>> Announcer: LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, HOME OF
WDIV AND CLICK ON DETROIT,
LOCAL 4 NEWS FIRST AT 4:00
STARTS NOW.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I’M DEVIN
SCILLIAN.
KAREN IS ON ASSIGNMENT
TODAY.
FIRST AT 4, WE’RE DEFINITELY
IN THE CALM BEFORE THE
BIGGEST SNOWSTORM BEFORE THE
SEASON.
WE BETTER GET READY.
SOME OF US WILL SEE ABOUT A
FOOT OF SNOW.
METEOROLOGIST ANDREW
HUMPHREY KICKING US OFF WITH
THE FIRST FORECAST.
ANDREW IT’S THE BIGGEST
SNOWSTORM WE’VE SEEN IN A
WHILE.
IT’S THE GROUNDHOG DAY
SNOWSTORM OF 2022.
IT’S NOT HERE YET BUT HERE’S
MY TIMELINE.
FROM NOW FOR MOST OF TUESDAY
WE’RE JUST FINE.
WE STILL HAVE BEAUTIFUL
SUNSHINE OUT THERE.
AND THIS SNOWSTORM IS
ACTUALLY GOING TO START OFF
WITH SOME CHILLY RAIN
SHOWERS LATE TUESDAY INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT.
BUT AS COLD ARE AIR MOVES IN
SNOWY AND HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS DEVELOP QUICKLY.
FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH THE REST OF
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.
ALL THE WAY THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT.
THAT’S WHY WE HAVE A WINTER
STORM WATCH NOT IN EFFECT
NOW.
IT GOES INTO EFFECT FOR
DETROIT ALL OF SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN FROM THE THUMB DOWN
TO THE OHIO BORDER STARTING
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND DOES
NOT END UNTIL 11:00 P.M.
THURSDAY NIGHT.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE 28
DEGREES.
LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS.
SURE IT’S COLD OUT THERE BUT
WE’VE GOT BLUE SKIES,
SUNSHINE, WIND CHILLS THAT
ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT LOWER
THAN THE ACTUAL TEMPERATURE.
WE’RE FINE THIS EVENING AS
WELL.
MAYBE SOME CLOUDS INCREASING
TEMPERATURES DECREASING JUST
BUNDLE UP AND STAY WARM.
BUT GET READY FOR SNOWFALL
THAT WILL AMOUNT TO SIX
INCHES, EIGHT INCHES EVEN
MORE ON THIS MODEL RIGHT
HERE BETWEEN EIGHT AND 14
INCHES BETWEEN THE THUMB
DOWN TO THE OHIO BORDER
RIGHT HERE IN SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN.
COMING UP SHORTLY I’LL GIVE
YOU A CLOSE-UP VIEW AND
DETAIL THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BY
NEIGHBORHOOD IN TERMS OF
SNOW TO TELLS AND TIMING FOR
THIS BIG SNOWSTORM.
>> ALL RIGHT, ANDREW.
WE’RE ALL PREPPING TO HELP
YOU GET THROUGH THIS WINTER
BLAST.
COMING UP AT 5:00 HELP ME
HANK MAPPING OUT THE CITY OF
DETROIT’S SNOW REMOVAL
GUARANTEE.
WHAT DOES THAT PROMISE
REALLY MEAN?
AND IN OUR 6:00 REPORT, HOW
LOCAL ROAD CREWS ARE
PREPARING FOR THIS BIG SNOW.
I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US FOR
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 5:00 AND
6:00.
>>> TOMORROW IS A BIG DAY
FOR EVERYONE CONNECTED WITH
BEAUMONT HOSPITAL’S THE BIG
MERGER BETWEEN BEAUMONT
HEALTH AND SPECTRUM HEALTH
OFFICIALLY KICKS.
IN THE HOSPITAL SAY FEDERAL
REGULATORS HAVE GIVEN THEM
THE GREEN LIGHT TO MOVE
FORWARD.
FOR NOW, THE COMBINED
COMPANY IS GOING TO BE
CALLED BHSH SYSTEM.
BEAUMONT HAS 33,000 WORKERS
IN METRO DETROIT, SPECTRUM
DOMINATES WESTERN MICHIGAN
WITH ANOTHER 31,000.
>>> WE’RE TRACKING A FEW
HEADLINES DEALING WITH
CORONAVIRUS AS WELL.
WE HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THE
F.D.A. ON A VACCINE AND
IMPROVING NUMBERS IN THE
STATE OF MICHIGAN.
STATES RECORDED ANOTHER
21,000 INFECTIONS BUT THAT’S
OVER THE PAST THREE DAYS.
SO THAT BRINGS THE DAILY
AVERAGE DOWN TO JUST ABOVE
7,000.
LAST WEEK, YOU RECALL THAT
NUMBER WAS ALMOST TWICE THAT
IT HOVERING AROUND 13,000.
