Transcripts For WPVI Good Morning America Weekend Edition 20

WPVI Good Morning America Weekend Edition June 18, 2017

Endorsing and applauding shooting republicans. When will it stop . Why the race is seen as a belwhether in the battle to control congress. And the breaking news on beyonce, reports that to the twins are here. Social media in a frenzy. Blue ivy now a big sister. Congratulations to the family. Pouring in this morning. Good sunday morning, everyone. Happy fathers day. Dan . Thank you. Rob. Two extraordinary fathers. Ron, i dont know if you have any children, but if you do, happy fathers day. Thank you. I think. Were going to start with the break news in rons personal life. Were going to be celebrating fathers day with some of our dads on set. One of those dads, rob, you have a lot cooking in the weather department. We want you to look at this video of a huge downpour in kansas city, missouri, overnight. Theres massive storm system moving across the country. 80 million americans at risk for Severe Weather through monday. Robert tells us theres some stuff brewing in the tropics. Well talk about that as well. We start here this morning with true breaking news. Overnight, the search for the seven missing sailors aboard the uss fitzgerald has now been, sadly, called off. The bodies were found in the compartments of the destroyer. Were learning more about the final moments before the crash. The bizarre course change right before impact. And the investigation the navy plans on launching. Matt gutman is on the story from our Los Angeles Bureau this morning. Good morning, matt. Reporter hey, good morning, paula and dan. We knew that the collision with the behemoth cargo ship was devastating. The u. S. Naval ship nearly sank, taking on a huge amount of water. The container ship plowing right into the sleeping quarters of 160 sailors in the middle of the night. The navy now calling the crash and the fight to save the ship traumatic. This morning, the navy revealing the hellish collision almost sank the uss fitzgerald. The damage to the mangled midsection relatively minimal compared to what happened beneath the water line. The water flow was tremendous. There wasnt a lot of time in those spaces that were opened to the sea. And as you can see now, the ship is still listing. Reporter the collision with the 30,000 on the acx chris call friday night occurred in one of the busiest shipping lanes. Gutted the middle compartments. The container ships bulbous bow plunging right into the living quarters. Three compartments were severely damaged. One machinery room and two berthing areas, berthing areas for 116 of the crew. And also, the ships skippers cabin, as well. Reporter the ships commander survived. But had to be medevaced. There were other injuries treated on board. This morning, the navy is calling off the search and rescue. Revealing that divers went through the sealedoff sections of the ship locating the remains of all seven missing sailors. That as a now unexplained twist arises. Multiple maritime trackers show the acx chris call cargo ship completing a giant uturn just minutes before colliding with the u. S. Vessel. The the Parent Company of acx has not responded to abc news requests for comment. The navy is vowing multiple investigations. Under my authority, we will launch a j. A. G. Man investigation into this collision. I will appoint flag officer to lead the investigation. There will also be a safety investigation. Reporter now the multiple navy and civilian investigations will likely examine why that container ship hooked that seemingly abrupt uturn. And more importantly for the navy, why the fitzgerald with its sophisticated radar didnt see it. The navy will appoint an admirallevel officer to lead that investigation. Dan and paula . Were going to turn now to politics. President trump is up and already tweeting this morning. He and the first family waking up for the first time in camp david. Here they are boarding marine one. The president and the entire political world will be closely watching a special Congressional Election coming up on tuesday. A young democrat named jon ossoff is making a strong showing in a strong republican district. If the democrats win, what does that say about the republicans chance of Holding Power at the midterms. David wright has more. Reporter good morning, paula. The president has with him at camp david, the first family and the first inlaws. The political world grinds on. The president tweeted this morning that his agenda is doing well despite the distraction of the witch hunt. Of course, much of that agenda depends on republican control of congress. And that brings us to that congressional seat in georgia. Its been seen by many as the canary in the coal mine. An Early Warning for both parties. Georgia six is now the most expensive congressional race in american history. Pitting democrat jon ossoff with the whole world watching georgia right now. Reporter against republican karen handel. Between them, the two parties have spent upwards of 40 million. And we appreciate everything you have done for us. Reporter the two are running neck and neck in the polls. The seat held until a few months ago by president trumps secretary of health and human services, tom price, now seen as a bellwether in the battle to control congress. Which tells me weve got to have a crazyhigh turnout for election on tuesday. Reporter today, a shocking new ad from a Political Action committee, not from either campaign, capitalizing on the shooting at a republican baseball practice. Now the unhinged left is endorsing and applauding shooting republicans. When will it stop . It wont. If jon ossoff wins on tuesday. Reporter ossoff denounced the ad, noting a man is fighting for his life in the hospital right now. And its shameful to politicize it. Before the shooting, the alleged alexandria gunman denounced handel in facebook post. For this comment she made in the runoff debate. I do not support a livable wage. Reporter the candidate condemned the shooting as a despicable, unprovoked attack. Her spokeswoman calling the new ad