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>> NATIONWIDE PROTEST AFTER ANOTHER SHOOTING SPARKS A NEW
WAVE OF ANGER, WE ARE HEARING
FROM THE FAMILY OF AN ATLANTA
MAN KILLED BY POLICE.
AND A LANDMARK DECISION BY THE
US SUPREME COURT TODAY BUT THE
RULING PROTECTING LGBTQ WORKERS
AND THE CAVEAT FROM AN OREGON
SENATOR AND AN INCREDIBLE
OPPORTUNITY FOR A YOUNG
ENTREPRENEUR.
ENTREPRENEUR. HOW HE IS FINALLY REALLY ABLE
TO SEE HIS OWN PROGRESS THE
VERY FIRST TIME.
THIS IS KGW NEWS AT NOON>>
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE. I AM BRENDA BRAXTON WE START
WITH A HUGE VICTORY IN THE
FIGHT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS, TODAY
THE SUPREME COURT RULED FEDERAL
LAW PROTECTS LGBTQ WORKERS FROM
JOB DISCRIMINATION AND THAT 6-3
DECISION FOUND THE CIVIL RIGHTS
ACT OF 1964 PROTECTS , LESBIAN
AND TRANSGENDER WORKERS AND IT
WILL SHIELD MORE THAN 8 MILLION
EMPLOYEES TODAY'S HIS STORK
RULING AS A DEFEAT FOR THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND IT
ARGUED THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT,
WHICH BARS DETERMINATION BASED
ON SEX, DID NOT EXTEND TO
CLAIMS OF GENDER IDENTITY AND
SEXUAL ORIENTATION OREGON
LAWMAKERS ARE WEIGHING IN ON
THIS AND SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY
CALLED TODAY'S RULING AN
IMPORTANT VICTORY FOR LGBTQ
RIGHTS.
RIGHTS.
RIGHTS. HE SAYS THE LAW OF THE LAND IS
NOW CLEAR THAT DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST LGBTQ AMERICANS IN
EMPLOYMENT IS ILLEGAL.
THE SUPREME COURT MADE THE
RIGHT DECISION TODAY BUT AND
NOW TO THE CAVEAT.
SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY SAYS THERE
IS STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE
DONE GETTING EQUAL PROTECTIONS
IN HOUSING, PUBLIC
ACCOMMODATIONS AND EDUCATION
BUT HE IS TRYING TO PASS THE
EQUALITY ACT WHICH WOULD
PROVIDE THOSE PRODUCTIONS.
>>> THERE IS NO JUSTICE THAT
CAN DEBORAH MAKE ME FEEL HAPPY
ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE, I
COULD NEVER GET MY HUSBAND
BACK, I CAN NEVER GET BACK MY
BEST FRIEND AND I CAN NEVER
TELL MY DAUGHTER HE IS COMING
TO TAKE YOU SKATING OR FOR
SWIMMING LESSONS.>> EMOTIONAL
WORDS FROM THE WIDOW OF
RAYSHARD BROOKS WHO WAS KILLED
BY OFFICERS IN ATLANTA
SPARKING MORE PROTESTS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AGAINST THE POLICE
SHOOTINGS OF BLACK PEOPLE.
BROOKS WAS KILLED ON THE SAME
DAY HIS DAUGHTER CELEBRATED HER
EIGHTH BIRTHDAY.
EIGHTH BIRTHDAY. THE FAMILY IS CALLING FOR
JUSTICE, A CHANGE IN POLICING,
AND PEACEFUL PROTESTS.
NBC'S TRACY POTTS TAKES A
CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN
ATLANTA.>>REPORTER: ANGER AND
FRUSTRATION SPILLING INTO THE
STREETS OF ATLANTA AFTER
ANOTHER POLICE SHOOTING
INVOLVING A BLACK MAN BUT THE
SCENE OF THE SHOOTING TORCHED
OVER THE WEEKEND RAYSHARD
BROOKS WAS RUNNING AWAY WHEN HE
APPEARED TO POINT A TASER AT
OFFICERS, OFFICER GARRETT
ROLFE SHOT AND KILLED HIM AND
HE WAS FIRED AND THEN THE
POLICE CHIEF RESIGNED>> THAT
VIDEO IS DISTURBING TO WATCH
BUT I AM NOT SURE IT IS AS
CLEAR AS WE HAVE SEEN AROUND
THE COUNTRY.
THE COUNTRY. >> THE LATEST SHOOTING COMES AS
CONGRESS CONSIDERS POLICE
REFORM, TRACKING MISCONDUCT AND
ELIMINATING CHOKEHOLD'S AND NO
KNOCK WARRANTS.>> THESE ARE
MEANINGFUL REFORMS THAT WILL
HOLD POLICE ACCOUNTABLE.>> HAVE
AN ACTIVE THAT REQUIRES MORE
DATA TO BE PROVIDED SO WE CAN
COME OUT WITH POLICIES THAT ARE
CONSISTENT.
CONSISTENT. THE MAC LAWMAKERS PRESSURED BY
PROTESTERS TO PULL MONEY FROM
POLICE AND REINVEST INTO SOCIAL
SERVICES.>> NOBODY IS GOING TO
TAKE MONEY FROM THE POLICE AND
WE CAN RESTRUCTURE THE POLICE
FORCES OR RESTRUCTURE AND
REIMAGINE POLICING THAT IS WHAT
WE ARE GOING TO DO.
>> THE MEDICAL EXAMINER HAS
RULED BROOKS DEATH A HOMICIDE,
TWO BULLETS IN THE BACK FUELING
A GROWING FRUSTRATION AND
DEMANDS FOR CHANGE.
TRACY POTTS NBC NEWS.
>>> HERE IN OREGON PROTESTS AND
DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE.
DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE. AT JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL LAST
NIGHT THE STATUE OF THOMAS
JEFFERSON WAS TAKEN DOWN AND
THE WORD SLAVEOWNER ARE WRITTEN
ON THE PEDESTAL JEFFERSON WAS
THE COUNTRY'S THIRD PRESIDENT
AND ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF THE
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BUT
HE ALSO OWNED HUNDREDS OF
SLAVES.
SLAVES.
SLAVES. JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL WAS THE
STARTING POINT OF LAST NIGHTS
PROTESTS.
PROTESTS.
PROTESTS. PEOPLE RALLIED THERE BEFORE
MARCHING TO ALBERTA PARK IN
NORTHEAST PORTLAND AND WE SAW
SIMILAR, NONVIOLENT
SIMILAR, NONVIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS SATURDAY.
DEMONSTRATIONS SATURDAY. PEOPLE GATHERED AT REVOLUTION
HALL AND A GROUP OF CYCLISTS
ALSO DEMONSTRATED IN IRVING
PARK MEANTIME PEOPLE WERE BACK
OUT AT THE JUSTICE CENTER ON
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, POLICE
CALLED A CIVIL DISTURBANCE ON
BOTH NIGHTS AND DISPERSED THE
CROWD ARRESTING SEVERAL PEOPLE.
THEY SAY THAT DEMONSTRATORS
THREW FIREWORKS AND GLASS
BOTTLES OVER THE FENCE.
PORTLAND CITY COUNCIL HAVE
ANOTHER CHANCE TO VOTE ON THE
BUDGET THIS WEEK.
THE MAYOR AND THE CITY
COMMISSIONERS LAND TO CUT THE
GUN VIOLENCE REDUCTION TEAM AND
THE TRANSIT UNIT.
THEY ALSO WANTED TO REDIRECT
$15 MILLION FROM THE POLICE
BUDGET TO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
BUT THE COMMISSIONER AND MANY
ACTIVISTS SAY IT IS NOT ENOUGH.
THE COMMISSIONER VOTED AGAINST
THE BUDGET LAST WEEK FORCING
ANOTHER VOTE ON WEDNESDAY WE
WILL LET YOU KNOW IF THERE ARE
CHANGES TO THE PROPOSAL.
LOCAL ACTIVISTS ALSO WANTED TO
CHANGE THE NAME OF A STREET THE
ST. JOHN'S NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE
OF WHO IT IS NAMED AFTER
ACCORDING TO THE PEOPLE BEHIND
A CHANGE.ORG PETITION, CALHOUN
AVENUE IS NAMED AFTER JOHN C
CALHOUN, AMERICA'S SEVENTH VICE
PRESIDENT AND A STAUNCH
DEFENDER OF SLAVERY.
THE PETITION WOULD RENAME THE
STREET DEPREIST AVENUE AFTER
JAMES DEPREIST AVENUE AFTER
JAMES I AFRICAN CONDUCTOR.
>> ONE CONCERN IS THAT DEPREIST
PROBABLY DESERVES A MUCH BIGGER
STREET.
STREET.
STREET. >> THEY COULD NOT CONFIRM THE
STREET WAS NAMED AFTER JOHN
CALHOUN BUT THEY SAY THEY ARE
WILLING TO REVIEW ANY STREET
NAME THAT HAS A SISTER HE
ASSOCIATED WITH RACISM OR WHITE
SUPREMACY.
SUPREMACY. >>> NOW TO THE COVERAGE OF THE
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. THE FDA IS PULLING ITS
PERMISSION TO USE MALARIA DRUGS
TO TREAT COVID 19 PRESIDENT
TRUMP FREQUENTLY TOUTED
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE AS A
TREATMENT BY THE FDA NOW SAYS
THOSE DRUGS POSE A GREATER RISK
TO PATIENTS THAN ANY POTENTIAL
BENEFITS.
BENEFITS.
BENEFITS. THE MEDICATIONS CAN CAUSE
IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT, SEVERELY
LOW BLOOD PRESSURE AND MUSCLE
AND NERVE DAMAGE.
THESE MALARIA DRUGS ARE TREAT
FOR LUPUS AND ARTHRITIS BUT
TODAY'S DECISION ONLY AFFECTS
ITS EMERGENCY USE FOR COVID 19
STORM HERE IN OREGON THE NUMBER
OF NEW COVID INFECTIONS IS
GOING UP BUT WHAT DO WE NEED TO
CONSIDER TO PUT THAT SPIKE INTO
CONTEXT.
CONTEXT.
CONTEXT. GALEN ATLANTA FOUND OUT WHEN HE
TALKED TO THE PSU BIOLOGY
PROFESSOR KNOWN AS THE VIRUS
HUNTER.>>REPORTER: DOCTOR KEN
STEDMAN AT PSU STUDIES VIRUSES
AND CHECKS OREGON NUMBERS
DAILY.
DAILY.
DAILY. >>
DAILY. >> WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON
WITH COVID 19 WE NEED TO BE
EXTERNALLY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT
DATA ARE DATA AND WHAT DATA ARE
EXTRAPOLATIONS.>> THE DOCTOR
SAYS THE CONTEXT IS KEY AS WE
GO UP AND THIS CHART BACK DATES
CONFIRMED CASES WHEN PEOPLE
STARTED HAVING SYMPTOMS AND THE
BEGINNING OF JUNE IS WHEN
WORKERS AT PACIFIC SEAFOOD GOT
SICK IN LINCOLN COUNTY.
AND THERE IS A HUGE SPIKE IN
THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN
TERMS OF THE AVERAGE.
EVERYTHING IS RELATIVELY LEVEL
SO I DO NOT THINK WE ARE SEEING
A VERY HUGE INCREASE>> THESE
WORKPLACE NUMBERS ARE EASIER TO
TRACE WHICH MEANS PEOPLE WITH
THE VIRUS CAN HELP STOP THE
SPREAD>> ADVISING THEM TO
ISOLATED HOME AND FOLLOWING UP
ON THEIR CONTACT AND ADVISING
THEM TO QUARANTINE 14 DAYS.>>
OTHER OUTBREAK CLUSTERS AT LONG-
TERM CARE FACILITIES ARE
TRACEABLE AND ADD TO THE
SPIKES.>> WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN
RECENT WEEKS IS A BIG UPTICK IN
TESTING CAPABILITIES, GETTING
TESTING DONE AND CONTACT
TRACING WHICH LEADS TO MORE
TARGETED AND FOCUSED TESTING
THAT WE HAVE A MUCH HIGHER
LIKELIHOOD OF FINDING THOSE
CASES THAT ARE OUT THERE.>>
WHILE SOME WORRY ABOUT LARGE
GATHERINGS AND DEMONSTRATIONS
ACROSS OREGON>> THEY HAVE BEEN
OUTSIDE AND MOST OF THAT
MASKS>> SEVERAL OF OUR EXPERTS
STATUS TOO EARLY TO KNOW THE
LONG-TERM IMPACT>> THERE IS NO
REAL CLARITY ON WHAT HAPPENED
DURING THIS PROTESTS THE MAC
MULTNOMAH COUNTY SAID SO FAR
FIVE TO MISTER HAVE BEEN
CONFIRMED AS SICK AND THE
COUNTY'S ORCHID UP TO ITS
CONTACT TRACING.>> WE ESTIMATE
WITH EVERY PERSON THAT HAS
COVID 19 THERE IS AT LEAST ONE
ADDITIONAL PERSON THAT IS
SICK.>> THAT IS PART OF WHY
REOPENING IS ON HOLD.>> THE
GOVERNOR HAS DONE A GREAT THING
AND HE SAID LET'S SEE IF IT
REALLY IS AN OUTLIER WORTH IT
REALLY IS AN INDICATION OF A
BIG TREND.
