Transcripts For WCAU Sunday Today With Willie Geist 20170917

WCAU Sunday Today With Willie Geist September 17, 2017

In the Fatal Shooting of an africanamerican. A sunday sitdown with the star and producer of the most talked about show. Elizabeth moss nominated tonight for a best actress emmy takes us inside the dark world of the handmades tale. You try to make an entertaining telling vision show, and sometimes thats all it is, but when you can do something that you also feel passionately about and also hits upon things that feel very personal to you, its that much more gratifying. A sunday sitdown with Elizabeth Moss plus harry smith a bit later in the show. Lets begin with the second night of protests in st. Louis turning ugly. Nbcs blake mccoy is there for us. Blake, good morning. Reporter willie, good morning to you. You can see windows boarded up here after being smashed in overnight. Protesters never announced they were coming to this neighborhood about 20 minutes outside of downtown st. Louis keeping their movements unpredictable and leaving these Business Owners unprepared. A second night of protests turned violent leading to smashed windows and store fronts. Its heartbreaking. My wife owns this and makes it a place to feel like part of the community. It hurts. People obviously are should be able to protest but this is not the productive side of that. Reporter protesters filled the streets of university city, a suburb of st. Louis, popular for its restaurants, shops and bars. It is our duty to win. Reporter what started as a peaceful demonstration earlier in the day turned ugly as night fell with a handful of protestors clashing with police. Nine of them left in handcuffs. Protesters still angry over the decision to acquit white Police Officer jason stockily in the 2011 shooting death of Anthony Lamar smith after a high speed chase. Stockily defended his actions after the verdict. I did not murder Anthony Lamar smith. U2 and ed sheeren have both canceled shows. While they worried about riots that happened in ferguson in 2013 isnt taking any chances. We have the National Guard teams on stand by geared up ready to roll. Do you see them taking a more active role . If they are needed they will step in. Despite this damage, the group of agitators last night was much small injuer than the before where they surrounded the mayors house. There were only 9 arrests last night compared to 33 the night before. Blake, thank you very much. Turning overseas on breaking news overnight where police in london have made a second arrest in connection with the subway attack there on friday. Nbcs Kelly Cobiella is outside londons Scotland Yard with more. Willie, good morning to you. A 21yearold man arrested overnight as police try to figure out whether this subway attack was the work of one person or a wider network. This morning London Police are still searching a home south of the city looking for fridays evidence on a subway car. Its scarry. My boys were out. Frightened for them. Frightened for my family. Reporter now a second arrest, a 21yearold man taken in west of the city by Counter Terrorism police. This after they arrested an 18yearold man in dover at a port. Hes still in custody this morning. At this stage were keeping an open mind over whether more than one person is responsible for the attack. We are still pursuing lines of inquiry and at great pace. 30 people injured friday when a wall of flames spread through the subway car during the morning rush hour. Some suffered burns, others were hurt in the stampede to escape. The bomb in a bucket. The detonator worked bag is on fire. But the main charge did not. How it was made could tell police more about the suspect. The device that weve seen so far is what id say is kind of midlevel sophistication. It doesnt necessarily mean that hes been abroad to receive lengthy training but it means hes had a certain level of knowledge and skill. Reporter this morning a heavy Police Presence throughout london. The threat level is still critical, meaning another attack could be imminent. And at this point police havent said whether they believe they have the suspected bomber in custody. Those two men who were arrested have not been named or charged yet. Willie . Kelly outside Scotland Yard. Thank you. President trump is drawing some criticism today for his initial tweets questioning the British Government and its commitment to fighting terrorism in the wake of that subway attack. One top british official saying it was, quote, unhelpful. Foreign policy will be front and center when he attends the u. N. General assembly. Here to talk about that is nbcs political director, moderator of meet the press, chuck todd and here in new York White House correspondent kristen welker. Good to have you here in new york. Thanks for having me. Great to see you. Chuck, im going to start with you. Chuck and nancy, Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi over the last couple of weeks to get a deal on the debt ceiling and funding the government. They went back and forth on daca, thats some 800,000 young people who came into the country with their parents and president threatening to deport them and maybe now will not because of this deal. Is this the future now, chuck, or is this a fluke . Are we going to see bipartisan . Has