World News (ABC) - 2008-12-28

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[0:10] I'm David Mure on World News this

[0:12] Sunday, round two. Israel pounds Gaza

[0:14] for a second day. Almost 300 now dead.

[0:17] Arab countries line up to condemn Israel

[0:20] while the US blames Hamas for breaking

[0:22] the peace. Bargain hunters. In this

[0:24] horrible shopping season, there were

[0:26] still retail winners. Where are American

[0:28] shoppers spending? Paradise Lost. The

[0:31] alarming rise in the kidnappings of

[0:33] American tourists in some of the most

[0:35] beautiful vacation spots. What's fueling

[0:37] these desperate acts south of the

[0:38] border? Our closer look.

[0:40] >> And the real von traps made famous in

[0:43] the sound of music. Tonight, the new

[0:44] generation keeping the hills alive

[0:50] >> right here in the states.

[0:55] From ABC News headquarters in New York,

[0:58] this is World News.

[1:01] >> Good evening. Israel's fierce assault on

[1:03] Gaza escalated into a second day today,

[1:05] bringing nearly unprecedented

[1:06] destruction on the Palestinian

[1:08] territory. Amid the rubble, some 300

[1:11] Palestinians have now been killed. But

[1:13] Gaza's Hamas leaders refused to back

[1:15] down, sending rockets deeper into Israel

[1:17] than they have ever done before and

[1:19] calling on militants to fight to the

[1:21] death. We begin with ABC's Simon

[1:23] McGregor Wood in Jerusalem tonight.

[1:26] >> Good evening, David. It's been another

[1:28] relentless day of Israeli air strikes

[1:30] against Hamas targets, including in the

[1:32] last hour against the Islamic University

[1:34] of Gaza. This is all designed to try and

[1:37] finally put an end to daily rocket

[1:39] attacks against Israeli towns and cities

[1:42] in southern Israel.

[1:45] Another clear day, ideal conditions for

[1:48] Israeli pilots. Israel says this target

[1:50] was a rocket launcher. The same here in

[1:52] this olive grove and here a building

[1:55] storing weapons. They hit this warehouse

[1:57] filled with smuggled fuel. It burned for

[2:00] hours.

[2:02] This was Hamas's main security compound

[2:04] and a prison. Some prisoners were

[2:06] killed, others escaped.

[2:09] >> Israeli defense forces will deepen and

[2:11] broaden the operation, he says, as much

[2:13] as necessary. And that could include

[2:16] Israeli ground forces taking the fight

[2:18] onto the streets of Gaza. This morning,

[2:20] the Israeli cabinet approved the call up

[2:22] of 6,500 reserveists to reinforce troops

[2:26] already gathering at Gaza's border.

[2:29] Israel is trying to send Hamas a clear

[2:31] message. If the aerial bombardment

[2:33] doesn't stop the rockets, it won't

[2:35] hesitate to send these tanks and troops

[2:37] back in to finish the job. Despite the

[2:40] strikes, Palestinian militants still

[2:42] managed 80 rocket launches today,

[2:44] including the longest range strike yet

[2:47] to this field outside the southern city

[2:49] of Ashdod. That's 20 miles from Gaza.

[2:52] There were no serious Israeli injuries

[2:54] today, but thousands of Israelis are in

[2:56] lockdown. Schools are still closed and

[2:59] regular air raid sirens send Israelis

[3:01] scurrying into the shelters. But now

[3:03] there is widespread support throughout

[3:05] Israel for what is being called

[3:07] Operation Castle Le.

[3:10] >> This is not enough. This man says the

[3:12] terror must be wiped out.

[3:15] In Gaza's hospitals, they're struggling

[3:17] to cope with the injured. Many from

[3:19] Hamas, but not all.

[3:23] We desperately need medical supplies, he

[3:25] said. Nothing has come in. We urge the

[3:28] Egyptians to send us more help.

[3:31] In Israel, they buried a man killed by a

[3:33] rocket yesterday. In Gaza, they buried

[3:35] dozens. Israel has launched 300 strikes

[3:38] since yesterday and has promised many

[3:41] more. Some of those in the past few

[3:43] hours, hitting Palestinian smuggling

[3:44] tunnels near the Egyptian border.

