Full Episode: Tuesday, August 12, 2025

World News Tonight with David Muir

ABC News

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3.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

With Tropical Storm Erin expected to become a major hurricane by the end of the week, Ginger Zee has the track and Ike Ejiochi reports on the drownings in the Northeast that triggered rip current warnings as the storm churns in the Atlantic; Trevor Ault has details on what police investigating the deadly shooting outside a Target in Austin, Texas, said about how the suspect chose his victims – an employee collecting carts, then a grandfather and his four-year-old granddaughter – at random; as Pres. Trump and Russian Pres. Putin prepare to sit down in Anchorage, Alaska, Rachel Scott reports on the White House’s efforts to try and lower expectations of the summit, calling it a mere “listening exercise;” 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	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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0:57.8	wherever you get your podcasts. Tonight, all eyes on Tropical Storm Aaron now on track to become
1:06.0	the first Atlantic hurricane of the season, set to become a major hurricane now. Tropical storm Aaron with
1:11.6	winds up to 45 miles per hour right now. The forecast suggesting Aaron could become a major
1:16.4	hurricane by this weekend. Tonight, you'll see what the models now show. Will it hit the U.S.
1:21.2	or will it turn? And the risk up and down the East Coast, Ginger Zee is here. Also tonight,
1:26.6	the drownings outside New York City
1:28.4	and the race to save multiple swimmers caught at rip currents in the northeast. A father did not
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