:00:00. > :00:00.London and the south. Time now for a look at the news as
:00:00. > :00:11.seen across the United States a couple of hours ago, in ABC World
:00:12. > :00:18.News with Dianne Sawyer. And ABC News exclusive with governor Chris
:00:19. > :00:21.Christie on the news that controversial report clearing him of
:00:22. > :00:29.the bridge scandal. The lesson he learnt? I let people down. What he
:00:30. > :00:33.says about his political future. Has this torpedoed your 2016 run? And,
:00:34. > :00:39.will he change his take no prisoners style? Tonight, rising fast, what is
:00:40. > :00:47.driving the new number of American children with autism? And, asked it,
:00:48. > :00:58.and being ripped off by thieves. An ingenious sting that reeled them
:00:59. > :01:03.in. `` busted. We begin with and exclusive. 1`on`1 with the two
:01:04. > :01:06.fisted governor Chris Christie. The man at the centre of the headlines
:01:07. > :01:12.today. A report was released concluding that he did not order the
:01:13. > :01:19.two lanes of traffic on the bridge to be shut down for political
:01:20. > :01:24.revenge. But, a question, the report exonerated him came from lawyers
:01:25. > :01:31.hired by his side. I sat down with him today at his home to ask about
:01:32. > :01:36.the report, the fallout, and if he is in the presidency game for 2016.
:01:37. > :01:40.You will remember of the busiest bridge in America, for four days,
:01:41. > :01:45.drivers used to a 30 minute commute were locked into a 2`3 Aled Brew.
:01:46. > :01:47.And emergency vehicles were delayed. Children and school buses. `` were
:01:48. > :01:59.delayed. Then we read text messages showing
:02:00. > :02:09.that he was chortling because it caused distress to a mayor. Tonight,
:02:10. > :02:15.some of the people who wrote those e`mails have still not spoken of
:02:16. > :02:19.what they did or did not say to the governor. The deputy chief of staff,
:02:20. > :02:25.seen with the governor was one of them. And David Wildenstein,
:02:26. > :02:32.rumbling about getting immunity. The governor points out that this report
:02:33. > :02:37.clears him. This report says I have no knowledge of it. Nor did I
:02:38. > :02:47.authorise it or have anything to do with it. That is the truth. Does it
:02:48. > :02:57.make you feel clueless? I feel taken advantage of. And, I feel like I let
:02:58. > :03:01.people down by not knowing. Sometimes people do inexplicably
:03:02. > :03:08.stupid things. GU believe they did not do it because they thought that
:03:09. > :03:14.would please you? `` do you believe. I can't get into their motivations,
:03:15. > :03:20.but anyone who knows me would not believe that doing something
:03:21. > :03:28.inexplicably stupid would please me. This isn't just about stupidity. I
:03:29. > :03:38.want to get to what everyone is saying. Whitewash, expensive, a scam
:03:39. > :03:42.that the taxpayer paid for, your lawyers fighting the blameless. Why
:03:43. > :03:51.should they be paying for this report? These are not my lawyers. It
:03:52. > :03:58.is a law firm you have been affiliated with. You were a partner.
:03:59. > :04:03.It was chosen by the office. There is hardly a law firm in this area
:04:04. > :04:07.that I have not have interaction with. These people have their own
:04:08. > :04:10.professional and personal reputations. They won't whitewash
:04:11. > :04:26.anything for me. Will bridge at the and blow this out
:04:27. > :04:33.of the water but at `` Bridget. Will she come after you? I don't know why
:04:34. > :04:40.she would. David Wilde Stein said he talked to you about traffic. It is
:04:41. > :04:47.ambiguous. Did he? I don't have any recollection of that. I don't recall
:04:48. > :04:53.him saying anything. Tell you what he did not say, either way, I am
:04:54. > :05:04.closing down some lanes the rich to stick it to them are, is that OK? I
:05:05. > :05:07.would remember that. Mayor. `` have you asked yourself, did I do
:05:08. > :05:16.anything to create the climate in which this happened? I spent a lot
:05:17. > :05:24.of time thinking about what I did, if anything, to contribute to this
:05:25. > :05:30.and I don't believe I did. But I am disappointed that I could not pick
:05:31. > :05:34.up these traits in these people. I'm disappointed that I did not look
:05:35. > :05:39.closer and that I trusted too much. Not a single possibility that they
:05:40. > :05:44.thought that... Your rough and tumble style in the Jersey politics
:05:45. > :05:53.style, that this would please you? That this was for you? No, I don't
:05:54. > :05:59.believe it was for me. Is this personal? I don't believe this was
:06:00. > :06:07.the me. What did you tell your children? Al elder son was on
:06:08. > :06:18.break, he was home, and he asked if I did this. It was tough. `` My. I
:06:19. > :06:23.said no, I didn't and he said good, I am glad. Ronald Reagan said it was
:06:24. > :06:26.not about doing great things but about inspiring great things in
:06:27. > :06:33.every person around you. Did you fail your definition of leadership?
