World News Tonight (ABC) - 2001-08-17
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[0:00] I'm Jeff Gianola.
[0:00] >> And I'm Kelly. For care they don't need.
[0:03] And you're paying the bill. A
[0:05] millionaire balloonist fails again to
[0:08] reach his dream. The harrowing end to
[0:10] Steve Faucet's adventure. The new drug
[0:13] being marketed to women for a disease
[0:15] that may not even exist. We'll take a
[0:18] closer look. And the Marines who gave
[0:21] hope to a nation in its darkest hour.
[0:25] After nearly 60 years, the Raiders are
[0:28] finally home.
[0:33] >> From ABC News World Headquarters in New
[0:36] York, this is World News Tonight with
[0:39] Peter Jennings. Sitting in tonight,
[0:41] Charles Gibson.
[0:42] >> Good evening. The Western Wildfire
[0:44] season is now becoming a military
[0:46] operation. Troops are on their way to
[0:48] the fire lines where firefighters need
[0:50] all the help they can get. As quickly as
[0:52] some fires are extinguished, new ones
[0:54] break out. Eight states now have active
[0:57] major fires. But now more communities
[1:00] are being threatened and some people
[1:01] caught near the fires have had to be
[1:03] rescued. ABC's Bill Riker is in
[1:06] Washington State tonight where the
[1:07] forecast, Bill, I gather, is not
[1:09] promising.
[1:10] >> Not at all, Charlie. In fact, a red flag
[1:12] warning has been posted for these
[1:14] mountains and the surrounding
[1:15] communities, which means that winds
[1:17] exceeding 20 mph are breathing life into
[1:21] the fire.
[1:23] Today, new fires were ignited by dry
[1:26] lightning and old fires devoured more
[1:28] land. 600,000 acres in eight states,
[1:32] more than half of the fires in Oregon
[1:34] and here in Washington. This wind uh
[1:36] event is projected to continue through
[1:38] the weekend and that's going to give us
[1:40] som