24/04/2014 ABC World News with Diane Sawyer

with Labour. Thanks for your company. Time now

for a look at the news as seen across the United States a couple of

hours ago, in ABC World News with Dianne Sawyer.

The two world news. New clues about the teenage stowaway and what

happened on that impossible flight. Tonight, his father speaks out. On

edge, Russia is use a new military threat. Our reporter is face`to`face

with a man holding an American captive in Ukraine. And, the women

made the most beautiful person. The national conversation she opened

about very dark skin. We will show you some stunning things little

girls say about dolls with different skin colours.

Good evening. We begin with late work about that teenager, the

stowaway Andy ongoing mystery of what happened on the jumbo jet where

he is as he was tucked inside the freezing wheel the hours. It is a

story that has raised questions about how he outsmarted security.

Tonight, his father is speaking out about the risk and what may have

motivated his son. Tonight, the 15`year`old stowaway's

father says he was shocked to learn about what he called, his sons ex`

Jordan and dangerous trip in the wheel well off 8767.

The cab driver said he saw his son on Friday.

But the FBI report that the team had a bite with his family and ran away.

In the middle of the night, after 1am, he was caught on video cameras

jumping the fence at the airport but no one saw him. He was in that wheel

well for more than a fight or flight with little oxygen. And the bridges

at least 50 below. Not discovered until he crawled out of the wheel

well one hour after the flight landed. He transferred to a new

school and his father said he was ordered to be struggling in some

classes. There have been suggestions that the boy wanted to go to Africa.

But that apparently wasn't his plan when he jumped the fence in

California. An official in Hawaii was told he climbed into the first

plane he saw. The teenager is still in a hospital in Hawaii. He is under

custody of child services. The airlines Co said they have not known

whether the wheel well was checked before the flight. The search for

the missing passenger jet, 47 days after it disappeared. Investigators

are investigating sheet metal that has washed ashore. No indication yet

if it is part of that missing plane. Back here at home, big News tonight.

Any challenge on the highly charged issue of guns in America. Tonight,

Georgia has opened a new front of the debate. The governor signed a

bill. Critics are calling it the guns everywhere law. Depending on

how you see it, it is either one of the most frightening or most

progressive gun laws in the country. Long overdue. A tremendous victory.

People in Georgia can bring firearms into bars, libraries, churches and

government buildings. People convicted of Mr can now legally get

gun permits and police can no longer stop someone if they suspect they

are carrying a gun. The law gives businesses and schools are right to

say no without a sign or noticed and in guns. The's governor up for

election signed a law with pleasure. I would put into law a gun

bill that heralds the defence, personal liberties and public

safety. Here, there are many supporters. People should be able to

carry it on their person. When we visited this range outside Atlanta,

we'd met college kid and executives. You should have the right to protect

yourself. Gun`control supporters are sounding the alarm. To do it in the

name of safety, it is tragic. VC Georgia went the wrong way. Next, a

kind of double their between the US and Russia over the tension in

Ukraine. Tonight, the paratroopers have landed in Poland. A show of

force that was not lost on Russia. Our correspondent is on the ground.

A show of force as American paratroopers arrived today in

Poland, a clear message to Moscow which responded today saying is

ready react militarily if it interests are attacked. Ukraine says

it is relaunching it antiterrorism operation. So far, unsuccessful

attempt to quash unrest sweeping Eastern Ukraine where pro`Russian

forces have seized government buildings, even towns. Attention is

I is, so have a number of threats against journalist. Is troops...

Reporter from America has been detained for two days. Today, we

went to see the man. He was giving incorrect, one`sided information the

mayor told us. He said he needs to be taught a lesson. Is he being

treated well? Nothing unpleasant is happening to him. He assured us that

the journalist would be released. The US is calling on Russia to use

its influence with those groups to get him and other We want to bring

you up to date on Madeleine McCann, the little girl with the infectious

smile, missing for several years after vanishing from a hotel room

while on vacation with her family in Portugal. Today, Scotland Yard

revealed details of five other cases they are studying. Each involving a

male intruder who allegedly slipped into holiday villas and sexually

assaulted children. The incidents happened near where she was staying

in the years before she disappeared. One of the victims was attacked at

the same villa. Next here tonight, a Brian Ross investigation about a

popular brand of products. You may have heard of the brand Herbalife.

The company says that its milkshakes and supplements help you lose weight

and live a healthy life, but hidden cameras show you what the

distributors said behind closed doors.

With hundreds of thousands of American independent distributors.

The Herbalife company says that business has never been better.

Despite two federal investigations and allegations by critics it is an

illegal permit scheme which Herbalife denies. The $6 billion

company produces a range of diet powders and nutrition products which

are sold by its distributors. The company also remains under a court

order from the 1980s, not to make false or misleading representations,

of the products health benefits. Herbalife board members say it is

essential. They give people false hope. They might not go to the

doctors. In training materials, the company tells distributors not to

say that it can help prevent or treat diseases. This is what

undercover reporters found. This distributor told us the story of a

woman who overcame an inoperable brain tumour thanks to Herbalife.

