WOULD JUST LIVE WITH WHY ZOO LEADERS PUSHING GREEN INITIATIVES. WHY FROM DOWNTOWN
DETROIT FOR NEWS AT SIX A.M.
STARTS NOW. GOOD MORNING. IT’S
SIX O’CLOCK. I’M PRIYA MANN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS THIS MORNING.
IT WAS A FANTASTIC AND THEN
EVERY TIME I WAS OUTSIDE, JUST
ENJOYING IT, WALKING THE DOG
HANGING OUT. I’M LIKE THE BACK
OF YOUR MIND. GOOD THINGS MUST
COME TO AN END. BUT BRANDON, HOW
QUICKLY WILL IT COME TO AN END?
TODAY IS REALLY THE LAST DAY AND
I THINK THE FIRST HALF OF THE
DAY IS THE TIME TO GET OUT AND
ENJOY, ESPECIALLY THE WARMTH BUT
WET WEATHER IS ON THE WAY WITH
THE END OF THE WARMTH, SO WE’RE
STARTING OFF MILD. IT’S 51 OVER
IN ANN ARBOR 59 RIGHT NOW AT
METRO 59 IN PONTIAC. IT’S 53
MOUNT CLEMENS STILL 62 DEGREES
HERE ON THE EAST SIDE AT CITY
AIRPORT AND, OF COURSE, DOUBLE
NICKELS. GROSSE ILE ATTEMPTS
THIS MORNING ARE JUST A LITTLE
BIT WARMER THAN WHAT WE SAW AT
SIX AM ON SATURDAY. WE GET SOME
MORNING SUNSHINE CLOUDS WILL BE
FILLING IN, BUT WE’RE REALLY
TRACKING THIS COLD FRONT THAT IS
ON THE WAY AND WILL SPARK SOME
SHOWERS AND STORMS COULD BE AS
EARLY AS YOU KNOW, JUST BEFORE
LUNCHTIME TODAY, BUT MAINLY WHAT
WE’RE GOING FOR IS NOON TO ABOUT
SIX PM FOR THE STORM THREAT
TODAY AGAIN, THE WARMEST PART OF
THE DAY, PROBABLY NOON WITH THAT
FRONT COMING THROUGH. LOOK FOR
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS.
SOME OF THEM COULD BE STRONG TO
SEVERE. WE’LL HAVE MORE ON THAT
GUY’S COMING UP. ALL RIGHT,
BRANDON. THANK YOU. MOMENTS AGO
NIGHT, ONE OF DETROIT’S NEWLY
ENFORCED CITYWIDE CURFEW FOR
MINORS WRAPPED UP AND CHIEF
WHITE PUT INTO PLACE AFTER A
STRING OF WEEKEND SHOOTINGS OR
JACQUELINE FRANCIS TAKES A
CLOSER LOOK AT HOW THIS CHANGE
WILL IMPACT THE CITY’S YOUNG
PEOPLE. SATURDAY’S SHOOTING IN
GREEKTOWN HAPPENED AROUND EIGHT
O’CLOCK INSIDE A STORE OFFICERS
WERE █OUT FRONT ON PATROLLING T
AREA AND THEY HEARD THE GUNSHOT
, AND IT TURNS OUT THAT IT WAS
SOME TYPE OF DISPUTE ABOUT
SOMEONE CUTTING IN LINE AND THE
SUSPECT DECIDED TO RESOLVE THAT
DISPUTE OVER THE LINE CUTTING
WITH A GUN. THE SUSPECT WAS
ARRESTED RIGHT AWAY. THE VICTIM
, A STORE EMPLOYEE TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL FRIDAY NIGHT, THERE WAS
MORE BLOODSHED AND DOWNTOWN WHEN
A MAN SHOT THREE PEOPLE NEAR
MONROE AND RANDOLPH, KILLING ONE
AND INJURING THE TWO OTHERS
SUSPECT WAS SHOT BY OFFICERS
AFTER POLICE SAY HE PULLED A GUN
ON THEM. HE’S NOW IN CUSTODY, SO
IT’S NOT A SURPRISE. POLICE HAVE
UPPED THEIR PRESENCE. YOU’VE GOT
CAMERAS ALL AROUND HERE. WE’VE
GOT THE EAGLE EYE IN THE SKY ON
THE AREA, SO WE’RE SEEING
LITERALLY EVERYTHING ALL THE
MOVEMENT DOWN HERE, SO IT’S
OUTRAGEOUS. POLICE ARE ALSO
AMPING UP ENFORCEMENT OF THE
CITYWIDE CURFEW FOR MINORS. IT
BEGINS AT 10 P.M. FOR THOSE 15
AND UNDER AND 11 O’CLOCK FOR
AGES, 16 AND 17 WHOLE LOT OF
KIDS THOUSANDS LAST NIGHT. UH UP
AND DOWN THE RIVER WALK IN
GREEKTOWN AND YOU KNOW, WE GOT
TO HAVE TO RUN A RESPONSIBILITY
TO HEAR FROM THE CHIEF AGAIN IN
THE COMING DAYS TO GET AN UPDATE
ON THESE INVESTIGATIONS
REPORTING IN DETROIT, FRANCIS.
