Transcripts For KGO Good Morning America 20170601 : comparem

Transcripts For KGO Good Morning America 20170601

Unsure where he is. Im placing you under arrest for suspicion of driving under the influence, okay . The mystery this morning. What was the superstar doing just before the arrest . And on the eve of the nba finals, lebron james targeted. Police investigating a possible hate crime at his l. A. Home. Being a black man in america is very frightening. As the king prepares to defend his crown warriors star steph curry opening up exclusively to gma about taking on lebron. We obviously run into each other from time to time and have the battles on the court. What hes saying about the ultimate rematch kicking off tonight. This is stephen curry. Good morning, america. And good morning, america. All eyes on the nba finals tonight and some pretty impressive stats. It is the third time in a row the cavs are facing off against the warriors. But its also the seventh year in a row lebron james is in the final. Wow. Who do you guys think will win . Cleveland. You got youre from cleveland. You better go with cleveland. How about you, amy . The cavs. I dont know. Thats cleveland too. I know. I think. Its going to be hard. Im going with cleveland, as well. Oh, were all out there right now. It is a busy thursday morning in washington. President trump just hours away from making that big announcement about the Paris Climate Accord. This could be a dramatic break from the world community. Right now only syria and nicaragua have not signed on. This morning more than 40 House Democrats are calling for Jared Kushner to lose his security clearance over reports he failed to properly disclose secret meetings with the russians. And former Vice President joe biden launching a new Political Action committee called american possibilities, and it is sparking some speculation he could run for president in 2020. We want to start with the president s climate deal decision. Our senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega is at the white house. Good morning. Reporter good morning. White house sources tell us the president is likely to pull out of that paris climate deal today. The president himself not offering any hints, instead he is tapping into his days as a reality tv star teasing ahead to that big announcement this afternoon. His announcement came overnight in the form of what else, a tweet. President trump says his much anticipated decision on the Paris Climate Accord will come today at 3 00 p. M. In the rose garden. Its a decision hes been talking up for days. Yesterday at the white house any decision on the paris climate deal, mr. President . Are you close . Very soon. Im hearing from a lot of people both ways. Reporter even on his big foreign trip saying he would make his final decision this week. Both in and outside the white house, the lobbying is fierce. His inner circle deeply divided. Chief strategist steve bannon along with 22 Senate Republicans pushing for withdrawal. Chief economic adviser gary cohn, a democrat and daughter ivanka pushing to stay. Apples tim cook and teslas elon musk making personal lastminute pleas, musk even threatening to resign from White House Advisory Councils if the president backs out of the deal. Global warming, a lot of it is a hoax. Its a hoax. I mean, its a moneymaking industry. Okay . Reporter that was thencandidate trump on the campaign trail. Aides say the president s views on Climate Change are evolving. Now the president seems poised to back out of that landmark climate deal dismissing the advice of even the pope. Prompting responses from both sides of the aisle. Bernie sanders called it a horrific mistake and former republican governor mitt romney tweeted, affirmation of the Paris Agreement is not only about the climate, it is also about america remaining the global leader. Well, polls show a majority of americans overwhelmingly oppose withdrawing from the paris deal but, george, as you say, if the u. S. Does leave this accord it would leave us with two other countries standing alongside, nicaragua and syria. Yeah, big break right there. Meantime, Hillary Clinton not going anywhere. Shes out in public again last night talking about the election, talking about this Climate Change deal as well. Reporter this is basically 2016 all over again blaming her loss on the fbi director to james comey to even her own party. Take a listen to that one. I get the nomination. So, im now the nominee of the democratic party. I inherit nothing from the democratic party. What do you mean nothing . I mean it was bankrupt. It was on the verge of insolvency. Its data was mediocre to poor, nonexistent, wrong. I had to inject money into it. Reporter with that cue, the twitter war, the president tweeted right after that, a few hours after she spoke, crooked Hillary Clinton now blames everybody but herself, refuses to say she was a terrible candidate and, of course, Hillary Clinton fired back with a tweet of her own, she is making fun of the president s tweet from a day earlier, that incomparable word saying that people in glass houses shouldnt throw stones. She used the word that none of us can pronounce so i will spare you my attempt to pronounce it again. Except her tweet was retweeted tens of thousands of times, more than the president s original one. Its like we cant get rid of 2016. Covfefe. Covfefe. Im not saying it. Okay. Thank you, cecilia. Over to amy. All right, george. For more on the Paris Climate Accord and what it involves, and who it will impact, our chief national correspondent, tom llamas is here. Tom, start with whats at stake. Yeah, well, first it was the largest climate agreement in history. 