NUGGETS
NUGGETS TONIGHT AND WE VISITED THE MOTO CENTER TO CHECK OUT
ALL THE ACTION AHEAD OF THE BIG
GAME.
GAME.
GAME. >>>
GAME. >>> THIS IS KGW NEWS AT NOON.
>>> TURKEY, SYRIA, AND ALL
FORMS OF THE KURDS HAVE BEEN
FIGHTING FOR CENTURIES.
WE HAVE DONE THEM A GREAT
SERVICE, AND WE'VE DONE A GREAT
JOB FOR ALL OF THEM, AND NOW
WE'RE GETTING OUT.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP ONCE AGAIN
DEFENDING HIS DECISION TO PULL
U.S. TROOPS OUT OF SYRIA.
HE SPOKE AT A NEWS CONFERENCE
LATE THIS MORNING AND SAID HE
WOULD LIFT SANCTIONS AGAINST
TURKEY.
TURKEY.
TURKEY. THANKS FOR JOINING US.
I'M CHRISTINE PITAWANICH.
THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCEMENT
COMES AS TURKEY PLANS TO MAKE
WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY A FIVE DAY
CEASE-FIRE PERMANENT.
CEASE-FIRE PERMANENT. >> Reporter: THESE IMAGES WILL
SOON BE FORGOTTEN IN THE MIDDLE
EAST OR ANYWHERE.
RUSSIAN TROOPS, MOBILIZING IN
NORTHERN SYRIA, WHERE AMERICAN
TROOPS HAD PATROLLED JUST TWO
WEEKS AGO.
WEEKS AGO. THOSE AMERICAN FORCES ORDERED
OUT BY PRESIDENT TRUMP,
ABANDONING THEIR ALLIES, THE
KURDS.
KURDS.
KURDS. >>
KURDS. >> IF WE LEAVE THE KURDS BEHIND
, IN THEIR MIND, IN THE EYES OF
THE WORLD, GOOD LUCK HAVING
ANYBODY HELP US IN THE FUTURE
TO FIGHT ISIS.
>> I HOPE THE ADMINISTRATION IS
TRYING TO MITIGATE THE DAMAGE
DONE BY THE DECISION TO
WITHDRAW FROM EASTERN SYRIA ALL
THE U.S. TROOPS.
>> Reporter: BUT THE DAMAGE HAS
BEEN DONE TO WHEN PRESIDENT
TRUMP EFFECTIVELY ALLOWED
TURKEY TO INVADE SYRIA AND
ORDERED AMERICAN TROOPS TO
LEAVE WITH NO CLEAR PLAN FOR
WHERE TO GO.
THE WHITE HOUSE ISSUING
CONFLICTING COMMENTS IF SOME
MIGHT STAY.
MIGHT STAY. IT ALL CREATED CHAOS, SO
VLADIMIR PUTIN STEPPED IN,
MEETING WITH TURKEY'S PRESIDENT
IN SOCHI TO CARVE UP SYRIA
BETWEEN THEM.
BETWEEN THEM. PRESIDENT TRUMP SEEMS TO THINK
THIS IS ALL GOING WELL.
TWEETING OVERNIGHT, GOOD NEWS
SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING WITH
RESPECT TO TURKEY, SYRIA, AND
THE MIDDLE EAST.
FURTHER REPORTS TO COME LATER.
TELL THAT TO THE KURDS, BURYING
THEIR DEAD IN THE HUNDREDS.
THEIR HOMELAND, UNTIL NOW
PROTECTED BY THE UNITED STATES,
LOST, AND IT IS THE KURDS OF
SYRIA WHO ARE THE BIGGEST
LOSERS IN ALL OF THIS.
THEY WILL BE PAYING FOR THEIR
ALLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS FOR
GENERATIONS TO COME.
RICHARD ENGEL, NBC NEWS,
NORTHERN SYRIA.
NORTHERN SYRIA. >>> TO MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN
HONG KONG.
HONG KONG. AUTHORITIES HAVE OFFICIALLY
WITHDRAWN LEGISLATION THAT
SPARKED MONTHS OF VIOLENT
PROTESTS ACROSS THE CITY.
HONG KONG SECURITY SECRETARY
ANNOUNCED THE MOVE TODAY,
SAYING THE BILL HAD CAUSED TOO
MUCH CONFLICT.
MUCH CONFLICT. THE EXTRADITION BILL WOULD HAVE
ALLOWED CRIMINAL SUSPECTS IN
HONG KONG TO BE SENT TO
MAINLAND CHINA TO FACE TRIAL,
AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE VOICED
CONCERNS ABOUT THE COMMUNIST
CONTROLLED JUSTICE SYSTEM IN
CHINA.
