DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. THE US CAPITAL ON LOCKDOWN. A DEADLY SHOOTING SPREE AT A HIGH-SECURITY MILITARY BASE. ANOTHER DAVID? WE BRING YOU THE RESULTS OF LABOUR'S DEPUTY-LEADERSHIP VOTE. AND ARISE, SIR PETER. THE FILM-MAKER JOINS THE ORDER OF NZ. A NAVY BASE IN WASHINGTON DC IS STILL ON LOCKDOWN AFTER 13 PEOPLE WERE LEFT DEAD IN A SHOOTING SPREE. THE ALLEGED GUNMAN, AARON ALEXIS, WAS A FORMER NAVY SERVICEMAN WHO WAS DISCHARGED IN 2011. HE WAS SHOT DEAD BY POLICE AT THE SCENE, BUT A MANHUNT IS STILL UNDERWAY FOR ANOTHER POTENTIAL GUNMAN. HERE'S THE ABC'S JIM AVILA ON HOW THE ACTION UNFOLDED. A SHOOTING FREE-FOR-ALL THAT BEGAN EVEN BEFORE THE SUSPECT, WEARING BLACK WITH A TALL MILITARY BEARING, MARCHED HIS WAY INTO THE NAVY YARD. THIS MAN HIT WHILE ON THE STREET. DESPERATE ONLOOKERS TRYING TO REVIVE HIM AS THE AMBULANCE ARRIVES. EVERYONE SAID, 'THIS IS NO DRILL. GO, GO, GO. EMERGENCY EXITS NOW. 'GO, GO, GO.' DC METRO POLICE SAY THEY GET THEIR FIRST CALL OF MULTIPLE VICTIMS DOWN AT 8.20 IN THE MORNING. BY THEN, A SECURITY GUARD ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF BUILDING 197 OF THIS MASSIVE COMPLEX IS HIT. AND THE GUNMAN IS ON THE UPPER FLOORS SHOOTING DOWN FROM ATRIUM WALKWAYS OVER THE OPEN CORE OF THE FIVE-STOREY BUILDING INTO A FOOD COURTYARD BELOW. THE SHOTS WERE RANDOMLY AIMED AND FORTUNATELY NOT ALWAYS ON TARGET. THE FIRST THREE SHOTS WERE DONE POW, POW, POW. A FEW SECONDS LATER ` MAYBE THREE SECONDS LATER ` IT WAS POW, POW, POW, POW, LIKE, FOUR MORE SHOTS. BY 9.33, THE FIRST AMBULANCES RUSHED VICTIMS TO HOSPITALS. AT 9.45, THE FAA STOPS ALL FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF NEARBY REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT. AND BACK IN THE BUILDING, EMTS STRUGGLED TO SAFELY REMOVE THE INJURED. FINALLY, AT 12.14, POLICE ANNOUNCE THEY HAVE FATALLY SHOT THE GUNMAN ` IDENTIFIED BY THE FBI AS AARON ALEXIS, A FORMER NAVY MAN WHO... POLICE CORDONED OFF A WIDE AREA AROUND THE SHOOING SCENE FOR HOURS. THE NAVY YARD STAYING ON LOCKDOWN FOR MORE THAN SIX HOURS. SURVIVORS TOLD TO HIDE IN PLACE ` SOME BARRICADING THEMSELVES IN TOP-SECRET SECURE CLOSETS, OTHERS UNDER THEIR DESKS. AND A SWEEPING INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE MAN AUTHORITIES BELIEVE IS BEHIND THE ATTACK AND WHAT MADE HIM SNAP. THE ABC'S PIERRE THOMAS REPORTS. TONIGHT THE FBI IS URGENTLY SEEKING THE PUBLIC'S HELP TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE MAN THEY BELIEVE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A MASSACRE, IDENTIFIED AS AARON ALEXIS. NO PIECE OF INFORMATION IS TOO SMALL. WE ARE LOOKING TO LEARN EVERYTHING WE CAN ABOUT HIS RECENT MOVEMENTS, HIS CONTACTS AND HIS ASSOCIATES. MILITARY RECORDS SHOW ALEXIS WAS IN THE NAVY FROM MAY 2007 TO JANUARY 2011, SERVING AT THE NAVAL AIRSTATION IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS. ALEXIS WAS ARRESTED BY FORT WORTH POLICE FOR DISCHARGING A GUN IN PUBLIC. IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER THE INCIDENT PLAYED A ROLE IN HIS LEAVING THE NAVY. SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER HE RECENTLY WORKED AS A CIVILIAN CONTRACTOR AT THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD. PHOTOS OF ALEXIS FIT THE DESCRIPTION OF EYEWITNESSES, WHO DESCRIBE A COLD-BLOODED KILLER RANDOMLY GUNNING DOWN WHOEVER WAS IN FRONT OF HIM UNTIL HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE. THE SUSPECT'S FRIENDS WERE SHOCKED. AMONG THEM, THE OWNER OF A THAI RESTAURANT IN TEXAS. HE'S NOT AGGRESSIVE, YOU KNOW, FOR ME. HE HAD A GUN, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE'S GONNA SHOOT PEOPLE. AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER A SECOND SUSPECT MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. BUT SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS THE HARD, TANGIBLE EVIDENCE POINTS TO ONLY ONE SHOOTER. AS OF TONIGHT, OFFICIALS HAVE FOUND NO EVIDENCE INDICATING TERRORISM. THE PRIME THEORY IS THAT ALEXIS HAD A GRUDGE AGAINST THE NAVY. IN OTHER NEWS, THE UNITED NATIONS HAS NOW CONFIRMED WHAT MANY COUNTRIES ALREADY BELIEVED ` THAT CHEMICAL WEAPONS, SPECIFICALLY DEADLY SARIN GAS, WERE USED IN AN ATTACK IN SYRIA LAST MONTH. THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, BAN KI-MOON, HAS DESCRIBED THE ATTACK AS 'A WAR CRIME'. THE BBC'S NICK BRYANT HAS THE LATEST. WHEN THE UN INSPECTORS WERE ON THE GROUND IN DAMASCUS, THEIR FINDINGS WERE SEEN AS A POSSIBLE TRIGGER FOR AMERICAN MILITARY ACTION. THE DEAL REACHED OVER THE WEEKEND IN GENEVA MEANS THAT'S NO LONGER THE CASE. BUT WITH WASHINGTON AND MOSCOW STILL ARGUING OVER WHO CARRIED OUT THE AUGUST 21ST ATTACK, THEIR REPORT IS CONSIDERED VITAL. THEY WERE INSTRUCTED TO FIND OUT IF CHEMICAL WEAPONS WERE USED, RATHER THAN TO ATTRIBUTE BLAME. THIS WAS A TECHNICAL INSPECTION RATHER THAN A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, AND IT CONFIRMED, UNEQUIVOCALLY AND OBJECTIVELY, THAT CHEMICAL WEAPONS WERE USED. THE FINDINGS ARE BEYOND DOUBT ` AND BEYOND THE PALE. THIS IS A WAR CRIME. IT IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CONFIRMED USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST CIVILIANS SINCE SADDAM HUSSEIN USED THEM IN HALABJA IN 1988. WHEN THE AMERICANS STUDIED THE REPORT, THEY WERE IN NO DOUBT THAT IT SUPPORTED THEIR OWN INTELLIGENCE THAT THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT WAS TO BLAME. THE QUALITY OF THE SARIN WAS HIGHER THAN THAT OF THE SARIN USED IN SADDAM HUSSEIN'S PROGRAMME. WE GOT A CHEMICAL WEAPONS SPECIALIST TO STUDY THE REPORT'S FINDINGS. SHE SAID THE EVIDENCE POINTS TO THE ASSAD REGIME CARRYING OUT THE ATTACK. BUT THE RUSSIANS STILL CLAIM THAT THE SYRIAN OPPOSITION ORCHESTRATED THE ATTACK TO BRING AMERICA INTO THE WAR ON THEIR SIDE. I THINK SOME COLLEAGUES JUMPED TO THEIR CONCLUSIONS WHEN THEY WERE SAYING THAT THE SELLSTROM REPORT DEFINITIVELY PROVES THAT IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT FORCES WHO USED THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS. BUT DESPITE THIS FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE, THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN RUSSIA AND AMERICA STILL STANDS. TO BREAKING LOCAL NEWS NOW. AND NEW LABOUR LEADER DAVID CUNLIFFE HAS PICKED THE PARTY'S FINANCE SPOKESMAN DAVID PARKER AS HIS DEPUTY LEADER. THAT MEANS FORMER DEPUTY GRANT ROBERTSON, WHO STOOD AGAINST MR CUNLIFFE FOR PARTY LEADER, WILL BE THE SHADOW LEADER OF THE HOUSE. DAVID CUNLIFFE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT JUST MINUTES AGO. IT'S BEEN A VERY POSITIVE CAUCUS MEETING. OUR TEAM IS FIRED UP AND ENTHUSISATIC FOR THE CHALLENGE AHEAD. WE'VE ALSO AGREED THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SETTING UP SOME NEW INTERNAL PROCESSES, As we model the behaviours that we will need.. WITHIN THE PAST HALF HOUR, THE GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCED WHICH ORGANISATIONS HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE GO-AHEAD TO SET UP SO-CALLED 'PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS', ALSO KNOWN AS CHARTER SCHOOLS. 35 APPLICATIONS WERE MADE TO RUN THE SCHOOLS, WHICH WILL BE STATE FUNDED BUT RUN INDEPENDENTLY. FIVE SCHOOLS IN AUCKLAND AND NORTHLAND HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE GO-AHEAD IN THIS MORNING'S ANNOUNCEMENT. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL FIVE OF THOSE SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS. IT HAS BEEN A VERY DEMANDING PATH THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO TREAD SIMPLY TO GET TO THE POINT OF APPROVAL SO THAT THEY MIGHT OPEN ON DAY ONE TERM ONE NEXT YEAR. WE HAVE AN EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT IS AMONGST THE BST IN THE WORLD, AND AS THE PRIME MINISTER HAS ALREADY INDICATED, THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE DO WELL IN THAT SYSTEM. BUT WE AS A COALITION GOVERNMENT ARE INTERESTED IN ALL OF OUR CHILDREN DOING WELL, AND WE'RE INTERESTED IN ENSURING THAT CHOICE AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO PARENTS TO FIND THE MODEL THAT BEST FITS THEIR YOUNG CHILD. WINDY CONDITIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO ARE THREATENING TO DELAY TOMORROW'S AMERICA'S CUP RACING. WINDS OF OVER 20 KNOTS ARE FORECAST IN THE BAY FOR RACES 11 AND 12, AND COULD EXCEED THE 23-KNOT RACE LIMIT. ORACLE HAS BEEN OUT ON THE WATER PRACTISING TODAY, PROMPTING SPECULATION THE TEAM'S MADE FURTHER MODIFICATIONS TO THEIR BOAT. THE KIWIS LEAD THE SERIES