195 nations sign on to cut Greenhouse Gas emission, nearly every country in the world, amy, except two, syria and nicaragua. Now, if the u. S. Pulls out its going to join that very small and right now very Infamous Club so what is at stake . The u. S. Pledged to cut Greenhouse Gas emissions by at least 26 by 2025. But every country sets the rules initially so some people dont like that. China, for instance, doesnt start really until 2030. The ultimate goal of the climate paris accord, heres what it is. We want to make sure Global Temperatures dont rise above 3. 6 fahrenheit. Experts believe thats the point of no return. Okay, and we heard from cecilias reporting that there is quite the battle brewing inside the walls of the white house. So talk a little bit more about who President Trump is getting advice from as he weighs his decision. This is huge publicly and privately. First, those to stay, ivanka trump, Jared Kushner and rex tillerson, the secretary of state. Of course, ivanka and jared, the closest advisers to President Trump, and rex tillerson, the former ceo of exxonmobil, they want to stay in but those opting to come out, big name, steve bannon, chief white house strategist and epa administrator scott pruitt. Their argument this goes against the America First policy. Its going to hurt the 1. 1 million jobs and the fossil fuel industry and remember the Campaign Promise that President Trump said hell come out of the Paris Climate Accord, and he made the promise in west virginia, kentucky and california, and of course, if he does break this, this would be the biggest public split from ivanka trump so far. Decision soon. Hopefully 3 00. Well go back over to george. Thanks very much. Joined by a friend and ally of the president , christopher ruddy, ceo of newsmax. Thanks for joining us. You saw the division laid out in the white house right now by tom llamas. Bottom line, it does seem to be that the president s tipping toward keeping that Campaign Promise. Well, it seems that way, george, based on the press reports. I do think and you had 22 senators, i think tom mentioned this, right to the president including the Senate Majority leader mcconnell saying, we should pull out. Its very onerous. You know, people forget i lived in europe, youve been to europe many times. People dont drive as much. American cars, to reduce your carbon emission footprint on your car by 26 by the year 2025, that is going to be it will cost the Auto Industry here billions and billions of dollars and cost American Consumers so we should look at the impact. I personally think the president should kick this over to the senate because it impacts american lives. There should be a treaty discussion on it. There should be modifications. And if, look, china is not implementing theirs until 2030 why should we be doing it by 2025 . Lets talk about the divisions inside the white house and more and more reports the president is isolated. Frustrated, unhappy with his staff. He wants a big shakeup. In the past, you have advocated that. Well, lets go over the president s mood. Im hearing hes in a good, positive mood, hey, you cant be underspending us by a third to twothirds in defense spending. Great meetings in israel and the arab world. I think theres always going to be divisions. I do think theres going to be a couple of major changes, two or three changes in the next two to three months. I dont think it will be a wholesale shakeup but thats good. I think its also normal. This is not a politician that was elected to office. He is finding out and discovering what really works and who the key people he needs so i think the changes will be good and i think itll be positive. President up and tweeting again early this morning. Of course, he was up early yesterday morning as well with that famous now covfefe tweet. Lawyers are telling him youre going to get yourself in a lot of trouble if you keep tweeting about russia and the investigations. Is there anybody there who can get a handle on this . Well, the president has to get a handle on it. I personally think i predicted it would take about six months for those tweets to come under more of a discipline review process. The president is a guy that likes to speak his mind. This is how he made his whole career. I think its his personality. He is no longer really donald trump. Hes the head of state. He represents the american people. I do think the tweets are very good. He should keep doing tweets. There should just be a review process of two or three people that look at it. I personally dont think im not his Legal Counsel he shouldnt be talking about anything now under criminal investigation. And be very careful about that. But i think these tweets coming out at midnight are not helping his popularity and his standing with the press and the public. Chris ruddy, thanks very much. I will be anchoring abcs live coverage of President Trumps announcement on the Paris Climate Accord, and that will be at approximately 3 00 p. M. Eastern from the road garden. Amy. More on that russia investigation. Abc news learned that fired fbi director james comey could testify in front of the Senate Intelligence committee as early as next week. Our senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas has new details for us. Good morning, pierre. Reporter amy, good morning. Comey wants to testify in open session before the Senate Intelligence committee and sources tell me it could possibly happen as early as wednesday or thursday of next week. But we should caution that no specific date has been set and the situation remains fluid. But im told that comeys prepared to answer questions about his relationship with the president and whether trump sought his loyalty in the early days after the inauguration and whether he pressured comey to go easy on former National Security adviser michael flynn. Was forced to resign amid allegations he lied about a conversation with the russian ambassador. Trump has flatly denied those accusations, but we and others have reported that comey has memos that will back up his story. No word yet on whether the white house would claim executive privilege to block comeys testimony. Amy. All right, Pierre Thomas, thanks so much. Michael. Now to the breaking news. An explosion rocking a plant in wisconsin overnight. Emergency crews on the scene, searching for survivors. Abcs diane macedo has the story. There has been a report of a large explosion at didion milling, a large explosion, a large fire, a lot of smoke. Reporter this morning at least one dead, two missing and multiple people severely burned after a massive explosion and fire leveled this wisconsin corn milling plant. I called my coworker and they were just trapped inside. Reporter local officials tell abc news several employees were inside the didion corn milling plant when it collapsed after a loud blast at 11 00 p. M. Wednesday night. Three or fourstory building that no longer exists. Multiple med flights with patients with injuries. Reporter it processes corn and corn byproducts right across the street from an ethanol plant which was unharmed. It was so powerful it caused part of the complex to collapse and knocked out power to the entire town and another surrounding community. The whole village is dark. The sheriff said 16 people were in that plant at the time. This still an active scene with dozens of Fire Departments there as well as agencies like the Salvation Army and red cross. All hands on deck. I can imagine. All right, diane. Thanks very much. We turn to dramatic new images showing those terrifying moments inside the orlando pulse nightclub as Police Search for the shooter. This marks a year since 49 were killed in that attack and you spoke with those officers who went in first. Brian ross. Reporter these new videos come as the memories and emotions of people in orlando are still very raw. The new dramatic videos show the urgency of the hunt for the active shooter inside the ni police unable to tell who was hiding in the darkness. A victim or a shooter. Show us your hands. I got his hands. I got his hands. Okay, come out. Come out. Reporter this video comes from the body camera worn by officer graham cage. Right when we were about to go in we were still hearing shots. Get your hands up. Reporter and theres the haunting sound of the victims cell phones ringing unanswered. Just laying in pools of blood. Knowing that somebodys loved one is trying to get ahold of their loved one. Reporter as the patrons who survive race for safety outside the shooter, 29yearold omar mateen retreats to a back bathroom holding hostages. And spends more than an hour on the phone with a police negotiator, who is trying to buy time. Tell me what you did, please. No, you already know what i did. Reporter and then a threat of a bomb. Ill tell you this, it can take out a whole city block almost. Reporter police are advised to pull back. Just so you know in the building you may not want to stay there. Reporter but not a single officer retreats. Were in it to win it, you know. Reporter you werent going to leave . No. Reporter the final breach as police used an Armored Vehicle to smash holes in the building and mateen comes out shooting. Hits an officer in the helmet. Probably within an inches of losing his life, and Police Return fire killing the suspect. In the end 49 innocent people were killed in the worst mass shooting in American History and those videos give us an idea what those brave officers were up against on that terrible night. They were so courageous, brian, thanks very much. Michael. Thank you, george. This morning, police are investigating a possible hate crime at the home of lebron james in los angeles. The nba star, hes speaking out about it ahead of tonights game and abcs matt gutman is in los angeles with the story. Good morning, matt. Reporter hey, good morning, michael. You know how hard it is to throw lebron james off his legendary gameday focus. But the racial epithets spray painted on the electronic gate to his home did just that saying that the possible hate crime is killing him inside and admitting the place hed rather be right now is with his family. The Los Angeles Police are investigating the vandalism at the home of nba star lebron james as a possible hate crime. It was a racial slur that was painted on his gate and the Department Takes hate crimes extremely seriously. Reporter overnight the threetime champ speaking out to espn. If it takes for someone to spray paint my gate and use that derogatory term, that hate on my family to shed a light on whats the real issue is in the world then so be it. Reporter according to investigators, the graffiti was reported by a property manager at about 6 45 a. M. Wednesday morning and immediately removed by workers. James and his family werent in the home at the time but still he says, he is turning the incident into an opportunity to speak up about race in america. And it hurts and its like unfortunate and i got to sit here and i got to talk to my kids about what it means to grow up being an africanamerican, a black kid in america. Because no matter how much money you got, no matter how famous you are, no matter how many people admire you at the end of the day, being a black man in america is very frightening. Reporter in oakland, california, just a few hours north from his home, the king and his cavs are preparing for game one of the nba finals, but he admits his focus isnt entirely on the court. I will be as focused as i can be on the jo

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