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>> DEVIN: 57 YEARS AGO A
LEGENDARY SPEECH AND A
MEANINGFUL MARCH.
TODAY, PEOPLE OF GATHERING AGAIN
IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE. >> KAREN: THE STATE HAS TAKEN
>> KAREN: THE STATE HAS TAKEN
ACTION IN THE CASE OF A WOMAN
DECLARED DEAD AND LATER FOUND
ALIVE IN A FUNERAL HOME.
>> DEVIN: TOO MUCH RAIN AND TOO MUCH TIME FLOODING TO RAIN ON
MUCH TIME FLOODING TO RAIN ON
THE ROADS AND IN PEOPLE’S HOMES.
GLAD YOU’RE WITH US AT 5.
AND PEOPLE ARE ASSESSING.
>> KAREN: AND WE’LL GO TO ANDREW
IN FOR BEN.
>> ANDREW: A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING IN EFFECT NORTH OF
GENESEE COUNTY, NORTH OF FLINT.
WE’RE LOOKING AT IT MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN GENESEE COUNTY
THROUGH NORTHERN GENESEE COUNTY
AND GENESEE COUNTY TO THE CITY
OF FLINT.
LIGHTNING THE TUNE AFTER COUPLE
OF DOZEN.
THIS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6:00 THIS
EVENING, SO IT’S UP FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT HOUR.
THE NEXT HOUR.
FOR FLINT AND AREAS IN EASTERN
GENESEE COUNTY.
AREAS LIKE COLUMNAVILLE, FLINT,
BURTON, AND INCLUDING DAVISON
BETWEEN NOW AND ABOUT 5:40.
WITHIN THE NEXT 30 TO 40 MINUTES
AND WE STILL HAVE SCATTERED
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
IN INDIANA AND OHIO, BUT STILL
MORE ALSO TO OUR WEST AND STILL
SOME THAT COULD DEVELOP RIGHT
OVER SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.
SO, WE’RE NOT DONE YET.
IN THAT AREA, WHERE WE HAVE THE
WARNING IN EFFECT, MAKE SURE YOU
STAY INDOORS AND LET THAT
PASSMENT LOOK OUT FOR LAPEER
COUNTY BECAUSE THAT’S WHERE IT’S
HEADED NEXT.
WE HAVE 73 DEGREES NOW AND
REMAINS WARM AND MILD OVERNIGHT.
TEMPERATURES IN THE 60’S AND
70’S WHERE YOU ARE AS WELL.
WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT TONIGHT’S
FORECAST AND THE WEEKEND AND SEE
IF WE HAVE SUNSHINE OR SHOWERS
AGAIN IN JUST MINUTES. >> KAREN: ALL RIGHT.
>> KAREN: ALL RIGHT.
SOME DRIVERS HAVING A PRETTY
ROUGH TIME ENCOUNTERING THE
FLOODED ROADS.
>> DEVIN: LET’S GO TO TIM
PAMPLIN NEAR DEARBORN.
>> THIS IS DIX BETWEEN MILLER
AND LANYO. AND LOOK AT THE VIDEO WE GOT.
AND LOOK AT THE VIDEO WE GOT.
A BEAMER, BMW WAS STUCK IN HERE
AND A PASSERBY LETS THE DRIVER GET OUT OF THE BACK OF THEIR
GET OUT OF THE BACK OF THEIR
VEHICLE AND INTO HIS VEHICLE.
PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE HERE.
IF YOU COME BACK OUT HERE, OH,
I’M GOING TO GET SOAKED.
ANOTHER VEHICLE GOES THROUGH.
OVER HERE, THIS WHITE VEHICLE
DIDN’T WANT TO GO THROUGH THE
FLOODED WATER AND WENT DOWN THE
SIDEWALK.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE SIDEWALK WAS
FLOODED AND HE’S NOW STALLED.
IF YOU SEE STANDING WATER, JUST
TURN AROUND.
THAT’S THE SCENE RIGHT NOW.
>> DEVIN: IT’S TOUGH, THERE’S A
LOT OF IT, TIM.
THERE’S FLOODING IN SEVERAL
NEIGHBORHOODS, CAUSING A MESS OF
TRASH ON SOME STREETS AND MADE
ITS WAY INTO THE COURSE OF MANY BASEMENTS.
>> KAREN: PRIYA MANN WITH WHAT
PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH.
