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? let's bring in abc's 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. it's 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 pro-russian rebels that shot that plane down. >> it doesn't have to come to this. it didn't 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 putin's behavior suggests that any of this will change his

here's abc's david wright. >> ready, set, go. oh, man! >> reporter: it must have seemed like a good idea at the time. >> ready, one, two, three. >> reporter: a natural slide down a glacier in utah. >> oh, no! >> reporter: good, clean fun for these 21-year-old human toboggans. catching the scene from all angles. >> isle a big believer in making memories. you only live life once. >> it's always good to have a camera on you, just in case something unexpected happens. >> reporter: the quest for flory, driven in part by the hope to share the video on social media. >> i have to admit, i think the g g go-pro pushes me to try things a little more. you can look back and say wow, i can't believe i did that. >> reporter: all well and good until -- one of them finds out this is not just a frozen water slide. >> i'm coming, dude. what did you hurt? >> reporter: randall reese curled up in the fetal position, torn apart by the ice. then, as his buddies try to come to his aid, aaron speedy goes a little too speedily over a cliff. that's him, hurtling dow

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here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: a wise man once said luck is a very thin wire between survival8 souls this past week, that wire suddenly snapped, at 33,000 feet. >> i came all the way from holland. >> reporter: 29-year-old maarten de jonge would have easily been one of them. >> a lot of people died in the crash. and i feel very sorry for the passengers and their families. but i'm very lucky to be alive. >> reporter: flying back from holland, where he was born, to malaysia, where he lives now, and competes as a professional cyclist, de jonge had a ticket on malaysian air flight 17. but it was expensive. more than $1,300. >> and i saw another flight on sunday. it was one place left. so, yeah, i decided to buy another ticket. >> reporter: so, that decision to save a little money, saved your life. >> yes. unbelievable. >> reporter: even more unbelievable is the fact that he has been through this before. so, you have been twice lucky? >> yes. a couple of months ago, with flight 370, it was the same story. >> reporter: that's right. he was supposed to be on malaysian flight 370. the

here's abc's david wright. >> watch out! >> reporter: this frantic scene on the southern california coast, a swimmer unable to climb out of the churning water, is becoming far too common. >> hold on, hold on. >> since july 1st, we had 50 rescues in this particular area. that's only a half mile stretch of coastline. >> reporter: 50 rescues? >> 50 rescues. >> reporter: across l.a. county, coastal rescues are up 300% over last year. the problem? warm, hot weather means a lot more swimmers in the water. plus, teenagers are sharing videos like these on social media, luring others to some of the most treacherous hidden coves along the coast. the scenery couldn't be prettier and the water's an inviting 75 degrees. but a wave like that churns like a washing machine. and if you do happen to get caught in the spin cycle, paradise can suddenly become lethal. >> you can get physically injured and you can also, you know, get taken under by the water. >> reporter: just this past week, a swimmer drowned here. lifeguards still haven't recov

abc's david wright with those on patrol as firefighters work to knock down those fires raging in the dry conditions. >> reporter: across the west, no fewer than xx wildfires. the bully fire in northern california has chewed through 10 square miles and destroyed eight homes. the landscape, a tinderbox, because of the worst drought in more than a century. water reservoirs are bone dry. nevada's late mead, at its lowest point since they built the hoover dam. >> we need water. we're going to have to get water. >> reporter: in california, the crisis is so bad for the first time officials are imposing mandatory statewide water restrictions. starting today, it's illegal to let your sprinklers flow into the street. illegal to hose down sidewalks and driveways. illegal to use an open hose to wash your car. scofflaws face fines, up to $500 a day. until now, shame has been the only weapon. but to no avail. too many people ignored the governor's pleas to cut back on water. statewide water use has gone up. >> i think my husband has been guilty of coming out late at night and doing a little secret

david wright, abc news, los angeles. >>> we turn to a big consumer alert. a major food recall, with millions of americans heating up their grills, foster farms has recalled 172 chicken products. here's ron claiborne. >> reporter: today's massive chicken recall, an effort to prevent the spread of a virulent antibiotic-resistant strain of salmonella. just the latest recall by california-based foster farms, linked to outbreaks in 2012 and 2013 that sickened more than 500 people. the newly recalled chicken was sold in march in nine western states and its packaging bears "use" or "freeze by" labels ranging from march 16th to march 31st. foster farms says only one illness was definitively traced to its chicken but that it's voluntarily expanding the recall to all products packaged at the time, "in the fullest interest of food safety." traces of salmonella are often found in chicken, and washing it can actually spread the bacteria. when this chicken was treated with glow powder, simulating bacteria, a uv light shows it ended up all around the kitchen, on utensils,

