>>>
>>> NOT
>>> NOT 5, SHOCKING VIDEO FROM FRIDAY IS?
FRIDAY IS? RAM A GATE IN NORTH PORTLAND
KNOCKING AN EMPLOYEE TO THE
GROUND.
GROUND.
GROUND. ONE OF THEM IS BEHIND BARS.
>>> A NEW TRIMET LIGHT RAIL
LINE COULD CUT TIME FOR YOUR
COMMUTE.
COMMUTE.
COMMUTE. WHERE IT WANTED WOULD RUN AND
WHY SOME ARE AGAINST IT.
>>> REMEMBERING COMMISSIONER
NICK FISH.
NICK FISH. HONORING HIS LEGACY HERE IN
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND. >> THIS IS KGW NEWS AT 5.
>>> WE BEGIN WITH GUNFIRE.
IT HAPPENED EARLY THIS MORNING
IN PORTLAND.
IN PORTLAND. WE ARE 47 DAYS INTO THE NEW
YEAR AND THIS IS THE 80th
SHOOTING OF THE YEAR.
THERE A LOT OF PIECES TO THIS
PUZZLE AND HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW
AROUND 1:40 AM OFFICERS WERE
CALLED TO SECOND AND NOT STREET.
WHILE THEY WERE RESPONDING,
ANOTHER CALL CAME FROM THE
HOSPITAL, TWO MEN SHOWED UP AT
THE ER AND ONE WAS SHOT IN THE
LEG AND THE OTHER IN THE
STOMACH.
STOMACH.
STOMACH. IT'S NOT CLEAR EXACTLY WHERE
THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE.
POLICE BELIEVED IT MAY HAVE
HAPPENED AT THE INTERSECTION OF
NORTHEAST GLEASON AND
INTERSTATE 205.
INTERSTATE 205. OFFICERS FOUND TWO CARS WITH
BULLET HOLES.
BULLET HOLES. SO FAR NO ARRESTS.
>>> AREA POLICE BELIEVE THEY
HAVE MADE A BIG BUST THAT WILL
HELP TAKE DOWN A MULTISTATE
BURGLARY RING THAT TARGETED
MARIJUANA BUSINESSES.
MARIJUANA BUSINESSES. TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THEY FOUND
WITH THE SEARCH WARRANT.
INCLUDE 16 FIREARMS, $33,000 OF
CASH, 30 POUNDS OF POT,
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE RING HIT
BUSINESSES IN SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON AND OREGON.
THIS IS NOT THAT VIDEO.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
SHOW YOU.
SHOW YOU.
SHOW YOU. DETAILS INCLUDING HOW MANY ARE
UNDER ARREST AND THE
INVESTIGATION IS NOT OVER.
THOSE ARE THE WEAPONS THEY
SEIZED.
SEIZED.
SEIZED. >>> AND UPDATE ON THE STORY WE
SHOWED ON FRIDAY.
A WARNING, THE VIDEO IS
DISTURBING.
DISTURBING. A MAN AND A WOMAN WERE SEEN
BREAKING INTO THE 21ST-CENTURY
TOWING.
TOWING.
TOWING. WHEN AN EMPLOYEE ARRIVES AT THE
GATE, THEY RAM THE GATE
KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND.
AND THEN THEY TOOK OFF.
THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE.
SO PAINFUL TO WATCH.
THE STOLEN TRUCK HAS BEEN FOUND
HIM PLEASE SAY THEY GOT A TIP
AND ARRESTED THE WOMAN
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED. SHE IS 24-YEAR-OLD NICOLE
CLEAR.
CLEAR.
CLEAR. SHE THEY ARE STILL LOOKING FOR
THE MAN SHE WAS WITH.
IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION, YOU
ARE ASKED TO CALL PORTLAND
POLICE.
POLICE.
POLICE. >>> TRIMET WANTS TO BUILD A NEW
LIGHT RAIL LANE THROUGH
SOUTHWEST PORTLAND.
SOUTHWEST PORTLAND. WE ARE GETTING A NEW AERIAL
LOOKED AT WHERE IT COULD GO.
BRITTANY FULCHER EXAMINES THE
PROJECT AND WHY SOME ARE NOT
FANS.
FANS.
