Vanderbilt Television News Archive

ABC Evening News for 2014-05-07

This program is 28 minutes long

• Preview/Introduction Diane Sawyer (New York)

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  05:30:10 pm — 05:30:50 pm

• Spring Weather / Heat Wave

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  05:30:50 pm — 05:33:10 pm

  (Studio: Diane Sawyer) Report introduced.

  (In the Black Forest, Colorado: Clayton Sandell) The shift in the nation's weather with unprecedented heat after tornadoes in the South examined; sample temperatures cited; scenes shown of the tornado damage in Mississippi and Arkansas and firefighting planes; details given about climate predictions for wildfires. [Orange County fire authority Kris CONCEPCION†- predicts a testing dry summer.] [Wyoming Air National Guard pilot Lt. Col. Todd DAVIS†- comments on the planes.]

• Clinton Interview

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  05:33:10 pm — 05:36:00 pm

  (Studio: Diane Sawyer) Report introduced.

  (Washington: Jonathan Karl) The ABC interview with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented. [With Robin Roberts, CLINTON - comments on cracking the glass ceiling, but refuses comment on running in 2016; speaks about the investigations of the attack on the embassy in Benghazi, Libya; notes the seizure {of schoolgirls} in Nigeria.]

  (Studio: Diane Sawyer) Further coverage of the Clinton interview on "Good Morning America" noted.

• Nigeria / Kidnapped Schoolgirls

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  05:36:00 pm — 05:38:30 pm

  (Studio: Diane Sawyer) The call from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and First Lady Michelle Obama for action in the case of the kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls by the terrorist group Boko Haram noted.

  (Abula, Nigeria: Hamish Macdonald) The missing girls of Nigeria and the global movement to bring them back featured; scenes shown from the school; details given about US aid for the search in the remote forests. [BringBackOurGirls organizer Hadiza Bala USMAN†- talks about advocacy.] [Former head of US African Command retired Gen. Carter HAM†- suggests the girls are now dispersed.] [The Malala Fund Malala YOUSAFZAI††- says you have to speak out.]

• Ukraine / Crisis / US-Russia Relations

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  05:38:30 pm — 05:40:00 pm

  (Studio: Diane Sawyer) The announcement by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russian troops will pull back from the borders of Ukraine noted.

  (Mariupol, eastern Ukraine: Muhammad Lila) The continuing chaos in Ukraine featured; scenes shown from outside a prison in Mariupol where detainees are held and Ukrainian forces fired on protesters.

• Syria / Homs

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  05:40:00 pm — 05:40:30 pm

  (Studio: Diane Sawyer) The evacuation of the Syrian city of Homs by the rebels fighting President Bashir al-Assad's forces shown.

• Education: Math and Reading

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  05:40:30 pm — 05:40:50 pm

  (Studio: Diane Sawyer) The national report card on US students' math and reading proficiency cited.

• Medicine: Lung Cancer

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  05:40:50 pm — 05:42:50 pm

  (Studio: Diane Sawyer) Report introduced.

  (Capitol Hill: Jim AVila) The appearance by cancer survivor Valerie Harper before Congress to speak about lung cancer research and funding featured; lung cancer statistics cited. [HARPER - says lung cancer has the least funding.]

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Diane Sawyer)

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  05:42:50 pm — 05:43:00 pm

• (Commercial: Capitol One; my24info.com; United HealthCare; Roundup.)

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  05:43:00 pm — 05:45:00 pm

• Providence, Rhode Island / Circus Act Accident

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  05:45:00 pm — 05:47:20 pm

  (Studio: Diane Sawyer) Report introduced.

  (New York: Linzie Janis) The exclusive ABC interview with acrobat Sandra Pitard†, who fell in the collapse of a Ringing Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus hair-hanging act, presented; scenes shown of the accident. [PITARD - calls it a beautiful act to perform; describe what happened in the fall; comments on caring for their hair.]

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Diane Sawyer)

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  05:47:20 pm — 05:47:40 pm

• (Commercial: Pradaxa; Publishers Clearing House; Bayer; Poligrip; Salonpas.)

  #1064742

  05:47:40 pm — 05:50:40 pm

• Instant Index

  #1064743

  05:50:40 pm — 05:52:20 pm

  (Studio: Diane Sawyer) A look at people, pictures and quotes that captured our imagination: an early draft of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run"; a report that our brains are wired to see faces in images and basketball player Kevin Durant's tribute to his mother after he was named NBA MVP.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Diane Sawyer)

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  05:52:20 pm — 05:52:40 pm

• (Commercial: Angie's List; Quicken; Celebrex; Phillips' Colon Health; Cialis; News 2.)

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  05:52:40 pm — 05:56:00 pm

• Music: Singing Nun

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  05:56:00 pm — 05:58:10 pm

  (Studio: Diane Sawyer) Report introduced.

  (Los Angeles: Nick Watt) The singing nun Sister Christina profiled; scenes shown of her singing "What a Feeling" and other tunes on reality TV.

• Good Night

  #1064747

  05:58:10 pm — 05:58:10 pm