World News (ABC) - 2006-07-31

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[0:00] refugees floods Lebanon as Israel

[0:02] rejects new calls for a ceasefire.

[0:04] Instead, it says the war will expand.

[0:09] Pressure cooker 100° in Oklahoma is one

[0:12] thing, but in North Dakota, why is this

[0:15] deadly heat lasting so long? We'll take

[0:17] a closer look.

[0:20] A prescription for controversy. The Bush

[0:22] administration reconsiders its

[0:24] restrictions on the morning after pill.

[0:26] Is it medicine or politics?

[0:29] and Mel's Meltdown. Mel Gibson's

[0:32] allegedly anti-Semitic outburst. Should

[0:35] the popular star be punished or forgiven

[0:41] >> from ABC News headquarters, this is

[0:45] World News with Charles Gibson.

[0:48] >> Good evening. In most circumstances, a

[0:50] two-day pause in a bombing campaign

[0:53] might inspire optimism. In Lebanon

[0:56] tonight, there are fears, however, that

[0:58] the worst is yet to come. A day after an

[1:00] Israeli air strike killed nearly 60

[1:02] Lebanese civilians, most of them

[1:04] children, Israeli Prime Minister Ahood

[1:06] Omeer apologized. He was not apologetic

[1:10] about the war itself. Mer said there is

[1:13] no ceasefire and there will not be any

[1:15] ceasefire in the coming days. The

[1:18] bombing pause now in effect is designed

[1:20] to open the way for humanitarian aid to

[1:22] come in to South Lebanon or to permit

[1:25] civilians caught in the midst of the

[1:26] fighting to come out. As a result, today

[1:29] a new flood of refugees emerged and

[1:32] ABC's Wolf Dick was with those refugees.

[1:37] >> Today was a poorly organized, frantic

[1:40] escape, a race against time.

[1:44] Some people walked out of the war zone.

[1:46] Some were carried from the town of Bint

[1:48] Jabil.

[1:50] >> Selma Bassan's house was hit by an

[1:52] Israeli shell. She hid in the rubble

[1:54] with her four children until this

[1:56] morning.

[1:57] >> But no one wanted to hear us. The word

[2:01] is death.

[2:03] No mercy at all. No humanity at all.

[2:09] >> This mother begged for a ride north.

[2:11] These are what's left of the roads out

[2:13] of southern Lebanon.

[2:18] Tell the UN to come and see the hungry

[2:20] women and children, said this man. The

[2:22] bodies under the rubble are being eaten

[2:24] by dogs. As refugees streamed out,

[2:30] we went into the towns to get our first

[2:32] look at the devastation.

[2:35] This is what is left of Benjabil. The

[2:38] Israeli army calls it the capital of

[2:40] Hezbollah, where eight Israeli soldiers

[2:42] were killed in fierce fighting. Rescue

[2:44] workers now have a short amount of time

[2:47] to try to get to those people who are

[2:48] still trapped in these towns and

[2:50] villages and try to get them to safety.

[2:53] But many were unable to leave on their

[2:55] own. It was mostly the elderly, those

[2:58] who could not escape quickly when the

[2:59] fighting broke out. This man was hiding

[3:02] in his basement until a few hours ago

[3:04] with no idea of where to go next. It's

[3:07] been almost 3 weeks with little food or

[3:10] water.

[3:11] Still, not everyone is leaving southern

[3:13] Lebanon. This woman didn't even hear

[3:16] about the chance to get out, and some

[3:18] are just too poor to leave. This brief

[3:20] letup in the fighting would not have

[3:22] happened if it were not for the bombing

[3:24] in Kana.

[3:26] Where the bodies still lay in the morg,

[3:28] the families unable to arrange the

[3:30] funerals in the chaos. But with time

[3:33] running out, there are fears for those

[3:35] who remain behind that what happened in

[3:38] Kana could happen to them, too.

[3:41] Wolf Dick, ABC News.

[3:45] >> As Wolf mentioned, that Israeli air

[3:47] strike that killed so many civilians was

[3:48] in Kana. Israeli officials maintain

[3:51] those deaths were accidental, but the

[3:53] Kana was and is a center for Hisbala

[3:56] activity. ABC's David Wright sat down

[3:58] with the Lebanese Prime Minister Fud

[4:00] Sora today and ask about Kana.

[4:05] >> Israel at this point has expressed its

[4:07] deep regrets. Do you accept Israel's

[4:10] apology and its explanation?

[4:13] >> Well, uh, no.

