ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan. 22, 2026

With nearly 200 million Americans on alert for a "potentially catastrophic" winter storm, including heavy snow, crippling ice and brutal cold, Whit Johnson reports on the stretching over 2,000 miles from New Mexico and Texas all the way up the I-95 corridor with Philadelphia, New York City and Boston all in the crosshairs, and Lee Goldberg is timing out the forecast; as tensions soar in Minneapolis, Matt Rivers reports on ICE agents detaining a five-year-old boy and his father; Pierre Thomas has details on former special counsel Jack Smith’s testimony before the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee, and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir.

00:00 Intro

02:37 Nearly 200 million Americans on alert for "potentially catastrophic" winter storm

05:59 Tracking the severe winter weather moving into the South and Northeast

07:14 Haunting images of 5-year-old taken into ICE custody along with his father spark outrage

09:45 Former Special Counsel Jack Smith defends decision to indict Trump

12:12 Trump with mixed messages on whether the US will control Greenland. Promises answer “in two weeks”

14:12 Exclusive interview with fmr. Uvalde school police officer Adrian Gonzales after acquittal on all charges

16:39 Police: Carjacking suspect killed after shootout in California, one officer wounded

16:51 Colorectal cancer now leading cause of cancer death in people under 50, study says

17:13 Actor Justin Baldoni asks federal judge to throw out Blake Lively's lawsuit against him

17:33 Harry Styles announces New York City residency

17:40 2026 Oscar nominations make history

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