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NOW AT ELEVEN -- A DEMONSTRATION
IS UNDERWAY AT THIS HOUR IN
SUPPORT
OF CONVICTED KILLER STEVEN AVERY
IN MANITOWOC.
PLUS --THE MOST FAMOUS DOG IN
SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS
FOUND A PLACE TO LIVE OUT THE
REST OF HER DAYS IN LOVE AND
SAFETY
AFTER SHE SURVIVED UNSPEAKABLE
BRUTALITY.
AND -- WE'LL INTRODUCE YOU TO
HARVARD UNIVERSITY'S
WOMAN OF THE YEAR.
MAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW -- A
PROTEST IS UNDERWAY IN SUPPORT
OF STEVEN AVERY.
IT'S HAPPENING OUTSIDE THE
MANITOWOC COURT HOUSE.
HERE IS A LOOK AT SOME OF THE
PROTESTERS -- OUR SISTER
STATION IN GREEN BAY SAYS ABOUT
50 PEOPLE HAVE SHOWED UP SO
FAR.
AVERY WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING
PHOTOGRAPHER
TERESA HALBACH IN 2007.
THE NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY SERIES
'MAKING A MURDERER' SEEMS
TO CLAIM HE WAS INNOCENT.
SOME BUSINESS OWNERS MEANTIME
HAVE A MESSAGE FOR
TODAY'S OUT-OF-TOWNERS.
" 'YOU DONT KNOW THE COMMUNITY,
YOU DONT
KNOW THE PEOPLE, YOU DONT KNOW
ALL THE DETAILS OF WHAT
HAPPENED. "
THE RALLY WAS ORGANIZED THROUGH
SOCIAL MEDIA REACHING
THOSE AS FAR AWAY AS NEW YORK
AND BOSTON.
BETWEEN ONE AND TWO HUNDRED
PEOPLE WERE EXPECTED TO
ATTEND.
AND TUNE IN TO NBC15 AT NINE
TONIGHT -- THIS WEEK'S DATELINE
IS ALL ABOUT THE AVERY CASE.
I'M AMY CARLSON. COOLER TEMPS
ARE ON
TAP FOR TODAY WITH A HIGH OF 29
UNDER PARTLY SUNNY SKIES. MILD
WEATHER IS
EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND WITH
HIGHS UP TO 40 DEGREES. THERE IS
A GOOD CHANCE
FOR LIGHT RAIN ON SUNDAY.
MONDAY BRINGS PARTLY SUNNY
SKIES, BUT WE ARE
TRACKING A STORM SYSTEM ON
TUESDAY THAT COULD PRODUCE
MODERATE
AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL. STAY TUNED
IF
YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS FOR THE
BEGINNING OF
THE WEEK.
IN CONTINUING COVERAGE... WE'VE
LEARNED MORE ABOUT MISTY, THE
DOG WHO SURVED A BEATING AND
BEING LEFT FOR DEAD IN A HUNTING
AREA.
THE COLUMBIA COUNTY HUMANE
SOCIETY SAYS SHE IS 15 YEARS OLD
AND MAY HAVE CANCER IN A TUMOR
BUT X-RAYS SHOW IT HAS NOT
SPREAD BEYOND THAT TUMOR. SHE IS
TOO OLD TO HAVE IT REMOVED.
THEIR VET SAYS MISTY IS STILL IN
AMAZINGLY GOOD HEALTH FOR HER
AGE.
LATER TODAY MISTY WILL GO TO ONE
OF THEIR FOSTER HOMES
WHERE SHE CAN LIVE OUT THE REST
OF HER LIFE WITH LOVE.
THE FUNERAL FOR THE 5 YEAR OLD
SHOT TO DEATH IN BELOIT WILL BE
HELD TODAY.
MEANTIME ANOTHER SUSPECT IS IN
CUSTODY IN THE DEATH OF
AUSTIN RAMOS JUNIOR.
18-YEAR-OLD HUGO MARTINEZ OF
BELOIT WAS ARRESTED LAST
NIGHT ON HOMICIDE CHARGES. 24
YEAR OLD ISSAC TORRES WAS
ARRESTED IN ILLINOIS AND
EXTRADITED TO ROCK COUNTY
YESTERDAY,
POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR
ERIC SALAZAR-MOTA AND
SERGIO ORTIZ-RAYGOZA.
THEY FOUND THE MAROON CHEVY
BLAZER INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE IS SCHEDULED
MONDAY FOR THE
THREE CHILDREN WHO DIED IN A
SHEBOYGAN FALLS HOUSE FIRE.
THEIR PARENTS, CHRIS AND KRISTI
MAKI, SAY THEY ARE HUMBLED BY
THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
10-YEAR-OLD BEN MARTIN DIED AT
THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY.
11-YEAR-OLD NATALIE MARTIN AND
CATER MAKI BOTH DIED EARLIER
AT THE HOSPITAL.
9-YEAR-OLD JENNA MARTIN ESCAPED
UNHARMED.
A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FOR THE
CHILDREN WILL BE HELD TONIGHT AT
A
PARK IN SHEBOYGAN FALLS.
SNOWMOBILE TRAILS IN DANE COUNTY
ARE CLOSING DOWN
DUE TO DETERIORATING CONDITIONS.
THE NORTH CENTRAL REGION WILL
CLOSED EARLIER THIS MORNING.
THE NORTHWEST REGION WILL
CLOSE STARTING AT SIX TOMORROW
MORNING.
TRAILS WILL REOPEN WHEN THERE IS
ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL AND STEADY BELOW
FREEZING TEMPERATURES.
