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A Puget Sound schoolteacher is behind bars tonight and parents are shocked at the accusations.
We'll have all the details straight ahead in a live report.
Somebody tried to kill us yesterday and that is the story.
He says he's the target of a fanatic. Tonight, find out if police are any closer to catching the culprit behind a frightening clinic explosion.
Sure, it's better when the Mariners win, but is it safer?
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Good evening, I'm Scott Englund.
And I'm Leslie Miller. Q13 Report to Ten starts now.
This is Q13 Report to Ten, the number one, Ten o'clock news.
Thanks for joining us. A Northwest teacher is behind bars tonight accused of raping a teenage boy.
The sex scandal has rocked the Mukilteo School District where the female teacher works.
Q13's Kristi Polis is live in Mukilteo with this developing story. Kristi?
Scott, the alleged victim is a 14 or 15 year old boy. The teacher has worked in this school district for 10 years.
School district officials suspended her yesterday when they found out about this Sheriff's Department investigation.
Tonight, like you said, that teacher is behind bars.
A 37 year old elementary school teacher is in the Snohomish County Jail tonight.
She was arrested today in Marysville and booked into the Snohomish County Jail for investigation of rape in a third degree.
The Mukilteo School District is not releasing details about the teacher, not her name, not the school she works at.
If I find out it is at a school that my children have been going to, that the board and the district will be hearing some very loud, loud voices from me.
Superintendent Gary Toothacre says he is very concerned, but wants to assure parents that their children are safe.
There's no indication that any of our children were involved in this in any way, in any way, shape or form.
The teacher apparently lives in Marysville, as does the alleged victim, a teenaged boy who is not a student in the Mukilteo School District.
But still, parents here are upset and wanting answers.
We have entrusted our kids to her, whoever she is, and to be violated like that is really, really difficult to deal with.
The Sheriff's Department tonight is not saying how it found out about this case, only that they have been investigating since late May.
And this case is expected to go to the prosecutor's office in the next couple of days.
Reporting live in Snohomish County, I'm Kristi Paula Scott. Back to you.
Alright, Kristi, thank you.
Tacoma police may be closer to catching a would-be kidnapper preying on children.
There's been 20 attempted abductions since January.
The latest happened today in South Tacoma, near Mount Tahoma High School.
Police say a man pulled his car up alongside a 14-year-old girl, then tried to lure her inside the car.
When she refused, he got out and grabbed her, but she fought back and ran away.
Tonight, school authorities are warning parents to be on guard.
A letter is sent home to parents, just reiterating our safety messages.
Police say the suspect is in his 30s with a muscular build and tanned skin.
He has short hair with sideburns and a bushy mustache.
Police do not believe the same person is responsible for all 20 attacks.
Tonight, a local woman has won a landmark decision in the first federal lawsuit of its kind.
27-year-old Jennifer Erickson won her battle to have contraception included in her health care plan at Bartell Drugs.
It's a ruling that could send dominoes falling across the country.
Today, a federal judge ruled that Bartell Drugs must provide contraception to all women in its non-union health plan.
I am extremely pleased with this decision, and I wanted to encourage all employers and insurance companies across America to provide equitable health benefits.
In its ruling, the court said that the exclusion of prescription contraceptives creates a gaping hole in the coverage offered to female employees,
leaving a fundamental and immediate health care need uncovered.
It's a decision that sets a legal precedent, one that both sides acknowledge could serve as a stepping stone for similar cases.
Like other companies, until now we have had no legal guidelines in defining this kind of discrimination.
I believe it also sets a very important legal precedent that can help other women in other companies to get the contraceptive coverage that they need.
Planned Parenthood backed Erickson's case, but Bartell Drugs feels it was unfairly singled out.
There's no question we are used to the example. They have been trying to get a company to make a stand.
Last year after the case was filed, Bartell's offered to provide contraception for Jennifer. That offer was rejected.
Meanwhile, on her day of victory, it's Erickson's hope that she'll see the results of her suit every day at work.
I was hoping that through that it would also help the people that I filled prescriptions for. They're the ones that I see the frustration every day of people when I tell them that your pills aren't covered.
Bartell Drug Company, which has 48 stores in the Seattle area, said it will take steps to immediately implement that decision, but has not said whether it will appeal the ruling.
So what's next in the case? We'll talk live with Jennifer Erickson just after 7 o'clock tomorrow on Morning Live on Q.
Tacoma police and federal agents are combing the scene of a health clinic bombing tonight looking for clues.
A bomb ripped through the back of the Westgate Family Medicine Building yesterday afternoon.
Tacoma police have no suspects and no one has claimed responsibility.
Officials believe someone targeted the clinic because the doctor performs abortion. Despite the blast, the center is open for business.
Somebody tried to kill us yesterday and that is the story. My staff is understandably upset. I'm upset. I have patients with appointments this morning.
It wouldn't be fair to them to close down and it wouldn't be right. It's not going to change the way I take care of people. That's my job.
No one was hurt in the explosion. ATF agents and bomb-sniffing dogs found no other explosive devices.
Police questioned and released three young people seen running from the scene.
A woman is dead and a suspected gunman clinging to life after a violent hostage drama in southern Washington.
Deputies say a man who threatened two women inside a house in Houston opened fire on them and police today.
One of the hostages died. The other escaped. It's unclear who shot the suspect. The man reportedly had violated a restraining order.
Convicted sex predator Joseph Aki should know by the end of the week whether or not he is going back to prison.
That's when a Seattle judge is expected to decide his fate. Aki is the first prisoner ever released from the state special commitment center for sex offenders.
He's accused of violating his release by having extramarital affairs and looking at porn.
Aki spent 20 years behind bars for more than a dozen rapes.
Hearings into the fatal sinking of the Arctic rose are underway.
A Coast Guard Marine Board began hearing testimony today to help reconstruct the events that led to April's tragedy.
The Seattle-based fishing boat disappeared in the Bering Sea killing its 15-man crew.
Look at the vessel, how it was built, where it was built, how it was converted, how it was used.
Just trying to get some sense for, you know, how was this vessel operated.
Meantime, two men who crewed the ill-fated Arctic rose back in 1993 shared their experience today.
They told the panel they couldn't wait to get off the boat because even then it didn't feel seaworthy.
Driving across Noqualmie Pass could soon be a little easier on your eyes.
Next week, crews will start installing glare screens on parts of the pass where the eastbound and westbound lanes are just separated now by a concrete barrier.
The screens will shield traffic from the headlights of oncoming cars.
And a reminder that crews are still working on the quake-damaged Alaskan Way viaduct.
Lanes are shut down in both directions on the busy roadway from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Work continues through Thursday night.
The Mariners are back in action tonight taking on the Colorado Rockies.
Q13's Dan Devone is live at the sports desk with the latest on the M's romp through the Major Leagues. Dan?
Yeah, Leslie, it doesn't matter whether they're at home or, as in the case tonight, on the road out on the thin air in Colorado.
This team continues to cruise. Oh, give me some thin air.
And Lou just watched everybody get back on their heels and hit home runs.
The Mariners today, six home runs. Edgar Boone, Wilson, Stan Javier makes it 7-0-4.
Boone's second shot makes it 9-4 in the game winner in the top half of the ninth inning.
That's Mike Cameron that will provide the difference. Your final score, 10-9.
The Seattle Mariners make it 17-18, the six home runs once you get hit by the Mariners tonight.
And Kazuhiro Sasaki picks up save, number 25.
And of course, we'll have more highlights in a wild one, as you might expect, out in Denver.
We'll see you a bit later in sports. Leslie, let's go back to you.
Okay, we'll see you in a few minutes. Thanks, Dan. It is certainly more fun when the N's win, but is it safer?
Q13's Chris Daniels is live at Safeco Field with that story. Chris?
Leslie, whether the Mariners are playing here at Safeco Field or on the road like they did tonight,
the streets here in King County are just a little bit safer.
9-1-1, CPR in progress. I think it looks pretty bad.
It can be a real madhouse.
Quite a few of my deputies are very familiar with this situation.
That's not good. It's always busy.
This is 9-1-1. Can I help you?
King County Central Police Dispatch is usually jamming, but on game night, the number of calls take a dime.
I'm assuming that everybody's watching the game.
It's been a long time, they tell me, since it's been this quiet.
Okay, hang on.
This is night after night after night. 9-1-1.
Things do calm down, and that's nice for these people, and it's nice for the officers and the deputies on the street.
King County only wishes the Mariners played longer than three hours a night.
Until the game's over and the calls pick right back up again. That's all they know.
Is that a house or an apartment? I'm going to have someone check it out.
Was he, um...
111, what are you recording?
Now we talk to our friends in Pierce and Snohomish County.
They tell us they haven't seen anything like the call drop-offs in King County.
King County says they haven't seen this kind of call drop-off since a particular Super Bowl Sunday, and nothing like this in past Mariner seasons.
Leslie?
Okay, Chris Daniels, Reporting Live from Stapesco Field. Thank you.
Another Northwest business says it's close to tossing in the towel.
The facts are that this is considered one of the best cities in America to live and to do business.
But that may not be enough to keep hundreds of Northwest workers from shipping out of Seattle.
Find out who's thinking of flying the coop and why.
This is a live look at the church of First AME where residents and the city's top cop will hold a community forum tomorrow.
I have that story coming up.
And finally, some sunshine in the forecast and a weekend forecast I think you'll like.
We'll have that coming up in just a bit.
