Full Episode: Friday, April 17, 2026

World News Tonight with David Muir

ABC News

Daily News, News

3.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Reporting from the storm zone, Mola Lenghi has the latest on the violent and life-threatening storms striking across multiple states, And Lee Goldberg tracks the systems putting over 35 million Americans under alerts for possible tornadoes, severe thunderstorms and flash flooding; As Iran declares the Strait of Hormuz now "completely open," Pres. Trump talks to ABC News’ Jon Karl about the possibility of a deal within days and what it could look like; Trevor Ault has details on the arrest of singer D4vd in connection to the murder of a 14-year-old girl whose dismembered body was found in the trunk of his towed Tesla, police said; and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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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
0:24.9	pitched as a movie, plays out in real life. I'm Jiu Chang from 2020 and ABC Audio. Listen now to
0:34.4	Bridge of Lies, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:49.9	David Muir, ABC's World News Tonight, America's Most Watched Newscast, now streaming same day with all the breaking news of the day on Disney Plus.
0:52.0	Most watched, most trusted.
0:54.6	Now on Disney Plus every night.
1:00.9	Tonight, the breaking news, just as we come on, multiple tornado warnings and watches on the map right now.
1:07.4	Life-threatening storms stretching across several states at this hour, Wisconsin right down to Texas and then moving east.
1:12.8	Major cities involve Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, watching for tornadoes and damaging winds. This is all on the move, then moving eastward. Lee Goldberg has the forecast.
1:18.2	Also breaking this Friday night the war in Iran. Iran tonight saying the Strait of Hormuz is open.
1:23.8	Tonight President Trump telling Jonathan Carl he believes there could be a deal in days.
1:28.3	The president telling John, he can now trust the Iranians.
1:32.3	The president saying Iran has agreed to allow the U.S. to take its enriched uranium.
1:37.3	But tonight, Iran is saying, we have agreed to no such thing.
1:41.3	The wild swing, meantime, on Wall Street, the markets up, oil prices down,
1:46.0	driven by the President's words. And what about Main Street? If there is a deal with Iran right now,
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