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Transcripts For KGO Good Morning America 20240714

Desk right now. Will congress end their vacation and go back to work . Wall street on edge after the dow faces its worst selloff of 2019, closing 767 points down as that trade war with china grows. How the market is reacting right now. Shark survivor. The diver in the right place at the right time, rescued by this charter boat full of nurses. How they saved his life. In court, the united pilots going before the judge this morning, accused of being too drunk to fly a plane full of passengers from scotland to newark. And an abc news exclusive. Siegfried roy breaking their silence about that fateful night when a Siberian Tiger dragged roy off the stage, nearly killing him, and responding to the recent allegations that he made mistakes that led to that accident only on gma this morning. Good morning, america. And were looking forward to that interview with Siegfried Roy. Its a rare interview. Havent spoken in a while. Deb got them to speak. Oh, yeah. A lot of news to get to. Keeping an eye on the stock market after the worst day of the year yesterday, a big drop. Rebecca jarvis is on the Stock Exchange floor. Well have more on that in a moment. First, we begin with the search for answers and solutions after those two deadly Mass Shootings. This morning were learning more about the victims and heroes and now a plea from those who lost loved ones. Marcus moore is in el paso starting us off with the latest. Good morning, marcus. Reporter robin, good morning. The area around the walmart is still closed off as investigators try to recreate saturdays horror and this morning the grim news that the death toll has climbed even higher. The massacre at this el paso, Texas Walmart has now claimed at least 22 lives as officials announce more victims succumbed to their injuries. Law enforcement also telling abc news the suspect, patrick crusius, had driven to el paso looking for mexicans to shoot. He initiunbee was hungry. Satisfied with the crowd of thousands taking advantage of back to school sales at the busy walmart, just five miles from the u. S. mexico border, police say the shooter returned, this time armed and ready to open fire. Were dealing with a tragedy of 22 who have perished by an evil hateful act of a white supremacist. Reporter now were learning more about the victims. Arturo benavides was at the check out when the shooting started. Family members say he was an army veteran and longtime bus driver in el paso. David johnson protected his wife and 9yearold granddaughter. According to his family, he shielded them. The secretary of Foreign Affairs in mexico confirming eight of those victims are from mexico. Our david muir meeting one of the survivors who talks of the Haunting Images of seeing his 15yearold nephew being shot and killed right in front of him and coming facetoface with the alleged gunman. He didnt say a word . He didnt talk at all. You could see it in his face, his intentions. Reporter the el paso incident is now the seventh deadliest mass shooting in the nations history. This morning is the root of fear among some we met in el paso including alvaro meno, his 67 78yearold father Juan Valasquez dying monday. Its happening everywhere. Youre not safe anywhere. Were afraid to go out. Were afraid to go out into the streets. We feel like were being hunted i mean, because our color, our skin color. Reporter overnight el paso strong, the Community Coming together seeking hope and peace in the midst of madness. And i spent time yesterday at the international bridge that crosses over into mexico and some people told me they are very much fearful of being targeted as el paso tries to heal and also prepare for President Trumps planned visit tomorrow. Michael . All right, marcus, thank you. Our thoughts are still with those families. Now were going to go to the shooting in dayton. New video this morning shows the terror inside the bar where the shooter was heading when police gunned him down. Authorities there still searching for answers trying to figure out why the gunman murdered nine people including his own sister. Eva pilgrim is in dayton with the latest. Good morning, eva. Reporter good morning, michael. You can see the memorial here growing. Those terrifying moments, that shooter just steps from getting inside that bar. Moments of terror. Chilling new video from inside a bar that shows the moment that gunman tried to get inside. Surveillance video showing people early sunday morning scrambling for their lives, ducking into that bar to get away from 24yearold connor betts. Police shooting him right by the entrance. We have, looks like, nine or ten shot. Reporter dylan arnold was trying to walk out of the bar as the shooter was rushing the door. You think you have time to react, youre going to do something cool, something macho, but you dont. Reporter in this video youll see as hes flung across the room. Dylan says the person who pushed him back saving his life, the bouncer jeremy granger. He kept looking around the corner. His main goal was to get as many people in the club. If he wasnt there and especially if the officers werent there, i know id be gone. Reporter the shooter able to kill nine, injuring over a dozen in less than 30 seconds. Strangers desperately seen trying to help, performing cpr. Among the dead, the shooters sister. Police say the gunman was carrying these two 100round capacity magazines which are legal to own and he fired at least 41 times. As authorities scour the alleged shooters background for a motive, former High School Classmates tell abc news he once made a hit list naming classmates he either wanted to kill or sexually assault. Abc news confirming the reports with the girls parents. He did make a list of women that he wanted to