Full Episode: Wednesday, September 23, 2026
World News Tonight with David Muir

Full Episode: Wednesday, September 23, 2026

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 25, 202620 min
  • News bulletin
  • Politics

Whit Johnson and Lee Goldberg have the latest on the powerful nor'easter taking aim at the East Coast, with millions on alert from North Carolina to the New England; Ian Pannell reports on the dramatic images showing two Royal Air Force fighter pilots punching out as their jet crashed in Wales, exploding in a massive fireball; Mary Bruce has details on President Trump’s high-stakes summit with China's President XI at the White House amid the war with Iran and new warnings about AI; Aaron Katersky has more on the possible break in the 1982 Tylenol murders and the unsolved co...

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Tonight we have breaking news here the deadly shooting at a mall authorities believe innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire The urgent manhunt that followed and the images coming in now the steadily mall shooting multiple people hit or injured Pierre Thomas standing by with what we know so far. Also breaking tonight, the wildfire emergency,

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nearly 90 homes destroyed burned to the ground, families racing to evacuate. The other threat tonight, severe storms, multiple states, possible tornadoes, damaging winds.

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Lee Goldberg standing by with the forecast. Tonight, the war in Iran and the shoot and kill order. President Trump ordering the US Navy to shoot and kill any boat,

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