Transcripts For WEWS Good Morning America 20160822 : compare

Transcripts For WEWS Good Morning America 20160822

Colorful close in rio. Americas breakout star simone biles carrying the stars and stripes as team usa racks up more gold medals. Claressa shields making history in the ring. Now joining us live and the Mens Basketball Team a head above the rest closing out the games on top for team usa. And good morning, america. Great to start the week in times square and what a finish to those olympics. There you see the fireworks, waterfalls as well at the closing ceremonies and 121 medals for team usa. Incredible and then simone biles carrying the flag for america in maracana stadium and president obama saying he couldnt be prouder of team usa. Your determination and passion inspired so many of us. You carried that flag high simone replying thank you, such a huge honor, go, usa. What a treat she was to watch during the whole olympics. Well have more on the olympics coming up. Also the latest from ryan lochte, but we begin with those massive wildfires in washington forcing evacuations, scorching thousands of acres. Abcs Clayton Sandell is on the scene. Good morning, clayton. Reporter good morning. Take a look behind me. Just hours ago all of this burning rubble behind me here was someones home and you can see now just how little is left. But take a look over here. When i look at it through my heat sensing camera here, you can see just how red hot the ground here still is. Thanks to that monster wildfire that came with little warning. This morning, wildfires are raging just outside spokane, washington. Just massive fire going down. Reporter three outofcontrol blazes engulfing nearly 8,000 acres in less than 24 hours. At least a dozen homes and buildings burned to the ground. And forcing immediate evacuations. People need to leave now. Reporter overnight one of those fires growing rapidly from 250 acres to 5,000 where hundreds of firefighters are battling the flames. Dropping fire retardant from the air. And on the ground, evacuating at least 100 people from their homes. Officials say a second fire was sparked by a downed power line. The home that once sto and ash, neighbors say the homeowners were lucky to be out of town. Gone up in flames. Its a gut wrencher. It hearts. All gone with nothing to show. Reporter a third blaze advice many from many front yards still showing no signs of slowing down. The good news, no reported deaths or injuries. The bad news they still dont know how many homes look like this. George. Okay, clayton, thanks very much. More on this from ginger. Yeah, 25 large wildfires burning from california to nevada up to montana, so its a large area, places like bakersfield, california, where that cedar fire is ongoing grew more than 9,000 acres over the weekend. 4 million acres burned so far this year and we have fire watches and warnings centered on the Northern Rockies from montana to wyoming, that will slip and thats the instigator that kicks up the wins and get a gust up to 40. Already dry, already hot and the fires just keep going. Coming up my hometown and parts of west michigan had a tornado. Ill show you the pictures and where it moves next. Thanks, ginger. Now to the race for the white house and Donald Trumps campaign try a new tactic signaling a possible shift on immigration as the clinton camp releases a new attack ad this morning. Abcs tom llamas is here with the latest. Good morning, tom. Reporter good morning. We are less than 80 days out before election day. 78 to be exact but who is what looks like a policy shift from the gop nominee. This morning, Donald Trumps new Campaign Manager Kellyanne Conway signaling trump may be backing off his proposed Deportation Force when it comes to undocumented immigrants. Youre going to have a Deportation Force and youre going to do it humanely. He will lay out the specifics of that plan that he would implement as president of the united states. Will that plan include a Deportation Force. To be reporter this as trump is hitting roadblocks when it comes to minority outreach, some calling this statement offensive. Youre living in poverty. Your schools are no good. You have no jobs. 58 of your youth is unemployed. What the hell do you have to lose . And at the end of four years, i guarantee you that i will get vote, i promise you. Reporter george asking conway about it. Many in the Africanamerican Community saw that as insulting saying most africanamericans dont live in poverty and that mr. Trump was making those comments in communities that are more than 90 white. But those comments are for all americans and i live in a white community, im white. I was very moved by his comment, in other words, he is trying to tell americans that we can do better. Reporter trumps tough talk starting to come back to haunt him. This morning the in times of crisis, america depends on steady leadership. Knock the crap out of hip, would you, seriously. Clear thinking. I know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. Reporter and calm judgment. And you can tell them to go [ bleep ] themselves. Reporter the ad argues trump is too unstable when it comes to National Security issues. And as trump is now reshaping some of his message hes started be watching clintons past debate performances from her senate and president ial campaigns and still getting advice from roger ailes and eventually, george, he will be holding mock debates with someone standing in as Hillary Clinton. Thats