LOCAL 4 NEWS STARTS NOW WITH BREAKING NEWS ALERT. WE’LL START TONIGHT AT 11 THE BREAKING NEWS
ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE WHERE
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE
SHOOTING DEATH OF A 12 YEAR OLD
BOY IS ON THE SCENE WITHIN
ICANN. TIM, WHAT HAVE YOU
LEARNED SO FAR? CAME A VERY SAD
SITUATION HERE ON THE WEST SIDE,
12 YEAR OLD LITTLE BOY. INSIDE
THE HOME OVER HERE, I’M BEING
TOLD WITH THREE OR FOUR OTHER
TEENAGERS. ONE OF 13 YEAR OLD
PRODUCES A GUN SHOOTS THAT 12
YEAR OLD IN THE CHEST. MEDICS
CAME TO THE SCENE. NOT MUCH THEY
COULD DO. TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF
THE VIDEO DETECTIVES HAVE BEEN
TALKING TO THOSE FOUR YOUNGSTERS
THAT THEY WERE IN THE BASEMENT
OF THIS HOME. WE’RE ON BRAMBLE
STREET. THAT’S THE WEST SIDE OF
ROUGE PARK ON DETROIT’S FAR WEST
SIDE. FOUR YOUNGSTERS IN THE
BASEMENT. THE ADULT IN THE HOME
AND MAIL AND BEING TOLD WAS
SLEEPING UPSTAIRS. POLICE CHIEF
HAS JUST ARRIVED ON THE SCENE
GAVE US A QUICK BRIEFING. TAKE A
LISTEN ONCE AGAIN WE’VE GOT A
CHILD SHOT. THIS ONE IS FATALLY
WOUNDED PLAYING WITH GUNS, AND
IT’S TROUBLING AND FRUSTRATING.
AND IF YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE A
GUN IN YOUR HOME YOU HAVE TO DO
SO RESPONSIBLY WHEN YOU BRING A
GUN IN THE HOME, EVERYTHING
CHANGES. YOU CAN’T HAVE GUNS
AROUND KIDS AND BE UPSTAIRS
SLEEPING. YEAH. THE POLICE
CHIEF, NOT MINCING WORDS. THERE.
NOW THE ADULT IN THE HEALTH IS
BEING TOLD BEING QUESTIONED BY
POLICE HAS BEEN TAKEN DOWNTOWN,
AS IS THE 13 YEAR OLD WHO WERE
BEING TOLD FOR THE TRIGGER.
FATALLY KILLING 12 YEAR OLD.
THAT IS THE SCENE RIGHT NOW ON
THE WEST SIDE BACK TO YOU GUYS.
AWFUL ALRIGHT, TIM. THANK YOU. A
MAJOR DECISION OUT OF THE
MICHIGAN COURT OF CLAIMS TONIGHT
. THAT MEANS THERE COULD BE BIG
CHANGES TO THE STATE’S LAWS ON
MINIMUM WAGE AND PAID SICK.
LEAVE MACDONALD LIVE IN TROY
TONIGHT. THIS GOES BACK A WAYS.
THIS GOES BACK TO THE
LEGISLATURE’S LAME DUCK SESSION
IN 2018 MARA. DE’VEON IT’S SURE
DOES AND AS YOU REMEMBER, AND
I’M SURE EVERYBODY ELSE DOES. WE
HAVE TO BALLOT PROPOSALS THAT
YEAR THAT ONE DEALT WITH UPPING
THE MINIMUM WAGE. THE OTHER ONE
DEALT WITH MANDATORY PAID SICK
TIME. OKAY, WELL, BOTH OF THEM
CROSSED THE SIGNATURE THRESHOLD
, MEANING THEY WERE GOING TO
SHOW UP ON THE BALLOT ANYWAY.
MICHIGAN LAW SAYS THE
LEGISLATURE CAN ADOPT THOSE
BEFORE THEY EVER GO TO THE
BALLOT. AND THE LEGISLATURE DID
, BUT THEY ALSO DID SOMETHING
ELSE, AND THAT’S SOMETHING ELSE
IS THE ISSUE. WHAT THE GOP LED
LEGISLATURE DID IN 2018 FOR BOTH
RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $12
AND GUARANTEEING PAID SICK TIME
WAS AMEND THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE
OF BOTH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BALLOT
PROPOSAL MADE THE MINIMUM WAGE
$12 BY 2022. IT BUMPED UP THE
MINIMUM FOR TIPPED WORKERS TO
THE LEGISLATURE MADE THE
INCREASED GRADUAL WITH FULL
EFFECT BY 2030. IT ALSO PUT A
CARVE OUT IN THE SICK TIME
BALLOT PROPOSAL FOR BUSINESSES
WITH UNDER 50 EMPLOYEES, THE
JUDGE’S RULING SAYS, UM MENDING
THOSE BALLOT PROPOSALS. IT’S NOT
CONSTITUTIONAL. IT’S A VICTORY
FOR DEMOCRACY AND FOR WORKERS
BOTH ALREADY BUSINESS GROUPS
LIKE THE MICHIGAN RESTAURANT AND
LODGING ASSOCIATION ARE CALLING
THIS A MAJOR PROBLEM. QUOTE. IF
THIS WERE TO BE IMMEDIATELY
IMPLEMENTED, THE CHAOS IT WOULD
WREAK ON THE ALREADY BATTERED
HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY DURING PEAK
TRAVEL SEASON WOULD BE ALMOST
INCONCEIVABLE. THE MICHIGAN
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CALLS IT
CRPLING. THIS REPRESENTS ONE
MORE BIG HIT. TO SMALL
BUSINESSES, AND IT’S JUST BEEN
ONE AFTER ANOTHER AFTER ANOTHER.
BACK HERE LIVE. DO NOT BE
EXPECTING THESE BALLOT PROPOSALS
IN THEIR ORIGINAL LANGUAGE TO GO
INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. THIS
LOOKS LIKE THE BEGINNING OF WHAT
IS GOING TO BE A LONG DRAWN OUT
COURT PROCESS, WHICH MEANS THE
MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS AND
LIKELY ULTIMATELY, THE MICHIGAN
SUPREME COURT. WE’RE LIVE IN
TROY TONIGHT. I’M MARA MACDONALD
LOCAL 4. OKAY MAURA. THANK YOU.
TEMPERATURES STILL IN THE
EIGHTIES, RIGHT NOW, WITH MORE
HEAT ON THE WAY IN THE EIGHTIES
AT 11 04 LET’S GET TO ANDREW,
WHO’S ALSO TRACKING SOME MORE
STORMS. FOR TOMORROW. ANDREW HAS
BEEN DOWN FOR NEARLY TWO HOURS
NOW, AND WE STILL HAVE
TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW EIGHTIES
HERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE
CITY AND 83 DEGREES UPPER
SEVENTIES ELSEWHERE CLOSE TO THE
CITY. YOU GET THAT HEAT ISLAND
EFFECT GOING ON WITH 79 RIGHT
NOW IN MOUNT CLEMENS, 79 ALSO IN
PONTIAC, AND IT STILL FEELS EVEN
A BIT WARMER, BUT EVERY DEGREE
MATTERS. 78 IS THE CURRENT
TEMPERATURE. MAKE SURE THOSE AIR
CONDITIONERS ARE WORKING BECAUSE
HEAT INDICES OR HOW HOT IT FEELS
. IT’S GONNA BE TOUGH FOR SOME
SLEEPING TONIGHT BECAUSE IT
FEELS LIKE 80 RIGHT NOW. HEAT
INDICES EASILY IN THE UPPER
SEVENTIES AND LOW EIGHTIES
THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE NIGHT. IT
FEELS LIKE 81 IN PONTIAC 82.
EVEN THOUGH IT’S IN THE
SEVENTIES, AND MOUNT CLEMENS
FEELS LIKE 80 DEGREES AND GROSS.
HE’LL SAME THING IN SOUTHERN
ONTARIO AGAIN. MAKE SURE AIR
CONDITIONERS ARE WORKING. MAKE
SURE YOU CAN SLEEP COMFORTABLY
TONIGHT. IT REMAINS WARM AND
MUGGY WHEN WE WAKE UP TOMORROW
MORNING, BUT IT DOES REMAIN DRY
WILL BE GREETED WITH SUNSHINE 74
DEGREES AND WE’LL SEE
TEMPERATURES SKYROCKET AFTER
THAT. SO TODAY’S ANOTHER SCHOOL
TOMORROW THAT IS, IS ANOTHER
SCORCHER. BUT ON TOP OF THAT THE
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE RIDE HOME.
MORE ON THAT IN YOUR SEVEN DAY
FORECAST IN MINUTES. CLINTON
TOWNSHIP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. HANG
ON A SECOND WE’LL WE’LL BE RIGHT
WITH YOU. THERE WE ARE
PLAYGROUND AT A CLINTON TOWNSHIP
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DESTROYED AND
FIREWORKS ARE TO BLAME.
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO JUST RELEASED
SHOWS A GROUP OF YOUNG MEN
SHOOTING OFF THE FIREWORKS,
CAUSING A FIRE OUTSIDE OF ERIE
ELEMENTARY. PAMELA OSBORNE IS
THERE TONIGHT WITH MORE WHAT WE
WANTED TO DO WAS GIVE YOU A LOOK
AT THE DAMAGE SO YOU CAN
UNDERSTAND FOR YOURSELF WHY
PEOPLE ARE JUST SO UPSET ABOUT
THIS. TAKE A LOOK AT THE SLIDE.
YOU CAN SEE THE WAY IT’S MELTED
HERE. THAT’S NOT EVEN THE WORST
OF THE DAMAGE AND IT WAS SO HOT
THAT IT TURNED METAL. IN THE
PIECES OF THIS I’M JUST SHOCKED
BY IT. I DON’T KNOW. I JUST
CAN’T BELIEVE SOMEONE WOULD DO
THAT TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PLAYGROUND PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
AROUND BACK OF IRI ELEMENTARY,
ONCE A PLACE OF JOY. NOW ASIDE
OF CONFUSION, THEY WANTED TO SEE
IT AND I WALKED THEM OUT THERE
AND THEY WERE JUST REALLY SAD
ABOUT IT. CLAUDIA PAY TRIED HIS
BEST SHE COULD TO ANSWER SOME
PRETTY TOUGH QUESTIONS FROM THE
KIDS ATTENDING SUMMER CAMP AT
IRI ALMOST MORE FEAR BECAUSE HOW
COULD SOMEONE MRS PAY? HOW COULD
SOMEONE BE SO MEAN? WHY ARE
THERE SUCH MEAN? PEOPLE YOUNG
PEOPLE CARELESSLY SETTING OFF
FIREWORKS AROUND THE FOURTH OF
JULY LEFT BEHIND SPARKS WATCHES
THOSE SMOLDERING SPARKS GROW
INTO A SMALL FIRE, THEN A LARGE
BLAZE THE DISTRICT, RELEASING
THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO TO LOCAL
4 TUESDAY NIGHT. IT WAS SO SAD
TO SEE THE DAMAGE EVERYWHERE
FROM THE STEPS TO THE BRIDGE TO
THE SLIDE. WHILE THERE’S NO
OFFICIAL DOLLAR AMOUNT YET, AND
WHAT THIS MIGHT COST, THE
DISTRICT TELLS ME IT COULD BE AS
MUCH AS $100,000 TO REMOVE AND
REPLACE THE EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS
NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO FIVE YEAR
OLD LOGAN AND HIS NEW FRIENDS AT
CAMP. OBVIOUSLY THEY’VE
VANDALIZED SOMETHING THAT NOW
CHILDREN CAN’T PLAY WITH FOR THE
REST OF THE SUMMER. IT AFFECTS A
LOT OF PEOPLE, NOT JUST THEM IN
THE MOMENT, SO I THINK IT’S SAD
AND THE CLOCK IS TICKING HERE
ONLY SEVEN WEEKS UNTIL THE START
OF A NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
SPOKESPERSON FOR THE DISTRICT
SAYS THEY ARE DEVASTATED THAT
THIS TOOK PLACE TO THEIR
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. THEY’RE
ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION
TO GIVE POLICE A CALL AND
CLINTON TOWNSHIP. I’M PAMELA
OSBORNE. LOCAL 4. OKAY PAM.
THANK YOU. THE GREAT LAKES WATER
AUTHORITY IS DENYING ALL FLOOD
CLAIMS FROM LAST JUNE, SAYING IT
WASN’T AT FAULT FOR THE
THOUSANDS OF BASEMENTS THAT
FLOODED, CITING AN INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATION. AND THEY SAY THAT
DUE TO THE AMOUNT AND INTENSITY
OF RAIN LAST JUNE, 25TH IN JUNE
26TH THAT WIDESPREAD BASEMENT
FLOODING WAS INEVITABLE. AS A
RESULT, IT IS DENYING ALL 24,000
CLAIMS IT RECEIVED FROM THOSE
DATES. NOW 600 PEOPLE ARE
WORKING ON A CLASS ACTION
LAWSUIT AGAINST GLORIA AS WELL
AS AGAINST THE DETROIT WATER AND
SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT. THEY GET
ALL 16 RUNNING, AND WE HAVE A
PROBLEM. WELL THAT’S MOTHER
NATURE. WE CAN BLAME HER. BUT
WHEN YOU DON’T GET PUMPS
RUNNING, WE’RE GOING TO BLAME
YOU. THERE ARE MULTIPLE FAILURES
HERE, WHICH CAUSED THESE PUMPS
TO FAIL. IT’S ALL IN THE REPORT.
BUT THEN THEY SMILE AT THE END
AND SAY, HEY, IT’S NOT OUR
PROBLEM. IT IS THERE A PROBLEM
WE REACHED OUT TO GLEE WOULD A
DAY TO SEE IF IT WANTED TO ADD
ANYTHING MORE THAN ITS PRESS
RELEASE, BUT GOT NO RESPONSE.
RIGHT NOW TO MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC
LAWMAKERS FACING CHARGES AFTER
PROTESTING FOR ABORTION RIGHTS
OUTSIDE THE U. S. SUPREME COURT.
