Tough, Arizona in Tucson. The other the investigation.
For four years.
We are going to change this country by sunset tomorrow night.
Our top story tonight, the final words from the candidates during the last hours
of the 1992 campaign tonight were a win campaigning by the three major party
candidates where they were what they had to say today. A look at how the
president is really elected. It's not by popular vote. Plus, if you plan to vote
what you need to know before you head to the polls. Our top story begins with the
final push in the presidential race. Both George Bush and Bill Clinton went on
whirlwind tours through several states considered key in tomorrow's election.
Mike James has a look at the last day on the campaign trail. There's no new
message out there on this final day of the 92 campaign. Only the locales are
different. Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Missouri. As the candidates battle for
states that could swing this election in the last hours. Governor Clinton hit nine
battleground states today. The president ate over the last two days. The themes
are almost incantations now. Character and experience. The economy and change.
And here's what it's about. Here's what it's about. The choice before the
American people is the vast difference in experience, a vast difference in
philosophy, and yes, a vast difference in character. Character matters. This
election is a big election, folks. It will chart the future of America well
into the 21st century, and it is about big ideas. No more trickle down, not
back to tax and spend. Put the American people first, invest in them, control
their health care costs, provide education and training, make sure we
compete on a fair basis with other countries and rebuild the industrial
base of America. We can win again if we do that.
Clinton's voice now after months on the road is a rasp just above a whisper. But
in Ohio, a big electoral state, he turned it into an appeal. Teddy
Roosevelt once said that we should walk softly and carry a big stick. Today, I
want to talk softly and carry Ohio.
The president on the stump in New Jersey brought back the Persian Gulf War and
the experience issue by sending a warning to an old enemy, said I'm
Hussein. You're gonna have to contend with me. You're gonna have to do what
the United News instead. We're gonna keep the pressure on you till you take
the pressure off your own people.
Yeah,
independent Ross Perot's last rally in hometown. Dallas did not draw a huge
crowd, but they loved his new campaign song. Willie Nelson's crazy used to mock
presidential aides who called him crazy. Pero also mocked the polls and
promised a surprise tomorrow. And if you will get those 10 friends in your house
and I'm talking all over the country tonight,
y'all talk about it. Y'all figure out what's good for the country. Good for
your Children. We are going to change this country by sunset tomorrow night.
Now, all of the presidential candidates are on television tonight, except the
president will rely mostly on the commercials. He will not make a personal
speech, personal talk appeal. Marion Jean. We've heard just about everything
during the course of this campaign, including some name calling. Was there
any of that today? A bit quieter today on that President Bush referred to
a vice president candidate Al Gore as ozone man again. But the only name
today came out of Ross Perot. He has come to call Governor Clinton chicken
man because of the poultry business in the state of Arkansas. But you know,
we don't read too much into this, but some of the people who follow the
campaign noted today that
Bill Clinton was talking more presidential, making broader appeals
while the president was continuing to attack. That may suggest they're seeing
different polls. Bush may not like his Clinton may like what he's seeing.
Thanks, man. The vice presidential candidates also spent the day blazing
campaign trails. Dan Quayle targeted Al Gore's home state of Tennessee before
making a Midwest swing, ending in his own home state of Indiana. Well told
supporters in Chattanooga. If the American people want change, they
should focus on Congress, not on the White House. Meantime, Al Gore started
his day with a rally in North Carolina before making a swing to the south and
Midwest, for telling his supporters that Bush campaigns character attacks show
Republicans don't have anything good to say about their own plans for the
future. In all, Gore is campaigning in seven states today from North Carolina
to Missouri. Vice President Quayle's track took him to Tennessee and five
Midwest states. The presidential candidates, however, outstumped their
running mates. Bush looking for votes in six states. Clinton campaigning in
10 states. Ross Perot making one campaign stop today in Texas. And while
the candidates are trying to lure voters to their individual camps, the popular
vote does not elect the president. The Electoral College does, and a strong
independent candidate such as Ross Perot could throw a wrench into the other
political candidates' plans. Our top story coverage continues now with King
Vives Linda Brill. You think you're voting for a candidate, but you're really
voting for the candidate's representatives, his electors. States get
electoral votes equal to their representatives in the House and Senate.
