>> Announcer: LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, HOME OF
WDIV ASK CLICK ON DETROIT,
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS
NOW.
>>> MAKING IT OFFICIAL.
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
MEETING IN ALL 50 STATES
TODAY TO FORMALLY NAME JOE
BIDEN THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
WE ARE LIVE FROM THE STATE
CAPITOL IN LANSING WHERE THE
MICHIGAN VOTE WILL TAKE
PLACE.
>>> A LIGHT AT THE END OF
THE PANDEMIC TUNNEL.
THE CRITICAL MISSION TO ROLL
OUT THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE
BEGINS.
>> IT’S NOT JUST A VACCINE
IT’S A SHOT OF HOPE.
>> Reporter: THE FIRST
AMERICAN VACCINATED IN NEW
YORK.
>> SANDRA, YOU DIDN’T
FLINCH.
>> NEW AT NOON A
COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT
DISTRIBUTION PLANS HERE IN
METRO DETROIT AND ACROSS THE
NATION.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
THIS NOON.
THE DEVELOPMENT SURROUNDING
THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE DUE
TOP OUR NEWSCAST.
A CRITICAL CARE NURSE IN NEW
YORK IS AMONG THE FIRST
PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES
TO BE VACCINATED AGAINST
COVID-19.
HER NAME SANDRA LINDSEY.
SHE WORKS AT THE LONG ISLAND
JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER IN
QUEENS AND SHE GOT THE SHOT
THIS MORNING.
LINDSEY SAID IT DIDN’T FEEL
ANY DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER
VACCINE.
THE C.D.C. RECOMMENDS FRONT
LINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS LIKE
LINDSEY AND RESIDENTS OF
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
GET THE VACCINE FIRST.
CLOSER TO HOME, WAYNE COUNTY
HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE MEETING
RIGHT NOW TO DISCUSS THE
COVID-19 VACCINE ROLLOUT
HERE.
THE COUNTY EXPECTS MORE THAN
19,000 DOSES OF THE VACCINE
TO BE DELIVERED LATER THIS
WEEK.
>> WE’RE STARTING THIS
FRIDAY WITH OUR OWN
VACCINATERS THIS IS WHERE
OUR PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF,
THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO
ADMINISTER THE VACCINE WE
WILL START WITH THOSE.
WE HAVE ALSO REACHED OUT TO
THE 1300 E.M.S. WORKERS IN
THE COUNTY.
WE GAVE THEM A SURVEY THAT
TO TELL US WHETHER THEY WANT
TO US GO VACCINATE THEM OR
THEY WANT TO TAKE THE SUPPLY
AND VACCINATE THEMSELVES.
>> AS WAYNE COUNTY PREPARES
FOR MORE VACCINES, HOSPITALS
ACROSS THE STATE HAVE ALSO
BEEN PREPARING FOR THE
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE TO
ARRIVE AND FRONT LINE
WORKERS ARE NOW GETTING IT.
>>> THIS ALL COMES AFTER THE
C.D.C. ACCEPTED AN ADVISORY
COMMITTEE’S RECOMMENDATION
THAT THE VACCINE MAY BE
GIVEN TO PEOPLE 16 YEARS OF
AGE AND OLDER.
STATEWIDE, 48 HOSPITALS AND
DOZENS OF HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
ARE RECEIVING THE VACCINE.
IN METRO DETROIT, THAT
INCLUDES ASCENSION HOSPITAL
IN WARREN, FIVE DIFFERENT
HENRY FORD HOSPITAL
LOCATIONS, HOSPITALS IN THE
BEAUMONT HEALTH SYSTEM, AND
THE ANN ARBOR VETERANS
HOSPITAL.
IT HAS BEEN SELECTED AS ONE
OF 37 VETERANS SITES TO
RECEIVE INITIAL DOSES OF THE
VACCINE.
ALSO IN ANN ARBOR THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
HOSPITALS RECEIVING THE
VACCINE AS WELL.
THIS IS VIDEO OF THE VIRUS
AS THEY -- VIALS BEING
ARRIVED TO THE FACILITY THIS
AFTERNOON.
THIS IS ALSO WHERE WE FIND
OUR SHAWN LEY THIS NOON.
SO WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING
ABOUT THE ROLLOUT THERE?
>> Reporter: THOSE FIRST
DOSES ARRIVINGED A MICHIGAN
MEDICINE EARLY THIS MORNING
WE ALL WATCHED LIVE ON TV.
