>> Announcer: LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT, HOME OF
WDIV AND CLICKONDETROIT.COM,
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS
NOW.
NOW. >>> A SURGE OF I CORONAVIRUS
CASES IN MICHIGAN AND A
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> I THINK EVERYONE
UNDERSTANDS NOW YOU CAN GO
FROM FIVE TO 50 TO 500, TO
5,000 CASES VERY QUICKLY.
WE SEE THIS IN MANY
METROPOLITAN AREAS.
METROPOLITAN AREAS. WE’RE VERY WORRIED
ABOUT EVERY CITY IN THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. >> GOVERNOR WHITMER ISSUING
A STARK WARNING.
>> 132 DEATHS.
WE KNOW THAT NUMBER IS GOING
TO CONTINUE TO GO UP.
DESPITE OUR AGGRESSIVE
EFFORTS, THIS IS TO BE
EXPECTED.
EXPECTED. WE WILL NOT SEE THE BENEFIT
OF THESE AGGRESSIVE EFFORTS
FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
THAT’S WHY IT’S SO
IMPORTANT.
IMPORTANT. EVERYONE CONTINUES TO DO
YOUR PART.
YOUR PART. I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO
PAUSE FOR A MINUTE AND
REMEMBER THAT EACH OF THESE
132 MICHIGANDERS WHO LOST
THEIR LIVES HAD STORIES AND
FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AND
LOVED ONES.
LOVED ONES. PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO THINK
ABOUT THE REAL LOSS AS WE
ARE COMBATTING A PANDEMIC
THAT IS HURTING OUR STATE
AND OUR PEOPLE.
>> NOW AT NOON, WHAT YOU
NEED TO KNOW TO PROTECT
YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY.
WE’LL ALSO TAKE A CLOSER
LOOK AT WHAT IS BEING DONE
TO COMBAT THIS CRISIS.
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
CONTINUES ITS GRIP
ON EVERYONE’S LIFE.
SO HERE’S SOME OF THE
HEADLINES THAT TOP OUR NEWS
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED
200,000 CORONAVIRUS-RELATED
200,000 CORONAVIRUS-RELATED DEATHS ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES. HERE AT HOME THERE ARE MORE
THAN 5400 CONFIRMED CASES IN
THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, WITH
AT LEAST 132 RECORDED
DEATHS.
DEATHS. THE GOVERNOR ADDRESSED THE
WHOLE STATE NOT LONG AGO.
OUR JASON COLTHORP WAS
THERE.
THERE. JASON, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED
RIGHT NOW?
RIGHT NOW? >> Reporter: STEVE, GOOD
AFTERNOON TO YOU.
BOY, IT REALLY IS UNUSUAL TO
GET USED TO SOME OF THESE
NEW NORMS.
NEW NORMS. FIRST OF ALL I APOLOGIZE FOR
THE BELL RINGING IT’S THE
CHURCH WITH A VERY EMPTY
DOWNTOWN LANSING IT JUST
SEEMS TO RING EVEN LOUDER.
BUT BEING IN THIS PRESS
CONFERENCE AS WELL AS WIN OF
ONLY THREE REPORTERS ALLOWED
IN THIS -- AS ONE OF ONLY
THREE REPORTERS ALLOWED IN
THERE.
THERE. WE HEARD SOME THINGS WHAT
ABOUT SCHOOLS?
ABOUT SCHOOLS? WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT
EXTENDED THE NATIONAL
GUIDELINES NOW TO STAYING AT
HOME AND KEEPING OUR SOCIAL
DISTANCING AGGRESSIVE SOCIAL
DISTANCING TO APRIL 30th.
THE GOVERNOR NOT YET READY
TO PUT MICHIGAN INTO THAT
CATEGORY AS OF YET.
AND ALSO, IN REGARDS TO
SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS. I ASKED HER DOES THAT MEAN
WE CAN EXPECT THE SCHOOL
YEAR TO BE ENDING HERE
PRETTY SOON.
PRETTY SOON. >> SHE SAID EXPECT AN ANSWER
ON THAT LATER THIS WEEK.
SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT
THAT.
