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NEWS AT NOON STARTS NOW. STORM LIVE
NEWS AT NOON STARTS NOW. STORM TRACKER FOR IS BUSY AS WE’RE WATCHING THE RADAR IN THE SKIES
. METEOROLOGIST BRANDON ROUX
TRACKS SOME SPRING SHOWERS FOR
US ON THIS WEDNESDAY. IN THE
WEATHER. JUST TOP OUR NEWS THIS
NOON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US AS WE TURN TO THE
FORECAST TAKING A LIVE LOOK
OUTSIDE, NOT THE PRETTIEST SKY
CAM FROM OUR WINDSOR CAME OF THE
DOWNTOWN DETROIT SKYLINE,
BRANDON AND IT’S GOING TO GET
WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER.
IT’S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF A
BREAKAGE HERE IN THE AREA SOON.
WE STILL HAVE SHOWERS OVER
HAMTRAMCK DOWNTOWN INTO THE
GROSS POINTS, BUT AS WE WIDEN
OUT THE VIEW, YOU SEE SOME
BREAKS HERE THROUGH PARTS OF
WESTERN WAYNE OAKLAND LIVINGSTON
COUNTIES. AS WE KEEP WIDENING
EVERYTHING OUT, YOU CAN SEE MORE
SHOWERS ARE ON OUR DOORSTEP.
JUST OUT OF RANGE HERE, BUT AS
WE HEAD INTO THE MIDDLE
AFTERNOON, THINGS WILL START TO
CHANGE. SO ENJOY JUST A LITTLE
BIT OF A BREAK IN THE RAIN
ACTION, AT LEAST FOR NOW.
TEMPERATURES WITH LIGHT RAIN
SHOWERS MIDDLE FIFTIES AND YOU
CAN SEE THE REINFORCEMENTS. IT
GETS WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER
. IT WILL BE HEAVIER RAIN
THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING TODAY, SO WE’LL
SHOOT INTO THE LOW SIXTIES
QUICKLY RHONDA AND THEN DROPPING
BACK DOWN AS WE HIT THOSE
HEAVIER SHOWERS AFTER TWO PM SO
YOU CAN STAY AHEAD OF IT WITH
YOUR LOCAL FORECASTERS APP. YOU
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AND TOOL, ESPECIALLY FOR
AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AFTER SCHOOL
PROGRAMS, RHONDA ALL RIGHT,
BRANDON. THANK YOU IN A BIG WIN
FOR GENDER EQUALITY. U S SOCCER
AGREES TO AN EQUAL PAY DEAL FOR
THE MEN’S AND THE WOMEN’S TEAMS
. THE U. S SOCCER FEDERATION,
THE U. S WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS ASSOCIATION IN THE US
NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM PLAYERS
ASSOCIATION ALL AGREED TO THIS
PLAN. UNDER THE AGREEMENTS. U S
SOCCER WILL BE THE FIRST
FEDERATION THAT EQUALIZES FIFA
WORLD CUP PRIZE MONEY. ALSO
UNDER THE DEAL, U S SOCCER WILL
SHARE PART OF ITS BROADCAST
PARTNER AND SPONSORSHIP REVENUE
WITH A 50 50 SPLIT BETWEEN MEN’S
AND WOMEN’S SOCCER. THE US
SOCCER PRESIDENT CALLED IT A
TRULY HISTORIC MOMENT, AND IT
ABSOLUTELY IS. NEW HERE. AT
NOON. THE OAKLAND COUNTY
SHERIFF’S OFFICE HOSTED ANNUAL
AWARDS DAY CEREMONY TODAY AND
IT’S AN HONOR OF NATIONAL POLICE
WEEK AND NATIONAL PEACE OFFICERS
MEMORIAL DAY AMONG TODAY’S
HONOREES WERE EMERGENCY STAFF
WHO RESPONDED TO THE OXFORD HIGH
SCHOOL SHOOTING LAST NOVEMBER,
INCLUDING SOME OF THE FIRST
OFFICERS THAT ARRIVED TO HELP
CONTROL THE SCENE AND SAVE THE
STUDENTS. WE’VE SEEN SIMILAR
TRAGEDIES AROUND THE WORLD AND
AROUND OUR COUNTRY WHERE PEOPLE
PAUSE PEOPLE HESITATE. AN
ADDITIONAL LIVES ARE LOST.
