EIGHT
EIGHT BY
EIGHT BY FIVE. WE BEGIN WITH SOME SAD NEWS LEGENDARY TELEVISION PERSONALITY AND
FORMER NBA TV HOST REGIS
PHILBIN HAS DIED. GOOD EVENING
AND THANKS FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT. I'M STEVE. AND I'M
SURE SUMMER IS ACCORDING TO A
FAMILY STATEMENT. PHILBIN DIED
FRIDAY OF NATURAL CAUSES JUST A
MONTH BEFORE HIS EIGHTY NINTH
BIRTHDAY. DURING HIS SIX DECADE
CAREER, PHILBIN MADE HIS WAY
INTO MILLIONS OF HOMES ACROSS
THE WORLD WITH HIS WORK ON
SHOWS LIKE WHO WANTS TO BE A
MILLIONAIRE? BUT BACK IN
THE EARLY 1960S PHILBIN WAS AN
ANCHOR AND REPORTER WITH NEWS
8. IN FACT, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING
AT NOW THESE ARE SOME OF
THE VIDEOS AND PHOTOS FROM OUR
ICA ARCHIVES WHEN HE WORKED
HERE FOR MORE ON HIS LIFE AND
LEGACY. HERE'S LAURA PODESTA.
REGIS PHILBIN WAS ONE OF
THE MOST FAMILIAR ENTERTAINERS
ON TELEVISION. HE SAID TO HAVE
LOGGED MORE HOURS IN FRONT OF
THE CAMERA THAN ANYONE ELSE IN
THE HISTORY OF THE MEDIUM. IN
MORE RECENT YEARS, PHILBIN WAS
THE FIRST HOST OF THE VERY
POPULAR TV GAME SHOW WHO WANTS
TO BE A MILLIONAIRE WHICH
TESTED CONTESTANTS KNOWLEDGE OF
TRIVIA AND GOING TO MAKE IT
FINAL. I'M GOING TO DO THAT.
YOUR YOUR RIGHT FOR 23 YEARS HE
SERVED AS CO-HOST ON LIVE WITH
REGIS AND KATHIE LEE AND LATER
LIVE WITH REGIS AND KELLY. WHEN
KELLY RIPA REPLACED KATHIE LEE
GIFFORD, THE BRONX NEW YORK
NATIVE WAS ALWAYS PREPARED WITH
A STORY JOKE AND A SMILE. HE
APPEARED AS A GUEST ON
COUNTLESS OTHER SHOWS INCLUDING
ON CBS HIS LATE SHOW AFTER
DAVID LETTERMAN ANNOUNCED HIS
RETIREMENT LIVE. SO WHERE DOES
THAT LEAVE RAGE? I DON'T CARE
WHERE I'M GOING TO GO. I DON'T
KNOW. IN A STATEMENT PHILBIN
FAMILY SAID WE THANK HIS FANS
AND ADMIRERS FOR THEIR
INCREDIBLE SUPPORT OVER HIS 60
YEAR CAREER AND ASK FOR PRIVACY
AS WE MOURN HIS LOSS. REGIS
PHILBIN WAS 88 YEARS OLD. LAURA
PODESTA, CBS NEWS NEW YORK. HE
MADE MILLIONS LAUGH. IT WILL
DEFINITELY BE MISSED. IN OTHER
NEWS TONIGHT, NEARLY TWO
DECADES AGO OF ALEC CENTER, A
WOMAN WAS PUT BEHIND BARS ON A
MURDER CONVICTION AND TONIGHT
WE ARE HEARING FROM HER FOR
THE FIRST TIME SINCE A JUDGE
OVERTURNED THAT CONVICTION.
JANE DOE CRITIC IS FREE AND
STAYING WITH HER SISTER IN LOS
ANGELES NEWS. IT'S HEATHER HOPE
.I SPOKE WITH HER AND HAS
THE STORY GETTING TEARFUL AND
EXCITED ABOUT HAVING HER MURDER
CASE CONVICTION OVERTURNED.
WE'RE HEARING FROM JANE DOOR
TAKE AT LENGTH DESCRIBE HOW
SHE'S FEELING AFTER BEING
LOCKED UP FOR SO LONG.
APOLOGIZE AHEAD OF TIME I'LL
GET EMOTIONAL HOLDING BACK
TEARS AND SORTING THROUGH
DECADES OF EMOTION. I THINK
I'VE SPENT 20 YEARS HIDING FROM
ALL OF AND NOW THAT IT'S OVER
NOW THAT I'VE FINALLY
VINDICATED. IT'S A HUGE RELIEF.
A DAY JANE DOOR HAD ONLY
DREAMED UP. A JUDGE OVERTURNED
HER 2001 MURDER CONVICTION FOR
KILLING HER HUSBAND, 55 YEAR
OLD ROBERT DOAR TECH WHOSE BODY
WAS FOUND BEATEN AND DUMPED ON
THE ROAD NEAR THEIR HORSE RANCH
IN VALLEY CENTER DOOR. TECH HAS
ALWAYS MAINTAINED HER INNOCENCE
AND SAYS SHE STILL DOESN'T KNOW
WHO KILLED HER HUSBAND OR WHY.
IT WAS JUST SUCH A TRAVESTY TO
LOSE HIM THE WAY I DID 10 DAYS
AFTER I LOST MY MOTHER DAUGHTER
SAYS HER TIME BEHIND BARS
REVEALED SOME UGLY TRUTHS ABOUT
INVESTIGATORS AND THE PRISON
SYSTEM. I DON'T THINK IT'S
RIGHT THAT THE POLICE ARE ABLE
TO LIE TO YOU IN ORDER TO GET
SOME KIND OF INFORMATION OUT OF
YOU. SHE FEELS PRESENCE SHOULD
BE ABOLISHED AND THEY DO MORE
HARM THAN GOOD. THIS IS REALLY
HARD DOOR TOOK BACK IN 2002
SAYING PRISON IS LIKE WALKING
INTO A FOREIGN COUNTRY WHERE
YOU ARE HATED AND CAN'T
COMMUNICATE. THERE ARE SO MANY
WOMEN WHO ARE OVER PROSECUTED
OVERCHARGED COME FROM HORRIBLE
BACKGROUNDS AND IT'S JUST SUCH
A TRAVESTY. SHE'S GRATEFUL TO
THE LOYOLA LAW SCHOOL PROJECT
FOR THE INNOCENT FINDING NEW
DNA EVIDENCE SUPPORTING HER
CASE. THERE WAS A LOT OF
EVIDENCE PRESENTED AGAINST HER
AT TRIAL THAT THE JURY WAS TOLD
THIS IS ALL BLOOD FROM YOUR
HUSBAND. AND IT JUST TURNED OUT
TO BE COMPLETELY FALSE. DOOR
TAKE WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON
IN APRIL DUE TO THE CORONA
VIRUS PANDEMIC AND NOW SHE NO
LONGER HAS TO WEAR G.P.S.
MONITOR ESSENTIALLY FREE AT 73.
NOT GIVE UP ON YOURSELF. KEEP
YOUR GOALS ALIVE. DOOR TAKE
PLANS TO VISIT HER DAUGHTER IN
FLORIDA AND CONTINUE TO
ADVOCATE FOR PRISON REFORM. I'M
MOVING AHEAD WITH MY LIFE. I
KNOW WHO I AM AND I KNOW THAT I
SPENT 20 YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR
A CRIME I DIDN'T COMMIT NOW.
AFTER REVIEWING NEW EVIDENCE,
PROSECUTORS COULD CALL FOR A
NEW TRIAL. ATTORNEYS WILL
DISCUSS THAT AT A HEARING SET
FOR OCTOBER 20 3RD. STEVE EVEN
ALICIA TODAY COUNTY OFFICIALS
REPORTED SIX HUNDRED THREE NEW
CONFIRMED CORONAVIRUS CASES AND
NINE NEW DEATHS COUNTYWIDE.
