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DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And now, China, and what we have learned today about what the Chinese will do when their technological edge on America is being challenged - crack down. We have evidence tonight that the Chinese are embarrassed by the crash of their vaunted high speed bullet trains. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TERRY MORAN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And we return now to the story of Sergeant Joey Jones, the Marine who lost both his legs to a buried explosive in Afghanistan. Back at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here in Washington with his family at his side, Joey Jones begins to make an incredible recovery. And then for the first time, the sheer scale of the challenge he faces hits him hard. Here's ABC's Clarissa Ward. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Hey, David. As we monitor the efforts to contain the radiation threat from Japan's damaged nuclear reactors, thousands of Japanese are still homeless. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We're gonna turn now to the disaster in the pacific, where radiation fears continue to grip Japan tonight. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BIANNA GOLODRYGA (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Good morning again, David, and Robin Roberts, good morning to you, and good morning to everyone at home. We begin with the new emergency at Japan's devastated nuclear power plant. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) The death toll from the earthquake and tsunami is now expected to top 18,000 and today for the first time, we confirmed that one of those victims is an American who had come to Japan to work with children and died on her bike seeking to help them. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We wanna get to the human story now, the exodus from the danger zones. People fleeing the regions of Japan, devastated by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Meanwhile, there's also a lot of concern for anyone near that zone. As we said, America has said, anyone Americans within 50 miles of Fukushima should evacuate. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Voiceover) And the official toll, we should tell you, tonight, is more than 6,500 dead. More than 10,000 missing. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CYNTHIA MCFADDEN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Well, it is just seven days since a devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Japan, followed quickly by a massive 23-foot wall of water. The tsunami alone erased entire towns in northwestern Japan. But for the last several days, the world's focus has been almost exclusively on that crippled nuclear plant near the epicenter of the quake, where workers have been desperately fighting to stop a catastrophe. ABC's Clarissa Ward reports tonight from the streets of Osaka, Japan. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And, you know, Diane talked about that hope, we have a little bit more right now as well. One of the most dramatic and - heartbreaking images from this disaster. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We're gonna now go to Clarissa - Ward. She made it further north than Diane, what is essentially ground zero now of this disaster. And it is now a wasteland. She joins us from Ishinomaki. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CYNTHIA MCFADDEN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Good evening, I'm Cynthia McFadden. Tonight, a special broadcast on what today became an acute nuclear emergency in Japan. With three reactors melting down, a fuel fire in a fourth and spent fuel rods exposed to the air. One official told ABC News, quote, "it would be hard to describe how alarming this is right now." And, as a small group of remaining workers battle to cool the molten rods at the reactor's core, nuclear scientists voiced alarm, as well. There is grave concern that if the containment walls around the plants fail, a dense radioactive cloud might be spewed into the air and be carried by wind and weather to large population centers in Japan. The news prompted expatriates and Japanese alike to crowd airports and roads looking for ways out. Many left Sendai, north of the damaged nuclear plant. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BILL WEIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) It's been a couple of days since the quake and there's still no telling how high the body count will rise. To get a sense of why, my colleague Clarissa Ward braved into some of the most remote and hardest hit regions of this disaster. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Of course, we know the wrath of that tsunami was felt particularly hard in Sendai, to the north of here. And for so many days now, it was impossible to get there. Tonight, Clarissa Ward is there, surveying the damage, where the water at one point had reached treetops. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) While Christiane has been viewing the destruction from the air, our Clarissa Ward has traveled by land to Sendai, which, as you know, is the largest city near the epicenter. She joins us now from Sendai. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right, George, we're gonna turn now to New Zealand, where rescue workers are still looking for people alive in all that rubble from Tuesday's disastrous earthquake. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And now, we turn to news on that earthquake in New Zealand. They are still finding victims trapped in the rubble after the 6.3 quake hit in Christchurch. At least 75 dead, more than 300 missing. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) China's President Hu Jintao continued his US visit today, reaching out to corporate leaders and panda lovers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ELIZABETH VARGAS (ABC NEWS) Good morning, Elizabeth and George, and good morning, everyone. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And the Nobel Peace Prize will be handed out at a ceremony in Oslo tomorrow, under extraordinary circumstances. The recipient, a brave dissident, Liu Xiaobo, is behind bars in China. And, China is going to great lengths to shift the international spotlight away from him and his achievements, even putting together a rival Chinese award show. Our Clarissa Ward in Beijing ran straight into that roadblock. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And in the meantime, as we said, so many people coming, hoping to say the magic words. Clarissa Ward is here, she covers the region for us. And you heard about a little state in America, the little engine that could? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We're back now in China, and sometimes the best way to see a country is through parallel lives. Across the ocean. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) As we said, the Chinese have decided that English is the language of international competition and they are going to speak competition. In fact, as of tonight, there are more people studying English in China than there are people in America. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And now, our trip next week to China. You have been sending us your great questions about America's economic rival. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BILL WEIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) With its beard-draped yogis and time-worn temples, India has long been a magnet for spiritual seekers of every stripe, from the beets to the Beatles to the "Eat, Pray, Love" crowd. But what should we make of the country's seemingly endless supply of casual miracle workers and self-proclaimed deities, many of whom have large and faithful followings? Clarissa Ward reports tonight for our series, "Faith Matters." [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Oh. (Off-camera) Oh. SAM CHAMPION (ABC NEWS) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CYNTHIA MCFADDEN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Ah, a turn to professional wrestling. The bodies are so abused and the plot lines are so dramatic, it all makes daytime television look predictable and tame. But can professional wrestling appeal to audiences outside the US? Well, turns out it already does. Including in the one country with the largest potential audience of all. For Clarissa Ward, that's a "Sign of the Times." [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) But first, the Connecticut shooter in his own words. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Okay. Sam, thank you. We're gonna turn now to that case in Connecticut. Police have released the chilling 911 calls in the workplace shooting that left nine people dead, amid new questions about whether the shooting was racially motivated. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And from a 911 call in Connecticut today, we heard the voice of the gunman who carried out one of the deadliest workplace attacks. On Tuesday, nine people died including the killer. Today, a taped accusation from the shooter, as his surviving colleagues gathered before the cameras. Clarissa Ward has it all from Manchester, Connecticut. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Good evening. Another American tragedy tonight, another worker with a gun and a grudge. This time, nine people are dead, the worst rampage since 13 were killed last November at Fort Hood, Texas. In the normally quiet town of Manchester, Connecticut, this morning, one shift was letting off, another was starting the day at a beer distribution center. Clarissa Ward is there tonight to tell us what happened next. Clarissa? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Also coming up this morning, actually I should say we're gonna begin with this story this morning. It's the latest round in the nasty and very public battle between Mel Gibson and his ex-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva. There's now a photo online of Grigorieva with broken teeth, which she says was taken just hours after Gibson punched her in the face. It comes after the release of that steady stream of audio recordings of Gibson allegedly threatening her. Our Clarissa Ward has the latest. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) But we are gonna begin this half-hour with more on Mel Gibson. For days, the battle between him and his ex-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, has been fought in the open. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And, now, a potential side effect of the record breaking heat. An outbreak of stingray attacks on people near beaches. In the last 24 hours, more than 75 people stung in the shallow ocean waters near San Diego. Here's Clarissa Ward. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CYNTHIA MCFADDEN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And we turn now to entertainment. A good lounge singer can be the perfect accompaniment to an evening cocktail. A bad lounge singer can make your head spin. Well, one country has cornered the market on lounge singing, and sometimes they're dangerously serious about their passion, as Clarissa Ward reports. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JUJU CHANG (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Good morning again, George and Robin, and good morning, everyone. We begin with the record breaking heat. The worst heat wave in a decade is gripping much of the nation this morning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MARTIN BASHIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Across the country today as wars are waged in Iraq and Afghanistan, Americans paused to remember the men and women who've lost their lives defending the nation. To mark the occasion, President Obama said this is what we honor today, the lives they led, the service they rendered, the sacrifice they made. A sacrifice that our correspondent Clarissa Ward has seen close-up in Afghanistan. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Overseas now, the beautiful tourism attraction that is Bangkok descended into chaos today. Government troops attacked the demonstrators, demanding a change in government, new elections, and some protest leaders surrendered, while others responded with a rampage. Clarissa Ward is on the ground for us on Bangkok, and it's now already dawn there on Thursday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And a story tonight about a truly strange and unimaginable series of events out of China. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MARTIN BASHIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Any fan of boxing knows that the greatest fighters often assume almost superhuman status. Think of Jack Dempsey, Muhammad Ali, or Sugar Ray Leonard. Well, the sport has a new star, and in his native country, the popularity of Manny Pacquiao has reached mythic levels, both inside and outside the ring. And so, as Clarissa Ward now reports, he's taken his best shot at a new title. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Turning overseas now, the death toll has climbed to almost 800 in that powerful 6.9 earthquake that struck a remote corner of western China yesterday. It's a desperate situation for many injured survivors and for the rescue teams trying to get to them. Clarissa Ward is on the long, dangerous drive to the earthquake zone. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]