THE SEVEN DAY POSITIVITY
RATE HAS DROPPED ANOTHER 2%
IT’S NOW DOWN TO 27% STILL
TROUBLINGLY HIGH AND SADLY
THE STATE IS REPORTING
ANOTHER 65 VIRUS-RELATED
DEATHS THAT SINCE FRIDAY.
>>> MODERNA SAYS FEDERAL
REGULATORS HAVE NOW GIVEN
ITS COVID VACCINE FULL
APPROVAL.
THAT MEANS THE F.D.A. HAS
COMPLETED ITS RIG VOWS --
ITS RIGOROUS REVIEW OF THE
SHOT.
HAS SINCE BEEN GIVEN TO TENS
OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON HAS NOT
YET APPLIED FOR FULL
APPROVAL OF ITS VACCINE.
STUDENTS IN THE DETROIT
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
ON DETROIT’S WESTSIDE.
PARENTS HAD TO SIGN A
CONSENT FORM ALLOWING THEIR
CHILDREN TO BE TESTED FOR
COVID REGULARLY.
92% OF THE STUDENTS RETURNED
THAT CONSENT FORM.
STUDENTS WHO DON’T WILL HAVE
TO CONTINUE WITH VIRTUAL
LEARNING.
WE’RE WORKING UP A STORY ON
WHAT THIS FIRST DAY BACK HAS
BEEN LIKE.
WE’LL HAVE THAT IN A LIVE
REPORT COMING UP AT 5:00.
>>> A POSSIBLE PLEA DEAL FOR
THE FATHER AND SON CONVICTED
OF MURDERING AHMAUD ARBERY
HAS LED TO A PASSIONATE
DEBATE.
ARBERY’S PARENTS ARE FURIOUS
WITH HIS FATHER SAYING "HE’S
MAD AS HELL."
KIMBERLY GILL HAS BEEN
FOLLOWING THIS ROUTINE COURT
HEARING.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, TO YOU.
WE NEED TO POINT OUT RIGHT
AWAY THIS POSSIBLE PLEA DEAL
HAS TO DO WITH THE FEDERAL
HATE CRIME CHARGES BEING
FACED BY TRAVIS AND GREG
McMICHAEL.
THERE WAS A COURT FILING
LATE SUNDAY BEFORE TODAY’S
HEARING.
THE DEAL WILL ALLOW THE
McMICHAELS TO SERVE THE
FIRST 30 YEARSOFF THEIR LIFE
SENTENCES IN FEDERAL PRISON
INSTEAD OF A GEORGIA STATE
PRISON.
MOST OBSERVERS AGREE
CONDITIONS ARE TOUGHER IN
STATE PRISONS AND ARBERY’S
MOTHER IS NOT HAPPY WITH THE
DISTINCTION.
THE HATE CRIME CHARGE ACCUSE
THE McMICHAELS AND WILLIAM
RODDIE BRYAN OF VIOLATING
THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF AHMAUD
ARBERY.
ARBERY’S PARENTS SAY THEY’VE
BEEN FIGHTING TO GET JUSTICE
FOR THEIR SON AND THE PLEA
DEAL DOESN’T MEASURE UP.
>> I FOUGHT SO HARD TO GET
THESE GUYS IN STATE PRISON
ONCE I GAVE THEM I TOLD THEM
VERY, VERY ADAMANTLY THAT I
WANTED THEM TO GO TO STATE
PRISON AND DO THEIR TIME
THAT THE JUDGE GAVE THEM.
I GOT UP THIS MORNING AND
FOUND OUT THAT THEY ACCEPTED
THIS RIDICULOUS PLEA IT’S
VERY DISRESPECTFUL.
>> THE PROPOSED PLEA
AGREEMENTS DO NOT MENTION
WILLIAM BRYAN AND FEDERAL
DEALS COULD NOT AFFECT THE
STATE MURDER CONVICTION IN
THE CASE.
BUT ALL DEFENDANTS SENTENCED
TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR NOW
THE JUDGE IS CONTINUING
PREPARATION FOR TRIAL WITH
THE FIRST 50 POTENTIAL
JURORS SUMMONED TO THE
COURTHOUSE ON FEBRUARY
7th FOR QUESTIONING.
DEVIN, A LOT HERE TO UNPACK.
WE’LL KEEP YOU POSTED
THOUGH.
>> THE DEATH OF A FORMER
MISS U.S.A. HAS SHOCKED A
LOT OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND AROUND THE
WORLD.
30-YEAR-OLD CHESLEY CRIST
SEEMED TO HAVE EVERYTHING
BEAUTY, BRAINS AND, OF
COURSE, A LOT OF SUCCESS.
NEW YORK POLICE SUSPECT
THOUGH SHE COMMITTED SUICIDE
BY JUMPING OFF OF A LUXURY
HIGH-RISE.
