NEWS AND WEATHER. WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THE SCORE FIRST AT FOUR STARTS NOW. LOCAL 4 NEWS
STARTS NOW WITH BREAKING NEWS
ALERT. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M KAREN
DREW THAT BREAKING NEWS COMES IN
A DEADLY HIT AND RUN THAT
TERRIFIED PEOPLE ON DETROIT’S
BELLE ISLE LAST WEEKEND. 23 YEAR
OLD ALEXANDER ARMAND SMITH JUST
APPEARED IN COURT TO FACE FOUR
CHARGES, INCLUDING OPEN MURDER
AND LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN
ACCIDENT CAUSING DEATH.
PROSECUTORS SAY HE DROVE ONTO
THE BEACH AT BELLE ISLE AND HIT
TWO GIRLS. ONE OF THEM HAS DIED.
AND THAT GUILTY PLEA WAS ENTERED
ON HIS BEHALF. HIS ATTORNEY
TRIED TO GET HIM OUT ON BOND,
BUT PROSECUTORS REVEALED HE MADE
COMMENTS ABOUT BEING UNDER
DEMONIC CONTROL DURING THE
CRASH. THE JUDGE SAID SHE WAS
CONCERNED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY
AND KEPT SMITH BEHIND BARS. MORE
TWISTS AND TURNS FROM THIS
HEARING DURING A LIVE REPORT AT
FIVE SEARCH CONTINUES AT THIS
HOUR TO FIND THE BODY OF 17 YEAR
OLD ZION FOSTER MISSING TEEN
FROM EAST POINT WHO IS PRESUMED
DEAD TODAY. DETROIT POLICE CHIEF
JAMES WHITE PROVIDING AN UPDATE
OUTSIDE THE PINE TREE ACRES
LANDFILL OVER IN LENOX TOWNSHIP.
THAT’S WHERE INVESTIGATORS
BELIEVE FOSTER’S BODY COULD BE
LOCATED. THE CHIEF SAYS PHASE
ONE OF THE SEARCH IS UNDERWAY
INVOLVING THE REMOVAL OF 20 FT
OF MATERIAL FROM THE LANDFILL.
POLICE BELIEVE FOSTERS COUSIN
PLACED HER THERE. WHEN HE FOUND
HER UNRESPONSIVE. THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT’S NEVER BEEN DONE
AT DPD. WE’VE GOT SOME PEOPLE
THAT’S WORKING ON THIS PROJECT
THAT HAVE EXPERIENCES WITH OTHER
TYPES OF DIGS. BUT THIS IS JUST
AN UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCE HAVING
TO TAKE ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
BUT AGAIN, WE’RE DOING IT FOR
THE RIGHT REASONS, AND WE THINK
ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO. TO HELP
FIND THIS LITTLE GIRL WE SHOULD
BE DOING. POLICE TELL LOCAL 4
THEY BELIEVE HER BODY WAS PLACED
IN A DUMPSTER. THEN LATER MOVED
TO THIS LANDFILL. THE SEARCH
COULD TAKE A WHILE, AND THE
CHIEF SAYS SOME MEMBERS OF THE
DEPARTMENT ARE VOLUNTEERING TO
HELP. ALRIGHT LET’S MOVE TO THE
BIG EVENT THAT WILL HAVE ALL
EYES ON DETROIT’S BELLE ISLE
THIS WEEKEND. THE GRAND PRIX IS
READY TO ROLL SKY FOR OVER THE
ISLAND RIGHT NOW. THIS YEAR
MARKS A TURNING POINT FOR THE
RACE. THE GRAND PRIX WILL RETURN
TO THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN
DETROIT. NEXT YEAR, AND THAT
SEEMS TO BE HAVING AN IMPACT ON
FANS. JAMIE EDMONDS LIVE TO KICK
OFF OUR COVERAGE WITH THAT, AND
OF COURSE, OUR COVERAGE IS GOING
TO RUN FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
WE GOT A FUN AFTERNOON IN
STORAGE, AMY KAREN. IT’S AN
ABSOLUTELY GREAT DAY FOR RACING
. AS YOU SAID, THIS IS THE FINAL
RACE WEEKEND ON BELLE ISLE
BEFORE THE RACE MOVES TO
DOWNTOWN. I BELIEVE THAT HAS
CREATED SOME INCREASED INTEREST
. IT’S PACKED HERE TODAY. IT’S
PLANNING TO BE PACKED ALL
WEEKEND LONG. A LOT OF TICKETS
SOLD OUT NOW TODAY IS FREE PRE
DAY AND THAT’S A TRADITION THAT
STARTED WAY BACK WITH THE VERY
FIRST GRAND PRIX. WE HAVE SOME
VIDEO FROM TODAY. THE NAME IS AS
ADVERTISED TICKET JUST NOT
REQUIRED. YOU’RE HERE FOR THE
EXPERIENCE. YOU COULD SIT IN THE
GRANDSTANDS. YOU CAN VISIT THE
PADDOCK. YOU COULD GET UP CLOSE
AND PERSONAL WITH THOSE DRIVERS
WITH THE CARS AND THE GARAGES. I
RAN INTO SO MANY PEOPLE WHO SAY
THEY LOVE THIS WEEKEND OVERALL
BUT ESPECIALLY FREE PREDATE,
ESPECIALLY THESE FAMILIES. THEY
CALLED THE OPENING DAY OF
RACING. WE’RE GOING TO MISS HIM,
ESPECIALLY EVERY YEAR THEY’VE
MADE A FAMILY FRIENDLY CHANCE TO
MEET THE DRIVERS, AND I’M A BIG
CAR FAN AND JUST, YOU KNOW,
HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET
SOME OF YOUR HERO DRIVERS. I
MEAN, THAT’S PRICELESS. I’M GLAD
WE GOT TO BE HERE FOR THE LAST
YEAR OF ITS. I DON’T REALLY COME
A LOT, BUT IT’S COOL TO SEE.
LIKE ALL THE CARS GETTING BUILT,
YOU KNOW, THEY HAD THE CARS
DISASSEMBLED SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY
SEE THE ENGINE THE CHASSIS. THE
DRIVERS WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT
TO WINGS WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN
THAT TO HIM. HE’S A LITTLE YOUNG
TO UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW, BUT
HOPEFULLY, IT’LL STICK IN IN A
COUPLE OF YEARS. NOW THAT LAST
GUY YOU JUST HEARD FROM IS A DAD
COMING UP AT FIVE. I REALLY
FOUND THAT RACING IS A FAMILY
AFFAIR, SO WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT
AT FIVE AND A REALLY COOL
EXPERIENCE. SOME KIDS FROM
DETROIT GOT THAT WILL BE AT SIX
O’CLOCK SO FAR TODAY, FREE PRE
DAY GOES ON. THERE’S MORE
QUALIFYING RACES, AND THEN AT
SIX O’CLOCK, THERE’S A CONCERT.
IF ANYONE REMEMBERS THE VERB
PIPE, THEY WILL BE PERFORMING
HERE. WE’RE ALIVE. KAREN BACK TO
YOU REMEMBER THEM? VERY WELL.
IT’S GONNA BE A FUN NIGHT.
THANKS, JAMIE. AND I KNOW WE’LL
SEE YOU AT FIVE AND SIX AND OF
COURSE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.
THE FULL WEEKEND OF SPECIAL
COVERAGE FROM BELLE ISLE KICKS
OFF TONIGHT AND LOCAL 4 PLUS
JOINED JAMIE BERNIE SMILOVITZ
AND INDY CAR DRIVER TONY KANAAN
TONIGHT AT 6 45, THE GRAND
PREMIER. STREAMING ON LOCAL 4
PLUS. THERE ARE A FEW TIMES HERE
WHEN THE FORECAST BECOMES A
LITTLE EXTRA IMPORTANT, AND THIS
IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS IS
THOUSANDS WILL HEAD TO BELLE
ISLE. PAUL GROSS, STANDING BY
WITH OUR FIRST FORECAST, NO
PRESSURE, PAUL JUST A LITTLE AND
JUST A LITTLE, BUT LOOK AT OUR
LOOK AT OUR SKY CAM HERE. THIS
IS OUR BELLE ISLE. SKY CAM. JUST
BEAUTIFUL DAY THERE ON THE
ISLAND AND YOU CAN SEE
TEMPERATURES AS EXPECTED, ROSE
WELL INTO THE SEVENTIES, AND HE
HAS EXPECTED IT’S BREEZY UPPER
SEVENTIES WITH WIND GENERALLY 15
TO 20 MPH ACROSS THE AREA. YOU
CAN SEE WE’VE CLEARED OUT NICELY
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THAT CAME
THROUGH WATCH AS THE FRONT MADE
IT INTO MATERIAL EXTRA LITTLE
PUFFS THERE. THERE WERE A COUPLE
OF JUST A FEW LITTLE SHOWERS
THAT POPPED UP BUT NOTHING HERE
IN THE METRO AREA AND THROUGH
THE EVENING HOURS, WE’RE GOING
TO KEEP THOSE MAINLY CLEAR SKIES
WITH TEMPS FALLING FROM THE
SEVENTIES TO AROUND 60 BY
MIDNIGHT TOMORROW IS LOOKING
GREAT, BUT KAREN COMING BACK IN
A FEW MINUTES. WE HAVE TO TALK
ABOUT THE DETAILS FOR SUNDAY.
THE CLOSE CALL BACK IN A FEW.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, PAUL. IT’S
BEEN 100 DAYS SINCE RUSSIAN
TROOPS LAUNCHED THEIR INVASION
OF UKRAINE. RIGHT NOW, RUSSIA IS
SEEING MORE SUCCESS THAN IT DID
IN THE BEGINNING. TODAY,
UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT SAYS THE
RUSSIANS NOW CONTROL 20% OF THE
COUNTRY. PRESSURE CHANGED ITS
FOCUS TO THE DONBAS REGION AFTER
FAILING TO QUICKLY CAPTURE THE
CAPITAL OF KIEV. NOW RUSSIA IS
MAKING TOUGH, GRINDING SUCCESS
TODAY. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT
VLADIMIR ZELENSKYY IS VOWING HIS
COUNTRY WILL BE VICTORIOUS. MANY
CITIES LAY IN RUINS, AND THE
DEATH TOLL KEEPS CLIMBING. PLUS,
DOLINSKY SAYS 12. MILLION PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN DISPLACED FROM THEIR
OWN HOMES IN UKRAINE. SOME OF
YOU MAY BE TIRED OF HEARING IT,
BUT WE ARE ALL KEEPING AN EYE ON
CLIMBING GAS PRICES WITH ANOTHER
NEW NATIONAL RECORD. THE NEW
AVERAGE IN THE US IS UP TO $4.76
A GALLON. ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A.
YOU CAN SEE MICHIGANNATIVE
RIDGES EVEN HIGHER AT 4 93 THAT
IS UP 13 CENTS SINCE YESTERDAY.
TONIGHT HAD FIVE WE WILL REVIEW
WHAT IS FUELING THE INCREASE.
WHY DO THOSE PRICES KEEP GOING
UP? END UP BIG TIME INVESTORS
AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE
MULLING OVER THE LATEST JOBS,
NUMBERS AND WHAT THEY MIGHT MEAN
FOR THE U. S ECONOMY. TODAY’S
REPORT SHOWS EMPLOYERS ADDED
390,000 JOBS IN MAY. IT WAS THE
LOWEST MONTHLY GAIN IN A YEAR
BUT LIKELY HIGH ENOUGH FOR THE
FED TO PURSUE MORE INTEREST RATE
HIKES DESIGNED TO FIGHT
INFLATION. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
REMAINS AT 3.6. JUST ABOUT A 50
YEAR LOW. PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS
HE KNOWS AMERICANS ARE WORRIED
ABOUT GAS PRICES AND INFLATION,
BUT HE’S TRYING TO ACCENTUATE
THE POSITIVE. AT THE TIME I TOOK
OFFICE ABOUT 16 MONTHS AGO, THE
ECONOMY HAS STALLED AND COVID
WAS OUT OF CONTROL TODAY, THANKS
TO THE ECONOMIC PLAN AND THE
VACCINATION PLAN THAT MY
ADMINISTRATION PUT IN ACTION.
AMERICANS ACHIEVED THE MOST
ROBUST RECOVERY IN MODERN
HISTORY. JUST TWO YEARS REMOVED
FROM THE WORST ECONOMIC CRISIS
SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION. THE
JOB MARKET IS THE STRONGEST HAS
BEEN SINCE JUST AFTER WORLD WAR
TWO INVESTORS HAVE BEEN TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT THE IMPACT OF THE
STILL STRONG JOB MARKET. YOU CAN
SEE THE DOW JONES DOWN 348
POINTS TODAY. AS THE MARKETS
CLOSED FOR THE WEEK. THE FED IS
TRYING TO WALK A VERY NARROW
PATH OF FIGHTING INFLATION
WITHOUT TRIGGERING A RECESSION.
ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES IN THE
JOB MARKET RIGHT NOW IS A
SHORTAGE OF WORKERS TO FILL
CURRENT OPENINGS. IT’S NOT JUST
ABOUT BODIES. IT’S ABOUT FINDING
PEOPLE WITH THE RIGHT TRAINING.
SOME LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE
TWEAKING HOW THEY TEACH STUDENTS
TO GET MORE TALENT IN THE
PIPELINE. PAULA TUTMAN TAKES US
TO A FIRST OF ITS KIND OF
GRADUATION IN THE UTICA SCHOOL
DISTRICT. SO THIS IS MORE THAN
JUST A COOL LOGO. STEVENSON MADE
HIS ACTUALLY MANUFACTURING
AUTOMATION DESIGN ENGINEERING,
AND THIS IS AN ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT MODEL FOR EDUCATING
STUDENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL
LEVEL. THE STUDENTS WHO ARE
ACTUALLY GRADUATING FROM THIS
PROGRAM NEXT WEEK. THEY ARE
BETTER TRAINED, BETTER ABLE
REALLY MORE QUALIFIED THAN MANY
COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE AT THIS
LEVEL TO ENTER. THE WORK FIELD
IN THESE INDUSTRIES THAT
DESPERATELY NEED THEM. RUN IT,
RUN IT BEFORE WALKING ACROSS THE
STAGE. THESE STUDENTS RETURN TO
WHERE THEY WERE MADE. THE
MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION DESIGN
ENGINEER ACADEMY AT STEVENSON
HIGH SCHOOL IN STERLING HEIGHTS,
THE HEAD OF THE MEAT HAMMER, YOU
DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT MILLING.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE 78
WILL BE GRADUATING IN THE FIRST
EVER CLASS OF THE MAID ACADEMY.
LARGELY NEEDED TOGETHER BY
ALISON HILLEBRAND, WHO COULD
READ THE TEA LEAVES AND SEE THAT
MICHIGAN MANUFACTURING STATE
DIDN’T HAVE THE NEEDED TALENT TO
REMAIN A MANUFACTURING STATE
MUCH LONGER WITHOUT GETTING
STUDENTS INTO THE PIPELINE TO
BECOME WORKERS, STUDENTS NEED TO
KNOW HOW TO DO MORE THAN JUST
MEMORIZE FACTS AND REGURGITATE
IT BACK ON A TEST. SO THE KIDS
HERE LEARNED AS YOU’VE SEEN HOW
TO DO PRACTICAL. PRACTICAL
SKILLS AND ON TOP A. WE HAVE
THEM PRESENTING TO BUSINESS
PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. SO THEY
LEARN HOW TO TALK. THEY LEARN
HOW TO BE PROFESSIONAL. YOU
ALWAYS WANT TO SEND TOOL CENTER
POINT SO THAT THE ROBOT THEN
KNOWS. OH, WAIT. I CAN’T
ACTUALLY MOVE TO HEAR IF THE
BOTTOM OF MY TOOL IS DOWN HERE,
A SHEET METAL DESIGN. UM WHICH
INCLUDES ALL THE FOLDS AND
DIFFERENT BANDS THAT YOU’D HAVE
TO DO TO REPLICATE A POINT LIKE
THIS TECH OF TROY. WE WERE
HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING
EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYEES THAT WE
WERE FINDING WEREN’T QUITE UP TO
WHAT WE NEEDED THEM TO DO
TEACHES THE STUDENTS AND THEN
HIRES THEM AND THEN LEASES THEM
OUT TO INDUSTRIES DESPERATE FOR
THE EXPERIENCE AND THE TALENT
THESE KIDS HAVE AT HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATION WE WANTED TO
INTRODUCE FORD, CHRYSLER AND
GENERAL MOTORS. PEOPLE THAT KNEW
THEIR STANDARDS AND THAT WOULD
SHOW UP TO WORK ON TIME AND JUST
TALK THEIR TALK. OKAY SO WHAT
HAPPENS TO THIS FIRST GRADUATING
CLASS? SOME OF THEM WILL GO ON
TO TWO YEAR INSTITUTIONS OR FOUR
YEAR INSTITUTIONS. SOME OF THEM
KAREN ACTUALLY HAVE GOTTEN JOBS
BEFORE THEY WALK ACROSS THE
STAGE. YOU WERE GIVING THESE
EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS BEFORE WE
CAME TO THAT STORY. I JUST
CHECKED THE U. S BUREAU OF LABOR
STATISTICS, THE NUMBER OF
MANUFACTURING JOBS DECREASED.
THIS MONTH TO ONLY 11.4 MILLION.
THAT’S HOW MANY ARE STILL
NEEDED. STEVENSON IS DOING ITS
PART LOT MORE STILL NEEDED KAREN