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Hello, ron, how are you . Not so good really. 16 months before the end. Nixon announced resignations of close aides implicated in watergate. Sacrificed to save him. Reagan says for whatever its worth, were still behind you out here and i wanted you to know that you are in our prayers. Reporter nixon comes back with a compliment. I so appreciate your calling and give my greatest love to nancy. Howd you ever marry such a pretty girl . Good god im lucky. Youre lucky. Reporter then another future president calls. George bush is on the phone. Hello . Hello . Mr. President . Thats h. W. Bush. He had seen the speech, too. I really was proud of you, and my golly, i know it was tough and i just wanted to till you that. Reporter this time nixon sounds anxious to wrap up. This is going to come through good. Okay, boy. A lot of people are rooting for you. How good of you to call. Reporter the tapes would spell the end of nixon in Office Despite what Ronald Reagan said when they wrapped up. Ron, its damn nice of you to call. This, too, shall pass. Reporter it did not. John donvan, abc news, washington. Amazing, hearing the tapes knowing what is eventually going to happen. He is in the middle of it. April 30th, 1973, and he resigned on august 8th, 1974. Still over a year to go. Year and a half to go from that moment. Im sure after all of that. He thought maybe i am in the clear. Yes. Exhale. No. Not at all. Also, hearing tiny snippets of this. This apparently posted by National Archives and record administration, 340 hours long. I still to this day wonder why in the world were the tapes in existence. Would you want those tapes . Apparently he knew about them. He knew about them. 700 hours remain sealed for National Security reasons. Over 1,000 hours of recorded conversations we have. Somewhere. Tapes under the desk. Please turn them off. Still to come, a world news now catwalk. Hmm. Were going to make a backtoschool shopping spree a little easier with some cool new fashions from macys. And ahead in our next half hour, theres still a few weeks left for summer vacation. Leaving your home unattended can be stressful. We have good tips to burglarproof your house. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now back back to school it is that time of year millions of kids across the country ready to hit the books, but first they will be hitting the stores. This morning a glimpse of some of the hottest backtoschool trends we can expect to see in the classroom this year. Joining us macys Vice President , fashion director, stephanie nielhausen. Welcome back. My daughter going into fifth grade. Went shopping for her school clothe tuesday. Popular segment. Everybody around the country doing it. We have a little show. Gus from first grade. Our first model. Lets bring him out. Tell us all about what he is wearing. Come on out, gus. Dont be shy. Come on out. Come on out. You look great. Doesnt he . I like the sneakers a lot. Tell us about it. Absolutely. Gus is representing one of the most important trends for fall. Its about utility. Its about camouflage. About cargo pocket details. Utility details. So, to your point, loving his little top sneakers. Give it to me. I will wear it. Cargo pants from epic threads as well as his little tshirt. Big pockets are awesome. Buffalo jacket. Cotton coating. Too cool, too cool for school. Im telling you what. You stole my words. Gus, you are out of here. Very nice. You look great. Look great. Sydney next. Going into third grade. Come on out, sydney. Hey, how cute. So sydney is looking rocker chic. She is. Like a motorcycle girl. Absolutely. Here the trend is all about leather or pleather in this case. Luxurious look of leather, right. Loving her moto jacket. The fun detail, the ruffle idea. Mixed media skirt. Denim with little leather. Peeking out. Then she is ready to take her jacket off. Guess whats on the back . The lace. Nice. Isnt that great . Lace overlay. All fabric mixing. Sydney, a great model. Professional moves here. Absolutely. Also about the pop of red. Thank you, sydney. Working it. We have tave next. Come on out. Going into sixth grade. Tell us about tave. Absolutely. Tave also is actually sporting the utility look. Cool look. We love it. Here we have a jacket from levis in camouflage, distressed denim. Also a shirt from nike. Can you open your jacket, tave. The metallic letters. Then converse sneakers. Some converse. The outfit i was wearing way back when going into sixth grade. Funny you say that. We say this is the look for celebrities, musicians and also middle schoolers. Right. Thank you, tave. Thank you, appreciate it. Next up we have brianna, going into 11th grade. Come on out, brianna. Very beautiful. Look at brianna. Tell us about her. Absolutely. Sporting a look from mason jules, one of our exclusive brands at macys. Here is about print and pattern mixing. Loving this colorblock sweater over a dot knit tee. And then the skinny ankle pant in navy is an important trend also for fall. And then one of my favorites. Too cute. Oxford shoes. Colorblock. What would you call that . Seethrough or mesh . Transparency. Looks ready to go to college. Not 11th grade. Goodness gracious. Exactly. Awesome. Excellent job. We have a teacher. Why not . Lets get a teacher in here. Stacy is a first grade teacher. Come on out, stacy. I feel like monty hall, calling out the guests. Come on out. Next contestant. Here is stacy with actually two of her previous students. So, stacy is sporting a look thats menswear inspired. Loving this jacket. From q mack, one of our exclusive brands at macys. So the tailored boyfriend jacket over the little tiered skirt, loving the olive skirt here. Little femme fergie stop underneath and floral print. Fantastic. If you had to qualify this years its kind of classic, casual. Absolutely. All about mixandmatch classics. With a modern twist. Come on out, everybody. Here we go. Yea the whole class. Im telling you what. This is an honor roll right here. Waiting to happen. Top of the class. Stephanie, thank you very much. Appreciate it. Thank all our lovely models did a great job. Find all the fashions at macys. You are watching world news now, everybody. Find all the fashions at macys. You are watching world news now, everybody. Welcome into the mix. Check it out. Instagram put to good use. Guy is on a bike ride, loses his phone. A group of skater kids find the phone. Take to instagram. And watch this. We found your phone. We found your phone. We found your phone. Call this phone. So they got the video. They took the video on the guys phone. Posted it on his own instagram site. Figures out he is missing his phone. Goes on there, figures out that these kids have it. They tell him where to meet it. And they hand the phone over. Just pretty cool kids. Somebody walks by and says, those punks. Theyre good kids. Not punks. Really good kids. Really creative. See huh they edited that. Pretty nice. Pretty cool. Weve got another video thats probably on its way to going viral if its not there already. We have seen a lot of funny routines on gym exercises people get into music and headphones. Get a load of this guy. Hes on an elliptical machine. Oh, is he ever. Work it. What did you say he was sensual . I would feel a little uncomfortable next to him. Here it comes. What . What . Oh. Im too sexy. What is he listening to . The lady in the background isnt even flinching. Doesnt even see him. Not hearing you, lalala. Jeff monk captured the random dance routine. He posted it. We do not know the guys name. Oh wow. 25,000 views and counting. Im sure that is going to go crazy after this. I love it. We keep watching this for the next two minutes of the mix. I wonder if hell be mortified. I dont think so he will be mortified. Oh i dont think so. What am i thinking . Moving on to this reluctantly. This is a pretty cool picture we want to show you. A farm in new jersey. Dale davis. His farm. Decided he is trying to drum up a little interest in the governors race in jersey, rather, excuse me in yes, in jersey. Hes decided that he made a corn maze. Youre actually looking at a corn maze of Chris Christie and his opponent, barbara buono, stony hills farm, he says so long as people pay, they can come walk the maze. Did it in 08, elephant donkey. He wants people to get interested in politics. Amazing creation. Pretty cool. I hate to say it, but im kind of happy about this story. Theres a guy driving too slow in minnesota. Gary lester of prairie, minnesota. This morning on world news now frightening allegations and terrifying images, new claims that the Syrian Regime attacked its own people with chemical weapons. A bizarre twist. The family of the man accused of kidnapping Hannah Anderson wants to find out if he is her father. Also keeping your home and valuables safe when youre away. Important tips on making your house burglar proof. A tweet from dr. Phil sparking outrage. The controversial question he posed about sex assault and alcohol. It is thursday, august 22nd. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. Good thursday morning. We are beginning with new concerns about the use of chemical weapons in syria. The u. S. And other countries are demanding u. N. Inspectors be allowed in to investigate. But the Syrian Government is denying any such attack ever took place. Heres our chief Global Affairs correspondent, martha raddatz. Reporter the pictures are gut wrenching. The rebels fighting the regime say these are mothers, fathers, children, killed while they slept in their homes in a damascus suburb. They say the Syrian Regime fired rockets on its own people. Rockets carrying poisonous gas, leaving the innocent convulsing, foaming at the mouth, suffocating. I would be very surprised if it turned out to be a fake. Reporter images are impossible to verify for certain and the assad regime denies the attack saying allegations are baseless. But we showed the pictures to a weapons expert. The only explanation i can really see to this is this looks like this fellows nerves have been are being destroyed potentially by Something Like sarin. Reporter the white house said it is deeply concerned. But the white house has said that before. Almost a year to the day. President obama warning syria about crossing a red line. We have communicated in no Uncertain Terms with every player in region that is a red line for us. Reporter but two months ago when the white house said the was convinced assad carried out a smallscale chemical attack, the red line seemed to blur. Little was done in response. What is not debatable is the human toll. I want to show you some images thousands of families streaming out of syria, escaping the bloodshed. Among them a child who will become the one millionth young syrian to flee. A sad milestone. Martha raddatz, abc news, cairo. And there are new worries in egypt this morning. Now that former president Hosni Mubarak is state be released after two years. The 885yearold former leader is to be held under house arrest. Many fear his release and last weeks government crackdown may signal a return to the old regime. Back here at home, some breaking news from san diego where bob filner reached tentative settlement with a former aide who accused him of Sexual Harassment and unwanted sexual advances. No word on whether filners resignation is part of the deal. It will be considered friday by san diego city council. Political insiders expect a special Election Campaign to begin as early as saturday. Searchers in golden city, missouri, have found a body outside the town where a 12yearold girl disappeared three days ago. Friends say they last saw horton get into a vehicle at a park. The driver, bobby born jr. Has been charge with her kidnapping. Adrianas father said born worked for him. A positive id on the body could take another day. A new twist in the Hannah Anderson kidnapping case. The sister of the man who abducted anderson claims he could be hannahs father. She wants a paternity test. Brett anderson insists he is hannahs real dad. As things get back to normal at that atlanta Area Elementary School where an employee heroically talked down a gunman. This morning we are learning how heroic she was. Antoinette tuff confronted Michael Brandon hill as he brandished an ak47 in the front office. Called 911 stayed on the line and followed hills orders and now we are hearing how deftly she reasoned with him. Its going to be all right, sweetie. I just want you to know that i love you, though, okay . And im proud of you. Thats a good thing. We all go through something in life. Hill had taken the gun from a friends home carrying 500 round of ammunition. His family says he has a history of psychiatric issues and police told them he was off his medication. He told that to antoinette in the room together. The things she said trying to reach on a human level. Calling him sweetheart the saying she loved him. She saved the day. Just amazing. She did. To think he went outside firing shots at cops. She called him back in. Yes. I mean. She put herself above everything. The she is the one that talked him into putting his guns down. Talked him into getting down on the floor. During that 911 call, you can hear how she is talking to him. He says tell the cops to come in now. Okay. We are going to do this nice and slow. He wants a drink of water. She is on the phone with the dispatcher. She just this whole thing. She gave him an outlet. All he wanted to do was have someone to listen to him. She reached him. She reached him somehow. Yes. At the end of the phone call where she finally, i think, comes to realize what she had just been in. And she breaks down on the phone with the 911 dispatcher. Just incredible. All praying for her and mr. People like antoinette. Im sure she doesnt want anything. The keys to city and something. Deserves a ribbon. She gives all the glory to god. Through the whole thing praying to him. Somehow not surprised. Amazing. The u. S. Forest service says the nations top wildfire fighting agency says that it is running out of money to fight wildfires. More than 50 fires burning in the western states including Yosemite National park. Abcs brandi hitt joining us with more from los angeles with this. Brandi. Good morning, john, diana. As fire crews start gaining control over some wildfires out west there are new fires burning out of control and threatening hundreds of homes. Reporter this monster fire raging out of control near Yosemite National park has burned more than 25 square miles. Its terrifying how unpredictable it is and how fast it is moving. It just breaks my heart. Reporter the rim fire is now threatening 2,000 california homes, hotels and campgrounds. Julie tresser believes her home is already gone. A lot of memories. Weve been up there, 15, 18 years. Reporter with nearly 50 large fires now burning out west, the National Preparedness level has been raised to five. The highest level since 2008. In montana, some families have lost everything. This is no longer any good. Antique stove. Reporter ron hendersons barn is gone, but his home was spared. In washington state, this fire near leavenworth tripled in size, threatening dozens of homes. A lot of fuel on the forest floor here. Reporter fire crews say the dry conditions in a drought year are fueling explosive wildfires. Including the beaver creek fire in idaho. After scorching nearly 170 square miles, there is finally some good news thanks to higher humidity levels, firefighters believe they will soon have it contained. Kind of laid down on the ground. It hasnt wanted to get in the crowns and run again. So we do feel pretty optimistic. The beaver creek fire and many others were sparked by lightning. And that is still a big concern. With red flag warnings extended here in california through this morning. John and diana . All right, take a look at the weather starting on the west coast. Warm and clear for most of california. There will be some showers in the northwest. Thunderstorms in the rockies. From the Northern Plains all the way into the northeast. Rain and showers across the southeast and in texas. Its going to be 100 degrees for you in dallas. Into the high 80s. Miami into boston. Temperatures also in the 80s up and down the west coast and around the great lakes. We throw the title hero around a lot in this case the title seems to be just right. The hero is 15yearold michael shearer, doing work on a rural road in maryland the other day when he heard a crash. He ran to the scene and spotted a small fire under the vehicle and a mother screaming that her three children were inside that vehicle. Well, my first main thoughts were to get them out of the car. The whole time i was doing that. I was that was the only thing i was thinking about was that fire and the amount of smoke that started spewing out of the car was getting ridiculous. I knew we was it was a race against time. Great kid. Right after they got out, all three kids safely, shearer said the whole front of the car went on fire. The driver and kids suffered minor injuries. Oh, my gosh. I cant even imagine a situation like that. The fact that he was so calm. He realized there was a situation, problem. Ran there, smoke, got to get the kids out. This is going to be bad. Got them all out safely. Thats when the whole thing erupted. He was doing chores in his moms front yard. Thank god he had some chores to do. If he wasnt there, totally different. True. 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Man save big on car rentals too, from 11. 95 a day. Know youre not alone because im gonna make this place your home these final weeks of august are prime time for summer vacations, but that also means homes may be left vacant and vulnerable to thieves. Abcs gio benitez has the story to protect your valuables when youre away. Reporter caught on camera, a thief somersaulting into a family home. The family was away from the house. As the crook stole 1,000 of electronics. Police across the country tend to agree, august is hot season for burglaries from california to North Carolina where four men ransacked a home. A family completely unaware. Now, new ways to fight back from afar. Even if nobody is home, you can still be watching from anywhere. Using practically any device. So, tip number one. Find a motionactivated camera like this one. It captured a burglar entering a home and immediately sent a video to the homeowners cell phone. First thing i thought. Oh, my god, is this really real . The fbi says most of the burglaries happen during the day. Thieves making off with about 2,000 in loot each time. Tip two, convince thieves someone is home. Here is a new device, fake tv. It looks like someone must be home watching television. It has simple l. E. D. Lights the manufacturer says mimic a television set. If the crook thinks someone is home, it is unlikely they will break in. Thats exactly why lighting timers are a good idea. But you dont want the lights to turn on and off at the same time every day. So, tip number three. Set multiple times for different days. To trick would ofbe burglars. Driving around paying attention to this looking to break into a home. They see this light going on at different times. Make it difficult for somebody to pick your house. Reporter simple advice to protect your valuables in that treasured home. Gio benitez, abc news, franklin lakes, new jersey. Lots of tips, really. Good tips. Sitting here looking at somebody elses house. If thats your house see people running around it. My goodness. First of all, your heart drops. Dont know what to do if you are 1,000 miles away. Call the police . Your neighbor . Do you wait till they leave . Get them while theyre in there. The best tip, social media is so crazy. So true. I know where youre going with this. Dont put anything on social media that youre going away. Hey. Wait until you get back. Post it all on there at the same time. Sad but true. Yes. Good advice. You never know whose neighbors kid friend brothers friend happens to be connected to your facebook page. Sees it and theyre not so good. Somebody you know. They do say that. Or theyre somehow connected to someone you know. Right. When we come back, the skinny, and dr. Phils controversial tweet. Another dui for David Cassidy and lessthanflattering mug shot. You are watching world news now. Announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. An organizer of, of, like dogooders. A media mogul. Just. Rule the world. When im older, i want to be anything but the one that doesnt fit in. The one that people dont love. Everyone deserves a dream. Everyone. But some of us feel depressed, anxious, angry, and do things that others think arent normal. If thats you, say something. People people will listen. Add your voice at. Ok2talk. Org all right. Skinny time. This withins kind of