>> FIRST AT 4:00, WITH AEAR TRACKING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNINGS ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN AS NOT TOM DAMAGING
WINDS BECOME A THREAT BUT THE
AMOUNT OF RAIN.
WE’LL SEE HOW LONG WE’RE UNDER
THE GUN.
THE GUN. PAULA?
PAULA? >> Paula: AND WITH THE SWOOP
OF A PEN, HISTORIC FUNDING THAT
CLOSES MAJOR GAPS IN FUNDING FOR
MICHIGAN’S SCHOOL CHILDREN.
I’LL EXPLAIN.
I’LL EXPLAIN. >> AND A BIG CLOSURE COMING TO
I-75 THIS WEEKEND SHUTTING DOWN
BOTH DIRECTIONS FOR SEVERAL
MILES.
MILES. >> LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT,
HOME OF WDIV AND CLICK ON
DETROIT, LOCAL 4 NEWS FIRST AT
4:00 STARTS NOW.
>> Jason: THANKS FOR TURNING
IN FIRST AT 4.
I’M JASON IN FOR KAREN.
STORMY WEATHER TO TALK ABOUT.
IT HAS CAUSED POWER OUTAGES.
DTE SAYS 59,000 OF ITS CUSTOMERS
ARE WITHOUTEN JOY.
LET’S GET OVER TO BEN FOR THE
LATEST ON THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM HE’S BEEN WARNING
US ABOUT OVER THE LAST MINUTES.
HEY, BEN.
HEY, BEN. >> Ben: JASON, WE HAVE BEEN
MONITORING INDIVIDUAL CELLS.
NOW WE ARE SEEING A LINE OF
STORMS MOVE IN FROM THE CENTRAL
PART OF THE STATE.
THAT’S THE LATEST WARNING FOR
PARTS OF LIVINGSTON AND
WASHTENAW COUNTIES.
WASHTENAW COUNTIES. THE WINDS ARE WHAT PROMPTED THE
WARNING, THE POTENTIAL FOR 65MPH
WINDS.
WINDS. IT’S MOVING OFF TO THE EAST AT
25, 30mph, RIGHT YOU WILL
SEE AT 4 WHICH:17.
WHITMER AT 4:24.
WIND DETECTION SHOWING THERE
SOME WIND BEING DETECTED IN THAT
STORM.
STORM. IT IS WEAKER THAN WHAT WE HAVE
SEEN IN THE PAST.
HAIL TRACKER A BIT OF POTENTIAL,
AT LEAST THREE-QUARTER INCH JUST
THE COUNTY LINE.
THE BIGGER PROBLEM WITH THE HAIL
WAS GOING ON UP HERE IN OAKLAND
COUNTY EARLIER.
COUNTY EARLIER. IN FACT, THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY
WE SAW SOME HALF-DOLLAR SIZED
HAIL IN OAKLAND COUNTY.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MACOMB
COUNTY.
COUNTY. WIND AND HAIL PROMPTED THE
WARNING, BUT LOOK AT THE
RAINFALL THAT WE’RE GETTING WITH
THIS STORM.
THIS STORM. PRETTY INTENSE DOWNPOURS RIGHT
ALONG 94.
ALONG 94. UNFORTUNATELY, JUST IN TIME FOR
THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE.
ESPECIALLY RIGHT THERE AROUND
FRASER WHERE WE’RE SEEING THE
HEAVIEST STUFF RIGHT NOW AS IT
MOVES EAST INTO THE LAKE.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS IN
ST. CLAIR, MACOMB, LIVINGSTON
AND WASHTENAW COUNTY.
ALL OF US ARE UNDER A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9:00
P.M. TONIGHT.
P.M. TONIGHT. WE WILL SEE HOW LONG THINGS GO
AFTER THAT WHEN WE TALK TO YOU
IN A FEW MINUTES.
JASON?
JASON? >> Jason: BEN, WE’LL GET AN
UPDATE THEN.
UPDATE THEN. NOW BREAKING NEWS DETROIT’S WEST
SIDE.
SIDE. A GUNMAN IS BARRICADED IN A HOME
AFTER A DEADLY SHOOTING.
POLICE TELL US A 4-YEAR-OLD MAN
WAS SHOT AND KILLED, 25-YEAR-OLD
WOMAN WAS ALSO SHOT.
CHIEF JAMES WHITE SAYS SHE WAS
CRITICALLY INJURED AND TAKEN TO
THE HOSPITAL.
