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LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS
NOW.
NOW. >>> RISKY BUSINESS, 17
STATES NOW ROLLING OUT PLANS
TO START OPENING THEIR
ECOMONIES.
ECOMONIES. BUT THE NATION’S TOP EXPERTS
SOUNDS AN URGENT ALARM.
>> IF WE ARE UNSUCCESSFUL,
OR PREMATURELY TRYING TO
OPEN UP, IT COULD BE A
REBOUND TO GET US RIGHT BACK
IN THE SAME BOAT THAT WE
WERE IN A FEW WEEKS AGO.
>> THIS AS GOVERNOR WHITMER
SEEKS TO EXTEND THE STATE OF
EMERGENCY HERE AT HOME WITH
SOME CONTENTION BREWING IN
LANSING.
LANSING. BUT WE BEGIN WITH LOCAL 4
NEWS AT NOON WITH A QUICK
LOOK AT YOU OUR FORECAST.
WE’RE GOING TO GET YOU
UPDATED ON THE CORONAVIRUS
NUMBERS AND THE VERY LATEST
ON THE PANDEMIC COMING UP IN
JUST A LITTLE BIT.
BUT WE DO WANT TO TAKE A
LIVE LOOK AT YOU OUR RADAR
OVER THE AREA AND TAKE A
LOOK AT THE MAP THERE.
YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF GREEN
IN OUR AREA.
IF YOU WOKE UP EARLY WITH US
THIS MORNING ON LOCAL 4 NEWS
TODAY YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED
THAT IT WAS RAINING FOR A
GOOD PORTION OF THE MORNING.
METEOROLOGIST BRANDON ROUX
STANDING BY RIGHT NOW
PROBABLY WITH HIS SHED
UMBRELLA STAYING DRY OUT
THERE HOPEFULLY, BRANDON?
>> WE ARE GETTING SOME DRIPS
THAT’S FOR SURE.
AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT
FEW HOURS SOME OF THESE
ROUNDS OF RAIN WILL GET A
LITTLE BIT HEAVIER.
SO CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE
ARE WATCHING WITH YOU FOR
YOU ON THIS WEDNESDAY.
SO THERE’S 4 LIVE RADAR A
BIG WIDE SHOT SHOWS THE
PIVOTING SHOWERS THAT ARE
STILL COMING THROUGH.
BUT WE GET CLOSER UP THROUGH
MACOMB, OAKLAND COUNTY,
THAT’S SOME OF THE HEAVIEST
STUFF.
STUFF. BUT BACK YOU THROUGH OUR
WEST ZONE WE’RE STARTING TO
SEE MORE ACTIVITY THERE.
WE HAVE LIGHTNING TRACKER
ON.
ON. CURRENTLY NOT SEEING ANY
ISSUES WITH THAT.
BUT, TEMPERATURES ON THE
STRUGGLE HERE AS WE GET
THROUGH THE DAY.
WE’VE BEEN RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE UPPER 50s ALL MORNING
LONG.
LONG. AND FOR THE REST OF DAY, IF
WE’RE LUCKY TO GET INTO THE
LOW 60s.
LOW 60s. AGAIN, THROUGH PARTS OF THE
LATER AFTERNOON WE’RE
LOOKING AT SOAKERS COMING
THROUGH THE AREA AND THOSE
CERTAINLY WILL MAKE TRAVEL
TRICKY.
TRICKY. IT’S A LITTLE BREEZY AS
WELL.
WELL. SO I DON’T KNOW IF ANYBODY
WAS PLANNING ON TRYING TO
GET OUT ON A BOAT TODAY.
BUT SOME ISOLATED LIGHTNING
AND SOME GUSTY WINDS
PROBABLY NOT A GREAT IDEA.
WE ARE IN DAY ONE OF TWO
DAYS OF RAIN HERE, EVROD.
THEN A REWARD AT THE END.
WE’LL EXPLAIN COMING UP.
>> ALL RIGHTY, BRANDON,
THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE
THERE.
THERE. NOW WE WANT TO GET YOU
UPDATED ON THE VERY LATEST
ON THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
HERE IN MICHIGAN.
AS WE GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN
ON OUR CASE COUNT.
AS OF TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THERE WERE 160 CONFIRMED
CASES, CONFIRMED DEATHS
RATHER FROM COVID-19 WITHIN
A 24-HOUR PERIOD BETWEEN
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. IN TOTAL WE’VE LOST MORE
THAN 3500 PEOPLE TO THE
VIRUS.
VIRUS. MICHIGAN NOW HAS MORE THAN
39,000 CONFIRMED CASES.
THIS IS UP MORE THAN 100,000
-- 1,000 CASES FROM MONDAY.
NEW UPDATES HAVE BEEN COMING
MID-AFTERNOON.
MID-AFTERNOON. WE’LL BRING THEM ON AIR AND
ON-LINE AT
ON-LINE AT CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
CLICKONDETROIT.COM. ON THE NATIONAL PART OF
THINGS THOUGH CORONAVIRUS
HAS NOW KILLED MORE
AMERICANS THAN THE VIETNAM
WAR.
WAR. IN THE NOT EVEN THREE MONTHS
SINCE THE FIRST KNOWN DEATHS
FROM COVID-19 IN THE UNITED
STATES, WE’VE LOST MORE THAN
58,500 LIVES ON U.S. SOIL.
THESE NUMBERS COME FROM A
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
DATABASE BUT TO COMPARE
58,220 AMERICANS DIED OVER
NEARLY TWO DECADES IN
VIETNAM.
VIETNAM. IN THE MEANTIME, TOP DISEASE
EXPERTS SAY A SECOND WAVE IS
ALL BUT INEVITABLE IF WE
DON’T TAKE THE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS.
PRECAUTIONS. >> THIS VIRUS IS NOT GOING
TO DISAPPEAR.
TO DISAPPEAR. THAT I CAN GUARANTEE.
>> DR. FAUCI SAYS THE U.S.
"COULD BE IN FOR A BAD FALL
AND A BAD WINTER IF
COUNTERMEASURES LIKE TESTING
AND SOCIAL DISTANCING AREN’T
IMPLEMENTED IN TIME."
IF A SECOND WAVE COINCIDES
WITH FLU SEASON THINGS COULD
GET EVEN WORSE.
CLOSER TO HOME THOUSAND WE
HAVE JUST LEARNED THAT
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL
CONSTRUCTION WORK WILL
CONTINUE HERE IN MICHIGAN ON
MAY 7th.
MAY 7th. IN THE MEANTIME, GOVERNOR
WHITMER IS ASKING THE STATE
LEGISLATURE TO EXTEND HER
EMERGENCY DECLARATION BY
ALMOST A MONTH.
SHE SAYS THE STATE IS MAKING
PROGRESS BUT MAKING TOO MANY
CHANGES TOO QUICKLY COULD
CAUSE A SETBACK.
RIGHT NOW THE STATE SENATE
IS IN SESSION TO DECIDE WHAT
HAPPENS NEXT.
HAPPENS NEXT. OUR ROD MELONI NOW JOINS US
LIVE WITH MORE ON THAT PART
OF THE STORY.
ROD?
ROD? >> Reporter: IT’S RAINING
HERE IN LANSING BUT THE
LEGISLATURE IS ACTUALLY
HERE.
HERE. THE HOUSE IS NOT IN SESSION.
THE GAVELED IN THEN THEY
WENT INTO AT EASE POSTURE.
THE SENATE WAS IN AND THEY
WENT WENT BACK INTO SESSION
ABOUT 11:30.
ABOUT 11:30. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE
WE ARE.
WE ARE. THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE
CONFIRMING THAT POINT THAT
YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT
THE CONSTRUCTION REOPENING
IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR THE
7th MAY.
7th MAY. THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE GIVING
US GUIDANCE ON THAT.
THE QUESTION WHICH THE
LEGISLATURE WOULD LIKE TO
SEE IS BOTH INDOOR AND
OUTDOOR CONSTRUCTION.
OUTDOOR CONSTRUCTION. MEANING LIKE IF YOU HAD A
KITCHEN RENOVATION OR SOME
SORT OF INSIDE RENOVATION.
THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE ISN’T
COMMENTING ON THAT.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW
THAT MAY NOT BE PART OF
THIS.
THIS. IN THE MEANTIME, THE
LEGISLATURE IS PUSHING HARD
NEGOTIATING HARD WITH THE
GOVERNOR TO GET WHAT WE’VE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT OVER THE
PAST COUPLE DAYS, WHICH IS
TO GET NONEMERGENCY MEDICAL
PROCEDURES BACK UP AND OPEN.
AND ALSO, THE LEGISLATURE
WANTS TO SEE MORE AND
QUICKER IN TERMS OF THE
REGIONAL OPENING OF THE
STATE.
STATE. THE GOVERNOR, OF COURSE,
SEPARATING THE STATE INTO
EIGHT DIFFERENT SECTIONS AND
THEN OPENING UP IN DIFFERING
DEGREES IN ALL OF THOSE
SECTIONS.
SECTIONS. NOW THE GOVERNOR IS
SCHEDULED TO GO AND DO HER
PRESS CONFERENCE AGAIN AT
3:00 THIS AFTERNOON.
WHERE WE’RE TOLD THAT SHE
WILL GIVE SOME MORE GUIDANCE
ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
IN THE MEANTIME, THERE IS
NEGOTIATIONS GOING ON
BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR’S
OFFICE AND THE LEGISLATURE
WHICH PART OF THE REASON WHY
THINGS ARE KIND OF QUIET AT
LEAST ON THE FLOORS RIGHT
NOW BECAUSE THEY’RE STILL
LOOKING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF
MIDDLE GROUND THEY CAN FIND.
