You and your guest will visit the set of ABC World News Tonight with David Muir and meet anchor David Muir!
David Muir is an Emmy-award winning journalist for ABC News. Muir is the anchor and managing editor of ABC World News Tonight with David Muir and co-anchor of ABC’s 20/20.
For more than a decade, Muir has reported from international hotspots around the world including Afghanistan, Iran, Tahrir Square, Mogadishu, Gaza, Fukushima, Beirut, and the Syrian border.
Muir’s exclusive interviews generate global headlines. Muir landed the first interview with President Donald Trump after his inauguration. Muir recently traveled to Afghanistan, where he interviewed the top U.S. commander and gained rare access to the fight against the Taliban. Muir also secured the exclusive interview with President Barack Obama during the former President’s historic trip to Cuba; the exclusive interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook amid the battle between Apple and the FBI over whether to unlock the San Bernardino killer’s iPhone; and the exclusive sit-down with Pope Francis inside the Vatican. Muir moderated a historic town hall, Pope Francis and the People, spending more than an hour with the Pope in a television first. During the 2016 campaign, Muir moderated Democratic and Republican Presidential primary debates and conducted numerous interviews with presidential candidates including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. It was during Muir’s interview with Secretary Clinton she apologized to the American people for her use of a private e-mail server.
Muir has reported numerous primetime specials for ABC News. Muir reported Breaking Point: Heroin in America and Flashpoint: Refugees in America. Muir moderated a town hall with President Barack Obama, The President and the People: A National Conversation, about race, policing and efforts to bridge the divide, earning an Emmy for his work.
Muir’s reporting has been honored with multiple Emmys, Edward R. Murrow awards and top honors from the Society of Professional Journalists for his reporting overseas. Muir’s Emmy-nominated series Made In America remains a hallmark of the broadcast.