abc's david wright is on the ground in gaza for us tonight. >> reporter: today at jabalia hospital, thereere so many casualties, they had to stack them two to a bed. mothers, and grandmothers, and grandchildren. they had sought refuge from this war at about u.n. school. today their safe haven came under attack. this is one of the smaller local hospitals, but you can see how stretched they are for resources. only 13 beds in this emergency room. today, they got more than 70 injured. many of them just children. this father begged the busy doctors to please tend to his son. the boy is 13 years old. in all, more than 100 injured. 16 dead. in this one attack alone. this is where it happened. the buildings, clearly marked with u.n. colors, blue and white. we saw shrapnel in the courtyard. and blood. but no one here. the refugees fled, leaving their belongings behind. stray horses rummaged through them for food. the u.n. is outraged, telling us they passed the school's location to israeli forces 13 times, including this morning. >> where else can these people go? if they are not safe with us then

>> all right, david wright reporting in from the region again tonight. david, thank you. >>> and back here at home, we're learning more this evening about that jet turned around over west virginia, escorted back to the toronto airport with u.s. fighter jets at its side. and here was the scene when it landed. >> heads down, hands up! >> heads down, hands up! >> on board, they were searching for a man who terrified fellow passengers. well tonight, the stories now emerging from inside the plane. the other passengers now talking. and there was yet another emergency lands once that plane got back into the air. this time, it was something else. abc's linzie janis tonight. >> heads down, hands up! >> reporter: a canadian s.w.a.t. team storming a commercial flight, as armed officers zero in on a man suspected of making a bomb threat. >> heads down, arms up, yelling. >> the kids were scared. >> reporter: less than an hour earlier, u.s. authorities scrambling two fighter jets to escort the sunwing airlines flight back to toronto. >> going to land runway 33 left and

david wright, abc news, beit hanoun, gaza. >>> and back here at home tonight, a fast-thinking doctors being credited for stopping a gunman who opened fire at a hospital near philadelphia. investigators say a patient with psychiatric problems killed his caseworker this afternoon. police believe the doctor fired back in self-defense, using his own gun. both men were wounded in the shootout. other doctors wrestled the gun away from the patient. >>> and tonight, the debate over capital punishment is taking a startling new turn. a federal judge calling for a return to firing squads. this happens as another faulty execution in arizona dragged on for nearly two hours. and today, abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas tracked down that judge who says his idea is very serious. >> reporter: tonight, the state of arizona is investigating why it took so long to execute this inmate. murderer joseph rudolph wood was supposed to die roughly ten minutes after he was given a lethal injection. instead, it turned into an 117-minute ordeal. >> to watch a man lay there gulping air, at a certain

and abc's david wright was there. >> reporter: at gaza city's main hospital tonight, anguish. "where are they?" he shouted. his sisters, among the victims of the latest ghastly attack. this is where it hit, over here. an explosion on a busy street where children were playing. kids aren't supposed to see this stuff, let alone be the victims. then, the hospital itself came under attack. another explosion, just outside the outpatient clinic. we found the hospital director almost in tears. >> it's painful for us. as a human being. not as muslim or jews or christian, human beings. >> reporter: and on this, of all days, the start of eid, the end of a month-long fast, when the kids finally felt safe enough to come out and play. the people here blame israel, but israel insists they were both hamas rockets that fell short of their targets. whoever pulled the trigger, whatever the intended target may have been, this is yet another catastrophe. children killed on one of the holiest days of the muslim year. for these palestinians, it's more than just an outrage. it's a call to arms. tonig

david wright, abc news, pal palos verdes. >>> a disabled man has felt like an unprotected visitor in his own mobil home. he offered this woman a place to stay temporarily as a favor to a friend after being kicked out of her home last month. she agreed and then invited her boyfriend and four adult children to stay too, in the tiny two bedroom home. martinez has filed a restraining order against them. police say there's nothing they can do until a judge hears the case later this month. ferrenback says she's not going anywhere until then. that story is similar to the nightmare nanny. she refused to move out of a home a month after she was fired. >>> if you were in the market for a tank or other genre's of military equipment, today was your day to add to your collection, more than 80 tanks, gun parts and other miscellaneous equipment went up for auction today, including a 42 ton surface to surface missile, they're all part of jacques littlefield's collection which he kept on his estate. today's top sale, a half track, it fetched $1.2 million. >>> so you've heard of garage bands, now meet

abc's david wright has their incredible stories from kuala lumpur. david. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. across this country, flags at half-staff, people here still grappling with the disappearance of malaysian air 370 now mourning the loss of flight 17 too, and we're hearing stories today from the lucky few, ticketed passengers who ended up not getting on board that plane. barry and izzy sim tried to fly out on mh17, but the flight was oversold. there weren't enough seats for them and their baby. >> i was going to change my flight to be on malaysian airlines. and we couldn't get both on the flight this morning so we changed it to the klm one. >> reporter: that decision saved their lives. >> just shock, you get that sick feeling in the pit of your stomach. >> we were supposed to be on that flight and obviously, you know, something was watching over us and say, no, don't get on that flight. >> reporter: australian newlywed simone laposta and juan jovell had tickets on mh17 coming home from their honeymoon. >> we have some pretty good guardian angel

david wright, abc news, california. >> you have to be careful there.e want to update you on an incredible success story. a marin county woman who helped freed thousand of child slaves on the other side of the world. she is not slowing down. >> reporter: these are the happy faces of girls freed from slavery. this is from filmmaker roy cox, documenting the end of a crew custom in western nabal, the sale of young girls as indentured servants. >> it's beyond anything i ever imagined. >> this 90-year-old woman is the amazing woman that set the stage for this victory 30 years ago. olga was a lawyer about to retire when she went on a trek to nepal. >> we ran across many, many children on the trail, and they all wanted to go to school. >> sending those children to school became olga's obsession. she founded the nepal youth foundation that gave us this video. she provided scholarships, homes for abandoned children, nutrition programs, and then they began rescuing girls sold into bondage. >> little tiny girls, six, seven, eight, nine years off, going off to a ci

our thanks to david wright this morning. over to ron once again for a look at the other stories breaking this morning. >> hi there, dan, bianna, sara haines, hi, to you. >>> overseas with the escalating crisis in ukraine. the u.s. is accusing russian forces of launching artillery attacks from inside russia into eastern ukraine. moscow's denying the charges and says ukraine is firing across the border on a russian village. u.s. says russia is supplying pro-russian ukrainian rebels with heavy weapons including tanks and high powered rock launchers. >>> back in the u.s., nearly 500 firefighters in california are battling a massive blaze about 45 miles outside of sacramento. a huge plume of smoke is blanketing wine country in northern california. so far the blaze has torched nearly 600 acres and is only 20% contained. 40 nearby homes have been evacuated. meanwhile, in washington state officials say a total of approximately 300 homes, twice as many as previously estimated burned in the largest recorded wildfire in that state's hi

the mounting palestinian death toll now tops 800, most of them civilians, and abc's david wright has st from gaza. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. this is the new normal in gaza. people finally feeling safe enough to venture out and start to clean up the damage. the damage, as you can see here, is extensive. it's a 12-hour lull in the fighting, and so far it seems to be holding. this momentary pause comes after some of the fiercest fighting and shelling yet. this residential neighborhood sajaiya as taken some of the heaviest hits. this is the first time it's been safe for us to come. overnight, two israeli soldiers were killed in ground fighting. many palestinians too including 20 members of a single family. the full cease-fire can't come soon enough. inside one hospital, we found a miracle, one of the youngest casualties of this war. >> why? no comment. >> reporter: born friday morning by emergency c-section after the 23-year-old mother was killed in an israeli air strike. >> yeah. >> reporter: does she have a name? >> the daughter of is still without name. >>

david wright, abc news, gaza. >> that last line, since i watched "world news tonight" stuck with me. been feasting instead burying their children. a new poll, pew research poll out looking at americans' reaction to the situation in gaza. not surprising over the age of 50, male conservative, evangelical, overwhelmingly you support israel's, what israel is doing, in the gaza strip. but it is more divided under theage of 30. in fact, 33% approve of the use of force israelis have been doing. but 29% say it is excessive use of force. >> even in israel there is widespread support for this action going on. the prime minister, heard david's piece widening the focus of this from going after the tunnels to demilitarizing gaza, going to imagine that is going to take some time here. >> new details about the shootout in a manhattan neighborhood wounded two u.s. marshals and a new york police detective. the man they went after was killed. police say that suspect, a california man, skipped town two years ago after being accused of molesting a child. sources say he had five shots in his gun and 20 b

