:00:00. > :00:00.harder than this. Plenty more on our website. Now the
:00:00. > :00:07.news from across the US, as seen a couple of hours ago in ABC World
:00:08. > :00:14.News. Welcome. Tonight, search and rescue.
:00:15. > :00:19.New video from onboard the ferry as it was sinking. And attempts to pump
:00:20. > :00:23.in oxygen and bid fears hundreds of schoolchildren and passengers could
:00:24. > :00:27.be trapped in a pocket underwater. And the US Navy now on the scene.
:00:28. > :00:34.On the edge, the breaking news from Ukraine. Violent clashes involving
:00:35. > :00:38.people holding onto their country. The dramatic pictures of what the
:00:39. > :00:42.president is saying tonight. Another foot of snow in parts of the
:00:43. > :00:47.country. Tonight, the new prediction through July. Get ready for some
:00:48. > :00:52.whiplash. And planning a much different spring
:00:53. > :00:56.shower. Vig news from Chelsea Clinton and something else we didn't
:00:57. > :01:04.know about her future. `` big news.
:01:05. > :01:15.Good evening. We have a lot to get to. Beginning with the urgent search
:01:16. > :01:17.for the missing in that terrifying ferry disaster off South Korea.
:01:18. > :01:24.Hundreds of board, any schoolchildren. Tonight, US Navy is
:01:25. > :01:32.fair. Haunting images are streaming in. At nightfall, the ship was
:01:33. > :01:37.barely piercing the water. The families were gathering under
:01:38. > :01:45.blankets, waiting for word. Also tonight, the captain and what he is
:01:46. > :01:50.saying after we learned he was one of the first off the ferry. There
:01:51. > :01:53.are new pictures, taken onboard, just as the horror began to unfold.
:01:54. > :01:57.New images tonight of the world turned on its side. The critical
:01:58. > :02:02.moments after the ferry shifted violently. Watch as survivors cling
:02:03. > :02:10.to anything they can. In this passageway, the boat. Other
:02:11. > :02:14.passengers huddled inside, wearing life jackets. Today we learned the
:02:15. > :02:19.captain abandoned ship 30 minutes after sending out the distress call.
:02:20. > :02:24.This morning, hiding his face from reporters, he apologised. He said, I
:02:25. > :02:28.am sorry and deeply ashamed. Tonight he is under criminal investigation,
:02:29. > :02:34.questioned by police amid growing outrage. Families of the 276 missing
:02:35. > :02:41.are holding out hope that have their loved ones are still alive. Trapped
:02:42. > :02:45.in a pockets in the sunken ship. Rescuers have even tried to pump
:02:46. > :02:49.oxygen into the boat. So far those efforts have been unsuccessful. The
:02:50. > :02:53.official death toll has now climbed to 25. The doomed ferry was carrying
:02:54. > :02:58.almost 500 passengers, most high school students on a class trip,
:02:59. > :03:03.when the boat began to kill. At 8:58am the distress call went out.
:03:04. > :03:08.Passengers were told to put on life jackets and stay inside. In this
:03:09. > :03:15.video, an overhead announcement says... It is safer in the passenger
:03:16. > :03:20.quarters. Cause of that, so many people became trapped inside. At
:03:21. > :03:30.9:27am, one worried student texts his mother, I love you, he writes.
:03:31. > :03:35.Three minutes later, Captain escapes in a lifeboat. One of the first off
:03:36. > :03:41.the ship. On board, a frantic battle for survival. And real`life heroes.
:03:42. > :03:46.An extraordinary acts of sacrifice from this young man, who didn't make
:03:47. > :03:51.it off his ship. His mother hearing of his final act of generosity. His
:03:52. > :03:58.friend was crying, she says, so my son gave him his life jacket. It is
:03:59. > :04:02.just past first light on day three. The US Navy is involved but key
:04:03. > :04:09.elements are affecting everyone. Bad weather, making it tough to see
:04:10. > :04:13.above and below the waters. Rescue divers have had to be rescued
:04:14. > :04:15.themselves, with every moment so critical.
