FIRST. AT FOUR, WRAPPING UP THE WEEK ON A VERY SUNNY NOTE. CHANGES THIS WEEK IN THE SHOWERS
AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
RETURN WILL DIVE INTO IT COMING
UP. ALRIGHT BREAD, A VERY
POSITIVE REPORT FROM PRESIDENT
BIDEN’S DOCTOR AS HE DEALS WITH
SYMPTOMS OF COVID 19. MICHIGAN
LAW IS CHANGING WHEN IT COMES TO
WHO CAN BUY TOBACCO PRODUCTS,
INCLUDING CIGARETTES AND BAIT
PENS, AND HERE’S PAULA. THIS IS
A REALLY COOL STORY IS A GREAT
WAY TO END THE WEEK ON A FRIDAY,
I’M GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO
SOME FUTURE FASHION DESIGNERS
WHO DIDN’T NECESSARILY KNOW THEY
COULD BE FASHION DESIGNERS.
UNTIL THEY JUST WORK. LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS
FIRST AT FOUR STARTS NOW. GOOD
AFTERNOON. WE’RE GOING TO START
FIRST AT FOUR WITH OUR WEATHER
AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A COUPLE
OF DIFFERENT ROUNDS OF SEVERE
STORMS. LET’S GET TO BRETT
COLLAR WITH WHAT THE LATEST
MODELS ARE SHOWING. BRETT THE
WEEKEND COULD BE BUSY AT TIMES.
THERE’S STILL SOME DOING TO BE
DONE WITH THE MODELS, BUT EACH
DAY CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THERE.
MEANTIME WE’RE ENJOYING A NICE
ENDING TO THE WEEK AS A LOT OF
US ARE IN THE UPPER EIGHTIES, A
COUPLE OF LOW NINETIES IT’S
TOLERABLE BECAUSE THE HUMIDITY
IS DOWN, DUE POINTS ARE DOWN,
GOT RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN
THE TWENTIES, THIRTIES AND
FORTIES. SO FEELS ALRIGHT OUT
THERE. IT’S HOT, BUT NOT NEARLY
AS MCGEE AS IT WAS A COUPLE OF
DAYS AGO, ALL THE ACTIVE WEATHER
TO OUR NORTH OR EAST AND OUR
SOUTH FOR US, WE’VE GOT MAINLY
CLEAR SKIES, AND THAT’S GOING TO
SET THE STAGE FOR A QUIET
EVENING. QUIET START TO TONIGHT.
BUT AGAIN, SHOWERS AND STORMS
ARE EXPECTED BOTH DAYS THIS
WEEKEND. WE’LL TIME THEM OUT,
HOUR BY HOUR. IN JUST A BIT.
WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS
JUST INTO THE NEWSROOM. A JURY
FINDS FORMER TRUMP WHITE HOUSE
SENIOR ADVISER STEVE BANNON
GUILTY OF CRIMINAL CONTEMPT OF
CONGRESS FOR DEFYING A SUBPOENA
FROM THE HOUSE JANUARY 6TH
COMMITTEE, BANNON REFUSED TO
APPEAR FOR DEPOSITION AND
DECLINED TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTS IN
RESPONSE TO THE COMMITTEE’S
SUBPOENA. 68 YEAR OLD BANNON
FACES UP TO TWO YEARS IN FEDERAL
PRISON WHEN HE IS SENTENCED.
EACH COUNT CARRIES A MINIMUM
SENTENCE OF 30 DAYS IN JAIL. NOW
WE DO WANT TO TURN OUR ATTENTION
TO THE WHITE HOUSE. ONE DAY
AFTER PRESIDENT BEYNON CONFIRMED
HE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID 19
DEVIN SCILLIAN IN THE NEWSROOM
WITH THE VERY LATEST ON THE
PRESIDENT’S CONDITION, KAREN WE
ACTUALLY JUST GOT TO LOOK AT THE
PRESIDENT. THIS WAS AROUND 45
MINUTES AGO AS HE HOPPED ONTO A
VIRTUAL MEETING ABOUT GAS PRICES
IN AMERICA. WHEN ASKED HOW HE
WAS FEELING. THE PRESIDENT GAVE
A THUMBS UP, BUT THE AUDIO HAD
ALREADY BEEN CUT, SO WE DIDN’T
HEAR HIM MENTION HOW HE’S
FEELING. EXACTLY HERE’S HOW HE
DID SOUND DURING AN EARLIER PART
OF THE MEETING. IN THE DAYS AND
WEEKS AHEAD. I’M GOING TO KEEP
DOING WHAT I CAN TO BRING DOWN
THE PRICE OF GAS AT THE PUMP.
