Anderson Cooper 360

President Trump, late tonight, claiming those who say the United States is not winning the war with Iran, are guilty of treason, which is an offense that can be punishable by death. The president also said today he's not satisfied with Iran's latest peace proposal and cast doubt on the country's ability to ever make a deal. Plus, Anderson's conversation today with the Artemis II crew back from their history-making mission around the moon that captured the world's attention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New footage has been released, showing the moments before the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner that President Donald Trump and administration officials attended at the Washington Hilton hotel in DC on Saturday night. Prosecutors filed the video, along with other images of the alleged attacker, his hotel room, and the other weapons and gear the suspect allegedly had, including a pistol, knives and tape. Plus, a new report tonight on a suicide note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein that's been kept hidden for years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Iran is expected to submit a revised peace proposal soon, sources say, and President Trump and Russian President Vladimir discussed the Iran ceasefire and other topics in a 90-minute phone call. The President told reporters Putin said he'd “like to be involved” in helping settle the issue of Iranian nuclear enrichment. Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sparred with Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee in his first testimony since the war began, describing lawmakers who criticize the effort as “the biggest adversary.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Tuesday over a photo of seashells officials said threatened President Donald Trump, marking the administration's second attempt to prosecute one of his biggest political opponents, three sources first told CNN. An arrest warrant has now been issued for Comey, but it's unclear whether he will be taken into custody by law enforcement or turn himself in and tonight, Mr. Comey responded to the charges. Plus, an historic day in Washington, as King Charles becomes only the second British royal ever to address a joint meeting of Congress.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The alleged attacker at the White House Correspondents' Dinner is charged with attempted assassination of the president. Plus, CNN's investigative team takes a deep dive into the alleged gunman's social media accounts that show a turn from video gaming to political anger. And, Anderson speaks to mentalist Oz Pearlman about how he found himself face-to-face with the President on the ground after the gunshots rang out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Breaking news tonight, U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will travel to Pakistan tomorrow for talks with Iran, according to the White House. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is in Pakistan to meet with mediators, but his spokesman denied a direct meeting is planned with the U.S., marking the latest conflicting messages from Washington and Tehran. Plus, the far-reaching impact from not only the war in Iran but also fighting on the Israeli-Lebanon border. Vast amounts of food, oil, and supplies stuck on ships, and threatening the global supply chain.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump says “don't rush me" when asked how long he'd wait for a "unified response" from the Iranians, and tells Americans to anticipate spending more money on gasoline “for a little while.”  Plus, a U.S. special forces soldier involved in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was arrested and charged for allegedly betting on that operation, winning him $400,000 in profits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The White House says President Trump has not set a “firm deadline to receive an Iranian proposal” to end the war. Plus, the New York Times is reporting tonight that the FBI began investigating one of their reporters last month after she wrote an article about Director Kash Patel's girlfriend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump extends the Iran ceasefire with the deadline looming. And Iran calls that a “ploy to buy time for a surprise strike.” Plus, Virginia voters will approve a map that gives Democrats the chance to net as many as four US House seats, CNN's Decision Desk projects, in a major boost to the party's effort to win House control in the midterms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A tenuous ceasefire with a deadline pushed back by President Trump, planned peace talks on shaky ground and Iran vowing retaliation for what it calls "U.S. armed piracy." Plus, the community of Shreveport, Louisiana is grieving tonight after the unthinkable. A mass shooting that took the lives of eight children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Iranian sources tell CNN a new round of peace talks with U.S. negotiators is expected to take place on Monday in Islamabad, Pakistan. We talk it over with U.S. Army Lieutenant General Karen Gibson, who previously served as director of intelligence for U.S. Central Command and Ryan Crocker, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon, and Kuwait. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Earlier today, Defense Secretary Hegseth's warned Iran that the U.S. is "locked and loaded" to target "critical dual-use infrastructure," meaning equipment or buildings or technology that has both military and civilian applications. His message to Tehran: “Choose wisely” on the next step. John Bolton, who served as national security adviser in the first Trump administration and U.N. ambassador under President George W. Bush, joins Anderson to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump continues his AI relationship with Jesus and his critique of Pope Leo. The President re-posts an AI image of himself being embraced by the son of God. That's after he claimed the Jesus-like AI image he posted earlier this week was meant to depict him as a doctor. We get reaction to all this from Andrew Sullivan, Catholic writer and editor of The Daily Dish.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump said “something could be happening” over the next two days as the U.S. and Iran try to come back to the negotiating table. Anderson Cooper speaks to the New York Times' Maggie Haberman on what she's hearing from Trump world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump launches a feud with the Pope and posts a Jesus-like image of himself but says "I thought it was me as a doctor.” And with the president vowing to sink Iranian military ships in the Strait of Hormuz and talks with Iran ending in Islamabad over the weekend without an agreement, a group of Democratic senators are pushing to rein in his war powers. Anderson talks with one of them, Senator Cory Booker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Concluding a monumental and risky 10-day journey around the moon, the crew of Artemis II have successfully splashed down off the coast of San Diego. A special edition of AC360 brings you all the latest details of the mission that took astronauts farther from Earth than anyone in human history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Concluding a monumental and risky 10-day journey around the moon, the crew of Artemis II have successfully splashed down off the coast of San Diego. A special edition of AC360 brings you all the latest details of the mission that took astronauts farther from Earth than anyone in human history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight, new strikes by Israel on Lebanon and a flurry of new threats from President Trump against Iran. Posting on Truth Social he wrote, "There are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait — They better not be and, if they are, they better stop now!" Plus, the surprising statement from First Lady Melania Trump talking about Jeffrey Epstein. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There is a truce in the war with Iran that the public has yet to see in writing, the details of which both sides are disputing, right down to whether all the parties have to cease all their firing. Beirut suffered heavy damage today, as Israel launched what its military officials called the largest coordinated strike on Lebanon since the war began. Plus, Anthropic, the company behind the AI chatbot Claude, is declining to release its latest model to the general public out of concern over what it's capable of doing in the wrong hands. Instead, it's letting several top tech companies test it first. New York Times columnist Tom Friedman joins us to talk about what this new step in AI means for the world and the darker side of its new capabilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After Trump's bellicose threats, which rattled markets and shocked and consciences, a ceasefire has been announced with Iran. Trump said the ceasefire agreement was made on the condition that Iran agree to reopen the critical Strait of Hormuz. Anderson talks with House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries about the ceasefire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump tells Iran to strike deal by 8pm ET Tuesday or bridges and power will be “decimated” and claims the country could be “taken out in one night.”  Plus, the crew of Artemis II has just traveled farther from Earth than any humans ever have, and they've seen places on the moon that no one has seen in person before. We'll check in on their historic mission.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Iran shoots down one U.S. Air Force jet, hits and damages another, and reportedly fires on an American rescue helicopter as well. An American airman is missing and being searched for by both sides. Plus, details on a picture-perfect day for the crew of Artemis II, the first humans speeding to the moon in more than 50 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Donald Trump has fired Pam Bondi as attorney general. The president announced it online posting "We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future." She will be replaced for now by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who will serve as acting attorney general, Trump said. Plus, after completing the critical translunar injection burn, the Orion spacecraft and the Artemis II crew are officially on their way to the moon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight, President Trump addresses the nation on the Iran war, and he will repeat his intention to end the war within the next three weeks, according to a White House official. Plus, breaking news about another potential cabinet shakeup. The president has privately mused about firing Attorney General Pam Bondi and replacing her with EPA administrator Lee Zeldin, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN. This is CNN's special coverage with John Berman and Kaitlan Collins.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump said today the war with Iran could be done within two to three weeks, regardless of a deal. The president also said reopening the Strait of Hormuz should be other countries' problem, saying it'll be up to them to secure the critical waterway. Plus, the personal life of former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's husband is now under scrutiny. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Iranian strikes hit a large Kuwaiti oil tanker anchored in a Dubai port, Kuwait's state news agency KUNA reported on Tuesday. Markets are already responding; the price of oil futures are already rising.Plus, the FBI revealed new details about the attack on a Michigan synagogue earlier this month, confirming the assailant was inspired by Hezbollah, when he rammed a pickup into a building with more than a hundred children inside. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Several US service members were injured by an Iranian attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, a US official tells CNN. Earlier today, President Trump said the war with Iran is “not finished yet” and the US has “another 3,554” targets left to hit. Plus, golf legend Tiger Woods is arrested on suspicion of DUI after a rollover crash in Florida, and it's not his first vehicle mishap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump said the US will hold off on targeting Iranian energy sites another 10 days as “talks are ongoing” with Tehran. The pause on strikes had been set to expire Friday. Plus, the president once again turns dyslexia, a learning disability, into a weapon against Gavin Newsom and kids everywhere who struggle with it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

