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ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Nov. 08, 2026

ABC News879K views20:551d agoWatch on YouTube

96× its channel’s median of 9K views

59 / 100 the mean of the six sub-scores below, times 10; each is counted from this video's timed words

Computed from Counted in code from the video's own words as ElevenLabs Scribe v2 heard them (20:55 of 20:55), with YouTube's replay peaks; views and the multiple from Hook Detector's index (views over the median of 9,168 views across the channel's 14 recent uploads), read 2026-11-09. Page built Nov 10, 2026.

What costs attention counted from the timed words

  1. High

    10:03 Stakes go quiet for 10:51

    Nothing at stake is said from 10:03 to 20:55 (the rule: under 5:00).

  2. Medium

    0:52 A question opened and never answered

    “Will the Hegseth impeachment move forward?” is asked at 0:52 and never answered.

  3. Medium

    8:19 A question opened and never answered

    “Is the press secretary offer to Dana White a real job or a joke?” is asked at 8:19 and never answered.

The first 0:30 7 / 10

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+. Most watched, most trusted, now on Disney+ every night. Tonight, tragedy and mourning in Poland, the stunning and disturbing images coming in tonight. A gunman opened fire at a popular market in Krakow. At least six people are dead and 16 others injured in the horrific attack, including two police officers. The chaos as people fled the scene. The investigation now underway into what is being called an act of terror. At his home in another city, officers found the bodies of the suspect's parents and sister. Breaking news, one of the chief engineers of the AI boom is being investigated by his company over an alleged relationship with a suspected spy. What he's telling his employees tonight.

half the title's words said by 0:02, no question opened in the first 15 s

Written by Hook Detector, not said in the video: A gunman opened fire at a busy market in Krakow, Poland, killing at least six people and injuring 16 more, and authorities are now calling it an act of terror. Tonight we also cover the Nvidia CEO under investigation over a suspected spy, President Trump's coming White House shakeups, and NASA's search for new astronauts.

Six sub-scores

  1. hook7half the title's words said by 0:02, no question opened in the first 15 s
  2. structure1012 sections and 9 re-hooks in 20:55
  3. concept6.2the title's words said by 0:30: 5 of 8
  4. stakes0what is at stake said every 10:27 on average (1 times)
  5. emotion65 turns of feeling marked in the lines
  6. payoffs6.39 payoffs, the longest gap 6:45

A predicted curve Predicted, not measured: drawn only from the risk zones counted below

0:0010:2720:55

How it is built its chapters, as YouTube shows them

  1. 0:00<Untitled Chapter 1>
  2. 2:10Authorities say attack by gunman at a popular market in Krakow is an “act of terror”
  3. 5:15World's most valuable chipmaker is investigating reports that its CEO may have been targeted by a Chinese spy
  4. 6:33President Trump is signaling more shakeups at the White House
  5. 8:52Newly-elected members of Congress in the Nation's Capital
  6. 10:46Pope Leo in Argentina on the second leg of his South America tour
  7. 12:43A deadly train crash in Egypt left at least seven people killed and 112 injured
  8. 13:02A disturbing incident at Lebron James' home in California
  9. 13:54Ex-NYPD officer charged in fatal stabbing of Brooklyn woman
  10. 14:57A Bronx community coming together to remember a teenager
  11. 15:17NASA recruiting new astronauts
  12. 17:22Driver crashes into group of cyclists
  13. 17:41Dad arrested after leaving child in line
  14. 18:10Ship will be largest artificial reef
  15. 18:25Small plane makes emergency landing
  16. 18:40Miami suffers controversial loss
  17. 19:13America Strong: Autistic teen finds his power in music

Pace by section 168 words a minute overall

  1. 0:00Headlines open167 wpm
  2. 2:07Krakow market shooting167 wpm
  3. 5:17Nvidia CEO spy probe184 wpm
  4. 6:32Trump shakeups and Congress fight174 wpm
  5. 8:45New lawmakers and close races170 wpm
  6. 10:57Pope Leo in South America146 wpm
  7. 12:26Train crash, LeBron stalking, NYPD case180 wpm
  8. 15:02Bronx teen and NASA recruiting158 wpm
  9. 17:27Crash and Target quick hits168 wpm
  10. 18:19Ship reef and Miami call158 wpm
  11. 19:15DJ Blake America Strong170 wpm
  12. 20:33Sign-off188 wpm