World News (ABC) - 2009-05-06

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[0:20] >> Welcome to World News. Tonight, danger

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[0:25] presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan

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[0:59] >> From ABC News headquarters, this is

[1:03] World News with Charles Gibson.

[1:05] >> Good evening. It is the region of the

[1:07] world that presents the greatest threat

[1:09] to international security, Pakistan,

[1:12] Afghanistan. There is a pitched battle

[1:14] underway right now between Pakistan's

[1:17] army and the Taliban, which is moving

[1:19] ever closer to Pakistan's capital. The

[1:21] border between the two countries is

[1:23] porous. Radical militants move with

[1:25] impunity back and forth. So, the

[1:27] presidents of both Pakistan and

[1:30] Afghanistan were in Washington today

[1:32] meeting with President Obama, who is

[1:34] trying to inject new urgency to the

[1:36] situation. We start with Jake Tapper at

[1:39] the White House. Jake.

[1:40] >> Good evening, Charlie. Well, White House

[1:42] officials say that Pakistan's disastrous

[1:44] and short-lived alliance with the

[1:46] Taliban last month made it easier for

[1:48] President Obama today to push both

[1:50] Pakistani President Zardari and Afghan

[1:52] President Karzai to more fully commit to

[1:55] fighting the terrorists in their region

[1:57] or else face defeat themselves.

[2:00] As their region teeters on the edge,

[2:02] President Obama pushed the leaders to

[2:04] get serious about defeating the

[2:05] extremists in their countries.

[2:07] >> I'm pleased that these two men,

[2:09] elected leaders of Afghanistan and

[2:12] Pakistan,

[2:13] fully appreciate the seriousness of the

[2:15] threat that we face

[2:17] and have reaffirmed their commitment to

[2:18] confronting it.

[2:19] >> In what is emerging as his biggest

[2:21] international challenge, if not crisis,

[2:23] President Obama today sought tougher

[2:25] resolve from Presidents Karzai and

[2:27] Zardari to fight the terrorists who

[2:29] attacked the US on 9/11 and wage attacks

[2:31] in their countries every day.

[2:33] >> Our strategy reflects a fundamental

[2:35] truth.

[2:36] The security of Pakistan, Afghanistan,

[2:39] and the United States are linked.

[2:41] >> Last month, Pakistan, a country with

[2:43] nuclear weapons, entered into an

[2:44] agreement with the Taliban to allow them

[2:46] control of the Swat Valley. That deal

[2:49] fell through, but it sounded an alarm

[2:51] throughout the Obama administration that

[2:52] more needed to be done. In an effort to

[2:55] stabilize Pakistan, the US wants to give

[2:57] the country $7.5 billion for economic

[3:00] growth and development and more for

[3:02] military aid, including $400 million for

[3:05] counterinsurgency training for Pakistani

[3:07] troops.

[3:08] But, the US has already spent $10

[3:10] billion in Pakistan with much of it

[3:12] unaccounted for. The Pakistani president

[3:14] today said new money will be spent

[3:16] wisely, even as he wants more.

[3:18] >> While we will need higher level

[3:21] of support in the days to come, we will

[3:24] also be far more transparent in our

[3:27] actions.

[3:28] >> The US says both countries will see more

[3:30] civilian aid workers, expanded economic

[3:33] and trade opportunities, and bolstered

[3:35] agriculture to provide revenue and jobs.

[3:37] >> The situation is increasingly perilous.

[3:40] >> In March, when the president unveiled

[3:42] his strategy for dealing with

[3:43] Afghanistan and Pakistan as a region, at

[3:45] the time the US believed that its

[3:47] challenge would be battling insurgents

[3:48] in Afghanistan, not Pakistan. This is

[3:51] quite a challenge for this young

[3:52] administration, Charlie. No matter what

[3:54] promises are made here in this two-day

[3:56] summit, neither Afghanistan nor Pakistan

[3:58] has historically a record of working

[4:00] well with the other, and neither of

[4:02] these two leaders is particularly strong

[4:03] back at home. Charlie.

