:00:00. > :00:00.place currently in Canberra. Time now for a look at the news as seen
:00:00. > :00:15.across the US a couple of hours ago an ABC World News with Diane Sawyer.
:00:16. > :00:20.Welcome. Target Americans, three goodhearted Americans trying to help
:00:21. > :00:22.the sick killed in Afghanistan by the guard hired to protect them.
:00:23. > :00:28.Outbreak, a health alert about measles in this country. Surprising
:00:29. > :00:31.video, people walked right by the homeless on the street, not even
:00:32. > :00:44.noticing they are secretly their wives. Or, their uncles or family.
:00:45. > :00:50.Good evening. Even though we have heard a lot of news from
:00:51. > :00:52.Afghanistan, this story to note is different. The grief stretches to
:00:53. > :00:58.Chicago, three Americans killed as they were trying to heal the
:00:59. > :01:02.children of our country, raising the question, can any American, even a
:01:03. > :01:07.civilian, even a doctor, be safe that? `` tonight. One of the
:01:08. > :01:16.victim's Wise is sending a message. A surprising one for all of us. ``
:01:17. > :01:22.wives. Our correspondent tells us what this means for the US.
:01:23. > :01:28.Even in a nation accustomed to violence, this attack stands out for
:01:29. > :01:36.the brutality and heartbreak. This is an American doctor killed today.
:01:37. > :01:42.For more than seven years, he worked to save mothers and babies in
:01:43. > :01:47.Afghanistan. I am here with this doctor and he is from Chicago. Here
:01:48. > :01:49.he is two years ago, interviewed by a Christian station about his
:01:50. > :01:55.life`saving work. This baby has done remarkably well for how small it
:01:56. > :02:02.was. What are the child's chances in Kabul without a QR? Most of these
:02:03. > :02:07.kids here, they would be dead. The Philadelphia `based Christian
:02:08. > :02:14.organisation running the that includes 60 children with cleft
:02:15. > :02:19.pallet annually. Today, needy entrants to this hospital, he was
:02:20. > :02:27.gunned down as he greeted to other Americans, a father and son. As a
:02:28. > :02:32.security guard opened fire, killing them all. His wife, who also
:02:33. > :02:36.volunteered in Afghanistan, copy call along with her son early this
:02:37. > :02:41.morning at their home in Chicago. Our family has suffered a while our
:02:42. > :02:49.hearts are ageing, we are aching for the loss of the other families. As
:02:50. > :02:54.well as the loss and multiple losses that the Afghan people have
:02:55. > :02:56.suffered. Today is an attack of so many targeting Westerners recently
:02:57. > :03:01.the violence has understandably scared away eight organisations. At
:03:02. > :03:11.the widow of this doctor insisted the Afghani 's who need help should
:03:12. > :03:13.not be abandoned. `` aid. The others who were killed have not been
:03:14. > :03:18.identified. Today the cat comes in the face of America's drawdown. The
:03:19. > :03:25.government is trying to find how many to leave behind `` the attack.
:03:26. > :03:29.We moved to news about the US and Russia moving closer to the brink
:03:30. > :03:35.and President Obama losing patience with Vladimir Putin's actions in
:03:36. > :03:41.Ukraine. Russian launched military drills along the border and the US
:03:42. > :03:47.warned that new sanctions are being prepared. On another note, the
:03:48. > :03:50.American journalist held captive by insurgents has been released. Now,
:03:51. > :03:53.back into the new warning from the CDC about measles on the march in
:03:54. > :03:57.America. We are tracking a surge of cases, outbreaks in 13 states.
:03:58. > :04:01.California and New York are the hardest hit. The number of cases
:04:02. > :04:05.growing at a pace unseen in 20 years. How far and how fast can this
:04:06. > :04:16.go? Our correspondent breaks it down. Fever, aching eyes, hacking
:04:17. > :04:22.cough. And every square inch covered in a rush. Measles. Tonight, the CDC
:04:23. > :04:26.warns that its back and spreading. Even doctors don't recognise it.
:04:27. > :04:33.Most people in training have never seen measles. 129 cases this year,
:04:34. > :04:38.58 in California. This time last year, there were only four. The CDC
:04:39. > :04:42.says it's the highest number of cases since 1996. It is so
:04:43. > :04:48.contagious, we had to prepare a negative pressure rooms in the
:04:49. > :04:52.emergency room in San Diego. Behind the outbreak, unvaccinated
:04:53. > :04:56.travellers, ringing measles back after trips to the Philippines where
:04:57. > :04:59.there is an outbreak, and an increasing number of parents who
:05:00. > :05:06.refuse to vaccinate their children. We are up to 4.5% of our children in
:05:07. > :05:12.kindergarten who have not had all of their vaccines. Hilary Chambers with
:05:13. > :05:16.a baby exposed to measles has something to say to parents who
:05:17. > :05:23.refuse to vaccinate. That is not fair. You are relying on everybody
:05:24. > :05:27.else to do it for you. For many paediatricians, it's a hot button
:05:28. > :05:32.issue. Isn't it a parents right to vaccinate their child or not? If you
:05:33. > :05:43.send your teenager out to drive a car without wearing a seatbelt?
