04/04/2014 ABC World News with Diane Sawyer

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States a couple of hours ago. ABC world news, with Diane Sawyer.

Welcome to World News. Tonight the shooting at Fort Hood. We take you

inside the base where heroes stepped forward to save lives. That we are

learning about the gunman and his mental problems. Our correspondent

is there. Storm warning across the US. Millions of Americans on alert

for severe weather. And a good evening to you on this Thursday

night. As we come on the air, we are learning new details about the

moment of crisis at four or military base in Texas. A war veteran picked

up a gun and started shooting. `` Fort Hood. We also know more about

his mental state as well as the heroes who sprang into action to

stop them. Ordinary Americans with great courage, a policeman and a

cleric. Our correspondent on the ground takes us through what

happened, moment by moment. David. Diane, good evening. We have been

under siege here all day. This is a community stunned. We are learning

more about who the shooter was, and who the hero was who stopped him and

the horror. Tonight, so many here are asking who is the man behind

these pictures. Dressed in his uniform, and here he is smiling. His

children by his side. A father of three, a husband, a soldier. But

something inside snapped. Ivan Lopez was a 34`year`old Army specialist

with a clean record. He served four months in Iraq. He never saw,

according to the Pentagon. Authorities say what he created here

is a horror of its own. Shortly before 4pm, he opened fire on the

base. The first wounded soldiers called 911 at 4:16pm. He got into a

car and kept firing. He walked into a second building still firing. The

alert went out. A tweet from Fort `` Fort Hood. The critical moment in

the parking lot, when he is confronted by a female military

police officer. He put his hand up, and when he reaches inside his

jacket she fires. He shoots himself in the head. It was clearly heroic

what she did. She did her job and exactly what we would expect of

United States Army military police. Tonight we are learning there are

many heroes. The chaplain inside, it shielding the soldiers. When it was

done, three had been killed and 16 wounded, three of them critically.

Docter Davies answered the call five years ago after the shootings at

Fort Hood. He was treating the wounded again today. What was the

worst you saw? There are several would consider severe. Injuries to

the spine and neck. Among them this sergeant. She tried to talk to the

shooter and was shot in the stomach. Her family are by her side as she

undergoes surgery. This soldier's mother praying for him, among the

injured. The families want to know what could have led to this. The

Facebook page in 2013 showed him and the comment, memories of Fallujah

and Iraq. He diagnosed himself with traumatic brain injury. He was not a

wounded soldier. No purple heart, not wounded in that regard. He had

moved to Fort Hood just three months ago with his second wife. Neighbours

said they watched the family moved in. You saw them, and they looked

happy? Yes. Neighbours were with his wife when news crossed to the Fort

Hood shootings. Her neighbours were concerned for his safety. A

reassured her. We came downstairs and the air. As soon as they

announced the name of the shooter, she just lost it. And what the GCT

you? What did you say to her? She said that to him. That's him. And I

didn't really say anything to her, because what can I say? `` what did

she say to you? Today in Washington, the secretary of the

army said there were no warning signs of anything like this. No

indication on the record of that examination of any sign of likely

violence either to himself or to others. But what no one knew was

that as he `` as he was seeing that psychiatrist, he had purchased a gun

from this store a little more than a month ago. The same store where the

shooter from 2009 bought his weapon. A community and its resilience

tested against. While we were in backyard, a doctor telling us that

those three patients in critical condition were upgraded to serious

condition. Some good news. You were telling us that some lives

were saved by the lessons learned five years ago their?

Yes. Incredibly. You hurt in that alert and the tweet went out

immediately. You talk to anyone and they are convinced that this could

have been much worse if it wasn't for the immediate action of everyone

here when the shooting began. We still want to know more about

this gunman with the history of depression and anxiety. ALP global

affairs correspondent covered the community at Fort Hood for years and

she tells us what she has learnt. `` our global affairs.

Ivan Lopez spent nearly half his life in the army, serving as a

peacekeeper and infantry man in the deserts of Iraq. First joining the

guard in Puerto Rican, where his former supervisor today had nothing

but praise. You would say he was an outstanding soldier? That's correct.

Now we know that last summer things began to unravel. From depression to

anxiety to some sleep disturbance, he was prescribed a number of drugs

to address those. Including a drug for sleep. While he saw the

psychiatrist as recently as last month, no signs of what was to come.

Even though he was being tracked for signs of post` dramatic stress, he

had not been diagnosed and fully treated. There's not a diagnosis you

make on one appointment. Even if he had, it's unclear whether he would

have stood out. The military today dealing with a staggering number in

its ranks. One in five with mental issues, more than double the

civilian population. Almost always it is about depression, not

violence. Depression, violence, they are on the mild end of the scale.

This happens at a time when the army is trying hard to destigmatise those

who report symptoms of post` dramatic stress but the military is

struggling to keep up with the number of cases. The number that is

sure to grow. Thank you. Our senior justice

correspondent is also standing by with the latest on the

investigation. investigation.

Law enforcement is dissecting every part of Ivan Lopez's life. He

apparently got into a heated argument on the day of the shooting.

They are also talking to family friends and associates and going

through his social media, e`mails, anything that might shed light on

why he snapped. It might focus on the fact that he was apparently

upset about being given a limited amount of

balls, fierce winds and the threat of tornadoes.

into elevated risk area. It will be a long night in what has already

been a long day of severe weather. Silence before sunrise in Saint

Lewis, Missouri. Winds as high as 110 mph slicing across the land,

trampling nearly 100 homes. The governor declaring a state of

emergency. More than five inches of rain forcing flash floods and water

rescues south of Kansas City. Helping brains halting the Cardinals

in Cincinnati. This fire truck slid off the road. `` rains halting. Much

of the severe weather sounded like this. Baseball sized hail. We know

that big Hail could be a possibility because as the storms get really

high into the atmosphere the colder it gets. `` hail. Not far

north`west, a different type of frozen chip `` reciprocation. Up to

20 inches of snow in parts of Colorado. Let's focus on who has to

be concerned. This isn't just an evening event. We take you into the

elevated risk area in the red. That's the elevated risk but it

could happen anywhere from eastern Texas up to Cincinnati. Then,

heading overnight, here is what you can expect. All the way to the Gulf

`` from the Gulf coast to the southern lakes.

Thank you. Heading overseas now to a sobering milestone. The tiny country

of Lebanon tonight at breaking point. 1 million searing refugees

are now living in neighbouring Lebanon, half of them children. ``

Syrian refugees. Every fourth person living in Lebanon is now a Syrian

refugees. It would be one third of the residents of Mexico taking

refuge here in the US. Coming up next, what this man did that has a

city cheering. Tonight, his message for everyone.

Pope Francis and the Queen of England have met for the first time

today. The Pope gave the great grandma a gift for Prince George.

Semiprecious stones. The Queen joked he would be thrilled. And look what

the Queen gave the Pope. British treats, including whiskey from her

Scottish home in Balmoral. Pope Francis is the fifth Pope the Queen

has met. The first one she kept waiting for 20 minutes while she

talked to the president of Italy. At home today, people were weighing in

about the Supreme Court ruling on money and politics. The court

striking down a limit on campaign contributions and raising new

questions about the influence of millionaires and billionaires in the

races for Congress and the White House. Tonight, we are back on the

money trail. The real campaign of American

politics begins long before and far away from the confetti and balloons

and speeches. The real campaign for both parties takes place at fancy

dinners and luxury yachts. What's your name? Where the super rich

decide which politicians get their money. Therefore, who has a chance

at being elected. It's absolutely without the money. Without it, you

are dead in the water. This week the Supreme Court found spending habits

invalid. The maximum amount could now be given to every single member

of Congress, leaving average Americans on the sidelines. Your

voice is meant to be drowned out why these massive contributions from

just a few wealthy interested parties. Indeed, a handful of

billionaires from Las Vegas to Wall Street have emerged as the

country's backroom power brokers. On the Republican side, there has

already been a parade of Prudential `` presidential candidates. This man

says he is again prepared to spend $100 million if it can find the

right candidate. And the secret of David Cope and his brother are also

good for close to $100 billion for candidates who they say support core

American values. Democrats betrayed them as evil. These two men are

billionaires, spending billions of dollars to rigour a political

system. But the Democrats have their own big money figures. This man has

said he will put up around $100 million for the coming election

cycle. And this man promising to use his own money to push for reforms

that would undercut the role of big money in access in politics. Are you

using the system like those who are often criticised for it? Absolutely.

I'm not going to pretend that we are not. He was the only one of the

big`money players to agree to appear in our report tonight. Of course he

is the one trying to end the system that many, including Democrats and

Republicans, see American politics as a playground for the rich.

Some people wear capes. This man wears an orange hoodie. When a

stranger fell on the tracks, he jumped in front of the train, hoping

it would stop in time. A video of courage and kindness in action.

This is an underground train station in Chicago on Wednesday morning.

People are looking in disbelief. Watch. A man is jumping around on

the tracks wearing orange. The oncoming train just feet away. Out

of the blue, I hear somebody saying, she fell! A train is coming! The

woman fell on the tracks. This 50`year`old was right there, heading

into work. He jumped onto the tracks, thinking his orange hoodie

would be bright enough to alert the conductor. The train stopped. I

really don't think I am a hero. I did what I thought was best. A look

at how many people were on the platform. He is the only one who

jumped on the tracks. That orange hoodie giving him confidence. My son

doesn't go to this university, he goes to the university of Chicago.

He likes me to wear his burgundy hoodie. But my wife was watching

yesterday and this was the closest one and this is the one I bought. I

guess it was meant to be for me to where it. His son like many of us

wondering what he was thinking. In life, we are called to task

sometimes. Hopefully I can teach him that. Called to task and saving a

life. That America's strong. Thanks for watching. We are always

here. See you again tomorrow. We've had high levels of pollution

agains across some central and eastern parts of England. The good

news is we will have cleaner air moving into