FIRS
DOLLARS. THOUSANDS OF JOBS. FORD FIRS
DOLLARS. THOUSANDS OF JOBS. FORD MOTOR COMPANY MACKIN HAS SOME REALLY BIG PLANS THAT WILL HAVE
AN IMPACT RIGHT HERE IN METRO
DETROIT, ALSO TRACKING THE
BALLOT BATTLE FOR CANDIDATES
LIKE FORMER DETROIT POLICE CHIEF
JAMES CRAIG. WHO WANTS TO BE
MICHIGAN’S NEXT GOVERNOR. WE
WILL TELL YOU WHERE THINGS STAND
TODAY, AND HERE’S PAUL. HEY
KAREN, YOU KNOW, AS EXPECTED,
TURN INTO A REALLY NICE DAY OUT
THERE, BUT NOW WE NEED TO EXTEND
THIS ALL THE WAY INTO SUNDAY.
YOU KNOW IF SOMETHING HAPPENING
HERE IN TOWN THIS WEEKEND, SO
I’LL HAVE THAT COMPLETE
FORECAST, WHICH DOES INCLUDE
MORE SUNSHINE COMING UP. LIVE
FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4
NEWS FIRST AT FOUR STARTS NOW.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. I’M
KAREN DREW FIRST AT FOUR. FORD
MOTOR COMPANY UNVEILS A BIG
INVESTMENT THAT WILL CREATE
THOUSANDS OF NEW JOBS ALL ACROSS
THREE STATES. THE $3.7 BILLION
WILL HELP EXPAND PRODUCTION OF
BOTH ELECTRIC AND INTERNAL
COMBUSTION VEHICLES. KIMBERLY
GILL IN THE NEWSROOM IN CAME A
BIG CHUNK OF THAT MONEY IS
COMING RIGHT HERE TO
SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN. IT IS
KAREN. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS
BEING CALLED ONE OF THE LARGEST
INVESTMENTS FROM ANY AUTOMAKER
IN RECENT MEMORY. TODAY’S
ANNOUNCEMENT BRINGS THE
AUTOMAKER’S TOTAL INVESTMENT IN
MICHIGAN SINCE 2016 TO $10
BILLION IN MORE THAN 10,000 JOBS
CREATED $2 BILLION WILL HELP
FORWARD AND THE CREATE AN
ESTIMATED 3200 UNION JOBS. THE
BULK OF THE MONEY IS GOING TO
INCREASE PRODUCTION OF THE
ELECTRIC F. 1 50 AT DEARBORN’S
RIVER ROUGE PLANT. FORD WANTS TO
PRODUCE 150,000 TRUCKS A YEAR.
THE MONEY IS ALSO GOING TO BE
THE MAVERICK ASSEMBLY PLANT IN
WAYNE, WHERE A NEW RANGER PICKUP
WILL BE PRODUCED AND THE FLAT
ROCK ASSEMBLY PLANT FOR THE NEW
MUSTANG COUPE PLUS A NEW
CUSTOMER SERVICE DIVISION IN
MONROE THAT WILL CREATE 600
UNION JOBS WITH OPERATIONS SET
TO BEGIN THERE IN THE YEAR. 2024
FORD OFFICIALS AT THE MACKINAW
POLICY CONFERENCE TODAY. SAY
MICHIGAN IS A BIG PART OF FORD’S
FUTURE. I SAY WE BECAUSE AGAIN,
THIS IS A JOINT JOINT EFFORT.
OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR FUTURE
REQUIRES THE PARTNERSHIP THAT
YOU SEE BEFORE YOU HERE.
MICHIGAN IS OUR OWN HOME STATE
ALWAYS HAS BEEN FROM MICHIGAN.
WE WILL CHART THE COURSE OF
TRANSFORMING TRANSPORTATION AND
OUR ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY IS ONE
BIG STEP ALONG THAT COURSE.
THANK YOU. MORE FACTORY JOBS
WILL ALSO BE CREATED IN MISSOURI
AND OHIO. FORD ALSO PLANS TO
CONVERT 3000 TEMPORARY FORD
WORKERS TO FULL TIME THE
AUTOMAKER IS INVESTING $50
BILLION IN ELECTRIFICATION
THROUGH 2026, EYEING ANNUAL
PRODUCTION OF MORE THAN TWO
MILLION TVS GLOBALLY. BY THEN,
AS WELL, KAREN LIKE GOING ON
THERE TODAY, YOU HAD A GREAT
NEWS. WE’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
GREAT LOCAL ECONOMY NEWS. WE
APPRECIATE IT. THANKS, KEN. SURE
ALRIGHT. EXPECT MORE COVERAGE OF
THE FORD ANNOUNCEMENT LATER
TONIGHT AT FIVE. WE ARE IN A
FLAT ROCK TO TALK ABOUT WHAT NEW
JOBS MEAN? TO A TOWN THAT’S
REALLY BEEN HIT HARD BY THE
PLANT CLOSURE DURING THE
PANDEMIC. THEN AT SIX, THE
BATTLE BETWEEN FORD AND GM TO
TAKE THE LEAD WHEN IT COMES TO
ELECTRIC VEHICLES, WHEN EXPERT
TALKS ABOUT WHERE IT’S ALL
HEADED. TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR
FOUR REPUBLICANS WHO WANT TO RUN
FOR GOVERNOR BUT HAVEN’T BEEN
ABLE TO GET ON THE BALLOT. THE
COURT OF CLAIMS HAS REJECTED THE
APPEAL OF FORMER DETROIT POLICE
CHIEF JAMES CRAIG. HE SAYS HE’LL
APPEAL. FIVE CANDIDATES WERE
REJECTED BECAUSE OF FRAUDULENT
SIGNATURES ON NOMINATING
PETITIONS. ONE DROPPED OUT. THIS
WEEK, THE MICHIGAN APPEALS COURT
REJECTED APPEALS FROM MICHAEL
MARQUEE AND PERRY JOHNSON.
JOHNSON HAS APPEALED TO THE
STATE SUPREME COURT. DONNA
BRANDENBURG ALSO FILED WITH THE
HIGH COURT, BUT THE DEADLINE TO
FINALIZE THE BALLOTS IS
TOMORROW. WE ALSO HAVE A LOCAL 4
UPDATE ON A KIDNAPPING CASE OUT
OF ST CLAIR COUNTY. THE APPARENT
VICTIM IS NOW SAFE. THE
SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS 55 YEAR
OLD CAROL GERMOND WAS TAKEN
YESTERDAY FROM A HOME IN EAST
CHINA TOWNSHIP. IS A HER
ESTRANGED HUSBAND, GABRIEL
WAGNER, ASSAULTED ANOTHER MAN
BEFORE SALTING AND KIDNAPPING
HER DURING AND WAGNER WERE FOUND
AT A HOTEL IN FINDLAY, OHIO,
JUST SOUTH OF TOLEDO. SHE WAS
RELEASED AT ABOUT NINE O’CLOCK
LAST NIGHT. WAGNER SURRENDERED
AN HOUR LATER. HE REMAINS IN
CUSTODY THIS AFTERNOON. ALRIGHT
LET’S SHIFT GEARS TOWARDS OUR
FIRST FORECAST MORE COMFORTABLE
OUTSIDE THAN IT WAS EARLIER THIS
WEEK, METEOROLOGIST PAUL GROSS
IS TRACKING SOME SUNSHINE AND
SOME SEVENTIES. ABSOLUTELY TAKE
A LOOK. WE’LL START WITH FOUR
ZONE WEATHER HERE IN THE CITY OF
DETROIT, WHERE IT’S 76 DEGREES,
NOT FAR FROM THE WARM SPOT AND
TAYLOR. IT’S 78 YOU CAN SEE 75
HERE OVER LAVONIA 72 IN CANTON.
