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4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS NOW. A BIG LIVE
4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS NOW. A BIG DAY FOR METRO DETROIT AND OUR AUTO INDUSTRY AS A WOMAN OWNED
AUTO SUPPLIER OFFICIALLY OPENS
ITS DOORS IS DAKOTA INTEGRATED
SYSTEMS, IT WILL MANUFACTURE
PARTS FOR THE JEEP VEHICLES MADE
AT A PLANT IN DETROIT. IT’S A
NEW FACILITY BUILT ON THE FORMER
SITE OF THE DETROIT CATERING
HIGH SCHOOL ON VAN DYKE NEAR I
94 THE CITY’S EAST SIDE, LOCAL 4
BUSINESS EDITOR ROD MELONI JOINS
US NOW LIVE AND ROD. THIS IS A
HUGE BUSINESS MILESTONE AND
GREAT FOR THE CITY. IT IS
BECAUSE IT DOESN’T HAPPEN VERY
OFTEN. RUN AND YOU KNOW, YOU
UNDERSTAND THAT CATERING HIGH
SCHOOL SITE BEHIND ME HAS BEEN
SITTING EMPTY FOR A VERY LONG
TIME. BUT TAKE A LOOK OVER HERE
TWO YEARS AGO. THIS DIDN’T
EXIST. IN FACT, THEY HELD A BIG
PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE TIME. TO
TELL US THAT DAKOTA INTEGRATED
SYSTEMS IS GOING TO START HIRING
DETROITERS. AND SO THAT’S
EXACTLY WHAT THEY’VE DONE RIGHT
NOW. THEY SAY THEY’VE GOT 500
PEOPLE EMPLOYED HERE. 400 OF
THOSE JOBS ARE JOBS THAT ARE NEW
AND NEWLY CREATED. NOW, LET’S GO
INSIDE THE PLANT BECAUSE WE HAD
A CHANCE TO GO IN AND TAKE A
LOOK AT THE MANUFACTURING
FACILITY HERE THIS MORNING. IT
WAS QUITE AN EVENT HERE. THEY
HAD THE DETROIT YOUTH CHOIR AND
THEY HAD THE GOVERNOR AND THE
MAYOR HERE AS WELL. BUT THIS IS
WHAT IT’S REALLY ALL ABOUT
PEOPLE ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE
MAKING ACTUAL PRODUCTS. THESE
ARE INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS FOR
STILL LANTUS. SO FOR THE SUPPLY
, BOTH THE JEFFERSON AVENUE AND
THE MACK AVENUE PLANTS WHICH ARE
JUST UP THE STREET HERE, AND
THAT’S WHAT GIVES THE COMPANY
REASON TO ACTUALLY WANT TO BUILD
THIS YEAR ACTUALLY HAVE THEM
NEARBY BECAUSE IT COULD COST
LESS TO TAKE THESE PARTS AND
SHIP THEM OVER TO THOSE OTHER
PLANTS WHERE THEY ACTUALLY GET
INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLES. SO
ANDREW RUSH IS THE WOMAN WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THIS, AND
SHE STARTED OUT WITH A SMALL
TRUCKING COMPANY MANY YEARS AGO
AND HAS DECIDED THAT SHE WANTS
TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN IN THE
CITY OF DETROIT, AND SHE SAID
SHE DID IT PRE BANKRUPTCY, NOT
EVEN THINKING THAT THE
BANKRUPTCY COULD HAPPEN. BUT SHE
DID TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHAT SHE’S DONE. WHY AND
HOW. I WAS HEART BROKEN AND
SHOCKED AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
YOU HAVE NO HOPE, ALWAYS SEEING
THAT IN OUR UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES IN OUR CITIES, AND I
SAID, YOU KNOW IF WE CAN LOCATE
PURPOSE FOR WORK, AND THAT
VISION ALSO CAME FROM THE
LEADERS AT FOUR JAMON CHRYSLER,
BILL FORD AND YOU KNOW GENERAL
MOTORS, MARY BARRA AND BUT WHEN
YOU DO THAT, I PROMISE YOU IT IS
AN IMPACT THAT’S LIFE CHANGES.
