CONCERNING SURROUNDING SUPERSTAR DAMIAN LILLARD.
>>> WE BEGIN WITH ANOTHER DAY
OF LONG LINES AT LOCAL CREDIT
UNIONS AS PEOPLE WAITING FOR
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS IN OREGON
RUSHED TO GET EMERGENCY RELIEF
CHECKS.
CHECKS.
CHECKS. HANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
STATE OFFICIALS SAY MORE THAN
33,000 PAYMENTS TOTALING $16
MILLION HAVE BEEN SENT OUT IN
OREGON.
OREGON.
OREGON. AS MIKE REPORTS SOME PEOPLE ARE
STRUGGLING TO GET THAT MONEY.
AND IN SOME CASES IT IS LEADING
TO VIOLENCE.>> Reporter: FOR
THE SECOND STRAIGHT DATELINES
ARE LONG.
ARE LONG.
ARE LONG. VERY LONG OUTSIDE FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS ACROSS OREGON.
THE BAR LOOKING TO GET THEIR
HANDS ON $500 EMERGENCY CHECKS.
THAT INCLUDES SYDNEY BARKER
BARBER OF SOUTHWEST PORTLAND.
>>> IT IS EVERYTHING TO ME.
IT IS RENT.
IT IS MY SELF-ESTEEM.
>> Reporter: HARPER IS AT A
BREAKING POINT.
BREAKING POINT. OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS THE 59-
YEAR-OLD WITH LUPUS HAS STOOD
IN LINE OUTSIDE 2 ON POINT
COMMUNITY CREDIT UNIONS.
AND CUT OFF AT BOTH.
SHE HAS TRIED APPLYING FOR THE
EMERGENCY FUNDS ONLINE.
BUT TO NO AVAIL.
>>> I FEEL HELPLESS BECAUSE I
CAN'T HELP MYSELF.
WITH THE ONLINE APPLICATIONS.>>
Reporter: FRUSTRATION IS
MOUNTING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
KGW HAS LEARNED OF HOSTILE AND
SOMETIMES VIOLENT CROWDS
OUTSIDE A CREDIT UNION IN
TROUTDALE.
TROUTDALE. ANOTHER IN DOWNTOWN PORTLAND.
WHERE OFFICERS TOOK SEVERAL
PEOPLE INTO CUSTODY.
>>> IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO
ENSURE THAT HAPPENS.
>> Reporter: TORI McVEIGH OF
THE CREDIT UNION ACKNOWLEDGES
THE ANGST AND ENCOURAGES
PATIENTS.
PATIENTS.
PATIENTS. >>> NOBODY LIKES WAITING IN
LINE.
LINE.
LINE. WE
LINE. WE NEED TO BE SAFE WHILE
WAITING IN THOSE LINES TO BE
PATIENT.
PATIENT.
PATIENT. WE ARE JUST WORKING SO HARD TO
GET THIS MONEY INTO OUR
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. THERE IS A NEED OUT THEY
ARE.>>> IT IS ROUGH.>>
Reporter: CINDY BARBER IS A
SURE PATIENT IS THE ANSWER.
SHE'S SHE CALLS THE STATE
PROGRAM FOR THOSE EXPRESSING
FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS BECAUSE OF
COVID 19 ILL-CONCEIVED.
>>> CLOSE IT DOWN AND FIGURE
OUT SOMETHING ELSE.
THIS ISN'T WORKING.>> Reporter:
>>> AFTER OUR INTERVIEW WITH
SYDNEY WITH CINDY SOMEONE WITH
ON POINT COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION
REACHED OUT TO HER AND THEY
WILL TRY TO HELP HER NAVIGATE
THE SYSTEM.
THE SYSTEM. AT THE END OF THIS SHE IS
HOPING TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE
$500 EMERGENCY RELIEF CHECKS IN
HER HANDS.
HER HANDS. IN THE MEANTIME WE KNOW A LOT
OF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON THIS TOPIC AND
YOU CAN FIND IT ON OUR WEBSITE
KGW.COM.
KGW.COM.
KGW.COM. >>> AS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT IN
WASHINGTON THE STATE ANNOUNCED
TODAY IT WILL APPLY FOR FEDERAL
PROGRAM TO BOOST BENEFITS.
IT WOULD GIVE AN EXTRA $300 A
WEEK TO RECIPIENTS.
THE STATE PLANS TO APPLY NO
LATER THAN TOMORROW.
PAYMENTS WILL BE RETROACTIVE
BACK TO AUGUST 1. THE PROGRAM
IS THROUGH AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED
AFTER THE FEDERAL $600 A WEEK
BOOST EXPIRED IN JULY.
OREGON IS STILL DECIDING
WHETHER TO APPLY.
IT SAID THE BOOST WILL ONLY
LAST FIVE WEEKS.
