>>>
>>> DEMANDING JUSTICE. A FAMILY WANTS ANSWERS AFTER A
FEMALE INMATE IS PEPPER SPRAYED
AND ENDS UP DEAD ON THE FLOOR
OF HER TEXAS JAIL CELL.
>>> THE TRAPPED TRAIN FINALLY
GETS MOVING AFTER MORE THAN 36
HOURS, STUCK IN THE SNOW .
>> THERE IS NOTHING THEY COULD
HAVE DONE.
HAVE DONE. >> THE OTHER FIERY DILEMMA THEY
MANAGED TO AVOID.
>>> IS CONGRESS EXEMPT FROM ITS
OWN LAWS?
OWN LAWS?
OWN LAWS? DO THEIR KIDS GET TO GET SKIP
PAYING OFF STUDENT LOANS?
WE VERIFY A LIST OF CLAIMS MADE
BY A CHAIN LETTER MAKING THE
ROUNDS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
>>> A LAKE OSWEGO MAN HAS AN
OUT OF THIS WORLD PLAN TO HONOR
HIS BELOVED CAT BY LAUNCHING
HIS ASHES IN SPACE.
>> I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING
SPECIAL.
SPECIAL.
SPECIAL. >> KGW NEWS AT SIX BEGINS NOW.
>>> A DAY AND A HALF IN OVERS,
A PITSTOP IN EUGENE AND A TRAIN
STOP FOR MORE THAN 40 HOURS IN
SNOW AND FREEZING COLD WITH
NEARLY 200 PEOPLE ON BOARD HAS
LEFT PORTLAND FOR ITS FINAL
DESTINATION IN SEATTLE.
EVEN THAT PART OF THE TRUCK WAS
IN JEOPARDY JUST A FEW HOURS
AGO.
AGO.
AGO. WHAT
AGO. WHAT A DAY FOR ALL OF THOSE
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I'M LAUREL PORTER .
>> I'M DAN HAGGERTY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
WE GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO A
BUNCH OF THESE PASSAGES IN
EUGENE AS THEY GOT OFF THE TRAIN
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE SUNDAY
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. WE
NIGHT. WE HEARD STORIES OF PEOPLE
COMING TOGETHER TO GET TO AND
UNCOMFORTABLE EXPERIENCE.
UNCOMFORTABLE EXPERIENCE. WE WILL GO TO MORGAN ROMERO
LIFE FOR US WITH THE STORY IN
EUGENE.
EUGENE.
EUGENE. >> Reporter: THEY SAID SOME
PEOPLE, IT WAS A GOOD
EXPERIENCE, AN INTERESTING
EXPERIENCE AMTRAK SAYS THEY ARE
GOING TO REFUND PEOPLE FOR THE
RIDE AND COMPENSATE THEM FOR
FUTURE TRAVEL AND HOTELS.
THEY DO WANT PEOPLE TO GET TO
THEIR FINAL DESTINATIONS BUT IT
WILL BE HANDLED ON A CASE-BY-
CASE BASIS.
CASE BASIS. AFTER MORE THAN A DAY AND A
HALF, STUCK IN THE SAME SPOT IN
OAK RIDGE, THIS AMTRAK PULLED
INTO EUGENE.
INTO EUGENE. AFTER MORE THAN A DAY AND A
HALF --
HALF --
HALF -- >>> IT FEELS GOOD TO GET FRESH
AIR.
AIR.
AIR. >>
AIR. >> Reporter: 183 PEOPLE COULD
BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF.
AND OH, DID THEY.
>> 42 HOURS STAND --
>> REALLY GLAD TO BE HERE.
>> Reporter: PASSAGES WE TALKED
TO SAID --
>> IT COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH
WORSE.
WORSE.
WORSE. >>
WORSE. >> Reporter: IT WAS NOT THAT
BAD.
BAD.
