:00:00. > :00:11.backgrounds just won't go away. That's it from me. Time now for ABC
:00:12. > :00:16.World News. Welcome to World News tonight. No strategy. The President
:00:17. > :00:18.tonight with a surprising acknowledgement about the fight
:00:19. > :00:25.against the terror group ISIS. Each alert, while waves demolished a
:00:26. > :00:28.lifeguard station as two monstrous storms close beaches heading into
:00:29. > :00:32.the Labour Day weekend. Unfriendly skies. The passenger accused of
:00:33. > :00:37.attacking a flight attendant in another fight over seat space, and
:00:38. > :00:43.the air marshals who broke it up. And a health crisis. Joan Rivers in
:00:44. > :00:57.a critical condition tonight in a New York hospital. The comic legend
:00:58. > :01:02.fighting for her life. And good evening on this Thursday night.
:01:03. > :01:06.David Muir will be here anchoring World News on Monday. A surprise
:01:07. > :01:11.revelation from the White House in the battle against the brutal terror
:01:12. > :01:14.group ISIS. While President Obama said some air strikes in Iraq have
:01:15. > :01:18.been effective, he told America there was not yet a solid strategy
:01:19. > :01:24.in place to fight the militants in Syria. Our chief global affairs
:01:25. > :01:27.correspondent in Washington tonight. This is the group secretary of
:01:28. > :01:31.defence calls imminent threat to every interest we have. The group
:01:32. > :01:38.the Secretary of State vows will be crushed. Yet today, President
:01:39. > :01:41.Obama's language or no resemblance to that of his Cabinet secretaries.
:01:42. > :01:46.He made clear that whatever the threats, US military action in Syria
:01:47. > :01:54.is not happening any time soon `` bore. Just days after authorising US
:01:55. > :01:59.surveillance flights over Syria to identify possible ISIS target, the
:02:00. > :02:03.President is now taking a step back. Blue Mac first of all I want to make
:02:04. > :02:07.sure every body is clear on what we are doing now. Because it is
:02:08. > :02:17.limited. The options I am asking for from the joint chiefs focuses
:02:18. > :02:23.primarily on making sure that ISIL is not over Iraq. No talk of
:02:24. > :02:27.containing ISIS, as he has set in the past, which would surely involve
:02:28. > :02:30.military action in Syria. The primary focus now, says the
:02:31. > :02:34.president, is just detecting Americans and infrastructure in
:02:35. > :02:38.Iraq, with the surprising acknowledgement that as of now there
:02:39. > :02:43.are no concrete plans yet to take down ISIS in the region ``
:02:44. > :02:51.protecting. The suggestion seems to have been that we are about to go
:02:52. > :02:55.full`scale on an elaborate strategy for defeating ISIL. I don't want to
:02:56. > :03:00.put the cart before the horse. We don't have a strategy yet. It was
:03:01. > :03:04.back in January that we saw an astonishing increase in violence in
:03:05. > :03:07.Iraq. Fallujah had fallen, and there were concerns that ISIS would sweep
:03:08. > :03:15.through the North, which was exactly what happened. Mosul Falling back in
:03:16. > :03:19.June, the Iraqi army collapsing. ISIS is one of the world's richest
:03:20. > :03:23.terror groups, generating millions of dollars per month for more than
:03:24. > :03:27.10,000 fighters. Unlike traditional Al Qaeda, it is a real army,
:03:28. > :03:33.fighting for territory, not just terror. The President's cautious
:03:34. > :03:37.language today could also be an attempt to signal to Congress that
:03:38. > :03:42.he will not launch air strikes in Syria without consultations. He will
:03:43. > :03:48.need their help. And is now to the other major development overseas.
