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11:00. >> A VIOLENT WEEKEND IN
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND. NEARLY A HALF DOZEN SHOOTINGS
AND STABBINGS IN THE CITY FROM
FRIDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY MORNING.
MY NEIGHBORS TELL US THEY'RE
FRUSTRATED WITH POLICE
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE. PLUS, PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS
HIT HARD IN SWING STATES WITH
THE ELECTION DAY JUST OVER TWO
WEEKS AWAY AND THEN DISTANCE
LEARNING COMES WITH A LOT
OF CHALLENGES.
OF CHALLENGES. MANY KIDS ARE DOING THEIR
SCHOOLWORK WITHOUT A DESK.
A BEAVERTON CLUB USES SOME
CARDBOARD INGENUITY TO FIND A
SOLUTION.
SOLUTION.
SOLUTION. >> THIS IS KGW 7-ELEVEN.
>> WE BEGIN WITH ANOTHER
VIOLENT WEEKEND AMID PORTLAND'S
HISTORICALLY VIOLENT YEAR.
CHECK OUT THESE PHOTOS.
POLICE SAY SOMEONE FIRED FIVE
SHOTS INTO THAT CAR NARROWLY
MISSING A LITTLE GIRL WHO SAT
INSIDE.
INSIDE.
INSIDE. THIS WAS ONE OF NEARLY A HALF A
DOZEN SHOOTINGS AND STABBINGS
THIS WEEKEND ALONE.
TONIGHT PEOPLE LIVING THESE
CRIME SCENES TELL OUR MAGGIE
BESTA TOO OFTEN IT FEELS LIKE
POLICE JUST CAN'T HELP THEM
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE. >> HOSE CREWS DOWN SOUTHEAST
160 SECOND AVENUE AT HAIG
STREET SUNDAY ALL EVIDENCE
OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE OVERNIGHT
IS SEEMINGLY GONE.
>> KIND OF SCARY.
>> THIS MAN SLEPT THROUGH THE
GUNSHOTS ONLY FINDING OUT WHAT
HAPPENED AT HIS INTERSECTION
WATCHING TV SUNDAY MORNING AND
THEY SAID THERE WAS A SHOOTING
ROUND AROUND MIDNIGHT.
AND I'M LIKE JUMPING UP GO INTO
HIS ROOM AND SAY DID YOU JUST
SEE THAT ON THE NEWS?
>> PORTLAND POLICE WHO SNAPPED
THESE PHOTOS SAY THE SHOOTER
FIRED FROM ONE CAR INTO ANOTHER
NARROWLY MISSING THREE PEOPLE
INSIDE A MAN HIS GIRLFRIEND AND
HER SIX YEAR OLD DAUGHTER.
POLICE SAY THE VICTIMS WHO
DON'T WANT TO TALK ON CAMERA
HAVE NO IDEA WHY THEY WERE
TARGETED.
TARGETED.
TARGETED. SO THAT WAS ONE OF CLOSE TO
HALF A DOZEN.
POLICE SAY SHOOTINGS AND
STABBINGS THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING
IN PORTLAND.
IN PORTLAND. IN ANOTHER INSTANCE THEY SAY IN
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR
SOUTHEAST 170 FOURTH AND OLDER.
A 15 YEAR OLD BOY WAS STABBED
IN THE BACK AND HE HAS SERIOUS
INJURIES.
INJURIES.
INJURIES. AND KEEP IN MIND THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD IS ALSO HOME TO AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. >> POLICE ALSO SENT OUT
RELEASES ABOUT TWO SHOOTINGS IN
NORTH PORTLAND'S COLLY
NEIGHBORHOOD AND ANOTHER IN THE
CENTENNIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IN
THOSE SHOOTINGS.
THOSE SHOOTINGS. A TOTAL OF TWO PEOPLE WERE HURT
IN ALL OF THESE CASES.
NO ONE HAS BEEN ARRESTED.
NEIGHBORS AT THAT FIRST SCENE
HAVE A THEORY ABOUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN THEIR CITY.
PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT POLICE
ARE NOT RESPONDING AS FAST AND
WHILE THEY'RE DOING THE VERY
BEST THEY CAN.
>> I WILL GIVE THEM THAT.
