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LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. FIVE
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. IT IS AN UNPRECEDENTED MOMENT. SUPREME COURT OPINION ON
ABORTION LEAKED WEEKS IN ADVANCE
, SUGGESTING ROE VERSUS WADE IS
IN JEOPARDY TONIGHT. SOME ARE
CALLING IT OUTRAGEOUS, WHILE
OTHERS CALLING IT OVERDUE.
GOVERNOR WHITMER JOINING A
CHORUS OF GOVERNORS CALLING ON
CONGRESS TO PASS WHAT THEY’RE
CALLING A WOMAN’S HEALTH
PROTECTION ACT TO PRESERVE
ABORTION RIGHTS. THAT’S IN
RESPONSE TO A LEAKED HIGH COURT
DRAFT OPINION, SAYING THOSE
RIGHTS ARE NOT PROTECTED BY THE
U. S CONSTITUTION AND SHOULD BE
LEFT TO INDIVIDUAL STATES. IT’S
NOT A FINAL DECISION, BUT THE
LEAK WAS CONFIRMED BY CHIEF
JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS. HE’S
CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION
INTO HOW THAT LEAK HAPPENED.
IT’S ESTIMATED BETWEEN 23 26
STATES WOULD END UP WITH
ABORTION BAN GROW VERSUS WADE IS
OVERTURNED. MICHIGAN IS, OF
COURSE, ONE OF THEM BECAUSE OF A
LAW DATING BACK TO THE 19
THIRTIES. THAT MEANS THAT THERE
ARE LEGAL BATTLES AHEAD IN OUR
STATE, AND VOTERS COULD ALSO
HAVE A DIRECT SAY ON THE MATTER
AS WELL. MARK MCDONALD KICKS OFF
OUR TEAM COVERAGE FROM LANSING
WITH A LOOK AT WHAT’S LIKELY
NEXT HERE IN MICHIGAN HI, JASE.
FOR STARTERS, A BAN ON ABORTION
IF THAT DRAFT OUT OF THE SUPREME
COURT IS, IN FACT WHAT THEY’RE
GOING TO BE VOTING ON IN A VERY
INTERESTING ELECTION SEASON
AHEAD OF THE MIDTERMS. LET ME
SHOW YOU WHAT’S NEXT IN MICHIGAN
IS ILLEGAL FIGHT. THE GOVERNOR
IS ASKING THE MICHIGAN SUPREME
COURT TO INVALIDATE A 1931
MICHIGAN LAW CRIMINALIZING
ABORTION AND THE POSSIBILITY THE
VOTERS WILL BE MAKING A DECISION
ON ABORTION IN NOVEMBER IF
PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND ITS
ALLIES ARE SUCCESSFUL IN
GATHERING SIGNATURES. HERE’S HOW
THE POLLING IN MICHIGAN HAS
LOOKED ON ABORTION EARLIER THIS
YEAR, AND WE SPECIFICALLY ASKED
ABOUT ROE V. WADE. AND WHAT WE
FOUND IS 66% 2 3RD OF STATES
VOTERS SUPPORT LEAVING ROE V.
WADE IN PLACE, BUT WHEN JUST
INDEPENDENT VOTERS ARE ASKED AS
WE KNOW IN MICHIGAN INDEPENDENCE
MAKE ALL THE DECISIONS,
PARTICULARLY SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
INDEPENDENCE, AND WHEN WE ASKED
THIS QUESTION OF INDEPENDENCE
77% OF INDEPENDENT VOTERS IN
MICHIGAN, BELIEVE ROSHI ROE V.
WADE. SHOULD BE LEFT. IN PLACE.
WHAT UNCLEAR IS HOW OF A MORE
FACTOR OF. IS. WHEN IT COMES TO
VOTING. ESPECIALLY IN THIS
MIDTERM THE ECONOMY SHRANK IN
THE FIRST QUARTER. THE STOCK
MARKET HAS BEEN IN DECLINE SINCE
THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND
INFLATION IS AT A 40 YEAR HIGH
WITH THOSE PARAMETERS IN THE
MIDTERM, THE PARTY IN POWER
NEARLY ALWAYS TAKES IT ON THE
CHIN. ABORTION MAYBE A
GALVANIZING ISSUE FOR THE BASE
OF EACH PARTY. BUT WHAT DOES THE
MIDDLE DO? I DON’T HAVE AN
ANSWER. I DON’T THINK ANYBODY
REALLY HAS AN ANSWER YET AS TO
WHETHER OR NOT THE ECONOMY OR
ABORTION ARE GOING TO BE
MOTIVATING FACTORS AND WHICH
ISSUE TRUMP SWITCH BACK HERE
LIVE. PLANNED PARENTHOOD IS
RALLYING AT THE CAPITAL AS WE
SPEAK, TRYING TO GET SIGNATURES
TO GET ABORTION PUT ON THE
BALLOT, AND ONE THING’S FOR
SURE. JASON AND KIMBERLY. BOTH
PARTIES HAVE BEEN SENDING OUT
THE FUNDRAISING EMAILS TODAY ON
THIS LEAK. WE’RE LIVE IN LANSING
TONIGHT. I’M MARA MACDONALD.
LOCAL 4. ALL RIGHT, MARA, AND
THAT’S LEAK OF A DECISION THAT
WASN’T EXPECTED UNTIL LATE JUNE
OR EARLY JULY, HAS CAUSED QUITE
A SCRAMBLE IN WASHINGTON.
DEVIN SCILLIAN IS IN THE
NATION’S CAPITAL, WITH A LOOK AT
THE RESPONSES BY EVERYONE FROM
SENATORS TO PROTESTERS TO THE
CHIEF JUSTICE. BUT KIMBERLY AND
JASON THERE HAS BEEN A REAL EBB
AND FLOW TO THE PROTEST TODAY.
HERE AT THE U. S SUPREME COURT
EARLIER IN THE DAY, I’D SAY THE
DECIBELS WERE DOMINATED BY THOSE
WHO WANT TO SEE ROE VERSUS WADE
OVERTURNED LATER IN THE
AFTERNOON. IT’S KIND OF FLIPPED
AROUND. IT’S BEEN MORE OF THOSE
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
ARGUMENT. WE’RE GOING TO SEE
CERTAINLY, DURING THIS
NETHERWORLD TIME WHEN NO ONE IS
EXACTLY CERTAIN WHERE THIS IS
ALL HEADED, DESPERATE TIMES CALL
FOR DESPERATE MEASURES.
MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATIC SENATOR
MARKEY JUST CAME OUT TO TELL THE
CROWD HERE THAT IT’S TIME FOR
THE SENATE TO GET RID OF THE
FILIBUSTER RULE AND PUT FOUR
MORE JUSTICES. SEE BEING FELT BY
BOTH SIDES, AND THAT INCLUDES
THE CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS,
WHO IS VERY URGENTLY TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHERE THE LEAK CAME
FROM. BUT IN CONFIRMING THE
LEAK, HE ALSO CONFIRMED THE
AUTHENTICITY OF THAT DRAFT
OPINION, BUT SAID THAT RIGHT NOW
IT SHOULD ABSOLUTELY NOT BE
MISTAKEN. FOR FINAL DECISION
FROM THE U. S. COURT. AT THE
COURT ON CAPITOL HILL.
DEVIN SCILLIAN. BUT FOR A GREAT
MANY PEOPLE, THE COURT’S
EVENTUAL DECISION WILL BE A
CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION. OR MAYBE
DISMAY. MEGAN WOODS HAS BEEN
SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE
INVESTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
DEBATE. GOOD EVENING, MEGAN.
GOOD EVENING. SO PLAN PARENTHOOD
, ADVOCATES OF MICHIGAN AND
RIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN THERE
ON BOTH OR SEPARATE SIDES OF
THIS DEBATE, BUT TODAY THEY CAN
. TOOTH. THE FACT THAT THERE IS
STILL WORK TO BE DONE AND TO
THAT. LEAD COMES AS A SHOCK.
CREAM COURT OF OUR GOVERNMENT
WAS COMPLETELY UM, DISAPPOINTED
IN THE WAY IN WHICH THIS WAS
DONE. PARENTHOOD ADVOCATES OF
MICHIGAN SAY THEY WERE INTISSAR
HATING THIS TYPE OF OPINION. BUT
IT’S A WAKE UP CALL TO OTHERS.
IT WAS DEVASTATING THAT IT WAS
LEAKED BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW THAT
OUR SUPPORTERS AND THE PEOPLE
WHO THIS WILL IMPACT THE MOST.
