Transcripts For WABC Good Morning America Weekend Edition 20

Transcripts For WABC Good Morning America Weekend Edition 20160320

Weve got parents and cars all over the place. As we were flipping, bodies were ricocheting off the bus. Motorists rushing to the scene to help. What another driver was doing that may have caused the crash. And meet the other first family. The bald eagles dubbed mr. President and the first lady welcoming the cutest little addition. Daddy arriving with a delivery for the little fluff ball. And another one just waiting to hatch. And good morning on this first day of spring, which is going to feel more like winter. For millions of us. Thats right. Rob will have your forecast coming up. We start with a fresh round of turmoil involving donald trump. Yeah, look at this. Inside a rally in arizona, a protester punched and stomped by a trump supporter. Even Trumps Campaign manager getting involved. Appearing to grab the collar of a protester as you can see in these shots right here. It is hard to see. But protesters using their vehicles as well to shut down traffic, leading to another trump rally. They were later arrested. They were paralyzed on the road there for a little while. Meanwhile two days before the arizona and utah primaries. Were hearing reports this morning of a coordinated campaign against antitrump trump from getting the nomination. George stephanopoulos is standing by with more on that. We begin our coverage with mary bruce in washington, d. C. , good morning, mary. Reporter hi, paula. Good morning. As donald trump tightens his grip on the nomination, were seeing more and more protests across the country. Most peaceful. But last night, violence and physical clashes erupted again. Overnight, violent skirmishes at this trump rally in tucson. Watch, as a protester being escorted out, is pulled to the ground, punched, and kicked. Officers handcuffing the audience member and leading him then, just minutes later, Trumps Campaign manager, cory protester and appears to grab him by the collar. As seen in this cnn video. This morning, Trumps Campaign saying the individual he was speaking with was pulled from behind by the man to lewandowskis left. And that mr. Trump does not condone violence at his rallies. Protesters lining up on the highway leading to trumps rally, using their own cars to bring traffic to a stand still. Three of them are in jail. Reporter in charge of security, trump supporter, controversial sheriff joe arpaio. They think theyre going to intimidate you. And the next president of the united states. Not going to happen. Not in this town. Reporter and in new york, thousands of antitrump forces gathered in front of trump tower. Trump not even there. Go out on tuesday and vote. Reporter rising tensions two the big prize, the winnertakeall state of arizona. Were going to build the wall and were going to stop it. Its going to end. Reporter immigration is taking center stage on both sides of the aisle. The socalled immigration problem we face today at this particular moment is a trumped up and exaggerated problem. Reporter now, all this comes as the republican establishment is making a last ditch attempt to come together and stop trump from getting the nomination before the convention. But its unclear if anything at this point can stunt his momentum. Dan . Mary, thank you. For more on that point specifically, lets bring in abc news chief anchor george stephanopoulos, getting ready to host this week. Hey, dan. As mary mentioned, the New York Times is reporting antitrump republicans are going launch a 100day campaign. Trying to deny him the nomination. What are the odds of success . Somebody has to beat him on the field. It will take ted cruz or john kasich to do that. You have to look at the math going forward. Coming up on tuesday, utah and donald trump is likely to win arizona. You need most likely ted cruz to beat him in utah. Hes ahead right now. But then, the big date on the calendar is april 5th. Votes. Wisconsin, a big mid western state. If the stop trump forces have any hope, they have to beat donald trump in wisconsin, on april 5th. If they do, the chances that donald trump can get those 1237 delegates before the convention go down dramatically. And perhaps, after april 5th, it would be a twoperson race. That would give the antitrump forces a better shot. Thats the key day. What theyre saying, the reports are saying that the antitrump folks, if they cant deny him the nomination, they may support a third party candidate. Wouldnt that throw the election to Hillary Clinton . Most likely. Yes. It could throw to it the house. Most likely, it would throw the election to Hillary Clinton. Those