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>> WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE
WINNERS OF JANUARY’S BILLION
DOLLAR MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT AND
WHAT THEY INTEND TO DO WITH AT
LEAST SOME OF THAT MONEY, GRANT.
>> GOVERNOR WHITMER ORDERS NEW
GUIDELINES FOR HOW STATE
AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS LET GO
OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
COMING UP, WHAT THAT MEANS FOR
FUTURE CELEBRATION AGREEMENTS
AND WHAT IT COULD MEAN LOOKING
BACKWARDS.
>> Devin: ALSO, EVERY ADULT IN
MICHIGAN WILL SOON BE ELIGIBLE
FOR A COVID SHOT.
AND FORD FIELD ABOUT TO BECOME A
MASS VACCINATION CENTER.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR PEOPLE
STILL STRUGGLING TO GET A SPOT
IN LINE.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US AT
6:00.
THE MICHIGAN HEALTH DEPARTMENT
PLANS TO BEAT PRESIDENT BIDEN’S
MAY 1ST DEADLINE TO COVER FIRST
DOSES TO ALL ADULTS.
>> Kimberly: APRIL 5TH, THE
STATE THAT ELIGIBILITY WILL
EXPAND TO ANYONE 16 AND OLDER.
WE KNOW MANY SENIORS AND OTHERS
ELIGIBLE ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO
GET APPOINTMENTS TO BE
VACCINATED.
>> SHAWN LEY HAS INSIGHT HOW
THIS MIGHT CHANGE WITH THE HELP
OF THE HUGE VACCINATION CLINIC
COMING TO FORD FIELD.
>> WE KNOW TONIGHT THAT THE
VACCINE FIRST OFFERED HERE AT
FORD FIELD WILL BE THE PFIZER
TWO-SHOT VACCINE AND OPENING UP
TO THE LOCAL 4 DEFENDERS SAYING
SHE WAS WORRIED ABOUT GETTING
THE VACCINE, SHE DID GET IT AND
NOW SHE SAYS SHE WANTS YOU TO
GET DOWN HERE TO FORD FIELD AND
GET YOUR VACCINE.
>> WE HAD NO HOPE.
WHAT DO WE DO?
YOU KNOW, WE WEAR A MASK, WE SIT
AT HOME, WE DON’T TALK OR SEE OR
TOUCH ANYBODY, BUT NOW, WE HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST BRING
THIS COMMUNITY BACK TOGETHER.
TO PROTECT LIFE AND FOR US TO
MOVE MICHIGAN AND DETROIT
FORWARD.
>> REPRESENTATIVE BRENDA
LAWRENCE SAYS THIS PAST YEAR HAS
BEEN TRULY HEARTBREAKING AS
DETROIT BECAME A COVID HOT SPOT.
THE WAY FORWARD, A MASS
VACCINATION SITE AT FORD FIELD
STARTING MARCH 24TH.
HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW.
THERE’S NO WAY TO SIGN UP.
LAWRENCE SAYS SHE EXPECTS A
STATE SIGNUP WEBSITE TO GO LIVE
IN THE NEXT DAY.
WILL VACCINE KEEP UP WITH DEMAND
AT FORD FIELD?
THIS IS AN EIGHT WEEK CLINIC,
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND HANDLING
5,000 PEOPLE A DAY.
SOURCES SAY THEY EXPECT FEMA TO
ALREADY HAVE THE SUPPLY OF
VACCINE NEEDED FOR FORWARD
FIELD.
ALSO, SOURCES AROUND METRO
DETROIT, COUNTIES BELIEVE THE
FORD FIELD CLINIC WILL TAKE THE
PRESSURE OFF OF THEIR COUNTIES
AND HEALTH SYSTEMS AND THEY’LL
BE ABLE TO CATCH UP TO DEMAND.
>> YOU KNOW, YOU SAY HELP IS ON
THE WAY, LET’S MAKE IT HAPPEN.
LET’S DO THIS.
>> THE DETAILS FORD FIELD OPENS
UP MARCH 24TH FOR EIGHT WEEKS
FOR THE MASS VACCINATION CLINIC.
YOU DO NOT NEED INSURANCE.
THE FIRST GROUP UP 16 AND OLDER
WITH DISABILITIES OR PREEXISTING
CONDITIONS.
YOUR SLOT, WE’RE TOLD WILL BE
CHOSEN BASED ON THE SOCIAL
VULNERABILITY INDEX.
