This is KGW News at Sunrise.
Former President Donald Trump is
expected to travel to Florida ty
ahead of his arraignment tomorrw
at a federal courthouse in Miam.
Coming up here on Sunrise,
we'll break down the latest in s
case and the impacts it could he
on next year's presidential rac.
Also this morning,
we'll share everything we know t
the man accused of driving throh
Saturday's Grand Floral Parade
on Portland's east side before
he appears in court later today.
Leading things off here 5:00
o'clock sunrise to remember.
This is a live look this morning outside.
It is a gorgeous start
to this Monday morning.
I will say Christine Pitawanich,
Brenda Braxton,
Rodney Hill all have the day of.
They're being big desk,
we can stretch out.
They're being replaced by one m,
Chris McGinnis.
So Chris, let's talk about that
sunrise and what is shaping up e
a very warm but nice day today. Really
nice day. Yeah. And our 1st 9:0M
sunset by the way of the soon t.
Summer, right, let's get you out the door.
Quick look from our Stoller vineyard camera,
beautiful look at the silhouette
of Mount Hood from Yamhill Coun,
the the Stoller vineyard of course in in
Dayton and that is just some pretty stuff.
Right back to the Wells Fargo
sky camera again sun up in about
little about 20 minutes or so.
We are warm 61 to start the
day here in Portland.
It's 58 in Vancouver,
54 in Hillsboro and as we slideS
we're low to mid 50s pretty comn
here across the region 57 in Ca.
55 in Salem and one last check,
the Oregon coast.
A little bit cloudy this morning as well.
We missed the day planner,
but I did want to point out that it's
water wall sunshine with temperatures
in the upper 80s this afternoon.
Let's get you out to the roads real quick
and a quick check of the ODOT cameras.
Right now we have I5 up near Victory Blvd.
Anyone home? Anyone. Anyone.
That points out that your drives
wide open for right now. No cra.
No unexpected delays, Drew.
All right, more traffic and weather from
Chris coming up here in a few minutes.
But right now, back to our top y
this half hour preparations undy
for former President Donald Trus
appearance this week in a Miami courtroom.
The former president is expected
to surrender to authorities
tomorrow and face charges for
mishandling classified document.
NB C's Bree Jackson has the latt
for us from Washington, DC.
Former President Trump heading o
Florida Just one day before his historic
appearance and a Miami federal court,
Trump spent much of the weekend lashing
out against the investigation io
his handling of classified documents.
The baseless indictment of me be
Biden Administration's Weaponizd
Department of Injustice will go down as
among the most horrific abuses of power.
In the history of our country,
Special Counsel Jack Smith unsealed a
37 count federal indictment against Mr.
Trump, alleging he schemed to
keep sensitive material,
knowing many of the documents
were classified.
Trump's own Attorney General weighed in.
I was shocked by the degree of
sensitivity of these documents
and how many there were.
Frankly, on Capitol Hill,
top Republicans are defending T.
This is the most
political thing I
have ever seen.
Sadly, that this is.
Who he is that he feels the
law applies to other people.
It doesn't apply to him.
Potential voters are also dividd
over the current 2024 GOP
frontrunners. Legal troubles.
I think it is very biased.
We've got other presidents that
have taken material and they're
not being treated the same way.
I think at the end of the day,
we need to let this go through
the justice system and not
make it a political spectacle.
The former president says he will plead not
guilty in Washington. Jackson, NBC News
Now to some of this
morning's local headlines,
The driver accused of causing ts
scene during Saturday's Grand Fl
Parade on Portland's east side
will appear in court later toda.
A witness took this video
and posted it on Twitter.
Police say 42 year old Sydney Meacham
was the driver of that truck,
going around several barricades
to get onto the parade route.
It all happened around 10:00 o'clock.
Just a few minutes after the
parade started on Saturday morng
on NE Weidler near MLK Blvd.
police arrested Meacham.
When he finally stopped near
NE 24th and Clackamas St.
no one was hurt,
but Meacham now faces a long lit
of charges including reckless
endangerment and driving,
disorderly conduct and attemptig
to elude police.
According to The Oregonian,
Meacham is also a registered sex offender,
stemming from crimes in both
Multnomah and Clats of counties.
His lengthy criminal history in
Portland goes back more than 40 years,
to 1981.
If you or anyone you know were
in the path of Meacham's truck
during Saturday's parade,
you're asked to contact Portland police.
Portland police also looking for some
help to solve a string of thefts
at the Southwest Community Centr
located on SW 45th and Vermont.
Officers say they've taken 8 res
of locker breakins since Januar.
Mara Le Grand is one of those victims.
She says someone stole her keys
and her wallet,
then took off from the Community Center
in her car with her dogs inside.
I wish Southwest Community Centr
would post something that says o
not leave anything valuable, Le
Grand says. The theft.
