World News Tonight (ABC) - 2005-12-02

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[0:05] >> On World News Tonight, a devastating day

[0:07] in Iraq. 10 Marines killed by a massive

[0:09] explosion. They were on foot patrol and

[0:12] walked into a trap. The economy on a

[0:15] roll today. It's the red-hot job market.

[0:17] Workers are so hard to find. Even fast

[0:20] food chains are offering signing

[0:21] bonuses. The incredible story of a

[0:24] 13-year-old boy saved by his mother's

[0:26] voice after Hurricane Katrina. She is

[0:29] still missing and the law will not let

[0:31] anyone adopt him. And Christian

[0:33] marketing, Hollywood's new strategy.

[0:36] Will the people who came out for Mel

[0:37] Gibson and Jesus buy tickets for the

[0:40] lion and the witch?

[0:43] From ABC News, this is World News

[0:47] Tonight.

[0:49] Reporting from ABC News headquarters,

[0:52] Bob Woodruff.

[0:53] >> Good evening, everyone. When the first

[0:54] bulletin from Iraq crossed today, it was

[0:57] jolting. 10 Marines dead in Fallujah.

[1:00] Any soldier or marine will tell you

[1:01] there's no such thing as a routine

[1:03] patrol in Iraq. Every inch of the

[1:05] country is dangerous. Every day another

[1:07] chance to cheat death. Today for 10

[1:10] Americans who went out on patrol, there

[1:11] was no escape. ABC's Miguel Marquez is

[1:14] in Iraq.

[1:15] >> Could be acoustics. But

[1:16] >> it happened on a foot patrol like this

[1:18] one. Marines searching for a weapons

[1:20] cache on the outskirts of Fallujah. A

[1:23] senior military official tells ABC News

[1:25] the Marines were in a factory courtyard

[1:27] when they walked into an apparent trap

[1:29] by stepping on a hidden pressure plate,

[1:32] a steel plate that activated a

[1:34] detonator. It set off four 155mm

[1:37] artillery shells that were packed

[1:39] together. The explosion was massive.

[1:42] >> The blast from uh something like that

[1:45] would would carry as far as a length of

[1:48] a football field. some of the

[1:49] fragmentation. The immediate blast would

[1:51] be 30 to 40 yards.

[1:53] >> Major Neil Murphy spoke to us from Camp

[1:55] Fall.

[1:56] >> We've seen it time and time again that

[1:58] this is the way the insurgents operate.

[2:00] They try and conduct spectacular attacks

[2:03] in order to degrade the will the fight

[2:06] of your enemy. Um but we're undeterred.

[2:09] >> It is the largest number of US

[2:10] servicemen killed in a single attack

[2:12] since 15 died in August in western Iraq.

[2:16] their amphibious assault vehicles struck

[2:18] an improvised bomb.

[2:19] >> It's a continued threat that we account

[2:21] for and we take into account on every

[2:23] single patrol.

[2:24] >> Fallujah and the surrounding area had

[2:26] been Iraq's insurgent stronghold. Then

[2:29] last November, US Marines swept through

[2:31] here in a huge offensive. Since then,

[2:34] Fallujah had been considered relatively

[2:36] safe. But in recent weeks, insurgents

[2:38] have come back. Reporter Scott Peterson

[2:41] recently returned from Fallujah. There's

[2:43] no question that the insurgency is back

[2:45] there. It's low level, but it it is also

[2:49] um active and it is actively causing

[2:51] problems for the Marines there.

[2:53] >> Until this deadly blast, 23 members of

[2:56] this Marine unit had died in Iraq. They

[2:58] have been here since March of this year

[3:00] and are scheduled to leave in 3 months

[3:03] time.

[3:03] >> 11 members of this Marine unit were also

[3:06] injured in the blast. Seven of them have

[3:08] already returned to duty. Miguel

[3:10] Marquez, ABC News, Baghdad.

[3:13] >> That area around Fallujah where the

[3:14] attack happened has gone back and forth

[3:16] between government and insurgent

[3:18] control. ABC's chief White House

[3:20] correspondent Martha Ratis joins me now.

[3:21] Martha, you've covered the Pentagon and

[3:23] you've been to that part of Fallujah.

[3:24] Miguel suggested that the Marines may

[3:26] have believed they were on relatively

[3:28] safe ground. Is that a reasonable

[3:29] assumption?