THE HOSPITAL. THIS IS ALL HAPPENING ON HAPPEN
McNICHOLS AND LIVERNOIS.
WE’LL HAVE MORE UPDATES RIGHT
HERE AND ONLINE AS WE GET THEM.
>>> MICHIGAN’S K-12 COOLS ARE
GETTING A BIPARTISAN WEST COAST
IN THE FORM OF A FUNDING BILL
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR WHITMER
TODAY.
TODAY. >> I AM PROUD TO BE HERE TO SIGN
THIS BILL, BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT
CRITICAL INVESTMENT IN OUR KIDS,
IN OUR TEACHERS, IN OUR PARAPROS
AND OUR ADMINISTRATION AND ALL
OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES THAT
MAKE PUBLIC EDUCATION WORK FOR
OUR CHILDREN.
OUR CHILDREN. I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
BECAUSE THIS PANDEMIC HAS BEEN
HARD.
HARD. IT’S BEEN HARD ON EVERY SINGLE
ONE OF US.
AND AS RESILIENT AS WE KNOW OUR
KIDS ARE, THERE’S NO QUESTION
THAT THEY TOO HAVE FELT THE
STRAIN OF THE LAST YEAR IN
PARTICULAR.
PARTICULAR. >> THE BILL ALLOCATES A STATE
RECORD 16.7 BILLION DOLLARS TO
SCHOOLS, INCLUDING $4 BILLION IN
FEDERAL COVID RELIEF.
THOSE SOUND LIKE NICE BIG
NUMBERS.
NUMBERS. PARENTS ARE STILL ASKING, WHAT
DOES THIS MEAN FOR MY CHILD.
PAULA TUTMAN HAS BEEN DIGGING
INTO THAT PART OF THE STORY.
SHE JOINS US WITH THAT.
PAULA?
PAULA? >> Paula: EDUCATORS ARE SAYING
THIS IS HISTORIC, ABSOLUTELY
HISTORIC IN CLOSING HISTORIC
GAPS IN HISTORIC FUNDING
INEQUITIES FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
>> I HAD STUDENTS WHO DID THEIR
CLASS MEETINGS IN A CLOSET
BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY QUIET
PLACE IN THEIR HOUSE.
I HAD A STUDENT WHO HAD TO DO MY
CHOIR CLASS IN HER CAR EVERY
AFTERNOON BECAUSE HER DAD WORKS
NIGHTS AND WAS SLEEPING.
>> WELL, YOU MIGHT THINK IT
WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO FIND
SMILING EDUCATORS AFTER THE YEAR
THEY HAVE HAD, JUGGLING AND
REBUILDING THE SYSTEM OF
EDUCATING DURING THE HEIGHT OF
THE PANDEMIC, NOTHING COULD HAVE
BEEN FURTHER FROM THAT THIS
MORNING AS THE GOVERNOR
ANNOUNCED MORE THAN $4 BILLION
IN ONE-TIME FUNDING TO, AMONG
OTHER THINGS, CLOSE HISTORIC
GAPS IN PER-PUPIL FUNDING.
>> THE FUNDS BEING RELEASED
TODAY WILL HAVE A HUGE INFLUENCE
ON OUR ABILITY TO REACH
STUDENTS.
STUDENTS. >> THIS IS WHAT PER-PUPIL
FUNDING LOOKS LIKE.
SIMILAR LEVELS FOR SOME
DISTRICTS.
DISTRICTS. WILDLY DIFFERENT AMOUNTS BETWEEN
OTHERS.
OTHERS. CHIPPEWA VALLEY SCHOOLS IN
MACOMB COUNTY IS AMONGST THE
LOWEST IN PER-PUPIL FULDING.
>> EVERYTHING WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT FOR THE LAST 30
YEARS, THE PANDEMIC EXPOSED, THE
INEQUITY, HOW IT AFFECTS
STUDENTS, HOW IT AFFECTS THEIR
FAMILIES, AND WITH THIS INFUSION
OF MONEY INTO SCHOOL AID TO
REALLY HELP EQUALIZE FUNDING
ACROSS THE STATE, IT MEANS THAT
THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE NEEDED
MORE ARE FINALLY GOING TO GET.
>> Paula: PAUL CIBLEY IS A
PRODUCT OF THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM.
HIS TWO YOUNG SONS ARE WITHIN
THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
HE GRADUATED FROM IT.
