Transcripts For WPVI Good Morning America 20161205 : compare

Transcripts For WPVI Good Morning America 20161205

Bracing for impact. If you hear the command evacua evacuate, evacuate, evacuate, you are to leave everything behind. The nose of this jet slams into the ground. A dramatic emergency landing. And the nfl player flagged for making a snow angel on the the field. Quarterback cam newton benched for not wearing a tie to the game. Plus the penalty for dancing over a penalty call. Some believing the nfl is becoming the no fun league. The snow angel, come on, here. Good morning, america. Big day in the nfl, from snow angels to dancing. The raiders punter, mar kesz king, known for his moves like this. He tweeted after the game, he knew who told on him. The other guy. Thats not bag deal, the snow angel. President elect trump nominating his former rival, dr. Ben carson, to be housing secretary. Hes expanding his search for secretary of state. More on that coming up. First, the latest on the devastating warehouse fire that killed at least 33 the people in oakland. The venue packed with young people when a fire broke out. A criminal investigation is now under way. Neal karlinsky sis on the scene in oakland. Good morning, neal. Reporter robin, good morning. This is a very active scene. Firefighters literally rung around the clock in their search for victims. Theyre so concerned with the safety, they have set up planks and beams to try to reinforce some of the walls to make sure whats left of the building doesnt come don on top of them. This morning, as firefighters continue the grim, roundtheclock search, a criminal Investigation Team son scene. Looking into whether oakland answer deadliest fire in his i have a crime. We have now started to recover and identify victims who are minors. We do have some children in the ages of 17 years old. Possibly younger. Reporter it was 11 32 p. M. Friday when the calls came in. A party at this oakland warehouse. An artists collective was erupting into an inferno of flames. Ripping through windows. Seeing everything like this orange wall of fire. It was i dont know. It felt like seeing a monster. Reporter firefighters breaking in with pick axes, desperate to reach those inside. It trapped party foers on the second floor with only a pair of makeshift stairs made of booeden palettes and quickly blocked. There were only two known exits to the entire building. The flames burn something fiercely, the roof collapsed, bringing part of that second floor down, too. Dozens of families desperate to find loved ones. Can you just call any of us if youre around, something happened. We dont care. We just want to know if youre alive or not. Reporter so far, just seven of the victims identified, in addition to people attending the party, the warehouse was home to several tenants. Pictures on the warehouses website show a cluttered maze of art studios. No sprinklers, according to investigators. Local officials already pointing fingers, claiming the warehouse was well known for a slew of Code Violations and complaints. It wasnt zoned for people to be living there. You feel like this is preventable . As far as preventable, absolutely. Reporter the major yyor say the response is under investigation. The man who is allegedly responsible for founding the affiliate spoke out overnight. Whetheyre my children. Theyre my friends. Theyre my family. Theyre my loves. Theyre my future. What else do i have to say . Reporter the official death toll at this hour is33. Tragically, that number is expected to rise. The search here for more victims is expected to continue for at least another day. Robin . All right, neal, thank you very much. Melinda gradrayton is the city bah tall onchief. Thank you so much for your time this morning. And please know our condolences go to the families and the entire oakland community. So many that are still unaccounted for. Especially teens. And the fear is, that the death toll will rise. Absolutely. The unfortunate reality of this somber monday morning is that were anticipating adid i recall bodies being recovered within the structure. Its such a sadbattalion chi know so many people are asking, how could this happen. There were reports there were complainted against this building. It was not zoned to have People Living there. But that was the case. So what went wrong here . How can it be prevented from happening in the future . The city of oakland is still looking at its history with this build and working with potential live work artist spaces. Chunt spaces for our artists. We have a vibrant community in oakland that we embrace. We want to make shoe preventing disasters like this in the future. At this point, we have brought in federal partners with atf. And they have determined what they believe is the area of origin in the building, near the back wall of the building. And we have that area quarantined off. Theyre bringing in numerous investigators this morning. We anticipate sometime between 7 00 and 7 30 for them to arrive. And were hoping for more answers later today. We saw in many area photos the number the amount of trash, debris that was around that structure. Did that add, do you believe, to the blaze . Um, in this case, it was a lot of art. And personal projects. And design it was not personal trash in this side yard. It didnt appear to be personal trash. It wasnt a hoarding situation per se. The heavy fire load was intense. And obviously would have a hard time for people to get out of the building. Such an emotional toll, maam, on everyone. The responders, as well. How are they doling with everything . I think everybody is dealing with it the best they can. Obviously, the raw emotions. We set up at our union hall yesterday for the anticipation of many firefighters that just wanted to kind of watch football together. And chill. And eat some pizza. And, kind of debrief with their pierce before going home to their families. Sometimes it helps to kind of offload those emotions before bringing it home. I know you have been on the job for almost 20 years. Nothing can prepare you for Something Like this. We appreciate your time. Know that our thoughts and prayers are with the responders, the fam is, even there. Thank you so much. Thank you very much. Again, when you see the scene and how quickly it wept up in flames. A horrifying scene. Well follow that. Right now, the flooding across the gulf coast. Heavy rain soaking towns from texas to carolinas. Rescue crews working around the clock. Cold son the way as well. Ginger is back with the latest. Good morning, ginger. I am. Coming with not such great news. Texas city, texas. More than 13 inches of rain. Thats what it looks like when it falls in 48 hours or so. More rain falling right now. Watch the severe storms that will pop up with the flash flood potential. Especially in parts of louisiana. Tomorrow morning, some helpful rain. Areas in the veer draught, exceptional drought, get up to three or four inches. The other story, chicago. Getting their first biggest snowfall on record. 6. 4 incs at ohare. It happened in wisconsin, too. The cold, oh, its going come in. Ill show you how cold in a couple of moments. Its so great to have you back. Your pictures on instagram had our mouths watering. Youll see it soon. To the latest on the trump transition. Just moments ago, president elect trump announcing hell nominate dr. Ben carson as secretary of housing and urban development. As we learn about new contender. Jon karl is here with the details. Good morning, jon. Reporter good morning, robin. President elect trump saying he plans to name all the big name nominees for later this week. The list for the most highprofile pick of all appears to be growing. The president elect is now considering as many as nine candidates for secretary of state. The candidates we already knew about, and now there are new names. Including rex tillerson, the ceo of exxonmobi lrgs. Joe manchin. Jont hu jon huntsman. And james stavridis, who was on Hillary Clintons short list for vp. We have a president here that wants to look at the best and brightest of america, regardless of history or past disputes. Reporter whoever gets the job will have to deal with the growing tension with china. After trump took a call from the president of taiwan. For four decades, u. S. President s have respected that by avoiding direct contact with the taiwanese president. President a obama can reach out to a murdering dictator in cuba in the last year and be hailed for doing it. And president elect donald trump takings a Courtesy Call from a democratically elected leader in taiwan and its a controversy. Reporter trump tweeted, did china ask us if it was okay to devalue their currency, making it hard for our companies to compete . Trump used twitter over the tweengd lash out at companies who moved jobs out of the country. And to lam saturday night live as unwatchable. What a great, smart tweet. Reporter and paul ryan said the president elects twitter tirades dont bother him at all. Who cares what he tweeted on some thursday night if we fix the countrys big problems . Thats the way i look at it. Reporter ryan, who has clashed with trump in the past sayin say says he talks to him all the time. Theyre working on the agenda to take on in january. There seems to be dipss on health care and taxes. No question. You see the differences play out in terms of the policies. I think that is whats going on with this expanding list of secretary of state. Genuine divisions on where to go. Go from four to nine . It works on the apprentice. You start big and pare down. Lets ask martha raddatz. This is a big list. It continues to grow. It could be bad news for the ones already on it. I guess you could, george. Admiral stavridis. He has experience. I think youll see him probably go back over the original list as well. And maybe mitt romney again. Well see. Could be a week or two away. Meantime, martha, this phone call to check to the taiwan neez president over the weekend. You saw mike pence yesterday on this week kind of downplay this. This was a dstrategy. Any call to or from a president elect is a big deal. Especially when the phone line has been quiet for decades. It can be seen as way to send message to china with a bit of cover, since donald trump has not yet taken office. Mike pence can easily say this doesnt mean theres a shift in poli policy. Yet this puts china on notice that things may not be the same under a trump presidency. Now to a scary moment at a pizza restaurant. A gunman with an targeting a washington, d. C. , spot, at the center of a fake news story about hillary clinton. Senior justice koernd Pierre Thomas is there in washington and has the details. Reporter this case shows how fake news can lead to a dangerous situation. Edgar welch has been arrested and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. He showed up at the d. C. Pizza restaurant to get to the bottom of what appears to be an utterly bogus story about child abuse promoted on the internet. He alemedly pointed the gun and fired the weapon inside the restaurant. The origin of this crazy story was a posting on wikileaks involving john podesta discussing a fundraiser. Lice becoming dangerous, george . We move to north dakota. The armys big decision to block a controversy route for the dakota pipeline. The relief may not last long. The Incoming Trump administration signaling it may move to reverse the decision. T. J. Holmes has the latest. Reporter overnight, a major victory for the sioux tribe at the rock. They made the decision to halt to explore alternate routes. I guess we made it. Reporter thousands have taken up on the site. The project would stretch aid cross four states and transport 470,000 barrels a day. The protests grew increasingly intense. Were going back to our vehicles. Reporter opponents of the pipeline claim it would be hazardous and could damage the water of the nearby residents. Bernie saerpds tweeted in the year 2016, we should not continue to trample on native american sovereignty or become more dependant on fossil fuels. Congratulations to all our relatives at standing rock. And all the Beautiful People who fought to make this happen. Reporter but the corporations behind the pipeline said in a statement overnight, they fully expect to complete the pipeline without additional rerou rerouting. Nothing the administration did today changes that. One lawmaker says he was encouraged theyll have a new president next month. What youre talking about here is trump has shown support for the pipeline. Theyre celebrating and in matter of one month, he could reverse that. He owns stock in the Company Building the pipeline. The trump transition wanted to make clear that has nothing to do with his decision. To amy with todays other top stories. You have a plane scare . Thats right. A pilot of a United Express plane was forced to make an emergency landing. Heading to mexico from houston when the landing gear malfunctions. Nose of the plane slammed into the ground forcing emergency chutes to doe ploy. If you hear the command evacuate, evacuate, evacuate, you are to leave everything behind. And i mean everything. Wow, sthat not an announcement anyone wants to hear. Remarkably, no serious injuries. Jury deliberations resume today in the trial of michael sleigher. Hes accused of killing walter scott. On friday, the jurors said they could not reach a verdict. The College Football playoff matchups are all set. Number one alabama plays washington. And then clemson versus ohio state. The winners will meet for the national title. And you can see all the games on espn. And finally, the flight that landed with one more person than it left with. [ baby crying ] yep, that can only mean one thing. Mom gave birth on the flight from philadelphia to orlando. The flight diverted to charleston, south carolina. Not a bad place to be born, right . Where the new expanded family was taken to the hospital. Everyone is doing fine. We dont know the gender of the baby. If its a girl, perhaps the name skylar. Oh, nice. Leave it to you, aim. Every single time. Great to have you back, ginger. Somewhat thi are were seeing snow falling in chicago and worcester massachusetts. Well have subzero by the time we get to thursday. Reporter the last of the morning rain moving away from philadelphia now, still bothering folks in trenton and areas along the i95 corridor from northeast philadelphia on up. As we take a look outside, we have a lot of clouds behind the rain and roads are a bit wet you can see that in center city on our brand new sky6 live hd city hall camera. But things will get better in the next couple of hours. 40s in most neighborhoods ending up at 53 with sunshine returning later on. Tomorrow, chilly, another round of rain arriving in the afternoon. Invasion. A man dressed in a u. P. S. Uniform. We have a warning for you this morning. By funding scientific breakthroughs, advancing public policy, and providing local support to those living with the disease and their caregivers. But we wont get there without you. Visit alz. Org to join the fight. Lets just get a sandwich or something. Or something . You dont just graduate from medical school, or something. And we dont just pull smoked chicken, bake fresh foccacia and handslice avocado. Theres nothing or something about it. Heres your cue. Go go go [ bark ] cut cut, cut, cut, cut. 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Im watching the emergency workers climbing over the median. Wondering if they are talking to the bus driver there. No idea if there are kids on the bus. I see the emergency worker talking to someone on the school bus. Schuylkill expressway eastbound past south street. Looks like this vehicle is facing the wrong way, as well. A nasty accident on the schuylkill expressway eastbound with the wet roads. On the big picture, lots of accidents, lots of slow speeds ill do a Facebook Live at 7 30 to help you out through the commute. Well check the rain with david murphy next. Start with a specialist. Start where youll find advanced technology, precision Treatment Options and truly compassionate care. Start here with a team of experts who treat only cancer. Every stage. Every day. Its not one thing we do. Its they thing we do. Start at Cancer Treatment centers of ameca in philadelphia. The evolutioof cancer care is here. Learn more at cancercenter. Com experts Appointments Available now. 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Youre looking at the aftermath of that deadly warehouse fire in oakland. That killed at least 3people. Authorities are warning the death toll could still rise. Firefighters going through the rubble. A criminal investigation is under way. We have breaking political news. President elect trump picking dr. Ben carson as housing secretary. The search for secretary of state is expanding. As many as nine people may be in the mix. And a big chill is coming. A record snowfall in chicago over the weekend. Also this morning, we have an urgent warning about criminals posing as u. P. S. Worker. This is chi

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