ABC World News Tonight, October 13, 2026

On the Oct 13, 2026 episode of ABC World News Tonight, 9 of the 18 words Kalshi listed were said; Parrot’s count agreed with 17 of 18 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each.

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18 words · 9 settled yes · our count agreed on 17 of 18

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+ timesYes1111✓70%n=56 from settlement history–
Roller Coaster Yes99✓–new new word, no probability yet–
Pope Leo Yes66✓–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Guilfoyle Yes66✓–new new word, no probability yet–
Resign / Resignation Yes33✓–new new word, no probability yet–
Flood / Flooding Yes22✓46%n=2 from settlement history–
Saudi Yes11✓46%n=9 from settlement history–
AI / Artificial Intelligence Yes11✓34%n=46 from settlement history–
Zacharia Yes00✗–new new word, no probability yet–
Hurricane / Isaias No00✓59%n=3 from settlement history–
Iran / Iranian No00✓55%n=7 from settlement history–
Russia / Russian No00✓52%n=17 from settlement history–
Ilhan / Omar No00✓–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Immigrant / Immigration No00✓–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Ukraine / Ukrainian / Zelenskyy No00✓42%n=8 from settlement history–
Protest / Protester No00✓41%n=2 from settlement history–
Tupac No00✓40%n=5 from settlement history–
ICE No00✓38%n=36 from settlement history–

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.

0 matches for “OpenAI / Anthropic”.

Where the listed words were said

Speaker not labelledreporter“Trump (5+)” · 1:19

…Tonight, nine other roller coasters have now been shut down. Tonight, President Trump's ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, stepping down just a short time after…

Speaker not labelledreporter“Roller Coaster” · 7:21

…U.S., the other news this Tuesday night, a deadly accident on the roller coaster at Six Flags over Georgia and what we're now learning about…

Speaker not labelledreporter“Pope Leo” · 0:46

…most trusted. Now on Disney Plus every night. Tonight, the breaking news. Pope Leo has lung cancer. Tonight, the Vatican has now revealed that Pope…

Speaker not labelledreporter“Guilfoyle” · 9:49

…entire family tonight. Faith, thanks. Tonight, President Trump's ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, stepping down over allegations of misconduct just a short time after the…

Speaker not labelledreporter“Resign / Resignation” · 10:45

We have asked Ambassador Guilfoyle to resign. She has been a wonderful asset to the team and we wish her well. About an hour later,…

Speaker not labelledreporter“Flood / Flooding” · 18:28

…there, Lee. Hey, David. Thunderstorms breaking out from Texas to Missouri tonight. That's where we have severe thunderstorm watches and flood watches. That includes Kansas

Speaker not labelledreporter“Saudi” · 20:47

…code podcast. Taxes and fees apply. Tonight, the FBI has arrested a Saudi national who was working in the U.S. as an engineer for artificial…

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