Full Episode: Wednesday, May 21, 2025

World News Tonight with David Muir

ABC News

News, Daily News

3.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The Pentagon announced it has accepted a $400 million luxury jet from Qatar to serve as the new Air Force One; Tense exchange in the oval office between President Trump and the president of South Africa; New arrests as the manhunt for the remaining New Orleans jailbreak inmates continues; President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" in danger of not passing a house vote. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	I'm John Quignores.
0:02.0	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 starts to unfold.
0:26.6	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?
0:53.6	A new series from ABC Audio in 2020. Listen now
0:57.9	wherever you get your podcasts. Tonight breaking news, the Trump administration making it official.
1:05.7	The $400 million 747 from Qatar has now been accepted. The President plans to use it as Air Force One.
1:13.1	Also breaking at this hour, the storms, and now this Nor'Easter set to hit, Washington,
1:17.6	D.C., New York City, right up to Boston.
1:20.2	First tonight, the Pentagon accepting Cutter's controversial gift.
1:23.5	That $400 million luxury jet, the President plans to use as Air Force One, American taxpayers
1:29.3	will pay for the makeover to secure the jet.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from ABC News, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of ABC News and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.