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This Week with George Stephanopoulos

Full Episode: Sunday, March 22, 2026

This Week with George Stephanopoulos

ABC News

Politics, News

3.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

While TSA officers go without pay amid the ongoing DHS shutdown, Jon Karl interviews Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy about travel disruptions and his warning things will get worse if the shutdown doesn’t end soon; Jon sits down with Republican senator Thom Tillis for a wide-ranging interview on the Iran war, his relationship with President Trump and decision to retire at the end of this term. 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

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.

0:47.8

The Pentagon says it needs $200 billion more for the war with Iran as the costs pile up here at home.

0:50.1

This week starts right now.

0:52.2

Growing fallout. As the war in Iran rages on, Americans face skyrocketing fuel prices.

0:59.0

Diesel is the lifeblood of the entire American economy.

1:04.0

Scambling to blunt the impact, the Trump administration lifts some sanctions on Iranian oil.

1:10.0

We will be using the Iranian barrels against the Iranians to keep the price down.

1:16.1

Meanwhile, the Pentagon prepares to ask Congress and American taxpayers for hundreds of billions of dollars more to fund the war.

1:24.6

I think they need to come clean with the American people before they ask for $200 billion.

1:28.3

And it's a small price to pay to make sure that we stay tippy top.

1:32.3

And the Homeland Security shutdown snarls air traffic across the country.

1:37.3

TSA officers working without pay.

1:40.3

We don't want a rain check, we need a paycheck, and we need it now. I'll speak with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

1:48.0

Plus.

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