ARKANSAS
ARKANSAS TODAY ONE MILLION PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE COVID-19
VACCINE. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANKS
FOR WATCHING THV11 NEWS AT NOON
ON MICHELSEN AMANDA IS OFF
TODAY. GOVERNOR ASA HUTCHINSON
MARK THE OCCASION WITH A
SPECIAL PRESS CONFERENCE WHERE
SCHEUBER COLLEGE STUDENT CHERYL
MOORE BECAME THE ONE MILLIONTH
ARKANSAN TO GET THEIR SHOT AND
WHO BETTER TO ADMINISTER IT
THAN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
NURSE WHO IS THE FIRST PERSON
IN THE STATE TO GET A VACCINE.
THE GOVERNOR CALLED TODAY A
MONUMENTAL STEP IN PUTTING THE
PANDEMIC BEHIND US OR THAT
MEANS WE'RE AT 33 PERCENT
OF THE ENTIRE POPULATION. AND
IF YOU LOOK AT THE VACCINE
ELIGIBLE POPULATION, WE'RE OVER
40 PERCENT. SO THIS IS
ENCOURAGING TO BE THE GOVERNOR
>> ALSO ADDRESS THE PEOPLE WHO
SAY THEY ARE HOLDING OFF ON
GETTING THE VACCINE UNTIL
THERE'S MORE DATA. HE SAID THE
TIME TO WAIT IS OVER AND THAT
THERE'S ENOUGH MEDICAL RESEARCH
TO BE CONFIDENT THAT THE SHOTS
ARE SAFE
>>. AND REMEMBER, IF YOU EVER
NEED
>> MORE INFORMATION WHEN IT
COMES TO FINDING WHEN AND WHERE
YOU CAN GET A SHOT, ALL YOU
NEED TO DO IS JUST TEXT THE
WORD VACCINE TO FIVE ONE THREE
SEVEN SIX 11 11. WE'LL WASN'T
AN ARTICLE STRAIGHT TO YOUR
PHONE WITH EVERYTHING YOU NEED
TO GET THAT APPOINTMENT
SCHEDULED. ALL
>> RIGHT. LET'S SWITCH GEARS
FOR A MINUTE NOW THAT WE'RE
JOINED NOW BY METEOROLOGIST
>> SCOTT. TAKE IT AWAY. LET'S
GET A LOOK AT THAT WEATHER
FORECAST. SOME OF US ARE SEEING
A LOT OF SUNSHINE THIS
AFTERNOON. OTHER FOLKS IN SOUTH
AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS ACTUALLY
SEEING A LOT OF CLOUD COVER .
HERE'S A LOOK AT THAT VISIBLE
SATELLITE NOW. TAKE A LOOK AT
THOSE TEMPERATURES WE'RE IN THE
UPPER 50S ACROSS MOST OF THE
AREA CERTAINLY WELL BELOW WHERE
WE TYPICALLY SHOULD BE THIS
TIME OF YEAR. HERE'S YOUR DAY
PLANNER FOR THE REST OF THE DAY
EXPECTING HIGH TEMPERATURES IN
THE MID TO UPPER 60S, MID 80S
IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS A LITTLE
BIT WARMER OF COURSE IN THE
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE
YOU CAN EXPECT A LIGHT BREEZE
OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST AROUND
FIVE MILES PER HOUR RAIN BACK
IN THE FORECAST FOR FRIDAY
CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY PART
OF SATURDAY. A WARMING TREND
GOING TO FINALLY MOVE OUR
TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE 70S,
EVENTUALLY THE 80S BY NEXT
WEEK. UNFORTUNATELY THOUGH,
THERE ARE SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE FORECAST FOR THE MIDDLE
PART OF NEXT WEEK. WE'LL TAKE A
LOOK AT THOSE DETAILS COMING UP
IN YOUR FULL FORECAST
>>. BUT WITHIN A FEW MINUTES
NOW TO A THV11 UPDATE. THE
POLASKI COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
SAYS DETECTIVES HAVE SUSPECTS
IN A 10 YEAR OLD COLD CASE.