TRAGICALLY WE LOST FOUR AMAZING
SOULS THAT DAY, BUT I AM
CONVINCED THAT MANY MORE WOULD
HAVE BEEN LOST. WITHOUT THE
AMAZING ACTIONS OF THE MEN AND
WOMEN OF POLICE AND FIRE SERVICE
ON THAT DAY. EMERGENCY
RESPONDERS FROM 45 FEDERAL,
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES RESPONDED TO THE SCENE
ON THAT DAY. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
CONDEMNS THE POISON OF WHITE
SUPREMACY AND SAID THAT THE
NATION MUST REJECT THE LIES OF
THE RACIST REPLACEMENT THEORY.
HE EXPOSES BY THE SHOOTER WHO
KILLED THE 10. WHO KILLED THE 10
BLACK PEOPLE IN BUFFALO.
MEANTIME OFFICIALS ARE
CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE AND
THE INVESTIGATION IS SURROUNDING
AROUND THAT TRAGIC EVENT ON
SATURDAY RUN. ALLEN HAS THIS
REPORT FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK.
WELL THIS MORNING. THINGS ARE A
BIT MORE SUBDUED HERE. THERE’S
NO BIG CROWD YET AT THE MEMORIAL
. THE MEDIA PRESENCE, THE POLICE
PRESIDENT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT
SMALLER AS THE DAYS GO BY, BUT
WE EXPECT TO SEE MORE PEOPLE
HERE AS THE DAY GOES ON. IN THE
COMMUNITY. THERE IS A HUGE
OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FOR THE
FAMILIES AND FOR PEOPLE IN THIS
COMMUNITY WHO RELIED ON THIS
GROCERY STORE THE ONLY ONE FROM
MILES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR
FRESH FOOD. IT’S A FOOD DESERT
HERE AND BEYOND. HERE NOW THERE
ARE FOOD PANTRIES, MAKESHIFT
PANTRY SET UP. FOR PEOPLE TO GET
GROCERIES. THERE ARE VOLUNTEERS
STEPPING UP, SAYING, IN MANY
CASES THAT THEY’RE DOING THIS
BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO DO
SOMETHING POSITIVE TO HELP THE
COMMUNITY IN THE MIDST OF ALL
THIS NEGATIVITY. THERE’S BEEN AN
OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FROM THE
CORPORATE COMMUNITY IN BUFFALO
AND AROUND BUFFALO WITH
FINANCIAL DONATIONS TO THE
FAMILIES AND TO SUPPORT EFFORTS
HERE TO HELP PEOPLE. THERE’S A
COUNSELING CENTER JUST DOWN THE
STREET AS WELL WHERE SOME
EMPLOYEES AND OTHERS WHO WERE
WITNESSES AND VICTIMS OF THE
MASSACRE ARE GATHERING FOR HELP
AND SUPPORT. SO STILL A LOT
GOING ON AND THIS WEEKEND COMING
UP SATURDAY. WE UNDERSTAND THE
FIRST FUNERALS OR HOME GOING
SERVICES, AS SOME FAMILIES CALL
THEM IN THEIR FAITH WILL BE
HAPPENING. AND TOMORROW AND
THURSDAY THE SUSPECT HAS AN
APPEARANCE IN COURT, WHICH WILL
BE ANOTHER MOMENT WHEN WE
PERHAPS HEAR MORE ABOUT WHERE
THE INVESTIGATION STANDS AND
WHAT TO EXPECT GOING FORWARD RON
ALLEN, NBC NEWS GREAT RUN. THANK
YOU. ALSO MAKING HEADLINES THIS
NOON DAYS AFTER THE DEADLY MASS
SHOOTING IN A PREDOMINANTLY
BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD IN BUFFALO,
NEW YORK LAWMAKERS ARE PUSHING
FOR CHANGE THE DOMESTIC
TERRORISM PREVENTION ACT OF 2022