kill, many of whom i was friends with. Reporter now we spoke with the shooters exgirlfriend last night. She told us she broke up with him last may after seeing some concerning behavior. George . Eva, thanks. The president expected to go to dayton tomorrow as well. We are going to go to washington for more on how the white house and congress are responding to these Mass Shootings. The big question, will anything really change this time . Want to bring in our senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega and our senior Congressional Correspondent mary bruce and lets begin with President Trump. Heres what he said yesterday about the hate fueling the violence. In one voice our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and White Supremacy. These sinister ideologies must be defeated. So what more do we know about whether this is really going to be a sustained campaign from President Trump . Thats the big question, george. Will those words we heard from the president yesterday match his words and his tweets Going Forward . The pattern in the past is that they havent really the healer in chief tone hasnt lasted. Right before yesterday he spoke, he tweeted, for example, that he wanted to potentially tie Immigration Reform to gun control. That got a ton of pushback even were told from some inside the white house. They were surprised by that one . They were surprised by that. They knew it wouldnt fly. Given the el paso shooters alleged motives that he wanted to kill as many mexicans as possible, people were saying thats not going to fly. Ultimately it wasnt in there. One of the more surprising responses we saw yesterday was from former president barack obama. You know this, he doesnt normally weigh in on stuff like this. We have his quote. He says we should soundly reject language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred and normalizes racist sentiments. He never mentioned President Trump by name. He didnt have to. The president is responding to that this morning saying george bush never condemned president obama after sandy hook. Hes back on twitter this morning. The president did not say anything more about background checks yesterday. Do we know if theyre planning any movement on gun control either by executive action or pushing legislation . We know in very general terms there is going to be some kind of push for gun controlrelated executive action, an order, something along that line but specifics we dont have. One thing the president did talk about was Mental Illness. It was one of the quotes that jumped out at a lot of people. He said Mental Illness pulls the trigger, not the gun. Strong pushback on that even from the American Psychiatric association. Lets bring in mary bruce for more on this. Mary, Mitch Mcconnell has been blocking, along with his allies in the gun lobby, any movement on this background check bill which passed the house and extended the waiting period, closed the gun show loophole. But is he feeling any more pressure this morning . Reporter democrats are certainly trying to up the pressure on him. They are demanding that Mitch Mcconnell call lawmakers back to washington to act on this legislation that would require universal background checks. These are measures that we know the overwhelming majority of americans support. But as you mentioned these have been sitting on mcconnells desk since february. Democrats now labelling him the grim reaper of legislation. Instead of saying hell Bring Congress back to act, mcconnell instead in a statement is encouraging are republicans to reflect on the subjects the president raised and engage in bipartisan discussions of potential solutions. But, george, he is now facing some growing calls from within the Republican Party to do something to boost background checks. Mary, were also seeing more evidence that this domestic terror has become as great or even a greater threat than islamic terror. Any push in congress for new tools to take iorter oness isng to tuidance but they could pass a statute that would empower the white house to label some white supremacist groups as domestic terrorists. But, george, officials also say there is some concern that would raise significant issues with the first amendment. Mary bruce, cecilia vega, thanks very much. There are concerns about domestic terrorism, fears that the el paso shootings could inspire copycats. Chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas has more on that side of the story. Hes there in washington for us. Good morning, pierre. Reporter robin, good morning. Yes, theres deep concern. On a special Conference Call with all fbi field offices and state and local Police Across the country, the message from the fbi was clear, quote, the fbi remains concerned that u. S. Based domestic violent extremists could become inspired by this weekends attacks and previous high profile attacks to engage in similar acts of violence. In other words, be on the lookout, robin. Okay. So many people are asking why is not more being done to confront this, pierre . Reporter robin, there really are no domestic terrorism statutes in a way that there are a number of federal laws on the books that allow the fbi to pursue International Terrorism suspects like isis and al qaeda. To give you a sense of how urgent the threat is, the fbi just this past spring launched a domestic terrorism hate crimes fusion cell that shares information with state and local bureaus to get a better handle on these kinds of threats. What else can be done . In addition to this, does the fbi need help in this regard . Reporter fbi Officials Say theyre always looking for more support and tools and emphasizing right now that all of Law Enforcement needs to be sharing more information about domestic terror. But a number of retired Law Enforcement Officials Say that domestic