26/02/2014 ABC World News with Diane Sawyer


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facilitating terrorism in Syria. That's it for now. Time now for a

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look at the news as seen across the United States a couple of hours ago

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in ABC World News with Dianne Sawyer.

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Tonight, the polar blast pressing south. Rivers jammed with broken

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icebergs. Out west, the race to get sandbags ahead of floods.

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Coming home, our investigation of American veterans from Iraq and

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Afghanistan are hooked on addictive painkillers. It's a living seemingly

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never ending nightmare. Tonight, why is this happening? Will be used to

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date change it? And a new and simple solution for a nation of insomniacs.

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This woman. Is she about to change your life?

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Good evening. We begin with the sights, sounds and struggles of a

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nation watching as the freezer game. Even Texas will feel it. Out

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west, the race is under way to get sandbags in place before heavy rain

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threatens to bring mudslides on thousands of homes. A meteorologist

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is tracking the split personality weather tonight.

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Parts of Southern California playing out almost 150,000 sandbags,

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preparing for what could bring more brain in four days and they have had

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in the past year. Mudslides are more of the potential, especially in

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areas where there have been fires. Especially here, the home of the

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wildfire that removed almost 2000 acres of education in January. We

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need the brain. But not that much! `` rain. They needed to help dent

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the drought. But even if they get five inches of rain, they would need

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another 15 inches within one month to really see a rebound. The brain

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will start Wednesday and the heaviest will come into Saturday. ``

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rain. Meanwhile, the headline for many east of the Rockies is cold.

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The savage winter still howling in southern Minnesota. The deadline to

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get your ice fishing house off the Lakes is less than one week away.

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What with all the cold lately, they may not be able to remove them in

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time. That push brings the sub freezing wind chills as far south as

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north Texas and northern Alabama. It is forcing ice jams from Illinois to

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India Anna and Pennsylvania, bulldozing the swollen rivers. ``

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Indiana. It is destroying whatever it crosses. There are a windchill

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advisories from Montana to Ohio. Let's bring back the map. This is

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the windchill in Chicago, one of many cities concerned about the

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dangerous weather. Tomorrow morning, it will feel like `20 in Chicago.

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Other cities, anyone surrounding the great Lakes, will be very

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uncomfortable. Thank you so much. Next, the big

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surprises today in that culture war under way in Arizona. The one that

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pits religious liberty against gay rights. Today, some big American

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companies warned the governor of the state against signing that hill. In

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fact, even Mitt Romney weighed in and not the way you might think.

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Outrage at the state capital. As the governor faces her decision. Does

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she signed into law a bill allowing businesses in the name of religious

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freedom to refuse to serve gay people or veto it? But major

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companies are pouncing, saying the law would create an unfriendly

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climate that is bad for business. Joining the chorus, Mariott hotels,

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Apple, which wants to open a 2000 plant offers. Mitt Romney chimed in,

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urging a veto. `` office. Even the NFL waiting. With the Super Bowl to

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be played in Arizona next year, it says it promotes exclusiveness. It

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is discrimination hidden behind religious beliefs. The opposition

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has been loud but from the backers of the will be here silent so far.

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We tried to find business owners who would go on the record in support of

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it not so far we have not found one. But willing to talk, this woman from

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Arizona's Christian business networking. For her, this is about

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religious freedom. How is this any different to refusing someone

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service records of the colour of their skin? This is just about

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people having the right to have their belief system is respected.

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The governor has until Saturday to act. `` six to `` systems. Return to

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the results of a special investigation. To address a kind of

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epidemic among American heroes, returning home only to battle

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addiction to prescription drugs and drug is provided by the very system

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meant to help them. It is part of a new series about America's fighting

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men and women. These are probably the most

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difficult ones. Snapshots of a father. An army veteran and a bronze

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star in Iraq. Here, so stoned on prescription drugs he can barely

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hold his daughter. The war hero turned addict. I had everything

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going for me. In a flash, but fast, `` that fast, you wake up and it is

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gone. He is now alone. It is said and number of prescriptions for

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highly addictive painkillers surged 270% in two years, above the

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increasing patients. In fact, or than 50,000 veterans were treated

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for painkiller addiction last year alone. My life revolved around

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primarily one thing, when is my next bill? The road to addiction started

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hours after 911. There he is, part of the rescue effort outside the

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Pentagon. He injured his back pulling the woman from debris. More

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prescription drugs when he fell off and helicopter in Iraq. He says

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doctors kept prescribing more painkillers. Soon a full`blown

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addict, he tried to stop three times. It's a living seemingly never

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ending nightmare. I am angry that there were better options, more

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effective ways to treat my pain. The priority was seemingly treating me

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for whatever was the fastest and most inexpensive way. Tonight, this

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whistleblower speaks for the first time. She was a pain specialist at a

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hospital in Kansas City. I saw what I saw and I had to do something

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about it. But other doctors around the country, she told us she saw an

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alarming trend, more patients addicted to painkillers. She tried

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to get them off them but some of them came to her taking massive

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doses, as much as 1000 mg of morphine per day. Ten times the

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level considered safe. The bedrooms have their own set of issues and

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then they are given narcotics. `` veterans. You have used the word

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generous but it sounds like you want to say excessive. Very excessive. If

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the patient continues to explain, give them more. If they continue to

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have pain, give them all. `` com plain. Today, we took these

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troubling numbers to the health administration who told us they are

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announcing a programme, and safety initiative, using many of the same

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recommendations pain experts have made four years. Alternatives like

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acupuncture and yoga, which have had great success. These are pretty new

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ideas. We owe it to them to find ways to treat the pain. I am here to

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say we are working on that. There is 12 years of evidence to say American

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veterans are over prescribed pain medication. Why hasn't the change

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occurred? We are addressing this as quickly as we can. This is an

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absolutely serious issue to the agency, to my fellow physicians. I

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do treat patients and the ultimate goal for us as physicians used to

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get our guys back on their feet. Those recommendations come too late

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for such veterans. I just hope somebody else dealing with chronic

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pain hears all see this. If they do make the same mistakes I do, they

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can still raise their daughter, read her story at night. All sides agree

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they have paid a high price. Their pain is real. The DA insist they

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have found a new pain management plan they say works. The numbers

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asked the ringed by what is the evidence it works? According to

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tests, the VA says the use of addictive painkiller is dropped. We

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will have to see if those numbers hold. Now we turn to political

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news. Former President, Bill Clinton blazing his way back onto the

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campaign trail. Why are? And what does it say about Hillary Clinton in

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the White House in 2016? Bill Clinton is back. I love

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Kentucky! The effort to knock off the top Republican in the Senate.

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Bill Clinton says it is an art form. You do everything you can to make

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sure the problem is fixed. In Kentucky today, he was helping his

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opponent. She was a teenager when he was president. He/she is aged 14,

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resenting roses to the Clintons at the inauguration. Surrounded by

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senators in Washington, he brushed off the visit. This year, Bill

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Clinton is his party 's biggest draw. I hope that Hillary Clinton

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runs for the White House. One person not mention today, resident Obama.

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You did not mention Obama once. Why is Clinton a bigger draw? Bill

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Clinton is a friend, a mental and an adviser. We caught up with Bill

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Clinton and asked if Democrats could maintain the Senate control. Bill

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Clinton in high demand, hoping to come to the rescue.

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Late today, we got some news that gave hope in the fight against

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obesity. News that obesity in that group has plummeted 43% in ten

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years. So what has made the difference and how much credit goes

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to Michelle Obama and her campaign that again four years ago today?

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Four years after Michelle Obama launched her campaign to get kids to

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eat right and exercise. Tonight, that stunning headline. New

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government numbers showing that in 2004, 14% of two to five year olds

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were obese. But by 2012, that number dropped to just 8%. The CDC is

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calling it the first significant decrease in the could be Derek ``

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epidemic. Experts point to a number of factors that may have contributed

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to the decline. Kids are consuming fewer sugary drinks. While mothers

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are breast`feeding and they also credit the first lady with raising

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awareness. Lessons that may be starting to stick.

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Also tonight, we are tackling sleeplessness in America. A simple

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solution for insomnia and how one woman is getting millions of people

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to fall asleep without pills or gadgets. And it is free.

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Our series this week, sleepless in America. Tonight 23 million of us

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wonder if we will stay a week all night with a Sumner `` insomnia.

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What if there was a simple way to fall asleep for free?

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Today I have a new video for you. This woman would be offended if her

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voice puts you to sleep. It is the response that she wants. She is the

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sleep with bra, one of eight exploding community on the

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Internet. They, brush, poor and mostly whisper all to lull people to

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sleep. Is it just a soothing voice? It has to do with the combination of

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sounds and voices. It actually works. Per videos have generated 16

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million clicks and are among the options. One of her followers says

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her videos have changed her life. I could not sleep and I was thinking

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about so many different things. When she saw the first video, she found

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it hard to keep her eyes open. I was hooked. My rain relaxes so much. And

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that is with no appeals, signed a fax `` side`effects. The videos

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could be a good solution to insomnia. It brings me comfort that

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I cannot find in other things. Millions of people are now relying

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on the Internet equivalent of counting sheep.

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Would you dance till you drop for 46 hours? 700 students defy exhaustion

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and sore feet to use their energy to light a fire for other kids.

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Don't let that silly hat for you. Alison and Ryan are preparing for a

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marathon. Just trying to stretch out. 46 hours of no sleep and no

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sitting. Just dancing. This is America's biggest college dance and

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Marys on. More than 700 dances shaking and strutting their stuff.

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All to help kids like this 13`year`old. She has cancer and

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money raised will help pay for medical costs. After 24 hours,

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almost 36 hours in Alison 's legs are swollen and she is losing her

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voice. Is about fighting cancer! Nearly two days after the dance

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began, they are barely hanging on. And then, it is over. Mission

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accomplished. $13 million raised. And perhaps, more importantly.

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Britney is beaming. Don't ever underestimate the effect you can

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have on a child life. Dancing with your feet and your heart. That is

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America Strong. And we celebrate them all and thank

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you for watching. See you again tomorrow night.

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A cold at night and pad to last night and that leads us into a

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chilly start for Wednesday morning. While some start dry and bright, for

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others showers will develop quite quickly. The showers are developing

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late into the night and the morning for part of northern Ireland, some

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on the heavy

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