Transcripts For WPVI Good Morning America 20170117 : compare

WPVI Good Morning America January 17, 2017

Is that godzilla . The monster gator caught on camera making huge headlines spotted taking a stroll in florida. Weighing in at 1,000 pounds the gigantic reptile almost 14 feet long now seen by millions up close and personal now with the dinosaur lookalike. I think i could outrun him. I dont want to try it but just think we can. Good morning, america. Just three days away from Donald Trumps inauguration as the 45th president of these United States. This is a live look at the National Mall in d. C. This morning where theyre gearing up for that big event. An estimated 700,000 to 900,000 are expected on friday. Some already arriving . That means a massive security effort. Federal force of 28,000, 6,000 local police and the city in lockdown mode right now. Federal employees being urged to work from home. And meanwhile, heres some signs of change in d. C. The dailymail. Com getting pictures of movers at the d. C. Home where president obama will move with his family after a needed vacation in palm springs. Quick effort to get president elect into the white house, as well. We have a brandnew abc News Washington post poll released just now. It shows some tough numbers for the president elect. Only 40 approve of how hes handled the transition. Half the number weve seen with recent president s like barack obama, george h. W. Bush. Jon karl here with more new numbers. Good morning, jon. Good morning, george. President elect trump will go into office with a majority of americans viewing him unfavorably. George, that is something we simply have never seen in the modern era. Just look at the numbers going all the way back to jimmy carter. Every newly elected president experiences some kind of honeymoon. Donald trump just 40 viewed favorably. But theres a contradiction here and its a fundamental one. Most americans have High Expectations for how hell handle the big issues. 60 believe hell do an excellent job the economy. 56 believe hell do an excellent good job handling terrorism. So, viewed unfavorably but still, george, High Expectations for his presidency on those issues. There has been some improvement for the president elect on the number of americans who see him qualified to hold the office. You know, its come down its come up since the campaign but you still have a majority of americans, 52 see him as unqualified for office. And whats driving that in our new poll, george, is that a majority, a big majority, 61 simply do not trust donald trump to make the right decisions. And if you look at some of the other issues, low expectations for how hell handle international crises. Low expectations for how hell handle race issues. Gender issues and health care. The whole issue of russian hacking of the elections still hanging over this transition. You had about twothirds of americans who believe russia hacked the election and twothirds, about twothirds say they were trying to help donald trump. Yeah and a vast majority think trump has not handled this issue well. Look at that number. Youve got 35 barely a third of voters prove of how hes handled the hacking issue. Jon karl, thanks very much. George now to the reaction over Donald Trumps comments on nato. His comments creating tension with our allies overseas. Abcs cecilia vega is at the white house with more details about that. Cecilia. Reporter robin, good morning to you. Tonight could be the night for donald trump to make nice with some of those allies in what the first big kickoff to this week. Donald trump here in an exclusive dinner in washington, 200 foreign diplomats there, their first chance to come facetoface at his big swearing in. After his mlk weekend war of words with the civil rights leader, president elect donald trump making a surprise trump tower appearance with none other than Martin Luther kings own son. The goal is to bring america together. Reporter but overseas the soontobe 45th president of the United States shocking and igniting fear in some of americas closest allies. Trump bashing nato, the longtime political and military alliance of 28 countries from north america and europe. And i said a long time ago that nato had problems. Number one, it was obsolete because it was, you know, designed many, many years ago. Reporter and refusing to say who he trusts more, Germanys Angela Merkel or Russias Vladimir Putin. I start off trusting both, but lets see how long that lasts. It may not last long at all. Reporter as for merkel. I think she made one very catastrophic mistake and that was taking all these illegals in, you know, taking all of the people from wherever they come from. Reporter but the president elect did have big praise for brexit. That United Kingdom withdrawal from the european union. I think brexit is going to end up being a great thing. Reporter the reaction swift, merkel saying we europeans have our fate in our own hands. And National Security adviser susan rice coming to her defense. Its very hard to understand how one could equate angela merkel, the chancellor of germany, one of our very closest allies in the world with vladimir putin. Reporter this morning the cia director is in a heated war of words with donald trump. John brennan saying he is not the one would leaked that dossier on russia telling the wall street journal, robin, that he does not want to give that dossier any Additional Air time. Cecilia, thank you. We want to bring in martha raddatz, ask her a little bit more on what cecilia just said there about the cia director. What do you make of that, martha . Reporter well, brennan said the idea that he leaked that was repugnant and he said tell the families of those 117 cia officers who gave their lives for the country that their loved ones were akin to nazis, very sobering words, robin, but dont expect an apology from donald trump. He is continuing to fight back. Were talking about trumps words about nato. Its a different tone than what some of his cabinet picks are saying. Reporter it is, robin. If president elect trumps grand strategy here is to keep our adversaries and allies confused and guessing as to what a Trump Administration holds for them, he has been successful already. I dont know whether this is a Good Cop Bad Cop scenario but what donald trump is saying is very different than what his cabinet picks said at confirmation hearings. Trump calls nato obsolete. His nominee for secretary of state says the commitment to nato is secure and his nominee for defense secretary james mattis says nato is vital to our National Interests and to the security of the u. S. And vital to the protection of the freedoms of the democracies were allied with. Well see how much influence they have. Quickly, how has the reaction been from other european leaders about this . Reporter as cecilia said its pretty astonishing. They are watching this very closely. They just dont know how to react at this point. Thank you, robin. Now that dangerous ice storm heading to the northeast and, ginger, you have the latest. Michael, you know its bad when you have to skate instead of drive. Thats what theyre doing in la crosse, wisconsin. That storm is still with us moving to the north and east, even stretching as far south as louisiana and texas. Down there its storms and rain right in this part, the northeast going to get ice but were not done with it for another 18 hours. Overnight, that deadly ice storm glazing roads from the midwest to the northeast. Even sending plows off the road near des moines, iowa, and this car sliding into a frozen lake. Encrusting lights, cars, everything in west michigan. In south dakota, this semi lost control on the ice spilling oranges all down the highway. It caught me by surprise. Reporter in nebraska trees and roadways covered with almost an inch of ice. And in la crosse, wisconsin, kids actually skating on the streets. On the Southern Side of the storm a big rig driver spotting this tornado in houston. The National Weather service confirming at least three tornadoes in texas, now crews are cleaning up the mess. The strong winds ripping the window panes off this dallas skyscraper. Winds up to 60 Miles Per Hour plowing through marietta, oklahoma, this floor to dirt from the ceiling torn off. Parts of minnesota, those go until noon in general but in the east weve got this, again, for much of our tuesday, watch out as this comes through, majority of the i95 corridor will remain rain but start to mix in with a wintry mix west of boston, say worcester especially as everyone makes their ride home tonight, in that winter storm warning in places, four to even seven inches of snow could fall and eventually by wednesday morning this stuff starts to get out. I have to mention quickly a huge change for the west, more rain on the way, an ice storm warning in portland, portland, oregon, you guys, has had nine snow days already. They rarely get one. Nine already. Big stuff and san diego, l. A. , about to get hit with a lot of water too. My kids are jealous. They havent had a snow day. Move on to breaking news, the search for Malaysia Airlines 370 has finally ended after three years covering 46,000 miles, 239 died when the plane disappeared without a trace and abcs lama hasan is in london with the story. Good morning, lama. Reporter good morning to you, george. Thats right. The hunt for Malaysian Airlines flight mh370 has been called off. This morning a joint statement, the transport ministers of malaysia, china and australia, issuing it saying, after spending more than 160 million and despite every effort to find the plane using the best science available and cuttingedge technology scouring a desolate stretch of the indian ocean no trace has been found of the boeing 777. The ministers adding the decision to suspend the underwater search was neither taken lightly nor without sadness. George. And, lama, any reaction from the families yet . Reporter yeah, george, as you can imagine this is devastating for the families of the victims, 239 souls lost when the plane vanished nearly three years ago. This morning the families calling this decision irresponsible, demanding they extend the search. One australian woman saying, quote, they promised they would bring them home and now theyre just giving up so a very difficult time for the friends and families of the victims. You can see why they want those answers. Thanks very much. New developments now in that new years terror attack that left 39 dead in istanbul. Turkish police say that the alleged gunman has confessed to opening fire in that crowded nightclub. Abcs Alex Marquardt is in moscow with the very latest on this. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning, robin. Thats right. The attacker apprehended after 16 days on the run. He was arrested in an istanbul apartment after fears that he might try to escape the city, even slip across the border into syria. Istanbuls governor this morning identified the attacker as abdulkadir masharipov, a citizen of uzbekistan. He said he confessed to the attack that left 39 dead after new years eve at the reina nightclub. His fingerprints match at the scene and found with two pistols on him as well as 197,000 in cash. The governor saying it is clear this attack was carried out in the name of isis. And, ailing lex, do we know more about isis possible involvement you just mentioned . Reporter well, thats what the authorities will be looking into, whether there are any direct ties between the attacker and isis. Its clear there was a significant level of support. Remember, isis has claimed responsibility for this attack saying it was in response to turkeys actions against the group in iraq and syria. They also said that the shooter was what they called a soldier of the caliphate, robin. All right, alex, thank you. A Health Warning now, two reports raising big concerns about a ride in super buildings that can resist even the most powerful antibiotics. Dr. Richard besser is here. This is what you might call a nightmare scenario. The first report came from cdc, a woman in nevada who died from an infection resistant to all antibiotics licensed in the u. S. She had been hospitalized in india and probably brought it back. The second report out of boston looked at how commonly these resistant bacteria are found in our bodies and found them more commonly than expected. Bacteria pick up resistance from other bacteria and spread person to person making the hospital very dangerous for people. So, what can people do to protect themselves. Whenever youre prescribed an antibiotic ask do i really need it for this condition . The second is if youre hospitalized tell your doctor if youve ever been in a medical facility overseas so they can test you and isolate you. And lastly before anyone touches you, make sure theyve washed their hands. Thats the most important thing. So key, rimpf besser, thanks very much. Michael. Thank you, george. Now to that deadly shooting at a popular nightclub in mexico. Five killed including an american woman. At least 15 more were injured when americans among them. Abcs matt gutman is this los angeles with the latest. Good morning, matt. Reporter hey, good morning, michael. We now know there are at least five americans among the casualties. Investigators have ruled out terror and are searching for a man who apparently tried to bring a gun into the club when Security Guards tried to stop him. A gunfight broke out resulting in a stampede of hundreds of partygoers and carnage. Instantly the beat of the music gave way to the staccato of gunfire and those screams. Five were killed and 15 wounded when a gunman opened fire in this packed nightclub in the mexican resort town of Playa Del Carmen early monday and this morning we learned four americans were among the wounded and among those killed near the dance floor Alejandra Villanueva ibar from denver. Her brother telling our denver affilia affiliate. Just trying to figure out how well bring my sister back. Reporter her friend Ignacio Valencia was right there. I was in shock and i didnt want to leave my friend either but i couldnt pick her up because i was also injured. Reporter he himself had been shot in both arms. Im lucky because the bullets just went through and nothing was inside of them. Reporter another of the bullets fired hit Heather Parham from spokane, washington, in the back side. Ibara, the american, had been crushed in the stampede to flee the shooting. Fellow american bria didson was also trampled on. There was so much pain, i cant stand. Im crying and begging people to help me. No one is helping. Theyre running. Its hard to think about what could have happened. Reporter at first some of the crowd attending a weeklong electronic Dance Festival didnt react. These people only starting to run when they see a body in the street. You hear them yell, run, into the bathroom now. Now, that young woman who was killed, Alejandra Villanueva was only 18 years old. Her little brother told us he started a go fund me campaign to help their single mother. In several cases recently the drug war has spilled over into mexican resorts popular with americans but mexican officials are saying this one started as a personal dispute and was an isolated incident. Guys. Yeah, but the result so incredibly sad. Lets turn to amy for the other top stories developing. Good morning, everyone. Three men working on a road project in key largo have died after Authorities Say those men inhaled toxic fumes underground. A firefighter who climbed down a 15foot hole trying to rescue them is now in critical condition. He had to leave his air pack behind because it was too big to get through that hole. Well, General Motors is announcing a 1 billion investment in its u. S. Factories. The company says the move will create or keep about 1,000 jobs. This comes after president elect trump criticized gm for making cars in mexico. Wall street is closely analyzing new details about britains exit from the european union. Prime minister theresa may says the uk will not remain at the partial membership in the eu but she says the British Parliament will get to vote on brexit and she hopes to begin trade negotiations by march. The last person to walk on the moon has died. Before leaving the lunar surface back in 1972, gene cernan wrote his daughters initials in the moon dust. The former Navy Test Pilot and abc news analyst was 82. Well, a Close Encounter for fishermen off florida. Look at that. A 12foot shark came leaping out of the water to grab their bait. They said it jumped out of the water several types before eventually swimming away 30 minutes later. What a show. But guess what, heres the real star when it comes to an mile sightings in florida. Look at that guy. Only described really as a monster alligator at this nature reserve. Some calling him godzilla. Doesnt he look hes so chill. Moving slowly, taking his time. Maybe its because he weighs 1,000 pounds, 13 feet long. One woman there admits she should have been afraid but she was just in awe. She posted nature at its best. Not sure that would have been the caption in my book but probably pretty cool to see from a disance. A lot more chill than i would be. I wonder if other gators look and go, man, youre a big gator. I can only imagine. Lets kick it back over to ginger. You heard of this, too much snow to ski or snowboard. In utah they had to shut down for a day and beautiful weekend of skiing and snowboarding and a lot more coming your way, los lets get to the tuesday trivia now brought to you by silk. Good morning, everybody. Im meteorologist karen rogers. We have some showers near allentown and along the coastline. Lets go outside and see what it looks like in Spring Mountain seeing the snow right there but temperatures tod

© 2025 Vimarsana