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CNN Transcripts for April 12, 2026

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CNN Newsroom
• Trump: Navy Will Begin Blockading Ships From Strait Of Hormuz: Netanyahu Makes Rare Visit To Southern Lebanon; Several Dems Call For Swalwell To Resign Amid Sexual Misconduct Claims; Trump: Navy Will Begin "Blockading" Ships From Strait Of Hormuz; Trump Ally Facing Tough Election Test As Polls Close In Hungary; Iowa Farmers Hit Hard By Iran War And Tariffs. Aired 2-3p ET
• Trump Steps Up Pressure On Iran As Peace Talks End With No Deal; Rep. Swal Under Pressure to Step Aside; Interview With Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL). Aired 3-4p ET
• U.S.-Iran Peace Talks Failed To Negotiate Peace Deal; Trump Ally Viktor Orban Concedes Defeat In Hungary Election; U.S. Navy To Begin "Blockading" Ships From Strait Of Hormuz; 100 Days For NYC Mayor; Sexual Misconduct Claims Against Swalwell; Trump Golf Courses; Masters In Georgia. Aired 4-5p ET
• Trump To Block Strait Of Hormuz After Iran Talks Fail; Swalwell Faces Calls To End Bid For Governor; Netanyahu Surveys Territory Seized By Israel In Southern Lebanon; Hungary's Viktor Orban Concedes Election; Iran War Hurts U.S. Farmers. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Says U.S. Navy To Blockade Strait Of Hormuz; Trump Vows Military Action After No Deal Reached With Iran; Turmoil In The Race For California Governor; New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani Marks First 100 Days; Viktor Orban Concedes Defeat To Opposition Leader Peter Magyar; Trump's Approval Rating Dips Amid Failed Iran Peace Talks; How 3D Printing Is Transforming Warfare. Aired 6-7p ET
• U.S. Blockade Of Iran Maritime Traffic Starts Monday; White House Warns Staff Against Insider Trading Amid War With Iran; Hungary's Viktor Orban Ends 16-Year Of Rule; Poll Shows Americans Unhappy With Rising Gas Prices, War; Trump Ally Victor Orban Concedes Defeat After 16 Years as Hungary P.M.; America's Eyes On The Moon; Rory McIlroy Wins Second Consecutive Green Jacket. Aired 7-8p ET
• U.S. Navy to Blockade Strait of Hormuz After Failed Peace Talks; Iran Responds to Threat of U.S. Blockade; Iran-U.S. Talks Hit Impasse Over Iran Nuclear Ambitions; Several Democrats Call for Representative Eric Swalwell to Resign Amid Accusations; Crude Oil Prices Spike Again After U.S. Announces Blockade; Representative Eric Swalwell Suspends Campaign for California Governor. Aired 8-9p ET
• Vance: No Deal Reached With Iran, "Bad News" For Tehran; Polls Opening This Hour In Make-Or-Break Election For Hungary's Orban; Artemis II Crew Describes Joy Of Their Mission & Camaraderie. Aired 12-12:30a ET
• Vance: No Deal Reached, U.S. Gave Iran "Final & Best Offer"; Israeli PM: Campaign In Iran Not Over; Artemis II Astronauts Speak. Aired 1-2a ET
• Vance: "No Agreement" with Iran; Netanyahu Says Campaign Against Iran "Not Yet Over"; Control of Hormuz Still Not Settled; Crucial Elections in Hungary; Africa Fuel Prices Surge Amid Middle East Trade Disruptions; Taiwan Opposition Leader Visits China. Aired 2-3a ET
• U.S.-Iran Talks Break Down; Voting Underway in Hungary; A Standing Ovation. Aired 3-4a ET
• U.S. and Iranian Delegations Heads Home Without a Peace Deal; Future of Iran War in Question as Peace Talks Break Down; Pope Leo Speaks Out Against the "Madness of War"; Voting Underway in Hungary; Taiwan Opposition Leader Makes Rare Trip to China. Aired 4-5a ET
• V.P. Vance: No Agreement Reached In U.S.-Iran Talks; Netanyahu Says Campaign Against Iran "Not Yet Over"; Voting Underway In Make-Or- Break Election For Orban; Pope Leo Speaks Out Against The "Madness Of War." Aired 5-6a ET


CNN This Morning
• V.P. Vance: No Agreement Reached In U.S.-Iran Talks; Iran Says No Plans For Further Talks With U.S.; Pope Leo Condemns Invoking God's Name In U.S.-Israeli War With Iran; Artemis II Crew Describes Joy Of Their Mission & Camaraderie; Manhattan DA Probing Sexual Assault Allegations Against Swalwell; Trump Ally Orban Faces Tough Challenge As Prime Minister; NWS: Thunderstorms Forecast From Southern Plains To Great Lakes; Rory McIlroy Loses Six-Stroke Lead During Third Round. Aired 6-7p ET
• NYT: U.S. Navy Ships Destroy Iranian Surveillance Drone; Iranian State Media Reports Tehran Has No Plans For More Negotiations; Manhattan DA Launches Investigation Into Sexual Assault Allegation Against Rep. Eric Swalwell; Marathon U.S.-Iran Talks End With No Agreement. Melania Calls on Congress to Let Epstein's Victims Testify; Sean Combs' Lawyers Appeal Conviction in Prostitution Case; American Tipping Culture Hits Breaking Point. Aired 7-8a ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Trump Says U.S. Navy to Blockade Strait of Hormuz; Interview with Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Were The Gulf States For Or Against The Iran War?; Iran War Threatens A Lasting Energy Crisis. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• U.S. & Iran Fail To Reach Deal After Marathan Talks; High Inflation Weighs On Republicans Eager To Move On From War; Why Did First Lady Bring Epstein Back Into Spotlight? Swalwell Faces Calls to Drop Bid Amid Sexual Allegations; Democrats Call for "Solid" Agenda in Early Pitch to Voters; Golfers Fight Trump Takeover of Washington's Public Courses. Aired 8-9a ET


State of the Union
• Interview With Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA); Interview With Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA); Interview With Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley. Aired 9-10a ET


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