WHILE HE’S THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
FOR CHIPPEWA VALLEY SCHOOL
DISTRICT, HE KNOWS AND FEELS
WHAT MANY PARENTS IN THIS
DISTRICT FEEL IN TERMS OF
RESOURCES FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
>> THE PARENTS NOTICE THE
DIFFERENCE?
DIFFERENCE? >> WE BELIEVE SO, ABSOLUTELY SO.
>> HOW SO?
>> THEY WILL SEE HUGE DIFFERS,
THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER HAVE
LAPTOPS COMING HOME FIRST OF
ALL, SO NOW THEY WILL HAVE
ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES THE KIDS
HAVE ACCESS TO.
>> THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW
SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE WILL
FEEL, ALREADY COUNTING CHICKENS
ABOUT TO HATCH AND PLANNING MORE
THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR AND
ACTUALLY BEYOND.
ACTUALLY BEYOND. >>
>> [APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE] OKAY.
OKAY. LET’S GO BACK TO THE FOR
INSTANCE OF CHIPPEWA VALLEY
SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS. THEY SPEND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
OF 8,100 DOLLARS PER STUDENT.
WELL, THEY HAVE ALREADY
CALCULATED AN ADDITIONAL $800
PER STUDENT WITH THIS ADDITIONAL
FUNDING.
FUNDING. >> YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE
COMBINATION OF THE MONEY AND
ALSO THE STATE BUDGET THAT’S
GOING TO BE APPROVED, AND THOSE
ARE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS AND
GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE TO RAISE
EVERYONE’S BASE FOUNDATION TO A
SIMILAR NUMBER.
SIMILAR NUMBER. >> BUT THERE IS ANOTHER HEADLINE
THAT COMES OUT OF THIS NEWS
CONFERENCE.
CONFERENCE. AND THAT IS A BUDGET, A SCHOOL
BUDGET HAS BEEN REACHED, IS
EXPECTED TO BE SIGNED.
I’LL BREAK THAT DOWN COMING UP
AT 5:00.
AT 5:00. BACK TO YOU.
>> Jason: PAUL LARK WE
APPRECIATE IT.
APPRECIATE IT. GOING TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE
FOR SURE.
FOR SURE. MORE WORK ON I-75 MEANS A BIG
SECTION OF THE FREEWAY WILL
CLOSE THIS WEEKEND.
BOTH DIRECTIONS OF I-57 ARE
GOING TO CLOSE FROM EIGHT MILE
ALL THE WAY TO SQUARE LAKE ROAD.
BRIDGE WORK WILL START AT 11:00
ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND RUN THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING AT 5:00, TRAFFIC
WILL BE DETOURED TO WOODWARD.
SPEAKING OF BACK-UP, SECRETARY
OF STATE JOCELYN BENSON
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED CHANGES TO
BRANCH OFFICES TO HELP WITH THE
BACKLOG FROM THE PANDEMIC.
WELL, OFFICES WILL STAY OPEN TO
6:00 P.M. ON MONDAYS AND
THURSDAYS AND OPEN AT 8:00 A.M.
ON TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, AND
FRIDAYS.
FRIDAYS. MICHIGANDERS WHO WANT TO
SCHEDULE VISITS CAN DO THAT.
YOU CAN DO IT ONLINE, BY THE
PHONE, OR IN PERSON.
DRIVERS LICENSES CAN NOW BE
RENEWED ONLINE, AND PHOTO
RENEWAL IS ONLY REQUIRED EVERY
12 YEARS INSTEAD OF EVERY EIGHT.
AND CORONAVIRUS NEWS, THE DELTA
VARIANT HAS OFFICIALLY BECOME
THE DOMINANT VARIANT IN THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. NEW C.D.C. DATA SHOWS THE DELTA
VARIANT ACCOUNTS FOR 51.7% OF
THE COUNTRY’S NEW COVID-19
INFECTIONS.
INFECTIONS. THAT’S A BIG JUMP CONSIDERING
TWO WEEKS AGO THE DELTA VARIANT
WAS ONLY AT AROUND 30%.
THE ALPHA STRAIN, WHICH WAS
FORMALLY THE DEMEANOR UNANIMOUS
STRAIN, NOW MAKES UP JUST UNDER
29%.
