ABC (LOS ANGELES) — The Bachelorette‘s Clare Crawley isn’t looking for just any man; she wants a guy who’ll treat her with a little “Respect” as well.
A new promo for the Bachelorette’s upcoming 16th season, which dropped on Monday, features a Keke Palmer cover of Aretha Franklin’s classic 1967 hit, while Crawley is seen grilling a perspective suitor.
“I’ve been down this road before,” says the 39-year-old hairstylist, who first appeared on Juan Pablo Galavis’ season 18 of The Bachelor.
Declares Crawley, “I want respect.”
Clare, wearing a white one-shouldered dress in the clip, is then seen surrounded by rose petals while kicking off her heels and playfully tossing a rose at the camera.
Entertainment Tonight reported in early August that Crawley — the oldest Bachelorette in the series’ history — managed to find love just weeks into filming and no longer needs to complete her romantic journey. Instead, multiple sources say Tayshia Adams from Season 23 of The Bachelor will be brought on to continue handing out roses to the eligible suitors after Crawley’s departure.
The Bachelorette returns Tuesday, October 13 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
Matthew BerinatoJameson Rodgers is nearing the top ten with his debut single, “Some Girls,” but the Mississippi native’s made several trips to the top of the country charts already.
You see, the former college baseball player co-wrote Chris Lane‘s number one, “I Don’t Know About You,” as well as the title track of Luke Bryan‘s chart-topping Born Here Live Here Die Here album.
Still, it turns out his friendships have more to do with his first hit as an artist than his own writing talent.
“It’s funny because I moved here writing songs and, you know, it’s kind of ironic that my first song is one I didn’t write,” Jameson tells ABC Audio. “But it’s one that three of my best buddies wrote back in the day.”
“And this was like four or five years ago when none of us had anything going on,” he recalls. “You know, you come up with all these other amazing songwriters and become like brothers.”
“Some Girls” was written by HARDY, C.J. Solar, and Jake Mitchell, who’ve individually played a part in smashes like Blake Shelton‘s “God’s Country,” and Morgan Wallen‘s “Up Down.”
“You share demos, and this was just a demo that was shared with our buddies,” Jameson explains. “And I just always thought it was a hit. Like I would always get in my truck and play it, you know, before anybody liked it or anybody knew about it.”
“And somehow it fell through the cracks, and I got to record it,” he adds. “And it’s been fun watching people react to it.”
Right now, Jameson’s busy working on following up his two independent EPs with his full-length major-label debut. This morning, he makes his first national TV appearance on Today with Hoda & Jenna at 10 a.m. on NBC.
(WASHINGTON) — Four sailors jumped from their twin-propeller E-2C Hawkeye aircraft before it crashed in Accomack County, Virginia, Monday afternoon, according to a Navy official.
“The two pilots and two crewmembers bailed out of the aircraft safely,” a statement from Cmdr. Jennifer Cragg of Naval Air Force Atlantic said.
All four had strapped on parachutes when they boarded the plane before flying out of Naval Station Norfolk for a training mission Monday, Cragg told ABC News. When they ran into trouble, they bailed out of the main cabin door and were recovered safe on the ground.
The E-2C, a command-and-control type aircraft with a large, distinctive radar dish atop its fuselage, crashed in the vicinity of Wallops Island at about 3:50 p.m., Cragg said. The plane is capable of carrying out surveillance missions and can be launched from aircraft carriers.
The E-2C that crashed Monday was assigned to Airborne Command & Control Squadron (VAW) 120 Fleet Replacement Squadron, based in Norfolk.
There was no immediate indication of harm to people or structures on the ground, the Navy statement said. The cause of the mishap is under investigation.
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(WASHINGTON) — As the governor of Oregon announced a plan to end violence in Portland following a fatal shooting during clashes between protesters on one hand and radical right activists and supporters of President Donald Trump on the other, a video emerged of a group of police in the city repeatedly punching a protester being held on the ground.
Portland police officials announced that 29 people, ranging in age from 17 to 49, were arrested during protests Sunday night and into Monday morning, saying officers came under attack from more than 150 people blocking traffic and some hurling rocks, eggs and other projectiles at them outside a government building housing the city’s public safety offices and the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office.
After repeated warnings from police over loudspeakers for protesters to clear the area in front of the Penumbra Kelly Building, in northeast Portland, were ignored by many of the protesters, authorities declared the gathering an unlawful assembly at 10:40 p.m. Sunday. They then began arresting people on charges ranging from disorderly conduct to interfering with peace officers and resisting arrest, according to a statement from the Portland Police Bureau.
Police said two of the people arrested were in possession of loaded firearms.
“We all must come together — elected officials, community leaders, all of us — to stop the cycle of violence,” Gov. Kate Brown said in a statement.
The governor announced a multi-pronged plan to end the violence in Portland while protecting peaceful protesters’ freedom of speech. She said she’ll work with the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office to make sure people arrested for violent acts remain jailed and fully prosecuted.
Brown said the plan will also boost the number of Oregon State Police in the city and deploy sheriff’s deputies and police officers from surrounding agencies “to free up the Portland Police Bureau’s investigative capabilities to arrest and charge those engaging in violent acts.” Brown, a Democrat, said the nearly 100 consecutive days of protests in the city have stretched the Portland Police Bureau’s resources thin.
“But this is only the first step. Real change will come from the hard work to achieve racial justice. And it starts with all of us listening to each other, and working together,” said Brown, adding she will also convene a community forum with Black Lives Matter protest organizers and community leaders to “discuss racial justice and police reform in the City of Portland.” Police declared unlawful assembly
Just hours after Brown released details of her plan on Sunday, violence erupted yet again in Portland.
Laura Jedeed, a freelance journalist, told ABC News that shortly after police declared an unlawful assembly outside the Kelly Building on Sunday night, she video-recorded officers pushing and arresting protesters. In the footage shot by Jedeed, police dressed in riot gear and wielding batons are seen chasing protesters also dressed in riot gear down a street.
In one video shared with ABC News, Jedeed recorded at least four officers holding a man face-down on the pavement and one officer appeared to punch him several times. Other officers stood nearby ordering protesters to “get out of the street.”
“The police declared an unlawful assembly because the protest was blocking traffic and protesters threw some eggs onto the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office property,” Jedeed said.
She said that after orders from the police for the crowd to disperse, officers began arresting protesters.
“They kept saying things like, ‘You! Not press! You’re going to jail!’ They were basically grabbing anyone without a press pass,” Jedeed said.
Police officials said in their statement that many of the protesters were wearing “heavy protective gear, including helmets, gas masks, goggles, and external armor.” Officials said some protesters arrested were carrying shields bearing reflective squares used to deflect police flashlight beams back toward officers.
Officials released a series of images showing rocks, knives, the two guns, an expandable baton and homemade “spike strip” devices made from swimming pool foam noodles and nails they allegedly recovered from protesters.
By 1:30 a.m. on Monday, officers had dispersed protesters outside the Kelly Building.
The latest confrontations came on the 94th consecutive day of protest in Portland that erupted in the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis. Man shot dead during demonstration
On Saturday, a man was fatally shot in downtown Portland following fights that broke out between protesters and a group of people describing themselves as Trump supporters who descended on the city in a 600-vehicle caravan, officials said.
Police have released little information about the fatal shooting. Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell has asked citizens not to “draw conclusions about what took place” and to reach out to detectives if they have information that could help police identify and apprehend the individual or individuals responsible for the shooting.
On Monday afternoon, the Multnomah County Medical Examiner’s Office identified 39-year-old Aaron J. Danielson, of Portland, as the man who was shot.
FBI and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are assisting in the Portland shooting investigation and “actively offering support and resources,” according to a tweet by Department of Justice spokesperson Kerri Kupec.
Joey Gibson, a founder of Patriot Prayer, a Washington state-based right-wing group, told ABC News that Danielson was a member of his group and a friend.