IS UP FOR VOTE TODAY AS ITS NAME
INDICATES THE BILL IS AIMED AT
PREVENTING DOMESTIC TERRORISM
AND FIGHTING VIOLENT EXTREMIST
BY WHITE SUPREMACISTS. IT WOULD
SET UP OFFICES FOCUSED ON
DOMESTIC TERRORISM AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE
FBI. THE BILL WOULD ALSO CALL
FOR REPORTS REGARDING THREATS
FROM WHITE SUPREMACISTS AND NEO
. ONCE THE BILL PASSES THE HOUSE
AS EXPECTED, IT WILL HEAD TO THE
SENATE. FINLAND AND SWEDEN
FORMALLY SUBMIT THEIR MEMBERSHIP
APPLICATIONS TO NATO. BUT THIS
JUST IN TURKEY HAS BLOCKED
NATO’S INITIAL EFFORTS TO FAST
TRACK THEIR APPLICATIONS. STILL
IN THE THREE SHORT MONTHS SINCE
RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE. ANALYSTS
SAY THE INVASION HAS REWORKED
EUROPEAN SECURITY FOR DECADES TO
COME AND NOT IN RUSSIA. RUSSIAN
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN’S FAVOR
. LET’S GET TO RICHARD ENGEL. HE
HAS THIS REPORT FROM EASTERN
UKRAINE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT
RUSSIA HAS DONE TO TOWNS AND
VILLAGES LIKE THIS ONE IN
UKRAINE, IT’S OBVIOUS WHY MANY
SWEDES AND FINNS WOULD DECIDE
AND HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY WANT
TO JOIN NATO. THEY’VE WATCHED
HOW RUSSIA LAUNCHED AN
UNPROVOKED WAR AGAINST UKRAINE,
INVENTING AN EXCUSE THAT THIS
COUNTRY WAS RUN BY A BUNCH OF
NEO AND INVADED THE COUNTRY AND
IN PLACES LIKE THIS CARRIED OUT
CAMPAIGNS OF CARPET BOMBING IN
ANOTHER VILLAGE IS THERE HAVE
BEEN MASS EXECUTIONS AND MASS
GRAVES AND THE FINNISH PEOPLE.
THE SWEDISH PEOPLE ARE WATCHING
THE IMAGES THAT HAVE BEEN COMING
OUT OF UKRAINE AND SAYING IF
THAT COULD HAPPEN TO UKRAINE IN
AN UNPROVOKED CONFLICT. THE SAME
THING COULD HAPPEN TO US. SO NOW
THEY’VE MADE IT OFFICIAL WITH
BOTH FINLAND AND SWEDEN TODAY,
FORMALLY SUBMITTING THEIR
APPLICATIONS TO JOIN NATO. AND
THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL OF
RESHAPING THE SECURITY BALANCE
ALL ACROSS EUROPE, AND IT IS A
PERSONAL BLOW TO RUSSIAN
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, WHO
PROMISED WHO SAID THAT THE WHOLE
REASON FOR HIS LAUNCHING THIS SO
CALLED SPECIAL MILITARY
OPERATION HERE IN UKRAINE. WAS.
TO PUSH NATO AWAY FROM RUSSIA’S
BORDERS TO PREVENT UKRAINE FROM
JOINING NATO TO PREVENT FROM
ENCROACHING ON RUSSIA’S BORDERS
. WELL NOW THE OPPOSITE APPEARS
TO BE HAPPENING. THIS WAR SO FAR
SEEMS TO BE BACKFIRING FOR
VLADIMIR PUTIN. HE’S GOT A
COUNTRY THAT IS REFUSING TO GIVE
IN EVEN AFTER IT IS ABSORBING SO
MUCH PUNISHMENT SO MUCH DAMAGE,
AND NOW HE HAS A NATO ALLIANCE
THAT APPEARS TO BE GROWING.
TOWARD HIS BORDER. THAT WAS
RICHARD ENGEL REPORTING TODAY
THE U. S TREASURY AND GLOBAL
BANKS UNVEILED A MULTI BILLION
DOLLAR PLAN TO ADDRESS THE
WORLDWIDE FOOD CRISIS AS IT
INTENSIFIES BY THE RUSSIAN WAR.
