oregon governor kate brown, a democrat, is running for re-election. and this week faced her challengers for their first debate in oregon. the cook political report lists this race as leaning democrat. yu young people aged 12 to 19 asked questions of the candidates. election day is five weeks from today and tonight, you re going to see the first debate between the major party candidates in the race for oregon governor live from roosevelt high school in north portland, this is the doebebater oregon s future. and good evening, everyone. i m jeff. welcome to the debate for oregon s future. and tonight s debate is very unique. all of the questions to our candidates will be coming from young people, high school students from across the great state, who are here to have their voices heard and we will listen tonight. now each of the candidates will have one minute to answer their questions and so all of our students can have their questions answered, we re trying to limit any r
another major sentencing day for former leaders of the proud boys group is now getting under way. the prosecutors today seeking 27 years jail time for at least one of the capitol attackers, and will he spend decades behind bars. and plus a new snapshot of the economy is in, and it is triggering phrase that everybody wants to hear, inflation could be cooling. and we will ask the white house about it later in the hour. and donald trump avoids being on camera in court this time, but he won t be able to avoid it for long, and the judge is sure to make his trial must-see tv. with boris sanchez, and rahel solomon, i m kate bolduan and this is cnn news central. any moment now, the sentencing begins for two members of the far right group the proud boys for their roles in the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. right now, dominic pezzolla is getting ready to learn his fate for his role in smashing the window, and once inside, he lit a cigar and he took this video of himself
but there s still a lot of work happening on and off campus. meanwhile, the person responsible for the contamination remains a mystery. ((karen castro)) for the third day, classes have been canceled at johnson junior high school. but a constant flow of foot traffic is coming through the campus. some parents are picking up items that were confiscated on wednesday, when a mercury contamination was first reported. ((brook woods concerned parent: they took like everything, the backpack with shoes and socks, their lunch pail so we re hoping to get it back.)) ((karen castro)) other families are bringing in personal belongings to be scree ((janet hill concerned parent: the more you read about things that s what made me come up today and just have you know, everything tested and just make sure everything is ok.)) ((karen castro)) since thursday, at least 100 parents have brought items to the school for inspection. according to the epa only a handful had to be further evaluated. meanw
mercury contamination. most deemed safe there was one unsafe that family was poresed move out. red cross is helping them. epa will be going out to clean up that home tomorrow. we did ask if we could go in the school. this is a public building. they said we could go in the school tomorrow when classes resume. we asked withhold be liable for the how much would it cost? all of those questions still not answered tonight. we can verify this school is ready. i walked the gym it is ready. there has been a lot of work to mediate and clear it of the material. bottom line is this was a serious event i want to make sure it is known the district took it seriously. acted proactively and will understand the bulk of mercury was found in the gym. the epa, say the levels in the gym were 10-15 times what is considered safe. but now that the school is cleaned there will be reopening two kid tomorrow and teachers as well. reporting live, outside walter johnson junior high. news three. report
in class nearly one week after a mercury spill shut down walter johnson junior. the biggest question is how did the mercury get in the building and it was a student how, how did the student get it? all of this is still under investigation. we re trying to put puzzle pieces together. reporter: answering questions monday morning after the hazmat scare and the school reopening tomorrow. do you feel comfortable opening the school not knowing where the mercury came? we are comfortable. remediate the building. epa has been here along with a contractor. reporter: the same parents who waited all night to be reunited with their kids are now having their homes checked by the epa. they have checked 80. by and large, most homes are safe. reporter: the priority is getting students back in class. we can verify the school is i walked the gym. the bottom line is this was a serious event. i just want to make sure that it s known that the district took it seriously. we acted proa