>>>
>>> WE
>>> WE WENT FROM BEING VERY ISOLATED TO REALLY CONNECTING
WITH LOTS OF FOLKS.
>> NOW AT 11, A CALL TO SLOW
DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. OREGON OFFICIALS URGE PEOPLE TO
KEEP TAKING THE CORONAVIRUS
SERIOUSLY AS THE STATE SETS
ANOTHER RECORD FOR NEW CASES.
>>> PLUS OREGON STATE TROOPERS
OPENLY DEFY THE MASK MANDATE.
IN AN INCIDENT THE AGENCY CALLS
EMBARRASSING AND INDEFENSIBLE.
>>> AND AN UNPRECEDENTED ACTION
AGAINST AN OREGON MAYOR FOR HIS
STANCE ON RECENT PROTESTS.
>> THIS IS KGW NEWS AT 11.
>> GOOD EVENING, WE BEGIN
TONIGHT WITH A CONCERNING
DEVELOPMENT IN OREGON'S
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS.
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS. THE STATES THAT A NEW SINGLE
DAY RECORD FOR NEW CASES WITH
375.
375.
375. THE
375. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 281 SET
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. THIS GRAPH TRACKS THE DAILY
NUMBER OF NEW CASES, AND YOU
CAN SEE HERE THE CONSISTENT
RISE TOWARDS THE END.
OFFICIALS SAY THIS IS DESPITE
THE FACT THAT TESTING IS DOWN.
STATEWIDE, 75% OF THOSE CASES
ARE AMONG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE
OF 50.
OF 50.
OF 50. MULTNOMAH COUNTY OFFICIALS
BELIEVE PEOPLE ARE RUSHING OUT
TO RECONNECT AND RELAUNCH THEIR
SOCIAL LIVES, AND ARE URGING
THEM TO SLOW DOWN.
MOST NEW CASES ARE FROM SOCIAL
GROUPS, NOT LARGE OUTBREAKS
THAT'S LIKELY BECAUSE OF BETTER
WEATHER, REOPENING, AND PEOPLE
MEETING PEOPLE BEYOND THEIR
HOUSEHOLD FAMILY MEMBERS.
THEY SAY WE SHOULDN'T ABANDON
THE HABITS WE'VE DEVELOPED OVER
THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
>> TO PUSH WHAT WE KNOW WORKS
WHICH HIS FACE COVERING,
PHYSICAL DISTANCING, AND
LIMITING SOCIAL CONTACT.
>> PEOPLE UNDER 35 MAKE UP
ABOUT HALF OF WASHINGTON'S
34,000 CASES.
34,000 CASES. BOTH STATES HAVE MASK
REQUIREMENTS NOW.
REQUIREMENTS NOW. OSHA IS THE MAIN AGENCY FOR
HANDLING COMPLAINTS ABOUT
PEOPLE NOT WEARING MASKS.
BUT OFFICIALS SAY BUSINESSES
NEED TO LEAD THE CHARGE ON
ENFORCEMENT.
ENFORCEMENT. >> YOU HAVE TO ENFORCE IT AT
THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL WHERE
INDIVIDUALS ARE COMING AND
GOING SO FREQUENTLY.
IT'S PART OF THE REASON OF
TAKING ACTION AT THE BUSINESS
LEVEL.
LEVEL.
LEVEL. >>
LEVEL. >> OFFICIALS BELIEVE OREGON
COULD END UP SEEING 900 NEW
CASES EVERY DAY.
IF THERE IS A BIT OF GOOD NEWS
IN OREGON, IT'S THAT
HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS
REMAIN RELATIVELY LOW.
209 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE
VIRUS IN THE STATE.
ACCORDING TO THE CDC, THAT IS
THE FIFTH LOWEST NUMBER OF
DEATHS PER CAPITA IN THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. >>> CLARK COUNTY WASHINGTON
LEADERS ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT
THEY WILL STAY IN PHASE 2 OF
REOPENING FOR A WHILE LONGER.
GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE HAS PAUSED
THE STATES REOPENING FOR AT
LEAST TWO WEEKS AS CASES RISE
THEY ARE.
THEY ARE.
THEY ARE. HE ALSO ANNOUNCED A NEW
REQUIREMENT.
REQUIREMENT. STARTING NEXT TUESDAY
BUSINESSES IN WASHINGTON ARE
NOT ALLOWED TO SERVE CUSTOMERS
WHO ARE NOT WEARING FACE MASKS.
THE BUSINESSES THAT DON'T COMPLY
COULD BE FINED OR FORCED TO
CLOSE.
CLOSE.
CLOSE. >>> ON THE TOPIC OF BUSINESSES
AND MASKS, SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
SHOWS OREGON STATE TROOPERS
REFUSING TO WEAR MASKS INSIDE A
CORVALLIS COFFEE SHOP AFTER
STAFF REMINDED THEM OF THE
GOVERNOR STATEWIDE MASK
MANDATE.
MANDATE.
MANDATE. THIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
THE SAME DAY THAT MANDATE WENT
INTO EFFECT.
INTO EFFECT. THIS VIDEO WAS OBTAINED BY THE
OREGONIAN WHO BROKE THE STORY
EARLY THIS MORNING.
ONE TROOPER IS NOW UNPAID LEAVE
AS A RESULT.>> Reporter: ON DAY
ONE OF GOVERNOR KATE BROWN
STATEWIDE MASK MANDATE
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS AN
OREGON STATE TROOPER WALKING
INTO A CORVALLIS COFFEE SHOP
WITH NO MASK INSIGHT.
THE VIDEO TURNED OVER TO THE
OREGONIAN ONE OF THE SHOPS
OWNERS COMES WITHOUT SOUND BUT
AN ASSISTANT MANAGER GAVE HIS
ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.
ACCORDING TO THE OREGONIAN HE
TOLD THE TROOPER THAT HE NEEDED
A MASK TO WHICH THE TROOPER
REPLIED GOVERNOR BROWN HAS NO
AUTHORITY TO TAKE OUR CIVIL
LIBERTIES, WE ARE NOT GOING TO
WEAR MASKS.
WEAR MASKS. TRAVIS TOLD OREGONIAN THAT
TROOPER THEN PLACED HIS ORDER
AND SAID F K BROWN.
IN THE VIDEO YOU SEE THREE MORE
STATE TROOPERS ENTER, THEY ALSO
REFUSED HIS REQUEST TO WEAR
MASKS.
MASKS.
MASKS. HE
MASKS. HE SAID HE WAS NERVOUS AND
FILLED THEIR DRINK ORDERS EVEN
THOUGH HE TURNED OTHER PATRONS
AWAY FOR DOING THE SAME THING.
THE DIFFERENCE, THESE GUYS WERE
IN UNIFORM.
IN UNIFORM. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND
8:30 WEDNESDAY MORNING, HOURS
BEFORE KATE BROWN GAVE PRESS
ORDERS ABOUT THE MASK MANDATE
STATEWIDE.
STATEWIDE. TO THE CAMERAS, SHE SAID
THIS.>> TODAY, OREGON, YOU HAVE
A CHOICE.
A CHOICE.
A CHOICE. A CHOICE THAT ONLY YOU CAN
MAKE.
MAKE.
MAKE. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IS UP TO YOU.
IT'S UP TO EACH OF US.
>> AFTER SEEING THIS VIDEO
GOVERNOR BROWN RELEASED A
STATEMENT.
STATEMENT. IT'S NOT NEARLY AS POSITIVE.
SHE WROTE IT IS INEXCUSABLE
THAT A FEW OREGON STATE
TROOPERS DISREGARDED MY FACE
COVERING REQUIREMENT AND
IGNORED A REQUEST FROM A FELLOW
OREGONIAN TO FOLLOW THE RULE.
THE GOVERNOR ALSO CALLED THE
ACTIONS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE
ADDING THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT
AGREES WITH HER.
HE ALSO SENT A STATEMENT
READING THIS CONDUCT IS
EMBARRASSING AND INDEFENSIBLE,
ESPECIALLY IN THE WAKE OF
THOUSANDS OF OREGONIANS TAKING
TO THE STREETS EACH DAY TO
RIGHTFULLY DEMAND POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
ACCOUNTABILITY. IT GOES ON TO SAY, LIKE ANY
POLICE MISCONDUCT, THE ACTIONS
OF A FEW BRING DISCREDIT TO THE
SCORES OF DEDICATED OFFICERS
WHO DO NOT BELIEVE THEY ARE
ABOVE THE LAW THEY ARE SWORN TO
UPHOLD.
UPHOLD.
UPHOLD. A
UPHOLD. A SPOKESPERSON FOR OREGON STATE
POLICE SAY THE TROOPER THAT
PLACED THE FIRST ORDER IS
UNPAID LEAVE.
UNPAID LEAVE. WHILE THE OTHER THREE ARE NOT,
THE INCIDENT IS UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. STAFF AND OWNERS OF THE COFFEE
SHOP ALSO DIDN'T RESPOND TO OUR
REQUEST FOR INTERVIEWS.
AS FOR HOW WEDNESDAY'S INCIDENT
ENDED, AFTER A FEW MINUTES YOU
SEE THE ASSISTANT MANAGER WALK
UP TO THE TROOPERS, HE TOLD THE
OREGONIAN THAT THE SHOPS OWNERS
INSTRUCTED HIM TO TELL THE
STATE TROOPERS TO LEAVE.
HE ALSO TOLD THEM STAFF HAD
CONTACTED CORVALLIS POLICE.
THE OREGONIAN REPORTS THAT AS
THE TROOPERS WALKED OUT THE
ASSISTANT MANAGER HEARD ONE SAY
THAT'S CORVALLIS FOR YOU.
>>> A NEW REPORT FOUND A
NATIONWIDE MASK REQUIREMENT
COULD SAVE THE U.S. ECONOMY $1
TRILLION.
TRILLION.
TRILLION. THE STUDIES FROM GOLDMAN SACHS
ECONOMISTS, THEY LOOKED FROM
AREAS THAT DID NOT IMPOSE MASK
RULES.
RULES.
RULES. THEY FOUND THESE PLACES HAD
MORE COVID INFECTIONS AND
DEATHS.
DEATHS.
DEATHS. THEY SAID WITHOUT MASKS STATES
WILL BE FORCED TO ROLL BACK
REOPENING DUE TO SURGING
CASES.
CASES.
CASES. THAT IN TURN WOULD COST AN
ESTIMATED 5% OF THE GROSS
DOMESTIC DUCT, ROUGHLY $1
TRILLION.
TRILLION.
TRILLION. >>> MANY OF YOU HAVE CONTACTED
US ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT
MASKS.
MASKS.
MASKS. LIKE FOR INSTANCE, CAN WEARING
ONE LOWER YOUR OXYGEN LEVELS.
DOCTORS SAY NO, WEARING A MASK
WILL NOT LIMIT HOW MUCH OXYGEN
IS GETTING INTO YOUR
BLOODSTREAM.
BLOODSTREAM. A DOCTOR TOLD US THAT IT MAY
FEEL LIKE YOU'RE WORKING A
LITTLE HARDER TO BREATHE WITH
THE MASK ON, AND THAT'S BECAUSE
YOU ARE.
YOU ARE.
YOU ARE. BUT IT'S NOT HARMFUL.
>> FOR MOST HEALTHY ADULTS,
EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A SLIGHTLY
INCREASED WORK OF BREATHING
BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BARRIER
BETWEEN YOU AND THEY ARE
GETTING IN, THE ACTUAL IMPACT
ON YOUR OXYGEN WOULD BE
NEGLIGIBLE.
NEGLIGIBLE. >> DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU
WANT US TO VERIFY, EMAIL US AT
VERIFY AT K GW.COM.
>>> A JUDGE HAS GRANTED A
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
THAT BLOCKS POLICE FROM
ARRESTING OR USING FORCE AGAINST
JOURNALISTS OR LEGAL OBSERVERS
AT PROTESTS.
AT PROTESTS. THE ACLU RECENTLY FILED A
LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF SEVERAL
JOURNALISTS WHO SAY OFFICERS
ASSAULTED OR HARASSED THEM
WHILE COVERING THE PROTEST.
THE ACLU CALLS TODAY'S DECISION
I NEEDED SHIELD FOR THE
PRESS.>>> THERE IS STILL NO
ARREST TONIGHT IN A HORRIBLE
HIT-AND-RUN CRASH IN MILWAUKEE.
A TWO-YEAR-OLD WAS KILLED.
IT HAPPENED ON SOUTHEAST
WICHITA AVENUE SOUTH OF JOHNSON
CREEK BOULEVARD JUST AFTER NOON
TODAY AND THE DRIVER LEFT THE
SCENE.
SCENE.
SCENE. ORIGINALLY POLICE WERE LOOKING
FOR A WHITE PICKUP BUT TONIGHT
THEY SAID THEY NO LONGER
BELIEVE THAT TRUCK WAS
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED OR IF YOU MIGHT HAVE
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, CALL
MILWAUKEE POLICE.
MILWAUKEE POLICE. >>> AND UPDATE THE OREGON CITY
COMMISSION HAS PASSED A VOTE OF
NO CONFIDENCE IN MAYOR DAN
HOLLIDAY.
HOLLIDAY.
HOLLIDAY. THE COMMISSION CALLS THE MOVE
UNPRECEDENTED.
UNPRECEDENTED. HOLLIDAY HAS FACED CRITICISM IN
RECENT WEEKS FOR DOWNPLAYING
POLICE BRUTALITY AGAINST
AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
AFRICAN-AMERICANS. IN APRIL HE ALSO THREATENED TO
DEFY GOVERNOR BROWN'S STAY-AT-
HOME ORDER IN ALL CITY
BUSINESSES.
BUSINESSES. HOLLIDAY IS ALSO FACING SEVERAL
LAWSUITS RELATED TO HIS
BUSINESS DEALINGS AS WELL AS A
RECALL EFFORT.>>> KGW IS
WORKING TO HELP YOU HAVE A SAFE
SUMMER.
SUMMER.
SUMMER. MANY OF YOUR FOURTH OF JULY
LANDS MAY BE VERY DIFFERENT
THIS YEAR WITHOUT THE BIG
FIREWORK DISPLAYS.
FIREWORK DISPLAYS. AMID THE PANDEMIC OFFICIALS
HAVE URGED THE PUBLIC TO KEEP
GATHERING SMALL OR EVEN STAY AT
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. BUT
HOME. BUT THAT HAS FIREFIGHTERS
WORRIED ABOUT THE DANGER IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS.>> Reporter:
NEIGHBORHOODS.>> Reporter: FIREWORKS ARE SYNONYMOUS WITH
THE FOURTH OF JULY, THERE'S NO
DENYING THAT.
DENYING THAT. THERE'S ALSO NO DENYING HOW
DANGEROUS THEY CAN BE IF NOT
DONE CORRECTLY.
DONE CORRECTLY. AS THE LIEUTENANT OF PORTLAND
FIRE AND RESCUE DEMONSTRATED ON
THURSDAY.
THURSDAY.
THURSDAY. >> BY THE ONES SOLD IN THE
STATE OF OREGON.
THEY ARE FIREWORKS THAT DON'T
FLY WAY UP INTO THE AIR.
>> LIEUTENANT CHAPMAN SAYS BE
SURE TO LET YOUR FIREWORKS IN A
WIDE OPEN AREA FREE OF
COMBUSTIBLES AND DISPOSE OF
THEM PROPERLY.
THEM PROPERLY. >> YOU TAKE THOSE FIREWORKS,
AFTER THEY'VE BEEN LATE, PUT
THEM IN A BUCKET OF WATER, LET
THEM SOAK OVERNIGHT.
>> LIEUTENANT CHAPMAN SAID
FOLLOWING THIS ADVICE HAS NEVER
BEEN MORE IMPORTANT.
>> WE HAVE EVERY REASON TO
BELIEVE IT WILL BE A BUSY
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND. >> THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS
CANCELED MANY FIREWORK SHOWS
AND OFFICIALS ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
TO STAY HOME.
THIS MEANS PEOPLE WILL BE
PUTTING ON THEIR OWN SHOWS IN
RESPECTIVE NEIGHBORHOODS.
RESPECTIVE NEIGHBORHOODS. ADDING TO THAT CONCERN, THE
PEOPLE WHO WILL UNDOUBTEDLY
DRIVE UP TO VANCOUVER TO BUY
FIREWORKS THAT ARE ILLEGAL IN
OREGON.
OREGON.
OREGON. >> THE COMBINATION OF THOSE TWO
THINGS WHERE HE IS.
WE NOT ONLY HAVE A FIRE THREAT
TO WORRY ABOUT, BUT WE HAVE
PEOPLE THAT FEEL TRAPPED IN
THEIR OWN HOMES.
>> THE LIEUTENANT IS NOT
SUGGESTING WE IGNORE
CELEBRATING THE FOURTH OF JULY.
>> WE JUST ASKED PEOPLE TO BE
RESPECTFUL, BE SAFE AND HAVE
FUN.
FUN.
FUN. >>
FUN. >> OFFICIALS SAY THE FOURTH OF
JULY IS THE BUSIEST TIMES OF
THE YEAR AT THE 911 CALL
CENTER.
CENTER.
CENTER. THEY URGE PEOPLE NOT TO CALL
911 FOR FIREWORKS.
THEY SAY CALL 911 ONLY IF THERE
IS A FIRE OR LIFE SAFETY
ISSUE.>>> COMING UP, AN ICONIC
PORTLAND STATUE REMOVED.
HOW VANDALS FORCE THE FAMED ELK
STATUE OUT OF DOWNTOWN FOR NOW.
>>> PLUS FRUSTRATED OREGONIANS
ARE STUCK STILL WAITING ON A
PROMISED IMPROVEMENT TO GET
THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
>>> IT WAS A VERY COOL AND
CLOUDY DAY.
CLOUDY DAY. WE ONLY WARMED UP TO 72
DEGREES.
DEGREES.
DEGREES. I'M TRACKING MORE WARM