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U.S. Navy Takes Custody Of Iranian Cargo Ship; U.S. Delegation Heading To Pakistan For Second Round Of Talks With Iran; Mood Inside Iran After Weeks Of War With U.S. And Israel; Town In Louisiana In Shock After Mass Shooting; Polling Shows Most Americans Unhappy With Trump On Inflation; Interview With Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN); Pope Leo Reiterates Calls For Peace In The Middle East. Aired 7-8p ET

Aired April 19, 2026 - 19:00   ET

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RAFAEL ROMO, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Atlanta has imposed a curfew for minors between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on school nights.

DEP. CHIEF JASON SMITH, ATLANTA POLICE: These teen takeovers they started in December of 2025. They started taking over streets, disrupting the flow of traffic. Property was destroyed. Property was damaged. There was fighting. There was assaults. Shots fired in some cases. Chaos.

ROMO (voice-over): CNN affiliate WUNF interviewed a teen who spoke anonymously to describe the events. He said the gatherings aren't intended to be violent and urged parents to accompany their children.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Be there with their kids. All right? If anything they can insulate. The parents can, like, move their kids away from the situation.

ROMO (voice-over): Police warn those with a hand in planning teen takeovers may be prosecuted and in some cases parents may also be held responsible.

SMITH: We plan on exploring every avenue involved in these takeovers, and yes, in some cases it would involve charging parents.

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ROMO (on-camera): Teen takeovers have been happening around the country for several years. At least one of them has turned fatal. A 17-year-old girl was shot in the head and killed while leaving a teen takeover in Texas last October.

Here in Georgia, Gwinnett County Police arrested nine people in March after a takeover there turned chaotic, leaving at least, Jessica, one person injured.

Now back to you.

JESSICA DEAN, CNN ANCHOR: Rafael, thank you for that. And a new hour of NEWSROOM starts right now.

You're in the CNN NEWSROOM. Hi, everyone. I'm Jessica Dean here in New York.

And breaking tonight, U.S. Central Command confirming the U.S. military shot at and has taken control of an Iranian flagged vessel that was trying to bypass the U.S. naval blockade in the Gulf of Oman. Iran's military now warning it will respond to the ship's seizure.

President Donald Trump announcing the incident on Truth Social just hours after the White House said the U.S. delegation was preparing for a second round of peace talks with Iran. The ship's seizure, the latest escalation in the region and the fragile ceasefire is set to expire there in just three days.

Let's turn now to CNN's Jerusalem bureau chief Oren Liebermann with more details -- Oren.

OREN LIEBERMANN, CNN JERUSALEM BUREAU CHIEF AND CORRESPONDENT: Over a period of six hours on Sunday, the USS Spruance, a guided missile destroyer, issued warnings to the Touska, a tanker that was trying to run the U.S. imposed blockade of Iranian ports and get to the port of Bandar Abbas in Iran. According to U.S. Central Command, which controls military operations in the Middle East, the Touska did not change directions and was still headed to the port.

That's when, according to CENTCOM, the Spruance issued a warning to the sailors on board the Touska, telling them to evacuate the engine room. The Spruance used its five inch gun to blow a hole in the engine room of the ship, and that's when Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit got on board the Touska and took it into U.S. custody, stopping it from running the U.S. imposed blockade.

You can see that video here of the Touska in the distance, as it is followed by U.S. Navy vessels carrying out this operation over a period of six hours. Now, this, of course, happening as the U.S. imposes its blockade of Iranian ports. President Donald Trump said this on his social media. "The U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Spruance intercepted the Touska in the Gulf of Oman and gave them fair warning to stop. The Iranian crew refused to listen, so our Navy ships stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engine room. Right now, U.S. Marines have custody of the vessel."

This U.S. blockade of Iranian ports is happening as Iran blockades the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most critical waterways. In fact, on Sunday, according to marine tracking Web sites, there were no tankers that passed through one of the world's most critical waterways as the strait is effectively shut. This, of course, all happening right before the U.S. and Iran are set to resume talks to try to get to a ceasefire agreement to end the war in Iran.

This makes it that much more difficult and increases the mistrust between the two sides as they try to get to a what would be a very delicate diplomatic agreement.

Oren Liebermann, CNN, in Jerusalem.

DEAN: All right, Oren, thank you for that.

Let's bring in Axios White House reporter Marc Caputo.