CONGRESS MEMBERS RECEDED TO
LEAVE AND ANDY LEVIN WERE AMONG
THE 35 PEOPLE ARRESTED TODAY FOR
BLOCKING TRAFFIC, WHICH IS
ILLEGAL. THEY JOINED OTHER
SHOUTING OUR BODIES, OUR CHOICES
. POLICE SAY THEY WARNED THE
GROUP TO LEAVE THREE TIMES
BEFORE THEY STARTED TO MAKE
ARRESTS TO LEAVE IN 11 WERE BOTH
CHARGED WITH CROWDING OR
OBSTRUCTING A STREET AND FINED
$50 WELL. CONVENTIONAL WISDOM
HOLDS THAT THE ECONOMY DRIVES
MOST ELECTIONS TO OTHER ISSUES
HAVE BEEN FRONT AND CENTER. IN
THIS ELECTION CYCLE DUE TO
RECENT EVENTS. GUN CONTROL AND
ABORTION. OUR LATEST LOCAL 4
DETROIT NEWS POLL SURVEYED ONLY
REPUBLICAN VOTERS AS THEY SELECT
THE CANDIDATE TO RUN AGAINST
GOVERNOR WHITMER AND WE FIND AN
INTERESTING DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
VOTERS AND CANDIDATES. WE DON’T
HAVE IS A GUN PROBLEM. I BELIEVE
WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM,
AND THAT’S A SITUATION WHERE
THEY HAVE RED FLAG LAWS THAT
DIDN’T WORK. SO WHY PRESENTED A
FAKE SOLUTIONS? THE REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES ARE LARGELY IN
LOCKSTEP WHEN IT COMES TO GUN
CONTROL. BY AND LARGE, THEY
DON’T FAVOR RED FLAG LAWS OR
EXTENDED BACKGROUND CHECKS ARE
POLLS SUGGEST THAT’S WAY OUT OF
STEP WITH REPUBLICAN VOTERS. A
BIT OF A SURPRISE TO POLLSTER
RICHARD ZUBA WHEN IT COMES TO
BACKGROUND CHECKS AND RED FLAG
LAWS, 90% 90% OF REPUBLICAN
PRIMARY VOTERS SUPPORT THOSE
ITEMS, AND WE HAVE BEEN LED TO
BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO WAY YOU
KNOW WITH THIS BROAD
POLARIZATION IN AMERICA THAT WE
COULD REACH ACROSS THE AISLE AND
REACH CONSENSUS HERE, AND THAT’S
SIMPLY NOT THE CASE. THERE IS
BROAD AND DEEP CONSENSUS ON
BACKGROUND CHECKS AND RED FLAG
LOSS. I MEAN, THESE VOTERS LOOK
A LOT LIKE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
VOTERS. FRANKLIN TO BE SURE,
ABOUT HALF OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS
ARE AGAINST THE IDEA OF BANNING
ASSAULT STYLE WEAPONS, BUT
ALMOST A THIRD OF THEM ARE IN
FAVOR. SIMILARLY THERE’S A
DISCONNECT ON THE ISSUE OF
ABORTION. REPUBLICANS STRONGLY
AGREE WITH THE GUBERNATORIAL
CANDIDATES IN SUPPORTING THE
OVERTURN OF ROE VERSUS WADE. 74%
FAVOR THAT DECISION, BUT THEY
ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO SUPPORT
EXCEPTIONS THAN THE CANDIDATES
MARGIN OF 68 TO 21, REPUBLICAN
VOTERS SUPPORT AND EXCEPTION FOR
RAPE AND INCEST. AND WHEN WE, UH
, MAKE THAT AN EXCEPTION TO SAVE
THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER, IT JUMPS
EVEN FURTHER. SO AGAIN, WHAT
WE’VE BEEN TOLD ALL ALONG IS
THERE’S GREAT POLARIZATION ON
THIS ISSUE. WELL, THERE’S
ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF COMMON
GROUND HERE. AS WE SHOWED YOU IN
THE POLL NUMBERS LAST NIGHT, THE
GOP GUBERNATORIAL RACE IS
EXTREMELY TIGHT, AND WE WILL BE
COUNTING THOSE PRIMARY ELECTION
VOTES TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT.
RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER HERE.
ALRIGHT TONIGHT’S MEGA MILLIONS
JACKPOT $555 MILLION. IN THE TOP
FIVE OF THE BIGGEST JACKPOTS OF
ALL TIME. WE MEANT TO BRING YOU
THE DRAWING LIVE EARLIER HAD
SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. BUT
WE DO HAVE THE NUMBERS NOW AND
HERE THEY ARE. 2 31 32 37 72 31
32 37 70 THE MEGA BALL IS 25.
THE MULTIPLIER IS. THREE. SO