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to continue our work. >> reporter: i'm alex marquardt in damascus. >> our thanks to alex marquardt tonightnt to tell you, you can immerse yourself in the streets of damascus with an exciting new visual 3d experience we launched today. check out abcnews.com/vr. >>> next on "nightline," with bill cosby facing allegations of abuse stanning five decades, we're going to hear from some of those women coming forward tonight. take the zantac it challenge! pill works fast? zantac works in as little as 30 minutes. nexium can take 24 hours. when heartburn strikes, take zantac for faster relief than nexium or your money back. take the zantac it challenge. >>> finally tonight, hear bill crosby's accusers. more than 50 women have alleged the once-beloved tv father drugged and/or sexually assaulted them. cosby has denied these allegations and has not been charged with a crime. but tonight we're going to hear from many of those accusers directly. >> they kept saying to me, you're so beautiful. you want to be an actress? oh, you would be terrific, we have to introduce her to cos. i said, who's cos? >> i fi
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to continue our work. >> reporter: i'm alex marquardt in damascus. >> our thanks to alex marquardt tonight. we want to tell you, you can immerse yourself in the streets of damascus with an exciting new visual 3d experience we launched today. check out abcnews.com/vr. >>> next on "nightline," with bill cosby facing allegations of abuse stanning five decades, tonight. think your heartburn pill works fast? take the zantac it challenge! zantac works in as little as 30 minutes. nexium can take 24 hours. when heartburn strikes, take zantac for faster relief than nexium or your money back. way back when, mayor laguardia and non-profits ghi and hip, now called emblemhealth, made sure working new yorkers had quality, affordable healthcare. who's caring for you? emblemhealth: what care feels like... in the neighborhood. if you love shrimp like i love shrimp, red lobster's endless shrimp... ...is kind of a big deal. it's finally back, any way you want 'em. one taste of these new pineapple habanero coconut shrimp bites, and i already want more. they even brought back wood-grilled teriyaki shrimp! yeah
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to continue our work. >> reporter: i'm alex marquardt in damascus. >> our thanks to alex marquardt tonightnt to tell you, you can immerse yourself in the streets of damascus with an exciting new visual 3d experience we launched today. check out abcnews.com/vr. >>> next on "nightline," with bill cosby facing allegations of abuse stanning five decades, we're going to hear from some of those women coming forward tonight. take the zantac it challenge! pill works fast? zantac works in as little as 30 minutes. nexium can take 24 hours. when heartburn strikes, take zantac for faster relief than nexium or your money back. take the zantac it challenge. there are no limits on the amount of carbon pollution power plants can... release. and our senator, pat toomey, led the fight to keep it that way. carbon pollution, a major cause of climate change, leads to more asthma attacks in children. over a million pennsylvanians now suffer from asthma. and senator toomey took over a million dollars from polluters. tell senator toomey: it's time to clear the air. vote for the clean power plan. ♪usic: "thunder c
to continue our work. >> reporter: i'm alex marquardt in damascus. >> our thanks to alex marquardt tonightnt to tell you, you can immerse yourself in the streets of damascus with an exciting new visual 3d experience we launched today. check out abcnews.com/vr. >>> next on "nightline," with bill cosby facing allegations of abuse stanning five decades, we're going to hear from some of those women coming forward tonight. take the zantac it challenge! pill works fast?...
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alex marquardt, abc news, damascus. >> extraordinary effort. learn more about abc news vr, you can go to our website and alex's reporting from inside syria tonight on let's clear the air. there are no limits on the amount of carbon pollution power plants can... release. and our senator, pat toomey, led the fight to keep it that way. carbon pollution, a major cause of climate change, leads to more asthma attacks in children. over a million pennsylvanians now suffer from asthma. and senator toomey took over a million dollars from polluters. tell senator toomey: it's time to clear the air. vote for the clean power plan. this is "jeopardy!" please welcome today's contestants -- a history professor from norman, oklahoma... a fact checker originally from teaneck, new jersey... and our returning champion, a mortgage coordinator originally from lockport, new york... whose 1-day cash winnings total... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny gilbert. thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
alex marquardt, abc news, damascus. >> extraordinary effort. learn more about abc news vr, you can go to our website and alex's reporting from inside syria tonight on let's clear the air. there are no limits on the amount of carbon pollution power plants can... release. and our senator, pat toomey, led the fight to keep it that way. carbon pollution, a major cause of climate change, leads to more asthma attacks in children. over a million pennsylvanians now suffer from asthma. and senator...
