ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - May 3, 2026

Morgan Norwood reports from Newark, the growing fallout of the collapse of Spirit Airlines, passengers stranded, many forced to pay higher ticket prices on other carriers to get home, and other carriers worried about their financial stability ahead of the summer travel season; Tom Soufi Burridge reports from Tel Aviv, President Trump says the U.S. will help ships from countries not involved in the Iran conflict to leave the Strait of Hormuz; Selina Wang reports from the White House, new polling finds ⅔ of Americans feel the country is headed in the wrong direction and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir.


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00:00 Intro
02:20 The growing fallout of the collapse of Spirit Airlines, passengers stranded, many forced to pay higher ticket prices on other carriers to get home, and other carriers worried about their financial stability ahead of the summer travel season
05:55 President Trump says the U.S. will help ships from countries not involved in the Iran conflict to leave the Strait of Hormuz
08:04 New polling finds ⅔ of Americans feel the country is headed in the wrong direction
10:16 A massive search for two missing American service members is underway after a training exercise in Morocco
11:18 A passenger is detained after disturbing incident on a United flight from the Dominican Republic to Newark, and another United plane hits a truck while landing at Newark
12:48 3 people are dead, one is in critical condition in a Hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship
13:13 A car filled with explosives crashes through an athletic club in Portland, Oregon killing the driver
15:05 New controversy after a video emerges of a confrontation between Cornell’s president and a group of students
16:32 Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is hospitalized in critical condition
16:52 A massive fire tears through a USF lab in St. Petersburg, Florida
17:18 Most of the country braces for a temperature roller coaster this week
17:34 History made at the Kentucky Derby, Cherie Devaux becomes the first woman to train a winner
18:04 America Strong, the baby born twice


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