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SCRIPT FOR EYEWITNESS NEWS NEWSCAST
Wednesday, May 14, 2008.from Eyewitness News Online Note: Because breaking news happens fast, you may find typographic errors within news scripts. Odd punctuation, visual cues, anchor and producer notes may also appear with the scripts since these are the actual files that the news anchors present to you on Eyewitness News.
WELCOME
RICH RODRIGUEZ EXPLAINS HIS SIDE OF THE WVU COACHING CONTROVERSY... THAT'S OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT... GOOD EVENING, I'M RICK LORD... AND I'M DEBORAH LINZ... THANKS FOR JOINING US...ON EYEWITNESS NEWS AT ELEVEN. 
Return to Story Index COACH CONTROVERSY
STINGER WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE FORMER COACH'S MOTIVES FOR LEAVING WVU TO BECOME THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT MICHIGAN.
Return to Story IndexRODRIGUEZ DEPOSITION
JAKE, A LOT OF DETAILS COMING OUT ... ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE DAYS JUST BEFORE AND AFTER HE SIGNED WITH MICHIGAN. >> DEB, IN THIS IS A 326 PAGE DEPOSITION ... WE HEAR RODRIGUEZ TALKING ABOUT BROKEN PROMISES ... BUT ONE OF THE MOST STARTLING REVELATIONS ... IS RODRIGUEZ ADMITTING TO CALLING MICHIGAN FOOTBALL RECRUITS WITH HIS W-V-U ISSUED CELL PHONE, WHILE STILL BEING PAID BY WEST VIRGINIA. IN THE 326 PAGE DEPOSITION, RICH RODRIGUEZ ADMITS TO CALLING TWO MICHIGAN FOOTBALL RECRUITS WITH A CELL PHONE PROVIDED BY WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY ... THE DAY HE ANNOUNCED HE WAS LEAVING. HE ALSO AMITS TO TELLING STAR RECRUIT TERRELL PRYOR HE WAS GOING TO MICHIGAN BEFORE HE TOLD HIS TEAM. AS FOR THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RODRIGUEZ AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS ... THE FORMER COACH SPOKE OF A POWER STRUGGLE ... INVOLVING ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ED PASTILONG AND GOVERNOR JOE MANCHIN, AND ALSO NEW UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT MIKE GARRISON AND CHIEF OF STAFF CRAIG WALKER. RODRIGUEZ SAYS HE FELT STUCK IN THE MIDDLE. THE FORMER COACH DETAILS A LATE NIGHT CONVERSATION WITH GARRISON, WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT PROMISES THAT WERE MADE ABOUT IMPROVING THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM, AND RODRIGUEZ SAID ... UP UNTIL THAT TIME IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN POSITIVE. AND THAT NIGHT I ASKED SPECIFICALLY, AND IT WAS NO TO EVERYTHING. THAT CONVERSATION WAS DECEMBER 15TH, 2 DAYS BEFORE RODRIGUEZ WAS INTRODUCED AT MICHIGAN. EYEWITNESS NEWS LEGAL ANALYST RUSTY WEBB ... Rusty Webb/Eyewitness News Legal Analyst - "His attitude according to Rodriguez changed. Now, it's like, no no no no no. Here's the contract you signed. And those are my words, not the deposition's." RODRIGUEZ ALSO WENT ON TO SAY ... GARRISON WAS TALKING DOWN TO HIM ... SAYING RODRIGUEZ DIDN'T KNOW WHAT DEFFERED COMPENSATION IS. WEBB SAYS THE DEPOSITION GIVES CLUES AS TO HOW W-V-U LAWYERS WILL GO AFTER RODRIGUEZ. Rusty Webb/Eyewitness News Legal Analyst - "If he stuck his foot in his mouth at any time, it's when he said, I wouldn't mind getting paid 4 million dollars, but I don't want to have to pay four million dollars." ONE OF THE SNAPPIEST PARTS OF THE DEPOSITION CAME ON PAGE 273 ... WHEN RODRIGUEZ SAID HE FELT LIKE HE WAS BEING HELD HOSTAGE ... W-V-U'S LAWYERS ASKED ... "HELD HOSTAGE IN A 2 MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE?" RODRIGUEZ'S LAWYER OBJECTED. SO NOW WE KNOW HOW EACH SIDE WILL GO AFTER THE OTHER. RODRIGUEZ WILL PAINT W-V-U AS BREAKING THE PROMISES. W-V-U WILL PAINT RODRIGUEZ AS GREEDY. BUT WEBB SAYS THERE'S NO WAY TO TELL HOW IT WILL GO IN COURT, IF RODRIGUEZ WILL HAVE TO PAY THAT 4 MILLION DOLLAR BUYOUT. LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM, JAKE GLANCE. EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story IndexWVU FACULTY SENATE
THE UNIVERSITY ASSEMBLY, WHICH HASN'T BEEN HELD SINCE 1977, VOTED 563 TO 35 TO RECOMMEND GARRISON RESIGN OVER THE HEATHER BRESCH DEGREE SCANDAL. LAST WEEK, THE FACULTY SENATE PASSED A MOTION OF NO CONFIDENCE. SO FAR... GARRISON REFUSES TO STEP DOWN.
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STINGER
Return to Story IndexSCHOOL LEVY
THOSE ARE JUST TWO THINGS THAT WILL BE ADDED TO KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOLS NOW THAT VOTERS PASSED THE EXCESS LEVY. CHRISTINE HABRLE JOINS US FROM THE STUDIO WITH MORE ON WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR CHILDREN. CHRISTINE... > PEOPLE AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL ARE THRILLED THAT VOTERS APPROVED THE LEVY INCREASE. IT'LL MEAN THEY CAN GIVE THE KIDS MORE TOOLS TO LEARN BETTER... NAT:...ballot noise ONE SMART MOVE AT THE POLLS LEADS TO SMARTER TECHNOLOGY AND SHARPER KIDS IN THE FUTURE. AT LEAST THAT'S HOW KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT LEADERS SEE IT. SOT: Supt.: Ron Duerring/Kanawha Co. Schools: "2444 It means so much to the kids and employees." 60 PERCENT OF VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY PASSED THE EXCESS LEVY SENDING A STRONG MESSAGE. SOT:0956 Bill Raglin/Kanawha Co. BOE Member: "People in Kanawha Co have always led the state in providing the best to the students." THE MOST NOTICIABLE WILL INVOLVE CONSTRUCTION ON WEST SIDE BUILDINGS AND IN OTHER SCHOOLS.. AS WELL AS ADVANCES LIKE ADDING SMART BOARDS TO EVERY CLASSROOM IN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 YEARS. MONEY FOR THOSE WOULD HAVE COME OUT OF THE EXISTING TECHNOLOGY BUDGET. NOT ANY MORE. SOT: 2521 Supt. Ron Duerring/Kanawha Co. Schools: "The money from the tech now we'll use to upgrade our computers from archaic windows 95." HERE'S THE BREAKDOWN... RIGHT NOW AN AVERAGE PERSON WITH 115-THOUSAND IN TAXABLE PROPERTY PAYS 281$. THEY'LL PAY 290$ IN THE 2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR. IT'S EXPECTED TO GENERATE 44 point 7 MILLION DOLLARS THAT YEAR AND THEN IT'LL BEGIN DECREASING DROPPING TO ABOUT 248$. NAT: pennies falling AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE EVERYWHERE ARE PINCHING PENNIES AND BUDGETING FOR SOARING HIGHER GAS PRICES... DISTRICT LEADERS KNOW VOTERS COULD'VE SAID NO. YET THEY DIDN'T... THEY PUT THEIR CHILDREN FIRST. SOT: 2537 "they should be proud of themselves." MONEY FROM THE EXCESS LEVY WILL ALSO COVER SUPPLEMENTAL PAY AND BENEFITS FOR STAFF MEMBERS AMONG MANY OTHER THINGS. THE LEVY MAKES UP A QUARTER OF THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET AND HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1937. THE CURRENT ONE WOULD HAVE EXPIRED AT THE END OF JUNE 2009. IN THE STUDIO, CHRISTINE HABRLE EYEWITNESS NEWS...
Return to Story Index11WOMEN VOTE POWER
HILLARY CLINTON CAME AWAY WITH A BIG WIN OVER BARACK OBAMA. OTHER STATE RACES ALSO SAW WOMEN AS THE VICTORS. SOME OF THOSE RACES INCLUDE NATALIE TENNANT WHO IS THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, MARGARET WORKMAN.... A CANDIDATE FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AND ANNE BARTH WHO WILL BATTLE REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO FOR A CONGRESSIONAL SEAT. ALL THE WOMEN SAY IT'S NO SURPRISE WEST VIRGINIANS ARE SUPPORTING THEM.
