>> Announcer: LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, HOME OF
WDIV ASK CLICK ON DETROIT,
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS
NOW.
>>> THE UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN AND ATTORNEYS THAT
REPRESENT THE ALLEGED
SURVIVORS OF DR. ROBERT
ANDERSON HAVE REACHED A $490
MILLION SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT.
WE TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENS
NEXT.
>>> BUT FIRST, WE WANT TO
GET TO BREAKING NEWS.
EX-DETROIT COUNCILMAN ANDRE
SPIVEY HAS LEARNED HIS
SENTENCE AFTER BEING
CONVICTED IN A BRIBERY CASE.
THAT STORY TOPS OUR NEWS
HERE AT NOON THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US I’M EVROD
CASSIMY.
SPIVEY WAS CONVICTED OF
RECEIVING ALMOST $36,000 IN
BRIBES AS PART OF A
CORRUPTION SCANDAL IN
GOLFING CITY HALL AND THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
LET’S SEND THINGS OUT TO ROD
MELONI WHO JOINS US NOW LIVE
WITH HIS SENTENCE.
ROD?
>> Reporter: HI, EVROD.
IT WAS TWO YEARS THE FEDERAL
JUDGE SENTENCED ANDRE SPIVEY
TO.
THE REVEREND AND FORMER
COUNCILMEMBER CAME INTO THE
COURTHOUSE EXPECTING TO
GO-BETWEEN 36 AND 47 MONTHS
THOSE WERE THE GUIDELINES
THAT WERE GIVEN.
BUT THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE
SUPPORT FOR THE REVEREND.
IN FACT WE’LL SHOW SOME
VIDEO NOW OF HIM COMING OUT
OF THE WHITE HOUSE FEELING
RATHER TRIUMPHANT BECAUSE
HIS SENTENCE IS ABOUT A YEAR
LESS THAN WHAT HE THOUGHT HE
WAS GOING TO HAVE TO SERVE.
AND SO, THERE WERE A LOT OF
PEOPLE SUPPORTING HIM, IN
FACT, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF
HUNDRED LETTERS PUT INTO HIS
CASE FILE OF PEOPLE
SUPPORTING HIM AND HIS
SUPPORTERS FILLED THE
COURTHOUSE TODAY TWO FULL
COURTROOMS TRYING TO SHOW
THE JUDGE THAT ANDRE SPIVEY
DOESN’T NEED TO BE SENT TO
PRISON FOR AS LONG AS THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTED
TO.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, ELLIOT
HALL AFTERWARDS HAD THIS TO
SAY ABOUT WHAT THE JUDGE DID
AND HOW IT ALL WENT.
>> HE’S REMORSEFUL, HE’S
VERY SORRY THAT HE GOT INTO
A FINANCIAL SITUATION THAT
REQUIRED HIM TO DO THESE
DEEDS THAT HE FULLY IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR.
BUT YOU KNOW THE BOTTOM WITH
PUBLIC OFFICIALS IS THAT
EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO BE
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG,
[LAUGHTER]
>> HE WAS TALKING ABOUT
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG AND THE
FACT THAT HE WENT INTO
OFFICE WEALTHY AND DIDN’T
NEED ANY MORE MONEY.
SO THERE WOULDN’T BE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO BRIBES.
NOW THE JUDGE DID TAKE
SPIVEY TO TASK SAYING HE HAD
SOLD HIS SOUL IN HIS VOTE.
PROSECUTION SIMILARLY WENT
AFTER HIM SAYING THAT THE
CITY OF DETROIT IS SICKENED
BY WHAT HAS ALL TRANSPIRED
HERE.
AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW THE
REVEREND SPIVEY DID GET SOME
MORE MERCY FROM THE JUDGE IN
THAT HIS DAUGHTER IS
GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL
IN THE SPRING.
THE JUDGE DECIDED HE NEEDED
TO THERE BE FOR THAT SO HE
DOES NOT NEED TO REPORT TO
PRISON UNTIL JULY 1st.
REPORTING LIVE DOWNTOWN, ROD
MELONI, LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHTY, ROD, THANK
YOU.
>>> ALSO MAKING HEADLINES
THIS AFTERNOON, THE NEW YORK
ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE
SAYS IT HAS IDENTIFIED
MISLEADING STATEMENTS AND
OMISSIONS IN SOME OF THE
TRUMP ORGANIZATION’S
FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS.
IN A TUESDAY COURT FILING AG
LETITIA JAMES SAYS HER
OFFICE INTENDS TO FIND OUT
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
DISCREPANCIES.
BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT SHE
NEEDS THE TESTIMONY OF
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP,
DONALD TRUMP JR. AND IVANKA
TRUMP.
JAMES’ OFFICE HAS ALREADY
INTERVIEWED WITNESSES
CLOSEST TO THE TOP OF THE
TRUMP ORGANIZATION.
IN A STATEMENT THE TRUMP
ORGANIZATION HAS SAID THESE
ALLEGATIONS ARE BASELESS AND
WILL BE VIGOROUSLY DEFENDED.
>>> NEW INFORMATION IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SEX
ABUSE SCANDAL NOW.
THE UNIVERSITY HAS AGREED TO
PAY $490 MILLION IN DAMAGES
TO THE MORE THAN 1,000
MOSTLY MALE FORMER STUDENTS
WHO SAID THEY WERE SEXUALLY
ABUSED BY SPORTS DOCTOR
ROBERT ANDERSON.
LET’S SEND THINGS OUT TO
MEGAN WOODS.
SHE SPOKE TO AN ATTORNEY
REPRESENTING SOME OF THE
VICTIMS.
WHAT IS HE SAYING MEGAN?
>> Reporter: YEAH, ATTORNEY
JAMIE WHITE REPRESENTS ABOUT
80 OF THOSE MORE THAN 1,000
SURVIVORS.
HE SAYS HE HASN’T BEEN ABLE
TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ALL OF
HIS CLIENTS YET BUT THE ONES
THAT HE HAS HAVE THIS SENSE
OF RELIEF KNOWING THAT THAT
AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED.
THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING
PROCESS THEY’VE BEEN WORKING
FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS TO GET
THIS ALL SETTLED.
COVID CREATED SOME DELAYS,
BUT MEDIATION STARTED IN
OCTOBER OF 2020, NOW A THIRD
PARTY WILL HELP WITH
DIVIDING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
TO SURVIVORS.
$30 MILLION OF THAT
SETTLEMENT WILL BE RESERVED
FOR ANY ADDITIONAL SURVIVORS
THAT COME FORWARD BY JULY
31st OF NEXT YEAR.
ATTORNEY WHITE SAID THIS
SETTLEMENT DOESN’T MEAN IT’S
OVER FOR HIS CLIENTS, IT
HELPS WITH THE HEALING
PROCESS, OF COURSE, BUT THIS
WAS NEVER ABOUT THE MONEY IT
WAS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY.
>> THEY WERE RELIEVED YOU
KNOW WE HAD A GROUP ZOOM YOU
KNOW A COUPLE NIGHTS AGO
WITH SOME ANTICIPATION THAT
WE MIGHT HAVE SOME PROGRESS
ON SETTLEMENT AND THERE WAS
A CERTAIN SENSE OF RELIEF
THAT WE WERE GETTING THERE.
SOME OF THESE GUYS ARE OLDER
AND SOME PASSED AWAY SOME OF
MY LINES ARE ESTATES AT THIS
POINT IN TIME.
SO IT WAS IMPORTANT TO US
AND IMPORTANT TO THE COURT
IN ALL FAIRNESS IMPORTANT TO
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
THAT THIS GET RESOLVED
SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
>> Reporter: THE UNIVERSITY
DID MAKE A COMMENT.
THE CHAIR OF BOARD OF
REGENTS SAID WE HOPE THIS
SETTLEMENT WILL BEGIN THE
HEALING PROCESS FOR
SURVIVORS AT THE SAME TIME
THE WORK THAT BEGUN TO YEARS
AGO WHEN THE FIRST BRAVE
SURVIVORS CAME FORWARD WILL
CONTINUE.
ATTORNEY WHITE SAID HE HAS
WORKED WITH SEVERAL
DIFFERENT SURVIVORS IN
SEVERAL DIFFERENT CASES BUT
THIS IS UNIQUE.
WE TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THAT TONIGHT AT
5:00.
LIVE IN DETROIT, I’M MEGAN
WOODS, LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT, MEGAN WE’LL
DEFINITELY BE TUNING IN
THEN.
>>> NEW DETAILS ARE EMERGING
ABOUT HOW THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION WILL
DISTRIBUTE FREE N95 MASKS.
400 MILLION MASKS WILL
BECOME AVAILABLE STARTING
LATE LAST WEEK AT A NETWORK
OF LOCAL PHARMACIES AND
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS.
THEY ARE THE SAME LOCATIONS
THAT HAVE BEEN USED TO
ADMINISTER VACCINES.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AS
THE GOVERNMENT ALSO LAUNCHED
A WEBSITE WHERE AMERICANS
CAN ORDER FREE COVID TESTS.
IF YOU LIKE TO ORDER YOUR
TEST WE HAVE POSTED A LINK
TO THE WEBSITE JUST GO TO
CLICKONDETROIT.COM FOR THAT.
>>> IN THE MEANTIME, IT’S A
QUESTION THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE ASKING COULD
OMICRON GET US OUT OF THE
PANDEMIC?
THAT’S WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE HOPING FOR AT LEAST
BASED ON THE VARIANT’S
TRANSMISSIBILITY AND
OFTENTIMES DECREASED
SEVERITY.
HOWEVER HEALTH EXPERTS SAY
DON’T HOLD YOUR BREATH JUST
YET.
>> Reporter: IT’S BEEN
NEARLY TWO YEARS.
>> COVID-19 CAN BE
CHARACTERIZED AS A PANDEMIC.
>> Reporter: MEANING IT
SPREAD OVER SEVERAL
COUNTRIES OR CONTINENTS
USUALLY AFFECTING A LARGE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
IT WAS MARCH 11th, 2020,
SINCE THEN RESTRICTIONS HAVE
BECOME OUR NEW NORMAL TRYING
TO KEEP THE VIRUS FROM
SPREADING.
SO WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GET
US FROM PANDEMIC TO ENDEMIC
SOMETHING THAT’S PRESENT IN
A COMMUNITY MORE LIKE THE
FLU.
THERE’S HOPE THAT THE VIRUS
ITSELF COULD DO THAT
SPECIFICALLY THE OMICRON
VARIANT.
>> BECAUSE IT’S A HIGHLY
TRANSMISSIBLE BUT APPARENTLY
NOT AS PATHOGENIC, FOR
EXAMPLE AS DELTA.
>> Reporter: BUT EXPERTS SAY
IT’S NOT LIKELY.
>> THAT WOULD ONLY BE THE
CASE IF WE DON’T GET ANOTHER
VARIANT.
>> THERE’S A GOOD LIKELIHOOD
WE’LL SEE ANOTHER SERIOUS
COVID WAVE OF A NEW VARIANT
T.B.D. -- TO BE DETERMINED.
>> BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THE
ANSWER IS OBVIOUS TO GET OUT
OF THIS TO GET IT TO AN
ENDEMIC STAGE.
WE CAN ONLY VACCINATE OUR
WAY OUT OF IN PANDEMIC.
>> Reporter: 67% OF PEOPLE
IN THE U.S. FIVE YEARS AND
UP ARE FULL JAD.
JUST UNDER 80% HAVE GOTTEN
AT LEAST ONE DOSE.
>> UNTIL WE GET THE 80
MILLION OR SO PEOPLE WHO
CONTINUE TO NOT GET A
VACCINE WE’RE GOING TO BE IN
TROUBLE.
>> IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE
EXPECTING NEW STATE
CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS SOMETIME
LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
OUR LAST UPDATE WAS ON
FRIDAY.
WE’LL KEEP YOU POSTED WHEN
THOSE NUMBERS COME IN BOTH
HERE ON AIR AND ON-LINE AT
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
>>> LET’S TURN OUR ATTENTION
NOW TO THE FORECAST ON THIS
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS WE
GIVE YOU A LIVE LOOK FROM
OUR SKYCAM HERE IN THE
MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
METEOROLOGIST BRANDON ROUX
STANDING BY WITH A LOOK AT
WHAT WE CAN EXPECT.
>> ONE THING YOU CAN’T
REALLY TELL FROM THAT SHOT
WAS THE WIND REALLY THE
WEATHER STORY TODAY.
RIGHT NOW WINDS ARE GUSTING
ALMOST TO 40 MILES PER HOUR
IN MOUNTAIN DETROIT.
WE ARE STILL IN THE LOWER --
METRO DETROIT.
YOU CAN SEE WE ARE STILL IN
THE LOWER 40s BUT COLD FRONT
HAS MUCH COLDER NUMBERS FOR
MOST OF YOUR AFTERNOON
TRACKING THE TEMP TUMBLING
AND WEEKEND SNOW CHANCES,
EVROD, COMING UP.
>> ALL RIGHT, BRANDON, THANK
YOU.
>>> STILL TO COME HERE ON
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON, TODAY
PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL HOLD
HIS SECOND FORMAL PRESS
CONFERENCE.
WE’VE GOT A LOOK AT MAWE CAN