ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Oct. 8, 2026

Summary

Hurricane Isaias

Hurricane Isaias was strengthening over the Gulf as a Category 2 storm, with winds near 100 mph. Landfall was expected Friday night around Pensacola or Destin, Florida. Officials warned of storm surge, flooding, tornadoes, and prolonged power outages.

Evacuations and preparations were underway across the Gulf Coast. Oil and gas producers shut down a large share of offshore operations, raising concerns about fuel prices. Meteorologist Lee Goldberg said the storm’s strongest effects were expected late Friday and into the night.

Proposed public execution

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan would be executed by firing squad at Fort Hood and that the public would be able to watch. A Defense Department official told ABC the execution was planned to be livestreamed.

Hasan’s attorney called the proposal political theater. Hegseth said the execution could happen in December. If carried out publicly, it would be the first such execution in the United States in about 90 years.

ICE shooting in New York

ICE agents shot a person in a vehicle in Manhattan near 225th Street. The person was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries; witnesses said a child was also in the car. The agents appeared to be looking for someone with a prior arrest and conviction.

ABC also reported that ICE had raised its daily arrest target from 2,000 to 3,000.

Charges against Nicolás Maduro and his wife

Federal prosecutors in New York accused former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, his wife Cilia Flores, and other officials of using torture and violence against political opponents and at least three Americans. The alleged abuses included beatings, electric shocks, suffocation, and rape.

The Americans have since been released, and Maduro’s lawyer denied the new charges.

Other U.S. reports

Newly released police video showed a six-year-old who shot his first-grade teacher in Virginia in 2023 speaking defiantly to officers after the shooting. The teacher continues to suffer lasting injuries.

In Tennessee, death-row inmate Christa Pike was reportedly walking a few steps with assistance after a botched execution attempt, though she remained mentally foggy. Her lawyers asked the governor to commute her sentence.

In Nashville, a U.S. marshal shot and killed a man who allegedly entered a federal courthouse with a gun and then a knife.

Allegations involving Kimberly Guilfoyle

A former Trump donor alleged that Kimberly Guilfoyle asked him for $100,000 to pay an American Express bill, reportedly suggesting that helping her would make him her ally in Trump circles. He said he did not pay.

Guilfoyle and her representatives did not respond to ABC’s requests for comment. Secretary of State Marco Rubio declined to address the allegations and praised her work as ambassador to Greece.

Ukraine and France

Russian airstrikes killed at least 30 people and wounded 20 after a glide bomb struck near two packed buses in eastern Ukraine, according to the report.

Separately, protests in France continued for a second day, with police using tear gas and water cannons. The report said more than 6,000 arrests had been made.

Other stories

• A small plane overshot a runway in Ecuador and crashed down a cliff. Both people aboard were in stable condition.
• Margaret Hamilton, who led the MIT programming team that helped guide the Apollo missions, died at 90.
• Celine Dion fell onstage during a Paris concert but got back up.
• Donna Jean Wilde set a record by holding a plank for five hours.
• Four astronauts returned from the International Space Station with a splashdown off California after 235 days in space.

Presenters and contributors

David Muir, Stephanie Ramos, Lee Goldberg, Leslie Lopez, Trevor Ault, Aaron Katersky, Will Reeve, Morgan Norwood, Jay O’Brien, and Ian Pannell.