former President Donald Trump fs his fourth criminal indictment. We don't take plea deals because I did nothing wrong, though that's what he said before an Atlanta grand jury charged him and eighteen others. Also tonight the extreme
heat returns fatal. How people are now adapting to dangerous conditions to try to keep everyone safe trying to be the heat tomorrow. So we got 6:00 AM practice now and later catching a car
thief red handed. And I get closer and
he jumps right
in my truck and I'm walking
as fast as
I can. How the senior who confronted A suspect barely escaped
with his life. Thanks for joining us. I'm David Molko. We'll get to the 4th criminal indictment of former President Donald Trump in just a few minu. But first to a double tragedy. In this extreme heat, 2 drownin. One in Washington,
another in Oregon, both, apparently people
trying to cool off. Let's start in Clackamas County, where the Sheriff's Office annod this evening that a 44 year old Portland man drowned on Sunday. This was in the Clackamas Rivert Riverside Park and then in Long. The Cowlitz County Sheriff's Ofe says a 15 year old boy died alsn Sunday while trying to swim acrs the Cowlitz River with
three friends. Officials say the current was stronger than the teenagers tho. Two made it out. One was pulled to safety
by a man on shore. The 4th did not make it, just a sobering reminder of how real these risks are. Let's get right to team
coverage tonight with Catherine Cook on the impat of these triple digit temperatu. But first, the Chief Meteorologist Matt So. And Matt, we have broken so many
records today. Where do we go from here? Yeah, the list just keeps on go. It is warm out there. And yes, we broke a record toda. I'll get to that in a minute. But right now look at this. It's still 89 degrees in Portland here at 11 O1 at night. That's really hot and we just now drop below 90 degrees. So it's cooking out there. Let's check out the records tho. The first one, the big one is our high temperae today we made it up to one O 8. That's our hottest
day since
the heat Dome of two years ago when we ht 116 at the end of that hot spel. If you take those three days because we went 108112 and then6 during the heat Dome and this 1, that basically means we broke te previous all time record high in Portland four times in
the last two years. That is impressive. Today of course is also our hottest August day ever, breaking the previous
of 107 that was our previous all time record hih until the heat don't
happen back
in 2021. The other thing that doesn't get as much attention but but should get attention is the fact that our nights are really warm and e will set records for the overnit lows being super warm. The all time record for August is in jeopardy. That's just it. Last year when we had a low of , that's what I'm forecasting for tomorrow morning. So we may tie the record for the warmest night in the month of August in Portland as well. Here are the numbers around tow, 108 here, but Troutdale hit 110, tying Medford for the hot spot in the state today. Actually, Medford ended up at 1. There you go. Even the North Coast is
in the mid 90s there. They will cool off beginning
tomorrow. High temperature records. We'll get into those a little bit later on for you, but I want to show
you the difference between now and 24 hours ago. We're running 789 degrees
warmer than we were at this time last night. Again, it's going to be
a very warm night. I know that's problematic for a lot of people getting your home to cool off Now this is called, this is something called the Cle Shift Index put together
by the folks that Climate Central say that te heat wave we're experiencing
right now, basically five times
more likely because of the influence of
climate change too. And that's throughout the regio. OK, hot again tomorrow, 100 to 104, but a little bit cooler
than today, right? And then near 100 on Wednesday, mid 90s Thursday and then finaly gratefully back into the 80s for Friday and the weekend. David, I'll have more later. Wow, these overnight lows, just brutal. Thank you, Matt. See you in a few. Let's bring in Catherine Cook. . Catherine, we mentioned those to drownings at the top, the newsc, you were in Clackamas
County this evening. First responders say the heat is keeping them busy. Yeah, David, And that includes one of those fatalities. First responders say it is easyo underestimate the kind of impact this heat can have on our bodie. Plus, more people are simply seeking relief in places that always pose an element of risk. Monday night on the Clackamas R, it was just like instantly float in the water. You're like, Oh yeah, this is nice. Kayden Lipscomb and his
buddies couldn't resist it after a long
hot day.
I just wanted to come down here because it's going to be hot all week. Like hundreds. Definitely refreshing and relaxing. That's the plan for
most people here. But sometimes plans change. It's tragic. Clackamas County Sheriff's Sergeant Ross Clemsons it was a busy weekend for deput. They responded to multiple heatd water related calls
on Sunday evening. Deputies say a 44 year old man drowned at Riverside Park. They say he jumped
off a cement water intake in the middle of the rivr and didn't come up A Clackamas e Water Rescue team recover
the victim. Medics spent more than half an r trying to revive him but couldn. Crews responded to several other water calls to rescue people suffering from heat stroke. And then there was this rescue on land. On Sunday night, search and rescue crews from multiple agencies responded to Ramona Falls near Mount Hood. A hiker there was suffering
from heat stroke. Trail runners reached him just before midnight. Paramedics administered fluids, then brought him to safety acros the Sandy River and more than five miles in a wheeled litter. And we get so caught
up in what we're doing out here trying
to have a fun time. Sometimes we miss those little signs that our body's giving us. It's super hot out here in elbows in ready. The Heat didn't miss West Linn d the football team didn't miss tr first night of practice. They jt brought it inside. We just told our parents communicate, plan A, Plan B and we're doing B, head coach John Eagle says.
