Full Episode: Sunday, March 8, 2026

World News Tonight with David Muir

ABC News

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3.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Trevor Ault has the latest on the urgent search for Nancy Guthrie, and what sources tell ABC News about the FBI’s significant increase of manpower to help local law enforcement track down Savannah Guthrie’s mother; after two deadly shootings and weeks of protests in Minneapolis, Matt Rivers reports on border czar Tom Homan announcing that 700 federal agents will be drawn down from Minnesota; as investigators pour over evidence seized from an alleged illegal bio lab inside a home in Las Vegas, Melissa Adan has details on new court documents claiming multiple employees of the home's property manager claimed they became "deathly ill" after entering the garage; 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.
0:15.9	Tonight, breaking news, another American service member dies in the war with Iran, a country that just
0:22.1	named a new Supreme leader, and he's already facing threats from Israel and President Trump.
0:27.0	We begin with the news just coming in. A seventh U.S. service member dies after suffering injuries
0:31.8	in Iran's first wave of attacks. Iranian state TV says the new leader is the son of the late
0:37.2	Ayatollah. Israel says he will immediately become a target. President Trump tells our Mary Bruce that leader won't last long without his approval.
0:45.3	Israeli attacks leave an oil depot in flames with toxic fumes filling the air and acid rain falling on Tehran. Iran is firing back, hitting radar facilities and office building in
0:56.0	Kuwait, and now drinking water supplies are under fire. James Longman reports from the region tonight.
1:01.5	And late details on an explosion at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway, now being investigated as a targeted
1:07.5	attack connected to the war in Iran. Growing concern over Iran's stockpiled enriched uranium,
1:13.5	President Trump is not ruling out sending in U.S. special forces to seize it
1:17.3	as Israel vows to step up its bombing, saying many targets remain.
1:21.8	Martha Radditz on what happens next.
1:24.0	Soaring energy prices as oil shipments dry up gas prices are up nearly 50 cents nationwide.
1:30.3	It's close to $6 a gallon in some places. And tonight airline CEOs are sounding the alarm,
1:35.3	warning that airfares may soon be going up. In New York, police say improvised explosive devices
1:41.3	were thrown near the mayor's residence during a protest while the mayor was
1:44.9	inside what we're learning about the two suspects arrested. Plus, a beloved teacher's tragic death.
1:50.7	Police say it started as a prank, but now several teens are under arrest. Record warmth is
1:55.8	fueling severe storms. Now more dangerous weather is on the way. Our weather team is tracking at all. The brawl
2:02.3	after the buzzer, a college basketball fan picks up a chair after the home team loses. And America
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