OFF
OFF PORTLAND'S CREATIVITY THAT IT HAS A LOT OF IT'S TODAY
AND TOMORROW FROM SIX TO 10
P.M. BUT IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT
THIS WEEKEND, DON'T WORRY YOU
HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO SEE IT
NEXT WEEKEND.
NEXT WEEKEND. YOU >> MIGHT NOT EXPECT TO
CHECK THAT OUT THIS WEEK AND IF
WE UTCAN WELL >> THAT'LL DO IT
FOR US AT FOR LAURAL IS HERE
WITH YOUR KGW NEWS AT FIVE >>.
THIS IS KGW NEWS AT FROMTHE.
I WANT TO BE A CLERKLEY SAYING
THAT THERE WILL STILL BE SOME
HICCUPS IN THIS PROCESS BUT WE
ARE GOING TO GET THROUGH THEM.
WELCOME TO KGW NEWS AT FIVE
O'CLOCK OREGON GOVERNOR KATE
BROWN TODAY LETTING SENIORS
KNOW SHE'S AWARE THE NEXT WEEK
MAY BE A BIT ROUGH AS 80 YEAR
OLDS BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR THE
COVIDVACCINE NEXT WEEK ONLY A
RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER WILL
GET THE SHOTS BUT THE STATE
PROMISES THINGS WILL GET
BETTER.
BETTER.
BETTER. CGY PAT DOORIS REPORTS >>
MONDAY WHEN ONE HUNDRED SIXTY
EIGHT THOUSAND PEOPLE IN OREGON
WHO ARE 80 YEARS OLD AND ABOVE
BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR A COVID
SHOT, ONLY ABOUT THREE PERCENT
WILL GET THEM IN THAT FIRST
WEEK AT THE CONVENTION CENTER
OR THE AIRPORT VACCINATION
EVENTS.
EVENTS.
EVENTS. THOSE >> WHO TRY IN THE
PORTLAND AREA SHOULD KNOW THE
SYSTEM WILL NOT START TAKING
RESERVATIONS UNTIL NOON MONDAY.
YOU CAN USE THE AUTOMATED
SCHEDULING TOOL ON THE OREGON
HEALTH AUTHORITIES COVID PAGE
IT'S AT COVIDVACCINE DOT OREGON
DOT GOV CLICK THAT WHITE THING
IN THE ORANGE CIRCLE ON THE
BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE OF THE PAGE
IT WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH A
SERIES OF QUESTIONS BUT
EVENTUALLY IF THERE ARE TIMES
AVAILABLE YOU WILL GET A
RESERVATION BUT YOU COULD ALSO
CALL TO ONE ONE AND ASK TO BE
TRANSFERRED TO THE RESERVATION
CALL CENTER OPERATORS THERE
WILL ASK QUESTIONS TO MAKE SURE
YOU QUALIFY THEN BOOK YOU INTO
A TIME AT EITHER THE AIRPORT
DRIVE THRU LOCATION OR THE
OREGON CONVENTION CENTER.
THE FIRST WEEK THERE WILL BE
ABOUT A THOUSAND DOSES
AVAILABLE AT THE CONVENTION
CENTER AND ABOUT FOUR THOUSAND
FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY AT THE
AIRPORT DRIVE THROUGH SITE.
THE AIRPORT GOT MORE BECAUSE
ORGANIZERS ASSUMED IT WOULD BE
EASIER FOR SENIORS THERE.
IN THE MEANTIME, GOV. KATE
BROWN THANKED SENIORS FOR
SOMETHING MANY DO NOT HAVE WHEN
IT COMES TO WAITING FOR THESE
SHOTS.
SHOTS.
SHOTS. I
SHOTS. I >> WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
OUR SENIORS FOR YOUR PATIENCE
THUS FAR AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED
PATIENCE IN THE COMING DAYS
AND WEEKS.
AND WEEKS. WE ARE CERTAINLY STILL MANAGING
A SCARCE RESOURCE.
THERE IS NOT ENOUGH VACCINE YET
TO GIVE EVERYONE WHO IS
ELIGIBLE A SHOT WHEN THEY'RE
READY.
READY.
READY. MANY >> ARE ANGRY THEY WERE
PUSHED BEHIND EDUCATORS IN THE
SHORT LINE EVEN THOUGH MOST
OF THE DEATHS FROM COVERED IN
OREGON ARE IN THAT SENIOR
POPULATION.
POPULATION. OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
DIRECTOR PATRICK ALLEN SAID
THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS.