THERE ARE NOW TWENTY SIX
THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED ONE
CASES AND FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY
THREE DEATHS. FOUR PERCENT OF
THE MORE THAN 16000 PEOPLE
TESTED YESTERDAY WERE POSITIVE
FOR KOBE 19 WHICH IS ACTUALLY
GOOD NEWS BECAUSE SAN DIEGO'S
TOO WEEK AVERAGE. POSITIVE TEST
RATE WAS HIGHER IN FACT. NOW
WITH THIS. IT DROPS DOWN TO
FIVE POINT EIGHT PERCENT. SO
FAR MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED
FORTY FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN TESTED ACROSS SAN DIEGO
AND DEL MAR TODAY. HORSE RACING
IS BACK. BUT NOT EVERYONE IS
HAPPY ABOUT PROTESTERS STOOD
OUTSIDE THE RACEWAY THIS
AFTERNOON OVER THE TREATMENT OF
HORSES AT THE TRACK.
DEMONSTRATORS SAY THEY'RE ALSO
PROTESTING THE CLUB'S ALLEGED
LACK OF CARE TOWARDS
THE PANDEMIC. THE RACES WERE
ORIGINALLY POSTPONED AFTER 15
JOCKEYS TESTED POSITIVE FOR
CORONAVIRUS BUT THEY'RE BACK
NOW ALONG WITH AN EXTRA DAY OF
RACING ON MONDAY TO MAKE UP FOR
PAST CANCELATIONS. WELL, IT'S
COMIC CON WEEKEND BUT THINGS
DEFINITELY LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT
THIS YEAR. MOST FANS ARE TAKING
IN THE 2020 EXPERIENCE
VIRTUALLY AT HOME. BUT SOME
PEOPLE ARE STILL GETTING INTO
THE COMIC CON SPIRIT AROUND
TOWN THROUGH ART AND COSPLAY
FOR A CAUSE. THESE EIGHT SISTER
DINA HAS MORE FROM THE GAS LAMP
.I'M IN THE HEART OF THE GAS
LAMP QUARTER RIGHT ACROSS FROM
THE CONVENTION CENTER AND WHERE
I'M STANDING IS USUALLY A
PLAYGROUND FOR FANS. IT IS
QUITE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR BUT
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE STILL
GETTING THEIR SUPER POWER
DRESSING UP, SHOWING SUPPORT
FOR THIS ANNUAL TRADITION COMIC
CON TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN AND
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
THE POPULAR ART CONVENTION IS
ONLINE THIS YEAR. YOU'RE ALWAYS
HEARTBROKEN WHEN SOMETHING THAT
YOU ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO AND
YOU KNOW THAT IT BENEFITS
THE CITY IN SUCH A BIG WAY.
IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SAY
THE IMPACT FINANCIALLY IS HUGE.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS WITH
THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE
COME DOWN HERE LIKE ADULT
HALLOWEEN ON STEROIDS. OWNER
JERRY LEVY OF A TIN FISH
RESTAURANT CAN'T BELIEVE THIS
IS WHAT COMIC CON WEEKEND LOOKS
LIKE. COMIC CON IS THE BIGGEST
BUSINESS WISE OF THE YEAR FOR
US. HE SAYS HE WASN'T EXPECTING
A PADRES OPENING DAY AND A
WEEKEND TO LOOK LIKE THIS
EITHER. THE PARADE OF COSTUMES
HERE BECAUSE OF WHERE WE ARE.
HIS PATIO NORMALLY WOULD FACE
WHAT HE CALLS THE COMIC CON
PLAYGROUND RIGHT IN FRONT OF
THE CONVENTION CENTER. WITH
THE EVENT BEING CANCELED DUE TO
THE COVE A 19 PANDEMIC FANS ARE
TURNING TO THE STREETS TO HONOR
THE ANNUAL EVENT A COMIC CON
SHRINE IN FRONT OF A 10 FISH
RESTAURANT. GIVES US A WAY TO
ACTUALLY LET COMIC I KNOW THAT
WE APPRECIATE THEM AND WE WANT
THEM BACK. THEY COME THEY
STROLL BY WAS KIND OF LIKE
THE MEMORIAL THING WHERE THEY
JUST WANT TO BE SEEN AGAIN AND
COME DOWN AND PRETEND THERE'S
COMIC CON. THOUGH YOU WON'T SEE
MANY PEOPLE IN COSTUMES AND
DOWNTOWN DOZENS OF CARS PLAYERS
ARE IN COSTUMES DONATING BLOOD
AT THE SAN DIEGO BLOOD BANK.
