MICHIGAN STATE. WE’RE LIVE AND FOR TONIGHT’S BIG GAME. ONE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT FOR NEWS STARTS
RIGHT NOW. GOOD MORNING. IT’S
EIGHT O’CLOCK. I’M GRANT HERMES
FREEMAN. THANKS FOR JOINING US
FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS TODAY. IT’S
GOING TO BE A BIG DAY. TODAY IT
IS. WE’VE GOT TO START WITH THE
WEATHER BECAUSE WHETHER AT THE
BIG HOUSE RIGHT NOW WE’RE ON
BRIAN SHERMAN IS NOT EXACTLY
CLEAR. FOGGIER LAST 10 MINUTES,
BRIAN. YEAH THAT’S RIGHT. PRE
AND GRANT OVER THE PAST HOUR. WE
JOINED YOU AT SEVEN O’CLOCK. WE
HAD THE BIG M OVER MY SHOULDER.
YOU COULD SEE IT. NOT SO MUCH
HERE AT EIGHT O’CLOCK THIS
MORNING. WE’RE GOING TO PAN OFF
AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT. IT IS
SHROUDED AND FOG AS YOU’RE
HEADING OUTSIDE EARLY THIS
MORNING, BUT I DO THINK AS WE GO
THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, YOU WILL
BE ABLE TO SEE THAT FOG LIFT BY
10 TO 11 O’CLOCK THIS MORNING
AND WE WILL GET INTO SOME
SUNSHINE. WE’RE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT THAT GAME DAY FORECAST
HERE IN JUST A SECOND, BUT
FIRST, LET’S GET TOWARD THE GAME
TODAY. LOCAL FOREST
BERNIE SMILOVITZ TALKS ABOUT THE
MAGIC ABOUT TODAY’S GAME AND
WHAT THIS GAME FOR BOTH MICHIGAN
AND MICHIGAN STATE MEANS TO THE
COACHES AND THE PLAYERS. LOOKING
REACHED THAT MAGICAL MOMENT IN
THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON. NO,
IT’S NOT NICK SABAN BADMOUTHING
HIS TEAM. THAT’S MORE OF A
WEEKLY OCCURRENCE. IT’S TIME FOR
THE MICHIGAN MICHIGAN STATE
FOOTBALL GAME, AND JIM HARBAUGH
REACHED INTO HIS OLD BAG OF
CLICHES TO GIVE HIS THOUGHTS ON
THIS ONE THROUGHOUT THE RECORDS
IS. IS VERY TRUE. UH, IT DOESN’T
MATTER. I MEAN, BOTH SIDES. UH
BUT WHAT SIZE JUST WANTED WANTED
THAT MUCH. REALLY DO WANT IT
FROM THE POINT OF HAVING TO LIVE
WITH THE OTHER SIDE FOR 365 DAYS
. ALSO KEEP IN MIND.
MICHIGANNATIVE HAS WON THIS
THING TWO YEARS IN A ROW, BUT
MEL TUCKER ISN’T GLOATING. HE
KNOWS HOW THIS RIVALRY WORKS. I
BELIEVE THAT THERE’S A RESPECT
FACTOR WHEN AND THE BEST
RIVALRIES. THERE WAS A RESPECT
FACTOR, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A
ELEMENT OF JUST LIKE A HATRED
TONIGHT AT 7 30. THE MALL SHOULD
BE EMPTY BECAUSE THAT’S WHEN
KICK OFF IS SCHEDULED, AND
SHORTLY BEFORE 11. WE SHOULD
KNOW IF STATE HAS MADE IT THREE
IN A ROW OR AS MICHIGAN GOTTEN
THEIR MEASURE OF EVENTUAL
BERNIE SMILOVITZ LOCAL 4 SPORTS.
