LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS NOW. HAVING A NEWS HERE AT NOON. WE ARE WATCHING THE WEATHER FOR YOU
THIS AFTERNOON. THERE’S A CHANCE
FOR A FEW PLATES TO MIX IN WITH
THE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. I FEEL
LIKE THAT’S THE WORST
COMBINATION THAT YOU CAN HAVE
THE FLAKES AND THE RAIN. YEAH,
WE DON’T WANT THAT. BUT YOU’RE
GONNA NEED TO GRAB YOUR COAT.
GRAB YOUR UMBRELLA BEFORE YOU
HEAD OUT OF THE HOUSE OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. IN FACT,
HERE’S A LIVE LOOK FOR YOU AT A
VERY DEPRESSING, SAD AND GLOOMY
DOWNTOWN DETROIT BEAUTIFUL
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, BUT IT IS A
LITTLE GLOOMY TODAY, BUT I KNOW
THAT WHAT’S GETTING ME THROUGH
THESE COLDER TEMPERATURES. IS ON
THE UP AND UP, AND BRANDON’S
BEEN TEASING ALL WEEK FOR ME
THAT MY KIND OF TEMPERATURES ARE
COMING BACK BACK. BRANDON WHAT
CAN WE EXPECT? AS FAR AS TODAY
GOES, TEMPERATURE WISE GUYS, I
THINK THE COOL AND THE WIND MAY
BE A BIGGER ISSUE THAN THE RAIN
AND THE SNOW RIGHT NOW WE’VE GOT
37 IN PONTIAC 38 MOUNT CLEMENS,
41 ARBOR 43 MONROE 42 DEGREES AS
WE LOOK IN AT METRO FOR OUR
OFFICIAL NUMBER, SO AGAIN,
STRUGGLING WITH THESE UPPER
THIRTIES LOW FORTIES. THE WINDS
ARE REALLY WHIPPING OUT THERE.
THESE ARE GUSTS OCCASIONAL
BURSTS. IT’S 10 TO 20 AND THE
WIND SPEED GUSTING 30 PLUS AT
TIMES. JOCELYN THOSE HALLOWEEN
DECORATIONS AROUND A BIT, AND IT
FEELS LIKE THE TWENTIES TO LOWER
THIRTIES. WE DO HAVE SOME RAIN
SHOWERS ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
HERE, BUT THEY ARE MOVING SORT
OF NORTH TO SOUTH HERE AT A
DECENT CLIP, MOVING IT ABOUT 25
TO 30 MILES AN HOUR HEADING INTO
FRANKLIN CLAUSSEN FRASER
HUNTINGTON’S WOODS SHORTLY AND
WE HAVE A LITTLE SNOW RIGHT
BEHIND THAT. SO SOME WINTER
REMIX AND RAIN EVENTUALLY
BECOMING PLAIN RAIN, BUT ONLY
MIDDLE FORTIES WITH THOSE GUSTY
WINDS AND THAT WET WEATHER
LIKELY TO SLOW YOU DOWN RUNNING
ERRANDS AND IN THE EVENING
COMMUTE AS WELL AND WE’RE NOT
DONE YET, GUYS. ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU. BRANDON AND THE MID
MICHIGAN MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING
AND MUTILATING A MAN HE MET ON A
DATING APP IS BACK IN THE
COURTROOM TODAY. IT’S A HEARING
TO DESIGN WHAT CHARGE MARK
LATENCY IS GOING TO BE FACING
AFTER A PLEA DEAL. LOCAL FORCE
SHAWN LEY HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE
DEVELOPMENTS FOR US. HE JOINS US
NOW LIVE THIS AFTERNOON
SHAWN LEY. FIRST THING I WANT TO
DO IS SHOW EVERYONE THE PEOPLE
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. HERE’S
PICTURES IS MARK DAVID ATTUNE
SKI. HE HAS THE BEARD. ON THE
OTHER SIDE. THERE IS THE VICTIM,
YOUNG KEVIN BACON JUST 25 YEARS
OLD WHEN HIS LIFE WAS TAKEN FROM
HIM. HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING IN
COURT AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW.
