BURSTED FOUR, A NEW TWIST IN
MICHIGAN’S BATTLE OVER ABORTION BURSTED FOUR, A NEW TWIST IN
MICHIGAN’S BATTLE OVER ABORTION . WE’LL TALK ABOUT WHY A JUDGE IS SIDING WITH PLANNED
PARENTHOOD PRESIDENT BIDEN AND
THE FIRST LADY TRAVELING TO
BUFFALO TO OFFER COMFORT.
CONDOLENCES AND WARNING
AMERICANS WE ARE AT A DANGEROUS
TIPPING POINT. THIS VENOM. THIS
VIOLENCE CANNOT BE THE STORY OF
OUR TIME. THE PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE ABOUT OVERCOMING HATE
AND FEAR. AND BRETT IS TRACKING
THE FORECAST. BRETT NICE DAY
TODAY, LOTS OF SUNSHINE, BUT
RAIN ALREADY ON OUR DOORSTEP.
WE’LL TALK TIMING AND AMOUNTS
COMING UP RIGHT NOW. FIRST IT
FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS STARTS NOW WITH
BREAKING NEWS ALERT. GOOD
AFTERNOON DEVIN SCILLIAN IN
TODAY FOR KAREN. WE START WITH
BREAKING NEWS IN MICHIGAN’S
BATTLE OVER ABORTION. PLANNED
PARENTHOOD FILED THE SUIT
CHALLENGING A DECADES OLD LAW
TODAY, A COURT OF CLAIMS JUDGE
SUSPENDED THE DORMANT BAN ON
ABORTION, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT A
CRIME TO ASSIST IN THE
PROCEDURE, THE JUDGE SAYS. IT
LIKELY VIOLATES THE STATE
CONSTITUTION. IT’S A LAW FROM
1931 AND OF COURSE, HAS BEEN ON
HOLD FOR THIS MANY THESE MANY
YEARS BECAUSE OF ROE VERSUS WADE
BEING THE LAW OF THE LAND, THE
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
SEEMS POISED TO OVERTURN THAT
RULING LATER THIS SUMMER, WHICH
COULD PUT THAT 1931 LAW BACK
INTO EFFECT HERE. ATTORNEY
GENERAL DANA NESSEL IS THE
DEFENDANT IN THIS SUIT. EVEN
THOUGH SHE HAS SET HER OFFICE
WON’T ENFORCE THE BAN TODAY. HER
OFFICE SAYS IT WON’T APPEAL THE
RULING TONIGHT AT FIVE MORE
REACTION AND WHAT MIGHT NOW COME
NEXT. ALSO TODAY, ANOTHER
AMERICAN PRESIDENT, VISITS
ANOTHER MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL FOR
VICTIMS OF A MASS SHOOTING. THIS
TIME PRESIDENT BIDEN TALKING
ABOUT THE POISON OF WHITE
SUPREMACY, AND WARNS THE NATION
SHOULD NOT BE DISTORTED BY A
QUOTE, HATEFUL MINORITY.
KIMBERLY GILL CONTINUES OUR
COVERAGE OF THE PRESIDENT’S
VISIT TO BUFFALO. KIM DE’VEON.
YEAH, GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU. THE
PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY ARRIVED
IN A CITY THAT’S HEARTBROKEN
AFTER A GUNMAN KILLED 10 PEOPLE.
10 BLACK PEOPLE AT A SUPERMARKET
. THE PRESIDENT OFFERED COMFORT
BUT ALSO WARNED THE COUNTRY IS
AT A DANGEROUS TIPPING POINT
CHALLENGE TO MAKE A CHOICE
BETWEEN OUR BEST IDEALS AND OUR
WORST IMPULSES. WE JUST SAW HOW
THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY
STOPPED AT THE GROWING MEMORIAL
OUTSIDE THE TOPS SUPERMARKET
THERE IN BUFFALO. DURING THEIR
VISIT. THEY MET WITH FAMILIES,
FIRST RESPONDERS AND COMMUNITY
LEADERS AS WELL. THEY ARRIVED
THREE DAYS AFTER THAT DEADLY
SHOOTING ATTACK. POLICE SAY A
TEENAGE GUNMAN SPECIFICALLY
TARGETED THIS STORE BECAUSE HE
KNEW THE CUSTOMERS WERE MOSTLY
BLACK. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE ALSO
POSTED RACIST RHETORIC ONLINE
TODAY, THE PRESIDENT DECLARED
EVIL WILL NOT WIN IN AMERICA,
BUT HE WORRIES TOO MANY PEOPLE
ARE NOT STANDING UP FOR WHAT’S
RIGHT. HATE AND FEAR OF BEING
GIVEN TOO MUCH OXYGEN. BY THOSE
WHO PRETEND TO LOVE AMERICA. BUT
YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND AMERICA. TO
CONFRONT THE IDEOLOGY OF HATE
REQUIRES CARING ABOUT ALL
PEOPLE. NOT MAKING DISTINCTIONS.
AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE ACP
APPRECIATES THE CONDOLENCES, BUT
HE SAYS HE’S MORE CONCERNED WITH
PREVENTING SIMILAR VIOLENCE.
IT’S UNCLEAR IF BIDEN CAN MAKE
PROGRESS. PROPOSALS FOR NEW GUN
RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN BLOCKED
BY REPUBLICANS AND RACIST
RHETORIC ONLY SEEMS TO GROW
LOUDER WILL HAVE MORE FROM
BUFFALO TONIGHT AT FIVE AND ON
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS AT 6 30. FOR
NOW, THOUGH, DEVIN WILL SET IT
BACK TO YOU. WE’LL SEE YOU SOON.
THE FDA HAS NOW AUTHORIZED A
BOOSTER DOSE OF THE FIGHTER
VACCINE FOR CHILDREN AGES. 5 TO
11. IT WOULD BE GIVEN AT LEAST
FIVE MONTHS AFTER THE SECOND
SHOT. CDCS ADVISORY PANEL WILL
NOW MEET ON THURSDAY OF THIS
WEEK TO VOTE ON WHETHER TO
RECOMMEND THAT BOOSTER. THE CDC
DIRECTOR WILL THEN HAVE THE
FINAL SAY. THE AMERICAN ACADEMY
OF PEDIATRICS REPORTS. COVID
CASES ARE UP AMONG US KIDS FOR
THE FIFTH WEEK IN A ROW. MORE
ADULTS ARE ALSO TESTING POSITIVE
LOCALLY. HENRY FORD HEALTH SAYS
THEY ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN
COVID CASES, AND THAT INCLUDES
HOSPITALIZATIONS. THERE’S NO
QUESTION THAT WE’RE IN A SURGE
RIGHT NOW AND THAT IF YOU’RE AT
RISK FOR SEVERE COVID DISEASE,
YOU SHOULD CERTAINLY WEAR A MASK
WHEN YOU GO OUT, AND ANYONE WHO
DOESN’T WANT TO GET SICK. WEAR A
MASK. THAT’S THE EASIEST WAY TO
STOP TRANSMISSION. I THINK BEING
OUTDOORS THE SAFER THAN INDOORS,
ESPECIALLY DEACON SPACE. OUTSIDE
IT JUST MAKES LIFE A LOT SAFER
HERE. AND BEFORE IT. HEALTH
CURRENTLY HAS 87 PATIENTS SYSTEM
WIDE WITH COVID 19 EITHER
ADMITTED OR IN THE EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT WAITING FOR AN
INPATIENT BED. TROY POLICE
CALLING ON AN UNIDENTIFIED
DRIVER TO COME FORWARD AFTER A
HIT AND RUN CRASH THAT KILLED A
MOTHER OF TWO INVESTIGATORS
OFFERED AN UPDATE BEFORE NOON,
SAYING THEY DON’T HAVE MANY
LEADS RIGHT NOW. THEY SAY 32
YEAR OLD IRISH LASSIE AGA WAS
STRUCK AS SHE WALKED TO THE
STORE AND SOUTHWEST DETROIT NEAR
WEST BURNER AND DRAGOON COURT
AROUND FOUR P.M. YESTERDAY, THEY
SAID IT WAS A RED FORD F 1 50
THAT HIT HER AND THEN LEFT THE
SCENE. SO IF YOU SAW ANYTHING
THAT MIGHT HELP WITH THE
INVESTIGATION, YOU’RE URGED TO
CONTACT DETROIT POLICE POLICE,
MEANWHILE, ARE INVESTIGATING A
SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE FOUND AT A
LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL AND
INTERVIEWING AN 18 YEAR OLD
STUDENT ABOUT IT. A TEACHER
SPOTTED A BACKPACK THAT JUST
DIDN’T QUITE LOOK RIGHT AT
SUMMIT ACADEMY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
HERE ON TOWNSHIP THE SCHOOL WAS
PUT ON LOCKDOWN. POLICE WERE
CALLED SO FAR, OFFICERS NOT
TALKING ABOUT WHAT WAS INSIDE
THE BACKPACK, BUT THEY SAID THE
STUDENTS WERE NEVER IN DANGER.
ONCE THEY WERE ON THE SCENE.
POLICE TOOK THE 18 YEAR OLD INTO
CUSTODY AS A PERSON OF INTEREST.
