LIVE
4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. SOME LIVE
4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. SOME FOR STUDENTS WITH BRIGHT FUTURES , OTHERS THE TEACHERS, HELPING
THEM GET THEIR HAS MORE VICTIMS
OF THE TEXAS SCHOOL SHOOTING ARE
IDENTIFIED, LEARNING MORE ABOUT
THE SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE
THAT ENDED THEIR LIVES. AND
TONIGHT WE’RE ASKING MICHIGAN
LAWMAKERS. WHAT IF ANYTHING
THEY’RE DOING TO TRY AND STOP
THE NEXT ONE. BUT FIRST, WE WANT
TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE WITH
WHAT? WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT THE
TRAGEDY IN YUVAL, D TEXAS,
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE 18 YEAR
OLD GUNMAN WAS A HIGH SCHOOL
DROPOUT. THEY SAY HE PURCHASED
THE SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE MARCH
17TH. THE NEXT DAY HE BOUGHT
MORE THAN 375 ROUNDS OF AMMO
ABOUT 30. MINUTES BEFORE THE
SHOOTING. RAMOS SENT THREE
MESSAGES ON FACEBOOK FIRST THAT
HE WAS GOING TO SHOOT HIS
GRANDMOTHER. THEN THAT HE HAD
SHOT HER. AND FINALLY THAT HE
WAS GOING TO SHOOT AN ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS
PLANNING TO TRAVEL TO TEXAS IN
THE COMING DAYS TO VISIT THE
FAMILIES OF THE SHOOTING
VICTIMS. 19 STUDENTS. AND TWO
TEACHERS ARE GONE. AND THIS
AFTERNOON SOME OF THE VICTIMS,
FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN SHARING
THEIR HEARTBREAK. 10 YEAR OLD
LEXI RUBIO WAS KILLED INSIDE ROB
ELEMENTARY. THIS IS WHAT HER
FATHER IS SAYING TODAY. OKAY
POSITION IS JUST NOT A NUMBER.
HOPEFULLY SOMETHING GETS
RESOLVED. THAT’S ALL WE ASK.
HOPEFULLY, SOMETHING GETS RESULT
. I KNOW THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT
. BUT WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET
RESOLVED? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO
SEE RESOLVED AT THIS POINT, THEN
VIOLENCE GUNS? I’M A COP. THE
DEPUTY HERE IN YOUR BODY COUNT.
THIS IS ENOUGH. THIS IS ENOUGH.
NO ONE ELSE NEEDS TO GO THROUGH
THIS. WE NEVER NEEDED TO GO
THROUGH THIS, BUT WE ARE I HEARD
THAT FATHER SAY HE’S A POLICE
OFFICER, AND HE’S NOT THE ONLY
MEMBER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
CALLING FOR CHANGE ONE SHERIFF
IN FLORIDA TODAY, ECHOING THAT
SENSE OF FRUSTRATION. BUT WE
ALSO NEED TO START FOCUSING ON
PUTTING THE PRESSURES ON OUR
ELECTED OFFICIALS. THIS IS NOT
OUR FIRST TIME AS A COUNTRY.
IT’S NOT OUR FIRST JOURNEY DOWN
THIS DARK PATH. AND
UNFORTUNATELY WE ALL ARE
EDUCATED ENOUGH TO KNOW THIS
WON’T BE OUR LAST TIME. AND
THERE’S A CONTINUED PATTERN OF
DISCUSSION. CONFLICT AMONG PARTY
LINES. BUT YET NO RESOLUTION. NO
AND TODAY AMERICANS ARE ASKING
ALL TOO FAMILIAR QUESTIONS LIKE
WHY DOES THIS SEEM TO ONLY
CONSISTENTLY HAPPEN IN AMERICA?
