01/07/2014 ABC World News with Diane Sawyer

know `` no longer get first call on flexible hours. 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 ABC World News. The

perfect storm. Severe weather warnings with storms and tornadoes

caught on tape. The other concern, gas prices spiking. A new and

massive recall from GM, the stock suddenly halted on Wall Street. The

breaking headline on women's help tonight, one of the most important

annual exams and the biggest change coming your way. The showdown, a

dramatic video caught on tape to wean a trucker and a police officer

going at it. What did the trucker says he caught the caught doing.

Whose side are you on? Good evening. It is great to have you

with us. 45 million Americans are watching the sky tonight and bracing

for severe weather. One driver was braving this white knuckle commute.

Then there was hail the size of baseball `` baseballs. A tornado

tears through Wisconsin. Let's get right to the radar. This is the

trouble spot right now. Our meteorologist is standing by but

first we will go to our correspondent. On his weather in

Idaho today. `` ominous. Knocking down trees and tearing off roofs.

The ground already saturated is giving way in Iowa, swallowing

cars. Millions in the storm zone are nervously watching warning after

warning. In Wisconsin, chaos. 90 mph winds with debris swirling in every

direction. Iowa got six inches of rain in just an hour and a half

Sunday triggering flash floods and so much water that crews had to

rescue people from their homes. Tonight, we have flood warnings

across the region and the rivers are running high. Normally the staircase

would lead down to a walkway along the river but tonight, it is just a

shortcut to the water. The entire walkway is submerged. By back to the

hotspot you are tracking. We watched that these start today in Nebraska

`` beast. It blew across Iowa and resulted in a severe weather watch.

A dangerous situation for the commute tonight in Milwaukee. It is

just tonight, tomorrow the risk does all the way up to Arkansas. We also

have to look in the Southeast because we are watching a

development of captured thunderstorms which are on the verge

of becoming a tropical depression. It has an 80% chance. Through the

weekend, we are going through the potential tracks of the storm. If it

becomes a tropical depression, it will move up across the Carolinas.

Rip currents will be an issue. If it is not the weather, it is the gas

prices with 41 million Americans travelling this holiday weekend,

eyes are on the prices, rising for 16 days straight. Today it is 21

cents more than this time last year. Another concern for drivers,

the breaking headline about General Motors. They announced another major

recall. Seven points 6 million cars have been recalled `` 7.6 million.

This halted the trade on Wall Street for a time. Now we go to our

correspondant. Tonight, a devastating blow for America's

largest automaker. GM announcing another round of recalls linked to a

faulty ignition 's which `` switch. It is the most recalls by a single

car company in one year ever. I am working day and night to correct

this issue and ensure that it never happens again. The troubled

automaker is also announcing that it will pay a staggering amount to

cover the recalls. Slamming the brakes on GM's stock, shares closed

down at 1%. This is all linked to 13 deaths, and it was announced today

that there would be no limit to how much families would receive. GM will

pay what is deserved. The car maker is facing a criminal investigation

by the government and a civil lawsuit accusing GM of intentionally

covering up defects and putting human lives in jeopardy.

A fiery message from President Obama involving immigration reform.

Republicans have been firing back on the surge of young immigrant

the United States. President Obama the United States. President Obama

put Congress on notice, saying that if they did not vote on immigration

reform, he would take executive action. Our correspondent is just

back from the border. We saw it ourselves, our cameras

were right there with border control as they encountered a surge of

mothers and children pleading for sanctuary. A frustrated President

Obama, calling it a humanitarian crisis that can only be fixed by

immigration reform. Today, he announced that he could not wait on

the Republican house anymore. I am beginning a new effort to fix as

much of the immigration system as I can on my own without Congress. The

first executive action is a border surge, deploying all available

agents to the southern frontier. Democrats are demanding that the

president act alone but the GOP is already threatening to sue, alleging

that he is overstepping the Constitution. He continues to ignore

laws that he himself signed in. The president says his staff is devising

a plan that will fix part of the immigration system by the end of

summer. Sources are telling us that you can expect the president to cut

back on deportations which will be controversial.