[4:16] I think this is a crime. A crime against

[4:19] human decency, against humanity. What

[4:23] they have done is unacceptable. I want

[4:26] to address all the American people, the

[4:28] American mothers, whether they really

[4:30] accept such crimes to be committed

[4:33] against these small children, what they

[4:35] have done to be killed in such a manner.

[4:38] No such an apology.

[4:40] >> Israelis insist that Hezbollah is firing

[4:43] rockets from that town and others in the

[4:45] south.

[4:46] >> What do you expect as as as an excuse?

[4:49] >> They've released video showing what they

[4:51] say are rockets being fired from.

[4:53] >> Yeah. I think with present technology,

[4:55] you can do anything.

[4:57] >> Are you satisfied with the diplomatic

[4:59] efforts of the Bush administration thus

[5:00] far?

[5:01] >> I don't think that what has been done is

[5:03] enough yet. Something more has to be

[5:06] done. The Israeli administration wants

[5:08] to see Hezbollah disarmed and wants to

[5:09] see them move back out of southern

[5:11] Lebanon.

[5:12] >> And we ourselves, we want to see that

[5:14] the Lebanese government to prevail all

[5:16] over Lebanon and that there won't be any

[5:18] weapons in the country other than the

[5:20] weapons of the legitimate authority of

[5:22] the Lebanese government.

[5:22] >> So you share the goal of wanting to

[5:24] disarm Hzbollah

[5:25] >> ultimately. Yes. This this has been made

[5:28] very clear.

[5:29] >> The prime minister of Lebanon with ABC's

[5:31] David Wright. The question of course is

[5:33] whether the bombing of Kana yesterday

[5:35] and the civilian deaths might be a

[5:37] turning point in this conflict. That

[5:39] world demands for an end to the fighting

[5:41] will now become so great that Israel

[5:43] cannot continue. But as ABC's Dean

[5:45] Reynolds reports from Jerusalem, the

[5:47] attitude inside Israel seems

[5:50] unrepentant.

[5:52] It was far from quiet on the northern

[5:54] front today.

[5:56] While Israel was in the midst of a brief

[5:58] lull in air strikes, its ground forces

[6:00] were plenty active and the cabinet

[6:02] tonight approved an even bigger land

[6:04] operation. As for a ceasefire, the prime

[6:07] minister said, don't hold your breath.

[6:11] >> The fighting continues, he said there is

[6:13] no ceasefire and there will not be any

[6:15] ceasefire in the coming days. The

[6:18] Israeli insistence that they will keep

[6:20] fighting is designed to counter

[6:22] international pressure to make them

[6:23] stop. The UN meets this week on the

[6:26] conflict and Secretary of State Rice

[6:28] wound up her trip to Israel by saying

[6:30] progress toward a meaningful ceasefire

[6:32] has been made.

[6:34] >> But how much is unclear, especially

[6:36] since the Israelis told Rice directly

[6:38] they need up to two more weeks of

[6:40] fighting to [ __ ] Hezbollah, a

[6:42] surprisingly tenacious foe.

[6:45] That's a direct hit today on an Israeli

[6:47] tank. Israel argues that their military

[6:50] operation, when complete, will make it

[6:53] safe to deploy an international force in

[6:55] Lebanon to keep the peace. And while the

[6:57] Israelis are investigating the attack on

[6:59] Kana, they have released that video,

[7:01] which they say shows it was not an

[7:03] innocent village, but a launch site for

[7:05] Hezbollah rockets. As it happens, there

[7:08] were no rocket strikes on Israel today

[7:10] for the first time in almost 3 weeks,

[7:12] signifying what nobody here can say. But

[7:16] it did little to temper the overwhelming

[7:18] Israeli view that Hezbala must be

[7:20] vanquished and the Israeli military

[7:22] deterrent in the region maintained.

[7:24] >> It's will be a shame. You will have to

[7:28] stop eliminating the right now.

[7:30] >> You need to withhold the problem now.

[7:32] >> Let others council restraint. Israelis

[7:35] want the gloves off. Dean Reynolds, ABC

[7:38] News, Jerusalem.

[7:40] So the other question pending, do the

[7:41] deaths in Kana affect US policy in this

[7:44] conflict? We're joined by ABC's chief

[7:46] White House correspondent Martha Ratit.

[7:48] Martha, the president again today said

[7:50] any ceasefire has to be sustainable. He

[7:52] again resisted the calls for an

[7:54] immediate ceasefire, but is the heat

[7:56] growing on this administration? It

[7:59] certainly is, Charlie. And you'll see a

[8:00] public face of calm by the president and

[8:02] diplomats, but they are scrambling to

[8:04] come up with a solution here because the

[8:07] United States and Israel are getting

[8:09] further and further isolated from the

[8:11] rest of the world.

[8:12] >> So, timing. The Secretary of State comes

[8:14] home. She has dinner with the president

[8:16] tonight. She goes to the UN on

[8:18] Wednesday. How does this play out?

[8:21] >> Well, the White House is downplaying

[8:22] this dinner with Secretary Rice. There

[8:24] were some rumors earlier this week that

[8:26] there was a rift between President Bush

[8:28] and Secretary Rice. The White House says

[8:30] that is absolutely not true. They are on

[8:33] the same page here, but they have to

[8:35] come up with a plan. Nobody planned on

[8:37] Connie yesterday, and this has really

[8:39] thrown a wrench into the diplomatic

[8:41] process. So, she'll go to the UN, she'll

[8:43] try to seek support, but most people

[8:45] there are calling for an immediate

[8:47] ceasefire.

[8:48] >> All right, Martha Ratitz reporting from

[8:50] the White House. One item to mention

[8:52] from Iraq tonight. The US military death

[8:54] toll in Iraq fell in July for the third

[8:57] straight month despite the rising

[8:59] sectarian violence. As of yesterday, 44

[9:02] US forces had been killed in July. And

[9:04] that's the third lowest monthly death

[9:06] toll in two years. Back in this country,

[9:09] an unexpected announcement by the Bush

[9:11] administration about the controversial

[9:13] emergency contraceptive, Plan B, as it's

[9:16] known. For three years, the Food and

[9:18] Drug Administration has shown little

[9:19] enthusiasm for making the morning after

[9:22] pill available without a prescription.

[9:24] But today, the FDA said it is ready to

[9:27] consider allowing over-the-counter

[9:29] sales. Here's ABC's Lisa Stark.

[9:32] >> The news surprised even the drugs

[9:34] manufacturer Bar Labs. After years of

[9:37] delay, the FDA suddenly wants to meet

[9:39] with the company to discuss

[9:41] over-the-counter sales of Plan B. I'm

[9:44] optimistic that uh this action was taken

[9:46] in good faith by the FDA and I think the

[9:48] proof of course will be in the in the

[9:51] final outcome.

[9:52] >> The FDA is proposing that only women

[9:54] aged 18 and older be allowed to get Plan

[9:57] B without a prescription. It wants Bar

[9:59] Labs to show how that age restriction

[10:01] would be enforced. The FDA's move comes

[10:04] just 24 hours before President Bush's

[10:07] nominee to head the agency faces his

[10:10] Senate confirmation hearing. Senators

[10:12] Patty Murray and Hillary Clinton are

[10:14] holding up the nomination until the FDA

[10:17] acts on plan B. They find the timing

[10:20] suspicious.

[10:21] >> It smells highly political to me that

[10:23] all of a sudden everyone when scrambling

[10:25] to do something new.

[10:26] >> Plan B is a high dose of birth control

[10:29] pills taken within 72 hours of

[10:31] unprotected sex. It can block ovulation,

[10:34] fertilization, and possibly implantation

[10:37] of a fertilized egg, which some consider

[10:40] abortion. Opponents of the morning after

[10:42] pill say another concern is the safety

[10:45] of young girls.

[10:46] >> An age restriction on who can buy the

[10:48] drug is absolutely meaningless. You

[10:50] could have an 18-year-old man buy the

[10:52] drug and then turn around right in the

[10:54] store and give it to a 13-year-old girl.

[10:56] >> Supporters of the morning after pill

[10:58] point out the FDA's own scientist

[11:00] determined it is safe. They accuse the

[11:03] agency of putting politics over science.

[11:07] Now, the FDA insists it is finally ready

[11:10] to make a final decision on plan B. If

[11:13] they do approve over-the-counter sales,

[11:15] the uh plan B will still technically be

[11:18] behind the pharmacy counter. Women will

[11:20] still have to ask for it. And of course,

[11:23] those under 18 will still need a

[11:25] prescription to buy the drug. Charlie,

[11:27] >> Lisa Stark reporting from Washington.

[11:30] Still ahead on this broadcast, one of

[11:31] the hottest Julies ever. Why the deadly

[11:34] heatwave just won't break? We'll take a

[11:37] closer look. The mega movie star accused

[11:40] of anti-semitism. Is Hollywood going to

[11:43] stand by Mel Gibson? And a top Mount St.

