THE
THE WOMEN
THE WOMEN MARK PROTEST AGAINST THE PRESIDENT AND HIS POLICIES.
YOUR NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>>> WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS
TONIGHT ONE PERSON HAS BEEN
BADLY BURNED IN AN APARTMENT
FIRE IN TIGER TODAY.
THERE IS ALIVE A LOOK AT THE
ST. JAMES APARTMENTS RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY DETAILS
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE, WE DO
KNOW THAT FIRE IS OUT RIGHT NOW
. ONE PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL WITH SEVERE BURNS.
IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN
CONTAINED TO ONE OF THOSE
APARTMENT UNITS.
APARTMENT UNITS. A DOG WAS REMOVED FROM THAT
UNIT BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF THE
DOG IS OKAY.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP YOU UPDATED
AS WE LEARN MORE.
>>> ANOTHER FIRE, THIS ONE IN
THE HAZEL DELL STRIP MALL.
THERE IS ANOTHER LIVE LOOK AT
THAT SCENE, IT GOT OUT OF
CONTROL AND DESTROYED AT LEAST
THREE BUSINESSES THERE TODAY .
SEVERAL MORE HAVE SOME SERIOUS
DAMAGE. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS
HURT . PHOTOJOURNALIST WAS ON
SCENE AS FIREFIGHTERS KNOCKED
IT DOWN AND HE TALKS TO SOME OF
THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS WHO HAD
TO CLOSE.
TO CLOSE.
TO CLOSE. >> Reporter: THIS WAS A VERY
VERY HOT FIRE.
DAVE CLARK COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT
6 .
6 .
6 . >>
6 . >> IT
6 . >> IT WAS VERY EVIDENT THAT
THIS WAS WAY TOO MUCH FIRE FOR
THAT CREW TO BE IN THERE IT WAS
WAY TOO HOT .
>> Reporter: IT GOT STARTED A
LITTLE BIT AFTER 2:00 WITH THE
PERSON WORKING REPORTED SPARKS
COMING OUT OF THE CEILING COME
OUT OF THE LIGHT.
ALL THE NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES
GOT OUT FAST .
>> MY NAME IS STEPHEN BARRY WE
HAVE A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS
THOUGHT WE SMELLED SOMETHING .
GET EVERYONE OUT HE SAW A YOUNG
FAMILY RUN OUT WITH THEIR KIDS.
WE GOT EVERYONE OUT WE DIDN'T
EVEN TAKE ANYTHING WE JUST MADE
SURE EVERYONE WAS SAY FIRST AND
FOREMOST . THAT IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT.
IMPORTANT. >> Reporter: IT HAS A COMMON
CEILING IN THE STRIP MALL WHAT
YOU GET A FIRE IN THERE JUST
TAKES OFF WHICH IT DID .
>> IT IS REALLY SAD BECAUSE
WERE FRIENDS WITH EVERYONE
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. IT'S QUITE A SHOCK.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE AT LEAST
THREE BUSINESSES HEAVILY
DAMAGED BY DIRECT FIRE . I
THINK THE REST OF THEM ARE
PROBABLY SMOKE DAMAGE.
>> YOU THINK YOU ARE TO WAKE UP
ON SATURDAY FIND OUT YOUR
LIVELIHOOD AND BUSINESSES JUST
ENGULFED IN FLAMES.
>>> OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH THEM.
>>> A COLD CASE FOR 10 YEARS, A
HIGH-POWERED FEDERAL CROP
SECURE MURDER DECK IN 2009 IT
WAS BIG NEWS.
THERE WEREN'T MANY LEADS .
TONIGHT POLICE HAVE ANNOUNCED
THEY HAVE ARRESTED HER KILLER,
THIS MAN, CHRISTOPHER
WILLIAMSON WHO IS 28 NOW HE WAS
ONLY 19 WHEN THE MURDER
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS
STORY HE JOINS US LIVE FROM
SOUTHWEST PORTLAND WITH THIS
BIG UPDATE, ART?
