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LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS
NOW.
>>> BACK IN BUSINESS,
TRAFFIC IS FLOWING AGAIN
FROM THE AMBASSADOR BRIDGE
AFTER CANADIAN OFFICIALS
RECLAIM IT FOLLOWING AN
ALMOST WEEK LONG BLOCKADE.
BUT FIRST HERE AT NOON WE
NOT WITH TO GET TO SOME
BREAKING NEWS FROM ONTARIO
WHERE THE PROVIDENCE WILL BE
MOVING TO THE NEXT STEPS OF
ITS COVID-19 REOPENING PLAN
ON THURSDAY.
THIS IS ACTUALLY FOUR DAYS
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
NO WORD WAS GIVEN AS TO
EXACTLY WHY THEY’RE MOVING
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
THE PROVINCE WILL ALSO LIFT
PROOF OF VACCINATION
REQUIREMENTS AT THE
BEGINNING OF MARCH.
SPEAKING AT A NEWS
CONFERENCE THIS MORNING THE
PREMIER SAID THE DECISIONS
WERE MADE BASED ON
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
PROVINCE’S CHIEF MEDICAL
OFFICER OF HEALTH.
ALSO MAKING HEADLINES THE
FREEDOM CONVOY
DEMONSTRATIONS SHAKING
CANADA BEGAN AS A PROTEST
AGAINST THE MANDATORY
VACCINATION OF TRUCK
DRIVERS.
THEY EVOLVED TO BECOME
ANTI-GOVERNMENT, AND GENERAL
ANTI-COVID RESTRICTION
PROTESTS.
WE WANT TO SHOW SOME VIDEO
NOW OF SKY 4 OVER THE
AMBASSADOR BRIDGE.
TRAFFIC ONCE AGAIN FLOWING
THERE FREELY AFTER POLICE IN
WINDSOR CLEARED PROTESTORS
AND TOWED CARS ON SUNDAY.
LET’S SENDS THINGS OUT TO
LOCAL 4’S ROD MELONI WHO
JOINS US NOW LIVE WITH THE
BRIDGE SITUATION.
WE JUST HEARD THE NEW NEWS
COMING OUT OF ONTARIO.
>> Reporter: THERE IS --
YEAH, THERE IS INTERESTING
THINGS -- THERE ARE
INTERESTING THINGS HAPPENING
HERE.
WE HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THE
AMBASSADOR BRIDGE COMPANY
SAYING THAT THERE ARE
PROBLEMS WITH THE TRAFFIC ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
BRIDGE.
NOW, WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT
THE BRIDGE.
WE’RE SEEING TRUCK TRAFFIC
GOING EAST AND WEST SO
THAT’S THE GOOD NEWS.
NORTHBOUND LANES AND THE 401
CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED SO THE
AMBASSADOR BRIDGE IN CANADA
FOR OUTBOUND TO THE U.S. CAN
ONLY BE ACCESSED FROM THE
HURON CHURCH NORTHBOUND
LANES FROM THE PARKWAY 401
AND WYANDOTTE STREET EAST
WESTBOUND OR EASTBOUND.
WE’RE NOT SURE WHY THAT IS
BUT THAT’S THE INFORMATION
THAT THEY JUST SEND US LIKE
TWO MINUTES BEFORE THE
NEWSCAST.
LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT’S
HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND
HERE AND THEN WE’LL UPDATE THE OTHER DIRECTION ON THE
THE OTHER DIRECTION ON THE
OTHER SIDE.
IT WAS A FEIGN STAKINGLY
SLOW PROCESS AND YESTERDAY
ANNOUNCING IN A WHITE-OUT
SNOWSTORM.
>> ANY LAWFUL ACTIVITY IN
THE AREA WILL NOT BE
TOLERATED AND OFFICER ALSO
TAKE THE NECESSARY ACTION TO
KEEP THE PEACE AND TRAFFIC
FLOWING.
THERE WILL BE CRIMINAL
CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE WHO
INTERFERE WITH OR INTERRUPT
TRAFFIC FLOW.
>> Reporter: AND THEY
DISMANTLED THE WIND SORE
TRUCK RALLY WITHOUT
VIOLENCE.
TRUCKS TOWED SOME PROTESTORS
ARRESTED AND EVEN THOUGH
SOME PERSISTED ON FOOT EARLY
THIS MORNING THE AMBASSADOR
BRIDGE OPENED TO TRUCK
TRAFFIC.
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER
EXPRESSED HER HAPPINESS WITH
THE WEEKEND DEVELOPMENT
SAYING IN A STATEMENT "THIS
IS A WIN FOR MICHIGAN’S
WORKING FAMILIES WHO ARE
JUST TRYING TO DO THEIR JOBS
FOR BUSINESSES WHO CAN GET
BACK TO SHIPPING THEIR
PRODUCTS AND PRODUCE.
