LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS NOW. JANUARY IS ENDING WITH A BLAST
OF COLD AND WHILE WE DO HAVE
SOME SUN, THE WIND CHILLS ARE
MAKING IT FEEL EVEN MORE BRUTAL
OUT THERE. GOOD AFTERNOON, AND
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME.
I’M KRISTY MCDONALD. THE COLD
TEMPERATURES TOP ARE NOON TODAY
. AND OF COURSE, JOINING ME NOW
IS FOREWARNED. METEOROLOGIST
ASHLEE BARACY. OKAY THE SUN IS
THE HIGH POINT, BUT WOW, IT WAS
BETTER THIS MORNING. I MEAN
SINGLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES
SUBZERO IN SOME PLACES AND ARBOR
WAS BELOW ZERO. I GOT THE EMAIL
FROM THE TEACHER TODAY FOR MY
KIDS LIKE NO OUTDOOR RECESS,
WHICH IS SMART. IT’S DANGEROUS
COLD OUT THERE. WE WANT TO HELP
PREPARE YOU FOR IT AS WE WILL BE
LINGERING INTO FEBRUARY WITH
COOLER THAN AVERAGE CONDITIONS
RIGHT NOW, AS WE TAKE A LOOK
DOWNTOWN, WRAPPING UP THE MONTH
OF JANUARY, WHICH WAS INCREDIBLY
MILD, IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT
THE LAST TWO DAYS ARE REALLY
CHILLY. 13 DEGREES IN DETROIT
RIGHT NOW, 13 AND IN ARBOR,
HOWELL, 13 AND ADRIAN SO ACROSS
THE BOARD, WE SIT IN THE LOW
TEENS WITH A LIGHT SOUTHERLY
BREEZE EVEN CALM WHEN YOU LOOK
OVER AT HOWLIN ADRIAN, SO WE
WOULDN’T HAVE MUCH OF A WIND
CHILL FACTOR THERE, BUT WE WILL
HAVE WINDCHILLS GOING INTO
TONIGHT, DIPPING BACK TO
POSSIBLY SUB ZERO AND THEN
HEADING INTO TOMORROW, PROBABLY
FEELING LIKE THE TEENS SHOWING
YOU THIS CLOUDS AND RADAR
SATELLITE IMAGERY TO SHOW YOU
HOW WE HAVE SOME CLEARING ACROSS
A GOOD PORTION OF SOUTH EASTERN
MICHIGAN, WHICH WE ANTICIPATED
FOR THE MORNING HOURS INTO THE
EARLY AFTERNOON, BUT WE WILL GET
SOME MORE OF THE CLOUD COVER
COMING OFF OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND
WILL START TO DRAPE OUR AREA
LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING
HOURS. SO YOUR FORECAST FOR
TONIGHT MOSTLY CLOUDY NINE IS
THAT FORECASTED LOW WINDS SHIFT
OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST SO THAT
WILL USHER IN SLIGHTLY MILDER
AIR TOMORROW, GETTING IN THE LOW
TWENTIES, BUT THAT’S STILL 10
DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE. WHEN WE
FINALLY GET BACK TO MORE
SEASONABLE CONDITIONS, WE HAVE
THE ANSWERS COMING UP, CHRISTIE
SOUNDS GOOD, ASHLEIGH. WE’LL SEE
YOU IN A BIT. GENERAL MOTORS IS
SETTING A RECORD WHEN IT COMES
TO ITS EARNINGS. A STRONG FOURTH
QUARTER MEANS ONE OF THE LARGEST
EVER PROFIT SHARING PAYOUTS FOR
EMPLOYEES. LET’S GO LIVE NOW TO
ROD MELONI WITH MORE FOR US.
WELL YOU KNOW, LET THE GOOD
TIMES ROLL. I THINK THEY COULD
BE SAYING HERE AT GENERAL MOTORS
HEADQUARTERS TODAY. RECORD
INCOME RECORD PROFIT, AT LEAST
ON A BEFORE TAX BASES. THEY’VE
HAD A PARTICULARLY GOOD YEAR IN
2022. LET’S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT
THE NUMBERS THAT BLUE WALL
STREET AWAY $157 BILLION IN
REVENUE AGAIN. THAT’S RECORD
HIGH. $9.9 BILLION EARNINGS ON A
RECORD $14.5 BILLION BEFORE TAX
PROFIT, BUT HERE’S THE BIG THING
FOR 43,000. 42 A HALF 1000
HOURLY EMPLOYEES. THE BONUSES
UNDER THE NATIONAL CONTRACT, OR
$12,750. I DON’T THINK THAT’S
THE HIGHEST EVER, BUT THAT’S
CERTAINLY RIGHT UP THERE. I
DON’T REMEMBER SEEING HIM THAT
HIGH. IN A WHILE, BUT SO LET’S
TALK ABOUT THIS. GENERAL MOTORS
AND THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY FACING
PROBLEMS WITH CHIP SHORTAGES,
MAKING THE CONVERSION TO
ELECTRIC VEHICLES, AND GENERAL
MOTORS IS RAMPING OUT OF RAMPING
UP ITS E V PROGRAM WITH THINGS
LIKE THE HUMMER HUMMER SUVS AND
A NUMBER OF OTHER PICKUP TRUCKS
AND THE LIKE, SO THEY’RE THEY’RE
REALLY ON A ROLL RIGHT NOW. THEY
DID BLOW AWAY THE WALL STREET
ESTIMATES AND BOY YOU SEE, THE
GENERAL MOTORS EXECUTIVES SMILE
WHEN THAT HAPPENS, BECAUSE IT
DOESN’T HAPPEN THAT OFTEN AND
MAKING WALL STREET HAPPY IS
SOMETHING THAT GENERAL MOTORS
HAS LONG SOUGHT TO DO SO. LET’S
HEAR FROM MARK ROYCE. HE’S THE
PRESIDENT OF GENERAL MOTORS. WE
JUST TALKED TO HIM MOMENTS AGO
TO GET HIS FEELINGS ABOUT NOT
ONLY THE PROFITS BUT IN
PARTICULAR THE BONUS MONEY.
THAT’S TRUE ON THE TABLE, AND IN
THE IN THE FACE OF, YOU KNOW THE
INFLATIONARY ECONOMY THAT WE’RE
LIVING IN. ALSO COLLEGE
EDUCATIONS. IT’S ALL THOSE
THINGS FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT
WORK SO HARD DAY IN AND DAY OUT
, AND YOU KNOW THEY’RE
DELIVERING THE BEST INITIAL
QUALITY IN THE INDUSTRY AND
THOSE ARE THE RESULTS. AND YOU
KNOW I AGAIN EVERYBODY IS
WORKING SO HARD. WE’RE
REINVESTING IN THE WORKFORCE AND
OUR FACILITIES. WE PUT BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS INTO THOSE
FACILITIES. OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK
PEOPLE ARE GENUINELY SEATING. UM
THE RESULTS OF GREAT PRODUCTS
AND GREAT PEOPLE. SO NOW JUST
FOR QUARTER FOURTH QUARTER THEY
MADE $2 BILLION AND THE REVENUE
WAS $43 BILLION AMAZING YEAR FOR
GENERAL MOTORS AND ONE OF THE
OTHER THINGS THAT SHOULD MAKE
WORKERS VERY HAPPY, AND EVEN
THAT THE WHITE COLLAR WORKERS
THEY’RE SAYING HERE THAT THEY
HAVE NO EXPECTATION OF LAYOFFS
ANYTIME SOON. SO NOW THEY GET
READY TO GO AND NEGOTIATE THE
NEXT NATIONAL CONTRACT FROM A
POSITION OF STRENGTH. IT’S GOING
TO BE INTERESTING WILL BE ON
THAT CERTAINLY ALL YEAR
REPORTING LIVE DOWNTOWN ROD
MELONI FOUR LOCAL ALRIGHT.
THANKS SO MUCH. ROD. YEAH. NO
LAYOFFS AND PROFIT SHARING
PRETTY GOOD NEWS TODAY. MICHIGAN
STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL PLAYER
IS FACING PROBATION FOR HIS ROLE
IN THE TUNNEL INCIDENT AT THE
BIG HOUSE LAST FALL. A JUDGE
SENTENCED CARRY CRUMP THIS
MORNING TO ONE YEAR PROBATION
AND 80 HOURS OF COMMUNITY
SERVICE. CRUMP WAS ORIGINALLY
CHARGED WITH FELONY ASSAULT, BUT
HE TOOK A PLEA DEAL FOR
MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT AND BATTERY.
CRUMP WAS ONE OF SEVEN MSU
PLAYERS CHARGED IN THE SKIRMISH
IN THE TUNNEL AFTER THE U OF M
MSU GAME IN NOVEMBER. HE MUST
ALSO PAY $500 FINE AS PART OF
HIS SENTENCE. THIS AFTERNOON,
THE MAN ACCUSED OF MAKING ANTI
SEMITIC THREATS AT A SYNAGOGUE
WILL BE ARRAIGNED ON MORE
CHARGES, THIS TIME FOR LYING ON
A BACKGROUND CHECK WHILE TRYING
TO BUY THREE GUNS. THE NEW
FEDERAL CHARGES FOR HASSAN
CHOKER INCLUDE A FELON IN
POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND
LYING ON A FIREARMS FORM.
PROSECUTORS SAY HE TRIED TO BUY
THE GUNS AFTER POLICE SAY HE
THREATENED CHILDREN AND PARENTS
OUTSIDE OF THE TEMPLE. BETH EL
WELL. MICHIGAN IS RELEASING ITS
LATEST COVID DATA THIS AFTERNOON
, AND THIS COMES AS PRESIDENT
BIDEN ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL END
THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY IN PUBLIC
HEALTH EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS ON
MAY 11TH NOW THAT WILL
RESTRUCTURE HOW THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO THE
PANDEMIC WHEN THE PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY ENDS. PEOPLE WITHOUT
INSURANCE WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR
VACCINES, TESTS AND TREATMENTS.
WELL WE HAVE SOME SAD NEWS FOR
YOU OUT OF HOLLYWOOD. TODAY THE
DYNAMIC ACTRESS KNOWN BEST FOR
PLAYING SHIRLEY FEENEY ON
LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY HAS DIED.
CINDY WILLIAMS DIED AFTER A
BRIEF ILLNESS, ACCORDING TO HER
FAMILY, WILLIAMS BECAME A
HOUSEHOLD NAME WHEN LAVERNE AND
SHIRLEY WENT ON THE AIR IN THE
SEVENTIES. IT WAS A SPINOFF OF
THE SHOW. HAPPY DAYS. IF YOU
REMEMBER, WILLIAMS STARRED
OPPOSITE THE LATE PENNY MARSHALL
AS ONE HALF OF A DYNAMIC FRIEND
DUO WHOSE ADVENTURES POWER THE