During a briefing on Monday, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany mentioned Danielson, saying, “The president believes that people of all ideologies should be able to peacefully protest and not have their lives put at risk like Aaron ‘Jay’ Danielson.”
Justin Dunlap, a videographer who has been recording the protests nightly, captured video of the shooting. He told ABC News that the man who was shot had what Dunlap believes to be bear repellent.
“The guy … who had had the bear mace turned and took three or four steps and then fell. And the other two guys were backing up, like as soon as the shots were fired, they were backing up towards the intersection and they went around the corner. I don’t know what happened to them after that,” Dunlap said.
Gibson told ABC News that Danielson never sprayed the bear spray in the moments before he was killed. Instead, Gibson says a can of spray was hit by a bullet during the shooting, causing a plume of spray to be released.
Police said the shooting happened at 8:46 p.m. and that Portland police officers heard sounds of gunfire and found the victim with a gunshot wound to the chest. The man died at the scene, police said.
“The right-wing group Patriot Prayer and self-proclaimed militia members drove into downtown Portland last night, armed and looking for a fight,” Brown said in her statement. “Every Oregonian has the right to freely express their views without fear of deadly violence.”
Trump, Portland Mayor trade criticisms
President Trump took to Twitter early Sunday to comment on the violence in Portland, calling Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler “incompetent” and “a fool.” While retweeting a video that showed counter-demonstrators in their cars firing paintballs and pepper spray at protesters on a Portland street, the president said that the “big backlash going on in Portland cannot be unexpected.”
“The people of Portland won’t put up with no safety any longer,” Trump tweeted. “Bring in the National Guard!”
Wheeler, a Democrat, responded by calling on Trump to do his part to stop the violence.
“I’m going to do the work that I need to do here in my local community with my local officials to take accountability for what’s happening on our streets, and I’d appreciate that either the president support us,” Wheeler said, “or stay the hell out of the way.”
(WASHINGTON) — This year’s version of the RIMPAC naval exercise off the coast of Hawaii ended with a bang this weekend as the old Navy cargo ship USS Durham was sunk by a missile barrage from various ships participating in the international exercise.
The exercise was scaled back significantly because of the coronavirus pandemic but U.S. Navy officials said it still provided valuable experience in working with other Pacific Rim countries.
Off the waters of Hawaii on Saturday, the USS Durham (LKA-114) served as the target for a Sinking Exercise (SINKEX) that would close out the Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) that is held every two years.
Decommissioned in 1994 after almost 25 years of Navy service, the old Charleston class amphibious cargo ship had been cleaned and readied to meet Environmental Protection Agency standards before it was sunk to its permanent resting place in the Pacific Ocean.
On Saturday, the ship received a barrage of missiles and ordnance fired from ships from the U.S, Australia, Brunei and Canada. The Durham was struck by Harpoon missiles, Exocet missiles, Hellfire missiles and rounds fired by five-inch guns.
The ship finally sank shortly after midnight on Sunday, said Cmdr. John Fage, a spokesman for the Navy’s 3rd Fleet.
The RIMPAC exercise is usually considered to be the world’s largest international naval exercise stretching out over two months with more than 20 countries typically participating.
But because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, the exercise was scaled back to the last two weeks of August.
This year only 10 countries decided to participate in the exercise sending 22 surface ships, one submarine, and about 5,300 personnel.
Some at-sea activities, like the searching of ships, were not allowed and all events ashore were canceled, but Navy officials said the exercise provides valuable experience with partners in the Pacific region.
“It’s really paramount that we maintain those partnerships and alliances so we are ready as a team to face whatever crisis may arise” Capt. Jay Steingold, the director of this year’s RIMPAC exercise, told reporters last week.
Despite the scaling back of the exercise, Steingold said not holding the exercise would have been “a greater disadvantage.”
“RIMPAC, no matter what it looks like, will help us increase our ability to operate together and build that trust,” said Stengold.
ABC (LOS ANGELES) — The Bachelorette‘s Clare Crawley isn’t looking for just any man; she wants a guy who’ll treat her with a little “Respect” as well.
