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ABC News Update

Friday, April 17, 2026 08:00PM ET

ABC News Update

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🗓️ 18 April 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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0:00.0

9-1-1, where is the emergency?

0:02.7

It's the middle of the night in a small town on the Jersey shore.

0:06.7

Someone reports an abandoned car on a bridge.

0:09.9

A search gets underway for the missing driver, 19-year-old Sarah Stern.

0:14.9

Is it a missing person? Is it a suicide?

0:17.6

At this point, nobody knows.

0:19.6

Old friendships, buried cash, and a sinister plot that was once pitched as a movie, plays out in real life.

0:29.0

I'm Jiu Chang from 2020 and ABC Audio.

0:33.4

Listen now to Bridge of Lies, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:42.3

Music Listen now to Bridge of Lies, wherever you get your podcasts. From ABC News, I'm Dave Packer, Tornado watches at this hour from Oklahoma,

0:47.7

to Wisconsin. We've already had at least 12 reported tornadoes across five states and expect

0:52.3

that number to go up throughout the evening.

0:56.6

ABC News meteorologist Kenton Jewicki.

1:00.9

We're talking about destructive winds, strong tornadoes, that very large hail and flash flooding possible too because of the heavy rain and then some rain still lingering on behind it.

1:04.6

But for the best ingredients of real strong thunderstorms that could create strong tornadoes,

1:08.9

we're looking for Wausau, Wisconsin, down to

1:11.1

Madison, Wisconsin, Dubuque, and down to Davenport, the Quad Cities as well. President Trump thinks

1:15.8

an Iran deal could be secured in the next day or two and says Iran agreed to an unlimited

1:20.9

suspension of its nuclear program. Stock surged after an announcement from Trump and Iran's foreign

1:25.9

minister that the Strait of Hormuz is reopened to maritime traffic, but Trump also saying the U.S. naval blockade

1:32.2

is still fully in effect until a deal with Iran is 100% complete.

1:36.0

This seafarer currently on a tanker in the region is voiced disguised for his protection.

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