>> Announcer: LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT LOCAL 4
NEWS STARTS NOW.
>>> A DEATH INVESTIGATION IS
UNDERWAY AFTER A WOMAN DIED
WHILE RESCUING A FRIEND WHO
HAD FALLEN INTO THE DETROIT
RIVER.
THAT STORY TOPS OUR NEWS
HERE AT NOON THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US, I’M EVROD
CASSIMY.
WITHIN THE HOUR DETROIT
POLICE PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON
THEIR INVESTIGATION.
IT’S ALL HAPPENED OVERNIGHT
NEAR THE ALFRED BRUSH FORD
PARK NEAR SCRIPPS STREET.
LOCAL 4’S PAMELA OSBORNE
JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM
D.P.D. HEADQUARTERS WHERE
WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT
THIS TRAGEDY.
PAMELA?
>> Reporter: EVROD, POLICE
ARE CALLING THIS AN
UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT HERE’S
WHAT WE NOW KNOW HAPPENED AT
THAT PARK OVERNIGHT.
LET’S GET YOU TO SOME VIDEO
FROM THAT SCENE.
IT WAS AROUND 3:45 THIS
MORNING, WHEN CREWS WERE
CALLED OUT TO ALFRED BRUSH
FORD PARK YOU ARE LOOKING AT
VIDEO FROM THE PARK AROUND
THOSE RESCUES TOOK PLACE.
POLICE TELL US THREE FRIENDS
WERE ALONG THE DETROIT RIVER
NEAR LENNOX AND SCRIPPS
STREETS WHEN ONE SLIPPED AND
FELL INTO THE RIVER ANOTHER
TWO FRIENDS JUMPED IN TO
ACTION.
THEY WENT IN AFTER HER AND
THEY WERE ABLE TO GET HER TO
SAFETY BUT, UNFORTUNATELY,
ONE OF THOSE TWO WOMEN DID
NOT SURVIVE.
POLICE SAY SHE WAS ONLY 20
YEARS OLD.
>> MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS
ARE GO OUT TO THE FAMILY.
I COULDN’T IMAGINE YOU KNOW
SOMETHING LIKE THIS
HAPPENING TO ONE OF MY KIDS.
YOU KNOW I HAVE KIDS IN THE
20s AND IT’S JUST A VERY,
VERY UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT.
>> Reporter: AND SO THOSE
OTHER TWO WOMEN ARE 26 AND
35 YEARS OLD.
THEY WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE
HOSPITAL WHERE AT LAST CHECK
THEY WERE IN STABLE
CONDITION.
THIS INVESTIGATION, I SHOULD
MENTION, IS STILL VERY MUCH
UNDERWAY.
REPORTING LIVE THIS MORNING
AFTERNOON OUTSIDE OF POLICE
HEADQUARTERS, I’M PAMELA
OSBORNE, LOCAL.
>> SO INCREDIBLY SAD, PAMELA,
THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE
THERE.
>>> WE DO WANT TO KEEP YOU
UPDATED ON YOUR FORECAST ON
THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
METEOROLOGIST ANDREW
HUMPHREY IS IN FOR BRANDON
TODAY.
WE’RE EXPECTING A LITTLE
RAIN FOR THE WEEKEND?
>> WE CERTAINLY ARE.
SOME OF THAT ARRIVES LATER
ON TODAY, EVROD.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE
TEMPERATURES THAT ARE IN THE
40s AND LOW 50s SO IT HAS
GOTTEN A BIT MILDER AND
TEMPERATURE GOES UP A FEW
MORE NOTCHES FROM HERE.
WE’RE AT 51 DEGREES FOR OUR
FRIENDS OVER AT METRO
AIRPORT.
ANN ARBOR CHECKING IN AT 51
AND CHILLIER CONDITIONS WITH
WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHEAST
WE ONLY HAVE 38 DEGREES IN
SANDUSKY.
WHILE IT’S 45 IN PORT HURON,
48 FOR OUR FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS OVER IN PONTIAC.
RIGHT NOW WE REMAIN DRIP DRY
THAT WILL BE CHANGING.
CLOUDY SKIES BUT THOSE
CLOUDS ARE THIN ENOUGH FOR
SOME SUNSHINE IS MAKING IT
DOWN HERE TO EARTH.
WE’RE LOOKING AT 51 DEGREES
OVER AT THE AIRPORT WITH
WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHEAST
AT AROUND 14 MILES PER HOUR.
THAT NORTHEASTERLY WINDS AND
CLOUDS OVERHEAD KEEP OUR
TEMPERATURES IN THE 50s.
I KNOW YESTERDAY WAS
BEAUTIFUL, GORGEOUS, THE
TEMPERATURES ABOVE 70
DEGREES.
COOLDOWN FOR TODAY.
MAYBE A JACKET THIS
AFTERNOON HIGHS BETWEEN 50
AND 55.
