ABC World News Tonight, October 19, 2026

On the Oct 19, 2026 episode of ABC World News Tonight, 10 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 · 10 settled yes · our count agreed on 16 of 16

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=60 from settlement history–
Russia / Ukraine Yes1414✓37%n=2 from settlement history–
France / French Yes88✓–new new word, no probability yet–
Jalen Hurts Yes66✓–new new word, no probability yet–
Putin Yes44✓–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Diesel Yes33✓51%n=11 from settlement history–
Flood / Flooding Yes22✓65%n=6 from settlement history–
Oil / Gas / Gasoline Yes22✓60%n=49 from settlement history–
Nor'easter Yes22✓–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Midterm Yes11✓41%n=10 from settlement history–
Iran / Iranian No00✓60%n=11 from settlement history–
Strait Of Hormuz No00✓55%n=2 from settlement history–
Zacharia No00✓54%n=4 from settlement history–
Tesla / SpaceX No00✓–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Alberta No00✓–new new word, no probability yet–
Supreme Court No00✓32%n=18 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 “Oil / Gas / Gasoline”.

Where the listed words were said

Speaker not labelledreporter“Trump (5+)” · 0:51

…every night. Tonight, the breaking news as we come on the air after Monday Night Football. The arrest tonight, the alleged threats against President Trump.

Speaker not labelledreporter“Russia / Ukraine” · 1:23

Tonight, our team inside Ukraine. the dramatic images tonight our crew scrambling to get to the bunker multiple times the danger overhead was that jet…

Speaker not labelledreporter“France / French” · 12:48

We turn now to France. We're also live in that country tonight where violent protests have been sweeping across much of the country. stores looted,…

Speaker not labelledreporter“Jalen Hurts” · 1:10

…and the dangerous medical condition discovered in his lungs. Super Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts and the blood clots in his lungs and in his leg.

Speaker not labelledreporter“Putin” · 10:09

…times. The new Russian attacks tonight against Ukraine, and it comes after President Trump signed an executive order suspending sanctions against to Russia's Vladimir Putin.

Speaker not labelledreporter“Diesel” · 5:13

…Trump voter, tells our John Carl what he cares about right now is the sky-high cost of diesel and fertilizer, not who Donald Trump supports.

Speaker not labelledreporter“Flood / Flooding” · 9:33

…in the next 24 hours before things relax by Wednesday, Thursday. Coastal flood alerts are up because it's pushing a ton of water at the…

Speaker not labelledreporter“Oil / Gas / Gasoline” · 4:34

…U.S. is heading in the wrong direction. 71% say the price of gas is unaffordable. President Trump campaigning in unlikely battlegrounds like tonight's stop in…

Speaker not labelledreporter“Nor'easter” · 8:50

…Ran and Ali, our thanks to you as well. We're going to turn now to the dangerous nor'easter hitting parts of the east coast tonight.

Speaker not labelledreporter“Midterm” · 3:32

…set to hit the campaign trail with just two weeks until the crucial midterms. Early voting already underway tonight in 31 states. The president now

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