KATU (ABC Portland) 5 p.m. news - 2006-11-05 (partial)

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[0:01] Next on K2 News, rain in the Northwest

[0:04] with more on the way when the worst is

[0:07] set to hit. Plus,

[0:08] >> the train just kind of went thud thud

[0:11] crash.

[0:12] >> An eyewitness account as a train crashes

[0:15] into a house with children inside. And

[0:18] two bodies found off of Highway 26. Why

[0:21] police were collecting evidence for

[0:23] miles down the road. Also, a man rushes

[0:26] into a burning home in North Portland.

[0:29] And we begin tonight with a stormy

[0:31] weather dumping on the Northwest. The

[0:33] heavy rain is now moving into the

[0:34] Portland area.

[0:35] >> KT's Joe English has been tracking the

[0:37] storm all afternoon. He joins us from

[0:39] the weather center. Joe, what's going on

[0:40] out there?

[0:41] >> Well, this is a slowmoving one, so the

[0:42] rain's going to be with us a while.

[0:43] We've had steady rain throughout the day

[0:46] for most of us in Oregon and Washington,

[0:48] at least west of the Cascades. Hasn't

[0:50] been all that heavy. Certainly not

[0:52] compared to what's on the way in. This

[0:54] is what it looks like outside right now

[0:55] from our Unico US Bankor tower camera.

[0:57] And it is raining over downtown Portland

[0:59] and Vancouver, much of the valley.

[1:01] Although Salem, many of you there

[1:03] getting a little break right now. Let's

[1:04] look at Doppler radar. You can see where

[1:06] the heavier rain is coming down right

[1:07] now around Tieuk through the coastal

[1:09] mountains. Long view, you're getting

[1:11] some heavier rainfall as well north of

[1:13] Portland and into the Cascades. Also

[1:16] outside this afternoon, well, that's

[1:18] what you saw. Plenty of rain and uh not

[1:21] any flooding, major flooding anyway. We

[1:23] saw a lot of water collecting on the

[1:25] streets and pretty heavy rain for the

[1:27] southern part of the valley, more than

[1:28] an inch. But around the Portland area,

[1:30] up to a half inch so far. Now, we're

[1:33] going to probably see that much again,

[1:35] if not more than that. And it has caused

[1:37] some problems today. Wet roads caused

[1:40] several accidents all over town in

[1:41] Wilsonville. This red Jeep ended up on

[1:43] its top off the side of the road. The

[1:45] driver apparently lost control. You can

[1:48] see a couple of busted out windows

[1:49] there. The side mirrors are gone. A tow

[1:51] truck came out. managed to flip it back

[1:54] over. Nobody was seriously injured in

[1:57] that crash. Let's take a look at our

[1:59] 2-hour forecast and see where the rain

[2:00] that's over us right now is headed over

[2:03] the next couple of hours. You can see it

[2:04] as it works its way up to the north.

[2:06] This is where we have some flood

[2:08] warnings into central Washington. But so

[2:11] far, none for the coast, none for the

[2:14] valley. The heavier rain coming up,

[2:16] though, that could change as we go into

[2:17] Monday and Tuesday. We're going to let

[2:19] you know later on in the show just how

[2:21] much rainfall you can expect. Also have

[2:22] some pretty strong winds to talk about

[2:24] and maybe some record high temperatures

[2:26] for tomorrow. We'll do that later on.

[2:29] Dan and Anna.

[2:29] >> All right, Joe. We look forward to it.

[2:31] Our other top story tonight, an awful

[2:33] discovery today near the Sunset Highway

[2:35] has Washington County detectives working

[2:37] overtime.

[2:38] >> They are trying to solve what appears to

[2:40] be a double murder just two days after a

[2:42] triple murder in the area. K2 Susan

[2:45] Harding joins us now. Suzu,

[2:46] investigators have to be wondering

[2:47] whether there's a connection here. Well,

[2:49] investigators say at this point they

[2:50] have no reason to believe the crimes are

[2:52] related. Though, with two recent

[2:53] homicide cases unsolved, detectives know

[2:56] there could be more than one killer on

[2:58] the loose in Washington County.

[3:02] Along this wooded stretch of Highway 26,

[3:04] a homeowner found two bodies at the end

[3:06] of his driveway. He told detectives he

[3:08] had never seen the victims before, both

[3:10] men believed to be middle-aged.

[3:12] Investigators won't reveal how they

[3:14] died, though it is clear they're finding

[3:16] a long trail of potential evidence up

[3:18] and down the highway. Motorists passing

[3:21] by reported the clues.

