Transcripts For WJLA Good Morning America 20170503 : vimarsa

Transcripts For WJLA Good Morning America 20170503

William calling the incident shocking as the 0th anniversary of his mothers tragic death during a paparazzi car chase approaches. Miraculous survival. The moment this plane falls from the sky crashing into a packed intersection clipping a car and bursting into flames. How those on board and on the ground quickly made it out alive. And we do say good morning, america. That was quite a scene seeing that plane. Oh, yeah, quite a scene. The woman whose car was clipped by the plane says she could feel the heat on her face and so lucky that no one was seriously injured in that accident. A lot of important stories starting with the clock ticking on the Republican Health care bill. The house goes on an 11day break starting tomorrow. The white house scrambling to make changes to save the bill. Fbi direcr today. One day after Hillary Clinton said he cost her the election and President Trump blasted him for going easy on hillary. Comey will face questions on russia and the election today and President Trump will hold his first meeting with Palestinian Leader Mahmoud Abbas to discuss peace in the middle east. First to new setbacks for the Republican Health care bill. Gop hopes were high earlier and thought theyd get the necessary votes but now new signs of trouble and our Congressional Correspondent mary bruce, you know shes there on capitol hill again for us this morning. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, robin. Republicans are racing to get these votes and now weve learned this morning theyre considering making additional changes to the bill hoping to win over enough holdouts to finally push this over the finish line. This morning, Republican Leaders insist theyre getting close. Mr. Leader, when are we going to see a vote on health care . But the numbers tell a different story. By our count House Republicans are on the brink of losing too many votes to pas reform bill, 21 republicans oppose the current plan. More than a dozen are undecided and just two more no votes would sink it. In the middle of that divide, the white house. Vice president pence has been meeting with lawmakers on the hill. Do you have the votes for health care, sir . Reporter President Trump making his personal pitch. How is health care coming, folks . How is it doing . We moving along . All right. I think its time now, right . Reporter now a big blow from a key republican. The former chair of the committee that helped draft the legislation says he cannot support the bill because hes concerned about the impacts on americans with preexisting conditions. Ive supported the practice of not allowing preexisting illnesses to be discriminated against. Reporter they made changes that coo gut those and possibly leave americans with preexisting conditions paying more for their coverage. The bills supporters are pushing back. So, the purpo prices while preserving the protections for preexisting conditions. Reporter putting a face to the debate, jimmy kimmel who made an emotional plea to cover preexisting conditions. Sharing the story of his newborn son billys heart condition. If your baby is going to die and it doesnt have to, it shouldnt matter how much money you make. Reporter former president barack obama responding tweeting well said, jimmy. Thats exactly why we fought so hard for the Affordable Care act and why we need to protect it for kids like billy. And now republicans are fighting the clock. Just two days left before they go on recess facing the prospect of heading home without full if iing their key promise to fulfill and repeal and replace obamacare, they are now making an allout push to get this done. George. Okay, mary, thanks. More on this from our chief White House Correspondent jon karl and the white house as mary said scrambling now to get these votes along with the speaker but it was the president s own confusing comments about the amendment that created some of the trouble. Reporter well, that certainly didnt help but the president is deeply engaged personally engaged on this and im told just yesterday he spoke to 15 different Republican House members who are either no or undecided on this bill. Im also told that more republicans, a handful are expected here at the white house this morning to meet with the president. Theyre looking at trying to make some slight tweaks, some slight changes to get to yes. A top official here at the white house told me they still think they can pass it this week by a razor thin margin but ive got to tell you republicans i have spoken to on capitol hill are much less optimistic about seeing it pass. In the meantime, the president seemed stung on the reporting to keep the government open and had that tweet calling for a possible Government Shutdown in september. Reporter yeah, ive really never seen anything quite like this. Just look at the tweet again, the words here, our country needs a good shutdown in september to fix mess. We went round and around with the director of management a budget here yesterday saying what does he mean . What is a good shutdown . They insist they still hope one doesnt happen but if you need a shutdown to change things so be it, the odd thing is the president came out shortly after that and declared victory on this spending bill, so a very interesting day here at the white house yesterday. The president took some heat for inviting the philippine lead leader duterte to the white house and as the Washington Post is reporting the president and his family were appearing in promotional advertisements for trump tower in manila up until this week. Reporter the post asked questions about it. Its not owned by the Trump Organization but a licensing deal, he got wean 1 million and 6 million between 2014 and 2015, you know, clear potential conflict of interest there, george. Thats what ethics experts are saying, jon, thanks very much. More on psi the two spoke for the First Time Since the missile strikes in syria. That as you know led to a chill in u. S. russian relations. Our chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz has more and joins us from washington. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, robin. There has been a chill in relations, in fact, it has seemed downright frigid of late with both sides saying relations were at an alltime low, although President Trump said he believed things would work out. This call was the First Step Towards that and both sides found reason for optimism. The white house saying the conversation was a very good one and the russians calling it business like and constructive and President Trump has agreed to send a representative to syrian ceasefire talks and also discussed meeting president putin in germany in july, robin. What about the safe zones to protect syrian civilians and i know that the president , hes talked about this going back to the campaign, is this close to being a trump has talked about this in the past, the white house has been very short on details about how that would actually work and what the u. S. Commitment would be. But the white house says in that phone call, the two leaders did discuss a safe zone although the kremlin made no mention of any conversation about safe zones so that in itself doesnt sound very encouraging. Thank you, martha. We move on to Hillary Clinton speaking out about President Trump and her loss in november. She is taking responsibility but not all the blame as she joins what she calls the resistance to the president and his policies. Cecilia vega covered clinton on the campaign trail. She joins us now. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter george, good morning to you. Hillary clinton has kept a low profile since losing the election but an aide close to her tells me not anymore. She feels enough time has passed and she is stepping out of the shadows and joining what she calls that resistance. For Hillary Clinton theres a lot of blame to go around. I take absolute personal i was the person who was on the ballot. Reporter but that election loss she says is not entirely all her fault. She also blames sexism. I do think it played a role and i think other things did as well. Every day that goes by we learn pore about some of the unprecedented interference including from a foreign power whose leader is not a member of my fan club. Reporter that foreign power, the russians. Ask yourself this, within an hour or two of the hollywood access tape being made public, the russian theft of John Podestas emails hit wikileaks. What a coincidence. So, i mean you just cant make this stuff up. Reporter shes also pointing directly at the fbi. I was on the way to winning until the combination of jim comeys letter on october 28th and russian wikileaks raised doubts in the minds who were inclined to vote for me but got scared off. Reporter team clinton believes that is the day she lost the race when the fbi director announced he was looking into her emails yet again. The election had been on october 27th, id be your president and it wasnt. Did we make mistakes . Of course, we did. Did i make mistakes, oh, my gosh, yes. Reporter clinton is now writing a book about it and says she is not going out quietly. Im now back to being an activist citizen and part of the resistance. Reporter and that resistance, apparently involves throwing some punches at her old foe. I did win more than 3 million votes than my opponent. So, its like [ applause ] reporter clinton said she expected her comments would prompt a tweet and they did. Overnight the president tweeting director comey was the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton in that he gave her a free pass for many bad deeds. I am told that, george, we will be not as an activist, as a candidate. And were going to be seeing a lot more of the fbi director james comey going up to capitol hill after facing a calling out from Hillary Clinton and the president is going to get those questionses on russia today. Reporter he is. Not are its not a hearing specifically about russia but do expect it to come up. Thanks very much. Over to michael. Thank you, george. We turn to those deadly floods across the midwest. Damaging hundreds of homes and forcing evacuations. Now, more heavy rain is moving in and abcs alex perez is on the ground in eureka, missouri, with all the latest. Good morning, alex. Reporter hey, good morning, michael. You know, this is supposed to be one of the main streets through downtown here but take a look. It looks more like a river. The sandbags are in place but the big problem here, the rain has been relentless. Here in missouri, the rising waters wreaking havoc for residents where flooding has claimed five lives. In eureka, the coast guard with water by boat. The show me state already hit with at least 12 inches of rain and more expected to come this week. Amounts could range from 1 to 3 plus inches over the next few days. Reporter the merrimac river at nearly historic levels. Floodwaters damaging at least 200 homes so far and threatening to overflow into 1500 others. The flooding leaving many stranded. Officials closing at least 270 roads even suspending amtrak service. I cant stress enough that if theres water on that roadway, do not go into it. Reporter but neighbors banning together working around the clock filling and stacking sandbags. The bags come off the truck, go all the way down the line. Reporter and to make matters worse here they are now bracing for another possible three to four inches of rain here in the next couple of days. Michael. All right, thank you, alex. Thats a lot of water. That is. Officer was fired and could face charges for the Fatal Shooting of a 15yearold. Who was in a car full of teenagers. Abcs Kayna