Marc, good to see you as always. Obviously, you've been reporting on the Trump administration's priorities for a potential deal with Iran. I'm curious if you have any insight or thoughts into how this U.S. seizing of an Iranian flagged vessel may factor in to those plans?

MARC CAPUTO, WHITE HOUSE REPORTER, AXIOS: Well, what I can say is that yesterday, as my colleague Barak Ravid had reported, the National Security Council, basically the president, Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, Vice President Vance, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, met in the situation room. And one of the topics that was being discussed there, we've learned, were these economic sanctions and sort of the economic warfare aspect of this.

And the president has shown a willingness to ratchet up the pressure here, and he believes that he has to do this both on the economic front and keep the military threat real in these negotiations and heading into them.

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There was a rather controversial moment that happened. I'm losing track of days. The day before, hours before, that prompted that meeting, which was when Iran or the military and Iran announced effectively that the strait had been closed, whereas another branch of the Iranian government had said it was open. And so it's getting a little tricky for the White House to figure out who are they negotiating with and to what degree do they have agreements.

And so this is all colors the mindset of the White House as it prepares to go into these talks. We're told that Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, the lead negotiators, are still going to Islamabad on Monday. And Vice President J.D. Vance is to follow on Tuesday. But how the Iranians react to this right now, we don't know. But in the White House's view and the Trump administration's view, they're sort of full steam ahead until the Iranians decide not to show up or start making more of a deal or whatever.

DEAN: And that's interesting. So the vice president is expected to ultimately attend because at one point I guess the president had said that maybe he wouldn't due to security concerns.

CAPUTO: Yes. Welcome to the sort of quantum foam of --

DEAN: Welcome to it.

CAPUTO: -- figuring out what's going on there.

DEAN: Yes.

CAPUTO: But this is -- as of I don't know what time is it now, 7:00, I talked to someone a few hours ago and they said the plan was for Vance to still go. But, you know, I don't know, stick around maybe it'll change with the weather.

DEAN: Yes, we have to see, when you're covering this administration, you have to be flexible. Things change a lot. What can you tell us about this administration's goals when it comes to the nuclear program, its stockpile of enriched uranium? Obviously, that is a very, very key piece of all of this.

CAPUTO: It is. And there's two aspects of the uranium, which is the uranium they have, and then the uranium that Iran would enrich going forward. And notably, the president recently has said that they just can't have a nuclear weapon. Whereas before he kept talking about zero enrichment. So it's sort of unclear exactly what the end game is for President Trump. But generally speaking, the same principles that applied at the beginning of the war on February 28th, the White House is saying are still operative, which is to make sure that they don't have a nuclear weapons program.

Just how the administration sort of gets there and what it considers victory or an acceptable result is yet to be seen. It's TBD.

DEAN: Yes. And so what is your sense of how much impact the domestic politics of this is weighing on President Trump and his advisers as they look for a deal for an offramp for this war? Obviously, we have the new polling today that shows this is deeply unpopular with the American people. What is your sense of how that factors in if it factors in?

CAPUTO: Well, it does factor in. The reality is, is Trump is termed out. He's not on the ballot again, and he's not as worried about getting reelected because, well, he's not going to get reelected. He can't. Now, the real problem is for the Republican members of the House and maybe even the Senate, which now looks more endangered for Republican control in the past because of this.

The White House is saying the president's advisers and his political team are saying that there's still time left. Gas prices could still come down. The economy is going to roar, and on and on. I'm not sure how accurate that is. I'm not good at predicting the future, but every day voters drive by the sort of scoreboard of the war, which is the price of gas at the gas station, and it's increasing.

Donald Trump had campaigned on lowering gas prices and having no new wars. People now have higher gas prices as a result of a new war, and it's difficult to message that in this environment. Nevertheless, the president has certainly shown a willingness to stick or move forward despite the unpopularity of it. And I'm not hearing any discussion in the administration like, oh, my god, we're going to lose the election and we've got to stop this.

It's more like Donald Trump wants to see this through and he's going to do it. And they're not letting the midterm threat or the threat of losing the house or even the Senate in the midterms affect the way in which he's decided to prosecute this war and negotiate during the ceasefire.

DEAN: All right. Very interesting. Marc Caputo, always good to talk to you. We stay tuned and we will see what tomorrow brings. Thank you so much.

CAPUTO: Thank you.

DEAN: We do have a lot more breaking news still ahead, including what life is like for people living in Iran after weeks of war and nearly seven weeks of an internet blackout.

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DEAN: President Trump today repeating threats to, quote, "knock out every single power plant and bridge" in Iran if they don't make a deal to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. And for people inside Iran, the Iranian people, the ceasefire has brought a reprieve from daily strikes. A recent U.N. report estimates more than 125,000 civilian infrastructure sites and key services like hospitals and schools have been destroyed in the war.

Of course, the Iranian people also disconnected from the rest of the world. The internet monitoring group Netblocks says the blackout is now in day 51.

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We're joined by Holly Dagres. She's a senior fellow at the Washington institute and curator of the "Iranist" on Substack.

Holly, thank you for being here with us. We really appreciate it. Let's start first with the internet blackout, what that means for the people of Iran. What is life like for the Iranian people right now who have been caught up in all of this?

HOLLY DAGRES, SENIOR FELLOW, THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE: Well, Jessica, as you noted, Netblocks said that this is day 51 of the internet shutdown. This is the longest internet shutdown in global history. This is actually also the fifth internet shutdown in modern Iranian history. And so just the other day, we started hearing reportedly that Iranians were able to start accessing Google. So imagine something as simple as Google, which we take for granted here, Iranians were actually celebrating that.

And one of the prominent journalists, Elaheh Mohammadi, who actually reported on the death of Mahsa Jina Amini during Women Life Freedom uprising in 2022. And had been imprisoned for it. She was like, well, imagine where things are now that as Iranians, we're celebrating just being able to access Google. Like that's how bad things are for them in terms of internet connectivity. And for people like me that have friends and family in Iran, were not able to really talk with them unless they're now buying state provided VPNs, where they able to monitor, but also really expensive.

So now the new thing is if you want to do a video call with your family, you're only doing it for a minute because it's so costly. So they're even charging Iranians in this moment. DEAN: Wow. And what is your sense of how this war has shifted or not?

The sentiment of the Iranian people toward their own government and also toward the U.S.

DAGRES: Well, I think it's important to remember why military assets were moved to the region in January. And that was an unprecedented massacre of anti-regime protesters. And we all remember that President Trump said that help was on the way. And so this war came about, and he initially said this was about regime change. And now he's sitting down, at least his administration is trying to sit down with the very regime that repressed its people in January, but also has created a worse situation for Iranians because there were at least 1700 civilian casualties, including 250 children.

And as you noted in your earlier reporting, a lot of that was civilian infrastructure. And there's this real worry that the president will be violating international humanitarian law by attacking nuclear energy sites and bridges. And when Iranians heard that threat just the other week, they were terrified because they didn't know if they were going to be able to contact their families again.

And so we had people actually calling on landline to say goodbye to their loved ones, because they weren't sure they would have power. And whatnot. Again.

DEAN: And you know what we heard from President Trump at the beginning of all of this and he, said in a sense, like it's time for the Iranian people to rise up. This is your moment. Take back your country. And then, you know, the administration kind of backed off in terms of, is it a -- do they really think that a regime change is an objective here? But the bottom line is, again, the Iranian people are there.

They had been, you know, killed while protesting, just trying to protest for their freedom. How do you think -- how likely do you think it is that we see freedom for the Iranian people from this government that has targeted so many of them?

DAGRES: Well, during the war, we saw high security presence in the streets. We saw security checkpoints. We even saw big guns on trucks parked in different corners, especially in the capital, Tehran. There's been massive arrests. There were at least 1500 midway during the war. And as we speak, there are daily arrests. There's been at least over a dozen executions. Some of them were protesters related to the January uprising.

And so Iranians, when they see the situation at hand and that the regime while is, yes, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed on the first day of the war, but this is still very much a regime that's in power. It's a rump regime. And unfortunately, it's more hardline, more repressive. And so when they're seeing that, it kind of is saying the message to the Iranians is that the regime is still in power. The United States and Israel have not been able to take it out.

Is it really worth risking my life in this moment? That can obviously change. But I think this optically speaking, I don't think anybody would want to deal with that, especially when there was bombardment happening.

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DEAN: All right, Holly, thank you for your time. We really do appreciate your perspective.

After this break, we have new details on the horrible multiple shooting in Louisiana that has shocked an entire community. We will take you there.

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DEAN: The city of Shreveport, Louisiana, truly in shock tonight after a mass shooting took the lives of eight children, all of them under the age of 14.

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JAMES GREEN, SHREVEPORT CITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN: All I can tell you today is my heart is saddened. It has brought me to my knees.

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And of course, that's a great place to be because then we can communicate with God.

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DEAN: The suspect is dead. Police have identified him as the father of seven of those eight children who were killed. They confirmed the shootings were spread across at least three homes in South Shreveport. Multiple families affected. Two women additionally, critically, wounded. A teenage boy escaped after -- and is alive after jumping off a roof.

Let's bring in Rafael Romo, who has been following this story.

I know Rafael, authorities are calling this the deadliest mass shooting in the U.S. in two years. What are you hearing?

ROMO: Yes, and really hard to wrap your head around this just so horrific, Jessica, and Shreveport police officers responded to reports of shots fired just after 6:00 this morning and found victims in two homes in the Cedar Grove neighborhood along West 79th Street and a third home on nearby Harrison Street.

Shreveport Police Corporal Chris Bordilon described a very large scene with eight children shot dead. He called it the result of, quote, "a domestic disturbance." He said the dead victims ranged in age from 1 to 14 years old, and were all apparently shot by the same individual, who is related, as you mentioned to some of the victims. Bordelon also said the suspect, later identified by the mayor's office as Shamar Elkins, carjacked the vehicle after the shootings and a chase ensued with Shreveport police officers right behind the suspect.

The corporal said the chase ended in neighboring Bossier Parish when officers fired at the suspect. The man is now dead and is believed to have been the only shooter. This is what Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux told CNN about a possible motive.

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MAYOR TOM ARCENEAUX, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA: My understanding is that he had some kind of relationship with the woman who lived at the home where the children were and with the woman that he had gone to first. But I -- we're not entirely sure. Obviously, the two women are in very, very critical condition. So we're not able to get information from them. And of course, he is no longer with us either.

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ROMO: Jessica, the mayor also told us that there is an additional teenage boy who survived the shooting and is in the hospital doing well. The shooting happened in House Speaker Mike Johnson's district. In a statement, Johnson said, "Were holding the victims, their families and loved ones and our Shreveport community, closing our thoughts and prayers during this incredibly difficult time."

Jessica, now back to you.

DEAN: All right. Rafael Romo, thank you so much for that. We appreciate it. And we'll be right back.

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DEAN: Most Americans are not happy with how President Trump is handling the economy and inflation in particular, and inflation was a key issue for him, of course, in the last election. CNN's Harry Enten joins us now to run the numbers -- Harry.

HARRY ENTEN, CNN CHIEF DATA ANALYST: Hey there, Jessica, happy Sunday to you. Look, an NBC News Poll came out earlier today and when it comes to Americans number one issue, inflation, the message from the voters was loud as I am and clear like I am sometimes. And to quote, "The great 'Happy Gilmore,' they say to the President of the United States, Donald John Trump, the price is wrong. The price is wrong, baby".

And you can see it really quite clearly on this screen over here. Just take a look here, you have the NBC News poll, as well as four other polls released over the last month and Trump is hitting pollster lows in all of them, in all of them.

Look at the NBC News Poll, he's 36 points underwater, my goodness gracious. Voters are 36 points more likely to disapprove than approve of the job. The President of the United States is doing on the key issue of inflation. You think that's low, 36 points underwater. How about 38 points underwater, according to CBS News Poll released earlier this month. How about Ipsos, Reuters-Ipsos Trump 43 points underwater, according to the Ipsos polling. How about that CNN poll that we released earlier this month, Trump 45 points underwater. How about UMass-Amherst, look at this, 47 points underwater.

The President of the United States is among Americans. This is "Titanic" level lows and this is a "Titanic" portion problem. It is a "Titanic" portion problem because simply put, inflation is what ran Joe Biden out of The White House and it is right now a problem in which the American people aren't just walking away from the President of United States, the now President, United States, Donald John Trump, they are with the running motion running away from him. And you can see it right here.

I mean, just take a look at the difference. Just take it the look at the difference. Voters on Trump and inflation. You go back to the 2024 election. Look at this, look at this versus Kamala Harris. Donald Trump was more trusted on the key issue of inflation by seven points. Look at the movement, look at the movement. You take an average of polling. Trump is now 42 points underwater. That's a four, that's a two, on inflation, the net approval rating now, that is a nearly 50- point shift away from the President of the United States on the key issue of inflation.

