STARTS NOW. HANGING OUT IN ANN ARBOR VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS MAKING A STOP IN
MICHIGAN, A THIRD DURING HER
TIME AS VP THAT TOPS OUR NEWS
TODAY AT NOON. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US. KAMALA HARRIS
GETTING READY TO SPEAK ON THE
CAMPUS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN. LET’S GO AHEAD AND GO
OUT LIVE TO VICTOR WILLIAMS AND
VICTOR. WHAT’S IT LOOKING LIKE
OUT THERE RIGHT NOW? JUST A LOT
OF ANTICIPATION. ARONDA EVERYONE
IS RIGHT HERE IN THIS AUDITORIUM
RIGHT AT U OF THEM, JUST
PATIENTLY AWAITING THE ARRIVAL
OF VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS
. WE KNOW THAT SHE IS HERE FOR
THIS EVENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE,
ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES BEING
TACKLED BY THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION. BUT THIS JUST
GOES TO SHOW YOU HOW MICHIGAN TO
BE INSTRUMENTAL IN TERMS OF
POLITICS JUST THIS PAST
NOVEMBER. PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS IN
BAY CITY, MICHIGAN, DISCUSSING
THE U. S ECONOMY, BUT AS YOU
GUYS CAN SEE, THIS IS GOING TO
BE EXACTLY WHERE VICE PRESIDENT
KAMALA HARRIS WILL BE SITTING
MOMENTS FROM NOW. AND OF COURSE
, WE’LL HAVE A RECAP OF THIS
DISCUSSION COMING RIGHT UP AT
FIVE P.M. IN THE MEANTIME, WE
ARE REPORTING LIVE AT U OF M.
VICTOR WILLIAMS. OPEN FOR ALL
RIGHT, VICTOR. WE’LL SEE YOU
COMING UP AT FIVE, HAPPENING IN
LESS THAN AN HOUR FROM NOW THE
MAN ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING HIS
DAUGHTER, WHO HE DID NOT HAVE
CUSTODY OF WILL BE IN COURT TO
BE FORMALLY CHARGED. DASHCAM
VIDEO HERE SHOWS THAT FATHER
GETTING ARRESTED AND HIS
DAUGHTER BEING FOUND. OKAY,
WE’VE LEARNED IT WAS OHIO STATE
TROOPERS WHO TRACKED THEM DOWN.
THAT YOUNG GIRL HAS SINCE BEEN
RETURNED SAFELY BACK TO HER MOM.
HER FATHER IS IN JAIL RIGHT NOW
IN PORT HURON AHEAD OF HIS
ARRAIGNMENT, WHICH IS SET FOR
ONE O’CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON, ALSO
HAPPENING SOON. STAR FOOTBALL
PLAYER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN, MASI SMITH WILL BE
SENTENCED. SMITH STOPPED LAST
YEAR FOR SPEEDING. DURING THAT
STOP, HE WAS FOUND TO HAVE A
HANDGUN WITHOUT A VALID CPL. OR
VALID DRIVER’S LICENSE ON HIM
LAST MONTH. GUILTY TO A
MISDEMEANOR PRICES CONTINUE TO
TICK DOWN IN THE U. S AFTER THE
NEWLY RELEASED CONSUMER PRICE
INDEX REPORT IN DECEMBER, AND IT
SHOWS PRICES DROPPED SLIGHTLY
BUT 0.1% FROM NOVEMBER, HOWEVER
, OVERALL THE INDEX IS 6.5%
HIGHER THAN IT WAS THIS TIME
LAST YEAR. THIS IS THE LAST
INFLATION REPORT BEFORE THE
FEDERAL RESERVE MEETS THIS MONTH
, THE PANEL SET TO DECIDE
WHETHER OR NOT TO INCREASE
INTEREST RATES AGAIN. TO FURTHER
REDUCE INFLATION AIRLINES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY WORKING TO TRY TO
GET PAST WIDESPREAD DELAYS AFTER
YESTERDAY’S COMPUTER PROBLEM AT
THE F A. A. THERE WERE MORE THAN
10,000 PROBLEMS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY YESTERDAY. RIGHT NOW,
THERE’S ABOUT 1000 DELAYS, 100
CANCELATIONS IN AND OUT OF THE
COUNTRY CONGRESS AND THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION EXPECTED TO OPEN
INVESTIGATIONS SURROUNDING THE
INCIDENT. THE FAA SAYS A
CORRUPTED FILE THEY BELIEVE WAS
TO BLAME FOR THAT OUTAGE. SO
FAR, THOUGH, NO EVIDENCE OF ANY
SORT OF CYBER ATTACK. THAT’S THE
GOOD NEWS, BUT RIGHT NOW IT’S
NOT OFFICIALLY BEING RULED OUT.
