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LOCAL 4 STARTS NOW.
>> EXPERTS SAY THIS WEEKEND IS
THE MAKE OR BREAK MOMENT IN
FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19.
WHY WHAT HAPPENS OVER NEXT THREE
DAYS COULD HAVE AN IMPACT FOR
MONTHS TO COME.
>> AND FEDERAL JUDGE TEMPORARILY
BANS DETROIT POLICE FROM USING
FORCE AGAINST PROTESTORS.
WHAT THE GROUP DETROIT WILL
BREATHE HAS PLANNED FOR TODAY
AND A LOOK AT WHAT CITY OF
DETROIT HAS TO SAY.
>> BUT FIRST.
TAKING A LOOK OUTSIDE HERE THIS
MORNING.
CLOUDS OUT THERE FOR US.
AS SUN COMES UP.
WE ARE TRACKING RAIN FOR OUR
LABOR DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND
FORECAST.
GET TO ANDREW IN A MOMENT.
AND FIRST.
GOOD MORNING.
7:00.
I AM GRANT HERMES.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR
LOCAL 4 NEWS TODAY.
GREAT WEEKEND.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE IT.
ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A BIT OF A
COUPLE OF CHANCES OF SHOWERS.
RIGHT ANDREW?
>>Weather: YOU ARE RIGHT.
EVEN THIS MORNING.
BY END OF.
IS IT BY NOON TIME HOUR.
WE COULD SEE FEW RAIN DROPS OUT
THERE.
WITH SIS ON WORD "FEW."
ON STORM TRACKER FOUR NOT MUCH
IN WAY OF HEAVY RAIN AND
SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN OUT THERE.
SOME SLOWLY DISSIPATING AS IT IS
CLOSER.
SOME OF IT MAY ACTUALLY HIT THE
GROUND AS IT IS CLOSER TO
DETROIT AND SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.
FENTON AREA WE HAVE A FEW RAIN
DROPS HITTING.
THIS IS NOT ANY HEAVY RAIN AT
ALL.
ALSO WE ARE LOOKING AT NO
LIGHTNING SHOWING UP ON STORM
RACKER 4.
SO GOOD NEWS.
BUT THESE LIGHT SHOWERS WILL
CRUISE ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF
8-MILE THIS MORNING.
W AND WE KEEP CLOUDS AROUND MID
DAY HOURS AND THIS IS AFTERNOON.
PROVIDING OFF-AND-ON SHOWERS
DURING THE DAY.
AND WITH CLOUD COVER WE KEEP
TEMPERATURES IN 70s.
LOW 70s AT NOON TIME.
72 DEGREES.
AND MIDDLE POSSIBLY UPPER 70sS
WITH ENOUGH SUNSHINE COMING BACK
THIS AFTERNOON.
HIGHS AROUND 75 TO 77.
AND BEAUTIFUL PINK AND BLEW OUT
THERE WITH SOME CLOUDS THAT ARE
ENCROACHING.
53 OVER AT THE AIRPORT.
AND WITH WINDS AT 5 MILES PER
HOUR.
AND WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT
PRETTY DRY CONDITIONS WITH
DEWPOINTS IN 40s.
NOW REMEMBER YOU CAN KEEP TRACK
OF STORM TRACKER 4.
TEMPERATURES IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
MY LATEST FORECAST.
ALL HOLIDAY FORECASTS.
RIGHT THERE.
>> DEVELOPING THIS MORNING.
TODAY MARKS DAY 100 OF PROTESTS
FOR GROUP DETROIT WILL BREATHE.
TAKING TO STREETS.
THEY PLAN TO GATHER TONIGHT.
>> THIS COMES AFTER FEDERAL
JUDGE TEMPORARILY BAN POLICE
FROM USING TEARGAS, BATONS AND
RUBBER BULLETS AND HE SHIELDS
AGAINST PROTESTERS.
ORDER HAS CHOKEHOLDS.
WHICH WERE BAN BY DEPARTMENT.
RESTRAINING ORDER COMES AFTER
GROUP FILED LAWSUIT AGAINST DPD
FOR USE OF FORCE.
LAWSUIT WAS FILED AFTER POLICE
CLASHED WITH PROTESTORS TWO
WEEKS AGO LEADING TO 44 ARRESTS.
RESTRAINING ORDER IS IN EFFECT
FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS.
>> CITY SAID IN A QUOTE.
PARAMETERS LAID OUT IN ORDER ARE
PARAMETERS LAID OUT IN ORDER ARE
CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT DPD
POLICY.
WE ARE DISAPPOINTED ORDER
ENTERED WITHOUT EVIDENTIARY
HEARING BECAUSE WE BELIEVE WHEN
EVIDENCEED IS HEARD POLICE
ACTIONS TO DATE WILL BE DEEMED
JUSTIFIED.
>> TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO
CORONA VIRUS.
