ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 5, 2026

David Muir, ABC's World News Tonight, America's. most watched newscast. Now streaming same day with all the breaking news of. the day on Disney plus. Most watched, most trusted now on Disney plus every night. Tonight, breaking news here, President Trump fires. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. The major shakeup tonight, President Trump. ousting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem just. moments before she was set to go on stage to deliver a speech.

After those immigration scenes in Minneapolis, the U.S. citizens shot dead and the grilling. on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers asking Noem about the TV ads. that she starred in. Taxpayers paying more than $200 million. for them. And tonight, who the president has now chosen. to replace her, Rachel Scott, live on the Hill tonight. Also breaking developments in the war with Iran. The U.S. and Israel ramping up attacks tonight, targeting Iran's mobile missile launchers. Iran retaliating, striking an. oil facility in Bahrain.

Iran also targeting an airport. At least 15 countries now involved in this conflict. Thousands of Americans still trying to get out. And the first flight out of Dubai, landing in New York City. Ian Pannell reporting from the region again tonight. This evening, President Trump and what he told our Jonathan. Karl, saying he should be personally involved in selecting. Iran's next supreme leader. And on this war in Iran, the president telling John some. are now calling him the GOAT, the greatest of all time.

Tonight, the major surge in oil and gas prices, the Dow losing. nearly 800 points. Where gas prices stand tonight and. where they're headed. Also tonight here, authorities. releasing chilling new video here at home. The deadly shooting and police. takedown the gunman wearing a T shirt with an Iranian. flag. The investigation and arrest tonight, a 22. year old man arrested in the random killings of. three women to on a hiking trail, one in their home. tonight for the first time since the disappearance. of her mother, Savannah Guthrie, visiting the.

set of the Today show, her message and her future. news tonight on Britney Spears. She's been arrested and America's strong. tonight. The new home for the elephants and we'll take. you there right here tonight. from ABC News World headquarters in New York. This is World News Tonight with. David Muir. Good evening. We begin tonight here with the breaking news. President Trump firing his secretary. of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem.

We have new reporting tonight. What led to the firing and. the war in Iran tonight? President Trump telling our Jonathan Carl, if the. president himself wants a hand in picking Iran's. next supreme leader first tonight, he's picking a. new secretary of Homeland Security after firing. one of the most high profile members of his. cabinet. Tonight, sources telling ABC News Kristi Noem. was told by the president that she was fired just. moments before stepping onto a stage to deliver a. speech in Nashville. The president's decision coming after two blistering. days of hearings on Capitol Hill, a source.

telling ABC News the president was upset. with multiple leadership failures. Of course, the country watched those. scenes unfold the two deadly shootings of U. S. Citizens in Minneapolis, the mother of three Renee good and the killing. of ICU nurse Alex pretty. Noam refused to apologize for. characterizing both of them as domestic terrorists, saying shortly after the killings, it was domestic terrorism. Noam under scrutiny on a. number of fronts, including an ad. campaign paid for by the American. taxpayers more than $200 million for a.

campaign that starred Noam herself. She testified the president was aware. of it. Tonight, President Trump replacing Noam with Republican. Senator Mark Wayne Mullen, a vocal. defender of the president's immigration crackdown. ABC's Rachel Scott leading us. off from Capitol Hill tonight. She was one of the most high profile members of. the cabinet and tonight Homeland Security Secretary. Kristi noem is out fired by President trump. The first major shakeup of his second term. Today they're letting me roll with them. Noem's tenure defined by controversy.

and flashy photo ops for the president. A $220 million taxpayer funded ad. campaign may have been the last straw. I'm Christy. No, the secretary seemed galloping. through Mount Rushmore. Anyone who searches for freedom can always find a home here. Tuesday, Republican Senator John Kennedy grilling gnome about. taxpayers paying for that campaign. The president approved ahead of time. You spending. $220 million running TV ads across the country in which. you are featured prominently.

Yes, sir. We went through the legal processes. Did it correct? Did the president know you were going to do this? He did? Okay. Kennedy, deeply skeptical. That's not the president of the United States. I know. And in fact, after the hearing, the president of. the United States called me. I'm going to put it this way. his recollection and her recollection are different. -Tonight, administration sources telling me. Noem's ouster was the culmination. of her many unfortunate leadership failures. Flashpoints laid bare this week in two bruising.

congressional hearings. Noem was pressed on the chaos in Minnesota, federal officers killing protesters. Alex Pretty and Renee Goods. Noem quickly characterizing the victims as domestic terrorists. just hours after they were shot dead. That is the definition of domestic terrorism. Tuesday, the secretary refused to apologize. Do you want to apologize for that characterization. that they were domestic terrorists? I will continue every day to get up and to work hard.

to give everybody factual information. Nome was also asked to explain her relationship. with her powerful top aide, Corey Lewandowski, President Trump's former campaign manager, whose official role was a special government employee. Secretary Nome, at any time during your tenure. as director of Department of Homeland Security, have you had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski? Mr. Chairman, I am shocked that we're going down. and peddling tabloid garbage in this committee.

