FIRST. AND FORE BREAKING NEWS ON ABORTION IN MICHIGAN. IT’S THE BIGGEST VICTORY SO FAR FOR THOSE
WHO SUPPORT ABORTION RIGHTS, BUT
THIS FIGHT IS FAR FROM OVER WILL
EXPLAIN, AND HERE’S KIM ADAMS.
IT’S BEEN A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON
. WE’VE SPENT MOST OF THE TIME
IN THE UPPER SEVENTIES, BUT
WITHIN THE LAST 15 MINUTES, WE
POPPED UP TO 81 DEGREES AT METRO
AIRPORT IS GETTING EVEN WARMER.
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. I’LL
BE FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.
HIS ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR BROKE
DOWN AND HE HAD NO FRIENDS OR
FAMILY TO CALL TO GET HIM TO HIS
HOME. EVROD CASSIMY WAIT UNTIL
YOU HEAR WHO CAME TO HIS RESCUE
AND THE EXTREME EFFORT THAT IT
TOOK TO GET HIM TO SAFETY. LOCAL
4 NEWS STARTS NOW, WITH THE
BREAKING NEWS ALERT BEFORE
BREAKING NEWS ON THE LEGALITY OF
ABORTION IN MICHIGAN 1931 LAW
THAT MAKES THE PROCEDURE ILLEGAL
IN ALMOST ALL CASES HAS BEEN
RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR THE
FIRST TIME NOW IT’S JUST PART OF
THE BATTLE. BUT HERE’S WHAT WE
KNOW RIGHT NOW. TODAY A COURT OF
CLAIMS JUDGE MADE HER RULING IN
THE CASE FILED BY PLANNED
PARENTHOOD AND OTHERS, SHE FOUND
THE LAW VIOLATES THE EQUAL
PROTECTION CLAUSES OF THE STATE
CONSTITUTION AND WOULD DEPRIVE
WOMEN OF THE RIGHT TO BODILY
INTEGRITY AND AUTONOMY. THE
JUDGE HAS ISSUED A PERMANENT
INJUNCTION THAT PREVENTS THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL FROM ENFORCING
THAT LAW. SHE ALSO RULED THE AIG
MUST GIVE COPIES OF THE ORDER TO
EVERY COUNTY PROSECUTOR SO THEY
CANNOT ENFORCE THE LAW, EITHER.
THIS RULING WILL LIKELY BE
APPEALED AND COULD END UP IN THE
HANDS OF MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT
. THE HIGH COURT IS ALREADY
CONSIDERING AN ABORTION RIGHTS
PROPOSAL FOR THE NOVEMBER BALLOT
. KIMBERLY GILL HAS THAT PART OF
THE STORY FOR US. YES HI. GOOD
AFTERNOON TO YOU. LAST WEEK, THE
STATE BOARD OF CANVASSERS
REJECTED THE BALLOT PROPOSAL
THAT WOULD ADD ABOUT RUSSIAN
RIGHTS TO THE STATE
CONSTITUTION. THE GROUP
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL
APPEALED TO MICHIGAN SUPREME
COURT TO REVERSE THAT DECISION.
THE COURT HAS UNTIL THIS FRIDAY
, SEPTEMBER 9TH TO DECIDE IF THE
MEASURE WILL MAKE THE NOVEMBER
BALLOT. THAT’S A DEADLINE FOR
ELECTION OFFICIALS TO START
FORMATTING THE BALLOTS THAT NEED
TO BE READY FOR ABSENTEE AND
EARLY VOTING. CRITICS SAY THERE
WERE SPACING AND SPELLING
PROBLEMS WITH THE PETITIONS,
MAKING THEM HARD TO UNDERSTAND.
A FEW GROUPS HAVE FILED BRIEFS
SUPPORTING THE APPEAL AND TODAY
, ATTORNEY GENERAL DANA NESSEL
ADDED HER VOICE TO THE DEBATE.
SHE BLASTED THE STATE BOARD OF
CANVASSERS, ARGUING THE STATE
LEGISLATURE NEVER SET SPECIFIC
STANDARDS FOR THE KIND OF ERRORS
SOME BOARD MEMBERS SAID SHOULD
KEEP IT OFF THE BALLOT. WHO ARE
THE BOARD’S MEMBERS THOUGHT THE
WORD SPACING WAS INSUFFICIENT.