U.S. Central Command reports that American forces have now struck more than 10,000 military targets since the operation against Iran began. Soldiers from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division are heading to the region. Meanwhile, Iran has been fortifying Kharg Island against a potential ground assault, according to multiple sources familiar with U.S. intelligence. Plus, tech journalist Kara Swisher on a jury's landmark decision in a case against YouTube and Meta, which were accused of creating addictive social media products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More American ground forces are heading to the Mideast, even as the president talks about a peace deal, teases what he calls a "big present" from Iran and declares victory (again). Plus, Democrats have just flipped a deep-red Florida House district that includes Mar-a-Lago in a special election. CNN's John King has the latest.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two pilots were killed and 41 people were taken to hospitals after an Air Canada flight struck a Port Authority fire rescue vehicle on a runway at LaGuardia Airport late Sunday, officials said. Plus, President Trump backs away from his threat to obliterate Iranian power plants, claiming there have been quote "major points of agreement" in new talks with Tehran. Tehran, however, says there are no talks.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thousands more US ground forces are heading to the Gulf as President Trump claims the fighting could soon be over. Sources inside the intelligence community and the administration tell CNN that unclogging the Strait of Hormuz is a problem without a clear solution.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump downplays Americans' growing pain at the pump and acknowledges that the Pentagon will be asking for an additional $200 billion to fight the war in Iran. The President called it, “a small price to pay to make sure that we stay tippy top.” Plus, what we're learning about the drones that were spotted recently near the Washington Army base where Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New and rare Iranian strikes target the Saudi Arabia's capital. According to CNN's Nic Robertson, some of the explosions occurred not far from where a high-level meeting of Arab and Islamic foreign ministers was taking place. Plus, Anderson speaks to the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Senator Mark Warner, who questioned DNI Tulsi Gabbard about why she failed to read the part of her opening statement that cast doubt on the president's justification for going to war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight there are new strikes on the U.S. embassy in Iraq, and the U.S. military dropped 5,000-pound, GPS-guided bombs to blow up Iranian missile sites threatening ships in the Gulf. Back home, top national security official Joe Kent became the first senior administration member to quit over the war. Quoting now from his resignation letter to the president: "Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump says the fighting will be "wrapped up soon," even as the repercussions of it grow and strikes by Iran continue. One of the world's biggest gas fields in the United Arab Emirates was hit today, and Iranian drones also hit an oil tank farm near the Dubai airport this morning.  When the president was asked whether he was surprised he wasn't briefed that Iran could strike neighboring countries, he told reporters, “No, the greatest experts, nobody thought they were going to hit.” Plus, Anderson speaks to a friend and mentor of U.S. Air Force Captain Ariana Savino, one of the six crew members killed when their refueling plane went down in Iraq.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight, a serious escalation in the war with President Trump on social media posting,  "Moments ago, at my direction, the United States Central Command executed one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East, and totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran's crown jewel, Kharg Island." Plus, inside Jeffrey Epstein's Little Saint James Island, where he wooed the wealthy and authorities say he abused girls and young women. What's revealed about the Caribbean location in the DOJ's files.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A suspect is dead after ramming a vehicle into a Detroit-area synagogue. Law enforcement sources tell CNN the vehicle is registered to a man originally from Lebanon, and authorities are investigating reports that he had family members who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in recent days. And, in Virginia, a fatal shooting at Old Dominion University is being investigated by the FBI as an act of terrorism. The attacker has been identified as a veteran who has served prison time for trying to aid ISIS. Also, Iran threatened to set the region's oil and gas infrastructure “on fire” if Iranian energy sites are attacked. Plus, the U.S. military says that a refueling aircraft was lost over western Iraq. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight, our global war coverage begins with a declaration of victory from President Trump, saying “Let me say we've won. You know, you never like to say too early you won. We won. We won, in the first hour it was over, but we won.” Plus, Anderson talks with the NYPD chief who leapt over a barrier to chase down one of two allegedly ISIS-inspired, suspected would-be bombers near the NYC mayor's home.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Pentagon announced this would be the most intense day of strikes Iran, despite the President's announcement last night that the war could "end soon.” Iran has reportedly begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, according to two people familiar with US intelligence reporting on the matter. CENTOM released new video of what it says are strikes on multiple Iranian naval vessels, including 16 mine-layers near the critical waterway. Back in Washington, Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee emerged from a classified briefing today sounding alarm bells about the administration's potential plan for putting U.S. troops on the ground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump held his first formal press conference ten days into this war, covering a lot of ground including suggesting the war, which he called an excursion, might be nearing its end. Meanwhile, Iranians filled a central square in Tehran today, a very public show of support for the new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the late Supreme Leader. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

American forces have now hit more than 3,000 targets across Iran, according to U.S. Central Command in an update seven days into the fighting. President Trump spoke by phone with CNN's Dana Bash today, telling her that he must be involved in picking a new leader for Iran, and saying  "It's gonna work very easily. It's going to work like it did in Venezuela." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices