:00:00. > :00:00.Time now for a look at the news as seen across the United States a
:00:00. > :00:12.couple of hours ago, in ABC World News with Dianne Sawyer. Welcome to
:00:13. > :00:19.ABC World News. A dramatic change in the search for the missing plane.
:00:20. > :00:25.We are there as anguished families arrived, demanding answers. News of
:00:26. > :00:33.the massive recall of 10 million Toyota cars. Tonight, the company
:00:34. > :00:38.admits misleading customers and pays one of the largest fines in history.
:00:39. > :00:45.Why other women in your family twice as likely as the man develop
:00:46. > :00:52.Alzheimer's disease? The new twist in the seven`year for Madeleine
:00:53. > :01:04.McCann. `` search for Madeleine McCann. Good evening. We have news
:01:05. > :01:07.on the search for MH 370. The leading edge of the search has
:01:08. > :01:13.narrowed, zeroing in on two sections of ocean. The hunt is on so let's go
:01:14. > :01:22.to our correspondent. Show us the change. We were talking about the
:01:23. > :01:25.search area covering 2.4 square nautical miles. Now it is off
:01:26. > :01:32.Australia, where US officials are focusing. Experts from the NTSB have
:01:33. > :01:36.refined satellite signals from the aircraft. They have created two
:01:37. > :01:39.possible parts that go right through the street in search area and have
:01:40. > :01:45.cut the size of the search area from the size of Texas, in half. These
:01:46. > :01:54.search planes have narrowed their focus. Two possible parts. A flight
:01:55. > :01:59.from Malaysia to the South Pole, ending off Australia. Why here?
:02:00. > :02:04.Because hourly satellite signals from the jet had yielded far more
:02:05. > :02:06.clues than anyone expected. Calculations by experts have been
:02:07. > :02:15.handed over to the Australians to help in the search. The area at the
:02:16. > :02:25.end of those parts has been refined by the NTSB. We know more about the
:02:26. > :02:34.aircraft and its fuel reserves. The US new high`tech plane is also
:02:35. > :02:37.focusing here. The FBI has been asked to help in the investigation
:02:38. > :02:43.of the pilots, at least when it comes to their homes in later.
:02:44. > :02:48.Waiting for a week to confiscate the machinery, the Malaysians say that
:02:49. > :02:57.they were deleted files on the computer. This is a bit of a race
:02:58. > :03:02.because the batteries in the blacks `` black box recorders only last for
:03:03. > :03:10.40 days. We have already lost 12 days.
:03:11. > :03:17.From the families of the missing, deep emotion. Our correspondent is
:03:18. > :03:27.there. The anguished cries of a mother, raw
:03:28. > :03:38.proof of families at breaking point. Where is my son, she cries. Give me
:03:39. > :03:40.an answer. Today she joined 20 family members protesting the daily
:03:41. > :03:52.Malaysia news conference, accusing officials of lying. They are doing
:03:53. > :03:57.nothing, this woman screams. The scene descended into chaos as the
:03:58. > :04:06.families were dragged out of sight. That mother was screaming one word
:04:07. > :04:13.`why a? Malaysia and officials have been defending the investigation. We
:04:14. > :04:19.are trying our very best. It is hard. It is heart`wrenching for me.
:04:20. > :04:28.The brother of an American passenger today told us...
:04:29. > :04:35.Philip Wood worked in Malaysia. His desk is now covered with hundreds of
:04:36. > :04:41.origami birds. His workers are not giving up hope. The families here
:04:42. > :04:45.feel exactly the same way. They're begging the world not to forget
:04:46. > :04:48.their children and also they are pressuring the government to get
:04:49. > :05:01.them home as fast as they can. Thank you. Now we turn to our aviation
:05:02. > :05:08.consultant. With this production `` reduction in the search area, is it
:05:09. > :05:11.doable? Yes. The search area is smaller but it is still such an
:05:12. > :05:20.unbelievably large part of the ocean. It will take weeks still just
:05:21. > :05:25.to look at this smaller search area. Kendo search planes see deep into
:05:26. > :05:30.ocean? No. The planes cannot see under the ocean, so if we find
:05:31. > :05:36.something it will have to be on the surface, still floating. Perhaps the
:05:37. > :05:43.radar consists in reflection, but it has to be on top of the water. They
:05:44. > :05:47.cannot see into the ocean. This is 15,000 feet deep and there are some
:05:48. > :05:55.trenches there that are 20,000 feet deep. Hellfire can the signal from
:05:56. > :05:59.the black box be heard? Five or ten miles away. If it is at the bottom
:06:00. > :06:03.of the ocean and several miles below the ocean then you have to be almost
:06:04. > :06:06.right on top of it. That is why it is important to get the wreckage as
:06:07. > :06:11.soon as we can and get a ship out there so we can try to hear these
:06:12. > :06:20.signals before the battery gives out. The race continues. Thank you.
:06:21. > :06:25.We move on now. The dramatic conclusion to a story with us
:06:26. > :06:30.pro`Kiev. The harrowing descriptions of families trapped inside runaway
:06:31. > :06:40.cars. Tonight, to go to the maker of those cars, has agreed to pay $1.2
:06:41. > :06:48.billion as a penalty. It was a series of horrific accidents that
:06:49. > :06:52.put fear in the hearts of drivers. Sudden, unintended acceleration in
:06:53. > :07:00.some theatre and Lexus vehicles was killing people on the highways. Four
:07:01. > :07:06.people died in at 2009 crash and a wave of reports about runaway Toyota
:07:07. > :07:11.cars sparked an investigation. In today's settlement with the Justice
:07:12. > :07:15.Department, Kyoto admitted that it misled US consumers by concealing
:07:16. > :07:20.and making deceptive statements about unintended acceleration.
:07:21. > :07:24.Theatre confronted a public safety emergency as if it were a public
:07:25. > :07:29.relations problem. The Justice Department says that theatre first
:07:30. > :07:35.lamed driver error, then they admitted that floor mats could trap
:07:36. > :07:39.the gas pedal. But in January 2010, our reporter Ed the story of a
:07:40. > :07:47.runaway Toyota car in New Jersey that could not be blamed on either
:07:48. > :07:51.the driver or the floor mats. It's just took off. It turned out that
:07:52. > :07:55.some theatre also had a problem with sticky gas pedals. The
:07:56. > :08:00.record`breaking settlement could provide a roadmap into a similar
:08:01. > :08:02.investigation into General Motors. Today the Attorney General made that
:08:03. > :08:06.clear, saying that other companies should not repeat the mistakes of
:08:07. > :08:25.Toyota. Meanwhile, Toyota said... Now we had overseas to Ukraine. The
:08:26. > :08:30.Russians appear to have won this round, taking control of their prize
:08:31. > :08:34.Crimea. Under pressure, the Ukrainian government announced that
:08:35. > :08:44.it would pull out troops. Our correspondence takes us to the
:08:45. > :08:49.simmering tension. Falling like dominoes, today pro Russian forces
:08:50. > :08:54.stormed Ukrainian navy headquarters, the head of the Navy taken prisoner,
:08:55. > :08:58.still held tonight, as military plans of the evacuation of the
:08:59. > :09:03.troops and the families. As Russia takes control of Crimea, symbols of
:09:04. > :09:06.the past are erased. Russian flags are raised. Clocks will move ahead
:09:07. > :09:12.two hours to Moscow time. The Russian ruble will become an
:09:13. > :09:21.official currency. There is excitement and uncertainty. Long
:09:22. > :09:25.lines snaked out of the banks. There is food, no matter what country it
:09:26. > :09:30.comes from, whether American chips, Italian pasta, it all comes from the
:09:31. > :09:35.Ukraine. Right now, no one knows how or if it will continue. Water,
:09:36. > :09:40.power, phone lines, they all come from the Ukraine. To connect Russia
:09:41. > :09:43.with Crimea, Russia is proposing a massive construction of a bridge and
:09:44. > :09:50.tunnel is. The vice president angrily called Russia's actions "a
:09:51. > :09:53.land grab". Russia has not flinched. The world is doing little
:09:54. > :10:02.more than watching Russia complete the takeover. Here at home, a big
:10:03. > :10:06.headline about Alzheimer's tonight. Why does the disease strike
:10:07. > :10:15.mothers, sisters, more than the men of the family? Any report reveals
:10:16. > :10:19.startling numbers. `` a new report. This couple share everything, six
:10:20. > :10:27.children, 11 grandchildren, decades of work, and joy. These days, Peggy
:10:28. > :10:32.is facing her own unique challenge. She has Alzheimer's. There has been
:10:33. > :10:39.some memory loss in her case. You can deal with it day by day. The
:10:40. > :10:44.problem shows how common this problem is. Women over 65 are twice
:10:45. > :10:50.as likely to develop the disease as males. One reason is age. On average
:10:51. > :10:56.women live longer than men. With a life expectancy of 81, compare to 76
:10:57. > :11:01.for men. Alzheimer's spikes for both sexes at the age of 75. But it is
:11:02. > :11:05.more, located, and scientists are racing to see whether genetics,
:11:06. > :11:09.hormones, and brain structure plays a role. There are mysteries in the
:11:10. > :11:13.brain, that is why more federal funding for research is needed to
