Transcript for ABC News Live: 3 mass shootings in 3 days in California
GOOD MORNING.
EVERYONE.
I'M ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS TODAY
ON "ABC NEWS LIVE", CALIFORNIA.
HAS HAD THREE MASS SHOOTINGS IN
ONLY THREE DAYS, SEVEN PEOPLE
WERE KILLED BY A GUNMAN IN HALF
MOON BAY.
THE SUSPECT NOW IN CUSTODY.
WE HAVE THE LATEST
ON THE VICTIM'S CONDITION.
NEW DETAILS ON THE HORRIFIC
SHOOTING AT A DANCE STUDIO IN
MONTEREY PARK AND WHAT IS BEING
CALLED THE WORST MASS SHOOTING
IN L.A. COUNTY HISTORY.
WHAT AUTHORITIES ARE NOW SAYING
ABOUT A SUSPECT AND A FORMER
TOP FBI OFFICIAL ARRESTED HAD
TIES TO A RUSSIAN OLIGARCH,
LED TO THE ARREST OF THE FORMER
SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE FOR
THE FBI'S NEW YORK OFFICE.
>> BUT WE BEGIN WITH THAT
MASS SHOOTING IN HALF MOON BAY,
CALIFORNIA.
A SUSPECT NOW IN CUSTODY AFTER
ALLEGEDLY OPENING FIRE AT TWO
LANDSCAPING NURSERIES YESTERDAY
.
POLICE SAY AT LEAST
SEVEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED
AND ONE SERIOUS INJURED.
>> OUR MATT RIVERS IS IN HALF
MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA, WITH THE
LATEST.
THE DRAMATIC SCENE.
DEPUTIES TAKING DOWN
THE SUSPECT RESPONSIBLE FOR
OPENING FIRE AT TWO LOCATIONS
IN HALF MOON BAY.
>> CALIFORNIA, KILLING AT LEAST
SEVEN AND SERIOUSLY INJURING
ANOTHER.
>> THIS KIND OF SHOOTING
IS HORRIFIC.
IT'S A TRAGEDY THAT WE HEAR
ABOUT FAR TOO OFTEN.
BUT TODAY IT'S HIT HOME HERE IN
SAN MATEO COUNTY, SAN MATEO.
>> SHERIFF'S OFFICIALS SAYING
DEPUTIES WERE DISPATCHED TO A
LOCATION AFTER A REPORT OF
A SHOOTING WITH MULTIPLE
VICTIMS.
OFFICIALS SAY SHORTLY AFTER
THREE ADDITIONAL DECEASED
VICTIMS WERE IDENTIFIED AT
ANOTHER NEARBY LOCATION ABOUT
A MILE AWAY.
EVERY 40% SECOND INCIDENT
AS WELL BEFORE THE RELATED
TO THE SHERIFF DESCRIBING IT
AS , QUOTE, AN UNSPEAKABLE ACT
OF VIOLENCE.
>> CHILDREN AND FARM WORKERS
ON SCENE WITNESSING
THE INCIDENTS AT THE TWO
NURSERIES.
AUTHORITIES IDENTIFYING
THE SUSPECT AS 67 YEAR OLD HALF
MOON BAY RESIDENT CHUN LEGIcO.
THE SUSPECT FOUND HOURS LATER
IN HIS CAR IN THE PARKING LOT
OF THE HALF MOON BAY POLICE
SUBSTATION BY A SHERIFF'S
DEPUTY THAT WAS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT.
>> AND A SEMIAUTOMATIC HANDGUN
WAS LOCATED IN HIS VEHICLE.
>> THERE IS NO FURTHER THREAT
TO THIS COMMUNITY.
AUTHORITIES SAYING THE SUSPECT
ACTED ALONE AND IS BELIEVED
TO BE A WORKER AT ONE OF
THE LOCATIONS OR THE MOTIVE
IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN.
>> AND ALEXIS, AUTHORITIES SAY
THE THREAT FROM THIS PARTICULAR
SHOOTER IS OVER, BUT CLEARLY
THE THREAT OF GUN VIOLENCE
ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
REMAINS.
>> ALEXIS .
MATT RIVERS IN HALF MOON BAY,
CALIFORNIA.
AND THAT DEADLY MASS SHOOTING
COMES JUST 48 HOURS AFTER
ANOTHER ONE IN THE STATE
11 PEOPLE ARE NOW DEAD AFTER
BEING GUNNED DOWN AT A BALLROOM
IN MONTEREY PARK SATURDAY.
