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>> Ben: HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.
NOW THE RAIN TURNING TO SNOW,
BUT THAT MAY NOT BE OUR BIGGEST
PAULA?
>> Paula: HI, BEN, WE'RE ON THE
NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF THIS STORM
AS IT MOVES TOWARDS YOU, KAREN.
WE WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE
CONDITIONS ARE LIKE RIGHT NOW.
>> Karen: HISTORY IN THE MAKING.
THE UNITED STATES SENATE DID
BEFORE.
WHAT'S NEXT IN THIS SUPREME
COURT BATTLE
AND THE LOCAL FATHER'S EMOTIONAL
MREECHLT HIS MESSAGE TO ANYONE
WHO CAN HELP FIND THE PERSON WHO
SHOT HIS 9-YEAR-OLD SON.
>> Announcer: LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN
DETROIT, LOCAL 4 NEWS "FIRST AT
4" STARTS NOW!
EVERYBODY!
I'M KAREN DREW, "FIRST AT 4."
LOOK' RADAR.
WE HAVE A MESS ON OUR HANDS AND
MOVING THROUGH METRO DETROIT AND
HAS A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.
A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN, A LITTLE
BIT OF SLOP AND SNOW AND HIGH
WINDS.
OVER TO BEN BAILEY FOR A LOOK AT
WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
>> Ben: THE RAIN AND SNOW ARE
COMMUTERS.
EVEN PLACES THAT ARE SHOWING UP
GREEN ARE A MIX.
IN THE CITY OF DETROIT, THE
RAIN/SNOW LINE IS RIGHT ALONG
WOODWARD AND HAS BEEN
FLUCTUATING AROUND THAT MARK.
A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE
NORTH, MAINLY RAIN ACROSS MACOMB
COUNTY AND A FLOW IN OFF OF LAKE
HURON, SO A GOOD BAND OF
MODERATE SNOW FROM PORT HURON TO
ROMEO, AND THAT'S CONTINUING
DOWN INTO OAKLAND COUNTY.
NORTH OF THAT, THEY'VE GOT RAIN
WHERE THE PRECIPITATION IS
LIGHTER.
YOU GET OUT HERE INTO THE WEST
ZONE AND THIS IS SOLID SNOW FOR
THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS.
WE WILL SEE THE AREAS CONTINUE
TO ACCUMULATE SNOW, ESPECIALLY
ONCE THE SUN GOES DOWN TONIGHT.
TEMPERATURES AT METRO, ONE OF
OUR WARMER NUMBERS AT 38.
EVERYBODY IS ABOVE FREEZING AND
COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SNOW IN
ABOUT A HALF TO THREE QUARTERS
OF THE AREA RIGHT NOW.
WIND GUSTS HAVE TOPPED 40 MILES
PER HOUR IN FLINT.
COMING THIS EVENING.
THOSE GUSTS COULD BE AS HIGH AS
AREA.
THERE MAY BE SOME SPOTS WHEN YOU
GET NORTH UP TOWARD LAKE HURON
TO SEE 60-MILE-PER-HOUR GUSTS
AND UP TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW
IS WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING.
WE'LL BREAK DOWN THE TOTALS AND
COULD BE MINOR FLOODING BECAUSE
OF THE RAIN WE HAD BEFORE THE
SNOW.
BACK OUT TO PAULA TUTMAN IN
CLARKSTON, CHECKING OUT THE
IMPACT OF THE SNOW OUT THERE.
WHAT'S THE LATEST?
>> Paula: THE LATEST IS THAT
EVEN THOUGH IT'S SNOWING, AS
IT'S COMING DOWN, WE'RE NOT
SEEING IT ON STREET LEVEL.
YES, WE'RE GETTING FLAKES BUT
FREEZING RAIN.
I CAN TELL YOU THIS,HOWEVER,
FOLKS ARE JUST ABOUT DONE WITH
THIS KIND OF WEATHER!
LOOKING OUT FROM PICASSO'S GRAPE
VOOIN, THINGS ARE TURNING.
A PERFECT TYPE TO BE WORKING ON
THE EASTER EGGS.
TWO GIRLS WERE HAVING FUN BUT
BUMMED BECAUSE SPRING BREAK
SHOULD BE LIKE SPRING.
