KICKING
KICKING OFF THE WEEK WITH MORE SOARING TEMPERATURES, JOE IS
TALKING TRIPLE DIGITS.
>> THIS IS KGW NEWS AT NOON.>>
WILL START THIS AFTERNOON WITH
A LIVE LOOK FROM THE ROSE CITY
SKY CAMERA AND WE SEE CLEAR
BLUE SKIES AND GILLING GEARING
UP FOR TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT,
THANKS FOR JOINING US I'M
BRENDA BRAXTON.
BRENDA BRAXTON. LET'S GET RIGHT OVER TO JOE
RAINERI AS YOUR FORECASTING
ANOTHER 1000 DAY .>> EXACTLY
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. WE
RIGHT. WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT AN ALMOST
3 YEARS, TEMPERATURES CLOSING
IN ON THE UPPER 90s AND THE
100th, READINGS ACROSS THE
METRO ARE RIGHT AROUND 90 SO IT
GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW WARM
THINGS WILL BE GETTING OVER THE
NEXT THREE HOURS.
BECAUSE OF THE HEAT WILL STILL
BE UNDER A HEAT ADVISORY.
IT WILL BE IN EFFECT OR IT HAS
BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE YESTERDAY
MORNING AND YOU SEE THE RED
COLOR THROUGHOUT THE EAST SIDE
OF THE STATE, THAT IS A RED
FLAG WARNING IN PLACE BECAUSE
OF HIGH FIRE DANGER.
THE HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE
ENCOMPASSING MUCH OF THE METRO
AREA GOING INTO THE EARLY PART
OF THE EVENING AROUND NINE.
TEMPERATURES RUNNING A LITTLE
WARMER THROUGH THE METRO AREA
BY A HANDFUL OF DEGREES AND
ALONG THE COAST YOU WILL SEE
PLEASANT CONDITIONS ALTHOUGH
TEMPERATURES ON THE COOLER SIDE
ESPECIALLY AROUND ASTORIA
THANKS IN PART TO THE MARINE
LAYER LOOKING FOR THE EAST,
TEMPERATURES AROUND 91 AND
ALONG THE COAST DOING MORE WITH
THE CLOUD COVER BUT THE CLOUDS
WILL LIFTING A LITTLE BIT A BIG
DIFFERENCE IN THE TEMPERATURES
BETWEEN THE COAST AND THE
VALLEY, READINGS RIGHT NOW
CLOSE TO 60 HERE IN THE METRO
WE SEE TEMPERATURES COMING INTO
THE MID TO UPPER 90s AROUND
THREE THIS AFTERNOON AND CLOSER
TO 100 AROUND FIVE TONIGHT.
A FEW LOCATIONS COULD BE SEEING
RECORD TEMPERATURES IN THE
RECORD FOR TODAY'S 103 AT THE
PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
AND IT COULD BE CLOSE TO ME
LOCATIONS I WILL TALK MORE
ABOUT THE DETAILED FORECAST AND
HOW LONG THE HEAT WILL STAY
WITH US COMING UP.
>>> COVID 19 HAS COOLING
SHELTERS IN THE AREA CLOSED.
BUT LOCAL GROUPS ARE STILL
WORKING OUT PEOPLE IMPACTED BY
THE HEAT.
THE HEAT.
THE HEAT. GALEN AT LAND LOOKS AT HOW YOU
CAN GET CONNECTED>>REPORTER: AS
THE SUN BEATS DOWN DO NOT
EXPECT TO FIND MUCH OF THIS.
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC HAS
SHUT DOWN MOST PUBLIC SPLASH
PADS AND POOLS AND WEBSITES FOR
MULTNOMAH, LACK AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES SHOWING TOOLING
CENTERS ARE NOT OPEN EITHER.
>> IT IS HARDER RIGHT NOW AND
SOCIAL DISTANCING AND CONCERNS
OF LOTS OF PEOPLE ENDORSE.
>> MULTNOMAH COUNTY AND
PORTLAND JOINT OFFICE, IS
TEMPERATURES APPROACH 100.>> 90
CAN STILL BE AWFUL FOR FOLKS.>>
OUTREACH IS JUMPING INTO
DELIVER WATER AND SUPPLIES.
>> NOW FOR US COVID HAS MADE
SOME THINGS EASIER THAT WE HAVE
DATA STORAGE SITE DOWNTOWN AND
WE HAVE BEEN USING ALL THROUGH
THE PANDEMIC.>> THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE SHEA HOUSE IN
OLD TOWN, THAT NONPROFIT GIVES
PEOPLE NEED FOOD AND SHELTER
AND IN HOT WEATHER THERE IS
WATER.>> THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO
GO TO GET RELIEF FROM THE HEAT
AND EVERYTHING IS LOCKED DOWN.