Now, what is supercharging this? Why are Americans running away from the President of the United States on inflation? Well, the name of the game when it comes to elections is Independents and just take a look here. Do you think those that movement among the overall electorate was large? Look at this among Independents. Independents on Trump and inflation, you go back to the 2024 election.

You look at this versus Kamala Harris, Donald Trump among Independents was trusted more on inflation by a ten-point margin. And then you just look and you can't help but laugh because these shifts are "Nutter Butter," they are "Nutter Butter". He is now 60 points underwater. His net approval rating is on inflation.

The only comparison I can possibly think of is a baseball fan. I don't know if you are, Jessica, is a comparison between Donald Trump and the New York Mets in his home Borough of Queens, his home Borough of Queens. Because the Mets, Jessica, if you've been following the NL East, they stink. And according to the American people and independents, especially Donald Trump, he stinks when it comes to the key issue of inflation. And if he can't solve this problem soon, the Republican Party will absolutely suffer in the midterm elections. Jessica, back to you.

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DEAN: All right, Harry Enten, thank you so much for that. And were joined now by Republican Congressman Marlin Stutzman of Indiana. Congressman, we're grateful to you for being here with us on a Sunday night. Thank you so much. We just heard from my colleague Harry Enten there talking about that key issue of inflation. We, obviously, have midterms coming up. Every Republican House member will be having to run for reelection if they are choosing to do so. Are you concerned about where the President is with voters on inflation?

REP. MARLIN STUTZMAN (R-IN): Good evening, Jessica. You know, yes, absolutely. It is a concern because I think a lot of it comes from the gas pump. You know, we were getting used to that $2.00 range for gas prices and with the conflict in Iran, that's obviously pushed the gas prices up. And I think a lot of that just hit's all of us right back to where we were feeling the hurt before after the years of inflation coming off the Biden administration.

But I think, yes, I mean, I was talking to a couple of folks today in my district that are in retail around tourism and they're actually having a good year. They said they're actually above where they were at last year. And so, I think there's a little bit of inconsistencies. It depends where you're at probably in the country. But here in the Midwest and Northeast Indiana, things are relatively stable. But obviously those numbers there are concerning, we want to be sure that we address those issues because I still believe that the pocketbook issues really do drive the elections.

DEAN: And so, when you're talking to your constituents about that, when you're back in your district, like you are right now, what are you saying to them when they're asking you about those pocketbook issues? When they're saying, either I need these prices to keep coming down, what are you doing to make sure things are more affordable? How do you explain that to them?

STUTZMAN: Yes, well, you know, the biggest ones that kind of came in late off the inflation numbers were insurance prices. We saw premiums go up over the past couple of years. And that was kind of like the end of the tail coming off the inflationary period when it was really bad in 2021, 2022 and 2023. And so that's kind of like that thing that hit us over the head here at the end. And of course, with gas prices back up. But you know, one of the things I tell them is what we pass in The Big Beautiful Bill, The Working Families Tax Cut Act, it really is going to make a difference.

We know one thing that the prices on food and gas and energy costs, utilities have gone up. But taxes are going to stay the same or go lower. On average, Hoosiers should see almost a $3,000.00 net loss to their net decline in their taxes. So, that's going to help. But there's still a lot of work to do.

I know here in our state in Indiana, Governor Brown is addressing the utility costs that have really surprised all of us over the winter. I know it was a hard winter, but it still seems like these big companies, utilities, insurance, healthcare, their costs have gone up. And, you know, as I tell these insurance companies, they better do something or else the government and Congress, they're going to address it and it's not always going to be the easiest thing to handle.

DEAN: I do want to ask you about the news we're getting this evening, about what's going on just outside of the Strait of Hormuz. With that Iranian vessel, the U.S., seizing that Iranian flagged vessel as we're on the precipice of what is likely another round of negotiations with the Trump administrations envoy to those negotiations. What are your thoughts on what we're seeing today?

STUTZMAN: Well, I think that, again, you know, making sure that we control the Straits of Hormuz with a coalition, you know, even if it's China and Europe and other countries that are participating in this, we just simply can't allow Iran to have any sort of control there. They've shown that they can't manage it. It seems like the Iranian regime, the IRGC, is conflicted. I'm sure there's a power struggle inside between the fundamentalists, the hardcore regimists that don't want to give up any sort of ground. And those that say, look, we need to do something in order to stay in power.