QUESTIONS TOO LIKE IF LAWMAKERS
CAN QUICKLY COLLABORATE TO FIGHT
A PANDEMIC OR BABY FOOD SHORTAGE
? WHY NOT TO STOP CHILDREN BEING
KILLED IN SCHOOL?
JASON COLTHORPE IS HERE, JASON.
YOU REACHED OUT TO EVERY
MICHIGAN LAWMAKER IN CONGRESS
TODAY. WHAT DID YOU HEAR? WELL
CAN THE QUESTION WAS PRETTY
SIMPLE. WHAT IF ANYTHING ARE YOU
GOING TO DO TO STOP OR AT LEAST
REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL
SHOOTINGS IN THIS COUNTRY? I
TRIED TO LEAVE THAT OPEN TO ALL
SORTS OF SOLUTIONS. BUT MANY
ANSWERS CAME BACK TO GUNS. AFTER
SANDY HOOK, YOU WOULD THINK YOU
WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD ACT.
AS WE ALL KNOW, LAWMAKERS HAVE
NOT ACTED, SCHOOL SHOOTINGS
CONTINUE AND EVEN LEGISLATION
SUPPORTED BY BOTH REPUBLICANS
AND DEMOCRATS TO HELP PREVENT
THEM. GOES NOWHERE AND FADES
AWAY WITH EACH TRAGEDY, THE LACK
OF THE HUMANITY OF SITTING THERE
SAYING THAT THIS THAT WE CAN’T
DO ANYTHING, MY GOD, I MEAN,
WE’VE NORMALIZED SCHOOL
SHOOTINGS LIKE THIS IN OUR
COUNTRY AND ITS DEVASTATING AND
THESE POOR PARENTS AND THE
PEOPLE. AGAINST SENDING THEIR
KIDS TO SCHOOL, AND NOW THEY’RE
NOT COMING BACK HOME. WHY
BECAUSE OF A JIM CROW TYPE LOVE
CALLED THE FILIBUSTER. THE
INCREASING USE OF THE FILIBUSTER
ESSENTIALLY MEANS LEGISLATION
NEEDS 60 VOTES TO PASS THE
SENATE INSTEAD OF A SIMPLE
MAJORITY. ON THE SENATE FLOOR
TODAY. WE’RE A BIPARTISAN BILL
ON BACKGROUND CHECKS SITS,
SENATOR DEBBIE STABENOW ASKED
FOR ENOUGH REPUBLICANS TO HELP
PASS SOMETHING ANYTHING. WE JUST
NEED 10. 10 PEOPLE TO STAND UP
AND GO. THIS IS TOO MUCH. THIS
HAS GONE TOO FAR. WE CAN DO
BETTER THAN THIS. BECAUSE IF NOT
NOW, WHAT IS THE NUMBER? I LIKE
TO ASK. LEADER MCCONNELL. WHAT
IS THE NUMBER? HOW MANY CHILDREN
WELL, HE DESCRIBED AND. SYMPATHY
WILL HE SHOVE FOR DEAD CHILDREN
ON THE FLOOR OF THE U. S SENATE
BEFORE IT’S ENOUGH? HOW MANY 100
MORE 200 MORE. 1000 MORE. WHEN
IT’S IT ENOUGH. WE GOT TO DO
WHAT IS NECESSARY AT THIS MOMENT
. THIS IS A HUGE CRISIS. PEOPLE
SHOULD BE ABLE TO GROCERY SHOP
WITHOUT BEING KILLED. THEY
SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEND THEIR
CHILDREN TO SCHOOLS AND THEN
COME HOME AND TUCK THEM IN. AND
THIS ALL IS HAPPENING BECAUSE
AGAIN, A SMALL MINORITY HAS THIS
POWER UNDER THE FILIBUSTER.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. WE GOTTA MOVE
FORWARD. NOW SEVERAL LAWMAKERS
WERE UNABLE TO GO ON CAMERA FOR
AN INTERVIEW TODAY, INCLUDING
BOTH REPUBLICANS IN OUR AREA,
BUT REPUBLICAN LISA MCLEAN DID
GIVE US THIS STATEMENT QUOTE.
