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This Week with George Stephanopoulos

Full Episode : Sunday, April 12, 2026

This Week with George Stephanopoulos

ABC News

Politics, News

3.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Martha Raddatz hosts "This Week" from Islamabad after the US and Iran fail to reach a peace deal; former CENTCOM Commander Joseph Votel talks about Sec. Pete Hegseth's declaration of victory in the Iran war; Jonathan Karl hosts the roundtable to talk about President Trump's recent threat to block Iranian ships from coming through the Strait of Hormuz; Artemis II returns to Earth after a historic mission to the moon. 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.

0:10.0

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 pitched as a movie, plays out in real life.

0:29.0

I'm Jiu Chang from 2020 and ABC Audio.

0:33.4

Listen now to Bridge of Lies, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:40.3

Here in Pakistan, the U.S. meets face-to-face with Iran for the first time in decade,

0:46.1

but walks away without a deal to end the war.

0:49.1

A special edition of this week from Islamabad and Washington starts right now.

0:55.0

No deal. We go back to the United States having not come to an agreement.

0:59.0

After a marathon negotiating session, Vice President Vance leaves peace talks, with Iran refusing to commit to U.S. demands.

1:07.0

The simple fact is that we need to see an affirmative commitment that they will not

1:12.4

seek a nuclear weapon. President Trump downplays the efforts to end the war. Whether we

1:18.6

make a deal or not makes no difference to me. As U.S. ships enter the Strait of Hormuz for the first

1:25.4

time since the war began. Navy destroyers starting

1:29.0

mine clearing operations in the critical oil passageway. So how can the shaky two-week ceasefire

1:35.4

hold? What comes next on the path to end the war? I'll speak with GOP Senator Ron Johnson

1:41.8

and Democratic Senator Tim Kane.

1:45.0

Plus, former CENTCOM Commander Joseph Votel

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