Nome even called it task for writing in her book that she. shot and killed her family's rambunctious puppy. A 14 month old dog is basically. a teenager in dog years. You decided to kill that dog because you had not. invested the appropriate time and training and then you. have the audacity to go into a book and say it's. a leadership lesson about tough choices. Today, President trump announcing on. social media that gnome was out. Sources tell us he called to inform her just. minutes before she took the stage at a speech in.

Nashville. President's pick to replace gnome Oklahoma. Senator Mark Wayne Mullen. I spoke to him on the Capitol steps. Is there any learning lessons that. you have picked up from gnome in the ways in which. you want to leave the agency? Listen, Christie is a friend. She was tasked to a very difficult job. and I think she has she has performed the best she. can do and underneath the circumstances. Of course, Kristi Noem oversaw the. president's deportation raids, all of those flashy photo ops, but tonight she is no longer the face.

of that immigration crackdown. Instead, the president says he's moving her to a new role. called Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas, though David, it's unclear what exactly that is. - You'll be tracking this all week long for us, Rachel. Live on the Hill, now to the war in Iran. Tonight, the president telling ABC News Today. that he should be personally involved. in choosing Iran's next supreme leader. The US and Israel tonight ramping up attacks. targeting Iran's mobile missile launchers. Iran retaliating, striking an oil facility in Bahrain, some Iranian missiles, avoiding interceptors.

Iran also targeting an airport, at least 15 countries now. involved in this conflict. Thousands of Americans still trying. to get out of the Middle East. The first flight out of Dubai, landing in New York City today. Our chief foreign correspondent Ian Pannel. from the region again tonight. The US and Israel unleashing new waves of devastating. attacks on Iran tonight, ramping up strikes. against the regime. And late today, President Trump saying the operation. is far ahead of schedule.

We're destroying more of Iran's missiles and drone. capability every single hour, knocking them out like. nobody thought was possible. The president urging regime change and telling our John Karl. that he should have a role in picking Iran's next supreme. leader and saying the Ayatollah Khamenei's son, Mujtaba, is. not an acceptable option. I'm once again calling on all members of the. Iranian Revolutionary Guard, the military. and the police to lay down their arms. They're only going to be killed.

And now is the time to stand up for the. Iranian people and help take back your country. And tonight, Secretary Pete Hegsa saying the amount of. firepower over Iran is about to surge dramatically. Iran is hoping that we cannot sustain this, which is a really. bad miscalculation for the IRGC and Iran. Israel releasing video of a mid-air dogfight over Iran. The IDF saying the Israeli F-35 stealth fighter shot down an.

Iranian warplane, marking the first ever confirmed. air-to-air takedown by an F-35. US B-52 bombers striking Iranian ballistic missile and. command and control facilities. And tonight, the war widening. Israel fighting on two fronts, striking Iran and. Lebanon, pounding Beirut. Ahmad Rivers is there.

It sounds like incoming. Yeah, there's the explosion, a series of explosions there. That's the latest Israeli airstrike. Hundreds of thousands of people were warned by the Israeli. military to evacuate from there earlier today in advance. of those airstrikes that we just heard. But Iran still striking back, today releasing video claiming. to show the launch of a missile with multiple warheads. Dramatic video posted online capturing massive explosions as.

Iranian missiles slammed into an oil refinery in Bahrain. Air defence systems firing, but missing the missiles, no injuries reported. And for the first time since this war erupted, Azerbaijan says it was targeted by two Iranian. drones. One landing near a school. Another hitting an airport, causing injuries. Iran denies attacking the country. And with more US troops heading to the region,

a new warning from Iran tonight, saying thousands. will be killed if the US dares launch a ground offensive, one. Iranian official saying, "We're waiting for you.". Thousands of Americans still struggling to escape. the war-torn region. The first direct flight from Dubai arriving. in New York today. The State Department confirming the first charter flights. took off, and they're surging additional flights and. ground transports to help get Americans out. 25,000 flights have been cancelled since the war began. Officials say at least 20,000 Americans have already returned.

to the US since Saturday. At least 10,000 helped by the task force. Then the war started. Ryan Rivera Cabrera, a college student from Boston, was trapped in Dubai after the war broke out. Telling ABC News the US government did very. little to help him. Really every time we contact a federal resource it would just. say to shelter in place and aim to find a commercial flight. Cabrera saying he didn't feel safe until he. landed in New York today. I didn't feel relief until we started, the wheel started.

running on the floor just a few hours ago. That was the best when I finally was able to like. take a sigh of relief. We saw a lot of missiles. Charles Lowe from New Jersey, also on that. flight back to the US, saying he saw missiles flying. over his head in Dubai. Not usual to have missiles intercepted above your head. How difficult was it to get a flight out? Impossible. David, with the US. warning the war's about to surge dramatically. Israel's chief of staff also saying strikes. are going to ramp up in what he calls.

phase two of this war. - Ian Paddle live in Tel Aviv again tonight, Ian. And as we reported, President Trump telling. Jonathan Karl today he wants to be. personally involved in choosing Iran's. next supreme leader. The president also telling John, many are now calling. him the goat, the greatest of all time. Here's John Karl. - Tonight, that extraordinary declaration. President Trump telling me that he must be the one. to approve the next leader of Iran. We don't want them to put anybody in there. unless it is approved by us.