a shame. David cassidy, partridge, good guy, pulled over for dui. Hard time. I think its the second one in three years. Tmz got the goods on him. Lets pull up his mug shot. Not looking good there. The star was pulled over in upstate new york. Faces felony charges. He had a previous dui in florida this is all according to tmz. 63 years old. Arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. This was in new york early outside of albany. He had his high beams on. Cops pulled him over. They took his bloodalcohol, which was. 10, higher than the states legal limit of. 08. Faces felony drunk driving charges because of the dui he had in florida. Posted 2,500 bail. Due back to court in september. Can i give you a little tidbit . Almost a little funny. According to the albany times union, the arresting officers name was tom jones, whats new pussycat. And David Cassidy heard the name and said whats new pussycat . Is that what tipped off the cops maybe there is a problem . I dont know. Here is something that garnered a whole lot of attention on social media and otherwise. Dr. Phil posted a question on his twitter account that a lot of people thought was inappropriate. The post basically said, if a girl is drunk, is it okay to have sex with her . Reply yes or no to dr. Phil. A lot of people on twitter thought this was incredibly inappropriate, as i said. One person said dr. Oz was saving lives today. Dr. Phil was trying to hook up with drunk girls. If a person is a misogynist, is it okay just to refer to him as dr. Phil from now on . Upset tweeters. Dr. Phil has the come out to say, in a statement, that this was taken way out of proportion. Part of the statement says, this tweet was intended to evoke discussion leading into a serious show topic which based upon a repeat news story, hence the accused label. A poll question, not a statement, not a joke. They insist we read the entire statement. We do not have time. See the statement on abc news. Com. Twitter, dont have a lot of room for context. Youve got to be careful how you phrase stuff. Maybe the best of intentions. I dont think he meant any harm, if you ask me. Dr. Phil is a very intelligent man. Just poorly phrased. Right. Just came out too blunt in that one line. Twitter has the unfortunately, thats what twitter is all about. Right about that. Dolly parton, expanding dollywood resort. Wants to add a roller coaster. Never been. Have you been . Never been. In the smoky mountains. Been there a while. Wants to also have a a resort and a part of a 300 million expansion. She wants to take it to the next level. And roller coaster. The big resort hotel. Its been her dream ever since she opened the park 28 years ago. Going to start with the resort having 308 rooms. Have front porches at the resort. How cool is that. Front porches . I can deal with that. Pretty cool. Everybody in the lobby, greeted with lemonade in the summer. Hot chocolate in the winter. Nice. Maybe thats where i need to go in the wintertime. Really quickly. Dont have a whole lot of time. James franco getting his own tv show, by the way called, i lost it i believe it is going to be called james franco presents. Franco. The life about franco. He life about franco. Those spots are actually leftover food and detergent residue that can redeposit on your dishware during the rinse cycle. Gross. Jetdry rinse agent helps wash them away so the only thing left behind is the shine. Jetdry rinses away residues for a sparkling shine. So heres no secret. Being sick is no fun. No one know that better than children with chronic illnesses who have to spend a whole lot of time in the hospital. For one day children at a california hospital were made to feel as though they could fly from a group of very special superheroes. And denise denoro of our los angeles station was there. Reporter look, up in the sky. Superheroes scaling the walls outside mattel Childrens Hospital at ucla. Awesome. Im loving this day. Reporter at birth, 13yearold angel weighed a little over a pound. He received five organ transplants, hes had many setbacks, but he feels transformed. Im a big superhero fan, all of them. Reporter 4yearold abby carr of bakersfield has heart failure. Her pulse is quickening at the sight of the caped crusader. Because he is my favorite superhero. Thats why. Reporter by day this spiderman, captain america and batman work for sundland window cleaning. The company is donating time and the costumes. Wearing the mask means you have to think quick. Kids have a lot of questions. Who is the easiest guy to take down . Hmm, the joker. The joker. Reporter when you are chronically ill it forces you grow up. The job of healing and recovery can be pretty intense when confined in a hospital for weeks even months. So a superhero distraction like this reminds kids that, well, theyre just kids. There is Research Done on laugher and how it helps the body heal. Watching the kids out here down and talking with the superheroes, i think thats exactly what was going on. Reporter little abby cant help but feel there is nothing she cant d i love to see her smile. Abby didnt like that mom was facing the camera. Mom, mom. Therapeutic for kids and parents. Yeah. Thats wonderful. We want to tell you, next week, National Dog Day monday. We want to help you show off your best friend. Theut p it should be a lot of fun. Email us at wnnfans. Com. Include your dogs name. Your first name. Your ciand think we are going to do sharing of our own when it comes im thinking about getting goti he had his n. Good morning. Im john muller. Im diana perez. Here are some of the top headlines were following this morning on world news now. Release of former president Hosni Mubarak from prison in egypt could cause more turmoil there. The Prime Minister ordered the 85yearold mubarak held under house arrest. Army private Bradley Manning has been sentenced to 35 years in prison after leaking documents to wikileaks. Mannings lawyers say he will be eligible for parole in seven years. Vice President Bidens son beau expected to travel to delaware after being released from a hospital in houston. All we know about his treatment he is said to have undergone a successful procedure. And tennis star Maria Sharapova will not be playing in this years u. S. Open. She withdrew because of a right shoulder injury. Sharapova played once on tour since wimbledon in june. Those are some of our top stories on this thursday, august 22nd. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. Hey, you know we have these little coconuts in front of us. Throwback thursday. All things hawaii. Back in 1959 of this week, hawaii became the 50th state. Well have fun. Have a little fun. First. Pure rum. Pure. Little bit. Doing good. Ooh. Loose. Get your news on. Lets do it. We begin this halfhour. Return to the classes, students talking, an Atlanta Area School under siege earlier in the week. Just released 911 tapes reveal just how dangerous the situation was inside of the schools office. Heres abcs steve osunsami. Reporter its a heartstopping call to police. You can hear the sound of gunfire. Im in the front office. Ooh, he just went outside and started shooting. Okay. He said to tell them to back off. He doesnt want the kids. He wants the police. So back off. And what else, sir . He says he dont care if he die, he dont have nothing to live for. And he said hes not mentally stable. Reporter antoinette tuff, the bookkeeper the gunman confronted in the front office, stayed on the phone with police after the bullets started flying. It was scary because i knew at that moment he was ready to take my life along with his. And if i didnt say the right thing that we all would be dead. Reporter she followed his orders. Then she tried to get inside his head. Do you want me to try. I can help you. You want to talk to them . You want me to talk to them and try . Okay, but let me talk to them and lets see if we can work it out so you dont have to go away with them for a long time. Reporter she told him her story. You are going to be okay. I thought the same thing, you know i tried to commit suicide last year after my husband left me. But look at me now. I am still working and everything is okay. She promised to risk her own life to help him surrender safe whether i, and thats when he got on the ground and put the guns aside. Its going to be all right. Sweetheart. I just want you to know that i love you okay. I am proud of you. A good thing that you have just given up. Dont worry about it. We all go through something in life. Reporter this is where she buzzes the police in. Stay on the ground. Stay on the ground. This is where she breaks down. I have never been so scared in all of the days of my life. Jesus. But you did great. Oh, jesus. You did great. Oh, god. Police told us the 20yearold Michael Brandon hill was carrying an ak47 he took from a friends home. His family explains he has a history of psychiatric issues, and police say he told them he was off his meds. An everyday person did something extraordinary. Makes you recognize how easily School Workers can set aside their owner use for everyone elses. Steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. Now overseas to syria and claims that the government has used toxic gas to kill more than 100 people including women and children. Rebels released graphic images of what they claim its the aftermath of the attack. The u. S. And other nations are demanding that u. N. Experts in the country be granted access to the area where rebels say this all took place. The Syrian Government denies it used chemical weapons. Here at home, a military judge at fort mead, maryland, handed down the stiffest punishment ever. Army private Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years in a military prison for leaking hundreds of thousand of classified documents to wikileaks. His lawyer says the 25yearold will be eligible for parole in seven years. The former Pope Benedict has broken his silence since his resignation saying that god told him to resign. Benedict describes a mystical experience in which god told him he should dedicate his life to prayer rather than pontiff. This contradicts the explanation he gave to cardinals back in february when he cited his physical weakness and advanced age. Breaking news overnight from san diego where embattled mayor bob filner reached tentative settlement with a former aide accused hem of Sexual Harassment. No word if