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Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Trump boasts of bigger ‘button’ than North Korea
WASHINGTON (AP) — President
Donald Trump boasted Tuesday that he
has a bigger and more powerful “nuclear
button” than North Korean leader Kim
Jong Un.
The president’s Tuesday evening
tweet came in response to Kim’s New
Year’s address, in which he repeated
fiery nuclear threats against the United
States. He said he has a “nuclear button”
on his office desk and warned that “the
whole territory of the U.S. is within the
range of our nuclear strike.”
Trump mocked that assertion,
writing, “Will someone from his
depleted and food starved regime please
inform him that I too have a Nuclear
Button, but it is a much bigger & more
powerful one than his, and my Button
works!”
Earlier Tuesday, Trump sounded
open to the possibility of an inter-Korean
dialogue after Kim made a rare overture
toward South Korea in a New Year’s
address. But Trump’s ambassador to
the United Nations insisted talks would
not be meaningful unless the North was
getting rid of its nuclear weapons.
In a morning tweet, Trump said the
U.S.-led campaign of sanctions and
other pressure were beginning to have
a “big impact” on North Korea. He
referred to the recent, dramatic escape
of at least two North Korean soldiers
across the heavily militarized border
into South Korea. He also alluded
to Kim’s comments Monday that he
was willing to send a delegation to the
Winter Olympics, which will be hosted
by South Korea next month.
“Soldiers are dangerously fleeing to
South Korea. Rocket man now wants
to talk to South Korea for first time.
Perhaps that is good news, perhaps
not - we will see!” Trump said, using his
derisive moniker for the young North
Korean leader.
In response to Kim’s overture, South
Korea on Tuesday offered high-level
talks on Jan. 9 at the shared border
village of Panmunjom to discuss
Olympic cooperation and how to
improve overall ties.
North Korea did not immediately
react to the South’s proposal. If there
are talks, they would be the first formal
dialogue between the Koreas since
December 2015. Relations have plunged
BRIEFLY
First African-American woman
named to Oregon Supreme Court
SALEM (AP) — An African-American has been
appointed, for the first time, to the Oregon Supreme
Court.
Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday announced the
appointment of Adrienne C. Nelson, a trial judge in
Multnomah County, to the high court.
In an interview with Portland Monthly magazine,
Nelson said when she moved to Oregon in 1994, people
were honest about the fact that there’s not a lot of
diversity in the state. Nelson said the conversation of race
is so uncomfortable that people decide not to deal with it.
Then she added: “We all have to get comfortable with the
uncomfortable.”
Nelson fills a vacancy created by the retirement of
Justice Jack L. Landau. The appointment is effective
immediately.
KRT via AP Video
In this image made from video released by KRT on Jan. 1, North Korean
leader Kim Jong Un speaks in his annual address in undisclosed location,
North Korea. Kim said the United States should be aware that his coun-
try’s nuclear forces are now a reality, not a threat.
as the North has accelerated its nuclear
and ballistic missile development that
now poses a direct threat to America,
South Korea’s crucial ally.
The U.S. administration, however,
voiced suspicions that Kim was seeking
to drive a wedge between Seoul and
Washington. Pyongyang could view a
closer relationship with Seoul has a way
for reducing its growing international
isolation and relief from sanctions that
are starting to bite the North’s meager
economy.
“We won’t take any of the talks
seriously if they don’t do something
to ban all nuclear weapons in North
Korea,” U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley
told reporters at the United Nations.
“We consider this to be a very reckless
regime. We don’t think we need a
Band-Aid, and we don’t think we need
to smile and take a picture.”
While Trump ratcheted up the tension
Tuesday night, he doesn’t actually have
a physical nuclear button.
The process for launching a nuclear
strike is secret and complex, and
involves the use of a nuclear “football,”
which is carried by a rotating group
of military officers everywhere the
president goes and is equipped with
communication tools and a book with
prepared war plans.
If the president were to order a strike,
Giant Idaho Christmas star snatched
from top of Boise’s tree
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police are investigating after
a giant star at the top of Boise’s official Christmas tree
vanished on New Year’s Day.
Downtown Boise Association Executive Director Lynn
Hightower said the association reported the theft to police
Tuesday morning after a video surfaced. She said the star
will cost $500 to replace.
“Hopefully whoever took it will find it in themselves to
return it,” she said in an email.
KTVB-TV reports that Darrin Walton was staying
in a nearby hotel and shot video at 3 a.m. on Monday
apparently capturing the crime after he noticed movement
on the tree.
Lighted branches on the 30-foot tree are seen swaying
as someone climbs to the tree’s top. Then the white light
of the star goes dark as the person apparently detaches it
and climbs back down the tree with it.
Boise police say the star is about 3 feet across and that
nothing else is missing from the area.
he would identify himself to military
officials at the Pentagon with codes
unique to him. Those codes are recorded
on a card known as the “biscuit” that is
carried by the president at all times. He
would then transmit the launch order to
the Pentagon and Strategic Command.
North Korea has been punished with
unprecedented sanctions at the U.N.
over its weapons programs, and Haley
warned Tuesday of more measures if the
North conducts another missile test.
In Washington, State Department
spokeswoman Heather Nauert did not
express opposition Tuesday to South
Korea holding talks with North Korea,
but voiced deep skepticism about Kim’s
intentions, saying he may be “trying to
drive a wedge of some sort” between
the U.S. and its ally, which hosts 28,000
American forces.
South Korea’s liberal President
Moon Jae-in has supported Trump’s
pressure campaign against North Korea,
but he’s less confrontational than the
U.S. president and favors dialogue to
ease the North’s nuclear threats. Moon
has long said he sees the Olympics as
a chance to improve inter-Korean ties.
White House spokeswoman Sarah
Huckabee Sanders said the U.S. would
continue to put “maximum pressure” on
North Korea to give up its nukes. She
added that South Korea shares that goal.
Bodies of woman and man found
in Southern Oregon home
MEDFORD (AP) — Officers discovered the bodies
of a 50-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man inside
a southern Oregon home Tuesday in what authorities
believe was a murder-suicide.
Medford police Lt. Justin Ivens said officers responded
to the home Tuesday to check on Charmaine Crunk after
she failed to make it to work as a tax preparer.
He said arriving officers looked through a window and
saw one person down.
Officers had to force their way into the home and
found Crunk’s body and the body of Eric Hilsenberg
inside, Ivens said.
He said both appeared to have died from gunshot
wounds. Detectives believe Hilsenberg killed Crunk and
then himself. The official cause and manner of the deaths
will be released after autopsies are completed.
Detectives believe both lived at the residence and that
they had been involved in a 12-year relationship that had
ended in March.
Neighbors identified the pair as an unmarried couple
who lived in the home for several years and had guns.
IMMIGRATION: Closing enforcement ‘loopholes’ also a priority
Nielsen said closing
enforcement
“loopholes”
was also a priority. She
mentioned refusals by some
local police to honor requests
from federal authorities to
detain people in the country
illegally;
special
legal
protections for unaccompa-
nied children who enter the
country illegally and are not
from Mexico or Canada; and
Continued from 1A
“This is not going to get us
the whole wall we need but
it’s a start.”
Trump has met stiff Demo-
cratic opposition to the wall,
a central campaign pledge.
Barriers currently cover 654
miles, or about one-third of the
border, much of it built during
George W. Bush’s presidency.
criteria for passing an initial
screening on asylum claims.
Nielsen said she believed
any permanent protection
for DACA recipients should
be limited to the hundreds
of thousands who qualified
during the three years it was
in effect, not anyone who
would meet the criteria if it
were still in place. Pathway
to citizenship aside, she said
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
FRIDAY
THURSDAY
Rather cloudy
Mostly cloudy with
a bit of ice
31° 24°
34° 27°
SATURDAY
A little ice, then
rain
Clouds and
sunshine
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
44° 33°
42° 34°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
33° 28°
32° 26°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
29°
40°
63° (1913)
27°
26°
-9° (1924)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
0.00"
0.12"
0.00"
0.11"
0.12"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
Yesterday
Normals
Records
LOW
32°
39°
62° (1939)
30°
27°
-7° (1979)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
0.00"
0.08"
0.00"
0.10"
0.08"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Last
New
Jan 8
Jan 16
First
Jan 24
43° 32°
40° 32°
Seattle
50/38
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
34° 31°
7:36 a.m.
4:24 p.m.
6:47 p.m.
8:51 a.m.
Full
Jan 31
Today
SUNDAY
A rain or snow
shower in spots
34° 29°
Spokane
Wenatchee
30/22
31/25
Tacoma
Moses
47/34
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 34/24
34/27
50/40
47/33
37/27
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
48/34
32/27 Lewiston
33/27
Astoria
35/28
51/40
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
45/35
Pendleton 39/28
The Dalles 32/26
31/24
37/30
La Grande
Salem
39/27
47/35
Albany
Corvallis 46/35
44/33
John Day
44/32
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
31/22
44/35
41/27
Caldwell
Burns
30/20
36/18
Astoria
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Burns
Enterprise
Eugene
Heppner
Hermiston
John Day
Klamath Falls
La Grande
Meacham
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Redmond
Salem
Spokane
Ukiah
Vancouver
Walla Walla
Yakima
Hi
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NNE 4-8
UV INDEX TODAY
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REGIONAL FORECAST
Eastern Washington: Mainly cloudy today.
Partly cloudy tonight.
Cascades: Mainly cloudy today.
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3-5, Moderate 6-7, High;
8-10, Very High;
11+, Extreme
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num-
ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.
Northern California: Mostly cloudy today; a
little rain at the coast during the afternoon.
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53/41
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brief shower or two tonight, but dry across
the north.
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today. Mostly cloudy tonight; a bit of ice
near the Cascades.
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— Founded Oct. 16, 1875 —
TODAY
it should include permission
to work.
“It will be interesting to
see where (Congress) can
get comfortable with what
they mean by what is a
permanent fix, but the idea
would be that you move
away from a temporary
status, that they have some
sort of status at that point
that’s not in question.”
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018
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warm front stationary front
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National Summary: Snow and ice will begin from northeastern Florida to eastern North
Carolina today. As more arctic air arrives, lake-effect snow will return to the Midwest. Some
rain is forecast to reach California.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 85° in Palm Springs, Calif.
Low -36° in Malta, Mont.
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Hi
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41
34
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28
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12
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Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tucson
Washington, DC
Wichita
Hi
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35
71
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28
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14
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57
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