Transcripts For KGO Good Morning America 20160705 : vimarsan

Transcripts For KGO Good Morning America 20160705

The Solar Systems largest planet for the First Time Ever. A mission five years and 1. 7 billion miles in the making now set to unlock some of the biggest mysteries of the universe. Good morning, america. We hope you had a great fourth. Boy, did they have a good fourth at nasa. Take a look at this. The biggest fourth of July Celebration of all when that juno spacecraft made history. Lets take a look at this image. This is the last one you see far away. Captured by junos probe before it launched into orbit. Were going to see much, much more when it emerges from the darkness of jupiter. Were going to have more on that coming up. It is actually rocket science. As it turns out. Lots of fireworks as you can imagine overnight, even though there was bad weather. These are the images you saw if you watched d. C. s celebration on tv but there were some problems with what you saw. Were going to tell you about that coming up. Take a look at this picture from south dakota. Wow, that storm moving in during the fireworks, combining with lightning. Now heavy rain is moving east. Ginger is here with the latest. Good morning, ginger. Good morning. You can feel that stickiness out here as the warm front approaches and that same storm system that created more than 140 severe storm reports in the last 24 hours is going to be moving off the east coast and bringing us some more rounds of showers but look at that. Thats the damage from eastern kentucky. Theyll do the damage surveys today to see what did all that in a walmart in eastern kentucky. Could and probably will be a tornado. The tornado and damaging wind and hail threat today is in the plains. Its in minneapolis and western wisconsin, its in Northern Iowa so those are the areas later this afternoon and evening to look out for. Then anyone from dallas up through kansas city right through wilmington, North Carolina, heat advisories, some of the hottest air we have felt all season moving in this week. Were talking feels like heat indices well into the 100s for millions of folks. Ill have a whole lot more coming up in a couple of minutes. George . Its going to feel like july, thanks very much, ginger. The race for the white house and both Hillary Clinton and donald trump in full swing after july 4th. Clinton hitting the trail with president obama for the first time today as trump takes one of his Vice President ial prospects out for a public spin and cecilia vega has the latest. Reporter good morning to you. A big week for both sides as Clintons Campaign hopes president obamas strong Approval Ratings give her a boost against donald trump. Bring on the reinforcements. Hillary clinton calling in the heaviest of heavy hitters today. President obama. A tag team duo against donald trump, and the president is clearly ready for a fight. Thats nativism or xenophobia or worse. Reporter two former rivals turned allies turned travel buddies, this afternoon they head to the swing state of North Carolina together on air force one. And the man theyre teaming up against is waging a war of his own on twitter, trump tweeting, why is president obama allowed to use air force one on the campaign trail . Who pays . The answer, the dnc and Clinton Campaign pick up the tab but taxpayers do end up footing some of the bill. Shes crooked. Thats why we call her crooked hillary. Reporter both sides hoping for a better week ahead after a bad weekend. For clinton, her weekend interview with the fbi over her emails still looming large. For trump, a controversy over this tweet about Hillary Clinton, showing what appears to be the jewish star of david over a back drop of money. The image previously posted on a white supremacist message board. The Clinton Campaign calling the image blatantly antisemitic. Trump firing back calling clintons statement ridiculous, saying the star is often used by sheriffs who deal with criminals and criminal behavior. He later changed the star to a circle. And now the hunt for a vp pick is on. We now know housing secretary Julian Castro is being vetted by clintons team and trump is fueling speculation with some recent meetings with iowa senator joni ernst and indiana governor mike pence, all of this, of course, comes as the leadup to the convention is a couple weeks away. And trump will be campaigning with senator bob corker today. Lets talk about this with Kristen Soltis anderson, thanks for joining us. Lets look at some of these choices for donald trump. You have joni ernst and mike pence, the governor the indiana, senator bob corker out there today. A much more public vetting at this point. Who on the list stands out to you . I think you still got to think about mike pence as a big player here. You know, donald trump loves to use twitter to telegraph his Campaign Strategy and was tweeting nice things about mike pence pretty recently. Indiana a key state for donald trump during the primaries and then also a key state if he wants to pull off a strategy of winning this election by winning kind of rust belt states, winning in the midwest. He could. Mike pence could shore him up with conservatives right there. Meantime, youve got Hillary Clinton out on the campaign trail with president obama. Could be her biggest asset in a lot of states but also carries some liabilities. Certainly. President obama right now is seeing really high Approval Ratings compared to where hes been over the last couple of years. Still very popular within the democratic party. If there are any questions about Hillary Clintons ability to unite the party having barack obama out on the campaign trail will certainly put some of that to rest. Okay, Kristen Soltis anderson, thanks very much. We move on to that huge fourth of July Celebration overnight that was out of this world. Nasa cheering as the juno spacecraft made history rocketing into jupiters orbit now set to unlock mysteries about the planet and the universe and gio benitez has this exciting news. Good morning, gio. Sglsh hey, robin. Good morning to you. Reporter a truly exciting and Historic Mission to figure out the secrets of one of the most mysterious planets in the universe and now nasa is right there in jupiters orbit. Listen to this one little pop. [ pop ] [ cheers and applause ] reporter a sound astronauts at nasa have waited years to hear. Juno, welcome to jupiter. Reporter overnight, nasas juno spacecraft successfully entering the orbit around jupiter. Nasa did it again. Reporter this is the true from junos approach to the largest planet in our solar system. We prepared a Contingency Communications procedure and guess what, we dont need that anymore. Reporter nasa releasing this trailer in honor of the patriotic july 4th mission. Its a monster. Its unforgiving. Reporter the 1. 