WE’LL TAKE YOU INSIDE A SHIA
WANNSEE COURTROOM AT THIS NOON
HOUR. THE DEFENDANT, MARK DAVID
LATIMER, SKI THE CRIME
UNTHINKABLE PLATOONS KEY PLUG,
GUILTY TO KILLING AND
DISMEMBERING 25 YEAR OLD KEVIN
BACON. BACON WAS A COLLEGE
STUDENT, THE TWO MEETING ON THE
DATING APP GRINDR, THE HORRIFIC
HOMICIDE WITH ELEMENTS OF
CANNIBALISM TAKING PLACE IN
DECEMBER OF 2019. BY PLEADING
GUILTY TO OPEN MURDER THE ISSUE
TODAY IF DUNSKY IS NOW CONVICTED
OF FIRST DEGREE SECOND DEGREE
MURDER OR MANSLAUGHTER,
WITNESSES ARE BEING CALLED ONE
AFTER ANOTHER TODAY, GOING OVER
THE HORRIBLE EVIDENCE IN THIS
CASE. THAT WIND BRANDON WAS
TALKING ABOUT IS WE’RE GOING
LIVE HERE. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE.
WE’RE STILL WAITING FOR A
DECISION FROM THE JUDGE WILL
HAVE EVERYTHING WRAPPED UP FOR
YOU. THE TESTIMONY TODAY WE’RE
GOING TO BOIL IT ALL DOWN AT
FIVE O’CLOCK BACK TO YOU GUYS.
VERY DISTURBING CASE
NONETHELESS. BUT SEAN, WE KNOW
YOU’LL STAY ON TOP OF IT. THANK
YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO WE ARE
LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW THE PLAN
TO E STUDENT LOAN DEBT IS GOING
TO WORK. THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION JUST ROLLED OUT A
WEBSITE FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY. FOR
$10,000 IN RELIEF. WE’VE GOT OUR
NICK MONACELLI HE’S GOT HE’S
HERE WITH MORE ON HOW TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE AND THE DEBATE OVER
WHO WILL PAY GOOD AFTERNOON. WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT EIGHT MILLION
AMERICANS THAT HAVE ALREADY
SIGNED UP FOR THIS PROGRAM IN 40
MILLION AMERICANS THAT WOULD BE
ELIGIBLE. THERE ARE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, THOUGH.
NUMBER ONE COULD THIS RAISE
INFLATION NUMBER TWO? HOW IS IT
GOING TO BE PAID FOR MORGEN
DOWNING, A MASTER STUDENT AT
HARVARD COULD BE WEEKS AWAY FROM
WATCHING HER STUDENT DEBT SHRINK
BEFORE THE $10,000 FORGIVENESS.
I WAS LOOKING AT $26,000.
HOWEVER, I DO KNOW THAT I HAVE
ANOTHER LOAN ABOUT $20,000 FROM
GRAD SCHOOL. BUT NOW FOR THE
FIRST TIME, MORGAN AND MILLIONS
OF OTHER AMERICANS CAN LOG ONTO
STUDENT AID DOT GOV. AND APPLY
FOR DEBT RELIEF THAT I JUST
SUBMIT AND GOT A CONFIRMATION OF
LIKE 10. MINUTES LATER. UM IT
WAS JUST REALLY EXCITING. SO WHO
CAN APPLY INDIVIDUALS WHO IN THE
PAST TWO YEARS MADE LESS THAN
$125,000 AND FAMILIES THAT EARN
LESS THAN 250,000 DEBT
CANCELATION CAN BE AS MUCH AS
$10,000 PER APPLICANT. OR AS
MUCH AS 20,000 FOR PELL GRANT
RECIPIENTS. BUT COULD THAT EXTRA
SPENDING POWER INCREASE
INFLATION? SOME DEMOCRATS SAY NO
OF STUDIES AROUND THIS AND WHAT
THEY’VE SHOWN IS THAT IT’S NOT
GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON
INFLATION. HOWEVER THE
NONPARTISAN COMMITTEE FOR A
RESPONSIBLE FEDERAL BUDGET SAYS
YES, IT ESTIMATES BIDEN STUDENT
DEBT POLICIES ALTOGETHER. COULD
BOOST INFLATION BETWEEN THE
SIXTH AND A QUARTER POINT OVER
THE NEXT YEAR. REPUBLICANS ALSO
ARGUE FOR STUDENT LOAN RELIEF
TAXPAYERS FOOT THE BILL. VERY
UNFAIR, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE A
TRUCK DRIVER HAVE TO PAY BACK A
LOAN FROM SOMEBODY THAT GOT LIKE
A PHD AND GENDER STUDIES. THERE
ARE SOME LAWSUITS AGAINST THE
PRESIDENT’S STUDENT DEBT RELIEF
PROGRAMS, SO THIS ALL COULD GET
HALTED. WE’LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENS IN COURT. ALSO FOR THOSE
WHO HAVE APPLIED, THE GOVERNMENT
IS SAYING IT WILL BE WEEKS INTO
THE EVEN START LOOKING AT THOSE
APPLICATIONS AND NICK MONACELLI.
