COMES THE WIND AND DEFINITELY DON’T PUT AWAY THOSE UMBRELLAS JUST YET. WHY FROM DOWNTOWN
DETROIT FOR NEWS STARTS RIGHT
NOW. GOOD MORNING. IT’S SEVEN
O’CLOCK. I’M GRANT HERMES
PRIYA MANN. THANKS FOR JOINING
US FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS. JUST TAKE A
LOOK AT THAT SUNRISE LOOKING
GORGEOUS ALONG THE DETROIT RIVER
. WE BEGIN WITH THAT LIVE LOOK
OUTSIDE. IT’S A BUSY START TO
THE WEEKEND IN THE WEATHER
DEPARTMENT, AND IT IS NOT AN
APRIL FOOL’S JOKE. BRIAN WAS ON
THE AIR AT TWO A.M. BECAUSE OF A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING.
BRIAN WHERE DO THINGS STAND THIS
MORNING? A MUCH MORE TRANQUIL
PICTURE IN THE LAST 4 TO 5 HOURS
GRAND PRIX AFTER WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT THOSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE
WINDS WERE THE PRIMARY THREAT
OVERNIGHT AND WE’RE GOING TO
KEEP THE GUSTY WINDS INTO THE
FORECAST HEADING THROUGHOUT OUR
SATURDAY EXACT TRACK 40 RADAR A
MUCH CLEANER SWEEP THAN WHAT WE
HAD TOWARDS 23 O’CLOCK THIS
MORNING, WITH THOSE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH AND
A LITTLE SUNSHINE ON THE HORIZON
TOWER CAM LOOKING ACROSS THE
RIVER OVER INTO WINDSOR THIS
MORNING, ENJOY THE LITTLE WELL,
SUNSHINE. WE DO BC BECAUSE
TEMPERATURES ARE FALLING AS WE
HEAD THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DAY,
DOWN TO 49 RIGHT NOW, HERE IN
DETROIT, 47 OVER IN ANN ARBOR,
54 1 OF THE WARMER SPOTS RIGHT
NOW OVER IN PORT HURON AND 47 IS
YOU’RE STARTING OFF THIS MORNING
OVER AN ADRIAN WINDS GUSTING 25
TO 30 MILES AN HOUR RIGHT NOW,
ESPECIALLY OVER IN PONTIAC 26
MILES AN HOUR AT CITY AIRPORT
AND 24 MILES AN HOUR WORKING
INTO MOUNT CLEMENS EXPECT THOSE
WIND GUSTS TO KICK UP AS WE HEAD
THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS WELL WITH
A DRY START THIS MORNING,
KEEPING MY EYES ON SOME RAIN
EARLY THIS MORNING. MOVING OVER
. LAKE MICHIGAN WILL SEE SOME
RAIN SHOWERS, MIXING WITH A FEW
SNOW SHOWERS AS SOME OF THAT
COLDER AIR MOVES IN TODAY,
FALLING TEMPERATURES ALL DAY
LONG WITH THE WINDS GUSTING 35
TO 40 MILES AN HOUR THE ENTIRE
DAY, MUCH MORE ON THE RAIN AND
SNOW TODAY AND SOME DRIER
WEATHER TOMORROW. YOUR FULL
FORWARD FORECAST COMING UP IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES. NOW IS YOUR
TIME SAVER TRAFFIC. CHECKING IN
ON THE ROADS EARLY THIS MORNING
GREEN FOR THE MOST PART, A
LITTLE SLOW DOWN, STARTING TO
SHOW UP ON. I 96 TO THE EASTER
REDFORD THIS MORNING, BUT AS OF
RIGHT NOW, NO MAJOR ACCIDENTS
SHOWING UP OUTSIDE AS YOU’RE
HEADING OUT THE DOOR THIS
MORNING, AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO
BE HEADING OUT THE DOOR, MAKE
SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THAT 4WARN
WEATHER APP. YOU’LL GET EXACT
TRACK 40 FUTURE TRACK AND THE
ALL IMPORTANT WEATHER ALERTS
FROM THE WARNINGS WE HAD LAST
NIGHT SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PALM
OF YOUR HAND. YOU CAN FIND IT IN
YOUR FAVORITE APP STORE. JUST
SEARCH WDIV’S AT LEAST ONE
PERSON IS DEAD AND DOZENS ARE
INJURED AFTER THE ROOF OF AN
ILLINOIS THEATER COLLAPSED, THE
CITY FIRE CHIEF SAYS MORE THAN
200 PEOPLE WERE INSIDE THE
APOLLO THEATER IN BELVEDERE.
WHEN IT COLLAPSED. IT HAPPENED
AS A STORM CROSSED THE CITY WITH
WINDS REPORTED TO BE UPWARDS OF
15 MILES AN HOUR. 28 PEOPLE WERE
HOSPITALIZED FROM THE COLLAPSE.
