Trump Addresses the Nation on Iran War

Anderson Cooper 360

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3.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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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

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0:46.3	President Trump addresses the nation on the war with Iran, but he has already been talking about it behind closed doors, likely in different tones that he will
0:54.6	use shortly from the White House. This is CNN's special coverage. I'm John Berman. And I'm
1:00.1	Caitlin Collins in Washington. We also have breaking news tonight about the president weighing
1:04.1	another potential cabinet shakeup of someone who is actually just in the presidential
1:08.3	motorcade today. We'll have more details on our new reporting here in just a moment.
1:13.0	But first, on this major speech set to play out just one hour from right now, the president, we are told, is expected to emphasize that two to three week timeline for ending the war to Iran that he noted just yesterday.
1:25.7	But as we said, he just talked about the speech.
1:28.8	I want to play you a moment from his luncheon today with faith leaders.
1:32.0	This was not supposed to be a public event, but cameras were rolling,
1:35.9	and the video was briefly posted on the White House YouTube page before it was taken down.
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