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4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS NOW. SOME LIVE
4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS NOW. SOME SERIOUS STORMS ARE MOVING IN OUR DIRECTION AND STORM TRACKER FOUR
SHOWS WHAT IS HEADED OUR WAY
THIS AFTERNOON, WE COULD SEE
SOME DOWNPOURS WITH THE RISK OF
FLASH FLOODING. AND LET’S TAKE A
LIVE. LOOK OUTSIDE. RIGHT NOW.
WE CAN CALL THIS. I GUESS THE
CLOUDY CALM BEFORE THE STORM.
THE RAIN MAY MOVE IN, JUST AS
PEOPLE ARE ABOUT TO HEAD HOME
FROM WORK, WHICH IS NEVER GOOD
TIMING. LET’S GET TO
METEOROLOGIST BRANDON ROUX TO
TAP THINGS OFF THIS NEW WITH ALL
THE INFORMATION IN THE TIMING WE
NEED TO KNOW TO TWO ROUNDS IS
WHAT WE EXPECT TO CREATE. MAYBE
A FLOODING ISSUE COULD BE IN THE
END, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH
THE SHOWERS AND STORMS COMING
OUR WAY. BUT YOU SEE THE MILKY
SKIES OUT THERE WE’VE BEEN
DEALING WITH AT BEST, PARTLY
SUNNY, STILL VERY WARM. 72
LAPEER ARE 77 WARMER THAN ANY
NUMBER WE SAW ALL DAY YESTERDAY
. LITTLE SOUTH SOUTHWEST WIND.
TRYING TO AID IN OUR WARMING. AS
WE LOOK AT STORM TRACKER 4 YOU
SEE, WE’VE GOT NOTHING REALLY TO
SHOW. BUT THE BIGGER VIEW SHOWS
AREAS TO OUR NORTH AND WEST WILL
BE INTO THE RAIN SHOWERS FIRST
AND THERE’LL BE SORT OF
SCATTERED THROUGH THE MID LATE
AFTERNOON HEAVIER THROUGH THE
LATE AFTERNOON EARLY EVENING,
AND THERE’LL BE ANOTHER ROUND
LATER TONIGHT. SO ONE OF THE
CONCERNS IS FOR SOME FLOODING
POSSIBLE, BUT MOST OF US DON’T
GET INTO THE RAIN UNTIL AFTER
THREE OR EVEN FOUR. LOW EIGHTIES
AND AGAIN, SOME STRONG TO SEVERE
STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. WE HAVE A
FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON
TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW, AND WE’LL
TALK ABOUT THE SEVERE RISK
COMING UP. IN THE MEANTIME, IF
YOU’RE HEADING OUT NOW. YOU CAN
FIND EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT THE WATCHES THE RISKS. THE
TIMING OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS
RIGHT THERE. IN OUR LOCAL
FORECASTERS, APP. JUST PUT THE
CAMERA PHONE UP TO THAT BOX THAT
QR CODE THE MIDDLE OF YOUR
SCREEN. IT’LL TAKE YOU RIGHT TO
THE BEST WEATHER APP IN THE
WORLD. BRANDON THANK YOU SCARY
SITUATION ON THE STREETS NEAR
CORK TOWN THIS MORNING, DETROIT
POLICE. A DETROIT POLICE OFFICER
DRAGGED BY A DRIVER WHO WAS DRAG
RACING AND DRIFTING. POLICE SAY
THAT AN OFFICER THEN OPENED FIRE
AND BAGLEY STREET. THIS IS NEAR
ROSA PARKS BOULEVARD SOUTH THERE
OF MICHIGAN AVENUE. VICTOR
WILLIAMS. IS THERE ON THE SCENE
LIVE WITH WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE
DRIVER AND ALSO HOW THAT OFFICER
IS DOING, VICTOR HEY, RHONDA. SO
THIS OFFICER IS DOING JUST FINE.
WE’RE TOLD THAT HE IS NOW STABLE
AFTER BEING DRAGGED RIGHT HERE
AT THIS VERY INTERSECTION. WE’RE
TOLD THAT IT WAS TAKEN OVER. BY
THESE DRAG RACERS AND DRIFTERS,
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS WHAT
HAS HAPPENED. NOW WE’RE TOLD
THAT OFFICERS APPROACHED A
SILVER FORD MUSTANG WITH THE RED
FENDER AND NO HOOD AND AS AN
OFFICER WALKED UP THAT CAR
BACKED UP AND CAME TO A STOP.
