I witness news is next tonight the Olympic flame is extinguished and the
summer games are officially over a busy weekend for the Pima County bomb squad
they're called out to a northwest side home again and some surprising remarks
from Barry Goldwater on the presidential election the news is next it's 10 o'clock
do you know where your children are live from KVOA TV for Tucson this is I
witness news at 10. Good evening thanks for joining us tonight I'm Mark Johnson
and I'm Savannah Guthrie we begin with the end of the Olympics and the big
party in Atlanta that celebrated it 16 days and 271 events later it's over
we know that song 80,000 turned out for closing ceremonies tonight three hours
long and filled with music dance and Olympic moments this was one of them the
Olympic torch being extinguished there also was a moment of silence for the two
killed in last week's bombing in Olympic Park words from the head of the
International Olympic Committee and also from the man who helped bring the games
to Atlanta the people of this city and state have risen once again this time to
embrace the Olympic spirit and in doing so have given the world a stirring
performance
Tucson's gold medal gymnast Carrie Strug was in the stands tonight and if you're
wondering just how many gold medals US athletes brought home Danny Harden is
gonna have that answer later on in sports before the Olympic torch was
extinguished the games were marred by another senseless act of violence this
time a shooting two off-guardie off-duty National Guardsmen were the victims one
was killed the other wounded they were shot outside a restaurant in an Atlanta
suburb police reports say the suspect jumped from behind some bushes and
started firing the guardsmen had come to Atlanta from Indiana to help with
security investigators are calling the shooting a random act of violence
violence overnight here in Tucson a shooting early this morning has left a
16 year old girl in critical condition the shooting took place in a convenient
store parking lot near the intersection of 6th Avenue and 17th Street police say
a car with two people inside pulled up to a pickup truck with a camper shell
and started firing nine people ranging in age from 13 to 21 were inside the
camper shell violent crime is devastating for the families of the
victims but not only because of the emotional toll many also face unexpected
expenses but some local organizations want you to know there is help we spoke
to them at Children's Memorial Park today a park dedicated to kids killed by
violence they say crime victims can turn to several groups such as parents of
murdered children the crime victim Assistance League and the Pima County
Attorney's Office victim compensation program it's a terrible emotional
devastation and we can't do much to ease that as much as we try but we can
recognize and help ease the financial devastation that is caused if you want
more information about services or if you want to help you can call Pima
County's crime victim compensation program the number on your screen 740
5535 for the second straight day the Pima County bomb squad spent the day at
the trailer of a northwest side man a man who blew off his own hand exploding a
homemade pipe bomb last night the bomb squad safely detonated explosive
materials taken from Michael Marsden's trailer authorities went back there
today and found another bomb they had to detonate as well as more explosive
chemicals neighbors say they are surprised by what's going on now we
never heard no loud noises we could hear accidents on River or River and Oracle
but we've never heard no loud noises over there
Marsden remains hospitalized and stable condition tonight no word yet on whether
he'll be charged with any crime a horrifying scene at Apache Lake this
afternoon near Phoenix the driver of an RV plunged to his death when he lost
control of the vehicle off State Route 88 you can see some of the debris a
trail of it behind the RV as it slid down the cliff police say when the
vehicle hit the water it actually split in half divers had to be called in to
retrieve the man's body from the wreckage no word yet if alcohol was
involved investigators in New York have retrieved what they're calling a
critical piece of TWA flight 800 a portion of the cockpit was pulled from
the water today it's been described as an unrecognizable mass of spaghetti like
wires and components authorities are hoping the peace will help solve the
mystery of last month's crash meanwhile divers continue to recover victims of
the crash from the waters off Long Island so far 194 bodies have been
recovered all but two have been identified back here in Arizona some
local residents are celebrating a grand opening west of Tucson it's a new home
for the three points resources center and food bank dozens of people celebrated
the opening with music and a barbecue the center provides several services
like counseling for families assistance with applications for government
benefits and a community bank for food and clothing no kids should go hungry
and our logo from day one has been we're proud to be your neighbor and glad
when we can help and
the satisfaction is at the end of the day the three points resource center is
a not-for-profit organization that depends heavily on volunteers and
donations for the past two weeks we've brought you inside Atlanta but how about
inside Phoenix believe it or not there is support to bring the summer games to
Phoenix the Maricopa County Sports Commission says the city already has
about 95% of the facilities it needs to host the Olympics Phoenix does lack a
transportation system able to carry all of that heavy traffic supporters believe
the city could see the games as soon as the year 2008 in 1980 the Olympics were
in Moscow and so was a young runner from Nigeria she won the bronze medal in the
four by hundred relay now Elizabeth Muska who is in Arizona and putting her
Olympic training to good use she coaches kids in the state juvenile
detention system she says the rules of sports are good lessons for life team
work okay they have to be good team players I have a monest they have to be
honest when they play we have to play by the rules they have to work hard okay
you don't have to win but just work hard and make sure you give it your best good
advice Elizabeth is still winning medals by the way she won all these just this
year at competitions around the state she can still run very fast you see all
those I know she's going crazy you know the competition Atlanta really isn't
over yet not quite yet in two weeks and other Olympics will be taking place the
Paralympics for athletes with artificial or prosthetic limbs one of them trains
right here in Tucson reporter Mike Zintek and photographer Angela Beardo
bring us the inspiring story of Kurt Collier
from the moment I found out I was going to be an amputee I was not I was
determined not to allow it to limit my life and it hasn't the words of a true
Olympian
but Kurt Collier's workout is different than that of most athletes in Atlanta
before he hits the Pima Community College track he has to put on his
running leg a prosthetic limb at the Paralympics he'll be going for gold in
the pentathlon they draw the parallel to the decathletes being the world's
greatest athlete and I thought if I wanted to be the world's greatest amputee
athlete and it would be the pentathlon that I'd want to compete in Kurt Collier
and physical fitness have gone together for years Collier was a triathlete before
the accident six years ago he was on a bicycle training ride in Virginia when
he was hit by a car that never stopped when I was in shock I tried to get back
on my bike to finish the ride and it was at that time that I induced quite a bit
of an infection into the leg Collier could have had his leg fused at the ankle
ironically that would have prevented him from running amputation wouldn't have
that's why Collier opted for it the 100 meter dash is one of the five
pentathlon events Collier's been timed in 12.21 seconds now you're you're
compressing the heel and and that looks that looks much better
Collier excels off the track as well he works with NovaCare in Tucson solving
problems others have with their prosthetic limbs if it doesn't feel right
when the person moves it Collier does a little tinkering until the limb works
just like it should the skills that it takes to be a successful amputee they
don't come overnight they take some time some patience and some perseverance
perseverance is something Kurt Collier has plenty of nothing can stand in the
way of his love for athletics not even an amputation and if all goes well the
gold will be his
I think society's view of amputation is that it's really traumatic and
life-ending but as far as being able to turn to your previous lifestyle your
lifestyle doesn't end with the loss of your limb
Mike Zentech TV for eyewitness news that man should just about spire anybody
Collier will be competing in two other events as well the discus and the four
by hundred relay we wish him the best of luck so many good no kidding it's time
for our first break and when we come back your vote 1996 before you cast your
ballot you'll no doubt see plenty of public opinion polls coming up next
we'll tell you what the southern Arizona public is thinking about the upcoming
election and a little bit later we'll solve the great Olympic mystery just
who is gonna be on the box of Wheaties
Russ Lewis Savannah Guthrie Pamela Davis Danny Hondon eyewitness news at 10
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hi there I'm Heather Jennings and I'm Jimmy Stewart join us Monday morning for
eyewitness news daybreak everyone has high and low points during the day
researchers studied athletes to find out which times of the day people perform
their best you'll want to set your alarm for this one we'll tell you what they
found also some top tourist spots are saying hey enough is enough they're
actually trying to keep travelers away it's all ahead Monday morning on
eyewitness news daybreak Janice that well with the Olympic races over the
election races can officially begin and eyewitness news is already off the
blocks we joined forces with the Arizona Daily Star and commissioned a poll to
give us a head start Patty Weiss explains for years news organizations
have used public opinion polling to gauge who's ahead in a campaign our
polling though is different we were using surveys like this to search for
issues what's important to the people of southern Arizona and then we intend to
use those issues to shape our campaign coverage it actually puts the media
reporters like yourself in the same position as a campaign itself we used
Margaret Kensky and her polling group Arizona opinion to help us identify the
major concerns of the community as a whole and the deeply held concerns of
smaller groups too this is the starting point where the public is right before
they begin to get hit hard by campaign mailing and by you folks covering the
campaigns so here's what we got when we talked with 350 Pima County voters from
18 years old to age 93 we covered national issues like immigration and
health care and we asked questions about the problems facing Pima County the
answers are interesting and enlightening this woman thought juvenile crime was
the most important issue we got a lot of responses like that or about crime in
general this man 51 years old he thought water was a very important issue we got
a lot of people who thought that here's a general question that might help you
understand the mood of local voters do you think things in Pima County are
going in the right direction or have things gotten off on the wrong track
overall nearly half said the wrong track but the older the voter the worse they
saw it younger respondents were evenly split but over age 41 the negative
response grew Republicans were more satisfied than Democrats but
independents and other party voters saw things much worse
Patty Weiss TV for eyewitness news we'll have more on the poll tomorrow on
eyewitness news at six o'clock Patty shows us when some issues where men and
women differ and a man who is no stranger to politics GOP patriarch Barry
Goldwater is retracting a statement he made about President Clinton he now says
it was a joke Goldwater was in Tucson yesterday for a
forum and spoke freely and positively about Bill Clinton's job performance the
former Arizona senator went on to say he would vote for Bob Dole only if he was
the only candidate running for the presidency but now he says he didn't
mean that all right weather is next Pamela's going to join us with your work
week forecast day with
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everything but the joy of sound Christina would always jump at every
noise and Cassie wouldn't respond at all but now something has changed all that
be there as one little girl here's for the very first time and this weekend
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weeknights this fall on TV for the dream team is in action and they've got our
attention so does Shaquille O'Neal he's now a Laker and will be in Tucson when
Los Angeles Lakers take on the Phoenix Suns in the third annual FHP shootout
the shootout is October 23rd at McHale Center and tickets are on sale right now
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temperature in Tucson today 97 degrees morning low was 76 3.3 inches of rain so
far this year we haven't added to that in the last couple days usually we beat
about five and a half inches this time of year Sun expected to come up tomorrow
at 542 it should set tomorrow night at 718 we have a few tornado watches in
effect tonight in parts of Nebraska and north of that a lot of this activity is
going to be moving over into Iowa and Wisconsin and we've already seen one or
two tornadoes pop up on the radar that danger will continue over the next 24
hours as the system continues to move off to the east also severe thunderstorm
watch in effect check out this moisture right here that's the moisture the
monsoonal moisture that we should be seeing but because our wind flow is
pushing that off to the east Texas is getting it instead high temperature in
the nation today was 107 degrees in Cotulla Texas and the cold spot today
was 31 degrees in Jackson Wyoming the cloud cover over Arizona gives us a
better illustration of how our moisture is being pushed off to the east wind
flow just blowing it out of here because of a low pressure system that's
situated in the Rockies and really we're seeing nothing but clear skies in
Arizona that will be our story for the next couple of days basically a return
to sunshine and a break in the monsoon activity the good news is though we will
see it return most likely by about Wednesday Thursday Friday we'll start
seeing that chance of getting some storms in the late afternoon or the
evening especially over the mountain areas normal low for us overnight for
this time of year is 73 degrees normal high is 98 the record for us 109 which
we set on this date in 1994 the forecast for Tucson for tonight calls for clear
skies with an overnight low around 74 degrees for tomorrow mostly sunny skies
winds out of the west northwest at about 5 to 15 and a high temperature of 98
degrees sunny for the next two days as I mentioned wash the car quickly because
by Wednesday Thursday and Friday those sprinkles will probably make a return
now why should we wash the car it's gonna rain again well in case it's dirty
from the last set which mine happens to be exactly because if you didn't wash
it you'd never wash it exactly okay car tips thank you all right coming up in
sports Kenny Lofton caught stealing again this time he's still in a home run
yeah no kidding and this dream team is definitely golden on the final day of
the Olympics
these women dress hot hot hot she looks like a blow up Barbie doll you like the
attention from men if they want to give it to me give it to me I'll take it and
their friends wanted to stop I feel sorry for you guys having to look at
this you like to go brawl us though I love what do you want us to do today
please help her with some cool new looks the hairdryers flyings on Jenny Jones
Monday morning at 11 on TV for Arizona's cactus fed athletes despite heroic
efforts went down to the field before they knew they had a battle on their
hands the Arizona men show the fight of wildcats
on the threshold of a new athletic era expect to have a team equal to or
perhaps better than the great team of 19 on the next American Journal
hazardous escalators putting you at risk every time you ride a less injury
looked like a shark bite it looked like a bite had been taken out of her leg now
we'll show you the hidden dangers and simple ways to make escalators safe plus
long before Elizabeth there was the first Mrs. Dole I wouldn't say he was
romantic now Bob Dole's first wife Phyllis tells us about their emotional
breakup on the next AJ Monday at 4 on TV for
you know I hail to the women of the 1996 Olympics Amy Van Dyken Gail Devers
Carrie Strug and many many more so what a perfect way to end the games an
incredible show by the greatest women's basketball squad of maybe all-time team
USA they will take it on in the goal game a very scrappy Brazil team of these
ladies are they aggressive or what the home team USA led by 11 at half and just
blew it open in the second half Dawn Staley the pretty past at least a
Leslie who finishes Lisa may be one of the best women's player in the world
watch her go to the offensive glass not once that time will work and the foul
Lisa had 29 big ones this team is a lot of fun to watch look at this showtime
and the finish USA wins at 111 87 to win the gold the American team won each
game by an average of 27 points it was total domination I think it's been very
difficult but I don't think you achieve anything in life without being
disciplined and you know like they say no pain no gain and I just say to all
the little girls out there that want to be like me and my teammates just keep
working hard I think it's the best game I've ever played the best moment of my
life I'm excited I'm glad that we want to go metal and we're Olympians and we
get to leave Atlanta's gold medalist as all the other women have all right the
US boxing team had won at least one gold medal in every Olympics since 1948 but it
looked like they'd get shut out this year a very disappointing showing so far
and today our last hope was David Reed but unfortunately he was fighting a
Cuban see Cuban is the dominant squad again in this 156 pound final Alfredo
Duvergal was killing Reed here Reed suffers the standing eight count but
then after this check it out Duvergal led 16 to 6 in the final round then all
of a sudden Oh look out the big right hand by Reed and the Cuban goes down and
folks that's it he is counted out one of the greatest comebacks in Olympic boxing
history mr. David Reed wins the gold in dramatic fashion for team USA
it's hard to knock somebody out and I know this guy was up and he's a good
boxer and uh I knew that if I hit him with my right hand that he was gonna go
down but I didn't know that it was going to you know it was going to come like
that the men's volleyball final was a thriller between the Netherlands and
Italy the Netherlands had finished second in the 1992 Olympics the 94
World Championships and the 95 World Cup finally they break through today and win
the gold taking the final of five games 1715 meanwhile 122 runners took off this
morning in the men's marathon they began in the Olympic Stadium cruised around
the streets of Atlanta before returning to the stadium in the closest marathon
finish in Olympic history South Africans Josiah Tugwani won in a time of two
hours 12 minutes and 36 seconds look at the medal count you know this is not
what the Olympics is all about counting up medals but since team USA won the
most let's count them up 44 gold medals 32 silver 25 bronze for a total of 101
way to go team USA well just five years ago Kenny Lofton was playing for the
Tucson Toros but honestly you know what he really didn't know what he was doing
out there that's how good of an athlete Kenny is he was just raw talent and very
fast now he's one of the most exciting and best players in all of Major League
Baseball there's Kenny today his Indians taking on the Orioles drive deep the
center field Kenny gets on his horse and then he goes jumping that was supposed
to be a home run but Kenny goes way up to Rob BJ Sirhof of a home run that's
worth another look can little Kenny get up or what that is just beautiful Kenny
was also doing it at the plate today he turns on it the little guy gets his
ninth home run of the season Kenny also had two stolen bases he has 53 on the
season he's doing it all the Indians bombed the Orioles by the final of 14 to
2 we move on to the National League Houston taking on the Giants former
Tucson Toro pitcher Billy Wagner boy did he have it coming down the stretch
bottom of the ninth or top of the ninth strikes out Barry Bonds and Matt
Williams to end the game that on six pitches the Astros beat the Giants by
the final of seven to six meanwhile finally in golf today the du Maillet
classic Laura Davies your winner and also she that was her fourth major title
for the 30 year old 32 year old English star she also has a US Open title and a
couple of LPGA championships also on the PGA side wouldn't you really rather have
a Buick Open title mr. Justin Leonard he finally breaks through this young kid
gets its first PGA title it's a seventh first time winner on the PGA Tour this
season so finally ladies and gentlemen the Olympics are over but it was a fun
ride wasn't it and we got the most gold no kidding we did well gotta like that
thanks Danny still to come forget about all those gold medals believe it or not
the thing that really counts is what's on the cardboard that's right as long as
it has the name Wheaties on it we're gonna tell you which Olympian made the
box inside edition weekend specializes in hard-hitting investigation and
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yeah we got this fall on TV full next inside edition these twin sisters have
shared everything but the joy of sound Christina would always jump at every
noise and Cassie wouldn't respond at all but now something has changed all that
be there as one little girl here's for the very first time in this city cameras
catch some stunning acts and they've become a video bestseller watch inside
edition Monday at 630 on TV for while the weeks of suspense have come to a
close no we're not talking about the Olympic competition but rather who will
grace the Olympic Wheaties box the answer is not who but how many so check
it out Tucson's own Carrie Strug together with the other six members of
the gold medal winning women's gymnastics team but that's not all also
decathlon champion Dan O'Brien former you have a wildcat Amy Van Dyken swimmer
Tom Dolan and track star Michael Johnson now having all those people this
different boxes is break from Wheaties tradition five boxes commemorating the
Atlanta games each one the result of a great Olympic story and we have our
great cave away story Dave Rush our longtime producer here on the weekends
is leaving us to take a great job at ESPN we want to say goodbye
congratulations Dave thank you we're gonna miss him he's been with us for a
while here he's a man without a football team though he's from Cleveland they
don't have a football team anymore Dave who you gonna root for I know but now
he's that national ESPN have to root for he's big-time ESPN he's the big time so
we're real proud of him and we want to wish him the best of luck and we'll see
you next weekend okay
this fall on TV for a nice young man what you saw on TV for eyewitness news
this week the bullet grazed her left leg and then entered her right leg the
flowers are in honor of the victims from the bombing on Saturday night I should
say one more minute and both of those women would have died Houston Astros
exhibition game against the Tucson Taurus Donald Tucker has been released
it wasn't gang related it wasn't a random act their support for Jim Colby
has not wavered why witness news on TV for because this is where the news comes
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