BAD. >>
BAD. >> WE WERE FED, WARM, HAD
WATER, BATHROOMS.
WATER, BATHROOMS. >> WAS NOT A BAD EXPERIENCE.
I HAD FUN.
THAT IS SAD TO SAY BUT I MET A
LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE AND SAW
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND IT
WAS AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE.
>> Reporter: JEREMY ALBRIGHT
WAS WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO BOYS.
HE SAYS HE GOT STIR CRAZY, AS
EXPECTED.
EXPECTED.
EXPECTED. >> THE ONLY PART THAT WAS A
BUMMER IS WE COULD NOT LEAVE
THE TRAIN.
THE TRAIN. IT WAS JUST LIKE, WE JUST NEED
TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT.
YOU CAN ONLY WALK UP AND DOWN
THE AISLE SO MANY TIMES.
>> Reporter: THEY PLAYED GAMES
AND WATCHED MOVIES TO PASS THE
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. BUT
TIME. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT WAS
JUST WAITING FOR INFORMATION.
>> Reporter: AROUND 2:30 PM
TUESDAY, ONCE THE TRAIN WAS
SERVICE AND FOOD SUPPLIES
STOCKED UP, UNION PACIFIC
HELPED HAUL THE AMTRAK UP TO
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND. MANY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THEIR
NEXT STEPS.
NEXT STEPS. >> WE ARE GOING TO GET BACK OFF
AT PORTLAND AND TRY TO FIGURE
OUT WHERE TO GO FROM THERE
WHETHER IT BE A PLANE, RENT A
CAR OR WHATEVER.
YEAH, WHAT DO YOU DO?
>> Reporter: OTHERS ARE STAYING
IN EUGENE, MAPPING THEIR MOVES
FROM THERE .
>> THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO
FOR COUPLE OF DAYS.
I AM FROM KLAMATH FALLS AND I'M
STUCK HERE FOR A FEW DAYS.
>> Reporter: AT LAST CHECK,
AMTRAK SAYS THERE WILL NOT BE
ANY CASCADE SERVICES BETWEEN
PORTLAND AND EUGENE THROUGH
THURSDAY.
THURSDAY.
THURSDAY. >>> THE COMFORTS OF HOME AFTER
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
THAT. >> THAT WOULD FEEL GREAT .
>> WOULD BE TOUGH TO BE ON
THERE WITH KIDS.
THIS SEEMED LIKE THE CURSED
TRAIN.
TRAIN.
TRAIN. THE SAME ONE AVOIDED ANOTHER
POSSIBLE SNAG EARLIER THIS
MORNING WHEN A TRESSEL NORTH OF
PORTLAND CAUGHT FIRE.
IF YOU ARE SENT US THIS VIDEO
TO SHOW US THE BLACK, BILLOWING
SMOKE POURING FROM THE BRIDGE.
THIS IS ALONG THE PATH OF THE
TRAIN THAT IT WOULD TRAVEL TO
GET TO SEATTLE.
CREWS PUT OUT THE FLAMES WITHIN
AN HOUR OR SO.
ACCORDING TO OUR NEWS PARTNER,
THE OREGONIAN, INVESTIGATORS
SAY WORKERS WERE USING
BLOWTORCHES TO DO WORK ON THE
BRIDGE AND THEY STARTED THE
FIRE.
FIRE.
FIRE. AMTRAK EVENTUALLY CLEARED THE
TRESSEL FOR TRAIN TRAFFIC .
>> EVEN IF THOSE PEOPLE HAD
BEEN ABLE TO GET OFF THE TRAIN,
IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SO GREAT
IN OAK RIDGE BECAUSE THEY ARE
STILL WITHOUT POWER IN OAK
RIDGE.
RIDGE.
RIDGE. >>> TODAY, ODOT AND
PROFESSIONAL TREE CUTTERS
HACKED A PATH INTO THE OAK
RIDGE AREA LINKED TODAY.