THAT. BUT WHEN THE DOCTOR ALSO
TALKING ABOUT HOSPITALS
BEING AT CAPACITY.
THE GOVERNOR SAYS WE’RE
GETTING SO MUCH MORE P.P.E.
IN RIGHT NOW BUT WE NEED
MORE.
MORE. ON THAT FRONT SHE HAS SIGNED
SOME EXECUTIVE ORDERS TO
THAT END.
THAT END. TAKE A LISTEN.
>> I SIGNED A NUMBER OF
EXECUTIVE ORDERS IN THE PAST
COUPLE OF DAYS, INCLUDING
ORDERS THAT PUSH ALL APRIL
2020 STATE AND CITY INCOME
TAX FILING DEADLINES TO JULY
OF 2020.
OF 2020. WE’VE ALSO EXPANDED ABSENTEE
VOTING IN THE MAY
5th ELECTION.
5th ELECTION. WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A $2
MILLION WATER RESTART GRANT
PROGRAM TO RESTORE SERVICE
AND ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER
FOR MICHIGANDERS.
FOR MICHIGANDERS. WE ARE PROTECTING VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS IN MICHIGAN’S
COUNTY JAILS AND LOCAL
LOCKUPS AND JUVENILE
DETENTION CENTERS DURING THE
ONGOING COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
AND WE HAVE RELAXED THE
SCOPE OF PRACTICE LAWS.
WE MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER AS
MICHIGANDERS.
MICHIGANDERS. WHETHER YOU’RE MEDICAL
PROFESSIONAL LOOKING TO
VOLUNTEER OR SOMEONE WHO CAN
GIVE BLOOD OR DONATE TO YOUR
LOCAL FOOD BANK, EVERYONE
CAN HELP OUT.
WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. >> Reporter: GOVERNOR
WHITMER TALKING JUST A SHORT
WHILE AGO.
WHILE AGO. THE DOCTOR ALSO REITERATED
QUITE URGENTLY, ACTUALLY,
THAT PEOPLE IN THEIR 20s,
30s, AND 40s ARE GETTING
SICK FROM THIS VIRUS.
ALSO, SHE WANTED TO REMIND
PEOPLE KIDS SHOULD NOT BE
OUTSIDE PLAYING WITH THE
NEIGHBOR KIDS AND FAMILIES
SHOULDN’T BE HAVING EXTENDED
FAMILY GATHERINGS.
FAMILY GATHERINGS. I THINK THAT’S KIND OF IN
RESPONSE TO SOME INSTANCES
WE’VE SEEN WITH PEOPLE NOT
TAKING IT AS SERIOUSLY AS
THEY WOULD LIKE AT THIS
POINT.
POINT. MUCH MORE TO GO AND TO COME
UP WE’LL GET INTO THE ISSUE
AT 5:00.
AT 5:00. FOR NOW LIVE IN DOWNTOWN
LANSING JASON COLTHORP,
LOCAL 4.
LOCAL 4. >> THANK YOU, JASON.
WE KEEP POUNDING THAT
MESSAGE STAY HOME, STAY I
SAFE BECAUSE IT DOES SAVE
LIVES.
LIVES. >> THIS AFTERNOON THE
GOVERNOR AND MIKE DUGGAN
WILL TOUR THE DRIVE-THRU
CORONAVIRUS TESTING SITE AT
THE MICHIGAN STATE
FAIRGROUNDS.
FAIRGROUNDS. THE TESTING IS OPEN TO WAYNE,
OAKLAND AND MACOMB COUNTY
RESIDENTS.
RESIDENTS. BUT YOU CAN’T JUST DRIVE
THERE TO GET A TEST.
IN ORDER TO BE TESTED YOU
NEED TO FIRST CALL YOUR
DOCTOR.
DOCTOR. YOU WILL NEED A PRESCRIPTION
SHOWING THAT YOU DO HAVE
CORONAVIRUS SYMPTOMS.
CORONAVIRUS SYMPTOMS. THEN, CALL THE TESTING SITE.
HERE’S THE PHONE NUMBER
313-230-0505 THEN THERE YOU
CAN SCHEDULE YOU YOUR TEST.
APPOINTMENTS CAN BE MADE
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
>>> NEW YORK CITY
EXPERIENCING THE WORST OF
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IN
THE UNITED STATES.
THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT
BROOK DETAIL UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL IN BROOKLYN, NEW
YORK ABSOLUTELY AT CAPACITY.
PATIENT BED LINE THE
HALLWAYS OF THE EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. THE MORGUE OVERFLOWING.
MEANWHILE THE C.D.C. HAS PUT
A NEW TRAVEL ADVISORY IN
PLACE FOR NEW YORK, NEW
JERSEY AND CONNECTICUT.
GABE GUTIERREZ HAS THIS.
>> Reporter: AS AN EMERGENCY
FIELD HOSPITAL IS BEING
BUILT IN ICONIC CENTRAL PARK,
NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, AND
CONNECTICUT ARE NOW UNDER A
14 DAY TRAVEL ADVISORY.
THE C.D.C. IS URGING PEOPLE
IN THE NATION’S WORST
CORONAVIRUS HOT SPOTS TO
HALT NONESSENTIAL DOMESTIC
TRAVEL AS CASES TOP 70,000
IN THE THREE ESTATES WITH
OVER 1,000 DEATHS.
>> NOT A LOCKDOWN SOMETHING
MUCH MORE CONSISTENT WITH
WHAT WE’VE BEEN ACTUALLY
SAYING AND DOING IN THE CITY
AND STATE ALREADY WHICH IS
TELLING PEOPLE TO STAY HOME
UNLESS THEY HAVE AN
ESSENTIAL REASON TO GO
SOMEWHERE.
SOMEWHERE. >> Reporter: TODAY THE YOU
YOU US, IN BE S COMFORT IS
DUE TO DOCK IN THE HARBOR IT
WILL FLOAT AS A SERVING
1,000 BED HOSPITAL FOR
NONCORONAVIRUS PATIENTS.
NONCORONAVIRUS PATIENTS. >> WE STILL HAVE TO TAKE
CARE OF PATIENTS WHO NEED
EMERGENCY SURGERY.
EMERGENCY SURGERY. WE HAVE TOO TAKE CARE OF
KIDS.
KIDS. >> Reporter: IN THE BRONX
E.R.s ARE PACKED.
>> WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF
YOUNGER PATIENTS THAT ARE
COMING THROUGH THE DOOR THAT
ARE SICKER AS WELL.
THAT IS SURPRISING AND A
LITTLE SCARY.
LITTLE SCARY. >> Reporter: CONSUMERS ARE
ALSO -- CONCERNS ARE ALSO
GROWING ABOUT THE LACK OF
PERSONAL PRO TECTIVE
EQUIPMENT OR P.P.E. FOR
HEALTHCARE WORKERS.
HEALTHCARE WORKERS. >> OUR CO-WORKERS ARE
GETTING SICK.
GETTING SICK. >> Reporter: LAST FIVE DAYS
HAVE BEEN THE BUSIEST EVER
RECORDED BY E.M.S. HERE IN
NEW YORK CITY.
AS FOR THIS FIELD HOSPITAL
IN CENTRAL PARK IT IS SET TO
OPEN TOMORROW.
OPEN TOMORROW. GABE GUTIERREZ, NBC NEWS,
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK. >> THANK YOU, GABE.
>>> ALSO MAKING HEADLINES,
TOKYO’S OLYMPIC ORGANIZERS
AND THE INTERNATIONAL
OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HAVE MADE
THE FINAL DECISION TO
POSTPONE RESCHEDULE THE
SUMMER GAMES FOR JULY 2021.
GOVERNMENT SOURCES SAY
ORGANIZERS ARE LOOKING AT
JULY 23rd, 2021 AS A DATE
FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY.
>>> THIS WEEK ON WALL STREET
IS STARTING TO LOOK ODD THAT
IT’S ON A MORE POSITIVE NOTE
WITH STOCK PRICES ON THE
RISE.
RISE. THERE’S A LIVE LOOK AT THE
TALLY OF THE DOW JONES
INDUSTRIAL AVERAGES WHICH
HAS BEEN ON THE RISE MOST OF
THE MORNING.
THE MORNING. THIS FOLLOWED MODEST GAINS
IN THE MARKETS IN EUROPE.
WALL STREET OPENED WITH
MODEST GAINS TODAY.
DROPPED SLIGHTLY BEFORE
PICKING UP STEAM AGAIN TO
POST THOSE STRONGER
INCREASES THAT ANALYSTS ARE
SEEING NOW AT THIS NOON
HOUR.
HOUR. MANY OF THOSE FINANCIAL
ANALYSTS BELIEVE PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S CALL FOR EXTENDING
SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES
MAY HAVE A SHORT-TERM IMPACT
BUT IT WILL PREVENT
LONG-TERM DAMAGE TO THE
ECONOMY.
ECONOMY. >>> AS ALWAYS,
CLICKONDETROIT.COM IS PACKED
WITH USEFUL INFORMATION TO
GET US ALL THROUGH THIS
CRISIS.
CRISIS. IT’S ALL AT
CLICKONDETROIT.COM/CORONAVIRUS.
CLICKONDETROIT.COM/CORONAVIRUS. >>> ALL RIGHT LET’S GET OUR
FIRST LOOK AT THE FORECAST
WITH BRANDON.
WITH BRANDON. LET’S TAKE A LIVE PEEK
OUTSIDE IT’S ANOTHER CLOUDY
KIND OF A DAY.
BUT BOY, MOST OF THE SEVERE
YOU STUFF REALLY MISSED US
SO I GUESS WE CAN COUNT SOME
BLESSINGS.
BLESSINGS. BRANDON?
BRANDON? >> ABSOLUTELY, STEVE.
SOME INTENSE STORMS OVER THE
WEEKEND SOUTH OF US.
WE GOT A TON OF RAIN AND
ALMOST THUNDERSTORM-LIKE
ALMOST THUNDERSTORM-LIKE SEVERE WINDS.
SEVERE WINDS. BUT WE HAD 50, 60 MILES PER
HOUR GUSTS, POWER KNOCKED
OUT FOR MANY.
AND AS WE LOOK AT WHAT’S
HAPPENING HERE ON A MONDAY,
YES IT’S CLOUDY.
WE HAVE TEMPERATURES MAINLY
RIGHT WHERE THEY WERE WHEN
WE SAW YOU THIS MORNING IN
THE LOWER 40s FOR MOST.
MOSTLY CLOUDY ALL DAY LONG.
WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE
WEST 10 TO 20 GUSTING 20 TO
30.
30. YOU CAN SEE 42°, 43 DEGREES
OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
AND AS WE LOOK AT THE WIND
GUSTS, NOT SO BAD.
BUT THERE IS A 33 MILES PER
HOUR GUST IN PONTIAC.
ABOUT HALF OF THE WIND
SPEEDS THAT WE SAW
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. SO THAT IS A GOOD THING.
STILL A COOL CLOUDY BREEZY
MIDDLE 40s TODAY.
CAN’T RULE OUT AN ISOLATED
SHOWER.
SHOWER. DON’T HAVE MUCH GOING ON
RIGHT NOW BUT THERE ARE A
COUPLE SHOWERS UP IN THE
THUMB NEAR DECKERVILLE, OVER
SANILAC COUNTY THAT’S REALLY
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT. SO WE’LL TRACK STEVE COMING
UP A COUPLE MORE SHOWERS
LATER TODAY.
LATER TODAY. AND WHEN WE GET BACK INTO
THE SUNSHINE START WARMING
THINGS UP HERE AROUND METRO
DETROIT.
DETROIT. WE’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU,
BRANDON.
BRANDON. >>> AT THE TOP OF THIS
NEWSCAST, WE GAVE YOU SOME
INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED
TO CORRECT.
TO CORRECT. THAT WAS THAT THERE ARE
200,000 DEATHS RECORDED
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THAT IS A PROJECTION OF
WHAT WE COULD SEE IN THIS
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. HOPEFULLY THAT WON’T HAPPEN.
THAT IS NOT THE NUMBER WHERE
WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
>>> STILL TO COME, WORLD
LEADERS ARE BEGGING THE
PUBLIC TO STAY HOME AS THE
NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES
CONTINUES TO RISE.
WE’LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT