LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS NOW. WE START THE NEWS AT NOON WITH ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO STEAL CARS
FROM THE DETROIT AUTOMAKER VIDEO
SHOWS THE SMASHED FENCES AT THE
JEFFERSON NORTH ASSEMBLY PLANT.
GOOD AFTERNOON. THANKS SO MUCH
FOR JOINING ME. I’M CHRISTIE
MCDONALD’S. THIS IS NOT THE
FIRST TIME THIEVES TRYING TO
STEAL CARS OFF THE LOT OF THE
STILL ANTIS PLANT, SO LET’S GET
RIGHT OUT TO SHAWN LEY. HE’S
LIVE ON DETROIT’S EAST SIDE WITH
THE LOOK AT ALL THAT DAMAGE
SHAWN LEY. CHRISTIE GOOD
AFTERNOON TO YOU. WE WANT TO
SHOW EVERYONE QUITE A REMARKABLE
SIGHT HERE, RIGHT BEHIND ME.
WHERE CONNOR AND CHARLEVOIX JANA
JEFFERSON NORTH PLANT RIGHT
ACROSS THE STREET. THERE WILL
LET THIS TRUCK FULL OF BRAND NEW
RAM TRUCKS GO BY. THERE’S A NEW
HIGH END RANGO. IT IS ALL
TANGLED UP IN THE SECURITY FENCE
RIGHT ON THE CORNER HERE. THE
SECURITY FENCE HAS BEEN REALLY
BROUGHT DOWN BY THAT DURANGO IN
AN ATTEMPTED THEFT HERE, AND
THEN THEY PUT UP A QUICK
TEMPORARY FENCE WHILE THEY
INVESTIGATE THIS AND TRY TO TOW
THAT DURANGO OUT OF HERE NOW, A
BIG TOW TRUCK JUST CAME AND TOLD
A SECOND DURANGO THAT WAS RIGHT
BEHIND. IT GOT CAUGHT UP ON THAT
HILL. SO THIS WAS TO DURANGO’S
HIGH END. DURANGO’S HERE TRYING
TO THE DRIVER IS GETTING IN AND
STEALING THEM TRYING TO STEAL
THEM OFF THE LOT AND TRYING TO
CRASH THROUGH THE FENCE. ONLY
THIS TIME THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL.
WE’VE BEEN OUT HERE A LOT OVER
THE LAST FEW YEARS WHERE THIEVES
HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL,
CRASHING THROUGH GATES AND
GETTING BRAND NEW VEHICLES OFF
OF THIS LOT, KRISTIE, I JUST
TALKED WITH I JUST CONNECTED
WITH ATLANTIS. THEY’RE NOT GOING
TO SHARE ANY NUMBERS ABOUT HOW
MANY THEFTS THEY’VE HAD, AT
LEAST IN 2022 HERE, BUT THEY SAY
THEY HAVE A CLOSE WORKING
RELATIONSHIP WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO INVESTIGATE
THINGS. JUST LIKE THIS. KEEP AN
EYE ON THAT AND SEE HOW THEY’RE
GOING TO GET THESE. THIS
PARTICULAR DURANGO OUT OF HERE,
TOO. WE’RE HERE. AND IF THESE
MODELS CHRISTIE START FROM ABOUT
$40,000 WELL, PAST $80,000, AND
IT’S HAPPENING AGAIN, RIGHT HERE
, MUCH MORE ON WHAT POLICE ARE
DOING AROUND HERE TO LIMIT THIS
STUFF COMING UP AT FIVE O’CLOCK
BACK TO YOU. SOUNDS GOOD, SHINYA
PRETTY BRAZEN. GIVEN ALL THE
SECURITY THERE, WE’LL CHECK BACK
IN WITH YOU LATER ON AND 45 AND
SIX TONIGHT. WELL TONIGHT. THE
EAST POINT CITY COUNCIL IS
EXPECTED TO VOTE ON AN ORDINANCE
THAT WOULD IMPOSE FINES TIED TO
SCHOOL THREATS. THE ORDINANCE
WOULD PUT PARENTS ON THE HOOK
FOR THE COST TO INVESTIGATE A
THREAT. IT ALLOWS THE CITY’S
FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO RECOUP THE
COST FOR A FALSE ALARM, A THREAT
MADE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR A BOMB
THREAT. THE CITY SAYS IT TAKES A
LOT OF TIME AND RESOURCES TO
INVESTIGATE THESE CRIMES IN THE
BILL PASSED A PRELIMINARY VOTE
LAST MONTH. DETROIT POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING TWO SHOOTINGS FROM
