Full Episode: Tuesday, October 20, 2026
World News Tonight with David Muir

Full Episode: Tuesday, October 20, 2026

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 21, 202624 min
  • News bulletin
  • Politics

Gio Benitez has the latest on the hundreds of passengers forced to deplane an American Airlines flight on the tarmac after the plane's tires blew while landing at O’Hare, leaving at least one injured;Trevor Ault reports as California officials demand an investigation into an ICE encounter that left a U.S. citizen detained with a broken arm; Kayna Whitworth has details on actress Christina Applegate revealing that her doctor recently informed her she was misdiagnosed and does not have multiple sclerosis, leaving her “back at square one;” and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with Dav...

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From the studio that brought you WandaVision. I was an Avenger, but I'm not a hero anymore. It's like I'm losing my mind. The Vision returns for the final chapter

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of the groundbreaking trilogy. That family wasn't real. You sure about that? I had a father called Vision.

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How is this possible? I'm losing my mind. Don't miss the two-episode premiere of Marvel Television's Vision Quest.

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