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good evening tonight. the heat across america is claiming more e d more casualties. at least 100 people have died and, as we said, emergency rooms are overrun with people reeling and seeking help. 165 million americans across 18 states are under the crushing dome of heat and humidity. temperatures topping 110 degrees. and all told, 2,700 heat records were smashed in july and still more are being broken in august. abc's abbie boudreau is in dallas tonight, where it topped 100 degrees for the 32nd day in a row, and she tells us, young athletes are in special danger. >> reporter: heat this intense sends 6,000 people a year to emergency rooms across the untry. young people are especially at risk. the cdc calling heat illness during practice and competitions disability among high school athletes. just this week, two football players in georgia died from excessive heat exposure, including 16-year-old forest jones. he collapsed moments after practice and hit his head. >> he's a great kid. >> reporter: the problem is, there are few, if any, real guidelines about how hot is too hot. >> the most important thing is, ain, out there, keeping a close eye on those people to see who really is getting into trouble. >> reporter: it's really up to the coach, or parents, to decide what is safe. this soccer dad wouldn't let his son play. it was 108 degrees. >> i just couldn't risk bringing my kids out here for -- to risk heat exhaustion or even heat stroke. >> reporter: when you suffer heat stroke, your body temperature reaches 104 degrees or higher. you'll begin to perspire. your heart starts to race. your muscles will cramp and you'll feel dizzy. this summer, a dozen deaths in dallas alone. mostly the elderly, who don't have air conditioning. 92-year-old amy johnson wasn't complaining, but her family was worried. her bedroom ranged from 106 to 121 degrees. measures at 111. today, she got a free ac unit from the health department. this is a laser thermometer. when i point it at this helmet, i get 154 degrees. and it's only been sitting under the sun for about ten minutes. so, just imagine how hot this helmet would get after a two-hour practice. diane? >> abbie, thank you. that tells the whole story of the heat. but we turn next to the heat that is on washington, especially on the president, to fix the economy and do something about jobs. today, the dow industrials finally broke an eight-day losing streak, the longest in almost three years, with a small 29-point gain. but the worry about a double-dip recession is growing louder every y y. it dogged president obama, as he traveled out of town with big plans. here's abc's white house correspondent jake tapper. >> reporter: president obama headed to chicago this evening for a series of campaign fund-raisers. one of them, an early celebration of his 50th birthday, which is tomorrow. earlier, the president met with his cabinet and empathized what he wants them all now focused on. >> they are redoubling their efforts to focus on what matters most to the american people. and that is, how are we going to put people back to work? >> reporter: that pledge not withstanding, not only is the president right now focusing on his campaign coffers, congress has left town. for a month. the halls of congress are empty. despite all the pledges that they, too, would immediately focus on the nation's 14 million unemployed. >> americans are talking about good paying jobs, right here at home. >> biggest concern people have is -- >> jobs, jobs, jobs. >> reporter: the president took his economic team out for burgers today. >> cheddar cheeseburger, well done. >> reporter: but economists looking at the modest measures the president is pushing for job creation, patent reform, trade deals, a payroll tax holiday, might wonder, where's the beef? in many ways, the president's options are limited. republicans in congress do not want to spend more money on the major job creation programs he would otherwise propose. and even smaller steps, such as spending on infrastructure, are mired in the partisan quicksand in this divided congress. still, the president says he's now focusing like a laser on job creation. by our count, the seventh such pivot since the beginning of his presidency. >> we will not rest until we are succeeding in generating the jobs. sustained and relentless focus over the next several months on accelerating the pace of job creation. >> reporter: and diane, the white house announced today a presidential bus tour through the midwest, august 15th through 17th in which the president will be talking to folks about growing the economy and, you guessed it, creating jobs. diane? >> jake tapper reporting from washington tonight. and jake, as you pointed out, the president is turning 50 tomorrow, and it reminded us that only two other presidents in american history have been in the white house when they reached that milestone in their lives. you could see it on their faces. take a look here. this is teddy roosevelt, 40 years old then, a decade later, in the white house. you can see him, how he aged at 50. bill clinton, his boyish looks and brown hair at age 40. but then, hitting 50, in the white house. 