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>>> THIS IS KGW NEWS AT SUNRISE.
SUNRISE.
SUNRISE. >>> STOPPED TRAFFIC ON THE
FREMONT BRIDGE.
FREMONT BRIDGE. PROTESTING POLICE TOTALITY AND
DEMANDING CUTS TO THE BUREAU.
THIS IS THE ISSUE THAT PORTLAND
CITY COUNCIL WILL TAKE UP AGAIN
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. >>> MORE RECORD-BREAKING
CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS.
CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS. HUNDREDS OF CASES BEING TALLIED
EVERY DAY AND IT'S NOT JUST THE
BIGGER CITIES GETTING HIT.
WE ARE TRACKING A SURGE OF THE
CASES IN EASTERN OREGON AND
ALONG THE COAST.
>>> GOOD MORNING, FANCY MEETING
THE TWO OF YOU HERE AT THIS
FINE HOUR OF THE DAY.
IT IS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17.
WE ARE INCHING CLOSER TO THE
FIRST DAY OF SUMMER.
RODNEY, WORD OF THE STREET IS
AT A MIGHT ACTUALLY START TO
FEEL LIKE SUMMER AS WE GET TO
SUMMER.
SUMMER.
SUMMER. >> WE ARE DONE WITH THAT CHILLY
WET PATTERN FOR THE TIME BEING.
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND YOU CAN
SEE A LITTLE BIT OF BLUE UP TOP
WITH THE EARLY MORNING VIEW
FROM THE WELLS FARGO CAMERA.
IT HAS COOLED UP TO 53 DEGREES.
TODAY COMING UP IT SHOULD BE
CLASSIC NORTHWEST WEATHER.
PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES
COMING.
COMING.
COMING. BY THE LUNCHTIME.
74 IS THE HIGH TODAY.
A CHANCE OF RAIN IN PORTLAND OF
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0.00. >> I LOVE THAT NUMBER.
I LOVE IT.
WE WILL CHECK IN WITH YOU SOON.
>>> WE NEED TO SHOW YOU SOME
PRETTY SCARY VIDEO FROM
DOWNTOWN PORTLAND EARLY THIS
MORNING AT AROUND 1:00 A.M.
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT
APPEARS TO BE A DRIVER RIGHT
THERE, DELIBERATELY HITTING THE
CAR INTO A GROUP OF PROTESTERS.
WE STOPPED THE VIDEO BEFORE IT
SHOWS ANYONE GETTING HURT, BUT
LESS THAN ONE MINUTE LATER, THE
SAME DRIVER CIRCLES THE BLOCK
AND COMES THROUGH AGAIN.
THIS VIDEO WAS UPLOADED ONTO THE
STREAMING WEBSITE TWITCH.
IS NOT BEEN ABLE TO
INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY IT BUT
AROUND THE SAME TIME, THE
PORTLAND POLICE TWEETED ABOUT
REPORTS OF A DRIVER HITTING
PEOPLE AT THIRD AND ALDER.
THREE PEOPLE WERE STRUCK AND IT
TWO WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL
FOR TRAUMA CARE.
ALL THREE ARE EXPECTED TO BE
OKAY.
OKAY.
OKAY. WE
OKAY. WE THINK THEY ARE LIKELY
CONNECTED, BUT WE NEED TO
CONFIRM WITH LISA THIS VIDEO IS
THE SAME INCIDENT AS WHAT
POLICE TWEETED.
POLICE TWEETED. THEY USE THE SURVEILLANCE PLANE
TO TRACK DOWN AND ARREST THE
DRIVER . HE IS A 27-YEAR-OLD
WHO IS FACING THREE CASES OF
FELONY HIT AND RUN.
>>> BEFORE THE, PROTESTERS TOOK
OVER FREMONT BRIDGE, RALLYING
TO DEFUND THE POLICE.
THIS DEMONSTRATION STARTED AT
JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL NORTH
PORTLAND BEFORE PEOPLE WALKED
ONTO THE BRIDGE NEAR A MANUAL
HOSPITAL AND SAT AROUND FOR
ABOUT ONE HOUR.
DEMONSTRATORS USE THEIR CARS
AND MOTORCYCLES TO BLOCK OTHER
ON RAMPS.
ON RAMPS.
ON RAMPS. ANOTHER GROUP GATHERED OUTSIDE
OF THE JUSTICE CENTER.
THEY STARTED TAMPERING WITH THE
DOORS OF POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
THIS ALSO LOCATED IN THE
BUILDING AND LOCKED THEM FROM
THE OUTSIDE.
THE OUTSIDE. THEY TWEETED OUT PHOTOS OF A
YOU LOCK AND A FLAG FOR THE USE.
AND UP BURNING THEMSELVES.
POLICE SAY THE LOCKED DOORS
WERE ACCUSED A HUGE SAFETY
CONCERN.
CONCERN.
CONCERN. THEY ARE STILL LOOKING FOR
WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE.
>>> FOR WEEKS, THE PROTESTERS
HAVE BEEN CALLING HIM PORTLAND
LEADERS TO MOVE MONEY AWAY FROM
THE POLICE.
THE POLICE. TWO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
TODAY, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL
VOTE ON THE NEW BUDGET INCLUDES
DEEP CUTS TO THE POLICE BUREAU.
THE VOTE COMES AFTER
COMMISSIONERS DID NOT HAVE A
UNANIMOUS DECISION ON THE
BUDGET LAST WEEK.
THE COMMISSIONER VOTED AGAINST
THE PLAN THAT WOULD HAVE CUT
MORE THAN $15 MILLION IN POLICE
SPENDING.
SPENDING.
SPENDING. SHE SAYS THOSE CUTS DID NOT GO
FAR ENOUGH.
FAR ENOUGH. SHE WANTS MORE MONEY SLASHED
FROM THE $244 MILLION BUDGET
REQUESTED BY THE BUREAU.
THERE IS SOME AGREEMENT WITH
HER AMONG OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
THE ALL FAVOR ENDING THE GUN
VIOLENCE REDUCTION TEAM AND
GETTING RID OF THE TRANSIT
DIVISION, WHICH PROVIDES LAW
ENFORCEMENT FOR TRIMET.
>>> IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, WE
HAVE SEEN SEVERAL LOCAL LEADERS
RESIGN.
RESIGN.
RESIGN. WE START WITH THE MULTNOMAH
COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
IN A LETTER, ROD UNDERHILL SAYS
HE WOULD RETIRE EFFECTIVE AT
THE END OF JULY.
UNDERHILL WAS ALREADY ON HIS
WAY OUT.
WAY OUT.
WAY OUT. MIKE SCHMIDT WAS SET TO TAKE
OVER AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
HE WAS JUST ELECTED IN MAY.
AS FOR WHY HE IS STEPPING DOWN,
HE CITED THE NEED FOR IMMEDIATE
CHANGE IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY
SYSTEM TO LESSEN THE HARM ON
OUR BLACK COMMUNITY.
HE SAID WILL BE BETTER TO HAVE
SCHMIDT TAKE OVER NOW AND LEAVE
THOSE CHANGES.
THOSE CHANGES. >>> AND IN GRESHAM, THE MAYOR IS
RESIGNING TODAY AFTER 14 YEARS
IN OFFICE.
IN OFFICE. BEMUS ALSO OWNS A RESTAURANT
AND HE POSTED THIS LETTER ON
FACEBOOK EXPLAINING HIS
DECISION.
DECISION.
DECISION. HE SAID, QUOTE, FACING A
PANDEMIC, ARISING POWERFUL AND
NECESSARY SOCIALIST SOCIAL
JUSTICE MOVEMENT AND THE CITY
BUDGET WOES WILL TRYING TO KEEP
MY BUSINESS AFLOAT IS NOT
TENABLE.
TENABLE.
TENABLE. THE SEAT WILL BE UP FOR
ELECTION IN NOVEMBER . HE IS
RECOMMEND DING THAT TRAVIS
STOVALL RUN FOR THE OFFICE.
HE'S A BLACK THIS IS OWNER WHO
SERVED ON THE TRIMET BOARD AND
ON SEVERAL CITY COMMITTEES.
THE MAYOR IS THE THIRD CITY
LEADER TO STEP DOWN THIS WEEK.
THE CITY MANAGER AND THE POLICE
CHIEF BOTH RESIGNED, SAYING
THEY ARE RETIRING.
THIS REPORT FROM THE OREGONIAN
SAYS THAT COMPLAINTS HAVE
SURFACED ABOUT RACISM WITHIN
GRESHAM CITY OFFICES, INCLUDING
THE POLICE BUREAU.
WE DID REACH OUT TO THE POLICE
OFFICERS MAYOR'S OFFICE TO
LEARN MORE BUT WE HAVE NOT
GOTTEN A RESPONSE.
>>> AN UPDATE ON AROUND THE
REST OF A BLACK MAN WHO WAS
FRAMED BY WEST LYNN POLICE BACK
IN 2017.
IN 2017.
IN 2017. THE DEPARTMENT HAS FIRED THE
LAST REMAINING OFFICER INVOLVED
IN THE CASE.
HE HAS BEEN UNPAID LEAVE SINCE
FEBRUARY ONE A MAN GOT A
$600,000 SETTLEMENT FOR THE
BOGUS ARREST.
BOGUS ARREST. HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED.
HE WENT TO HIS BOSS AT THE
TOWING COMPANY WHERE HE WORKED
TO REPORT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
FROM HIS COWORKERS.