people that want the third party alternative, the they dont care. They would rather lose the white house than win with donald trump as the standardbearer. Of the Republican Party and conservative principles. Theyre playing a longer game here, they think. Thank you, george. Appreciate it. We want to remind everyone. George has a big show this morning. Hell go one on one with donald trump. Later this morning on this week. Right here on abc. Paula, over to you. Thanks, dan. Lets go overseas. Authorities are starting to piece together exactly what happened in paris deadly terror attacks after capturing salah abdeslam. The suspected paris attacker admitted to backing out of the suicide bombing at the last minute. Hes facing extradition to france, where 130 people died. Alex marquardt is in brussels, where abdeslam was captured. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning, paula. Salah abdeslam woke up this morning in a belgian prison, after a fourmonth manhunt. He is been officially charged he says hell fight been sent to france. Europes most wanted man has admitted to authorities he wasnt meant to survive the deadly attacks in paris. That claimed 130 lives. Salah abdeslam was supposed to detonate a suicide vest at the soccer game between france and germany. Along with team of bombers he drove to the stadium. [ explosion ] but he backed out. The paris prosecutor said. And instead, called two accomplices in belgium and asked them to pick him up. This image taken at a gas station as he fled. Now, the Legal Process starts. Belgium has charged him with participation in terrorist murder. And being part of a terrorist group. The real key from this arrest is the opportunity to interrogate abdeslam, find out about who hes been working with. Find out about his ties to isis. Reporter the french are demanding he be sent to france as soon as possible. Which abdeslams lawyer said they will fight. Hes collaborating with the belgian justice. Well refuse the extradition to reporter fridays dramatic raid was the culmination of four months of relentless police raids and arrests. Abdeslam hardly putting up a fight when he was cornered in the now famous neighborhood of molenbeek. Shot in the leg by s. W. A. T. Teams and dragged away. Who else was helping him hide . He clearly had family or friends helping him to stay out of the polices way. Reporter four others were arrested with him. Two of them charged with harboring criminals. Appeal against handing abdeslam over to france will cause a delay. Officials are confident it will happen in the next 90 days. It could, however, be several years before his trial begins. Dan . Yes, but they have him. And the process of gathering intelligence begins. Alex alex, thank you. Next, to history being made today in cuba. When president obama arrives this afternoon, hell be the first president to visit since Calvin Coolidge in 1928. To normalize relations with our old cold war foe. Abcs jim avila is right there this morning in havana. Jim, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, dan. It was just over a year ago that we broke the news that president obama wanted to change the relationship between cuba and union treated each other and visit havana personally. Finally that day has come. Old havana known for its charming decay, rundown chaos is getting polished up for a visit many thought would never happen. A u. S. President triumphantly and peacefully riding down this famous street. President barack obama welcomed by the cuban government and the cuban people who view him as a hero. The changes in cuba are profound. Reporter cubans are expected to greet him by the thousands. As he heads to this symbol of power and american prestige, the u. S. Ambassadors residence. In a secluded embassy row. A majestic twostory home. Cuban people directly. Giving a nationally televised speech to a large audience at the national theater. Meeting with raul castro. Not fidel who remains in the background, weakened by poor health and age. The most fun. Americans and cubans sharing their love of baseball, both Countries National past time. As the Tampa Bay Rays meet the Cuban National team. Havana, after the president leaves, the Rolling Stones appear with a free concert expected to draw a million people. Dan. They say you cant always get what you want. Sometimes you can. Jim, thank you. Abc will be right there when the president arrives. Monday, david muir will have an exclusive interview. On his broadcast, world news tonight. Rolling stones in cuba. We never thought we would say that in our lifetime. Rons back with the other stories were tracking. Hey, good morning to you, rachel. We begin with a suicide bombing in turkey. Two americans among five People Killed in the heart of istanbul. 