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[15:07] Heat waves don't usually last this long

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[15:43] >> Most impressive thing about this heat

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[15:52] >> Forecasters said the problem was a mass

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[20:09] Starting tonight in Washington DC,

[20:11] teenagers under the age of 17 will be

[20:13] arrested if they're on the streets after

[20:15] 10 p.m. The early summertime curfew

[20:18] comes in response to a spike in juvenile

[20:20] crime. The mayor said it's to keep kids

[20:22] from hanging out on a street corner

[20:24] looking for trouble. Over the weekend,

[20:27] newspapers around the world were filled

[20:29] with headlines about actor Mel Gibson.

[20:31] Reports of an anti-semitic tirade at the

[20:34] time of a drunk driving arrest shocked

[20:36] Hollywood. And the question in Hollywood

[20:38] is what's this going to do to Gibson's

[20:40] career. Here's ABC's Miguel Marquez.

[20:43] >> He is a Hollywood mega player. He has

[20:46] power, connections, and hundreds of

[20:48] millions of dollars.

[20:49] >> Mel Gibson had to deal with charges of

[20:52] anti-semitism when The Passion of the

[20:54] Christ was released in 2004.

[20:56] >> Gibson has apologized profusely for the

[20:59] quote despicable things he said. The

[21:01] website TMZ posted four pages of what it

[21:04] says is the original and unofficial

[21:07] arrest report. In it, the arresting

[21:09] deputy wrote, "Gibson blurted out a

[21:11] barrage of anti-Semitic remarks about

[21:13] effing Jews." He allegedly said the Jews

[21:16] are responsible for all the wars in the

[21:18] world and then asked, "Are you a Jew?"

[21:20] In a 2004 interview with Diane Sawyer,

[21:23] Gibson denied accusations that he is

[21:26] anti-semitic.

[21:27] >> Are you anti-Semitic?

[21:28] >> No, of course not.

[21:30] Well, and here's the other thing for me.

[21:34] It goes against the tenets of my faith.

[21:38] To be racist in any form,

[21:41] to be anti-Semitic is a sin.

[21:43] >> Ari Emanuel, one of Hollywood's most

[21:45] powerful talent agents, isn't buying it.

[21:48] In a rare public statement, he urged

[21:50] official Hollywood to stop working with

[21:52] Gibson, even if it means a sacrifice to

[21:55] their bottom line.

[21:57] But the Walt Disney Company is still

[21:59] going ahead with distribution of

[22:00] Gibson's newest film, Apocalyptto, due

[22:03] in theaters in December. Gar Anier is a

[22:06] former Hollywood executive.

[22:08] >> Hollywood can be a mercenary town at

[22:10] times. Uh but this may have crossed a

[22:13] threshold that he can't retreat from.

[22:15] But Gibson's star power has overcome his

[22:18] indiscretions in the past. And some

[22:20] Hollywood insiders believe even now he

[22:23] is still too valuable to the almighty

[22:25] bottom line. Stay tuned. Miguel Marquez,

[22:28] ABC News Hollywood.

[22:31] And tonight, Gibson's spokesman says the

[22:33] actor and director has entered a

[22:35] rehabilitation program. When we come

[22:38] back, an awesome site peering into the

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[25:17] I'm Steve Dunn. Next of the Northwest,

[25:18] only all local newscast tonight. We'll

[25:20] have these stories. Fire evacuees in one

[25:22] neighborhood return home. But why the

[25:24] wildfire threaten your sisters isn't

[25:26] over. Plus, a twist in the governor's

[25:27] race. How the Republican party stance on

[25:29] immigrant babies could affect the

[25:31] campaigns.

[25:34] >> Tomorrow, summer temperatures are

[25:35] sizzling, so where could it possibly be

[25:37] any hotter? What about the danger zone

[25:39] sitting right in your driveway? How long

[25:41] do you, your kids, or your pets have

[25:43] before the temperature inside your car

[25:45] turns deadly? Good Morning America puts

[25:47] it to the test tomorrow.

[25:50] Finally tonight, we take you to the edge

[25:52] of the most active volcano in America,

[25:54] Mount St. Helens. 8 and a half thousand

[25:57] feet high. For nearly two years, it's

[25:59] been closed to the public due to the

[26:01] threat of eruption. But now, access to

[26:03] the crater's edge has been renewed. And

[26:06] ABC's Neil Carlinsky hiked to the top.

[26:10] For most of the world, this is Mount St.

[26:13] Helens, the most deadly volcano in North

[26:15] America. A picture better taken from a

[26:18] distance.

[26:19] But for an adventurous few, it is a

[26:22] spectacle that must be seen up close.

[26:24] For nearly 2 years, the volcano has been

[26:26] rumbling through what's called a

[26:28] low-level eruption. Low level, but not

[26:31] without risk.

[26:31] >> Anytime you're on an active volcano,

[26:34] there's a certain degree of danger.

[26:35] >> The 5-hour climb to the crater's rim

[26:37] traverses sensors monitoring the

[26:39] mountains many earthquakes, boulder

[26:41] fields from past eruptions, and hardest

[26:43] of all, thick fine ash. I'm moving like

[26:46] a herd of turtles.

[26:48] >> Like hiking uphill on a beach once on

[26:51] top.

[26:51] >> Final steps. How you feeling? Tired.

[26:54] >> The views are breathtaking. The rim is

[26:57] like a razor's edge. A steep drop off

[27:00] with no room for error. In the middle,

[27:02] the new lava dome that started growing

[27:04] in 2004. Until you stand on top of the

[27:07] crater, it's hard to appreciate exactly

[27:09] how big it really is. The top of the new

[27:12] lava dome over there is about a/4 mile

[27:14] from where I'm standing. It's growing at

[27:16] a rate of 6 feet every day, and it's

[27:18] already taller than the Empire State

[27:21] Building.

[27:22] The eruption jolts constant rock slides,

[27:25] boulders big as cars tumbling inside.

[27:28] This is what people have climbed this

[27:30] mountain to see.

[27:31] >> What are you doing climbing a volcano

[27:32] while it's in the middle of erupting?

[27:34] >> That's why I'm climbing it.

[27:36] >> Because it's erupting.

[27:37] >> It's real.

[27:37] >> Deep inside, beneath it all, a pair of

[27:40] geologists dropped in by helicopter to

[27:42] perform research. We spoke to them over

[27:44] a two-way radio.

[27:46] >> There are certainly hot areas down here,

[27:48] but u you can find pleasant places to

[27:50] stand.

[27:51] >> The research is critical to determine

[27:53] how soon the mountain will become

[27:54] explosive again. Scientists say when it

[27:57] comes to Mount St. Helens, expect the

[28:00] unexpected. Yel Carlinsky, ABC News. On

[28:03] top of Mount St. Helens,

[28:06] it is quite a sight, and you can get

[28:07] even closer to the action in Mount St.

[28:09] Helens at our website, abcnews.com.

[28:12] That's world news for this Monday. I'm

[28:14] Charles Gibson. For all of us at ABC

[28:15] News, have a good evening and good

[28:17] night.

[28:22] Full moon and man turns into werewolf.

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[28:32] >> It's very soft.

[28:33] >> Wednesday at 10:00, mindbending medical

[28:35] mysteries that leave even the best

[28:36] doctors baffled.

[28:40] Now on K2 News at 6:30, it's taken crews

[28:43] more than a week to make major progress

[28:45] on the Black Crater fire. So why weren't

[28:47] these much hailed 747 super tankers used

[28:50] to help battle the blaze? Plus, Oregon

[28:53] police hone in on unsolved murders to

[28:55] see if they're linked to a man on death

[28:57] row in California. And the Oregon

[28:59] Republican Party says babies born to

[29:02] illegal immigrants should be denied

[29:04] automatic citizenship. How that stance

[29:06] is affecting the governor's race.

[29:09] Live at 6:30, K2 News, the spirit of the

[29:12] Northwest.

[29:13] >> Good evening. Thank you very much for

[29:14] being with us everybody. I'm Steve Dunn

[29:16] >> and I'm Deborah Nap. Progress on one of

[29:18] Oregon's largest wildfires. Just half an

[29:20] hour ago, residents in one neighborhood

[29:22] near sisters were allowed back into

[29:23] their homes. K's John Capel joins us

[29:26] live with the very latest on the Black

[29:27] Crater fire. John?

[29:29] >> Well, Steve, Deb, fire lines are holding

[29:31] that turn of good fortune. Great news

[29:33] for twothirds of the residents evacuated

[29:35] by the Black Crater fire. Tonight, they

[29:37] can go home.

[29:39] I want to emphasize that this is still

[29:41] an active fire and returning residents

[29:44] should still be prepared to evacuate on

[29:46] short notice.

[29:47] >> It's the news that 1500 residents

[29:49] evacuated from the Tollgate subdivision

[29:51] have been waiting for. After two days

[29:53] living with friends, family in RVs and

[29:55] trailers, they can go home. We're

[29:58] staying with some friends in