WE WANT TO GET TO BREAKING NEWS
THAT WE’RE FOLLOWING FOR YOU
THIS AFTERNOON, THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT. HE’S CHARGING A
FRENCH COMPANY WITH PAYING
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO ISIS.
BETTER PROSECUTORS SAY THE
COMPANY THERE’S CEMENT COMPANY,
LAFARGE PAID THE TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION SO ITS PLAN IN
SYRIA COULD STAY OPEN. THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT
HAPPENED AT A TIME WHEN ISIS WAS
ACTIVELY PLOTTING TO HARM
AMERICANS. THE COMPANY HAS
PLEADED GUILTY TO THIS AND HAS
AGREED TO PENALTIES TOTALING
NEARLY $800 MILLION. ALRIGHT SO
WE ARE EXACTLY THREE WEEKS AWAY
FROM ELECTION DAY. IT IS THE
FINAL SPRINT FOR CANDIDATES AS
THEY ARE PREPARING. THE PEOPLE
ARE PREPARING TO HEAD TO THE
POLLS TO DECIDE MICHIGAN SEX
GOVERNOR AND WHO GETS CONTROL OF
CONGRESS BRIDGE. JACKSON IS IN
WASHINGTON WITH A LOOK AT SOME
OF THE CRUCIAL RACES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, AND THERE IS PLENTY OF
POLITICAL DRAMA. ATTACKS WERE
FLYING LAST NIGHT AS CANDIDATES
AND TIGHT STATE AND FEDERAL
RACES FACED OFF ON THE DEBATE
STAGE SPARRING OVER KEY ISSUES
LIKE INFLATION AND ABORTION.
WITH EARLY VOTING UNDERWAY IN
STATES LIKE GEORGIA, THE GLOVES
ARE OFF AS OPPONENTS TAKE
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL JABS WERE
THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN FIGHTING
FOR YOU. WHEN MS ABRAMS WAS NOT
WE WERE GIVING TAX REFUNDS. WE
NEED A GOVERNOR WHO ACTUALLY
BELIEVES IN EQUITY, RACIAL
EQUITY ECONOMIC EQUITY IN THE
STATE OF GEORGIA. GEORGIA IS ONE
OF SEVERAL BATTLEGROUND STATES
WITH TIGHT U. S SENATE RACES IN
OHIO, CANDIDATES CLASHED OVER
HOT BUTTON ISSUES RANGING FROM
RACIST RHETORIC TO IMMIGRATION.
I CANNOT PRETEND TO BE A
DEFENDER OF BORDER SECURITY WHEN
YOU VOTED AGAINST BORDER WALL
FUNDING MULTIPLE TIMES, DISAGREE
WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN WHEN HE’S
TALKING ABOUT RELAXING, RELAXING
SOME OF THE REGULATIONS DOWN ON
THE BORDER MIDTERMS ARE OFTEN
SEEN AS A REFERENDUM ON THE
PARTY IN POWER. SOME REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES ARE USING THAT TO
THEIR ADVANTAGE, BLAMING
PRESIDENT BIDEN AND DEMOCRATS
FOR THE HIGHER PRICES. AMERICANS
FACE FROM THE GAS PUMP TO
GROCERIES. THERE’S ONLY ONE
CAUSE OF INFLATION. IT’S
EXCESSIVE SPENDING BY CONGRESS.
