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World News Tonight with David Muir

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🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Millions are in the path of a dangerous nor’easter slamming the East Coast with torrential rain, powerful winds up to 60 mph and flash flooding and Matt Rivers reports on the states of emergency in New Jersey and New York, as Lee Goldberg times it all out; after more than two years in captivity, Ian Pannell has details on the planned release of all the living hostages, as well as the bodies of some of the deceased captives, James Longman reports from Egypt and David Muir reports from Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, speaking with supporters and family anxiously awaiting the return of their loved ones; David Muir remembers the life and legacy of Hollywood legend Diane Keaton, who died at the age of 79; and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir, reporting from Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm John Quignores. Vanessa Guillen, a 20-year-old soldier,
0:05.0	vanishes while on duty at an army base in Texas.
0:09.0	Her family demands answers.
0:12.0	How can she go missing on a military base?
0:14.0	That's too ridiculous.
0:16.0	The search goes on for months.
0:19.0	Where is Vanessa? And a dark story. Search goes on for months.
0:25.6	And a dark story starts to unfold.
0:29.6	She told her family that she was being sexually harassed and wasn't reporting it out of fear of retribution and retaliation.
0:34.6	What investigators finally uncover is horrifying.
0:40.0	Find out how one soldier, a beloved sister and daughter, ignited a movement and sparked
0:46.5	a reckoning in the U.S. military.
0:50.0	Listen to Vanished.
0:51.7	What happened to Vanessa?
0:53.6	A new series from ABC Audio in 2020. Listen now Vanished. What happened to Vanessa? A new series from ABC Audio in 2020.
0:57.0	Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.
1:02.6	Tonight from Tel Aviv, the world watching, we are just hours away now.
1:06.7	The remaining hostages held by Hamas set to be released and what we've learned tonight.
1:11.6	While back in the U.S., the dangerous Noreaster now slamming the northeast, states of emergency in both
1:16.5	New York and New Jersey. The powerful Northeaster gaining strength as it pushes up the East Coast.
1:22.0	Heavy rain, flooding and damaging winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour from the Carolinas to New York to Boston.
1:28.3	Lee Goldberg standing by with the forecast, timing out the storm into tonight and tomorrow.
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