CHINA.
CHINA. >>> WE'RE ALSO FOLLOWING A
SHOCKING DISCOVERY IN
SOUTHEASTERN ENGLAND.
SOUTHEASTERN ENGLAND. POLICE SAY 39 PEOPLE WERE FOUND
DEAD INSIDE A TRUCK CONTAINER
TO NBC'S BILL NEELY REPORTS
FROM LONDON.
FROM LONDON. >> Reporter: THIS IS AN
ABSOLUTE TRAGEDY.
ABSOLUTE TRAGEDY. A HORRIFYING DISCOVERY AND A
TRAGIC STORY THAT BEGAN EARLY
THIS MORNING WHEN FIRST
RESPONDERS WERE CALLED TO A
TRUCK PARKED IN AN INDUSTRIAL
AREA ABOUT AN HOUR EAST OF
LONDON. WHEN THEY OPENED THE
BACK OF THIS TRUCK, THEY FOUND
39 BODIES INSIDE.
38 ADULTS, AND ONE TEEN.
NO ONE ELSE IN THERE THAT WAS A
LIFE.
LIFE.
LIFE. THERE WAS A LARGE, UNMARKED
CONTAINER.
CONTAINER. POLICE SAY THAT WAS FROM
EASTERN EUROPE, FROM VOLCANO,
BUT IT ENTERED BRITAIN 300
MILES AWAY FROM THE WEST COAST,
ALMOST CERTAINLY AFTER
TRAVELING FROM IRELAND.
THE 25-YEAR-OLD TRUCK DRIVER, A
MAN FROM NORTHERN IRELAND, HAS
BEEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF
MURDER.
MURDER.
MURDER. THE POLICE ARE STILL TRYING TO
IDENTIFY THE DEAD.
ALL THE EVIDENCE WOULD SUGGEST
THAT THESE WERE MIGRANTS, AND
THIS SUMMER WAVES OF MIGRANTS
HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET INTO
BRITAIN IN SMALL BOATS.
PEOPLE SMUGGLING, ESPECIALLY
FROM THE MID EAST AND
AFGHANISTAN, IS BIG BUSINESS IN
EUROPE.
EUROPE.
EUROPE. THIS TRUCK DROVE INTO BRITAIN
FIVE DAYS AGO.
IT'S NOT KNOWN WHERE IT HAS
BEEN SINCE THEN OR HOW IT WAS
DISCOVERED.
DISCOVERED. BILL NEELY, NBC NEWS, LONDON.
>> TERRIBLE STUFF.
>>> POLICE IN THE ALOHA AREA
SAID THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR A
DANGEROUS SEX OFFENDER.
HE CUT OFF HIS COURT ORDERED
MEDICAL MONITOR.
MEDICAL MONITOR. THIS IS HIM, JOSIAH RESELLERS.
HE IS CHARGED WITH 18 SEX
CRIMES, INCLUDING RAPE, SODOMY,
SEX ABUSE, LURING A MINOR, AND
ENCOURAGING CHILD SEX ABUSE THE
INVESTIGATORS TELL US HE CUT
OFF HIS ANKLE MONITOR LAST
NIGHT NEAR SOUTHWEST 179th AND
BRECKENRIDGE LANE IN A LITTLE
HOT.
HOT.
HOT. DEPUTIES ONES THAT AREA, BUT
THERE WAS NO SIGN OF ROSALES.
HE'S ABOUT 5.9 AND 300 POUNDS.
IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
WHERE HE MIGHT BE, CALL POLICE.
>>> AND A SEARCH IS UNDERWAY
FOR THIS MISSING FOSTER TEEN IN
THE CLACKAMAS AREA.
16 YOUR OLD DOUG FAOA DISAPPEAR
FROM A TREATMENT FACILITY IN
HAPPY VALLEY ABOUT TWO WEEKS
AGO IN OCTOBER 10.
HE TOLD STAFF HE WAS WALKING TO
CLACKAMAS TOWN CENTER ROUGHLY 2
MILES AWAY , THAT HE NEVER CAME
BACK.
BACK.
BACK. HE'S 549 AND 160 POUNDS.
HE WAS LAST SEEN WEARING GRAY
JEANS, GRAY OR WHITE HOODIE,
AND A BLACK VEST.
IF YOU HAVE SEEN DOUG OR HAVE
ANY INFORMATION AT ALL, CALL
THE CLACKAMAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE.
OFFICE.
OFFICE. >>> NOW, WE'RE TAKING YOU
OUTSIDE FOR A LIVE LOOK FROM
OUR SKYCAM IN THE DALLES.
WE WILL TAKE A NICE VIEW OF
MOUNT HOOD THERE APPEAR CHRIS
McGINNIS IS IN FOR ROD HILL,
AND CHRIS, THE RAIN SEEMS TO BE
HOLDING OFF FOR TODAY.
>> NO RAIN IN THE FORECAST
TODAY OR TOMORROW FOR THAT
MATTER.
MATTER.
MATTER. WE MAY HAVE A HICCUP IN THE AT
THE END OF THE WEEK, BUT THAT
IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN.
LET'S TAKE THAT OUT IN A
MINUTE.
MINUTE.
MINUTE. THE SKY HAD CLEARED IN THE
NORTH OREGON COAST.
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SHOP OUR
CANNON BEACH SKYCAM A. YOU GET
A NICE, CLEAR PICTURE.
NICE SHOT FROM TIMBERLINE
LOOKING SOUTH FROM JEFFERSON
AND THE THREE SISTERS, SO SKY
CLEARING IN THE GORGE, CLEAR
THE CASCADES, AND THE VINEYARD
CAMERA ALSO SHOWING BLUE SKY
DOWN IN THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE
VALLEY, SO LAST BUT NOT LEAST,
THE LAST HOLDOUT HERE IN THE
CLOUD COVER IS RIGHT OVER THE
NORTH CITY.
NORTH CITY. YOU CAN SEE THAT IN OUR WELLS
FARGO SKY CAMERA.
WE WILL SEE SOME SUNSHINE THIS
AFTERNOON, AND WE WILL WARM IT
UP TOO.
UP TOO.
UP TOO. IT IS 53 IN HILLSBORO.
BATTLE GROUND CHECKING IN AT
46, AND 48 IN SALEM.
AS WE CHECK THE PLAN FOR THE
REST OF TODAY, WE SHOULD BE
CLIMBING INTO THE LOWER 60s
LATE THIS AFTERNOON UNDER
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.
I KNOW THE CLOUDS ARE PRETTY
THICK OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, BUT
THEY WILL BREAK.
WE SHOULD SEE SOME SUNSHINE
BEFORE SUNSET.
BEFORE SUNSET. WE ARE STILL LOSING 2 1/2
MINUTES OF DAYLIGHT TODAY.
6:11, THE SUNSET TODAY.
LOTS OF SUNSHINE IN THE SEVEN-
DAY FORECAST.
DAY FORECAST. >> LOVING WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY,
CHRIS.
CHRIS.
CHRIS. >>> WHATEVER HAPPENS IN THE
WEATHER, YOU KNOW PEOPLE IN THE
MODA CENTER WILL BE STAYING DRY
NO MATTER WHAT.
IN JUST A FEW HOURS, THAT IS
WHERE THE BLAZERS WILL BE
TAKING ON THE DENVER NUGGETS IN
THEIR SEASON OPENER.
THE NUGGETS HAVE WON JUST TWO
OF THEIR PREVIOUS SIX MEETINGS
AGAINST THE BLAZERS.
THE TEAMS PLAY TWICE IN THE
PRESEASON, AS WELL AS THE
PLAYOFFS LAST SEASON, AND YOU
KNOW, YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT
HEART STOPPING SEVEN-GAME
SERIES, WHERE THE BLAZERS WON
TWO ADVANCED TO THE WESTERN
CONFERENCE FINALS.
CONFERENCE FINALS. OUR VERY ON DREW CARNEY'S
STOPPED BY THE MODA CENTER
DURING OUR SUNRISE SHOW THIS
MORNING, AND HE TESTED OUT SOME
OF THE FOOD THAT THE STADIUM IS
SERVING UP WITH HELP FROM ONE
OF OUR KGW PRODUCERS.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> Reporter: ANDREW DORN,
BEHIND THE SCENE STAR, KGW,
TEST FOR YOU, ANDREW.
YOU ARE THE OPTIONS.
WE HAVE A BRISKET SANDWICH,
PULLED PORK SANDWICH, AND
NACHOS . WHICH WHAT AM I
PUTTING INTO YOUR MOUTH RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. HOLD
NOW. HOLD ON, I'VE GOT TO LET THE
AUDIENCE KNOW FIRST.
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS PULLED
PORK.
PORK.
PORK. HERE WE GO.
OPEN UP.
OPEN UP.
OPEN UP. TAKE A BIG OLD BIKE, ANDREW,
AND TELL ME WHAT ARE YOU EATING
ON THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING?
>> I'M GOING TO SAINT PAUL
PARK.
PARK.
PARK. >>
PARK. >> Reporter: HE'S GOT IT, MY
FRIENDS!