:05:44. > :05:46.There is a new battle out West tonight surrounding a rancher who
:05:47. > :05:50.has become an anti`government folk hero, a man who is winning a
:05:51. > :05:54.high`stakes showdown with Washington. Several politicians have
:05:55. > :05:57.rallied to his side, but tonight, they are backing away because of
:05:58. > :06:06.something he said about race in America.
:06:07. > :06:10.The rancher who grazed his cattle on federal land but refused 20 years to
:06:11. > :06:14.pay fees to the government stayed down US agents with a handful of
:06:15. > :06:19.supporters one week ago. But tonight, he is losing support as
:06:20. > :06:22.faster than the temperature rises in Nevada after his racist comments to
:06:23. > :06:31.reporters. I want to tell you one more thing I know about the Negroes
:06:32. > :06:34.will stop they put their young men in jail because they never learned
:06:35. > :06:43.how to pick cotton. They were better off in picking cotton... Today on a
:06:44. > :06:58.radio programme, he did not help himself much.
:06:59. > :07:08.Some Republicans lawmakers had also hailed him, including his home state
:07:09. > :07:11.Senator. Tonight, they are heading for the hills, now trying to
:07:12. > :07:21.distance themselves from him. He says his remarks on race ``
:07:22. > :07:28.tonight, the rancher has fewer friends and still owes the federal
:07:29. > :07:34.government more than $1 million. And a growing danger in the east
:07:35. > :07:40.tonight. Nine states from Delaware domain are at risk of wildfires.
:07:41. > :07:46.Today, New Jersey was hit. Flames closed in on several homes. Families
:07:47. > :07:50.were ordered to leave and a nearby school was evacuated. Firefighters
:07:51. > :07:55.say conditions in the state of New Jersey are so dry that one cigarette
:07:56. > :08:00.butt is enough to start a fire. And now a headline about something you
:08:01. > :08:04.may be seeing all around you. Health officials have proposed a crackdown
:08:05. > :08:07.on popular electronic cigarettes, saying they should be treated like
:08:08. > :08:10.the real thing, including a ban on sales to young people because of
:08:11. > :08:16.something that is happening around the country. They are touted by
:08:17. > :08:27.advertisers as a smart alternative to cigarettes. Celebrities have been
:08:28. > :08:30.photographed using electronic cigarettes, battery`powered devices
:08:31. > :08:33.filled with nicotine `based water. Sales are expected to pick $2
:08:34. > :08:39.billion this year. Tonight, regulators for the first time are
:08:40. > :08:44.cracking down. It's like the wild West in terms of what people are
:08:45. > :08:49.doing. The products are evolving. There is no regulatory oversight and
:08:50. > :08:55.they are being marketed in ways that are very worrisome. New rules would
:08:56. > :08:59.ban sales of electronic cigarettes to anyone under 18, require warning
:09:00. > :09:04.Wiggles `` require warning labels and force companies to get FDA
:09:05. > :09:08.approval before they marketed electronic cigarettes as a way to
:09:09. > :09:10.quit smoking. They say that electronic cigarettes are a
:09:11. > :09:17.technology product and not big tobacco product. Others want the
:09:18. > :09:22.advertisements reined in. There is no question that this industry has
:09:23. > :09:25.reached its tactics straight from the big tobacco playbook. Candy and
:09:26. > :09:30.fruit flavoured products aimed at children. The glamorisation of
:09:31. > :09:34.electronic cigarettes. Some of that marketing may look familiar. Look at
:09:35. > :09:39.the glamorous woman in the blue dress smoking a cigarette in 1930.
