WELL
THE RAIN TODAY, BUT MORE RAIN IS WELL
THE RAIN TODAY, BUT MORE RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST, BUT JUST BE PATIENT. BE PATIENT. WAIT TILL
YOU SEE THE GOOD STUFF THAT’S
COMING OUR WAY. I’LL HAVE YOUR
FORECAST STRAIGHT AHEAD. NEW
RELIEF FOR THOUSANDS OF
MICHIGANDERS WHO ARE FIGHTING
WITH THE STATE’S UNEMPLOYMENT
OFFICE AND NEW COMMENTS FROM
GOVERNOR WHITMER ON MICHIGAN’S
ABORTION BATTLE AND WHY VOTERS
COULD HAVE THE FINAL SAY. PLUS.
MEGAN WOODS HAS THIS STORY.
BEAUMONT NURSES HELPING CANCER
PATIENTS WHILE HER OWN DAUGHTER
IS FIGHTING THE DISEASE. COMING
UP, WE SHOW YOU WHO SHE SAYS, IS
HELPING HER BECOME AN EVEN
BETTER MOTHER. THROUGH ALL OF
THIS. LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT
. LOCAL 4 NEWS FIRST AT FOUR
STARTS NOW. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M
KAREN DREW LOCAL BOARD HAS BEEN
FLOODED WITH COMPLAINTS FROM
PEOPLE FORCED TO PAY BACK
PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT WELL, NOW
ANOTHER ROUND OF FORGIVENESS
FROM THE STATE MICHIGAN
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AGENCY
NOW, SAYS ANOTHER 55,000 PEOPLE
WON’T HAVE TO PAY BACK PANDEMIC
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. THAT WERE
IMPROPERLY AWARDED TO THEM. THE
AMOUNT OF MONEY INVOLVED THIS
TIME IS 431 MILLION TO DATE, THE
U. I A SAYS IT IS ALREADY WAIVED
MORE THAN $4 BILLION AN
OVERPAYMENT DEBT. FOR MORE THAN
400,000 CLAIMANTS. GOVERNOR
WHITMER SAYS NO MICHIGAN OR
SHOULD HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING
BACK, RESULTING FROM ERRORS AT
THE FEDERAL LEVEL. BREAKING NEWS
FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE. IT
JUST RAISED ITS BENCHMARK
INTEREST RATE BY A HALF A
PERCENTAGE POINT. WE KNEW THIS
WAS COMING. IT’S PART OF THE
FED’S EFFORTS TO BRING INFLATION
DOWN WHILE TRYING TO AVOID
PUSHING THE COUNTRY INTO A
RECESSION. THE NEWS OF THE
DECISION JUST COMING DOWN AS THE
MARKETS WERE GETTING READY TO
CLOSE. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW.
THE DOW JONES UP 932 POINTS.
STOCKS RALLIED AFTER FED CHAIR
JEROME POWELL DOWNPLAYED THE
LIKELIHOOD OF AN EVEN LARGER
RATE HIKE IN THE FUTURE. POLICE
ARE INVESTIGATING THIS
AFTERNOON, A BIZARRE SET OF
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED TO A FOUR
YEAR OLD BEING SHOT RIGHT NOW
OFFICERS ARE SERVING A SEARCH
WARRANT AT THIS HOME IN TAYLOR.
THAT’S WHERE INVESTIGATORS SAY
THE SHOOTING HAPPENED ABOUT SIX
O’CLOCK TUESDAY NIGHT. THEY SAY
THE TRAILS UNCLE WAS ON THE
SECOND FLOOR OF THE HOME WHEN A
GUN WENT OFF HITTING THE CHILD
WHO WAS ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
INITIALLY THE MOTHER REPORTED.
THE CHILD WAS SHOT EARLY THIS
MORNING AT ANOTHER LOCATION IN
DETROIT. BUT POLICE SAY THAT WAS
NOT TRUE. WE’RE TOLD THE CHILD
WILL MAKE A FULL RECOVERY.
TAYLOR POLICE HAVE TAKEN THE
LEAD ON THE INVESTIGATION. THE
MOTHER AND UNCLE THEY’RE FACING
POSSIBLE CHARGES. THE WEEKLY
UPDATE FROM THE STATE ON THE
CORONAVIRUS SHOWS ANOTHER UPTAKE
IN NEW CASES. THE STATE REPORTS
MORE THAN 18,000 NEW CASES OF
COVID 19 IN THE PAST 17 DAYS
ABOUT 4500 MORE THAN LAST
WEDNESDAY. WE LOST 62 PEOPLE
FROM THE VIRUS OVER THE SAME
TIME PERIOD. HOSPITALIZATIONS IN
CASE RATES HAVE INCREASED FOR
THE FOURTH STRAIGHT WEEK. STATES
SEVEN DAY POSITIVITY RATE SITS
AT 9.7. MICHIGAN IS NOW A
CRITICAL ABORTION BATTLEGROUND
AS IT LOOKS LIKE THE U. S.
SUPREME COURT WILL OVERTURN ROE
VERSUS WADE. A LEAKED DRAFT
OPINION HAS GIVEN NEW URGENCY TO
EVERY MANEUVER ON BOTH SIDES OF
THE ISSUE. NOW WE DID HEAR FROM
GOVERNOR WHITMER TODAY ABOUT HER
PLANS. KIMBERLY GILL JOINS US
WITH THE VERY LATEST KIM KAREN.
GOOD AFTERNOON BEFORE WE GET TO
THE GOVERNOR. ONE NEW
DEVELOPMENT TODAY I WANTED TO
MENTION COMES FROM SEVEN
MICHIGAN PROSECUTORS, WHO HAVE
FILED A BRIEF SUPPORTING A
LAWSUIT INITIATED BY THE
GOVERNOR THERE, ALSO URGING THE
STATE SUPREME COURT TO HEAR THE
CASE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. NOW
THE GOVERNOR IS TRYING TO HAVE A
1931 ABORTION LAW DECLARED
UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THAT
LEGISLATION IS KNOWN AS A
TRIGGER LAW AND WOULD BE
ENFORCED IF AND WHEN OVERSEAS
WADE IS OVERTURNED. SEVERAL
COUNTY PROSECUTORS, INCLUDING
MICHIGAN’S ATTORNEY GENERAL SAY
THEY WOULD NOT PURSUE CHARGES
BASED ON THAT LAW. BUT OTHERS
COULD DO SO. WE CHECKED WITH THE
MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT TODAY,
AND NO DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR
WHEN ARGUMENTS MIGHT BE HEARD.
GOVERNOR WHITMER SAYS THERE ARE
TWO TRACKS THAT COULD PRESERVE
ABORTION RIGHTS IN MICHIGAN, AND
VOTERS COULD PLAY A BIG ROLE.
THE THING THAT I CAN DO IS TO
FILE THIS LAWSUIT AND PURSUE IT
EVERY EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. WE
ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS A BALLOT
INITIATIVE THAT SIGNATURES ARE
BEING COLLECTED FOR TO AMEND OUR
CONSTITUTION. THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE THAT
ACTION AS WELL. WE DON’T KNOW
WHICH ONE ULTIMATELY COULD BE
SUCCESSFUL. WE THINK WE’VE GOT A
HIGH POSSIBILITY ON BOTH FRONTS
. BUT WE’VE GOT TO PURSUE BOTH
FRONTS BECAUSE THIS IS A DIRE
MOMENT IN OUR COUNTRY. OF COURSE
, IF A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
GETS ON THE BALLOT RIGHT TO LIFE
FORCES WILL TRY TO MOBILIZE
THEIR VOTERS TO MAKE SURE IT
DOESN’T PASS PLUS PROSECUTORS
FROM KENT AND JACKSON COUNTY
HAVE ASKED MICHIGAN’S SUPREME
COURT TO THROW OUT WHITMAN’S
LAWSUIT. THE U. S. SUPREME COURT
ISN’T EXPECTED TO ISSUE ITS
FORMAL RULING UNTIL SOMETIME
LATE JUNE OR JULY, SO WE’LL
CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS A LOT
STILL TO COME ON IT FOR SURE.
KAREN WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
ALL RIGHT. WE’LL SEE YOU AT
FIVE. KIM SURE. NOW IN THE FIRST
FORECAST, SON HAS FINALLY MADE A
COMEBACK. IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE
HEADING INTO A PLEASANT EVENING,
LET’S HEAD OVER TO METEOROLOGIST
PAUL GROSS FOR THE LATEST KAREN.
SOME OF US HAD SOME SUNSHINE
TODAY. SOME OF US STAYED RATHER
RELATIVELY CLOUDY. BUT MAN, JUST
BE PATIENT. AS I SAID A FEW
MINUTES AGO. JUST BE PATIENT
RIGHT NOW. SOME OF US ACTUALLY
DID MAKE IT TO 62 GATE. WE HAVE
60 IN LIVONIA 61 CITY AIRPORT.
62 OVER A METRO SOUTH ZONE IS
NEAR 60 59, DEERFIELD, 6, 59,
90, 16, CARLTON AND MONROE. AND
THEN IN OUR WEST ZONE, WE HAVE
57 AN ARBOR MID FIFTIES WHITMORE
, LAKE MILFORD HALL UP TO FLINT.
AND THEN IN OUR NORTH ZONE NOW
YOU SEE THE INFLUENCE FROM LAKE
HURON WITH THAT COLD WATER. NOW
IT’S COLDER. YOU CAN SEE ONLY 47
RIGHT NOW IN DECKER VILLE MID
FIFTIES INLAND, BUT THAT COLDER
WATER ACTUALLY KEPT YOU MORE
STABLE TODAY AND YOU HAD MORE
SUNSHINE THAN A LOT OF US HERE
IN THE SOUTH. SO THIS EVENING,
HEY, MIGHT HAVE TO CUT THAT LAWN
FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY.
TEMPERATURES FALLING THROUGH THE
EVENING WILL BE IN THE FORTIES
BY MIDNIGHT. BE BACK WITH SOME
PRETTY GOOD NEWS FOR YOU COMING
UP IN JUST FEW MINUTES CARING
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. PAUL
VLADIMIR PUTIN’S NEXT MOVE WHILE
THE WORLD IS WONDERING IF WE
MIGHT KNOW MORE IN FIVE DAYS
RIGHT NOW, RUSSIA IS MOM,
BARDEEN, UKRAINIAN RAILROAD
STATIONS AND OTHER SUPPLY LINE
TARGETS. TRYING TO STOP THE
ARRIVAL OF MILITARY AID. MOSCOW
SAYS THE WEST IS QUOTE STUFF IN
UKRAINE WITH WEAPONS IN MARIUPOL
. THERE IS MORE HEAVY FIGHTING
AT THE STEEL PLANT, WHICH IS THE
FINAL UKRAINIAN STRONGHOLD IN
THAT CITY. THE EUROPEAN UNION IS
CONSIDERING A NEW PLAN TO BAN
ALL OIL IMPORTS FROM RUSSIA, BUT
ADMITS GETTING A DEAL WILL BE
EASY. FINALLY THE WORLD
WONDERING WHAT PUTIN WILL DO ON
VICTORY DAY, WHICH IS MAY 9TH
SOME SAY HE COULD DECLARE WAR ON
UKRAINE, OR MAYBE DECLARE
VICTORY. WE’LL SEE IF THAT DAY
IS A TURNING POINT, OR PERHAPS.
THE WAR KEEPS GRINDING ON. AS
MOTHERS. WE JUGGLE A LOT, DON’T
WE? WHEN MOM OF TWO, IS ALSO A
NURSE AT BEAUMONT AND ROYAL OAK
, AND WHILE SHE IS TAKING CARE
OF HER PATIENTS FOR 12 YEAR OLD
DAUGHTER’S FIGHTING CANCER, JUST
A FEW ROOMS OVER, SHE SAYS, IT’S
HELPED HER BECOME A BETTER
NURSE. BUT IS MEGAN WOULD SHOWS
US THIS EXPERIENCE HAS ALSO
SHAPED HER JOURNEY AS A MOTHER.
WE HEAR THE SAYING OFTEN IT
TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD
. BUT FOR THIS MOTHER AND NURSE
, A LOT OF HER VILLAGE IS INSIDE
THIS ROSE CANCER CENTER. I’M
TRULY BLESSED. I MEAN, I THINK
MAYBE GOD DID PUT ME IN THIS.
DESPITE KNOWING IT WAS GOING TO
HAVE TO THIS JOURNEY AND THAT IT
WAS WHAT WOULD HELP HER THROUGH
IT, OR ASTEROID. SKI TAKES CARE
OF PEDIATRIC CANCER PATIENTS
DAILY. I REALLY ENJOY TAKING
CARE OF THE ONCOLOGY PATIENTS.
THEY JUST ALWAYS HELD A SPECIAL
PLACE IN MY HEART. THEN IN 2019
, HER YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, EVA,
WAS HAVING SEVERE MIGRAINES.
DOCTORS EVENTUALLY FOUND AND
REMOVED A CANCEROUS TUMOR THE
LAST THREE YEARS. HAVE BEEN BUSY
. SHE’S HAD THREE CRANIOTOMY.
SHE’S HAD THREE REOCCURRENCES.
UM SHE’S HAD INPATIENT
CHEMOTHERAPY. SHE’S HAD
RADIATION TWICE. EVA HOW ARE YOU
DOING? GOOD. 12 IS IN GOOD
SPIRITS. THANKS TO THE NEW
FRIENDS SHE’S MADE ALSO KNOWN AS
KAREN’S COLLEAGUES. ONE OF MY
BEST FRIENDS TOOK CARE OF HER.
SHE WAS MIDNIGHT NURSE TOOK CARE
OF HER EVERY NIGHT AND I
ACTUALLY FELT LIKE I COULD SLEEP
AT NIGHT AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE,
NOT HAVE TO BE HYPERVIGILANT AND
BINDER IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE
FRIENDS. WE ALL FELT AN EXTRA
SENSE OF COMPASSION AND CONCERN
. EVEN TODAY, ALL OF KAREN’S
COLLEAGUES OR TEAM EVA GEAR TO
SHOW THEIR SUPPORT AND ALL OF
OUR CHILDREN ARE SO SPECIAL AND
I JUST TRIED TO TREAT THEM AS
COMPASSIONATELY AS I WOULD WANT
MY OWN CHILD TREATED HAIR
DOESN’T END WITH EVA. WE HAVE
DONE SOME THINGS TO KIND OF
HELP, KAREN SO THAT SHE IS, UM
YOU KNOW YOU CAN STAY IN THAT
PARENT ROLE THIS MOTHER’S DAY.
KAREN IS NOT ONLY REFLECTING ON
HER KIDS AND HER OWN MOTHER, BUT
THE FRIENDS WHO HAVE HELPED HER
SEPARATE WORK FROM FAMILY, IT’S
NOT ALWAYS EASY. SO HOW IS EASY
ESPECIALLY WHEN I KNOW WHAT I
KNOW. UM, BUT THAT’S THAT’S WHAT
I’VE DONE, AND THAT’S WHAT THEIR
SUPPORT HAS HELPED ME TO DO IS
BE A MOM TO MY CHILD WITH CANCER
IN ROYAL OAK. I’M MEGAN WOODS.
LOCAL 4. INTO THOSE FRIENDS, SHE
SAYS. THANK YOU. JUSTICES AVIS.
LAST CAT SCAN RESULTS WERE
POINTING INTO A POSITIVE
DIRECTION. STILL AHEAD HERE FOR
SUPPORT COMPLAINTS ABOUT
DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING PAYBACK
FOR MILLIONS OF CUSTOMERS. WE’RE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT ONE
COMPANY’S MULTIMILLION DOLLAR
SETTLEMENT, ALSO A NEW HONOR FOR
DETROIT’S OWN EMINEM IS JUST
DONE SOMETHING ON HIS FIRST TRY
THAT MANY OTHER STARS ARE STILL
WAITING TO ACCOMPLISH. AND A
CRIMINAL CHARGE OF THE ATTACK ON
COMEDIAN DAVID CHAPPELLE ALSO
DID YOU KNOW CHRIS ROCK WAS