FANS. >>
FANS. >> Reporter: FROM PORTLAND TO
TOILETING, 30 MINUTES.
THAT'S A PROMISE OF THE
SOUTHWEST CORRIDORE LIGHT RAIL
PROCESS.
PROCESS.
PROCESS. >> 30 MINUTES CONSISTENTLY.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED AS
CONGESTION GROWS.
CONGESTION GROWS. >> Reporter: THAT STRETCH CAN
FEEL LIKE AN UNENDING TRIP 30
MINUTES WOULD BE A DECENT TIME.
TRIMET SAYS TRAFFIC ON THE
ROADWAYS WILL ONLY GET WORSE.
WHICH IS WHY THEY WANT TO BUILD
THE . LAST WEEK, TRIMET
RELEASED THIS NEW VIEW OF THE
PROJECT CONNECTING SPOTS LIKE
BRIDGEPORT VILLAGE, DOWNTOWN
TIGARD ALL THE WAY INTO
DOWNTOWN PORTLAND.
DOWNTOWN PORTLAND. >> IT COMES UP HERE AND THERE'S
AREAS IT HAS TO GO ABOVE THE
STREET AND AREAS WHERE IT'S
NEXT TO THE STREET.
THE PROJECT WILL COST NEARLY $3
BILLION AND IS STILL BEING
DESIGNED.
DESIGNED.
DESIGNED. >> THIS IS WHAT A STATION COULD
LOOK LIKE.
LOOK LIKE. AROUND IT YOU HAVE BUSINESSES
AND PARKING.
AND PARKING. >> Reporter: TRIMET HAS MADE
CHANGES BASED ON PUBLIC INPUT
THIS WOULD BE CUT DOWN TO ONE
LANE WITH THE RAIL DOWN THE
MIDDLE NOW WILL BE TWO LANES
EACH WAY.
EACH WAY.
EACH WAY. THE GOAL, EFFICIENT
TRANSPORTATION.
TRANSPORTATION. >> IT REALLY DOES TAKE PEOPLE
OFF THE STREETS AND THE CARS
AND INTO TRAINS AND BUSES.
>> Reporter: JOHN CHARLES
DOESN'T SEE THAT HAPPENING.
>> IS JUST A HUGE WASTE OF
MONEY.
MONEY.
MONEY. >>
>>
>> >>
>> >> Reporter: HE'S PART OF A
LIBERTARIAN THINK TANK IN
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND. THEY OPPOSE LIGHT RAIL IN
GENERAL.
GENERAL.
GENERAL. >> IT'S NOT HIGH-SPEED OR HIGH-
CAPACITY.
CAPACITY.
CAPACITY. IT'S REALLY EXPENSIVE AND IT
DOESN'T GO TO MOST PLACES WHERE
PEOPLE NEED TO GO.
IN FACT, RIDERSHIP PEAKED IN
2012 AND HAS BEEN DECLINING
EVER SINCE.
EVER SINCE. TURKEY BELIEVES BUSES AND
RIDESHARING APPS ARE A BETTER
OPTION.
OPTION.
OPTION. >> THEY HAVE TO BE ROAD BASED
OPTIONS BECAUSE ROADS TAKE YOU
EVERYWHERE YOU WANT TO GO.
>> Reporter: BACK ON THE
SOUTHWEST QUARTER, TRIMET
EXPECTS THE WHAT IMPACT IS
BENNY'S 400 HOMES AND
BUSINESSES.
BUSINESSES. CHARLES IS WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
>> THE FACT THEY ARE GOING TO
BULLDOZE OVER 200 PROPERTIES,
BUSINESSES, HOMES -- KICK THOSE
PEOPLE OUT WHO HAVE POSSIBLY NO
OTHER PLACE TO GO.
THAT THE CONCERNED.
>> Reporter: IF THE LINE IS
BUILT, HALF THE MONEY WOULD
COME FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. FIRST LOCAL TAXPAYERS HAVE TO
AGREE TO PAY THE OTHER HALF.
AND WE WILL BOWDEN THAT ON
NOVEMBER AS PART OF THE MASSIVE
TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE.
TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE. >> IT'S CRITICAL WE PUT
TOGETHER A COMMITMENT ON
FUNDING WE HOPE METRO WILL GO
FOR IT BUT THE BOND MEASURE, WE
EXPECT THAT THE HAPPENING AND
THE FUNDING WOULD BE CRITICAL
IN THAT.
IN THAT.
IN THAT. THE PROJECT IS FAR FROM BEING
FINALIZED.
FINALIZED. AS PLANS CONTINUE TO EVOLVE,
TRIMET WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU.
YOU CAN GET A DEEPER LOOK AT
THE PROJECT AND WAY IN THROUGH
THE ONLINE OPEN HOUSE HERE AT
TRIMET.ORG/SOUTHWEST QUARTER.
TRIMET.ORG/SOUTHWEST QUARTER. YOU CLICK ON THE BUTTON AND IT
WILL TAKE YOU RIGHT THERE.
THERE'S ALSO PUBLIC INPUT
MEETINGS AND THE NEXT ONE IS
TUESDAY AT THE THE STORY PUBLIC
LIBRARY.
LIBRARY.
LIBRARY. WE WILL HAVE A LINK AT KGW
NEWS AT 5 KGW.COM.
>>> HUNDREDS GATHERED AT
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY TO
REMEMBER THE LIFE OF PORTLAND
CITY COMMISSIONER, NICK FISH.
FISH DIED FROM STOMACH CANCER
ON JANUARY 2. HE WAS 61 YEARS
OLD.
OLD.
OLD. LINDSAY NADRICH WAS AT THE
SERVICE AND JOINT IS LIVE.
>> Reporter: THE SERVICE ENDED
JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO.
OVER AND OVER AGAIN, PEOPLE
KEPT TALKING ABOUT NICK FISH'S
GENUINE CARE FOR PEOPLE, HOW
MUCH HE LOVED PORTLAND, HIS
OPTIMISM AND HOW HE WAS
ACCEPTING OF EVERYONE.
MORE THAN 600 PEOPLE ATTENDED
THE SERVICE INCLUDING MANY
ELECTED OFFICIALS AND PEOPLE
WHO WORKED ALONGSIDE HIM.
THEY SAID NIX CARING ABOUT
PEOPLE AND JUSTICE HAD NO
BOUNDARIES.
BOUNDARIES. HE CARED FOR EVERYONE.
FORMER GOVERNOR BARBARA ROBERTS
SAID IT'S HARD TO FIND THE WORDS
THAT DESCRIBE HIM BECAUSE IT
WASN'T WORDS THAT DEFINED HIM.
YOU CAN DISCERN HIS SYMPATHY IN
A HANDSHAKE SHE SAID HE WAS LEFT
US MORE DEEPLY CONNECTED.
FISH SPENT 11 YEARS ON THE CITY
COUNCIL.
COUNCIL.
COUNCIL. HE'S REMEMBERED AS AN ADVOCATE
FOR THE POOR AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
HOUSING.
HOUSING. THE SERVICE TO THE CITY IS
DEEPLY MINCED.
DEEPLY MINCED. >> IT'S A HARD DAY.
I WILL TELL YOU, NICK FISH WAS
THE PERSON WHO ALWAYS GAVE
PUBLIC SERVICE A GOOD NAME.
WHEN I THINK OF NICK, THE TWO
WORDS THAT COME TO MIND -- THE
TWO IDEAS, HE REALLY CARED AND
HE REALLY LISTENED.
>> HE LOVED PORTLAND HE LOVED
PORTLANDERS AND HE LOVED THE
WORK HE WAS DOING UP THE LOCAL
LEVEL.
LEVEL.
LEVEL. THIS WAS HIS LIFE'S CALLING. HE
GAVE EVERYTHING HE HAD FOR.
I'M GRATEFUL TO HIM AND HIS
FAMILY FOR HAVING SHARED THAT
TIME AND ENERGY AND TALENT TO
IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: MAYOR WHEELER SAID
CITY HALL HASN'T QUITE BEEN THE
SAME WITHOUT HIM.
AND HIS ABSENCE ON THE CITY
COUNCIL IS HUGE.
THEY OFTEN ASK EACH OTHER, WHAT
WOULD NICK FISH WANT TO KNOW SO
THEY ARE CONSTANTLY THINKING
ABOUT HIM AND HE WILL FOREVER
BE IN THEIR HEARTS.