:09:40. > :09:48.And this woman today. The rugged cowboy then and now. And the
:09:49. > :09:50.adventurous girl then and now. But some people say that electronic
:09:51. > :09:56.cigarettes are a gamechanger for those trying to kick the habit. They
:09:57. > :10:01.are using electronic cigarettes to quick regular cigarettes. Yes. That
:10:02. > :10:08.is the number one reason. Both sides tonight awaiting for the smoke to
:10:09. > :10:13.clear. There was a poignant moment at the
:10:14. > :10:16.White House today. Michelle Obama sat down with children who have a
:10:17. > :10:18.family member working at the White House. Watch what happens when she
:10:19. > :10:33.calls on one little girl in front. Well, it's a little private, but she
:10:34. > :10:39.is doing something for her dad. Right? Got it. No word from the
:10:40. > :10:47.White House on what she plans for that resonate. `` that resume. And a
:10:48. > :10:52.photograph we are all passing around today. Look at it. It's not what it
:10:53. > :10:56.seems. A woman offers food to a man who appears to be homeless. In fact,
:10:57. > :11:01.he is Richard Gere in character, shooting a film. The groups that
:11:02. > :11:04.help the homeless say this picture is a way to open everyone's eyes to
:11:05. > :11:10.how invisible the homeless have become. One group filmed a kind of
:11:11. > :11:13.experiment. People walking by the homeless, not knowing that they were
:11:14. > :11:23.secretly members of their own family, relatives they love. This
:11:24. > :11:25.woman was filmed walking past a homeless person, something that
:11:26. > :11:31.happens thousands of times per day in America. But she did not realise
:11:32. > :11:35.the woman on the sidewalk was her own sister. This woman did not
:11:36. > :11:40.realise it was her uncle. This man had no idea the person he was
:11:41. > :11:44.walking past was his wife. It was all a set up to shine a spotlight on
:11:45. > :11:48.the homeless in a way we would never forget. This was how it worked. An
:11:49. > :11:52.advertisement had been placed announcing a film being made about
:11:53. > :11:55.New York, with the director looking for real people with real opinions
:11:56. > :12:00.on the place they call home. The idea was hatched by these two. They
:12:01. > :12:03.secretly contacted the relatives of those who answered the ad and
:12:04. > :12:07.arranged for them to be out here when their loved ones walked by. And
:12:08. > :12:14.so pharaonic passed right by her sister. And Thomas, married for over
:12:15. > :12:29.34 years, walked right past his wife. Each of them were shown the
:12:30. > :12:34.tape. Things are much more real than you expect. It is not the film's
:12:35. > :12:37.purpose to single them out. It is to say that we have become so used to
:12:38. > :12:41.seeing the homeless that we don't see them. The number of homeless in
:12:42. > :12:47.America has passed a 600,000 people. Every single person you see
:12:48. > :12:53.homeless on the street is somebody's mother, cousin, daughter.
:12:54. > :12:58.The film ends on an upbeat note. Each passerby, now informed, get
:12:59. > :13:05.another pass, another chance to do what they did not do the first time
:13:06. > :13:09.to see and connect. The daredevil styling of the highest
:13:10. > :13:13.building in the world. Can you guess the wild idea that ensured they
:13:14. > :13:56.would break the world record? That's coming up. A reminder that it is
:13:57. > :14:06.Beyonce's world and we just live in it. She is on the cover of Time
:14:07. > :14:17.magazine. And the reason for her top ranking... And a familiar face is
:14:18. > :14:33.getting a makeover. Ronald McDonald House. Here's clown suit is gone ``
:14:34. > :14:36.Isolde costume is gone. And watch while these two daredevils do
:14:37. > :14:42.something never done before, base jumping off the tallest building in
:14:43. > :14:47.the world. 2700 feet tall, the height of two Empire State Building.
:14:48. > :14:50.They decided to jump off a special platform to make the jump a little
:14:51. > :14:56.bit longer and worthy of a worthy record. Finally, there is a hospital
:14:57. > :15:02.in America where the healing person you meet may not be a doctor or a
:15:03. > :15:06.nurse but a welcoming stranger, making a connection with every
:15:07. > :15:20.patient and their family. A shining beacon of what is possible in so
:15:21. > :15:25.many lives. Come here and get your daily hearing hug. `` daily hearing
:15:26. > :15:32.hug. Everyone walking in, staring down cancer. 14 years, David. I'm
:15:33. > :15:39.still smiling. It goes far beyond the smile. He knows their names, the
:15:40. > :15:46.cancer, the family. I can sense it. I can sense but, you know what? I
:15:47. > :15:50.have seen some difficult cases turn around. I'm going to love you back
:15:51. > :15:57.to health whether you want it or not. It was a gift spotted in a
:15:58. > :16:01.little boy with a hint of a smile. Your grandmother told you when you
:16:02. > :16:06.were a little boy that you had a gift. I did not understand what she
:16:07. > :16:11.meant by that. She said, I don't tell this to everybody but I see
:16:12. > :16:14.this in you. But she told him was that he would one day gives people
:16:15. > :16:20.hope. This man was diagnosed with lung cancer one year ago. I remember
:16:21. > :16:25.the first time that I met him. He must have read something on my face.
:16:26. > :16:34.He said, you are going to be a cake. One year later, the scans are clear.
:16:35. > :16:46.`` you are going to be OK. The patients here all hope... You know
:16:47. > :16:55.his schedule? Yes. This day, they make it. And mix has heard the news
:16:56. > :17:01.about David. `` and Nicolas has heard the news about David. He
:17:02. > :17:05.admitted to me that he did not like hugging in the beginning. You have
:17:06. > :17:21.changed that. It is not just him. The letters from so many patients.
:17:22. > :17:34.Even the doctors depend on him. You know him as well? Definitely. This
:17:35. > :17:40.is one of the researchers. Through those glass doors tonight, he is
:17:41. > :17:45.cleaning up his desk, preparing for 13 more `` 1300 more hugs tomorrow.
:17:46. > :17:47.Thank you for watching.