AND IN FACT, SHE SAYS THAT ONE
OF THE THINGS SHE LIKES TO DO IS
TO HELP PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR
LIVES BY ALLOWING THEM TO HAVE
EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS WHEN THEY
COME TO WORK IN THE FACILITY
WITHIN SIX MONTHS, YOU GET THOSE
EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS, AND ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT SHE HAS DONE IS
IN MANY WAYS MADE IT SO THAT
PEOPLE COULD MOVE THROUGH THE
PLANE AND UPWARD AND ONWARD. AND
SO THAT’S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
SHE FELT LIKE NEEDED TO HAPPEN
HERE, SO A LOT OF THE PEOPLE
STARTED OUT ON THE PLANT FLOOR
NOW ACCOUNTANTS OR LAWYERS OR
OTHER THINGS, AND THEY ARE DOING
THAT, USING THE EDUCATION THAT
THEY’VE BEEN ABLE TO YET THROUGH
THEIR JOB HERE, SO IT’S ONE OF
THOSE THINGS THAT THEY’RE
CELEBRATING. LIKE I SAID, THE
GOVERNOR IS HERE. THE MAYOR WAS
HERE. WE’LL HEAR ALL FROM THEM
COMING UP ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT
FIVE AS WE CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE
OF THIS STORY. SO REPLY
REPORTING LIVE FROM DETROIT’S
EAST SIDE, ROD MELONI. WELL, WE
LOVE ANDREA RUSH. HE HAS DONE SO
MUCH FOR THE DETROIT COMMUNITY
OVER SO MANY YEARS EMPLOYING
DETROITERS WITH MULTIPLE
BUSINESSES, AND WE’RE PROUD TO
SEE THIS. THIS NEW LOCATION
THERE ON THE EAST SIDE, RIGHT?
THANK YOU. THE POLITICAL FALLOUT
CONTINUES OVER THAT LEAKED DRAFT
OPINION SUGGESTING THAT THE U.
S. SUPREME COURT HAS POST POISED
TO OVERTURN ROE V. WADE DECISION
THAT WOULD HAVE SWEEPING
CONSEQUENCES FOR MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
ABORTION DEBATE. NBC’S CHIEF
WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT PETER
ALEXANDER, HAS THE LATEST.
OVERNIGHT THIS NEW, NON SCALABLE
FENCING BEING INSTALLED AROUND
THE SUPREME COURT AFTER HEATED
CLASHES IN RECENT DAYS ON THE
STEPS OF THE COURT AND
NATIONWIDE BETWEEN AMERICANS ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE ABORTION
BATTLE, BRO WOMAN THE QUESTION
THIS MORNING. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
IF THE SUPREME COURT FOLLOWS
THROUGH ON ITS LEAKED DRAFT
OPINION? THAT OVERTURNS ROE V.
WADE PRESIDENT BIDEN SLAMMING
THE DRAFT. THIS IS ABOUT A LOT
MORE THAN ABORTION, WARNING THE
CONSERVATIVE COURT COULD UNRAVEL
OTHER PRIVACY RIGHTS LIKE SAME
SEX, MARRIAGE AND CONTRACEPTION.
AND TAKING AIM AT FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S MAGA MOVEMENT
. BECAUSE THIS MAGA CROWD IS
REALLY THE MOST EXTREME
POLITICAL ORGANIZATION THAT’S
EXISTED IN AMERICAN HISTORY. AND
RECENT AMERICAN HISTORY. HOUSE
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI SLAMMING
THE DRAFT AS AN ASSAULT ON WOMEN
VIOLENCE NOT ONLY TO WOMEN, BUT
TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES. BUT REPUBLICANS
LIKE GOVERNOR RHONDA SANTIS IN
FLORIDA ARE TAKING A WAIT AND
SEE APPROACH, LARGELY FOCUSING
ON THE LEAK. YOU KNOW YOU CAN
LEAK STUFF OUT OF A COURT, WHICH
IS REALLY UNPRECEDENTED, BUT
LET’S SEE WHEN YOU ACTUALLY HAVE
SOMETHING RENDERED. OVERTURNING
ROE WOULD NOT OUTLAW ABORTION
BUT WOULD LEAVE IT UP TO STATE
LEGISLATURES TO DECIDE WHETHER
THERE SHOULD BE RESTRICTIONS.
