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KGO Good Morning America July 13, 2024

Midair with 38 people on board, disappearing on the way to antarctica. The desperate search right now. New questions for the new England Patriots after the organization admits to inappropriately filming the field and sideline while scouting an opposing team. Were they cheating . The nfl investigating. Ice bucket hero. Tributes pouring in right now for the man who inspired the viral challenge helping raise nearly a quarter billion dollars to fight als. Its the final countdown and battle of the buzzer. Our exclusive with the jeopardy geniuses about to face off in a first of its kind showdown. Ken, james and brad. Who will be named the greatest of all time, and does alex trebek have a favorite . All good morning, america. We certainly do say good morning, america. On this Tuesday Morning. And we are excited, excited to see that jeopardy showdown. The g. O. A. T. Tournament, the greatest of all time. Three best players in jeopardy history will face off with a Million Dollars on the line. Still smiling now. I would too. More on that coming up. First the breaking news for our viewers in the west. House democrats unveiled two articles of impeachment against President Trump, abuse of power and obstruction of congress driving to a vote by christmas. Cecilia vega is tracking all the latest. Reporter you said it, george. Just moments ago democrats in washington calling this a solemn day. They say President Trump abused his power and that he continues to put this countrys security at risk. Meantime, President Trump here at the white house is calling this shear political madness. Just moments ago House Democrats taking a major step in the impeachment inquiry. In service to our duty to the constitution and to our country, the House Committee on the judiciary is introducing two articles of impeachment charging the president of the united states, donald j. Trump, with committing high crimes and misdemeanors. Reporter those articles of impeachment charge President Trump with two offense, the first abuse of power. Its an Impeachable Offense for the president to obtain an improper personal benefit while ignoring or injuring the national interests. That is exactly what President Trump did when he solicited and pressured ukraine to interfere in our 2020 president ial election. Reporter the second charge obstructing congress. We see a familiar pattern in President Trumps misconduct. A president who declares himself above accountability, above the American People and above Congress Power of impeachment which is meant to protect against threats to our Democratic Institutions is a president who sees himself as above the law. Reporter adam schiff also addressing criticism from republicans who argue democrats are rushing the process. Why dont you just wait, that argument amounts to this, why dont you let him cheat in one more election . Why not let him cheat just one more time . Why not let him have foreign help just one more time . That is what that argument amounts to. Reporter the move sets the stage for the House Judiciary Committee to publicly take up the articles for debate and approval as soon as thursday. So here is the timeline coming up now that democrats have announced the articles this morning. Theyre expected to take them up for a vote as soon as thursday of this week, definitely ahead of the christmas recess. Then this heads to the senate for a trial. Thats likely to take place in january. Thats where the president hopes he can get a fair trial where his party has power. Robin . Cecelia, thank you. The president is also the origins of the watchdog report in the russian investigation. Pierre . Reporter no evidence of a political coup against President Trump, the fbi director sitting down with us responding to it all. The Justice Department Inspector General revealing the fbi had enough evidence pointing to either a federal crime or threat to National Security or both to justify launching the russia probe at the height of the president ial election in 2016. The launch apparently not influenced by political bias. This despite years of the president and his allies calling the investigation a witchhunt. It was illegal spying. An attempted coup. President obama had to know about it. Reporter on a more narrow front the Inspector General also issued this damning assessment found officials made serious errors and articles of impeachment and omissions to monitor the communications of a Trump Campaign associate, carter page. Adding agents failed to meet the basic obligation to ensure the applications were scrupulously accurate. Agents did not tell doj attorneys about information that may have weakened their case for surveillance. In an exclusive interview with abc news, fbi director Christopher Wray saying extensive reforms are under way to address the i. G. s concerns. There are actions described in this report that i consider unacceptable and unrepresentative of who we are. Reporter but the president pounced. This was an overthrow of government. This was an attempted overthrow and a lot of people were in on it. Reporter this morning the attorney general william barr in a blistering statement publicly challenging the reports findings writing, the Justice Department began an intrusive investigation of a u. S. President ial campaign on the thinnest of suspicions that were insufficient to justify the steps taken. Barrs position likely to please the president s allies who believe he has been the victim of the socalled deep state. Charges rejected by the fbi director. Based on the findings