REDLYNCH.
REDLYNCH. WELL, THAT'S IT FOR US AT FOUR
O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON.
LAUREL IS HERE WITH KGW NEWS AT
FIVE.
FIVE.
FIVE. >>
FIVE. >> HELLO AND WELCOME KGW NEWS
AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
>> WE ARE ROUNDING INTO THE
HOMESTRETCH BEFORE ELECTION
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. BALLOTS WILL START TO BE MAILED
OUT NEXT WEEK IN BOTH OREGON
AND WASHINGTON.
AND WASHINGTON. PORTLAND VOTERS HAVE AN
IMPORTANT CHOICE IN THE RACE
FOR THE NEXT MAYOR.
>> TONIGHT KGW AND THE
OREGONIAN ARE HOSTING A DEBATE
TO HELP YOU MAKE THAT DECISION
LIKE PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING
THIS YEAR.
THIS YEAR. OUR DEBATE LOOKED DIFFERENT
THAN NORMAL CANDIDATES.
TED WHEELER AND SARAH IANNARONE
JOINED US REMOTELY AND WE TAPED
IT AHEAD OF TIME TO ENSURE
EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTHLY.
WE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND AND
YOU CAN WATCH THE FULL DEBATE
TONIGHT AT SEVEN O'CLOCK RIGHT
HERE ON KGW.
MANY OF YOU WROTE ASKING US TO
PRESS THE CANDIDATES ABOUT THE
VIOLENT PROTESTS.
VIOLENT PROTESTS. SO WE POSED A QUESTION FROM KGW
VIEWER ASKING WHAT WOULD THEY
DO TO STOP THE FREQUENT
VIOLENCE AND RETURN TO PEACEFUL
PROTEST?
PROTEST?
PROTEST? THE ANSWER TO ADDRESSING THE
ISSUE THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR
STREETS IS TO STANDING
ALONGSIDE THESE YOUNG BLACK
LIVES MATTER LEADERS, MEETING
WITH THEM, TALKING WITH THEM,
WORKING WITH THEM ON THESE
ISSUES AND MAKING PROGRESS
TOWARD REAL REFORM.
>> I CONDEMN VIOLENCE IN ALL
FORMS.
FORMS.
FORMS. I
FORMS. I ALWAYS HAVE.
BUT WE MUST KNOW THAT THE
ANSWER TO PROTESTS ABOUT POLICE
BRUTALITY CANNOT BE INCREASED
POLICE BRUTALITY.
POLICE BRUTALITY. THERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED
IN NIGHTLY VIOLENCE AND
CRIMINAL DISTRUCTION AND
LEADERS SHOULD SAY
UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT VIOLENCE
WILL NOT BE CONDONED.
AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE ENGAGED
IN ACTIVE VIOLENCE OR CRIMINAL
DISTRUCTION REGARDLESS OF THEIR
POLITICAL BELIEFS, THEY SHOULD
BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT
VIOLENCE AND CRIMINAL
DISTRUCTION PERIOD.
DISTRUCTION PERIOD. >> THE PART OF THE MAYORAL
DEBATE IS TONIGHT.
YOU CAN HEAR FROM MAYOR TED
WHEELER AND SARAH IANNARONE AT
7:00 P.M. AGAIN KGW IS
CO HOSTING THIS DEBATE WITH THE
OREGONIAN.
OREGONIAN. WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING DEBATES
WITH THEM FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS.
YOU CAN WATCH IT HERE ON KGW OR
ON OUR WEBSITE AND YOUTUBE
PAGE.
PAGE.
PAGE. YOU'LL ALSO FIND ON OREGONLIVE
DOT COM.
DOT COM.
DOT COM. THAT'S TONIGHT AT 7:00.
THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO
VOTE IS COMING UP QUICK IN
OREGON.
OREGON.
OREGON. IT'S OCTOBER 13TH IN WASHINGTON
.
.
