NOW
NOW AT
NOW AT ELEVEN RELIEF NATIONALLY AND STATEWIDE
IS BOTH CONGRESS AND OREGON
LAWMAKERS TAKE ACTION TO HELP
PEOPLE STRUGGLING IN THE
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC. >> ALSO A SECOND CAUVIN VACCINE
ARRIVES BOLSTERING OREGON'S
FIGHT AGAINST THE VIRUS.
PLUS WE REALLY KNOW WHAT IT WAS
UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE AND THEN
THEY COME NEXT TO EARTH AND
THEY STARTED JUST SHOOTING.
>> THEY LITERALLY JUST SITTING
IN THEIR CAR WHEN BULLETS
STARTED FLYING.
STARTED FLYING. >> THE DISTURBING REASON A
PORTLAND COUPLE SUDDENLY BECAME
THE VICTIMS OF A DRIVE BY
SHOOTING THIS UTSW KGW UTSW
LIVE.
LIVE.
LIVE. >>
LIVE. >> AND WE BEGIN AT ELEVEN
O'CLOCK TONIGHT WITH MASSIVE
SIGHS OF RELIEF ACROSS OREGON.
AFTER A YEAR OF CAUVIN SURGES
AND WILDFIRES, STATE LAWMAKERS
RELEASED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS IN RELIEF FUNDING
AND AUTHORIZED A MONTH LONG
EXTENSION TO THE STATE'S
MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS.
IT CAME DURING A MARATHON DAY
AT OREGON STATE CAPITAL ONE ON
A ONE DAY SPECIAL SESSION
MARKED BY HISTORIC LEGISLATION.
IT WAS ALSO A DAY THAT BEGAN
WITH VIOLENT CLASHES.
LAWMAKRES CONFIRMED FAR RIGHT
PROTESTERS FORCED THEIR WAY
INSIDE THE CAPITAL BUILDING,
SPRAYING POLICE WITH TOXIC
CHEMICALS AND INJURING
JOURNALISTS ALONG THE WAY.
>> KGW IS MAGGIE VESTBERG WRAPS
IT UP FOR US TONIGHT.
LESS THAN TWO WEEKS BEFORE TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF OREGON
HOUSEHOLDS WERE DUE TO BE
EVICTED.
EVICTED.
EVICTED. STATE LAWMAKERS CAME THROUGH
DURING A ONE DAY SPECIAL
SESSION IN SALEM.
LAWMAKRES PASSED A LIST
OF BILLS AIMED AT KEEPING
OREGONIANS IN THEIR HOMES WHILE
HELPING STRUGGLING LANDLORDS
AND BUSINESSES STAY AFLOAT.
CHIEF AMONG THEM SENATE BILL 57
31 AND HOUSEBILL 44 WERE O ONE.
IN SHORT, AN 800 MILLION DOLLAR
RELIEF PACKAGE FOR OREGONIANS
IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC AND
THIS SUMMER'S WILDFIRES.
THEY INCLUDE A SIX MONTH
EXTENSION OF OREGON'S
RESIDENTIAL EVICTION MORATORIUM
STRETCHING IT UNTIL THE END
OF JUNE LAWMAKRES ALSO
DEDICATED 50 MILLION DOLLARS TO
RENTAL RELIEF.
RENTAL RELIEF. AT A PRESS CONFERENCE MONDAY
NIGHT, HOUSE SPEAKER TINA KOTEK
AND SENATE PRESIDENT PETER
COURTNEY WERE EXHAUSTED AND
PROUD LEGISLATORS SHOWED UP DID
THEIR JOB 10 HOURS FOUR REALLY
IMPORTANT BILLS.
IMPORTANT BILLS. >> BUT THE DAY WASN'T WITHOUT
CRITICISMS.
CRITICISMS. >> THEY SAID I CAN'T DEAL WITH
YOU ALL ANYMORE SO I'M GOING TO
SELL IT.
SELL IT.
SELL IT. LAWMAKRES ALSO SET ASIDE ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION
DOLLARS TO PAY LANDLORDS UP TO
80 PERCENT OF WHAT THEY'RE OWED
BY STRUGGLING RENTERS.
>> THOSE WHO ACCEPT WILL HAVE
TO FLAT OUT FORGIVE THE OTHER
20 PERCENT AT LEAST FOR NOW.
CRITICS OF THE BILL ARGUED THE
STATE SHOULD HAVE DONE MORE TO
COVER THAT GAP.
>> WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE
OF IS THAT WE DON'T FEEL WE'RE
ALSO FORGIVEN TO TRY AND MAKE
THAT UP TO THE LANDLORD BECAUSE
WE STILL CAN PROVIDE TAX
CREDITS MONDAY NIGHT HOUSING
ADVOCATES WERE GRATEFUL AT THIS
DARKEST TIME OF YEAR.
>> PASSAGE OF THE TENET
STABILITY PACKAGE RIGHT BEFORE
THE HOLIDAYS GIVES RENTERS SOME
HOPE AND SOME LIGHT.
>> LEADERS IN THE RESTAURANT
INDUSTRY WERE HAPPY TO ALSO
PASSED A SENATE BILL 18 O ONE
WHICH WILL ALLOW RESTAURANTS TO
START SELLING COCKTAILS AND
SINGLE SERVINGS OF WINE TO GO.
THAT SAID, EVEN THOSE WHO SAW
MONDAY AS A VICTORY NOTED THERE
WERE SOBERING MOMENTS EARLY IN
THE SESSION.
THE SESSION. DOZENS OF FAR RIGHT PROTESTERS
ANGRY ABOUT KOVIK RESTRICTIONS
FORCED THEIR WAY INTO THE
CLOSED STATE CAPITAL.
OREGON STATE POLICE SAID SOME
SPRAYED THEIR OFFICERS WITH
CHEMICALS.
CHEMICALS. AND STATE LAWMAKERS SAY THEY
KNOW MULTIPLE JOURNALISTS WERE
INJURED.
INJURED.
INJURED. >> IT WAS CERTAINLY
DISCONCERTING AND FRIGHTENING
FOR MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL AS
THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE
BUILDING.
BUILDING.
BUILDING. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE SPRAY WAS
WHEN STATE POLICE OFFICERS
SPRAYED WHATEVER THAT WAS, IT
GOT INTO THE SYSTEM SO YOU
COULD FEEL IT A LITTLE BIT ON
THE BACK YOUR THROAT.
WERE GOING TO HAVE TO GET BACK
TO SECURITY.
TO SECURITY. CHAPPELL LEADING THE CAPITAL'S
OPEN JUST TODAY IS A REMINDER
THAT WE'RE VERY VULNERABLE IN
THE CAPITAL CHARLOTE CAPITAL IS
CLOSED.
CLOSED.
CLOSED. WE'RE VERY VULNERABLE.
THAT MAKES ME SAD.
>> SENATE PRESIDENT PETER
COURTNEY SAID HE'LL RETURN TO
THE CAPITAL ON TUESDAY TO TALK
WITH POLICE ABOUT HOW THOSE
PROTESTERS WERE ABLE TO GET
INSIDE THE BUILDING SO CLOSE TO
LAWMAKRES AND WHAT SECURITY
UPGRADES MAY BE NEEDED AS A
RESULT.
RESULT.
RESULT. MAGGIE WASKOW REPORTING.
DID YOU CONGRESS ALSO PASSED A
900 BILLION DOLLAR COROANVIRUS
RELIEF BILL TONIGHT AND
INCLUDES NEW ROUNDS OF STIMULUS
CHECKS.
CHECKS.
CHECKS. >> PEOPLE MAKING LESS THAN
SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS A
YEAR WILL GET SIX DOLLARS PLUS
THE SAME FOR ANY CHILD.
THE DIRECT PAYMENTS ARE
EXPECTED TO START AT THE
BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.
THE BILL ALSO PROVIDES AN
ADDITIONAL THREE HUNDRED
DOLLARS A WEEK IN UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS AND BILLIONS FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES.
BUSINESSES. VACCINE DISTRIBUTION AND
SCHOOLS PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
EXPECTED TO SIGN THE BILL IN
THE COMING DAYS.
>> IN WASHINGTON, GOVERNOR JAY
INSLEE ANNOUNCED NEW
RESTRICTIONS FOR TRAVELERS FROM
THE UK AND SOUTH AFRICA A NEW
STRAIN OF CORONA VIRUS THAT MAY
BE MORE CONTAGIOUS IS
CIRCULATING THERE.
CIRCULATING THERE. TRAVELERS FROM THESE AREAS MUST
QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS WHEN
THEY ARRIVE.
THEY ARRIVE. EXPERTS SAY EVIDENCE SO FAR
SHOWS THAT THE NEW STRAIN IS
NOT MORE DEADLY AND THEY'RE
CONFIDENT THE VACCINE WILL BE
EFFECTIVE AGAINST IT.
AS FOR THE LATEST CAUVIN
NUMBERS IN OREGON TODAY IT
REPORTED EIGHT HUNDRED AND
FORTY SIX NEW CASES AND SIX
MORE DEATHS.
MORE DEATHS. >> IT'S THE FIRST TIME SINCE
NOVEMBER.
NOVEMBER.
NOVEMBER. TWENTY SEVEN THE STATE REPORTED
LESS THAN A THOUSAND NEW CASES
IN A DAY.
IN A DAY.
IN A DAY. FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT
PEOPLE ARE IN OREGON HOSPITALS
WITH KOLBERT TO FEWER THAN
YESTERDAY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST
CAUVIN.
CAUVIN.
CAUVIN. TWO TYPES OF VACCINES ARE NOW
BEING GIVEN IN OREGON.
THE FIRST SHIPMENTS OF THE
MODERNE VACCINE ARE HERE AND
HOSPITALS HAVE ALREADY STARTED
VACCINATIONS.
VACCINATIONS. DEVIN HASKINS REPORTS.
>> THREE DAYS AFTER THE FDA
APPROVED A SECOND VACCINE, SOME
HOSPITALS ACROSS OREGON HAVE
ALREADY RECEIVED THE MADDERN A
VACCINE TO FIGHT THE CORONA
VIRUS.
VIRUS.
VIRUS. THIS IS VIDEO OF THE VACCINE
BEING SHIPPED TO HOSPITALS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
ONE SHIPMENT WENT TO NEWPORT,
OREGON SAMARATIN PACIFIC
COMMUNITIES HOSPITAL GOT 700
DOSES MONDAY.
DOSES MONDAY. BUT IT'S FAR FEWER THAN THE 30
200 THEY WERE EXPECTING FOR
UTSW ACROSS THREE OF THEIR
HOSPITALS.
HOSPITALS. ALTHOUGH THE SHIPMENT IS A DAY
EARLIER THAN EXPECTED.
>> WE'RE JUST NOT SURE WHY
WE'RE GETTING WHAT WE'RE
GETTING AND WHEN WE'RE GETTING
IT.
IT.
IT. BUT
IT. BUT AGAIN, IT'S A LOVELY
PROBLEM TO HAVE BECAUSE WE'RE
HAPPY TO GET A SHIPMENT
OF VACCINE.
OF VACCINE. >> AND LIKE MANY HOSPITALS
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES,
THEY'RE MOST AT RISK.
>> EMPLOYEES ARE GETTING
VACCINATED FIRST.
VACCINATED FIRST. >> THIS IS A FEELING OF HOPE.
THIS SENSE OF FEELING
OF MOMENTUM TO GET TO
RESOLUTION THAT'S EXCITING
WHERE WE'RE HAPPY TO BE PART
OF IT.
OF IT.
OF IT. >>
OF IT. >> KAFOURY GENERAL HOSPITAL ON
THE SOUTHERN COAST.
>> A SHIPMENT OF THE MORDERNA
VACCINE HASN'T ARRIVED YET.
THE HOSPITAL DOES EXPECT A 500
DOSES.
DOSES.
DOSES. SO
DOSES. SO WE'RE COORDINATING WITH
E.M.S. FIRE POLICE YOU KNOW,
TRADITIONAL HEALTH CARE WORKERS
,SOCIAL WORKERS.
,SOCIAL WORKERS. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT
ORGANIZATION YOU WORK FOR.
YOU CAN RECEIVE A VACCINE FROM
OUR ALOTTMENT.
OUR ALOTTMENT. HOWEVER, YOU DO HAVE TO COME TO
THE HOSPITAL TO GET IT.
>> THE NEWEST VACCINE IS NINETY
FOUR POINT FIVE PERCENT
EFFECTIVE.
EFFECTIVE. THAT'S RELATIVELY THE SAME AS
THE PFIZER VACCINE WHICH IS
NINETY FIVE PERCENT EFFECTIVE.
THE EXPEDITED ROLLOUT THOUGH
OF THE TWO VACCINES HAS CAUSED
CONCERN.
CONCERN.
CONCERN. >> WE DEFINITELY WE HAVE OUR
FOLKS THAT WE'VE TALKED TO THAT
ARE GOING TO DECLINE THE
VACCINE AT LEAST INITIALLY.
WELL, WITH TWO VACCINES NOW
OUT, IT'LL STILL BE MONTHS
BEFORE THEY'RE WIDELY AVAILABLE
TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
>> AND IF YOU DO DECIDE TO GET
VACCINATED, WHETHER IT'S WITH
THE MORDERNA VACCINE OR THE
PFIZER VACCINE, YOUR SECOND
DOSE WILL HAVE TO COME FROM
THAT SAME COMPANY.
SO IF YOU GO MADONA FIRST
YOU'LL HAVE TO GO MATERNE A
SECOND.
SECOND.
SECOND. SAME GOES WITH PFIZER.
I'M DEVIN HASKINS, KGW NEWS.
DOSES OF THE VACCINE ALREADY
ARRIVED AT SOME OF OREGON'S
LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES.
TODAY AT ROSEVILLE, A SENIOR
LIVING IN SOUTHEAST PORTLAND
VACCINATIONS STARTED THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY STAFF
AND RESIDENTS WERE GETTING THE
FIRST OF THE TWO PFIZER DOSES.
>> IT WILL LIKELY TAKE SEVERAL
MONTHS FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE
SENIORS IN OREGON AND
WASHINGTON TO BE VACCINATED.
>> WE'RE GOING TO STILL WEAR
PPE.
PPE.
PPE. WE'RE STILL WEARING MASKS.
IT'S NOT LIKE TOMORROW
EVERYONE'S IMMUNE BUT THE
FEELING THE EMOTIONAL RELEASE
OF .
OF .
OF . AFTER MONTHS OF HARD WORK IT
FEELS LIKE THERE'S FINALLY THE
CAVALRY HAS ARRIVED.
THE VACCINE IS GOING TO HELP US
STAY SAFE.
STAY SAFE. >> THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
ALSO LAUNCHED A NEW PUBLIC
DASHBOARD SHOWING HOW MANY
OREGONIANS HAVE BEEN
VACCINATED.
VACCINATED. THAT NUMBER IS AT ALMOST FORTY
FIVE HUNDRED SO FAR.
>> YOU CAN FIND THAT DATA AT
THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITIES
WEB SITE KNEW AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK
WE'RE HEARING FROM THE
GIRLFRIEND OF A MAN WHO WAS
SHOT IN WHAT POLICE ARE CALLING
A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
>> THE COUPLE WAS SITTING IN
THEIR CAR WHEN IT WAS PEPPERED
WITH BULLETS AS KGW.
MIKE BENNER REPORTS THE VICTIM
IS TRULY LUCKY TO BE ALIVE.
IT WAS VERY PAFF THERE.
>> THIS SHOOTING EVERYWHERE.
AMPELIA MAN WELL, WE'LL NEVER
FORGET THE MOMENT SHE HER
BOYFRIEND GOT CAUGHT UP IN A
HAIL OF GUNFIRE.
>> IT WAS JUST BEFORE 1:00
O'CLOCK SUNDAY MORNING.
THE TWO WERE IN THEIR CAR AT
SOUTHEAST 68 IN POWELL WHEN
SOMEBODY LEANED OUT OF THE CAR
NEXT TO THEM AND STARTED
SHOOTING.
SHOOTING.
SHOOTING. >> THE ONLY THING THAT WAS
GOING THROUGH OUR HEADS WAS
WHAT JUST HAPPENED.
COVER YOUR FACE.
I MEAN WE FELT THE FRAGMENTS,
THE GLASS BREAKING AMPELIA
ESCAPED RELATIVELY UNSCATHED.
>> BUT THE SAME CAN'T BE SAID
FOR HER BOYFRIEND.
JEREMY JEFFRIES WAS SHOT FOR
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. >>
TIMES. >> I DON'T KNOW HOW HE MANAGED
TO DO IT BUT HE PULLED OVER,
JUST PARKED HIS CAR VERY CALMLY
AND IMMEDIATELY GRABBED HIS
STOMACH.
STOMACH.
STOMACH. HE KNEW THAT HE WAS SHOT
BECAUSE HE JUST FELT THE BLOOD
LIKE IT WAS WARM ALL OVER HIM
JUST COMING BACK FROM A WEEKEND
OFF THE COAST TO HIS GIRLFRIEND
.
.
. >>
. >> HE'S
. >> HE'S VERY LUCKY TO BE ALIVE
AT THIS POINT.
DETECTIVE CALVIN GOLDRING
BELIEVES THIS IS A CASE
OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
>> HE SAYS ON SATURDAY A CAR
SIMILAR TO WHAT JEREMY AND
AMPELIA WERE IN WAS STOLEN IN
EAST PORTLAND AND USED IN A
BUNCH OF CRIMES INCLUDING
SHOOTINGS.
SHOOTINGS. >> AND SO WHAT WE BELIEVE IS
THAT RIVALS OF SOME SORT SAW
HIS VEHICLE ASSUMED IT WAS
BELONGED TO RIVALS AND STARTED
SHOOTING AT IT.
>> SADLY, PORTLAND HAS GROWN
ACCUSTOMED TO THE GUN VIOLENCE.
THIS YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN MORE
THAN EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
SHOOTINGS.
SHOOTINGS. THAT COMPARES TO LESS THAN 400
ALL OF LAST YEAR.
>> IT'S SCARY TO THINK ABOUT
HOW PORTLAND HAS CHANGED SO
MUCH.
MUCH.
MUCH. >>
MUCH. >> AMPELIA FIND SOLACE IN
KNOWING JEREMY WILL BE OK.
NONE OF THE BULLETS HIT ANY
OF HIS VITAL ORGANS.
HE'S RECOVERING PRETTY GOOD.
>> HOPEFULLY WE GET TO GO HOME
BY CHRISTMAS TIME.
SO I MEAN I'M JUST THANKFUL
THAT I COULD HAVE ENDED REALLY
BAD.
BAD.
BAD. >>
BAD. >> WE'RE CERTAINLY HOPING FOR A
SPEEDY RECOVERY FOR JEREMY
JEFFRIES.
JEFFRIES.
JEFFRIES. IN THE MEANTIME, IN THE MIDST
OF ALL OF THIS GUN VIOLENCE,
AUTHORITIES SAY IT IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO BE AWARE OF YOUR
SURROUNDINGS.
SURROUNDINGS. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING OR HEAR
SOMETHING, CALL POLICE.
THEY NEED THE COMMUNITY'S HELP
SOLVING