>>> WELCOME TO MONDAY MY
>>> WELCOME TO MONDAY MY FRIENDS WE HAVE CLOUDY SKIES,
>>> WELCOME TO MONDAY MY FRIENDS WE HAVE CLOUDY SKIES, WE HAVE SNOW RIGHT ON OUR
FRIENDS WE HAVE CLOUDY SKIES, WE HAVE SNOW RIGHT ON OUR DOORSTEP.
WE HAVE SNOW RIGHT ON OUR DOORSTEP. SO WHEN DOES THIS SNOW
ARRIVE AND HOW MUCH IS GOING SO WHEN DOES THIS SNOW
ARRIVE AND HOW MUCH IS GOING
TO FALL NOW?
I’VE GOT THE ANSWERS COMING
UP FIRST AT 4.
>>> ALSO FIRST AT 4,
PRESIDENT BIDEN TACKLES THE
OMICRON VARIANT AND HAS THIS
MESSAGE FOR AMERICANS.
>> President Biden: THIS
PERIOD IS A CAUSE FOR
CERTAIN NOT A CAUSE FOR
PANIC.
>> THE PRESIDENT’S ADVICE TO
YOU AND THE BACKUP PLAN HE’S
WORKING ON WITH DRUG
COMPANIES.
HERE’S PAULA.
>> CAN YOU IMAGINE
LEGISLATION THAT SAYS YOUR
BOSS CANNOT TEST YOU OR
CONTACT YOU AFTER WORK HOURS
WITHOUT COMPENSATION?
OH YEAH, IF YOU’RE WORKING
FROM HOME, YOUR COMPANY
HELPS YOU WITH A WI-FI AND
ENERGY COSTS.
I’LL TELL WHERE YOU THIS IS
THE LAW.
>> Announcer: LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, HOME OF
WDIV AND CLICK ON DETROIT,
LOCAL 4 NEWS FIRST AT 4
STARTS NOW.
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY
I’M KAREN DREW.
FIRST AT 4, SNOW STARTED
FALLING OVER THE WEEKEND AND
WE ARE GETTING READY FOR
ANOTHER ROUND THIS EVENING.
SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO
IS HEADED HOME YOU SHOULD
BEAT THE SNOW.
METEOROLOGIST ANDREW
HUMPHREY STANDING BY WITH
THE VERY LATEST.
ANDREW THE TIMING OF THE
SNOW IS PRETTY FORTUNATE FOR
THE EVENING RUSH.
>> WELL, KAREN, THE TIMING
IS PRETTY GOOD FOR MOST
FOLKS WHO RETURN HOME AT AN
AVERAGE TIME BECAUSE THE
SNOW IS RIGHT ON OUR
DOORSTEP BUT IT’S TAKING ITS
TIME IN GETTING HERE UNTIL
ABOUT 6:00 P.M. OR
AFTERWARD.
RIGHT HERE IN THE HEART OF
THE METRO AREA CLOSER TO
AROUND 7:00 P.M. OR IN SOME
CASES EVEN 8:00 LATER ON
THIS EVENING.
AFTER MANY FOLKS HAVE
ALREADY ARRIVED HOME.
BUT WE’RE STILL SEEING SNOW
FALLING AND A BIT OF A
MIXTURE WITH SOME OF THE
DAYTIME TEMPERATURES THAT
WERE ABOVE FREEZING ON THE
WESTERN SIDE OF THE STATE.
BUT IT IS JUST ON OUR
DOORSTEP AND IT IS HEADED IN
OUR DIRECTION.
IT’S GOING TO MOVE THROUGH
QUICKLY BUT WE’LL SEE
ACCUMULATING SNOW ONCE
AGAIN.
36 DEGREES WITH CLOUDY SKIES
OVER AT THE AIRPORT.
BETWEEN 6:00 AND 8:00 THIS
EVENING THAT’S WHEN SOME OF
THOSE FIRST SNOWFLAKES
ARRIVE.
IT’S LIKE WE WILL SEE STEADY
SNOW AFTER THE DINNER HOUR
TOWARD MIDNIGHT.
THEN AFTERWARDS THE SNOW
BECOMES MORE SCATTERED.
AS MANY FOLKS COULD SEE
ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES.
I’LL BREAK THAT DOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD
AND I’VE GOT YOUR SEVEN-DAY
FORECAST COMING UP.
>> THANK YOU, ANDREW.
>>> NOW LET’S SHIFT TO THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC WE DO
HAVE THE VERY FIRST NEW
NUMBERS IN MICHIGAN IN FIVE
DAYS.
