Transcripts For KNTV Sunday Today With Willie Geist 20170507

KNTV Sunday Today With Willie Geist May 7, 2017

Well have the latest information. And later, our sunday sitdown with the cofounders of instagram. The social media phenomenon dreamed up less than seven years ago in a San Francisco coffee shop that now has 700 million users, including the holy father himself. Thats got to be a moment when the pope signs up for instagram and you help him get on. Whats your password going to be, your holiness. All he has to do is touch the signup button. Im like i really hope this works. Our sunday sitdown with the instagram guys. Plus, Academy Award winners tim robins and harry smith later in the show. Lets begin with the heated president ial election taking place right now in france, hours after a massive hack on the frontrunners campaign. Matt bradley is live for us in paris. Matt, good morning. Reporter good morning, willie. This is a crucial vote and not just for the future of france, but europe as a whole. Its still not exactly close. Emanuel macron is expected to beat Marine Le Pen by 20 . Well know if they called it right in about six hours. Today in france, both with radically different visions for the countrys future voting this morning. All guys are on Marine Le Pen, the far right populist who wants to quit the European Union and nato, limit immigration, and crack down the practice of islam. But polls favor emanuel macron, the former banker whos a pro business liberal who wants to keep france in the eu. Hes never held elected office. He announced friday night his campaign was hacked. Nine gigabytes of data, thousands of emails, now circulating on the web. Suspicion has turned to russia and the Macron Campaign likened the hack to last years dnc leak, but the comparison to the recent u. S. Election doesnt end there. French campaigns have seen bitter debates. Violent campaign rallies, and allegations of fake news. And just last week barack obama endorsed macron. He appeals to peoples hopes and not their fears. Two weeks after donald trump expressed his support for le pen. The le pen camp hopes for a trumpstyle upset. We know how the polls were on donald trump the last time, so we are still very optimistic. And a victory that would not only up end france, but send shock waves across europe and around the world. The teat of terrorism looms large over this vote and just a few hours ago the site of the Victory Party for macron was evacuated because of a security threat. Turns out so far it was just a threat. Willie . Matt bradley watching that election closely for us this morning in paris. Matt, thanks so much. Back here at home, President Trump has spent the weekend celebrating the passage of a Health Care Bill through the house of representatives and now looking toward the senate, but tomorrow the focus will be on how he got to the white house with testimony before congress about the connection during the campaign between his ousted National Security adviser Michael Flynn and russia. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell is with the president in branchburg, new jersey, with more on tomorrows testimony on the hill. Kelly, good morning. Reporter good morning, willie. Tomorrow the public will hear for the first time from a former Government Official who went to the white house with a warning about russia and Michael Flynn and then lost her own position just days later when she refused to enforce the president s travel ban. The white house has been trying to distance itself from the russia questions, but that will be hard to do tomorrow. Fired by President Trump. Former Top Justice Department official sally yates has a story to tell monday about ousted National Security adviser Michael Flynn. The white house said in march it was okay for yates to go public. If they choose to move forward, great, we have no problem with her testifying. Yates, who was briefly acting attorney general. I believe that we can work together. Reporter warned the Trump White House in january that flynn had misled officials about his contacts with the russian ambassador. Former obama director of National Intelligence James Clapper is also expected to testify tomorrow as part of a Senate Russia investigation. Turning to the fallout over health care, saturday outside buffalo, new york. Republican congressman tom reid faced angry constituents in a series of town hall meetings. You let citizens down. Reporter where he defended his vote for the Gop Health Care plan. I totally understand, and empathize with the fear, the anxiety, because we are talking about health care. Its a very personal situation. Reporter closer to home, the president s weekend home in bedminster, new jersey. An unusual driveby protest saturday, a line of a few dozen cars passed outside President Trumps golf resort, where local police prevented them from stopping. Demonstrators then met nearby. I want people in this community to know we dont all agree with him. Reporter others defended the longtime local resident who is now president. Hes a hard working guy, very hard working guy. Hes right to have a day off. Reporter and from his new jersey home today, the president tweeted about the russia issue saying democrats connections to russia should be investigated. Other than that, the white house is saying they want these investigations to go forward, and they are not commenting. Willie . All right, kelly, thanks so much. Nbcs chief Foreign Affairs correspondent is in this morning for chuck todd on meet the press. Great to see you on a sunday morning. Good to see you. Lets begin with domestic politics and the Health Care Bill. Obviously, thursday there was that rose garden celebration led by President Trump, along with house republicans. They believe they did their job, delivered on a campaign promise. The senate, though, andrea, has said almost immediately, including among many republicans, were going to wipe the slate clean and write our own bill, so for americans who may be watching this morning and thinking oh, my gosh, what is going to happen to my health care. What are the odds the final bill will look like the one that went through the house this week . The odds are certainly what comes out of the senate is not going to be anything like what the house passed, but it is going to create a baseline for what then goes back to the house if something does go out of the senate, something then goes back into a Conference Committee and they will have to negotiate. So what the house did is important, because theyve already crossed a number of bridges by really making drastic changes in medicaid, big, big cuts, at least 880 billion in the first version, and then also people with preexisting conditions. This is really going to hurt, if it comes out anything like the house bill, hurt older people, people with preexisting conditions, and according to the health and Human Services departments own estimates, 84 of people age 55 and older have preexisting conditions that would have enabled them to be covered that insurers would have had to cover, could not ban under the previous obamacare, and now will be up to the insurance companies. The