Transcripts For WCAU Sunday Today With Willie Geist 20170226

Transcripts For WCAU Sunday Today With Willie Geist 20170226

Conversation with the real life subject of the movie lion nominated tonight at the oscars for best picture. Separated from his family as a fiveyearold boy when he boarded the wrong train, roaming the streets of calcutta alone, adopted by a family a world away. And returning with the help of his mother thanks to google earth. Tell me about the moment in the movie that gives you chills, when you spot that water tower and you zoom in and zoom in and zoom in and you say, thats it. Im thinking, please, god, just one last time let me see my family again. A sitdown you dont want to miss later in the show. But lets begin with a horrific scene overnight in new orleans. A pickup truck plowing into a crowd and injuring more than two dozen people. Sara murray is on the scene. Sara, good morning. Good morning, willie. Amazingly, there were no deaths or life threatening injuries. A suspended intoxicated driver is in custody this morning as police try to piece together just how this happened. A Party Atmosphere quickly turned to a scene of destruction and despair. I saw a dark truck run a white car off the road, swerve, lose control and just run into like a hundred people. Reporter at least 21 people were hospitalized after the crash, including young children, as well as a new Orleans Police officer. A reporter for station wvue recorded this video and identified the man in custody as the driver of the pickup. The same man can be seen in this photo from the new orleans advocate. We suspect that that subject was highly intoxicated. He is in custody. He is being investigated right now. Reporter thousands of people were attending and participating in the crew of indimien parade in new orleans city center last night. Its a popular parade and one of two leading up to the famous mardi gras celebration. Officials say they planned for crowd safety and even took into account recent acts of terrorism in cities around the world, but there was no preventing Something Like this. Innocent people were hurt here today. Families watching the parade, we had somebody that was intoxicated that ran into her. Its hard to protect against Something Like that. Reporter both the citys mayor and the governor of louisiana, john bell edwards, praised First Responders and the public who jumped into action amid all the chaos and confusion. Willie . Lets hope for full recovery for all those victims, sarah delof in washington. Thank you. An independent investigation into the Trump Campaign contacts with russia. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell is live for us at the white house. Kelly, good morning. Reporter good morning, willie. First lets talk about that Important Development from the president s own party. Car darrell isa, member of congress, said he believes a special prosecutor is needed into possible ties of the Trump Campaign. Congressman isa, who is a friend of the president , supporter of the president , says he just believes attorney general jeff sessions, also a friend, is just too close to the president and the white house to be the one overseeing that kind of investigation. Willie, you also mentioned sort of the twitter duel that has unfolded. It is the modern way between President Trump and the newly elected chairman of the Democratic National committee. Thomas perez was selected yesterday, and as head of the republican party, it was President Trump who offered congratulations but he also suggested in that that he couldnt be happier for him or the republican party. It was tom perez who fired back saying, call me tom. And dont get too happy. I and the democrats are united in the country and we will be your worst nightmare. So already a spirited debate between the two heads of their respect actirespec respective parties. Dinners have been on the president s mind, willie. Last night in d. C. He went just down the street to the trump hotel, which is on pennsylvania avenue. He traveled there to have dinner with daughterinlaw bianca, soninlaw jared and others. The White House Press did travel along but was kept outside. What makes that interesting is the president was dining openly in the public and social media showed photos of that, but the white house did not provide the list of guests for the dinner and so forth. And more dinner news, the president announced, again using twitter, that he will not attend the white house accordance dinner. That is something that president s of both parties have done for decades. He will be a noshow this year. Willie . Kelly odonnell on the white house and on the dinner beat. Kelly, thanks so much. Chuck todd is moderator of meet the press. Good morning. Good to see you, my friend. We had reporters at the white house and the senior director to pour water on alleged ties of russia during the campaign. Now we have the Washington Post report that in fact the white house may have asked the heads of the intel committees and the house and the senate to do the same. Where does this story go next and do we get that independent investigation that now even darrell isa is calling for . Most troubling may be the decision by the Senate Intelligence committee chairman, the republican Ranking Member there, richard burr, to essentially participate in the white house requests there of talking to some reporters about what he understood that the fbi had. The reason i say that might be the most troubling part or the part that launches a bigger call or Bigger Movement