1ST AND FORE THE SOUTHFIELD OTHER NBA PLAYERS BUT THAT’S HIS
1ST AND FORE THE SOUTHFIELD LAWMAKERS MAKING HISTORY IN MICHIGAN, BREAKING A BARRIER
THAT’S BEEN IN PLACE FOR 185
YEARS HERE FROM HER CHRISTMAS
COMES EARLY FOR COLLEGE
BASKETBALL FANS IN DETROIT. THE
JUST HANDED THE MOTOR CITY ONE
OF ITS BIGGEST EVENTS, AND
HERE’S PAULA. OKAY SO I KNOW
YOU’RE GETTING READY FOR YOUR
THANKSGIVING DINNER. BUT FOR
THESE CRITTERS AND CAR, THE SEA
TURTLE LOOK AT THAT. IT’S
ALREADY THANKSGIVING DINNER. I’M
GONNA SHOW YOU HOW THESE
CRITTERS ARE GOING TO EAT FOR
THEIR HOLIDAY DINNER. SO CUTE.
ALL RIGHT. WE’VE GOT
TEMPERATURES NOW IN THE FORTIES,
EVEN 50 DEGREES AT CITY AND
METRO AIRPORTS. TRAVEL FORECAST
COMING UP IN THE 41 FORECAST.
LOCAL 4 NEWS STARTS NOW, WITH
THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT. START
WITH SKY FOR OVER BREAKING NEWS
IN GRAND BLANK TOWNSHIP. TAKE A
LOOK AT THOSE FLAMES ON THE TOP
OF THAT CONDO BUILDING. IT’S
HAPPENING AT A COMPLEX CALLED
THE FAIRWAYS OF WOODFIELD RIGHT
NOW, WE DON’T HAVE ANY
INFORMATION ON ANY INJURIES,
OBVIOUSLY SUIT OR TOO EARLY TO
TELL BECAUSE WE ARE MONITORING
THE SITUATION WILL BRING YOU
UPDATES AS WE GET MORE
INFORMATION. GOOD AFTERNOON,
EVERYBODY. I’M KAREN DREW FIRST
AND FOUR, STARTING WITH SOME BIG
NEWS FROM THE A DETROIT HAS BEEN
SELECTED AS A HOST CITY FOR
BASKETBALL’S FINAL FOUR. THE BIG
FINISH OF MARCH MADNESS WILL BE
HELD AT FORD FIELD IN 2027.
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY IS THE
OFFICIAL HOST. DETROIT WILL ALSO
HOST THE MIDWEST REGIONAL IN
2020, FOR THAT WILL BE THE NINTH
TIME EITHER. DETROIT AUBURN
HILLS OR PONTIAC HAS HOSTED A
PRELIM ROUND TONIGHT AT FIVE.
WE’RE GONNA BRING IN
BERNIE SMILOVITZ INTO OUR
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THIS
MEANS. WE’RE FANS ARE LOCAL
TEAMS AND THE CITY. ALSO SOME
BIG NEWS FROM THE STATE CAPITAL
TODAY SHARE WITH YOU GOVERNOR
GRETCHEN WHITMER JUST APPOINTED
THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO EVER
SERVE ON THE STATE SUPREME
COURT. HER CHOICE IS FROM
SOUTHFIELD, AND YOU MAY HAVE
SEEN HER CAMPAIGN ADS DURING THE
RECENT ELECTION. KIMBERLY GILL
IN THE NEWSROOM WITH MORE ON
ANOTHER BARRIER BROKEN KIM,
KAREN GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU, THE
NEXT JUSTICE OF MICHIGAN SUPREME
COURT IS KYRA HARRIS BOLDEN. SHE
JUST RAN FOR A SEAT ON THE HIGH
COURT, AS YOU MENTIONED THIS
YEAR, BUT FINISHED IN THIRD
PLACE IN A RACE FOR TWO SEATS.
SO NOW THE GOVERNOR HAS CHOSEN
BOLDEN TO REPLACE JUSTICE
BRIDGET MARY MCCORMACK, WHO IS
STEPPING DOWN FROM THE COURT.
RIGHT NOW, BOLDEN IS A STATE
REPRESENTATIVES FROM SOUTHFIELD
AS YOU SAID A FORMER LAW CLERK
AND FORMER LITIGATOR. GOVERNOR
WHITMER SAYS HER APPOINTMENT
BRINGS A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO
THE COURT, BOTH AS A NEW WORKING
MOM AND A BLACK WOMAN. BOLDEN’S
FAMILY HISTORY INCLUDES THE 1939
LYNCHING OF HER GREAT
GRANDFATHER IN TENNESSEE BECAUSE
HE ASKED TO SEE A RECEIPT IN A
STORE. SHE SAYS THAT TRAGEDY
FUELS HER PURSUIT OF PUBLIC
SERVICE AND JUSTICE. PLUS SHE
SAYS, SHE BRINGS AN IMPORTANT
VOICE TO THE STATES HIGH COURT.
FOR YEARS, A BLACK WOMAN’S
EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES
HAVE BEEN ABSENT FROM OUR
STATE’S HIGHEST COURT. TO THE
COUNTLESS BLACK WOMEN UPON WHOSE
SHOULDERS I STAND, WHO LIKE MY
OWN MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER
INSTILL IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES OF HONESTY
, EMPATHY AND JUSTICE. I PROMISE
THAT I WILL HONOR YOUR
EXPERIENCE OUR EXPERIENCE FROM
THIS NEW VANTAGE POINT AND
BOLDIN WILL JOIN THE COURT IN
JANUARY WHEN HER CURRENT TERM AS
A LITIGATOR EXPIRE. SHE’LL FACE
A REELECTION CAMPAIGN IN
NOVEMBER OF 2024 IF SHE WISHES
TO COMPLETE THE ENTIRE REMAINDER
OF MCCORMICK’S TERM, SO WE’RE
GOING TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THE
NEW JUSTICE WHEN YOU JOIN US FOR
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE FOR NOW,
KAREN WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, KEN STATES
SUPREME COURT HAS CLEARED THE
WAY FOR CONGRESS TO GET A LOOK
AT SIX YEARS OF TAX RETURNS FOR
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
THE COURT DID NOT COMMENT AS IT
REJECTED TRUMP’S PLEA TO STOP
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT FROM
HANDING THEM OVER NOW. THE
DECISION ENDS A THREE YEAR LEGAL
FIGHT. NOT CLEAR YET HOW QUICKLY
THOSE RECORDS WILL BE HANDED
OVER. WELL TODAY IS ONE OF THE
BUSIEST TRAVEL DAYS. EDITORIALS
METRO AIRPORT TAKING A LIVE LOOK
AT OUR CAMERA SITUATION OVER IN
ROMULUS WERE ALSO IN ONE OF THE
BUSIEST TIMES OF THE DAY. THAT’S
THREE P.M. TO SEVEN P.M. THAT
AFTERNOON SLASH EVENING RUSH THE
MORNING RUSH RUNS FROM 6 TO 9
A.M. TOMORROW AND SUNDAY ARE
ALSO EXPECTED TO BE PEAK TRAVEL
DAYS. AS WE TALK ABOUT TRAVEL.
WE MAY HAVE BEEN SUFFERING
THROUGH SOME SNOW AND COLD LAST
WEEK, BUT THE HOLIDAY TRAVEL
FORECAST IS REALLY LOOKING
PRETTY SMOOTH. LET’S BRING IN
KIM ADAMS USING OUR EXCLUSIVE
RADAR TO TRACK EVERYTHING YOU
NEED TO KNOW. STARTING WITH THE
FIRST FORECAST, KIM WELL IT IS
NICE OUTSIDE TODAY. WE’VE GOT A
LOT OF SUNSHINE. WE’RE NOT
TRACKING ANY MAJOR SYSTEMS
COMING INTO PLAY. SO IF YOU ARE
TRAVELING, YOU’RE IN PRETTY GOOD
SHAPE. 50 HERE AT METRO AIRPORT.
ALSO CITY AIRPORT, 46 IN
PONTIAC. UPPER FORTIES. NOW IN
MOUNT CLEMENS. IT’S A LITTLE
WARMER THAN IT WAS AT THE SAME
TIME YESTERDAY BY ABOUT SEVEN
DEGREES IN ANN ARBOR AND
PONTIAC. FOUR DEGREES WARMER
TODAY THAN YESTERDAY AT CITY
AIRPORT IN FIVE DEGREES WARMER
OUT AT METRO HERE’S YOUR EVENING
PLANNER FOR TONIGHT, 41 AT SIX
O’CLOCK WILL DROP DOWN INTO THE
THIRTIES BY 10 O’CLOCK, MOSTLY
CLEAR SKIES. 35 WILL BE JUST
ABOVE FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
TEMPERATURE TREND. WE GO ALL THE
WAY UP TO 51 FOR THANKSGIVING,
AND THEN THINGS START TO FALL
OFF A LITTLE BIT BY NEXT WEEK,
BUT NOTICE WE DO STAY ABOVE OF
FREEZING, WHICH MEANS THAT EVEN
IF WE DO GET A LITTLE RAIN, IT
WILL BE RAIN, NOT SNOW. YOUR
TRAVEL FORECAST FOR THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY COMING UP. ALRIGHT WE
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, KIM.
WE DO HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS ON
STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS. PRESIDENT
JOE BIDEN WILL EXTEND THE PAUSE
ON THE PAYMENTS FOR FEDERAL
LOANS, WHILE THE WHITE HOUSE
BATTLES IN COURT OVER STUDENT
DEBT RELIEF. WE DID JUST POST A
MESSAGE ON TWITTER, SAYING THAT
PAUSE WILL BE EXTENDED UNTIL 60
DAYS AFTER THE LAWSUITS ARE
RESOLVED OR PAYMENTS COULD
RESUME IN LATE NEXT SUMMER. IF
THE LEGAL BATTLES CONTINUE.
THANKSGIVING ISN’T JUST FOR
HUMANS, THANKS TO SOME CREATIVE
STUDENTS OVER AT OAKLAND
UNIVERSITY. THESE TURTLES OVER
IT. SEE LIFE AT GREAT LAKES
CROSSING ARE RESCUED TURTLES
LIVING IN CAPTIVITY BUT ALSO
GETTING A PRETTY SPECIAL TREAT
TODAY. POLYTECHNIC ON THE EDGE
OF THE AQUARIUM. AND WHO ARE YOU
FEEDING RIGHT NOW? PAULA, WHO
THERE IS OKAY, SO THIS IS CAR
AND CAR IS GREEN SEA TURTLE, AND
THEY’RE ACTUALLY ENDANGERED.
HE’S NOT RETURNABLE TO THE OCEAN
BECAUSE HE WAS INJURED BY A
BOAT, BUT HE’LL LIVE HIS LIFE
OUT HERE. HE’S GOT LOTS OF
ADORING FANS. AND I JUST GAVE
HIM A LITTLE BIT OF A SNACK
BECAUSE HE REALLY GORGED HIMSELF
ON THANKSGIVING DINNER THIS
MORNING. A LOT GOES INTO
PREPARING THANKSGIVING DINNER
FOR SECRET, ER, ZIT SEA LIFE
AQUARIUM. THIS IS NOT JUST
ENTERTAINMENT FOR SHOPPERS, A
GREAT LAKES CROSSING. THIS IS
ACTUALLY A RESCUE AND
CONSERVATION FACILITY WHERE MORE
THAN 4200 CREATURES HAVE BEEN
BRED AND JUST THE 12 MONTHS
ALONE. NEARLY 300 MARINE ANIMALS
HAVE BEEN RESCUED AND LIFE
LITERALLY INSIDE THE AQUARIUM
BUBBLE MIGHT BE SAFER, BUT IT
ALSO HAS TO BE MORE ENGAGING TO
KEEP THE MARINE LIFE HAPPY AND
HEALTHY. AND THAT’S WHERE THE
ENGINEERING STUDENTS AT OAKLAND
UNIVERSITY CAME IN AS A SENIOR
PROJECT. THEY BUILT C SAFE
SILICONE MOLD FOR SEA TURTLES SO
THEY COULD HAVE THEIR OWN TURKEY
SHAPED CHEER AFTER MONTHS OF
DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTION THIS
MORNING, A SCENE THAT WILL PLAY
OUT ACROSS DINNER TABLES ACROSS
THE NATION EXCEPT INSTEAD OF THE
ROAST TURKEY COMING IN ON A
PLATTER. A SEA TURTLE APPROVED
GELATIN MOLD CONCOCTION WITH
VEGETABLES AND NUTRIENTS FOR
BENSON AND CAR AND THEIR FISHY
ROOMIES. THEY GET VERY EXCITED
ABOUT FOOD. GUYS ARE A LITTLE
CLUMSY, BUT SMART ENOUGH TO
RESPOND TO VISUAL CUES TO KNOW
WHEN IT’S THEIR TURN TO EAT. IT
GIVES THEM SOMETHING ENRICHING
TO EAT, GIVES THEM SOMETHING NEW
TO KIND OF DO IN THEIR EXHIBIT,
WHICH IS GOOD FOR THEM KIND OF
CHANGES THINGS UP A BIT. OF
COURSE, MANY OTHER CRITTERS
SCAVENGE OFF THE REMAINING
GOODIES, INCLUDING THE GRACEFUL
SCHOOLS OF GOLDEN TRAVEL NATIVE
TO THE INDO PAK CIVIC. STINGRAYS
A MAMMOTH NURSE SHARK AND THE
BLACK TIPPED REEF SHARK. ALL
SERIOUS CARNIVORES. SO YOU MIGHT
ACTUALLY BE WONDERING WHY IT IS
WHEN YOU HAVE THINGS LIKE SHARKS
SWIMMING IN THIS TANK, WHY
THEY’RE NOT INTERESTED IN
LUNCHING ON THEIR ROOMMATES.
WELL, IT TURNS OUT THAT IN THE
WILD SHARKS DON’T EAT EVERY
SINGLE DAY. THESE MARINE
BIOLOGISTS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
THEY EAT AND HOW THEY EAT, SO
THEY’RE WELL FED ENOUGH THAT
THEY’RE NOT INTERESTED ON
MUNCHING ON THEIR FRIENDS FOR
THE STUDENTS WHO WORKED CLOSELY
WITH SEA LIFE FOR MONTHS. TO SEE
THEIR HARD WORK. FINALLY PAY OFF
HAS BEEN A WHALE OF A GREAT
EXPERIENCE. THIS IS A GREAT
SENIOR PROJECT PEOPLE. HAVE A
PROJECT WHERE THEY JUST MAKE A
BOLD FOR TURTLE. SO IT WAS
INTERESTING TO WORK WITH THREE D
PRINTING TECHNOLOGY, WHICH HAS
KIND OF BEEN A BOOMING THING
RECENTLY IN THE INDUSTRY. I
DIDN’T HAVE MUCH EXPERIENCE OF
THAT GOING INTO THIS PROJECT,
AND BECAUSE OF THIS EXPERIENCE,
I’VE BEEN ABLE TO KIND OF MY
FEET INTO THAT WORLD, WHICH IS
KIND OF NEAT. OKAY CAR. THERE’S
ANOTHER ONE. THERE’S ANOTHER
PIECE FOR YOU. SO LISTEN IN THAT
STORY. YOU MAY HAVE KNOWN ALL
YOUR SO GOOFY IN THAT STORY. YOU
MAY HAVE NOTICED SEVERAL
DIFFERENT SIZED TURKEYS. AND
THAT’S BECAUSE THE STUDENTS
ACTUALLY MADE DIFFERENT MOLDS.
THEY MADE THE MEAL SIZE AS WELL
AS THE SNACK SIZE. YOU WANT
ANOTHER PIECE? THERE YOU GO
RIGHT THERE. LISTEN HERE’S THE
OTHER THING THAT’S REALLY COOL
BECAUSE THEY’RE DOING
CONSERVATION GEAR. THERE’S SO
MUCH TO SEE IN SO MUCH TO LEARN.
AND GUESS WHAT? KAREN COOLEST
JOB EVER. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
AN AQUARIUS. THEY ARE LOOKING
FOR A MARINE BIOLOGY. SO IF YOU
GO TO MICHIGAN STATE, AND YOU GO
TO THAT PROGRAM, COME ON AND
APPLY. COOL FACTOR. HUGE SO COOL
. I LOVE THE INSIDE PERSPECTIVE
. SUCH A GREAT BEHIND THE
SCENES. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK
YOU, PAULA. ALRIGHT STILL AHEAD
FIRST AND FOUR POP STAR RIHANNA
HAS A MESSAGE FOR SHOPPERS IN
DETROIT. WOMEN AND MEN. WE ARE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT HER BIG NEWS
A LITTLE LATER IN OUR NEWSCAST.
FIRST HIS MOTHER REPORTED THIS
TODD THAT WAS MISSING IN EARLY
OCTOBER. NOW THERE’S BEEN A FEW
BREAKS IN THE CASE, INCLUDING AN
ARREST. ALSO MORE WORLD CUP
CONTROVERSY. WHY THIS AMERICAN
JOURNALIST? HE WAS STOPPED
OUTSIDE THE STADIUM IN HIS PHONE
YANKED OUT OF HIS HANDS. BUT
BEFORE WE GO TO BREAK HERE IS A
LOOK AT THE COUNTDOWN TO
AMERICA’S THANKSGIVING PARADE.
FOR NOT COMING DOWNTOWN FOUR
LOCAL 4 PLUS AND
CLICKONDETROIT.COM HAVE YOU
COVERED OUR LIVE FREE PARADE
COVERAGE STARTS AT SIX A.M. BE
SURE HOPE THAT YOU’LL SHARE THIS
HOLIDAY TRADITION WITH US. WE’RE
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