JUJU CHANG IS IN MONTEREY PARK
WITH THE LATEST
ON THE INVESTIGATION AND THE
VICTIMS NOW BEING IDENTIFIED.
>> HARROWING NEW DETAILS
AS AUTHORITIES TRY TO PIECE
TOGETHER WHAT LED TO
THE SENSELESS KILLING OF
11 PEOPLE AT A DANCE STUDIO IN
MONTEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA.
>> INVESTIGATORS COMBING
THROUGH EVIDENCE AND SCOURING
THE HOME OF THE SUSPECTED
GUNMAN IDENTIFIED
BY AUTHORITIES AS 72 YEAR OLD
WHO CAN WHEN WE RECOVERED
ONE THREE EIGHT CALIBER RIFLE,
NUMEROUS ELECTRONIC DEVICES
SUCH AS CELL PHONES, COMPUTERS,
ETC., ITEMS THAT LEAD US TO
BELIEVE THE SUSPECT WAS
MANUFACTURING HOMEMADE FIREARM
SUPPRESSORS.
AUTHORITIES ADDING THAT
THE FIREARM SEEN HERE
ON SURVEILLANCE WRESTLED AWAY
FROM THE SUSPECT.
THE SECOND DANCE HALL WAS
A NINE MILLIMETER SEMIAUTOMATIC
ASSAULT WEAPON.
ANOTHER HANDGUN ALSO FOUND IN
HIS VAN .
ABC NEWS ALSO LEARNING A NUMBER
OF MOTIVES NOW BEING
CONSIDERED, INCLUDING
A POTENTIAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
SCENARIO.
BUT INVESTIGATORS STRESS IT'S
STILL TOO EARLY IN THE PROBE
TO DETERMINE A MORE PRECISE
MOTIVE.
>> AND WE DO NOT HAVE A MOTIVE
YET.
THERE'S A LOT OF STORIES COMING
FORWARD.
WE'RE NOT IGNORING ANY OF THEM.
AUTHORITIES SAY ABOUT
20 MINUTES AFTER THE SHOOTING
AT STAR DANCE STUDIO,
THE SUSPECT ENTERED A SECOND
DANCE HALL IN NEIGHBORING
ALHAMBRA WHERE HE ENCOUNTERED
BRANDON TSAY WHO HEROICALLY
WRESTLED THE GUN AWAY, SAY
OPENING UP ABOUT THAT BRUTAL
ALTERCATION EXCLUSIVELY
TO ROBIN ROBERTS.
>> WHEN I GOT THE COURAGE,
I LUNGED AT HIM WITH BOTH
MY HANDS, GRABBED THE WEAPON,
AND WE HAD A STRUGGLE.
>> WE STRUGGLED INTO THE LOBBY
TRYING TO GET THIS GUN AWAY
FROM EACH OTHER.
>> THE FOG OF TRAGEDY NOW
ILLUMINATING STORIES OF
SURVIVAL I SEE ON THE TABLE
UNDER THE TABLE BECAUSE THE THE
THE GUY WAS SELF SOOTHING.
>> AS SOON AS THE GUNFIRE
ERUPTED, CHALLY SAYS SHE
GRABBED HER DANCE PARTNER
WHO WAS SHOT AND HELD HIM
AS THEY HID UNDER A TABLE,
WATCHING AS THE SHOOTER
RELOADED THE WEAPON.
>> WHAT DID THE GUN LOOK LIKE?
WAS IT LONG, LONG GUN, LONG
GUN, THE WAY YOU DO IT, YOU
KNOW?
AND THEN I CUT MY DON'T SAY
ANYTHING.
>> JUST LAID UP YOUNG BANG
WHO WAS WOUNDED IN THE LEG, NOW
GRAPPLING WITH THE TRAUMA.
>> FEEL SO SCARY.
I , I SWEAR ALL MY LIFE I NEVER
GOT TO DANCE STUDIO NO MORE .
>> WE LIFT UP THOSE WHO ARE
GRIEVING IN MONTEREY PARK
AS THE COMMUNITY HONORS
THE MEMORY OF THOSE LOST,
INCLUDING SHOWS ON YOU,
VALENTINO, ALVARO AND 63 YEAR
OLD LELAND LEE.
>> DIANA TOM WAS 70 ,
REMEMBERED BY HER FAMILY AS A
HARD WORKING MOTHER, WIFE
AND GRANDMOTHER.
WHO LOVED TO DANCE.
>> RELATIVES SAY 65 YEAR OLD
MYMY NHAN WAS SASSY
AND STYLISH.
SHE LOVED BALLROOM DANCING
AND CARED DEEPLY ABOUT HER
FAMILY.
>> SHE WAS SHOT WHILE DRIVING
OUT OF THE PARKING LOT WITH HER
DANCE PARTNER.
SHE PRACTICALLY RAISED ME.
YEAH, SHE PRACTICALLY RAISED
ME.
AND SHE'S LIKE A SECOND MOTHER
TO ME, SO IT'S DEFINITELY HARD.
>> I'VE SPOKEN TO MANY FAMILY
MEMBERS WHO ARE GRIEVING
AND THEY SAY NOW MORE THAN
EVER, THEY DON'T WANT THIS
COMMUNITY TO LOSE THE JOY
SPARKED BY COMING TOGETHER
WITH FRIENDS AND DOING
SOMETHING AS LOVELY AS BALLROOM
DANCING.
>> ALEXIS JUJU CHANG
AND MONTEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA,
THANK YOU.
A FORMER TOP FBI AGENT
IS FACING CHARGES OVER HIS TIES
TO A RUSSIAN OLIGARCH.
CHARLES MCGONIGAL IS ONE OF
THE HIGHEST RANKING FBI
OFFICIALS EVER TO BE CHARGED
WITH A CRIME.
SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER
AARON KATERSKY HAS THE VERY
LATEST.
>> TYRAN.
ALEXIS , WHEN CHARLES MCGONIGAL
WORKED HERE AT THE NEW YORK
FIELD OFFICE OF THE FBI, HE WAS
IN CHARGE OF HUNTING SPIES.
SO FEDERAL PROSECUTOR SAID HE
SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER THAN
TO TAKE UNSANCTIONED RUSSIAN
OLIGARCHS MONEY, ESPECIALLY IN
OLIGARCH WITH CLOSE TIES
TO VLADIMIR PUTIN.
WOULD MCGONIGAL IS FACING
CHARGES THAT HE TOOK CONCEALED
PAYMENTS FROM OLEG DERIPASKA,
AN ALUMINUM MAGNATE SANCTION OR
THE ENABLING PUTIN'S ACTIONS IN
UKRAINE AND MENTIONED IN
THE MUELLER REPORT BECAUSE OF
HIS ASSOCIATION WITH FORMER
TRUMP CAMPAIGN MANAGER
PAUL MANAFORT.
THE INDICTMENT SAID MCGONIGAL
WAS PAID TO INVESTIGATE A RIVAL
RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRE TO TRY
TO GET DERIPASKA OFF
THE SANCTIONS LIST.
WOULD MCGONIGAL PLEADED NOT
GUILTY.
HIS LAWYER MENTIONED HIS
DECADES OF SERVICE TO THE
UNITED STATES, BUT MCGONAGLE
FACES ADDITIONAL CHARGES IN
WASHINGTON, D.C., THAT
ACCUSED HIM OF TAKING ALMOST
A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS FROM
A FOREIGN AGENT.
AND IN EXCHANGE, HE OPENED
A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ON A
UNITED STATES CITIZEN.
>> ALEXIS AARON KATERSKY.
>> THANK YOU FOR MORE MEMBERS
OF THE OATH KEEPERS MILITIA
HAVE BEEN
CONVICTED OF SEDITIOUS
CONSPIRACY IN CONNECTION TO THE
JANUARY 6TH ATTACK
ON THE CAPITOL.
THE VERDICTS COME JUST WEEKS
AFTER THE GROUP'S LEADER WAS
CONVICTED OF SEDITIOUS
CONSPIRACY, ALONG WITH ANOTHER
MEMBER, CHIEF JUSTICE
CORRESPONDENT PIERRE THOMAS HAS
THE LATEST HERE.
>> THOSE FORMER MEMBERS OF
THE OATH KEEPERS MILITIA ARE
CONVICTED OF SEDITIOUS
CONSPIRACY, OF PLOTTING TO USE
VIOLENCE TO BLOCK JOE BIDEN
FROM BECOMING PRESIDENT .
SO DONALD TRUMP COULD REMAIN IN
OFFICE.
