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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump Agrees To Two-Week Ceasefire, Subject Of Hormuz Opening; Iran Claims Victory, Says It Forced U.S. To Accept 10-point Plan; Sirens Sound In Tel Aviv After Trump Announces Iran Ceasefire; Trump Announces Two-Week Ceasefire; Iran Claims Victory; Trump Says Iran's 10-Point Proposal Is "Workable Basis" To Negotiate. Aired 8-9p ET
• Trump Agrees To Two-Week Ceasefire, Subject To Strait Of Hormuz Opening; Sirens Sound In Tel Aviv After Trump Announces Iran Ceasefire; Artemis II Crew Heads Back To Earth After Historic Lunar Flyby. Aired 9-10p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with Military Analyst, "If I Don't Return: A Father's Wartime Journal" Author and U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army Former Commanding General Mark Hertling; Interview with The Soufan Center Executive Director Colin Clarke; Interview with The Atlantic Staff Writer and "Autocracy, Inc." Author Anne Applebaum; Interview with Center for Humane Technology Co-Founder Tristan Harris. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Trump On Iran Deadline: "A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight"; Tucker Carlson: Officials Should Say No To Trump Orders; Trump Endorses Steve Hilton In California Governor's Race. Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump: Iranian Civilization "Will Die" If Deal Isn't Made By 8PM ET; NASA Releases New Photos Showing Historic Flyby Of Moon; Pete Hegseth's Christian Rhetoric Reignites Scrutiny; Women's Pro-Hockey Game Sets Attendance Record; "Kara Swisher Wants To Live Forever" Premieres Saturday, 9PM ET. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Says, Heated Negotiations Underway Over Iran War; Iraqi Official Says, Kidnapped U.S. Journalist Released; Now, Artemis II Heads Back Toward Earth After Making History; Trump Agrees To Two-Week Ceasefire With Iran, Subject To Strait Of Hormuz Opening. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Agrees To Two-Week Ceasefire With Iran Ahead Of Deadline; Trump Says, Iran's Ten-Point Proposal Is Workable Basis To Negotiate; Trump's Whole Civilization Will Die Threat Rattles World, Allies; Defense Secretary Accused Of Misleading Trump On The Reality Of War; MAGA Voices Divide On Trump's Vile Rhetoric And Actions On The Iran War. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Trump Says, Iran Could be Taken Out If No Deal by Tonight; Iran Calls for Human Chains Around Power Plants Amid Trump's Threats; Artemis II Crew Describes 40-Minute Communications Blackout. Aired 7- 7:30a ET
• Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) On Trump's Threat To Iran: Make A Deal By Tonight Or Face "Hell"; Doctor Accused Of Trying To Kill Wife On Hike Claims Self-Defense; Artemis II Crew Returning To Earth After Lunar Flyby. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Artemis II Crew Views Solar Eclipse, Breaks Apollo 13 Distance Record; U.S. Official: Military has Struck Targets on Kharg Island; Trump on Deadline for Iran: A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• U.S. Strikes Kharg Island; Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) is Interviewed about Iran; Israel Launches Strikes on Iran; Oil Prices Spike. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• U.S. Has Sturck Military Targets; Trump Comments on Deadline; Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) is Interviewed about Iran; Negotiations Still Continuing with Iran; Israel Targets Iran. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• U.S. Strikes Military Targets on Kharg Island; Democratic Breakthrough in North Carolina; NASA Releases Photos. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• 7 Hours Until The Deadline; Out of This World; Swept Away; Aired 1-2:30p ET
• Trump Vows to Unleash Hell on Iran if No Deal by 8 p.m. ET Tonight; Qatari Official Says Iran War Could Spiral Out of Control; Iran Calls for Human Chains Around Power Plants Amid Trump Threats; Rapper Offset Hospitalized After Being Shot in Florida; Delta Raises Checked Bag Fees as Jet Fuel Prices Surge; Michigan Tops UConn for First National Title Since 1989; Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Recovery Efforts Underway for Michigan Woman Whose Husband Says Fell Overboard on Boat Trip in Bahamas; Daughter of Woman Missing at Sea in Bahamas Calls for Full Investigation; Artemis II Crew Returning to Earth After Lunar Flyby; Iran Calls for Human Chains Around Power Plants Amid Trump Threats; Vance Makes Trip to Hungary Amid Iran Negotiations; Oil Prices Spike on Heels of U.S. Strikes on Kharg Island. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Interview with Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA): Democrats Courting Republicans to Join Iran War Powers Resolution; Trump Threatens Iran: A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight; Artemis II Crew Returning to Earth After Lunar Flyby; Mullin Makes First Trip to North Carolina as DHS Secretary. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Iran Calls for Human Chains Around Power Plants Amid Trump Threats; Sources: Trump Officials Still Hopeful for Iran Negotiations; Artemis II Crew Holds Call with International Space Station Astronauts; OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Lays Out Blueprint for Regulating A.I. 3-3:30p ET
• Pakistani Prime Minister Asks Trump to Extend Deadline by Two Weeks; Trump Vows to Unleash Hell on Iran if No Deal by 8 P.M. ET Tonight; Artemis II Swings Around Far Side of Moon, Captures Rare Images; Companies Raise Prices Due to War with Iran. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Iranian Minister Calls On Youth To Form "Human Chain" Around Power Plants Amid Donald Trump Threats; Artemis II Crew Returning To Earth After Lunar Fly-By; Trump Threatens to Jail Reporter Over Airmen Rescue Leaks; One U.S. Airman Rescued on Friday, the Second on Sunday; Dan Caine Says U.S. Aircraft Stuck in the Sand Had to Be Destroyed; Oil Prices Remain High as Trump Threatens Iran Over Hormuz; Vance Heads to Hungary Ahead of Country's Key Election; Savannah Guthrie Makes Emotional Returns to "Today" Show; Experts Warn of Health Risks as Marble Yard Wows Tourists; Designer Turns Food Waste Into Sustainable Fine Jewelry; Michigan Defeats UConn 69-63 for Men's Championship Title; Chicago Sky Trade Angel Reese to Atlanta Dream. Aired 2-3a ET
• Artemis II Crew Heads Home After a Historic Trip to the Moon; Sponsors Back Out Wireless Music Festival Despite Kanye West's Anti- Semitic Remarks. Aired 3-4a ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump's Deadline Today for Iran to Reopen Strait; Artemis II Completes Lunar Fly-By and Heads Home. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Iranians Brace for Strikes; Trump's Ultimatum to Reopen the Strait; Trump's Deadline for Iran; Trump Threatens Journalist. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• Trump Threatens Iran's Power Plants, Bridges if No Deal; Trump Demands Iran Re-open Strait of Hormuz by 08:00 P.M. ET; Christian in Lebanon Endure Israeli Strikes on Easter; Villages in Southern Lebanon Hit Hard by Israeli Strikes; Oil Prices Remain High as Trump Intensifies Threats Against Iran; Dimon Warns Iran War Could Throw U.S. Economy into Recession. Aired 9-10a ET
• U.S. Strikes Military Targets on Kharg Island; Trump Threatens to Take Out "Entire Country" of Iran, to Hit Major Infrastructure; UNSC Vote on Strait of Hormuz Proposal; Iran War Disrupts Supply Chains, Aid Deliveries; Artemis II Crew Return to Earth. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Backs Down From Threat Of "Whole Civilization" Dying Tonight; New Iran Statement: Will Coordinate Strait Of Hormuz Passage; Israel Has Concerns About U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Agreement. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Trump Threatens New Rampage As Iran Deal Deadline Nears; Iran Rejects 45-day Ceasefire, Demand Permanent End Of War; Artemis II Returning To Earth After Lunar Fly-By. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• War In Iran. Vance Heads To Hungary. Aired 4:30-5a ET
• Trump Vows To Destroy Iran's Power Plants, Bridges If No Deal; Oil Prices Remain High As Trump Threatens Iran Over Hormuz; Artemis II Crew Returning To Earth After Lunar Fly-By. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• Trump: "Entire" Iran Could Be Taken Out If No Deal Reached; Sponsors Pull Out Of Major U.K. Music Festival; Vance Visits Hungary Ahead Of Country's Key Election. Aired 5:30-6a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump Threatens Iran: "A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight"; Vance: "Going To Be A Lot Of Negotiation" Ahead Of 8 pm Deadline; Tucker Carlson: Bombing Civilian Infrastructure A "War Crime"; Today: Special Election Runoff To Replace MTG In Congress. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Trump Threatens Iran: "A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight"; Vance In Hungary To Help PM Orban Ahead Of Tough Re-Election; Dems Work To Make Inroads With Groups That Shifted Toward Trump In 2024. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Trump Threatens To Wipe Out Entire Iranian Civilization If Deal Is Not Reached Soon; Desperate Scenes Of Brutality In Sudan As Civil War Stretches On; Artemis II Crew On Their Way Back Home After A Successful Mission Beyond The Earth's Orbit; VP Vance Backs Orban In Budapest Ahead Of Hungarian Elections; Trump: "A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight" If No Deal; Iran Hours Away From Trump's Deadline To Reopen Strait; Sudan's Humanitarian Crisis. Aired 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump Agrees To Two-Week Ceasefire, Subject To Strait Of Hormuz Opening; Democrats Urge For Trump's Removal Over Threat To Destroy Iran's "Civilization"; Oil Prices Go Below $100 After Ceasefire Announcement. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• Qatari Official: Iran War Could "Spiral Out of Control"; Trump Demands Iran to Reopen Strait of Hormuz by 08:00 P.M. ET; Vance Meets with Hungarian PM Orban in Budapest; Trump Threatens Iran's Power Plants, Bridges if No Deal; Vance in Budapest to Support Orban; Crew Experienced a 40-Minute Communications Blackout as Moon Blocked Line of Sight Between Spacecraft and Earth. Aired 11a-12p ET
• U.S. Officials: U.S. Strikes Military Targets On Kharg Island; Trump Demands Iran Reopen Strait Of Hormuz By 8:00 PM ET; New Strikes Reported Across The Middle East; U.S. Oil Prices Surge Again After Strikes On Kharg Island; Kanye West Blocked From Traveling To The U.K.; Trump Threatens Iran's Power Plants, Bridges If No Deal; How iPhones Made It To Space; Aired 12-1p ET


Quest Means Business
• Qatar Says Iran War on Verge of Spiraling Out of Control; U.S. Gas Prices Soar Amid Global Energy Supply Shocks; Music Festival Cancelled After U.K. Bans Headliner Kanye West. Aired 4:00p-5p ET


The Situation Room
• Trump on Iran's Deadline, a Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight; Source Says, U.S. Has Struck Military Targets on Iran's Kharg Island; Vance Says, Strikes on Kharg Island Not a Change in Strategy. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Artemis II Heads Back Home After Historic Lunar Flyby; Members of Trump Administration Embrace God, Religion in Iran War. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Oil Prices Surge; Trump Threatens to Destroy 'Whole Civilization' of Iran. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Vice President Vance in Hungary; New Video of ICE Shooting Incident Released; Lunar Flyby; Oil Prices Surging. Aired 11:30a-12p ET


The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Did Not Air 9-10p ET.


The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• CNN International: Trump: "Whole Civilization Will Die" if Iran Doesn't Make Deal; Iranians Form Human Chains on Bridges Near Power Plants; U.S. Strikes Military Targets on Kharg Island; Democratic Lawmakers' Reaction to Trump's Iran Threat; Trump Agrees to Suspend Bombing of Iran for Two Weeks. Aired 6-7p ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Trump Vows to Destroy Iran's Power Plants, Bridges If No Deal; Iran Rejects 45-Day Ceasefire, Demands Permanent End to War; Artemis II Returning to Earth After Successful Lunar Fly-By; Trump Endorses Republican Steve Hilton in California Governor's Race; A Look Inside 'Eva Longoria: Searching for France". Aired 12-1a ET
• Iran Rejects 45-Day Ceasefire, Demands Permanent End To War; Artemis II Crew Returning To Earth After Lunar Fly-By; Interview with Former NASA Astronaut Danny Olivas; Michigan Defeats UConn 69-63 for Men's Championship Title; Interview with Former NBA Star Lamar Odom. Aired 1-2a ET


What We Know with Max Foster
• Trump: "Whole Civilization Will Die" If Iran Doesn't Make Deal; U.S. V.P. Backs Orban In Budapest Ahead Of Hungarian Elections; Iranians Form Human Chains Near Power Plants, On Bridges; Oil Prices Rise After Trump Threatens Iran. Aired 3-4p ET