>> KAREN, MANY HAVE SIMPLY
DESCRIBED IT AS A NIGHTMARE.
YOU CAN SEE RESTORATION TRUCKS
ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROADS AND
FANS THERE AND PILES OF GARBAGE
OUTSIDE OF EVERY HOME AND
PERHAPS SOME OF THE HARDEST
THINGS FOR HOME OWNERS TO THROW
AWAY ARE THEIR CHILDREN’S TOYS
AND ITEMS.
>> BEING TRASH DAY, YOU KNOW,
THE GUYS WERE TRYING TO COME
THROUGH AND PICK IT UP.
>> NEIGHBORS ON LYNN DONE NEAR
MAIN AND 13 IN ROYAL OAK WOKE UP
TO FIND THEIR GARBAGE FLOATING
ALONG THE FLOODED STREET.
>> EVERYTHING WAS AWASH FROM THE
CARS GOING BY AND YOU KNOW, JUST
FILLED UP THE CANS.
>> THUNDER, LIGHTNING AND HEAVY
RAIN LEFT MORE THAN 12,000
WITHOUT POWER AND HOME OWNERS
WITH FLOODED BASEMENTS AND SIDE
STREETS.
>> WELL, I WOKE UP THIS MORNING
AND A LOT OF LIGHTNING AND
THUNDER, AND A LOT OF RAIN.
>> THE FREEWAYS WERE A MESS
FRIDAY MORNING.
WESTBOUND 94 AT CASS IN DETROIT
LOOKED LIKE A RIVER AND 96 AT
BEECH DALEY IN REDFORD CLOSED
DUE TO FLOODING.
SOME DRIVERS IN DEARBORN TRIED
TO POWER THROUGH THE METS MESS
AND ENDED UP GETTING STUCK.
SAME THING IN MELVINDALE AND
ROYAL OAK.
THE BEST THING DRIVERS CAN DO
WHEN THEY SEE THIS AHEAD IS TURN
AROUND.
THESE NEIGHBORS HAD TERRIFYING
FLASHBACKS TO THE FLOODING SIX
YEARS AGO.
>> THAT’S--
WE POURED SO MUCH MONEY TO
PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN
AND IT HAPPENED AND OUR
BASEMENTS FILL WITH WATER AND
SEWAGE AND ALL OF LIKE, LIKE OUR
MEMORIES AND OUR FURNITURE, AND
EVERYTHING WE HAD DOWN THERE IS
JUST DESTROYED.
>> YEAH, THERE IS A REALLY LONG
CLEANUP AHEAD AND NEIGHBORS HERE
ON WINDEMERE ESPECIALLY
FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY ALL
EXPERIENCED FLOODING SIX YEARS
AGO DURING THE HISTORIC FLOODS.
COMING UP, YOU’LL HEAR FROM THE
HOME OWNERS AS WELL AS WHAT THE
CITY PLANS TO DO ABOUT IT.
PRIYA MANN, LOCAL 4.
>> DEVIN: OKAY.
PRIYA
PRIYA. NOW TO THE WEST SIDE POLICE
NOW TO THE WEST SIDE POLICE
ARRESTED SOMEONE AN OF A GUNSHOT
WAS FIRED NEAR OFFICERS.
>> KAREN: IT HAPPENED AT MENDOTA
AND IT LOOKED LIKE A MAN WALKING
WITH A GUN IN HIS POCKET.
THEY TRIED TO STOP HIM AND HE
TOOK OFF RUNNING.
THEY PURSUED HIM OVER COURSE OF
A COUPLE BLOCKS HERE.
AND THE OFFICER HEARD THE
DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM AND THE
INDIVIDUAL THEY WERE PURSUING
DISCHARGED A FIREARM.
THEY DID TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY.
>> KAREN: NOBODY WAS HURTMENT
POLICE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE
GUN.
THEY’LL BE REVIEWING THE
OFFICER’S BODY CAMERAS.
>> DEVIN: MORE BREAKING NEWS,
THE STATE NOW TAKING ACTION
AFTER A WOMAN WAS DECLARED DEAD,
BUT LATER FOUND VERY MUCH ALIVE
AT A FUNERAL HOME. THE STATE HAS SUSPENDED LICENSES
THE STATE HAS SUSPENDED LICENSES OF THE TWO PARAMEDICS ON THE
OF THE TWO PARAMEDICS ON THE
SCENE WHEN TENESHA BEAUCHAMP WAS
DECLARED DEAD.
THE EMT’S WERE SUSPENDED AND
BEAUCHAMP IS IN THE HOSPITAL
RECOVERING.
>> KAREN: A PRAYER MARCH IN
RESPONSE TO VIOLENCE AND UNREST ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE MARCH FOR JUSTICE STARTED AT
MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD,
AND MARCHED ONE MILE DOWNTOWN TO
HART PLAZA AND TO PRAY FOR PIECE.
THE ONE MARCHER TELLS US SHE
THINKS THE POSITIVE UNIFIED
EFFORT IS WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
>> IT’S GREAT TO BE HERE TO
MARCH FOR PEACE AND TO MARCH FOR
JUSTICE AND JUST MARCH FOR THE
-- BECAUSE THE WORLD NEEDS IT.
WE ALL NEED PRAYER AND I’M OUT
TO LEND MY PRAYER TO THE OTHERS.
>> KAREN: THE MARCH IN DETROIT
COINCIDING WITH A LITERAL MARCH
ON WASHINGTON.
TODAY’S MARCH 57 YEARS AFTER THE
FIRST MARCH LED BY DR. MARTIN
LUTHER KING, JR. COMES AS
PROTESTS OVER SOCIAL JUSTICE
CONTINUE ACROSS THE NATION.
ALICE BARR IS AT THE CAPITAL
WITH A LOOK AT TODAY AS MARCH.
>> GOOD EVENING, TODAY AS MARCH
WAS ANNOUNCED AT THE FUNERAL FOR
GEORGE FLOYD WITH THE FOCUS ON
POLICE BRUTALITY, BUT ORGANIZERS
SAY THEIR MESSAGE GOES FAR
BEYOND THAT IN A QUEST FOR
EQUALITY.
>> ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.’S MOST FAMOUS SPEECH--
FAMOUS SPEECH--
>> I HAVE A DREAM TODAY.
>> HIS SON AND NAMESAKE STANDING
IN HIS PLACE AT THE LINCOLN
MEMORIAL, STILL DEMANDING
CHANGE.
>> THE PROGRESS WE CELEBRATED
THEN IS IMPERILLED YET AGAIN AND
NOW WE MUST MARCH TO THE BALLOT
BOX.
>> DR. KING’S ONLY GRANDDAUGHTER
CARRYING HIS LEGACY.
>> WE WILL FULFILL MY
GRANDFATHER’S DREAM.
>> SOME TRYING TO KEEP THEIR
DISTANCE BECAUSE OF PANDEMIC FEARS AND THE KING FAMILY, THOSE
FEARS AND THE KING FAMILY, THOSE
WHO LOST THOSE TO POLICE.
AND TODAY’S TAKING ON FRESH URGENCY AFTER THE SHOOTING OF
URGENCY AFTER THE SHOOTING OF
JACOB BLAKE IN WITH IS
WISCONSIN, AND BLAKE IS
PARALYZED AND HIS FATHER
MARCHING ON WASHINGTON.
EVERY BLACK PERSON IN THE UNITED
STATES IS GOING TO STAND UP.
WE’RE TIRED.
THE CROWD IS MIXED RACES AND
AGES AND BACKGROUNDS MOVED BY
THE MOVEMENT AND SOME
REMEMBERING HOW IT FELT TO BE
HERE, 57 YEARS AGO.
>> THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF
WHAT BEGAN AND NOT FINISHED.
UNTIL WE WIN THIS FIGHT, I’LL
CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR THE REST
OF MY LIFE.
>> AMID GROWING DEMAND FOR
POLICE REFORM, A BROADER MISSION
TO END SYSTEMIC RACISM.
>> IT’S DEMORALIZING AND MAKES
YOU FEEL LESS OF A PERSON.
>> URGENT CALLS FOR EQUALITY
ECHOING ONCE AGAIN OVER THE
NATIONAL MALL AND THE NATION.
ORGANIZERS HAD ORIGINALLY HOPED
FOR 100,000 ATTENDEES, BUT
ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO JOIN
THROUGH VIRTUAL MARCHES INSTEAD
BECAUSE OF THE COVID THREAT. >> ALICE BARR, LOCAL 4.
>> ALICE BARR, LOCAL 4.
>> ALICE, A MAJOR HURDLE IN THE
SCHOOL YEAR.
THEY’VE AGREED ON A WAY FORWARD
THAT INCLUDES HAZARD PAY AND
OTHER STIPULATIONS.
PAULA TUTMAN HAS WHAT IS IN THE
DEAL AND WHAT YET HAS TO BE
HAMMERED OUT.
>> THE FIRST HURDLE FOR BACK TO
SCHOOL FOR DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOL
STUDENTS HAS JUMPED WITH THE
DETROIT FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
AND THE DISTRICT.
TEACHERS AND STAFFERS WHO OPT TO
PARTICIPATE IN FACE-TO-FACE
LEARNING WILL RECEIVE HAZARD
PAY.
>> IT’S 750 PER CARD MARKING
PERIOD, UP TO $3,000 FOR THE
ENTIRE YEAR.
>> BUT WITH THE START OF SCHOOL
JUST A MERE 11 DAYS AWAY, THE
GENERAL CONTRACT IS STILL ON THE
TABLE.
WHAT MY MEMBERS RATIFY IN THE
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE WORKING ON
NOW AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
HOPEFULLY GETTING SOMETHING DONE
RELATIVELY QUICKLY HERE.
>> I UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WAS
LEGITIMATE FEAR AND I UNDERSTAND
THAT WE’RE IN A COUNTRY RIGHT
NOW THAT’S VERY POLARIZED
POLITICALLY AND FOR SOME REASONS
THAT THAT TRICKLED DOWN TO THE
SCHOOL SYSTEM.
IN THE END I KNEW THAT IT WAS
IMPORTANT FOR ME TO STAY STRONG
FOR OUR CHILDREN.
AND I DID THAT, AND I REALLY
THINK MR. MARTIN FOR PUTTING
EVERYTHING ASIDE AND JUST
SITTING DOWN AND WORKING THROUGH
THIS TO GET THIS RIGHT FOR
CHILDREN.
>> AND IN FACT, TEACHERS COULD
RECEIVE AS MUCH AS A 2% PAY
INCREASE.
>> WE WILL BE INCREASING TEACHER
PAY NEXT YEAR.
WE JUST HAVE TO WORK OUT THE
DETAILS TO WHAT AMOUNT.
>> HERE IS ANOTHER INTERESTING
FACTOID.
AT THIS MOMENT THE DISTRICT ONLY HAS ABOUT 10 TEACHER OPENINGS
HAS ABOUT 10 TEACHER OPENINGS
COMPARED TO ABOUT 275 THIS TIME
THREE YEARS AGO.
AND DR. VITTI SAYS THAT SHOWS
THAT THE DISTRICT IS DEFINITELY MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
PAULA TUTMAN, LOCAL 4.
>> DEVIN: SO KIDS ARE RETURNING
TO SCHOOL AND SEVERAL MORE
DISTRICTS HAVE THEIR FIRST DAY
THIS MONDAY.
LOCAL 4 WANTS TO AT THE POINT
YOU PREPARE FOR THIS VERY
DIFFERENT SCHOOL YEAR.
JOIN US FOR OUR EDUCATION FOR
ALL SPECIAL LIVE AFTER THE FORD
FIREWORKS MONDAY NIGHT, 10 P.M. HERE ON LOCAL 4.
HERE ON LOCAL 4.
WE’LL HAVE A DEVICE FOR PARENTS
WHOSE CHILDREN ALREADY STARTED
AND TEACHERS 10 P.M. MONDAY NIGHT.
>> KAREN: LET’S CHECK ON THE
MICHIGAN SIX ADDITIONAL DEATHS
SINCE THE REPORT.
AND LOWEST NUMBER THIS WEEK.
NUMBERS REMAINED STEADY IN THE
MID 700’S AFTER A COUNT OF 868.
>> DEVIN: BUT THOSE 741 NEW
CASES HAVE PUSHED MICHIGAN TO A DOUBLING MILESTONE.
DOUBLING MILESTONE.
100,000 CASES AND NEW AT 5:30, A
LOOK AT PROGRESS MADE AND STILL
NEEDED IN THE STATE’S FIGHT
AGAINST THE PANDEMIC.
>> KAREN: AND HERE IS GRANT
HERMES.
>> PARENTS, PLAYERS AND COACHES
FROM ACROSS THE STATE COME TO