# Full Episode: Thursday, July 9, 2026 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-309993/full-episode-thursday-july-9-2026 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-309993/full-episode-thursday-july-9-2026.md Podcast: [World News Tonight with David Muir](https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-309993) Published: 2026-07-10T01:26:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/ESP9638594848.mp3 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/ESP9638594848.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-309993/episodes/full-episode-thursday-july-9-2026 Duration seconds: 1439 ## Resource As Strait of Hormuz traffic grinds to a standstill and gas prices increase, Martha Raddatz reports on America's assault on Iran intensifying as Iran strikes back, targeting U.S. military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain; Alex Stone has details on the bear that charged at a man outside of his vacation home in Lake Tahoe, California, and his quick thinking that fended off the animal; David Muir looks back at the legacy of music icon Bonnie Tyler – the Welsh singer whose powerhouse vocals soared on hits like "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Holding Out for a Hero" – following her death at age 75; and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-309993/episodes/full-episode-thursday-july-9-2026/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-309993/full-episode-thursday-july-9-2026.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.