UNFORTUNATELY AMIDST THIS
TRAGEDY, MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES
WILL SAY THAT IT IS TIME TO TAKE
AWAY LAW ABIDING CITIZENS
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO BEAR
ARMS. HOWEVER WE MUST REMEMBER
THAT IT WAS NOT A LAW ABIDING
CITIZEN WHO CAUSED THE TRAGEDY.
YESTERDAY THE SHOOTER SHOT HIS
OWN GRANDMOTHER AND INNOCENT
CHILDREN. HE WAS A MENTALLY
DISTURBED INDIVIDUAL WHO DIDN’T
CARE. ABOUT FOLLOWING GUN LAWS.
THE REAL ISSUE HERE IS MENTAL
HEALTH, NOT GUN LAWS.
DISAPPOINTED BUT THAT YOU DIDN’T
I DIDN’T HEAR FROM MORE
LAWMAKERS. I’M WONDERING THE
ONES THAT YOU CONTACTED. JASON
DID THEY ALL AT LEAST RESPOND?
NOT EVERYBODY, ACTUALLY, UM WE
WERE ABLE TO CONTACT MOST PEOPLE
, REPUBLICAN PETER MEIJER AND
DEMOCRATIC TO SLACKEN WEREN’T
ABLE TO GIVE US A STATEMENT. BY
THE TIME WE WENT TO AIR, BUT I
GOT NO RESPONSE FROM HALEY
STEVENS, DEMOCRAT AND
REPUBLICANS TIM WALBERG, BILL HI
ZYNGA AND JACK BERGMAN. WE
SHOULD POINT OUT JACK BERGMAN IS
UP IN GRAYLING OR GAILLARD. I
SHOULD SAY VERY MUCH HAS HIS
HANDS FULL UP THERE, TOO, SO I
SHOULD POINT THAT OUT, JASON
WELL AS A NATION GRIEVES
FOLLOWING THE HEARTBREAKING
SCHOOL SHOOTING, LESTER HOLT IS
LIVE ON THE GROUND AND YOU
VALIDATE TEXAS ANCHORING AND
EXTENDED ONE HOUR EDITION OF NBC
NIGHTLY NEWS THAT BEGINS AT 6 30
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS
BROADCAST HERE IN SHELBY
TOWNSHIP. POLICE ARRESTED 18
YEAR OLD FOR ALLEGEDLY
THREATENING TO SHOOT AND KILL
STUDENTS AT AN UNSPECIFIED
SCHOOL. AND, INTERESTINGLY HERE
IT WAS TEXAS RANGERS, WHO
NOTIFIED SHELBY PD OF THE
TERRORIST POST MADE ON SOCIAL
MEDIA. THE TEAM WAS TAKEN TO THE
SHELBY TOWNSHIP, POLICE
DEPARTMENT. WEAPONS FOUND IN HIS
HOME WERE REMOVED FOR
SAFEKEEPING. AND WE AWAIT WORD
ON WHAT IF ANY, CHARGES MAY BE
FILED. STORM TRACKER, FOUR BUSY
SHOWING THERE ARE MORE RAIN
CHANCES COMING OUR WAY. BUT FOR
NOW, A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK
TURN THINGS OVER TO PAUL WITH A
LOOK AT WEATHER, PAUL HEY, THERE
WE DO. HAVE A NICE BREAK RIGHT
NOW. MOST OF THE AREA IS DRY AT
THIS POINT. WE’RE DOING PRETTY
WELL. WE HAVE ONE LITTLE SHOWER
HERE. I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY
LITTLE TINY STUFF HERE VERY
LIGHT, AND WE’RE BASICALLY
GETTING INTO CHESTERFIELD
TOWNSHIP. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT
ALONG 21 MILE ROAD HERE SO AGAIN
, NOT BIG DEAL STUFF. THIS IS
NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. WE DO
HAVE THE CHANCE FOR A COUPLE OF
SCATTERED SHOWERS OR STORMS.
LATER ON THIS EVENING, AND WE’LL
TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN ABOUT 10
MINUTES. BUT RIGHT NOW, IF
YOU’RE GETTING OUT THE DOOR LOT
OF US ARE IN THE SIXTIES, BUT
NOTICE WE’RE STARTING TO POP
INTO THE SEVENTIES AND SOME
SPOTS WITH SOME BREAKS OF SUN
DEVELOPING AND ALSO A WARM FRONT
APPROACHING AND SO THROUGH THE
EVENING, NOT MUCH DROP IN
TEMPERATURE JUST KIND OF HANGING
IN THE MID TO UPPER SIXTIES, BUT
COMING UP, WE’RE GONNA BE
TALKING ABOUT STORM CHANCES
MULTIPLE STORM CHANCES THROUGH
FRIDAY, INCLUDING SOME HEAVY
RAIN POSSIBILITY AND BIG TIME
HEAT FOR THE HOLIDAY. ALL THAT
STRAIGHT AHEAD, GUYS. THANK YOU.
PEOPLE HAVE DONE SOME REALLY
AWFUL THINGS FOR ATTENTION ON
SOCIAL MEDIA AND ONE OF THE
LATEST TOOK PLACE NEAR GREEKTOWN
IN DETROIT. NOW VIRAL VIDEO
SHOWS A MAN STOMPING ON A SODA
BOTTLE, SENDING ITS CONTENTS
SPRAYING INTO THE FACE OF A MAN
SLEEPING ON THE STREET. VICTOR
WILLIAMS IS LIVE WHERE IT
HAPPENED, VICTOR. THERE’S A LOT
OF SYMPATHY FOR THIS MAN. OH,
YEAH, AND WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT
VIDEO ALL TOOK PLACE RIGHT OUT
HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET
AND ON THE SIDEWALK. MAINLY IT
WAS ALL DONE FOR 12. BUT AS
YOU’LL SEE NO ONE IS IMPRESSED.
THAT’S KIND OF LOW DOWN TERRIBLE
. NO ONE SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE
THAT AT ALL. NOT A SINGLE PERSON
WE SPOKE TO WAS HAPPY WITH HOW
WILL MORE THAN LIKELY HOMELESS
MAN WAS ASSAULTED IN WHAT IS NOW
BECOME A VIRAL VIDEO
REALISTICALLY, WAS PRETTY
DISGUSTING HONESTLY, AND IT’S
JUST UNNECESSARY. I JUST DIDN’T
LIKE TO SEE IT. I JUST THINK
THAT IT’S JUST POOR CITIZENSHIP
, UM, AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY OF
DETROIT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE
THAT, AND HE SHOULD BE
EMBARRASSED. SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE
NOW HOPING TO FIND THE MAN
VICTIMIZED IN THE VIDEO. TO BE
OF ASSISTANCE WOULD HELP. UM I
TRIED TO GIVE AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE, INCLUDING MIXED
BRICKTOWN OWNER ANGELA VINCENT
WOULD DEFINITELY LOOK OUT AND
SEE. YOU KNOW WHAT I COULD DO TO
KIND OF MAKE HIM FEEL BETTER
ABOUT THE SITUATION BECAUSE I
KNOW HE PROBABLY FEELS, YOU KNOW
, DISRESPECTED JUST HAVING SODA
SPRAYED ON YOU. IT’S JUST
INHUMANE. WHY YOU’RE TRYING TO
SLEEP. AT LEAST GIVE HIM A BED
FOR THE NIGHT. BRIAN WHITE, ON
THE OTHER HAND, IS HOPING TO BE
A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL ON HOW HE
TREATS THE LESS FORTUNATE I HAVE
MYSELF TRIED TO DO A FEW THINGS
FOR THE GENTLEMAN THAT I SEE
