Transcripts For KGO Good Morning America 20170417 : comparem

Transcripts For KGO Good Morning America 20170417

Baby, baby and its a boy. April the giraffe finally gives birth after a nearly 16month pregnancy. More than 1 Million People around the world watch. Now april the baby boy and the zoos owner join us live. Only on gma this morning. And good morning, america. Hope you had a happy easter. Youre dressed for easter this morning. I still am. Theyre in the spirit at the white house, as well. Getting ready for the big tradition, the easter egg roll. More than 20,000 people expected to show up this morning. Much more on that this morning. First, we want to get to that manhunt after the horrific crime posted on facebook, five states are on alert this morning. Abcs alex perez is in cleveland, ohio with the latest. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning, robin. Police are pleading with the suspect to turn himself in. The fbi and local investigators have been working through the night to try to catch up with him. Im about to kill this guy right here. Hes an old dude. Reporter this morning, the fbi and Cleveland Police on a desperate manhunt looking for a man in a coldblooded act of murder. We know who he is and hell eventually be caught. Reporter officials issuing an aggravated murder warrant for steve stephens. They believe stephens shot and killed 74yearold robert godwin. A seemingly senseless murder posted on facebook. On sunday afternoon, stephens allegedly approached the elderly man, savagely killing him just seconds after telling him hes about to shoot him because of a woman. All right. Can you do me a favor . Can you say joy lane . Joy lane . Yeah. Shes the reason why, uh, this is about to happen to you. Reporter the homicide too disturbing for us to show. One male shot. Gsw to the face. This man right here was a good man. And i just hate i hate that hes gone. Reporter five states on high alert this morning as the search intensifies. Overnight, a ping from stephens cell phone detected near erie, pennsylvania. Authorities say stephen who is mentored foster kids at a Mental Health facility and he lost everything due to gambling. I just snapped, man. Reporter in another post sunday, before what stephens calls the easter day slaughter, he says he killed at least 13 people. Thats what i did. I killed 13 people. The Police Issued a warning for anyone who might be helping stevens. If theres somebody thats helping steve or if you think youre helping steve youre really not. Authorities say stevens posted the crime after it happened and did not Facebook Live as initially thought. Authorities reminding the public hes considered armed an very dangerous. Robin. Yes, he is. We bring in abc news consultant, former fbi special agent brad garrett. There are no words for a crime like this. What are police doing and authorities doing to find him . The real key is going to be, i think, tracking his cell phone. He apparently is still using it. It pinged in erie county, pennsylvania. Thats why you have this fivestate alert to look for him. The disturbing part is he kills a total stranger. You dont have a direction to go maybe of other potential targets for him. You also dont know the mindset of this guy. What is really driving him. He worked at this facility with children. His girlfriend, apparently, made some comments she didnt see any signs of this. What really happened to this guy . I dont buy that he snapped. Because nobody snaps. This stuff builds up over a period of time and then they launch. Were getting some information, and you have to be careful how much you want people to be aware in the particular states, but you dont also want for this guy to possibly be knowing they are closing in on him. How do you balance the two . You balance the two by the following. You tell the public, look, you need to tell us if you see this car or this guy. And then back off, call local Law Enforcement. Let them handle it. You need the eyes and ears of the public to probably catch him. We have talked about this before. And, the crime by itself is horrendous. The fact that it was posted online just adds to it. Is there anything that can be done to prevent crimes like this from being posted . Facebook is actually fairly good at capturing these things and pulling them off. Theyve done it a lot with pornography and other really super violent things. But up to a certain extent. Think about the billions of postings every day. They have software to pull certain things out. I dont know that they do on something quite like this immediately. Brad, i know you will be back later on another case for us. Thank you. A lot of other top stories. President trump responding to the tax day protests over the weekend. Those of course, calling the president to release his tax returns. Its the first day on the Supreme Court for new justice neil gorsuch. You see him getting sworn in right there. The Vice President visited the korean Demilitarized Zone. Standing just 200 feet away from the north korean border. He issued a stark warning, saying all options are on the table after north koreas failed missile test. Martha raddatz is in seoul with the latest. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, george. Strong words from the Vice President today here in seoul warning north korea not to test the resolve of the United States or its strength. Overnight, Vice President mike pence touching down for a visit to the most fortified border in the world. The Demilitarized Zone between north and south korea. Amid an escalating nuclear standoff. Pence, on a tenday tour of asia, less than 200 feet from the north korean border, catching a glimpse of the hostile territory and the north Korean Forces who guard it. Just one day after the failed missile launch. All options are on the table as we continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of south korea on the denuclearization of this peninsula. Reporter the norths medium range Ballistic Missile test this weekend, ended immediately after launch. A black eye for Supreme Leader kim jonguns regime. But there is still concern. Hours before the launch the dictator rolled out what appeared to be a deadly arsenal of intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. The big question this morning, did a u. S. Cyberattack bring down the missile . A former british cabinet member seems to think so. Theres a very strong belief that the americans, through cyber methods, have been very successful on several occasions of interrupting these tests and making them fail. Reporter no proof of that and no comment from the white house. But National Security adviser h. R. Mcmaster told me, time is running out, in an exclusive interview. This problem is coming to a head. And so its time for us to undertake all actions we can, short of a military option, to try to resolve this peacefully. Reporter but Vice President pence made clear today that while President Trump, too, hopes to resolve this peacefully, the military option does remain on the table. The world witnessed the strength and resolve of our new president in actions taken in syria and afghanistan. North korea would do well not to test his resolve. Or the strength of the armed forces of the United States in this region. Reporter a warning that comes as north korea prepares a sixth underground nuclear test in hopes of some day perfecting a Nuclear Missile capable of reaching the u. S. Vice president pence also repeated Rex Tillersons warning today that time for strategic patience with north korea is over. Robin . Thank you, martha. For more on the rising tensions, our contributor, colonel steve ganyard, a former Fighter Pilot and state department official. Youre here with us, and okay. The test was a failure. Still a lot of concern. You see the parade. You see the large canister, and thats what a lot of people were talking about. Thats what scared people, robin. If you look at the size of the canister, which we think theres a missile or going to be a missile. Bigger means longer range. Which means it can get closer to the United States. It looks like a chinese missile that we know can get to the United States. Thats where the concern was. We dont want to scare folks at home. This doesnt mean well have nukes coming down in San Francisco and seattle tomorrow. But the idea is if you see those ranges marching across the pacific, this is why the Nuclear Problem with north korea is not just regional. Its an american problem. Going back to the canister, it could be a fake. It could be. They want us to think theres a missile inside. They generally say if this is what it looks like, this is what its going to become. We need to take them seriously. They have said publicly, thats their aspiration to build a missile that big. The nuclear test. Thats what were concerned about. Thats the next step. Well wait to see. Because we know that you have to have a missile to deliver the nuke. You have to have the nuke itself. The next thing is the underground test. A nuclear underground test that were watching even though the administration said yesterday there will be severe consequences if they light it off. Well have to wait and see the reaction is from the white house. All of options are on the table. Thank you. Thank you, guys. Well stay overseas. The crisis in syria. A devastating suicide bombing has killed more than 100 people, including dozens of children. They were trying to flee if wartorn area on buses. Terry moran tracking the story. News this morning of a new effort to try to make peace. Reporter this might, might be a faint, faint glimmer of hope in the war in syria. The kremlin announcing that diplomats from russia, the United States, and the United Nations will meet in geneva next week to discuss the syrian crisis. This comes as good news after the showdown over the missile strikes in syria ten days ago. As military analysts now say the defeat of isis in syria is within sight. The u. S. Is trying to get russia to believe that the time is now to plan for syrias future without bashar al assad. It will be hard to get russia to go along with that, though. No question about that. Yet the atrocities continue to mount. This bombing targeted the group of buses part of a population swap, part of an agreement that had been made. Reporter its just appalling, george. This morning, still no claims of responsibility for the bombing. Both sides blaming the other, and of course, pope francis condemning this attack in his easter message. On saturday, part of a deal to evacuate besieged civilians, a convoy of buses left two governmentcontrolled towns in northern syria. A vehicle loaded with food stopped. Starving children swarmed around. Another vehicle packed with explosives rammed the convoy. The carnage unspeakable. More than 120 people killed. Including 68 children. This morning, those convoys have resumed and the war goes on, george. Terry moran, thanks very much. Now to washington, d. C. , and President Trump is back in the Nations Capital this morning, after spending easter in maralago. Hes preparing for the white house easter egg roll. But also facing fallout for those protests, demanding he release his tax returns. Our congressional correspondent, mary bruce has more on all that. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, robin. After spending a quiet holiday with his family, this morning, the president will celebrate with more than 20,000 guests here on his backyard. The white house, this morning. Its buzzing with activity. Getting ready for the easter egg roll. Across the country, a far less festive mood, from protesters demanding the president do something they feel is far overdue. This morning, President Trump is back in washington after spending easter with his family at maralago. The president celebrating the holiday while being dogged by another annual event, tax day. [ crowd chanting ] reporter across the country, thousands taking to the streets, demanding the president release his tax returns. [ chanting ] all hey hey, ho ho, donald trump has got to go. Reporter in berkeley, california, erupting as pro and antitrump demonstrators clashed amid fireworks and pepper spray. From coast to coast. Sorry, easter bunny. The trump chicken taking over. The president is being accused of being too chicken to show his tax returns. I showed mine. You show yours. Even in palm beach the president s motorcade making a detour. What is he hiding . We need to know. Donw. You th its ridiculous. Reporter fighting back on twitter sunday, the president asked, now tax returns are brought up again . Saying someone should look into who paid for the small organized rallies yesterday. The election is over. But this florida woman told our david wright, shes raising her voice for free. I think hell see it. I think hell construe it as Something Else, that were paid protesters. And were not constituents of the United States, but thats not true. Reporter as he closes in on his first 100 days in office, President Trump is trying to get his agenda and staff back on track. The president has told his chief strategist, steve bannon, and his soninlaw and senior adviser, jared kushner, to work out their differences. Their power play playing out on saturday night live. Take him back to hell. Have a seat at your new desk. I would like you to just fix everything. Okay . If you need me, ill be over here at my desk, okay . Reporter now, the president tweeted the election is over. But this week, he is headed back to a state that was key to his victory, wisconsin. He is expected to pay a visit tomorrow, george. Lets talk more with jon karl. Our chief political analyst, matthew dowd as well. Jon, let me begin with you in these protests. You see the president s opponents trying to push several different levers. Protests, new lawsuits about his tax returns. You have democrats in the senate saying they want to make this part of the tax reform. A big effort to try to compel the president to release his taxes through congress. And george, thats not going to work as long as you have republicans controlling congress, but what i do see happening is more republicans saying they would be willing to support a bill that would say that the next president of the United States would need to be compelled to release his taxes. You have states considering bills like that as well. Matthew dowd, the resistance will face a test as well. A key special election in georgia to fill the seat of former congressman tom price who now runs health care for the president. Well, yeah. We have had one already, george, as you know. The special election in kansas. The democrat overperformed in a district that is very republican by 20 points. It was a canary in a coal mine. That the republicans needed to be aware. But georgia will be a big crack in the dam because of that. If a democrat wins the district in georgia, theres a real chance that democrats could take back congress in 2018. I dont know the president was watching. Safe to say he would disagree with matts analysis of kansas. He put out a tweet yesterday saying the recent kansas election, congress, was a really big media event until the republicans won. Now they play the same game with georgia. Bad. There is a fact here. Trump carried that district in kansas by 27 points. They won it by 6. It was a victory for the republicans, but it was a scare, and the democrats didnt invest in that race. This georgia race is critical. Were a long way from the midterm elections. If the democrats can win that, that is the kind of race they need to win to retake congress. Its an indicator they could. But the flip side is also true. If they cant win in georgia, its a republican district, but a more narrowly republican district. Theyll have a tough time winning control of congress. This comes up against the backdrop of the foreign crises. The strike on syria the strike on afghanistan. The saberrattling with korea. Yeah, the interesting thing is, they havent seemed to affect Donald Trumps Approval Ratings in the country. Within the first days after inauguration, he had a majority of the country disapproving him, and today, even after all these actions, the majority of the country still disapproves. The country is seeing the actions in a prism from their own viewpoint. People that dont like him see them as erratic and dangerous. People that like him see them as strong and decisive. Everybody i think is waiting for what is the fundamental Foreign Policy strategy . It does seem to have brought more organization to the core of the white house, though. Yeah, ill tell you, george. These events we see playing out now on the International Stage will do more or could do more to define the Trump Presidency than any other presidency or agenda. This is the real test of his presidency. Thank you very much. To ginger with Severe Weather and flooding in the plains and midwest. Such an active weekend over the plain, robin. I want to show you this video. This tornado captured in nebraska. You can see that video playing there. Just so picturesque. And fortunate that of the more than 160 severe storm reports, many of them came in places that are less populated. It could have been a much different story. Overnight, flash flooding. This one in cincinnati. This one from fairmount, ohio. One to three inches of rain. A lot of rain just north of chicago. Up to madison. Your weather in 30 seconds, but first, the select cities brought to you by sprint. Good monday morning. Im abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. Check out th

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