Transcripts For WJLA Good Morning America 20150304 : compare

Transcripts For WJLA Good Morning America 20150304

Good morning, america. Everyone wants to know what it feels like to win an oscar. This guy decided to find out. It was fun. They didnt know. No one embarrassed him so they let him in. Well share that with you later and begin, though with that suspected serial shooter in custody this morning. A man who is believed to have opened fire on an nsa building highways and several other locations in washington over the past two weeks. Abcs david kerley is in washington and has the latest. Good morning. This came to a head in the past couple of hours. That shooting at the countrys Top Spy Agency actually happened yesterday afternoon. It is a building on the nsa campus which sits along a highway apparently hit by two bullets. It was just hours earlier on that highway that shots were fired at a truck traveling down the road. Two men inside that tree trimming truck, two bullets smashed through the windshield a fragment hit one in the shoulder. Glass hit the other man. Their injuries not lifethreatening. The fbi arrested a male suspect late last night and believe he is responsible for both of those shootings and that may not be all. The fbi says it believes the man is responsible for a series of shootings between washington and baltimore over the past two weeks. The bureau took on this case when the shots were fired at the National Security agency a federal installation where officers collect, decode and translate spy data from around the world. There is no word of what the alleged shooters motive may have been. We dont even know if he was actually targeting the nsa. Many more questions. Thanks very much. We turn to the Boston Marathon bombing trial. Opening arguments set for this morning and now there are new questions about what role the suspects widowed sisterinlaw played in the bombing. Abcs brian ross is in boston with the latest. Good morning, brian. Reporter well good morning, george. Under tight security a panel of ten women and eight men will hear the case beginning this morning and while the focus has been on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Law Enforcement authorities tell abc news the fbi has been quietly investigating his sir, the widow of his dead brother who they say could Face Criminal Charges herself. The daughter of a welltodo family Katherine Russell changed her name to karima to marry tamerlan the mastermind of the boston bombing but after the bombs went off, and her husband was killed in a shootout russell told the fbi she knew nothing about the terror attack before it happened. As a mother a sister a daughter a wife katie deeply mourns the pain and loss to innocent victims. Reporter but now Law Enforcement Authorities Say they believe russell accompanied her husband to this macys store in boston two months before the attacks and bought five pressure cookers, two of which they say were used to make the deadly bomb. Since the bombing russell moved to new jersey. Shes the one in black to live near the sisters of her dead husband whereur boston station wcvb caught up with them. Authorities say the fbi put russell under surveillance during last years marathon and they continue to track her to this day and despite what she might know she is not expected to be a witness at her brotherinlaws trial. One would think she would have an incredible amount of knowledge. The fact shes not being called as a witness suggests at least on one very important level that she continues to be an object a person of interest. Reporter neither russells lawyers nor the fbi nor federal prosecutors had any official comment on her status and authorities tell abc news no decision will be made on whether to prosecute her until after the trial is over and that might not be until midsummer. Could take some time. Brian, thank you. Now to this brutal winter weather. More snow falling in boston last night as that city closes in on a record and another storm is on the way. Abcs rob marciano has the latest. Reporter this morning millions of americans waking up to another day of deceptively dangerous icy conditions. I just completely turned all the way around and slid off the road. Reporter in chicago watch as this suv slips and slides across the highway nearly slamming into another driver. People were sliding all over the place. Reporter across the midwest, roads littered with wreckage. In minnesota traffic backed up for hours on interstate 94. More than two dozen crashes throughout the day. I got off the highway to calm my nerves. Reporter near st. Paul an officer investigating a wreck became part of it as his cruiser was slammed into. This tractor trailer flipping over and ending up on its side. In boston more wicked weather overnight. Over 310,000 miles of boston streets plowed. Thats farther than here to the moon with just 2 inches to go until that alltime record topples, some residents finally embracing the idea that today could be a historic snow day. Im ready to set a record. Reporter other bostonians less worried about snow totals and just want the winter to end. I dont care what the record is for the snowiest record in boston. This is ridiculous. Were going out of our minds. Reporter ridiculous is certainly a word you could use to describe this winter. Looking at one of the areas where theyre stockpiling the snow. Several stories high and come to you live from Boston Harbor parts of which were frozen over the past couple of weeks. Today theyll hit 40 for the First Time Since january 19th. Shortlived, though. More snow and cold coming tonight. You know it all too well. Thank you very much. More so and ice. Warnings from texas and new jersey and ginger will track it all. Philadelphia back to dallas and a winter storm warning. Anywhere you see in pink this is a big deal especially this late in the season. Im most concerned about memphis to louisville as we go into the overnight hours and show you why. It develops and snowing in parts of the plains but the snow and ice really at drive time tonight from memphis up to louisville is heavy. Some of southern ohio up into West Virginia and driving tomorrow morning from washington, d. C. Where the sleet will start to mix in some freezing rain back to memphis and dallas and then snow heavy snow on top of that. So this is a big deal not just for the midatlantic but anyone there going to get the ice and then again, some of those snow totals could top a half foot. I will detail all of this coming up in your nations weather. Half foot in march. Thanks very much. We turn to new questions this morning about Hillary Clinton and her use of private email as secretary of state. At a public event last night clinton did not address the controversy but her team insists she did nothing wrong amid pressure for more disclosure. Jon karl has all the latest. Reporter clintons spokesperson says there is nothing nefarious, that she saved all of her emmysmailemails and turned them over to the state department. That is not going to end this controversy. House republicans say they are now investigating saying mrs. Clinton used multiple private emails as secretary of state and vowing to subpoena her and the white houses defense of her email practices has been lukewarm at best. Yesterday White House Press secretary josh earnest refused to say directly whether or not she violated the law. In fact george he couldnt name a single other official in the Obama Administration who behaved, who acted in this way as mrs. Clinton. Thats right. Previous secretaries of state colin powell also said he used personal email but had a government account, as well. Reporter thats right. Only two previous secretaries of state used email at all. Condoleezza rice and colin powell. They both had official accounts colin powell did have a personal email he used but his spokesamerican points out it was a rather primitive operation back then at the state department. Many employees didnt even have computers on their desks when he first came to the state department. Okay jon karl thanks very much. All right, there, george. Now to David Petraeus the former cia director and one of the most revered generals of a generation stunned the country when he admitted to having an affair and now he has agreed to plead guilty to mishandling top secret material. Sharing them with his mistress. Abcs Martha Raddatz has the latest on all this and joins us. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, robin. This is a man who was once thought of as a possible president ial candidate, making his fall and the charge he is pleading guilty to all the more stunning. This morning, this retired fourstar general who led the war effort in two of our nations pose important conflicts and as cia director held the nations most important secrets is preparing for sentencing after sharing highly classified information with his lover and lying to the fbi about it. I have traveled with petraeus from iraq to afghanistan where he was revered by his troops on and off the battlefield. I also watched him take careful notes in black notebooks like the one here in a briefing in afghanistan i attended with him. Prosecutors say eight of petraeus black books which contained classified information, identities of covert officers war strategy intelligence capabilities and even notes from discussions with the president of the United States were given to his lover Paula Broadwell who was writing petraeus biography. His romantic desires potentially put people at risk operations at risk and maybe more importantly could tell the enemy how we do our business. Reporter but despite the seriousness of the charge against him, prosecutors are not recommending any prison time only probation and a 40,000 fine. George. Okay martha thanks. Now to that scathing report from the Justice Department charging the Ferguson Missouri Police department with civil rights violations. It finds a clear pattern of bias against africanamericans, sets the stage for major changes and our chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas has the details. Hands up dont shoot. Reporter we all recall the protests and emotional accusations of ramp apartment racism by the ferguson Police Department in the wake of the Fatal Shooting of a young black man by a white Police Officer. We have been harassed so much were tire of the of it. Ter today the Justice Department is expected to release a damning assessment of Ferguson Police alleged a pattern and practice of discrimination. According to details obtained by abc news the Justice Departments investigation offers these searing numbers to make the case. Blacks make up 67 of fergusons population but were accused in 95 of jaywalking case 93 of all arrests and 85 of all traffic stops and the civil ryes probe found numerous examples of police and Municipal Court officials demonstrating bias if not outright racism. Derogatory remarks even made about the president. In november 2008 one city official wrote obama would not be in office very long because what black man holds a steady job for four years . The findings come as the attorney general is expected to announce there is not enough evidence to charge officer Darren Wilson with violating Michael Browns civil rights. He told our George Stephanopoulos this was not about race. If Michael Brown were white this would have gone down in exactly the same way . Yes. Ferguson officials will get a chance to say whether they agree with the Justice Departments findings and make changes in enforcement. If they do not, Justice Department officials will sue them. George . Okay pierre thanks very much. Want to go to amy with todays other top stories. Very big day at the Supreme Court. Thats right, george. It is indeed. Good morning, today the Supreme Court justices will hear arguments in a case that has the potential to unravel president obamas health care law. At issue is whether its legal to give out subsidies in states where the federal government runs the insurance exchanges. Also this morning a new twist in the battle over gay marriage. The state Supreme Court ordered probate judges to stop issuing samesex emergency licenses defying a recent order by a federal judge. The u. S. Supreme court is expected to rule on the issue in june. And troubling report about the nations heroin epidemic. The cdc says the number of fatal heroin overdoses has tripled since 2010. Prescription drugs are often the gateway to addiction. And authorities now say the homeless man shot and killed by Los Angeles Police was wanted for probation violation stemming from a bank robbery conviction. The lapd says the man tried to grab an officers gun. The victim has been identified as charlie robinet, but he is accused of stealing that identity from a french citizen. In houston, a mother and her young son survived this violent crash, their truck slamming into a van before flipping over. Part of a tree that was also sent flying. Rescuers had to use the jaws of life to open the roof and pull them out. Somehow despite that video they suffered only minor injuries. And overseas a dramatic scene as passengers rushed to evacuate this turkish airliner that skidded off a runway in nepal in heavy fog. The front landing gear had collapsed. Passengers jumped down the emergency slides all 238 people are okay. And a shocking discovery at new yorks inc. Airport. Agents arrested a man after finding 770,000 in cash hidden inside these boxes of soap bandaids and alka selzer in his luggage. The suspect says he was just trying to buy a building in yemen. Almost everyone is sick of winter. Im going to say everyone not almost everyone. Everyone is sick of winter. The snow the sleet and frigid cold so police in a small town in New Hampshire came up with a cure for the winter blues. Free pizza and french fries. Theyre handing out gift cards to reward Good Behavior in town and in this case it means driving carefully in the snow police were going to pay for the pizza and fries themselves but when local businesses heard about the plan they decided to donate to encourage safe driving. I got to say i think they hit this right on the money. Two things that cheer me up in almost any circumstance. Pizza and french fries. Good old comfort food. When the snow melts everyone will have to go running. Work that off. Yep. Thats true. Throw in a cupcake and all is well. All right, thanks amy. We want to move on to the investigation into a brazen gold hiegs in north carolina. Armed robbers reportedly held up a truck and got away with more than 4 million in gold. Leaving two security guards tied up in the woods. And were hearing the 911 calls from the drivers who found them on the side of the road. Abcs linzie janis has the story. 114 northbound. Reporter this morning, the alarming 911 calls drivers along this highway outside raleigh late sunday. The night two security guards carrying a payload of gold and other Precious Metals in this semi say they were robbed at gunpoint. Theres a couple guys that look like they got their hands zip tied behind their backs. Reporter the two guards traveling from miami to massachusetts telling police they stopped because of engine trouble. Thats when they say three armed men in a white van held them up ordering them to the ground. Police say the suspects tied the victims hands behind their backs and led them into the woods before fleeing the scene with nearly 5 million in gold. According to the 911 calls, the two security guards then ran back to the highway. Its dark and theyre walking in the middle of the road. Reporter one driver even pulling over. Hey, where are you guys from . What happened. Gold and silver. He says theyre hauling high value stuff. Reporter transvaal incorporated. The guards employer says its guards were armed. They were the guards that were robbed . Apparently. Reporter a manhunt now under way and that Security Company offering a 50,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in this highway heist. For good morning america, linzie janis, abc news, new york. Wow. Brazen. Brazen. To say the least. Thanks for bringing that to us. Now to snow in minnesota yesterday. One of the many places and now this arctic air coming in from that. Right behind it. Thats the other thing. Well talk about record lows potentially in the mid and deep south after this moves through so not everybody hates winter. Not everyone because some places where theyre used to a lot of snow. That is a ground blizzard in minnesota. Western see, thats the attitude you have to have. Can be dangerous, of course because visibilities are quickly reduced. Blizzard doesnt mean a ton of snow but blowing snow on top of all that and then that dangerous cold we were talking about. Look at the windchills. Des moines only feels like 1. Minneapolis, 15 below. Windchill advisories and everybody is turning colder. Look at chicago overnight low, 1 below friday morning. Jacqui good morning washington. Cloudy skies downtown, mild with spotty light showers Doppler Radar is showing you weather along Southern Maryland with spotty and light rain that we are expecting to be the case to the Morning Hours more widespread this afternoon, highs near 50 degrees, things changing completely overnight with a winter storm warning going into effect. All right, so much more com

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