OVER THERE AND I’VE SEEN OTHER
PEOPLE BRING UP. FOOD TO THEM
BLANKETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THOSE ARE THE EXAMPLES YOU
SHOULD SET NOT WHAT WE SAW IN
THAT VIDEO. AND THEY’VE CAUGHT
THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE COULD BE
FACING POTENTIAL CHARGES LIVE IN
BRICKTOWN. VICTOR WILLIAMS LOCAL
YEAH. OKAY VICTOR. THANKS
SLOWING DRIVERS DOWN. THAT’S
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN ROSEVILLE
OUTSIDE ROSEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
, JULIA WALLACE WAS HIT IN THE
CROSSWALK. THERE SHE WAS WALKING
TO SCHOOL SHAWN LEY LIVE AT THAT
CROSSWALK CROSSWALK RATHER WHERE
ROOSEVELT POLICE CHIEF SAYS THAT
THAT’S THERE’S BEEN A MAJOR
SAFETY CHANGE PUT IN PLACE SINCE
THIS HAPPENED, SEAN ROOSEVELT’S
POLICE CHIEF. HE TELLS ME THAT
SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMING,
AND ONE IS ALREADY IN PLACE BY
SLOWING DRIVERS DOWN RIGHT HERE
ON VERY BUSY, MARTIN WROTE. NOW
WE ALSO SPOKE WITH JULIA’S
MOTHER, AND SHE SAYS THERE IS
ALSO AN IMPROVEMENT IN JULIUS
CONDITION. IT’S BEEN EXACTLY ONE
MONTH SINCE JULIA WALLACE WAS
HIT IN A CROSSWALK AS SHE WAS
WALKING TO ROSEVILLE MIDDLE
SCHOOL. SHE HAS BEEN IN THE
HOSPITAL WITH A DEVASTATING
BRAIN INJURY EVER SINCE. TODAY A
ROSEVILLE OFFICER HELPING KIDS
CROSS AT DISMISSAL. JULIA’S
MOTHER TELLS ME THAT JULIA HAS
MADE IMPROVEMENTS SINCE THE GRIM
OUTLOOK OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS
. HER DAUGHTER IS OPENED ONE EYE
GIVING JULIA’S MOM HOPE, SHE
SAYS IT’S UNCLEAR HOW MUCH
PERMANENT DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE.
WHAT ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS IN
SAFETY AT THE CROSSWALK THAT HAS
NO STOP SIGNS FOR TRAFFIC AT
SPEEDS BY ON MARTIN ROAD POLICE
CHIEF TELLS ME HE’S REQUESTED A
TRAFFIC CONTROL ORDER TO REDUCE
THE SPEED LIMIT TO 25 MILES AN
HOUR HERE AND NEAR THE HIGH
SCHOOL. SHEILA DEVELOPS TAKES
TIME OUT OF HER DAY TO HELP KIDS
CROSS HERE. SHE’S REACTING TO
THE SPEED SLOWDOWN. THAT SOUNDS
LIKE A VERY GREAT COMMON SENSE
MOVE BECAUSE THIS IS A
RESIDENTIAL AREA, AND SHE’S
REACTING TO JULIA SLOWLY HEALING
BUT HEALING. NONETHELESS A
MESSAGE TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT
ABOUT PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER AND
PRAYING AND UM PEOPLE BEING
THERE FOR EACH OTHER. I THINK
THAT THAT POSITIVE ENERGY IS
HELPING HER. ROOSEVELT’S CHIEF
ALSO TELLS ME THAT A TRAFFIC
STUDY HAS BEEN UNDERWAY FOR
SEVERAL WEEKS NOW THAT MAY ADD
LIGHTS AND SIGNS HERE AND TWO
OTHER CROSSWALKS IN ROOSEVELT IN