>> Reporter: I NEED AT THIS IS
A BIG DEAL FOR THE PORTLAND
POLICE BUREAU . HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THIS CASE FOR YEARS.
EVEN THROUGH TIMES WHEN THERE
WEREN'T A WHOLE LOT OF LEADS TO
WORK WITH.
WORK WITH. >> SOLVING THIS CASE IS A REAL
VICTORY FOR INVESTIGATORS .
IT'S A GOOD DAY TO BE A
HOMICIDE DETECTIVE YESTERDAY .
>> Reporter: POLICE ARRESTED
THIS MAN 28-YEAR-OLD
CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER
CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON CHARGED HIM WITH
NANCY'S MURDER.
NANCY'S MURDER. HE WOULD'VE BEEN 19 YEARS OLD
AT THE TIME OF THE MURDER .
ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS
WILLIAMSON DOES HAVE A PREVIOUS
CONVICTION FOR THEFT AND SELF-
REPORTED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
THE VICTIM'S BODY WAS FOUND IN
HER HOME ON NOVEMBER 24, 2009.
POLICE HAD LITTLE TO WORK WITH
BUT CONTINUE TO WORK THIS CASE
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS .
>> THIS CASE HAS BEEN ON THE
MINDS OF INVESTIGATORS FOR NINE
YEARS . CERTAINLY NANCY'S
FAMILY AND FRIENDS, THE CASE
WAS VERY DIFFICULT FROM THE
BEGINNING THERE WAS VERY LITTLE
INFORMATION ABOUT WHY SHE WOULD
BE KILLED AND WHO THE SUSPECT
OR SUSPECTS WOULD BE .
>> Reporter: HER FAMILY RELEASE
A STATEMENT TODAY IT SAID EVEN
THOUGH IT HAS BEEN NINE YEARS,
NANCY CONTINUES TO HAVE A
TREMENDOUS PRESENCE AND
POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON THE LIVES
OF MANY PEOPLE.
HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY
APPRECIATE THE TENACIOUS WORK
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS, WE
CARRY A HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE
ANSWERS AND JUSTICE.
>> Reporter: WILLIAMSON IS
SCHEDULED TO BE ARRAIGNED ON
TUESDAY FROM THERE THE CASE
WILL GO TO DISTRICT ATTORNEY
FOR PROSECUTION.
FOR PROSECUTION. >> WE WILL BE THERE .
>> WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A
DEADLY SHOOTING AT A NORTHEAST
PORTLAND HOME ON THURSDAY
AFTERNOON . ONE MAN HAS BEEN
ARRESTED . THE CONFLICT MAY
HAVE STEMMED FROM AN ONGOING
LEGAL FEUD.
LEGAL FEUD. THURSDAY NIGHT POLICE FOUND 62-
YEAR-OLD GEORGE ATKINSON DEAD.
A WOMAN, 63-YEAR-OLD VICTIM WAS
BADLY INJURED THERE WAS EVEN A
DOG SHOT TO DEATH AT THE SCENE
. DETECTIVES HAVE ARRESTED 54-
YEAR-OLD SUSPECT HE IS NOW SAFE
FACING SEVERAL MURDER CHARGES
AND NEIGHBORS KNOW HIM AS MIKE.
>> OVER THE YEARS MIKE HAS HAD
A QUICK, HOT TEMPER FOR SOME
UNKNOWN REASON HE JUST GOES OFF
THE DEEP END.
>> HERE IS WHERE A POSSIBLE
MOTIVE MIGHT HAVE COME FROM.
THE SUSPECT IN THE VICTIMS ALL
LIVED AT THE SAME PROPERTY .
COURT DOCUMENTS SUGGEST THE
SUSPECT HAS BEEN TRYING TO
EVICT THOSE VICTIMS FOR SOME
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. >>>
TIME. >>> A HEALTH ALERT FOR YOU
TONIGHT WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION
ABOUT THE MEASLES OUTBREAK IN
CLARK COUNTY.
