>>> FIRST AT 4:00 AN EARLY
MORNING FIRE TAKES A HEAVY
TOLD ON A LOCAL COMMUNITY
JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE
WRECKAGE OF THIS HOME.
NEW INFORMATION.
WE’RE ALSO FOLLOWING A
HISTORIC CONFIRMATION
HEARING WHERE JUDGE KETANJI
BROWN JACKSON HOPES TO
BECOME THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN
ON THE UNITED STATES SUPREME
COURT.
AND HERE’S ANDREW.
>> KAREN, WE’RE STILL
LOOKING AT SOME SUNSHINE TO
HEALTHY AMOUNT OF CLOUDS
OVERHEAD BUT IT’S GOTTEN
MILDER.
WE’LL TALK ABOUT WHERE
TEMPERATURES ARE HEADED BUT ALSO SOME SHOWERS AHEAD IN
ALSO SOME SHOWERS AHEAD IN YOUR FORECAST.
GOOD AFTERNOON, I’M KAREN
DREW.
FIRST AT 4:00 THE VIEW FROM SKY 4 SHOWS US THE WRECKAGE
SKY 4 SHOWS US THE WRECKAGE
OF MOBILE HOME AFTER A FIRE.
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT’S LEFT
OF THIS MOBILE HOME RIGHT
HERE AS INVESTIGATORS LOOK
FOR LOOK FOR A CAUSE. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT ALL
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT ALL
OF THEM WERE FAMILY MEMBERS.
AT VICTORIA MEADOW MOBILE
HOME PARK.
STATE FIRE INVESTIGATORS
HAVE HAVE BEEN ON SCENE
HOPING TO USE EVERY RESOURCE
POSSIBLE EVEN A WE HAVE BEEN
TOLD BY MULTIPLE NEIGHBORS
THAT THE FOUR PEOPLE WHO
DIED INSIDE WERE ALL RELATED
AND AN ELDERLY AND THE
GRANDDAUGHTER’S TWO TEENS
WHO WERE ALSO HOME AT THE
SAME TIME.
WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A SMALL
EXPLOSION BEFORE THE FIRE
SPREAD ALL OVER THE HOME.
WE’RE TOLD IT ONLY TOOK 10
MINUTES FOR THE ENTIRE
STRUCTURE TO GO UP IN FLAMES.
IT WAS INVOLVED ENGULFED.
IT WAS UNUNREAL.
MY HUSBAND SAID HE COULD
FEEL IT IN THE FLOOR OF THE
HOUSE.
THERE IS NO WAY I COULDN’T
HAVE DONE THAT I WISH I
COULD HAVE.
AND CONSUMERS ENERGY HAS
BEEN RIGHT HERE ON THE SITE
ALSO GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR TO
MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO GAS
ALEX.
AND COMING UP AT 5:00 AND
6:00 WE WILL HEAR MORE FROM
THE NEIGHBORS NEARBY. VICTOR WILLIAMS LOCAL 4.
VICTOR WILLIAMS LOCAL 4.
>> WE DO HAVE SOME FROM THE
FIRST BLACK WOMAN NOMINATED
PRESIDENT BIDEN PICKED JUDGE
JACKSON TO REPLACE STEPHEN
BREYER.
JACKSON IS A JUDGE ON THE
FEDERAL APPEALS COURT IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. SHE TOLD
SENATORS SHE IS -- DURING
THIS HEARING, I HOPE THAT
YOU WILL SEE HOW MUCH I LOVE
OUR COUNTRY AND THE
CONSTITUTION AND THE RIGHTS
THAT MAKE US FREE.
I STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF
SO MANY WHO HAVE COME BEFORE
ME INCLUDING JUDGE CONSTANCE
BAKER MOTLEY WHO WAS THE
FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN
TO BE APPOINTED TO THE
FEDERAL BENCH AND WITH WHOM
I SHARE A BIRTHDAY.
