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The one thing they clutched that entire time. What they ate to stay alive and the chance reflection that finally led rescuers straight to them. Good evening. And thank you for joining us on this friday. Im cecilia vega. We begin with the catastrophe you see behind me. A 7. 82 magnitude earthquake. Centered in nepal. The earth shaking for more than a minute. Its reach so strong it killed people in four different countries. This is the historic nepal before and look at it after it was crowded with tourists at the time of the earthquake. The death toll rising at least 1400 killed. And on mount everest, an avalanche smashing tents at this camp. Killing at least ten climbers and guide, including a google executive from the u. S. Other climbers trap right now. And tens of thousands of people spending the night with no shelter under cold and rainy skies. Fearing more aftershocks. Reporter tonight the frantic search the capital of nepal rattled by a massive earthquake, striking the height of the day. More than 1,000 confirmed dead. That number expected to rise and many are buried alive. Witnesses said the ground shook for nearly a minute. Cameras as far away as india, capturing the tremors. When it was finally over, towns and ancient city destroyed. Temples prayed to for century, crumbled in an instant. The sister of abc news producer is on the ground in kathmandu. I was in a clothing shot now covered by rubble. Reporter the powerful earthquake unleashing massive avalanche 100 mile as way on mt. Everest, killing climbers and guides, at least one american. Google executive, daniel friedenberg, saying we lost one of our own in this tragedy. What was known as an aerosol avalanche, snow moving through the air. Creating wind gusts that blew tents across the mountain. We have quite a few big avalanches coming down. Reporter tonight, many more feared trapped higher up. Back in the capital, fears of more aftershocks. Every time that there was a tremor, everyone was, its coming again, its coming again. Panic would rise. Reporter those fears keeping many people outside, afraid to go home, where they are sleeping tonight. People around the city resorted to sleeping in open spaces in green parks. Reporter the u. S. Is already mobilizing at least 1 million in aid and rescue teams to any paul. The state department is trying to establish exactly how Many Americans are there and in need of accept. Cecilia. So many in need of help. Thank you. Back in baltimore, hundreds of protesters gathering this hour, demanding answers about what lapped to freddie gray. That suspect with a nearly severed spine who died in police custody. One man may have witnessed it all. As Gloria Rivera reports, police want to track him down. Reporter in baltimore today, the raw anger of a community demanding justice. Marching through the same impoverished neighborhood where 25yearold freddie gray, suffered a fatal spinal cord injury while in police custody. In the middle of this march you get a sense for a Community Coming together. Across racial lines. They are calling for justice for freddie gray, an end to police brutality. His is one they heard before. Other victims, similar incidents. Now they are calling for an end to it all. We fed up. Its been enough. Reporter a community desperate to know what happened when police rescued gray and loaded him into a van. He was subjected to a rough ride where police intentionally start and stop the van. Secretaries are now asking for help identifying this man captured in this surveillance video, across from gray and the police at the moment of the arrest. Police leave that american may have filmed the encounter. Those officers have been suspended with pay, despite calls for their arrest. Local Church Leaders are now calling for the Police Commissioners resignation. Thats not going to happen. Reporter Police Commissioner acknowledging he was not wearing a seatbelt. And the public calling for dispatch calls with police while gray was in custody. Answering the the many questions this city has. Cecilia. And millions tuning into the powerful interview with bruce jenner breaking his silence to diane sawer. The former olympian and reality show star telling diane sawyer he is now transitioning to a woman. Heres footage from that interview that never aired until now. My whole life has prepared me for this moment, i want to do the right thing and be true to myself. Reporter prepared to disclose a personal truth kept secret for a lifetime, 39 years of it lived in the public eye, ever since a victory at the 1976 olympics. You know, its been really tough. Reporter bruce jenner telling Abcs Diane Sawyer of life as a transgender person, now transitioning to a woman. Are you a woman . Um, yes. For all intents and purposes, i am a woman. I was not genetically born that way. As of now i have all the male parts and all that kind of stuff. But we still identify as female. Reporter the 65yrold jenner, referred to as he during the interview at jenners suggestion, disclosing to sawyer a deep inner torment. I would say ive always been very confused with my gender identity since i was this big. So here i am stuck, and i hate the word, girl stuck in a guys body. I hate that terminology. Why, why . Im me. Im a person. And this is who i am. Reporter married and divorced three times, most recently to the former kris kardashian, matriarch of the kardashian realityshow empire. Jenner spoke of being sexually attracted only to women. Sexuality is who you personally are attracted to. Who turns you on, male or female. But gender identity has to do with who you are as a person and your soul and who you identify with. Reporter jenner told sawyer of a plan to drop from view and reemerge later as a transgender woman. Now revealing for the first time part of why it took so long. I couldnt come out earlier and be honest because of my children. I had to get my kids out of the house. I just want to know that my kids are safe and they are secure, and they are going to be okay. Reporter and after fridays interview, support on social media from family members. Kris jenner tweeting my hero. Kim kardashian i love you, bruce. Prouddaughter. Her sister khloe, brucer, im so proud of you. Their responses matching the support from jenners older children. I was very proud of you when you stood on that podium in montreal. I never thought i could be more proud of you but im learning, i can be. And that was Chris Connelly reporting. That candid and stunning interview going viral. Bruce jenner trending in the u. S. And worldwide during last nights show and now sparking a National Conversation about what it means to be transgender. Heres abcs linzie janis. The one thing that can really make a difference in peoples lives was right here in my soul, and i could not tell that story. Reporter tonight, Bruce Jenners revelation igniting conversations around the world. Before Diane Sawyers interview, just 8 of americans saying they know someone who is transgender. That female side is part of me. Thats who i am. Reporter jimmy fallon channeling neil armstrong, calling it one step for man, one giant leap for mankind. And transend percent orange in the new black Actress Laverne Cox saying it is brave to stand in ones truth. Like cox, others before jenner, Renee Richards fought to play professional tennis as a woman and won. The still active 81yearold giving us her reaction from the golf course today. Hes very courageous, i think he will certainly help the Transgender Community and other disenfranchised communities. Reporter that sentiment is shared by many in the Transgender Community who had been apprehensive ahead of jenners big reveal. How big a moment was that . This was huge. Even the Transgender Community took a moment to think, wow. Things are really changing. This is different. This is our moment. I think people woke up this morning with the sense, someone i know is transgender. Reporter tonight that story opening hearts and minds everywhere. Linzie janis, action abc news new york. Turning next to the severe storms and tornado watches weve been monitoring here all day. In louisiana, a tree crashing down on a police car. Wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour there. Hail in kansas, covering the ground you can see it right there like snow and this image from scott city, kansas. A tornado on the right. On the left that is a land spout. I want to bring in rob marciano on assignment in orlando. No rough weather for you their, rob. But tell us where the storms are headed tonight. Just north across parts of the Florida Panhandle and deep south thats where the Severe Threat is. Theres also a tornado threat just fort of there for the next several hours right on through this evening. And were going to recharge the atmosphere with what is going on out west. We saw showers, rain showers and snow in the mountains. By tomorrow, the threat from Severe Weather will reset back in the texas area. Its the time of year where we get Severe Weather just about every day. Back you to. It sure is, rob. Thank you. We turn to the volcano in chile, forcing communities burying communities in ash. Seen from space, drifting to the other side of the continent. Matt gutman is right there bringing us an unparalleled view of that it beauty and the threat that looms. Reporter the volcano, a citysized chimney, hovering so close, would could see each steaming vent erupting spectacularly on wednesday and popping out untold tons of toxic gas and ash since. Earlier today we climbed on with chilean geologists hoping to learn more about whats called the worlds most unpredictable volcano. Scouting it first. And then, the airman opened the door. The door of the helicopter is open right now, they are using that camera to get thermal imagery of the volcano to see whats really going on inside and to try to forecast whether or not there will be another eruption. Reporter geologist hugo moreno telling me theyre now detecting lava. The volcano actually grew over the past few days, this dome, is new. Spewing out a finer ash now, and gases. You can actually smell the gases from the volcano behind us. Reporter and as we scooted just above the treetops, the devastation. Three feet of ash and gravel covering pristine pastures. Homes buried. Commnities marooned in a sea of sand and ash. Streams boiled by the flows. Trees flattened and charred. Even with all the data they learned from todays flight, geologists here say they still cant predict when the next eruption will come, but they know that every piece of information they get might help them save lives in the future. Cecilia . Absolutely. Incredible images, matt gutman. Thank you. And we turn now to the two sisters on a sightseeing trip in the woods. They were lost and found two weeks later. Rescuers saving them by pure luck. They spotted a glimmer in the snow. Heres abcs Marcie Gonzalez with what that glimmer was. Reporter this evening these smiling sisters are out of the hospital, with a sweet story of survival. Stranded for two weeks in the wilderness with nothing to eat but Girl Scout Cookies and cheese puffs. It really is truly a miracle. Reporter leslie roy and Lee Marie Wright were sightseeing in a remote part of michigans Upper Peninsula on april 11th when their suv became stuck in heavy snow. With no cell phone signal, they couldnt call for help. April 15th, when they didnt show up in kalamazoo where they were supposed to meet other family members, the search began. Finally at 2 20 yesterday afternoon, 14 days after the sisters became stranded. A glimmer spotted in the snow turned out to be a reflection from their suvs windshield. The helicopter landing in a nearby clearing. One of the women clutching a bible. They were very cheerful, they were grateful. I described them as even almost in shock that it was finally happening for them, that they were being rescued. Reporter the sisters, getting one last look at the snowy scene they survived, and happily eating something other than those snacks. Marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. That sandwich never tasted so good. Up next, putting your life on the line to sell houses. Why a growing number of Real Estate Agents are fearing for their lives every time they go out to show a home to a prospective buyer. And royal baby watchers going into overdrive this weekend. Royal baby number two is due any minute now. Why many british economists are hoping for a girl. And the wolf was huffing and puffing. Kind of like you sometimes, grandpa. Well, when you have copd it can be hard to breathe. It can be hard to get air out, which can make it hard to get air in. So i talked to my doctor. She said. Doctor symbicort could help you breathe better, starting within 5 minutes. Symbicort doesnt replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. Symbicort helps provide significant improvement of your lung function. Symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It should not be taken more than twice a day. Symbicort contains formoterol. 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Heres abcs rebecca jarvis. Reporter tonight 25yearold Amilya Barcenas is in jail after allegedly luring a realtor to this home by posing as a homebuyer and then pulling a gun. The realtor managed to escape, notifying police. Shes saying that the female did point a gun at her. Reporter this is the Police Dispatchers call to the responding officer she told the caller to tie her hands together and wanted her to go to the bank and get money. Reporter the realtor says she refused and when barcenas put the gun down, the realtor ran to a nearby house. But not every realtor is so lucky. Many agents showing houses are often alone and vulnerable. In the last 10 years more than 20 Real Estate Agents have been murdered, according to the u. S. Bureau of labor statistics. Morning. Reporter Janice Tisdale knows the fear. The san antonio grandmother and realtor was attacked by someone posing as a customer before being rescued by passersby. I was screaming. And i just thought youre dead, janice, you are dead. Reporter nowadays when janice shows properties she brings this beretta tomcat. A reminder that the old rules of real estate still apply, its all about location location location, not getting caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. Rebecca jarvis, abc news. Washington. Still ahead on world news tonight, stop in the name of the law. Why this toddler got pulled over. What his mom is saying about it. In the past. I hadnt been successful. Quitting smoking this time was different because i got a prescription for chantix. Along with support Chantix Varenicline is proven to help people quit smoking. The fact that it reduced the urge to smoke helped me get that confidence that i could do it. Some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. Some people had seizures while taking chantix. 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Three pit crew members september to the hospital. Thankfully already released. They were wearing fireproof suits and helms. Gone unscathed. Dusted off and finished the race in 11th place. Next to a very different pit stop this going viral tonight. This is 2yearold Jackson Crawford in louisville, kentucky pulled over for a moving violation. Police cruiser lights on and all. Jacksons mom said she wanted to give an early lesson in law enforcement. Officer bill mayo was happy to play along. Jackson did catch a break on the speeding ticket but he was cited for driving with a pacifier. And one paddle boarder was glad he was operating with a camera. Check this out. That right there is a gray whale, a pretty huge one in fact. And her newborn calf. They hang out with darren, and he followed them under the water. There he goes. A little scary but absolutely breathtaking. Sure was. 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Reporter a royal baby generates not only excitement, but big business. Prince georges birth in 2013 pumped an estimated 400 million into the british economy. This baby is also expected to be a moneymaker, particularly if its a girl, generating a projected 119 million for great britain, 37 million in Souvenir Sales alone. Royal plates, royal baby keyrings, mugs, the whole lot. Very, very popular yeah. Reporter according to bookies, britain is overwhelmingly betting on a girl, with the odds at fivefour that shell be named alice. And many believe all the pink the duchess donned in her last public appearances are a hint. This young princess, if it is a princess will be very, very photographed wherever she does. Reporter and for many royal watchers, the birth of a girl would be a real life fairytale. Sara haines, abc news london. Gma and this week in the morning. We are right back here tomorrow night. Im cecilia vega in new york. Thanks for sending your saturday with us. Good night

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