NORTH DAKOTA IS AMONG THE 13
STATES WITH SO CALLED TRIGGER
LAWS THAT WOULD BAN ABORTION,
WITH EXCEPTIONS FOR THE HEALTH
OF THE MOTHER IF ROE IS
OVERTURNED. IT MEANS LIGHTS OUT
IN NORTH DAKOTA. ABORTION RIGHTS
OPPONENTS SAY IT WILL BE THE
MOMENT THEY’VE WORKED TOWARDS
FOR 50 YEARS. IT LOOKS LIKE WE
MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD
CONSENSUS AND PASSED LAWS TO
SAVE LIVES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
. IT’S ALREADY HEATING UP IS A
CRUCIAL ISSUE HEADING INTO THIS
FALL’S MIDTERMS, WITH DEMOCRATS
LOOKING TO CAPITALIZE, BUT
REPUBLICANS INSISTING IT WON’T
MATTER IN NOVEMBER. WE’RE GONNA
WIN IN 2022 ROBBIE THE ROE V.
WADE IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE
OUTCOME. AND THAT WAS PETER
ALEXANDER REPORTING. OF COURSE,
YOU KEEP IT RIGHT HERE WITH
LOCAL 4 AND CLICKONDETROIT.COM
WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE
UPDATES ON OUR CONTINUING
COVERAGE. WHICH INCLUDES
BRANDON’S FORECAST, AND WHAT
WE’RE IN STORE FOR THE REST OF
THIS DAY AND THURSDAY AND ALSO
I’VE BEEN PEEKING AT YOUR FIVE
DAY FORECAST AND LOVING IT,
BRANDON THANKFULLY, FOR MOM’S
THIS WEEKEND AND BEYOND, BUT ON
THIS SINGLE DE MAYO A LOT OF
SYNC OWES OR AT LEAST FIVE
DOUBLE FIVES HERE. MOUNT CLEMENS
55 55 IN CANTON, 11 CELSIUS.
WINDSOR ESSEX, 14 HARROW,
ONTARIO AND 58 OFFICIALLY AT
METRO AIRPORT. AS WE WIDEN THE
VIEW YOU CAN SEE EVERYBODY IS IN
THE MIDDLE FIFTIES. FLIRTING
WITH 60 DEGREES, THE CLOUDS BIT
OF A PROBLEM HERE. MILKY
SUNSHINE AT BEST, BECOMING JUST
PLANE MOSTLY CLOUDY AS THESE
CLOUDS THICKEN THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON SO HIGH TEMPERATURES
LIKELY ONLY IN THE LOWER SIXTIES
AND KIND OF FREEZING AT THAT
POINT THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON.
SHOWER CHANCES COULD SEE AN
ISOLATED SHOWER AROUND FOUR OR
FIVE P.M. BUT THE SHOWERS COMING
UP FROM THE SOUTH INTO OUR SOUTH
ZONE AROUND 56 PM AND THEN
RANDOM, MOST OF US AFTER 78 PM
WITH RAIN ON FRIDAY AS WELL,
DETAILS COMING UP OKAY, WE’LL
SEE YOU HERE. A FEW MEANTIME,
TENSE MOMENTS IN SOUTHFIELD THIS
MORNING AS A GARBAGE TRUCK
DRIVER. WELL, HE GOT TRAPPED BY
LIVE POWER LINES FOLLOWING AN
ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED IN THE
AREA OF 12 MILE ROAD AND
EVERGREEN BEHIND US AND LOCAL
GAS STATION. WE’RE TOLD THAT THE
DRIVER HE WAS TRYING TO MANEUVER
THAT GARBAGE TRUCK WHEN HE
COLLIDED WITH A POWER POLE THAT
SNAPPED AND THEN FELL RIGHT ON
TOP OF THE TRUCK. LIVE WIRES.
