World News Tonight (ABC) - 2006-06-16
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[0:00] Tonight,
[0:06] failing grade. A new Homeland Security
[0:08] report finds most American cities are
[0:10] unprepared for disasters even after 9/11
[0:13] in Katrina.
[0:16] Wartime Politics. Congress passes a vote
[0:19] of confidence for the war in Iraq and
[0:21] raises the stakes for a fierce political
[0:23] fight this fall.
[0:26] Trying times. The manh hunt for a
[0:28] multi-millionaire accused of shooting a
[0:30] family judge. A closer look at the
[0:32] dangers for judges in the family courts.
[0:36] And our person of the week, he was an
[0:38] usher handing out programs a year ago.
[0:41] Today, he's one of Broadway's brightest
[0:43] stars.
[0:48] >> From ABC News, this is World News
[0:51] Tonight with Charles Gibson. Reporting
[0:55] tonight, Terry Moran.
[0:58] >> Good [music] evening. This country's
[0:59] learned a lot about disaster over the
[1:01] past few years. The 9/11 attacks and
[1:03] Hurricane Katrina revealed dramatic
[1:06] flaws in federal and local disaster
[1:08] response and triggered a campaign to
[1:10] improve national readiness. Well, now
[1:13] after years and billions of dollars in
[1:15] homeland security spending, a study
[1:18] commissioned by the president says only
[1:20] 10 states have sufficient plans to
[1:22] respond to disasters. The results of
[1:25] this disturbing study are out today, and
[1:27] ABC's Pierre Thomas has the story.
[1:31] >> Most cities and states are no better
[1:33] prepared for a catastrophic disaster
[1:35] than New Orleans was for Hurricane
[1:37] Katrina. The government says 90% of
[1:40] urban areas and 73% of states are not
[1:44] ready to deal with major acts of
[1:45] terrorism or natural disasters. And 5
[1:49] years after 9/11, that includes New York
[1:51] City and Washington. we're re