LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 11:00 STARTS
RIGHT NOW.
>> WELCOME TO FRIDAY NIGHT
MOTOWN I AM DAVID HUMPHREY WAS
AWESTRUCK CLOUDS OVERHEAD SHOWING SPRINKLES AND LIGHT
SHOWING SPRINKLES AND LIGHT
RAIN MOVING AWAY.
THE MORE RAIN AND SNOW THE NEXT
FOUR DAYS?WE TALK ABOUT THAT
IN THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST IN
JUST A BIT.
>> IT MAY BE A MAKE OR BREAK
MOMENT FOR LOCAL SMALL
BUSINESSES.
WHY THEY SAY SHOPPING SMALL IS
MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THIS
YEAR.
>>> ONE OF METRO DETROIT POLICE
PASSES AWAY IN HIS SLEEP.
WE HEAR FROM PARISHIONERS, IF
YOU ARE THINKING COVID-19 IS TO
BLAME.
>>> WE WILL START WITH THOSE
NUMBERS TONIGHT. STAGGERING NUMBERS. TIMULUS
STAGGERING NUMBERS. TIMULUS
FOR FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES IN
MICHIGAN.
IN A LETTER TO LEGISLATIVE
LEADERS THEY SAID THE MONEY
GOES DIRECTLY TO MICHIGANDERS.
THE PERMIT EXTENSION OF
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
THE TEMPORARY EXTENSION RUNS
OUT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
TODAY MICHIGAN REPORTED TODAY
TOTAL OF 17,000 NEW CORONAVIRUS
CASES.
AND LOST ANOTHER 172 FLIES.
108 OF THOSE IDENTIFIED IN
REVIEWS OF RECORD.
>>> TOMORROW IS SMALL BUSINESS
SATURDAY AND THE STAKES ARE
HIGHER THAN EVER FOR LOCAL
BUSINESSES ITHIS PANDEMIC.
THE STATE HAS LAUNCHED A NEW
SUPPORT LOCAL CAMPAIGN TO HELP
MICHIGAN MAKE IT THROUGH THE
WINTER.
THE MICHIGAN ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT CORONATION SAID
MICHIGANDERS SWITCHED JUST ONE
IN EVERY 10 PURCHASES FROM
BIG-BOX STORES TO LOCAL
BUSINESSES.
IT WOULD PUMP THAN 1 BILLION INTO OUR ECONOMY AND CREATE OR
INTO OUR ECONOMY AND CREATE OR
THAN 10,000 JOBS.
LARRY SPROULL TALK TO LOCAL
SHOP OWNERS AND THEY ARE HOPING
FOR A BOOST TOMORROW?
>> YES, JASON TOMORROW IS A BIG
DAY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
EVEN FACEBOOK STARTED A
CAMPAIGN FOR THE SMALLER BLACK OWNED COMPANIES BUT I TALKED TO
OWNED COMPANIES BUT I TALKED TO
SMALL COMPANIES ONE IN
SOUTHVILLE.
THEY TELL ME THEY HAD TO DO
THINGS DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR.
THEY TELL ME THEY HAD TO DO
THINGS DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR.
>> Man: OUR CLASSIC LIFESTYLE
FRONT.
>> Reporter: RON FERGUSON IS
HEAD OF RETAIL OPERATION THAT MONEYBALL SPORTSWEAR HERE.
MONEYBALL SPORTSWEAR HERE.
>> Man: WE ARE SPORTSWEAR FOR
ALL SPORTS BASKETBALL,
FOOTBALL, SOCCER.
BUT ALSO OUR OWN BRAND OF
CLOTHES AS WELL.
>> IS GEARING UP FOR SMALL
BUSINESS SATURDAY.
BUT HE KNOWS THIS YEAR WILL BE
DIFFERENT.
>> OBVIOUSLY WITH CORONA
SLOWING DOWN TRAFFIC.
>> A LITTLE SLOWER INSIDE THE
STORE FERGUSON TELLS ME THINGS
PICKED UP ONLINE WITH TO PUSH
MORE PEOPLE TO ONLINE TRAFFIC.
THE SALES ON LINES ARE HIGHER
THAN NORMAL WITH MORE THAN 40
PERCENT OF BLACK SMALL
BUSINESSES SHUTDOWN THIS YEAR
DO TO COVID-19.
SO KNOWING THAT WE FELT
COMPELLED TO HELP WITH THAT IS
WHY THE MARKETING MANAGER SAID
THEY HAD TO HELP. THEY START THE BUYBACK FRIDAY
THEY START THE BUYBACK FRIDAY
CAMPAIGN WHICH URGES PEOPLE TO
BUY BLACK AND BY SMALL.
EVERY FRIDAY IN NOVEMBER. UT
THEY ARE EXTENDING THAT TO
SMALL BUSINESS ENTITIES.
>> YOU COULD CREATE A POST USE
HASHTAG BY BLACK CHALLENGE OF
THE FIVE BLACKS STICKERED.
>> IT IS A LUXURY CANDLE AND
SKINCARE RAIN.
THAT CREATED FIVE YEARS AGO.
>> SYRIAN COOK ADMITS ONLINE
COMPANY IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH
HER MOTHER.
IT STARTED WITH THE LOVE FIRST
CANDLES.
SHE ALSO IS PREPPING FOR SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY.
BUSINESS SATURDAY.
>> WILL BUSINESS SATURDAY IS
SUPER IMPORTANT.T DEFINITELY
IS BACK TO SMALL BUSINESS TO
KEEP THIS GOING.
>> COOK SAID 2019 WAS A SMALL
HERE FOR HER AS SHE PEERED 2020
WOULD BE THE SAME DUE TO THE
PANDEMIC.
SHE SAID THINGS ARE THE
OPPOSITE HERSELF PICKED UP.
SHE IS HOPING SATURDAY THAT
TREND WILL CONTINUE.
AND THE BUSINESSES I SPOKE TO
SAID THEY ARE OFFERING SOME
GOOD SALES FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS.
FOR A LIST OF INFORMATION GO TO
OUR WEBSITE CLICKONDETROIT.com. WHERE LIVE IN SOUTHFIELD
WHERE LIVE IN SOUTHFIELD
TONIGHT.>> GOOD ADVICE GO TO
CLICKONDETROIT.com GET ALL THE
HELP YOU CAN.
>>> TODAY WAS A TONED DOWN
VERSION OF ONE OF THE BUSIEST
SHOPPING DAYS OF THE YEAR.
MOST LIKE SOMERSET COLLECTION
IN TROY AND 12 OAKS IN THE LIVE
WERE BUSY.
WE DID SEE MANY EMPTY PARKING
SPACES.
MANY PLAN FOR SMALLER CROWDS
OFFERING DEALS FOR A LONGER
PERIOD.
SO FAR THIS MONTH ONLINE
SHOPPERS HAVE SPENT OR THAN 60
BILLION FOR SALES TODAY ARE
EXPECTED TO TOP 10 BILLION UP
NEARLY 40 PERCENT FROM LAST
YEAR.
>>> IF TALKING WHETHER YOU’RE
TALKING ONE OF THOSE WEEKENDS
WERE PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS TOLD ME
IT IS MILD.
OR AT LEAST A FEW HOURS TO PUT
UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.
PICKUP THE TREE.
HOW’S IT LOOKING, ANDREW?
>> FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND
HOPING FOR SUNSHINE COMING
BACK.
EXCEEDING AND TODAY IT IS
REMAINED MOSTLY DRY.
NOT TOO MANY COMPLAINTS OUT
THERE.
IN FACT THE SPINDLES WE HAD
HAVE MOVED WELL OFF TO OUR EAST
ACROSS CLEVELAND.
ALSO PARTS OF PENNSYLVANIA AT
THIS HOUR.
WE ARE LEFT DRY CONDITIONS.
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES.
IT BECOMES PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A
FEW HOURS.
AND WITH THAT BECAUSE COLDER.
WE HAVE CLOUDIER SKIES OVER
DETROIT.
THAT IS KEEPING TEMPERATURES
ABOVE 40 DEGREES. A LITTLE CLEAR TOWARD LANSING.
A LITTLE CLEAR TOWARD LANSING.
WE HAVE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW
30S. AND LOW TEMPERATURES LATER
TODAY.
UPPER 20s LOW 30s ACROSS THE
ENTIRE AREA.
41 DEGREES WITH LOWER CLOUD.
AND TO BE TOMORROW MORNING ON
LOCAL 4 TODAY TOWARD THE
FREEZING MARK.
A LITTLE BIT MORE BELOW.
NOW WITH TWO BOTTLES COMING UP
NEXT WEEK SNOW IS ON THE WAY.
ONE HAS THREE HAVE BEEN SIX
INCHES ANOTHER SIX OR MORE.
WE TALK ABOUT THAT IN YOUR
SEVEN DAY FORECAST. >> I CAN’T IN THE CATHOLIC
>> I CAN’T IN THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH IN METRO DETROIT PASSED
AWAY SUDDENLY LAST NIGHT.
MICHAEL CURRENTLY HAVE BEEN
HAVING HEALTH PROBLEMS AND JUST
CONTRACTED THE CORONAVIRUS.
HE HAD BEEN A PRIEST IN METRO
DETROIT SERVING CHURCHES IN
DETROIT, STERLING HEIGHTS,
ROYAL OAK AND MOUNT CLEMENS. LIVE AT ST. PETER’S PARISH
LIVE AT ST. PETER’S PARISH
WHERE HE SERVED 30 YEARS.
NICK?
>> 30 YEARS, GOOD EVENING TO
YOU.
FATHER CLOONEY WAS A KIND OF
GUY WHO WANTED TO BE THERE WHEN
EVERYBODY NEEDED HIM.
HE WAS THE KIND OF GUY YOU
COULD GRAB A PAIR WITH IF YOU
WANTED TO AS LONG AS IT WAS AT
AN IRISH PUB.
>> Woman: WE REPLACED ONE OF
THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WITH
HIM.
I SAID FATHER MIKE HOW ARE YOU
DOING?
THAT OLD GUY.
AND THAT REALLY STUCK OUT IN MY
BRAIN.
>> ELIZABETH COACHELLA IS ONE
OF THE HUNDREDS IF NOT
THOUSANDS FOR THE LOSS OF
FATHER MICHAEL COONEY.
HE WAS 72 YEARS OLD AND NEVER
SLOWED DOWN. IT MAY HAVE BEEN HIS OWN
IT MAY HAVE BEEN HIS OWN
CAFFEINE QUICK THEY ALWAYS
TRIED TO BREAK HIS HAND WHEN
THEY GAVE HIM A HIGH FIVE.
>> HE WAS ORDAINED IN 1945 AND
SERVED OVER INTO TREATMENT AT
ST. PETER’S CHURCH AND ST.
MARY’S SCHOOL IN 1990.
>> IT IS TIME ANYONE NEEDED
ANYTHING HE WOULD BE THE PERSON
HE WOULD COME TO.
SO THEY CAN HELP THEM IN ANY
WAY HE COULD.
>> IN FACT THAT LEASE OF HOME
WAS SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT THAT
HE STRESSED IT TO ST. MARY’S
STUDENTS DURING GRADUATION.
>> Man: WHEREVER YOU GO, WHATEVER YOU DO.
WHATEVER YOU DO.
NO MATTER HOW OLD YOU GET TO
BE.
THIS IS HOME.
>> Man: WAS A GREAT PRIEST A
GREAT FRIEND.
>> HE WAS ALSO A BIG SUPPORTER
OF FIRST RESPONDERS HOLDING A
FIRST RESPONDER MASS EVERY
NOVEMBER.
>> Man: HE WAS SOMEBODY IN THE
COMMUNITY IF YOU NEEDED AN EAR
TO TALK TO.
OR SOMEBODY TO TALK TO OR
BOUNCE THINGS OFF HE WAS ALWAYS
AVAILABLE. >> Reporter: HE ALSO SERVED AS
>> Reporter: HE ALSO SERVED AS
A CHAPLAIN IN MACOMB COUNTY AND
DETROIT OF THE NARCOTICS UNIT.
HE PASSED AWAY IN HIS SLEEP
LAST NIGHT.
THE ARCHDIOCESE WRITING WHILE
BROTHER 20s CAUSE OF DEATH IS
NOT YET UNKNOWN IF AN IMPARTIAL
HEALTH AND WAS RECENTLY
DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19.
>> HE WAS IN HIS HOME.
YOU KNOW.
PEACEFUL, HE WAS NOT ALONE IN A
STRANGE HOSPITAL WITH MY
ALMIGHTY GOD BLESS US AND ALL
OF OUR LOVED ONES ON BOTH SIDES
OF ETERNITY.
>> Reporter: IS SAYING HE WOULD
CLOSE EVERY MASS WITH.
MORE FITTING NOW TODAY.
COONEY HAD IRONICALLY JUST
ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT HE
WOULD’VE BEEN LEAVING THE
PARISH AND SPENDING TIME WITH
HIMSELF NEXT SUMMER.
NICK WANTS TO SULLY LOCAL 4.
>>> WONDERFUL TRIBUTE.
AND THEY EXAMPLE THAT THE DAILY
UPDATES ARE MORE THAN JUST
NUMBERS.
THANK YOU.
>>> OTHER NEWS TONIGHT DETROIT
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE
DEADLY SHOOTING ON THE CITY’S
WEBSITE.TWO MEN SHOT NEAR
McCRAW AND WAS BRAND BOULEVARD.
ONE IS DEAD.
WE DO NOT KNOW THE CONDITION OF
THE SECOND MAN.
POLICE HAVE NOT SAID WHAT LED
UP TO THE SHOOTING OF ANYONE
ELSE HAS BEEN ARRESTED.
>>> A PASSENGER PHIL SIX
STORIES METRO AIRPORT TODAY.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THIS HAPPENED
IN THE ATRIUM OF THE WESTON WHO
STILL INSIDE THE AIRPORT.
AIRPORTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES
SURROUNDING HIS DEATH ARE UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
>>> TWO SUPPORTERS OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP ARE SUING MICHIGAN TRYING
TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION
RESULTS BUT THEY WANT THE STATE
SUPREME COURT TO IGNORE THE
RESULTS AND HAVE THE
REPUBLICANS LET LEGISLATURE
CHOOSE MEMBERS OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
THEY ARE ASKING FOR AN AUDIT TO
INVESTIGATE FRAUD.
ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE CLAIMS IN
THAT SUIT HAVE ALREADY BEEN
EITHER THROWN OUT OF COURT WERE
DIFFERENT.
IN HIS OPINION TODAY A FEDERAL
APPEALS COURT REJECTED THE
PRESIDENT’S LATEST CHALLENGE OF
THE RESULTS ARE SAYING IS
CAMPING OFFERED NO EVIDENCE OF
FRAUD.
RESIDENT ELECT JOE BIDEN IS
SAID TO GET HIS FIRST
PRESIDENTIAL BRIEFING ON
MONDAY.
>>> STILL TO COME ON FRIDAY
NIGHT OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY
TRADITION WITH A TWIST.
THIS YEAR’S ROB THE BUILDER WAS
NOT ALWAYS SMOOTH WHAT YOU WANT
TO KNOW HOW IT IS GOING?
TAKE A LOOK AT MY EXIT IS LIKE
PUTTING THEM DOWN ON A STONE.
>> HE GOES HEAD TO HEAD WITH
STEVE GARY SHULA WITH A KICKOFF
AT THE BEST AND WORST FROM THIS
FOOD COMING UP.
>>> ALSO SHE WAS DRIVING DOWN
THE FREEWAY, A WHOLE CAME GOING
THROUGH HER WINDOW. HE
CREDITS HER SUNGLASSES FROM
PREVENTING GETTING SERIOUSLY
HURT.
>>> THE BATTLE, WHY THE