disturbing and disgusting. Happily, the weekend brought some good news with respect to congressman steve scalise, the congressman who was shot at that baseball practice. Overnight, doctors have upgraded his condition from critical to serious. He tweeted he would be up watching lsu play in the College World series. And lsu won its game. Dan and paula . The congressman in good spirits, seemingly. David wright, thank you. And we do want to continue the political discussion with martha raddatz, who is hosting this week later this morning. Martha joins us from washington. Martha, good morning to you. Good morning, everyone. So were talking about the special election in georgia. And this is a republican stronghold. If the democrats and jon ossoff pull off a victory, how significant would it be . You heard david right there. Bellwether. Canary in a coal mine. Its a big deal. Its been a strong seat for them. A loss would be an embarrassment. This is a very big deal for democrats as well. The democrats have already lost the two other highprofile special elections. They would be very disappointed with a loss and what effect it might have on fundraising, recruiting, downballot elections especially with those midterms not all that far away. This is also a race centered on jobs and local issues. Not on donald trump. Lets talk for a moment about the uss fitzgerald. Youve covered the u. S. Military for a long time. You have spent time on naval destroyers. How rare is it to lose life on this kind of ship . What do you make of the final moments with the cargo ship . Dan and paula, its so horrifying to think of this. The loss of life on a navy ship. I think has been decades. Caused by a collision. We, of course, had the uss cole in the year 2000. Great loss of life. That was a terrorist attack. There just arent accidents at sea like the this and there really shouldnt be accidents at sea like this because of that sophisticated radar. I keep thinking of that poor crew in the middle of the night. Those berthing areas are so such tight quarters. And to have that container ship hit in the middle of the night, water flooding in. It must have been absolutely terrifying. I think they will probably look at everything that led up to this. How they responded. The captain of the ship as we know was injured. Was he in his berthing area . Or had he made it up to the bridge . Did they have any indication at all the container ship was about to hit them . Well find out more when the Navy Launches the investigation. Martha, thank you. Were going to let you go. We know you have a big show coming up on this week. Shell talk to trump ally and former speaker Newt Gingrich and congressman adam schiff, on what is next in the russia investigation. All coming up on this wreak. We do turn now though to the mistrial in the bill cosby Sexual Assault case. Minutes after the announcement was made, the prosecutor said he and his team are getting set to put the comedian on trial again. And the judge setting a pretty tight timeline. The big question can they pull it off . Abcs linsey davis, who has been covering the trial from the start for us, joins us with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, dan and paula. Just to give you a little bit of color from inside the courtroom. When the judge made the announcement that this trial would end in a mistrial, it was rather quiet. I think this was the outcome some were starting to expect at that point. Ill tell you what really did elicit a response in the courtroom. Some gasps even. When the Prosecutors Office announced they plan to retry bill cosby. Bill cosby raised his fist in victory saturday after arriving at his pennsylvania home. The legendary comedian walked out of the Montgomery County courthouse a free man. For now. Greeted by chants of scorn and support. [ chanting ] free bill, free bill, free bill. Reporter after more than 50 hours of deliberations, the jury of 12 hopelessly deadlocked. Prompting the judge to declare a mistrial in bill cosbys Sexual Assault trial. The jury, seven men and five women, included two africanamericans. As the judge announced the jury was still deadlocked, cosby leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. Having 12 perfect strangers deliberate on your fate has to be a strain the likes of which i cant even imagine. Reporter a cosby representative read this scathing statement from cosbys wife, camille. How do i describe the District Attorney . Painfully and exploitively ambitious. How do i describe the judge . Overtly arrogant and collaborating with the District Attorney. Reporter the District Attorney had a fierce statement of his own, immediately announcing plans to retry cosby. Were going to retry the case. I said it in court. There was no pause or hesitation about that. Were moving forward. Reporter he says hes doing it in part because of the resolve of andrea constand. The woman at the heart of the case who claimed cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in 2004. Cosby claims the encounter was consensual. Con stands Attorney Says we are confident that these proceedings give confidence to others. The judge reminded the court that a mistrial is neither vindication nor victory for anybody. He says the timeline for another trial would be within the next 120 days. There definitely will be difficulties in finding jurors who wont have heard about the case and the evidence. But the question becomes, can you find jurors that will be fair and impartial . Reporter so with this mistrial, its almost as if this trial never happened. Bill cosby is still out on bond. He still faces three counts of felony Sexual Assault. The same judge who oversaw the first trial will oversee the next one. Dan and paula . Its pretty ambitious of the judge to want to try cosby again in the next 120 days. How much of the financial burden will the retrial put on taxpayers there in Montgomery County . Reporter thats a real question. On top of everything else, they had the added burden of bringing in the jury from the pittsburgh area, putting them up in hotels for two weeks. Asked that question at the press Conference Following the trial about how he would respond to potential critics of the cost. He said, you cant put a price tag on justice. Extraordinary they want to try to pull this off again within 120 days. Linsey, extraordinary reporting on the first trial. We know youre going to youve got your work cut out for you with the next trial as well. But great reporting. Thank you. Got to do it all over again. A lot of other news overnight. For that, to ron claiborne. Good morning, sir. Dan, good morning. Paula, adrienne, rob. Welcome back from boston. Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Were going to begin in portugal where a fastmoving fire has killed more than 50 people. Some of the victims were trapped in their cares as flamed raced across the road in a town north of lisbon. Right now, nearly 600 firefighters are battling the blaze. The Prime Minister of portugal says high temperatures may have contributed to the cause. In afghanistan, at least seven u. S. Troops were wounded when an afghan soldier opened fire on them at a military base. Near the capital city, kabul. Soldiers returned fire. Killing the attacker. A taliban spoked person has praised the attack. But did not claim responsibility. Thats the second insider attack by an afghan soldier just in the past week. In milwaukee, wisconsin, a woman caught on camera allegedly setting a deadly fire to a building with people in it. You see one person jumping from a window to safety. A 72yearold man in the building was killed. Police now searching for the suspect. And actor stephen furst, best known for his role as flounder in the 1978 movie, animal house, has died. His family announcing he died from complications of diabetes. He appeared in the tv series Melrose Place and st. Elsewhere. Flounder. Big role. Take a look at this video out of colorado. From a drone used to find two men and their dog who were missing for several hours. The group went missing thursday night while hiking in Pike National forest. The men called for help just before their cell phones ran out of power. You can see them atop of some giant rocks there. When the search and rescue team got them out, one of the men asked, how much is this going to cost me . Probably a lot. And finally, one giant swing and a miss by tim tebow, the former quarterback, turned Minor League Baseball player. Take a look. Thats a bat that goes flying into the upper deck of the stands. Slipping out of his hands. He actually hit some fans. But no one was injured. Tebow playing for the Mets Minor League team. I think the single a team. The columbia, south carolina, fireflies. The former heisman winner went 1 for 4 with a strikeout on the night. The strikeout was on the next pitch, i believe in that atbat. Not a great atbat all the way around. He still draws crowds. People love some tim tebow. They do. Absolutely. And they lov love to see him home runs. Did you say he got the bat back . I didnt say that. It was a long toss. Whats cooking in the weather department, sir . Hopefully the weather works out for you, in missouri, big time hail, baseball size breaking windows and not doing too well. Kansas got a couple of inches of rain in a short period of time and flooding, and 70mile an hour winds. These severe storms rolled through and south of kansas and oklahoma. The sun will heat things up and well see more in the way of severe storms fire up from little rook to louie will to up state new york and Saint Lawrence river valley. This slides farther to the east we have a significant chance of seeing Severe Weather along the i95 corridor. 50 Million People in the path. Were watching that carefully. Heat building out west. Time for the local forecast. Reporter good morning, everyone, im meteorologist chris sowers with this accuweather update. The radar is clear. Were seeing cloud cover and its extremely humid again. Theres the view of the Commodore Barry bridge. Were seeing partly sunny conditions. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, three hs today, hazy, hot and humid, stray shower possible. 90 degrees is the forecasted high. With the humidity it will feel like 96. Without for a heavyhitting thunderstorm tomorrow. Its a big day for those honoring their fathers and grandfathers. I want to give a shoutout to my grandfather. Johnny reynolds. A native of covington, georgia. Hes been a huge father figure in my life all my life. Thats us in atlanta, georgia. He entered me in a pageant. I never would have done it. What year was this . Im not saying. He passed away a couple of years ago. He saw me get to the first stage of my career. And was so proud and so im glad that i was able to honor him today. Lets talk about dans father. I think we flashed a picture there of paula. That wasnt you . That was not me. Theres a picture here of thats dr. Jay harris. Top left next to his dad, sam harris. And, then in the bottom left, my brother matt. And the surlily looking dude, the future morning news anchor, thats me. You look like trouble. It was not the greatest kid. Smart, smart kid. I think were going to go to my dad, Edward George faris. I have a couple of photos. My dad, ed, big ed, hes always got my back. Tough love. He was always there for me. I got a funny photo from, i think i was 4. This was the traditional bowl cut so many of us had. Oh, you look so cute. And my dad has the best mustache. Look at that stache. You got a bowl of soup after that hair cut, right . Ron, what about you . My dad, with all respect to your fathers, was the best father ever. Alltime. The greatest influence on me. Whatever positive attributes i have, i attribute to him. I love my dad. He died 23 years ago now. I still think about him every day. A great, great, great guy. Good guy. I wont argue. My dad was great one, too. He managed to surprise me for my 30th birthday. He was so proud he kept the secret. This is a picture of that. Moms not too happy with whats in my mouth or my hand. But dad, no longer with us, as well. Anthony marciano. Love him dearly. Happy fathers day. You never forget the

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