TONIGHT ` FIERY EXCHANGES AS THE LABOUR AND NATIONAL LEADERS GO HEAD TO HEAD. THREE WEEKS OUT FROM THE ELECTION, WHO WON THE SECOND LEADERS' DEBATE? THE U.N. CALLS ANOTHER EMERGENCY SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR URGENT TALKS AS NORTH KOREA RAISES TENSIONS WITH ITS NUCLEAR AMBITIONS. AND A ROYAL BABY ANNOUNCEMENT ` PRINCE WILLIAM AND THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE ARE EXPECTING A THIRD CHILD. THE LEADERS OF NEW ZEALAND'S BIGGEST POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE JUST FACED OFF IN THEIR FEISTIEST BATTLE YET. NATIONAL'S BILL ENGLISH AND LABOUR'S JACINDA ARDERN BUTTED HEADS ON NEWSHUB'S LEADERS' DEBATE ON ISSUES OF POVERTY, THE ECONOMY AND HOUSING. 1 NEWS POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN REPORTS. TONIGHT'S DEBATE CAME HARD ON THE HEELS OF CLAIMS BY NATIONAL THAT LABOUR HAS A NEARLY $12B HOLE IN ITS SPENDING PLANS. AND THE PAIR SOON TRADED BLOWS OVER THE ISSUES. I KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO HIT OUR CREDIBILITY. THAT IS WHY WE PRODUCED A FISCAL PLAN. WE BETTER HOPE THAT'S THE UPDATED VERSION, BECAUSE IT'S CHANGED SINCE 10 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING WHEN STEPHEN JOYCE PUT OUT THE PRESS RELEASE. AS WITH PREVIOUS DEBATES, HOUSING WAS A BIG FEATURE, WITH JACINDA ARDERN ON THE ATTACK OVER AFFORABLITY. YOU'VE HAD NINE YEARS. IT'S TIME TO HAND IT OVER TO SOMEONE WHO HAS A VISION AND A PLAN. (APPLAUSE) NO, WE'VE GOT A VISION FOR THE HOUSING. BILL ENGLISH HITTING BACK OVER LABOUR'S ABILITY TO DELIVER ON ITS HOUSING PROMISES. THERE'S 30,000 HOUSES A YEAR GETTING BUILT, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'LL STALL THAT ` CAPITAL GAINS TAX COMPREHENSIVELY AND CUTTING BACK THE IMMIGRATION THAT SUPPLIES THE SKILLS. JACINDA ARDERN THEN WENT ON THE ATTACK OVER NATIONAL'S TAX CUTS, SAYING THAT SHE AND MR ENGLISH DIDN'T NEED THEM. WE'RE AXING A TAX CUT FOR ME. WE'RE AXING A TAX CUT FOR BILL. WHAT WE'RE PUTTING IN INSTEAD IS A PACKAGE THAT MEANS THAT 70% OF FAMILIES WILL BE BETTER OFF THAN THAT TAX CUT PACKAGE. THIS ISN'T ABOUT ME AND JACINDA. THIS IS ABOUT HARD-WORKING PEOPLE... EXACTLY. ...ON THE AVERAGE WAGE,... EXACTLY. ...WHO DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO KEEP A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THEIR CASH. IT WAS ON THE ISSUE OF CHILD POVERTY HOWEVER WHERE THINGS GOT HEATED, WITH BILL PROMISING A NEW TARGET TONIGHT. IS THAT YOUR TARGET? ARE YOU COMMITTING TO ONE TONIGHT, OF BRINGING 100,000 KIDS OUT OF POVERTY? COS YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THAT A TARGET. YOU'VE GOT A TARGET FOR EVERYTHING ELSE. YES. YES, I AM COMMITTING TO THAT. AND I'M PLEASED ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE ACTUALLY WE'VE BEEN ASKING HIM TO DO THAT FOR NINE YEARS. MS ARDERN, HOWEVER, MADE HER OWN PROMISE TONIGHT, SAYING LIKE JOHN KEY SHE WOULD RESIGN BEFORE HIKING THE AGE OF SUPER ELIGIBILITY. YOU'LL RESIGN RATHER THAN RAISE THE AGE OF SUPER FROM 65? YES. YOU WILL? ISN'T THAT LETTING DOWN HER GENERATION? BECAUSE THEY ARE GONNA HAVE TO PAY THE BILL FOR THAT. SO WE'RE TWO DEBATES DOWN, WITH BOTH LEADERS HAVING THEIR MOMENTS. I WANT YOU TO TELL NEW ZEALAND WHAT'S DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAN LAST TIME, AND YOU CAN'T SAY EXPERIENCE. I GOT UP AGAIN. TELL VOTERS IN NEW ZEALAND TONIGHT ONE THING THAT YOU HAVE - ONE PERSONALITY TRAIT THAT YOUR VERY EXPERIENCED OPPONENT DOESN'T. GENERATIONAL CHANGE AND A VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF NEW ZEALAND. THEY WILL SQUARE OFF AGAIN IN CHRISTCHURCH ON THURSDAY. LET'S GET SOME MORE ANALYSIS FROM OUR POLITICAL EDITOR, CORIN DANN. DO YOU THINK THERE WAS A CLEAR WINNER FROM TONIGHT? THEY BOTH DEBATED STRONGLY. THERE WERE SOME MOMENTS WHEN ENGLISH SHOWED HIS EXPERIENCE. BIG MOMENT WAS HIM COMMITTING TO REDUCING CHILD POVERTY NUMBERS. DID THAT SURPRISE YOU, GIVEN WHAT NATIONAL HAVEN'T DONE? YES, IT WAS AN AREA OF WEAKNESS. JACINDA ADERN WAS STRONG IN OTHER AREAS. SHE WAS STRONG AROUND DETAIL IN THEIR FISCAL PLAN. SHE DID WELL TO RAISE NUMEROUS FINANCIAL JOURNALISTS... WHO SAID THERE IS NO HOLE IN THE PLAN. SHE GOT A LITTLE TANGLED AROUND IMMIGRATION AND ENGLISH... TOOK THE ADVANTAGE. JACINDA ADERN STARTED AND FINISHED BETTER... AND ARTICULATED A VISION WELL. ANOTHER POLL ON THURSDAY. WE HAVE A DIFFERENCE WITH THE NEWHUB POLL, WHICH HAS NATIONAL IN THE LEAD. JUST A REMINDER ` THERE'S A GREAT WAY TO HELP YOU FIND WHICH PARTY POLICIES ARE MOST IN LINE WITH YOUR VIEWS. THE 1 NEWS ONLINE TOOL, VOTE COMPASS, IS LIVE ON ` FROM THERE YOU CAN FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY FOLLOWING THE SIMPLE STEPS. IN THE NEXT THREE HOURS THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL WILL BE HOLDING ANOTHER EMERGENCY SESSION TO TALK ABOUT NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS. SOUTH KOREA SAYS IT BELIEVES THE NORTH IS PLANNING ANOTHER MISSILE LAUNCH, AND SOON. TENSIONS HAVE ESCALATED AFTER THE ROGUE NATION CARRIED OUT ITS SIXTH NUCLEAR BOMB TEST YESTERDAY ` ITS BIGGEST YET. NICOLE BREMNER REPORTS. A SHOW OF FORCE FROM SOUTH KOREA AND THE UNITED STATES IN RESPONSE TO A DEFIANT REGIME PURSUING ITS NUCLEAR AMBITIONS. ANY THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES OR ITS TERRITORIES, INCLUDING GUAM, OR OUR ALLIES WILL BE MET WITH A MASSIVE MILITARY RESPONSE ` A RESPONSE BOTH EFFECTIVE AND OVERWHELMING. NONE OF THE MILITARY OPTIONS ARE GOOD. THEY COULD BASICALLY VAPORISE LARGE PARTS OF THE SOUTH KOREAN POPULATION. CLAIMS OF THE SUCCESSFUL DETONATION OF A HYDROGEN BOMB BROUGHT CHEERS ON THE STREETS OF PYONGYANG. (APPLAUSE) REPORTS IT WAS FOUR-AND-A-HALF TIMES