>> Announcer: LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, HOME OF
WDIV AND CLICKONDETROIT.COM,
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS
NOW.
>>> WET WEATHER IS MAKING
ITS WAY ACROSS METRO
DETROIT.
THE LOCAL FORECASTERS ARE
TRACKINGING HOW LONG THE
RAIN WILL STAY AND WHEN THE
SUN WILL RETURN.
PLUS, WE’RE FOLLOWING THE
LATEST IN THE CORONAVIRUS.
HERE IN MICHIGAN AND ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
THE NEW STATES AND MAJOR
RETAILERS THAT ARE NOW
REQUIRING MASKS AND WHY ONE
GOVERNOR IS NOW BANNING
CITIES FROM MANDATING THEM.
FIRST PROTESTORS GATHER FOR
ANOTHER DAY OF PROTESTING
AGAINST IN-PERSON SUMMER
SCHOOL.
BUT THIS TIME THE RESULT WAS
QUITE DIFFERENT.
THE STORY TOPPING OUR NEWS
AT NOON.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I’M EVROD CASSIMY.
THIS WAS THE FOURTH DAY IN A
ROW THAT DEM STRATION WAS
HELD AT A DETROIT PUBLIC
SCHOOL’S BUS YARD.
PROTESTORS ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT STUDENTS’ SAFETY
DURING THE SUMMER SCHOOL
PANDEMIC WITH THE
CORONAVIRUS.
VICTOR WILLIAMS JOINS US NOW
LIVE THIS AFTERNOON.
VICTOR, TODAY’S PROTEST LED
TO A FEW PEOPLE GETTING
HAULED AWAY IN ZIP TIE
HANDCUFFS?
>> Reporter: YEAH, THAT’S
RIGHT, EVROD ABOUT.
20 PROTESTORS SHOWED UP TO
STOP THE STUDENTS FROM BEING
TAKEN TO SCHOOL WITH MORE THAN HALF OF THEM BEING
THAN HALF OF THEM BEING
TAKEN AWAY BY POLICE.
>> Reporter: A TOTAL OF 11
PROTESTORS ARRESTED IN FRONT
OF A.B.C. STUDENT
TRANSPORTATION FOLLOWING AN
ATTEMPT TO BLOCK DRIVERS
FROM BUSING KIDS TO SCHOOL
IN THE MIDST OF THE
PANDEMIC.
ALL HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH
DISORDERLY CONDUCT, HOWEVER,
ONE WOMAN WILL POTENTIALLY
BE CHARGED WITH ASSAULT ON
AN OFFICER AFTER THIS
SCUFFLE.
BUT WHY DID THE ARREST
HAPPEN NOW AFTER THREE DAYS
OF PROTESTS?
USUALLY THE DEMONSTRATIONS
HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE AT
TRINITY TRANSPORTATION
GARAGE.
TODAY WAS AT ABC STUDENT
TRANSPORTATION, A PRIVATE
COMPANY THAT BUSES ABOUT 60%
OF THE DISTRICT.
CAUSING MORE OF AN IMPACT.
ANOTHER DIFFERENCE IS THAT
THIS TIME PROTESTORS WERE
ILLEGALLY BLOCKING THE
STREET.
POLICE TRIED TO GIVE THEM
MULTIPLE WARNINGS BUT
EVENTUALLY DECIDED TO TAKE
ACTION.
>> WHAT JUST HAPPENED IS A
DISPLAY OF BRUTALITY
UNDER CHIEF JAMES CRAIG’S
POLICE DEPARTMENT, UNDER
MAYOR DUGGAN’S AUTHORITY TO
SUPPRESS THIS PROTEST AND
ENSURE THAT SCHOOLS CAN OPEN
AND ENSURE THAT CHILDREN AND
YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEY CITY
CAN BE EXPOSED TO A DEADLY
PATHOGEN.
WE ARE TRYING TO PROTECT
THE LIVES OF THIS CITY AND
STOP THE SPREAD OF COVID IN
THIS CITY.
AND THE RESPONSE OF THE
MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF HAS
BEEN TO BRUTALIZE AND ARREST
PEOPLE.
THAT’S JUST COMPLETELY
UNACCEPTABLE.
>> Reporter: COMING UP
TONIGHT AT 5:00, WE’RE GOING
TO ACTUALLY TALK TO ONE OF
THE PROTESTORS THAT WAS
ARRESTED.
VICTOR WILLIAMS, LOCAL 4.
BACK TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHTY, VICTOR, THANK
YOU FOR THE UPDATE.
THERE WE WANT TO TURN TO THE
FORECAST NOW.
IT HAS BEEN RAINING ON AND
OFF THIS MORNING.
METEOROLOGIST BRANDON ROUX
STANDING BY.
EARLY THIS MORNING WE SAW A
LOT OF WHAT YOU LIKE TO CALL
SPITS AND DRIZZLE RIGHT?
[LAUGHTER]
>> YES, SPIT AND DRIZZLE IS
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME AS
WE SPEAK.
SO I’M SORT OF STANDING BY
WITH THE UMBRELLA DO I NEED
IT, DO I NOT?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU’RE THE
WEATHERMAN YOU SHOULD KNOW.
IT’S JUST RIGHT THAT
INBETWEEN KIND OF THING.
HERE’S A LOOK AT ANN ARBOR A
SOUPY SKY OVER THE BIG
HOUSE.
TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING A
LITTLE BIT.
COOL FRONT CREATING PART OF
THE REASON FOR THE RAIN, 73°
METRO, 73° ANN ARBOR.
PRETTY LIGHT WINDS OUT
THERE.
THIS IS A SIX HOUR REPLAY OF
THE RAIN.
YOU CAN SEE THE HEAVIEST
STUFF HAS ALREADY PUSHED
THROUGH.
STILL HAVE A LITTLE ROTATION
THOUGH AND A LITTLE SPIN IN
THE ATMOSPHERE.
SO WE’RE GOING TO HANG ONTO
SOME SHOWERS FOR MAYBE
ANOTHER TWO HOURS OR SO.
I THINK ONCE WE GET INTO THE
2:00, 3:00 HOUR.
STARTS TO IMPROVE A LITTLE
BIT.
AND OUR HIGH OF 82° COMES A
LITTLE LATE IN THE DAY
BECAUSE OF THE WAIT FOR SOME
SUNSHINE.
AS I STAND OUT HERE SORT OF
STRUGGLING TO GET MY
UMBRELLA GOING.
BUT WE WILL BE TRACKING
THESE SHOWERS COMING UP,
EVROD.
WE’VE HAD SOME AREAS ALREADY
GETTING BETWEEN HALF AN INCH
TO AN INCH AND A LITTLE BIT
MORE STILL TO COME HERE.
BUT THEN WE HIT THE WEEKEND
AND WE WARM IT UP BIG TIME.
SO WE’LL TALK ABOUT
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS HEAT
IN THAT SEVEN DAY.
>> BRANDON, WE’LL SEE YOU IN
JUST A LITTLE BIT.
STAY DRY OUT THERE.
>> NOW LET’S GET YOU UPDATED
ON THE LATEST INVOLVING THE
CORONAVIRUS HERE IN
MICHIGAN.
RIGHT NOW THERE’S A TOTAL OF
OVER 71,000 CASES ACROSS THE
STATE SINCE TESTING BEGAN
WITH IN MARCH.
WITH 891 NEW CASES IN JUST
THE PAST 24 HOURS.
THAT IS THE HIGHEST SINGLE
DAY CASE COUNT SIN MAY.
THE DEATH TOLL FROM THE
VIRUS CURRENTLY SETS AT MORE
THAN 6,000 WITH FOUR LIVES
LOST IN THE LAST DAY.
THE GRAND RAPIDS AREA IS THE
HARDEST HIT RIGHT NOW.
BUT THE STATE SAYS THAT
KALAMAZOO AND DETROIT NOT
TOO FAR BEHIND THEM.
MEANWHILE GOVERNOR GRETCHEN
WHITMER MIGHT MOVE THE STATE
BACK TO PHASE THREE OF
HER REOPENING PLAN IF THE
CURRENT UPTICK OF COVID-19
CASES ON THIS UPWARD TREND.
THAT WOULD BE NO IN-PERSON
SCHOOLING AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER SAFER
AT HOME ORDER.
ON WEDNESDAY, SHE ENLISTED
THE HELP OF MICHIGAN AND
MICHIGAN STATE COACHES
TO TRES THE IMPORTANCE OF
WEARING FACE COVERINGS IN PUBLIC.
WITH GOVERNOR WHITMER’S
EXECUTIVE ORDER MAYOR MIKE
DUGGAN ADDED $6 MILLION TO A
FUND TO KEEP DETROITERS IN
THEIR HOMES.
THERE’S ALSO A HOT LINE AND
WEBSITE FOR RESIDENTS IF YOU
NEED HELP YOU CAN FIND
INFORMATION ON THAT ON OUR
WEBSITE JUST GO TO
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
>>> WE HAVE JUST LEARNED
THAT TARGET WILL ALSO BE
REQUIRING MASKS IN ALL
STORES BEGINNING AUGUST 1st.
THIS AS CORONAVIRUS CASES
TOPS 3.5 MILLION ALL ACROSS
THE COUNTRY WITH 138,000
DEATHS.
AS SAM BROCK REPORTS THE
C.D.C. SAYS TIME IS OF THE
ESSENCE.
>> AMERICA’S BIGGEST RETAIL
GIANT PUTTING ITS FIRST DOWN
ON MASKS.
