LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. FROM HEART PLAZA TO BELLE ISLE,
PEOPLE ARE GATHERING IN ALL THE
TRADITIONAL HOT SPOTS ALONG BOTH
SIDES OF THE DETROIT RIVER FOR
VIEWING THIS GRAND DETROIT
TRADITION OF THE FORD FIREWORKS
. THEY ARE WE ARE COUNTING DOWN
TO THE START OF THE PARTY ARE
SPECIAL LIVE COVERAGE STARTING
IN JUST TWO HOURS HERE AND LOCAL
FORCES TO HAVE YOU WITH US HERE
FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX HAS
BECOME TO YOU FROM THIS. HUGE
TERRIFIC PARTY THAT GATHERS
EVERY YEAR TO WATCH THESE
FIREWORKS TO TAKE YOU THROUGH
THIS GREAT TRADITION, WHICH
FEELS LIKE A HOMECOMING THIS
YEAR AFTER TWO YEARS AWAY. WE’RE
BACK HOME. WHERE WE BELONG IS
FANTASTIC. YOU’RE RIGHT. POLICE
ACTUALLY SAID THEY’RE GOING TO
BE SHUTTING DOWN HIGHWAYS INTO
DETROIT AT SIX O’CLOCK, SO IF
YOU’RE TRYING TO GET DOWN HERE,
I WOULD PROBABLY JUST ADVISE YOU
TO STAY HOME BECAUSE YOU’VE
ACTUALLY GOT THE BEST SEAT IN
THE HOUSE WATCHING RIGHT HERE ON
LOCAL 4 LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT
LIVE. LOOK AT BELLE ISLE. WHAT’S
HAPPENING OUT THERE? ALWAYS ONE
OF THE MOST POPULAR SPOTS. TO
SET UP THE BARBECUE AND TAKE IN
THE BIG EVENT, AND WE’RE ALSO WE
JUST GOT WORD THAT THEY HAVE
REACHED CAPACITY THERE AT BELLE
ISLE, TOO. SO YOU KNOW AGAIN,
JUST SIT BACK AND YOU HAVE GOT
THE BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE RIGHT
THERE. NICE TESTIMONY TO THE
BEAUTIFUL WEATHER THAT WE HAVE
HERE. PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR THE
FIREWORKS. WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT
THAT. AS WE MOVE ALONG. LET’S
MOVE TO A POSITION JUST BELOW US
HERE. NEAR HART PLAZA. IN FACT,
THAT’S EXACTLY WHERE ROD MELONI
IS STANDING BY ROTTEN, YOU KNOW,
DE’VEON PLACES TEEMING WITH LIFE
OUT HERE, BUT PEOPLE WERE
STARTING TO LINE UP BEFORE NOON
TIME. THE FIREWORKS TIMES STARTS
AT 10 PM CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? BUT
THEY ARE SO GLAD TO BE BACK. TO
HAVE LIFE RETURNING TO SOMETHING
THAT RESEMBLES NORMAL. IT’S LIKE
THEY NEVER WANT TO WEIGH, THOUGH
CHILDREN FESTOONED IN RED, WHITE
AND BLUE FROM HEAD TO TOE IN A
LONG WAIT, THOUGH, FOR JERRY
GAIUS, IN OF STERLING HEIGHTS.