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New details on why this Komodo thought Sharon Stone's husband looked like a snack.
On Wall Street tonight, the Dow closed up 26 points while the NASDAQ helped steady down less than one point.
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The Seattle Times says doing business in Seattle is difficult at best and it is looking to move to the suburbs.
First, it was Boeing's plan to move 500 corporate jobs to Chicago.
Now comes word that the Seattle Times may pick up and leave town too at stake 1200 jobs at the newspaper's Seattle headquarters.
Q13's John Yeager has the story.
To the Seattle Times, the city's business climate is as soggy as the weather.
I've been involved in the business side of this newspaper for 20 years and have had to deal with one major problem with the city after another.
They want to move to Bothell. They're serious.
Well, we're looking at it, yeah.
The Times printing plant is in Bothell already where Sizemore says there's none of the red tape they've gotten over the use of this building near their Seattle headquarters.
They're also critical of the mayor's support of striking Times reporters last winter.
The mayor says the paper should stick to the facts.
The facts are that this is considered one of the best cities in America to live and to do business.
And another fact is that Paul Schell is running for reelection this fall.
So I think we'll just sit down and talk together and I'm confident that anything from a business standpoint that we need to work out, we can work out.
But Sizemore's not buying it. He doesn't see Schell working to improve the business climate.
We don't see it in terms of our relationship with city government, whether it's with the building permit process,
whether it's with abusing the regulatory process involving us, whatever it is, we don't see it.
Would Bothell like to take the Times? Are you kidding? That's 1,200 new jobs.
Oh, we'd love to have them.
Bothell city manager Jim Thompson says the key is communication.
And we keep that door always open.
The Times gets no special tax breaks, just a location in what he considers a good family community.
He doesn't even want them to change the name if they move. The Bothell Times?
No, we'll keep it Seattle Times.
John Yeager, Q13 reports.
The mayor says he has a meeting with the Times publisher scheduled for next week.
The Times says it will be several years before any move would happen.
And then there's the two cities trying to move out of Seattle's shadow.
This is one of the TV ads asking viewers to, there it is, think Tuck Willa.
Tuck Willa and SeaTac are both launching pricey campaigns to get a little respect.
Tuck Willa touts itself as a place for tourists, families and restaurants.
Leaders say they are tired of living in Seattle's shadow.
How far will you go to keep from touching a public toilet?
Still to come, regular folks reveal their secrets for keeping the commode at arm's length.
We've got a wild one from Coors Field. Everybody swinging for the fences.
We'll tell you what happened. It's the M's and the Rockies coming up in just a bit.
Plus a headless torso, soldiers with orders to kill, and two Americans with a price on their heads.
The latest on the hostage powder kick in the Philippines.
Coming up at 1030, a deadly police shooting has both sides looking for answers.
But what will happen when the cops meet their critics? We're live with the first look straight ahead.
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We have water about two and a half to three feet in the back.
This is what's left in the wake of one of the worst storms to hit Louisiana in almost 10 years.
Tropical storm Allison stayed six days, destroying more than 3,000 homes.
Ten of the state's 64 parishes have been declared federal disaster areas.
Here in Western Washington, we didn't get as much sunshine as we were hoping for today.
I think I snowed for about 10 minutes.
Yeah, tomorrow we'll get a little more, I promise.
In fact, the weekend's looking much better than we originally planned.
So we have a pretty good forecast coming up.
I'll tell you all about it, but first, let's talk about today.
Those rain showers stuck around through the morning hours.
In fact, we ended up with about a quarter of an inch of rain.
Look at our monthly total, almost two inches above normal so far.
In fact, normal rainfall for the month of June, the total month of June would be an inch and a half.
Needless to say, we are definitely having an above normal month rainfall-wise.
We do have a little bit more rain on the way.
I'll talk about that in just a second.
I'd like to work on those temperatures as well.
57 for high today, 12 degrees below normal.
Right now, it's actually a pretty nice evening out, 54 degrees.
Skies are partly cloudy.
Winds are out of the southeast at nine.
Currently in Everett, it's 53, partly cloudy.
Again, the winds are fairly calm out of the north.
Tacoma, the wind's a little bit stronger out of the southwest at 14.
Right now, your temperature sits at 53.
24 hours ago at this time, we were pretty active on live double Doppler.
In fact, we had a long stretch of thunderstorms that moved up and down freeway, up and down I-5,
but not the case as we are looking at calm conditions this evening that will carry over through tomorrow.
Tomorrow should be a much better day, and hopefully we'll work on temperatures.
Let's take a look at the satellite picture out over the west
because we can see that area of low pressure spinning, slowly pushing off towards the east.
That was the problem.
This area of low pressure kind of bogged down a little bit last night
because of that it spun some moisture back in through western Washington through the morning hours.
