CBS Evening News, 03/19/26
CBS Evening News
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🗓️ 19 March 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
President Trump has stated his primary objective in the war with Iran is to ensure they never possess nuclear weapons. Is this possible to achieve with diplomacy?
There's growing pressure for Congress to end the government shutdown and eliminate the long lines being seen at airports.
Hollywood is testing the boundaries with AI even more now, with Val Kilmer joining just a few of the big names brought back to life in recent years.
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| 0:00.0 | Good to be with you. I'm Tony DeKopold. The breaking news right now. Iran hits back, striking |
| 0:07.5 | major oil and gas facilities across four countries, what one analyst described as an Armageddon |
| 0:13.7 | scenario for global energy, as the Pentagon seeks an additional $200 billion to finish the war. |
| 0:20.8 | Obviously, it takes money to kill bad guys. |
| 0:23.6 | Also developing tonight the new warning for air travelers as those long lines continue. |
| 0:28.6 | The U.S. Transportation Secretary saying air travel will grind to a stop if the shutdown doesn't end, |
| 0:35.6 | what passengers are now demanding. |
| 0:37.8 | Get your act together. |
| 0:39.6 | And the search for that missing American college student is over tonight, what was discovered |
| 0:44.3 | and what we now know. |
| 0:46.2 | And canceled, The Bachelorette won't be seen this season over allegations of domestic |
| 0:51.8 | abuse. |
| 0:52.7 | What ABC is saying tonight. |
| 0:55.0 | Also the good stuff tonight, March Madness and Fins Up. |
| 1:00.0 | Fins up! |
| 1:01.0 | For the two fans keeping the magic alive in college basketball. |
| 1:06.0 | From CBS News headquarters in New York, |
| 1:09.0 | this is the CBS Evening News with Tony DeCopal. |
| 1:14.5 | Good evening. The U.S. and Israel have carried out more than 16,000 strikes on Iran, but one |
| 1:20.5 | target in particular has the world on notice tonight. One analyst calling it my nightmare scenario, |
| 1:26.3 | my Armageddon. |
| 1:33.1 | Israel hit a major Iranian gas complex on Wednesday, prompting Iran to strike another major facility in Qatar today, a complex nearly three times the size of Paris and responsible for |
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