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>> Devin: THE RACE AGAINST TIME.
HALF A MILLION OF MICHIGAN’S
EXCESS VACCINES ARE SET TO
EXPIRE SOON.
SO WHY CAN’T WE SEND THEM TO
CANADA?
>> Kim: MICHIGAN’S GOVERNOR
WANTS TO PAY PEOPLE TO REENTER
THE WORK FORCE.
TONIGHT, WHAT EMPLOYERS THINK OF
THAT IDEA.
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>> Devin: BUT FIRST, AN UPDATE
ON THE BREAKING NEWS WE BROUGHT
YOU AT 5:00.
A DEATH INVESTIGATION UNDER WAY
AT THIS HOUR IN FLAT ROCK.
>> Kim: STATE POLICE FORENSIC
LAB HAS RESPONDED TO A HOME NEAR
GIBRALTAR.
WE’LL HAVE UPDATES AS WE GET
THEM HERE ON AIR AND ONLINE AT
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
>> Devin: NOW THE GOVERNOR’S
PLAN TO OFFER PEOPLE MONEY TO
GET BACK INTO THE WORK FORCE.
>> Kim: THE INCENTIVE, $300.
BUT WILL IT BE ENOUGH TO FILL
JOBS ACROSS THE STATE?
CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR HANK
WINCHESTER HAS BEEN OUT TALKING
TO BUSINESS OWNERS.
AND IT’S BEEN A VERY FRUSTRATING
TIME FOR THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO
RETURN TO FULL STAFFING.
>> Hank: WE’RE HERE IN A VERY
WINDY DOWNTOWN ROYAL OAK. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS HAD
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS HAD
BEEN A FRUSTRATING YEAR FOR MANY
BUSINESS OWNERS, BUT THEY’RE
HOPEFUL THE FINANCIAL INCENTIVE
WILL GET THEM BACK TO WORK.
>> IT’S HORRIBLE!
>> Hank: SHE IS AN OFFICE
MANAGER IN NORTHVILLE.
LIKE MANY EMPLOYERS, SHE IS
UNABLE TO FULLY OPEN HER OFFICE
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE SHE DIDN’T
HAVE ENOUGH EMPLOYEES.
>> TWO HOURS IN THE OFFICE AND
THE REST OF IT IS TELEMEDICINE
BECAUSE WE CAN’T FIND STAFF TO
WORK.
>> Hank: SHE IS SPENDING BIG
MONEY ON ADVERTISING FOR OPEN
POSITIONS OFFERING SOLID WAGES
AND BENEFITS. BUT 9 TIMES OUT OF 10, THEY WANT
BUT 9 TIMES OUT OF 10, THEY WANT
CONFIRMATION AN INTERVIEW IS SET
UP, SHE BELIEVES, SO THEY CAN
CONTINUE TO RECEIVE BENEFITS
FROM THE STATE.
>> IT’S COSTING US $1500 A WEEK
TO GET EMPLOYEES.
WE HAD 31 RESPONSES DURING THAT
WEEK AND WE REACHED OUT TO
PEOPLE AND I HAD 4 OR 5 PEOPLE
THAT ACTUALLY RESPONDED BACK.
WHEN I ASK THEM TO SET UP A
PHONE INTERVIEW, I DON’T HEAR
BACK.
>> Hank: THE GOVERNOR HAS A NEW
PLAN, IF YOU GET BACK TO WORK
RIGHT NOW, THERE’S A FINANCIAL
INCENTIVE.
>> ELIGIBLE LAID OFF EMPLOYEES
WILL EARN $300 PER WEEK BONUS
FOR RETURNING TO THE WORK FORCE
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 4th.
>> Hank: SUSAN IS HOPEFUL IT
WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET
BACK TO WORK BUT IS CAUTIOUSLY
OPTIMISTIC LIKE SO MANY OTHER
BUSINESS OWNERS, SIMPLY
FRUSTRATED!
>> I’VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS 32
YEARS AND NEVER IN MY WILDEST
DREAMS WOULD HAVE EXPECTED IT TO
GET THIS BAD!
>> Hank: I DID REACH OUT TO THE
STATE AND UIA TO SAY THE
BUSINESS OWNERS ARE INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATED, INTERVIEWS ARE BEING
FRUSTRATED, INTERVIEWS ARE BEING
SET UP AND CANCELED AND THEY’RE
PAYING FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE
PHYSICALS OR TRAINING AND
THEY’RE NOT ACCEPTING THE JOB.
