13/06/2014 ABC World News with Diane Sawyer

was of course Angelina Jolie and William Hague speaking to my

colleague. 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. Tonight, the situation out of control. The fast moving crisis

in Iraq. Extremists taking control of city after city. What danger to

they pose to the US and could America be drawn back into war?

At home, 25 million people threatened by storms and this mess

is moving east. And 90 years young for president

George W Bush. 6000 foot leap and a hard landing but sealed with kiss.

Good evening. We begin with the breaking news from overseas.

Tonight, Americans are being evacuated in Iraq as fierce

militance once linked to Al Qaeda stormed towards Baghdad. After nine

years of war and sacrifice, would US forces ever go back in? We start

with developments on the ground. Ferocious fighting today in northern

Iraq. Soldiers desperately trying to hold off the jihad is to onslaughts

sweeping down towards Baghdad. But the Iraqi troops are losing. These

incredible scenes, posted on YouTube, show thousands of Iraqi

soldiers who simply surrendered and I now prisoners, the militants

claim. They have victory after victory. Major cities falling under

their black flag. These fighters now threaten Baghdad, 11 years after US

troops toppled Saddam Hussein. All that is now crumbling. The

triumphant fighters from ISIS. A track record of brutality,

executions, mass headings, massacres. Their goal is a new

nation struggling to countries and fuel is land, as they define it.

Strict, puritanical. You can set the fear. Just down the road, less than

one hour away, the city of Mosul under the control of militance.

People fleeing for their lives. Every car searched for weapons and

explosives. The wounded child. Families with nowhere to go. Anger

at the government and army which failed them. The army left?

President Obama today resisting pleas from the Iraqi government for

immediate US airstrikes to turn the tide. Tread cautiously. I don't rule

out anything because we do have two make sure that these jihadists are

not getting a permanent foothold. But in Iraq many people fear it

could be too late. There is a widespread sense that this country,

which has suffered for so many years, has reached a turning point.

It is about to disintegrate altogether. Thank you.

Turning to our global affairs correspondent. She reported from

Iraq more than 20 times. We heard about deterioration. What's the

biggest direct threat to the US tonight? Is there anybody else who

could stop it? President Obama said today that these fighters could end

up being a significant threat to our homeland. The fear, the chaos gives

this terror group time and space to plot against America but the White

House says there will be no US boot is on the ground and so far no word

that we would conduct airstrikes. There is word tonight the US is

flying surveillance drones over Iraq and there is a report that Iran is

actually sending forces in the help Iraqi government. And irony that

Iran would be going in. But I want to ask you about another bit of

news. Bowe Bergdahl is heading back to the US from the military hospital

in Germany. What is next for him? The trip to the medical centre in

Texas marks the final phase of his reintegration. This move tonight

means he is improving and now ready for a family reunion, although he

will continue to get medical and psychological treatment. But no word

yet on when the family reunion `` reunion is planned. Thank you.

Now we are back at home, where 26 million Americans are in a storm

zone. In the midwest, families are reeling from tornadoes and now the

east coast is bracing for the rain. Government forecasters warned

drought has a west in a stranglehold that will help supercharge summer

wildfires. In Texas, it has been the driest three years on record.

Climatologists call it a modern day dustbowl. All that rain. Not enough

for some and far too much for others.

Now we have news from Washington and the Supreme Court ruling that affect

Coca`Cola. The court said falls advertising lawsuit can go forward.

It is about their blueberry drink. A competitor says the Coca`Cola drink

is made almost entirely of Apple and grape juice. Not pomegranate. They

say the FDA and loud label the Supreme Court says the story is not

over. Tonight, 3 billion people have the world 's population is expected

to watch the World Cup opening ceremony in Brazil. Take a look. The

NASA astronauts kicking a soccer ball in zero gravity. They will be

watching from the spaced Asian. A familiar name, O. J. Simpson. 20

years after the case that transfixed a nation. The polarised reaction to

his acquittal and tonight, he is hired ours are not for their

murders. What is his life like now? Our correspondent tells us. It has

been a long 20 years for a decent on. Since that courtroom in LA, the

scene of the trial of the century. It began 1984. The murder of his

estranged wife and her friend. When LA police went to arrest him,

Odysseus and made his most famous run in his friends car. The trial

was live on TV. It doesn't fit, you must acquit. He died of a rain

tumour in 2005. The prosecutor is now a media analyst, still convinced

of O. J. Simpson was the guilt. Everyone's favourite slacker,

part`time actor Peter Keelan. Finally, O. J. Simpson. Bloated and

grey. Last seen one year ago, begging for freedom. Now serving a

sentence, guilty of stealing his own memorabilia at gunpoint. Two decades

and a remarkable turnaround from that surprising not guilty verdict

that lit up his famous face. Also in the news today, a

high`spirited state adventure. President Bush turned 90 today and

how did he celebrate? He tweeted: the adrenaline junkie did it again.

