I’M FOR WARREN, METEOROLOGIST CAME ADAMS, A MAJOR WINTER STORM HEADED INTO THE U. S AND IT WILL
BE HERE BY THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY
. AFFECTING YOUR HOLIDAY TRAVEL
. HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN JUST A
FEW MINUTES. ALRIGHT KIM, ALSO
FIRST AND FOR A MASSIVE RESPONSE
TO THIS MOBILE HOME FIRE IN
OAKLAND COUNTY, BUT NEIGHBORS
ARE STILL MOURNING THIS
AFTERNOON AND WE’RE TRACKING
BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS ON CAPITOL
HILL. WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THE TRILLION DOLLAR PROPOSAL AND
THE BILLS CONNECTION TO JANUARY
. 6TH. IT’S ALL NEXT FIRST AT
FOUR. LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT
. LOCAL 4 NEWS FIRST AT FOUR
STARTS NOW. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M
KAREN DREW FIRST AT FOUR. WE ARE
TRACKING A WINTER STORM THAT
COULD BRING A HORRIBLE MIX OF
SNOW WIND AND BITTER COLD AT ONE
OF THE WORST TIMES FOR HOLIDAY
TRAVELERS. THE STORM WILL RANGE
FROM THE PACIFIC COAST TO RIGHT
HERE IN THE MIDWEST, STARTING TO
ARRIVE IN METRO DETROIT, AS KIM
SAID THURSDAY AND THEN PUSHING
INTO CHRISTMAS EVE. IT COMES AS
TRIPLE A SAYS 113 MILLION
AMERICANS WILL BE TRAVELING
DURING THE HOLIDAY SURGE.
AIRLINES LIKE DELTA, UNITED AND
AMERICAN ARE ALREADY WAVING
REBOOKING FEES FOR PEOPLE.
FLYING THROUGH CERTAIN AIRPORTS
IN THE MIDWEST, SO MAKE SURE TO
CHECK WITH YOUR AIRLINE FOR
DETAILS RIGHT NOW. FOREWARN
METEOROLOGIST KIM ADAMS WORKING
TO PINPOINT THE TIMELINE. AS THE
STORM HEADS THIS WAY, KIM THAT
TIMELINE SO IMPORTANT, THE
TIMELINE IS CRITICAL AS FAR AS
SNOW TOTALS BECAUSE WE WILL SEE
A CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW
AT SOME POINT THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY MORNING, THE EARLIER
THAT CHANGEOVER HAPPENS, THE
HIGHER THE SNOW TOTALS WILL BE
WHAT WE DO GUARANTEE, THOUGH
HIGH WINDS AND SUBZERO
WINDCHILLS, SO IT’S NOT JUST A
MATTER OF HOW MUCH SNOW WE’RE
GETTING, EVEN IF WE WOULD GET ON
THE LOW SIDE, WHICH WOULD BE
AROUND FOUR INCHES OR SO WE’RE
HAVING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING IN
NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS BECAUSE
WE DO HAVE THOSE HIGH WINDS. SO
FRIDAY IS NOT THE DAY TO BE ON
THE ROAD. IF YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR
TRAVEL PLANS. IT’S NOT A WAIT
AND SEE SITUATION DEFINITELY
BECAUSE THERE’LL BE SO MANY
PEOPLE TRYING TO CHANGE THEIR
PLANS. TRY TO AVOID IT GET OUT
EARLY WEDNESDAY OR EVEN INTO THE
DAYTIME ON THURSDAY, SUB ZERO
WINDCHILLS AHEAD FOR CHRISTMAS
EVE AND ALSO ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
BUT LET’S TALK ABOUT NOW.
BRIEFLY IT IS BEAUTIFUL. WE’VE
EVEN SEEN A LITTLE OF THE
SUNSHINE. SO IF YOU DO HAVE SOME
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING TO DO, OR YOU
NEED TO RUN A FEW ERRANDS, GO TO
THE GROCERY STORE. TONIGHT’S A
GREAT NIGHT TO DO IT. I’LL BE
BACK WITH MORE ON YOUR HOLIDAY
TRAVEL FORECAST COMING UP. BUT
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE OUR LOCAL 4
WHETHER, RIGHT IN THE PALM OF
YOUR HAND, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
DOWNLOAD THE FOREWARN WEATHER
APP. IT’S ABSOLUTELY FREE. JUST
GO TO YOUR FAVORITE APP STORE
AND TYPE IN WDIV’S E. AND
DOWNLOAD THE 41 WEATHER APP
TODAY. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. KIM
DETROIT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING
THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A 14 YEAR
OLD BOY ON THE CITY’S WEST SIDE.