:04:16. > :04:17.Desperate scenes. Thank you. Now to the other breaking story. The
:04:18. > :04:23.dramatic pictures coming in from Ukraine. The gunfire explosions on
:04:24. > :04:26.camera. It comes as we learnt from President Obama of a new agreement
:04:27. > :04:35.with Russia. The question, will it work? The while, President Putin's
:04:36. > :04:40.comments that made global headlines. Molotov cocktails and bursts of
:04:41. > :04:44.gunfire, as armed pro`Russia protesters attacked the Ukrainian
:04:45. > :04:51.base. Three were killed. Today, the aftermath. Destroyed police car,
:04:52. > :04:55.bloodstains on the pavement. We are told the gunfight lasted several
:04:56. > :05:01.hours. Here on one of the police vehicles, you can see several
:05:02. > :05:07.loopholes. Today, that hope to end the violence with a deal between
:05:08. > :05:10.Russia, US and EU, that all sides would refrain from violence. Illegal
:05:11. > :05:18.armed groups `` armed troops disarm and Ukraine gives amnesty. There is
:05:19. > :05:22.the possibility, the prospect, that diplomacy may de`escalate the
:05:23. > :05:28.situation. President Putin's annual call`in show was today, lasting four
:05:29. > :05:33.hours. Questions from across Russia, even from Edward Snowden. President
:05:34. > :05:38.Putin says Russia has historic claims of eastern Ukraine and he
:05:39. > :05:41.says he reserves the right to send in Russian troops. This as the
:05:42. > :05:47.already violent crisis has taken on `` the violent dimension. It is said
:05:48. > :05:54.anti`Semitic fliers were handed out in one part of the country. This is
:05:55. > :05:57.not just intolerable, it is grotesque and beyond unacceptable.
:05:58. > :06:02.It is unclear who is responsible. And if this message is a hoax. The
:06:03. > :06:08.question is, will the deal ease the tensions?
:06:09. > :06:12.Thank you. The White House revealing that pact with Russia late today and
:06:13. > :06:15.revealing something else. The president says his healthcare plan
:06:16. > :06:20.has passed another milestone. 8 million Americans have signed up for
:06:21. > :06:23.health insurance under the affordable care act. For the first
:06:24. > :06:27.time we learnt 35% are under the age of 35. Of course a group heavily
:06:28. > :06:30.targeted by the White House during the final weeks involvement.
:06:31. > :06:35.Is it really spring? Not in a huge part of the country. These postcards
:06:36. > :06:40.from the midwest telling the story this evening. This car in Minnesota
:06:41. > :06:47.buried in snow. The school bus no match for the snow. Spring is trying
:06:48. > :06:55.out there but close to the Royal two feet of snow in places. Today, the
:06:56. > :06:59.long`range forecast is out. It seems someone forgot to tell the upper
:07:00. > :07:05.Midwest that it is spring. It's freezing. My feet are freezing. Cars
:07:06. > :07:10.are in ditches all over Minnesota. More than a foot in some places.
:07:11. > :07:14.Folks are breaking out the snow shoes again. Spring is lasting
:07:15. > :07:22.longer than expected. But it has been fun. `` winter. This car had to
:07:23. > :07:27.shovel `` this guy had to shovel a whole dealership. Check out this ice
:07:28. > :07:36.jam in Maine. A new report looks back at what a wild month this was.
:07:37. > :07:43.Ice on Lake Michigan reached 93.3%. A new march record. In the last four
:07:44. > :07:48.months, the number of people living in extreme drought in Texas and
:07:49. > :07:51.Oklahoma has doubled to nearly 2 million people. In California, the
:07:52. > :07:54.above average warmth will continue through summer. And the shivering
:07:55. > :07:58.north`east will warm up as well. They are predicting a hotter than
:07:59. > :08:03.normal summer through July. Here in Denver, in the southern Rockies,
:08:04. > :08:07.some good news. More rain than normal in the next few months. There
:08:08. > :08:13.is a drought self of here. That will be some welcome relief. To Texas. A
:08:14. > :08:19.brand`new video which has surfaced showing the horrific moment each
:08:20. > :08:25.year ago. You remember the deadly explosion at a fertiliser plant. 15
:08:26. > :08:30.people died. We have a new look at the moment of crisis. Someone
:08:31. > :08:34.captured it as they drove through West Texas. Safety rules for storing
:08:35. > :08:40.fertiliser remained unchanged through much of the country. A real
:08:41. > :08:44.scare in the heartland. Kansas city has new worries about the serial
:08:45. > :08:53.shoot up. They worry that shoot it may have struck again. `` shooter.