THE POLICE OFFICER RAN AROUND TO
THE PASSENGER DOOR TRYING TO GET
THE DRIVER OUT. THAT’S WHEN THE
DRIVER REVERSED THE CAR,
DRAGGING THE OFFICER SEVERAL
FEET INTO A FENCE. OTHER
OFFICERS THEN DECIDED TO FIRE
SHOTS AT THE CAR BEING CONCERNED
FOR THE SAFETY OF THE OFFICER
DRAGGED AND FOR THE OTHER
OFFICERS THAT WERE OUT THERE AT
THIS POINT, WE’RE NOT SURE IF
ANYONE IN THE MUSTANG WAS HIT
OTHER WAY. EITHER WAY. EXCUSE ME
. POLICE OFFICERS HAVE ALREADY
RECOVERED THAT MUSTANG, AND THEY
ALSO HAVE A PERSON OF INTEREST.
POTENTIAL CHARGES HAVE NOW GONE
FROM BAD. TO WORSE. YOU HAVE
SOMEONE WHO IS STARTING DOING
THE DRIFTING THING, AND NOW HE’S
ESCALATED HIS CHARGES ONCE WE
GET HIM IN CUSTODY, AND WE TYPE
ON HIM, HE’S GOING TO ESCALATE
HIS CHARGE TO AN ASSAULT WITH
INTENT TO COMMIT MURDER. SO HE
IS NOW ESCALATED HIS HIS
SILLINESS IN THIS DRIFTING A LOT
WORSE, COULD HAVE BEEN DRAGGING
HIM AND RAN OVER. UM WE DO KNOW
THERE WAS ANOTHER SUBJECT IN THE
VEHICLE. WE ARE LOOKING FOR THAT
PERSON AS WELL. FIVE MULTIPLE
SHOTS FIRED TOWARD THE CAR TO
MAKE SURE WE’RE IN THAT CARS.
OKAY AS WELL. AND WE’LL HAVE
MORE ON WHAT THIS POLICE OFFICER
HAD TO SAY. COMING UP TODAY AT
FIVE PM IN CORK TOWN, VICTOR
WILLIAMS. ALRIGHT VICTOR. THANK
YOU RIGHT NOW. MEMBERS OF THE F
FBI IN DETROIT POLICE ARE
TALKING ABOUT A PLAN TO KEEP THE
STREETS OF DETROIT SAFE. FOR
EVERYONE TO ENJOY THIS SUMMER.
IT’S CALLED PROJECT SAFE SUMMER
STREETS AND EFFORT TO REDUCE GUN
VIOLENCE AND ENFORCE GUN LAWS.
IT COMES AFTER AN 11 YEAR OLD
GIRL WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON
DETROIT’S EAST SIDE. OVER THE
WEEKEND. SHE WAS IN A HOME NEAR
EIGHT MILE AND SHANER. JUST
THERE WITH FAMILY MEMBERS FOR A
SLEEPOVER WHEN SOMEONE FIRED
INTO THE BACK OF THIS HOUSE TO
PEOPLE IN ADULT AND ADMIRE, ARE
NOW IN CUSTODY WILL HAVE MORE ON
PROJECTS SAFE SUMMER STREETS IN
OUR LATER NEWSCASTS. WE SAW EVEN
MORE DEADLY MASS SHOOTINGS,
THOUGH OVER THE WEEKEND ALL
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND THIS
WEEK CONGRESS MAY FINALLY TAKE
ACTION ON NEW GUN CONTROL REFORM
LEGISLATION. BIPARTISAN GROUP OF
SENATORS IS WORKING ON A DEAL IN
THE WAKE OF THE SHOOTINGS, AND
YOU HAVE ALL THE TEXAS IN
BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASBURY
JACKSON REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON
SENATORS HAVE TAKEN SOME OPTIONS
OFF OF THE TABLE AS A DEADLINE
FOR A NEW DEAL NEARS. SENATOR
CHRIS MURPHY IS LEADING THE
CHARGE, AND HE SAYS THE BILL
WILL NOT INCLUDE IN ASSAULT
WEAPONS BAN OR COMPREHENSIVE
BACKGROUND CHECKS. ANOTHER
WEEKEND OF DEADLY MASS SHOOTINGS
ACROSS THE US. IN PHILADELPHIA.
AT LEAST A DOZEN PEOPLE WERE
INJURED AND THREE KILLED. WE
KNOW BALLISTICALLY THAT WE HAD
AT LEAST FIVE DIFFERENT GUNS OUT
THERE. A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF
SENATORS BEGAN WORK ON NEW GUN
LEGISLATION IN THE WAKE OF
RECENT MASS SHOOTINGS.
NEGOTIATORS SAY CONGRESS IS
CLOSER THAN EVER BEFORE ON
REACHING AN AGREEMENT. WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT A MEANINGFUL
CHANGE IN OUR GUN LAWS CERTAINLY
CAN’T GUARANTEE ANY OUTCOME, BUT
IT FEELS TO ME LIKE WE ARE
CLOSER THAN WE’VE BEEN SINCE
I’VE BEEN IN THE SENATE ON THE
TABLE ARE RED FLAG LAWS, CHANGES
TO BACKGROUND CHECKS AND
INVESTMENTS IN SCHOOL SAFETY?
THAT’S THE KIND OF PACKAGE WE’RE
PUTTING TOGETHER RIGHT NOW.
THAT’S THE KIND OF PACKAGE I
THINK AND PASS THE SENATE, BUT
SOME MEASURES DON’T HAVE THE
SUPPORT NEEDED FROM REPUBLICANS
WHO SAY THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON
ISSUES LIKE MENTAL HEALTH.
INSTEAD OF EFFORTS TRAISE THE
MINIMUM AGE TO PURCHASE AN
ASSAULT WEAPON FROM 18 TO 21
TRYING TO INTERVENE AND STOP
SOMETHING BEFORE IT HAPPENS
INSTEAD OF JUST IMMEDIATELY
RUSHING TO GO TAKE THE RIGHTS OF
GUN OWNERS AWAY. LAWMAKERS WILL
HEAR THE DEVASTATING PERSONAL
TOLL OF GUN VIOLENCE THIS WEEK
WHEN PARENTS AND SURVIVORS OF
THE MASS SHOOTINGS IN TEXAS AND
NEW YORK TESTIFIED BEFORE A
HOUSE COMMITTEE. HOUSE DEMOCRATS
ARE EYEING A VOTE ON A PACKAGE
THAT WOULD INCLUDE EIGHT GUN
RELATED PROPOSALS. THAT EFFORT
IS EXPECTED TO STALL IN THE
SENATE. IN WASHINGTON. I’M VERY
JACKSON FOR NBC NEWS. ALRIGHT
BREATHE. THANK YOU ANOTHER MAJOR
JUMP IN GAS PRICES. WE ARE
PAYING 44 CENTS MORE THAN THIS
DAY LAST WEEK, TRIPLE A SAYS
THAT THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS
NOW $5.04 A GALLON THAT IS 74
CENTS MORE THAN THIS TIME LAST
MONTH AND MORE THAN $2 MORE THAN
THIS TIME LAST YEAR. EXPERTS SAY
MORE PEOPLE DROVE OVER MEMORIAL
DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND THAT
INCREASE IN DEMAND, PLUS CRUDE
OIL PRICES WILL LIKELY KEEP
PRICES HIGH FOR A WHILE. A BIG
HELP FOR DRIVERS IN SANTA LET
COUNTY, THOUGH ALL THANKS TO
LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA.
THE PARTY STORE, A MARATHON GAS
STATION IN LEXINGTON ON MAIN
STREET, GAVE $1 OFF ON GAS
TODAY. AND YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF
PEOPLE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT
CARS WERE LINED UP. A LOCAL
BUSINESSMAN TOOK IN DONATIONS
FROM OTHER BUSINESSES, RAISING
$6000 TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
GUESTS. PRICE DROP. TO SEE MORE
COMMUNITIES MAYBE COME TOGETHER
AND DO THAT WE COULD CERTAINLY
USE THE HELP. PFIZER’S MICHIGAN
PLANT CONTINUES TO BE AT THE
FOREFRONT OF THE FIGHT AGAINST
THE CORONAVIRUS. THIS MORNING,
THE COMPANY ANNOUNCED A $120
MILLION INVESTMENT TO BOOST
PRODUCTION OF ITS ANTIVIRAL
COVID PILL PACKS LIVID. WHAT
TODAY’S ANNOUNCEMENT VISOR
KALAMAZOO WILL SIMULTANEOUSLY
PRODUCED THE VACCINE AND HELP
MANUFACTURE IMPACT SLOVIN THEIR
COVID PILL. NOW, THE WORK THAT
MICHIGANDERS DO AT THIS SPICER
FACILITY ARE PROTECTING THEIR
NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY
IN MICHIGAN AND OCEANS AWAY. AND
FOR ALL OF US WHO KNOW THAT
MICHIGAN HAD A HAND IN GETTING
THIS DONE. IT’S A GREAT SOURCE
OF PRIDE FOR ALL OF US. THE
INVESTMENT WILL CREATE 250 JOBS
AT THAT PORTAGE’S PLANT ON THE
WEST SIDE OF OUR STATE. PAXIL
VIVID IS ALLOWED UNDER EMERGENCY
USE FOR PEOPLE AT RISK OF SEVERE
DISEASE. MEANWHILE THE CDC SAYS
THAT MILLIONS OF COVID VACCINE
DOSES HAVE BEEN WASTED IN THE
UNITED STATES FROM DECEMBER OF
2020 THROUGH MAY OF THIS YEAR
MORE THAN 82 MILLION COVID
VACCINES HAVE BEEN DECLARED
DISCARDED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THAT BOTH
CVS AND WALMART WERE RESPONSIBLE
FOR MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THE
DOSE IS THAT HAD TO BE THROWN
AWAY. HOWEVER THE CDC SAYS THAT
THE WASTED VACCINE DOSES INCLUDE
SOME THAT EXPIRED ON PHARMACY
SHELVES BECAUSE NO ONE CAME TO
NEED NEEDED TO USE THEM. MM HMM.
THE DETROIT GRAND PRIX IS NOW
TRANSITIONING FROM ITS HOME ON
BELLE ISLE INTO DOWNTOWN DETROIT
. OFFICIALS CELEBRATE THE
PASSING OF THE FLAG WITH THE
CEREMONIAL DRIVE TO THE FUTURE
FINISH LINE DOWNTOWN THIS
MORNING, A PARADE OF THREE
CHEVROLET CORVETTES DROVE FROM
BELLE ISLE ACROSS THE MACARTHUR
BRIDGE, MAKING THEIR WAY ALONG
JEFFERSON AVENUE AND TO THE NEW
DOWNTOWN DETROIT CIRCUIT. AND
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GRAND PRIX,
SAYS HE EXPECTS THE EVENT TO BE
EVEN BIGGER AS IT HEADS INTO
DOWNTOWN. WHEN YOU CAN PUT
20,000 PEOPLE IN THE HEART PLAZA
TO HAVE CONCERTS DOWN THERE,
EVEN WHILE THE RACES GOING ON,
WE WANT TO MAKE IT AN EVENT, NOT
A RACE. SO IF YOU COME DOWN WITH
YOUR FAMILY OR NOT A RACE FAN
NEXT YEAR AT ALL, ENJOY IT
BECAUSE YOU HAVE ACTIVITIES FOR
THE WHOLE FAMILY TO USE. WE WANT
EVERY DISTRICT IN DETROIT TO BE
PART OF THIS. EVERY PART OF
MICHIGAN, PART OF IT AND
SURROUNDING STATES AS WELL. SO
THAT’S WHAT’S GOING TO MAKE THE
CROWDS BEAT RIDICULOUSLY LARGE
NEXT YEAR, AND I’M SO EXCITED
ABOUT IT. OH IT IS VERY EXCITING
AND SUCH A BOOST FOR THE ECONOMY
AND ALL THE LOCAL BUSINESSES IN
DOWNTOWN DETROIT AND EXCITING TO
FINISH ON BELLE ISLE YESTERDAY.
THERE YOU SEE IT TEAM PINSKY
WILLPOWER WINNING THE RACE. AND
THEN TAKING ONE FINAL JUMP INTO
THE JAMES SCOTT MEMORIAL
FOUNTAIN. AND HOW, BEFITTING