states can opt out, so theres a lot of options here for people who the insurance industry, for the states who want to opt out, and theres going to be a lot of pressure. For just the reasons you laid out, democrats are outraged by this bill, but politically they are giddy because they believe it gives them an opening in 2018, perhaps in the house of representatives. Its a tall task. They have to flip 24 seats, but they can take back the house and stand up for the president in their view in a different way. Do they have an issue that can guide them through the next couple of years. They think they have an issue. They have ads coming out, they have an ad that will come out later today against martha mcsally, who is a republican, retired air force pilot, popular republican in arizona. They think they have an issue, but they probably should not count on it yet. Charlie cook has moved 20 seats into either tossup or just leaning republican, not solid republican, but very few seats into, you know, the democratic camp so far. Among those districts where Hillary Clinton either won or almost won, and the Congress Members actually voted for this bill. I think they shouldnt count this Midterm Election issue, because it all depends how they message it and how it comes out of the senate. All right. Youve got a lot to talk about this morning, andrea. Thank you so much. Well be watching meet the press where andrea will be joined by senator Dianne Feinstein and tom price. Also talking about sally yates testimony tomorrow about the relationship between russia and the trump campaign. Andrea, thank you again. Now to some sad news overnight, the death of Steven Holcomb. His body was discovered on saturday at the olympic Training Facility in lake placid, new york. Nbcs Morgan Radford reports. Reporter star american bobsledder Steven Holcomb was known for his ability to push through challenges. He was preparing for his next big one, the 2018 winter olympics. When he took a break from training and spoke to our own Natalie Morales ten days ago. Were focused and ready for this next olympics. Its going to be exciting. Everythings coming together. Reporter those dreams suddenly shattered saturday when the fivetime World Champion was found dead in his room in the Olympic Training Center in lake placid, new york. His sudden death rocking the olympic community. Lindsey vonn saying, team usa wont be the same for this upcoming olympics. Teammate Nick Cunningham calling him a legend in the sport of bobsled and even better person off the track. Holcomb was 37, and the cause of his death is still unclear. For years he battled depression, triggered by a disease that nearly blinded him in his 20s. Holcomb documented his dark days in his autobiography, including a Suicide Attempt in 2007, but a surgery saved his vision and his career. He went on to lead the u. S. Bobsled team to gold in 2010, breaking a 62year drought for team usa. Followed by two more medals in sochi. He hoped for more wins next year. Ive done this more than half my life, so i kind of keep going and do it. I enjoy it, so, you know, why stop . Reporter Morgan Radford, nbc news, new york. Great athlete and a really good guy, as those of us who covered the olympics a bit got to know. Terrible news there. Now to some encouraging news out of africa, where 82 Chibok School girls are free after being held captive since 2014 by boko haram. Nigerias president expected to meet with them this afternoon. More than 300 school girls were kidnapped by the slamic terrorist group sparking a worldwide campaign. Today, just over 100 girls remain unaccounted for. Some terrible news out of boston, where two doctors were set to get married were found dead inside a luxury penthouse condominium over the weekend. Police say the suspect opened fire when they confronted him inside the doctors home. The suspect is in the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. Officials believe the suspect and the victims knew each other. Emergency evacuations under way in south georgia this morning after a wild fire in a National Wildlife refuge escaped fire breaks. Its now threatening homes in surrounding communities, including st. George. The fire covers more than 130,000 acres and is only 12 contained. Helicopters and air tankers are being used to battle the blaze with more tankers from montana and california joining the fight today. And a big win on saturday for the favorite of the Kentucky Derby. They are coming to the blind and the dream comes true. Always dreaming has won the Kentucky Derby always dreaming, the 92 favorite in the race at churchill downs. Its the fifth Straight Year the favorite has won the derby. That is the longest stretch ever. Next stop, the preakness in two weeks. Dylan is here with a quick check of the weather. Just hours removed from churchill downs. Did you have fun yesterday . It was so much fun, and the weather cleared up just like it always does in time for the race, but still made for a pretty wet track. It rained for days in kentucky. In the niortheast, too. We have snow showers through western new york, also frost advisories through the great lakes. This is our pattern, its called an omega block. This ridge means warmer temperatures through the middle of the country, but this dip in the jet stream means unsettled weather and cooler temperatures. Well be running below average for this time of year, about ten to 15 degrees below average. Buffalo 7 degrees for a high today. In the southwest we have rain and mountain snow as low as about 4,000 feet we could see significant snowfall as this continues to and we are waking up to another chilly morning. Still seeing some breezy conditions. Windier conditions along the peninsula at 49 degrees. Trivalley, chilly, 50. And in San Francisco, also at about 51 degrees. Now, we are expecting to warm up today just a bit more than we were yesterday. We will be climbing into the upper 70s for areas near inland and also the north bay as well. Well still track a slight chance of showers for monterey. And thats your latest forecast. You looked good in those hats yesterday. I like my selection of hats. The kfk one was my favorite. Ahead, the highs and lows of the week, including a young girls beautiful reunion with her classmates. Well tell you why it was so special. And why is this man smiling . 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When you see something cool like that you gravitate toward it. Good job you 7yearolds in england. The battle of the bands this week on the day of the American Health care act vote. House republicans got fired up in the prevote locker room by blasting a classic. Thats right. Paul ryan and the guys getting hyped with the theme from rocky before charging out on the floor of the house to cast their vote. Personally i would have gone with the training montage off the rocky 4 sound track but i respect your decision. After they voted yes to pass the Health Care Bill democrats sang a song of their own. The 1969 steam classic, n na na hey, hey, hey goodbye. The implication of that song on the house floor being t

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