:00:00. > :00:00.history is not on their side. That's all from me. Now, it's time for a
:00:00. > :00:11.look at the news as seen across the US a couple of hours ago in ABC
:00:12. > :00:15.World News. Welcome to ABC World News. Fire in
:00:16. > :00:23.the mountains. A raging wildfire near Los Angeles. Families told to
:00:24. > :00:29.get out. Water warning in West Virginia. Pregnant women are being
:00:30. > :00:35.told not to drink the water. News today about the long waits in your
:00:36. > :00:39.hospital emergency room. And panic attacks. Freezing up while public
:00:40. > :00:43.speaking. It's been happening everywhere tonight. We have the
:00:44. > :00:56.secrets of fighting the number one fear in America. Good evening. We
:00:57. > :01:04.begin with a roaring wildfire near Los Angeles. Three people have been
:01:05. > :01:11.arrested. In this fire. Palm trees sway as the flames descend. This
:01:12. > :01:21.home engulfed in flames, seen from above. The fire is just miles from
:01:22. > :01:25.the iconic Hollywood sign. Dry conditions and hot winds. All it
:01:26. > :01:30.takes is a spark and this is the result. The spark that caused this
:01:31. > :01:36.blaze was from a reckless campfire, according to authorities. They were
:01:37. > :01:43.tossing papers into the campfire and reportedly a breeze picked up and
:01:44. > :01:49.set this fire. Today 700 firefighters are out on the ground
:01:50. > :01:54.and in the air, fighting the blaze. We have been airborne from this
:01:55. > :01:59.morning. We have seen homes go up in flames. They have hit its with
:02:00. > :02:04.everything they could. They have done a wonderful job. In their job
:02:05. > :02:16.is all the more difficult because there is so much fuel for the fire.
:02:17. > :02:21.66% of California is in drought. And this is only the beginning. Today,
:02:22. > :02:31.2000 homeowners were forced to evacuate. I just got married. I have
:02:32. > :02:35.my wedding dress and our dogs. These neighbours banded together, using
:02:36. > :02:41.garden hoses and a bucket brigade to save their block. We went up to the
:02:42. > :02:49.front lines. The flames just feed away from this home is. It's just up
:02:50. > :02:55.there. The firefighters do their best to defend these houses while
:02:56. > :02:58.they wait for air support. The helicopters were busy dowsing
:02:59. > :03:05.hotspots nearby. The cavalry has arrived. And just in time. It looks
:03:06. > :03:10.like this home owner is very lucky today but there is still a long, dry
:03:11. > :03:17.winter ahead. Others were not so lucky. This man came back to find
:03:18. > :03:22.his apartment gone. We will have to take it one day at a time. David,
:03:23. > :03:34.what is that behind you? We are at the old Singer estate. These used to
:03:35. > :03:44.be the servant 's' quarters. All gone, now, and historic property
:03:45. > :03:57.destroyed. Some hotspots have started in just the last couple of
:03:58. > :03:59.minutes. Thank you. Return next to another story we're learning more
:04:00. > :04:02.about what happened when a gunman walked into a supermarket in Indiana
:04:03. > :04:04.and opened fire. It is a third incident this week after the movie
:04:05. > :04:13.theatre and the middle school. This time, local police were ready and we
:04:14. > :04:18.were told what they did. Last night police say 22 -year-old Sean Bere
:04:19. > :04:22.was strolling through the Martin supermarket when he suddenly pulls
:04:23. > :04:26.out a handgun and began shooting. He allegedly kills two women and holds
:04:27. > :04:31.the store manager at gunpoint. You can see the manager there in a
:04:32. > :04:34.praying position. You can see the shooter waving the gun around and
:04:35. > :04:41.pointing the gun at him. To patrolman arrived in two minutes of
:04:42. > :04:49.receiving the nylon one call. Their RAM and in an exchange of gunfire he
:04:50. > :04:53.was killed. The quick response of the police department saved lives.
:04:54. > :04:56.Please know that because of incidents like Columbine, ordinary
:04:57. > :05:01.patrolling cannot wait for backup. They can't wait for the SWAT team.
:05:02. > :05:06.They have to go in and confront. With mass shootings on the rise, the
:05:07. > :05:08.FBI is helping local police to use quick response tactics like those
:05:09. > :05:14.used last night the cops across the country. This is an emergency that
:05:15. > :05:22.could happen not only in any town in the US you are -- but your town in
:05:23. > :05:27.the US. In this training simulation, a gunman is in a school. Do not
:05:28. > :05:33.forget the perimeter, moved quickly to the sound of gunfire. Seconds
:05:34. > :05:35.count, and for the shooter, he prepared beforehand, have
:05:36. > :05:41.high-capacity rivals in patrol cars. Fight the natural urge to ten
:05:42. > :05:44.wounded victims. Engage the shooter. You need to push yourself
:05:45. > :05:50.and your body to keep going forward to stop the threat. Before we had
:05:51. > :05:55.specialised units but now we have to go in and stop the shooter. A quick
:05:56. > :06:04.exit, that is what happened in Indiana last night. Another big
:06:05. > :06:08.story now, a new and unsettling twist for all of the Americans in
:06:09. > :06:11.contaminated water with -- in their homes in West Virginia. Thousands
:06:12. > :06:14.were told that the tab order will safe but tonight there is a new
:06:15. > :06:17.warning that pregnant woman should not drink it, raising the question,
:06:18. > :06:28.what is the truth about what is in the water? Just as the water crisis
:06:29. > :06:31.in West Virginia seem to be easing, and urgent new alert. New warning
:06:32. > :06:34.tonight for those who are pregnant, it you should not be drinking the
:06:35. > :06:40.water. The warning comes more than two days after it was said that the
:06:41. > :06:47.water was safe to drink again. It has left pregnant women like 23
:06:48. > :06:49.-year-old Aaron Crouch frustrated and frightened. Is it safe for
:06:50. > :06:54.pregnant women to wash their hands or take showers? They did not
:06:55. > :06:58.specify. They'd said drinking. Tuesday we challenged state
:06:59. > :07:04.officials to drink the water. I'm confident it is safe. Would you
:07:05. > :07:08.drink some from the fountain? Absolutely. I will do it. It tasted
:07:09. > :07:13.fine. We pushed again. This time on the new drinking water warning. Can
:07:14. > :07:20.you understand the confusion and what people feel? A we share the
:07:21. > :07:25.average. We're trying to do the best but we have not what we wish we
:07:26. > :07:29.have. He said the Centre for disease control recommended yesterday that
:07:30. > :07:35.quote out of an abundance of caution pregnant women should not drink the
:07:36. > :07:41.water. The contaminated water supply from the Elk River. Rush towards the
:07:42. > :07:50.Ohio River, travelling 200 miles to Cincinnati. It is closing in on
:07:51. > :07:53.Louisville, Kentucky. Louisville conditions say the infiltration
:07:54. > :07:57.system will protect their water supply. In West Virginia, for the
:07:58. > :08:04.seventh night in a row, more than 100,000 people still can't drink
:08:05. > :08:07.their tap water. We have two steps forward tonight on the American
:08:08. > :08:11.economy to tell you about, first the Senate has passed the big budget
:08:12. > :08:16.deal, the compromise which effectively avoids another
:08:17. > :08:27.government shutdown. And we learn today the home foreclosure rates
:08:28. > :08:31.once soaring. Proper levels are rising to the level they that they
:08:32. > :08:38.were. Then there was a warning about hospital levels. We were warned
:08:39. > :08:41.about the length of time it takes to be treated. Lindsey Davis talks of
:08:42. > :08:48.the doctors on the front lines to ask what a patient can do. It is
:08:49. > :08:52.urging comedy race to the ER but what you find can be a very long
:08:53. > :08:55.line. Despite a pain in an emergency, ten years ago it took on
:08:56. > :09:01.average, 46 minutes before being treated, today you can expect to
:09:02. > :09:08.wait an hour or more. That is one reason why the new report gave the
:09:09. > :09:12.nation because it -- nation's a deep pass. When patients can't get access
:09:13. > :09:17.to primary care, their problems get worse, they get sicker and they shop
:09:18. > :09:21.in the departments. One ER doctor we are not naming described how
:09:22. > :09:25.overwhelming it can be, saying we were not superheroes, our job is to
:09:26. > :09:28.make sure the sickest yet seen first. But then the other hundred or
:09:29. > :09:37.however many sit and sit and sit and wait and wait and wait and it gets
:09:38. > :09:41.more crowded. Since the emergency department feeds into the hospital,
:09:42. > :09:46.when the hospital backs up, we feel it. Too many come to the ER because
:09:47. > :09:49.they are uninsured what makes matters worse is that hospitals and
:09:50. > :09:54.emergency rooms are closing. People overdosing on painkillers. As well
:09:55. > :09:59.as those coming for the wrong reasons, like refilling
:10:00. > :10:05.prescriptions. The same emergency care doctors that release this
:10:06. > :10:10.report can't want people to still move to the emergency room. They
:10:11. > :10:17.want America to fix what one doctor says is a system that is breaking
:10:18. > :10:22.point. The Australian Open was suspended because of heat, Tim
:10:23. > :10:25.Rogers reaching 110 degrees. That is an egg frying on the court. The
:10:26. > :10:31.players are too. There is Maria Sharapova, calling off with an ice
:10:32. > :10:34.towel and a vest. The Australian animals are also trying to be
:10:35. > :10:39.protected, a koala bear, a possum and even Dumbo trying to beat the
:10:40. > :10:46.heat. Coming up next, fighting the number one fear in America. Panic at
:10:47. > :10:49.public speaking and it is happening to very famous people. We will show
:10:50. > :12:13.you how a lion can help you tame it. Max time, what is the one thing
:12:14. > :12:16.Americans say they fear the most, even more than dying? It is public
:12:17. > :12:19.speaking. Heart racing panic, no place to run. We are seeing
:12:20. > :12:29.semifamous examples on tape tonight, we decided how to see how
:12:30. > :12:34.to tame that fear. That is in the, Michael Bay. He is one of the most
:12:35. > :12:42.successful men in Hollywood but Michael Bay was giving a speech in
:12:43. > :12:50.Las Vegas when suddenly... He froze. (BELL RINGS) I'm sorry. He had to
:12:51. > :13:00.leave the stage. In aerospace at the live shows are not his thing. I am
:13:01. > :13:08.not big on speeches. He is hardly the only one. It is summer that Noah
:13:09. > :13:17.Gordon Lewis with everyday. It is exhausting every day. He works at a
:13:18. > :13:20.marketing firm but he says he is paralysed from public speaking.
:13:21. > :13:29.You'll agree your brain shuts down and you have to stop. Why do we
:13:30. > :13:40.panic? Experts point to the evolution. When I on you it is you
:13:41. > :13:45.are thinking you are under prey. We had to flee or fight. A public
:13:46. > :13:49.speaking expert explains. This wording is the body can call off
:13:50. > :13:53.quickly, the shallow breathing so the oxygen can go to the muscles.
:13:54. > :13:59.And the adrenaline kicks in. All the help us fight harder and fully
:14:00. > :14:02.further. None of that works for modern man when he is feeling
:14:03. > :14:09.frightened in a situation which is asking him to be cool, calm and
:14:10. > :14:14.collected and connected. North Down a -- North Down a class at the
:14:15. > :14:16.acting school. They get people on stage and comfortable with the sound
:14:17. > :14:22.of their own voice. Some of their secrets, number one, breathe deeply
:14:23. > :14:29.before starting. That sent a signal to shot of the fear response. Number
:14:30. > :14:34.two is get right to it. The first 30 seconds when you're going to panic.
:14:35. > :14:39.Get your audience involved. Noah says it is helping him face those
:14:40. > :14:49.cat back at the office. As a line himself. -- a lie on himself. Family
:14:50. > :14:54.people admit they have had fear of public speaking? So many. Hollywood
:14:55. > :14:57.heavyweights not only Michael Bay but Kristian steward and Johnny Depp
:14:58. > :15:03.say they are petrified to speak live in front of a group. Do have a fear
:15:04. > :15:08.of public speaking? I was painfully shy as a kid, my knees would shake
:15:09. > :15:15.in my heart would pound, I would sweat profusely if I had to speaking
:15:16. > :15:19.-- speak in front of cars. I got to play Romeo in Romeo and Juliet and
:15:20. > :15:28.perhaps kissing Juliet on stage brought me out of my shell. I
:15:29. > :15:33.roared! We begin the instant index tonight with notes on the Oscar
:15:34. > :15:39.nominations. Then favourites got the nod is like Gravity. American Hustle
:15:40. > :15:45.and all for the main actors and they're really really eccentric hair
:15:46. > :15:52.got nominated. There were surprises, no nominations for Tom
:15:53. > :15:56.Hanks or Oprah or Robert Redford. A milestone for Meryl Streep, her 18th
:15:57. > :16:05.nomination, making us remember her first one. Here she was at Deer
:16:06. > :16:08.Hunter. A close encounter with a humpback whale. Take a look at the
:16:09. > :16:12.kayaker with the nerves of steel. He sees a giant Finn emerge. He says
:16:13. > :16:16.that his boat was lifted out of the water but he just kept on paddling.
:16:17. > :16:29.It happened in the oceans off Norway. We are always here with
:16:30. > :16:35.Thursday was a pretty showery affair for many parts of the British Isles
:16:36. > :16:40.and not a great surprise, given we have a big area of low pressure sat
:16:41. > :16:41.very close by on the western side of the British Isles, it is feeding