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CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Cracks Emerge In GOP Over Iran War And Growing Cost; Will More Republicans Break With Trump On Iran War?; Trump On Gas Prices: "I Thought It Would Be Worse"; Experts Warn Oil Prices Could Surge Past Record High If Iran War Persists, As U.S. Gas Hovers Around $4 A Gallon; Will Trump's Decision To Launch Iran War Help 2028 Dem Contenders?; 1931: Nevada Becomes First State To Legalize Casino Gambling; Trump Jokes About Pearl Harbor In Meeting With Japan PM. Aired 12-1p ET


The Amanpour Hour
• Interview WITH Former Iranian Ambassador To Germany And Princeton University Visiting Research Collaborator Seyed Hossein Mousavian; Interview With Former Pentagon Analyst Wes J. Bryant; Iranians Caught Between Foreign Bombs And Repressive Regime; Interview With Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett; How Iran's Islamic Republic Fights Its Wars; Nowruz In The Shadow Of War. Aired 11a-12p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Did Not Air 12-1p ET
• Did Not Air 1-2p ET
• Former Special Counsel And FBI Director Robert Mueller Passes Away; Pentagon Deploying Thousands More U.S. Marines And Sailors To Middle East; Fighting Continues between Israeli Forces And Hezbollah In Southern Lebanon; Iranian Military Continues Missile And Drone Strikes Against Gulf States; Iran Launches Missile Strike Against Joint U.S.-U.K. Base In Indian Ocean; Long Lines Plague U.S. Airports As Department Of Homeland Security Funding Remains Stalled In Congress; Recently Published Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Labor Leader Cesar Chavez Damaging His Reputation. Aired 2-3p ET
• Did Not Air 4-5p ET
• Former FBI Director Robert Mueller Dies At Age 81; Trump Reacts To Robert Mueller's Death; Interview With Hawaii Governor Josh Green; Iran Fires Missiles At U.S., U.K. Military Base In Indian Ocean; Trump Weighing Whether To Send U.S. Troops Into Iran; Trump Proposes Sending ICE Agents To Airports Amid Partial Shutdown; New Series On Relationships Between FBI Directors And Presidents. Aired 3-4p ET
• Authorities: Iranian Missile Hits Building In Southern Israel; Former FBI Director And Special Counsel Robert Mueller Dies At 81; Trump Threatens To Send ICE Agents To Airports Amid Shutdown; Long Security Lines Form At Airports As TSA Officers Go Unpaid; Gov: 200+ Rescued As Oahu Receives 40-50 Inches Of Rain Over Days; Lebanon: 100+ Children Killed Since Start Of War. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Threatens To Send ICE Agents To Airports Amid Shutdown; Musk Posts Offer To Pay TSA Salaries During Funding Impasse; Emergency Responders Declare Mass Casualty Event As Iranian Missiles Hit Southern Israel; Robert Mueller, Former FBI Director, Dies At Age 81; Trump Threatens To Send ICE Agents To Airports Amid Shutdown; Emergency Officials To Hawaii Evacuees: Do Not Stop To Pack; U.S. Broke The All-Time Heat Record For March; Scientists: Climate Crisis Helping To Lead To Springtime Heatwave; MN Schools & Students Deal With Fallout Of Immigration Crackdown. Aired 6-7p ET
• War With Iran; Robert Mueller Dies At 81; CNN Investigates Iran's Underground Missile Cities; Gas Prices Surge Across The U.S. Amid Iran War; Catastrophic Hawaii Flooding Forces Evacuations, Puts Dam At Risk. Aired 7-8p ET
• Trump Threatens Iran If Hormuz Not Opened In 48 Hours; Trump Threatens To Send ICE Agents Into U.S. Airports; Former FBI Director Who Led Trump-Russia Probe Dies At 81; Cuba Struggles Under Islandwide Blackout. Aired 11p-12a ET
• U.S.-Israel War with Iran; Crew Member Describes Attack on Ship in Strait of Hormuz; U.S. and Ukraine Set to Hold Talks in Miami in Coming Hours; Tropical Cyclone Narelle Hits Northeast Australia. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• U.S.-Israel War with Iran; High Oil Prices Could Stick through 2027; Iran War Aligns with Trump's "America First" Agenda; Israel Strikes Hezbollah Targets in Beirut; Gas Prices Climb with Hormuz Turmoil; TSA Staffing Shortages Delay Passengers at U.S. Airports; U.S. Extreme Heat. Aired 4-5a ET
• U.S.-Israel War with Iran; High Oil Prices Could Stick through 2027; Gas Prices Climb with Hormuz Turmoil; World Happiness Report; BTS Returns for First Show after Nearly Four Years. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN This Morning
• Flyers Face Varying Wait Times As TSA Officers Unpaid; Thousands Across Oahu, Hawaii Evacuated Due To Major Flooding; Trump Says He Is Considering "Winding Down" Iran War; Iran Unsuccessfully Target U.S.-U.K. Base In Indian Ocean; Thousands More U.S. Marines Head to the Middle East; U.S. Airport Wait Times Escalate As TSA Workers Go Unpaid; American Student Found Dead in Barcelona. Aired 6- 7a ET
• Airport Wait Times Escalate As TSA Workers Go Unpaid; Trump Says He's Considering "Winding Down" Military Efforts; Trump Claims "We've Won" While U.S. Troops Head To Middle East; White House Lays Out Legislation For Regulating A.I.; "STANDOFF: THE FBI, POWER, AND PARANOIA" Sunday At 9:00 P.M. And 10:00 P.M. Eastern Time; United States On The Verge Of All-Time Record Amid Western Heat Wave. Aired 7-8a ET


