Transcripts For KGO Good Morning America Weekend Edition 201

Transcripts For KGO Good Morning America Weekend Edition 20170819

Worse. The bombs that went bust and the hunt now for more suspects as we hear from the family of an american killed in the attack. I just dont understand it. His wife recounting the moments they were separated. And eclipse excitement. Caravans of cars rolling into cities and towns for prime viewing spots. This is all heading in to prineville. Straining small town resources. The record crowds hitting the roads for the celestial show. Hey, good morning. Lets get straight to our top story. Another major shakeup at the white house. Steve bannon, President Trumps powerful chief strategist, is out. Hes already back on the job this morning at breitbart, the influential right wing news site. Overnight bannon spoke to the New York Times saying, quote, i think i can be more effective fighting from the outside for the agenda President Trump ran on, and anyone who stands in our way we will go to war with. The key words right there, the agenda the president ran on. Does this mean bannon could take on the president himself if he veers away from his Campaign Promises . Overnight the white house releasing new pictures of the president meeting with his National Security team at camp david. Heres a group shot and a shot of the president conferring oneonone with Vice President mike pence. This morning the president is back at his golf club in bedminster, new jersey, up and tweeting this morning saying, quote, i want to thank steve bannon for his service. He came to the campaign during my run against crooked hillary clinton. It was great, end quote. Abcs david wright has more from bedminster. David, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, paula and dan. This morning the white house is regrouping without steve bannon. He is, of course, the conservative firebrand who is credited with injecting a strong note of populism in Donald Trumps message helping him win the white house. Well, today, bannon is on the warpath back at Breitbart News and vowing to become bannon the barbarian. After his abrupt ouster as the president s chief strategist, steve bannon wasted no time getting back to being a populist firebrand. I feel jacked up, he told the weekly standard. Now im free. Ive got my hands back on my weapons. Someone said its bannon the barbarian. Im definitely going to crush the opposition. Back at breitbart, bannon chaired the evening editorial meeting threatening to take on a role that during a rare public appearance he once urged on conservative activists. Hold us accountable. Hold us accountable to what we promised. Hold us accountable for delivering on what we promised. Reporter bannon is making it clear that for now hell take aim at what he calls white House Democrats and republican moderates in congress, forces that have sought to slow down trumps agenda. Rusted out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation. Reporter looking back at the president s dark inaugural address which he helped to write. This american carnage stops right here and stops right now. Reporter bannon said the Trump Presidency that we fought for and won is over. We still have a Huge Movement and we will make something of this Trump Presidency, but that presidency is over. Certainly many of the president s men are gone. This photo shows the original team gathered around the resolute desk in january just days after the inauguration during trumps first phone call with vladimir putin. Only one of them still works for the white house, Vice President mike pence. Amazing. One more notable quote from Steve Bannons interviews overnight. He predicts that well be seeing a lot less of the trump who responded so controversially to charlottesville predicting youll see a lot of constraints and itll be more conventional. Well, that will be welcome news to bannons critics but, of course, he will be there on the outside agitating hard the other way, dan and paula. Yeah, and hes got a big megaphone in breitbart. No question about it. David, what do we know about exactly why bannon was forced out . I know there was a lot of reporting that trump had been harboring resentment ever since february when Time Magazine put bannon on the cover with the cover the great manipulator. There it is. Reporter thats right. His departure has long been thought to be imminent, put it that way. The president was said to be none too happy about that Time Magazine cover. Also none too happy about the saturday night live skits and other things that suggested that he was the manipulator pulling the strings but officially this was a mutual decision. Bannon said that he only planned to stay for a year, and it was august 14th of last year that he signed on to head the trump campaign. Dan and paula. As we showed snl portrayed bannon as the grim reaper in charge of the white house. David wright, thank you very much. Thanks, david. And for more about whats happening in washington, we want to bring in abc news contributor and conservative commentator, Tara Setmayer and in washington abc news political analyst Kristen Soltis anderson. Kristen, i want to begin with you. Were talking about the agenda of the white house and you have a prominent former Campaign Strategist for trump saying that you now have a Republican White House filled with generals and democrats. So what is bannons ouster mean for the white house agenda now, kristen . Im not convinced that this means a ton of changes for the white house agenda in part because donald trump was donald trump long before steve bannon came on the scene. Donald trump has always been a bit of an immigration hawk, always had these positions on trade that were at odds with the free trade part of the party. So certainly not having steve bannon there to walk into the west wing, to walk into the oval office to whisper in trumps ear may mean that other voices have more pull. But im not convinced that all of a sudden we see donald trump walk away from things like immigration and trade that hes talked about since long before steve bannon came on the scene. And, tara, for you, back on the agenda, but i mean steve bannon was really behind withdrawing from the paris climate accord, the travel ban. How does this affect the agenda . I think those aspects of the agenda as kristen said wont change because that trump is invested in those things. Those were major Campaign Promises, particularly on immigration, building the wall, but it is true, the people hes now surrounded with, the hardcore conservative policy hawks in the white house arent really there now in the inner circle. The only one really left is Kellyanne Conway and stephen miller, perhaps, but there are other fights that are coming up that are really important in september. You have the debt ceiling coming up, the funding of the government. You cant get even to tax reform or anything else until those things or Even Health Care until those things are taken care of, so with steve bannon on the outside, he is a hardcore ideologue on some of these issues, and he has a huge megaphone, huge platform, well funded and he can wreak a lot of havoc on trump from the outside by ginning up the base if donald trump does not adhere to the same policy agenda that he pushed while he was in the white house. I suspect hell be using that megaphone to push for funding for the border wall this fall. Absolutely. We mentioned earlier this quote in the New York Times this morning where bannon says hes going to go to war with anybody who stands in his way. A war against whom, and are there ways in which this could blow back on the president . Sure, the idea that steve bannon seems to get off on the idea of political guerrilla warfare should be concerning to anyone. That was part of the concerns for him even being in the white house in a senior position in the first place because he is very, very pugnacious in the way he approaches things, so going to war, he may say now that hes not going to war against the president , but dont think twice that he wont go to war against trump if he shies away from that nationalist economic populism that bannon seems to think got him into the white house. So he needs to donald trump needs to be careful now that bannon is on the outside. Kristen, should trump be worried about bannon on the outside . Somewhat. I think for the most part early on youre going to see these fights be picked against the media, against congress, which the media and congress are not popular with the american people, not very popular with trump space, but donald trump is very popular with trump space and so the idea of breitbart going to war with donald trump himself, im not convinced that even with the large megaphone of breitbart that you could turn trumps own voters against him. Hes just got enough of this sort of strong personality pull with his voters that i think that would be a much tougher fight for breitbart to win. Kristen soltis anderson, Tara Setmayer, thank you both. We really appreciate your analysis on a saturday morning. We are going to turn now though to some breaking news overnight, and it is unhappy news. Two officers shot in kissimmee, florida. Yeah, they were responding to a call, and according to authorities it looked like they were surprised and now authorities are looking into whether they were the intended targets, and abcs janai norman joins us. Reporter overnight gunfire and bloodshed. Regional two trauma alert. Reporter police arriving at the scene to find two of their own wounded on the ground. Officer matthew baxter, a threeyear veteran, was shot dead and another officer sam howard gravely injured and police saying he is not expected to survive. There may have been a scuffle that ensued. Ultimately ending in the shooting taking officer baxters life. Reporter the two kissimmee officers were on the scene investigating a call for suspicious persons at 9 27 p. M. Last night. Just five minutes later the first call to 911 was made. [ sirens ] three suspects are in custody now. Police charging the alleged shooter with premeditated first degree murder. He will be transported to the oseola county jail shortly, and he will be wearing officer matthew baxters handcuffs. Reporter it was a violent night for Police Across the country. In jacksonville, florida, one officer shot in the hands and another in the stomach. Now in Critical Condition after responding to a shooting. And in western pennsylvania, two state troopers are expected to survive after being shot late friday. We are here to protect and serve, and, you know, this is getting tough. Reporter the slain kissimmee officer leaves behind a family. That tragedy receiving an outpouring of condolences including President Trump sending a late night tweet saying, my thoughts and prayers are with the Kissimmee Police and their loved ones. We are with you. We want to move now to spain and the new information coming out in the terror attacks that killed 14 people including 1 american. Look at this new Surveillance Video that shows the van ramming into tourists in barcelona on la ramblas. If you look closely you can see a woman pushing a stroller out of the way. Meanwhile, were learning these attacks actually could have been much worse, and abcs James Longman is on the ground in barcelona. James. Reporter good morning, dan and paula. You may be able to hear chanting here now. People remaining defiant in the face of those two terror attacks, but authorities here are concerned because that attack could have been much bigger and the countrys level of alert now at 4. This morning, officials revealing chilling new details from their investigation into the deadly terrorist attacks in barcelona and cambrils as multiple suspects remain at large. Investigators reporting the attacks were masterminded by a terror cell composed of roughly a dozen