IT’S JUST THE MOST PARTICULAR
ONES I’VE SEEN. I’VE SEEN HIM ON
TV, EVERYTHING AND THERE’S
NOTHING LIKE BEING HERE. WE
LEARNED THE HARD WAY WHAT IT
WOULD BE LIKE NOT TO HAVE BIG
EVENTS WITH FOOD TRUCKS. JACKSON
FIVE STAR CATERING TOOK THE
ECONOMIC HIT FOR TWO YEARS OFF
THE JOB HERE, AND ROBERT
CRABTREE SUMS IT ALL UP. HOW
GOOD IS IT TO BE BACK? GREAT I
MEAN, I JUST WE LOVE HAVING ALL
THE CROWD BACK. I MEAN THE
PANDEMIC, THE CROWD STARTED
FILLING IN THE GREEN SPACE AT
THE DETROIT RIVER, THE KIDS
FINDING THINGS TO DO LIKE GAMES
, BLOWING BUBBLES AND EATING
ELEPHANT EARS. THE FAMILIES, ALL
TAKING IN THE GORGEOUS DAY AND
THE RETURN TO SOMETHING
RESEMBLING NORMALCY, TERRY
PATTERSON SAYING OF OUR
FIREWORKS. IT IS A STAPLE OF OUR
CITY. IT IS WHAT SHOWS WHAT WE
ARE WHAT WE DO HOW BIG WE DO
THINGS HOW WE LOVE EACH OTHER,
HOW WE CAN COME TOGETHER
REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE REST OF
THE WORLD TRIES TO VIEW US AS
PAST WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT
IT WAS EITHER WEATHER OR WE HAD
OTHER EVENTS GOING ON OR
SOMETHING. BUT THIS YEAR I KIND
OF WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW,
LET’S LET’S GO DO THE FIREWORKS
DOWNTOWN AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY
AT LEAST GET THAT EXPERIENCE
BEFORE THEY’RE OFF TO COLLEGE
AND OLDER AND THEY DON’T DO IT
VERY EXCITED. THAT’S WHY WE’RE
HERE EARLY, SO WE WOULDN’T MISS
IT. WE WANT TO BE RIGHT HERE.
THE PERFECT SPOT AND SHE CAME
ALL THE WAY FROM TEXAS TO COME
HERE. INDEED SO MANY REASONS TO
BE OUT HERE FOR THE FIRE FORWARD
FIREWORKS TONIGHT AND IN FACT,
THAT FAMILY YOU JUST HEARD FROM
TOLD ME THAT THE MINUTE THE
ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE. THEY
STARTED MAKING PLANS TO BE HERE
TODAY AND THEY WERE FRONT ROW
CENTER OUT ON THE DETROIT RIVER
HERE IN HEART PLAZA THIS
AFTERNOON, REPORTING LIVE
DOWNTOWN ROD MELONI BACK TO YOU.
SO SMART AND IT’S GOOD TO BE
BACK. ALRIGHT BUT WE APPRECIATE
IT SO MUCH. MOST PEOPLE NEED TO
BE BLEEPED WHEN THEY TRIED TO
DESCRIBE GREAT WEATHER. I THINK
SO, UH, KIMBERLY MENTIONED
WATCHING FROM HOME AND IT IS THE
BEST SEAT BECAUSE THERE YOU CAN
CHOOSE YOUR VIEW. THAT’S ONE OF
THE OPTIONS. CLICKONDETROIT’S
DOT COM WATCH THE MAIN FIREWORKS
BROADCAST, BUT YOU ALSO CAN CALL
UP SEVERAL UNIQUE CAMERA VIEWS
THAT WE’VE GOT SET UP FOR YOU,
INCLUDING BEHIND THE SCENES SHOT
AND THE REALLY COOL ONE OF YOU
FROM THE BARGES. THE FIREWORKS
ARE LAUNCHED. THAT’S RIGHT. WELL
WE DO WANT TO REMIND YOU OF THAT
YOU DO HAVE TO BECOME A WDIV’S
INSIDER TO GET THOSE SIX
DIFFERENT VIEWS, BUT THAT’S EASY
TO DO. JUST GO TO
CLICKONDETROIT’S. DOT COM FOR
THAT, AND NO MATTER WHICH ANGLE
YOU CHOOSE THE WEATHER. MY
GOODNESS. IT IS PERFECT. I TOLD
YOU LAST WEEK. THERE WAS NO WAY
THAT WE WOULDN’T HAVE A CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS BECAUSE THAT’S
JUST HOW THIS GOES. BUT THAT’S
WHY YOU’RE A METEOROLOGIST AND
I’M SITTING HERE ON THE COUCH,
WORKING HARD TRYING AND NOW
TRYING TO TAKE AS MUCH CREDIT AS
POSSIBLE. YOU GUYS LOOKING AT
BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE OUT THERE AND
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL, NOT A DROP
OF RAIN IN SIGHT. AND, YES, NO
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AT ALL
RIGHT NOW, NOR FOR THE REST OF
THE EVENING AND TONIGHT ON THE
MILD TIED ALSO BREEZY OUT THERE
WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE
SEVENTIES 72 AMOUNT CLEMENTS 76
CLOSER TO DOWNTOWN DETROIT OVER
AT CITY AIRPORT. GORGEOUS VIEW
ONCE AGAIN FOR OUR NEIGHBORS
FROM OUR NEIGHBORS OVER IN
WINDSOR GOOD EVENING TO CANADA
AS WELL BEAUTIFUL CONDITIONS ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER 75 RIGHT
NOW, THE ONE HITCH BREEZY OUT
THERE WINS AT AROUND 14 MPH
GUSTING TO AROUND 25 B. CAREFUL
YOU DON’T WANT THOSE STYROFOAM
CUPS TO BLOW AWAY. WE’RE LOOKING
AT TEMPERATURES THAT WILL BE IN
THE SEVENTIES FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS UP UNTIL ABOUT
NINE O’CLOCK, BUT THEN FOLLOWED
TO THE COOLER SIXTIES. LATER ON
THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO BE
DRY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SHOW.
REMEMBER YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE
LOCAL FORECASTERS APP AS WELL.
WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT YOUR FULL
FORECAST OVER THE NEXT SEVEN
DAYS COMING UP. IT SOUNDS GOOD,
ANDREW. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND
WE’LL BE HERE BRINGING YOU ALL
THE FUN AND FESTIVITIES LEADING
UP TO THE FORD FIREWORKS. OUR
SPECIAL COVERAGE STARTS TONIGHT
AT EIGHT. P.M. A LITTLE MORE
COMING UP FROM THE RIVERFRONT
HERE A LITTLE LATER ON DURING
THIS NEWSCAST. THE MEANTIME,
LET’S SEND IT BACK TO JASON AND
PAMELA IN THE STUDIO. AND WE’RE
LEARNING MORE TONIGHT ABOUT A
DEADLY HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT THAT
KILLED A PREGNANT WOMAN. THIS
HAPPENED SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN
SOUTHFIELD. THE DRIVER POLICE
HAVE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY HAS
ALREADY BEEN RELEASED. THE ONE
PIECE OF POSITIVE NEWS IN ALL OF
THIS INVOLVES THE BABY.
SHAWN LEY SPOKE WITH POLICE
ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND IS HERE
WITH THE LATEST SEAN. THE LATEST
IS DOCTORS WERE ABLE TO SAVE
THAT BABY. THE TRAGEDY UNFOLDING
AT THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX
PARKING LOT RIGHT BEHIND ME HERE
ON GREENFIELD. WE ARE SPEAKING
WITH POLICE INVESTIGATORS
TONIGHT. THEY’RE TELLING US
THERE’S MUCH MORE TO THIS STORY.
FROM ABOVE DRONE FOR CAN SHOW
YOU WHERE THIS TRAGEDY UNFOLDED
SUNDAY AFTERNOON HERE IN THE
PARKING LOT OF SOUTH FIELDS,
COUNTRY COURT APARTMENTS ON
GREENFIELD RIGHT AT 6 96. THAT’S
WHERE LOVED ONES TELL US 27 YEAR
OLD TIERRA BIANCA JONES WAS HIT
BY A CAR. SHE WAS RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL, AND JONES WAS 27 WEEKS
PREGNANT. SHE WAS TAKEN TO AN
AREA HOSPITAL ALONG WITH THE
CHILD. BOTH WERE INITIALLY
LISTENING. UM CRITICAL CONDITION
. THE MOTHER LATER PASSED AWAY
AS SHE SUCCUMBED TO HER INJURIES
AND THE OTHER CHILD WAS
DELIVERED AT THE HOSPITAL,
INITIALLY LISTENING CRITICAL
CONDITION BUT LATER UPGRADED TO
STABLE, STABLE CONDITION. THE
DRIVER OF THAT CAR RUNNING OFF
AFTER HITTING JONES, SOUTHFIELD
POLICE QUICKLY TAKING HIM INTO
CUSTODY. HE WAS QUESTIONED AND
THEN RELEASED PENDING MORE
INVESTIGATION. TONIGHT PEOPLE
WANT TO KNOW WHY HE’S NOT UNDER
ARREST. THE INDIVIDUAL DIDN’T
FLEE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
. UM HE LEFT THE VEHICLE AND WAS
LOCATED A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY,
COOPERATED WITH US FULLY AND
THOROUGHLY. SOURCES TELL US
PRIOR TO JONES BEING HIT BY THE
DRIVER. THERE WAS AN ALTERCATION
INVOLVING MULTIPLE PEOPLE. A GUN
WAS PRODUCED THE DRIVER TELLING
POLICE HE WAS DRIVING OFF TO
AVOID BEING SHOT AND
ACCIDENTALLY HIT THIS MOTHER TO
BE PROVIDE MY CONDOLENCES TO THE
FAMILY AND TO ANYBODY THAT’S
IMPACTED BY THIS. WE ALL SHARE
THE CALMEST SENTIMENT. WE’RE
DEALING WITH THE LOSS OF LIFE.
