Full Episode: Tuesday, March 17, 2026

World News Tonight with David Muir

ABC News

News, Daily News

3.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Rachel Scott reports on the Trump administration's top counterterrorism official Joe Kent’s resignation in protest of Pres. Trump's war with Iran as the president criticizes NATO allies for refusing to help reopen the critical Strait of Hormuz; Rhiannon Ally has details on the sonic "boom" heard from Ohio to Kentucky after a meteor traveling 45,000 mph exploded upon entering Earth's atmosphere, shaking the ground and registering on a seismograph; Trevor Ault has the latest on the case of Kouri Richins, who was found guilty of poisoning her husband and then writing a children’s book about coping with grief; 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.
0:49.9	David Muir, ABC's World News Tonight, America's Most Watched Newscast, 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.
1:03.6	Tonight, the breaking news as we come on the air, one of President Trump's top counterterrorism officials resigns, saying Iran posed no imminent threat.
1:11.2	Also tonight here, the explosive boom, the stunning sight tonight seen in several states, the seven-ton meteor, and you'll see it.
1:16.9	Tonight, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center resigning, claiming Iran posed no imminent threat to the U.S.
1:19.1	Tonight, President Trump responds.
1:21.3	Also tonight here, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad coming under fire again, James Longman
1:25.9	in Iraq.
1:26.9	And just in tonight the images, Israeli strikes
1:29.3	now hitting Iranian police right in the streets of Tehran.
1:33.3	After the major news today that an Israeli strike
1:36.3	has killed one of Iran's most powerful surviving leaders.
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