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KGO Good Morning America June 28, 2017

Terrifying derailment forcing passengers to evacuate, crawling through tunnels to safety. And good to be alive. A bus plowing right into this man as he walks down the street. Knocking him to the ground. Debris flying everywhere and the miracle moment he gets up and walks away. And good morning, america. And good morning, america. You know, we say miracle moment a lot but that one has to qualify. Simon smith in redding, the united kingdom, look at that. Hit by the bus, gets up, dusts himself off, goes straight to the pub. Of course he does. And no one believed he was hit until they saw the footage. More coming up on that. But yesterday big surprise in washington. The republicans sevenyear effort to repeal and replace obamacare hit a major roadblock. As we expected, voting on the bill is now delayed after republicans could not get enough senators on board. At least nine have said they opposed the plan in its current form. This after President Trump met with republican senators at the white house. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell is now planning to hold a vote after the july 4th recess on a revised version of the plan. Our Congressional Correspondent mary bruce tracking down senators on capitol hill and starts us off with the latest. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, robin. Well, the Senate Republican Health Care Plan is now headed for a complete overhaul. For seven years republicans have promised to repeal and replace obamacare but now they dont have the votes to even hold a vote. With Health Care Reform out of reach, the closerinchief tried to rally the republican troops. This will be great if we get it done and if we dont get it done its just going to be something that were not going to like and thats okay. Reporter the president huddled with more than 40 Senate Republicans at the white house. Were getting very close. Reporter this morning Republican Leaders are optimistic too. I think we got a really good chance of getting there. Itll just take a little bit longer. Reporter but for now, the votes just arent there. What are you hoping to hear from the Vice President tonight . Is there anything you can say to change his mind . Good morning. Reporter ill take that as a no comment. Do you think republican also get it done . I dont have any comment. Reporter Republican Opposition grew after the Budget Office painted a grim picture of the bill, predicting 22 million more americans could be uninsured over the next decade. 15 million more next year alone. And nearly 800 billion slashed from medicaid. The Vice President and Top White House aides made an allout push but republicans were unable to overcome the divisions within their own party. Moderates who say the bill repeals too much and conservatives who say the bill doesnt repeal enough. I think the bill would have to be fundamentally changed and tinkering around the edges is not going to be sufficient to secure my vote. Reporter outside the capitol, democrats put a face to the bill holding pictures of americans they say will suffer under the gop plan. This is not just abstract numbers. These are real people. Reporter republicans will now work on a new version and try again after the fourth of july recess but, robin, this still faces a big uphill climb. And if republicans arent able to get this done, the president said it might be time to let obamacare crash and burn. And, mary, what could that mean to someone who is currently covered under the Affordable Care act . Reporter there is a lot of uncertainty out there in the health care market, but both parties up here say they want to do something to address these issues. The big question is now that, in order to do that, the two parties may have to actually work together. Looks that way. Mary, thank you. Lets get more on this from jon karl. Republican pollster, abc news contributor Kristen Soltis anderson, thank you both for joining us. Jon, the president s up and tweeting, resisting this commentary analysis that says hes not the closerinchief here. But this whole effort has exposed the limits of his influence over those republican senators. Reporter well, he says he is totally engaged and has been making phone calls and saw virtually the entire Republican Senate conference coming down here to meet with him yesterday but, george, there are limits to what he can do. The bottom line is that this president does not have deep relationships with republican senators. He doesnt have much influence with them. In fact, the senator that he is perhaps closest to of all of them is rand paul who you remember he ridiculed during the primaries and who right now looks like the republican most steadfastly opposed to this bill. He along with Susan Collins, a more moderate from maine, on the other side and i want to bring that to Kristen Soltis anderson. It really does seem very, very difficult for the president , Mitch Mcconnell, will anyone define some path that satisfies both the conservatives and the moderates right now . The balancing act is very challenging because any changes that you make to the bill that can bring along some of those more moderate members, folks like Susan Collins from maine and dean heller from nevada, these will make them less appealing to someone like rand paul so Mitch Mcconnell has to find ways to bring folks to the table but with the ability to only lose two members of his caucus in the vote he doesnt have a lot of room to work with. When the public support for both the house bill and this senate bill, there is a new poll out showing 17 , tremendously unpopular. The politics of this also make it very challenging so its not just that folks on either side, moderate or