LOCAL 4 AS OF THIS MORNING, IT’S
UNCLEAR OF THE CHIEF WILL BE
ENFORCING THIS CURFEW EVERY
NIGHT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, BUT
WE DO KNOW IT’S A STATISTIC
STATISTICAL FACT THAT THE NUMBER
OF VIOLENT CRIMES INCREASE AS
DECEMBER TEMPS RISE AS WELL, SO
DON’T BE SURPRISED IF INCREASED
PATROLS CONTINUE. JUST A COUPLE
OF HOURS. THE MAN ACCUSED OF
KILLING A FORMER POLICE
OVERSIGHT COMMISSIONER IN ANN
ARBOR. WILL BE ARRAIGNED, POLICE
FOUND 51 YEAR OLD JUDY WALTON
DEAD IN HER HOME THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. THE 54 YEAR OLD
SUSPECT, WHO WAS NAPPING, NAMED
PUBLICLY IS BEING CHARGED WITH
OPEN MURDER AND FIRST DEGREE
HOME INVASION CHARGES. IN
ADDITION TO WALTON’S WORK IN
PLEASE OVERSIGHT, SHE ALSO
WORKED AT A NON PROFIT FOR MORE
THAN A DECADE. WELL, STATE
PLEASE ARE WARNING DRIVERS TO
SLOW DOWN AFTER A DEADLY THREE
CAR CRASH ON I 6 96. YES,
CERTAINLY SCARY MOMENTS THERE.
IT HAPPENED IN THE WESTBOUND
LANES NEAR GRATIOT IN ROSEVILLE.
POLICE SAY, A 56 YEAR OLD MAN
DRIVING WELL OVER THE SPEED
LIMIT REAR ENDED A COUNTY ROAD
TRUCK AND TRAILER. THAT PICKUP
TRUCK WAS THEN STRUCK BY A
VEHICLE. THE 56 YEAR OLD MAN
DIED AT THE SCENE. NO ONE ELSE
WAS HURT. TOMORROW IS THE 127TH
BOSTON MARATHON, AND IT COMES IN
THE WAKE OF THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS.
YESTERDAY THERE WAS A DEDICATION
CEREMONY FOR A NEW COMMEMORATIVE
MARATHON FINISH LINE. EARLIER
THE FAMILIES OF THOSE KILLED
WALK TO EACH OF THE BOMBING
SITES. THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED
AND MORE THAN 260 WERE HURT WHEN
TWO PRESSURE COOKER BOMBS WENT
OFF AT THE MARATHON FINISH LINE.
THE BOMBING SITES HAVE SINCE
BEEN TURNED INTO MEMORIALS.
