>>> LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
"LOCAL 4 NEWS TODAY" STARTS NOW.
>> Priya: DIVE TEAMS BACK OUT
ON THE WATER THIS MORNING
SEARCHING FOR A MISSING DAD
AFTER HE TRIES TO RESCUE TWO
YOUNG GIRLS WERE DROWNING.
OFFICIALS SAY HE WAS SWEPT UP
WITH THE CURRENT.
>> Grant: THE GROUND MOVES AND
SHAKES SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.
>> LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW A
BEAUTIFUL SUMMER DAY IN STORE
AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE TO GO
AROUND.
THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL LIVE SHOT.
>> GOOD MORNING.
IT’S 7:00.
I’M GRANT HERMES.
>> Priya: AND I’M PRIYA MANN.
IT STARTED OUT FEELING LIKE
FALL, BUT WITH ALL THE SUNSHINE,
ANDREW, IT WILL FEEL LIKE SUMMER
DEFINITELY IN A FEW HOURS.
>> Andrew: YOU’RE DEFINITELY
RIGHT, PRIYA AND GRANT.
THE TEMPERATURES SOAR INTO THE
MID-MORNING AND LATE AFTERNOON.
ALREADY IN THE 80s BY LUNCHTIME,
BUT WE’RE IN THE COOL 50s AND
60s RIGHT NOW.
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
IT FEELS LIKE SUMMER LATER
TODAY.
DON’T GET CAUGHT OFF GUARD.
THAT UV INDEX IS HIGH.
HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY IN THE
UPPER 80s TO NEAR 90 DEGREES.
SUNRISE THIS MORNING OCCURRED
JUST OVER TEN MINUTES AGO AT
6:49.
LOOK HOW COOL IT IS IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
56 FOR OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS
AROUND ANN ARBOR, AND 58 IN
MONROE, 50s ALSO FROM POUR HURON
OVER TO LA PEA PEA YEAR.
WE HAVE 66 DEGREES AT THE
AIRPORT.
EXCELLENT RUNNING WEATHER FOR
THIS MORNING AND DURING THE
MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY.
THE ONE CAUTION IS AS IT GETS
HOTTER, MAKE SURE YOU DRINK
PLENTY OF WATER OUTDOORS WHETHER
IT’S EXERCISING OR DOING
ANYTHING ELSE OUTDOORS AND SAY
IN OR NEAR AIR-CONDITIONED
AREAS.
THE HUMIDITY STAYS AT TOLERABLE
IF NOT COMFORTABLE LEVELS LATER
ON THIS AFTERNOON.
WE TALK ABOUT HIGHER HUMIDITY
AND THE CHANCE OF RAIN NOT ONLY
IN YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST BUT
YOUR SEVEN-DAY FORECAST.
THAT’S COMING UP IN JUST
MINUTES.
>> THANKS, ANDREW.
THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
REPORTED A 3.2 MAGNITUDE
EARTHQUAKE IN MONROE.
>> Priya: THAT’S INCREDIBLE.
FROM DETROIT BEACH NEIGHBORS HAD
NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON.
>> Reporter: DUSTIN AND THE
REST OF HIS NEIGHBORS SURE FELT
IT.
>> WE JUST HEARD THE NOISE AND
RUMBLING, AND THEN WE WENT TO
THE BACKYARD AND TRIED TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.
>> Reporter: DUSTIN’S NOT THE
ONLY ONE.
FROM DOWNRIVER TO MONROE, PEOPLE
FELT THE EARTH MOVE.
>> MY CABINETS RATTLED.
I THOUGHT A BIG TRUCK DROVE DOWN
THE STREET OR PULLED INTO THE
DRIVEWAY.
IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE.
>> Reporter: WHEN ME AND MY MOM
BOTH LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND
FELT A SHAKE AND MY DOGS JUMPED
UP, WE THOUGHT EACH OTHER GOT
HURT OR DROPPED SOMETHING, AND
WE FIGURED OUT IT WAS PROBABLY
AN EARTHQUAKE.
>>> IT SHOOK THE HOUSE.
IT WAS A LOW RUMBLING SORT OF
SOUND FOR A SECOND, BUT NOT
UNLIKE WHEN THEY HAD BROKE THE
CONCRETE EARLIER IN THE WEEK.
