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Transcripts For KGO Good Morning America 20240622

To make history at wimbledon. Her biggest rival under fire for her behavior on the court. The call for a crackdown on all that racket. We do say good morning, america. On this wednesday morning. A huge win for serena at wimbledon, but shes not the only one making headlines here, lara. Making noises. Is sharapova. And lots of noise. Absolutely with the grunting or the groaning or whatever you call it. Were going to get into that later. Youll hear it up close. I am. Im on my way to wimbledon. Ill be bringing it to you all. That is all coming up. Right now, we begin with that dangerous weather. More than a dozen states on flood alert. Ginger tracking the rain and wind. All across the country. Right. You can see right here. This is from arkansas, the street covered. Someone in their car watching this happen. You know theres going to be dozens of water rescues and there were including all the flooding reports. Check that out from oregon to massachusetts. The bulk, abilene, texas, 8. 26 inches of rain, the most theyve ever recorded in history. One of the members of the ground crew getting caught up in that tarp. Chaos at the pirates game in pittsburgh, winds gusting above 51 Miles Per Hour with torrential rain. Watch as it nearly swallows up a member of the grounds crew, trapping underneath. The players rushing the field to help. Damaging winds up to 65 Miles Per Hour from reno to pennsylvania. Turning over tractor trailers in texas. Flooded everywhere. That flash flooding in paducah, kentucky. Stranding and submerging cars across the midwest. We hit that water and it just killed the engine. This red suv in branson, destroyed by rushing water. We got a basket of clothes, thats it. People grabbing what they could in indianapolis, indiana. Neighborhoods engulfed. Everything is underwater. I have nothing. Reporter and back in the lone star state, abilene, overflowing. People grabbing their fishing poles and nets after the streets became lakes. All that rain in just one day. Its amazing and could happen again in some places, flash flood watches that stretch from West Virginia back into texas, just south and east of abilene. Theres not as much rain coming at you, 1 to 2 inches in general from indianapolis down into southern illinois, all the way through missouri and texas but still something to watch for today, of course, weve got storms coming too and, george, ill have that forecast coming up. Thanks. We turn to that stock market crash thats being called the great fall of china. Nearly 3 trillion in value wiped out. The Chinese Government scrambling to contain the damage and wall street watching it with a real worry. Our Business Correspondent Rebecca Jarvis tracking global mark epths from london right now. Good morning, rebecca. Thats right. George good morning. Trillions of dollars wiped out in just a matter of days and were see how interconnected the economy is. The dow opening 130 points lower china is the second largest economy and their markets have been selling off for three straight weeks. Investors are eyeing greece which is teetering on the brink of collapse. Many atms completely out of money. Their banks closed for the second week. But it is important to put all of this chaos in perspective. The typical 401 k even after all of this volatility is still up about 1,000 this year, george. So far its been a pretty solid year, rebecca, thanks very much. Now to the disturbing new development in that deadly San Francisco shooting. Sources tell abc news the gun used to kill kate steinle belonged to a federal agent. Abcs Pierre Thomas is following this for us and joins us with the latest. Good morning, pierre. Reporter good morning, robin. The more we dig into the story the more tragic it becomes. An immigration system failure and now more unfortunate circumstances leads to that young womans death. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] translator i am not guilty. Reporter Francisco Sanchez in court pleading not guilty to the murder of Kathryn Steinle. His defense attorney claiming the shooting was an accident. The statement that the defendant made makes it very likely that this was an accidental shooting. Reporter but bail was set at 5 million and prosecutors were in no mood for leniency. Its about bringing justice to that family. Reporter word overnight that the gun used to kill steinle was apparently stolen from a federal agent. The interior Departments Bureau of Land Management telling us authorities are investigating whether its connected to one of their employees. Its unclear how sanchez got the weapon or whether it was government issued or personally owned by the agent so the already hot debate over whether local officials should have released sanchez ignoring a request by federal immigration officials is now layered with another frustrating detail. San franciscos police union is blasting the citys sanctuary policy saying sanchez, quote, is an illegal alien not an undocumented immigrant and if he was where he belonged, mexico, this innocent victim would still be alive. Robin. All right, pierre, thank you. So much went wrong here. We move on to that deadly midair collision in South Carolina where an f16 smashed into a small private plane and the f16 pilot ejected but the two cessna passengers were killed. The faa now investigating what went wrong. Steve osunsami is on the scene in South Carolina. Good morning, steve. Reporter good morning to you, george. Search teams and their divers are out this morning as they continue to search for the two victims killed in this midair collision. Getting reports of two planes down at this time, small plane versus a militarystyle jet. Reporter midair collision over South Carolina. The debris field is more than seven miles wide. Burning engine parts like these, were falling from the sky into neighborhoods. Do not go near the smoke. Its toxic. Reporter 10 58 a. M. The cessna carrying the two victims, left the Berkeley County airport bound for myrtle beach. Four minutes later it pulled up suddenly and the faster moving f16 fighter jet sliced right through it. The military pilot ejected safely. His parachute seen in this video. The two local residents in the private plane were killed. Police found one of their wallets in a river below. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the crew in the civilian aircraft involved in the accident. Reporter Major Aaron Johnson who survived the crash, is an experienced pilot and was on a military flight plan so experts say that air Traffic Controllers should have warned him about a potential collision or he should have seen the plane on his radar. The small cessna was difficult to see. When you have a very small, very slow airplane and have a very fast airplane the jet fighter that the f16 is sometimes you dont see that little airplane. Sometimes it blends into the background. Reporter midair collisions are rare, even more rare, when one of the planes comes from the military. Since 2000 only a handful of these accidents worldwide. Thanks very much. So tragic. Now to that deadly ice cave collapse. This morning were learning the 911 calls from moments after the wall of ice and rock came crashing down and seeing video from inside shot right before it all happened. Abcs Kendis Gibson is on the scene in granite falls, washington. Good morning, kendis. Reporter good morning. Every year, an estimated 50,000 people hit up this National Forest and make the onemile trek towards the ice caves. This morning that trail shut down. Overnight newly released 911 tapes capturing the terrifying moments after this cave came crashing down. There was an avalanche down at the ice cave and do you know of any injuries . There was a lady unconscious in the ice cave that nobody ended up bringing out. Reporter one of the survivors khloe jakubowski speaking of the horror that rained down. The boulders were the size of this and like anywhere from a softball to like a bowling ball. Reporter the collapse killing a 34yearold woman and injuring five others coming just one day after this ominous warning captured on camera. This morning, the big four ice caves in Washington State still closed as officials warn it can happen again at any moment. There is tons of ice and rock there that can fall and people are asked to not go into the caves because of the danger. Reporter thousands of visitors every year beguiled by the beauty. These cavernous openings with spectacular blue ice and waterfalls cascading from 6,000 foot high big four mountain, the lowest permanent ice patch in the continental u. S. Absolutely stunning. Reporter but this season rapidly melting ice from extremely warm weather had officials concerned posting signs along the trail. This cave proving deadly before an 11yearold girl killed in 2010 by falling ice. You had this ultimate beauty youre walking through. Yeah. Reporter within five minutes it was just absolute like hell. Reporter this morning, she vowed never to return to the cave again. Im very very lucky. Im really glad that i got out of there and i hope those people are okay. Reporter the body of the 34yearold female victim was recovered after an avalanche crew was flown in. They used small explosives to clear the area of dangerous debris. Robin. All right, kendis, thanks. We move to that scandal swirling around the subway pitchman jared fogle. The fbi raided his home as part of a child pornography investigation and subway and jared have suspended their Business Partnership as the investigation goes forward. Abcs alex perez is in zionsville with more. Reporter good morning, george. At this point, authorities have not revealed details of their investigation but officials spent some 11 hours inside fogles home. Hi, im jared the subway guy. And this is my story. Reporter this morning, jared the subway guy fogle now caught in the middle of an fbi investigation. Fogle avoiding cameras leaving his home outside indianapolis tuesday, the fbi and state police along with a canine unit spending hours raiding his house removing computers and other Electronic Devices taking them to this mobile forensics van parked in his driveway. You just wouldnt expect it out of a family like that. Reporter sources tell abc news the investigation is an offshoot, following the arrest of Russell Taylor former executive director of of fogles charity designed to raise awareness of childhood obesity. Taylor was charged with multiple counts related to child pornography after authorities allegedly discovered sexually explicit images of minors in his home. Fogle is severing ties with him following the arrest. Investigators declining to say if fogle is a target or simply wanted to look at the electronics from his home. Fogles attorney telling abc news he is cooperating and has not been charged with any crime. How is he doing . Whoops. I think hes going to do very well. 1998 i weighed over 425 pounds. Reporter fogle, who is reportedly worth about 15 million, became subways pitchman in 2000 after losing 245 pounds crediting his weight loss to eating the restaurants sandwiches and exercising. Subway quietly removing him from its website tuesday saying they had mutually agreed to suspend their relationship due to the current investigation. And neighbors here describe fogle as a pretty private person, say they rarely see him in the neighborhood. His Attorney Says he is fully cooperating with the investigation. George. Okay, alex, thank you. Lets go to amy now with the other top stories. Good morning works begin with new news affecting airlines. United airlines is cross the country is grounded because what is described as computer problems. Its related to network connectionivity. This is the second time in two months that the airline has been hit by a major technical issue and they are not saying how long it will take to resolve the problem. We will keep you posted. Meanwhile, angry travelers fed up with high air fairsfairs are