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alex marquardt, abc news, damascus. >> extraordinary effort.earn more about abc news vr, you can go to our website is and alex's extraordinary reporting from inside syria tonight on "nightline." i'll see you tomorrow night. good night. >>> and timing that could not be better. >>> we have team coverage tonight of the valley fire, as a firefighter return returns to work at his home and live from the butte fire tonight. the first fatalities being reported there as some evacuations are lifted. >>> and 7 on your side's hot line is open tonight. call to give where you live to west coast fire victims. >>> windshield wipers are on in pleasant hill. even the suggestion of rain comes as good news at the end of a long, dry summer, good evening, thanks for joining us, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm aum ra -- ama daetz. take a look at what abc7 news reporter cornell bernard shot today in san rafael as the rain moved towards lake county. let's turn to spencer christian, spencer this, should help on the fire line. >> it's helped with the firefighting efforts and clea
alex marquardt, abc news, damascus. >> extraordinary effort.earn more about abc news vr, you can go to our website is and alex's extraordinary reporting from inside syria tonight on "nightline." i'll see you tomorrow night. good night. >>> and timing that could not be better. >>> we have team coverage tonight of the valley fire, as a firefighter return returns to work at his home and live from the butte fire tonight. the first fatalities being reported there as...
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here's alex marquardt. >> reporter: inside damascus, syrians trying to go about their daily lives, asages around them. across town, we see the front lines of another fight. walking through the eerily empty rooms of the national museum. here, a race against the clock. a team of young archaeologists packing up thousands of antiquities. rescued from across syria. this bronze lion, 4,000 years old. this is a hive of activity in here. they are documenting the items, they are measured and photographed. placed in chests like this one and taken off to the secret locations. they've seen isis destroy ancient sites like palmyra. >> the strategy to hide all things because we don't know one when the crisis will finish. >> reporter: they've now hidden most of syria's museums treasures. one small slice of the world's heritage, safe, for now. alex marquardt, abc news, damascus. >> you know isis apparently doing this because they believe that these artifacts don't reflect their own faith or what they claim to be their faith and because it can help them raise money in the illegal artifacts market. >> i
here's alex marquardt. >> reporter: inside damascus, syrians trying to go about their daily lives, asages around them. across town, we see the front lines of another fight. walking through the eerily empty rooms of the national museum. here, a race against the clock. a team of young archaeologists packing up thousands of antiquities. rescued from across syria. this bronze lion, 4,000 years old. this is a hive of activity in here. they are documenting the items, they are measured and...
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abundance's alex marquardt is traveling with the refugees. >> reporter: arriving in the austrian capital this morning, refugees poured onto the platform, many wrapped in blankets can children clinging to their parents. these hundreds have just come off the train from the hungarian border weary but smiles on their faces. welcomed warmly by translator who's speak arabic and other languages. teams of volunteers with hot tea and rounds of applause from local austrians. emotional scenes. these two sisters heading to germany overwhelmed as they come to the end of the long and dangerous journey. in yaerm, 000 people very already arrived since yesterday welcomed with applause and signs. all thrilled to have escaped hungary where they were stranded government from leaving. so they tried to walk the 150 miles to the border on the highway in wheelchairs, crutches, parents carrying exhausted children. most here syrians fleeing the war crossing the mediterranean sea in filmscy boats where so many have lost their lives and making their way north into europe. international outrage exploding after there
abundance's alex marquardt is traveling with the refugees. >> reporter: arriving in the austrian capital this morning, refugees poured onto the platform, many wrapped in blankets can children clinging to their parents. these hundreds have just come off the train from the hungarian border weary but smiles on their faces. welcomed warmly by translator who's speak arabic and other languages. teams of volunteers with hot tea and rounds of applause from local austrians. emotional scenes. these...
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>> alex marquardt in beirut tonight.lex, thank you. >>> there is new word tonight, president obama and russian president vladimir putin will meet for the first time in almost a year. the white house announcing they will be face to face during the u.n. general assembly next week, right here in new york city. the two men at odds over russia's involvement in ukraine and of course now in syria. president putin reportedly requesting the meeting. >>> we turn now to the race for 2016 and to a new poll. the numbers tonight, one poll showing a republican candidate quickly on the rise. and it's not donald trump. it is carly fiorina. trump, meantime, facing new criticism for his choice of words, describing a woman in the race, not fiorina, but hillary clinton, calling her, quote, shrill. some critics now asking, would trump have used that word to describe a man? abc's tom llamas on that, and the republican candidates now taking aim at the front-runner, donald trump. >> reporter: tonight, with new polls showing donald trump's lead s
>> alex marquardt in beirut tonight.lex, thank you. >>> there is new word tonight, president obama and russian president vladimir putin will meet for the first time in almost a year. the white house announcing they will be face to face during the u.n. general assembly next week, right here in new york city. the two men at odds over russia's involvement in ukraine and of course now in syria. president putin reportedly requesting the meeting. >>> we turn now to the race...
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and alex marquardt with the outrage over that camerawoman, and what she does next in the video. >> reporter: today, hundreds of refugees, pouring over this fence. a woman, slipping her child underneath. the growing flood of people determined to get through this gateway to europe. but hungary is cracking down, reinforcing this new razor wire fence, more than 100 miles long, and planning to add guards. that journey toward the horizon, now increasingly tense. they're trying to evade the police. we've seen police helicopters in the sky. get to a train station, which is still about six miles down the road. mona and her children on the road for a month now. now you're worried the hungarian police are going to stop you? >> yes, stop us and hit us. >> reporter: and hit you? >> yes. >> reporter: and moments later, a confrontation. the refugees trying to barrel through a line of police. this little girl in tears, pleading with the officers. most here want to go to germany, which has welcomed the refugees with cheers. a stark contrast with the hostility here in hungary. today, that video shocking the
and alex marquardt with the outrage over that camerawoman, and what she does next in the video. >> reporter: today, hundreds of refugees, pouring over this fence. a woman, slipping her child underneath. the growing flood of people determined to get through this gateway to europe. but hungary is cracking down, reinforcing this new razor wire fence, more than 100 miles long, and planning to add guards. that journey toward the horizon, now increasingly tense. they're trying to evade the...
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alex marquardt, abc news, munich. >>> back here in this country, the shooting of a las vegas cop is being called an ambush. the suspect walked up to the police car when it stopped for a traffic light and opened fire. the injured cop was shot in the hands. officers arrested the suspect after a brief foot chase. >>> and thousands of mourners are expected in the small town of fox lake, illinois today, for the funeral of officer joe gliniewicz. he was gunned down last week. a search for the killers has turned up empty despite a $50,000 reward. >>> tom brady says he's ready to put deflategate ge hind him. speaking publicly for the first time about the alleged deflation of footballs for a competitive advantage. a judge last week threw out his four-game suspension. >> it's been a very tough situation for everybody. it's but a lot of stress on everybody's families. >> brady says he feels terrible for the two equipment workers suspended indefinitely. brady says he has opinions but he's keeping them to himself. overnight. how low will they go. >>> and new this morning, the den pits hunter who kyled
alex marquardt, abc news, munich. >>> back here in this country, the shooting of a las vegas cop is being called an ambush. the suspect walked up to the police car when it stopped for a traffic light and opened fire. the injured cop was shot in the hands. officers arrested the suspect after a brief foot chase. >>> and thousands of mourners are expected in the small town of fox lake, illinois today, for the funeral of officer joe gliniewicz. he was gunned down last week. a...
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alex marquardt with the pictures. >> reporter: today, under the blazing sun, a river of humanity parents pushing their children in shopping carts, carrying them on their shoulders. some in wheelchairs, others on crutches. leaving this morning from hungary's main train station, where they have been stranded for days, authorities preventing trains from leaving, sending some of the refugees off to camps, armed guards in riot gear trying to contain them. so hundreds of others setting off on foot for a 150-mile trek to austria, hoping they'll be able to pass into germany which has promised to take them in. along this entire march, the only food and water that the refugees have been able to count on are donations from local hungarians. and you can see that the scene is so emotional for many of them that they're crying. this march, so grueling. a man here carrying a small baby girl. is she sick? >> yes! sick. >> reporter: every few miles, a break. hundreds sitting by the side of the road. >> where will you sleep? >> in the woods. >> reporter: even as these people leave hungary, today more famil
alex marquardt with the pictures. >> reporter: today, under the blazing sun, a river of humanity parents pushing their children in shopping carts, carrying them on their shoulders. some in wheelchairs, others on crutches. leaving this morning from hungary's main train station, where they have been stranded for days, authorities preventing trains from leaving, sending some of the refugees off to camps, armed guards in riot gear trying to contain them. so hundreds of others setting off on...
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abc's alex marquardt is in germany where they're receiving an influx of refugees. >> reporter: cheers high fives as thousands poured off of trains in munich. germany welcoming them with open arms and essentials, food, clothing, for the children, baby shoes, even candy. for so many, this is a finish line. >> so excited. i'm just so happy i'm going to be safe. >> reporter: after a grueling and dangerous two-week journey by boat, foot and train. the final leg, the ride from austria's capital. this train line to mew neck has become something of a refugee express. so many people trying to get to germany. they all got their tickets for free, packing these cars even little once like baby selena are sleeping in the luggage racks. we met this electrical engineering student from damascus. she left war torn syria two weeks ago to join her father who she hasn't seen in six months. >> i'm excited because i miss daddy and i look forward to learning in german university. for engineering. it's all about education and family. >> reporter: arriving in munich, more cheers but she is unsure if her father
abc's alex marquardt is in germany where they're receiving an influx of refugees. >> reporter: cheers high fives as thousands poured off of trains in munich. germany welcoming them with open arms and essentials, food, clothing, for the children, baby shoes, even candy. for so many, this is a finish line. >> so excited. i'm just so happy i'm going to be safe. >> reporter: after a grueling and dangerous two-week journey by boat, foot and train. the final leg, the ride from...
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. >> reporter: in june my abc colleague alex marquardt saw firsthand how squalid and dangerous this passage is, joining a search and rescue operation off the coast of libya. >> we're here to help you! how many people are you on the boat? 500? 560? and kids? >> hey, hey, hey, sit down! >> every square inch filled with people. they tell us there are 300 more down below. >> reporter: for families headed to greece from turkey, the boats are usually small. the dangers just as great. we're taking the easy way to greece. we're on a ferry. that is turkey over there. eight miles across the water is the island in greece. the channel on a summer's evening looks calm but it can be treacherous. and that is where the syrian refugees are desperate to get to. we land on the greek island of helos. just down the road from the docks, there they are. mohammad and his family. they made it. "i thought i was going to die," mohammad tells me. their cell phone videos show how packed that rubber boat was. the fear on the children's faces. the seas got very rough later. the boat was so rough on the seas that all of y
. >> reporter: in june my abc colleague alex marquardt saw firsthand how squalid and dangerous this passage is, joining a search and rescue operation off the coast of libya. >> we're here to help you! how many people are you on the boat? 500? 560? and kids? >> hey, hey, hey, sit down! >> every square inch filled with people. they tell us there are 300 more down below. >> reporter: for families headed to greece from turkey, the boats are usually small. the dangers...
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alex marquardt has that story. >> reporter: confrontations and in greece, the waves of people keep coming. >> the people are coming quicker than we can load them. >> reporter: more than 20,000 arriveing in germany in three days. angela merkel says they're ready to take on 800,000 people this year, and is urging other countries to step up. this was a volkswagen dealership. here is the medical center. kids. and mountains of clothes that have been donated. this man arrived at 3:00 a.m. this morning after fleeing syria with his wife and sons. the youngest, blissfully unaware his house lies in ruins. germany, now his new home. pressure for the u.s. to take in more refugees. just 1,500 over the last four years. a group of senators want to see that raised to 65,000. while some say it's a security threat. today, both france and the u.k. announced they will take in a combined 44,000 refugees over the next few years. but there's still much more work to be done. >> thank you. >>> also overseas, pope francis set to release new rules about the annulment of marriages. his holiness is expected to announ
alex marquardt has that story. >> reporter: confrontations and in greece, the waves of people keep coming. >> the people are coming quicker than we can load them. >> reporter: more than 20,000 arriveing in germany in three days. angela merkel says they're ready to take on 800,000 people this year, and is urging other countries to step up. this was a volkswagen dealership. here is the medical center. kids. and mountains of clothes that have been donated. this man arrived at...