CLARK COUNTY. THERE ARE NO NEW CONFIRMED
CASES BUT THERE ARE SOME NEW
POTENTIAL EXPOSURE LOCATIONS
THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT.
THOSE ARE MAPLE GROVE SCHOOL
AND RIVER HOME LINK SCHOOL BOTH
ON THE SAME CAMPUS IN THE
BATTLEGROUND.
BATTLEGROUND. THIS IS IF YOU WERE THERE ON
JANUARY 8 AND NINTH ALSO A
CHILDREN'S DENTIST IN
BATTLEGROUND FROM 130 TO 6 PM
ON JANUARY 8. FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE NEWS OF THIS OUTBREAK
HAS LED TO QUESTIONS.
OBVIOUSLY CONCERNED.
OBVIOUSLY CONCERNED. IN SOME CASES IT HAS FUEL SOME
CONSPIRACY THEORIES.
CONSPIRACY THEORIES. WE SAT DOWN WITH THE DOCTOR TO
SORT OUT SOME OF THIS.
>> Reporter: A PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY WITH MASSIVE CROWDS
EXPOSE.
EXPOSE.
EXPOSE. INCLUDING BLAZERS FANS AND
AIRPORT GOERS. WITH EACH
OUTBREAK RELATED HEADLINE A NEW
QUESTION ABOUT MEASLES POOR IN
. SO WE CALLED PAUL LEWIS.
>> ON THE COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER
.
.
. >>
. >> Reporter: DR. LEWIS, A
PEDIATRICIAN BY TRADE OFFERED
TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS GOING ON IN
CLARK COUNTY . FIRST ONE YOU
WERE WRITING ABOUT WHY GET
VACCINATED FOR SOMETHING THAT
IS SIMILAR TO THE COMMON COLD.
THAT DESCRIPTION IS FALSE.
>> IT CAN HAVE SERIOUS EVEN
FATAL CONSEQUENCES .
>> Reporter: DR. LEWIS
ELABORATED .
ELABORATED . >> IT IS MUCH WORSE THAN THE
AVERAGE ILLNESS. HIGH FEVER,
ACHES AND PAINS, HEADACHE,
COMPLICATED LIKE THINGS LIKE
EARACHE AND PNEUMONIA.
UNFORTUNATELY BY BRAIN
INFECTION AND BRAIN DAMAGE.
>> Reporter: OTHER QUESTIONS
SURROUND THE POSSIBLE EXPOSURE
AFTER JANUARY 11 TRAILBLAZERS
GAME AT THE PORTLAND
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON
JANUARY 7 AND OTHER PLACES .
PEOPLE ASKING DID YOU HAVE TO
COME INTO CLOSE CONTACT WITH
THE CONTAGIOUS PERSON TO GET
INFECTED?
INFECTED?
INFECTED? DR. LEWIS SAYS NO.
>> IT CAN LINGER IN THE
AIRSPACE OF A ROOM EVEN AFTER
THE PERSON IS INFECTED.
ARGUE ABOUT THE TIME IT IS AT
LEAST 30 MINUTES.
>> Reporter: THAT IN MIND IF
THERE IS SOMEONE WHO IS
VACCINATED CAN THEY STILL BE A
CARRIER OF THE MEASLES?
DR. LEWIS SAYS NO .
>> IF YOU ARE IMMUNE YOU ARE
NOT GOING TO CARRY IT AND GIVE
IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE .
>> Reporter: FINALLY THERE ARE
THE FEARS ABOUT THE VACCINE
ITSELF . ON SOCIAL MEDIA WE
HAVE SEEN A FIRESTORM CLAIMING
IT IS HARMFUL OR DEADLY OR THAT
IT EVEN CAUSED THE OUTBREAK.
TO ALL OF THIS DR. LEWIS ISSUES
A BLANKET NO .
>> THE VACCINE IS SAFE AND VERY
EFFECTIVE.