POWER CREWS ARE TRYING TO GET
THE LIGHTS ON AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. IT IS A VERY BIG JOB .
>> KGW'S PAT DOORIS IS LIBRA
LONG HUNDRED 50 IT AT THE
ROADBLOCK TO TOM.
PAT?
PAT?
PAT? >>
PAT? >> Reporter: THE POWER WENT OUT
HERE SUNDAY NIGHT AND THE
HIGHWAY HAS BEEN CLOSED EVER
SINCE.
SINCE.
SINCE. NOW WE CAN SEE THERE ARE BIG
SEMI TRUCKS TURNING AROUND
TRYING TO GET OUT BECAUSE WE
HAVE LEARNED IN THE NEXT
DOUGLAS LAST 30 MINUTES, THE
HIGHWAY WILL NOT OPEN TONIGHT.
IT WILL STAY CLOSE.
THE POWER COMPANY SAYS IT IS
THE WORST DISTRACTION THEY HAVE
SEEN TO THEIR EQUIPMENT EVER AS
A RESULT OF THIS SNOWSTORM BOTH
TO THEIR EQUIPMENT AND TO THE
BPA EQUIPMENT.
BPA EQUIPMENT. IT IS GOING TO BE A LONG TIME
BEFORE THIS IS SET RIGHT.
THIS WAS A DAY OF PATIENTS AT
THE ODOT ROADBLOCK ON HIGHWAY
58.
58.
58. NO
58. NO ONE GOT THROUGH UNLESS THEY
WERE WORKING TO CLEAR THE
ROADWAY AND THE POWER LINES.
SEMI DRIVERS HEADING TO CENTRAL
OREGON COULD ONLY SIT AND IDLE.
SOME HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE
YESTERDAY .
YESTERDAY . >> I GOT HERE AT 4 PM YESTERDAY.
I HAVE A WHILE.
>> Reporter: VICTOR CHAMBERS
DROVE FROM OAK RIDGE SUNDAY
NIGHT TO CHECK ON HIS MOTHER.
HE SAID IT WAS A WILD NIGHT.
>> TREES DOWN, POWER LINES DOWN
ALL OF THE PLACE, CARS IN
DITCHES OVER THE EDGE.
WE COUNTED 8 CARS FROM BETWEEN
WESTFORD AND THE LOWELL TURNOFF
RIGHT HERE.
RIGHT HERE. WE TOOK ABOUT 3 1/2 HOURS JUST
TO MAKE IT THAT FAR.
>> Reporter: THAT IS 3 1/2
HOURS TO GO 23 MILES.
NOW HE IS STUCK AT THE
ROADBLOCK, TOO.
ROADBLOCK, TOO. TORI WILLS DROVE FROM VANCOUVER
TO CHECK ON HIS MOTHER WHO
LIVES ALONE IN OAK RIDGE.
>> I GOT MY MOM LIVING UP THERE
AND IN HIGH PRAIRIE, 80 YEARS
OLD, NO POWER, NOTHING THERE SO
I'M JUST WAITING TO GET THROUGH.
>> Reporter: THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION SENT OUT TWO
PICTURES TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A
GLIMPSE OF WHAT THE HIGHWAY
LOOKS LIKE.
LOOKS LIKE. AND MAYBE SOME INSIGHT INTO WHY
IT MAY BE A WHILE BEFORE THINGS
ARE BACK TO NORMAL.
IT IS NOT JUST OAK RIDGE THAT
WAS IT HARD.
THIS IS THE SMALL TOWN OF
LOWELL NEAR THE ROADBLOCK.
POWER IS OUT HERE, TOO.
SOME LIKE KATHY WORRY ABOUT
WHEN IT WILL COME BACK.
SHE HAS CEREBRAL PALSY AND NO
GENERATOR AND HER ELECTRIC
WHEELCHAIR IS LOSING POWER .
