METEOROLOGIST KIM ADAMS. SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH PARTS OF METRO DETROIT,
WITH WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS
72MPH. I’LL TRACK THE STORMS IN
MINUTES. ALSO A STUNNING
DISCOVERY, TWO VERY YOUNG
CHILDREN LEFT NEAR SOME
DUMPSTERS.
>> POLICE HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH
MORE ABOUT THEM AND THEY’VE
TAKEN SOMEONE INTO CUSTODY.
FIRST AT FOUR STARTS RIGHT NOW
.
>> LOCAL 4 NEWS STARTS NOW WITH
A 4WARN WEATHER ALERT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU AND
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME.
I’M CHRISTY MCDONALD IN FOR
KAREN DREW. FIRST AT FOUR,
BEWARE, HIGH WINDS AND HAIL
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. GO
AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK. THIS IS
A LIVE LOOK AT ANN ARBOR. NOW,
THIS VIEW DOES NOT SHOW THE ART
FAIR THAT JUST KICKED OFF. BUT
THE CITY HAS JUST CLOSED IT
DOWN THROUGH FIVE THIS
AFTERNOON BECAUSE THE RISK OF
SEVERE WEATHER. AND WE JUST
RECEIVED THIS PHOTO OF QUARTER
SIZED HAIL IN NORTHVILLE. AND
THIS IS FROM OUR METEOROLOGIST
ASHLEY PARISI. AND MEANTIME,
METEOROLOGIST KIM ADAMS HAS
ALREADY BEEN BREAKING INTO
PROGRAMING. ALL RIGHT, KIM,
WHERE DO THINGS STAND RIGHT
NOW?
>> WE HAVE MULTIPLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ANYWHERE.
THAT’S FLASHING YELLOW IS A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING.
THAT MEANS WINDS ARE ABOVE
60MPH. AND ALSO HAIL IS ABOVE
ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. BUT I
WANT TO FOCUS HEAVILY NOW ON
MACOMB COUNTY BECAUSE WE’RE
GETTING SOME REPORTS OF VERY
HIGH WINDS RIGHT AROUND 23. AND
GRATIOT AVENUE ALSO RIGHT ALONG
I 94. SO IF YOU’RE ANYWHERE
FROM RICHMOND DOWN TO NEW
HAVEN, CHESTERFIELD, MOUNT
CLEMENS, MCCOMB, YOU’RE GETTING
VERY, VERY HIGH WINDS. I DON’T
HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT. NO
ROTATION IN, BUT ANY WIND THAT
IS ABOVE 60 TO 70MPH IS GOING
TO DO SOME DAMAGE TO THE TREES.
WE ALSO HAVE REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL ENOUGH TO DO DAMAGE TO
CARS AS WELL. NOW, I WANT TO
FOCUS ON WAYNE COUNTY JUST
MOVING OUT OF PLYMOUTH AND
NORTHVILLE NOW INTO LIVONIA,
MOVING TO THE EAST. THESE
STORMS ARE MOVING. THEY’RE
MOVING AT ABOUT 45MPH. SO THIS
IS NOT GOING TO BE A LONG TERM
EVENT. BUT WHEN THAT STORM IS
OVER YOU, IT’S GOING TO BE
PRETTY INTENSE HERE FOR THE
NEXT HOUR OR SO. DEARBORN
HEIGHTS, THIS THUNDERSTORM IS
JUST ABOUT TO MOVE INTO YOUR
BACKYARD. INKSTER, 407,
HAMTRAMCK, 411, SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN DEARBORN AT
413, RIVERVIEW 416 AND ALLEN
PARK AT 418. SO TO RECAP FOR
YOU HERE, ANYWHERE THAT YOU SEE
FLASHING IN YELLOW IS A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING. THEY
EXPIRE AT DIFFERENT TIMES. THE
ONE FOR WAYNE COUNTY EXPIRES AT
5:00. BUT IT’S THAT ONE CELL
THAT WE ARE WATCHING VERY
CLOSELY IN PARTS OF MACOMB
COUNTY THAT DOES HAVE WIND
GUSTS OVER 70MPH. I’LL CONTINUE
TO THE TRACK THE STORMS AND
HAVE UPDATES AS THEY COME IN.