THANKFULLY HE’S OKAY. AS HE
STAYED IN THE TRUCK, DTE SHUT
THE POWER OFF AND THE DRIVER WAS
ABLE TO GET OUT SAFELY. THE
FREEWAY SAFETY PROGRAM CALLED
OPERATION BRYSON IS RETURNING
FOR A SECOND YEAR. IT’S NAMED
AFTER BRYSON CHRISTIAN, A TWO
YEAR OLD BOY SHOT AND KILLED
LAST SUMMER WHEN SOMEONE OPENED
FIRE ON HIS FAMILY’S CAR ALONG I
75 IN DETROIT. DETROIT POLICE
AND OTHER LOCAL AGENCIES HAVE
COMMITTED TO INCREASING THEIR
PRESENCE AND FREEWAYS IN HOPES
OF PREVENTING SIMILAR TRAGEDIES
. RIGHT NOW THERE IS A STRATEGY
SESSION GOING ON AT DPD
HEADQUARTERS, AND WE’LL HAVE
MORE ON WHAT COMES OUT OF THOSE
MEETINGS AND LOCAL 4 NEWS TODAY
AT FIVE. THE NUMBER OF NEW
JOBLESS CLAIMS ROSE SLIGHTLY
LAST WEEK, BUT THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE COLLECTING UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS REMAINS AT THE LOWEST
LEVEL IN MORE THAN A HALF
CENTURY. MEANWHILE THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS TAKING STEPS
TO COMBAT INFLATION, WHICH IS AT
A 40 YEAR HIGH. TRUE. JACKSON IS
IN WASHINGTON WITH THE LATEST
THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS RAISING
INTEREST RATES BY HALF A
PERCENTAGE POINT. THE EFFORT TO
SLOW SPENDING COULD MAKE IT MORE
EXPENSIVE FOR FAMILIES AND
BUSINESSES TO BORROW THIS AS
SOARING PRICES CONTINUE TO PUT A
STRAIN ON PEOPLE’S BUDGETS. FROM
GAS TO GROCERIES. AMERICANS ARE
FEELING THE FINANCIAL PINCH I
THE GASSES, HIGH ELECTRIC BILLS
WENT UP AN EFFORT TO TAME RECORD
HIGH INFLATION. THE FEDERAL
RESERVE IS TAKING AGGRESSIVE
ACTION, ANNOUNCING ITS BIGGEST
RATE HIKE IN 22 YEARS. IT IS
ESSENTIAL THAT WE BRING
INFLATION DOWN IF WE ARE TO HAVE
A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF STRONG
LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS THAT
BENEFIT ALL INCREASING INTEREST
RATES BY HALF A PERCENTAGE
POINT. MEANS THINGS LIKE AUTO
LOANS, CREDIT CARD, DEBT AND
MORTGAGES WILL BECOME MORE
EXPENSIVE. REPUBLICANS ARGUE THE
ECONOMY IS WORSE OFF BECAUSE OF
DEMOCRATIC POLICIES. INTEREST
RATES CERTAINLY INFLUENCED THE
ECONOMY WE’RE HAVING TO RAISE
INTEREST RATES. BECAUSE OF BAD,
NOT BAD. NOMICS PRESIDENT BIDEN
BLAMES REPUBLICAN PREDECESSORS.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT FOR
DECADES, THE TRICKLE DOWN
ECONOMICS HAS FAILED. AS INCOME
AND EQUITY GREW TO HISTORIC
LEVELS UNDER THE REPUBLICANS,
THE PRESIDENT TOUTING PLANS TO
REDUCE THE DEFICIT BY $1.5
TRILLION, SAYING IT’S PART OF
HIS ADMINISTRATION’S OVERALL
STRATEGY. AIMED AT COMBATING
INFLATION AND HELPING THE
COUNTRY RECOVER FROM THE
PANDEMIC. IT’S TIME TO GROW THE
ECONOMY BUT FROM THE BOTTOM UP
IN THE MIDDLE OUT AS PRESIDENT
BIDEN SEEKS TO REASSURE FAMILIES
THE US HIT ANOTHER GRIM
MILESTONE. MORE THAN ONE MILLION
AMERICANS LOST TO COVID 19. THIS
IS THE SECOND RISE IN INTEREST
RATES AND ONLY TWO MONTHS THE
FED CHAIR SAYS HE EXPECTS TO SEE
MORE INCREASES IN THE COMING
MONTHS. IN WASHINGTON. I’M BREE
JACKSON FOR NBC NEWS. ALRIGHT
BREATHE. THANK YOU RIGHT NOW IN
UKRAINE, THE MILITARY THEY’RE
SAYING THAT IT’S HAVING SUCCESS
IN STOPPING RUSSIAN GROUND
FORCES FROM TRYING TO PUSH INTO
THE REGIONS OF DANCING AND
LUHANSK, NOW SIX PEOPLE WERE
INJURED OVERNIGHT IN A RUSSIAN
MISSILE ATTACK THAT HAPPENED AND
DANCE LIKE THIS IS THE ATTACK,
SEVERELY DAMAGING THREE
BUILDINGS OF SCHOOL AND A
KINDERGARTEN. A KINDERGARTNER
NOW THE PORTS CITY OF MARIUPOL.
HUNDREDS OF UKRAINIAN TROOPS
REMAIN INSIDE OF THAT STEEL MILL
BESIEGED BY RUSSIAN TROOPS. SOME
CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED
AND ARE GETTING HELPFUL. FORMER