Tuesday, February 17, 2026 07:30PM ET
ABC News Update
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🗓️ 18 February 2026
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| 0:00.0 | ABC News, I'm Dave Banner. |
| 0:03.0 | A setback in the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. |
| 0:06.0 | Investigators say samples of DNA from a glove did not trigger any matches from a national database. |
| 0:11.0 | The FEMA County Sheriff's Department now saying investigators will look into genetic genealogy options. |
| 0:16.0 | Reverend Jesse Jackson, the civil rights icon, and two-time presidential candidate died today at 84. |
| 0:21.3 | He was a champion for freedom. He understood and knew what it was to be oppressed. He knew |
| 0:28.8 | about the legacy of slavery, Jim Crow and discrimination. And in part because of that, I believe |
| 0:34.2 | he really sought to promote and lift up his people. |
| 0:38.2 | ABC's Pierre Thomas. |
| 0:39.8 | In Geneva, a second round of talks over Iran's nuclear energy program wrapped up today. |
| 0:44.3 | Democrats setting the White House and Republicans a counteroffer with Homeland Security reforms |
| 0:48.6 | to end the partial government shutdown. |
| 0:50.9 | Now at its fourth day, but a White House official says, quote, the parties are still pretty far apart. This is ABC News. |
| 1:00.1 | ABC February 25th, in comedian Nate Bergettsey's new game show. To win, you don't need to know |
| 1:05.7 | the right answer. Just what most Americans think is right. It's not about being the smartest. |
| 1:11.0 | You just have to be the most average. |
| 1:12.9 | We asked 100 average Americans. |
| 1:14.5 | Do they keep an empty gas can in their car? |
| 1:16.3 | No. |
| 1:16.7 | Have they ever broken a bone? |
| 1:17.9 | No. |
| 1:18.3 | I said a lot of no. |
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