POLICE ARE STRESSING TO US
TONIGHT THAT EVEN THOUGH THAT
DRIVER WAS QUESTIONED AND
RELEASED, THEY HAVE MUCH MORE
INVESTIGATION THAT HAS TO COME
IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THEY
HAVE MORE PEOPLE TO INTERVIEW.
THEY’RE COLLECTING MORE VIDEO OF
THIS INCIDENT. GUYS ARE GOING TO
PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER AND
PRESENTED TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY
PROSECUTOR. WE’RE LIVE IN
SOUTHFIELD TONIGHT, SHOWING
LOCAL 4 BACK TO YOU LOSS OF
LIFE, BUT A LIFE SAVED RIGHT
SHAWN LEY. COMING OFF A WEEKEND
OF IMPASSIONED PROTESTS AFTER
THE U. S SUPREME COURT STRUCK
DOWN ROAD THE WEIGHT IT’S CLEAR
THAT A NEW BATTLE OVER
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IS REALLY
JUST GETTING STARTED AT 5 30
POLYTECHNICS SHOWED US WHAT’S
NEXT FOR PRO CHOICE GROUPS WHO
WANT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
CODIFIED INTO US LAW. PAULA’S
BACK TO SHOW US HOW THEIR
STRATEGY IS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE
WHO OPPOSE ABORTION. ANTI
ABORTION ADVOCATES SAY THAT
OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE ON
FRIDAY WAS NOT THE END. IT WAS
JUST THE BEGINNING FOR THEM.
WHILE THERE IS CERTAINLY A
CELEBRATORY TONE FRIDAY WHEN THE
SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE V.
WADE, ENDING A WOMAN’S
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO AN
ABORTION, THIS IS JUST THE FIRST
FIGHT TO END MOST ALL LEGALIZED
ABORTION FOR WOMEN IN THE STATE
OF MICHIGAN. ACCORDING TO THE
LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR FOR RIGHT
TO LIFE, MICHIGAN. THERE’S A LOT
GOING ON. WE HOPE THAT MICHIGAN
WILL EVENTUALLY BE AN ABORTION
FREE STATE AND JOIN SOME OF THE
OTHER STATES THAT ARE EXTENDING
LEGAL PROTECTION TO THOSE UNBORN
BABIES. ABORTION ADVOCATES HAVE
BEEN PLAYING THAT LONG GAME FOR
50 YEARS AND WITH A CONSERVATIVE
MAJORITY ON THE HIGH COURT. THEY
NOW HAVE THEIR EYES SET ON STATE
LAW. THREE FRONTS THAT WE ARE
CURRENTLY WORKING ON FIRST AND
FOREMOST IS TO DEFEAT THE TWO
LAWSUITS. ONE FILED BY PLANNED
PARENTHOOD AND ONE FILED BY THE
GOVERNOR. RIGHT TO LIFE OF
MICHIGAN HAS FILED TO INTERVENE
, AND BOTH OF THOSE CASES SECOND
IS TO DEFEAT THE WHAT WE CALL
THE ANYTHING GOES ABORTION
AMENDMENT. THE R F F A. THEY’RE
OUT IN THE FIELD GATHERING
SIGNATURES. IF THEY GET THEIR
SIGNATURES, WE WILL HAVE TO WORK
TO DEFEAT IT ON THE BALLOT IN
NOVEMBER, AND THEN THE THIRD
FRONT, OF COURSE, IS THE ARE THE
ELECTIONS IF WE DON’T DEFEAT THE
GOVERNOR AND KEEP CONTROL OF THE
HOUSE AND THE SENATE. IT’LL BE
GAME OVER EARLIER TODAY,
