:00:00. > :00:00.suspect but so far, there is no weapon and there is no motive. The
:00:00. > :00:09.rest of the day's news in about 20 minutes. Now, it's time for ABC
:00:10. > :00:15.World News. Welcome to the programme. Tonight, breaking news
:00:16. > :00:29.from Homeland Security. A new warning about the possibility shoe
:00:30. > :00:32.bombs. Could there be a breakthrough in Ukraine? Do all these women need
:00:33. > :00:41.Caesarean sections? What are the dangers? And what could you do with
:00:42. > :00:53.75,000 Lego blocks? One man's astonishing answer. Good evening.
:00:54. > :00:58.There is a new terror warning and this one is something of a flashback
:00:59. > :01:01.to the past. Acting on new intelligence, the US government says
:01:02. > :01:15.airline security should be on the lookout for explosives contained in
:01:16. > :01:24.footwear and cosmetics. Tonight, Homeland Security officials
:01:25. > :01:31.are warning airlines that explosives hidden in footwear are an ongoing
:01:32. > :01:36.threat. Terrorists are building shoe bombs containing liquid explosives
:01:37. > :01:42.and also explosives hidden in cosmetic cases. The new intelligence
:01:43. > :01:48.suggests that the terrorist bomb makers are fixated on these efforts.
:01:49. > :01:54.Al-Qaeda is still fascinated with taking down planes. We recently had
:01:55. > :02:01.that toothpaste scare. Now we are going back to footwear. It comes
:02:02. > :02:06.after a warning that explosives could be hidden in toothpaste
:02:07. > :02:09.containers on flights heading to the Sochi Olympics. It comes 12 years
:02:10. > :02:17.after Richard Green was caught on a US bound flight, trying to light his
:02:18. > :02:22.footwear. The bomb could have taken down a plane carrying 197. The
:02:23. > :02:28.incident changed airline security forever. To this day, passengers
:02:29. > :02:30.must always take off their shoes so they can be screened. Only weeks
:02:31. > :02:36.ago, Congress held hearings on whether the continued concern was
:02:37. > :02:42.overkill. Everything we have done is in reaction. Take off your shoes.
:02:43. > :02:48.That was in reaction. Liquids. It's all reacted. Pretty soon, we will be
:02:49. > :02:59.going through their naked. Given this latest scare... Do you think we
:03:00. > :03:03.will see heightened security tomorrow morning? Sources tell me
:03:04. > :03:06.that they will be doing business as usual but they may see additional
:03:07. > :03:10.security at airports because law enforcement officials want to show
:03:11. > :03:17.that they are taking this very seriously. But again ranking it in
:03:18. > :03:20.terms of the intelligence and the specificity of that intelligence?
:03:21. > :03:25.This came from credible sources and they want to get it out to airlines
:03:26. > :03:28.as as possible and to the TSA so that everyone is on notice so that
:03:29. > :03:40.the terrorists are still thinking about these plans to take planes out
:03:41. > :03:46.of the sky. Now to the heart of chaos in Ukraine. Tonight, Ukraine
:03:47. > :03:49.is in ruins and a bloody battle is playing out on the ground amid
:03:50. > :03:58.reports of a truce coming out tonight. Yes, that truce was
:03:59. > :04:06.announced by President Yanukovych late tonight one after he said that
:04:07. > :04:15.-- scent of those security forces into the square behind me,
:04:16. > :04:18.triggering an intense battle. All day and into the night, downtown
:04:19. > :04:21.Kiev smouldered and burned. This city and the world still shaken by
:04:22. > :04:27.the terrible scenes that flashed through here yesterday. Protesters
:04:28. > :04:32.shot down. Leased lines of flame. The deadline in the streets. But
:04:33. > :04:37.this afternoon, when we clambered over the barricades into
:04:38. > :04:39.Independence Square, we found thousands of ordinary Ukrainians
:04:40. > :04:45.gathered again, young and old, men and women, undeterred and undaunted.
:04:46. > :04:57.They say they want freedom and democracy. This is our last chance.
:04:58. > :05:02.If we retreat, everything will be broken. Will this country of 46
:05:03. > :05:06.million people turned west towards the US and EU and democracy or
:05:07. > :05:11.East, to Vladimir Putin and Russia, which brought here for centuries.
:05:12. > :05:17.President Yanukovych, who was elected in 2010 but who now stands
:05:18. > :05:21.accused by opponents of massive corruption and unleashing secret
:05:22. > :05:25.police on protesters, chose Moscow. The US is pushing back. There will
:05:26. > :05:29.be consequences if people stepped over the line, that includes the
:05:30. > :05:37.Ukrainian military not stepping into what should be a set of issues that
:05:38. > :05:41.could be resolved by civilians. In Kiev, they are bracing for the
:05:42. > :05:47.worst. This is the front line. Protesters here and on the other
:05:48. > :05:50.side, the police. They are armed for battle here with their weapon of
:05:51. > :05:54.choice, the stones they have torn from the pavements. Everyone pitches
:05:55. > :05:59.in out here. There is plenty of food. Handmade sandwiches brought
:06:00. > :06:02.from home. And the beautiful cathedral of Saint Michael is a
:06:03. > :06:08.makeshift hospital, treating the injured. Morale on the barricades is
:06:09. > :06:14.still high. As dusk drew down, they rose and sang the Ukrainian national
:06:15. > :06:24.anthem. The words of the chorus dash souls and bodies we will lay down
:06:25. > :06:27.all for our freedom. They mean it. This is a nation on a knife edge
:06:28. > :06:31.looking over into an abyss of possible civil war. Can this truce
:06:32. > :06:36.holds? The protesters are demanding new elections. The president is
:06:37. > :06:50.refusing and the bloodshed has radicalised both sides. Thank you.
:06:51. > :07:01.Now, the weather back at home. Tornadoes are roaring in behind the
:07:02. > :07:03.blizzards. With the mild comes the wild.
:07:04. > :07:13.In a Manhattan, eyes is falling from the sky. -- ice. It is crashing onto
:07:14. > :07:18.the street and sidewalks below. In Chicago, the same. In the
:07:19. > :07:25.north-east, a blast of winter before the store. In Pennsylvania, a scene
:07:26. > :07:31.we sought to often this winter. A pile-up on the highway. Freezing
:07:32. > :07:40.rain caused unfortunate vehicle wrecks. Before we celebrate the
:07:41. > :07:50.brief touch offspring, the reality of a fast snow melting, causing
:07:51. > :07:55.damage. There are fears of flooding. Almost a third of the nation has
:07:56. > :08:02.been covered with rapid snow. This could mean trouble. In New York
:08:03. > :08:08.City, the major flood threat is in the west. At least seven states have
:08:09. > :08:12.flood watch warnings. Then we have the severe weather. Tonight, in
:08:13. > :08:22.eastern Kansas and south-west Missouri. It will explode into the
:08:23. > :08:27.evening. The areas in red could see damaging winds and isolated
:08:28. > :08:33.tornadoes. We move on to a new warning from
:08:34. > :08:39.some of the nation's top doctors. Are too many babies being born by
:08:40. > :08:44.Caesarean section in America? Is it necessary? Is it something else? Our
:08:45. > :08:49.correspondent has more. And alarming number. One in three
:08:50. > :08:58.women disbursed in America through the section. -- Caesarean section.
:08:59. > :09:04.That number is too high. It can be a life-saving procedure. But a report
:09:05. > :09:11.says the often, they are not needed. There are real surgical risks like
:09:12. > :09:14.infection and severe bleeding. This woman suffered after what she now
:09:15. > :09:23.feels and unnecessary Caesarean section. My injuries didn't heal. I
:09:24. > :09:32.was not able to breastfeed. I had postpartum depression. Many women
:09:33. > :09:43.who have had Caesarean section will have higher risks of serious
:09:44. > :09:50.problems like death. We live in the reality of litigation. Sometimes,
:09:51. > :09:57.obstetricians are leaning towards Caesarean sections. If this is done,
:09:58. > :10:04.and OK. I have had patients who have come in and said, I would rather
:10:05. > :10:09.have Caesarean section. GPs will exhaust all options and resort to
:10:10. > :10:18.Caesarean section only when needed. The goal is the healthy birth of a
:10:19. > :10:24.baby and a healthy mother. A competition of its own back in
:10:25. > :10:30.America. A jackpot. Our correspondent has more.
:10:31. > :10:37.It has rolled over more than a dozen times in 2013. Tonight, the
:10:38. > :10:44.Powerball jackpot. The six largest in US history. It could be a
:10:45. > :10:50.record-breaking year. We could easily hit the $1 billion mark.