We didn't see much sunshine, but we did get a little bit in the afternoon.
This will continue to push off towards the east.
We do have clearing for tomorrow's sunshine.
Temperature should budge into the mid-60s, so things will get a little bit better
if you want to get that boat out in the water tomorrow afternoon.
Should be no problem.
What about the weekend coming up?
Well, I think for Thursday and Friday we'll draw in a little moisture,
cloud up the skies a little bit, typical for us.
Rainfall amounts shouldn't be nearly what they have been over the last couple of days,
but nonetheless we'll get some rain here or there.
But for Saturday and Sunday, a change.
We thought perhaps we'd see some clouds, maybe some rain.
Right now we're looking for a little more sunshine Saturday and Sunday,
and I'm going to hold off the chance of rain, so let's keep our fingers crossed
and hope that that forecast holds up, because right now the weekend looks good.
Tonight looking pretty good, clearing skies.
Temperature's in the mid-40s for you.
Tomorrow we'll look for some sunshine.
We will have some morning clouds.
It's not going to be a completely sunny day tomorrow,
but we'll take the partly cloudy skies and the high of 65 around the Sound.
Light winds.
Again, if you want to get the boat out tomorrow afternoon, you can do so,
because temperatures should be fairly decent at mid-60s.
And Thursday and Friday there's your chance of rain Saturday and Sunday.
Now, 24 hours ago we weren't saying this about Saturday and Sunday.
We had the chance of rain, a few more clouds.
So right now we're on the right track, because we look for a decent weekend.
You know what? We deserve it.
The last couple of weekends have been a little cloudy and wet for us,
so let's hold off.
We need some warmer temperatures, too, at least in the 70s.
70s? I mean, 70 is normal. We've been good 10 degrees below that.
Yeah.
Okay.
Thanks, Henry.
Well, they don't kid about that thin air out in Colorado, do they?
That stuff's real.
Henry, Leslie or yourself could have grabbed the bat and hit one...
Well, Leslie could have hit it out.
Leslie could have hit it to one trend.
No, yeah.
Okay, Dan.
It's a...I call it Coors Canaveral.
I didn't tag it that, but you know what I'm talking about.
Sure.
It flies out of that yard, and everybody got into the act.
So it seemed tonight, as the Seattle Mariners take 17 of 18.
We know how strong they are at home.
Hey, you stick them outside of Safeco, and they'll play to the sort of field they're in.
And tonight it happened to be out, as we talked about.
That is Coors Field.
Everybody just get back on your heels and swing for the fences.
Edgar hits his 10th, and the Mariners take a 1-0 lead.
You know, if we're hitting home runs, and the Mariners had six of them,
this guy's getting into the act.
You know, Boone hit his 15th.
It's 2-0, but he made some costly mistakes in the field,
some key errors and also some mistakes on the base pass, but he got bailed out.
Todd Helton?
Well, Helton flirted with a 400 average a year ago,
and he likes playing out there in John Debrard country.
It's 2-2.
Dan Wilson has an average now at about 275.
He's on target.
It's 3-2 Seattle.
We've already got four bombs, and we're not even comfortable.
Top half of the sixth inning, Stan Javier shake hands with Denver.
Man on.
It's Ichiro.
It's 7-4.
Let's see Tarzan again.
Boone hits his 16th.
68 RBI.
It's 9-4.
But on the bottom of the seventh inning, back come the Rockies and Nepe Perez.
They would eventually tie it at 9-9.
They had a 5-1-7.
We go to the bottom of the eighth.
You know, everybody's hitting bombs.
You need someone to bring one back, and the N's been doing this all year long.
Javier with a Robb job.
Things remain tied at 9 a piece.
Was it a big play?
And how.
Mike Cameron standing in.
See ya.
Gone.
Donuts, Seattle.
I'm just getting caught into it.
All right, guys, prelac, 10-9.
Mariner's go on to win it.
Sasaki, his 25th save on the season.
Scott, are you still upset that I said you couldn't hit one out of course field?
I'm happy you did.
Keep counting.
10-9, Seattle, once again on top as we scratch and spit this evening.
Let's have a look at what's happening on a Monday evening.
Barry Bonds, number 527 in his career, number 32 on the season.
He stays on the quickest pace ever.
And all he runs is he hits one out there in the bay, and he's looking to eclipse Mark Mcguire.
Three-two, Giants are your winners.
The Yankees and the Expos, and you know, you gotta be pretty limber to play the game of baseball.
Lee Stevens, ouch.
Yeah, that 2-1 Montreal.
I know what you mean, Scott.
Guys who stretch out and can do that sort of thing.
I just envisioned doing that kind of thing, and it brings all sorts of shooting pain throughout the body.
Somebody break up there.
Are you happy now?
We all suck.
Can we get the four shots so we can sing a little kumbaya?