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Return to Story Index11 KENTUCKY PRI PREV
CLINTON SUPPORTERS RALLIED AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN ASHLAND EARLIER TODAY TO CELEBRATE THE SENATOR'S LATEST WIN. VETERANS WHO ATTENDED SAID SHE IS THE WOMAN FOR THE JOB; BECAUSE SHE OFFERS MORE TO VETS THAN MCCAIN OR OBAMA. MEANWHILE, ACROSS TOWN AT OBAMA HEADQUARTERS, SUPPORTERS REMAIN OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE SENATOR'S CHANCES TO WIN THE STATE. BOTH SIDES ARE READY FOR KENTUCKY'S PRIMARY. "i think kentucky will do the same thing west virginia did" - flash - "i dont think so i think it might a little bit, my neighbor has a hillary sign, we have an obama sign, but i think people will listen hopefully before the election on tuesday." RIGHT NOW, ACCORDING TO NATIONAL POLLS, CLINTON IS LEADING OBAMA IN KENTUCKY BY A TWO-TO-ONE MARGIN IN KENTUCKY.
Return to Story IndexEDWARDS BACKING
that one america that I have talked about is not only possible but it will be achieved under Barack Obama starting in January of 2009. JOHN EDWARDS ANNOUNCED HE'S ENDORSING OBAMA...... THE TIMING OF THE ENDORSEMENT IS CRUCIAL FOR OBAMA, WHO IS HOPING TO CONTINUE TO PICK UP SUPERDELEGATES, EVEN IN THE WAKE OF HIS BIG DEFEAT LAST NIGHT IN WEST VIRGINIA... EDWARDS DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE IN LATE JANUARY...
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER ELIZABETH NOREIKA JOINS US LIVE TO EXPLAIN...ELIZABETH? DEB, TODAY I MET WITH MARGIE SUTPHIN AT THE ST. JUDE DREAM HOME WHOSE EXPERIENCE AS A ST. JUDE PATIENT'S MOTHER TURNED INTO A CAREER. 30:02 "SHE WAS 16" WHEN MARGIE SUTPHIN'S DAUGHTER APRIL HAD TROUBLE BREATHING, MARGIE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST AN EXCUSE TO GET OUT OF SCHOOL.... 30:14 "I TOOK HER TO ER AND THEY COME IN AND IMMEDIATLY AFTER AN XRAY, TOLD ME IT WAS EITHER CANCER OR TUBERCULOSIS" IT WAS CANCER. 36:07 "THE CANCER WAS HODGKINS, IT WAS ALL IN HER NECK AND CHEST" 32:51 "I REMEMBER GOING INTO THE ROOM AND I HAD TO TELL HER IT WAS CANCER, AND SHE STARTED CRYING. I THOUGHT HER QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE AM I GOING TO DIE, INSTEAD, IT WAS AM I GOING TO LOSE MY HAIR" MARGIE HELD BACK HER TEARS UNTIL SHE WAS ALONE. 31:55 "I WENT INTO MY ROOM AND I PICKED UP A SHIRT I JUST COVERED MY MOUTH AND LOST IT, I JUST HIT THE FLOOR" 40:35 "YOU FEEL HELPLESS AS A MOM, YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE IT BETTER AND YOU CAN'T ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S REASEARCH HOSPITAL WAS THE GLIMMER OF HOPE IN SUCH A DARK TIME. 31:05 "WE KNEW IMMEDIATLY WE WANTED TO TAKE HER SOMEWHERE THAT SPECIALIZED IN CHILDREN'S CANCER" ST. JUDE OFFERED THE TREATMENT THEY NEEDED..BUT...CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADATION HAD THEIR TOLL. 41:00 "ONE OF THE HARDEST PARTS WAS LOSING HER HAIR......I GOT UP AND FOLLOWED CLUMPS OF HER HAIR DOWN THE HALL. WE WENT TO HER ROOM AND PULLED IT OUT AND CRIED." APRIL BEAT CANCER....YET THE EMOTIONS STILL RESURFACE. 42:30 "YOU JUST RELIVE IT, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD A GOOD ENDING ITS HARD....I CAN'T HELP HER" 42:02 "ITS HARD TO WATCH THEM SUFFER AND JUST NOT KNOW WHAT THEIR LIFE IS GONNA HOLD. AFTER TREATEMENT SHE FELT SHE NEEDED TO LIVE LIKE SHE WAS GOING TO DIE...BUT SHE WAS WRONG" MARGIE HAS WORKED AT ST. JUDE SINCE LAST OCTOBER. NOW YOU CAN HELP FAMILIES LIKE HERS. HERE'S HOW YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON A DREAM HOME TICKET. LOG ON TO OUR WEBSITE WCHSTV dot COM, AND CLICK ON THE DREAM HOME ICON, OR YOU CALL SAINT JUDE AT 1-800-592-1582... TICKETS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE DURING AN "OPEN HOUSE." WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU CAN TAKE A TOUR. IN THE STUDIO, ELIZABETH NOREIKA, EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Return to Story Index11 GAS PRICES
PRICES REMAIN AROUND 3-95 IN THE KANAWHA VALLEY. WEEKS AGO, STATE-WIDE PRICES HAD ALREADY TOPPED TODAY'S RECORD 3 DOLLAR AND 75 CENT NATIONAL AVERAGE. SOME OIL ANALYSTS FEAR PRICES WILL GO UP EVEN MORE OVER THE SUMMER-- WELL PAST THE USUAL MEMORIAL DAY PEAK. TO FIND THE CHEAPEST GAS AROUND THE AREA JUST LOG ONTO WCHS TV dot COM AND CLICK ON THE GAS PRICES ICON.
