WHY FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. FOR NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW. BRIDGE EMERGENCY DEVELOPING TONIGHT IN
PONTIAC, WITH MAJOR REPAIRS
NEEDED ON AN OVERPASS THAT
HANDLES A LOT OF TRAFFIC
ROADBLOCKS NOW IN PLACE ALONG
MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD,
WITH THE BRIDGE IN SUCH BAD
SHAPE, ALL TRAFFIC IS CLOSED,
INCLUDING TWO BICYCLISTS AND
PEDESTRIANS. PONTIAC WITH THE
NIGHT CAM TO GIVE US A CLOSER
LOOK AT THE DAMAGE, TIM WE ARE
AT THE APPROACH TO THE MARTIN
LUTHER KING BRIDGE OVER THE
GRAND TRUNK RAILROADS IN PONTIAC
, AS YOU SAY THE BRIDGE IS
CLOSED AND FOR GOOD REASON. JUST
TAKE A LOOK AT THESE IMAGES FROM
THE ENGINEER’S REPORT OF THIS
BRIDGE, JUST ABYSMAL. NO WAY YOU
CAN CUT IT DANGEROUS, SCARY AND
FOR NICAEA HERE WHO WORKS AT THE
FOOT OF THE BRIDGE AT THE
STORAGE CENTER. I’VE BEEN
DRIVING OVER THAT EVERY DAY.
ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING. THIS IS
AGAIN THE MIND LUTHER KING
BRIDGE JUST EAST OF WOODWARD
AVENUE NEAR SAINT JOE’S HOSPITAL
. THE BRIDGE CROSSES THE GRAND
TRUNK. WESTERN RAILROAD LINES
DOWN BELOW. SO THIS NAIL HAS THE
CITY STATE AND FEDS INVOLVED.
BUT DAMAGE HERE ISN’T JUST TO
THE METAL. JUST LOOK AT THESE
FOUNDATIONS WASHED AWAY EXPOSING
WHO KNOWS WHAT UTILITY PIPES AND
WIRES DOWN THERE. THIS ENTIRE
SITUATION HAS EVERYBODY ASKING
WELL, EXACTLY WHAT NICAEA ASKED
THIS EVENING. HOW DO YOU GET
THAT BAD WITH NOBODY DOING
ANYTHING ABOUT IT? THE BRIDGES
IN VERY DIFFICULT SHAPE THAT’S
RECENTLY ELECTED MAYOR OF
PONTIAC. TIM GREIMEL ONLY BEEN
IN OFFICE FOR SEVEN MONTHS. HE
SAYS HIS ADMINISTRATION IS LASER
FOCUSED ON INFRASTRUCTURE. NO
QUESTION. THIS IS JUST ONE OF
MANY EXAMPLES THAT ILLUSTRATES
THE NEED FOR MASSIVE INVESTMENTS
IN ALL KINDS OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE MAN TELLS ME THERE ARE
SEVERAL REASONS THIS REPAIR WILL
BE FAST TRACKED ONE THE AMOUNT
OF DECAY TO THE FACT THAT IT
RUNS OVER A VERY IMPORTANT
RAILROAD SYSTEM. AND THE THIRD
CONSIDERATION IS THE FACT THAT
IT DOES PROVIDE MORE DIRECT
ACCESS TO A MAJOR HOSPITAL TO
THE MAYOR’S POINT BACK OUT HERE
NOW, IF WE LOOK DOWN THERE THAT
IS SAINT JOE’S HOSPITAL THE
EMERGENCY ROOM RIGHT THERE. IF
YOU WERE COMING FROM 75 M 59 TO
GET TO THIS HOSPITAL, YOU WOULD
TAKE A DIRECT SHOT OVER THIS
BRIDGE. FOR NOW, THE AMBULANCES
HAVE TO DO A DETOUR. THAT’S NOT
GOOD WHEN EVERY SECOND COUNTS.
THAT IS A SCENE IN PONTIAC
TONIGHT WITH THE NIGHT CAMP TIM
PAMPLIN. LOCAL 4 ALL RIGHT. TIM
MAYOR GREIMEL SAYS REPAIRS ARE
GOING TO COST AN ESTIMATED $6
MILLION WITH THE STATE COVERING
ABOUT 95% OF THOSE COSTS,
REPAIRS EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY
NEXT YEAR. THE WATER EMERGENCY
IN SEVEN LOCAL COMMUNITIES IS
NOW EXPECTED TO LAST AT LEAST
THREE WEEKS, WHICH WOULD EXTEND
THE BOIL WATER ADVISORY INTO THE
START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR PANEL.
OSBORNE IS LIVE IN SHELBY
TOWNSHIP TONIGHT WITH HOW
SCHOOLS PLAN TO DEAL WITH THE
ADVISORY, PAM. KIMBERLY AUGUST
30TH. THAT’S THE DATA ON THE
CALENDAR. THAT’S WHEN YOU TAKE A
COMMUNITY SCHOOL STUDENTS GET
BACK INTO CLASS 13 OF THEIR
BUILDINGS ARE LOCATED IN SHELBY
TOWNSHIP. UNDER THAT BOIL WATER
ADVISORY. THEY ARE GOING TO BE
DEALING WITH THIS WITH LOTS OF
BOTTLED WATER. UTICA COMMUNITY
SCHOOLS WILL OPEN ITS DOORS TO
STUDENTS, AUGUST 30TH, A
SPOKESPERSON TELLS US 13 OF ITS
SCHOOLS ARE IN SHELBY TOWNSHIP,
WHERE BOILED WATER ADVISORY
REMAINS. IN EFFECT. THE DISTRICT
HAS EXPERIENCED THIS BEFORE.
THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN PROVIDING
BOTTLED WATER TO STUDENTS AND
STAFF IN FOR SUMMER SCHOOL AND
PRACTICES. THEY WILL CONTINUE
DISTRIBUTING BOTTLED WATER AND
USE IT TO COOK WITH UNTIL THE
ADVISORY IS LIFTED, WHICH MAY BE
A BIT LATER THAN SUMMIT HOPED.
REPLACEMENT PAPERS MEAN
MANUFACTURED NOW AND IS EXPECTED
TO BE DELIVERED NEXT TUESDAY.
THIS MEANS THAT WE WILL NEED TO
ADD AN ADDITIONAL WEEK TO THE
REPAIR TIMELINE AND A WEEK TO
THE POOL OF WATER ADVISORIES.
GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY SAYS
WORK IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. THESE
ARE PICTURES OF ENGINEERS
INSPECTING THE 120 INCH PIPE AND
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE BREAK. AND
YOU CAN SEE IN THOSE IMAGES THAT
WE GOT NEW TODAY. JUST HOW MUCH
WORK THERE IS TO BE DONE NOW.
PART OF THAT PIPE IS ALREADY
THERE ON SITE. SO CRUISER DOING
THE WORK THAT THEY CAN RIGHT NOW
TRYING TO SPEED UP THIS PROCESS
WHILE THEY WAIT ON THAT OTHER
PIECE OF PIPE TO GET IN NEXT
TUESDAY. AS FOR WHAT CAUSED THIS
BREAK TO BEGIN WITH THAT IS
STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION
REPORTING LIVE TONIGHT IN SHELBY
TOWNSHIP. AND PAMELA OSBORNE,
LOCAL 4 PAM 1931, MICHIGAN LAW
THAT CRIMINALIZES ABORTION SOON
BE BACK IN EFFECT. THAT’S THE
DECISION BEING WEIGHED IN
OAKLAND COUNTY TOMORROW, THE
LATEST MOVE IN THE ONGOING FIGHT
OVER ABORTION IN MICHIGAN. MARK
MACDONALD LIVE AT THE OAKLAND
COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT TONIGHT,
MARA AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE IS
AN INJUNCTION IN PLACE AND THAT
BLOCKS THE LAW. DEVIN THAT’S
RIGHT. A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING
ORDER THAT GOVERNOR WHITMER
ASKED FOR AND GOD WILL IT REMAIN
IN PLACE, BUT REALIZE THIS WHOLE
ISSUE OVER THIS RESTRAINING
ORDER THAT’S JUST ONE PORTION OF
THE OVERALL BATTLE FOR ABORTION
IN MICHIGAN. LET ME SHOW YOU THE
COURT IS CONTINUING THE
RESTRAINING ORDER THROUGH A
HEARING ON A PRELIMINARY
INJUNCTION, JUDGE JACOB
CUNNINGHAM HAS SO FAR GRANTED
GOVERNOR WHITMORE’S REQUEST FOR
AN INJUNCTION PREVENTING THAT
1931 LAW WHICH CRIMINALIZES
ABORTION FROM GOING INTO EFFECT
AFTER THE MICHIGAN COURT OF
APPEALS RULED COUNTY PROSECUTORS
CAN ENFORCE IT. TOMORROW’S
HEARING WILL DETERMINE NEXT
STEPS. JOIN THE FIGHT. DON’T BE
SURPRISED IF YOU HAVE DUELING
PROTESTS IN FRONT OF THE
COURTHOUSE TOMORROW, EITHER. ALL
THIS LEGAL MANEUVERING IS AT
THIS POINT INTERIM UNTIL THE
SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE
DETERMINES WHETHER AN ABORTION
BALLOT PROPOSAL ASKING YOU THE
VOTER TO WEIGH IN ON THE ISSUE
MAKES THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER
GROUPS INCLUDING THE W AND
PLANNED PARENTHOOD GATHERED MORE
THAN 700,000 SIGNATURES. TO PUT
IT ON THE BALLOT, BUT ANTI
ABORTION GROUPS ARE CHALLENGING
THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT APPEARS TO
BE A TEXT FORMATTING ERROR
SPACES ARE MISSING BETWEEN WORDS
AND THIS IS FROM THE STATE’S OWN
WEBSITE. THE BALLOT PROPOSAL, IF
APPROVED, ASKS VOTERS WHETHER
THEY WILL SAY YES TO LANGUAGE
THAT MAKES REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT BUT WOULD
ALLOW THE STATE TO REGULATE
ABORTION AFTER A FETAL VIABILITY
. THE CAVEAT BEING THE STATE
COULD NOT PROHIBIT AN ABORTION.
