steve wright runs the chelan county public utility. he says there are currently 12 large bitcoin miners in the area. but with the recent dramatic rise in the price of bitcoin, many more want to come. >> in the last month we've had another 75 c we've gone from just a few people out there who have been on our door to all of a sudden, people banging on the door p just to lay a mile of cable can cost millions of dollars. he doesn't want to put the local taxpayer at risk. >> we don't want people who come here to make a quick buck off our low cost electricity and leave town and leave us holding the bag and leave the people of this community holding the bag. >> reporter: with all the infrastructu you built for them. >> that's right. >> reporter: so they've started demanding cash up front for major infrastructur cost for miners. even though the power is perhaps the cheapest in the entire country, it's still malachi salcedo's biggest cost. >> we currently spend over $100,000 a month just on electric costs. >> reporter: it's a lot of money. he's

in some states it's 13 cents so steve wright runs the public utility.se of the price of bitcoin in december, he's had 75 more inquiries and here's the thing he's had four people come forward and say they want 100 megawatts of power one megawatt is 1500 homes this company is doing seven and a half megawatts at a time so it is an enormous amount of power and it's a big load on the system steve wright setz what he focuses on when people come to him about wanting this much power is making sure the utility gets paid. >> what we don't want is people who come here to make a quick buck off low-cost electricity and then leave town and leave us holding the bag and leave the people of this community holding the bag. >> reporter: so, it's a public utility owned by the local consumers. that's why they're so concerned, because if they build out infrastructure to help a bitcoin miner to lay distribution and a power source, et cetera, for one mile is between 3 million to 5 million. they've started demanding cash on the barrel, up-front, before they'll do that, because

spoke with him, steve wright, thinking a lot about bitcoin issues, ever since the price surged in degs thcember, they h requested, flooded, for more miners. >> gone from a few people out there, knocking on our door and all of the sudden people banging on the door loudly we don't want people to come here to make a quick buck off of our low cost of electricity and leave town and leave us holding the bag and the people of this community holding the bag. >> reporter: to do a build out of infrastructure for a cryptocurrency miner is very expensive. say you'll lay a mile of cable in order to get to a mine and then from a substation it can cost as much as $3 million. so they don't want to do that unless they know the company is going to stay in business. right? listen to this they've gotten four requests for 100 megawatts of power their current capacity is only 200 megawatts of power so enormous requests that would require enormous investments so that's why they're also wondering -- is this bitcoin thing real or not? because there's a lot of big decisions to be made at the county level coming

five young women were picked up off these streets in ipswich and murdered by the serial killer steve wrightw risks have emerged. we were told about persistent e—mailing, persistent phone calls, people turning up at the door of people's homes, and some of these had gone on for six, seven, eight years. one of the key issues is that sex workers are often very reluctant to report to the police. they feel that either nothing will be done about the issues or they fear that they will have reprisals. charlotte rose is one of the uk's most high—profile sex work activists and an escort. i'm stigmatised, marginalised, penalised, all the time. i've been threatened, i've been blackmailed. i've been evicted twice because of what i do for a living, because of someone else's moral opinion. the fact is that you wake up in the morning, you go to work nine to five, go home and see your family. that's exactly what i do every day. this is just a business for me. in my view, prostitution is a phenomenon in which we're not just dealing with sex, we're dealing with power. and any society that chooses to turn a bli

. >> and i'll kelly wright. steveynn actually now denying those allegations and this story is far from over. will carr is live from our west coast bureau with more details. >> and kelly, "the wall street journal" laid out alarming and detailed allegations against steve wynn and it didn't take long for a wave of political fallout to follow. the journal reporting that he contacted 150 people in its reports, dozens of whom conveyed a pattern of alleged sexual misconduct by wynn that lasted for decades. one of the more damning allegations comes from a manicurist who accuses wynn of forcing her to have sex with him in 2005. wynn later paid the woman 7.5 mld in a settlement. responding to the story, wynn tells fox news in a statement, the idea that i ever assaulted any woman ask preposterous. we find ourselves in a world where people can make allegations regardless of the truth an. he goes on to say the accusations stem from a battle with his ex-wife over a divorce settlement. at the same time the board of directors ap wib

. >> and i'll kelly wright. steveynn actually now denying those allegations and this story is far from over. will carr is live from our west coast bureau with more details. >> and kelly, "the wall street journal" laid out alarming and detailed allegations against steve wynn and it didn't take long for a wave of political fallout to follow. the journal reporting that he

steve bannon reportedly expressing some harsh opinions about the president's son, donald jr., prompting an unprecedented response from the white house. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: together they promised to make america great again. >> i like steve a lot. >> donald trump was the best candidate i think we've had since ronald reagan. >> reporter: as of tonight, their bromance is now bust. >> you thought 2017 was just unpredictable, we're three days into the new year and this is unreal. >> reporter: steve bannon quoted in a new book reportedly using words like treasonous, unpatriotic, to characterize that june 2016 meeting at trump tower with a russian lawyer claiming to have dirt on hillary clinton. tonight the president's lawyers are telling bannon to cease and desist his disparaging comments. >> furious, disgusted would probably certainly fit. >> reporter: the president isn't happy at all. >> going after the president's son in an absolutely outrageous and unprecedented way is probably not the best way to curry favor with anybody. >> reporter: according to the book "fire and fury" by journalist michael wolfff, bannon says they should have called the

steve aveson. that shelter in place is because of a fire. the fire is burning at a scrapyard near south 4-th street and wright avenue in richmond.s charles clifford...charles what are the concerns tonight? well, right now i'm standing along 4th street and this fire is burning behind me in the simms metal management scrap yard. here's a closer lookthe fire was reported around 5 this evening. the flames are burning in a scrap yard just south of interstate 580. the pile is about 20-30 feet high. there are multiple fire crews here trying to get this under control. there's also a huge plume of smoke blowing to the north west. that has prompted a shelter inplace advisory for anyone living in the iron triangle or north richmond areas. residents are asked to stay in their homes and keep the windows shut until further notice. we will be here through out the evening with updates. in richmond,c harles clifford kron 4 news.

