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>> Devin: IN THE WAKE OF A
FRIGHTENING BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN
PENNSYLVANIA, THE LOCAL 4
DEFENDERS REVEAL SEVERAL LOCAL
BRIDGES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE
REPLACED MONTHS AGO.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US TONIGHT
AT 6:00.
QUESTIONS, COULD IT HAPPEN HERE
RAISED BY THE QUESTION OF A
COLLAPSE OF A BRIDGE IN
PITTSBURGH.
>> Kimberly: TAKE A LOOK, NO ONE
WAS KILLED WHEN THE FERN HOLLOW
BRIDGE COLLAPSED.
IN ALL 10 WERE INJURED AND THREE
MONTH LIED.
AGAIN, NONE OF THE INJURIES ARE
LIFE THREATENING.
>> Devin: THERE’S A PHOTO OF THE
BRIDGE.
THIS WAS TAKEN JUST THREE DAYS
BEFORE THE COLLAPSE.
THE BRIDGE WAS LAST INSPECTED
FAIRLY RECENTLY, SEPTEMBER OF
LAST YEAR.
BUT EVEN THEN, IT WAS DETERMINED
TO BE IN POOR CONDITION AND THE
SAME CAN BE SAID FOR 45,000
BRIDGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
INCLUDING, OF COURSE, RIGHT HERE
IN METRO DETROIT.
>> LOCAL 4 DEFENDER SHAWN LEY
HAS A LOOK AT THOSE NEEDING
URGENT ATTENTION INCLUDING HERE.
>> WHAT HAPPENED IN PITTSBURGH,
THEY FEAR IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN
OUR AREA.
WE ALL HAVE TO DRIVE OVER OUR
BRIDGES AND MOST OF US DON’T GET
TO SEE THE UNDER THE BRIDGE.
AND THAT COULD BE EYE OPENING
AND CAN BE SCARY.
>> MICHIGAN HAS THE HEAVIEST
TRUCK WEIGHT LIMITS OF ANY STATE
IN THE COUNTRY AND WE’RE 60,000
POUNDS MORE THAN ANY OTHER STATE
AND THAT’S 30 TONS.
>> THE STATE OF OUR BRIDGES KEEP
RAY BASHHAM UP AT NIGHT FROM THE
STATE LEVEL TO THE LOCAL LEVEL
HE’S BEEN INVOLVED IN
TRANSPORTATION ISSUES FOR YEARS,
NONE MORE VITAL THAN REPLACING
BRIDGES AROUND METRO DETROIT.
>> GOD BLESS US, I HOPE NOTHING
EVER HAPPENS.
BUT WE’RE VERY VULNERABLE.
I’VE GOT MY FINGERS CROSSED I
HOPE NOTHING HAPPENS TO ANY OF
THE BRIDGES.
IF YOU LOOK AT PENNSYLVANIA AND
JUST WHAT HAPPENED THERE, IT’S
LIKE SCARY.
>> THE LOCAL 4 DEFENDERS ARE
GIVING YOU AN UP CLOSE LOOK AT
WEAR AND TEAR ON WAYNE COUNTY
BRIDGES AND A LOOK FROM DRONE 4
AND WE CAN SHOW YOU THIS LIST OF
WAYNE COUNTY BRIDGES SCHEDULED
FOR A REPLACEMENT BY FALL OF
2021, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN
REPLACED.
ONE OF THOSE BRIDGES IS THE
WARNER ROAD BRIDGE IN DEARBORN
HEIGHTS, OTHERS ARE IN ALLEN
PARK, THE GODDARD ROAD BRIDGE,
JEFFERSON AVENUE BRIDGES AND
CANTON TOWNSHIP, THE CHERRY HILL
BRIDGE.
AND HE WORRIES THAT THIS IS A
RACE AGAINST TIME.
>> THE ONE THAT JUMPS OUT TO ME
OF ALL THE BRIDGES IS THE
AMBASSADOR BRIDGE.
THEY BUILD THEM FOR 100 YEARS
AND IT’S ONE OF THE BUSIEST IN
THE COUNTRY AND ONE OF THE
HEAVIEST WEIGHTS ON THE BRIDGE
ALL OF THOSE SEMIS, DRIVE BY
ANYTIME AND LOOK AT THE SEMIS
SITTING ON THE BRIDGE.
