DON'T
DON'T GO
DON'T GO TO BED JUST YET, THE NIGHTTEAM HAS MORE LOCAL NEWS IN
THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES.
A FATAL SHOOTING RIGHT IN DOWNTOWN
DOWNTOWN
LOUISVILLE JUST BEFORE SUNRISE THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING. AND CALLS TO DELAY THE TRIAL OF
THE
THE
THE FORMER POLICE OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN AFTER MINNEAPOLIS MAKES
AN
AN
AN HISTORIC SETTLEMENT WITH THE FAMILY OF
GEORGE FLOYD.
GEORGE FLOYD. ALL NEW ON THE NIGHTTEAM...
WE'RE FOLLOWING THE INVESTIGATION.
THEY DON'T KNOW THE CAUSE YET,
BUT FIRE
INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY KNOW THE
LARGE
LARGE
LARGE FIRE AT AN HISTORIC VACANT CHURCH THIS
WEEKEND WAS NO ACCIDENT.
IT WAS A TOUGH BLAZE TO GET
UNDER
CONTROL... TAKING CREWS NEARLY
TWO
HOURS TO CONTAIN THE FLAMES. AND
AT ONE POINT - PART OF THE ROOF
COLLAPSED.
COLLAPSED. HEATHER FOUNTAINE SHARES WHAT ARSON
INVESTIGATORS HAVE LEARNED SO
FAR.
FAR.
YOU
YOU NEVER
YOU NEVER THINK OF THAT HAPPENING TO IT IT TOOK 70 FIREFIGHTERS... TWO
HOURS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF GALLONS OF WATER TO PUT OUT
THESE FLAMES....
THESE FLAMES....
TWO
TWO DAYS
TWO DAYS LATER... MOTHER NATURE CONTINUES TO SPRINKLE ON ONE OF
THE FIRST SYNAGOGUES IN
KENTUCKY. IT WAS A REAL SHOCK,
IT WAS LIKE PART OF MY HERITAGE,
AS A KID GROWING UP HERITAGE, IT
WAS LIKE OH MY
GOSH. ROSALIND FISHMAN WAS A
CONGREGANT HERE IN THE 1950S AND
60S - BEFORE
KENESETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE MOVED
TO
TO
TO TAYLORSVILLE ROAD HER MEMORIES OF ITS BEAUTY -
STAINED BY
BROKEN GLASS WINDOWS AND A
COLLAPSED ROOF.
I'M VERY SAD, YEAH.
IT'S A SAD THING
NOW RED TAPE SURROUNDS THE
BUILDING... A WARNING TO STAY OUT AFTER PART
OF THE ROOF CAVED IN WHILE CREWS
WERE ON SCENE SATURDAY NIGHT.
EVEN THE ARSON UNIT - FINDING SAFER WAYS TO ACCESS THE DAMAGE.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY
UP IN THE AIR YESTERDAY MORNING
LOUISVILLE FIRE'S MAJOR BOBBY
COOPER SAYS THOUGH THERE'S BEEN
VERY LIMITED ACCESS...
ARSON INVESTIGATORS WERE ABLE TO
GET IN
GET IN
GET IN THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING
SUNDAY MORNING.
SUNDAY MORNING. THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE PICTURES, THEY WERE ABLE TO
REVIEW BURN PATTERNS
MAJOR COOPER SAYS THEY BELIEVE THE FIRE STARTED CLOSE TO THE
ROOF - OR EVEN IN AN
ATTIC
ATTIC AREA. ANY AND ALL THINGS ARE CONSIDERED. YOU THINK ABOUT
THINGS LIKE LIGHTENING STRIKES,
BUT WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE
ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT EVENING,
BUT THAT IS STUFF THAT THEY'LL
REVIEW THE BUILDING HAS BEEN VACANT FOR
SOME TIME...
SOME TIME... IN FACT, IT WAS UP FOR AUCTION THIS MONTH - WITH BIDDING SET TO
CLOSE LATER THIS WEEK.
COOPER
COOPER CONFIRMED THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY RUNNING THROUGH THE
BUILDING BEFORE THE FIRE.
THAT DATA COLLECTION NOW INVOLVES THINGS LIKE
COLLECTING VIDEO SURVEILLANCE,
FROM SURROUNDING
BUILDINGS, SURROUNDING COMPANIES
THE ARSON UNIT IS
STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY THOROUGH INVESTIGATION, BUT IF
THEY DO DISCOVER
THIS FIRE WAS SET ON PURPOSE,
THE PERSON
OR PEOPLE INVOLVED WOULD FACE
FELONY CHARGES. FOR THE NIGHT
TEAM, I'M HEATHER FOUNTAINE
A FATAL SHOOTING RIGHT IN
DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE BEFORE DAYBREAK THIS
DAYBREAK THIS
MORNING.
MORNING. IT HAPPENED AT THE BUSY INTERSECTION OF
FIRST STREET AND JEFFERSON
AROUND
FIVE IN THE MORNING.
OFFICERS SAY THEY FOUND A MAN
WHO HAD
BEEN SHOT SEVERAL TIMES. HE WAS
PRONOUNCED DEAD ON THE SCENE.
LMPD SAYS THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SUSPECTS
YET.
SUSPECTS YET. LOUISVILLE'S HOMICIDE RATE
CONTINUES AT A
FAST PACE.
WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO 40 MURDERS
ALREADY.
ALREADY.
NEW
NEW ON
NEW ON THE NIGHTTEAM... A JUDGE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS
AGREED TO CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR
DELAY,
DELAY, IN
DELAY, IN STARTING THE TRIAL OF FORMER POLICE
FORMER POLICE OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN, AFTER THE
CITY PAID THE FAMILY OF GEORGE
FLOYD 27- MILLION DOLLARS.
00 "I AM GRAVELY CONCERNED WITH
THE NEWS THAT BROKE ON FRIDAY
RELEVANT TO THE CIVIL SETTLEMENT
IN
IN
IN THIS
IN THIS CASE." 00:10 :25 "WE CANNOT AND DO NOT
CONTROL THE CIVIL ASPECT, THE
MPLS CITY
MPLS CITY
COUNCIL
COUNCIL AND WE CERTAINLY CANNOT AND DO NOT CONTROL THE NEWS
CYCLE" 35
CYCLE" 35
THE
THE LAWYER FOR CHAUVIN SAYS THE TIMING OF THE SETTLEMENT COULD
TAINT THE JURY POOL BY SENDING A
MESSAGE
MESSAGE
MESSAGE TO THE JURY MEMBERS THAT THE CITY
BELIEVES CHAUVIN ACTED WRONGLY.
THE JUDGE CALLED THE TIMING OF
THE SETTLEMENT UNFORTUNATE AND
AGREED THE SETTLEMENT NEWS
COULD HAVE AN IMPACT.
THE JUDGE SAYS HE WILL
REINTERVIEW THE
NINE PEOPLE CHOSEN FOR THE JURY
SO FAR.
SO FAR.
SO FAR. FIVE MORE ARE STILL NEEDED FOR TRIAL. CHAUVIN'S ATTORNEY IS
ALSO ONCE AGAIN
ASKING THE JUDGE TO MOVE IT OUT
OF
OF
OF MINNEAPOLIS.
MINNEAPOLIS. AT LEAST YOU'RE ANSWERING ME.
THE
THE FOCUS
THE FOCUS TEAM SEEMS TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. JOHN CHARLTON HAS BEEN ON THE
CASE OF KENTUCKY UNEMPLOYMENT
AND
ITS FAILURE TO GET MANY PEOPLE
THEIR
MONEY FOR ONE YEAR NOW. NEXT ON
THE NIGHTTEAM.. JOHN IS
BACK CHECKING IN WITH THOSE STILL
WAITING...
STILL WAITING... DID OTHERS FINALLY GET WHAT THEY
NEEDED? AND WHAT SHOULD YOU DO
IF YOU'RE IN THE SAME BOAT?
ALL
ALL NEW
ALL NEW ON THE NIGHTTEAM... ONE YEAR LATER...
YEAR LATER... WE'VE BEEN ON THE STORY OF KENTUCKY'S TROUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT
SYSTEM
SYSTEM FROM THE BEGINNING.... FROM THE FIRST TIME WE HEARD FROM THAT
THERE WAS
REAL TROUBLE , NOT ONLY GETTING
YOUR
YOUR
YOUR MONEY, BUT JUST GETTING A SIMPLE
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE. THE FOCUS TEAM'S JOHN CHARLTON STARTED INVESTIGATING
IMMEDIATELY ONE YEAR AGO...
IN FACT, JOHN HELPED SOLVE THE
FIRST CASE FOR ONE OF OUR VIEWERS IN APRIL,
ALMOST A YEAR AGO.