[3:48] Those strikes, David, briefly led to

[3:50] clashes between Palestinians and

[3:52] Egyptian border guards. Increasing

[3:54] numbers of Palestinians desperate to get

[3:56] out of Gaza. Israeli leaders say they're

[3:58] determined to change the reality for the

[4:01] thousands of Israelis living within

[4:03] range of Hamas rocket fire. They want to

[4:05] force Hamas back into a ceasefire. They

[4:08] say Hamas broke it a month ago. They've

[4:10] been daily rockets ever since. The

[4:13] Israelis admit this could take a long

[4:15] time. David

[4:16] >> Simon McGregor Wood in Jerusalem

[4:18] tonight. Simon, thank you. Gaza is the

[4:20] latest battleground in the conflict

[4:22] between Israel and the Palestinians.

[4:23] Many had hoped it would be a place where

[4:25] a Palestinian state would take root. Now

[4:27] it's an isolated strip of land where

[4:29] Palestinian civilians are trapped.

[4:33] Just 25 m long, Gaza is home to close to

[4:36] 1 and a half million Palestinians. It is

[4:38] twice the size of Washington DC, but

[4:40] with three times the population. Israel

[4:43] captured the strip of land during the

[4:45] 1967 Arab-Israeli war, but pulled

[4:47] Israeli troops out of Gaza in 2005.

[4:50] Still, Israel exercises significant

[4:53] control over Gaza's borders by land,

[4:55] air, and sea, building massive metal

[4:57] fences with barbed wire and an elaborate

[4:59] security checkpoint at the main crossing

[5:01] into Israel. Arez,

[5:04] it took us more than an hour to snake

[5:06] our way through the crossing, reporting

[5:08] there. Just last year, we found

[5:09] Palestinians trying to get out of Gaza

[5:11] who were not allowed. Poverty and

[5:14] unemployment run high with 80% below the

[5:16] poverty line. Hamas designated a

[5:19] terrorist group by the United States

[5:20] promised relief to the people of Gaza

[5:22] and won parliamentary elections in 2006.

[5:26] >> A year later, seizing full control of

[5:28] Gaza in a coup.

[5:31] >> The people chose Hamas, this officer

[5:33] told me at the time. Since then, Hamas

[5:35] has been locked in conflict, firing

[5:37] rockets into Israel, angry over Israel's

[5:39] strict borders, the control of food and

[5:42] fuel. Israel now says its counterattacks

[5:44] are meant to stop that rocket fire. With

[5:47] Palestinian civilians now caught in the

[5:49] middle,

[5:50] >> the Gaza conflict may well continue into

[5:52] the next US administration.

[5:54] President-elect Barack Obama will

[5:55] inherit not only wars in Iraq and

[5:57] Afghanistan, but this stepped up

[5:59] violence between the Israelis and the

[6:00] Palestinians. ABC's Yanji Denise is with

[6:03] the president-elect in Honolulu.

[6:06] >> David, today President-elect Barack

[6:08] Obama began his day with a workout as he

[6:11] has nearly every morning here. Behind

[6:13] the scenes, however, Mr. Obama is

[6:15] receiving daily intelligence briefings

[6:17] on the conflict in Gaza and plans to

[6:19] talk with members of his national

[6:20] security team, General Jones, and

[6:23] Senator Clinton this evening. Top aids

[6:25] say he is not expected to address this

[6:27] latest crisis in the Middle East at all.

[6:29] >> The president-elect uh was uh on the

[6:32] phone with Secretary Rice yesterday.

[6:33] He's monitoring the situation closely,

[6:36] but the Bush administration has to speak

[6:38] for America now. The Obama transition

[6:40] team finds itself in somewhat of a bind.

[6:42] With so many eyes fixed on the

[6:43] president-elect for any reaction to what

[6:45] will most likely become his first

[6:47] international crisis to deal with, Mr.

[6:49] Obama realizes he does not have any

[6:52] authority to act. And between now and

[6:54] inauguration day, President Bush remains

[6:56] the decision maker. One analyst I spoke

[6:59] to said that at the very least he

[7:00] expected Mr. Obama to express sympathy

[7:02] for the loss of civilian life in Gaza.

[7:05] He has not done that. Clearly, he is

[7:07] taking a very hands-off approach. David

[7:10] >> Yanji Denise with the president-elect

[7:12] tonight. Thank you. Reaction to Israel's

[7:14] assault on Gaza from Arabs around the

[7:16] world has been swift. Syria broke off

[7:18] peace talks with Israel and Saudi

[7:20] Arabia's king reportedly phoned

[7:21] President Bush and other Western

[7:23] leaders, asking them to pressure Israel

[7:25] to stop its offensive. ABC's Hillary

[7:28] Brown has that part of the story

[7:29] tonight.

[7:31] Thousands of demonstrators took to the

[7:33] streets around the Middle East today to

[7:35] protest against Israel's attack on Gaza.

[7:39] >> In Turkey, a Muslim country with close

[7:42] ties to Israel, hundreds of people

[7:44] protested outside the Israeli embassy

[7:46] after the Turkish prime minister

[7:48] denounced Israel's attack as a crime

[7:50] against humanity.

[7:53] In Egypt, which has diplomatic relations

[7:55] with Israel, a huge crowd of students

[7:58] demonstrated outside Cairo University.

[8:00] The former foreign minister said Israel

[8:02] was waging war on civilians.

[8:04] >> This is a a a major operation against uh

[8:08] generally civilian population in Gaza.

[8:11] >> There were demonstrations in Jordan,

[8:13] which also has diplomatic relations with

[8:15] Israel. Arab TV channel showed a

[8:18] parliamentarian burning the Israeli flag

[8:20] inside parliament. In Lebanon, a crowd

[8:24] of angry protesters tried to break into

[8:26] the Egyptian embassy in Beirut,

[8:28] demonstrating against what they said was

[8:30] Egyptian compliance with Israel's Gaza

[8:33] campaign. For three years, Egypt has

[8:35] kept its border with Gaza closed.

[8:39] The Arab media is giving the Israeli

[8:41] attack huge coverage, calling it a

[8:43] massacre and repeatedly showing

[8:45] appalling pictures of the dead and

[8:47] wounded on satellite TV stations. Some

[8:50] studio guests are incandescent with

[8:52] rage. What would happen if 60 Israeli

[8:55] jets bombed Cairo and not Gaza? Screams

[8:58] Abdul Shala on Al Jazzer TV. Newspapers

[9:02] and websites are treating the story like

[9:04] a fullscale war with graphic headlines.

[9:07] Gaza is bleeding, says one. Hospitals

[9:10] full of the stench of death, says

[9:11] another.

[9:12] >> Shame on you.

[9:13] >> Even here in London, a protest got out

[9:15] of control as police tried to remove the

[9:18] demonstrators, but they said they would

[9:20] keep up their protest as long as Israel

[9:22] keeps dropping its bombs. Hillary Brown,

[9:25] ABC News, London.

[9:27] >> Also overseas, there were two major

[9:29] suicide bombings today in Afghanistan.

[9:31] Tonight, there are now images from a

[9:33] security camera that show school

[9:35] children walking on the right as the

[9:36] attacker's car approaches. The US

[9:39] military reports 14 children were killed

[9:41] along with two adults. The blast took

[9:43] place near a police and army post and is

[9:45] believed to have targeted a group of

[9:46] tribal elders meeting nearby. And across

[9:49] the border in northwest Pakistan, a

[9:50] suicide bomber pretending to need help

[9:52] with his car killed 26 people at a

[9:55] polling site. The blast heightened

[9:57] concerns that Pakistan is moving troops

[9:58] from this region here to its border with

[10:00] India in the wake of the Mumbai terror

[10:02] attacks. We turn back to news in this

[10:04] country and millions of Americans are on

[10:06] the move tonight, returning home from

[10:07] their holiday travels. Some are catching

[10:09] a break after a week of wild storms, but

[10:12] not everyone. ABC's Eric Hong reports

[10:14] from Chicago tonight.

[10:16] >> Today at O'Hare, lines were finally

[10:18] moving again, but not everyone was

[10:20] getting home.

[10:21] >> I've been on an airplane for about a

[10:23] week basically.