in the Inspector General report is the fbi was it part of some deep state . I think thats the kind of label that is a disservice to the 37,000 men and women who work at the fbi. Thats not a term i would ever use. So the fbi did not spy on the Trump Campaign . Well, thats not a term at the fbi we use to describe our work. Do you have any evidence that the fbi targeted the Trump Campaign unfairly . I dont. Reporter wray says he respects barr, but the two men have a different point of view on the launch of the probe and wray warned the russians had not only aggressively attacked the 2016 election, theyre still at it. The biggest threat to the 2020 election. Pierre, thanks very much. Lets bring in our chief legal analyst dan abrams. We showed President Trump in pierres piece. He called this a coup, illegal spying and said president obama knew. All completely debunked by the Inspector Generals report. Four times the Inspector General in the report asked the question, was this motivated based on politics . And the answer again and again was no. On everything from the start of the investigation to the use of undercover sources to even the applications for the fisa warrants. None of it, the Inspector General found, was based on politics. But there were serious mistakes made with regard to the fisa application. But its important to separate out the two, right . Youve got the beginning of the investigation which is the most important question which is theyre investigating someone associated with the Trump Campaign. And on that one, the ig is saying it was valid for them based on what they had and the low standard that existed to begin the investigation. It was part two which was the fisa application of carter page who no longer worked on the campaign that they were much more critical of. Dan abrams thank you very much. Michael . Thank you, we go overseas to that deadly volcano eruption in new zealand. This morning we now know nine americans were there during the explosion that killed at least six people. Some are still unaccounted for. Marcus moore is there starting us off with the latest. Good morning, marcus. Reporter michael, good morning. In the time that we have been on the ground here in new zealand, we have watched steam rising from the volcano. More than a day after it erupted. Officials here say theres a 50 chance there could be another eruption as the death toll climbs higher. New video showing the moments after that deadly eruption. You can hear panicked tourists watching in disbelief. Natures fury in full view. To those who have lost or are missing family and friends, we share in your unfathomable grief at this moment in time and your sorrow. Reporter 47 people including 9 americans were on the volcano when it erupted. Ash soaring 12,000 feet into the air. This morning six confirmed dead while 30 remain in the hospital. A majority suffering burns over 30 of their bodies. And officials warn that some could still lose their lives. Its important not to underestimate the gravity of the injuries suffered. It is possible that not all of the patients will survive but at this stage everybody is receiving the care that they require. Reporter according to officials americans are among the eight still missing on the island. But police say a flyover monday showed, quote, no signs of life. They spent about 45 minutes and provided a pretty good indication that we do not believe anybody else has survived that explosion. Reporter matthew and lauren urey newlyweds from virginia were on their honeymoon visiting the island when it erupted. Matthews mother sharing the voice mail he left after the eruption with inside edition. This isnt a joke. The volcano actually erupted while we were on the island. Lauren and i got pretty badly burned so were in a hospital in new zealand. My hands are burned so i cant use my phone. Reporter this image taken from a web cam shows a group of people inside the volcano taken minutes before the explosions. Some of the tourists trapped on the island were passengers on of ovation of the seas. It is still docked at a nearby port. Michael schade shooting this video. He and his family had just left the island 20 minutes before it erupted. He shows a helicopter smothered in ash. Another in a tour boat and turned it around to begin the rescue. We started to treat people the best we could but everybody was horrifically burned. We had 23 on the boat that we had and five of those are now deceased. Rescue helicopters combing the island lifting some of the injured back to shore for treatment. There remains significant uncertainty about any future activity. Reporter so far First Responders have not been able to return to comb the rocky moonlight terrain by foot. The island deemed too dangerous. And the family that owns the island has said that they are absolutely heartbroken by whats happened here and sent their condolences to the affected families. But, robin, officials still have not been able to go and do a thorough search of the vol canoe because they say its still too unstable. Thanks, marcus. New details now on the sudden death of rapper juice wrld. Police saying drug, guns and prescription codeine were all found on the 21yearolds plane just moments before his medical emergency. Alex perez is at Chicago Midway Airport with more. Good morning, alex. Reporter hey, good morning, robin. This all unfolded at the part of the airport where private planes land. We now know officials were working from a tip when they met the plane. I am the better one i wont let you forget me reporter this morning were learning more about the night rapper juice wrld died just