SERGEANT JASON JACKSON OF THE
ARKANSAS NATIONAL GUARD WAS
FOUND DEAD FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND
10 YEARS AGO TODAY. THE CASE
WENT COLD FOR YEARS BUT
DETECTIVES NOW SAY THEY HAVE
LEADS AND THEY'RE ASKING THE
PUBLIC TO COME FORWARD WITH ANY
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
AFTER JACKSON SAT DOWN WITH
JACKSON'S FAMILY TODAY. YOU CAN
CATCH THEIR STORY TONIGHT ON
THV11 NEWS AT FIVE AND SIX,
GOVERNOR ASA HUTCHINSON
>> HAS DECIDED TO SIGN A BILL
ALLOWING COLLEGE ATHLETES IN
THE STATE TO BE PAID. THE
ARKANSAS STUDENT ATHLETE
PUBLICITY RIGHT ATHLETE STUDENT
ATHLETES MAKE MONEY OFF THEIR
NAME, LIKENESS OR IMAGE. IN A
STATEMENT THE GOVERNOR SAID
THIS BILL QUOTE SEEMS FAIR AND
NECESSARY WITH THE INCREASED
MARKETING OF COLLEGE SPORTS. HE
ADDED THAT IT WILL ALSO HELP
BENEFIT THE STATE AND
RECRUITING TOP TALENT TO THE
LOCAL ATHLETIC TEAMS. AND THAT
WASN'T THE ONLY SPORTS RELATED
BILL IN THE NEWS . ARKANSAS
LAWMAKERS HAVE NOW VOTED TO
EXPAND THE STATE'S NEW BAN ON
TRANSGENDER GIRLS AND WOMEN
FROM COMPETING IN GIRLS'
SPORTS. THE LAW NOW ALLOWS THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO SUE SCHOOLS
THAT VIOLATE THE BAN. THE
MEASURE NOW HEADS TO GOV.
HUTCHINSON'S DESK ALREADY
SIGNED LEGISLATION LAST MONTH
THAT ALLOWS SCHOOLS OR STUDENTS
THAT SUFFER QUOTE DIRECT OR
INDIRECT HARM TO TAKE A SCHOOL
TO COURT FOR VIOLATING THE BAN.
SEVERAL
>> RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSGENDER
PEOPLE'S RIGHTS OF ADVANCED IN
THE LEGISLATURE. SO FAR THIS
YEAR THAT INCLUDES A MEASURE
BANNING GENDER CONFIRMING
SURGERY AND HORMONE TREATMENTS
FOR TRANSGENDER YOUTH.
OPPONENTS VOW TO CHALLENGE THAT
BAN IN COURT BEFORE IT TAKES
>> EFFECT LATER THIS SUMMER.
THE GOVERNOR HAS ALSO SIGNED A
NEW ABORTION MEASURE INTO LAW.
THAT NEW LAW REQUIRES VICTIMS
OF RAPE AND INCEST TO REPORT
THE CRIME TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
BEFORE THEY CAN GET AN ABORTION
AFTER THE STATE'S 20 WEEK
LIMIT. OPPONENTS CALL THE LAW A
BARRIER BECAUSE MOST RAPES GO
UNREPORTED. BUT SUPPORTERS SAY
THE LAW WOULD IMPROVE THAT
REPORTING AND GIVE THE STATE
BETTER DATA ON HOW OFTEN THIS
HAPPENS
>>. THERE ARE NEW DETAILS THIS
AFTERNOON ABOUT A DEADLY
>> ENCOUNTER WITH POLICE THIS
TIME IN COLUMBUS, OHIO. AN
OFFICER THERE KILLED A SIX YEAR
OLD GIRL WHO HAD A KNIFE.