Everyone seems
to get it. The Heat index just tells us we can't be outside. That includes athletes like, you know, some coaches. Instead of being all trying to be* like you anyways, you know, there's looking
out for us, making sure we get the best out of what we can do. But we're still getting a lot of great work in, you know, and there's always Tuesday trying to be the heat tomorrow. So we got 6:00 AM practice now. It's all good though, you know, the heat sticking around all
week and with it, a good chance of more
emergency calls. These guys not coming down here alone don't want to be one of t. Don't try to show off. That can lead to some problems. You've heard it before, but first responders say it is so critical to wear life jacket. Kids always, but also adults when you're in the water. They say most of the calls they respond to in these conditions would not have turned into emergencies if those involved hd been wearing life jackets. Davi. Yeah, it's a really good remindr and we cannot say it enough. Catherine, thank you so much. Stay with KGW for continuing
coverage of the extreme heat for
as long as
it lasts. Be sure to download the KGW mobe app for weather alerts and optis to stay cool as we swelter throh these triple digit days of summ. New tonight, an Atlanta grand jury has indicted former Presidt Donald Trump on criminal charge, 98 pages that allege he and eign others conspired to overturn
his loss in the 2020 presidential
election in Georgia. Codefendants here include lawyes Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, former White House Chief of Staf Mark Meadows, NBC's Bree Jackso. With the latest former President Donald Trump, indicted for the 4th time, the document charges him and 18 other defendants in connection to efforts to interfere in Georgia's 2020 election results. As part of the indictment, Trump faces 13 new counts, including racketeering and conspiracy charges. As you examine the indictment, you will see acts that
are identified as overt acts and those that are identified as predicate acts. The Fulton County District Attorney Fonny Willis, arguing that Mister Trump and hs allies broke the law
in their efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 elecn results to accomplish the illegl goal of allowing Donald J Trump to seize the presidential term f office beginning on
January 20th, 21. In a statement, the Trump campaign firing back, blasting the latest
indictment
and the District Attorney as
a rabid partisan, the GOP frontrunner insists
he's innocent. We don't take plea deals because I did nothing wrong. Even before tonight's indictment was confirmed, the former president once again using his legal woes to fundrai, saying we will only
continue to surge in every critical battleground
state. The Georgia indictment comes just over a week before Trump's Republican rivals face off in their first debate in Washingto. Bree Jackson, NBC News Back here in the Northwest, the Klamath Falls man accused of kidnapping a woman, then holding her in
a makeshift cell, pleaded not guilty in court today to two federal charges. Nagasi Zoo Berry faces one kindf kidnapping and one count
of transportation with intent to engage
in sexual activity. Back on July 16th, Zoo Berry allegedly kidnapped
a woman in Seattle and drove her
to Southern Oregon, where he locked her in a cinder block cell in his garage. The survivor was able to escaped police arrested Zoo Berry in Ne. Authorities say he's lived
in 10 different States and has used
multiple aliases. The FBI confirmed today it is sl searching for other
victims New
at 11. The story of a brazen car thief and the senior who says he tried to stop at Alma McCarty talked o the 72 year old this evening abt his ordeal and why the loss of s work truck has hit especially h. For 50 years Jeff Worley's worked in construction, so I've done it most of my entire life. It's all I know to do
and I still
love it. I absolutely love what
I do for a living. And for 23 of those years, this was his work truck, the reliable vehicle towing a trailer of tools to wherever the job would take him. It's just been my livelihood. It's my family has grown
up in that truck. These snapshots show what that truck looks like now, the aftermath of a theft on southwest Hamilton St. in Portland last Thursday, right in front of his eyes. Me, I'm looking, just walking
to my truck, just gradually walking to go home a long day, sweaty. I'm looking at going what? Oh, he's stealing my truck, Worley says. When that
realization hit, he hurried over while the thief hopped in the driver's seat. And I hear the truck start off, and as soon as it started, he burned the tires through the dirt and the gravel, my truck and trailer. Then my first thought was, is I'm absolutely losing my lif. This guy's taking my truck and every tool I own. I stood right in the middle
of the street. He charged right at me, slammed those brakes and hit men the chest of the hood of the tr. Somehow he wasn't injured and got out of the way. As the thief revved the
engine and speed off, he flagged down police in the neighborhood who tried to help. Worley says he thinks that made a big difference. This guy took my truck and trailer ad I really feel like he panicked because he saw these four polic. He wasn't even a mile and a half away from where he stole it. That's where the trailer turned. Then, over the weekend, police found his truck
all the way
in St. John's, burned out and a total . Despite the return of some of hs possessions, Worley says he's sl outraged. There's not enough jue for people to do that. They don. They don't give them
what they deserve. Now. At this point, Worley telle he is not sure what
will happen next. He knows he's got to get a new k in order to keep doing his job. But it's been a tough
couple of years financially in terms of a suspe. We are still working to find out whether officers have arrested the person responsible, David.