HOW TO SIGN UP.
THAT’S YET TO BE ESTABLISHED AND
ANNOUNCED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS,
SHAWN LEY, LOCAL 4 DEFENDERS.
>> Devin: AS MORE PEOPLE GET
VACCINES, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
WANTS TO BRING STUDENTS BACK TO
CAMPUS IN THE FALL.
>> Kimberly: MOST MODERATE AND
SMALL CLASSES WILL BE IN PERSON
WITH LARGE LECTURES ONLINE.
AND RESIDENTS HALLS OPEN AT
NEARLY 80% CAPACITY AND THERE
WILL BE FANS ALLOWED IN THE
STANDS FOR FOOTBALL GAMES, BUT
CAPACITY HASN’T BEEN DECIDED
YET.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO
VISIT PRISSNERS IN PERSON
STARTING MARCH.
AND THEY REPORTED 2400 NEW CASES
AND 8 NEW DEATHS.
>> Devin: THE WIND HAS BEEN
HOWLING AND SOON WE’LL NOTICE A
CHILL IN THE AREA.
>> Kimberly: BEN IS HERE WITH A
WEEKEND TEMPERATURE DROP.
HI THERE, BEN.
>> Ben: HI, GUYS, YEAH, WINTER
IS STILL HERE AND IT’S WAVING
ITS HAND AT US, ESPECIALLY AS WE
GET INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.
THE WINDS HAVE ACTUALLY STARTED
TO DIE DOWN ALREADY EVEN THOUGH
THE SUN HAS NOT YET SET.
CURRENT TEMPERATURES STILL
BARELY HOLDING ONTO 50 AT METRO
AIRPORT.
CHECK OUT THE NUMBER IN PORT
HURON, 34, THAT’S AN ALMOST 30
DEGREE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THIS TIME YESTERDAY AND
WHERE WE’RE AT NOW.
EVERYBODY ELSE ABOUT 10 TO 15
DEGREES COLDER THAN THOSE
NUMBERS YESTERDAY.
THERE ARE YOUR WIND GUSTS AND
THEY’RE LOWER.
IN FACT, WE WERE SEEING 40 MILE
PER HOUR GUSTS JUST A COUPLE OF
HOURS AGO AND THEY’RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT.
WEEKEND LOOKS GOOD AND PRETTY
CLOSE TO AVERAGE AND WE’LL CHECK
IT OUT FOR YOU AND A VERY ACTIVE
WEEK NEXT WEEK AND ACTIVE
PROBABLY SHOULD BE UNDERLINED
THREE TIMES.
WE’LL DISCUSS THAT IN A FEW
MINUTES.
LOCAL FORECASTERS APP HAS YOUR
FORECAST AND ALL THE NEWS FOR
NEXT WEEK AS WELL.
THE 10-FORECAST AND EVERYTHING
YOU NEED FREE IN YOUR APP STORE.
>> Kimberly: THANK YOU.
GOVERNOR WHITMER SENDING NEW
GUIDELINES HOW STATE AGENCIES
AND EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS AFTER INTENSE SCRUTINY ABOUT PAYOUT
INTENSE SCRUTINY ABOUT PAYOUT
AND CONFIDENTIALITY TIED TO THE
FORMER HHS DIRECTOR.
GRANT, IT’S UNCLEAR WHAT THE NEW
GUIDELINES WILL DO?
>> THAT’S RIGHT, IT DOESN’T LIKE
LIKE ANYTHING IT GOING TO CHANGE
THAT MUCH ABOUT HOW THE STATE
OPERATES, BUT THE GOVERNOR IS
NONETHELESS CALLING THIS A STEP
TOWARDS TRANSPARENCY.
IN A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVE TO
ALLSTATE AGENCIES, GOVERNOR
GRETCHEN WHITMER DETAILING THE
GUIDELINES FOR AGREEMENTS MADE
WHEN EMPLOYEES LEAD.
THAT STATE AGENCIES CAN AGREE
INTO AGREEMENTS WITH PAYOUTS,
SOMETHING THE STATE ALREADY DOES
AND ALLOWS FOR CONFIDENTIALITY T
UNLESS IT WOULD COVER UP ILLEGAL
ACTIVITY.
