>> Announcer: LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT HOME OF
WDIV AND CLICK ON DETROIT,
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS
NOW.
>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS
TRAVELING TO GEORGIA TODAY
TO RENEW A PUSH FOR FEDERAL
VOTING RIGHTS LEGISLATION
PLUS, IT IS BONE-CHILLINGLY
DANGEROUSLY COLD OUT THERE.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT WHAT IT
FEELS LIKE AND SINGLE
DIGITS.
BRANDON IS IN WITH A LOOK AT
IF WE CAN GET OURSELVES OUT
OF THE DEEP FREEZE ANY TIME
SOON.
BUT FIRST STATE PUBLIC
HEALTH OFFICIALS PROVIDE AN
UPDATE ON COVID-19 AMID A
RECORD NUMBER OF CASES AND
HOSPITALIZATIONS.
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US FOR LOCAL
4 NEWS AT NOON.
THE CORONAVIRUS TOPS OUR
NOON NEWSCAST.
WE JUST SPOKE WITH GOVERNOR
WHITMER ABOUT THE SURGE AND
VACCINE HESITANCY.
HERE’S WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY
TO THOSE WHO HAVE STILL NOT
BEEN VACCINATED.
>> I THINK THAT THERE IS
THIS PART OF THE POPULATION
GLOBALLY THAT WON’T AVAIL
THEMSELVES OF THE VACCINE,
IT’S DISTRESSING I WISH THEY
WOULD RECONSIDER.
I KNOW WE DON’T SEE EYE TO
EYE POLITICALLY BUT ON THEIR
HEALTH THERE’S NO QUESTION
THAT A VACCINE AND A BOOSTER
IS THE BEST WAY TO STAY OUT
OF THE HOSPITAL.
WE GOT TO PUT OUR POLITICAL
DIFFERENCES ON OTHER ISSUES.
ON PUBLIC HEALTH THOUGH, I’M
WORKING SO HARD TO PROTECT
EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF THEIR
POLITICAL VIEWS.
I JUST WILL CONTINUE TO TRY
TO EDUCATE AND ENCOURAGE BUT
WE RECOGNIZE WE’RE GOING TO
LEARN TO LIVE WITH THIS
VIRUS AND THAT’S WHY I THINK
HELPING PEOPLE STAY OUT OF
THE HOSPITAL AND TO STAY
ALIVE IS MOST IMPORTANT
THING WE AS GOVERNMENT CAN
DO.
WORK WITH BUSINESSES TO MAKE
SURE THEY’VE GOT TESTS AND
WORK WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND
OUR HOSPITALS TO MAKE SURE
THEY’VE GOT SUPPORT.
AND THAT’S WHERE ALL OUR
FOCUS IS.
>> MEANTIME, STATE PUBLIC
HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE
PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
OUR MEGAN WOODS JOINS US NOW
LIVE WITH A LOOK AT WHAT
THEY’RE SAYING.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MEGAN?
>> Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON,
AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THEY
HAD A LOT TO TALK ABOUT WITH
THIS RECENT SURGE, INCLUDING
NEW TESTING EFFORTS AS WELL
AS HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE IN
THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW
BATTLING COVID.
SO THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
ANNOUNCED THEY ARE DEPLOYING
200 MORE VERTS TO HOSPITALS
ACROSS THIS -- VENTILATORS
TO HOSPITALS ACROSS THIS
STATE AND ARE EXPANDING
TESTING EFFORTS BY GIVING
FREE COVID TESTS TO SOME
LIBRARIES.
WHILE FEDERAL TEAMS ARE AT
FIVE DIFFERENT MICHIGAN
HOSPITALS TO HELP WITH
STAFFING THEY CONTINUE TO
STRESS LIMITING INFECTION
AND HOSPITALIZATION STARTS
WITH WEARING A MASK, GETTING
VACCINATED AS WELL AS
BOOSTED.
ON THAT CALL, IT WAS ALSO
MENTIONED MODELS EXPECT
CASES TO PEAK BETWEEN THE
END OF JANUARY AND EARLY
FEBRUARY.
THEN HOPEFULLY AFTER THAT,
THE NUMBER OF CASES WILL GO
DOWN.
>> NOW WHAT’S REALLY UP TO
US AS A STATE IS HOW HIGH DO
WE WANT THAT PEAK TO BE
BECAUSE I THINK IF WE DON’T
USE THE TOOLS WE HAVE IF WE
HAVE A LOT OF TOOLS.
IF WE DON’T USE THE TOOLS WE
HAVE WE CAN EXPECT THOSE
PEAKS TO BE AT THOSE REALLY
WORSE CASE SCENARIOS THAT I
SHOWED YOU.
SO, WE HAVE A CHOICE TO
MAKE.
>> AND THAT CHOICE AGAIN IS
TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP
THAT PEAK GO DOWN.
SHE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW
THE NUMBERS WE’RE SEEING ARE
NUMBERS THAT WE HAVEN’T SEEN
AT ANY POINT IN THIS
PANDEMIC BEFORE THIS.
SO THAT’S VERY CONCERNING.
WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
OTHER TRENDS THEY’RE SEEING
HERE IN MICHIGAN TONIGHT AT
5:00.
LIVE IN DETROIT, I’M MEGAN
WOODS, LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT, MEGAN, THANK
YOU.
>>> ACTUALLY ACCORDING TO
NEW DATA, MORE PEOPLE ARE IN
THE U.S. HOSPITALS WITH
COVID-19 THAN EVER BEFORE.
OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
ACCORDING TO THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES, NEARLY
146,000 PATIENTS ARE
CURRENTLY BEING TREATED IN
HOSPITALS RIGHT NOW FOR
COVID-19.
AND THAT IS TWICE AS MANY
FROM TWO WEEKS AGO.
AND SURPASSES THE PREVIOUS
HIGH SET BACK IN JANUARY OF
2021.
MIGUEL ALMAGHER REPORTS ON
THIS SURGE AS VACCINE
MANUFACTURERS SAY A FOURTH
AND OMICRON-SPECIFIC BOOSTER
IS NOW IN THE WORKS.
>> Reporter: THE NATION’S
TOP COVID VACCINE PROVIDERS
ARE WORKING ON A FOURTH
SHOT.
THE C.E.O.s FROM MODERNA AND
PFIZER SAY A SECOND BOOSTER
THIS ONE AIMED AT OMICRON
COULD BE ROLLED OUT IN THE
NEXT FEW MONTHS.
>> THESE VACCINES WILL BE
READY IN MARCH.
I DON’T KNOW IF WE WILL NEED
IT, I DON’T KNOW IF HOW IT
WILL BE USED BUT IT WILL BE
READY.
>> Reporter: WITH OUR NATION
ALREADY AVERAGING NEARLY
700,000 NEW INFECTIONS EVERY
DAY.
MOST OF THOSE HOSPITALIZED
ARE UNVACCINATED AND WITH
COVID DEATHS RISING IN
PLACES WHERE OMICRON FIRST
HIT, DOCTORS FEAR A RISE IN
FATALITIES SIMILAR TO LAST
YEAR MAY SOON BE COMING.
NOW OFFICIALS IN SIMONEA
COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, ARE
ADVISING -- SONOMA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA R ADVISING
RESIDENTS TO STAY HOME FOR
THE NEXT 30 DAYS MOVING
QUICKLY TO BAN LARGE
GATHERINGS HERE IN WINE
COUNTRY THAT WOULD IMPACT
WEDDINGS AND CONFERENCES
WITH LIMITED EXCEPTIONS.
MEANWHILE CHILD
HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE UP
133%.
CASSANDRA CASTILLO SIX
MONTH-OLD SON FRANCISCO IS
ONE OF ALMOST 4.5 MILLION
KIDS WHO HAVEST T.D.
POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS.
HE’S BEEN TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL THREE TIMES.
>> MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS HIM
BEING ABLE TO BREATHE.
>> Reporter: STUDENTS IN
CHICAGO WILL RETURN TO
CAMPUS WEDNESDAY AFTER
TEACHERS REACHED A NEW
AGREEMENT WITH THE DISTRICT
OVER SAFETY CONCERNS.
IN LOS ANGELES, AFTER A RUSH
TO GET MORE THAN HALF A
MILLION STUDENTS TESTED, THE
NATION’S SECOND LARGEST
DISTRICT IS BACK TODAY.
JUST AS COVID CASES HERE
SURGED TO RECORD LEVELS.
>>> AND THAT WAS MIGUEL
ALMAGHER REPORTING.