Return to Story Index11 COOKING OIL PRICES
VISIT YOUR FAVORITE FAMILY OWNED RESTAURANT AND YOU COULD SEE A CHANGE IN THE PRICES. OVER AT MAIN KWONG IN CHARLESTON... IT'S GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE TO FRY UP THAT KUNG PO CHICKEN OR FRIED RICE. OWNER CARINA KWOK SAYS THE PRICE OF COOKING OIL HAS DOUBLED IN THE PAST YEAR....AND RICE...IT'S ALMOST TRIPLED. IN SOME PLACES THE PRICE OF RICE HAS FORCED STORES LIKE SAM'S CLUB AND COSTCO TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF BAGS CUSTOMERS CAN PURCHASE.
Return to Story IndexGAZETTE HEADLINE
MORE ON W-V-U'S CALL FOR PRESIDENT MIKE GARRISON TO RESIGN... PLUS, SURVIVORS FROM YESTERDAY'S PRIMARY ELECTION TURN THEIR FOCUS TO THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. AND THEY FEEL PRETTY: THE CLASSIC MUSICAL "WEST SIDE STORY" COMES TO CHARLESTON THIS WEEKEND. YOU CAN READ ABOUT THESE STORIES AND MORE IN THURSDAY'S EDITION OF THE CHARLESTON GAZETTE.
Return to Story IndexFULL WEATHER
JIM PITCHES TO WEATHER GRAPHICS Join Jim Barach and the entire Storm Team at the Weather Center Online for the only regional web site that provides live, local updates, 24 hours a day!
Return to Story IndexIWITNESS NEWS
IF IT'S A GOOD PICTURE OF A GOOD STORY... WE'LL USE IT ON THE AIR!
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CALIFORNIA... A MAJOR COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY RING IS BUSTED IN THE L-A SUBURBS... POLICE FOUND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FAKE HUNDREDS AND TWENTIES INSIDE A HOME... THE BOGUS BILLS WERE MADE ON COMPUTERS AND PRINTED ON INKJET PRINTERS... LOCAL AND FEDERAL AGENCIES HAVE BEEN TRACKING THE RING SINCE FEBRUARY... POLICE ARRESTED FIVE PEOPLE INSIDE THE HOUSE... UTAH... IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR A LUCKY GROUP OF KIDS FROM SALT LAKE CITY... NOT SUCH A GREAT DAY FOR FISH... MORE THAN NINE-HUNDRED DISABLED KIDS WERE TAKEN ON A FISHING TRIP PUT TOGETHER BY VOLUNTEERS FROM UTAH'S DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES... ORGANIZERS SAY IT'S WORTH IT.. JUST TO SEE THE SMILE ON THE KIDS' FACES... MICHIGAN... THE DETROIT SYMPHONY'S NEWEST CONDUCTOR DOESN'T EAT, SLEEP OR TALK. .IN FACT IT'S NOT EVEN LIVING!... THIS *ROBOT* -- CALLED ASIMO-- TOOK THE BATON FOR A NIGHT, HELPING THE SYMPHONY PERFORM ITS TUNES... THE CROWD SEEMED TO ENJOY THE SHOW AND THE ROBOTIC MAESTRO... ASIMO GOT A ROUSING ROUND OF APPLAUSE WHEN IT TOOK ITS FINAL BOW... NEW YORK... OL' BLUE EYES MAY SHOW UP IN YOUR MAILBOX SOON... THE U-S POST OFFICE HAS UNVEILED THE NEW FRANK SINATRA STAMP.. THE IMAGE ON THE FORTY-TWO-CENT STAMP FEATURES THE SINGER WITH A BIG SMILE AND WEARING HIS TRADEMARK FEDORA... SINATRA'S FAMILY, INCLUDING FRANK JUNIOR, WAS ON HAND FOR THE CEREMONY... ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY-TWO-MILLION STAMPS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE... BY THE WAY, TODAY IS THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF SINATRA'S DEATH... AND WITH THAT, WE DID IT MY WAY ON THIS USA UPDATE...