WELL DRIVERS DOWNTOWN ON I 75
YOU MIGHT NEED TO FIND AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE COMING UP THIS
WEEKEND. IN FACT, STARTING
TOMORROW, THE NORTH AND SOUTH
BEND LANES OF I 75 BETWEEN CLARK
AND SPRING WELLS WILL BE CLOSED.
THAT’S FOR CONSTRUCTION. SO TO
GET AROUND THAT AREA IF YOU ARE
DRIVING NORTH HAD TO I 2 75
NORTH EASTBOUND. I 96 IF YOU’RE
HEADING SOUTH YOU WANT TO TAKE I
96 TO 2 75 AND THEN BACK TO I 75
IT WILL BE BACK OPEN ON MONDAY
MORNING AT FIVE O’CLOCK. THE
SNOW FROM LAST MONTH’S WINTER
STORM LONG GONE THE IMPACT,
THOUGH STILL BEING FELT IN THE
BLOOD SUPPLY. IN THE AFFECTED
AREAS MORE THAN 9000 BLOOD AND
PLATELET DONATIONS WENT
UNCOLLECTED. THAT’S BECAUSE OF
CANCELED BLOOD DRIVES, BUT THAT
BLOOD IS STILL DESPERATELY
NEEDED BY PATIENTS TODAY LOCAL 4
TEAMING UP WITH THE RED CROSS
AND GARDNER WHITE TO HELP MEET
THAT NEED AT BLOOD DRIVES
HAPPENING TODAY, ALL ACROSS
METRO DETROIT, JOINING US NOW
FROM THE GARDENER. WHITE STORE
IN WARREN IS RACHEL STEWART,
PRESIDENT OF GARDNER, WHITE
FURNITURE AND STEPHEN TROMBLEY.
A DEVOTED BLOOD DONOR. GOOD TO
HAVE YOU BOTH HERE WITH US
TODAY. THANKS FOR HAVING US
THANKS FOR HAVING US, RACHEL. I
WANT TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH
YOU. WHY IS GARDNER WHITE SO
COMMITTED TO THIS CAUSE? WELL
I’M PROUD TO SAY THIS. I THINK
OUR 23RD YEAR OF PARTNERING WITH
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AND
WDIV’S, YOU KNOW, IT’S REALLY
BECOME PART OF JUST WHAT WE DO.
AND I THINK THAT’S YOU KNOW, WE
LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND I
THINK UNTIL YOU UNTIL YOU OR
YOUR LOVED ONE NEEDS, UH, NEEDS
EMERGENCY BLOOD. YOU DON’T
REALLY VALUE IT, BUT YOU KNOW,
WE DO AND WE VALUE IT AND I
THINK I’M PROUD TO SAY WE HAVE
THE SECOND LARGEST BLOOD DRIVE,
SECOND ONLY TO THE MICHIGAN
MICHIGAN STATE BLOOD BATTLE IN
THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. SO NOW WE
HAVE A REPUTATION TO MAINTAIN.
WE’VE WE’VE SAVED MORE THAN
45,000 LIVES THROUGH COLLECTING
BLOOD. WE GOT A HIT. 100,000
YEAH, THAT IS DEFINITELY
SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. SO
STEPHEN, I WANT TO ASK YOU I
KNOW THAT YOU’RE ACTUALLY
HITTING A DONATION MILESTONE
TODAY. TELL US ABOUT WHAT THAT
IS ALL ABOUT. AND ACTUALLY WHAT
INSPIRED YOU TO EVEN START
DONATING IN THE FIRST PLACE?
