ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – Jan. 19, 2026
Stephanie Ramos reports on the blinding snowstorm in Michigan that caused more than 100 vehicles to smash into each other in a massive chain-reaction pileup on I-196 near Grand Rapids, and Ginger Zee tracks the Arctic blast moving into the Northeast; Matt Rivers is in Minneapolis, where residents remain on edge as 1,500 active duty soldiers from Alaska are put on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota; Aaron Katersky has the latest on the urgent manhunt underway after Indiana Judge Steven Meyer and his wife were shot inside their Lafayette home; and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir.
00:00 Intro
2:28 Arctic blast triggers 100+ vehicle pileup, Michigan police say
05:10 Tracking the brutal cold moving into the Northeast
06:04 1,500 U.S. Army soldiers in Alaska on standby for possible deployment to Minneapolis
08:32 Trump ties escalating push for Greenland to Nobel Peace Prize snub
10:57 Manhunt underway in Indiana after judge and wife shot in their Lafayette home
12:13 Death toll rises to at least 40 in Spain train collision
13:36 Iran’s regime kills more than 4,000 in government crackdown, human rights group says
13:56 Melissa Gilbert’s emotional plea for husband Timothy Busfield amid child sex abuse accusations
16:16 Kiefer Sutherland allegedly punched, tried to choke Uber driver: Law enforcement sources
16:39 3 separate shark attacks off Sydney in just over 24 hours leave man and boy in critical condition
17:14 Legendary fashion designer Valentino dies at age 93
17:32 Geomagnetic storm could make northern lights visible in southern U.S.
17:46 Buffalo Bills fire head coach Sean McDermott after 9 seasons
xx:xx Miami and Indiana faceoff in college football championship (removed)
18:07 America Strong: Americans honor Martin Luther King Jr. by answering the call to service
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