First of All with Victor Blackwell
• Trump: "I Think We've Won" War; Officials: More Marines Deploying; Trump Lashes Out At Allies For Failing To Help Open Strait: "Cowards"; Cesar Chavez Tributes Removed After Abuse Allegations Revealed; Tons Of Aid Flow Into Cuba As Humanitarian Convoy Arrives On The Struggling Island; Thousands Of Truckers Losing Licenses Under New Trump Admin Rule. Aired 8-9a ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five: President Trump Facing Pressure Domestically and Internationally Over Ongoing Iran Conflict; President Trump Criticizes NATO Allies for Not Contributing Military Assets to Support U.S. in Iran Conflict; Some Conservatives Claim Questioning Iran Conflict Unpatriotic; Trump Administration's Asking of Americans to Sacrifice in Short Term for Long Term Benefits Facing Backlash; President Trump's Arts Commission Approves 24-Karat Gold Coin Featuring President's Likeness. Aired 10-11a ET


Smerconish
• Barbara Fried And Joseph Bankman Speak; Trump Says He's Considering "Winding Down" Military Efforts As The Thousands More Marines, Sailor Are deployed. Aired 9-10a ET


The Story Is with Elex Michaelson
• Officials - U.S. Deploys Thousands More Marines To Region; Trump Calls NATO Allies - Cowards Over Strait of Hormuz; U.S. Trying To Avert Extended Closure Of Strait Of Hormuz; U.S. Removes Sanctions On 140M Barrels Of Iranian Oil; U.K. Allows U.S. To Use British Bases In Some Iran Operations; U.S., Israel Destroy Entrances To Iran's Underground Sites; Palestinian Man Claims Brutal Sexual Assault By Israeli Settlers; Flash Flood Warning Issued For Oahu, Dam At Risk Of Failure. Aired 12-1a ET
• Officials - U.S. Deploys Thousands More Marines To Region; Trump - No Ceasefire When We're Obliterating The Other Side; Trump Calls NATO Allies - Cowards - Over Strait Of Hormuz; U.S. Removes Sanctions On 140M Barrels Of Iranian Oil; Trump Says He's Considering - Winding Down - Military Efforts; Hawaii Dam At Risk Of Imminent Failure From Storms; No Video, Audio With New Purported Statement From Khamenei. Aired 1-2a ET