29/05/2014 ABC World News with Diane Sawyer

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Welcome to ABC World News. Tonight, excluding scandal. The investigation

of hospitals shows treatment of veterans is even worse than we

thought. So bad there's even a call for a probe. Dangerous lightning

amidst floods tonight and pounding hail. An expert storm chaser films

at the moment he is hit I lightning. And, desperate hours. A one`day old

baby stolen from hospital by a woman posing as a nurse. We will tell you

how some stages on Facebook but the missing baby back in her mother 's

arms. `` strangers. Good evening. We begin with the new

outrage over the treatment of veterans at hospitals in the

country. Tonight, everyone poring over a new report which makes it

clear the breakdown of care is even further than we knew. Our

correspondent is breaking down what we are learning tonight. It's

official, the president and the VA and secretary but the answer they

did not want to hear. Looking the books with secret list that he had

long delays to the doctors at the Nations veterans hospitals is not

just a Phoenix problem. The Inspector General today find the

corruption is systemic. And worse because of long waits to see VA

doctors, veterans are at risk of being lost or forgotten. And may

never obtained their requested or acquired primary care. Putting those

who served America in danger, just like the survivors claim. They are

at fault. Why are my dad is dead. It is a damning report. The President

called it extremely troubling. It stops short of firing the VA

secretary who issued a statement saying:

is time for the secretary to step down. He had to be held

accountable. Some in Congress are now calling for an investigation.

For the FBI to enter the probe which is now spreading to 42 medical

facilities across the country. The focus is still on Phoenix where 1700

veterans were found to be on those secret list. Some facing an average

115 days, 3/2 months to see a doctor. Insiders, including this man

tell ABC News they personally witnessed patients die. People

actually died because of the delay to. One of them was having chest

pains and can get into see his doctor. He died of a heart attack.

Draw your own conclusions on the. The next phase of the

investigation, who ordered those schedulers to create the secret list

and how high up the chain does the scheme go? The news is still coming

in tonight. We move on next was millions of Americans are making

their way home tonight and facing a series of obstacle courses across

the country. In some places, flash floods on a powerful storms and

others, twisted, lightning and hail so strong it can crack windshield.

Our correspondent is tracking it. In a leading reins art flooding part

of the south tonight. Swapping street near New Orleans. Tornado and

flash flood watches and warnings are posted throughout the area. One

confirmed Mr touchdown here in Louisiana. Wind up 205 mph blew a

tree into this house. In the last 24 hours, there have been more than a

severe weather reports across the eastern half of the country. None

more dramatic than this lightning strike caught by Scott Shepherd.

Look at a cloud of dust that rises from the road. His nearly fatal

mistake, he had his arm hanging out of the window to shoot video when he

became the story. He wasn't hurt, but look what it did

to the tarmac. It is the equivalent of 2.5 million car batteries. Every

year, an average of 22 million cloud the ground lightning flashes hit the

US. Most occur between noon and 4pm. Taken from this experienced storm

chaser, tornadoes are not the only dangerous time of year.

We had to California now. The new eyewitnesses coming forward about

those harrowing moments when a gunman opened fire in Santa Barbara,

and what does he say he wishes he had done?

Classes at the University of California Santa Barbara are back in

session. A day after thousands turned out for an emotional memorial

remembering those ticks killed and 13 wounded in that deadly rampage

here. The father of one of the victims led the crowd in a

resounding chant. In that crowd, a freshman who came face`to`face with

the killer on Friday night and leave. Now, telling his story for

the first time. I didn't hear it coming, I didn't hear anybody say,

look out. He was riding his bike, then out of nowhere and lack BMW

ploughed into him and his friend. What is the one thing that stands

out? That we are alive. Nick was thrown through the air, he is still

in hospital. It is hard to feel lucky when people have two care for

their patients and mourn their family. As for this phase, there is

one thing Patrick wishes he could have done. I wish I could have

talked to him before he did it, and maybe say something that make him

see. Patrick says he wants to recover and get back to life as

normal. That sense of normalcy is just beginning to happen here. You

can see at the main gate there is still a black banner hanging. There

will be counsellors here all week long.

Now, we turn to newsmaking words today from President Obama about the

fight against terror. He announced a major change in form and policy. A

plan that relies less on the US military and creates an

international partnership to help nations fight extremists within

their borders. America must always lead on the world stage. If we

don't, no one else will. US military action cannot be the only, or even

primary, component of our leadership in every instance. Just because we

have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail. The

newborn girl stolen from the hospital. How strange is on Facebook

and the police delivered her back into her mother's arms. And, the

middle school teacher who has students learning and singing in

their seats. It is America's strong. `` America Strong.

This week a baby girl was kidnapped from a hospital, and a group of

young detectives came to her rescue. She was snatched by a woman dressed

as a nurse, and we found out about the miraculous coincidence.

In the arms of this officer, one day baby that glory of being turned ``

returned to her parents, after she was kidnapped three hours earlier.

Police say this woman, dressed as a nurse, came in and according to the

uncle of the baby said she needed to take the newborn for a routine test.

30 minutes later the hospital called police, who deemed the security

camera image of the woman across the city. Dad posted these photos,

asking for help. This group saw the alert on Facebook. They were so

moved, they decided to search, hitting the road. Impossible as it

may seem, one of them look more closely at the picture and realised

it was an old neighbour who lived here. A call to police and moments

later officers swooped in and rescue the baby. We saw the baby, it was

the best moment in my life, we were crying. Here in the US, many

hospitals fit newborns with these electronic tags, so if a baby were

to be carried out in the maternity ward and alarm would instantly

sound. Today at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, a nurse telling us that

the bracelets, like this one, also trigger automatic locks on the

ward's doors. The system works. Since the early 1980s there have

been just 132 infants abducted from hospitals nationwide. The Canadian

hospital where baby Victoria was born did not have the same level of

security. In a letter on Facebook, her parents saying thank you, and

warning other parents to always ask questions, even of those in uniform.

What do you think of this image just in from Portugal? It looks like a

tornado, moves like a tornado, but eyewitnesses say it is a tower of

bugs. They are more than 1000 feet higher, and experts aren't sure if

it really is a column of bugs. Tell us what you think. If you are a

professional musician, how do you fight back with your weapon?

Bach would be so upset he would get out of violin in frustration. This

violinist and his bandmates were told their instruments were not

welcome in the overhead wins on a commercial flight, semi` staged a

musical protest. They missed the flight, but US Airways booked them

on a later flight and welcomed their violins. The big headline from

Apple. Today, the company confirmed the reports leaked three weeks ago.

It plans to expand its service with Beats electronics. Doctor Drake ``

Doctor Dre will join the company also. Tonight, a teacher who has

unlocked a secret way to take more kids right to the top.

This music video, it is a science class. These fifth`grade graders

rapping about Pluto's place in the solar system. This high school is

about the black plague. It is not your average lesson plan, but the

man behind it, Stanford educated teacher, is no ordinary teacher. His

big idea, take the hip`hop he has long loved and use it to get

students cooked on science. They are going to bed thinking about these

lyrics, going over and over in their head. It is not just lyrics, it is

information! Exactly. He raised nearly $13,000 on kickstart. It is

about building up the confidence to write their own songs. Watch this

kid improvising on the spot. It is a hit. They wrap about Rosalind

Franklin, the woman whose contribution to the discovery of DNA

was overshadowed by male scientist has been viewed over 150,000 tons.

Getting an entire school hooked on singing about DNA and giving them a

chance to shine. You do something like this, you can show people that

you can be something, you can do something. Now that is America

Strong. Thank you for watching. We will see

you right back here again tomorrow night.