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KGO ABC World News Now July 30, 2013

Find out with venus embrace. Every fivebladed stroke gives you 360 degrees of smooth for goddess skin you can feel and feel. Only from venus embrace. News out of florida. An explosion at a propane plant sent explosions high into the sky. All of the missing people have been found. Large propane tanks began exploding in tavares just before 11 00 last night. The force blew the roof right off of the plant. A onemime radius around the scene had to be evacuated where the flames burned and burned. To washington, d. C. She could be responsible for similar incidents through out the nations capital. More from abcs karen travers. Reporter a woman in custody in washington suspected of vandalizing the citys National Cathedral with green paint. The Iconic Church was the third d. C. Landmark defaced in the past four days. Wet green paint was found in the cathedrals oldest chapel, the bethlehem chapel. Similar paint was found in the childrens chapel. Last friday the lincoln memorial. Green paint found splattered along the base, lap, leg of the statue of the 16th president. The marble memorial on the edge of the National Mall is one of the most popular Tourist Attractions in the capital with millions of visitors every year. It closed temporarily friday after the paint was discovered but reopened later that day. Park police said damage was not permanent but crews are working to remove the paint. They will not do anything that will damage it. They are very familiar with the marble. They have ways they work on all kinds of ways. They work on all our statues, all of our memorials. Theyre very familiar with them. Reporter more splattered green paint on a statue outside smithsonian headquarters on the mall. Authorities believe that vandalism was also done last friday. Tourists were shocked to hear of another incident. I just cant believe it. I just think its pretty wrong. Reporter Law Enforcement officials have not said whether all three acts of vandalism were connected. The paint looks to be a similar dark green color. Authorities said the woman suspected of vandalizing the National Cathedral was arrested nearby. She will likely face charges of destruction of property. Karen travers, abc news, washington. By the way, the woman is 58 years old. No fixed address. Identified as jimay chen. Heres my point when it comes to vandals. If youre protesti ining someth and youve got a point, scrawl it across something, fine, well read it, and move on. To randomly throw paint on something and not have a rhyme, reason. Vandalize anything. To do it just to do it. I have no respect. Not to say i have respect for vandals. Poor quality vandalism . Poor quality vandalism. It really was. Just leave a message. Jackson pollack. Splattered on there. There you go. Thats all im saying. Im glad that we have somebody in custody. Yes. Up next, a look at one of t hottest new shows on tv. The latest drama that has some saying netflix could be new hbo. The new way to get away the links, riding on air. How cool is that . You are watching world who you are or what you do. Arthritis does not discriminate. I was diagnosed with arthritis when i was four years old. I was two. I had just turned 50. We are your friends we are coworkers we are your kids we are the face of arthritis i am one i am one of over 50 million americans affected by the chronic pain of arthritis. We are the face. Of arthritis learn how the Arthritis Foundation can help at facesofarthritis. Org i im stuck in Folsom Prison and time keeps dragging on but that train keeps rolling prison isnt the sort of place you would expect to find a lot of laughter or creativity. A show based on the experiences of a woman who did time providing both. The show orange is the new black and a cast of characters that shines and a message that really makes you think. Abcs dan harris with more. What did you do . Arent you not supposed to ask that question . I read youre not supposed to ask that. You read that . You studied for prison . Reporter orange is the new black, the much buzzed about show on netflix about a College Educated woman who lands in prison. We sat down with the star, taylor shilling and the real life former inmate she portrays. Both women go to Great Lengths to say though the show is based on the memoir orange is the new black. Piper on the show is a fictionalized version. I carried a suitcase of money, drug money, once, ten years ago. Reporter that said, similarities are many. When i was mine very early 20s, fresh out of college, i carried a bag full of drug money from showing to brussels. I find the idea that there is something that you did sort of in your youth and that what if that kind of comes back in your, and you are in the situation. I find that to be absolutely terrifying. Reporter piper served 13 months for her crime, many experiences she writes about are ripped from the pages of her book and splashed on to the screen. The food here is disgusting. Reporter you were sitting at a table look this. You said out loud, the food is disgusting and the chef was right nearby. Yeah, she really, really was deeply offended. This is the commissary. Reporter they gave me a tour of the set in new york city. I was wearing a especially made inmate badge. First time you walked in here . My stomach sank. They did a really good job. Even look at the cruddiness of the ceilings. Reporter both women say theyre proud this show presents the inmates as threedimensional and often sympathetic characters. Do you think for a crime like yours prison time is inappropriate punishment . I think for a nonviolent drug offense it would be much better to punish the person and hold them accountable in the community in a way that you know makes some sort of positive contribution back to the community. Reporter a funny show with an often serious message. Dan harris, abc news, new york. I havent seen one episode, but a winner in my book. The creator created weeds. One of my favorite shows. And weeds a runaway success. Has been. Producer suzanne got addicted to