Full Episode: Friday, May 8, 2026

World News Tonight with David Muir

ABC News

Daily News, News

3.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Maggie Rulli reports on the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship’s expected arrival this weekend in the Canary Islands, where passengers and crew in hazmat suits will be evacuated via military escort; Matt Rivers has the latest on the massive cyberattack that shut down the online education platform Canvas, which is used by half of the colleges in the U.S. from New York to Texas to California; Jay O’ Brien has details on the Pentagon releasing the first wave of files detailing unexplained sightings of UAP's – better known as UFO's – in the skies over the U.S. dating as far back as the late 1940s; 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	Right, home from work, walk the dog, kids are back.
0:04.4	Mom!
0:05.0	Up the stairs for something.
0:07.8	Ugh, back down, no idea what I went up for.
0:12.0	Mom, what's for dinner?
0:13.6	Chop, sizzle, done.
0:17.1	Hello, fresh, can't slow life down, but it makes bringing everyone together around the table a whole lot easier.
0:23.4	So its phones down, forks up.
0:25.5	Hello Fresh. Bring back dinner time.
0:29.8	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. Now on Disney Plus every night.
0:45.4	Tonight here, the breaking news, the American passengers trapped, now set to be brought off that ship in hazmat suits.
0:52.5	Amid this deadly virus outbreak tonight, the new plan now to bring
0:55.5	home the Americans, the state here in the U.S. where they will be brought, and who will be watching
1:00.5	over them, as the authorities here already monitor nine other Americans here in the U.S.
1:05.8	Also tonight the students targeted across this country, the massive cyber attack targeting Canvas,
1:12.1	an online platform used by thousands of students, K-12, colleges, universities.
1:18.0	The attack happening just as final exams are underway.
1:21.6	What hackers say they stole the personal data and their threat.
1:25.8	Tonight, the UFO files, the never-before seen images now made public, the Pentagon releasing
1:30.3	the first wave, the images dozens of videos going back decades, showing mystery sightings in the
1:36.3	skies over the U.S. and you'll see it all right here tonight.
1:39.3	Tonight, the war in Iran, the Pentagon releasing video showing the U.S. military hitting two Iranian-flagged
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