Full Episode: Friday, January 2, 2026

World News Tonight with David Muir

ABC News

News, Daily News

3.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Morgan Norwood has the latest on the bone-chilling cold in the Northeast is fueling a lake effect snow machine in Western New York that shows no signs of letting up, and the high tides in California that have inundated the Bay area with flooding – submerging cars in murky water; Tom Soufi-Burridge has details on the new video capturing the harrowing moment flames start engulfing the ceiling inside a bar in the Swiss Alps as investigators say that sparklers may have led to deadly inferno; amid widespread anti-government demonstrations in Iranian cities, Maggie Rulli reports on Pres. Trump’s warning to Iran, saying that the U.S. is "locked and loaded,” and vowed to step in if Iran kills peaceful protestors; 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	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, most watched, most trusted.
0:12.7	Now on Disney Plus every night.
0:15.3	Tonight, blinding snow, major flooding and brutal cold as millions head home from the holidays. The lake effect snow
0:22.9	machine cranking in the northeast tonight. Some areas buried under several feet with more on the way.
0:28.9	When to expect relief from the bone chilling cold. And the images coming in from the west, significant
0:34.9	flooding with a parade of storms taking aim.
0:38.2	Thousands of flights delayed.
0:40.2	Chilling new video of that deadly inferno
0:42.7	at a ski resort in the Swiss Alps.
0:44.7	The New Year's celebration turning to horror.
0:47.5	At least 40 people killed.
0:49.4	What investigators now believe may have ignited the flames.
0:53.1	And the agonizing wait for families,
0:55.0	still searching for loved ones.
0:58.0	Also developing the potential New Year's Eve terror plot thwarted.
1:02.0	The FBI saying the would-be attacker planned a mass stabbing
1:05.0	and was inspired by ISIS, what we're learning about the teenage suspect.
1:10.0	The dramatic new video coming in, buildings shaking after a powerful earthquake rocked southern
1:15.6	Mexico, interrupting the first press briefing of the year for Mexico's president.
1:20.6	Also breaking word just coming in of a helicopter crash in Arizona with several people on board.
1:26.6	A heart-stopping moment caught on camera.
1:28.9	A parachutist survives a terrifying fall.
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