I think at this point they have shown that they cannot be trusted. They went back on their word on Friday. We're told that, you know, they're going to open up the Straits and that President Trump announced that were opening up the Straits, and it looked like it was going to be a good weekend. And then less than 24 hours, they reneged on that. So, I think that this regime shows consistently they can't be trusted, even if it's just over the opening of Strait of Hormuz. We sure can't trust them whether or not they're going to try to develop a nuclear weapon.

So, there's still a lot of work to go. The pressure needs to be put on them. I support President Trump. Whatever he needs to do to move this conflict along quickly and put the pressure on them and somehow find a regime change there, if that's at all possible.

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DEAN: And we also got this new polling, speaking of Iran with how the President is handling this, about two-thirds of Americans disapprove of his handling with the war of Iran, with 54 percent strongly disapproving, that's new from NBC News today. I know, again, your home in your district, talking to people, knowing those numbers, talking to the people that you represent. Are you finding that as well? What are their main concerns about this?

STUTZMAN: You know, Jessica, it's really, interesting because talking to folks who are a little bit older and understand the 40-year context of Iran and what they did back in 1979 with the hostages, of course, they killed a thousand Americans over that period of time. And to today, many of the older folks are saying, get the job done. We need somebody new there, they've been a thorn in our side. They've been a thorn in the regions side. Younger people don't have quite that same thought. I think it's just the context that, you know, they see a shorter window of time. They also, you know, heard from President Trump that he wasn't going to start any new wars. I don't believe this is the start of a war. This is the end of a war and it's going to stabilize the region there.

I mean, what we're seeing, you know, I believe 10 years ago you could have had Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, you know, even Syria, you know, they don't have really any ability to participate other than cooperate. And there's actually a chance that Lebanon and Israel find some sort of path to peace.

So, this is a very unique time in the Middle East. And I think by taking out this regime in Iran, it really takes off the head of the snake. The Turks are supportive and want to see some sort of resolution. You know, everybody else is kind of sitting on the sidelines. So, you know, while we have to do it, I think there's a lot of people, I know, there's a lot of people cheering us on right now.

DEAN: That's interesting, you don't think this is the start of a war, what he did?

STUTZMAN: I don't, I really don't, I mean, you know, Iran has been using their proxies, whether it's the Houthis, Hezbollah, of course, in Lebanon, you've got Hamas. This this is really, they have a, the ability with their oil and gas revenue to continue to build a strong, you know, military industrial base with the amount of money that they have.

You know, it was one thing to go into Venezuela, but it's another thing with Iran. They have been building this up for many, many years. And, you know, they were even up in North Korea helping the North Koreans develop a nuclear weapon.

So, this is something that they have been working at for a long time. And it was only going to get worse. And after President Trump gave them an ability or the option to come to the negotiating table after Operation Midnight Hammer last summer, when we took out the big part of the nuclear facilities with those bunker busters, but they continue to show over and over that they just move the football. You know, they moved the goalposts. And you think that were getting somewhere and then all of a sudden, they go back on their word.

So, they're very hard to trust and I think that more importantly, is helping the Iranian people get their freedom back, get their country back and it's not going to happen with the IRGC under control of the country. We need somebody new there.

DEAN: All right, Congressman, we are out of time. Thank you, though, for your time. We do appreciate it.

STUTZMAN: Thank you.

DEAN: New Yorkers are known for proudly telling you their opinion on things. They're talking now to our Gloria Pazmino about what's going on between the President and the Pope. We'll hear from them, up next.

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DEAN: Pope Leo reiterating his calls for peace in the Middle East while commending the ceasefire announced earlier this week in Lebanon. The Pope's comments came at a mass earlier in Angola as part of his 11-day trip to Africa. That visit has at times been overshadowed by his back and forth, with President Trump. CNN's Gloria Pazmino is in New York talking to Catholics about all of this. And what did they tell you, Gloria?

GLORIA PAZMINO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Jessica, even though that back and forth was a week ago, last Sunday, when the President first made the comments against Pope Leo, it was very much in the minds of parishioners here in New York City, at Saint Patrick's Cathedral throughout services on this Sunday. And I spoke to Archbishop Ronald Hicks, who was appointed a short time ago to represent New York's 2.5 million Catholics and he told me that he was happy to see Pope Leo continue to speak out on this message of peace while he's on his trip around Africa.

He also said that he believed Pope Leo was doing the right thing, sending the right message, even if it meant having to sort of be in the middle between the politics of the United States and his message of peace. Take a listen to the archbishop as well as some of the parishioners who we spoke to here today.

