WELL
MUST FALL AND WE HAVE MORE RAIN WELL
MUST FALL AND WE HAVE MORE RAIN ON THE WAY. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THE PAYOFF AFTER THIS RAIN IS
WORTH THE WAIT WILL HAVE YOUR
FORECAST STRAIGHT AHEAD.
BREAKING BARRIERS IN THE AUTO
INDUSTRY THIS AFTERNOON. WE’RE
FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF A NEW
AUTO SUPPLY COMPANY AND ITS
IMPACT IN DETROIT. AND REMEMBER
THIS PRECIOUS LITTLE BOY.
DETROIT POLICE AND OTHER LAW
ENFORCEMENT ARE FIGHTING A
DANGER ON OUR ROADS IN HIS NAME,
PAULA. HI KAREN. HI, EVERYBODY
IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO WIPE OUT
30 40 $50,000 IN DEBT OR MORE.
LOTS OF PEOPLE WITH STUDENT
LOANS WITH LOVE TO IMAGINE THAT
THE QUESTION IS, IS THIS JUST
TALK? WHERE IS THIS GOING?
EXACTLY? THESE STORIES AND MORE
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN LOCAL 4
FIRST AT FOUR. LOCAL 4 NEWS
STARTS NOW WITH BREAKING NEWS
ALERT AND LET’S START WITH THAT
BREAKING NEWS. STOCKS ARE
SLUMPING AND WALL STREET ERASING
THE RALLY. WE SHOWED YOU JUST 24
HOURS AGO, THE FED RAISED THE
KEY INTEREST RATE YESTERDAY AND
INVESTORS SEEMED HAPPY AT FIRST
. BUT TODAY THE DOW JONES HAS
BEEN DROPPING ALL DAY LONG DOWN
1000 POINTS. ANALYSTS SAY
TRADERS ARE STARTING TO WORRY IF
THE MOVES TO FIGHT INFLATION
COULD ACTUALLY SLOW DOWN THE
ECONOMY. IT’S A PUSH PULL THAT
WE WILL BE WATCHING FOR YOU, OF
COURSE, AND FIRST OF FOUR
DETROIT’S NEWEST AUTO SUPPLY
PLANT, ADDING JOBS AND ALSO
BREAKING BARRIERS. THIS IS OUR
FIRST LOOK INSIDE DAKOTA
INTEGRATED SYSTEMS BUILT THE
PLANT ON THE FORMER SITE OF
DETROIT CATERING HIGH SCHOOL.
NOW THE WOMAN OWNED AUTO
SUPPLIER WILL BUILD INSTRUMENT
PANELS FOR JEEP VEHICLES MADE
ITS ATLANTIS IS MAC AND
JEFFERSON. PLANS ABOUT 500
WORKERS ARE EMPLOYED AT THE
PLANT, INCLUDING 400 NEWLY
CREATED POSITIONS. TO GO TO
CHAIR AND CEO UNDER RUSH SAYS
SHE’S LOOKING TO MAKE AN IMPACT
IN THE CITY. I SAID, YOU KNOW IF
WE CAN LOCATE PURPOSEFUL WORK,
AND THAT VISION ALSO CAME FROM
THE LEADERS AT FOUR JAMON
CHRYSLER BILL FORD AND YOU KNOW
GENERAL MOTORS, MARY BARRA, AND
BUT WHEN YOU DO THAT, I PROMISE
YOU, IT IS AN IMPACT THAT’S LIFE
CHANGING. OFFICIALS SAY MORE
THAN 40% OF THE PLANS. EMPLOYEES
ARE WOMEN. POLICE FROM ACROSS
MEASURE DETROIT OR MAPPING OUT
WAYS TO IMPROVE HIGHWAY SAFETY,
WHILE ALSO HONORING VERY YOUNG
LIFE LOST THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT.
