump Claims We Won War With Iran, Offers No Evidence; FBI Memo to California Law Enforcement on Unverified Iran Threat; Intel Source Says Russia Helping Iran With Drone Tactics. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Lebanese Justice Minister Adel Nassar; Interview with University of Oxford Associate Professor in History and Politics of Iran Maryam Alemzadeh; Interview with Lawrence Technological University Assistant Professor and Iranian Political Analyst Mostafa Daneshgar; Interview with The Atlantic Staff Writer Vivian Salama Interview with . Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Key Oil Route Paralyzed, Iran Launches "Most Intense" Strikes Of War; New: Trump Says Iran War Is "Both" A War & A "Little Excursion"; Economic Impact Of Iran War Complicating Midterm Campaigns. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Sen. Peter Welch, (D-VT), Is Interviewed About Trump: "I Don't Know About" Report That U.S. Was Responsible For Deadly Strike On Iranian School, Key Oil Passage In Crosshairs Of war As Iran Attacks Ships, Democrats Probe Companies Awarded $220M Ad Contract For Ties To Noem; Race To Replace Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green Goes To Runoff. Aired 5-6p ET
• Israel Prepares for More Attacks from Iran and Hezbollah; Trump Claims We've Won in Iran During Economy Remarks; Longtime Jeffrey Epstein Accountant Testifies Before House Oversight Committee. As Gas Prices Soar, Trump Takes Economic Pitch To Heartland; Iran Minister: Country Can't Take Part In The World Cup Due To War. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Declares Victory in Ongoing Iran War, We Won; 1 Dead, 38 Rescued from Oil Tankers Set Ablaze by Iran in Gulf; Sources Say, U.S. Strike Likely Hit School Due to Outdated Intel. U.S. Strike in Iran Allegedly Hits School; Cornyn Denies Flipping His Stance to Win Trump's Endorsement. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Attacks Escalate on Ships in Strait of Hormuz; Two Killed After Storms Tear Across Central U.S.; Gas Prices Soar Amid War in Iran. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• Attacks Escalate On Ships In Strait Of Hormuz; Bam Adebayo Scores 83, Second-Most Ever In NBA History; Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL): "President Has No Interest In Troops On The Ground." Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Third Vessel Struck by Projectile Near Strait of Hormuz; Iran Launches Its Most Intense Operation Since War Started; Interview with Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO): Russia is Giving Iran Specific Advice on Drone Tactics; At Least Two People Killed as Storms Tear Through Central U.S. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Russia Giving Iran Advice; Iran Laying Minds in Strait of Hormuz; Inflation Held Firm in February; Kevin O'Leary is Interviewed about Inflation, Oil and the Strait of Hormuz; Robert Pape is Interviewed about Iran; U.S. Intel Warns of Retaliation from Iran. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Fred Pleitgen Reports from Iran; Attacks Escalate in Strait of Hormuz; Oil Prices Rise Again; Rep. Johnny Olszewski (D-MD) is Interviewed about Iran; Storms Across U.S.; Oil Prices Rise Again. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Attacks in the Strait of Hormuz; Trump's Approval Rating; Rene Marsh is Interviewed about Her Children's Book. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Inflation Steady in February; Russia Helping Iran in Drone Warfare?; U.S. Missile Fragments at Site of Deadly Iranian School Strike?; Attacks Escalate on Ships in Strait of Hormuz. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Source Says Iran's New Supreme Leader Suffered Fractured Foot, Facial Lacerations on First Day of War; House Oversight Committee Deposing Epstein's Longtime Accountant; Deadly Storms Rip Through Central U.S. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Deadly Storms Rip Through Central U.S.; Rise in Gas Prices Puts Republicans in Tough Spot; Trump to Tout Economic Victories as Gas Prices Rise; Attacks Escalate on Ships Near Strait of Hormuz ; Israel Preparing for Expansion of Attacks. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Russia is Giving Iran Specific Advice on Drone Tactics; Iran Claims It Has High-Speed Underwater-Launched Missiles; House GOP Struggle to Find Consensus Amid War and Gas Price Hikes; President Trump Speaks at Pharmaceutical Manufacturer in Ohio; Heat's Bam Adebayo Scores 83, 2nd Most in NBA History. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Soon: Trump Speaks as Iran War Triggers Global Oil Emergency; Iran Launches its "Most Intense" Operation Since War Started; Sources: U.S. Strike Likely Hit Iran Elementary School Due to Outdated Intelligence on Nearby Naval Base; Trump to Tout "Economic Victories" as Gas Prices Rise; New: Nearly 19 Million People Under Tornado Watches Across U.S. 3-3:30p ET
