FIRS
AND NEW CALLS FOR ACTION TODAY FIRS
AND NEW CALLS FOR ACTION TODAY AFTER A DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING IN TEXAS. WE NEED TO HAVE A
VOICE. WE NEED TO SPEAK. THERE
IS SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE.
THIS CANNOT HAPPEN AGAIN. NEW
INFORMATION AND WHAT EXACTLY
HAPPENED INSIDE THE SCHOOL AND
THE FACEBOOK MESSAGES POSTED BY
THE GUNMEN RIGHT BEFORE THE
SHOOTING. AND EVEN AS THE RAIN
IS MOVING OUT, THIS IS GENERALLY
LIGHT RAIN. WE HAVE MORE STORMS
THAT ARE IN THE FORECAST. NOT
JUST FOR TONIGHT, BUT FOR
TOMORROW AND INTO FRIDAY AS
WELL. VERY ACTIVE WEATHER
PATTERN. I’LL BREAK IT ALL DOWN
FOR YOU STRAIGHT AHEAD. LIVE
FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4
NEWS FIRST AT FOUR STARTS NOW.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. I’M
KAREN DREW FIRST AT FOUR. WE
KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEAVY
HEARTS. 24 HOURS AFTER A DEADLY
SCHOOL SHOOTING IN TEXAS. WE’RE
ALL STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND WHY
IT HAPPENED, HOW IT HAPPENED.
AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. WELL
TODAY WE DO KNOW 19 CHILDREN AND
TWO TEACHERS ARE DEAD AFTER THE
GUNMAN’S ATTACK. 17 OTHERS ARE
INJURED. BUT EXPECTED TO RECOVER
. THE YOUNG GUNMAN IS DEAD. THE
TEXAS RANGERS ARE LEADING THE
INVESTIGATION INTO THE SHOOTING
WITH HELP FROM FEDERAL AND LOCAL
AUTHORITIES, AND THERE WAS AN
ASTONISHING CONFRONTATION
INVOLVING THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
THIS AFTERNOON. KIMBERLY GILL IN
THE NEWSROOM WITH THE VERY
LATEST DETAILS ON THE SHOOTING
KIM KAREN REAL GOOD TO THAT
CONFRONTATION IN JUST A MOMENT,
BUT FIRST WHAT WE’VE LEARNED
TODAY ABOUT THE EVENTS LEADING
UP TO AND DURING THE SHOOTING
RAMPAGE. LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT.
POLICE OFFICERS CONTINUE TO
SWARM AROUND THE CAMPUS OF ROB
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND YOU VALLEY
, TEXAS GOVERNOR SAYS THE GUNMAN
FIRST SHOT HIS GRANDMOTHER IN
THE FACE. CRASHED HIS CAR NEAR
THE SCHOOL AND THEN RAN INTO ONE
CLASSROOM INSIDE THAT ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL WHERE HE STARTED SHOOTING
. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE FIRED 23
ROUNDS FROM AN A R. 15 ABOUT 30
MINUTES BEFORE HE WAS IN THAT
CLASSROOM. HE STARTED POSTING
MESSAGES ON FACEBOOK, THE FIRST
SAYING, I’M GOING TO SHOOT MY
GRANDMOTHER. THE SECOND ONE
SAID. I SHOT MY GRANDMOTHER AND
THE THIRD SAID HE WAS GOING TO
SHOOT UP AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SHOOTER LEGALLY BOUGHT TO A AR
STYLE RIFLES DAYS BEFORE THE
ATTACK SOON AFTER HIS 18TH
BIRTHDAY. FOR MANY PARENTS, THE
GRIEF IS MIXED WITH A DESIRE FOR
SOMETHING TO CHANGE. IT’S A
NIGHTMARE. WE’RE ALL PROCESSING
IT, YOU KNOW, WAKING UP THIS
MORNING. FINDING OUT THE PARENTS
THAT HAVE FINALLY GOTTEN NOTICE
THAT THEIR CHILDREN HAVE PASSED.
WE HAVE TO ADVOCATE WE HAVE TO
HAVE A VOICE. THIS IS WHERE WE
AS A COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER.
WE NEED TO HAVE A VOICE. WE NEED
TO SPEAK. THERE IS SOMETHING HAS
TO BE DONE. THIS CANNOT HAPPEN
AGAIN. BUT WHAT SHOULD BE DONE?
WE’RE ALREADY SEEING SIGNS. THE
SEARCH FOR POLITICAL SOLUTIONS
WILL BE TRICKY TO SAY THE LEAST
. DEMOCRAT BETO AEROBICS STEP
FORWARD WITH AN ANGRY TIRADE
DURING TODAY’S LAW ENFORCEMENT
NEWS CONFERENCE, HE ATTACKED
GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT DIRECTLY IN
HIS FACE SAYING, QUOTE THIS IS
ON YOU. AURORA WAS ESCORTED OUT
OF THE ROOM. HE BY THE WAY, IS
RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR AGAINST
ABBOTT IN THE FALL, THE GROUP
SURROUNDING THE GOVERNOR ON
STAGE SAID NOW IS NOT THE TIME
FOR POLITICS. THAT WE AND ALSO
PRESIDENT BIDEN CERTAINLY SEEMED
ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED DURING HIS
PRIME TIME ADDRESS LAST NIGHT.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS
PASSED SOME GUN CONTROL
LEGISLATION, BUT AT LEAST TWO
BILLS HAVE BEEN STUCK IN THE
SENATE SINCE THE YEAR. 2019. SO,
KAREN WE’LL BE FOLLOWING THE
SEARCH FOR ANSWERS IN LATER
NEWSCASTS AND GOING FORWARD FOR
NOW, THAT WILL SEND IT BACK TO
YOU IN THE STUDIO. ALL RIGHT, WE
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, KIM.
IT’S JUST ABOUT IMPOSSIBLE TO
TALK ABOUT YESTERDAY’S MASSACRE
WITHOUT ALSO THINKING ABOUT
ANOTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SHOOTING ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO, 26
PEOPLE WERE KILLED AT SANDY HOOK
ELEMENTARY IN CONNECTICUT.
PROBABLY TALKIN SPOKE TO MOTHER
WHO LOST HER SEVEN YEAR OLD
DAUGHTER THAT DAY ABOUT WHAT
SHE’S LEARNED AS SHE FIGHTS TO
PROTECT OTHER CHILDREN, PAULA
YEAH. HI KAREN. HI EVERYONE. YOU
KNOW WHAT? I JUST WANT TO GIVE
YOU A SENSE OF WHAT THE SANDY
HOOK. MOM IS FIGHTING AGAIN. SO,
ACCORDING TO THE GUN VIOLENCE
ARCHIVE, THEY KEEP TRACK OF
THESE KINDS OF SHOOTINGS. THERE
HAVE BEEN 213 MASS SHOOTINGS IN
THE YEAR. 2022 ALONE. THAT MEANS
IN 21 WEEKS WE HAVE ABOUT 10
SHOOTINGS PER WEEK. AND SO THIS
IS WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. AND SO
WHAT I DID WAS I PUT TOGETHER
THE BIGGEST OF THE MASS
SHOOTINGS. THAT’S ALL OF THESE
SHOOTINGS. OF COURSE, I ADDED
OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE
THAT’S SO CLOSE TO OUR HEART,
BUT THIS IS SO CLOSE TO HER
HEART. TODAY MICHELLE GAY WANTED
TO DO WHAT MANY OF US WANTED TO
DO AFTER HEARING THAT, ONCE
AGAIN, A MASS SHOOTING TOOK THE
LIVES OF CHILDREN INSIDE A
SCHOOL BUILDING CURL UP IN A
BALL. THE FRUSTRATION AND, UM,
THE EMOTION AROUND THIS IS JUST,
UM IT’S GENDER SCRABBLE. IT’S
EXCRUCIATING. SHE HELD BACK
TEARS AND DID WHAT SHE PROMISED
HER DAUGHTER, JOSEPHINE, SHE
WOULD DO AFTER HER PRECIOUS
SWEET SEVEN YEAR OLD WAS GUNNED
DOWN AT SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL IN 2012. IT’S ABOUT
MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES
HAVE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES,
SCHOOL BASED MENTAL HEALTH
RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE THE EARLY
INTERVENTIONS THAT WE CAN
PROVIDE TO PREVENT, UM, PREVENT
AN INDIVIDUAL FROM EVEN
FOLLOWING OR GOING DOWN A PATH
LIKE THIS. SO MANY SHOOTINGS SO
LITTLE REAL LEGISLATIVE ACTION
TO KEEP GUNS THAT ARE DESIGNED
AS WEAPONS OF WAR WITH THE
ABILITY TO DO MASS DESTRUCTION
OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE WRONG
PEOPLE. BUT WHAT MICHELLE IS
FOCUSED ON WITH THE ORGANIZATION
SHE CO FOUNDED WITH A FELLOW
GRIEVING PARENTS, SAFE AND SOUND
SCHOOLS IS WHAT COMMUNITIES CAN
DO WHEN LAWMAKERS WON’T THESE
THINGS DON’T JUST POP UP. THEY
DON’T JUST NOBODY SUDDENLY SNAPS
. WHAT’S SAFE AND SOUND SCHOOLS
SUGGESTS REQUESTS AND URGES. IS
THAT EVERYONE TAKE IT UPON
THEMSELVES TO REPORT TROUBLING
SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS OR BEHAVIOR
OR PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT A
TROUBLED PERSON IS SAYING AND
THEN REPORTING THAT BEHAVIOR TO
SOMEONE WHO CAN ACTUALLY
INTERVENED. WE ARE NOT POWERLESS
. WE AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS AS
FAMILIES AS TEACHERS AS PARENTS
AS STUDENTS, AND, UM, CLASSMATES
, YOU KNOW, HAVE HAVE THIS
INFORMATION AND WE ARE NOT
POWERLESS. YOU KNOW THERE THERE
ARE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO, UM TO
HELP IDENTIFY AND INTERVENE.
WHEN THESE ALARMS GO OFF AND
SOUND SCHOOLS, THE MISSION IS TO
TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO DO THEIR
PART. TO KEEP SCHOOLS SAFE. WE
REMEMBER ON DAYS LIKE TODAY.
WHEN IT FEELS LIKE IT FEELS LIKE
GIVING UP. UM WE CAN’T. WE
CANNOT. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DO
THAT. AND BEYOND THAT, I MADE A
PROMISE TO MY LITTLE GIRL THAT
THAT I WOULDN’T SO I’M HERE AND
I’M COMMITTED AND I AM GOING TO
FIGHT THIS FIGHT WITH THOSE
FAMILIES. I’M NOT GIVING UP. YES
SAFE AND SOUND SCHOOLS. THEIR
MAIN FOCUS IS REALLY TEACHING
PEOPLE HOW TO BE PROACTIVE SO
THEY CAN BE GATEKEEPERS BEFORE
THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE HAPPENS,
KAREN YOU KNOW, PAULA, IT’S BEEN
10 YEARS SINCE SANDY HOOK AND
OBVIOUSLY WE TALKED ABOUT
LEARNING IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN
DO TO HELP OTHERS AS MICHELLE
HAVE ANY ADVICE IN TERMS OF HOW
TO EMOTIONALLY SURVIVED THIS
BECAUSE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY
AFFECTS THE FAMILIES, THE SCHOOL
THE NEIGHBORHOODS? I MEAN, IF IT
AFFECTS ALL OF US. ALL OF US.
YEAH IT DOES. IT AFFECTS
ABSOLUTELY ALL OF US, AND SHE
SAYS WHAT SHE DID, AND SHE HAD
TWO OTHER DAUGHTERS, OLDER
DAUGHTERS, AND SO SHE FOCUSED ON
THEM. SHE’S HAS A RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD, BUT ALSO, UM, PRO
ACTIVITY. IN OTHER WORDS,
FINDING WAYS TO FIND SOLUTIONS
AND HELPING OTHERS AGAIN WITH
THAT PRO ACTIVITY AND THAT HAS
HELPED HER BUT TODAY WAS A TOUGH
DAY. SHE SAID SHE WANTED TO CURL
UP IN BED AND JUST DISAPPEAR. A
LOT OF APPEARANCE. AGREE WITH
HER ON THAT ONE. ALRIGHT. THANK
YOU, PAULA. TONIGHT IF I WERE
GOING TO ASK MENTAL HEALTH
EXPERTS TWO QUESTIONS. HOW DO
YOU TALK TO YOUR KIDS ABOUT
THIS? BUT ALSO, HOW DO YOU
PROCESS ANY FEELINGS? YOU ARE
HAVING FIRST. THEN AT SIX. WE’RE
REACHING OUT TO MICHIGAN’S
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, ASKING
IF THEY HAVE SOLUTIONS AND IF
THERE IS A NEW WAY FORWARD MUCH
MORE TO COME AS YOU STAY TUNED
TO LOCAL FOREIGN NEWS THROUGH 6
30 CLOSER TO HOME. WE ARE
WATCHING FOR SHOWERS THIS
AFTERNOON, METEOROLOGIST PAUL
GROSS STANDING BY. SO WHAT DO WE
NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OUR EVENING
PLANS, PAUL WELL, WE HAVE A BIT
OF GOOD NEWS, KAREN, NOW AGAIN,
HALF THE AREA NOW THE
NORTHEASTERN HALF THE AREA IS
GETTING RAINED SO THAT I MEAN,
THAT’S THERE. YOU CAN SEE THAT
ON THE RADAR. BUT IF WE PUT THIS
IN MOTION, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS
IS A VERY STEADY PROGRESSION TO
THE NORTHEAST. SO THIS STUFF IS
GONNA BE MOVING OUT OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AND WE’LL
HAVE A BREAK, AND THAT’S GOOD
NEWS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOPING
LATER ON THIS EVENING TOWARD THE
MIDNIGHT HOUR RIGHT NOW, IF
YOU’RE HEADING OUT, WE’RE IN THE
SIXTIES ACROSS THE AREA
GENERALLY 63 IN LAPEER 65.
MONROE 65 NUMBER 67 IN DETROIT
AND THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS
AGAIN, WE HAVE THAT BREAK EARLY,
BUT LATER THIS EVENING, ANOTHER
BATCH OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE. AND THEN ALL WE GOTTA
TALK ABOUT THIS. LOOK AT THIS
NINETIES COMING IN FOR NEXT
WEEK. BUT WHAT ABOUT OUR HOLIDAY
WEEKEND? WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT
COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
ALRIGHT WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK
YOU. PAUL MEMBERS OF FEMA ARE ON
THE GROUND TODAY IN GAILLARD. TO
GET A CLOSER LOOK AT THE DAMAGE
AFTER A DEADLY TORNADO. THE
FEDERAL OFFICIALS ARE JOINED BY
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE AND LOCAL
AUTHORITIES. TWO PEOPLE WERE
KILLED. 44 OTHERS WERE HURT
DURING FRIDAY’S TORNADO. THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS
THE EF THREE TWISTER WAS ON THE
GROUND FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES.
FEMALE WILL DETERMINE IF THE
DAMAGE WOULD WARN A REQUEST FOR
FEDERAL AID. NOW LET’S TALK
ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS. WE’RE
SEEING A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THE
NEWEST CASE NUMBERS FROM THE
STATE, IT SAYS. WE HAVE SEEN
ABOUT 26,000 NEW CASES IN THE
PAST WEEK. THAT’S ABOUT 3700
CASES A DAY TO DROP FROM 18TH
WHEN WE SAW OVER 29,000 NEW
CASES, THE STATE ONLY REPORTS
NEW NUMBERS ON WEDNESDAYS. AFTER
INCREASING FOR SIX WEEKS.
HOSPITALIZATIONS IN CASE RATES
ACROSS THE STATE HAVE ALSO
DECLINED. HOWEVER THE NUMBER OF
DEATHS ARE UP. WE DID SEE 139
VIRUS RELATED CASUALTIES.
COMPARED TO 78 LAST WEEK. FIRST
LADY JILL BIDEN WAS ON HAND TO
WELCOME MORE BABY FORMULA FLOWN
INTO THE UNITED STATES TO EASE
THAT NATIONWIDE SHORTAGE OF
FEDEX PLANE BROUGHT THAT SECOND
SHIPMENT FROM GERMANY TO DULLES
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN
VIRGINIA. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS
THE SHIPMENT CARRIES £100,000 OF
HYPOALLERGENIC INFANT FORMULA
WHICH IS ABOUT EQUAL 2,000,008
OUNCE CONTAINERS. PALLETS WILL
GO TO A DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN
PENNSYLVANIA. TAKEN SOME MOMS
AND DADS VERY HAPPY. WELL, YOU
MIGHT BE WONDERING WHY I RECALL
AT ONE COMPANY PUSHED THE NATION
TOWARD A BIG SHORTAGE JUST FOR
COMPANIES PROVIDE ROUGHLY 90% OF
THE FORMULA IN THE U. S. CRITICS
WANT LAWMAKERS TO REVIEW THE
POLICIES THAT ALLOWED THAT TO
HAPPEN. FOR EXAMPLE, SAFETY AND
MANUFACTURING RULES MAKE IT
HARDER FOR SMALLER COMPANIES TO
ENTER THE MARKET. FEDERAL
CONTRACTING RULES ALSO FAVOR
BIGGER COMPANIES THAT CAN OFFER
THE LOWEST PRICES. IT’S A SYSTEM
DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SAFE FORMULA
AND LOWER PRICES. BUT MANY ARE