You gotta start us off.
All right, no.
You're practicing the guitar, no?
I'm trying.
Okay.
It sounds more like someone banging on a guitar.
As long as Scott and I are buddies, once again everything's perfect in the world.
The Storm, break them up.
This team's pretty good, huh?
Four wins already on the season, battling Orlando.
Look at this.
Orlando is watching Samika Randall, the rookie from Tennessee, would go off.
And Katie Steeding from Stanford.
Scott Rondo, I know you're a big fan.
Am I pronouncing that last name correct?
Katie Stedding, the kid from Oregon.
I know all about her.
She's out of Oregon, the star from Stanford, and Stedding.
I have a hard time with the last name, but Stedding went off, and so did Samika Randall.
A franchise record, 28 points tonight, 70 to 63.
Seattle beats Orlando.
They're now 4-2 on the season.
All right, the NBA Finals continue tomorrow as the Los Angeles Lakers are up 2-1.
It is game 4 in Philadelphia.
Now Allen Iverson today on the off day, he had a microphone in his hand,
and the answer was asking some questions.
How do you keep yourself so off and even called?
Did you do what I told you to do?
I didn't have a chance.
I go to the same stylist that Allen Iverson.
Good ass, good ass.
Natural there, huh?
What are you liking in that series?
I got to go to Lakers.
Really?
Yeah.
I mean, I'm rooting for the Sixers, but who's rooting for LA besides our news director?
I think a few people.
Who signed on that paycheck, by the way?
Thanks, Dan.
They get cats out of trees, so why won't the fire department help us?
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That's what a Midwest woman wants to know tonight,
and the answer has landed her in a litter of trouble.
We need to get to know you.
We need to know who our police officers are, you know, and you need to know who we are.
Plus, the community tries to find answers and understanding
as a face-off in Seattle's deadly police shooting gets ready to unfold.
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Young Mind's weighing on tomorrow's Community Forum.
They'll tell us what they think about the police and their community.
That's coming up in a live report.
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This is Q13 Report-A-Ten, the number one 10 o'clock news.
Sparks are expected to fly tomorrow when Seattle's police chief
attends a community meeting on the fatal shooting of Aaron Roberts.
But tonight, a group of Northwest young people say they are hopeful
the get-together will make a difference.
Q13's Darren Moore is live at Seattle's first AME church with the story.
Darren?
Leslie, what an amazing group of young people.
You know, they're not only making a difference in their own lives,
but they're making a difference in their community,
and they're hoping tomorrow's Community Forum will produce some police changes
in policies and procedures.
No justice, no peace!
Over the last few weeks, residents in Seattle's Central District
took to the streets protesting the shooting death of Aaron Roberts.
And now they will have a chance to meet face-to-face
with the city's top cop and the Community Forum.
City Councilman Nick Lakata is hoping Police Chief Gil Kierlikowsky
will address the department's tarnished image in the African-American community.
We want a police force that respects our citizens,
that is responsive to their needs,
and that is deployed in the streets to serve them.
Lakata believes holding a forum could prevent tragedies
like the one at 23rd and Union.
We are there to listen to their concerns and to, if necessary,
change our behavior accordingly.
This is the Youth Congress.
Inside the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle,
young minds discuss the lack of communication between police and the community.
We need to get to know you.
We need to know who our police officers are, you know,
and you need to know who we are so that the next time something like this happens,
you pull somebody over, you know who they are.
Brian Walker says a forum is great as long as it produces some type of solution to the problem.
And I just hope like some policies or procedures are put in place
to stop this kind of tragic event happening.
While others believe a response from the Chief should have come sooner.
He needs to address somebody and some issue,
whether it's apology or not, when someone dies it's really serious,
so he just needs to take that into consideration.
And while these young adults strive to make a difference in their own lives,
they're also hoping tomorrow's forum will make a difference in their community.
And again, that meeting will take place inside Seattle's first AME church at 6.30 p.m.
tomorrow evening in the Fellowship Hall.
Now organizers say they're expecting a large crowd
and hope to get some positive dialogue out of this forum.
Leslie, back to you.
All right, Darren Moore reporting live for us tonight. Thank you.
A 33-year-old Tacoma police officer has been placed on paid leave tonight
for the shooting of an armed robbery suspect.
The officer fired a shot into the suspect's stomach
inside Tacoma's Old Spaghetti Factory yesterday.
He's accused of holding up a nearby bookstore.
Police say it appears the officer did everything by the book
and investigation is underway.
King County cops want to thank a carjacking suspect for saying cheese to the camera.
One of the men seen here trying to cash stolen checks
is accused of being part of a violent armed carjacking in Skyway last month.
Cops are also looking for four other suspects.
If you recognize this man, please call police.
