THIS
THIS IS
THIS IS KGW SEVEN-ELEVEN AND WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH
ISRAEL POUNDING GAZA WITH A
NEW ROUND OF HEAVY AIRSTRIKES,
THE INTENSE AIR ATTACKS
FOLLOWED THE DEADLIEST DAY YET
IN THE ESCALATING VIOLENCE
BETWEEN ISRAEL
BETWEEN ISRAEL AND PALESTINIANS.
AND PALESTINIANS. >> GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR
JOINING US.
JOINING US. I'M BERNIE FALKERS.
MORE THAN 40 PALESTINIANS WERE
KILLED TODAY.
KILLED TODAY. ISRAEL BLAST TARGETS IN GAZA
AND HAMAS MILITANT ATTACKED
ISRAEL WITH ROCKETS.
RICHARD ENGEL REPORTS FROM TEL
AVIV.
AVIV.
AVIV. ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES FLATTENED
THREE APARTMENT BUILDINGS IN
GAZA CITY.
GAZA CITY. THERE ARE RESCUE CREWS TO SPEAK
OF IN GAZA.
SO WHEN THE POORLY EQUIPPED
TEAMS ARRIVED THEY HAD TO DIG
FOR SURVIVORS HOWEVER THEY
COULD.
COULD.
COULD. THEY PULLED DOZENS OUT STILL
ALIVE, TRAPPED IN THE RUBBLE
FOR HOURS BUT THEY FOUND MORE
THAN 40 DEAD INCLUDING HEALTH
OFFICIALS SAY TWO DOZEN WOMEN
AND CHILDREN ACCORDING TO
MUSLIM TRADITION, THEY WERE
BURIED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
THIS FUNERAL FOR 17 MEMBERS
OF A SINGLE FAMILY, NADINE
ABDUL-LATIF IS JUST 10 YEARS
OLD.
OLD.
OLD. >>
OLD. >> THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
DIED HERE NOT ONLY HERE OUT
THERE MORE PLACES IN GAZA
AND PALESTINE DIED.
KIDS ARE DYING.
MOTHERS CRY FOR THEIR KIDS WHO
DIED.
DIED.
DIED. KIDS CAN CRY EVERY TIME BECAUSE
THEIR PARENTS DIED.
>> ISRALIES SAID IT WAS
ATTACKING HAMAS MILITARY
INFRASTRUCTURE BENEATH THE ROAD
NEAR THE BUILDINGS WHICH CAUSED
THEM TO COLLAPSE AND LED TO
UNINTENDED CASUALTIES.
UNINTENDED CASUALTIES. ISRAEL SAYS IT'S DESTROYING
HAMAS INTELLIGENCE TUNNELS
AND TARGETING THE GROUP'S
LEADERS.
LEADERS.
LEADERS. BUT THE ROCKETS MORE THAN 3000
THIS WEEK ARE STILL FLYING.
HAMAS SAID THESE WERE REVENGE
FOR THE DEATH OF WOMEN
AND CHILDREN IN ASHDOD, SOUTH
OF TEL AVIV.
DOREEN MICHALI, A STUDENT,
SHOWED ME HER APARTMENT HIT BY
A ROCKET THAT SLIPPED THROUGH
ISRAEL'S MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM
LOOKS LIKE A NORMAL ROOM BUT
THIS HEAVY METAL DOOR.
>> AIR RAID SIRENS GAVE HER
FORCAST SECONDS TO RUN TO A
REINFORCED ROOM IN HER HOME A
REQUIREMENT ISRAELI BUILDINGS A
CERTAIN SHELTER IN PLACE.
>> PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.
NOBODY GETS HURT.
AND IT'S NOT JUST ROCKETS.
ISRAELI POLICE SAID A
PALESTINIAN RAMMED INTO A
CHECKPOINT IN JERUSALEM
MODERATELY INJURING FOUR
POLICEMEN.