. VOTERS
. VOTERS HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME
THAN THAT.
THAN THAT. THE DEADLINE THERE TO REGISTER
IS OCTOBER 26.
BOTH STATES MAKE IT REALLY
EASY.
EASY.
EASY. YOU
EASY. YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING ONLINE.
YOU CAN ALSO CHECK YOUR
REGISTRATION STATUS ONLINE OR
UPDATE YOUR MAILING ADDRESS.
IF YOU'VE MOVED RECENTLY AND TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CANDIDATES
AND MEASUERES YOU'LL BE VOTING
ON.
ON.
ON. WE
ON. WE HAVE A VOTER'S GUIDE ON OUR
WEB SITE KGW DOT COM AN EIGHT
YEAR OLD GRESHAM BOY IS FACING
A WEEKS LONG RECOVERY AFTER
BEING BADLY HURT IN A HIT AND
RUN CRASH KGW.
MIKE BENNER SPOKE TO THE LITTLE
BOY'S MOTHER AND GREAT AUNT WHO
ARE PLEADING WITH THE DRIVER TO
COME FORWARD.
COME FORWARD. >> I JUST WISH THAT EVERYBODY
WOULD JUST PAY ATTENTION.
A MOTHER IS PLEADING WITH
DRIVERS TO SLOW DOWN AND PAY
ATTENTION AFTER HER SON WAS
BADLY HURT IN A HIT AND RUN
CRASH.
CRASH.
CRASH. HE
CRASH. HE COULD HAVE BEEN DEAD.
>> RIGHT NOW I'M JUST HURT.
AUTHORITIES TELL US AROUND 550
MONDAY EVENING NEAR NORTHEAST
178 IN OREGON.
EIGHT YEAR OLD AMANI BURNS WAS
RIDING HIS BIKE WHEN HE WAS HIT
BY A CAR.
BY A CAR.
BY A CAR. IT DID NOT TAKE LONG FOR THE
NEWS TO REACH A MARNI'S GREAT
AUNT WHO RACED TO THE SCENE
LIKE OH MY GOD.
JUST LAND NEAR BLEEDING IN HIS
LEG TWISTED CASSANDRA CARTER
SAYS AMANI SUFFERED MULTIPLE
BREAKS IN HIS LEG AND WAS
RUSHED TO RANDOL CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL. >> HE'S DOING OK BUT YOU KNOW
HE'S IN A LOT OF PAIN AND HE DO
HAVE A CONCUSSION TOO.
I SCRACH AND YOU SEE MY EYES
PUFFY I STOP IT.
>> TANISHA BRADLEY'S PAIN
TURNED TO ANGER WHEN SHE FOUND
OUT THE DRIVER WHO HIT HER
LITTLE BOY DID NOT EVEN STOP TO
SEE IF HE WAS OK.
>> WHY WOULDN'T THEY STOP?
>> YOU KNOW A KID, A HERO.
IT DOESN'T MATTER.
WHOEVER HE'S EIGHT YEARS.
OH, WHY WOULD YOU STOP?
>> THAT QUESTION WILL HAUNT
TUNISIA FOR SOME TIME.
SAME FOR A MARNI'S GREAT AUNT
WHO HAS THIS MESSAGE FOR THE
DRIVER WHO HIT HIM.
PLEASE, YOU KNOW, TURN YOURSELF
IN.
IN.
IN. >>
IN. >> YOU KNOW, HE'S JUST A BABY.
>> AS AMANI CONTINUES HIS
RECOVERY HERE AT THE HOSPITAL,
DETECTIVES ARE WORKING HARD TO
TRACK DOWN THE HIT AND RUN
DRIVER.
DRIVER.
DRIVER. WE CAN TELL YOU THE SUSPECT
VEHICLE IS DESCRIBED AS A GOLD
OR CHAMPAGNE COLORED VAN WITH A
BLACK ROOF RACK.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT
THIS CASE SHOULD CONTACT THE
GRESHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT.
REPORTING IN NORTH PORTLAND,
I'M MIKE BENNER FOR KGW NEWS.
THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY HAS
JUST RELEASED NEW CORONA VIRUS
CASES AND WE SET A NEW RECORD
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. >>
TODAY. >> THERE ARE FOUR HUNDRED
EIGHTY FOUR NEW CONFIRMED CASES
AND MULTONOMAH COUNTY LED THE
WAY WITH EIGHTY TWO OF THEM AND
YOU CAN SEE THE DOTTED LINE ON
THIS GRAPH GOING UP IN THE LAST
FEW WEEKS REALLY WIPING OUT ALL
THE PROGRESS MADE OVER THE
SUMMER.
SUMMER.
SUMMER. THE RECENT INCREASE IN CASES
CAN BE TRACED TO OUTBREAKS IN
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES,
WORKPLACES AND SOCIAL
GATHERINGS.
GATHERINGS. OREGON ALSO REPORTED ELEVEN NEW
DEATHS TODAY.
DEATHS TODAY. LANE COUNTY IS ALSO SEEING A
SURGE IN CASES.
TWO HUNDRED SEVEN STUDENTS AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON HAVE
TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE CORONA
VIRUS.
VIRUS.
VIRUS. THAT'S SINCE MID-SEPTEMBER.
AND LANE COUNTY HOME TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON IS
EXPERIENCING A SIGNIFICANT
UPTICK IN KOVEN 19 CASES, ONE
COUNTY HEALTH WORKER SAID.
THE LAST THREE WEEKS WERE QUOTE
MISERABLE SOME BUT NOT ALL
OF THE NEW CASES INVOLVE YOU
OF THOSE STUDENTS.
MOST CLASSES ARE TAKING PLACE
ONLINE BUT A NUMBER OF STUDENTS
ARE LIVING IN DORMS AND OFF
CAMPUS.
CAMPUS.
CAMPUS. THIS GRAPH THE GREEN SHOWS THE
NUMBER OF OFF CAMPUS STUDENTS
WHO ARE GETTING INFECTED.
AND THIS GRAPH SHOWS THE AGE
CATEGORY WITH THE BIGGEST
NUMBER IS 21 TO 30 YEARS OLD.
STILL THE PUBLIC HEALTH
DIRECTOR SAID STUDENTS ARE NOT
THE BIGGEST REASON FOR THE
SPREAD IN LANE COUNTY.
>> I THINK THAT'S CLEARLY NOT
THE NUMBER ONE WE CAN SAY THE
LARGEST NUMBER OF CASES AND
OUTBREAKS THAT ARE RELATED TO
HOMES AND THAT'S BASICALLY
PEOPLE LETTING DOWN THEIR GUARD
AND SPREADING THIS VIRUS AND
THEN THE SECOND ONE IS SELECT
WORKPLACES AGAIN NOT THE
UNIVERSITY.
UNIVERSITY. >> BARTIE SAID STUDENTS COULD
BE REASON NUMBER THREE.
THE VIRUS CONTINUES TO SPREAD.
BY THE WAY, WE CHECKED AN
OREGON STATE REPORTS FIFTY NINE
STUDENTS INFECTED SINCE
MID-SEPTEMBER AND PORTLANDER
STATE HAS ZERO.
OREGON AND WASHINGTON ARE
WORKING NEW WAYS TO LET YOU
KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO
CAUVIN 19 SOON YOU'LL BE ABLE
TO GET NOTIFIED ON YOUR PHONE.
GALEN ATLAN SHOWS US HOW IT
WORKS.
WORKS.
WORKS. >>
WORKS. >> THIS IS REALLY PART OF A
MULTIFACETED APPROACH.
MULTIFACETED APPROACH. >> DR. TIMOTHY MENZA WITH THE
OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY SAYS
LOCAL CONTACT TRACING EFFORTS
ARE GETTING A BOOST.