PROSECUTORS PROVE THAT EDWARD
VIJAYA WAS AT A VIRGINIA HOTEL
WITH THIS STOCKPILE OF ASSAULT
RIFLES AS PART OF A QUICK
REACTION FORCE DURING
THE TRIAL, AUTHORITIES PLAYED
CHILLING AUDIO OF OJ ON JANUARY
SIX , DISCUSSING THE POTENTIAL
FOR GUERRILLA WARFARE.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN
RECENT WEEKS THAT A JURY HAS
DECIDED THAT THE VIOLENCE
ON JANUARY SIX WAS THE PRODUCT
OF A PREMEDITATED CONSPIRACY,
NOT SOME SPONTANEOUS EVENT.
AND ON MONDAY, ANOTHER VICTORY
FOR DOJ, WHICH IS CHARGED
MORE THAN NINE HUNDRED SUSPECTS
IN JANUARY SIX .
RICHARD BARNETT, WHO WAS
PHOTOGRAPHED WITH HIS FEET ON A
DESK IN THE OFFICE OF THEN
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI,
CONVICTED ON MULTIPLE COUNTS.
>> ALEXIS THOMAS, THANK YOU.
AND FDA ADVISORY, AN FDA
ADVISORY GROUP IS SET TO MEET
THIS WEEK TO CONSIDER WHETHER
TO RECOMMEND AN ANNUAL COVID
SHOT.
IT'S PART OF A NEW APPROACH
THAT WOULD SIMPLIFY PUBLIC
HEALTH MESSAGING, MAKING IT
EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND
ABC NEWS TREVOR AULT HAS
THE DETAILS.
>> HIGH TREVOR AULT.
SO THE PLAN IS TO POTENTIALLY
SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS FOR
THE VACCINE'S SHIFTING TO JUST
ONE SHOT A YEAR.
FOR MOST PEOPLE LIKE WE DO
WITH FLU SHOT.
SO THIS GROUP OF FDA ADVISERS
ARE MEETING ON THURSDAY
TO THEY'RE GOING TO DISCUSS
MAKING A CHANGE.
AND THE IDEA IS TO UPDATE
THE SHOTS EVERY YEAR.
SO CAN BE A BETTER MATCH
AGAINST THIS CONSTANTLY
EVOLVING VIRUS.
AND THEY'RE ALSO CONSIDERING
THIS BECAUSE BY NOW,
THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS HAVE SOME FORM OF
IMMUNITY, EITHER FROM GETTING
VACCINATED OR FROM PREVIOUSLY
CATCHING COVID.
SO IN THEORY, ONE SHOT A YEAR
SHOULD DO THE TRICK.
NOW, THERE WOULD ALSO LIKELY
BE SOME EXCEPTIONS,
PARTICULARLY FOR ELDERLY
PEOPLE, FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
AND FOR THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED.
THOSE GROUPS WOULD POTENTIALLY
STILL BE RECOMMENDED TO GET TWO
SHOTS A YEAR.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE WEIGHING
WHETHER TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THIS
PLAN OVER AT LEAST THE NEXT
SEVERAL WEEKS.
THEN THE FDA ADVISERS WILL TURN
IT OVER TO A TEAM OF CDC
ADVISERS.
THEY'LL REVIEW THE POSSIBILITY
IN FEBRUARY AND ONLY AFTER THAT
THE FDA COULD MAKE THIS FORMAL
CHANGE TO THE COVID SHOT
SCHEDULE.
BUT A CHANGE COULD BE COMING.
>> ALEXIS TREVOR AULT, THANK
YOU.
AND COMING UP, THE NOMINEES FOR
THE NINETY FIFTH ACADEMY AWARDS
HAVE JUST BEEN ANNOUNCED.
DIANE MACEDO WILGUS ARE GOING
TO JOIN US WITH THE BIGGEST
SURPRISES AND THE BIGGEST
SNUBS.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK .
WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU LOVE WHAT
YOU READ WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR
PODCASTS.
>> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS.
FIVE .
THE NOMINEES FOR THE NINETY
FIFTH ACADEMY AWARDS HAVE JUST
BEEN ANNOUNCED WITH MOVIES LIKE
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE, ALL AT
ONCE, AN ELVIS EARNING MONEY
NOMINATIONS, AS WELL AS OTHER
BIG NAMES LIKE BLACK BLACK
PANTHER ACTRESS ANGELA BASSETT.
LET'S GO OVER TO DIANE MACEDO
AND WILGUS FOR MORE ON THIS
YEAR'S NOMINEES.
AND GUYS LIKE I FEEL
A LITTLE UNDERDRESSED, BUT YOU
LOOK READY FOR OSCAR GOLD,
ALEXIS .
YOU LOOK GREAT.
BUT THIS DID TAKE
A LITTLE EXTRA EFFORT THIS
MORNING.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING OKAY?
CORRECTED IT WAS A BIG NIGHT
THAT WE JUST HEARD A BIG NIGHT,
A BIG MORNING, I SHOULD SAY.
WE NOW KNOW WHO'S IN
THE RUNNING FOR OSCARS THIS
YEAR.
SO.
>> WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
BIGGEST SURPRISES.
BIGGEST SNUBS.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, I GUESS BIGGEST WE COULD
START WITH A SNUB.
THAT'S TOP OF MIND FOR ME
AND MILLIONS OF SWIFTIES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
TAYLOR SWIFT LEFT OUT OF
THE NOMINATIONS FOR ORIGINAL
SONG.
IT WAS KIND OF THOUGHT THAT SHE
WOULD BE IN THERE WITH GAGA
AND RIHANNA, WHO BOTH WERE
NOMINATED.
BUT NO TAYLOR THIS YEAR
SURPRISED.
WELL, DIDN'T JUST WALK RIGHT
OFF THE BAT.
I KNOW IT'S PHIL LIPOF CHAIR
LIKE TERESA GIUDICE OR
SOMETHING, BUT SO THAT'S
A LITTLE BIT OF A SNUB.
BUT THAT CATEGORY IS STACKED
TO BEGIN WITH .
AND THE FACT THAT RIHANNA IS
NOW GOING TO BE PERFORMING AT
THE OSCARS AND WALKING THE RED
CARPET, I MEAN, THERE IS A LOT
TO LOOK FORWARD TO .
THERE.
OTHER SNUBS WE HAVE TO TALK
ABOUT, THE DIRECTING CATEGORY.
>> JAMES CAMERON, JAMES CAMERON
LEAPT OUT OF THE RACE THERE FOR
AVATAR BY WAY OF WATER.
OF COURSE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
A VERY FUN RACE TO KIND OF SEE
CAMERON AND SPIELBERG SQUARING
OFF AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.
TWO TITANS OF THE INDUSTRY.
BUT SOMETHING TELLS ME
JAMES CAMERON IS GOING TO BE
DOING JUST FINE THIS MORNING
WITH HIS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
THAT HE'S MADE.
YEAH, I THINK HE'LL BE THE
AVATAR SEQUEL.
AND HE MADE THE RACE FOR BEST
PICTURE.
SO LEAD ACTRESS, LEAD ACTRESS,
I MEAN, THE STORYLINE OF
THE MORNING, I THINK, IS GOING
TO BE ANGELA BASSETT.
SHE IS NOMINATED FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN 30 YEARS SINCE HER
NOMINATION.
SUPPORTING.
YES, FOR SUPPORTING.
THAT'S RIGHT.
SHE WAS NOMINATED.
THIRTY YEARS AGO FOR WHAT'S
LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT.
>> NOW SHE'S BACK.
SHE'S MAKING HISTORY AS THE
FIRST MARVEL ACTOR TO EVER PICK
UP A NOMINATION.
SO THIS IS HUGE, NOT ONLY FOR
HER, BUT FOR SUPERHERO MOVIES
AND , YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY LOVES
HER AND HER BICEPS AND HEARD SO
JEALOUS OF THOSE FANS.
>> I KNOW.
I HEARD YOU LET OUT
A LITTLE CHEER WHEN QUICKSANDS
NAME WAS READ FOR BEST
SUPPORTING.
>> I CANNOT I JUST AM HOPING
THAT SOMEONE WAS FILMING KIFRI
CLAN'S REACTION WHEN HE WAS
NOMINATED BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN
KIND OF THE DARLING OF AWARDS
SEASON, IF YOU WANT TO SAY IT
THAT WAY.
HE'S OF COURSE, NOMINATED FOR
SUPPORTING ACTOR FOR EVERYTHING
EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE.
>> BUT HE WAS A CHILD ACTOR.
HE STARTED IN EIGHTY THREE ,
I THINK IT WAS MAYBE
EIGHTY FOUR .
AND INDIANA JONES, HE WAS IN
THE GOONIES AS WELL IN
THE EIGHTIES.
AND NOW HE'S BACK AND HE'S
PICKING UP ALL OF THESE
NOMINATIONS AND HE'S JUST SO
LIKABLE.
AND SO ENDEARING.
AND ALL OF HIS SPEECHES THIS
AWARDS SEASON HAVE BEEN SO
SWEET.
>> ONE NAME WE KEPT HEARING
OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT.
>> I MEAN, I THINK EVERYBODY
WAS A LITTLE IT LIKE AGAIN,
AGAIN, THEM AGAIN.
SO IT'S KIND OF MAYBE THE DARK
HORSE OF AWARDS SEASON.
I THINK NOW ALL OF THE SUDDEN,
EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE ALL AT
ONCE HAS SOME COMPETITION.
>> AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE BEST
PICTURE CATEGORY, BECAUSE IT
WAS NOMINATED FOR INTERNATIONAL
FILM, NOMINATED FOR BEST
PICTURE.
THERE IS A LOT TO KEEP
YOUR EYES ON WHEN IT COMES
TO ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN
FRONT.
>> I THINK IT WAS A LAST MINUTE
SURGE IN VOTER APPRECIATION.
I GUESS FRONT RUNNER KIND OF
OVERALL FOR BEST PICTURE.
YOU THINK EVERYTHING.
EVERYWHERE, ALL AT ONCE.
I DO THINK EVERYTHING.
EVERYWHERE, ALL AT ONCE.
AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING.
I MEAN, THE PERFORMANCES
THEY SWEPT FOR ALMOST
EVERYTHING.
THEY WERE NOMINATED FOR BEST
ACTRESS MICHELLE YEOH
SUPPORTING ACTRESS,
STEPHANIE SHUE, SUPPORTING
ACTRESS.
WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT QIF
KWAN DIRECTING THE DANIELS WERE
NOMINATED.
>> SO, YEAH, I WOULD SAY
I'M LOOKING AT MY DISASTROUS
NOTES THAT I'VE TAKEN HERE, BUT
THE ONE TO BEAT IS PROBABLY
EVERYTHING.
EVERYWHERE AT ONCE.
AND IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE
THE CATEGORY OF MOVIES AND FOR
BEST PICTURE THIS YEAR, THIS
HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT AS KIND
OF THE OSCARS OF THE PEOPLE
BECAUSE WE'VE GOING IN THAT
THE TOP CONTENDERS ARE MORE THE
KIND OF MOVIES THAT REGULAR
PEOPLE GO TO SEE, NOT JUST
THE MOVIES THAT ARE ACCLAIMED
BY THE CRITICS.
>> WELL, YOU ARE YOU HAVE TWO
YOUNG ONES AT HOME.
I KNOW.
AND YOU WERE TELLING ME THAT
THE ONE FILM THAT YOU WERE ABLE
TO GET OUT AND SEE IN THEATERS
WAS TOP GUN.
>> YES.
WE DON'T GET TO THE MOVIES
A LOT, BUT WE DID MAKE A POINT
TO GO SEE TOP GUN.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT WAS AWESOME.
EXACTLY.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S KIND OF
YOU.
THE SENTIMENT ACROSS THE BOARD
IS PEOPLE SAW TOP GUN PEOPLE
SAW AVATAR, PEOPLE SAW GLASS,
ONION AND THOSE FAN FAVORITES
ARE NOMINATED THIS YEAR.
>> SO IT IS AN OSCARS OF
THE PEOPLE, SO TO SPEAK.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, ALEXIS .
AND OSCARS OF THE PEOPLE COMING
AT YOU SOON.
IN THE MEANTIME, NOW WE KNOW
WHO'S IN THE RUNNING.
SO EXCITED.
I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT JAMIE LEE
CURTIS, TOO, RIGHT?
YEAH.
THAT HAIRCUT.
JAMIE LEE, THE BANKS HAD URGED
ME TO WRITE THAT.
LOOK, I THINK IT'S HER FIRST
NOMINATION, RIGHT, FOR AN OSCAR
.
YES.
AND SHE'S BEEN IN THE GAME FOR
A WHILE.
YEAH.
YEAH.
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, GUYS.
GREAT JOB THIS MORNING.
THANKS, ALEXIS .
A SENATE COMMITTEE IS TAKING UP
THE ISSUE OF CONCERN TICKET
SALES AFTER THE BOTCHED PRE
SALE FOR TAYLOR SWIFT'S
UPCOMING TOUR.
NOW SENATORS ARE LOOKING INTO
WHETHER ONE COMPANY,
TICKETMASTER, HAS TOO MUCH
CONTROL OF THE INDUSTRY.
ABC NEWS JUSTIN FINCH HAS
THE DETAILS.
>> THE PRESIDENT OF
TICKETMASTER'S PARENT COMPANY
WILL BE IN THE HOT SEAT ON
CAPITOL HILL TODAY, FACING
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COMPANY'S
MELTDOWN IN NOVEMBER WITH A
NEW ROY TAYLOR SWIFT FANS WERE
LEFT HEARTBROKEN AFTER AN ISSUE
ON TICKETMASTER'S WEBSITE MADE
IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET
TICKETS FOR HER TOUR.
>> IT'S BEEN THE SENATE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SAYS
TODAY'S HEARING WILL EXAMINE
TICKETMASTER'S APPARENT HOLD
ON THE INDUSTRY.
IT CONTROLS MORE THAN 70% OF
THE MARKET.
IN A STATEMENT, TICKETMASTER'S
PARENT COMPANY SAYS LIVE NATION
TAKES ITS RESPONSIBILITIES
UNDER THE ANTITRUST LAWS.
SERIOUSLY AND DOES NOT ENGAGE
IN BEHAVIORS THAT WOULD REQUIRE
TO ALTER FUNDAMENTAL BUSINESS
PRACTICES.
>> THE MONOPOLY ISSUES HAVE
BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS
AND YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
PEARL JAM TOOK THEM BEFORE
CONGRESS AND PEARL JAM TRIED
TO DO A TOUR WITHOUT
TICKETMASTER, COULDN'T GAVE UP
TICKETMASTER BLAMED THE TAYLOR
SWIFT DEBACLE ON HIGH DEMAND,
CLAIMING THE WEBSITE'S
MORE THAN THREE POINT
FIVE BILLION REQUESTS.
BUT A NEW REPORT, POLITICO
REPORTS THE PRESIDENT OF
TICKETMASTER'S PARENT COMPANY
WILL TELL THE COMMITTEE THAT
TICKETMASTER WAS HIT BY A
CYBER ATTACK WHICH PLAYED
A ROLE IN THE SLOWDOWN.
AND HE REPORTEDLY PLANS
TO REVEAL THAT TICKETMASTER WAS
HIT WITH THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT
OF TRAFFIC IT TYPICALLY SEES.
STILL, EXPERTS SAY IF YOU'RE
EXPECTING BIG CHANGES IN
THE INDUSTRY, DON'T GET YOUR
HOPES UP.
>> THERE'S NO ONE WHO EVEN
COMES CLOSE TO TICKETMASTER
STRENGTH.
ITS REACH, ITS MUSCLE, ITS
ABILITY TO SELL THE VOLUME OF
TICKETS THAT IT HAS AND NOBODY
ELSE CAN DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
>> OUR THANKS TO JUSTIN FINCH
FOR THAT.
AND COMING UP HERE
ON "ABC NEWS LIVE", TYREE
NICHOLS FAMILY SPEAKS OUT AFTER
REVIEWING BODY CAM FOOTAGE OF
HIS ARREST.
>> BUT THE FAMILY ATTORNEYS ARE
NOW SAYING AFTER SEEING THAT
VIDEO WHEN WE RETURN,THERE.
>> YOU'RE STREAMING ABCNEWS.COM
.
>> WELCOME BACK
TO "ABC NEWS LIVE".
ATTORNEYS FOR TERRY NICHOLS,
THE MAN WHO DIED THREE DAYS
AFTER HIS ENCOUNTER WITH POLICE
,SAY THE ENCOUNTER
WITH AUTHORITIES WAS SAVAGE
AND COMPARED TO THE RODNEY KING
BEATING, TERRY NICHOLS FAMILY
MEMBERS WERE EMOTIONAL AFTER
REVIEWING BODY CAM VIDEO OF HIS
JANUARY 7TH ARREST.
THE 29 YEAR OLD WAS PULLED OVER
FOR ALLEGED RECKLESS DRIVING.
HIS FAMILY SAYS NICHOLS
REPEATEDLY CALLED FOR HIS
MOTHER AS HE WAS KICKED ,
PEPPER SPRAYED AND SHOT WITH A
TASER.
>> THE FAMILY OF A BOWLING
GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT
WHO DIED AFTER A FRATERNITY
HAZING INCIDENT IS SPEAKING OUT
AFTER REACHING NEARLY
THREE MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT
WITH THE SCHOOL.
20 YEAR OLD STONE FALLS DIED IN
MARCH 20 21 AFTER ATTENDING
A PI KAPPA ALPHA INITIATION OFF
CAMPUS.
AN INVESTIGATION FOUND
THE FRATERNITY HAD A TRADITION
WHERE NEW MEMBERS DRANK AN
ENTIRE BOTTLE OF ALCOHOL
BY THEMSELVES.
