their cars. 2.7 million older jeeps, with fuel tanks that reportedly can lead to gasoline fires in a rear-end collision. tonight the government requesting that chrysler issue a giant recall. chrysler saying no. so what does this mean for everyone driving? abc's lisa stark has been investigating this issue for three years, and tonight she has the facts. >> reporter: it was fiery, deadly accidents like these that raised alarms. now in initial findings, the government says there's a safety defect in these older model jeeps. fuel tanks that are vulnerable to rupture in rear-end collision. >> we're nearing the end of people dying by fire in jeeps. >> reporter: you can see in these crash tests, simulating fuel spilling from the cherokee. chrysler claimed the tests were too severe. but today the national highway traffic safety administration called on chrysler to recall older model jeep grand cherokees and jeep liberties, saying the defect presents an unreasonable risk because people in the vehicles and in striking vehicles, have burned to death in rear-impact crashes. the problem, according to the government is the fuel tank location. heri rear axle, and slightly below the bumper. chrysler moved the tank in later models, it says, for design reasons. jenelle embry has been waging a campaign against the jeeps after a horrific, rear-end smash-up last october. a tractor trailer rammed into a jeep grand cherokee stopped in traffic. the jeep slammed into the car carrying embry and her dad. >> i said, dad, i'm okay, but those people, and i started crying hysterically. >> reporter: there was a small fire growing in the back of the jeep. >> he ran over. doors were jammed. he busted the window out with his hands. >> reporter: jenelle's father pulled out an 18-year-old, but could not rescue the boy's badly injured mother, or friend. the fire spread too fast. >> something has to be done. it can't be done soon enough. >> reporter: but chrysler is refusing the recall, insisting the government's three-year-long investigation is based on an incomplete analysis. the automaker says the vehicles are safe and are not defective. >> we believe that after chrysler has time to think about this, see the public reaction, they'll do the right thing and recall the jeeps. >> reporter: jenelle, who can still find remnants of that night on this virginia highway -- >> seeing it here, burned to ashes is moving and so sad. >> reporter: -- vows to continue pushing for that recall. safety advocates say this could be one of the most significant recalls in decades because of the death toll involved. as we said, the government estimates at least 51 people killed in rear-end crashes involving these older jeeps. diane? >> what if chrysler continues to say no? >> well, chrysler does now have a chance to contest the government and to try to again make its case. but if the government stands firm, this could end up in court. >> all right, lisa stark, investigating this for three years, thank you. and now we turn to the showdown in washington. senators outraged by all those reports of sexual abuse in the military and saying one measure of a problem is in this picture. virtually every person testifying for the military today was male. abc's chief global affairs correspondent, martha raddatz, has more. >> reporter: they are the nation's most senior officers, all men, now forced to battle a new enemy. the epidemic in their ranks targeting mostly women. >> we have failed to address these crimes in a compassionate, just, and comprehensive way. >> it's shameful. it's repulsive, and we are aggressively taking steps to eradicate it. >> reporter: the numbers are sobering. an estimated 26,000 sexual assaults a year, and in just the past few weeks, high-profile scandals. the head of a sexual assault response office charged with sexual battery, a soldier accused of secretly videotaping female cadets in the showers, three naval academy football players accused of rape. leading the charge for change today, female senators who want victims of abuse to report the crime to special military legal authorities instead of their commanding officer. >> you have lost the trust of the men and women who rely on you. they are afraid to report. they fear retaliation. they fear being blamed. >> this isn't about sex. this is about assaultive domination and violence. >> reporter: but the chiefs argued they must be the ones to police their own ranks. >> command authority is the most critical mechanism for ensuring discipline, accountability, and unit cohesion. >> not every single commander can distinguish between a slap on the ass and a rape. >> reporter: watching all of this from afar, sarah plummer, a former marine, who was raped by a fellow marine. she describes reporting the crime to her commander. >> it is like saying a brother or sister has assaulted or raped you, and then your father or mother is the one legally deciding the case. i don't even think it's reasonable to even expect that that person can be impartial, which is a foundation of our legal system. >> many of the senators voiced outrage today over the sexual assault, but senator john mccain said he was so disgusted, that when asked by a woman whether he could give his unqualified support for her daughter's desire to join the military, he said he could not. and that is from one of the senate's biggest supporters of the military, diane. >> martha, good to have you on this story tonight. thank you. and tonight, there is new proof this wild weather is producing things we have never seen before. today scientists announced that that tornado in oklahoma is the widest tornado ever recorded on earth. it was a wrecking ball, 2.6 miles wide, and abc's david kerley on what this tells us. >> reporter: we knew it was fast, massive and deadly. >> get down, duck down! >> reporter: at least 19 killed in all, including three highly respected scientist, storm chasers. but tonight we've learned just how big friday's twister was in el reno, oklahoma. >> i've been through tornadoes, but nothing like this. >> reporter: it was a record-breaker, the widest swath of destruction since we started keeping track more than 60 years ago. tonight the weather service is reporting that the twister, at its maximum, was 2.6 miles wide, that's twice as wide as the moore tornado a week and a half earlier. and the joplin tornado that killed 158 in 2011 was only 3/4 of a mile wide. >> the most powerful tornadoes with winds over 200 miles an hour, are called ef-5s. friday's in oklahoma was just the 60th ef-5 since 1950. remarkably, oklahoma had two in just 11 days. powerful numbers producing deadly results. reminding us again those weather alerts are real. david kerley, abc news, washington. and one more note about the extreme weather tonight. there are rising waters shutting down big parts of america's heartland along the mississippi river. the flooding so high, a bridge connecting west alton, missouri, and alton, illinois, had to be closed today. a factory proclaiming "welcome to alton" surrounded by water, cut off from the rest of the town. and these are the major flooding concerns for the next 36 hours in places from memphis to chicago. we also have a note about that tropical system in the gulf of mexico. it's moving toward florida and could become a tropical storm by the end of the week. now to a political firestorm from the governor of mississippi today who said he thinks american kids are struggling in the classroom in part because moms have entered the workplace. cue the arguments and the facts from abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: even before the governor of mississippi answered the question, he knew what he was about to say was controversial. >> i'm going to get in trouble, but you want me to tell the truth. >> reporter: government bryant was one of three governors participating in a "washington post" live event about the importance of ensuring that children read well by the end of third grade, when they were all hit with this question. >> how did america get so mediocre? >> reporter: the question was aimed at educational statistics. specifically reading. governor bryant was first to answer. >> i think parents -- both parents started working and the mom is in the workplace. it's not a bad thing. i'm going to get in trouble. i can just see -- i can see the e-mails tomorrow. >> reporter: critics didn't wait until tomorrow. >> the stats don't back him up, and it's kind of offensive just to put it on the backs of working parents. >> reporter: while some find his answer offensive, we wanted to know if there was any truth to it. in this country, 67% of mothers with children under 15 have a job outside the home. but get this, in finland, where 77% of women work outside the home, they're actually ahead of the u.s. in reading. >> no, no, no. but i think there's a loving, nurturing opportunity, that both parents had a little bit of time. in today's society, parents are so challenged. >> reporter: ironically, it's a challenge bryant knows well. his wife has worked outside the home for more than 38 years, including while their two children were growing up. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> with thanks to linsey. and we all traveled into a kind of time capsule in london today when we saw queen elizabeth celebrate 60 years on the throne today. with her grandson, prince william, his wife kate, the duchess of cambridge, one month away from their new baby. hard to believe it was 1953 when so many americans gathered around that new-fangled box in the living room to see flickering images of one of the first global television events in history -- the coronation of the queen. through the flickering screens, first we saw a kind of cinderella carriage, and inside a very real young 27-year-old woman, about to take on the role once held by her father. there she was, a tiny 5'4", at the door to westminster, getting ready for that long walk, one of her ladies in waiting remembers what happened. >> she stood and we picked the train up. and she just turned around, and said, ready, girls? we said yes and off we went. >> and waiting up ahead of her, the coronation crown, a five-pound challenge. amethysts, diamonds, solid gold. reportedly, she had practiced wearing something that heavy as her children were getting baths and she sat at her desk. and then on the throne, her cousin remembers, she seemed as terrified as we were for her. >> see the queen looking so fragile, young, and defenseless, somehow. and that little figure standing there. it was incredibly moving. >> then she navigates her way down the aisle with that 18-foot-long, heavy cape, balancing that heavy crown, carefully, determinedly, walking into 60 years of history. 87 years old today with a son and a grandson and a child on the way, all ordained by history someday to wear that crown too. >> history again today. and still ahead here on "world news," are you tired of a long commute? we 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it is proof that everyone has a superpower, even if it's just giving someone a brighter day. here's abc's john donvan. >> reporter: the kids who are stuck inside. the windows that have to get cleaned. it was a natural, once somebody thought of it, to put the window cleaners in costumes. give the kids a show. >> spiderman and captain america. >> reporter: give the kids a laugh. give them a thrill. so, yeah, somebody thought of it. here at c.s. motts children's hospital in michigan over the weekend. but guess what. they also thought of it in may at st. francis in tulsa. and in pittsburgh in april and in akron in march. look how excited that kid is. and the guys swinging around out there, real window washers. >> another day at the office. >> reporter: getting to dress up for a day, a long-time wish for this guy. >> i've been wanting to do this for so long. it's a fulfilling thing here. i'm happy. >> reporter: so, it's trend, or supertrend, which started in britain actually. though for superman, these other guys, it's truth, justice and the american way. >> i waved and a smiled. >> what did they do? >> they waved and they smiled back. >> reporter: if you think you see ropes holding these guys up, you're looking at it the wrong way. john donvan, abc news, washington. >> supermen for sure. we thank you for watching. we're always here at abcnews.com. and we'll see you right back here again tomorrow night. until then, a goodnight to you. you right back here again tomorrow night. until then, a goodnight to you. tonight these shopping mall machines may be contributing to an epidemic of cell phone theft autos shots fired in a convenience store only on abc 7 news this video. we'll be live to show you what happened afterwards. >> attention target shoppers you may have been exposed to hepatitis a. details on a growing contamination scare. >> and some of the notions of the connections between acne and chocolate. >> this man may be trying to determine how much he can get for a cell phone but using a chaos being many police departments are frowning on. >> not all companies like this idea. arby's-are these ceaseos beings magnets for stolen merchandise? >> there are 500 of the kiosks nationwide. there made by a green company called eco atm. they have enables people to recycle more than a million devices so far. and have installed systems but some say it's not enough eeky ceaseos beings to recycle an iphone can get you $274. to prevent thiefs from cashing in, the company installed security systems. cameras take a photograph and a thumb print is required. transactions are monitored from the san diego offices. we spoke via skype with ryan kooter. >> there is a problem if people don't match that transaction. >> but with epidemic of thefts some agencies are worried they're becoming ropositories for thieves. >> thiefs can get rid of the
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