BIG TREND. >> DOCTOR STEADMAN SAYS WOULD
COVID ONE THING IS CLEAR.
>> IT IS NOT OVER AND IT WILL
NOT BE OVER FOR A WHILE.>> A
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STILL VERY
UNHAPPY THAT COVID RESTRICTIONS
ARE IN PLACE.
A GROUP OF ATHLETES, PARENTS
AND COACHES GATHERED OUTSIDE OF
THE CAPITAL SALEM DEMANDING THE
STATE RESUME CONTACT SPORTS.
THEY ARE PART OF A MOVEMENT
THAT IS CALLED LET THEM PLAY IN
OREGON AND THEY CANNOT TO PLAY
SOCCER AND TOSS AROUND THE
BALLS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THEY
WANT TO TALK TO LAWMAKERS AND
LET THEM KNOW THAT KEEPING KIDS
OUT OF SPORTS IS HURTING THEIR
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH.>>
I THINK IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR US TO BRING THEM HERE AND
SHOW THEM THAT THESE ARE WHERE
THE DECISIONS ARE MADE AND ALSO
REMIND THOSE MAKING THE
DECISIONS THAT THESE ARE REAL
KIDS AND THERE IS REAL NEGATIVE
SIDE EFFECTS TO KEEPING THEM
OUT OF THEIR ACTIVITIES.
>> THE LET THEM PLAY MOVEMENT
STARTED ON FACEBOOK IN EARLY
JUNE AND THE GROUP HAS ABOUT
24,000 FOLLOWERS STATEWIDE AT
THIS POINT.>> TIME TO CHECK THE
WEATHER FORECAST AND THIS IS A
LIVE LOOK FROM THE WELLS FARGO
SKYCAM.
SKYCAM.
SKYCAM. OVERCAST AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE
ROD A WET START TO THE WORKWEEK
THAT YOU ARE SAYING SUNSHINE IS
ON THE WAY.
>> YES I WAS WAITING WITH
CURIOSITY TO SEE HOW YOU WOULD
DESCRIBE THE VIEW FROM THE
WELLS FARGO BUILDING, BRENDA,
AND EVERYBODY'S VIEW IS ROUGHLY
THE SAME AT LEAST IN THE VALLEY
AND IT IS RAINING IN GRESHAM.
THAT IS OUT OVER A GRESHAM
SUBARU AND THAT IS AS DARK AS
IT COULD LOOK.
NOW WE ARE SEEING BREAKS IN THE
CLOUD COVER AND DRYING ALONG
THE COAST OF IT NOTICE HOW THE
WEATHER SYSTEM IS STRONG ENOUGH
THAT IT IS PUSHING RAIN ALL THE
WAY INTO ONTARIO AND OUT ACROSS
THE BORDER INTO IDAHO AT THIS
HOUR RAIN TOTALS, NEWPORT 30 TO
100 AND THERE ARE JUST SOME HIS
BODY AND HIGHER AMOUNTS.
THIS SHOWS KELSO HAS NOTHING
AND ONE OF MY FACEBOOK
FOLLOWERS JAMES LIVES IN
BEAVERTON AND HE HAS NOTHING
MUCH IN BEAVERTON ALTHOUGH
THERE WAS, SINCE HE MADE THE
POSTING, THIS HEAVY SHOWER ON
THE WEST SIDE THAT YOU CAN SEE
IN THE YELLOW COMING DOWN.
RUNNING OUT OF TIME BUT I WANT
TO SHOW YOU CURRENT
TEMPERATURES, 60 AND SHOWERS
CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON, THE
WARMER THE 65.
THE SEVEN DAY HAS CHANGES,
COMING UP.
COMING UP. >> WE HAVE EVEN MORE WHETHER A
NEWS COMING UP THIS NEW, AND
HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE WHO SAW
THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN