>> Announcer: LOCAL 4 NEWS
NEWS STARTS NOW WITH A BREAKING NEWS ALERT.
BREAKING NEWS ALERT.
>>> STILL NO RESOLUTION, NO
ANSWERS. DUE JUAN SIMMS CASE FOR MORE
DUE JUAN SIMMS CASE FOR MORE
THAN A -- DUE JUAN SIMMS
CASE FOR MORE THAN A YEAR
REMAINS COLD.
DEMANDSING ACCOUNTABILITY.
A YEAR AFTER SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS
REGARDING DR. ROBERT
ANDERSON WENT PUBLIC DOZENS
OF ACCUSERS GATHER AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
THEIR MESSAGE TO THE SCHOOL.
>>> WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING
NEWS FROM DETROIT’S
WESTSIDE. STATE POLICE ARE
STATE POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING A ROAD RAGE
SHOOTING ALONG I-96.
SKY 4 OVER THE SCENE OR I-96
IN THE SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY.
INVESTIGATORS SAY IT APPEARS
THAT TWO DRIVERS WERE FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER
FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER
WHEN ONE OF THE DRIVERS
FIRED A SHOT AT THE OTHER
DRIVER HITTING HIS CAR.
NO ONE WAS HURT.
THE NORTHBOUND RAMP OF THE SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY TO
SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY TO
EASTBOUND I-96 HAS SINCE
REOPENED AFTER BEING CLOSED
FOR A TIME FOR THE
INVESTIGATION.
>>> THE OTHER TOP STORY
WE’RE FOLLOWING IS FORMER
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND OTHER
FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND OTHER
ATHLETES GATHERING NEAR THE
BIG HOUSE IN ANN ARBOR TO
URGE THE SCHOOL’S GOVERNING
BOARD TO LAUNCH A FULL
INVESTIGATION OF THE ALLEGED
SEXUAL ABUSE COMMITTED BY DR. ROBERT ANDERSON.
DR. ROBERT ANDERSON.
ROD MELONI JOINS US NOW WITH
MORE ON THIS STORY LIVE
THERE IN ANN ARBOR.
>> Reporter: YEAH, YOU KNOW,
RANDY, WE’RE HERE NEXT TO THE BIG HOUSE.
THE BIG HOUSE.
OF COURSE THE HOUSE THAT BO
BUILT OTHER THAN WITH DON
THEY BECAME THE CENTRAL
PARTS OF THIS.
TODAY, WAS DON CANNIUM AND NOT BO WHO WAS THE FOCUS.
NOT BO WHO WAS THE FOCUS.
THREE FORMER STUDENTS, TWO
OF THEM FORMER ATHLETES CAME
FORWARD AND SAYING SOME
MAJOR CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE AT THIS UNIVERSITY.
MADE AT THIS UNIVERSITY.
IN THE SHAD OF THE BIG HOUSE
THEY GATHER AND PUT THE
BLAME SQUARELY ON THE
UNIVERSITY ITSELF.
THEY WANT THE UNIVERSITY TO
EP UP ON ITS RECORDS AND
ALSO OPENLY ADMIT TO THE ANDERSON PROBLEM FULLY.
ANDERSON PROBLEM FULLY.
THEY DO SO BECAUSE THEY ARE
PART OF THE MASSIVE LAWSUIT
AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY AND
HAVE REMAINED ANONYMOUS
UNTIL THIS MORNING. FIRST IS FORMER U OF M
FIRST IS FORMER U OF M
STUDENT BROADCASTER RICHARD
GOLDMAN WHO KNEW BO SHEM
BECKER WILL AND BO’S BOSS. WHILE SIMPLY SEEKING
WHILE SIMPLY SEEKING
REFERRAL TO GET A MIGRAINE
TREATMENT HE ENDED UP
MOLESTED BY ANDERSON AND
HE’S FURIOUS.
>> THE GAMES HAVE TO STOP. WHAT EVERYONE THINKS ABOUT
WHAT EVERYONE THINKS ABOUT
BO DOESN’T MATTER CAN WE
LASER FOCUS ON THE FACT THAT
THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE EMPLOYER, THE EMPLOYER WAS
EMPLOYER, THE EMPLOYER WAS
DON CANNIUM THE 60s AND 70s
DON’T MATTER, WHY, BECAUSE
HE GOT FROM 1981 TO 1983 TO
DO SOMETHING ABOUT
DR. ROBERT ANDERSON AND HE DID NOTHING.
DID NOTHING.
>> Reporter: FORMER U OF M
FOOTBALL STAR RUNNINGBACK
JOHN VAUGHAN GAVE AN EVEN
MORE IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING
FOR THE ABUSE. HE SAID BECAUSE OF HIS
HE SAID BECAUSE OF HIS
MOTHER HAVING CANCER, HE
NEEDED INFINITELY MORE
INVASIVE EXAMINATION FROM
DR. ANDERSON.
>> OPENED UP MY PERSONAL
RECORDS AND SHOWED ME THE
CHAIN OF CUSTODY OF WHERE MY
SPERM SAMPLES THAT I WAS
FORCED TO GIVE UNDER THE
HOCUS-POCUS GUISE OF MEDICAL TREATMENT AND RESEARCH IN
TREATMENT AND RESEARCH IN
ATHLETES LIKE ME.
>> Reporter: NOW THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PUT
OUT THIS STATEMENT AFTER THE
NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY SAYING
"THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
IS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN A CONFIDENTIAL COURT GUIDED
CONFIDENTIAL COURT GUIDED
MEDIATION PROCESS WITH THE
SURVIVORS OF DR. ANDERSON’S
ABUSE AND WE REMAIN FOCUSED
ON THAT PROCESS.
THOUGH WILMER HALE INVESTIGATION TEAM HAD FULL
INVESTIGATION TEAM HAD FULL
ACCESS TO ALL AVAILABLE
INFORMATION.
THEY DECIDED WHAT TO REVIEW
AND WHAT TO CONSIDER.
THE REPORT MADE IT CLAER
THAT MANY SURVIVORS REQUIRED
CONFIDENTIALITY AS A
CONDITION FOR SPEAKING."
SO MUCH MORE TO TALK ABOUT
WITH THIS WE’LL HAVE FULL
REPORTS AND COVERAGE COMING
UP ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 5:00.
REPORTING LIVE FROM ANN
ARBOR, ROD MELONI, LOCAL 4.
>> ROD, THANK YOU.
>>> ALSO BREAKING THIS NOON,
LIVONIA POLICE SAY THAT THE
DEJUAN SIMMS CASE REMAINS
OPEN AFTER A D.N.A. TEST
RETURNS WITH NO MATCH.
DEJUAN SIMMS WAS REPORTED
MISSING ON DECEMBER 11th OF
1994 FROM THE WONDERLAND
MALL IN LIVONIA.
A MAN CAME FORWARD ON SOCIAL
MEDIA IN DECEMBER OF 2019
CLAIMING THAT HE THOUGHT HE
COULD BE SIMMS.
LIVONIA POLICE SAID TODAY
THAT NO MATCH WAS FOUND.
THE CASE REMAINS UNSOLVED
AND SIMMS IS STILL CONCERNED
MISSING.
-- CONSIDERED MISSING.
POLICE ARE ASKING ANYONE
WITH NEW INFORMATION ABOUT
THE CASE TO CONTACT THE
LIVONIA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>>> ALSO MAKING HEADLINES BE
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THIS MAN.
AMOS LOWE.
FLAT ROCK POLICE ARE LOOKING
FOR HIM.
HE’S BEING CALLED A PERSON
OF INTEREST AFTER HIS WIFE
WAS FOUND DEAD TUESDAY IN
THEIR HOME.
>>> NEW AT NOON, STATE
LAWMAKERS IN BOTH
LEGISLATIVE CHAMBERS REACH A
COMPROMISE TO ALLOCATE MORE
THAN $6.6 BILLION IN FEDERAL
PANDEMIC FUNDS.
THE STATE HOUSE AND STATE
SENATE PASSED SEPARATE
MULTIBILLION DOLLAR BILLS
WITH ALMOST UNANIMOUS
SUPPORT.
THE BILL APPROVED IN THE
SENATE INCLUDES MORE THAN
$4.3 BILLION FOR MICHIGAN
SCHOOLS.
THE MEASURE PASSED IN THE
HOUSE INCLUDES MORE THAN
$2.2 BILLION IN RELIEF
FUNDING WITH $1.4 BILLION IN
FOOD ASSISTANCE AND ANOTHER
$378 MILLION INTENDED TO
HELP FAMILIES STAVE OFF
EVICTION.
THE LEGISLATION COULD GET A
FINAL VOTE THIS WEEK.
>>> NOW TO OUR BREAKING NEWS
OUT OF GENEVA WHERE THE
SUMMIT BETWEEN PRESIDENT
BIDEN AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT
VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS ENDED.
PUTIN AND BIDEN ARE SPEAKING
TO THE MEDIA SEPARATELY.
THESE ARE LIVE PICTURES OF
PUTIN SPEAKING RIGHT NOW.
HE JUST TOLD REPORTERS THAT
HE AND PRESIDENT BIDEN HAVE
AGREED TO RETURN AMBASSADORS
TO THEIR POSTS IN A BID TO
LOWER TENSIONS.
WE ARE EXPECTING TO HEAR
FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN AROUND
12:30 SO WE WILL MONITOR
THAT FOR YOU.
BUT WE ARE AWARE THAT THAT
TIME IS A MOVING TARGET AND
MAY CHANGE.
>>> THIS IS VIDEO FROM
EARLIER TODAY WHERE THE TWO
SHOOK HANDS BEFORE THEIR
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED MEETING.
THE CONFERENCE WAS A MOMENT
OF HIGH STAKES DIPLOMACY AT
A TIME WHEN BOTH LEADERS
HAVE AGREED THAT RELATIONS
BETWEEN THEIR COUNTRIES ARE
AT AN ALL-TIME LOW.
WE DO KNOW THAT PRESIDENT
BIDEN PLANNED TO CONFRONT
PRESIDENT PUTIN ON A RANGE
OF ISSUES INCLUDING THE
CYBER ATTACKS, RANSOMWARE,
UKRAINE AGGRESSION, HUMAN
RIGHTS ABUSES AND MANY OTHER
ISSUES, AS WELL AS TO TRY TO
SEEK SOME COOPERATION IN
SOME AREAS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU
UPDATED AS WE LEARN MORE
ABOUT WHAT THEY DISCUSSED.
>>> MORE FIRE BALLOONS --
THAT HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED IN
GAZA.
NEW VIDEO SHOWS SEVERAL MALL
PALESTINIAN MILITANTS
PREPARING AND LAUNCHING THE
BALLOONS.
IT COMES HOURS AFTER THE
ISRAELI MILITARY STRUCK
TARGETS IN GAZA IN RESPONSE
TO THE FIRST VOLLEY OF
BALLOONS LAUNCHED.
NOW THAT SPARKED MULTIPLE
FIRES IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL AND
THIS WAS THE FIRST AIR
STRIKE ATTACK SINCE THAT
CEASE-FIRE ENDED.
THE WAR WITH HAMAS LAST
MONTH.
THE FLARE-UP HAS ALSO
CREATED A TEST FOR ISRAEL’S
NEW GOVERNMENT WHICH TOOK
OFFICE EARLIER THIS WEEK.
>>> HERE AT HOME, WE HAVE
SUNSHINE AS WE TAKE A LIVE
LOOK OUTSIDE OVER DOWNTOWN
DETROIT.
LET’S CHECK BACK IN WITH
BRANDON WITH A LOOK AT OUR
FORECAST.
I WALKED DOWN TO CAMPUS
MARTIUS PARK WHICH WAS JUST
A COUPLE BLOCKS FROM HERE
AND IT IS JUST SO GORGEOUS
OUT TODAY.
IT’S PERFECT.
>> RIGHT, YOU DON’T WORK UP
A SWEAT JUST WALKING A FEW
BLOCKS LIKE WE HAVE THE LAST
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND SOME HIGH HUMP DAY
CLOUDS THAT IS ABOUT IT.
LOTS OF SUN.
UPPER 60s BUT MAINLY LOWER
70s AND A NORTH WIND A LOT
LIGHTER THAN IT WAS
YESTERDAY.
SO WE REALLY ENJOY THESE
MIDDLE UPPER 70s.
SUN AND SOME CLOUD COVER NOT
MUCH.
YOU CAN SEE THE CLOUDS KIND
OF BLOWING DOWN FROM NORTH
TO SOUTH.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP US
HIGH AND DRY TODAY AND
TOMORROW WE’RE RETURNING
WITH MORE HEAT PLUS SEVERE
WEATHER THREATS FOR YOUR
FRIDAY AND A BIG WEEKEND
COMING UP.
>> ALL RIGHT, BRANDON, WE’LL
SEE YOU HERE IN A FEW.
>>> MEANWHILE WE’RE TURNING
OUR ATTENTION TO THE
CORONAVIRUS AND DAILY CASE
NUMBERS.
WE ARE EXPECTING THIS
AFTERNOON SO WE’LL GET YOU
UPDATED ON THAT IN LATER
EDITIONS OF LOCAL 4.
BUT ALSO NATIONALLY A GRIM
MILESTONE HAS BEEN REACHED.
THE UNITED STATES PASSES
33,487,000 POSITIVE
CORONAVIRUS CASES AND
600,000 DEATHS FROM THIS
VIRUS.
>>> MEANTIME, ACCORDING TO A
NEW REPORT FROM FAIR HEALTH,
ALMOST 25% OF COVID-19
PATIENTS DEVELOP LONG
LASTING SYMPTOMS.
IT’S NOT CLEAR WHY THAT
HAPPENS.
WE HAVE CERTAINLY HEARD
ABOUT THOSE LONG HAULERS.
>>> STILL TO COME AN
EXCITING INITIATIVE DETROIT
MAYOR MIKE DUGGAN ANNOUNCED
THE NEW CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE
E-WASTE, CREATE GREEN JOBS
AND SHRINK THE DIGITAL
DIVIDE.