. >> allison and steve this is the foot path this happened off wright wood place last wednesday ach around 4:00. i spoke to a lady that lives in the neighborhood this morning. sheriff deputies have been out here a number of times looking to see if anybody else has surveillance video. if they've seen this guy they can show you the images of this young man this was again around 4:00 wlaingt wednesday afternoon here in sterling. and the first images are of this guy actually out for a run it appears and then the second is after he's allegedly attacked this middle school girl from behind he grabbed and she was on her way from school and you could sew is the way the die is dressed blue short black leg ins and what appears to be blackjacket with number on back of. it investigators hoping someone will recognize that jacket that could perhaps lead them to this guy. here now, loudoun country sheriff mike chapman. >> we have is not seen anything recently like this in that particular area. i would say this is isolated incident and we wanted to keep it isolated incidents and that's why we need the comm

steve bannon is crazy? >> coming up on "washington journal," we will talk with , reporter and infrastructure topics. then we will talk with the of american association of state highway and transportation officials, frederick right. -- wright. then rand corporation's debra knopman. be sure to watch "washington journal," and joined the discussion. >> new york governor andrew cuomo spoke about his administration's 2017 accomplishments and criticize the textile that became federal law at the end of 2017. [applause] >> so now the moment you have all been waiting for. the 2018 state of the state address. ladies and

(steve) it's all because of a major fire burning at a scrap yard. the fire is burning near south 4-th street and wrightue in richmond. that's where we find kron-4's charles clifford...charles what's the latest. well, right now i'm standing along 4th street and this fire is burning behind me in the simms metal management scrap yard. here's a closer lookthe fire was reported around 5 this evening. the flames are burning in a scrap yard just south of interstate 580. the pile is about 20-30 feet high. there are multiple fire crews here trying to get this under control. there's also a huge plume of smoke blowing to the north west. that has prompted a shelter inplace advisory for anyone living in the iron triangle or north richmond areas. residents are asked to stay in their homes and keep the windows shut until further notice. we will be here through out the evening with updates. in richmond,c harles clifford kron 4 news. lawrence karnow: we enoyed a lot of sunshine and warmer weather today with some highs in the low 70s. it will be a nice mild evening and more spring like weather is ahead. if you're going

steve aveson. .. and that fire continues to burn with potentially toxic fumes. we find kron-4's charles clifford live near south 4-th street and wrightue. charles - you are upwind of the smoke so what are the concerns for people downwind as the fire continues to burn? so with the shelter in place it is important that folks shut off ther havac systems, close their windows and doors. listen to radio and media and get their information from there. "let us begin tonight by recognizing that the state of our union is strong because our people are strong." (pam) strong."people are because our union is strong the state of our recognizing that tonight by "let us begin there. information from there. information from and get their radio and media doors. listen to windows and close their windows and doors. listen to radio and media and get their information from there.

steve bannon tonight. >> reporter: with advance publicity like this, it's likely to be a best seller. i'm david wright >> but bannon didn't hold back in that book. more insight from abc new political director, rick klein. >> he practically torched the white house. it's almost unprecedented to have a former top aide in early in a presidency come out against a president, his mind-set, his decision making, his family members all wrapped up in this book "fire and fury". donald trump said bannon didn't just lose his job but his mind. it's harder to get much stronger than that. one agent says they could be back on the same page before long, but the bottom line is steve bannon has left donald trump and his presidency some uncomfortable baggage around the investigation. and around the very functioning of the presidency. >> he hasn't tweeted about all of it as of yet. >>> north and south korea have reopened a military to military hotline. officials have tested the line to make sure it was working properly. the conversation went something like this. the south koreans asked the northerners if they had anything s

to be the song that steve bannon is singing these da apologizing for the comments that he made in that bombshell book "fire and fury" about the president. here's abc's david wrightr: fallout over "fire and fury." bannon is trying to justify his use of the words treasonous and unpatriotic to describe that lawyer between campaign officials and that russian lawyer. donald trump jr. is a patriot and a good man, he said in a statement, insisting his commen comments were directed at paul manafort, a seasoned campaign professional with experience and knowledge of how the russians operate. >> the president of the united states is a great man. you know i support him day in and day out. >> reporter: bannon appears to be trying to placate the president who blames him giving author wolff access to the white house. trump takes issue with the fact that they have discussed trump's mental fitness to serve. wolff claims they even talked about the 25th amendment. the president has pushed back hard at any hint he may be unfit to serve, tweeting throughout pie life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being like really smart. >> i went to the best colleges for col

steve bannon is singing these days. he released a statement apologizing for the comments that he made in that bombshell book "fire & fury" about the president. here's abc's david wrightallout over "fire & fury." bannon is trying to justify his use of the words treasonous and unpatriotic to describe that 2016 meeting at trump tower between don jr. and other top campaign officials and a russian lawyer promising dirt on hillary clinton. steve bannon doesn't deny the quote, but claims it's been inaccurately reported. donald trump jr. is both a patriot and a good man, he said in a statement, insisting his comments were directed at the then campaign chair, paul manafort, a seasoned campaign professional with experience and knowledge of how the russians operate. >> the president of the united states is a great man. you know i support him day in and day out. >> reporter: bannon appears to be trying to placate the president who blames him for giving author wolff access to the west wing. >> i guess sloppy steve brought him into the white house quite a bit and it was one of those things. that's why sloppy steve is now looking for a job. >> reporter: trump takes issue with the f