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CNN Transcripts for March 15, 2026

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CNN Newsroom
• IDF: Brother Of Michigan Synagogue Attacker Was A Hezbollah Commander; Israel, Iran Trade Fresh Strikes As War Enters Third Week; U.S. Airmen Killed In Iraq Plane Crash; Average Gas Prices Up Nearly 24 Percent Since Start Of Iran War; Hassett: Global Economy Will See A "Positive Shock" After Iran; 300 TSA Agents Have Quit Amid Partial Shutdown, Secretary Duffy Says; Majority Of Americans Against War With Iran. Aired 2-3p ET
• Israel, Iran Trade Fresh Strikes As War Enters Its Third Week; Iran's F.M.: We Don't See Any Reason To Talk With Americans; FCC Chair Threatens T.V. Networks Over Iran War Coverage. Aired 3-4p ET
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• White House, Israel Suggest Iran War Will Continue for Weeks; Michigan Synagogue Attacker Allegedly Brother of Hezbollah Commander; Americans React to the War with Iran; Powerful Storm Has Potential for Historic Snow, Thunderstorms. Aired 6:30-7p ET
• Questions Around Iran War Timeline; U.S. Preparing Insurance Plan For Ships Passing Strait Of Hormuz; Michigan Synagogue Attacker Had Ties To Hezbollah; Michigan Synagogue Attack Comes As Antisemitic Incidents Rise; Oil Prices Climb Past $105 A Barrel As War In Iran Enters Third Week; White House Splices Iran War Footage With Clips From Video Games And Movies; Powerful Storm Has Potential For Historic Snow, Thunderstorms. Aired 7-8p ET
• U.S. Preparing Insurance Plan for Ships Passing Strait of Hormuz; Iran Warns Vessels Against Passing Through Strait of Hormuz Amid War; Interview with Representative Madeleine Dean (D-PA); IDF Says Michigan Synagogue Attacker's Brother was Hezbollah Commander; How Shahed Drones Help Iran Fight Back; Oil Prices Hit Highest Level Since 2022; Family, Friends Mourn the Loss of Six Airmen Killed in Iraq; Pollution Remains High After Strikes on Iranian Oil Sites. Aired 8-9p ET
• FT: Trump Takes Aim At NATO Over Securing Strait Of Hormuz; Oil Prices Rise Above $105 A Barrel, Highest Level Since 2022; Trump Speaks to Reporters Aboard Air Force One; IDF: Michigan Synagogue Attacker Was Brother Of Hezbollah Commander; FCC Chair Threatens TV Networks Over Iran War Coverage. Aired 9-10p ET
• Trump Urges Countries To Help In Securing Strait Of Hormuz; Macron Urges Iran To Halt Attacks On Middle East Countries; Concerns On Capitol Hill As War With Iran Enters Third Week; IDF: Michigan Synagogue Attacker Was Brother Of Hezbollah Commander; 100 Million People Under Threat For Severe Storms Across U.S.; FCC Chair Threatens TV Networks Over Iran War Coverage. Aired 10-11p ET
• US And Israeli War With Iran; 98th Academy Award. Aired 11p-12a ET
• War With Iran Enters Third Week With No End In Sight; U.S. On Alert After Attacks At Synagogue And University; Iran Threatens Retaliation For U.S. Strikes On Kharg Island; Trump Claims "Other Countries" Sending Warships To Hormuz. Aired 12-1a ET
• Iran: "Legitimate Right" To Target UAE, U.S. "Hideouts"; War With Iran Enters Third Week With No End In Sight; Analysis: Strikes On Tehran Oil Depots Spiked Pollution Levels; Protesters In Spain Call For End To Middle East Conflict; CNN Goes Into Hezbollah Stronghold In Southern Beirut; New Details About How Michigan Synagogue Attack Unfolded. Aired 1-2a ET
• Munitions "Impacts" Reported At Locations In Central Israel; Trump Claims "Other Countries" Sending Warships To Hormuz; Iran: "Legitimate Right" To Target UAE, U.S. "Hideouts". Aired 2-3a ET
• Munitions Impacts Reported At Locations In Central Israel; Trump Not Ready To Make Deal To End With Iran; Iran Continues To Attack Gulf Nations With Missiles, Drones. Aired 3-4a ET
• Iran: "Several Points" in Esfahan Targeted by U.S. and Israel; Trump Not Ready to Make Deal to End War with Iran; Protesters Rally at White House; Iran Continues to Attack Gulf Nations; North Korea Conducts New Ballistic Missile Test; Hollywood Gears Up for tonight's Academy Awards. Aired 4-5a ET
• Pentagon Identifies Soldiers Killed in Iraq; Gas Prices Skyrocket Amid Gulf Crisis; IRGC Shares New Warning for U.S.; Drone Warfare Poses New Challenge for Gulf States. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN This Morning
• Pentagon Identifies Six Airmen Killed In Plane Crash In Iraq; Munitions Impacts Reported At Locations In Central Israel; Trump Not Ready To Make Deal To End War With Iran; Iran Threatens Retaliation For U.S. Strikes On Kharg Island; Lebanon: At Least One Killed In Israeli Strike On Sidon; Jewish Institutions Step Up Security Following Synagogue Attack; Zelenskyy: Russia Provided Extensive Intel Support To Iran; Trump Reiterates Push For Global Effort To Secure Strait Of Hormuz. Iran's FM Abbas Araghchi Says Strait Of Hormuz Is Open For All Except US, Israel-Linked Vessels; Tsa Workers Miss First Full Paycheck; FCC Chair Threatens TV Networks Amid Iran War Coverage; Blizzard, Dangerous Winds To Threaten Nearly 200 million; Oscars Step Up Security Amid Reports Of Threat From Iran. Aired 6-7a ET
• Pentagon Identifies Airmen Killed In Iraq; Iran Threatens Retaliation For U.S. Strikes On Kharg Island; Trump Says He's Not Ready To Make Deal With Iran To End War; War With Iran Enters Third Week With No End In Sight; Average U.S. Gas Prices Climb 23 Percent Since Start Of War; Vice President Vance Mostly Quiet On War With Iran; Trump Reiterates Push For Global Effort To Secure Strait Of Hormuz. Trump Defends Temporarily Lifting Sanctions on Russian Oil; North Korea Test-Launched Multiple Ballistic Missiles; Mayor: Amsterdam Jewish School Blast was Targeted Attack; TSA Workers Miss First Paycheck; Judge Blocks Subpoenas Against Fed Chair Powell. Aired 7-8a ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Interview with Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Interview With Carnegie Endowment Senior Fellow Karim Sadjadpour; Interview With American University In Cairo Former President Lisa Anderson; Interview With Center On Global Energy Policy At Columbia SIPA Founding Director Jason Bordoff. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• Iran Vows To Retaliate After U.S. Pounds Crucial Oil Hub; Trump Claims Countries Will Send Warships To Reopen Strait; Gridlock Deepens Despite Terror Attacks & Airport Delays. House GOP Campaign Arm: Trump "A Net Positive For Us Everywhere"; Trump's Fixation on Bill Fuels Republican Infighting; Race Cars to Zoom through Washington This Summer. Aired 8-9a ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN And Variety Red Carpet Live At The 98th Academy Awards. Aired 4-5p ET
• CNN Presents "CNN & Variety Red Carpet Live." Aired 5-6:30p ET


State of the Union
• Interview With Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ); Interview With Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg; Interview With U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz. Aired 9-10a ET


The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
• Did Not Air 8-9p ET