This is the president of Herbalife. Does it to your brain tumours?

Absolutely not, I am appalled to hear you say this. What is happening

here is an absolute violation of our rules. Does it to your brain

tumours? Absolutely not, I am appalled to hear you say this. What

is happening here is an absolute violation of our rules. Doesn't

happen often organised by veteran distributors, new recruits were told

Herbalife products help to treat heart disease. In Spanish, it

treated headaches and anaemia. And even helped one woman to get

pregnant. Firstly, it addresses me to hear this. This is happening

right now. And this is something that we need to address. And we will

do so. These instances are aberrations, they are anomalies,

this is not the Herbalife I know. Since our interview, the company has

revealed to ABC News that in fact, almost 600 distributors were

disciplined last year alone for making medical claims. With 12 of

them stripped of their distributorship. Up next here, the

woman named most beautiful person today, opened an important

conversation about growing up with very dark skin. So, tonight, here

are some stunning things little girls say about these girls with

different skin colours. A startling moment of truth, and we are back in

two minutes. Just today, people magazine named

Oscar win a Lupita Nyong'o the most beautiful person of the year. Other

African`American women, beyond say, Halley Berry, they have graced the

cover. But Lupita Nyong'o has said it was painful for her to be a young

girl growing up with dark skin ``Beyonce and Halle Berry. Today,

Lupita Nyong'o was named the most beautiful woman of the year. Quite a

turn for the actress who recently shared a heartbreaking secret. My

one prayer to God was that I would wake up lighter skinned. Owning up

to deep`rooted pain that many black women had felt for years. For women

of colour... Reporting the story for good morning America, I found myself

shaken by old wounds. I understand her journey growing up. Choking up

on air, my revelation led to an outpouring of online messages. So

many others sharing that dark shame. It led me to wander, in 2014, with

the prominence of women like Michelle Obama and Beyonce, surely

colour should no longer be an issue? So we spoke to a group of 5` eight

`year`olds in a New Jersey school. We showed three dolls with different

colours of skin. Which is the most beautiful? We are encouraged to see

this girl choosing doll that looked like her. Why is she more beautiful

than these other two? She looks mostly like me. Her confidence shone

through. But, then watch. We are stunned, again and again, the girls

chose the white doll. Why? Because she has one turf. `` blonde hair.

What does that say to you about the messages they are getting outside in

the world? Blunder, lighter, more European features. They are still

seeing as the most desirable `` blonder. Television could be to

blame. One study found that 76% of the faces we see white and only 16%

are black. That could explain the girl 's response when asked who they

preferred look like. This black girl chooses the white doll. It reveals

the problem. `` she reveals the problem. For me, is sobering moment

of truth as I watch with parents, especially when we see what happens

when the girls are asked which one they would like to take home. A

tug`of`war over the blonde white doll. We still have a lot of work to

do. I spoke with researchers who specialise in body image and race

and they say it will take a lot more than Lupita Nyong'o been held up as

beautiful. To change the weather we at ourselves and each other. You

were saying to show pictures and talk about skin colour, do not avoid

the issue. You cannot just buy them dolls, you

have to talk about dark skin and how beautiful it is. Talk about it. A

brilliant report. Thank you.. A Michigan man has become the fourth

person ever to be fitted with a kind of bionic eye. It took doctors for

the half hours to implant electrodes in his eye which receive impulses

from a small video camera inside of that Pfizer. They are transmitted to

the optic nerve. The man blinded by a degenerative disease can see

light. `` visor. It has been described as a game changer by

doctors. And tourists were terrified by this horse which bolted. The

passengers and driver fined tonight. A bystander had minor

bruises. It is a kind of dangerous deja vu, we had another incident

last week. That was in Atlanta, Georgia. Six white knuckle blocks,

some clever restaurant workers in this case, and a handful of carols

managed to calm the horse. Finally, saved out of the clear blue sky.

`` carrots. Imagine if you're a new hope of rescue was a joint

handwritten message in the sand of SOS.

They could have been missed so easily. Those three letters on a

tiny sandbar of an island, he off of Australia's coast, near the

Whitsunday Islands. A party of five had been out snorkelling and had the

bad luck as they went ashore to collect shells. The boat drifted off

without them. With everything they owned in it, including their phones.

I looked back and could see that the boat was drifting. It was a middle

of nowhere place, no food or water or shade, and when night came, there

would be no warmth. The SOS seemed a long shot. But it wasn't. The

underbelly camera they rescue helicopter that happened to spot the

SOS and the island, they sent a man down. Soon, he was bringing up one

by one who's almost castaways. We saw him initially on the rock. They

confirmed it was the people we were looking for. It was almost nine

hours out there. They were not injured. They were a bit

dehydrated. It was long enough to be an adventure. Thank you for

watching, visit the website for more. We will see you here tomorrow

night. Until then, good night. Thursday, for most of