Or the thief that is used her ct
cards before she was able to cancel them.
Southwest Community Center staff tells
KGW that they do provide locks for those
lockers for anyone who asks for them.
Threats shut down a drag Queen
story time event that was suppod
to take place in Tigard on Sund,
but they didn't stop another pre
event from happening in Milwauk.
So this is a look at yesterday's
sold out Drag Queen Bingo eventt
the Milwaukee Community Center.
But back to the city of Tiger
sponsored Drag Queen story time
event that did not happen yeste.
Last Thursday,
Tiger police canceled that
event citing safety concerns.
It's really
disheartening, but you know,
public safety is number one.
150 people bought bingo tickets for 50 bucks
each at that event yesterday in Milwaukee.
Proceeds are going towards the Clackamas
County Meals on Wheels program.
All right, next stop this morni,
our Rose City Sky Cam overlooking the
Willamette River on this Monday morning
and we show you the shot because we want
to remind you that Fleet Week is now over
And that means this morning a lot of ships,
big ships are going to be leavig
downtown Portland and that
means a lot of bridge lifts.
So we have the details up
there on the screen for you.
10 ships from the US Navy,
the Coast Guard and the Royal
Canadian Navy will all depart
from downtown this morning.
With all the bridge lifts,
you should expect delays,
and it's going to start here int
a couple of hours at 7:00 AM one
Broadway Steel and Burnside bri,
the ships are all expected to be gone.
By this afternoon now, Chris,
as our resident traffic guru,
you have covered this story
many times over years,
been second a bridge
lift or two. Does it ever
go smoothly or it come, are we
guaranteed to run into the solu?
You know, a lot of the time, you know,
and we didn't pan the camera over enough
to kind of get the full tour ri.
But sometimes they leave
even like late last night.
So the good chance that we'll have to
do that here the next couple minutes,
but there's a good chance that many of them
are already out right and on their way.
That said, you saw a couple of e
Canadian ships right there on your camera.
So yes, there are still a few
more to get out and that.
Means, as Drew mentioned, bridge lifts.
They are pretty cool.
If you have a minute to stop and enjoy
during your morning commute watching the
massive Broadway Bridge go up, it is.
It's kind of cool to see,
but it is also kind of annoying,
so just be forewarned.
All right,
we'll take you to the beach right now.
Live look from Yaquina Bay and we can see
the Yaquina Bay Bridge off in the background.
We can also see a little cloud r
along the Oregon coast this morning and
this just gets prettier by the minute.
Look at the bottoms of the that
high cirrus cloud cover that's
passing over mountain hood right
now starting to lighten up.
And those those cotton candy cos
right from the Solar Vineyard ca
and the sky really brightening t
from our Wells Fargo sky camera
sun up in about 1213 minutes or.
61 right now in Portland will
slip South of the valley.
Mid 50s in Salem and Kaiser,
and 52 in Mcminnville and a
clear sky over western Oregon.
We had some showers late
yesterday across Eastern Oregon.
You again have at least the
chance of some showers and maybe
a rumble of Thunder later today.
East side the state, West side of the state.
Any cloud cover at the beach bus
off pretty quickly and we go moy
sunny and warm this afternoon.
Today will be the warmest day of
the work week by a long shot.
I've got temperatures in the vay
getting into the upper 80s this afternoon.
I'll stop the clock at 4:00.
I also wanted to point out for
anybody heading up into the Cascades,
there is at least the chance for some
thunderstorms from about Mount d
and points S along the the the e
of the Cascades and then also as
Eastern Oregon from Burns and Uppers,
Baker City and into the the
Blues and the Willow was there.
We could see some afternoon
thunderstorm development.
Fast forward 24 hours into Tues.
We'll get a pretty good marine h
overnight tonight and into early tomorrow.
So you can see the cloud cover.
Actually,
our high res modeling does a rey
nice job of picking up how that
marine cloud cover pushes in thh
the gaps of the coast range andn
it butts up against the Cascades
and then it backfills, right.
So that'll be the case tomorrow.
We'll likely wake up to extensive cloud
cover on Tuesday morning beforee
clouds finally push off to the t
and we finish the day with suns.
So with that in mind,
here's your 7 day forecast.
As we mentioned today,
by far the warmest day of the w.
I've got Portland at 88 today.
58 tonight and then widespread
morning cloud cover both
Tuesday and Wednesday with high
temperatures only in low to mid.
So we go to some really comforte
air for that part of our work week and
drew a quick check to next week.
We do have a chance
of rain both Saturday and Sunda.
We'll try to fine tune that when, where,
how much and then have a littlee
certainty as we get a little cl,
but at least enough of a chance
at this point to mention.
All right, we'll have more from Chris
coming up here in about 10 minu,
but this story is coming
up next here on Sunrise.
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