GOOD INFORMATION TO KNOW AT
LEAST FOR A WHITE PERSON LIKE
ME. WHO’S BRAND NEW TO MICHIGAN
HERE, AND I’M GOING TO BE
WATCHING THIS FORECAST VERY
CLOSELY AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT
THE DAY TODAY, THAT DENSE FOG
THE BIG HEADLINE AS YOU’RE
HEADING OUTSIDE. NOT ONLY HERE
IN ANN ARBOR EARLY THIS MORNING,
BUT ALL ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN
MICHIGAN TOWER CAM FROM WINDSOR
LOOKING ACROSS THE RIVER INTO
DOWNTOWN DETROIT. WE CANNOT SEE
THE SKYLINE ANYMORE LIKE WE
COULD ABOUT AN HOUR AGO. JUST
BECAUSE OF HOW THICK THAT FOG
IS. TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING ON
THE COLD SIDE. I’D OF THINGS AS
WELL. MOST EVERYONE INTO THE
THIRTIES 37 RIGHT NOW. IN
DETROIT, 35. HOW 34 IN PONTIAC
AND 35 RIGHT NOW OVER AND ADRIAN
VISIBILITY AT OR NEAR ZERO OVER
MOST OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN
THIS MORNING. THESE VISIBILITIES
HAVE BEEN DROPPING VERY QUICKLY
OVER THE PAST 1 TO 2 HOURS. IF
YOU ARE GOING TO BE HEADING OUT
THIS MORNING, GIVE YOURSELF SOME
EXTRA TIME TO GET TO YOUR
DESTINATION AND BE SURE TO USE
THOSE LOW BEAMS OUTSIDE OF THAT
DENSE FOG. MAINLY CLEAR SKIES
OVERNIGHT LAST NIGHT UNDER EARLY
THIS MORNING, AND WE’RE GOING TO
KEEP THE SUNSHINE AND
TEMPERATURES NEAR 60 FOR
TAILGATING THIS AFTERNOON,
DROPPING INTO THE FIFTIES BY THE
TIME WE GET TO GAME TIME EARLY
THIS EVENING, WE’RE GOING TO
TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN
EXPECT HERE IN ANN ARBOR. TODAY,
WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME
OF THE CERVIX SECURITY CONCERNS
THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOING ON
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW HERE IF
YOU’RE GOING TO BE COMING TO THE
BIG HOUSE AND MUCH MORE AS WE
HEAD THROUGHOUT THE NEXT HOUR,
REPORTING LIVE FROM ANN ARBOR
FOR NOW, I’M BORN METEOROLOGIST
BRIAN SHERMAN GRANTED PRIYA.
WE’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU,
BRIAN. I KNOW YOU CAN’T SEE US,
BUT BOTH GRANT AND I WERE LIKE
LEADING OVER THE DEATH LOOKING
AT THE SCREEN. TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WHERE ARE YOU WORRIED? SOME
PRETTY INTENSE FOG SPOT DOESN’T
LET UP THERE JUST KIND OF STICK
ON IT GONE. YEAH IT’S GONE RIGHT
NOW. JUST YOU JUST CAN’T SEE
MUCH OUT HERE SO, BUT HOPEFULLY
WHEN THEY’RE TOSSING THAT
PIGSKIN THIS EVENING, WE’RE NOT
GOING TO BE HAVING ANY OF THIS
FOG OUT HERE. ABSOLUTELY BRIAN,
THANKS SO MUCH LIVE OUT IN ANN
ARBOR FOR US THIS MORNING. AND
WE’RE JUST UNDER 12 HOURS UNTIL
THE BIG GAME THE NEWSROOM HAS
BEEN GETTING IN ON THAT RIVALRY
SPIRIT. THE BATTLE LINES HAVE
BEEN DRAWN PLENTY OF SUPPORT AS
YOU CAN SEE HERE ON EACH SIDE OF
FAMILIAR FACES DECKED OUT IN
THEIR TEAM’S GEAR OR ADD SOME OF
THESE GAMES THIS WEEK HAS
BROUGHT OUT PLENTY OF TRASH TALK
. YOU GETTING READY FOR THE BIG
GAME, BUT THINGS SHOULD RETURN
TO NORMAL ONES. ONE TEAM HAS
EARNED THE PAUL BUNYAN TROPHY.
OF COURSE, AS WITH ANY RIVALRY
ONCE THE GAME IS OVER, THE
BRAGGING BEGINS. UH, WHICH WHICH
BETS ARE HAPPENING THIS YEAR,
BUT I KNOW THAT THEY ARE
HAPPENING. I KNOW AND I WAS
GOING TO SAY WAIT. THE TRASH
TALK ENDS IF SOMEBODY ON THAT
THAT SCREEN THERE SHOWS UP IN
THE OPPOSITE JERSEY. SOMETHING
HAPPENED? YEAH SOME BIG MONEY.
HMM. AND OTHER HEADLINES THIS
MORNING. THE ELECTION NOW JUST
11 DAYS AWAY, YOU’RE LOOKING TO
LIVE PICTURE HERE OF RENAISSANCE
HIGH SCHOOL IN DETROIT WERE
FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
WILL BE JOINING GOVERNOR WHITMER
AND OTHER DEMOCRATS AT NOON
TODAY, AS YOU SEE, PEOPLE ARE
ALREADY LINING UP AND SETTING UP
FOR THE VISIT LINING UP EARLY
THIS MORNING. HIS VISIT COMES AS
RACES ACROSS THE STATE HAVE
STARTED TO TIGHTEN UP. LOCAL 4
POLLSTER RICHARD ZUBA WEIGHED IN
AHEAD OF OBAMA’S VISIT AND WHAT
IT COULD MEAN TO DETROIT VOTERS
IN A MAJORITY BLACK CITY THAT
MAY NOT HAVE BLACK
REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN 70 YEARS.
WE’RE NOT GOING TO SEE HEAVY
BLACK REPRESENTATION ANYMORE
COMING OUT OF THE CITY OF
DETROIT, AND I THINK DEMOCRATS
ARE AWARE OF THAT. THERE’S
NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT THE
REDISTRICTING BLINDS. THEY
COULDN’T IT WAS OUT OF THEIR
HANDS, SO THEY’RE THEY’RE GOING
TO MAKE SURE THAT DESPITE THAT
THAT, YOU KNOW PROMINENT AFRICAN
AMERICAN VOICES IN BARACK
OBAMA’S IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT,
I THINK. COMES IN AND YOU KNOW
TALKS TO THEIR COMMUNITY TALKS
TO THESE VOTERS TO MAKE SURE
THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT’S AT STAKE.
ZUMA ALSO THINKS THAT OBAMA IS
GOING TO STICK TO THE MAJOR
ISSUES FOR DEMOCRATS SO FAR THIS
CAMPAIGN AND YOU’RE GOING TO BE
COVERING AT NOON. YES WE’VE BEEN
REPORTING AS MANY OF YOU HAVE
SEEN IN THOSE CAMPAIGN ADS.
THOSE ISSUES, OF COURSE, INCLUDE
ABORTION AND THE THREAT TO
DEMOCRACY. TAKE A LISTEN I DON’T
THINK IT’S ONE OR THE OTHER. I
THINK HE’S GOING TO TALK ABOUT
ABORTION, BUT I THINK HE’S GOING
TO TALK HEAVILY. I WOULD SUSPECT
HE’S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE
RISKS TO DEMOCRACY AND THE RISKS
TO VOTING RIGHTS IF YOU KNOW IF
THEY DON’T HOLD ON IN MICHIGAN
IN AND ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE OF
THE TICKET CHALLENGER TUTOR
DIXON IS KICKING OFF A BUS TOUR
TODAY AND TO SHELL SHE AND
OTHERS ON THE TICKET WILL BE AT
ARMANDO RESTAURANT IN DETROIT AT
4 30. THEY’RE SET TO MAKE A
STOP. AND OUR LADY OF ALBANIANS
IN SOUTHFIELD AND AT 6 45.