donald trump found the way to get things done in washington . Reporter by the way, i think you referred to it as an outbreak or breakout. Its almost as if bipartisan is a disease in washington, its so rare. Thats sort of sad to think about. Yeah. Reporter look, i think trying to figure out the motivation here is actually importa important, figuring out is this long term, is this short term . I think the president believes he took back control of his presidency at least as far as washington is concerned. What do i mean by that . I think he feels as if it was mcconnell, ryan, Reince Priebus that were deciding when they were going to take up certain items and when votes were going to be, what item they would tackle next. By doing this, by sort of short circuiting, i think he was more motivating by sending a message to ryan and mcconnell, im in charge. Im going to decide when well do certain things. Ill cut this daca deal and i will deit much faster than you. Lets see what the long term message is. Kristen, not saying this. I gave you the reins of the place. I gave you the white house, senate, house. You were supposed to repeal and replace obamacare. You had seven years and seven months and im going to go see chuck and nancy. Thats right. When you talk to white house officials, they acknowledge that he felt let down, burned by leader mcconnell. House speaker paul ryan, and he doesnt like the chess game in washington. He wants to cut through that. He wants to cut dealings. One white house official said, thats the platform on which he ran, cutting deals. So we saw that at work this week but part of this is practical. He wants to clear the deck. What does he want to do . He wachblgts tnts tax reform. Thats why you see him out practically campaigning targeting red states trying to get them on board so he can get the votes to get it done. These deals are things that he has to deal with but he wants to go for the bigger agenda items. Chuck, the president looked very comfortable this week, whether it was dealing with Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi and Getting Positive Press Coverage for cutting what looked like a bipartisan deal, whether he was carrying out the ceremonial aspects of the president going around florida. He even had Hillary Clinton back as a foil as shes been on her book tour and been all over tv this week. But some members of his base, at least the loudest members of his base in cable news and talk radio and some members of Congress Like steve king of iowa came out pretty strongly against the president. Does he worry about disrupting some of those people who helped him make president . Reporter i think its obvious he worries about it or why would he not i think that explains why he threw the espn chum in the water on friday was almost hey, look at this over here to some of his conservative base. I think this is going to be a fascinating test, willie. Who has more pull over this conservative base . Donald trump, the individual, or the rush limbaughs, laura ingrahams, those folks . I think for now donald trump has more trust with those folks than the talk radio crowd does. Now that said, i do think hes got to remember, immigration is why he got to where he got. No other his hard line position on immigration is why he got that nomination. So i think hes got to be careful here on how he walks this line. Daca is something that the party i think will accept. Theyve showed theyll stick with him through thick and then. Kristen, i want to ask you about the president s trip to new york city to come speak to the general assembly. A lot on his plate. North korea lobbed another missile at japan. What posture will he take . I think he will take a tough posture. This is a significant test for this president. Hell be hosting 100 World Leaders here in new york, which is of course his hometown. Hes been critical of the u. N. I think a number of World Leaders want to hear him strike a conciliatory tone. Its about what he can get done. Ally he have lunch with the leaders of south korea and japan to get them to ramp up pressure on north korea. Will it work . Thats the big pressure looming over this. The president has chuck and nancy, ive got chuck and kristen. Ill take mine two. Big win. Vandy beating k state. We may be ranked by the end of the day. Youll become insufferable, wont you . Guess whats next week, alabama. Reality. Exactly. Chuck, thanks so much. Well look for more on meet the press where chucks guests will include senators Bernie Sander and tom cotton. Kristen going to stick around for the high state. Making changes for the way Nursing Homes and assisted living facilities prepare for natural disasters. Governor rick scott says they must have generators to supply power for four days. This comes after eight people died and lost power. Portions of the florida keys reopened saturday a week after they were evacuated to get to safety ahead of irma. Scary moments at a carnival in greensville, north carolina, when a ferris wheel got stuck. A worker went up to fix a car that had tilted dangerously out of condition. Hes trying to fix it when it moves and he falls. Luckily he was not seriously hurt. The people on the ride were quickly and safely removed. The people checked out by the state and putback into service. And a thrilling finish for the Florida Gators against the Tennessee Volunteers in an sec rivalry. Game tied. Regulation from midfield. Take a look and listen to the call from the florida radio announcer. Snap to franks, franks dropping back. Stepping up. Running the ball. Looking, looking. Hes going to heave one deep down the field. Its going to be to the goal line. Its going to be caught its going to be a touchdown and the gators have won the game tyriq, oh, boy i cant believe what i just saw what a throw. He hit him right in stride. Last play of the game. A walkoff win for florida, gators 26, vols 20. Incredib incredible. Were keeping a quick eye on the morning. Atlantic, triple threat with three named storms. Hurricane jose with top winds at 80 miles an hour. Forecasters say it will remain off shore. Dangerous winds, rain and waves possible from new york up to boston. Meantime, Tropical Storm maria is taking aim at the islands and caribbean. Still rovering from irmaec good morning. Im first alert meteorologist krystal klei. A forecast similar to yesterday, warmer than average. Muggy outside during your afternoon. 83 the high in center city. Were looking at temperatures in the low 80s for the pennsylvania suburbs and the Lehigh Valley with some spot showers in the afternoon. Again, more isolated in nature. Area could see heavier rain possible. In new jersey 82. Mid to upper 70s for the jersey shore. Delaware highs in the lower 80s. Straight ahead, kristen will join me for the highs and lows including the nun that became an International Sensation after she took matters and a chain saw into her hands. And the 11yearold boy who wrote President Trump a letter offering to mow the white house lawn and got the gig. Well see how he did with the leader of the free world watching. Plus the dig for history in north dakota. 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Kristen and i ready to whip through the highs and the lows of the week, shall we . Yes. Moments of light in the darkness and destruction of hurricane irma. Sister margaret ann is all but a household name at this point after she was captured on video this week out in the streets of the miami area with a chain saw clearing fallen trees while wearing her full habit. Sister margaret ann is the principle of f. Carol Coleman High School and saw that the road was blocked. Sister margaret ann tells her students to do what you can to help so she grabbed a chain saw and did just that. I think this is the story of the week, willie. No question. We buried the lead. I love watching her how little she made of it. I dont know, theres a tree down so i cut it down. Shes so humble and what she doesnt get into is that it was 100 degrees that she was doing that. Yes, in the habit. Across the state on the west coast of florida, Kerry Sanders was out covering the hurricane which hes done more than 60 times in his career but this one was a little different. During a live report from marco island a young disoriented dolphin washed ashore. They guided it back into the sea. Then less than an hour later kerry helped another dolphin, this time an adult back to safety. A group of helpful onlookers came to carry the larger dolphin to the water. Kerry says he was in touch with dolphin experts about how to handle the animals. I was on the air. I was anchoring when this was happening over on msnbc. We were sitting back watching it play out. So i watched it play out in real time from the white house and i watched like this. I was so nervous. Kerrys never afraid to get his hands dirty. He saved a couple of lives. Yeah, exactly. Our first logos to the dance moves of one of the most influential people on the planet. This is what happens when youre chinas richest man and no one tells you no anymore. Im guessing. The man behind the mask is jack ma. The massive Chinese Ecommerce Company alley baba. He wanted to do a big Michael Jackson routine so he did wearing a replica outfit from michaels dangerous tour. They fired up alibaba employees with a tribute to billie jean. It ended with the ceo being lifted into the rafters while sitting on a motorcycle dressed as Michael Jackson. This is the new standard. I thought the same exact thing. They need to start practicing now. Hows he going to top himself next year . We need to circle back. Theyre already working on that. The next tie goes to the grounds keeping. An 11yearold boy named frank giachio who cuts lawns in his virginia neighborhood wrote a letter to President Trump offering to cut the grass at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. Frank from Falls Church Virginia wrote, dear mr. President , it would be my honor to mow the white house lawn for you. Even though im only 10, i want to show the nation what young people like me are ready for. President trump accepted franks offer. He showed up with his gloves, his goggles and his mower to get the job done. Frank was in the zone when President Trump strolled outside to check on his work. The president tried to stop to compliment frank but frank kept on mowing as the president walked alongside him. Frank eventually gave a high five and a handshake but the young man had work to do and kept going. After he finished the job frank and his dad swung by the oval office to hang out with the preside

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