:06:34. > :06:39.In this instance, I don't feel like I inspired. To the extent that any
:06:40. > :06:46.of them thought this was acceptable conduct, I fell short. I didn't make
:06:47. > :06:51.it clear to these folks this was unacceptable. This is an abuse of
:06:52. > :06:57.the trust of the authority granted to us. That is unacceptable. To the
:06:58. > :07:03.extent that no one, anyone, understood that. Believe me, anyone
:07:04. > :07:11.who wants me from now will understand that. Is this a in
:07:12. > :07:15.leadership style? No. I am who I am. When I travel around Jersey, that is
:07:16. > :07:27.what they love the most. What about I/O? I think they love me in I like
:07:28. > :07:33.to. `` Iowa. Has this torpedoed your 2016 chances? I haven't made a
:07:34. > :07:38.decision and I won't make a decision and the one year from now. What has
:07:39. > :07:44.happened in the past ten weeks will make me a better leader, whether it
:07:45. > :07:47.is governor of New Jersey or any other job I may take in the public
:07:48. > :07:55.or private sector. Toughest time in your life? Toughest time in my
:07:56. > :08:05.professional life, not my personal life. Sure. What is the measure of
:08:06. > :08:09.that? Up at four in the morning? Or getting sleep at four in the
:08:10. > :08:21.morning. You don't sleep, you don't eat. You struggle. At any point did
:08:22. > :08:33.you think you should step down? Never. It was a frustrating day
:08:34. > :08:38.today in the search for the missing plane. New satellite images show
:08:39. > :08:43.hundreds more pieces of debris. Not bad weather has stalled the search
:08:44. > :08:48.teams. High above the rough Indian Ocean,
:08:49. > :08:51.new satellite images from Thailand. The picture it says shows 300
:08:52. > :08:55.floating objects. The Japanese also provided images. Planes were
:08:56. > :09:00.grounded today by bad weather at another plane is heading to
:09:01. > :09:02.Australia. In the past week, we have seen nearly six countries provide
:09:03. > :09:09.images of what they suspect is potential debris. All of those
:09:10. > :09:14.photos are in the same basic area. Why isn't a vessel able to recover
:09:15. > :09:20.even one piece of debris? Of this area sees waves of up to 100 feet
:09:21. > :09:23.high. `` because this area. As we saw today in this maritime
:09:24. > :09:30.simulator, a piece of debris can quickly be lost in sight and can be
:09:31. > :09:33.a case of now you see it, now you don't. But if they do find debris,
:09:34. > :09:38.investigators can start piecing together clues. You can see that the
:09:39. > :09:44.wing itself is blown open. In Arizona, they teach investigators to
:09:45. > :09:47.look for cracks, signs of fire, to show why a plane crashed and how it
:09:48. > :09:54.impacted. Even small pieces could help solve the mystery. I find
:09:55. > :09:59.smaller fragments behind it. We call them cookie crumbs usually. You can
:10:00. > :10:02.think of debris on the ocean as cookie crumbs as well. Trail,
:10:03. > :10:40.allowing experts to track them back the American people, come visit us.
:10:41. > :10:45.What did they discuss and But this was a different kind of
:10:46. > :10:51.hope. The two spoke for 52 minutes. One of the August meetings between
:10:52. > :10:54.Pope and an American president. The president gave the Pope a chest
:10:55. > :11:02.containing seeds from the White House garden.
:11:03. > :11:08.The Pope gave the president copy of his papal mission statement.
:11:09. > :11:12.President Obama said he would read it in his office when he was
:11:13. > :11:26.While the two men don't see either eye on social issues like abortion
:11:27. > :11:30.and gay marriage, they have clearly formed a bond in other areas,
:11:31. > :11:37.especially in fighting poverty. `` eye to eye. I was grateful to speak
:11:38. > :11:43.to him about the responsibilities we all share to care for them the
:11:44. > :11:47.poor, the excluded. But he doesn't count on forming a political
:11:48. > :11:52.alliance with him. His job as a little more elevated. We are down on
:11:53. > :11:54.the ground, dealing with the often profane. He is dealing with higher
:11:55. > :12:06.powers. The president overseas tonight. But
:12:07. > :12:10.an achievement for him at home. Obamacare has hit a new milestone.
