Full Episode: Wednesday, March 11, 2026

World News Tonight with David Muir

ABC News

News, Daily News

3.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

With 20% of the world's oil prevented from passing through the Strait of Hormuz, Ian Pannell reports on the several ships attacked by Iran in that vital waterway after the U.S. says it destroyed mine-laying vessels; Aaron Katersky has details on the FBI’s alert to authorities along the West Coast warning of surprise Iranian attack from drones launched from an unidentified vessel; Alex Perez speaks with a family who survived a dangerous storm that triggered violent and deadly tornadoes, as the massive 1,200 mile-long system targets millions from the South to the Northeast; 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 pitched as a movie, plays out in real life.
0:29.0	I'm Jiu Chang from 2020 and ABC Audio. Listen now to Bridge of Lies, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:39.5	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.
0:50.3	Most watched, most trusted.
0:52.5	Now on Disney Plus every night.
0:55.4	Tonight breaking news, Iran attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Also tonight, the FBI warning.
1:01.2	Does Iran want to attack the U.S. homeland with drones? The image is coming in tonight, smoke and flames pouring from a heavily damaged ship.
1:08.9	Crew members missing. It is the critical passageway for 20% of the world's oil, the war throwing the global oil
1:15.6	market into turmoil.
1:17.6	What Iran is now warning about the price of oil and gas in panels standing by live from the region.
1:22.6	Also breaking tonight the FBI warning here at home.
1:25.6	The FBI alerting authorities, Iran wants to strike
1:28.9	the U.S. homeland, possibly launching attack drones in part of the country. How would Iran do this?
1:35.2	Are they capable? And President Trump is asked today if he's concerned about a potential domestic terror attack.
1:41.7	Tonight, the severe storm threat as we come on the air parts of Pennsylvania
1:45.3	all the way down to Texas bracing tonight. The tornado outbreak deadly already. The couple killed
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