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The Amanpour Hour
• Interview with Former Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela Elliott Abrams; Interview with Lebanese Justice Minister Adel Nassar; How Iran Uses Cluster Munitions to Pierce Israeli Defenses; Interview with Political Analyst Mostafa Daneshgar; Interview with Expert on Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Maryam Alemzadeh; The Religious Fervor that Fuels Iran's Military. Aired 11a- 12p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET
• U.S. Bombs Iran's Critical Kharg Island Oil Hub; Iran Vows Retaliation After U.S. Strike On Key Oil Hub; New CNN Report Reveals WH Scramble To Contain Fallout From Iran War; FBI: Attack Was "Targeted Act" Against Jewish Community; Zelenskyy: Russia Provided Extensive Intel Support To Iran; Sources: Pentagon Deploying 2,500 Marines & Sailors To Middle East. Two Terror Attacks Rattle Americans' Sense of Security; U.S. on Alert After Terror Attacks at Synagogue and University; Long Lines at Airports as Govt. Shutdown Continues; Iran Warns it Could Strike More U.S. Assets. Aired 1-2p ET
• President Trump Announces U.S. Military Struck Targets on Iran's Kharg Island but Did Not Damage Oil Infrastructure; U.S. Embassy in Baghdad Reportedly Struck; President Trump Calls on Other Country's to Help Open Strait of Hormuz Currently Controlled by Iran; Explosion Occurs Outside Jewish School in Amsterdam; Strikes against Oil Depots Near Tehran Likely to Cause Health and Environmental Damage; President Trump Criticized for Fundraising Message Sent by His PAC Featuring Photo of Transport of Remains of Fallen U.S. Soldier; College Basketball Nears March Madness; Oscars Ceremony Increasing Security Due to Possible Threats Related to U.S. Conflict with Iran. Aired 2-3p ET
• Iran Vows Retaliation After U.S. Strike on Key Oil Hub; Two Injured After Iranian Strike in Southern Israel; White House Scrambles to Contain Fallout from Iran War; FBI Says Attack of Synagogue was "Targeted Act" Against Jewish Community; Two Terror Attacks Rattle Americans' Sense of Security; Trump Lifts Some Sanctions on Russian Oil to Help Ease Price Pressure; Agriculture Secretary Says White House Working to Help Farmers; Long Lines at Airports as Government Shutdown Drags On; FBI Reveals Messages Between Jeffrey Epstein and Sarah Ferguson. Aired 3-4p ET
• Kuwait Caught In Middle Of Iran Conflict Decades After First Gulf War; Trump Reiterates Push For Global Effort To Secure Strait Of Hormuz; California Rabbi Laments Rise In Antisemitic Attacks Worldwide; A Friend Remembers Lt. Col. Shah: "Couldn't Ask For A Better Soldier"; Zelenskyy: Russia Provided Iran With Drones Used In Conflict; Trump: "Save America Act" Only Second In Importance To War. Aired 4-5p ET
• Iran Vows Retaliation After U.S. Strikes On Key Oil Hub; Trump Claims Countries Will Send Warships To Open Strait Of Hormuz; Interview With Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY); Trump Claims Countries Will Send Warships To Open Strait Of Hormuz; Jewish Community On High Alert After Recent Antisemitic Attacks; Terror Attacks Rattle American's Sense Of Safety; United States On Alert After Terror Attacks At Synagogue And University; Hollywood Prepares For Star-Studded Night. Aired 5-6p ET
• Iran Vows Retaliation After US Strikes On Key Oil Hub; Trump Claims Countries Will Send Warships To Open Strait Of Hormuz; Iran Allows Two Indian Tankers To Pass Through Strait Of Hormuz; Inside White House Thinking As War With Iran Escalates; Terror Attacks Rattle Americans' Sense Of Security Amid Iran War; U.S. On Alert After Terror Attacks At Synagogue & University; Trump Fundraising Email Uses Photo From Soldiers' Dignified Transfer And Promises "Private National Security Briefings"; TSA Workers Miss First Full Paycheck Amid Partial Govt Shutdown; Iran Vows Retaliation After U.S. Strikes On Key Oil Hub. Aired 6-7p ET
