Full Episode: Friday, August 8, 2025

World News Tonight with David Muir

ABC News

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3.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Pierre Thomas has the latest on the active shooting that unfolded in Atlanta near the CDC headquarters and Emory University's campus, and left one police officer dead; Mary Bruce has details on Pres. Trump announcing that he will meet with Russia's Pres. Vladimir Putin next Friday in Alaska; Trevor Ault has details on the fast-moving wildfires in the West forcing thousands to evacuate, including the Canyon Fire north of L.A. that has exploded in size; 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	I'm John Quignores. Vanessa Guillen, a 20-year-old soldier,
0:05.0	vanishes while on duty at an army base in Texas.
0:09.0	Her family demands answers.
0:12.0	How can she go missing on a military base?
0:14.0	That's too ridiculous.
0:16.0	The search goes on for months.
0:19.0	Where is Vanessa? And a dark story. Search goes on for months.
0:25.6	And a dark story starts to unfold.
0:29.6	She told her family that she was being sexually harassed and wasn't reporting it out of fear of retribution and retaliation.
0:34.6	What investigators finally uncover is horrifying.
0:40.0	Find out how one soldier, a beloved sister and daughter, ignited a movement and sparked
0:46.5	a reckoning in the U.S. military.
0:50.0	Listen to Vanished.
0:51.7	What happened to Vanessa?
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1:02.6	Tonight, breaking news as we come on the air,
1:05.3	an active shooter reported at Emory University just a short time ago.
1:09.3	Multiple shots fired.
1:10.4	And President Trump setting a date for a meeting with Vladimir Putin in the U.S.
1:14.6	First, the images coming in, police swarming the scene,
1:17.6	flooding the streets near Emory University.
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