Transcripts For KGO ABC News Good Morning America 20130809 :

Transcripts For KGO ABC News Good Morning America 20130809

Hunt in her very own kitchen. What is it in her oven that makes her scream for joy . Wonder what could be in that very good friday morning for viewers in the west. Its going to be a huge party in the park. Up just north of central park, the rain not keeping them away from kenny chesny. We cant wait for that. Were going to turn on that amber alert in the west. A desperater is right now in california for the suspect and his 16yearold victim. We want to get that massive wild fire in Southern California destroying homes, forcing hundreds to evacuate. Abcs cecilia vega live in banning, california, with the very latest. The fire chief out here calls this one of the most rapidly moving, dangerous fires he has seen in his 50year career as a firefighter. And just take a look at this. You can see why. Up and down the streets out here, devastation. Overnight, even more Southern California hillsides up in flames. This latest fire, forcing several communities to be evacuated, as flames race through the san gabriel mountains. Fires encroaching on roads, leaving hollowedout devastation. And about 60 miles away, the raging silver fire continues to grow, now spanning 21square miles. Its awful. I feel terrible. Reporter firefighters battling fierce winds and parched hillsides, east of los angeles, until the sun came up. Now, on day three, the blaze still only 20 contained. Its pushing flames both east and west, causing whats known as a wind tunnel. This has been the real challenge for these firefighters out here. They put one blaze out and another one pops right back up because of these winds, making it almost impossible to put out. At least 500 homes threatened. 26 homes destroyed so far. This fire, burning, was one of the most quicklyspreading, rapidlyspreading, dangerous fires that ive seen. Reporter still at this hour, this fire is burning out of control. 14,000 acres burned so far. Six people injured, amy, five of them are firefighters. Now to all that rain causing so many problems in so much of the country. Sam is tracking the very latest for us. Sam . A 2 00 a. M. Flooding. Some of the pictures that were getting from oklahoma. A 2 a. M. Flooding site. Just some of the rivers if you look at them right now that are popping up in flood zones here, these river gauges 30 of them are in flooding. One of them in southern missouri at its 100year record. The video is frightening. Seemingly coming every night. Raging floodwaters in 16 states, after staggering rainfall totals like southern missouris almost 2 feet of rain in 1 week. Overnight, pictures from oklahoma, adding Oklahoma City to the list of deadly flash flood tragedies. In mcdonald county, missouri, a 69yearold woman died after her car was swept off a flooded bridge. In nashville, tennessee, a daring rescue. 5weekold lauren marlin, saved by First Responders from her familys attic after chesthigh murky waters invaded their home. Her parents, shaken. Next thing you know were in the attic, trying to get the baby upstairs. Its hard. Its scary. You dont know what the waters going to do. Reporter while back in missouri, teeming rivers and flash floods force people on to the roofs. The driver of this truck, became trapped when his truck stalled and floated off the road. In garfield, arkansas, in these pictures from thursday morning, rescue teams in hollister, missouri, out in full force, searching for friends and family. This woman, frantic to find hers. I have an aunt down there and nephews down there. Reporter finally a joyful reunion. I think thats them right there. Reporter and now, the rains spread into the northeast. Heavy rains bringing overnight flooding to this walmart in new york. And theres plenty of tree damage, as well. With heavy rains like this, weve had very strong winds. So, we focus on the rain in new england. And follow this line all the way back to where this rain has been for a week. Thats exactly where we expect it to stay. Because this front is stationary, getting fed energy by the jet stream and plenty of gulf moisture. Once again, its right around nashville and back into missouri that were going to see rainfall totals from two to three inches. Amy . Sam, thanks so much. Were going to turn now and shift some gears to the newest powerball winners. 16 county workers in new jersey, showing up to work today, there is the garage where they all punched the clocks, for how long . One does not know. Even as we learn more about the minnesota winners. Abcs linsey davis has it all. Reporter theyre calling them ocean 16. The workers all from this vehicle maintenance garage in ocean county, new jersey, reportedly bought their Winning Ticket at this acme Grocery Store nearby. Lottery officials havent confirmed the win this morning. But the groups boss said they told him the news thursday after they all showed up to work. A reallife version of abcs new show, lucky 7, where a group of gas station workers play the lotto together and win big. How do you feel winning all that money . Reporter one person we do know won big is paul white. A 45yearold electrical engineer from minnesota, who came forward thursday, as one of three Winning Ticketholders, in wednesday nights 448 million drawing. White, whos played the lottery for years, joked his name even recently came up in a game with his siblings. The description was, their Financial Plan consists of playing the lottery. Everybody picked my name. And they thought it was funny then. Who is right now . Reporter white is taking home a lump sum of 86 million. What will he spend all that money on . They made this car. I dont think they make it anymore. But