[10:24] >> Laura Sutton's to Albuquerque had

[10:26] mechanical problems. The next available

[10:28] flight tomorrow.

[10:30] >> And I would have liked to have had my

[10:31] bag, but I'm not waiting another hour

[10:33] just to get my bag. I'm just going to go

[10:35] to the hotel and go to sleep.

[10:38] >> Few can remember a week of such extreme

[10:40] weather.

[10:41] >> How would you describe your experience

[10:43] this week?

[10:43] >> Tick tock.

[10:44] >> There's been snow, ice, fog, and today

[10:49] wind. In Michigan, trees and power lines

[10:51] were down,

[10:53] leaving more than a quarter million

[10:55] people in the dark. And in Buffalo,

[10:57] hurricane force wind gusts bent the

[10:59] uprights at the Bill's Patriots game and

[11:02] frustrated kickers.

[11:04] >> In the Midwest, rising flood waters

[11:06] continued to threaten homes and swallow

[11:08] up cars. Roads were also treacherous in

[11:11] the Northwest. Near Seattle, a snowslide

[11:14] turned Interstate 90 into a parking lot.

[11:16] In the Northeast, spring-like

[11:18] temperatures. New York reached a high of

[11:20] 65 degrees, warm enough to ice skate in

[11:23] a t-shirt.

[11:24] >> I was expecting it to be snowing and

[11:25] like really, really cold, but I was not

[11:28] prepared. I'm pretty much a joy. It's a

[11:30] little weird.

[11:31] >> For some, a tranquil end to a holiday

[11:33] travel rush memorable for all the wrong

[11:36] reasons. Here in Chicago, we saw

[11:38] something here today we haven't seen in

[11:40] a while. The sun is expected to stay dry

[11:42] here at least for the next few days and

[11:44] that should help ease some of the

[11:45] concerns about flooding. David.

[11:47] >> All right, Eric Hong again with the

[11:48] travel and weather picture for us. Eric,

[11:50] thank you. Tomorrow, Chrysler and

[11:52] General Motors get their first shot in

[11:53] the arm from American taxpayers. The

[11:55] Treasury Department will transfer 13.4

[11:58] billion to their accounts out of the 17

[12:00] billion President Bush approved. Now,

[12:02] the question, will the car companies be

[12:04] able to keep their part of the deal?

[12:06] Here's ABC's John Hendren tonight.

[12:10] It's payday for two of Detroit's big

[12:12] three automakers, and experts say the

[12:15] first installment is probably just the

[12:17] beginning. Over the next few years,

[12:18] Moody's.com predicts it will cost

[12:20] taxpayers billions of dollars to keep

[12:22] the big three out of bankruptcy.

[12:24] >> The bailout will likely cost 100 billion

[12:27] or more before we're through.

[12:29] >> The automakers are stalled in launching

[12:31] the restructuring the Bush

[12:32] administration wants. GM has put off

[12:35] negotiations with creditors until

[12:36] January 5th. And the United Auto Workers

[12:39] Union doesn't want to go along with the

[12:40] wage and benefit cuts the bailout

[12:42] agreement calls for. The initial 9.4

[12:45] billion in loans is not expected to

[12:47] carry GM past February. Analysts say

[12:50] it's not a question of whether they'll

[12:52] be back to ask for more money, but when.

[12:54] >> Given the depressed state of the auto

[12:55] market, General Motors and Chrysler will

[12:57] certainly be back again for more aid.

[12:59] It's just a matter of time. With

[13:01] millions of jobs at stake, economists

[13:03] say the Bush administration and later

[13:05] the Obama administration will likely do

[13:07] what new car buyers do, complain about

[13:10] the price and then pay it. But first,

[13:13] Congress would have to overcome a bad

[13:15] case of bailout fatigue after the $350

[13:18] billion financial industry rescue.