Former Everett man, who claims one of his multiple personalities
forced him to commit a crime, could receive a second trial
as Snohomish County Judge sentenced William Green to life in prison for a 1994 assault.
Acting as his own attorney, Green convinced a federal judge to overturn his conviction.
Green argued one of his alter personalities caused him to sexually assault his mental health counselor.
The state will soon decide whether to appeal.
A man convicted of bombing the U.S. Embassy in Kenya has escaped the death penalty.
In light of the McVeigh situation and all else that's going on,
I think it says a lot of very positive things about our country.
Today, a New York jury sentenced the 24-year-old man to life in prison
without parole for carrying out the 1998 bombing.
The jury deadlocked on imposing the death penalty.
Three other men have been convicted in connection with the simultaneous attacks
in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people.
The lives of two remaining American hostages could be at risk in the Philippines tonight.
Muslim rebels holding more than two dozen captives are threatening to kill a missionary couple from Kansas
if their ransom demands are not met.
Terrorists abducted the couple from a Philippine resort last month.
Meantime, the State Department is trying to confirm whether the rebels have already executed a Californian man.
His family is holding out hope.
All those reports have not been confirmed.
I have spoken with the State Department, the United States Embassy in Manila, and the FBI,
and they cannot confirm any of this, and we're still hoping.
My whole family is hoping that this is not true.
Searchers have found a headless body, but it hasn't been identified as the American.
Leaders have ordered soldiers into the Philippine jungle with orders to kill the kidnappers.
Tonight, President Bush is finding out that he is not exactly missed or popular among the global press.
The president faced a barrage of questions on a number of pressing issues today.
The first day of his European trip.
The president and first lady were warmly received by Spanish leaders on their first official trip to Europe.
But Mr. Bush also faced protests here, and in Sweden, the third stop on this trip,
police arrested five people with explosives they say were planning to disrupt the talks there.
Meanwhile, in his first news conference of the trip, Mr. Bush was on the defensive explaining why he rejected a treaty on global warming.
Because I felt the Kyoto treaty was unrealistic. It was not based upon science.
And why he renounced the 30-year-old arms treaty to build a missile defense.
The ABM treaty is a relic of the past. It prevents freedom-loving people from exploring the future.
The president also defended the execution of Timothy McVeigh in the face of a Europe-wide ban on the death penalty.
The majority of the people, and our laws reflect the majority of the people, believe that if the death penalty is certain, just, and fair, it'll deter crime.
Mr. Bush met for the second time this year with the king and queen of Spain,
and denied his close ties to this country threatened the close U.S. relationship with Britain.
But Spain may be a more natural bridge to Europe for this Spanish-speaking U.S. leader who held some talks here without an interpreter.
Spain's economy has soared as a result of increased investment in Latin America, where Mr. Bush wants to create a free trade zone.
Spain and the U.S. are equal partners in the effort to turn Colombia's farmers from coca to other crops.
But Spain's ties to Cuba could cause problems if President Bush doesn't waive a law subjecting Spanish companies to U.S. lawsuits.
And he declined to say if he would.
Mr. Bush has a tougher audience tomorrow when he meets with NATO's heads of state in Brussels.
The president will be pushing a missile defense program his secretaries of state and defense departments have been unable to sell.
After nearly nine months of Mideast violence, Israel and Palestinians have agreed to a truce.
Despite the ceasefire agreement, more bloodshed broke out today.
Palestinians shot a Greek monk near a Jewish settlement in the West Bank.
Officials believe they mistook him for an Israeli.
Leaders say part of the agreement includes Israeli troops pulling back from land occupied by Palestinians.
A controversial Dutch ship that performs abortions at sea is hitting rough water with its own government.
Dutch leaders say doctors on the Aurora have no license for their floating clinic.
The ship is now headed for Ireland, where abortion is legal.
Dutch officials say they haven't stepped in yet because no crime has been committed.
A judge has tossed out a civil suit stemming from the murder of Jean-Bernier Ramsey.
A U.S. district judge dismissed a lawsuit today filed by a former Boulder police detective who first arrived at the crime scene.
Linda Arntz claimed her bosses unfairly blamed her for botching the investigation.
The judge ruled Arntz failed to prove the chiefs violated her First Amendment rights.
The 1996 murder remains unsolved.
Preliminary hearings continue in the case against accused killer Kerry Stainer.
The hearing being held near Yosemite National Park is to determine if there's enough evidence to try the 39-year-old for murdering three tourists back in 1999.
Stainer is already serving a life sentence after pleading guilty to killing a Yosemite Park naturalist.
A dramatic rescue in Brazil and a terrifying moment is captured on tape.
A television crew came to the aid of a woman and her two-year-old after their car plunged into a lagoon.
The mother handed the reporter her child just before water swallowed the vehicle.
But she emerged seconds later and was pulled ashore.