[3:22] >> I just figured something bad had

[3:24] happened,

[3:25] >> including Mike Parks and Mike Daughter.

[3:27] >> We were heading into town and we did see

[3:30] some looked like bloody clothes and then

[3:32] a bloody towel or a rag.

[3:34] >> When we first went by the first one,

[3:35] we're like, "Wow, those look like bloody

[3:37] rags. Look like almost like a pair of

[3:38] pants." And then down the road looked

[3:40] like a white shirt or something. looked

[3:41] like a pair of pants and then some

[3:42] shirt. We're going, "Wow, it looks like

[3:43] bloody clothes to me."

[3:45] >> 4 miles east from where the bodies were

[3:47] found, you can see where detectives

[3:49] marked the spots where they found

[3:51] evidence

[3:52] >> along Highway 26, uh there was uh towels

[3:55] and clothes and some other things that

[3:56] were found that we at this point we

[3:59] don't know are related to, but good

[4:01] possibility they might.

[4:02] >> The homeowner found the two bodies about

[4:04] 25 yards off Highway 26. Investigators

[4:08] won't say if they have any solid leads

[4:10] >> at this point. We want to kind of hold

[4:12] off on some of the information.

[4:13] >> Meanwhile, Washington County detectives

[4:15] are still trying to solve Thursday's

[4:17] triple murder of a family on Northwest

[4:19] Telshshire Terrace. Both murder cases

[4:22] are in northwest Washington County near

[4:24] Highway 26, but that's where the

[4:26] similarities appear to end.

[4:28] >> Having two tragic events happening so

[4:29] short distance, uh, you know, it might

[4:31] be an easy leap to have, but at this

[4:33] point we are unable to. Investigators

[4:36] ask anyone who traveled on 26 to or from

[4:38] the beach Sunday morning or last night

[4:40] to contact them if they noticed any

[4:43] unusual activity that might be related

[4:45] to this case. I'm Susan Harding

[4:47] reporting live back to you, Anna.

[4:48] >> Sometimes it is just that one tip. Thank

[4:50] you, Susan. Two men are trapped upstairs

[4:53] when a house catches fire in North

[4:55] Portland this morning.

[4:56] >> Only one of the men survived.

[4:58] Firefighters say that's because of a

[4:59] brave man who stopped to help. K2's Nick

[5:02] Winkler is here now. Now, Nick, you

[5:03] talked with a man who ran inside that

[5:05] burning home, right?

[5:06] >> We did, Dan. The man had just bought

[5:08] sugar for his coffee and was driving

[5:09] home around 6:00 this morning. That's

[5:11] when he saw smoke and decided to park

[5:13] his car and get out. He says he ran

[5:15] inside the burning home and helped save

[5:17] one man, but not another.

[5:22] >> People keep calling me a hero. I'm no

[5:23] hero. Just you do you do what is right.

[5:26] >> Only thing bigger than Brian Olsen's

[5:28] modesty is his courage. I don't remember

[5:31] being scared or excited or anything. I

[5:33] just reacted

[5:34] >> and ran toward a burning home. The first

[5:38] door he tried was locked, he says. So,

[5:40] he says he kicked a second door in.

[5:42] >> So, I broke this door in, ran in and

[5:44] just screamed for everyone to get out

[5:46] >> and got a neighbor to call for

[5:48] firefighters. Olsson says he then ran

[5:50] inside a second time and heard a voice.

[5:53] >> Yeah. He said, "I need help. I need a

[5:54] ladder." Cuz he he goes, "I'm on the

[5:56] second story."

[5:57] >> What' you say back?

[5:58] >> I said, "I don't have one. I'll find

[5:59] one." So, I ran around to try to find

[6:01] one and I couldn't. So,

[6:02] >> so Olsson picked up a board,

[6:04] >> just ran around the house, found the

[6:05] biggest thing I could, and just broke

[6:06] the window with it.

[6:06] >> Olsson says he climbed up on the sill,

[6:09] steadied himself.

[6:10] >> I put it up like this, holding on to the

[6:12] ledge right here

[6:13] >> and helped the man climb down barefoot

[6:16] and carried the man across the broken

[6:18] glass.

[6:19] >> I said, "Are you okay?" He said, "Yeah,

[6:20] I'm okay." And uh he said, "My friend's

[6:22] still in the house."

[6:23] >> Olsson says the friend was screaming.

[6:25] Olsen could do no more, though. He went

[6:28] home and told his wife what he had done.

[6:30] >> Oh, my wife's calling everyone.

[6:32] >> I'm amazed. I'm just glad he came home

[6:34] cuz he's an amazing man.