FRIENDS!
FRIENDS! >> THAT HIS TALENTS.
I'M SURE IT TASTED AMAZING.
TIP FOR TONIGHT'S GAME IS AT
7:00, AND BE SURE TO TUNE INTO
KGW NEWS TONIGHT FOR ALL THE
HIGHLIGHTS.
HIGHLIGHTS. ALSO DAN HEGARTY AND ORLANDO
SANCHEZ WILL BE LIVE FROM THE
MODA CENTER ALL EVENING LONG,
STARTING AT 4:00 RIGHT HERE ON
KGW.
KGW.
KGW. >>>
KGW. >>> FACEBOOK CEO MARK
ZUCKERBERG IS DEFENDING HIS BIG
PUSH FOR A GLOBAL DIGITAL
CURRENCY CALLED LIBRA.
ZUCKERBERG TESTIFIED BEFORE THE
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
COMMITTEE JUST A FEW HOURS AGO.
LIBRE WOULD BE A DIGITAL
CURRENCY THAT COULD OPEN UP
ONLINE PURCHASING TO PEOPLE
WITHOUT ACCESS TO BANK
ACCOUNTS.
ACCOUNTS.
ACCOUNTS. ZUCKERBERG STRESSED THE NEED
FOR NEW IDEAS AND INNOVATION,
AND ALSO ADDRESSED CONCERNS
ABOUT FINANCIAL STABILITY AND
OVERSIGHT.
OVERSIGHT. >> LIBRA IS GOING TO BACK
MOSTLY BY DOLLARS, AND I
BELIEVE IT WILL EXTEND
AMERICA'S FINANCIAL LEADERSHIP
AROUND THE WORLD, AS WELL AS
OUR DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND
OVERSIGHT. BUT IF AMERICA DOES
NOT INNOVATE, OUR FINANCIAL
LEADERSHIP IS NOT GUARANTEED.
>> THIS IS ZUCKERBERG'S FIRST
TIME APPEARING BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE SINCE THE CAMBRIDGE
ANALYTICA DATA SCANDAL.
YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT WAS ABOUT
A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
>>> THE COMMUNITY OF BALTIMORE
IS HONORING CONGRESSMAN ELIJAH
CUMMINGS.
CUMMINGS.
CUMMINGS. TODAY, PEOPLE ARE GATHERING AND
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOR A
CELEBRATION OF LIFE.
A FUNERAL IS SET FOR THIS
FRIDAY.
FRIDAY.
FRIDAY. CUMMINGS HAD REPRESENTED THE
SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
IN MARYLAND SINCE 1996.
HE DIED THURSDAY MORNING AT THE
HOSPITAL DUE TO COMPLICATIONS
FROM LONG-STANDING HEALTH
CHALLENGES.
CHALLENGES. CUMMINGS WAS 68 YEARS OLD.
>>> BACK TO OUR AREA, A STUDENT
AT ST. HELENS HIGH SCHOOL
SUDDENLY DIED THIS WEEK,
POSSIBLY FROM BACTERIAL
MENINGITIS, AND A COLUMBIA
COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS WANT
PEOPLE WHO CAME IN CLOSE
CONTACT WITH HIM TO GET CHECKED
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. 16-YEAR-OLD PAUL WAS WAS A
MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL'S
WRESTLING TEAM.
WRESTLING TEAM. HE STARTED SHOWING SYMPTOMS ON
SUNDAY AND WAS RUSHED TO A
PORTLAND HOSPITAL, WHERE HE
LATER DIED ON MONDAY.
BACTERIAL MENINGITIS CAN BE
TRANSMITTED FROM SOMETHING AS
SIMPLE AS A SNEEZE, AND
SYMPTOMS CAN BE SIMILAR TO THE
FLU.
FLU.
FLU. THOSE WHO KNEW HIM THAT HE WAS
A GOOD KID.
>> HE WAS A REALLY KIND GUY.
HE WAS ALWAYS REALLY HAPPY,
JUST REALLY KINDHEARTED GUY,
AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WILL
EVER REPLACE THAT TYPE OF SOUL,
AND I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS NOT
HIS TIME TO GO.
>> HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE
REACHING OUT TO PAUL'S FAMILY
MEMBERS AND WRESTLING TEAMMATES
TO POTENTIALLY GET THEM ON
ANTIBIOTICS JUST IN CASE.
>>> THE MEDICAL EXAMINER HAS
CONFIRMED THE BODY THAT WAS
FOUND THIS WEEKEND IN THE
WILLAMETTE RIVER WAS MISSING
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND STUDENT
OWEN KLINGER.
OWEN KLINGER.