RIGHT NOW WE JUST STEPPED
OUT OF THE V.A. HERE NOT FAR
FROM MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN HOSPITAL WHERE WE
TALKED TO LEADERS HERE ABOUT
THEIR DOSES ARRIVING IN JUST
A SHORT TIME.
SO WE HAVE TWO SITUATIONS
HERE WHERE VACCINES ARE
EITHER ON THE WAY OR HAVE
ARRIVED.
WE’LL GET TO THAT U.P.S.
DELIVERY WOMAN SHE BROUGHT
IN A ROUND SHE RECEIVED A
ROUND OF APPLAUSE AS SHE
DELIVERED THAT FIRST BATCH
OF CORONAVIRUS VACCINE TO
MICHIGAN MEDICINE, THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
HOSPITAL.
THAT HAPPENED ABOUT
MID-MORNING TODAY.
THAT’S 11 MONTHS AFTER THE
EARLIEST RECORDED CASE OF
CORONAVIRUS IN THE U.S.
WE ARE GOING FAST HERE,
FOLKS.
MEDICAL WORKERS THEY ARE
PREPARING TO GIVE THE FIRST
DOSES OF THE PFIZER BIONTECH
COVID-19 TODAY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON TO FRONT LINE
WORKS AT MICHIGAN MEDICINE.
MICHIGAN MEDICINE TELLING US
THEY RECEIVED JUST UNDER
2,000 DOSES.
BACK HERE AT THE V.A.
LEADERS HERE SAY THIS IS A
MAJOR TURNING POINT IN THE
PANDEMIC.
>> THE LAST THREE, FOUR
WEEKS WE WERE ALL FEELING
LIKE THIS IS GOING TO HAS
BEEN AND THIS REALLY IS A
BIG DEAL FOR US.
I THINK WE’RE ALL HOPING THE
SAME THING THIS IS THE
BEGINNING OF THE TO END THIS
PANDEMIC.
>> SO BACK HERE LIVE AT THE
V.A. THOSE DOSES ARE ON THE
WAY HERE THEN FRONT LINE
WORKERS HERE AT THE V.A.
HELPING OUR VETERANS.
THEY WILL GET THOSE FIRST
INITIAL DOSES.
THEN HIGH RISK VETERANS ARE
NEXT.
RHONDA, WE’RE HEADED BACK
OVER TO MICHIGAN MEDICINE
HOPEFULLY TO TALK TO SOME
PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO
RECEIVE THE VACCINE OR WHO
HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THE
VACCINE.
THAT WILL HAPPEN A LITTLE
LATER TODAY.
LIVE IN ANN ARBOR, SHAWN LEY,
BACK TO YOU.
>> HOPING IT’S THE BEGINNING
OF THE END OF THE PANDEMIC.
SHAWN, THANK YOU.
>>> NATIONALLY DOSES OF
COVID VACCINE ARE TRAVELING
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IT WILL BE THE LARGEST
VACCINATION EFFORT IN UNITED
STATES HISTORY.
>> Reporter: A FRONT LINE
WORKER IN NEW YORK THE FIRST
TO GET THE SHOT THERE.
THE BEGINNING OF A MASSIVE
VACCINATION EFFORT ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
THE MAIN LOBBY AT RUSH
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IS NOW
VACCINATION CENTER.
>> WE CAN VACCINATE ANYWHERE
FROM A THOUSAND TO EVEN 1500
OR MORE HEALTHCARE WORKERS
IN THOSE LARGE SCALE
VACCINATION DAYS.
>> Reporter: AN INOCULATION
ASSEMBLY LINE OF SORTS
BEGINNING THIS WEEK WITH
MEDICAL TEAMS AND CONTINUING
FOR MONTHS HERE.
AS IN PHASES THE MEDICINE IS
EVENTUALLY AVAILABLE
FOR EVERYONE.
LATE FEBRUARY, IN THE MARCH
TIME PERIOD I THINK YOU WILL
START SEEING MUCH MORE LIKE
A FLU VACCINATION CAMPAIGN.
PEOPLE GOING INTO THEIR
KROGER, THEIR C.V.S. THEIR
WALGREEN’S, WAL-MART.
>> Reporter: WITH
APROFESSIONAL OF A SECOND
VACCINE MANUFACTURED BY
MODERNA POSSIBLE BY THE END
OF THIS WEEK, AND LIKELY TWO
MORE MEDICINES AFTER THE
FIRST OF THE YEAR AS MANY AS
100 MILLION DOSES COULD BE
ADMINISTERED BY THE END OF
MARCH.
>> WE’RE STARTING DOWN THE
GETTING EVERY VACCINATED
PATHWAY AND HOPEFULLY SEEING
THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE
TUNNEL FOR THE COVID
PANDEMIC.
>> Reporter: A LIGHT THAT’S
MUCH BRIGHTER NOW BECAUSE OF
THIS NEW POWERFUL WEAPON IN
THE ONGOING FIGHT AGAINST
THE VIRUS.
JAY GRAY, LOCAL 4.
>>> ALL RIGHT, JAY, THANK
YOU.
IN THE MEANTIME, HOSPITAL
WORKERS ARE URGING PEOPLE TO
CONTINUE TO FOLLOW PUBLIC
HEALTH GUIDELINES BECAUSE IT
WILL TAKE MONTHS TO ROLL OUT
THE VACCINE.
RIGHT NOW ABOUT 80% OF THE
STATE’S I.C.U. BEDS AND 70%
OF ALL HOSPITAL BEDS ARE
FULL.
THE UNITED STATES JUST
PASSED 16 MILLION --
16,280,000 CORONAVIRUS CASES
SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN AND
MORE THAN 299,000 PEOPLE
HAVE DIED FROM THIS VIRUS.
THESE ARE NUMBERS THAT WE
RECEIVED FROM THE JOHNS
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY DATABASE.
HERE AT HOME WE ARE
EXPECTING NEW CORONAVIRUS
CASE TOTALS TO COME OUT
TODAY.
AND SCHOOL OUTBREAK
INFORMATION AS WELL.
THAT WILL HAPPEN THIS
AFTERNOON.
>>> ELECTION FORS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY ARE GATHERING TODAY
-- EELECTION FORS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY ARE GATHERING TODAY
TO CAST THEIR VOTES.
THE FIRST STATES THAT VOTED
WERE INDIANA, TENNESSEE AND
VERMONT AT 10:00 THIS
MORNING.
THIS IS VIDEO FROM
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, THEIR
ELECTIONTORS VOTED AT ELECTION HAVING.
AS OUR ROD MELONI REPORTS,
MICHIGAN IS SCHEDULED FOR
2:00 P.M. THIS AFTERNOON.
GOOD AFTERNOON, ROD.
>> Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON,
RHONDA.
WE’RE OUT HERE AT THE STATE
CAPITOL AND JUST A COUPLE
MINUTES AGO WE SAW A COUPLE
OF ELECTORS GET WALKED INTO
THE CAPITOL WITH POLICES
SORT THERE HAVE BEEN A
NUMBER OF REQUESTS FOR THAT.
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE
SOME PROTESTORS.
THE PROTESTORS ARRIVED HERE
ABOUT MAYBE THE LAST HALF
HOUR OR SO CONCERNED ABOUT
THE WAY THE ELECTION WENT.
WE’VE GOT SOME PICTURES OF
THEM.
AND THERE’S CONSIDERABLE
SECURITY OUT HERE.
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE ARE
HERE IN LARGE NUMBERS.
NUMBERS THAT WE DON’T
NORMALLY SEE ON ANY OTHER
DAY.
BUT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY, VERY
SPECIAL DAY.
BUT THERE IS ONE REPUBLICAN
LEGISLATOR GOT HIMSELF INTO
SOME SERIOUS TROUBLE HERE
TODAY.
IT’S REPRESENTATIVE GARYIZEN
FROM THE EAST SIDE THE 81st
DISTRICT.
HE WENT ON THE RADIO AND
PORT HURON THIS MORNING AND
SAID SOME THINGS AND WAS
ASKED SPECIFICALLY IF TODAY
WAS GOING TO BE A SAFE DAY
IN LANSING COULD HE
GUARANTEE THAT, HIS ANSWER
WAS NO.
AND HE IS SAYING THEY WANT
TO THROW WHAT’S CALLED A
LAST DITCH HAIL MARY PASS TO
TRY AND PREVENT THE ELECTORS
FROM ELECTING JOE BIDEN.
THAT GOT HIM INTO HOT WATER
WITH THE SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE AND THE INCOMING
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
THEY PUT OUT A STATEMENT
SAYING WE AS ELECTED
OFFICIALS MUST BE CLAER THAT
VIOLENCE HAS NO PLACE IN OUR
DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
WE MUST BE HELD TO A HIGHER
STANDARD.
BECAUSE OF THAT
REPRESENTATIVEIZEN HAS BEEN
REMOVED FROM HIS COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENTS FROM THE REST OF
THE TERM.
SO THAT’S THE SAME THING
THAT THEY DID TO A
DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE
FROM DETROIT JUST LAST WEEK.