PRESIDENT BIDEN TACKLES THE
OMICRON VARIANT.
FIRST THE STATE’S HEALTH
DEPARTMENT REPORTS MORE THAN
25,000 NEW KAYS FROM THE
PAST FIVE DAYS.
THE DAILY AVERAGE WOULD BOB
5,000 WHICH IS CLOSE TO
WHERE THINGS STOOD LAST
MONDAY.
SEVEN DAY POSITIVITY RATE IS
LIKELY HIGHER AT JUST UNDER
18%.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE NEW
MARATHON IN MICHIGAN OR THE
UNITED STATES -- THE NEW
OMICRON VARIANT IN MICHIGAN
OR THE UTHS YET.
IT WILL TAKE A FEW WEEKS TO
SEE HOW WELL OUR VACCINE
WILL HOLD UP AGAINST THE NEW
VARIANT BECAUSE THERE’S MUCH
WORK TO BE DONE.
>> THEY WILL BE TESTING IT
IN THE LABORATORY.
THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT
ANTIBODIES, PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN VACCINATED THEIR
COLLECTIVE BLOOD SPECIMENS
AND SEE IF THOSE BLOOD
SPECIMENS INHIBIT THIS VIRUS
THE SAME WAY THEY WOULD THE
DELTA VIRUS.
>> NOW TODAY PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN GAVE HIS FIRST
DETAILED COMMENTS ON THE NEW
VARIANT TRYING TO ASSURE
AMERICANS AND URGING THEM TO
TAKE ACTION IF THEY HAVEN’T
ALREADY.
NOW YOU HAVE HEARD THEM SAY
THE VARIANT IS A CAUSE FOR
CONCERN BUT NOT PANIC.
DEVIN SCILLIAN WITH MORE ON
THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE FOR
US ALL OF US.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN MADE
BEATING THE CORONAVIRUS ONE
OF THE TOP PRIORITIES FOR
HIS ADMINISTRATION.
THE NEW VARIANT AND VACCINE
RELUCTANCE HAVE MADE THAT
JOB MORE DIFFICULT OVER THIS
FIRST YEAR.
NOW FACING ANOTHER POSSIBLE
THREAT TO OUR PANDEMIC
PROGRESS THOUGH HE WANTS TO
BE SEEN AS DOING EVERYTHING
POSSIBLE TO STAY AHEAD OF
THE VIRUS.
HIS MESSAGE THIS AFTERNOON
PRETTY SIMPLE WE HAVE MORE
TOOLS TO BATTLE COVID-19
THAN WE DID A YEAR AGO.
BIGGEST WEAPON THE VACCINES
AND BOOSTER SHOTS.
THE PRESIDENT ALSO URGED TO
US USE FACE MASKS INDOORS IN
PUBLIC SETTINGS TO TRY TO
SLOW THE SPREAD OF THE
VIRUS.
IT IS NOT YET CLEAR IF
OMICRON CAN OUTSMART THE
VACCINES OR NEW VACCINES OR
BOOSTERS IF NEEDED.
PRESIDENT BIDEN ALSO SAYS
IT’S CRITICAL FOR MORE
COUNTRIES TO SHARE VACCINES
BECAUSE EVERYONE GETTING
VACCINATED ULTIMATELY
PROTECTS AMERICANS
>> President Biden: WITH THE
DELTA VARIANT AND THE NOW
THE MARATHON ALL EMERGED
ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD --
NOW THE OMICRON VARIANT HAVE
SHOWED UP.
DO NOT WAIT GO GET YOUR
BOOSTER IF IT’S TIME FOR YOU
TO DO SO.
IF YOU ARE NOT VACCINATED
NOW IS THE TIME TO GET
VACCINATED AND TAKE YOUR
CHILDREN TO BE VACCINATED.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT
RESTRICTED TRAVEL FROM SOUTH
AFRICA WHEN THE VARIANT
FIRST EMERGED.
RIGHT NOW HE DOES NOT SEE A
NEED FOR FURTHER BUSINESS
LOCKDOWNS HERE AT HOME BUT
BEING VACCINATED AND USING
FACE MASKS WILL HELP US
AVOID THAT POSSIBILITY.
OUR COVERAGE OF OMICRON WILL
CONTINUE WHEN YOU JOIN US
FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 5.
KAREN, BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DEVIN.