PHYSICIANS FROM THE COMMITTEE TO
PROTECT HEALTHCARE DISCUSSED THE
REAL WORLD IMPLICATIONS FOR
WOMEN WHO FOR A VARIETY OF
REASONS, MAKE THE DIFFICULT
CHOICE TO TERMINATE A PREGNANCY
. THE YOUNGEST PREGNANT PATIENT
CARE FOR WAS NINE AND YOU KNOW
FOR THAT PATIENT FOR A 12 YEAR
OLD FOR ANYBODY FOR ANYBODY WHO
DOESN’T WANT TO BE PREGNANT. THE
EFFORT IT TAKES TO GET OUT OF
STATE. IF THEY’RE IN A STATE
WHERE THEY CAN ACCESS THAT CARE
IS DEVASTATING. BATTLE LINES ARE
BEING DRAWN ON BOTH SIDES AND
THE FIGHT WILL CONTINUE. AT THE
BALLOT BOX. PAULA TUTMAN FOUR
LOCAL COMING UP ON NBC NIGHTLY
NEWS INVESTIGATING CRISIS
PREGNANCY CENTERS. THEY’RE ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY, PROVIDING FREE
SERVICES LIKE ULTRASOUNDS AND
STD TESTING, NBC NEWS SENT TO
PRODUCERS AND TWO CENTERS TO ASK
FOR PREGNANCY COUNSELING WHAT
THEY WERE TOLD AHEAD AT 6 30.
TONIGHT IN OUR HELP ME HANG
CONSUMER HEADLINES, A RECALL OF
A POPULAR PATIO UMBRELLA THAT’S
CAUSING INJURIES. WE BEGIN WITH
A NEW WARNING ABOUT A BIG
FACEBOOK SCAM. CONSUMER
INVESTIGATOR HANK WINCHESTER IS
LIVE AND HANK. MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE ARE TARGETED IN THIS ONE.
TELL US ABOUT IT. AT LEAST 10
MILLION PEOPLE. SO FAR, THIS
ONE’S SPREADING LIKE WILDFIRE.
HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. WE
BEGIN OUR HELP ME. HEY CONSUMER
HEADLINES WITH A BIG AND GROWING
FACEBOOK SCAM THESE HI TECH
THIEVES SENDING YOU MESSAGES VIA
FACEBOOK MESSENGER AND WE’RE
TOLD AT LEAST 10 MILLION PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN TARGETED. THESE
SCAMMERS ARE WORKING TO STEAL
YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, AND
THEY CLAIM TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH
FACEBOOK. REVIEWING YOUR ACCOUNT
PAPER COUPONS ARE VANISHING.
MANY COMPANIES NOW MOVING TO
DIGITAL RATHER THAN PUTTING
THEIR DEALS IN THE LOCAL PAPER,
GENERAL MILLS, WHICH CONTROLS
MANY BRANDS YOU SEE AT THE
SUPERMARKET NOW PUSHING A
DIGITAL PLATFORM LOCAL STORES
STILL OFFERING MANY PROMOTIONS,
THOUGH, THAT YOU CAN EITHER GET
IN YOUR LOCAL PAPER. OR IN THE
STORE CIRCULAR AND TO RECALL
ALERT A SOLAR POWERED PATIO
UMBRELLAS BEING RECALLED. THE
SUN VILLA UMBRELLA WAS SOLD AT
COSTCO LAST YEAR. 400,000 UNITS
AFFECTED BECAUSE THE LITHIUM ION
BATTERY COULD OVERHEAT. SO FAR
THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF BURN
RELATED INJURIES REPORTED. AND
AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN FIND ALL THE
LATEST RECALL INFORMATION RIGHT
ON THE HELP ME, HANK. PAGE I
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