BUT WE STAY ABOVE FREEZING
FOR TONIGHT.
NOW THAT IS KEY BECAUSE WE
HAVE SOME PRECIPITATION ON
THE WAY.
IT’S NOT HERE YET BUT RAIN
IS EXPECTED LATER THIS
AFTERNOON DURING THE
AFTERNOON DRIVE.
YOU CAN KEEP TRACK OF STORM
TRACKER 4, RAIN ON THE WAY,
TEMPERATURES WITH THE LOCAL
FORECASTERS APP.
IT’S FREE.
SCAN THIS QR CODE, GO TO
YOUR APP STORE AS WELL, YOU
CAN GO AHEAD AND SEARCH WDIV
FOR THE LOCAL FORECASTERS
APP.
MORE ON THAT RAIN AND YOUR
WEEKEND FORECAST IN MINUTES.
>> ALL RIGHT, ANDREW, THANK
YOU.
>>> NOW LET’S GET YOU
UPDATEDDED ON THE LATEST ON
THE WAR IN UKRAINE.
AS RUSSIAN FORCES SET SIGHTS
ON CIVILIANS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY MILITARY OFFICIALS
SAY THAT RUSSIA FIRED SIX
MISSILES ON A WESTERN CITY
NEVER THE POLISH BORDER.
THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION HAS VERIFIED AT
LEAST 43 ATTACKS HAVE BEEN
MADE ON HEALTHCARE
FACILITIES IN UKRAINE ALONE.
THIS COMES AS PRESIDENT
BIDEN AND A CHINESE LEADER
DISCUSS THE WAR IN UKRAINE
FOR NEARLY TWO HOURS THIS
MORNING.
BREE JACKSON HAS THE LATEST
FROM WASHINGTON.
>> Reporter: THIS WILL BE
THE FIRST TIME PRESIDENT
BIDEN HAS SPOKEN WITH HIS
CHINESE COUNTERPART SINCE
THE WAR STARTED.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS
WARNING OF SEVERE
CONSEQUENCES IF CHINA HELPS
RUSSIA.
>> President Biden: FOUND
TIME TO MEET.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN
HELD A VIRTUAL CALL WITH
CHINA’S PRESIDENT THIS
MORNING AS THE WHITE HOUSE
LOOKS TO ASSESS WHERE
RUSSIA’S ALLIES STANDS ON
THE WAR.
CELL PHONE VIDEO SHOWS THE
BOMBING OF A THEATER IN
UKRAINE.
INSIDE, HUNDREDS WERE
SHELTERING IN PLACE.
OUTSIDE THE BUILDING A
SATELLITE IMAGE SHOWS THE
WORDS CHILDREN WRITTEN IN
RUSSIAN.
OFFICIALS SAY THIS AND OTHER
ATTACKS ARE SIGNS RUSSIA IS
KNOWINGLY GOING AFTER
CIVILIANS.
PRESIDENT BIDEN NOT MINCING
WORDS ABOUT RUSSIAN
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.
>> President Biden:
MURDEROUS DICTATOR.
A PURE THUG WHO IS WAGING AN
IMMORAL WAR AGAINST THE
PEOPLE OF UKRAINE.
>> Reporter: THIS JUST ONE
DAY AFTER THE PRESIDENT
DECLARED PUTIN A WAR
CRIMINAL.
SOMETHING THE KREMLIN CALLED
INEXCUSABLE.
BUT THE PRESIDENT’S
SENTIMENT IS NOW BEING
ECHOED BY THE STATE
DEPARTMENT.
>> IT IS HARD TO WALK AWAY
WITH ANY OTHER CONCLUSION
BUT THAT WAR CRIMES HAVE
BEEN COMMITTED.
>> Reporter: ADMINISTRATION
OFFICIALS SAY RUSSIA’S
ATTACKS ARE UNDER REVIEW.
IN THE MEANTIME, THERE’S A
PUSH TO PROVIDE KILLER
DRONES AND OTHER WEAPONS TO
UKRAINE.
>> WE’RE DOING THIS BECAUSE
WE HAVE TO BE READY TO
DEFEND EUROPE.
IT’S IN OUR INTEREST TO
DEFEND NATO.
>> Reporter: WITH ITS CONVOY
STALLED, AND PUTIN’S BACK
AGAINST THE WALL, THERE ARE
GROWING CONCERNS THAT CHINA
MAY GIVE RUSSIA MILITARY
AID.
THE U.S. WARNS DOING SO
WOULD COME WITH CONSEQUENCES.
CHINA HAS CALLED FOR A
PEACEFUL RESOLUTION BUT
THEY’VE AVOIDED CONDEMNING
RUSSIA AND CONTINUE TO RELY
ON RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS.
IN WASHINGTON, I’M BREE
JACKSON, BACK TO YOU.
>> BREE, THANK YOU.
AS THE FIGHTING CONTINUES IN
UKRAINE, THE WAY OUT FOR
THOSE TRYING TO ESCAPE HAS
BECOME MORE DIFFICULT AND
MORE DANGEROUS.
U.N. OFFICIALS SAY THE
NUMBER OF THOSE CROSSING THE
BORDER HAS DROPPED JUST A
BIT OVER LAST 48 HOURS BUT
THEY WARN THAT IS LIKELY
JUST A TEMPORARY SLOWDOWN
WITH MORE THAN THREE MILLION
REFUGEES TRYING TO ESCAPE
UKRAINE.
JAY GRAY HAS MORE FROM ALONG
THE POLISH UKRAINIAN BORDER.
>> Reporter: HEY, THERE,
WE’RE AT THE BORDER CROSSING
BETWEEN POLAND AND UKRAINE
WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS
IS THE BUSIEST CROSSING
SPOT.
WHEN WE GOT HERE THREE WEEKS
AGO IT WAS EMPTY FIELDS
ALONGSIDE A WALKING PATH
ACROSS THE BORDER.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT’S HAPPENED.
IT’S EXPLODED, IT CONTINUES
TO EXPAND.
YOU’VE GOT TENTS HERE,
VOLUNTEERS CONTINUING TO
SHOW UP.
IT’S A PLACE WHERE THOSE
THAT WANT TO HELP COME EVERY
DAY TO TRY AND HELP THOSE
WHO NEED IT SO DESPERATELY.
WE’VE SEEN A BIT OF A DIP IN
THE NUMBER OF THOSE CROSSING
THE BORDER OVER THE LAST 48
HOURS.
U.N. SAYS THAT’S EXPECTED
THAT THEY ALWAYS THOUGHT
THAT THERE WOULD BE PEOPLE
COMING IN WAVES THIS IS
LIKELY THE END POINT OF THAT
SECOND WAVE.
ANOTHER ISSUE IS THOSE
TRYING TO MAKE THIS TRIP
WELL THEY’RE DOING SO NOW
COMING FROM AREAS THAT HAVE
BEEN BOMBED OUT.
COMING FROM NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.
COMING ALONG ROADS THAT HAVE
BEEN TORN UP BY WAR.
AND THROUGH TOWNSVILLES AND
-- TOWNS AND VILLAGES THAT
ARE NOW BEING HELD BY
RUSSIAN TROOPS.
ONE OTHER THING, YOU HEAR
THE MUSIC HERE THIS YOUNG
MAN HAS BROUGHT HIS PIANO
OUT.
HE’S DONE IT A FEW TIMES
SAYS THAT HE DOESN’T HAVE A
LOT THAT HE CAN DO.
NOTHING THAT HE CAN GIVE
EXCEPT HIS MUSIC.
IT’S A STUNNING
JUXTAPOSITION HIS BEAUTIFUL
SONGS AGAINST THE BACKDROP
OF WHAT IS GROWING
DIFFICULTY AND DESPAIR HERE
AND IT’S SO NEAT TO SEE IF
ONLY FOR A MINUTE OR ONLY
FOR A SONG SO MANY OF THOSE
WHO ARE CROSSING THE BORDER
STOP AND LISTEN.
WE SAW ONE WOMAN PUSH THE
TEARS AS HE WAS PLAYING
TODAY.
AND AGAIN THIS IS THE KIND
OF OUTPOURING THAT WE’RE
SEEING FROM EVERYONE WHO
JUST WANTS TO HELP IN ANY
WAY THEY CAN.
THAT’S THE LATEST FROM HERE
ALONG THE UKRAINE POLAND
BORDER.
I’M JAY GRAY, BACK TO YOU.
>> THAT IS THE POWER OF
MUSIC AT SUCH A TRYING AND
VERY SCARY TIME.
JAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>>> WE DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT
GAS PRICES.
THEY’RE CONTINUING TO TREND
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
ACCORDING TO AAA THE CURRENT
NATIONAL AVERAGE PRICE FOR
REGULAR GAS IS $4.27 PER
GALLON.
HERE AT HOME MICHIGAN’S
AVERAGE GAS PRICE IS 10
CENTS LESS THAN THE NATIONAL
AVERAGE.
MICHIGAN DRIVERS PAYING
ABOUT $4.SEEN A GALLON
THAT’S DOWN ABOUT TWO CENTS
FROM YESTERDAY.
NOW TO THE CORONAVIRUS
MODERNA IS ASKING THE F.D.A.
TO GRANT EMERGENCY USE TO A
FOURTH DOSE OF ITS VACCINE.
IT WOULD BE FOR ANYBODY OVER
THE AGE OF 18 WHO HAS GOTTEN
AN INITIAL BOOSTER OF ANY OF
THE AUTHORIZED OR APPROVED
CORONAVIRUS VACCINES.
THE COMPANY SAYS ITS REQUEST
FOR A SECOND BOOSTER IS
PARTIALLY BASED ON RECENT
DATA FROM ISRAEL WHICH HAS
SHOWN DECREASED VACCINE
EFFICACY DURING THE OMICRON
SURGE.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, PFIZER
ASKED THE F.D.A. TO GRANT
EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION
TO A SECOND BOOSTER DOSE OF
ITS VACCINE FOR THOSE OVER
THE AGE OF 65.
>>> MEANWHILE COVID CASES
ARE DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND MASK MANDATES AND OTHER
RESTRICTIONS ARE COMING DOWN
AS WELL.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S
INCOMING HEAD OF THE WHITE
HOUSE COVID RESPONSE TEAM
SAYS WE STILL HAVE TO
PREPARE FUTURE POSSIBILITIES
CONCERNING THE PANDEMIC,
INCLUDING THE RISE IN CASES
OF THE BA-2 SUBVARIANT OF
THE OMICRON STRAIN.
>> YES, BA-2 IS AROUND IT’S
IN THE U.S. AS WELL, WE’VE
GOT A LOT OF IT NOT AS MUCH
AS IN EUROPE.
HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT
BA-2 IT’S A LITTLE BIT MORE
TRANSMISSIBLE.
BA-1 WAS THAT SUBVARIANT OF
OMICRON THAT SWEPT THROUGH
IN JANUARY.
OUR VACCINE ESPECIALLY IF
YOU’RE BOOSTED PROVIDE THE
SAME LEVEL OF PROTECTION.
IT’S NOT ANY MORE SEVERE
THAN BA-1.
SO, LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENS
IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS,
OBVIOUSLY, INFECTIONS ARE
WAY DOWN ACROSS AMERICA.
I’M NOT EXPECTING A BIG
SURGE HERE.
BUT WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION AND
REALLY BE DRIVEN BY DATA AS
WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE
PANDEMIC.
>> HERE AT HOME WE’RE
EXPECTING UPDATED
CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS FROM THE
STATE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
>>> JURORS IN THE TRIAL FOR
THE FOUR MEN CHARGED IN THE
ALLEGED PLOT TO KIDNAP
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER
ARE HEARING FROM AN ARMY
VETERAN WHO BECAME AN F.B.I.
INFORMANT.
THE MAN SIMPLY KNOWN AS DAN
JOINED THE MILITIA BUT
BECAME AN INFORMANT AFTER
HEARING MEMBERS OF THE
MILITIA TALK ABOUT KILLING
POLICE, HIS WORK LED TO
CONSPIRACY CHARGES FOR ADAM
FOX, BARRY CROFT JR., DANIEL
HARRIS AND CONCERTA.
>> THEY TURNED THEIR PLOT
INTO KIDNAPPING GOVERNOR
WHITMER.
>>> THE DETROIT FIRE
DEPARTMENT HAS ANNOUNCED
SOMETHING PRETTY, PRETTY
INCREDIBLE A NEW FLEET OF
FIRE ENGINES AND AMBULANCES.
NEARLY $7 MILLION WORTH OF
NEW EQUIPMENT INCLUDES SIX
FIRE ENGINES AND 10
AMBULANCES.
THIS IS JUST THE FIRST
FLEET.
AN ADDITIONAL FLEET OF
EQUIPMENT IS EXPECTED TO
COME LATER THIS YEAR.
>> TODAY WE HAVE ONE OF THE
NEWEST FLEETS IN THE COUNTRY
COMING FROM BEING ONE OF THE
OLDEST FLEETS IN THE COUNTRY
THAT’S A MIRACULOUS WAY TO
COME.
I’M JUST SO PROUD OF MY TEAM
BEHIND ME.
I’M PROUD OF THE MEN AND
WOMEN IN THE FIELD AS THEY
GO OUT AND DO THEIR JOB
PROFESSIONALLY EVERY SINGLE
DAY.
>> AND THE COMMISSIONER SAYS
THE NEW FLEET WILL HELP
IMPROVE RESPONSE TIMES WHILE
18 ADDITIONAL ENGINES AND
AMBULANCES ARE COMING.
AGAIN THAT’S LATER THIS
YEAR.
>>> STILL TO COME HERE ON
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON, YOU
CAN EXPECT A CHANGE NEXT
MONTH WHEN YOU FLY AMERICAN
AIRLINES.
FIND OUT WHAT THE AIRLINE IS
BRINGING BACK TO PASSENGERS
AFTER TWO YEARS.
>>> WE’LL HAVE A CLOSER LOOK
AT THAT.
FIRST INVESTIGATORS ARE
TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT
CAUSED A MASSIVE FIRE AT A
WAL-MART DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN INDIANA.