COST THE STATE MONEY AND TAKE A
WHILE TO IMPLEMENT WITH THIS
CURRENT SYSTEM.
CURRENT SYSTEM. >>> OREGON'S LATEST NUMBERS IN
THE PANDEMIC CONTINUED TO HOLD
STEADY.
STEADY.
STEADY. THE OHA REPORTED ANOTHER 301
NEW CASES OF COVID 19 TODAY.
AND FOR MORE OREGONIANS HAVE
DIED.
DIED.
DIED. THE
DIED. THE TWO WEEK AVERAGE OF NEW
CASES HAS PLATEAUED BUT NEW
DAILY INSPECTIONS HAVE STILL
BEEN HOVERING BETWEEN 200 AND
400 A DAY.
MULTNOMAH WASHINGTON AND MARION
COUNTIES ALL REPORTED MORE THAN
50 NEW INFECTIONS TODAY.
UMATILLA COUNTY APPEARS TO HAVE
SLOWED THE SPREAD.
AND HAS BEEN APPROVED TO RETURN
THE PHASE 1 REOPENING.
>>> DURING THE PANDEMIC WE'VE
SEEN HOW RESTAURANT AND SCHOOL
CLOSURES HAVE LED FOOD GROWERS
TO DESTROY HUGE AMOUNTS OF
PRODUCE BECAUSE OF CANCELED
ORDERS.
ORDERS.
ORDERS. THAT NEARLY HAPPENED TO 8000
TONS OF PRODUCE SLATED FOR
OREGON FOOD BANKS.
1000.
1000.
1000. AN
1000. AN EFFORT TO SAVE IT AND THE
ENVIRONMENT CHANGED EVERYTHING.
>> Reporter: LI A SERIES OF
FALLING DOMINOES THE COVID 19
PANDEMIC HAS IMPACTED SO MANY
PARTS OF LIFE EVEN THE FOOD WE
EAT.
EAT.
EAT. OR
EAT. OR IN THIS CASE DON'T EAT.>>>
WE CAN'T MOVE THE VOLUME THAT
WE USED TO MOVE.>> Reporter:
SHARON McFADDEN WITH THE FOOD
BANK IS TALKING ABOUT FRUITS
AND VEGETABLES GROWERS WOULD
NORMALLY DONATE TO THEM IN
BULK.
BULK.
BULK. WE
BULK. WE ARE TALKING 2000 POUND BAGS
OF POTATOES AND MASSIVE BINS OF
ONIONS APPLES AND PEARS.
BEFORE COVID 19 CROWD
RESTRICTIONS THOUSANDS OF
OREGON FOOD BANK VOLUNTEERS
WOULD MAKE QUICK WORK OF THOSE
BULK DELIVERIES.
BULK DELIVERIES. SEPARATING AND REPACKAGING THEM
INTO SMALLER FAMILY SIZE
PORTIONS.
PORTIONS.
PORTIONS. BUT NOW WITH JUST A DOZEN
VOLUNTEERS IN THE WAREHOUSE ANY
TIME THEY CANNOT KEEP UP.
ASKING GROWERS TO DO IT FOR
FREE WASN'T AN OPTION.
>>> THE PRODUCT THE COST TO GET
IT OUT OF THE GROUND.
OR TO HARVEST IT.
BUT TO WASH IT SORT IT AND THEN
OF COURSE THE PACKAGING AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. ONLY TO PUT IT IN THE BOX BUT
THE BOX ITSELF.
IT IS EXPENSIVE.>> Reporter:
THAT LEFT THE OREGON FOOD BANK
AND FAMILIES LOSING OUT ON AN
ESTIMATED 2 MILLION POUNDS OF
PRODUCE.>>> THAT PRODUCT VERY
REALISTICALLY COULD NOT HAVE
MADE IT TO MARKET AND IT
COULD'VE BEEN LOST.>> Reporter:
INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. >>> IS SELF THE SAME NEWS
EVERYBODY ELSE WAS SEEING ABOUT
FOOD AND PROCESSORS THAT WAS
EITHER BEING DUMPED OR SENT TO
A LANDFILL.
A LANDFILL. BEYOND HAVING THE HUMAN
REACTION KNOWING SO MANY PEOPLE
WERE IN NEED.
WE ALSO SAW THAT FOOD THROWN
THROUGH AN ENVIRONMENTAL LENS.
OREGON DEQ SAID MANY PEOPLE
DON'T REALIZE THE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT WASTED FOOD IS HAS.
IT IS BIODEGRADABLE.
BUT WHEN FOOD ENDS UP IN
LANDFILLS BREAKS DOWN GREETING
AGREES GREENHOUSE GASES.
CARBON DIOXIDE AND EVEN MORE
CONCERNING METHANE.
