Full Episode: Saturday, March 14, 2026

World News Tonight with David Muir

ABC News

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3.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Marcus Moore reporting from Doha, Qatar on the war with Iran now entering its third week — the U.S. striking 90 targets on an island that serves as Iran’s main oil export terminal; Tom Soufi-Burridge reporting from Tel Aviv as Israel expands its ground operations in Lebanon targeting Hezbollah — the air campaign already displacing more than a million people; Selina Wang reporting from the White House as the war with Iran now threatens the global economy — rattling energy markets, disrupting supply chains, and raising fears of a possible food crisis. That and more tonight on World News Tonight with David Muir. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	9-1-1, where is the emergency?
0:02.7	It's the middle of the night in a small town on the Jersey shore.
0:06.7	Someone reports an abandoned car on a bridge.
0:09.9	A search gets underway for the missing driver, 19-year-old Sarah Stern.
0:14.9	Is it a missing person? Is it a suicide?
0:17.6	At this point, nobody knows.
0:19.6	Old friendships, buried cash, and a sinister plot that was once
0:24.9	pitched as a movie, plays out in real life. I'm Jiu Chang from 2020 and ABC Audio. Listen now to
0:34.4	Bridge of Lies, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:45.0	David Muir, ABC's World News Tonight, America's Most Watched Newscast,
0:50.0	now streaming same day with all the breaking news of the day on Disney Plus,
0:52.0	most watched, most trusted.
0:54.6	Now on Disney Plus every night.
1:03.2	Tonight breaking news, the war on Iran entering week three, thousands more U.S. forces are on the way as the economic fallout grows.
1:09.9	Also, the powerful storm barreling east as millions brace for high winds and the Oscar preps in Los Angeles tonight.
1:12.8	First, Iran defiant amid a blistering assault, new images of U.S. strikes on key Iranian facilities, sent com saying more than 90
1:18.4	military targets hit. President Trump threatening to attack Iran's crucial oil facilities next
1:23.7	if Iran continues to block shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. Thousands more Marines and sailors
1:29.3	now headed to the Middle East. The war threatening the economy. Gas in the U.S. of 73 cents since it
1:35.6	began. Diesel nearly $5 a gallon. Shipping costs going up. UPS and FedEx adding surcharges. Food prices
1:43.5	under pressure now too.
1:45.0	Tonight, a powerful storm barreling east. Snow across the Midwest and Great Lakes.
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