SO THAT THE HOUSE AND SENATE
CAN TAKE UP THE EXTENSION OF
THE STAY AT HOME OR MAKE
THAT THE EMERGENCY STATE OF
EMERGENCY.
EMERGENCY. SO WE’RE WAITING TO SEE
WHERE THAT IS.
SO AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW,
IT’S KIND OF A HOLDING
PATTERN HERE IN LANSING.
BUT WE’RE ON TOP IT AND
WE’LL HAVE WHATEVER
DEVELOPMENTS BREAK COMING UP
ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 4:00,
5:00, 6:00.
5:00, 6:00. REPORTING LIVE IN LANSING,
ROD MELONI LOCAL 4.
>> ROD, THANK YOU FOR THE
UPDATE THERE.
UPDATE THERE. >>> STREETS IN MANY MAJOR
U.S. CITIES ARE EMPTY.
BUT SOME STATES ARE
REOPENING.
REOPENING. THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN ONE
MILLION CONFIRMED
MILLION CONFIRMED CORONAVIRUS CASES IN THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. JUST TO COMPARE THE GLOBAL
TOTAL, WHICH INCLUDES
NUMBERS FROM THE U.S. IS AT
MORE THAN 3 MILLION.
THIS IS ACCORDING TO A JOHNS
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY DATABASE.
IN THE MEANTIME, AS MIGUEL
AL MAGHER REPORTS -- AT
LEAST 11 STATES FROM
COLORADO TO MINNESOTA ARE
NOW PARTIALLY REOPENED AND
SIX MORE STATES, INCLUDING
FLORIDA, TEXAS, AND NEVADA
HAVE STAY AT HOME ORDERS
EXPIRING TOMORROW.
EXPIRING TOMORROW. >> IN CALIFORNIA HOME TO 40
MILLION PEOPLE AND THE
WORLD’S FIFTH LARGEST
ECONOMY GOVERNOR GAVIN
NEWSOME ANNOUNCING A FOUR
PHASE PLAN TO SLOWLY REOPEN
THE STATE.
THE STATE. >> WE ARE WEEKS, NOT MONTHS
AWAY.
AWAY. >> BUSINESSES THAT CAN SOON
REOPEN INCLUDE RETAIL WITH
CURBSIDE PICKUP,
CURBSIDE PICKUP, MANUFACTURING, CHILD CARE
FACILITIES, AND PUBLIC
SPACES LIKE PARKS.
THE GOVERNOR ALSO SAYING
STUDENTS CAN BEGIN A NEW
SCHOOL YEAR AS EARLY AS
JULY.
JULY. BUT SOME BUSINESSES LIKE
SPORTING VENUES, CHURCHES,
MOVIE THEATERS AND HAIR
SALONS MAY NOT OPEN FOR
MONTHS.
MONTHS. IN THE BAY AREA, WHERE
SHELTER AT HOME ORDERS HAVE
BEEN EXTENDED PAST MEMORIAL
DAY, THIS BARBER SAYS HE’S
PLANNING TO REOPEN LATER
THIS WEEK DEFYING ORDERS.
>> I BELIEVE IT’S A
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT FOR US
TO PURSUE LIFE, LIBERTY AND
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
>> Reporter: WHILE MUCH OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CLOSED
THEIR BEACHES WEEKS AGO,
NEWPORT BEACH REMAINS OPEN.
EVEN AFTER TENS OF THOUSANDS
CROWDED THE SHORES.
IN ATLANTA, WHERE
RESTAURANTS REOPENED THIS
WEEK, SOME DINERS SEE SOCIAL
DISTANCING WHILE OTHERS
OPTING TO EAT OUTSIDE.
>> IN MIAMI, SOME SOUTH
BEACH PARKS, GOLF COURSES
AND TENNIS COURTS ARE NOW
OPEN TO RESIDENTS.
BUT THIS MORNING, IN NEW
YORK CITY, THE PICTURE OF
OUTRAGE.
OUTRAGE. THE MAYOR BLASTING THIS
CROWD FOR THE GATHERING AT A
RAP EYE’S FUNERAL.
-- RABBI’S FUNERAL.
SAYING HE WILL NOW INSTRUCT
THE NYPD TO ARREST THOSE
VIOLATING SOCIAL DISTANCING
MANDATES.
MANDATES. MIGUEL ALMAGHER, NBC NEWS.
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP
CONTINUES TO INSIST THAT THE
NATION IS ON THE ROAD TO
RECOVERY.
RECOVERY. BUT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN THE
U.S. NEEDS AT LEAST FIVE
MILLION COVID-19 TESTS PER
DAY BY JUNE.
THAT’S ACCORDING TO A NEW
STUDY BY HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
DR. FAUCI WARNED THAT
REOPENING TOO EARLY COULD
SPARK ADDITIONAL OUTBREAKS
IT.
IT. >> COULD BE A REBOUND TO GET
US RIGHT BACK IN THE SAME
BOAT THAT WE WERE IN A FEW
WEEKS AGO.
WEEKS AGO. SO THAT’S WHY WE REALLY HAVE
TO BE CAREFUL AND -- AS WE
GO FROM A LOCKDOWN TO A
GRADUAL REENTRY.
GRADUAL REENTRY. >> WHILE PRESIDENT TRUMP
UNVEILED A NEW BLUEPRINT TO
BOOST TESTING THIS WEEK, THE
NUMBERS IN HIS PLAN WERE NOT
VERY HIGH.
VERY HIGH. BUT THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS
IN THE BATTLE AGAINST THE
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. SENDING THE STOCK MARKET
HIGHER TODAY.
HIGHER TODAY. HERE’S A LIVE LOOK FOR YOU
AT THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL
AVERAGE WHICH STARTED THE
DAY WITH A 400 POINT RISE.
DOES CONTINUE TO SHOW
STRENGTH.
STRENGTH. THE GOOD NEWS DRIVING THE
MARKET IS A REPORT FROM DRUG
MAKER THAT’S PROMISING
RESULTS FOR AN ANTI-VIRAL
DRUG IN TREAT BE COVID-19
PATIENTS THAT OUTWEIGHS THE
BAD NEWS THAT INCLUDES
NEARLY 5% DROP IN THE GROSS
DOMESTIC PRODUCT IN THE
FIRST QUARTER.
FIRST QUARTER. AND PROEX-JUDGES OF AN EVEN
WORSE SECOND QUARTER.
BOEING -- PROJECTIONS OF AN
EVEN WORSE SECOND QUARTER.
>>> AS ALWAYS,
CLICKONDETROIT.COM IS PACKED
FULL OF USEFUL INFORMATION
FOR YOU TO GET YOU THROUGH
THIS CRISIS.
THIS CRISIS. IT’S ALL THERE FOR YOU ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM/CORONAVIRUS.
CLICKONDETROIT.COM/CORONAVIRUS. >>> IN OTHER NEWS THIS
AFTERNOON, THE RUSSIAN
PROSECUTION CONCLUDES
PROSECUTION CONCLUDES ARGUMENTS IN THE ESPIONAGE
TRIAL OF PAUL WHELAN.
THE NOVI RESIDENT WHO WAS
ARRESTED IN MOSCOW IN
DECEMBER OF 2018.
PROSECUTORS CLAIM THAT A
FLASH DISC THAT WAS IN HIS
POSSESSION CONTAINED
POSSESSION CONTAINED CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. HE FACES UP TO 20 YEARS IN
PRISON IF CONVICTED.
THE TRIAL WILL CONTINUE ON
MAY 13th WHEN THE DEFENSE
REBUTS THE PROSECUTION’S
CASE.
CASE. >>> TURNING TO DECISION 2020
NOW, REPRESENTATIVE JUSTIN
AMOSH THE REPUBLICAN TURNED
INDEPENDENT FROM RIGHT HERE
IN MICHIGAN ANNOUNCED HE
WOULD EXPLORE RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT AS A LIBERTARIAN.
INJECTING NEW VOLATILITY
INTO A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
ALREADY UNSETTLED BY THE
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. HE WAS JUST INTERVIEWED ON
MSNBC.
MSNBC. HERE’S A LOOK AT WHAT HE HAD
TO SAY.
TO SAY. >> WE’RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A
SYSTEM WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE
REPRESENTED THERE ARE
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE I WOULD SAY THE
PLURALITY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
NOT WELL REPRESENTED BY
EITHER OF THESE TWO PARTIES
OR EITHER OF THESE TWO
CANDIDATES AND THEY DESERVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE FOR
SOMEONE THAT THEY WANT TO
WIN.
WIN. >> AMOSH HAS SET UP A
CAMPAIGN WEBSITE BUT SAYS
HE’S NOT REACHED OUT TO
MAJOR FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTORS
FOR SUPPORT JUST YET.
>>> STILL TO COME HERE ON
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON, IT IS
A GLOBAL NIGHTMARE.
>> WHAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT
IS THE EMERGES -- EMERGENCE
OF A BRAND NEW INFECTION.
THE REASON IT’S SO
IMPRESSIVE IT EXPLODED UPON
US.
US. >> BUT THERE’S A NEW HOPE.
AFTER THE BREAK WE’LL TAKE
YOU INSIDE OF THE LAB
SHOWING PROMISING RESULTS AS
IT WORKS TO CREATE AN