[3:30] >> Well, it has been relatively safe there.

[3:32] We were there about a year ago on a

[3:34] Marine patrol on foot. And during that

[3:36] foot patrol, the Marines discovered an

[3:39] IED. They discovered a cache of weapons.

[3:42] We had rockets going over our head and

[3:44] mortars landing nearby. But since the

[3:46] invasion of Fallujah, he is correct, it

[3:48] has been relatively calm. I have been

[3:50] back there since the invasion, however,

[3:53] and the number of IEDs has increased.

[3:56] It's increased all over the country.

[3:57] There was a spike in May, the number of

[3:59] IEDs, and that has remained steady.

[4:02] There are literally thousands and

[4:03] thousands of them because what happens

[4:05] sometimes is the insurgents will leave

[4:08] one area, US troops will go in and the

[4:10] insurgents will go to another area.

[4:12] >> So that's an uncertain place. The

[4:13] president has identified places in Iraq

[4:15] that are under clear Iraqi government

[4:17] control. What about those places?

[4:20] >> Well, one of those places he identified

[4:21] was Fallujah, another Najaf. Attacks can

[4:24] always happen in any of these places.

[4:26] One place is called Talafar and there

[4:28] was a big operation there a few months

[4:31] ago. Now right now Iraqi security forces

[4:34] are said to be holding that area but

[4:36] that's a real test there Bob. They

[4:38] really have to see if that remains held

[4:41] a real place to watch in this war. We'll

[4:43] >> wait and see. Martha Ratitz tonight in

[4:44] Washington. Thank you. And an update on

[4:46] a story we reported last night. The US

[4:48] military paying for positive press in

[4:51] Iraqi newspapers. Today, the chairman of

[4:53] the Senate Armed Services Committee,

[4:55] John Warner, said that he's gravely

[4:57] concerned. And the private contractor

[4:59] that helped place some of the story,

[5:01] said today that its goal was to counter

[5:03] lies, intimidation, and terror with true

[5:06] stories of heroism, and the struggle for

[5:08] freedom. And later this evening, Night

[5:10] Line will hold a special town meeting

[5:12] from Iraq, bringing together people from

[5:14] many sides of the conflict. They'll be

[5:15] talking about the crucial question,

[5:17] should the US stay or pull out? Back

[5:20] here in the US, there was another

[5:22] encouraging sign about the economy

[5:24] today. The government said that

[5:25] companies added 215,000 jobs last month,

[5:29] the largest increase in payrolls since

[5:31] July. The unemployment rate held steady

[5:33] at 5%. The numbers provide clear

[5:36] evidence that the economy has shrugged

[5:37] off the effects of hurricanes and high

[5:39] energy prices. And we're joined now by

[5:41] ABC's Betsy Stark. Some more good news

[5:43] today.

[5:43] >> Yeah, Bob. A good economy depends first

[5:46] and foremost on a healthy job market

[5:48] because if you're not collecting a

[5:49] paycheck, you're not going to spend. And

[5:51] these numbers today tell us the job

[5:53] market is in very solid shape. Today's

[5:57] report capped a week of good news about

[5:59] the economy and the president was eager

[6:02] to crow about it.

[6:03] >> Our economic horizon is as bright as

[6:06] it's been in a long time.

[6:08] >> Employers were hiring throughout the

[6:09] economy last month.

[6:13] 39,000 new restaurant jobs, 37,000 jobs

[6:17] in construction, 36,000 in education and

[6:20] healthcare, 29,000 business service

[6:22] jobs, even manufacturers hiring.

[6:26] >> American businesses are in great shape

[6:28] with a few exceptions. There's cash

[6:29] everywhere and businesses are deploying

[6:32] that cash. They're out investing and

[6:33] most importantly, they're hiring.

[6:35] >> One place they're hiring is the Gulf

[6:37] Coast. The reconstruction effort now

[6:39] underway, paid for with federal dollars,

[6:42] has created thousands of new jobs.

[6:45] >> It has been very challenging to fill the

[6:46] jobs.

[6:47] >> Virginia, sir.

[6:48] >> In the New Orleans area, it's so hard to

[6:50] find workers. Burger King has offered

[6:52] $6,000 signon bonuses to hundreds of new

[6:56] hires.

