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jim avila, abc news, east haddam, connecticut. >>> jim avila, our thanks to you tonight. >>> we're going to turn overseas now an to a day of sorrow in japan marking one year since the epic earthquake and tsunami that struck there unleashing a nuclear nightmare. [ bells toll ] the bells ring out across that country today. 19,000 times for the dead and the missing at the exact moment the quake struck. people bowing their heads in silence and in prayer. it's been a year since "world news" took you there. diane and i met so many of the families looking for loved ones. the children right there being checked for radiation just outside that cripple d fukushima nuclear plant. and tonight here, abc's akiko fujita reports from the region one year later taking us back into fukushima, a virtual no man's land now. >> reporter: debris from the tsunami still litters japan's nuclear wasteland. the 12-mile area around the fukushima power plant virtually untouched since disaster forced 80,000 people to evacuate. once thriving cities are now ghost towns. ransacked businesses still frozen in time. wild anim

jim avila, abc news, new york. >>> to politics now. mitt romney is picking up the backing of some key republicans. george h.w. bush will formally endorse him today. and earlier, marco rubio announced his support. >>> joe biden says romney is consistently wrong. the vice president created a stir later when he mistakenly thanked doctor pepper instead of a college president named dr. paper. maybe he was thirsty. dr pepper is good. >>> it will be a sunny day in vegas for the obamas. pouring rain from northern california up to seattle. hail and gusty winds around omaha, kansas city, and topeka. scattered thunderstorms from san antonio to new orleans. flurries in norng new england. >> 55 in chicago, 60 in minneapolis. sacramento, 68. >>> a rosy outlook for job seerks. >>> and a question looming over the famed augusta national golf club. will it be forced to welcome its first ever female member? >>> and later in "the pulse" ron burgundy's return. >>> and wam back, everybody. there's a rosy outlook for the job market this morning. more and mor

here's abc's jim avila. >> reporter: since the day her body was pulled from the bathtub of her beverly hills suite, it is the diagnosis whitney houston's life style has warned of. and her family, friends and fans had feared. >> the final cause of death has been established as drowning, due to heart disease and cocaine use. >> reporter: there was water in her lungs, indicating drowning. her heart weakened by 60% blockage of arteries. and the final, perhaps overriding factor, whitney houston's wlolong-time weakness cocaine contributing to her death. her body showing no indication of foul play, instead, telling medical examiners she had long abused drugs and was still using cocaine until the moment she died. >> it appeared that the cocaine had been used in the time period just probably immediately prior to her collapse. >> reporter: addiction specialist dr. drew pinsky telling "nightline" tonight, it's an outcome he has seen too often among drug users. >> when an addict dies and we know they are using, she was drinking, it's an addict death. >> reporter: photos on stained by slash, taken

here's abc's jim avila. >> it's a vehicle.s high-speed. >> reporter: unbelievable video obtained exclusively by abc news. shot by a pilot of a plane waiting to take off at philadelphia's international airport. capturing from his cockpit, a frightening runway drama. a jeep careening down runway 27 right. cops in pursuit. a high-speed chase on an active jetway. the air traffic controllers could barely believe their eyes. >> we have a rogue vehicle on the airport. we're not talking to him. we have to catch him. we're not moving anybody until we find this guy. >> reporter: according to witnesses, he plowed through a construction gate only a few yards from the runway and headed directly for the landing area. just as u.s. airways flight 3137 a commuter jet from raleigh was about to land. at the last minute, ordered to abort, pull up, and fly around. >> we got a target on the runway. go around. >> roger, going around. >> this is probably one of the closest calls i have witnessed. in my history. >> reporter: danger not just for the pl

jim avila broke the story of pink slime he is on the trail of a different scam. fake drugstores. congress decided to crackdown on the phoney pharmacies stockpiling vital drugs take a look. >> >> reporter: maryland head basketball coach is not afraid of challenging authority especially off the court when it involves her 4-year-old son tyler. shocked when she found out his leukemia treatment was threatened by a cancer drug shortage. >> let's wake up here. how many people have had to die makes me sick to my stomach to think about it. >> reporter: she wrote her congressman elijah cummings whose investigator found a big reason for the shortage. fake pharmacies. >> what they do is hoard the drugs and then basically help to create the shortage. >> reporter: this is beyond greed. it's really insensitivity as well. >> not only insensitivity but criminal. >> reporter: we visitsed what congressional investigators identify as a fake pharmacy in maryland. there supposedly is a pharmacy license but it doesn't look like a pharmacy. it's pretty well locked up. they being a as middle men buying d