THE EFFECTIVELY CREATED AN
APPLIED LEGISLATION OF THEIR OWN
AND BY A GRAND IZING ITSELF.
THIS UNELECTED BOARD HAS TREATED
THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE.
AS AN ADVISORY DOCUMENT, AND
IT’S STRIPPED PEOPLE OF THEIR
RIGHT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION.
OKAY SO RIGHT NOW WE’RE WAITING
TO SEE HOW THE SUPREME COURT
WILL RULE ON THAT BALLOT
PROPOSAL. WE’VE BEEN TOLD THE
DECISION WILL COME LATE THIS
WEEK, POSSIBLY EVEN BY FRIDAY.
AND AS YOU POINTED OUT, KAREN,
THE COURT BATTLES ALSO CONTINUE
AS WELL. RIGHT NOW, OUR ROD
MELONI IS GATHERING REACTION TO
ALL OF THIS AND WILL JOIN US
LIVE WHEN YOU JOIN US TONIGHT ON
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE FOR NOW,
KAREN WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
ALRIGHT? WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK
YOU, KIM. WELL, THERE’S A LOT OF
CONFUSION RIGHT NOW ON THE
CAMPUS OF EASTERN MICHIGAN
UNIVERSITY, AS HUNDREDS OF
MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY ARE ON
STRIKE, KNEW IT FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION IS SEEKING AN
INJUNCTION TO FORCE THEM TO GO
BACK TO WORK. THE BIGOT LINES
WERE LAUNCHED THIS MORNING AFTER
A VOTE TO WALK OFF THE JOB IN
SPITE OF A STATE LAW THAT MAKES
IT ILLEGAL. THE TWO SIDES HAVE
BEEN FIGHTING OVER PAY RAISES.
AS WELL AS THE COST OF HEALTH
CARE. WE’RE TOLD THE TWO SIDES
ARE STILL TALKING. THIS IS
ANOTHER DEVELOPING STORY. WE
WILL HAVE AN UPDATED FIVE ALSO A
LIVE REPORT FROM YPSILANTI LOCAL
4 NEWS AT SIX SOUND FIELD
BELIEVES ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER
A STUDENT WAS ARRESTED FOR
HAVING A LOADED HANDGUN ON
CAMPUS. IT STARTED BEFORE NINE
THIS MORNING AT THE SOUTH FIELD
, A AND T SCHOOL AT 10 MILE AND
LOSS ERP. SOMEONE REPORTED A
STUDENT MIGHT HAVE A WEAPON, THE
SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AND
SECURITY PERSONNEL RESPONDED.
FOUND THE STUDENT IN THE HALLWAY
AND THEN SECURED A HANDGUN. A 16
YEAR OLD WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
. SO FAR, THERE’S NO EVIDENCE OF
ANY ACTIVE THREATS MADE TOWARDS
ANYONE AT THE SCHOOL.
PROSECUTORS WILL MAKE A CHARGING
DECISION. SOUTH WELL, POLICE ARE
CELEBRATING THREE ARRESTS IN A
VIOLENT CAR, JACKING THE CHIEF
CREDITING THE MOBILIZATION OF
THE REGIONAL AUTO THEFT TASK
FORCE. POLICE SAY THREE MEN
APPROACHED THE VICTIM AT THE
REGAL TOWERS APARTMENT COMPLEX
OVER ON FRANKLIN ROAD ON AUGUST
17TH. THEY DEMANDED THE KEYS TO
HIS CAR AND THEN SHOT HIM IN THE
LEG. THEY GOT AWAY, BUT THE TASK
FORCE HAS NOW ARRESTED ALL OF
THOSE SUSPECTS. THE ALLEGED
SHOOTER, CALVIN GRIFFIN IS BEING
HELD WITHOUT BOND. THE OTHER TWO
HAVE THEIR BOND SET AT $2
MILLION, THE CHIEF SAYS THAT
SENDS A MESSAGE. THE POLICE
AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THIS CRIME
, THE PROSECUTORS OFFICE AND THE
JUDGES COLLECTIVELY. I SAID IN
THE MESSAGE IF YOU COMMIT A
CRIME IN SOUTH KOREA OR ANYWHERE
IN OAKLAND COUNTY, THERE WILL BE
A CERTAINTY OF PUNISHMENT. THE
VICTIM’S FATHER SAYS HIS SON
FACES A LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY.
SOUNDS RIGHT LEG IS BADLY
INJURED. THEY’RE GRATEFUL FOR
THE REST, BUT STILL CAN’T
BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR
FAMILY. I SHOULD BE YOU KNOW,
TAKING MY SON TO BALLGAMES,
BUYING MY POP HOT DOG ENJOYING
THAT TYPE OF LIFE, BUT INSTEAD
AND BUYING BEDSIDE COMMODES. IN
LEARNING HOW TO PACK A GUNSHOT
WOUND. RIGHT NOW. HIS SON
REMAINS HOSPITALIZED. THE
DETROIT ARSON TEAM IS LOOKING
FOR ANSWERS RIGHT NOW, AFTER A
FIRE OVER IN SOUTHWEST DETROIT
LEAVES A YOUNG MAN DEAD. IT
HAPPENED VERY EARLY THIS MORNING
ON LAND NO STREET NEAR MICHIGAN
AVENUE. POLICE SAY THE BODY OF
THE 25 YEAR OLD WAS FOUND
UPSTAIRS IN THE HOME. SO FAR,
INVESTIGATORS AREN’T SAYING MUCH
ABOUT HOW THE FIRE ACTUALLY
STARTED OR HOW THE MAN DIED. WE
WILL BE FOLLOWING THE
INVESTIGATION AND WE’LL BRING
YOU UPDATES AS WE LEARN MORE
LET’S TAKE A MINUTE TO CHECK OUT
YOUR FIRST FORECAST. THE VIEW OF
THE RIVERFRONT SHOWS. IT’S
REALLY A PRETTY COMFORTABLE
SEPTEMBER AFTERNOON RIGHT NOW.
HERE’S METEOROLOGIST KIM ADAMS.
IT IS IT’S BEAUTIFUL. WE’VE HAD
A LOT OF SUNSHINE TODAY, JUST A
COUPLE OF CLOUDS AND THAT HEAT
HAS STARTED TO BUILD UP JUST A
LITTLE BIT HERE IN METRO
DETROIT. OUR NORMAL HIGH FOR
THIS TIME OF YEAR IS 78 DEGREES.
WE ARE RIGHT NOW AT 81, WE’RE
NOT QUITE DONE THERE. WE’RE
GOING TO BE IN THE MID EIGHTIES
. IT LOOKS LIKE OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS OUT TO THE WEST.
THEY ALREADY HAVE TEMPERATURES
IN THE MID EIGHTIES AROUND HERE
IS NICE AND CLEAR. WE’VE GOT
SUNSHINE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS. SO FOR THIS EVENING, IF
YOU HAVE PLANS, SPORTS ANYTHING
OUTSIDE TAKING THE DOG FOR A
WALK, IT WILL BE COOLING DOWN
QUITE NICELY, STILL COMFORTABLE
WITH LOWS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT IN
THE FIFTIES, BUT LOOK AT THESE
HIGH TEMPERATURES OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS FRIDAY, 84 SATURDAY
MID EIGHTIES. BUT THEN WE START
TO FALL BACK OFF AGAIN ON
SUNDAY, WITH A FEW SHOWERS
EXPECTED. HAVE YOUR COMPLETE
FORECAST IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
ALRIGHT TAKE A KID THE SUSPECT
IN A DEADLY STABBING SPREE IN
CANADA CONTINUES TO EVADE POLICE
NOW WE TOLD YOU AUTHORITIES HAD
SURROUNDED A HOME YESTERDAY, BUT
POLICE DETERMINED HE WASN’T
THERE. THEY’RE LOOKING FOR
MILES. SANDERSON IN CONNECTION
WITH 10 FATAL STABBINGS. POLICE
HAVE REVEALED THOSE VICTIMS
RANGE IN AGE FROM JUST 23 YEARS
OLD TO 78. ALL OF THOSE VICTIMS
EXCEPT ONE ARE FROM THE
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY OF JAMES
SMITH, CREE NATION. 18 OTHERS
ARE HURT WITH A FEW IN CRITICAL
CONDITION. THE SEARCH FOR THE
SANDERSON’S HAS NOW SPREAD TO
THE ENTIRE PROVINCE OF
SASKATCHEWAN FIRST FAMILY
REUNION A SHORT TIME AGO AS
PRESIDENT BIDEN WELCOME TO ROCK
AND MICHELLE OBAMA BACK TO THE
WHITE HOUSE. IT WAS FOR THE
UNVEILING OF THE OFFICIAL
PORTRAITS OF FORMER PRESIDENT
OBAMA AND THE FORMER FIRST LADY
. HIS WAS PAINTED BY AN ARTIST
NAMED ROBERT MCCURDY. HERS WAS
DONE BY SHARON SPRUNG. IT’S THE
FIRST TIME THE OBAMA’S HAVE
VISITED THE WHITE HOUSE TOGETHER
SINCE THEY LEFT BACK IN 2017,
AND THE VISIT RESTORES A
TRADITION THAT WAS SKIPPED WHEN
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
WAS IN OFFICE. IT HAS TO BE ONE
OF THE WORST FEELINGS IN THE
WORLD. IMAGINE YOU ARE STUCK
SOMEWHERE. YOU HAVE NO WAY TO
GET HOME AND REALLY NOBODY TO
CALL FOR HELP THAT RECENTLY
HAPPENED TO AUSTRALIAN HEIGHTS
RESIDENT WHO IS SO DESPERATE AND
THEN DIAL THE ONLY NUMBER HE
COULD THINK OF. LOCAL FORCE.
