06/02/2014 ABC World News with Diane Sawyer

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Welcome to ABC World News. Tonight, terro warning.

Powerlines falling under the snow and ice as two thirds of America

tries to drive across frozen roads. The older man who shot the young

father in a moving feature appears in yesterday. But police say he told

his own wife in the moments after the shooting. -- movie theatre in

tears. We begin with the developing story,

a new terro warning for athletes and fans descending on Russia. The less

government announced new intelligence information that

terrorists may be targeting planes with explosives smuggled on board

inside toothpaste. As the Olympic torch made its way to

Sochi today, a new warning from US intelligence put commercial airlines

on notice. Terrorists may use toothpaste containers to

TRANSLATION: Will explosives on board planes. We have received

specific and credible information. The new potential threat is not

necessarily focused on Americans, but does pertain to all flights into

the country. There was the shoe bomber, a liquid explosives plot.

And there was the plan to smuggle a bomb in a printer cartridge. It is

clear that even small bombs can be extraordinarily dangerous. In

military bomb technician tells us tonight that certain explosives can

be easily moulded into a powerful bomb. Here is what the liquid

explosive bomb could have done. This is the shoe bomb. This is what the

underwear bomb would have done. Russia has been on edge due to a

series of threats from Islamic militants. At a congressional

hearing yesterday, US intelligence officials said that specific limbic

threats were being discovered. -- Olympic.

Hundreds of thousands of people are travelling to the games, including

15,000 Americans. Give us a sense of what level of

certainty they have about this attack and specifically toothpaste.

The information has recently come in. It was specific only to

toothpaste. They did not have many more specifics at this point.

I know that you will be following up throughout the night. We have

another note of a different kind. Sean Wight has pulled out of

tomorrow's big event, giving up the chance of a gold medal in the slips

to, because of the potential risk of injury. There has been criticism of

the course. And now we move on to the latest

round of wicked weather. People stuck at airports, powerlines down

and drivers trying to make the trip home through snow and ice.

Yet another winter blast has been bringing heavy wet snow and ice.

More than 500,000 people here will spend the night in the dark. Have

you thought about the idea of being without power for as long as a

week? We have tried not to. Trees have brought powerlines crashing

down. A powerline 300 feet long covered in two inches of ice gets

more than ?2200 heavier. Hundreds of thousands now left in the dark. And

now you're getting ready to go to your neighbour 's house, because

they get power. It is a painstaking and unpredictable process. They are

one of the biggest threats to public safety. A first priority. Crews

worked to restore power to generators. The ice and snow is also

disrupting a travel. 3000 cancellations and 7500 delays. Snow

bringing the downtown to a crawl. I have had enough. In Indiana, trying

to clear the highways. In New York State, a major interstate shutdown.

Just a couple of tips. Make sure you're not using cruise control. You

want to be in control of your car. When looking at your exhaust pipe,

make sure that it is clear. And perhaps most obviously, drive

slowly. Even if you are not driving, you could have problems. Look at the

crowds forming after the New York subway stores. Back in Philadelphia,

officials at telling us it can take as long as a week for some to get

power back. Temperatures will be below freezing for days. And another

storm that hit on Sunday. And it is not just the powerlines. You see

this tree? A large branch fell off and hit a man. That man is in

critical condition. Now, that will bring in our meteorologists because

many people are asking if this is the worst winter ever. I will show

you why this has happened. The Jetstream acts as a conveyor belt,

bringing storm after storm. But how we remember it may be different. In

some places, generational leap. Look at this picture from Michigan. The

building almost completely covered. And frozen fountains in Atlanta. Do

the numbers stack up as much as our memory? In Chicago, it was only

eight inches or so at this point. 20 is average. This year, it's close to

60. That's close to a record but to get to number one, they would have

to get to 90 inches. 43 days until spring. Word of new video from that

horrifying shooting in The movie cinema. The older man with a gun and

the younger father texting. The retired police captain broke down in

tears. The 71 -year-old retired police captain accused of shooting a

man for texting in a cinema died in court. His daughter told the court

he was an old man with medical issues and needs to be set free. He

kept all of his tools because he just knew that his hands would get

better but it has not happened. He is charged with second-degree

murder. He shot and killed a 43 -year-old man after they argued. The

defendant says he was struck in the face by an unknown object and acted

in self defence. But the only thing that was thrown was a bag of

popcorn. The victim's wife was sitting next to him when he died.

She says the retired policeman should be put away. I don't want him

to see daylight again. Witnesses say they overheard him speaking to his

wife. She said that was no cause to shoot anyone. And then he leaned

around and stuck his finger out as though to scold her and said don't

say another word. The judges decided that prosecutors could share

surveillance video and photos from that afternoon. The prosecution says

this was in no way self defence. An update on the death of Philip

Seymour Hoffman. Overnight, authorities made for a rest just

blocks from his home. They have reportedly 300 packets of heroin.

Police say the arrest are connected to Philip Seymour Hoffman's death.

Now, we turn to a milestone event in America's long history with

cigarettes. Today, CVS has said enough is enough and they will no

longer sell tobacco products. Will other stores follow suit? We worked

the phones all day, calling major drugstore chains across the country.

Not one as of tonight said they were following CVS's decision but some

are thinking about it. It's a monumental move. CVS says that by

October, none of their 7000 hundred locations will sell cigarettes or

tobacco products. We want to know what kind of company we want to be.

Do we want to be a healthcare company? It was the right decision

for us. It might make good business sense down the road. Cigarette sales

are down 31% over the past decade. At the same time, CVS is growing its

walk-in health clinics. Analysts say the move could improve that

business. Two major cities have already banned cigarette sales in

pharmacies. Boston and San Francisco. Target has stopped

selling tobacco products in the 1990s. All eyes are on those other

pharmacy chain. They are all looking closely at what CVS is doing.

One thing is for sure. The fans of the Seattle Seahawks love to make a

noise. Today, almost 1 million people lined the streets for the

parade to celebrate the Super Bowl champions. More people showed up for

the parade them live in Seattle. Next, look at this not so innocent

face. It's one thing if your dog eats your homework. Another thing if

she eats your dream car. Comeback. We will see what happened. This is

one to top the record books for bad dogs. One man in the UK came home

and discovered his pet dog had chewed through his vintage car,

eating beef either grass on the bumper of an Aston Martin. -- eating

the fibreglass. It used to be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars

before someone decided to have a snack. And a major change at Subway.

It's removing a chemical from its bread. The chemical is also found in

some forms of shoe rubber. It follows a petition that asked the

chain to stop using the ingredients. Subway says it began removing that

chemical before the petition was launched. And you know how we all

are? Last year, we lost 60 million mobile phones at airports. If

someone making money from our forgetfulness?

It's that moment we all dread. Scrambling through the airport,

running out of a taxi, realising you have left something behind. In

hotels, 46 million items have been left behind. And over 600,000

laptops left at the airport every year. But well does it all go? It

turns out your loss is someone else's am. Welcome to a warehouse

just outside of Denver, where four times per year, the city auctions

off items lost and found. Chainsaws, mandolins, even a tribal sceptre.

One man made $1 million on the thing is lost or left behind. He will even

pick up furniture on the side of the street. Those sunglasses could be

worth $275. If there is an opportunity for me to make extra

money, I will do it. He looks for options like this one across the

country. We bid on things that have a higher value that we can turn

around. This couple made $70,000 in profits last year. Someone has to

benefit. We take it and use it to support our family. Next time you

lose something behind, remember, finders keepers, losers we pose. --

losers weepers. At least Thursday offers the

prospect of a day where strong wind won't be a problem for many parts of

the UK. However, we still have concerns about the amount of rain

that is on its way. This is Saturday's