CONCERNING METHANE. SCIENCES SAY METHANE TRAPS
ABOUT 28 TIMES MORE HEAT THAN
CARBON DIOXIDE CONTRIBUTING TO
GLOBAL WARMING.
GLOBAL WARMING. >>> WE ASKED OURSELVES IS THERE
A WAY WE CAN MOVE THIS FOOD TO
PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED IT?
AND ALSO REDUCE THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE
WASTED FOOD?
WASTED FOOD? >>> A $140,000 GRANT FROM THE
OREGON DEQ TO THE OREGON FOOD
BANK.
BANK.
BANK. THE
BANK. THE MONEY WILL PAY GROWERS TO
REPACK PRODUCE INTO SMALLER
PORTIONS AND TRANSPORTED TO
WHERE THE NEED IS.
>>> IT FEELS GREAT.
WE ARE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO DO
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. >>>
THIS. >>> A HUGE BENEFIT TO THE
COMMUNITY AND TO OUR GROWERS
ACROSS THE AREA.>> Reporter:
THE ESTIMATE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
25 AND 40% OF FOOD PRODUCED IN
OR IMPORTED TO THE U.S. GOES TO
WASTE.
WASTE.
WASTE. FOR THE 2 MILLION POUNDS AT
STAKE HERE IT WON'T BE BECAUSE
OF COVID 19.
>>> IT IS SUCH A BLESSING.
>>> THIS IS OUR MOMENT THIS IS
OUR MISSION.
OUR MISSION. MAY HISTORY BE ABLE TO SAY THAT
THE END OF THIS CHAPTER OF
AMERICAN BEGAN HERE TONIGHT.
CHARACTER IS ON THE BALLOT.
COMPASSION IS ON THE BALLOT.
DECENCY.
DECENCY.
DECENCY. SCIENCE.
SCIENCE.
SCIENCE. DEMOCRACY.
DEMOCRACY. THEY ARE ALL ON THE BALLOT.
>>> JOE BIDEN FORMALLY ACCEPTED
HIS PARTY'S NOMINATION FOR
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. ON THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
BIDEN STOOD ALONE FOR HIS
ADDRESS.
ADDRESS.
ADDRESS. WHILE SUPPORTERS GATHERED
OUTSIDE.
OUTSIDE.
OUTSIDE. TO WATCH FROM A MAKESHIFT DRIVE-
IN MOVIE THEATER BY THE CHASE
CENTER IN DELAWARE.
BIDEN PROMISED TO FIGHT THE
SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
AND HE BOWED TO LEAVE AN
ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
ECONOMIC RECOVERY. FORMER RIVALS FROM THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL CALLED BIDEN UNITER.
>>> IT WAS AN HONOR TO RUN
AGAINST YOU.
AGAINST YOU. IT IS EVEN A GREATER HONOR TO
STAND WITH YOU IN SUPPORT OF
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS.>>>
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION IS NEXT BEGINNING
MONDAY.
MONDAY.
MONDAY. MANY OF THE DETAILS ARE STILL
UNCLEAR.
UNCLEAR.
UNCLEAR. BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES PLANS
ACCEPT HIS NOMINATION FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE A WEEK FROM TODAY.
>>> PROTESTS ARE CONTINUING
IMPORTANCE NIGHT.
IMPORTANCE NIGHT. THERE'S A GROUP GATHERED NEAR
THE ICE BUILDING AND THE SOUTH
WATERFRONT.
WATERFRONT. WE ARE POLICE DECLARED A RIOT
LAST NIGHT.
LAST NIGHT. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK THINGS ARE
MOSTLY CALM FOR THE MOMENT.
WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON
WHAT HAPPENS.
WHAT HAPPENS. >>> THERE WAS ALSO A SEPARATE
PROTEST BY THE PORTLAND POLICE
ASSOCIATION BUILDING.
ASSOCIATION BUILDING. THIS IS VIDEO FROM EARLIER IN
THE EVENING.
THE EVENING. THE CROWD GATHERED AFTER
RALLYING AT A PARK.
THEY MARCHED AT TIMES ONE
LOMBARD STREET AND OTHER PARTS
OF NORTH PORTLAND.
>>> TODAY PORTLAND POLICE ALSO
PUT OUT A TIMELINE SHOWING THE
SCOPE OF THE PROTEST OVER THE
PAST FEW MONTHS.
IT ALL STARTED WITH THE RIOT ON
MAY 29.
MAY 29.
MAY 29. SHORTLY AFTER THE KILLING OF
GEORGE FLOYD.
GEORGE FLOYD. PLEASE DECLARED RIOTS 16 MORE
TIMES SINCE THEN.
EIGHT OF THEM THIS MONTH ALONE.
MOST OF THE INITIAL
DEMONSTRATIONS FOCUSED ON THE
DOWNTOWN AREA AROUND THE
JUSTICE CENTER.
