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Beautiful, Yosemite National park, is the scene of a pitched battle. A fastmoving wildfire on bone dry earth. That iconic skyline buried in smoke. And an eerie image from recent days. Yosemite aglow, each golden dot another fire. And abcs brandi hitt is back on the fire lines for us tonight. Welcome to owe see item. Reporter its not the vacation many travelers were expecting. Its closed . It is closed, yeah. Reporter frustrated families facing road blocks, closed campsites and heavy smoke from a wildfire burning nearly five square miles since saturday. Many expecting vacation memories of yosemites worldfamous scenery. And not a fire fight. Now, we cant take photos because of all the smoke. Reporter these are the biggest weapons firefighters are using tonight. Just a quick update on conditions. Reporter helicopters loading water and targeting the danger zones. Most of this fire is inaccessible. It would continue to grow unchecked if we didnt have the helicopter support. Reporter the nonstop air assault of 250 drops each day, giving hot shot crews on the front lines time to get ahead of the flames. 100 miles to the north, just east of sacramento, evacuations have been lifted after another wildfire destroyed 13 homes. This lowflying drone nearly causing more problems by getting in the way of firefighting aircraft. One of the most critical tools in this years already busy fire seaon. While Yosemite Park is open, its not easy getting to all of the main attractions. Road blocks are forcing some travelers to take twohour detours around the fire. Diane . Thank you so much, brandi. Ginger zee is here right now to give us a look ahead. Ginger . Reporter yeah, thats the thing. It is nice and cool and comfortable here in the northeast and great lakes, but you look to the west and we are still stuck with this. The heat, the wind. Everything you dont want when it comes to fires. So, red flag warnings still for parts of california and oregon. Heat advisories in Washington State to idaho. But i got to show you this tonight. Diane, new pictures coming in from colorado. You can see the video there. Some highways, two to three feet covered in water. Parts of ft. Collins getting close to four inches of rain in just 90 minutes. So, its much of colorado dealing with that flash flood threat tonight. Ten states have watches. Thats the back side of that monsoon flow. It falls in some of the burn areas. It is not good. But it is good in some parts, that would be for oklahoma, where they need the rain. They are going to get a lot. Well be watching. Those pictures just coming in, really stunning. Thank you so much, ginger. Now, we turn to the urgent new call to action from americas top doctor, the Surgeon General. He is sounding an alarm about something we see all around us. Skin cancer. And hes doing it at the height of summer when a lot of the damage is being done. Abcs chief medical editor dr. Richard besser on the reason for this new urgency tonight. Reporter this is what the Surgeon Generals call to action is trying to combat. Skin, sun and a deadly problem. Over the last 35 years, weve had a tripling of the cases of melanoma in this country. Reporter in previous generations, it was the Surgeon General leading the charge against smoking. Todays message . Avoid all forms of tanning. Thats because skin cancer is now the single most common cancer in america. 5 million treated a year. And its deadliest form, melanoma, is now the only common cancer in america thats on the rise. Americas Surgeon General is also a dermatologist. Theres no such thing as a good tan. Tanned skin is damaged skin. Its a sign of excessive ultraviolet exposure. Reporter just look at the sun damage revelead in these uv filtered photos of skin that looks perfectly healthy. All those spots . Permanent alterations in the lowest layers of skin. For children, the sun is especially dangerous. We now know a blistering sunburn in childhood more than doubles the chance of melanoma later in life. So, listen to the Surgeon General. Reduce indoor tanning. And you should be using one ounce of sunscreen every two hours, which means a family our four spending the day at the beach should use an entire 12 ounce container of lotion. The warning isnt just for the fair skinned. Were finding more and more skin cancers in hispanic populations, as well as africanamerican populations. And the reality is, this is becoming a Public Health crisis for the whole population. And rich besser is here now. I want to go back to that sentence again. One blistering sunburn in childhood doubles the risk later . Reporter it does. The risk still remains low, but thats frightening. Think about it this way. Every one of those sunburns you prevent helps keep the risk low. And this is difficult for me, as well, as americans, we have to give up on the tan. Its just too dangerous. Give up on the tan. This is a big change tonight. Thank you so much, dr. Richard besser. And now, we head overseas and to the heart of the conflict in the middle east. Israel unleashing the biggest assault on gaza yet. And for israelis, a new look at one source of fear. Those tunnels, where palestinian fighters emerge on israeli soil from under the ground. Abcs david wright is in gaza tonight. Reporter tonight, new video show what hamas says are fighters rising up out of tunnels, to mount a brazen attack yesterday. On an israeli outpost. Their faces blacked out, we see them engage in a firefight. Killing five soldiers. The groups shadowy military leader pledging, no ceasefire until israel lifts its blockade of gaza. This, after the heaviest night of bombardment so far. Israel backing up