The president told me he wants to ensure. a future U.S. president doesn't face a hostile Iran. We don't want some president in 10 years. to get stuck with this problem and not know what to do with it. In a lengthy phone conversation, Trump sounded triumphant, telling me, quote, "They are calling me the GOAT, greatest of all time.". Referring to the war on Iran, Trump asked, "How do. you like the performance? I mean, Venezuela is obvious. This might be even better.". As for how long the war will last, the president said, "Well,

there are many people who say it's already over. It's not over to me. It's over when I want it to be.". President Trump is just 15 months into his second term, and he has launched military operations in eight. different countries. That is quite a change, David, from his first term. As he told me today, in my first term, I built the military. In my second term, I am using it. John Karl, talking with the president. today. John, thank you.

Now to gas prices at a plunging stock market today, the Dow. Jones dropping 784 points, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 also. closing down. Tonight, where are gas prices now? Elizabeth Schultz continues to track this for us. Elizabeth David stocks tumbling on fears the war will cause. long term disruptions in the oil market tonight oil spiking. above $80 a barrel as Iran launches a new wave of attacks. on oil facilities and on a tanker off of Kuwait. Video of that strike shared on X shipping traffic in the.

Strait of Hormuz is still halted as the price of gas soars. now $3.27 a gallon for the national average. That's the highest in almost two. years. Prices up almost 30 cents from last week. Gas buddy says it's heading. to 3 50 in the next two weeks. Higher fuel costs likely rippling into. higher prices across the economy. David Elizabeth Schultz, Elizabeth, thank you. And tonight, ABC News here with new. reporting on what the U. S. Has targeted underground in Iran. Martha the raddats at the.

region as well. Tonight, the U.S. and Israel pummeling Iranian missile. bases deep underground. ABC News verifying that 13 of the underground. facilities have been damaged or destroyed. The Israeli army chief of staff. claiming 60 percent of the launchers have now. been taken out. But for American taxpayers, it's coming with a steep price tag. One estimate by the Center for Strategic and International.

Studies of bipartisan think tank puts the cost at. $3.7 billion for the first 100 hours alone. That's more than $891 million per day. The Pentagon's top policy official, however, unable or unwilling to put a price tag on the war. when pressed by members of Congress. -Okay, and what about cost? Can you say how much this will cost the American people? -I'll get back to you, ma'am. I can't give you an answer at this point.

-But even though costly, late today, the Pentagon making the case that it's working, and there has been a major drop in retaliatory strikes by Iran. Ballistic missile attacks have decreased by 90% since day one. Drone attacks have decreased by 83% since day one. Six American soldiers have been killed so far in this war, including two just identified. 45-year-old Major Jeffrey O'Brien from Iowa. and 54-year-old Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert.

Marzan from California. were killed in a drone strike at a tactical. operations center in Kuwait. And David, those strikes on Iranian missile facilities are. expected to intensify tonight. David? Martha Raddatz, live in Jerusalem. Martha, thank you. Back in the U.S., police tonight releasing chilling new body. camera video of that suspected terror attack in Austin, Texas. The alleged gunman wearing a T-shirt with an Iranian flag. You can see the video showing the chaotic scene. outside of our authority say the suspect fired a.

handgun from an SUV and continued with an assault. style rifle. At least three people killed, including. two college students, officers confronting the. suspect, killing him at the scene. When we come back tonight, three women. killed, authorities say, attacked at random to. on a hiking trail, one at home. There's news coming in tonight of an arrest. also for the first time since the disappearance. of her mother, Savannah Guthrie visiting the set. of the Today Show, her new message and her future. Also news tonight about Britney Spears. She's been arrested. What we've learned and the big headline.

involving the home of the Brady Bunch. We'll be right back. tonight. A suspect is under arrest in southwest. Colorado and the killings of three women in Utah. Police say 22 year old Ivan. Miller targeted the women at random. The victims in th and eighties. One was kill killed on a hiking trail. motive tonight for the fi disappearance of her moth. visiting the set of the t. tearfully embracing cowor to return.

No decision on I still have hope and I'm. I don't know what version. but it will be savannah an offering a $1 million. reward for information leading to Nancy. Guthrie's recovery. And it was great to see Savannah back today. When we come back here tonight, news about Britney. Spears and her arrest. We also have news tonight on the home, that famous home of the Brady Bunch in a moment. To the index of other news, Britney Spears arrested. on suspicion of DUI in Ventura, California.

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David, you can literally see eyelashes. You can even see the hairs growing out the. top of their head. Marco giving all of us a tour. Behind me right now, you can see Micaiah playing. with her family here, and this is what it's all about. So I invite all of you to come here and have. a wonderful experience. Thank you for the tour, and I'll see you tomorrow. Good night. - David Muir, the most trusted anchor in America, the most watched anchor in America. Thank you for making World News Tonight with David Muir, The number one newscast in America.