COURT DOCUMENTS SAY HIS BOSS
WAS AFRAID OF A LAWSUIT, SO HE
WENT TO HIS FRIEND, THE WEST
OAKLAND POLICE CHIEF, FOR HELP.
THE CHIEF PUBLIC CASE AGAINST
THE MAN, SAYING HE WAS STEALING
FROM HIS WORKPLACE.
HE WAS ARRESTED, BUT THE CASE
WAS LATER DROPPED.
BY THE TIME ALL OF THIS CAME
OUT, THE CHIEF WAS NO LONGER
WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS INTO
THE INCIDENTS ARE STILL GOING
ON.
ON.
ON. >>>
ON. >>> TURNING NOW TO THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. ARKANSAS ANOTHER RECORD RAKING
NUMBER OF NEW INFECTIONS
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. >>> YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE DAILY
TOTAL CHART.
TOTAL CHART. YOU CAN SEE THE SPIKE OVER THE
LAST FEW WEEKS.
THERE WERE 2 TO 70 NEW CASES
REPORTED JUST YESTERDAY.
THAT IS ON THE FAR RIGHT OF
YOUR SCREEN.
YOUR SCREEN. MULTNOMAH AND CLACKAMAS
COUNTY'S REPORTED DOZENS OF NEW
CASES, BUT IT WAS UNION COUNTY
IN EASTERN OREGON, IN THE
LAGRANDE AREA, THAT'S ALL THE
MOST NEW CASES.
119 ONE DAY.
WE TOLD ABOUT THIS OUTBREAK
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. IT APPEARS TO BE LINKED TO A
CHURCH.
CHURCH.
CHURCH. WE DUG DEEPER.
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE VIDEO
FROM LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH IN
LAGRANDE POSTED ON THEIR
FACEBOOK PAGE.
FACEBOOK PAGE. THEY GATHERED WELL UNION COUNTY
WAS IN PHASE 1 WHICH PREVENTED
GATHERINGS OF 25 PEOPLE OR MORE.
THE VIDEO HAS BEEN PULLED FROM
THE CHURCH FACEBOOK PAGE.
THEY CAN A NUMBER OF CASES ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH LIGHTHOUSE
PENTECOSTAL CHURCH.
PENTECOSTAL CHURCH. DURING AN INTERVIEW, THE PUBLIC
HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR WAS A
LITTLE ABOUT THE CHURCH.
>> I REALLY CANNOT SPEAK TO THE
CONGREGATION'S ACTIVITIES.
CONGREGATION'S ACTIVITIES. I AM AWARE THAT PEOPLE HAVE
FOUND INFORMATION SIMILAR TO
WHAT YOU ARE SHARING ME RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. AGAIN, I CANNOT SPEAK TO THE
ACTIVITIES.
ACTIVITIES. >> Reporter: THE STATEMENT SAYS
THE CHURCHES COOPERATING IN
HEALTH LEADERS CONFIRMED A
LARGE EVENT WAS HELD AT THE
CHURCH.
CHURCH.
CHURCH. WHILE UNION COUNTY HAS THE
BIGGEST NEW SPIKE IN CASES,
SOMEONE AND BEING A ROLE COUNTY
WITH INCREASING COVID-19.
THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
SHOWED AREAS OF CONCERN IN THE
DARK.
DARK.
DARK. LET'S START TO THE EAST IN
UNION COUNTY.
UNION COUNTY. 45 CASES FOR 10,000 PEOPLE AS
OF NOON TUESDAY. INCLUDED 121
POSITIVE CASES.
POSITIVE CASES. THAT NUMBER WILL GROW.
JEFFERSON COUNTY HAS 20 PER
10,000 WITH 60 POSITIVE CASES.
MARION COUNTY HAS 44 PER 10,000
AND LINCOLN COUNTY IS 42 PER
10,000, WITH 206 POSITIVE CASES.
BACK IN UNION COUNTY, 9 WORKERS
ARE TACKLING THE JOG UP JOB OF
INVESTIGATING THE CASES.
>> I'M NOT A MATH MAJOR, BUT
YOU HAVE TO DO 40 CASES.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE NINE
PEOPLE TO INVESTIGATE ALL THOSE
QUIET?
QUIET?
QUIET? >>
QUIET? >> SO, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE
BEEN WORKING AND HAVE SUBMITTED
A RESEARCH REQUEST OF THEM SO
WE CAN GET ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
FOR CONTACT TRACING.
SOME OF THE INFORMATION WILL BE
REPORTED TODAY AND TOMORROW.
>> THEY SAY THAT SUPPLIES ARE
HOLDING UP IN THE MIGHT ASK FOR
MORE TESTING SUPPLIES IN.
240 CASES IS A LOT FOR THIS
SIZE COUNTY TO DO WITH IT ONCE.
THE HELP DIRECTOR SAID THE TEAM
IS READY, BUT THERE ALSO WERE
NOT.
NOT.
NOT. >>
NOT. >> ANOTHER ANY OF US EVER
ANTICIPATED THAT WE WOULD BE
RESPONDING TO THIS IN SUCH A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, SO WE
LITERALLY HAVE ALL HANDS ON
DECK AND WE ARE WORKING VERY
LONG DAYS.
LONG DAYS. >> IT IS A BIG JOB.
LINCOLN COUNTY ON THE COAST TO
SEEING A SHARP RISE IN
CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS.
CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS. THE 223 CASES THERE.
AT LEAST 145 OF THOSE ARE
LINKED TO PACIFIC SEAFOOD IN
NEWPORT.
NEWPORT.
NEWPORT. YESTERDAY THE COUNTY HAD
AMASSED TESTING EVENT FOR MORE
THAN 300 PEOPLE.
AROUND IT DOESN'T CONTACT
TRACERS ARE BEING SENT OUT TO
CONFINE PEOPLE THAT COULD HAVE
BEEN EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS.
>>> OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
WILL SEND ITS OWN TEAMS TO
NEWPORT TO DO RANDOM DOOR-TO-
DOOR TESTS.
DOOR TESTS. >>> FIREFIGHTERS ARE TRAINING
FOR THE FIRE SEASON.
THAT IS WHAT IT TYPICALLY LOOKS
LIKE, BUT COVID-19 HAS FORCED
THEM TO GET CREATIVE.
THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE CLASSROOM
AND DOING SOME TRAINING RESUME.
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS,
THEY ALSO SPENT TIME OUTSIDE.
HE SAYS THAT HE IS EXPECTING A
BUSY FIRE SEASON DESPITE ALL OF
THE RAIN THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN
THIS MONTH.
THIS MONTH. >> THIS JUNE REMINDS ME OF 2017
WERE WE HAD EAGLE CREEK AND IT
CAUGHT EVERYONE BY SURPRISE
BECAUSE WE HAD A WET LATE
SPRING AND THEN THE WATER
TURNED OFF ONE DAY AND WE HAD
THREE MONTHS WITHOUT RAIN.
>> YOU WANTED TO ENJOY YOUR
SUMMER AND TIME OUTSIDE.
JUST REMEMBER TO BE SAFE AND BE
SMART.
SMART.
SMART. GREAT ADVICE.
GREAT ADVICE. >>> SPEAKING OF SUMMER, WE ARE
COUNTING DOWN AND IT OFFICIALLY
BEGINS ON SATURDAY.
WE CANNOT WAIT.
>>> WE DO KNOW THIS.
THE RAINFALL THAT IS FALLING
THIS MONTH, HAS AT LEAST HELD
OFF THE FIRE SEASON, IS NOT
PUSHED IT BACK FROM WHAT WOULD
HAVE BEEN AN EARLIER START.
SO THAT PART OF THE STORY
CONTINUES TO BE GOOD.
HERE IS A LOOK AT NORTHWEST
WEATHER.
WEATHER.
WEATHER. THE CLOUDS UP HERE WITH SOME
SHOWERS LINGERING ACROSS BAKER
COUNTY.
COUNTY.
COUNTY. THAT IS THE UPPER-LEVEL LOW
THAT PRODUCED THE CLOUDS AND
RAIN.
RAIN.
RAIN. THAT IS MOVING OUT, SO WITH
THAT MOVING OUT, ALL OF THE
STATE WILL BECOME DRY IN THE
COMING HOURS AND THE RAIN
CHANCE WILL CERTAINLY BE DONE
HERE ON THE WEST SIDE FOR A
WHILE.
WHILE.
WHILE. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERALL.
48 IN ASTORIA.
SALEM IS 49.
THAT IS RIGHT, 49.
IT IS A RELATIVELY COOL START.
WITH THE SUN COMING, IT SHOULD
BE GOING UP INTO THE 70s.
SHOULD BE PLEASANT TODAY.
NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.
LONG VIEW IS 72 DEGREES.
ON THE FORECAST BOARD, THE
CHAPTER MORNING SHOWERS OUT
AROUND BAKER CITY IS MOVING
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. THE
OUT. THE AFTERNOON FORECAST, NOBODY
HAS RAIN CHANCES AND IT WILL BE
PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY WITH
THIS HIGHS IN THE 60s AND 70s
ACROSS THE STATE.
ANYONE TOMORROW AND 80s ON
FRIDAY.
FRIDAY.
FRIDAY. CONFIDENCE IS GROWING THAT IT
WILL AT LEAST BE CLOUDY ON
SATURDAY INTO FATHER'S