>> Reporter: MARA McDONALD,
LOCAL 4.
>> Priya: AND LUCKY LAKE-EFFECT
SNOW NO DAMAGE REPORTED
ANYWHERE.
IN SOME COMMUNITIES LIKE TRENTON
PEOPLE DIDN’T FEEL A THING.
>>> DIVE TEAMS CONTINUE TO
SEARCH THIS MORNING FOR A
MISSING DAD IN THE DETROIT RIVER
NEAR BELLE ISLE.
STATE POLICE SAY AROUND 9:00
LAST NIGHT THEY GOT A CALL WITH
A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL THAT COULDN’T
FIND HER FATHER.
TROOPERS SAY THE 49-YEAR-OLD MAN
IS PART OF A GROUP THAT WENT
INTO THE WATER TO SAVE TWO
LITTLE GIRLS FROM DROWNING BUT
WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN.
TROOPERS BELIEVE HE MAY HAVE
BEEN DRAGGED UNDERWATER BY A RIP
CURRENT.
THE 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS WITH HER
GRANDFATHER THIS MORNING.
>>> PEOPLE IN AN EAST SIDE
NEIGHBORHOOD DEMAND ACTIONS DAYS
AFTER AN 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS
KILLED BY A SPEEDING CAR ON
CONNER STREET.
>> Grant: NEIGHBORS SAY THEY
SEE DRIVERS SPEEDING DOWN THE
ROAD ALL THE TIME AND WANT THE
CITY TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE
ANOTHER CHILD IS KILLED.
LARRY SPRUILL HAS THE STORY.
>> WHETHER I CAME OUTSIDE, IT’S
LIKE THE SCENE IS REPLAYING FROM
WHEN I CAME OUT AND SEEN IT
ACTUALLY HAPPENING.
THAT’S ALL I SEE WHEN I COME
OUTSIDE.
>> Larry: IT’S A TRAGIC AND
BRUTAL SCENE CHARLOTTE HILL
CANNOT ERASE FROM HER MIND.
LITTLE 8-YEAR-OLD LAUREN JOHNSON
LYING ON THE GROUND HELPLESS.
>> BODY ALL JUST TWISTED, BONES
BROKEN.
IT WAS A VERY SAD MOMENT.
>> Reporter: HILL IS PREGNANT
AND SAYS THEY WERE GETTING READY
TO CELEBRATE HER BABY SHOWER
WHEN LITTLE LAUREN AND LAUREN’S
MOTHER, WHO WAS HER BEST FRIEND,
WERE HIT BY A SPEEDING CAR
SUNDAY AFTERNOON RIGHT OUTSIDE
OF HER HOME ON CONNER STREET ON
DETROIT’S EAST SIDE.
>> NOT EVEN FIVE MINUTES, AND
THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY 16 YEARS
OLD FLYING UP THE STREET DOING
80 UP THE STREET.
>> Larry: THAT’S WHY THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD IS DEMANDING
ACTION.
>> WE NEED SPEED BUMPS AND HAVE
NEEDED THEM FOR YEARS BECAUSE
IT’S A PARK DOWN THE STREET.
CARS COME FLYING UP AND DOWN THE
STREET ALL DAY.
>> Reporter: LARRY SPRUILL IS
LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE
IT HAPPENED.
>> Larry: WE WITNESSED THE
PROBLEMS OURSELVES DURING MY
6:00 LIVE REPORT.
A CAR SPED BY US.
FRIDAY WE SAW SEVERAL CARS
SPEEDING BY, ONE AFTER ANOTHER
AFTER ANOTHER.
I REACHED OUT TO THE CITY.
A SPOKESPERSON SENT THIS
STATEMENT.
IT SAYS, OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO
YOUNG LAUREN’S FAMILY AT THIS
PAINFUL AND DIFFICULT TIME.
SPEEDING IN NEIGHBORHOODS HAS
BEEN A PROBLEM FOR MANY YEARS
AND WE RECEIVED THOUSANDS OF
REQUESTS FOR SPEED CUSHIONS
SINCE WE BEGAN INSTALLING THEM
TWO YEARS.
THIS YEAR ALONE WE’RE INSTALLING
1200 SPEED CUSHIONS AT 800
LOCATIONS AND EVALUATE THIS
STRETCH OF CONNER FOR POSSIBLE
SPEED CUSHIONS IN THE NEAR
FUTURE.
WE HOPE SEEING THE TRAGIC
CONSEQUENCES OF DRIVING
RECKLESSLY IN NEIGHBORHOODS WILL
MOVE SPEEDERS TO SLOW DOWN AND
DRIVE MORE RESPONSIBLY.
LARRY SPRUILL, LOCAL 4.
>> WE’RE TOLD LAUREN’S MOTHER IS
RECOVERING AND TRYING TO BE
STRONG FOR HER OTHER CHILD, BUT
SHE HAS A LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY.
>>> LATEST WITH THE CORONAVIRUS
HERE IN MICHIGAN.
THE STATE IS REPORTING 374 NEW
CASES WITH TEN ADDITIONAL
DEATHS.
>> Priya: WHILE THE NEW CASES
ARE THE LOWEST IN WEEKS, THE
STATE SAYS THE NUMBER IS LIKE
TLI TO INCREASE DUE TO AN ISSUE
WITH ITS REPORTING SYSTEM.
THREE LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE AMONG
SIX IN MICHIGAN FINED BY THE
STATE FOR NOT FOLLOWING
WORKPLACE SAFETY PROTOCOL
RELATED TO CORONAVIRUSEDVID-19.
THEY INCLUDE A UPS DISTRIBUTION
FACILITY IN LIVONIA AND A
SPEEDWAY GAS STATION IN
WATERFORD.
THEY WERE FINED BETWEEN $6,000
AND $7,000.
>> Grant: THE DETROIT LIONS
ANNOUNCE THE FIRST TWO HOME
GAMES ARE PLAYED WITHOUT FANS IN
ATTENDANCE.
THEY’RE SEPTEMBER 13th AND
OCTOBER 4th.
FORD FIELD PARKING LOTS WILL
ALSO BE CLOSED.
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
RESPONDING TO JOE BIDEN’S
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH AT THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
>> Grant: ACCORDING TO THE
BIDEN CAMPAIGN, MORE THAN 122
MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED THE
DEMOCRAT IN THIS CASE NATIONAL
CONVENTION AND RAISED $70
MILLION OVER FOUR DAYS.
BIDEN’S SPEECH THE LAST NIGHT
OVRED WORDS OF COMPASSION FOR
PEOPLE IMPACTED BY COVID-19.
ON FRIDAY PRESIDENT TRUMP
DELIVERED HIS RESPONSE.
>> THE DEMOCRATS HELD THE
DARKEST AND ANGRIEST AND
GLOOMIEST CONVENTION IN AMERICAN
HISTORY.
WHERE JOE BIDEN SEEMS AMERICAN
DARKNESS I SEE AMERICAN
GREATNESS.
>> Priya: A MOSTLY VIRTUAL
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
WILL KICK OFF ON MONDAY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL DELIVER HIS
SPEECH FROM THE SOUTH LAWN OF
THE WHITE HOUSE NEXT THURSDAY.
WE HAVE LIVE COVERAGE EVERY
NIGHT OF THE CONVENTION
BEGINNING AT 10:00 P.M. RIGHT
HERE ON LOCAL 4.
>> Grant: MORE IS COMING UP
THIS MORNING ON "LOCAL 4 NEWS
TODAY."
>> Priya: LET’S CHECK IN WITH
ANDREW FIRST.
IT WILL BE A SCORCHER TODAY.
>> Andrew: YOU GOT THAT RIGHT.
NOT ONLY TODAY BUT HOT WEATHER A
NUMBER OF DAYS.
TODAY YOU HAVE HIGH TEMPERATURES
UP TO 90 DEGREES BUT RAINSHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ALL SOME PLACE
ELSE ALL DAY LONG.
WE TALK ABOUT THE SUNDAY
FORECAST AND HOW HOT IT REMAINS
NEXT WEEK IN JUST MINUTES.
>>> THE TIGERS FINALLY DO IT.
THEY BEAT THE INDIANS THANK
GOODNESS, AND THAT STREAK ENDS.