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World News Tonight with David Muir

Full Episode: Monday, December 22, 2025

World News Tonight with David Muir

ABC News

Daily News, News

3.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

As the record holiday travel rush kicks into high gear, Matt Rivers reports on the storms in the West and a snowy blast in the East that could disrupt travel plans and Dani Beckstrom has the forecast; Selina Wang reports as President Trump says the U.S. is pursuing a sanctioned oil tanker that fled into the Atlantic after the USCG tried to seize it, as the President announces a new “Trump Class” battleship. Whit Johnson looks back at the legacy of Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest park ranger in America who dedicated her life to public service and preserving Black history, who died at age 104; 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.

0:15.5

Tonight the dangerous storms on both coasts, just as the record holiday travel crush begins. Relentless rain and flooding

0:22.6

slamming the West, dramatic new video showing first responders rescuing a baby above roaring rapids

0:28.6

as millions in the Northeast brace for a blast of rain and snow. More than 122 million Americans

0:34.6

set to travel over the holidays, our weather team tracking the impacts.

0:38.3

Tonight, President Trump announcing the U.S. is still actively pursuing a sanctioned oil tanker after the U.S. Coast Guard tried to seize it in the Caribbean.

0:46.3

The Jeffrey Epstein files triggering a fight for transparency.

0:50.3

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi under fire facing a wave of backlash tonight as demands grow for all of the documents to be released.

0:58.0

And the new statement from a spokesperson for former President Bill Clinton.

1:02.0

The swimmer reported missing after reports of a possible shark attack what witnesses say they saw in the water.

1:09.0

An alarming high-speed car chase and crash,

1:12.2

police say an 11-year-old boy was behind the wheel

1:15.1

with two more young children inside,

1:17.5

what they allegedly told officers about where they learn

1:20.2

to steal cars.

1:21.8

Barry Manilow's health battle, the legendary singer,

1:24.6

sharing his cancer diagnosis.

1:26.8

An encounter with a shoplifting suspect

1:28.7

taking a frighten turn. Body camera video showing the chilling moments a man pulls a gun on an officer

1:34.6

inside a Walmart. An aviation first, a small plane losing contact with the control tower

1:40.4

landing itself with two people on board. The Steelers D.K. Metcalf accused of taking a swing

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