• Israel Says It's Begun Large-Scale Strikes on Beirut; Oil Prices Rising as Vessels Hit Near Strait of Hormuz; AI Videos and Images of Conflict Spread Widely Amid Iran War; Iranian State Media: Major U.S. Tech Firms Potential Targets; NASA Spacecraft Set to Make Uncontrolled Plunge Back to Earth. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Iran: Launched "Most Intense" Operation Since Start Of War; U.S.: Iranian Ships, Minelayers Destroyed Near Hormuz; Israel Says New Wave Of Strikes Hitting Tehran; CNN Team Witnesses Aftermath Of Strikes In Tehran; Iran: Launched "Most Intense And Heaviest Operation"; Violence Near Strait Of Hormuz Disrupting Oil Supply Chain; European Leaders Set to Debate War With Iran, President Ursula von der Leyen to Attend; Ukraine Sends Anti-drone Experts to Middle East; Macron Says France to Deploy 10 Warships, Aircraft Carrier; Iran War Putting Historic and Cultural Sites at Risk; Two Men Facing Federal Charges After Devices Tossed Into Crowd in NYC; Police Investigating U.S. Consulate Shooting in Toronto; NASA Spacecraft to Make Uncontrolled Return to Earth; Kilauea Shoots Lava More Than 1,300 Feet Into the Air; War With Iran May Cost Iraq Berth to 2026 World Cup; Australia Issues Humanitarian Visas to Iranian Soccer Team; Miami Heat's Adebayo Charts NBA's Second-highest Scoring Game. Aired 2-3a ET
• Iran's Cultural Landmarks Now Bombarded by U.S.-Israeli Strikes; European Leaders Debating Now on the War in Iran; Chinamaxxing is Now the Talk of the Town in Social Media. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Ships in Strait of Hormuz Targeted by Iran; Iran Steps Up Attacks; MAGA Influencers Turning on Trump Over Iran War. Aired 6- 6:30a ET
• White House Insists War Will Lower Gas Prices; Former Public Affairs Officer Joe Plenzler is Interviewed about the Strait of Hormuz; Pleitgen Reports from Inside Iran; Geopolitical Analyst Bobby Ghosh is Interviewed about Iran; White House Doesn't Rule out Troops to Iran. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Oil Prices Rise Again as Vessels Attacked Near Strait of Hormuz; Trump Warns Iran Against Laying Mines in Strait of Hormuz; Israel Hits Tehran Again in Second Wave of Strikes Tuesday; Iran Claims Israel & U.S. Are Deliberately Targeting Civilians; U.S. Tech Firms Are Now Potential Iranian Targets; White House Spurs Support for Iran War with Military Montages. Aired 9-10a ET
• International Energy Agency Asks Member Countries to Release 400 Million Barrels of Oil into the Global Market; Attacks Escalate on Ships in Strait of Hormuz; Russia Helps Iran with Drone Tactics; IDF Warns of Southern Beirut Operations "In Coming Hours"; Trump Claims War Will End "Soon"; Displaced Lebanese Number at 600,000; Syria Deploys Military to Secure Border with Lebanon; Fears Grow for Iran's Women's Football Team. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• 2 Oil Tankers Attacked & On Fire, Dozens Rescued; Trump Claims "We've Won" War With Iran, Offers No Evidence; New Video Shows Barrage Of Rockets Going Into Israel. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Iran: Launched "Most Intense" Operation Since Start Of War; Sources: Iran Begins Laying Mines In Strait Of Hormuz; White House: War Will End When Trump Says Objectives Met. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• CNN Team In Northern Iran Reports "Major" Overnight Strikes; Israel Warns Residents In Southern Beirut To Evacuate; Lebanon: 570 People Killed In IDF Strikes Since March 2. Aired 4:30-5:a ET
• Iran: Launched "Most Intense" Operation Since Start Of War; Iran: 1,300+ Killed IN U.S.-Israeli Strikes War Began; IDF Warns Of Southern Beirut Operations "In Coming Hours"; UKMTO: Three Ships Struck By Projectiles In Strait Of Hormuz; Trump Warns Iran Against Laying Mines In Strait Of Hormuz. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Gulf States Face New Wave Of Iranian Missile And Drone Attacks; Race To Succeed Greene Testing Trump's Endorsement Power; Miami Heat's Adebayo Charts NBA's Second-Highest Scoring Game. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump: War Will End "Soon...Practically Nothing Left To Target"; AAA: Average Gas Prices Jump 20% To $3.58 A Gallon Since War Began; Iran Launches It's "Most Intense" Operation Since War Began; Trump Looks To Minimize Political Damage From Surging Gas Prices; Sen. Cornyn: End Filibuster To Pass GOP Voting Bill. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• John Cornyn Says End Filibuster to Pass GOP Voting Bill; Trump Suggested SAVE America Act Was Critical to Texas Endorsement; Trump Says U.S. Military is Hitting Iran Very Hard; Trump Says We May Cut Off Trade With Spain; Trump to Pitch Economy, Prescription Drug Plan in Ohio. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• President Trump Warns the U.S. Could Take Out the Rest of Iran's Infrastructure Within an Hour; Member Countries of the International Energy Agency Planning to Release 400 Million Barrels of Oil; Iranian State Media Reports Tehran Has Launched its Most Intense and Heaviest Operation Since the Start of the War on Israel and American Assets in the Middle East. U.N.: Middle East Conflict Threatens Humanitarian Supplies Worldwide; U.N.: Nearly 700,000 People Have Been Displaced in Lebanon; Israel Says Iran Operations Will Continue "Without Any Time Limit"; White House Sends Mixed Messages About Iran End Game; Trump Speaks from Ohio Pharmaceutical Plant. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump Claims "We Won" as Conflict Widens; Pentagon Confirms Cost of War; Epstein's Accountant Testifies; Iranian Women Soccer Players Stay in Australia with Asylum. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• IEA Member Nations to Release 400m Barrels of Oil; Oil Prices Rise Again as Vessels Attacked Near Strait of Hormuz; International Energy Agency Recommends Releasing Oil from Reserves; Senate Democrats Demand Public Hearings on War in Iran; White House Spurs Support for Iran War with Military Montages; Fears Grow for Iran's Women's Football Team as They Return Home. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Trump Administration Considering Tapping Oil Reserves; Israel Launches Fresh Round Of Strikes in Beirut; Iran's Government Projecting Strength As War Grinds On; Trump Hits The Road To Tout Economy Amid Rising Gas Prices, War In Iran; Oil-Laden Iran Called "Black Rain" Has Been Reported In Iran; Qatar Pushes For Diplomacy As A Means To End War; Longtime Epstein Accountant Testifies In Congressional Probe; One Member Of Iranian Football Team No Longer Seeks Asylum. Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Major Airstrikes Hit Iran's Capital Tehran; Food and Water Access in Gulf Region Under Threat; Bahrain's Oil Company Declares Force Majeure After Strike; Trump's Mixed Messages on Iran War Timeline. Iran Launches Most Intense Operation Since War Began; IEA Countries Agree to Historic Release of Reserves; Flight Disruptions, Traveler Confidence Strain Global Tourism. Aired 4:00p-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Injured U.S. Service Member Describes Iranian Drone Attack; Iranian State Media Reports, Major U.S. Tech Firms Potential Target; Attacks Escalate on Ships in Strait of Hormuz. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Longtime Epstein Accountant Testifies in Congressional Probe; DHS Faces Leadership Change; Trump to Address Economy with Voters in Kentucky; Iran's New Supreme Leader Injured on First Day of War. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Russia Helping Iran in War?; Mixed Trump Messaging on Iran War Continues. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Terror Threat?; Trump Administration Continues Mixed Messaging on Iran War. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Trump Claims "We Won" In Iran, But Need To "Finish The Job"; Trump Says Iran Conflict Is Both A War And An "Excursion"; Epstein's Longtime Accountant Testifies In House Probe. Aired 9-10p ET


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Missiles Fires into Northern Israel; Trump Claims "We Won" in Iran; Israel Begins "Large-Scale" Strikes in Beirut Area; Major Airstrikes Hit Tehran; Source: Russia Giving Iran Advice on Drone Tactics; IEA Countries Agree to Historic Release of Oil Reserves; China Eyes Economic Risks as Middle East War Rages; Source: Iran's New Supreme Leader Injured on First Day of War. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• U.S. Claims Iranian Ships, Minelayers Destroyed Near Hormuz; Israel Says New Wave of Strikes Hit Tehran; Authorities Investigating Suspects' Possible Ties to ISIS; 2 Men Facing Federal Charges after Devices Tossed Into Crowd; TSA Wait Times May Not Get Better Any Time Soon; Hegseth Sharpens U.S. Military War Rhetoric; Miami Heat's Adebayo Charts NBA's 2nd Highest Scoring Game. Aired 12-1a ET
• U.S.: Iranian Ships, Minelayers Destroyed Near Hormuz; Mariachi Brothers, Parents Released From ICE Custody; Interview with Rep. Nanette Barragan (D-CA); Iran: Launched "Most Intense and Heaviest Operation"; Dangerous Storms Spawn Tornadoes in Central U.S.; Kilauea Shoots Lava More than 1,300 Feet into the Air; Police Investigating U.S. Consulate Shooting in Toronto; Homeless Veterans Wait for Trump To Fulfill Housing Promises; Miami Heat's Adebayo Charts NBA's 2nd Highest Scoring Game. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Trump Takes Questions On War With Iran; Sources: U.S. Likely Hit Iran School Due To Outdated Information; CNN Team In Northern Iran Hears Loud Explosions; CNN Investigates Iran's Use Of Cluster Warheads; Longtime Epstein Accountant Testifies In Congressional Probe; Source: Russia Helping Iran With Advance Drone Targeting Of U.S. And Gulf Allies. Aired 3-4p ET