its threat to destroy hamas. Flares lit up many of the targets. One of them the port right outside our windows. The blast so powerful, our whole building shook like an earthquake. More than five hours of sustained shelling. A time lapse camera was stationed. From 4 00 a. M. To 5 00 a. M. , a whole neighborhood reduced to rubble. This afternoon, we cautiously ventured out. This is gazas only power station, still burning hours later. And they estimate it will be out of commission for at least a year. We also went to the home of the former palestinian prime minister. Not anymore. The house, flattened. He wasnt home. The neighbor across the street told me israel fired three warning shots before finally taking it out. Your whole family was able to get out . Yes, he said, all safe. Tonight, renewed shelling. Two sides very much at war. Neither backing down. David wright, abc news, gaza. Our thanks to david wright and the team in the middle east. Now, back here at home today, president obama issued a new challenge to russian president Vladimir Putin. More tough sanctions, in partnership with europe. And the big question is, will putin feel the pressure this time . Lets bring in abcs chief white house correspondent, Jonathan Karl. What is the answer, jon . Reporter well, diane, these sanctions will sting. They go right at the lifeline of the russian company, hitting the energy, banking and defense sectors. Its a move that comes 12 days after the downing of malaysian flight 17, as president obama announced the moves, he made it clear that his aim is to make russia and Vladimir Putin in particular pay a high price for supporting the prorussian rebels that shot that plane down. It doesnt have to come to this. It didnt have to come to this. It does not have to be this way. This is a choice that russia and president putin in particular has made. Reporter nothing in putins behavior suggests that any of this will change his course. Certainly nothing has changed it so far. But white house officials, diane, say these are the toughest actions taken by the United States and europe against russia so far. All right, Jonathan Karl reporting on it all from the white house tonight. Thanks, jon. And now, we move next to a dramatic day in a New Hampshire courtroom. A young woman, face to face with a 34yearold man, under arrest and now charged with kidnapping her. So, what happened to Abigail Hernandez . How did she disappear for nine months . The mystery in the court today, from abcs ryan smith. Reporter today, for the First Time Since coming home to her family, Abigail Hernandez faced the man prosecutors say kidnapped and held her against her will for nine long months. At his arraignment today, that than nathanial kibby, held on one Million Dollars bail, appeared cuffed and shackled, facing felony kidnapping charges that could bring seven years in prision. Authorities revealing few details about abbys return, but vowing to press forward with the investigation. If there is additional evidence that other crimes will be committed, those charges will be brought. Reporter abby disappeared walking home from school in october. When she returned home to her family last week, Police Released this sketch, kirby was arrested monday. Police searching his residence, including this mysterious metal storage container, 30 some miles away from abbys home. Kibbys residence now a crime scene, as police try to figure out if hernandez was there all along, leaving some of his neighbors rattled. What did you hear . I heard hes kind of creepy, not to really go by his house at night. Reporter who told you that . My parents. Reporter and friends of the Hernandez Family happy her alleged captor is behind bars. Just a sense of relief that hes not out there anybody. Reporter tonight, Abby Hernandez is back home, with her family by her side. Ryan smith, abc news, conway, New Hampshire. And tonight, consumer groups are about to release their annual report of the top ten consumer come flauplaints and o the biggest are the tell markets calls that keep coming. Weve learned that robo calls to your cell phone are often illegal. Abcs matt gutman tells you how you can fight back and possibly make money doing it. Reporter the unwanted calls come in by the millions every day. Anywhere from five to six per day. They call morning, noon and night. Reporter driving the waites of bellview, florida, crazy. You called this phone number about 200 times. Reporter a debt collectors robo call. 204 of them bombarding then 17yearold Heather Waites cell phone. They started calling two or three times a day. Reporter thing is, heather had no debt. Zero. I shut the phone off. Reporter 68 of cell owners receiver at least some unwanted calls. A quarter of them say it happens several times a week. What most dont know is that these kinds of calls to cell phones are illegal under federal law. And robo callers face a he ty penalty. They could owe you 500 to 1,500 for every unwanted call. The waites called lawyer billy howard, who had made suing the collection companies his specialty. There are hundreds of thousands of people that are going through this exact same thing. They just dont know their rights. Reporter some famous cases have reached up to 600,000. And there are thousands of these collection companies. We tracked down the one calling heather waite. Go gorden beck is the c. O. O. Of diversified consultants inc, already sued 100 times this year. We keep records of everything. And although there is human error, we do our best every single day to make sure things like that do not happen. Reporter human error due to sheer volume. Companies like diversified that make over a million automated calls per day to what they think are landlines, but some are actually cell phones. Beck admits there are mistakes, but he says its hard to tell landlines from cell phones. But its not intentional. Reporter what if you were called three times a day . If i was called three times a day and i didnt want it, i would pick up the phone and say please stop calling me. Reporter the waites did that, but the calls kept coming. Reach one of these phone calls is worth 500 bucks at least. How does that feel . Well, were both excited. Reporter it was now their turn to collect from the collection agencies. Matt gutman, abc news, bellview, florida. And dont miss matts full report tonight on nightline. And now, to a big headline in the battle over dangerous concussions and sports. Not professional athletes, but college athletes. Today, the ncaa agreed to settle a lawsuit for 70 million, the money going to help thousands of current and former athletes in certain sports who may have suffered brain injuries. The deal includes preseason testing, diagnosis and research. The settlement still needs a judges approval. And up next here tonight, close call on the tracks. The jarring video that shows two women trapped on a bridge, tryitry ing to outrun a train. Tonight, how they escaped, and why Railroad Officials want everyone to see these pictures. And, is this the next tiger woods . The toddler who learned to play golf before he could walk . Just like you. For many, prescription nexium helps heal acidrelated erosions in the lining of the esophagus. There is risk of bone fracture and low magnesium levels. Side effects may include headache, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. If you have persistent diarrhea, contact your doctor right away. Other serious stomach conditions may exist. Avoid if you take clopidogrel. Nexium 40 mg is only available by prescription. Talk to your doctor. For free home delivery, enroll in nexium direct today. Spressure points on my tired, achy feet. I had no clue i was putting this kind of stress on my feet. I have flat feet. I found this out at the free dr. Scholls foot mapping center. 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This video released as a warning by railroad to keep people off the tracks. In this instance, the engineer applies the emergency brake. He repeatedly sounds the horn as the 100car coal train, traveling 30 Miles Per Hour on a narrow indiana bridge, shows down, but cant stop. The two women, helpless, try to run. Finally, this woman lies down on the tracks between the rains, with the train just 30 feet away. The second woman does the same. The engineer assumed that he was calling into our dispatch office to let us know he had killed two people. Thankfully, they crawled out from underneath the train. Reporter these women survived by being as flush with the tracks as possible. There are just ten inches of space between the train to the track. You can see from this video just how close the trains are. It can take a train, a Freight Train, over a mile to stop. Reporter from 2011 to this year, trespasser fatalities are up 36 . There have been 167 so far in 2014, compared with 128 deaths in all of last year. For these women, it was just a close call. The only thing bearing down on them now is the law. Both women will likely be prosecuted for criminal trespassing. Linsey davis, abc news, new york. And when we come back here, take a look at this scene. Can you pick out the secret weapon at the beach, keeping swimmers safe . We have the answer in our instant index. One of our favoo is going to the dog park together. Sometimes my copd makes it hard to breathe. So my doctor prescribed symbicort. It helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. Symbicort doesnt replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. With symbicort, today im breathing better. Come on, boy [ female announcer ] 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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Reporter whats amazing, golf experts say, is how often he connects, and how shots like this one are no accident. Oh reporter his mother, nicole, is a selfdescribed golf mom. Driving her young prodigy to practice at least four times a week. Before he could even walk, he was playing with plastic clubs. He would start hitting the ball around the house while he was crawling. Reporter they met a coach at a golf course who told them to get their son real ones. This ones for chipping. Reporter this ones for chipping. Hes the one who wants to constantly. Mama, daddy lets go to the golf course. Reporter it didnt long for people to notice. Look out bubba watson, weve got a 3yearold golf proddy. Id like you to meet tiger woods and his father reporter its hard not to think of another young prodigy, seen here on the mike douglas show, age 2. Pretty soon tiger woods will be getting baby jamess autograph. Reporter we met him preparing for his first real tournament. Put it to the side if you want. Reporter put it to the side . Okay. Awesome reporter this 3yearold took fourth against kids nearly twice his age. Hes still learning his abcs, but hes already mastered reading the greens. Yes reporter Steve Osunsami, abc news, abita springs, louisiana. And we thank you so much for watching. Were always here at abcnews. Com. Nightline, of course, later. And well see you right back here again tomorrow night. Good night. This is the jeopardy teen tournaments. Introducing todays semifinalists a junior from arlington heights, illinois. A sophomore from little rock, arkansas. And a senior from valley stream, new york. And now here is the host of jeopardy alex trebek

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