30/07/2014 ABC World News with Diane Sawyer

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, saving your sanity, firefighters unleashed

torrents of water to save an American treasure. Families are

turned away by smoke and flames. A big change about skin cancer. Why it

is getting worse and what America's top doctor says you need to do.

Taken, the young victim who mysteriously vanished for nine

months faces her accused kidnapper in court. And second to spare. The

stunning video of two women stuck on a bridge with a train approaching.

How did they escape? Good evening. A treasured part of

America, Yosemite National is the scene of battle. `` Yosemite

National Park, is the scene of a battle. An eerie image from recent

days, each Golden dot is another fire.

It is not the vacation many travellers were expecting. It's

closed. Frustrated families facing roadblocks, closed campsite and

heavy smoke from a wildfire burning nearly five square miles since

Saturday. Many expecting Yosemite's world`famous scenery, and not a

firefight. These are the biggest weapons firefighters are using

tonight. Helicopters loading water and targeting the danger zones. Most

of the fire is inaccessible and it will continue to grow unchecked if

we didn't have the helicopters onboard. The non`stop ever assault

of 250 drops each day, giving crews on the frontline is time to get

ahead of the flames. 100 miles to the north, evacuations had been

lifted after another wildfire destroyed 13 homes. This low`flying

drones nearly causing more problems by getting in the way of

firefighting aircraft. `` drone. One of the most critical tools in this

already busy fire season. Yosemite National Park is open but it isn't

easy getting to all of the main attractions. Roadblocks are forcing

some travellers to take to our detours.

Thank you. Ginger is here to give us a look ahead. We have been locked in

this pattern before and we are in it against his cool and comfortable but

towards the West we are still stuck with this. The heat, the wind,

everything you don't want when it comes to fire. Red flag warnings for

places. Up to 40 mph in places. I have to show you this. Tonight, new

pictures coming in from Colorado. You can see the video. Some highways

are up to three feet covered in water. It is not of Colorado dealing

with that flash flood threat tonight. Ten states have flash flood

watches. That's the backside of the monsoon flow, falling in some areas.

It's not good. But in some parts of Oklahoma, they need the rain and

they will get a lot in the next couple of days. These pictures are

stunning. Thank you. Now we turn to the urgent call to action tonight

from America's top doctor. He is sounding an alarm about something we

see all around us, skin cancer, and is doing it at the height of summer

when a lot of the damage is being done.

We look at the reason for this new urgency.

This is what the surgeon has `` is trying to combat, son. Over the last

35 years we have had a crippling of the cases of melanoma in this

country. In previous cases, he led the charge against smoking. Today he

says to avoid all forms of tanning because skin cancer is now the

single most common cancer in America. 5 million treated every

year. Its deadliest form, melanoma, is now the only common cancer in

America on the rise. The surgeon is also a dermatologist. There's no

such thing as a good tan. It is damaged skin and a sign of excessive

exposure. Look at the sun damage in these photographs. The skin looks

healthy but the spots are permanent alterations. For children, it is

especially dangerous. We now know that one blistering sunburn more

than doubles the chance of melanoma later in life. So, listen to the

Surgeon General and reduce indoor canning and you should be using one

ounce of sunscreen every two hours, which means a family of four should

use an entire 12 ounce container of lotion. The warning is it just for

fair skin. More and more skin cancers are being found in Hispanic

populations, as well as African`American. This is becoming a

public health crisis. We want to go back to that sentence, one

blistering sunburn in childhood doubles the risk of melanoma later?

It does. The risk remains low but that's frightening. Inc about it

this way, every one of those sunbirds you prevent helps prevent.

`` think of it this way, every one of those Simon Burns. Thank you.

We had to the heart of the conflict in the Middle East with Israel's

against assault on Gaza yet. A new look at the source of the, the

tunnels where Palestinian fighters emerged on Israeli soil from

underground. Our correspondent is there.

New video shows what Hamas says are fighters rising out of tunnels to

mount a breeze and our tack yesterday. Their faces are blacked

out as they engage in a firefight, killing five soldiers. The group's

shadowy military leader pledges no ceasefire until Israel lifts its

blockade of Gaza. This after the heaviest nights of bombardment so

far. Israel backing up its threat to destroy Hamas. Flares lit up many

targets. One of them is the port outside our window. The blast was so

powerful, the whole building shook like an earthquake. More than five

hours of sustained shelling. Look at the timelapse camera from four to

5am, where a whole neighbourhood is reduced to rubble. This afternoon,

we cautiously ventured out. This is Gaza's only powerstation, burning

still after hours and they estimate it will be out of commission for a

year. We went to the home of the former Hamas my minister. This was

his house? Not any more. The house, flattened. He wasn't home. The

neighbour across the street told me Israel fired three warning shots

before finally taking it out. Your whole family was able to get out?

Yes, he said, all safe. Renewed shelling tonight. Two asides at war,

with neither backing down. `` sides. Thank you to David and the team in

the Middle East. Back at home, President Obama issues a challenge

to Vladimir Putin. More tough sanctions in partnership with

Europe. Will Putin feel the pressure ? What is the answer? The sanctions

will sting, going at the lifeline of the Russian economy, hitting the

energy, banking and defence sectors in a move coming 12 days after the

downing of Malaysia flight 17 as President Obama and announced the

moves, making it clear the aim was to make Russia and Vladimir Putin

particularly pay a high price for supporting the Russian rebels, the

pro`Russian rebels, that shot down the plane. It didn't have to come to

this. It doesn't have to be this way. This is a choice that Russia

and President Putin particularly has made. Nothing in Putin's behaviour

suggest this will change his course. Certainly, if nothing has changed it

so far. White House officials say these are the toughest actions taken

by the United States and Europe against Russia so far. Reporting

from the White House tonight, thank you. Next," on the tracks. The video

that shows women trapped on a bridge, trying to outrun a train.

Tonight, how they escaped. Weight railroad officials want everyone to

see these pictures. `` why. Now, we moved to a dramatic day in a

New Hampshire courtroom where a young woman is face`to`face with a

34`year`old man under arrest and charged now with kidnapping her.

What happened to Abigail Hernandez? How did she disappeared for nine

months? The mystery from Ryan Smith's report. For the first time

today since coming home to her family, Abigail Hernandez faced the

man prosecutors say kidnapped and held her against her will for nine

long months. At his arraignment, he held on $1 million Bale, facing

felony and kidnapping charges that could bring seven years in prison ``

bail. Authorities revealing few details about his return `` return.

If there is evidence either crimes will be committed, they will be

brought. She disappeared walking home from school in October. When

she returned home last week, police released this sketch. He was

arrested on Monday, with police searching his residence including

this metal storage container 30 miles away from Abigail's home.

Police are figuring out if Abigail Hernandez was there all along,

leaving some neighbours rattled. What did you hear? That he is

creepy. Friends of the family are happy that the alleged capture is

behind bars. The biggest relief is that he isn't out there. Tonight,

Abby Hernandez is home with her family by her side.

Tonight, consumer groups are going to release the annual report of the

top ten consumer complaints. One of the biggest is telemarketing calls

that come after you block them. We've learned that Robo calls to

your cellphone are often illegal. We hear how you can fight back and

possibly make money doing it. The unwanted calls coming by the

millions every day. Anywhere from five to six per day. Driving the

weights of Bellevue, Florida, crazy `` Waites. A debt collector's robo

calls, bombarding Heather's cellphone. The thing is, she had no

doubt, she was in high school. 68% of owners of mobiles receive some

unwanted calls. One quarter of them say it happened several times each

week. Most don't know these calls are illegal under federal law. They

could argue 500 `$1500 for every unwonted call. `` owe you. This

lawyer has made selling these companies whose speciality is.

Hundreds of thousands of people are going through this and they don't

know their rights. Some famous cases have reached close to $600,000 and

there are thousands we tracked down the one calling Heather. Gordon back

is the CIO of the company, already sued 100 times this year. `` Beck.

There is human error, though we do our best to make sure that it

doesn't happen. Companies like his make up to 1 million automated calls

each day to what they think are landlines. But, some are actually

cellphones. Beck admits that there are mistakes, but says it is hard to

tell landlines from cellphones. It is unintentional. If I was caught

three times per day and I'd did not want it, I would call and say please

stop calling. The family did that, but the calls kept coming. How does

it feel? We are both excited. It was their turn to collect from the

collection agencies. Turning to the top of the instant

index, the whale watching expedition gone awry it off Massachusetts. 100

passengers on land after a sale turned into 15 hours at sea. ``

sail. Passengers shared potato chips from the snack bar through a cold

night, if they want a seasick. The operators admit the boat ventured

into a restricted area `` weren't. The coastguard is investigating

while the passengers are happy to be home. A secret weapon keeping

swimmers safe, meet Bruno, a new Finland, the newest hideout at a

resort in Spain, the first dog to join the lifeguard squad. The

patrols the water alongside human swimmers who say that Bruno helps

with his natural edge. He has webbed feet like a duck, but let him swim

four miles. And, two layers of further to keep him waterproof,

ready to be a doggy life raft. A lot of the country says Rosary, but

southerners say grossury. We go to a lab in Tennessee where employees can

go to an improvement course, to allow employees to blend in with

anyone in the midwest. The trouble is, not everyone thinks the southern

drawl is something to be overcome. Some employees were offended.

Tonight, word, the class has been cancelled and apologies have been

offered. File that under, never mind, yall. A heart stopping video.

A train barrelling down the tracks where it to women appear in its path

with only seconds to decide what to do. Railway officials ask us to

watch the tape together. Our correspondent tells us why.

Watch, as a 14,000 ton freight train bears down on two women running for

their lives. This video released as a warning to keep people off the

tracks. In this instance, the engineer applies an emergency

brakes. He repeatedly sounds of the horn as the hundred car called train

travelling 30 mph on a narrow bridge slows down bad karma stop `` coal

train. `` cannot stop. The two women lie down. The engineer assumed he

was calling in to let them know he had killed two people. They remained

uninjured by being flushed with the tracks. There are just ten inches of

space. You can see from the video how close the trains come. It can

take a freight train over one mile to stop. From 2011, press pass

fatalities are up 36% with 106 the seven so far in 2014, compared with

128 last year. It was just a close call for these women. The only thing

bearing down on them now is the law. Both women will be prosecuted for

criminal trespassing. We will see you back here again

tomorrow night. Good night. Wednesday is looking good with warm

sunshine on the way. I don't think it will be as hot in the south`east

as it was on Tuesday when high