Full Episode: Tuesday, May 5, 2026

World News Tonight with David Muir

ABC News

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3.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

With the Strait of Hormuz still closed and gas prices skyrocketing to the highest in four years, Mary Bruce reports as the Trump administration insists the ceasefire is holding though Iran fired missiles on U.S. Navy ships; Victor Oquendo has new details on the deadly outbreak aboard a luxury cruise ship that health officials now say may be linked to a rare strain of hantavirus; Trevor Ault has the latest on the possible grizzly bear attack that left two hikers mauled and screaming for help at Yellowstone National Park; 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	In the suburbs of D.C., a woman fails to show up for work and is found brutally murdered.
0:06.1	I wonder which emergency.
0:07.4	We just walked in the door, and there's blood in the foyer.
0:10.6	For the next two decades, the case remained unsolved until new technology allowed investigators to do what had once been impossible.
0:19.0	A new series from ABC Audio in 2020.
0:23.5	Blood and Water.
0:25.2	Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:28.5	David Muir, ABC's World News Tonight,
0:31.5	America's Most Watched Newscast,
0:33.6	now streaming same day with all the breaking news of the day
0:37.4	on Disney Plus.
0:39.0	Most watched, most trusted.
0:41.1	Now on Disney Plus every night.
0:44.0	Tonight we have breaking news.
0:45.5	The war in Iran.
0:46.6	Gas prices hitting a new high tonight.
0:48.5	Also the situation worsening on that cruise ship, 17 Americans trapped, at least three passengers dead, and now a doctor
0:55.5	treating the passengers is now sick. First tonight, President Trump insisting to ceasefire
1:00.7	with Iran is holding, despite multiple Iranian attacks targeting U.S. Navy ships and an oil facility
1:07.0	in the UAE. Iran tonight says we have not even begun yet. Gas in the U.S. tonight now at
1:12.6	450 a gallon beef prices soaring and what Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared from the White
1:18.3	House late today. Also tonight newly obtained video showing those alarming moments, the United
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