OVERNIGHT A MAN RIDING A BIKE
WAS SHOT OUTSIDE OF A MOTEL ON
GRAND RIVER BETWEEN SEVEN MILE
AND TELEGRAPH. UN DETROIT’S WEST
SIDE. THE VICTIM IS IN HIS
FIFTIES. HE REFUSED MEDICAL
ATTENTION. POLICE HAVE TWO
SUSPECTS, BUT IT’S UNCLEAR IF
ANYONE HAS BEEN ARRESTED JUST
YET. AND IN SOUTHWEST DETROIT, A
MAN IN HIS FIFTIES WAS SHOT
AFTER AN ARGUMENT OUTSIDE IT
HAPPENED ON TOLEDO NEAR JUNCTION
AVENUE. WE DON’T KNOW THE MAN’S
CONDITION OR POLICE HAVE ANY
SUSPECTS AT NOON. JUST INTO THE
NEWSROOM TODAY. THE SUSPECT
ACCUSED OF A DEADLY SHOOTING
SPREE IN A COLORADO SPRINGS GAY
NIGHTCLUB, IS CHARGED WITH
MURDER AND HATE CRIMES. THE
SUSPECTED SHOOTER WAS FORMALLY
CHARGED THIS MORNING WITH 305
COUNTS. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE
OPENED FIRE IN THE CLUB LAST
MONTH, KILLING FIVE PEOPLE AND
INJURING 17 OTHERS. HE WAS
STOPPED WHEN PEOPLE INSIDE THE
BAR, WRESTLED HIM TO THE GROUND
AND BEAT HIM. THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY SAYS THE MURDER CHARGES
CARRY THE HARSHEST PENALTY LIFE
IN PRISON. WELL IT IS ELECTION
DAY AGAIN IN GEORGIA IN A RACE
THAT IS BEING CLOSELY WATCHED
AROUND THE COUNTRY, VOTERS WILL
DECIDE A RUNOFF ELECTION BETWEEN
INCUMBENT SENATOR RAFAEL WARNOCK
AND HIS REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER,
HERSCHEL WALKER. JACKSON IS IN
WASHINGTON, WHERE DEMOCRATS ARE
HOPING TO GAIN A GREATER EDGE IN
THE SENATE AND THEIR FINAL
PITCHES TO VOTERS. HERSCHEL
WALKER PAINTED RAPHAEL WARNOCK
AS A RUBBER STAMP. NOTING WITH
PRESIDENT BIDEN 96% OF THE TIME
. RAPHAEL WARNOCK SAYS WALKER IS
UNFIT TO SERVE. VOTERS RETURNED
TO THE POLLS TODAY FOR GEORGIA’S
US SENATE RUNOFF ELECTION
BETWEEN DEMOCRAT RAFAEL WARNOCK
AND HIS REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER,
HERSCHEL WALKER. YOU GOT TO GET
OUT AND VOTE BECAUSE IF YOU
DON’T VOTE, YOU’RE GONNA GET
MORE CHUCK SCHUMER AND ALSO
PRESIDENT BIDEN, WE KNOW THAT HE
IS UNPREPARED. WE KNOW HE’S
UNQUALIFIED. HE’S UNFIT. TO
REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA
IN THE UNITED STATES. SENATE A
RECORD NUMBER OF EARLY VOTERS
HAVE GIVEN THE INCUMBENT AND
EDGE WALKER, A NEWCOMER TO
POLITICS, IS BANKING ON TURNOUT
TODAY TO TAKE THE LEAD. THIS
RACE HAS REMAINED CLOSE DESPITE
MULTIPLE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE
FORMER NFL FOOTBALL STAR,
CLAIMING HE PAID TO FORMER
GIRLFRIENDS TO HAVE ABORTIONS
ACCUSATIONS. WALKER DENIES THE
FACT THAT IT CAME WITHIN A POINT
OF WARNOCK IN THE NOVEMBER
ELECTION JUST TELLS YOU THAT
THAT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT
PLAY OTHER THAN EFFECTIVENESS OR
CHARACTER OR INTELLIGENCE OR
WHATEVER. IT’S A NUMBERS GAME.
DEMOCRATS NOW CONTROL THE SENATE
WITH 50 SEATS. A REPUBLICAN WIN
IN GEORGIA MAKES IT AN EVEN
SPLIT, GIVING THE GOP A BETTER
CHANCE TO BLOCK PRESIDENT
BIDEN’S JUDICIAL PICKS AND STOP
LEGISLATION. WE HAVE GOT TO
CHANGE DIRECTION THIS COUNTRY,
WE CANNOT CONTINUE THE PATH
WE’RE GOING DOWN THE DEMOCRATS
AND JOE BIDEN WANTS TO TAKE US
DOWN AND WORKS PART OF THAT.
WARNOCK WIN EXPANDS DEMOCRATS
MAJORITY TO 51 1 49 CRITICAL
LEVERAGE TO PUSHING PRESIDENT
BIDEN’S AGENDA FORWARD. IT
REALLY IS CRITICAL BECAUSE LOOK
ALL THE THINGS THAT REVEREND
WARNOCK CAST SUPPORTED. ARE
THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE OF
GEORGIA CARE GREAT DEAL ABOUT.
TODAY GEORGIA VOTERS WILL DECIDE
WHICH CANDIDATE WILL REPRESENT
THEM IN WASHINGTON MORE THAN 1.8
MILLION GEORGIANS ALREADY VOTED
TOPPING EARLY VOTING RECORDS, SO
THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN
THIS RACE IN WASHINGTON. I’M
VERY JACKSON FOR NBC NEWS. AND
MORE NEWS OUT OF WASHINGTON. WE
HAVE JUST LEARNED THE COMMITTEE
INVESTIGATING THE JANUARY 6TH
INSURRECTION WILL MAKE CRIMINAL
REFERRALS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE. THE PANEL’S CHAIRMAN,
SAYS THE COMMITTEE HAS NOT
NARROWED DOWN WHO MAY BE
REFERRED. THE COMMITTEE IS
EXPECTED TO MEET LATER TODAY.
AND WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE
KNOW MORE. ALL RIGHT, TURNING
NOW TO YOUR FOREWARN WEATHER, A
DRY AND CHILLY DAY OUT THERE AS
WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT THE BIG
HOUSE IN ANN ARBOR. ANN ARBOR IS
ALWAYS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
BRANDON’S TRACKING THE
POSSIBILITY OF RAIN AND MAYBE
EVEN A COUPLE OF SNOWFLAKES.
WHAT’S THE LATEST FOREST BRANDON
? SAME SITUATION AS WE HAD
YESTERDAY, WITH A LITTLE
MOISTURE COMING IN LATER TONIGHT
, THAT COULD BE A LITTLE OF THAT
WINTRY MIX. OR MAYBE JUST
PLAYING RAIN COULD BE WORSE OUT
THERE. WE HAD A COLD FRONT.
COMING AT US THAT STALLED OUT
MORE STATIONARY AS WE SPEAK, SO
WE’RE 45 DETROIT AND ARBOR 47
CITY AIRPORT. HOW ABOUT 43 IN
MOUNT CLEMENS? WINDS ARE FAIRLY
LIGHT SORT OF VARIABLE, MEANING
AGAIN, NOT ON THE STRONG SIDE,
SO NO WIND CHILL ISSUES. EXACT
TRACK 40 BONE DRY HERE, BUT AS
WE LOOK ACROSS THE WESTERN PART
OF THE STATE, STARTING TO SEE A
LITTLE OF THAT MOISTURE WORKING
ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN AGAIN, THE
STATIONARY FRONT SHOULD KEEP
MOST OF THAT MOISTURE AT BAY.
BUT WITH THIS FRONT AROUND AND
MORE MOISTURE WORKING AT US
LIKELY 78 O’CLOCK TONIGHT, A
COUPLE OF SHOWERS SO ENJOY SOME
MIDDLE FORTIES AND AT BEST, A
LITTLE MILKY SUNSHINE. ALL
RIGHT. WE’LL SEE YOU IN A LITTLE
BIT, BRANDON. THANKS SO MUCH.
ORGANIZERS OF A WINTER FESTIVAL
IN ROYAL OAK SAY IT WILL BE BACK
FOR A SECOND YEAR WINTER BLAST
IS RETURNING TO THE CITY’S
DOWNTOWN AND WILL BE CENTERED
AROUND THE NEW ICE RINK THERE.
IT WILL BE HELD FOR THREE DAYS.
FEBRUARY 3RD TWO, FEBRUARY 5TH
JUST IN TIME FOR A LOT OF GOOD
WINTER WEATHER. NEARLY 80,000
PEOPLE ATTENDED THE INAUGURAL
EVENT THIS YEAR. ORGANIZERS
THINK IT WILL BE EVEN BIGGER.
NEXT YEAR, THERE WILL BE LIVE
MUSIC ZIPLINE, A SKI AND
SNOWBOARD EXPERIENCE AND FOOD