Washington State has 11 electoral votes, two for each Senate seat and nine for
each House seat. The key to the Electoral College is the rule that winner takes
all. That means whichever candidate gets the most popular votes goes on to get
all of that state's electoral votes. According to a USA Today poll, Clinton
enjoys a huge electoral advantage. Bush is ahead in only four states and leading
in six others. Clinton has solid leads in 18 states and is close to the 270
electoral votes needed to win. Perot is not expected to carry any states and may
only be a factor in Texas and Florida. It's a question of whether he draws more
votes from Bush or Clinton. And I guess the feeling in Texas was that he would
probably draw more votes from Bush because Bush would have the home state
favorite son stature there. You cast your vote tomorrow. The electors cast their
vote Monday, December 14th. In Seattle, Linda Brill, King Five News. Analysts
believe that President Bush must sweep the South and win major electoral states
such as Ohio and New Jersey to overcome Governor Bill Clinton. What about British
bookies you might have been asking? Well they say Bill Clinton is the best bet to
become America's next president. Odds in the Arkansas governor are set at eight
to one which means bettors will make a dollar profit for every eighth they bet
on Clinton if he wins. The odds on President Bush are four to one. On Ross
Perot, 100 to one. A spokesman for Ladbrokes, one of England's legal betting
agency, says the British better say Clinton is a racing certainty. While the
presidency may be the banner contest across the country and across the globe,
there could be a lot of change in the US Congress. All 435 seats in the house are
up for grabs including nine right here in Washington State. 35 Senate
seats will be decided tomorrow. Just one of those is from our state and that's
the contest between Democrat Patty Murray and Republican Rod Chandler. Tell
you more about their final day on the campaign trail in the second half hour
of King Five News tonight. And because of the major contest, it's expected that a
record number of voters in Washington will be heading for the polls tomorrow.
Our top story continues now with King Five's Julie Frankavilla live from
outside the King County election headquarters with the latest. Julie? They
countdown is on to an election day that could make voter history. This could be
a record setting year here in Western Washington. Just here, because you're in
King County. And tell him that we'll call in to the polling place to let him vote in here or take it with you.
Take it with me. Here at King County elections, there are all kinds of signs
pointing to a huge voter turnout.
Signs like phones that ring on and off. And absentee votes that keep on dropping in.
The reason? And I feel like every little vote like mine is gonna count. That's the
feeling that an expected 700,000 people seem to have in King County alone.
They're creating an expected 80% voter turnout. That's just two percentage
points behind the county's all-time record set back in 1960. I think the
number of candidates, the number of races, the closeness of the races, the high
potential for change, the uncertainty attracts everybody and makes them feel
that yes they do have the chance to make a difference.
Pierce County is seeing the same type of thing. Voter turnout is expected to be
75% of the county's 312,000 registered voters. Snohomish County looks much the
same with a projected 83% of voters hitting the polls and a record 272,053
registered voters. Because of so many issues are on the balance and this is
a very critical time this year for everybody. To get through the voting
process easier tomorrow, be sure to know who you're voting for before you go to
the polls. Go to vote early in the morning to beat the worst crowds and no
matter when you go expect to wait in line between 20 minutes and an hour at
your polling place. If you have voting questions tomorrow in King County call
296-VOTE. In Pierce County 591-7430 or 1-800-446-4979.
And in Snohomish County, again if you can go early in the morning and you'll beat some of the
lines. I'm Julie Frankavella reporting live in Seattle. Of course instant
results right here starting at 8 o'clock on King 5. Julie what about redistricting
that happened since the last election? How will that affect voters tomorrow?
Jean that changes a lot of things. A lot of people are in new districts which
means they have new polling places. They should all check their voter
registration cards that they got in the mail to make sure they know exactly
where to go to vote. All right Julie thank you. The bottom line tonight
presidential candidates Bush and Clinton are on the road campaigning in 16 states
just hours before voters go to the polls tomorrow. Another pro-infomercial airs on
national television tonight. A record voter turnout is likely in Washington
State tomorrow. King 5 is committed of course to bringing you the latest
results tomorrow night beginning at 6 p.m. with NBC decision 92 coverage. Then
live updates throughout the evening on local races and decision 92 a special
report at 10 followed by an expanded edition of King 5 news at 11. Meantime
coming up next on King 5 news looking for the answers. The niece of a Seattle
woman who was mistakenly pronounced dead said she told police on the scene she
saw her aunt's foot move. A weekend pipe bombing in Seattle's U district police
still have no arrests. Police in Portland take extra precautions gearing up for a
controversial Election Day.
