16/07/2014 ABC World News with Diane Sawyer

uninterrupted coverage of the Games. Time now for a look at the news as

seen across the United States a couple of hours ago, in ABC World

News with David Muir. Tonight, breaking down, the severe

storms on the move, tornado warnings and flash floods, the mother swept

away four miles down the river. She survives. Our correspondent is here

with weather storm hits tonight. The subway nightmare, the accident and

passengers trapped, trying to its `` trying to escape. Our correspondent

in Moscow tonight. The mystery in the water, the lake making hundreds

sick. What is in the water? The one in two families tonight. And, the

stalker scare, the Hollywood star, and who she discovered inside her

home. Our law is strong enough? Can anything be done? `` are the laws

strong enough? Good evening. We begin with that

line of storms on the move now, it has been a terrifying 24 hours for

so many families. Very close calls, flash floods. Look at the radar at

this hour, severe storms and powerful winds moving across the

east. This is College Park, in Maryland. The wind beats the trees,

those relentless rain. Look closely at this car, a family was inside, a

father and daughter cling to a tree. The mother was inside, swept away

the miles. Tonight, her survival story.

It will be another tough evening? It is, already 50 severe storm reports,

the number will go up. 17 states are now threatened by flood watches,

from California to Maine. Tonight, thunderstorms ticking over the skies

of New York. Major highways and airport shutting down for a time

around the Big Apple. Cars foolishly ploughing through flash flooding in

New Jersey. A similar scene in Ohio, causing training accidents like this

for a family near Cincinnati. Their car hydra planing in heavy rain,

hitting a pole, and then falling into a flooded dish before watching

away from the road `` flooded ditch before washing away from the road.

`` hydroplaning. The father and daughter straddled a downed tree for

safety. The water swept the mother four miles away. When I found him

and the baby holding onto the tree, he was screaming, he screamed that

his wife was drowning. She was screaming the same thing. My husband

and baby have drowned, she said. A happy reunion when they were brought

back together. It only takes two speak to move a big SUV like this,

it takes you to the top of the wheel. That isn't a lot of water. In

Arizona, monsoon rains filled the streets. Georgia swears that the

water was not that deep when she entered the intersection. It was a

minimal amount, like a puddle, all of a sudden, the wire came rushing

through, with tree debris, and Lord only knows what. Wood, everything

came flying up my car. Looking at the next 24 hours, there is a pocket

in the mountains. Who has to be on the lookout? From Riley to

Springfield, the cold front will move on. We will get rid of it

tomorrow along the east coast, but then the flash flood potential is

there. Three inches from South Carolina to New England. Things will

dry out along the east coast, but behind it, whether you call it

refreshing or cold... Kansas City woke up to a record 54.

The other major weather headlines, in the West, bone dry conditions

caused by record drought. Firefighters are still fighting this

evening to get an upper hand over a world fire. It is now covering more

than 6400 acres, dozens of homes are in the path of the flames. We have

learnt about the drought has forced possible new water restrictions in

California. Families may be told that they cannot wash their cars

with hoses, possible severe restrictions when it comes to

watering lawns. The government has been begging residents to reserve

water. We turn to that horrific scene Moscow tonight. Behind me, a

deadly train disaster, thousands were heading to work. Subway cars

jumped the tracks, chaos in the tunnel. Twisted steel, look at

this, victims pulled from the wreckage, so many with bandages

around their heads. Our correspondent has been at the scene

all day as they have passengers out. The modelling careers `` commute

turned into chaos, passengers were trapped in the mangled wreckage.

There was an abrupt stop and the lights went out, this man said.

Then, fire and smoke. We were blocked in. 22 dead, 160 injured.

This was where the accident took place, bringing victims out through

the day. Now emergency services are going back in with heavy equipment

to get to some of the victims and the bodies that have been trapped

for hours. It took place 275 feet below ground. The train was speeding

up 45 mph when it skipped the track and jackknifed. Authorities ruled

out terrorism, but the cause is a mystery. What is clear is that the

track today is a wake`up call `` is that the accident today. But only in

Russia, but the USA, where warnings that the largest transport system is

billions behind on repairs. Investigators have said today that

they do not know whether the cause of a faulty line or a defective car,

but with millions travelling on the system every day, the race is on to

find out. Too fast moving developments in the

Middle East tonight, it was last night here that we reported on talk

of a possible ceasefire in eejit, offering to broker a deal, and

tonight, new warnings on the evacuations and where this hours ``

Egypt. Cheers today as a young crowd

watches Hamas launching rockets. Israel answers with air strikes of

its own. The Prime Minister has vowed to step up the campaign

against Hamas. Today, the first Israeli casualty, a man hit by a

mortar. In Gaza, almost 200 civilians have been killed. In Gaza

today, those we spoke with rejected talk of a ceasefire. They say Israel

is laying siege to Gaza, denying goods and basic rights, making life

miserable here. I want to defend our lives until we get something. It's

not just sending rockets without meaning. Tonight, more than 100,000

people in Gaza are receiving phone calls and text messages from

Israel's military, warning them that more air strikes are imminent.

Israel says Hamas's rejection of the ceasefire will now have

consequences. Now, the horrific images out of Afghanistan tonight,

the aftermath of a deadly suicide bombing. At least 89 people were

killed when a car bomb detonated in the capital.

Meanwhile, back in the US, a heart stopping moment for one woman. With

her children trapped in a hot car, she was scrambling to get them out

after it is believed she locks them in by accident. The children are OK.

We have seen the new recordings on tape. Police officers putting

themselves in hot cars to show how dangerous it is. We report on the

new push for technology to help everyone. Watch as these frantic

people, one wielding a hammer, tried to rescue two small children locked

in the backseat of this cheap. Finally, a woman slides through the

window and opens the door. She is their mother. Here she is inside a

store with the children. She says she accidentally locked the children

in the car. It was 96 degrees. It only takes ten minutes for a car's

temperature to increase 19 degrees. A small child could die from the

heat in less than 15 minutes. The desperate woman called on these Good

Samaritan is to help. I was like, man, everyone is worried! Each year,

40 children die of heat stroke in hot cars. 17 in this year alone.

Many because parents simply forget their children are in the backseat.

This week, a new petition called on the White House to fund research

into a hi`tech solution. Any vehicles have camera technology to

monitor what is going on outside. One company is working on technology

to monitor what is going on inside your car after you have left it. It

could alert parents if a child is still inside. The new technology is

still years away, which is why parents are making their case with

video diaries online will stop `` video diaries online. Common sense

is still the only solution. Henry Kissinger underwent surgery today.

He is said to be recovering tonight and resting comfortably. Much more

to come this evening. Sandra Bullock and the food she discovered in her

home. Is the law is strong enough? Can anything `` and the person she

discovered in her home. Is the law strong enough? Can anything be done?

We are learning more tonight about Sandra Bullock, coming face`to`face

with an alleged stalker who broke into her home. What can be done? The

a list celebrity was asleep in her home last month. She told police

that loud noises woke her up. Then, she saw a man walking in her

hallway, right past her bedroom. New details and a search warrant show

how terrifyingly close she came to her alleged stalker. Police say they

found the man inside her home. He screamed for her not to press

charges. According to the search warrant, the man was obsessed with

Sandra Bullock. He says that without her in his life, there is only

misery. Sandra Bullock's son was not at home at the time. Stalking is a

crime in every state but less than one third of all states consider it

a felony upon a first offence. If violence is not perpetrated, you

cannot lock up they stalker for ever. The answer lies in mental

health intervention. Four years ago, Sandra Bullock was granted a

restraining order against a man who had allegedly travelled across the

country to meet her after being released from a mental hospital. In

California, the laws have been increased. We used to have

three`year restraining orders. It has now been increased to ten years.

A frightening moment for America's sweetheart that may have left her

feeling like a prisoner in her own home. Police say they found a

stockpile of weapons and ammunition when they searched the stalker's

home. Very frightening.

Now, Washington State. A popular vacation spot, a late, `` eight lake

is making dozens of people sick. Tonight, the lake is closed and

health officials are scrambling to determine what turned its placid

waters into a health hazard after more than 200 swimmers became sick.

We received a phone call this morning from a concerned parent who

had heard reports about a potential problem at the lake. That problem is

still a mystery tonight. They do not suspect a virus like Norovirus, a

stomach bug you often hear about on cruise ships. The lake has had a

Norovirus outbreak before. We were going to have a family reunion this

weekend and now we have to tell people it will be somewhere else.

How can you tell if there is a danger in the lake your family swims

in? Experts say you should never go in if a lake is overcrowded. When

you get out, wash your hands. And never drink the water. But the lake

will be open again before too long. Now to an investigation tonight. The

FBI is on the Trail of an alleged art scam conspiracy. The scam is

accused of making millions of dollars off a fake masterpiece.

Side`by`side, a mockup of the real thing next to the fate. The trouble

is that for so many buyers, this is hardly a laughing matter. They have

lost millions of dollars. We were tracking down one of those alleged

scammers. Listen to how he explains himself tonight. The works of

big`name artists going for tens of millions of dollars. It is no

surprise that away from the auction house, that big`money has attracted

a flock of criminals, including this New York art dealer, selling

masterful fakes. One of these is authentic. The other is fake. Many

people were not able to tell which was which. This one. I know him

quite well. It's not easy. The fete, which once sold for $8.3 million, is

one of dozens of works that authorities they were created by one

of the great fraudsters of all`time `` the fraudulent artwork, which

once sold for $8.3 million. We found the fraudster in China. Here he is.

He was working in Times Square, drawing portraits of tourists, when

he says he was recruited by two New York art dealers to create a fake

masterpieces that sold for a total of $80 million. TRANSLATION: My

intent was not for my fake paintings to be sold for the real thing. But

authorities say that he forged the signatures of some of the artists he

copied. He told us he was shocked that people mix them up. But the

scam went on for years until this London billionaire realised he had

been conned when he paid $17 million for this supposes painting by

Jackson Pollock. Experts discovered the yellow paint in the painting had

not been sold until 14 years after Jackson Pollock's death. It turned

out it was the work of the accused Times Square fake. The two are

dealers who recruited the artist have been charged in the scam. One

has pleaded guilty and the other is under arrest in Spain. Many were

sold through one of New York's's most prominent art galleries, which

is now gone out of this mess as a result. Thank you for joining us

this evening. Some very warm if not hot weather on

the way. The temperatures will keep building across the South. During

the course of the night, there is some fresh