DO KNOW THAT THE BALLOON HAS VIOLATED U. S AIRSPACE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, WHICH IS
UNACCEPTABLE. CLEARLY YOU KNOW,
WE DID A VERY CLOSE ASSESSMENT
IN TERMS OF WHAT IT’S DOING, UH,
AND AS I MENTIONED, MILITARY
COMMANDERS HAVE ASSESSED THAT
THERE IS NO PHYSICAL OR MILITARY
THREAT TO PEOPLE ON THE GROUND.
THE PENTAGON SAYS THE BALLOON IS
FLYING AT ABOUT 60,000 FT. AND
IT WON’T GIVE FURTHER
INFORMATION ABOUT ITS LOCATION.
AT LAST CHECK. THE BALLOON WAS
MOVING EASTWARD. YOU CAN NOW ADD
THIS INCIDENT TO THE LIST OF
ISSUES DIVIDING CHINA AND THE U
. S, INCLUDING RUSSIA’S INVASION
OF UKRAINE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND
DISAGREEMENTS OVER TAIWAN. WE’LL
HAVE AN UPDATE AND ANOTHER
REPORT WHEN YOU JOIN US FOR
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE. UNTIL
THEN, DEVIN SCILLIAN CONTINUES
TO SURPRISE. RISE EVERYONE WHO
IS TRYING TO PREDICT WHAT WILL
HAPPEN NEXT FEDERAL RESERVE
TRYING TO COOL DOWN INFLATION
WITH THE LATEST ROUND OF
INTEREST RATE HIKES THAT USUALLY
LEADS TO SOME JOB LOSSES. WELL,
THE LABOR DEPARTMENT TODAY SAYS
EMPLOYERS ADDED A SIZZLING
517,000 JOBS IN THE MONTH OF
JANUARY, SO THAT PUSHES THE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE TO 3.4% THE
LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 1969. THAT’S
GOOD FOR WORKERS, BUT WAGES ARE
GROWING THAT CONTRIBUTES TO
HIGHER INFLATION, SO IT ALL
MAKES THE FED’S JOB OF TACKLING
HIGHER PRICES WITHOUT PUSHING
THE NATION INTO A RECESSION.
EVEN TRICKIER TO BALANCE NO
MATTER HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE
BITTER COLD WEATHER, MOST OF US
CAN AGREE ICE SCULPTURES OR
SOMETHING TO SEE. FOR DECADES,
THE PLYMOUTH ICE FESTIVAL BEEN
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO
ENJOY A WINTER WONDERLAND. SOME
YEARS. IT’S ACTUALLY BEEN A
LITTLE TOO WARM, BRANDON ROUX
FINDING OUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE
THIS YEAR MOTHER NATURE SUPPLIES
. JUST WHAT THEY NEEDED OUT
THERE, BRANDON SHE GOT HER,
RIGHT? NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. BUT
YOU’RE RIGHT. IT IS SO
IMPRESSIVE TO SEE THE
CRAFTSMANSHIP IN THE ICE
SCULPTURES HERE. NOT ONLY THIS
ONE LOOK AT SOME OF THE DETAILS
IN A NICE SCULPTURE RIGHT OVER
HERE DOESN’T OFFICIALLY OPEN
UNTIL FIVE PM AND. AFTER COVID
AFTER SOME UNUSUALLY WARM EARLY
FEBRUARY’S WE FINALLY GOT THE
WEATHER RIGHT FOR THIS ICY
FESTIVAL. IT’S THE 41ST ANNUAL
PLYMOUTH ICE FESTIVAL AS FAMILY
FRIENDLY AS IT GETS. WE ARE
REALLY LIKE THE MICHIGAN FIRST
BIG CHAIR HERE BEHIND US. THAT
WAS REALLY COOL, AND MICHELE DE
SHEPHERD BRAVED THE CHILL COMING
DOWN FROM FOWLER VILLE WITH
THEIR GRANDSON, CALVIN. WELL,
IT’S JUST A SPECIAL DATA. BRING
HIM ALONG AND SHOW WHERE GRANDMA
GREW UP. LITTLE DOES THE LITTLE
GUY. NO HE MIGHT NOT BE HERE, IF
NOT FOR THE PLYMOUTH ICE
FESTIVAL. WHEN WE WERE DATING,
WE CAME HERE. THIS IS A SPECIAL
SPECIAL DATE THAT WE HAD WHEN WE
WERE DATING 38 YEARS AGO. JUST
COME IN AND SEE US FOR HOT
CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE HOUSE ON
MAIN STREET IN PLYMOUTH. LIKE
MANY LOCAL BUSINESSES HERE,
BANKS ON THE ECONOMIC BOOST THE
FESTIVAL OFFERS BRINGS THE
PEOPLE DOWN INTO DOWNTOWN
PLYMOUTH SO THEY CAN SEE THE
ARSON STORES THAT ARE HERE. WE
HAVE AMAZING HOT CHOCOLATE. IT’S
ALL MADE WITH HOMEMADE FUDGE AND
STEAMED MILK. DOESN’T GET BETTER
THAN THAT. I SCULPTURES DOT THE
DOWNTOWN PLYMOUTH LANDSCAPE FROM
KELLOGG PARK TO EVERY STOREFRONT
, WHICH IS WHAT THE PLYMOUTH ICE
FESTIVAL IS ALL ABOUT. UNIQUE
ART TO DRAW CROWDS TO A UNIQUE
DOWNTOWN GUYS HATE THERE WILL
ALSO BE A PETTING ZOO OUT HERE
FOR THE ICE FESTIVAL FESTIVAL.
