LOCAL 4 NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW
WITH THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT.
>> WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE
BREAKING NEWS ALONG THE BORDER
WERE PROTESTERS IN WINDSOR ARE
DEFYING A COURT ORDER TO END THE
BLOCKADE AT THE AMBASSADOR
BRIDGE.
A JUDGE IT PROTESTERS UNTIL
7 O’CLOCK TONIGHT TO CLEAR THE
AREA OR FACE BEING ARRESTED.
>> WE ARE FOUR HOURS PRECEDENT
LINE WITH PROTESTERS HAVE NOT
GONE ANYWHERE.
MARA MCDONALD LIVE IN WINDSOR.
MARA, IT IS LOOK LIKE YOU WERE
PROTESTERS AND WE SAW A WHILE
AGO?
>> Reporter: DEVIN I TELL YOU IT
HAS BEEN OUT SUBSTANTIALLY.
TAKE A LOOK.
AT 6 O’CLOCK THIS AREA WAS
FILLED WITH PEOPLE.
THREE TO 400 PEOPLE OUT HERE.
IT HAS STEADILY DECLINED AS THE
EVENING HAS GONE ON.
THERE HAS BEEN NO POLICE ACTION
UNTIL THIS POINT.
IT HASN’T BEEN TENSE.
I COULD TELL YOU A LOT OF THE
PROTESTERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE
POLICE WHO HAVE OCCASIONALLY
COTTON OUT OF THEIR SQUAD CAR
AND FORMED A LINE.
OTHER THAN THAT THEY GO IN AND
OUT TO SHOW THEIR PRESENCE.
BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO AGGRESSIVE
STANCE NOTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT WE DID SEE MOMENTS AGO THERE
WAS A YOUNG BOY OUT HERE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THIS.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE SAW
POLICE MOVEMENT THEY CAME OUT
HERE.
IN THE SQUAD CAR NOW.
YOU KNOW, IT SHOWS YOU AS LOT OF
THE PEOPLE HERE ACTUALLY LIVE IN
WINDSOR.
THEY HAVE HOMES OR HAVE DECIDED
TO STAY IN A HOTEL.
I ASKED SOME OF THE GUYS WHO ARE STILL OUT HERE RIGHT NOW.
STILL OUT HERE RIGHT NOW.
WHO SAY THEY ARE NOT LEAVING.
WHY IS IT WORTH IT TO YOU?
OR IS IT WORTH IT TO YOU TO BE
ARRESTED?
WILL YOU STAY OUT HERE AND LET
THAT HAPPEN?
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> Man: IT IS SO WORTH IT FOR ME
TO BE ARRESTED, I PROMISE YOU.
BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THIS CAUSE.
AND I AM NOT SCARED.
AND STANDING UP FOR MY RIGHTS
IF WE DON’T THEY WILL BE GONE.
>> Reporter: BACK HERE’S LIVE I
COULD TELL YOU THERE IS A
SUBSTANTIAL POLICE PRESENCE ALL
OVER WINDSOR. NOT JUST HERE IN THIS LITTLE
NOT JUST HERE IN THIS LITTLE
BLOCKADE.
I MEAN THE MINUTE YOU ROLL
THROUGH THE TUNNEL AND GET OUT
YOU WILL SEE POLICE ALL OVER THE
PLACE.
THEY HAVE MULTIPLE STREETS
BLOCKED OFF ALL OVER THE CITY OF
WINDSOR.
IT IS HARD TO GET IN HERE.
AT LEAST FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
COME IN. IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK.
IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK.
AND THEY HAVE CLOSED DOWN THE
ONLY PASS THERE IS NO PLACE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM, NO PLACE TO
GO TO THE BATHROOM, NO PLACE TO
GET COFFEE.
AND I GUESS STANDBY, DEVIN.
LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE
NEXT HOUR.
WE ARE LIVE IN WINDSOR TONIGHT,
MARA MCDONALD.
>> Devin: MARA, WE HAVE A COURT
ORDER IN PLACE AND I DON’T THINK
YOU’VE GOTTEN ANY INDICATIONS
THAT POLICE WILL START ENFORCING
THE ISSUE?
>> Mara: NOT AT ALL, DEVIN.
THEY HAVE NOT TAKEN AN
AGGRESSIVE STANCE AT ALL.
THE INTERACTIONS WITH THE PEOPLE
OUT HERE ARE VERY POLITE.
IT IS - IT IS NOT TENSE OUT
HERE.
