21/05/2014 ABC World News with Diane Sawyer

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website. 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.

Welcome to World News. Tonight, burglar alert. The recall `` alert,

the recall is expanding. Our expert investigates. Getting out alive.

Tonight, our experiment. How effective are smoke detectors in

your home with Mac and some big surprises about what you should do.

And tonight, the unlikely new dancing star inspiring so many

millions of Americans. How does she do it. `` how effective are smoke

detectors in your home? Good evening. On this Tuesday night, we

turn to the massive recall of ground beef, new questions tonight, not

just about hamburgers in restaurants, but possibly a street

stores. And what about the meat in your freezer? Our Doctor is one of

the world's experts on food safety. He travelled to get answers. The

recall has been expanded. It now includes beef centre restaurant at

grocery stores. The biggest worry is ground beef for burgers. It was

grilling season is here Tomic and people often don't cook them enough

to kill this dangerous strain of E. Coli. I have never been that stick

in my life. Diagnosed with the same strain behind tonight's recall after

eating and undercooked hamburger. He was forced to spend ten days in the

hospital. He describes the pain as a hot knife in yorker, or battery

acid. It can take up to ten days for symptoms to appear. `` hot knife in

your gut. It can lead to infection or death. So did you eat the bad

beef? The government is investigating and will disclose the

name of any retailers impact. They are still going through the reams of

paper and trying to figure out what it meant. No one has mentioned the

restaurant. That is right. No one has, yet. White is that? There could

be people who ate their and our sick but don't realise they could have a

serious infection. I think those people will eventually know. Doesn't

the public have a right to know what restaurant serves this beef? They

will know at some point where the meat was distributed. 11 ounces is

11 too many in our book. But we did prevent a large recall by our quick

action. The law which prevents restaurants from being disclosed

needs to be addressed. At restaurants, order your burger well

done. And remember that at home, keeping your beef in the freezer

does not kill E. Coli. You still have to cook at the freezer does not

kill E. Coli. You still have to cook it to 160 degrees. Nothing less. Is

the rainy weather tell that it's cooked enough? You should use the

thermometer. If you don't have one, cut it in half and make sure that

the least that it is browned all the way through. Thank you so much. And

now, after this turbulent season for General Motors, tonight, a newly

announced that act with the company recalling 2.4 million vehicles from

sedans to pick`ups, citing a variety of reasons from cables to mechanical

issues, with today's announcement, they have now recalled a total of

13.6 million vehicles in the United States this year. A record high for

the company. And some scenes from around the country right now, as

Primary day in America. We are receiving your photos from the

voting booths. A man and his dog line up in Kentucky. A grandmother

with a tiny future voter in tow. And it is a need raised in Kentucky. The

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is facing the party in

search and Bevin. And we will keep you posted. We are also looking at a

new proposal on same`sex marriage in the United States. As of now, legal

across the entire north`east. Today a federal judge ruled that

Pennsylvania's ban on same`sex marriage was unconstitutional. It

comes after Origen's ban was struck down as well. And tonight, a lot of

people are struck by a new report about germs around you on passenger

flights. Especially when new viruses are on the rise. Our correspondent

tells us the latest on invisible passengers flying with you. You

aren't the only living thing of the jetliner. Troubling bacteria can

live in a plain environment for a week or longer. They put bacteria on

tray tables, seat pockets and armrests in a lab and found that E.

Coli and the antibiotic resistant MRSA, can live on long after the

passenger has departed the plane. Why are plane is different from

other mass transit? Because, on planes we eat and that is hand to

mouth, meaning we bring germs to our face. On a typical Washington to New

York route, seven flights per day it means six other people will sit in

your seat, touching your tray table and the window shade. Every time a

plane lands, the cabin is clean. Delta says overnight, a thorough

disinfection of the walls and window shade occurs. With new viruses

coming to the US, we may need to no more. This is the perfect

opportunity for the ally and industry to get together with the

FAA and begin to assess the risk that the aircraft cabin represents

to the public with the MERS virus coming. Wash your hands before

eating on a plane. Tonight, fire warnings posted across

six state in the south`west from Arizona to Texas. We have shown you

the images of the fire season under way. Towns ravaged. The US Forest

service signalled help is on the way, adding four aircraft to the

fleet. The new fleet will have more than 100 helicopters and 21 large

air tankers. Now, a masterclass in resilience for this nation. A year

ago, a tornado tore through Oklahoma. A school was pulverised.

Today, we saw heads bowed in prayer, remembering the fallen. We

saw Boy Scouts marching under the banner, more strong. Our

correspondent is here. As you know, we have feel that the children and

we were there for the first day of school in makeshift classrooms at a

local church. With a few days of school left, we see the lesson they

have taught us. This is the tornado that hit Moore a year ago this

afternoon. The massive tornado took 24 lives, seven of them children.

Tonight, the before and after. On the left, the path of destruction

and on the right, the grass area where homes once stood and the

rebuilding under way. One of the schools was decimated. Now, the

school built in its place, this time with a safe room, a shelter for the

children which they showed to us on a tour. The beginning of these doors

is the beginning of the shelter. We will never forget the screams. The

children burying their heads, trapped under the tornado. The

instincts of the teacher who repeatedly told them this, it's

almost over, it's almost over. A year later, the teacher tells us

she doesn't know where she summoned her strength. I felt helpless at

that moment. She didn't reveal that to her students. She still remembers

her son looking up at her in the parking lot. The concrete in his

hair. She took us inside the school, where another teacher and

mother was huddled on top of her son, to save him. My son and the

other kids were huddled down with their hands classed behind their

head. I know that my son and daughter were in the hands of people

who loved them. That teacher, this woman, and we will never forget, she

tells us. A lot of those parents are grateful for what you did. Your

child is my child all day long and all year`long. A year later, we want

to know more about the school. All of this classroom intact. Right

where it was left before the tornado hit. They were writing what they

like most about the teacher. She gave me cupcakes. They remembered

because there were only a few days left. We went back to find this

teacher and here she is, holding the baby she just had this month.

Really. She told us she didn't make it back to the classroom and seeing

the pictures on world news. The day the tornado hit, she had the

children singing in the hallway to distract them. Now, she seems to her

baby. It will always be a part of me and who I am `` seems to her baby.

So many milestones this year. Now there are stars. The message, Moore

Strong. One with a simple heart. The message they carry with them, have

hope. The new schools will open in August. Both built on the same

sites. Both with shelters as you heard. Both filled with those

teachers. As the teacher said, your child is my child, all day long, all

year`long. We love those teachers and what they teach all of us. Now,

at next, getting out alive. We investigate what happens with fire.

The one thing your family should do. And, the dancer who's impossible

moves inspired millions. She tells us what she is thinking.

Now, we had into a weekend with outside grilles which creates sparks

and house fires. We investigate what happens after a fire starts at home.

The smoke detector and the most important thing for saving your

family. An average of more than 75,000 house fires break out across

America between May and August. Our correspondent teams up with the

experts to tell us what to do. While so much attention has been on the

wildfires, experts say this summer there is a far graver danger in your

own neighbourhood. That is thanks to barbecues and overloaded extension

cords and backyard fireworks. Home fires caused 2500 deaths each year.

The warm weather rings a slew of concerns. `` brings. LA is

responding to a record spike in fires this year with this law by

door campaign. `` door by door. Firefighters looking for homes

without smoke detectors. I don't have any. None? No. As strong as the

need for these detectors are, firefighters say that in seven of

nine fatal cases in LA, there wasn't a single functioning fire detector

inside. Across the country, 5 million households don't have any

smoke alarms. Does it strike you `` how does it strike you? It is scary.

Smoke detectors are the first line of defence. Investigations show you

need more especially with children. We put one family to the test with

theatrical smoke. The boy wakes up. Minutes go by and his sister to the

left sleeps through the sound of the detector. The parents are horrified.

She needs to wake up. In a minute, the consequences could be fatal.

Kids often sleep through smoke alarms. That is why there is the

need for a well rehearsed escape plan. Smoke alarms in every bedroom

and at least one on every floor. And, we have been following

everything out there on the instant index. The twins shaking up the

sports world. The youngest player ever to qualify for the US women's

open `` tweens. She likes Disney films and has been known to skip

down the fairway. She will tee off against players old enough to be her

mum. Speaking of mums, everyone who has chased an unruly toddler. Today,

this mum there in pursuit of her cub who wandered over at barrier next to

a highway. Watch as mum looks left, right and then grabs the adventurer,

calls him over the divider. Watch again. `` hauls. The cup is still in

Time out. Talk about graduation memories. `` cub. Hollywood leading

lady Sandra Bullock walks into the commencement podium to share what

she has loaned for sure. Pearls of wisdom ricochet around the room.

Stop worrying so much. Stop being scared of being unknown. Anything I

learned about didn't happen. Not what I worried about. We can't do

anything about things. I don't remember the moment in my life where

I worried. Finally, tonight is the night to vote the champion for

dancing with the stars. There have been stunning performances. One of

them stands out for doing the impossible and with every move

saying, you can do it too. Our correspondent takes us behind the

scenes. They say Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did. Only

backwards and in high heels. In a way, this woman has both of them.

They don't make prosthetic limbs for ballroom dancing, these are for

swimming with flippers on. Standing on those TEPCO feat is major core,

major fires. `` tip toe. I do all I can to keep balanced and steady. It

is like I am on stilts. She was 19 when she lost both legs and her

kidney function after contracting bacterial meningitis. Her dad helped

her to get back on her feet, donating a kidney and her first

dance. And, on the dancefloor, she makes it look easy. It isn't. You

are trying to graceful. It is challenging. Ahead of the finale,

team Amy takes Twitter by storm. Go team Amy! . She is proud to have

made it this far and isn't nervous. I am a foot off the ground. It is

restrictive in carbon fibre. To be dancing, it's like, freedom.

Not nervous at all. Thank you for watching tonight. Good night.

We will see further thundery downpours coming our way,

particularly tomorrow night. Yesterday was warm, 25 degrees was

the hot