.
. >> ALSO, DRIVING WHILE HUNG OVER.
WE’LL SHOW YOU A NEW INVENTION
THAT MIGHT LEAVE YOU THINKING
ABOUT CHANGING YOUR HABITS
BEHIND THE WHEEL AND HERE’S
PAUL.
>> WELL, WE HAVE A DRY
FORECAST FOR NEXT FEW DAYS,
NEW THINGS ARE GOING TO START
GETTING MUCH MORE, LET’S SAY
ACTIVE AS WE HEAD INTO
CHRISTMAS EVE.
I’LL HAVE THAT HOLIDAY
FORECAST COMING UP.
.
>> "LOCAL 4 NEWS" STARTS NOW
WITH A BREAKING NEWS ALERT.
>> THAT BREAKING NEWS IS OUT
OF McCOMB COUNTY WHERE A
TEACHER IS NOW CHARGED WITH
MAKING THREATS AT A MIDDLE
SCHOOL.
JONAH ROHN IS AN ART TEACHER
IN St. CLAIRE SHORES AND
INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE WAS SEEN
ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO PLACING
NOTES UNDER CLASSROOM DOORS.
THE NOTES HAD FALSE THREATS OF
POSSIBLE VIOLENCE WITH THE
HOPES OF CLOSING THE SCHOOL.
SHE HAS BEEN A TEACHER AT THE
SCHOOL FOR MORE THAN TWO
DECADES AND FACING CHARGES OF
MAKING A FALSE REPORT OR
THREAT OF TERRORISM.
THE JUDGE SET HER BOND AT
$75,000 AND ORDERED HER TO
IT’S GO A PSYCHOLOGICAL
EVALUATION.
>> POLICE HAVE RELEASED
SURVEILLANCE PHOTOS THAT SHOW
WHAT LED UP TO THAT DEADLY
POLICE SHOOTING AT A GAS
STATION WHERE 33-YEAR-OLD
AKITA WILLIAMS WAS KILLED AND
POLICE CHIEF JAMES WHITE SAYS
WILLIAMS IS SEEN IN
SURVEILLANCE PICTURES POINTING
A GUN AT CUSTOMERS INSIDE THE
STORE, AS WELL AS THE GAS
PUMPS.
HE SAID WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED,
SHE HAD THE GUN AIMED AT A
CUSTOMER.
THE OFFICERS FIRED MULTIPLE
TIMES.
WILLIAMS DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.
THE CHIEF SAYS WILLIAMS WAS
USING AN AIR SOFT GUN AND MAY
HAVE SUFFERED FROM MENTAL
ILLNESS.
>> IT’S AN UNBELIEVABLE
TRAGEDY FOR COMMUNITY AND THE
DEPARTMENT AND PRELIMINARY THE
ACTIONS OF THE OFFICERS KNOW
THE CASE CONTINUES TO BE
INVESTIGATED, APPEARS TO BE
WITHIN POLICY, BUT AS WE DO
ALL OFFICER INVOLVED
SHOOTINGS, WE WILL SEND THE
FINDINGS TO THE WAYNE COUNTY
PROSECUTORS OFFICE FOR THEIR
REVIEW.
>> CHIEF WHITE SAYS
INVESTIGATORS ARE SPEAKING TO
THE FAMILY AND REVIEWING BODY
CAMERA.
NOW TO THE CORONAVIRUS WITH
NEW INFORMATION ON A LOCAL
BOOSTER SHOT AND THE STATE
REPORTED NEARLY 14,000 NEW
CASES WITH THE PAST THREE DAYS
WITH THE DAILY AVERAGE OF 4300
DOWN FROM A WEEK AGO AND WHILE
THE POSITIVITY RATE HAS DIPPED
BELOW 17%, ANOTHER SLIGHT
IMPROVEMENT.
HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE STILL AT
THE HIGHEST POINT SINCE THE
PANDEMIC BEGAN.
>> WE ALL WENT INTO THIS
PROFESSION TO PROVIDE CARE TO
THOSE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT
CAN’T TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES,
AND THAT IS ALWAYS IN THE BACK
OF OUR MIND AND IN THE FRONT
OF OUR HEART, BUT WE NEED
HELP.
>> SUPPORT YOUR HEALTHCARE
WORKERS.
GET VACCINATED.
WE’RE A LITTLE STRETCHED A
LITTLE BIT, BUT WE’RE HERE AND
WANT TO CARE FOR YOU AS BEST
WE CAN.