JUSTICE CENTER. AND STAYED MOSTLY PEACEFUL.
HOWEVER PROTESTS HAVE REACHED
OTHER PARTS OF PORTLAND SINCE
THEN AS WE SAW TONIGHT.
THAT INCLUDES THE POLICE
ASSOCIATION BUILDING THE
MULTNOMAH BUILDING AND ICE
OFFICES.
OFFICES.
OFFICES. THERE HAVE BEEN BROKEN WINDOWS
OBJECTS THROWN AT OFFICERS AND
FIRE SET.
FIRE SET.
FIRE SET. >>> FEDERAL AUTHORITIES
ARRESTED A MAN THEY SAY HIT ONE
OF THEIR OFFICERS WITH A
BASEBALL BAT DURING A PROTEST
BACK ON JULY 27.
INVESTIGATORS USED STILL IMAGES
FROM LIVE STREAMS IDENTIFY
THEIR SUSPECT.
THEIR SUSPECT. FEDERAL MARSHALS ARRESTED 24-
YEAR-OLD DAKOTA HORTON THIS
WEEK.
WEEK.
WEEK. AFTER RECOGNIZING HIM IN A ROCK
CREEK AREA ON MONDAY.
POLICE ARE ABLE TO LEARN THINGS
IN REAL TIME DURING PROTEST
FROM WHAT IS ONLINE.
>>> THROUGH WHAT WE'VE SEEN AND
WHAT WE CAN HEAR ON LIVE
STREAMS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA
THAT SOME OF THE ACTIVISTS ARE
PUTTING OUT THERE.
THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY
NEED TO DO TO GET A RESPONSE
FROM THE POLICE.
>>> PORTLAND POLICE AREN'T
GETTING A SHOOTING IN THE
SUMMER NEIGHBORHOOD TONIGHT.
ONE PERSON WAS SHOT.
THIS HAPPENED AT ABOUT 4 PM
NEAR NORTH EAST 90th AND
SKIDMORE.
SKIDMORE.
SKIDMORE. WE WILL UPDATE YOU WHEN WE
LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT LED TO
THE SHOOTING.
THE SHOOTING. SUMNER.
SUMNER.
SUMNER. >>> WE ARE HEARING FROM MORE
CONCERNED LOCAL MALE WORKERS
ABOUT THE DISMANTLING OF SEVEN
SORTING MACHINES AT THE USPS
FACILITY IN PORTLAND.
WE FIRST TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. THE MACHINES WERE DISCONNECTED
FOLLOWING A MEETING BETWEEN
MANAGEMENT AND STAFF LAST
FRIDAY.
FRIDAY.
FRIDAY. MAIL CARRIERS WE SPOKE WITH SAY
THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT
THIS WILL DO TO MAIL DELIVERIES
IN THE COMING MONTHS.>>> MY
CONCERN AND THE CONCERN OF
COWORKERS IS THE SAME AS THE
CONCERN OF THE PUBLIC.
IF THERE IS NOT AS MUCH
EQUIPMENT IS THAT GOING TO
CAUSE A SITUATION WHERE THE
PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION OF
THE MAIL FOR US AS THE CARRIERS
IS DELAYED BECAUSE THERE IS NOT
ENOUGH EQUIPMENT?
ENOUGH EQUIPMENT? WE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE DON'T
KNOW FOR SURE.
>>> THE POSTMASTER GENERAL SAID
THIS WEEK FURTHER CHANGES WILL
BE DELAYED UNTIL AFTER THE
ELECTION AMID CONCERNS OF THE
IMPACT ON MAIL IN VOTING.
>>> FIRE CREWS SAY THEY ARE
MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON THE
SEVEN MILE HILL FIRE NEAR THE
DALLES.
DALLES.
DALLES. THEY WERE HOPING TO HAVE IT
MOSTLY CONTAINED BY THE END OF
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. IT
TODAY. IT BROKE OUT YESTERDAY AND
BURNED ABOUT 100 ACRES.
IT INITIALLY PROMPTED SOME
EVACUATION ORDERS BUT THOSE
WERE LOWER TODAY.
AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED
HELPING FIGHT MONSTROUS FIRES
ACROSS CALIFORNIA.
ACROSS CALIFORNIA. >>> ONE WAS A UTILITY WORKER
WHO WAS CLEARING INFRASTRUCTURE
TO MAKE A SAFER EMERGENCY
RESPONDERS.
RESPONDERS. THE OTHERS IS A HELICOPTER
PILOT WHO WAS KILLED IN A CRASH
DURING A WATER DROP MISSION.
>>> THREE CIVILIANS HAVE ALSO
BEEN KILLED IN THE WILDFIRES.
FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE DEATHS IN