:03:49. > :03:54.Russia accused of launching a full`scale invasion of Ukraine. The
:03:55. > :03:58.Ukraine government and Nato officials say it Russian tanks and
:03:59. > :04:02.troops have moved across the south`eastern border. Today
:04:03. > :04:05.President Obama said Russia can no longer hide the fact that it is
:04:06. > :04:11.actively supporting Russian separatists in that country. Here is
:04:12. > :04:17.Hamish McDonald. Plumes of smoke as shells rained down. Ukraine's
:04:18. > :04:23.leaders are clear tonight, this is a Russian invasion. Russian military
:04:24. > :04:27.boots are on the Ukrainian ground. Ukrainian forces today lost control
:04:28. > :04:31.of border town, and Nato says at least 1000 Russian soldiers are
:04:32. > :04:34.inside the country, fighting alongside and supporting Russian
:04:35. > :04:38.separatist. But today the Kremlin was in full denial mode. This
:04:39. > :04:43.satellite imagery however is hard to dispute. Nato claims it shows
:04:44. > :04:49.Russian artillery and troops moving inside Ukraine. What is clear is
:04:50. > :04:53.that there is now a war in Europe. It has escalated far beyond those
:04:54. > :05:04.fiery protest as we witnessed on the streets of Kiev
:05:05. > :05:11.those protesters wanted closer ties with Europe. But Vladimir Putin
:05:12. > :05:17.never wanted any of that. And he is serious. Russia already annexed
:05:18. > :05:21.Crimea back in March, if rebel forces pushed further west, Russia
:05:22. > :05:24.might secure a strategically important land corridor all the way
:05:25. > :05:31.to the Black Sea. Up until a few hours ago, the US and allies had
:05:32. > :05:36.struggled to find a united voice to confront Putin directly over
:05:37. > :05:39.Ukraine. Russia has to stop lying. The cost of inaction is
:05:40. > :05:47.unacceptable. Today is perhaps a turning point. Pacioretty home,
:05:48. > :05:56.those two monster storms off both coasts are churning up the sea ``
:05:57. > :06:02.back here at home. Monster waves are battering shorelines. Our
:06:03. > :06:06.correspondent shows us the dangers caused by two storms hundreds of
:06:07. > :06:12.miles from land. The biggest southern swell since 1996 continued
:06:13. > :06:18.to pound the California coast. The iconic lifeguard station at signal
:06:19. > :06:29.cove north of LA is no more. But from the cliffside by the waves. ``
:06:30. > :06:35.Signal Cove. It is like watching a friend go down in the water. LA
:06:36. > :06:39.lifeguards rescued 172 people. Today they are pulling power is back from
:06:40. > :06:43.the water just in case, cleaning up the beaches, and patrolling the
:06:44. > :06:46.waves. Slightly smaller Thursday? Slightly smaller but we still have
:06:47. > :06:49.really big waves and strong currents. Usually when the swell
:06:50. > :06:57.drops it looks inviting, but we still have really big rip tides.
:06:58. > :07:07.Waves picked up by tropical storm Marie, 800 miles of sure. I wanted
:07:08. > :07:12.to make the drop, but it didn't work out that will `` offshore. Coastal
:07:13. > :07:15.defences are holding. Meanwhile on the east coast, red flagged warnings
:07:16. > :07:20.in New Jersey, beaches from New York to Rhode Island closed. Hurricane
:07:21. > :07:24.Christabel will likely pass down the coast tonight, and those beaches
:07:25. > :07:30.will probably open tomorrow in time for the holiday weekend. The surf is
:07:31. > :07:33.subsiding, but LA County lifeguards say they are getting all hands on
:07:34. > :07:39.deck for this holiday weekend. Because the waves are still big, the
:07:40. > :07:49.weather is great, and the crowds will be enormous.
:07:50. > :07:58.The NFL has had to think new changes to its domestic violence policy.
:07:59. > :08:07.That was after a player was caught on video tracking his wife at an
:08:08. > :08:11.Atlantic City casino. `` dragging. On the first incident, there will be
:08:12. > :08:21.a six game ban and after that a lifetime ban. It will not just apply
:08:22. > :08:30.to players, but to owners. A plane was forced to land after a mid` air
:08:31. > :08:43.fight in the cabin. This time, it took our marshals to break it up. ``
:08:44. > :08:48.air marshals. Last night, a man fought with a passenger seated in
:08:49. > :08:52.front of him because he said his legs hurt from diabetes. A flight
:08:53. > :09:02.attendant tried to calm the man, who reportedly became more eye rake and
:09:03. > :09:18.tried to grab the flight attendant. That is when a marshals stepped in.
:09:19. > :09:25.Before, a knee defender. A woman whose seat was restricted through a
:09:26. > :09:29.glass of water. What is going on? Travellers today are stressed than
:09:30. > :09:38.ever before. When you do get to your seat, there is less space. The case
:09:39. > :09:48.was unique because Federal marshals didn't. `` stepped in. Wearing
:09:49. > :09:53.protective gear, their jobs are to take out a terrorist threat. But
:09:54. > :09:58.when it comes to a threat that isn't about a terrorist, they have to make
:09:59. > :10:06.a call. We are tasked with helping the flight deck and the crew and the
:10:07. > :10:12.passengers. There have been a number of incidents involving unruly
:10:13. > :10:21.passengers. Airlines have even more plans to pack people in. Now
:10:22. > :10:26.possible new weapon for the Ebola outbreak. There is a new vaccine
:10:27. > :10:33.being put to the test. More than 3000 confirmed cases in Africa.
:10:34. > :10:43.Health officials are worried the epidemic of sick and up to 20,000
:10:44. > :10:50.people. To our chief medical editor. In Liberia, the airport is on high
:10:51. > :10:53.alert. They are taking the temperatures of the travellers.
:10:54. > :10:59.There is a direct on the ground monitoring the outbreak. If we do
:11:00. > :11:00.not stop this here, we will be dealing with the years. We can still
:11:01. > :11:12.stop it. In one `` Monrovia, quarantined are still
:11:13. > :11:17.in place. This is the part of the city that has been quarantined. It
:11:18. > :11:27.is the poorest part. Violence has escalated as access to food and
:11:28. > :11:32.water has diminished. We have been reporting from Liberia 's on the
:11:33. > :11:37.crisis began. Many people with a surprise have been going on. In some
:11:38. > :11:43.places, just a piece of rope marks the boundary of the quarantine.
:11:44. > :11:52.Another place, I engaged. `` iron gates. How long have you been here?
:11:53. > :12:01.It is like you are in prison. How many people have you lost from
:12:02. > :12:14.Ebola? What is the solution? How will Ebola end? The call that the
:12:15. > :12:18.international medical community is just starting to hear. It strikes me
:12:19. > :12:23.just how much work it is going to take to get this under control. It
:12:24. > :12:31.would be wonderful, but it will be a long time coming. Right now, the
:12:32. > :12:37.iris is winning. `` virus. The international community is during up
:12:38. > :12:45.respite. To a health crisis for want of America's most iconic and
:12:46. > :12:48.prolific comedians. Joan Rivers has been rushed to hospital from an
:12:49. > :12:58.outpatient clinic. She is in a critical condition. Joan Rivers is
:12:59. > :13:05.an Emmy`winning and Tony nominated funny woman. She is in a critical
:13:06. > :13:09.condition after she stopped breathing during throat surgery. She
:13:10. > :13:14.was rushed to hospital in an ambulance after going into cardiac
:13:15. > :13:20.arrest. There is no word on what he throat surgery was four. Her
:13:21. > :13:25.daughter has rushed to her side. Eat it to laugh through her pain, she is
:13:26. > :13:30.constantly in motion. At 81, she shows no sign of slowing down. Wendy
:13:31. > :13:40.six appearances from now until November 22. `` with. She plans to
:13:41. > :13:46.never retire and says that being on stage is what she does. Look at me.
:13:47. > :13:55.I'm 75. I don't know where it has gone. If you don't do what you want
:13:56. > :13:59.to do, you are full. Tonight, the serious turn for the woman who made
:14:00. > :14:06.a name for herself by making us all laugh. She is here at Mount Sinai
:14:07. > :14:09.hospital. Her family would like to thank everybody for the outpouring
:14:10. > :14:18.of love and support. Our support with the family. Still ahead, the
:14:19. > :14:22.frightening scene where swat teams stormed into an office complex. The
:14:23. > :14:30.elaborate hoax that have them rushing to the door. And busted.
:14:31. > :14:32.This scam that the panda was running that got her into so much trouble
:14:33. > :15:15.with her trainers. The elaborate hoax that had a SWAT
:15:16. > :15:22.team swarming in office complex in Colorado. Yes deadly pranks are
:15:23. > :15:29.apparently on the rise. Tonight, a US Secret Service agents have joined
:15:30. > :15:34.the hunt for whoever triggered this. A police SWAT team burst into the
:15:35. > :15:39.Colorado office where Gordon Mattison was playing a life of the
:15:40. > :15:52.game with other players watching. Police say the one`on`one call was a
:15:53. > :15:58.hoax. It triggered a SWAT team that swarmed in on innocent people. Some
:15:59. > :16:07.people even had mild heart attack. First it was Hollywood. The
:16:08. > :16:28.celebrities had all been victims. First it was in June. Then a few
:16:29. > :16:34.days ago near or longer. `` Orlando. Matthewson says it has happened to
:16:35. > :16:38.him. The FBI estimated there are 400 of these calls per year. It is a
:16:39. > :16:41.situation that is causing departments that are already struck
:16:42. > :16:46.financially to spend thousands of dollars each time they have a
:16:47. > :16:54.callout. The consequences are serious. One man in Texas is now
:16:55. > :17:00.facing five years behind bars. What starts as a prank and send you to
:17:01. > :17:08.prison. The big wedding announcement that tabloids have been waiting to
:17:09. > :17:15.hear. Today Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie announced they were secretly
:17:16. > :17:20.married in France last weekend. At the wedding, all six of their
:17:21. > :17:25.children took part. If you wanted confirmation, Brad Pitt was spotted
:17:26. > :17:30.wearing a wedding ring on the set of his new movie. A mystery in the sky
:17:31. > :17:41.above Pennsylvania has some people living in UFOs. `` believing. This
:17:42. > :17:44.woman thought she saw a plane and then he didn't seem to move and
:17:45. > :17:50.started changing colours. She called police and even they did not know.
:17:51. > :17:56.Some people have called it a hoax, but for her, seeing is believing.
:17:57. > :18:04.You won't believe this story about a panda in China. The zookeepers were
:18:05. > :18:10.thrilled when she started to show signs of residency. She might have
:18:11. > :18:14.been faking it. She tricked her keepers into giving her more
:18:15. > :18:25.attention, a single room and more food. It has been shown tonight that
:18:26. > :18:32.pets inside hospitals can be a perfect restriction for patients and
:18:33. > :18:41.doctors and nurses. For police work is in Philadelphia, lunchtime is
:18:42. > :18:46.puppy time. `` workers. They spend lunchtime cuddling kittens. This is
:18:47. > :18:52.at a hospital in Pennsylvania. This is a place where the tension and the
:18:53. > :18:55.drama and the intensity of life and death are the norms. Healthcare is
:18:56. > :19:05.stressful. No matter what department you work in. Heather Matthews found
:19:06. > :19:13.she could only unwind when she got home to her bulldog Annabel. That
:19:14. > :19:23.brought the idea about bringing pets to work. She wanted copies and
:19:24. > :19:32.kittens to come to the hospital. It is called the Pet a Pooch programme.
:19:33. > :19:36.I have heard people say that they came in with the terrible headache
:19:37. > :19:40.and they came out feeling better. Some of the hospital workers and up
:19:41. > :19:44.adopting the pets. This is what happened to this hospital worker. In
:19:45. > :19:53.minute I saw him, I knew that was my dog. For some health workers,
:19:54. > :19:59.playing with a pet is just the prescription. I am smiling just
:20:00. > :20:03.watching that. Thank you for watching. We will see you back
:20:04. > :20:19.tomorrow. Good night. We have seen a contrast in weather
:20:20. > :20:21.across the