Transcripts For KGO Good Morning America Weekend Edition 202

KGO Good Morning America Weekend Edition July 14, 2024

Field, please. Spectators sent running from this High School Football game. The frightening moments that caused this stampede. Antonio brown sacked. The wide receiver cut by the patriots. Im good, okay. Thank you. The move just hours after coach belichick abruptly ends a News Conference with swirling questions about brown. Was a new misconduct claim the last straw . And close call. This surfer coming within feet of a great white shark. I looked more like an offering on a platter than i do anything else. How he got away and the warning to other beachgoers this morning. Good morning. Also coming up this morning after that record rainfall in houston, were getting a clearer view of the damage. Rob is just back from that area and has the incredible story of a 16yearold Football Player who saved a mother and her daughter. Thats coming up. But were going to start here with President Trump sending additional troops over to saudi arabia after those brazen fiery drone attacks on Oil Facilities over there, which have disrupted global oil markets. The white house blaming iran. The question now, what does this new move from the pentagon mean for the future of this crucial and volatile region . Abcs Stephanie Ramos is here with more. Stephanie, good morning. Reporter whit, good morning. After placing sanctions on iran, President Trump held a meeting with his senior advisers to consider options to retaliate against iran, deciding to give saudi arabia full support by supplying weapons and sending u. S. Forces. After last weekends attack by iran on saudi oil fields, President Trump is deploying u. S. Troops and air and Missile Defense systems to saudi arabia. Defense secretary mark esper calling it a first step. We think for now that would be sufficient, but that doesnt mean there could be additional deployments as needed. Reporter esper adding saudi arabia and the uae requested this International Support to help protect critical infrastructure. The u. S. Now planning to expedite weapons purchases to the saudis. The United States has a responsibility to protect our citizens and our interests in the region. Reporter the department of defense says this decision comes as iran has become more confrontational in the region detaining tankers in the strategically important strait of hormuz as well as shooting down a u. S. Drone. In the face of the sustained maligned behavior, the United States and other countries have demonstrated great restraint in hopes that iranian leadership would choose peace and reverse irans steep decline into isolation and economic collapse. Reporter the u. S. Is now calling on its allies to support saudi arabia and consider providing additional defensive support and, guys, this is still a very delicate situation and just the beginning. Itll be a hot topic at the u. N. This week. No question about that. Stephanie, thank you very much. Were going to turn to a story closer to home now, and its a bizarre one out of suburban chicago. The suv crashing into a mall plowing through windows slamming into displays sending shoppers scrambling. Who did this and why . Abcs Kaylee Hartung is right there in schaumburg, illinois. Kaylee, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, dan. That suv smashed its way through the entrance of this sears just behind me. What happened next, youll see the video. Youll hear the screams. It was a terrifying scene of chaos inside this mall. Yo, this is not happening right now. Reporter this morning investigators trying to piece together what led to this chaotic scene. A man plowing an suv through this suburban mall outside of chicago. There was no indication that this was a terrorist attack. There is no indication that this was something preplanned. No indication that the mall itself was a target. Celerate through the doors. Ckf reporter the incident terrifying shoppers. Some at first fearing the commotion was the result of an active shooter. First they said someone with a gun, so they really werent sure what was going on. And then you go on the phone and get it right away that some clown was driving through the mall. Reporter 911 calls going out. A trailblazer driving through the mall right now, unknown injuries, unknown where hes at right now. Reporter as the Woodfield Mall went into lockdown, many forced to wait out the harrowing moments in back rooms. The suv first going through sears then ramming into forever 21 then finally crashing into a pillar in the middle of the mall. Law enforcement has always been concerned about malls. It also, unfortunately, is a fairly soft target. Theres actually no way to defense against possible bad behavior. Heres part of his car. Heres his bumper. Reporter witnesses say the driver purposely crashed into kiosks and stores. I was helping a customer, and all of a sudden this suv starting coming towards my kiosk. If i would have stayed in my kiosk, i wouldnt be here today, id be gone. Reporter the driver initially detained by witnesses and two offduty officers before being taken into custody. Overnight, authorities labeling him a subject in the investigation as they work to find a motive. No one was seriously injured. Local police say they havent had any prior contact or incidents with the man theyve taken into custody, and there was no major structural damage to the mall, so all stores are expected to be open today. Eva. Kaylee, thank you. Now to that tour bus tragedy. At least four People Killed near Bryce Canyon National park in utah. You can see the extensive damage. The bus completely mangled. Its roof collapsed. Now the efforts under way to pinpoint the cause of this deadly crash. Abcs will carr is in st. George, utah, with what we know so far. Good morning, will. Reporter eva, this crash happened in a very isolated part of the state. The victims were taken to four hospitals and some were even airlifted here to st. George as First Responders did everything they could to save their lives. This morning a horrifying look at a fatal utah tour bus crash that left four people dead and as many as 15 with critical injuries. This is a tragic scene. Reporter the ntsb sending a tenmember team to the crash site to launch its safety investigation. The bus driving eastbound on arn Officials Say the bus lost control when making a slight turn then crashed into a guardrail. The collision caused the bus to roll over ejecting passengers. The force of the crash nearly sheared off the roof of the bus. The windows completely shattered. Skid marks paint the road. And luggage littering the roadside. All 30 people on board including the driver suffered injuries. Three helicopters airlifted some of the passengers to area hospitals while emergency crews and bystanders worked together to triage victims. When youre one of the first to see Something Like that before anybody comes, just the debris and the people laying everywhere and the confusion, the blood. Reporter the Tourist Group was made up of chinese nationals. The bus whereabouts, what tl on the bus itself, well be doing a lot of investigating as to the cause of this incident. Reporter as the ntsb investigates the cause of that crash, the Chinese Embassy is thanking all of those First Responders for everything they did to help. Whit. An awful crash. Will carr for us, thank you. Walmart making news this weekend with its decision to stop selling ecigarettes. The nations largest retailer says once it sells its current stock of vaping supplies, it wont order anymore. The new policy also applies at the companys sams club locations. Walmart cited growing federal, state and local regulatory complexity in making the decision. The stores will continue selling traditional cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and nicotine gum. And in boston this morning, the family of the boston gangster Whitey Bulger says theyre planning to sue the government for his death. Last october bulger was transferred to a federal lockup in west virginia. He was attacked within hours of his arrival and he later died. His family claims bulger was deliberately placed in harms way. In their official notice of claim, bulgers surviving family members say they will be asking for 200,000 in damages. Now to breaking news overnight, chaos erupting on a high school gridiron. Spectators sent running. Security. Reporter overnight panic cutting short a philadelphia High School Football game. There are people inside saying there is someone outside shooting. We need everybody off the field, please. Thank you. Everybody off the field. Reporter this video showing the moments hundreds of people went running for their lives after shots rang out. The announcer trying to calm the terrified football fans. If we could have everybody in the stands to please relax. You can sit back down. Reporter outside the stadium two teens shot. The people who were at the stadium, both the security, the Police Officers and those that were present are all trying to be helpful but i think it was just such mayhem when the shooting rang out, nobody saw anybody with a gun. Reporter this comes on the heels of other scares at High School Football games. Just weeks ago in pittsburgh, gunfire broke out at a game. One person shot. The stadium evacuated and earlier this month in alabama a football coach ordering his players to take cover laying on the ground after hearing what sounded like gunshots. It turned out to be nothing. This is the fifth week in a row a shooting has taken place during a High School Football game so a lot of concern. People on edge. Yeah, i mean, how can you blame them for freaking out given all of the High School Shootings weve seen. You heard the p. A. Announcer telling them, everything is fine, to sit back down but nobody was listening. President trump and that growing firestorm over a call with a foreign leader. The conversation in question believed to be with ukraines new president and whether trump brought up his potential 2020 challenger joe biden. The president downplaying that phone call and biden also responding now. Abcs david wright is live at the white house with more. David, good morning. Reporter good morning, whit. The white house is pushing back on those reports that the president pressured a Foreign Government to dig up dirt on a political rival. President trump calls that a political hack job, that story. But as new details emerge, there are some big questions. In the oval office with the australian prime minister, President Trump insisted there was nothing amiss about a july phone call he had with another world leader, the newly elected president of ukraine. It was a totally appropriate conversation. It was actually a beautiful eputthsation. Stetoualreat on that cal t repeatedly investigate joe bidens son. Hunter biden served on the board of a Ukrainian Energy company when his father was Vice President. Did you discuss joe biden, his son or his family with the leader of ukraine . It doesnt matter what i discussed. Reporter the issue seems to be at the heart of an extraordinary whistleblower complaint about the president from a u. S. Intelligence official who told the Inspector General he was troubled by what he heard on that call. Its a ridiculous story. Its a partisan whistleblower. Shouldnt even have information. Ive had conversations with many leaders. Theyre always appropriate. Reporter but the Inspector General found the whistleblowers complaint to be credible. Its now the focus of the latest tugofwar between the Trump Administration and congressional democrats. Late last night former Vice President biden tweeted a statement saying, if these reports are true, then there is truly no bottom to President Trumps willingness to abuse his power and abase our country. The president should start to be present. Reporter biden is calling on trump to release the transcript of that call. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that bas whistleblower complaint, the administration is entering what she called a dangerous minefield with serious repercussions. But for now the director of National Intelligence and the Justice Department are refusing to do so. Whit. And, david, a lot of reaction to this. Its already having an impact over the debate over the impeachment investigation. Reporter thats right. Overnight senator Elizabeth Warren among others called on members of congress to as she put it do your constitutional duty and impeach the president. Theres a lot of disagreement in congress over whether or not to proceed with an impeachment proceeding and bottom line, though, the democrats simply dont have the votes to remove the president , whit. All right, david wright at the white house for us, thank you. Hundreds of thousands of people most of them quite young hitting the streets all over the world to sound the alarm over climate change. You can see the huge crowds here. They marched in such cities as new york, paris and sydney. All told, 2,500 protests in more than 150 countries. Organizers of the socalled climate strike say the streets of melbourne, australia, berlin and london each had more than 100,000 protesters marching, they say, for the future of the planet and the people who live on it. Well, now to the devastation in texas. Water rescues around the clock as crews urgently search for people trapped by those floodwaters. After days of extreme conditions residents are getting a clear look at the extensive damage. Abcs senior meteorologist rob marciano is just back from that area and hes here with us now with more on this catastrophic weather event. Good morning to you, rob. Hey, good morning, eva. You know, these heavy, extreme rainfall events like harvey and imelda is a signal of a warming climate. Now that moisture is heading up towards the north and the waters are painfully receding slowly across parts of Southeast Texas. Those folks are still reeling from the impacts of this slowmoving system. This morning, imeldas death toll rising. Now five fatalities at the hands of this relentless storm. Parts of Southeast Texas engulfed by more than 43 inches of rain. The Tropical Storm inundating streets, swallowing cars and blocking traffic for those trying to get out. Officials and volunteers out helping the hundreds trapped in floodwaters including an improbable rescue of a mother and daughter stuck in this ditch. All i seen is her vehicle hit that water, and im thinking, oh, my god. Im going to stand here and watch this woman die. Reporter a 16yearold Football Player saving the day. I see her pick up her babys head. I could tell she didnt know how to swim so i jumped into the water. I grabbed her by her waist and pushed her up making sure she was on dry land and grass. Reporter for the wilcox family, imeldas impact is close to the catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Harvey. Youve lived in this whole house. You went through Hurricane Harvey and this was flooded less than two years ago. Whats it like to have it happen all over again . Its honestly devastating to how much work that we put back into it after harvey. Its just it really hurts that its just gone so quickly. Reporter over two feet of floodwater pouring into their home. So everything at our level is new. Yes, all the walls, all of this is new, everything. And most of that is ruined again. Uhhuh. Theyll be replacing that as will hundreds of other victims from this tropical system. The waters are receding but the cleanup now begins. Some of that moisture being drawn northward into this frontal system, which now we have flash flood watches posted for eastern parts of kansas including kansas city up through now including chicago and milwaukee and some Severe Weather with this too as some thunderstorms rolling last night across the dakotas. Were concerned with how slowly its moving and some of the storms that are going to fire ahead of this, some strong winds, large hail, maybe a tornado or two from wichita through kansas city, des moines, maybe in through northern minnesota as well. But im more concerned with several rounds of rain that will fire along this front, kansas city will get a couple rounds, des moines as well. Not going to be a nice weekend in chicago. Rains will begin later on this amp and probably last through tomorrow as well getting towards detroit, and were going to see some pockets of four plus inches of rainfall and that could very well be enough to flood some of these areas. Certainly a wet weekend from Oklahoma City all the way toward detroit. Were in the heart of Hurricane Season here, so weve got a strong wave coming off africa, a couple more here and then jerry will make a run at bermuda later on tuesday into wednesday after dealing with 100mileanhour wi good saturday morning. Waking up to a clear start here in san francisco. Its in the 60s. But its been cool on the coast in the upper 40s. Today though everyone is warmer about three to five degrees warmer inland. Autumn arrives monday. Heat and high fire danger arrive tuesday and wednesday. Highs today in the low 90s for new livermore. 87 in fremont. 79 san francisco. How about 84 in santa cruz and the accuweaeaeae

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