:00:00. > :00:00.Lots more on the website. Michael the at the top of the hour. Now, it
:00:00. > :00:10.is time for a look at the news as seen across the US, in ABC World
:00:11. > :00:14.News. Welcome to world news. The DC shocker, the leading Republican
:00:15. > :00:18.ousted. He spent nearly as much on state dinners as his opponent had
:00:19. > :00:24.for the entire campaign and the other guy still won. Our voters fed
:00:25. > :00:28.up? What is the message for Washington? Tornado watch. Storms
:00:29. > :00:35.across the country, swollen rivers, rescues and warnings in the east.
:00:36. > :00:38.This home teetering on the edge. What happened 20 years ago tomorrow?
:00:39. > :00:51.We couldn't believe what they are doing with that white Bronco now.
:00:52. > :00:59.Good evening. Diane is back tomorrow. We begin with the upset in
:01:00. > :01:05.Washington. The Republican leader out. No one saw this coming. Once a
:01:06. > :01:09.rising star in the Republican party, defeated by an underdog, an unknown
:01:10. > :01:14.who raise less money for his campaign that he spent eating out.
:01:15. > :01:25.What our voters telling Washington? How did he explain his loss? Our
:01:26. > :01:28.correspondent reports. House majority leader Erich Kantor said he
:01:29. > :01:34.is stepping down. Not in disgrace, but in a defeat he didn't see
:01:35. > :01:38.coming. I am leaving the political analysis to do. White he lost to
:01:39. > :01:44.this man, a virtually unknown college professor on a tea party
:01:45. > :01:48.wave. . He orchestrated the coup from his Virginia headquarters with
:01:49. > :01:56.two paid workers. This country has got to change. Kantor raised $5
:01:57. > :02:01.million, 50 times more. He spent more at stake houses than his
:02:02. > :02:06.opponent raised over all. As he wrote $9,000 cheques for jets,
:02:07. > :02:21.expenses like $87 on office supplies were spent at Walmart. Brat will do
:02:22. > :02:26.in his car last month. In contrast, Kantor arrived, making him seem
:02:27. > :02:30.unstoppable. Kantor exuded confidence, but was caught offguard
:02:31. > :02:35.and in the final weeks, the professor beat back an onslaught of
:02:36. > :02:41.Kantor's TV ads with his own Youtube commercials. Crony capitalist putter
:02:42. > :02:47.in DC. Also in his corner, conservative radio, making him a
:02:48. > :02:53.star as the candidate to voters sent a message against the Washington
:02:54. > :02:57.establishment. `` as the candidate against immigration. You learnt
:02:58. > :03:03.about is amongst the establishment. I am told that speakers cried in an
:03:04. > :03:09.emotional movement. He has been in the trench with his leader. Along.
:03:10. > :03:15.And you fight about his replacement. `` his leader for so long. Now for
:03:16. > :03:19.the high school shooting in Oregon. We learn about the gunmen and what
:03:20. > :03:24.he carried in his guitar case and his back. Also, this image, look at
:03:25. > :03:28.the bullet hole in the T`shirt. It is the gym teacher we learnt did
:03:29. > :03:35.something to save so many. Our correspondent from the scene. Police
:03:36. > :03:40.said the teenager responsible for this rampage was a 15`year`old
:03:41. > :03:47.freshman, who arrived at school as though it were just another day. He
:03:48. > :03:53.arrived on a school bus yesterday morning carrying a guitar case and a
:03:54. > :03:59.bag. Inside, the assault rifle he used, plus a hunting knife, a
:04:00. > :04:05.handgun and nine clips of ammunition. He obtained the weapons
:04:06. > :04:10.from his family home. They had been secured, but he had defeated the
:04:11. > :04:13.security measures. Authorities say he went into the locker room near
:04:14. > :04:20.the gym, where he shot and killed his fellow freshmen. He killed the
:04:21. > :04:25.`` the football coach heard what was happening and raced down to down the
:04:26. > :04:29.alarm. The gunmen raced at the shooting. Look closely at the
:04:30. > :04:35.loophole in his T`shirt. The local mayor told him the coaches quick
:04:36. > :04:44.thinking saved lives. The lockdown was the saviour. He police say his
:04:45. > :04:47.death was a suicide `` he is a hero. There are tough questions ahead.
