ABC News ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – Jan. 23, 2026

As a dangerous winter storm threatens more than half of the United States with heavy snow, crippling ice, and brutal cold, Morgan Norwood reports from Dallas, Lee Goldberg tracks the system and Whit Johnson has the latest on travel and flight cancellations; in Minneapolis, Matt Rivers has details on the massive city-wide protest against ICE underway with more than 20,000 braving the brutal cold; four days after Indiana Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza won the national championship, David Muir reports on the Heisman Trophy winner entering the NFL Draft and earning World News Tonight’s Person of the Week; and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir.

00:00 Intro
02:32 180+ million to face dangerous winter storm bringing heavy snow and crippling ice
05:51 Tracking the massive winter storm and potentially life-threatening deep freeze
07:01 Thousands of flights cancelled with dozens of airports expected to be impacted by winter storm
08:25 Minneapolis businesses, schools close as tens of thousands protest against ICE raids
11:17 Olympian turned alleged drug kingpin Ryan Wedding surrenders to Mexican authorities
13:01 Outrage after Trump claims NATO allies were “a little off the front lines” in Afghanistan.
14:48 5 arrested in connection with shooting of Indiana judge and wife in their home
16:37 UFC fighter Cameron Smotherman collapses on stage during Las Vegas weigh ins
16:52 Former NFL player Kevin Johnson found dead at homeless encampment
17:16 Ex-husband charged in Ohio couple’s double murder pleads not guilty
17:43 Person of the Week: Indiana Hoosier quarterback, Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza enters NFL draft

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