Full Episode: Thursday, January 8, 2026

World News Tonight with David Muir

ABC News

Daily News, News

3.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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As tensions rise in Minneapolis, Whit Johnson reports on the investigation into the ICE agent who shot and killed 37-year-old mother of three Renee Nicole Good in her SUV; Will Reeve has the latest on NASA’s unprecedented decision to bring four astronauts – including two Americans – home early from their mission at the International Space Station because of a medical issue with a crew member; Rachel Scott has details on Pres. Trump telling the New York Times that the U.S. will run Venezuela for “much longer” than a year, and what he said when asked if there are any limits to his global powers; 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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0:45.3	Tonight there is breaking news as we come on the air in the West, the deadly ice shooting of that mother of three in Minneapolis. And now news coming coming in two people have been shot by
0:54.6	federal agents in Portland Oregon first tonight the deadly ice shooting of that
0:58.5	mother of three igniting protests and outrage chilling videos showing the moment an
1:03.2	ice agent opens fire tonight we take you frame by frame what happened
1:09.9	37-year-old Renee Good was shot in the head, killed behind the wheel.
1:13.6	And tonight, the White House doubling down, defending ice.
1:16.6	The vice president saying, of the driver, this was a tragedy of her own making.
1:21.6	The Trump administration calling it self-defense.
1:24.6	Ice agents using pepper spray and tear gas and tonight the governor there putting
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