1 billion mission optimistically named joi for jupiter orbit insertion took five years. Liftoff. Reporter traveling more than a billion miles, landing a spot in orbit, now looping around jupiter at 130,000 miles an hour, gathering data scientists believe is critical to understanding the beginnings of our solar system. Mere mortals back here on earth freaking out on social media. Bill nye posting this photo of himself with a juno model declaring its rocket science, happy 4th. At the center of this mission, nasa hopes to figure out exactly what jupiter is made of. It is considered a gas giant and in some ways like a star. Juno will help figure out if it has a solid core. Its camera will be turned back on in a couple of days and will soon start seeing those images. After the batteries are revved up again. Gio, thanks very much. Now to those terrorist attacks overseas. Three major assaults in the past week have killed more than 200 and in saudi arabia three suicide attacks in just 24 hours. Abcs chief Global Affairs anchor Martha Raddatz tracking this dangerous development. Martha, it appears isis under military pressure in iraq and syria is lashing out wherever they can. Reporter thats the fear, george. This morning in saudi arabia, investigators have arrested a suspect in one of the bombings that rocked three cities in the kingdom. The man in custody suspected of helping carry out the attack near the u. S. Consulate in jeddah. These bombings follow that deadly week with massive loss of life and coordinated attacks showing the increasingly global reach of isis in bangladesh where an attack on a popular cafe killed 20, including a Young American college student, in baghdad where isis carried out its deadliest attack ever against civilians in that country. More than 170 people and, of course, that horrific attack on the istanbul airport, officials worry that we are entering a new phase with isis. Instead of concentrating on claiming territory, they are now more than ever going after soft targets and civilians around the world, george. To spread fear everywhere. Martha, thanks very much. Now to breaking new details in the death of a Young American in italy. A suspect now in custody after a College Students body was found in the river. Abcs lama hasan has the latest. Joins us this morning from rome. Good morning, lama. Reporter and good morning to you, robin. Dramatic new developments in rome this morning. Italian police detaining and questioning a 40yearold italian homeless man accused of murdering beau solomon. Italian media are reporting witnesses seeing a brawl taking place followed by a man being pushed into the river right here behind me. Overnight, Italian Police arresting a 40yearold homeless man suspected of what they call aggravated murder in the mysterious death of 19yearold american, beau solomon. No motive has been identified yet. The university of wisconsin students body was found monday morning in romes tiber river near the marconi bridge less than three miles from popular tourist destinations like the coliseum. The teen was studying abroad at john cabot university, last seen early friday morning. When his friends decided to leave, they couldnt find him. His roommate alerting the school when he didnt show up for orientation hours later. Solomon apparently found with a large head wound and was missing his wallet and cell phone. His Credit Card Company saying 1,500 had recently been charged on it. Police now checking surveillance cameras in the area and speaking with people who were at the bar that night, trying to track solomons last movements. Just from being an older brother, ive always tried to do what i can to take care of him. Reporter his parents traveling to rome hoping to help with the investigation. Back home in wisconsin, solomons friends are reeling from the news. It was so hard to hear about that. I mean, to hear about your best friend, you know, you really didnt even get a chance to say goodbye to him. Reporter the High School Quarterbacks childhood bedroom sits empty. Everyone knew beau. I know that everyone will come together and support each other through this tough time. Reporter an autopsy and toxicology tests will be carried out on beau solomons body possibly later today and that, of course, will help determine the exact cause of death. George. Lama, thanks very much. Now to a state of emergency in florida. An invasion of toxic green algae has closed beaches and marinas. Residents Wearing Masks to avoid the smell as protesters demand action and answers. Abcs eva pilgrim is in jensen beach, florida, with the latest. Good morning, eva. Reporter good morning, george. This algae sitting right here on top of the water, it is incredibly thick. I just picked up a little bit. It doesnt even strain out of this net. It smells terrible. And the residents here just want it gone. Marine is closed. Beaches empty. Toxic algae turning normally bustling south florida destinations into ghost towns, and this morning no time line on when this massive mess will be cleaned up. I think its kind of an experiment at work right now. Reporter floridas governor declaring a state of emergency in four counties temporarily closing several beaches along the treasure coast, lifeguards having to keep families out of the water because of encroaching pools of algae. You can see in this video the algae not only covers the surface of the water but the thick green globs go several inches deep. Got a car full of snorkeling gear. Cant get in the water. Its terrible. Reporter the problem started in lake okeechobee. More than two weeks ago authorities releasing water from the lake into canals hoping to prevent flooding but inside those waters a large algae bloom, the beginning of this disaster. Frustrated residents forced to put up with the putrid green slime. It smells definitely like a toilet. Dead, rotten fish. Smells like death. Reporter but its not just the smell. Authorities now investigating reports of serious infections as the blooms can contain dangerous bacteria. Some people blaming the algae for headaches, respiratory issues and even rashes. Red eyes, scratchy throat. It can be bad. Reporter and we are expecting more testing on the water and waiting to see if beaches are closed again today. George and robin. Get out of that water. Really. Okay, thanks, eva. To amy with todays other top stories. You got some breaking news. An air scare. A flight escorted by fighter jet. A jet from new york has landed safely in israel after a bomb threat there. Swiss and french fighter jets scrambled to escort the el al 747 as it crossed the border between the two countries. The airline received an anonymous tip but no suspicious device was found on board. There was another Airline Security scare in chicago overnight. American airlines received a threat regarding the flight from london as it landed at ohare. Everyone was quickly evacuated. Police boarded that plane, did a security sweep and american says it was a noncredible threat. Well, two barges being used for a fireworks display exploded and burst into flames off plymouth, massachusetts. Witnesses say at least ten minutes into the show there was a large boom followed a by burst of flames. Thankfully no one injured. The annual a capitol fourth Independence Day celebration was less than picture perfect due to bad weather, so pbs decided to mix in clear fireworks footage from previous years and viewers slammed the show as fake calling it the milli vanilli of fireworks but producers say and claim it was the patriotic thing to do. All right. Finally thats one way to put it. President obama proving he is just like any other dad, not at all shy about embarrassing his kids. The president wrapped up the fourth of july festivities at the white house by serenading his eldest daughter. Take a listen. Happy birthday to you happy birthday to you a big hug for dad from malia who is now 18, officially an adult. He said it was his last job. His last chance of embarrassing his daughter. You can see from that look in his eye he knew he was embarrassing her. As all dads do. Thank you, amy. So the fourth of July Celebration continued overseas as american tennis players scored big victories at wimbledon. Serena williams and sam querrey making it to the quarterfinals. Abcs t. J. Holmes is here with the latest. Good morning, t. J. Reporter good morning to you, lara. Im with you on the Serena Williams part and then the sam who some people might be asking. Hes the guy who just pulled off the biggest tennis upset of the year and could give the u. S. Its first grand slam winner in 13 years. Serena williams was all business this Independence Day, showing no mercy over her russian rival. Shes in the zone, period. Reporter the defending champs toughest opponent was possibly the court itself. Serena took a couple of spills on the rainsoaked grass. Serena slips. Reporter otherwise the 21time grand slam champion looked unstoppable. This is ridiculous play. Reporter now through to the final four is big sister venus. No the semifinals reporter with the win, at 36 years shes the fivetime champ is back in the quarterfinals. At 36, shes the oldest player in the womens draw, but on this day she proved once again that age aint nothing but a number. Reporter its american sam querrey whos really got wimbledon abuzz. Querrey ranked 41 in the world best known not for his tennis but for his stint on bravos millionaire matchmaker ive actually never dated anyone who plays tennis. Reporter and his dancing vine videos. I still get jealous reporter hes on a roll after his epic win over top ranked Novak Djokovic this week. Novak djokovic is out of wimbledon. Reporter yesterday steamrolling over nicolas mahut. That starspangled banner is sure waving. Reporter into his first ever grand slam quarterfinals. Its really exciting any time you get to make a quarterfinals great and for mine to be at wimbledon is really exciting, really special. 2003 andy roddick was the last time we had an american man win a major. Hes right there. Hes there but hes got a little more work to do. Come on. They call him smiling sam. Hes just having a great time. Well get a couple of vines out of it. Made me smile. That sure did. Hey, some high surf out west. Right. You got to see the video from over the weekend in carlsbad, california. Kids sitting there and all of a sudden, whoa. Big one comes. Thankfully the kids there are okay. Isnt that frightening . I know. Then check this out. Much cooler at the beaches along the coast and up in the northwest. Wanted to get that to you. Good morning. Im abc 7 news meteorologist mikenicco. Highlights today, clouds and sunshine except at the coast where it will remain cloudy. Cool to mild highs. More drizzle for tomorrows morning commute and cool through at least saturday. Temperatures today, 50s along the coast, 60s and 70s around the bay. A few 80s but mainly inland east bay. Temperatures in the 50s tonight. My accuweather sevenday forecast, s

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