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CNN Transcripts for February 28, 2026

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The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump: Iran's Supreme Leader Is Dead; Interview With Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump: Iran's Supreme Leader Is Dead; U.S. & Israel Attack Iran; Iran Launches Retaliatory Strikes; FBI Counterterrorism Teams On High Alert After Iran Strikes; Trump: Iran's Supreme Leader Is Dead; Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) Discusses About War Powers Of President Trump; Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) Talks About Justification Of U.S. And Israel Strikes Of Iran. Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump Declares Iran's Supreme Leader Is Dead; U.S. Official Says Iran Planned Preemptive Strikes Before Joint Attacks; Interview With Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL). Aired 7-8p ET


CNN Newsroom
• U.S. And Israel Attack Iran: Tehran Retaliates Across Middle East. U.S. And Israel Launch Attack On Iran; Iran Launches "Large- Scale" Drone Attack On Israel; Trump Pushing For Regime Change In Iran. Aired 9-10a ET
• CNN Saturday Morning The Situation Room. U.S. and Israeli Militaries Strike Targets in Iran; Iranian Foreign Minister Says Most of Iranian Leadership Survived Targeted Attacks from Israel; President Trump Calls on Iranian People to Overthrow Regime after U.S. and Israeli Air Strikes End; Iran Launches Drones Attacks at Israel and at American Bases across Middle East; Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) Interviewed on Need for Congress to Vote on Constitutionality of U.S. War with Iran. Aired 10-11a ET.
• U.S. And Israel Attack Iran; Interview With Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN). Aired 11a-12p ET
• U.S. And Israel Attack Iran; Tehran Retaliates Across Middle East; Iran Launches Strikes Against Seven Countries With U.S. Military Bases; Numerous Lawmakers Object To Strike Without Congressional Approval. Aired 12-1p ET
• U.S. And Israel Attack Iran, Tehran Retaliates Across Middle East; Israel: 89 People "Lightly Injured" In Iran's Retaliatory Attacks. U.S. and Israel Attack Iran; Trump Calls for Regime Change; Iranian Source: Government is Prepared "for a Long War"; Iran Launches Strikes Against Seven Countries with U.S. Military Bases. Aired 1-2p ET
• U.S. and Israeli Militaries Strike Targets in Iran; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Claims Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Likely Killed by Israeli Strike; President Trump Calls on Iranian People to Overthrow Islamic Republic Regime after U.S. and Israeli Air Strikes End; Iran Launches Drones Attacks at Israel and at American Bases across Middle East; Rep. Mike Lawler Interviewed on His Support for President Trump's Orders to Strike Iran; Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett Also Calls on Iranian People to Overthrow Islamic Republic Regime; FBI on High Alert for Potential Domestic Terrorist Attacks in Wake of U.S. Strikes on Iran. Aired 2-3p ET
• Israeli Sources Confirming Iran's Supreme Leader Killed in Strikes. Aired 3-4p ET
• Israel Claims Iran's Supreme Leader Killed In Strikes; Interview With Representative Eugene Vindman (D-VA); U.S. And Israel Attack Iran: Tehran Retaliates Across Middle East; Trump: Iran's Supreme Leader Killed In Strikes; Iranian-Americans On Iran Attack And Death Of Supreme Leader. Aired 4-5p ET
• Trump: Iran's Supreme Leader Is Dead; Interview With Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump: Iran's Supreme Leader Is Dead; U.S. & Israel Attack Iran; Iran Launches Retaliatory Strikes; FBI Counterterrorism Teams On High Alert After Iran Strikes; Trump: Iran's Supreme Leader Is Dead; Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) Discusses About War Powers Of President Trump; Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) Talks About Justification Of U.S. And Israel Strikes Of Iran. Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump Declares Iran's Supreme Leader Is Dead; U.S. Official Says Iran Planned Preemptive Strikes Before Joint Attacks; Interview With Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL). Aired 7-8p ET
• Trump: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Is Dead. Aired 8-9p ET
• Iran's Supreme Leader Is Dead; Iran Vows "Heaviest Offensive" Yet After Supreme Leader's Death. Aired 9-10p ET
• Iran Vows "Heaviest Offensive" Yet After Supreme Leader's Death. Aired 10-11p ET
• Iran's Supreme Leader Killed In Strikes. Aired 11p-12a ET
• U.S. and Israel Launch Attack on Iran; Israel Sends First Warnings about Incoming Missiles. Aired 3-4a ET
• U.S. and Israel Launch Attack on Iran; Blasts Seen and Heard in Abu Dhabi and Bahrain; Trump Suggests Regime Change May Be Best for Iran; Iran Launches Retaliation across the Middle East. Aired 4-5a ET


CNN This Morning
• U.S. and Israel Launch Attack on Iran; Blasts Seen and Heard in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and Qatar. Aired 5-6a ET
• Israel And U.S. Launch A Major Attack On Iran; Iran Shutters Airspace After Israel Strikes. U.S. and Israel Launch Attack on Iran; Iran Retaliates with Multiple Strikes on U.S. Bases in Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and Qatar. Aired 6-7a ET
• U.S. And Israel Attack Iran, Tehran Retaliates Across Middle East; Senior U.S. Official: Military Plan Includes Series Of Escalating Strikes; Trump: U.S. Military Has Begun "Major Combat Operations In Iran"; United States Attack Iran, Tehran Retaliates Across Middle East; Trump: United States Military Has Begun "Major Combat Operations In Iran"; Iran Launches "Large Scale" Drone Attack At Israel. Aired 7-8a ET
• U.S. And Israel Launch Attack On Iran; Sources: Israeli Strikes Targeted Iran's Supreme Leader, President; Smoke Seen Billowing Above Compound Of Iran's Supreme Leader. Aired 8-9p ET


First of All with Victor Blackwell
• Did Not Air 8-9a ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Saturday Morning Table For Five. Did Not Air 10-11a ET


Smerconish
• Did Not Air 9-10a ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Trump Says Big Decision Looming On Iran Following Talks; U.S. Embassy In Israel Says Non-Essential Staff Can Leave; Open AI Reaches Deal With Pentagon For Use Of AI Models; Trump Givers U.S. Agencies 6 Months To Stop Using Anthropic; Bill Clinton Releases Video After His Testimony On Epstein; Lawmakers Grill Bill Clinton For More Than Six Hours; Bill Clinton - I saw Nothing, And I Did Nothing Wrong; Trump Doesn't Endorse Candidate In Texas Senate Primary; Trump Floats Friendly Takeover Of Cuba; Pakistan Defense Minister - Taliban Clashes Mean Open War; Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump Says Big Decision Looming On Iran Following Talks; Rubio To Travel To Israel To Update Netanyahu On Iran Talks; Fears Of U.S.- Iran Military Action Looms Over Middle East; Bill Clinton Releases Video After His Testimony On Epstein; Top Oversight Democrat Calls On Trump To Testify; President Trump - I've Been Fully Exonerated; Oversight Committee Member On Future Of Investigation; Trump Gives U.S. Agencies 6 Months To Stop Using Anthropic; Israel Launches Attack On Iran; Aired 1-2a ET
• Israel And U.S. Launch Attack On Iran; Rep. Cory Mills, (R-FL), Is Interviewed About U.S.-Israel Attack In Iran. Aired 2-3a ET