>> I NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO USE
THE BATHROOM, TO GET IN AND OUT
OF BED AND I'M LOSING POWER IN
MY CHAIR.
MY CHAIR.
MY CHAIR. >> Reporter: BACK AT THE
ROADBLOCK, A DAY OF WAITING
AFRAID THE PATIENTS OF OTHERS
BY MIDAFTERNOON AND SEVERAL
DROVE PAST THE ROADBLOCK HOPING
TO MAKE IT OAK RIDGE.
I'M NOT SURE IF THEY MADE IT
THAT FAR OR NOT.
SOME FOLKS AT THE ROADBLOCK
HERE WERE SAYING THEY DID NOT.
THERE IS GOING TO BE A LONG
NIGHT HERE. THERE IS A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK STILL
TO BE DONE.
I DID SEE THE FIRST BURST OF
CARS THAT WERE RELEASED FROM
OAK RIDGE THAT WERE ABLE TO USE
THE EMERGENCY LANE TO COME OUT
AND THE VERY FIRST TWO VEHICLES
WERE TWO BUSES LOADED WITH
YOUNG CHILDREN.
YOUNG CHILDREN. I AM TOLD THEY WERE AT THE
BAPTIST CHURCH A LITTLE LONGER
THAN THEY EXPECTED UP IN OAK
RIDGE.
RIDGE.
RIDGE. BACK TO YOU.
>> MAN, WHAT A MESS.
I REALLY FEEL FOR THOSE PEOPLE
AND THE THREAT OF GOING WITHOUT
POWER FOR A WEEK OR SO.
A TOUGH SITUATION.
PAT, THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT.
>>> WAS MORE THAN SNOW CAUSING
PROBLEM ACROSS THE STATE.
STRONG WINDS KNOCKED DOWN
TREES, ONE ACROSS I-5
NORTHBOUND NEAR SALMON CREEK
WASHINGTON THAT BLOCKED THE
FREEWAY FOR JUST UNDER AN HOUR.
A HUGE MESS.
IT IS BACK OPEN AT THIS POINT
BUT WE WILL CHECK IN WITH CHIEF
METEOROLOGIST, MATT SAVINO
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. >>> WE ARE UNDER ON IT A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY BEGINNING AT
10 PM AND CONTINUING TILL NOON
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. THAT IS FOR MUCH OF THE STATE.
A GOOD CHUNK OF THE STATE IS
UNDER A WINTER WEATHER WARNING
WHICH IS MORE SEVERE THAN AN
ADVISORY.
ADVISORY.
ADVISORY. THERE WILL BE MORE SNOW IN THE
CASCADES IN SOUTHERN OREGON.
YOU CAN SEE ON DOPPLER RADAR
BOTH MORGAN AND PAT DOORIS'
LIVE SHOT, THEY WERE GETTING
SNOW IN OAK RIDGE AND EUGENE.
IT HAS SPREAD TO ALBANY.
I HAD A MESSAGE ON TWITTER
SAYING IT IS SNOWING IN ALBANY.
YOU CAN SEE ON DOPPLER RADAR,
PAST SALEM AS WELL.
IT IS MOVING OUR WAY AND COULD
BEGIN BEFORE 10 PM BUT THE AIR
IS SO VERY DRY IN PORTLAND,
COURTESY OF THE EAST WINDS
COMING OUT OF THE GORGE AND
OVER THE CASCADES THAT A LOT OF
THE SNOW HERE WILL EVAPORATE IN
THE DRYER AND TAKE A WHILE TO
MOISTEN UP THE AIR MASS BEFORE
FLAKES REACH THE GROUND.
WE WILL STICK TO ABOUT 10 PM TO
MIDNIGHT FOR THE SNOW
BEGINNING, EARLIER IN THE SOUTH
AS I WAS DISCUSSING.
FOR PORTLAND, A DUSTING TO A
TRACE TO ABOUT 1 INCH.
