Transcripts For WPVI Good Morning America Weekend Edition 20

WPVI Good Morning America Weekend Edition July 2, 2017

This is and, yes, that is a runaway elephant, all 8,400 pounds of her on the loose in a wisconsin neighborhood. We might be the only state in the nation that weve been joking has a dumbo alert. How she managed to pull off this great escape. More on the dumbo alert coming up, but i do want to say good morning to everybody and good morning to cecilia vega. Hey, guys. Our senior White House Correspondent in for paula this morning. Happy Holiday Weekend. Great having you here. Thank you. The president is making news this morning. Is that unusual . No. Overnight at an event honoring veterans President Trump returning to what seems to be one of his very favorite pastimes attacking the, quote, fake media. Hes also been hitting twitter pretty hard this weekend in part to defend his use of twitter. Some say its not president ial but trump says it is modern day president ial. And apparently this modern day presidency includes another round of attacks on msnbc anchors, President Trump calling host Mika Brzezinski dumb as a rock and Joe Scarborough crazy joe. All this as we head into a week when the president will meet with the russian president Vladimir Putin, an event that is sure to get a lot of attention coming as it does in the middle of several investigations into russian meddling in the president ial election. Our Martha Raddatz is standing by with all the analysis this morning but lets kick things off with abcs Gloria Riviera who is in bedminster, new jersey, where the trump family is spending Holiday Weekend. Gloria, good morning. Reporter good morning, cecilia, good morning, dan. Thats right. The president taking a break here in new jersey but taking no time off from twitter. He went back to washington last night, that quick trip, by the way, costing taxpayers 180,000 an hour. But the president believing it was worth it to be with veterans and also taking the opportunity to continue that derogatory diatribe against the press. This morning President Trump is back at his new Jersey Golf Club after making a twohour trip back to washington the night before to honor veterans ahead of independence day. [ chanting usa, usa ] reporter but at that event the president switching gears. The fake media is trying to silence us. But we will not let them because the people know the truth. Reporter publicly lashing out at the media amid backlash to his attacks on msnbc cohosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough. In a recent tweet the president calling them crazy joe and dumb as a rock mika. The fake media tried to stop us from going to the white house, but im president , and theyre not. Reporter his latest act as president defining his own social media habit tweeting its not president ial, its modern day president ial. Also on the president s radar voter fraud. His push for states to turn over data including voters Social Security numbers and Party Affiliation met with resistance. With at least 13 states flat out rejecting the request and more than two dozen refusing to fully comply. The president taking to twitter yet again saying numerous states are refusing to give information to the very distinguished voter fraud panel. What are they trying to hide . Spend their recess struggling to find common ground. Im sitting there with a rubiks cube trying to figure out how to twist the dials to get to 50 to replace this with Something Better. Reporter Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell there. Now, he says he hopes that republicans can still repeal and replace obamacare simultaneously and he said he hopes he can maybe even get a democrat or two on board. Now, there is work to be done and there are two calls that have been added to the president s schedule today. Those are calls with the leaders of japan and china. Those come in advance of that meeting this week between President Trump and Vladimir Putin. That as the fbi investigation into russia goes on. Dan, cecilia. So much going on, gloria, thank you. Its going to be a big week. Lets bring in abc news chief Global Affairs correspondent, horr Martha Raddatz, who is in in washington where shes going to be hosting this week later this morning. Martha, good morning to you. Good morning to you both. So lets start with the news overnight, the president taking more shots at the media. In your view is there a smart strategy here in that it fires up his base . Well, i think hes certainly trying to appeal to his base. We talked to a lot of ohio voters this week, and i have to say not a single one said, yay, lets keep doing those tweets. Some people werent really paying attention. Others were saying, look, its really juvenile, and these were part of Donald Trumps base, most of the people i talked to were trump voters, and they really didnt like this sort of level of tweeting. But he clearly thinks it works and as he said hes president. Im not, you guys arent. Martha, hes been tweeting a lot about health care, the president s promise to repeal and replace obamacare has stalled. The opposition over this plan right now not just in congress. You spoke with one republican governor who has some pretty big concerns. John kasich, absolutely. He is very concerned about this. He talks a lot about, you know, is this a negotiating strategy . What are they trying to do on the hill . But he is very, very concerned. He is especially concerned. You know, he certainly thinks obamacare has some problems, but that they have to work it out. He said, you just cant get rid of this because you cant leave people without what they need, and believe me, a lot of people in ohio, theyve got that terrible, terrible