MORE POWERFUL THAN THE ONE DROPPED ON NAGASAKI HAVE ALARMED NORTH KOREA'S NEIGHBOURS, WITH MILLIONS POTENTIALLY IN HARM'S WAY. THE WHOLE WORLD IS REALLY OUT OF ANY MILITARY OPTION IN NORTH KOREA. THE ONLY THING REALLY LEFT IS ECONOMIC PRESSURE, POLITICAL PRESSURE, DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE TO CHINA TO THROTTLE BACK THE NORTH KOREAN PROGRAMME. ALLIES CHINA AND RUSSIA FELT THE FORCE OF THE BLAST. CHINA IS NOW WARNING NORTH KOREA TO... 'STOP TAKING ERRONEOUS ACTIONS THAT DETERIORATE THE SITUATION.' RUSSIA'S DEMANDING... 'IMMEDIATE DIALOGUE AND NEGOTIATIONS', AND SOUTH KOREA SAYS ITS PRESIDENT MOON WILL SPEAK TO THE U.S. ABOUT WAYS TO DEPLOY WHAT HE CALLS 'THE STRONGEST STRATEGIC ASSETS'. THE SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT SEEMS TO BE SIGNALLING THAT HE'S GOING TO ASK THE UNITED STATES TO REINTRODUCE U.S. TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS. IN RECENT MONTHS, NORTH KOREA HAS PROVED IT HAS MISSILES THAT CAN REACH THE U.S. MAINLAND. THE SPEED OF PROGRESS IS ESCALATING CONCERN. WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO THE TOTAL ANNIHILATION OF A COUNTRY ` NAMELY, NORTH KOREA. BUT, AS I SAID, WE HAVE MANY OPTIONS TO DO SO. AND WITH U.N. SANCTIONS HAVING LITTLE EFFECT AND PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKES CONSIDERED HIGH RISK, SOME EXPERTS SAY KIM JONG-UN'S IN THE BOX SEAT, PRESSURE NOW ON THOSE WHO OPPOSE HIM. NICOLE BREMNER, 1 NEWS. A SECOND MAN HAS APPEARED IN COURT IN CONNECTION WITH THE INFAMOUS MURDER AT THE RED FOX TAVERN 30 YEARS AGO. THE 58-YEAR-OLD, WHO HAS NAME SUPPRESSION, FACES ONE CHARGE OF MURDERING PUBLICAN CHRIS BUSH AND ANOTHER OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY. POLICE SAY THE ARRESTS IN THE COLD CASE CAME AFTER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC RESPONDED TO A RECENT EPISODE OF POLICE TEN 7 WITH FRESH INFORMATION. THE PAIR WILL BE BACK IN COURT IN A FORTNIGHT. AN APPLICATION TO BUILD A WATER BOTTLING FACTORY AT POROTI SPRINGS IN NORTHLAND HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD, BUT LOCALS ARE VOWING TO KEEP FIGHTING. MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE MARCHED THROUGH CENTRAL WHANGAREI TODAY PROTESTING AGAINST ZODIAC HOLDINGS' PLANS TO BUILD AND OPERATE A BOTTLING PLANT. THE COMPANY ALREADY HAS A PERMIT TO EXTRACT WATER. WE'RE OPPOSED TO BOTTLING WATER FULL STOP. WE'RE OPPOSED TO THAT WATER ENDING UP OVERSEAS. WE WANT THE WATER TO STAY IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SUSTAIN US. PROTESTORS MARCHED TO THE COUNCIL'S OFFICES TO DELIVER SUBMISSION DOCUMENTS. MEANWHILE, A CHEEKY PIECE OF 'PROTEST ART' HASN'T FAZED ENVIRONMENT MINISTER NICK SMITH. THE LARGER-THAN-LIFE SCULPTURE, DEPICTING NICK SMITH WITH HIS PANTS DOWN SQUATTING OVER A GLASS OF WATER, WAS PARADED OUTSIDE ENVIRONMENT CANTERBURY OFFICES TODAY. THE ARTIST BEHIND IT SAYS HE WANTS TO HIGHLIGHT WATER POLLUTION ISSUES. IT'S A METAPHOR, SATIRE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ART, BUT IT'S THE BEST THING I CAN DO, COS THAT'S MY LANGUAGE, ART. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXPRESS THEIR POLITICAL OPINIONS WITHOUT GETTING, SORT OF, CRASS IN THE WAY THIS HAS OCCURRED. I'M NOT TOO BOTHERED BY IT. MEANWHILE, POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN INCIDENT INVOLVING DR SMITH OVER THE WEEKEND, WHERE PROTESTERS ALLEGEDLY THREW RAT POISON IN HIS FACE WHILE HE WAS OUT CAMPAIGNING. THERE'S MORE PAIN FOR GRIEVING RELATIVES AFTER VANDALS STRUCK RICHMOND CEMETERY NEAR NELSON FOR THE SECOND TIME IN JUST A FEW DAYS. MORE THAN 70 HEADSTONES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED IN THE RECENT ATTACKS. KAITLIN RUDDOCK REPORTS. LAID TO REST IN PEACE THAT'S NOW BEEN SHATTERED ` DOZENS OF HEADSTONES AT RICHMOND CEMETERY FOUND BROKEN, OVERTURNED, AND IN SOME CASES, ALMOST BEYOND REPAIR. JENNIFER WALTERS JUST BURIED HER MUM ON SATURDAY, NEVER EXPECTING TO LEAVE HER TO THIS. IT WAS SURREAL. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, COS I ALWAYS BELIEVED IT WAS SUCH A SAFE PLACE TO BE. MY HUSBAND, DENNIS, DIED NEARLY 10 YEARS AGO. I GUESS THE THING FOR ME IS THAT, ON THE STONE ARE ALL THE CHILDREN'S NAMES. IT'S TERRIBLE TO THINK THAT SOMEONE THINKS THEY'VE GOT THE RIGHT TO GO DOWN AND KICK IT OVER. AROUND 60 HEADSTONES WERE DAMAGED ON THURSDAY NIGHT. BUT THEN ON SATURDAY NIGHT, AT LEAST ANOTHER 60 WERE DESECRATED, RIGHT BEFORE FAMILIES HAD COME TO GATHER HERE TO MARK FATHER'S DAY. WORK'S UNDERWAY TO REPAIR THE GRAVES. THE TOTAL COST OF THE DAMAGE IS STILL NOT CLEAR. THERE ARE FEARS THE VANDALS WILL STRIKE AGAIN AND THE COUNCIL IS RETHINKING SECURITY. WE HAVE HAD SECURITY ON. WE ARE LOOKING AT CAMERAS. BUT WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA TELL PEOPLE EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE WE'D LIKE THERE TO BE MEASURES. WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO CATCH WHOEVER IS DOING THIS AND STOP THEM. WE HAVE HAD FORENSIC TEAMS OUT HERE HAVING A LOOK AT THE SCENE. BUT OF COURSE WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANYBODY THAT HAS ANY INFORMATION AT ALL ABOUT THIS. CHRISTINE TUFFNELL KNOWS WHAT SHE THINKS SHOULD HAPPEN TO THE CULPRITS. I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO MEET THESE PEOPLE FACE-TO-FACE AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE EPISODE WITH THEM. AND FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, IN TERMS OF A SENTENCE, I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM DO COMMUNITY SERVICE IN A CEMETERY, UNDER SUPERVISION. THE COUNCIL'S NOW WORKING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH AFFECTED FAMILIES, WHILE LOCALS PONDER WHO COULD HAVE DONE SUCH A THING. KAITLIN RUDDOCK, 1 NEWS. THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE HAVE ANNOUNCED THEY ARE EXPECTING THEIR THIRD CHILD. KENSINGTON PALACE HAS CONFIRMED THE NEWS IN A STATEMENT, SAYING THE QUEEN AND BOTH FAMILIES ARE DELIGHTED WITH THE NEWS. THE BABY WILL BE A BROTHER OR SISTER FOR PRINCE GEORGE (4) AND PRINCESS CHARLOTTE (2). AS WITH HER PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES, THE DUCHESS IS SUFFERING FROM HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM, A SEVERE FORM OF MORNING SICKNESS. JUST AHEAD, SOUTH ASIA GRAPPLES WITH MASS FLOODING AND MASS HOMELESSNESS AFTER A MONSOON CLAIMS THOUSANDS OF LIVES. AND FLIPS AND TRICKS ON THE SLOPES LEAD TO A DOUBLE MEDAL HAUL FOR KIWIS AT THE WINTER GAMES. . To create a home as warm and healthy as this, you need three things ` warm it up with insulation in ceilings and floors and by stopping draughts; dry it out by tackling dampness at its source; and air it out by opening windows a few times a day to help keep your home dry. Remember ` MORE THAN 1400 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE CATASTROPHIC MONSOON FLOODS IN SOUTH ASIA. BUT AS THE BBC'S JUSTIN ROWLATT REPORTS FROM NORTH-EAST INIDA, MANY MORE ARE NOW HOMELESS. THEY'RE MIXING UP HUGE POTS OF VEGETABLE CURRY AND DAL ` FOOD FOR THOSE LEFT DESTITUTE BY THE FLOODS. AND THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF DEMAND. 'I'M HELPLESS,' RAJU TELLS ME. 'THE FLOODS TOOK EVERYTHING WE OWN.' BUT YOU CAN REBUILD A HOUSE OR REPLANT A FIELD; THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU NEVER RECOVER FROM. (SPEAKS NORTH-INDIAN DIALECT) SO, THEY CAME DOWN HERE TO GET PROVISIONS, AND THE WATER WAS JUST UP TO THEIR KNEES. AND THEN WHEN THEY TURNED TO GO BACK, SUDDENLY THIS GREAT SURGE OF WATER CAME DOWN, AND IT DRAGGED THEM AWAY ` DRAGGED THE FATHER AND THE WOMEN AWAY. AND THE WOMEN MANAGED TO GRAB HOLD OF THE TREES DOWN HERE. SHE SAID SHE WATCHED AS HER FATHER WAS SWEPT AWAY. THIS WAS THE WORST FLOOD IN THE REGION FOR DECADES. ALMOST 1M OF RAIN FELL IN JUST TWO DAYS ACROSS A VAST AREA OF NEPAL AND NORTH INDIA. IT CAME DOWN THE RIVER AS A GREAT PULSE OF WATER. JUST LOOK AT THIS ENORMOUS EMBANKMENT, AND JUST IMAGINE, FOR A MOMENT, THE FORCE NEEDED TO PUNCH THIS HOLE INTO IT. AND THE FEAR IS THAT CLIMATE SCIENTISTS SAY THAT EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS LIKE THIS AND THE DESTRUCTION THEY BRING WITH THEM ARE ONLY GOING TO GET MORE COMMON. AND THAT IS A TERRIFYING PROSPECT FOR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES LIKE THESE. A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED IN LOS ANGELES AS IT FIGHTS ITS BIGGEST EVER FIRE. BUT AS ABC'S JIM AVILA REPORTS, IT'S JUST ONE OF THE BLAZES SWEEPING AMERICA'S WESTERN STATES. WOMAN: AND THE FIRE IS RIGHT HERE. A STATE OF EMERGENCY TONIGHT AS CREWS BATTLE A WILDFIRE BURNING IN AMERICA'S SECOND-LARGEST CITY. IT'S THE LARGEST FIRE BY ACRES WITHIN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. IT'S THE LARGEST FIRE BY ACRES WITHIN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. FOR FIRE CREWS, IT'S AN ALL-OUT ASSAULT, FROM THE AIR TO THE GROUND, IN THIS BURBANK SUBURB. SO FAR, THE WILDFIRE HAS CHARRED MORE THAN 5800 ACRES OF LAND, FORCING MORE THAN 700 EVACUATIONS. PANIC AS HOMEOWNERS LOAD UP CARS AND PETS, DESPERATE TO GET OUT. ALL THE MEMORABILIA THAT I NEEDED TO GET OUT IS IN THE CAR. SO FAR IN LOS ANGELES, THREE HOMES HAVE BEEN LOST. WE'VE LOST THREE, AND WE HAVE ONE DAMAGED WITHIN ALMOST 6000 ACRES OF FIRE. MANY EVACUEES ARE NOW ALLOWED BACK HOME. TONIGHT THE FIRE DANGER EXTENDS ACROSS THE WEST, WITH DOZENS OF FIRES BURNING ACROSS EIGHT STATES. IN OREGON, AN URGENT MISSION IN THE MOUNTAINS ` OOH, THAT'S TOASTY. THAT HIKER AND MORE THAN 100 OTHERS WERE STRANDED OVERNIGHT. AUTHORITIES DROPPED NOTES FROM HELICOPTERS WARNING THEM TO SHELTER IN PLACE. BUT LATE THIS AFTERNOON, RESCUE CREWS BROUGHT THEM TO SAFETY, REUNITING THEM WITH FAMILY. THAT FIRE IN EAGLE CREEK GORGE BURNING UP TO 3000 ACRES. WE BELIEVE IT WAS HUMAN-CAUSED. WE DON'T HAVE MANY SPECIFIC DETAILS TO SHARE AT THIS POINT, BUT OREGON STATE POLICE IS INVESTIGATING. ELSEWHERE IN THE U.S., THE MAYOR OF HOUSTON HAS ORDERED NEW EVACUATIONS AS THE CITY CARRIES OUT CONTROLLED RELEASES OF BURSTING RESERVOIRS. BUT FOR THOSE PLACES WHERE THE FLOODWATER HAS SUBSIDED, THE SCENES ARE DEVASTATING. THE ABC'S VICTOR OQUENDO REPORTS. A LIFE-THREATENING EMERGENCY IN WEST HOUSTON TONIGHT ` HUNDREDS IN FLOODED HOMES NOW UNDER NEW MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS. THE CONTROLLED RELEASE OF TWO MAJOR RESERVOIRS IS EXPECTED TO RAISE WATER LEVELS EVEN HIGHER. IF YOU'VE GOT WATER IN YOUR HOME, I'M REQUIRING YOU TO EVACUATE. JESSICA CASTRO PAREDES FLED HER HOME ON MONDAY. THIS IS IT BEFORE. TONIGHT IT'S FLOODED. WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO END AND HOW IT'S GOING TO END. OFFICIALS NOW CUTTING POWER TO THOUSANDS TO REDUCE THE DANGER FROM ELECTROCUTION. WE FOLLOWED ONE TEAM ON A HIGH-WATER RESCUE OPERATION. WE'RE IN THE BEAR CREEK VILLAGE NEIGHBOURHOOD IN WEST HOUSTON. SOME SPOTS HERE ARE STILL UNDER 5FT OF WATER. WE'RE RIDING ALONG IN A HIGH-WATER RESCUE VEHICLE, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S NO LOOTING GOING ON AND CHECKING TO SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE NEEDS TO BE RESCUED. CARS SUBMERGED, THEIR ROOFS DAMAGED BY BOAT PROPELLERS. RESIDENTS HERE ARE BEING TOLD THE WATER WON'T RECEDE FOR WEEKS. WHAT'S YOUR HOUSE LIKE NOW? PROBABLY IN 7FT OF WATER. TOTAL DEVASTATION. AND TONIGHT THAT CHEMICAL PLANT JUST OUTSIDE HOUSTON IS IN DANGER OF MORE EXPLOSIONS. THE COOLING SYSTEM IS BROKEN; NOTHING PREVENTING OTHER REACTORS FROM OVERHEATING. THROUGHOUT THIS DISASTER, ACTS OF KINDNESS ON DISPLAY. ACADEMY SPORTING GOODS OPENED ITS DOORS TO MORE THAN 1000 RESCUERS. (WOMAN SINGS HYMN) AND TODAY A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS HEALING WITH HOPE. DONATIONS TO THE RELIEF EFFORT HAVE BEEN COMING THICK AND FAST FOR TEXAS, AND SPORTS STARS ARE AMONG THOSE GIVING. TODAY IT WAS HOUSTON NATIVE STACEY LEWIS AFTER AN EMOTIONAL VICTORY ON THE LPGA TOUR. LEWIS HAD PLEDGED TO DONATE WHATEVER HER PRIZE MONEY WAS PRIOR TO THE TOURNAMENT IN PORTLAND, OREGON, AND DURING THE FINAL ROUND HER SPONSOR KPMG ANNOUNCED THEY'D MATCH THE DONATION. SHE TOOK A THREE-SHOT LEAD INTO THE FINAL ROUND, SINKING THIS PUTT FOR A ONE-SHOT WIN AND $272,000. THE ICING ON THE CAKE ` IT'S LEWIS' FIRST WIN SINCE JUNE 2014 IN WHICH TIME SHE'S FINISHED RUNNER-UP 12 TIMES. IT'S BEEN A DOUBLE SHOT ON THE PODIUM FOR KIWI SNOWBOARDERS AT THE WINTER GAMES AT CARDRONA, NEAR WANAKA. IN THE MEN'S SLOPESTYLE, CHRISTCHURCH'S CARLOS GARCIA KNIGHT DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED HIS FIRST ROUND SCORE, DOING ENOUGH ON HIS LAST JUMP TO TAKE THIRD PLACE AND WIN HIS FIRST EVER WORLD CUP MEDAL. I DON'T KNOW. IT'S A RUN THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR, AND I LANDED IT IN PRACTICE, SO IT WOULD'VE BEEN A SHAME TO SEE IT GO TO WASTE. SO I'M JUST STOKED THAT I PUT IT DOWN AND HAPPY HOW I RODE. AND 16-YEAR-OLD LOCAL ZOI SADOWSKI-SYNNOTT EARNED A BRONZE AFTER LIFTING HER SCORE IN HER SECOND RUN, PULLING OFF THIS DOUBLE BACKFLIP ON HER LAST JUMP. SCOTT DIXON IS EDGING CLOSER TO A FIFTH INDYCAR CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE. THE KIWI FINISHED SECOND AT THE NEW YORK GRAND PRIX TODAY, LESS THAN A SECOND BEHIND WINNER ALEXANDER ROSSI. DIXON. THIS CHAMPIONSHIP IS TIGHT, WITH ONE RACE TO GO. DIXON'S PODIUM PLACING LEAVES HIM JUST THREE POINTS BEHIND LEADER JOSEF NEWGARDEN. JUST AHEAD ` WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEEK'S WEATHER FORECAST. AND A DRAMATIC TRIP TO THE LAUNDROMAT, ALL CAUGHT ON CAMERA. A TRIP TO THE LAUNDROMAT HAS TAKEN A DRAMATIC TURN FOR A GROUP OF NEW YORKERS, AFTER A CAR PLOUGHED THROUGH THE GLASS STOREFRONT. SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO CAPTURED THE SHOCKING MOMENT, THE SUV SEEN REVERSING FROM ITS PARKING SPACE AND CRASHING INTO THE STATTEN ISLAND SHOP, KNOCKING OVER PEOPLE, TABLES AND CARTS. REMARKABLY, EVERYONE SURVIVED, BUT THREE PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. POLICE SAY THE DRIVER (74) DROVE INTO THE STORE BY ACCIDENT. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER. (THE WAR ON DRUGS' 'NOTHING TO FIND') FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND JAKE EBDALE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.