THE FIRST DAY OF DIRECT
QUESTIONING IS TOMORROW SHE
WILL FACE SOME TOUGH
QUESTIONING FROM REPUBLICANS
SPECIFICALLY FOR HER RECORD
ON CRIME.
JACKSON COULD BE CONFIRMED
WITHOUT ANY REPUBLICAN VOTES
IF ALL 50 SENATE DEMOCRATS
VOTE YES.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME BREAKING
NEWS ON SOME SHOCKING VIDEO
OF A WOMAN GETTING HIT BY A
CAR OVER ON DETROIT’S EAST
SIDE.
THAT WOMAN NAMED TIFFANY
WATSON HAS DIED.
IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AND
WE DID JUST HEAR FROM
POLICE.
CELL PHONE VIDEO SHOWS A CAR
DOING DONUTS OVER ON MANNING
CAN STREET.
POLICE SAY THE WOMAN WAS
ABLE TO GET HER CHILD OUT OF
THE WAY BEFORE SHE WAS HIT.
TODAY DETROIT POLICE TELL US
THE INCIDENT APPEARS TO BE
INTENTIONAL.
INVESTIGATORS HAVE LEARNED
THAT TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE
HAVE GATHERED IN THE AREA TO
TRY TO RESOLVE A FIGHT OF
SOME KIND.
DETROIT POLICE CHIEF JAMES
WHITE SAYS THEY’RE SEARCHING
FOR A SUSPECT.
>> WE’RE LOOKING FOR AN
UNKNOWN FEMALE WILL BE
PROVIDING YOU WITH WHO WE
BELIEVE OUR SUSPECT IS AND
WE’RE ASKING FOR THE
COMMUNITY’S HELP IN
IDENTIFYING WHERE SHE MIGHT
BE AT THIS TIME.
WE ASK THAT SHE TURNS
HERSELF IN.
WE ARE DEDICATING ALL OF OUR
RESOURCES AT THIS TIME TO
TRY TO APPREHEND HER
QUICKLY.
>> SHE SAYS THEY’RE LOOKING
FOR A WOMAN WHO IS DRIVING A
GRAY OR SILVER 2020 NISSAN
MURANO.
LICENSE PLATE FBY 246.
>>> LOCAL FAITH LEADERS
GATHER AT THE SPIRIT OF
DETROIT TO HIGHLIGHT WATER
INSECURITY.
THE GROUP CALLED ON ELECTED
LEADERS TO ADOPT
INCOME-BASED WATER BILLS AND
USE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT
FUNDS TO KEEP WATER
AFFORDABLE FOR LOW INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS.
TO SAY THAT EVERY DAY PEOPLE
ARE DENIED WATER BECAUSE THE
BILLS ARE JUST TOO
EXPENSIVE.
>> WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT
EVERY PERSON IN THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN HAS SAFE CLEAN
AFFORDABLE DRINKING WATER
THAT THEY NEED FOR THEIR
DAILY USE AND THAT -- IT
COMES ONE DAY BEFORE WORLD
WATER DAY WHICH CELEBRATES
WATER AND RAISES AWARENESS.
>>> STATE OF MICHIGAN JUST
RELEASED THE STATEST COVID
NUMBERS THEY SEEM TO BE
HOLDING STEADY.
MORE THAN 1400 NEW CASES
WERE RECORD REPORTED OVER
THE LASTED THREE DAYS THAT’S
A DAILY AVERAGE OF ABOUT 474
WHICH IS MUCH LOWER THAN
FRIDAY’S REPORT.
THE NUMBERS TEND TO BE LOWER
AFTER THE WEEKEND.
SEVEN DAY POSITIVITY RATE
STILL 3.5% NEAR ITS LOWEST
LEVEL SINCE JULY.
>>> IN YOUR FIRST FORECAST
DEFINITELY FEELS LIKE SPRING
TODAY.
METEOROLOGIST ANDREW
HUMPHREY STANDING BY WITH A
LOOK AT SOME REALLY
COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURES
NOTHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT
TODAY.