THEY SAY NOT LIKE WINTER.
COLD.
I WOULD RATHER HAVE SPRING,
ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S SPRING
BREAK.
I JUST WANT SUMMER TO COME
BECAUSE I'M DONE WITH SNOW.
I LIKE SNOW, BUT THEN LIKE AFTER
SNOW.
>> Paula: PAINTINGS OF PALM
TREES AND SANDY BEACHES.
SHE HAS PUT AWAY HER SNOW SHOVEL
AND SALT.
SHE KNOWS CLARKSTON IS GROUND
SNOW.
>> MY STREET AFTER 4 INCHES IS
CONSIDERED A SNOW EMERGENCY.
I WOULD LIKE THE SNOW NOT TO GET
TO 4 INCHES SO I CAN GET INTO
TOMORROW.
>> Paula: FIRST THE COLD, THEN A
COLDER HEAVIER RAIN AND MOTHER
NATURE HAS FEW FANS ON THE
>> BOO!
>> I KNOW BY 3:00, IT WILL BE 75
DEGREES, I JUST KNOW IT.
>> I DO NOT LIKE THE WEATHER
RIGHT NOW.
IT'S TOO COLD.
NOW.
>> Paula: WHILE WE HAVEN'T HAD A
SERIOUS WINTER FOR TWO YEARS,
THIS ONE SEEMS TO CHIP AWAY AT
US AND DRAG ON AND ON AND ON.
NOT ENOUGH SNOW TO SKI OR MAKE
SNOWMEN, JUS ENOUGH FOR PARTY
HARDY --
>> BOO!
>> Paula: A LOT OF PEOPLE HOPE
IT STAYS THIS WAY, BUT EVEN IF
IT DOESN'T, THEY KNOW IT WILL
GET BETTER REAL SOON, LIKE
KAREN?
POINT.
MICHIGAN, IT WILL CHANGE.
ALL RIGHT, GET BACK IN AND GET
WARM.
THANK YOU, PAULA.
>>> WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING
NEWS IN TROY RIGHT NOW WHERE A
CRASH INVOLVING TWO SEMI TRUCKS
HAS TRAFFIC BACKED UP ON
NORTHBOUND I-75 AT 14 MILE ROAD.
CREWS ARE WORKING TO CLEAR THE
CRASHED.
THE DRIVER ONLY SUFFERED MINOR
INJURIES AND ONE LANE IS OPEN SO
EXPECT HEAVY DELAYS IN THAT
AREA.
>>> O CAPITOL HILL, SENATE
REPUBLICANS HA DECIDED TO USE
THE NUCLEAR OPTION TO CLEAR THE
WAY FOR NEIL GORSUCH.
>> Devin: SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE
CHANGING THE RULES.
THEY'RE CLEARING THE WAY FOR
JUDGE GORSUCH'S CONFIRMATION AND
A FINAL VOTE EXPECTED TO TAKE
PLACE NOW SOMETIME TOMORROW.
REPUBLICANS TRIGGERED WHAT'S
REFERRED TO AS THE NUCLEAR
OPTION SHORTLY AFTER DEMOCRATS
SUCCESSFULLY FILIBUSTERED
GORSUCH SINCE H NOMINATION
FELL SHORT OF THE 60 VOTES
TRADITIONALLY NEEDED.
AND NOW ONLY 51 VOTES ARE
NEEDED, A SIMPLE MAJORITY.
BOTH SIDES ARE CRYING FOUL AND
DEMOCRATS WANT REPUBLICANS TO
BRING THEM ANOTHER NOMINEE.
>> THE OPPOSITION IS MORE ABOUT
THE MAN THAT NOMINATED HIM AND
THE PARTY HE REPRESENTS, THAN
THE NOMINEE HIMSELF.
>> THERE WILL BE LESS FAITH IN
THE SUPREME COURT BECAUSE IT
WILL BE SEEN AS A POLITICAL
BODY, AN EXTENSION OF OUR MOST
DIVISIVE DEBATE, AND AS A RESULT
AMERICA'S FACE AND THE INTEGRITY
OF THE COURT AND THE TRUST IN
THE RULE OF LAW WILL SUFFER.
>> Devin: IT'S THE FIRST TIME
THIS KIND OF RULE CHANGE, THIS
OPTION, HAS BEEN USED FOR A
SUPREME COURT NOMINATION AND
SETS THE WAY FOR A SIMPLE
FUTURE.
BUT AGAIN, THE FINAL VOTE LIKELY
TO TAKE PLACE TOMORROW ENDING A
YEAR OF TENSION OVER THE EMPTY
SEAT ON THE SUPREME COURT.
KAREN, BACK TO YOU.
>> Karen: AND BIG NEWS OUT OF
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THIS AFTERNOON CONCERNING THE
INVESTIGATION OF RUSSIAN
INFLUENCE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION.
CONGRESSMAN DEVIN NUNES IS
STEPPING ASIDE.
SOME CLAIM HE IS TOO CLOSE TO
THE INVESTIGATION.
HE STEPPED ASIDE AFTER TWO
GROUPS FILED ETHICS COMPLAINTS
AND HE CALLS THEM ENTIRELY
>>> CHINA'S PRESIDENT HAS
ARRIVED IN FLORIDA FOR HIS FIRST
FACE-TO-FACE MEETING WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
HE'LL MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT AT
HIS MA-A-LAGO ESTATE.
>>> D RICKLES HAS DIED.
HE HEADLINED CASINOS AND
NIGHTCLUBS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
HE ALSO WAS A REGULAR ON "THE
TONIGHT SHOW" WITH JOHNNY CARSON
AND APPEARED IN DOZENS OF FILMS
HE WAS 90 YEARS OLD.
>>> WHILE POLICE ARE SEARCHING
FOR A SUSPECT, A FAMILY IS
SEARCHING FOR JUSTICE AFTER A
9-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS SHOT IN THE
HEAD.
MALIK WAS SITTING IN A CAR AND
WEEKEND.
HE IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.
HIS FAMILY HELD A NEWS
CONFERENCE THIS MORNING PLEADING
FOR SOMEONE TO COME FORWARD.
>> IT'S NOT SNITCHING WHEN
KID, MAN.
DO YOU KNOW WHO MALIK COSIE IS?
THAT'S MY 9-YEAR-OLD SON WITH A
BIG BULLET HOLE IN THE SIDE OF
HIS HEAD.
THE POLICE GONNA CATCH YOU.
AND WHEN THEY DO, THE WRATH OF
GOD IS GONNA BE ON YOU!
>> Karen: THERE IS A $2,000
REWARD FOR INFORMATION RECEIVED
BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
>>> IN ANN ARBOR, RALLY AND
MICHIGAN CAMPUS THIS EVENING.
IT STARTS AT TH UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN UNION AT 7:00 P.M.
A MARCH THROUGH THE STREETS OF
ANN ARBOR FOLLOWS THE RALLY.
TAKE BACK THE NIGHT IS A GRASS
ROOTS MOVEMENT TO END SEXUAL
CHILDREN.
>>> MOTOR CITY IS ABOUT TO GET A
MAKEOVER, AND MAYOR MIKE DUGGAN
SAYS THIS IS A HUGE PROJECT,
CALLING IT MOTOR CITY MAKEOVER
365 TO SHOW THE YEAR-ROUND
COMMITMENT AND HAS NEIGHBORHOOD
CLEAN-UP IN MAY, FLOWER PLANTING
IN JUNE AND BOARDING UP VACANT
HOMES IN JULY AND AUGUST.
THEY HOPE VOLUNTEERS WILL GET
INVOLVE.
>>> A WARNING ABOUT EXTREME
SELFIES.
ONE WOMAN PUT HERSELF IN A
DANGEROUS SITUATION.
>>> PETS IN JEOPARDY.
NEW RESCUE EFFORTS IN THE MIDDLE
OF A NATURAL SKAFRT.
>>> A MOTHER IS RUN OVER BY HER
OWN VEHICLE.
YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHO PLACE SAY
PUT THIS ACCIDENT IN MOTION.
DETROIT.
LIKE THIS FOR WEEKS.
>> THEY'RE BUSY TAKING CARE OF
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, AND WE WON'T
DOWNTOWN IN DETROIT!