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION IS
NOW PREDICTING
THREE TO FOUR MILLION PEOPLE
COULD BE INFECTED THIS
YEAR WITH THE ZIKA VIRUS.
THE WORLD'S TOP GLOBAL HEALTH
RESEARCHERS HAVE CALLED AN
EMERGENCY MEETING NEXT WEEK --
TO DECIDE WHETHER TO DECLARE
THIS OUTBREAK A GLOBAL
EMERGENCY.
NBC'S TOM COSTELLO REPORTS.
WORLD HEALTH EXPERTS CALL IT A
RAPIDLY
EXPLODING CRISIS, SOUTH OF THE
U.S BORDER.
...AND A TINY MOSQUITO, CARRYING
THE ZIKA VIRUS
IS THOUGHT TO BE RESPONSIBLE.
SO FAR, AN ESTIMATED 42-HUNDRED
BABIES
BORN IN BRAZIL WITH MICROCEPHALY
... ABNORMALLY SMALL HEADS AND
BRAINS.
ON THURSDAY, WE WERE WITH A NEW
MOM IN
BRAZIL AS SHE TOOK HER
2-MONTH-OLD, BORN WITH
MICROCEPHALY, TO THE DOCTOR.
(NEW SOT-WHO NEWS CONFERENCE)
(DR. MARGARET CHAN/WHO
DIRECTOR-GENERAL)
"THE LEVEL OF CONCERN IS HIGH,
AS IS THE LEVEL
OF UNCERTAINTY."
WITH TRAVEL ADVISORIES NOW IN
EFFECT, THE
UNCERTAINTY EXTENDS TO THE U.S,
BUT EXPERTS BELIEVE THE RISK OF
A SIMILAR
LARGE-SCALE OUTBREAK HERE IS
LOW.
LARGELY BECAUSE VERY FEW
AMERICANS LIVE IN
THE KIND OF MOSQUITO BREEDING
GROUNDS WE SEE IN
BRAZIL....SURROUNDED BY
TRASH AND STAGNATE WATER.
(NEW SOT-CDC INTERVIEW
00;05;52)
(DR. ANNE SCHUCHAT/CENTERS FOR
DISEASE CONTROL)
"AND PEOPLE TYPICALLY HAVE AIR
CONDITIONING
AND GOOD SCREENS THAT LIMIT
THEIR EXPOSURE. SO WE DON'T
THINK THERE'S THE DENSE
POPULATION AND THE DENSITY OF
MOSQUITOES AND THAT PEOPLE UM
ARE NOT REALLY LIVING IN THE
OUTDOORS IN IN SUCH A GREAT
EXTENT."
(GRAPHIC/MAP)
SO FAR, THE CDC IS AWARE OF
31-CASES OF
ZIKA INFECTION IN THE U.S.
ANOTHER 19 IN PUERTO RICO AND
ONE IN THE US *** ISLANDS.
ALL OF THE VICTIMS CONTRACTED
THE VIRUS
WHILE TRAVELING ABROAD.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY INVOLVE
PREGNANT
WOMEN.
THIS MORNING, HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
ACROSS
THE COUNTRY ARE UNDER ORDERS TO
REPORT ANY SUSPECTED ZIKA CASES
TO THE CDC.
WHILE WOMEN WHO ARE PREGNANT OR
COULD
BECOME PREGNANT ARE URGED TO
AVOID TRAVELING TO ZIKA HOT
ZONES.
(NEW MINI SOT-PARK - 00:03:48)
(GINA PARK/PREGNANT TRAVELER)
"...IT WAS GOING TO BE OUR LAST
HURRAH
BEFORE UM WE HAD THE BABY IN
JUNE."
GINA PARK AND HER HUSBAND
ALREADY HAD
THEIR TICKETS TO MEXICO NEXT
MONTH.
NOW, THEY'VE CANCELED.
(SOT-PARK 00:03:21:14)
(GINA PARK/PREGNANT TRAVELER)
"WE JUST PROBABLY COULDN'T LIVE
WITH
OURSELVES IF SOMETHING EVER DID
HAPPEN."
THAT WAS TOM COSTELLO REPORTING.
IN THE U-S, THE MOSQUITOS THAT
CAN CARRY ZIKA ARE ONLY COMMON
IN SOME GULF STATES.
EXPERTS SAY THEY'RE NOT CARRYING
IT YET.
A THEATER COMPANY AT HARVARD
UNIVERSITY HAS
NAMED ACTRESS KERRY WASHINGTON
WOMAN OF THE
YEAR.
WASHINGTON PLAYS A CRISIS
MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST ON THE
T-V SHOW 'SCANDAL.'
THE NATION'S OLDEST COLLEGIATE
THEATER COMPANY
SAYS THEY PICKED WASHINGTON
BECAUSE SHE'S THE FIRST BLACK
WOMAN TO HEADLINE DRAMA ON
NETWORK T-V SINCE 19-74.
THE 38 YEAR OLD ..IN ACCEPTING
THE AWARD.. REMINDED STUDENTS
ABOUT
THE POWER A HARVARD EDUCATION.
"I JUST WANTED THEM TO KNOW, AS
THEY WERE
HONORING ME, I'M HONORING THEM,
AND THE POWER THAT THEY LEAVE
HERE WITH."
WASHINGTON ALSO ADDRESSED THE
CONTROVERSY AT THE ACADEMY
AWARDS.
SHE SAYS SHE'S NOT BOYCOTTING
THE CEREMONY,
BUT SHE SAID SHE'S HAPPY THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT DIVERSITY
IN THE OSCARS IS HAPPENING.