IT'S KIND OF THE CONSENSUS IS
THAT THE COPS AREN'T GOING TO
SHOW UP HER FRUSTRATIONS ARE
RINGING THROUGHOUT PORTLAND
AMID A PANDEMIC AND MONTHS
OF NIGHTLY ANTIPOLICE PROTESTS.
>> POLICE CONFIRM RESPONSE
TIMES ESPECIALLY FOR LOW LEVEL
CRIMES ARE UP.
AND SO WAS VIOLENCE IN
SEPTEMBER ALONE.
SEPTEMBER ALONE. PORTLAND POLICE RESPONDED TO
110 SHOOTINGS IN SEPTEMBER
OF LAST YEAR.
THEY RESPONDED TO 32.
THAT'S A 243 PERCENT INCREASE.
SHOOTINGS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR
ARE UP 82 PERCENT OVER 2019.
IT'S A TREND MIRRORED IN OTHER
MAJOR CITIES NATIONWIDE.
STILL FOR MONTHS PORTLANDERS
HAVE CALLED FOR LOCAL OFFICIALS
TO DO MORE.
>> I DEMAND OF YOU CITY
OF PORTLAND TO DO YOUR WORK.
MUCH OF THE CRITICISM IS TIED
TO THE CITY COUNCIL THE SUMMER
VOTING TO SLASH THE POLICE
BUREAU'S BUDGET BY 15 MILLION
DOLLARS AND TO DISBAND ITS GUN
VIOLENCE REDUCTION TEAM.
AFTER AN AUDIT SHOWED OFFICERS
ON IT DISPROPORTIONATELY
STOPPED BLACK DRIVERS.
MONTHS LATER, MAYOR AND POLICE
COMMISSIONER TED WHEELER HAS
SAID HE'S CONSIDERING
REINSTATING CERTAIN ELEMENTS
OF THAT TEAM.
HIS OPPONENT IN NEXT MONTH'S
ELECTIONS, SARAH IANNARONE
OPPOSES THAT.
OPPOSES THAT. SHE ARGUES INSTEAD THE WAY TO
STOP GUN VIOLENCE IS TO INVEST
IN EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE
OF COLOR WHILE ENFORCING
EXISTING GUN REGULATION LAWS.
MEANWHILE SUNDAY A SPOKESMAN
FOR PORTLAND POLICE SENT US A
STATEMENT.
STATEMENT. WRITING FOR SOME LOWER PRIORITY
CALLS.
CALLS.
CALLS. OUR RESPONSE TIME CAN BE
LENGTHY AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT
CAN BE FRUSTRATING, HE ADDED.
A VIOLENT CRIME IN PROGRESS
ALWAYS IS TOP PRIORITY.
>> PPD WILL ABSOLUTELY SHOW UP.
MAGGIE VESPER, KGW NEWS.
>> WELL, WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON
THE GOOD THINGS HAPPENING IN
OUR CITY TODAY.
>> CLOSE TO 60 PEOPLE CAME OUT
FOR A WEEKEND CLEANUP HELD BY A
GROUP CALLED D TRASH PORTLAND.
THEY STARTED AT BUCKMAN
ELEMENTARY IN SOUTHEAST
PORTLAND AND PICKED UP TRASH
FOR BLOCKS.
FOR BLOCKS. ORGANIZERS SAY THE PANDEMIC,
THE WILDFIRES AND OTHER BIG
EVENTS IN 2020 HAVE BEEN SO
JARRING.
JARRING.
JARRING. VOLUNTEERING FOR SOMETHING
SIMPLE LIKE THIS IS
THERAPEUTIC.
THERAPEUTIC. THERE'S SO MANY PROBLEMS LIKE
YOU MENTIONED THAT PEOPLE DON'T
KNOW HOW THEY CAN CONTROL.
>> BUT IF YOU SEE A PIECE
OF TRASH, YOU PICK UP THAT
PIECE OF TRASH.
THAT'S THE TANGIBLE DIFFERENCE
THAT YOU MADE THERE AND THEN
TIMES THAT BY WHAT YOU CAN DO
IN TWO HOURS HOW MANY THOUSANDS
OF PIECES OF TRASH THAT 60
PEOPLE CAN BASICALLY PICK UP
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. I
TODAY. I AM REALISTICALLY EXPECTING US
TO PICK 500 POUNDS OF TRASH.
>> NOW HE HAD REASON TO BE
OPTIMISTIC.
OPTIMISTIC. WE GOT PHOTOS OF THE FINAL HAUL
60 SEVEN BAGS OF TRASH
DETRASHPORTLAND HOLDS OUTDOOR
CLEANUPS EVERY WEEKEND AND YOU
CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION KGW
DOT COM.
DOT COM.
DOT COM. >> TURNING NOW TO THE CORONA
VIRUS OREGON'S CONCERNING
UPWARD TREND IN CASES CONTINUED
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. THERE WERE NO ADDITIONAL DEATHS
BUT THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
DID REPORT 220 NEW INFECTIONS.
THAT BRINGS THE STATEWIDE TOTAL
OF KNOWN INFECTIONS TO MORE
THAN THIRTY NINE THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED.
HUNDRED.
HUNDRED. HEALTH OFFICIALS WORRY DAILY
CASE NUMBERS COULD SKYROCKET IN
THE COMING WEEKS IF OREGONIANS
DON'T TAKE PRECAUTIONS.
THE VIRUS IS SURGING ACROSS THE
COUNTRY TOO, WITH ALMOST ALL
STATES SEEING AN INCREASE IN
CASES SINCE THE BEGINNING
OF THE PANDEMIC.
THERE'S NOW BEEN MORE THAN
EIGHT POINT OR EIGHT POINT ONE
MILLION CASES NATIONWIDE BUT
WITH JUST OVER TWO WEEKS TO GO
UNTIL ELECTION DAY, BOTH
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE
CAMPAIGNING HARD IN SWING
STATES.
STATES.
STATES. >> JOE BIDEN IS IN NORTH
CAROLINA.
CAROLINA.
CAROLINA. WELL, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS IN
NEVADA.
NEVADA.
NEVADA. THE PRESIDENT UNDER FIRE FOR
WHAT HE SAID AT A MICHIGAN
RALLY SATURDAY NIGHT AGAIN
ATTACKING THE GOVERNOR TEN DAYS
AFTER A PLOT TO KIDNAP AND
POSSIBLY KILL HER WAS FOILED.
NBC IS JENNIFER JOHNSON REPORTS
LOCK HER UP A FAMILIAR BATTLE
CRY AT A TRUMP RALLY.
>> ONLY THIS TIME THE TARGET IS
MICHIGAN GOVERNOR GRETCHEN
WHITMER.
WHITMER.
WHITMER. NOT HILLARY CLINTON.
HEENA PRESIDENT TRUMP ATTACKING
WHITMER JUST DAYS AFTER THE FBI
ARRESTED 13 MEN IN A PLOT TO
ALLEGEDLY KIDNAP AND POSSIBLY
KILL HER.
KILL HER.
KILL HER. >> SAID SHE WAS THREATENED.
SHE SAYS HER AND SHE BLAMED ME
FOR MONTHS.
FOR MONTHS. >> THE PRESIDENT HAS GONE AFTER
WHITMER FOR PARTIALLY SHUTTING
DOWN HER STATE TO STOP KOBAN,
19, WHITMER SAYS THE PRESIDENT
IS INCITING DOMESTIC TERRORISM.
>> IT'S GOT TO END.
IT IS DANGEROUS NOT JUST FOR ME
AND MY FAMILY BUT FOR PUBLIC
SERVANTS EVERYWHERE WHO ARE
DOING THEIR JOBS AND TRYING TO
PROTECT THEIR FELLOW AMERICANS.
THE PRESIDENT'S SENIOR CAMPAIGN
ADVISER DOWNPLAYING HIS
RHETORIC.
RHETORIC.
RHETORIC. >> HE WAS HAVING FUN AT A TRUMP
RALLY.
RALLY.
RALLY. >>
RALLY. >> THE PRESIDENT CALLING FOR
REOPENINGS AS NEW CASES HAVE
COVID 19 OR SURGING IN ALMOST
EVERY STATE AND AT LEAST A
DOZEN ARE SEEING ALL TIME HIGHS
AND HOSPITALIZATIONS.
AND HOSPITALIZATIONS. >> THE PRESIDENT'S OWN HEALTH
SECRETARY QUESTIONING AN INDOOR
TRUMP CAMPAIGN EVENT IN FLORIDA
FRIDAY AND I WISH EVERYBODY
THERE WOULD HAVE WORN FACE
COVERINGS AND MAINTAIN SOCIAL
DISTRANCE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
JOE BIDEN STAYING ON MESSAGE
THAT THE PRESIDENT IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PANDEMIC.
