Transcripts For KNTV Sunday Today With Willie Geist 20170319

KNTV Sunday Today With Willie Geist March 19, 2017

As fbi director james comey is set to testify tomorrow about a possible investigation into russian ties with the Trump Campaign and later airbnb, the home sharing company is changing the way we stay. Our sunday sitdown with cofounder on a big idea that started with three air mattresses on the floor of his apartment. What if you could go somewhere and feel like you live there . Our sunday sitdown with airbnb cofounder a bit later in the show, but lets begin with a heightened alert at the white house after two security scares there. They did come with the president not in town this weekend. Were in West Palm Beach near his estate. Good morning. Whats the latest . The latest . Reporter good morning, willie. The coming days will be high risk, high reward for President Trump, but the news this morning is something over which he had no control. Another test for the secret service. Sources close to the investigation say a man was arrested and detained after he claimed that he had a bomb in his vehicle. The us is picture was taken into custody at a checkpoint near the white house. Growing security concerns at the white house today after Officials Say the secret service detand a mined a man in a suspi vehicle at a checkpoint late saturday, hours after a separate incident, a suspect jumped over a Police Barrier in an apparent attempt to get to the white house fence. President trump was safe here in palm beach, heading into a pivotal week for his presidency. President Trumps Supreme Court pick neil gorsuch face his confirmation hearing, while the Gop Health Care bill faces a vote this week under fire from many conservatives. Vice president mike pence implored them to get behind the Obamacare Repeal saturday night in palm beach. We need every republican in florida to support this bill and support the president s plan to repeal and replace obamacare. Reporter President Trump sounded confident that the Republican Health care plan would succeed in an interview that aired saturday on fox news. The answer is, yes, were going to get something done. Reporter thats harder to see at town halls where frustration and anxiety are aimed at lawmakers. Shame, shame, shame. And on monday, another Political Drama set to unfold as fbi director James Comey Testifies on capitol hill about russian interference in the 2016 election. Two weeks after President Trumps unsupported wiretapping accusation against barack obama. Although they appeared cordial during the transition, President Trump suggested obama supporters are behind leaks. Mr. Trump was asked if he thinks president obama wants him to succeed . While hes nice personally, there doesnt seem to be a lot of nice things happening behind the scenes and thats unfortunate. Reporter and today the president is expected to fly back to washington and it is also expected that hes going to add to his top leadership at the department of justice, a new york lawyer named George Conway is expected to be named the head of the civil division, which would have a sweeping power over some of the cases involving the Trump Administration. I did say conway, he happens to be the husband of kellyanne conway, counselor to the president , but George Conway never had any direct involvement in the donald Trump Campaign or the administration so far. Willie . Kelly odonnell starting us off this morning in West Palm Beach. Kelly, thanks. Chuck todd is moderator of meet the press. Good morning, my friend. Good morning, willie. Lets take a look at the week that was and how two of the United States biggest allies must be feeling, germany and great britain. Awkward moments between President Trump and Angela Merkel not just in the oval office when the president appeared to refuse a handshake with Angela Merkel and then at the joint press conference, he said, well, we both have been wire tapped, obviously, a touchy subject for the chancellor there. Where do we stand now with germany and great britain. Two of our closest allys . Look, it is an i dont think one president ial dust up is going to somehow up end these alliances. But it is certainly makes for awkwardness between these allies. The german the British Spy Agency is an important intelligence ally for the United States. And to have an accusation that has been made by the president and the United States that somehow the British Intelligence agency was being used to spy on him or used to go around the u. S. Intelligence i mean, it is one of those things that could actually have an impact on Intelligence Agency to Intelligence Agency work. And then as for germany, i think what we saw is two people who just simply are ideologically opposed to each other when it comes to their world view. Angela merkel has a pro european world view and i think we know this president doesnt believe propping up europe is necessarily in the best interest of the United States. A lot of body language reading going on over the last week between the two of them. Let me move, chuck, to fbi director james comey, testifying before the house intel committee, highly anticipated, all eyes in washington across the can country and the world really will be watching this. How much can we expect to learn . How much can director comey say about a possible investigation into russian ties with the Trump Campaign . I think at a minimum i expect to hear him somewhat be unambiguous about the