[13:20] >> The money has not been accounted for. It

[13:22] made the the auto situation much more

[13:25] difficult because people it really

[13:27] poisoned the well for government

[13:28] involvement. Bailout fatigue or not,

[13:31] conditions are ripe for the automakers

[13:33] to garner more loans. President-elect

[13:35] Barack Obama and a larger Democratic

[13:37] majority in Congress were elected in no

[13:39] small part with the support of union

[13:41] workers. John Hendren, ABC News,

[13:44] Crawford, Texas. And still ahead here on

[13:46] World News this Sunday night, even with

[13:48] the dismal holiday sales numbers, there

[13:50] are still Americans shopping. So, where

[13:52] are they? What's driving them? American

[13:54] tourists targeted a south of the border

[13:56] paradise now drawing predators. And

[13:58] we'll take a closer look tonight. And

[14:00] then later, the real von traps. So many

[14:03] years later, they're still in the hills

[14:05] right here in the States.

[14:09] >> I'm Denine Verikio and this is my story.

[14:12] Around this time, the holiday, I helped

[14:15] to hand out food. The families feel very

[14:17] good when they open up their doors. I

[14:19] have arthritis in my fingers, in my

[14:22] elbows, in my knees. It just took my

[14:25] life away. I stopped doing a lot of

[14:27] things, especially volunteering. I take

[14:30] leave in the morning. It does work. I'm

[14:32] off and running. If I didn't have a

[14:34] leave, I wouldn't be able to accomplish

[14:36] the things that I do. It feeds your soul

[14:38] to do something good for others.

[14:40] >> My fibromyalgia muscle pain wasn't

[14:42] something you could see, but I felt it

[14:44] all over. Some days I had to push myself

[14:47] to leave the house and do everyday

[14:48] things.

[14:50] >> Then my doctor told me about

[14:51] prescription LA. It's not an

[14:53] anti-depressant. L is FDA approved for

[14:55] fibromyalgia. And clinical studies have

[14:58] shown that LA can help reduce the unique

[15:00] pain of fibromyalgia and improve

[15:02] function. So now I have less pain and I

[15:05] can do more during my day. Lica is not

[15:08] for everyone. Tell your doctor about any

[15:11] serious allergic reaction that causes

[15:13] swelling or affects breathing or skin or

[15:15] changes in eyesight including blurry

[15:17] vision or muscle pain with fever or

[15:19] tired feeling. Some of the most common

[15:21] side effects of Lica are dizziness,

[15:23] sleepiness, weight gain, and swelling of

[15:25] hands and feet. Do not drink alcohol

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[15:30] operate machinery until you know how

[15:32] Lica affects you.

[15:33] >> Health for fibromyalgia pain can start

[15:35] here. Ask your doctor about LA.

[15:40] >> We have been reporting here that this

[15:42] has been a dismal holiday season for

[15:44] retailers. Sales have been down in

[15:45] almost all categories. nearly 20% for

[15:47] clothing, more than a quarter for

[15:49] electronics, and by more than a third

[15:51] for luxury goods. But one big exception

[15:53] to this holiday retail gloom is the

[15:55] world's biggest retailer. Walmart saw

[15:57] its sales shoot up by more than 3% last

[15:59] month. But as Betsy Stark reports

[16:01] tonight, even the Walmart shopper is

[16:03] being squeezed.

[16:06] 135 million Americans shop at a Walmart

[16:09] every week. And the retailer's own

[16:11] surveys reveal what it calls significant

[16:13] changes in the consumer's condition.

[16:17] A record 80% of Walmart customers now

[16:20] cite their personal financial security

[16:22] as their number one concern. At this

[16:25] Walmart in Sakus, New Jersey, almost

[16:27] every shopper we talked to was looking

[16:30] for ways to scale back. You look like

[16:32] you're shopping very carefully today.

[16:34] >> Yes, I am.

[16:35] >> And I have to

[16:37] >> this woman has traded down from meat to

[16:40] canned tuna because it lasts longer.

[16:43] Store data shows that sales of generic

[16:45] brands are growing at two and a half

[16:47] times the rate of more expensive name

[16:49] brands.

[16:50] >> Betsy, it's an example.

[16:52] >> Retail consultant Bert Flickinger showed

[16:54] us a bottle of Walmart private label

[16:56] mouthwash for $2.78.

[16:59] The same size bottle of Listerine $6.92.

[17:03] How important is it for items to be on

[17:06] sale and deeply discounted? They have to

[17:08] be on sale, Betsy, because if they're

[17:10] not on sale, the shopper won't spend.