young men plotting a far deadlier attack in this villa outside barcelona but a premature explosion from a bomb leading those plans in ruins and one of the members killed. The surviving suspects hastily escaping leaving behind at least 21 gas canisters that can be seen in the rubble. These canisters, officials believe, were intended for powerful truck bombs. Were not dealing with the lone wolf offender. We are seeing a group of people who came together for a common cause, and thats to commit mass murder. Reporter five members of the terrorist cell killed by police after ramming a car into a crowd in cambrils leaving one dead. You can see one of those terrorists lunging towards police wielding a knife before being taken down. Earlier that day in barcelona, a van seen here on surveillance camera plowing down the famous and bustling street of la ramblas. Watch as a mother with a stroller barely makes it out of the way. Bodies and debris left strewn across the pavement. At least 13 people were killed including one american. Police tell abc news that this man, younes abouyaaqoub, is the suspected driver. Hes on the run. And this morning, fin negotiation authorities announcing a deadly knife attack in the city of turku that left two people dead is being investigated as possible terrorism. Well, that attack in finland just adds to the growing number of european cities that have had to deal with these sorts of terrorist attacks. Here in barcelona, the hunt is on for the remaining members of that terrorist cell as authorities race to catch them before they have a chance to strike again. Dan, paula. This story is not over, james, thank you very much for your reporting. Also this morning, were learning more about the american who was killed in the attack in barcelona. Jared tucker was celebrating his oneyear anniversary with his new bride. The family is heartbroken and planning a funeral this morning. Theyre sharing their grief and abcs Victor Oquendo joins us with that part of the story. Victor, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, paula and dan. This couple had just finished having sangria. They were looking at souvenirs, a typical day in the heart of barcelona, but in an instant their dream trip turned into a nightmare. Jared tucker and his wife heidi left for spain to celebrate their oneyear anniversary but a trip that was supposed to mark a year of marriage turning into tragedy. The couple separated while shopping in la ramblas as this van tore through the busy street. No more than a minute after he left to go to the bathroom mayhem broke out. You know, screaming, people running. Reporter heidi frantically looking for jared by police were pushing survivors farther and farther back. I got pushed into the kiosk and crawled over their merchandise and ended up having a nice little cubby spot where i was safe. Reporter she did not expect her husband to be hurt until a friend sent her a photo from twitter. I ended up seeing the picture and it was definitely him. It appeared that somebody was tending to him so that made me a little bit hopeful that he was alive. Reporter for this family, the wounds still fresh. Its been bitter, but i dont know i dont know what my feelings are. Im not angry so much as i just dont understand it. Reporter and back at home the closeknit community honoring jareds life. We cant change the outcome of the attack, but we did want to bring our School Community together tonight in prayer and as a way to offer our love and support and just pray for her. Reporter and friends and family are doing just that and ask others to join them in sending prayers to all those affected by the attacks in barcelona. Dan and paula, it was his first time overseas. A disaster for that family, victor, thank you very much. Thanks, victor. In the Weather Department a lot going on. We got some severe stuff. Whats happening, rob . Yeah, it was a rough day yesterday across the northeast. Some pictures out of washington, d. C. Where they had storms in the afternoon and in the morning where three, four, in some cases five inches of rain fell, so flooding there also in long island just outside of queens. The Long Island Railroad station flooded. Look at that. Just a waterfall down some of those steps and also some flooding in parts of new jersey. Hackensack, new jersey. All right. Well see less of that across the northeast today thankfully. This is an update on Tropical Storm harvey now about 300 miles east of curacao through the caribbean. Forecast to strengthen a little more and the track brings it toward central america. Potentially a little farther north. Well watch that closely. Another couple of waves were watching. Not ideal conditions for development but we are certainly in prime time for hurricane season. Thats a q good saturday morning. Check out the golden gate bridge. Mist and drizzle. Lots of overcast into our east bay valleys. Well look for clearing at the coast, but just a bit. Otherwise, mild to warm this weekend. With our micro climates in full swing and cooler inland the next few days right on through the Solar Eclipse. So looking at your fog footpr t footprint. Youll notice temperatures will reflect the low clouds and fog at the coast with 60sck and, of course, we have eclipse fever. If you dont have it, you should. You need clear skies to see it. Well talk about the forecast later in this hour. We should have it if we dont . We should. Dan has it. Yes, ive been taking my temperature repeatedly over the last couple of days. You got a fever . Uhhuh. I have the fever for some news. How are you doing, ron . Hey, good morning to you. Good morning to you. Paula and dan. Dmac is back. Good morning to you, roberto. Well begin in illinois where two employees of elite universities have been extradited to chicago to face murder charges. Wyndham lathem, a professor at Northwestern University in chicago, and

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