>>> IN OTHER NEWS THIS
AFTERNOON, DETROIT POLICE
CHIEF HAS REVEALED NEW
INFORMATION IN THE CASE OF A
63-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO WAS
BEATEN AND SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED IN DETROIT.
POLICE SAY THEY ARE NOW
LOOKING FOR TWO PEOPLE IN
THAT CASE THAT LEFT THE
WOMAN HALF NAKED OUTSIDE OF
A VACANT CHURCH.
44-YEAR-OLD ELVIN SHEPHERD
IS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AND
INTEND TO MURDER.
SECOND IS A PERSON OF
INTEREST -- WITH INTENT TO
MURDER.
SECOND IS A PERSON OF
INTEREST THAT IS BEING HELD
ON SUSPICION OF ARSON.
>> WE’RE CONFIDENT THAT
WE’VE GOT THE TWO PEOPLE
RESPONSIBLE.
WE’VE GOTED IN EVIDENCE AND
SOME FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES
THAT I WILL NOT GO INTO
RIGHT NOW BUT SHE NOT
RANDOMLY TARGETED.
THERE WAS CONVERSATION PRIOR
TO THE INCIDENT AND BOTH
WERE PRESENT DURING THE
ENTIRE INCIDENT.
>> POLICE SAY THE
63-YEAR-OLD WOMAN REMAINS
HOSPITALIZED TODAY FIGHTING
FOR HER LIFE WITH A HEAD
INJURY.
>> SIX PEOPLE RUN FOR THEIR
LIVES DURING A HOUSE FIRE.
THIS HAPPENED THIS MORNING
ON MANOR STREET.
EVERYONE INSIDE THAT HOUSE
DID GET OUT SAFELY.
THEY SAY THEY BELIEVE IT WAS
AN ELECTRICAL FIRE THAT
STARTED INSIDE THE BASEMENT
BUT INVESTIGATORS WILL COME
UP WITH THE OFFICIAL CAUSE.
DAYS AFTER A HUGE WIN OVER
OHIO STATE MICHIGAN COACH
JIM HARBAUGH IS LOOKING
TOWARD THE NEXT CHALLENGE
WINNING THE BIG TEN TITLE
MICHIGAN HASN’T PLAYED IN
THE TITLE GAME SINCE ITS
INCEPTION BACK IN 2011.
NOW THE WOLVERINES PLAY THE
WITH WITH A HAWK-EYES.
>> WAS RANKED NUMBER TWO.
NOW YOU WATCH ’EM, WATCH
WHAT THEY’VE DONE WEEK IN IF
WEEK OUT.
THEY HAVE A CLEAR
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY
ARE AND WHO THEY ARE.
>> WE REMEMBER.
MICHIGAN BEAT OHIO STATE
42-27 AT THE BIG HOUSE A
MICHIGAN VICTORY NEXT
SATURDAY GUARANTEES THE TEAM
THE SPOT IN THE TOP FOUR OF
THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF
RANKINGS.
>>> SO CAN YOU IMAGINE IF IT
WAS AGAINST THE LAW FOR YOUR
BOSS TO CONTACT YOU AFTER
REGULAR WORK HOURS?
THE COUNTRY OF PORTUGAL
RECENTLY PASSED SOME OF THE
MOST STRINGENT WORK
PROCEDURE MOTIONS IN THE
WORLD AND MANY ARE LOOKING
TO DO THE SAME BUT THAT
COULD -- BUT THE QUESTION IS
COULD THAT WORK AFFECT US
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES?
PAULA TUTMAN JOINS US FROM
HER HOME OFFICE.
PAULA I IMAGINE WORK LIFE
BALANCE IS REALLY TOUGH FOR
A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
WORKING LONGER HOURS FROM
HOME?
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW WHAT
KAREN THERE’S GOOD AND BAD
WITH EVERYTHING.
I DO A LOT OF WORK FROM HOME
REMOTELY THESE DAYS THE GOOD
NEWS IS A LOT OF TIMES THESE
ARE MY WORK SHOES AND I HAVE
ONLY DRIVEN MAYBE 6,000
MILES IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS.
OKAY, BUT, HERE’S THE THING
LIKE MANY WORKERS THIS IS MY
WORK ENVIRONMENT.
A ZOOM CALL OR TEAM CALL ON
MY COMPUTER.
I DON’T CLOSE MY LAPTOP THE
WORK IS ALWAYS THERE.
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE DEALING
WITH THIS RIGHT NOW AND IT
IS, BASICALLY CHANGING THE
WAY WE LOOK AT WHERE AND
WHAT AND OFFICE IS AND WHAT
THE BOTTOM LINE IS.