HEAVIER AMOUNTS SOUTH AND WEST
OF DOWNTOWN EMMA AS MUCH IS 2,
3 INCHES IN SALEM AND
CORVALLIS.
CORVALLIS. IT WILL CONTINUE TO LATE
MORNING AND TURN FROM SNOW TO
RAIN IT SHOWERS.
WE WILL GET SOME SUNBREAKS BUT
COOL WEATHER CONTINUES.
MORE CHANCES FOR SNOW IN THE
FORECAST.
FORECAST.
FORECAST. >>> FEBRUARY IS NO WEAKLING
WHEN IT COMES TO WINTER
WEATHER.
WEATHER.
WEATHER. WE LOVE ALL OF YOUR PICTURES
YOU ARE SENDING US.
BEFORE THE NEXT ROUND OF SNOW,
PEOPLE IN EUGENE MADE THE MOST
OF THE MOUNTAINS OF SNOW.
STUDENTS TURN JUST ABOUT
EVERYTHING INTO A SLED HILL.
OTHERS BROKE OUT THE SKIS, ROAD
DOWN STAIRWAYS AND THESE PEOPLE
EVEN MADE AN IGLOO WITH ALL OF
THAT SNOW.
THAT SNOW. >> YOU ARE AT RISK FOR SOME OF
THAT STUFF. IF YOU HAVE VIDEO
YOU SHOT OR QUICK PICTURES THAT
YOU THINK WE WOULD ENJOY OR
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DIRECTLY TO US AT MY KGW AT
KGW.COM .
KGW.COM .
KGW.COM . >>> OREGON IS CLOSE TO BECOMING
THE FIRST IN THE NATION WAS
STATEWIDE RENT CONTROL.
THE BILL CLEARED ITS LAST VOTE
TODAY AND NEEDS TO GO TO THE
GOVERNOR'S DESK FOR A
SIGNATURE.
SIGNATURE. SHE WILL MOST LIKELY SUNNY.
KYLE IBOSHI JOINS US NOW.
>> DEMOCRATS HAVE A
SUPERMAJORITY IN BOTH CHAMBERS
OF THE OREGON LEGISLATURE.
THAT IS PART OF THE REGION
REASON WHY THE SLIP RENT
CONTROL BILL SPED THROUGH THE
ORGAN HOUSE AND SET IT.
THE ORGAN HOUSE VOTED TO PASS
THE BILL THIS AFTERNOON.
THAT WAS THE LAST MAJOR HURDLE
BEFORE IT BECOMES LAW.
THE FINAL STEP IS FOR THE
GOVERNOR TO SIGN IT AND SHE HAS
INDICATED SHE WILL DO JUST
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. THE
THAT. THE BILL HAS TWO MAIN
COMPONENTS.
COMPONENTS. FIRST, IT CAPS ANNUAL RENT
INCREASES TO 7% PLUS INFLATION.
THE CAP DOES NOT APPLY TO
APARTMENTS BUILT WITHIN THE
LAST 15 YEARS.
SECOND, THE LAW WOULD VAN NO
CAUSE EVICTIONS FOR THE FIRST
YEAR OCCUPANCY IN MOST CASES.
DEMOCRATS CELEBRATED THE BILL
TODAY AND SAID IT WILL HELP
CREATE A FAIR SYSTEM FOR
RENTERS.
RENTERS.
RENTERS. REPUBLICANS, AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE, CRITICIZED THE BILL.
A SPOKESMAN SAID THE BILL DOES
NOTHING TO ADDRESS THE
UNDERLYING ISSUE OF OUR HOUSING
CRISIS.
CRISIS.
CRISIS. >> THANK YOU FOR THE ANTI-.
>>> THAT BRINGS US TO OUR
VIEWER VOICE PULL.
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IT COMES TO THE RENT CONTROL
BILL?
BILL?
BILL? YES
BILL? YES TO PASS IT OR KNOW TO
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