EVROD CASSIMY SHOWS US HIS RIDE
HOME THANKS TO SOME HEROES WHO
ARE ALWAYS READY TO SERVE. I’LL
GO FIRST HERE TO PROTECT AND
SERVE AND RODNEY SELLERS NOW
KNOWS THAT FIRSTHAND. FRIDAY
NIGHT. HE WAS LEFT STRANDED WHEN
HIS ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR BATTERY
DIED IN THE CHAIR. MORE THAN I
HAVE TO RIDE IT, IT MADE THE
BATTERY RUNS LOW BY THE TIME I
GOT UP AT THE BUS OVER THERE AT
THE BUS STOP OVER THERE,
LAKESIDE MALL. AND UH, IT
STOPPED RIGHT AT THE RIGHT AT
THE SECTION SELLERS HAS MUSCULAR
DYSTROPHY AND CANNOT WALK AND
HAS LIMITED MOBILITY WITH HIS
HANDS. HE HAD NO FRIENDS OR
FAMILY TO CALL FOR HELP. SO HE
WENT WITH HIS ONLY OTHER OPTION
. HE CALLED 911, THE STERLING
HEIGHTS, POLICE AND FIRE
DEPARTMENTS SHOWED UP TO HELP.
THERE’S NO WAY TO PUT IT LIKE
NEUTRAL. I’LL PUSH IT, RODNEY
SELLERS WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
LAKESIDE MALL ABOUT A HALF A
MILE FROM HIS HOME, WHERE HE
WOULD BE ABLE TO PLUG HIS
WHEELCHAIR IN AND RECHARGE. IT
TOOK OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS
ABOUT 20 MINUTES TO PUSH IT. ALL
THE WAY HOME. WHAT’S THE BEST
WAY TO GET HOME? IF I GO THROUGH
THAT PARKING LOT THAT WAY I’LL
TAKE OVER FROM HERE. YOU WANNA
DRIVE MY CAR TO THE NEXT SPOT?
ALRIGHT I MEAN ANY TIME THAT OUR
CITIZENS CALL UPON US TO SHOW UP
TO HELP OUT, WE’RE GOING TO SHOW
UP REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT IS
BECAUSE IT WAS A SPECIAL DAY,
AND THEY DID. IT WAS BETTER, YOU
KNOW. WE ALL SEE PEOPLE DOING IT
ALL THE TIME. IT WAS JUST
SPECIAL. IT’S LIKE, OH, EVEN THE
CHIEF GOT OFF THE FIRE TRUCK,
AND HE EVEN HELPED. HE SAID. NO,
I’M PROUD OF GROUP TOO. I SAID
YOU GONNA HELP. HE SAID. I’M
FIRED THE GROUP TO RODNEY. THIS
WAS LIFE SAVING FOR THESE
OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS. IT
WAS A GOOD WORKOUT IN A DAY’S
WORK IN STERLING HEIGHTS,
EVROD CASSIMY. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. LOCAL 4. BY THE WAY.
SELLERS ALSO SAYS HIS WHEELCHAIR
BATTERY DOES NEED SOME SERVICING
NORMALLY LAST AN ENTIRE DAY, SO