IT’S TIME TO GET TRAFFIC AND
TRADE MOVING ACROSS NORTH
AMERICA’S BUSIEST LAND
BORDER CROSSING AGAIN.
THEN SHE ADDED SIMPLY, IT’S
IMPORTANT TO ASSURE THIS
DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.
WHICH IS A SIMILAR SENTIMENT
EXPRESSED IN THE STATEMENT
TODAY BY INTERNATIONAL
BRIDGE WOMAN CHAIRMAN
MATTHEW MOROUN SAYING I
WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE
WHO CAME TOGETHER TO OPEN
THE AMBASSADOR BRIDGE.
NOW WE MUST JOIN TOGETHER TO
COME UP WITH AN ACTIONABLE
PLAN THAT WILL PROTECT AND
SECURE ALL BORDER CROSSINGS
IN CANADA AND THE U.S.
BORDER AND ENSURE THAT THIS
KIND OF DISRUPTION TO
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WILL
NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.
NOW WE JUST GOT THIS
INFORMATION FROM THE
AMBASSADOR BRIDGE IN THE
UNITED STATES INBOUND TO
CANADA.
HURON CHURCH SOUTHBOUND
LANES ARE OPEN TO THE HERB
GRAY PARKWAY 401.
THERE ARE NO ACCESS ROUTES
EAST AND WEST IN THE CITY OF
WINDSOR FROM THE AMBASSADOR
BRIDGE TO THE E.C.
EXPRESSWAY.
ALL LIGHTED INTERSECTIONS
FROM THE AMBASSADOR BRIDGE
TO THE E.C. ROW EXPRESSWAY
ARE FLASHING RED.
I THINK THAT’S A MESSAGE TO
TRUCKERS LOOKING TO GET
MORE.
BUT IT TLOS ARE STILL ISSUES
HERE.
NOTHING IS -- IT SHOWS THAT
THERE ARE STILL ISSUES HERE.
NOTHING IS ENTIRELY
CLEAREDDED UP BUT WE’RE
STILL SEEING TRAFFIC UP HERE
ON THE BRIDGE.
NOW IT SEEPS TO BE LIGHT.
COULD BE A COUPLE REASONS
FOR THAT.
MAYBE THE COMPANIES WEREN’T
SURE WHETHER IT WOULD BE
OPEN OFTEN ENOUGH BECAUSE
IT’S USUALLY A WHOLE LOT
BUSIER HERE.
WE’LL BE CHECKING IN WITH
EVERYBODY TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE UNDERSTAND ALL OF THINGS
THAT ARE HAPPENING UP HERE
AND WHERE THINGS ARE HEADED
FOR THE AUTO INDUSTRY AS
THEY WERE ESSENTIALLY SHUT
DOWN IN MANY PLACES OVER THE
END OF LAST WEEK.
WE ALSO NOTE THERE’S AN
ANALYSIS BEING DONE TO FIND
OUT HOW EXACTLY HOW
EXPENSIVE THIS IS.
WE’LL HAVE THAT FOR YOU
COMING UP ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT
5:00.
REPORTING LIVE IN DETROIT,
ROD MELONI, LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT, ROD, THANK YOU
FOR THE UPDATE THERE.
IN THE MEANTIME, NEW AND
GROWING ANTI-VAX PROTESTS
INSPIRED BY THE FREEDOM
CONVOY ARE THREATENING TRADE
IN THE U.S. AND OTHER
COUNTRIES EVEN AS OFFICIALS
REOPEN THE AMBASSADOR
BRIDGE.
C.T.V. REPORTS THAT AT THE
WASHINGTON STATE BORDER
POLICE THERE ARE TRYING TO
KEEP THE AREA CLEAR AFTER
LARGE VEHICLES BROKE THROUGH
A POLICE BARRICADE OVER THE
WEEKEND AND HUNDREDS
GATHERED TO PROTEST.
ALONG THE BORDER WITH
MONTANA, DEMONSTRATORS HAVE
BEEN CLOGGING TRAFFIC WITH
FARM EQUIPMENT.
TRADE BETWEEN U.S. AND
CANADA IS HUNDREDS OF
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR.
THESE DEMONSTRATIONS CAN
LIMIT WHAT’S GOING INTO YOUR
GROCERY CART.
>>> LET’S TURN OUR ATTENTION
NOW TO THE CORONAVIRUS.
WE’RE EXPECTING NEW DATA
FROM THE STATE A LITTLE BIT
LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
FLEMENT IS A NEW EFFORT AND
MORE FUNDING TO INCREASE
VOONGSS IN KIDS AND FAMILIES
ACROSS DETROIT.
THE FIRST DISTRICT IN THE
STATE TO BECOME AN
IMMUNIZATION PROVIDER A
$100,000 GRANT FROM MDHHS
WILL CREATE MOBILE
VACCINATION CLINICS ACROSS
THE DISTRICT.
107 VACCINATION SITES ARE
PLANNED IN DETROIT.
YOU ARE IN ALSO PROVIDE
STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO
CONSENT THE COVID-19
VACCINATION.
THE CHILDHOOD VACCINATION
RATE IS AT 4%.
>> TODAY’S ANNOUNCEMENT
BRINGS A SENSE OF JOY AND
FRANKLY ALLOWS US TO KNOW
THAT THE COVID FIGHT IS
BEING HANDLED, DEALT WITH
AND WE WILL ENSURE THAT THE
SAFETY OF MY STUDENT, STAFF
AND SELF IS THEY FOREFRONT
OF EVERYONE’S MIND.
>> THE DISTRICT’S GOAL IS TO
PROVIDE FIRST AND SECOND
DOSES AT EVERY SCHOOL BY THE
END THREE OF SCHOOL YEAR.
>>> LET’S GET YOU UPDATED ON
THE FORECAST NOW QUITE THE
DIFFERENCE FROM EARLIER THIS
MORNING AS WE TAKE A LIVE
LOOK OUTSIDE FOR OUR SKYCAM.
METEOROLOGIST BRANDON ROUX
IS STANDING BY FOR US THIS
AFTERNOON.
WHEN I SAY QUITE THE
DIFFERENCE YOU MEAN WE WENT
FROM SINGLE DIGITS TO DOUBLE
DIGITS.
LISTEN, ANYTHING COUNTS IN
MY BOOK.
>> LITTLE BABY STEP
VICTORIES WE WILL TAKE IT.
JUST KNOW THAT THE FORECAST
IS 100% CHANCE OF LOVE.
THAT’S IT.
ON A VALENTINE’S DAY HOPE
YOU’RE DOING WELL.
PARTS OF OUR NORTH ZONE JUST
BARELY OUT OF THE SINGLE
DIGITS.
11 IN SANDUSKY, 17 AT METRO.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A
BREEZE BUT YOU CAN SEE IT
KNOCKS A LOT OF OUR SUBBS
DOWN INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS.
WE DO HAVE A FEW FLAKES AND
MORE COLD AIR SO LOW 20s AND
JUST A SPOTTY LIGHT SNOW
SHOWER OR TWO THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON EVENING IF YOU’RE
HEADING OUT WITH YOUR LOVED
ONE, EVROD, OR JUST RUNNING
ERRANDS SHOULDN’T BE TOO
MUCH.
A NICE WARMUP AHEAD.
>> WE LIKE THE SOUND OF,
THAT BRANDON.
DEFINITELY STICK AROUND FOR
MORE DETAILS ON THAT.
WE’LL CHECK IN WITH HIM IN
JUST A LITTLE BIT.
WE GOT TO TALK ABOUT THE
SUPER BOWL.
FORMER DETROIT LION TURNED
LOS ANGELES RAM MATT
STAFFORD HAS COMPLETEDDED
HIS NFL JOURNEY TO THE
MOUNTAINTOP WITH A SUPER
BOWL VICTORY.
JAMIE EDMONDS IS HERE NOW
WITH A LOOK AT WHAT HE HAD
TO SAY AFTER THE BIG WIN.
>> AFTER 12 SEASONS WITH THE
LIONS WITHOUT ANY PLAYOFF
GLORY MATTHEW STAFFORD GOES
TO L.A. ORCHESTRATES ANOTHER
FOURTH QUARTER GAME-WINNING
DRIVE TO WIN THE SUPER BOWL.
>> MATTHEW YOU’RE A WORLD
CHAMPION HOW DOES IT FEEL?
IT.
>> FEELS GREAT.
>> Reporter: MATTHEW
STAFFORD WAS SURROUNDED BY
HIS FAMILY POST GAME ON THE
FIELD AND IN THE PRESS
CONFERENCE ROOM.
ASKED ABOUT HIS WIFE KELLY
AND WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH
THEIR MINDS AFTER THE RAMS
BEAT THE BENGALS 23-20.
>> JUST PROUD OF ME, SHE’S
BEEN WITH ME ALL THESE YEARS
WE BATTLED SO MANY THINGS
TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW TO GET IT DONE AND
HAVE HER DOWN THERE WITH THE
KIDS AND EVERYTHING IS IT’S
SUCH A SPECIAL THING.
>> Reporter: STAFFORD AND
THE RAMS TRAIL THE BENGALS
BY FOUR WITH 6:13 TO GO IN
THE GAME WHEN STAFFORD AND
HIS FAVORITE TARGET COOPER
CUP WENT TO WORK.
>> MATTHEW AND COOPER MADE
THE MOST OF THEIR
ACTIVITIES.
WITH THE GAME ON THE LINE 79
YARDS TO GAIN STAFFORD AND
CUPP CONNECTED FOUR TIMES
FOR 39 YARDS INCLUDING THE
GAME WINNING TOUCHDOWN.
>> THAT WAS ACTUALLY A FLIP
ON THE GO THAT HE HADN’T
REALLY WORKED ON KUP BUT
TONIGHT, IT WENT DOWN COOP
MADE SOME UNBELIEVABLE PLAY
THOONCE LAST DRIVE.
THAT LAST PLAY, I MEAN I WAS
SO HAPPY.
>> Reporter: WHEN THE
BENGALS GOT THE BALL BACK
AARON DONALD SEALED THE
VICTORY FOR THE RAMS.
THROUGH SO MANY HIGHS AND
LOWS AS A DETROIT LION
MATTHEW STAFFORD HAS REACHED
THE MOUNTAINTOP.
THE VIEW HE SAYS IS PRETTY
SWEET BUT HE TOLD REPORTERS
HE WILL NEVER FORGET HIS
TIME IN MOTOWN OR THE PEOPLE
WHO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HIM.
>> COULD YOU FEEL THE LOVE
NOT ONLY FROM THE
ORGANIZATION BUT THE FANS
OVER THIS LAST MONTH DURING
THIS TITLE RUN?
>> YEARS I REALLY COULD.
IT WAS AMAZING.
YOU KNOW LIKE I SAID,
THERE’S NO REASON FOR THEM
TO CHEER FOR ME ANYMORE THE
FACT THAT THEY DID WAS JUST
A TRUE TESTAMENT TO WHO THEY
ARE AS PEOPLE AND FANS.
YOU PLAY IN THE MIDWEST CITY
THEY LIVE AND DIE WITH THOSE
GUYS AND THEIR PLAYERS.
TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT ALL THE
WAY ACROSS THAT COUNTRY
LAYING IN THIS GAME MEANS
THE WORLD ME, MY WIFE, THEY
HELPED US THROUGH A BUNCH OF
TOUGH TIMES.
ARE A HUGE REASON I’M
SITTING HERE TODAY.
>> Reporter: WHAT’S MORE
IMPRESSIVE THE RAMS WERE
WITHOUT O’DELL BACKHAM JR.,
AND STARTING TIGHT END, AND
THE RUN GAME WASN’T WORKING
AT ALL.
THAT’S EVEN MORE PRESSURE ON
STAFFORD KUPP TO GET IT DONE
THAT’S WHY KUPP WAS THE
SUPER BOWL M.V.P..
>> THEY CERTAINLY GOT IT
DONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, JAMIE.
LET’S TALK OLYMPICS NOW AS
RUSSIAN FIGURE SKATER CAN
COMPETE DESPITE FAILING A
PREGAME DRUG TEST.
THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR
THE SPORT ANNOUNCED ITS
RULING EARLY THIS MORNING.
THE RULING COMES JUST A DAY
BEFORE THE WOMEN’S SHORT
PROGRAM IN WHICH SHE IS
FAVORED TO WIN GOLD.
OFFICIALS SAID THE
15-YEAR-OLD DOES NOT NEED TO
BE PROVISIONALLY SUSPENDED
AHEAD OF A FULL
INVESTIGATION.
THE COURT GAVE HER A
FAVORABLE DECISION IN PART
BECAUSE SHE WAS A MINOR AND
WAS SUBJECT TO DIFFERENT
RULES FROM AN ADULT ATHLETE.
>> IN SHORT OF THIS MEASURE
HAVE DECIDED TO LET HER
CONTINUE HER PARTICIPATION
IN THE OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
BEIJING 2022.
IT MEANS THAT NO PROVISIONAL
SUSPENSION SHOULD BE IMPOSED
ON THIS SKATER.
>> THE INTERNATIONAL TESTING
AGENCY CONFIRMED SHE DID
TEST POSITIVE FOR DRUGS ON
DECEMBER 25th BUT THE RESULT
FROM A SWEDISH LAB DIDN’T
COME TO LIGHT UNTIL ABOUT A
WEEK AGO AFTER HE HELPED THE
RUSSIANS WIN THE TEAM GOLD.
THE MEDAL CEREMONY WAS
POSTPONED A DECISION IS
UNLIKELY TO BE MADE BEFORE
THE GAME’S END.
>>> STILL TO COME HERE ON
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON THE
U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY KRIZOR
WARNS THAT RUSSIA COULD