a short time after his private jet landed at chicagos midway airport. We now know investigators working on a tip had actually met the aircraft to search it for firearms. Law enforcement along with the police dog discovering in the luggage six prescription bottles of suspected liquid codeine, three guns and 41 bags of marijuana reportedly weighing 70 pounds. Tmz obtaining this image of what they claim is the luggage as investigators searched the plane, the 21yearold rapper whose real name was Jarad Higgins began to have a medical emergency seizures. We have an ambulance inside the atlantic airport. Reporter according to tmz the rapper may have ingested several painkillers in an attempt to hide them from authorities. Authorities telling us they administered two doses of narcan a drug that can counter act an overdose before higgins was rushed from the airport to a hospital where he later died. Now, Authorities Say there were no name tags on that luggage and drug charges have not been filed in this case. Officials are now conducting further toxicology tests to determine what exactly may have caused the rappers death. Michael . All right, thanks so much. Now we turn to the tributes pouring in overnight for the man behind the ice bucket challenge. Peter frates who lost his battle with als at just 34 years old. Will reeve is here and, will, he leaves behind a legacy of courage and inspiration. Absolutely, michael. There are certain people who change the world in the brief time they have and pete frates is one of them. He died yesterday after a public battle with als and leaves behind a wife, a daughter and a legacy that captivated and inspired millions and redefined the future for millions more. He was the driving force behind the movement that flooded our social media feeds. Pete frates, once a Boston College baseball star, at just 27 years old diagnosed with als, becoming an advocate and a hero. For a young guy like myself to be diagnosed, hopefully i can use my youth and the networks im part of to promote some awareness. Reporter galvanizing the ice bucket challenge in 2014 to raise money and awareness for als. Im proud to take the ice bucket challenge. Reporter touching everyone from bill gates to oprah to those of us at gma. Aaagh reporter the challenge raising hundreds of millions of dollars to help fight the progressive terminal condition also known as lou gehrigs disease that slowly ravaging physical functions. Bringing profound hope for the future for people like sara olson. Shes being treated with one of only two treatments available to als treatments fasttracked and approved in part because of the ice bucket challenge. Its helping, yeah, thats months on my life because of pete i have that chance. Reporter frates lived a full life in the years after his diagnosis. Marrying his love julie who participated in the ice bucket challenge while pregnant with their daughter lucy. An event the little girl would soon recall with pride. My mommy dumped water on her head when she had a black dress on. I was actually there. Reporter pete frates died at 34. His name, his impact and his legacy will live forever. Tributes to frates have been coming in from everywhere since he died and one that perhaps he and his family would be most proud of, the Als Association tweeting that pete frates changed the trajectory of als forever and showed people how to live with a fatal disease. I think he showed people how to live, period. He certainly did. Special person. Oh, my goodness. Really, really touching to know that he existed at the same time we did. Touched so many of us. Thank you, will. We are following a lot of other stories this morning including new trouble for the new England Patriots. Possible spy scandal and what theyre saying about it now. Golden globes outrage. Women shut out of key categories again. The backlash this morning. First over to ginger. And, robin, you know this state trooper sliding into cars only happens when you have temperatures near 50 dropping to 17 in less than 24 hours. That was omaha, nebraska, that little light layer of snow making for a major mess. Close to des moines, highways closing down because of huge pileups and unfortunately i think with the huge push of arctic air we will see stuff like this happening anywhere from tennessee today into the northeast tomorrow. So please watch this as we pop out this region because this is where well see the big impacts. See the green on the map. Thats the mild air. See the streamlines bringing in southerly winds. Well, that is going to flip and go from 60 in philadelphia to watch the blue take over all the states. This includes, of course, connecticut and massachusetts too but temperatures will drop to freezing or below that so tomorrow morning you could see issues. Also going to have a little fresh snow so if you get an inch of snow on top of this it will be a problem and then i want to bring you to the temperatures because that plunge is serious. Coldest air for many people in the northern plains. When you have numbers like this it only takes ten minutes and you can get frostbite. Tuesday trivia brought to you by target. Sure do appreciate you joining us for your Tuesday Morning. And well be right back. Ilong before i had moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. Ive always been the ringleader. Had a zest for life. Flash forward then ra kept me from the important things. And what my doctor said surprised me. She said my joint pain could mean permanent joint damage. And enbrel helps relieve joint pain and helps stop that joint damage. 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