TONIGHT... JOHN'S BACK,
ALL
ALL NEW
ALL NEW ON THE NIGHTTEAM... ONE YEAR LATER...
YEAR LATER... WE'VE BEEN ON THE STORY OF KENTUCKY'S
KENTUCKY'S
TROUBLED
TROUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEM FROM THE BEGINNING.... FROM THE
FIRST TIME WE HEARD FROM THAT
THERE WAS REAL TROUBLE , NOT ONLY GETTING
YOUR
YOUR
YOUR MONEY, BUT JUST GETTING A SIMPLE
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE. THE FOCUS TEAM'S JOHN CHARLTON STARTED INVESTIGATING
IMMEDIATELY ONE YEAR AGO...
IN FACT, JOHN HELPED SOLVE THE
FIRST CASE FOR ONE OF OUR VIEWERS IN APRIL,
ALMOST A YEAR AGO.
TONIGHT... JOHN'S BACK,
FOLLOWING UP
WITH ONE OF THOSE FIRST FILERS.
ALMOST
ALMOST $6
ALMOST $6 BILLION PAID OUT IN KENTUCKY UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS SO
FAR. BUT STILL, AROUND
56-THOUSAND CLAIMS HAVEN'T SEEN
A DIME.
A DIME.
A DIME. SO LONG... ...SO FRUSTRATING...
IT'S NOT FAIR...AFTER TWO MONTHS
IT'S RIDICULOUS...IT'S JUST TOO
LONG.
LONG.
LONG. ...SO MUCH DESPAIR. I'M JUST KIND OF, JUST WAITING
ON THEM TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE
GOING TO
GOING TO
DO.
DO. THERE'S BEEN SO MANY WHO'VE REACHED OUT TO FOCUS...
AT LEAST YOU'RE ANSWERING ME.
...BEGGING FOR HELP WITH THEIR
UNEMPLOYMENT.
THE FOCUS TEAM SEEMS TO MAKE
THINGS HAPPEN.
OVER THE YEAR, WE MANAGED TO
HELP A LOT TO GET THEIR
BENEFITS.
YOU GOT RESULTS QUICKLY...I
GREATLY APPRECIATE
THAT...ESPEC
THAT...ESPEC STAYED ON TOP OF IT.
BUT THEREST TOO MANY...
AND YOU SEE THER 520,000
CLAIMS. ...TOO MANY FOR A HANDFISTS AND
SYSTEM TO HANDLE.
IT'S MY JOB TO FI
GOING T.
BY THE SUMMER, FED- UP FILERS
GATTHE PANDEMIC...
L GROUP OF PROTESTERS LED
T
T
T ISN'T
T ISN'T THAT A COOWINKY DINK? UNE
SPECIALISTS CAME IN FOR
IN-
THE WAIT WAS TO
...DRAWING IN THOUSANDS WHO DECIDED THIS WAS WORTH THE WAIT
AFTER WAITING MONTHS FOR NO
...AND SOME ONLY TO BE TOLD
THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CALL THREE MONTHS,
WHAT'A WHOLE YEAR LATER AND STI
THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CALL THREE MONTHS, WHAT'A WHOLE YEAR LATER AND STI.
TH BREAKDORVICE.
BEN ISAACS IS ANO
HOLD IN THE DREADED PHONE
QUEUE... MY LORD, I MEAN, THESE ARE
...EVEN THOUGH HE SHOULDN'T
TO BE. THE 70-YEAR OLD HAD ONE OF THE
COVETED PHONE APPOINT
HE HAD TEXTE ITNOW THERE WERE 15
APPOINTME
IS THEY ONLY MADE
124 THAT DAY.
NO 1:15 CALL MARCH
AND NO
AND NO
AND NO APOLOGY. NO COMMUNICATION, SO ISAACS HAD
TO GET
TO GET
TO GET ANOTHER APPOINTMENT FOR NEXT MONTH...MAKING HIM WAIT ANOTHER
6- WEEKS AFTER ALREADY W
NOW, IF YOU THINK I'VE GOT CONFIDENTO KNOW THAT I'M
GOING
GOING TO
GOING TO GET THAT CALL APRIL 12TH, I GOT A BRIDGE TO SELL YOU IN ARIZONA.
THAT WOULD BE A SCAM, AND A SCAM
OF
GLOBAL PROPORTIONS HAS
ATTACKED
KENTUCKY UNEMPLOYMENT.
WE RECENTLY DENIED AND CAUGHT
300,000 CLAIMS THAT WE BELIEVE
WERE
FRAUDULENT.
WERE FRAUDULENT. AFTER BEING FEATURED IN OUR
FOCUS INVESTIGATION ON
WIDESPREAD FRAUD, THE
COMMONWEALTH RECENTLY SIGNED ON
IDENTITY VERIFICATION COMPANY,
ID.ME.
ID.ME.
WE'RE
WE'RE BLOCKING ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS IN FRAUD PER WEEK ACROSS
OUR STATE PARTNERS.
CO-FOUNDER AND CEO, BLAKE HALL, TOLD US HACKERS FOREIGN AND
DOMESTIC HAVE BEEN FEASTING ON STOLEN IDENTITIES...
ANOTHER ROUND OF STIMULUS
FUNDING, SO WE'RE IN THE FOURTH
OR FIFTH INNING.
...AND MANY ARE STRIKING OUT ON
THEIR OWN CLAIMS, WHILE OTHERS
ARE GETTING CHECKS COMING OUT OF
LEFT FIELD.
LEFT FIELD. $1138 WHICH IS THIS ONE AND THE
NEXT ONE IS FOR $600, DATED THE
SAME DATE 2/15/2021, AND IT'S
THIS ONE. DAITRELL KNIGHT GOT KENTUCKY
UNEMPLOYMENT CHECKS, WHILE HER
COUSIN KEIONNA JONES GOT A
KENTUCKY DEBIT
CARD...
IT'S REALLY DISTURBING THAT
SOMEONE HAS MY INFORMATION.
BOTH LIVE AND WORK IN LOUISIANA.
NOBODY
THOUGHT THAT THE ADDRESS
ON THESE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE
GOING OUT IS STRANGE? RIGHT,
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RED
FLAG.
IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE TONY
MCCOY.
IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR YOU IT
NEVER
WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.
LAST MAY, FOCUS PUT MCCOY ON
UI'S RADAR AND GOT HIM PAID.
NOW, AT THIS POINT...
...HE'S AS STUCK AS HE WAS
BEFORE.
TOLD YOU I HAD LIKE $21 IN THE
BANK, IT'S WHAT I GOT THERE NOW.
THE 65-YEAR OLD SAYS HIS LAST
PAYMENT FROM UNEMPLOYMENT WAS IN
DECEMBER, FOR
$93.
$93.
A
A COUPLE
A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER I GOT THE STATEMENT SAYING YOU'RE...
. CUTOFF, JUST LIKE THE
COMMUNICATION. OH NO, YOU AIN'T GOING TO TALK TO
NOBODY.
TO NOBODY. KENTUCKY JOHN CHARLTON FROM
WHAS.
FOR THE PAST YEAR, WHEN GOV.
ANDY BESHEAR CALLED ON ME, HE
KNEW IT WAS
GOING TO BE ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT.
IF YOU REFLECT BACK, ARE
THERE
ANY REGRETS?
BEFORE THE CRISIS, THE GOVERNOR
SAYS,
SAYS, HE
SAYS, HE WISHES HE COULD HAVE REPLENISHED THE BUDGETARY CUTS.
KENTUCKY GET THOSE OFFICES BACK
OPEN AND THE VERY LEAST PEOPLE
WOULD BE IN THE COMMUNITIES VIRTUALLY
WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED
HELP.
HE SAYS DON'T BLAME THE
SPECIALISTS...
TIME'S RUNNING OUT ON PEOPLE
THAT WE
DON'T HAVE.
TONY MCCOY THOUGHT IT WOULD ALL
BE FIXED
BE FIXED
BE FIXED BY NOW. WITHOUT A DOUBT.
...AND HE'D BE STRAIGHT.
I MEAN THERE'S JUST HOLES IN THE
SYSTEM
SYSTEM
SYSTEM AND WE'RE FALLING THROUGH THEM,
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. STATE UNEMPLOYMENT RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT BOTH A NEW CALL
CENTER
CENTER AND REGIONAL OFFICES ARE EXPECTED TO OPEN BY NEXT
MONTH...SO AT LEAST BY THEN FILERS
SHOULD HAVE A MUCH BETTER CHANCE
TO
TO
TO TALK
TO TALK TO SOMEONE. FOR FOCUS, I'M JOHN CHARLTON.
ANNOUNCER
ANNOUNCER ONE >> ALL OFFICES AR EXPECTED TO OPEN UP BY NEXT MONTH LEASE BY THEN FIRE SHOULD
HAVE A MUCH BETTER CHANCE