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RONALD HICKS, ARCHBISHOP OF NEW YORK: What I think I've been most impressed about with our Holy Father is how he's responding. I'm not surprised by what he's saying. He's preaching the gospel. He's preaching a message of peace, a message of reconciliation, of healing, that shouldn't surprise any of us.

STELA OLIVERA, PARISHIONER: I think the Pope is right and I think Trump is doing what he's supposed to do. But provoking the Pope like he did, it's not necessary. I don't think it was something clever from his part.

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PAZMINO: Now, Jessica, I spoke to some supporters of the President here today as well, who told us that while they support his military action in Iran, they felt that his comments against the Pope simply crossed a line -- Jessica.

DEAN: All right. Gloria Pazmino, thank you so much, and we'll be right back.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Hi. everybody. Look at that, wow.

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DEAN: Well, that's quite a surprise when a California homeowner got on Saturday morning in his backyard, right there. The homeowner telling CNN he found out a hot air balloon had landed in his backyard when someone rang his doorbell and said, "it landed in your backyard, that'll do it".

Homeowner Hunter Perrin says the pilot told him he was forced to make an emergency landing because the winds had died down. A truck ended up coming to the house with a crew to dismantle the balloon and take it away.

A courageous high school principal has been crowned prom king just weeks after protecting his students from a gunman.

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HOST: Kirk Moore.

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DEAN: Kirk Moore receiving that honor Friday night for his bravery on April 7th, he tackled and disarmed a gunman in the lobby of Paul's Valley High School in Oklahoma. Police say he was injured doing that, but thankfully no students were hurt.

The winner of the humanoid half marathon in Beijing finished in just 50 minutes and 26 seconds and didn't break a sweat because he can't sweat, he's a robot. Lightning, as he's known, was developed by Chinese smartphone maker, Honor. He not only beat the human world record by more than six minutes. Lightning even outran the previous robot champion by two hours, pretty good.

For more than a decade our chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, has been reporting on cannabis. And at the top of the hour, in just a few minutes, he's going to look at why medical cannabis is on the rise with women. He visit's somewhere you might not expect to learn the reasons why women of all ages are turning to cannabis.

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DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Women of all ages, mothers and grandmothers growing and selling using cannabis. Women searching for a better, healthier, happier life.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was a soccer mom. Trust me, if we had all had an edible before those games, we would have been great.

GUPTA: From menstrual cramps to morning sickness to menopause, women in Oklahoma and all over the United States are turning to cannabis for relief, now more than ever.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Women are largely underserved and underrepresented in medicine and for lack of any other option, are more than willing to try cannabis and cannabinoid-based therapies.

GUPTA: In fact, for the first time ever, women are outpacing men in the use of cannabis. These women say they are changing their lives and their health for the better, but in some cases also potentially putting themselves in harm's way. The scientists searching for answers are all research pioneers, and perhaps no surprise, many happen to be women as well.

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GUPTA: Jessica, what a fascinating year it's been working on this documentary. We traveled all over the country, learned a ton. I mean, we were in Oklahoma, which I think surprised a lot of people. Traditional heartland state, one of the last states to legalize medicinal marijuana. But when it got legalized 2018, it began this green rush in Oklahoma.

In fact, some people now refer to Oklahoma as "Toklahoma". You had at 1.10 percent of the population, the adult population with medicinal marijuana cards. It's a state of 4 million people, 400,000 people carrying these cards.

So, people turning to it increasingly for medicinal purposes, increasingly, as you just heard, women, women now outpacing men when it comes to cannabis use. But to put a punctuation mark on this, Jessica, a lot of that growth in women between the ages of 45 and 60.

And just think about that. These are women who are entering perimenopause and menopause. Oftentimes, have not had a lot of great options to treat the symptoms of that time period in their life. So perhaps no surprise, increasingly looking to alternative means. What does it mean? What does the evidence show? What's going to happen in the future? We get into all of it in this documentary -- Jessica.

DEAN: All right. Sanjay Gupta, thank you so much for that. And new reminder, the eighth installment of "Weed" with Dr. Sanjay Gupta airs at the top of the hour in just a few seconds, right here on CNN then tomorrow on our CNN App. Visit cnn.com/watch. For more on that. I'm Jessica Dean. We're going to see you right back here next weekend. Have great night everyone, we'll see you then.

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