SEVEN POINTS TO ONE, NEEDING TWO MORE WINS TO TAKE HOME THE CUP. POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO CANADIAN TOURISTS MISSING ON THE WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. CONNOR HAYES AND JOANNA LAM, WHO ARE BOTH IN THEIR EARLY 20S, WERE LAST SEEN AT FOX GLACIER A WEEK AGO. POLICE THINK THEY WERE DRIVING A RENTAL VEHICLE. THE ALARM WAS RAISED WHEN MS LAM FAILED TO CHECK IN TO HER NELSON ACCOMMODATION ON SUNDAY AND DIDN'T REPORT TO WORK THE NEXT DAY. AUCKLAND POLICE HAVE RELEASED CCTV FOOTAGE IN THE HOPE IT WILL HELP THEIR SEARCH FOR THREE VIOLENT CRIMINALS. THERE HAVE BEEN EIGHT AGGRAVATED ROBBERIES IN THE NEW LYNN AREA RECENTLY, AND POLICE BELIEVE THEY MAY BE CONNECTED. THE LATEST INCIDENT HAPPENED LAST THURSDAY AT A SUBWAY OUTLET, WHERE STAFF MEMBERS WERE ASSAULTED AND THROWN INTO A FREEZER. THE GOVERNMENT WILL ANNOUNCE ITS DECISION ON CONTROVERSIAL SNAPPER BAG LIMITS THIS AFTERNOON. RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN ARE STRONGLY AGAINST THE PROPOSAL, WHICH WOULD SEE DAILY LIMITS ON SNAPPER CAUGHT BETWEEN NORTHLAND AND THE BAY OF PLENTY REDUCED FROM NINE TO THREE. ANY DECISION NEEDS GO TO CABINET, BUT COULD COME INTO EFFECT NEXT MONTH. THERE'S MORE UNCERTAINTY FOR QUAKE-HIT CHRISTCHURCH RESIDENTS WHO CAN'T RETURN HOME BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF ROCKFALLS. THE GOVERNMENT'S GRANTED AN EXTENSION FOR THE USE OF SECTION 124 NOTICES, KNOWN AS 'RED STICKERS', MARKING THEIR HOMES AS HAZARDOUS. THEY GIVE THE COUNCIL POWER TO STOP PEOPLE OCCUPYING THE BUILDINGS. THE EXTENSION MEANS THE RED STICKERS CAN NOW STAY IN PLACE UNTIL 2016. WELL OVER A THOUSAND HOMES AND FARMS ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER A WEEK AFTER THE MASSIVE STORM THAT BROUGHT LINES DOWN AROUND CANTERBURY. MOST OF THE PROBLEMS ARE IN RURAL AREAS WEST OF THE CITY. THE SITUATION WAS COMPLICATED THIS MORNING BY A CAR CRASH THAT KNOCKED OVER A POWER POLE, CUTTING OFF A FURTHER 300 CUSTOMERS. GEO-TECHNICAL EXPERTS ARE ASSESSING A MASSIVE 50M-HIGH SLIP THAT CLOSED THE HAAST PASS FOLLOWING LAST WEEK'S STORM. BAD WEATHER HAS HAMPERED THE NZ TRANSPORT AGENCY'S EFFORTS TO REOPEN THE ROAD ON THE SOUTH ISLAND'S WEST COAST, MEANING A 1000KM DETOUR. IT'S HOPED TO REOPEN THE ROAD TOMORROW. THE NZ CATHOLIC CHURCH SAYS IT WILL INVESTIGATE FIVE NEW CLAIMS OF CHILD ABUSE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST A FORMER PRIEST ALREADY CONVICTED OF ABUSING CHILDREN. THE NEW CLAIMS DATE BACK TO ALLEGED ABUSE BETWEEN THE EARLY 1960S AND LATE 1980S. FOUR OF THE CLAIMS WERE FROM PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY WERE ABUSED BY TEACHERS OR PRIESTS AS CHILDREN. AT LEAST SEVEN CLAIMS OF ABUSE ARE STILL BEING INVESTIGATED, AND THE CHURCH EXPECTS EVEN MORE NZERS TO COME FORWARD AS AUSTRALIA'S ROYAL COMMISSION INTO