The Daily Moth 8-27-2018

0:11 - Two Killed in Mass Shooting at Jacksonville Video Game Tournament

3:30 - Senator John McCain Passes Away at 81

10:29 - Update on Tropical Storm Lane

12:13 - Homeless Vet Claims Fraud Against Philly Couple Who Raised $400,000 for Him

17:29 - Archbishop Alleges Pope Francis Long Aware of McCarrick’s History of Sex Abuse

21:55 - John McCain’s Impact on the  Deaf Community

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[Transcript 1/3] Hello, welcome to the Daily Moth! It is Monday, August 27. Ready for news?

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Two Killed in Mass Shooting at Jacksonville Video Game Tournament

Yesterday (Sunday) there was a mass shooting in Jacksonville, Florida during a Madden NFL video game tournament at the Jacksonville Landing, which is an outdoor space with restaurants, bars, and stores.

The gunman, David Katz shot and killed two people, Eli Clayton and Taylor Robertson. He also shot and injured nine others. He then turned the gun on himself, killing himself.

Katz is from Maryland and was one of the people playing the the tournament. The winner of the tournament would win a $5, 000 cash prize and then go to a bigger tournament in Las Vegas for a $125, 000 prize.

Witnesses say Katz lost in the tournament and was eliminated. He left the area to get a gun from his car and came back to do the shooting.

Right before the shooting started, there was a live streaming video of two players, with one of them Eli Clayton, who is one of the two who died.

You can see a red laser dot on Eli right before the shooting started. The video didn’t show them being hit by gunshots. After it showed the laser dot, the video switched to show the game, but there were sounds of gunfire and people screaming. The video showed an alert that the controllers were disconnected. That was during the shooting.

It is not known if the laser dot was from the gun or not.

The FBI and ATF went to a home in Baltimore, Maryland where Katz is thought to live with one of his parents. The investigation is ongoing. It appears Katz struggled with mental health issues.

Now the gaming community is mourning the deaths of Eli and Taylor.

Eli was 22, from Southern California, and considered one of the top Madden players with $51, 000 in career winnings. He was a star high school football player.

Taylor was 27, from West Virginia, a successful gamer with over $80, 000 in career winnings. He leaves behind a wife and son.




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Senator John McCain Passes Away at 81

Senator John McCain passed away on Saturday afternoon in Arizona from brain cancer. He was 81, would have turned 82 this week.

His family announced the day before (Friday) that he was stopping medical treatment.

McCain first announced he had brain cancer — an aggressive kind of cancer called glioblastoma — in July 2017.

After his family announced his death, John’s wife Cindy tweeted that her heart was broken. She said she is so lucky to have lived the adventure of loving this incredible man for 38 years.

John’s daughter Meghan also tweeted after his death, saying she was with her father at his end, just like he was with her at her beginning.

Together at birth and death.

There was a black hearse with a motorcade of police and government vehicles that went to his ranch in Arizona. When they left and drove on the highway, there were many people who watched the motorcade, stopping their vehicles to pay their respects.

John McCain planned his own funeral.

This Wednesday, he will lie “in state, ” (with full honors) in the Arizona State Capitol.

On Thursday he will be transported to a church in Phoenix for a memorial service. After that, he will be flown to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on Thursday night.

On Friday, John McCain will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol with a ceremony and people visiting.

On Saturday, there will be a memorial service at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

On Sunday, John will be buried for his final resting place at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

This is what will happen this week.

There are news reports that former Presidents Obama and Bush will give eulogies for McCain for the Saturday service at the National Cathedral. There are also reports that the McCain family did not want President Trump to attend.

We know that Trump and John McCain did not have a good relationship, as Trump mocked John for being captured in war, and John’s famous “thumbs down” vote in Senate that stopped Republicans’ hopes of repealing Obamacare.

President Trump tweeted a brief statement after John’s death, saying his deepest sympathies and respect go out to the family of Senator John McCain.

Fox News reported that President Trump stopped the release of an official White House statement that would have praised John McCain, calling him a hero. Trump stopped this, and there is no statement from the White House.

So this means the feud between the two continues even after John’s death.

Who was John McCain? He was born in 1936 into a military family, with his father an Admiral.

When he was 22, he served in the Navy and went into war in Vietnam. His plane was shot down and as he parachuted down, he was captured by enemy Vietnamese soldiers, becoming a prisoner of war for five years.

He became a Congressman in 1982, then a U.S. Senator in 1987. In 2008, he ran for President on the Republican side and lost to Obama.

People often call John a “maverick, ” for speaking his mind and being willing to go against the Republican party on certain issues. So he is a maverick.

There is some criticism on his hawkish, warlike mentality — that he would often advocate for the U.S. to go into wars in foreign countries.

John was married twice and is a father of seven children.

Many world leaders issued statements showing their respect including the French President, Israel’s PM, Germany’s Chancellor, Canada’s PM, Taiwan’s President, and Pakistan’s Foreign Minister. The world has honored him.

Top Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer said he wants to rename a Senate building — the Russell Senate Office Building — in John’s name to honor him.





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Update on Tropical Storm Lane

Hurricane Lane was downgraded to a tropical storm over the weekend, and never actually hit land, but Hawaii still saw record amounts of rainfall. Between 2 to 4 feet of rain fell on Hawaii over the weekend, and the Big Island reported at least 51 inches of rain in 48 hours.

That ranks as the third-highest rain total from a tropical cyclone in the US since 1950. The third highest rainfall.

Widespread flooding and landslides forced evacuations and has caused damage to a lot of homes. 39 people were rescued, but no storm-related deaths have been reported.

Forecasters say another hurricane may be on the horizon. A tropical storm has developed off the coast of Baja, California, moving west, and is expected to stay that course for a few days. The storm ‘Miriam’ may turn into a hurricane by late Monday or early Tuesday.




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