now trying to do something about it if. They are suing the four Major Airlines claiming the companies have conspired to keep prices sky high by limiting available seats. These major carriers are already being investigated by the government. One airline saying its been asked to turn over information about its fleet and seat capacity. The industry insisting the airlines compete vigorously every day. Well, a shocking headline in the fight against isis. Defense secretary ash carter telling a National Committee only 60, 60 Syrian Rebels are currently being trained by the u. S. To battle isis militants. Thats falling far short of the goal of 5,000 per year. Senator john mccain was outraged saying the u. S. Is losing the fight. New fallout for donald trump since his controversial comments about mexican immigrants. The pga is moving next years grand slam of golf from trumps course in los angeles. Trump says he agrees with the move. Doesnt want the pga to suffer any backlash but he is fighting back against new york city saying any attempt by the mayor to end trumps contracts with the city would violate his First Amendment rights. Some scary moments on a utah highway when a state trooper was helping a driver on the side of the highway. Another car comes careening out of control, crashing into them trapping that trooper beneath the car. Thankfully he is now recovering, whew, from his injuries. And a bizarre scene in new mexico, a man wearing no clothes he was trying to flag down cars. Its shocking no one stopped. They caught it unfolding and the man got inside the officers patrol car and took off. He was taken into custody a short time later and were hoping that he was given a prison jumpsuit. Finally, nobody likes parking tickets especially if youre 3 years old on a toy motorcycle. Little Declan Tramley stopped along the busy boardwalk when he met up with the meter man and taking a cue from his dad the officer bent down to write out a fake citation, declan, can you see him there, slapping his forehead in shock. The scene posted on a facebook now a major hit on social media. Give that 3yearold his s. A. G. Card. He was excited and slept with his ticket that night but all grown up. That is often our reaction when we get a ticket like that. I dont sleep with my ticket. Thats the good reaction. Some great action across the pond. You know we love a great tennis match and, yes, a lot of action and drama on the court at wimbledon. Serena williams on the verge of history standing in her way, though, an opponent making some noise of her own and not everybody likes it. This morning, all eyes on Serena Williams just two matches away from a possible sixth wimbledon title. The 20time singles champion getting through to the semifinals after a tough, loud threeset win against victoria azarenka. Williams may not want to discuss the possibility of winning her fourth grand slam in a row. I told you guys dont mention no slam, no. Reporter but everyone at wimbledon is asking, whats going on with all of the grunting . Williams will face off in the semis against Maria Sharapova whose grunts and groans in her quarterfinal match against coco vandeweghe, started an uproar on twitter one person writing, ive had to mute the tv, pipe down. Another adding, youre playing tennis, not giving birth. And the twitterverse isnt alone in taking shots. Vandeweghe accusing the russian tennis star of poor sportsmanship after her threeset loss. She was moving around in the middle of my second serve. I was trying to play as fair as i can and, you know, when i felt like it wasnt being reciprocated thats when i spoke with the umpire for her to deal with. Sharapova had her screams recorded up to 105 decibels. Guys, the same as a chain saw. Just so you know. A lot of people say its something that has to happen naturally to really get all of your energy out. Others call it cheating. And just one other stat, i just got to share with you, so semifinals, we have serena versus sharapova. They have played many a time. Shes on a role. She doesnt want to talk babout about the slam or anything like that. She doesnt want to talk about the controversy about the noise. She doesnt want to hear it, so to speak. Like a bird mating call. Hoo. Thats what it sounded like with me. We were talk bug this with monica seles back in the day. And azarenka was practicing next to nadal and it sounded like elephants mating. How do you i dont know. You are heading to wimbledon. I will let you know if that is in fact true. What does it sound like. Were just trying to figure out if its elephants or birds mating. I dont know which one it is. Lets go over to ginger. We had flood alerts in the midwest. Now fire alert, as well. 28 uncontained wildfire as cross the nation, many in alaska. You can see the fires trying to put them out. Concord, california, east of San Francisco. We still have some of those red flag warnings, still at least a day or two of the heat out in the pacific northwest. Then things start to change. All right. Rainy cities brought to you by walgreens. Good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco with the bay area forecast. Big story the next two days, a chance of isolated storm sandwiched between a better chance of measurable drizzle during tomorrows commute and next week, summer is back to the forecast. Today we are below average again, upper 60s along the coast into San Francisco and lowtomid 70s around the bay and upper 70s in the south bay and north bay and upper 70s to low 80s inland. My sevenday forecast shows a slow warming trend starting on much more ahead this morning. The lapd revealing they are investigating bill cosby. This after news of that admission he apparently made about young women and drugs. Caught on camera. A neighbor shootout turns deadly. What happened moments before they fired those shouts. Actor tom selleck in hot water. What one town said he did to keep his property green. It has him under investigation. B

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