Transcripts For WPVI Good Morning America Weekend Edition 20

WPVI Good Morning America Weekend Edition June 11, 2016

In the business world, a body slam. The controversial Media Company gawker now filing for bankruptcy after losing a 140 million lawsuit to the pro wrestler hulk hogan over a sex tape. Gawker is now up for sale. But is this really the end . What the ceo is saying this morning. And taking the lead, the warriors shooting their way to victory over the cavaliers. Thompson pops it out to curry. Threepointer. Puts it in. The splash brothers coming alive. Their team one win away from repeating the title. Next up the doordie game. Hey, good morning. And lets get straight to the breaking news overnight, that Fatal Shooting of a popular young singer after a concert. You may recognize her. This is Christina Grimmie. The star of youtube and reality tv. After this performance in orlando, she was greeting her fans when a man pulled out a gun and shot her. The shooter was then tackled by grimmies own brother and then he shot himself. Yeah, a member of the Orlando Police department saying that brother is a hero for preventing further tragedy, but the big question this morning is why. What was the motive, and abcs Adrienne Bankert is on the story for us this morning. Hi, adrienne. Reporter hi, paula. Yes, a lot of tears overnight, young, ambitious and beloved by her fans, and now her death is striking a different chord. Overnight aspiring singer and former star of the voice Christina Grimmie shot and killed soon after this intimate performance in orlando. Oh baby hey, guys, whats up. Were in orlando today. Please come to the show if you live near orlando, florida. Reporter the youtube sensation attacked right in front of her fans. Engine 6 metro 169, per the caller its going to be two patients. The female patient and the shooter. Reporter according to police grimmie was gunned down by a man in the crowd. They were selling merchandise and signing autographs. The suspect walked up and shot christina. Whoa reporter her brother mark who often joined her on her Youtube Channel tackled the gunman. Her brother is a hero for saving and stopping him from not hurting anyone else. Reporter that gunman dead after turning the gun on himself. Police say he was carrying two firearms. No word yet on whether he knew christina personally. Fellow artists and fans stunned as the prayforchristina began trending. Nick jonas tweeting, my heart hurts hearing this news. So terrible. Demi lovato tweeting, my thoughts and prayers are with her loved ones. Well look into your eyes reporter her publicist releasing this statement, we ask at this time that you respect the privacy of her family and friends in their time of mourning. The sun rise theres so much reporter and from fans to the famous condolences just keep pouring in today. Just now rocker adam levine posting this on instagram, im sad, shocked and confused. We love you so much, grimmie. Christies family will be setting up a go fund me page in this very difficult time that was supposed to be a celebration. Sad and mystifying. Thank you, adrienne. Appreciate it. Were going to move to president ial politics and donald trump reportedly scrambling this morning to keep some potential ammunition out of Hillary Clintons hands. It involves a video deposition he gave in that Trump University lawsuit. Abcs mary bruce has the story from washington. Mary, good morning to you. Reporter good morning chl. Well, trumps attorneys are reportedly racing this morning to block the release of his video deposition recorded as part of that lawsuit. Now, if made public, the video could possibly be used in attack ads against him. This all comes as trump is under fire for his racially tinged comments. He had shown signs he might be toning it down, but this morning it seems trump is back to his old self. Overnight clashes outside this donald trump rally in virginia, but inside signs the famously bombastic trump is finetuning his message. Make America Great again, im adding for everyone. Reporter a more inclusive slogan after leaders of his own party called trumps comments racist. But former gop nominee mitt romney says, its too late. Theres nothing trump can do to win his support. A trickle down racism, a trickle down bigotry, a trickle down misogyny. All these things are extraordinarily dangerous. Reporter trump rejecting the label. I am the least racist person. Give me a break. Reporter but moments later this attack against Hillary Clintons powerful new ally, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. Pocahontas is not happy. Reporter trump mocking warren for claiming she has native american ancestors and their feud is now playing out on twitter. Trump saying she has a nasty mouth. Warren telling trump, no, seriously delete your account, this as speculation mounts that clinton is eyeing warren for vp. The two met for over an hour friday at clintons home. Now, all this comes as trump is getting ready to launch a tour through key battleground states next week. But the question now, which trump will show up . Yeah, a lot of supporters watching with great interest. Mary, this morning there are reports that a big republican name is now saying she may support Hillary Clinton . Reporter thats right. Longtime republican donor hewlettpackard Ceo Meg Whitman is now indicating she could support Hillary Clinton over donald trump after his latest comments. Dan. Yes, this would be a Major Development in president ial politics. Mary bruce, thank you. Paula, over to you. Thanks, dan. And we want to move now to new details in the stanford sex assault case. Brock turner, an olympic hopeful has been banned for life from usa swimming, in addition to his prison sentence and lifelong sex offender registration. And were learning more about what happened that night and what the victims sister as well as the victims boyfriend are saying about it, and abcs eva pilgrim is here with the story for us this morning. Hi, eva. Reporter good morning, paula. Intense scrutiny this morning as to why a judge sentenced a former star stanford swimmer to only six months in jail for a drunken Sexual Assault at a University Campus party. Now new details of that case are public and the shattered lives it left behind. Do you have anything to say . Reporter this morning explosive new Court Documents released exposing disturbing new details of what happened that night on the stanford campus. The real bombshell in these documents is the accusation that he was on the prowl that night. Reporter the Sexual Assault victims sister recalls trying to get away from brock turner at the party. He tried to kiss me earlier in the evening. This doesnt look like an isolated incident. Reporter the sisters message to brock turner, the damage you inflicted is irreversible. The victims boyfriend says she habitually hides in our apartment bathroom and locks the door. In the probation report turner stopped short of apologizing having imposed suffering on someone else, i can barely live with myself, but the prosecutor calling that report baffling saying it inaccurately portrays sincere remorse. He did not know her. He took her behind a dumpster. She was completely unconscious. Reporter activists enraged by what theyre calling a light sentence, delivering nearly a million signatures fighting for the removal of the judge in the case. Turners mother foresaw it all writing to the judge before the sentencing that her son would be a target and all the publicity would be a death sentence for him adding, hed have to register as a sex offender on the same level as a pedophile. Now a group of california legislators are also calling for the removal of the judge on this case. It continues to go on. Continues to go on. I know this judge, though, a lot thought he was a fair judge and thats both sides of the aisle, as well. So hes under a lot of pressure and scrutiny this morning. Indeed. Many more developments to come, eva, thank you. Now to that large and moving tribute to muhammad ali. Tens of thousands of people lining the streets of louisville to say goodbye to the greatest before a Memorial Service, packed with family friends, celebrities and even a former president , and abcs ryan smith is right there in louisville this morning. Hey, ryan, good morning. Reporter good morning, dan. As you can see behind me from the outpouring of love here at the ali center, this city belonged to muhammad ali during the celebration. His name chanted through the streets during his procession and the speeches at his Memorial Service filled with emotion, humor, inspiration and calls to action embodying the champ himself. This is exactly as he wanted it. His way of saying goodbye to the world. It was a day fit for the greatest of all time. I think he decided very young to write his own life story. Reporter a life story touching everyone from World Leaders and celebrities to fans and friends. Muhammad alis final farewell by his design, uniting them in his hometown. All ali, ali, ali. Reporter tens of thousands lining the street for his version of a victory lap, a 19mile procession through the streets of his beloved louisville then a Memorial Service for the ages. More than 20,000 packing this arena to pay their respects. People of all faiths sharing their memorable moments with ali and his biggerthanlife legacy. He was our heart, and that heart beats here still. Reporter the mood, humorous. He was the most perfect athlete you ever saw, and those were his own words. [ laughter ] reporter emotional. Because of muhammad ali, we all win. Thank you so much, muhammad. [ applause ] reporter inspired. Impossible is nothing. [ applause ] reporter alis wife lani fighting back tears sharing his message of hope. Muhammad wants young people of every background to see his life as proof that adversity can make you stronger. All ali, ali, ali. Reporter his burial the only private portion of yesterdays celebration. His family burying him to the east towards mecca. But his memory will live on in this community and around the world as Billy Crystal so aptly put it, he is gone, but he will never die. Dan, paula. Thanks, ryan. Pretty touching to see the tributes just pouring in worldwide but also that city of louisville, his hometown, just completely embracing him as a hometown hero. They love him. Over to ron with the other stories. Good to see you, ron. Thank you. Good morning, paula and dan. Sara. Robert, the whole group and good morning, america. We begin with a manhunt for two inmates who escaped from a nebraska prison. Authorities warn that they are dangerous. Convicted sex offenders 37yearold armon dixon and 52yearold Timothy Clausen declared missing yesterday afternoon from the Lincoln Correctional Center after a routine head count found them missing. Police believe the same duo were involved in a car chase with Police Officers after allegedly stealing a pickup truck from a car from a Church Parking lot and ended up crashing that truck and then escaping on foot. A wild scene at Dallas Love Field airport and you can hear the shots fired there. It was Police Shooting and wounding a rockwielding man who was apparently enraged after a domestic dispute. Terrified travelers nearby as officers opened fire on 29yearold Shawn Nicholas diamond after he defied their commands to drop what appeared to be a rock that he was holding in each hand. Diamond instead attempting to circle one of the officers who then shot him several times. He is recovering, the suspect, in a hospital. The airport now back to normal this morning. And the world of sports losing another great, gordie howe, the rough and tumble hockey star from saskatchewan canada died