I KNOW THAT THE ONLY TIME WE’VE
EVER GOTTEN OUR FISCAL HOUSE IN
ORDER IS WHEN REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS HAVE WORKED TOGETHER,
SENATOR LEE REFUSES TO DO THAT
NATIONWIDE. A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO
CHOOSE IS ON THE BALLOT. I WAS
GOVERNOR’S RACE ILLUSTRATING
THAT DIVIDE SIGNED THE HEARTBEAT
BUILD. WITH EXCEPTIONS, IT GOT
ENJOINED WITH THE RULING ON ROE
V. WADE. NOW THE FIGHT IS IN THE
STATE’S HANDS, AND SO WE HAVE TO
DEFEND IT RIGHT HERE IN THE
STATE, THE FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF
STATE LEGISLATURES AND CONGRESS.
CHRIS IS AT STAKE, WITH POLLS
SHOWING THE ECONOMY IS WHAT’S
TOP OF MIND FOR VOTERS.
PRESIDENT BIDEN RETURNED TO THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL ON THURSDAY.
THAT’S WHEN HE’LL TRAVEL TO
PENNSYLVANIA TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR
U S SENATE CANDIDATE JOHN
FETTERMAN. HE’S LOCKED IN A
TIGHT RACE WITH REPUBLICAN AND
CELEBRITY DR MEHMET OZ IN
WASHINGTON. I’M BREE JACKSON FOR
NBC NEWS. WE THANK YOU. EARLY
VOTING AND ABSENTEE VOTING IS
ALREADY UNDERWAY HERE IN
MICHIGAN. AND RIGHT NOW I’M
CLICKONDETROIT.COM WE’VE GOT A
BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE RACES FOR
YOU ALL THE BALLOT PROPOSALS AND
KEY DEADLINES AS WELL. VOTER
GUIDE IS UP RIGHT NOW ON THE
ELECTIONS PAGE. WELL NONPROFITS
IN THE CITY OF DETROIT AND
GETTING A BIG BOOST OF FUNDING
THANKS TO THE GILBERT FAMILY
TODAY, THE GILBERT FAMILY
FOUNDATION AND STRATEGIC
COMMUNITY PARTNERS AMOUNT
ANNOUNCED THE THRIVING
NEIGHBORHOODS FUN NOW THIS IS A
$500,000 INVESTMENT INTO
NONPROFITS RIGHT HERE IN THE
CITY, 20 ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE
RECEIVING EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
, ALONG WITH THE GRANT OF
$25,000 TO DEEPEN THEIR WORK
RIGHT HERE IN DETROIT. THESE
REALLY ARE THE UNSUNG HEROES AND
XIROS OF OUR COMMUNITIES THAT AS
YOU MENTIONED WORK DILIGENTLY
AND TIRELESSLY TO CREATE
THRIVING NEIGHBORHOODS, AND SO
WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. AND I
JUST KNOW THAT TODAY IS A GREAT
DAY AS WE ARE GIVING YOU ALL THE
RESOURCES THAT YOU NEED TO BRING
FORWARD MORE VISIONS IN PROJECTS
WITHIN YOUR RESPECTIVE
COMMUNITIES. SUPER EXCITING NEWS
IN THE GILBERT FAMILY FOUNDATION
, SAYS THAT THE GOAL OF THIS
INITIATIVE IS TO AMPLIFY THE
INCREDIBLE WORK THEIR
ORGANIZATIONS DO FOR THIS
COMMUNITY BY CREATING MORE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS GOT SOME REALLY SAD NEWS
THIS AFTERNOON, THE MATRIARCH OF
CHRISTMAS EMPIRE IN FRANKENMUTH
HAS DIED. YES IRENE BRONNER WAS
ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF
BRONNER’S THE WORLD’S LARGEST
CHRISTMAS STORE. IF YOU’VE EVER
BEEN THERE, YOU KNOW JUST HOW
MAGICAL THIS PLACE IS HER
HUSBAND, WALLY BRAUNER. STARTED
A SIGN PAINTING BUSINESS BACK IN
1945, AND SIX YEARS LATER, IT
TURNED INTO A CHRISTMAS STORM.
IRENE AND WALLY PASSED ON
OWNERSHIP TO THEIR CHILDREN, BUT
HELPED RUN IT UNTIL WALLY DIED
BACK IN 2008 IRENE BRONNER DIED