for a special prosecutor is that right now its the senate intel committee, richard burr and the lead democratic mark warner, were going to put together a joint investigation on the russian interference. Has richard burboun compromised . That might put pressure on them to say, go along with what darrell isa said. The only way to eliminate this political investigation is to take it outside. So either a special prosecutor or one of those blue ribbon 9 11 type panels. I think that is the unintended consequence here of the white house. I think making a big mistake, which was making contact with other government officials who will be investigating some members of that west wing and their involvement in potential involvement, whether or not, in the russia interference. Some people wonder if darrell isa is the first republican domino to fall in this. Well see. President trump going at it with tom perez just elected as head of the Democratic Party. He even said that election was rigged, that hillarys guy got in place of Bernie Sanders in the fight with the Democratic Party. What does the election of tom perez tell you about where the Democratic Party is and the lessons it learned from that election four months ago . Ill tell you this. If tom perez is considered establishment today, i think that tells you how the party has moved substantially to the left. It wasnt that long ago when tom perez was nominated to be labor secretary. There was this it was going to be a tough push to get him confirmed because there was this feeling that, oh, is he too progressive . Is he too outside the socalled establishment democratic mainstream to get confirmed in the u. S. Senate . So the point is that the establishment knew it was afraid of Bernie Sanders and the warren wing totally getting control of the party through keith ellison, so by recruiting tom perez, it was a progressive they could live with. I think it shows you how far the Democratic Party has moved left. What the tweet fight tells you, willie, while there are divisions in the Democratic Party, there is no person who can unite the party more than anyone, and that person is President Trump. Chuck todd, thank you so much. Well be watching you on meet the press this morning. Chuck will be joined by the new Democratic Party chair, tom perez. Indra peterson is here while dylan is out on maternity leave. She has a look at the weather. Lets start with the aftermath of the big storm that rolled across country and hit the east coast on saturday. Take a look at this video out of pennsylvania. Downed trees narrowly missing a house, another one blocking the road. Lack of visibility and heavy rain making travel a danger. Also these cars at a standstill. You never want to drive those those floodwaters. We have all that record heat. You are going to feel this change today. A high in the cold front. Look at the temperature difference. How towards d. C. , the high today, 47 degrees. This is no longer a morning low. I know thats tough to understand. Yesterday you were 75 degrees. New york city also looking for the 40s. Of course, we wille b good morning. Im first alert meteorologist krystal klei. Here is a look another your forecast highs for today. 46 in center city and somerton. Mid 40s for the pennsylvania suburbs and low 40s for lehigh koun, berks county area. 45 in trenton, 47 in voorhees. In ocean city, 47 pour the forecast height. Dont forget today, windy, mostly sunny to partly cloudy conditions. I have to give you the heads up, the oscars today . Rain in Southern California. Theyll tent that red carpet. Thank you, indra. Well see you in a minute. As we mentioned, the 59th Academy Awards tonight. Will the winners use that big stage to take on trump . Nbcs Steve Patterson is in hollywood outside the dolby theater where its all going to happen. Steve, good morning. Good morning, willie. The controversy was diversity leading to the online trend oscars so white. This year is expected to be a lot more colorful leading to a hash tag of its own, oscars so political. How would like him remembered . Reporter the oscars celebrate the best movies and performances of the past year. But tonight politics may play a leading role. The award season so far has been more political than ever. At the golden globes, meryl streep took on President Trump. When the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose. Reporter at the stre screen actors gilda war wards. Oscar frahadis film is nominated. But hes boycotting President Trump. I just dont see a world where people decide to be quiet about that. Reporter the oscars have seen political protests in the past and they havent gone over well. You very regretfully cannot accept. Reporter Marlon Brando turned down the best actor oscar. She was booed. Morgan was criticized for putting down president bush. We have a war for fictitious reasons. Reporter the years frontrunner is decidedly apolitical. For 14 nominations, la la land is expected to make hollywood great again. The oscars is a great show so it will be all that more opini opinionated for actors who feel strongly to speak out. Reporter look for something hollywood couldnt even script. This morning were learning more about a 21yearold cinematographer about his countrys civil war. He said he was banned from entering the United States after being flagged by security officials. This is just much more political fuel to the fire thats been burning for weeks now leading to tonights ceremony. Willie . Should be an interesting show. Steve patterson up early. First man on the red carpet looking sharp, too. Appreciate it. A moment for the jeopardy hall of fame as alex trebek spits rhymes after rattling out a category on rap lyrics. And the 15yearold dodge ball player with a cannon for an arm who became a web sensation after mowing down her friends without mercy. Nascar looking at new places for racings next stars. Its all coming up on sunday today and as we go to break, our photo of the week. A spacex rocket blasting off from kennedys space center up through the clouds headed for the International Space station. clucking noises Everyone Wants to be the Cadbury Bunny because only he brings delicious cadbury creme eggs. While others may keep trying, nobunny knows easter better than cadbury. Hi hey ive made plans for later in case this date doesnt go well. Likewise but, funny story. On top of that . My mom is my best friend. Uh oh. Yeah. Oop theres the rescue text from my roommate saying she needs me. Wouldnt it be great if everyone said what they meant . The citi double cash card does. It lets you earn double cash back the citi double cash card. Wait. Wait. Perfect. At del monte, corn is packed at the peak of freshness with just water and a dash of sea salt. Nothing else. So its allnatural and delicious. All right, indra is with me to whip through the highs and lows of the week and off we go. Our first high goes to the taste of pizza of icelands president. The president set off a worldwide debate this week when he took a strong stand during a q and a session with Icelandic High School students against pineapple pizza. President johansson said, with tongue in cheek, that he would move to have pineapple pizza banned if he could. Hes not a fan. The pro pineapple grassroots thought it awful that he would threaten their pineapple pizza. On the other side, he became a cult hero for others who view it as an abomination. He made a statement, i like pineapples, just not on pizza. I do not have the power to get rid of it. For pizza, i like seafood. Even if you put it on half, pineapple leaks into the other half. Its a nogo. Give me a cheese slice. The president s score he played years ago of golf. He was at a meeting for manufacturing executives when the president of the United States called on him to tell a story about the time i did the thing. Tell it. Hi, jeff. Great to be here. Really look forward to working with you. Jeff actually watched me make a holeinone, can you believe it . Should you tell that story . Were trying to talk President Trump into doing the apprentice. That was my assignment when we owned nbc. President trump goes up to a par 3 on his course. He looks at three of us and says, you realize, of course, im the richest golfer in the world . Then gets a holeinone. I love, should you tell the story . Meaning tell the story. Our next tie goes to longtime jeopardy host alex trebek. After his performance reading clues this week in the category lets rap, kids. Lets go to alex reading raps. Started from the bottom new were here, started from the bottom the whole team here. Panda, panda, panda. 678bunch. Young money militia and i am getting there. I was getting into this rapping. Im not good at it but i was getting into it. Our next low goes to your chances of survival. If you find yourself in the path of 15yearold addison swayback and her arm during a friendly game of dodgeball. The gun hanging from her right shoulder made her a viral star, mowing down her friends with balls throwing so fast it almost looked fake. But as addisons victims will attest, it was all very real. Addisons father is manning the camera and giggles. He was on the sideline, though, because addison had blown him up with a dodgeball just moments earlier. That looks like it hurts, im sorry. Our final high goes to the boss. Once again pulling a fan up on stage Courteney Cox style. This time Bruce Springsteen was playing in bris baybane, australia when he saw a boy with a sign that said, missed school. Can i play grownup with you . Bruce said sure. Go ahead, nathan. Once in a lifetime thing, right . Actually not for nathan. In 2014, bruce pulled a 12yearold boy up on stage in brisbane to sing waiting for a sunny day. That kid, the same nathan testa. But theres more. The year before that, the boss pulls an 11yearold up on stage in brisbane. They even held hands to the knee slide. Recognize that kid . Thats also nathan testa. Three times on stage with the boss. Maybe he makes good signs. Theyre creative. And he can play. Our final low goes to one little girls understanding of how to make oatmeal, courtesy of americas funniest home videos. The recipe calls for three cups, so she gets all three cups, one by one. We need one more cup. One more cup . Where is she going . Okay, ellie, we need one more cup. We need one more. Okay, how many cups now . One, two, three, four. What do you want from her . The box said three cups, she got three cups. Shes following directions perfectly. I love kids. Our sunday sitdown with the real life character at the center of lion, nominated tonight for six oscars. The incredibly true story that became one of the movies of the year. Why do some cash back cards make earning bonus cash back so complicated . They limit where you can earn bonus cash back to a few places. And those places keep changing every few months. 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Only 21, what it feels like in lancaster and 24 in redding. Mt. Pocono, 14 for the feelslike temperature. Current winds are to blame. Right around gusts of 30 Mile

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