issue of the wiretap claim. Thats number one. I think thats the most likely piece of news he makes, it is an open hearing, and on that while he doesnt he wants to take the position of he cant comment on investigation as it is ongoing, i got to think he will do that beyond, you know, what does he say about potential allegations of collusion, the state of the investigation, where it stands, i have a feeling thats we may not learn as much as some folks maybe anticipating because of the sensitive nature of it. Also, in the house this week, chuck, speaker ryan leadership in the house said they would like to get to a vote on this new Health Care Bill as early as this week. Now, as you know, chuck, senators, republican senators have said flatly this thing will not pass the senate in the current form. How does this play out . Look, i think right now theyre making a political argument and they may be successful. Speaker ryan, President Trump may say not passing this in the house will be a political debacle for the party. So you got to pass it out of the house, i think some of the argument may be, hey, this is a hot potato. Im tired of it. Arent you tired of it . Make the senate deal with it. Theyre going to really hate this thing. And i think thats what is the most likely scenario. Whatever it takes to get this passed in the house is only going to make it harder in the senate anyway, i have a feeling thats where were headed. Pass the hot potato. Thats one way to get health care. Thank you very much, chuck. Well be watching of course. Meet the press this morning when chuck will be joined by the president s budge director Mick Mulvaney and adam shift, the ranking democrat on that house intel committee. We have new information this morning about the man who pulled off a series of attacks in and around paris on saturday ending with him being shot to death at the orally airport. The attacker, a suspected islamic terrorist. Keir simmons is live in london with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning. An autopsy is set to be carried out on the body that will include a drug and alcohol test, but overnight, the french prosecutor revealing that he shouted he wanted to die for allah and was carrying a copy of the koran. He was a longterm criminal but those details will inevitably lead to the conclusion perhaps there was a terror motive here. He was stopped at a police checkpoint, asked for i. D. , fired some kind of pellet gun at a police officer, went on to hijack a car, that took him to the airport where he tried to grab a soldiers gun and then of course was shot dead. So all of that lends to the possibility that he was more of a lone wolf rather than someone being directed. It will also increase the fears that europe hashers albeit small numbers of extremists. Willie . Keir simmons covering that story in london for us this morning. Keir, thank you. This morning, music fans around the world mourning the loss of a legend. Ask just about any rock n roll star who came after him and theyll tell you chuck berry invented their style of music and changed the world. Morgan radford looks back at the life of of the man who could play the guitar just like ringing a bell. Johnny be good reporter he was the father of rock n roll, skyrocketing to fame in 1955 with his very first hit mablean. Mablean why cant you be true reporter born in 1926 in st. Louis, missouri, the world soon came to know him as chuck, made famous by his colorful lyrics, signature duck walk and captivating stage presence. Reporter he learned to sing in church, but fell in love with showbiz in high school. Soon, he caught the eye of the blues greats. Tebow walker, Johnny Johnson and muddy waters, using their influences to develop his own eclectic style. Louisiana across to new orleans reporter in the 50s, his music was edgy, with songs like sweet little 16, he talked about wild parties, high heeled shoes, and the grownup blues. I came right in at the right time when afro American Music was spilling over into the mainstream of pop. Reporter throughout the years, his fans kept his music alive. Rock n roll. Moved me like no music had before. Reporter berry commandeered a new American Music genre with heig hits like roll over beethoven and johnny be good. Berry received a grammy Lifetime Achievement award, was inducted into the rock roll hall of fame, and Rolling Stone magazine named him the number six best guitarist in history. A master showman, berry continued toer if form well into his 80s, leaving behind a lifetime of hits. Morgan radford, new york. Bruce springsteen, one of the many music stars praising berry after the news of his passing writing, chuck berry was rocks greatest practitioner, guitarist and the greatest pure rock n roll writer who ever lived. Chuck berry died yesterday at the age of 90. March madness rolls on with north carolina, duke, kentucky and kansas playing for a spot in the sweet 16. On saturday, the tournaments first big upset, number eight seed wisconsin knocked off one seed and defending champ villanova 6562. But the game of the day, Northwestern University and its first ever ncaa tournament giving another one seed gonzaga everything it could handle as northwestern rallied late in the game, though, officials missing an obvious goaltending call, when a gonzaga player goes up through the basket. Northwestern coach Chris Collins getting a technical foul while arguing that call, which the ncaa admitted after the game the