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IrelandCalifornia ballot ruling joins Florida investigation in David Muir's broadcast
ABC's election-eve edition drew about 930,000 views in its first day, with reports on the midterms, severe flooding and the fatal Learjet crash.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 931,103 views a day, 52 times a normal first day on this channel (17,816).
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Nov. 2, 2026
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- 2:06Investigators say the Learjet may have been breaking apart before the fatal Florida crash.
- 5:44Election-eve coverage examines Trump's closing pitch and key Senate contests.
- 8:57Mary Bruce reports that the Supreme Court rejected the administration's request to set aside California ballots.
- 9:40Ginger Zee details flash flooding in Florida and the Southwest and storm tracks across the country.
- 12:15Will Reeve reports on Lions linebacker Jack Campbell's hospitalization following a neck injury against the Vikings.
- 16:15Howell High School students and Dermer Dreams fill a football field with food donations for local food banks.
The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's push for California to set aside ballots, Mary Bruce reports in David Muir's election-eve broadcast. It is one of several consequential stories sharing the edition: the closing campaign pitches, flood emergencies and evidence that a Florida jet may have begun breaking apart before impact.
The November 2 edition of World News Tonight drew about 930,000 views in its first day, far beyond the usual opening audience for ABC News's regular-length uploads. Its election coverage captures the moment before voting, rather than the results that followed. ABC's separate election-results livestream also drew an unusually large audience, and the network has since projected that Democrats will take control of the House.
The broadcast leads with Victor Oquendo's reporting on the Learjet crash that killed nine people. NTSB member Tom Chapman says, "We do have some indication that the aircraft was breaking up before impact." That is evidence about the aircraft's final moments, not a determination of what caused the crash.
Ginger Zee covers flash flooding in Florida and the Southwest, while Will Reeve reports on Detroit Lions linebacker Jack Campbell's hospitalization after a neck injury during the Vikings game.
Muir closes with a different use for a football field. Howell High School students in New Jersey joined nonprofit Dermer Dreams to cover the field with donated food for local food banks, turning the broadcast's final segment toward a community effort with a visible result.
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- Channel
- ABC News
- Subscribers
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- Channel views, last 7 days
- 44,021,022
- Channel views, pace per day
- 7,763,993 (on a normal day: 6,926,055)
- Video published
- November 3, 2026
- Video views so far
- 969,036 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 907,637
The numbers
The full broadcast's first-day audience was far above ABC News's usual start for regular-length videos. The separate election-results livestream also drew unusually strong viewing for its format.