Whitworth is in dallas with that story for us, good morning, kayna. Reporter robin, good morning. Both of jordan edwards older brothers were in that car when he was shot and killed. The officer responsible has been fired and now this investigation lies in the hands of the people here, the Dallas County Sheriffs Office and the district attorney. Overnight officer roy oliver fired after police say he violated Department Policies when shooting and killing 15yearold honor student jordan edwards. After reviewing the findings, i have made the decision to terminate roy oliver. Reporter the police were called to this home around 11 00 p. M. Saturday night after receiving reports of a large house party with unsupervised intoxicated teenagers. Police initially saying that when they arrived they heard gu filled with tournamenters backing towards them in an aggressive manner. Thats when officer roy oliver fired his rifle at the car killing edwards. But on monday a major reversal. The police chief saying after watching two separate body cam videos it was clear the teens were driving away from the officers. A rush to get the information out to be transparent. Reporter overnight outrage, the town demanding officer roy be arrested and charged criminally. The teens parents wiping away tears telling abc news the magnitude of his horrible actions cannot be overstated. The family is digging in. They want to see this officer indicted. Reporter now a family grieving remembering the promising football player. How do you hope your short experience translates . How he is in the classroom. How he is out on the feel, you cant find a Single Person that has a bad thing to say about at the high school dedicated their Upcoming Season to jordan. As for officer oliver, he has ten days to appeal and his mother telling us overnight that theyre awaiting direction from their attorney. Robin. Thinking of that family, kayna, thank you very much and the importance of having those body cams right there. Now, amy has the mornings other top stories starting with breaking news in chicago. At this hour a manhunt is under way for the people who opened fire on two Police Officers in chicago in whats being called a targeted attack. Police say the gunman pulled up to their patrol car and started firing hitting one officer in the arm and the hip. The other in the back. They are both expected to recover. Well, the Justice Department is expected to announce it will not charge two baton rouge Police Officers who fatally shot alton sterling last summer sparking days of protests. The video showed the white Officers Holding him down as shots were fired. They were responding to reports of an armed man making threats. Sterlings aunt says the decision was leaked before the family was told. State charges could still be filed. Well, isis has claimed responsibility for a car bombing that wounded three u. S. Troops in afghanistan today. That blast targeted a convoy near the u. S. Embassy and eight civilians were killed. Well, the next time you fly you may have less legroom at your seat. American airlines is reducing legroom, how are they doing this . By two inches on some planes. So they can add more seats. United is reportedly considering a similar move. All right. We know how we feel about that. A labor of love. Jennifer pope is a teacher in texas and she is so committed to her students look at this. She was working on her lesson plan while she was in labor in the hospital. Her husband gave it to the substitute teacher who was waiting outside her hospital room. Jennifer, you see there, gave birth to a healthy girl less than an hour after finishing those lesson plans. A good reminder to next week is teacher appreciation. I thought i was worried, a good time to tell people im pregnant. No, no, no. I think the kids would have been fine with no homework. Exactly. Hey, you know what, she knows what her kids need, not what they want. Well, congratulations to her regardless. All right, now well turn to that incredible video of a plane crashing into an intersection and amazingly no one was seriously injured and gio benitez has the story. And Harrison Ford was not flying this plane, all right. Ooh. Just incredible. For people driving on the street they saw it fall from the sky but then the miracle. The pilot and passenger just walked away. Just take a look at this shocking keen at this traffic light in washington state. A plane seen on dash cam video crashing into the intersection. The small plane had just taken off tuesday afternoon when the pilot reported losing power using the road as a runway the plan clipped power lines, street sign, even this womans car. I could feel the heat on my face and the fireball clipped the van and closest ive come to thinking this is the end. Reporter the pilot and passenger quickly getting out of the plane as stunned witnesses looked on. Nearby cars damaged in the fire. It was a shock. Got out safely. Reporter investigators are now trying to figure out what caused the crash. But miraculously no one was seriously injured. That was very skillful and thoughtful and mindful to contain calm and control of the aircraft. Reporter just amazing. The worst injuries just some aches and pains but that was it. These people survived. Very lucky. Gio, we got a call for you. Its Harrison Ford. [ laughter ] listen, he crashes but hes okay all the time. Lets go over to ginger. Oh, great live pictures, unfortunate live pictures. We saw southeastern missouri, the flooding. Look, that is interstate 55 you taking chopper images. Flash flood warnings in place right now. Its happening. Stormy cities brought to you by walgreens. Rain for the friday morning rush through the late afternoon, early evening hours. 12 of rain is possible by friday night. The bulk of the wet weather will be out of here by 7pm, so there wont be heav

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