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tonight, abc's alex marquardt is in germany and brings us the glimpse into the tension as it reachesling point of what some countries are trying to do to help. >> reporter: confrontations in hungary between police and refugees. and in greece, the waves of people keep on coming. >> the people are coming quicker than we can load them. >> reporter: 20,000 arriving in germany in three days. chancellor angela merkle says germany is ready to take in 800,000 people this year hand has urged other european countries to step up. those who just arrived are immediately placed in make shift shelters. >> this was a vw dealership in the past few days converted into a refugee center. over here the medical area. back here, play room for the kids. and then out here in the main room, mountains of clothes that have been donated by residents of munich. >> reporter: arriving in munich at 3:00 a.m. this morning, after fleeing syria a month ago with his wife and four sons. >> i am running from the war. >> reporter: little mohamed, blissfully unaware his house lies in ruins. germany his new home. >> our than
tonight, abc's alex marquardt is in germany and brings us the glimpse into the tension as it reachesling point of what some countries are trying to do to help. >> reporter: confrontations in hungary between police and refugees. and in greece, the waves of people keep on coming. >> the people are coming quicker than we can load them. >> reporter: 20,000 arriving in germany in three days. chancellor angela merkle says germany is ready to take in 800,000 people this year hand has...
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alex marquardt is traveling with them. >> reporter: cheers, applause and high-fives today as thousands poured off of trains in munich. germany welcoming them with open arms and essentials. food, clothing, and for the children, baby shoes, even candy. and for so many like 20-year-old rouaa abdulahai, this is the finish line. >> so excited, i'm just so haf -- happy. satisfied, i will be safe. >> reporter: after a dangerous two-week journey by boat foot and train. this train line has become something of a refugee express, so many trying to get to germany. they all got a free ticket, the cars are packed, so much so that little ones like baby selina are sleeping in the luggage racks. there we met rouaa, an electrical engineering student from damascus. >> violence, there's no way to live. >> reporter: she left war-torn syria two weeks ago to join her father, whom she hasn't seen in almost six months. >> i'm excited because i miss daddy, because i'm looking forward to learning german and university for engineering. it's all about education and family. >> reporter: arriving in munich, more che
alex marquardt is traveling with them. >> reporter: cheers, applause and high-fives today as thousands poured off of trains in munich. germany welcoming them with open arms and essentials. food, clothing, and for the children, baby shoes, even candy. and for so many like 20-year-old rouaa abdulahai, this is the finish line. >> so excited, i'm just so haf -- happy. satisfied, i will be safe. >> reporter: after a dangerous two-week journey by boat foot and train. this train line...
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alex marquardt has that story. >> reporter: confrontations in hungary between police and refugees. and in greece, the waves of people keep coming. >> the people are coming quicker than we can load them. >> reporter: more than 20,000 arriving in germany in three days. big smiles as they're warmly welcomed. chancellor angela merkel says they're ready to take on 800,000 people this year, and is urging other european countries to step up. those just arriving are placed in makeshift shelters. this was a volkswagen dealership. here is the medical center. back here, a playroom for the kids. and out here, mountains of clothes that have been donated. this man arrived at 3:00 a.m. this morning after fleeing syria a month ago with his wife and four sons. >> i'm looking for a future for my child. >> reporter: the youngest, blissfully unaware his house lies in ruins. germany, now his new home. pressure is growing for the u.s. to take in more refugees. just 1,500 over the last four years. a group of democratic senators want to see that raised to 65,000. while some republicans say it's a security
alex marquardt has that story. >> reporter: confrontations in hungary between police and refugees. and in greece, the waves of people keep coming. >> the people are coming quicker than we can load them. >> reporter: more than 20,000 arriving in germany in three days. big smiles as they're warmly welcomed. chancellor angela merkel says they're ready to take on 800,000 people this year, and is urging other european countries to step up. those just arriving are placed in...