BUT THE REAL ANSWER IS TO GET TO
A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE. TURN THIS INTO
SOMETHING POSITIVE. THAT MEANS
CLEANER, RENEWABLE ENERGY, MORE
AFFORDABLE ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND
CLEAN ENERGY MANUFACTURED HERE
IN THE UNITED STATES. IN A
LETTER RELEASED THIS MORNING, DR
KEVIN O’CONNOR SAID THE
PRESIDENT SYMPTOMS HAVE IMPROVED
. HE WAS RUNNING A FEVER OF 99.4
DEGREES LAST NIGHT BUT TOOK SOME
TYLENOL AND NOW TEMPERATURE NOW
REPORTEDLY BACK TO NORMAL VITALS
, INCLUDING PULSE, BLOOD
PRESSURE, RESPIRATORY RATE.
OXYGEN SATURATION ARE QUOTE
ENTIRELY NORMAL. TODAY THE
PRESIDENT DEALING WITH A RUNNY
NOSE FATIGUE AND WHAT’S
DESCRIBED AS AN OCCASIONAL NON
PRODUCTIVE COUGH. ANYONE WHO’S
GONE THROUGH COVID MAY RECOGNIZE
THESE. THE DOCTOR DID NOTE THAT
THE PRESIDENT’S VOICE WAS DEEPER
THIS MORNING. IN FACT, YOU CAN
HEAR THAT IN THE REMARKS FROM
JUST A MOMENT AGO, HE CONTINUES
TAKING THE ANTIVIRAL DRUG PACKS
LOVA TO DOCTOR DESCRIBED THE
PRESIDENT AS MAXIMALLY PROTECTED
DUE TO BEING FULLY VACCINATED
AND DOUBLE BOOSTED. THE WHITE
HOUSE SAYS DR O’CONNOR WILL BE
SENDING OUT DAILY WRITTEN
UPDATES ON THE PRESIDENT’S
CONDITION TODAY WENT PUBLIC.
JUST BEFORE NOON, SO WE’LL
CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THOSE UPDATES
AS WELL. KAREN BACK TO YOU. WE
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, DEVIN.
WELL THE ACCUSED OXFORD SCHOOL
SHOOTER WILL REMAIN IN THE
OAKLAND COUNTY JAIL EACH MONTH.
ETHAN CRUMBLEY MUST APPEAR FOR A
PRETRIAL HEARING ON WHERE HE
WILL CONTINUE TO BE HELD.
DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WANTED CRUMBLY
MOVE TO A JUVENILE DETENTION
CENTER BECAUSE HE’S A MINOR, BUT
THE JUDGE DENIED THAT REQUEST
CRUMBLY, IS ACCUSED OF KILLING
FOUR STUDENTS AT OXFORD HIGH
SCHOOL LAST NOVEMBER. AND
INJURING AT LEAST EIGHT OTHERS.
HIS TRIAL HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK
TO JANUARY. GOVERNOR WHITMER
SIGNS A BILL THAT WILL RAISE THE
MINIMUM AGE TO PURCHASE TOBACCO
AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS, THOSE
LOOKING TO BUY CIGARETTES OR
VAPE PENS IN MICHIGAN WILL NOW
HAVE TO BE 21 YEARS OLD. THIS IS
IN LINE WITH THE FEDERAL TOBACCO
LAW PASSED IN 2019 THAT RAISED
THE MINIMUM WAGE. THE BILL ALSO
REVISES HOW THE MONEY FROM TAX,
CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS
IN DISTRIBUTED IN THE STATE.
ATTENTION DRIVERS IN DETROIT AND
ORANGE BARREL ALERT ON A MAJOR
FREEWAY THIS WEEKEND. BOTH SIDES
OF I 94 FROM BETWEEN I 75 IN THE
LODGE ARE CLOSED UNTIL NEXT
FRIDAY. CREWS ARE WORKING TO
MOVE THE SECOND AVENUE BRIDGE
INTO PLACE TO GET AROUND ON THE
EASTBOUND 94 TAKES SOUTHBOUND
LARGE TWO NORTHBOUND 75 IF
YOU’RE TRAVELING WESTBOUND 94
TAKE I 75 SOUTH. TO I 96 WEST.
TONIGHT SOMEBODY’S LIFE COULD
CHANGE IN AN INSTANT, WITH THE
NEXT DRAWING OF THE MEGA
MILLIONS JACKPOT JACKPOT HAS NOW
GROWN TO AN ESTIMATED $660
MILLION. THAT IS THE NINTH
LARGEST GRAND PRIZE EVER,
ACCORDING TO LOTTERY OFFICIALS.
THE ADS OF WINNING THE MEGA
MILLIONS JACKPOT ARE ONE IN
NEARLY 302 MILLION. THERE IS
STILL TIME TO BUY YOUR TICKET.
OF COURSE, WE’LL HAVE THOSE
WINNING NUMBERS TONIGHT. RIGHT
HERE ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 11.