>> ALSO CONSIDER THIS, ENGINEERS
SAY, ESPECIALLY HERE IN
MICHIGAN, KIND OF A DOUBLE
WHAMMY HERE, DEVIN, YES, WEIGHT
LIMITS ARE HIGHEST IN THE
COUNTRY IN MICHIGAN FOR THE SEMI
TRUCKS, BUT ALSO, WE HAVE SO
MUCH SNOW HERE, WAYNE COUNTY AND
OTHER COUNTIES USE SALT ON THE
BRIDGES AND BREAKS THEM DOWN
EVEN FASTER.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Kimberly: I’LL TAKE IT AND
THOSE ARE COUNTY BRIDGES AND I
KNOW YOU’RE LOOKING INTO STATE
BRIDGES AS WELL.
>> AND THAT’S THE BRIGHT SPOT IN
ALL OF THIS IF THERE IS ONE
RIGHT NOW ACCORDING TO COUNTY
COMMISSIONER RAY BASHHAM,
THERE’S A STATE BUREAU OF
BRIDGES DOING A GOOD JOB NOW
WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
TO MARSHAL THOSE FOR REPAIR.
>> Kimberly: WE APPRECIATE IT.
PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS GOTTEN A
LOOK AT THE DAMAGED BRIDGE IN
PITTSBURGH AS HE WAS
COINCIDENTALLY ALREADY SCHEDULED
TO VISIT TO PENNSYLVANIA TO TALK
ABOUT HIS INFRASTRUCTURE LAW.
AHEAD ON NIGHTLY NEWS, WHAT THE
PRESIDENT HAD TO SAY AND A
CLOSER LOOK HOW WIDESPREAD THESE
BRIDGE PROBLEMS ARE AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
AHEAD AT 6:30 WHEN WE HAND
THINGS OVER TO LESTER HOLT AND
THE NBC NIGHTLY NEWS TEAM.
>> Devin: WE’RE TRACKING THE
LATEST COVID NUMBERS IN MICHIGAN
AND THE STATE REPORTING 26,309
CASES OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS, SO
THE AVERAGE HOVERING AT THAT
13,000 CASE A DAY MARK.
JUST A LITTLE LOWER THAN WHAT WE
SAW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK,
BUT STILL, A LITTLE STUBBORNLY
STUCK IN THE AREA.
173 MORE PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM
THE VIRUS AS WELL.
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY OMICRON
STILL DRIVING THE DAILY DEATH
TOLL HIGHER THAN THE DELTA WAVE
WITH DEATHS LIKELY RISING FOR
DAYS, OR PERHAPS EVEN WEEKS.
>> Kimberly: WE KNOW THEY’RE
BRACING FOR A BIG WINTER STORM
OUGHT EAST.
HERE IN METRO DETROIT, IT’S A
CASE OF IT COULD BE WORSE, BUT
PAUL, WE’RE HEADED BACK TO THE
SINGLE DIGITS.
>> Paul: YEAH, WE CAN’T SHAKE
THE ARCTIC AIR AND WITH THE WIND
OFF THE LAKE, THE ARCTIC AIR
ALONG THE LAKE HURON SHORELINE.
WE’LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AND IT
SHOULD BE WINDING DOWN, AND IT’S
NOT BEEN A PROBLEM FOR THE REST
OF US.
ON THE FAR EAST SIDE, A
EXTENSION OF THIS, A LOT OF
SNOW, EIGHT INCHES IN APPLEGATE
AND DAVE BIR OF, A LOCAL
CO-WORKER OF OURS FIVE MILES OFF
THE LAKE, FIVE INCHES.
THEY’VE GOT A LOT OF LAKE EFFECT
BANDS.
AND SANDUSKY, BELOW.
IN THE SINGLE DIGITS, IT’S
BITTERLY COLD OUT THERE AND
WE’LL SLIDE IN THE EVENING AND
SINGLE DIGITS BY MIDNIGHT AND
GOING DOWN FROM THERE.
WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AND
MORE ABOUT THE EAST COAST STORM
AND OUR STORM IN A FEW MINUTES.
>> OH, DON’T FORGET THE LOCAL
4ERS APP.
THIS IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS
WEEKEND, BECAUSE THE RADAR, YOU
CAN PAN AND ZOOM WITH YOUR
FINGER AND GO ANYWHERE IN THE
WORLD TO LOOK AT RADAR.
WATCH THE STORM THIS WEEKEND AS
IT MOVES UP THE COAST AND POUNDS
THEM.
JUST FW TO THE APP STORE AND
SEARCH UNDER WDIV AND IT’S FREE.
>> Devin: ALL RIGHT,PAUL.
OAKLAND UNIVERSITY HAS
MISTAKENLY ALERTED SOME INCOMING
STUDENTS THEY’RE RECIPIENTS OF A
HUGE SCHOLARSHIP.
ACCORDING TO THE UNIVERSITY, IT
WAS A SCHOLARSHIP VALUED AT
$48,000 FOR FOUR YEARS AT THE
UNIVERSITY.
THE UNIVERSITY SAYS THE MISTAKE
AND NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT IN
EARLY JANUARY, BUT THE STUDENTS
WHO RECEIVED THE MESSAGE DID NOT
MEET THE ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS.
A FOLLOW-UP APOLOGY E-MAIL WAS
SENT OUT AFTER THE STUDENTS WERE
INITIALLY INFORMED OF THE AWARD.
>> Kimberly: TWO UNIVERSITIES
AND TWO COUNTIES ARE WORKING
TOGETHER IN HOPES OF SAVING
LIVES AFTER A COLLEGE STUDENT
WAS FOUND TO HAVE BACTERIAAL
MENINGITIS.
THAT STUDENTS, WHO ATTENDANCE U
OF M, IS HOSPITALIZED AND
THERE’S CONCERN FOR THE PEOPLE
THAT MAY HAVE COME IN CONTACT AT
EVENTS OF U OF M AND MSU.
MEGAN WOODS JOINS US LIVE WITH
THE PROACTIVE MEASURES TAKEN BY
BOTH SCHOOLS AND THE RESPECTIVE
COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.
MEGAN, GOOD EVENING.
>> GOOD EVENING.
SO THAT EVENT IN ANN ARBOR
HAPPENED ON THURSDAY, JANUARY
20TH.
THE ONE IN EAST LANSING HAPPENED
SATURDAY, JANUARY 22ND.
THAT EVENT HAD MORE THAN 250
PEOPLE AND THAT’S WHAT THESE
UNIVERSITIES AND HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.
THAT’S WHY THEY’VE REACHED OUT
TO THE PEOPLE WHO WENT TO THOSE
EVENTS, TO LET THEM KNOW THERE
WAS AN EXPOSURE.
>> THIS PARTICULAR INFECTION IS
RARE.
THERE ARE BOTH BACTERIAS AND
VIRUSES THAT CAN CAUSE THIS TYPE
OF INFECTION, MENINGITIS.
SO WE’RE WAITING ON ADDITIONAL
DETAILS FOR THAT SUBTYPE, BUT WE
CAN’T REALLY DELAY THE
ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT FOR ANYONE
THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPOSED.
>> IT’S PASSED BY CLOSE CONTACT.
>> SO SALIVA, MUCUS, AND THAT
MEANS KISSING, TOUCHING, SHARING
A DRINK, SHARING UTENSILS,
SHARING A BEVERAGE.
WE’D ALSO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT
VERY CLOSE QUARTERS FOR A LONG
PERIOD OF TIME.
BUT THEY DON’T WANT TO CHANCE
IT.
THAT’S WHY THEY’VE REACHED OUT
TO PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED A DELTA
CAPPA EPSILON RESIDENTS EVENT AT
800 OXFORD ROAD, ANN ARBOR ON
THURSDAY, JANUARY 20TH FROM
10:30 P.M. THROUGH 12 A.M. AND
THEN IN EAST LANSING, AN OFF
CAMPUS EVENT ON SATURDAY,
JANUARY 22ND, WHICH WAS HOSTED
BY SIGMA BETA ROW, AT CLUB RUSH.
>> ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT BE
DIFFICULT TO DEEM WHAT THEIR
EXACT RISK IS, WE ARE
RECOMMENDING THAT EVERYONE WHO
WAS PRESENT AT THAT EVENT EITHER
AS A MSU STUDENT OR A COMMUNITY
MEMBER, RECEIVE ANTIBIOTICS.
>> MICHIGAN STATE IS HOLDING A
MEDICATION DISPENSING EVENT TO
GET THOSE ANTIBIOTICS TO ANYONE
WHO WAS AT THE EVENT AND U OF M
IS HAVING THE SAME THING ON
THEIR CAMPUS.
>> SO THIS IS NOT AN OUTBREAK,
THERE ARE NO MORE CASES THAT
HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
WE ARE WORKING WITH WASHTENAW
COUNTY AND WITH MSU TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION
WE NEED.
>> NOW, IF YOU ATTENDED EITHER
EVENT AT EITHER UNIVERSITY, BUT
MAYBE YOU’RE NOT A STUDENT, THEY
SAY TO GO TO YOUR HEALTH CARE
PROVIDER, LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU
WERE EXPOSED AND THEY CAN
PRESCRIBE YOU THAT MEDICATION.
THOSE DOCTORS ALSO SAY THAT THIS
IS A GOOD REMINDER THAT THERE IS
A VACCINE TO HELP AVOID THIS
INFECTION.
WE’LL HAVE INFORMATION ON THAT
ON CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
I’M MEGAN WOODS, LOCAL 4.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> Devin: HERE WE GO AGAIN.
YET ANOTHER LAWSUIT TO FILED TO
BE OVER THE STATE’S NEW DISTRICT
MAPS THAT WOULD DRAW NEW LINES
FOR VOTERS FOR THE NEXT 10
YEARS.
THAT SUIT ANNOUNCED IN A NEWS
CONFERENCE THIS MORNING AND
GRANT HERMES JOINS US NOW.
THE THIRD SUIT AGAINST THESE
MAPS.
>> YES, IT IS.
AND THIS ONE TAKES A BIT OF A
DIFFERENT APPROACH, TEFDEVIN.
THIS ONE TAKES AIM AT THE STATE
HOUSE AND THE OTHER TWO THE
CONGRESSIONAL MAPS.
WHILE THIS MAY NOT BE AS FLASHY
AS THE CONGRESSIONAL MAPS, IT
DOES IMPACT THE ELECTIONS FOR
THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
>> WE WILL BE FILING THIS
LAWSUIT, CHALLENGING THE STATE
HOUSE MAP ON THE GROUNDS OF
PARTISAN FAIRNESS.
>> THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF YET
ANOTHER LAWSUIT AGAINST THE
STATE’S INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING COMMISSION, THIS
TIME FILED BY PROMINENT GROUPS
LIKE THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS.
PACIFIC ISLANDERS VOTE AND THE
LAWSUIT IS GET TO BE FILED NEXT
WEEK WILL ASK THE COMMISSION TO
REDRAW MAPS WHAT THEY SAY A
PARTISAN BIAS IN THE NEWLY
REDRAWN MAPS THAT THEY FAVOR
REPUBLICANS AND SILENCING VOICES
OF UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
>> PARTISAN FAIRNESS MUST BE OUR
TOP PRIORITIES.
IF PARTISAN FAIRNESS ISN’T
ACHIEVED THEY’LL FACE
REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUTSIDE
INFLUENCE, POLICIES FURTHER OUT
OF TOUCH WITH OUR NEEDS AND
ELECTED OFFICIALS OUT OF TOUCH
WITH OUR COMMUNITIES.
>> THIS LAWSUIT WILL BE THE
THIRD CLAIMING THERE ARE
PROBLEMS WITH THE STATE’S MAPS.
LAST MONTH, DETROIT’S BLACK
CAUCUS FILED A SUIT SAYING THEY
FILED CIVIL RITZGHTS.
>> AND SEVERAL REPUBLICANS FROM
WEST MICHIGAN SUED SAYING THEY
DON’T HAVE EQUAL POPULATION
SIZES.
EACH OF THE SUITS WANT THE MAPS
REDRAWN WITH TIME RUNNING OUT
BEFORE THE 2022 MIDTERM
ELECTIONS.
>> AND THERE ARE STILL DEBATES
ABOUT THESE MAPS AMONG ELECTION.
CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SAY THEY
DON’T PASS--
VOTING RIGHTS AND ELECTION
EXPERTS SAY THAT MICHIGAN SHOULD
BE PROUD OF THESE MAPS AND
CONSIDER THEM SUCCESS STORIES
FOR INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONS.
>> Devin: GRANT, ONE OF THE
CASES WAS HEARD AT THE STATE
SUPREME COURT LAST WEEK.
>> YEAH, IT WAS.
NAS WITH A THE FIRST ONE FROM
DETROIT’S BLACK CAUCUS.
NOW, THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
DIDN’T SEE LIKE THEY REALLY
WANTED TO TAKE THIS CASE UP.
THEY WERE RELUCTANT TO TOUCH A
FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT
CHALLENGE WHICH MEANS IT COULD
GET KICKED TO A FEDERAL COURT