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Transcripts For KGO America This Morning 20140402

Good wednesday morning. It has been a sleepless night for many as aftershocks continue to rock chile. A powerful earthquake there last night triggered a small tsunami forcing people into the streets and causing widespread panic. The 8. 2 magnitude quake struck off the countrys northern coastline. Authorities posted tsunami warnings for several south american countries but have since canceled them. Right now the death toll is now at least six people. Two other people died from heart attacks. Others were crushed to death as people fled buildings. More than two dozen strong aftershocks followed the initial quake. [ sirens ] the quake forced evacuations along chiles entire pacific coast, but people were urged to stay out of their cars and head for Higher Ground on foot to keep the roads clear. Everyone is to stay up on the mountains. Most of the damage has been limited to houses made of adobe, and while some injuries have been serious, most have been minor. Some 300 inmates escaped from a womens prison in one city, and chiles military dispatched special forces to guard against looting. The shock waves were felt hundreds of miles away shaking buildings as far away as bolivia and peru. You could feel the wall moving, as well as the floor, and theres a tent and a veranda back in the garden, and you could really see that moving back and forth. Reporter the earthquake even triggered microscopic seismic measurements in new yorks central park. There have already been more than two dozen aftershocks some measuring as much as 5. 1. Central chile was hit four years ago by a destructive 8. 8 quake which killed hundreds. In just the past two weeks, hundreds of earthquakes have been shaking chiles far northern coast, and that country may not be out of the woods just yet. We expect another 8. 8, 8. 9 earthquake here sometime in the future. It could be tomorrow, could be in 50 years. Now, officials here are not expecting any tsunami to hit the u. S. , west coast or alaska. However, a tsunami advisory has been issued for hawaii, but its largely a precaution. No flooding is expected there. Initial waves are expected to hit there this morning just before 9 30 eastern time. Thats the middle of the night in hawaii. And youll want to stay with abc news for the very latest on the earthquake in chile. A live report is coming up on good morning america. Well, it will be another big day on capitol hill where the head of General Motors will once again be in the hot seat. Ceo mary barra is apologizing for the companys failure to recall unsafe vehicles and promises it will never happen again. Abcs susan saulny joins us now from washington with all the details. Good morning, susan. Reporter good morning, diana. Thats right, apologies and promises to do better, thats what lawmakers on capitol hill heard from the gm on tuesday. They want to hear even more today. General motors is sorry. Reporter General Motors Ceo Mary Barra is beginning day two of questioning by lawmakers on capitol hill later this morning after being grilled in the spotlight for more than three hours on tuesday. Congress wants more answers explaining why gm didnt act sooner to recall millions of cars with defective ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths. Gms failure to act went on and on until just two months ago when it finally started to recall these vehicles. Reporter since barra took over gm in january, the automaker has recalled nearly 2. 6 million vehicles because their ignition switches could turn off unexpectedly shutting down the car, disabling the power steering, air bags and brakes. Lawmakers pressed barra on why the company decided for nearly a decade that fixing the ignition was too expensive. Documents provided by gm show that this unacceptable cost increase was only 57 cents. We apologize for what has happened, and we are doing a full investigation. Reporter small comfort for the families of the victims who also testified. Our daughters, sons, sisters, brothers, mothers, fathers, wives and husbands are gone because they were a cost of doing business gm style. Reporter now, officials at gm say engineering tests show the vehicle is safe, but theyre still offering free loaner and rental cars to drivers who are not comfortable with the chevy cobalt. Diana. All right, abcs susan saulny live for us in washington this morning. Thank you. President obama claiming victory after exceeding his goal for health care signups. Despite the disastrous rollout, 7. 1 Million People enrolled in obamacare before mondays deadline, but republicans continue to rail against the Affordable Care act. The white house still hasnt revealed how many of those signed up had paid their first premiums or how many were previously insured under plans that were canceled. A british submarine has joined the hunt for the black boxes from the missing malaysian airplane. Its a race of time before those are found before they go silent. Thats going to happen in just a few days. An Airline Trade group is calling for planes to be redesigned so they can continuously be tracked. Meanwhile, ships and planes are once again searching the indian ocean. Abcs Nikki Battiste flew with one of them. Reporter weve been above the search area now for about two hours, and weve seen some objects on the water, but the crew says nothing significant, nothing that seems to be from the missing plane. There are about 15 crewmen on board here all with very specific tasks, and this plane today flying down low, swooping down as low as 300 feet above the water, so close that if youre looking out the window, you feel like you can touch it. Well, its been 25 days since flight 370 vanished, and no debris from it has been found yet. Submarines may have better luck listening underwater, but it is a race against time. Thousands of firefighters from across the country have poured into boston ahead of Funeral Services for two of their own killed last week in the line of duty. Mourners lined up for miles to attend a wake for lieutenant edward walsh. The 43yearold father of three will be laid to rest today. 