AT FOUR. WE ARE RINSING AND REPEATING THE GUSTY WINDS AS YET ANOTHER WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN
ISSUED HEADING INTO THE FIRST
HALF OF THE WEEKEND. BREAK DOWN
HOW STRONG THE WIND GUSTS ARE
GOING TO BE AND SOME BRAIN
THAT’S ON THE WAY YOUR COMPLETE,
FULL WORN FORECAST COMING UP. A
LOCAL TEENAGER CHARGED ACCUSED
OF BRINGING A GUN TO SCHOOL
AFTER ANOTHER STUDENT DID
EXACTLY WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
PLUS KICKED OFF AGAIN. KANYE
WEST VERSUS ELON MUSK WITH
QUESTIONS ABOUT FREE SPEECH
HANGING IN THE BALANCE CONTINUES
THAT CONVERSATION. HAVE WE
REACHED A POINT WHERE WE ARE
WEAPONIZING THE IDEA OF
CONSTITUTIONAL FREE SPEECH. THE
PROBLEM IS THAT WE’RE HUMAN
BEINGS. AND WE DIDN’T ENVISION
TECHNOLOGY BEING FASTER THAN OUR
JUDGMENT. THAT’S WHAT WE’RE
LOOKING AT. LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN
DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS FIRST AT
FOUR STARTS NOW. GOOD AFTERNOON
. I’M KAREN DREW FIRST AND FORE
THESE FLAGS WILL BE GETTING
ANOTHER WORKOUT AS MORE GUSTY
WINDS ARE BLOWING INTO TOWN. WE
JUST HEARD ABOUT A NEW WIND
ADVISORY THAT WILL GO INTO
EFFECT OVERNIGHT. METEOROLOGIST
BRIAN SHERMAN IS IN FOR KIM
TODAY. SO WHAT IS THE LATEST
BRIAN KAREN? THOSE GUSTY WINDS?
AS YOU SAID, ARE GOING TO BE
BACK ONCE AGAIN, WE COULD SEE
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 TO
POSSIBLY 50 MILES AN HOUR
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND THROUGH AT
LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF OUR
SATURDAY BECAUSE OF THAT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS
ISSUED YET ANOTHER WIND ADVISORY
FOR ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN
. ONE O’CLOCK TOMORROW MORNING
TO ONE O’CLOCK SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND ANTICIPATION OF THOSE GUSTY
WINDS. BUT ALREADY THIS
AFTERNOON, THOSE WINDS ARE
KICKING UP. MOST EVERYONE’S
SITTING INTO THE FORTIES ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN THIS
AFTERNOON, BUT SUSTAINED WINDS
OUT OF THE SOUTH ANYWHERE
BETWEEN 10 TO UPWARDS OF 20
MILES AN HOUR AND THOSE ARE ONLY
GOING TO GET STRONGER AS WE HAD
THROUGH THE EVENING INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT, AND WE
ALSO BRING IN SOME LIGHT RAIN
SHOWERS TO GO WITH IT AS WELL.
WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE GUSTY
WINDS AND THE RAIN AND FALLING
TEMPS. SEARCHERS ON SATURDAY.
YOUR COMPLETE FOR ONE FORECAST
COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
KAREN A 17 YEAR OLD HAS BEEN
CHARGED TODAY ACCUSED OF
BRINGING A GUN TO SCHOOL WHILE
ANOTHER STUDENT IS GETTING
CREDIT FOR DOING THE RIGHT
THING. POLICE WERE CALLED TO E
COURSE HIGH SCHOOL YESTERDAY
AFTER ONE STUDENT SOUNDED THE
ALARM THAT A TEENAGER HAD A GUN
IN HIS BACKPACK. THE
SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THE STUDENT
AND THE WEAPON WERE ESCORTED OFF
CAMPUS. NO ONE WAS HARMED TODAY
. WAYNE COUNTY PROSECUTORS
CHARGED A 17 YEAR OLD FROM
DETROIT WITH CARRYING A
CONCEALED WEAPON. AND ONE COUNT
OF POSSESSION OF A WEAPON IN A
WEAPONS FREE SCHOOL ZONE. DURING
THE PRELIMINARY HEARING, HIS
BOND WAS SET AT 10% OF $4000,
PLUS NO CONTACT WITH THE COURSE
HIGH SCHOOL TO LOCAL POLICE
DEPARTMENTS WORK TOGETHER TO
CATCH A MAN SUSPECTED OF PEEPING
INTO A CHILD’S BEDROOM WINDOW.
THERE WAS EVEN A CHASE WITH A K
NINE UNIT, POLICE SAY 54 YEAR
OLD MICHAEL NORDSTROM WAS
ARRESTED WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER.
IT STARTED WHEN A MOTHER AT
MEADOWBROOK PARK APARTMENTS
REPORTED SOMEONE LOOKING INTO
HER CHILD’S WINDOW. POLICE
CHASED A SUSPECT, BUT THEN HE
GOT AWAY. THEY REQUESTED HELP
FROM THE NOVI CANINE UNIT AND
THEN FOUND A SUSPECT. A SHORT
TIME LATER, NORDSTROM IS FACING
A CHARGE OF DISORDERLY PERSON
PLUS RESISTING AND OBSTRUCTING A
POLICE OFFICER. PAUL WHELAN AND
NOVI NATIVE WHO HAS BEEN IN
PRISON IN RUSSIA WAS ABLE TO
CALL HOME TODAY AND THAT WAS
AFTER A WEEK WITHOUT CONTACT.
THE CALL TOOK PLACE EARLY THIS
MORNING. PAUL’S BROTHER, DAVID,
SAYS PAUL HAS BEEN MOVED TO A
PRISON HOSPITAL BUT DIDN’T SAY
WHY HE WAS THERE. FALLS FAMILY
SAYS THEY BECAME CONCERNED WHEN
THEY DIDN’T HEAR FROM HIM. HE
HAD WARNED THEM TO CONTACT THE
U. S EMBASSY IF THEY EVER LOST
TOUCH FOR MORE THAN THREE DAYS.
PAUL IS CURRENTLY SERVING A 16
YEAR SENTENCE ON ESPIONAGE
CHARGES THAT HE DENIES.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN WILL FACE
OFF AGAINST PURDUE TOMORROW
NIGHT IN THE BIG 10
CHAMPIONSHIP. THE WOLVERINES ARE
PUTTING THEIR UNDEFEATED RECORD
ON THE LINE AND LOCAL FOREST
THERE TO COVER THE BIG GAME. HO
BRT REPORTS FROM INDIANAPOLIS
GREETINGS FROM DOWNTOWN
INDIANAPOLIS AS THE MICHIGAN
FOOTBALL TEAM MAKES THEIR WAY
BACK HERE FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT
YEAR TO PLAY IN THE BIG 10
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN JUST A FEW
HOURS, THE TEAM WILL BE MAKING
THEIR WAY TO THE TEAM HOTEL HERE
WITH WHAT I CAN EXPECT WILL BE A
TON OF FANFARE AS THIS TEAM
SEEKS YET, EH? ANOTHER BIG 10
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, AND WE’VE
ALREADY SEEN FANS WALKING THE
STREETS HERE IN DOWNTOWN
INDIANAPOLIS AND COMING UP LATER
, AT SIX O’CLOCK. WE’LL SHOW YOU
THE EPICENTER OF MICHIGAN FANDOM
HERE IN DOWNTOWN INDY VISIT WITH
SOME PEOPLE AND GET THEIR
EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT’S TO COME.
IN 28 HOURS, SAYS THE MICHIGAN
WOLVERINES TAKE ON PURDUE WERE
IN INDIANAPOLIS TONIGHT. OPR
TEAGUE LOCAL 4. BREAKING NEWS
INTO THE LOCAL 4 NEWSROOM THE
DEMOCRATS SHAKING UP THE
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING CALENDAR
BY REMOVING IOWA AS THE LEADOFF
STATE AND VOTING AND THEN
REPLACING IT WITH SOUTH CAROLINA
. THE DEMOCRATS SAY THE STATE
BETTER REPRESENTS THE PARTY’S
ELECTORATE. THE COMMITTEE WILL
HAVE NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NEVADA
VOTE THE FOLLOWING WEEK. GEORGIA
AND MICHIGAN ROUND OUT THE TOP
FIVE IN LATER WEEKS. THE CHANGES
BEGIN IN FEBRUARY OF 2024. THE
NEWEST JOBS REPORT CONTINUES TO
DEFY EXPECTATIONS. NOW THAT IS
GOOD NEWS, BUT IT ALSO KIND OF
MONEY IS THE WATER WHEN IT COMES
TO FIGHTING INFLATION, THE
NATION’S EMPLOYERS ADDED.
263,000 JOBS IN NOVEMBER. THAT
IS MORE THAN EXPECTED. THE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE STAYED AT 3.7%
NEAR A 53 YEAR LOW. ALSO THE
AVERAGE HOURLY PAY JUMPED MORE
THAN 5% THAT ALL SOUNDS GOOD,
BUT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL
RESERVE HAS SAID JOBS AND WAGES
ARE GROWING TOO QUICKLY TO HELP
SLOW INFLATION, AND THAT MEANS
YOU CAN EXPECT INTEREST RATES TO
STAY HIGHER UNTIL INFLATION IS
UNDER CONTROL. PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN, TRYING TO CONVINCE
RAILROAD WORKERS AND LABOR
LEADERS HE IS STILL FIGHTING FOR
THEM, EVEN AFTER HE FORCED A NEW
CONTRACT AND ABOUT 100,000
EMPLOYEES. JUST BEFORE NOON, THE
PRESIDENT SIGNED LEGISLATION TO
PREVENT A RAILROAD STRIKE THAT
HE SAYS COULD HAVE SLAMMED AND
ALREADY TROUBLED ECONOMY. THE
DEAL BRINGS RAISES TO WORKERS,
BUT JUST ONE PAID SICK DAY. FOUR
OF 12 UNIONS REJECTED THE DEAL.
THE PRESIDENT IS PROMISING. THE
FIGHT ISN’T OVER. I KNOW THIS
BILL DOESN’T HAVE PAID SICK
LEAVE. THESE RAIL WORKERS AND
FRANKLY, EVERY WORKER IN AMERICA
DESERVES BUT THAT FIGHT ISN’T
OVER. I DIDN’T COMMIT. WE WERE
GOING TO STOP JUST BECAUSE WE
COULDN’T GET IN THIS BILL THAT
WE WERE GOING TO STOP FIGHTING
FOR IT. I HAVE SUPPORTED PAGE
SICK LEAVE FOR A LONG TIME TO
CONTINUE THAT FIGHT UNTIL WE
SUCCEED. THE HOUSE PASSED A BILL
, ADDING SIX MORE DAYS OF PAID
LEAVE TO THE CONTRACT, BUT THAT
LEGISLATION FAILED IN THE SENATE
BILL SIGNING COMES OR SEVEN DAYS
BEFORE A STRIKE DEADLINE SET BY
THE UNIONS. THE BATTLE OVER FREE
SPEECH, ESPECIALLY ON SOCIAL
MEDIA CONTINUES TO TAKE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT TWISTS AND TURNS
ALMOST DAILY TODAY. THE ARTIST
FORMERLY KNOWN AS KANYE WEST, IS
SUSPENDED FROM TWITTER AGAIN.
TWITTER’S OWNER, ELON MUSK,
TWEETED. HIS DECISION AFTER WEST
SHARED AN IMAGE OF A SWASTIKA
SUPERIMPOSED OVER THE STAR OF
DAVID. YEAH HE MADE A SERIES OF
ANTI SEMITIC COMMENTS OVER THE
PAST WEEK AND MUST SAYS HE
VIOLATED TWITTER’S RULE AGAINST
INCITING VIOLENCE. BUT SINCE
MASK TOOK OVER TWITTER HAS
BECOME A FLASHPOINT IN THE
BATTLE OVER FREE SPEECH. EARLIER
THIS WEEK, TWITTER ENDED A BAN
ON COVID 19 MISINFORMATION MASK
HAS ALSO SAID THAT HE WILL OFFER
GENERAL AMNESTY TO PEOPLE WHO
HAS BEEN SUSPENDED, PROVIDED
THEY HAVE NOT BROKEN THE LAW OR
ENGAGED IN EGREGIOUS SPAM PLUS
MASK HAS INVITED FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP BACK TO TWITTER
AFTER HE WAS KICKED OFF FOR
COMMENT. SURROUNDING THE JANUARY
6TH ATTACK ON THE CAPITAL. TODAY
PAULA TUTMAN DIGS INTO THE RIGHT
TO FREE SPEECH, HOW IT STARTED
AND ALSO WHERE IT STANDS IN
2022. BUT I HEAR PEOPLE SAY I
KNOW MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. I
ALWAYS WONDER IF THEY HAVE EVER
REALLY FULLY READ THE
CONSTITUTION TO UNDERSTAND THE
ALL ENCOMPASSING BRILLIANCE OF
THE DOCUMENT, WHILE ALSO
UNDERSTANDING THAT AT THE TIME
IT WAS CONSTRUCTED, THE FRAMERS
COULDN’T POSSIBLY KNOW WHAT WAS
COMING PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES IN ORDER TO FORM A MORE
PERFECT UNION AND SO IMPORTANT
TO FORM THAT MORE PERFECT UNION
. IT’S ACTUALLY THE FIRST OF THE
AMENDMENTS THAT PROHIBITS AN
ABRIDGMENT TO THE RIGHT TO FREE
SPEECH. PROFESSOR DIANE HAT,
MISS IS A POLITICAL SCIENCE
PROFESSOR AT OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
WHO TEACHES CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
FRAMERS DIDN’T SEE SOCIAL MEDIA
. THE FRAMERS HAD NO
UNDERSTANDING THAT SOMETHING
LIKE TWITTER, WHATEVER EVEN
EXIST. I MEAN, WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT HOW HARD IT WAS TO GET ANY
NEWS OUT IN THE TIME OF THE
FRAMERS, MOST PEOPLE WERE
ILLITERATE. UM YOU KNOW, YOU HAD
TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO COULD READ
AND BROADSIDE THAT HAVE BEEN
POSTED. I THINK THEIR FREEDOM OF
SPEECH IS ONE THING YOUR FREEDOM
IN GENERAL. UM IT’S THE ABILITY
TO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, BUT IT
CANNOT ENCROACH ON THE FREEDOM
OF OTHER PEOPLE. SEEMS LIKE
NOWADAYS YOU CAN JUST MAKE
SOMETHING UP AND SAY IT ENOUGH
TIMES AND PEOPLE BELIEVE IT WHEN
PEOPLE TALK ONLINE, AND THEY
PREACH ABOUT HATE, AND THINGS
LIKE THAT, IT REACHES SO MANY
OTHER PEOPLE, AND NOW YOU’VE
CREATED A COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE
TO SHARE AND HATE. DR. MARGARITA
JURY IS AN EXPERT IN BAD
BEHAVIOR. THE PROBLEM IS THAT
WE’RE HUMAN BEINGS. AND WE
DIDN’T ENVISION TECHNOLOGY BEING
FASTER THAN OUR JUDGMENT.
EXPERTS BELIEVE FREE SPEECH HAS
INDEED BECOME A WEAPON AND A
DANGEROUS ONE AT THAT. I THINK
WE ARE SEEING THE FIRST
AMENDMENT BEING USED TO PROTECT
THE MOST POWERFUL AND OFTENTIMES
THE MOST DANGEROUS. PEOPLE IN OR
ENTITIES IN OUR SOCIETY, AND I
DO NOT THINK THAT IS WHAT THE
FRAMERS HAD IN MIND. AND SO
WHAT’S THE FIX? I THINK WE CAN
LEGISLATE THE CONSEQUENCES OF
IT. I MEAN, IS WE CAN ARGUE, IS
IT DANGEROUS TO INCITE? UM
VIOLENCE AND OTHERS WITH OUR
IRRESPONSIBLE SPEECH. YES WE CAN
SAY THAT THAT CAN BE LEGISLATED
GOVERNMENT. HE’S ALWAYS
REGULATED SPEECH. EVERY SCHOOL
CHILD KNOWS YOU CAN’T STAND IN
AN OPEN AIR THEATER AND YELL
FIRE. THAT’S PRETTY MUCH THE
REASON WHY PEOPLE SHOULD BE MORE
AWARE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY
SAY BECAUSE WE HAVE A FUTURE
GENERATION THAT WE SHOULD LOOK
AFTER HIM. PEOPLE AREN’T
NECESSARILY AWARE OF THAT.
TUTMAN LOCAL 4 IF YOU FINAL
NOTES, WE DID REACH OUT TO
TWITTER TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF
THIS AND DID NOT HEAR BACK.
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS YET
TO RETURN TO THAT SIDE, SAYING
HE WILL STICK WITH HIS OWN TRUTH
SOCIAL AND JUST YESTERDAY, YEAH,
AND PARLOR ANNOUNCED HE WILL NOT
BY THE RIGHT LEANING SOCIAL
MEDIA SITE, WHICH WOULD HAVE