[17:13] >> With the country in a deep recession and

[17:15] unemployment on the rise, the retailer

[17:17] is keenly aware of the strains their

[17:19] shoppers are under. And it makes the

[17:21] $9,800 in credit card debt the average

[17:24] American family now carries more painful

[17:27] than ever.

[17:28] >> Credit is being used a lot less. That

[17:30] could be for a number of reasons, but it

[17:31] may be that their credit is maxed out,

[17:33] but we're seeing a lot more shopping

[17:35] with cash.

[17:35] >> Walmart is seeing another tell sign of

[17:38] stress. More people shopping on the

[17:40] first few days of the month or the 15th

[17:42] and 16th of the month when they've just

[17:44] received their paychecks and sales

[17:46] dropping off after that.

[17:49] >> Do you make it from one paycheck to the

[17:50] other to cover what you need to?

[17:52] >> Barely. In fact, I got paid today and

[17:54] it's already gone.

[17:55] >> Sometimes not even the lowest price is

[17:58] low enough.

[18:00] >> Betsy Stark, ABC News, Sakus, New

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[20:13] tonight at one of the most popular

[20:14] travel destinations for Americans and

[20:16] why more and more are afraid to go

[20:18] there. Mexico is being plagued by a wave

[20:20] of kidnappings. The State Department

[20:22] warns Americans that kidnapping,

[20:24] including the kidnapping of

[20:25] non-Mexicans, continues at alarming

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[20:30] one of the most popular near Baja

[20:31] California. Here's our senior law and

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[20:34] Tonight,

[20:36] >> Mexico's Baja border country had

[20:39] everything going for it. Soft breezes

[20:41] for the boats, waves for the surfers,

[20:43] and it's cheap and all within 100 miles

[20:46] of California.

[20:47] >> It kind of felt like a second home. We

[20:49] love Baja. I had 600 blissful days in in

[20:53] Mexico. And I had one really bad one.

[20:55] >> But for Pat Weber and his girlfriend

[20:57] Lorie Hoffman, two surfers from San

[20:59] Diego. That one bad one has ended their

[21:02] border trips to paradise.

[21:04] >> They shut up the RV to gain access. And

[21:06] you know, we both hit the deck while

[21:08] glass was flying. How much worse does it

[21:10] get? 45 minutes on all fours with a gun

[21:13] to your head.

[21:14] >> Two masked, heavily armed, flack

[21:16] vestwearing bandits ransacked the

[21:18] couple's RV. stole their money and

[21:20] sexually assaulted Lori.

[21:22] >> I mean, it it was really u heavy, you

[21:26] know. I I thought I was dead.

[21:28] >> Lori and Pat's story is one of a

[21:30] changing Baja California. Now, the FBI

[21:33] is warning innocent citizens are victims

[21:35] of assault and kidnapping for profit. As

[21:38] the Mexican government tries to crack

[21:39] down on narot terrorism, the FBI says

[21:42] the cartels have branched out.

[21:44] >> The disturbing part to us is just

[21:46] innocent victims. no connection to the

[21:48] drug trade, no connection to any other

[21:51] aspects of their business are being

[21:53] kidnapped simply because it's become a

[21:56] money-making operation for them.

[21:57] >> We have your husband. We want $2

[22:00] million.

[22:01] >> This American woman living in San Diego

[22:04] fears revealing her identity. She's

[22:06] married to a pharmacist who worked

[22:07] across the border in Baja and has not

[22:10] been heard from since 2006 despite a

[22:13] ransom attempt.

[22:14] >> It was late at night. I had to get in my

[22:17] car

[22:19] by myself with a money with a the bag of

[22:23] money. Um, and they had asked for a

[22:26] change of clothes for my husband.

[22:29] >> But she never saw her husband and the

[22:31] money is long gone. The FBI says nearly

[22:34] 50 Americans have been kidnapped along

[22:36] the border in the last two years. A

[22:38] travel alert issued this fall. And while

[22:40] it only advises US citizens to be

[22:42] low-key and careful, Lori and Pat advise

[22:45] avoiding the region.

[22:46] >> What is it you want people to know?

[22:48] >> I want people to to know that you have

[22:50] choices.

[22:51] >> Paradise without the threat of violence.

[22:54] Jim Avala, ABC News, Baja California.

[22:57] >> Our closer look for tonight. Meanwhile,

[22:59] off Mexico's east coast, the search

[23:01] continued today for an American woman

[23:03] missing from a cruise ship. The

[23:04] Norwegian Pearl returned to Miami

[23:06] overnight even as Mexican Navy searchers

[23:08] looked for Jennifer Sites. She is

[23:10] believed to have gone overboard on

[23:11] Friday when her husband reported her

[23:13] missing. When we come back here on World

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[25:40] >> The Sound of Music is a movie classic

[25:42] and a holiday favorite. Everyone knows

[25:44] the story of Maria, the governness, then

[25:46] mother to an aristocratic Austrian

[25:48] family. 70 years ago, the famous family

[25:50] immigrated to the United States. And all

[25:52] these years later, their legacy lives on

[25:55] with Maria's grandson now taking the

[25:57] lead role.

[25:59] The hills are alive.

[26:02] >> These are not the hills of Salsburg,

[26:03] Austria, but instead of Stow, Vermont,

[26:06] where the Von Traps, the family made

[26:08] famous by the sound of music, settled

[26:10] after immigrating to the US in 1938,

[26:12] buying 300 acres of farmland, building a

[26:15] lodge, and renting rooms while on tour

[26:17] as the Vont Trap family singers.

[26:19] Johannes is the youngest of Maria's

[26:21] children.

[26:22] >> The question I'm most often asked by

[26:24] people is, "Which one were you in the

[26:26] movie?"

[26:27] So then I have to tell them that I was

[26:30] in the movie, but you couldn't see me.

[26:31] >> The real Maria was pregnant with

[26:33] Johannes when the family escaped Nazi

[26:35] occupied Austria. While raising his own

[26:37] family, Johannes tried to make his son's

[26:39] childhood as normal as possible.

[26:41] >> People would ask a kid, you know, oh,

[26:43] are you related to that family? And we'd

[26:45] come home and say, "Hey, mom, pop, uh,

[26:47] you know, someone asked us again about

[26:49] that movie today. What what's the story

[26:51] with this movie?" And they'd say, "Oh,

[26:53] don't worry about it. It's just this

[26:54] small movie about our family history. in

[26:57] white dresses with blue satin sashes.

[27:00] >> And eventually, even Sam was drawn into

[27:02] the family business, convincing his dad

[27:04] that they should get the word out.

[27:06] They're still here.

[27:07] >> I'd like to invite you to come visit us

[27:08] here at the Trap Family Lodge.

[27:10] >> But his father is still resistant to

[27:12] other moves to commercialize their

[27:13] history.

[27:15] >> And they do have an ostrich.

[27:19] >> Still, father and son do see eye to eye

[27:21] on most things. There's an unmistakable

[27:23] Austrian theme to the lodge and both

[27:25] have resisted a sort of theme park.

[27:27] >> We get questions all the time, why don't

[27:29] you have uh the Sound of Music

[27:31] soundtrack playing 24/7 in your lobby?

[27:34] And the response is generally to to

[27:36] preserve the sanity of our front desk

[27:38] staff

[27:39] >> and their own. Our pianist in the lounge

[27:43] downstairs knows that I really don't

[27:45] like to hear him playing uh songs from

[27:47] The Sound of Music because I've heard

[27:49] them a few times, a few hundred thousand

[27:51] times. So, if he sees me walk in, he

[27:54] just segus into something else. It's

[27:56] very funny.

[27:57] >> That's not to say they don't embrace the

[27:59] film and the role of their cherished

[28:00] late mother played by Julie Andrews on

[28:02] screen and so many visitors offcreen.

[28:05] Every once in a while, I'll look out the

[28:08] window and see someone pirouetting in

[28:11] the field uh with their arms out

[28:14] pretending they're Julie Andrews.

[28:23] >> And of course, the movie that made the

[28:24] family famous is coming up next right

[28:26] here on ABC. That is World News for this

[28:28] Sunday night. I'm David Mure from all of

[28:30] us here at ABC News. Thanks for

[28:31] watching. I'll see you here tomorrow.

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