STARTING MONDAY WAL-MART AND
SAM’S CLUB WILL MANDATE
FACIAL COVERINGS SAYING IN A
STATEMENT BECAUSE THE VIRUS
CAN BE SPREAD BY PEOPLE WHO
DON’T HAVE SYMPTOMS AND
DON’T KNOW THEY’RE INFECTED
IT’S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
FOR EVERYONE TO WEAR A FACE
COVERING IN PUBLIC.
MORE THAN A THIRD OF
WAL-MART’S 5,000 STORES ARE
IN AREAS WITH NO MASK ORDER.
NOW EVERY STORE WILL HAVE AN
EMPLOYEE STATIONED OUT FRONT
TO ENFORCE THE RULE.
KROGER SUPERMARKETS WILL
REQUIRE MASKS STARTING NEXT
WEDNESDAY.
THIS AS SKYROCKETING
INFECTIONS PUSH MORE STATES
TO ISSUE THEIR OWN MANDATES.
LIKE TEXAS WHERE THE
GOVERNOR HOPES TO AVOID
DRASTIC ACTION.
>> ALL WE NEED IS FOR PEOPLE
TO WEAR MASKS.
IF EVERYONE WEARS A MASK
NOTHING WILL BE LOCKED DOWN.
>> Reporter: ALABAMA, THE
LATEST STATE JOINING THE
MANDATORY MASK LIST.
AFTER CASES SPIKED OVER 70%
IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
>> I GET PRETTY EMOTIONAL
ABOUT THIS.
>> Reporter: ALABAMA DOCTOR
DAVID THRASHER SAYS WEARING
A MASK SHOULDN’T BE A
DEBATE.
>> BUT IT’S SO POLITICAL
NOW.
IT SHOULDN’T BE US VERSUS
THEM.
>> Reporter: STILL NOT
EVERYONE’S CONVINCED ABOUT
THE URGENCY OF WEARING
MASKS.
IN GEORGIA GOVERNOR BRIAN
KEMP ON WEDNESDAY
EXREPLIES ITALY BANNING
CITIES AND COUNTIES
FROMRD ING HOME FROM TO WEAR
MASKS IN PUBLIC.
CRITICS BLAMING PRESIDENT
TRUMP WHO IS REGULARLY SEEN
IN PUBLIC WITHOUT A MASK.
IN OKLAHOMA WHERE CASES ARE
SURGING THE GOVERNOR HIMSELF
JUST TESTED POSITIVE BUT
STILL NO MASK ORDER.
>> NOT THINKING ABOUT A MASK
MANDATE AT ALL.
>> Reporter: WAL-MART’S MASK
POLICY FOLLOWING OTHER
HOUSEHOLD NAMES LIKE COSTCO,
APPLE, BEST BUY AND
STARBUCKS.
SO FAR, REACTION AMONG
CUSTOMERS IS MIXED.
>> I TOTALLY AGREE WITH IT.
>> THIS IS ALL A BUNCH OF
HOGWASH.
>> Reporter: A NEW GALLOP
POLL FINDS 14% REPORT NEVER
WEARING A MASK.
C.D.C. NOW PLEADING WITH THE
PUBLIC TO COMPLY SAYING
MASKS ARE KEY IN CURBING
THEK.
>> IF WE CAN GET EVERYBODY
TO WEAR A MASK RIGHT NOW I
REALLY DO THINK OVER THE
NEXT FOUR, TO EIGHT WEEKS WE
CAN BRING THIS PANDEMIC
UNDER CONTROL.
>> WAL-MART’S DECISION
COMING FOR ITS OWN EMPLOYEES
AS IT IS FOR CUSTOMERS. THE NATIONAL RETAIL
THE NATIONAL RETAIL
FEDERATION HAVE BEEN TRYING
TO MAKE THIS A NATIONAL
STANDARD FOR WEEKS.
IT IS A PRIVILEGE NOT A
RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO SHOP
INSIDE OF STORES RIGHT NOW.
IN MIAMI, SAM BROCK, NBC
NEWS.
>> YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVING DIFFERING
OPINIONS ON ALL OF THAT.
NEW AT NOON MORE THAN 1.3
MILLION APPLIED FOR
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS LAST
WEEK.
ACCORDING TO LABOR
DEPARTMENT THE TOTAL NUMBER
OF INITIAL CLAIMS FELL BY
10,000.
UNEMPLOYED WORKERS ALSO
FILED 928,000 CLAIMS FOR
PANDEMIC, UNEMPLOYMENT
ASSISTANCE IN 47 STATES.
THE U.S. HAS RECOVERED ABOUT
EIGHT MILLION OF THE MORE
THAN 20 MILLION JOBS LOST
SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED.
>>> STILL TO COME HERE ON
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON NEW
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DEATH OF
GEORGE FLOYD.
NEW BODY CAMS VIDEO
REVEALING MORE ABOUT THE
FINAL MOMENTS OF HIS LIFE.
>>> BUT FIRST THE RACE TO
DEVELOP A CORONAVIRUS
VACCINE CONTINUES AS THE
NATION’S TOP HEALTH OFFICIAL