LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. WE ARE JUST A FEW HOURS AWAY NOW
FOR A MAJOR RULING ON MICHIGAN’S
1931 ABORTION BAN, THINGS GOT
RATHER TESTY IN THE FINAL DAY OF
TESTIMONY IN OAKLAND COUNTY.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US FOR
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX. TODAY’S
HEARING FEATURING CLOSING
ARGUMENTS AND SOME HEATED
EXCHANGES BETWEEN ONE ATTORNEY
AND THE JUDGE, THE JUDGE
PLANNING TO RULE TOMORROW
MORNING AND WHETHER TO KEEP
PROSECUTORS FROM ENFORCING
THAT’S THE STATES 1931. BAN ON
ABORTION, OR GRANT HERMES WAS IN
COURT ALL DAY GRANT THEIR SUCH
STRONG FEELINGS ON BOTH SIDES OF
THIS ISSUE, AND THAT PLAYED OUT
TODAY IN FRONT OF THE JUDGE.
KIMBERLY DEVIN. IT CERTAINLY
DID. ESPECIALLY IN THOSE CLOSING
ARGUMENTS TODAY, THE LAST PUSH
FOR BOTH SIDES TO MAKE THEIR
CASE IN FRONT OF THE JUDGE. ON
ONE SIDE. YOU GOT THE GOVERNOR
AND THE STATE, SAYING THAT
THERE’S JUST TOO MUCH AT RISK TO
LET THIS ABORTION BAN
EFFECTIVELY GO INTO EFFECT BY
THE JUDGE LIFTING HIS HOLD THE
OTHER SIDE, SAYING THE GOVERNOR
CANNOT MAKE THAT CALL. THANK YOU
. STATEMENTS TO IMPEACH JUDGE.
THERE’S NO STATEMENTS INVOLVING
SPARROW HOSPITALS, NOT READING
COME UP WHAT STATEMENTS ARE
BEING ARE YOU, JOHN? THANK YOU.
HEATED DAY IN OAKLAND COUNTY
COURT, AS THE JUDGE HEARS FROM
THE FINAL DAY OF WITNESSES ON
ONE SIDE, THE GOVERNOR IN THIS
STATE, HOPING THE JUDGE WILL PUT
A MORE PERMANENT HOLD ON THE
STATE’S 91 YEAR OLD ABORTION BAN
ON THE OTHER SIDE PROSECUTORS
FROM ACROSS THE STATE WHO SAY
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO FOLLOW
THAT LAW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT THE PRELIMINARY
INJUNCTION SHOULD BE ENTERED. I
HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE ISSUES.
TWO MILLION WOMEN IN THE STATE
OF MICHIGAN. IT’S INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT THAT THEY NOT BE
INJURED. WHILE THE COURT TAKES
THE TIME NECESSARY TO CONSIDER
THE ISSUES, GOVERNORS TAKING
AWAY TRYING TO TAKE AWAY THE
RIGHT OF THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
FOR EVERYBODY TO WEIGH IN. NOT
JUST HER. IT’S NOT PRESERVING
THE STATUS QUO. THEY HAVE NOT
MET THEIR BURDEN. JUDGE WE ASK
THAT YOU DENY THE PRELIMINARY
INJUNCTION. THE JUDGE NOT MAKING
ANY OFFICIAL RULING TODAY,
TAKING THE EVENING TO DELIBERATE
AND THE JUDGE HAS CALLED THE
HEARING FOR TOMORROW TO GIVE HIS
OFFICIAL RULING AT 10 30 HERE AT
THE OAKLAND COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN
PONTIAC. WE WILL BE BACK HERE
INSIDE THE COURTROOM FOR YOU TO
BRING YOU THE VERY LATEST
UPDATES TOMORROW AT NOON, AND,
OF COURSE, LIVE ON
CLICKONDETROIT’S DOT COM BACK TO
YOU. WHAT ABOUT THE CHALLENGES
TO THE BALLOT INITIATIVE ON
ABORTION, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE
CONTROVERSY WE SAW THIS WEEK? HE
WAS THE DEADLINE FOR THAT WAS
TODAY AT FIVE O’CLOCK, AND ONE
OF THOSE ANTI ABORTION GROUPS
FILED A 152 PAGE CHALLENGE,
SAYING THEY FOUND MORE THAN 60
ERRORS. IN THAT INITIATIVE. THE
BOARD OF ELECTIONS NOW HAS TO
LOOK AT THAT CHALLENGE. THEY
HAVE UNTIL AUGUST 26TH TO MAKE A
RULING ON THAT CHALLENGE AND
MORE THAN 750,000 SIGNATURES, SO
WE’LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE END
OF THE MONTH TO FIND OUT WHAT
THEY DECIDE BACK TO YOU CONTINUE
TO FOLLOW IT. GREAT. THANKS.
DISTURBING CASE OF CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY IN METRO DETROIT. A
MAN IS IN CUSTODY FOR ALLEGEDLY
USING THE GAME TRUTH OR DARE TO
TRICK CHILDREN INTO SENDING NUDE
PHOTOS AND VIDEOS THROUGH
SNAPCHAT INVESTIGATION BEGAN
WHEN A MOTHER IN PHOENIX,
ARIZONA, SAW SOMETHING
DISTURBING ON HER DAUGHTER’S
PHONE. SHE CALLED POLICE THE
TRAIL OF EVIDENCE LED AGENTS TO
A HOME IN GARDEN CITY. MEGAN
WOODS LIVE WITH MORE ON WHAT
INVESTIGATORS FOUND MEGAN YEAH.
DEVIN THAT GARDEN CITY MAN IS 19
YEAR OLD GERALD CORO, THE THIRD
HE’S FACING CHILD PORN CHARGES
IN FEDERAL COURT DOCUMENTS
REVEAL DISTURBING CONVERSATIONS
OVER SNAPCHAT, BUT IT ALSO
STATES THAT CURL ADMITS TO
RECEIVING NUDE PHOTOS AND
THREATENING 27 MINERS IN THE
LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. THIS IS
VIDEO OF INVESTIGATORS SWARMING
TO A GARDEN CITY HOME ON WHAT
NEIGHBORS SAY IS TUESDAY, AUGUST
16TH AROUND 6 30 IN THE MORNING
, COURT DOCUMENTS FILED BY A
FEDERAL AGENT REVEALS THE
INVESTIGATION STARTED AT THE END
OF JUNE IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA, A
NINE YEAR OLD GIRL ADMITTED TO
HER MOTHER AND POLICE THAT SHE
SENT NUDE PHOTOS OF HERSELF TO
PEOPLE SHE MET ON AN APP CALLED
WINK. HER ACCOUNT WAS LINKED TO
A SNAPCHAT ACCOUNT. SHE TOLD
USERS. SHE WAS 13 SNAPCHAT USER
SHE KNEW AS JERRY THREATENED
HER, SAYING, IF SHE DIDN’T TAKE
NUDE PHOTOS OF HER SIX YEAR OLD
SISTER, HE WOULD POST THAT NINE
YEAR OLDS EXPLICIT PHOTOS THAT
NINE YEAR OLD DID, AS HE
DEMANDED. THE DOCUMENTS ALSO
REVEAL SNAPCHAT CONVERSATIONS ON
JULY 1ST LINKED TO THE SAME USER
KNOWN AS JERRY. THE USER
THREATENS ANOTHER MINOR SAYING
THAT IF THEY DON’T RECORD A
VIDEO OF THEM PERFORMING ORAL
SEX ON ONE OF THE VICTIMS
BROTHERS HE WOULD POST THEIR
NUDE PHOTOS. THE I P ADDRESS OF
THAT USER LED INVESTIGATORS TO
THIS GARDEN CITY HOME RELATIVE
DID ANSWER THE DOOR BUT DIDN’T
WANT TO GO ON CAMERA. THEY SAY
THEIR FAMILY IS STILL SORTING
THROUGH THE DETAILS, BUT
INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT ACCOUNT
BELONGED TO GERALD KORO. THE
THIRD NEIGHBORS ARE SHOCKED AND
DISGUSTED BY THE ALLEGATIONS.
LITTLE SCARY. BECAUSE I SEE HIM
WALKING DOWN. I JUST SAW HIM.
AND HE IS CHARGED. HE IS IN
CUSTODY AND HE’S BACK IN COURT
ON MONDAY TO SEE IF HE WILL BE
RELATED. RELEASED ON BAIL BACK
TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, MEGAN.
THERE’S NEW INFORMATION ON THE
NEXT WAVE OF UPDATED COVID
BOOSTER SHOTS THAT WILL ALSO
VACCINATE AGAINST MACRON, THE
WHITE HOUSE COVID COORDINATOR,
SAID TODAY. THE NEW SHOTS SHOULD
BE AVAILABLE IN A FEW SHORT
WEEKS AND THAT ALL TEENS AND
ADULTS WILL BE ELIGIBLE.
CURRENTLY A SECOND COVID BOOSTER
IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO PEOPLE OVER
THE AGE OF 50 AND THOSE WHO ARE
IMMUNOCOMPROMISED. THE NEW
BOOSTERS WILL TARGET THE
ORIGINAL COVID 19 STRAIN, PLUS
THE TWO OH MACRON SUB VARIANTS.
BE A FOREIGN BE A FIVE THE
LATTER OF WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR 90%
OF NEW COVID CASES IN THE US,
WE’VE BEEN WATCHING A FEW THINGS
DEVELOPING ON RADAR HERE AFTER
WHAT’S BEEN A LOVELY DAY. REALLY
REALLY BEEN NICE. LET’S GET OVER
TO KIM ADAMS WITH THE LATEST KIM
HAVE SOMETHING CALLED THE LAKE
BREEZE THAT IS JUST CREATING A
BIT OF INSTABILITY ENOUGH TO
WHERE WE’VE SEEN A COUPLE OF
SHOWERS AND EVEN AN EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORM. NOTHING SEVERE POP
UP ON EXACT TRACK RADAR. I’LL
SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN.
ONE CELL JUST MOVED OFF OVER
INTO ONTARIO, BUT THE ONE I WAS
WATCHING, WHICH JUST CAME DOWN.
DOWN INTO OXFORD AND LAY KOREAN
THIS ONE IS LOSING ITS PUNCH A
LITTLE BIT, BUT IT DID HAVE SOME
LIGHTNING IN IT. AND YOU WILL
GET SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE
OTHER ONE THAT I’M TRACKING IS A
LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN TO OUR
SOUTH AND WEST OVER BY THE
AIRPORT, BELLEVILLE RIGHT ALONG
I 94 AS YOU HAD JUST OUTSIDE THE
AIRPORT GETTING A DOWNPOUR NOW
AS WELL. BUT MOST OF METRO
DETROIT IS DRY AND WE’RE GOING
TO STAY THAT WAY. ONCE WE LOSE
THAT HEATING WE’RE DONE WITH
THIS. SO MOST PLACES STAY DRY,
AND WE GET COOL BY MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. DANA’S 70 IF YOU CAN
CALL THAT COOL, BUT THE HUMIDITY
MAKES A BIG RETURN FOR THE
WEEKEND. I’LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST
COMING UP. AND YOU CAN ALSO THE
BEST WAY TO TRACK THE STORMS AS
WELL AS ON OUR FOREWARN WEATHER
APP DOWNLOAD THAT APP. AND YOU
CAN TELL EXACTLY WHEN THE RAIN
GETS TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT’S
A GREAT THING TO HAVE. THANK
YOU. WORK CONTINUES IN FORT
GRATIOT TOWNSHIP TO PREPARE FOR
THE ARRIVAL OF A NEW SECTION OF
PIPE NEEDED TO FIX THAT BROKEN
WATER. MAIN BOIL. WATER ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ABOUT
133,000 PEOPLE REPAIRS NOT
EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED UNTIL
LABOR DAY WEEKEND SO PEOPLE NEED
BOTTLED WATER. AND TODAY HELP ME
HANK HAS BEEN TRYING TO PUT A
DENT IN THAT DEMAND. WINCHESTER
JOINS US LIVE FROM SHELBY
TOWNSHIP, WHERE SOME PEOPLE
MIGHT HAVE A SURPRISE WAITING
FOR THEM IF THEY HAVEN’T BEEN
HOME FOR A FEW HOURS, TANK YEAH
. KIMBERLY DEVIN. THIS IS REALLY
BEEN A FANTASTIC DAY, AND KROGER
IS REALLY STEPPED UP, HELPING US
OUT. THIS IS ALL ABOUT AS YOU
MENTIONED, MAKING SURE THAT
EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO GOOD,
CLEAN, SAFE AND IN THIS CASE
FREE WATER. ALRIGHT, LET’S GO.
THANK YOU. KROGER 30,000 BOTTLES
OF WATER DONATED SO THAT HELPED
ME HANK TEAM CAN DO THIS TODAY.
HOW YOU DOING? ALL RIGHT. WANT
SOME WATER? YOU NEED SOME WATER
FOCUSED ON PARTS OF MCCONE
COUNTY. THOSE UNDER THE BOILED
WATER ADVISORY FINDING BOTTLED
WATER. IT’S BEEN A BIG CHALLENGE
FOR SOME PEOPLE GRABBING. IT
WILL GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A
BREAK. WELL, GOOD. I’M GLAD WE
COULD HELP OUT. OKAY WE
APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT HAVE A
GOOD DAY. WE HAVE BEEN BUSY
LOADING UP. AT NEWS VANS, KROGER
TRUCKS, EVEN GOLF CARTS. THEN
WE’VE BEEN ROLLING ALL OVER THE
AREA TODAY. WHEN I PUT THE CALL
INTO KROGER, THE TEAM JUMPED AT
THE CHANCE TO HELP AND WE LOVE
THAT. WE PUT THIS TOGETHER LAST
MINUTE. BUT THAT’S JUST A SHOUT
OUT TO OUR KROGER DELIVERY TEAM.
OUR LOGISTICS TEAMS FOR MAKING
ALL THIS COME TOGETHER. WE
LOADED UP THIS NEWS TRUCK.
THAT’LL DO IT. COLLEAGUE TIM
PAMPLIN. THE NIGHT CAM COULD
MAKE A STOP AT A NURSING HOME IN
WASHINGTON TOWN. TIM WE SPENT
THE AFTERNOON UP IN NORTHERN
MACOMB COUNTY TRUCK LOADED UP
FIRST STOP THE VISTA SPRINGS
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY. THEY
WERE SHOCKED AND VERY, VERY
APPRECIATIVE. LITTLE FURTHER
NORTH, THE BRUCE ROMEO
FIREFIGHTERS ON HAND HELPING US
UNLOAD THESE KROGER TRUCKS.
THESE WATER DELIVERIES ARE GAME
CHANGERS IN A BUSY DAY UP IN
MACOMB COUNTY. BACK TO YOU,
HANK. THANK YOU, NYT, CAMS, THE
STATE AND THE COUNTY. THEY HAVE
ALSO STEPPED UP OFFERING BOTTLED
WATER. BUT IT’S HARD FOR SOME TO
FIND SO TODAY WAS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS PROBLEM
FIRSTHAND. HELP OUR NEIGHBORS
AND WORK TOGETHER. BACK OUT HERE
LIVE AND I’M SURE SOME OF YOU
OUT THERE ARE STILL SAYING, HEY,
I NEED SOME BOTTLED WATER TO
WELL, THE GREAT THING IS, IF YOU
HAD TO CLICKONDETROIT.COM WE
HAVE AN ENTIRE RESOURCE PAGE.
THEIR INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE
BOTTLED WATER IS AVAILABLE AND
FREE RIGHT NOW THROUGHOUT PARTS
OF MACOMB AND OAKLAND COUNTY.
WE’RE LIVE HERE TONIGHT. AND
SHELBY TOWNSHIP, HANK
WINCHESTER. HELP ME HANK LOCAL 4
A GREAT THING TO DO FOR THE
COMMUNITY. THANK YOU APPRECIATE
IT. PROSECUTORS HAVE RESTED
THEIR CASE IN THE RETRIAL FOR
TWO MEN CHARGED WITH PLOTTING TO
KIDNAP GOVERNOR WHITMER. TODAY’S
TESTIMONY FOCUSED ON EXPLOSIVES
. AN FBI AGENT WHO WORKED
UNDERCOVER TOLD JURORS THE MEN
TALKED ABOUT DESTROYING TWO
BRIDGES, ONE OF THE ELK RAPIDS
AREA AND ONE NEAR THE GOVERNOR’S
VACATION HOME. THE FBI AGENT
KNOWN AS RED SAYS THE GOAL WAS
TO SLOW DOWN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
RESPONSE. ADAM FOX AND BARRY
CROFT ARE THE ONES ON TRIAL FOR
A SECOND TIME AND CONSPIRACY
CHARGES. DEFENSE NOW TAKES OVER
WITH CLOSING ARGUMENTS HAPPENING
PERHAPS AS SOON AS TOMORROW. WE
ARE ON TOP OF IT, AND WE’LL HAVE
AN UPDATE. STILL AHEAD OF
WARNING ABOUT ITS SCAM, HITTING
LOCAL MAILBOXES. SEE WHY SOME
PEOPLE ARE BEING FRIGHTENED INTO
THINKING THEY MIGHT LOSE THEIR
HOME. ALSO COMING UP, RAMPING UP
THE FIGHT AGAINST MONKEYPOX. THE
STRATEGY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO