:00:00. > :00:00.willing may soon be able to do so. Time now for a look at the news as
:00:00. > :00:09.seen across the United States a couple of hours ago, in ABC World
:00:10. > :00:13.News with Dianne Sawyer. Welcome to world news, tonight, a
:00:14. > :00:17.tornado strike, millions of people are told to watch out tonight. A big
:00:18. > :00:22.storm with floods forcing the rescue of a small child, 11 planes hit by
:00:23. > :00:28.lightning in one day. And we will tell you what happened next.
:00:29. > :00:34.Sounding off, tonight, here the new recording. The disgraced NBA owner
:00:35. > :00:40.defends himself on racism. And, shopping secrets. Do some stores
:00:41. > :00:46.label you and then stick you with a higher price than the person next to
:00:47. > :00:51.you? That is not fair. It is not making sense to me. See what we
:00:52. > :01:01.found, our consumer investigation tonight.
:01:02. > :01:05.Good evening, as we come on the air, 50 million Americans are being
:01:06. > :01:09.told to brace for dangerous weather in places, it is like a superstorm.
:01:10. > :01:14.Extremes of all kinds coming together. Postcards now from the
:01:15. > :01:19.storm zone, you can see in Nebraska, a surprise in spring, nine
:01:20. > :01:24.inches of snow! Watch this timelapse video in Oklahoma, the dot is a
:01:25. > :01:32.house, with a menacing super self forming right there in the sky
:01:33. > :01:37.overhead. ``cell. Tornadoes are the big fear, and Alex is tracking it.
:01:38. > :01:43.The sound is loud, you can hear the tornado siren here. There are sirens
:01:44. > :01:45.like this happening across the state, people will be listening
:01:46. > :01:51.closely as they prepare for another night of severe weather. High
:01:52. > :01:56.winds, tearing up homes, sirens, sounding the alarm in Dallas
:01:57. > :02:00.tonight. Near the city today, a dramatic rescue, it took two hours
:02:01. > :02:07.to save five boys from these raging waters. The boys are exhausted, but
:02:08. > :02:11.OK. At least seven tornadoes were reported yesterday, including this
:02:12. > :02:20.ominous dust filled lands about, going across the high plains of
:02:21. > :02:24.Colorado. `` land spout. Baseball sized hail was battering the
:02:25. > :02:29.Oklahoma landscape, in Kansas, pummelling homes, winds of 90 mph
:02:30. > :02:35.derailing this train. I was shocked that it was strong enough to blow
:02:36. > :02:40.the train over. We are going from Minneapolis to another town, I want
:02:41. > :02:45.to show you what the roads are like. It is so bad, we may have to pull
:02:46. > :02:49.over. In the last 24 hours, nearly 200 reports of severe weather, and
:02:50. > :02:53.counting. In salt lake city, 11 planes were inspected after being
:02:54. > :02:57.struck by lightning. Many of them as the planes were landing, terrifying
:02:58. > :03:01.passengers. It is rare for so many planes to be struck at the same
:03:02. > :03:08.time. Experts say every single commercial plane in the US is hit by
:03:09. > :03:11.lightning at least once a year. And, aeroplanes are protected, when the
:03:12. > :03:14.lightning strikes, the outer skin absorbs the charge. It is conducted
:03:15. > :03:20.harmlessly around and out of the plane. Then, there is snow. It looks
:03:21. > :03:24.like a winter wonderland in South Dakota, dusting trees and firewood
:03:25. > :03:31.stacks. This wild weather is nowhere near being done just yet, the system
:03:32. > :03:38.will shift east tomorrow, ringing in severe weather all the way to
:03:39. > :03:42.Indianapolis. `` bringing in. We are keeping our eyes on the skies, we
:03:43. > :03:47.are expecting large winds and heavy hail overnight. We are turning to
:03:48. > :03:51.the growing national outrage about what is happening to American
:03:52. > :03:54.veterans inside of hospitals. The government ordered a review of every
:03:55. > :03:59.hospital after reports that patients were dying while waiting and waiting
:04:00. > :04:09.and waiting for. Congress today demanded documents.
:04:10. > :04:15.The epicentre of the scandal. Phoenix, Arizona, where as many as
:04:16. > :04:19.40 veterans died at this hospital. While waiting for 21 months to see a
:04:20. > :04:24.doctor. They never came in the door, we never saw them. The doctor
:04:25. > :04:29.retired from hospital in Phoenix this year `` this doctor. Not before
:04:30. > :04:34.exposing what he says is systematic fraud, but hid long waits. He
:04:35. > :04:37.complains his superiors lied about delays to qualify for bonuses. We
:04:38. > :04:41.realised that patients were dying because of it. That is the point
:04:42. > :04:47.where we said that we cannot take it any more. This Phoenix veteran died
:04:48. > :04:51.after waiting months for a specialist visit, to diagnose a lump
:04:52. > :04:55.found in his neck after a routine checkup. He kept this journal,
:04:56. > :05:03.documenting the cause, he made, for 15 months. Trying to schedule a
:05:04. > :05:10.visit that never came. I am a purple heart be a non`fat, and I should be
:05:11. > :05:21.receiving proper care `` Vietnam's veteran. Today, the Veterans
:05:22. > :05:25.Administration announced it will conduct a face`to`face visit with
:05:26. > :05:30.every clinic at every hospital to get to the bottom of the scandal.
:05:31. > :05:38.Why can't our federal government and the VA do this for our fighting
:05:39. > :05:42.soldiers that have given their arms, their side, their legs, and their
:05:43. > :05:48.life, for this country? It has failed them and is still failing
:05:49. > :05:52.thousands. As we said, a growing outrage
:05:53. > :05:56.tonight, and next, we turn to the new tape of the man at the centre of
:05:57. > :06:01.the firestorm over races and the NBA. In this one, the LA Clippers
:06:02. > :06:10.owner, Donald Stirling, is her defending himself. `` heard
:06:11. > :06:21.defending himself. This is the LA Clippers owner, Donald Stirling,
:06:22. > :06:25.playing defence. His first extended comments of the
:06:26. > :06:39.infamous racist grant which banned him a lifetime ban from the NBA. ``
:06:40. > :06:45.rant. In this tape, it was leaked to a website, after it was recorded
:06:46. > :06:57.with his friend. He is determined to prove that he is not racist.
:06:58. > :07:12.He is telling his friend that there is nowhere that race his judgement.
:07:13. > :07:16.His own wife is making sure that she is not forgotten in all of this. Her
:07:17. > :07:21.attorney is now telling ABC News that she is a co`owner, with every
:07:22. > :07:25.right to keep it that way. There was no comment from the NBA today, as
:07:26. > :07:35.basketball and is decide whether to vote Donald out. `` as basketball is
:07:36. > :07:39.to decide. US experts have landed in Nigeria to help with the search for
:07:40. > :07:42.200 missing schoolgirls. There is life in a new campaign tonight.
:07:43. > :07:51.Remember Sean Penn, Justin Timberlake, they are holding up a
:07:52. > :07:54.sign that says real men do not hide girls. Our correspondent is moving
:07:55. > :07:59.through Nigeria tonight to bring us the latest. With the world
:08:00. > :08:09.watching, Nigeria's president is under so much pressure.
:08:10. > :08:16.There is evidence the violent tactics are winning. Today, girls
:08:17. > :08:22.who escaped the mass kidnapping, their faces blurred, describing the
:08:23. > :08:28.terrifying ordeal. They were told, if you run, we will kill you all. In
:08:29. > :08:44.this school today, it is marching practice. But children turn out with
:08:45. > :08:49.pride, despite the danger. I feel very scared. Everyone is scared to
:08:50. > :08:55.die, but I know one day everyone will die. Lydia is 15, she loves
:08:56. > :08:57.school and speaking her mind. The terror group has made it clear,
:08:58. > :09:03.girls have no place in the classroom. Just days ago a bomb tore
:09:04. > :09:08.through their town, killing 20 people. A month ago, Boko Haram
:09:09. > :09:12.attacked, killing 70. For these children the threat is very real.
:09:13. > :09:13.They have seen so much bloodshed, but everytime there is a burst of
:09:14. > :09:24.loud noise their school... They may be afraid, but defiant.
:09:25. > :09:41.Standing by the kidnapped girls... There is solidarity, but tonight the
:09:42. > :09:51.missing girls need much more than that.
:09:52. > :09:54.Also overseas tonight, a move from Vladimir Putin, one day after
:09:55. > :09:59.signalling he is ready to decrease tension in Ukraine. Today, he said
:10:00. > :10:04.another kind of signal. He oversaw a test of Russia's most deadly
:10:05. > :10:08.weapons, including nuclear rockets. He claims these were just military
:10:09. > :10:18.exercises that had been in the works since last fall. In Mexico, a 6.4
:10:19. > :10:24.magnitude quake was felt as far away as Mexico City. A shudder inside the
:10:25. > :10:30.so`called Ring of Fire. It happened in the middle of the day, workers
:10:31. > :10:33.gathering in the streets, while inside lights was waiting. There
:10:34. > :10:42.were no reports of major damage or injuries. And, to a super storm of
:10:43. > :10:46.sand in Egypt. It is a wall of sand bearing down on the town of as one.
:10:47. > :10:51.Reports of at least two people killed. And, a fiery courtroom
:10:52. > :10:55.battle racing provocative questions about the heart of a modern family.
:10:56. > :11:08.A former teen star, the actor is locked in a custody battle with
:11:09. > :11:12.his child's father. A Hollywood custody feud playing out in it Los
:11:13. > :11:18.Angeles courtroom today. This one possibly with sweeping consequences
:11:19. > :11:21.for modern families. Actor Jason Patrick in a bitter fight to be
:11:22. > :11:26.recognised as this little boy's father. I have to win this for my
:11:27. > :11:33.son, I have to win this for fathers and mothers all over the country.
:11:34. > :11:35.Patrick and ex`girlfriend Danielle conceived through in vitro
:11:36. > :11:40.fertilisation. She claimed he was nothing more than a sperm donor, and
:11:41. > :11:42.therefore has no parental rights to four`year old glass. So far, the
:11:43. > :12:21.courts have sided with her. He or have any obligations, rights or
:12:22. > :12:21.responsibilities for my child. a father from day one. At the sperm
:12:22. > :12:25.clinic, he signed this intent to parent form. I am not a donor any
:12:26. > :12:31.more than she is. Why, because I am a man, does that make the a donor?
:12:32. > :12:36.It is a closely watched case that could redefine what it is to be a
:12:37. > :12:40.father. It is difficult for law to keep up with changes in the family.
:12:41. > :12:46.How far are you willing to take this? I will fight with everything I
:12:47. > :12:51.have to get my son back. To parents fighting for their son, each vowing
:12:52. > :12:55.not to give up. Up next, a shocking secret revealed.
:12:56. > :13:05.Or the prices you pay the higher than other people write next is? I
:13:06. > :13:08.don't think this is fair quests `` I don't think this is fair. We look at
:13:09. > :14:22.an investigation in a moment. Next, a consumer investigation.
:14:23. > :14:24.Imagine if you walked into a store and they charge you a different
:14:25. > :14:28.price based on how you look, who you are or how much you make. It turns
:14:29. > :14:33.out something like that is happening when you shop at some stores online.