POLICEMEN. >> THE ATTACKER WAS SHOT DEAD
IN ISRAEL.
IN ISRAEL. MANY SUPPORT THE MILITARY
CAMPAIGN AGAINST GAZA AS
SELF-DEFENSE IN GAZA.
MANY SUPPORT THE ROCKET ATTACKS
FOR THE SAME REASON A CYCLE
OF VIOLENCE THAT RISKS FURTHER
ESCALATION.
ESCALATION. >> RICHARD ENGEL, NBC NEWS, TEL
AVIV.
AVIV.
AVIV. PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE
URGING AN END TO THE VIOLENCE
IN THE MIDDLE EAST THAT
INCLUDES A US SENATOR FROM
OREGON, JEFF MERKLEY, WHO
JOINED TWENTY SEVEN OTHERS IN
SIGNING A STATEMENT FOR AN
IMMEDIATE CEASE FIRE BETWEEN
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE.
THE SENATORS SAY THIS IS TO
PREVENT ANY FURTHER LOSS
OF CIVILIAN LIFE AND TO PREVENT
FURTHER ESCALATION OF CONFLICT
.
.
. GUN
. GUN VIOLENCE ERUPTS AGAIN IN
PORTLAND, LEAVING ONE PERSON
DEAD TWO SHOOTINGS NEARLY BACK
TO BACK IN THE CITY LEAVE
POLICE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS
AND HELP FROM THE COMMUNITY
AND A THIRD HAPPENING JUST
AFTER FOUR THIRTY TODAY.
THAT PERSON IS EXPECTED TO
FULLY RECOVER.
FULLY RECOVER. THE FIRST HAPPENED THIS MORNING
JUST BEFORE SEVEN THIRTY IN OLD
TOWN A PERSON WAS SHOT AND IS
EXPECTED TO BE OK IN THAT
CIRCUMSTANCE.
CIRCUMSTANCE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THAT
SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CONTACT
POLICE.
POLICE.
POLICE. THEN ABOUT AN HOUR LATER A
DEADLY SHOOTING IN NORTH
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND. OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE
AREA NEAR NEWMAN AND LUMBERED
AROUND EIGHT 30.
WHEN THEY GOT THERE THEY FOUND
A PERSON DEAD.
DETECTIVES BELIEVE THIS IS A
HOMICIDE AND ARRESTED THIS MAN
.
.
. TWENTY
. TWENTY FIVE YEAR OLD SHANE
MICHAEL FINNELL, THEY'RE
CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE
MURDER AND UNLAWFUL USE OF A
WEAPON.
WEAPON.
WEAPON. THE NAME OF THE VICTIM WILL BE
RELEASED AFTER THE OREGON STATE
MEDICAL EXAMINER DETERMINES THE
CAUSE AND MANNER OF DEATH.
>> ALL OF THESE SHOOTINGS
OF COURSE LEAVE LOVED ONES
OF VICTIMS STUNNED BY SADNESS
AND REELING WITH GRIEF THAT
INCLUDES FAMILY OF A TWENTY
FIVE YEAR OLD WHO WAS SHOT ON
WEDNESDAY AND DIED ON FRIDAY.
TIM GORDON SPOKE TO THE GREAT
AUNT OF DANNY WILLIAMS, THE
FACE OF A YOUNG WOMAN WITH
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE NOW GONE
FROM THIS WORLD, IT'S STILL
SURREAL, YOU KNOW, AND I REALLY
I FEEL FOR HER MOM.
>> I MEAN LAURA WIEGMAN IS THE
GREAT AUNT OF HOMICIDE VICTIM
DANNY WILLIAMS.
DANNY WILLIAMS. WIEGMAN SAYS DANNY WORKED WITH
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
AND WANTED TO BECOME AN EMT.
THERE'S A MEMORIAL NOW WHERE
DANNY WAS SHOT WEDNESDAY NIGHT
ON NE MLK AT DEKUM.