THE PLAN CALLS FOR BILLIONS TO
BE SPENT TO SUPPORT FARMERS
ADDRESS THE FERTILIZER SUPPLY
CRISIS AND DEVELOP LAND FOR FOOD
PRODUCTION. AS PART OF THE
EFFORT, US SECRETARY OF STATE
ANTHONY BLINKEN WILL HOLD
MEETINGS IN NEW YORK ON THE
SIDELINES OF THE U. N FOCUSING
ON FOOD SECURITY. THE STATE
DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT IN 2021
MORE THAN 193 MILLION PEOPLE
WORLDWIDE EXPERIENCED ACUTE FOOD
INSECURITY. THIS IS AN INCREASE
OF 40 MILLION PEOPLE COMPARED TO
THE YEAR BEFORE. IN THE PAIN OF
THE PUMP CONTINUES GAS PRICES
ALL ACROSS METRO DETROIT ROSE
FIVE CENTS DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS SINCE YESTERDAY, SO RIGHT
NOW THE PRICE IS JUST A COUPLE
OF PENNIES. THREE TO BE EXACT
AWAY FROM $5 A GALLON. $4.57 IS
THE AVERAGE PRICE ACROSS THE
STATE, METRO DETROIT AND THE
NATION. LET’S TAKE A LIVE LOOK
AT THE BIG BOARD TODAY. THE DOW
DROPPED MORE THAN 800 POINTS,
ITS FIRST DECLINE IN FOUR DAYS.
THE LOSS HAS COME AFTER A
DISAPPOINTING EARNINGS REPORT
FROM TARGET EXPERTS SAY THAT ANY
COMPANY THAT RELIES ON NON
ESSENTIAL PURCHASES WILL LIKELY
SUFFER BECAUSE A LOT OF
DISCRETIONARY INCOME HAS BEEN
FUNNELED TO FOOD AND THE HIGH
GAS PRICES. TURNING OUR
ATTENTION NOW TO THE VERY LATEST
ON THE CORONAVIRUS. THE DETROIT
HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS NOW
RECOMMENDING INDOOR MASKING AS
THE CITY REACHES HIGH RATE OF
COVID 19 INFECTIONS. WE WILL GET
OUR NEXT STATE CORONAVIRUS DATA
UPDATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
COMES ONE DAY AFTER EXPERTS AT
HENRY FORD HEALTH WARNED THAT
THEIR HOSPITALS ARE SEEING AN
INCREASE IN COVID CASES AND
HOSPITALIZATIONS. MEANTIME THE
WHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS TASK
FORCE IS HOLDING ITS FIRST
BRIEFING IN SIX WEEKS. HERE IS
SOME OF WHAT DISCUSSED. MORE
THAN 200 MILLION AMERICANS
VACCINATED MORE THAN 100 MILLION
AMERICANS BOOSTED WE HAVE A
PRETTY HIGH DEGREE OF IMMUNITY
IN OUR POPULATION. BUT WE’RE
ALSO SEEING AT THIS MOMENT. A
LOT OF INFECTIONS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, DEPENDING ON WHICH
TRACKER YOU USE OR AT ABOUT
100,000 INFECTIONS OF CASES A
DAY. AH AND WE KNOW THAT THE
NUMBER OF INFECTIONS IS ACTUALLY
SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN THAT.
HARD TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY,
BUT WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE GETTING DIAGNOSED USING HOME
TESTS. HOME TESTS ARE GREAT, BY
THE WAY. I’VE BEEN A HUGE FAN OF
HOME TEST FOR THE LAST TWO
YEARS. UM BUT WHAT THAT MEANS IS
WE’RE CLEARLY UNDERCOUNTING
INFECTIONS UNDERCOUNTING CASES.
HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE ALSO
INCREASING. AND WE ARE SEEING
ABOUT 275 DEATHS PER DAY ACROSS
THE UNITED STATES. SO STAY WITH
US HERE ON LOCAL FOREIGN
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