Transcripts For WCVB Good Morning America 20160816 : compare

Transcripts For WCVB Good Morning America 20160816

Her younger sister still fighting to recover and what we are learning about the Company Behind that dangerous ride. And rough night in rio. American superstar Allyson Felix. It will be tight. Beat by a photo finish. Her competitor grabbing her gold with a dive over the line and in the gym, Laurie Hernandez snags a silver but simone biles slips on the beam. Oh, boy. Settling for bronze oneonone with Michael Phelps this morning. We ask is he really retiring, about fatherhood and he reveals the secret inside his shoe. Were live in rio with team usa. Good morning, america. Announcer live in times square and rio de janeiro, this is Good Morning America. That was Allyson Felix saying good morning to america. Big fight at the olympics again, the moment so many people are i wouldnt have lost all those races in grade school if i knew i could do that. Team usas Allyson Felix considered a favorite but she was denied gold by a dive there. The world debating that silver medal. Felix still breaking an olympics record becoming the most decorated American Olympic track and field star. Thousands in shelters this morning, homes destroyed as rivers are on the rise. Gingeril a moment but first lets go to abcs rob marciano on the scene in livingston parish. Good morning, rob. Reporter good morning, robin. On the flooded homes its difficult to get around. I12 just opened last night. The bad news you cant get off because the ramps and the adjacent neighborhoods are completely flooded. Flooded cars strewn about. While the water slowly recedes here towns just downstream are overnight, fear and evacuations in sorrento, louisiana. People with boats searching in the middle of the night for neighbors who might still be trapped. The mayor saying all 1500 residents of the town will be impacted. Were not going to give up. Well stay till the bloody end and if knocks us down well get back up and rebuild. Reporter six times the normal level and still rising. Many people spent the night sandbagging hoping to save their homes. Parts of louisiana being declared federal disaster areas and from the sky we saw just how hard it is to spot dry land. There are so many neighborhoods under water, even from the air you cant tell where the actual river should be. This remember rising 17 feet higher than flood levels after a Staggering Amount of rainfall. 30 inches in less than three days. My everything is going to damaged so i need help. Reporter more than 30,000 people rescued. The National Guard alone pulling more than 7600 people to safety. Emergency shelters packed with over 12,000 people now homeless and that number expected to grow. Even as waters recede, major roads still shut down. And that includes interstate 10, a sad statistic about 20 of the homes and businesses flooded only have Flood Insurance so been remarkable is the volunteer effort. Seems like anybody with a boat has come in to help. So many volunteer boat, robin, theyre being called the cajun navy. The volunteer cajun navy, you got that right, thank you. The weather system now on the move and northeast facing Severe Weather threats today and, ginger, you have more on that. All they need in places like louisiana is a half inch of rain and see more flash flooding. Back into san antonio flash flood watches. All that tropical moisture still seven inches of rain. Their wettest calendar on record ever and this morning flash flood watches that include detroit and flint. With all that energy that same low came a tornado near indianapolis and that energy is now moving to the north and east today so along i80 in parts of new england you have a tornado threat along with damaging wind and hail. You can see where that large yellow area stretches from boston to philadelphia back to pittsburgh, all this afternoon and evening. Ill be detailing more in a well see you in a few minutes. Now to another Natural Disaster that out of control fire in Northern California. A man now under arrest this morning accused of arson. Sparking a blaze thats burned 4,000 acres and destroyed nearly 200 homes. Abcs mary bruce is in the hard hit lower lake, california, this morning. Reporter this is what most streets here look like, graveyards of smoldering personal belongings and scorched now behind bars. This morning, 4,000 acres burnt to a crisp. 175 homes and businesses destroyed. Most of lower lake, california, leveled by flames and smoke. Homes turned into charred skeletons. Our whole life and all of our neighbor, look at what they have to come home to. Its horrible. Reporter overnight california officials announcing the arrest of a serial arsonist. It is my pleasure t pashlik, age 40, on 17 counts of arson. Reporter officials believe pashlik is responsible for starting this massive fire. Mr. Pashlik is in custody at this hour in the Lake County Jail where he will remain pending further criminal proceedings. Reporter longtime resident mark gibberson in a state of shock. A lifetime of memories and ab destroyed. There was nothing i could do just a wall of flame. Reporter neighbors checking on homes. Rresha giving her friend the heartbreaking news. Im really sad about this. Her beautiful homestead so its really hard. Reporter the unprecedented fire fueled by bone dry conditions and gusty winds. Were looking at fire conditions we havent really seen before. Its going to be burning for