resignation is part of the deal. It will be considered friday by the san diego city council. Some political insiders are already saying they expect a special election to begin saturday. The porn industrys trade association is calling for a work stoppage after an actor tested positive for hiv the Free Speech Coalition didnt identify the actor but says the performers sex partners are being tested. A spokesperson says the actor is not believed to have been infected on a film set and the moratorium will be lifted once the risk of further transmission has been eliminated. You may have heard the claims earlier this week about a new car being the safest ever made outperforming all other cars tested by the government. Abcs betty lu went for a test ride in the tesla. Reporter the teslas, the cuttingedge electric car, known for his quick design, topping the charts for safety. Five stars from the government beating out every other car, minivan or suv. The secret . Its maker, elon musk. No engine in the front. Watch what that means in this crash test. Without an engine in front, there is a long crumple zone, a buffer. You can see driver and passenger are safe. Very different than Traditional Cars like this 2011 nissan versa, a smaller vehicle with the engine in front. You can see the car crumples, impacting the drivers seat. Since then, nissan has made upgrades, and the newest model has earned four stars. The tesla does cost over 70,000 and needs to be charged often. But the safety designs could impact all cars. Tesla uses a unique structure where it layers the metal. That allows it to absorb the energy. Hopefully in ten years, if things go really well, something close to majority of new cars made will be electric. For a guy used to turning dreams into reality, the dream of a safer ride may be a lot closer to reality. For abc news, betty lu, in new york. That outofcontrol wildfire burning in Yosemite National park is now only 5 contained. The fire has grown to more than 25 square miles threatening homes, hotels and camp buildings. While the area is remote, the blaze led to voluntary evacuation of several camps, two campgrounds and dozens of private homes. Lets check the weather now. Went be any rain, through yosemite area today unfortunately. Will be north of there. Storms over a big part of the nation. From the northeast through the midwest and planes and into the rockies. Rain in the southeast. All right. 92, orlando. 89 in miami. Reading, high 80s. Boston all the way up to atlanta. Be in the low 80s. Around the great lakes. Also in the Northern Plains. 80s. And also be 80s along the west coast. Lots of 80s. Lots of 80s. So often we see the aftermath of an act of nature, but not this time. This time we see a dramatic act an watch the trees as they disappear into a sinkhole. This is crazy. Its in louisiana in the bayou country. The water churns as the unseen sinkhole underneath it opens up on the bayou floor. A local emergency official says the sinkhole is still active and that it continues to grow. But he adds that homes arent in any danger for now, of course. Even so an evacuate i i would as soas p i dont carallo heaw. t carallo look at that. I cant imagine living anywhere near that. Apparently this is a sinkhole, growing, growing, there just hasnt been dramatic video like this where the s youtube it. Watch this video. Youtube it. Coming up, the youngest player on the Washington Play plon the washington e thaliv first, the story parents should see. The social networking site kids are flocking to. Some a mt fi new you cant hear me and all youre ever going to be is mean why you got to be so mean announcer world news now weather brought to you by consumer cellular. All youre ever gonna be is mean why you got to be so mean now to a hot new website that has some parents and experts worried, ask. Fm is a wildly popular social networking site that may be linked to teen suicide. Abcs reporter has more on making it easier for teens to bully each other. Reporter social media sites like facebook, instagram and twitter are ubiquitous favorites for teens, they share photos, tips on homework or just plain gossip. Now the latest place to share, ask. Fm, a site where teens can post anonymously without the prying eyes of parents. Molly cannon remembers the day she first logged on. It started off, ask me questions on my ask. Reporter molly says innocent questions turned into brutal verbal assaults. Slowly got worse and worse. I definitely would be sitting in my bed and cry. Reporter she is not alone. In just the past year, 6. 3 million visitors, many of them young teens have logged on to the site as a way to bond with other teens. But also opening themselves up to anonymous bullying. Teens look at that as an opportunity to do things that they would never otherwise feel comfortable doing. Reporter the website which is also popular in europe has been mentioned in press reports in connection with at least 14 suicides in the uk and ireland. And here in the u. S. , 16yearold jessica lanys best friend said jessica took her own live after relentless online attacks. Ask. Fm users posting vicious messages like, drink bleach. Go get cancer. Go die. However, the local Sheriffs Office says neither they, her parents, boyfriend, or School District were aware of any bullying in her life. It is a dangerous thing for some teenagers to go on these sites because they are met with such hostility and such ugly statements. Reporter outraged parents are pressuring ask. Fm for more accountability. And ask. Fm is listening. In an open letter the company said, quote, we are committed to ensuring that our site is a safe environment. We have implemented various measures over the past months to continue to improve our users safety. Abc news, new york. Got to be aware of what your kids are doing. Give them good advice. And tell them these people dont know you. You cant take anything they say serious. You have an upcoming tween. Which has got to be frightening. Exactly. Ive got to make sure i talk to her about this. Whats frightening to parent. You see Something Like that. Myself included, i didnt even know this existed. Same here. I am curious if she knows. She is 10. Sure she does. You brought this up. Facebook has become a lame thing people dont want to do an more. But there are so many things instead of facebook, instagram, vine videos, ask. Fm. I had no idea. Got to keep on top of this stuff. Facebook is for geezers like us. Got to stalk your kids on line. Yeah, you do, kind of. Sad but true. When we come back, some fun, little aloha. Were going to travel to hawaii. Celebrating americas 50th state with a trip to the beach. Stay with us. Announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. My hula skirt. This is really strong, by the way. Yeah. This is my fifth dancing. Little green guy in here. Throwback thursday, going to hawaii. This week in 1959 it became americas 50th state. Perfect climate and natural beauty. Hawaii icing on the american cake. A lot we know about hawaii. A lot we dont. Here are a couple fun facts we want to share with you about the aloha state. History hawaii the only state to honor a monarch, united hawaii as a single nation in 1810, forged hawaiian identity. However, his followers eventually killed the european explorer, captain james cook. Native culture is strong in hawaii. The only american state to have two official languages. English and hawaiian, pigeon, samoan and tongan are spoken there. There are also no racial minorities in that state. Very diverse. Volcanic activity. Five active volcanoes in the state. The busiest one, astronauts travel on the volcanoes, because they resemble the surface of the moon. That actually makes a little bit of sense. Surfing was invented in hawaii by polynesians who settled there thousands of years ago. First surfboard weighed 150 pounds. Ouch. They measured 20 feet. Pretty huge. Little boat. How they stayed on the water. How did they make the things . How did they not sink . 2,400 miles away from los angeles. It actually is the most southernmost american state. Has its own time zone. Does not observe daylight savings time. Im jealous. I hate daylight savings time. I do, too. And who wouldnt want to vacation there. I know i want one. Plenty of celebrities, oprah, clint eastwood, woody haralson. Well get an invite. Hawaii is the only state to grow coffee. Because it has that tropical rain forest. Kona coffee one of the most expensive. Its awesome. Ive never had it. Hula was originally a form of worship performed by highly trained men. Hula means a dance on bended knee. Hmm. Hawaii captured the american imagination when it became a state. Hollywood caught the fever in 1961 they released this movie. Oh. Feel the touch of your hand on mine skinny elvis presley. Pretty cool, right. There he is. Blue hawaii. Music comedy. Critics didnt think too much of it. Finished tenth at the box office. Elvis was in it. In 1972, the brady bunch mike brady sent to the island to work on a construction project. And he was followed or allowed to take his family. Remember this . I do, too. What do they call it . What . What . Did he make that up . I dont know. The show aired three episodes centered on the hawaiian trip. Introduced the american audience to all sights and wonders. Remember dropping the popcorn in the woods and vincent price. Yes, i do. Man, oh, man. Our hula skirts. You know you want to dance. I shouldnt be doing that. Ill stick to drinking my mai tai. Tv theme music. When you hear it you will know what it is. I love this song. He is so cool. Book em, dano. Didnt they try to bring this back . Yeah, they did. Longest Running Police drama on tv until law order 1968 to 1980. And of course, like i said, now its back. A brandnew hawaii fiveo is in its fourth season. Nice time doing our little hawaii celebration. I did, too. Dance. Well be right back. What do you think . I need one. Way up high hd3 ding finish power up tooudeterg brings your dishwasher back to life. Dishwasher buildup, cloudiness, spots, even tough stains gone so dont give up. Add finish power up. [ female announcer ] outlast stay fabulous from covergirl can. Outlast is a primer, concealer and foundation all in one for all day flawless skin. Outlast stay fabulous. [ sofia ] from easy, breezy, beautiful covergirl. Tell me what you hate tell me what you love finally this half hour, a dream come true for a little boy who survived a nightmare. It is our favorite story of the day. This little boy has a whole lot of time to make up. And hes not wasting any of it. From our sister network, espn, and makeawish, chris conley has this story. Down set hut reporter 8yearold lateef brock loves the game of football. People who would see him today would never know he has been through so much. Reporter at birth lateef was diagnosed with end stage renal disease. He was not expected to live beyond his first birthday. Only last year, lateef received a kidney transplant. What was that like to go through . Hard. Painful. You know, all that other stuff. Reporter lateef told makeawish he would like to meet his favorite player, Robert Griffin iii of the redskins. On lateefs big day, the team gives him a warm welcome, a contract and sweet signing bonus. Pick out what you want. You can actually take two. Reporter it is off to the locker room while someone is sneaking in just to meet lateef. His hero. Rg3. Whats up, man . Whats up . How you doing . They go from the lockers to the practice facility. The child who spent his first seven years fighting for his life finds himself throwing passes with his hero. You got a little arm on you, man. You might need to play quarterback. Come here. Reporter then lateef called on to the field by the coach. We are going to run the sweep see if you can take it in the end zone. Okay . Reporter lateef has a play to run. Ill meet you in the end zone. And its a pitch to lateef brock. Reporter he spins through the redskins defense. He cant be stopped. And scores. Touchdown, lateef brock. Reporter the boy who survived so much, now healthier and more active. Ready to run full out and into a brighter future. Give me some up top. Reporter chris conley, abc new, los angeles. The kids got game, for real. See how fast. He can run. He can catch. Got through that hole like a pro. My favorite thing. Goes through the whole thing. The guys are stumbling over themselves. Falling all over. I think they were falling, he is so fast. Lightning. They were. Such a wonderful story. Thanks chris conley. Should have held out for a bigger signing bonus. His agents. Get him on to the redskins. Announcer every day more americans choose abc news. Americas number one news source. I can let them know that you have not tried to harm me or do anything with me or anything if you want to. But that doesnt make any difference. You didnt hurt anybody. This morning on world news now, calm in the face of chaos. For the first time hearing how one brave woman helped talk down a man armed to the teeth inside a school. Plus for whatever its worth, were still behind you out here, and i wanted you to know that youre in our prayers. Insight into the unraveling of nixons presidency. The fascinating tapes and the support he received in the midst of his downfall. Then a backtoSchool Fashion show. Were going to show you some sharp clothes that will turn heads in the hallway this year. Its thursday, august 22nd. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. Good thursday morning, everybody. A day away from the magic day. Friday. We are getting there. It is pretty magical, but not as magical as the weekend. No. Any big plans for the weekend, by the way . No. Im just going to chill out. One of the last weekends of summer, so just going to enjoy it. Right . While we got it . I dont have any big plans. Spend more time with the family. Which is always nice. You have been traveling a lot. Nice to relax. Had a couple trips. Nice to not do anything this weekend. Good for you. Should we pay the bills . Lets do it. Students returning to class this morning at a school near atlanta. Newly released 911 tapes reveal the harrowing few moments when a gunman threatened their safety. We hear more from the hero bookkeeper who helped prevent a tragedy. Abcs tahman bradley. Good morning. Reporter you are about to hear what happened when the gunman stormed inside the Elementary School, the terror and the heroic acts of one of the School Workers. The frightening moments at the Elementary School captured on the 911 call. Ooh, he just went outside and started shooting. The voice of antoinette tuff, bookkeeper at Mcnair Academy in decatur, georgia, who bravely talked the shooter down as children rushed to safety. I can let them know that you have not tried to harm me or anything. But that doesnt make any difference. You didnt hit anybody. Reporter she even got personal with the gunman. Dont feel bad baby, my husband left me after 33 years. Reporter police moved in and the man surrendered without incident. Because of her heroics, no one was hurt. The suspect is 20yearold Michael Brandon hill seen here in this chilling new photo. Police say he showed up ready to kill. The weapon has been recovered. We do have it. It is an ak47 type assault rifle. He had approximately 500 rounds of ammo with him and a couple magazines. Reporter hill has a history of Mental Health issues and a troubled past. He was arrested earlier this year for alleged terrorist threats and acts. His brother says it was only a matter of time before he went off. I had a feeling he was going to eventually one day do something stupid. But not this magnitude. Reporter police say the suspect has given them a statement. But they say they cant release it. Hill is facing a number of charges including making terrorist threats and aggravated assault on a police officer. Diana, john. Thank you. Really incredible. We talked about this earlier, she yesterday from everything we saw in her interviews, we just this woman is magnificent. Unbelievable. Calm, cool, collected. An angel. After hearing the 911 tapes even more profoundly affected by how amazing she is. At the end of the 911 tapes you hear how harrowing this was for her where she starts to break down and the relief in her voice. This is what i think is very interesting. Aside from his brother we havent heard anything about the parents. I dont know there were any parent figures in his life. There was a station able to talk to a woman who he lived with for several months in his late teens. Only person that talked about his character outside of his brother who says this is out of character of michael. She said the same thing. She said the same thing. She thinks this was a plea for help. He was trying to get attention he needed help. He told antoinette, he was off his medication. Lets hope he gets some help, and lets hope yeah, theres more people like that woman there to talk people down if they make mistakes. Every Single School across the United States and the world, for sure. Moving on to syria and claims the government has used toxic gas to kill more than 100 people including women and children. Rebels released graphic images of what they claim is the aftermath of the attack. The u. S. And other nations are demanding u. N. Experts already in the country be granted access to the area where rebels say all of this took place. The Syrian Government denies it used chemical weapons. Former egyptian president Hosni Mubarak wont be a free man when released from prison as early as today. The countrys Prime Minister has ordered that the 85yearold former leader be put under house arrest. It is not clear if that will be at home or at the hospital considering his frail health. The Obama Administration announcing a full review of all u. S. Surveillance programs. Many of those controversial programs were brought to light by nsa leaker edward snowden. A group of veteran Security Experts and former white house officials will report findings and offer recommendations by the end of the year. Now, that announcement comes a day after nsa declassified three court opinions. It said they prove how the Agency Reports its own errors and is often rebuked for them. The army private who leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents to wikileaks has been handed the stiffest punishment ever for leaking government secrets to the media. A military judge, fort mead, maryland, sentencing Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison. The 25yearold told lawyers this is just a stage in my life, and i will recover. Mannings lawyers say he will be eligible for parole in seven years. Now to another military courtroom, this one at fort hood, texas. The Army Psychologist on trial for killing 13 in a shooting rampage rested his case without mounting a defense. Major nidal hasan never denied opening fire on his fellow soldiers in the 2009 rampage. Yesterday when asked by the judge how he wished to proceed, hasan, who is acting as his own attorney, simply answered the defense rests. The outofcontrol wildfire burning in Yosemite National park is 5 contained. The fire has grown to 25 square miles. It threatens homes, hotels, camp buildings. While the area is remote the blaze led to voluntary evacuation of several camps. At least two campgrounds and dozens of other private homes. Vice President Bidens son, beau, is expected to return home to delaware today after being released from the hospital in houston. There werent many details right now about what kind of treatment he received. Abcs jim avila has the story. Reporter beau biden was last seen in public monday night. Eating dinner with his Vice President father joe near the Md Anderson Cancer Center in houston. The vague statement from the Vice President and his wife, yesterday our son beau underwent a successful procedure. He is in great shape and is going to be discharged heading home to delaware. Monday, his office said, the younger biden was undergoing tests after feeling weak and disoriented. Biden narrowly escaped death as a child during a terrible Traffic Accident that killed his mother and sister. Then he suffered a stroke three years ago and just this month emergency vehicles dispatched to his delaware home after a 911 call mentioned stroke again. Vice President Biden had a brain aneurysm himself at age 35. He is with his son. The president called joe biden to wish his son well. But the only word from beau himself came on his twitter account. Quote, touched by all your well wishes. Thank you. Jim avila, abc news, the white house. A german tourist attacked by a shark off hawaii has died. The 20yearold woman snorkeling when the shark bit her right arm off. That happened a week ago. She had been on life support ever since. Hawaii officials plan to spend two years studying tiger shark movements around maui amid a spike in shark attacks. Dozens