TONIGHT THE TOUR STOPS AT
BUMPERS LANDING IN HARRISON
TOWNSHIP, WHERE THERE’LL BE A
WATCH PARTY FOR THE MICHIGAN
MICHIGAN STATE GAME. AND WE’LL
HAVE A COMPLETE WRAP UP OF
EVENTS FROM BOTH REPUBLICAN
DEMOCRATIC PARTIES ON LATER
EDITIONS OF LOCAL 4 NEWS AND IF
YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY THAT WAS A
GREAT TIME TO CHECK OUT THE
VOTER GUIDE CLICKONDETROIT.COM
IT’S GOT INFORMATION ON WHAT TO
EXPECT UNDER BALLOT, THE
STATEWIDE PROPOSALS AND A LOT
MORE. NOW TO ANOTHER BIG STORY
THIS MORNING, A MASSIVE EVENT
HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
HERE IN METRO DETROIT TODAY
AIMED AT KEEPING YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY SAFE 2029.3 MILLION
AMERICANS MISUSED PRESCRIPTION
PAIN RELIEVERS. OVERALL OVERDOSE
DEATHS ARE ON THE RISE IN THE
US, ESPECIALLY THOSE INVOLVING
FENTANYL. SO THAT’S WHY TODAY
THE DEA IS HOSTING ITS NATIONAL
PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK DAY
TO HELP YOU DISPOSE OF THOSE
UNUSED MEDICATIONS ARE MEGAN
WOODS IS LIVE WITH MORE ON THIS
IMPORTANT PROGRAM. MORNING,
MEGAN. GOOD MORNING. NOW GRANT
AND PRIYA. MANY OF US MYSELF
INCLUDED. WE LOOK INTO INSIDE OF
OUR MEDICINE CABINET AND WE SEE
THOSE PRESCRIPTION OR OVER THE
COUNTER DRUGS THAT WE HAVEN’T
USED IN A WHILE THAT THEY’RE
EXPIRED OR THEY’RE JUST TAKING
UP SPACE, AND THAT’S WHAT THIS
EVENT IS ALL ABOUT, AND
SOMETIMES PEOPLE FLUSH THEM OR
PUT IT IN THE TRASH. AND THAT’S
NOT BEST FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT, SO
THIS IS A SAFER OPTION
COLLECTION SITES THROUGHOUT OUR
AREA OPEN AND JUST TWO HOURS AT
10 AM, BUT LIKE YOU MENTIONED.
THIS IS A NATIONAL INITIATIVE.
THERE ARE 4000 LOCATIONS
NATIONWIDE PARTICIPATING IN
PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK DAY.
THE POINT IS TO HELP PREVENTION
MEDICATION MISUSE OPIOID
ADDICTION, ACCORDING TO THE CDC
, ABOUT 107,000 PEOPLE DIED AS A
RESULT OF DRUG POISONING LAST
YEAR. THIS TAKE BACK DAY IS
ACTUALLY HELD TWICE A YEAR IN
OCTOBER. AND IN APRIL THIS PAST
APRIL, THE D E A REPORTED A
TOTAL OF MORE THAN 5000 DROP OFF
SITES THAT COLLECTED AROUND
£721,000 OF UNNEEDED MEDICATIONS
IN MICHIGAN, £25,082 OF
DISCARDED MEDICINES WERE
COLLECTED. I WOULD REALLY
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THESE TAKE BACK
SERVICES, KEEPING UNUSED
MEDICATIONS AROUND REALLY JUST
OPENS THE DOOR TO THEM BEING
LOST, MISUSED OR STOLEN. NOW
LIQUIDS AND PILLS ARE SOMEWHAT
OBVIOUS TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE
. BUT THINGS LIKE NEEDLES AND
SYRINGES. THOSE SHOULD ALSO BE
DISPOSED OF PROPERLY AND ANY
MEDICATION PATCHES ARE
ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO DISPOSE
OF PROPERLY. THE REASON PATCHES
ARE AN ESPECIALLY SERIOUS HAZARD
IS THAT THEY USUALLY CONTAIN
VERY HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF THE
ACTIVE MEDICATION. AND THEY ARE
EVEN MORE DANGEROUS AND THIS IS
ESPECIALLY THE CASE. IF A CHILD
OR A PET GETS AHOLD OF ONE OF
THEM AND CHOOSE IT. DROP OFF
SITES ARE ONLY TAKING PILLS
TODAY. BUT IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR
A LOCATION NEAR YOU, WE HAVE A Q
R. CODE UP. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS TAKE OUT YOUR PHONE, OPEN THE
CAMERA AND PUT IT CLOSE TO THAT
Q R CODE, AND IT WILL TAKE YOU
DIRECTLY TO CLICKONDETROIT.COM
AND THERE WILL BE A LIST OF
THOSE DROP OFF LOCATIONS AND IF
YOU CAN’T MAKE IT OUT TODAY,
SOME OF YOUR LOCAL PHARMACIES,
THEY HAVE A LOCATION, A SPOT A
CONTAINER FOR YOU TO DROP OFF
THOSE UNUSED OR YOU KNOW, MAYBE
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THAT ARE
EXPIRED BACK TO YOU, PRIYA.
GRANT. THAT’S ALRIGHT, MEGAN.
IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE THESE
KIND OF EVENTS BECAUSE WE ALL