[6:36] >> But he's also a man who says he's sorry.

[6:38] >> Frustrated that I couldn't save the

[6:40] other guy. That's the only thing I keep

[6:41] thinking about is I couldn't help him.

[6:43] >> Firefighters did get the man out, but

[6:45] not in time.

[6:46] >> It really hurts him that he wasn't able

[6:48] to help the other man that was still in

[6:49] there. It's really been hurting him

[6:51] today.

[6:52] >> The day Olsen says he did nothing

[6:54] special. was at the right place at the

[6:55] right time just by chance. I was glad I

[6:57] was here though.

[6:59] >> And firefighters say the man Olsen saved

[7:01] is at a hospital. They say the man has

[7:03] some cuts, some bruises, and inhaled

[7:05] some smoke. Firefighters say Olsen

[7:07] probably saved the man's life. And the

[7:09] man who died was 20 years old.

[7:10] Firefighters are not releasing his name

[7:12] until they talk with his family.

[7:13] >> What a story.

[7:15] >> Wow. Thank you, Nick.

[7:16] >> Thank you, Nick.

[7:17] >> A very rude and powerful awakening for a

[7:20] family in Albany this morning. A train

[7:22] hit their house and destroyed their car.

[7:26] A big train outside.

[7:29] >> Tiana, Tiana, the train fell on the

[7:31] house. The train just kind of went thud

[7:34] thud. Crush.

[7:35] >> Little girls inside.

[7:37] >> Fall down. The first time I've ever seen

[7:38] a train fall on my um family's house.

[7:43] >> And that's exactly what happened. Seven

[7:46] trains from the Portland and Western

[7:47] Railroad derailed in downtown Albany at

[7:50] 7:00 a.m. One tipped into this house and

[7:53] it also wiped out this fence. Heard a

[7:56] bunch of racket fence number breaking.

[7:59] Came upstairs, saw a train where it

[8:02] wasn't supposed to be.

[8:03] >> Randy D's morning on the computer was

[8:06] over.

[8:06] >> Was calling 911 as fast as I could.

[8:09] >> Not only a dent in Dent's house, but his

[8:11] minivan more than dinged. It's like

[8:15] totally damaged

[8:16] >> the train. The train fell down and it

[8:20] hit it and like it's like whoop.

[8:23] >> The train also took out some power

[8:25] lines, forcing the temporary evacuation

[8:27] of six houses, but everyone inside the

[8:30] homes just fine, left with a story to

[8:33] tell.

[8:34] >> And I was only staying the night, so

[8:36] this was kind of awkward.

[8:38] Now, the railroad tells us the lumber

[8:40] cars tipped over to the inside of a

[8:42] curve as it began to move, but we don't

[8:45] know why that happened yet. A building

[8:47] inspector checked out the home and says

[8:49] it is still okay for that family to live

[8:51] in.

[8:51] >> A Beaverton man spends a cold night in

[8:54] the woods after getting lost on Larch

[8:56] Mountain. Search and rescue crews found

[8:58] 32-year-old Alexi Cher Evatenko

[9:01] around 8:00 this morning. He and some

[9:03] friends were picking mushrooms in the

[9:05] wilderness near Multma Falls yesterday

[9:07] when he got separated from the group.

[9:09] When searchers found him this morning,

[9:11] he was wet and he was cold, but

[9:13] otherwise he was okay. A soldier from

[9:16] the Dallas who died in Afghanistan was

[9:18] laid to rest today. Staff Sergeant

[9:20] Robert Paul died on September 8th when a

[9:23] car bomb exploded next to his Humvee.

[9:25] The 43-year-old had enlisted in the Army

[9:27] reserves in 1997, two years after

[9:30] graduating from the University of

[9:32] Maryland. He served in Iraq in 2003 and

[9:35] returned to the Middle East this year,

[9:37] this time taking part in Operation

[9:39] Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

[9:41] >> Saddam Hussein heard a verdict and his

[9:44] sentence this morning. The former Iraqi

[9:46] dictator was found guilty for crimes

[9:49] against humanity and he was sentenced to

[9:51] hang. ABC's Lama Hassan reports. The

[9:55] White House welcomed the verdict, saying

[9:56] it was a good day for the Iraqi people.

[9:59] >> Saddam Hussein's trial is a milestone

[10:02] in the Iraqi people's efforts to replace

[10:04] the rule of a tyrant with the rule of

[10:06] law.

[10:08] It's a major achievement for Iraq's

[10:10] young democracy

[10:12] and its constitutional government.

[10:15] >> Earlier, a defiant Saddam Hussein tried

[10:17] to drown out the judge's words. The

[10:19] verdict was clear. Guilty. and Saddam

[10:22] was sentenced to death by hanging. With

[10:24] the Quran in one hand, the former Iraqi

[10:26] leader shouted, "Down with the traitors

[10:28] and Allah Akbar, God is great." Saddam's

[10:30] half brother, Barzan Aliti in Iraq's

[10:33] former chief judge, Aad Hammed Albandar

[10:35] also received the death penalty.

[10:37] Speaking to the Iraqi people, Prime

[10:38] Minister Nuriel Maliki, hailed the

[10:40] judgment, saying Saddam deserved his

[10:42] punishment and was the country's worst

[10:44] leader. Iraq's president described the

[10:46] trial as fair, but didn't comment on the

[10:48] guilty verdict or death sentence,

[10:50] fearing it could inflame sectarian

[10:52] tensions. Across Baghdad, jubilation for

[10:55] many Shia who had suffered under Saddam

[10:57] for so many years, it was a day to

[10:59] celebrate. Thank God, this man says

[11:02] today he got what he deserved. In

[11:04] Saddam's hometown of Tree, the news was

[11:06] not welcomed. Sunnis protested,

[11:08] shouting, "We will sacrifice ourselves

[11:11] for you, Saddam." This man says, "God

[11:13] willing, he will return as Iraq's

[11:15] president." The question is, how will

[11:17] Saddam's Sunni supporters react to the

[11:19] verdict? Immediately after the verdict,

[11:21] clashes broke out in Sunni areas. Many

[11:23] fear they will retaliate and further

[11:25] inflame the sectarian tension in Iraq.

[11:28] Lama Hassan, ABC News, London. Saddam

[11:31] will appeal the verdict within the

[11:33] month, and a nine member appeals court

[11:35] will have an unlimited amount of time to

[11:37] review the case. If the verdict is

[11:39] upheld, Saddam would have to be hung

[11:41] within 30 days.

[11:43] >> Here at home, doesn't show up to help an

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[11:47] a 5-year-old Lake Asiggo boy beat

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[11:50] >> And the Reverend Ted Haggard issues an

[11:53] apology, but not in person. Who

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[13:08] >> My job is to get kids ready for the real

[13:09] world. Today, that's more than the three

[13:12] Rs. Means instilling values like respect

[13:14] and discipline and giving students the

[13:16] skills to [music] succeed in the

[13:17] workforce. Those are Ted Kangaskski's

[13:19] values and he's backed them up as

[13:21] governor. He protected local classrooms

[13:23] through tough times and is pushing

[13:25] >> a memorial for five firefighters in

[13:27] California and a famous finisher in the

[13:29] New York Marathon. But we start with a

[13:31] written apology in Colorado.

[13:34] >> There is a part of my life that is so

[13:36] repulsive and dark that I've been waring

[13:39] against it all of my adult life.

[13:42] >> Reverend Ted Haggard's apology letter

[13:44] was read aloud during services at the

[13:46] New Life Church in Colorado Springs.

[13:48] Haggard admitted last week to buying

[13:51] meth from a male prostitute.

[13:54] >> Please forgive me.

[13:57] I am so embarrassed and ashamed.

[14:00] I caused this and I have no excuse. I am

[14:03] a sinner. I have fallen. I desperately

[14:06] need to be forgiven and healed.

[14:09] >> Reverend Haggard also asked members of

[14:11] his New Life Church to forgive the man

[14:13] who made the accusations public.

[14:16] As many as 25,000 people turned out for

[14:19] service to remember five firemen killed

[14:21] in a Southern California wildfire.

[14:24] Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke to

[14:25] the mourners which included firefighters

[14:27] from several western states. He called

[14:30] the deaths a devastating tragedy and

[14:32] police plan to charge the suspected

[14:34] arsonist with murder.

[14:36] >> And Lance Armstrong has turned in his

[14:38] pedals, at least for now, for a pair of

[14:40] Nike running shoes. The seventime Tour

[14:42] to France winner finished the New York

[14:44] Marathon today. He crossed the finish

[14:46] line in just under three hours. That's

[14:48] 50 minutes behind the winner. After the

[14:51] race, the man who used to pedal over the

[14:53] Alps told reporters he'd bitten off more

[14:55] than he could chew. He says running this

[14:58] marathon was the hardest physical thing

[15:00] he's ever done. What's next? A

[15:02] triathlon.

[15:03] >> There's no coasting in running, right?

[15:05] the bike.