>> THANK YOU LINDSAY PARK
>>> THE SOLUTION IS KEEP THE
STATUS QUO.
STATUS QUO. THESE GROUPS HAVE BEEN AROUND A
LONG TIME AND WE DEPEND ON
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. THEY ARE THERE WHEN WE NEED
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. >>
THEM. >> THAT'S CLACKAMAS COUNTY
CHAIR VOICING CONCERNS ABOUT
THE SHERIFF'S PLAN TO SHAKE UP
HOW THE COUNTY DOES SEARCH AND
RESCUE MISSIONS.
RESCUE MISSIONS. THE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS
WHICH RESPOND TO THE CALLS ON
MOUNT HOOD AND SURROUNDING
AREAS.
AREAS.
AREAS. MIGHT BE IN JEOPARDY.
THE PLAN TO CREATE A SINGLE
RESCUE TEAM HAS BEEN UNDER
DISCUSSION FOR MONTHS FOR THE
HAMMER FELL THIS WEEK.
>> IF I WERE PROFESSIONAL
PERSON, A RESCUE GUY, OR GAL --
I WOULD BE UPSET THE SHERIFF
DOESN'T TRUST THEY WILL DO THE
GREAT JOB THEY HAVE DONE
CONSISTENTLY.
CONSISTENTLY. >> THAT'S COMMISSION CHAIR JIM
BERNARD DISAGREEING WITH THE
SHERIFF OF THE DECISION TO
CHANGE THE COUNTIES SEARCH AND
RESCUE OPERATIONS RIGHT NOW,
THERE ARE FOUR STANDALONE
VOLUNTEER GROUPS THAT EXECUTE
SAR MISSIONS.
SAR MISSIONS. THEY ARE GRANTED BY THE SHERIFF
IN EXCHANGE FOR SERVICE.
THE NEW PLAN IS TO CREATE ONE
UNIFIED RESCUE TEAM WITHIN HIS
OFFICE.
OFFICE.
OFFICE. SELECTING RESCUERS AND
PROVIDING THE TRAINING AND
EQUIPMENT.
EQUIPMENT. IS SIMILAR TO HOW MULTNOMAH
COUNTY AND DESCHUTES COUNTY RUN
THEIR PROGRAMS.
THEIR PROGRAMS. THEY SAY THAT THIS IS AN
FOLLOWS RECENT LITIGATION AND
THE RECOMMEND STUDY DONE BY THE
UNDERSHERIFF MATT ELLINGTON.
WOULD GIVE HIM MORE CONTROL OF
HER SEARCH AND RESCUE
OPERATIONS.
OPERATIONS. HE SAID LOCAL RESPONSE TIMES
AND COMMUNICATION WILL IMPROVE
WITH A SINGLE, DEDICATED TEAM
FOR MAJOR DISASTER HAPPENS,
THIS WILL ALLOW THE QUICK
DEPLOYMENT OF RESOURCES
DEDICATED TO CLACKAMAS COUNTY.
BUT BERNARD IS NOT ON BOARD.
HE WORRIES ABOUT THE EXPENSE
AND WHO WILL PAY FOR IT.
>> ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF'S
REPORT, IT COSTS ABOUT $1.5
MILLION.
MILLION.
MILLION. FOR PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT.
AND THAT IS BASICALLY GIVEN TO
US BY THESE GROUPS.
>> Reporter: AS FOR THE CURRENT
VOLUNTEER SKEWERS, MANY ABOUT
WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE THE NEW
PLAN, THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS
WOULD BE CUT.
>> IS ABOUT 300 VOLUNTEERS AND
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WILL FORM
A TEAM AND LIMIT IT TO AROUND
150.
150.
150. YOU
150. YOU ARE LOOKING AT 100 TO 200
PEOPLE THAT ARE BASICALLY GOING
TO HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER YOU
KNOW, SPONSOR OR GET OUT OF IT.
>> Reporter: NOT ALL THE RESCUE
GROUPS ARE AGAINST IT.
THE PRESIDENT OF NORTH OREGON
REGIONAL SEARCH AND RESCUE,
SAYS THE GROUP IS EXCITED FOR
THE REORGANIZATION, QUOTE, WE
FEEL THE CHANGE WILL PROVIDE
IMPROVED STRUCTURE, TEAMWORK
AND ORGANIZED LEADERSHIP TO
IMPROVE OUR EFFECTIVENESS
DURING TRAININGS AND SEARCHES.
