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LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. A LOCAL MOTHER IS SHARING HER UNIMAGINABLE GRIEF OVER LOSING A
SON TO GUN VIOLENCE FOR THE
SECOND TIME TO DEVASTATING AND
SENSELESS ACTS OF VIOLENCE 2.5
YEARS APART, MARKKULA, PARKER
SAYS, THAT’S IT. SHE’S PACKING
UP HER FAMILY AND LEAVING THE
CITY. SHE SPOKE WITH OUR
SHAWN LEY. SEAN YOU FIRST MET
HER UNDER TERRIBLE CIRCUMSTANCES
BACK IN 2019. THE MORNING AFTER
HER 19 YEAR OLD SON WAS GUNNED
DOWN BECAUSE HER SON REFUSED TO
BUY DRUGS FROM A MAN ON THE
STREET. WE MET AGAIN TODAY
BECAUSE THIS HAS HAPPENED AGAIN
. THIS MOM IS NOW DEALING WITH
THIS FOR A SECOND TIME. I CAN’T
DEAL WITH IT. MY HEART IS BROKEN
RIPPING UP IT FEELS LIKE I DON’T
HAVE NO HEART. HOW MUCH CAN ONE
MOTHER TAKE MARKKULA PARKER’S 23
YEAR OLD SON, TYRONE WAS RIPPED
AWAY FROM HER APRIL 21ST WHEN HE
WAS GUNNED DOWN ON DETROIT’S
EAST SIDE. ALL I CAN DO IS HIT
THE FLOOR. ANYONE’S LEGS WOULD
GO RIGHT OUT FROM UNDER THEM. I
MET MARKKULA PARKER IN DECEMBER
OF 2019 RIGHT AFTER HER 19 YEAR
OLD SON PRIMARY IN WAS SHOT AND
KILLED. PARKER TOLD ME ABOUT
RUSHING TO RECEIVING HOSPITAL
THAT AWFUL DAY. AND WHEN I GOT
THERE, THEY SAY SORRY ABOUT YOUR
LOSS OF YOUR SON IS GONE. YOU
TOOK MY WHOLE LIFE AWAY. I’M
JUST SO HER. WHERE IS THAT? THE
POINT WHERE THERE’S NOTHING I
CAN DO NO MORE WITH TIMOR. IAN
GONE. BROTHER TYRONE WORE HIS
PHOTO AROUND HIS NECK. AND NOW
BOTH ARE GONE. HER MOTHER’S
INTUITION TELLS HER BOTH MURDERS
ARE SOMEHOW CONNECTED. WHAT SHE
KNOWS FOR SURE SHE AND HER OTHER
CHILDREN CAN NO LONGER LIVE IN
DETROIT. YES, I’M GOING TO HAVE
TO LEAVE. BECAUSE I CAN’T STAY
HERE RIGHT NOW. S I PLAN. MY
SON’S FUNERAL. I’M JUST GONNA
RELOCATE. OUT THIS STATE
COMPLETELY. SHE TELLS ME SHE
CANNOT LOSE ANOTHER CHILD. IN
THIS WAY. NOW, LOOK, IT DOESN’T
GET ANY BETTER BECAUSE POLICE
WITH THEIR 19 YEAR OLDS SHOOTING
DEATH GOT SOMEONE RIGHT AWAY.
HE’S BEEN CHARGED WITH SITTING
IN JAIL FOR ABOUT 2.5 YEARS. NOW
THAT CASE IS NOT GONE TO TRIAL.
SHE’S STILL WAITING. NOW THIS
CASE HAS HAPPENED. WE JUST
CHECKED WITH POLICE GUYS. THEY
CONTINUE TO ACTIVELY LOOK FOR
THE SHOOTER. IN HER LATEST CASE
BACK TO YOU JUST SO AWFUL.
ALRIGHT, SEAN. EARLY AS WELL,
TURNING NOW TO THE ABORTION
RIGHTS BATTLE BROUGHT ON BY THE
LEAKED SUPREME COURT OPINION.