REALLY HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF
THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT THEIR
LIVES. THIS LEAK DOESN’T
NECESSARILY MEAN A VICTORY FOR
RIGHT TO LIFE FOR MICHIGAN AND A
VISITOR OF COMMUNICATION AND
EDUCATION SAYS THEY ARE CAUTIOUS
OPTIMIST. ARE EXCITED. TO SEE
THE YOU’RE THERE. IS A PROCESS.
THAT RUBY COULD OVER TO. IT WAS
SIMPLY A DRAFT OPINION. IT WAS
NOT THEIR OFFICIAL DECISION.
HOWEVER IT LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE
AN OFFICIAL OPINION. WE DON’T
YOU KNOW YOU DON’T WANT TO JUMP
THE GUN AND ASSUME THAT THIS IS
WHAT IS TO HAVE. SO WE WAITING.
FOR AN OFFICIAL. THE JUST.
PETITIONS CIRCULATING WHILE
RIGHT TO LIFE, THEY SAY THEY
WERE IN LANSING TODAY MEETING
WITH LAWMAKERS BACK TO YOU. OKAY
MEGAN, WE APPRECIATE IT.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT’S AHEAD, THE
SUPREME COURT’S LEAKED OPINION
ALREADY MATTERS RIGHT NOW AND
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DEVIN SCILLIAN LAYS OUT THE
IMPACT IT COULD HAVE ON UPCOMING
ELECTIONS. YOU’LL FIND HIS BLOG
ON THE NATIONAL NEWS PAGE AND
THE POLITICS PAGE. ONE THING’S
FOR SURE THIS IS A VERY PERSONAL
ISSUE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND
THAT’S THE FOCUS OF THE STORY.
STEPHANIE GOSS KEY IS WORKING ON
FOR NIGHT. NEWS. TO HAVE
ABORTIONS BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY
WON’T BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO
ANOTHER STATE IN TIME. UM AND
THEY WILL BE FORCED TO HAVE
PREGNANCIES THAT THEY DON’T WISH
TO UNDERGO. THIS IS SHOCKING,
AND IT’S HEARTBREAKING. AND AS A
WOMAN WHO HAS BENEFITED FROM
MOVIE WADE, BUT ALSO AS A HEALTH
CARE PROVIDER. THIS IS AN ATTACK
ON WOMEN AND ITS ATTACK ON
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS BECAUSE THIS
AFFORDS US ACCESS TO SAFE
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. AT 6 30
ON NIGHTLY NEWS WITH WESTER
HOLT. YOU’LL ALSO HEAR FROM AN
ADVOCACY GROUP THAT SAYS THE
SUPREME COURT IS MAKING THE
CORRECT DECISION IF IT OVERTURNS
ROE VERSUS WADE. THE TIGERS
REALLY COULD HAVE USED TO WIN
TODAY AND THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES
. WELL THEY’RE NOT NEARLY AS BAD
AS THEY HAVE BEEN. I GUESS THEY
WERE KIND OF FORMIDABLE, BUT
THEY’LL HAVE TO WAIT IS THE
SHORT OF IT GAMES POSTPONED,
ANDREW HUMPHREY STEP UP TO THE
PLATE HERE WITH LOOK AT THE REST
OF THE R. HOURS OF REST, I THINK
DO THE TEAM. GOOD. TO SEE YOU
BOTH. THIS EVENING.
ALONG THE STREETS OF CAR. ROAD.
AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE SOME OF THE
AIR LIKE ADRIAN HIGHWAY. SOUTH
HIGHWAY, GETTING A HEAVY
DOWNPOUR RIGHT NOW, ALL OF THIS
MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST
ACROSS LANEWAY COUNTY AND WILL
ENTER INTO PORTIONS OF MONROE
COUNTY HERE WITHIN THE NEXT 10
TO 15 MINUTES. RIGHT NOW, IT’S
ON TOP OF, WITH SOME PRETTY
HEAVY DOWNPOUR GOING AT A SPEED.
ABOUT. 6 22 6 25 MORE
THUNDERSTORMS DOWN TO OUR SOUTH
BUT MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS TO
OUR NORTH AND WEST. THESE HAVE
YET TO MOVE. THROUGH. THROUGH
MIDNIGHT. COUNT ON THIS. THE
WIDESPREAD SHOWER THERE. WE’LL
STILL SEE. SOME SHOWERS. AND
THUNDERSTORM. ACTIVITY UP AND
MIDNIGHT. WE’LL TALK ABOUT WHAT
AFTER. IT GETS DRY. IN MINUTES.
STIR THE JOB THAT SHE’S LOVED
FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES.
