.
. THIS
. THIS IS
. THIS IS KGW NEWS TO THE MAN WHO
TRIED TO LIGHT A PORTLAND
POLICE BUILDING ON FIRE WILL
SPEND FIVE YEARS IN PRISON.
THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE AT
NOON.
NOON.
NOON. I'M
NOON. I'M DREW KANAE.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY MIKE SCHMIDT
ANNOUNCED THAT SENTENCING TODAY
AFTER A GUILTY PLEA.
THIS IS VIDEO FROM THAT NIGHT.
THE FIRE WAS LIT BACK IN JUNE
OF LAST YEAR GAVAUGHN STREATOR
HILLERICH WAS SEEN LIGHTING A
LARGE DUMPSTER ON FIRE JUST
OUTSIDE THE POLICE BUREAU'S
NORTH PRECINCT BUILDING ON MLK
AND KILLINGSWORTH.
AND KILLINGSWORTH. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE THERE
THAT NIGHT.
THAT NIGHT. POLICE SAY THEY THREW FIREWORKS
AT OFFICERS AND BARRICADED THE
DOORS OF THE BUILDING.
19 OFFICERS WERE INSIDE WHEN
STREATOR HILLERICH TRIED TO
LIGHT IT ON FIRE.
>> ANOTHER STORY WE'RE
FOLLOWING THIS AFTERNOON IS
TRIMET PLAN TO IMMEDIATELY CUT
ITS CARBON EMISSIONS BY MORE
THAN TWENTY FIVE PERCENT A YEAR
.
.
. SO
. SO STARTING THIS MONTH, TRIMET
SAYS ALL OF ITS MAX TRAINS
ELECTRIC BUSSES AND FACILITIES
WILL NOW BE POWERED BY
RENEWABLE ENERGY.
RENEWABLE ENERGY. TRIMET IS JOINING PROGRAMS WITH
PG AND PACIFIC POWER TO MAKE
THIS HAPPEN AND THE TRANSIT
COMPANY SAYS THIS WILL
ELIMINATE 54 MILLION POUNDS
OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
EACH YEAR LAST YEAR TRIMET
FOUND ELECTRICITY WAS ITS
SECOND LARGEST SOURCE OF CARBON
DIOXIDE EMISSIONS BEHIND ONLY
ITS FLEET OF DIESEL BUSSES.
THE MOVE IS PART OF A LARGER
GOAL TO HAVE A ZERO EMISSIONS
BUS FLEET BY THE YEAR 20 40.
>> WHAT WE'RE DOING IS BUYING
INTO A PROGRAM NOW TO WHERE
THEY'RE GOING TO GENERATE
ELECTRICITY BY SUN AND WIND,
SOLAR AND IT'S GOING TO REDUCE
THE GREENHOUSE GASES
AND PRODUCE THE SAME
ELECTRICITY.
ELECTRICITY. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS REALLY
SAVING THE PLANET AND REDUCING
GREENHOUSE GASES.
GREENHOUSE GASES. >> TRIMET SAYS THIS MOVE WILL
COST THEM ABOUT FOUR PERCENT
MORE TO REDUCE THEIR
CARBON EMISSIONS.
CARBON EMISSIONS. BUT THE COMPANY ALSO SAYS THAT
COST WILL NOT GET PASSED ON TO
RIDERS.
RIDERS.
RIDERS. WE'RE GOING TAKE A LOOK OUTSIDE
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. WE SAW A LOT OF RAIN THROUGHOUT
THE AREA YESTERDAY.
SOME MORE SHOWERS THIS MORNING
.
.
. CHRIS
. CHRIS MCGINNESS FILLING IN THIS
WEEK FOR ROD HILL.
SO CHRIS, I GUESS WE SHOULD
TALK ABOUT WHEN THE CLOUDS
AND THE RAIN WILL GO AWAY
AND WHEN THE SUN AND DRY
WEATHER RETURNS YOU WILL SEE
THAT OF MY SEVEN DAY FORECAST
AND MAYBE BY DAY'S 5:00 AND SIX
OF MY SEVENTY FORECAST YOU MAY
BE ASKING FOR THE RAIN AGAIN
BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WARM
AND SUNNY WE'RE GOING TO GET.
BUT LET'S KIND OF REHASH WHERE
WE'VE BEEN TWO THIRDS MORE THAN
TWO THIRDS OF AN INCH OF RAIN
YESTERDAY SUNDAY THAT MARKS THE
WETTEST DAY ON RECORD AT PDX
SINCE OUR FEBRUARY SNOW AND ICE
STORM.
STORM.
STORM. WHEN YOU MELTED ALL THAT SNOW
AND ICE DOWN THE LIQUID LIQUID
EQUIVALENT WAS MORE THAN WHAT
WE SAW YESTERDAY AND THAT'S
JUST HOW DRY WE'VE BEEN SO FAR
THIS SPRING AND THE TOTAL GOING
BACK TO FRIDAY UNTIL RIGHT NOW
IS A LITTLE BETTER THAN AN
INCH.
INCH.
INCH. THAT'S MORE THAN WE'VE SEEN IN
APRIL AND MAY JUNE TO DATE.
SO FAR ABOUT ONE POINT TWO
INCHES AVERAGE JUNE RAINFALL BY
THE WAY IS ABOUT AN INCH AND A
HALF.
HALF.
HALF. SO
HALF. SO TO PUT THINGS IN
PERSPECTIVE, EVEN BY NORMAL
JUNE STANDARDS THAT IS A REAL
SOAKER OF A WEEKEND DESPITE
THAT LOOK AT THIS NUMBER DOWN
HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF MY SCREEN
THE WATER YEAR TO DATE WE'RE
NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE UP
FOR THE VERY, VERY DRY SPRING
THAT WE'VE HAD.
WE'RE SEVEN MORE THAN SEVEN
AND 30 INCHES INTO THE INTO THE
DEFICIT FROM OCTOBER 1ST.
SO THAT IS CERTAINLY ONE THING
TO KIND OF KEEP IN THE BACK
OF YOUR MIND THAT THE RAIN THAT
WE HAD THAT WAS GREAT.
WE'LL TAKE IT WE'LL TAKE MORE
OF IT AND WE MAY GET SOME MORE
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. RADAR RIGHT NOW SHOWING A
LITTLE SMATTERING OF GREEN ON
THE MAP AND THESE SHOWERS ARE
SLOWLY EVEN SLOWER THAN I
THOUGHT PRESSING ON OFF TO THE
EAST THE COAST RIGHT NOW HAS
ACTUALLY STARTED TO DRY OUT
JUST A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S CLOUDY OVER DOWNTOWN.
SIXTY THREE LAST CHECK AT PDX.
WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE
SMATTERING OF RAIN OUT THERE.
THOSE SHOWERS WILL DISSIPATE
THIS AFTERNOON DREW.
MORE RAIN IN THE FORECAST
TOMORROW AND THEN AS I
MENTIONED, A WARM AND DRY SPELL
HEADED OUR WAY.
WE'LL CHECK THAT OUT IN THE
FORECAST IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
ALL RIGHT .
MORE FROM CHRIS COMING UP HERE
AGAIN IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES.
>> BUT RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO GET
TO A COUPLE OF COVID
INCLUDING
INCLUDING THE ONGOING EFFORTS TO GET MORE PEOPLE VACCINATED
NOT ONLY IN UNITED STATES BUT
ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
NBC'S MORGAN CHESKY HAS AN
UPDATE FOR US REGARDING THE
POSSIBILITY OF A NEW WEAPON IN
THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID.
>> THE US VACCINATION RATE MAY
BE STARTING TO SLOW DOWN BUT
THE PUSH TO ACTUALLY GET MORE
SHOTS IN ARMS IS PICKING UP
STEAM BOTH HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES AND ABROAD.
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND OTHER
WORLD LEADERS ARE PLEDGING MORE
DOSES TO MORE COUNTRIES IN
NEED.
NEED.
NEED. AND
NEED. AND ENCOURAGING NEWS FROM
NOVAVAX CLINICAL DATA SHOWS
THAT THEIR NEWEST VACCINE COULD
BECOME A BIG TOOL IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST COVID BEING A
NEW VACCINE SHOWING PROMISING
RESULTS.
RESULTS.
RESULTS. NOVAVAX RELEASING DATA FROM
PHASE THREE CLINICAL TRIALS
SAYING IT'S COVERED VACCINE'S
OVERALL EFFICACY REACH 90
PERCENT AND IS 100 PERCENT
EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING
MODERATE AND SEVERE DISEASE
AND EVEN SHOWED A 93 PERCENT
EFFICACY AGAINST VIRUS VARIANTS
WHICH COULD MAKE THE SHOT A
GOOD OPTION FOR BOOSTER DOSES.
>> THE U.S. IS GOING TO NEED A
BOOSTER SHOTS LATER THIS YEAR
AND I THINK OUR VACCINE WILL BE
VERY USEFUL FOR THAT.
>> NOVAVAX VIALS CAN ALSO BE
STORED IN A REGULAR
REFRIGERATOR MAKING THEM MORE
ACCESSIBLE TO LOW INCOME
COUNTRIES.
COUNTRIES. >> THE WORLD HAS TO BE
VACCINATED TO STOP THE PANDEMIC
AND OUR VACCINE IS ONE OF THE
TOOLS IN THAT TOOLKIT.
>> AND WITH A NEW VACCINE
STARTING TO COME ONLINE,
THERE'S A QUESTION OVER WHETHER
YOU WOULD NEED TO MATCH A
POTENTIAL BOOSTER SHOT WITH
YOUR ORIGINAL SHOT.
A STUDY LOOKING AT THAT
RIGHT NOW VOLUNTEERS THAT
RECEIVED THE BIG THREE VACCINES
ARE NOW GETTING A MEDAIR AND A
BOOSTER RESULTS NOT OUT YET BUT
COULD BE JUST THE NEXT FEW
WEEKS.
WEEKS.
WEEKS. MORGAN CHESKY, NBC NEWS DALLAS
,OREGON MEANWHILE IS GETTING
CLOSER TO GOV. BROWN'S GOAL
OF HAVING 70 PERCENT OF ADULTS
IN THE STATE VACCINATED IN
ORDER TO FULLY REOPEN.
THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
OF PORTLAND IS HELPING WITH
THAT EFFORT.
THAT EFFORT. THE ORGANIZATION IS WORKING
WITH OTHER LOCAL NONPROFITS TO
GET MORE PEOPLE VACCINATED WITH
A FOCUS ON UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES.
COMMUNITIES. THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IS
HOSTING FREE VACCINE EVENTS
AND EVEN HELP PEOPLE FIND A WAY
TO GET THERE IF THEY NEED IT.
>> WE WANT TO PROVIDE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GET CLOSER
AND DEEPER INTO THE
NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WHERE MORE
THAN IBOSHI FAMILIES LIVE SO
THEY CAN ACCESS WALK UP CLINICS
AND ACCESS THE VACCINATION.
THAT WAS TERRY JOHNSON WITH THE
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, HE SAID.
THESE CLINICS WILL GO ON
THROUGH THE SUMMER AT VARIOUS
CLUB SITES IN THE METRO AREA.
WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
THIS AT KGW DOTCOM.
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS IN BRUSSELS
TODAY FOR A NATO SUMMIT.
IT'S THE LATEST STOP ON HIS
FIRST FOREIGN TRIP SINCE HE
BECAME PRESIDENT.
BECAME PRESIDENT. HE MET TURKEY'S PRESIDENT TODAY
AND BIDEN SAID IT WAS A VERY
GOOD MEETING.
GOOD MEETING. THE US AND TURKEY HAVE HAD A
STRAINED RELATIONSHIP IN RECENT
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. TODAY THOUGH, THE TWO LEADERS
SPENT MORE THAN AN HOUR
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. BIDEN WAS EXPECTED TO BRING UP
A RANGE OF ISSUES INCLUDING
AFGHANISTAN, SYRIA AND TURKEY'S
PURCHASE OF RUSSIAN MISSILE
SYSTEMS THAT LED TO ECONOMIC
SANCTIONS.
SANCTIONS. WELL, AFTER THIS NATO SUMMIT,
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS MEETING WITH
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR
PUTIN.
PUTIN.
PUTIN. NBC NEWS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK WITH PUTIN AHEAD OF HIS
MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT TO
DISCUSS THE ISSUES BETWEEN THE
TWO COUNTRIES.
TWO COUNTRIES. HERE'S A PORTION OF THAT
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. >> PRESIDENT BIDEN WANTS
PREDICTABILITY AND STABILITY.
>> IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT ME TO
SUMMET GOULAND?
SUMMET GOULAND? WELL, THESE ARE THE MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS.
IMPORTANT THINGS. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING.
THING.
THING. >>
THING. >> THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
VALUE, IF YOU WILL, IN
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT HE
WOULD SAY THAT YOU HAVE CAUSED
A LOT OF INSTABILITY
AND UNPREDICTABILITY.
AND UNPREDICTABILITY. NO ONE GOOD IT DOES NOT WORK
WELL HE SAYS ONE THING I SEE
ANOTHER THING BUT MAYBE AT SOME
POINT IN CERTAIN WAYS OUR
RHETORIC VARIES AND IS
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. BUT IF YOU ASK MY OPINION NOW
I'M TELLING YOU WHAT IT IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT VALUE IN
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS IS
PREDICTABILITY AND STABILITY
AND I BELIEVE THAT ON THE PART
OF OUR U.S. PARTNERS THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN
IN RECENT YEARS.
WHAT KIND OF STABILITY
AND PREDICTABILITY COULD THERE
BE IF WE REMEMBER THE 2011
EVENTS IN LIBYA WHERE THE
COUNTRY WAS ESSENTIALLY TAKEN
APART, BROKEN DOWN WHAT KIND
OF STABILITY AND PREDICTABILITY
WERE THERE WHERE THERE HAS BEEN
TALK OF A CONTINUED PRESENCE
OF TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN BOOM,
THE TROOPS ARE BEING WITHDRAWN
FROM AFGHANISTAN?
FROM AFGHANISTAN? WHAT IS THIS PREDICTABILITY
STABILITY AGAIN NOW THE MIDDLE
EAST EVENTS STABILITY IS THIS
PREDICTABILITY AND STABILITY
WHAT ALL OF THIS WILL LEAD TO
WAR IN SYRIA OR WHAT IS STABLE
AND PREDICTABLE ABOUT THIS?
>> I ASKED MY U.S. COUNTERPARTS
YOU WANT ASSAD TO LEAVE AND WHO
WILL REPLACE HIM?
>> WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN
SOMEBODY REPLACES HIM?
>> WE'RE GOING TO HEAR MUCH
MORE FROM THIS INTERVIEW
TONIGHT, THIS EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW ON NBC NIGHTLY NEWS.
>> WELL, THE MAN BEHIND A MASS
SHOOTING AT THURSTON HIGH
SCHOOL IN SPRINGFIELD BACK IN
THE 1990S IS TALKING TO THE
HUFFINGTON POST.
HUFFINGTON POST. KIP KINKEL KILLED HIS PARENTS
AND SHOT TWENTY FIVE PEOPLE AT
THE SCHOOL IN NINETEEN NINETY
EIGHT TWO STUDENTS DIED THAT
DAY IN A SERIES OF PHONE
INTERVIEWS WITH THE HUFFINGTON
POST, KINKEL SAYS HE DEALT WITH
HALLUCINATIONS AND VOICES IN
HIS HEAD AS A CHILD AND THAT HE
WAS CAUGHT WITH A GUN ACTUALLY
TWO DAYS BEFORE THOSE SHOOTINGS
,KINKEL WAS SENTENCED TO
NEARLY ONE HUNDRED TWELVE YEARS
IN PRISON.
IN PRISON. HE SAYS HE'S EARNED HIS COLLEGE
DEGREE SINCE HE'S BEEN IN
PRISON.
PRISON.
PRISON. HE'S BECOME A CERTIFIED YOGA
INSTRUCTOR AND HE ALSO SAYS
HE'S ADVOCATED FOR CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORM.
JUSTICE REFORM. ONE MORE LOCAL STORE TO GET TO
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. SOME PEOPLE IN WEST LINN ARE
TRYING TO STOP THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT THERE FROM SELLING
POPULAR ATHLETIC FIELD TO
PRIVATE INVESTORS.
PRIVATE INVESTORS. A SMALL GROUP RALLIED OUTSIDE
WESTLANDS CITY HALL YESTERDAY.
THEY WANT VOTERS TO DECIDE THE
FATE OF OPPENLANDER PARK.
THE REAL CONCERN THAT THE PARK
WILL BE TURNED INTO A HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT.
DEVELOPMENT. A RECENT ATTEMPT TO SELL A
PROPERTY TO THE CITY FELL APART
AND RESIDENTS WANT TO KEEP THAT
SALE LIVE.
SALE LIVE. >> THIS IS THE FIELD I GOT
OPPORTUNITY TO GROW UP PLAYING
ON AND YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T
REALLY TAKE IT THAT SERIOUSLY
AS A KID SEEING MY SON GO
THROUGH AND PLAYING BASEBALL, I
THINK HAVING THIS TAKEN AWAY
FROM HIM WOULD BE A REAL LOW
BLOW.
BLOW.
BLOW. YOU
BLOW. YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE I WANT
MY KIDS KIDS TO PLAY ONE DAY