AND THE DIRECTIVE COMES AFTER
WEEKS OF CRITICISM AND SCRUTINY
OVER THREE SEPARATION AGREEMENTS
INCLUDING ONE MADE AFTER THE
ABRUPT RESIGNATION OF FORMER HHS
DIRECTOR ROBERT GORDON WHO WAS
PAID $155,000 AFTER HE LEFT AND
AGREED TO STAY SILENT ABOUT HIS
TIME AT HIS POST.
>> JUST LET THE TAXPAYERS KNOW.
WE SHOULDN’T HAVE TO READ ABOUT
IT IN THE NEWSPAPER OR BE CAUGHT
OFF GUARD.
>> DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE
TYRONE CARTER IS BEHIND A BILL
IN LANSING THAT WOULD OPEN UP
THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE TO FREEDOM
OF INFORMATION REQUESTS.
>> IT’S ABOUT THE PRINCIPLE, THE
PRINCIPLE OF THE OFFICE, THE
TAXPAYERS EXPECTATIONS AND YOU
KNOW, IT DOESN’T CHANGE FROM,
YOU KNOW, REPUBLICAN OR
DEMOCRAT.
IT’S THAT WE SHOULD BE
CONSISTENT WITH MANY OTHER
STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS
WELL.
>> A CALL FOR TRANSPARENCY AMID
INCREASING SCRUTINY.
>> AND THOSE DIRECT YIFS--
DIRECTIVES ARE EFFECTIVE
IMMEDIATELY AND THEY DO NOT
APPEAR TO BE RETROACTIVELY.
WHICH MEANS THEY WOULD BE THE
SAME.
>> ON THE IDEA OF OPENNESS, HOW
TRANSPARENT IS MICHIGAN’S
GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL?
>> WELL, MICHIGAN HAS SCORED
EXTREMELY LOW.
BACK IN 2015, THE CENTER FOR
PUBLIC INSEG--
INTEGRITY GAVE AN F, AND THEY’RE
ONE THAT IS NOT OPEN TO FREEDOM
OF INFORMATION REQUESTS.
>> Kimberly: INTERESTING, GRANT,
THANK YOU.
>> Devin: WEEKS AFTER THE BIG
BILLION DOLLAR MEGA MILLIONS
JACKPOT.
TODAY WE FINALLY LEARNED WHO
WON.
KIND OF.
AN M MEMBER OF A FOUR-PERSON
LOTTERY CLUB BOUGHT THE WINNING
TICKET AT A KROGER IN NOVI.
THAT’S WHERE LARRY SPRUILL IS
WHAT WE KNOW HOW THE MONEY IS
BEING SPENT.
THE GROUP PLANS ON GIVING BACK.
>> AN ATTORNEY FOR THE GROUP
SAYS THEY’LL DONATE PORTIONS OF
THEIR WINNING.
REMEMBER, EACH MEMBER WILL GET
ABOUT $139 MILLION, SO, I ASKED
KROGER CUSTOMERS HERE, WHAT
WOULD THEY DO WITH ALL OF THAT
MONEY?
>> THE NEWS OF WHO WON ROUGHLY
ONE BILLION DOLLARS IS SWIRLING
AROUND THIS KROGER IN NOVI.
FOUR MEN BELONGING TO THE
LOTTERY CLUB BOUGHT THE WINNING
TICKET IN JANUARY.
THE ATTORNEY ANNOUNCED HOW
THEY’LL SPEND THE MONEY, THIS IS
MULTI-GENERATIONAL, NOT JUST
GENERATIONAL.
IT’S IMPORTANT TO THEM AND
SCHOLARSHIPS AS WELL AND THE
MONEY HELP OTHER PEOPLE JUST
LIKE IT HELPED THEM.
>> THE GROUP TOOK THE LUMP SUM
OPTION, PUTTING THE GRAND TOTAL
AT 776 MILLION DOLLARS, SO,
LET’S DO THE MATH.
TAKE OUT $219 MILLION IN TAXES.
AND THEN THAT PUTS THE GROUP AT
$557 MILLION.
DIVIDED BY FOUR, THAT EQUALS OUT
TO $139 MILLION AND CHANGE FOR
EACH OF THEM.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH $1
BILLION?
>> FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE FOUR
CHILDREN.
SO I’D TAKE CARE OF THEM FIRST
AND SEE WHAT’S LEFT FOR ME.
>> AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH $1
BILLION?
>> I FEEL LIKE THAT’S A LITTLE
BIT MUCH FOR ONE PERSON.
