ABC World News Tonight, October 15, 2026
On the Oct 15, 2026 episode of ABC World News Tonight, 7 of the 16 words Kalshi listed were said; Parrot’s count agreed with all 16 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each.
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16 words · 7 settled yes · our count agreed on 16 of 16- Kalshi: any host or reporter
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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.
| Word | Result | Our count | All speakers | Agrees | Probability | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran / Iranian | Yes | 12 | 12 | ✓ | 54%n=9 from settlement history | – |
| ICE | Yes | 12 | 12 | ✓ | 35%n=37 from settlement history | – |
| Trump 5+ times | Yes | 10 | 10 | ✓ | 72%n=58 from settlement history | – |
| Strait Of Hormuz | Yes | 4 | 4 | ✓ | –new new word, no probability yet | – |
| Flood / Flooding | Yes | 3 | 3 | ✓ | 58%n=4 from settlement history | – |
| Oil / Gas / Gasoline | Yes | 3 | 3 | ✓ | 55%n=47 from settlement history | – |
| Zacharia | Yes | 1 | 1 | ✓ | 42%n=2 from settlement history | – |
| Pope Leo | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 60%n=3 from settlement history | – |
| Russia / Russian | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 52%n=19 from settlement history | – |
| NTSB | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | –n=1 too little history for a probability | – |
| Ukraine / Ukrainian / Zelenskyy | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 43%n=10 from settlement history | – |
| Maduro | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 42%n=2 from settlement history | – |
| Starlink | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | –n=1 too little history for a probability | – |
| Medicare | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | –n=1 too little history for a probability | – |
| Inflation | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 36%n=12 from settlement history | – |
| Great Wolf Lodge | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | –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 wordsMachine transcript · ABC World News Tonight podcast audio (ABC), machine transcript · Source · Used to count words; quotes of at most 25 words.
9 matches for “Iran”; 5 quoted, at least 25 words apart.
American fighter jets launching in the night. We're there just days after Iran hit a cargo ship in the strait, that ship sinking. Iran attacking…
…the team. Thank you. We move on tonight to the war with Iran. Our team on board the USS George Washington tonight near the Strait…
Iran attacking at least 20 vessels in recent weeks. Tonight, ABC's Matt Rivers aboard the USS Washington. Tonight we're aboard the USS George Washington near…
…training and now we're executing our mission. In the last 48 hours, Iran's striking this cargo ship, sinking it to the bottom of the strait.…
…the possibility of helping Saudi Arabia in its ongoing fight against the Iran-backed refugees in Yemen, or if President Trump decides to take additional action…
Where the listed words were said
…strike group plays a vital role here, enforcing the U.S. blockade on Iranian oil coming out of the strait and helping escort non-Iranian oil tankers…
…the president is now saying about this. Tonight, ABC News learning an ICE agent put on leave. Surveillance video showing the incident, two men fleeing…
…three, D-A-Y blinds.com slash podcast. Also breaking tonight amid growing outrage, President Trump has now halted the plan to live stream the execution of the…
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