Full Episode: Sunday, March 8, 2026

This Week with George Stephanopoulos

ABC News

Politics, News

3.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Martha Raddatz interviews U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Michael Waltz about the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran as the war expands across the Middle East; Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Dr. Michael Oren joins Martha Raddatz in Jerusalem to analyze the Israelis’ approach to the war and relationship with the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The U.S. and Israel's war with Iran is spiraling across the Middle East, with no end in sight.
0:06.3	We're on the ground in Jerusalem. A special edition of this week starts right now.
0:11.7	Middle East chaos. Punishing U.S. Israeli attacks expand as President Trump demands unconditional surrender.
0:21.6	It's where they cry uncle or where they can't fight any longer and there's nobody around to cry
0:27.8	up.
0:28.8	A defiant Iran striking back across the region.
0:32.6	Thousands of Americans still trapped abroad.
0:35.5	How do you expect us to leave a country that air spaces are closed?
0:40.3	This morning, what comes next?
0:42.3	They still have hundreds of missile, ballistic missile launchers.
0:47.3	They still have U.AVs.
0:48.3	Hundreds of missiles.
0:49.3	100, yes.
0:50.3	Yes.
0:51.3	We have team coverage from the region and speak with U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Mike Walz,
0:57.3	former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Michael Mullen, and former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren.
1:04.1	Plus analysis from our expert panel.
1:09.1	From ABC News, a special edition of this week, reporting live from Jerusalem, Martha Raditz.
1:17.9	Good morning and welcome to this week. As we come on the air, American and Israeli jets are
1:23.8	pummeling Iran in this second week of war that has set fire to the Middle East.
1:29.3	Video, including some posted on X, capturing the aftermath of several attacks
1:34.3	as waves of strikes target the regime's military, defenses, and increasingly, the oil facilities.
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