>> SHE WAS DOWNTOWN AT A
RESTAURANT HAVING DINNER WITH A
FRIEND AND THEY CAME OUT OF THE
RESTAURANT AND GOT IN THE CAR.
>> ALTHOUGH POLICE HAVE NOT
RELEASED
,
, WIEGMAN
, WIEGMAN SAYS DANNY WAS IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT
WHEN SHE WAS HIT BY THE BULLET
THAT APPEARS TO HAVE COME IN
THROUGH A PASSENGER SIDE
WINDOW.
WINDOW.
WINDOW. SHE ALSO SAYS THE SHOT WAS
FIRED FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE.
WHY?
WHY?
WHY? >>
WHY? >> WIEGMAN HAS NO IDEA.
NO, DANNY IS NOT IN ANY WAY WAS
NEVER IN ANY WAY INVOLVED IN A
GANG THIS YOUNG PORTLANDER IS
THE CITY'S 31ST HOMICIDE VICTIM
THIS YEAR.
THIS YEAR. THAT'S COMPARED TO FOUR
HOMICIDES AT THIS TIME LAST
YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. IT'S GOT PATROL OFFICERS
SCRAMBLING AND HOMICIDE
DETECTIVES OVERLOADED AT A TIME
WHEN PORTLAND POLICE FACED THE
POTENTIAL OF MORE CUTS ALL PART
OF A GUN VIOLENCE CRISIS THAT
AFFECTS FAMILIES LIKE DANNY
WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS. >> SHE'S THE MIDDLE DAUGHTER
AND SO SHE LEAVES BEHIND AN
OLDER SISTER AND YOUNGER SISTER
.
.
. IT'S
. IT'S HARD FOR BOTH OF THEM, YOU
KNOW, LOSING THEIR LITTLE
SISTER, THEIR BIG SISTER.
>> BUT YOU GOT TO YOU GOT TO
DEAL WITH IT.
>> THE LOOK ON WIEGMAN FACE
SHOWS THAT'S EASIER SAID THAN
DONE.
DONE.
DONE. THE
DONE. THE FRUSTRATION IS THIS YOU
KNOW, YOU THINK THIS CAN'T
HAPPEN TO MY FAMILY AND I HERE
IT AND HERE IT DOES JUST A
RANDOM ACT OF VIOLENCE.
>> DETECTIVES IN THIS CASE
BELIEVE SEVERAL WITNESSES LEFT
THE SCENE WITHOUT TALKING TO
OFFICERS.
OFFICERS.
OFFICERS. >> THEY HOPE TO HEAR FROM THOSE
WITNESSES SOON.
WITNESSES SOON. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION,
CALL PORTLANDER POLICE TIM
GORDON KGW NEWS.
THE FIRST COURT BATTLE OVER
WHETHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN
BAN POLICE FROM ENFORCING
CERTAIN GUN LAWS WILL PLAY OUT
THIS WEEK IN OREGON.
COLUMBIA COUNTY IS ONE OF A
WAVE OF U.S. COUNTIES DECLARING
ITSELF A SECOND AMENDMENT
SANCTUARY.
SANCTUARY. THE MEASURE APPROVED BY VOTERS
LAST YEAR PROHIBITS LOCAL
OFFICIALS FROM ENFORCING MOST
FEDERAL AND STATE GUN LAWS.
THE GROUP EVERYTOWN FOR GUN
SAFETY IS AMONG THOSE URGING A
JUDGE TO INVALIDATE THAT
ORDINANCE THAT'S BEEN DIVISIVE
IN THE COUNTY OUTSIDE
OF PORTLAND.
OF PORTLAND. >> MELHAF MOTHER TURNS TO THE
LAW, TURNS THE LOSS OF HER SON
INTO A COMMUNITY RESOURCE WIND
PHONE BOOTH IS NOW OPEN IN
BATTLE GROUND TO HELP PEOPLE
GRIEVING.
GRIEVING.
GRIEVING. >> KRYSTAL KOUMOUE EXPLAINS.