CHILD SEX ABUSE GETS UNDERWAY. LOCAL PORTERS INJURED IN A DEADLY ATTACKS ON A HIKING GROUP IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA ARE LIKELY TO NEVER WALK AGAIN. THREE MEN, ALL PORTERS, WERE KILLED AND SEVERAL AUSTRALIANS AND A NZER WERE INJURED IN THE ATTACK. THE TOURISTS WERE EVACUATED, BUT THE LOCAL MEN DIDN'T GET IMMEDIATE MEDICAL CARE, DESPITE SEVERE INJURIES. TWO OF THE SIX ATTACKERS ARE STILL ON THE RUN. ENGINEERS IN ITALY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY LIFTED THE CRUISE SHIP COSTA CONCORDIA OFF THE ROCKS, 20 MONTHS AFTER IT RAN AGROUND. IT'S THE LARGEST MARINE SALVAGE OPERATION EVER ATTEMPTED, AND EFFORTS TO RIGHT THE SHIP ARE EXPECTED TO LAST UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. BUT ENGINEERS SAY THE MOST CHALLENGING PART HAS BEEN COMPLETED, DETACHING THE SHIP FROM THE ROCKS AND MOVING IT TO A PLATFORM ON THE SEABED. 32 PEOPLE DIED WHEN THE CRUISE LINER RAN AGROUND OFF THE TUSCAN COAST IN JANUARY LAST YEAR. POPULAR ENTERTAINER BILLY CONNOLLY IS HAVING TREATMENT FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE, WHILE ALSO RECOVERING FROM PROSTATE CANCERY SURGERY. BUT AS THE BBC'S LIZO MZIMBA REPORTS, THE COMEDIAN SAYS HIS HEALTH PROBLEMS WON'T SLOW HIM DOWN. THEY WERE SKINFLINTS. THEY'D TAKE ME TO THE PET DEPARTMENT, TELL ME IT WAS A ZOO. I'M DOWN ON RECORD AT SCHOOL SAYING, 'WHY SHOULD I LEARN ALGEBRA? 'I'VE NO INTENTION OF EVER GOING THERE.' HIS CAREER OF ONE OF THE NATION'S BEST-LOVED ENTERTAINERS ALREADY STRETCHES FOR CLOSE TO FOUR DECADES. TODAY CAME THE NEWS OF THE 70-YEAR-OLD'S HEALTH PROBLEMS. HE'S UNDERGONE SURGERY IN AMERICA FOR THE EARLY STAGES OF PROSTATE CANCER ` AN OPERATION WHICH WAS A TOTAL SUCCESS. A SPOKESPERSON ADDED THAT... WHEN GIDEON SAVED... THE FORMER SHIPYARD WELDER TURNED COMEDIAN TURNED FILM STAR IS ONE OF SHOW BUSINESS' MOST VERSATILE TALENTS, EARNING A BAFTA NOMINATION OPPOSITE JUDI DENCH'S QUEEN VICTORIA IN 'MRS BROWN'. FOR GOD'S SAKE, WOMAN, I'M TRYING TO SEE YOU SAFE. HE HAS NO INTENTION OF STOPPING WORKING. EXPERTS ON PARKINSON'S DISEASE, WHICH TYPICALLY CAUSES INVOLUNTARY TREMORS AND OTHER MOVEMENT PROBLEMS, AGREE, A DIAGNOSIS OF PARKINSON'S IS REALLY CHALLENGING, BUT I KNOW THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE REALLY POSITIVE LIVES FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. LAST YEAR, BOB HOSKINS RETIRED AFTER HE LEARNT HE HAD PARKINSON'S, WHILE MICHAEL J FOX, FIRST DIAGNOSED MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO, IS ON THE COVER OF THIS WEEK'S 'ROLLING STONE' SPEAKING ABOUT HIS FULL-TIME RETURN TO ACTING. AND BILLY HIMSELF SAYS HE'LL SOON START FILMING A TV SERIES, AND HE'S PLANNING A THEATRICAL TOUR OF NZ IN 2014. FILM-MAKER SIR PETER JACKSON'S BEEN BESTOWED WITH THE COUNTRY'S HIGHEST HONOUR FOR 'SERVICES TO NZ'. THE MULTI-AWARD WINNING DIRECTOR'S FORMALLY BECOME A MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF NZ THIS MORNING. IT HONOURS HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NZ FILM INDUSTRY. OBVIOUSLY IT'S SOMETHING I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AFTER AND MAKE SURE THAT MY CHILDREN KNOW WHERE TO FIND IT. (CHUCKLES) BUT I DO HOPE TO HANG ON TO IT FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, FINGERS CROSSED. THE ORDER IS RESTRICTED TO JUST 20 LIVING MEMBERS, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE CURRENTLY ONLY 16. SIR PETER'S ONE OF FOUR ADDITIONAL MEMBERS ANNOUNCED TO CELEBRATE THE QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE. RETURNING TO BREAKING NEWS ` LABOUR LEADER DAVID CUNLIFFE HAS ANNOUNCED HIS CAUCIS RESHUFFLE. DAVID PARKER HAS BEEN ELECTED DEPUTY LEADER AND WILL REMAIN AS THE PARTY'S FINANCE SPOKESMAN. FORMER DEPUTY LEADER GRANT ROBERTSON, WHO STOOD AGAINST MR CUNLIFFE FOR PARTY LEADER, WILL NOW BE THE SHADOW LEADER OF THE HOUSE. SUE MORONEY HAS BEEN APPOINTED SENIOR WHIP, WITH IAN LEES-GALLOWAY AS JUNIOR WHIP. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. THEN IN SPORT, LIVERPOOL BACK AT THE TOP OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE. AND SOME WATSON WALLOPS SET UP AUSTRALIA FOR A SERIES WIN IN ENGLAND. S WITH ME NOW IS CHRIS TIMMS FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. CHORUS IS MAKING SUBMISSIONS ON THE WHOLESALE PRICE OF COPPER LINES. AND THEY CALLED IN A HEAVY HITTER? Course released to the market the announcement of theIr submission. They've called in Ross Patterson. TOWER ARE GIVING SHAREHOLDERS SOME MONEY BACK? In May they announced sale of a business to Fidelity. Two lots of funding will be returned. LARRY SUMMERS OUT OF THE RUNNING TO BE THE FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN? The business community breathes a sigh of relief. With his dropout we have seen an improvement in markets overnight. THANK YOU, CHRIS TIMMS FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. SHANE WATSON'S EIGHTH ONE-DAY CENTURY HAS HELPED AUSTRALIA END THEIR TORRID TOUR OF ENGLAND ON A HIGH. THE TOURISTS CLINCHING THE ODI SERIES 2-1 AFTER WINNING THE FIFTH AND FINAL MATCH BY 49 RUNS IN SOUTHAMPTON. WATSON PLUNDERED SIX SIXES ON HIS WAY TO 143 OFF JUST 107 BALLS. THE BATSMAN BLASTING 26 RUNS OFF ONE JOE ROOT OVER. GOES BIG. CARBERRY'S THERE. IT'S SIX. GOES AGAIN. NO DOUBTING THAT ONE WHATEVER SIZE THE BOUNDARY. SIX MORE. AND HE'S NOT FINISHED. SIX MORE. WATSON'S 100 AND MICHAEL CLARKE'S 75 LIFTING AUSTRALIA TO 298 ALL OUT. ENGLAND MANAGING JUST 249 IN REPLY. GONE THIS TIME. BOWLED HIM, AND AUSTRALIA WIN. THEY WIN THIS MATCH. THEY WIN THIS SERIES. THEY HAVE BEEN THE BETTER SIDE. AUSTRALIA WITH AT LEAST ONE TROPHY TO TAKE HOME AFTER LOSING THE ASHES. LIVERPOOL ARE BACK ON TOP IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE DESPITE BEING HELD TO A DRAW BY LOWLY RANKED SWANSEA CITY. LIVERPOOL WERE AHEAD 2-1 AT HALF TIME AFTER A DREADFUL MISTAKE BY SWANSEA MIDFIELDER JONJO SHELVY. GIVEN AWAY BY SHELVY. STRAIGHT TO MOSES. MOSES ALL THE WAY. A DEBUT GOAL FOR VICTOR MOSES. BUT THEN SWANSEA'S NEW STAR SIGNING RESPONDED. SHELVY'S MADE THE RUN HERE. MICHU! THE DRAW IS THE FIRST TIME LIVERPOOL HAVEN'T WON THIS SEASON. BUT THEY'RE ON 10 POINTS ` ONE AHEAD OF ARSENAL AND SPURS AFTER FOUR MATCHES. AMERICAN GOLFER ZACH JOHNSON'S WON HIS FIRST TOURNAMENT OF THE YEAR WITH A TWO-SHOT VICTORY AT THE RAIN-DELAYED BMW CHAMPIONSHIP NEAR CHICAGO. JOHNSON CARDED SIX BIRDIES IN HIS BOGEY-FREE FINAL ROUND AT CONWAY FARMS, INCLUDING TWO OF THE THREE CLOSING HOLES, TO FINISH WITH A SIX-UNDER-PAR 65. CROWD CHEERS HE'S GOT IT GOING ON RIGHT NOW, ZACH JOHNSON. WHAT A PUTTING ROUND. HAS THE LOOK OF A WINNER. JIM FURYK COULDN'T CASH IN ON HIS RECORD-EQUALLING SECOND ROUND OF 59, AND HIS THREE-YEAR VICTORY DROUGHT CONTINUES. IT'S THE SIXTH CONSECUTIVE TIME HE'S LOST AFTER HAVING A SHARE OF THE LEAD GOING INTO THE FINAL ROUND. FURYK FINISHED THREE SHOTS BACK IN THIRD, WITH NICK WATNEY IN SECOND. LIONS PLAYER MANU TUILAGI IS UNDER FIRE FOR PULLING A PRANK ON THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER. TUILAGI GAVE DAVID CAMERON 'BUNNY EARS' IN AN OFFICIAL PHOTO WHILE CELEBRATING THE LIONS SERIES VICTORY OVER AUSTRALIA. HE'S SINCE TWEETED HE'S SORRY AND NO OFFENCE WAS INTENDED. BUT IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME HE'S CAUSED A STIR. THE SAMOAN-BORN PLAYER JUMPED OFF A FERRY DURING THE RUGBY WORLD CUP HERE IN 2011. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. AND A RARE SHOW OF EMOTION AS PRINCE WILLIAM RECALLS HIS LATE MOTHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. A LOW CRAWLING AWAY OFF THE NORTH-EAST OF CAPE REINGA LEAVES BEHIND DRIZZLE AND SHOWERS FOR THE TOP OF THE NORTH ISLAND, WHILE A HIGH MOVES UP THE MIDDLE OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, BRINGING SUNSHINE THERE AND SPREADS FINE WEATHER ACROSS THE STRAIT TOO. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ PRINCE WILLIAM HAS GIVEN A RARE PERSONAL INTERVIEW, SAYING HIS INTEREST IN CONSERVATION WAS SPARKED BY HIS MOTHER, PRINCESS DIANA. THE PRIVATE ROYAL FOUGHT BACK TEARS DURING A TELEVISION INTERVIEW IN WHICH HE OPENED UP ABOUT HIS MOTHER AND SPOKE ABOUT HIS CONNECTION TO AFRICA. THE INFECTIOUS ENTHUSIASM AND THE ENERGY THAT SHE HAD THAT REALLY RUBBED OFF ON ME FOR CAUSES SUCH AS THIS. PRINCE WILLIAM SAYS HE FINDS SANCTUARY IN AFRICA AND HOPES TO PASS ON HIS LOVE FOR ENDANGERED ANIMALS TO HIS YOUNG SON. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY TRACEY DAWSON AND DESNEY SHAW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013