SHAWN LEY TONIGHT TAKES US
THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED IN ALL OF
THIS, SEAN FIRST AND FOREMOST,
JASON. GOOD EVENING, WE ASKED
THE KROGER CORPORATION
CINCINNATI TO COMMENT ON THIS
NEW LAWSUIT. ONCE WE SAW THE
LAWSUIT TODAY, NOT ALSO
CLARIFIED THEIR POLICY FOR
EMPLOYEES WHEN IT COMES TO
SHOPLIFTERS. KROGER DID NOT GET
BACK TO US. WE’LL LET YOU KNOW
WHEN THEY DID. MEANTIME BEVERLY
BENNETT HAS A LOT OF LOYAL
CUSTOMERS AT HER PARTICULAR
KROGER, WHERE SHE WORKED. AND
SHE SAYS THEIR CUSTOMERS ARE
BEING TOLD THAT SHE RETIRED, SHE
SAYS. THAT’S NOT TRUE. SHE SAYS
SHE WAS FIRED. NO I DIDN’T
RETIRE. I DIDN’T HAVE A
RETIREMENT PARTY. I DIDN’T SAY
BYE TO ANYBODY. NONE OF THAT.
BECAUSE I WAS TERMINATED BECAUSE
I THOUGHT I WAS DOING THE RIGHT
THINGS FIRED 61 YEAR OLD BEVERLY
BENNETT FROM HER JOB AT THE
LINCOLN PARK LOCATION THAT SHE
COVETED FOR 31 YEARS, HER
COWORKERS OR CUSTOMERS WERE HER
LIFE. SHE NOW HER LIFE. HAS BEEN
. EVER SINCE. DEVASTATING ABOUT
HAD MY MONEY. AND WORK. PIEASE
WERE INSTRUCTED HOW TO APPROACH
SHOPLIFTERS. IT WAS HAPPENING
EVERY DAY. LAST FALL, A MAN
RUSHED BY WITH A CART FULL OF
HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS OF LIQUOR.
THE ALARM WENT OFF AT THE EXIT.
BENNETT ASKED FOR HIS RECEIPT,
STOOD IN FRONT OF THE CART AND
SWUNG A BASKET AT THE CART AT
THE BASKET, AND I TOLD HIM DON’T
TOUCH IT. YOU’RE NOT GETTING
THIS CURTAIN, THE MAN RAN OFF.
BENNETT’S ATTORNEY, GREG ROHL,
SAYS KROGER CO WORKERS
CELEBRATED HER CONGRATULATED HER
FOR STOPPING THAT LEVEL OF
THEFT. AND SHE WAS CONSIDERED, I
GUESS THAT DAY TO BE THE HERO.
BUT THEN KROGER FIRED HER FOR
THAT BASKET SWING DEVASTATED AND
I FELT LIKE I WAS TREATED WRONG.
BACK YOUR LINE. THE BEVERLY SAYS
SHE’S LOST. SLEEP OVER THIS AS
YOU HEARD OR HEALTH IS NOT DOING
WELL. SHE’S SO STRESSED OUT
ABOUT IT, AND SHE DECIDED TO
FILE A LAWSUIT, SHE SAYS,
BECAUSE THEY’RE 31 YEAR CAREER
WITH KROGER, SHE SAYS, WAS
FLAWLESS. SHE SAYS SHE VIOLATED
ABSOLUTELY NO KROGER POLICIES BY
SWINGING THE BASKET AT THAT
SHOPLIFTER, AND SHE FEELS CAST
ASIDE BECAUSE OF HER AGE. WE’RE
LIVE TONIGHT. SHAWN LEY LOCAL
FORD BACK TO YOU. I’D SAY THAT’S
A LOYAL FOR SURE. ALRIGHT SEAN.
THANKS YEARS TO WAYNE COUNTY
ROAD EMPLOYEES FACING FEDERAL
CHARGES AND CORRUPTION
INVESTIGATION, FEDERAL AGENTS
EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT A
HOME THIS MORNING IN WEST
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP. 64 YEAR OLD
KEVIN GUN IN 54 YEAR OLD JOHN
GIBSON ARE CHARGED WITH WIRE
FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING.
PROSECUTORS SAY BOTH MEN USED
MONEY MEANT FOR ROADS TO BUY
GENERATORS AND OTHER POWER
EQUIPMENT. THE FBI SAYS LOCAL
VENDORS FALSIFIED INVOICES IN