AND SO THERE IS OBVIOUSLY
BEEN THIS CRACKDOWN ON
PEOPLE SAYING THINGS THAT
MIGHT LEAD TO SOME KIND OF
VIOLENCE.
SO THAT’S WHERE WE ARE HERE
AT THE STATE CAPITOL.
NOW, THE QUESTION OF WHETHER
THE BUILDING SHOULD BE
CLOSED BECAUSE THE HOUSE AND
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS HAVE
BEEN CLOSED NOW THE CAPITOL
ITSELF IS CLOSED DOWN.
I TALKED TO JOHN TRUSCOTT
WHO IS ON THE STATE CAPITOL
COMMISSION WHICH IS IN
CHARGE OF THE SECURITY OF
THE BUILDING HERE AT THE
STATE CAPITOL.
THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY
ABOUT THE CAPITOL BEING
CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC TODAY.
>> THE ELECTORS MEETING IS
NOT SUBJECT TO OPEN MEETINGS
ACT OR ANY OF THE LAW THAT’S
GOVERN THE LEGISLATURE SO WE
JUST MADE A DECISION LET’S
REMAIN CLOSED.
AT THE TIME THERE WAS
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, NO INTEL
WE WERE TALKING WITH STATE
POLICE.
THERE WERE NO CONCERNS AT
ALL WHEN WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK.
OVER THE WEEKEND, SOME VAGUE
THREATS DID COME IN.
>> Reporter: NOW, MICHIGAN
STATE POLICE ARE SAYING
THOSE VAGUE THREATS WERE NOT
DIRECT THREATS HERE TO THE
STATE CAPITOL.
IT THREATS IN OTHER STATES
THAT CAUSED -- IT WAS
THREATS IN OTHER ESTATES
THAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM.
A LITTLE BIT OF AN EDGE
HERE.
BUT WE’RE HERE WATCHING AND
WE’LL BE TALKING TO SOME OF
THESE PROTESTORS TO SEE WHAT
IT IS THAT THEY HOPE TO GAIN
FROM TODAY.
WE’RE ALSO GOING TO BE
COVERING THE ELECTORS DOING
THEIR BUSINESS STARTING AT
2:00 TODAY.
REPORTING LIVE FROM LANSING,
ROD MELONI, LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT, ROD, THANK
YOU.
AGAIN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
WILL VOTE TO ELECT JOE BIDEN
AS PRESIDENT HERE IN
MICHIGAN AT 2:00 THIS
AFTERNOON.
IT WILL BE LIVE STREAMED
RIGHT HERE ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO WATCH IT.
>>> NEW AT NOON, FEDERAL
PROSECUTORS ARE SET TO
ANNOUNCE A SETTLEMENT WITH
THE U.A.W. IN THE WAKE OF
THE ONGOING CORRUPTION
SCANDAL.
THE AGREEMENT IS EXPECTED TO
INCLUDE AN INDEPENDENT
MONITOR AND A CHANGE IN THE
WAY UNION OFFICIALS ARE
ELECTED.
AN INVESTIGATION INTO
CORRUPTION IN ITS UPPER
RANKS HAS LED TO 11 CONVICTIONS, INCLUDING THAT
CONVICTIONS, INCLUDING THAT
OF TWO FORMER PRESIDENTS.
SIVELY SETTLEMENT IS LIKELY
TO -- THE CIVIL SUPPLEMENT
IS LIKELY TO INCLUDE
MONITOR.
>>> T.C.F. WILL YOU MERGE
WITH HUNTINGTON BANK SHARES.
IT WILL CREATE ONE OF THE
LARGEST REGIONAL BANKS IN
THE UNITED STATES.
ONCE THE MERGER IS COMPLETE
THE T.C.F. NAME WILL
DISAPPEAR AND BE REPLACED
WITH THE HUNTINGTON NAME.
>>> STILL TO COME, IT’S BEEN
EIGHT YEARS SINCE THE
TRAGEDY AT SANDY HOOK
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
HOW THE COMMUNITY THERE IS
HONORING THE LIVES TAKEN TOO
SOON.
LET’S GET OVER TO PAUL TALK
ABOUT OUR FORECAST FOR THIS
AFTERNOON.
>> HEY, RHONDA.
WE GOT A LOT OF CLOUDS
AROUND.
A FEW BREAKS HAVE DEVELOPED.
YOU NO WHAT WE ARE MISSING
NOT ONE BUT TWO BIG STORMS
THIS WEEK, BIG WINTER-TYPE
STORMS.
WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
PLUS, I HAVE SOMETHING TO
SHOW YOU ON SATELLITE THAT’S
ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS I