Transcripts For WCAU Sunday Today With Willie Geist 20170219

WCAU Sunday Today With Willie Geist February 19, 2017

Later this morning, the king of comedy, judge apitow. Our sitdown with the onetime comic who has been a standup since the last decade. I always wanted to be a standup. I just made movies so i could get a better seat. Lets go back to President Trump who is back with the task of filling out his key staff. He talked to supporters in what some called a peace rally. There were reminders of why he became president in the first place. Kelly kel Kelly Mcdonald is live for us in west palm beach, florida. Reporter the president will have job interviews for at least four candidates to become National Security adviser. The president will go into that from the energy boost he got to be able to prove even with no election in sight, thousands of his supporters would wait hours in line to see him. A campaign sequel. A movie soundtrack burglarying on the lo blaring on the loudspeakers. As air force i pulled up to melbourne on saturday. Donald trump returned to a revved up rally mode, this time as president. Even as Melania Trump pulled up to a less raucous role, starting with a prayer. Saying she was proud to be first lady, she also said the role has put her in a difficult spotlight. I will always stay true to myself and be truthful to you no matter what the position is saying about me. Reporter after a month in office, the president vented about his own restlessness in washington. I want to be among my friends and among the people. Reporter clearly not on his friends list, the media. The president railed against how he is portrayed and urged his supporters to join in his feud. We are not going to let the fake news tell us what to do, how to live or what to believe. We are free and independent people. Reporter but President Trump apparently watched the coverage so closely, he spotted a supporter who had been interviewed and called him up on stage. A star is born. A star is born. Reporter more seriously, the president defended his first months work. This will be change for the ages. Reporter and promised a new version of his immigration travel ban with an implicit acknowledgment that his first attempt had failed. So well be doing something over the next couple of days. We dont give up. We never give up. Reporter turning another page after firing his National Security adviser michael flynn, today in florida the president will interview at least four job candidates for that critical role. And the president told reporters on air force i that he thinks the process to find a permanent National Security adviser is going well and he expects the decision within a few days. Among those being interviewed, the acting National Security adviser Keith Kellogg and also the former u. N. Ambassador john bolton. He also told reporters, willie, about having this rally style event in the first place that he views his agenda, his work and life all as a campaign. Willie . It showed yesterday. Kelly odonnell in florida for us. Kelly, thanks. President trump talked about iran as well and threatened to rip up the nuclear deal. The media there is responding. Richard engel just sat down with munichs foreign minister. Richard, good to see you. Good morning. There is a security conference going on here. It brings senior officials from all around the world. Vice president pence was here, defense secretary mattis was here, and i can tell you there has been a lot of concern, particularly among european officials, about the chaos they see that is going on in washington. I sat down with the Iranian Foreign minister. As you know, the president has been talking very tough about iran. He was also standing next to the israeli prime minister, talking tough about iran. And i asked the Iranian Foreign minister how the government of tehran is seeing all of this. The Trump Administration recently announced that it was putting iran on notice. What does that mean to you . I am used to this type of language from the United States, but i dont respond well to this type of language. It would work better if they used the language of respect, the language of mutual interest and that would make iranians respond positively. Reporter the Iranian Foreign minister didnt lash out at President Trump. He tried to be very diplomatic, which is typical of events like this. But he said he does not expect the iran deal to be torn up because it is an international deal. He says that President Trump may be talking against the deal, but he doesnt think that the other signatories, particularly the europeans, are in any mood to restart years of negotiation with iran. Willie . Interesting conversation. Richard engel in munich for us. Chuck todd is monitor of meet the press and he skbroijoins un this morning. Good morning. Lets review the week in the administration. General flynn resigns, and he pulls people out of the running. You had mattis in brussels, you had trump speaking. Who is shaping the white house Foreign Policy . Right now to the best of our knowledge, it appears to be a combination of jared kushner, the president s soninlaw, steve bannon, the chief strategist and we have no National Security adviser. So in many ways, theyre shaping it. And i think defense secretary jim mattis has a lot of influence. It seems as if, you know, when mattis puts forward some candidates the president is more likely to listen to him. Whats unclear is the worrole secretary of state Rex Tillerson will be playing. It was such a high profile pick, it was such a high profile search, and it does seem of all his National Security team, if anyone is on the outside looking in, it appears to be mr. Tillerson. And some reports that mr. Tillerson is not pleased hes been locked out of some of these meetings with world leaders. Lets put yesterday, chuck, what we saw down there in florida at that airport hangar together with the press conference mr. Trump held in the white house on thursday. I spoke to one white house senior aide who said trump is out there in his natural habitat. Hes reminding people why he became president , hes taking his case directly to the American People. Is this a good format for him . I know he thinks it is, but is it good for a president to be out this way . Thats the open question. I was calling it his political comfort food, right . Youve been traveling for a while and youre sort of tired of eating takeout or whatever, and you just go home and you want the stuff you crave the most, and for him thats jousting with the press in a press conference where hes the center of attention for over an hour and having a Campaign Rally with adoring supporters. So i think after a rough month, he needed a personal morale boost. Hard stuff. The question is, does it do anything to stop the political bleeding thats taking place here in washington . Right now i think he didnt do anything to stop that. And while it may feel better, and he may feel better, i dont think hes made much progress in washington. And he, of course, says there is no political bleeding, thats why he wanted to get out front and talk to the American People through the media. Speaking of which, he obviously attacked the media on thursday and again yesterday in florida at that rally. You have john mccain on your show today in an interview you shot a while ago. Here is a preview of john mccain being pretty aggressive talking about the importance of a free press in contradiction to what President Trump said this week. Lets listen. If you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free, and many times, adversarial press. Without it, im afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. Thats how dictators get started. Im not saying that President Trump is is trying to be a dictator, im just saying we need to learn the lessons of history. Chuck, i dont want to give away too much of your interview, but i have to say mccain went on with a smile on his face to say, i hate the press. I hate you especially, chuck. But the fact is we need you. Significance of john mccain speaking out. Look, it goes to the larger issue that john mccain has with President Trump is that he fears President Trump essentially wants to shake up the 70year sort of world order that the United States has led when it comes to western alliances, and he is concerned its also why john mccain is the biggest critic when it comes to russia and he has such concern about the russia issue, because russia, the torture keurkeys of world, these authoritarian dictators, youve seen the free press get almost shoved out of the country. Thats where john mccain is coming from. Hes saying donald trump is not there yet, but there is a fine line between press criticism and press delegitimization. I think hes afraid trump has crossed that line. Lets go to the Kennedy Space center where a spacex rocket is making a second attempt of launch after aborting its mission on saturday. Nbcs Kerry Sanders is live there for the launch. Kerry, good morning. Good morning, willie. There are high hopes the second time is the charm. The liftoff was scrubbed yesterday just 15 seconds before ignition because they noticed an anomaly in a steering piston. Overnight the spacex engineers worked to correct the problem by replacing an actuator that keeps the rocket on course. Billionaire elon musk said he personally called off the launch saturday even though the Computer Systems indicated the launch would be okay. A little no, sstalgic pressure here . Because this launch is from 39a, the same launch pad apollo used to go to the moon and where the shuttle lifted off. The Space Shuttle not only lifted off but flew over and over again. About 10 minutes after the rocket enters space, the lower stage, then, is brought back to earth. Its guided, as you can see it landed here on a barge not too long ago. But today if theres a liftoff it will land here at the Kennedy Space center. The engineers tell me they think it will land just a couple inches of their target zone. And reusing these rockets, thats the economic key and also a step, while today is to go to resupply the International Space station, its a step toward elon musks dream of going to mars. Willie . Indra peterson is here while dylan is off on maternity leave. She has her eyes on Southern California. Big storms just a few days ago. You can see the first storm made its way to the four corners already, but a Second System out there in the pacific. Thats making its way in tonight and tomorrow. We are looking at a good morning. Im first alert meteorologist krystal klei. Your forecast high today, another very warm one, 68 the forecast high in center city. That will tie a record for warmth in philadelphia. 66 in lansdale and 64 in westchester. Lehigh valley low 60s the forecast high by this afternoon. In new jersey, trenton up to 69 degrees along the shore. Mid to upper 60s are possible. In delaware, flirting with 70s for forecast highs. Coming up, im going to give you a better forecast which is ridiculously nice temperatures right here. Indra, thank you very much. Stick around because the highs and lows including a rahm con that played out on capitol hill. The 15 boys who took a stand for the girls on their team and won. Plus, your life story in a test tube. Well put our sunday spotlight on the growing business of consumer dna testing. All of that and harry smith in just a bit. But as we head to break, our look at our photo of the week, burke at farmers, weve seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. Even a truckcicle. 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The new possibility of a buddy cop movie, starring ashton kutcher. Kutcher was talking about the problem of human trafficking. He was answered with a kiss. I also want to thank ashton. Ashton, youre better looking in the movies. Anyway thats a good ice breaker at the beginning of a hearing, right . You cant argue that he looks good, right . Hes a beautiful man, isnt he . Kutcher is the cofounder of thorn who looks for victims of human trafficking. Our first low goes to the grade President Trump gave to the press in his odyssey of a press Conference Thursday afternoon. Topics of the 70minute roller coaster ride included russia, the size of the electoral victory and his feelings about the media. The press has become so dishonest. Some of the media is fantastic, i have to say. The press is honestly out of control. The news is fake. I know the ratings, but theyre not as good as some people. I do get good ratingratings, yo to admit that. Im not ranting and raving. I love this. Im having a good time doing it. And boy, was he having a good time. Full media criticism throughout. Our next high goes to a Basketball Team in clark, new jersey. The league rules say they must be boys or girls, not both. There was nine boys and two girls before they noticed and they said the girls would have to leave before forfeiting the entire season under the rules. What do you think that group of 10yearolds did . Stay on the team, stay on the team. Who wants them to stay on the team, show of hands . They all raised their hand refusing to play without the girls knowing it would end their season, wipe all their wins off the books. Those little dudes refused to take the Court Without their two teammates chanting unity after the team vote. As that moment of kid solidarity became National News this week, the diocese of new jersey stepped in, reinstating the two girls immediately giving st. Johns all its wins back and putting the chargers back in the playoffs. My new team of the season, st. Johns chargers. Our next low goes to one australian dude who didnt have a really great valentines day game with his lovely girlfriend natalie tran ready to celebrate this vday. He was lost in a world of video games. With him oblivious in his headset, natalie wrote a song. I wish nothing but the best of you theres the man i chose. We dont have an update as to whether theyre still together, but its very heartbreaking to lose your man to virtual reality. How are you supposed to give up video games for a girlfriend and not the other way around. It was put on youtube, too. Our final high goes ballet moves of dads trying to dance like their daughters. They were invited to class valentines day to follow in the steps of their little girls. Imagine, if you will, baryshnikov in socks and loose wear. As you can see, some of the dads even wearing tutus. They did take the full class before going home to ice their knees. My daughter takes hiphop dance and sometimes they have the moms and dads come up. You realize how good your kids are at dancing. I wondered if you had kids. I do. Theres really no other way to explain this other than to come out and tell you. Orc has a 250pound pet bison living in the house with them. They kept it from a herd they sold. He eats breakfast from the table with his adoptive parents. He has his own bedroom where were told he enjoys action movies. You might have noticed the two other beasts. Those are actual wolves that also live in the house. Theyre more into nora ephron flicks. How do you know if a bison likes an action movie . Whats yea or in a for a bison . I dont know. A man who makes some of the best. Our sunday music the best things in life are free by sam cooke a new epic flavor. Its cranberry. Its pineapple. And theres no. Sugar. Added. Cranberry pineapple 100 juice. The next big thing to hit the juice aisle. Good morning. Im rosemary connors. Its a few minutes before 8 30 on this sunday. Waking up to cloudy weather but it will warm up quickly. Meteorologist krystal klei has the details. We started in the 50s this morning. Now some of us in the 60s. Look at that, northeast philadelphia, now its 60 degree

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