Episode for Monday October 19, 2026
World News Tonight with David Muir

Episode for Monday October 19, 2026

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 20, 202623 min
  • News bulletin
  • Politics

With midterms 15 days away and over 9 million early voting ballots cast nationwide, Mary Bruce reports on Pres. Trump's campaign blitz as a new ABC News/WaPo/Ipsos poll shows 72% of voters say the U.S. is heading in the wrong direction; Rhiannon Ally has details on Jalen Hurts, the Philadelphia Eagles star quarterback, who is likely out for the rest of the season after doctors discovered a blood clot in his leg and clots in both his lungs; James Longman is on the ground in Ukraine, where video captured the moment the ABC News team scrambled to safety as...

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No! No! 20th Century Studios presents Whale Fall, the most incredible survival thriller of the year.

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Help me! Help me! Now playing in theaters to survive the unthinkable, do the impossible. You're going to become so dangerous that the predators can't help but let you go.

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Austin Abrams. I'm going home. Josh Brogan. Survivor, survivor.

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