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>>> BREAKING NEWS ON KGW NEWS AT SUNRISE.
AT SUNRISE. >> WE START WITHOUT BREAKING
NEWS OUT OF THE GORGE WHERE A
WILD FIRE IS BURNING SOUTH OF
MOSHER.
MOSHER.
MOSHER. RIGHT NOW ABOUT 900 HOMES ARE
UNDER SOME SORT OF EVACUATION
NOTICE AND 150 HAVE BEEN
ORDERED TO CLEAR OUT.
THAT FIRES STARTED YESTERDAY
AND QUICKLY SPREAD TO 500
ACRES.
ACRES.
ACRES. IT
ACRES. IT HAS BURNED AT LEAST ONE
BUILDING AND CREWS SPENT
YESTERDAY FIGHTING THE FLAMES
FROM THE GROUND AND THE AIR.
>> I AM A RETIRED FIRE CAPTAIN
SO THEY ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT
I WOULD DO.
THEY ARE HITTING THE SEAT OF
THE FIRE WHERE IT STARTED HERE
SO FAR THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN ABLE
TO PUT IT OUT A LITTLE AND IT
KEEPS FLARING UP.
>> GOVERNOR KATE BROWN IS
DIRECTING OREGON'S FIRE MARSHAL
TO SEND IT MORE FIREFIGHTERS
AND EQUIPMENT AND WE ARE
HEARING REPORTS THAT ASH IS
FALLING AS FAR EAST AT THE
DALLAS.
DALLAS.
DALLAS. I
DALLAS. I WANT YOU TO CHECK OUT THIS
PHOTO FROM A VIEWER.
HE TIPPED US OFF ABOUT THE FIRE
AND SHARED THIS PICTURE OF
SMOKE IN THE DALLES.
AND ONE MORE FOR YOU.
HE ALSO SHARED THIS VIDEO
SHORTLY AFTER THE FIRE STARTED
NEAR MOSHER CREEK.
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SMOKE.
WE DO HAVE A KGW CREW DRIVING
OUT TO MOSHER TO BRING US AN
UPDATE.
UPDATE.
UPDATE. WE WILL BE CHECKING IN WITH
THEM IN OUR NEXT HALF HOUR THAT
FIRST RIDE IS STANDING BY WITH
A LOOK AT THE WEATHER
CONDITIONS.
CONDITIONS. WHAT ARE FIREFIGHTERS FACING
TODAY ROD?
TODAY ROD? >> IT IS CERTAINLY THE BEST DAY
OF THE NEXT FEW COMING OUR
DIRECTION IT WILL BE A VERY HOT
AND ALARMING BECAUSE OF THAT
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND. TO GET YOUR BEARINGS, WE HAVE
HOOD RIVER, MOSHER SETTING JUST
OFF TO THE EAST AND THE FIRE
BURNING UP IN ELEVATION JUST
SOUTH OF MOSHER ON THE OREGON
SIDE OF THE BOARD'S.
THE WIND DIRECTION WILL BE FROM
THE WEST.
THE WEST.
THE WEST. WEATHERWISE, THE NEWS IS PRETTY
GOOD.
GOOD.
GOOD. TODAY ABOUT 82 DEGREES.
WINS WEST, 10-25.
THAT IS THE TYPICAL WEST
BREEZE.
BREEZE.
BREEZE. TOMORROW WE START TO WARM UP.
POSSIBLY 100 DEGREES.
WINS AT THAT POINT WILL BE
NORTH TWO E. AND MORE ERRATIC.
SIMPLY PUTS BECAUSE OF THE HOT
WEEKEND FORECAST IN THE COMING
DAYS TODAY INTO TOMORROW, VERY
CRUCIAL FOR THESE FIRE CREWS TO
GET A HANDLE ON THE SITUATION.
OUR LOCAL WEATHER COMING UP
SHORTLY.
SHORTLY.
SHORTLY. >> WE WILL BE FOLLOWING THE
LATEST ON THIS FIRE ALL
THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND YOU
CAN GET UPDATES ANYTIME AT
KGW.COM . IF YOU DO WANT
INFORMATION, JUST SENT DIRECTLY
TO YOUR PHONE, TEXT THE WORD
WILDFIRE TO THIS NUMBER AND WE
WILL SEND YOU A LINK.
>> IT IS A BUSY THURSDAY
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. NOW TO THE LATEST ON THE
ONGOING PROTEST IN PORTLAND THE
FOR THE PAST WEEK CROWDS HAVE
SHIFTED TO PORTLAND'S NORTH AND
EAST SIDES BUT LAST NIGHT THEY
RETURNED TO DOWNTOWN.
>> THINGS NEEDED TO STAY NOT AS
CALM AS THEY HAD BEEN THE NIGHT
BEFORE.
BEFORE.
BEFORE. POLICE ROUNDED UP DECLARING A
RIDE AND USED TEARGAS ON THE
CROWD.
CROWD.
CROWD. SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE GATHERED
OUTSIDE THE JUSTICE CENTER TO
LISTEN TO SPEECHES FROM BLACK
LIVES MATTER ORGANIZERS BUT AS
THE SPEECHES WRAPPED UP AROUND
10:30 LAST NIGHT, THE MOOD
DOWNTOWN DEFINITELY CHANGED.
PEOPLE LAUNCHED COMMERCIAL
GRADE FIREWORKS TOWARDS THE
FENCING AROUND THE FEDERAL
COURTHOUSE.
COURTHOUSE. A COUPLE OF FIRES WERE STARTED
AND THE CROWDS IGNORED CALLS TO
DISPERSE AND THAT IS WHEN
PORTLAND POLICE AND OREGON
STATE TROOPERS TOOK TO THE
STREETS.
STREETS.
STREETS. POLICE SHARED THESE PHOTOS.
THAT PHOTO EARLIER SHOWED ONE
OF THE ROCKS.
ONE OFFICER WAS DOUSED WITH
PAINT.
PAINT.
PAINT. THINGS REALLY DID NOT QUIET
DOWN UNTIL AROUND 2:30 THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. >> WE WANT TO CATCH YOU UP ON
SOME BIG NEWS OUT OF BEND WHERE
HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS BLOCKED
ICE BUSES FROM LEAVING AFTER
AGENTS DETAINED TWO MEN WHO
REPORTEDLY HAD WARRANTS OUT FOR
THEIR ARRESTS.
THEIR ARRESTS. THIS IS VIDEO FROM OUR SISTER
STATION DURING THEIR 11 PM
NEWSCAST.
NEWSCAST.
NEWSCAST. THAT DEMONSTRATION STARTED
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND LASTED
MORE THAN 10 HOURS.
SO FEDERAL AGENTS EVENTUALLY
CLEARED OUT DEMONSTRATORS ABOUT
MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT WITH PEPPER
SPRAY AND GOT THOSE TWO
DETAINEES AND OFFICERS OFF THE
BUS AFTER ALL THAT TIME.
PEOPLE OUT THERE SAY THE TWO
DETAINED MEN HAVE LIVED IN BEND
FOR YEARS.
FOR YEARS. >> THEY HAD TWO GUYS, ONE OF
THEM WAS GOING TO WORK AND THE
OTHER ONE WAS COMING HOME FROM
WORK.
WORK.
WORK. >>
WORK. >> ICE SAYS BOTH OF THOSE MEN
HAVE VIOLENT CRIMINAL HISTORIES
AND THEN MAYOR SAYS THERE WERE
WARRANTS OUT FOR THEIR IT REST.
ICE WAS NOT JUST DOING SWEEPS.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND CITY
COUNCIL JOINED THE CROWDS TO
SPEAK OUT AGAINST WHAT THEY
CALLED UNLAWFUL ACTION.
THE INNOVATION LAW LAB HAS NOW
FILED AN EMERGENCY MOTION TO
PREVENT THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY FROM
TRANSPORTING THOSE DETAINEES
AND THAT COULD GO BEFORE A
JUDGE AS SOON AS THIS MORNING.
WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED.
>> RIGHT NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT
THIS WEEK'S ELECTION HERE IN
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND. DAN RYAN WON THE RACE TO FILL
THE CITY COUNCIL SEAT LEFT
VACANT BY THE LATE NICK FISH.
IN THE END, RYAN DEFEATED
LORETTA SMITH BY ABOUT 5000
VOTES.
VOTES.
VOTES. >>
VOTES. >> AT THIS VERY MOMENT, I AM IN
A VERY HUMBLE GRATEFUL AND
EXCITED PLACE AND I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO SERVING THE CITY
THAT I LOVE.
>> RYAN WILL OFFICIALLY BE
SWORN IN NEXT MONTH.
NATIONALLY THE BIG POLITICAL
STORY THIS WEEK CAME FROM JOE
BIDEN AS THE DEMOCRATIC HOPEFUL
FOR PRESIDENT NAMED HIS RUNNING
MATE.
MATE.
MATE. >>
MATE. >> BIDEN AND HIS VP PICK,
HARRIS HELD THEIR FIRST PRESS
CONFERENCE TOGETHER AND THEY
ARE ALREADY FACING A TAX FROM
PRESIDENTS TRUMP AND VICE
PRESIDENT PENTZ.
PRESIDENT PENTZ. NBC SCOTT McFARLAND BRINGS US
THE LATEST.
THE LATEST. >> JOE BIDEN AND HARRIS BEGAN
THEIR FIRST FULL DAY AS
ROOMMATES AFTER INTRODUCTION AT
A HIGH SCHOOL STAGE AND BUT --
DELAWARE.
DELAWARE.
DELAWARE. >> SHE KNOWS HOW TO MAKE THE
HARD CALLS.
HARD CALLS. SHE IS READY TO DO THIS JOB ON
DAY ONE.
DAY ONE.
DAY ONE. >> VOTE BECAUSE ELECTING JOE
BIDEN IS JUST THE START OF THE
WORK AHEAD OF US.
I CANNOT BE PROUDER TO BE BY
HIS SIDE RUNNING TO REPRESENT
YOU, THE PEOPLE.
>> HARRIS IS THE DAUGHTER OF
IMMIGRANTS FROM INDIA AND
JAMAICAN THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN
ON A MAJOR PARTY TICKET.
PRESIDENT TRUMP CRITICIZED THE
SELECTION.
SELECTION. >> HE MADE A CHOICE AND HE
PICKED HER.
PICKED HER. I WATCHED HER POLL NUMBERS GO
UP BOOM DOWN TO ALMOST NOTHING
AND SHE LEFT ANGRY.
SHE LEFT MAD.
>> YOU ALL KNEW IT WAS COMING.
YOU COULD HAVE SET YOUR WATCHES
TO IT.
TO IT.
TO IT. DONALD TRUMP HAS ALREADY
STARTED HIS ATTACKS.
>> BIDEN AND HARRIS STAGE A
VIRTUAL -- STAGED A VIRTUAL
FUNDRAISER.
FUNDRAISER. >> THE CASE AGAINST DONALD
TRUMP AND MIKE PENCE IS OPEN
AND SHUT.
AND SHUT.
AND SHUT. >> JOE BIDEN'S DECISION TO ADD
KAMALA HARRIS TO THE TICKET
CONFIRMS EVERYTHING PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND I HAVE BEEN SAYING
AND THAT IS THAT JOE BIDEN AND
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAVE BEEN
OVERTAKEN BY THE RADICAL LEFT.
>> FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, THE
SPRINT IN NOVEMBER HAS BEGUN.
SCOTT McFARLAND, NBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. >>> THE PANDEMIC HAS PUT A LOT
OF FAMILIES IN DIRE STRAITS
FINANCIALLY.
FINANCIALLY. NOW SOME ARE FACING A NEW
THREAT IN A KGW INVESTIGATION,
KYLA FOUND OUT DEBT COLLECTORS
ARE AGGRESSIVELY GOING AFTER
OREGONIANS FOR UNPAID MEDICAL
BILLS.
BILLS.
BILLS. >>
BILLS. >> WITH SO MANY PEOPLE LOSING
THEIR JOBS AND OUT OF WORK,
THESE ARE TOUGH TIMES.
SOME FOLKS ARE GETTING REALLY
BUT OTHERS SPECIFICALLY THOSE
DEALING WITH MEDICAL DEBT ARE
NOT.
NOT.
NOT. THEY
NOT. THEY HAVE DEBT COLLECTORS
COMING AFTER THEM FOR UNPAID
MEDICAL BILLS LIKE BARBARA.
THIS WOMAN WAS SUED BY A DEBT
COLLECTOR.
COLLECTOR. THE COLLECTION AGENCY TRIED TO
RECOVER UNPAID BILLS RELATED TO
SOME AMBULANCE RIDES IN 2018.
BARBARA WANTED TO PAY BUT JUST
DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY.
AFTER LOOKING THROUGH COURT
RECORDS, THE MEDICAL DEBT
COLLECTION COMPANY HAS FILED
MORE THAN 200 LAWSUITS IN
OREGON SINCE EARLY MARCH WHEN
THE GOVERNOR DECLARED A STATE
OF EMERGENCY TO ADDRESS THE
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. SEVERAL STATES INCLUDING NEW
YORK, MASSACHUSETTS AND
CALIFORNIA HAVE IMPOSED
RESTRICTIONS ON THE COLLECTION
OF MEDICAL DEBTS DURING THE
PANDEMIC BUT NOT OREGON.
OUR INVESTIGATION LOOKS AT THE
FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF MEDICAL
DEBT AND THE AGGRESSIVE TACTICS
USED TO COLLECT.
THE FULL STORY CAN BE FOUND ON
KGW.COM AND TO THE KGW YOUTUBE
CHANNEL.
CHANNEL.
CHANNEL. >>> THERE IS A MAJOR
DEVELOPMENT ON THE EFFORT TO
TRANSFORM NORTH PORTLAND'S LONG
VACANT JAIL INTO A HOMELESS
SHELTER.
SHELTER.
SHELTER. SO YESTERDAY THE PROPERTY WAS
OFFICIALLY REDEDICATED AND NOW
CALLED THE LAKES HOPE CENTER.
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER JORDAN
TEAMED UP WITH THE NONPROFIT
HELPING HANDS FOR THE PROJECT.
THEY RUN SHELTERS ON THE OREGON
COAST.
COAST.
COAST. CLOSE TO 70 EMERGENCY BEDS WILL
BECOME AVAILABLE THERE