[6:56] >> We would probably not have been able to

[6:58] open up the restaurants we've opened

[6:59] without this program. I mean, it has

[7:01] really helped bring us people in. Far

[7:03] from the Gulf Coast in Boston, software

[7:06] executive Mike Torto says he's noticed a

[7:08] sharp upturn in his business as well,

[7:10] and he's frantically trying to hire.

[7:12] >> We're looking for engineers. We are

[7:15] looking for sales and marketing folk,

[7:17] and as you can imagine, uh even the

[7:19] support services that come around that.

[7:22] >> There were some weaknesses in today's

[7:24] report. Clothing stores lost jobs as

[7:26] high gas prices kept Americans away from

[7:28] the malls and auto dealers shed some

[7:30] workers. Not surprising given the plunge

[7:32] in car sales and the troubles in the

[7:33] auto industry.

[7:34] >> All right, some good news today, Betsy

[7:35] Stark. Thank you. And as Betsy

[7:37] mentioned, Louisiana. Today in

[7:39] Louisiana, the state's top election

[7:40] official said the February 4th election

[7:42] for mayor of New Orleans should be

[7:44] postponed up to eight months. He said

[7:46] that the damage and the dislocation

[7:48] caused by the hurricane were too

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[7:52] to follow the recommendation. So many

[7:55] lives were lost in Katrina and so many

[7:57] others disrupted. Tonight, a remarkable

[7:59] story about a young teenager orphaned by

[8:02] the storm with only the shirt on his

[8:04] back. Well, he made it on his own out of

[8:06] the floods to Dallas, but there he is

[8:08] caught in a nightmare of bureaucracy and

[8:11] red tape. ABC's Mike Vonm reports.

[8:14] >> 13-year-old Donald Expose was trapped on

[8:17] this rooftop in New Orleans 9th Ward. He

[8:20] was rescued. His mother was not. Now

[8:23] Donald no longer officially exists. It's

[8:26] like I'm not in a system of anything.

[8:28] You know, I don't have any records. I

[8:30] don't have a birth certificate. Nobody

[8:32] Nobody knows who I am.

[8:33] >> All alone, he walked into the Superdome,

[8:36] then was loaded on a bus with strangers

[8:38] and taken to Houston's Astrodome.

[8:41] Eventually, volunteers discovered he had

[8:43] an aunt in Dallas who he's now living

[8:45] with. But because the body of Donald's

[8:48] mother has never been found, his aunt is

[8:50] now struggling with a nightmare of red

[8:52] tape. Until she's declared dead with a

[8:55] death certificate, I can't get any type

[8:57] of guardianship or legal custody.

[9:00] >> No one can file for FEMA for him. No one

[9:02] can file for Red Cross for him. No one

[9:05] can take him into a hospital.

[9:07] >> Ashley Bryan, a Red Cross volunteer,

[9:09] bonded with Donald in the Astradome,

[9:11] amazed at his drawings.

[9:14] >> My mind, it just it just like a it's

[9:16] like a like a thousands of pictures that

[9:19] that's how I make my drawings. These

[9:21] drawings show the water gushing into his

[9:23] house. It was the last time he saw his

[9:26] mother.

[9:27] >> Actually, I have to go underwater and

[9:29] then through the outside. When I got on

[9:31] the roof, I heard her voice calling my

[9:34] name, but I couldn't see her cuz it was

[9:36] kind of getting dark.

[9:37] >> Donald's aunt is desperately trying to

[9:40] legally adopt him and apply for

[9:42] financial aid and healthcare, but it may

[9:44] take seven years to get a death

[9:46] certificate. and I'm trying to find out

[9:48] how can we set up something where we can

[9:50] do some type of DNA testing.

[9:52] >> For now, Donald is making the best of

[9:54] it.

[9:54] >> And I love my school.

[9:56] >> Content to be in a new school, able to

[9:58] express himself through his art.

[10:00] >> All I needed was a paper and pencil and

[10:02] a ruler. And then I that's how I got

[10:04] through each day.

[10:05] >> He has lost his home and mother and

[10:07] doesn't want to be taken from the family

[10:09] he has left. Mike Fon, ABC News, Dallas.

[10:13] We can only hope a legal exception is

[10:15] made for him. And when we return,

[10:17] pictures of the world's first face

[10:19] transplant. Now comes the debate. Should

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[12:41] In major medical news tonight, new

[12:43] details emerged about the world's first

[12:45] face transplant just 24 hours after

[12:47] doctors had put their patient to sleep.

[12:49] She woke up and wanted to look in the

[12:51] mirror where she saw the nose, lips, and

[12:54] chin of a stranger. today. Her French

[12:56] surgeon said they're pleased with her

[12:58] progress, but doctors here in the US

[13:00] question whether the surgery should have

[13:02] ever been done. Here's ABC's John

[13:03] McKenzie. The first pictures of the

[13:06] first partial face transplant surgery.

[13:09] The patient, a 38-year-old woman who had

[13:11] been mauled by a dog, received the nose,

[13:14] lips, and chin from a woman who was

[13:16] brain dead. The blue cooler contained

[13:18] the donated tissues. The operation took

[13:21] 14 hours as the surgeons painstakingly

[13:24] attached all the arteries and veins and

[13:26] skin. Doctors said that before the

[13:28] operation, the woman seen here with her

[13:30] back to the camera had such severe

[13:32] facial injuries, it was difficult for

[13:34] her to speak or eat.

[13:35] >> Before the transplantation, she was like

[13:38] that without possibility of opening the

[13:41] mouth.

[13:42] >> Doctors said the patients first words

[13:44] after the surgery were, "Thank you." Now

[13:46] some are asking whether such a radical

[13:48] procedure was actually necessary for

[13:50] this patient and whether the French

[13:52] surgeons may have moved too quickly to

[13:54] gain another medical first. The same

[13:56] lead surgeon Dr. Jean Michelle Dubern

[13:58] performed the world's first hand

[14:00] transplant 7 years ago. That patient was

[14:02] so psychologically disturbed he later

[14:05] had it amputated. Today similar

[14:07] questions are being raised. My concerns

[14:09] are that this patient was not

[14:11] psychologically prepared for the surgery

[14:14] and what is to follow and the

[14:15] consequences are she may have difficulty

[14:18] with the complex regimen postoperatively

[14:20] to make this a success.

[14:21] >> Another issue the French doctors never

[14:23] tried more traditional surgery to repair

[14:25] the woman's face.

[14:27] >> We could not offer her any better

[14:32] type of reparation. Doctors at the

[14:34] Cleveland Clinic preparing to do their

[14:35] own facial transplants insist patients

[14:38] must try standard reconstructive surgery

[14:40] first.

[14:41] >> We are looking into the candidates who

[14:44] cannot live the way they were

[14:46] reconstructed previously.

[14:47] >> For the patient in France, doctors say

[14:49] the next two weeks are critical to see

[14:51] whether her body rejects her new face.

[14:55] >> John McKenzie, ABC News, New York.

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[18:35] >> Hollywood has adopted a new strategy

[18:37] this movie season, trying to get more

[18:39] Christians into theaters after this

[18:41] year's box office slump. In the huge

[18:43] success last year of Mel Gibson's

[18:45] Passion of the Christ, many movie

[18:47] producers have had an epiphany. They can

[18:49] no longer afford to ignore the 30

[18:52] million evangelical Christians in this

[18:54] country. Here's ABC's Dan Harris.

[18:57] >> Marketing movies in church. It's a

[19:00] strategy being aggressively pursued by

[19:02] Hollywood studios, including Disney,

[19:04] which owns ABC News.

[19:06] >> You guys excited?

[19:07] >> Yeah. Disney's hired the same company

[19:10] that promoted The Passion of the Christ

[19:12] to market the upcoming Chronicles of

[19:14] Narnia.

[19:14] >> The message of redemption uh is just

[19:17] loud and clear in this movie.

[19:23] >> Many Christians see Narnia's lion as a

[19:26] Jesus figure.

[19:28] Disney is capitalizing by offering

[19:30] materials for churches to use the movie

[19:32] as a teaching tool.

[19:34] >> All right, over there.

[19:35] >> Disney is not alone. Sony courted

[19:38] Christians online and through special

[19:40] screenings for September's hit, The

[19:42] Exorcism of Emily Rose.

[19:48] 20th Century Fox is even considering a

[19:50] movie based on the purpose-driven life,

[19:52] a Christian book with no discernable

[19:54] plot.

[19:55] >> We're thrilled with the fact that

[19:57] Hollywood does recognize that there is

[19:59] commercial value in good family kind of

[20:04] films.

[20:07] For Hollywood, the passion was a

[20:09] revelation, earning nearly $400 million.

[20:13] >> This phrase you hear in town is passion

[20:15] dollars. You know, everyone's trying to

[20:17] figure out how do we coax the people who

[20:19] went to see The Passion back into the

[20:21] theater.

[20:22] >> One question for Hollywood executives is

[20:23] by marketing a film to Christians, do

[20:25] they run the risk of alienating other

[20:27] audiences who might write it off as just

[20:29] a religious movie

[20:32] >> for Narnia? For its part, Disney says

[20:35] Narnia is for everyone. But by reaching

[20:38] out to churches, it allows Christians to

[20:40] use the film for their own purposes.

[20:42] >> I think this is really a great

[20:43] opportunity for spreading out the word

[20:45] of what Jesus Christ did for each one of

[20:46] us. Died on the cross.

[20:48] >> When making the journey from the Bible

[20:50] to the box office, Hollywood walks a

[20:52] fine line.

[20:54] Dan Harris, ABC News, New York.

[20:57] >> It was a very risky proposition to make

[20:59] the Passion of the Christ. The actor and

[21:01] director Mel Gibson bet millions of his

[21:03] own money on the idea. Why did he do it?

[21:06] He talked about that with Diane Sawyer a

[21:08] while back and you can find the

[21:09] transcript at the broadcast plus section

[21:11] of our website. The address is

[21:13] wt.abcnews.com.

[21:16] And when we come back, the power of a

[21:19] vision and the money to make it happen.

[21:21] Our person of the week.

[21:24] World News Tonight and person of the

[21:26] week brought to you by Walmart.

[21:32] In this joyful season, as you prepare

[21:35] your home for long awaited reunions and

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[23:04] >> Me I'm a problem solver. There's a

[23:06] problem I solve it. One problem I

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[23:13] heartburn. But when I went back to my

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[23:18] had damaged the lining of my esophagus.

[23:20] He prescribed Nexium. Said I needed more

[23:22] than heartburn relief. My esophagus

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[23:27] erosions in my esophagus. And one

[23:29] prescription Nexium pill a day keeps me

[23:31] healed and relieves my heartburn. So I

[23:33] don't just feel better, I am better. My

[23:36] doctor did say other serious stomach

[23:37] conditions may still exist. And

[23:39] headache, diarrhea, and abdominal pain

[23:41] could be side effects of Nexium.

[23:43] >> Talk to your doctor about Nexium and

[23:46] find out if a free trial is right for

[23:48] you. Even the best problem solvers need

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[24:05] Sunday, he ignited a firestorm of debate

[24:07] over the Iraq war. Now, Congressman

[24:09] Murtha and National Security Adviser

[24:11] Hadley bring the debate to this week.

[24:13] Plus, George Stephanopoulos back in New

[24:15] Orleans with the mayor and an exclusive

[24:17] look at what's being called a forgotten

[24:19] city. Sunday tonight, only on Night

[24:22] Line. A historic television event.

[24:24] People living with terror, fear, and

[24:26] hate for each other for so long now come

[24:29] face to face. A historic town meeting

[24:32] deep inside Iraq. Tonight on Night Line,

[24:34] nowhere else.

[24:37] Finally, tonight, our person of the

[24:39] week. It's pretty hard not to have at

[24:40] least a little bit of envy for what he's

[24:42] done with his life. And a lot of people

[24:44] admire what he has in mind for the

[24:46] future. At the moment, he's absolutely

[24:49] dedicated to changing the world by

[24:51] telling a better story.

[24:53] >> Action.

[24:54] >> It's not easy to do movies that are

[24:57] about something. There's an old phrase

[24:59] in Hollywood, if you want to send a

[25:01] message, call Western Union.

[25:03] >> How are you doing? Good to see you.

[25:05] >> But that old Hollywood adage does not

[25:07] apply to Jeff Skull. I started a company

[25:10] called Participant Productions, which is

[25:12] focused on uh movies that are important,

[25:16] that are socially relevant, entertaining

[25:19] for sure. They have to be great stories

[25:20] that people want to see, but they're

[25:22] about something. Drop it.

[25:24] >> This week, Syriana, the latest film from

[25:27] Skull's production company, opens across

[25:29] the country, suggesting that the global

[25:31] oil industry is infested with crime and

[25:34] corruption,

[25:34] >> and you will have squandered the

[25:35] greatest natural resource in history.

[25:37] This fall, he released Good Night and

[25:39] Good Luck about CBS News legend Edward

[25:41] Ar Muro and his battle with Senator Joe

[25:44] McCarthy.

[25:44] >> Good night and good luck.

[25:48] >> And North Country about one woman's

[25:50] fight against sexual harassment.

[25:52] >> You all know what's been done.

[25:54] >> Jeff Skull has broken so quickly into

[25:56] Hollywood because he's a billionaire. He

[25:59] grew up modestly in Toronto and later

[26:01] failed at a computer business. But after

[26:03] getting an MBA at Stanford, he

[26:05] co-founded eBay and is now worth $3.5

[26:09] billion.

[26:10] >> I feel very fortunate to have had the

[26:13] financial wherewithal that came from

[26:16] eBay. In fact, I see myself as a steward

[26:18] of that money to do good things in the

[26:21] world.

[26:23] The bulk of it, the vast majority of it,

[26:25] I believe, should be put into good

[26:27] causes in the world.

[26:29] >> His films are not art films. They have

[26:31] big budgets and big-time stars that are

[26:34] now generating Oscar buzz.

[26:38] >> And because of all that, millions of

[26:40] people watch them and hear his message.

[26:43] >> After the movie, we don't want them to

[26:44] say, "Uh, we want to go off and have a

[26:46] beer." We want people to say, "Wow, that

[26:48] was powerful. How can we get involved?"

[26:50] And so we put together a a a campaign on

[26:54] our website which is called

[26:55] participate.net where people can do

[26:57] anything from donate money or join an

[27:00] organization or actually get involved

[27:02] themselves

[27:03] >> and he means it. Business Week recently

[27:05] chose Skull as one of the top

[27:07] entrepreneurs in the country just ahead

[27:09] of Ted Turner.

[27:10] >> That's awesome. Besides the movie

[27:12] company, Skull has started a foundation

[27:14] which gives $25 million in grants every

[27:16] year, funding projects from an arts and

[27:19] technology center for inner city kids to

[27:22] manual water pumps for Kenyon farmers.

[27:26] Because he is so wealthy, Jeff Skull

[27:28] does not need to make a profit on his

[27:29] films. It has made him a Hollywood

[27:32] idealist.

[27:33] >> The power of a vision is a vision has to

[27:35] be ideal. For folks that I've met that

[27:38] said, "Well, what's the point of even

[27:39] trying?"

[27:41] I think the answer is pretty clear. If

[27:43] you don't try, you're not going to see a

[27:46] better world. You're not going to see a

[27:47] better world for your kids. And I think

[27:49] we all have a responsibility to do

[27:52] what's best, not only for ourselves, but

[27:54] for the people around us.

[27:57] >> And so, we choose Jeff Skull. He says he

[27:59] likes to help people who are tackling

[28:01] important problems in different ways,

[28:02] especially if they take risks. 2020.

[28:06] We'll have a lot more about him later

[28:07] this evening. That is World News Tonight

[28:10] for this Friday. I'm Bob Woodruff. We

[28:11] hope you have a great weekend. Good

[28:13] night.

[28:31] Tonight, money, big money talks on 2020.

[28:34] It's today's hottest millionaires.

[28:36] They've all cashed in on their great

[28:37] ideas. From fashion to retail to the

[28:39] internet. And now they share their

[28:41] secrets. If they can make millions, why

[28:42] not you? The new rich on 2020 tonight.

[28:45] Stories that touch your life. See it,

[28:48] shoot it, send it. When you capture

[28:50] breaking news on your camera or cell

[28:52] phone, email it to eyewitness news at

[28:54] videoabc.com.

[28:56] >> A third of California's kids are

[28:58] dropping out of high school. But the

[29:00] problem starts a lot earlier than high

[29:02] school. Too many kids start kindergarten

[29:04] unprepared. They fall behind and they

[29:06] stay behind. And it's only a matter of

[29:08] time before they get discouraged and

[29:10] drop out. But we know that kids who

[29:12] start in preschool are better prepared

[29:14] for kindergarten and more likely to do

[29:16] well in school. Bottom line is when more

[29:19] kids go to preschool, more kids

[29:20] graduate. And that's good for them and

[29:23] good for us.

[29:27] Patricia,

[29:31] >> I'm the ghost of holidays pass. Relax.

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