WE WANT TO TURN OUR
ATTENTION NOW TO THE WEATHER
WHICH IS A BIG TALK ABOUT AS
WELL BECAUSE IT IS SO COLD
OUT AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK
TODAY TODAY NOT AS BEAUTIFUL
AS YESTERDAY, BRANDON.
THIS IS JUST KIND OF A
BUMMER OF A DAY.
>> WELL THE COLDEST OF THE
SEASON THIS MORNING’S LOW
TEMPERATURES RHONDA, -1° ANN
ARBOR, -TWO UP IN LAPEER.
EVERYBODY ELSE -- -2° UP IN
LAPEER.
EVERYBODY ELSE SINGLE DIGITS
VERY WIDESPREAD BITTER COLD
BUT LUCKILY THE WINDS
WEREN’T THAT STRONG.
CURRENTLY WE ARE STILL STUCK
IN THE CHILL WITH TEMPS
BARELY INTO DOUBLE DIGITS
NORTH OF I-69, LOW AND
MIDDLE TEENS FOR MOST OF US
AND FACTOR IN A LITTLE BIT
OF A BREEZE AND MORE OF
THESE SUBZERO AND SINGLE
DIGIT WIND CHILLS DANGEROUS
STUFF IF YOU HAVE TO BE
OUTSIDE FOR 30, 60 MINUTES
YOU BETTER BE LAYERED UP AND
PROTECTED.
LOW MIDDLE 20s WITH MID AND
HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS BUT DRY
FOR NOW.
WE ARE TRACKING SOME SNOW
AND YOUR LOCAL FORECASTERS
APP HAS EVERYTHING YOU NEED
TO KNOW PLUS, THIS QR CODE
RIGHT THERE IF YOU HOLD YOUR
PHONE UP TO THAT IT WILL
INSTANTLY TAKE YOU TO THE
LOCAL FORECASTERS APP.
IT’S ABSOLUTELY FREE.
RHONDA.
>>> ALL RIGHT, BRANDON,
THANK YOU.
>>> IT IS AN AWARD COVETED
BY DETROIT AUTOMAKERS.
THE WINNERS OF THE NORTH
AMERICAN CAR, TRUCK AND
UTILITY VEHICLE OF THE YEAR
AND THOSE WINNERS WERE
ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING AND
FORD IS HAPPY RIGHT NOW.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY TOOK TWO
OF THE THREE AWARDS.
THE FORD MAVERICK WAS NAMED
THE 2022 NORTH AMERICAN
TRUCK OF THE YEAR.
THE FORD BRONCO WAS NAME THE
NORTH AMERICAN UTILITY
VEHICLE OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN IT WAS THE HONDA
CIVIC THAT WON CAR OF THE
YEAR.
THE AWARDS USED TO GO HAND
IN HAND WITH THE NORTH
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO
SHOW AT THE EVENT THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
AUTO SHOW ANNOUNCED PLANS TO
BRING THE SHOW BACK THIS
YEAR AFTER THE COVID HIATUS.
>> THIS FALL YOU WILL
EXPERIENCE OUR OWN
TRANSFORMATION WHEN OUR NEXT
GENERATION EVENT TAKES OVER
DETROIT.
IT WILL BE UNLIKE ANYTHING
WE HAVE EVER HOSTED BEFORE.
AT THIS POINT, AND IT’S
OFFICIAL, I CAN CONFIRM
WE’VE SECURED THIS
WORLD-CLASS CONVENTION
CENTER THE NEWLY REVAMPED
REBRANDED HUNTINGTON PLACE.
WE’LL ALSO BE CAPITALIZING
ON THE CITY’S OTHER
INCREDIBLE ASSETS LIKE OUR
DOWNTOWN PARKS AND OUR
RIVERFRONT.
IT WILL BE AN INDOOR AND
OUTDOOR CITY WIDE
CELEBRATION OF MOMENT --
MOBILITY.
>> WE CANT WAIT.
THE AUTO SHOW IS SCHEDULED
FOR MARK YOUR CALENDAR,
SEPTEMBER 14th THROUGH
SEPTEMBER 25th.
>> Announcer: NEW AT NOON,
STILL TO COME HERE AT NOON,
PRESIDENT BIDEN IN GEORGIA
THIS AFTERNOON TALKING
VOTING RIGHTS LEGISLATION
AFTER THE BREAK WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT HIS PLANS.