• Iran Vows Retaliation After U.S. Strikes On Key Oil Hub; Trump Claims Countries Will Send Warships To Open The Strait Of Hormuz; Suspect In Michigan Terror Attack On Federal Watch List; Jewish Community On High Alert After Recent Antisemitic Attacks; Interview With Representative David Kustoff (R-TN); Iran Vows Retaliation After U.S. Strikes On Key Oil Hub; Trump Claims Countries Will Send Warships To Open Strait Of Hormuz; Polls: Most Republicans Approve Of War On Iran. Aired 7-8p ET
• U.S. Embassy In Baghdad Urges Americans To Leave Iraq; Source: U.S. Embassy In Baghdad Hit By Two Drones; Iran Vows Retaliation After U.S. Strikes On Key Oil Hub. Aired 8-9p ET
• Iran Vows Retaliation For U.S. Strikes On Key Oil Hub; Trump Calls On Other Nations To Help Secure Strait of Hormuz; FCC Chair Threatens Networks After Trump Fumes Over Coverage; NY Lobbyist Tied To Trump Pardon Charged With Attempted Extortion. Aired 9-10p ET
• Report: Trump Unwilling To Make Ceasefire Deal With Iran; Iran Threatens Retaliation For U.S. Strikes On Key Oil Hub; Trump Calls On Other Nations To Help Secure Strait of Hormuz; Formula 1 Calls Off Races In Middle East Due To Iran War; Hollywood Gears Up For Sunday's Academy Awards; Sandstorm Sweeps Through Tent Camps In Gaza. Aired 10- 11p ET
• War With Iran; 98th Academy Awards. Aired 11p-12a ET
• U.S. Military Attacks Iran's Oil Export Hub; IDF Raises Prospect Of Major Ground Offensive In Lebanon; Attacks At Michigan Synagogue And Virginia University Rattle Sense Of Safety In American Communities; U.S. Says It Bombed Key Iranian Island With Oil Hub; Trump Eases Russian Oil Sanctions As Iran War Sends Prices Spiking; War With Iran Fuels Regional Humanitarian Crisis; Cuba's President Confirms Government Is In Talks With US; Mexico Beefs Up Security Ahead Of World Cup. Aired 2-3a ET
• Death Toll in Iran War Climbs to 2,000+; Trump Says U.S. Bombed "Iran's Crown Jewel," Kharg Island; Israeli Strikes on Lebanon Kill Nine People in Same Family; Michigan Governor Says Synagogue Attack Was Antisemitism; Europeans Push Back on U.S. Easing Russia Sanctions; Russia Supplying Iran with Intel on U.S. Forces; Cuban President Confirms Diplomatic Talks with White House; Mexico Ramps Up Anti-Drone Tech ahead of World Cup. Aired 3-4a ET
• Trump Says U.S. Bombed "Iran's Crown Jewel," Kharg Island; Smoke Rises near U.S. Embassy in Baghdad; Michigan Synagogue Attacker Had Ties to Hezbollah; Strikes on U.S. Gulf Allies Continue; Russia to Reap Unintended Benefits from Iran Conflict; New Strikes on Kyiv Kill Four, Injure 15; Files Reveal Messages between Epstein and Sarah Ferguson; Cuban President Confirms Diplomatic Talks with White House. Aired 4-5a ET
• Trump Says U.S. Bombed "Iran's Crown Jewel," Kharg Island; Strikes on U.S. Gulf Allies Continue; Death Toll in Iran War Climbs to 2,000+; Marine Expeditionary Unit Deploying to Middle East; FBI Opens Terror Investigation in Old Dominion Shooting; Michigan Governor Says Synagogue Attack Was Antisemitism; UAE and Saudi Arabia Report Interceptions on Their Territory; IDF Raises Prospects of Bigger Ground Offensive in Lebanon; Cuban President Confirms Diplomatic Talks with White House; Countdown to 98th Academy Awards. Aired 5-6a ET
• CNN Saturday Morning Newsroom. President Trump Announces U.S. Military Struck Targets on Iran's Kharg Island But Did Not Damage Oil Infrastructure; Iran Reportedly Targets Oil Facility in United Arab Emirates; U.S. Embassy in Baghdad Reportedly Struck by Missile; Former Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene Criticizes President Trump's Attack on Iran; Iran Remains in Control of Strait of Hormuz as Oil Prices Continue to Rise, Affecting American Consumers; Mortgage Rates in U.S. Rising in Wake of Iran Conflict; Federal Investigation Into Terror Attack on Synagogue in Michigan Continues; Transportation Security Administration Workers Continue Showing Up for Work Despite Not Receiving Paycheck Due to Department of Homeland Security Funding Suspension in Congress. Aired 10-11a ET.


