CBS Evening News, 04/17/26
CBS Evening News
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3.5 • 648 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
President Trump's latest comments on the Strait of Hormuz and the naval blockade that remains.
The global jet fuel shortage that's impacting Europe and could hurt your travel planning this summer.
And, Steve Hartman goes "On the Road" with an update on a boy who learned that his birthday isn't all about him.
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| 0:00.0 | Selling your car can be super simple. |
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| 0:10.0 | If only they could make parallel parking simpler. |
| 0:13.0 | To the right bit, mate. |
| 0:15.0 | Yeah, back. Back a bit more. A bit more. |
| 0:18.0 | Oh, no, too far. |
| 0:21.8 | We buy any car. |
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| 0:32.4 | Good to be with you, I'm Tony DeCopple. |
| 0:34.2 | The breaking news right now. |
| 0:42.4 | Furious Friday, more than 50 million Americans under threat of severe storms after a week of tornadoes and hail across the Midwest. Tonight could be the worst yet. Rob Marciano here with the |
| 0:48.5 | timing and track. Also developing tonight, stocks, sore, and oil prices plummet on news out of the Middle East, |
| 0:56.5 | what President Trump told our Ouija Zhang just moments ago about Iran. |
| 1:01.3 | And our CBS News exclusive, MTS-TIAB undercover in the Strait of Hormuz, what he saw. |
| 1:08.3 | A warning tonight for summer travel what the war is doing to the supply of jet fuel. |
| 1:16.0 | And the pop singer David arrested on suspicion of murder after the remains of a teenage girl were found in his Tesla. |
| 1:23.8 | What his lawyers are saying tonight. The Lego mystery, what police say this suspect did to full stores and steal over $30,000 worth of those little plastic bricks. |
| 1:35.8 | We have root beer, sprite, or water. |
| 1:38.1 | And Steve Hartman on the road with a birthday boy who has a gift for others. |
| 1:44.9 | From CBS News Headquarters in New York, this is the CBS Evening News with Tony DeCopold. |
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