EFFECTIVE. IN THE 90s SOME PEOPLE STARTED
A CONSPIRACY THEORY ABOUT THE
VACCINE AND THEY HAVE BEEN
DISCREDITED AND LOST THEIR
JOBS.
JOBS.
JOBS. THE
JOBS. THE MEDICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND
PEDIATRIC COMMUNITIES MOVED ON
YEARS AGO .
>> AN IMPORTANT REMINDER IF YOU
THINK YOU OR YOUR CHILD HAS A
MEASLES DO NOT GO TO SEE A
DOCTOR WITHOUT CALLING THEM IN
ADVANCE.
ADVANCE.
ADVANCE. YOU COULD RISK EXPOSING OTHERS.
VERY IMPORTANT.
VERY IMPORTANT. >>> RIGHT NOW TO POLITICS
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP MADE
A PITCH TO DEMOCRATS TODAY TO
TRY AND AND THE NOW 28 DAY
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. IN A SCRIPTED SPEECH FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE THE PRESIDENT ASKED
FOR FUNDING FOR NEW BORDER
PATROL AGENTS NEW MORE
IMMIGRATION JUDGES AND UPDATED
TECHNOLOGY AT PORTS OF ENTRY.
HE ALSO OFFERED TO TEMPORARILY
PROTECT KIDS BROUGHT INTO THE
UNITED STATES ILLEGALLY BY
THEIR PARENTS.
THEIR PARENTS. IN EXCHANGE SHE WANTS 5.7
MILLION DOLLARS BILLION DOLLARS
FOR THE WALL.
>> THESE ARE STEEL BARRIERS AND
HIGH-PRIORITY LOCATION.
HIGH-PRIORITY LOCATION. >> HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI
CALLED THE PROPOSAL
UNACCEPTABLE AND THAT IT'S A
NONSTARTER THAT WOULD PASS IN
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. CHUCK SCHUMER DISMISSED THE
OFFER CALLING IT MORE
HOSTAGETAKING.
HOSTAGETAKING. >>> THE WOMEN'S MARCH RETURNED
TO WASHINGTON DC TO PROTEST
PRESIDENT TRUMP STANDS ON
WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS.
THE DC MARCH KICKED OFF THIS
MORNING AS WOMEN HELD A GIANT
BANNER THAT READ THE WOMEN'S A
WAVE RISES . THE ORIGINAL MARCH
IN 2015 AFTER PRESIDENT DONALD
J. TRUMP'S INAUGURATION WITH
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. TODAY'S TURNOUT WAS MUCH
SMALLER . GROUPS ALSO HELD
MARCHES IN OTHER CITIES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY LIKE BOSTON, ST.
PAUL MINNESOTA, LOS ANGELES,
SAN DIEGO AND PHOENIX.
IN PORTLAND A GROUP RALLY TO
SUPPORT WOMEN AND SEXUAL ASSAULT
SURVIVORS SEPARATE FROM THE
NATIONAL WOMEN'S MARCH.
>>> THIS GROUP MET FOR THE ME
TO SPEAK OUT MARCH.
MANY SHARED PERSONAL STORIES OF
ASSAULT OR HARASSMENT. THE
ORGANIZERS SAY THERE IS JUST A
SMALL PART OF THE WAVE OF
FEMALE PROTESTERS.
FEMALE PROTESTERS. >> PEOPLE EVERYWHERE ESPECIALLY
WOMEN OR GENDER MINORITIES ARE
FEELING VERY UPSET AND
FRUSTRATED WITH HOW THESE
INSTITUTIONS OF POWER SEEM TO
BE GETTING AWAY WITH THESE
THINGS.
THINGS.
THINGS. WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT
GETTING AWAY WITH IT BECAUSE I
HAVE A POPULAR MANDATE THEY ARE
GETTING AWAY WITH IT BECAUSE
PEOPLE AREN'T SUFFICIENTLY
ORGANIZED TO PUSH BACK .