IT HAPPENED ALMOST 24 HOURS AGO,
AND WE STILL DON’T HAVE
INFORMATION ON A SUSPECT OR A
MOTIVE. POLICE SAY THEY RECEIVED
A SHOT SPOT, A RUN FOR SEVERAL
SHOTS, FIRED NEAR SEVEN MILE AND
BUILT MORE AROUND 5 30 MONDAY.
SOURCES ARE TELLING LOCAL 4 THE
BOY WAS SHOT AND THEN RAN
SEVERAL YARDS BEFORE COLLAPSING
ON BILTMORE STREET. POLICE SAY
THEY’RE WORKING ON A SUSPECT
DESCRIPTION. DVD IS ALSO LOOKING
FOR A WOMAN CONNECTED TO A
SHOOTING OUTSIDE OF A DETROIT
POLICE PRECINCT ON THE CITY’S
EAST SIDE. POLICE SAY THE 28
YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS INVOLVED IN
SOME SORT OF DOMESTIC DISPUTE
MONDAY AFTERNOON IN THE PARKING
LOT OF THE NINTH PRECINCT, AND
GRATIOT. HER BOYFRIEND WAS
APPARENTLY TRYING TO WALK INTO
THE STATION FOR HELP. WHEN HE
WAS SHOT. HE IS EXPECTED TO
RECOVER. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT
LEFT THE SCENE IN A 2014 FORD
FUSION WITH THE LICENSE PLATE OF
E F A 7326. IF YOU CAN HELP GIVE
POLICE A CALL OR CRIME STOPPERS
AT 1 800 SPEAK UP. FIREFIGHTERS
IN ROCHESTER HILLS SCRAMBLED TO
RESCUE A MAN FROM A MOBILE HOME
FIRE, BUT HE COULD NOT BE SAVED.
THEY RACED TO THE HOME NEAR JOHN
R. AND AVON ROADS JUST BEFORE
TWO IN THE MORNING. IT WAS A
FULL COURT PRESS WITH
FIREFIGHTERS FROM ALL OVER THE
CITY AND HELP FROM DEPARTMENTS
LIKE TROY, UTICA, SHELBY
TOWNSHIP AND OAKLAND TOWNSHIP.
FIREFIGHTERS FOUND THE MAN NEAR
A BEDROOM IN THE REAR OF THAT
HOME. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS
UNDER INVESTIGATION. WE’VE GOT
BREAKING NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA,
WHERE A JUDGE HAS JUST REJECTED
A NEW TRIAL FOR CONVICTED
MURDERER SCOTT PETERSON. YOU MAY
REMEMBER HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF
KILLING HIS WIFE, LACEY AND
THEIR UNBORN CHILD. BACK IN 2002
. THE DECISION COMES MORE THAN A
YEAR AFTER CALIFORNIA SUPREME
COURT ORDERED THE JUDGE TO
CONSIDER WHETHER JUROR
MISCONDUCT DENIED PETERSON A
FAIR TRIAL. THE JUDGE REJECTED
THAT ARGUMENT. PETERSON CAN
STILL APPEAL HER DECISION.
CONGRESS IS CONSIDERING A NEW
BUDGET PLAN THAT WAS REVEALED
OVERNIGHT WITH JUST THREE DAYS
BEFORE THE NEXT DEADLINE. A
SHORT TERM EXTENSION RUNS OUT
FRIDAY, RENEWING THE THREAT OF A
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. CHRISTINE
MACDONALD IN THE NEWSROOM
TRACKING THE VERY LATEST FROM
CAPITOL HILL FOR US, KIM. I’M
SORRY ABOUT THAT. CHRISTIE KAREN
. GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU, YOU
KNOW, DEMOCRATS ARE ANXIOUS TO
PASS AN OMNIBUS BUDGET PLAN
BEFORE THEY LOSE CONTROL OF THE
HOUSE IN JANUARY, MAKING
PROGRESS IN THE SENATE, WHERE
REPUBLICAN MINORITY LEADER MITCH
MCCONNELL SEEMS TO BE ON BOARD
AND WE COULD SEE A VOTE. VOTE IN
THE SENATE AS EARLY AS TODAY. SO
HERE’S HOW THE PROPOSED BUDGET
LOOKS FOR 2023. IT IS WORTH
ABOUT $1.7 TRILLION INCLUDES
ABOUT A 10% BOOST IN DEFENSE
SPENDING. PLUS THERE IS ANOTHER
ROUND OF AID FOR UKRAINE ABOUT
$45 BILLION TO KEEP SUPPORT
FLOWING IN THE WAR WITH RUSSIA
THERE, THERE’S ALSO A LOT OF
OTHER THINGS PACKED INTO MORE
THAN 4100 PAGES OF THE
LEGISLATION. IT WILL ALSO ADD A
CHANGE TO FEDERAL ELECTION LAW
TO PREVENT ANY FUTURE PRESIDENTS
FROM TRYING TO OVERTURN AN
ELECTION AS FORMER PRESIDENT
DONALD OLD TRUMP PRESSURED MIKE
PENCE TO DO ON JANUARY, 6TH
SENATOR MCCONNELL SAYS, IF THIS
BILL DOESN’T GET ENOUGH SUPPORT
, HE WOULD FAVOR PUSHING THE
DEADLINE INTO NEXT YEAR. BUT HE
LIKES WHAT HE’S SEEING RIGHT
NOW. THIS IS AN IMPRESSIVE
OUTCOME. OR THE REPUBLICAN
NEGOTIATORS. AND, MORE
IMPORTANTLY, IT IS THE OUTCOME
THAT OUR COUNTRY ACTUALLY NEEDS.
TO KEEP HELPING UKRAINE. AND OUR
OTHER FRIENDS. TO KEEP OUT
INNOVATING AND OUT COMPETING.
RUSSIA AND CHINA. ALRIGHT WELL,
HERE WE GO. THE DEADLINE █IS
FRIDAY AT MIDNIGHT UNLESS THE
BUDGET PASSES OR ANOTHER SHORT
TERM MEASURE IS PUT INTO PLACE.
SO IF THINGS GO OFF THE RAILS,
WE COULD SEE A PARTIAL
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN GOING INTO
THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. THE
BUDGET IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE BY
OCTOBER, 1ST. BUT YOU KNOW THAT
HASN’T HAPPENED SINCE 1996. WHEN
BILL CLINTON WAS PRESIDENT,
WE’LL BRING YOU UPDATES AS THEY
HAPPEN. FOR NOW. BACK TO YOU,
KAREN. ALL RIGHT, CHRISTY. WE
APPRECIATE IT. THANKS HOUSE
COMMITTEE MEETING TO DECIDE
WHETHER TO RELEASE FORMER
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S TAX
RETURNS. THE DEMOCRAT CONTROLLED
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE IS
MEETING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IF
LAWMAKERS MOVE FORWARD WITH
PLANS TO RELEASE THE RETURNS.
IT’S NOT CLEAR HOW QUICKLY THAT
WOULD HAPPEN. UNLIKE OTHER
PRESIDENTS, TRUMP REFUSED TO
RELEASE HIS RETURNS DURING THE
2016 OR WHILE IN OFFICE,
CLAIMING HE WAS UNDER AN I R S
AUDIT. THE DECISION ABOUT THE
BORDER POLICY TITLE 42 IS GOING
RIGHT DOWN TO THE WIRE. THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS ANOTHER
HOUR TO RESPOND TO A DECISION
FROM THE U. S. SUPREME COURT
YESTERDAY, THE COURT ISSUED A
TEMPORARY ORDER TO KEEP THE
PANDEMIC ERA LIMITS ON MIGRANTS
IN PLACE. CRITICS SAY LIFTING
TITLE 42 COULD LEAD TO A FLOOD
OF MIGRANTS AND PUSH RESOURCES
IN BORDER TOWNS TO THE LIMIT.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY SAYS IT’S GETTING READY
TO MANAGE THE BORDER SAFELY. IF
THE POLICY IS LIFTED. WE’RE
FOLLOWING IT CLOSELY, WE’LL KEEP
YOU POSTED. WE ARE TAKING A TRIP
DOWN MEMORY LANE DURING THE
HOLIDAYS TO HIGHLIGHT PAULA
TUTMAN IS TOP 10 STORIES OF 2022
. NOW THE STORY YOU’RE ABOUT TO
SEE FOCUSES ON THE HISTORY OF
PONTIAC, THE CITY’S RENEWAL AND
ALSO FEATURES SOME DRONE FOR
VIDEOS SHOWING THE SCOPE OF A
PROJECT THAT WILL KEEP GROWING
FOR YEARS. HERE WE GO. WE GOT
IT. WE’RE GONNA SPREAD THE MULCH
EVENLY THROUGHOUT THE WEEK,
VOLUNTEERS FROM VARIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS ARE CONVERGING ON
PONTIAC TO PLANT TREES, 100 OF
THEM FROM FUNDS RAISED BY THE
ROTARY CLUB TO RETREAT. NINE
PARKS OF 29 IN THE CITY. TODAY
IT WAS AARON PERRY PARK. AND
THERE’S AN INTERESTING SYNERGY
ABOUT WHO’S DOING THE PLANTING
ONE WHEELBARROW PER TREE. OKAY
THERE WE GO. NOW LET’S MIX
VOLUNTEERS FROM GENERAL MOTORS
AND 100 YEAR OLD SUBURBAN
COMMUNITY THAT GAVE THE EARLY
WORKERS OF GM A PLACE TO LIVE