referees blew. Gonzaga went on to win by 6. The whole game as you can see here, too much for the son of northwestern Athletic Director rightly upset with the call, john phillips, that young man became an internet sensation with that display of passion for his team. Got a look at the weather, got to feel for northwestern, but they had an incredible season in the tournament for the first time, i know why that kid is crying, he loves his team. I think theyre going to be back. Opposite reaction to my husband yesterday. If you know anything about him, badgers, this, but in a good way. Huge day. Red for him. Im pretending, honey. Look at the coastal low this morning, not a huge one. A couple of snowflakes through d. C. , just the morning hours. Boston a couple of snowflakes, cape, eastern portion could see several inches of snowfall drizzle and fog in San Francisco. 55 degrees. Fog free in san jose. Temperatures also in the mid50s but for the north bay, some light showers and thats probably where most of the rain chances will be today with mostly cloudy skies and highs in the mid to upper 60s around the north bay and closer to 70 around san jose and the trivalley. Plan on more rain in the forecast especially tomorrow afternoon. Wednesday well still see some showers. A break on thursday and more rain for friday. Keep the streak going, were well have badgers against the arizona wild cats. Arizona wildcats, my husband and i duke it out. What happens in that room. Thanks. Highs and lows of the week, including a fresh update on internets favorite family. Well check in with the superstar little girl who rolled in red hot while her dad was doing a tv interview. Snowy weather this week made a tough commute for millions of you, especially of those of you buried in an avalanche on this train platform. And the Catholic Church is organizing to protect undocumented immigrants in america. We have an rare inside look at the controversial operation. All that, plus harry smith coming up. And as we go to break, our photo of the week, a dog enjoying a super bloom of wildflowers in Southern California as we turn this week for spring. Enamel is the strong, white, outer layer of your tooth surface. The thing thats really important to dentists is to make sure that that enamel stays strong and resilient for a lifetime. 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Thats the power of carfax® find the cars you want, avoid the ones you dont plus you get a free carfax® report with every listing start your used car search at carfax. Com indra is with me to whip through the highs and lows of the week. Lets go. Our first high goes to a rare show of congressional bipartisanship brought on by a snowstorm and an impromptu 36hour road trip. They spent monday night in san antonio meeting veterans. The weather in the northeast, though, wreaked havoc on their trip back to washington, so they rented a chevy impala on tuesday evening and drove the 1600 miles together. They werent especially close before the trip but that changed as they talked politics and sang on the road trip, documenting the journey along the way. Just cant wait to get on the road again weve got a long way to go and a short time to get there a strong playlist. The congressmen made pit stops in new york but also to stop in graceland in memphis. Great skate across the hood, by the way. They got there in time to cast their votes. On friday each cosponsored a legislation of the other guy, signed on to his legislation. So they got some results on their road strip. So they actually talked politics in the car, it wasnt all fun . Yeah. I liked the roof slide. Everyone was obsessed with one reporter. Newsmax reporter john gizzi pulled a handsfree adjustment of his glasses that set the web on fire. The fixation was a combination of his selection, the spec ta kelz from his forehead to his nose and then the scan around the room. Gizzi even became a popular deal with it meme. Later on, he took a quick snooz during press secretarys sean spicers q and a. Come for spicer, stay for gizzi. How can you miss a press briefing these days . Our next high goes to hockey opponents mere moments after they were throwing haymakers at each other. They got into a fist fight during the game and were sent to their respect active penalive p for it. As you can see in this friendly chat, the players buried the hatchet quickly. We have to work on our cardio this summer, huh . Good luck of the rest of the year. That chat went back and forth like that for about 10 seconds, just two guys hanging out in the penalty box after slugging each other in the jaw. Our next low comes to insult to injury. Commuters in the United States woke up and had to dig themselves out of the snow just to begin their commutes. Then this happens. After two feet of snow fell in new york, the train tracks were buried. The first one through was a big amtrak train that plowed to a stop and buried passengers in a flying wall of snow. Luckily no one was seriously hurt. You were out in that weather this week. I was out in it, but i literally cant get over that video. How do you not see this huge cloud of snow . You have to catch it on your i phones or y iphones and stand there and catch the blow. Professor robert kelly was interviewed live on the bbc last week. His two children who paraded in were swaggered during that interview. His wife dove in to drag the kids off british tv. His f

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