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World News Tonight with David Muir

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3.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Matt Gutman has the latest on the investigation into the fatal shooting of 31-year-old conservative activist Charlie Kirk and the Governor of Utah saying the suspect, Tyler Robinson, is not cooperating with the investigation; Jaclyn Lee reports on the Trump Administration asking Congress for $58 million to increase security for the executive and judicial branches, according to sources; Christian Cordero has details on the escalating tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela, and five American F-35 fighter jets landing in Puerto Rico as part of major crackdown on drug trafficking, according to the Trump Administration; Faith Abubey reports on the city of Memphis bracing for a potential surge of federal troops; and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight. 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?
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1:03.2	Tonight, new reporting on the suspect in the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
1:07.4	Sources say his alleged killer joked with friends on social media about the images authorities
1:11.7	released. Vigils for Kirk held across the country as politicians increasingly canceled public events
1:17.6	amid threats. We begin with a shooting suspect. The governor says he's not cooperating with
1:22.3	investigators how he allegedly spent the hours before he turned himself in. Authorities are now reviewing a group chat on a messaging platform.
1:30.3	His alleged response to friends who said he looked like the shooter and what we're learning
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