I SAID IS SOMETHING GOING TO
CHANGE?
AND IT’S SOMETHING THEY’RE
EVALUATING.
LIVE IN ROYAL OAK, HANK
WINCHESTER, BACK TO YOU.
>> Kim: A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING
ABOUT THIS STORY.
WE APPRECIATE IT, HANK.
>> Devin: THE LONG DELAY HAS
ENDED, THE LAUNCH OF THE FORD
BRONCO GOT UNDER WAY IN WAYNE.
THE LINE WORKERS STARTED
BUILDING THE SUV IN EARNEST.
ROD MELONI IS LIVE WITH MORE ON
THIS.
IT’S BEEN ABOUT A QUARTER
CENTURY BUT THE BRONCO NEVER
FADED AWAY.
>> Rod: NO, IT DIDN’T.
THERE WAS A GROUP OF ENGINEERS
WITHIN FORD THAT WANTED TO KEEP
IT ALIVE.
EVERY TIME THEY BROUGHT IT UP,
THEY WOULD SAY, "I’M DONE WITH
THE B-WORD."
THE HEAVY LIFTING OF PRODUCING
ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER
SUVs BEGAN THIS MORNING MANY
MONTHS AFTER IT WAS SUPPOSED TO.
BUT THE PANDEMIC AND OTHER
ISSUES GOT IN THE WAY.
LINE WORKER CHRISTOPHER FEELS A
PARTICULAR CONNECTION TO THE
NAMEPLATE.
HIS FATHER BUILT THE ORIGINAL
VERSION HERE.
>> HE WAS HERE WHEN THEY BUILT
THE FIRST ONE IN 65 FOR THE 3I6
MODEL YEAR.
HE RETIRED IN 1994.
I CAME IN 1990 WORKING HERE AT
THIS PLANT.
NEXT THING I KNOW, I WAS HERE
FOR ’96 WHEN THEY BUILT THE LAST
ONE.
AND I’M HERE AGAIN FOR THE
REBIRTH OF THE NEW ONE.
>> Rod: HIS SON JUST LANDED A
JOB HERE, TOO. THE BRONCO COMES IN TWO- AND
THE BRONCO COMES IN TWO- AND
FOUR-DOOR EDITIONS AIMED AT THE
JEEP WRANGLER AND EXPECTED TO
MAKE CONSIDERABLE PROFITS.
MANY HAVE RESERVED ONE, AND A
YOUNGER BUYER IS ANXIOUS TO PUT COVID IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR.
COVID IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR.
>> THEY WANT TO GO OUT AND GO
CAMPING AND OFF-ROADING AND TAKE
THE VEHICLE WITH HIM.
>> Rod: HE KNOWS IT’S A REAL
HEAD-TURNER.
>> FROM SATURDAY AT THE EASTERN
MARKET TO CRUISING DOWN WOODWARD
AND CAMPUS MARTIUS, IT’S A
PEOPLE MAGNET WHEN YOU’RE
DRIVING IT AROUND TOWN.
>> Rod: WE’VE BEEN SEEING THEM
ROLL OFF THE LINE.
AND THEY HAVE AN INTERESTING
LINE HERE.
NOW, LET’S TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE EXPECTATION FOR THIS
VEHICLE.
THEY’LL MAKE MONEY, NO DOUBT
ABOUT IT.
BUT IT’S NOT GONNA BE THE TOP
SELLER, THE EXPLORER, THE ESCAPE AND THE SPORT IS LIKELY TO SELL
AND THE SPORT IS LIKELY TO SELL
MORE, BUT IT’S SOMETHING THE
NICHE BUYERS LOVE THEIR BRONCO.
>> Devin: THE BUZZ HAS BEEN
EXTRAORDINARY. AND THEY STILL HAD TO MAKE THE
AND THEY STILL HAD TO MAKE THE
BUSINESS CASE TO BRING IT BACK,
RIGHT?
>> Rod: AT THE MICHIGAN ASSEMBLY
PLANT, THEY ONLY HAD HALF THE
PLANT WORKING FOR THE RANGER.
IF THEY PUT THE BRAN COMPANY ON
THE RANGER PLATFORM, NOW WE
HAVE, SOME AND THERE ARE YOUR
PROFITS.
>> Devin: CAN’T WAIT FOR IT TO
POP OFF THE LINE.