AFTER FETAL VIABILITY. IF A
DOCTOR SAYS IT’S MEDICALLY
INDICATED. BACK HERE LIVE. THE
STATE BOARD OF CANVASSERS IS
MEETING AUGUST 31ST. THAT’S WHEN
WE EXPECT THAT BOARD TO MAKE A
DETERMINATION ON WHETHER THIS
BALLOT PROPOSAL WILL BE ON THE
BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. WE’RE LIVE
IN PONTIAC TONIGHT, MARA
MACDONALD LOCAL 4, AND WE’LL BE
ON TOP OF WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW
IN OAKLAND COUNTY AS WELL. ALL
RIGHT, MARA THREE LOCAL HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS ARE INVESTIGATING
THE INCREASE OF E. COLI CASES.
THE STATE SAYS. THERE ARE 98
CASES SO FAR THIS MONTH, AND
KENT, OTTAWA AND OAKLAND
COUNTIES. THE DEPARTMENT IS
CURRENTLY IN THE EARLY STAGES OF
THE INVESTIGATION. RESULTS ARE
SHOWING THAT SOME OF THESE CASES
ARE RELATED. DOCTORS SAY
SYMPTOMS OF THE ILLNESS USUALLY
APPEAR 3 TO 4 DAYS AFTER
EXPOSURE AND CAN LAST FOR AS
LONG AS 10 DAYS. THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION TODAY CANCELING
STUDENT DEBT FOR ANYONE WHO
ATTENDED I T T TECHNICAL
INSTITUTE DEPARTMENT EDUCATION,
GIVING RELIEF TO MORE THAN
208,000 PEOPLE AFTER THE FEDS
FOUND THE NOW DEFUNCT CHAIN OF
SCHOOLS VASTLY OVERSTATED THE
QUALITY OF ITS PROGRAMS AND
MISLED STUDENTS. THE RELIEF WILL
TOTAL $3.9 BILLION. THE DEBT
CANCELATION WILL IMPACT STUDENTS
WHO ATTENDED IT. TECH. AS FAR
BACK AS 2005 BACK TO WHAT TO
WRITE UP THROUGH TO WIN THE
CHAIN OF SCHOOLS SHUT DOWN,
WHICH WAS 2016 DEFENSE ATTORNEYS
TODAY QUESTIONING THE MOTIVE OF
AN FBI INFORMANT WHO GATHERED
EVIDENCE AGAINST THE MAN CHARGED
WITH PLOTTING TO KIDNAP GOVERNOR
GRETCHEN WHITMER DAN CHAPEL, WHO
SECRETLY RECORDED CONVERSATIONS
WITH ADAM FOX AND BARRY CROFT
WAS CROSS EXAMINED FOR HOURS IN
FEDERAL COURT AND GRAND RAPIDS.
THE DEFENSE ATTACKED HIS
TESTIMONY, NOTING AT TIMES HE
EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR FIRING
SHOTS AT WHAT MERS VACATION
HOME. ALSO TODAY, PROSECUTORS
CALLED TIGAR BEEN TO TESTIFY.
CARBON HAS ALREADY PLEADED
GUILTY AND AGREED TO COOPERATE
IN THE CASE. HE TOLD THE
COURTROOM FOX AND CROFT WERE HIS
CO CONSPIRATORS IN THE PLOT. ONE
OF DONALD TRUMP’S BIGGEST
CRITICS, HAS BEEN DEFEATED IN A
VERY CLOSELY WATCHED PRIMARY
BATTLE IN WYOMING REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSWOMAN LIZ CHENEY
CONCEDING THE RACE TONIGHT,
TRUMP BACKED ATTORNEY HARRIET
HAGMAN. CHENEY VOTED TO IMPEACH
THE FORMER PRESIDENT, OF COURSE,
AND SHE HAS BEEN LEADING THE
JANUARY 6TH INVESTIGATION ON
CAPITOL HILL. CHENEY IS ALREADY
LOOKING AHEAD TO A POLITICAL
FUTURE BEYOND CAPITOL HILL, SHE
SAYS THAT COULD INCLUDE A 2024
PRESIDENTIAL RUN. POTENTIALLY