THE STAY FRIDAY REPORTS
SIGNIFICANT UPTICK IN NEW CASES.
>> FRIDAY TOTAL OF 982 CASES IS
NEARLY LEES HUNDRED MORE THAN
THURSDAY.
ALSO THE STATE REPORTING SEVEN
NEW DEATHS FROM THE VIRUS.
>> THREAT OF THE VIRUS LOOMS
OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND WITH
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS WARNING
THIS COULD BE A MAKE OR BREAK
MOMENT HEADING INTO THE FALL.
>> GATHERINGS OVER MEMORIAL DAY
AND 4TH OF JULY BOTH LED TO
INCREASE IN CASES.
REPEAT SITUATION COULD BE WORSE
WITH SCHOOLS REOPENING IN FLU
SEASON AROUND THE CORNER.
>> PLEASE, WEAR A MASK.
WHEN I SAY SOCIALLY DISTANCE.
IT MEANS AT ALL TIMES.
CLING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE SEEN FOR A FEW
WEEKS.
CLING WITH NEIGHBORS DOWN THE
STREET.
>> SPEAKING LIVONIA EARLIER THIS
WEEK DR. BIRX SAID NEIGHBORHOOD
EVENTS CLING BACKYARD BARBEQUES
ARE A PRIMARY SPREADOF THE
VIRUS.
>> YOU CANNOT TELL IF A PERSON
HAS COVID.
AND FRANKLY THAT PERSON
THEMSELVES MAYBE SO ASYMPTOMATIC
OR SO MILD OF A CASE THAT THEY
DO NOT KNOW THEY HAVE IT.
>> A WARNING ECHOED BY LOCAL
INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERTS.
>> NOT A TIME TO LET UP.
CASES ARE LESS BUT WE ARE SEEING
THEM.
AND ONLY CASES ARE COMING FROM
LARGE GATHERINGS.
INAND OUTDOORS.
WE KNOW RISK FACTORS.
YOUNG HEALTHY PEOPLE DO NOT
THINK IT IS A PROBLEM ARE SICK
COMING TONG HOSPITALS AND THERE
ARE DEATHS FROM THEM.
>> END OF SUMMER SPIKE MAYBE
HAMPERING EFFORTS TO REOPEN
SCHOOLS AND WITH TWIN EPIDEMIC.
WITH COVID AND FLU AT THE SAME
TIME.
>> WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
COMMUNITY AND COUNTY.
OUR JOB, AS CITIZENS OF THE
COUNTY.
IS TO ASSURE WE GET THE
COMMUNITY SPREAD DOWN.
SO THAT CHILDREN DO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO SCHOOL.
GOING INTO THE FALL WE KNOW WHAT
TO DO.
IT IS OUR BEHAVIOR THAT STARTS
CASES AND CAN STOP OCCASIONS.
>> DR. BIRX CAUTIONED EVERYONE
IF YOU ARE SOCIALIZING WITHOUT A
MASK OR TAKING OTHER RISKS DO
NOT GO VISIT YOUR MORE
VULNERABLE FAMILY MEMBERS.
OR FRIENDS IF YOU HAVE TO SEE
THEM STAY FAR APART AND WEAR A
MASK.
>> 61 OAKLAND HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS TRYING TO FILL A MAJOR
GAP IN ACADEMIC SCHEDULE.
OAKLAND SCHOOLS CANCELED A TRADE
PROGRAM AT NORTHWEST TECHNICAL
CAMPUS.
TELLING STUDENTS THEY LOST THE
TEACHER.
JASON COLTHORP HAS A LOOK AT
WHAT HAPPENED.
>> SPENT THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO
FOR SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> DARN NEAR CRIED.
THIS CLASS MEANT A LOT.
>> I DID CRY.
>> THIS CLASS MEANT A LOT TO A
LOT OF PEOPLE.
>> THE OAKLAND SCHOOL VISUAL
IMAGING PROGRAM DATES BACK TO
1972.
>> MORE THAN GRAPHIC DESIGN BUT
TRADITIONAL ART ASPECTS OF T
LIKE PAINTING.
DRAWING.
PHOTO SHOP WORK.
LOGO MAKING.
>> ACANCELING IT FOR SCHOOL YEAR
IS TAKING A TOLL BECAUSE IT IS
SO IMPORTANT FOR THESE STUDENTS
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL
CAREERS.
>> MY CAREER ALONE, CLARKSTON,
THAT IS 30 KIDS WITHOUT THREE
HOURS OF THEIR CLASSES.
THAT COUNSELORS HAVE TO REMAKE.
>> WE ARE LOSING COLLEGE RECRUIT
RECRUITMENT AND MONEY,
PORTFOLIOS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO
GET INTO JOB WORLD JUROR PLANS
ARE ALL OUT THE WINDOW.
>> STUDENTS GOT A LETTER FROM
DEAN STATING WE LOST OUR
INSTRUCTOR AND CAN WE CANNOT
FINDS QUALIFIED REPLACEMENT.
STUDENTS SAY TEACHER DID NOT
WANT TO TEACH ONLINE CLASS AT
SCHOOL.
TO PROTECT HER CHILD THAT HAS
UNDERLYING HEALTH ISSUES.
UNDERLYING HEALTH ISSUES.
DISTRICT SAID.
NO THESE KIDS SAY IT WAS EASILY
DOABLE.
>> SHE IS WILLING TO DO IT.
THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND A
TEACHER TO DO IT.
EVEN THOUGH SHE IS MORE THAN
WILLING.
WE GOT SO LUCKY TO BE GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY.
TO SEE IT STRIPPED AWAY FOR
THESE REASONS.
IS VERY UNFORTUNATE.
>> JACE JACQUESLOCAL 4.
>> AND SEVERAL E-MAILS AND CALLS
TO OAKLAND SCHOOL STAFFERS AND
DEAN WENT UNANSWERED FRIDAY
NIGHT.
STUDENTS HOPE SPEAKING OUT WILL
SHOW THE DISTRICT HOW MUCH THIS
MEANS TO THEM AND THEY THAT THEY
MIGHT REVERSE COURSE.
>> WELL TWO-YEAR-OLD BOY IS DEAD
AFTER A TERRIBLE WRECK ON 8-MILE
NEAR CHERRY LAWN.
AS MARA MACDONALD REPORTS.
TWO OTHER CHILDREN AS WELL AS
TWO ADULTS ARE IN THE HOSPITAL
FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES.
>> SURVEILLANCE VIDEO CAPTURES
THE MOMENT RED CHALLENGER PLOWS
INTO WHITE ESCAPE.
HIT SOUHARD ENGINE OF THE FORD
ENDED UP 10 FEET AWAY FROM THE
CAR.
INSIDE OF THE WHITE ESCAPE
63-YEAR-OLD WOMAN.
INSIDE OF THE RED CHALLENGER A
29-YEAR-OLD MAN.
AND THREE CHILDREN.
>> I HAVE SEEN THE GUY IN THE
CAR.
AND THEN HE TRIED TO GET TO HIS
KIDS IN BACKSEAT OF THE CAR.
THREE OF THEM IN THE CAR.
>> THIS MAN ALONG WITH A
NEIGHBOR RUSHED TO HELP THE MAN
IN CHALLENGER.
>> MY NEIGHBOR HELPED ME -- HE
GRABBED TWO OF THE KIDS OUT.
HE GAVE ME ONE.
HE WAS KIND OF LIMP.
>> CHILDREN ARE TWO AND FOUR
YEARS OLD BOYS AND SIX-YEAR-OLD
GIRL.
THAT TWO-YEAR-OLD HAS DIED FROM
INJURIES AND EVERYONE ELSE IS
CURRENTLY IN HOSPITAL WITH
CRITICAL INJURIES.
POLICE SAY THEY ARE STILL
INVESTIGATING.
BUT ADD THAT CHALLENGER WAS
DRIVING FAST.
MARA MACDONALD, LOCAL 4.
>> THERE IS A TRAFFIC LIGHT NEAR
THE CRASH SITE, POLICE ARE
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO HAD
GREEN LIGHT.
WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED AS WE
KNOW MORE.
>> MASSIVE FIRE IN PLYMOUTH IS
UNDER CONTROL AFTER FIREFIGHTERS
SPENT HOURS BATTLING THE FLAMES.
TAKE FOR BROKE OUT ON GENERAL
DRIVE AND JOY ROAD.
SEVERAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS
RESPONDED.
CHEMICALS INSIDE OF THE BUILDING
FORCED FIREFIGHTERS TO STAY
OUTSIDE.
>> SOME EXPLOSION WERE IN THE
BUILDING.
BUT THEY HAVE BEEN CONTAINED
INSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
NOBODY INJURED.
>> THE AIR QUALITY AROUND THE
BUILDING WAS TESTED AND FIRE
DEPARTMENT SAID THAT TEST
RESULTS SHOWED THERE WAS NO
DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY.
>> WELL EVERYONE WILL BE MAKING
PLANS HOPEFULLY SOCIALLY
DISTANCING, OF.
BUT WEATHER SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT
COOPERATE.
>> IT DOES.
BUT MAYBE PLAN TO HAVE AN
UMBRELLA NEARBY.
RIGHT ANDREW?
>>Weather: THATâ€™S RIGHT.
LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS TODAY.
INCLUDING THIS MORNING.
RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS GOOD.
WITH BEAUTIFUL COLOR IN THE SKY.
TEMPERATURES 40s AND 50s.
HOLIDAY WEEKEND FORECAST COMING
UP IN MINUTES.
>> TIGERS HAD A TOUGH DAY IN
MINNESOTA IN THAT DOUBLE HEADER.