CNN This Morning
• U.S. Embassy Compound Struck In Missile Attack; U.S. Conducts Massive Bombing Of Strategic Iran Island; Marjorie Taylor Greene Blasts Trump's Iran Strikes; War With Iran Ripples To The Gas Pump For Americans; Suspect In Michigan Synagogue Attack Has Family Ties To Hezbollah; Attacks At Michigan Synagogue And Virginia University Rattle Sense Of Safety In American Communities. Missile Attack Hit U.S. Embassy Compound in Baghdad; President Trump Says U.S. Bombed "Iran's Crown Jewel" Kharg Island; Airfares Rise As Iran War Drives Jet Fuel Prices Higher. Aired 6-7a ET
• U.S. Embassy Compound In Baghdad Struck In Missile Attack; First Shabbat Service At MI Synagogue Targeted In Terror Attack; Trump Says U.S. Bombed "Iran's Crown Jewel" Kharg Island; Trump Says United States Bombed "Iran's Crown Jewel" Kharg Island; "SAVE America Act" Passes House, Uncertain Ahead Of Senate Vote; Gas Prices Spiking Amid War With Iran. Aired 7-8a ET


First of All with Victor Blackwell
• U.S. Embassy Compound Struck In Missile Attack; Trump: U.S. Bombed "Iran's Crown Jewel" Kharg Island; U.S. Hits Military Assets On Iran's Critical Oil Export Hub As War Enters Third Week. Aired 8-9a ET


Smerconish
• Trump Says U.S. Bombed "Iran's Crown Jewel" Kharg Island; Hegseth Vows To Destroy Iran Military, Reopen Strait Of Hormuz. Pentagon Deploying A Marine Expeditionary Unit To Middle East; Is The U.S. Campaign In Iran A Test Of The "American Way" Of War?. Aired 9- 10a ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Trump - U.S. Navy Escorts In Strait Of Hormuz - Happening Soon; Trump Says U.S. Bombed Iran's Crown Jewel Kharg Island; Global Oil Prices Jump To Highest Level Since July 2022; Trump - Iran War Will End When I - Feel It In My Bones; Beirut Reels From Latest Round Of Strikes; Zelenskyy - U.S. Wants To Postpone Next Round Of Peace Talks; FBI - Old Dominion Shooting Suspect A Convicted ISIS Supporter ; Federal Judge Ends DOJ's Subpoenas Against Jerome Powell; Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump - U.S. Navy Escorts In Strait Of Hormuz - Happening Soon; Trump Says U.S. Bombed - Iran's Crown Jewel Kharg Island; Global Oil Prices Jump To Highest Level Since July 2022; Trump - U.S., Israeli Objectives - Might Be A Little Different; Displacement Crisis Grows As Residents Flee Southern Lebanon; Cuban President Confirms Diplomatic Talks With White House; Countdown To The 98th Annual Academy Awards On Sunday; San Jose Mayor Speaks On His Run For California Governor; Aired 1-2a ET