abc's david wright is in gaza right now with the latest. d, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, amy. that school is in the middle of the most crowded part of the gaza strip, more than 3,000 people seeking refuge there after being told they were unsafe in their homes. according to the u.n., at least three projectiles hit the compound, among the dead, children sleeping next to their parents on a classroom floor. the u.n. is condemning the attack. the israeli defense forces say they are looking into it. overnight israel also struck five mosques in gaza. the military says those mosques were being used to store weapons and access tunnels. amy. >> all right, david wright with the latest from gaza. thank you. >>> and the u.s. air force is investigating a security breach, a young pan was able to climb into the wheel well of a c-130 cargo plane that flew to germany. 's apparently climbed on board just before that plane took off from africa. sadly, he did not survive the flight. >>> well, if you drive a small car, heads-up, only one out of 12 new

here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: a different sort of fireworks today in murrieta, california. >> i hate that all of our country is being invaded. >> reporter: this week, protesters have blocked several bus loads of undocumented immigrants. they hoped to do so again today. but the anti-immigrant protesters were outnumbered three to one. and so far, the buses haven't come. >> this is an invasion. >> reporter: many murrieta residents loudly object to their community being dragged into the border debate. >> this is an invasion. why is the national guard not out there? >> people probably believe this is a xenophobic, racist group of folks here. >> reporter: today, a backlash from others sympathetic to the plight of the immigrants. >> i'm here to support the children. i feel bad they came a really long way, and all of this hatred is directed their way. it's not their fault. >> please raise your right hand. >> reporter: today, at a ceremony for new citizens in washington, d.c., the president made no mention of the anger across the southwest. >> the basic idea of welcoming immigrants

i'm david wright, in malaysia. >> his story is amazing. >> yeah. >> he just saved 400 bucks.sion he made not to take that flight. and he says that he believes god was watching out for him. >> and the fact it happened twice. pretty remarkable. i would stop flying at that point. incredible story. >> certainly got very lucky, indeed. >>> coming up, waitresses in colorado are carrying more than just their order pads. >> this is interesting. they're packing heat and not ashamed to admit it. why these waitresses are locked and loaded, when we come back. ♪ hit me with your best shot why don't you hit me with your best shot ♪ ♪ hit me with your best shot >>> pat benatar. >> i learn new things about you. >> i'm an '80s kid. >> we had the bad news and discovered we're not millennials. >> we should have known. a controversial moment that started in texas, has spread to the centennial state. open carry is allowing people in colorado to openly carry their guns into stores and restaurants. >> now, folks on the other side of the counter are packing heat, as well. we're up with "nightline" w

and abc's david wright has the very latest. >> reporter: this morning, a massive manhunt for erin corwin19 years old and 3 months pregnant. she vanished without a trace saturday morning, as what police describe as suspicious circumstances. homicide investigators now leading the search in joshua tree national park. >> what do you mean she's missing? i just tore up. >> reporter: corwin's mother talked with the it fill yat. >> you hope maybe there's some news. >> reporter: on monday, authorities found her car in 29 palms, not far from the marine corps basey her husband, lance corporal jonathan corwin, is stationed. he reported her missing sunday. helicopters and ground search teams have failed to find any sign of her in the scorching desert. police say they don't believe a crime has been committed. but they have not ruled out foul play. >> interviewing people, tracking. looking for specific evidence. >> reporter: the family has set up a facebook memorial page, praying that someone will help them find her. >> i'd give anything to give her a hug right now. >> reporter: for "good morning ameri

david wright, abc news, gaza. >>> a significant security breach.found inside a compartment near the wheel well of an air force cargo jet that landed in germany. the boy's bed was found sunday night, officials say he may have climbed aboard when the jet mate a stop in mali. >> president obama ratcheting up u.s. sanctions against russia over the situation in ukraine. targeting energy, weapons and finance industries and big banks. with more abc's karen travers. >> reporter: another round of u.s. sanctions on russia. this time aimed at russia's energy, arms and finance sectors. >> it didn't 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: the new penalties came hours after the european union imposed its own, toughest yet. a one-two punch that president obama said will have an impact. it is all meant to pressure russia to end its support of the rebels that control ukraine, blamed for bringing down malaysian airlines flight 17 and killing 298 people. president oba

you talk about a guy eric campbell getting a chance to play when david wright was out. now you sit there for hours as a pinch hitter. not the same approach. you try to keep it the same routine, but it's just not. >> kenny: payoff pitch from tolleson. ball four. second consecutive walk. so the mets with runners on first and second and nobody out. well, coverage of the all-star festivities begins with the selection show at 7:00 eastern and continues with the gillette home run derby at 8:00 eastern. two walks in the inning. texas pitchers did not issue a walk over the first seven innings tonight. pitching coach mike maddux. >> cliff: you talk about losing ball games coming in losing six in a row. well, this is how you do it. you start walking guys, and before you know it, you let the home team back into the game. >> kenny: juan lagares, 0 for 3, he's struck out twice, grounded out with the bases loaded back in the third inning. d'arnaud back in the fourth. he waits on deck. the runner on second. eric campbell over at first. rangers lead the mets 5-3. no outs, bottom of the