Yesterday Betty Broderick told why she murdered her husband and his new bride.
Now her children tell their side of the story. Right after the murder the first
person Betty turned to was her daughter. I knew the gun went off so I had to get
out of there and when I went to my daughter's I told her that. In the
emotional trials the children testified against their own mother. Dad didn't do
all these things to her and he definitely didn't serve to die. Betty
Broderick's children set the record straight on the next. Tuesday at 4 on
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You're watching King 5 News with Gene Enterson and Barry Judge. A Seattle woman
mistakenly pronounced dead over the weekend is now in critical condition
tonight at Harborview Medical Center. How she wound up there is one of the most
bizarre stories in recent memory. King 5's John Sandifer joins us live tonight
from the hospital with the latest on this story. John? The woman is 68 year old
Roberta Jones from North Seattle and she ended up here at Harborview Hospital
after she was pronounced dead by a Seattle firefighter with apparent
concurrence from a Seattle police officer and a county medical examiner.
Jones had failed to respond to phone calls and to knocking on her apartment
door. A niece called 911. Firefighters kicked open the door only to find
Roberta Jones dead on the floor. They thought. Her body temperature was 90
degrees and she was very cold. She was pulseless. She was not breathing and the
symptoms that she had indicated that to both firefighters and the medical
examiner who followed us that that she had died. But Jones was in reality in a
deep hypothermic state not necessarily because her apartment was cold, the
electricity was working and the thermostat was turned up more than
halfway. At Columbia Funeral Home the worker who had transported the body
noticed a slight movement inside the bag. He checked and found moisture where the
body had been exhaling. At Harborview Hospital where Jones was rushed her
niece cannot understand how this happened. This is bizarre. This is
absolutely bizarre. I just don't know how it could have gotten so many people.
And Carolyn Bauer says she saw her aunt's foot move and told a police
officer who told her it was probably the wind that did it. But it wasn't the wind
that blew it. He told me it was the wind that blew it but I it wasn't. There's no
way it was the wind that blew it because it moved from underneath the blanket. It
didn't just move on top of the blanket. If the fire department and police guessed wrong about a
death why didn't the medical examiner determine the woman was really dead? It's
not really his responsibility because our responsibility begins when death is
established. That's the only reason we would ever be called to the scene is
when the death is there. We don't get called there because we're not sure. We'd
say hey wait a minute call somebody who's medically qualified. So who is
responsible for pronouncing a person dead at the scene? Well as this case
indicates sometimes the weight of that decision falls on a line Seattle
firefighter or a police officer who may have medical training, emergency medical
training but does not have the expertise or even the tools to determine for sure.
I'm John Sandifer reporting live at Harborview Medical Center. John what is
the prognosis now for Roberta Jones? Apparently not good Barry. She suffers
from colon cancer in the advanced stages which we understand can produce a
hypothermic state. Beyond that we have learned that the family has approved the
removal of all artificial life support systems. John Sandifer live tonight in
Seattle. Well tonight Seattle investigators say they don't think a
University District explosion is linked to a pipe bomb blast on campus last week.
Bomb squad crews combed northeast 40th Street near the U-Dub after an
explosion destroyed a parked car Saturday night and damaged two other
cars. Luckily nobody was injured in the blast that scattered debris across the
street, shattered windows and shook nearby apartments. Just last Tuesday a
pipe bomb explosion cost $2,500 damage to a campus guard gate at the
university's main entrance. Janaro Meatball Arthur, the man authorities
described as an assassin for New Orleans most dangerous drug gang, was back in a
Seattle courtroom today. At the hearing federal prosecutors positively
identified Arthur as the man wanted in Louisiana where he's implicated in some
29 murders. That's the first step in sending him there to stand trial. On the
run for three years 28 year old Arthur was arrested in Seattle last week while
working at a restaurant in Queen Anne. He's being held without bail until a
further hearing to determine exactly when he'll be returned to Louisiana.
Still ahead on King Five News tonight putting teeth into a United Nations
driftnetting ban the president signs the Enviro Bill in the law. And in our
second half hour tonight dancing away the aches and pains of arthritis. A great
way to start the week. Nice Monday, Jan. No need to dance around between the
raindrops as a matter of fact today just a few showers. We're going to be taking
a look at the forecast for Election Day and several days thereafter and the 90
day seasonal outlook. All that coming up just in a couple of moments.
I'm Robert Mack in Tacoma. A man once accused of child molestation is shot
dead outside his home. Now all police have to find a suspect are 10 words the
victim said before he died. That story coming up on King Five News at 630.
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Supreme Court justice. You are to elect only the best and that's why judges
across Washington are choosing Elaine Houghton. Selected as one of the best
lawyers in America. First woman named trial lawyer of the year. Endorsed by
police and firefighters and by the Women's Political Caucus. Join a majority
of Superior Court judges in King, Pierce and Spokane counties and other judges
across the state by voting for Elaine Houghton for Supreme Court. Campaign reform. It's a complex
issue. Take initiative 134. The big oil companies and Philip Morris the tobacco
giant and other special interests paid tens of thousands of dollars to put 134
on the ballot. Why? Do you trust Philip Morris and Union Oil of California to
clean up our government? Do you think their plans for our state match yours?
Citizens from across the state urge you to vote no on 134 because it's not real
reform. Drugs a threat to our children in our neighborhoods. Norm Maling has been
tough on drug dealers as King County prosecutor and he'll be tough on them as
Attorney General. This is no place for our kids. As Attorney General I'll lead
the fight for drug education to keep kids off drugs and out of places like
this. As for drug dealers we'll give them the same break that they give us. No
break at all. Tough, compassionate, standing up for us. Norm Maling, Attorney
General. It's not only her many supporters it's what everyone is saying
about Jennifer Dunn. Respected for the way she's led the fight for clean honest
government here at home. Articulate and intelligent she would command immediate
clout in the new Congress. Jennifer Dunn. Formidable with proven valuable skill in
the art of compromise. A combination of fire and common sense. Strong on jobs
tough on crime. Yes let's give Congress a good name. Jennifer Dunn. These are tough
times for middle-class families. After 12 years of Republican neglect and
trickle-down economics we're having a tough time making ends meet. Working
harder for less money. Spending less time with our children. Paying more for
health care and education. The Republicans in Washington cut taxes for
the rich. Raised taxes on the middle class. Tried to cut college aid for
middle-class kids and has helped with nothing. Enough is enough. It's time for a
change. The new Democrats fighting for a better future for hard-working families.
A reminder. Domino's bacon cheeseburger pizza feast is still $8.99. A pretty wet
weekend but there was a bit of a pause right around the time. I suspect many of
your youngsters or you youngsters went out for trick-or-treat. Hopefully it was
enough to let you be dry at least most of the time. We did get enough rainfall
though for the cities of Bellevue and Seattle to lift all water restrictions.
53 degrees right now in Seattle. Partly cloudy skies winds out of the southwest
at 6 and Tacoma 54 winds light out of the west at 1 mile per hour and up in
Everett 54 partly cloudy and southerly winds at 6 miles per hour. Today's
official high 56. A low this morning 46 about 45 hundredths of an inch of
rainfall primarily overnight and last evening and the air quality is listed as
good. Let's take a look at our current pass conditions. Barron Wetts-Naquamie
Pass. Snow tires advised Stevens and blew it. And snow a slush on the roadway at
White Pass. Chinook snow tires advised they've received 16 inches of snow. Snow
tires advised at North Cascades Highway and it's still snowing there. Across the
United States major storm system pushing through the Great Lakes into the
southeastern United States. We'll notice that there is extensive rain roughly
from the southeastern states into the northeast and back into the eastern
Great Lakes mainly rain there and then also into Iowa and Illinois. But then
just to the north in the Dakotas and Minnesota lots of snow in that area and
also over the central and northern Rockies. Tomorrow look for forecast
highs of 77 in Los Angeles 39 for a high in Denver 31 in Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Winter has arrived there a little bit early 59 in New York City and 87 in
Orlando. Early I should say compared to what we're used to in Minneapolis this
is typical. 90-day outlook is in it looks for milder than normal weather over the
southwest right along the Pacific Coast into the northern Rockies cooler than
normal over the central part of the United States. Precipitation about
normal to slightly below over the west coast but much drier than normal over
the central part of the Ohio and Mississippi River Valley wetter than
normal over the extreme southeast. Here in the northwest look for our satellite
picture shows a disturbance pushing to the north as high pressure builds up and
that's going to give us a dry offshore flow. The end result tonight the few
showers we had earlier today tapering off partly to mostly clear skies. Later
tonight some locally dense fog. Low temperatures tonight are going to be
cool especially from Tacoma southward. Look for lows in the low to mid 30s and
in the upper 30s to low 40s elsewhere. Then tomorrow look for fog giving way to
partly to mostly sunny skies highs in the mid to upper 50s east of the
Cascades. Upper 40s to mid 50s with some areas of fog in the morning and winds
generally northeasterly 0 to 15 knots picking up a little bit faster in the
afternoon hours. Up in the mountains valley fog otherwise sunny afternoon
past temperatures 40 to 47 degrees. Five-day outlook Wednesday gradually
increasing clouds showers at times on Thursday then partial clearing with some
fog on Friday rain developing probably late Saturday or on Sunday a high of 51
degrees but we picked up a lot of snow up in the Cascades and the Olympics not
enough to open for skiing but up at Chinook Pass as I mentioned 16 inches of
snow. Enough to dream about skiing. I've already been doing that.
Here now is a brief look at other news making headlines around
Western Washington today. Three vacation homes in Whatcom County were hit by
suspicious fires overnight. One was destroyed the other two damaged nobody
hurt. The Tulalip tribes have reversed an earlier decision and are now willing
to sell land to the Navy for the proposed Everett home port and a Pierce
County report says a proposed horse racing track for Fife could produce 1800
jobs and inject 77 million dollars a year into our economy. Looking ahead to
King 5 News at 630 tonight how little mushrooms are becoming big business here
in Western Washington. Some pickers are pulling in a hundred dollars a pound.
Still ahead in this broadcast pitching pumpkins that's what the folks at
Woodland Park Zoo were doing today in an after Halloween tradition.
Starling revelations give credence to Hawaii's mysterious goddess of fire. I'm
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at 7 on Evening Magazine.
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is growing. Rising unemployment. Jobs lost to the spotted owl.
Blowing off 40% of its workforce. Elvis economics. Bankruptcy.
Way down. Working hard at the left. Recovery is a need.
Giving people back their dignity.
In news of the West tonight the murder trial of a Sacramento boarding homeowner
got underway today. Four years after seven bodies were dug up in her yard.
63 year old Dorothea Puente is charged with killing a total of nine people
between 1982 and 1988 to get their government checks. Prosecutors claim she
killed the victims with overdoses of medication. Puente has admitted to
cashing the checks but her attorneys claim all the deaths were from natural
causes or suicide. In Portland police are getting ready now for Election Day by
beefing up patrols and taking special steps to keep that city safe. They're
concerned about possible fallout from the controversial anti-homosexual rights
ballot measure. They want to be ready no matter which way the vote goes. Everyone
is aware that all parties involved have received threats. That it's a very
emotional, very volatile subject and certainly we're just trying to listen
and be responsive to our community. Police have identified several people
and locations that they think could be the targets of attacks. Those people and
places will receive special attention by police. And in Eugene, Oregon jury
selection began today in the trial of an Oregon state senator accused of campaign
law violations and theft. Democratic state senator Peg Jolin of Cottage Grove
is accused of sending a misleading campaign fundraising letter in 1990. The
letter allegedly said she had a campaign deficit when her campaign actually had a
surplus. Jolin who has pleaded innocent is not up for reelection tomorrow. That
story wraps up the news of the West. Coming up next on King Five News tonight
one of the most hotly contested races in our state is for the US Senate.
Rod Chandler and Patty Murray have been battling it out. Next we'll take a look
at their final day. Plus President Bush signs Drip Net legislation. What the new
laws mean to you and the rest of us here in the northwest. And now from the I
think I've heard this story before department here's Tony. Magic Johnson
very much back in the news as he retires for the second time within a year. We'll
have that story for you. Also how about this the pack 12 how does that sound? It
is a little awkward isn't it? We'll talk about that possibility and the Seahawks
get ready for the next opponent. Should be a breeze. The Redskins.
Yow! About seven minutes. Those stories and more as King Five News continues for
Centralia, Kent and your part of Western Washington. If Madonna and the Pied Piper
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