LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. WE ARE TRACKING SOME RAINY WEATHER AS
IT MOVES THROUGH METRO DETROIT.
TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE THAT RAIN
IS HEADING IN CASE YOU’RE
HEADING OUT TONIGHT. GOOD TO
HAVE YOU WITH US FOR LOCAL 4
NEWS AT SIX. THE LONG HOLIDAY
WEEKENDS, STARTING WITH RAIN AND
THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME STORMS TO
HOPEFULLY WANTS TO GO AROUND FOR
TOO MUCH LONGER. LET’S TAKE A
LIVE LOOK AROUND OUR VIEWING
AREA. WE HAVE CAMERAS FOCUSING
ON THE DETROIT RIVER FRONT. AN
ARBOR AND MOUNT CLEMENS AND
WE’VE SEEN SOME RAIN HERE AT OUR
DOWNTOWN STUDIOS. LET’S GET OVER
TO METEOROLOGIST PAUL GROSS FOR
THE VERY LATEST. HEY PAUL. HEY,
KAREN, AND A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE
PLANS TO GO TO THE TIGER GAME
TONIGHT, AND WE ARE VERY
CAREFULLY WATCHING THIS BAND OF
RAIN HERE. RIGHT ALONG 94. IT’S
MOVING EASTWARD JUST LIKE THIS,
SO IT’S GONNA BE REAL CLOSE AS
TO WHETHER THIS STUFF WE’LL GET
TO DOWNTOWN OR NOT. IF IT STAYS
WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW. I THINK
WE’LL HAVE AN ON TIME START AT 7
10. BUT IF ANY OF THIS RAIN WERE
TO SHIFT JUST A LITTLE BIT
NORTHWARD, THEN WE MAY HAVE TO
HOLD OFF ON THAT. START UNTIL
MAYBE 7 38 O’CLOCK, SOMETHING
LIKE THAT. SO WE’LL JUST ALRIGHT
30, SO WE’LL JUST KIND OF KEEP
AN EYE ON THAT NOW FARTHER TO
THE NORTH, WE HAVE SOME NEWLY
DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORMS IN
LAPEER COUNTY, AND WE’VE BEEN
TRACKING THE ONES HERE. IN SANTA
LAC COUNTY HERE, SO LET’S JUST
PUT A STORM TRACK ON THIS THING.
THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. WE’LL JUST
TAKE IT FROM THE LEAD. EDGE IS
MOVING EAST NOW AT 40 MPH, SO
LET’S GET IT RIGHT AT 40 MPH
THERE. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT K
PAX AT 6 17 YALE AT 6 29 THIS
STUFF ABOUT READY TO HIT TO THE
SHORE LINE HERE IN THE PORTS,
SANTA LIKE AREA MOVING OFF INTO
LAKE HURON. SO THIS STUFF IS
GOING TO END THIS EVENING, AND
THEN WE’RE SET UP FOR A REALLY
NICE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. WE’LL TALK
ABOUT THAT IN JUST A FEW GUYS.
RIGHT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PAUL
ONE OF THE NATION’S NEWEST
CULTURE BATTLES IS REALLY
HEATING UP HERE IN MICHIGAN,
THANKS TO A PROPOSAL FROM SOME
STATE REPUBLICANS, THEY ARE
TARGETING DRAG SHOWS IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS, EVEN THOUGH IT’S NOT
CLEAR IF ANY SCHOOL HAS EVER
HOSTED A DRAG SHOW. AT THIS
POINT. LET’S BRING IN
GRANT HERMES FOR A LOOK AT WHAT
THE BILL WOULD DO AND HOW THIS
BATTLE HAS BEEN PLAYING OUT HERE
IN MICHIGAN GRANT. THIS IS PART
OF AN INCREASING PUSH AGAINST
THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, AND IT’S
ALSO PERPETUATING A VERY
OFFENSIVE STEREOTYPE THAT TRANS
AND GAY PEOPLE ARE SEXUAL
PREDATORS. PEDOPHILES DRAG
QUEENS SAY IT’S THIS BILL AND
NOT THEM THAT COULD DO REAL HARM
TO KIDS. THE BILL IS THE LATEST
IN THE CULTURE, WAR OVER SCHOOLS
AND LGBTQ COMMUNITIES IN
MICHIGAN. IT WOULD BAN DRAG
SHOWS FROM SCHOOLS AND WOULD
ALLOW PARENTS TO SUE DISTRICTS
UP TO $10,000 JAYDEN BLACK IS A
DRAG QUEEN AND THE CEO BOY LAST
MICHIGANNATIVE 20 BEFORE SHE
BECAME A FULL TIME PERFORMER AT
HAMBURGER MARY’S IN YPSILANTI
WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT HEARING OF
THIS BILL, AND IT REALLY HURTS
MY HEART, NOT ONLY FOR FOLLOW
DRAG QUEENS ACROSS THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN, BUT FOR THESE KIDS
BECAUSE SOME OF THESE KIDS DON’T
HAVE THAT POSITIVE LIGHT AT HOME
TRANSGENDER RIGHTS, ALTHOUGH NOT
ALL DRAG QUEENS ARE TRANS HAS
BEEN THRUST INTO THE CENTER OF
THE GOP PRIMARY FOR GOVERNOR
TUTOR. DIXON WAS THE HEADLINER
AT THE BILLS ANNOUNCEMENT THIS
WEEK AND HAS MADE THIS A MAJOR
ISSUE FOR HER CAMPAIGN. SAYING
ON TWITTER LAST MONTH WHEN I AM
GOVERNORS, SCHOOLS WILL ANSWER
TO LOCAL PARENTS AND NOT
PROGRESSIVE ACTIVISTS DRAG
QUEENS AND TRANS SUPREMACISTS
AND ONE OF HER OPPONENTS.
GARRETT SOLDANO, RELEASING THIS
AD ABOUT SCHOOLS, ALL STUDENTS
ARE WELCOME TO UTILIZE GENDER
REASSIGNMENT SERVICES TODAY IN
THE GYM. THIS IS CONFIDENTIAL.
YOUR PARENTS WILL NOT BE
NOTIFIED IS FALSE, BUT THE
CULTURE WAR FIGHT IS VERY REAL.
AND WE DID REACH OUT TO THE
AUTHOR OF THAT BILL. WE WERE
TOLD HE WAS UNAVAILABLE TO TALK
TO US TODAY. ANOTHER THING IN
THIS IS VIOLENCE OR THE THREAT
OF VIOLENCE AT THESE DRAG SHOWS
OR DRAG STORY TYPES BEEN
HAPPENING IN ABOUT A HALF DOZEN
OTHER STATES AND THEN JUST LAST
WEEKEND, JADEN TOLD US THAT
MEMBERS OF THE HATE GROUP, THE
PROUD BOYS SHOWED UP TO ONE OF
HER STORY TIME, SO IT’S
HAPPENING HERE IN MICHIGAN
ALREADY. BACK TO YOU. YOU HAVE
TO THINK ABOUT THE POLITICAL
IMPLICATIONS HERE WITH THE FOR
THE PRIMARY, GETTING PRETTY
CLOSE TO THAT. ABSOLUTELY A
MONTH AND A DAY AWAY FROM THAT
DEVIN SCILLIAN LEGISLATURE OR
THE LEAST THOSE LEGISLATORS BY
HAVING TO ADDICTION AT THEIR
PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY, SHE
HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY RIGHT TO
LIFE AND THE MICHIGAN OF
COMMERCE. SHE IS TIED RIGHT NOW
IN THE LATEST POLLING AT 15%
ALONG WITH KEVIN RINKY RYAN
KELLY, WHO WAS ARRESTED LAST
MONTH FOR HIS ROLE. IN THE
JANUARY 6TH ATTACK ON THE
CAPITAL BY THE FBI. HE’S PULLING
AT 13% SO HE’S ALSO ONE TO WATCH
HERE. HE’S ALSO BACK IN COURT
NEXT WEEK ON JULY 7TH BACK TO
FOLLOW. ALL RIGHT, GRANT. THE
OWNERS OF A GOLF CLUB IN
LIVINGSTON COUNTY ARE VOWING TO
CLEAN UP AND GET BACK TO
BUSINESS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
BUT A FIRE THIS MORNING HIT ONE
OF THE WORST POSSIBLE TIMES.
THIS IS FALK WOULD SHORE’S IN
GENOA TOWNSHIP. CLUBHOUSE STILL
STANDS. BUT THERE’S PLENTY OF
DAMAGE INSIDE AND FIREFIGHTERS
HAD TO CUT A HOLE IN THE ROOF TO
BEAT BACK THE FLAMES. FIRE HITS
, OF COURSE, JUST BEFORE THE
BUSY HOLIDAY WEEKEND,
INVESTIGATORS SAY IT STARTED IN
THE KITCHEN, THOUGH THE EXACT
CAUSE REMAINS UNDER
INVESTIGATION. HAS NOW BEEN ONE
WEEK SINCE THE SUPREME COURT
OVERTURNED ROE VERSUS WADE,
WHILE ABORTIONS CAN STILL BE
PERFORMED LEGALLY IN MICHIGAN,
THAT COULD CHANGE AFTER SOME
PENDING COURT CASES. SOME
MICHIGAN BUSINESSES ARE STARTING
TO MAKE NEW POLICIES FOR THE NEW
REALITY. PRIYA MANN JOINS US
TONIGHT FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT OR
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD IS MAKING
SOME CHANGES. PRIYA MANN WHAT’S
DIFFERENT NOW? WELL, KAREN,
THEY’RE EXPANDING TRAVEL
BENEFITS TO INCLUDE A HOST OF
NEW PROCEDURES, INCLUDING
ABORTION SERVICES. NOW, IF YOU
WORK AT A SMALLER, MEDIUM SIZED
BUSINESS IN MICHIGAN, AND YOU’RE
IN NETWORK OPTIONS ARE HERE
WITHIN THE STATE. IT WON’T
IMPACT YOU THAT MUCH. SO THAT’S
WHY WE TALKED TO AN HR EXPERT
ABOUT THE QUESTIONS YOU NEED TO
BE ASKING AND WHY THIS POLICY
CHANGE WAS SO SIGNIFICANT. AT
THE END OF THE DAY. IT’S ABOUT
WOMEN’S HEALTH PEOPLE LIVING IN
STATES, WHERE ABORTION IS NOW
ILLEGAL, WILL HAVE TO CROSS
STATE LINES TO ACCESS THE
PROCEDURE IF THEY CAN AFFORD IT
. ONE WEEK AFTER THE SUPREME
COURT STRUCK DOWN ROE V. WADE,
MICHIGAN’S LARGEST INSURANCE
PROVIDERS, EXPANDING TRAVEL
BENEFITS TO INCLUDE ABORTION
SERVICES, BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD
IS TAKING AN INITIATIVE THAT WE
HAVEN’T HEARD COME FROM ANY
OTHER. BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME
OTHER BIG UNITED HEALTHCARE
CIGNA AETNA. NO ONE ELSE CAME
OUT WITH IT. BLUES DID A
STATEMENT. BLUE CROSS BLUE
SHIELD SAYS TRAVEL IS REIMBURSED
BETWEEN THE PATIENT’S HOME AND
THE LOCATION FOR WHICH THE
MEMBER RECEIVED THE COVERED CARE
, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION AND
LODGING. WITHIN CERTAIN
GUIDELINES. IT WILL BE
INTERESTING TO SEE THE CLAIMS
WILL TELL THE STORY. SOMEONE
PUTTING A CLAIM SUING, SEEING IF
IT’S COVERED OR NOT, WILL TELL
THE STORY. EMPLOYERS CAN NOW
OFFER TRAVEL COVERAGE FOR
ABORTION SERVICES, CANCER
TREATMENTS, ORGAN TRANSPLANTS,
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND
TRANSGENDER SERVICES. BUT MOST
PLANS DON’T RENEW TILL THE FIRST
OF THE YEAR. SO CHECK WITH YOUR
HR SPECIALIST. WHAT EXACTLY
THEY’RE GOING TO COVER WILL
DEPEND ON THE SERVICES BEING
PROVIDED IN THE NEEDS, SO
THEY’RE VERY THEY’RE BEING VERY
AMBIGUOUS ON WHAT EXACTLY, IT’S
BEEN A COVER. BUT JUST HAVING
THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SAY TO A
PLAN THAT WAS VERY REGIONALIZED
. THEY WERE GOING TO OPEN THIS
DOOR FOR YOU. I THINK THAT’S A
BENEFIT. BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD
SAYS THE POLICY CHANGE GOES INTO
EFFECT IN ABOUT A MONTH OR TWO.
BUT AGAIN IT’S UP TO EMPLOYERS
TO EXPAND COVERAGE. SO YOUR BEST
BET TAUGHT YOUR HR DEPARTMENT
REPORTING LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN
DETROIT. I’M PRIYA MANN LOCAL 4.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, PRIYA.
GOVERNOR WHITMER AND THE
REPUBLICAN LED LEGISLATURE HAVE
AGREED TO A NEW STATE BUDGET
WITH BIG MONEY FOR EDUCATION,
BUT NO TAX RELIEF AGREEMENT. IT
IS A NEARLY $76 BILLION SPENDING
PLAN AND EARMARKS 19.6 BILLION
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON ADDITIONAL
TWO BILLION FOR SPECIAL
EDUCATION FUNDING. ALSO 2.6
BILLION TO SUPPORT PENSION
FUNDS. $6 BILLION FOR ROADS, BUT
THE BUDGET DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY
SORT OF TAX RELIEF PLANS, WHICH
HAVE BEEN OBVIOUSLY VERY
DISCUSSED GOING BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND
REPUBLICAN LEADERS. NOTHING YET.
SO HOW MANY EMAILS DO YOU GET A
DAY? DO YOU ALWAYS CHECK THEM
BEFORE YOU ANSWER. IF YOU’RE NOT
CAREFUL, YOU CAN HEAD DOWN THE
ROAD THAT COST YOU A LOT OF
MONEY. KIM DEGUILIO HAS THE
STORY OF A LOCAL BUSINESS. THEY
GOT ZAPPED BY CYBERCRIMINALS
LOSING $35,000. 27TH LETTER
BOOKS IS A QUAINT BOOKSTORE
LOCATED ON MICHIGAN AVENUE IN
SOUTHWEST DETROIT, OWNED BY TWO
COUPLES WHO LOVE TO READ. I
THINK MOST OF US READ ABOUT 50 A
YEAR AS A NEW BUSINESS, THEY’RE
WORKING HARD TO BUILD A
CLIENTELE AND A RELATIONSHIP
WITH THEIR CUSTOMERS. SO A FEW
MONTHS AGO WHEN AN EMAIL CAME
THROUGH FROM SOMEONE ASKING TO
BUY A FEW TEXTBOOKS THEY JUMPED
ON IT. YOU KNOW SOMEONE’S TRUST
OF LIKE, HEY, LET ME ORDER ONE
OR TWO THINGS AND LIKE YOU KNOW
, HERE’S I’M GOING TO PAY FOR
IT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE
EVERYTHING IS NORMAL OVER TIME
THIS PERSON HAD PURCHASED MORE
THAN $35,000 WORTH OF MEDICAL
AND ENGINEERING TEXTBOOKS.
EVENTUALLY, THE OWNERS SAW A RED
FLAG WHEN I PUT THE CARD THROUGH
THE VIRTUAL TERMINAL UM, THAT’S
WHEN IT JUST FLAGGED IT AS
FRAUDULENT CARD WE HAD RECEIVED
FUNDS. AND THEN ONCE WE FOUND
OUT THAT IT WAS FRAUDULENT, LIKE
THOSE FUNDS WERE LIKE TAKEN OR
CHARGED BACK FROM OUR CREDIT
CARD PROCESSOR, LEAVING THESE
FOUR OWNERS ON THE HOOK TO PAY
FOR THE BOOKS THEMSELVES. I FEEL
LIKE A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO
WITH YOU KNOW HOW THE DIGITAL
LIKE MARKETPLACE HAS MADE IT SO
MUCH EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO TRY
AND LIKE, PERPETRATE THESE TYPES
OF CRIMES THE OWNERS HAVE SINCE
REACHED OUT TO THEIR FAITHFUL
CUSTOMERS FOR HELP. BASICALLY
SAYING THEY WON’T BE ABLE TO
SURVIVE THIS LOSS FEELING THE
LOVE OF LIKE, PEOPLE WANT US
HERE AND PEOPLE CARE ABOUT US.
IF YOU’D LIKE TO HELP THE 27TH
LETTER BOOKSTORE, I POSTED A
LINK TO THEIR GO FUND ME PAGE ON
OUR WEBSITE CLICKONDETROIT.COM
REPORTING FROM SOUTHWEST
DETROIT. I’M KIM DEGUILIO LOCAL
4. THANK YOU. KIM. BOOKSTORES
ALREADY HAVE A TOUGH ENOUGH TIME
AT LAST CHECK THE GO FUND ME HAS
ALREADY RAISED $27,000 OF THAT
35,000 NEEDED TO COVER THEIR
LOSSES, TRACKING A KEY DECISION
FROM THE FDA THAT WILL IMPACT
WHEN COVID BOOSTER SHOTS COULD
BE AVAILABLE THIS FALL. THE FDA
IS ASKING VACCINE MANUFACTURERS
TO PRODUCE SHOTS THAT TARGET THE
TWO MOST RECENT OMICRON SUB
VARIANTS BEFORE B A FOUR AND BE
A FIVE AND THAT LIKELY MEANS
THOSE NEWER SHOTS WON’T BE
AVAILABLE UNTIL OCTOBER OR
NOVEMBER. AT THE EARLIEST. NBA
FOUR AND BE A FIVE ARE EXPECTED
TO CAUSE THE MAJORITY OF COVID
CASES IN THE US WITHIN A FEW
WEEKS. ULTIMATELY THOSE ARE THE
STRAINS THE FDA SELECTING TO
UPDATE THE VACCINES FOR THIS
FALL, BUT IT MARKS A SETBACK
FROM CARDONA AND FIZER, WHO HAVE
ALREADY BEEN PRODUCING AND
TESTING UPDATED BOOSTERS THAT
INCLUDE BE A ONE. THE ORIGINAL
STRAIN OF OH MACRON, BOTH
MANUFACTURERS SAID THOSE SHOTS
WOULD HAVE BEEN READY THIS
SUMMER PENDING AUTHORIZATION.
LARGE SCALE SUPPLY OF ABYEI
VILLAIN OMAR KHAN CONTAINING
VACCINE COULD BE AVAILABLE IN
LATE JULY AND EARLY AUGUST. EU A
REQUIREMENTS WERE MET FOR A
VACCINE UPDATES AND WE CAN
SUPPLY AND OMNICRON BE A
MODIFIED VACCINE NOW HAD BEGUN
INITIAL WORK ON A BOOSTER,
INCLUDING THE NEWER STRAINS,
MODERNA MUST NOW START A PROCESS
THAT TAKES ABOUT THREE MONTHS.
BOTH MUST PROVIDE SAFETY DATA
THE FDA BEFORE THE UPDATED
BOOSTERS CAN BE AUTHORIZED. IN
THE MEANTIME, THE HEAD OF
MICHIGAN MEDICINE IS URGING MORE
PEOPLE TO GET THE PROTECTION
THAT’S AVAILABLE NOW. WE DON’T
HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE FULLY
VACCINATED, MUCH LESS, HAVING
RECEIVED THE FULL BOOSTER RANGE
THAT THEY’RE ELIGIBLE FOR, AND
THIS IS MANIFESTING ITSELF. IN A
LOT OF WAYS. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE
A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PATIENTS
IN OUR HOSPITAL WHO HAVE COVID
19. INTERESTINGLY THOUGH, THOSE
WHO ARE SICK ONLY HAVE HAD
GENERALLY HAVE ONLY HAD THEIR
INITIAL SHOT OR NO, NO COVID 19
VACCINATION AT ALL. THOSE WHO
HAVE BEEN BOOSTED USUALLY DON’T
HAVE SYMPTOMS. THEY WERE
ADMITTED FOR ANOTHER REASON.
BOOSTERS BEING CREATED FOR THIS
FALL WILL ALSO PROTECT AGAINST
THE ORIGINAL STRAIN OF COVID,