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World News Tonight with David Muir

Full Episode: Saturday, February 28, 2026

World News Tonight with David Muir

ABC News

News, Daily News

3.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Tonight, a special edition of World News with team coverage on the attack in Iran. Ian Pannell reports from the region with the latest on the massive military assault as Pres. Trump posts that Iran’s supreme leader is dead and calls for regime change; Rachel Scott has details on her conversation with Pres. Trump about the military strike and next steps, with Trump saying Iran has been “incapacitated”; Martha Raddatz has details on the massive buildup in the Middle East as the U.S military draws upon the largest amount of firepower deployed to the Middle East since the invasion of Iraq; Mary Bruce reports as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are raising concerns the military operation was done without congressional approval; 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 breaking news as we come on the air, the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran. And late today, President Trump

0:21.9

confirming Iran's supreme leader is dead. The U.S. and Israel launching a wide-scale assault in

0:27.9

broad daylight, airstrikes targeting Tehran, including the Supreme Leader's compound and multiple

0:33.4

other sites. From Iran tonight, reports of a girl's school being hit. Tonight, President

0:38.7

Trump claiming, quote, a lot of the leadership is largely gone, telling our Rachel Scott,

0:43.2

we believe the Supreme Leader is dead and that much of their leaders are gone. Not only from that

0:48.6

one site, but from two other sites the U.S. attacked. The President telling ABC News, quote,

0:53.8

much of their important areas

0:55.4

militarily and otherwise have been absolutely destroyed. Smoke and flames rising from the capital

1:01.7

tonight, Iranian state TV reporting more than 200 killed, hundreds wounded, and President Trump's

1:07.6

stark warning to the American people once the attack was underway.

1:11.6

The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost, and we may have casualties that often happens in war.

1:19.6

The president tonight now calling on the Iranian people to seize control of their government.

1:23.6

Iran retaliating against the U.S., Israel, and multiple Arab nations,

1:28.7

a missile hitting near the U.S. Navy base in Bahrain. What we're now learning about the size of

1:33.6

the operation following a massive U.S. military buildup across the region, the U.S. forces

1:39.0

involve, and what is the mission's end goal? And when Rachel asked the president about who

1:43.9

leads Iran next,

1:45.4

he said, I don't want to explain. We have a very beautiful plan. Ian Panel, live in the region tonight,

1:51.4

Martha Raditz, live in Washington, and Rachel Scott live right here on her conversation with the president.

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