29%. >>> ELSA HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO
A TROPICAL STORM IN THE
CARIBBEAN, BUT IT IS STILL
PACKING SOME PUNCH AS IT’S
MAKING LANDFALL IN FLORIDA.
RADAR SHOWING THE STORM ALONG
WHAT’S REFERRED TO AS THE BIG
BEND REGION OF THE COAST THERE.
KIMBERLY GILL IS MONITORING THE
LATEST ON ELSA LIVE FROM THE
NEWSROOM.
NEWSROOM. HEY, KIM.
HEY, KIM. >> Kim: GOOD AFTERNOON, JASON.
THE TOP CONCERNS FOR MOST
PEOPLE, FLOODING, WIND DAMAGE,
AND POWER OUTAGES.
CLOSER TO THE WATER, THEY’RE
EXPECTING LIFE-THREATENING STORM
SURGE OF 3 TO 5 FEET.
HEAVY RAINS ALREADY FLOODING
ISLAND COMMUNITIES OFF FLORIDA’S
WEST COAST.
WEST COAST. AND STRONG WIND GUSTS PLUS THE
THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES AS
THE SUNSHINE STATE FEELS THE
IMPACT OF ELSA.
>> I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE
LIKE TO BE WORSE.
I DON’T KNOW THAT I WOULD WANT
THAT.
THAT. THIS IS OKAY.
I CAN HANDLE THIS.
>> GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS
EXPANDING HIS STATE OF EMERGENCY
DECLARATION TO INCLUDE A TOTAL
OF 33 COUNTIES.
>> WE’RE GOING TO BE MONITORING
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS HOW THAT
AFFECTS THE RIVER LEVELS AND
SOME OF THE POTENTIAL FOR
FLOODING, NORTHERN FLORIDA HAS
BEEN VERY SATURATED OVER THE
LAST COUPLE WEEKS, BUT IT’S
GOING TO DUMP A LOT OF RAIN ON
THERE AND IT’S GOING TO
EXACERBATE ANY OF THOSE ISSUES.
>> EMERGENCY OFFICIALS WARNING
PEOPLE TO TAKE THE STORM
SERIOUSLY.
SERIOUSLY. >> I KNOW IT MAY SEEM AS
FLORIDIANS WE HAVE BEEN HERE A
LONG TIME, WE HAVE SEEN EVERY
TYPE OF STORM, BUT YOU REALLY
NEVER KNOW.
NEVER KNOW. WE HAVE HAD OTHER STORMS IN THE
PAST THAT SEEM LIKE NOTHING, BUT
THEY END UP WITH A LOT OF FLOOD
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE. >> Kim: DANE WAVES OFF THE
COAST OF KEY WEST CAUSED A BOAT
TO CAPSIZE WITH 22 PEOPLE ON
BOARD.
BOARD. THE COAST GUARD MANAGED TO
RESCUE 13 OF THEM WITH THE HELP
OF A GOOD SAMARITAN BOAT, BUT
NINE REMAIN MISSING.
JASON, BACK TO YOU.
>> Jason: ALL RIGHT, KIM.
AND BEN WILL HAVE A CLOSER LOOK
AT ELSA’S CURRENT PATH IN JUST A
FEW MINUTES.
FEW MINUTES. >>> AT THE SITE OF THAT CONDO
COLLAPSE IN SURFSIDE, FLORIDA,
CREWS ARE WORKING THROUGH THE
TROPICAL STORM AND PLAN TO
CONTINUE TO DO SO UNTIL THEY’RE
TOLD TO STOP.
THIS MORNING OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED
TEN MORE VICTIMS WERE FOUND IN
THE RUBBLE, WHICH BRINGS THE
DEATH TOLL TO 46.
MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE ARE STILL
UNACCOUNTED FOR.
UNACCOUNTED FOR. CREWS ARE ABLE TO REACH AREAS
INACCESSIBLE PRIOR TO THE
DEMOLITION BUT HAVE YET TO FIND
ANY SURVIVORS.
ANY SURVIVORS. >> OUR COMMITMENT TO THIS
MISSION IS DEEPLY PERSONAL.
THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FAMILIES, AND
OUR FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE TRULY
SEARCHED THAT PILE EVERY SINGLE
DAY SINGS THE COLLAPSE AS IF
THEY’RE SEARCHING FOR THEIR OWN
LOVED ONES.
LOVED ONES. >> DESPITE NOT HAVING FOUND ANY
SURVIVORS.