[4:05] >> Jake Tapper at the White House tonight,

[4:06] thanks. And Pakistan's President Zardari

[4:09] did promise today that his country will

[4:11] make progress in the fight with the

[4:12] militants. And Pakistan's army is

[4:14] fighting the Taliban in the Swat Valley,

[4:17] just 60 miles from the capital of

[4:19] Islamabad. As Nick Schifrin reports from

[4:22] there, the people of that valley are

[4:23] caught in the crossfire.

[4:26] >> The Swat Valley is a ghost town today.

[4:29] Pakistan's military has imposed a curfew

[4:31] as they begin a major operation designed

[4:33] to defeat the local Taliban once and for

[4:35] all.

[4:37] It's the third operation in Swat in the

[4:39] last two years. After the previous

[4:41] battles failed, the Pakistani government

[4:43] signed a peace deal with the Taliban,

[4:45] hoping they would lay down their arms.

[4:47] They did not.

[4:48] >> This is not a military that is trained

[4:51] to do counterinsurgency.

[4:53] Or has the ability to understand how to

[4:56] deal with local dynamics on the ground.

[4:59] >> Hundreds of thousands of people have

[5:01] fled, worried about the Taliban, and

[5:03] worried about likely civilian casualties

[5:05] caused by the military operation. And

[5:07] when they flee, they come to places like

[5:09] this, makeshift tent camps. Here there's

[5:11] no electricity, no running water, and

[5:14] little food. And most of these people

[5:16] have no sources of income. This man has

[5:18] seven children. It took him two days to

[5:21] walk here.

[5:22] The government isn't helping, he says.

[5:24] The Taliban and the government, I curse

[5:26] them both.

[5:28] A resurgent Taliban in Pakistan also

[5:30] threatens neighboring Afghanistan, where

[5:32] the US military has begun building new

[5:34] bases for 20,000 additional troops

[5:36] arriving this summer.

[5:38] >> Cross-border violence is increasing.

[5:40] Um cross-border movements of weapons and

[5:44] men are increasing.

[5:46] >> The US wants the Pakistanis to defeat

[5:48] the Taliban, but they cannot be beaten

[5:50] by military alone. To win this war,

[5:53] people on both sides of the border need

[5:54] to have faith in their governments.

[5:56] Right now, they have none.

[5:59] Nick Schifrin, ABC News, Islamabad.

[6:02] >> Our chief foreign affairs correspondent,

[6:03] Martha Raddatz, has visited the region

[6:05] often. She joins us now from Washington.

[6:07] Martha, the three presidents who are in

[6:09] Washington

[6:10] are talking about long-term strategy,

[6:12] but with the Taliban fighting the

[6:14] Pakistani army 60 miles from Islamabad,

[6:16] this is not a long-term problem. It's a

[6:18] short-term problem.

[6:19] >> It's an immediate and urgent problem,

[6:21] and they're really going to be watching

[6:23] this area for the next 2 weeks. I just

[6:25] spoke to a US official who said, "This

[6:27] is what we want, a sustained shift of

[6:30] emphasis away from India to the Afghan

[6:33] border areas." But I have to tell you,

[6:35] Charlie, some US officials are very,

[6:38] very skeptical that this will happen,

[6:40] that they will sustain this.

[6:42] >> We can't put US troops into Pakistan, so

[6:44] we depend on the Pakistani army, but

[6:47] really isn't equipped to fight this kind

[6:48] of a battle, is it?

[6:49] >> Uh not equipped to fight a

[6:50] counterinsurgency, and as you as you

[6:52] heard, we're going to give them more

[6:53] money, but it took our own army, the US

[6:56] army, about 5 years to train in

[6:58] counterinsurgency, and we're trying to

[7:00] train the Pakistanis. And also, a US

[7:03] official said the Pakistani army is

[7:05] still in a state of denial that they

[7:07] even need that kind of training.