:14:34. > :14:40.Have you ever noticed you are paying more than someone sitting right next
:14:41. > :14:43.to you? Online, some marketers are changing
:14:44. > :14:47.the prize in a flash to capitalise on how much they think you are
:14:48. > :14:54.willing to pay. We are looking under the hood. We discovered they are
:14:55. > :15:00.putting you into consumer categories, with names like shopping
:15:01. > :15:03.addict, frugal folks, high spenders, and they are using some of this data
:15:04. > :15:07.to offer you the price they think you will pay. They are gauging it by
:15:08. > :15:11.knowing where you live, what you buy, estimating how much money you
:15:12. > :15:16.make. Information all collected from your internet history. We decided to
:15:17. > :15:26.put it to the test. Two world news producers, two packs of pens. The
:15:27. > :15:35.price on her computer, $15 19, and on he is, $30. And people all over
:15:36. > :15:44.the country getting different prices. The companies admit it is
:15:45. > :15:49.happening. The website tells us, if you find a lower price they will
:15:50. > :15:53.match it. It is a pretty wide web, and I think our consumers will be
:15:54. > :15:58.fairly surprised to see this is going on. I don't think this is
:15:59. > :16:04.fair. Doesn't make sense to me why you would be charging me one price
:16:05. > :16:07.and someone else other price. There is no transparency, you have no idea
:16:08. > :16:12.that this is going on in the background. Just be aware that you
:16:13. > :16:22.may be targeted as a working class, fashionista bookworm and soccer mom.
:16:23. > :16:25.We have new confirmation of an old saying about an apple a day. A new
:16:26. > :16:32.medical review says that fruit every day can decrease the risk of stroke
:16:33. > :16:38.by 32%. The equivalent of just two apples per day. And, a revolution
:16:39. > :16:42.under way as we learned today that the number of Americans who are
:16:43. > :16:47.cycling to work has skyrocketed by 60% in ten years. Bike share
:16:48. > :16:52.programmes and bike lanes are helping. What started out as a photo
:16:53. > :16:59.for a wedding party on the beaches of Australia turned into a rescue
:17:00. > :17:01.mission. Watch and listen. Those are groomsmen stripping down to their
:17:02. > :17:06.underwear when they hear a fisherman's cry for help. His boat
:17:07. > :17:10.had capsized, so they sprinted into the water and save the day, and even
:17:11. > :17:15.managed to get a picture with the bride and groom. A little soggy, a
:17:16. > :17:18.little underdressed. Some lessons from the kids at the
:17:19. > :17:21.head of the class. We have told you about the crisis in this country
:17:22. > :17:26.staying at the forefront of science and maths, but now we go to meet
:17:27. > :17:30.some young Americans who can do some pretty dazzling things.
:17:31. > :17:40.Chances are you have never met any kit like this. Six. They call them
:17:41. > :17:51.on athletes, and they are the best of the best. `` mathletes. 56 teams
:17:52. > :17:55.from every state and territory competing tomorrow for the top prize
:17:56. > :18:04.at a national competition in Orlando.
:18:05. > :18:08.Everyone is really shocked how they get the answers so quickly, but it
:18:09. > :18:10.comes with a lot of practice. Tonight, these maths all`stars are
:18:11. > :18:26.talking us. Behind`the`scenes, hard`core,
:18:27. > :18:32.last`minute prepping. Are treated like it is sport. My team will
:18:33. > :18:36.practice many hours a week. And they say there is hopeful of us. You have
:18:37. > :18:43.to figure out what you did wrong, and work out a new way of doing it.
:18:44. > :18:49.I took on athletes. `` I took on the mathletes.
:18:50. > :19:06.The final school... A perfect zero. They told me not to give up. It just
:19:07. > :19:12.takes a little bit of effort. We will all try to cheer him up! Thank
:19:13. > :19:26.you for watching. I will see you again right here tomorrow night.
:19:27. > :19:34.After a bit of a grim, wet day on Thursday, Friday promises more in a
:19:35. > :19:36.way of sunshine. Having said that, nowhere is immune to a few showers.