LIE. FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT FOR NEWS AT NOON STARTS NOW. DETROIT BREAKS GROUND ON A PROJECT THAT
COULD PREVENT FLOODING THAT
RUINS HOMES AND BASEMENTS. AND
WE KNOW THAT SO MANY HOMEOWNERS
WERE IMPACTED BY THE HEAVY
RAINFALL THAT WE SAW LAST YEAR.
AND THE CITY REALLY DOESN’T WANT
THAT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. THEY ARE
INVESTING MILLIONS ON THE CITY’S
WEST SIDE AND NEIGHBORHOODS NEAR
ROUGE PARK ARE KIM DEGUILIO WAS
THERE FOR TODAY’S BIG
ANNOUNCEMENT AND SHOWS US WHAT
THAT MONEY IS GOING TOWARDS? $40
MILLION IS WHAT THE DETROIT
WATER AND SEWAGE DEPARTMENT IS
INVESTING IN THIS PROJECT HERE
AT ROUGE PARK IN THIS PROJECT IS
GOING TO HELP AVOID FLOODING
LIKE WE SAW LAST SUMMER, AND AS
YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE PROJECT
BROKE GROUND TODAY. WE ARE
THANKFUL. THAT MANY
ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES
HAVE JOINED DWS D IN THIS EFFORT
TO IMPROVE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
. THEY LOST VALUABLE
MEMORABILIA. VALUABLES THEY WILL
NEVER BE ABLE TO GET BACK. LAST
YEAR’S EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS A
WAKE UP CALL FOR MANY FLOOD WE
GOT LAST YEAR WAS A ONE IN 1000
YEAR FLOOD, AND SO THE SYSTEM IS
BUILT FOR A 10 YEAR FLOOD, WHICH
IS 1.7 INCHES IN 24 HOURS. WE
GOT EIGHT INCHES, GARY BROWN OF
THE DETROIT WATER AND SEWAGE
DEPARTMENT SAYS RAINFALL LIKE
THAT IS UNFORTUNATELY GOING TO
HAPPEN AGAIN. SO WITH CLIMATE
CHANGE AH, IT’S REAL, YOU KNOW
THE WHAT THE RAINS ARE MORE
INTENSE AND MORE FREQUENT. IT IS
GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN, AND WE’VE
GOT TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE OUR
CITY MORE RESILIENCE. WHICH IS
WHY CONSTRUCTION CREWS ARE
GETTING TO WORK BREAKING GROUND
ON THIS $40 MILLION PROJECT THAT
WILL REDIRECT RAINWATER AND
SNOWMELT FROM A WEST SIDE
NEIGHBORHOOD INTO TWO NEW
DETENTION BASINS. THIS IS GOING
TO MITIGATE FLOODING FOR 1200
HOMES ON THE FAR WEST SIDE WILL
FILTER STORM WATER AND DISCHARGE
IT DIRECTLY INTO THE ROUGE
RIVER. PROVIDING SIGNIFICANT
RELIEF TO SEWER SYSTEMS. NOW
IT’S A BIG PROJECT, SO IT WILL
TAKE SOME TIME. SO THIS IS
EXPECTED TO LOOK LIKE THAT IN
THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. REPORTING
IN DETROIT AND KIM DEGUILIO FOUR
LOCAL ALRIGHT, KIM. WE’RE
LOOKING AT THE CHANCES FOR A BIT
OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AS WE
TAKE A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW AT
DOWNTOWN MOUNT CLEMENS. LET’S
GET OVER TO METEOROLOGIST
BRANDON ROUX FOR LOOK AT WHAT WE
CAN EXPECT AS THURSDAY CONTINUES
AS WE’RE LOOKING AHEAD TO THE
WEEKEND, TWO GUYS WE’VE HAD SOME
SHOWERS PUSHED THROUGH THE AREA.
IT’S OUR SECOND COLD FRONT OF
THE DAY, BUT A LOT OF IT REALLY
EVAPORATING AS IT GOT CLOSER
HERE. AS WE WIDEN THE VIEW, YOU
CAN SEE THERE ISN’T MUCH LEFT
HERE BUT FROM THE DOWN RIVER
COMMUNITIES INTO SOUTHERN
ONTARIO, A COUPLE OF SHOWERS
ALSO UP NEAR WALLACE. BERG.
THESE ARE HEADING OFF TO THE
WEST, SO REALLY, NOT A WHOLE LOT
TO LOOK AT HERE, BUT WE’LL SHOW
YOU AS THIS LINE WAS APPROACHING
. THERE WAS A LITTLE MORE TO IT
AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT AND YOU
CAN SEE AS IT APPROACHED METRO
DETROIT. IT REALLY JUST STARTED
TO DRY OUT. AND THAT IS THAT
STILL COULD SEE A QUICK LITTLE
SHOWER OR TWO. WITH THIS COOL
FRONT PUSHING THROUGH, BUT I
THINK MORE AND MORE IN THE WAY
OF SUNSHINE AND REALLY NICE 79
DEGREES HERE, BUT YOU LOOK BACK
LOVINGTON BEHIND THE COLD FRONT
71 DEGREES, SO TEMPERATURES WILL
STABILIZE AT SOME POINT THIS
AFTERNOON. IN THE MEANTIME,
WE’RE IN THE UPPER SEVENTIES TO
LOW EIGHTIES AND PERHAPS YOU’RE
HEADING TO ROUND ONE OF THE
ROCKET MORTGAGE CLASSIC WILL
HEAD INTO THE LOW EIGHTIES AND
SORT OF HOVER THERE. THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. STILL LITTLE WINDY,
STILL, A LITTLE MUGGY, WILL
TRACK A NOTICEABLE CHANGE.
COMING YOUR WAY COMING UP,
SANDRA ALL RIGHT, BRANDON THIS
AFTERNOON. WE’RE GETTING A
BETTER LOOK AT THE HEALTH OF THE
ECONOMY AND WHETHER WE MAY
REALLY BE ON THE EDGE OF A
RECESSION. THE U. S ECONOMY
SHRANK FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT
QUARTER. THIS COMES ON THE HEELS
OF THE FED, ALSO ANNOUNCING
ANOTHER AGGRESSIVE INTEREST RATE
HIKE TO DEAL WITH INFLATION.
JACKSON IS ON CAPITOL HILL WITH
MORE ON WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU.
TODAY’S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
REPORT COMES AT A CRITICAL TIME
. IT’S ON THE HEELS OF THE
FEDERAL RESERVE, RAISING
INTEREST RATES FOR THE FOURTH
TIME THIS YEAR, THE GROSS
DOMESTIC PRODUCT FELL 0.9% AND
THE SECOND QUARTER AFTER
DECREASING 1.6% IN THE FIRST
QUARTER. HISTORICALLY BACK TO
BACK DECLINES HAVE SIGNALED A
RECESSION. BUT THE STRONG LABOR
MARKET WE’RE SEEING COULD
PREVENT AN OFFICIAL DECLARATION.
THIS IS AN ECONOMY THAT’S
WEAKENING AT A MUCH FASTER RATE
THAN MOST PEOPLE EXPECTED.
THAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE WHETHER
WHEN A RECESSION OR NOT, IS NOT
AS INTERESTING AS THE FACT THAT
WE ARE WEAKENING REALLY FAST.
THE GDP REPORT FOLLOWS THE FED’S
DECISION TO HIKE INTEREST RATES
AGAIN AND AGGRESSIVE MOVE AIMED
AT TAMING RISING PRICES. THE
LABOR MARKET IS EXTREMELY TIGHT
AND INFLATION IS MUCH TOO HIGH.
PRICES OF GOODS AND SERVICES
HAVE CLIMBED AT THE HIGHEST RATE
IN FOUR DECADES, DRIVEN IN PART
BY RUSSIA’S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE
AND THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. THE
FED HAS NEVER HAD TO FACE. UH,
THIS KIND OF INFLATION BATTLE.
THE FED CHAIR, SAYS HIS GOAL IS
TO BRING INFLATION DOWN FROM 9
TO 2% WITHOUT SPARKING OVER
SESSION. WE’RE NOT TRYING TO
HAVE A RECESSION AND WE DON’T
THINK WE HAVE TO CAPITOL HILL.
THERE’S HOPE A BREAKTHROUGH DEAL
WITH SENATOR JOE MANCHIN ON A
BUDGET RECONCILIATION BILL WILL
HELP REDUCE PRICES WHILE ALSO
PAYING DOWN THE NATIONAL DEBT.
WELL I’M GOING TO BE GLAD TO
VOTE FOR SOMETHING, REPUBLICANS
ARGUE DEMOCRATS POLICIES ARE
PART OF THE PROBLEM IN THEM DO
IS RECKLESS SPENDING THAT
INCREASES TAXES, SO I CAN’T
IMAGINE THIS IS GOING TO BE ANY
DIFFERENT. THE ADMINISTRATION
POINTS TOO BRIGHT SPOTS IN THE
ECONOMY, INCLUDING DECLINING GAS
PRICES. LOW ONE EMPLOYMENT AND
HIGHER WAGES. THE FEDERAL
RESERVE IS LIKELY NOT DONE WITH
ITS RATE HIKES. ADDITIONAL
INCREASES ARE EXPECTED LATER
THIS YEAR. AND WASHINGTON I’M
BREE JACKSON FOR NBC NEWS.
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS ADDRESSING
THE ECONOMY AND THE DEAL ON THAT
MAJOR LEGISLATION THIS AFTERNOON
. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE AN UPDATE
FOR YOU COMING UP FIRST AT FOUR.
THIS AFTERNOON. A DEAL IS
REACHED TO MERGE TWO MAJOR
AIRLINES JETBLUE HAS NOW AGREED
TO BY SPIRIT AIRLINES FOR NEARLY
$4 BILLION. IF APPROVED BY US
REGULATORS, IT WOULD IN FACT,
CREATE AMERICA’S FIFTH LARGEST
AIRLINE. THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME
ONE DAY AFTER SPIRIT REJECTED A
DEAL TO MERGE WITH FRONTIER
AIRLINES. THE DEAL STILL NEEDS
APPROVAL FROM SPIRIT
STOCKHOLDERS, COMPANIES EXPECT
TO CLOSE THE DEAL SOMETIME IN
2024. GOVERNOR WHITMER IN
STERLING HEIGHTS THIS AFTERNOON
TO GET A LOOK AT THE INNOVATE
MOUND ROAD PROJECT. THE PROJECT
IS UNDERWAY AND IT’S GOING TO
COMPLETELY RECONSTRUCT NINE
MILES OF MOUNTAIN ROAD RIGHT UP
BETWEEN 6 96 AND M. 59 A FOURTH
LANE WILL BE ADDED IN EACH
DIRECTION FROM 17 MILE ROAD TWO
AND 59 OFFICIALS SAY THIS IS ONE
OF SEVERAL LOCAL PROJECTS
SUPPORTED BY THE BUDGET. THAT
GOVERNOR WHITMER JUST SIGNED
INTO LAW. $32 MILLION IS GOING
TO THE INNOVATIVE MOUND PROJECT
W INCREASING STRIKE PAY NOW FOR
UNION MEMBERS, DELEGATES AT THE
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION VOTED
TO INCREASE PAY TO $500
AVAILABLE ON THE FIRST DAY OF A
STRIKE. THE INTERNATIONAL
EXECUTIVE BOARD ALREADY
INCREASED STRIKE PAY FROM $275
TO $400 PER WEEK EARLIER IN THE
YEAR. IT ALSO ELIMINATED A
PROVISION THAT A MEMBER MAY NOT
RECEIVE STRIKE BENEFITS IF
THEY’RE GETTING UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS. AND THAT’S YOUR LOCAL
FOREIGNERS. UPDATE WE’RE GETTING
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CAPTURE OF
THE MAN ACCUSED OF STEALING
MULTIPLE FORD RAPTOR TRUCKS FROM
A LOT IN DEARBORN. WE FIRST TOLD
YOU ABOUT THEIR SITUATION LAST
NIGHT AT 11 AND TODAY, STATE
POLICE RELEASED THIS CHOPPER
VIDEO. STATE POLICE SAY THAT
SUSPECTS IN SKI MASKS DROVE OFF
WITH THE CARS RIGHT DOWN THE
SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY AT FORD ROAD.
POLICE WERE ABLE TO RECOVER AT
LEAST ONE TRUCK AND THEY TOOK
THREE PEOPLE INTO CUSTODY, AND
THEN THREE MORE STOLEN CARS WERE
FOUND AT A HOME IN DETROIT,
INCLUDING A MUSTANG GT 500 THAT
WERE STOLEN OUT OF THE FLAT ROCK
PLANT EARLIER THIS YEAR. WE’RE
GONNA HAVE MUCH MORE ON THE
INVESTIGATION COMING UP TONIGHT
AT FIVE. THE CITY OF DETROIT
PROVIDES AN UPDATE AHEAD OF NEXT
WEEK’S PRIMARY ELECTION.
ELECTION OFFICIALS EXPECT A 12
TO 17% TURNOUT FOR NEXT
TUESDAY’S PRIMARY ABOUT 40,000
ABSENTEE BALLOTS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE COUNTED. CITY CLERK JANUS
WINFREY SAYS SECURITY IS ALSO
BEING INCREASED DURING BALLOT
COUNTY HUNTINGTON’S PLACE IN
DOWNTOWN DETROIT. SO WE FEEL
PRETTY SECURE AND WE FEEL PRETTY
SAFE. UM WE ALWAYS ENGAGE ALL
POLITICAL PARTIES TO PARTICIPATE
IN THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE
BELIEVE THAT IF YOU PARTICIPATE
IN THE PROCESS IF YOU GO THROUGH
TRAINING, YOU HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT GOES ON
AND YOU UNDERSTAND WHY CERTAIN
THINGS HAPPEN. WE FOLLOW THE LAW
TO THE LETTER, AND EVERYTHING WE
DO IS GUIDED BY MICHIGAN
ELECTION LAW. AND YOU’LL HEAR
MORE ABOUT DETROIT SELECTION
PROCESS COMING UP ON LATER
EDITIONS OF LOCAL 4 NEWS TO COME
HERE AT NOON, PRETTY TERRIFYING
EXPERIENCE FOR TWO MICHIGAN
CORRECTIONS DEPUTIES. THEY START
TO EXPERIENCE SYMPTOMS OF AN
OVERDOSE AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO
FENTANYL, THE VIDEO THAT SHOWS
THEM STRUGGLING TO STAY STANDING
AND WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. BUT
FIRST, THE FAMILY OF NOVA’S PAUL
WHELAN REACTS TO THE UNITED
STATES OFFER. OF A PRISONER SWAP