33yearold Michael Kennedy will be buried tomorrow. They were trapped in a basement while battling a huge building fire. Well, crews in Washington State have uncovered several more victims in that devastating mudslide. This new satellite image shows the terrible scar where neighborhoods once stood. Receding waters have allowed searchers to probe a wider area, but the mud is as high as 80 feet in some places, and its full of dangerous contaminants. The death toll rose to 28 on tuesday with 20 people still missing. Well, spring is definitely not in the air in parts of north dakota, still digging out from a late blizzard. The city of grafton buried under 20 inches of snow, huge drifts blocking driveways and piling up against homes overnight. Temperatures hovered in the single digits. Its not expected to surpass the 20s today. All that snow is going to go nowhere fast. All right. Time to look at the rest of todays weather. Snow across the Northern Rockies and in the sierra, as well. The trouble spot is from east texas to tennessee and into the lower ohio valley. Severe storms with possible tornadoes. Seasonal temperatures in the northeast and the west warming up in the south reaching the lower 90s in texas. All right. Big news for apple fans. We are learning when the company will likely start producing the new iphone. Plus, finally found, a man lost in the wilderness in freezing temperatures. This morning, what he did that kept him alive. And cutting it close. The man who survived a serious chain saw accident is talking about what happened and showing off his incredible xray. Showing off his incredible xray. Where teams compete to make the right decisions about safe food preparations. Our challenge in this round read and follow package cooking instructions, and use a food thermometer. Lets see how our teams are doing so far team 1 . We just got 100 points. We separated our raw food from our cooked food. Team 2 . We got a 100point green card for proper hand washing before our meal prep. Referee weve reached a critical safety point in the challenge. Okay, team 1, lets check this out. Uhoh, not a safe internal temperature for those hamburgers. That puts everyone at high risk for foodborne illness. You get a red card undercooked. Always read and follow the package cooking instructions and use a food thermometer. Lets see how our winning team cooked it safe and avoided problems. Well, i just kept focus on the four food safety steps clean, separate, cook, and chill. And we followed the package cooking instructions and took the temperature. Can you cook it safe . And welcome back. California utility giant pg e has been charged with 12 felony counts in that deadly gas pipeline explosion four years ago. That blast killed eight people, injured dozens more and leveled 38 homes in the San Francisco bay area. The indictment alleges pg e relied on erroneous information and incomplete information when assessing the safety of that pipeline which eventually ruptured. Disgraced financier Charles Keating has died at the age of 90. He was at the center of the savings and loan failure. At the time, the costliest bank collapse. He was accused of bilking investors out of their life savings and spending it on mansions and other luxuries. The collapse cost the government 3 billion. He served more than four years in prison. Car sales picked up speed in march. Chrysler topped the list with a 13 increase. Even recalled plagued General Motors sold 4 more vehicles while ford was up more than 3 . Shoppers appear to be shaking off the winter doldrums and taking advantage of low interest rates. And apple is reportedly getting ready next month with two screen sizes. Reuters reports production of the bigger one could be delayed while some Technology Glitches are sorted out. The new iphone is expected to be on sale by this fall. Okay, when we come back, not your usual day at the office. A 911 operator gets a call on her first day on the job and youre just not going to believe who was on the other line asking her for help. Plus, surprise claim. The winner of the 425 million powerball jackpot. Lactaid® is 100 real milk . Right. Real milk. But it wont cause me discomfort. Exactly, because its milk without the lactose. And it tastes . Its real milk come on, would i lie about this . [ female announcer ] lactaid. 100 real milk. No discomfort. Come on, would i lie about this . So i use lactaid® members are cottage cheese. Ry. Its 100 real dairy without the lactose. 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Wintry conditions across the rockies and north will make for slippery conditions and watch out for that big band of rain crossing the center of the country, as well. Now, if youre flying, airport delays are possible in dallas, kansas city, los angeles, Salt Lake City and chicago. Now an amazing story of survival. A man who got separated from his Running Group sunday in californias Sierra Nevada mountains was greeted with a kiss after two days lost in the wilderness. 