FIRST AT FOUR. WE’RE ON TOP OF
STORIES MAKING HEADLINES AROUND
THE WORLD ON YOUR FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. RUSSIA AND UKRAINE
SIGNING A DEAL TODAY TO REOPEN
UKRAINIAN BLACK SEA PORTS FOR
GRAIN EXPORTS. THE DEAL SUGGESTS
THE INTERNATIONAL FOOD CRISIS
THAT FOLLOWED RUSSIA’S INVASION
OF UKRAINE CAN BE EASED.
OFFICIALS SAY THE DEAL WILL
ALLOW SHIPS CARRYING GRAIN TO
PASS THROUGH THE BLACK SEA. THEY
SAY THE INSPECTION TEAMS WILL
MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT CARRYING
ANY CONTRABAND LIKE WEAPONS INTO
UKRAINE. THE PLAN WILL TAKE A
COUPLE OF WEEKS TO BE
IMPLEMENTED. THE HOUSE SELECT
COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING JANUARY
6TH HELD ITS LAST HEARING OF THE
MONTH THURSDAY NIGHT. THE PANEL
FOCUSING ON WHAT THEY SAY WAS
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S REFUSAL
TO ACT DURING THE VIOLENT ATTACK
ON THE CAPITAL. TESTIFYING
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE MATTHEW
POTTINGER, A FORMER TRUMP DEPUTY
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR, AS
WELL AS FORMER TRUMP DEPUTY
PRESS SECRETARY SARAH MATHEWS,
BOTH RESIGNED. DUE TO WHAT TRUMP
DID AND DID NOT DO. THE TWEET
LOOKED TO ME LIKE THE OPPOSITE
OF WHAT? WHAT WE REALLY NEEDED
THAT MOMENT, WHICH WAS A DE
ESCALATION TO ME HIS REFUSAL TO
ACT AND CALL OFF THE MOB THAT
DAY AND HIS REFUSAL TO CONDEMN
THE VIOLENCE WAS INDEFENSIBLE.
REPUBLICAN VICE CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE, REPRESENTATIVE LIZ
CHENEY SAYS THE PANEL WILL SPEND
AUGUST PURSUING EMERGING
INFORMATION BEFORE CONVENING
MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS IN
SEPTEMBER. MEANTIME, TRUMP AND
HIS FORMER VICE PRESIDENT, MIKE
PENCE ARE SET TO CAMPAIGN TODAY
IN ARIZONA. THEY ARE STUMPING
FOR A RIVAL CANDIDATES IN THE
UPCOMING REPUBLICAN PRIMARY RACE
FOR GOVERNOR. TRUMP BACKING
FORMER TELEVISION ANCHOR CARRY
LAKE. MEANTIME PENCE SOCIETY
WITH LAWYER AND HOUSING
DEVELOPER CARON TAYLOR ROBSON. A
POLL LAST MONTH SHOWED LAKE
LEADING ROBESON BY FIVE POINTS,
WITH NEARLY A QUARTER OF VOTERS
UNDECIDED. WELL, IT WAS A WILD
SCENE UNFOLDING WHEN A CANDIDATE
FOR NEW YORK GOVERNOR IS
ATTACKED WHILE GIVING A SPEECH.
US REPRESENTATIVE LEE ZELDIN WAS
GIVING THAT SPEECH THURSDAY WHEN
HE WAS ATTACKED BY A MAN WHO
WALKED ON STAGE, ZELDIN WAS
PULLED TO THE GROUND BY THE MAN
CAUSING AUDIENCE MEMBERS. AND TO
GET INVOLVED. POLICE SAY THEY
RESTRAINED THE MAN WAS ZIP TIES.
PULLED FROM CAMPAIGN POSTERS.
HOWEVER HIS MOTIVATION BEHIND
THE ATTACK IS UNKNOWN, AND HE
HAS BEEN CHARGED. DREAMS ARE
BEING REALIZED THIS SUMMER’S TWO
ORGANIZATIONS JOINED TOGETHER TO
GIVE DISABLED ADULTS A GLIMPSE
OF WHAT IT’S LIKE TO IMAGINE.
CHOOSE CREATE AND ENJOY GETTING
A TASTE OF BEING PASSIONATE
DESIGNERS. TUBMAN TAKES US TO A
NINE WEEK CLASS WHERE THESE
STUDENTS GET TO SHINE IN PLACES
THEY MAY NOT ALWAYS HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. SO THIS IS
JACOB AND JACOB COMMUNICATES
USING YOUR PHONE, RIGHT? AND SO
YOU JUST TYPE SOMETHING THAT I
THINK IS BEAUTIFUL. AND IT SAYS
MY DREAM IS THAT I’D BE A GREAT
ARTIST. THEY MAY BE GETTING A
LATER START IN LIFE WHEN IT
COMES TO MAKING YOU KNOW, YOUR
MARK IS A FASHION DESIGNER, OR
YOU WANTED MY PARTS. MAKE IT
EASY. MAKE SOMEONE ANY TIME YOU
CAN BE CREATIVE. YOU’RE RIGHT ON
TIME. CAME READY. WHAT’S FLIP
HIM OVER COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE
STUDIES IN DETROIT, WHERE
CREATIVITY IS IN THE VERY DNA OF
THE BRICKS AND MORTAR, AND HERE
JACKIE IS LEARNING WORKING NOW.
FASHION DESIGN, MAKING YOUR CAKE
AND THIS GOT AFRICAN AND STUFF
ON. IT IS VERY DELIBERATE ABOUT
HOW SHE WANTS THINGS TO LOOK AND
PRESS IT DOWN LIKE ANIMALS, SO I
PUT ANIMALS ON MINE. THERE WE GO
AND VERY PROUD ABOUT WHAT SHE’S
CREATING. IT IS. I’M LEARNING
NEW STUFF I’VE NEVER DONE THIS
PEOPLE ARE I’VE NEVER BEEN IN
FASHION, SO I’M NOT REALLY, UH,
FASHION PERSON. BUT THAT WAS
PRETTY COOL. THESE ARE STUDENTS
FROM HUMAN SERVICES, THE NEW
NONPROFIT BORN FROM UNITING JBS
AND KADIMA MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES WITH MISSIONS TO ENRICH
AND SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES. THIS CLASS IS
THREE WEEKS INTO A NINE WEEK
PROGRAM, AND THEY’RE LEARNING
HOW TO MAKE WEARABLE ART. SO
THAT MEANS HATS, PONCHOS, TUNICS
, BAGS, THINGS LIKE THAT. THIS
IS WHAT WE’RE GONNA DO. THEY’RE
UNDER THE PATIENT, TUTELAGE OF
MASTER STAFF ARTIST JOY, OKAY?
AND STUDENTS ARE GENTLY GUIDED
INTO CREATING THEIR OWN WORKS OF
ART, NOT WHAT SOMEONE ELSE WANTS
THEM TO DO. THAT’S A NICE ONE. I
LIKE THAT ONE, BUT REALLY
BRINGING OUT WHAT IT IS THAT
THEY WANT TO DO, JUST LIKE A LOT
OF STUFF, AND I’M DOING A GREAT
JOB. YOU ARE YOU ARE BECAUSE IT
DOES LOOK AMAZING. I LOVE
EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID HERE. DO
YOU LIKE IT? ARE YOU PLEASED
WITH HOW IT CAME OUT? YEAH, IT
LOOKS REALLY GOOD. GOOD JOB,
JACOB THEM TO IMPROVE THEIR
COMMUNITIES, AND THEN WE GIVE
THEM HOBBIES AND LIFETIME SCALE
AND THEY MIGHT NEED LATER ON IN
LIFE. JAMAL SHOWS OFF HIS TUNIC
IN THE STYLE OF IT, PAINTING
JOHN FLOWERS AND STUFF AT THE
END OF NINE WEEKS, THEY’LL SHOW
OFF ALL OF THEIR CREATIONS IN A
FASHION SHOW GIVES THEM AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING TO
DECIDE SOME OF THE THINGS ABOUT
WHATEVER THAT THING IS, WHICH
THEY DON’T GET A LOT IN THEIR
LIFE, OFTEN WITH PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES THAT STIGMA TIES.
SO WE REMOVED THAT STIGMA AND
GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO
MAKE THE CLOTHING AND THEN TO
FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT AFTERWARD AND
SHOW THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN
THE FASHION SHOW. OKAY SO, KAREN
, WHAT I DID WAS I FOUND THIS
REALLY COOL WALL ART BUILDING
ARE NEAR THE COLLEGE OF CREATIVE
STUDIES, AND NOT ONLY BECAUSE
IT’S A HOT DAY. I JUST WANTED TO
HAVE FUN TO SEE IF I COULD BLEND
IN WITH THIS THING, BUT I REALLY
THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF AN
INTERESTING METAPHOR WITH WHAT’S
GOING ON WITH THOSE STUDENTS
BECAUSE WHERE THEY WOULD
GENERALLY BLEND IN OR PERHAPS
EVEN GO UNNOTICED. THIS PROGRAM
REALLY GIVES THEM AN
OPPORTUNITY. TO POP OUT KAREN
AND DO I BLEND IN? DO YOU SEE ME
ANYMORE? CAN YOU SEE ME REALLY
LIKE THAT? SUCH A CREATIVE LIVE
SHOT AND WHAT GREAT ART BEHIND
YOU TO PAULA. GREAT STORY HAPPY
FRIDAY CARDS. ALRIGHT HAPPY