PAULA TUTMAN SHOWS US HOW
TERRIBLE PAIN CAN BE HIDDEN
AND WHAT TO LOOK FOR TO SPOT
SOMEONE IN NEED.
PAULA.
>> Reporter: BEAUTY, BRAINS,
EDUCATION ACCOMPLISHMENT IT
LEAVES SO MANY PEOPLE
SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS AND
SAYING WHY.
WHY HER?
CHESLEY CRIST A RECENT MISS
U.S.A. TV PERSONALITY,
ATTORNEY WITH DEEP TIES IN
THE COMMUNITY.
JORDAN BETTER THANHAM KNOWS
THAT FEELING WELL WHEN HE
WAS AN ATHLETE POPULAR AT
SCHOOL YET HE WORE A MASK.
>> I ATTEMPTED SUICIDE WHEN
I WAS 18.
>> Reporter: NOW THE
DIRECTOR OF TRAINING AT
MINDING YOUR MIND AND A
SPEAKER WILLING TO TAKE
OTHERS INSIDE.
HE REMEMBERS THE TWO AND A
HALF SECONDS BEFORE TRYING
TO END HIS LIFE AS BLINDLY
HOPELESS, UNABLE TO SEE THE
LIGHT OF FUTURE.
HE REMEMBERS A TWO AND A
HALF SECONDS IT TOOK TO STOP
THE PAIN.
HE REMEMBERS THE TWO AND A
HALF SECONDS WHEN HE
REALIZED HE SURVIVED THE
ATTEMPT.
>> BEING IN THE HOSPITAL IT
WAS PRETTY MUCH GUARANTEED
THAT I WOULD NEVER GET OUT
OF A HOSPITAL BED, THAT I
WOULD NEVER WALK AGAIN, THAT
I WOULD NEVER GET MY
PHYSICAL LIFE BACK SO WHEN I
WOKE UP AND I REALIZED WHAT
HAPPENED AND THAT THIS WAS A
SUICIDE ATTEMPT AND I DID
SURVIVE I WAS JUST GRATEFUL.
>> Reporter: DANA LESSENBY
IS THE C.E.O. AND DIRECTOR
WHICH PROVIDES A VARIETY OF
SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE
METRO AREA.
>> WE’RE ALL GOOD COVERS FOR
OURSELVES AND WE PUT ON A
GOOD FACE AND WE FAKE IT
TILL WE MAKE IT.
THEN SOME OF US CARRY THAT
PAIN AND IT GETS DEEPER AND
DEEPER --
>> Reporter: EXPERTS SAY
THERE’S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
A BAD DAY A STREAK OF BAD
DAYS AND PAIN THAT LEADS
SOMEONE TO A PATH TO WANT TO
END THAT PAIN.
IT OFTEN STARTS WITH SMALL
PATTERNS.
>> WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT PEOPLE
WHO DIE BY SUICIDE IS THAT
THEY OFTEN GIVE THINGS AWAY
OR THEY SAY GOOD-BYE, OR
THEY START TO SORT OF
ISOLATE A LITTLE MORE.
>> Reporter: DR. MICHELLE
REED IS THE CHIEF MEDICAL
OFFICER AT C.N.S. HEALTHCARE
WHICH ALSO PROVIDES A
VARIETY OF MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES IN WAYNE, OAKLAND
AND MACONE COUNTIES.
>> I’VE SEEN IT IN TERMS OF
PEOPLE NOT NECESSARILY A
PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEM LIKE A
NEW ONSET OF A DIAGNOSIS OF
CANCER, THE LOSS OF A FAMILY
MEMBER, THE LOSS OF A JOB.
SOME SUBSTANCE ABUSE
DISORDER.
>> Reporter: IF YOU SEE
THESE PATTERNS OR TRIGGERS
EVEN WITH A BRIGHT SMILE ON
THE OUTSIDE BETTER TO SPEAK
UP AND OFFEND THAN TO KEEP
YOUR CONCERNS TO YOURSELF.
>> WHEN I THINK OF HOPE I
THINK OF BEING IN A
DARKROOM.
ALL YOU NEED IS THAT LITTLE
CRACK IN THE DOOR OF JUST
THE BEAM OF LIGHT KNOWING
YOU’RE NOT ALONE.
I THINK WHENEVER WE SAY JUST
HOLD ON AND ESPECIALLY JUST
FOR TODAY I THINK THAT CAN
SEEM LIKE A MORE ATTAINABLE
GOAL FOR SO MANY PEOPLE WHO
ARE STRUGGLING.
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW
EVERYONE I SPOKE TO TODAY
SAYS ALSO IF YOU SUSPECT
SOMEONE EVEN SLIGHTLY YOU
DON’T HAVE TO GO FULL ON AND
BE AGGRESSIVE BUT CONFRONT
THEM AND ASK VERY, VERY
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS DEMAND
VERY SPECIFIC ANSWERS, AND
JUST HANG WITH THEM TO BE
SURE SO YOU WON’T BE SORRY.
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