>> EXPOSURE NOTIFICATIONS ARE
ALERTS THAT PEOPLE CAN RECEIVE
ON THEIR PHONES TO LET THEM
KNOW IF THEY'VE BEEN IN CONTACT
WITH SOMEONE DIAGNOSED WITH
COGAT 19.
COGAT 19.
COGAT 19. FOR MONTHS HIS OREGON TEAM HAS
BEEN WORKING WITH GOOGLE AND
APPLE TO DEVELOP AN APP.
>> HERE'S HOW IT WORKS.
SO YOU SIT TOGETHER WITH
SOMEONE ON A PARK BENCH IF YOU
HAVE BOTH OPTED IN YOUR PHONES,
SEND OUT CODES OVER BLUETOOTH
SIGNAL SO THEY'RE JUST
EXCHANGING SIGNALS BACK AND
FORTH AND THESE SIGNALS THEY'RE
RANDOM COMBINATIONS OF LETTERS
AND NUMBERS.
AND NUMBERS. >> THOSE CODES DON'T HAVE ANY
PERSONAL INFORMATION.
PERSONAL INFORMATION. >> BUT LATER IF ONE OF YOU TEST
POSITIVE FOR KOFOD, YOU CAN
SUBMIT A NOTIFICATION INTO THE
APP THAT GETS SENT TO EVERYONE
WITH MATCHING BLUETOOTH CODES.
>> SIMPLY SAYING THEY MAY HAVE
BEEN EXPOSED THAT DAY BUT NOT
BY WHOM OR WHERE.
>> IT'S NOT G.P.S. TECHNOLOGY.
WE JUST KNOW THAT WE WERE IN
RELATIVE CONTACT WITH ONE
ANOTHER WITHIN SIX FEET FOR
ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
>> PRIVACY IS KEY.
OSHA SAYS IT DOESN'T GET ANY
IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, JUST
THE NUMBERS OF NOTIFICATIONS.
>> THE GOAL IS FOR PEOPLE
EXPOSED TO ISOLATE, GET TESTED,
SHARE INFO WITH PUBLIC HEALTH
AND PREVENT MORE INFECTIONS.
>> IT'S AN ANONYMOUS WAY TO
NOTIFY YOUR CONTACTS.
>> IT'S A WAY ALSO TO NOTIFY
FOLKS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHO
THEY ARE.
THEY ARE.
THEY ARE. GOOGLE AND APPLE HAVE HELPED
MORE THAN A DOZEN STATES WITH
EXPOSURE NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS
SO FAR.
SO FAR.
SO FAR. >> WASHINGTON AND OREGON ARE IN
THE WORKS.
THE WORKS. HOW FAR IS OREGON AWAY FROM
THIS TECHNOLOGY BECOMING A
REALITY?
REALITY?
REALITY? >> SO WE STILL HAVE TWO MONTHS
TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO
MAKE SURE IT'S IT'S RIGHT IT'S
WORKING THE WAY WE WANT IT TO
WORK.
WORK.
WORK. >>
WORK. >> OH, AJ PLANS TO TEST THE APP
ON A LOCAL COLLEGE CAMPUS THEN
APPLE AND GOOGLE WILL SEND OUT
PHONE UPDATES.
PHONE UPDATES. IN DECEMBER OR JANUARY ASKING
PEOPLE TO OPT IN.
WHAT WOULD YOUR MESSAGE BE TO
PEOPLE WHO ARE MAYBE SKEPTICAL
OR ON THE FENCE ABOUT IT AS IT
ROLLS OUT IN THE NEXT FEW
MONTHS?
MONTHS?
MONTHS? THIS IS JUST ANOTHER ANOTHER
TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX.
>> REALLY NONE OF THE DATA
ABOUT THE PERSON WILL BE
COLLECTED BY ANY AGENCY.
HERE'S ANOTHER WAY YOU CAN