POLICE BODY CAM VIDEO RELEASED
HOURS AFTER THE SHOOTING SHOWS
MAKHAYA BRYANT HOLDING A KNIFE
WHEN SHOTS WERE FIRED. CBS IS
DAVID BAGNO HAS THE CRUCIAL 11
SECONDS OF VIDEO BEFORE THE
SHOOTING AND WE WANT TO WARN
YOU IT'S GRAPHIC AND MAY BE
TOUGH TO WATCH.
>> WHAT'S GOING ON? HEY, HEY,
HEY. GET UP, GET UP, GET UP,
GET DOWN.
>> WE'LL PLAY IT FOR YOU AGAIN.
THIS BODY CAMERA VIDEO SHOWS
OFFICER NICHOLAS REARDON
ARRIVING AT THE SCENE. HE ASKS
WHAT'S GOING ON
>> AND THEN REARDON FIRED FOUR
SHOTS AT MAKHAYA BRYANT WHO
POLICE SAY WAS ARMED WITH A
KNIFE AND WAS ABOUT TO STAB
THAT GIRL IN THE PINK
>>. HERE'S THE 911 CALL THAT
LED POLICE TO THE SCENE
>>. WE ARE GOING TO FIND OUT A
LOT
>> OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID COULDN'T
HE HAVE JUST SHOT HER IN THE
LEG SO SHE DROPPED WE DON'T
TRAIN TO SHOOT THE LEG BECAUSE
THAT'S A SMALL TARGET ROUNDS
MISS AND THEN THEY CONTINUE ON
AND THERE ARE PEOPLE BEHIND
THAT THAT COULD BE
>> A DANGER PAULA. BRYANT IS
MCCULLOUGH'S MOTHER.
>> THIS NEVER HAPPENED. SHE'S A
LOVING GIRL. YOU KNOW, WITHIN
SIX HOURS OF THE SHOOTING
POLICE RELEASED THIS VIDEO
WHICH IS UNUSUALLY FAST. THIS
RAPID RESPONSE COMES AFTER THE
DEATH OF ANDRE HILL. HE WAS AN
UNARMED BLACK MAN WHO WAS SHOT
AND KILLED BY OFFICER ADAM KHOI
FOUR MONTHS AGO. COY DID NOT
TURN ON HIS BODY CAMERA UNTIL
AFTER HE SHOT HILL AND HE NEVER
RENDERED AID TO HIM. HE WAS
FIRED, CHARGED WITH MURDER AND
PLEADED NOT GUILTY. NOW COMPARE
THAT TO A SHOOTING WHERE THREE
RESPONDING OFFICERS HAD THEIR
BODY CAMERAS ON WHEN THEY
ARRIVED AND THEY STARTED
PERFORMING CPR ALMOST RIGHT
AWAY
>>. THESE CAMERAS
>> AND THE FOOTAGE INCREASE
ACCOUNTABILITY ON BOTH SIDES
OF THE CAMERA
>>. THAT'S THE COLUMBUS MAYOR
ANDREW GUNTHER. HE CAMPAIGNED
ON A PROMISE TO IMPLEMENT BODY
CAMERAS AND THE DEPARTMENT
STARTED DOING IT BACK IN 2016
THIS WEEK FOR THE SHOOTING HE
PUSHED FOR THE FOOTAGE TO BE
RELEASED. WERE
>> YOU WORRIED THAT IT MIGHT BE
TOO RISKY TO DO THAT,
JEOPARDIZE THE INVESTIGATION
>> BY TRUST? THE PUBLIC CANNOT
TRUST THIS COMMUNITY AND I
THINK WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT IS
TO BE TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE,
PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU'RE
DEALING WITH A VERY HIGH
PROFILE SHOOTING INVOLVING A 16
YEAR OLD CHILD
>> HERE IN THE CITY
OF COLUMBUS. ALL POLICE
OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE
THEIR BODY CAMERAS ON AT ALL
TIMES WHEN THEY'RE ON A CALL
THAT MATTER IF IT'S AN
EMERGENCY CALL OR NON-EMERGENCY
CALL, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE
CAMERAS TURNED OFF. DAVID
BEGNAUD, CBS NEWS OUTSIDE
POLICE HEADQUARTERS HERE IN
COLUMBUS, OHIO
>>. THE POLICE CHIEF THERE
>> SAYS THAT WHEN OFFICERS ARE
FACED WITH SOMEONE USING DEADLY
FORCE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO USE
THEIR FIREARM TO PROTECT ANYONE
IN HARM'S WAY. NEW TODAY AN
ALTERNATE JUROR IN THE TRIAL
OF DEREK CHAUVIN SPEAKS OUT
ABOUT WHAT SHE SAW, HEARD AND
FELT IN THE COURTROOM. FEEL
LIKE THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT
>> YOU FOR A WHILE.
>> I DO. SO IN WHAT WAY? I JUST
DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT GOT
FROM COUNTERFEIT 20 DOLLAR BILL
TO A DEATH IN IT KIND OF SHOCKS
ME. YOU DIDN'T YOU
>> DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. WE HAVE
THE FULL REPORT COMING UP FOR
YOU RIGHT HERE AT 12 15
>> NEW AT NOON AN URGENT
>> CALL FOR BLOOD DONATIONS IN
ARKANSAS. THE ARKANSAS BLOOD
INSTITUTE SAYS IT'S PUSHED TO
ITS LIMITS BECAUSE OF INCREASED
USAGE BY HOSPITALS. IT'S ALSO
SEEING THE LOWEST LEVEL
OF DONATIONS SINCE THE PANDEMIC
BEGAN. OFFICIALS SAY ABAI
TYPICALLY HAS A THREE TO FIVE
DAY SUPPLY OF BLOOD AVAILABLE
BUT WE ARE WELL BELOW THAT MARK
RIGHT NOW.
>> BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOTICING
THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE
APPOINTMENTS THEY'RE NOT
KEEPING QUITE THE SAME RATE
WHEN WE GO OUT FOR A BLOOD
DRIVE, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE
EXPECT TO SHOW UP IS A LITTLE
BIT LESS AND THAT'S PROBABLY
NATURAL. AS I SAID, PEOPLE HAVE
OTHER THINGS TO DO NOW
>> SO THEY'RE ASKING ANYONE
WHO'S ELIGIBLE TO DONATE. DR.
JOHN ARMITAGE, PRESIDENT AND
CEO OF THE ARKANSAS BLOOD
INSTITUTE SAYS THERE IS A LOT
OF CONFUSION WHEN IT COMES TO
WHETHER YOU CAN GIVE BLOOD
AFTER GETTING YOUR COVID-19
VACCINE. HE SAYS YOU CAN
ABSOLUTELY GIVE AFTER GETTING
THAT SHOT AS LONG AS YOU ARE
FEELING WELL AND NOT SICK.
ALONG WITH DONATING BLOOD
INSTITUTE
>> SAYS YOU CAN ALSO HELP BY
ORGANIZING A BLOOD DRIVE OR
SIMPLY RECRUITING YOUR FRIENDS
TO DONATE
>>. DON'T FORGET A NEW
DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE
DISAPPEARANCE OF MORGENWECK
WILL AIR ON THV11 THIS WEEKEND.
SIX YEAR OLD MORGAN WAS LAST
SEEN AT A LITTLE LEAGUE
BALLPARK IN ALABAMA BACK IN
JUNE OF NINETEEN NINETY FIVE.
POLICE BELIEVE SHE WAS KIDNAPED
BUT ALMOST TWENTY SIX YEARS
LATER NO ONE HAS BEEN ARRESTED
AND MORGAN HAS NEVER BEEN
FOUND. THE DOCUMENTARY CALLED
STILL MISSING MORGAN RECREATES
THE NIGHT MORGAN DISAPPEARED.
IT ALSO INCLUDES CONVERSATIONS
WITH HER FAMILY, FRIENDS AND
LAW ENFORCEMENT SEARCHING FOR
ANSWERS