55yearold bob root was wearing shorts, Running Shoes and a light jacket when he got lost. He survived two days in freezing overnight conditions before being found yesterday afternoon. I guess he basically just kind of hunkered up under the bushes at nighttime, folded his arms underneath his body and thats basically how he survived for a few nights. What would you want to say to everybody who found you . Im grateful. Thank you very much. Now, root survived on Energy Supplements and a small amount of water he had with him. He was treated and released from the hospital. Then he said he wanted to go and get an innout burger. Cant blame him. Theyre good. All right. An incredible test for a rookie 911 operator in atlanta answering an emergency call from her own family on the very first day of the job. Crystal morrow was just a few hours into her first shift when she heard a familiar voice, her aunt trying to get help for her father who went into diabetic shock. Is he breathing normally . Yes. Okay, im sending the paramedics to help you now. Stay on the line. Ill tell you exactly what to do next. I heard her voice and saw her name pop up on the screen. I was like, wait, its my aunt. Even though morrow kept her cool, she admits she was nervous inside. Her aunt didnt even realize she was talking to her own niece. Wow, what a story. Firefighters couldnt save this sprawling mansion in an upscale neighborhood in atlanta in buckhead. It was declared a total loss this morning. Flames were already shooting through the roof by the time the crews arrived last night and didnt take long for the fire to engulf the entire home. The distance from the home and narrow winding driveway made it difficult to get to the fire. An accident north of pittsburgh is a somber reminder of just how dangerous operating a chain saw can be. James valentine was trimming a tree along a busy highway when the saw kicked back and dug two inches into his shoulder. First responders had to disassemble the saw without moving that blade. Valentine says at first he barely even felt anything. There was about that much more to cut, and i put it back in, and then it was like about the tree was about that wide and the saw was in about that far and then i revved it out and it kicked out on me. Chain saw just missed a major artery. Doctors expect for him to make a full recovery. The kickback is one of the most common causes of serious chain saw injuries. Wow. Lucky to be alive. Got that right. A man in Northern California has finally claimed his 425 million Powerball Lottery jackpot. There is his name anyway, raymond buxton. He picked up that big check yesterday. He was the only winner of the jackpot back on february 19th. Buxton waited to claim his winnings while consulting with a legal and financial team. He says hes going to use that money to travel and set up a charity. Good for him. Good for him. Some sports now. Well start with an ailing tiger woods who is going to miss the masters for the first time in his career because of surgery he had on monday for a pinched nerve in his back. Woods will need several weeks to rehab but hoping to be back on the pga tour this summer. He last won at Augusta National nine years ago. This years masters starts a week from tomorrow. And the Boston Red Sox were at the white house yesterday to celebrate their world series victory with president obama. The president thanked the team for helping their city bounce back after the marathon bombing. Big papi, david ortiz, presented mr. Obama with a sox jersey, number 44, then they posed for a selfie which ortiz called an honor. The sox get back to work tonight in baltimore. As for some of last nights sports action, we get the highlights from espn. Hey, good morning, america. Hes kenny, im neil. This is the sportscenter set in bristol. Look what we can do with the chairs. Not bad but right now well show you an nba game. Here we go. This is a good one. Overtime. Lets go. Overtime. Steph curry, heavily involved late. Dirk nowitzki to monta ellis, hes going to score no, hes not. Jermaine oneal, not in my condominium. And here comes steph curry the other way. Oneonfive, uhhuh, just like the y. I know what im doing. Im going to line up and this. I didnt make that up. Some other guy did. Warriors win it, 122120. Big news in the nfl. Thank you. Ill take that. Unless youd like to. Showoff. Looks like Desean Jackson will get at least two chances to repay the eagles for releasing him agreeing to a threeyear deal in washington. Jackson tweeted late tuesday, its going down with the burgundy and gold. Washington and philly always on the schedule. If you dont believe me, its going down, burgundy and gold and there he took an instagram of our sportscenter set when John Buccigross and stuart scott were breaking the news that our Adam Schefter broke. A lot of breaking. Then he didnt call. I went to twitter and said, please call. Yeah. Call collect. We dont care. Just come on our program, but, nope. Stephen a. Smith got ahold of him. Thats right. He knows him. Yeah. Were out. A little bit of nonsensing. Just a little bit. A little bit. Up next, the pulse, a group of guys that dont need any machinery to move a house. And luckiest passengers ever. The cast of broadways show there, the lion king, providing Inflight Entertainment. 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