NOW
NOW ON
NOW ON KGW NEWS, OREGON LAWMAKERS CONSIDER LETTING
FELONS VOTE FROM PRISON >> KIND
OF THE HEIGHT OF ODFW
LUDICROUSNESS FRANKLY.
LUDICROUSNESS FRANKLY. THERE'S NOTHING REHABILITATIVE
ABOUT BEING CUT >> OFF FROM
SOCIETY.
SOCIETY.
SOCIETY. THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
PULLS AN AD THAT WAS SUPPOSED
TO ENCOURAGE SOCIAL DISTANCING.
GENTLEMEN GROUPS ARE LIMITED TO
SIT WITH SOME >> SAY IT REMINDS
THEM OF THEIR WORST NIGHTMARE.
PLUS, PRESIDENT BIDEN REVOKES
PORTLANDER STATUS AS AN
ANARCHIST JURISDICTION.
ANARCHIST JURISDICTION. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US
ON THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
I'M LAURAL PORTER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
US.
US. THOUSANDS MORE VACCINE
APPOINTMENTS OPEN UP TOMORROW
MORNING AT 9:00 A.M. AFTER
ISSUES HAVE PLAGUED THE
SCHEDULING WEBSITE FOR WEEKS.
LEGACY HEALTH IS APOLOGIZING
AND MAKING SOME CHANGES.
PAT DOORIS HAS THE UPDATE >>
WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES 9:00
THURSDAY MORNING, THE WEBSITE
FOR THE PORTLAND METRO AREAS
BIGGEST MASS VACCINATION SITE
WILL OPEN UP TO VISITORS BUT
ONLY THIRTY EIGHT HUNDRED WILL
BE ALLOWED IN.
IT'S ONE OF THE CHANGES LEGACY
HEALTH IS MAKING TO KEEP ITS
WEBSITE FROM CRASHING AND ONE
>> OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT MAKING IS WHEN THE
SITE HAS 3800 PEOPLE ON THE
SITE.
SITE.
SITE. PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY GET A
MESSAGE THAT SAYS ALL POSITIONS
ARE FULL AND TO TRY AGAIN
AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT MEANS
HAVING TO GO BACK THROUGH THE
WEBSITE.
WEBSITE.
WEBSITE. THE OTHER CHANGE >> A 10 MINUTE
CLOCK WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO
RESERVE THE APPOINTMENT YOU
CLICK ON UNTIL THAT TIME IS UP
AND THEN YOU'RE OUT.
IT MEANS TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF SENIORS WILL BE KEPT OUT
OF THE SITE AND FRUSTRATED JUST
LIKE THEY WERE MONDAY WHEN 70
YEAR OLD BECAME ELIGIBLE.
LEGACY SPOKESMAN BRIAN TERRETT
SAID THE SCHEDULING WEBSITE WAS
ADAPTED FOR FACCINE
APPOINTMENTS IN FOUR WEEKS
BECAUSE IT WAS NOT CLEAR HOW
VACCINES WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED
OR WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
IT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE.
AND NOW THERE IS WAY MORE
TRAFFIC THAN THEY CAN HANDLE.
JUST LISTEN TO THESE NUMBERS IN
THE GREATER PORTLAND AREA
LEGACY ESTIMATES THERE ARE TWO
HUNDRED AND THIRTY THOUSAND
PEOPLE ELIGIBLE FOR SHOTS
RIGHT NOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT
GOTTEN THEIR SHOT YET
AND THEY'RE ALL COMPETING FOR
ROUGHLY 15000 APPOINTMENTS EACH
WEEK MONDAY MARCH 1ST EVEN MORE
WILL JOIN THEM STATEWIDE.
TWO HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT
THOUSAND PEOPLE 65 AND OLDER
ARE SCHEDULED TO BECOME
ELIGIBLE AND >> WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO FACE THIS CHALLENGE
AS WE GO TO THE FACES AS MORE
AND MORE PEOPLE BECOME ELIGIBLE
TO BE VACCINATED.
AND WE'RE NOT WE DON'T HAVE THE
VACCINES AND OUR POSITION TO
VACCINATE THEM.
VACCINATE THEM. SO >> ARE YOU FOLKS READY TO GO
TO THE GOVERNOR AND SAY HOLD
OFF ON ADDING THIS HUGE
NE GROUP ON >> MONDAY?
