Might soon shoot at that get away car and its not a bullet. Good evening in for diane. Its great to have you on a thursday night. We begin with that scare playing out in atlanta tonight, the cdc asking how could this happen, one of their own workers making a huge and dangerous mistake, potentially exposing his coworkers to live anthrax. Heres the latest at this hour. Were learning 75 cdc employees may have been exposed, those workers being treated at this hour. Tonight theres now an investigate under way into how this happened. Abcs chief medical editor, dr. Richard besser who spent many years at the cdc got the call today, his source in the lab telling him he was, quote, devastated. So he lead off with dr. Besser. Reporter the cdc is telling us tonight that something went terribly wrong. Live anthrax was passed along to labs that werent equipped to handle it. Between june 6th and 13th, 75 people without the needed protective gear may have breathed it and become infrequented. The bio labs at the cdc in atlanta handle the deadliest diseases and viruses in the world. From e bowl la to smallpox where precautions are serious and necessary. This is where scientists and doctors work on such deadly diseases as plague and west nile, t. B. And hiv. Tonight the labs are shut down, sealed, being decon tomorrow natd. Its that live form of anthrax that got, somehow, into lower level labs. Theres no risk of these 75 workers spreading the disease to others, friends or family, because it isnt spread person to person. There is real concern for the workers themselves. None of the workers show any symptoms yet but theyre not yet in the clear. Symptoms like fever and chills, shortness of breath, confusion, dizziness and headache. If anthrax goes untreated, it has a very high mortality rate, about 85 . Even if you get the right antibiotics for it, theres a 40 mortality rate. These workers are all being offered antibiotics for 60 days, and the vaccine just in case. For an organization that works so often with the deadliest diseases on the planet, its a frightening mistake. Dr. Besser is with us now. You made the point that its only these workers, not their families, not their neighbors. Why is that . You have to breathe it in to get sick. Rarely you can get it from contaminated clothing. I learned that the outer clothes were left in the lab. But they are concerned about the workers. Yeah. This can live in your body for 60 days and infrequent you and it can be deadly. 60 days of antibiotics, plus a vaccine. The bigger picture, people are going to say this is one of the most dangerous labs in the country. How does a mistake like this happen . This is one of the worlds premiere labs. I spoke with them and they are absolutely devastated. Theyre going to look to see how did this happen and i think there are going to be some outside eyes looking at this as well. I know youll have more on good morning america, thank you. We move to the crises in iraq, big doechlths this evening. President obama revealing military action is on the table. 300 advisor is, special forces sent into iraq. Could the americans see combat . We have Team Coverage at the white house and baghdad and we start with Martha Raddatz in iraq again for us. Good evening. Reporter good evening, david. Clearly what the president is trying to do is keep this nation in which the United States has invested so much from collapsing while resisting a slide back to war that he tried so hard to end. Tonight fighter jets launching from a u. S. Carrier back over the iraqi skies, watching the militants on the move. Today president obama made it clear that u. S. Combat forces will not fight a new war here, but within days, the first of some 300 additional u. S. Troops, military advisers, will begin arriving, a move clearly aimed at bolstering the iraqi forces that are crumbling in the face of battle. And the president today not ruling out air strikes. We will be prepared to take targeted and precise military action if and when we determine that the situation on the ground requires it. Reporter that likely means using drones to fire on limited targets. The president did have tough words for his iraqi counter part, nuiri almaliki for nailing to unit iraqs religious and ethnic factions. But the president also said there are lessons to learn from this crises and from the nineyear war that has left deep scars on our nation. Its clear from the last decade the need for the United States to ask hard questions before we take action abroad. Martha is with us now from baghdad. Martha, we all heard the president say today that hes prepared to send those additional American Military advisers. Were talking about hundreds of them. Who are they and what would they be doing . Reporter they will actually be special forces, david. The 300 will divide into teams of 12, and they will actually embed with Iraqi Military forces, first the headquarters and then a brigade level to help train and advise them. And the white house has not ruled out that these advisors would actually help the iraqis find targets for air strikes. No combat for these american troops, but i could still say this is a Dangerous Mission. Thank you. I want to bring in abcs chief White House CorrespondentJonathan Karl standing by. You heard martha report there, the white house not ruling out special forces. Martha points out it could be dangerous. Was this a surprise . Reporter it was in this sense, david. We knew the president was likely to send special forces to help train the iraqis but this is a significantly more Dangerous Mission than had been widely anticipated. Three times as many special forces as had been reported. David, they will be embedded as you heard martha regard, with iraqi forces not just in baghdad but also up in northern iraq. The president though faces a real dilemma here. He wants no part of going back into iraq, a war he claims credit for ending, but at the same time this group now taking over parts of iraq poses a real threat as a former ambassador to iraq who served under obama said today this group is more formidable than osama bin Ladens Al Qaeda at the present time of the september 11 attack. Thanks to you both tonight. We move on here to another developing headline, a giant swath of Severe Weather from the midwest tonight to the east coast. There could be major flash flooding, the forecast in a moment. First new images of a new and massive twister. This time you can see what appears to be four funnels. It was terrifying for many and Abcs Steve Osunsami with the pictures. Reporter this was the moment across the prairies of south dakota when families here knew they had to run for cover. Another set of twin tornadoes were moving into wessington springs. You can see four smaller whirlwinds circling inside one of the tornadoes. These were pictures families took with their cell phones. Early reports show the winds reached 127 miles an hour damaging more than a dozen homes and destroying businesses. At the kophman farm they lost everything. It was a tearful reunion today for this large family. Hes not taking it well. Reporter this is what the house looked like before nearly 100 years old. It hurt to see what the tornado left. That home it was really the reporter the Severe Weather stretched east, the lightning setting homes on fire in minnesota, the high interested bringing down trees over homes in ohio and the nations capital. In chicago, 1,400 passengers stranded by the weather had to sleep at ohare airport. Weve traveled a lot. We have never had an experience like this. This is unique. Reporter here in the prairie families are having to clean up today and on top of all this theres no power. Utility crews are out trying to repair those power lines tonight. David . Steve, thank you. It could be a long time before power is back on. 14 million americans in the path of Severe Weather tonight. Look at the heavy rain and flash floods washing out towns across the midwest. Minnesota scenes like this one. I want to bring in our chief meteorologist from philadelphias top station. I know you were dealing with Severe Weather over the last 24 hours, but now youre watching another part of the country tonight. What are you seeing . Thats right, david. The focus of Severe Weather across three areas tonight. The strong storms that moved through philadelphia have shifted to the south, including roanoke and raleigh. The upper midwest under the gun from minneapolis to kansas city and another area over northern texas. Were looking at the potential for large hail, damaging winds and flash flooding a big concern. David, i want to show you the area of flooding. Its a very broad area. Theres a stationary front thats draped across the upper midwest into the midatlantic. Along this front were looking at the potential three to four inches of rain, could cause flash flooding. Minneapolis already dealing with record rainfall. Well be watching for that. Thank you. We turn our attention to brazil now and to the world cup. Team usa playing this weekend. A giant headline tonight, perhaps the toughest player were going to face on sunday is tonight hurting. His name is Cristiano Ronaldo, portugals best known weapon nursing a knee injury. Its making global headlines because hes also known for his moves off the field. Paula faris is in rio again tonight. Reporter he is soccers reigning player of the year. On the field, a scoring machine. Hes done it general this is astonishing reporter off the field, an international sensation. An advertisers dream. A sex symbol. Making more than lebron james. And tonight he is the biggest obstacle standing in team usas way. Thats why the world is abuzz about ronaldos knee injury. Seen with ice packs, missing practice. How effective will he be against the americans this sunday . Advantage team usa . Definitely Advantage Team usa. Portugal without Cristiano Ronaldo is a totally different team. Reporter the americans have issues of their own. Their star is out. But the other challenge, the game will be played in manaus, the middle of the amazon, hot and humid. With hotels scarce, fans are sleeping at a camp in the jungle just to see the action. I wanted a boat ride on the amazon river. Ten minutes down the marina and to an outrigger canoe. 20 minutes into the juggle, no lights, no air conditioning. What are you going to tell the americans this weekend that are going to manaus . Good luck. Bring bug spray and air conditioners. Reporter now, we came inside because its been pouring all day in rio. Its just 50 degrees where the team is training and manaus, so hot and humid players concerning about breathing and cramping during the game. It will be their toughest conditions yet. Very concerned about Cristiano Ronaldo tonight, paula. Thanks for your reporting from rio again tonight. You can always watch the world cup action on our cable partner, espn. Team usa this weekend. Weve all seen Police Chases but tonight the video asking how far is too far. Ryan smith with the dangerous moments on the golf course and the new tool that might help prevent it. Reporter its the last kind of driver you expect to see on a golf course. Police cars barreling down the fairway, sirens blaring. There was people running. I could see in the distance people scattering and running all over the place. Reporter minnesota cops chasing this man on outstanding drug warrants. Today the department is reviewing whether that chase crossed the line. Their policy on vehicle pursuits requires officers to exhibit a height degree of common sense and sound judgment. High speed Police Chases now happening all to often some turning deadly. More than 300 People Killed in just one year. Including innocent bystanders like john farriss son now crusading against those chases. The burden to protect the public is on law enforcement. Oftentimes protecting the public means breaking off and not continuing that pursuit. Reporter so where do police draw the line . Police officers dont want to be in Police Chases. They dont want to be in Police Chases. Its a danger to them and to the public as well. Reporter nearly two dozen Police Departments now using new Gps Technology called star chase. It shoots a tracker from the front grille of a police car onto the car theyre pursuing. They can trace the suspect without the hot pursuit. 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Others around the country, from california to new york have been caught playing their customers, like this clerk in syracuse, new york convicted of swindling a customer, telling him he had a 5,000 ticket when it was really worth 5 million. Or this clerk who told the customer his Winning Ticket was only worth 1,000 when it was actually worth a cool million. If you have a Winning Ticket you dont have to give it to the clerk. Thats what these scanning machines are for. Place it right there, wait a couple seconds and this machine will tell you whether youve won or in my case, not. Reporter while some clerks may lie, the computer doesnt. Matt gutman, abc news, miami. Matt gutman getting answers tonight. When we come back here, do you remember this song . Come on, come on sglts. Carole king there. Why that song and so many others are back tonight. The index is next. About a biologic. This is humira. This is humira helping to relieve my pain. This is humira helping me lay the groundwork. 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Finally tonight here, the genie wowing audiences while at the same time making those wishes come true, one of the Biggest Stores on broadway right now. He just won a tony and hes winning hearts, too. Heres abcs gio benitez. Reporter we saw him take that coveted tony award with that magical energy. James Monroe Iglehart has brought aladdins genie to life in the new broadway hit from abcs parent company, disney. Now hes taking us backstage for yet another journey. These are your treasures. This is my home. Reporter to help kids who otherwise wouldnt get to experience theatre in more and more schools where arts programs are being cut. You have your treasure, you have your tony, and youre giving back. Yes. If these kids can look up to me and go, hey, the genie made it, then i feel pretty good. Reporter when iglehart was growing up in a humble home, he says the stage was an escape from bullies and his fear. His dream, making it to broadway. I mean for you, it really is a magic lamp. 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For diane and all of us, good night. This is jeopardy todays contestants are a virologist from seattle, washington. An architectural project manager from atlanta, georgia. And our returning champion, a newspaper columnist from westlake village, california. Whose 1day cash winnings total