:12:11. > :12:15.More than 6 million people have now signed up. That's almost the
:12:16. > :12:19.original goal of 7 million. They have seen a surge in this final
:12:20. > :12:27.sprint before the deadline on March 31, went open enrolment will end. Up
:12:28. > :12:30.next, your bags with off by thieves at the airport. Tonight, police set
:12:31. > :13:58.a trap to catch them red`handed. Next, we return to a startling new
:13:59. > :14:03.medical report about autism. New numbers showing one child in 68 has
:14:04. > :14:09.autism. A 29% increase from two years ago. Ballack chief medical
:14:10. > :14:17.editor on what is driving those numbers.
:14:18. > :14:23.`` our chief. This is a little boy with a love of trains. Have you
:14:24. > :14:27.always liked trains? I always liked subways because I am a subway
:14:28. > :14:34.expert. Just one child behind today's startling numbers. Two years
:14:35. > :14:39.ago, one in 88 children were on the spectrum. Today, that number is one
:14:40. > :14:43.in 68. Boys are almost five times more likely to be diagnosed than
:14:44. > :14:48.girls. The search could be better diagnosis. But experts say there are
:14:49. > :14:53.more children with autism. What's causing it? Genetics play a role.
:14:54. > :14:58.Young autistic brains are physically different but it is still a puzzle.
:14:59. > :15:01.The report finds most children being diagnosed after the age of four.
:15:02. > :15:05.Doctors on screening. But there are new technologies to catch it sooner.
:15:06. > :15:10.Children with autism see faces differently. In six`month`old
:15:11. > :15:16.babies, moving like this could be a warning sign. New approaches to
:15:17. > :15:21.treatment as well. For this boy, it is about using the trains he loves.
:15:22. > :15:25.New York's transit Museum running a special programme for enthusiasts
:15:26. > :15:32.with all doesn't `` with autism. Teaching them how to make friends.
:15:33. > :15:39.We are saying, let's put you in place and work with the topic love.
:15:40. > :15:44.How do you feel about trains? Happy. As the number grows, so does the
:15:45. > :15:50.race to find out why. Alt index of what's trendy. Ultimate
:15:51. > :15:53.ranking of supermarkets. Consumer Reports that cleanliness, service,
:15:54. > :15:58.how fresh the produce is and the price. Coming out on top, Wegmans.
:15:59. > :16:13.The others: It was a big day for number 41.
:16:14. > :16:16.That's president George Bush. It was announced he will receive a profile
:16:17. > :16:27.in Courage award. `` for George W Bush. Next, a kind of justice for
:16:28. > :16:33.passengers who become victims at the airport. Baggage handlers caught in
:16:34. > :16:37.a huge police sting, accused of stealing jewellery, cash and
:16:38. > :16:44.electronics. The clever way they caught the thief.
:16:45. > :16:54.What a way to start a trip. As you are boarding the `` the plane, the
:16:55. > :17:00.baggage handler is below rummaging in your luggage. They hit a camera
:17:01. > :17:05.in the plane's belly. Watch him count the cash from a wallet. I
:17:06. > :17:11.think it happens all the time and it could be happening more, now that
:17:12. > :17:13.times are more bra. In the New York airport, there were more than 600
:17:14. > :17:16.book reports of baggage theft. In Los Angeles, the problem has become
:17:17. > :17:23.such an issue that police went undercover. Officers arrested six of
:17:24. > :17:31.the real ones, hauling them in handcuffs. We believe there has been
:17:32. > :17:38.a culture may be of being able to take property that wasn't theirs.
:17:39. > :17:45.Police say they took electronics, jewellery, even clothes. I would
:17:46. > :17:49.take all my stuff in my carry on. Because checking your luggage could
:17:50. > :17:59.cost a whole lot more than that $25 bag free.
:18:00. > :18:10.`` fee. Thanks so much for watching. See you tomorrow.
:18:11. > :18:16.Good morning. Warmer weather on the way for most of us, but not yet.
:18:17. > :18:23.Still quite a chill in the air Friday morning. Close to freezing in
:18:24. > :18:25.a few places. Two main areas of wet weather. Rain moving back into
:18:26. > :18:28.Northern Ireland. Heavy rain in the south for rush`hour. For Scotland,
:18:29. > :18:29.some early sunshine in the north`west.