BUT YOU CAN SEE 69 IN MOUNT
CLEMENS, A LITTLE INFLUENCE HERE
OFF OF LAKE ST CLAIR 67. GROSSE
ILE LITTLE INFLUENCE THERE OFF
OF LAKE ERIE DOWN IN OUR SOUTH
ZONE. IT’S MOSTLY LOW SEVENTIES
HERE ACROSS THE ZONE, YOU SEE
DUNDEE OVER DEERFIELD 73 AT
MONROE, NOT GETTING AN INFLUENCE
HERE FROM LAKE ERIE. AND THEN
YOU GET INTO OUR WEST ZONE. 72
WHITMORE LIKE 72 OVER IN MILFORD
, 72 AN ARBOR IN OUR NORTH ZONE
. NOW YOU SEE THE INFLUENCE OF
LAKE HURON 66 RIGHT NOW IN
DUCKER VILLE. AND SOME OF THE
COOLER HAS EXTENDED INLAND A
BIT. YOU SEE, 68 M IT, BUT
BASICALLY, WE’RE LOOKING AT
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA
AVERAGING LOW TO MID SEVENTIES
AND THROUGH THE EVENING,
DROPPING THROUGH THE SIXTIES
WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, A FEW
CLOUDS HERE AND THERE. NICE,
QUIET, PLEASANT EVENING IN
STORE, BUT WE HAVE MORE SUNSHINE
IN THE FORECAST HERE, AND WE’LL
TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A FEW.
PRESIDENT JO BIDEN IS GETTING
READY TO SPEAK TO AMERICANS
ABOUT MASS SHOOTINGS AND GUN
REFORM. IN JUST A FEW HOURS. WE
ARE TOLD HE WILL PRESS THE
CONGRESS TO PASS SOME QUOTE
COMMON SENSE GUN LAWS.
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS IS
SCHEDULED FOR 7 30 TONIGHT.
WE’RE PLANNING TO BRING IT TO
LIVE ON LOCAL 4 AND
CLICKONDETROIT.COM. THE
PRESIDENT ALSO SPEAK ABOUT 24
HOURS AFTER A MASS SHOOTING IN
TULSA, OKLAHOMA, POLICE NOW SAY
A MAN WHO BLAMED HIS SURGEON FOR
CONTINUING BACK PAIN AFTER A
BACK OPERATION BUT AN AR STYLE
RIFLE YESTERDAY. AND THEN OPENED
FIRE AT A MEDICAL OFFICE. JUST
HOURS LATER, THE GUNMAN KILLED
THE PHYSICIAN ALONG WITH THREE
OTHERS BEFORE TURNING THE GUN ON
HIMSELF. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE
GUNMAN HAD A LETTER WITH HIM
THAT SAID HE WOULD KILL THE
DOCTOR. AND ANYONE WHO GOT IN
HIS WAY RIGHT NOW. POLICE
BELIEVE HE LEGALLY BOUGHT TWO
GUNS IN THE PAST FOUR DAYS. IS
THAT BREAKING NEWS FROM THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS
CHILDREN UNDER FIVE MAY BE ABLE
TO GET THEIR FIRST COVID 19
VACCINES. AS SOON AS JUNE. 21ST
THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO BE READY
IF FEDERAL REGULATORS AUTHORIZED
THE SHOTS FOR EVERY FOR VERY
YOUNG CHILDREN. THE FDA OUTSIDE
PANEL WILL MEET ON JUNE 14TH AND
15TH TO DECIDE AN AUTHORIZATION
THE CITY OF DETROIT TOUTING A
PROGRAM THAT OFFERS REFUGEES
JUST ARRIVED IN THE U. S A
CHANCE TO START LIVING THE
AMERICAN DREAM SUPPORTERS OF THE
PROGRAM CALL IT A WIN WIN
SITUATION. SETTLE IN THE CITY
TALKED ABOUT HOW THE PROGRAM
WORKS AND THE RESULTS. THEY’RE
SEEN POLLOCK. HEY THERE. YEAH.
SO THE CITY OF DETROIT IS REALLY
TOUTING A COUPLE OF THINGS, SO
THEY WANTED TO SHOW OFF ONE OF
THEIR NEW ELECTRIC BUSSES. CLEAN
QUIET THE FUTURE OF REALLY MASS
TRANSIT. BUT ALSO PART OF THIS
FUTURE OF MASS TRANSIT IS ALSO
THIS PARTNERSHIP TO REALLY MAKE
THIS PLACED AFGHANS FIND THEIR
PLACE IN THE CITY OF DETROIT. IT
HAS BEEN ALMOST A YEAR SINCE THE
U. S GOVERNMENT PULLED OUT OF
AFGHANISTAN AFTER 20 YEARS
THERE. THE CHAOS WERE AFGHAN
CITIZENS MADE WORLDWIDE NEWS 10
MONTHS LATER FOR THE PEOPLE LIKE
AHMED, WHO WORKED AS SECURITY
FOR THE U. S GOVERNMENT, WHOSE
LIFE WAS UNDER THREAT WHEN HE
FACED A NEAR LITERAL HELL. TO
ESCAPE WITH HIS WIFE AND THREE
SONS. THOSE DAYS ARE STILL A
PART OF HIM. BROTHER AND MY
MOTHER AND MY SISTER IN
AFGHANISTAN RIGHT NOW, AND I’M
SORRY ABOUT THEN YOU GO TODAY.
HE AND HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY ARE
SAFE. AND HERE’S STARTED LIFE, A
NEW IN MICHIGAN AND DETROIT IS
HELPING HIM. ALONG WITH 27 OTHER
AFGHANS WITH SPECIAL PROTECTED
STATUS WHO DID THEIR PART FOR
OUR COUNTRY IN THEIR COUNTRY.
DETROIT IS FOUND WORK FOR THEM.
THIS TEAM COACH SERVICES FOR D
DOT MAKING A BIT MORE THAN
MINIMUM WAGE AND MAKING LIFE
BETTER FOR EVERYONE IN MASS
TRANSIT. THIS IS MY FIRST JOB,
AND I LIKE IT CAME CAME TO THE
U. S. AND IT WAS SO WONDERFUL
FOR ME. THE CITY’S FLEET HAS
NEARLY 300 BUSSES OF THEM. 200
NEED TO BE CLEANED DAILY. THERE
WERE JOB OPENINGS. NO ONE WAS
APPLYING THE PANDEMIC WREAKED
HAVOC ON US ON VARIOUS POSITIONS
, SO WE ARE HIRING FOR BUS
OPERATORS, SUPERINTENDENTS,
MECHANICS, THE LIST GOES ON AND
ON. COACH SERVICE. ATTENDANCE
ARE NEEDED AND WERE VERY LOW IN
THAT AREA WAS HARD TO HIRE
ACROSS TOWN. ARSALA WHO
LITERALLY WROTE THE BOOK ON
QUALITY CONTROL IN AFGHANISTAN,
IS NOW WORKING IN HIS FIELD AND
HAPPY THAT IT TURNS OUT THE LAND
OF OPPORTUNITY. REALLY IS
BASICALLY A, CIVIL ENGINEER.
ALMOST I HAVE 27 YEARS I’VE
EXPERIENCED IN AFGHANISTAN. ALSO
I WORKED IN THIS FIELD AS WELL.
THESE ARE JOBS THAT CAN HELP
FAMILIES START NEW. AND FOR AN
INDUSTRY STARVING FOR EMPLOYEES
. THESE FAITHFUL AFGHANS NOW
MICHIGANDERS ARE REBUILDING AND
GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE
OPPORTUNITY. NOT FOR THEM, BUT
FOR US HERE AT D DOT YOU KNOW
THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE PEOPLE A
CHANCE TO LET PEOPLE SEE THIS
AND SAY, WOW, THEY REALLY ARE
HIRING. MAYBE I SHOULD GET DOWN
THERE AND A PLOT. YEAH YOU KNOW
, THE GENTLEMAN IN THAT STORY
HAPPEN TO BE PART OF THIS
SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR DISPLACED
AFGHANS, BUT THE SHINGLES OUT
FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. THEY ARE
HIRING. BASICALLY IF YOU WANT A
JOB, YOU CAN PROBABLY GET A JOB
IN THE CITY OF DETROIT. THE
SHINGLE IS UP, KAREN SOME GREAT
NEWS, OBVIOUSLY A FIRST STEP IN