WHAT'S
WHAT'S ON
WHAT'S ON TAP? IF YOU'RE HEADING TO THE
MOUNTAIN THIS WEEK BESIEGED KGW
NEWS AT AND WE START TODAY WITH
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
SHOWDOWN OVER PANDEMIC STIMULUS
CHECKS.
CHECKS.
CHECKS. >> LATE THIS MORNING SENATE
MAJORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL
BLOCKED DEMOCRATIC EFFORTS TO
VOTE ON TWO THOUSAND DOLLAR
DIRECT PAYMENTS TO AMERICANS.
HELLO EVERYONE.
HELLO EVERYONE. I'M BRENDA BRAXTON.
THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO SEE
THOSE CHECKS GO OUT BUT SENATE
REPUBLICANS ARE DIVIDED.
NBC IS CHRIS POLLONE IS IN
WASHINGTON AND HAS MORE ON THE
DRAMA ON CAPITOL HILL.
>> A BIPARTISAN REBUKE FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> SO THREE HUNDRED TWENTY TWO
THE NAYS ARE 87 MORE THAN A TWO
THIRDS HOUSE MAJORITY VOTING TO
OVERRIDE HIS VETO OF THE
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
ACT THE FIRST TIME IT'S
HAPPENED DURING THE TRUMP
PRESIDENCY.
PRESIDENCY. MR. TRUMP SAID HE VETOED THE
BILL BECAUSE IT WOULD ALLOW FOR
THE RENAMING OF MILITARY BASES
WHICH NOW HONOR CONFEDERATE
MILITARY LEADERS AND BECAUSE IT
FAILS TO STRIP LIABILITY
PROTECTIONS FROM WEB SITES OVER
WHAT THEIR USERS POST.
THE BILL IS PASSED.
>> THE OVERRIDE FOLLOWED A
CLOSE VOTE IN THE HOUSE TO
INCREASE CORONA VIRUS STIMULUS
CHECKS FROM SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS
TO TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS A MOVE
PUSHED BY THE PRESIDENT BUT
BACKED BY DEMOCRATS.
>> THIS IS NOT A STIMULUS.
>> IT IS NOT.
AND IT DOES NOTHING TO HELP GET
PEOPLE BACK TO WORK.
>> IT SETS UP A TEST FOR
REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE WHO
GENERALLY OPPOSE INCREASING THE
STIMULUS CHECKS.
STIMULUS CHECKS. >> I AM TELLING DONALD TRUMP
DON'T JUST TALK ABOUT IT.
ACT THESE SENATE REPUBLICANS
HAVE FOLLOWED YOU THROUGH THICK
AND THIN.
AND THIN.
AND THIN. GET THEM NOW TO ACT AND SUPPORT
THE TWO THOUSAND DOLLAR CHECKS.
>> AND TO THAT END, VERMONT
INDEPENDENT SENATOR BERNIE
SANDERS SAYS HE WILL OBJECT AND
HOLD UP A VOTE TO OVERRIDE THE
TRUMP VETO ON THE MILITARY
SPENDING BILL UNTIL HE GETS A
VOTE IN THE SENATE ON
INCREASING THE STIMULUS MONEY.
THIS CONGRESS ENDS ON SUNDAY IN
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. CHRIS POLLONE, NBC NEWS AND
THIS WEEK MITCH MCCONNELL SAYS
THE SENATE WILL BEGIN THE
PROCESS OF EXAMINING THE
PRESIDENT'S LEGISLATIVE
PRESIDENT'S LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES INCLUDING THOSE TWO
THOUSAND DOLLAR STIMULUS
CHECKS.
CHECKS.
CHECKS. >> BUT HERE'S THE THING THE
BIGGER CHECKS MAY GET LUMPED IN
WITH OTHER ISSUES THAT HAVE
NOTHING TO DO WITH PANDEMIC
RELIEF.
RELIEF.
RELIEF. SO THE CHANCE OF ALL OF THAT
PASSING IS SLIM.
EVEN IF AMERICANS DON'T GET THE
TWO GRAND.
TWO GRAND. SOMETHING IS COMING THEIR WAY.
SO WHEN MIGHT YOU SEE THE
MONEY?
MONEY?
MONEY? A
MONEY? A SENIOR TREASURY OFFICIAL TOLD
NBC NEWS THEY EXPECT TO START
SENDING OUT CHECKS BY THE END
OF THIS WEEK.
HOWEVER, YOU MAY NOT SEE IT IN
YOUR ACCOUNT UNTIL NEXT WEEK
SINCE FRIDAY IS A FEDERAL
HOLIDAY.
HOLIDAY.
HOLIDAY. ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WE HEAR A
LOT DO YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP TO
RECEIVE A STIMULUS CHECK?
THE ANSWER IS NO.
IF YOU FILED TAXES IN TWENTY
NINETEEN AND YOU QUALIFY YOU'LL
GET A CHECK.
THE IRS WILL MAKE A DIRECT
DEPOSIT BUT IF IT DOESN'T HAVE
YOUR BANKING INFORMATION IT'LL
SEND A CHECK IN THE MAIL.
AS FOR WHO QUALIFIES?
IT'S BASED ON YOUR 2019
REPORTED INCOME INDIVIDUALS
MAKING SEVENTY FIVE K OR LESS
GET A SIX HUNDRED DOLLAR
PAYMENT.
PAYMENT.
PAYMENT. COUPLES MAKING UP TO ONE
HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND GET
DOUBLE THAT.
DOUBLE THAT. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A VALID
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER YOU'RE
NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANY STIMULUS
CHECK.
CHECK.
CHECK. NOW TO THE CORONA VIRUS
VACCINE.
VACCINE.
VACCINE. VICE PRESIDENT ELECT KAMALA
HARRIS AND THE INCOMING SECOND
GENTLEMAN GOT THEIR FIRST DOSES
TODAY LITERALLY ABOUT SAVING
LIVES.
LIVES.
LIVES. >>
LIVES. >> I TRUST THE SCIENTISTS AND
THE SCIENTISTS WHO CREATED AND
APPROVE THIS VACCINE SIRED
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE. WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN.
GET VACCINATED.
GET VACCINATED. >> THE VACCINATION TOOK JUST A
FEW MINUTES.
FEW MINUTES. HARRIS AND HER HUSBAND RECEIVED
THE MADUNA VACCINE.
SHE SAID IT'S SAFE AND SO IS
PFIZER'S WHILE OREGON WILL RAMP
UP KOVEN VACCINATIONS HERE IN
THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, THE
STATE PLANS TO LET PUBLIC
HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND
PHARMACIES GIVE OUT THE SHOTS.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN'T GET
ONE YET BUT HEALTH CARE WORKERS
AND PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING
IN LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES
CAN.
CAN.
CAN. SO
CAN. SO FAR MORE THAN 20000 THOUSAND
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VACCINATED AND
THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND ADDITIONAL DOSES READY
TO GO.
TO GO.
TO GO. THE PANDEMIC CAUSED A LOT
OF SCHOOLS SUPPORT STAFF TO BE
FURLOUGHED IN VANCOUVER.
BUT NOW THAT THE HOLIDAY BREAK
IS ALMOST OVER.
THEY'LL HEAD BACK TO WORK AS
STUDENTS START A NEW TERM AND
THEY ARE MORE THAN READY.
AS OUR CHRISTINE PITAWANICH
REPORTS.
REPORTS.
REPORTS. >> MY NAME IS RUTH INGEBRAND
AND I AM INSTRUCTIONAL
PARAEDUCATOR AT MCGLOTHLIN
MIDDLE SCHOOL.
MIDDLE SCHOOL. >> THAT'S IN THE VANCOUVER
SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SCHOOL DISTRICT. INGEBRAND AND MANY OTHER
PARAEDUCATOR HELP SUPPORT
STUDENTS AND CERTIFIED TEACHERS
IN THE SPRING WHEN THE PANDEMIC
FIRST HIT.
FIRST HIT. SHE WAS BUSY HELPING KIDS EIGHT
HOURS OF TUTORING A DAY WAY
MORE THAN I TYPICALLY WOULD DO.
>> WE WERE BRINGING LUNCHES WE
BARTIE PACKETS TO KIDS THAT
DON'T HAVE INTERNET.
>> BUT THIS PAST FALL SHE SAYS
SHE AND MANY OTHER CLASSIFIED
STAFF IN THE VANCOUVER SCHOOL
DISTRICT INCLUDING PEOPLE LIKE
BUS DRIVERS AS WELL AS LUNCH
STAFF WERE FURLOUGHED.
ON OCTOBER SIX WE WERE
FURLOUGHED.
FURLOUGHED. >> SHE AND OTHER CLASSIFIED
STAFF ARE SET TO GO BACK TO
WORK IN EARLY JANUARY.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE THE
FURLOUGH ANY EASIER.
>> TOLD THAT THEY WOULD LET US
KNOW WHENEVER WE WERE NEEDED
AGAIN OR IF WE WERE EVER NEEDED
AGAIN TO INGEBRAND.
>> THE NEWS WAS A PUNCH TO THE
GUT.
GUT.
GUT. SHE'S A MOM TO THREE KIDS WITH
A HEART TO HELP HER STUDENTS,
MANY OF WHICH SHE SAYS ARE
VULNERABLE.
VULNERABLE. AT HER SCHOOL THESE MOMS ARE
BRINGING ME TO ASKING ME TO
TUTOR HER KIDS THAT I'M LIKE.
>> OF COURSE I WILL.
LET'S WEAR A MASK.
>> AND WITH FAMILY BIRTHDAYS IN
OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER AS WELL AS
THE HOLIDAYS.
THE HOLIDAYS. THINGS BECAME STRESSFUL
FINANCIALLY PARAEDUCATORS MAKE
LESS THAN SEVENTEEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS A YEAR.
>> AND NOW ON UNEMPLOYMENT I
MAKE ABOUT TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
A WEEK WHICH IS EVEN LESS.
>> BUT INGEBRAND SAYS SHE'S
FORTUNATE WITH A HUSBAND WHO IS
ABLE TO WORK.
>> SHE SAYS THE FURLOUGH HAS
PUT OTHER PARAEDUCATORS IN
WORSE SITUATIONS.
WORSE SITUATIONS. THERE'S A LOT OF PARAEDUCATORS
SINGLE MOMS OR SINGLE DADS AND
THEY LOST THEIR HOMES.
>> MANY OF THEM STILL TO THIS
DAY ARE HOMELESS IN THEIR CARS
WITH THEIR CHILDREN WITH
COLLEGE DEGREES.
COLLEGE DEGREES. SHE SAYS THE DISTRICT HAS ABOUT
34 MILLION DOLLARS SAVED UP AND
THAT MONEY COULD HAVE HELPED
KEEP CLASSIFIED STAFF WORKING.
>> WE ASKED VANCUOVER SCHOOLS
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT. A SPOKESPERSON SAID MOST
OF THAT MONEY WAS ALREADY
EARMARKED TO GO ELSEWHERE
BECAUSE OF PACE SCHEDULING.
>> THOSE FURLOUGHED EMPLOYEES
WON'T SEE A PAYCHECK UNTIL LATE
FEBRUARY AND THEY CAN'T COLLECT
UNEMPLOYMENT YET OR AT LEAST
NEXT MONTH EITHER BECAUSE THEY
WILL BE WORKING.
RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO TAKE A
LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE FROM OUR
WELLS FARGO SKYCAM.
>> IT IS CLOUDY BUT AT LEAST
IT'S DRY FOR NOW.
WE WANT TO CHECK IN WITH ROD.
WHEN IS THE RAIN SUPPOSED TO
RETURN?
RETURN?
RETURN? >> RAIN IS GOING TO BE HERE
LATER THIS EVENING.
BY THE WAY, IF I WAS WRITING
THAT PIECE OF NEWS COPY.
I WOULD HAVE WRITTEN.
IT'S CLOUDY AND IT'S COLD.
IT'S JUST NOT WARMING UP MUCH
BECAUSE OF THE CLOUD DECKING
SEE THE CLOUDS SPILLING IN.
>> AND IN FACT RADAR AND KEEP
KEEP THEM ON THE RADAR BEAM
SHOOTS OUT LIKE THIS.
SO THE FIRE THE WAVE IN THE
RADAR, THE HIGHER THE BEAM
GOES.
GOES.
GOES. SO
GOES. SO IT'S PICKING UP ALL THESE
FROZEN ICE CRYSTALS IN THE
MIDDLE UPPER LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE.
ATMOSPHERE. FREEZING LEVELS ABOUT SIX
THOUSAND FEET TODAY.
I'VE BEEN CHECKING I CANNOT
FIND ANYBODY REPORTING ANY
MEASURABLE RAINFALL OVERHEAD.
BUT YOU GET THE IDEA OF THE
CLOUD DECK IS THICKENING AND
THAT WOULDN'T BE OUT OF THE
QUESTION.
QUESTION.
QUESTION. YOU'D SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A
DROPLET OF MOISTURE AT SOME
POINT THIS AFTERNOON.
BUT EVEN AT HISTORIA UP THE
COLUMN DRY WEATHER BEING
REPORTED.
REPORTED.
REPORTED. THIRTY NINE DEGREES RIGHT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. HERE'S WILLAMETTE VALLEY
VINEYARD JUST SOUTH OF SALEM.
YOU SEE A LITTLE SHALLOW FOG
STILL SETTING IN THE HILLS.
PORTLAND'S ONLY THIRTY SIX I
THINK WOULD DO WELL.
THEY HIT 40 TODAY AND I'M SURE
WE'LL MAKE IT.
RAIN COMES INTO PORTLAND
BELIEVE AFTER 9:00 P.M. WE'LL
USE FEATURE CASTS AND TALK
ABOUT THE REST OF THIS REALLY
WET WEEK STARTING TONIGHT.
THAT'S COMING UP.
OK, SEE YOU THEN.
>> THANKS, ROB.
HAVE A CHRISTMAS GIFT.
YOU NEED TO RETURN.
SO DOES EVERYBODY ELSE.
COMING UP, THE BEST PIECE
OF ADVICE WHETHER YOU'RE
EXCHANGING ONLINE OR IN STORE.
PLUS EYE POPPING NUMBERS AT THE
NATION'S AIRPORTS.
NATION'S AIRPORTS. HOW MANY PASSENGERS THE TSA
>> MANY TRAVELERS ARE NOT
LISTENING TO HEALTH EXPERTS
DESPITE WARNINGS TO STAY HOME
FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
PASSENGERS COMING BACK FROM
CHRISTMAS PACK TO AIRPORTS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON SUNDAY.
THE TSA SAYS IT SCREENED ALMOST
ONE POINT THREE MILLION
TRAVELERS, THE HIGHEST NUMBER
SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.
BUT THAT'S ABOUT HALF OF WHAT
AIRPORTS SAW ON THE SAME DAY
LAST YEAR.
LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR AGENTS HAVE SCREENED
MORE THAN A MILLION PASSENGERS
THREE DAYS IN A ROW.
DR. ANTHONY FOUSHEE CALLS THAT
CONCERNING AND SAYS WE MAY SEE
YET ANOTHER SURGE IN CASES
BECAUSE OF THIS HOLIDAY TRAVEL
SITUATION.
SITUATION. WELL, HOLIDAY SHOPPING IS DONE
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. THE
NOW. THE HOLIDAY RETURNS BEGIN.
AND JUST LIKE WITH ORDERING AND
SHIPPING.
SHIPPING.
SHIPPING. EXPERTS SAY YOU'LL NEED SOME
PATIENCE.
PATIENCE.
PATIENCE. THE PANDEMIC HAS MORE PEOPLE
SHOPPING ONLINE SO THAT MEANS
MORE OF THEM ARE RETURNING
STUFF.
STUFF.
STUFF. RIGHT NOW THINGS THAT DON'T FIT
OR THEY DON'T LIKE EVEN IF YOU
WANT TO RETURN SOMETHING IN
STORE, THE EXPERTS SAY WAIT
UNTIL JANUARY 1ST.
MANY STORES HAVE EXTENDED THEIR
RETURN WINDOWS WELL INTO THE
NEW YEAR.
NEW YEAR.
NEW YEAR. JUST DOUBLE CHECK THE STORE
POLICY.
POLICY.
POLICY. >> OK, IN SPORTS THE BLAZERS
BEAT THE L.A. LAKERS LAST NIGHT
115 WHEN I WAS SEVEN.
ONE.
ONE.
ONE. DAMIAN LILLARD LED THE WAY WITH
31 POINTS AND THE BENCH HELPED
OUT TO GARY TRENT JUNIOR SCORED
TWENTY EIGHT INCLUDING SEVEN
THREE POINTERS.
THREE POINTERS. THE BLAZERS CONTINUE THEIR
CALIFORNIA ROAD TRIP AGAINST
THE CLIPPERS TOMORROW.
>> WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A LIVE
LOOK RIGHT NOW AT TIMBERLINE
LODGE.
LODGE.
LODGE. NICE DAY UP THERE.
CONDITIONS ARE GREAT.
THEY'RE NOT QUITE SUNNY BY ANY
STRETCH AS MONDAY THOUGH OUR
JOHN GOODWIN WAS UP THERE
YESTERDAY AND AS YOU'RE ABOUT
TO SEE, IT WAS A PERFECT DAY ON
MT. HOOD.
MT. HOOD.
MT. HOOD. >> THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL BLUEBIRD
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. DO
DAY. DO IT.
DO IT.
DO IT. I
DO IT. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT GETS MUCH
BETTER WITH SOME NEW SNOW.
JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO THE
PARKING LOTS ARE REALLY CROWDED
BUT THE LIPS ARE NOT WHICH IS
AWESOME.
AWESOME.
AWESOME. I MEAN THIS IS ONE OF THE SAFE
ACTIVITIES WE COULD DO RIGHT.
SO IT'S A HUGE BREAK FROM
SITTING AT YOUR DESK STARING AT
A COMPUTER ALL DAY.
THIS IS DEFINITELY THE WAY TO
GO.
GO.
GO. >>
GO. >> IT'S KIND OF OUR ONE BIG
ESCAPE.
ESCAPE.
ESCAPE. >> I TELL YOU WHAT RIDING THE
LIFT, SEEING THAT BEAUTIFUL
MOUNTIAN JUST BEING INSPIRED BY
IT AND THEN SEEING HOW MANY
PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO ENJOY AND
RICH ENRICH THEMSELVES AND
THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE AND WE
NEED TO SPREAD PEOPLE OUT.
YOU KNOW, EVEN WHEN PEOPLE ARE
STANDING IN A LIFT LINE THERE
RESPECT EACH OTHER'S SPREADING
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. WE'RE IN THEIR MASKS COVERING
THEIR NOSES.
THEIR NOSES. I FEEL LIKE THERE'S LIKE A MORE
OF A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE JUST HAPPY
TO BE HERE AND LIKE WILLING TO
WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP IT SAFE
WHICH IS REALLY COOL.
>> I HIGHLY RECOMMEND COMING
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. YOU'RE WITH YOUR FAMILY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SKI, TAKE
SOME EASY RUNS, TAKE SOME
LESSONS YOU'RE MEADOW'S AND
THEN WORK YOUR WAY UP AND YOU
CAN JUST HAVE NO MATTER WHAT
SKILL LEVEL YOU ARE, YOU'RE
GONNA HAVE A GREAT DAY.
>> BE PATIENT, BE FLEXIBLE, BE
KIND.
KIND.
KIND. AND
KIND. AND I HAVE TO SAY I'VE NEVER
SEEN MORE KINDNESS IN OUR LIFT
LINES THAN THIS YEAR.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY FEELING
PRETTY FORTUNATE.
PRETTY FORTUNATE. >> I BET YOU DO.
THAT LOOKS AMAZING AND RIGHT AT
THE END OF THE SHOW WE'RE GOING
TO BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE
OTHER SKI AREAS OPEN FOR
BUSINESS THIS WEEK.
>> OH, GOOD DEAL.
SO THAT WAS WHERE THE GOLD
BLUEBIRD DAY RIGHT THAT WAS
ACTUALLY THE LAST TWO DAYS.
THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL A CLOUDY
YEAH BUT IT'S THIRTY THREE THIS
IS OVER AT TIMBERLINE AND
THEY'VE GOT PLENTY OF FOLKS