I THINK YOU ARE YOUR TWO OF
OPERATION BRYSON. IT’S A SAFETY
CAMPAIGN, NAMED FOR TWO YEAR OLD
BRYSON CHRISTIAN WHO WAS KILLED
ON I 75 IN DETROIT. AND SOMEONE
IN ANOTHER CAR OPENED FIRE. THE
CAMPAIGN IS GETTING POLICE
AGENCIES TO WORK TOGETHER TO PUT
MORE PATROLS ON FREEWAYS ALSO
FIND ROOT CAUSES OF HOW
SOMETHING SO TRAGIC COULD
HAPPEN. THIS IS NOT JUST A
DETROIT PROBLEM. THIS IS AN OUR
PROBLEM. OUR FREEWAYS ARE BEING
USED AS PATHWAYS OF ESCAPE FROM
VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE PERPETRATED
NOT ONLY IN DETROIT BUT IN OUR
NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. NEXT
STEP IN OPERATION, BRYSON CHIEF
WHITE SAYS MAYBE AN EXPANSION
AND IMPROVEMENT OF FREEWAY
CAMERA SYSTEMS TO HELP LOOK AT
EXIT AND ENTRY POINTS TO LOOK
FOR SUSPECT VEHICLES IF THERE IS
A VIOLENT INCIDENT. SWITCHING TO
YOUR FIRST FORECAST. WE SURE
HOPE THAT YOU’RE ENJOYING A
BREAK FROM ALL THAT RAGE BECAUSE
IT’S NOT GONNA LAST TOO. TOO
LONG. LET’S GET TO METEOROLOGIST
PAUL GROSS FOR A QUICK LOOK AT
THIS EVENING, PUNK. KAREN RIGHT
NOW, MOST OF US ARE DRY. WE DO.
IN FACT, I THINK ALL OF US ARE
DRY. THIS MAY NOT EVEN BE
REACHING THE GROUND DOWN HERE.
SO WE’RE AT LEAST DRY RIGHT NOW.
AND I WONDERING IF YOUR EYES
MAYBE WERE CAUGHT ON THIS RIGHT
HERE. THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT
PRECIPITATION. WHAT THAT IS AND
I’VE SEEN THIS BEFORE. IT’S A
CONTROLLED BURN THIS WILDLIFE
REFUGE JERRY HERE AT WALPOLE
ISLAND. THE WIND IS BLOWING FROM
THE EAST SO YOU CAN SEE THE
SMOKE PLUME. IS BEING TAKEN FROM
WEST TO EAST. SO HERE, LET’S
WIDEN THIS THING OUT HERE.
THAT’S JUST WIDEN IT BACK OUT
AND AGAIN. WE’RE ALL DRY HERE
ACROSS THE AREA, SO THAT’S
CERTAINLY GOOD NEWS. WE ARE YOU
CAN SEE JUST A LITTLE BIT OR
YOU’VE GOT THAT RAIN DOWN HERE.
BUT AGAIN, MOST OF US ARE DRY.
AT THIS POINT. THIS STUFF WILL
BE ADVANCING IN DURING THE
EVENING HOURS, BUT STAYING TO
THE SOUTH RIGHT NOW.
TEMPERATURES GENERALLY NEAR 60
DEGREES WILL BE FALLING SLOWLY
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. AND
THEN KAREN. WE HAVE WONDERFUL
MOTHER’S DAY TO TALK ABOUT AND
BEYOND WILL DO THAT IN A FEW
MINUTES. ALRIGHT THANK YOU. PAUL
RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE
SEEMS TO BE STUCK IN A DEADLY
DANGEROUS DEADLOCK. 10 WEEKS
INTO THE WAR. RUSSIAN TROOPS
HAVEN’T REALLY MADE ANY HUGE
GAINS, BUT UKRAINE HASN’T BEEN
ABLE TO KICK THEM OUT. KIMBERLY
GILL IN THE NEWS AND THE LATEST
FROM THE BATTLEFIELD AND NEW
CRACKDOWN ON AN ASSOCIATE OF
VLADIMIR PUTIN’S KIM KAREN MOORE
, ON THE SEIZURE OF A SUPER
YACHT COMING UP IN JUST A
MOMENT, BUT FIRST UKRAINIAN
TROOPS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TURN
THIS WAR INTO AN INTENSE
STRUGGLE. THEY’RE FIGHTING
RUSSIAN TROOPS VILLAGE BY
VILLAGE AS RUSSIA TRIES TO GAIN
MOMENTUM IN THE DONBASS REGION.