of sixth grade girls in northeast kansas recovering from a scare yesterday when their school bus overturned. The girls from a private school in kansas city, missouri, were headed to a campout when their bus slid off the connecting ramp. 8 of the 30 girls who were on board were injured, but none of the injuries are considered serious. This next story is either amazing or amazingly stupid. Well let you decide. Happened yesterday in the skies over england. Thats where a pair of 9yearold cousins became the youngest formation wing walkers and Third Generation of their families to wing walk on those very same planes which are owned by their grandfather. The girls called it really fun and really windy. We guess that is understandable. She said it was a once in a lifetime experience. Oh, those poor girls. I dont think so. Hopefully it is a once onceinalifetime experience. Never again. Coming up, before you hit the mall, were going to help you do planning for good old backtoschool outfits. Our world news now back to School Fashion show is coming up. First, turning back time. Were going to listen in on president nixons phone calls as his presidency was crumbling. You are watching world news now. In our hour of pain tricky dickey from yorba linda announcer world news now weather brought to you by Colonial Penn life insurance. Weather brought to you by Colonial Penn life insurance. Herbal essences smooth and shine collections are as irresistible as ever. Mmm. Ah. [ ding ] ah. Ah. [ male announcer ] with the herbal botanicals of rose hips and chamomile. Yes yes yes youll fall in love with your hair again and again. Yes its an experience. Everyone will be asking for. [ ding ding ding ding ] herbal essences. Say yes to naturally irresistible hair. Share your love with herbal essences. Tricky dickey from yorba linda tricky dickey from yorba linda 40 years ago this summer, Richard Nixons presidency was unraveling and for the first time we are hearing a final batch of secret audiotapes that led to his fall. On those tapes we hear the phone calls he received after his first Major National address on the watergate scandal. Among them calls from two future president s. Abcs john donvan has been listening. Reporter april 30th, 1973. Good evening. Reporter a night Richard Nixon needed friends. And then hello . Mr. President . Reporter a call from a future president , Ronald Reagan. The secret phone recording system kicks in. Hello, ron, how are you . Good. Fine. And how are you . Not so good, really. 16 months before the end. Nixon announced resignations of close aides implicated in watergate. Sacrificed to save him. Reagan says for whatever its worth, were still behind you out here and i wanted you to know that youre in our prayers. Reporter nixon comes back with a compliment. I so appreciate your calling and give my greatest love to nancy. Howd you ever marry such a pretty girl . Good god im lucky. Youre lucky. As i was lucky. Reporter then another future president calls. George bush is on the phone. Hello . Hello . Mr. President . Thats h. W. Bush. He had seen the speech, too. I really was proud of you, and my golly, i know it was tough and i just wanted to tell you that. Reporter this time nixon sounds anxious to wrap up. This is going to come through good. Okay, boy. A lot of people are rooting for you. All right, boy. How good of you to call. Reporter the tapes would spell the end of nixon in Office Despite what Ronald Reagan said when they wrapped up that night. Ron, its damn nice of you to call. This, too, shall pass. Reporter it did not. John donvan, abc news, washington. Amazing, hearing the tapes knowing what is eventually going to happen. He is in the middle of it. Thinking he can save himself. That speech was on april 30th, 1973, and he resigned on august 8th, 1974. Still a little over a year to go. Year and a half to go from that moment. Im sure after all of that. He thought maybe i am in the clear. Yes. Exhale. But no. Not at all. Also, hearing tiny snippets of this. This apparently posted by the National Archives and records administration, 340 hours long. I still to this day wonder why in the world were the tapes in existence . Would you want those tapes . Apparently he knew about them. He knew about them. 700 hours remain sealed for National Security reasons. In the National Archives. Over 1,000 hours of recorded conversations we have. Somewhere. Tapes under the desk. If there are, please turn them off. Still to come, a world news now catwalk. Hmm. Were going to make a backtoschool shopping spree a little easier with some cool new fashions from macys. And ahead in our next half hour, theres still a few weeks left for summer vacation. Leaving your home unattended can be stressful. We have good tips to burglarproof your house. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. Co back back to school back back to school it is that time of year millions of kids across the country ready to hit the books, but first they will be hitting the stores. This morning a glimpse of some of the hottest backtoschool trends we can expect to see in the classroom this year. Joining us macys Vice President , fashion director, stephanie nielhausen. Stephanie, welcome back to the show. My daughter going into fifth grade. Went shopping for her School Clothes today. This is the perfect segment. Everybody around the country is doing it. We have a little show. Gus from first grade. Our first model. Lets bring him out. Come on out. Tell us all about what he is wearing. Come on out, gus. Dont be shy. Come on out. Come on out. You look great. Doesnt he . I like the sneakers a lot. Loving the sneakers. Tell us about it. Absolutely. Gus is representing one of the most important trends for fall. Its about utility. Its about camouflage. Its about cargo pocket details and utility details. So, to your point, loving his little top sneakers. Give it to me. I will wear it. Cargo pants from epic threads as well as his little tshirt. Very cool. Those big pockets are awesome. Buffalo jacket. The big pockets and cotton coating. Too cool, too cool for school. Im telling you what. Thats what i was going to say. You stole my words. Gus, you are out of here. Very nice. You look great. Look great. Sydney next. Going into third grade. Come on out, sydney. Hey, how cute. So sydney is looking rocker chic. She is. Like a motorcycle girl. Absolutely. Here the trend is all about leather or pleather in this case. Luxurious look of leather, right . Right. So again, were loving her moto jacket. The fun detail, the ruffle idea. Mixed media skirt. Denim with little leather. Peeking out. Then she is ready to take her jacket off. Guess whats on the back . The lace. Nice. Isnt that great . Lace overlay. Its all about fabric mixing. Sydney, a great model. Professional moves here. Absolutely. Also about the pop of red. Thank you so much, sydney. Shes working it. We have tave next. Come on out. Going into sixth grade. Tell us about tave. Absolutely. Tave also is actually sporting the utility look. Cool look. Yeah, we love it. Here we have a jacket from levis in camouflage, distressed denim. Also a shirt from nike. Can you open your jacket a little bit, tave . The metallic letters. Then converse sneakers. Some converse. The outfit i was wearing way back when going into sixth grade. Funny you say that. We say this is the look for celebrities, musicians and also middle schoolers. Right. There you go. Thank you, tave. Thank you, appreciate it. Next up we have brianna, going into 11th grade. Come on out, brianna. Very beautiful. Look at brianna. Tell us about her. Absolutely. So brianna is sporting a look from mason jules, one of our exclusive brands at macys. Here its all about print and pattern mixing. Loving this colorblock sweater over a dot knit tee. And then the skinny ankle pant in navy is an important trend also for fall. And then one of my favorites. Too cute. Oxford shoes. Colorblock. What would you call that . Seethrough or mesh . Yes, absolute transparency. Cool, right . Looks ready to go to college. Not 11th grade. Goodness gracious. Exactly. Awesome. Excellent job. We have a teacher. Why not . Lets get a teacher in here. Stacy is a first grade teacher. Come on out, stacy. I feel like monty hall, calling out the guests. Come on out. Exactly, the next contestant. Here is stacy with actually two of her previous students. So, stacy is sporting a look thats menswear inspired. Loving this jacket. From q mack, one of our exclusive brands at macys. So the tailored boyfriend jacket over the little tiered skirt, loving the olive skirt here. A little femme flirty top underneath and floral print. Fantastic. If you had to qualify this years its kind of classic, casual. What would come to mind to you . Absolutely. All about mixandmatch classics. With a modern twist. Come on out, everybody. Here we go. Yea the whole class. Im telling you what. This is an honor roll right here. Waiting to happen. I agree. Top of the class. Stephanie, thank you very much. Appreciate it. Thank all our lovely models did a great job. Find all the fashions at macys. You are watching world news now, everybody. Find all the fashions at macys. You are watching world news now, everybody. Welcome into the mix. Check ut. Welcome into the mix. Check it out. Instagram put to good use. Guy is on a bike ride, loses his phone. A group of skater kids find the phone. And take to instagram. And watch this. We found your phone. We found your phone. We found your phone. Call this phone. So they got the video. They took the video on the guys phone. Posted it on his own instagram site. Figures out he is missing his phone. Goes on there, figures out that these kids have it. They tell him where to meet him after he calls the phone, and they hand the phone over. Just pretty cool kids. Somebody walks by and says, those punks. Theyre good kids. Not punks. Really good kids. Really creative. Did you see how they edited that all together . Pretty nice. Pretty cool. Weve got another video thats probably on its way to going viral if its not there already. We have seen a lot of funny routines on gym exercises people get into music and headphones. Get a load of this guy. Hes on an elliptical machine. Oh, is he ever. Work it. What did you say, he was a little sensual . I would feel a little uncomfortable next to him. Here it comes. What . What . Oh im too sexy. What is he listening to . Its got to be that, right . The lady in the background isnt even flinching. Doesnt even see him. Not hearing you, lalala. Jeff monk captured the random dance routine. He posted it. We do not know the guys name. Oh wow. 25,000 views and counting. Im sure that is going to go crazy after this. I love it. We keep watching this for the next two minutes of the mix. You wonder if hell be mortified when he finds out hes a sensation. I dont think hell be mortified. Oh i dont think so. What am i thinking . Moving on to this reluctantly. This is a pretty cool picture we want to show you. A farm in new jersey. Dale davis. His farm. Decided he is trying to drum up a little interest in the governors race in jersey, rather, excuse me in yes, in the governors race out in jersey. Hes decided that he made a corn maze. Thats amazing. Youre actually looking at a corn maze of Chris Christie and his opponent, barbara buono, stony hills farm, he says so long as people pay, they can come walk the maze. He did this back in 08 with an elephant and a donkey. He wants people to get interested in politics. Amazing creation. Pretty cool. I hate to say it, but im kind of happy about this story. Theres a guy driving too slow in minnesota. His name is gary of lester prairie, minnesota. Poor guy. Well, the court of appeals upheld what the police said. You are driving too slow. Putting everybody else at risk. This morning on world news now frightening allegations and terrifying images, new claims that the Syrian Regime attacked its own people with chemical weapons. A bizarre twist. A case filled with questions. The family of the man accused of kidnapping Hannah Anderson wants to find out if he is her father. Also keeping your home and valuables safe when youre away. Important tips on making your house burglar proof. And a shortlived tweet from dr. Phil sparking outrage. The controversial question he posed about sex assault and alcohol. It is thursday, august 22nd. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. Good thursday morning. We are beginning with new concerns about the use of chemical weapons in syria. The u. S. And other countries are demanding u. N. Inspectors be allowed in to investigate. But the Syrian Government is denying any such attack ever took place. Heres our chief Global Affairs correspondent, martha raddatz. Reporter the pictures are gut wrenching. The rebels fighting the regime say these are mothers, fathers, children, killed while they slept in their homes in a damascus suburb. They say the Syrian Regime fired rockets on its own people. Rockets carrying poisonous gas, leaving the innocent convulsing, foaming at the mouth, suffocating. I would be very surprised if it turned out to be a fake. Reporter images are impossible to verify for certain and the assad regime denies the attack saying allegations are baseless. But we showed the pictures to a weapons expert. The only explanation i can really see to this is this looks like this fellows nerves have been are being destroyed potentially by Something Like sarin. Reporter the white house said it is deeply concerned. But the white house has said that before. Almost a year to the day. President obama warning syria about crossing a red line. We have communicated in no Uncertain Terms with every player in the region that thats a red line for us. Reporter but two months ago when the white house said the was convinced assad carried out a smallscale chemical attack, the red line seemed to blur. Little was done in response. What is not debatable is the human toll. I want to show you some images thousands of families streaming out of syria, escaping the bloodshed. Among them a child who will become the one millionth young syrian to flee. A sad milestone. Martha raddatz, abc news, cairo. And there are new worries in egypt this morning. Now that former president Hosni Mubarak is set to be released from prison after two years. The 85yearold former leader is to be held under house arrest. Many fear his release and last weeks government crackdown may signal a return to the old regime. Back here at home, some breaking news from san diego where embattled mayor bob filner has reached a tentative settlement with a former aide who accused him of Sexual Harassment and unwanted sexual advances. Theres no word on whether filners resignation is part of that deal. It will be considered friday by san diego city council. Some political insiders are already saying they expect a special Election Campaign to begin as early as saturday. Searchers in golden city, missouri, have found a body outside the town where a 12yearold girl disappeared three days ago. Friends say they last saw Adrianna Horton get into a vehicle at a park. The driver, bobby born jr. Has been charge with her kidnapping. Adriannas father said bourn worked for him. A positive id on the body could take another day. A new twist in the Hannah Anderson kidnapping case. The sister of the man who abducted anderson claims he could be hannahs father. She wants a paternity test. Brett anderson insists he is hannahs real dad. And a family spokesperson says neither he nor hannahs mom met James Dimaggio until she was six months pregnant with hannah. As things get back to normal at that atlanta Area Elementary School where an employee heroically talked down a gunman. This morning we are learning how heroic she really was. Antoinette tuff confronted 20yearold Michael Brandon hill as he brandished an ak47 in the front office. Called 911 stayed on the line as she followed hills records, and we are now hearing how deftally she reasoned with him. Its going to be all right, sweetheart. I just want you to know that i love you, though, okay . And im proud of you. Thats a good thing. We all go through something in life. Hill had taken the gun from a friends home and was carrying 500 rounds of ammunition. His family says he has a history of psychiatric issues and police told them he was off his medication. He also told that to antoinette while they were in that room together. The things she said trying to him, just trying to reach on a human level. Calling him sweetheart, saying she loved him. She saved the day. Just amazing. She did. To think he went outside firing shots at cops. She called him back in. Yes. She called him back in. She put herself above everything. The she is the one that talked him into putting his guns down. Talked him into getting down on the floor. During that 911 call, you can hear how she is talking to him. He says tell the cops to come in now. She said okay, we are going to do this nice and slow. He wants a drink of water. She is on the phone with the dispatcher. She just this whole thing. She gave him an outlet. All he wanted to do apparently was to have someone to listen to him. She reached him. She reached him somehow. Yes. At the end of the phone call where she finally, i think, comes to realize what she had just been in. And she breaks down on the phone with the 911 dispatcher. Just incredible. Yeah. So were all praying for her and for more people like antoinette. Im sure she doesnt want anything. The keys to city and something. Deserves a ribbon. She gives all the glory to god. Through the whole thing praying to him. Somehow not surprised. Amazing. The u. S. Forest service says the nations top wildfire fighting agency says that it is running out of money to fight wildfires. More than 50 fires burning in the western states including one in Yosemite National park. Abcs brandi hitt joining us with more from los angeles with this. Brandi. Good morning, john, diana. Just as fire crews start gaining control over some of the wildfires here out west, there are new fires now burning out of control and threatening hundreds of homes. Reporter this monster fire raging out of control near Yosemite National park has burned more than 25 square miles. Its terrifying how unpredictable it is and how fast it is moving. It just breaks my heart. Reporter the rim fire is now threatening 2,000 california homes, hotels and campgrounds. Julie tresser believes her home is already gone. A lot of memories. Weve been up there, 15, 18 years. Reporter with nearly 50 large fires now burning out west, the National Preparedness level has been raised to five. The highest level since 2008. In montana, some families have lost everything. This is no longer any good. Antique stove. Reporter ron hendersons barn is gone, but his home was spared. In washington state, this fire near leavenworth tripled in size, threatening dozens of homes. A lot of fuel on the forest floor here. Reporter fire crews say the dry conditions in a drought year are fueling explosive wildfires. Including the beaver creek fire in idaho. After scorching nearly 170 square miles, there is finally some good news thanks to higher humidity levels, firefighters believe they will soon have it contained. Kind of laid down on the ground. It hasnt wanted to get in the crowns and run again. So we do feel pretty optimistic. The beaver creek fire and many others were sparked by lightning. And that is still a big concern. With red flag warnings extended here in california through this morning. John and diana . All right, take a look at the weather starting on the west coast. Warm and clear for most of california. There will be some showers in the northwest. Thunderstorms in the rockies. From the Northern Plains all the way into the northeast. Rain and showers across the southeast and in texas. Its going to be 100 degrees for you in dallas. Into the high 80s. From miami up to boston. Temperatures also in the 80s up and down the west coast and around the great lakes. We throw the title hero around a lot, but in this case the title seems to be just right. The hero is 15yearold michael shearer, doing work on a rural road in maryland the other day when he heard a crash. He ran to the scene and spotted a small fire under the vehicle and a mother screaming that her three children were inside that vehicle. Well, my first main thoughts were to get them out of the car. The whole time i was doing that. I was that was the only thing i was thinking about was that fire and the amount of smoke that started spewing out of the car was getting ridiculous. I knew we was it was a race against time. Great kid. Right after they got out, all three kids safely, shearer said the whole front of the car went on fire. The driver and kids suffered minor injuries. Oh, my gosh. I cant even imagine a situation like that. The fact that he was so calm. He realized there was a situation. There was a problem. Ran there, smoke, got to get the kids out. This is going to be bad. Got them all out safely. Thats when the whole thing erupted. He was doing chores in his moms front yard. Thank god he had some chores to do. If he wasnt there, totally different. True. Coming up a former child star gets busted for dui once again. Were going to show you David Cassidys mug shot in the skinny. First, keep your home and possessions out of the hands of thieves. If youre getting ready for an endofsummer vacation, we have good tips to make sure your house stays safe. Youre watching world news now. Know youre not alone because im going to make this place your home announcer world news now weather brought to you by United Healthcare. Big plans. So when i found out medicare doesnt pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. Then i got a Medicare Supplement insurance plan. 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Police across the country tend to agree, august is hot season for burglaries from california to North Carolina where four men ransacked a home. A family completely unaware. Now, new ways to fight back from afar. Even if nobody is home, you can still be watching from anywhere. Using practically any device. So, tip number one. Find a motionactivated camera like this one. It captured a burglar entering a home and immediately sent a video to the homeowners cell phone. The first thing i thought is, oh, my god, is this really real . The fbi says most of the burglaries happen during the day. Thieves making off with about 2,000 in loot each time. Tip two, convince thieves someone is home. Heres a new device called fake tv. It looks like someone must be home watching television. It has simple l. E. D. Lights the manufacturer says mimic a television set. If the crook thinks someone is home, it is unlikely they will break in. Thats exactly why lighting timers are a good idea. But you dont want the lights to turn on and off at the same time every day. So, tip number three. Set multiple times for different days. To trick wouldbe burglars. Driving around paying attention to this looking to break into a home. They see this light going on at different times. Make it difficult for somebody to pick your house. Reporter simple advice to protect your valuables in that treasured home. Gio benitez, abc news, franklin lakes, new jersey. Lots of tips, really. Good tips. Sitting here looking at somebody elses house. If thats your house and you see these people running around in it, my goodness. First of all, your heart drops. Dont know what to do if you are 1,000 miles away. Call the police . Your neighbor . Do you wait till they leave . Get them while theyre in there. I think the best tip that ive ever heard, now that social media is so crazy so true. I know where youre going with this. Dont put anything on social media that youre going away. Hey. Wait until you get back. Post it all on there at the same time. Sad but true. Yes. Good advice. You never know whose neighbors kids friends brothers friend happens to be connected to your facebook page. Sees it and theyre not so good. Somebody you know. They do say that. Or theyre somehow connected to someone you know. Right. When we come back, the skinny, and dr. Phils controversial tweet. Another dui for David Cassidy and lessthanflattering mug shot. You are watching world news now. Announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. When i have an asthma attack. I feel like a fish with no water. Learn how to prevent your childs next asthma attack. Because even one attack is one too many. An organizer of, of, like dogooders. A media mogul. Just. Rule the world. When im older, i want to be anything but the one that doesnt fit in. The one that people dont love. Everyone deserves a dream. Everyone. But some of us feel depressed, anxious, angry, and do things that others think arent normal. If thats you, say something. People people will listen. Add your voice at. Ok2talk. Org skinny so skinny all right. Skinny time. This ones kind of a shame. David cassidy, partridge, good guy, pulled over for dui. Hard time. I think its the second one in three years. Tmz got the goods on him. Lets pull up his mug shot. Not looking good there. The star was pulled over in upstate new york. He faces felony charges for this one because he had a previous dui in florida. This is all according to tmz. 63 years old. Arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. This was in new york early outside of albany. He had his high beams on. Cops pulled him over to say whats up in the high beams . They took his bloodalcohol, which was. 10, higher than the states legal limit of. 08. Faces felony drunk driving charges because of the dui he had in florida. Posted 2,500 bail. Due back to court in september. Can i give you a little tidbit . Almost a little funny. According to the albany times union, the arresting officers name was tom jones, as in whats new, pussy cat . And David Cassidy heard the name and said whats new pussycat . Is that what tipped off the cops maybe there is a problem . I dont know. Here is something that garnered a whole lot of attention on social media and otherwise. Dr. Phil posted a question on his twitter account that a lot of people thought was inappropriate. The post basically said, there you have it, if a girl is drunk, is it okay to have sex with her . Reply yes or no to drphil. A lot of people on twitter thought this was incredibly inappropriate, as i said. One person said dr. Oz was saving lives today. Dr. Phil was trying to hook up with drunk girls. If a person is a misogynist, is it okay just to refer to him as dr. Phil from now on . Very upset tweeters. Dr. Phil has the come out to say, in a statement, that this was taken way out of proportion. Part of the statement says, this tweet was intended to evoke discussion leading into a very serious show topic which based upon a recent news story, hence the accused label. A poll question, not a statement, not a joke. They insist we read the entire statement. We do not have time. See the statement on abc news. Com. Twitter, dont have a lot of room for context. Youve got to be careful how you phrase stuff. Maybe the best of intentions. I dont think he meant any harm, if you ask me. Dr. Phil, i believe, is a very intelligent man. I think it was poorly phrased. Right. Just came out too blunt in that one line. Twitter has the unfortunately, thats what twitter is all about. Youre right about that. Dolly parton, expanding dollywood resort. Sounds really cool. She wants to add a new roller coaster. Never been. Have you been . Never been. In the smoky mountains. Been there a while. She also wants to have a resort and a part of a 300 million expansion. She wants to take it to the next level. And roller coaster. The big resort hotel. Its been her dream ever since she opened the park 28 years ago. Going to start with the resort having 308 rooms. Theyre going to have front porches at the resort. How cool is that. Front porches . I can deal with that. Pretty cool. Everybody in the lobby, greeted with lemonade in the summer. Hot chocolate in the winter. Oerk, nice. Maybe thats where i need to go in the wintertime. Something downhome. Really quickly. Dont have a whole lot of time. James franco getting his own tv show, by the way called, i lost it i believe it is going to be called james franco presents. Franco. The life about franco. Be called james franco presents. Franco. The life about franco. He life about franco. Those spots are actually leftover food and detergent residue that can redeposit on your dishware during the rinse cycle. Gross. Jetdry rinse agent helps wash them away so the only thing left behind is the shine. Jetdry rinses away residues for a sparkling shine. So heres no secret. Being sick is no fun. No one knows that better than children with chronic illnesses who have to spend a whole lot of time in the hospital. For one day children at a california hospital were made to feel as though they could fly from a group of very special superheroes. Our los angeles station was there. Reporter look, up in the sky. Superheroes scaling the walls outside mattel Childrens Hospital at ucla. Awesome. Im loving this day. Reporter at birth, 13yearold angel weighed a little over a pound. He received five organ transplants, hes had many setbacks, but he feels transformed. Im a big superhero fan. I love all of them. Reporter 4yearold abby carr of bakersfield has heart failure. Her pulse is quickening at the sight of the caped crusader. Because he is my favorite superhero. Thats why. Reporter by day this spiderman, captain america and batman work for sundland window cleaning. The company is donating time and the costumes. Wearing the mask means you have to think quick. Kids have a lot of questions. Who is the easiest guy to take down . Hmm, the joker. The joker. Reporter when you are chronically ill it forces you to grow up. The job of healing and recovery can be pretty intense when youre confined in a hospital for weeks, even months. So a superhero distraction like this reminds kids that, well, theyre just kids. Theres research thats been done on laughter and how it helps the body heal. Watching the kids out here today, smiling, jumping up and down and talking with the help bufeelnthi she cant do. Its really good. I love to see her smile. Abby didnt like that mom was facing the camera. Mom, mom. Facing the camera. Mom, mom. Therapeutic for kids and fantastic, right . Thats wonderful. We want to tellt we want to help send us the cutest pictures ogssend us the cutest pictures well shre he email us at wnnfans. Com. Include your dogs name. Your first name. Your city and state. Think we are going to do sharing of our own when it comes to the dogs is im thinking about getting one. I making news in america this morning, political unrest. Its shaping up to be another contentious day in egypt, as the countrys former leader could be released from jail at any moment. Were in washington with the latest. Back to class where a gunman opened fire. As the wild 911 call to police. Im in the front office. Ooh, he just went outside and started shooting. This morning, a new look at what was happening amid that chaos. Water and trees swallowed into a slurry. Dramatic video showing the furious force of nature. And these sunbathers get quite the surprise when something strange comes ashore