GOVERNOR WHITMER SAYS SHE’LL
FIGHT TO KEEP 1931 STATE LAW
FROM GOING INTO EFFECT. IF ROE
VERSUS WADE GOES AWAY, GETTING
SUPPORT FROM SEVERAL PROSECUTORS
AND THE MAYOR OF DETROIT, VICTOR
WILLIAMS LIVE WITH THE LATEST ON
WHERE THINGS STAND HERE IN
MICHIGAN, VICTOR YES, DEVON AND
KIMBERLY SO THE GOVERNOR SAYS
THAT SHE IS NOT GIVING UP ON THE
FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO ABORTION
RIGHT HERE IN THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN, EVEN IF THAT MEANS
TAKING THE FIGHT UP THE LADDER
TO SUPREME COURT. IF THE SUPREME
COURT DOES WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
THEY ARE POISED TO DO OVERNIGHT
. WE WILL GO FROM BEING A PRO
CHOICE STATE WHERE WOMEN HAVE
FULL ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE TO A
STATE WITH ONE OF THE MOST
EXTREME LAWS IN THE COUNTRY.
GOVERNOR WHITMER SPEAKING ON
WHERE THE STATE STANDS AS FAR AS
THE ABORTION CONTROVERSY, MORE
THAN A MONTH AND A HALF AFTER
FILING A LAWSUIT CHALLENGING THE
1931 ABORTION BAN. NOW SHE WANTS
STATE SUPREME COURT TO MAKE THE
DECISION UNDER OUR STATE
CONSTITUTION IF WOMEN’S RIGHTS
ARE PROTECTED TO MAKE THEIR OWN
CHOICES REGARDING THEIR BODIES,
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN
MICHIGAN. WE’VE SEEN OTHER
STATES TAKE IT. IT IS TIME FOR
US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SECURE
THIS RIGHT FROM MICHIGAN WOMEN
AS WELL. JUST LAST NIGHT, SIX
OTHER DEMOCRATIC PROSECUTORS
WITHIN THE STATE, INCLUDING
WASHINGTON COUNTY PROSECUTOR
ELLIE SAVAGE. FILED A BRIEF
SOLIDIFYING THEIR STAND WITH
GOVERNOR WHITMER IN ORDER TO
STAND UP AND PROTECT THE HEALTH
AND SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY. BUT
WE FILED THIS BRIEF, JUST
SAYING, LOOK, THIS IS AN ISSUE
THAT NEEDS TO BE DECIDED AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BY THE
MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT. DETROIT
MAYOR MIKE DUGGAN ALSO FEELS THE
SAME WAY AS WELL. I’M NOT SURE
WHETHER IT’S OVER AT THE U. S
SUPREME COURT LEVEL, BUT WE’RE
REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE A GOVERNOR
WHO ANTICIPATED THIS AND HAS
TAKEN THE ACTIONS TO TRY TO
PROTECT OUR CITIZENS. I KNOW A
LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT. OH THAT’S
NEVER GONNA HAPPEN, AND A LOT OF
PEOPLE THOUGHT WHEN I FILED THE
LAWSUIT THAT’S NOT NECESSARY.
OBVIOUSLY IN THE LAST 36 HOURS,
WE HAVE SEEN HOW SERIOUS IT IS.
AND SIGNATURES ARE ALSO BEING
COLLECTED FOR A BALLOT
INITIATIVE IN THE EVENT THAT ROE
VERSUS WADE IS ACTUALLY
OVERTURNED. VICTOR WILLIAMS
LOCAL 4 VICTOR, THANKS LOOK NOW
AT THE WHITE HOUSE PRESIDENT
BIDEN SPEAKING OUT TODAY,
PROMISING THAT HE WOULD TAKE
ACTION TO PRESERVE REPRODUCTIVE
AND ABORTION RIGHTS 20-6 STATES,
INCLUDING MICHIGAN TO SET THE
BAN ABORTION IF ROE VERSUS WADE
IS OFFICIALLY STRUCK DOWN, OF
COURSE YESTERDAY, CHIEF JUSTICE
JOHN ROBERTS NOTED THE COURT’S
DECISION IS NOT FINAL. HE’S
ORDERED AN INVESTIGATION INTO
WHERE THE LEAK CAME OVER THAT
DRAFT OPINION THE U. S SUPREME
COURT, THOUGH NOT EXPECTED TO
ISSUE A FORMAL RULING UNTIL LATE
JUNE, OR PERHAPS JULY, STATES
ARE GETTING TO WORK ANTICIPATING
LIFE WITHOUT ROE VERSUS WADE,
THIS MAP SHOWS YOU THE 13 STATES
WITH SO CALLED TRIGGER LAWS IN
PLACE TO RESTRICT ABORTIONS IF
ROE V. WADE IS STRUCK DOWN THE
NEWS, CHECKING IN WITH ABORTION
PROVIDERS IN MANY OF THESE
STATES, THE DIRECTOR OF
MISSISSIPPI’S ONLY ABORTION
CLINIC SAYS SHE’S PREPARED TO
MOVE OUT OF STATE. THE WOMAN WHO
RUNS NORTH DAKOTA’S ONLY CLINICS
. THAT’S HER TEAM REMAINS IN
PLACE FOR PATIENTS BUT WOULD BE
FORCED TO RELOCATE IF THE
SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS ROE. MY
EMOTIONS WILL SHIFT DEPENDING ON
THE DAY AND DEPENDING ON THE
PATIENT, AND DEPENDING ON THE
RULING, AND DEPENDING ON YOU
KNOW WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE AND
OUTSIDE OUR CLINIC. IT’S JUST
IT’S A MULTITUDE OF EMOTIONS.
THERE’S NO WAY TO PROCESS THIS.
UNLESS WE SEE A RADICAL SEA
CHANGE AND SEE ROW OR SOMETHING
BETTER THAN ROW CODIFIED IN
FEDERAL LAW. IT MEANS LIGHTS OUT
IN NORTH DAKOTA. COMING UP THE
LANDSCAPE FOR PATIENTS AND
PROVIDERS AND OTHER STATES SUCH
AS LOUISIANA AND HOW OPPONENTS
OF ABORTIONS ARE ALSO WORKING TO
SHORE UP THEIR LOSS. THAT’S
AHEAD AT 6 30 ON NBC NIGHTLY
NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT YESTERDAY
COURSE NO BASEBALL AMERICA TODAY
COULDN’T ASK FOR MUCH BETTER
WEATHER FOR A DOUBLE HEADER,
RIGHT? NOT TOO HOT, NOT TOO COLD
OR NOT TOO COLD. MOST
IMPORTANTLY, THOUGH, DRY PAUL,
THAT’S WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE.
AFTER YESTERDAY. ALL THAT RAIN,
UNFORTUNATELY, HAVE ANOTHER
SYSTEM COMING OUR WAY, BUT THEN
WE’RE I THINK WE’RE TURNING THE
CORNER AFTER THAT. SO COME ON
BACK IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES. YOU’RE
GOING TO LIKE WHAT MY SEVEN DAY
FORECAST HAS RIGHT NOW. 61 IN
DETROIT, 58 RIGHT NOW IN AN
ARBOR 50 IMPORT HERE, AND THAT’S
THE THAT’S THE COLD IMPACT THE
LAKE HURON THERE AND WE HAVE 58
RIGHT NOW. AND ADRIAN, THE WIND
IS NOT TOO BAD. GENERALLY 8 TO
12 MPH. SO LET’S LOOK AT OUR
FOUR ZONE FORECAST BECAUSE LOWS
TONIGHT ARE ACTUALLY THE MOST
INTERESTING PART OF THE
IMMEDIATE FORECAST IN OUR METRO
ZONE LOOKS LIKE UPPER THIRTIES
HERE DOWNTOWN UP UNTIL YOU GET
INTO AN OAKLAND COUNTY AROUND 6
96, MAYBE MID THIRTIES DOWN INTO
OUR SOUTH FILM. YOU CAN SEE THAT
TEMPERATURES DROP OFF AS YOU GET
FURTHER AWAY FROM THE CITY. SO
35, FOR EXAMPLE, OVER AT MILAN,
AND THEN YOU SEE IN OUR WEST
ZONE. NOW, HERE’S WHERE THINGS
REALLY DROP OFF SOME 30 FOUR’S
HERE AND THEN IN OUR NORTH ZONE,
WE’RE LOOKING AT LOWS TONIGHT,
DROPPING AGAIN, ALSO INTO THE
MID THIRTIES. SO KEEP IN MIND IF
YOU’RE IN A VERY LOW SPOT THAT
COULD BE A LITTLE FROST, BUT NOT
WIDESPREAD. MOST OF US WILL NOT
SEE FROST. DON’T FORGET THE
LOCAL FORECASTERS, APP. HAS
PRETTY MUCH ANY WEATHER
QUESTIONS YOU NEED ANSWERED. IT
IS THE NATION’S BEST WEATHER
APP. IT IS FREE TO GO TO THE APP
STORE SEARCH UNDER WDIV’S, AND
YOU’LL NEED THAT REAL TIME RADAR
AS WE GET INTO TOMORROW NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY, WE’LL TALK MORE
ABOUT THAT IN JUST A FEW GUYS.