SO TODAY, THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY
SAYS IT HAS REPELLED RUSSIAN
ATTACKS IN THE EAST AND HAS EVEN
RECAPTURED SOME AREAS IN THE
SOUTH. RUSSIA TURNED ITS FOCUS
IN THAT DIRECTION WHEN IT COULD
NOT QUICKLY TAKE OVER THE
CAPITAL OF KIEV. WE’RE ALSO TOLD
HEAVY FIGHTING CONTINUES AT THE
INFAMOUS STEEL PLANT AND MARIA
POLL. RUSSIA DENIES STORMING THE
COMPOUND BUT UP TO 2000
UKRAINIANS REMAIN INSIDE,
REFUSING TO SURRENDER. A RED
CROSS CONVOY IS HEADING TO THE
PLANT, HOPING TO GET MORE PEOPLE
OUT. IF RUSSIA CAN WIN THE
BATTLE FROM AREA PAUL IT WOULD
BECOME ITS BIGGEST VICTORY SO
FAR, WELL NOW TO THE WORLD WIDE
CRACKDOWN ON RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS
WITH CLOSE TIES TO VLADIMIR
PUTIN ENFORCEMENT AND FIJI HAS
SEIZED A 348 FT YACHT OWNED BY
SULAIMAN KARIMOV. WHO HAS BEEN
SANCTIONED BY THE U. S JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT SAYS HE MADE MONEY
THROUGH CORRUPTION AND RUSSIA’S
ILLEGAL ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA.
THE U. S GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES
THE SHIP IS WORTH $300 MILLION.
AND FINALLY, HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY
PELOSI SAYS A VOTE ON MORE U. S
AID FOR UKRAINE COULD COME AS
SOON AS NEXT WEEK. ALTHOUGH THE
HOUSE IS ON RECESS, PELOSI SAYS
A BIPARTISAN NEGOTIATION IS
GOING ON. RIGHT NOW. THEY’RE
DRAFTING LEGISLATION TO COVER
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S REQUEST FOR
ANOTHER $33 BILLION FOR SUPPORT
IN UKRAINE’S WAR EFFORT. SO
KAREN, WE’LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON
ALL THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS FOR
NOW. THEY WILL SEND IT BACK TO
YOU IN THE STUDIO. ALL RIGHT, WE
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, KIM.
SURE THERE IS A HUGE DEBATE
GOING ON TODAY ABOUT WHETHER TO
FORGIVE STUDENT LOAN DEBT. HOW
MUCH TO FORGIVE AND HOW TO MAKE
IT HAPPEN TODAY, MICHIGAN’S
ATTORNEY GENERAL DANA NESSEL,
JUMPED INTO THAT DEBATE. SHE
JOINED EIGHT OTHER ATTORNEYS
GENERAL TO URGE PRESIDENT BIDEN
TO CANCEL THE FEDERAL STUDENT
DEBT OWED BY EVERY FEDERAL POWER
IN THE COUNTRY. RIGHT NOW.
STUDENT BORROWERS OWN OH, I
SHOULD SAY MORE THAN $1.7
TRILLION TO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. THIS COALITION
ARGUES THAT CANCELATION WILL
ALLOW THEM TO DO THINGS LIKE
PURCHASE NEW HOMES AND SAVE FOR
THEIR RETIREMENT. PAULA TUTMAN
HAS BEEN DIGGING INTO EXACTLY
WHAT THAT MEANS AND POLICY
SPECIFIC ANSWERS. HAVE BEEN
REALLY HARD TO COME BY ON THIS.
YEAH THEY’RE YEAH. THEY REALLY
HAVE BEEN KAREN. SO I’M GOING TO
THROW A TERM OUT AT YOU, AND
THAT’S THOUGHT FLOAT. AND WHEN I
TALKED TO EDUCATORS AS WELL, AS
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO WHO OWE
MONEY ALUM STUDENTS, PEOPLE OH,
50, 60 $70,000. THEY THINK ABOUT
THAT TERM BECAUSE THEY HAVE
ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT THIS
ACTUALLY MEANS ON THE STREET
LEVEL TO THEM. THEY ALSO HAVE NO
IDEA WHY STATES ATTORNEYS
GENERALS ARE GETTING INVOLVED.
HOWEVER THE TALK IS OUT THERE
THOUGHT FLOAT. MICHIGAN ATTORNEY
GENERAL DANA NESSEL CLARIFIED
HER ROLE IN ADDRESSING THE
STUDENT LOAN DEBT CRISIS IN A
STATEMENT THAT READS IN PART
THOSE STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS
IS A POLICY DECISION FOR THE
PRESIDENT. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
BELIEVES IT’S IMPORTANT TO RAISE
AWARENESS AROUND THIS ISSUE.
ATTORNEY GENERAL NESTLE HAS
PREVIOUSLY BEEN ACTIVE IN THIS
AREA BY JOINING WITH OTHER
STATES TO PURSUE LEGAL ACTIONS
TO SECURE DEBT FORGIVENESS. FOR
STUDENT BORROWERS WHO HAVE BEEN
EXPLOITED BY PREDATORY STUDENT
LOAN PRACTICES. DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSWOMAN RASHIDA TO LEAD
BASICALLY SAYS IT IS THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, WHICH HOLDS THE
PAPERS TO THOSE FEDERAL STUDENT
LOANS AND THE INTEREST RATES,
AND SO BASICALLY, IT’S THE FEDS
DOING THE STICK UP. I THINK IT’S
IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S THE ONE
THAT’S HOLDING THE DEBT. THE
QUESTION IS, INSTRUCTORS STILL
HAVE TO BE PAID UNIVERSITY STILL
HAVE BILLS. WHO PAYS WHEN THE
STUDENT VIA A GOVERNMENT LOAN
DOESN’T WE’RE TELLING PEOPLE GO
TO SCHOOL, DO ALL THESE THINGS
AND THEN AT THE TOP OF IT, WE’RE
ACTUALLY CHARGING INTEREST ONTO
THE LOANS THAT WERE PROVIDING
HANDS DOWN, HAVE DONE IT OVER
AND OVER AGAIN FOR BIG BANKS.
FOR EVEN THE FOSSIL FUEL
INDUSTRY. I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW
MUCH MONEY THEY GET HANDED OUT.
NO ONE EVER ASKS HOW WE’RE GONNA
PAY FOR THAT, EVEN THOUGH THEIR
MEGA BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATIONS
OKAY, THE QUESTION STILL REMAINS
. WHY IS THIS THE LANE FOR
ATTORNEYS, GENERALS AND A
COALITION OF DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEY
GENERAL’S GUSTAVO PATELLA OF THE
MICHIGAN GOP SAYS THIS IS A
SIMPLY PUT A DESPERATE MOVE BY
THESE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S
ESPECIALLY DANA NESSEL TO
DISTRACT THE WAY UM, FROM THE
FACT THAT MICHIGANDERS HAVING TO
PAY A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY
, UM, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, MORE
SO THAN THEY CAN EVEN AFFORD FOR
JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING, BUT WHEN
YOU’RE STARING DOWN AT A THIRD
EVEN $80,000 STUDENT LOAN. THE
QUESTION IS, IS IT RELIEF FROM
DEBT? ANY RELIEF FROM DEBT
RELIEF FROM DEBT? THERE’S NO
SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH. I
YOU KNOW THEY’RE ULTIMATELY
GOING TO BE ON THE HOOK FOR
THAT. YEAH. OKAY SO IT’S REALLY
HARD TO WRAP THIS UP IN A NICE,
NEAT LITTLE BOW, BECAUSE
HONESTLY, KAREN, I REALLY
COULDN’T FIND THE BOX TO FIT IT
INTO I ASKED LOTS OF QUESTIONS
TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF
WHERE THIS IS WHETHER OR NOT
THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HAPPEN.
REMEMBER WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
MORE THAN A TRILLION DOLLARS
WORTH OF DEBT. IT’S GOT TO BE
PAID FOR SOMEWHERE WHETHER
NOBODY ASKS THE QUESTION OR NOT,
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY DON’T
UNDERSTAND WHETHER OR NOT THIS
IS REALLY COMING DOWN THE PIKE.
WHETHER OR NOT IT REALLY WILL
AFFECT THEM OR WHETHER OR NOT
THIS IS REALLY JUST KIND OF THAT
SAME THING CALLED THOUGHT FLOAT,
IN OTHER WORDS, FLOATING AN IDEA
TO SEE HOW IT’S GOING TO LAND.
DEFINITELY A LOT TO DIG INTO
THEIR WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, PAULA. STILL
HEADFIRST OR FOUR NEW SURVEY
FOCUSING AND SUICIDE DEPRESSION
AND YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY
AS LGBT Q. SOME DIFFERENCES ARE
PRETTY STARTLING. ALSO TALKING
ABOUT THE HEALTH OF POPE FRANCIS
AS HE MAKES HIS FIRST PUBLIC
APPEARANCE IN A WHEELCHAIR.
DOCTORS ARE HOPING TO GET HIM ON
HIS FEET AGAIN. AND LATER IN NEW