A ANNOUNCE LOCAL 4 NEWS
STARTS MOW WITH A BREAKING
NEWS ALERT.
>>> THAT BREAKING NEWS IS
FROM PONTIAC WHERE THE OAKLAND COUNTY PROSECUTOR IS
OAKLAND COUNTY PROSECUTOR IS
RECOMMENDING AUTHORITIES
DROP A MURDER CONVICTION
AGAINST A MAN WHO IS SERVING
A LIFE SENTENCE FOR A FIRE
THAT KILLED FIVE CHILDREN.
THAT STORY TOPS OUR NEWS
HERE AT NOON THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I’M EVROD
JOINING US, I’M EVROD
CASSIMY.
OAKLAND COUNTY PROSECUTOR
KAREN McDONALD SAYS JUWAN
DEARING DID NOT RECEIVE A
FAIR TRIAL.
HER OFFICE REVIEWED HIS CASE AT THE REQUEST OF THE
AT THE REQUEST OF THE
MICHIGAN INNOCENCE CLINIC.
A SPECIAL INVESTIGATORS
REPORT REVEALED EVIDENCE
WASN’T GIVEN TO THE DEFENSE
LAWYERS DURING THE TRIAL
THAT INCLUDES A VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH THE CHILD
INTERVIEW WITH THE CHILD
THAT SURVIVED THE FIRE WHO
SAID DEARING DID NOT COMMIT
THE ARSON.
HERE’S WHAT McDONALD SAID
JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO.
>> Reporter: AS PROSECUTORS
WE HAVE AN ETHICAL OBLIGATION TO TURN OVER ALL
OBLIGATION TO TURN OVER ALL
THE EVIDENCE REGARDLESS OF
WHETHER IT’S EX-CUMM ER TO
WE HAVE TO DO THE --
EXCULPATORY WE HAVE TO DO
THE RIGHT THING EVEN IF IT
HURTS OUR CASE. THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN HERE.
THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN HERE.
THERE WAS CRITICAL
INFORMATION THAT WAS NOT
TURNED OVER TO THE DEFENSE
AND THE JURY NEVER HEARD IT.
>> McDONALD’S OFFICE ALSO FOUND THAT DEARING’S
FOUND THAT DEARING’S
ATTORNEY WAS NOT TOLD THAT
THREE INFORMANTS GOT
SUBSTANTIAL BENEFITS FROM
HELPING POLICE AT THE TRIAL.
McDONALD SAYS SHE’LL JOIN A
REQUEST BY DEARING’S ATTORNEYS TO HAVE THE MURDER
ATTORNEYS TO HAVE THE MURDER
CONVICTION SET ASIDE.
>>> ALSO BREAKING AT THIS
NOON HOUR, MICHIGAN M-STEP
SCORES HAVE BEEN RELEASED
THEY SHOW THAT STUDENTS LAG
IN NEARLY EVERY GRADE AND CATEGORY.
THE STATE TESTS WERE TAKEN
IN THE SPRING OF THIS YEAR
AND READING SCORES FELL FOR
NEARLY EVERY GRADE EXCEPT
FOR EIGHTH AND 11th GRADE.
AND IN MATH, SCORES FELL FOR EVERY GRADE LEVEL.
EVERY GRADE LEVEL.
THE RESULTS BEING THAT IT’S
VERY LIKELY THAT MORE
STUDENTS FELL BEHIND DURING
THE PANDEMIC THAN IF THEY
WERE IN A PREPANDEMIC SCHOOL
YEAR. >>> LET’S TURN OUR ATTENTION
>>> LET’S TURN OUR ATTENTION
NOW TO THE VIRUS AS CASES
CONTINUE TO RISE.
THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT
HAS RAISED ITS TRAVEL
ADVISORY ALERT FOR CANADA TO
A LEVEL FOUR DO NOT TRAVEL STATUS.
YOU’RE LOOKING LIVE THROUGH
OUR WINDSOR SKYCAM SHOWING
THE AMBASSADOR BRIDGE TO
CANADA.
LET’S CHECK THIS WITH OUR
PRIYA MANN SHE JOINS US NOW
LIVE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
WONDERING WHAT THIS MEANS AND YOU HAVE MORE ON THE
AND YOU HAVE MORE ON THE
CHANGE IN STATUS.
BREAK THIS ALL DOWN FOR US,
PRIYA.
>> Reporter: YEAH, THAT’S
RIGHT, EVROD.
IF YOU WERE PLANNING A QUICK
TRIP TO CANADA NOW THAT SOME BORDER RESTRICTIONS HAVE
BORDER RESTRICTIONS HAVE
EASED YOU BETTER THINK
AGAIN.
THE PANDEMIC LEADING TO
ANOTHER FIRST BETWEEN THE
U.S. AND CANADA.
TODAY THE U.S. STATE
DEPARTMENT HAS RAISED ITS TRAVEL ADVISORY ALERT TO
TRAVEL ADVISORY ALERT TO
CANADA TO A LEVEL THREE
RECONSIDER TRAVEL STATUS
AMID THE ONGOING COVID-19
PANDEMIC.
