Transcripts For WJLA Good Morning America 20161207 : compare

Transcripts For WJLA Good Morning America 20161207

Justice. Major detour. Prince harry breaking palace protocol making a surprise stop to visit his new love american actress Meghan Markle and what she is wearing around her neck that has everyone talking and why the trip is sparking a royal rumble. Good morning, america. We hope youre well this wednesday morning and today we ar 75 years ago the attack on pearl harbor looking live at the white house flag at halfstaff. More than 2,000 americans lost their lives in that attack which propelled america into world war ii. More than 100 survivors made the trip back. I had a chance to go last year. It fills you with more gratitude for those who served in our military. They did so much. Here on the mainland, northeast look at denver. Those are the roads in denver this morning. It is going to be a tough commute. Tough commute, a little cold. Check this out. This is in north dakota. This is a door, somebody opened their door and look at the imprint on the other side. It looks like the door. Thats not an illusion. Thats real. Really something. Ginger is standing by with the forecast and alex perez is in north dakota, business mark, north dakota where the blizzard hit hard, good morning, george. According to our thermometer its just under 10 degrees here but the feel like windchill temperature is about 20 below zero. Now, take a walk with me. The blizzard conditions so bad that authorities have shut down the main highway here in north dakota. I94 shut down for 300 miles. This morning, dangerous driving conditions. Ac across the Northern Plains. The hill just got us. And we just started sideways all striking north dakota making it nearly impossible to see on the roads. A lot of people spinning around getting stuck. One, two. Reporter over a foot of snow pounding some parts of the state. Wind gusts reaching up to 64 miles per hour. It was hair raising. I never had to drive in that before. Reporter even snowplows struggling to drive through the icy mess. Everybody stuck down 30 or 40 minutes. Reporter dozens of roads like this one closed and officials across the Northern Plains urging drivers to stay home. We want the traveling public to not underestimate the conditions and overestimate their driving ability. Reporter and here in business mark and in parts of the ph. D west they are bracing. The deep freeze is on the way. Guys, back over to you. He looks cold. That brought back some memories right there. Cant say they were all good. A little chilly and, ginger, you have more about not just there but cold all around the country. Its going to get even colder. Check this out. I wanted to point it out in business mark taking the trash out still has to go on in my not. Hes in shorts is the question. The cold hasnt settled in yet but, boy, it will. It already is and you saw alex. Rapid city, feels like 15 below, the east friday into saturday, atlanta, 17 so it will dip into flort florida then 19 states with all the warnings, lakeeffect snow in the tug hill plateau could go up to two, even three feet in places and the heavy snow, seattle and portland both included. So everybody getting a taste of winter really. Already hearing about lakeeffect snow. And big. Now to the latest on the trump transition. The president elect holding a thank you rally in north his choice for defense secretary as he faces new questions about those boeing comments. Abcs tom llamas is in raleigh with the trump team. Good morning, tom. Reporter robin, good morning to you. Overnight the Columbus Dispatch reporting the president elect will head to ohio state tomorrow to meet with some of the victims and the First Responders from that possible terrorist attack that happened on the campus. This as you mentioned the thank you tour rolls on across the country as trump himself is focusing heavily on the business se nearly a month later and president elect donald trump still bragging to supporters about election night. The numbers are good. I wont talk about we dont talk about numbers. We bring people together but, boy, were those numbers good. Reporter trump also talking up his transition predicting his administration is destined for greatness. I believe were in the process of putting together one of the alltime great cabinets that has ever been assembled in reporter the president elect making official his announcement to nominate retired general james idea mad dog mattis joining trump on stage as the crowd chaptered mad dog. This as trump picked a new fight with an american company. Trump tweeting, boeing is building a brandnew 747 air force one for future president s, but costs are out of control. More than cancel order. Then at trump tower, taking the fight to the airwaves. Well, the plane is totally out of control. I think its ridiculous. I think boeing is doing a little bit of a number. We want boeing to make a lot of money but not that much money. Reporter bloomberg reporting boeing executives reached out to the Trump Transition Team after the tweet expressing the costs could be lowered if the government reduces its requirements. And trump announcing a new deal investment from japanese billionaire mash yoshi son. He pledged he would put 50 billion into the United States because of our victory. He wasnt investing in our 50 billion. 