:04:48. > :04:53.Graduation is set for tomorrow and will go forward as planned, but will
:04:54. > :04:57.include a memorial. We get a more clear picture of the
:04:58. > :05:00.danger in American roadways. How long have drivers in tractor
:05:01. > :05:05.trailers being a way? The driver at the centre of the crash involving
:05:06. > :05:08.Tracey Morgan is in court today and we learn about his long commute
:05:09. > :05:15.before he began his work. Our correspondent reports. Truck driver
:05:16. > :05:24.Kevin Rudd are silent and in court, accused of slamming his truck into
:05:25. > :05:29.the limo carrying Tracey Morgan. He is charged with vehicular homicide.
:05:30. > :05:32.We investigate his com mute, and say he lives in Georgia but works in
:05:33. > :05:38.Delaware. The accident happened in New Jersey. Prosecutors allege he
:05:39. > :05:41.hadn't slept for 24 hours. His writing partner was killed and he
:05:42. > :05:48.himself is still in a critical condition. Today, we hear first`hand
:05:49. > :05:52.from a friend who was in the limo. It happened fast. When it stopped,
:05:53. > :05:58.she was on top of me and I did not see anyone else. It is believed the
:05:59. > :06:03.driver fell asleep at the wheel and intense debate comes. This woman is
:06:04. > :06:08.sounding the alarm since her son was killed in a crash. 65% of drivers
:06:09. > :06:15.admit to falling asleep at the wheel. Truckers tell us they don't
:06:16. > :06:20.rest enough. This job is not easy to get sleep. Truckers are limited to
:06:21. > :06:26.70 hour work weeks but Congress moves ahead with plans to raise the
:06:27. > :06:32.limit to 82 hours, leading advocates like this woman to worry the
:06:33. > :06:35.situation will worsen. The driver has pleaded not guilty and Walmart
:06:36. > :06:38.tell us that as the fax continue to unfold, we will review our policies
:06:39. > :06:57.and procedures. Millions of Americans in the path of
:06:58. > :07:06.extreme weather. Those storms moving.
:07:07. > :07:12.Tonight, the threat of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms drenching the
:07:13. > :07:21.East. In North Carolina, two girls were kidnapped when this tree was
:07:22. > :07:26.trapped on their house. `` trapped when this tree fell on the house.
:07:27. > :07:31.Out west, some Colorado streams are dangerously above normal. It
:07:32. > :07:37.ten`year`old girl and her parents had to be rescued by firefighters.
:07:38. > :07:41.Those turbulent waters also aggravating the moment Kevin's
:07:42. > :07:47.weekend rafting trip goes from adventure to nightmare. It takes
:07:48. > :07:54.your breath away as soon as you hit it. It was quite frightening.
:07:55. > :08:00.Everyone made it, but another man who fell out of a nearby raft was
:08:01. > :08:04.killed. There are a flood warnings as new thunderstorms move into
:08:05. > :08:09.night. We can now bring in a meteorologist
:08:10. > :08:17.from Philadelphia. Great to have you with us. Let us get the right to the
:08:18. > :08:23.two main areas of severe weather. One is across the nation's
:08:24. > :08:29.heartland, from Texas to Minnesota. Also in the mid`Atlantic. The threat
:08:30. > :08:34.of tornadoes continues. These storms have a history of producing damaging
:08:35. > :08:41.winds. Slowly it is shifting to the east. Those violent storms will be
:08:42. > :08:48.moving into the Gulf Coast. It all is going to expand north`east. This
:08:49. > :08:56.atmosphere is loaded with moisture. Thank you. One more image before we
:08:57. > :09:01.move on. This one from Texas. This house is teetering after this chunk
:09:02. > :09:06.of Earth gave way. The family moved to just a couple of weeks ago at the
:09:07. > :09:13.first signs of trouble. Overseas, we go to the crisis unfolding in Iraq.
:09:14. > :09:18.A city in the north taken over by a terrorist group. We all remember
:09:19. > :09:27.that iconic moment 11 years ago when US forces toppled Saddam Hussein's
:09:28. > :09:32.statue in Baghdad, that city is bracing itself.
:09:33. > :09:39.With breathtaking speed and Brickell de, the militants are advancing
:09:40. > :09:42.towards Iraq's capital of Baghdad. Seizing American supplied vehicles
:09:43. > :09:49.and weapons left behind by the Iraqi troops we trained who are now
:09:50. > :09:54.abandoning their posts. Leaving hundreds of thousands of families
:09:55. > :09:57.running from the violence. The militants so ferocious and barbaric
:09:58. > :10:02.that even al`Qaeda disavowed them. Their goal is to build a brutally
:10:03. > :10:07.strict Islamic state across the region. Trained in the chaos of
:10:08. > :10:26.Syria, there have taken down one major city after an hour. Today it
:10:27. > :10:34.was Tikrit's that fell. We saw the growing violence ourselves.
:10:35. > :10:39.Thousands already killed. Retired General Peter spent two year
:10:40. > :10:45.commanding troops in Iraq. All the Americans I served with, who served
:10:46. > :10:47.in Iraq and died in Iraq and were wounded in Iraq watching this
:10:48. > :10:54.unfolding the most unfortunate way possible. It is heartbreaking. We
:10:55. > :10:59.can now go to Washington. What are they saying in Baghdad tonight?
:11:00. > :11:06.Residents are afraid to move. Military forces from Baghdad have
:11:07. > :11:13.been sent to form a defensive line 20 miles from the capital. But the
:11:14. > :11:21.forces they just run. Now to another crisis, this would
:11:22. > :11:26.fall `` one on the American border. Children getting trapped in limbo.
:11:27. > :11:35.People sleeping on what looks like foil. One snapshot of what some are
:11:36. > :11:42.calling on humanitarian problem. Exclusive new video raising new
:11:43. > :11:46.questions. It is a huge humanitarian crisis on the border right now. A
:11:47. > :11:53.gigantic unprecedented surge of minors. Without parents or
:11:54. > :12:00.guardians. Crossing on their own by the thousands. Captured by the
:12:01. > :12:05.border patrol. Provided by a Texas congressman. They show the teams in
:12:06. > :12:11.younger children packed into cages on hard floors. Advocacy groups
:12:12. > :12:14.complaining to the Department of Homeland Security that 80% of the
:12:15. > :12:25.children have inadequate food and water. It is gruesome. I do not know
:12:26. > :12:34.what you would call this. They are prisoners. The children are supposed
:12:35. > :12:45.to be transferred within 72 hours. Into a more humane setting. A first
:12:46. > :12:55.look at what the children do. Cafeterias, classrooms. And gym
:12:56. > :13:00.classes. A far different scene from these children's first stop.
:13:01. > :13:07.Undeniably there is a problem of humanitarian proportions. We must
:13:08. > :13:11.deal with it. Most of the children crossing the border illegally are
:13:12. > :13:16.not from Mexico. They are from Central America. There are often
:13:17. > :13:31.fleeing violent crime. The number one point of origin is Honduras.
:13:32. > :13:36.Our hidden team will stay on this. In the meantime, more ahead. The
:13:37. > :13:40.couple who spent thousands on the trip of a lifetime left with nowhere
:13:41. > :13:43.to go. On the other side, what happens when your home has been
:13:44. > :13:50.rented out without you even knowing about it. This dramatic moment in
:13:51. > :13:52.the sky, look what this pilot saw. That is a Dreamliner.