>> WE WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW
THAT SHAKES OUT.
>>> LET'S BRING IN
METEOROLOGIST JOE RAINERI.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE GOING
OUT TOMORROW HAVING'S FUN
SUMMER PICK
SUMMER PICK >> IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE
BEACH, THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL BE
SEEING.
SEEING.
SEEING. A
SEEING. A LOT OF SUNSHINE TOMORROW.
A GORGEOUS SON SHUT SUNSET.
A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ENJOYING THE
LAST 45 MINUTES OF DAYLIGHT
TODAY , WE WILL SEE DRY
CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS.
OF DAYS.
OF DAYS. SO FAR TODAY ABOUT .0'S ZERO
FIVE INCHES OF RAIN.
WE WILL ADD UP TO SNOW OVERNIGHT
IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
THAT WILL BE THE CASE FOR THE
METRO TO THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. SPOTTY SHOWERS AND TEMPERATURES
ABOUT 37 AND BY THE AFTERNOON
BLUE SKIES AND TEMPERATURES
CLOSE TO 50.
I WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN
ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
>>> RETURN TO THE MAX STABBING
TRIAL WHICH AFTER TWO WEEKS IS
NEARING THE END.
THE EVIDENCE HAS BEEN PRESENTED
AND CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE SET
FOR TUESDAY AND THEN THE CASE
GOES TO THE JURY.
HERE WITH THE PREVIEW IS MAGGIE
VESPA.
VESPA.
VESPA. >>
VESPA. >> Reporter: DUE TO THE LONG
HOLIDAY WEEKEND, COURT RESUMES
ON TUESDAY.
ON TUESDAY. THE DOERS WILL SEE EACH SIDE
MAKE THEIR CASE BEFORE GOING
INTO DELIBERATIONS.
INTO DELIBERATIONS. FRIDAY THEY HEARD FROM THE LAST
WITNESS.
WITNESS.
WITNESS. DOCTOR ALAN NEWMAN, A
PSYCHIATRIST FROM TELEPHONIC,
BASICALLY HE STUDIED THE
INSANITY DEFENSE AND HOW IT'S
BEEN USED IN TRIALS.
PROSECUTORS CALLED HIM TO THE
STAND TO COUNTER THE DEFENSE
CLAIM JEREMY CHRISTIAN HAS
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER.
AND THE DISABILITY PLAYED A
ROLE IN HIS STABBING THREE
PEOPLE, KILLING TWO.
>> IT WAS MY OPINION HE DID NOT
MEET THE CRITERIA FOR AN AUTISM
SPECTRUM DISORDER.
SPECTRUM DISORDER. I DID THINK HE MET THE CRITERIA
FOR A DIAGNOSIS WE CALL,
ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY
ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER.
DISORDER.
DISORDER. >> Reporter: OREGON BOSTON,
PERSONALITY DISORDERS, DON'T
QUALIFY FOR THE INSANITY
DEFENSE.
DEFENSE.
DEFENSE. CHRISTIAN FACES A LONG LIST OF
CHARGES INCLUDING TWO COUNTS OF
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. HE IS ACCUSED OF BOARDING A
CROWDED MAX TRAINING 2017,
AIMING A RACIST RANT AT TWO
BLACK TEEN GIRLS AND STABBING
THREE MEN WHO INTERVENED OR
STOOD NEARBY.
STOOD NEARBY. RICKY BEST AND TALIESIN NAMKAI-
MECHE DIED.
MECHE DIED. MICAH FLETCHER SURVIVE.
DOCTOR NEWMAN TESTED NEWMAN OR
CHRISTIAN FOR TRAITS AMONG
SOCIOPATH.
SOCIOPATH. HE NOTED HE FELT BAD ABOUT
KILLING RICKY BEST BECAUSE HE
HAD CHILDREN.
HAD CHILDREN. AND DOCTOR NEWMAN ADDED THIS.
>> [ INAUDIBLE ]
>>
>> Reporter: IF CONVICTED, JEREMY CHRISTIAN COULD SPEND
THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN