ABC World News Tonight, October 12, 2026

On the Oct 12, 2026 episode of ABC World News Tonight, 11 of the 17 words Kalshi listed were said; Parrot’s count agreed with all 17 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each.

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17 words · 11 settled yes · our count agreed on 17 of 17

backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.

Listed words: result, our count under the market rule, the count over every speaker, whether they agree, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultOur countAll speakersAgreesProbabilityMarket
Trump 5+ timesYes1616✓68%n=55 from settlement history–
Ilhan / Omar Yes88✓–new new word, no probability yet–
ICE Yes88✓33%n=35 from settlement history–
Russia / Russian Yes77✓48%n=16 from settlement history–
Hurricane / Isaias Yes66✓54%n=2 from settlement history–
Iran / Iranian Yes66✓51%n=6 from settlement history–
Ukraine / Ukrainian / Zelenskyy Yes55✓36%n=7 from settlement history–
Saudi Yes33✓40%n=8 from settlement history–
Pope Leo Yes33✓–new new word, no probability yet–
Immigrant / Immigration Yes22✓–new new word, no probability yet–
Flood / Flooding Yes22✓–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Lincoln / Navy No00✓48%n=3 from settlement history–
Maduro No00✓–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Protester No00✓–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Paris No00✓–new new word, no probability yet–
SpaceX / NASA No00✓39%n=3 from settlement history–
North Korea / North Korean No00✓–n=1 too little history for a probability–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 20, 2026 23:45 UTC.

Transcript

quotes of at most 25 words

Machine transcript · ABC World News Tonight podcast audio (ABC), machine transcript · Source · Used to count words; quotes of at most 25 words.

Machine-attributed. Speaker turns are labelled by a model, not the publisher.

1 match for “Amazon”; 1 quoted, at least 25 words apart.

Speaker not labelledreporter24:11

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Where the listed words were said

Speaker not labelledreporter“Trump (5+)” · 1:51

President Trump facing backlash from Republicans and Democrats over his controversial deal to import diesel fuel from Russia to ease record-breaking prices here in the…

Speaker not labelledreporter“Ilhan / Omar” · 17:21

…the Justice Department sending federal agents into the home of Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar who is up for reelection, a longtime target of President Trump.…

Speaker not labelledreporter“ICE” · 1:11

…a passenger on a roller coaster. That news coming in now. The ICE arrest under intense scrutiny tonight. Federal agents pulling a man from his…

Speaker not labelledreporter“Russia / Russian” · 14:27

…and Democrats over his controversial deal to import diesel fuel now from Russia to ease the record-breaking prices here in the U.S. because of the…

Speaker not labelledreporter“Hurricane / Isaias” · 1:36

…hear what they say. Tonight, we fly over the destruction, the deadly hurricane slamming into the Gulf, rooftops torn away, apartment buildings ripped open. Tonight,…

Speaker not labelledreporter“Iran / Iranian” · 16:22

Meantime, the war in Iran and now the escalating violence in the Middle East. Iran-backed Houthi rebels hitting a packed airport terminal in Saudi Arabia…

Speaker not labelledreporter“Ukraine / Ukrainian / Zelenskyy” · 14:58

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy calls the agreement, quote, weak. It gives Putin money and he spends money only on this war. Kill us. Kill our children.…

Speaker not labelledreporter“Saudi” · 16:41

Yeah, David, this was a terrifying attack on a major airport in Saudi. You could see the moment a missile slams into a packed airport…

Speaker not labelledreporter“Pope Leo” · 13:27

Thank you. Tonight, we have learned that Pope Leo will undergo surgery tomorrow after a nodule was found on his lung. Let's get right to…

Speaker not labelledreporter“Immigrant / Immigration” · 8:44

Miguel Para-Hernandez, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico living and working in the U.S. for 30 years, has a broken leg. He still has multiple surgeries…

Speaker not labelledreporter“Flood / Flooding” · 12:50

…by those south swells from the tropical storm, Rachel, we've got coastal flood alerts up still from San Diego and Capistrano Beach all the way…

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