OUR ROLE >> IN THIS PROCESS IS
TO PUT A VACCINE IN THE ARM
OF A PATIENT WHO HAS AN
APPOINTMENT >> WORRY WE'RE
LEAVING IT UP TO THE GOVERNOR
AND THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
TO MAKE DETERMINATION ABOUT
WHEN THE PHASE IS START.
>> PAT DOORIS KGW NEWS.
>> WE'RE ALL SO ANXIOUS TO GET
THIS VACCINE TO BEGIN TO I CAN
HUG MY GRANDKIDS AND GET BACK
INTO LIFE AGAIN.
>> LAURA IS ONE OF MANY LOCAL
SENIORS RELIEVED TO GET A
VACCINE APPOINTMENT THROUGH A
PHARMACY.
PHARMACY.
PHARMACY. SHE GOT HERS AT COSTCO, ONE
OF SEVERAL PLACES WITH A SUPPLY
OF DOSES NOW.
BUT WE FOUND OUT THERE'S STILL
A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF SLOTS
AVAILABLE WITH PHARMACIES AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. WALGREEN LOCATIONS IN OREGON
GOT ABOUT EIGHTY TWO HUNDRED
DOSES THIS WEEK AND SAID IT
STARTED VACCINATING PEOPLE
TODAY APPOINTMENTS OPEN
YESTERDAY BUT WHEN WE TRIED WE
COULDN'T FIND ANY AVAILABLE
WITHIN TWENTY FIVE MILES
OF PORTLAND, VANCOUVER, SALEM
OR PENDLETON.
OR PENDLETON. SENIORS ARE FACING THAT
CHALLENGE ON MULTIPLE PHARMACY
WEBSITES LIKE ALBERTSONS,
COSTCO, FRED MEYER
AND HEALTHMASTER.
AND HEALTHMASTER. THE PHARMACIES SAY IT WILL GET
EASIER TO GET AN APPOINTMENT AS
A SUPPLY OF VACCINE INCREASES.
MEANTIME >>, IN CLARK COUNTY,
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THE STATE
ISN'T GIVING THEM THEIR FAIR
SHARE OF THE VACCINE.
CLARK COUNTY IS THE FIFTH MOST
POPULATED COUNTY IN WASHINGTON
YET IT'S ONE OF THE LEAST
VACCINATED COUNTIES IN THE
STATE TO COMPARE SPOKANE COUNTY
HAS ABOUT TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND
MORE PEOPLE BUT GOT AROUND
THIRTY THOUSAND MORE FIRST
DOSES.
DOSES.
DOSES. DR. ALAN MELNICK SAYS THE
HEALTH PROVIDERS CAN MEET THE
DEMAND IF GIVEN THE SUPPLY >>.
AND WE GOT A LOT OF DEMAND
AND WE'VE GOT A SMALL AMOUNT
OF RESOURCE BUT YOU KNOW, ONE
OF THE THINGS WE'RE ASKING FOR
IS TO HAVE THAT RESOURCE.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE SOME MORE
INFORMATION ON HOW THAT SCARCE
RESOURCE IS DISTRIBUTED
AND HAVE IT HAVE IT
BE
BE A
BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EQUITABLE IN TERMS OF HOW IT'S ALLOCATED
AROUND THE STATE AND TO OUR
COUNTY THE DAY BEFORE >> THE
STATE'S DOCTOR SAID HE IS AWARE
OF THE ISSUE AND LOOKING AT
WAYS TO FIX THE DISPARITIES
NEW HERE.
NEW HERE.
NEW HERE. ELEVEN >> SHOULD FELONS BE
ALLOWED TO VOTE WHILE IN PRISON
>>?
>>?
>>? THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS
OREGON LAWMAKERS ARE
CONSIDERING RIGHT NOW.
AS IT STANDS, CONVICTED FELONS
CAN VOTE IN ELECTIONS ONLY
AFTER SERVING THEIR SENTENCE
BUT SOME SAY WHY WAIT?
MIKE BENNER BREAKS DOWN THE
ARGUMENT FOR AND AGAINST >>.
I DON'T FEEL THAT I'M
CONTRIBUTING TO ANYTHING >>
ARNOLDO RUIZ SPENT NEARLY TWO
DECADES LOCKED UP IN OREGON
AFTER SERVING TIME.
