Full Episode: Tuesday, April 14, 2026

World News Tonight with David Muir

ABC News

News, Daily News

3.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Rachel Scott reports on the new accuser who's come forward with allegations against disgraced former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, who has resigned from Congress after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct; Ginger Zee tracks the severe weather that’s putting more than 50 million Americans under alerts for possible tornadoes, damaging winds, flash flooding and large hail, with at least 14 tornadoes reported across multiple states; Stephanie Ramos has details on the dramatic rescue of a 16-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped from the bus stop at gunpoint near Detroit, Michigan; 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	9-1-1, where is the emergency?
0:02.7	It's the middle of the night in a small town on the Jersey shore.
0:06.7	Someone reports an abandoned car on a bridge.
0:09.9	A search gets underway for the missing driver, 19-year-old Sarah Stern.
0:14.9	Is it a missing person? Is it a suicide?
0:17.6	At this point, nobody knows.
0:19.6	Old friendships, buried cash, and a sinister plot that was once
0:24.9	pitched as a movie, plays out in real life. I'm Jiu Chang from 2020 and ABC Audio. Listen now to
0:34.4	Bridge of Lies, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:45.0	David Muir, ABC's World News Tonight, America's Most Watched Newscast,
0:49.9	now streaming same day with all the breaking news of the day on Disney Plus,
0:52.0	most watched, most trusted.
0:54.6	Now on Disney Plus every night.
0:59.1	Tonight, the breaking news, the stunning fall, the scandal widening tonight.
1:08.7	This evening, Eric Swalwell's resignation now official read before Congress, and tonight a new accuser now coming forward and what she now claims he did.
1:10.5	And the response coming in tonight.
1:10.8	Breaking developments, the war in Iran, President Trump's high-stakes U.S. naval blockade,
1:15.4	the cost of gas in the U.S., the president saying new talks could be coming.
1:20.1	And President Trump tonight lashing out at Pope Leo again this time to an Italian newspaper,
1:25.6	what the president said.
1:27.1	Here at home tonight, we're watching the potential for severe storms right now, multiple
1:31.3	states, more than 50 million Americans under severe weather alerts,
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