abc's david wright is in gaza. david. >> reporter: from midnight last night until daybreak this morning, no letup. more than five hours of continuous bombardment. some of the shells whizzing right over our heads uncomfortably close. truly a shock and awe campaign. when those shells struck the port, our whole building shook like an earthquake. among the many targets hit, gaza's main power station. we're now told it'll be out of commission at least a year. amy. >> all right, david wright in gaza, thank you. >>> and back here at home, a rare earthquake jolted some people who have never felt the earth shake before. the 4.3 magnitude quake struck northern oklahoma but was felt 100 miles away in kansas. studies link recent tremors in oklahoma to oil and gas drilling. >>> well, no earthquakes, but more mysterious holes have opened up right there in siberia. that's the same location where we showed a massive crater earlier this month. scientists are puzzled about this. theories range from meteorites to methane gas exploding

abc's david wright is in gaza. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. after a morning of heavy bombardment, a sudden about face from hamas. after initially refusing to extend the cease-fire, they've agreed to a 24-hour extension effective immediately. it ended this morning with a bang. in fact, a series of bangs. israel had offered to extend the cease-fire for 24 hours. hamas initially rejected any offer with israeli troops still on the ground. now they appear to have changed their minds. during the brief lull in the fighting, we drove to some of the hardest hit areas. including the neighborhood near the u.n. school shelled last week. the damage is extensive. look around here. 365 degrees of destruction. for israeli soldiers, saturday's cease-fire provided a sabbath day of rest. for gazans, a moment of cleaning up. recover precious belongings. and buy supplies for tomorrow's holiday, marking the end of ramadan. but unless there's a lasting cease-fire, there won't be much to celebrate. at this point, on the palestinian side, more than 1,000 people have b

. >>> i'm david wright in gaza. where another cease-fire now seems to be in effect. this, after a morning of heavy shelling from israel in response to volleys of rockets from hamas. israel had initially offered to extend the 24-hour humanitarian cease-fire. hamas rejected that offer citing the continued presence of israeli ground troops here. then a sudden about face from hamas. they've offered a 24-hour window effective immediately. all quiet for now except for the sounds of drones overhead. yesterday's brief respite gave us a chance to visit the hardest hit areas, including the neighborhood around that u.n. school taken down last week. palestinians had an opportunity to collect the dead. in one neighborhood, 85 bodies extracted. the death toll on the palestinian side, more than 1,000, including at least eight more killed this morning. on the israeli side, 40. and still, no lasting prospects for peace. jon? >> thanks, david. >>> now the mideast crisis through the eyes of two families not in the war zone of gaza but nearby on the west bank. 26 years ago, martha radda

david wright, abc news, california. >> well, if you were in the market for a tank or other genres of and who isn't, yesterday was your day to add to your collection. more than 80 tanks and miscellaneous equipment went up for auction, including a 42-ton surface-to-aramis he will. they are all part of the late jacque little field's collection that he kept on his family's estate. yesterday's top sale, an 8-ton german vehicle called the half-track fetched $1.2 million. >>> we want to update you on the incredible success story of an incredible marin county woman who fleed (sic) thousands of slaves on the other side of the world. we first told you about her 16 years ago. eric thomas reports she is not slowing down. >> reporter: these are the happy faces of girls freed from savory. this is from filmmaker roy cox, documenting the end of a crew custom in western nabal, the sale of young girls as indentured sr. advance. >> it's beyond anything i ever advantaged. >> this 9-year-old woman is the amazing woman that set the stage for this victory 230 years ago. olga was a lawyer about to retire wh

abc's david wright is in gaza. david. >> reporter: good morning, dan. over the past 24 hours we've seen two mass casualty attacks here in gaza. the shelling of a u.n. school serving as a refugee camp and an attack on the busiest market in town just before sunset. the death toll on the palestinian side, overall now stands at more than 1300 people of most of them civilians. the obama administration issued a strongly worded condemnation of the attack on the u.n. school but without calling out israel specifically and the u.s. defense department has confirmed that it is resupplying israel with munitions providing mortars and grenades to be used in this fight. dan. >> no end in sight. david, thank you. >>> back now to the u.s. and a new case underscoring the growing concern about homegrown terrorists. "the new york times" reporting this morning that an american due side bomber who blew up a restaurant in syria actually came back home to the u.s. just before carrying out his deadly attack. he grew up in a gated community in florida before moving overseas to tr