26/06/2014 ABC World News with Diane Sawyer

are under threat. Time now for a look at the news as seen across the

United States a couple of hours ago, in ABC World News with Diane Sawyer.

Welcome to World News. Tonight, the teenager stopped from plotting an

attack on a school. Tonight, his video, is words, and his reasons.

Dangerous guys, tornadoes drop from the clouds, families escape the

rising water. And some exciting news from right here at home, at ABC

News. And a good evening to you on this Wednesday night. We begin with

professional football, and the toll it takes on at wits. We are talking

about concussions. And today, a victory for the players at the NFL

`` athletes. It is about money and responsibility, and our

correspondent starters. Today's concussions settlement replaces the

earlier agreement between players and the NFL. They capped the damages

at $675 million. The judge said it was not enough money. Now the league

has agreed to lift that cap, which could drive the potential cost to

more than $1 billion. Despite no public admission of responsibility

for the brain injuries by the league. Nobody makes a gift of

hundreds of millions of dollars unless they believe they are

implicated in the wrongdoing in some respect. The damage done by repeated

brain injury dramatically illustrated on Capitol Hill today in

a video made by a former pass receiver. Everything kind of came to

a screeching stop. The father of three who testified that his memory

loss and fear of isolation caused by dementia again after suffering five

concussions over a short five`year NFL career. During my five`year old

daughter tell our family practice doctor that at times she doesn't

know me. As a father, it puts the idea of the effects of traumatic

brain injury on a completely different level. Tonight, an

estimated 18,000 NFL retirees and their families can expect to receive

a seven figure cheque from America's most popular sport. We

moved next to the landmark ruling by the Supreme Court. In this world of

pervasive technology, something has been declared personal. The private

information of your cellphone, and today the court said even law

enforcement has to respect boundaries, as our correspondent

reports. In the 21st century, we carry virtually a whole lives with

us on our phones. Our e`mails, messages, calendars, our games,

Apps, 90% of Americans carry a cellphone. 12% admit they use theirs

in the shower. So does a police officer have the power to search

through your entire phone if you get arrested for anything? Today the

Supreme Court justices who who divide so closely on so many issues

were unanimous in declaring no. This is probably the most important

privacy ruling in the digital age. Today's ruling stems from cases in

California and Massachusetts where police searched the phones of two

man who had been arrested and found evidence of other criminal conduct.

The government argued that it was the equivalent of searching the

wallet, which is allowed. But that notion was mocked. He said that is

like saying a ride on a horse is investing which will from a flight

to the moon. He concluded by saying the court was issuing a simple

command to police who want to search the phone. Get a warrant. The

justices did acknowledge that this opinion will make it harder for

law`enforcement to combat crime. But as the chip Chief Justice said,

privacy comes at a cost. This ruling is sweeping, it is basically the

court telling the government to back off from our digital lives. Great to

have you at the Supreme Court. We have a note about a legal showdown

between the House of Representatives and the White House. Speaker John

Boehner said he will file a lawsuit against the Obama administration

because the President is using executive power to bypass Congress

and change laws. He insists the suit is not about impeachment. And

overseas, to the crisis in Iraq, where dozens of American advisers

are now on the ground in Baghdad. That is where we find our

correspondent tonight. With the fight for Iraq moving closer to the

capital, today in Baghdad, 90 of America's newly deployed military

advisers went to work, trying to find a way to bolster Iraq's forces.

But this fight is now bringing together the world's most unlikely

alliance. On the same side as the US, Iran, sending in weapons and

drones to help stop the Jihad is. And Syria, unleashing its firepower

from the air. It is America, with its unmatched military, which many

here say it must play a bigger role, and quickly. Leaders told us

they don't lack men or courage, this battle could be one quick wit if

America would unleash airstrikes. `` could be won quickly. Iraq's

minister today definitively ruled that out. And that means that the

violence sweeping the country tonight is not likely to stop.

It is one thing when it neighbourhoods flooded, it is

another thing that went nearly an entire state is under water.

Tonight, families are at using everything they can prepare for the

next rain moves in. The night in Minnesota, an entire

neighbourhood inundated. These pictures captured by a drone camera.

Non`stop sandbagging as residents fight to keep water out. This road

collapsed because of all the water. A first`hand look at the hard`hit

smalltown in Minnesota. You will not even let cars go on this road. We

are not letting anybody on this road. Everybody here evacuated since

last Thursday. It is a ghost town. It is not just Minnesota. People are

abandoning their stalled cars. Even all the way to Pennsylvania. Back in

Minnesota, there are already bracing for another 3`5 inches of rain.

Next, we go inside a foiled plots to attack a high school. Tonight, a

teenager in his own words methodically lays out his plan,

saying he was inspired by Columbine and he was never bullied. What led

him to the darkest thoughts? You never before heard police

interrogation tapes, this 17`year`old details a planned high

school massacre. He tells police he also wanted to

kill his parents and sister. He says he hid his violent fantasies

from everyone, including his father. But police say he was stockpiling

weapons, posting videos of him playing with knives. Testing

home`made explosives. He has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted

murder. In his chilling interview with police, he says he was never

bullied and points to just one reason for his plot.

He was arrested in April when a neighbour saw him heading to his

weapons store room and called police. Experts were struck by his

demeanour. He is so collected and has so many answers without a sense

of anxiety. It raises questions about antisocial personality

features. A personality we are now learning more about.

From a foiled plot to the intense manhunt for an escaped killer. This

surveillance video shows a prisoner with a shotgun tried to break into a

hermit in Arkansas on Saturday. `` home. He kidnapped the daughter of a

prison official. She escaped and called 911. Now to the war of words

escalating from North Korea over a Hollywood movie. We told you about

the new comedy poking fun at the strange, unpredictable leader of

North Korea. But he says this is no joke, worrying that if the US does

not stop the film, it is an act of war.

Today, this movie was decried by North Korea as an act of war. The

interview follows a pair of entertainment journalists recruited

by the CAA to assassinate the North Korean despot. `` CIA. Spokesman for

the hermit Kingdom says that if it is released it will trigger a strong

and much less response against the United States.

He claims his comedy sheds light on it sinister reality. All the random

facts you hear are real. John Lang marking the 64th anniversary of the

Korean War is known for bluster. `` not career.

Kim Jong`un is young, aggressive, unpredictable. They carried out

Wi`Fi exercise with cardboard US soldiers. `` live fire. Unthinkable

in a land where he is seen as a deity. John Lang claims that they

can never escape the stone punishment. `` Zhong Yang.

Up next, fighting back. As this is retaliating against you for writing

an online review. How do you protect yourself tonight.

Next tonight, a consumer warning. Millions of Americans post reviews

on websites, everything from restaurants to shopping to home

repairs. What happens when the business retaliate against you for a

bad review? This man like almost the work any

model did turn in his kitchen from this into this. Like so many of us

do, he posted his review online. I will never refer to them to anyone.

That is when he was slapped with this letter. The contract are

accusing him of making a false posting, pulling the plug on his

warranty. Experts say it is a growing issue, retaliation after

customers post critical comments on everything to dentists, even meals.

They are a form of bullying. It is a tactic to silence critics. But some

small businesses say they rely on word`of`mouth and sometimes a

negative comment is unfair and devastating. There is no way to

guarantee you will not be sued, but consumer advocates say when posting

a review online, keep these guidelines online. Get evidence. Any

problems, get a photograph. And read the fine print before assigning any

contracts. As for Travis, we have some good news for you. We spoke to

your remodel and they are now reinstating your warranty. Tonight,

at least one happy customer. Speak up, but remember, if you are

asked to sign a contract, read the fine print. As for Travis, his

contract are telling us that they regret the controversy and deeply

value customer opinion. That is great advice.

At the top of our instant index, a head about modern mothers. Tonight,

new research finds that older mothers may live longer. Women who

were able to have children without the help of fertility drugs after

the age of 33 were twice as likely to live to 95 compare it to women

who had children younger. Finally tonight, you may have heard some

exciting news from tonight. At the end of the summer, I will be

moving to a new role at the network, full`time, flat out, reporting

around the world and in`depth specials on the stories that matter

to all our lives. I will be telling you more about this in the weeks

ahead. I enjoy every night to get to spend with you. Bad so happy that

someone is going to be at the helm of world news starting September

two. This is the year and `` new anchor. I think of the 12`year`old

boy and his dreams of being a reporter. One day I would see the

world. But I could never have imagined seeing the world with Diane

Sawyer. There have been so many stories. We were gathering our

thoughts. Political conventions. So many moments. One of my favourite

moments is when you turned to me on this desk and said, the captain of

our made in America team is here. Everyone in the studio, they know

that you are the captain. You have let us have the mind does every

night it is about the viewers at home. That is why the viewers lead

us on our journey. They tell us what stories we we have so much planned

already. We are going to be joined by others. As David said, over the

summer, we have been plans. You are filling in from the tomorrow night.

From all of us, we will see you again tomorrow night.

So far, this month has been pretty dry across many parts of the UK.

Change is coming up over the next few days. Particularly in the

southern half of the UK. In the north, waking up to a damp