>> THE PRESIDENT KNEW HOW
DANGEROUS HIS VIRUS WAS ALL THE
WAY BACK IN JANUARY AND HE HID
IT FROM THE COUNTRY.
>> TWO CANDIDATES WITH VERY
DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE PANDEMIC
THAT HAS KILLED OVER 220000
AMERICANS.
AMERICANS. >> WITH THE ELECTION JUST OVER
TWO WEEKS AWAY, JENNIFER
JOHNSON, NBC NEWS, WASHINGTON.
A WARNING TO VOTERS IN THE
NORTHWEST MAKE SURE YOU'VE
RECEIVED YOUR BALLOT.
PEOPLE LIVING IN A KANSAS
NEIGHBORHOOD SAY SOMEONE BROKE
INTO THEIR MAILBOXES YESTERDAY
AND TOOK THEIR MAIL INCLUDING
SOME BALLOTS.
SOME BALLOTS. IT WAS CAUGHT ON ONE NEIGHBOR'S
DOORBELL CAMERA.
DOORBELL CAMERA. YOU SEE IT RIGHT THERE.
NOW AT FIRST THEY THOUGHT IT
MIGHT HAVE BEEN POLITICALLY
MOTIVATED.
MOTIVATED. BUT POLICE ARE REASSURE PEOPLE
IT IS NOT.
CAMPUS POLICE SAY MALE BLACK
MALE BOX BREAK INS ARE ACTUALLY
COMMON IN THIS CASE THE THIEF
WAS SAID TO BE GOING AFTER
CREDIT CARDS, MEDICINE AND
OTHER ITEMS, NOT BALLOTS.
IT'S A MAILBOX.
THE THIEF DIDN'T EVEN TAKE
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. >>
THEM. >> IT DID.
MCOMIE FEEL SORT OF BETTER.
NOT REALLY GREAT ABOUT MY MAIL
BECAUSE WE WENT ON A WALK
AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE
JUST SAW HOW MANY MAILBOXES
WERE TARGETED AND WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT ELSE WAS TAKEN OUT OF OUR
MAILBOX.
MAILBOX.
MAILBOX. SO WE'RE REALLY THANKFUL THAT
OUR BALLOTS WERE FOUND IN
RETURN BUT WE'RE A LITTLE
CONCERNED.
CONCERNED. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WAS WAS
TAKEN.
TAKEN.
TAKEN. >>
TAKEN. >> POLICE SAY THEY FOUND SIX
BALLOTS STILL SEALED AT A
NEARBY PARK.
NEARBY PARK. AND AS YOU HEARD, AN OFFICER
WENT TO EACH PERSON'S HOME TO
RETURN THEM.
RETURN THEM. MANY PEOPLE IN THE NORTHWEST
HAVE ALREADY FILLED OUT THEIR
BALLOTS.
BALLOTS.
BALLOTS. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
SENIORS FROM A RETIREMENT
COMMUNITY UP NEAR SEATTLE GOT
TOGETHER AND TOOK A WALK TO A
BALLOT DROPBOX SO THAT THEY
COULD CAST THEIR VOTES.
YESTERDAY I JUST LOVE THIS
SITE.
SITE.
SITE. NOW
SITE. NOW MOST DROP BOXES WILL STAY
OPEN UNTIL 8:00 P.M. ON
ELECTION NIGHT NOVEMBER 3RD.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T MARKED YOUR
BALLOT YET OR IF YOU'RE
UNDECIDED ON CANDIDATES OR
CERTAIN ISSUES, WE HAVE A
VOTER'S GUIDE WITH ALL THE
INFORMATION YOU NEED TO MAKE AN
INFORMED DECISION.
INFORMED DECISION. YOU CAN FIND IT RIGHT NOW ON
KGW DOT COM.
AND ONCE YOU EITHER MAILED IN
YOUR BALLOT OR DROP IT AT A
DROPBOX, WE'VE MADE IT EASY FOR
YOU TO TRACK.
JUST TEXT THE WORD BALLOT TO
THAT NUMBER RIGHT THERE ON YOUR
SCREEN FIVE ZERO THREE TWO TWO
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