heading down the highway, causing cars to scramble to get out of harm s way. you can see them throwing the devices trying to pop the tires. look at that. new numbers show how many innocent bystanders are put in harm s way by these chases forming abc s david wright to raise one important question in all of this are these chases worth the risk? [ siren ] reporter: more innocent bystanders are injured or killed during high speed police chases than by stray bullets. here in california, more than 10,000 injured over ten years. including stephanie yablow s elderly parents. they were struck outside a crowded shopping mall as the lapd chased a stolen buick. a car came around the corner and literally slammed into them in the crosswalk. reporter: they were badly injured? horrifically. i ve never seen anything like that. reporter: nationally, it s
immigrants in america are asian. asians have surpassed hispanics and settling down in surprising parts of the country. with more on this here is abc s sharyn alfonsi. reporter: one of the faces behind the new numbers. the daughter of korean immigrants they expected excellence from her. i honestly don t think i brought home a c ever. my sister did once. her life wasn t the same for about another year. reporter: ape philosophy that paid off. she is now a successful surgeon, author, professor and mother of two young children. the embodiment of the modern asian family. forget poor huddled masses, this wave of immigrants is highly educated and successful. asians now streaming into the country faster than hispanics. the result of a slowdown in illegal immigration and the rise and demand for high-skilled workers. take a look at where they re heading metro detroit now 37%
he wasn t so confident, however, about working with russia and china to end the violence in syria. both countries have vetoed u.n. resolutions on the crisis. now we turn to the presidential campaign and the guessing game about whom mitt romney will choose to be his running mate. florida senator rubio had a lot of buzz. over the past 24 hours, he s been at the center of that storm. abc s karen travers joins us with the latest. good morning, karen. reporter: good morning, rob, good morning, paula. yesterday mitt romney said he gets a kick out of all the speculating over his vp pick. based on his last couple days on the campaign trail he has given us a lot of names to speculate about. call it a vice presidential road show. mitt romney wraps up a six battleground state bus tour. sure, he campaigned for votes, but it was also a chance to audition several potential running mates. a friday stop with a senator in new hampshire. i appreciate the senator and her support. reporter: sund
typical vacation, you think of relaxation. that was not the case for this virginia guy who was a father four. he is a bona fide a vacation hero. once he arrived in florida, he thought it would be a nice fishing vacation, but he kept getting interrupted to save lives. abc s dan harris has the details. reporter: it started as a simple family vacation near tampa, florida. gus hertz s wife looked out the window of their condo and saw that a driver had gone off the road, down this hill, and to the water under this bridge. she yells, there s a car in the water. so i ran out the door. she called 911. reporter: the driver who had a diabetic episode was unconscious but breathing. gus and this local fisherman pulled him out. another, 3, 4 minutes he would have drowned. reporter: as gus was trying to restart his vacation by going fishing, he looked up and saw a small ultralight plane crashing into the water. as it passed over it started
returned to the white house after a two-day meeting with leaders of the world s largest economies. the summit, of course, focused on the troubled european economies and their impact on the rest of the world, but the u.s. came in for a share of the blame as well. abc s richard cantu reports. reporter: president barack obama left no doubt about his focus on the just completed g-20 summit in mexico. after all, it s how well or bad the economy is doing come november that may decide who is in the white house next january 20th. our highest priority continues to be putting people back to work even faster. reporter: but summit leaders failed to find a lasting solution to the european financial crisis, the one that s dragged down u.s. stock markets for over a year and with it the 401(k) retirement accounts of tens of millions of americans. slower growth in europe means slower growth in american jobs. so we have a profound interest in seeing europe prosper. we re all in the same boat t