FEW THINGS GAVE RUIZ AS MUCH
JOY AS VOTING.
IF SO, REALLY GREAT TO GET OUT
AND BE ABLE TO JUST
AUTOMATICALLY VOTE.
AUTOMATICALLY VOTE. AND SO THERE WAS SOMETHING
ABOUT THAT JUST LIKE ALWAYS
BEING ACCEPTED BACK INTO MY
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. >> NOW THERE'S A PUSH TO GIVE
INMATES THAT SENSE OF BELONGING
WHILE IN PRISON.
I >> THINK THIS IS JUST A BASIC
MATTER OF FAIRNESS
AND DEMOCRACY.
AND DEMOCRACY. STATE >> SENATOR SARAH GELSER
IS ONE OF THE SPONSORS
OF SENATE BILL FIVE SEVENTY
ONE.
ONE.
ONE. THE
ONE. THE BILL AMONG OTHER THINGS
GIVES INMATES THE RIGHT TO VOTE
IN ELECTIONS WHILE BEHIND BARS.
MULTNOMAH COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY MIKE SCHMIDT TESTIFIED
WEDNESDAY IN SUPPORT OF THE
IDEA >> IN RESTORING THE
RIGHT TO VOTE TO THOSE WHO ARE
INCARCERATED IS AT ITS CORE A
GESTURE OF HOPE.
IT GIVES PEOPLE THE RIGHT TO
DREAM, TO PARTICIPATE AND TO
CARE >> IF THIS BILL BECOMES
LAW.
LAW.
LAW. OREGON WOULD NOT BE THE FIRST
STATE TO ALLOW ITS INMATES THE
RIGHT TO VOTE IN PRISON.
MAINE ALREADY ALLOWS IT >>.
A PERSON WHO IS INCARCERATED
MAINTAINS CLOSER TIES TO THE
COMMUNITY TO WHICH THEY WILL
RETURN AFTER INCARCERATION IF
THEY ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO
HAVE A VOTE AND VOICE AND WHO
REPRESENTS >> THEM.
NOT EVERYBODY SHOULD BE
AFFORDED THAT VOICE AND VOTE,
ACCORDING TO FORMER CLATSOP
COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY JOSHUA
MARKEY.
MARKEY.
MARKEY. HE SAYS IT WOULD BE LUDICROUS
TO LET PEOPLE WHO ARE
INCARCERATED VOTE FOR SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT SHOW UP ON
BALLOTS THE >> KINDS
OF DECISIONS THAT WE ALLOW
VOTERS TO MAKE IN THIS STATE TO
WHETHER WE SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT
HAVE A DEATH PENALTY, WHETHER
THERE SHOULD BE MANDATORY
SENTENCING >> THOSE SORTS
OF DECISIONS >>, MAKI SAYS, DO
NOT BELONG IN THE HANDS
OF INMATES IN ADDITION >> TO
VOTING WHILE INCARCERATED.
THIS BILL WOULD ALSO ALLOW
INMATES TO REGISTER TO VOTE
AND UPDATE THEIR VOTER
REGISTRATION WHILE
REGISTRATION WHILE INCARCERATED.
INCARCERATED. THIS BILL STILL HAS A LONG WAY
TO GO BEFORE BECOMING LAW WILL
BE SURE TO FOLLOW ALONG ON MIKE
BENNER FOR KGW >> NEWS.
REMEMBER WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP
THREATENED TO REVOKE FUNDING
FROM PORTLAND BECAUSE THE CITY
WAS ALLOWING ANARCHY?
WELL, TODAY PRESIDENT BIDEN
REVOKED THAT MEMO.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PUT
THE MEMO OUT BACK IN SEPTEMBER
IN RESPONSE TO ONGOING
PROTESTS.
PROTESTS.
PROTESTS. IT ORDERED FEDERAL AGENCIES TO
REVIEW FUNDING TO STATE
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT
QUOTE PERMITTED ANARCHY,
VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION.
THE MEMO CALLED OUT PORTLAND BY
NAME.
NAME.
NAME. THERE WERE NEVER ANY REPORTS
THAT FUNDING WAS ACTUALLY
PULLED FROM THE CITY
AND PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MEMO
TODAY TELLS BUDGET OFFICES TO
REVERSE ANY ORDERS OR
GUIDELINES THAT WOULD CUT
FUNDING FOR THAT REASON.
YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN ADS FROM
THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
THEY ENCOURAGE MASK WEARING OR
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
SOCIAL DISTANCING. NOW THE AGENCY HAS DECIDED TO
PULL ONE OF THE ADS FROM THE
AIR AFTER SOME FOUND QUITE A
TONE DEAF.
TONE DEAF. DAN HAGGERTY EXPLAINS IT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE A RELATABLE AD
TO ENCOURAGE SOCIAL DISTANCING
SO THEY FOCUSED ON FISHERMEN
OUT AT SEA.
BUT THAT'S ABOUT AS OREGON AS
YOU CAN GET AND IT WAS
RELATABLE >> TO RELATABLE.
NOW IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, WE
WANT TO PLAY IT FOR YOU NOW >>
GENTLEMEN.
GENTLEMEN. DRINKS ARE LIMITED TO SIX ONE,
TWO, THREE,
.
. THANK
. THANK YOU OREGON FOR LIMITING
GATHERINGS.
GATHERINGS. OK, NOW I WANT >> TO
ACKNOWLEDGE RIGHT OFF THE BAT
SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE THINKING
WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?
IT'S A COMMERCIAL.
THEY MADE A JOKE BUT >> LET'S
GIVE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT
OF CONTEXT BECAUSE FOUR DAYS
AGO TWO FISHERMEN DIED OFF THE
COAST WHEN THEIR BOAT CAPSIZED.
THIS IS TODD CHASE, ONE OF THE
TWO FISHERMEN WHO DIED OVER THE
WEEKEND NEAR THE MOUTH
OF TILLAMOOK BAY WHEN HIS SHIP
TURNED OVER A >> MARRIED MAN
FOR 30 YEARS.
HE HAS SONS AND HE'S GONE NOW
BUT BUT HERE'S THE THING THE
DEATHS THIS WEEKEND WERE NOT AN
ANOMALY.
ANOMALY.
ANOMALY. FAR FROM IT ACTUALLY IN NEWPORT
THEY HAVE A MEMORIAL ON THE
COAST FOR THE FISHERMEN WHO
HAVE LOST >> THEIR LIVES IN THE
WATER OFF THE COAST THERE OVER
THE PAST CENTURY.
THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED
NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO WENT
OVERBOARD AND NEVER CAME BACK.
SO WHEN NEWPORT'S MAYOR HEARD
ABOUT THE AD AND SAW THE AD, HE
ASKED THE STATE PERSONALLY TO
TAKE IT DOWN.
NOW I'LL ADMIT WHEN I FIRST SAW
THE AD I DIDN'T HAVE A NEGATIVE
REACTION BUT I DON'T LIVE ON
THE COAST.
THE COAST. I DON'T HAVE FAMILY WHO WORK ON
THE WATER.
THE WATER. I'M ONE OF THE PEOPLE
ADMITTEDLY SO THEY PROBABLY
TAKE FOR GRANTED THE EFFORT
AND RISK THAT IT TAKES TO PUT
FOOD ON MY PLATE.
SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE
ANYBODY FEEL BAD HERE NOT AT
OSHA OR WITH THE FIRM WHO PUT
THIS AD TOGETHER INSTEAD WE
WANTED TO >> GIVE YOU A LITTLE
CONTEXT THAT I FOUND VALUABLE
TODAY FROM THE FAMILIES WHO DO
KNOW THE RISKS AND THE LOSS ALL
TOO WELL.
TOO WELL.
TOO WELL. >> THIS IS A REALLY DANGEROUS
INDUSTRY.
INDUSTRY.
INDUSTRY. IT'S THE MOST DANGEROUS
INDUSTRY IN THE WORLD.
WE LOSE LIVES ALL OF THE TIME
SO SO WHEN SOMETHING I GUESS
THAT LOOKS FUNNY OR ARE TRYING
TO MAKE LIGHT OF A SITUATION
FOR THEM IS ACTUALLY FOR US
BRINGING BACK WHAT WE DEAL WITH
EVERY DAY AND OUR GREATEST
FEARS >> IF YOU WANT TO SEE
THAT AGAIN, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO
REWIND THIS NEWSCAST BECAUSE
I'M