friday at the age of 88 nicknamed mr. Hockey. Howe played professionally for 32 seasons most of them with the Detroit Red Wings as paula knows. He didnt retire for good until he was 52 years of age. He was known for the gordie howe hat trick, that is a goal, an assist and a fight, all in the same game, although i checked it out. He actually only did that once or twice in his long career. President obamas daughter malia is now officially a high school graduate. The first familys eldest daughter got her diploma from Sidwell Friends School in washington, d. C. On friday. The 17yearold will now take off a year before going off to a college in cambridge, massachusetts, also known as harvard university. The first family also had Something Else to celebrate the same day. Malias also turned 15 years of age the same day. Finally some people outside of a walmart in eagle point, oregon, couldnt believe their eyes when a man tried to steal a bike. It wasnt the theft. The alleged theft that amazed them but what happened next. A bystander, robert borba, jumped on his horse, jumped on his horse and went and lassoed the suspect and the rope was around the guys feet, the suspect, the cowboy said he rode off like he would with cattle. That suspect now under arrest. Yeah, he heard there were some rustlers on the other side of town and he wanted to go round them up as well. Sounds like the beginning of a joke. So, he jumped on his horse and then what happened. Keep it here on the rest of the show. Because ron is actually going to go for a gordie howe hat trick during the broadcast. Who is he going to fight, though. Thats what i want to know. Im stepping away. I have a feeling im going down. The connecticut bomber here. Thats right, baby. Come on. Remember rocky marciano. Rocky marciano. Were going to talk to rob coming up but we do want to talk first about the nba finals and the Golden State Warriors really on the cusp of another championship. Steph curry and golden state going up 31 against the cavs. Thats right. Espn sportscenter anchor Kevin Negandhi is here with the highlights from the game and a look at if cleveland can dig itself out of the hole and get back in this series. Good morning to you, kevin. Great to have you. Good morning, paula and dan, lebron james answered the call on wednesday night with a big game three win, prompting Golden State Warriors coach steve kerr to call his team soft. So, how would steph curry respond . Last night the reigning twotime mvp played his best game in the finals as the defending champs responded on the road, and they put the pressure back on lebron. Overnight, all the kings horses and all the kings men couldnt help cleveland tie up the series. And the warriors with their largest lead of the night. Reporter the Golden State Warriors bouncing back in a big way, wiping out the cavaliers in a hardhitting game four of the nba finals. Thompson pops it out to curry. Threepointer. Puts it it in. Reporter the splash brothers steph curry and Klay Thompson finally coming alive. The duo making it rain from downtown. Thompson long threepointer. Reporter to help the warriors knock down 17 threes, an nba finals record. We got back to enjoying the process and the challenge of winning playoff games, especially in the finals. Reporter and while lebron james provided some firepower to give the cavaliers a Fourth Quarter lead, it just wasnt enough. By curry, corner three, its three. Reporter king james at times appearing frustrated tangling up with Draymond Green spiraling into this heated exchange. Some words that came out of his mouth was a little bit overboard. Reporter the cavs suffering their first home loss of the playoffs. And the cleveland crowd stunned. I say get one. You know, we got to get out there and play obviously better than we played tonight. Reporter off the court curry facing fierce backlash on social media for the release of his new under armour shoes, now commonly known as the dad shoe. If i had them in the road bag i definitely would have worn them how showing fire they are. Steph handling the jokes quite well there. Nour, he may have the last laugh here. No team in nba finals history has ever blown a 31 series lead. So the pressure now shifting to lebron for survival. Hes got math on his side but maybe not fashion. I do like the green jacket. Its a good look for lebron. Yeah, i like the green jacket. Im talking about the shoes. I like the the dad shoes and the dad bod. Lets put that out there. Kevin, come on back. Great to have you. You can see the Golden State Warriors take on the Cleveland Cavaliers game five on monday starting at 9 00 eastern on abc. As promised lets get minnesota southeast of minneapolis, big time winds yesterday, 75 miles per hour, plus, knocking down trees and damage to houses. No injuries thankfully. The power was knocked out at the height of the storm for 40,000 people. We have Severe Weather that will threaten populated areas, hartford to the northeast an philly and chicago and die moin lightning and des moines, lightning and strong winds. Eastern montana isolated tornado with this. Heat buckled the concrete expanders. Well see that again today for south dakota. 101 in rapid city. You couple it with the humidity it will feel like 100 degrees in chicago before it cools down a little bit tomorrow. Thats a check on the national outlook, heres whats going on locally for you. Reporter they can keep that stuff out there. Good morning everyone, im meteorologist chris sowers with this accuweather update. The radars are clear. We are expecting heavy thunderstorms later this afternoon. Lets get you outside and show you the view overlooking the commodor barry bridge. We have a high, thin cirrus deck overspreading the skyline. Well see the storms firing up after 3 00 p. M. ,

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