conservative, have policy problems with the bill but theyre worried about what this might do back home, especially those moderate members curiously until yesterday, a protrump super pac said they would run ads going after senator heller from nevada for him not supporting the bill and they have since pulled those ads because it would make it harder for them to get reelected. The politics make it tough. Folks are worried about taking this vote and what it might mean for their reelection chances. The president got chided for that act because it was run by a super pac allied with him. Hard to see how this gets better over the fourth of july recess. Reporter opposition could get increased but, george, theres one big factor working to the Republican Leaderships advantage here. That is that every one of those republican senators in that room have campaigned on repealing obamacare and the alternative at the end of the day if they cannot pass anything is to leave obamacare in place. All right, this has been a sevenyear promise, okay, jon karl, kristen, thanks very much. Now to that breaking news for our viewers in the west. Those raging wildfires nearly doubling this morning. And overnight the Big Bang Theory star Johnny Galecki revealing his home is lost among those in the blaze. Rob has the details. Hot, dry, windy conditions persist and this fire near prescott, 18,000 acres. 1 contained. Hundreds evacuated here. One of several states dealing with large fires burning right now. This morning, wildfires erupting out west. Spanning across ten states. An army of firefighters battling a blaze north of los angeles in San Luis Obispo county. Its now spread to nearly 1,000 acres. I saw the plume when i was driving home. I dont care about my house or belongings. I just want my animals to be safe. Reporter 250 people ordered to be evacuated. Helicopters dropping fire retardant. Cars burned out. One of the latest victims to lose his home, tv star Johnny Galecki from the Big Bang Theory who thanked firefighters saying, i know youre fighting the good fight to keep us safe and vowing to help rebuild his community. While in arizona, an entire town evacuated yesterday as firefighters battled volatile and explosive conditions as the largest out fire in utah now at 50,000 acres and growing. Over 1,000 firefighters on the lines there and this morning, its only 10 contained. Out west, in the height of the fire season. State of emergency for the state of utah with that big fire burning there. California gets a little break today. With the winds die down. We move to that massive global cyberattack. It has hit hospitals, banks, Government Agencies and companies from ukraine to europe, parts of the u. S. As well. The hackers are seeking ransom to release crucial data and our chief investigative correspondent brian ross has a major new development. Good morning, brian. Reporter good morning, george. Right now the attacks continue but this morning, researchers say they may have discovered a kind of killswitch that could stop or at least slow its spread. Hospitals outside pittsburgh in beaver, pennsylvania, were among the targets where doctors could not access patients medical records. She called and said surgery was canceled because the computers was down. Reporter other targets in the u. S. Include Merck Pharmaceutical in new jersey, even the company that makes oreo cookies may have been hit, as well as the computers and phones at this Washington Law Firm which warned its lawyers as they entered the lobby. You cant read any emails. You cant read any files. Basically your computer becomes a brick. Reporter the attack first surfaced in ukraine shutting down everything from Grocery Stores to atm machines, power grids and airports. The thousands of targets all received this ominous message in english on their screens, your files are no longer accessible. Nobody can recover your files without our decryption service, send 300 worth of bitcoin. Sometimes if you pay you get your data back. Sometimes they just take your money and move on. Reporter the attack bears great similarities to a kidnap and ransom scheme last month that hit british hospitals particularly hard. But that attack later linked to north korea was stopped when cybersecurity experts discovered a kind of kill switch. This morning, computer experts are trying to activate a new kill switch they discovered overnight, calling a vaccine to protect individual computers. What can all of us do . Microsoft has put out a patch or a fix. This attacks vulnerabilities in the windows operating system so download any upgrades from microsoft. Obviously, a lot of people have not done that. Okay, brian ross, thanks very much. All right, george, now to chicago where three Police Officers are facing conspiracy charges in the Fatal Shooting of Laquan Mcdonald, a 17yearold who was killed by an officer sparking massive protests. Dashcam video contradicts what police say happened that night. Abcs alex perez is there in chicago and has more. Good morning, alex. Reporter hey, good morning, robin. This special prosecutor handling this case alleges the officers involved knowingly lied to cover up for and protect the officer who shot Laquan Mcdonald. This morning, more fallout from that dashcam video that shows Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke shooting 17yearold Laquan Mcdonald 16 times as the teen walks away while holding a knife. The video too disturbing to show in its entirety. A special prosecutor investigating the case now charging van dykes Police Partner former officer joseph walsh, officer Thomas Gaffney and former detective david march all with conspiracy, obstruction of justice and official misconduct. These defendants lied about what occurred during a Police Involved shooting in order to prevent independent criminal investigators from learning the truth. Reporter all three officers were there the night of the shooting in 2014. The indictment alleges they lied. Falsely saying that mcdonald was assaulting officers forcing van dyke to shoot him. Van dyke whos awaiting trial on murder charges has pleaded not guilty. The video which was not released until a year after the shooting [ chanting ] reporter sparked a National Outrage and protests. No justice. [ chanting no justice ] no peace. [ chanting no peace ] reporter and the three officers have not yet entered pleas. Theyre due in court july 10th. George. Thanks very much. We turn now to new trouble on the tracks causing major problems for commuters in the northeast. Amtrak service between philadelphia and washington was shut down in both directions early this morning because two workers were struck and killed near washingtons Union Station overnight. Weve just learned those workers were from the csx railroad. The crash is under investigation. Service is slowly being restored. And we have new information on what caused a subway Train Derailment here in new york tuesday. Set off a chaotic scene as smoke filled the tunnel. Dozens injured trying to escape the tracks and transit officials blame it on human error. A preliminary investigation indicates that an extra piece of rail was not properly secured during track repairs. Now to the trial of a former pharmaceutical ceo who caused a nationwide uproar when he hiked the price of a lifesaving drug 5,000 and refused to apologize. Now hes on trial for fraud but struggling to find impartial jurors and abcs linsey davis is following the case for us. Good morning. Reporter good morning, robin. That notoriety from the infamous price hike has left a stain thats now following him even into trial, even though those charges are unrelated. So far this week its been a laborious lesson in how difficult it is to seat a jury when the subject of the trial has been described as the most hated man in america. This morning, the taxing jury selection is entering its third day for the trial of the socalled bad boy of pharmaceuticals, martin shkreli. Martin, do you think youll be able to get a fair trial . Reporter nearly 200 potential jurors have already been dismissed in the federal securities fraud trial after some of them told the judge they could not be impartial, even calling shkreli the face of corporate greed and a snake. Shkreli rose to infamy after raising the price of an hiv and cancer drug from 13. 50 to 750 per pill, a 5,000 increase. Shkreli defended himself when we interviewed him in 2015. Im not a greedy person. This is a very low demand drug. The price of the product was so low no company could continue to afford making it. The fact we need to make a profit with a much better outcome than it being discontinued. Reporter when he faced congress in a 2016 hearing over pharmaceutical pricing, he declined to answer questions. Do you think youve done anything wrong . On the advice of counsel, i invoke my fifth amendment privilege. Reporter now hes facing unrelated charges for alleged securities fraud. I dont really care about people hating me. Reporter federal prosecutors claim he essentially ran his two former companies a hedge fund and biotech firm like a ponzi scheme. Im innocent and intend to prove it. Reporter once theyre able to get the jury seated Opening Statements could begin as early as today. The trial is expected to last six weeks. If convicted, shkreli faces up to 20 years in prison. Robin. All right, linsey, thank you very much. Well bring in abc news chief legal analyst dan abrams. How difficult is it going to be to seat this jury. Not as difficult as his attorney would have you believe. Most people dont know who he is. The bottom line is, his attorneys make it sound like anyone who walks into the courtroom of course knows who he is. A lot of people dont know who he is. The greater danger, i think, is that the people who do hate him not make comments in front of other prospective jurors because then you have the risk of tainting the entire pool of people who are there so thats the real challenge for the judge which is containing the very passionate comments that certain people may make about him and making sure that it doesnt affect the rest of the jury pool. Well, you know his lawyers already called for a mistrial citing all the attention and coverage that he has received. The judge said no. It ignores his own comments on social media. His own lawyer has said dont believe everything he said on social media because some of it is so unappealing and so unhelpful to him in the context of this case. The notion that its the media that has been the problem, the fact that the media is reporting on the things he says and does, thats not the problem. The problem is the things he says and does. But thats not what hes on trial for. Thats exactly right. He is not on trial for raising the prices. He is on trial for securities fraud for wire fraud effectively for defrauding his investors, a completely separate issue from the main reason so many people despise him. But sometimes hard for people to separate that. Exactly. Exactly, exactly. All right, dan. Thank you, guys. We move on to rob with a new Severe Weather outbreak developing from the plains to the midwest. This is after what happened yesterday across parts of new england in holden, massachusetts. A lot of hail there. Upstate new york, maine, stormy winds and 100mileanhour wind gust in Custer County and energy getting further west from omaha to des moines and madison, wisconsin. Chicago getting into it as well, not just today but tomorrow this front kind of drifts down to the south and hangs there so two days

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