OREGON RANKS 12TH IN THE NATION
IN PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION
THAT'S RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE
DOSE OF THE VACCINE AT EIGHT
POINT EIGHT PERCENT
AND SIXTEENTH IN THE NATION
FOUR PERCENT OF VACCINE USED
SIXTY SEVEN PERCENT AND HE SAID
OVER THE LAST SEVEN DAYS THERE
WERE MORE THAN FIFTEEN THOUSAND
PEOPLE GIVEN SHOTS EACH DAY.
ON TOP OF THAT HE SAID THE
AMOUNT OF VACCINE COMING TO
OREGON WILL SOON GO UP FROM
FIFTY TWO THOUSAND FIRST DOSES
A WEEK TO SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND
A WEEK AND BECAUSE OF THAT HE
EXPECTS TO MOVE TO THE REST
OF ONE B IN TWO MONTHS.
THAT'S A MONTH EARLIER THAN
EXPECTED.
EXPECTED.
EXPECTED. BY EARLY APRIL WE EXPECT TO
HAVE ALLOCATED ENOUGH VACCINE
TO IMMUNIZE THREE QUARTERS
OF OREGONS CURRENTLY ELIGIBLE
POPULATION INCLUDING SENIORS
>>.
>>.
>>. PAT
>>. PAT DOORIS KGW NEWS >>.
OLDER OREGONIANS ARE SO ANXIOUS
ABOUT BOOKING VACCINE
APPOINTMENTS ONLINE THAT A LOT
OF THEM ARE TURNING TO
NON-PROFITS WHO DON'T DEAL WITH
HEALTH CARE FOR HELP.
CASE IN POINT, MEALS ON WHEELS
THE GROUP KNOWN FOR BRINGING
HOT MEALS TO HOMEBOUND SENIORS.
THE CEO SAYS SENIORS HAVE BEEN
ASKING THEIR VOLUNTEERS IF THEY
CAN HELP THEM MAKE APPOINTMENTS
COME MONDAY.
COME MONDAY. DEMAND IS SO HIGH SUZANNE
WASHINGTON MET YESTERDAY WITH
REPS FROM WASHINGTON COUNTY
PUBLIC HEALTH TRIMET AND OTHER
GROUPS.
GROUPS.
GROUPS. THEY TALKED ABOUT SETTING UP A
PHONE NUMBER SENIORS CAN CALL
FOR HELP MAKING APPOINTMENTS OR
EVEN A PROGRAM THAT DRIVES
SENIORS TO VACCINE SITES.
BUT NONE OF THIS IS UP
AND RUNNING AT BUT THEY ARE
WORKING ON IT, WASHINGTON SAID
WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING THESE
APPOINTMENTS EVERYONE AGREED ON
ONE THING I THINK >> OF ALL
STATES ONLINE IT'S GOING TO BE
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. WE HAVE BEEN DOING TECH
PROJECTS WITH OUR OLDER ADULTS
FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW
AND IT IS SUPER CHALLENGING FOR
MANY OF THEM ARE QUITE TALENTED
AND IT WON'T BE A PROBLEM.
BUT THE OLD ESSPECIALLY THE
OLDEST PART OF OUR POPULATION
VERY DIFFICULT.
VERY DIFFICULT. >> THEN THERE ARE EVERYDAY
CITIZENS WHO ARE STEPPING UP TO
HELP A HILLSBORO WOMAN REACHED
OUT TO US AFTER LOSING HER
GRANDMOTHER TO IT IN DECEMBER.
SHE'S PRINTING OUT FLIERS
OFFERING TO HELP SENIORS IN HER
AREA MAKE VACCINE APPOINTMENTS.
HEAR FROM HER AT SIX O'CLOCK ON
THE STORY WITH DAN HAGGERTY.
DESPITE THE GOVERNOR'S PUSH FOR
EDUCATORS TO HAVE VACCINE
PRIORITY, MANY COULD BE EXEMPT
FROM VACCINE REQUIREMENTS.
GAILEN ETTLIN EXPLORES WHAT
EMPLOYERS CAN AND CANNOT DO >>
COVID-19 VACCINE ROLLOUT COULD
MEAN A RETURN TO THE WORKPLACE
REAL >> DILEMMA THAT EMPLOYERS
ARE GOING TO FIND THEMSELVES
IN.
IN.
IN. JOSEPH HADDAD IS AN EMPLOYMENT
ATTORNEY IN PORTLAND.
HE SAID UNDER OREGON LAW MOST
EMPLOYERS CAN REQUIRE STAFF BE
VACCINATED FOR THIS DEADLY
DISEASE.
DISEASE.
DISEASE. FOR >> PEOPLE WHO SAY REFUSE,
WHAT SORT OF RAMIFICATIONS CAN
THERE BE TERMINATION >> OR
CERTAINLY COULD AN OPTION?
>> WE REALLY NEED TO GET A
CRITICAL MASS OF PEOPLE IN THE
COUNTRY VACCINCATED UNITED
AIRLINES CEO SCOTT KIRBY SAYS
CORPORATE AMERICA SHOULD MAKE
EMPLOYEE VACCINATIONS MANDATORY
>> BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY
WE GET BACK TO NORMAL.
BUT IN OREGON THERE ARE SOME
BIG GROUP EXCEPTIONS HEALTH >>
CARE PROFESSIONALS,
CARE PROFESSIONALS, FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS
IRONICALLY >> FIELDS WHERE
WE'RE SEEING HIGHER EXPOSURE
AND RISK OF COVID-19.
THIS INCLUDES CORRECTIONS
WORKERS IN PRISONS WHERE
OREGONS BIGGEST WORKPLACE
OUTBREAKS >> ARE ALSO EXEMPT
ARE MANY UNIONIZED EMPLOYEES
LIKE TEACHERS.
LIKE TEACHERS. GOVERNOR KATE BROWN PRIORITIZED
EDUCATORS OVER SENIORS
SPECIFICALLY TO GET KIDS BACK
IN SCHOOL >>.
DISTANCE LEARNING IS TAKING A
REAL TOLL ON OUR KIDS.
THEY NEED TO SEE THE INSIDE
OF A CLASSROOM BEFORE THE
SCHOOL YEAR GETS OUT.
BUT GETTING >> VACCINATED MAY
NOT BE THE DECIDING FACTOR.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE BEAVERTON
SCHOOL DISTRICT ENCOURAGES ALL
STAFF TO GET VACCINATED.
BUT A SPOKESPERSON SAID HAVING
THE VACCINE OR NOT WILL NOT BE
A CONSIDERATION FOR PLACING A
TEACHER IN A CLASSROOM.
SHE ADDED LAWS PREVENT THE
DISTRICT FROM EVEN ASKING IF
STAFF GOT THE VACCINE LAST.
PEOPLE WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS
OR DISABILITIES CAN BE EXEMPT
ALONG WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE
RELIGIOUS OBJECTIONS >>.
THAT PUTS SOME EMPLOYERS IN A
TRICKY SPOT.
TRICKY SPOT. IF >> YOU ARE NOT REQUIRING
VACCINES AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE
,ARE YOU PUTTING THE REST
OF YOUR EMPLOYEES IN HARM'S WAY
?
?
? JOSEPH
? JOSEPH >> HADDAD SAYS IT'S ON
EMPLOYERS TO MAKE UP THE
DIFFERENCE IF STAFF REFUSE
VACCINATION THAT EMPLOYERS CAN
REQUIRE PEOPLE WORK REMOTELY OR
FOLLOW STRICTER SAFETY
PROTOCOLS WITH MASKS
AND PROTECTIVE GEAR >>.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
WHAT MAY APPEAR TO BE UNFAIR OR
WRONG >> AND WHAT MAY BE
UNLAWFUL.
UNLAWFUL.
UNLAWFUL. >> GALEN ETTLIN CGY YOUNUS >>
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE
VANCOUVER SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL
HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER
BEFORE THEY START HYBRID
LEARNING.
LEARNING.
LEARNING. THE DISTRICT SAYS SOME PARENTS
HAD A TOUGH TIME COMPLETING A
SURVEY ABOUT PREFERRED LEARNING
OPTIONS FOR THEIR CHILD ERRORS
AND TECHNICAL ISSUES FORCED THE
DISTRICT TO DELAY ITS HYBRID
START DATE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
STUDENTS BY A WEEK.
SIXTH GRADERS WILL NOW START
FEBRUARY.
FEBRUARY.
FEBRUARY. TWENTY SECOND AND SEVENTH
AND EIGHTH GRADERS WILL BEGIN
HYBRID ON MARCH 1ST.
MEANTIME, EVERGREENPS PUBLIC
SCHOOL SAYS ITS MIDDLE SCHOOL
STUDENTS WILL BEGIN HYBRID
LEARNING FEBRUARY 18TH STARTING
WITH SIXTH GRADERS.
>> SENATE DEMOCRATS ARE ONE
STEP CLOSER TO APPROVING
PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ONE POINT
NINE TRILLION DOLLAR COVID
RELIEF PACKAGE TODAY.
THE SENATE VOTED 51 TO 50 TO
PASS BUDGET LEGISLATION THAT
CLEARS THE WAY FOR LAWMAKERS TO
ACT ON THE PLAN.
VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS
CAST THE TIE BREAKING VOTE.
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS URGING FAST
ACTION DESPITE STRONG
OBJECTIONS FROM REPUBLICANS >>
IS BIG AND IS BOLD AND IT'S A
REAL ANSWER TO A CRISIS HERE IN
THE >> REMAINING DAMAND SHOW
OUR ECONOMY DOES NOT REQUIRE
ANOTHER MULTITRILLION DOLLAR
NON TARGETED BAND-AID >>.
THE RELIEF PACKAGE INCLUDES
MONEY TO HELP WITH VACCINE
DISTRIBUTION AND FOURTEEN
HUNDRED DOLLAR STIMULUS CHECKS.
A >> BATTLEGROUND MAN IS FACING
FEDERAL CHARGES FOR ENTERING
THE US CAPITOL DURING LAST
MONTH'S DEADLY INSURRECTION.
FEDERAL AGENTS SAY JEFFREY
GRACE WAS SPOTTED ON SECURITY
CAMERAS AND SEEN IN THE
BACKGROUND OF THIS WIDELY
PUBLISHED PHOTO.
PUBLISHED PHOTO. THE 61 YEAR OLD APPEARED IN
FEDERAL IN PORTLAND ON
THURSDAY.
THURSDAY.
THURSDAY. IF CONVICTED, HE COULD FACE UP
TO ONE YEAR IN PRISON,
ACCORDING TO COURT PAPERS
AND INFORMANT CALLED THE FBI
TIP LINE AFTER LEARNING GRACE
HAD BEEN AT THE CAPITOL DURING
THE RIOT WHEN FBI AGENTS
INTERVIEWED GRACE INVESTIGATORS
SAY HE ADMITTED GOING INTO THE
ROTUNDA.
ROTUNDA.
ROTUNDA. SO FAR A FEDERAL CASES HAVE
BEEN FILED AGAINST MORE THAN
ONE HUNDRED NINETY PEOPLE
INVOLVED IN THE CAPITAL SIEGE
>>.
>>.
>>. WITH
>>. WITH MOST OF THESE CASES WHEN
YOU HAVE LOTS OF POTENTIAL
SUSPECTS THAT IT'S ALMOST WHAT
YOU MIGHT CONSIDER LOW HANGING
FRUIT LIKE WHO IS THE EVIDENCE
?
?
? THE
? THE STRONGEST AGAINST >> GRACE
COULD NOT BE REACHED FOR
COMMENT.
COMMENT.
COMMENT. TODAY WE CALLED AND EMAILED
CLARK COUNTY DEPUTIES SHOT A
PERSON LAST NIGHT IN THE HAZEL
DELL AREA OF VANCOUVER AND LAST
WE HEARD THAT PERSON IS IN
CRITICAL CONDITION AT THE
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL. DEVON HASKINS IS LIVE FOR US
TONIGHT IN HAZEL DEL DABABNEH.
WHAT ARE POLICE TELLING YOU?
>> WELL, SO FAR THEY'VE BEEN
PRETTY QUIET TODAY.
WE JUST WANT TO KNOW IF ANY
NEW UPDATES ARE COMING DOWN
AND WE TALKED TO VANCOUVER
POLICE AND THEY GOT BACK TO US
AND SAID THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN
NEW UPDATES WILL BECOME
AVAILABLE.
AVAILABLE. OUR BIG QUESTIONS ARE WHAT LED
TO THE SHOOTING, WHO THE PERSON
IS AND WHAT CONDITION THEY'RE
IN.
IN.
IN. WE
IN. WE TALKED TO NEIGHBORS HERE
THAT LIVE IN THIS AREA
INCLUDING THE HOME OWNER OF THE
HOUSE BEHIND ME.
BUT WHAT THEY HEARD LAST NIGHT
>> THURSDAY NIGHT WHILE STEPHEN
DEAN WAS DOING WHAT A LOT OF US
DO LATE IN THE EVENING THE
NOISE OUTSIDE HIS WINDOW
DEFINITELY GOT HIS ATTENTION.
I'M >> SITTING DOWN THERE
BETWEEN THOSE TWO WINDOWS DOWN
THERE WATCHING TV AND I THOUGHT
I HEARD A GUNSHOT.
HE SAYS HE HEARD HIS FENCE
RATTLE, THOUGHT IT WAS THE WIND
UNTIL HE LOOKED OUTSIDE A
MERCEDES SEDAN HAD CRASHED INTO
IT.
IT.
IT. IT
IT. IT LOOKS >> LIKE HE WAS 15 FEET
AWAY FROM WHERE YOU'RE PROBABLY
SITTING.
SITTING.
SITTING. YEAH, PROBABLY MORE LIKE EIGHT
FEET FROM WHERE I SIT AND MY
BACK WAS TO IT.
>> SO HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW.
CLARK COUNTY DEPUTIES SHOT ONE
PERSON THURSDAY NIGHT NEAR 16TH
AVENUE AND 2ND STREET.
THAT PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL WITH CRITICAL
INJURIES.
INJURIES.
INJURIES. DEAN SAYS HE LOOKED OUTSIDE BUT
SAYS BECAUSE IT WAS DARK HE
DIDN'T SEE OR HEAR ANYTHING
ELSE CAME >> OUT OUT THE FRONT
DOOR AND AND WAS LOOKINGN TO
THE BACK END OF THE CAR
AND SOMEBODY IS PEATLAND DOWN
ON THE GROUND AND AND SHERIFF
TOLD ME TO GET BACK IN THE
HOUSE >> SO THAT'S WHAT I DID.
HIS NEIGHBOR GARY GOEMAN LIVES
JUST DOWN THE STREET FOR >>
THIS WOULD BE HAPPENING THREE
THREE HOUSES AWAY FROM ME, YOU
KNOW, AND THEN ALL THE POLICE
ACTIVITY UNDAPPY BASICALLY
STOPPED IN YOUR TRACKS SO TO
SPEAK.
SPEAK.
SPEAK. I
SPEAK. I MEAN IT'S JUST NOT IT'S NOT
RIGHT FOR ALL OF US HAVE TO
ENDURE THIS >> FEW DETAILS ARE
KNOWN AT THIS POINT.
BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IT'S SHAKEN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD ESSPECIALLY
STEPHEN DEAN >> CLOSE TO HOME
IS SOTVO LITTLE FOUR YEAR OLD
GIRL THAT I WAS SHAKING.
MY HANDS ARE SHAKING PRETTY
GOOD FOR A WHILE TILL I CALL
MYSELF AND >> THE DEPUTIES THAT
WERE PART OF THE SHOOTING LAST
NIGHT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON
LEAVE.
LEAVE.
LEAVE. THAT'S NORMAL PROTOCOL YET WE
DON'T KNOW WHO THEY WERE, HOW
MANY WERE INVOLVED OR HOW MANY
PEOPLE FIRED THEIR WEAPONS LAST
NIGHT >>.
NIGHT >>.
NIGHT >>. BACK TO YOU.
THANK YOU, DEVON.
GOVERNOR BROWN IS CALLING FOR
THE RESIGNATION OF DEMOCRATIC
REPRESENTATIVE DIEGO HERNANDEZ
.
.
. THIS
. THIS COMES AFTER AN
INVESTIGATION FOUND HERNANDEZ
CREATED A HOSTILE
AND INTIMIDATING WORK
ENVIRONMENT FOR TWO WOMEN AT
THE CAPITOL AND SENT
CONTROLLING AND ABUSIVE TEXTS
TO A THIRD.
HERNANDEZ DENIES THAT HE BROKE
ANY WORKPLACE CONDUCT RULES.
HERE'S WHAT THE GOVERNOR SAID
THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING. >> LET ME BE VERY CLEAR IF THIS
WERE ANY OTHER WORKPLACE
REPRESENTATIVE HERNANDEZ WOULD
HAVE ALREADY BEEN SHOWN THE
DOOR WHILE THE LEGISLATIVE
PROCESS WILL PROCEED TO ADDRESS
FINDINGS QUITE SIMPLY, HIS
BEHAVIOR IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR
ANYONE NEVER MIND AN ELECTED
OFFICIAL HE SHOULD RESIGN
IMMEDIATELY.
IMMEDIATELY. >> HEARINGS INTO HERNANDEZ
CONDUCT HAVE BEEN GOING ON THIS
WEEK INCLUDING ONE THIS
AFTERNOON AT THAT HEARING TODAY
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON CONDUCT
RECOMMENDED THE HOUSE VOTE TO
EXPEL HIM.
EXPEL HIM. TWO THIRDS OF THE HOUSE WOULD
HAVE TO VOTE YES.
HERNANDEZ HASN'T APPEARED AT
ANY OF THE HEARINGS BUT ONE
WOMAN