:10:51. > :10:56.Massive jackpots has become the new normal. This particular jackpot is
:10:57. > :11:02.taking longer to grow. As a result of the extreme weather, fewer people
:11:03. > :11:09.were venturing out as are enough to buy tickets. Even with one in 175
:11:10. > :11:13.million odds, Powerball officials say the excitement is overshadowing
:11:14. > :11:20.the weather. Next, how to fight the epidemic of
:11:21. > :11:29.drug tragedies. Many families are trying to revive the crusade of an
:11:30. > :11:35.anguished father. You sleaze Ball. We are going to get you. Parents are
:11:36. > :12:49.trying to target the drug dealers tonight.
:12:50. > :12:54.Next, we have seen stories in relation to the epidemic of drug
:12:55. > :13:01.tragedies. What can be done? Tonight, we take a closer look. What
:13:02. > :13:05.happens if drug dealers are charged with murder if there is a death from
:13:06. > :13:08.the drug? Our correspondent has more.
:13:09. > :13:13.After the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman, police acting on a tip
:13:14. > :13:18.arrested this man. He has been charged with heroin possession than
:13:19. > :13:22.a connection with the death. He pledged not guilty. We may not know
:13:23. > :13:28.who supplied the drugs who killed the Oscar winner. No crime was
:13:29. > :13:35.committed, police say. But with harrowing news and as it is
:13:36. > :13:46.skyrocketing, many other finding ways to punish those who supply
:13:47. > :13:50.drugs. This man lost his son to suicide related to drug use. He
:13:51. > :14:01.demanded accountability from the man he said supplied the drugs. You
:14:02. > :14:10.sleazeball. We are going to get you. He wants to pass a law to see for
:14:11. > :14:17.reimbursement of medical rehabilitation costs. I had people
:14:18. > :14:26.say, you cannot blame the drug dealer for what we choose to do to
:14:27. > :14:33.ourselves. They might be an accessory but you cannot blame them.
:14:34. > :14:38.There are partners in crime. A partner in murder. Some prosecutors
:14:39. > :14:45.are calling it a crime. Like this person in New Jersey. It is not just
:14:46. > :14:49.drug dealer but supplier or manufacturer. Everyone up the chain
:14:50. > :14:56.could be charged with first degree drug abuse death in New Jersey. He
:14:57. > :15:01.is using a statute. That could lead drug dealers in jail for 30 years.
:15:02. > :15:13.Prosecutors around the country are finding creative ways to show drug
:15:14. > :15:18.dealers that they mean business. The leaders of Facebook will pay $19
:15:19. > :15:26.billion for a start-up called WhatsApp. The biggest acquisition
:15:27. > :15:32.ever for Facebook. It lets you text anywhere in the world for free. The
:15:33. > :15:40.company has 55 employees. Facebook will pay $345 million for every
:15:41. > :15:44.worker. We want to show you something a
:15:45. > :15:50.charity has issued. An experiment in empathy. A little boy shivering in
:15:51. > :15:57.the cold. He is an actor. As the cameras roll, one after the other,
:15:58. > :16:05.people offer him gloves and scarves and pays off their back. Wake up to
:16:06. > :16:14.needy children all around us. Finally, a new solution to an old
:16:15. > :16:20.problem. Go in the dark antlers reindeer. Big blue sprays on and
:16:21. > :16:27.make it easier for reindeer to spot. It will cut down on the number of
:16:28. > :16:34.car accidents with renegade reindeer.
:16:35. > :16:40.Unlocking the imagination of children around the world. One
:16:41. > :16:49.person has become a Michelangelo of the clay or marble but Lego. -- not
:16:50. > :16:53.clay. Our correspondent has more. The Lego brick. Simple and
:16:54. > :17:01.rectangular. Billions produced every year. The artistic creations of this
:17:02. > :17:14.person. I have been playing with toys for ten years. The Michelangelo
:17:15. > :17:24.David. The Easter Island had. -- head. This was two months of my
:17:25. > :17:30.life. His renderings of classic paintings. This was a good example
:17:31. > :17:37.of what things looked like from a different angle. Before this, he was
:17:38. > :17:44.a corporate lawyer. His artwork was about getting out of that. People
:17:45. > :17:52.told me, I am crazy. Then I did. But I was following my dream. He is
:17:53. > :17:58.doing well. His audiences, including children around the world who might
:17:59. > :18:05.not get out. I had very accommodating parents. I had a lot
:18:06. > :18:13.of Lego. A woman splashing through water, made out of the Lego bricks.
:18:14. > :18:15.Unlocking imaginations about the beauty that is there. When you build
:18:16. > :18:19.it with fabric.