2006. and, president obama as he looked before, and as the white house has changed him, on the eve of his 50th birthday. the last three years, and those experiences, etched on his face. and now, our washington watchdog report. president obama isn't the only one heading out of town tonight. congress is heading home, too. summer vacation with pay. even though they left behind thousands of faa employees who are not being paid. and some of them are being asked to work anyway. all because congress could not reach a a ending decision. abc's jon karl set out to get answers. >> reporter: some 200 airport construction projects have been stopped. thousands of workers sent home. >> well, this time, everybody wants to play hardball and hard ball hu hardball hurt us. >> reporter: also cut off, 40 airport safety inspectors. the folks who keep runways safe. the faa has asked them to keep working without pay, citing their, quote, professionalism. what about the professionalism of congress? they just went on vacation. the transportation secretary is practically begging them to return. >> come back to washington. leave your vacations. just for a couple hours, come back, congress. >> reporter: so, what's holding everything up? a dispute over funding of 13 tiny rural airirrts, including the murtha airport in pennsylvania. we've been there. there is nobody here. house republicans did pass a bill to fund the faa, but insisted some of those rural subsidies be cut, prompting an objection from senator jay the morgantown airport in his home state of west virginia would be cut. when we asked him about it, watch how the democratic leader jumps to his defense. you have blocked it. are you really willing to shut down the faa to protect the subsidies for morgantown? >> i'm answering that question. >> reporter: their bottom line, it's all the republicans' fault. >> you know, jonathan, here's the issue. you -- and i say this respectfully -- the way that we have america going today, there's no penalty for outrageous conduct. >> reporter: the cuts republicans want would save $16 million a year. but this impasse is costing much more. $30 million every day. democrats say they just want the house to work out a compromise. good luck with that. they're already gone for the rest of the summer. jonathan karl, abc news, capitol hill. and now, we turn overseas, to egypt, where the 83-year-old hosni mubarak of egypt, who once stood astride the middle east, a steadfast ally for every american president since jimmy carter, looked like this today, on a stretcher, behind metal bars. egyptian papers called him, quote, their pharaoh in a cage. now, he could face the death penalty. and abc's alex marquardt is in cairo for us tonight. >> reporter: it was custom built for today. a 320-square foot iron cage, as 83-year-old mubarak, reportedly in poor health, was rolled in on a hospital bed, egypt drew a collective gasp. for egyptians, the fact that mubarak is on trial is beyond their imagination. they never thought that a man as powerful as he was would be brought to justice. the man who inspired fear for three decades now faces the death penalty. he's accused of corruption and complicity in the deaths of almost 900 protestors. the height of the 18-day revolution saw his thugs attacking protesters in the battle of the camel in tahrir square. "i categorically deny all the charges," mubarak told the court. during the uprising, muhammad al aqad's 18-year-old son, mustafa, was shot dead. "you deserve to be executed," he says to mubarak, "as you did too our son." as we saw in violent clashes today, mubarak still has strong supporters. >> they don't appreciate this guy. i'm with mubarak. pro-mubarak. >> reporter: pro-mubarak, ant anti-mubarak -- both sides can agree they never believed this day would come. alex marquardt, abc news, cairo. and now, i want to bring in "this week" anchor christiane amanpour. because, in february, you'll remember she dodged chaos inhe streets in cairo and made her way to the heart of the presidential palace to interview mubarak, just before he was toppled. first of all, your reaction, as you see him in that cage. >> reporter: it is really quite alarming to see him there. nobody would have thought that he would be there. it's going to send shockwaves and signals all over the arab world as the uprisings continue, particularly to the leaders. >> and what about the reports of his illness? w severe are they and how credible are they? >> reporter: the family, who i've spoken to, does say he is sick. he's not on his death