[7:09] >> All right, Martha Raddatz in Washington

[7:10] tonight. Thanks to you. We turn to the

[7:12] economy next, and news you haven't heard

[7:14] in some time, a major automaker

[7:16] expanding. Ford announced today that a

[7:19] plant that once made some of the

[7:20] company's most popular SUVs will now be

[7:23] converted to build thousands of

[7:25] all-electric cars, and Ford is doing it

[7:27] without taking any federal bailout

[7:29] dollars. Chris Bury reports tonight from

[7:31] Michigan.

[7:33] >> Today at this old Ford factory, a rare

[7:36] ray of hope for an industry and state on

[7:38] the ropes.

[7:39] >> All right, how do you feel about today's

[7:40] news?

[7:41] >> Yeah.

[7:42] Woo!

[7:44] >> Ford made a big show of its plans for

[7:46] retooling this former SUV plant at a

[7:48] cost of half a billion dollars to build

[7:51] the new Focus compact, creating more

[7:54] than 3,000 jobs in Michigan alone.

[7:56] >> Thank you for choosing Michigan.

[8:00] >> [applause]

[8:01] >> Today's not so hidden agenda to drive

[8:03] home that Ford is expanding while GM and

[8:06] Chrysler are slashing.

[8:08] So, how are they doing it? Two years

[8:10] ago, Ford mortgaged everything it owns

[8:13] from all its factories to its blue logo

[8:15] to raise cash, more than 23 billion

[8:18] dollars.

[8:20] That gamble by CEO Alan Mulally meant

[8:22] that he did not have to beg for a

[8:24] bailout.

[8:25] >> Do you have enough money to survive if

[8:27] sales do not pick up?

[8:29] >> We sure think we do because when we put

[8:31] together our plan, we knew that we were

[8:33] moving into a recession both in the

[8:34] United States and worldwide. We took

[8:36] that into account.

[8:37] >> It's not that Ford is doing that well.

[8:39] Sales are down 43% this year. It's

[8:42] burning through more than a billion

[8:43] dollars a month. Still, that's half of

[8:45] what it spent last year and the stock

[8:47] price has tripled since February.

[8:50] >> Ford, relative to Detroit, they're a lot

[8:52] better off right now, but relative to

[8:54] the whole global marketplace, I I don't

[8:56] think they're in the same league as

[8:57] Toyota, Honda, and Daimler.

[8:59] >> Ford has cut new deals with auto workers

[9:02] and lenders. It has shed niche brands

[9:04] and Ford smells blood.

[9:07] >> Ford has just come out with a special

[9:08] program where if you're a Chrysler a

[9:10] customer, you'll get extra money for

[9:12] trading in to Ford.

[9:13] >> Ford's gamble could backfire if its

[9:15] rainy day fund runs dry, but Ford is

[9:18] aiming to overtake GM as the number one

[9:21] US automaker, a spot it hasn't seen

[9:23] since the 1930 Model A ruled the road.

[9:26] Chris Bury, ABC News, Wayne, Michigan.

[9:30] >> And one other note from Detroit,

[9:31] Chrysler may be in bankruptcy court and

[9:33] shutting down factories, but the

[9:34] company's making a forceful effort to

[9:36] remind consumers it's not out of

[9:37] business.

[9:38] Chrysler has announced major monetary

[9:41] incentives to get people to buy its

[9:43] vehicles.

[9:44] There is great anticipation both in

[9:46] Washington and on Wall Street. Tomorrow,

[9:49] the results of the government's

[9:50] so-called stress tests for the nation's

[9:52] largest banks will be announced. So,

[9:54] Betsy Stark is joining us tonight from

[9:56] Washington. And Betsy, if the leaks that

[9:57] we've heard so far are to be believed

[9:59] about half of the 19 banks that

[10:01] underwent the stress tests are going to

[10:03] need more money, right?

[10:04] >> Yeah, Charlie, we'll know for sure

[10:06] tomorrow, but what we're hearing today

[10:07] is that some of the big banks that

[10:09] reportedly have enough cash right now to

[10:12] actually ride out the economy even if it

[10:14] goes into a more serious downturn. Or

[10:16] Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Bank of New

[10:19] York Mellon, American Express, and

[10:21] MetLife. And the banks that reportedly

[10:23] will need to raise more cash if things

[10:26] get a lot worse are Bank of America,

[10:28] Citigroup, Wells Fargo, and GMAC. Now,

[10:31] regulators are saying the overall

[10:33] takeaway still should be that the system

[10:35] is in good shape. But there are analysts

[10:37] who are saying, "How much faith can we

[10:38] have in this process when regulators

[10:40] essentially told us at the outset that

[10:42] nobody would be allowed to fail?" There

[10:44] are some people who are worried that

[10:45] there's going to be good money thrown

[10:46] after bad.

[10:47] >> do the stress tests really mean if the

[10:49] government is saying no bank's going to

[10:51] be allowed to fail?

[10:52] >> Well, what it is is the government has

[10:54] done a top-to-bottom accounting using

[10:56] objective metrics so it can say to those

[11:00] those economists who have been saying,

[11:02] "These banks are technically insolvent

[11:04] right now." That's just not so.

[11:06] >> And it is interesting, Bank of America

[11:07] apparently is going to need more than

[11:09] $30 billion, and yet its stock price

[11:11] went up today. That seems an anomaly.

[11:13] >> You know, it is hard to fathom, Charlie.

[11:15] There are people who say it wasn't a

[11:16] surprise that Bank of America is going

[11:18] to have to raise more cash. Some say

[11:21] that they've got the assets to sell and

[11:23] already enough money from taxpayers to

[11:25] make up their shortfall. And there are

[11:27] also some people who are saying Wall

[11:28] Street investors are simply signaling

[11:30] that they are very relieved that the

[11:31] uncertainty surrounding these stress

[11:33] tests are soon going to be over.

[11:35] >> All right, Betsy Stark reporting and

[11:36] we'll have the results of those tests

[11:38] tomorrow. One other note on the economy,

[11:40] the Obama administration today said it

[11:42] wants to cut or eliminate 121 programs

[11:45] in order to save $17 billion. Half of

[11:48] the savings will come from the Pentagon

[11:49] budget and half from domestic programs.

[11:52] And one program the White House wants to

[11:53] kill now gives money to the states to

[11:55] lock up illegal immigrants who commit a

[11:57] crime.

[11:58] Well, still ahead on World News. Inside

[12:01] the scams bilking billions from Medicare

[12:03] and Medicaid. Our reporter with the FBI

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[12:09] When distracted driving becomes a crime

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[15:06] >> Congress heard some eye-opening

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[15:23] That's 3% of the cost of US healthcare.

[15:26] Here's Pierre Thomas.

[15:29] >> This Miami convict was once a drug

[15:31] dealer, but he left that life for a

[15:33] scheme to make bigger money, and it

[15:35] worked.

[15:36] >> Ferraris, Porsche, Lamborghinis, exotic

[15:39] cars. I lived a good life.

[15:41] >> All bought with taxpayer dollars stolen

[15:44] from Medicare. The scam was simple. He

[15:46] set up phony businesses billing Medicare

[15:49] more than $8 million over 7 years for

[15:52] medical equipment he never sold. The FBI

[15:55] asked us to protect his identity because

[15:57] he's a cooperating witness.

[15:59] >> It's faster and easier than selling

[16:00] drugs.

[16:01] >> The informant is one of many. A recent

[16:04] survey of 1,500 Miami area medical

[16:06] equipment companies discovered 31% were

[16:09] phony, even though they were billing the

[16:11] government. We rode along with the FBI

[16:14] as they investigated stunning levels of

[16:16] potential fraud.

[16:17] >> The reason we're here today is because

[16:18] in the month of March they billed over a

[16:20] million dollars

[16:21] for durable medical equipment.

[16:22] >> We spoke with the neighbors [music]

[16:23] across the street and they haven't seen

[16:25] anybody here in 3 to 4 months.

[16:27] >> Of five medical equipment companies we

[16:29] visited, four showed no signs of being

[16:31] in business, even though they recently

[16:33] took in millions of Medicare dollars.

[16:35] >> All right, well, I see paint cans,

[16:39] a desk,

[16:40] and no one here.

[16:42] >> Last month this company billed Medicare

[16:44] $158,000.

[16:46] The sign says, "Come on in, we're open."

[16:49] It's anything but. There's not even a

[16:50] doorknob.

[16:51] >> Agents say some scams are laughably

[16:54] blatant.

[16:54] >> There's nothing here.

[16:55] >> No, there's nothing here. And this is a

[16:58] company that billed over $400,000 in the

[17:01] just last month. The level of Medicare

[17:03] fraud down here is utterly disgusting.

[17:05] >> In this undercover video, an HIV clinic

[17:08] pays a patient a bribe to keep quiet.

[17:10] >> [snorts]

[17:11] >> The clinic then billed Medicare $12,000

[17:14] for services never rendered.

[17:17] In South Florida, there are enough cases

[17:19] to fill this warehouse.

[17:21] >> These are all Medicare fraud cases?

[17:23] >> They are. It's taxpayer money.

[17:25] >> It's too easy to steal the money and

[17:27] there everybody's just going for the

[17:28] easy money.

[17:28] >> But it's your money.

[17:30] Pierre Thomas, ABC News, Miami.

[17:33] >> Up to 60 billion a year. And federal

[17:35] health officials today gave an update on

[17:37] swine flu, saying 642 cases have now

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[20:55] drivers. We're not talking about eating

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[20:59] when behind the wheel. Police say it's

[21:01] hard to believe what people will do

[21:03] while driving. And the question is,

[21:05] should some of these things be criminal?

[21:08] Here's Barbara Pinto.

[21:09] >> At this suburban Chicago intersection,

[21:11] Anita Zafke lost her life, hit from

[21:14] behind on her motorcycle. A driver,

[21:16] police say, was distracted.

[21:18] >> She had been painting her nails while

[21:21] driving her vehicle. She had conceded to

[21:24] us that she was not paying attention.

[21:26] >> Prosecutors have yet to file criminal

[21:28] charges. Distracted drivers cause more

[21:30] than a third of all auto accidents, and

[21:32] it's not just talking or texting, as you

[21:35] can see on YouTube.

[21:37] >> Can you please assist me? This man is

[21:38] reading a novel.

[21:39] >> But the law has yet to catch up with

[21:41] technology. Five states ban all cell

[21:43] phone use while driving. Another 11

[21:46] ticket for texting. But few make

[21:48] provisions for drivers who are fixing

[21:50] their makeup or eating.

[21:51] >> They're both very high-risk activities.

[21:54] Drunk driving is now illegal, and

[21:57] distracted driving needs to be illegal

[22:00] as well.

[22:00] >> Critics wonder where to draw the line.

[22:03] >> Truth be told, anything that we're doing

[22:05] other than giving our full attention to

[22:07] the road is potentially a distraction,

[22:10] but that doesn't necessarily mean that

[22:12] it's a criminal case.

[22:13] >> Illinois is one of at least five states

[22:16] now considering making distracted

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[22:19] cyclist Matt Wilhelm. The driver,

[22:22] downloading cell phone ringtones at the

[22:24] time, was issued a traffic ticket.

[22:26] >> There should be a a little more

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[22:30] driving too fast for conditions or

[22:32] improper lane usage, particularly when

[22:34] somebody dies as result of your

[22:37] inattentiveness to your driving.

[22:39] >> Greg Zafke couldn't agree more. This

[22:41] grieving son painted his fingernails

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[22:48] >> Drive as if you want to go home to loved

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[22:51] >> He believes tougher laws might have

[22:53] prevented his mother's death. Barbara

[22:55] Pinto, ABC News, Chicago.

[22:58] >> A sports note, another football

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[25:58] >> K2 wants to know why are Oregon

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[26:32] >> Finally tonight, talk about a great job.

[26:34] Good money, check. Paid housing, check.

[26:37] Beautiful surroundings, check. One man

[26:39] has been chosen for a dream assignment

[26:41] on a gorgeous Australian island. Duties?

[26:44] Just kick back and relax. Our Nick Watt

[26:47] would like to have had the job himself.

[26:50] >> From the United Kingdom, Ben Southall.

[26:52] >> Today, Ben Southall was hired for

[26:54] probably the best and possibly most

[26:57] sought-after job in the world.

[26:59] >> Wow.

[27:01] >> Wow, indeed. Applicants from 200

[27:04] countries applied to be caretaker of

[27:06] this paradise island off the sun-kissed

[27:09] coast of Australia. 16 finalists were

[27:12] invited for interviews, swimming races,

[27:15] and they tell me something called

[27:16] psychometric testing.

[27:19] Southall, a 34-year-old Brit, will earn

[27:21] $110,000

[27:23] for 6 months work with this sweet

[27:25] three-bedroom pad thrown in for free.

[27:28] What will the caretaker of this Eden

[27:31] actually do? Not much. Basically, he

[27:33] will explore Hamilton Island and post

[27:36] blogs about what a great time he's

[27:38] having.

[27:39] >> Well, it's going to be tough. Yes, it's

[27:41] going to be horrible having to find out

[27:43] how to sail properly, how to dive.

[27:45] >> This all started when Australian tourist

[27:47] chiefs posted this cute want ad, asking

[27:50] for a creative 60-second video resume.

[27:53] They got 35,000.

[27:56] >> She's never been to Australia.

[27:57] >> Oh. Varying quality.

[28:00] >> Hi, I'm Ben, or otherwise known as the

[28:02] adventurous, crazy, energetic one. And

[28:04] there's only

[28:04] >> Apparently, Southall's love of animals,

[28:06] initiative, and ideas impressed the

[28:09] judges. Texan Kalli Lewis, a finalist,

[28:13] just missed out.

[28:14] >> I wanted this job to kind of challenge

[28:16] myself. The competition part of me is a

[28:18] little bit disappointed.

[28:20] >> Organizers claim this campaign generated

[28:23] $80 million worth of free advertising,

[28:26] luring tourists. And Ben, the winner?

[28:29] Well, he starts work July 1st. His

[28:32] girlfriend, of course, will join him. I

[28:35] hope he gets a sunburn. Nick Watt, ABC

[28:39] News, jealous, in London.

[28:42] >> And that is World News for this

[28:44] Wednesday. I'm Charlie Gibson, and I

[28:46] hope you had a good day. For all of us

[28:48] at ABC News, have a good night.

[28:51] >> Tonight, to change their future.

[28:53] >> There's a way to save our people. I'll

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[28:55] >> They must erase the past.

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[28:58] >> If you're wrong, everyone dies.

[29:01] >> ABC's Lost, all new tonight, 9 8 Central

[29:04] on ABC.

[29:07] >> A woman trampled by a horse at these

[29:09] stables, [music] the people who helped

[29:10] save her life.

[29:12] >> While the fear over swine flu subsides,

[29:14] the [music] travel troubles the virus is

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[29:25] Whether you know it or not, that's

[29:26] Oregon's official state song, and the

[29:28] state legislature is working to change

[29:30] it. K2 wants to know why.

[29:36] >> Live at 6:00, this is K2 News on your

[29:40] side.

[29:41] >> And good evening. Thank you very much

[29:42] for being with us, everybody. [music]

[29:43] And first on two, a woman

[29:45] >> is fighting for her life after a horse

[29:47] tramples her.

[29:48] >> The injured woman managed to call 911,

[29:50] but all dispatchers heard was her name

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[29:55] off.