WORK, THRIVE AND RAISE CHILDREN
. GENERAL MOTORS SPENT HERE A
LONG TIME AND THEY ALSO NEEDED
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THEY
ORCHESTRATED A NEIGHBORHOOD HERE
FOR FOLKS TO LIVE AND EASY WAYS
TO GET INTO HOUSING AND TAKE
THEIR PAYMENT RIGHT OUT OF THEIR
CHECKS. THE AUTO INDUSTRY’S
FOOTPRINTS STARTED MOVING AWAY
FROM PONTIAC. SO DID MANY OF ITS
WORKERS. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE,
HOUSES ARE BEING FIXED UP AND
REFURBISHED. THERE’S A LOT OF
EXCITEMENT LITERALLY SURROUNDING
THIS PARK AS FAMILIES RETURN
NEIGHBORS SEE THIS IN MY
NEIGHBORS RIGHT? IT SAYS THAT
PEOPLE ACTUALLY CARE. AND SO
SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO DESIGN
OUR VEHICLES AND PUT PROCESSES
IN PLACE FOR QUALITY CONTROL.
LEFT THEIR DESKS TODAY TO DO A
WHOLE DIFFERENT KIND OF QUALITY
CONTROL SOME GARDENING BEFORE
ABOUT THE FIRST TIME WE ACTUALLY
PLANTING TREES, LEARNING THE
ACTUAL MECHANICS OF IT, SO WE
LEARNED HOW TO KIND OF FILL IN
THE HOLES PROPERLY, SO THAT WE
COULD GET THE ROOTS OF THE TREES
IN AND THEN FILL IN THE DIRT AND
THE TOPSOIL AND THEN THE
MULCHING AND MAKING SURE THAT
THE TREES ARE STRAIGHT. SO THIS
IS THE EPITOME OF LEAVING YOUR
MARK UPON THE EARTH. SO THIS IS
A LEGACY SUGAR MAPLE THAT WAS
JUST PLANTED TODAY AND IT IS IN
THE SHADOWS OF THIS SILVER MAPLE
TOLD THIS TREE IS EASILY 50
YEARS OLD. SO THINK ABOUT THIS
FOR THE VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE HERE
TODAY. WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY
PLANTED TREES THAT COULD VERY
LIKELY BE HERE LONG AFTER
THEY’RE GONE. I’M HOPING THAT
THEY WILL STILL HAVE THEIR
FLOWERS. I SAW SOME OF THEM
FLOWERING, AND I WAS REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT THAT DAY. I KNOW
THAT EACH YEAR THEY’RE GOING TO
SPRING. AND DURING SPRING
FLOWERS AND THEY’RE JUST GOING
TO LOOK BEAUTIFUL. HAPPY HOLIDAY
SEASON, EVERYONE YOU KNOW THE
REASON WE LOVED THIS STORY SO
MUCH IS BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES
SHOW HOW THE CITY OF PONTIAC IS
JUST PULLING ITSELF UP BY THE
BOOTSTRAPS TO REALLY IMPROVE
ITSELF IN SO MANY DIFFERENT
WAYS. CAN YOU BELIEVE THEY
PLANTED 101 TREES AND BY THE
SPRING? VISITORS AND RESIDENTS
ALIKE WILL REALLY SEE A BIG
DIFFERENCE. PAULA TUTMAN LOCAL 4
I SAID, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU,
PAULA. TOMORROW PAULA IS GOING
TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT EVERYTHING
YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT COW
CUDDLING. IT’S THE REAL THING.
BUT YOU PROBABLY WERE AFRAID TO
ASK, RIGHT. WE’RE GONNA SEE HOW
THE COWS CAN HELP. MANY PEOPLE
FIND THEIR BLISS. BUT MAYBE NOT
A REPORTER ON DEADLINE. THE
STORY WITH PAULA’S BEHIND THE