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KGO Good Morning America July 12, 2024

Deadly outofcontrol wildfires scorching hard hit california. At least 70 major infernos rage across ten states in the west. The new threats this morning forcing tens of thousands to evacuate. Were on the ground in the fire zone with the very latest. Overnight, new developments in the Breonna Taylor case. A judge ordering the grand jury documents and recordings to be released. And that new Police Body Cam video from right after the Fatal Shooting in her home raising new questions about Police Conduct in the aftermath of the tragedy. New this morning, President Trumps former Campaign Manager under psychiatric evaluation. New video this morning of Brad Parscale showing police tackling him to the ground. I didnt do anything. After his wife reported he was abusive and threatening suicide. Shannen doherty talking about her fight with Breast Cancer during the pandemic. The actress saying shes, quote, not signing off. Planning for whats next and revealing what she wants her loved ones to know first on gma this morning. And lightning strikes for the win. Tampa bay lightning have won. Tampa bay taking home the stanley cup. The 2020 champions celebrating a shutout victory in an empty stadium after an unforgettable season. I think were alone now and we certainly do say good morning, america. Lookie here, the band is back together again. Yes. I know the nfl is just getting under way, but the mlb playoffs and pro basketball finals are set and the stars are getting a look at what a big 2020 championship celebration looks like with no fans in the stands. The fans may be at home celebrating, but the championship is real. Those guys will be as excited as if fans were there and at some future date they will celebrate together. Congratulations to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Well done. Big night for them and big night in politics. 35 days before the final 2020 votes. Donald trump, joe biden facetoface in primetime. Thats the debate stage in cleveland. It will be a socially distanced showdown with a small crowd on hand. One topic certain to come up that blockbuster report in the New York Times on the president s taxes. There is a new installment today. They are reporting that the apprentice provided him with a financial lifeline at a difficult time for his businesses and helped propel him to the white house. Our senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega is there with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning. One of the things that helped donald trump win the white house was voters trusting in his skills as a businessman but now the times are using these documents about his taxes that the president has so far refused to release to raise serious questions about how skilled he was and whether many of his deals were actually aboveboard. Im donald trump. Reporter it was his image as a successful Reality Tv Show business mogul that helped him win the white house. Youre fired. Reporter this morning the New York Times is reporting that image was far from complete. And tax records the president has refused to release show when the apprentice debuted in 2004 President Trump clocked in almost 90 million in losses from his core businesses but the paper says he still went on to earn 197 million from the hit show. Im looking for the apprentice. Reporter that led to hundreds of millions more in lucrative endorsement and licensing deals, everything from Dominos Pizza and oreos to laundry detergent and serta m mattress mattresses. Abc has not reviewed the documents but according to the times, they show that the president entered into several questionable deals that left consumers on the hook. The times writing mr. Trump had always skated close to the edge of fraud. Soon he would be accused of crossing the line completely and the paper says the president earned nearly 9 million partnering with the Marketing Company accused of suckering people into spending more money than they earned selling the product. The paper says the president also earned 2. 6 million encouraging people to spend 500 on a kit to sell vitamins to friends and family, and according to the times he raked in 300,000 for speeches where attendees paid thousands to hear the secrets of wealth. But the times reports that even with the additional income the president seriously struggled to stay out of the red and used his losses and questionable deductions to drive down his tax bill, paying zero federal income taxes in 11 out of 18 years they examined and just 750 in the year he won the white house and in 2017. Totally fake news. Made up, fake. Reporter the president s defense, he now says he paid many millions of dollars in taxes but was entitled, like everyone else, to depreciation and tax credits. But with the election just weeks away democrats are not letting up. Weve already known that he puts his political priorities in front of the American People. But we are now seeing in a way that is evident, clearly evident, that he also is prepared to put his personal interests ahead of the American People. Reporter the times also found that the president will soon owe 421 million in debt. Thats money that could come due while he is in office if elected to a second term. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling this a National Security threat saying that americans have a right to know whom their president owes. And also not just democrats, National Security experts we are speaking to say the president owing money like this could potentially subject him to being compromised by foreign interests. Many are wondering about that. Cecilia, thank you. As we said, we are counting down to that big showdown in clooefl tonight. President trump and joe biden preparing for the first 2020 president ial debate. Mary bruce is there in cleveland with much more on what we can expect. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, robin. We have never seen a debate like this before. There will be no handshakes, no opening statements, and just a limited socially distant audience. Just over a month to go and we could see the sharpest contrast yet. This morning, the candidates just hours away from coming facetoface for the first time in this race and already the gloves are off. Always known as a dumb guy. Look, the people know the president s a liar. I mean, they know that. Its not like its its going to come as a surprise to them. Reporter hanging over the debate the questions about the president s taxes. After that stunning report from the New York Times alleging trump paid just 750 in federal income tax in 2016, the year he won the white house. That same year in a debate with hillary clinton, trump took credit for avoiding taxes. The only years that anybody has ever seen were a couple of years when he had to turn them over to state authorities when he was trying to get a casino license and they showed he didnt pay any federal income tax, so that makes me smart. If he paid zero, that means zero for troops. Reporter trumps taxes and Business Records are sure to be in bidens crosshairs tonight, but the former Vice President is bracing for trump to go personal. Hes going to want to make it personal and get in the mosh pit. Ill talk about why i want to be president of the United States. Reporter the official topics for tonights debate include biden and trumps records, the economy, the Supreme Court, race and unrest and the pandemic. Biden has been off the trail preparing, but trump, hes been campaigning full steam keeping up a packed schedule with nine events in just the last week. He says his job is prep enough. How many hours would you say you spent . A little time. Not a lot. More or less than 16 . Im running a country. I dont have the luxury. Reporter he is still trying to downplay expectations. Hes been doing it for 47 years and i just started doing this stuff. Reporter biden heads into tonights debate with a tenpoint lead in national polls. Hes also up in several key battleground states like pennsylvania where our latest abc News Washington post poll out this morning shows biden up by nine points. Biden is familiar with the setting. He has 26 president ial and Vice President ial debates but, george, he has never faced an opponent like donald trump. Okay, mary, thanks very much. Lets bring in Chris Christie and rahm emanuel from our political team. And chris, let me begin with you. You wrote that the president s debate prep which you were a part of in 2016 was a disaster. Youve been part of it this time around. How has it gone . What does the president need to do . Well, what the president needs to do tonight is essentially two things. The first is to lay out his vision for the next four years and what he wants to do for the American People if hes given a second term. And, secondly, he has to differentiate what his vision is from joe bidens vision based upon their campaign and based upon joe bidens record. And i think youll see both of those things happen tonight. The president hasnt debated in four years, but i dont think hell have any problem when he gets on the stage. Rahm, you worked closely with joe biden when he was the chief of staff and you were in the white house. Whats the biggest trap he faces . Joe biden has to reassure the American People. Thats a different mission than donald trump which has to change peoples impression of both him and his presidency after 3 1 2 years and chris has always noted that the president has to lay out his agenda. Were 37 days away from the election and he still hasnt done that so i dont hold out much hope for that. One of the things as joe biden goes into this, he has a little tailwind where the president has a headwind. All polls are showing him up eight, nine, ten points nationally, but your recent poll here in pennsylvania, also the other day the New York Times had another poll, same number showing a state moving away and all are starting to see a tick up since the Supreme Court and i think thats noted because i think a lot of biden republicans are not happy with this kind of power grab. I do think when the attack comes, and it will become personal, joe biden needs to deflect it with, look, i can say a lot about your family. You can say what you want about my family but that has nothing to do with the American Family and were here to talk about that. Chris christie, the New York Times tax story, a big wild card coming into the debate. Likely to be the first question or one of the first and the president s had a couple of different answers. How does he handle tonight . Well, i think, you know, from reading the story that came out this morning, george, i think its a lot of old news and i think thats the way the president will deal with it. The president said two things four years ago about his taxes one, that he would release his taxes after his audit was done. There had always been skepticism among the media and others but the times reporting confirms he is still ongoing for a decade without resolution by the irs. And secondly, the president has said that he worked hard when he was in the private sector to pay as little in taxes as he could and followed the law. And theres no allegations in that the New York Times story that he did anything to break the law. Joe biden was part of making those tax laws over all the years he was in the congress and so, you know, i think the president should answer it that way and then move on to the other issues that i suspect will be much more of a concern to the people who will be sitting on their couches in their living rooms and listening tonight. They want to know about their future and what taxes theyll be paying whether what taxes the president may have paid over the last 20. We will see it all tonight. Youll both be part of our debate coverage tonight. Our coverage starting at 8 00 with analysis and the debate at 9 00 with post debate analysis at 10 30. Michael . Looking forward to that, george. Now the latest on the coronavirus emergency. The death toll from the pandemic now topping 1 Million Worldwide. Cases are increasing in 32 states plus puerto rico and here at home, nine states are recording daily increases in deaths. This as a new study raises concern about the spread of the virus among children. Eva pilgrim has the latest. Reporter overnight, another grim milestone in the global battle against covid19. 1 million lives now lost to the virus worldwide. This as a new study is breaking this morning on kids and covid. The American Academy of pediatrics and Childrens Hospital association looking at a fivemonth period from april to september finding a dramatic increase in diagnosed cases among children and showing pediatric cases rose from 2. 2 of all cases reported nationwide in april to 10 in september. 12yearold Elizabeth Mcnew from atlantic beach, florida, believed to be one of those. Her family says she passed friday after a tenday battle with the virus. I never got to hear her voice again. Reporter in the u. S. Where weve surpassed 205,000 fatalities, cases increasing in 32 states and puerto rico, more than half the country. Monday afternoon President Trump formally announced plans to distribute 150 million rapid tests across the country in the coming weeks. By the president s side at the announcement, recent task force addition, dr. Scott atlas, neuroradiologist with no background in treating infectious diseases. Noticeably absent, dr. Fauci, dr. Birx and cdc director, dr. Redfield. After reports that dr. Redfield was heard saying dr. Atlas is wrong on most issues, the cdc releasing a statement saying while the two agree on many issues they disagree on the risk to kids, the importance of masks and where the country is with herd immunity. Overnight dr. Fauci was asked if he was worried about false information getting to President Trump. Im concerned that sometimes things are said that are really taken either out of context or actually incorrect. Reporter abc news reached out to dr. Atlas. He is not commenting. The white house telling us in part the president consults many experts, both inside and outside of the federal government, who sometimes disagree with one another. Robin . All right, eva, thank you. Were moving on now to those Deadly Wildfires out west. In california nearly 4 million acres have burned so far this year. The governor declaring a state of emergency for the northern part of the state where tens of thousands have been forced to flee their homes. Kayna whitworth has the latest. Reporter overnight homes and structures incinerated. Nearly 80,000 people told to evacuate. Out of control wildfires raging throughout northern california. The air resembling an erupting volcano. The zogg fire turning deadly. Its with a sad heart that i come before you to say weve had three deaths. Reporter in sonoma and napa county over 36,000 acres burned so far. With drought conditions, home after home left for kindling. It is so thick as you watch this, it sort of disappears as it goes around the corner. Reporter this hospital forced to evacuate all patients for the second time in a month. Hardest part is, number one, trying to keep them from being too fearful. Reporter jan rescued from a burning car blocked her estate route. We left with nothing. Literally with nothing. Were so lucky to be alive. Reporter with parts of california a tinder box, images of destruction showing how miraculous these survival stories are. You can see this hill im climbing up here. This is the kind of terrain these firefighters are dealing with. Theyre right behind me. Theyre working to what they call blacken the line. As this fire is creeping towards homes 25 yards that way, when this thing was really moving it was scorching 640 acres an hour but the wind is starting to die down to firefighters are hoping that now is their chance to really get the upper hand. You see those scenes like that. Terrifying. We go back and talk about the unforgettable nhl season played in two different bubbles. Overnight the Tampa Bay Lightning hoisting up the trophy after defeating the dallas stars in game six. As you can see, the 2020 champions celebrating their shutout victory in an empty stadium. Theyre still happy. Im sure the players and fans are full of happiness. Oh, sorry, i didnt mean to step on your line. No, no, no. I still got it in there. You stay ready. You dont get ready. You stay ready. I know all your lines by now. Were following a lot of other headlines this morning including big developments in the Breonna Taylor case. A judge ordering the grand jury documents and recordings to be released. Watch this caught on camera. Police tackling President Trumps former Campaign Manager at his home after his wifes emotional 911 call for help. Lets go to ginger. George, napa, eureka, san jose, daily records. Eureka tied an all time record. When you heat things up you dry them out. Relative humidity wont be great for San Diego County and riverside county. Gusts to 45 miles an hour as the big ridge shoves the wind offshore. Lets go ahead and get to your tuesday trivia now sponsored by state farm. Were just getting started. Stay right there because we will be right back. Tonight, ill be eating a veggie cheeseburger on ciabatta, no tomatoes. [hard a] tonight. Ill be eating four

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