it. Watched one episode. Binged watched over the weekend. She said she wants people to understand what it is look to be in jail. Trying to bring them into the experience. Such a debate. Who belongs in jail. Violent people of course . Not violent people . Maybe there are better ways to deal with them. A good point. She tries to deal with it. Well be right back. Point. She tries to deal with it. Well be right back. All right, everyone. Welcome in to the mix. Weve got a lot of Great Stories in the mix. Were going to start with a toddler, 4 years old. Also smarter than you and me and you, and nole and everybody else. Everybody in the room and probably the whole building. Take a listen to her mom quizzing her on capitals. Okay. Whats the capital of Czech Republic . Czech republic is whats the capital of russia . Russia is moscow. Okay. Capital of the United Kingdom . London. And what about japan . Japan is tokyo. She goes on and on like this. She can name countries all over the world. So her mom and her mom and her dad told aol that she apparently learned the alphabet by the time she was 4 months old. A year and a half, she had mastered all her numbers in spanish, if you can believe it. So there you have it. Her mom says that she is always correcting her grammar. Dad says she knows she is smarter than her dad. Tells it to her, to him, to his face. Goodness gracious. I cant say it. Iq, 145. She made it into mensa flying colors with room to spare. And when she gets older, she wants to help people. She wants to be a nurse. Awesome. I think shell end up probably being a brain surgeon, no problem at all. Yes. All right. Check this out. Were going to show you the biggest babe ever born in germany. Just happened. 13 1 2 pounds just about. Born friday. Oh, boy. Baby girl. Jacelyn, and can you believe that . Yeah, the mother delivered it the real way. No csection there. Painful, huh . Oh, my god. Breaks the record for a for a basically, boy, that was a pound less. A british mother gave birth, by the way, naturally, by the way to 15pound babe. Recently. Do you know how many kegels they will have to do after giving birth . What are kegels . Never mind. Is this a womanly thing . Everybody out there knows what a kegel is . Knows what i am talking about. I will explain in the commercial. The cutest thing, all day. A disabled puppy learning to walk. Mick, born with swimmer puppy syndrome. Sound cute, but a nasty disorder doesnt let him sit, walk, or stand. The foundation is devoted to giving animals with birth defects a fighting chance. Take a look now at mick as hes learned to walk. So cute. Way to go, mick. Granted still has a long way to go. The first time he ever walked. There you have it the happiest face. You have ever seen. Mick, what an adorable, adorable pet. Breaking news on world news now the propane explosions north of orlando, the search for those missing, and concerns about evacuations. Were going to get the latest details as the fire rages on. A raging controversy. Pope francis did something never done by a pontiff before. His unprecedented move and his eyeopening comments to roman catholics everywhere. Innovative invention. Forget the golf cart. Check this out the newest ride around the country club looks like something from science fiction. Courtroom reality. Cast members from real housewives of new jersey fake bigtime criminal allegations. The details coming up in the skinny on this tuesday, july 30th. Did she realize announcer from abc news this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. All right. Were going to jump right in on this tuesday morning. We begin this half hour with breaking news. A Central Florida town rocked by one explosion after another. Erupting at a gas plant overnight. Propane tanks turning into fireballs by the hundreds in tavares, shooting flames so high in the air they could be seen miles away. There are at least seven injuries, four critical. 15 workers reported missing have been found. The surrounding area had been evacuated. Heres what the Sheriffs Department told reporters earlier this morning in an interview. Well, apparently they store the propane cylinders in different parts on the property in different areas of the plant. And as the fire continued to spread, there were more and more explosions, as you said, pretty recently actually. So that just really obviously presented some challenges for the fire personnel to get in and get it contained and under control. At this point we dont feel that anyone else no one else is no longer in danger. The evacuation is still in effect for the half mile radius. But at this point we dont feel that anyone is in immediate danger from the fire. We have no reported injuries from anyone in the surrounding neighborhood. All the injuries we have been made aware of are from those that were actually at the plant working tonight. John, you said 15 unaccounted for. Is there anything being done at this point to try to find those people . Is that possible at this point . At this point, the Fire Department, fire personnel theyre doing what they can on scene, and theyre reaching out to obviously relatives and acquaint tanss of the people. Right now their main concern is containing the fire, containing the scene, making sure that no one is in danger at the scene and the surrounding neighborhood are safe. Thats their primary concern. What do you tell people who live nearby who might be fearful this could get started again . I would tell them the Fire Department has numerous resources on scene and theyre working very diligently to get this contained, get this under control, and im getting updates pretty much every 10, 15 minutes from them. So far it looks like at this point it is contained. I dont want to say that and give anyone false sense of hope. So were just waiting to see how they proceed. So just turning now to the meme who were injured, we know that at least six of them were taken to nearby hospitals. Five air lifted. One taken by ambulance. All of them were told with severe burns. We did speak to an eyewitness earlier who told us that hundreds of propane tanks are