>> THIS IS PREVENTABLE, PEOPLE
DON’T HAVE TO DIE THIS WAY.
>> THERE IS AN INCREASE IN
HOSPITALIZATIONS BECAUSE OF
COVID.
>> THE DRUG COMPANY MODERNA
HAS A DOUBLE DOSE OF
ENCOURAGING NEWS ABOUT THE
COVID-19 BOOSTER SHOT FIRST
SAYING PRELIMINARY DATA SHOWS
THE HALF DOSE BOOSTER SHOT
INCREASES THE ANTIBODIES
AGAINST THE OMICRON VARIANT 37
TIMES.
THIS IS THE LATEST SIGN THAT
THE CURRENT COVID BOOSTER
SHOTS MAY BE A VIABLE WEAPON
AGAINST THE NEW VARIANT.
>> IT WAS A BIPARTISAN
CELEBRATION TODAY AS GOVERNOR
WHITMER SIGNED A BILLION
DOLLAR BILL TO MOST THE
STATE’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AND JOINED BY MIKE SHIRKY AND
WENTWORTH AND THIS SUPPORTS
SMALL BUSINESSES PUTTING $1
MILLION IN A SPECIAL
INVESTMENT FUND.
>> NEW AT 5:00, ROB MALONEY
GETS REACTION AND LOOKS AT HOW
THAT MONEY IS USED TO BRING
MORE JOBS TO OUR STATE.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET’S GET A
CHECK OF OUR FIRST FORECAST,
IT IS THE DATE BEFORE WINTER
OFFICIALLY BEGINS.
WE HAVE DEFINITELY SEEN
SUNSHINE OUT THERE, BUT IT’S
NOT WARMING UP, IT’S COLD OUT
THERE.
>> IT’S FUNNY, KAREN, IT’S
BECAUSE OF THE BREEZE THAT
IT’S COLD.
HERE IN THE METRO ZONE, 41
DEGREES IN THE AIRPORT, TAYLOR
42 DEGREES WITH 39 IN TROY, 38
IN WEST BLOOMFIELD AND
ANN ARBOR CHECK IN WITH 38, 37
IN NORTONVILLE AND WE ARE DRY
THIS AREA OF SNOW WITH THE
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EASTWARD,
THAT’S NOT GOING TO AFFECT US
SO THE EVENING HOURS WITH A
LOT OF CLOUD COVER INCREASING
AND THE THE TEMPERATURES
FALLING THROUGH 30s.
WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT
CHRISTMAS FORECAST COMING UP
IN JUST A FEW, KAREN.
>> THANK YOU PAUL.
>> WALL STREET ON SHAKY
GROUNDS WITH TRADERS FOLLOWING
MARKETS AND THE REST OF THE
WORLD.
THE DOW NOW DOWN 433 POINTS.
.
. >> THE JURY DELIBERATION THE CASE AGAINST FORMER MINNESOTA
POLICE OFFICER KIM POTTER
ACCUSED IN THE SHOOTING DEATH
OF 20-YEAR-OLD DANTE WRIGHT.
POTTER CLAIMS IT WAS AN
ACCIDENT AND NOW JURORS WILL
DECIDE IF THEY BELIEVE HER AND
WE HEARD CLOSING ARGUMENTS
EARLIER IN THE DAY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU.
POTTER CLAIMS SHE USED HER GUN
BUT MEANT TO USE THE TASER,
BUT IT WAS SAID SHE SHOULD
HAVE BEEN MORE CAREFUL AND
THEY SHOWED A PHOTO OF THE
GUN.
>> SHE DIDN’T HAVE TO INTEND
TO KILL DANTE WRIGHT, BUT
THAT’S WHAT SHE DID, SHE
CONSCIOUSLY TOOK A CHANCE OF
CAUSING DEATH OR GREAT BODILY
HARM BY PULLING A WEAPON AND
FIRING IT WITHOUT GIVING 80
SECOND THOUGHT.
THIS WAS A COLOSSAL SCREW-UP,
A BLUNDER OF EPIC PORTIONS.
IT WAS PRECISELY THE THING SHE
HAD BEEN WARNED ABOUT FOR
YEARS AND TRAINED TO PREVENT
IT.
>> YOU MAY REMEMBER POTTER AND
HER PARTNER PULLED WRIGHT OVER
FOR AN EXPIRED TAG AND AN
ILLEGAL AIR FRESHENER AND
LATER DISCOVERED HE HAD AN
OUTSTANDING WARRANT AND HER
ATTORNEY SAID POTTER WASN’T A
MISTAKE, BUT IT WASN’T A CRIME
AND ARGUED THAT WRIGHT MADE A
MISTAKE BY TRYING TO DRIVE
AWAY FROM POLICE AND POTTER
FEARED HE WOULD DRAG ANOTHER
OFFICER WITH HIM.
>> NO QUESTION THAT OFFICER
POTTER HAD THE RIGHT TO USE
DEADLY FORCE EVEN IF SHE
DIDN’T KNOW SHE WAS, SHE HAD
THE RIGHT TO.
>> THE JURY STARTED
DELIBERATING TWO HOURS AGO.
THE MOST LIKELY WHITE JURY IS
CONSIDERING CHARGES OF FIRST
AND SECOND DEGREE
MANSLAUGHTER.
THE JUDGE HAS ALREADY TOLD
JURORS SHE WON’T MAKE THEM ON
DELIBERATE ON CHRISTMAS EVE OR
CHRISTMAS DAY AND WILL
CONTINUE AFTER THE HOLIDAY IF
NECESSARY.
OF COURSE, WHEN THERE’S A
VERDICT, WE’LL BRING IT TO
YOU.
BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU KIM.
[INDISCERNABLE] ARE HELPING
DRIVERS UNDERSTAND THE
ON AND OFF [INAUDIBLE] . >> THIS RIDICULOUS LOOKING
THING IS THE HANGOVER SUIT.
I CAN’T SEE.
I GOT A HEADACHE.
I GOT DIFFERENT WEIGHTS ON
ARMS AND I CAN BARELY WALK
WITH DIFFERENT WEIGHTS ON EACH
LEG, BUT THIS IS ALL TO DRIVE
HOME A VERY SERIOUS POINT.
IT DOESN’T MATTER MUCH NO
INNOCENT VICTIMS IF YOU’RE
DRUNK, DRUGGED OR HUNG OVER
WITH THE STAR TREK BOARD
LOOKING HANGOVER SUIT.
NOLAN RUNS THE DRIVING SKILLS
PROGRAM.
>> THE NIGHT BEFORE, A GOOD
TIME, THEY SLEPT IT OFF AND
THE ALCOHOL HAS LEFT THEIR
SYSTEM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY,
THEY’RE NOT 100% FOCUSED ON
THE ROAD THAT WILL TAKE AWAY
FROM DRIVE.
>> USING A 45 POUND SET OF
WEIGHTS, EAR PHONES AND
GOGGLES, THEY SIMULATE UNEVEN
WALKING AND PUMPING THE SOUND
OF A HEARTBEAT MIMICKING A
MIGRAINE.
>> 94% OF THE CRASHES ARE DUE
TO HUMAN ERROR, SO YOU NEED TO
BE FOCUSED 100% OF THE TIME
WHEN DRIVE.
>> WEIGHED DOWN FROM
DISTRACTED FROM EVERY
DIRECTION, THEY PUT ME BEHIND
THE WHEEL OF A NEW EXPLORER.
>> WOW!
AND THEY RAN ME THROUGH AN
OBSTACLE COURSE WEAVING IN AND
OUT OF CONES WHICH IS
DIFFICULT WHEN YOUR ARMS AND
LEGS ARE NOT RESPONDING WELL.
>> YOU NEVER KNOW, HOW THE
HANGOVER COULD BE AFFECTING
YOU TODAY.
>> OR WHAT YOU MIGHT DO WELL.
I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE EXPLORER
IN A VERY TIGHT SPACE.
>> ALCOHOL OR TOXINS MAY BE IN
YOUR BLOODSTREAM.
>> THE SUIT STAYS AWAY FROM
THAT BUT TO GET THROUGH TEENS
THAT IMPAIRED DRIVING IS NOT
ONLY A BAD IDEA BUT SERIOUSLY
DANGEROUS.
>> SO BEFORE DRIVING SKILLS
FOR LIFE PROGRAM ACTUALLY GOES
ACROSS THE OCCURANCE SCHOOLS
CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THIS PROGRAM
COME TO THEM, AND THEY’LL BE
DOING ANOTHER ONE HERE IN MAY
AT THE GLASS HOUSE.
IN DEERBORN, ROB MALONE,
LOCAL 4.
>> WHAT A SUIT, WHAT A