description in the charges brought against him made it clear it was a dangerous drama aboard the plane and jim avila is here with the new details, jim? >> reporter: this was much more series than we knew yesterday. new details from the fbi of what happened in the skies over texas is frightening. a pilot who my have been trying to bring down his own plane. >> reporter: even before the chilling threats and bezerk behavior captured on cellphone cameras aboard jetblue 191, we now know captain clayton osbon was acting strangely. first, he reported late to jfk, missing the pilots' briefing. and once in the air, turned over controls to his first officer saying, "things just don't matter." at one point yelling over the radio to the air traffic control and instructed them to be quiet. then turning off the radios and dimming his monitors. the co-pilot telling the fbi the captain was ranting about religion and a need to take a leap of faith, saying we are not going to vegas. it was then that he abruptly left the captain, heading to the bathroom. inside was a passenger. >> i heard a couple of bangs on the boor.

this product is only added to beef products, ground beef and deli meats. >> jim avila with us, the big news tonight. thanks so much, jim. >>> and we move on now to a big day in your voice, your voice. the day the romney campaign tried to get the other candidates to pull out. wielding endorsement from jeb bush and even using the symbolism of a children's day. here is jake tapper. >> reporter: it was an unusual dine the campaign trail. mitt romney and his group wanted to talk about the victory. but the debate of the etch a sketch threat erase that. >> it was a day mitt romney was supposed to revel in his victory. but a top romney strategy gist was asked on cnn if he had run too far to the right to win in november. >> he hit a reset button. it's like an etch a sketch. you can shake it up and start over again. >> reporter: the etch a sketch, today a presence for his rivals. they produced a remember video. >> we are not looking for someone who is the etch a sketch candidate. you are looking for someone who write what is they believe in? stone and stays true to what they say. >> reporter: la

jim avila, abc news, new york. >>> to politics now. mitt romney is picking up the backing of some key republicans. party patriarch george h.w. bush will formally endorse romney in houston. last night, marco rubio announced his support for romney. >>> joe biden sharpened his attacks on romney. he says romney is consistently wrong. the vice president who is known for his verbal gaffes created a stir later when he mistakenly thanked dr. pepper instead of a college president named dr. paper. maybe he was thirsty. dr pepper is good. >>> it will be a sunny day in vegas for the obamas. snow in the see area nevada, cascades cascades, and northern rockies. pouring rain from northern california up to seattle. hail and gusty winds around omaha, kansas city, and topeka. showers in minnesota, the dakotas. scattered thunderstorms from san antonio to new orleans. flurries in northern new england. >> 51 in boston. 59 here in new york. 80 side from atlanta to dallas. 55 in chicago. 60 in minneapolis. phoenix, 84. sacramento, 68. >>> a rosy outlook for

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and our senior national correspondent, jim avila, brings us the full story right now. jim? >> reporter: diane, that jeep was on the actual, active runway. a place where controllers say, with a plane on approach, just 100 feet from landing. >> it's a vehicle, and he's at high rate of speed. >> reporter: unbelievable video obtained exclusively by abc news, shot by the pilot of a plane waiting to take off at philadelphia's international airport this morning. capturing from his cockpit, a frightening runway drama. a jeep careening down the runway 27 right, cops in pursuit. a high-speed chase on an active jetway. the air traffic controllers could believe their eyes. >> we've got a rogue vehicle driving around on the airport. but we're not talking to him. we got to catch him. we're not moving anybody until we find this guy. >> reporter: according to witnesses, the jeep driver plowed through a construction gate only a few yards from the runway, and headed directly for the landing area. just as u.s. airways flight 3137, a commuter jet from raleigh, north carolina, was about to land

jim avila. new york. >>> politics next "your voice, your vote." the republican candidates are criss-crossing the state. with polls showing mitt romney leading santorum there. it's suspected this is the week that mitt romney passes the halfway mark to 1144 delegates needed for the nomination. be sure to catch "this week" tomorrow morning when paul ryan just endorsed romney, and chris van hollen on gas price, health care in 2012 and ann coulter joins george stephanopoulos at the "roundtable." >>> and a high level meeting between the u.s. and six arab meetings. secretary of state hillary clinton arrived in turkey and reena ninen is in istanbul. you've been telling us about the u.s. arming gulf states? >> reporter: that's right, jake, the white house wants to coordinator with carb and gulf neighbor, new defense policy that would include arming them with defense mechanisms to protect from incoming fire from short-range rockets. they're looking at a patriot missile system. some countries have these in place, they are looking to advance them even further

jim avila, abc news, washington. >> that's stunning to me.pink slime is in there or not. why would you not force the meat makers out there and the manufacturers to let us know that? that seems an awfully odd and not health-conscious decision. >> i know that diane sawyer and "world news" encouraged viewers to go to abcnews.com and weigh in. and pressure your grocery store. ask them, is pink slime in the meat? is it in the ground beef? and let us know. >> keep your fingers crossed that they're honest. >> costco, whole foods say no. >> ask them. doesn't hurt to ask. >>> well, a texas mother is apologizing for her teenage son after his dangerous drive was captured on camera. you can see the suv losing control and just narrowly missing a man working in his front yard. the driver sideswiped the house, kept going. after the video was shown on tv, a woman came forward to say it was her 16-year-old son behind the wheel. no charges were filed. her insurance will pay for the damage to the home. >>> three homeless men in south florida are being credited

here's abc's jim avila. >> all right. let's see what you got. >> reporter: lori has three boys she's determined to keep away from plastic bottles and canned food containing the chemical bpa. >> as a mom i want to make sure what i'm giving to my children is safe for them. >> reporter: since moms began complaining about bpa in baby product, most infant supplies no longer contain the chemical, and many household goods advertise they are bpa-free. still it's pervasive and not always labeled. >> i'm concerned about cancer, concerned about reproductive issues. should we as moms have to do this? why isn't our government protecting us? >> reporter: but the fda, with concerns about lawsuits against it, ruled that there's not enough scientific proof that bpa is harmful in humans to ban it. >> fda's decision is based upon the best available science, it's strong, compelling and tells us that products on the market today are safe for use. >> reporter: the national defense resources council petitioned the government to ban bpa in 2008

and it was abc's jim avila who broke the pink slime story. tonight, he's on a new case, looking into fake drugstores. today, congress decided to crack down on phony pharmacies, stockpiling vital, life-saving drugs. >> reporter: maryland head basketball coach brenda frese is not afraid of challenging authority, especially off the court, when it involves her four 4-year-old son, tyler. shocked when she found out his leukemia treatment was threatened by a cancer drug shortage. >> let's wake up here. how many people have had to die? it makes me sick to my stomach to think about it. >> reporter: coach frese wrote her congressman, elijah cummings, whose investigators found one big reason for the shortage, fake pharmacies. >> what they do is they horde the drugs and then basically help to create the shortage. >> reporter: to this is really beyond greed. it's insensitivity. >> it's criminal. >> reporter: we visited what congressional investigators identify as a fake pharmacy in maryland. there is supposedly a pharmacy licensed here but as you can see

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abc jim avila has latest from elkton maryland.a look. >> >> reporter: maryland head basketball coach not afraid of challenging authority especially off the court when it involves her 4-year-old son tyler. shocked when she found out his leukemia treatment was threatened by a cancer drug shortage. >> let's wake up here. how many people have had to die makes me sick to my stomach to think about it. >> reporter: she wrote her congressman, elijah cummings whose investigators found a big reason for the shortage. fake pharmacies. >> what they do is hoard the drugs and then basically help to create the shortage. >> reporter: this is beyond greed isn't it. it's really insensitivity as well. >> not only insensitivity but criminal. >> reporter: we visited what congressional investigators identified as a fake pharmacy in maryland. there supposedly is a pharmacy license but as you can see it doesn't look like a pharmacy. it's locked up. here's how it works. they act as middle men buying drugs from the manufacturer and sell to a drug whole sale

product is only added to beef products, ground beef and also some processed meats, deli meats. >> jim avila with us, the big news tonight. i expect we will be hearing more. thanks so much, jim. >>> and we move on now to a big day in your voice, your voice. the day the romney campaign tried to get the other candidates to pull out. wielding a big endorsement from former governor jeb bush after romney's victory last night in illinois, and even using the symbolism of a children's toy, here is jake tapper, jake? >> reporter: it was an unusual day in the campaign trail. mitt romney and his group wanted to talk about his illinois victory but the debate of the etch a sketch threatened to erase all that. it was a day mitt romney was supposed to revel in his victory. and try to get the party behind him. but a top romney strategist was asked on cnn if he had run too far to the right to win in november. >> he hit a reset button. for the fall campaign. everything changes. it's like an etch a sketch. you can shake it up and start over again. >> reporter: the etch a sketch, the popular gift for children w

and today, we asked jim avila to tackle some of them. including your number one question. how to tell if there's pink slime in your dinner. >> reporter: it's in 70% of the ground beef sold at supermarkets. up to 25% of each american hamburger patty. a cheap filler known as pink slime. we wanted to see it. but the factory said no pictures. >> it kinda looks like play dough. it's pink and frozen. it's not what the typical layperson would consider meat. >> reporter: the last-known glimpse, six years ago. the movie "food inc.," was given a tour of the factory. the low-grade trimmings in the once only used in dog food and cooking oil. but because of the company's treatment, simmering it in low heat, a centrifuge to separate the fat and tissue, a spritz of ammonia gas to kill the germs, and a quick freeze, the usda says it's safe to eat. that's the final product there. the company calls it finely-textured lean beef. flash-frozen and boxed. more like gelatin and not as nutritious as ground beef. kit foshee who was once number two at bpi, says that's because the protein comes most

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jim avila, abc news, south sioux city, nebraska. >> well, one meat industry spokesman said the pricet of this. >> people will be paying more for our burgers. the part that got cut out of that jim avila piece, though is he tried to question two federal officials about the pink slime, and they would not answer his questions following that press conference. i always think you always do so much more damage and shoot yourself in the foot when you don't answer reporters' questions. it's a legitimate issue. don't duck the cameras. and the more you duck, the more suspicious everything looks. so shame on those folks for not answering abc news' questions. >>> after raging out of control for four days, the deadly wildfire near denver is now 45% contained. some evacuated residents are being allowed to return home but winds are expected to pick up again so they are being told to prepare to leave at a moment's notice. the fire has scorched six square miles and 25 homes. colorado officials say about 12% of the people in the path of the flames did not receive an automated warning call. >>> and we ar

jim avila, abc news, new york. >> and again, you don't know when these things are going to strike.ry clean record at jetblue, according to a statement from that company. and they said the captain has a well-earned reputation among his peers as a consummate professional. this guy had a clean track record. no one could have seen this coming. >> his dad, our madison affiliate uncovered that his father died in a plane crash maybe 20 years ago, but the department of justice saying that it's punishable by up to 20 years. jim avila also mentioned in "world news tonight," this is similar to maybe a reaction from somebody, his reaction was similar to somebody that maybe was withdrawing from prescription drugs or alcohol because it was so severe. >> panic attack doesn't seem to describe that situation whatsoever. >> no. >> so, that story still developing, as you can imagine. >>> switching gears now. new video obtained by abc news raised more questions about the trayvon martin case. the surveillance video shows george zimmerman right there being taken in for questioning the very night of the

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jim avila with what the quick thinking passengers did. >>reporter: chaotic scene aboard jet blue flight 191. 3 hours into a trip from new york to las vegas passengers in the aisle holding down not an unrulyy passenger but the captain of the plane. in the cockpit his co-pilot radioing an emergency. asking for an unscheduled immediate landing in amarillo, texas. >> amarillo 191 emergency. >> can you get me a more specific nature of the medical emergency so i can pass it on to ambulance crew? >> sources tell abc news the captain identified as clayton osbourne of georgia was not at the controls. but began acting erratically. flipping switches in the cockpit and appearing confused. his co-pilot tricked him that going to the passenger compartment to check something out. and then locked the door changing the security code behind him. >> so the one that should have all the credit is the co-pilot that was there. he changed the code on the door. he didn't let him back in. >> third jet blue pilot off duty and riding as passenger slipped into the coc