SURVIVORS. THE OPERATION REMAINS A SEARCH
AND RESCUE AND HAS NOT YET
TRANSITIONED TO A MISSION OF
RECOVERY ONLY.
RECOVERY ONLY. FIRST AT 4:00, WE’RE ON TOP OF
SOME STORIES MAKING HEADLINES
AROUND THE WORLD.
WE’LL BEGIN IN HAITI, WHERE
PRESIDENT JOVENEL MOISE WAS
ASSASSINATED AT HIS HOME
OVERNIGHT.
OVERNIGHT. THE COUNTRY’S PRIME MINISTER
SAYS A GROUP OF UNIDENTIFIED
SUSPECTS STORMED INTO THE
PRESIDENT’S HOME AROUND 1:00
A.M. AND SHOT HIM.
THE FIRST LADY WAS ALSO SHOT.
WE’RE TOLD SHE’S BEING
TRANSFERRED TO A HOSPITAL IN
MIAMI FOR TREATMENT.
AMBASSADORS SAY THEY BELIEVE THE
ATTACKERS WERE MERCENARIES.
THE PRIME MINISTER HAS DECLARED
A STATE OF SIEGE IN RESPONSE TO
THIS ATTACK.
THIS ATTACK. >>> FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP IS SUING FACEBOOK,
TWITTER, AND GOOGLE, CLAIMING
CENSORSHIP.
CENSORSHIP. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN
SUSPENDED FROM TWITTER AND
FACEBOOK SINCE THE JANUARY
6th INSURRECTION.
6th INSURRECTION. HE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THIS
MORNING AT HIS NEW JERSEY GOLF
COURSE.
COURSE. >> WE’RE DEMANDING AN END TO THE
SHADOW BANNING, A STOP TO THE
SILENCING AND A STOP TO THE
BLACKLISTING, BANISH, AND
CANCELING THAT YOU KNOW SO WELL.
OUR CASE WILL PROVE THIS
CRENNORSHIP IS UNLAWFUL, IT’S
UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AND IT’S
COMPLETELY UN-AMERICAN.
COMPLETELY UN-AMERICAN. >> J.C.: REPS FOR TWITTER AND
FAX HAVE DECLINED TO COMMENT.
THERE IS A MICHIGAN CONNECTION
TO THIS CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT.
ONE OF THE PLAINTIFFS IS A
TEACHER FROM OUR STATE.
WE’LL HAVE MORE ON HER AT 5:00.
>>> ONE DEAD AND TWO INJURED
AFTER A CAR CRASH THROUGH A
CALIFORNIA BACKYARD AND LANDS IN
A SWIMMING POOL.
POLICE SAY THE DRIVER WAS
SPEEDING AND WAS UNABLE TO MAKE
A TURN THIS MORNING IN CHINO.
THE CAR HIT A CURB, WENT
AIRBORNE, AND LANDED IN A
SWIMMING POOL, BUT YOU SEE
THERE, THE CAR WAS TOTALED.
THERE WAS DEBRIS EVERYWHERE.
ONE PERSON DIED AT THE SCENE AND
TWO WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
WE HAVE NO WORD ON THEIR
CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME.
REMEMBER THE SHIP THAT BLOCKED
THE SUEZ CANAL BACK IN MARCH?
WELL, IT IS NOW FINALLY BEEN
RELEASED.
RELEASED. THAT COMES AFTER A SETTLEMENT
WAS REACHED WITH THE EGYPTIAN
GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. THE SUEZ CANAL AUTHORITY HELD
THE CONTAINERSHIP DURING THE
FIGHT OVER MONEY.
NO DETAILS ON THE SETTLEMENT,
ALTHOUGH THE LAST-KNOWN REQUEST
WAS $550 MILLION.
STILL AHEAD-FIRST AT 4:00, THE
F.A.A. IS TRYING TO SEND A
MESSAGE WITH SOME HEFTY NEW
FINES FOR UNRULY AIRLINE
PASSENGERS.
PASSENGERS. FIND OUT THE COST OF MISBEHAVIOR
FOR TWO OF THE WORST OFFENDERS,
INCLUDING SOMEONE WHO PUNCHED A
WOMAN WHO WAS HOLDING A BABY.
AND IF YOU’RE A PC USERS, YOU
HAVE PROBABLY SEEN THE SCREEN
MORE TIMES THAN YOU WOULD LIKE,
THE ONE THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS.
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