SINCE 1976 THE SAN DIEGO BLOOD
BANK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE COMIC CON CONVENTION HAS
HOSTED AN ANNUAL BLOOD DRIVE
WOULD HAVE BEEN THE 50 FIRST
SAN DIEGO COMIC CON THIS YEAR.
SO BEING ABLE TO GIVE SOMETHING
BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, BEING
ABLE TO DONATE BLOOD OR
PLATELETS IS A WAY FOR US TO
KIND OF DRESS UP AND COSTUME
HAVE HAVE A GOOD TIME JURY SAYS
SARINA. NEWS 8 WHAT COMIC CON
FANS SO PASSIONATE YOU KIND OF
WORRY WHEN THINGS HAVE BEEN
SHUT DOWN THE WAY THEY ARE. IF
NEXT YEAR PEOPLE WILL COME BACK
I MEAN WE'RE OBSESSING A LOT OF
RESTAURANTS THAT ARE STRUGGLING
AND THEY'RE WORRIED ARE
CUSTOMERS GOING TO COME BACK?
BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO
COMIC CON NEXT YEAR WHEN IT IS
BACK IT WILL BE BACK IN FULL
FORCE AND EVERYONE WILL BE
BACK. I HOPE SO. BECAUSE COMIC
CON AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY
LOSING TENS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS THAT'S NOT HAPPENING IN
PERSON AND SEE THAT AREA BEHIND
THERESA. SO MDR WHEN IT SHOULD
BE PASSED. VERY STRANGE BUT
IT'S ONLINE SO YOU COULD CHECK
IT OUT UNTIL TOMORROW AND ALL
THE PANELS ARE ON YOUTUBE TO
WATCH IT AT ANY TIME. WELL, IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL
WEEKEND FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
TO BE HANGING OUT AROUND
DOWNTOWN FOR COMIC CON
METEOROLOGIST JOHN STILES JOINS
US NOW WITH THE FIRST LOOK AT
YOUR MICROCLIMATE FORECAST
DRESSED UP AS METEOROLOGY MAN.
YEAH. THERE YOU GO. I LIKE THAT
BECAUSE THIS ISN'T MY NORMAL
ATTIRE UNLESS I'M IN FRONT OF A
WEATHER MAP OR IN STUDIO. YOU
KNOW, WE'RE HAVING A BEAUTIFUL
WEEKEND BUT BOY, THE FOLKS IN
THE GULF COAST, CORPUS CHRISTI
UP AROUND HOUSTON, THEY ARE
DEALING WITH WHAT WAS A PRETTY
POTENT HURRICANE NOW ALMOST NOT
EVEN A HURRICANE. THIS IS HANNA
BUT MAN, I'M TONY. LOTS OF RAIN
AND THE STORM SURGE FROM THIS
AND ONCE HANNA COMES ONSHORE
IT'S GOING TO MOVE INTO
MAINLAND MEXICO WOULD BE
SURPRISED SOME OF THIS GETS
CAUGHT UP IN THE CIRCULATION
AROUND THE HIGH PRESSURE. IT
COMES INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
LOOKING AT THE TIME LAPSE, THIS
IS FROM TIME MOUNTAIN WEST AND
YEAH, THAT MARINE LAYER WAS OUT
THERE BUT IT BURNED AND AS THIN
AS THE MARINE LAYER WAS TODAY
IT WILL BE THINNER TOMORROW. SO
WE'LL SEE MORE SUNSHINE
TOMORROW CLOUDY ALONG
THE COASTLINE IN THE MORNING
GIVING WAY TO MOSTLY SUNNY
SKIES TEMPT YOUR STATE RIGHT AT
AVERAGE. YOU'LL NOTICE A LITTLE
BIT MORE IN THE WAY OF
THE CLOUDS THAT I THINK IS
THE START OF SOME MONSOONAL
MOISTURE COMING OFF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. BUT FOR YOU FOLKS
IN THE INLAND MICROCLIMATE
FORGET ABOUT IT. THERE'S LOTS
OF SUNSHINE AND TEMPERATURES
HOVERING IN THE MID TO UPPER
80S. IT'S THURSDAY, FRIDAY
WHERE WE'RE GOING TO START TO
SEE A WARM UP. I'LL TALK ABOUT
THAT COMING UP IN JUST A BIT. I
SHALL SEE IN A FEW MINUTES.