Both mom and daughter were taken to a local hospital and are doing fine.
A two-year-old in southern Romania is recovering after spending six hours trapped in a well.
After rescue crews failed to reach her, a slender teenage girl offered to help out.
She was lowered down head first and successfully pulled that child out.
The two-year-old was treated for hypothermia and shock.
Its limbs are worth their weight in gold. That's how the Big Trees organization sees this 80-foot elm tree.
The group uprooted the tree today at Children's Hospital to make way for a parking garage.
The monster tree, which weighs more than 100,000 pounds, is being replanted just yards away.
The fate of a controversial tax-cutting initiative is now in the hands of the state's Supreme Court.
The court heard closing arguments today in the case against I-722.
The Tim Iman-sponsored measure rolls back some taxes and limits property tax increases to 2 percent a year.
Dozens of cities and counties are part of that challenge.
The court will decide if the measure is constitutional in a few months.
Hopes are dashed tonight in the effort to find a temporary fix to our state's primary system.
The legislature failed to agree on a plan, so now it's up to a federal judge to make that call.
State lawyers will try to persuade the judge to authorize a Cajun-style primary.
The Louisiana system would allow the top two vote-getters in the primary to advance to the general election, regardless of party affiliation.
Tonight, Seattle's mayor salutes his city's YWCA for its fight to give homeless women a second chance.
But in every case, it takes somebody to offer a helping hand, to be part of the effort that builds a truly healthy society.
Today, Paul Schell and volunteers celebrated the construction of what will soon be Seattle's biggest housing and resource center for women.
1,500 ribbons were tied around the limbs of trees, promising help and hope are on the way.
The Laura's Cheap Prescription Drug is landing more Americans behind bars.
Coming up next, more on the dangers of skirting the law south of the border.
And find out why a pet owner could get jail time for trying to save her dog from a medical emergency.
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Tonight an elderly American man dying of cancer is behind bars in Mexico charged with drug trafficking.
Tijuana police arrested 81 year old George Merle three weeks ago for buying more pills than his prescription permitted.
Merle has prostate cancer and says he wanted to stock up on Valium for his pain before he moved from California to Ohio.
Did you worry that you were breaking the law?
I knew I probably was but I never knew that the law was as harsh as it is.
Mexican officials say dozens of Americans have been arrested for buying medication without a prescription.
For seniors and the uninsured who often pay for drugs out of pocket, Mexican pharmacies offer a lure of the same drugs at a fraction of the price.
A new discovery in sleep research could stop millions of people from snoring.
Scientists at Stanford University found the first gene linked to sleep apnea.
The serious disorder is more likely to develop in people who are overweight.
The gene carries fat into the bloodstream and affects cholesterol levels.
Researchers found a connection between this gene and sleep apnea when they compared breathing patterns of nearly 800 men and women.
Tonight Burger King is replacing netting on its playground equipment after a child suffocated.
The four year old got trapped and died while playing on equipment at a St. Louis Burger King more than a month ago.
Burger King is voluntarily replacing the nets on its outdoor and indoor play structures with so-called no-climb nets.
The fast food chain hopes to replace the box netting in its playgrounds by this fall.
Tonight the Better Business Bureau of Western Washington is listing its top complaint getters.
At the top of that gripe list are telephones, particularly cellular phones.
Auto dealerships garner the next biggest number of complaints followed by bogus coupon books, computers, software and retail.
Tonight an Ohio woman is facing criminal charges for calling 911 after her dog went into labor.
We're trained to save human lives, not animal lives.
Women in labor, yes we do. Dogs, no.
Misty McHale panicked on Friday night after her pet had trouble delivering her pups.
The fire department refused to respond but McHale wouldn't take no for an answer.
They had a mix-up about someone having a seizure send crews to McHale's home where they found no medical problems, just a lot of puppies.
Well that Komodo dragon who followed his basic instinct and chomped Sharon Stone's husband is becoming something of a celebrity.
I wouldn't go in that cage.
Smart woman folks lined up to see the normally tame dragon today.
The Komodo nearly bit off the big toe of Stone's husband Phil Bronstein when he treapced through the cage barefoot last week.
Not a good idea. Bronstein shucked his white shoes because they look too much like the mice the dragon eats.
The zoo is now considering banning those private tours.
Fans of JLo, Jennifer Lopez just can't get enough.
Still ahead we've got the scoop on the celebrity's Northwest stopover.
Okay and we're talking about what's going on in baseball.
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Welcome back. The Northwest is getting enough of Jennifer Lopez.
Enough is the name of Lopez's new movie and tonight she has touched down in the Northwest for filming.
No word on where JLo is staying but we know she'll be in Port Townsend Thursday when those cameras start rolling.
Enough also stars Billy Campbell and Juliette Lewis.