>>> THE CORONAVIRUS, THE UNITED
STATES REACHING A SAD MILESTONE.
>> Kim: MORE THAN 600,000
AMERICANS HAVE DIED FROM THE CORONAVIRUS, EQUAL TO THE YEARLY
CORONAVIRUS, EQUAL TO THE YEARLY
DEATH TOLL FROM CANCER.
MEANWHILE, THE MICHIGAN STATE
SENATE HAS PASSED A BILL TO GIVE
SCHOOLS MORE THAN $4 BILLION IN
COVID RELIEF FUNDING AND COULD
BE A FINAL VOTE TO SEND IT TO
THE GOVERNOR’S DESK TOMORROW.
MICHIGAN REPORTS 182 NEW CASES
AND 26 ADDITIONAL DEATHS.
THE VACCINATION RATE IS UP TO 60.6%.
>>> JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO,
MICHIGAN DIDN’T HAVE NEARLY
ENOUGH DOSES OF COVID VACCINE.
PEOPLE AT HIGHEST RISK STRUGGLED TOW SECURE APPOINTMENTS.
TOW SECURE APPOINTMENTS.
NOW THE STATE HAS HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF EXCESS DOSES THAT
ARE SET TO EXPIRE WITHIN WEEKS.
SHAWN LEY IS LIVE WITH A CLOSER
LOOK AT THE PROBLEM. AND SHAWN, THE THE CLOCK IS
AND SHAWN, THE THE CLOCK IS
TICKING TO AVOID AN ENORMOUS
WASTE OF LIFE-SAVING VACCINES
HERE.
>> Shawn: PERFECT WAY OF SUMMING
IT UP.
MICHIGAN RIGHT NOW IS SCRAMBLING
TO GET 540,000 EXTRA DOSES
EITHER INTO ARMS, INTO OTHER
STATES, OR INTO OTHER PHARMACIES
WHEN CANADA RIGHT ACROSS THE
BRIDGE AND TUNNEL SAYS THEY
DESPERATELY NEED THEM.
>> I WOULD ASK THE POLITICIANS TO DO EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER
TO DO EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER
NOT TO HAVE THE VACCINES GO TO
WASTE.
>> Shawn: HE RUNS WINDSOR
GENERAL HOSPITAL AND THEY’RE PLEADING WITH MICHIGAN LEADS TO
PLEADING WITH MICHIGAN LEADS TO
NOT LET THOUSANDS OF NEEDED
COVID-19 VACCINE DOSES TO EXPIRE
AND BE THROWN OUT.
CANADA HAS DEMAND BUT THE DROESZ IN SHORT SUPPLY AND BEING SPREAD
IN SHORT SUPPLY AND BEING SPREAD
OUT 4 MONTHS APART.
AND THE DELTA VARIANT IS
SPREADING WITHIN THOSE WHO HAD
THE FIRST DOSE. MICHIGAN SAYS IT’S AGAINST CDC
MICHIGAN SAYS IT’S AGAINST CDC
POLICY TO SHIP IT TO CANADA.
>> DOSES BEING THROWN AWAY OR ON
THE VERGE OF BEING THROWN AWAY
AND WE’RE TOLD THEY’RE ALREADY
BEING THROWN AWAY AND DISCARDED,
IT JUST HURTS, KNOWING THAT
THOSE VACCINES ARE AVAILABLE.
>> Shawn: 240,000 OF JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINES ARE SET TO
JOHNSON VACCINES ARE SET TO
EXPIRE BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST
1st.
50,000 MODERNA BETWEEN JUNE 20th
AND AUGUST 8th.
250,000 DOSES OF PFIZER WILL
EXPIRE BETWEEN JUNE 30th AND
JULY 31st.
AND JUST OVER A MILE AWAY, THE
DOSES ARE BADLY NEEDED.
>> SPEND THE TIME, TRY TO MAKE
IT HAPPEN RATHER THAN EXPLAIN
YOURSELF WHY DOSES ARE BEING THROWN OUT.
THROWN OUT.
>> Shawn: MICHIGAN SAYS IT’S CDC
POLICY.
AND THEY SAY IT CAN COME ACROSS
THE BRIDGE OR TUNNEL. AND WINDSOR OFFICIALS ARE REALLY
AND WINDSOR OFFICIALS ARE REALLY
PRESSURING OR ASKING FOLKS IN
LANSING TO GET CREATIVE TO SOLVE
THIS PROBLEM AND WILL MEET THEM
HALFWAY AT THE TUNNEL OR BRIDGE AND GET IT DONE.
AND GET IT DONE.
AND TIME IS TICKING.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Devin: JUST IN: FAMILY
MEMBERS OF THE LATE MICHIGAN
FOOTBALL COACH BO SCHEMBECHLER SPEAKING OUT IN HIS DEFENSE.
SPEAKING OUT IN HIS DEFENSE.
THIS, IN RESPONSE TO RECENT
CLAIMS BY HIS SON MATT WHO SAID
BO KNEW HE AND OTHER PLAYERS HAD
BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY DR. ROBERT ANDERSON AND DID NOT
DR. ROBERT ANDERSON AND DID NOT
ACT TO STOP THE ABUSE.
SO A JUST-RELEASED STATEMENT,
HIS WIFE KATHY, SON GLEN AND
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW MEGHAN SAY, IN PART:
>> Devin: YOU CAN READ THE FULL
>> Devin: YOU CAN READ THE FULL LETTER AT CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
LETTER AT CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
>>> THE RADIO PLAY-BY-PLAY VOICE
JIM BRANSTATTER IS WEIGHING IN
AND HE SAID HE FINDS THE CHARGES
AGAINST THE COACH HARD TO ACCEPT.
>> IF BO KNEW ABOUT THIS STUFF,
THERE’S NO WAY HE WOULD HAVE LET
IT CONTINUE, ESPECIALLY WITH
HIS, YOU KNOW, PLAYERS OR HIS FAMILY.
THAT STUFF, IN MYMENT IN -- IN MY OPINION, IT CARRIES AS MUCH
MY OPINION, IT CARRIES AS MUCH
WEIGHT AS THE ACCUSERS.
IN LAW, ISN’T EVERY ACCUSED ALLOWED A DEFENSE?
ALLOWED A DEFENSE?
>> Devin: HE DIED BACK IN 2006,
BUT TOMORROW, MORE ANDERSON
ACCUSERS, DOZENS, IN FACT, ARE
PLANNING TO DETAIL THEIR ABUSE CLAIMS IN ANN ARBOR.
CLAIMS IN ANN ARBOR.
>> Kim: THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
IS ASKING FOR BLOOD DONATIONS TO
HELP WITH A NATIONAL BLOOD SHORTAGE AND IT IS EXPERIENCING
SHORTAGE AND IT IS EXPERIENCING
A SEVERE SHORTAGE AND THE NUMBER
OF CASES RISE.
THEY’RE ASKING FOR THOSE OF ALL
BLOOD TYPES BUT ESPECIALLY TYPE O TO MAKE A PILOT AND THOSE WHO
O TO MAKE A PILOT AND THOSE WHO
DONATE WILL RECEIVE A $5 AMAZON
GIFT CARD.
MORE AT CLICKONDETROIT.COM. >> Devin: THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
>> Devin: THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
IS IDENTIFYING A MISSING NAVY
SEAMAN, RAYMOND BOYNTON. IT’S TO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE WHO
IT’S TO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE WHO
WENT MISSING WHILE SERVING OUR
COUNTRY. HE WAS KILLED DURING WORLD WAR
HE WAS KILLED DURING WORLD WAR
II, ON DECEMBER 7th, 1941,
ASSIGNED TO THE U.S.S. OKLAHOMA
IN PEARL HARBOR.
HE WAS ACCOUNTED FOR ON DECEMBER
22nd, 2020 AND WILL RECEIVE A
PROPER BURIAL FINALLY COMING UP THIS SEPTEMBER.
THIS SEPTEMBER.
>> Kim: WE’VE KIND OF HIT THE
JUNE WEATHER SWEEP SPOT HERE,
BEN.
>> Ben: SOMETIMES ONE WORD IS
ALL YOU NEED, PLEASANT. AND THAT’S WHAT WE’LL SEE.
AND THAT’S WHAT WE’LL SEE.
AND WE CHILL OUT FAST TONIGHT.
FIND OUT HOW CHILLY WE’LL BE
TOMORROW MORNING, THAT’S THE
4ZONE FORECAST COMING UP.
>> Devin: AND THE REAL ESTATE
MARKET IS HOT AND EVEN HOTTER
FOR VACATION HOMES.
WE’LL HAVE THE TWO MICHIGAN
COUNTIES IN THE TOP 10