another few days. Reporter now firefighters here are still battling this blaze from the air and the ground but this devastation still to come. Robin. Okay, mary, thank you. To you to the race for the white house. Donald trump talking tough about terror giving a major speech on monday outlining his plans for fighting extremism as Hillary Clinton and Vice President biden team up to take on trump. Abcs tom llamas is on the campaign trail. Hes in pittsburgh this morning. Good morning, tom. Reporter robin, good morning to you. As they try to maintain the peace in milwaukee, donald trump is headed there tonight where law and order a big theme of his campaign and new proposal to screen immigrants with extreme vetting to combat terror. This morning, donald trump hoping to get his campaign back on track rolling out a plan to combat radical islamic terrorism. Support networks for radical islam in this country will be stripped out and removed one by one viciously if necessary. Reporter the trump doctrine focused mainly on immigrants who pass an ideological screening to make sure they, quote, share our values. The time is overdue to develop a new Screening Test for the threats we face today. I call it extreme vetting. I call it extreme, extreme vetting. Reporter and also expanding his temporary ban on foreign suspend immigration from some of the most dangerous and volatile regions of the world that have a history of exporting terrorism. Reporter and trump says hes the man for the job because Hillary Clinton is too unhealthy to take on terrorists. She also lacks the mental and physical stamina to take on isis. Reporter trump not providing any proof on that point as clinton herself sometimes he says he wont tell anyone what hell do because he wants to keep his plan, quote, secret. And then it turns out the secret is he has no plan. Reporter clinton on the trail for the first time with Vice President joe biden, the Vice President embracing clinton and not letting go for 17 seconds. Then taking the fight right to trump. This guy doesnt care about the middle class. And i dont even blame him in a sense because he doesnt no, i mean he really doesnt. He doesnt have a clue. Reporter now, as is tradition in general elections the Clinton Campaign this morning announcing their white house transition team, it will be led by former interior secretary ken salazar and he will plan and prepare for a potential Clinton Kaine administration. Jonathan karl this morning and, first, donald trump called for in his words extreme vetting of immigrants. A questionnaire with an ideological test but did we hear how it would be enforced or specific question, how they would be different from the questions already asked now . Reporter well, this is the first time i have seen a candidate use the word extreme in an effort to provide a more moderate position, more moderate than his muslim ban, but, no, there were precious few details about what questions would be asked. The basic idea here is to only american values, but, david, theres also no detail about what would happen or what would prevent a potential terrorist from simply lying on that questionnaire. And Bigger Picture here, jon, as you know obviously this was an attempt at a major reset for donald trump after a rough week, his comments about Second Amendment people and what they could do seen have seen these before. Will this stick. Reporter the republicans i spoke to were thrilled to see him stick to the script here. Nobodys predicting it will last, but, da Football Team thats been down by a couple of touchdowns because theyve thrown interception, fulls, its not enough to prevent mistakes from happening. He needs to actually score some points now. Jonathan karl with us this morning, our thanks to you as always as well. Now to milwaukee on edge following days of violent protests. The city enforcing a curfew overnight hoping to calm tensions after the shooting death involving a Police Officer. Abcs eva pilgrim has the latest. Crackdown to stop the raging protests against police, the neighborhood that was set on fire closing from dusk till dawn under a strictly enforced curfew. We have to maintain the peace. Reporter the spark that ignited two nights of chaos and violence, the traffic stop of sylville smith, police say he was in a suspicious vehicle, the officer in that stop also black, shooting and killing smith. Authorities say that Police Officer was wearing a body camera whi smith was holding a gun. I want the video released. I believe the video will provide a lot of context as to whats going on. Reporter however, the Wisconsin Department of justice now holding up the release of that video saying they are working expeditiously but are not prepared to release any of the Video Evidence at this time. I think it would be a measure of good faith to release the video because it would clearly show what happened and thats whats allowing a lot of things to violent protest, businesses torched, 31 arrested. Two teens hit by bullets in the chaos. Gunfire, shots fired. Reporter 11 officers wounded as bricks were thrown by protesters. Smiths family in a lot of pain with unanswered questions. And the curfew just lifted here just a short time ago. You can see Police Taking no chances overnight putting up people here thankful for a peaceful night. David. All right, lets hope for continued calm there, eva, thanks very much. To the olympics and team usas Allyson Felix sprinting into the record books becoming the most decorated track and field star of alt time but everybody is talking about this. Missing gold after that dive, lets get right to t. J. At the olympics desk. How could this be . Yeah, we saw a brandnew olympic sport last night that yes, this track dive we saw last night made for one of the most dramatic moments we have seen at these olympics. The other dramatic moment we saw yesterday, simone biles almost fell off the balance beam but she still ended up on the medal stand. A photo finish in rio. Heres Allyson Felix. Reporter in the womens 400meter, the favorite, american Allyson Felix in her likely final olympics ran a heartstopping finish. Felix alongside reporter felix came behind and had gold within her grasp. Here comes the finish line. Reporter the sprinted ended with a photo finish. A dive by miller for the line. Reporter the bahamas Shaunae Miller diving her way across the line edging out felix by 0. 7 seconds. Battling. Reporter that dive got swift the team usa star had to settle for silver but earning her seventh olympic medal. The 30yearold is the most decorated track athlete in u. S. History. A tough night on the balance beam for american simone biles who was aiming for her fourth gold. Another one right here. Reporter off to a brilliant start but then this. Oh, boy. Reporter the wobble seen around the worrell and just like that, the gold medal was out of reach. Biles earned bronze. Reporter striking silver teammate Laurie Hernandez with a near flawless showing. Wow. Reporter earlier biles posted this throwback photo of the two future olympic medalists on instagram. A beaming biles congratulated her teammate with a huge hug. The heroin has to be a concern too. Reporter other big drama of the night outside the arena. Mother nature striking the olympics on monday. Delaying the evening events as wildfires burned just ten miles from rios field hockey arena. Because of the wind you see divers falling off the board. Reporter and strong winds plagued sailing and mens diving. As far as that dive on the track goes, its perfectly legal. You have to remember, guys, not just what some part of the body crosses first, it has to be the torso. Thats why you see sprinters do that to get across the finish line but lit up twitter last night as you know, people wondering about that. Thank you, t. J. Joining us with more of the events Dominique Dawes is back with us. Lets start with simone first. A rare misstep on the beam but still managed to be on the podium. You know, her routines are pretty difficult to do and thats why she was able to get on the podium with nearly a fall. A huge deduction but she doesnt care she got a bronze, more concerned about the fact that plan. Wonderful to see her hug laurie and shes so grateful for winning the bronsz and grateful for her teammate being there and will have another chance. They are truly teammates and competing versus al y6789, the olympic reigning champion on this event, the floor exercise so theyll be neck and neck till the finish. Love to see that camaraderie, how genuine it is. I love it. Lets talk about the dive. I know its not your sport. I sports, diving and track and field and people thought, cant be true but its legal. Shaunae miller knows that this is her olympic moment and if she feels as if shes running out of gas and she needs to dive across that finish line thats what you do. I love the sport of track and field because at the end of the day you have a stop watch. No one judging so she knew that was going to be her best chance to beat Allyson Felix. By any means necessary. Youll be a judge for our gma games later. I am. Im going to be very fair. Impartial. Someone might be paying me under the table. Well see. Jesse cannot be bought off. Hell tell us about the medal count. Dominique was deducting people early last week at the beginning of the games so i have some cash later on today. Team usa continues its reign atop the leaderboard. 26 gold medals right now. 75 total medals followed by china, great britain, russia and japan. But now ive got to show you the photo that check this out. Thats usain bolt. He is about to cross the finish line pulling away as he wins the mens 100meter dash and the worrells fastest man so far ahead he had time for this beaming smileing all the way into the record books and the banks. Like the road runner and, beep, beep, sticks his tongue out and takes off. Its good to be usain bolt right now. I love that. Take the shot. Take the shot. All right. Lets get right back over to ginger. Weather. Lets get to your local weather in 30 seconds. Good morning, im meteorologist cindy fitzgibbon. A couple of showers and sprinkles moving through Worcester County, metro west but were watching a warm front off to the west, and this comes in this afternoon, and a slight chance of strong to possibly severe thunderstorms, as we get towards mid and Late Afternoon in the boston area, and temperatures in the upper 60s now, and well top out in the coming up an abc news exclusive. One of the young girls surviving that nearly 40foot fall from a ferris wheel now speaking out. How she broke her fall and the latest on her younger sisters he wrecked the rec room this summer. Will last through june. Get back to great. This week sharpie twelvepacks just three dollars. Office depot officemax. Gear up for school. Gear up for great. . A slow home buyer is a nohome buyer. 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