CALIFORNIA MECHANICS ARE
STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH THE
RATE OF STOLEN CATALYTIC
CONVERTERS. THE STATE RANKS
NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION FOR
CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS, AND
THE TOYOTA PRIUS IS THE MOST
TARGETED VEHICLE. THAT’S BECAUSE
THOSE CONVERTERS IN THE PRIUS
CONTAINED MORE UNUSED PRECIOUS
METALS THAN STANDARD GAS
VEHICLES. CONVERTERS CAN BE
REMOVED AND JUST A FEW MINUTES
AND SOME METALS INSIDE. GET THIS
CAN SELL FOR ABOUT $12,000 PER
OUNCE. NEARLY SIX TIMES THE
PRICE OF GOLD. WELL THERE IS A
NEW PUSH TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE
AND LOWER UTILITY BILLS RIGHT
ACROSS THE STATE LAWMAKERS
INTRODUCED A PLAN THAT WILL HELP
PEOPLE, BUSINESSES AND UTILITIES
CUT CARBON EMISSIONS. THE PLAN
OFFERS INCENTIVES FOR THOSE
CONSTRUCTING CARBON NEUTRAL
PROJECTS BEYOND HELPING THE
ENVIRONMENT PROJECTS LIKE HOME
SOLAR PANELS CAN ACTUALLY SAVE
YOU UP TO 30% ON ENERGY COSTS.
RENEWABLE ENERGY HAS BECOME SO
AFFORDABLE THAT IT’S ALLOWING US
THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THESE
CHANGES. UNDER THE PROPOSALS,
UTILITIES WOULD ALSO HAVE UNTIL
2035 TO GET RID OF GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS FROM POWER PLANTS
. ENERGY COMPANIES SAY THEY ARE
ALREADY ON TRACK TO SHUT DOWN
COAL POWER PLANTS BEFORE THAT
PROPOSED DEADLINE. ALL WEEKEND
LONG SUSTAINABILITY CELEBRATION
UNDERWAY AT THE DETROIT ZOO
RIGHT NOW IS SO FUN ARE MEGAN
WOODS IS LIVE FROM GREEN FEST
THIS MORNING AND JOINS US NOW
WITH EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO
KNOW. BEFORE STOPPING BY. GOOD
MORNING, MEGAN. GOOD MORNING, SO
NICK SAID IT. IT’S ALL ABOUT
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.
THIS YEAR’S THEME IS IN WITH THE
OLD TALKING ABOUT REUSABLE,
RECYCLABLE EVERYTHING. SO THERE
ARE ACTIVITIES. THERE ARE COOL
PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES. THERE’S
ALSO EDUCATION STATIONS, AND IT
COMES WITH YOUR REGULAR ZOO
ADMISSION, SO THE ZOO IS OPEN
NINE A.M. 25 PM AND GREEN FEST
IS NINE A.M. TO THREE P.M. SO
YOU CAN COME HERE TO THE ZOO,
EXPLORE THE ANIMALS AND LEARN
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SAVING THE
EARTH SAVING THOSE ANIMALS. SO
LATER THIS MORNING, WE ARE GOING
TO GO INTO THE ZOO TALKED TO
SOME OF THE ORGANIZERS OF THIS
EVENT GIVE YOU A SNEAK PEEK, AND
THEN BY THE END OF THE SHOW,
YOU’LL BE READY TO COME OUT HERE
AND EXPLORE. BACK TO YOU GUYS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MEGAN
SOUNDS LIKE IT’S GONNA BE A
GREAT DAY. SO MUCH MORE TO COME
HERE ON LOCAL 4 NEWS, BUT FIRST,
WE DO NEED TO CHECK IN WITH
BRANDON BECAUSE YOUR FORECAST IS
DRAMATICALLY CHANGING ALMOST
HOUR BY HOUR AT THIS POINT. IT
WAS AN ANOMALY, REALLY, TO GET
FOUR OR FIVE DAYS. THAT’S RIGHT.
SO AS NICK SAID EARLIER, WE KNEW
IT WOULD COME TO AN END AND IT
IS COMING TO AN END. WITH A COLD
FRONT, BRINGING STORMY WEATHER
AS WELL. WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
PLUS, HEY, WHO’S READY FOR SOME
SOME SNOW.