>> SOUNDS GOOD. WE’LL SEE YOU
IN A FEW, KIM. AND NOW IF YOU
HAVE TO STEP AWAY FROM THE TV
THIS EVENING, REMEMBER TAKE THE
4WARN WEATHER APP WITH YOU. YOU
WILL HAVE INTERACTIVE RADAR
ALERTS RIGHT IN THE PALM OF
YOUR HAND. IT IS FREE. JUST
SEARCH FOR WDIV IN YOUR
FAVORITE APP STORE. IF YOU
STILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD THIS APP
. ALL RIGHT. OUR OTHER TOP
STORY, THE INVESTIGATION INTO
TWO INFANTS LEFT ALONE BY SOME
DUMPSTERS AT LANPHIER HIGH
SCHOOL. WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE
DISCOVERY LAST NIGHT AT 11:00.
BUT BY NOON TODAY, POLICE HAD
IDENTIFIED THE PARENTS OF THOSE
CHILDREN WHO ARE JUST TWO YEARS
OLD AND JUST FOUR WEEKS OLD.
MEGAN WOODS HAS BEEN ON THE
STORY SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING
FOR US. SO MEGAN, WHAT IS THE
LATEST HERE?
>> WELL, CHRISTY, POLICE ARE
STILL SAYING THIS IS AN ONGOING
GOING INVESTIGATION AND THAT
THEY NOW HAVE A 20 YEAR OLD IN
CUSTODY AND CHARGED IN
CONNECTION TO THIS CASE. AND
LIKE YOU MENTIONED, WE NOW KNOW
THE AGES OF THOSE CHILDREN, A
FOUR WEEK OLD AND A TWO YEAR
OLD ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON,
AROUND ONE, AN OFFICIAL DRIVING
SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR STOPPING AT
LANPHIER HIGH SCHOOL IN MADISON
HEIGHTS FOR BATHROOM BREAK,
STUMBLED UPON THE CHILDREN
HIDDEN BEHIND THE WALL NEAR A
BACK ENTRANCE OF THE SCHOOL.
>> WHEN I CAME OVER HERE, I’M
LISTENING. I’M LIKE, IT’S LIKE
A WEIRD NOISE, LIKE TWO CATS
FIGHTING. I’M LIKE, SOMETHING’S
WRONG. AND SO I STARTED MAKING
LOUD NOISES, KIND OF SCARE THEM
OFF AND I THAT’S NOT CATS. I’M
THINKING, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A
BABY. SO AS I WALKED OVER, I
LOOKED OVER HERE AND I DIDN’T
SEE NOTHING. AND SO I WALKED
OVER WHERE I HEARD THE NOISE
FROM OVER IN THE CORNER. AND
THEN AROUND BEHIND THAT WALL IS
WHERE THE TWO INFANTS WERE AT.
HE CALLED 911 AND POLICE AND
FIRE ARRIVED ON SCENE.
>> AND THE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN
WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND
ARE IN STABLE CONDITION. ONE OF
THE CHILDREN, A FOUR WEEK OLD,
WAS IN A CAR SEAT WITH A COVER.
THE OTHER CHILD IS TWO YEARS
OLD. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING
BUT SAY THEY DID IDENTIFY BY
THE PARENTS OF THE CHILDREN. A
20 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY COURT RECORDS SHOW
SHE WAS ARRAIGNED ON TUESDAY
AND IS FACING TWO COUNTS OF
ABANDONMENT AND TWO COUNTS OF
SECOND DEGREE CHILD ABUSE. SHE
IS STILL IN CUSTODY AND IS DUE
BACK IN COURT NEXT WEEK. NOW,
MICHIGAN DOES HAVE THE SAFE
DELIVERY LAWS, BUT THAT IS FOR
CHILDREN BORN WITHIN THREE
DAYS. AND SO WE TAKE A CLOSER
LOOK AT THAT LAW AND THE
NUMBERS THAT THEY’RE SEEING
ACROSS THE STATE COMING UP LIVE
AT FIVE, REPORTING LIVE IN
MADISON HEIGHTS, I’M MEGAN
WOODS, LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, MEGAN.
WE’LL SEE YOU TONIGHT AT 5:00.
AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN SEE
SHE’S IN MADISON HEIGHTS. YOU
SEE THE WEATHER THAT’S
HAPPENING OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW.
ALL RIGHT. MICHIGAN’S ATTORNEY
GENERAL HAS SOME EXTRA TIME NOW
TO CONSOLIDATE STATE CHARGES
AGAINST THE SUSPECT IN THE
KIDNAPING AND DEATH OF LITTLE
WINTER COLE SMITH. YOU’LL
PROBABLY REMEMBER THE FRANTIC
SEARCH FOR THE LITTLE GIRL THAT
INVOLVED LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM
LANSING, DETROIT AND SAINT
CLAIR SHORES. THE SUSPECT, 26
YEAR OLD RASHAD TRICE, MADE A
VIDEO LINK APPEARANCE IN INGHAM
COUNTY COURT TODAY. HE WAIVED
THE 21 DAY TIMELINE FOLLOWING
HIS ARRAIGNMENT EARLIER THIS
MONTH. THAT GIVES THE AG TIME
TO WORK THE CASE. TRICE ALSO
FACES FEDERAL CHARGES THAT
COULD LEAD TO THE DEATH PENALTY
IF CONVICTED. WELL, THERE IS
NEW FALLOUT TODAY FROM A FAKE
ELECTOR INVESTIGATION LEADING
TO CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST 16
MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS. ONE OF
THOSE CHARGED IS STANLEY GROT.
HE IS THE CLERK OF SHELBY
TOWNSHIP. HE IS THE OFFICIAL
THAT’S IN CHARGE OF ELECTIONS,
BUT HE IS NOW ACCUSED OF
SIGNING FALSE CERTIFICATES TO
STEAL THE 2020 ELECTION FROM
JOE BIDEN IN FAVOR OF DONALD
TRUMP. HERE IN MICHIGAN. WELL,
TODAY, THE MICHIGAN SECRETARY
OF STATE’S OFFICE SENT THIS
LETTER TO GROT. IT STRIPS HIM
OF ALL DUTIES CONNECTED TO ANY
ELECTIONS UNTIL THIS MATTER IS
RESOLVED. DEPUTY TOWNSHIP CLERK
CRAIG COWPER WILL TAKE OVER
THOSE DUTIES. GROT DENIES ANY
WRONGDOING AND YOU WILL HEAR
FROM HIM TONIGHT ON LOCAL 4
NEWS AT 6:00. SENATE DEMOCRATS
ARE PUSHING STRONGER ETHICS
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE JUSTICES
ON THE SUPREME COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES. THE ISSUE HAS
BEEN IN THE SPOTLIGHT SINCE
ALLEGATIONS OF LUXURY VACATIONS
AND GIFTS FOR JUSTICE CLARENCE
THOMAS. KIMBERLY GILL JOINS US
WITH THE RESULTS OF A KEY VOTE.
KIM
>> HI, CHRISTY. GOOD AFTERNOON.
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES ARE
APPOINTED FOR LIFE AND REALLY
HAVE VERY LITTLE OVERSIGHT TO
GUIDE THEIR ACTIONS WHILE
SERVING ON THE COUNTRY’S
HIGHEST COURT FOR YEARS, NO ONE
REALLY SEEMED TO QUESTION THEIR
ETHICS, BUT THAT’S BEEN
CHANGING RECENTLY. AS YOU
MENTIONED, CHRISTY, CRITICS
HAVE RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT
LUXURY VACATIONS AND REAL
ESTATE DEALS INVOLVING JUSTICE
THOMAS AND A GOP DONOR. BOTH
MEN DENIED THAT DONOR HAD
BUSINESS BEFORE THE COURT, AND
NEWS REPORTS HAVE ALSO ALLEGED
JUSTICE SAMUEL ALITO HAS TAKEN
A LUXURY VACATION WITH ANOTHER
REPUBLICAN DONOR AND THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTED
JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR,
THROUGH HER STAFF, HAS ADVANCED
SALES OF HER BOOKS DURING
COLLEGE VISITS. THE LEGISLATION
PASSED TODAY WOULD SET NEW
STANDARDS FOR TRANS AGENCY
GIFTS AND POSSIBLE CONFLICTS OF
INTEREST. MOST REPUBLICAN SAY
THEY’RE PROTECTING THE COURT’S
INDEPENDENCE, BUT DEMOCRATS SAY
THE LACK OF ETHICAL STANDARDS
IS SHOCKING. I HAVE FEDERAL
JUDGES IN MY STATE OF ILLINOIS
WHO HAVE TOLD ME PRIVATELY THIS
IS EMBARRASSING, BUT THE FACT
THAT THEY HAVE STANDARDS TO
LIVE BY AND HAVE DONE SO TO
ESTABLISH PUBLIC INTEGRITY, ME
AND THE SUPREME COURT THINKS
THEY’RE EXEMPT OUT.
>> WE’RE GOING TO PROTECT THE
CONSTITUTIONAL SEPARATION OF
POWERS WHEN IT COMES TO THE
SUPREME COURT. WE’RE GOING TO
FIGHT BACK THIS EFFORT. NOW THE
JUDICIARY PASSED THE
LEGISLATION ALONG PARTY LINES.
>> IN ADDITION TO THE NEW
STANDARDS, IT ALSO ESTABLISHES
A PROCESS TO ENFORCE THEM.
REPUBLIC ORGANS HAVE CLAIMED
THE BILL WILL QUOTE, DESTROY
THE COURT. SO WE WILL SEE.
>> I MEAN, EVERY TIME I HEAR
PASSED ALONG PARTY LINES, I
THINK IS THERE REALLY A
POSSIBILITY THAT THIS BILL WILL
MOVE FORWARD?
>> YEAH, THAT’S THAT’S A REALLY
GOOD QUESTION AND PROBABLY NOT.
IT’S VERY UNLIKELY. RIGHT NOW,
THE REPUBLICANS SEEM UNITED IN
THEIR OPPOSITION. NINE
REPUBLICAN SENATORS WOULD HAVE
TO CROSS PARTY LINES TO GET THE
BILL THROUGH THE FULL SENATE.
AND BY THE WAY, CHIEF JUSTICE
JOHN ROBERTS WAS INVITED TO
TESTIFY AT TODAY’S HEARING. AND
HE DECLINED. WE’LL HAVE MUCH
MORE COMING UP. ALL RIGHT.
SOUNDS GOOD. THANKS. THANKS
>> WELL, AT LONG LAST, WE CAN
STOP WORRYING ABOUT THAT
POWERBALL JACKPOT THAT KEPT
GROWING AND TEMPTING US TO
PLAY. ONE TICKET SOLD AT THIS
MINI MART IN LOS ANGELES
MATCHED ALL SIX NUMBERS LAST
NIGHT. IT HAS A FACE VALUE OF
JUST OVER $1 BILLION. I CAN’T
EVEN WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THAT.
BUT OF COURSE, NO ONE GETS ALL
OF THAT MONEY AT ONCE. THE LUMP
SUM CASH OPTION IS $558
MILLION. THAT’S BEFORE TAXES.
THE OWNER OF THE MINI MART GETS
A MILLION BUCKS FOR SELLING
THAT WINNING TICKET. WE ARE ALL
WAITING TO SEE WHO STEPS UP TO