FROM. DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. YOU MIGHT BE FORGIVEN FOR THINKING THIS WAS A
GENERAL ELECTION INSTEAD OF A
MIDTERM RIGHT? THERE WILL BE
LOTS AND LOTS OF BALLOTS TO
COUNT AS MICHIGANDERS HAVE THEIR
SAY ON ELECTED OFFICES, BUT ALSO
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AS WELL. WE
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US FOR
ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED
MIDTERM ELECTIONS IN QUITE SOME
TIME, ABOUT TWO HOURS LEFT TO
VOTE. POLLS CLOSE AT EIGHT
O’CLOCK IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.
IF YOU ARE IN LINE AT EIGHT
O’CLOCK, HOWEVER, YOU ARE GOOD
TO GO AND WILL BE ALLOWED TO
VOTE. HERE IS SOME OF THE
ELECTION DAY HEADLINE. IT’S FROM
OUR AREA. HIGH LEVEL OF ABSENTEE
VOTING LIKELY TO DELAY THE
RESULTS AS ELECTION WORKERS WILL
TAKE THE NEEDED TIME TO COUNT
THE MORE THAN 1.7 MILLION
ABSENTEE BALLOTS ALREADY TURNED
IN PERSON. TURNOUT APPEARS TO BE
HIGH BASED ON WHAT WE’VE SEEN,
AND WE’VE BEEN HEARING AROUND
METRO DETROIT, THE U. S
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS
MONITORING POLLING PLACES IN
FIVE MICHIGAN CITIES DETROIT,
SOUTHFIELD, PONTIAC, FLINT. AS
WELL AS GRAND RAPIDS. THEY’RE
DOING THE SAME THING IN 23 OTHER
STATES WITH THE GOAL OF ENSURING
COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL VOTING
RIGHTS LAWS. NOW WE’VE BEEN
SEEING LONG LINES FOR VOTING AND
REGISTERING TO VOTE ON CAMPUS AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN IN
ANN ARBOR. SOME STUDENTS SAID
THEY WERE WAITING. WE’RE HEARING
BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR HOURS. LOOK
AT. I MEAN, LOOK AT THE LINE.
LET’S LOOK AT A POLLING PLACE IN
SOUTHFIELD. EXPERTS BELIEVE
OAKLAND COUNTY COULD BE A KEY TO
SOME OF THE CLOSER RACES WILL BE
WATCHING THOSE RETURNS VERY
CLOSELY TO FOR THAT REASON WE
WILL. AND AS FOR THE
GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES,
GOVERNOR WHITMER VOTED ABSENTEE
. SHE MADE SEVERAL STEPS TODAY,
INCLUDING IN LANSING AND DETROIT
CHALLENGER REPUBLICAN TWITTER.
DIXON VOTED IN NORTON SHORE’S
OVER ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE
STATE THIS MORNING, BUT SHE WILL
END UP IN GRAND RAPIDS TONIGHT.
TO WATCH THE VOTES COME IN VERY
BUSY COUNTING BALLOTS AT
HUNTINGTON’S PLACE IN DOWNTOWN
DETROIT. HELP ME HANK HANK
WINCHESTER HAS BEEN ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR ANY PROBLEMS
PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM
EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE.
SO THANKS SO FAR, THINGS HAVE
GONE PRETTY SMOOTHLY, HUH? SO
FAR SO GOOD. THE COUNTING IS
UNDERWAY HERE IN DOWNTOWN
DETROIT AND LET ME SHOW YOU
EXACTLY WHAT’S GOING ON SO FAR
ABOUT 63,000 ABSENTEE BALLOTS
HAVE ALREADY BEEN COUNTED.
THAT’S GOING ON, AND THAT’S THE
PROGRESS THAT’S BEEN MADE
BECAUSE OF SOME CHANGES TO STATE
LAW. ALLOWING THESE WORKERS TO
GET A JUMP START ON THIS. THEY
ARE HOPING TO HAVE MOST OF IT
WRAPPED UP BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
AS YOU MENTIONED ONLY A FEW
PROBLEMS ISOLATED ISSUES THAT
WE’RE AWARE OF THROUGHOUT METRO
DETROIT, AND FOR THE MOST PART,
PEOPLE THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO
HELP ME HANK HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
GO BACK TO THEIR PRECINCT
POLLING LOCATION, AND THEY’VE
BEEN ABLE TO VOTE NOW. YOU MAY
REMEMBER 2020 VERY DIFFERENT
LOOK AND ATMOSPHERE THAN WHERE I
AM RIGHT NOW. WE WERE DOWNSTAIRS
DURING THAT PRESIDENTIAL YEAR.
AND YOU’LL REMEMBER THE BIG
CROWDS, PEOPLE REPRESENTING BOTH
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, VERY
ANGRY, TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT
WHAT WAS GOING ON. SO A SHIFT
WAS MADE. YOU CAN SEE THINGS ARE
VERY DIFFERENT AND MUCH CALMER
SCENE AND HERE’S WHY. THIS IS
THE ROOM WHERE VOTES HAVE BEEN
COUNTED IN DETROIT FOR A REALLY
LONG TIME. THE ONLY REASON WHY
THE COUNTING BOARD WAS LOCATED.
ON THE FIRST FLOOR. THE BASEMENT
SO TO SPEAK OF THE VENUE IS
BECAUSE THE MAIN FLOOR WAS SET
UP TO BE A FIELD HOSPITAL IN
CASE IT WAS NEEDED FOR COVID. SO
THAT FORCED THE COUNT OPERATION
TO GO DOWNSTAIRS. THE PLAN ALL
ALONG WAS TO HAVE IT MOVED BACK
UPSTAIRS. AND SO HERE WE ARE, IN
ITS USUAL PLACE. WHAT A
DIFFERENCE A FEW YEARS MAKES.
RIGHT I MEAN IN 2020. THIS WAS
ALL HOSPITAL BEDS. THAT IS WHY
WE REMOVED DOWNSTAIRS TO THAT
LOCATION. THAT WAS NOT IDEAL
BECAUSE IT WAS VERY OPEN AND IT
CAUSED A LOT OF ISSUES WITH
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ASSUMING
THINGS ON BOTH SIDES ABOUT WHAT
IT MAY MAY HAVE BEEN HAPPENING
AS THOSE BALLOTS WERE BEING
COUNTED. NOW AGAIN, THE POLLS
OPEN UNTIL EIGHT O’CLOCK TONIGHT
IF YOU ENCOUNTER ANY ISSUES AT
ALL. AND YOU’RE UNABLE TO VOTE
FOR ANY REASON I WANT TO HEAR
FROM YOU DIRECTLY. WE ARE IN
CONSTANT CONTACT WITH STATE
LEADERS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY
SINGLE MICHIGANDERS WANTS TO
VOTE CAN DO SO TONIGHT. THE GOOD
NEWS AND THE PROGRESS HERE AT
HUNTINGTON’S PLACE IN DOWNTOWN
DETROIT PROGRESS BEING MADE.
WHERE ABOUT 63,000 VOTES ALREADY
COUNTED? I HOPE TO HAVE THINGS
WRAPPED UP HERE TONIGHT. WE’RE
LIVE DOWNTOWN HANK WINCHESTER
BACK TO YOU. THINGS ARE GOING
SMOOTHLY SO FAR. HANK WILL CHECK
BACK IN WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT. NOW, WHETHER YOU ARE A
COLLEGE STUDENT VOTING FOR THE
FIRST TIME OR A SENIOR CITIZEN,
KEEPING A TRADITION INTACT.
EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT REASONS
FOR MAKING TIME TO PARTICIPATE
IN THIS GREAT TRADITION OF
VOTING. PRIYA MANN IS LIVE IN
WESTLAND WITH MORE ON WHAT’S
MOTIVATING PEOPLE AND PRIYA. WE
MAY BE HEADED FOR A RECORD
TURNOUT FOR A MIDTERM ELECTION
IN MICHIGAN. YEAH THAT’S RIGHT.
JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE LONG
LINES OVER IN ANN ARBOR AT THE
CAMPUS OF UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN, SO MANY PEOPLE COMING
OUT TO VOTE HERE IN WESTLAND.
THERE HAS BEEN A STEADY STREAM
THROUGHOUT THE DAY OR EARLIER
TODAY, I SPOKE WITH THE 92 YEAR
OLD WOMAN WHO WALKS TO HER
POLLING STATION. EVERY ELECTION
HASN’T MISSED AN ELECTION IN 30.
PLUS YEARS, WE WERE ALSO TALKING
TO VOTERS HERE IN WEST LAND, AND
THEY SAY THERE’S A LOT AT STAKE.