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abc's alex marquardt has more. >> reporter: they were muslim faithful from around the world, crushedore than 700 lost their lives, making it the deadliest tragedy there in 25 years. in the aftermath, lifeless bodies lining the streets covered in white sheets. and another 800 were injured, including two americans, among the more than 2 million who make the annual pilgrimage. witnesses say the stampede began when two huge waves of pilgrims converged in the valley of mina, at one of the sites that all pilgrims have to file through in a single day. one man saying people were climbing over one another, just to breathe. this comes less than two weeks after another disaster. a crane collapsed that left over 100 dead. stampedes in mecca are all too common. the biggest in 1990, when more than 1,400 people were trampled. the last major one, in 2006, when 360 were killed. saudi arabia's top health official says the stampede was likely caused by pilgrims who ignored instructions from the authorities. but the criticism is growing over the country's repeated inability to safely control large crowd
abc's alex marquardt has more. >> reporter: they were muslim faithful from around the world, crushedore than 700 lost their lives, making it the deadliest tragedy there in 25 years. in the aftermath, lifeless bodies lining the streets covered in white sheets. and another 800 were injured, including two americans, among the more than 2 million who make the annual pilgrimage. witnesses say the stampede began when two huge waves of pilgrims converged in the valley of mina, at one of the...
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abc's alex marquardt reports from vienna, austria. alex? >> reporter: good morning, dan. heartwarming scenes here this morning as refugees come off of trains from the border. welcomed here by aid agencies and others just here to help out. it has been a long and dangerous journey for these refugees. and for many of them here today it's almost over. this morning, throngs of refugees pouring into the austrian capital. these hundreds have just arrived from the train from the border with hungary. they're being greeted by volunteers. they speak arabic and other languages. there are teams of volume teens with cups of warm tea and welcoming them. team of volunteers with cups of warm tea. tears and smiles after such a grueling trip, this group of young syrians heading to germany, telling us it's the start of a new life. even though you have been traveling for days and walking so much, you are still all so happy. >> we are. >> it's finished. >> reporter: the journey is finished? >> yeah. we will be able to start the new futures. >> reporter: this 17-year-old already on the train to
abc's alex marquardt reports from vienna, austria. alex? >> reporter: good morning, dan. heartwarming scenes here this morning as refugees come off of trains from the border. welcomed here by aid agencies and others just here to help out. it has been a long and dangerous journey for these refugees. and for many of them here today it's almost over. this morning, throngs of refugees pouring into the austrian capital. these hundreds have just arrived from the train from the border with...
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these are desperate families fleeing war and looking for a new life, and abc's alex marquardt is at the austria/hungary border. alex, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. this is a very happy morning for thousands of refugees like those you can see right here mind behind me who have now crossed into austria after being blocked by hungary from leaving but austria has now welcomed them with open airports. they will soon be boarding these buses for the next chapter on their very long journeys. this morning thousands of wet and weary refugees poured across the border into austria, exhausted but smiling, waving and cheering after being blocked for days by hungary from leaving on trains, the refugees, mostly syrians fleeing the war, decided to make the 150-mile trek to the austrian border on foot. wheelchairs and on crutches, old and young. >> see, see, sick. >> reporter: along this march >> reporter: is she sick. >> yes, why didn't help? >> reporter: along this march the only food and water they've been able to count on are donations from local hungarians. and you can see tha
these are desperate families fleeing war and looking for a new life, and abc's alex marquardt is at the austria/hungary border. alex, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. this is a very happy morning for thousands of refugees like those you can see right here mind behind me who have now crossed into austria after being blocked by hungary from leaving but austria has now welcomed them with open airports. they will soon be boarding these buses for the next chapter on their...
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abc's alex marquardt starts us off in vienna. >> reporter: two main train stations, where refugees have been coming off trains. most of them are syrians. here behind me, you can see different aid groups as well as regular austrians who have been handing out food and clothes as well as helping with travel information. refugees we have spoken to want to go to germany. many more are coming. arriving in the austrian capital this morning, refugees poured on to the platform, many wrapped in blankets, children clinging to their parents. these hundreds have just come off the train from the hungarian border. clearly weary, smiles on their faces. welcomed warmly by translators who speak arabics and other languages. emotional scenes, these two sisters from syria heading to germany, overwhelmed as they come to the end of the long and dangerous journey. in germany, 8,000 people have already welcomed since yesterday. >> now, we are free. >> reporter: all thrilled to have escaped hungary after they were stranded for days. they tried to walk 150 miles to the border, parents carrying exhausted children.
abc's alex marquardt starts us off in vienna. >> reporter: two main train stations, where refugees have been coming off trains. most of them are syrians. here behind me, you can see different aid groups as well as regular austrians who have been handing out food and clothes as well as helping with travel information. refugees we have spoken to want to go to germany. many more are coming. arriving in the austrian capital this morning, refugees poured on to the platform, many wrapped in...