IF THESE CHANGES IF THINGS DROP
WE WILL SEE.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Devin: MARA, WE WILL BRING
YOU DEVELOPERS OVERNIGHT ON
CLICKONDETROIT.com.
THE LIVE COVERAGE ON THE BORDER
WILL START A LOCAL NEWS TODAY
THAT IS STARTED SATURDAY AT SIX
AM.
>> Kimberly: THE BITTER COLD IS
ARRIVING AS WE KICKOFF THE
WEEKEND.
PAUL, WE ARE LOOKING AT RIGID
CONDITIONS THE NEXT 24 HOURS?
>> Paul: WE ARE JUST BARELY ON
THE MILD SIDE ON THAT
APPROACHING ARCTIC FRONT.
RIGHT NOW ANN ARBOR IT IS 36
DEGREES AND RAINING.
WE ARE STILL WELL ABOVE
FREEZING.
BUT TAKE A LOOK AT STORM TRACKER
FOR.
MOST OF THE4.
MOST OF THE FRONT IS BEHIND
LANSING THIS IS ALL COMING THIS
WAY.
IT IS NOT A HEAVY SNOWFALL IN
TERMS OF YOU WILL NOT BE
SHOVELING.
BUT MAYBE A DUSTING IN SOME SPOTS.
COMING UP IN TEN MINUTES WE TAKE
A DEEP DIVE.
AND FIND IT INTERESTING.
TOMORROW WILL BE A DRY DAY MAY
BE A CRACK OF SUN FIRST THING IN
THE MORNING.
BUT I THINK MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR
THE DAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL NOT GO FAR
AFTER A LOW OF 16 A HIGH IS ONLY
19.
WIND CHILL IN THE SINGLE DIGITS
ALL DAY LONG WE WILL TALK MORE
ABOUT THAT COLD FRONT AND TALK
ABOUT THE WEEK AHEAD THAT
FEATURES PICKS UP AND DOWNS.
>> Kimberly: SOME SAD NEWS
LONGTIME HOST WJR HOST IS IN
HOSPICE.
>> Devin: HE IS IN CRITICAL
CONDITION AND HAS BEEN GIVEN
JUST A FEW DAYS TO LIVE.
THE 72-YEAR-OLD WITH THAT LONG CAREER ON WJAR WAS A UNIVERSITY
CAREER ON WJAR WAS A UNIVERSITY
OF MICHIGAN PLAY-BY-PLAY
ANNOUNCER FOR 33 YEARS AND
INDUCTED INTO THE MICHIGAN
SPORTS HALL OF FAME IN 2008.
WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE
FLASHPOINT NUMBER OF GUEST IN OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH HIS WIFE
OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH HIS WIFE
SHARON AND HIS KIDS.
>> Kimberly: NOW TO THE LATEST
CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS.
SOME ENCOURAGING TRENDS THE
STATE IS REPORTING 6200 CASES
OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS AVERAGING
OUT TO 2300 CASES PER DAY.
THAT IS CLOSE TO 1000 CASES
LOWER THAN THE MIDWEEK AVERAGE.
162 DEATHS NEW ARE REPORTED
INCLUDING 102 FROM A VITAL
RECORD REVIEW.
>> Devin: THE SEVEN DAY AVERAGE
SO SOMETHINGS ARE IMPROVING.
TODAY THE AVERAGE 3300, THAT IS
THE LOWEST SEVEN DAY AVERAGE WE
HAVE SEEN SINCE OCTOBER.
THOSE ENCOURAGING NUMBERS OR
PROMPTING SOME COUNTIES TO SHIFT
FACEMASK POLICIES.
WHEN COUNTY SAID IT EXPECTS ITS
FACEMASK ORDER TWO AND
FEBRUARY 28TH. IT WILL JOIN OAKLAND AND WASHTEN
IT WILL JOIN OAKLAND AND WASHTEN
WASHTENAW AS THEY WILL END
THEIR MASK REQUIREMENT ON THE
SAME DAY.
BECOME COUNTY WILL AND A LITTLE
EARLIER FEBRUARY 19TH.
EACH DISTRICT SAID THE PANDEMIC
CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED ALLOWING
TO TAKE THE STEPS.
THE DECISION DRAWING OPPOSING
VIEWPOINTS FROM PARENTS.
>> Man: WHEN YOU ARE STUCK
BEHIND THE SAME MASK ALL DAY LONG.
