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>> Karen: "FIRST AT 4," BREAKING
NEWS NEW LEADERSHIP FOR DETROIT
POLICE.
MAYOR MIKE DUGGAN SAYS THIS INTERIM CHIEF HAS SOMETHING
INTERIM CHIEF HAS SOMETHING
PROBABLY NO OTHER CHIEF IN THE
COUNTRY HAS.
>>> WE’RE ABOUT TO REACH A
VACCINE TURNING POINT AT FORD
FIELD AND YOU STILL HAVE A FEW HOURS LEFT.
HOURS LEFT.
>> Nick: NURSES PUSH BACK ON THE
CDC SAYING IT’S WAY TOO SOON TO
RELEASE THE MASK-WEARING
GUIDANCE AND LIST THE REASONS
WHY.
>> Ben: WE’RE STRUGGLING TO GET
TO NORMAL AND RECORDS ARE IN
PLACE FOR MULTIPLE DAYS IN THE SEVEN-DAY FORECAST.
SEVEN-DAY FORECAST.
WE’LL TELL YOU WHEN TO EXPECT
IT.
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>> Karen: GOOD AFTERNOON!
I’M KAREN DREW.
DETROIT RESIDENTS ARE GETTING THEIR FIRST LOOK AT THE MAN WHO
THEIR FIRST LOOK AT THE MAN WHO
WILL LEAD DETROIT POLICE
DEPARTMENT WHEN CHIEF JAMES
CRAIG RETIRES.
IT’S AN INTERIM APPOINTMENT BUT
HE IS ALSO IN THE MIX TO GET THE JOB FOR GOOD.
JOB FOR GOOD.
LET’S GO TO KIMBERLY GILL.
MAYOR DUGGAN DIDN’T HAVE TO LOOK
TOO FAR.
>> Kim: GOOD AFTERNOON! MAYOR MIKE DUGGAN SAID HE SPOKE
MAYOR MIKE DUGGAN SAID HE SPOKE
WITH EACH MEMBER OF THE POLICE
COMMISSION AND THE SAME NAME KEPT COMING UP.
KEPT COMING UP.
THE MAYOR WAS ABLE TO CONVINCE
FORMER ASSISTANT CHIEF JAMES E.
WHITE TO LEAVE HIS STATE JOB AND
RETURN TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HE HAS PROVEN HIMSELF TO BE A
CAPABLE LEADER DURING COIFED
CRISIS AND THE POLICE PROTESTS
AND WORKING TO PROTECT THE
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF THE
CITY’S RESIDENTS. HE IS A DETROIT NATIVE WHOSE
HE IS A DETROIT NATIVE WHOSE
UNCLE WAS MURDERED BACK IN THE
1970s AND IT HAS MOLDED HIS
APPROACH TO CRIME FIGHTING
INCLUDING SEEKING ADDITIONAL
EDUCATION.
>> I WENT TO CENTRAL MICHIGAN
UNIVERSITY AND BECAME A MENTAL
HEALTH COUNSELOR BECAUSE OF HOW
I DEALT WITH THE TRAGIC LOSS IN
MY FAMILY AND HOW I SEE THE TRAGEDY AROUND OUR COMMUNITY AND
TRAGEDY AROUND OUR COMMUNITY AND
HOW PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING,
STRUGGLING, WITH TRAUMA AND THE
LOSS OF PEOPLE.
>> A POLICE CHIEF, AND I’M QUITE CERTAIN HE’LL BE THE ONLY POLICE
CERTAIN HE’LL BE THE ONLY POLICE
CHIEF IN AMERICA WHO HAS GOT A
COUNSELING MASTERS, BECAUSE HE SEES THE CITIZENS INTERACT AS
SEES THE CITIZENS INTERACT AS
NEEDING HELP IN WAYS MORE THAN
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
>> Kim: HE WILL BECOME THE
INTERIM CHIEF ON JUNE 1st WHEN
THE CURRENT CHIEF RETIRES AND
THEN WILL COMPETE WITH
CANDIDATES AROUND THE COUNTRY TO
GET THE JOB ON THE PERMANENT
BASIS.
OUR COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE AT
5:00.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Karen: MICHIGAN’S COVID
VACCINATION EFFORTS ARE ABOUT TO
REACH A TURNING POINT AT FORD
FIELD.
THE MASS VACCINATION CLINIC WILL
CLOSE AT 8:30 BUT WALK-INS ARE
WELCOME. YOU CAN GET THE JOHNSON &
YOU CAN GET THE JOHNSON &
JOHNSON VACCINE OR THE FIRST OR
SECOND DOSE OF THE PFIZER SHOT.
MORE THAN 270,000 DOSES HAVE
BEEN ADMINISTERED AT FORD FIELD OVER THE LAST 8 WEEKS.
OVER THE LAST 8 WEEKS.
THOSE RECEIVING THE FIRST DOSE
WILL BE PROVIDED WITH
INFORMATION ON WHERE THEY CAN
RECEIVE THEIR SECOND DOSE. >>> PRESIDENT BIDEN PUSHING MORE
>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN PUSHING MORE
AMERICANS TO GET VACCINATED.
TODAY, 7 STATES HAVE REACHED THE
THRESHOLD AND THE LATEST NUMBERS SHOW MICHIGAN IS 55.7% AND WE’RE
SHOW MICHIGAN IS 55.7% AND WE’RE
WAITING FOR AN UPDATE ON THAT
FIGURE.
THE STATE IS POSTING MORE THAN
2200 NEW CASES OF THE VIRUS.
BUT THAT’S A TWO-DAY TOTAL, SO THE NUMBER IS STILL TRENDING
THE NUMBER IS STILL TRENDING
DOWN.
WE DID LOSE ANOTHER 20
MICHIGANDERS IN THE PAST TWO
DAYS.
>>> TODAY, A JUDGE HAS SENTENCED
THE SOUTHFIELD MAN WHO PLEADED GUILTY IN THE SHOOTING OF A
GUILTY IN THE SHOOTING OF A
13-YEAR-OLD BOY.
CHARLES PHILLIPS PLEADED GUILTY TO SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING
TO SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING
ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO MURDER.
THE TEENAGER WAS SHOT AND
SURVIVED, BUT HE HAS SUFFERED FROM PERMANENT PHYSICAL DAMAGE.
FROM PERMANENT PHYSICAL DAMAGE.
>> I WANNA KNOW WHY, WHAT WOULD
MAKE HIM JUST TRY TO TAKE A
KID’S LIFE. HE HAS SO MUCH LIFE IN HIM, SO
HE HAS SO MUCH LIFE IN HIM, SO
MUCH MOVEMENT, HE WAS PROMISED
SO MUCH.
>> NOTHING I CAN DO TO BRING HIM BACK.
I MEAN, I’M [INDISCERNIBLE] I’M
JUST SORRY.
>> Karen: THEY PUSHED FOR LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE.
IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE.
HE WAS SENTENCED TO 18-30 YEARS.
>> Karen: PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
WILL BE IN TOWN TOMORROW. AIR FORCE ONE WILL ARRIVE BEFORE
AIR FORCE ONE WILL ARRIVE BEFORE
NOON AND WILL HEAD TO THE PLANT
IN DEARBORN AND IS EXPECTED TO
MAKE SOME REMARKS.
YOU’LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT AT
CLICKONDETROIT.COM. HIS VISIT COMES AS THE BIDEN
HIS VISIT COMES AS THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION MAKES PUSH FOR A
$174 BILLION GOVERNMENT BOOST
FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND
CHARGING STATIONS. >>> HE’S THE MAN AT THE CENTER
>>> HE’S THE MAN AT THE CENTER OF THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING
OF THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING
THE DEATH OF JOANNE MATOOK
ROMAINE.
>> Karen: HE SAID IT’S TIME TO SPEAK OUT AND CLEAR HIS NAME.
SPEAK OUT AND CLEAR HIS NAME.
>> I FELT LIKE I WAS BEING
MALICIOUSLY PROSECUTED WHEN THEY
KNOW I WAS NOWHERE NEAR THE
CHURCH. >> Karen: WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT
>> Karen: WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT
GROSSE POINTE FARMS CHURCH 11
YEARS AGO, THE LAST PLACE SHE
WAS SEEN ALIVE.
HE BREAKS HIS SILENCE ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 6:00.
NEWS AT 6:00.
WE DIG INTO THIS CASE ON
"DATELINE DETROIT" SECRETS OF A
SMALL TOWN. TONIGHT AT 10:00, NEW EVIDENCE
TONIGHT AT 10:00, NEW EVIDENCE
NOT SHARED, NEW INTERVIEWS AND
EXCLUSIVE INFORMATION.
TONIGHT AT 10:00.
>>> IN THE FIRST FORECAST, WE’RE STARTING A WEEK-LONG WARMTH-UP,
STARTING A WEEK-LONG WARMTH-UP,
AND IT WILL START TO FEEL A LOT
LIKE SUMMER.
>> Ben: THE TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70s, THESE ARE THE COLDEST
UPPER 70s, THESE ARE THE COLDEST
NUMBERS GOING FORWARD.
TOMORROW, WE’LL HIT 78.
74 IN DETROIT.
NOT MUCH OF A BREEZE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THE WIND IS OUT OF THE SOUTH.
OF THE SOUTH.
AND JUST A GORGEOUS NIGHT ALL
AROUND, NO HUMIDITY TO SPEAK OF.
EVEN THOUGH WE’LL BE ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE FIRST HALF OF
AVERAGE FOR THE FIRST HALF OF
THE WEEK, ONCE WE GET INTO THE
LATER PART OF THE SEVEN-DAY
FORECAST, THAT’S WHERE THE
SUMMER-LIKE NUMBERS START TO
SHOW UP, POTENTIAL RECORDS AS
WELL. THE RAIN CHANCES, WE’RE NOT
THE RAIN CHANCES, WE’RE NOT
GONNA SEE A WHOLE LOT OF THEM
AND WE’LL PINPOINT THE TIME
ALONG WITH THE GORGEOUS NUMBERS. KAREN?
>> Karen: BACK TO COVID-19 AND
THE FACE MASK POLICY SHIFT THAT
IS SINKING IN. SOME NURSING ORGANIZATIONS ARE
SOME NURSING ORGANIZATIONS ARE
GOING HEAD-TO-HEAD OVER THE
LOOSENING OF THE REQUIREMENTS.
THEY’RE PUSHING BACK AND CALLING FOR A COURSE CORRECTION.
FOR A COURSE CORRECTION.
>> Paula: SOME ADULTS CANNOT GET
THE VACCINE FOR CERTAIN REASONS
BECAUSE OF COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEM AND CHILDREN BELOW THE
SYSTEM AND CHILDREN BELOW THE
AGE OF 12.
PEOPLE HAVE FOUGHT TOOTH AND
NAIL NOT TO GET THE SHOT FOR ANY REASON.
AND THE CDC IS SUGGESTING A
LOOSENING OF MASK GUIDELINES.
A PUSH BACK BY THE MICHIGAN NURSES ASSOCIATION SAYING:
>> Paula: THE
.
>> Paula: FOR ALL OF THE WORK
THE CDC HAS DONE THE LAST YEAR
TO GET PEOPLE TO PUT MASKS ON,
IT’S RELYING ON THE BEST PEOPLE
TO GO BY THE HONOR SYSTEM OF
ONLY TAKING OFF THE MASK IF THEY
ARE VACCINATED BY RELAXING
MASK-WEARING GUIDANCE.
>> THERE’S NO MANDATE TO TAKE IT
OFF.
WE’RE SAYING NOW THAT IT’S SAFE,
WORK AT YOUR OWN SPEED, WITH
YOUR OWN FAMILY AND OWN
BUSINESSES, WHEN NECESSARY.
>> Paula: NATIONAL NURSES UNITED
SAYS PUSH PAUSE ON THIS ONE,
WITH MORE THAN 6,000 PEOPLE
DYING AND MORE THAN 35,000 NEW
DETECTED INFECTIONS REPORTED IN
THIS COUNTRY ALONE EACH DAY.
A CONCERN FOR VARIANTS, SOME
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
VACCINE.
THE CDC SAYING IT WOULD NO
LONGER TRACK INFECTIONS AMONG
FULLY VACCINATED PEOPLE AND
UNADDRESSED AEROSOLIZATION.
THE NURSES MADE IT CLEAR THEY
BELIEVE THE ROLLBACK OF MASKS IS
JUST TOO SOON.
>> WALKING DOWN THE STREET, YOU
CAN’T TELL WHO IS VACCINATED AND
WHO ISN’T.
>> WE’RE WORRIED ABOUT THE FACT
WE CAME OFF A SURGE IN MICHIGAN
AND THE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS ARE
FEELING LIKE WE CAN TAKE A
BREATH AND WE’RE NOT SURE IF
IT’S TOO SOON.
>> Paula: SO BOTH THE MICHIGAN
NURSES ASSOCIATION AND AGAIN THE
LARGEST NURSES UNION IN THE
NATION, THE NATIONAL NURSES
UNITED, SAY THEY HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT RELAYING ON THIS AS A SOLE
STRATEGY WITHOUT THE EXTRA
LAYERS OF MASK.
AND AS IF WE’RE NOT ALL CONFUSED
ENOUGH, THEY’RE DEMANDING THAT
THE CDC AND PRESIDENT BIDEN
REVERSE COURSE, CORRECT COURSE,
IMMEDIATELY!
>> Karen: I WANT THE BIGGEST
CHALLENGE TO ROE V. WADE IN
YEARS. WE’LL TALK ABOUT THE LAW AT THE
LL YOU HOW MUCH AND WHEN
IT GETS STARTED.
>>> WORKING LONGER HOURS AND THE
RISK OF DYING. HOW LONG CAN BE TOO LONG, AND
HOW LONG CAN BE TOO LONG, AND
WHO IS MOST AT RISK.