bed. some of the talk has been exaggerated. he is unwell and he's been unwell in the past and he's very depressed, according to the family, as you can imagine. >> can you imagine a possibility under which he would be executed, hanged? >> reporter: well, this is very important. and i spoke to one of the top leaders of the military counsel running egypt right now. they're caught between the street and wanting to protect one of their own. it's hard to see how he might get the death penalty because it's going to be hard to prove that he himself gave an order to kill anybody, particularly, as he said, he wanted to bring the army in to protect people's lives. >> nonetheless, as you say, it is going to be a long road through this trial. christiane amanpour of "this week." thank you sosouch. and we have late word tonight about the latest nationwide salmonella outbreak. the agriculture department just announced the recall of 36 million pounds -- 36 million -- of cargill ground turkey. one death in california, 76 illnesses across the country have been connected to ground turkey tainted by salmonella. and now, to a drama that held an entire nation on the edge of its seat for ten excruciating hours today in australia. everyone riveted to the story of a teenage heiress, 18-year-old madeleine pulver, who says a masked man broke into her family's home in an exclusive suburb of sydney, and the intruder reportedly strapped what she believed was a bomb to her neck. turned out to be not an explosive, but for ten hours, a bomb squad worked to free her, so carefully. the heiress taken to the hospital, shaken, but unharmed. though, much about this strange event remains a mystery. and still ahead on "world news," the most famous unsolved hijacking in history. does this woman know what really happened? and what's the garden of eden in missouri? how the mormon church is fighting back against people who ridicule their faith. and what happens to us after we die? new insights from survivors of near death experiences. it's a fact: [ male ] your nutritional needs can go up when you're on the road to recovery. proper nutrition can help you get back on your feet. three out of four doctors recocoend the ensure brand for extra nutrition. ensure clinical strength has revigor and thirteen grams of protein to protect, preserve, and promote muscle health. and immune balance to help support your immune system. ensure clinical strength... helping you to bounce back. ensure! nutrition in charge! 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abc's pierre thomas broke new details on the case and has the latest tonight. >> reporter: this woman says she holds the key to one of the fbi's great mysteries. who do you think that d.b. cooper is? >> he was my uncle, lynn doyle cooper. >> reporter: wow. >> who we called l.d. cooper. >> reporter: the fbi has been hunting for d.b. cooper since 1971, when a man going by that name hijacked and threatened to blow up a passenger jet. the hijacker demanded $200,000 in small bills and a flight to mexico. but during the flight, he took the money and jumped out of the speeding 727 into a raging storm over the pacific northwest. he disappeared, despite a massive manhunt. becoming the stuff of legend. even a hollywood movie. over the decades, the fbi has followed many leads, always to dead ends. but this cold case has now been reignited by marla cooper. she showed us this 1972 polaroid picture of her uncle. >> my father made a comment about his long lost brother, my uncle l.d. still alive, but hiding from the fbi. and i questioned why he would be hiding? he said, "don't you remember, he hijacked that airplane?" >> reporter: she did remember. it was 1971, right after the hijacking. her uncle l.d. showed up for thanksgiving. >> and he was bloody and bruised and a mess. and i was horrified. >> reporter: she was told he had been in a car accident. in hindsight, she doesn't buy it. >> my two uncles were planning something very mischievous, and i was a nosy little kid, and i was 8 years old. >> reporter: her uncle disappeared from her life soon after. today, marla's mother said that vanishing act has her convincece >> i've always had that feeling, just a gut feeling, that it was l.d. >> reporter: marla was told her uncle died in 1999. and what happened to that $200,000? nearly a decade after the hijacking, some of it was found. bundles of $20 bills deteriorating on a creek bed. >> it was never spent. i don't think he had the money. >> reporter: but fbi sources tell abc news they believe marla's story is credible. the reason? her uncle fits the profile they've been seeking. he has a military background. he lived in the pacific northwest. and he was obsessed with this 1960s comic book. the fbi has spent months looking into marla's story, chasing the most promising lead in decades, in a case that still captivates the nation. pierre thomas, abc news, oklahoma city. >> new clues after all these years. and coming up, do you think the garden of eden was in missouri? 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>> reporter: on the fox affiliate in memphis. >> did you know it's in america? >> reporter: you got a lot more reaction to this than you bargained for. >> yeah, it was a pretty darn big attack on my career. >> reporter: for the record, in the 19th century, bring hagham did preach that the garden of eden was in missouri. >> you can't reduce the fourth largest church in the united states to a bumper sticker. >> reporter: but in the upcoming campaign, people may try and do just that. david wright, abc news, los angeles. and comingngp, meet the people who say they have glimpsed the afterlife. what they say happens after we die. desperate for nighttime heartburn relief? for many, nexium helps relieve heartburn symptoms caused by acid reflux disease. talk to your doctor about your risk for osteoporosis-related bone fractures if you take multiple daily doses of nexium for a long time. possible side effects include headache, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. other serious stomach conditions may still exist. talk to your doctor about nexium. if you can't afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. there's another way to minimize litter box odor: purina tidy cats. our premium litters now work harder to help neutralize odors in multiple cat homes. purina tidy cats. keep your home smelling like home. that's how it is with alzheimer's disease. she needs help from me. and her medication. the exelon patch -- it releases medication continuously for twenty-four hours. she uses one exelon patch daily for the treatment of mild to moderate alzheimer'r'symptoms. 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[ female announcer ] ask the doctor about your loved one trying the exelon patch. visit exelonpatch.com to learn more. and finally tonight, it is the eternal question. what happens after we die? abc's bob woodruff, you may know, had his own near death experience five and a half years ago when he was injured by a roadside bomb in iraq.q. and he decided to talk to some people who think they know the answer to the question. >> reporter: what i saw that day while unconscious is seared in my memory. my own body, floating below me. a light, painless and comfortable, engulfing me. i wanted to meet others who had seen the same, like mary jo raphini. >> all of a sudden, it just came over me, and i was -- i was in it. i was in that light. >> reporter: a few years ago, ry jo almost died. while lifting weights at the gym, she felt a pop in the back of her neck. a blood vessel in her brain had suddenly burst. >> i entered this room. god held me. and i never saw god's face, but i felt him. the first thing he said was, "you can't stay." >> reporter: did you see yourself at all in any of this? >> well, when i was going up, i knew my body was back there, like, i caught a glimpse of it. i wasn't afraid at all. >eporter: yeah, i mean, i saw mine. i felt like i'd become a stranger. but this moment, for a small period of time, i was watching myself below me. and then i changed direction and woke up again. scientists say there is still no clear evidence of what causes these visions. are they voyages? are they dreres? >> i is possible that when the braiaiis losing oxygen, that it begins to operate in some very unusual ways that are associated with the kinds of experiences that people frequently describe. >> reporter: but for mary jo, her experience was real. >> i had such a sense of knowingness there. everything so much made sense. scientists will say it's a dream or -- i beg to differ. it's not that. >> our thanks to bob. and you can see all of his reporting tonight on a special "primetime nightline," beyond belief, the other side, at 10:00 p.m. eastern. so good to have you watching with us tonight and we'll see a deadly accident in the bay. two men thrown from boats, only one survived. >> 49ers unveiled a model for a new stadium that comes with bells and whistles. >> an 8-year-old boy helped save life of a 3-year-old girl is honored for his action autos and a concern about gangs in one city leads to a new program that is yielding real results. >> and good evening, everyone. >> and this is still not clear how 49ers are going to finance their new $987 million stadium but project is moving forward we're taking a look at what it will look like. and we're live from the building site. >> the dream of a stadium appears to be getting closer. and this is what we know so far about financing. the city of santa clara, next year will be going out to sell bonds nearly $40 million fwhorj a tight economy. and there is nine hotels adding a fee to rates. the nfl said they can flow money in, they didn'
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