AN UPDATE ON THE INVESTIGATION
COMING UP. AT FIVE O’CLOCK. NOW
FIRST FORECAST, LOOKING AT A
BEAUTIFUL SPRING AFTERNOON WILL
COOLER THAN LAST WEEK, BUT NO
COMPLAINTS HERE. LET’S CHECK IN
WITH BRETT COLLAR. BRETT YOU
THINK THIS IS COOL? WAIT TILL
TOMORROW. WE MAY NOT GET OUT OF
THE FIFTIES ON YOUR WEDNESDAY,
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AND RIGHT NOW
WE’RE IN THE SIXTIES, WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF SOME SPOTS. IN OUR
NORTH ZONE. SANDUSKY POOR
HEARING AT 59. IT’S A BIG
DIFFERENCE FROM THIS TIME
YESTERDAY AS MOST OF US ARE A
SOLID 5 TO 10 DEGREES COOLER
RIGHT NOW COMPARED TO 24 HOURS
AGO, BUT AGAIN NOTHING LIKE
WHAT’S TO COME TOMORROW. PART OF
THE REASON WHY A GOOD DEAL OF
RAIN IS ON ITS WAY, ALONG WITH
CLOUD COVER THIS EVENING SHOULD
BE QUIET, BUT THAT RAIN IS GOING
TO GIVE WAY TO WHAT SHOULD BE A
VERY SOGGY DAY ON YOUR WEDNESDAY
. EVERYBODY GETTING IN ON THE
ACTION. KEEP THE UMBRELLAS HANDY
ON YOUR WEDNESDAY. AS FOR THIS
EVENING, IT’S QUIET BUT COOL.
WILL TIME OUT WHEN THAT RAIN
GETS HERE, COMING UP IN JUST A
BIT. NITE BRITE. RUSSIA HAS
SCORED ITS FIRST MAJOR VICTORY,
AND IT’S BOGGED DOWN INVASION OF
UKRAINE, THE LAST UKRAINIAN
FIGHTERS AT THAT STEEL PLANT IN
MARIUPOL HAVE GIVEN UP MORE THAN
260 OF THE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED
HAVE NOW BEEN TAKEN BY RUSSIAN
TROOPS. THERE IS A PLAN WE
UNDERSTAND FOR A PRISONER SWAP,
THOUGH THAT WILL BE AT A LATER
DATE. DETAILS ON THAT STILL
UNCERTAIN. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT
VLADIMIR ZELENSKYY SAYS HIS
COUNTRY NEEDS ITS HEROES TO BE
ALIVE. CITY HAS BEEN UNDER SIEGE
FOR NEARLY THREE MONTHS. OVER
THE PAST 24 HOURS. THE VITAMIN
IST RATIONS LAUNCHED NEW STEPS.
TRY TO EASE THE SHORTAGE OF BABY
FORMULA, BUT IT IS GOING TO TAKE
A WHILE THE FDA REACHED AN
AGREEMENT TO REOPEN THE ABBOT
PLANT IN STURGIS, MICHIGAN, BUT
IT STILL NEEDS APPROVAL FROM THE
FEDERAL COURT. SKY FOUR FLEW
OVER THE PLANT TODAY IT NEEDS TO
REVAMP ITS SAFETY PROTOCOLS. IT
COULD TAKE UP TO TWO MONTHS TO
GET FORMULA FROM THE PLANT BACK
TO STORE SHELVES. THE FDA MOVING
AHEAD WITH PLANS TO IMPORT
FORMULA. MEANWHILE FROM OTHER
COUNTRIES, NESTLE IS ALREADY
LOADING UP PLANES FROM THE
NETHERLANDS AND SWITZERLAND WITH
FORMULA DESIGNED FOR BABIES THAT
HAVE ALLERGIES TO COW’S MILK.
HELP ME HANK TRACKING ALL THE
EFFORTS. HE’LL HAVE THE LATEST
COMING UP IN A LIVE REPORT ON
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE. BOOK STOCK
IS BACK AFTER A TWO YEAR
ABSENCE, AND THAT IS GOOD NEWS
FOR ANY OF US WHO LOVE TO READ
AND FOR SOME LITERACY AND
EDUCATION PROJECTS IN SEVERAL
MICHIGAN COUNTIES, INCLUDING
WAYNE AND OAKLAND TODAY, A BIG
DAY AT LEVANAS LAUREL PARK PLACE
AND PAULA TUTMAN IS THERE.
SHE’LL BE WITH US. IN FACT,
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING, UPDATING
US ON BOOK STOCK, PAULA WHAT
MAKES TODAY SO SPECIAL? HEY
DEVIN. LOVE ME SOME BOOKS STOCK,
AND WE SAY THAT IT IS BACK
BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER.
THAT IS FOR REAL FOR REAL. THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOOKS AND
DIGITAL FILES IS WITH DIGITAL
FILES. YOU MISSED THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TOUCH AND FEEL
AND REVEL IN THE PAGES OF A BOOK
AT BOOK STOCK THAT STRETCHES THE
LENGTH OF LAUREL PARK MALL IN
THE BONEYARD. NEARLY 400,000
BOOKS ARE HERE FOR YOU TO HUNT
THROUGH OVER HERE. THERE YOU GO.
FOR 20 YEARS, BOOK STOCK HAS
BEEN RAISING FUNDS FOR LITERACY
BY SELLING USED BOOKS. MOST OF
OUR BOOKS ARE $3. THEY’RE
GENERALLY ONE AND $3 AND WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET DONATED
BOOKS FROM AGE OLD LIBRARIES?
YOU FIND TREASURES FOR THE
PLEASURE OF HOLDING A BOOK TO
YOUR HEART? BECAUSE THE
BEAUTIFUL POETRY TOUCHED YOU. TO
REVEL IN THE BEAUTY OF THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A BOOK, AND IT’S
BINDING OLDER 1 19. OH ONE TO
READ THE HISTORY AND KNOW THAT
THIS BELONGED TO SOMEONE ELSE
AND WAS ONCE A TREASURE THAT CAN
NOW BE YOURS EVEN SMELLS OLD.
YES, YOU CAN GOOGLE FOR
INFORMATION. BUT HERE AT BOOK
STOCK, YOU CAN LOSE YOURSELF IN
THE FRONT OF THE SEARCH THAT ONE
DAD BOUND, TATTERED, DOG EARED
TORN. A LITTLE LOVED A LOT
CHERISHED. THERE WILL NEVER BE
ANYTHING LIKE A BOOK THAT YOU
CAN HOLD IN YOUR HAND. UNLESS
IT’S A BOOK YOU CAN HOLD IN YOUR
HAND. FOR LESS. OKAY LET’S GET
TO THE GOOD STUFF. ROZ BLANK, CO
CHAIR OF BOOKSTOP, YOU’VE BEEN
HERE FOREVER FOREVER. ALMOST 20
YEARS. GOODNESS, GRACIOUS WAS
YOUNG THEN. YEAH. SO WE WERE
TALKING EARLIER ABOUT HOW YOU’VE
HAD TWO YEARS TO COLLECT BOOKS.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CLEARING OUT
THEIR GARAGES AND OLD LIBRARIES
WITH TREASURES. LET’S JUST TALK
ABOUT HOW BIG THIS IS THIS YEAR
, SO THIS IS THE BIGGEST EVER
BECAUSE, AS YOU SAID, WE WERE
READY FOR A SALE IN APRIL, 2020
AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. WE
COULDN’T HAVE IT IN 2020 OR 2021
. WE WERE READY TO GO, THEN WITH
A HUGE SALE, AND SINCE THEN
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MOVING AND
CLEANING OUT AND WE’VE BEEN
TAKING SOME OF THOSE AND WE’RE
READY TO SELL THEM. SO PEOPLE’S
TREASURES ARE WILL BECOME YOUR
TREASURES. OH, MY GOSH. I’VE
SEEN SOME OF THOSE. AND SOME OF
THOSE TREASURES ARE IN MY CAR
RIGHT NOW. YOU ALSO SUPPORT
LITERACY PROGRAMS, RIGHT. SO
BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THAT. SO
WE’RE ALL VOLUNTEERS, BOOKS
STACK HAS PUT ON BY 600
VOLUNTEERS, AND ALL THE PROCEEDS
GO TO NONPROFITS FOR EDUCATION
AND LITERACY. AND YOU KNOW HOW
READING IS SO IMPORTANT? YOU
CAN’T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT
READING SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO
HELP SUPPORT THE NEED TO READ.
THAT’S OUR TAGLINE WERE DO IT.
JUDY ROBBINS. BIG STUFF COMING
UP AT 5 35 AND 5 30. LET’S TALK
ABOUT THE AWARDS. WE HAVE AN
ESSAY CONTEST FOR DETROIT PUBLIC
SCHOOL COMMUNITY DISTRICT FOURTH
GRADERS THEY WROTE ABOUT THEIR
FAVORITE BOOK CHARACTER, AND WHY
THE WINNING SCHOOL GETS $750
THAT WINNING TEACHER GETS 500.
THE STUDENT GETS 150 WE GIVE
OVER $6200 IN PRICES, LOTS OF
FUN COMING UP AND AGAIN IF YOU
HAVE NOT BEEN HERE, YOU GOTTA
COME. YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO
COME STAY WITH US THROUGHOUT THE
SHOW. WE’RE GOING TO SURPRISE
SOME KIDS WITH SOME DOUGH AND A
LITTLE BIT OF CHEDDAR RIGHT AND
HAVE A LOT OF FUN GUYS. DE’VEON
RIGHT BACK TO YOU. SO GREAT,
PAULA, WE’LL TALK TO YOU AGAIN