going to be interesting to see who that is. Thanks very much. A new twist in that clinton email controversy. Colin powell is speaking out, jon karl joins us with more on that. Reporter good morning, george. When it comes to her email controversy, Hillary Clinton is often tried to use former secretary of state colin powell her basic argument, he did it too. Most recently mrs. Clinton reportedly told the fbi that powell had actually advised her to use a private email. The details of his advice is included in a new book who writes powell told her to use her own email as he had done except for classified communications, which he had sent and received via a state department computer. Powell thus confirmed a decision keep her personal account and use it for most messages. Now over the weekend powell has pushed back telling People Magazine, quote, her people have been trying to pin it on me. The truth is she was using it for a year before i sent her a memo telling her what i did. Its also important to point out, george, that what powell did is much different. He didnt set up his own personal server and powell was secretary of state before rules were put in place telling state Department Employees not to use personal email for official business. In other words, there really isnt much of a comparison and as you can see from what powell said over the weekend hes a little irritated by those trying to make a comparison. Any reaction from the clinton camp. Reporter no, i asked and no reaction to powells latest comments. Lets get more on it from matthew dowd. Maybe no reaction is the best reaction. The more clinton and her team talk about it the more trouble they get into. Its amazing to watch these in it on their own and get in their own way during the course of the race. Hillary clintons biggest problem is trust and every time these things come up it compounds split youve seen with this new Leadership Team in place for donald trump some changes and expressed regret for the first time although didnt say exactly what it was for and outreach to the Africanamerican Community and now some talk about maybe shifting his position on immigration which has been the central ten at, pillar of his campaign. Ryan lochte has done a better job of donald trump has. Donald trump did it once and ryan lochte did it four or five times. Especially on the Africanamerican Community its like a preacher who is supposed to be doing international missionary work but who stays at home and speaks to the already converted. He should talk to the community that he wants to impact, part of this obviously is to demonstrate to the republicans that hes got his campaign together, but time will tell. This race, though, the balance and stead diness of this race issing, this is a four or bring down the numbers of those people who think hes unqualified or biased against minorities which i assume is why hes speaking out about the Africanamerican Community, that could really close this race. Yeah, i think this race is meant to be close in the course of this. Now we have to look at the target states but as the National Number changes, the target states change in the course of this. In what i think is, we have to focus on a debate. The debate will determine the winner or loser of this campaign. First one is supposed to be on september 26th. When conway yesterday she didnt commit to the schedule set out by the commission on president ial debates. They have to do this debate much more than hillary. Donald trump needs this. Hillary clinton doesnt need this. Donald trump has to have this to change the dynamic of this race. Even though he is still negotiating he have to accept what they put up. Yes, because he needs the race. When youre four or five points behind and its solid, only way to change it is with a debate. Thanks very much. Now to new questions about how prepared are airports for an last week over false reports of gunfire . Abcs david kerley is at Reagan National airport. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning, amy. While these are being raised theyre broader implications. A u. S. Senator wants to know if all our airports are prepared for a mass shooting or terrorist attack. It was panic. Roger, were getting reports of gunshots. Reporter they thought, for their lives. Put into action at active shooter plan at this time. Reporter the shocking pictures on the tar make are not only flyers running but security personnel too. Someone started screaming and everybody dropped their bags and started running. Reporter one suggestion, that someone heard what turned out to be applause for the olympics a week ago at jfk and yelled, someone was shooting. Senior senator. No one was leading this emto safety. No one was telling them the right thing, in fact, it was reported that several tsa agents shouted out someone had a gun or theres terrorism. Reporter the worry, every airport is responsible for its own security and schumer says that leads to a patchwork of law enforcement, local police, sheriff and contractors. Thats the reason the senator says it may not just be jfk but other american airports that could see panic like this if now, schumer is asking for a federal investigation and wants the department of Homeland Security to look at jfk and see if there are broader lessons that can apply to all airports. Thank you for that. We turn to the zika virus and a new warning about where it could turn up next. Federal Health Officials say recent flooding in louisiana and