IN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS NOW. BACK ON TRACK, BUT NOT BACK TO NORMAL OPERATIONS
RESUMED FOR AIRLINES AFTER THE
FAA GROUND ALL FLIGHTS DUE TO A
COMPUTER OUTAGE AND THAT DOES
TOP OUR NEWS TODAY ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS
ARE ACTUALLY STILL DELAYED AFTER
THE FAA GROUNDED ALL FLIGHTS
EARLY THIS MORNING FLIGHTS
STARTED RESUMING AROUND NINE
A.M, HOWEVER, TRYING TO CATCH UP
THAT’S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME.
LET’S GO TO OUR CONSUMER
INVESTIGATOR HANK WINCHESTER.
NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WEATHER,
HANK, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY A BIG
PROBLEM OUT OF BTW AND ALL
ACROSS THE METRO AREA. YOU’RE
RIGHT. RHONDA WALKER A MESS. I
CAN TELL YOU AND CHECKING THE
BOARD ON THE INSIDE. JUST A FEW
DELAYS RIGHT NOW. IT LOOKS LIKE
MOST OF THOSE FLIGHTS THAT WERE
DELAYED BEFORE NINE AM HAVE NOW
TAKEN OFF. TAKE A LIVE LOOK
BEHIND ME. YOU CAN SEE A FEW
PLANES HERE OVER MY SHOULDER.
THIS WAS A SYSTEM WIDE FAILURE.
THE IMPLICATIONS COULD HAVE BEEN
DEVASTATING. BUT THANKFULLY, THE
FAA SAYING NOW THIS MORNING
THINGS ARE BACK ON TRACK. TAKE A
LOOK. A MASSIVE FAA SYSTEM
FAILURE ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
LEAVING PILOTS, AIRLINES AND
AIRPORTS WITHOUT CRUCIAL SAFETY
INFORMATION FOR HOURS THIS
MORNING. AS A RESULT, THOUSANDS
OF FLIGHTS EITHER DELAYED OR
CANCELED AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE
IT’S AFFECTING PASSENGERS RIGHT
HERE AT DETROIT METRO SO FAR, MY
FLIGHT TOM. IT WAS LAID THINK
THAT WAS DUE TO THE COMPUTER
GLITCH, BUT SO FAR IT’S A LONG
TIME. DO YOU THINK THAT WAY
NEARLY 6500 FLIGHTS WITHIN INTO
OR OUT OF THE UNITED STATES
DELAYED THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF
THIS PROBLEM? AS OF RIGHT NOW,
THE WHITE HOUSE, SAYING THEY DO
NOT BELIEVE THIS WAS A CYBER
ATTACK, BUT INSTEAD, A SYSTEM
FAILURE. PASSENGERS HERE AT
METRO EAGER TO GET BACK INTO THE
AIR DEAL WITH IT, UM I MEAN, WE
DON’T KNOW HOW DELAYED HER
FLIGHT IS GOING TO BE SO WERE
JUST KIND OF WAITING TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENS, I GUESS, BUT, YEAH,
IT’S FRUSTRATING, BUT JUST DO
WHATEVER. LITTLE FRUSTRATING.
PATIENCE IS KEY. THE BIG
HEADLINE HERE, THOUGH THAT
PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED THE FAA
SAYING THAT IT IS NO LONGER AN
ISSUE FLIGHTS NOW BACK IN THE
AIR TAKING OFF AS YOU MENTIONED
RHONDA BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE
SYSTEM WIDE PROBLEMS, THERE
COULD BE DELAYS MOVING FORWARD
INTO THE AFTERNOON. WHICH IS WHY
YOU SHOULD ALWAYS CHECK ON YOUR
PLATE BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR WAY
HERE TO METRO. WE’RE ALSO TOLD
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY BUDDHA
JUDGE MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT
LATER THIS AFTERNOON, TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED
HERE. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY
DO NOT BELIEVE THIS IS HAS
ANYTHING TO DO WITH A CYBER
ATTACK OR SOME SORT OF CYBER
TERRORISTS, CAUSING AN ISSUE
WITH THE FAA SYSTEM. WE’RE LIVE
HERE AT METRO THIS NOON HANK
WINCHESTER HELPED ME HANK BACK
TO YOU. THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT,
BUT CERTAINLY A CONCERN THAT
SOMETHING LIKE THIS CAN EVEN
HAPPEN AT ALL. HOPEFULLY, THEY
CAN GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.
THANK YOU, HANK. DO YOU SOUNDLY
SWEAR THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, AND IT
WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE
DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF STATE
SENATOR ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF
YOUR ABILITY. MICHIGAN’S
LEGISLATURE NOW OPEN FOR
BUSINESS AS NEW MEMBERS OF THE
STATE CONGRESS ARE SWORN IN AND
JOINING ME NOW TO TALK MORE
ABOUT IT, AND THE SESSION
GETTING STARTED KRISTY MCDONALD
AND THEY HAVE A LOT AHEAD OF
THEM. THEY ABSOLUTELY DO. RHONDA
IT IS A BIG DAY IN LANSING, THE
102ND LEGISLATURE BEING SWORN IN
AND WHILE THAT IS ALWAYS
SIGNIFICANT NEW LAWMAKERS, NEW
AGENDAS THIS HOUSE AND SENATE
REFLECTS A NEW GENERATION IN
MICHIGAN. OKAY, FIRST OFF, THERE
IS A POWER SHIFT IN LANSING FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN 40 YEARS,
DEMOCRATS ARE IN THE MACHINE.