Return to Story IndexENLARGED PROSTATE
JUDY FORTIN EXPLAINS IN TONIGHT'S HEALTH MINUTE. --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--WAYNE SAKER IS A BUSY FINANCIAL INVESTOR, SO GETTING A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP IS IMPORTANT. BUT HIS ROUTINE WAS DISRUPTED WHEN HE EXPERIENCED SYMPTOMS OF AN ENLARGED PROSTATE. ONCE YOU EXPERIENCE IT IT'S A VERY SERIOUS CONDITION BECAUSE IF YOU GET UP 4 TO 6 TIMES A NIGHT IT DEFINITELY EFFECTS YOUR NEXT DAY YOU'RE TIRED, YOU'RE DRAWN OUT. THE URGE TO URINATE FREQUENTLY CLEARED UP IN A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER WAYNE TOOK A PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION, BUT HE LEARNED MILLIONS OF MEN SUFFER FROM THE CONDITION.IT'S FAIRLY COMMON FOR MOST MEN OVER 50, IN FACT WE EVEN SEE SOME CASES OF MEN IN THEIR 30S AND 40S HAVE SOME DEGREE OF WHAT WE CALL BPH OR BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA. AGING AND HORMONAL STIMULATION CAUSE THE PROSTATE GLAND TO SWELL, WHICH IN TURN SQUEEZES THE BLADDER AND URETHRA. ON OCCASION THE SYMPTOMS ARE BAD ENOUGH THAT YOU HAVE SIGNIFICANT OBSTRUCTION, YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T VOID AT ALL. BUT CARTER SAYS MEDICATION HELPS MOST PATIENTS, AS DOES WATCHING YOUR WEIGHT, EATING A HEALTHY DIET AND LIMITING FLUID INTAKE AT BED TIME.FOR TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, I'M JUDY FORTIN.-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ENLARGED PROSTATE LOG ON TO WEB MD DOT COM. WEBMD.COM
Return to Story IndexSPORTS TEASE
Return to Story IndexTERRELL MARTIN
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-FANS CHILLING... -ADAM WHITE.... -LUCAS MONTERO
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Return to Story IndexJERRY MILLER
JERRY MILLER IS STEPPING DOWN AS THE BOYS BASKETBALL COACH AT GILBERT HIGH, ENDING A COACHING CAREER THAT SPANS 34 YEARS AT THE MINGO COUNTY SCHOOL. GILBERT REACHED THE CLASS A STATE TOURNAMENT THE PAST THREE SEASONS, LOSING IN THE SEMIFINALS EACH TIME. MILLER WAS THE SCHOOL'S HEAD FOOTBALL COACH FOR 15 YEARS AND SPENT THE PAST 10 SEASONS AS BASKETBALL COACH. MILLER SAYS HE THOUGHT ABOUT HIS DECISION BEFORE THE 2007-08 SEASON BEGAN AND HE'S READY TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH FAMILY.
Return to Story IndexJET PACK MAN
HERE'S SOMETHING YOU DON'T SEE EVERY DAY. YVES "FUSIONMAN" ROSSY ATTEMPTED TO FLY OVER THE ALPS IN A JET PACK STRAPPED TO HIS BACK. HE IS A SWISS PILOT, AVIATION ENTHUSIAST AND INVENTOR OF THE FLYING MACHINE YOU SEE HERE. HIS FLIGHT LASTED 6 MINUTES AND WHILE WORK WITH JET PACKS DATES BACK AS FAR AS WORLD WAR 2, HIS INVENTION IS THE FIRST TO HAVE WINGS. ROSSY FLEW 747'S FOR SWISS AIR AND NOW WORKS AS AN AIRBUS PILOT.
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