Out was roosevelt . [laughter] i realize with this crowd you probably were her neighbor. [laughter] so nonetheless i will try to set the context for the reading that my coauthor coauthor, marc peyser will do. I may be going over the familiar territory but for the sake of the crowd of one to take a minute to make sure i cover up the details. You will see behind me a family tree that appears in the book that is the expanded version and it is actually simplified. The actual line because we start with the american founder of the family neck and was quite literally has tens of thousands of descendants at this point so really we just highlight the story and provide you with the two branches of hyde park and Oyster Bay Branch and those to become symbolically very important in the story. This year roosevelt senior, the father of fear roosevelt was really the person who pioneered that civic minded his of the family and he was a remarkable man who founded hospitals in museums in charitable cause
Verrazano, head to the lower level to avoid this. On the Grand Central parkway, this is eastbound out by clear vie two lanes remain closed. Stick to the expressway. Breaking news in Staten Island, thats where police say a man was found dead near the Ferry Terminal. Today in new yorks Tracie Strahan is in st. George with what we know now. Reporter were watching the investigation officers and detectives with flash flights are going down the ramp between the st. George terminal and the baseball park. Thats where they found the body of a man believed to be in his 30s on a park bench. Well show you some video of this investigation which started just before 2 00 this morning. Thats when officers received a 911 call about someone on the bench. When they arrived, they found the victim stabbed multiple times in the torso. He was pronounced dead added scene. Here, but they also dont know who could have done Something Like this. That is part of the investigation. This is also near a correct shun
We are up against a fire that is burning to really strugglingp up with it. A wildfire rages out of control in california. It hit farce and with an intensity we havent seen before. I can tell you that this fire came out screaming. Trees collapsed and trees fallen. The trees actually explode from the heat. Two u. S. Olympian swimmers have been blocked from leaving rio. The swimmers along with champion ryan lochte are under made that that allege they were robbed at gun ps point. If the whole thing is made up, why . The death toll is rising in southern louisiana as floodwaters start to recede. Flood water hit the midatlantic region. I think the last days have been great for donald trump. Donald Trumps Campaign took a much different look after a big shakeup. He can hire and fire anybody this is it. A rescue seeing 500 Passengers Evacuated from a burning ship off the coast of puerto rico. A wild seen at a press conference. Conor, conor, dont throw that you guys are down and so true. Says who
What sparked the blaze . And overnight, the sweet sweep at the olympics. One, two, three for the americans. The u. S. Women making history taking gold, silver and bronze in the 100meter hurdles as usain bolt strikes again on the track and team usa dominating on the court. Rolling over argentina with gold medal glory in sight. Now former olympic champ james is here live talking the games, his nba title and the mvp is now on a mission telling all on gma. Good morning, america. Announcer live in times square and rio de janeiro, this is Good Morning America. Good morning, lebron, good morning, america. What a night for team usa again. The womens track team making history with that sweep in the 100 merritt hurdles. Such an amazing moment but nia alis son. Can i just say i need to up my game around here. You look stunning. King james is coming around. And you, as well, david. First we want to get to that other big headline out of rio that weve been talking about. A stunning turn of events. T
Steve weatherford steve good to be back. Rosanna how are you . Steve im doing good. Rosanna i havent seen you so much. Steve be here at 8 15 to get makeup on and get ready, i show up at 7 45. I want to make sure i see my friends. Good to be back here. Rosanna are you having a great summer . Steve having a great Summer Spending a lot of time for the family for first time in like 19 years. Im not in training camp. I mean that started when i im almost 34. Almost 20 years of training camp. For me not to be in it this year i thought would be very strange. That was the worst part of the job. Nobody wants to be in training camp. Rosanna okay. You played for the giants and jets. A little melancholy youre not doing it this year . Steve no, you know what . There is very few people during the course of their career that get to walk away from the nfl when they want to. Not good enough, but for me it was, you know, i made the decision i wanted to pursue another passion in my life in fitness and pub