FIVE HAS SEVERE INJURIES. THERE
WERE MULTIPLE INJURIES. THERE
WAS A FATALITY. AND THERE WAS 28
PERSONS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE
FROM HERE. THE INITIAL RESPONSE
, LIKE I SAID, WAS A
MULTIJURISDICTIONAL. MANY MANY
AMBULANCES, MANY, MANY
RESPONDERS. IT IS NOT YET CLEAR
WHAT EXACTLY CAUSED THE THEATERS
ROOF TO CAVE IN? A SUSPECT IS
RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL THIS
MORNING AFTER A SHOOTOUT WITH
POLICE ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE
JUST BEFORE EIGHT LAST NIGHT.
POLICE RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF A
PERSON WITH A WEAPON NEAR
PURITAN AND SAN JUAN. POLICE SAY
THE SUSPECT, PULLED A WEAPON ON
THE OFFICERS AND THEN FIRED
MULTIPLE ROUNDS. OFFICERS SHOT
BACK AND THE SUSPECT RAN DOWN AN
ALLEY WHERE MORE GUNFIRE WAS
EXCHANGED SHORTLY AFTER POLICE
FOUND THE SUSPECT HIDING IN A
NEARBY HOME SUFFERING. FROM A
GUNSHOT WOUND. HIS OFFICERS DAY
IN AND DAY OUT, OR JUST THE
BRAVEST IN THE COUNTRY. THEY
ENGAGED IN THAT THEY WERE BEING
FIRED UPON. THEY KEPT THEIR
COOL. THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY
WERE TRAINED TO DO. NO OFFICERS
WERE HIT DURING THE SHOOTOUT,
ONLY THEIR VEHICLE. WE’RE
TRACKING EFFORTS TO FIND TWO
SEXUAL PREDATORS IN THE METRO
DETROIT AREA THIS MORNING. WE
START WITH THIS CASE FROM ITS
ALANI, WHERE POLICE RELEASED A
SKETCH OF A MAN WANTED FOR
SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A CHILD. THE
VICTIMS SAYS. A MAN LOOKING LIKE
THIS HAS A TATTOO OF A CROSS ON
HIS UPPER LEFT ARM AND WORDING
THAT REFERENCES GOD, IF YOU HAVE
ANY INFORMATION YOU’RE ASKED TO
CALL THE POLICE. ALSO THE SEARCH
CONTINUES FOR THE MAN ACCUSED OF
SEXUALLY ASSAULTING AN 80 YEAR
OLD WOMAN ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE
. COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN
GOING DOOR TO DOOR FOR DAYS
SEARCHING FOR HER ATTACKER, BUT
AT LAST CHECK NO ONE IS IN
CUSTODY. THE NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT SAYS THE
AREA IS MOSTLY MADE UP OF SENIOR
CITIZENS AND THE COMMUNITY IS ON
EDGE AS THE SEARCH CONTINUES.
THEY’RE RELIEVED TO KNOW THAT
POLICE ARE ALSO TAKING THIS
SERIOUSLY. THE POLICE ENSURED US
THAT THEY ARE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT THEIR PRESENCE IS MORE
THAN WE WILL EVER KNOW, BECAUSE
THEY ARE UNDERCOVER. AND HE
ASSURED US THAT THEY WOULD BE
HERE UNTIL THIS PREDATOR IS
CAUGHT. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION
ABOUT THE ATTACKER CAN CALL THE
POLICE. BIG CHANGES ARE COMING
TO SOME MICHIGAN HOSPITALS WHEN
IT COMES TO THEIR MASK POLICIES
STARTING NEXT WEEK. MICHIGAN
MEDICINE IN ANN ARBOR AND
SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM IN LANSING
WILL NO LONGER REQUIRE ALL
PATIENTS, VISITORS AND
CAREGIVERS TO WEAR MASKS AT ALL
TIMES. WHILE INSIDE THEIR
FACILITIES MASKS WILL STILL BE
AVAILABLE AT THE HOSPITAL’S
ENTRANCE IS FOR THOSE WHO WANT
TO WEAR ONE, BUT THEY WON’T BE
REQUIRED. THE DECISION TO EASE
THE MASKING REQUIREMENTS IS IN
RESPONSE TO THE STATES CONTINUED
DECLINING CASE RATES AND
HOSPITALIZATIONS. WELL GET READY
FOR SPRING AT THE NOVI HOME AND
GARDEN SHOW. THE SHOW IS OPEN
FROM 10 TO 8 TODAY AT THE
SUBURBAN COLLECTION SHOWPLACE
SAYS SPRING LIKE THESE FLOWERS
RIGHT HERE, THEY’RE SHOW
FEATURES PLENTY OF EXHIBITS WITH
IDEAS TO FRESHEN UP YOUR HOME.
PLUS, THERE’S AN INTERACTIVE
SESSION FOR KIDS AND PARENTS
TEACHING KIDS HOW TO GET
INVOLVED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
LIKE LEARNING TO PULL WEEDS AND
PLANTING FLOWERS. TICKETS START
AT 10 BUCKS FOR ADULTS AND NINE