I’M A LITTLE NERVOUS, THOUGH,
BECAUSE THEY KEEP SAYING HOW
IT’S EVERYTHING IS SO CLOSE. I
JUST I JUST HOPE EVERYBODY GETS
OUT THERE AND VOTES. I JUST I’M
NERVOUS A LITTLE BIT WITH SO
MUCH AT STAKE THIS MIDTERM, A
STEADY STREAM OF VOTERS MADE
THEIR WAY INTO THIS POLLING
STATION IN WEST LAND. I’M GLAD
TO SEE THERE’S SO MANY PEOPLE
HERE. YOU KNOW THAT MAKES ME
FEEL BETTER. I WAS VERY EXCITED
. HOW WELCOME THEM. THEY WERE TO
YOU, YOU KNOW, AND EVERYBODY IS
PAYING ATTENTION TO EVERYBODY,
AND THAT’S THE BEST PART ABOUT
IT. THANK YOU. IN DETROIT, THIS
RETIRED HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE
TEACHER HAS BEEN WALKING TO HER
POLLING STATION FOR DECADES.
JUST THOUGHT THAT THIS IS
SOMETHING WE SHOULD DO. AND I’VE
BEEN HERE EVERY YEAR. I COULDN’T
SKIP A YEAR BECAUSE IF YOU DON’T
PARTICIPATE, THEN YOU DON’T KNOW
WHAT’S GOING ON 92 YEAR OLD
LILLIAN L. SMITH ALWAYS COMES
PREPARED. I HAD THOSE FLYERS IN
FRONT OF ME WHEN I VOTED. AND I
WAS READING WHAT IT SAID ABOUT
EACH ONE INFORMED VOTER TOP OF
MIND FOR MANY ALREADY KNOW WHO
I’M VOTING FOR, AND I FEEL GOOD
ABOUT IT, SO HOPEFULLY IT TURNS
OUT THE WAY EXPECT. YEAH, THAT’S
WHAT EVERYBODY IS HOPING FOR. OF
COURSE, POLLS WILL CLOSE AT
EIGHT O’CLOCK. IF YOU ARE IN
LINE BEFORE THAT CUT OFF, YOU
WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE AND OF
COURSE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW ALL OF THESE ELECTION
RESULTS AS THEY CONTINUE TO COME
IN REPORTING LIVE FROM WESTLAND
AND PRIYA MANN BEFORE, OKAY, PRE
AND WE’LL CHECK BACK IN WITH
YOU, TOO. AS THE NIGHT
PROGRESSES, AS WE MENTIONED
RESULTS MAY TAKE A WHILE TO COME
IN. BUT NO MATTER WHAT YOU CAN
SEE WHERE THINGS STAND
CLICKONDETROIT’S DOT COM YOU’LL
FIND UP TO THE MINUTE RESULTS IN
ALL OF THE MAJOR RACES ARE GOING
TO BE RIGHT THERE ON THE
HOMEPAGE. OUR COVERAGE OF THE
ELECTION. I’M JUST GETTING
STARTED. CHRISTINE MCDONALD AND
I WILL BE HOSTING WALL TO WALL
COVERAGE FROM 8 TO 11 ON LOCAL 4
PLUS TONIGHT WILL BE JOINED BY A
PANEL OF EXPERTS. WOULD BE
CHECKING IN WITH LOCAL CLERKS TO
GET A SENSE OF HOW THE COUNT IS
GOING. AND, OF COURSE, TALKING
TO OUR REPORTERS ALL OVER
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. THAT’S
TONIGHT AT EIGHT ON LOCAL 4 PLUS
IN MORE NEWS TONIGHT, POLICE ARE
TURNING OVER A NEW VIDEO IN THE
DEADLY ROAD RAGE SHOOTING THAT
TOOK THE LIFE OF AN 18 YEAR OLD
IN EAST POINT. IT COMES AS A
FAMILY OF TIE. HALE IS DEMANDING
JUSTICE UPSET THAT NO CHARGES
WERE FILED AGAINST A MAN WHO
SHOT OUT HIS TRUCK WINDOW AT
HELL. JACQUELINE FRANCIS’S LIVE
IN EAST POINT TONIGHT WITH A
LOOK. AT THAT NEW SECURITY
FOOTAGE THAT JUST CAME IN
JACQUELINE. POLICE JUST HANDED
OVER THIS FLASH DRIVE WITH NEW
VIDEO EVIDENCE OF THAT ROAD RAGE
INCIDENT NOW, BEFORE WE SHOW YOU
THAT VIDEO I WANT TO SET THE
SCENE HERE AT THE EAST POINT
POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHERE THE
VICTIM’S FAMILY IS HOLDING A
PROTEST, CALLING OUT POLICE,
ACCUSING THEM OF CONDUCTING A
SLOPPY INVESTIGATION. WE WANT
THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
REOPENED. WE WANT CHARGES
BROUGHT HAILS FAMILY ISN’T
BACKING DOWN IN THEIR FIGHT FOR
JUSTICE. 18 YEAR OLD HALE WAS
SHOT AND KILLED SEPTEMBER 30TH
AT THE INTERSECTION OF STRYKER
AND DAVID NEAR EIGHT MILE,
POLICE SAY HAIL AND THE OTHER
DRIVER ARGUED, AND THE DRIVER
SHOT HAIL, CLAIMING SELF DEFENSE
COUNTY PROSECUTOR DECIDED NOT TO
CHARGE THE DRIVER. THE FAMILY
NOW BLAMING THAT DECISION ON
WHAT THEY SAY WAS A SLOPPY
POLICE INVESTIGATION. THERE IS
EVIDENCE THAT HASN’T BEEN
BROUGHT IN. I FEEL LIKE THERE’S
EVIDENCE BEING WITHHELD FOR SOME
REASON, UM IT’S JUST NOTHING
MAKES SENSE AND ADDS UP. POLICE
DEFEND THE INVESTIGATION WALKING
US THROUGH NEWLY RELEASED
SECURITY FOOTAGE THAT SHOWS
WHERE THE INCIDENT BEGAN ON
EIGHT MILE ALTHOUGH IT’S DARK,
DETECTIVES SAY THIS VIDEO SHOWS
HALE, WHO IS WRITING A MINI BIKE
WITH NO LIGHTS, HIT THE
PASSENGER DOOR OF THE TRUCK
BEFORE TAKING OFF IN THE OTHER
DIRECTION. YOU THEN SEE THE
TRUCK’S DRIVER CONTINUE INTO HIS
EAST POINT NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE
THE PASSENGER IS ON THE PHONE
WITH 911. MOMENTS LATER, YOU SEE
HAIL, CIRCLE BACK AND FOLLOW THE
TRUCK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE
NEXT TIME WE SEE THEM IS ON THIS
DOORBELL CAMERA WHERE THE SHOT
IS FIRED THE PASSENGER IN THE
CAR STILL ON THE PHONE WITH 911.
POLICE SAY THERE’S NO EVIDENCE
THAT REFUTES THE DRIVERS CLAIM
OF SELF DEFENSE AND SHORT OF
THAT THEY CAN’T REOPEN THE CASE.
PLEASE JUST SUPPORT US. WE’RE
JUST TRYING TO GET JUSTICE FOR
MY SON. BACK HERE LIVE. POLICE
SAY THEY’VE MET AND TALKED WITH
THE FAMILY MULTIPLE TIMES AND
ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO REOPEN
THE INVESTIGATION. AS LONG AS
THERE IS NEW EVIDENCE THAT COMES
FORWARD WARRANTING THEM TO DO
SO. REPORTING LIVE AT THE EAST
POINT POLICE STATION JACQUELINE
FRANCIS LOCAL 4. COME ON THIS
STORY, JACKLYN, WE APPRECIATE
YOUR REPORTING. BEEN A PRETTY
NICE DAY, NO WEATHER PROBLEMS,
AND WHETHER IS ALWAYS A FACTOR
ON ELECTION DAY ISN’T REALLY
NICE DAY TODAY, ACTUALLY, LET’S
GET OVER TO KIM ADAMS. LOOK AT
THE FORECAST. WELL, IF YOU LIKE
TODAY, YOU’LL REALLY LOVE THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS BECAUSE
THEY’RE GOING TO BE EVEN BETTER.
THE ELECTION FORECAST. IT’S BEEN
A NICE ONE. WE CONTINUE TO COOL
DOWN, HOWEVER, INTO THE FORTIES
AS WE HEAD THROUGH EIGHT O’CLOCK
TONIGHT, SO IF YOU DO HAVE TO
STAY IN IN LINE OUTSIDE, YOU’LL
WANT TO BE PREPARED FOR A LITTLE
CHILLY WEATHER. BUT THINGS ARE
GOING TO WARM UP RIGHT NOW.
UPPER FORTIES JUST ABOUT
EVERYWHERE YOU GO WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF MOUNT CLEMENS,
WHICH IS JUST NOW DROPPED. DOWN
TO 44 DEGREES TOMORROW. EVEN
BETTER THAN TODAY. SUNSHINE HIGH
ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, AND I
WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK PEEK AT
THIS NEXT SEVEN DAYS. AS FAR AS
JUST THE TEMPERATURES GO BECAUSE
IT’S A PRETTY TRAUMATIC DROP
FROM FRIDAY 64 DOWN TO 43 FOR A
HIGH THIS IS A HIGH, NOT A LOW
DOWN TO A HIGH OF ONLY 39 FOR
SUNDAY, SO WE’LL TALK ABOUT THE
FORECAST, PLUS MUCH OF FLORIDA