:00:00. > :00:00.its owners, us, taxpayers. We have the rest of the news in just
:00:00. > :00:08.under half an hour. Time now for a look at the news as seen across the
:00:09. > :00:10.United States a couple of hours ago, in ABC World News with Dianne
:00:11. > :00:15.Sawyer. Welcome to world news. Tonight: a
:00:16. > :00:21.new blast, a new twist. Ice and snow in the deep south. The midwest may
:00:22. > :00:25.hit -50 degrees. An American town you will recognise, cut off by an
:00:26. > :00:29.avalanche. Young guns. Nearly every hour, a
:00:30. > :00:33.child rest of the emergency river could of gun injury in this country.
:00:34. > :00:39.We will see the video that stunned parents police. A new report coming
:00:40. > :00:42.up. And take cover - can you make sure
:00:43. > :00:47.your friends to give you a cold or the flu? Should they cover their
:00:48. > :01:01.seizes with our hands or elbows? Or something else? -- Vara sneezes.
:01:02. > :01:09.It is great to be with you. As we begin this week together, Americans
:01:10. > :01:13.from north to south in this country are starting to feel a new Arctic
:01:14. > :01:18.freeze. You can see it happening in the windy city already. The Chicago
:01:19. > :01:24.waterway is an obstacle course of eyes. Further south in Tennessee, a
:01:25. > :01:27.frozen waterfall. We have been telling you will about the coldest
:01:28. > :01:32.winter, but here is what is different tonight. The Arctic blast
:01:33. > :01:38.is driving as far south as Texas and Florida. They could both be hit by
:01:39. > :01:45.treacherous snow and ice. Our weather team is ready to show you
:01:46. > :01:51.how cold and fast it will drop. This is the battle millions are
:01:52. > :01:54.facing across our frozen midwest - blowing snow and dangerous
:01:55. > :01:59.conditions are shutting down roads, making cars disappear. In Illinois,
:02:00. > :02:06.this past slip straight off the road. In Colorado, pile after
:02:07. > :02:11.pileup. 27 states coping with brittle windchill. The public
:02:12. > :02:19.schools 400,000 students told to stay home in Chicago. Across
:02:20. > :02:27.Minnesota, schools closed. A snow-covered Minneapolis feels like
:02:28. > :02:31.26 degrees below zero. In Minnesota, the propane that was meant to keep
:02:32. > :02:37.this family warm until March is already almost finished. He is
:02:38. > :02:44.relying on layers, heaters and electric blanket. Hazard safety? For
:02:45. > :02:51.sure. One of millions who will rely on propane to stay warm. Facing a
:02:52. > :02:56.nationwide is shortage and rising prices, he had turned the Salvation
:02:57. > :03:07.Army. Last month, how much we are paying? $2 39. This month? $4.89.
:03:08. > :03:12.The snow we January since the civil war. In Chicago, four foetus no,
:03:13. > :03:21.more than a city usually gets all season. In Alaska, above average
:03:22. > :03:26.temperatures are the problem. Food is being shipped to the town by it
:03:27. > :03:31.barge. This no, I send cold in the midwest is now moving south. In
:03:32. > :03:36.Alabama, they are salting roads and preparing for the work. We are not
:03:37. > :03:41.ready to do 1000 miles of road. We would have to close the road. The
:03:42. > :03:49.ice is a big concern the midwest. Just about everywhere we are
:03:50. > :03:58.standing is covered in snow. Strangely beautiful. We'll bring in
:03:59. > :04:04.a meteorologist Robert ahead. Winter storm warnings have gone up from
:04:05. > :04:08.Texas to Marilyn. A warning means it is imminent, snow and ice. We will
:04:09. > :04:15.show you how much we expect tomorrow. The low pressure will
:04:16. > :04:21.slide across. We are in the range white. Anywhere pink or maroon is
:04:22. > :04:29.more than half of the snow. Then there will be the ice. This will
:04:30. > :04:32.make it extra messy. Something we will be watching, especially for
:04:33. > :04:37.these towns that are not used to it. They do not have flowers all souls,
:04:38. > :04:43.will they just have stands to put on some of the icy places. Head to the
:04:44. > :04:48.Super Bowl, are you still predicting to bridges in the 30s? The trend
:04:49. > :04:55.will get on by the end of the week. We are fortunate it is not tomorrow
:04:56. > :05:02.or Wednesday. Thank you. We move to a mystery. How do they
:05:03. > :05:06.giant cruise ship become a floating Petrie dish? Hundreds of passengers
:05:07. > :05:11.sick with a virus that move from deck to deck like lightning.
:05:12. > :05:14.Tonight, the crew ship making its way back to dry land with a lot of
:05:15. > :05:21.miserable Americans on board. Vacations Robin.
:05:22. > :05:28.The cruise line promises relaxation, fun and entertainment. Instead, for
:05:29. > :05:36.3000 passengers denied, high anxiety on the high seas.
