Deandre Williamson

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FREAKY 5K

NATSD - Freaky Fred (20:58:45;06 - 20:58:52;16)

VO: THAT'S FREAKY FRED AND YOU CAN SEE HIM AT THE FREAKY 5-K AND THE
HAUNTED HILL 10-K RACES. FRED AND 20 OTHER FREAKY ZOMBIES WILL BE
AT THE NORTH PARK ON SPOOKY SATURDAY-OCTOBER 26.

SOT: Patrice Matamoros - "It's going to be a ton of fun because we are doing a lot of
things we haven't done in past years in reference to our Halloween theme. There is
also going to be a trick-or-teat trot in which we are going to include the little kids this
year." (20:56:38;06 -20:56:48;04 & 20:57:40;22 - 20:57:43;28)

VO: THE PITTSBURGH THREE RIVERS MARATHON HAS AN EXCITING EVENT
PLANNED INCLUDING A PETRIFYING PET WALK FOR THE APPROXIMATELY
TWO-THOUSAND PEOPLE EXPECTED TO ATTEND.

SOT: Freaky Fred - "All of the people that are going to be involved with the 10K, the
children's run, the pet run, they are going to look so cute and delicious. But I really think
it's going to be a great time for everybody." (21:00:53;14 -21:01:08;17)

VO: AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN FOR THE TOP RACE FINISHERS - BEST
COSTUMES - CUTEST PET AND BEST PET COSTUME. BUT PARTICIPANTS WILL
ALSO SEE THE NORTH PARK TRANSFORMED INTO A GHOST TOWN FOR THE
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SCAVENGER HUNT.

SOT: Patrice Matamoros - "What we are featuring is pretty much a haunted course so if
you can imagine zombies, which is warlocks and vampires. Then we are going to have
them staged throughout the course in the 5K and the 10K." (21:04:40;07 - 21:04:52;15)

STANDUP- "For fun with family and friends, attend the Freaky 5K and meet Freaky
Fred. Bring the children dressed in costumes to participate in the trick-or-treat for tots.
(Freaky Fred - 'Bring your pets too for the Petrifying Pet Walk') From the Northshore, I'm
Deandre Williamson. KDKA-TV News."






FARNON BOND HEARING

VO: PITTSBURGH POLICE OFFICER KENNETH FARNAN WAS GRANTED BAIL
THIS MORNING AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL HOMICIDE IN DEATH
OF SHAWN EVANS.

SOT: Bill Difenderfer -"The facts of this case in my opinion, is clearly, it doesn't rise to a
first degree specific murder case, malice all that type of thing is not here in this type of
case."
(14:04:58;29 - 14:05:14;15)

VO: ACCORDING TO POLICE - FARNAN AND EVANS GOT INTO AN
ALTERCATION AT THE CONDRIN'S TAVERN ON TORLEY STREET. POLICE SAID
THAT FARNAN WAS DRINKING WHEN THE ALTERCATION BEGAN AND HE FIRED
SEVERAL SHOTS AT THE VICTIM. EVANS WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE
SCENE.

VO: FARNAN'S DEFENSE ATTORNEY BILL DIFENDERFER SAY'S FARNAN'S
RECENT HEALTH ISSUES WILL BE FACTORS FOR HIS DEFENSE.

SOT: Bill Difenderfer - "He went through a windshield of a car while on duty. A car ran a
stop sign and collided. He was the passenger where the impact was, so he had severe
injury, in terms of that. That is why he is still on disability and never going to be 100
percent until he retire. That will have a factor." (14:07:00;06 - 14:07:17;08)

VO: JUDGE JEFFERY MANNING GRANTED BAIL AT $50,000 AND RESTRICTED
FARNAN FROM HAVING CONTACT WITH WITNESSES.

STAND UP: FARNAN IS SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED ON ELECTRIC-HOME-
MONITORING AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT HE UNDERGO A DRUG AND
ALCOHOL EVALUATION. REPORTING FROM THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY
COURTHOUSE - I'M DEANDRE WILLIAMSON - KDKA TV NEWS.







HEALTHCARE ENROLLMENT

VO: OPEN ENROLLMENT UNDER THE NEW AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE ACT
STARTS TODAY AND IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE INSURANCE FOR EVERYONE.

SOT: Beth Heeb - "Individuals would be able to use the marketplace to shop for health
insurance coverage that meets their needs and budget. For many, this would be first
time they had ever had this opportunity and it is long overdue." (00:05:32;00)

VO: THE PLAN IS DESIGNED TO REMOVE THE BURDENS ASSOCIAED WITH NOT
BEING ABLE TO SEE THE DOCTOR AND BEING DENIED HEALTH INSURANCE
BECAUSE OF PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS.

SOT: Faith Harfield - "I work for a non-profit organization and they have healthcare and
it's unaffordable to me." (00:07:04;00 - 00:07:23;08)

SOT: Julie Goodenough - "I'm self-employed and nobody else would give me an
insurance policy and I can get it now. I won't be scared of losing my home or my
savings or my business." (00:11:46;29 - 00:12:01;26)

VO: THE AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE ACT RECEIVED MUCH CRITICISM SINCE
ITS INTRODUCTION. MANY REPUBLICANS ARE AGAINST IT - WHICH LED TO A
GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN THAT BEGAN YESTERDAY.

SOT: Faith Harfield - "I think Republicans, you are dead wrong if you want to stop health
insurance from people like myself and Ms. Goodenough. I think that is ridiculous to
even work and be uninsured is ridiculous to me" (00:18:48;14 - 00:19:11;08)

VO: 100 THOUSAND RESIDENTS IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY ARE NOW ABLE TO
ACCESS QUALITY - AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE. STARTING TODAY
UNTIL MARCH 20-14.

SOT: Erin Ninehouser - "There is going to be a lot of local help available for people to
get hands on help and sit down with someone to understand their choices and get help
signing up." (00:08:45;27 - 00:08:58;09)

STANDUP - "If you don't have health insurance, you can take advantage of the
Affordable Healthcare Act by enrolling at healthcare.gov. Reporting from Uptown, I'm
Deandre Williamson. KDKA-TV News.







JOHN MIER HEALTHCARE

SOT: President Obama - "I talked to Mier, who is a consulting engineer; his wife works
for his business. The couple do not qualify for subsidies. He's in his 60s. She's in her
late 50s. He has a pre-existing condition, and she has diabetes. One insurer turned
down his wife. I asked him whether he thought his claims experience, because of the
family's medical history, explained the couple's high premiums. Mier answered,
"Probably, no doubt."

VO: MEET JOHN MIER THE MAN PRESIDENT OBAMA IS REFERRING TO. MIER
WROTE A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT ABOUT THE AFFORABLE HEALTH CARE
ACT AND THE PRESIDENT USED THE LETTER IN HIS SPEECH ON MONDAY.

SOT: John Mier - "Well, I was glad that he could use it. I didn't think that he could use it
the way he did. I thought he was going to say, well there is a person in the East that I
know about, you know." (00:29:22;22 -00:29:31;00)

VO: FOR MIER - SIGNING UP ONLINE FOR THE AFFORDABLE HEALTH
INSURANCE WAS CHALLENGING BUT HE GOT THROUGH IT. HE EVEN TOLD THE
PRESIDENT IN THE LETTER THAT THE WEBSITE "STANKED".

SOT: John Mier - "Tried to go online and the first three days I was successful in driving
myself crazy. I never got beyond that screen where they shown on TV, where it says
we have far too many people trying to get online. Just wait, hold, keep your patience.
And then on the fourth day, you try different times, different techniques, type fast, type
slow and then I manage to get in and set up an account." (00:33:17;07 - 00:33:43;06)

VO: THE MIER FAMILY IS ALREADY SEEING THE BENEFITS OF THE
AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE ACT. THEIR SAVING APPROXIMATELY NINE
HUNDRED DOLLARS PER MONTH ON INSURANCE AND AND ABOUT FIFTEEN
THOUSAND ANNUALLY.

SOT: John Mier - "Yearly savings, I'm calculating this will come in at what we had had
would of cost this year $26,720. With the new policy we're looking at $12,517. So, it's
less than half." (00:36:28;13 - 00:36:46;12)

VO: MIER SAID THAT OVERALL HE IS HAPPY WITH OBAMACARE AND HE IS NOW
ON AN INSURANCE PLAN WITH HIGHMARK.

SOT: "We had been insured with Highmark before and the only reason we dropped
them was because their prices...because we are a small two person group. They had to
keep raising the rates basically to cover their loses." (00:35:39;20 - 00:35:51;20)

VO: MIER'S COVERAGE THROUGH HIGHMARK BEGINS ON JANUARY FIRST. I'M
DEANDRE WILLIAMSON - KDKA-TV NEWS.

PENS TURKEY

SOT: Erica Jones (Resident) - "I love it. I think that it is so great what they are giving to
the community right now. I know the kids, they're gonna be so excited to see um."
(00:41:03;22 - 00:41:10;07)

JUST IN TIME FOR THANKSGIVING - THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS GAVE AWAY
100 TURKEYS TO RESIDENTS OF THE HILL DISTRICT TODAY.

SOT: Resident - "They have did this before and it was great and it continues to be a
great thing they are doing for our community. And I thank them very much" (00:29:31;05
- 00:29:39;20)

VO: THE PENGUINS ALONG WITH THE GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY
FOOD BANK FOR SEVEN YEARS - HAVE GIVEN TURKEYS TO HILL DISTRICT
RESIDENTS.

SOT: Cindy - "The Penguins from ownership on down believes that you give back to the
community and especially around the holiday season when every week we've got
something different planned. (00:42:15;15 - 00:42:25;03)

VO: THE TURKEY IS ONLY A PART OF THE THANKSGIVING MEAL. RESIDENTS
ALSO RECEIVED CARROTS - ONIONS - POTATOES - APPLES AND STUFFING
MIX.

SOT: Penguins Player 1 - "It's the least we could do really. The community does so
much for us and coming to support us. So coming out to do something like this is
actually the least we could do and I'm happy to do something like this." (00:39:23;12 -
00:39:29;11)

VO: INCLUDING THIS YEAR THE PENGUINS HAVE GIVEN AWAY A TOTAL OF 700
TURKEYS.

SOT: Penguins Player 2 - "For us just to be able to give back and be here and help
those that are in need especially around close to the holidays to get some food on the
table for them is important. And something for us to get out in the community and do."
(00:34:28;08 - 00:34:40;02)

STAND-UP - Deandre Williamson - "One hundred families will have a Happy
Thanksgiving, thanks to the Penguins and the Food Bank. Deandre Williamson -
KDKA-TV News."




HENDERSON FEDERAL CASE

VO: SINCE HIS ARREST IN JUNE - THE CHARGES AGAINST SCHOOL TEACHER
DENNIS HENDERSON WERE UNOFFICALLY WITHDRAWN AND HE HAS FILED A
FEDERAL LAWSUIT.

SOT: Sara Rose - "What happened to Mr. Henderson is a symbol of what we see as a
deeper problem of racial profiling and police harassment. Simply being a black man
and in a black neighborhood does not give police a probable cause to stop you."
(00:01:22;12 - 00:01:38;24)

VO: HENDERSON WAS ARRESTED IN JUNE FOR CRITICIZING THE SPEED OF A
WHITE POLICE OFFICER. THE ARREST WAS MADE IN HOMEWOOD SHORTLY
AFTER HENDERSON LEFT A MEETING CONCERNING THE IMPROVEMENT OF
POLICE RELATIONS.

SOT: Henderson - "He once again told me that if I don't sit down, he would put me
down. No sooner when he said that he did sweep me from behind and slammed me on
my back." (00:07:43;11 - 00:07:52;10)

VO: THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT A
FEDERAL LAWSUIT WAS FILED AGAINST PITTSBURGH POLICE OFFICER
JOHNATHAN GROMEK FOR A RACIALLY MOTIVATED FALSE ARREST.

SOT: Glen Downey - "We want this story to be out there to the public so that the police
and the community of Pittsburgh begin to come together and begin to understand how
they can work together." (00:02:45;02 - 00:02:52;29) .

VO: HENDERSON SAYS THE ARREST VIOLATED SEVERAL OF HIS
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND HE BECAME UNCOMFOTABLE AFTER HE WAS
DENIED HIS RIGHT TO RECORD THE ENCOUNTER.

SOT: Henderson - "I'm filing this case because Officer Gromek used his patrol car to
intimidate and endanger me for no apparent reason other than being black in
Homewood." (00:14:00;03 - 00:14:08;11)

STAND-UP: Deandre Williamson - "Henderson will be seeking monetary damages and
he hopes this lawsuit will open a candid dialogue about racial profiling. Deandre
Williamson, KDKA-TV News."








STUDENT BEATEN

NATSD: Video of beating

VO: THIS VIDEO SHOWS 13-YEAR-OLD SHAMIYAH SCOTT BEING BEATEN BY
ONE STUDENT - BUT SHE SAYS THAT SHE WAS BEATEN BY 20 OTHER
STUDENTS FOR NO REASON.

SOT: Shamiyah Scott - "The hits was hard. They really hurt." (00:00:46;04 -)

VO: SHAMIYAH IS AN EIGHTH GRADE STUDENT AT WOODLAND HILLS
ACADEMY AND THE INCIDENT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AFTER SHE EXITED THE
SCHOOL BUS - RIGHT HERE ON MAIN AND MAPLE STREETS.

SOT: Shamiyah Scott - "My face on the side is fractured up here and I have really bad
head pains." (00:02:10;03 - 00:02:15;14)

VO: SHAMIYAH ALSO SUFFERS FROM A SWOLLEN EYE WITH BROKEN BLOOD
VESSELS. HER MOTHER SAYS THAT HER DAUGHTER'S ATTACK WAS
PLANNNED AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED.

SOT: Shamiyah's Mother: "If these kids had been on the right school buses they
wouldn't have ended up in East Pittsburgh to do what they did to her." (00:05:46;12 -
00:05:57;15)

VO: THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE WOODLAND HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS
THE VIDEO WILL BE REVIEWED TO IDENTIFY THE STUDENTS INVOLVED AND
DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS WILL BE GIVEN.

SOT: District Superintendent - "There were some there who were just onlookers and
there were others there who were, if they were not participants they were at least I
would call facilitators and in our code of conduct that's an infraction as well."
(00:17:09;07 - 00:17:21;13)

VO: ALAN JOHNSON SAYS THE MATTER WILL BE INVESTIGATED TO
DETERMINE WHETHER THE CROSSING GUARD AND THE BUS DRIVER WERE AT
THE SCENE AND FAILED TO INTERVENE.

SOT: District Superintendent: "There is an assumption that any adult who is associated
with school children in any capacity will step in and take steps necessary to prevent
injury if possible and do whatever they can. (00:19:46;10 - 00:19:59;07)

STAND-UP: Deandre Williamson - "Shamiyah's mother said that her daughter was
bullied for a very long time and she won't be returning to the classroom. Instead, she
will be attending cyber-school. Deandre Williamson, KDKA-TV News."
IRONMAN TRIATHLON
NATSD: Kurtz on bike

VO: HIS TRAINING WAS INTENSE AND THE RACE INTENSIVE - BUT WAYNE
KURTZ IS NOW A FINALIST IN THE WORLD'S LONGEST IRONMAN TRIATHLON.

SOT: Wayne Kurtz - "I think it took me 453 hours to finish it. It was submitted to the
Guinness World Book of Records, I think yesterday." (00:11:06;01 - 00:11:21;18)

VO: EVERY DAY - FOR 30 DAYS KURTZ SWAM TWO-POINT-FOUR MILES - BIKED
ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE MILES - AND RAN A MARATHON. HOW WAS HE
ABLE TO DO THIS?

SOT: Wayne Kurtz - "It was about 30 percent physical and 70 percent mental."
(00:02:12;22 - 00:02:32;13)

VO: THE RACE WAS HELD IN LAKE GARDA, ITALY AND A TOTAL OF 20 MEN AND
ONE WOMAN BEGAN THE RACE. BY DAY FIVE THERE WERE ONLY EIGHT
PARTICIPANTS LEFT.

SOT: Wayne Kurtz - "You were just hoping every morning that everyone would not
show up or made it after all of the drop outs in the beginning." (00:04:05;26 -
00:04:18;02)

VO: THE RACE TOOK A TOLL ON KURTZ'S BODY - CAUSING HIM TO LOSE
ABOUT 20 POUNDS. HERE IN HIS BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS - HIS FEATURES
ARE TRANSFORMED.

SOT: Wayne Kurtz - "I had shin injuries. I had an injury behind my right knee from one
of the crashes." (00:05:30;24 - 00:05:46;04)

VO: DOCTOR TANYA HAGEN SAID THAT A 30 DAY TRIATHLON IS PRETTY
INTENSE ON THE BODY AND THE POTENTIAL FOR INJURY IS SIGNIFICANT.

SOT: Tanya Hagan - "Every time you train, every time you're running a marathon or
doing a triathlon, something like this, there's micro trauma to the bones, to the
ligaments." (00:28:39;25 - 00:28:59;14)

VO: WHEN ASKED IF HE WOULD PARICIPATE IN AN IRONMAN AGAIN, KURT
SAID...

SOT: Wayne Kurtz - "Probably not. There is always another challenge out there."
(00:08:09;19 - 00:08:18;22)

STAND-UP: Deandre Williamson - "After he endured his 30 day adventure, Wayne is an
ironman indeed. For his next adventure, he'll be writing a book called, Stronger than
Iron: You can never yield. Deandre Williamson, KDKA-TV News."