Our correspondent has a junk that make the jump. 90 years old, the

former president still insisted on affirming what has become a birthday

ritual. No longer able to walk because he has a form of Parkinson's

disease, he jumped from more than a Mile High in tandem with a retired

army parachute. Leading later. You can see his shaken

expression in this photo. You have to realise he is 90 years old. He

has problems with his lower extremities. He kept thanking me. He

said, thank you for making this possible. It is his sixth jump. He

is completely throwing everything to the wind. Letting everyone know that

at 90 you can do anything. In 2012, he said he wanted one more jump. I

thought your wife would let you? She kept telling us all she would stop

you. I think she doesn't hope that the parachute will open. I am quite

sure that. When he touched down, he got a big kiss from his wife and a

hug from his son, the other former president. Then home to celebrate.

A big happy birthday and salute from all of us here. The undercover Boss

heading into a secret world we rarely see. What happens to him? Our

cameras are right there. Next tonight, our investigation into

a hidden world where prisoners are kept in confinement. For years and

years. Rooms smaller than an ordinary parking spot. Tonight you

will see an undercover Boss go behind ours, posing as a prisoner to

make a decision, does this work? Or two inmates, more dangerous than

when they went in. You are looking at prisoner 106. On the books as a

dangerous armed robber. He is preparing to enter hell on earth.

Solitary confinement. Just listen to the residents. This is prison. We're

not here to be nice. As the prisoner is moved into the unit... I do not

know if I have ever felt as vulnerable as I do right now. Even

the offices do not know he's actually the secretary of

corrections for the state of New Mexico. this is a public safety

issue... He is spending 48 hours on the inside to decide how to reform

the state use of solitary. I can't allow that. Is the kind of

confinement that is prisoner lives with every day. This is my home

right here. He wanted to be an astronaut growing up but he got

caught up in gangs. How many murders did you commit? Two. He has been

kept in a cell like this every day from the past ten years. These four

walls are all he has. He knows every crack, every inch of peeling paint.

What does that do to your head? It is perpetual misery. It is monotony,

repetition. The only way to survive in here is to establish a strict

routine. A sort of imitation of life. I exercise, I read a lot. If I

didn't have books I probably would have gone insane. As for the

secretary, 24 hours in and claustrophobia is setting in. I feel

like the cell is squeezing down. They get one hour a day outside.

Being walked back to your cell, by two guards is robber Blee the only

human contact you get all day. Critics point to studies that saved

solitary confinement can result in rain damage, similar to that made by

head trauma. We are social animals, built for interaction. Take that

away and inmates can literally lose their minds. As the secretary

finally gets released, he says he now believes that solitary should

continue to be used but only for the most dangerous. Days later, one

prisoner is brought out of solitary. Here are the first time in years,

real human contact. is great. This is living right here. Finally,

soccer is the most popular sport in the world. And yet, so many children

have to make balls out or whatever they can. Tonight, an American

genius to the rescue. Trying to get every child a ball and a dream. Here

in Brazil, soccer is pure joy. Played on beaches, in the street and

everywhere I went in Rio, the kids taught me how to do it. At millions

of children around the world can't even afford a ball. This is what the

use, so`called rag ball is made of just about anything. These children

will improvise a ball out of anything they can find. I have a

solution. E and his wife found a cheap, indestructible plastic used

to make high chairs and shoes. They turned into a ball strong enough for

even the conditions. If it is function, it is fine. `` punctured.

With an initial investment by Sting, for every ball they sell, one

is donated. More than 850,000 in 170 countries. Some of them, right here

in Los Angeles. A mission that will live on long after the World Cup. By

the end of the year, they will be able to deliver their 1 million

ball. Changing the lives of children everywhere, that is America Strong.

We thank you for watching. I will see you tomorrow. Good night.

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