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>> Kim: A COMMON SOCIAL MEDIA CLAIM ABOUT COVID SURVIVAL RATES
CLAIM ABOUT COVID SURVIVAL RATES
AND THE NEED FOR MASKS IS PUT TO
THE TEST.
>> Devin: A TEENAGER SENT BACK
TO JUVENILE DETENTION FOR MOTT MEETING A PROBATION REQUIREMENTS
MEETING A PROBATION REQUIREMENTS
AND PROTESTERS ARE CALLING IT
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION.
A STUDENT GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE
JUVENILE SYSTEM. >> Kim: THE JUDGE DECIDED THE
>> Kim: THE JUDGE DECIDED THE
TEEN WHO IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN
VIOLATED HER PROBATION BY NOT
COMPLETING HER ONLINE SCHOOL
WORK AND SENT HER TO JUVENILE
DETENTION.
MORE ON THE EFFORTS TO FREE
GRACE.
TELL US MORE.
>> Shawn: THAT’S THE HASHTAG OF
A BIG PROTEST HELD HERE IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE COURTS
PARKING LOT OF THE COURTS
BUILDING NOT LONG AGO.
WE WENT TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE
AND HE SAID HOMEWORK WAS NOT THE
ONLY CONDITION OF PROBATION FOR
15-YEAR-OLD GRACE.
THERE WERE OTHER FACTORS
INVOLVED, AND THOSE ARE UNKNOWN.
THE BOTTOM LINE, HE WANTS HER
CASE REVIEWED AND REVIEWED RIGHT AWAY.
IT’S CAUSING MAJOR CONTROVERSY
TONIGHT.
>> FREE GRACE!
FREE GRACE!
>> Shawn: SPEAKING UP FOR GRACE WHO CAN’T BE HEARD.
WHO CAN’T BE HEARD.
>> IF GRACE WAS A 15-YEAR-OLD
WHITE GIRL, SHE WOULD NOT BE
SITTING IN JUVENILE DETENTION
RIGHT NOW.
>> Shawn: SHERRY HAS TEEN
DAUGHTERS.
>> WHEN I HEARD HER STORY, IT’S
MY GIRLS’ STORY.
>> Shawn: HER HEART SANK WHEN
SHE HEARD SHE WAS THERE FOR FIGHTING AND STEALING AND THEN
FIGHTING AND STEALING AND THEN
BROKE DOWN THAT HEARD THAT MARY
ELLEN BRENNAN SENT GRACE TO
JUVENILE DETENTION FOR VIOLATING
HER PROBATION BY NOT DOING HER ONLINE SCHOOL WORK.
ONLINE SCHOOL WORK.
>> I DROPPED TO MY KNEES AND MY
GIRLS WOKE UP HEARING MY CRY.
>> Shawn: PROTESTERS GATHERING
AND GOING TO THE COMPLEX.
>> GOVERNOR WHITMER ISSUED AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT
SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT NOT
INCARCERATING CHILDREN DURING
THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
AND THIS SITUATION DOES EXACTLY
THE OPPOSITE OF THAT.
>> Shawn: OAKLAND COUNTY
PROSECUTOR COOPER SAYING IT
INVOLVES A CASE SHE TOOK
JURISDICTION ON A WHILE AGO AND
ONLY SHE CAN CHANGE OR MODIFY
THE ORDER.
COULTER IS CALLING FOR IT TO BE
REVIEWED IMMEDIATELY AND HAS
THIS MESSAGE FOR GRACE.
>> YOU’RE A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL, A
YOUNG GIRL WITH YOUR WHOLE LIFE
AHEAD OF YOU AND I WANT TO MAKE
SURE YOU HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY
TO SUCCEED AND IT’S MY
OPPORTUNITY AND THE COUNTY’S
OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU THE
APPROPRIATE SUPPORT AND
RESOURCES SO YOU CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR LIFE AND
SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR LIFE AND
THAT’S ALL ANY OF US WANT.
>> Shawn: BACK HERE IN OAKLAND
COUNTY, THE EXECUTIVE SAYING
GRACE’S CASE ISN’T UP FOR REVIEW
UNTIL SEPTEMBER AND HE SAID
THAT’S NOT GOOD ENOUGH AND HAS
HAD A CONVERSATION WITH JUDGE
BRENNAN AND THE JUDGE IS OPEN TO
REVIEWING IT.
WE REACHED OUT TO THE JUDGE
SEVERAL TIMES TO GET HER TAKE ON
IT AND HAVE NOT HEARD BACK.
WE’LL LET YOU KNOW IF SHE SPEAKS
OUT.
>> Kim: KEEP US UPDATED, WE
APPRECIATE IT.
>> Devin: BETTER BUT NOT GOOD,
THAT’S ONE WAY TO DESCRIBE
TODAY’S COVID-19 CASE DATA FROM
THE STATE.
>> Kim: THE NUMBER ON THE FAR
RIGHT IS TODAY’S REPORTED CASE
COUNT OF OF 645.
YOU CAN SEE IT’S DOWN
SIGNIFICANTLY FROM YESTERDAY’S
NUMBER OF NEARLY 900 BUT STILL
THE SECOND HIGHEST OF THIS WEEK.
SADLY, WE’VE LOST ANOTHER 16
MICHIGANDERS TO THE VIRUS.
>> Devin: WEST BLOOMFIELD HIGH
SCHOOL WILL STICK WITH STRICTLY
ONLINE LEARNING IF THE STATE
REMAINS IN PHASE 4 OF THE
GOVERNOR’S RESTART PLAN.
IN A STATEMENT, THE DISTRICT
SAYS, THIS IS THE QUOTE: WHILE
WE ALL WOULD LIKE TO RETURN TO
NORMALLY IN THE FALL, OUR
DISTRICT LEADERS PRIORITIZE THE HEALTH AND
.
>> Devin: MICHIGAN’S ATTORNEY
GENERAL IS SPEAKING OUT AGAINST
HILLSDALE COLLEGE’S PLAN TO HOLD
AN IN-PERSON GRADUATION CEREMONY
FOR THIS SATURDAY AND EXPECTED
TO DRAW AROUND 2600 PEOPLE.
TODAY, MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL
DANA NESSEL’S OFFICE PUT OUT A
STATEMENT REMINDING THAT
GATHERINGS OF MORE THAN A
HUNDRED PEOPLE ARE UNLAWFUL IN
THAT PART OF THE STATE.
THEY WILL EXERCISE THEIR
AUTHORITY AND DISCRETION IN &
FORCEMENT EFFORTS.
>> Kim: IT’S THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT’S $600-A-WEEK
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT ENDS IN THE
NEXT FEW DAYS.
BUT THERE’S A MOVE TO EXTEND IT.
>> Rod: THE ECONOMY HAS BEEN
ACTING STRANGELY.
MANY BUSINESSES ARE DESPERATE TO
GET NEW WORKERS BUT CAN’T GET
EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THEY’RE
GETTING AN EXTRA $600 A WEEK AND
DON’T WANT TO GO BACK TO WORK.
THERE ARE BUSINESS THAT IS WON’T
BE COMING BACK, A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE UNEMPLOYED AND WILL CONTINUE
TO BE, AND THAT’S DRIVING THIS
EFFORT.
CONGRESSWOMAN DEBBIE DINGELL
BECAME ESPECIALLY EMOTIONAL
CONTEMPLATING THE NUMBER OF
UNEMPLOYED.
>> PEOPLE ARE SCARED.
THEY’RE VERY FOCUSED ON WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN ON JULY 30th.
GONNA HAPPEN ON JULY 30th.
AND THEY DON’T KNOW HOW THEY’RE
GONNA LIVE.
>> Rod: SHE AND CONGRESSWOMAN
RASHIDA TLAIB HELD A ZOOM PRESS
CONFERENCE CALLING FOR A
BENEFITS EXTENSION IMMEDIATELY.
>> THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS,
MOTHERS, DAUGHTERS, FATHERS,
PEOPLE TRYING TO DO THEIR BEST
WITH NO FALL OF THEIR OWN, THE
PANDEMIC HAS IMPACTED THEM.
WE CANNOT SIT BY AND NOT PROVIDE
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
>> ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE’RE GONNA
STOP SENDING UNEMPLOYMENT AND
PEOPLE WHO NEED TO STAY HOME
WILL BE AFRAID THEY CAN’T STAY
HOME.
AND THAT IS THE BIGGEST DANGER
TO COMMUNITY SPREAD IN THIS
SPIKE THAT WE’RE SEEING.
>> Rod: THERE’S A MOVE IN
WASHINGTON TO NEGOTIATE AN
EXTENSION.
BUT SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH
McCONNELL HAS SAID IT WILL
LIKELY NOT COME BEFORE BENEFITS
RUN OUT.
THOSE NEGOTIATIONS DO CONTINUE,
THOUGH.
>> IT’S TIME THE UNITED STATES
SENATE GET OFF THEIR ASS, AND
YES, I USE THAT WORD, AND DO
SOMETHING.
PEOPLE ARE SCARED TO DEATH!
