Transcripts For WCVB Good Morning America 20151217 : compare

Transcripts For WCVB Good Morning America 20151217

Is his family helping him avoid justice . Bounce of a lifetime. A minnesota mom hitting this miracle halfcourt shot to help pay for her daughters school. Her reaction, priceless. And why that shot is helping so many more families in need this morning. See if i care i get back on my feet again good morning, america. Pat benatar appropriate this morning. That shot went just like angela planned it. Sure. Bounces right in. Come on. It counts. It counts. She is going to be here and her daughter, as well. There was another amazing moment last night. Superstar abby wambach taking her cleats off for the last time retiring after a remarkable career. She had an incredible message that shell share. Remarkable is right. Well get to that. But we begin with the race for president. Donald trump on jimmy kimmel seems to be kicking off a new phase more mellow calling for unity in the Republican Party and jon karl is here with the latest. A little more statesman for trump. Well see how long it lasts but he acknowledged hes been a little guisive and suggests hes now ready to go a little easier on his republican rivals. Overnight on Jimmy Kimmel Live donald trump touted his latest debate performance but insisted he pulled his punches. Did you decide you were going to be nicer . You know what, i would like to see the Republican Party come together and ive been a little bit divisive in the sense that ive been hitting people a little bit, yeah. [ laughter ] do you think jeb bush is scared of you or just scared in general . I think hes scared. [ laughter and applause ] trump on his recent ban of all muslims from the United States. Isnt it wrong to discriminate people based on their religion . [ applause ] look, we have people coming into our country that are looking to do tremendous harm. Reporter but trump played along when kimmel gave him the dr. Seuss treatment. Now here are some frogs i do not like at all. We must kick these frogs out and then build a wall. There are two kinds of people, which one will you be, a loser like them would you like to to finish or a winner like me. Please welcome the next president of the United States. Reporter for his trip to late night, his diehard supporters in arizona. We have the biggest crowds by far. Because theres a movement goingen 0, folks. This isnt just like lets go and have a good time. Somebody said, oh, trump is a great entertainer. Thats a lot of [ bleep ]. Lead the frontrunner is running high and abc got an exclusive ride aboard trump force one. He says at the wins the white house he may just leave his private plane in the hangar. Theres something very special about air force one. It represents something very, very special like the white house represents something. Reporter trump is clearly enjoying his position as the frontrunner among republicans, but its the democratic frontrunner he may need be to worried about. In most public polls Hillary Clinton beats donald trump in a headtohead matchup and actually does better against trump than any of the other republican candidates. Mrs. Clinton, of course, squares off against her democratic opponents, Bernie Sanders and Martin Omalley on saturday right here on abc in the next democratic debate. Up in New Hampshire for that. Martha raddatz and david muir will be there. A mistrial was declared in the case of that first Police Officer charged in the death of protests mostly peaceful overnight and abcs jim avila is in baltimore with the latest. Good morning, jim. Reporter good morning, robin. Calls for justice this morning but overnight the call was for peace from Community Organizers and that along with an overwhelming show of police force kept the calm. These are the moments after a mistrial was announced in the freddie gray case. A jury deadlocked. Unable to come to a decision about officer william porters alleged role in the 25yearolds death. Baltimore sheriffs deputies moving in to place surrounding the courthouse. Get out of the way. Reporter and making a handful of arrests. Move, move. Reporter forcefully clearing the streets. Grays family stood outside the courtroom and called for peace expressing faith in the system that could not convict the first of six baltimore Police Officers charged in connection with their loved ones death. We ask the public to remain confident that there will be another trial with a different jury. Reporter overnight, protests grew larger but remained overwhelmingly peaceful. All shut it down. Reporter freddie gray died this spring after being chased and arrested by baltimore police. But he was never charged with any crime. Officer porter was not involved in grays arrest and wasnt driving the police van where he suffered fatal injuries. But prosecutors charge the 26yearold with manslaughter claiming he could have put a seat belt on gray, or called a medic when the victim asked for one during several stops on the way to jail but the jury of seven blacks and five whites struggled in the jury room for 16 hours over three days and could not reach a unanimous verdict on any of the four charges against porter. The most serious, involuntary manslaughter. The prosecutor did not reveal strategy or timing for a retrial. Are you disappointed at all . Reporter reached by phone the Baltimore Sun its not over. He has denied guilt in grays death but is likely to face another trial with a new jury. The trial of the other five officers is scheduled to begin in january. Robin. All right, jim, thank you. We turn to abc News Legal Affairs Anchor Dan Abrams for more on this. Explain exactly what this means. This means that the judge is saying theres no way that this jury could reach a unanimous verdict and as a result youre effectively starting again. Happened. Look, its not that surprising that prosecutors are having a tough time here. Why do you say that . Youre talking about police inaction. Typically in cases where police are on trial were talking about what the police did, they shot someone. And were they justified or not. Here were talking about what Police Officers didnt do, they didnt do enough. They didnt strap him in in a seat belt. He didnt get him medical help. Thats not an easy case to win. With this particular officer because there are others involved going on trial, with charges not perhaps correct for him . Look, i think and i said this before, i think the prosecutor was overly aggressive here that the prosecutor could have and should have across the board considered lesser crimes here in the hope of getting convictions. The danger always when you overcharge is that some jurors look at it and say, wait a second, what. Youre alleging that this officer should be sent to prison for doing this . That seems like a little much. I think thats a concern. The jury may think, yes, he did something wrong but not to the standards to what the charges were. Now this mistrial, what do you think that says about the other trials coming up . I think these will be very tough trials but some are going to be harder than others. Well be watching, dan, thanks. There are new email questions for a member of the obama cabinet. Ash carter used a personal account for public business for several months after taking over at the pentagon. He now says that was a mistake and abcs mary bruce is in washington with the story. Reporter good morning, george. Admits he made a mistake breaking Defense Department rules by using his personal email for official business even as Hillary Clinton was coming under fire for doing the same thing as secretary of state. Carter has now stopped using the account and even gone further limiting his use of email altogether. The pentagon says carter never sent classified information over the personal account and the secretary is confident his workrelated emails are preserved. He faces this as he visits commanders in iraq. This is an embarrassment for the white house, no question and will likely draw attacks from republicans who say the administration isnt doing enough to safeguard sensitive information. George. Not what they want right now, mary, thanks very much. All right, george. Stocking around the world rising this morning after that big decision from the Federal Reserve raising Interest Rates for the First Time Since the financial crisis started. Wall street reacting possley, the dow jumping 224 points and Rebecca Jarvis is here to explain what this all means. Good morning, rebecca. Hi, robin, good morning to you. Its going to get more expensive for anyone who wants to borrow money, a new car loan, a mortgage, your credit cards, they will all cost you a little more. Youre see it very first in those credit card bills. Most of us have variable rates. Theyre going up in the next one to two billing cycles so the best thing you can do for yourself here pay off as much of that debt as possible because it will keep getting more expensive as rates rise next year thats the bad news but good news here, too, rebecca. Its the best news for savers. Retirees living on a fixed income, they have really felt the downside of these 0 Interest Rates. Now that rates are going up theyll get paid a little bit more on their savings and cds. Can we expect more rate hieblgs . We will expect more rate hikes. In fact, the Federal Reserve is signaling we should probably see Interest Rates next year rise between 1 and 1. 5 . Tells us where the direction of the economy is going. The latest on ethan couch who killed four people driving drunk but got off with just probation after his lawyers argued that ethan was too spoiled to know right from wrong. Hes now being hundredsed by police for flaunting the terms of his probation and abcs matt gutman has the story. Reporter this morning, the texas teen infamous for that affluenza defense. Affluenza. Too rich for jail. Reporter missing. If we have a wanted list today hes number one. Reporter 18yearold ethan couch convicted in 2013 of four counts of intoxication manslaughter going off the radar possibly with his mother last week just days after this video surfaced on twitter, purporting to show him at a party near a beer pong table but not drinking, the tweeter tagging the local District Attorney probation. Couch is prohib bed from drinking during his tenyear probation. The equivalent of an arrest warrant, possible probation violations skipping a checkin with an officer and that twitter post. Once that video came out that they felt like that a probation violation could be coming. Hell have to look over the shoulder the hess of irs life and well keep looking and not stop. How many people injured. One, two, three multiple. Multiple. I dont even know how many. Reporter couch who was 16 at the time pled guilty in 2013 to killing four people in a drunk driving crash. Then 18yearold says he was so tanked he remembered none of it. Do you remember pulling out of the driveway . Sgl not really. Whats the next thing you recall. Waking up handcuffed to the hospital bed. Reporter his legal team said he suffered not from memory loss but from affluenza. Arguing the teen frequently lived the life of an adult in this 4,000 square foot mansion. The judge giving him what decade of probation. I made it clear to the judge that i believe firmly that if he was put on probation, if he was given another slap on the wrist, if he got away with this there was no doubt in my mind he would be back in the system and someone else would suffer. Reporter someone else might be killed by him. Someone else might be killed. He might be killed. Reporter george, ethan has never once apologized for killing those four people. That apparent lack of remorse plus his familys wealth and the fact that he seems to be missing along with his mother is causing authorities to fear that not only has he skipped probation checkins but he might have skipped the country entirely. George. Wow, not even an apology. Thanks very much. Lets go to amy for todays other top stories. You have a deadly highway shooting in oklahoma. Two people have been killed after police say a man started shooting randomly at victims. They include a man who was driving with his wife and a woman who was shot as the gunman opened fire on tractor trailers. Police say the shooter was later pulled over for dui. The shootings. And new details about the attackers in the San Bernardino rampage. The fbi says before syed farook and Tashfeen Malik met in person they communicated online using private messages, not social media. Investigators say they have found no evidence they were directed by foreign terrorists. The two were reportedly buried at a Muslim Cemetery tuesday during a service guarded by the fbi. A new study claims lifestyle choices not genetics are the blame for most cancer cases. Researchers found up to 90 of cancers are most likely caused by lifestyle, smoking, diet, lack of exercise, pollution and stress. The findings contradict earlier research that plamed most cancers on genes and bad luck. If you think american political campaigns are rough, watch this. The Prime Minister in spain was teenager. You see that . Face. The teen was later arrested. Finally going way beyond the call of duty, the driver of this tractor trailer in nebraska was having a seizure so a sheriffs deputy zoomed ahead to the left, pulled over. Can you see him there, he dashed across two lanes of traffic and leapt into the moving trucks the driver. That driver is now recovering and, you know, that Police Officer could certainly have a career in hollywood. Mission impossible. It looked like it. It looked like youre so brave. Thank you, amy. Soccer. Celebrating the great. Abby wambach as she played her last game for team usa, t. J. Holmes is here with that and, t. J. , whoo, so much emotion last night. Everybody crying. This is what i need you to do, forget abby wambach per her instructions, forget her name, her number, her accomplishments. She said for it to move forward, the game of soccer, you got to forget you, abby, thats an awful lot to ask. Tonight, she plays her final game for the United States. Reporter overnight an emotional farewell for a legend. Abby wambach wearing the captains arm band playing a tough 71 minutes for team usa. Final time for abby wambach. In a usa uniform. Reporter before removing her cleats on the field. A standing ovation for number 20s 255th international appearance and the u. S. National teams heartbreaking loss against china wednesday night. The streak is over. It would be better if we had won, but the reality is i played in so many games this result doesnt shape or determine or define my career. Reporter tweeting this goodbye message wednesday. Forget me. Forget my number. Forget my name. Reporter the sentiment i want to leave a legacy where the ball keeps rolling forward. Reporter the 35yearolds Stellar International career spanning 14 years. History is made. Reporter the worlds leading scorer for both men and women with 184 international goals. Abby wambach has saved the usas life. Medals. And theres one. Reporter and who can forget that 2015 world cup title. If all of yourselves to whatever you want to do in your life as a passion. I love you guys so much. Reporter yeah, and her point there, george, robin, is that we want to see the game of soccer. U. S. Soccer doing so well that we dont even remember the name. Were nottying to talk about abby wambach, but good luck with that. Yeah. Were not going to forget. Makes us want to talk about humility. Always about the game, not herself. Even when the whole team was together in times square and had a great celebration at city hall it was the first time a womens sports team had been recognized like that and kept putting all the attention on the sport, on little girls and boys and not herself. Not surprising at all. She set the bar high. If you would like to know more about her and you should our good friends at espnw. Com. More and more about abby there. A great story. Now we got some trouble. Snow in the Northern Plains . 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