:08:54. > :09:00.An investigation is under way into whether the Kansas City serial
:09:01. > :09:06.shooter has struck again. A minivan was shot at on the highway. Ocitti
:09:07. > :09:12.on edge. 20 highway shootings in the last month. Still no suspect, and
:09:13. > :09:17.few leads. At least three people have been hurt in the string of
:09:18. > :09:28.shootings. `` a city on edge. How can you find shooter like this?
:09:29. > :09:37.Often someone gets a cart description. The FBI is on the case.
:09:38. > :09:48.They are investigating. `` car description. They hope to apprehend
:09:49. > :09:52.the shooter before it is too late. Now to the passenger jet which
:09:53. > :10:01.vanished with 239 people on board. Another false lead, the oil slick.
:10:02. > :10:05.This is the search zone. More than 40 miles wide, three miles down. All
:10:06. > :10:12.in the areas of the signals picked up days ago. We learned that the
:10:13. > :10:21.Unmanned Air System in, Bluefin21, might have picked up a lead. ``
:10:22. > :10:24.unmanned submarine. When you learned how quickly they have sent this
:10:25. > :10:30.underwater drone back, what does that tell you? Tells me that it was
:10:31. > :10:33.significant in order to be able to break the search pattern. They saw
:10:34. > :10:40.something which was compelling. You are right. This unmanned submarine,
:10:41. > :10:47.it is not very quick. It's really a can I is in. Two hours to get down,
:10:48. > :10:54.16 hours on station, and hours to get back up. We are talking about
:10:55. > :11:03.depths of 12 Empire State building is. Plus a little bit. Tremendous
:11:04. > :11:08.pressure down there. There is a waiting game, as he said. No
:11:09. > :11:17.real`time information coming back. We tend to think of things being
:11:18. > :11:21.instant transmission. They have two taken out of the water and
:11:22. > :11:29.labourious Lee remove everything before they can learn what it might
:11:30. > :11:35.have found. Images of of an ancient ritual out of Rome. Among them,
:11:36. > :11:42.women and non` believers. A reminder from Pope Francis to serve others.
:11:43. > :11:48.We have a passing note, Gabriel Garcia Marquez has died. Known for
:11:49. > :11:53.his novels and short stories, and so familiar to Americans here at home,
:11:54. > :12:00.for generations required reading around the world. Accurate home, big
:12:01. > :12:05.news from former first daughter Chelsea Clinton. She is expecting
:12:06. > :12:10.her first child. Her mother and father are already tweeting, members
:12:11. > :12:20.of the Bush family have sent their congratulations. The next generation
:12:21. > :12:26.of the Clinton dynasties is on the way. Chelsea Clinton announced today
:12:27. > :12:31.that she and her investment banker husband are expecting their first
:12:32. > :12:36.child. Mark and I are very excited to have our first child on the way.
:12:37. > :12:41.No one is more overjoyed than Hillary Clinton. Her desire to add
:12:42. > :12:47.grandmother to her resume has not been a secret. She talked to Jimmy
:12:48. > :12:58.Campbell about it. Any more children? `` Kimmell. I wouldn't
:12:59. > :13:05.mind one of those grandchildren I hear so much about. Bill Clinton
:13:06. > :13:15.also putting the pressure on. I'd like to have a happy wife. And she
:13:16. > :13:24.won't be, unless she is a grandmother. Chelsea married a few
:13:25. > :13:28.years ago in a private ceremony. She said in a magazine interview she
:13:29. > :13:39.hoped 2014 would be the year of the baby. I feel better, whether it is a
:13:40. > :13:44.girl or a boy, that he or she will grow up in a world with so many
:13:45. > :13:52.strong female leaders. Could there soon be another child in the White
:13:53. > :13:58.House? Hillary says grandmother to be is her most exciting title yet.
:13:59. > :14:06.Bill Clinton has said the same. Their baby is due this Four. Great
:14:07. > :14:15.news. How time flies. You heard Hillary say she is ready to be a
:14:16. > :14:23.grandmother. `` baby is due this Fall. A family vacation for free?
:14:24. > :14:28.The travel expert who proved he could do it. He made it to Florida
:14:29. > :14:33.for free. He says you can do it as well. We will show you how. The
:14:34. > :14:55.Lovat actress Valerie Harper and her brave battle. `` the be `` the
:14:56. > :15:59.beloved actress. Easter approaching, ABC's
:16:00. > :16:04.correspondent with the expert who got to Florida for free. It's that
:16:05. > :16:13.time of year again. Time to hit the road. Prices. Airfares about to jump
:16:14. > :16:18.20%. This man hasn't paid for a flight in three years. He proved it.
:16:19. > :16:26.He flew to Fort Lauderdale for free. First to the airport. So how much
:16:27. > :16:32.would this ride usually cost? $60. $70 may be. He paid nothing. He does
:16:33. > :16:38.it by building up credits by recommending all of his friends and
:16:39. > :16:42.family to a cart service provider. In this first`class cabin, we found
:16:43. > :16:50.passengers paying up to $1000 for tickets. My ticket was $550. Mine
:16:51. > :16:57.was literally free. So was my breakfast. He did it using airline
:16:58. > :17:05.miles. Credit cards offering upwards of 40,000 three miles. I have 23
:17:06. > :17:11.credit cards. I know a lot of financial advisers think that is
:17:12. > :17:19.crazy. Once in sunny Florida, he saved deke on car rental. There is a
:17:20. > :17:26.site for consumers called autoslash.com. You can rent a car
:17:27. > :17:32.anywhere, go there, and they will constantly check for a better rate
:17:33. > :17:38.on that same car. News of an intergalactic neighbour. Earth's
:17:39. > :17:44.twin. 500 light years away. Orbiting its own son at just the right
:17:45. > :17:49.distance. There could be water. That means there could be life. I have a
:17:50. > :17:54.feeling there will be more to come on that. We have news about the
:17:55. > :18:11.beloved actress. Finally tonight, every child has a
:18:12. > :18:19.dream. Whether to be an astronaut, a princess, a home`run king. We met
:18:20. > :18:25.the photographer making those dreams come true. That is a weak on this
:18:26. > :18:33.child's head. She has cancer, and most of her hair is gone due to
:18:34. > :18:40.chemotherapy. `` wig. It is a photo shoot. With what in mind? Take a
:18:41. > :18:44.look at this, there is, and this. Every one of these as a kid with a
:18:45. > :18:52.life`threatening illness. Seen here in a moment of utter fantasy of
:18:53. > :18:59.their own making. This guy is the agent of making them real, on paper.
:19:00. > :19:02.Which is real enough. I want to get the idea out there that everything
:19:03. > :19:09.is possible, despite what life throws at you. The kids draw them a
:19:10. > :19:18.picture. He imagines it with them. He has done dozens of these. This
:19:19. > :19:25.girl's condition requires her to stay out of the Sun, he draws her
:19:26. > :19:32.bathe in light. I started to realise I could do this in other families.
:19:33. > :19:41.She has a lock of wishes in life. I have four wishes. Number four is: to
:19:42. > :19:49.become a real mermaid. One photo without the week, and out it comes,
:19:50. > :19:55.full mermaid. Thank you for everything you did. For me to become
:19:56. > :20:04.a real mermaid. Real to her, and isn't that the point? Thank you for
:20:05. > :20:19.watching, have a good evening. Good night, we will see you tomorrow. A
:20:20. > :20:24.decent start to the long Easter weekend. A chilly start, but the
:20:25. > :20:33.idea of sunshine. Clear blue skies for many, with cloud developing in
:20:34. > :20:34.East Anglia and south`east England. Colder than yesterday, temperature