A BATTLE OVER THE BUDGET IN MACOMB COUNTY ENDS BUT THE FIGHT BETWEEN MARK HACKEL AND PETER
ACETO IS ONLY INTENSIFYING THE
STATE’S CHIEF MEDICAL EXECUTIVE
CONCERNED THIS MORNING AFTER A
PROGRESS REPORT COMES OUT ON
COVID VACCINATIONS IN MICHIGAN’S
SMALLEST POPULATION, AND ANDREW
TRACKING SOME SATURDAY’S STORMS
FOR US THIS MORNING. GOOD ALL
THAT HERE IN JUST MINUTES. WHY
FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT LOCAL 4
NEWS TODAY STARTS RIGHT NOW.
GOOD SATURDAY MORNING AT SEVEN
O’CLOCK. I’M GRANT HERMES PRE
MAN. THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR
LOCAL 4 NEWS TODAY. I WAS
LOOKING AT THAT RADAR AND YOU
CAN REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU’RE
GONNA HAVE TO DODGE IT BECAUSE
THOSE BLOBS LOOK LIKE THEY’RE
COMING IN POCKET. IT DOESN’T
LIKE JUST WAVE AFTER WAVE OF THE
RAIN HERE TODAY, AND IT WAS
PRETTY MUGGY. WHEN I STEPPED
OUTSIDE TODAY WALK IN WAS WAS
THICK, AND THAT’S AN APT
DESCRIPTION OF THE CONDITIONS
OUTSIDE NOW, BUT ALSO THE
EXPERIENCE OF WAVE AFTER WAVE OF
SHOWERS THAT ARE MOVING OVERHEAD
. YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE WITH THE
FIRST WAVE MOVING THROUGH PARTS
OF DETROIT IN SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN, WE JUST GOT DONE WITH
SOME SHOWERS. RIGHT HERE IN THE
MOTOR CITY OURSELVES. YOU CAN
SEE MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT
ARE UP TO OUR NORTH AS WELL AND
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF LAPEER
COUNTY. YOU CAN SEE HERE. IN
FACT, LET ME TURN ON LIGHTNING
TRACKER, AND YOU GOT A FEW AT
LEAST A HALF DOZEN LIGHTNING
STRIKES HERE. IN SOUTHERN LAPEER
COUNTY. SO IT’S MAKING IT VERY
TOUGH FOR TRAVELERS. BUT ALSO IF
YOU PLAN TO GO GOLFING HAVE ANY
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. MAKE SURE
YOU HAVE A PLAN B TO DUCK
INDOORS IF YOU HEAR ANY THUNDER,
OR IF YOU SEE ANY LIGHTNING, WE
HAVE MORE SHOWERS. STORM
ACTIVITY OFF TO OUR WEST. SO
TODAY THESE ON AND OFF SHOWERS
CONTINUE THIS MORNING. BIT OF A
BREAK AT NOON TIME, BUT MORE
SHOWERS AND STORMS LATER TODAY
HIGHS THERE 90 EVEN HEAVIER
STORMS TONIGHT MORE ON THAT IN
MINUTES. AND WE ARE FOLLOWING
BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING OUT
OF ALLEN PARK. WESTBOUND I 94 IS
CLOSED RIGHT NOW AT THE
SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY DUE TO A
CRASH IS UNCLEAR WHAT HAPPENED
OR IF ANYONE IS INJURED? WE’LL
KEEP YOU UPDATED WHEN THIS
CLEARS OR WHEN WE GET NEW
INFORMATION INTO THE NEWSROOM.
AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE AT
HITTING IT BIG. THERE WERE NO
WINNERS LAST NIGHT IN THE MEGA
MILLIONS JACKPOT FEELING LIKE
I’M FEELING LIKE YOU ALL RIGHT,
WE GOT WE GOTTA SPLIT IT,
THOUGH, AND WRITE OUR NAMES ON
THE BACK OF THE TICKET. THAT
MEANS THAT THE JACKPOT IS NOW UP
TO $790 MILLION, WITH THE CASH
OPTION OF FOUR AND $64 MILLION.
THIS IS NOW THE THIRD LARGEST
JACKPOT EVER. HERE ARE YOUR
NUMBERS. YOU CAN SEE IF YOU WANT
A SMALL PRIZE. 14 40 60 64 66.
THE MEGA BALL IS 16. THE MEGA
PLIER IS THREE. THE NEXT DRAWING
IS ON TUESDAY, JUST SHOCKED BY
THE AMOUNT OF THOSE DRAWINGS
MUCH AND EVEN THE CASH PRIZES SO
MUCH MONEY. MY GOODNESS.
SOMETIMES YOU JUST START TO
THINK WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH ALL
THAT CASH $4 MILLION TO GIVE
SOME TO YOUR WOULD GIVE SOME
GIVE YOU WAVED. GOODBYE STILL
SEE ME? I WOULDN’T. I WOULDN’T
LEAVE. YEAH OKAY. OKAY NO, NO,
THAT CHAIR WOULD BE SPINNING.
WELL WE’VE TOLD YOU WAS COMING
AND IT’S FINALLY HERE. THAT’S
RIGHT. 94 BETWEEN I 75 THE LODGE
IS CLOSED FOR THE WEEK. CREWS
ARE WORKING ON MOVING A NEW
SECOND AVENUE BRIDGE OVER NOW.
IT’S A SLOW PROCESS THAT WILL
TAKE SEVEN DAYS. SO IF YOU
TRAVELED THAT WAY. MAKE SURE YOU
KNOW YOUR DETOURS COMING UP IN
JUST ABOUT 15 MINUTES OR
KIM DEGUILIO WILL TELL YOU HOW
TO GET AROUND THIS LATEST
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT IS
GOING TO LOOK SO COOL TO SEE IT.
FINALLY MOVED. I WANT TO SEE
SOME TIME LAPSE VIDEO OF ME TO
ABSOLUTELY EVERY TIME I DRIVE BY
AND I’M LIKE, WOW, INCREDIBLE
SWITCHING GEARS. LET’S HIT YOU
UPDATED ON THE POWER STRUGGLE
THAT’S HAPPENING BETWEEN MACOMB
COUNTY EXECUTIVE MARK HACKEL AND
PROSECUTOR PETE LOOSE EDO THIS
MONTHS LONG FIGHT CENTERED ON
WHO GETS THE FINAL WORD ON HOW
TO SPEND MONEY FROM MACOMB
COUNTY TOWN. AXP. AYER’S THE
MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT HAS
DECLARED A WINNER AS AMMAR
MADONNA REPORT. THE COURT
WOULDN’T EVEN HEAR HACKLES
APPEALS. IT SURE DIDN’T
BELIEVING THAT THE APPEALS
COURT, WHICH RULED UNANIMOUSLY
AND LUCY DOES FAVOR GOT IT RIGHT
. SO LOOSE EDO WINS, BUT THE
REAL QUESTION IS WHAT IS NEXT IN
WHAT’S LOOKING LIKE A VERY
PUBLIC FEUD BETWEEN THESE TWO
WHEN LUCIANO WAS ELECTED
PROSECUTOR, HE WALKED INTO AN
OFFICE TARNISHED BY THE SCANDAL
OF FORMER PROSECUTOR ERIC SMITH
, WHO NOW SITS IN FEDERAL PRISON
. LUCIDO SAW THE OFFICE AS AN
UNDERSTAFFED MESS AND WENT TO
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR
NEW PROSECUTOR POSITIONS. AND
NEW CLERICAL STAFF. IT’S
IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THOSE
RESOURCES TO DO THE WORK OF THE
PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE
WITHOUT HAVING THOSE AND HAVING
THOSE CUT OFF. YOU CAN’T OPERATE
THE WAY YOU SHOULDN’T GOVERNMENT
AND THAT’S WHEN THE BATTLE BEGAN
. THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
AGREED WITH LOOSE EDO APPROVED
THE BUDGET HE ASKED FOR HACKLE
WOULDN’T GO FOR IT AND TRIED TO
BLOCK MULTIPLE CLERICAL STAFFING
POSITIONS. AND HAS LOST IN COURT
AT EACH JUNCTURE, THE BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS SAYS, QUOTE THE
COURTS RECOGNIZE THAT COUNTY
EXECUTIVE HACKLES ACTIONS
ILLEGALLY INFRINGED ON THE BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS POWERS. NO
OFFICIAL WORD FROM HACKLES, BUT
IT’S CLEAR THERE’S NO LOVE LOST
BETWEEN HIM AND LUCIDO. HE WANTS
TO CONTINUE TO PLAY POLITICS.
THAT’S GOING TO BE HIS WAY OF
DOING IT. BUT I WILL ASSURE YOU
THE WAY THIS OFFICE IS GOING TO
BE RUN. IS GOING TO BE IN A VERY
HARD EFFORT TO CLEAN UP. ALL OF
THE CORRUPTION THAT WAS IN THIS
OFFICE THREE FLOORS. ABOVE HIM.
SO LUCIDO DECISIVELY WINS THIS
ROUND, BUT THIS IS NOT OVER THE
COUNTY HR DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MARK
HACKEL LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION
INTO LUCY DOES WORKPLACE
BEHAVIOR THE REPORT FROM THAT IS
UNFLATTERING TO LUCIDO SUGGESTS
THAT HE IS RUDE AND
INAPPROPRIATE TO FEMALE STAFFERS
. HE HAS MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS
FROM LONGTIME PROSECUTORS WHO
OBJECT TO HAVING THEIR UNITS
MOVED AROUND OR REASSIGNED. WHAT
HAPPENS NEXT OUT OF THAT REPORT
REMAINS TO BE SEEN. WE ARE IN
MOUNT CLEMENS MARA MACDONALD
LOCAL 4. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS
MAKING IT VERY CLEAR THAT HE’S
STILL GETTING HIS JOB DONE IN
SPITE OF TESTING POSITIVE FOR
COVID. THE WHITE HOUSE SHARED
THIS VIRTUAL MEETING WITH US AS
THE PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT HIS
PLANS TO DO MORE TO FIGHT HIGH
GAS PRICES, HE POINTED OUT.
PRICES HAVE BEEN FALLING LATELY
, BUT HE’D LIKE TO SEE US EARN
LEARN A LARGER LESSON. BUT THE
REAL ANSWER IS TO GET TO A CLEAN
ENERGY ECONOMY AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE. TURN THIS INTO
SOMETHING POSITIVE. THAT MEANS
CLEANER, RENEWABLE ENERGY, MORE
AFFORDABLE ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND
CLEAN ENERGY MANUFACTURED HERE
IN THE UNITED STATES. THE WHITE
HOUSE SAYS THE PRESIDENT IS
DOING WELL STILL TAKING PACKS
LOADED, WHICH IS A FIVE DAY
TREATMENT, AND HE’LL WORK
REMOTELY UNTIL HE TESTS
NEGATIVE. VACCINES ARE NOW
AVAILABLE FOR ALL CHILDREN AGES
SIX MONTHS AND UP. BUT THE
LATEST NUMBERS FROM THE STATE
SHOW JUST 2.4% OF MICHIGAN KIDS
UNDER FIVE HAVE RECEIVED THE
FIRST DOSE OF THE COVID VACCINE
. OUR STATE’S TOP DOCS SAYS THEY
EXPECTED LOWER DEMAND FOR THIS
AGE GROUP, BUT THEY’RE WORKING
HARD TO REACH OUT TO PARENTS. I
THINK NOW MORE THAN EVER,
PARENTS NEED TO HEAR WHAT ARE
THE REASONS TO GET THEIR KIDS
VACCINATED. DR NATASHA
BAGDASARIAN, HIS MICHIGAN’S
CHIEF MEDICAL EXECUTIVE, SHE
SAYS MANY PARENTS ARE STILL
HOLDING ON TO THE INITIAL FALSE
IMPRESSION THAT COVID IS NOT A
THREAT TO CHILDREN. WHAT WE HAVE
LEARNED AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN
THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE
PANDEMIC IS THAT WHILE THOSE WHO
WERE ELDERLY ARE AT HIGHER RISK
OF THOSE SEVERE COMPLICATIONS
AND DEATHS CHILDREN DO GET SICK
WITH COVID CHILDREN GET SICK
WITH COVID. THEY GET
HOSPITALIZED FROM COVID. THEY
CAN EVEN DIE FROM COVID THE
REASON TO GET CHILDREN
VACCINATED ARE TO PROTECT THEM
FROM THE SEVERE OUTCOMES AND
THEN ALSO, UM IT’S A WAY TO KEEP
THE REST OF THE FAMILY SAFE. BUT
IT’S NOT JUST THE COVID VACCINE
. MICHIGAN CHILDREN ARE ALSO
FALLING BEHIND ON A NUMBER OF
ROUTINE CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS.
VERY UNFORTUNATE CONSEQUENCE OF
THIS PANDEMIC IS THAT VACCINES
AND PUBLIC HEALTH BECAME
POLITICIZED AND THIS SOMEHOW
BECAME A POLITICAL TALKING POINT
. UM ATTITUDES AND PERCEPTIONS
ABOUT VACCINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH
MEASURES. BECAME POLITICAL WHEN
THEY’RE NOT. THIS IS SIMPLY
ABOUT SAVING LIVES AND KEEPING
MICHIGANDERS HEALTHY AND SAFE.
DOCTOR BAGDASARIAN URGES PARENTS
TO TALK TO THEIR CHILD’S
PEDIATRICIAN ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF CATCHING UP ON
RECOMMENDED SHOTS. I AM
CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IT WILL
LOOK LIKE IF OUR OVERALL
VACCINATION RATES GO DOWN, AND
WE SEE A RESURGENCE OF DISEASES
LIKE MEASLES LIKE MUMPS. IT’S
CONCERNING TO ME BOTH AS A
PUBLIC HEALTH DOCTOR, BUT ALSO
AS A MOM BECAUSE I’M SENDING MY
CHILD INTO SCHOOLS WHERE WE HAVE
FOR SO LONG BEEN COMFORTABLE
KNOWING THAT THESE DISEASES
AREN’T CIRCULATING HAVING HEARD
IMMUNITY FOR THESE DISEASES. WE
REALLY NEED TO COUNT ON EACH
OTHER TO KEEP LEVELS OF
VACCINATION HIGH AND THAT WAS
JASON COLTHORPE REPORTING. 68%
OF MICHIGAN TODDLERS WERE
CONSIDERED FULLY VACCINATED THIS
PAST MARCH, AND THAT’S COMPARED
TO ALMOST 74% AT THE START OF
THE PANDEMIC. WELL IT WAS A
SPECIAL NIGHT OVER AT LITTLE
CAESARS ARENA FOR THOUSANDS OF
FANS OF GRAMMY WINNER AND
DETROIT’S OWN ANITA BAKER. I
KNOW YOUR WINDOWS WERE SHAKEN.
YOU CAN HEAR IT LAST NIGHT. IT
WAS A LOT OF FUN. IT WAS ALSO
THE FIRST TIME THAT SHE
PERFORMED IN THE MOTOR CITY IN
NEARLY 15 YEARS, MEGAN WOODS GOT
TO CHECK IN WITH FANS WHO SAY
THEY JUST HAD TO BE THERE FOR
HER BIG HOMECOMING. I FELT LIKE
SHE’S DOROTHY CLICKS HER HEELS
THREE TIMES, AND THERE’S NO
PLACE LIKE HOME. BAKER FANS KNOW
THIS CONCERT IS MORE THAN JUST
HEARING AND SINGING THEIR
FAVORITE MELODIES FEEL NO SHAME,
MY MILA OR MAKING MEMORIES WITH
THE ONES THEY LOVE. ALL THE WAY
TO ALWAYS BE THIS WAY.
HOMECOMING ANITA BAKER WAS BORN
IN TOLEDO, OHIO, BUT RAISED IN
DETROIT, NOT FAR FROM JEROME
THOMPSON. WE WENT TO SAME JUNIOR
HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THE HALTER
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ISN’T THE
EIGHT TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNING
SINGERS FIRST CONCERT AT HOME.
IT’S THE FIRST IN A WHILE ANITA
BAKER’S LAST MICHIGAN
PERFORMANCE WAS AT PINE KNOB IN
2010. HER LAST CONCERT IN THE
CITY OF DETROIT WAS 2008. BAKER
NEEDS TO BE HOME. SHE NEEDS TO
BE HOME. SHE NEEDS TO BE HERE
WITH US. THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE
HER. IT’S ANITA BAKER. YOU ONLY
GET ONE, ANITA. DEFINITELY NO
PLACE LIKE HOME. DETROIT DETROIT
FOR DETROIT ABOUT DETROIT. WE
LOVE YOU, ANITA. IN DETROIT. I’M