opioid addiction problem, need that help. Many states are dealing with that opioid adiction epidemic. Martha, let me ask you about the meeting this week, President Trump is set to meet with the russian president Vladimir Putin. What are the stakes here given all these ongoing investigations into alleged russian meddling in the campaign and also the fact that a lot of people are asking questions about why President Trump who has had tough things to say about many of our allies has never really said many tough things at all about putin . Exactly the point, dan. And i think thats what everybody will be watching. What does donald trump say to in a way please his domestic audience, those of us who have been really watching and wondering why he doesnt have harsher words about Vladimir Putin and whether or not he will bring up that election hacking, of course, very important for what happened in the past and even more important for what russia might do in the future. We will all be watching. Okay, martha, thanks. A reminder that martha has a big show coming up this morning. Shes got that exclusive interview with Ohio Governor john kasich responding to President Trumps tweets and of course that battle over health care reform. That is all coming up in not too long right here on abc on this week. Well be watching. But we want to move on to a major break in the apparent road rage killing of this teenage girl. Police confiscating this red truck in their search for the gunman who killed a recent High School Grad in pennsylvania and ron is here with this breaking story. Hey, ron. Hey there, cecilia. Well, police say theyve been flooded with more than a thousand tips, and now this morning, that new development in the case, the vehicle that Police Believe the gunman was driving when he allegedly shot Bianca Roberson found, which could mean authorities are a step closer to the suspect himself. Overnight police locating and towing away the truck they say belongs to this man suspected of killing a teenage girl in an act of road rage. Turn yourself in now. Every second you are out there you are only making this worse for yourself. Reporter this new Development Just hours after Police Released this video of the vehicle. Their search now intensifying for the suspect they say fatally shot 18yearold Bianca Roberson days before her college orientation. We all were proud of her because we knew she would be something and do something with her life. Reporter this picture shows robersons car and the suspects red pickup jockeying for position as they merged in traffic. Tensions escalating. The man in the truck shooting roberson, her car crashing. The red pickup speeding away. He made choices at each step of that process and each step of the process he made the wrong choice. Reporter robersons father rodney holding on to the memory of his daughter, wearing her necklace. Im never going to take it off. Its my daughter. Reporter as friends and family paid their respects at a vigil for roberson, police say they are optimistic they will find the man who killed her. And no word yet on whether that suspect has been found or even identified. Investigators scheduled a News Conference for later this morning where theyre expected to reveal new details about that case and the hunt for the alleged killer. Cecilia and dan. Now that they have the vehicle, it cant be long before they catch him. You would hope so, yeah. Ron, thank you. Were learning a lot more about the doctor who went on a shooting spree inside a hospital here in new york city. Were also learning about the fellow doctor he killed who wasnt even supposed to be working the shift that day. Abcs Stephanie Ramos joins us from bronxlebanon hospital with more. Stephanie, good morning. Reporter cecilia and dan, good morning. Some terrifying moments for staff, patients and visitors during that deadly shooting here. Those survivors this morning still shaken. In the aftermath of that deadly bronx hospital shooting were learning more about the woman who lost her life. I have multiple people shot at this location. Perp is armed with a rifle. Multiple victims shot. Reporter police say 32yearold dr. Tracy tam shot and killed on the 17th floor by gunman henry bello wasnt even supposed to be there. She was covering another shift. She was very sweet and for this tragedy to happen to her was very sad. 16th floor they have people running. Advising six or seven shots fired. Reporter according to police, bello was searching for a specific staffer after being told the doctor wasnt there he opened fire. That intended target now speaking out. 48yearold dr. Cameron ahmed telling the New York Daily News he had idea why the shooter wanted him dead. Im shocked. He had a problem with almost everybody. This amid new details from inside those terrifying moments. We ran up to 17 and we too actually pulled patients out, literally over dead bodies and blood and gore all over. Reporter one survivor coming facetoface with the shooter, sending this text to her daughter, in case i dont make it out, i love you. I heard the pop. Ran back into my friends room. We all took cover. Reporter hospital officials helping patients and their families hide from bellos rampage. And those nurses took whoever they could and they put them in bathrooms with them. They huddled together and they held. They barricaded the door. Reporter like new father eric fisher surviving the ordeal huddling in this bathroom with his wife, motherinlaw and newborn baby boy. I felt to myself what is going on today that, you know, youre in a hospital. This should be a safe place. Reporter so glad that family is okay. You know, this is one of the biggest hospitals here in new york, and they took a chance on bello