50,000 jobs. 50,000 jobs hes going to be investing in. Hes a great guy. Reporter but so far trump providing no details of when or where those jobsre now, we also want to mention that the son of the president elects security adviser Michael Flynn has been asked to lever the transition team. The younger flynn promoted a story on twitter, a fake news story imply kat indicated in that d. C. Shooting at that pizzeria and told the call to get rid of flynn came all the way from the top, from the president elect himself. George. Okay, tom, thanks very much. Lets talk about it with matthew dowd, jon karl, matt, let me president elect is signaling a new way of doing business with businesses naming and shaming them when he has to, embracing them when he can as well. What are the implications . Well, i think first of all we have no idea what his broad Economic Policy is, but i think its very interesting hes sort of picking the winners and losers, much of what president obama was criticized for. He seems like hes monty hall on lets make a deal figur which ones he wants and shaming those he thinks are doing bad and rewarding those he thinks are doing good. What he does and how it impacts the economy. In the short term, jon . What voters see is see him doing these symbolic gestures, exactly along the lines of what he campaigned for bringing jobs to america, fighting government waste with the the fine print backs it up. Huge questions but a new Approval Rating at the highest point ever throughout the entire campaign, its only 50 , low by the standards of new president s but 55 of the country saying theyre optimistic about a trump presidency. Had president obama come in at 78. Some concerning that poll about president elect trump and his businesses. Yes, the poll shows clearly twothirds of the public says he has to choose between being president and being the head of his company. But the poll also shows that the public is optimistic he wi a very critical issue. Thats a real vulnerable for trump. If he is seen as having conflict of interest, you will see big youll see that approval number come way down and thats why hes divested. Matthew dowd, how far does he go with that announcement neck week of walling himself off from the businesses . Well, i think one of the questions is is how long are the conservatives and the republicans in Congress Going to give donald trump a pass . Direction that seems much more like an obama type Economic Policy than a republican Economic Policy on trade, on taxes, on businesses and all of that. That is the real fundamental question is, will conservatives keep giving him a pass on going against traditionally conservative policy. A lot of big question as head. Thank you both very much. Well move on to those protests at t. A m. Juju chang spoke with the man at the center of the controversy and she joins us from college station, texas. Good morning, juju. Reporter good morning to you, robin. Tempers flared on campus with crowds chanting say no to hate, in fact, the protesters far outweighed the few supporters of the racially extreme views of Richard Spencer. He is the White Nationalist who told us that it is donald trump who has catapulted his movement tensions running high overnight at texas a m as thousands came out to protest this man. White people are ruling right now. White people have a very amount of power. Reporter Richard Spencer claims hes not a white supremist credited with coining the term altright and the creation of an allwhite ethno state. Atte hail trump. Reporter spencer a racial extremist with controversy views of racial differences drowned out by protesters in college station, texas, the vast majority of his audience was there in protest. With multiple outbursts and clashes erupting during his speech. No fighting. Reporter security had to intervene to deescalate several volatile exchanges. At one point police in riot gear entered the Student Union but none of the hostility took spencer off message. See myself as mainstream. I want to be mainstream. I want to be part of an elite. Reporter are you trying to normalize racism . Yes, im trying to normal racism as you call it, absolutely im trying to normalize my ideas. Our ideas of the altright. I do not want the altright to be a Fringe Movement but a dominant movement. Reporter texas a m, you should know did not invite Richard Spencer, it was a former student who did that. Views they say once the room was booked they felt they had to adhere to his First Amendment rights of freedom of speech. I know youll have more of your interview tonight on nightline. Can you give us a little more of a sense of what he talks about . Reporter well, i asked him about his controversial views and whether he was playing with fire using a lot of the nazi symbolism that went viral when his supporters did the nazi salute, frankly, after a speech and he said, that he said that the part of his supporters but theres a lot to dig into. Many will be watching you tonight on nightline. Thank you, juju. Thats some explanation. No doubt. Lets turn to new orleans where a murder trial is under way for the person who shot former nfl star will smith in a road rage incident. Abcs ryan smith is here with more and, ryan, it was pretty powerful to see a saints teammate show up in support. It was incredible to see drew brees and Cardell Hayes. He is charged with Second Degree and attempted murder claiming that he feared for his life. This morning, the man accused of gunning down former nfl star and super bowl winner will smith is a deadly case of road rage on trial. Teammates of the former new orleans saint including star quarterback drew brees, running back Deuce Mcallister and roman harper and Steve Gleason Cardell Hayes pumped seven bullets in smiths back after a traffic incident turned violent. This video showing what appears to be hayes hummer on the night in question. Seemingly bumped by a car matching smiths suv. That suv driving off with the hummer in pursuit. Just blocks away according to authorities hayes allegedly slamming the nfl stars car. The pair exchanging words then hayes opening fire. Smith pronounced ad scene. His wife raquel shot in the leg taking the stand tuesday she broke down in tears telling the jury, i dont want sympathy. I want justice. Adding of hayes, he didnt have to shoot my baby. Emotional when recalling her 7yearold sons reaction to learning of his fathers death. Mommy, ill protect you now. Prosecutors first witness was former saints star running back experts on traffic collisions sooner. If convicted he faces life in prison. Tough case. Thank you. Moving on to the latest on that oakland warehouse fire. Investigators say a refrigerator or another Electrical Appliance could have sparked the blaze. Getting a new look inside the building before it burst into flames. Abcs Kayna Whitworth is on the scene in oakland. Reporter this morning, officials are examining a refrigerator as well as other electrical items inside the warehouse as possible causes for the massive all but one of the 36 victims has been identified as we learn more details about those deplorable Living Conditions inside the ghost ship warehouse. It was a hell hole. Reporter shelly mac says she lived there five months taking this video before the fire showing crumbling walls and endless clutter and one staircase dimly lit and difficult to navigate. The building was permitted for six complaints about the property in the last two years. Including a police raid this past october. Property manager derek almena offering this i have nothing to say. Reporter refusing to say whether he should be held accou accountable. Most died of smoke inhalation. Those trapped sending Text Messages to loved ones saying goodbye. We found a lot of victims in the wreckage holding each other and caring for each other as they waited to die. Reporter so, officials were able to recover several cell phones from the scene of this fire and they contained pictures and video and thats helping authorities piece together a time line of what happened and, george, local authorities have declared a state of emergency this is so catastrophic. I bet they have. Hearing about the techs is just heartbreaking. Amy here with other top hit indonesia overnight. Rescuers are working their way into collapsed buildings which came down after the magnitude 6. 5 quake struck. The death toll right now up to nearly 100 people. That is the same region that was devastated by the 2004 earthquake and tsunami which killed more than 100,000 people. There was no tsunami overnight associated with this workrelated. The threat against the los angeles Transit System appears to be a hoax. Overnight there is no evidence the threat was credible but police will stay on, quote, a heightened state of awareness. And it was 75 years ago today that japan attacked pearl harbor. When it was over, more than 2400 americans lost their lives. Today four of the five remaining survivors of the uss arizona all in their late 90s will attend a special ceremony in hawaii. And finally, if you say youll only enjoy Holiday Travel when pigs fly, well, you should airport. It now has a therapy pig there. Thats lilu on the time of animals who help reduce stress at the airport and already have therapy dogs and cats but she is the first pig at an airport complete with painted nails, by the way so nervous passengers can go whole hog. Once again, wait for it. Wait for it. Its coming. Whole hog. I hear theyre surprisingly clean. And really cute. Yeah, adorable. Betsy. You had a pet pig. Betsy. Dont ask me what happened but im afraid to ask what happened to betsy. And look at ginger. Ginger is just shaking her head. Oh, betsy. Oh, my goodness. 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