>>> ALL EYES ON STORM
TRACKER 4 AND THE SKIES AS
BRANDON CONTINUES TO TRACK
THE SNOW.
THE WEATHER TOPS OUR NEWS
HERE AT NOON.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT VIDEO
FROM NORTHVILLE AND OAKLAND
COUNTY.
YOU CAN SEE LOTS OF SNOW
FALLING.
LET’S GET RIGHT OUT TO
BRANDON WITH A LOOK AT THE
SNOWY TIMELINE FOR THE DAY
AT LARGE.
BRANDON?
JAY SONG, THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY STARTED AT 7:00
A.M. GOES THROUGH 7:00 P.M.
COVERING JUST ABOUT THE
ENTIRE AREA FOR WHAT?
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AN
ADVISORY FROM THE WEATHER
SERVICE USUALLY THE TOP
CONCERN IS TRAVEL.
SO, TREACHEROUS TRICKY
TRAVEL AT TIMES BECAUSE
TEMPERATURES COLD ENOUGH
THIS SNOW IS STICKING TO
EVERYTHING.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE’RE
GETTING SOME GAPS OR HOLES
THE WEATHER SERVICE AND OUR
REPORTING STATIONS ARE
TELLING US THERE IS SNOW IN
OUR NORTH ZONE HITTING THE
GROUND JUST UNDER THE RADAR
BEAM.
SO IT’S SNOWING EVERYWHERE
WITH MIDDLE UPPER TEENS TO
LOW 20s FEELING MORE LIKE
SINGLE DIGITS AND AGAIN,
THAT SNOW WILL KEEP COMING
NOT GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST
SNOW WE’VE SEEN THUS FAR.
BUT WE’RE LOOKING AT TOTALS
OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES.
SO WITH AN INCH OR TWO ON
THE GROUND ALREADY, PROBABLY
ONLY ANOTHER INCH OR TWO
STILL TO COME.
IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT MAKE
SURE YOU HAVE THE LOCAL
FORECASTERS APP.
IT IS FREE INTERACTIVE RADAR
ALL THE DETAILS OF THIS
WEATHER WINTER ADVISORY PLUS,
MORE SNOW IN OUR FUTURE.
YOU CAN HOLD YOUR PHONE
RIGHT UP TO THAT QR CODE
THAT SQUARE IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE SCREEN IT WILL TAKE YOU
RIGHT TO THE LOCAL
FORECASTERS APP.
JASON.
>> BRANDON, THANK YOU.
>>> AS THE SNOW CONTINUES TO
FALL WE HAVE CREWS FANNED
OUT ACROSS METRO DETROIT
MONITORING THE ROAD
CONDITIONS.
SO, LET’S SENDS IT OUT NOW
TO OUR GRANT HERMES WHO IS
IN MACOMB COUNTY.
GRANT, WE CAN SEE IT DOESN’T
LOOK TOO DRY OUT THERE IN
FACT IT LOOKS REALLY SLOPPY.
WHAT’S GOING ON?
>> Reporter: YEAH, IT’S
PRETTY SLOPPY.
IN FACT THE DRIVE ALL THE
WAY OUT HERE FROM DOWNTOWN
DETROIT THERE WERE SEVERAL
CARS PULLED OVER
SUPERACCIDENTS AND JUST
CLEARED.
M.S.P. IS SAYING THEY
THANKFULLY AS YOU HEARD
BRANDON SAY THIS SNOW WHILE
IT’S STICKING TO EVERYTHING
IT’S PRETTY LIED IT’S NOT
SUPERHEAVY BUT DOES MAKE FOR
SOME SLUSH OUT ON THE
ROADWAYS.
YOU SEE CREWS OUT AS WE HAVE
BEEN DRIVING UP THROUGH
MACOMB COUNTY.
THEY’VE BEEN DOING A GOOD
JOB OF CLEARING THOSE MAIN
ROADS BUT THOSE SIDE STREETS
ARE STILL WHERE YOU NEED TO
BE CAREFUL HERE IF YOU ARE
GOING TO BE OUT AND ABOUT
FOR THE LUNCH HOUR.
THAT’S WHERE IT GOT REALLY
SLICK.
WE TALKED TO OAKLAND COUNTY
EARLIER THIS MORNING AS
WELL.
THEY SAID THEY HAVE USED AN
ABOVE NORMAL AMOUNT OF SALT
THIS YEAR.
THEY THINK THEY’VE USED
ABOUT 30,000 TONS OF SALT.
THE GOOD NEWS TOO FOR MOST
OF THE PLACES THAT WE HAVE
TALKED TO THAT THEY ARE
FULLY STAFFED ENOUGH TO GET
THOSE CREWS AND THOSE PLOWS
WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.
THEY DO WANT TO LET DRIVERS
KNOW THOUGH TO NOT CROWD
THOSE PLOWS.
MAKE SURE THAT YOU’RE NOT
FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY BEHIND
THAT SALT COMES OUT OF THE
BACK OF THOSE PLOWS AT A
PRETTY HIGH RATE OF SPEED
AND A LOT OF THESE PLOWS
HAVE THAT WIDE RIGHT-WING
NOW.
IF YOU ARE TRYING TO PASS
THESE PLOWS ON THE RIGHT
SIDE YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL
BECAUSE THAT WING COULD BE
OUT AND YOU DON’T WANT TO
RUN IT INTO.
A GOOD DAY, JASON, TO PACK
SOME PATIENCE OUT HERE.
WE’LL BE GOING ACROSS METRO
DETROIT TO SEE HOW THINGS
ARE SHAPING UP.
IT’S GOING TO BE A PRETTY
MESSY COMMUTE THIS EVENING.
BACK TO YOU.
>> GRANT, THANK YOU FOR THAT
REPORT.
>>> THE FARMINGTON HILLS
POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS YOUR
HELP TO FIND A MISSING
RESIDENT.
THE MISSING PERSON IS
83-YEAR-OLD SANDRA WILSON.
SHE WAS LAST SEEN BY HER
FAMILY IN LIVONIA NEAR NEW
BIRD AND SCHOOLCRAFT AROUND
8:00 LAST NIGHT.
THE 83-YEAR-OLD WAS LAST
SEEN WEARING A BLACK COAT,
BLACK HAT AND WHITE BOOTS
AND A BLACK SCARF.
SHE WAS DRIVING A BLACK 2008
DODGE CALIBER WITH LICENSE
PLATE IS DBA 3329.
AGAIN DBA 3329.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS
ASKED TO CALL FARMINGTON
HILLS POLICE.
>>> BREAKING NEWS FROM THE
NEWSROOM JUST IN THE SUPREME
COURT ANNOUNCES IT WILL
RECONSIDER RACE-BASED
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS.
JUSTICE ALSO HEAR CHALLENGES
AT POLICIES AT HARVARD
UNIVERSITY AND SOUTH
CAROLINA THAT USE RACE TO
DECIDE ADMISSIONS.
THIS THROWS INTO DOUBT LOWER
COURTS HAVE RULED IN FAVOR
OF THE SCHOOL’S FINDING A
USE OF RACE IN A LIMITED WAY
FULFILLS COMPELLING
INTERESTS IN DIVERSITY.
THE DECISION WOULD LIKELY
COME BY JUNE OF 2023.
>>> TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO
THE CORONAVIRUS WE ARE
EXPECTING OUR NEXT MICHIGAN
DATA UPDATE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.
IN THE MEANTIME, SOME
POSITIVE NEWS TO REPORT AS
CASES ARE FINALLY STARTING
TO LEVEL OFF.
AT LEAST IN SOME AREAS.
HERE’S MIGUEL ALMAGHER WITH
THAT AS WELL AS A LOOK AT
WHY DEMONSTRATORS WERE
MARCHING IN D.C. OVER THE
WEEKEND.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING
THE BATTLE OVER VACCINES
PLAYING OUT IN THE NATION’S
CAPITAL ON SUNDAY, CROWDS OF
DEMONSTRATORS LED BY
SPEAKERS INCLUDING ROBERT F.
KENNEDY JR. MARCHED FROM THE
WASHINGTON MONUMENT TO
LINCOLN MEMORIAL IN AN
EFFORT TO DEFEAT THE
MANDATES.
>> I FEEL LIKE TO COERCE
SOMEBODY TO MAKE THAT
DECISION IS REALLY UNJUST.
>> Reporter: THE RALLY COMES
DAYS AFTER A VIRGINIA WOMAN
WAS ARRESTED AFTER SHE
APPEARED TO THREATEN
OFFICIALS AT A SCHOOL BOARD
MEETING OVER MASK MANDATES.
>> MY CHILD, MY CHILDREN
WILL NOT COME TO SCHOOL ON
MONDAY WITH A MASK ON, ALL
RIGHT.
THAT’S NOT HAPPENING.
AND I WILL BRING EVERY
SINGLE GUN LOADED AND READY
-- THE NATION’S DEEP
DIVISION COMES AS COVID
CASES ARE FINALLY STARTING
TO FALL AFTER WEEKS OF
SKYROCKETING CASE COUNTS
DRIVEN BY OMICRON.
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF
DAILY NEW CASES DOWN 10%
COMPARED TO A WEEK AGO.
>> DON’T WANT GET
OVERCONFIDENT BUT THEY LOOK
LIKE THEY ARE GOING IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: IN NEW YORK,
ONCE THE NATION’S COVID
EPICENTER THE GOVERNOR
CITING A 66% DROP IN JUST
THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
>> THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY
PROGRESS.
>> Reporter: BUT CASES IN
SOUTHERN AND WESTERN STATES
WHERE OMICRON HIT LATER
CONTINUE TO GO UP AS
HOSPITALS ARE OVERRUN.
IN CALIFORNIA, THE NUMBER OF
COVID POSITIVE PATIENTS IN
INTENSIVE CARE HAS BALLOONED
MORE THAN 60% IN THE LAST
TWO WEEKS.
AT SHARP GROSS MONT HOSPITAL
IN SAN DIEGO, THE STAFF IS
EXHAUSTED.
>> ARE YOU SURPRISED THINGS
ARE THIS BAD?
>> NOW KNOW I WANT TO SAY NO,
BUT DEEP DOWN I WAS HOPING
WE WOULD NEVER BE BACK HERE
AGAIN.
>> Reporter: THAT WAS MIGUEL
ALMAGHER START -- REPORTING.
>>> THE COVID-19 COULD
BECOME A YEARLY SHOT AT
LEAST THAT’S THE HOPE OF
PFIZER’S C.E.O.
WITH IN AN INTERVIEW HE SAID
HE WANTS PEOPLE TO GET A
YEARLY COVID-19 VACCINE JUST
LIKE THE FLU.
INSTEAD OF THEM HAVING TO
GET A BOOSTER EVERY FEW
MONTHS.
HE SAID IT WOULD BE EASIER
TO CONVINCE PEOPLE TO GET
VACCINATED GOING THAT ROUTE.
RIGHT NOW PFIZER IS LOOKING
TO CREATE A VACCINE THAT
PROTECTS AGAINST OMICRON AND
SOME OF THE OTHER VARIANTS.
>>> STOCKS ARE FALLING TODAY
FOLLOWING THE S&P 500’S
WORST WEEK SINCE MARCH OF
2020.
RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE LOOKING
LIVE AT THE BIG BOARD.
THE DOW JONESES HAS LOST
MORE THAN 800 POINTS
APPROACHING 900 FALLING FOR
A SEVENTH STRAIGHT DAY.
THE MARKET ACTION FOLLOWS A
BRUTAL WEEK ON WALL STREET
IN THE FACE OF MIXED COMPANY
EARNINGS AND WORRIES OVER
RISING INTEREST RATES.
>>> ALSO MAKING HEADLINES
TAX SEASON IS OFFICIALLY
UNDERWAY STARTING TODAY.
THE I.R.S. WILL BEGIN
ACCEPTING INDIVIDUAL INCOME
TAX RETURNS.
HOWEVER, THE I.R.S. IS STILL
FACING A SIGNIFICANT BACKLOG
FROM LAST YEAR DUE TO THE
ONGOING PANDEMIC.
THE AGENCY SAID IT’S ALSO
TRYING TO CATCH UP AFTER
BEING FORCED TO CLOSE
OFFICES AND ADJUST STAFFING
SHORTAGES.
TAX EXPERTS RECOMMEND YOU
FILE EARLY AND FILE ELECTLY.
EXPERTS SAY FILING --
ELECTRONICALLY.
EXPERTS SAY FILING PAPER
WORKS WILL TAKE TIME.
TAXES ARE DUE ON APRIL
18th AND TREASURY OFFICIALS
SAID THERE’S NO CURRENT PLAN
TO EXTEND THAT DEADLINE.
>> Announcer: NEW AT NOON A
DETROIT MAN HAS JUST GONE
BEFORE A JUDGE ACCUSED OF
SETTING HIS PREGNANT
GIRLFRIEND ON FIRE.
DEVAUGH MARSH ACCORDING TO
POLICE POURED LIGHTER FLUID
ON THE 35-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AND
SET HER ON FATHER IN A HOME
ON PACKARD.
THIS IS NEAR EIGHT MILE AND
VAN DYKE.
SHE WAS SIX MONTHS PREGNANT
WITH TWINS AND IS IN
CRITICAL CONDITION WITH
BURNS OVER 35% OF HER BODY.
MARSH IS FACING CHARGES OF
ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO
MURDER.
HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY THIS
MORNING.
HIS BOND WAS SET AT
$750,000.
>>> TODAY, OXFORD HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE WALKING
THE HALLS OF THEIR SCHOOL
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY
TWO MONTHS.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT PHOTOS OF
THE RENOVATIONS INSIDE THE
SCHOOL.
ALL OF THE PAINT AND WALL
GRAPHIC CEILING TILES AND
CARPET ALL BRAND NEW.
RENOVATIONS HAVE BEEN
UNDERWAY SINCE THE STUDENT
OPENED FIRE AT THE SCHOOL
KILLING FOUR STUDENTS.
>>> STILL TO COME AN URGENT
WARNING FOR AMERICANS IN
UKRAINE.
WHY THE STATE DEPARTMENT
WANTS TO GET THEM OUT AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE. NOW THIS --