35 others were injured. Security cameras showing the lone bomber just before he blew himself up in one of that citys busiest shopping streets. So far, no one has claimed responsibility. Turkey has been the site of recent attacks. Which isis and kurdish separate tests are being blamed. The white house condemning the latest attack there in istanbul. The ntsb will join russian investigators looking to find saturday, killing all 62 on board. Investigators are focusing on pilot error or mechanical failure as the cause of the flydubai crash. Not bad weather as originally thought. How about this. For a hoax gone badly awry . After dialing 911 because some of his friends called to tell him they were trapped in snow, a man headed on a snowmobile to himself. Was a hoax. There was no avalanche. But the air rescue Team Responding to the snowmobilers 911 call was on site and able to rescue him. Pope francis is breaking records on the internet after christening his new instagram account. Just like that, with the snap of a finger, or rather a tap of a the pope joined the instagram masses. His first picture, a photo of himself kneeling in prayer with the words pray for me in nine languages. Within 12 hours, he set the record for the fastest person to reach 1 million followers. Followed by rachel smith, of course. Instagrams ceo was at the vatican for this papal premier. On instagram. The power of an image was it can transcend culture or language. It can speak to anyone in the world. Paula says she just followed him. Account himself. Rather than delegate authority to someone else. And spanish formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso was lucky to walk away from this. Look at this. His car goes flying at the australian grand prix this weekend after clipping another car. His car ended up upside down, torn to shreds. Left on the side of the track. Alonso, however, was fine. Saying afterward, im extremely happy to be here. Except he said it in spanish. Finally, from los angeles, two helicopters had to be called in to rescue a stranded horse. Youre going to see him here. Firefighters used a harness to hoist the animal to safety after the horse took a tumble from a trail into a ravine. The horse was brought down to a nearby ranch. There are still some ranches in the san fernando valley. And later reunited with his owners. Happy ending. Who is your horse in march madness, by the way . It was yale. Were out. So unc . You do . Yeah. But your alma mater had a every 50 years, they do well. Our alma maters, not so much. Who do you have, dan . My school, colby college. Tiny little school. Not in march madness. Theyre known for cheese, right, and education. And beanies with helicopters . March madness is madder than its been in awhile. The most upsets in nearly 15 years. Teams aiming for the sweet 16. Real nail biters overnight. This all means one thing. Tony reali, gma cocontributor and espn host, is back. Tony, great to have you here. Way to set the bar high, paula. Good morning. You will have a friday thats so crazy, you spend saturday in the house. Netflix and nap. Thats what the ncaa tournament had on the third day. The madness was controlled. A drive and then a slam. Reporter after two days with the most upsets ever, the favorites are fighting back. Overnight, the top seeds in action. Unc. Virginia. Advancing. Inside. Brogdon. Reporter a danceoff for the tarheels band. And the players, too, after that epic dunk. For three. Reporter but the Glass Slipper still on for gonzaga. The 11th seed going to the sweet 16. Defeating number three utah. The bulldogs beating the utes by 23 points. Despite a second half surge by yale the lack attack. Reporter defending champs duke surviving for the win. Plumlee, the denial. Reporter and a big win for indiana. Hoosiers sending the university of kentucky home, devastating fans and this saxophonist from the wild cats band. No shocker for the university of miami. In for the twohanded flush. Raining on Wichita States post season hopes. Angel rodriguez getting a halfcourt hug from the coach after leading the way to victory. Oh, a three today belongs to cinderella. Six doubledigit seeds in action. Keep an eye on number 15, middle tennessee. Number 14, steven f. Austin. The lumberjacks. And number 13, hawaii. Looking toward next week. The sweet 16. The cinderella most ready to put on a new pair of shoes, maybe gonzaga. Nobody has played better through two games. Usually my strategy, i pick xavier and gonzaga. I always like them in march madness. How does that turn out for you . Usually pretty well. Their synonymous with cinderella. Gonzaga has