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>>> THIS
>>> THIS IS KGW NEWS AT SUNRISE.
SUNRISE.
SUNRISE. >> NOW AT 6, FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN HISTORY, WOMEN ARE IN THE
MAJORITY IN THE OREGON STATE
LEGISLATURE.
LEGISLATURE. DESPITE THAT POWER, A NEW
INVESTIGATION SHOWS THE CAPITOL
IS A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT.
>> AND MAKING HIS CASE FOR THE
BORDER WALL.
BORDER WALL. ON DAY 18 OF THE GOVERNMENT
SHUT DOWN.
SHUT DOWN. PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL DELIVER
HIS FIRST PRIME TIME ADDRESS
FROM THE OVAL OFFICE TONIGHT.
THIS COMES AS HE THREAT TOABS
DECLARE A NATIONAL EMERGENCY TO
PAY FOR THE WALL.
>>> CLEMSON TIGERS ARE KINGS OF
THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL WORLD.
THEY BEAT ALABAMA LAST NIGHT
FOR THE SECOND NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE LAST THREE
YEARS.>> PLUS, WE WILL TAKE YOU
TO THIS YEAR'S CONSUMER
ELECTRONICS SHOW.
ELECTRONICS SHOW. FROM AN AI ROBOT BUTLER TO A
MACHINE THAT IRONS AND FOLDS
YOUR CLOTHES.
YOUR CLOTHES. WE ARE GETTING A LOOK AT THE
FUTURE OF TECH.
>> AND ARE YOU READY TO PLAN
YOUR NEXT VACATION?
THIS COULD BE A GREAT YEAR TO
SAVE MONEY ON YOUR GET AWAY.
>> RIGHT NOW, IN 2019 IS THE
GOLDEN AGE OF CHEAP FLIGHTS.
>> COMING UP IN THE GOOD TO
KNOW SEGMENT WE ARE LOOKING AS
THE TOP TRAVEL TRENDS OF THE
NEW YEAR.
NEW YEAR.
NEW YEAR. >> WELL IF YOU GETTING STARTED
ON YOUR COMMUTE THIS MORNING,
YOU ARE GOING TO ENCOUNTER'S
LOT OF DELAYS.
WE ARE HEAVY IN VANCOUVER FROM
MAIN STREET DOWN TO THE
INTERSTATE BRIDGE.
INTERSTATE BRIDGE. SOME SLOWING ON HIGHWAY 26
INBOUND APPROACHING THE ZOO AND
WE ARE SEEING SOME SLOWING ON
THE BANDFIELD AT HOLLYWOOD
DISTRICT STOP AND GO ALL THE
WAY TO THE I-5 SPLIT.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR JOINING US ON A
TUESDAY.
TUESDAY.
TUESDAY. MORE SCHOOL DELAYS.
THESE ARE HAPPENING OUT IN THE
GORGE.
GORGE.
GORGE. >>
GORGE. >> WE CAN SHOW YOU THERE YOU
SEE THE SOUTH WAS CO COUNTY DU-
F-FER AND SHERMAN COUNTY SCHOOL
DISTRICTS ALL THREE ARE ON A 2-
HOUR DELAY RIGHT NOW.
AND WE WILL UPDATE THE LIST AS
WE GET MORE, OF COURSE.
THEY ARE SCROLLING THERE AT
BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN ALONG WITH
OTHER HEADLINES OF THE DAY.
>>> ALL RIGHT AT LEAST THE ICE
IS NOT HERE THIS MORNING.
>> CORRECT.
>> CORRECT. IT LOOKS LIKE BY THE WAY, MOST
OF THE DELAYS ARE BECAUSE
OFWENTER WEATHER UP ABOVE A
THOUSAND FEEL.
THOUSAND FEEL. DUPPER WAS ONE OF THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
DISTRICT.
DISTRICT. EVEN HOOD RIVER VALLEY AT 1400
FEEL FEET THEY ARE 38 DEGREES.
WE HAVE HOOD RIVER AT 38.
DOWN LOW IN THE CITY THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. AND THE DOW IS DOWN LOW ALONG
THE COLUMBIA RIVER AT 36.
SO, IF YOU ARE TRAVELING IN THE
GORGE, GENERALLY THINGS ARE
FINE.
FINE.
FINE. EXCEPT FOR THE UPPER ELEVATIONS
WHERE WE HAVE THE SNOW
CONCERNS.
CONCERNS.
CONCERNS. YOU CAN SEE THE RAIN DROPS
WELLS FARGO AND 43 AT 8 WHEN
THE KID GET OUT THE DOOR TO
HEAD TO SCHOOL AND THEY WILL
WANT RAIN GEAR.
BY LUNP TIME AND WHEN THEY COME
HOME IT COULD BE FAR MORE DRY
THAN WET WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND EAST WINDS ARE BLOWING.
HOW WET IS IT.
IT'S RAINING ALL OVER THE PLACE
BUT WILL BREAK UP MID MORNING.
>>> LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN HERE.
THIS TRACTSOR WAS USED TO
DESTROY AN ATM AND STEAL THE
CASH INSIDE.
CASH INSIDE. THIS IS AT THE WELLS FARGO AT
NORTHEAST CORNEL ROAD AND
BUTLER STREET NEAR THE ARINKO
STATION IN HILLSBORO.
POLICE SAY THERE WERE TWO
SUSPECTS AND THEY GOT AWAY IN A
U-HAUL.
U-HAUL.
U-HAUL. WE DON'T KNOW YET WHERE THEY
GOT THE U-HAUL.
BUT, IT WAS LATER FOUND SITTING
IN A PARKING LOT ABOUT A MILE
AND A HALF AWAY.
OFFICERS SAY THEY DON'T KNOW
HOW MUCH MONEY THE PAIR GOT
AWAY WITH.
AWAY WITH. >> WE WANT TO GET TO OUR TOP
STORY THIS MORNING.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OREGON
HISTORY, A MAJORITY OF ELECTED
EXECUTIVE OFFICES ARE NOW HELD
BY WOMEN JUST YESTERDAY ALONG
TIME STATE REPRESENTATIVE WAS
SWORN IN TO A NEW POSITION.
>> SO AT THE TOP OF HER TO DO
LIST IS FIGHTING SENGUAL
HARASSMENT AT -- SEXUAL
HARASSMENT.
HARASSMENT. CHRISTINE PITAWANICH IS HERE TO
TALK ABOUT THAT THIS IS A BIG
ISSUE.
ISSUE.
ISSUE. >>
ISSUE. >> Reporter: IT WAS DETAILED IN
A BOMBSHELL INVESTIGATION OUT
THE BUREAU AND LABOR AND
INDUSTRIES RELEASE LAST WEEK.
THEY FOUND SEXUAL HARASSMENT IS
PREVALENT AT STATE CAPITOL.
KGW HAS BEEN REPORTING ON SOME
OF THE ACCUSATIONS.
LISTEN TO WHAT ONE ACCUSED
SENATOR SID WHEN WE CONFRONTED
HIM WITH ALLEGATIONS AND WHAT
HIS ACCUSER HAD TO SAY ABOUT
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> SEVERAL WOMEN SAY YOU MADE
THEM UNCOMFORTABLE.
THEM UNCOMFORTABLE. >> NO COMMENT.
>> THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE UH-
HUH RAZZMENT FREE WORKPLACE AND
SAFE FOR EVERYONE.
>> Reporter: THAT'S WHAT LONG
TIME STATE REPRESENTATIVE VAL
HOYLE HOPES TO DO.
SHE WAS SWORN IN AS THE NEW
COMMISSIONER FOR THE BUREAU OF
LABORS AND INDUSTRIES.
SHE TALKED ABOUT NOT BEING
GIVEN EQUAL PAY AT PAST JOBS
AND BEING HARASSED AS A STATE
REPRESENTATIVE.
REPRESENTATIVE. SHE SAYS SHE WANTS TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MAKE
SURE THE LEGISLATURE IS A SAFE
PLACE TO WORK.
>> I CAME IN 2009, AND IT WAS A
DIFFERENT TIME.
DIFFERENT TIME. HE WAS TOLD TO NOT GET IN AN
ELEVATOR WITH AS IF IT WAS MY
RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE
THAT SOMEBODY DIDN'T HARASS ME.
YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW. AND SO, AND I HAVE SEEN THAT
CULTURE SHIFT CONSIDERABLY IN
THAT SOMEONE WOULDN'T BE TOLD
THAT NOW AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.
CAN WE DO BETTER?
ABSOLUTELY.>> Reporter: THIS
MORNING HOYLE WILL FORMULATE
PLAN TO ADDRESS THE SEXUAL
HARASSMENT ISSUES DETAILED IN
THE RECENT REPORT.
IN ADDITION SHE SAYS SHE WANTS
TO TAKE ON THE ISSUE OF FAIR
PAY.
PAY.
PAY. BACK
PAY. BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
CHRISTINE.
CHRISTINE. .
.
. >>>
. >>> IT'S 6:04.
PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN IS
NOW IN DAY 18.
IT MAKES IT THE SECOND LONGEST
IN U.S. HISTORY.
SO TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP
WILL ADDRESS THE COUNTRY FROM
THE OVAL OFFICE AND TRY TO
CONVINCE AMERICANS TO SUPPORT
HIS IDEA OF A BORDER WALL.