I WORRY ABOUT THE REREADING OF
THE BACTERIA OF WHATEVER IS IN
THAT MASK.
I DO NOT FEEL IT IS HEALTHY FOR
THE KIDS.
>> ON THE THIRD DAY BACK FROM
CHRISTMAS BREAK MY
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD WAS EXPOSED BY A
CLASSMATE WHO WAS NOT WEARING A MASK.
AND COVID RAN THROUGH OUR ENTIRE
FAMILY.
>> Devin: 65.5, JUST A LITTLE
LESS THAN 66 PERCENT OF ELIGIBLE
MICHIGANDERS HAVE RECEIVED AT
LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE VACCINE.
>> Kimberly: FIREFIGHTERS JUMP
INTO ACTION TO SAVE TWO DOGS.
YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE FIRE TRUCKS
ON THE SCENE NEAR THE LODGE
FREEWAY.
CREWS RESCUED TWO DUCKS FROM THE
BURNING HOME.
FIREFIGHTERS SAY THE HOME WAS
VACANT AT THE TIME NO ONE WAS
HURT.
CRUISER INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE.
>> VIDEO OF HUNDREDS OF KIDS
SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IN
HIGH SCHOOL IS GOING VIRAL AND
FOR A REASON.
>> YOU MAY NOT NOTICE IN THIS
VIDEO OF THESE KIDS ARE SINGING
ALONG WITH ONE HAND MAN.
JASON COLTHORP TONIGHT WITH THE
STORY.
>> Jason: WHAT CAN I TELL YOU
ABOUT JP SPENTINAL HE MAY BE THE MOST POPULAR KID INTO CODA.
THE MOST POPULAR KID INTO CODA.
HE LOVES TO SINK, CLOSET.
BETWEEN PERIODS HE HAS BEEN
SINGING AND THEN TWO WEEKS AGO
HE SANG THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
AND SEVEN OTHER STUDENTS JOINED
HIM.
>> AND IT STARTED TO GROW AND
GROW.
>> JASON TOMASHEVSKI IS A ONE-ON-ONE.
>> JP WOULD GO LIKE THIS AND
THEY ALL STARTED DOING IT WITH
THEM.
>> JP ALWAYS DOES THE AAAH..
HE LIKES OPERA.
>> ONE DAY HE COMES DOWN AND
START SINGING THE ANTHEM.
>> AND SO PROUDLY WE HAIL QUICK
THEY STARTED ALONG WITH HIM. >> Jason: AS MORE AND MORE
>> Jason: AS MORE AND MORE
TRENDY AND THEM EVERY DAY.
>> THAT IS JP’S PERSONALITY.
>> Jason: SHE STARTED SENDING
VIDEOS TO HIS MOM AND DAD.
>> HOW HEARTWARMING IT BROUGHT
ME TO TEARS.
>> YOU WANT THE MICROPHONE ON?
>> Jason: THE OTHER THING ABOUT
JP.
HE IS NOT SHY AT ALL.
>> INCLUSION WAS A BIG PART OF
THIS.
WOULD HE BE INCLUDED?
AND IT IS SO NICE DAKOTA HAS
INCLUDED HIM.
>> AFTER TWO WEEKS OF THE
ANTHEM.
TODAY THE NOW 4-500 KIDS IN THE
ATRIUM STARTED WITH A DIFFERENT
SONG.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
>> THEY FOUND OUT TOMORROW IS
JP’S BIRTHDAY.
>> HOW OLD ARE YOU NOW?
>> 19.
>> ONE OF THE KIDS SAID TO
ANOTHER KID WANT A CUPCAKE?
AND HE SAID NO JUST BEING PART OF THIS IS ENOUGH.
OF THIS IS ENOUGH.
THE FACT THAT THEY GET IT. >> IN MACOMB, JASON COLTHORP,
>> IN MACOMB, JASON COLTHORP,
LOCAL NEWS.
>> JUST FABULOUS, I LOVE IT.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
>> STILL AHEAD A JEWELRY HEIST
IS CAUGHT ON CAMERA IN MACOMB
COUNTY.
>> HAVE TWO THIEVES GOT AWAY
WITH DIAMOND RINGS WERE
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS JUST AHEAD.
>> WITH COVID CASES DROPPING
ACROSS THE COUNTRY THE BIG CHANGE ONE MAJOR THEME PARK IS
CHANGE ONE MAJOR THEME PARK IS
MAKING JUST WEEKS BEFORE SPRING