:00:00. > :00:00.repeatedly emerges but isn't usually so easy to see. Lots more as always
:00:00. > :00:07.on our website. Now it is time for the news as seen across the United
:00:08. > :00:13.States a couple of hours ago. ABC world news, with Diane Sawyer.
:00:14. > :00:17.Welcome to World News. Tonight the shooting at Fort Hood. We take you
:00:18. > :00:22.inside the base where heroes stepped forward to save lives. That we are
:00:23. > :00:31.learning about the gunman and his mental problems. Our correspondent
:00:32. > :00:40.is there. Storm warning across the US. Millions of Americans on alert
:00:41. > :00:46.for severe weather. And a good evening to you on this Thursday
:00:47. > :00:49.night. As we come on the air, we are learning new details about the
:00:50. > :00:56.moment of crisis at four or military base in Texas. A war veteran picked
:00:57. > :01:00.up a gun and started shooting. `` Fort Hood. We also know more about
:01:01. > :01:04.his mental state as well as the heroes who sprang into action to
:01:05. > :01:10.stop them. Ordinary Americans with great courage, a policeman and a
:01:11. > :01:13.cleric. Our correspondent on the ground takes us through what
:01:14. > :01:19.happened, moment by moment. David. Diane, good evening. We have been
:01:20. > :01:23.under siege here all day. This is a community stunned. We are learning
:01:24. > :01:32.more about who the shooter was, and who the hero was who stopped him and
:01:33. > :01:37.the horror. Tonight, so many here are asking who is the man behind
:01:38. > :01:41.these pictures. Dressed in his uniform, and here he is smiling. His
:01:42. > :01:47.children by his side. A father of three, a husband, a soldier. But
:01:48. > :01:52.something inside snapped. Ivan Lopez was a 34`year`old Army specialist
:01:53. > :01:57.with a clean record. He served four months in Iraq. He never saw,
:01:58. > :02:00.according to the Pentagon. Authorities say what he created here
:02:01. > :02:06.is a horror of its own. Shortly before 4pm, he opened fire on the
:02:07. > :02:11.base. The first wounded soldiers called 911 at 4:16pm. He got into a
:02:12. > :02:19.car and kept firing. He walked into a second building still firing. The
:02:20. > :02:23.alert went out. A tweet from Fort `` Fort Hood. The critical moment in
:02:24. > :02:27.the parking lot, when he is confronted by a female military
:02:28. > :02:32.police officer. He put his hand up, and when he reaches inside his
:02:33. > :02:39.jacket she fires. He shoots himself in the head. It was clearly heroic
:02:40. > :02:43.what she did. She did her job and exactly what we would expect of
:02:44. > :02:46.United States Army military police. Tonight we are learning there are
:02:47. > :02:51.many heroes. The chaplain inside, it shielding the soldiers. When it was
:02:52. > :02:55.done, three had been killed and 16 wounded, three of them critically.
:02:56. > :02:59.Docter Davies answered the call five years ago after the shootings at
:03:00. > :03:06.Fort Hood. He was treating the wounded again today. What was the
:03:07. > :03:11.worst you saw? There are several would consider severe. Injuries to
:03:12. > :03:16.the spine and neck. Among them this sergeant. She tried to talk to the
:03:17. > :03:22.shooter and was shot in the stomach. Her family are by her side as she
:03:23. > :03:27.undergoes surgery. This soldier's mother praying for him, among the
:03:28. > :03:33.injured. The families want to know what could have led to this. The
:03:34. > :03:39.Facebook page in 2013 showed him and the comment, memories of Fallujah
:03:40. > :03:45.and Iraq. He diagnosed himself with traumatic brain injury. He was not a
:03:46. > :03:51.wounded soldier. No purple heart, not wounded in that regard. He had
:03:52. > :03:55.moved to Fort Hood just three months ago with his second wife. Neighbours
:03:56. > :04:01.said they watched the family moved in. You saw them, and they looked
:04:02. > :04:09.happy? Yes. Neighbours were with his wife when news crossed to the Fort
:04:10. > :04:14.Hood shootings. Her neighbours were concerned for his safety. A
:04:15. > :04:19.reassured her. We came downstairs and the air. As soon as they
:04:20. > :04:29.announced the name of the shooter, she just lost it. And what the GCT
:04:30. > :04:34.you? What did you say to her? She said that to him. That's him. And I
:04:35. > :04:42.didn't really say anything to her, because what can I say? `` what did
:04:43. > :04:47.she say to you? Today in Washington, the secretary of the
:04:48. > :04:51.army said there were no warning signs of anything like this. No
:04:52. > :04:56.indication on the record of that examination of any sign of likely
:04:57. > :05:01.violence either to himself or to others. But what no one knew was
:05:02. > :05:06.that as he `` as he was seeing that psychiatrist, he had purchased a gun
:05:07. > :05:19.from this store a little more than a month ago. The same store where the
:05:20. > :05:22.shooter from 2009 bought his weapon. A community and its resilience
:05:23. > :05:27.tested against. While we were in backyard, a doctor telling us that
:05:28. > :05:31.those three patients in critical condition were upgraded to serious
:05:32. > :05:35.condition. Some good news. You were telling us that some lives
:05:36. > :05:41.were saved by the lessons learned five years ago their?
:05:42. > :05:45.Yes. Incredibly. You hurt in that alert and the tweet went out
:05:46. > :05:50.immediately. You talk to anyone and they are convinced that this could
:05:51. > :05:55.have been much worse if it wasn't for the immediate action of everyone
:05:56. > :05:58.here when the shooting began. We still want to know more about
:05:59. > :06:03.this gunman with the history of depression and anxiety. ALP global
:06:04. > :06:09.affairs correspondent covered the community at Fort Hood for years and
:06:10. > :06:14.she tells us what she has learnt. `` our global affairs.
:06:15. > :06:19.Ivan Lopez spent nearly half his life in the army, serving as a
:06:20. > :06:24.peacekeeper and infantry man in the deserts of Iraq. First joining the
:06:25. > :06:29.guard in Puerto Rican, where his former supervisor today had nothing
:06:30. > :06:36.but praise. You would say he was an outstanding soldier? That's correct.
:06:37. > :06:42.Now we know that last summer things began to unravel. From depression to
:06:43. > :06:48.anxiety to some sleep disturbance, he was prescribed a number of drugs
:06:49. > :06:53.to address those. Including a drug for sleep. While he saw the
:06:54. > :07:01.psychiatrist as recently as last month, no signs of what was to come.
:07:02. > :07:03.Even though he was being tracked for signs of post` dramatic stress, he
:07:04. > :07:09.had not been diagnosed and fully treated. There's not a diagnosis you
:07:10. > :07:15.make on one appointment. Even if he had, it's unclear whether he would
:07:16. > :07:18.have stood out. The military today dealing with a staggering number in
:07:19. > :07:22.its ranks. One in five with mental issues, more than double the
:07:23. > :07:30.civilian population. Almost always it is about depression, not
:07:31. > :07:37.violence. Depression, violence, they are on the mild end of the scale.
:07:38. > :07:42.This happens at a time when the army is trying hard to destigmatise those
:07:43. > :07:45.who report symptoms of post` dramatic stress but the military is
:07:46. > :07:47.struggling to keep up with the number of cases. The number that is
:07:48. > :07:53.sure to grow. Thank you. Our senior justice
:07:54. > :07:54.correspondent is also standing by with the latest on the
:07:55. > :07:58.investigation. investigation.
:07:59. > :08:03.Law enforcement is dissecting every part of Ivan Lopez's life. He
:08:04. > :08:08.apparently got into a heated argument on the day of the shooting.
:08:09. > :08:11.They are also talking to family friends and associates and going
:08:12. > :08:16.through his social media, e`mails, anything that might shed light on
:08:17. > :08:21.why he snapped. It might focus on the fact that he was apparently
:08:22. > :09:00.upset about being given a limited amount of
:09:01. > :09:01.balls, fierce winds and the threat of tornadoes.
:09:02. > :09:05.into elevated risk area. It will be a long night in what has already
:09:06. > :09:13.been a long day of severe weather. Silence before sunrise in Saint
:09:14. > :09:18.Lewis, Missouri. Winds as high as 110 mph slicing across the land,
:09:19. > :09:24.trampling nearly 100 homes. The governor declaring a state of
:09:25. > :09:29.emergency. More than five inches of rain forcing flash floods and water
:09:30. > :09:33.rescues south of Kansas City. Helping brains halting the Cardinals
:09:34. > :09:41.in Cincinnati. This fire truck slid off the road. `` rains halting. Much
:09:42. > :09:54.of the severe weather sounded like this. Baseball sized hail. We know
:09:55. > :09:58.that big Hail could be a possibility because as the storms get really
:09:59. > :10:05.high into the atmosphere the colder it gets. `` hail. Not far
:10:06. > :10:10.north`west, a different type of frozen chip `` reciprocation. Up to
:10:11. > :10:15.20 inches of snow in parts of Colorado. Let's focus on who has to
:10:16. > :10:27.be concerned. This isn't just an evening event. We take you into the
:10:28. > :10:30.elevated risk area in the red. That's the elevated risk but it
:10:31. > :10:36.could happen anywhere from eastern Texas up to Cincinnati. Then,
:10:37. > :10:42.heading overnight, here is what you can expect. All the way to the Gulf
:10:43. > :10:46.`` from the Gulf coast to the southern lakes.
:10:47. > :10:52.Thank you. Heading overseas now to a sobering milestone. The tiny country
:10:53. > :10:58.of Lebanon tonight at breaking point. 1 million searing refugees
:10:59. > :11:05.are now living in neighbouring Lebanon, half of them children. ``
:11:06. > :11:11.Syrian refugees. Every fourth person living in Lebanon is now a Syrian
:11:12. > :11:13.refugees. It would be one third of the residents of Mexico taking
:11:14. > :11:21.refuge here in the US. Coming up next, what this man did that has a
:11:22. > :12:37.city cheering. Tonight, his message for everyone.
:12:38. > :12:43.Pope Francis and the Queen of England have met for the first time
:12:44. > :12:47.today. The Pope gave the great grandma a gift for Prince George.
:12:48. > :12:53.Semiprecious stones. The Queen joked he would be thrilled. And look what
:12:54. > :12:58.the Queen gave the Pope. British treats, including whiskey from her
:12:59. > :13:03.Scottish home in Balmoral. Pope Francis is the fifth Pope the Queen
:13:04. > :13:08.has met. The first one she kept waiting for 20 minutes while she
:13:09. > :13:11.talked to the president of Italy. At home today, people were weighing in
:13:12. > :13:15.about the Supreme Court ruling on money and politics. The court
:13:16. > :13:18.striking down a limit on campaign contributions and raising new
:13:19. > :13:23.questions about the influence of millionaires and billionaires in the
:13:24. > :13:30.races for Congress and the White House. Tonight, we are back on the
:13:31. > :13:34.money trail. The real campaign of American
:13:35. > :13:40.politics begins long before and far away from the confetti and balloons
:13:41. > :13:44.and speeches. The real campaign for both parties takes place at fancy
:13:45. > :13:49.dinners and luxury yachts. What's your name? Where the super rich
:13:50. > :13:57.decide which politicians get their money. Therefore, who has a chance
:13:58. > :14:03.at being elected. It's absolutely without the money. Without it, you
:14:04. > :14:07.are dead in the water. This week the Supreme Court found spending habits
:14:08. > :14:10.invalid. The maximum amount could now be given to every single member
:14:11. > :14:15.of Congress, leaving average Americans on the sidelines. Your
:14:16. > :14:18.voice is meant to be drowned out why these massive contributions from
:14:19. > :14:23.just a few wealthy interested parties. Indeed, a handful of
:14:24. > :14:26.billionaires from Las Vegas to Wall Street have emerged as the
:14:27. > :14:31.country's backroom power brokers. On the Republican side, there has
:14:32. > :14:38.already been a parade of Prudential `` presidential candidates. This man
:14:39. > :14:43.says he is again prepared to spend $100 million if it can find the
:14:44. > :14:48.right candidate. And the secret of David Cope and his brother are also
:14:49. > :14:53.good for close to $100 billion for candidates who they say support core
:14:54. > :15:00.American values. Democrats betrayed them as evil. These two men are
:15:01. > :15:02.billionaires, spending billions of dollars to rigour a political
:15:03. > :15:11.system. But the Democrats have their own big money figures. This man has
:15:12. > :15:15.said he will put up around $100 million for the coming election
:15:16. > :15:21.cycle. And this man promising to use his own money to push for reforms
:15:22. > :15:27.that would undercut the role of big money in access in politics. Are you
:15:28. > :15:34.using the system like those who are often criticised for it? Absolutely.
:15:35. > :15:39.I'm not going to pretend that we are not. He was the only one of the
:15:40. > :15:44.big`money players to agree to appear in our report tonight. Of course he
:15:45. > :15:49.is the one trying to end the system that many, including Democrats and
:15:50. > :15:52.Republicans, see American politics as a playground for the rich.
:15:53. > :15:58.Some people wear capes. This man wears an orange hoodie. When a
:15:59. > :16:02.stranger fell on the tracks, he jumped in front of the train, hoping
:16:03. > :16:08.it would stop in time. A video of courage and kindness in action.
:16:09. > :16:12.This is an underground train station in Chicago on Wednesday morning.
:16:13. > :16:17.People are looking in disbelief. Watch. A man is jumping around on
:16:18. > :16:23.the tracks wearing orange. The oncoming train just feet away. Out
:16:24. > :16:29.of the blue, I hear somebody saying, she fell! A train is coming! The
:16:30. > :16:34.woman fell on the tracks. This 50`year`old was right there, heading
:16:35. > :16:39.into work. He jumped onto the tracks, thinking his orange hoodie
:16:40. > :16:45.would be bright enough to alert the conductor. The train stopped. I
:16:46. > :16:52.really don't think I am a hero. I did what I thought was best. A look
:16:53. > :16:56.at how many people were on the platform. He is the only one who
:16:57. > :17:03.jumped on the tracks. That orange hoodie giving him confidence. My son
:17:04. > :17:05.doesn't go to this university, he goes to the university of Chicago.
:17:06. > :17:11.He likes me to wear his burgundy hoodie. But my wife was watching
:17:12. > :17:16.yesterday and this was the closest one and this is the one I bought. I
:17:17. > :17:22.guess it was meant to be for me to where it. His son like many of us
:17:23. > :17:27.wondering what he was thinking. In life, we are called to task
:17:28. > :17:34.sometimes. Hopefully I can teach him that. Called to task and saving a
:17:35. > :17:36.life. That America's strong. Thanks for watching. We are always
:17:37. > :17:53.here. See you again tomorrow. We've had high levels of pollution
:17:54. > :18:01.agains across some central and eastern parts of England. The good
:18:02. > :18:02.news is we will have cleaner air moving into