15/05/2014 ABC World News with Diane Sawyer

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Massive wildfires, and our reporter is with the firefighters.

Can families really keep the flames from their homes?

Bill Clinton takes on Hillary Clinton's the critics. The critics

who raised questions about health. She is in better shape than I am.

Are you driving on unsafe tyres tonight? Millions of dangerous tyres

could be on the road. And the super accounts. Watch the

little boy rescued from an angry dog by a flying furball who comes in to

save the day. Good evening. As we come on the

hour, 70 million people in two states have been given an urgent

warning about the risk of fire. `` 17. Some are fighting the fire with

garden hoses. For some, this is what they are up against. That is a

wildfire outside San Diego. That is where we go now.

Good evening. What a day it has been. The firefighters just put the

fire out at this house. Take a look at this. Smirk is still burning.

What the firefighters are up against, extremely hot temperatures

and high gusts of wind. The Golden State is ablaze. In

California, firefighters and the people whose homes are trying to

save on the losing end of a raging battle. This is some of the most

radical firefighting I have seen. The skies are apocalyptic. 15,000

evacuation notices. The flames are so hot and moving so quickly, this

is the challenge. The brush is going up in second. We should get out of

here. Listen to the winds. A firefighter's worst enemy. The crews

cannot keep up. This is what we are dealing with. And the fire is

creating sites like this to a nadir of smoke. `` tornado. In a single

day, three major southern California fire is burning. Fuelled by

record`breaking heat. You can see the plumes of smoke. The largest

marine training facility on the West Coast. Scatter rings of smaller

fires. Crews rushed to put out sparks from a truck. In Long Beach,

palm trees burning. Residents pumping water from pools. 1600 acres

went up in flames yesterday. Owners returning, still on high alert. They

continue to battle hotspot. What is the biggest challenge? The winds. It

is a high`pressure system. It is not typical for this time of year. This

is what we are seeing. A field completely burned. Take a look at

this. This house completely destroyed. This was the garaged. ``

barrage. That is what the fire dead. It is jumping from house to house,

neighbourhood to neighbourhood. A lot of brave firefighters tonight,

thank you. You can use overseas and Turkey,

where grief and here are combined. At least 274 miners have died. We go

inside a desperate search for any survivors beneath the earth.

The anguished faces of the families and friends. Pressed up against a

fence, yearning for a glimmer of hope. This man told us he has

several friends are low. He says he still has not lost hope they will be

found alive. Cameras below the surface show rescuers making their

way in the search as we learn more about how the tragedy happened.

Almost 800 men were underground. More than usual because of a shift

change. An electrical failure caused an explosion that sparked the fire.

Some were unable to escape in the elevator is. With more than 270

dead, this is now the world's worst mining disaster in your the 40

years. `` nearly. Protests erupted today against the company and the

government. The White House is offering assistance to Turkey. The

outlook is looking increasingly bleak for the dozens whose fates are

still unknown. Now back at home, the kind of point

counterpoint about Hillary Clinton and an insinuation by a republican

about her health. Her husband fired back at Republican power player Carl

rove. Hillary Clinton was all smiles

today, totally ignoring her political opponents and leaving it

to her husband to take on a Republican strategist who suggested

Mrs Clinton may have a serious brain injury. If she does, I must be in a

really tough shape. She has accused Mrs Clinton of hiding the extent of

her health troubles. She had a serious health episode. This will be

an issue in the 2016 race. This much is not in dispute. She was not seen

in public for nearly a month as Secretary of State beginning in

December 2012 when she suffered from a virus, a concussion caused by a

four and a blood clot. At the time, the Clinton team downplayed the

problem. They did not reveal she suffered from a concussion until

days after it happened. When she returned to work, she wore special

glasses. I still have some lingering effects. Hillary Clinton says she is

100% recovered, 100% healthy and about to be out in public in a big

way. She has a new book coming out next month. It will look a lot like

a gruelling presidential campaign. Tonight we have word that the

National Transportation Safety Board has launched a major investigation

into Tyre safety. We have been tracking this for years. Tyres that

were supposed to be taken off the roads that can be a kind of time

bomb for the family car. What if your tyres are even older than you

know. We joined stations across the country to bring this undercover

investigation. Despite a series of recalls, there

could be millions of onset tyres still on the road. `` unsafe. That

is what a business executive discovered too late, paralysed for

life after mechanics installed a recall the car. I heard a popping

sound and the cards started vibrating. In another incident,

tyres are being blamed for an incident that killed two church

leaders. As these videos show, even skilled driver is cannot keep

control. Now our investigation has found that a badly flawed government

recall system has kept motorists and retailers in the dark. There is

supposed to be a process in place so that they know, but in many cases

they do not. Reporters in San Francisco were able to buy these

tyres and a recall from last year. In Atlanta, they bought one of the

infamous tires recalled 14 years ago after dozens of deaths. `` these

tyres were recalled. This man says he did not know that it was

recalled. But even the industry concedes that there is a problem. We

do not want to see these tyres sold but they are. In addition to recall

tyres, investigation also found tires for sale that were as much as

10`15 years old. There is no legal age limit, but the big three auto

makers recommend that they should be replaced after they are six years

old. No matter how old they are, they have two crack a code that the

prior industry users. Showing that with these four digits, it is the

week and year, not the month and year. ``to. The tyre industry say

that they believe it is easy to read, they say that you should not

be worrying, because there is no evidence that they present a danger.

But this investigation will look into it. We should note by next

year. Let's head to the hallowed ground of

memory and renewal right here in New York, the new World Trade Center

piercing the New York skyline, and that the base, the new September the

11th Memorial Museum where you walk into the disbelief and horror that

time capsule that day that America will never forget. But, a preview

tonight, as our correspondent takes us inside with him. Good evening,

you are looking at the last column, it became such a symbol of the first

responders who raced to the scene in the days and weeks that followed,

they are sprayed on the column, representing those who were lost. As

we walked into the museum, the time was there on the wall. It was still

a beautiful morning, but then everything changed. This was good

morning America after the first plane hit. There has been some sort

of explosion at the World Trade Center. It is a major fire. As you

begin to descend seven stories below ground, the first thing you hear is

the voices. Everyday Americans remembering where they were, their

own words lighting up the walls here. ``storeys. I was in a meeting.

Minute by minute, it is tracked on a map, when the flight is turned as

hijackers took control. As we walked through the museum, beside us are

those of either stairs. Hundreds of people use this staircase as an

escape route on the morning of the attacks. Running downstairs to

safety was a lifeline. Around the corner, we find the fire truck that

saved so many. The captain and ten of his men were lost. Here is the

bike rack, the bicycles are still covered in dust. All of the planes

are remembered here, these parts from flight 77 pulled from the

Pentagon. This clock was frozen at 9:37am, it melted Rolodex and

someone's phone. We found a watch, which belonged to one of the heroes

that took back the flight. On his watch, the date, September the 11th.

And, this woman who barely escaped the south tower. She took her shoes

off, and she said that she put them in a box, under her bed. Now, she

has given her shoes to the museum. This man lost his brother, and more

than 650 employees at counter Fitzgerald, the only reason that he

was not there was because it was his son 's first day at kindergarten. He

is a little wet behind the ears, his backpackers on. His son is now

graduating high school. Inside of here, there are other messages of

hope. A NASA commander who saw it and listen to what he said.

It is simply stunning, here is one of the original retaining walls

around the original site, around both of the towers. The president

will be here tomorrow to honour the work that has been done here and on

the lives lost, and the resiliency of this country so many years later.

We want you to join us tomorrow for the dedication of the museum. We

should mention that David took photos inside of the museum, you can

see them on the website. Up next, lightning strikes an SUV on the

highway, there is a dramatic scene. And, the child saved from a

neighbourhood dog when his cat becomes a tiger because of love.

That is when we come back. Next to light, spring and summer are

peak seasons for lightning strikes `` next tonight. Our correspondent

reminds us where lightning can strike, even though you may have

thought that you were safe. Watch this just released video, an SUV on

a Minnesota highway, struck by lightning and in flames. A woman is

trapped inside, the locks on her car melted. Help her out! Amazingly,

Anna Smith escaped with just scratches. There was no way I could

unlock anything. The windows would not work, nothing. Cars are designed

to divert lightning around the shell of the car and down to the ground.

While many think that rubber car tyres protect against lightning

strikes, experts say that that is just a myth. Spring brings severe

weather, that has led to a lot of lightning strikes this season. I saw

the power of lightning firsthand covering storms in Alabama. How can

you protect yourself? This is one of the worst places to be, it is a

beautiful day now, but during a lightning storm, being the tallest

object in an open field makes you more likely to be hit. You want to

stay off the landline phone. Believe it or not, 5% of lightning strike

victims were on the phone at the time, so use your mobile phone. If

you are driving, pull over. Anna Smith knows that firsthand now. She

is lucky to be alive. Minutes after her rescue, the car exploded. Our

index tonight begins with the new revelation about the Royals, we knew

that their boy smells were hacked by tabloid journalists but we did not

know the vast extent until now. `` their voice mails. It has been

relieved that Prince Harry had his hacked nine times, Prince William 35

times, and Kate Middleton 155 times, beginning five years before the

royal wedding, even on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. After the

triumphant reopening of the Washington Memorial, and all of the

fanfare, without warning, the elevator stopped working. 18 people

were stuck inside 20 feet up. They made it out when the elevator inched

back to the ground floor. 61 people were still stranded on the

observation deck 500 feet up, they had to walk back down 897 steps. One

of them was an 86`year`old grandmother. They were tweeting on

the way down, and after 92 minutes, the elevator was fixed and the

tourists went back up. Finally tonight, the eternal contest between

dog and cat. A boy was ambushed by his neighbour 's dog, and then the

fearless furball came flying in at lightning speed. This four`year`old

was riding his bike and minding his own business yesterday, when a

neighbour 's guard dog appeared out of nowhere. A home security camera

was rolling as the dog grabbed the boy and the cat came to the rescue.

That is right, ! The black flash on the bright side of the frame is his

cat called Tara. Pounds on the dog chasing him away, saving Jeremy

Italy looked at videotape, you did not know the cat was involved? ``

she pounces on the dog, saving Jeremy. When he was a newborn, the

would crawl into his crib. An unusual feature for a cat that tends

to be rather aloof. To have her, with no regard for her own life, fly

at the dog to protect him, I have never seen anything like it. This

was round one, round one to the cat! He has some stitches, but will fine

thanks to Tara. She is a hero! `` but will be fine. Thank you for

watching. I will see you again here tomorrow night. Once again, it looks

like Wednesday was a decent day for many places across the southern half

of the British Isles, Thursday is shaping up to be a warm one for

many, there will be some sunshine around as well. But, there has to be

a part, it will not be the case for