TAKE REGINA ANN CAMPBELL
CONVINCE THE C.E.O. OF
DETROIT’S BUILD INSTITUTE.
SHE BELIEVES HER WORKERS ARE
WORKING TOO LONG AND TOO
MANY HOURS AT HOME SO SHE
ASKED THEM TO SHUT IT DOWN.
YET SHE’S NOT ABLE TO DO IT
HERSELF.
>> I TRY TO TURN IT OFF BY
8:00 P.M. AT NIGHT SOMETIMES
I’M SUCCESSFUL.
>> Reporter: LISA HAS THE
SAME ISSUE.
LAPTOP OPEN, PHONE ON WORK
IS ALWAYS THERE AND SO SHE
DOES IT.
>> IT’S REALLY EASY TO JUST,
YOU KNOW, EVEN AFTER IT’S
WORKING HOURS TO GRAB MY
COMPUTER AND GO SIT OTHER
THE COUCH AND CONTINUE
WORKING.
>> Reporter: OUR KIDS AS
PART OF THE NEW GENERATION
DEMANDSING CHANGE AND THE
PANDEMIC IS SIMPLY HELPING
THE CAUSE.
>> I TRY TO BE VERY
PARTICULAR BUT AS SOON AS I
LEAVE THE OFFICE I TURN OFF
NOTIFICATIONS.
>> Reporter: BUT ALL THREE
BELIEVE IT IS TIME TO TALK
ABOUT LEGISLATION TO REFINE
THE WORK RULES SO PEOPLE
AREN’T UNCOMPENSATED,
OVERWORKED OR TAKEN
ADVANTAGE OF EVEN IF IT IS
OF THEIR OWN DOING.
>> PEOPLE DON’T NECESSARILY
SHOW UP BECAUSE THEY ARE
HEARTFELT AND WANT TO DO
GOOD AND RIGHT.
WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE
LEGISLATION THAT EXISTS.
>> Reporter: ORGANIZATIONAL
EXPERT DR. DAVID FROM OL
UNIVERSITY ABSOLUTELY
DISAGREES.
HE SAYS IN THE UNITED STATES
THIS IS NOT LEGISLATION THAT
WOULD NECESSARILY WORK.
>> IT’S NOT A GREAT IDEA TO
LEGISLATE THOSE KINDS OF
THINGS.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS WHAT
WILL WORK IS WORKERS AND
BOSSES LEGISLATING THEIR OWN
BEHAVIOR AND THAT IN ITSELF
IS AN UNDERUTILIZED MUSCLE.
THOSE OF US WORKING FROM
HOME HAVE TO PRACTICE AND
ENFORCE OUR OWN BEHAVIORS TO
SIMPLY STOP.
IN OTHER WORDS PRACTICE
DISCIPLINE NOT LOOK FOR
LEGISLATION.
>> LIFE CAN BE BETTER AND
YOU KNOW, I GREW UP AT A
TIME WHEN THERE WERE NO
SELF-BOUNDS AND EVERYTHING
WENT FINE.
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW WHAT
THIS PANDEMIC IS PUTTING
EVERYTHING UNDER A
MAGNIFYING GLASS.
IT’S JUST THAT SIMPLE IT’S
CHANGING THE WAY WE LOOK AT
WORK.
LEGISLATION, IN TERMS OF
AFTER HOURS PAYING FOR WI-FI,
THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT ONE THING IS CLEAR THAT
IS AT THIS JUNCTURE
CERTAINLY IN THIS COUNTRY,
WE DO BETTER LEGISLATING
OURSELVES THAN LETTING THE
LEGISLATURE GET INVOLVED,
KAREN.
>> LOTS THERE TO THINK
ABOUT.
WE ALL OBVIOUSLY ARE WORK
SCHEDULES HAVE CHANGED SO
MUCH THAT IS THE IMPORTANT
TOPIC TO CONSIDER THERE.
THANKS, PAULA.
>>> STILL AHEAD HOLIDAY
SHOPPING CONFUSION.
WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF
THE NUMBERS SO FAR AND THE
CONFLICTING MESSAGES
SHOPPERS ARE SENDING.
>>> ALSO IT WAS ONE OF THE
BIGGEST STORIES OF 2019.
WE’RE TRACKING A TRIAL
INVOLVING A HOLLYWOOD STAR
AND ALLEGATIONS OF A HATE
CRIME HOAX.
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