Rap, bad rap takes center stage as singers take on religious leaders in the Big Apple.
The hip hop generation is our best generation, not our worst.
Music executives, religious leaders, politicians and rappers are facing off in New York City debating the merits of hip hop.
We've got some people who love us and then we've got some people who hate us.
It's not the sound but the lyrics religious leaders hate the most.
Rappers say any criticism is a challenge and plan to rise to the occasion.
With another two days to go this summit has just scratched the hip hop surface.
The three day event is organized by Death Jam Records.
Madonna's love affair with Great Britain is the focus of a new TV documentary.
The BBC is producing a one hour piece examining the pop divas' obsession with England.
The theme stems from Madonna's marriage to British film director Guy Ritchie and her purchase of a house in London.
The material girl will not be interviewed but gave the documentary her blessings.
Tonight promoters of the band NSYNC are singing It's Gonna Be Me, picking up the tab for a recent performance.
The boy band held a concert last Friday night at Cincinnati Synergy Field.
Their stage though crushed about 50,000 yards of grass causing about $40,000 in damage.
Speaking of damage, the Mariners are doing in Colorado tonight.
Yeah, that's a good thing. We just can't get enough of this team, Dan.
Yeah, they are exciting. Hey, let me get this straight.
Sharon Stone's husband lost a toe to a dragon.
Almost lost a toe to a dragon.
What's he doing in the cage with the dragon anyway?
He was a big Komodo dragon fan and he wanted to go in there as a Father's Day present I think from Sharon Stone.
There you go. Private tour of the zoo.
Come on, man. What's he doing in there? You know what?
What do you think he's doing in there? You know what, Scott?
You won't be going there. You go Komodo is my phrase for the night.
You know what I mean? You're walking around there with your shoes on.
It's a Komodo dragon for crying out loud.
All right, we don't want to talk about any sort of engagement of people's feet but nevertheless had to let that one out.
All right, Ricky Henderson, one-time Seattle Mariner.
Yeah, he's now a San Diego and this guy's like what, 55?
He's pretty old but he can still do it.
Nice catch by Ricky, not enough to Oliver.
Interleaved play, he's the Oakland A's, beat San Diego today.
A final score of 5-2.
It's the Mariners and the Rockies once again from the thin air coming up tomorrow night.
We'll send it back to you guys.
All right, Dan, thank you.
Well, here's the story.
There's a lot more going on in the bathroom than just the ordinary business.
Coming up next, the surprising survey about bathroom behavior.
You don't want to miss this one.
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Here's a look at the stories making headlines tomorrow.
Washington's First Lady Mona Lee Locke heads to France to promote foreign
investment in an international trade mission.
Hearings on our nation's energy supply take place in Washington, B.C.
and the NAACP holds a forum on that deadly Seattle police shooting.
Police Chief Gil Kulikowski is expected to attend.
And for one final look at the weather, here's Henry.
Yeah, feeling a little pressure for tomorrow.
I know you want sunshine.
You promised.
Yeah, Scott doesn't care.
He likes the rain, remember?
So he'll be disappointed.
All right, let's take a look at the forecast for tomorrow.
Things looking very good for us.
We'll wake up to some sunshine, 52 degrees by noon.
We're at 60, 64 in the afternoon.
Temperatures will crawl into the mid-60s tomorrow.
Finally, we'll get temperatures close to normal.
That still puts us about three or four degrees below.
But nonetheless, things are looking better.
The weekend looks great.
Of course, Walter Kelly will have the latest forecast tomorrow morning at 6 a.m.
All right, we expect that sunshine.
OK, for a look at some of the stories we are working on for tomorrow
on Mornings Live, here's Q13's Christine Chen and Sam Shane.
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Remember Meredith Baxter from Family Ties?
Well, she's got a new role these days, and she's got a message for you.
She will be here.
So will basketball legend Bill Russell, who says he can change your life.
And will even be in Port Townsend looking for J.Lo as filming starts for her new movie.
And of course, we'll have all the latest local news.
We'll see you tomorrow morning at 6.
All right, guys, here's the story you've been waiting for.
Ever wonder what people do besides the obvious in the bathroom?
Not really, but we're going to tell you anyway.
Tonight, a new survey by a toilet tissue company is flushing fact from fiction.
More than half of those polled say they snoop through other people's medicine cabinets.
Seventy percent say they use a shoe or paper towel to flush public bathrooms to avoid germs.
And another 60 percent go even farther, balancing above the rims
so they don't have to make any contact at all with the toilet seat, of course.
Also called the hover method.
We can all relate to that, can't we? Maybe not.
On that note, we'll say good night.
Enough said on this subject.
Good night.
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Not a word.
What about his stuff?
I don't know. Maybe I'll sell it.
Not the car, though.
It is a very nice car.
What if he wants it back?
Like he'll ever find me.
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