WELL I WAS INTRODUCED FOR IT
WHEN I WAS SMALL. MY MOTHER WAS
AN AVID BLOOD DONATED AND SHE
HAD OVER FIVE GALLONS OF
LIFETIME DONATIONS. SO THAT’S
WHERE I GOT THE INITIAL IDEA.
AND WHEN I GOT OLD ENOUGH, ALL
THAT TOOK WAS A LITTLE
ENCOURAGEMENT FROM MY WORK
COLLEAGUES AT THE FIRST BLOOD
DRIVE AT OUR OFFICE AND THAT GOT
ME STARTED AND IT’S SO EASY AND
IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF
YOUR TIME. AND CAN HELP A LOT OF
PEOPLE. SO THAT’S WHY I STARTED
. THAT’S WHY I CONTINUE TO DO
IT. AND AS LONG AS I’M HEALTHY
ENOUGH TO DO IT, I’M GOING TO
I’M GOING TO KEEP COMING AND
MAKING FURTHER DONATIONS. AND I
THINK A LOT OF FOLKS DON’T
REALLY REALIZE HOW EASY IT IS.
SO, RACHEL, YOU KNOW, TALK TO US
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EXTRA
INCENTIVES. WE’VE BEEN TELLING
PEOPLE THAT THERE ARE SOME EXTRA
INCENTIVES FOR PEOPLE WHO COME
OUT AND DONATE TODAY. HOW CAN
YOU KIND OF YOU KNOW, SWEETENED
THE DEAL A LITTLE BIT TO GET
MORE FOLKS TO COME OUT. WELL,
EVERYONE LIKES SOMETHING FOR
FREE. OF COURSE, CASSANDRA’S OUT
TODAY YOU CAN EVERYONE WHO
DONATES GETS A $50 GIFT
CERTIFICATE TO USE TODAY OR
ANYTIME. ALRIGHT THAT SOUNDS
LIKE A GOOD DEAL. SO, STEPHEN,
I’M GOING TO ASK YOU REALLY
QUICKLY BEFORE YOU GO. WHAT DO
YOU WANT TO TELL PEOPLE? WHAT
WOULD YOU SHARE WITH THEM? YOU
MENTIONED THAT IT’S REALLY EASY.
MAYBE THEY WANT TO DONATE, BUT
THEY STILL FEEL A LITTLE NERVOUS
ABOUT IT. HOW DO YOU CONVINCE
THEM? WELL YOU CAN JUST LOOK
AROUND AT ALL THE STAFF THEY
HAVE HERE. THEY KNOW WHAT
THEY’RE DOING THEIR HEALTHCARE
PROFESSIONALS, IF ANYTHING
SHOULD GO WRONG. THEY’RE HERE TO
MITIGATE THAT. AND SO YOU KNOW,
THEY CAN FIGURE OUT IF YOU’RE
NOT ABLE TO DONATE. BUT IF YOU
ARE THERE HERE, THEY COULD DO
IT. THEY DO IT FAST, AND THEY
CAN TAKE CARE OF ANY EMERGENCIES
THAT COME UP SO THERE SHOULDN’T
BE ANY ANY NERVOUSNESS WITH WITH
COMING DOWN HERE AND DONATING AT
ALL. ALL RIGHT, STEVE. RACHEL,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH
US TODAY. AND OF COURSE, THANK
YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE
LIFESAVING CAUSE. LET’S HOPE
FOLKS GET OUT THERE TODAY. AND
IF YOU DO WANT TO HELP, AND YOU
WANT MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN
DONATE TODAY UNTIL FIVE O’CLOCK
AT THE GARDENER WHITE STORES IN
ANN ARBOR, AUBURN HILLS CAN’T
AND HOW WELL NOVAES, SHELBY
TOWNSHIP AND WARREN YOU CAN MAKE
AN APPOINTMENT AND YOU CAN FIND
ALL THE DETAILS. JUST LOOK FOR
IT ON THE HEALTH PAGE AT
CLICKONDETROIT.COM AND REMEMBER
, EACH DONATION, OF COURSE, CAN
SAVE UP TO THREE LIVES AS WE’VE
BEEN TELLING YOU HERE TODAY.
ALRIGHT TAKING A LIVE LOOK
OUTSIDE FOR YOU AT NOON ON THIS
THURSDAY. WE’RE IN FOR SOME
CLOUDS AND SOME MILDER
TEMPERATURES TODAY FOR OUR
AFTERNOON, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT
COULD BE GETTING COLDER SOON.
LET’S GO AHEAD AND CHECK IN WITH
PAUL GROSS, WHO IS TRACKING IT
ALL FOR US TODAY. PAUL HEY,
SANDRA. WE DO HAVE SOME COLD AIR
COMING IN FOR THE WEEKEND OR
COLDER AIR AND WE’LL TALK ABOUT
THAT COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES.
RIGHT NOW WE’RE LIVING LARGE.
OUR AVERAGE HIGH IS 32 DEGREES.
LOOK AT THIS AS WE START OFF
WITH FORD’S OWN WEATHER HERE, 42
CITY AIRPORT 42 AT TAYLOR. WE
HAVE LOW FORTIES HERE, CANTON
LAVONIA OVER TO METRO AIRPORT.
AT 38 IN WEST BLOOMFIELD, 39
OVER IN MOUNT CLEMENS IN OUR
SOUTH ZONE. IT’S ALL LOW FORTIES
HERE. 42 OF CARLTON 41 AT DUNDEE
40 OVER AT CELINE AND THEN IN
OUR WEST ZONE NOTICE AS WE GET
NORTH OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
WE’RE NOW IN THE MID UPPER
THIRTIES OR 37 AT MILFORD, 38.
WHITMORE LAKE AND HOWL AND THEN
IN OUR NORTH ZONE, IT’S PRETTY
MUCH MOSTLY MID THIRTIES. HERE
WE HAVE UPPER THIRTIES HERE IN
PORT HURON, BUT 37 AT MELVIN 36
IN THE PIER 37 OVER IN OXFORD.
ALRIGHT EXACT TRACK 40 RADAR
SHOWING REALLY NOTHING GOING ON.
WE DO. YOU HAVE TO THE SOUTH
HERE, A LITTLE AREA OF RAIN AND
THIS IS MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION
LIKE THIS, SO WE’RE GOING TO
SKIRT ARE FAR SOUTHERN PART OF
THE AREA NEAR THE STATE LINE.
WE’RE GOING TO BASICALLY GET A
LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT RAIN THIS
AFTERNOON, MAYBE PARTS OF
RUNAWAY AND MONROE COUNTIES, BUT
MOST OF US IT’S GONNA BE A DRY
AFTERNOON. SO WE’RE GOING TO
CALL IT CLOUDY THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND AGAIN POSSIBLE
RAIN TO THE SOUTH AND EAST
TEMPERATURES BASICALLY LOW
FORTIES TO UPPER THIRTIES AND
THEN SLIPPING A BIT. WE’LL DROP
MAYBE A COUPLE THREE DEGREES
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, SO A
LITTLE COOLER LATER ON THAN IT
IS RIGHT NOW. BUT BACK TO TALK
ABOUT THAT WEEKEND FORECAST IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, PAUL STILL TO COME
HERE AT NOON IN THE MARKET FOR A
NEW CAR, TRYING TV COMING UP
NEXT SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
SAVING A LOT OF MONEY WHEN THEY
SWITCHED TO AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE,
ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY, WHICH
IS OUT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN, BUT FIRST, LET’S GO
AHEAD AND CHECK IN WITH HANK.
HEY SANDRA. GOOD AFTERNOON,
EVERYBODY HELP ME, HANK. HERE
WE’RE IN TRENTON AT TVS, DELI
AND DINER HERE ON FORT ROAD.
WE’RE TALKING PEOPLE IN THIS
COMMUNITY ABOUT THE PROBLEMS AND
THIRD DEALING WITH I’M SURE SOME
OF YOU MAYBE YOU’RE DEALING WITH
SOME OF THE SAME ISSUES. WE’RE