The troubling headline from Israel in the case of three missing

teenagers. One of them was a US citizen. Authorities believe that

the boys are dead, found not far from where they went missing. Now we

go to our correspondant. What is coming? The grief and outrage over

these murders tonight in Israel is extraordinary. The boys bodies were

found under a pile of rocks in an open field. He disappeared from a

hitchhiking stop in the West Bank and among them was a dual US citizen

whose family came to Israel from Oakland. The FBI is joining the

investigation tonight. It is prompting one of Israel's largest

search and security operations in more than a decade. Hamas was

quickly blamed for the abductions. 400 Palestinians were arrested and

five were killed. Hamas denies any involvement but tonight, the Prime

Minister has said that they were abducted and murdered in cold blood

by human animals and that Hamas is responsible and will pay. Whatever

the Israeli response, it has clearly dimmed hopes about the possibility

of a peace agreement. Thank you. A late word on Iraq. 300 more troops

will be sent to Iraq to protect the embassy in Baghdad which brings the

number of troops to roughly 750. Another major ruling from the

Supreme Court affecting millions of American women. It comes down to

whether an employer can deny coverage for contraception over

religious beliefs. One company fought and today they won.

A victory today at the Supreme Court for many religious Americans. Also

the businesses they own. This store was founded by the Green family. Our

faith was important in starting this company. When the affordable care

act became law and required companies to provide contraception,

the Green family objected. They said that it restricted their religious

liberty. An 8524 decision, they agreed. Corporations our people. ``

are. These laws are designed to extend to people. They'd Ginsburg

wrote an impassioned defence. She said that corporate owners are

trying to opt out of all kinds of laws, such as vaccinations. The

court has ventured into a minefield. Many women around the country and

some of the justices believe this could limit women's access to

affordable contraceptives. The court has proposed a solution. They have

said that the taxpayer could pick up the tab instead of employers. To

another breaking headline involving women and health. This involves a

visit to the doctor that many make every year. This is about a pelvic

exam. Instead of Pap smears, there will be a new recommendation.

Tonight, a new change to pelvic exams. We are joined. They are

recommending no annual public exam for the average woman. This is for

women who are at risk of cancer but are not pregnant and I having no

symptoms. This is because this test is not save lives and is not that it

picking up cancer. Despite the fact that you can wait for three years,

what are you telling your patience? Despite the weight to the public

exam, and you still need to come and see your yearly exam. It is a very

important visit. Now to Brazil. You will remember that moment of

celebrating in the locker room for team USA. Will America 's star

player take the field and what about one of the referees? Is he partial

to the other team? Our reporter is there. He is back. Altidore is ready

to play against Belgium. 14 USA, it is when all go home. The underdogs

are confident. We are hungry for more. Tim USA is curious about the

referee as signed to them. `` Team. There is a worry about possible

bias. We hope he continues to referee the way he is done so far.

It is not a good feeling. World Cup fever is region on. Some fans are so

anxious, they have become superstitious. What does that mean?

Whatever happens happens, but hopefully we can win. I am putting a

hex on the opposing team. We are charging from all across the world.

It Tim USA wins tomorrow, this celebration will continue. `` team.

We are moving on to an emergency landing from Chicago and California.

These passengers were terrified. More on what happened next. Look at

that. In the back of this jet in flight, an evacuation slide

inflated. I heard it inflate like an airbag inflates in a car. It

deployed at 38,000 feet. It was frightening at first. The first

thing that went through my mind was that it opened and it probably

popped out the back door. The back door didn't open, but this is what

an inflating slide looks like. Think about that opening inside a plane.

It was like a snake. At first, it was alarming. They declared an

emergency and headed for Kansas. The control tower asked about injuries.

The force of inflation has pinned flight attendants, but in this case,

they had started the beverage service. No one was waiting to use

the bathroom and no one was hurt. Passengers used the stairs to exit.

Thank you. There are still more ahead. There was a truck taking on a

police officer who pulled him over. What the truckers as he caught the

police officer doing. Whose side will you be on? And outrage after

learning that Facebook conducted an experiment on you without you even

knowing. What the they'd do is coming up.