CNN to Air ‘A CNN Town Hall: War with Iran’

Subscribe to CNN Press Room Email Updates ‘A CNN Town Hall: War with Iran’ Airs Live Friday, March 20 Moderated by CNN Anchor Dana Bash Town Hall to Air Live at 9pmET on CNN, CNN International, CNN en Español, and streaming for subscribers Washington, DC – (March 19, 2026) – CNN will host ‘A CNN Town Hall: War with Iran’ at 9pmET on Friday, March 20 from New York City. The Town Hall will be moderated by CNN Anchor and Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash. As the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran stretches into its third week, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz and a panel of subject matter experts will answer questions from CNN’s Dana Bash and a live studio audience about the Trump administration’s strategy and what may come next — while hearing directly from Americans about how the conflict is impacting them. A former Green Beret, Waltz previously served as the U.S. National Security Advisor during the start of President Trump’s second term. In addition to Waltz, the Town Hall conversation will include CNN Global Affairs Analyst Brett McGurk, who previously served as U.S. National Security Council Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa; CNN National Securi