ALRIGHT PAUL. BORROWING MONEY
KEEPS GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE.
FEDERAL RESERVES HALF POINT
INTEREST RATE HIKE TODAY IS THE
BIGGEST HIKE IN 22 YEARS, PART
OF A PLAN TO TRY TO SLOW DOWN
THE INFLATION THAT WE’RE ALL
FEELING WITH SHOPPING FOR EVEN
THE MOST BASIC NECESSITIES. THE
FEDERAL RESERVE ANNOUNCED
WEDNESDAY. IT’S PULLING BACK
ECONOMIC SUPPORT, RAISING
INTEREST RATES BY A HALF
PERCENTAGE POINT FIRST IN MORE
THAN TWO DECADES. INFLATION IS
MUCH TOO HIGH. AND WE UNDERSTAND
THE HARDSHIP IT IS CAUSING THE
POLICIES OUTLINED THE CENTRAL
BANK STRATEGY TO COOL DOWN THE
ECONOMY AS RAPID INFLATION
CONTINUES. THAT MEANS YOU’RE
BORROWING COSTS ARE LIKELY ABOUT
TO GET HIGHER MORTGAGE RATES,
CREDIT CARD INTEREST, AUTO AND
STUDENT LOANS COULD ALL INCREASE
ON TRACK TO CUT THE FEDERAL
DEFICIT BY ANOTHER. ANOTHER $1.5
TRILLION BY THE END OF THIS
FISCAL YEAR. THE BIGGEST DECLINE
IN A SINGLE YEAR EVER IN
AMERICAN HISTORY. BRINGING DOWN
THE DEFICIT COULD HELP EASE
PRESSURES BROUGHT ON BY
INFLATION. THE VITAMIN STRAY
SHIN IS UNDER PRESSURE TO REDUCE
INFLATION IS THE MIDTERM
ELECTIONS APPROACH AND
REPUBLICANS SEEK TO CAPITALIZE
ON VOTERS CONCERNS ABOUT THE
ECONOMY. THE AVERAGE AMERICAN
HOUSEHOLD IS SPENDING AN EXTRA
$5200 THIS YEAR $433 PER MONTH.
IN EXTRA EXPENSES JUST FROM
INFLATION. THEY DON’T GET MORE
GOODS AND SERVICES WITH ALL THAT
EXTRA MONEY. WHILE THE LABOR
MARKET REMAINS STRONG, THE FEDS
INCREASED COULD SLOW DOWN HIRING
AND WAGE GROWTH. AMERICANS ARE
EARNING MORE, BUT THEY’RE ALSO
PAYING MORE FOR BASICS. GAS,
FOOD AND ELECTRICITY COSTS.
THEY’VE ALL INCREASED SINCE LAST
YEAR. NO NOTHING CHANGES
IMMEDIATELY FOR CONSUMERS
BECAUSE LENDERS HAVE ALREADY
BAKED IN THE ANTICIPATED
INCREASES. LET’S TAKE HOME LOANS
. FOR EXAMPLE, LAST DECEMBER,
THE INTEREST RATE AROUND 3.1% ON
A 30 YEAR HOME LOAN OF $250,000
THE PAYMENT WOULD BE ABOUT 1000
$69 A MONTH RATES ARE NOW
AROUND. 5.5% MEANING A PAYMENT
OF $1400.20 RATHER $1427 PER
MONTH. SO THE DIFFERENCE $358
WHICH IS A LOT EVERY MONTH,
NEARLY 4300 OVER THE COURSE OF A
YEAR IF RATES WOULD GO UP TO 6%
WHICH SOME ARE PREDICTING NOW BY
THE END OF THE YEAR, THIS
BORROWER WILL PAY ABOUT ANOTHER
$72 A MONTH ON TOP OF THAT, OR
$864 PER YEAR ON TOP OF THE
OTHER TOTAL RIGHT NOW,
CLICKONDETROIT.COM YOU’LL FIND A
VERY INSIGHTFUL ARTICLE ABOUT
HOW THE INTEREST RATE HIKE IS
LIKELY TO AFFECT THE FINANCES OF
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN ANOTHER
ROUND OF FORGIVENESS FROM THE
STATE OF MICHIGAN INVOLVING
PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS,
THE MICHIGAN UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE AGENCY SAYS ANOTHER
55,000 PEOPLE WON’T HAVE TO PAY
BACK PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS THAT WERE IMPROPERLY
AWARDED TO THEM. THE AMOUNT OF
MONEY INVOLVED. THIS TIME IS
$431 MILLION TO DATE, THE SAYS
IT’S ALREADY WAIVED MORE THAN $4
BILLION IN OVERPAYMENT DEBT. FOR
MORE THAN 400,000 CLAIMANTS
GETTING OUR WEEKLY UPDATE OF THE
LATEST CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS. IT’S
WEDNESDAY STATE REPORTING MORE
THAN 18,000 NEW COVID CASES OVER
THE PAST SEVEN DAYS. THAT’S
ABOUT 4500 MORE THAN WE SAW A
WEEK AGO. WE’VE LOST 62 MORE
PEOPLE FROM TO THE VIRUS TO OVER
THAT SAME PERIOD,
HOSPITALIZATIONS AND CASE RATES
HAVE INCREASED NOW FOR FOUR
STRAIGHT WEEKS. STATE SEVEN DAY
POSITIVITY RATE SITS AT 9.7.
MEMBERS OF THE DETROIT POLICE
DEPARTMENT COME TOGETHER FOR A
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER CHAPLAINS
AND OFFICERS GATHERED THIS
AFTERNOON OUTSIDE DPD
HEADQUARTERS FOR COMMUNITY
PRAYER. DVDS CHAPLAIN CORPS LED
TODAY’S PRAYER CHIEF JAMES WHITE
SAYS TODAY’S EVENT WAS A GOOD
TIME TO STOP AND REFLECT. WE’RE
STILL STANDING THROUGH COVID.
WE’VE SURVIVED EVERY DIFFICULT
THING THAT WE’VE GONE THROUGH,
AND WE ARE ALL HERE FOR A
REASON. WE ARE HERE. GOD HAS
CHOSEN US TO BE HERE FOR A
REASON TO MAKE AN IMPACT AND TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THERE ARE SO
MANY OR NOT. THERE ARE SO MANY
THAT WE WILL NEVER FORGET THAT
GOD HAS CHOSEN US TO BE HERE AND
WE MUST DO SOMETHING WITH THIS
IMPORTANT TIME THAT WE HOLD
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER EVENTS
ARE ALSO BEING HELD TOMORROW
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES RIGHT
UP NEXT DR FRANK MCGEORGE TAKING
US THROUGH TODAY’S HEALTH
HEADLINES. NEW RESEARCH, HELPING
TO PREDICT WHO’S MORE LIKELY HE
NEEDED ME OR HIP REPLACEMENT,
AND THE NEW STUDY FINDS SOME ER
PATIENTS ARE WAITING MUCH LONGER
TO BE SEEN. AND THAT’S NOT ALL.
I’M DR FRANK MCGEORGE. I’LL HAVE