:05:37. > :05:42.This passenger is just one of the more than 600 people on the ship who
:05:43. > :05:58.have become violently ill. Officials say it is as likely a case
:05:59. > :06:02.of the highly contagious Nora virus, which probably came on board with a
:06:03. > :06:07.sick person or rent contaminated food. If it arrived in contaminated
:06:08. > :06:11.seafood, not only would everyone who ate it be sick, but the virus could
:06:12. > :06:16.spread to those who handled the fish, and anyone who touched the ice
:06:17. > :06:19.it was served on. It survives on surfaces and on hands, so wanted
:06:20. > :06:24.leaves the dining room and can spread exponentially through the
:06:25. > :06:28.ship. The crew, sporting Hawaiian shirts and sanitation masks, is
:06:29. > :06:36.scrubbing and disinfecting the ship from top to bottom. Why is the virus
:06:37. > :06:41.surgical to contain? That tracks so difficult to contain? Is able to
:06:42. > :06:46.survive for weeks, even months. Inspectors are run board. The
:06:47. > :06:58.company said: Now we turn to the groundbreaking
:06:59. > :07:01.news right here at home. From the Yale University, about American
:07:02. > :07:07.children and guns. Every hour a child is rushed to the emergency
:07:08. > :07:11.room because of gunshots. We have been working on this story for
:07:12. > :07:14.nearly a year. We have teamed up and travelled across the country. On the
:07:15. > :07:21.eve of our special report, that there are new numbers reported. They
:07:22. > :07:26.look at children and guns, the most recent statistics are from 2009.
:07:27. > :07:30.They are eye opening. The new numbers are resting. Nearly one
:07:31. > :07:39.child or teenager every hour injured by a firearm in this country. --
:07:40. > :07:44.arresting. So often they are accidents in the home. 453 of those
:07:45. > :07:50.children died in hospital. You have seen it off and when it is an
:07:51. > :07:54.accident inside the home. I have. It is devastating. This doctor has
:07:55. > :07:59.spent many years in the ER. At one point he said he had seen gunshots
:08:00. > :08:06.in children twice per week. He says this new window into the ER, he has
:08:07. > :08:11.been witnessing for a long time. These happen inside the home,
:08:12. > :08:16.generally? Dunseith left unlocked. Children and teens gain access. The
:08:17. > :08:21.authors call this a national public health problem. For nearly a year we
:08:22. > :08:25.have troubled coast-to-coast into neighbourhoods where the numbers
:08:26. > :08:29.tell us that one in three homes in America have a gun. 1.7 million
:08:30. > :08:35.children live in a home with an unlocked firearm. We turned to the
:08:36. > :08:40.parent to say they have taught their children gun safety. They agreed to
:08:41. > :08:45.take part in an elementary school experiment. Seven hidden cameras.
:08:46. > :08:55.For half the kids, reinforcing that message with a camera. Stop. Do not
:08:56. > :09:04.touch. Leave the area. Tell an adult. Then the police come in with
:09:05. > :09:14.a gun safety class at and repeat the message. If you do -- a few days
:09:15. > :09:18.later they repeat this. The teacher tells them that they are there free
:09:19. > :09:26.memory test. She tells them that there is candy on the table. Ten
:09:27. > :09:28.minutes after this, there is this. One child looking down the barrel of
:09:29. > :09:49.the gun. His friend about to do the same.
:09:50. > :09:56.Both of them already having looked down the barrel by the time they
:09:57. > :10:11.call an adult. Help! Help! Help! Anyone! We found a gun! Two guns.
:10:12. > :10:15.From the control room, the professor and police watching. It is natural
:10:16. > :10:24.to look down the barrel. The parents who agree to it, are watching too.
:10:25. > :10:30.Oh my God. On Friday night we hear from those parents and children who
:10:31. > :10:33.were severe them. Do parents ever really ask neighbours or their
:10:34. > :10:39.friends parents if there is a gun in the home, whether it is locked,
:10:40. > :10:44.loaded, or put away? We want to hear from everyone on all sides of this
:10:45. > :10:49.issue. Big news about Hillary Clinton. The former Secretary of
:10:50. > :10:53.State expressed regret over the mistake that cost four Americans
:10:54. > :10:57.their lives in Benghazi 16 months ago. What did she say and what does
:10:58. > :11:04.it mean if she runs for the White House in 2016?
:11:05. > :11:08.Hillary Clinton was asked today if she would have any two overs from
:11:09. > :11:13.the four years of Secretary of State. Without hesitation she points
:11:14. > :11:17.to Benghazi. The attack that killed four Americans, including our
:11:18. > :11:24.ambassador to Libya. My biggest regret is what happened in Benghazi.
:11:25. > :11:27.It was a terrible tragedy. It has also become a political issue.
:11:28. > :11:32.Republicans saying it is Hillary Clinton who ultimately there is
:11:33. > :11:36.responsible for the breakdown in security. She called it the biggest
:11:37. > :11:45.regret, but it was not a mea col pop. You make these choices based on
:11:46. > :11:51.imperfect information. You may come to the best of your ability. That
:11:52. > :11:55.does not mean that there will not be unforeseen consequences. Over the
:11:56. > :12:02.past week, to make major magazine cover stories have treated Hillary
:12:03. > :12:05.Clinton like the all but certain democratic candidate for 2016. She
:12:06. > :12:11.says she is not even thinking yet about whether she will run. It came
:12:12. > :12:15.before a group of car dealers. She admitted to them that she has not
:12:16. > :12:22.driven a car for almost two decades. Last time I actually drove a car
:12:23. > :12:25.myself was 1996. I remember it well. So does the Secret Service. That is
:12:26. > :12:30.why I have not driven since then. Quite a thing to say, especially in
:12:31. > :12:37.front of people who sell cars for a living.
:12:38. > :12:44.A long time ago. Next, is that a way to protect yourself from a sneeze or
:12:45. > :13:30.a cough? We will show you in the lab in just two minutes.
:13:31. > :13:35.They care on land, as the countdown to the Super Bowl on Sunday,
:13:36. > :13:40.hundreds of thousands of people are already coming to New York and New
:13:41. > :13:46.Jersey. There is something in the shadows, sex trafficking. Tonight, a
:13:47. > :13:51.counter-attack as we are being asked to help and step in. Here is a
:13:52. > :13:56.senior National correspondent. These flight attendants and airport
:13:57. > :13:59.workers being trained to recognise sex traffickers are mum that
:14:00. > :14:02.thousands heading to the Super Bowl. Criminals transporting women
:14:03. > :14:09.and children to New York against their will. For the biggest weekend
:14:10. > :14:18.in prostitution. Any major event where there is a lot of men, money,
:14:19. > :14:27.and alcohol, increases the demand for sex. It is expected to triple by
:14:28. > :14:31.Sunday. Today, a counter-attack. New billboards and videos played in
:14:32. > :14:42.major train and bus stations. It is time to open our eyes. These places
:14:43. > :14:46.we know victims will end up. The training works. In Boston a ring was
:14:47. > :14:50.smashed and 86 children were freed after an airline worker noticed a
:14:51. > :15:00.man travelling with two crying children. We caught a dozen. All
:15:01. > :15:06.because the worker had been trained to look for tell-tale signs. It is
:15:07. > :15:12.better to be a little nosy and wrong man to let a victim walk out of your
:15:13. > :15:15.life. A London hotel is on the lookout this weekend for the young
:15:16. > :15:23.and exploited. -- airlines and hotels.
:15:24. > :15:28.Next, the latest tonight on the Olympics. Today another terror
:15:29. > :15:31.warning, a new assessment, and this one from British security services.
:15:32. > :15:37.The BBC reporting their conclusion that a terror attack is very likely
:15:38. > :15:40.before or during the Olympics. Today there was no better symbol of
:15:41. > :15:45.confounding danger than this. The Olympic torch being carried through
:15:46. > :15:50.the capital of Dagestan, a hotbed of extremism thought to be the most
:15:51. > :15:54.dangerous of the regions near the Olympic site. Next, an enemy
:15:55. > :16:00.travelling through the air all around us. Every sneeze that can
:16:01. > :16:04.give you cold or flu, is using your hand or an arm the best way to stop
:16:05. > :16:11.it? Our chief medical editor shows us something else that really works.
:16:12. > :16:16.On the flu season battle field, everyone around you is a potential
:16:17. > :16:21.enemy. Firing their germs like ballistic missiles. We set out to
:16:22. > :16:25.answer how can you best stop your sneezes and not get everyone around
:16:26. > :16:34.you sick. Is it with your hands? Or into your elbow? We put together a
:16:35. > :16:38.demonstration. We rinsed a mouse with food colouring so we could see
:16:39. > :16:42.where the sneezes landed. We put on protective suits to keep the die off
:16:43. > :16:49.our clothes. And we did everything we could to incite a sneeze. I even
:16:50. > :16:54.sniffed cat hair. I could not sneeze. Two of my producers found a
:16:55. > :17:03.way. Tickling their noses with leaves. Round one, he plays the rude
:17:04. > :17:12.guide. Sneezing without blocking at all. Look at that. As small part of
:17:13. > :17:17.it landed 11 feet away. She covers her mouth with her hands. She cannot
:17:18. > :17:25.block it all. Some of it landed 3.5 feet away. Look at that on her
:17:26. > :17:32.hands. Disgusting. What about that new move we have been advised to
:17:33. > :17:37.use? Into your elbow. Better. Look a much is still getting through. Parts
:17:38. > :17:42.of that landed 8.5 feet away. If you are spreading germs sneezing, even
:17:43. > :17:49.covering your mouth and sneezing into your elbow, is there anything
:17:50. > :17:55.you can do? Grab a tissue. Believe it or not, we found nothing getting
:17:56. > :18:04.through. There you have it. Thank you so much for watching
:18:05. > :18:07.tonight. We hope you will join us tomorrow in Washington for world
:18:08. > :18:15.news and the state of the union tomorrow night.
:18:16. > :18:16.It looks as though you will have to keep your