>> TREY, WHAT WITH YOU DO WITH
$1 BILLION?
>> I WOULD PROBABLY FIRST OF ALL
HIRE THE NECESSARY THINGS THAT I
WOULD NEED, ATTORNEYS, C.P.A.’S
THAT TYPE OF THING.
>> WHAT WOULD BE THE FIRST THING
YOU WOULD BUY?
>> MAN, I WOULD PROBABLY BUILD
MY DREAM HOUSE.
>> WHAT WOULD BE THE FIRST THING
YOU WOULD BUY?
>> FOR MYSELF?
>> YES, MA’AM.
>> THAT’S HARD TO SAY.
>> WHAT WOULD BE THE FIRST THING
YOU’D BUY?
>> OH, SOME TIME.
TIME OFF OF WORK.
>> ALSO KROGER WILL GET ABOUT
$50,000 FOR SELLING THE WINNING
TICKET.
KROGER SAYS THEY WILL DONATE
THEIR MONEY TO THE FOOD BANK
COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN.
REPORTING IN NOVI, LARRY
SPRUILL, LOCAL 4.
>> Kimberly: OKAY, LARRY.
MANY VIEWERS HAVE E-MAILED US
WONDERING WHY WOMEN ARE TOLD TO
RESCHEDULE THEIR MAMMOGRAMS IF
THEY RECENTLY GOT A COVID-19
VACCINE.
THE POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECT FROM
THE VACCINE THAT COULD CAUSE
UNNECESSARY CALLBACK.
>> IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE
WOMEN TO GET THE SCREENING, BUT
IT’S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR PATIENTS
TO GET THEIR VACCINES.
>> THAT’S WHY IF THERE’S A
CONFLICT, WOMEN ARE BEING
ENCOURAGED TO RESCHEDULE THEIR
MAMMOGRAM AND GET VACCINATED.
>> THE VACCINES ARE HARD TO COME
BY AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IF
SOMEONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BE VACCINATED, THEY SHOULD
ABSOLUTELY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THAT.
>> DR. LAURA DEAN IS A BREAST
CANCER SPECIALIST AT THE
CLEVELAND CLINIC.
AND SOME PATIENTS NOTICED
ENLARGED LIMP NODES AFTER THE
VACCINE ESPECIALLY ON THE SIDE
WHERE THE SHOT WAS GIVEN.
IF IT PICKS UP THE STOLEN LIMP
NODES IT MAY RESULT IN THE NEED
FOR ADDITIONAL TESTING.
>> IF WE SEE LYMPH NODE ON THE
MAMMOGRAM
MAMMOGRAM.
BRING THE PATIENTS BACK AND DO A
TARGETED ULTRASOUND TO GET WHAT
THEY LOOK LIKE AND MONITOR THEM.
>> AND TO SCHEDULE YOUR
MAMMOGRAM BEFORE YOU RECEIVE
YOUR FIRST DOSE OF THE VACCINE
OR FOUR TO SIX WEEKS FOLLOWING
THE SECOND DOSE.
>> Kimberly: EXPERTS STRESS,
THIS IS NOT AN EXCUSE TO DELAY
YOUR MAMMOGRAM INDEFINITELY.
MANY, MANY WOMEN SKIPPED THEIR
MAMMOGRAMS LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF
THE PANDEMIC.
DOCTORS DESPERATELY WANT THE
PATIENTS TO COME IN AND GET
CAUGHT UP.
SO IF ANYTHING IS DETECTED IT
CAN BE CAUGHT AS EARLY AS
POSSIBLE.
>> Devin: BRIGHTON POLICE ARE
LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO LOOKS LIKE
HE MAY HAVE BEEN OUT IN TRAFFIC
BEFORE HE ROBBED A BANK.
POLICE SAY THE MAN ROBBED THE
TCF BANK ON GRAND RIVER NEAR CHALICE ROAD WEARING A SEATTLE
CHALICE ROAD WEARING A SEATTLE
SEE HAWKS AND A TRAFFIC VEST.
AND HE REACHED UNDER A PLEXIGLAS
DIVIDER AND TOOK OFF IN A BLACK
SEDAN.
>> Kimberly: ABOUT TO GROW A
YOUTH MOVEMENT.
>> Devin: WHO IS IN LINE FOR
SEATS AT THE TABLE AND HOW THE
UAW IS REACTING TO THE NEWS.
HANK.
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