Transcripts For WCAU Sunday Today With Willie Geist 20180218

WCAU Sunday Today With Willie Geist February 18, 2018

Performance and jon krueger who skated through to get a win. And on the nbc family of networks well be looking at maya and alex shibutani, the shibsibs. And well see the final of womens 500 meter speed skating. Meanwhile of the ten medals u. S. Has won here in pyeongchang. Five of them have come in snowboard competition including gold medals for the icon of the sport shaun white and newly minted superstar chloe kim. In our sunday sitdown we sit down with the dominant Jamie Anderson who won her slopestyle here in south korea. Shes mellow off the course but a beast on the board. Im a humble warrior but iams also mindful of whats going on around me. But deep down, i do know that im the gatester. A sunday sitdown with Jamie Anderson a bit later in the show. The american athletes were shaken by the news this week at the horrifying shooting at a high school in florida. Some of them dedicated their performance to the 17 people, students and fax consult who lost their lives at the school. Lets begin this morning in florida. Its been an emotional weekend as memorial to the victims grows along with frustration and anger from the School Students and some lawmakers in washington. Nbcs Maya Rodriguez is in parkland, florida, with more. Maya, good morning. Reporter good morning, willie, the suspected shooter Nicholas Cruz remains behind bars. And but prosecutors have not decided whether or not theyre going to pursue the Death Penalty in the case. In the meantime, more victims funerals are planned for the upcoming week. Strong strong emotions. To a gun show in miami. Less than 50 miles south of parkland. The florida gun show intend no, sir disrespect for having this show go on right after the horrible events that happened in parkland. Reporter on display, ar15s, similar to the one used in the shooting. Theyre thinking that gun is the issue and we as deers are the problem. Were not the problem the problem is society. Reporter florida senator marco rubio reacted to his stance on gun control. Specifically addressing student protesters. If i were a student at a school that was shot up, id be angry. Im not going to criticize it. Reporter as family and friends have come to joachim oliver, one of the shooting victims hundreds gathered in parkland. I would say they traumatized us. Reporter including isabella gomez. A steent here at douglas parkland high school. We hear screaming and crying and people dead on the floor. I dont want to go back. I never want to walk into that building again. Reporter as for the shooting victims only three remain in the hospital this morning. The last one that was critical has been upgraded to fair condition. Willie. Maya rodriguez in parkland, florida for us, maya, thank you. We will have a tribute to the 17 victims of the parkland shooting later in the show. President trump who was in parkland on friday is now calling out the fbi, after the director admitted that agency mishandled the tip a few weeks ago about the shooter. The president tweeting on saturday, quote, very sad that the fbi missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida School shooter. This is not acceptable. Theyre spending too much time, he wrote, trying to improve collusion with the trump campaign. There is know collusion. Get back to the basics and make us proud. Chud todd, knickss contributor and moderator of meet the press. Chuck, i know the focus of the show today is will things change after parkland. Weve seen this routine before. Both sides dig in in their arguments for the guns. Politicians say the same thing about thoughts and prayers. Forgive my skepticism, why would anything change now . Look, i know legislatively, probably nothing will change, as long as you have the sort of orientation that you have right now with republicans in charge of the house and senate. And a president who very much doesnt appear to have any interest in new gun laws. But the student activism here is something thats different. And, look, i know that ive had people say to me if 20 first graders getting mowed down doesnt change things, why would will anything change . But the student activism here does feel different. Weve not had this before after one of these shootings. These students arent just mourning, theyre angry. Theyve grown up in a generation of knowing how to build communities quickly. And their anger and heir protestations here have gone wierl fat. I think this is potentially a formidable new group of political activists here that could at least change the conversation. And thats what you have to do first, willie, before you get legislation. Yeah, those kids have been passionate and incredibly brave. Within that tweet, theres a pivot toward the russia investigation. His suggestion is that the fbi is focusing too much on russia and losing tips on potential School Shooters when is preposterous on its face. You wrote a tweet, if you work in american politics or in the government on any level and your first reaction to todays mueller indictment is how were reacting, then you need to rethink your priorities. Robert mueller made it clear to most people, including by the way, president Trumps National security adviser that there was colluding in the campaign. Not only that, willie, i think were up to a dozen tweeten since the mueller indictments were released on friday having to do in some form with the indictments and hes yet to impugn russia. Right. All of them have been some form of but my campaign. But my campaign, but my campaign. And what this means for him. I think that is whats probably got to be alarming to some folks in the intelligence community. Our allies around the world, that the president of the United States, his first reaction to this isnt, wow, we now have definitive proof of what russias doing and it was one of the closest friends of vladimir putin. He ordered this, we got to do something. That, well see how republicans on capitol hill react to this. But the president this weekend, boy, hes acting like somebody whos got something to hide, not somebody who is concerned about what russia did. A lot to talk about this morning. Chuck todd, thank you as always. Well look for much more on meet the press where chuck will dive into that question, after parkland, will anything qing, the guests, Bernie Sanders and Oklahoma Republican senator james langford. Lets turn to the action in pyeongchang where team saus picked up a pair of silver medals, one in skiing and slope style track skiing. Well talk to them in a moment. First, lets head to the mountains where nbcs keir simmons has the overnight highlights. Reporter good morning. Team usa picked up more olympic medals overnight. The skiers took to the slopes. The skiers took to the ice to bring home the olympic hardware. It was all about speed and style in pyeongchang overnight. Needs perfection here. Reporter first the men battling for gold in slope style skiing americans gus kenworth and nick goepper who took gold. Reporter with a large contingent of family and friends looking on, kenworthy who fractured his forearm failed to hit a critical jump. But goepper overcame stumbles to regain his composure, fwliping and twisting his way to a silver medal. Goeppers last chance, one, two, three, wow. Reporter over at the giant slalom course veteran ted ligety was unsuccessful. Maybe he can pull out something magical. Reporter likely ending the 33yearold storied olympic career. Couldnt muster the speed i needed to have so definitely a disappointment. Reporter the gold went to Marcel Hirscher who earlier in the week won the super combined here in pyeongchang. A thursday surprise entry, its john henry krueger. Reporter he took the silver medal in tin the final lapse. Her mom in the audience clutching the terrible toul. And the south korea president in the stands cheering her on. Here comes choi, starting to wind it up. Reporter the 19yearold making moves to take home the gold in the womens 1500. Nation watches and now the nation roars. Reporter betwemean while, t skater with the smile mamie biney promised to be back. Lets take a look at the medal count. Norway still dominating at the winter games. And despite picking up two silver medals. United states has just fallen out of the top five. Willie. All right. Keir simmons up in the mountains. We have those silver medal winners. Nick goepper and jon henry krueger. Welcome. Thank you very much. The first two runs you admit werent great. It all came down to the final run. Did you feel the pressure, the heat, what was going on at that moment . I felt immense pressure. Not landing my first two runs is totally uncharacteristic for me. I had to lay it down and focus. So, you won bronze of course in sochi four years ago. Now, you win silver here. Is the feeling different this time winning and being up on that podium . It is it different. I have a different experience now and a bit different perspective being four years older and not having been in the games. Im going for the overall collection, bronze, silver, and gold in beijing. It does feel like were ramping up. Is that the goal in beijing . Absolutely, 100 . John henry, you came out at a crazy race. Does that met with you at all, you see people coming down . Absolutely not. We have to race the skaters during the world cup competitions earlier in the year. Were used to hustle and bustle. All im thinking about is maintaining my speed and trying to catch the canadian. A lot of people were surprised. If we were betting in las vegas they wouldnt have pickeded you to win the silver medal. What was the feeling to be up on that podium . I mean earlier in the year as you looked at the results they definitely progressed every world cup. And then i was able to sweep all of the distances. My goal was just to keep my composure in all of the races and make sure i could only focus on each race at a time. Definitely paid off. You did very well. Nick, you talked about the spotlight blaring on you coming out of sochi. You had personal struggles that you talked about a lot. How did you learn from the games and that experience Going Forward with you . I learn a lot from that experience. I learned how to reach out, how to ask for help. I was able to spend a couple months sort of off the grid and really get my things back together. So, its just incredible to be in the position i am today healthy, happy. My family is here. This has just been an olympics to remember. Nick, john henry, congratulations to you both. You made your country happy today. Well done. Dylan was on the disabled list with the flu. Back with the weather. Back to 90 . 90 . Well take you at 90. Ill go for that. We have another storm system were keeping an eye on moving through parts of montana into idaho where the snow has been heavy. We have already picked up 20 inches of snow in some areas out towards the rockies. Look at the winter storm watches and watchings. 20 Million People are at risk for bands of heavy snow and gusty winds as too. We could see gusts in excess of 80 Miles Per Hour in colorado. Once the storm makes its way to the plains it looks like more of a rain event especially good morning. Im first alert met roolgs krystal klei. Were looking at a nice sunday. Temperatures warm up after the rain snow event last night. 48 is the high in center city. 46 in easton. Allentown, looking at 44 degrees. Areas that did see that accumulated snowfall, its going to start melting off. 46 in voorhees today. 48 for ocean city and 45 cape may. 49 in smyrna and a high of 47 in wilmington. I just sat with some olympians. Pretty good. You feel that magazine pick. Dylan, thank you very much. Straight ahead the highs and lows of the week. The figurer skater and os kerr winner. And the fan club turns out to be one Reese Witherspoon. And the 93yearold who might not want to rule out the olympics after they are video made her a viral star. And when you say nigeria, we visit the team that is the talk of the winter games. What ever made you guys want to do this . [ laughter ] its all coming up on sunday today. And as we head to break, our photo of the week, the striking image of anxious parents waiting for word about their kids after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in parkland, florida, on ash wednesday. Well have more on the victims well have more on the victims coming up. 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You dylan and i are ready to whip through the highs and lows for you right after we get decorating tips from the studio. Mike tirico loaned out. The clutch medal performances pree team usa ous shaun white reclaimed his olympic halfpipe title in a thrilling competition. We everything riding on one run, backtoback, and white was overcome with emotion when he saw his score. Whites gold was the 100th all time for the United States at the winter olympics. From the icon to the young guns, 17yearold chloe kim became a star when she more than lived up to the hype by winning gold in the ladies halfpipe at the olympics. Chloes dad a fan holded a handmade go chloe sign. All of those days driving her to the mountain paid off. Chloe became a star tweeting about food mostly. She tweeted during that gmold medal competition, quote, i wish i finished my breakfast sandwich and now im getting hangry. She went out and won the gold medal. And another, adam rippon, skated well. Finishing tenth. Rippons exuberance on the ice has won millions of fans. Among those oscar winner Reese Witherspoon tweeted. And he was inspired. Theres so many emotions when i step on the ice. I want to represent my country to the best of my about the. I want to make Reese Witherspoon proud. I think did you today. Well, i hope i did. Hes so good. He sets it up. His timing is spot on. By the way, nbc just announcing adam has been hired as a correspondent here in pyeongchang for the remainder of the game. Im going to say Natalie Morales had something to say this. Yesterday on today show she said nbc, hire this guy right now. The first goes to the fact that swiss skier fabian bosch became the internet celebrity when this video rocketed across social media. Hes calmly hanging on the outside by one arm. Perfect form all the way up. Clean dismount youll see at the top before walking away as if the whole thing was totally normal. American superstar lindsey vonn would like to try that and believes she can get to the podium. Dont try this today at the mall. Thats incredible. Im sure some people have tried that at the mall. They shouldnt try. Let me emphasize this is an olympic athlete who has trained to ride the escalator like that. The next high goes to helen miller, a workout routine that is pure joy for her and for us. Yeah. [ laughter ] helen giggling her way through the entire exercise with her trainer elizabeth zanon. The two have been working out together three times a week almost two years at the anytime fitness studio. Incidentally, is more than dylan and i work out combined every week. Shes going to end up on a smuckers jar, and whats the secret to you, its that exercise routine. Like adam rippon on today show, boom. I could watch that. And the final low, pigzilla, a giant boar seen outside a school in hong kong. Rummaging through the trash for a meal. Any chance thats a fullgrown man in a boar costume . What. I dont think he could fit in it was a costume. Look at the baby boars. This, by the way, the this is not the First Encounter with an oversized animal. Remember last year, the giant chicken. And we havent slept right since the day we saw that. Which is more disturbing. This is moore disturbing. Chicken beats boar. Yes. A sunday sitdown with Jamie Anderson already a Gold Medalist here in pyeongchang. In growing up say snowboard produc prodigy and staying mellow. And harry smith with an olympian after he won the olympian after he won the olym us. Olympian after he won the olym its what this country is made of. But right now, our bond is fraying. How do we get back to us . The y fills the gaps. And bridges our divides. Donate to your local y today. Because where theres a y, theres an us. You need one key ingredient. Confidence. New renergie lift multi action ultra. 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