terror needs to be put on the same footing as foreign terrorist threats like the kkk and neo nazis and that they need to be put on the same footing so they can be dealt with the way we deal with isis and al qaeda. People cant understand why thats not the case. What you said right there. They cant. Thanks, pierre. Pressure will be on congress to act on that when they come back in september. We move to wall street now after the worst day of the year and the stock market dropping more than 2 as the u. S. And china ramp up their trade war. Our chief economics correspondent Rebecca Jarvis is on the floor of the new york Stock Exchange. Rebec rebecca, that was starked sparked off by chinas retaliation for President Trumps threat. Reporter thats right, george. Weve seen a major escalation in the rhetoric of this trade war recently. The u. S. Overnight now labeling china officially a currency manipulator and the real question here on wall street is how much longer does this game of chicken between the worlds two largest economies last . That has an impact on stocks but also has an impact on companies and prices in the united states. While u. S. Companies agree something should be done to level the playing field, they also acknowledge that the u. S. Consumer will bear the brunt of this trade war and prices as they rise as a result, george. Farmers too. China says theyll stop buying u. S. Agriculture and this new deadline is coming up september 1st for the president to impose new tariffs. Reporter thats right. 10 tariffs on 300 billion worth of goods, everything from toys to shoes to clothes, electronics. And, again, remember, the u. S. Pays those tariffs. U. S. Companies pay those added tariffs at the border and then its up to those businesses whether they pass them off to consumers, george. We have breaking news. Lets go to paula faris. We have breaking news, Tony Morrison has died at 88 years old. The author of beloved was the first black woman of any national tito win a nobel prize in literature. She was also the first female African American editor to work at random house and taught at princeton university. President obama awarded her the president ial medal of freedom, the highest honor awarded to civilians. She was born in 1931. Her family saying she was an extremely devoted mother, grandmother and aunt who treasured the written word, whether her own, her students or others. She was most at home when wri r writing. We are grateful she had a long welllived life. We now want to check in with ginger. Severe storms and heat in the west. Good morning. Good morning. I want to show you pictures out of watertown, minnesota. That is giant golf ballsize hail but delano, minnesota just west of the twin cities was reporting up to fourinch hail bigger than a softball. Now, in iowa there were several report, were talking dozens, nearly 70 overall yesterday. Flash flooding, funnel clouds and damaging winds. So who sees it today . I think anyone from bismarck to pierre could see it and then strong storms in cincinnati to indianapolis and it all moves to the east coast by tomorrow, robin. Now we have a scare aboard a British Airways jet. The plane heading from london to spain suddenly filling with smoke ten minutes before touching down. The terrifying moments captured on video. You can see the passengers there covering their eyes, their mouths. Some saying the oxygen masks never deployed. They rushed to the emergency exits jumping down evacuation slides to escape. Thankfully no serious injuries were reported. Michael . Now to that rescue for a man who was in the right place at the right time. Maybe he was in the wrong place at the wrong time but ended up in the right place at the right time because he was apparently bitten by a shark but saved by a charter boat full of quickthinking nurses. Abcs will reeve is here with that story. Good morning. Good morning. An unbelievable confluence of events. A spear fisherman attacked by a shark off the coast of florida. Right nearby there is a boat. On that boat the exact people you would want to see. You know, blood from arm to foot. Reporter a frightening scene on board this charter boat off the coast of miami. On the deck a spear fisherman bloodied after an apparent encounter with a shark. He definitely said shark. He said shark a few times and just by looking at the bites you could tell. Reporter first mate kyle evans says the man crawled onto the boat after diving into surrounding waters. Miraculously on board a team of nurses immediately tending to wounds using the boats first aid kit. I asked the nurses what to do. They told me not to do too much. I tried to keep him awake. I asked him if he needed any water or needed anything. He told me to rinse him down so i sprayed him down. Reporter the captain calling 911. Rescue teams meeting the vessel on land. That spear fisherman surviving thanks to that boat and nurses being in the right place at the right time. The man remains hospitalized but that swift action taken by those nurses likely saved his life. Eyewitnesses say that the victim did not panic which kept his heart rate down, which kept the blood flow down. Crazy. Right place, right time. Well go with that. Thank you so much. A lot more coming up including an abc news exclusive. Las vegas legends Siegfried Roy are breaking their silence about the incident that nearly killed roy and responded to allegations that roy was the one to blame. That interview first on gma this morning. The united pilot in court accused of being too drunk to fly a plane to newark. Well talk about that. But first lets go back to ginger. Lightning started this impressive looking fire in idaho. Now we have the heat to deal with there. So heat advisories from idaho to oregon, Washington State to texas. Look

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