>> THE PRESIDENT IS NOW
THREATENING TO DECLARE A
NATIONAL EMERGENCY TO GET MONEY
FOR THE WALL.
SO, GET OUT YOUR PHONES THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. BECAUSE WE WANT TO HEAR FROM
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. DO
YOU. DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT
SHOULD DECLARE A NATIONAL
EMERGENCY TO PAY FOR THAT
BORDER WALL?
BORDER WALL? THE PRESIDENT IS ASKING FOR
$5.6 BILLION.
$5.6 BILLION. DEMOCRATS SAY THOR NOT GOING TO
GIVE IT TO THEM AND SENATE
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP WON'T
VOTE ON A BUDGET THE PRESIDENT
WON'T SIGN.
WON'T SIGN. THE PARTIAL SHUT DOWN IS
AFFECTING ABOUT 800,000 FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES WHO ARE EITHER NOT
WORKING OR WORKING WITHOUT PAY.
>>> AGAIN WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR
FROM YOU THIS MORNING.
DO YOU THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP
SHOULD DECLARE A NATIONAL
EMERGENCY TO PAY FOR THE BORDER
WALL.
WALL.
WALL. LET
WALL. LET US KNOW RIGHT NOW.
AND SEE SOME PEOPLE WEIGHING IN
MAJORITY TO THIS POINT SAYING
ABSOLUTELY NO.
ABSOLUTELY NO. BUT AGAIN, LET US HEAR FROM YOU
GO TO KGW.COM/VOTE OR CLICK ON
THE VOTE NOW TAB IN THE KGW
NEWS APP.
NEWS APP.
NEWS APP. >> ONE OF THE BUSINESSES
IMPACTED BY THE GOVERNMENT SHUT
DOWN IS ALCOHOL INDUSTRIES
RATHER.
RATHER.
RATHER. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ALCOHOL
PRODUCTION AND SALES.
SO TO SHIP BEER ACROSS STATE
LINES, BREWERIES NEED FEDERAL
APPROVAL FOR NEW BEER LABELS.
THAT'S ALL ON HOLD RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE OF THE SHUT DOWN.
THE OFFICE THAT HANDLES THAT
PROCESS IS CLOSED.
PORTLAND'S ECLIPTIC BREWING HAD
TO PUT TWO OF ITS NEW BRUISE ON
HOLD BECAUSE IT CAN'T GET LABEL
APPROVAL.
APPROVAL.
APPROVAL. >> WE HAVE TWO PROJECTS
SUPPOSED TO COME OUT EARLY
FEBRUARY.
FEBRUARY.
FEBRUARY. THEY ARE BOTH IN LIMBO RIGHT
NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE LABEL
APPROVAL.
APPROVAL.
APPROVAL. AND WE WON'T UNTIL THEY OPEN.
AND IT'S GOING TO KEEP US FROM
RELEING THE BEER OUT OF STATE.
>> LABEL APPROVAL USUALLY ONLY
TAKES ABOUT A WEEK.
BUT THERE'S ALREADY AN
ESTIMATED 45-DAY BACKUP AT THIS
. BECAUSE OF THE SHUT DOWN.
AND ADD TO THAT BACKUP WILL
ONLY GET LONGER AS THE SHUT
DOWN CONTINUES.
DOWN CONTINUES. >>> THE TODAY SHOW IS GOING TO
HAVE MORE ON THE SHUT DOWN
COMING UP AT 7:00 INCLUDING A
SIT-DOWN INTERVIEW WITH VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE COMING UP
AFTER SUNRISE.
AFTER SUNRISE. >>> IT'S 6:06.
TIME FOR A LOOK AT SOME OF THE
OTHER HEADLINES MAKING NEWS IN
YOUR MORNING RUSH.
A TENNESSEE WOMAN HAS BEEN
GRANTED CLEMMENCEY -- CLEMENCY
AFTER FACING LIFE IN PRISON
CYNTOIA BROWN ADMITTED TO
KILLING JOHNNY ALLEN IN 2004
WHEN SHE WAS 16 CHAIRMANING SHE
WAS FORCED INTO PROSTITUTION
AND SHOT HIM IN SELF-DEFENSE.
SHE WAS TRIED AS AN ADULT AND
SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON.
NOW THE TENNESSEE GOVERNOR
CALLS HER PUNISHMENT TOO HARSH
AND GRANTED BROWN FULL CLEMS
SIGH CITING HER EXTRAORDINARY
STEPS AT REHABILITATION.