HE DIED THREE DAYS LATER
AND EIGHT FORMER FRAT MEMBERS
WERE FOUND GUILTY OF OR PLEADED
GUILTY TO CHARGES RANGING FROM
RECKLESS HOMICIDE TO HAZING
AND GIVING ALCOHOL TO A MINOR
AND A JUDGE IN FULTON COUNTY,
GEORGIA, IS SET TO CONSIDER
WHETHER TO MAKE PUBLIC
THE FINDINGS OF SPECIAL GRAND
JURY, WHICH INVESTIGATED
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EFFORTS
TO OVERTURN THE RESULTS OF
THE 2012 ELECTION IN THAT
STATE.
THOUGH THE GRAND JURY DOES NOT
HAVE THE ABILITY TO RETURN AN
INDICTMENT, IT CAN MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
ANOTHER GRAND JURY WOULD BRING
ANY POSSIBLE CHARGES SHOULD
THEY BE RECOMMENDED AND AN
EXPERIENCED DIVER AND FISHERMAN
HAD A HARROWING EXPERIENCE AT
SEA CARRIED OFF BY AN OCEAN
CURRENT WHILE DIVING IN
THE FLORIDA KEYS ABC NEWS.
AS VICTOR OQUENDO TELLS
US ABOUT THE DRAMATIC RESCUE OF
THE DIVER LOST AT SEA, RESCUED
BY HIS OWN FAMILY.
THE MOMENT DYLAN GARTIN MAYOR'S
FAMILY, WAS DESPERATELY HOPING
FOR DERRIERES FINDING THE 22
YEAR OLD LOST AT SEA FOR
SOME FOUR HOURS.
GARDEN MAYOR WAS FREE DIVING
WITH FRIENDS LAST WEEK IN
THE FLORIDA KEYS WHEN
A POWERFUL CURRENT HOLDS HIM
150 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE
AND CARRIED HIM A MILE AWAY
AND ENDED UP TAKING HIM FASTER
AND FASTER.
>> AND I GOT TO A POINT WHERE
THE BOAT HAD DISAPPEARED.
GARDEN MAYOR SHARING
THE HARROWING EXPERIENCE
ON INSTAGRAM, SAYING, AS THE
SUN SET CONDITIONS AT SEA
BECAME MORE DANGEROUS.
>> I WAS ALREADY AT THIS POINT
STARTING TO SHIVER, AS I'D SAY
IN THE SUN, DISAPPEAR.
I KNOW THINGS ARE STARTING
TO GET A LITTLE MORE DIRE AT
THAT TIME.
JUST SEEING A REEF SHARKS FROM
PASS ME, HIS FRIENDS NOTIFYING
THE COAST GUARD.
THEY IMMEDIATELY LAUNCHED
A SEARCH BY AIR AND SEA.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, MISSING DIVER
CASES OFTEN DO NOT HAVE
POSITIVE OUTCOMES.
THERE ARE A LOT OF ELEMENTS
THAT PLAY AGAINST PEOPLE,
FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
>> JOINING THE SEARCH ON HIS
GRANDFATHER'S BOAT.
>> YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN FRIENDS
WITH HIM FOR A WHILE, SO I JUST
I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET
A FASTBALL AS FAST AS I COULD
FOR A WHILE.
>> USED A PIECE OF BAMBOO
TO FLOAT WISELY, DITCHING
THE WEIGHTS.
HE WAS USING WHILE FREE DIVING
AND SWIMMING TO SOME MOORING
OR BUOYS, THEN TYING THEM
TOGETHER, CREATING A MAKESHIFT
RAFT.
>> DYLAN IS LUCKY HE GOT THOSE
WEIGHTS OFF, WHICH HELPED HIM
FLOAT THAT IN ADDITION TO HIM
FINDING THE DRIFTWOOD AND THE
MOORING, THOSE BUOYS ENDED UP
BEING KEY TO HIS SURVIVAL
AND RESCUE.
HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY ON HIS
GRANDFATHER'S BOAT SPOTTED THEM
TIED TOGETHER, THEN DYLAN
AND PULLED THEM SAFELY ON BOARD
FURNITURE AND STRAIGHT INTO
RIGHT AS THE SUN HAD GONE DOWN.
IT WAS LIKE CRAZY MIRACLE
TIMING.
ANYTHING HAD GONE THE WAY WE
PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO FIND.
>> THANKFULLY, A GOOD ENDING
THERE.
VICTOR OQUENDO THANK YOU
AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US .
ON ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS.
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