>> THIS IS HIM WHEN WE WENT ON
VACATION IN HAWAII AND WE GOT
TO REALLY SPEND A LOT OF GOOD
TIMES TOGETHER.
TIMES TOGETHER. HIM AND THIS PICTURE OF HIM
AND HIS GIRLFRIEND THE DAY THAT
HE DIED MERLINDA SAIN REMEMBERS
THE LAST MESSAGE SHE GOT FROM
HER 25 YEAR OLD SON BRYCE SEEN
THAT DAY IN DECEMBER.
HE HAD SENT ME A TEXT WHEN HE
WAS WHEN HE LANDED IN LAS VEGAS
AND HE SAID LANDED IN VEGAS.
I LOVE YOU, MOM.
SHANE WANTED TO CONTINUE TO
FEEL CONNECTED TO BRYCE SO SHE
HARNESS HER GRIEF TO BUILD A
WIND PHONE BOOTH A PLACE TO
REMEMBER HER SON AND A RESOURCE
FOR HER BATTLEGROUND COMMUNITY.
>> I JUST JUST WANT THAT PLACE
WHERE PEOPLE CAN START THE
HEALING PROCESS AND CONNECT
WITH THEIR LOVED ONES IN A
MEANINGFUL WAY.
MEANINGFUL WAY. >> THE PHONE IS A DISCONNECTED
PHONE LINE USED TO COMMUNICATE
WITH DECEASED LOVED ONES.
>> IT'S INSPIRED BY THE
ORIGINAL WIND PHONE IN JAPAN
WHICH GREW IN POPULARITY AFTER
THE 2011 EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI
SERVING AS A SOURCE OF COMFORT
TO DEAL WITH GRIEF.
GRIEVING IS REALLY HARD AND I
WANT TO PROVIDE A SPACE WHERE
PEOPLE CAN FIND A LITTLE BIT
OF COMFORT.
OF COMFORT. >> THE WIND PHONE BOOTH
PROVIDES A PRIVATE PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE CAN CAN FIND THEIR
THOUGHTS AND LET THE WIND CARRY
THEIR WORDS TO LOVED ONES
THEY'VE LOST.
THEY'VE LOST. >> AND I THINK THERE'S
SOMETHING RITUALISTIC ABOUT
GOING INTO THE PHONE BOOTH,
DIALING THE PHONE NUMBER
AND HAVING THE RECEIVER
AND BEING ABLE TO SEE THE
THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO SAVE
THAT YOU'RE NO LONGER ABLE TO
SAY IN PERSON, SHE SAYS IT'S A
TANGIBLE CONNECTION THAT
CREATES SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO
PROCESS GRIEF.
PROCESS GRIEF. THE BOOHT ALSO HAS A NOTEBOOK
FOR VISITORS TO JOT DOWN THEIR
THOUGHTS AND MESSAGES.
>> I THINK IT'S A REALLY LOVELY
WAY THAT A PERSON CAN TAKE TIME
TO KIND OF CONNECT WITH THOSE
THAT THEY'VE LOST AND HAVE
LOVED AND SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
THAT. >> I THINK IT'LL BE REALLY
NICE.
NICE.
NICE. SHE
NICE. SHE GOT AN OUTPOURING
OF SUPPORT SUNDAY FROM
NEIGHBORS AS THE WIND BOOHT
OFFICIALLY OPENED TO ALL WE ALL
HAVE LOST IN COMMUNITE SO THERE
HASN'T BEEN ANYBODY WHO'S COME
BY WHO HASN'T EXPERIENCED SOME
SORT OF LOSS.
AND I THINK AS WE RELATE IS
WHERE SOME OF THE HEALING
HAPPENS BECAUSE WE FIND THAT
THERE'S REAL LOVE OUT THERE.
>> WHILE LOSS IS A COMMON
THREAD, IT'S THE MEMORIES THAT
LIVE ON THIS IS HIM AND I JUST