SHE WILL REBBE LEASED ON PAROLE
IN AUGUST AFTER SERVING 15
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. >>> ACTOR KEVIN SPACEY PLEADED
NOT GUILTY MONDAY IN HIS FIRST
COURT APPEARANCE.
COURT APPEARANCE. HE FACES A FELONY CHARGE OF
INDECENT ASSAULT AND BATTERY
ACCUSED OF GROPING AN 18-YEAR-
OLD MAN AT A BAR IN 2016.
IF HE IS CONVICTED, HE FACES UP
TO 5 YEARS IN PRISON.
>>> COMEDIAN KEVIN HART IS
ISSUING YET ANOTHER APOLOGY TO
THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY FOR HIS
HOMOPHOBIC TWEETS AND COMMENTS
IN THE PAST.
THIS COMES JUST A MONTH AFTER
THE CONTROVERSY FORCED HIM TO
STEP DOWN AS HOST OF THE
OSCARS.
OSCARS.
OSCARS. ALONG WITH HEART'S --
HART'SAPOLOGY HE PROMISES TO
REMOVE MATERIAL FROM THE COMEDY
ACT THAT MAY BE OFFENSIVE TO
THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
>>> AND OIL TANKER CAUGHT FIRE
OFF THE COAST OF HONG KONG THIS
MORNING KILLING ONE PERSON.
MORE THAN 20 CREW MEMBERS WERE
RESCUED.
RESCUED.
RESCUED. WITNESSES SAY THE BLAST WAS
STRONG ENOUGH TO SHAKE WINDOWS
SEVERAL MILES AWAY.
SHIP TRACKING DATA SHOWS THE
TANKER HAD 6,000 TONS OF
GASOLINE ON BOARD.
BUT MOST OF IT HAD ALREADY BEEN
DELIVERED.
DELIVERED. >>> AND FOR THE SECOND TIME IN
THREE YEARS, THE CLEMSON TIGERS
BEAT ALABAMA IN THE COLLEGE
FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME.
GAME.
GAME. FINAL SCORE 44-16.
CLEMSON FINISHED WITH A PERFECT
SEASON.
SEASON.
SEASON. AND THAT'S YOUR MORNING RUSH.
>>> FROM THE MORNING RUSH WE GO
TO THE MORNING TALKER.
ASHLEY I AM CONFIDENT YOUR
TWINS DO NOT HAVE CELL PHONES
YET.
YET.
YET. >>
YET. >> FOR A GOOD LONG WHILE.
>> MY BOYS DO NOT HAVE CELL
PHONES YET EITHER.
THEY ARE IN 5th GRADE.
>> AWESOME.
>> AWESOME. >> THEY ARE TRYING TO CONVINCE
US THEY ARE IN THE MINORITY AND
I AM TRYING TO CONVINCE THEM I
DON'T CARE.
DON'T CARE. >> YOU PAY FOR NIGHT BUT
APPARENTLY THERE'S A PROBLEM
AMONGST PARENTS AND KIDS WHO
HAVE CELL PHONES IN TERMS OF
KIDS REPLYING TO THE PARENTS'
TEXTS THERE IS AN APP FOR THAT.
>> THEY DON'T REPLY IS THE
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. SO THIS APP LOCKS YOUR CHILD'S
PHONE EVEN SETS OFF AN ALARM
UNTIL THEY RESPOND TO YOU.
THE WEBSITE PEER WOW INVIEW THE
DAD WHO CREATED IT E SAID HE
MADE IT SO KIDS CAN'T IGNORE
THEIR WORRIED PARENTS.
IT IS FREE ON GOOGLE PLAY ONLY
FOR ANDROID PHONES BUT AN
IPHONE VERSION IS COMING SOON.
PARENTS AND KIDS SAY THEY HAVE
TO ENSTALL IT TO WORK DID WIEW
SEA REPLY ASAP.
>> YEAH I HAVE THE CHEAPER
PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY CALLED THE
TAKE AWAY PHONE APP.
>> HIGH FIVE ME BROTHER.
>> I AM PAYING FOR THE PHONE
AND YOU ARE NOT RESPONDING TO
MY TEXT.
MY TEXT.
MY TEXT. I WILL TAKE THAT, PLEASE.
>> THAT'S GOOD WAY TO WHAT I
WANT TO SAY TEACH CONSEQUENCES.
YOU CANNOT ANSWER ME BUT YOU
WILL NOT HAVE YOUR PHONE.
>> DONE.
>> DONE.
>> DONE. >> DONE AND DONE.
>> ONE AND ONE EQUAL 2.
>> YOU KNOW WHO GETS BACK TO ME
MY DAUGHTER IN 6th GRADE.
YOU WHO TO DOESN'T.
>> YOUR WIFE.
>> MY WIFE.