>> THE GLENN SHEA HOUSE IS
COLLECTING CLEAN REUSABLE WATER
BOTTLES TO HEAD OUT TO PEOPLE
MONDAY AND THE CONCERN IS NOT
JUST FOR PEOPLE ON THE STREET
SPIRIT THE CDC PUT OUT GUIDANCE
IN APRIL DISCOURAGING COOLING
SHELTERS UNLESS THEY COULD
PROVIDE SAFE DISTANCE AND
SANITATION DURING THE PANDEMIC.
INSTEAD MULTNOMAH COUNTY IS
GIVING FANS TO VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND
SENIORS IT IS ALSO PUTTING OUT
A CALL TO NEIGHBORS>> DO A
SOCIALLY DISTANCED KNOCK ON THE
DOOR OR FIND A WAY TO REACH
THEM.>> IT IS REMINDING PEOPLE
THAT ARE GOING UP ON THE RIVERS
TO BRING LIFEJACKETS, MINDFUL
OF MOVING CURRENTS AND KEEP AN
EYE ON KIDS, ALL TO STAY SAFE
UNDER THE SUN.
>> AND OUT TO COVERAGE OF THE
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. MULTNOMAH COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER
DOCTOR JENNIFER VINES GAVE AN
UPDATE TODAY ON EFFORTS TO
FIGHT THE VIRUS AND WE'RE
RUNNING IT IS AFFECTING A LOT
MORE YOUNG PEOPLE.>> WE SEE THE
AGE GROUP OF 10 TO 19 YEARS OLD
WITH THE HIGHEST RELATIVE RATE
OF POSITIVITY AND THIS GROUP
ISN'T TESTED IS OFTEN BUT THEIR
TEST POSITIVITY IS HIGH.
WE ARE ALSO SEEING REPORTS
EMERGING FROM THE MEDICAL
LITERATURE OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH
NO UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS
WITH RECOVERING TAKING UP TO
SEVERAL WEEKS FOR THEM TO FEEL
BACK TO NORMAL.>> THIS IS WHAT
THE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE
STATEWIDE.
STATEWIDE. OREGON REPORTED 277 NEW CASES
YESTERDAY AND THAT MARKS THE
FIRST TIME SINCE WEDNESDAY THAT
WE HAVE SEEN DAILY INFECTIONS
BELOW 300.
BELOW 300. SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN OREGON
HAS REPORTED ALMOST 17,000
CASES.
CASES.
CASES. THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
BLAMES THE INCREASE OF PEOPLE
GETTING TOGETHER AGAIN FOR
SOCIAL GATHERINGS.
SOCIAL GATHERINGS. FROM FRIDAY UNTIL SUNDAY
ANOTHER 16 PEOPLE HAVE DIED.
>>> TODAY REPUBLICANS ARE SET
TO UNVEIL A NEW RELIEF BILL AS
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS REMAIN
OUT OF WORK DUE TO COVID 19.
THAT BILL WILL FEATURE ON THIS
$1 TRILLION IN AID.
GOP LEADERS SAID THE PACKAGE
INCLUDES ANOTHER ROUND OF $1200
STIMULUS CHECKS FOR SOME
AMERICANS BUT IT DOESN'T EXTEND
THE EXTRA $600 A WEEK FOR THOSE
RECEIVING UNEMPLOYMENT
RECEIVING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
BENEFITS.
BENEFITS. THAT ENDS ON FRIDAY HOUSE
DEMOCRATS ARE PUSHING BACK ON
THE PLAN AND PUSHED TO THEIR
OWN $3 TRILLION RELIEF PACKAGE
BACK IN MAY.
>>> FOR FIVE DAYS IN A ROW THE
US HAS REPORTED AT LEAST 1000
NEW CORONAVIRUS DEATHS PER DAY.
THE VIRUS IS NOW KILLED 147,000
AMERICANS WITH MORE THAN 4.2
MILLION CONFIRMED INFECTIONS
NATIONWIDE ACCORDING TO JOHNS
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. FLORIDA IS A MAJOR HOTSPOT
AVERAGING 10,000 CASES A DAY
FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS.
IT IS NOW REPORTING MORE CASES
THAN NEW YORK WHICH USED TO BE
THE EPICENTER OF THE VIRUS.
>>> THE WORLD'S BIGGEST COVID
VACCINE TRIAL GETS UNDERWAY
TODAY, 30,000 VOLUNTEERS ARE
SET TO PARTICIPATE.
THE EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE IS
JUST ONE OF MANY BEING
DEVELOPED RIGHT NOW.
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF
HEALTH AND THE PHARMACEUTICAL
COMPANY, MODERNA, IS BEHIND THE
STUDY AND ANY POTENTIAL VACCINE
NEEDS FDA APPROVAL AND IT WILL
BE MONTHS BEFORE RESULTS
TRICKLE IN.
TRICKLE IN. >>> ANOTHER WEEKEND AND
PROTESTS AGAINST RACIAL
INJUSTICE AND WE START WITH THE
FEDERAL COURTHOUSE DOWNTOWN
WERE SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE
GATHERED AGAIN LAST NIGHT.
POLICE SAY SOME PEOPLE THROUGH
FIREWORKS OVER THE FENCE
SURROUNDING THE BUILDING AND A
FEW OTHERS TRIED TO CLIMB OVER
IT AND THEY ALSO SAY THEY SAW
ONE PERSON TRYING TO CUT RIGHT
THROUGH THE FENCE.
FEDERAL OFFICERS USED TEAR GAS
AND FLASH BANGS, HOWEVER
PORTLAND POLICE SAY THEY DID
NOT ENGAGE WITH THE CROWD OR
USE CS GAS OR MAKE ARRESTS.
EARLIER IN THE DAY WE DID THE
OTHER GROUPS ORGANIZED AND ONE
MET IN NORTHEAST PORTLAND AND
HONORED CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS
LIKE THE LATE CONGRESSMAN JOHN
LEWIS.
LEWIS.
LEWIS. A
LEWIS. A GROUP OF LAWYERS ALSO MET AT
THE SALMON STREET FOUNTAIN
DOWNTOWN.
DOWNTOWN.
DOWNTOWN. AND ON SATURDAY WE SAW TEACHERS
GATHER AT CATHEDRAL PARK IN
NORTH PORTLAND.
NORTH PORTLAND. >>> A FINAL GOODBYE IN
WASHINGTON DC TODAY FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS ICON JOHN LEWIS.
HIS BODY IS LYING IN STATE AT
THE US CAPITOL SERVED 33 YEARS
AS GEORGIA'S CONGRESSMAN.
TODAY AND TOMORROW A SOCIALLY
DISTANCED PUBLIC VIEWING WILL
BE HELD OUTSIDE THE TOP OF THE
EAST FRONT STEPS. ON WEDNESDAY
HIS BODY WILL GO HOME TO
GEORGIA AND HIS FUNERAL WILL BE
AT THE EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH
WHERE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
PREACHED.
PREACHED.
PREACHED. >>> THIS NOON WEAR HEARING FROM
A WASHINGTON COUNTY MOM WHOSE
DAUGHTER HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE
FRIDAY.
FRIDAY.
FRIDAY. THE 16-YEAR-OLD HAS HEALTH
ISSUES AND DISAPPEARED NEAR THE
OREGON ZOO.
OREGON ZOO. KGW'S BRYANT KIRKLEY REPORTS
THAT>>REPORTER: EMMELINE TESCH
WENT MISSING FROM A PARK NEAR
HER HOME FRIDAY AROUND NOON.
CAMERAS ARE GOING UP THE
ELEVATOR AT THE SUNSET TRANSIT
CENTER AT THE OREGON ZOO MAX
STOP.>> ANY HELP THAT WE CAN
GET FROM ANYBODY, PEOPLE KEEP
THEIR EYES OPEN AND TAKE A GOOD
LOOK AT HER PICTURE, CALL 911
IF YOU SEE HER>> THIS IS 16-
YEAR-OLD EMMELINE TESCH AND
SHE HAS BROWN HAIR AND BLUE
EYES AND WAS LAST SEEN WEARING
BLACK PANTS AND A LAVENDER
BACKPACK.>> THAT WAS FRIDAY
AROUND 12:45 IN THE AFTERNOON.
AND THEN OUTSIDE THE ZOO SOME
OF THEIR SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
SHOWED THAT SHE WAS HEADED DOWN
TOWARDS HIGHWAY 26.
BUT WE DO NOT KNOW IF SHE MADE
IT DOWN THERE OR IF IT SOME
POINT TURNED AROUND BACK INTO
WASHINGTON PARK THAT WE THINK
SHE IS IN THAT VICINITY.
>> TODAY FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE
SEARCHING FOR HER AND
WASHINGTON PARK, SHE HAS
MEDICAL ISSUES AND THE HOT
TEMPERATURES ARE CONCERNING.>>
IT IS VERY CRUCIAL TO FIND HER
RIGHT AWAY.
RIGHT AWAY. I KNOW SHE DID NOT HAVE ANY
FOOD OR DRINK WITH HER.
SHE IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY TO SEEK
ANY FOOD OR WATER WITH HER
MEDICAL CONDITION, EACH DAY SHE
IS MISSING, EVERY HOUR SHE IS
MISSING, SHE IS LIKELY TO BE
PASSED OUT.
PASSED OUT. >> SHE SAID SHE NEEDS
PROFESSIONALS TO HELP WITH THE
SEARCH BUTTON EMAIL IN
WASHINGTON COUNTY DEPUTIES SAYS
HAS BEEN NO FORMAL SEARCH
BECAUSE THERE IS NO SPECIFIC
LOCATION FOR THEM TO SEARCH.
>> SO HERE WE ARE LEFT WITH
FAMILY AND FRIENDS TRYING TO
FIND OUR DAUGHTER, WE ARE NOT
THE PROFESSIONALS, SO IT HAS
BEEN VERY SCARY AND VERY
DIFFICULT.>> EMMELINE TESCH HAS
DISAPPEAR BEFORE AND IT WAS
BACK IN JANUARY, VOLUNTEERS
WERE ABLE TO TRACK HER DOWN ON
THE