FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NEWS STARTS NOW. RIGHT NOW. THE WHITE HOUSE HAS JUST
UNVEILED A PLAN TO HELP PEOPLE
PAYING OFF THEIR STUDENT LOANS.
THE PRESIDENT WILL CANCEL THE
STUDENT DEBT FOR SOME BORROWERS
. WE JUST GOT WORD. THAT
ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE AT THE
WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALLY IN ABOUT
TWO HOURS. JASON COLTHORPE JOINS
US LIVE AT WEDNESDAY UNIVERSITY
WITH MORE ON WHAT WE’RE LEARNING
ALREADY ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S
PLAN, AND I KNOW A LOT OF
CURRENT AND PAST STUDENTS
CERTAINLY WANT SOME RELIEF.
JASON AND THERE’S SOME WITHIN
EARSHOT OUT HERE, AND THEY’RE
VERY EXCITED. VERY INTERESTED,
RHONDA. EXACTLY NOW THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT’S GOING TO BE TWO
FOLD BY THE WAY, NUMBER ONE. THE
PRESIDENT’S PLAN IS GOING TO
FORGIVE $10,000 IN STUDENT LOAN
DEBT. THAT’S PART ONE. THE
SECOND PART IS HE’S GOING TO
EXTEND THE PAUSE ON STUDENT LOAN
REPAYMENTS UNTIL JANUARY OF
2023. HERE’S WHAT IT MEANS
ANYONE MAKING LESS THAN $125,000
A YEAR AND HAS A FEDERAL STUDENT
LOAN CAN GET $10,000 FORGIVEN.
43 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE
STUDENT LOAN DEBT AND THE
AVERAGE HIT AN ALL TIME HIGH
LAST YEAR AT MORE THAN $37,000,
A THIRD OF AMERICANS WITH
STUDENT LOAN DEBT LESS THAN
$10,000, SO THIS MOVE WOULD WIPE
OUT ALL OF THAT DEBT, WHICH ANY
GRAD IN THAT FIRST JOB OR
STRUGGLING TO FIND ONE TELL YOU
IS HUGE. ONCE THE PLAN IS
ANNOUNCED, PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO
APPLY FOR THE DEBT FORGIVENESS.
SO WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO
RECENTLY PAID OFF THEIR STUDENT
LOAN? UNFORTUNATELY THIS PLAN IS
FOR STUDENTS WHO CURRENTLY HAVE
AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT LOAN.
YEAH BUT THERE ARE SO MANY
FAMILIES OVERALL, YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU TALK ABOUT STUDENT LOANS,
MOMS AND DADS AND THAT STUDENT
ALL WORKING TOGETHER IN THIS SO
THIS COULD HELP LOTS AND LOTS OF
FAMILIES COMING UP LATER ON
LOCAL 4 NEWS. OBVIOUSLY WE’LL
HEAR FROM SOME STUDENTS WHO ARE
AFFECTED AND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR
THEM. WE’RE GOING TO BE
MONITORING THAT ANNOUNCEMENT BY
THE PRESIDENT, WHICH IS AGAIN
IT’S COMING UP TO 15. WELL HERE
HOW THIS ALL BREAKS DOWN, AND OF
COURSE WE’LL DIVE INTO. IS THIS
A DONE DEAL? SOME ARE SAYING
THAT THERE COULD BE SOME LEGAL
CHALLENGES TO THIS, SO WE’LL
TALK ABOUT ALL OF THAT WHEN WE
JOIN YOU LATER TODAY ON LOCAL 4
NEWS, SO FOR NOW, WE’RE DOWNTOWN
JASON COLTHORPE LOCAL 4. ALL
RIGHT, WE’LL SEE YOU HERE LATER
TODAY. THANK YOU, JASON.
MEANTIME. WE SEE JASON’S SLEEVES
ROLLED UP. IT’S A WARM ONE OUT
THERE, MAYBE EVEN GETTING
TOWARDS THE HOT SIDE OF THE
TEMPERATURE READING AS WE TAKE A
LIVE LOOK OUT AT MOUNT CLEMENS.
BRANDON YEAH, DEFINITELY
BORDERLINE WARM TO HOT, BUT THE
HUMIDITY WON’T BE TOO BAD OR
UNBEARABLE. SO IT’S MIDDLE UPPER
SEVENTIES TO LOW EIGHTIES RIGHT
NOW, 75 UP IN SANDUSKY IN THE
THUMB, WHERE WE’VE GOT A LITTLE
BIT OF CLOUD COVER, KEEPING
THINGS SLIGHTLY COOLER, 80 AND
ARBOR 80 AND HOWELL 80. CLEMENS
80 GROSSE ILE, WE’VE GOT 80
DEGREES IN MONROE AND 79 DEGREES
RIGHT NOW. IN PONTIAC. WELL,
IT’S ABOUT A DEGREE WARMER WHEN
YOU FACTOR IN THE HUMIDITY, SO
NORMAL SUMMERTIME HUMIDITY. IT’S
NOT LIKE WE CAN GO WITHOUT. BUT
IT’S JUST NOT GOING TO BE THAT
OPPRESSIVE. YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT
OF CLOUD COVER NORTH CAROL OUT A
COUPLE OF SHOWERS IN OUR NORTH
ZONE OR IN THE THUMB, ESPECIALLY
LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN
THE MEANTIME, WE’VE GOT 86
DEGREES FOR A HIGH THIS
AFTERNOON AFTERNOON BASEBALL
YOUR TIGERS HOSTING THE GIANTS.
WE ARE TRACKING A BETTER SHOWER
CHANCE TOMORROW. RHONDA COMING
UP. ALL RIGHT, BRANDON AND NEW
HERE AT NOON. ATTORNEY GENERAL
DANA NESSEL ANNOUNCES WHETHER
OFFICERS WILL FACE CHARGES AND
TWO OF FOURTH CASES IN MICHIGAN.
NOW TO EAST LANSING. POLICE
OFFICERS WILL NOT FACE CHARGES
FOR A SHOOTING IN THE PARKING
LOT OF ADMIRERS. STORE BODY
CAMERA VIDEO SHOWED THE MAN
RUNNING INTO A MIRE ON LAKE
LANSING ROAD WITH A GUN. THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE SAYS
THAT THE MAN REFUSED TO LISTEN
TO OFFICERS AND WAS THEN SHOT
TWICE IN THE PARKING LOT. HE
SURVIVED AND IS NOW FACING
WEAPONS CHARGES. BASED ON A
REVIEW OF THAT EVIDENCE, AND
BASED ON THE LAW, IT IS CLEAR
THAT OFFICER VERA AND OFFICER
MENSUR WERE OF THE REASONABLE
BELIEF THAT MR VAN HATTON
PRESENTED AN EXTREME DANGER. AND
IT IS THEREFORE MY CONCLUSION
THAT THE USE OF FORCE BY THESE
TWO OFFICERS WAS JUSTIFIED. IN
OKLAHOMA COUNTY, A SHERIFF’S
DEPUTY WILL FACE CHARGES FOR
USING EXCESSIVE FORCE AGAINST AN
ARTISTIC ADULT AT AN ASSISTED
LIVING FACILITY. THEY SAY THAT
THE DEPUTY ASSAULTED HIM AND WHO
COULD NOT EFFECTIVELY
COMMUNICATE AND WAS SHOWING
SIGNS OF DISTRESS. THE DEPUTY IS
CHARGED WITH MISCONDUCT IN
OFFICE AND ASSAULT. A DETROIT
POLICE LIEUTENANT IS SET TO
PLEAD GUILTY TODAY AND
CONNECTION TO A TOWING SCANDAL
IN THE CITY. JOHN F. KENNEDY IS
ACCUSED OF TAKING BRIBES IN
EXCHANGE FOR TOWING REFERRALS.
KENNEDY WAS THE SUPERVISOR OF
THE DETROIT POLICE DEPARTMENT
INTEGRITY UNIT. HE’S ONE OF TWO
DEEP TO BE DEEP, OFFICIALS
CHARGED LAST YEAR IN THE SCHEME.
AND DETROIT POLICE CONTINUE TO
INVESTIGATE A DEADLY SHOOTING
FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING. WE
ARE TOLD THAT A MAN FIRED SHOTS
AT A MAN AND A WOMAN ON FINKEL
NEAR GREENFIELD ON DETROIT’S
WEST SIDE JUST BEFORE FIVE
O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND THAT
THE MAN DIED. WE DON’T KNOW THE
CONDITION OF THE WOMAN AND
POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR
THE SHOOTER. DECISION 2020
GOVERNOR WHITMER SAYS THAT SHE
WILL TAKE PART IN TWO DEBATES IN
THE RACE AGAINST REPUBLICAN
CHALLENGER TUTOR DIXON. THE
GOVERNOR’S CAMPAIGN SAYS THAT
SHE HAS ACCEPTED INVITATIONS FOR
DEBATE IN GRAND RAPIDS AND ONE
HERE IN METRO DETROIT IN OCTOBER
. SHE DID THE SAME THING IN HER
FIRST RUN FOR GOVERNOR AS WELL
BUT IN A TWEET FROM TWITTER
DICTION, SHE SAYS THAT SHE LOOKS
FORWARD TO DEBATING WHITMER, BUT
SHE WANTS THE DEBATE TO TAKE
PLACE SOONER BEFORE VOTING
BEGINS, AND NOT AFTER. LIKE THE
CURRENT SCHEDULED DEBATES,
ACCORDING TO THE STATE EARLY AND
ABSENTEE VOTING BEGINS AT THE
END OF SEPTEMBER, SO WE WILL
KEEP YOU POSTED ON WHAT HAPPENS.
NOW TO THE RESULTS OF TWO
PRIMARY RACES. THAT MAY BE A
GOOD INDICATOR FOR WHAT’S TO
COME IN THE MIDTERM RACES.
KRISTEN WELKER HAS MORE ON THE
OUTCOMES OF KEY RACES IN BOTH
FLORIDA AND NEW YORK AND WHAT IT
COULD MEAN FOR THE FUTURE IN THE
LAST MAJOR ROUND OF PRIMARIES
BEFORE THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS,
CRITICAL RACES IN FLORIDA AND
NEW YORK. OFFERING CLUES AHEAD
OF NOVEMBER AND THE NIGHT
BROUGHT A BIG SURPRISE IN NEW
YORK WITH EVEN BIGGER
IMPLICATIONS. I HONESTLY CAN’T
BELIEVE IT. I CANNOT BELIEVE IT.
DEMOCRAT PAT RYAN, WINNING IN A
SPECIAL ELECTION IN A BELLWETHER
SWING DISTRICT THAT HAS
PREDICTED EVERY PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION SINCE 1996 BOTH PARTIES
GLUED TO THAT RACE. RYAN
CAMPAIGNED ON ABORTION RIGHTS,
WHICH DEMOCRATS HOPE CAN FIRE UP
KEY VOTERS THIS YEAR IN THE WAKE
OF THE SUPREME COURT’S ROE V.
WADE DECISION, AND REPUBLICAN
MARK MULLEN ERO HAD FOCUSED ON
KEY REPUBLICAN ISSUES, INFLATION
AND CRIME, WHEREAS IN FLORIDA IT
WAS ALL ABOUT WHO CAN SLOW DOWN.
GOVERNOR RHONDA SANTOS IS
POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIONS.
WHAT A NIGHTIE. FORMER
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR TURNED
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN CHARLIE
CRIST WILL NOW GET ANOTHER SHOT
AT THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION. THIS
GUY WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND
EVERYBODY KNOWS IT, BUT CRIST
FACES AN UPHILL BATTLE AGAINST
THE SANTIS, WITH FLORIDA VOTERS
SHIFTING TO THE RIGHT SINCE HE
WAS GOVERNOR. CONGRESSMAN VAL
DEMINGS ONE FLORIDA’S DEMOCRATIC
SENATE PRIMARY. SHE’S HOPING TO
UNSEAT REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT
MARCO RUBIO IN A RACE RECENT
POLLS SHOW IS INCREASINGLY
COMPETITIVE. TONIGHT IS A GOOD
NIGHT. AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT?
BACK IN NEW YORK, A BITTER
BATTLE BETWEEN TWO VETERAN
DEMOCRATS IS OVER, WITH
CONGRESSMAN JERRY NADLER
DEFEATING CONGRESSWOMAN CAROLYN
MALONEY AFTER A REDRAWN DISTRICT
MAP FORCED THE TWO COMMITTEE
CHAIRS TO FIGHT FOR A SINGLE
HOUSE SEAT. THOSE NEW YORKERS
GET TO CHOOSE WHO BEST
REPRESENTS THE PEOPLE AND VALUES
OF THIS CITY. AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
I THINK THE VOTERS. MADE
THEMSELVES CLEAR TONIGHT. AND
THAT WAS KRISTEN WELKER
REPORTING THE FDA MAY OFFER
BOOSTER SHOT SPECIFICALLY
TARGETING THE OMNICRON VARIANT
IN THE COMING WEEKS, NBC NEWS
HAS LEARNED THAT THE BOOSTER
SHOTS WILL COME AROUND LABOR DAY
. THE UPDATED BOOSTERS WILL BE
AIMED AT PROVIDING THE VACCINES
FOR TEENS AND ADULTS FOR THE
FALL. BOTH FIGHTER AND MODERNA
BOOSTERS WILL TARGET OMNICRON
SUB VARIANTS THAT BE A FIVE
VARIANT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NINE