>> THAT’S RIGHT, KAREN.
IT LOOKS GEORGE OUT OUT WILL
EVEN WITH SOME CLOUDS
OVERHEAD.
TO BOOST OUR TEMPERATURES TO
60 DEGREES OR MORE.
IT’S 60 OVER AT CITY AIRPORT
SAME THING IN ANN ARBOR, 62
RIGHT NOW IN OVER IN ROMULUS
OVER AT METRO AIRPORT.
64 THAT’S ONE OF THE HIGHER
TEMPERATURES IN ADRIAN.
NOW IT IS A BIT CHILLIER
INCLUDING 40s UP HERE IN THE
THUMB.
THERE YOU MAY NEED A JACKET
TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND STAY WARM AND
COMFORTABLE.
BUT WE HAVE DRY CONDITIONS
ALSO.
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 62 AT
METRO AIRPORT, WITH A WIND
AT AROUND 10 MILES PER HOUR.
NOW IT’S SEVERE WEATHER
AWARENESS WEEK WE WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE
THIS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS,
INFORMATION ABOUT LIGHTNING
AND WAYS TO STAY SAFE.
THAT’S COMING UP LATER IN
THIS BROADCAST THROUGHOUT
THE ENTIRE BROADCAST THAT GO
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND
LATER ON TONIGHT.
IN FACT ALL WEEK.
MORE ON YOUR FORECAST FOR
TONIGHT, AND THE WEEK AHEAD
IN MINUTES.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, ANDREW.
UKRAINE REFUSES TO SURRENDER
A KEY CITY THAT VLADIMIR
PUTIN WHILE RUSSIAN FORCES
SEEM TO BE TARGETING
CIVILIANS TO BREAK THE
COUNTRY’S SPIRIT.
RUSSIA DEMANDED THE
SURRENDER OF MARIUPOL BUT
VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY REFUSED.
THIS DRONE VIDEO SHOWING THE
PRICE.
MOSCOW WAS PROMISING TO
ALLOW CIVILIANS TO LEAVE BUT
IT ALSO BLASTED AN ART
SCHOOL THAT WAS A SHELTER
FOR ABOUT 400 PEOPLE.
SO FAR THE NUMBER OF
CASUALTIES IS NOT CLEAR.
RUSSIA IS ALSO STILL
TARGETING THE CAPITAL OF
KYIV.
A SHOPPING MALL AND SEVERAL
HOMES WERE DESTROYED BY
RUSSIAN SHELLING ON SUNDAY.
THE FORCE OF THAT EXPLOSION
SHATTERED EVERY WINDOW IN A
NEIGHBORING HIGH-RISE.
THIS IS THE 26th DAY OF THE
INVASION.
SO FAR RUSSIA HAS FAILED TO
SEIZE A SINGLE MAJOR CITY IN
UKRAINE.
THESE TALKS -- PEACE TALKS
CONTINUE VIA VIDEO
CONFERENCE BUT WITHOUT MUCH
PROGRESS.
PRESIDENT SBLENCE SAYS HE IS
-- ZELENSKY SAYS HE IS
PREPARED TO MEET PUTIN IN
PERSON.
>> A MASSIVE RESCUE EFFORT
IS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW IN
CHINA AFTER A BOEING 3737
CRASHED WITH 132 PEOPLE ON
BOARD.
THE JET WENT DOWN IN A
MOUNTAINOUS REGION IN
SOUTHERN CHINA SETTING OFF A
FOREST FIRE THAT WAS VISIBLE
FROM SPACE.
THIS APPEARS TO BE CHINA’S
WORST AIR DISASTER IN NEARLY
10 YEARS.
ABOUT 600 RESCUE WORKERS
WERE SENT TO THE ACCIDENT
BUT THERE’S BEEN NO WORD OF
SURVIVORS.
THE AIRLINE, CHINA EASTERN
SAYS THE CAUSE OF THE
ACCIDENT WILL BE FULLY
INVESTIGATED.
>>> A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
IS HOPING A NEW PROGRAM WILL
BOOST THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS
HEADED TO COLLEGE.
TODAY WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
THE WAYNE WESTLAND DISTRICT
THAT JUST WON APPROVAL FOR A
PROGRAM THAT CAN SAVE
STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES
TWO YEARS OF COLLEGE TUITION
AND FEES.
PAULA TUTMAN SHOWS US HOW IT
WORKS AND THE HIGH HOPES IT
BRINGS.
>> Reporter: LONG STORY
SHORT THIS WILL SAVE
STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS A
WHOLE LOT OF MONEY.
BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO
CATAPULT STUDENTS INTO THEIR
ADULT LIVES REALLY ONLY A
YEAR AFTER GRADUATING HIGH
SCHOOL.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL
HAVE 1,800 GRADUATING
SENIORS THIS YEAR.
LESS THAN HALF OF THEM WILL
BE POST SECONDARY EDUCATION
OR COLLEGE STUDENT.
BUT THAT WILL CHANGE
DRASTICALLY.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON THE STATE
APPROVED THE DISTRICT FOR A
MIDDLE COLLEGE PROGRAM.
>> IT MAKES SURE THAT THEY
HAVE ACCESS TO COMPLETE THE
ASSOCIATES DEGREE AT NO COST
TO FAMILY.
>> THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN
A.P. CLASSES.
>> A.P. REQUIRES STUDENTS TO
COMPLETE COURSE WORK BUT
THEN TAKE HIGH STAKE TESTS
THAT DECIDE AND DETERMINE
WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE EVEN
ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR CREDIT
AND THEN THEIR COLLEGE HAS
TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT
THEY’RE GOING TO TAKE THAT
CREDIT.
>> Reporter: STUDENTS
ACCEPTED TO MIDDLE COLLEGE
ESSENTIALLY EARN ACTUAL
TRANSFERABLE COLLEGE CREDITS
WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY
FINISHING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL
DEGREE.
THEY WALK ACROSS THE STAGE
FORWITH THEIR CLASSMATES AT
GRADUATION TIME BUT WILL
REMAIN IN THE MIDDLE COLLEGE
PROGRAM FOR ONE MORE
ADDITIONAL YEAR AS COLLEGE
SOPHOMORES.
WHEN THEY COMPLETE THEIR
MIDDLE COLLEGE CLASS WORK
THEY WILL HAVE AN ASSOCIATES
DEGREE BUT IF THEY CHOOSE TO
GO ONTO A COLLEGE OR
UNIVERSITY FOR A BACK LOSH
-- BACHELOR’S THEY ENTER
THAT INSTITUTION AS A JUNIOR
BECAUSE THE CREDITS ARE
TRANSFERABLE.
>> MIDDLE COLLEGE CHANGES
THE ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL
EXPERIENCE.
STUDENTS CAN ENTER ANYWHERE
BETWEEN NINTH AND
11th GRADE.
THE SOURCE COURSES THAT THEY
TAKE WILL COUNT FOR BOTH
HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.
>> Reporter: SO RIGHT NOW
ABOUT 46% OF STUDENTS IN THE
WAYNE WESTLAND DISTRICT GO
ONTO A POST SECONDARY
EDUCATION BUT WITH THIS
MIDDLE COLLEGE THE DISTRICT
BELIEVES THAT NUMBER WILL
JUMP TO 60% OF STUDENTS BY
THE YEAR 2025, IF STUDENTS
DECIDE TO GO ONTO A
BACHELOR’S PROGRAM THIS
SAVES STUDENTS AND THEIR
PARENTS TWO YEARS OF FEES
AND TUITION COSTS FOR
COLLEGE.
PAULA TUTMAN, LOCAL 4.
>> THAT IS REALLY A HUGE
SAVINGS.
THANK YOU, PAULA.