BINGO CAN’T BEAT THAT RIGHT.
ALSO SOME DEMONSTRATIONS ON HOW
MAYBE YOU COULD BECOME THE NEXT
CARVER OF ICE. BUT HOW DO YOU
STAY WARM? I KNOW KIM MENTIONED.
WE’RE WARMING THINGS UP A LITTLE
BIT. THEY HAVE WARMING AREAS IN
JUST BEHIND US AT THE OLD PEN
THEATER, THEY’RE SHOWING THE
DISNEY MOVIE. FROZEN OF COURSE,
DEVIN, SO THAT IS ONE WAY AT
SEVEN O’CLOCK EACH NIGHT HERE
FOR FIVE BUCKS. YOU CAN GO WARM
UP AND SEE THAT MOVIE. BUT THERE
ARE, OF COURSE, PLENTY OF WAYS
TO STAY WARM OUT HERE THIS
WEEKEND. FINE LINE HERE, BRANDON
. OBVIOUSLY YOU DON’T WANT IT TO
BE TOO TERRIBLY COLD. WE NEED
THIS TO BE KIND OF A GOLDILOCKS
PATH WHERE WE WANT TO JUST COLD
ENOUGH FOR THE ICE, BUT NOT SO
COLD THAT IT’S NOT FUN TO BE OUT
THERE. FOUR YEARS AGO. THEY HAD
LIKE 34 INCHES OF RAIN DURING
THE FESTIVAL. THEY HAD TO MOVE
EVERYTHING INTO OTHER AREAS, AND
IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE. SO
YOU’RE RIGHT. I MEAN, JUST A
MATTER OF A FEW DEGREES MAKES
ALL THE DIFFERENCE. AS IT WARMS
THIS WEEKEND. IT WON’T GET TOO
WARM. SO THE BEAUTY IN THESE ICE
SCULPTURES WILL BE SHINING
BRIGHT, GREAT EVENT AND WE’RE IN
THE SWEET SPOT FOR THIS YEAR
ANYWAY. ALRIGHT, BRANDON. GREAT
STUFF. STILL AHEAD. WE ARE
TRACKING HELP ME HANK ALERTS
WITH SOME PRETTY SERIOUS RISKS.
WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OLDER
MODEL CARS THAT YOU SHOULD STOP
DRIVING, AND I DROPPED THAT YOU
SHOULD STOP USING. WE’LL HAVE
THAT IN A MINUTE. ALSO HIDING IN
PLAIN SIGHT, ONE OF ITALY’S MOST
WANTED MAFIA FIGURES ARRESTED
TALK ABOUT HIS NEW JOB THAT
ACTUALLY MADE HIM A PRETTY
POPULAR GUY. A LITTLE LATER ON
THE CASE OF THE STOLEN MONKEYS.
POLICE TALK ABOUT THE REST,
INCLUDING WHERE THEY WERE, WHERE
THEY MANAGED TO CATCH UP WITH
THE SUSPECT. THE STORY WE’VE
BEEN FOLLOWING FROM DALLAS FOR