World News Tonight (ABC) - 2006-07-13

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[0:00] and difference.

[0:06] >> Tonight, breaking point. Israel

[0:08] unleashes the biggest bombing campaign

[0:10] in Lebanon in decades as a crisis over

[0:13] kidnapped soldiers threatens to start a

[0:15] wider war. Can the US do anything to

[0:18] stop it?

[0:20] Oil shock. A new record is set. The

[0:23] price of Middle East violence at the

[0:25] pump.

[0:27] Newborns at risk. Infertility treatments

[0:30] at an all-time high. Are they behind a

[0:33] dangerous increase in premature births?

[0:36] We'll take a closer look.

[0:39] And Scouts Honor, the teenager who

[0:41] turned a Boy Scout project into a

[0:44] life-changing event for himself and

[0:46] people half a world away.

[0:51] From ABC News, this is World News

[0:55] Tonight with Charles Gibson. Reporting

[0:59] tonight, Terry Moran.

[1:01] >> Good evening. We begin with a region in

[1:04] turmoil and a world on edge. Israel's

[1:06] furious assault into Lebanon has reached

[1:08] a dangerous stage tonight, threatening

[1:10] to draw other countries into the

[1:12] conflict. Take a look here. Israel is

[1:14] bombarding Lebanon by air, land, and

[1:16] sea, targeting the Islamic militant

[1:18] group Hezbollah, which operates in

[1:20] Lebanon and which kidnapped two Israeli

[1:23] soldiers in a daring raid yesterday.

[1:25] Hezbollah is firing rockets in response,

[1:28] hitting more than 20 towns in northern

[1:30] Israel and reaching farther into that

[1:32] country than ever before. Tonight, UN

[1:35] negotiators are on their way to the

[1:36] region and the Bush administration is

[1:38] scrambling to contain the violence. We

[1:41] have reports from the war zone and the

[1:43] diplomatic front, beginning with ABC's

[1:45] David Wright in Beirut.

[1:51] >> Today, this conflict burst wide open on

[1:55] both sides of the border.

[1:58] Today, the rules of engagement changed.

[2:02] >> Nothing is safe once they are operating

[2:06] against Israel. And nothing is safe. As

[2:09] simple as that.

[2:12] From the air and the sea, Israel made

[2:16] good on that threat.

[2:18] Lebanon has not seen anything on this

[2:20] scale for 20 years. Today, Israel

[2:23] pounded targets all across the country.

[2:26] Israeli warplanes knocked huge craters

[2:29] in all three runways at Beirut

[2:31] International Airport. The airport is

[2:33] shut until further notice. Israeli

[2:35] warships enforced a naval blockade along

[2:37] the coast. Israel bombed a TV station

[2:40] operated by Hzbollah and farther south

[2:43] struck at villages, bridges, and roads

[2:45] close to the border. Today, as many as

[2:47] 50 people were killed, including two

[2:49] entire families.

[2:52] Israel's stated goal to force Hezbollah

[2:55] to release two Israeli soldiers. Israeli

[2:58] officials claimed that militants may be

[3:00] trying to transport the soldiers to

[3:02] Iran. Israel says its goal in targeting

[3:05] infrastructure like this is to cut off

[3:07] Hezbollah's supply line. But in a very

[3:09] real sense, it has now isolated the

[3:11] entire country.

[3:13] >> Always civilian get caught in the middle

[3:16] and unfortunately this time also

[3:19] Lebanese civilians get caught in the

[3:20] middle of uh in a war zone that they

[3:23] have nothing to do with.

[3:25] >> Hezbollah is a formidable adversary.

[3:27] Today the militant group struck back at

[3:29] Israel with dozens of rockets. Two hit

[3:32] the heart of Hifa, Israel's third

[3:34] largest city. As Bullah has never struck

[3:37] so deep before

[3:40] tonight, Israel struck Beirut airport

[3:42] again, destroying the fuel tanks. The

[3:44] fire could be seen for miles.

[3:49] If there were any doubt this conflict

[3:51] may spread further, tonight, Israel is

[3:53] threatening Hezbollah's sponsors, Iran

[3:56] and Syria, warning that they are playing

[3:58] with fire and will bear the

[4:00] consequences. And late tonight, Terry,

[4:02] the Iranian president shot back, saying

[4:04] that any Israeli strike on Syria would

[4:07] be considered an attack on the whole

[4:09] Islamic world. And he said Israel would

[4:12] face a fierce response. David Wright in

[4:14] Lebanon tonight. Thanks very much for

[4:16] that. Well, in recent years, Beirut has

[4:18] made a comeback from the violence of the

[4:20] 1970s and 80s and become an oasis of

[4:22] calm in a troubled region. And the

[4:24] border area between Lebanon and Israel

[4:26] has been quiet. That calm has now been

[4:29] shattered too as BAR rockets have been

[4:32] raining down on northern Israel. ABC's

[4:34] Wolf Denick is there.

[4:39] All day this city has been under fire.

[4:44] >> This rocket struck the side of an

[4:45] apartment building.

[4:47] >> Roughly 20 of these rockets hit this

[4:49] city of 48,000.

[4:53] And all day there were the warnings.

[4:56] Stay indoors and find a bomb shelter.

[5:00] >> Naharia is a seaside town just 10 miles

[5:04] from the Lebanese border. And it has

[5:06] almost emptied.

[5:08] Tourists are gone, businesses shut, and

[5:11] the locals who are staying are staying

[5:14] indoors.

[5:15] >> And I'm not used to being with my kids

[5:17] around the bombs and missiles. It's a

[5:19] very frightening situation.

[5:21] >> A rocket hit this apartment early this

[5:23] morning. A 40-year-old woman was killed

[5:26] on her balcony. Although these rockets

[5:28] are highly inaccurate, it makes it no

[5:31] less frightening for the people who live

[5:32] here because they never know where the

[5:35] next one will land.

[5:38] >> Two rockets landed near the city

[5:39] hospital. All 460 patients were moved to

[5:43] the basement shelter.

[5:47] >> And in the crowds, among the clutter,

[5:49] Haya Ohana gave birth.

[5:51] >> No. No. Not fun. Not fun. Tonight,

[5:55] mother is all right. Her baby daughter

[5:57] is fine,

[6:00] but it's not clear just what they will

[6:02] face tomorrow in a city under siege.

[6:06] Wilfinick, ABC News, Naharia.

[6:11] You've probably heard a lot in the last

[6:12] 48 hours or so about the group that's

[6:14] been firing those rockets. So, before we

[6:16] go much further, we wanted to give you

[6:18] some context and background about the

[6:20] group known as Hezbollah.

[6:23] The name Hezbollah means party of God.

[6:26] It was founded in Lebanon in 1982. Many

[6:29] say by the Iranian leader Ayatollah

[6:31] Hmeni as a response to Israel's invasion

[6:34] of Lebanon. Its stated aim to destroy

[6:37] Israel and create a fundamentalist

[6:39] Islamic State in Lebanon.

[6:42] Ezbah has become a political force in

[6:44] Lebanon with 14 delegates in the 128

[6:47] seat national assembly. But its

[6:49] influence is far greater than those

[6:51] numbers suggest.

[6:53] >> They have a view to power uh on

[6:55] decision-m process. And practically

[6:57] today, nothing can be done in Lebanon

[6:59] officially without Hezbollah sanctioning

[7:01] it.

[7:01] >> Hezbollah is believed to have been

[7:03] behind the 1983 bombing of the US Marine

[7:06] barracks in Beirut, killing 241

[7:09] Americans and for hundreds of attacks

[7:11] against Israel since then. It has become

[7:14] very popular in southern Lebanon,

[7:16] running schools and hospitals and even a

[7:19] satellite TV channel. Hezbollah gets

[7:21] most of its weapons through Syria, where

[7:23] it has a headquarters. And it freely

[7:25] admits it gets much of its funding from

[7:27] Iran. 20 to4 million a month, according

[7:30] to diplomatic sources. And whether its

[7:33] raid into Israel and capture of the

[7:35] soldiers was done at the request of Iran

[7:37] or not, few observers doubt that Iran

[7:40] signed off on the attack. This suits

[7:42] Iran's broader strategy as it finds

[7:45] itself pressed by the United States and

[7:48] our allies to negotiate over its nuclear

[7:52] program to create a side issue.

[7:56] Well, this crisis in the Middle East is

[7:58] yet another problem confronting

[8:00] President Bush and other world leaders

[8:02] as they head to Russia for the Group of

[8:03] Eight summit this weekend. In Germany

[8:05] today, Mr. Bush said Israel's reaction

[8:08] was justified, but he added a note of

[8:10] caution.

[8:12] >> Israel has a right to defend herself.

[8:14] Every nation must defend herself against

[8:18] terrorist attacks

[8:21] and the killing of innocent life.

[8:23] Whatever Israel does though should

[8:24] should not weaken the Sonora government

[8:26] in Lebanon.

[8:29] We're concerned about the fragile

[8:31] democracy in Lebanon. We've been working

[8:32] very hard through the United Nations and

[8:35] with partners to strengthen the

[8:38] democracy in Lebanon.

[8:40] >> Well, we're joined now by ABC's White

[8:42] House correspondent Martha Ratitz.

[8:44] Martha, this is clearly a terrific

[8:46] challenge for the Bush administration.

[8:48] So, what are they doing now to try to

[8:50] get on top of it?

[8:53] >> It is a challenge, Terry. And right now,

[8:55] there are two US envoys in Israel. They

[8:58] have been in the region for a couple of

[8:59] days talking to the Jordanians, the

[9:01] Egyptians, today the Israelis, and

[9:03] tomorrow the Palestinians trying to calm

[9:05] the situation down. But essentially,

[9:08] they are letting Israel apply the

[9:10] pressure. One senior official told me

[9:12] tonight there is a difference between

[9:14] telling the Israelis to stop and telling

[9:16] them to be careful. We are not telling

[9:19] them to stop. We are telling them to be

[9:21] careful. In other words, target very

[9:23] carefully. But a wink, keep going. Well,

[9:26] they're getting a lot of advice. People

[9:27] saying that they should send a special

[9:29] envoy to the region, draw red lines that

[9:31] Israel shouldn't cross. But at the end

[9:33] of the day, what is it that the US can

[9:36] do in this region?

[9:39] >> That's that's the perfect question,

[9:40] Terry, because there really isn't a lot

[9:42] the US can do at this point. The US

[9:44] doesn't talk to Iran or Syria or

[9:46] Hezbollah or Hamas. So they certainly

[9:49] can't apply pressure there, but they can

[9:51] apply pressure through the Israelis and

[9:53] try to bring together some allies. Uh

[9:55] the G8 starts this weekend and you can

[9:57] be certain that the president will be

[9:59] talking to allies on what to do next.

[10:01] >> Another challenge for the Bush

[10:03] administration. Martha Ratitz in Germany

[10:04] tonight. Thanks very much for that.

[10:06] Well, the crisis, all of this is roing

[10:08] the financial markets. The Dow Jones

[10:10] plunged more than 160 points. The Nasdaq

[10:14] fell as well and oil prices soared to a

[10:16] record close. Israel and Lebanon don't

[10:19] produce oil, but there are fears that

[10:21] this fighting might disrupt supplies

[10:23] from the rest of the region. We're

[10:24] joined now by ABC's Betsy Stark. All

[10:26] right, Betsy. So, a lot of Americans

[10:28] might look at that and say, "No oil in

[10:30] Israel, no oil in Lebanon. Why is the

[10:33] price going up? How do the oil traders

[10:34] sus this out?"

[10:36] >> Traders do not like to see trouble in

[10:38] this neighborhood. The M East produces

[10:40] 30% of the world's oil. And today

[10:43] traders were basically worrying about

[10:44] all of the ways in which that supply

[10:46] might be disrupted if another M East

[10:48] nation is drawn into the conflict if a

[10:49] shipping channel is cut off. So that

[10:52] fear factor basically is what sent

[10:54] prices to a record.

[10:55] >> Where do they see this going? How high

[10:57] for consumers for the markets?

[10:59] >> One analyst said to me today, higher oil

[11:02] prices mean higher gas prices. It's just

[11:04] that simple. And record gas prices are a

[11:06] real possibility. The rule of thumb is

[11:09] every dollar increase in a barrel of

[11:11] crude means another d another nickel at

[11:14] the pump. Which means just based on what

[11:16] we saw today, prices at the pump could

[11:18] be going up a dime.

[11:19] >> And the record close in the oil markets

[11:20] today, how high could it go? 80, 90,

[11:22] $100 a barrel.

[11:23] >> You know, it's interesting. Last year at

[11:25] this time, $80 seemed like a doomsday

[11:27] scenario for a barrel of crude. Today,

[11:29] it is perfectly plausible.

[11:30] >> A tough region, as you say, Betsy Stark,

[11:32] thanks for that. Well, we'll take a

[11:34] break now. And still ahead, babies at

[11:38] risk. Infertility treatments taken by so

[11:40] many women. Are they behind a jump in

[11:43] premature births? We'll take a closer

[11:45] look. The beloved racehorse waging the

[11:49] fight of his life. Can Barbaro recover?

[11:52] And a boy scouts extraordinary good deed

[11:55] inspired by his father at war helping

[11:58] people half a world away.

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[14:48] a growing public health problem. A study

[14:50] out today found that 1 in eight babies

[14:53] in America, more than half a million a

[14:55] year, are born prematurely. That's a 30%

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[15:02] these often fragile infants has also

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[15:08] causes of premature births are mostly a

[15:10] mystery, but this new study out today

[15:13] says increased use of infertility

[15:15] treatments may be partly to blame. ABC's

[15:17] Lisa Stark takes our closer look.

[15:21] >> It's hard to tell today that twins Gus

[15:24] and Samwigley were born dangerously

[15:26] premature, nearly two months early.

[15:29] >> They were really struggling for their

[15:30] lives. One of them came very close to

[15:32] not making it. Mom Jenny Minton

[15:34] conceived through in vitro

[15:36] fertilization. Her doctor implanted two

[15:38] embryos. Minton said no one at the

[15:41] clinic ever informed her about the risk.

[15:44] >> I am sure they want to have healthy

[15:46] babies. I just don't think that the

[15:49] centers that's their main objective.

[15:51] Their main objective is getting their

[15:53] patients pregnant. Women who use

[15:55] infertility treatments are much more

[15:57] likely to end up carrying more than one

[15:59] baby. And today's report makes clear

[16:02] that puts them at much higher risk of

[16:04] delivering prematurely at 37 weeks or

[16:08] earlier. 62% of twins conceived this way

[16:11] are born prematurely and about 97% of

[16:14] triplets. Around a quarter of those will

[16:17] have long-term health issues, including

[16:20] disabilities and developmental delays.

[16:22] >> Okay, we've got a beautiful egg right

[16:24] here. Multiple bursts are more common

[16:26] because patients are often paying

[16:28] $15,000 for infertility treatments with

[16:31] no help from insurance, increasing the

[16:33] pressure for results.

[16:35] >> This encourages doctors and patients to

[16:39] put back more embryos to increase their

[16:41] pregnancy rate.

[16:42] >> The report recommends setting stricter

[16:44] standards for treatments, limiting the

[16:46] number of embryos that can be implanted,

[16:48] restricting the use of drugs that

[16:50] stimulate ovulation. And those who treat

[16:53] these fragile babies say fertility

[16:55] clinics should also be required to

[16:58] inform women of the risks.

[17:00] >> Women need to strike a balance between

[17:03] the hope of pregnancy and the reality of

[17:06] prematurity.

[17:07] >> Jenny Minton is still angry she was kept

[17:10] in the dark but thankful her boys are

[17:13] okay. Lisa Stark, ABC News, Washington.

[17:18] Now, if you or someone you know is

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[17:28] When we come back, a legend facing tough

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[17:34] now in the fight of his life.

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[20:12] >> There are new fears tonight about a

[20:13] wildfire raging 100 miles east of Los

[20:16] Angeles. 40,000 acres have burned. High

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[20:21] making it difficult to battle these

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[20:33] Well, the horse who captured the

[20:35] Kentucky Derby and our hearts is

[20:37] fighting for his life tonight. This is

[20:38] the most serious setback for Barbaro

[20:41] since his devastating leg injury at the

[20:43] PNness. ABC's David Mir tonight on the

[20:46] struggle to save him.

[20:49] Barro. Barro, I believe he's being

[20:51] pulled up.

[20:52] >> Since that moment last May, the efforts

[20:54] to save Barbarro have been nothing less

[20:56] than heroic. The highly unusual 4-hour

[20:59] surgery, the pool afterward to keep

[21:01] Barbar from injuring himself, then

[21:03] intensive care. And while recovering,

[21:06] the racehorse, who'd been robbed at any

[21:08] chance at the Triple Crown, had already

[21:10] won the hearts of millions, including

[21:13] his surgeon, which is why his

[21:14] announcement today was so difficult. If

[21:17] you'd asked me two weeks ago, I really

[21:20] thought

[21:22] I really thought we were going to make

[21:23] it two weeks ago. Today, I am uh not as

[21:28] confident.

[21:28] >> With an already fractured right hind

[21:30] leg, the surgeon says Barbaro is putting

[21:32] extra pressure on his left hind leg,

[21:35] causing an acute case of laminitis,

[21:37] inflammation of tissues in the hoof.

[21:40] >> When the hoof starts to separate, when

[21:42] the wall starts to break down, the horse

[21:43] is literally losing his foot. and his

[21:46] surgeon says losing his foot would mean

[21:48] losing the fight. Still, in the

[21:50] Pennsylvania town where Barbro is being

[21:52] monitored tonight, there is hope.

[21:55] >> There's been movies made about it where,

[21:56] you know, the horse that has the broken

[21:58] leg comes back to be a hero again.

[22:00] >> The once strong Barro is on pain

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[22:09] David Mure, ABC News, New York.

[22:12] The comedian and actor Red Buttons has

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[22:43] >> Red Buttons died in Los Angeles. He was

[22:46] 87. Well, when we return, we'll tell you

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[22:50] extraordinary act of generosity.

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[25:44] Finally tonight, a remarkable story

[25:46] about generosity and a father and son.

[25:49] each took an oath to serve others and

[25:51] that has united them and their family

[25:54] half a world apart. Here's ABC's David

[25:56] Curley.

[25:58] >> Nick Shawn wants to be an Eagle Scout.

[26:01] >> I never imagined I'd ever end up doing

[26:02] something like this.

[26:04] >> He planned to work with his father on

[26:05] his scout project, but dad is out of the

[26:07] country.

[26:07] >> I had to go through the challenge of

[26:10] pulling this all together, and I've

[26:11] never had to do anything like that

[26:13] before. His project is now a family

[26:15] mission. All inspired by these pictures

[26:18] of Afghan adults and children without

[26:20] shoes and stories of Afghans treated at

[26:23] a local hospital.

[26:24] >> Children who came in with landmine

[26:26] injuries and um you know other just

[26:29] pretty horrific problems. They came in

[26:32] and they had to cut the clothes off

[26:33] because they were completely damaged and

[26:35] when they left they had nothing to wear.

[26:37] >> So the Shaun started asking for

[26:39] donations. Even the smallest members of

[26:41] the family pitched in. It turned north

[26:42] to Afghanistan.

[26:46] >> The tit there.

[26:50] >> They were nearly overwhelmed.

[26:52] >> I've collected 69 boxes worth of clothes

[26:54] and toys.

[26:55] >> All those pictures, all those stories

[26:57] that provided the passion for this

[26:59] project came in emails from halfway

[27:02] around the world. They came from Nick's

[27:05] father.

[27:05] >> Hi, Dad.

[27:06] >> In Terran Coat, Afghanistan.

[27:08] >> We get blood. Major Scott Shawn is an

[27:10] Army doctor sent to the desert of

[27:12] Afghanistan to treat soldiers, but has

[27:14] spent much of his tour helping civilians

[27:16] and helping his son long distance.

[27:19] >> Being able to to tie this in, have my

[27:21] son's Eagle Project uh um help out with

[27:24] what I'm doing and and how good this

[27:25] makes me feel makes me very happy.

[27:27] >> More than a ton of goods were shipped

[27:29] from Maryland

[27:31] all the way to Afghanistan. 300 pairs of

[27:34] shoes,

[27:36] >> a thousand shirts, 25 soccer balls, all

[27:39] now being dispensed here along with

[27:41] medicine.

[27:43] >> They helped us, says this man. I'm very

[27:45] happy.

[27:46] >> We tend to have extra of almost

[27:48] everything. And I think it's kind of

[27:49] important that people give up a little

[27:52] bit and try to help other people who

[27:54] need it more than we do.

[27:56] >> Nick Shawn may have earned an Eagle

[27:58] Scout badge, but he learned much more.

[28:01] David Curley, ABC News, Gaithersburg,

[28:03] Maryland.

[28:05] >> One family giving back. And that is

[28:07] World News Tonight for this Thursday.

[28:09] I'm Terry Moran. For all of us at ABC

[28:11] News, have a good evening and good

[28:13] night.

[28:32] Can this teenager perform miracles?

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