:11:14. > :11:17.unblock the mysteries of the disease. Women bear another burden,
:11:18. > :11:20.they are more likely to be caregivers. So bring new
:11:21. > :11:30.statistics, known first`hand by so many families. `` sobering. It
:11:31. > :11:33.affects everyone in the country. We move on to welcome change of
:11:34. > :11:40.seasons. Tomorrow marks the official beginning of spring. Now the
:11:41. > :11:45.official verdict of how bad the winter was and the prediction of
:11:46. > :11:49.spring on the way. As we officially say hello to spring, millions of us
:11:50. > :11:56.are saying goodbye to the harshest winter in almost 30 years. Those
:11:57. > :12:02.momentous mounds of record snow in Philadelphia, Chicago, and
:12:03. > :12:10.Cincinnati, buried in the top five snowiest seasons on record. Ploughs
:12:11. > :12:18.in Virginia, and images that would scream, asking whether it would ever
:12:19. > :12:28.end in new York. It was freezing everything, including the smile off
:12:29. > :12:33.of our own reporter. His lips are freezing. One third of the nation is
:12:34. > :12:36.still covered in snow, it is good news that almost everyone east of
:12:37. > :12:42.the Rockies will be colder than average for the next few weeks. The
:12:43. > :12:46.gradual warming will help avoid flooded scenes like this. After all
:12:47. > :12:51.of the records, and that brutal winter, we have official numbers
:12:52. > :12:58.now. 22 states were below normal temperatures. There were seven
:12:59. > :13:01.states that were above average this past winter. That includes Florida,
:13:02. > :13:11.most of the south`west and California. With the warmest winter
:13:12. > :13:15.on record. But, the calendar says spring begins tomorrow. Next
:13:16. > :13:18.tonight, a break in the case of Madeleine McCann, do they finally
:13:19. > :13:22.have a suspect in their sites? We are back in a moment. ABC News with
:13:23. > :14:04.Diane Sawyer. `sights. At last, a possible new break in the
:14:05. > :14:08.mystery of Madeleine McCann, the girl with the magical eyes. Three
:14:09. > :14:11.years old when she vanished on a family vacation in Portugal. Now
:14:12. > :14:20.after seven years, a revelation about a possible suspect, our
:14:21. > :14:23.reporter has a new lead. It is a TV re` creation that has gripped the
:14:24. > :14:28.world. Seven years ago, Madeleine McCann's parents enjoyed dinner at a
:14:29. > :14:32.resort in Portugal, but back in their room, someone kidnapped their
:14:33. > :14:37.three`year`old daughter Madeline who they had left alone. It was watched
:14:38. > :14:41.by millions, sparing 5000 calls and an avalanche of new clues, and five
:14:42. > :14:46.months later, something has rocked the case. We believe there is a
:14:47. > :14:52.potentially linked series of offences where a man is targeting UK
:14:53. > :14:57.families, who were on holiday in the Algarve region. Police say they are
:14:58. > :15:01.hunting for a man with a pot belly. He is described as calm, speaking
:15:02. > :15:08.English with a low slurred voice wearing a longsleeved burgundy shirt
:15:09. > :15:11.with a white circle. Police believe he sexually assaulted five other
:15:12. > :15:15.vacation in Portugal, slipping into vacation in Portugal, slipping into
:15:16. > :15:19.resort rooms, some near where the girl was staying. Always striking in
:15:20. > :15:25.the early hours of the morning. In the years before and after her
:15:26. > :15:29.disappearance. Investigators say they knew about the break`ins, but
:15:30. > :15:34.discounted them, thinking they were spread over two wide an area. There
:15:35. > :15:39.were no abduction attempt is made in any of the other cases. British
:15:40. > :15:41.police say it was not until the TV recreation that three more British
:15:42. > :15:45.families came forward. Revealing to them what had happened to their
:15:46. > :15:50.children. And what they knew about the suspect. Madeleine McCann's
:15:51. > :15:55.parents have never given up hope. Tonight the question is, is it the
:15:56. > :16:03.help of the public that is leading them to the answer what happened to
:16:04. > :16:10.their little girl? Tonight, Lady luck times too, not one, but two
:16:11. > :16:17.winners in that lottery. Who are they? Here are the clues. `two. We
:16:18. > :16:27.know one ticket was purchased in Florida. The other was in Maryland.
:16:28. > :16:32.330 miles outside of Washington, DC. The name of the Florida winner will
:16:33. > :16:37.eventually be released by officials, but in Maryland they can remain
:16:38. > :16:42.anonymous. They can toast themselves, in private. Coming up
:16:43. > :16:46.soon, help with the problem that we will all face in the fridge,
:16:47. > :16:53.sniffing the cartoon to make sure the milk has not soured. A new
:16:54. > :16:58.solution, this tiny tag changes colour if the milk is changing in
:16:59. > :17:07.fresheners. When it hits green, you better throw it out! `` freshness.
:17:08. > :17:12.You can thank Chinese scientists for saving us the sniff test. At eight
:17:13. > :17:18.days old, the baby girl who won the heart of the nation, born by
:17:19. > :17:23.Caesarean section at San Diego zoo, she has been battling pneumonia.
:17:24. > :17:27.Today, she is more alert, taking a bottle. Even a little bit feisty,
:17:28. > :17:33.giving her caretaker a look as to say" I do not want to stop
:17:34. > :17:38.cuddling". Trying to fit her whole fist in her mouth. As any baby would
:17:39. > :17:42.do. Finally here tonight, finding hope where you least expect it,
:17:43. > :17:46.parents of an autistic son, so desperate, they turn to help of
:17:47. > :17:54.someone in prison. A prisoner who makes the most of a chance. Here is
:17:55. > :17:59.our reporter. In 1998, this man was sentenced to 48 years in a Colorado
:18:00. > :18:06.prison for helping kill a man. I am in prison. On a murder case. I am
:18:07. > :18:09.guilty of it. For the families of nine autistic children, this
:18:10. > :18:15.convicted murderer is a saviour. For years, they have allowed prisoners
:18:16. > :18:20.here to train service dogs for the blind and deaf, but this prisoner
:18:21. > :18:23.did something amazing. He wrote all he could, and taught himself to
:18:24. > :18:30.train service dogs for children with autism. The dogs come from local
:18:31. > :18:35.shelters, he trains inside of his cell, acting out a problem
:18:36. > :18:41.behaviours himself. This dog was trained to help a child sleep at
:18:42. > :18:45.night. The parents of this nine`year`old were desperate, he was
:18:46. > :18:50.refusing to be touched, his teacher said he would stop class. He was
:18:51. > :18:54.bawling his eyes out. He would crouch in the feat opposition under
:18:55. > :19:01.his desk. At weekends, they said their son 200 miles away to the
:19:02. > :19:05.state prison to work with him. `` underneath. The dog is trained to
:19:06. > :19:10.know when his anxiety is building and help to break his mood. I have
:19:11. > :19:14.been calm enough to socialise with other children. When we travelled
:19:15. > :19:20.with him and his family to the prison again, what was once
:19:21. > :19:32.unthinkable. He gave Chris a hug. This is what I get to do, it give
:19:33. > :19:38.something back. `` gives. With the sack, and all of the kids, when they
:19:39. > :19:45.come in and work with me, they get to see... They do not ```Zak. Get to
:19:46. > :19:50.see them. They thought it would be the last place they would get help.
:19:51. > :20:01.He has made an incredible difference to our lives. We are so glad you
:20:02. > :20:12.were watching tonight. ABC News. I will see you back here tomorrow
:20:13. > :20:13.night. Good night. We have two say goodbye to that little bit of