>> Rod: THE PROGRAM WAS OPENED
UP TO MANY PEOPLE WHO OTHERWISE
WOULD NOT HAVE QUALIFIED FOR
UNEMPLOYMENT, PARTICULARLY SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS. AND CONSIDERING HOW SLOWLY THE
AND CONSIDERING HOW SLOWLY THE
ECONOMY IS COMING BACK, THE
REOPENING, SO TO SPEAK, THIS
COULD BE A PROBLEM GOING FORWARD
AS THESE BENEFITS DO RUN OUT.
IN WEST BLOOMFIELD, ROD MELONI,
LOCAL 4.
>> Devin: ALL RIGHT, ROD.
THIS HAS BEEN THE FIRST OVERCAST
DAY THAT WE’VE ACTUALLY SEEN IN
SOME TIME, ISN’T IT? >> Kim: FOR SOME PEOPLE, A LOT
>> Kim: FOR SOME PEOPLE, A LOT
OF PEOPLE, IT’S NOT TOO BAD.
WE NEEDED THE RAIN.
>> Ben: AND IT WAS GOOD TO GET A
BREAK FROM THE HIGH
TEMPERATURES.
WE WERE BELOW NORMAL FOR ONCE.
WHEN THE HEAT IS COMING BACK,
IT’S COMING SHORTLY.
THERE’S NOT A LOT LEFT TO LOOK
AT.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE WEST ZONE, IN
LIVINGSTON COUNTY, A COUPLE
SPRINKLES THAT WILL CONTINUE TO
MIGRATE TO THE SOUTH AND MAY BE
PICKING UP MORE STEAM THERE BUT
SHOULD BE JUST SOME LIGHT RAIN
MOVING THROUGH, NOT GONNA BE
MUCH OF AN ISSUE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS, EVERYBODY GOT A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING.
A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING.
GREEN-SHADED AREAS SOUTH OF
I-94.
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT IN THE 70s,
AS THE CLOUDS DECREASE.
HUMIDITY GOES DOWN TOMORROW, BUT
THE HEAT IS COMING BACK.
A LOOK AT THE NEXT HEAT WAVE AND
HOW LONG IT WILL LAST, IN A FEW
MINUTES. YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS IN OUR
YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS IN OUR
TEN-DAY FORECAST, IT IS FREE TO
DOWNLOAD BY SEARCHING WDIV.
>> Devin: MICHIGAN’S EVICTION
MORATORIUM HAS EXPIRED LEAVING
HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF
FAMILIES BEING PUT OUT OF THEIR
HOMES IF THEY CAN’T PAY THE
RENT.
THE CITY OF DETROIT WAS ABLE TO
EXTEND THE MORATORIUM FOR ITS RESIDENTS.
VICTOR WILLIAMS HAS MORE ON THE
ONGOING STRUGGLE.
>> Victor: PRIOR TO THIS NEWS
COMING OUT, THERE WERE SO MANY
FAMILIES CONCERNED ABOUT HOW
THEY WERE GONNA MAKE THE ENDS
MEET AND HOW THEY WERE GONNA GET
THE RENT IN ON TIME.
WE SPOKE TO A FORMER ATTORNEY
WHO SAID THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY
MOVES MAKING SENSE RIGHT NOW.
>> IF YOU’RE WORKING, YOU’VE GOT
ONE SET OF OPTIONS.
IF YOU’RE UNEMPLOYED, THE
OPTIONS CHANGE.
>> Victor: HOURS AFTER GOVERNOR WHITMER’S STATEWIDE MORATORIUM
WHITMER’S STATEWIDE MORATORIUM
ON EVICTIONS EXPIRED, THE 36th
DISTRICT COURT ANNOUNCED IT
WOULD EXTEND THE MORATORIUM
UNTIL AUGUST 15th.
>> IT NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED UNTIL
THE END OF THE YEAR UNTIL WE CAN
SEE THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING
SOME LEGS UNDER US ECONOMICALLY.
>> Victor: THE FORMER ATTORNEY
SERVED FOR 30 YEARS WITH THE
WAYNE COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD OF
LEGAL SERVICES AND INSISTS THERE
HAS TO BE MORE DONE TO MAKE SURE
FAMILIES DON’T END UP ON THE
STREET. >> THE VICTIMS, LOW-INCOME
>> THE VICTIMS, LOW-INCOME
PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO CAN’T AFFORD
TO PAY, IF YOU EVICT THEM, WHERE
ARE THEY GOING TO GO?
>> Victor: AND MAYOR MIKE DUGGAN
SPOKE ABOUT PLANS TO OFFER
ASSISTANCE TO THE PEOPLE WHO
NEED IT THE MOST. >> GO TO DETROIT EVICTION
>> GO TO DETROIT EVICTION
HELP.COM STARTING TOMORROW.
WE WILL GET YOU TO RESOURCES.
>> IF YOU’RE ALREADY UNEMPLOYED
AND YOU GET BOOTED OUT, YOUR ONLY HOPE IS TO REACH OUT TO
ONLY HOPE IS TO REACH OUT TO
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
IN A POSITION TO HELP YOU OR
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
>> Victor: UNFORTUNATELY, THE
MORATORIUM HAS ONLY BEEN IN THE
CITY OF DETROIT BUT THERE’S THE
MICHIGAN STATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY THAT
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY THAT
OFFERS $50 MILLION IN RELIEF FOR
LANDLORDS AND TENANTS.
>>> YOU’VE PROBABLY SEEN PEOPLE
CLAIM ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT
COVID-19 HAS A 98% OR HIGHER
SURVIVAL RATE, SO WEARING MASKS
OR CLOSING BUSINESSES IS
EXCESSIVE.
DR. FRANK McGEORGE IS HERE TO
PUT THAT TO THE TRUST INDEX.
I’VE HEARD THIS BEFORE, DOC.
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
>> Dr. McGeorge: YOU KNOW, KIM,
AS OF YESTERDAY, THE NUMBER OF CASES IN THE U.S. WAS 3,512,000.
CASES IN THE U.S. WAS 3,512,000.
THE NUMBER OF DEATHS, 137,000.
WHICH MAKES THE CASE FATALITY
RATE ABOUT 3.9%.
SO BASED ON CONFIRMED CASES,
ABOUT 96% OF PEOPLE DO SURVIVE.
THE REAL NUMBER IS PROBABLY
HIGHER, BUT THAT IS NOT A REASON
TO THINK THAT EVERYTHING IS
OKAY.
THE FACT IS, BECAUSE OF THE
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF
ASYMPTOMATIC OR MINIMALLY
SYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE WITH
COVID-19, WE DON’T KNOW HOW MANY
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INFECTED.
BASED ON COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE, THE CDC ESTIMATES THE NUMBER MAY
THE CDC ESTIMATES THE NUMBER MAY
BE AS HIGH AS 10 TIMES THE
NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES.
THAT MEANS OVER 30 MILLION PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN INFECTED.
PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN INFECTED.
THAT WOULD MAKE THE INFECTION
FATALITY RATE 0.4%.
AND EVEN A FATALITY RATE OF 0.4%
IS CRIPPLING.
IF THE VIRUS WAS ALLOWED TO
SPREAD TO EVERYONE IN THE U.S.,
THAT MEANS OVER 1.3 MILLION PEOPLE WOULD DIE.
PEOPLE WOULD DIE.
IN THE MEANTIME, WITH OVER 1 IN
A THOUSAND CASES BEING HOSPITALIZED AS WE HAVE ALREADY
HOSPITALIZED AS WE HAVE ALREADY
SEEN, HOSPITALS WOULD BE
OVERWHELMED AND THERE WOULD BE
ADDITIONAL SUFFERING. SO I WOULD GIVE THAT CLAIM A "BE
SO I WOULD GIVE THAT CLAIM A "BE
CAREFUL" ON THE TRUST INDEX.
AT THE SAME TIME, JUST DOING
SOME SIMPLE MATH, IT IS CLEAR THAT UNCHECKED SPREAD WOULD KILL
THAT UNCHECKED SPREAD WOULD KILL
AN UNACCEPTABLE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
AND CREATE A CRUSHING BURDEN ON
HEALTH CARE.
>> Kim: AND THIS DOESN’T EVEN
ACCOUNT FOR LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF INFECTIONS.
CONSEQUENCES OF INFECTIONS.
>> Dr. McGeorge: NO, KIM, IT
DOESN’T.
WHETHER IT’S SOMETHING SIMPLE
LIKE A LOSS OF SMELL OR TASTE, A LUNG INJURY, OR A BLOOD CLOT,
LUNG INJURY, OR A BLOOD CLOT,
ANY PERSON WHO HAS A
COMPLICATION BECAUSE PEOPLE
DIDN’T DO EVERYTHING THEY COULD,
IT’S UNNECESSARY.
>> Kim: OKAY, WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> Devin: NO COMIC CONVENTIONS,
NO MARVEL MOVIES, A TOUGH SUMMER
FOR SUPER HERO FANS.
NOT ALL IS LOST.
>> Kim: YOU’RE LOOKING AT THE
FIRST MARVEL COMIC.