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WPVI ABC World News Now July 30, 2014

Hello hello how many times do i have to let you know . Well, one of the most annoying features of modern life, any body with a cell phone knows this. Automated phone calls from telemarketers, selling credit card. Security systems, bank loans. Many of the robo calls are illegal. Turns out if it is happening to you you mare be able to turn the tables and get robocall revenge. Abcs matt gutman explains. Reporter the unwanted calls come in by the millions every day. Anywhere from five to six per day. Reporter drivia debt collec robocall, 204 bombarding 17yearold Heather Waites cell phone. They started calling two, three times a day. Reporter thing is heather had no debt. Zero. She was in high school. 68 of cell phone owners receive at least some unwanted calls. A quarter of them say it happens several times a week. But most dont know that these calls to cell phones are illegal under fell rderal law. Robo callers, face a penalty, they could owe you 500 to 1,500 for every unwanted call. The waites called this lawyer who made suing the collectors their special team. Hundreds of thousand going through this thing and they just dont know their right. Reporter some famous cases have reached 600,000. And there are thousands of these collection companies. We tracked down the one calling heather waite. Gordon beck is coo of diversified consummitants inc. , sued 100 times this year. Although there is human error, we do our best, every single day to make sure things like that do not happen. Reporter human error due to volume. Companies like diversified make 1 million automated calls per day to what they think are landlines. But some are actually cell phones. Beck admits there are mistakes. But says it is some times hard to tell land lines from cell phones. It is not intentional. Reporter what if you are called three times a day . If i was called three times a day ooh, would pick up say, please stop calling me. Reporter the waites did that the calls kept coming. Each phone call is worth 500 at least. How does that feel . Well, we are both excited. Reporter now their turn to collect from the collection agencies. Matt gutman, abc news, bellview, florida. Go to donotcall. Gov, put your numbers in there. More information how you can follow up on claims matt talked about. But such a touchy issue for so many people right now. [ phone ringing ] tempted to call matt gutman, prank call him at 2 00 a. M. And pretend i am a robo call. Will he try to get 500 off you. We do the stories. I wonder. I might do that the next hour. All right. When we come back, Justin Bieber and Orlando Bloom in a heated argument at a celebrity hot spot. Were fists really flying . Maybe. We have all the details next in the skinny. Think im goi skinny so skinny time now for the skinny r starting with a story getting a lot of attention online right now. Justin bieber in the center of a scuffle. Biebs partying on ibeza running into Orlando Bloom. Tmz, the video. Orlando in the white shirt. Bieber on left goes in. Go ahead. According to tmz, an eyewitness said that bloom went up to the biebs and threw a punch. Biebs ducked and sent him fleeing. When he left the crowd applauded. Bieber and bloom on the outs. Both seen in public with the others ex. Miranda kerr and selena gomez. Lady gaga and tony bennett teaming up for jazz album cheek to cheek and the video for their take on cole porters anything goes the first single from the album. The world has gone mad today bad today and most guys today the woman cries today just silly gigolos a cheek to cheek concert special which will air on pbs. I love that. I would download that on itunes. Pro dancer, maks, is quitting the show after season 16 before returning for season 18 to win the mirror ball trophy with olympic ice dancer, merle davis. He told the lady of the view he is planning to leave the ballroom for good. Not big enough. Im done dancing. So i just want to make sure maks. Done dancing period . Dancing with the stars. What . Its time. Yeah, you want to leave. This is why i never wanted to make it this public because this is what i get. Maks said when he came back didnt feel like the show was the same. The 34yearold is ready to find love, start a family. But refused to confirm rumors he is dating jennifer lopez. Maybe theyre going to get married and have kids and he need time for that. Thats why he is not dancing anymore. Well see. Im very interested. Curious minds. Lebron james giving his all to his fans in the far east. Really mean giving it his all. Check out king james at an event in taipei. He had given away his tshirt. So he, he autographed his shoes. He threw them into the crowd. Then it got crazy when jamd dropped his shorts, autographed them as well. Then tossed them into the crowd. And if he is doing stuff like this overseas can you imagine what he would do when he is actually greeted by fans at a big event next friday, big huge blowout expected next friday in ohio. So much madness over him. Like superstar mania even in china, taipei, crazy. Got to say. If i had a bed like that. I would be taking my clothes off all the time. Had to give us his skinny for the skinny. Way to go, lebron. Well be back. We do . I took the trash out. I know. And thank you so much for that. I think we should get a Medicare Supplement insurance plan. Right now . [ male announcer ] whether youre new to medicare or not, you may know it only covers about 80 of your part b medical expenses. Its up to you to pay the difference. So think about an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare Insurance Company. Like all standardized Medicare Supplement insurance plans, they help cover some of what medicare doesnt pay. I did a little research. 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Sharknado 2 same thing happens. This time in new york. Something bites us, we bite back. We realize here is a formula. It worked on the first one. So you dont want to mess with that one. Tara reid is back for more. This film is amazing. Better than the first . In my opinion, yes. It is happening again. Ian ziering is back with the famous plot. Sharks are scary. Nobody wants to get eaten. Reporter chain saw is back . You have to bring the chain saw back. What he does with it will be the fun part. Lots go kill some sharks. Its happening again. They have shark storms here . Yes reporter it doesnt really make sense . It doesnt. That is sharknado. There are no rules. The first movie so, so bad it is good. Generated 5,000 tweets a minute. Social media is almost the reason for existence of a movie like this. Reporter falsely taking credit on twitter for directing it so he is one of the cameos in the sequel. Sharknado 3 is in the pipeline. Im nick watt for nightline, los angeles. Holy shark. Holy shark indeed. That looks good. Did you see it . I did. I saw the first one. The sequel here will debut tonight on scifi channel. In theaters in august. Ready to watch this. Lighthearted fun this summer. Incredible. Took off, facebook and twitter. Telling you that internet thing is not going away. Thats for sure. Stay with us. Dont miss our updates. Announcer this is abcs world news now, informing insomniacs for two decades. Im alex trebek. If youre age 50 to 85, i have an Important Message about security. Write down the number on your screen, so you can call when i finish. The lock i want to talk to you about isnt the one on your door. This is a lock for your Life Insurance, a rate lock, that guarantees your rate can never go up at any time, for any reason. But be careful. Many policies you see do not have one, but you can get a lifetime rate lock through the Colonial Penn program. Call this number to learn more. 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Israeli tank shells tore through a crowded school in gaza killing at least 15. Seeking shelter from the fight, and the deadliest day since the war began. The man accused of kidnapping Abigail Hernandez is held on 1 million bond. They faced each other in court yesterday. Abigail returned home last week, missing for nine months. Officials hope the shocking video of a close call of two women and a train will remind people of the dangers of walking on the tracks. Vw taking over the number two spot in global sales, knocking scandal plagued gm to the third spot. Toyota still the world leader. Those are some of our top stories on this hump day, wednesday, july 30th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. I can never get into this chair properly. The move is. Slightly awkward. Not graceful. Especially on a wednesday. Wednesday. Halfway through the week. Thank you for joining us. We have a lot of news to got to this halfhour. We begin with more breaking news, more devastation in gaza. A u. N. School comes under attack. A. A u. N. Official says 15 killed, 100 wounded when israeli tank shells ripped through the school packed with palestinians trying to get away from the fighting. This latest strike follows the the Bloodiest Day since the start of the war. 12 palestinians killed as israel bears down on hamas. More from abcs david wright. Reporter new video showing what hamas says are fighters rising up out of tunnels to mount a brazen attack on an israeli outpost. Their faces blacked out, they engage in a fire fight killing five soldiers. The groups shadowily military leader pledging no ceasefire until israel lifts its blockade of gaza. This after the heaviest night of bombardment so far. Israel backing up its threat to destroy hamas. Flares lit up many of the targets. One of them the port right outside our windows. The blast so powerful, our whole building shook like an earthquake. More than five hours of sustained shelling. The tv with a timelapse camera, 4 00 a. M. A whole neighborhood reduced to rubble. We cautiously ventured out. This is gazas only power station, still burning hours later. They estimate it will be out of commission for at lest a year. We also want to the home of the former hamas prime minister, ismail hanea. This was the house of hanea . Not anymore. The house flattened. Hanea wasnt home. The neighbor across the street told me israel fired three warning shots before finally taking it out. Your whole family was able to get out . Translator yes, he said. All safe. Reporter renewed shelling, two side very much at war. Neither backing down. David wright, abc news, gaza. A significant security breach. The body of a young stowaway found inside a compartment near the wheel well of an air force cargo jet that landed in germany. The boys 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 abcs karen travers. Reporter another round of u. S. Sanctions on russia. This time aimed at russias energy, arms and finance sectors. It didnt 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 onetwo 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 obama said russias building up its forces on the Ukrainian Border and playing a direct role in the conflict by supplying separatists with artillery and military equipment. As tensions increase between the white house and the kremlin, the president was asked a simple question. Is this a new cold war, sir . No. It is not a new cold war. It is a specific issue related to russias unwillingness to recognize ukraine can chart its own path. Reporter declaring a ceasefire around the flight 17 crash site after days of failed attempts by International Experts to reach the wreckage. Each time they turned back because of the increasing violence between ukrainian troops and prorussia rebels. But this isnt the first ceasefire declared by the ukrainian government. Until now its own forces have ignored calls to put down their weapons. And the back and forth violence continued. Karen travers, abc news, washington. The book is now closed on a dark chapter in our nations history. The last surviving member of the crew that dropped the atomic bomb on hiroshima died. Theodore vankirk, dutch died at a retirement home. 24 years old as a navigator on the enola gay. August 6, 1945. Hastening the end of world war ii. Theodore van kirk was 93 years old. A scare at a Phoenix Airport overnight after a smooth landing. Skywest airlines jet from albuquerque touched down safely. As it was taxiing an indicator light in the cockpit showed smoke on board. More than 60 Passengers Evacuated to the tarmac, exited through the main cabin door, walked down the steps before taking a bus to the gate. And here is a tough day that only seemed to get worse. That kid see him there leaning on his mustang. A texas cop wrote him a speeding ticket. Look at that. A pickup truck sideswipes the car. The pickup driver drifted on the road apparently distracted by a spilled soda. Cited for several violations too. Guess he didnt get out of paying the ticket there. Crews are gaining the upper hand against the fire near Yosemite National park. Now 34 contained. Firefighters have been helped by helicopters which dumped water on the danger zone. Evacuation orders have been lifted. About half of the nearby residents. Meantime, crews in los angeles working roundtheclock to clean up a different kind of mess on the ucla campus. A 90yearold walter main line burst under sunset boulevard shooting a geyser of water three stories into the air. Flooding streets and buildings. Even filling the poly arena with several inches of water. It took crews more than four hours to shut off the water supply. But not before an estimated 10 million gallons of water were lost. Just hurts to see the pictures knowing what a drought theyre going through there in california. I mean the amount of water, the 10 million gallons of waltter would take an average American Home more than 68 years to consume. Just incredible. One of the biggest cash all tees in all of this casualties what you are seeing on your screen. The sports complex, almost 140 mill

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