at this plant. As this erupted, you could hear them popping off into the sky, so powerful, this explosion, it blew the roof off the plant. Pallets and pallets of these propane tanks the kind you use on your backyard barbecue. I have used it, a blue rhino tank. I have used blue rhino in my barbecue. Many of you probably have. The big concern, 15 people unaccounted for. Evacuations still in effect. About a mile around that area. Tavares, by the way, is in northwest part of, northwest of orlando. Not very far away. But, not, a big population area. But nothing like orlando. Small enough town. But northwest of orlando. Not too far away from there. Onemile radius has been evacuated. But as far as five miles away people are claiming they could see not only the fireballs in the air, but also hear it and feel vibrations of the explosions. Every time one goes off you hear the pop and see the big flash of light. Thats true. Well, of course, follow this story and bring you the very latest. Now well turn to other news of the day. Another headline this morning. The popes surprise comments about gay priests. These remarks during an impromptu News Conference as pope francis was returning from brazil. Abcs jeff zeleny here in new york with more. Good morning, jeff. Good morning, guys. I mean it really was an unusual scene aboard the papal plane. For a while it seemed the vatican was unplugged. Pope francis did what none have done. He stood in front of reporters for 1 20 taking questions and turned serious on an issue that has confronted many of a divide in this church. Reporter pope francis opened a new era of compassion towards gays on monday saying priests shouldnt be judged or marginalized for their sexual orientation. As he flew back to rome after celebrating world youth day in brazil, the popes words in italian rippled around the world. [ speaking Foreign Language ] if someone is gay and he searches for the lord and has good will, whom am i to judge . Those comments didnt change catholic doctrine. But signalled an olive branch from the peoples pope. It was a different tone than we have heard from the vatican. I thought it was pastoral and compassionate. Reporter the overture only narrowly addresses homosexuality but still it was striking. His predecessor benedict called gays objectively disordered. John paul ii said homosexual acts were against natural law. Archbishops and bishops always take their lead from the pope, and the fact that the pope is trying to be more welcoming is a great step forward. An issue dividing american catholics. As a catholic i am happy to hear that sort of thing. Being a lot more open and accepting. Of people of all different backgrounds. I am definitely open to it. The book says it is an abomination. Reporter the pope also extending his hand to divorced catholics saying they can receive sacraments. And women saying theyre more important than bishops and priests. And for a church long beset by scandal, the tone of humility from pope francis is the latest sign that a new age may be dawning for the catholic church, an attempt to energize and fortify the faithful. John, diana. Interesting. Quite a different tone from pope francis. Really its a remarkable change in tone. But not necessarily a change in dogma. John, you are right. The tone was a significant thing here. Many popes before him have not used the word gay. The fact that pope francis, he calls himself the peoples pope, really with those five word, who am i to judge . He set the tone of a different type of style here for the church. You are absolutely right. He did not address the core issues of homosexual acts being against the churchs policy and doctrine. If we are not changing doctrine, we are not changing policy, what is pope francis trying to accomplish for the church here . One thing, trying to accomplish, to build on what he was doing in brazil at world youth day. Speaking to 3 Million People. He knows the church is in trouble in terms of shrinking population. He is trying to put a new face on the church. Vatican experts say this is significant what the pope does trickles down the line here. The change in substance and tone is likely to have quite a big effect. And it is dividing catholics. A lot of catholics we talked to, today, said that some were in favor of this. Others were not. So a controversy nonetheless. Going back to brazil. What a reception he got there. No question about it. 3 Million People on the beach, celebrating mass on copacabana beach. Not a bad place to be. True. Abcs jeff zeleny, thank you so much for that. Thank you. All right, jeff. Brandnew poll showing 53 of new York Democratic voters say it is time for Anthony Weiner to get out of the mayors race. Governor andrew cuomo, head of the states democratic party, declined monday to weigh in. But, party heavy hitters, bill and Hillary Clinton are signaling it is time for weiner to go. He doesnt see it that way. I am not terribly interested in what people who are not voters in the city of new york have to say. I am focused like a laser beam on their interests. I am focused like a laser beam on what they care about. Former new york governor Eliot Spitzer forced out of office over a prostitution scandal says he would not vote for weiner. Surpriseding testimony over the alleged coverup of the sex abuse case at penn state. It came from former assistant coach Mike Mcqueary who claimed yesterday that joe paterno once told him the school mishandled its response to the Jerry Sandusky case. Mcqueary also claimed that Top School Officials knew he had seen sandusky molesting a boy in the locker room shower. The testimony came at a hearing to determine if three former School Administrators should be tried for covering up the case. A driver in san diego is recovering from a dangerous plunge. Police believe he was drunk when he drove his car straight over a cliff and plummeted 40 feet to the beach below. Amazingly, though, his car landed on its wheels and the driver survived. He was hoisted up to the road, followed by his car. The driver suff

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