texas is putting those states at higher risk of the spread of the disease. A record amount of standing water is thwarting Mosquito Control efforts and concern spread is south florida from downtown miami to miami beach prompting a travel warning for pregnant women. Health officials warn it could be two years before the u. S. Stamps out zika for good. New details about the death of prince. The Associated Press is reporting some of the painpills taken from his estate after his death were mislabeled and actually contained fentanyl. That is the narcotic that killed him which is 50 times more powerful than heroin and an official close to the in pill labeled as hydrocodone tested positive for fentanyl. Investigators are not sure how prince obtained those drugs. George. Well move on to rio and that spectacular closing ceremony for the summer olympics. We saw simone biles carry the flag for team usa right there. Capped a triumphant run including mens basketball and matt gutman has been there from the start and these games had it all. Reporter absolutely, george. And the ryan lochte scandal and so far no zika but last nights glittering spectacle had it all with flying acrobats and the ceremony passing of the torch from the rio games to the japan games in tokyo in 2020 that was heavy on the nintendo themes. . One more chance to samba in rio. The closing ceremony celebrating the last day of the games with a taste of five medals, four gold. Reporter simone biles leading the way for team usa, the fivetime medalist carrying the flag through a rainsoaked mar maracana stadium and causing this logjam as those lined up to snap selfies with her. A little bad weather couldnt stop the party. Brazil passing the torch to tokyo, the host of 2020 summer games. Started with a gold. Sunday night the Mens Basketball Team crushing serbia. For three. Reporter the allstar lineup led by Kevin Durants 30 points earning team usa its 121st and final medal of the game. As we say, bring it on. Reporter but they werent alone. Claressa shields winning her second straight olympic gold medal. Golden again. Claressa shields. R promised me she would last week. What happens after the games assuming you win gold . Thought about it . Ill definitely win gold here after that. Reporter the 212yearold is now the only u. S. Boxer with two golds bringing the hardware she won in the 2012 games with her to the podium. Snyder of the united states. Can he hang on . Reporter in wrestling kyle snyder grappling for another American Olympic wrestling champ. Will get a medal to go with that sill strer. Reporter in the mens marathon american runner galen rupp citing an adam sandler flick as inspiration for his bronze medal performance. I was watching happy gilmore the other day and i fight being a marathoner. Reporter Meb Keflezighi slipping a few step as way from the finish line then doing a few impromptu pushups before okay, so simone biles is 48. That flag is 9 feet tall about twice her height and with wind swirling here at 50 miles an hour yesterday, carrying that flag may have been the hardest thing shes had to do at the games so ill give her a perfect 10 for that. Also, japans Prime Minister who morphed into super mario during that closing ceremony that was probably one of the coolest things we saw. Great job, matt. Three weeks straight. Yeah, come home. You were there in rio too. What was the highlight . Without a doubt watching simone biles just kill it on all of the events, i mean she really is perfection. Just watching her flawlessly smile through some of the most amazing athletic feats you could imagine and she knew she was going to bring home gold. She made it look easy. She did. Jesse has the final count. Hard fought 16 days but all the american athletes. Team usa topping the list in most gold medals as well as the overall count. Heres the breakdown. The u. S. Getting 121 total medals, gold, 37 silver and 38 bronze and actually breaks the u. S. overall medal record set back in the 2008 beijing olympics when they had 110 total medals but most of the gold medals by the americans were won by women. Leading the way gymnastics ditto for Katie Ledecky who blew away the swimming competition early on and for the men, Michael Phelps leaving with the most overall with six, five of those gold, guys. It was a memorable olympics for the u. S. No doubt about it, amy and george. Thank you, jesse. Now back to ginger with that report from your home state. My hometown, one thing im always looking at. Radar over the weekend, this was happening right by my parents home so they were in the basement calling everybody, and you can see the video, yeah, right there from wyoming, michigan and heres a look from bradford, ohio, because there were several tornadoes across the great lakes and midwest from kentucky, also parts of indiana seeing tornadoes over the winter and that will get through and some of the coolest weather weve seen in more than a month. Good morning, everybody. Im power of 5 meteorologist janessa webb and tracking the cooler monday afternoon. The daytime highs, 75 degrees and with that humidity, definitely down. West winds, 15 to 20 miles an hour and definitely breezy conditions and that is a nice clear evening. The sevenday forecast is, you heat up a bit by period with said and storms likely for the late week. And coming up on gma, ryan lochte comes clean about his scandal in rio. Im embarrassed. My family and for my country. 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