THE MT. SOLEDAD VETERANS
MEMORIAL IS FAMOUS FOR HAVING
THE NAMES AND FACES OF THOSE
WHO SERVED IN THE U.S. MILITARY
.AND TODAY THE UNITED STATES
MARINE CORPS ADDED A PLAQUE OF
A MAN WHOSE LEGACY WILL LIVE ON
FOREVER THROUGH ONE FAMOUS
PHOTOGRAPH IS A IT'S TIM
BLODGETT WAS IN LA HOYA TODAY
TO LEARN THE HISTORY OF THE MAN
AND THAT FAMOUS PHOTO HERE AT
THE MOUNT SOLEDAD MEMORIAL.
THE U.S. MARINE CORPS IS
HONORING A LIVING LEGEND,
COLONEL DAVE SEVERANCE NARROWLY
FOUGHT BRAVELY FOR HIS COUNTRY
IN WORLD WAR TWO BUT MIGHT HAVE
HELPED TURN THE TIDE OF THE WAR
ON THE HOMEFRONT UNDER
THE GIANT WHITE CROSS OF MT.
SOLEDAD. HUNDREDS OF PLAQUES
ADORN THE MEMORIAL TO THE MEN
AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED IN
THE UNITED STATES MILITARY. AND
ON THIS DAY A MAN WHOSE SERVICE
SPANNED 30 YEARS AND THREE WARS
WILL JOIN THE RANKS OF THOSE
MEMORIALIZED HERE IN THE HOYA.
COLONEL DAVE SEVERANCE NINETY
NINE YEARS OLD AND A LA HOYA
RESIDENT SINCE THE 60S WAS IN
ATTENDANCE AS BRIGADIER GENERAL
RYAN HERITAGE SPOKE HIS LEGACY
YOUR DEDICATION TO SERVICE TO
YOUR MARINES AND TO YOUR
COUNTRY AS HE MADE YOU A ROLE
MODEL FOR EVERYONE HERE TODAY.
KNOWN FOR HIS SERVICE IN
THE FLAG RAISINGS ON AMOUNTS OR
BOCCE. I WANT TO BE WITH HIM
DURING WORLD WAR 2 THE YEAR
1945, AMERICAN TROOPS HAVE BEEN
LIBERATING ISLANDS IN
THE PACIFIC AGAINST FEARS
OPPOSITION FROM JAPANESE
FORCES. IN FEBRUARY THE UNITED
STATES LANDED ON THE SMALL
ISLAND OF IWO JIMA EPITOMIZED
FOG OF INCREDIBLE HARDSHIP
AFTER INTENSE FIGHTING AND
THOUSANDS OF CASUALTIES,
AMERICAN FORCES CAPTURED MOUNT
SURIBACHI. SIX MARINES PLANTED
THE AMERICAN FLAG ATOP
THE MOUNTAIN WITH ORDERS FROM
EASY COMPANIES COMMANDER COL.
DAVE SEVERANCE. INCREDIBLE
TURNING TURNING OF THE TIDE FOR
THE MARINE CORPS. FOR
THE NATION ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHOTOGRAPHER JOE ROSENTHAL WAS
THERE TO CAPTURE THE ICONIC
IMAGE WHICH WAS USED TO DRUM UP
SUPPORT AND FUNDS FOR THE WAR
EFFORT. THAT PHOTO WAS USED AS
I MENTIONED IN THE BOND DRIVE
USED TO TO RAISE MONEY IN
SUPPORT OF THE WAR AND IT GAVE
HOPE KEEP HOPE TO THINK TO
THE FAMILIES AS WELL AS
THE MARINES. THE RAISING OF
THE AMERICAN FLAG ATOP IWO
JIMA, MOUNT SURIBACHI NEARS
COMPLETION IN WASHINGTON AFTER
SIX YEARS OF WORK RAISING
THE FLAG ONLY REDEEMER HAS
BECOME AN ENDURING SYMBOL OF
THE MARINE CORPS. AND COLONEL
SEVERANCE IS THE EMBODIMENT OF
THE VALUES OF WHAT THE CORPS
REPRESENTS. WHEN PEOPLE OF ALL
GENERATIONS ARE