>> Shawn: YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR
FROM NEIGHBORS WHO SAY THIS IS
JUST ONE PROBLEM IN AN AREA
THEY'RE CALLING DETROIT'S
FORGOTTEN NEIGHBORHOOD!
>> Karen: ALSO "FIRST AT 4,"
WE'RE TRACKING STORIES ALL
AROUND THE WORLD.
START IN CALIFORNIA WHERE A
PREGNANT WOMAN IS RECOVERING
AFTER A CAR ACCIDENT INVOLVING
HER YOUNG SON.
THE IMAGES WERE CAUGHT ON CAMERA
EAST OF LOS ANGELES.
THE WOMAN WAS LOADING GROCERIES
INTO HER VAN WHEN HER SON
ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED THE VEHICLE
AND IT STARTED TO ROLL
BACKWARDS.
SHE IS 8 MONTHS PREGNANT AND IS
RECOVERING FROM INJURIES.
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING.
>>> MOVING TO NEW ZEALAND, LOOK
AT THE RISING RIVER.
THIS HAS TRIGGERED SERIOUS
FLOODING.
A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN
DECLARED AFTER A LEVEE FAILED.
THEY USED BOATS AND TRACTORS TO
SAFETY.
IT BURST THROUGH A CONCRETE
LEVEE.
NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN DRENCHED BY
THE CYCLONE THAT HIT LAST WEEK.
>>> I COLOMBIA, RIVERS RAN OVER
THEIR BANKS KILLING MORE THAN
300 PEOPLE.
THEY HAVE ROUNDED UP MORE THAN
100 LOST DOGS AND CATS AND WILL
TRY TO REUNITE THEM WITH THEIR
OWNERS OR PUT THEM UP FOR
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>>> SO MANY WEATHER-RELATED
STORIES LATELY.
>> Ben: REALLY PUTS THINGS IN
PERSPECTIVE HERE.
>> Karen: DID YOU LISTEN TO
PAULA'S STORY WHEN THAT GIRL
SAID, I LIKE WINTER AS LONG AS
IT ENDS AFTER CHRISTMAS.
I THINK EVERYONE IS READY.
OPENING DAY IS TOMORROW.
WE'RE READY TO ROCK SPRING.
>> Ben: WE WILL TURN THE CORNER
HARD ONCE WE GET INTO FRIDAY,
BUT NOT UNTIL THEN.
WE'LL GO INTO THE ADVISORIES,
WATCHES, AND WARNINGS.
A WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6:00 A.M.,
OVER 40 MILES PER HOUR AT TIMES.
TONIGHT, ST. CLAIR AND SANILAC
COUNTY HIGH-WIND WARNING, SOME
OF THOSE WILL TOP 50 MILES PER
HOUR, POSSIBLY APPROACHING 60
ALTHOUGH THAT'S ON THE VERY
OUTSIDE OF THA RANGE.
A LAKE SHORE FLOOD ADVISORY
UNTIL 8:00 P.M. TOMORROW.
THE WINDS COULD PILE IT UP ALONG
THE SHORELINE AND COULD BE MINOR
FLOODING, RIGHT AT THE LAKE
SHORE IN ST. CLA COUNTY.
YOU CAN SEE THE SWIRL AROUND
THIS LOW AS NOW WE'RE ON THE
BACK SIDE OF THE STORM.
WE'RE ON THE COLDEST SIDE AND IT
WILL BE UNTIL THE SUN GOES DOWN
UNTIL IT TRANSITIONS TO ALL
SNOW.
YOU SEE THE COLORS GO ALL BLUE,
AWAY.
THIS WILL WRAP UP QUICKLY INTO
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
BY THE TIME THE SUN COMES UP
TOMORROW MORNING, MOST OF THE
CLOUDS WILL BE OUT OF HERE.
WE GET THE SUNSHINE BACK.
THE ONE THING THAT'S NOT GOING
QUICKLY.
STILL ON THE BRISK SIDE OF
FRIDAY.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE'LL HAVE BRIGHT
SKIES, IT WILL FEEL CHILLY WITH
THE WIND CHILLS AND WE'LL LOOK
THAT IN A SECOND.
HERE'S THE TOTAL SNOWFALL IN THE
4ZONE FORECAST, METRO ZONE, IT
WON'T BE MUCH.
THIS WILL BE TOUGH TO MEASURE,
JUST A SLUSHY HALF INCH.
AND NORTH OF THERE, MAY GET A
COUPLE POCKETS OF AN INCH BUT
WON'T LAST LONG.
INCH.
A COUPLE SPOTS COULD SEE ONE
INCH.
THE WEST ZONE, THERE'S A POCKET
THAT WILL EXTEND INTO THE NORTH
ZONE WHERE WE MAY GET 3 INCHES.
AND CLOSER TO LAKE HURON, WE MAY
BE GETTING THAT AS WELL.
THE 4ZONE ONLY SHOWING 1.9, 1.5
IN MARLETTE AND SANDUSKY.
COULD BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER TOTALS
NORTH AND THAT'S WHY THE WINTER
THERE.
DROPPING DOWN TO 32 AND THE RAIN
BECOMES SNOW.
THE WINDS WILL BE AN ISSUE, AT
LEAST THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME
HOURS.
TOMORROW, WE'LL START AT 32 AND
WILL RISE TO 46 WITH PLENTY OF
SUNSHINE.
SO WHAT'S OUT THERE WILL NOT
LAST VERY LONG SFARZ THE
SNOWFALL GOES.
TOMORROW IS OPENING DAY, IF YOU
HAVEN'T HEARD.
WINDY CONDITIONS AND WE'LL SEE
PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND
TEMPERATURES UP TO 46.
THE WIND CHILLS AT COMERICA WILL
BE IN THE 20s BEFORE THE GAME
GETS STARTED.
FIRST PITCH 1:10 TOMORROW.
GO TIGERS!
>> Karen: IN "GOOD HEALTH," RED
CROSS IS ASKING FOR YOUR HELP TO
MEET THE LOCAL NEED FOR BLOOD.
THE NEED IS ESPECIALLY CRITICAL
FOR TYPES O-NEGATIVE AND
AB-NEGATIVE.
DONATIONS ARE SLOW THIS TIME OF
YEAR AND IT'S A MATTER OF LIFE
AND DEATH.
HE HAD A TRANSPLANT AND NEEDED
THE BLOOD SIX YEARS AGO TODAY.
>> IT MEANT THE WORLD TO ME.
I WENT I WOULD HAVE ADDITIONAL
TIME TO SPEND WITH MY
GRANDCHILDREN.
THEY ARE VERY YOUNG WHEN I WAS
TRANSPLANTED AND I'M VERY
APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
>> WE'VE BEEN DOING IT CLOSE TO
BLOOD.
IT'S A TERRIFIC OPPORTUNITY AND
GIVING BACK A LITTLE TO THE
COMMUNITY THAT HAS GIVEN SO MUCH
TO US.
DETROIT IS SUCH A GREAT
COMMUNITY, WE'RE HONORED.
>> Karen: YOU CAN DONATE UNTIL
7:45 P.M. IN AUBURN HILLS,
CANTON, MACOMB, WARREN,
WATERFORD, AND TAYLOR.
STORE.
YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THE DETAILS
ON THE HEALTH PAGE AT
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
>>> SO WHERE IN THE WORLD IS
RICHARD SIMMONS?
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
CONCERNED ABOUT HIM.
TODAY ANOTHER SIGN HE MIGHT BE
DOING OKAY.
>>> UP FIRST, A NASTY
CONVENIENCE STORE CONFRONTATION.
WHAT MADE HIM SO ANGRY AND HOW
M&MS WERE INVOLVED.
AS WE GO TO BREAK, TAKE A LOOK
AND SEE HOW THE MARKETS HAVE
CLOSED FOR OUR THURSDAY.
SAMARITANS HIT ON
THE INTERSTATE TRYING TO HELP
VICTIMS IN A ROLLED-OVER CAR.
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE LET THE
LOCAL 4 "DEFENDERS" RIDE ALONG
FROM.
>> YOU COULD BE HIT BY ANOTHER
YOUR CAR.
>> Karen: DO YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO
IN A CRASH, PULL OVER?
THAT COULD PUT YOUR LIFE IN