never made the final four. Theyre hoping this is the year. They were 11 seeds. Should have been higher . Underseeded, i think. Theyre playing much better than that. Youre a one seed for us, tony. Thanks for coming in. Youre a good sport. This is great. Im rooting for the lumberjacks just because i like their name. There you go. You have to have strategy. I like it. Thank you, i appreciate it. The first day of spring, allegedly. Of winter. Rob, weve sent him outside. Hes tracking the storm. Hes out in central park with more. Good morning, dan. Tony kicked me to the curb mi eastern long island now under a winter storm warning for significant accumulation, likely 4 to 8inch in the warned area. 1 to 2 inches of slushy snow from new york through philadelphia. Enough to do damage for the morning rush tomorrow, and you know, it was about a year ago where we saw snow on the first city. Got about 4 1 2 inches of snow. Rob, here we go again, 34 degrees right now in the city. Those winter storm warnings in effect eastern long island. Winter weather advisories western long island, parts of the jersey shore as well. Snow mixed with rain at times comes in late this afternoon, dry. Changes over to all snow during the evening hours. Island. We clear things out, near 50. 60s by wednesday. The daffodils have bloomed. Here in central park west. Might be covered with wet snow later today. The new york city Half Marathon is being run today. People are gathering at the starting line for that. Im coming inside. I would love the run the Half Marathon. But i have work to do. Stay there, man. Ron doesnt want you to come back. Ron wants you to limber up thank you, rob. Well check in with rob a little bit later. The internet has new stars a family of bald eagles. Watching this nestcam live stream. One baby eagle has hatched. We have breaking new about the remaining egg in the nest. And rachel smith is all over this story. Whats going on . Oh, yeah. I love it. Good morning. Its been nearly 24 hours since the second egg started showing now its finally made its debut along with its dayold sibling. This morning, the bird watchers across the country captivated by this baby bald eagle. Born in washington, d. C. The hatchling breaking free of its shell friday morning, live, on the national arboretums web cam. The proud parents, dubbed mr. President and the first lady, seen doting on the patriotic peep since its birth. Caught on camera opening its mouth for mom. The bald eagle is almost gone from our country. Its come back tenfold, a hundred fold. Reporter the president ial couple, which are the first nesting eagles in the area since 1947 are now taking turns caring for the chick. Keeping the nest tidy. Feeding the chick. Mr. President seen here flopping a fish into the nest before going back out to hunt. Theyre like a modern family in that they both take turns sitting on the eggs. Both go and hunt. Both brood the babies. Both feed the babies. Reporter social media dceaglecam trending worldwide. Conservationists on the edge of their seats as the second egg breaks its way into the world almost 48 hours after its sibling. One of the greatest things that i think anybody could view is our National Bird being hatched. Being grown up. Hopefully, theyll show this. Over the next few weeks. To see the bird take its first flight, oh, my gosh. Reporter so cool. So for right now, the eaglets will be called d. C. 2 and d. C. 3. The public will have a chance to help them name the babies in a thats because theyre born in d. C. Maybe a more exciting name like, you know, first lady, mr. Yes. Do you have any ideas for names for the little baldy . All right. Baldy . Youre on top of it this morning. Just forget i asked you. Not bad. Nice job. Coming up on gma, a school bus crash. Members of an Indiana High School Basketball Team injured in this horrible accident. What Authorities Say another driver was doing that may have caused this terrifying scene. Custody battle. A familys battle to keep their 6yearold foster child. The unusual law theyre fighting. A law they say is being used unfairly. Ing used unfairly. 30day satisfaction guarantee on appliances. Thats what im talking about cindy. I like your style. Now get up to 25 off select major appliances 396 or more, at lowes. Morning ted scott ready to hit some balls . Ooh hey buddy, whats up . This is what it can be like to have shingles. Oh, man. A painful, blistering rash. If you had chickenpox, the shingles virus is already inside you. 1 in 3 people will get shingles in their lifetime. After almost 3 weeks, i just really wanted to give it a shot. You know, im not feeling it today. Tal

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