its called nsx. Theres one on craigslist. And it has like 12,000 miles on it. Im going out there. Reporter now, the mystery of who will lay claim to the third Winning Ticket remains. All we know is that ticket was purchased at the stop and shop in south brunswick, new jersey. The store has already received its 30,000 prize for selling the Winning Ticket. Were just waiting for the winner to come forward. A wonderful story abounds. Again, these were sold in the sandy storm zone. Paul white, as entertaining as a Lottery Winner ive seen. Ive never been so happy to have lost 450 million. And at least two of them say theyre going to donate to the sandy relief. Linsey thanks to that. Lets turn to the abc weekend anchor, bianna golodryga, in with the top, developing stories this morning. Bianna, good morning. Good morning. Good morning, everyone at home. We begin with a new terrorism threat overnight, forcing americans to evacuate yet another u. S. Diplomatic post. The state department has ordered all nonessential government personnel to leave the u. S. Consulate in pakistans secondlargest city, lahore, because of whats being called a specific threat. H posed by al qaeda, that forced ome. He is believed to be driving a blue nissan versa. Now, more than 100 tips have poured in since amber alerts were expanded to include, oregon, washington and nevada. Dimaggio is a friend of the andersons. And detectives say he may have developed an infatuation, a crush on hannah. Also for the first time, a statewide amber alert was sent out to nearly every cell phone in california. But no confirmed sightings of him. And time of the essence in this search. All right, brandi, our thanks to you. In other news, researchers say a virus may be to blame for dozens of mysterious dolphin deaths along the east coast, the worst in a quartercentury. 124 of the animals have been found stranded since july. Now, the virus is spread from dolphintodolphin. And a stunt at the annual motorcycle rally in sturgis, south dakota, went horribly wrong. A daredevil was set to ride throughout the tunnel of fire. Hoping to set a world record. He drives in. But the crowd soon notices, he never drives out. A section inside that tunnel flaming tunnel collapsed. The driver made it out. He suffered some burns. But he is okay this morning. And imagine buying the ticket for your Summer Vacation and seeing this. Quite an ominous sign. A Delta Airline passenger this combination number. Spelled out goner 5. No. And in good humor, she tweeted the airline. Quote, dear, delta, i know weve been through some hard times. But is this really my confirmation number . I dont know what i would do if i saw that. I would be a nervous passenger. Yeah. That plane was delayed, it wouldnt be the worst thing. No. Thanks, bianna. And now, to the death of an aspiring, young artist in miami. This morning, his family is blaming police. He died after officers tased him while chasing him down for vandalism. Abcs aditi roy has the story. Reporter this morning, the parents of 18yearold israel hernandez, are asking for an independent investigation into their sons sudden death. They say the 18yearold lived for his art. And died doing it. Killed, they say, when police shot him in the chest with a stun gun tuesday. We dont know exactly what happened. We dont know if protocols were followed. Theres a lot of unanswered questions. Reporter Miami Beach Police say officers caught the awardwinning artist spraypainting graffiti on an abandoned building. After chasing him down, police say he ran towards them, and thats when he tased him. They were making fun how he tensed up after getting tased. They were just laughing. Reporter hernandez died at the hospital. The medical examiner says more tests are pending and has not yet released a cause of death. The initial Police Report never mentions the tasing. Instead, the incident appeared in a statement a day later, with Miami Beach Police offering their condolences to the family of israel hernandez. But for family and friends of hernandez, who held a vigil overnight, it is not enough. Trayvon martins all over the world. This kid needs to be all over the world. He was doing nothing but expressing himself. Reporter they say the promising young artist didnt have any Health Conditions that could be blamed for his death. My brothers dead, isnt he . Of course they went too far. Reporter for good morning america, aditi roy, abc news, new york. Thank you, aditi. Now, to an abc news exclusive. A truly remarkable story. The fbi is, in fact, looking for your help this morning. Reopening an almost halfcenturyold mystery. A case involving kidnapping and mistaken identity. Again, a remarkable story coming to light, now thanks to months of work by our barbara walters. And so on many of our colleagues here at abc. Barbara, youre here with us this morning. And this all started when a newborn was stolen from a hospital in chicago. Thats right. And by the way, you mentioned my colleagues. This is the whole abc investigative unit. And were very big. Imagine a mother whose baby is stolen right out of her arms. She gets the baby back. Or so she thinks. And now, almost 50 years later, that son she raised has come forward to speak exclusively to us. Looking at old family photographs of Paul Fronczak is a strange experience. Because the baby in his baby pictures is not him. How do you feel when you see this picture . I feel like i want to find him and hug him and make sure hes okay. Reporter Paul Fronczak recently discovered his entire life his name, his parents, his birthday, all of it is a big mystery. A mystery that began with a kidnapping 49 years ago, in 1964. Just a day after Paul Fronczak was born. The first child of chester and dora fronczak. But baby paul was snatched from his mothers arms, right in the Maternity Ward of a chicago hospital. The baby was kidnapped. The baby was gone. Reporter her Public Appeal to the kidnapper went unheeded. Do you have any suspects here in chicago that youre going to question . We are questioning suspects. Reporter a massive dragnet came up empty. But just over a year later, a child somewhat matching pauls description was found. You are discovered in a stroller in newark, new jersey. Abandoned in a stroller in a blue suit. Reporter the fronczaks claim the little boy in the blue suit as their own. And took him to chicago. Now, as an adult, paul works for a college in nevada. Hes married and has a child of his own. A normal life. Until a year ago, when a dna test showed he is not the fronczaks child after all. Now that you know the truth, that you are not the real Paul Fronczak, what are you trying to accomplish . My main goal for this whole project is to find the real paul. My parents raised me. And they did a great job. And i feel that if i dont do everything i can to help find their real child, then im not doing my job as a son. And you just mentioned it. Paul fronczak wants to find Paul Fronczak. The real Paul Fronczak. And who is he . So, why did he, after all these years, get that dna test . His parents didnt want it. They wanted to just you know, youre our son. Let sleeping dogs lie. But he always knew that he was different. He has a brother. The true son, the biological son of the fronczaks. He knew he was different. And he had to find out why. And again, you mentioned it, its not just a search for him. Its a search for himself, as well. The fbi has reopened this case. Is paul the man we know, the man we saw you interview, is he hopeful that this will be concluded, resolved in some way . What he said to me is i am cautiously optimistic. And what he wants from everybody else, is that if you know anything about him, any of you watching or any of you know anything, please let us know because he hopes that he will know more when this information is discovered. And also, all of the abc unit is working on it. So, were going to investigate. We hope we can find it out. And the full report will be out in the fall. This is a mystery within a mystery. This is a 20 20 im not going to miss. Thank you so much, barbara. Again, if you have any tips or clues that can help solve this case, please go to goodmorningamerica. Com on yahoo send them to us now. Lara . All right, josh, thank you. We turn, now, to a story thats a true miracle. A woman trapped in the wreckage of a car crash, as rescue workers try in vain to free her. Like an answer to a prayer, help arrives just in time. But thats the beginning of the mystery. Abcs john muller has the story. Reporter this morning, a small Missouri Town is looking for the man in this sketch. Hes not suspected of a crime, but a miracle. I think that i actually witnessed a Guardian Angel at work. Reporter a drunk driver hit katie in her vehicle. Her vitals failing fast. She asked rescue crews to pray with her. Thats when First Responders say a man who looked like a catholic priest, seemed to appear out of nowhere, despite a twomile perimeter. Blocking the scene. He began to pray and use the anointing oil. There was a calmness to me that seemed to come over the entire scene. Reporter another seemingly divine detail. Firefighters said their equipment kept failing until that mystery man showed up. The words were to remain calm. That our tools would now work. At that moment, our Neighboring Department arrived with fresh tools. Reporter she was saved. But when crews turned around to thank the man, he vanished. This morning, shes recovering in the hospital, with broken legs and limbs. Ribs. But some say it could have been worse. If not for that seemingly heavenly hero on the highway. Whether it was a priest as an angel, or an actual angel that came in, he was an angel to all those and to katie. Reporter for good morning america, john muller, abc news, new york. What a stunning story that is. Okay, were going to get back to sam now. Sam, update on Hurricane Season under way. Update on the Hurricane Season. What you should know is its just slightly adjusted downward. But its still above normal. Maybe even way above normal for the season. The normal number would be 12. Were going 13 to 19 named storms. We think its going to be an active Hurricane Season. Should kick off being active august toward september. Heres the heat. It gets warmer and drier. We lose that cloud cover. Were concerned with what happens with that fire situation in the west. Good morning. Im abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. Drizzle, we have it again this morning around sfo, but by the afternoon hours it will be partly cloudy with that cool breeze keeping our temperatures below average. A little drizzle tonight, but i think that chance dwindles through the weekend into next week, coinciding with the warmer temperatures. Today low to mid60s along the coast into San Francisco, low to mid70s elsewhere until you get into the east bay, upper 70s to near 80. Well be in the 50s tonight with a lot of folks in the midatlantic and northeast, wonder if it will dry out by the weekend. Well answer that in the next 30 minutes. Terrific, sam, thank you. Coming up here, leah remini raising the stakes. Fighting scientology. Why did she file a missing persons report for one of the churchs most prominent members . And it was one of the biggest hits in television history. Why the love boat is making its final voyage. And stay with us. Kenny chesney is in the park, on gma. And stay with us. 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