GORRITI IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND
THE SENATE, AND THE GOVERNOR IS
ALSO A DEMOCRAT. SO WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN? IT MEANS THE
DEMOCRATS CAN PUSH THEIR AGENDA
IN THE LEGISLATURE AND GET
SIGNED OFF FROM THE GOVERNOR.
BUT DEMOCRATS DO YOU REALIZE
THEY HAVE TO WORK WITH THEIR
REPUBLICAN COUNTERPARTS BECAUSE
THE MAJORITY IS JUST SO SLIM,
JUST TWO SEATS IN THE HOUSE AND
TWO IN THE SENATE, AND AS THEY
ALL GET SWORN IN TODAY, THE
AGENDA WILL START TO SHAPE UP.
HOW ARE WE SUPPORTING WORKERS?
HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT WE ARE
PROTECTING FAMILIES FOCUSING ON
POCKETBOOK ISSUES CONSERVATIVE
REPUBLICAN FROM FROM THE MIDDLE
OF MACOMB COUNTY. I’M GONNA HAVE
A DIFFERENT THOUGHT PROCESS THAN
SOMEONE IN A DIFFERENT PART OF
THE STATE. BUT THAT’S KIND OF
WHAT MAKES THE LEGISLATOR COOL.
THAT’S WHAT MAKES IT MAKES IT A
VERY INTERESTING PLACE TO WORK.
AND I THINK THAT THAT MEANS THAT
WE CAN GET A GREAT WORK PRODUCT
OUT. WE WILL KNOW MORE AS THE
DAY GOES ON, BUT ON THE LIST OF
PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE HEARD
REPEALING THE TAX ON MICHIGAN’S
PENSIONERS ALSO REPEALING RIGHT
TO WORK THAT HAS BEEN ON THE
BOOKS SINCE 2012 AND ALSO
POSSIBLY MOVING UP MICHIGAN’S
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. AND HERE’S
ALSO SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT
THIS NEW LEGISLATURE. SOME
NUMBERS FOR YOU THEY’RE YOUNGER
THAN IN YEARS. PAST 55% ARE 50
YEARS OLD AND YOUNGER WOMEN MAKE
UP 40% OF BOTH THE HOUSE AND
SENATE. THE FIRST WOMAN WHEN HE
BREAKS SERVES AS THE SENATE
MAJORITY LEADER, AND WE HAVE THE
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN SPEAKER
OF THE HOUSE WITH REPRESENTATIVE
JOE TATE, AND THERE ARE SEVEN
REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE FROM THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY SO DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES TO BRING INTO
GOVERNING OUR STATE. RHONDA WE
HAVE A VERY DIVERSE STATE, SO
IT’S NICE TO SEE THAT
REPRESENTATION. NOW I KNOW THIS
IS THE FIRST TIME THAT ALL OF
OUR LEGISLATORS ARE GOING TO BE
UNDER THE NEW TERM LIMITS, WHICH
IS VOTED IN BY THE VOTERS BACK
IN NOVEMBER AND HOW I LOOK AT
IT’S NOT REALLY IT IS A LIMIT,
BUT IT’S HIGHER. ONE IT IS AND
IT CHANGES THINGS A LITTLE BIT
BECAUSE MICHIGAN USED TO I HAVE
THE SHORTEST TERM LIMITS IN THE
COUNTRY SIX YEARS IN THE HOUSE.
EIGHT YEARS IN THE SENATE, SO
AND ON ONE SIDE, YOU COULD ARGUE
WE GET NEW PERSPECTIVE WITH
DIFFERENT LAWMAKERS WHEN YOU
HAVE THAT TURNOVER, BUT CRITICS
SAY IT ALSO CAUSED SHORT TERM
FOCUS ON SMALL WINDS FOR
REELECTION. INSTEAD OF HASHING
OUT THOSE LONG TERM POLICY
ISSUES LIKE EDUCATION OR MAYBE
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. SO THIS
LEGISLATURE IS UNDER THE NEW
TERM LIMITS OF 12 YEARS IN
EITHER CHAMBER, GIVING THEM TIME
TO KNOW THE ISSUES MAKE
RELATIONSHIPS TO HOPEFULLY, MOVE
MICHIGAN FORWARD SO THERE IS A
LOT TO WATCH. YOUR CERTAINLY IS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PERSPECTIVE
THIS NOON SHE SHE ATE IT. WE’RE
GONNA MOVE ON TO SOME OTHER NEWS
AND ACTUALLY BREAKING NEWS THAT
WE HAVE TO SHARE. BUFFALO BILL
SAFETY DAMAR HAMLIN HAS BEEN
RELEASED FROM A BUFFALO HOSPITAL
10 DAYS AFTER HE SUFFERED A
CARDIAC ARREST. STOP BREATHING
RIGHT THERE DURING A FOOTBALL
GAME ON THE FIELD AND HAD TO BE
RESUSCITATED TWICE. HAMLIN WAS
TRANSFERRED TO BUFFALO EARLIER
THIS WEEK FROM THE CINCINNATI
HOSPITAL THAT HE WAS STAYING IN
FOR CONTINUED CARE. AND AFTER
NUMEROUS TESTS AND EVALUATIONS,
HE HAS BEEN RELEASED TO CONTINUE
REHAB AT HOME AND WITH THE
BILL’S PRETTY REMARKABLE
CERTAINLY, INDEED, PRAYERS
ANSWERED THEIR SWITCHING GEARS
THIS MORNING TODAY, A LOCAL
DOCTOR ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY
ASSAULTING SEVERAL OF HIS
PATIENTS WAS BACK IN COURT. DR V
. LEBRON HE CHART CHARGED ON
WITH MORE COUNTS OF CRIMINAL
SEXUAL CONDUCT OUT OF FARMINGTON
HILLS. LOVREN IS ACCUSED OF
SEXUALLY ABUSING HIS PATIENTS AT
HIS HOME OFFICE. ALL THE VICTIMS
WERE CONNECTED TO YOUTH HOCKEY
ORGANIZATIONS AND THESE CHARGES
NOW BRINGING HIS TOTAL NUMBER OF
CHARGES TO 25. AND I ARE ON THE
MUNICIPAL COURT IN GROSSE POINTE
FARMS THIS AFTERNOON. THAT IS
WHERE THE MAN ACCUSED OF
STEALING FROM GRETCHEN CARHARTT
. VALADE IS GOING TO BE IN COURT
, IN ADDITION TO BEING THE
HEIRESS TO THE CARHARTT CLOTHING
FORTUNE, GRETCHEN VALADE IS ALSO
KNOWN AS THE ANGEL OF JAZZ HERE
IN DETROIT FOR THE ENORMOUS
AMOUNT OF HELP AND SUPPORT SHE
HAS PUT INTO THE JAZZ FESTIVAL,
LITERALLY SAVING IT AND HELPING
IT TO THRIVE TO WHAT IT IS
TODAY. SHE SUPPORTS OTHER JAZZ
RELATED EVENTS. EDUCATION AND SO
MUCH MORE AS A PHILANTHROPIST.
HER FAMILY LEARNED CAR HEARTS
ATTORNEY WAS ALLEGEDLY STEALING
FROM HER TRUST. AND THIS IS FROM
HER TRUST, SERVING AS A LENDER
OR A BORROWER AND AN ATTORNEY
OVER THE MONEY, SOMEONE SHE
TRUSTED. HER ATTORNEY, DAVID
SUTHERLAND, IS NOW FACING THREE
COUNTS OF EMBEZZLEMENT. LET’S
TAKE A LOOK OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW IS
THE BEAUTIFUL VIEW FROM OUR
WINDSOR SKY CAME OF THE DOWNTOWN
DETROIT SKYLINE AND PLENTY OF
CLOUDS OUT THERE, BRANDON, AND
IT SOUNDS LIKE DRIZZLE, FLURRIES
JUST ONE OF THOSE DREARY JANUARY
DAY IT IS JANUARY. AND YES, IT’S
PART OF THE DEAL. BUT TOMORROW
IS REALLY THE DAY THAT WE’RE
GONNA BE TRACKING MORE TROUBLE
IN THE FORM OF WET WEATHER.
WE’VE GOT UPPER THIRTIES RIGHT
NOW. A LITTLE BREEZE OUT OF THE
EAST TRYING TO FEND OFF SOME OF
THESE RAIN SHOWERS. BUT DOWN IN
MONROE COUNTY, WE’RE GETTING
SOME LIGHT RAIN HERE NOT REALLY
TOO MUCH, BUT SEEING A FEW MORE
DRIPS AND DROPS MOVING OUT OF
LANSING SOON INTO PARTS OF LIFE.
LIVINGSTON COUNTY. A LOT OF IT
DRYING UP AS IT GETS HERE,
TEMPERATURES EVEN WITH THE
CLOUDS, LOW AND MIDDLE FORTIES.
TODAY AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE
BIG WIDE VIEW, WE HAVE A LITTLE
TROUBLE THAT WE ARE TRACKING OUT
WEST AND WE’RE GOING TO SEE A
LOT OF THIS MOISTURE MOVING OVER
METRO DETROIT SO COMING UP,
WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE
DRIPS IN THE FORECAST TODAY IN A
LITTLE MORE DETAIL, BUT
ESPECIALLY TOMORROW. HERE COMES
THE RAIN. SWITCHING TO
MEASURABLE. COULD IT BE SHOVEL