NOW EARLIER THIS MONTH ON
AUGUST 10th CANADA WAS LISTED AS A LEVEL TWO TRAVEL
LISTED AS A LEVEL TWO TRAVEL
ADVISORY WHICH IS CONSIDER
EXERCISE INCREASE CAUTION.
THIS COMES AS THE EVIDENCE
ALSO ISSUED A TRAVEL HEALTH
NOTICE DUE TO THE PANDEMIC INDICATING A HIGH LEVEL OF
INDICATING A HIGH LEVEL OF
SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN CANADA
AND OF COURSE, REMINDING
FOLKS THAT YOUR RISK OF
CONTRACTING COVID-19 AND
DEVELOPING SEVERE SYMPTOMS MAY BE LOWER IF YOU’RE FULLY
MAY BE LOWER IF YOU’RE FULLY
VACCINATED WITH AN F.D.A.
AUTHORIZED VACCINE.
NOW THE STATE DEPARTMENT
MOVE COMES THE SAME WEEK
THAT DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY ANNOUNCED THAT THE
U.S. CANADA LAND BORDER WOULD BE CLOSED TO
WOULD BE CLOSED TO
NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL FOR A
14th CONSECUTIVE MONTH.
SO HERE’S THE BOTTOM LINE.
THE TRAVEL ADVISORY HAS NOW
BEEN RAISED THE STATE
DEPARTMENT IS URGING AMERICANS TO RECONSIDER
AMERICANS TO RECONSIDER
TRAVELING TO THE COUNTRY AND
AS A REMINDER IF YOU ARE
TRAVELING TO CANADA YOU WILL
HAVE TO SHOW PROOF THAT YOU’RE FULLY VACCINATED AS
YOU’RE FULLY VACCINATED AS
WELL AS OTHER VACCINATION
INFORMATION.
>> PRIYA THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR THE EXPLANATION THERE.
>>> AFTER TWO DECADES THE
UNITED STATES HAS COMPLETED
ITS WITHDRAWAL FROM
AFGHANISTAN ENDING AMERICA’S
LONGEST WAR.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT AN IMAGE
OF THE LAST U.S. SOLDIER TO
LEAVE AFGHANISTAN.
LET’S CHECK THIS WITH
RICHARD ENGLE.
HE HAS THIS REPORT. >> Reporter: 20 YEARS OF WAR,
>> Reporter: 20 YEARS OF WAR,
NOW COMING DOWN TO JUST TWO
ICONIC PHOTOGRAPHS.
ONE OF THE LAST AMERICAN
C-17s TAKING U.S. TROOPS
FROM THE LONELY TRIP OUT OF AFGHANISTAN.
AND THIS PHOTO RELEASED BY
THE MILITARY OF THE LAST
SOLDIER TO LEAVE THE TALIBAN
ROLLED INTO KABUL AIRPORT
TAKING OVER THE FINAL PIECE OF AFGHANISTAN TO BE HELD BY
OF AFGHANISTAN TO BE HELD BY
FOREIGN TROOPS.
THE PENTAGON SAYS IT MACE
WEAPONS AND MILITARY
EQUIPMENT INOPERABLE BEFORE
AMERICAN TROOPS LEFT. BUT THEY DIDN’T DESTROY THE
BUT THEY DIDN’T DESTROY THE
AIRPORT SO THE TALIBAN RUN
GOVERNMENT CAN USE IT.
THE U.S. NEEDS THE AIRPORT,
TOO.
IT WILL BE ONE OF THE ONLY
WAYS OUT FOR AMERICANS AND
VULNERABLE AFGHANS LEFT
BEHIND BY THE EVACUATION. >> AMERICAN AND AFGHANISTAN
>> AMERICAN AND AFGHANISTAN
TELLS US THAT THEY WANT TO
STAY FOR NOW THEN IN A WEEK
OR A MONTH OR A YEAR THEY
REACH OUT AND SAY I’VE
CHANGED MY MIND WE WILL HELP
THEM LEAVE. >> Reporter: THE TALIBAN
>> Reporter: THE TALIBAN
SAID TODAY MARKS A NEW
BEGINNING AND IT DOES, IT’S
ALSO A REPEAT OF THE PAST.
THE SOVIET UNION OCCUPIED AFGHANISTAN FOR 10IERS IN
AFGHANISTAN FOR 10IERS IN
THE 1980s, UNTIL THEY LEFT
-- FOR 10 YEARS IN THE 1980s
BEATEN BACKED BY THE C.I.A.
FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN THEN AGAINST THE SOVIETS WAS A
AGAINST THE SOVIETS WAS A
MAN NAMED OSAMA BIN LADEN
AND HE WAS INSPIRED BY THE
RUSSIAN’S DEFEAT.
IF GUERRILLA FIGHTERS COULD TOP MIGHTY SOVIET UNION WHY
TOP MIGHTY SOVIET UNION WHY
NOT THE UNITED STATES, THE
WORLD SAW THE RESULTS.
NOW IT’S THE UNITED STATES
BEING DRIVEN OUT OF
AFGHANISTAN BY A GROUP OF
ISLAMIC FIGHTERS. BIN LADEN IS DEAD, BUT A NEW
BIN LADEN IS DEAD, BUT A NEW
GENERATION OF EXTREMISTS MAY
BE LEARNING THE SAME LESSON
TODAY FROM THE LAND OFTEN
CALLED THE GREAT YARD OF
EMPIRES.
THERE ARE NOT ONLY AMERICAN CITIZENS STILL IN
CITIZENS STILL IN
AFGHANISTAN, THEY’RE ALSO
INTERPRETERS WHO WORKED WITH
AMERICAN FORCES AND OTHER
VULNERABLE AFGHANS AND THERE
ARE EFFORTS UNDERWAY BY
PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS, VETERANS, TO REACH OUT TO
VETERANS, TO REACH OUT TO
THEIR FRIENDS, THEIR FORMER
COLLEAGUES IN AFGHANISTAN TO
TRY AND KEEP THEM SAFE AND
TRY TO KEEP THEM HIDDEN AND
SHELTERED UNTIL THEY CAN GET THE RIGHT DOCUMENTS
THE RIGHT DOCUMENTS
POTENTIALLY EVACUATED OUT OF
THE COUNTRY.
RICHARD ENGLE, NBC NEWS,
DOHA. >>> NEW AT NOON THE FAMILY
>>> NEW AT NOON THE FAMILY
OF HUNTINGTON WOODS NATIVE
DANNY FENCESTER SPEAKS OUT
HE DETAINED BACK ON MAY
24th. THE MYANMAR REGIME CLANLS HE
THE MYANMAR REGIME CLANLS HE
SPREAD FALSE NEWS AND CAUSED
FEAR TO A GROUP OF CITIZENS
AS EDITOR OF THE MAGAZINE.
THE FAMILY SAYS THAT THEY
WOULD LOVE TO HAVE DANNY
HOME FOR THE NEWISH NEW
YEAR. >> BEING TOGETHER, TALKING
>> BEING TOGETHER, TALKING
ABOUT THE -- JEWISH NEW
YEAR.
>> BEING TOGETHER, TALKING
ABOUT THE YEARS THAT HAVE
COME AND GONE OR PERSONAL STUFF YOM KIPPUR A DAY OF
STUFF YOM KIPPUR A DAY OF
ATONEMENT WE COULD ALL DO
BETTER AS HUMANS, THAT KINDS
OF STUFF.
THE MEANING OF THE HOLIDAY
AND BEING TOGETHER, FAMILY IS SO IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US,
IS SO IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US,
INCLUDING DANNY.
SO IT’S JUST ANOTHER WAY TO
ALL BE TOGETHER.
>> SO FAR NO CHARGES HAVE
BEEN BROUGHT AGAINST
FENCESTER.
HE’S DUE BACK IN COURT NEXT
WEEK.
>>> MICHIGAN AVENUE IN VAN
BUREN TOWNSHIP IS BACK OPEN
AFTER A DEADLY CRASH.
IT APPEARS THAT AT LEAST
THREE CARS WERE INVOLVED IN
THIS CRASH.
WE’RE TOLD THAT ONE PERSON
DIED FROM THEIR INJURIES.
POLICE ARE STILL
INVESTIGATING.
>>> LET’S SWITCH GEARS AND
GET YOU UPDATED ON THE
FORECAST AS WE GIVE YOU A
LIVE LOOK FROM ONE OF OUR
SKY CAMS HERE IN METRO
DETROIT.
A BEAUTIFUL MORNING SO FAR
BRANDON AND A BEAUTIFUL
AFTERNOON TO COME.
YES, AND AS ADVERTISED THE HUMIDITY STRIPPED AWAY.
HUMIDITY STRIPPED AWAY.
WE STILL GET A LITTLE CLOUD
COVER OUT THERE AS WE LOOK
LIVE IN MT. CLEMENS, SIMILAR
VIEW THAT WE’RE SEEING JUST
ABOUT EVERYWHERE BUT WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE 70s.
IN THE MIDDLE 70s.
THIS IS THE GOOD STUFF WITH
EAST NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST
WINDS KEEPING SLIGHTLY
COOLER AIR COMING IN. WE’VE GOT A LITTLE CLOUD
WE’VE GOT A LITTLE CLOUD
COVER FROM THAT NORTHWEST
AND NORTHEAST WIND AND FROM
IDA DOWN TO OUR SOUTH. GOING TO KEEP THE RAIN AWAY
GOING TO KEEP THE RAIN AWAY
BUT WE’LL TALK ABOUT CRAZY
COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURES
CONTINUING, HUMIDITY GONE
FOR HOW LONG AND HOLIDAY
WEEKEND RAIN CHANCES, EVROD,
COMING UP. >> ALL RIGHTY, BRANDON,
>> ALL RIGHTY, BRANDON,
WE’LL CHECK IN WITH YOU
SHORTLY.
>>> STILL TO COME IDA IS
OVER BUT THE RECOVERY HAS
JUST STARTED.
SO WE’LL TAKE YOU TO