who went to medical school in the caribbean but the hospital says worked here under a limited state issued permit. And we now know bello wanted professional success but was marked by several arrests, sexual allegations and financial troubles. Dan, cecilia. A lot of questions about the vetting process this morning. Thank you very much. A lot of other news this morning, and lets get it back over to ron for that. Good morning again. Hey, good morning to you, dan. Cecilia, great to have you here. I guess you dont have enough to do covering the white house. Right . I miss you guys. Its a Holiday Weekend. Moonlighting job for her. Anyway, good morning, everyone. Were going to begin with breaking news overnight from syria where a series of explosions have rocked the capital city of damascus. At least eight people have been killed and a dozen more reported injured from car bombs. One of the atackers blowing himself up after being surrounded by police. Syrian government tv reporting that the attackers planned to bomb a crowded area on the first workday following the holy month of ramadan. And we have breaking news from here in the u. S. Police in birmingham, alabama, arresting two people in connection with that nightclub shooting in little rock, arkansas, that wounded 28 people on saturday. The suspects 25yearold rapper Ricky Hampton known as finesse two times and another man taken into custody and held without bail. Investigators saying that the shooting may have been gang related and little rock officials have shut down that nightclub. A vigil held for the victims, all of them are expected to survive. In california, the body of a 5yearold boy missing since april has been found near a lake in santa barbara, county. The boys father Aramazd Andressian sr. Was arrested in las vegas last week suspected in the childs murder. He has since been extradited to los angeles. And in Oklahoma City the search is on for a couple accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry in whats being called a bait and switch. Surveillance cameras catching them during one of the alleged heists. You can see the woman there trying on a ring then her partner goes to leave. She runs after him. Thats when police say she switches the ring with a fake one which she gives back. In australia a stunning upset. 11 time World Champion boxer Manny Pacquiao defeated by a former schoolteacher, jeff horn, who won a unanimous decision over pacquiao to capture the welterweight title. The fight had been billed as the battle of brisbane because it was in brisbane. 51,000 people turning out. Pacquiao had previously won his last 17 consecutive professional fights. And finally just in time for the fourth of july, some rescuers in the Nations Capital saving an american symbol. Teens from the humanes rescue alliance swooping in to help this bald eagle who was injured. They say he couldnt fly and was having trouble breathing. This morning the bald eagle is recovering at a veterinary hospital, and we hear the prognosis is good. Maybe his hair will grow back too. Back to that pacquiao fight, lot of people believe that manny was robbed because jeff horn who is considered an underdog was head butting him and they were thinking this was not a clean fight. So its very, very controversy, this decision. Maybe he thought it was an mma fight. A lot of people talking about this fight. Do you think there will be a rematch . Pacquiao has talked about having a rematch. But horn has challenged Floyd Mayweather already. Look at you with the boxing knowledge. Wow. Whoa, whoa, whoa. How do you know all this . Exactly. Im just pacquiao is a very, very popular boxer. He has a lot of fans so this is big stuff. The astros beat the yankees last night. Well, thats good. Thats not good. Thats not good. I guess for somebody who is not a yankees fan. Thats the extent of my knowledge. Rob is going to save us in a much sunnier scene in central park than it was yesterday. It took me hours to get here because of this rain, rob. Loosen your tie, bro. Sorry about that. Rookie move, vega. Rookie move. Take the train. Im a little weary. I stayed up late to watch the end of that yankee game. Bankert, come on. I love your boxing knowledge. Of course, you know that the only heavyweight champion that went undefeated, rocky marciano, thats right. His grandfather. All right guys its a Beautiful Day in the park, finally drier air moving in, this timeful year everything moves slower including the weather systems. For the second consecutive day yesterday, severe storms slammed parts of the east. Damaging storms pummeling the northeast this Holiday Weekend. Watch as this rare water spout spins across a lake in maine. Across new england seven tornado warnings. Storms taking down trees and knocking over telephone poles. Dark clouds unleashing in new york city with sudden showers. In upstate new york, flash flooding striking highways and submerging cars, this womans yard completely under water. In pennsylvania, thunderstorms with strong winds over 60 Miles Per Hour causing this plearch to flip over plane to flip over. Firefighters douse it for safety. Summer hail storm bury Nora Muchanic in new mexico in a river of ice and water. Water spout in maine averages one july tornado per career. Per year, they got it yesterday. Most damaging winds reports from the northeast through the south. Today we have a slight chance of severe thunderstorms across the midwest, but generally speaking the northeast were drying out, not much cooler, but the front is past the area it will drift across around washington, d. C. , so parts from washington, d. C. South will see unsettled weather through the holiday week, th

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