"Muir did the show's introduction and then attempted to throw it to reporter Matt Rivers in Minneapolis, where he was covering the fallout from the Alex Pretti shooting. But that didn't go according to plan. Instead, 17 seconds of dead air followed and the broadcast froze on an image of two men one presumably being Pretti. The chyron on the screen read: CHILLING NEW DETAILS IN PRETTI SHOOTING. ABC then cut back to Muir in studio. Obviously, we're having some issues here, Muir said. He quickly and deftly pivoted to a different story on a major storm brewing along the East Coast."
"But as often happens when one technical issue impacts the precise symphony that is a live newscast another technical difficulty popped up. The broadcast did not switch over to its Miami correspondent and kept the camera on Muir, who sat for 12 seconds at the anchor's desk in silence. Viewers saw him look down and seemingly shuffle some papers around, based on the audio, before he looked up and said there was another issue. We await Victor's piece too, Muir said. Muir nonchalantly pivoted again, this time to ABC chief meteorologist Ginger Zee, who was standing by with her own weather report ready to go."
Two technical failures struck ABC's World News Tonight within the first minute of the broadcast. A planned live hit to Minneapolis froze, producing 17 seconds of dead air and a frozen image with the chyron CHILLING NEW DETAILS IN PRETTI SHOOTING. Anchor David Muir returned to the desk, acknowledged issues, and attempted to move to a storm report, but a second glitch prevented a switch to the correspondent, leaving 12 seconds of on-air silence. Muir then redirected to chief meteorologist Ginger Zee, who delivered the forecast. An ABC source said technical gremlins affect everyone and praised Muir's calm handling.
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