>> LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT
HOME OF WDI FEE AND CLICK ON TO
TREAT LOCAL FORD NEWS AT 11
STARTS NOW.
>> WE ARE JUST WEEKS UNTIL START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND A NEW
OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND A NEW
TWIST IN THE SCHOOL MASCOT
DEBATE.
IT TOPS OUR NEWS TONIGHT AT 11.
TODAY THE STATE’S TOP MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS SAID MASKING STUDENTS WOULD SLOW THE SPREAD
STUDENTS WOULD SLOW THE SPREAD
OF COVID-19.
>> THERE ARE NO PLANS TO DO FOR
THE STATE TO ISSUE A MANDATE AT
THIS TIME.
THREE HEALTH. >> THREE COUNTY HEALTH
>> THREE COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS ARE REQUIRING MASS
FOR K-6 GRADE STUDENTS.
LIVE DOWNTOWN TONIGHT MORE ON
THIS.
I GUESS NONE OF THESE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS ACTUALLY IN METRO
ABOUT IS ACTUALLY IN METRO
DETROIT.
>> THAT IS CORRECT BUT WE DID
CALL AROUND TO SEE WITH THE
THOUGHT PROCESSES RIGHT NOW AND
ALL THREE TOLD US THE SAME
THING, NONE OF THEM ARE CONSIDERING MASK MANDATES FOR
CONSIDERING MASK MANDATES FOR
STUDENTS RIGHT NOW.
TO MASK OR MAKE AN OPTIONAL FOR
THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR HAS LED
TO RAUCOUS SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.
AND FIRED UP PARENTS ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE ISSUE.
THIS STATE HAS MADE IT CLEAR IT
IS NOT GOING TO ISSUE ANY MANDATES DESPITE HAVING THE
MANDATES DESPITE HAVING THE
POWER TO DO SO.
DESPITE DOCTOR’S RECOMMENDATION
THAT STUDENTS MASK UP IN THE
FALL.
>> I AM CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING AND HOW IT COULD
POTENTIALLY HAPPEN WITH OUR SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE PUT OUT AN UPDATE OF
GUIDANCE LAST WEEK.
SPECIFICALLY RECOMMENDING
SCHOOLS IMPLEMENT A UNIVERSAL MASK REQUIREMENTS.
MASK REQUIREMENTS.
>> RECOMMENDING, BUT NOT
MANDATING LEAVING IT UP TO THE
DISTRICT TO MAKE THE DECISION.
WHICH EDUCATORS CALL A COP OUT. >> WE NEED TO HEALTH EXPERTS TO
>> WE NEED TO HEALTH EXPERTS TO
STOP POINTING FINGERS AT SCHOOL,
AND TO START STEPPING UP AND
MAKING DECISIONS THEMSELVES OF
WHAT ULTIMATELY ARE HEALTH
DECISIONS. >> SO FAR ONLY THREE HEALTHY
>> SO FAR ONLY THREE HEALTHY
COUNTY HAVE ISSUED A MASS
MANDATE THROUGH K-6 STUDENTS.
GENESEE GOT PUSHED BACK TODAY. AS HUNDREDS OF PARENTS PROTESTED
AS HUNDREDS OF PARENTS PROTESTED
THAT DECISION, MICHIGAN
CURRENTLY HAS A HIGH RATING FOR
COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION OF
COVID-19.
THE STATE POSITIVITY RATE IS
GROWING AND IT IS 7.7%. HOSPITAL BEDS ARE IN USE BECAUSE
HOSPITAL BEDS ARE IN USE BECAUSE
OF COVID-19 IS AT 4%.
THE DELTA FAIR IT MAKES UP 99%
OF THE SAMPLES. >> ALL IT MEANS TO ME IS THAT
>> ALL IT MEANS TO ME IS THAT
THEY DON’T WANT TO MAKE THESE
DIFFICULT DECISIONS.
THEY WANT TO PUMP THIS TO SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENTS WHO ARE NOT
HEALTH EXPERTS AND THAT NEEDS TO
STOP. >> BACK HERE LIVE, I THINK IT’S
>> BACK HERE LIVE, I THINK IT’S
IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE
SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS THAT WE
WENT TO, AND DISTRICTS THAT HAVE
OPTED TO GO MASK OPTIONAL TO
START, THESE SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENTS HAVE SAID TO PARENTS WHO WERE PLEASED WITH
PARENTS WHO WERE PLEASED WITH
THIS DECISION.
THAT PERHAPS YOU WILL NOT BE
PLEASED WITH ME TWO OR THREE
WEEKS FROM NOW, IF WE HAVE TO
ENFORCE A MASS MANDATE BECAUSE
WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT RISING CASES.
WE ARE LIVE DOWNTOWN TONIGHT I
AM MARA MCDONALD THE LOCAL FOUR.
>> OKAY THANK YOU, PRESIDENT
BIDEN ANNOUNCES NEW MEASURES INCLUDING BOOSTER SHOTS FOR
INCLUDING BOOSTER SHOTS FOR
EVERYONE TO STOP THE SPREAD OF
COVID-19 VIRUS.
>> THE PRESIDENT IS DIRECTING
EDUCATION SECRETARY TO USE ALL
THE AUTHORITY AVAILABLE TO STOP GOVERNORS WHO ARE BANNING SCHOOL
GOVERNORS WHO ARE BANNING SCHOOL
MASK MANDATES.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ALSO
REQUIRES NURSING HOME STAFF, TO
BE VACCINATED OR IN ORDER FOR
THE FACILITY TO GET MEDICARE OR MEDICAID FUNDING.
MEDICAID FUNDING.
IF APPROVED BY THE FDA, BOOSTER
SHOTS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO
AMERICANS STARTING ON
SEPTEMBER 20.
YOU WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR A THIRD SHOT EIGHT MONTHS AFTER
THIRD SHOT EIGHT MONTHS AFTER
RECEIVING YOUR SECOND SHOT.
>> THIS WILL BOOST YOUR IMMUNE
RESPONSE AND INCREASE YOUR
PROTECTION FROM COVID-19.
THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM NEW VARIANCE THAT
OURSELVES FROM NEW VARIANCE THAT
COULD ARISE.
>> TO DATE MICHIGAN REPORTS 2690
CASES, AND 46 MORE DEATHS OVER
THE PAST TWO DAYS. STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ARE
STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ARE
SHARING THE POSITIVITY RATE
WHICH IS CLOSELY WATCHED, IS NOW
OVER 7% AND IN FACT HAS
INCREASED OVER THE PAST SEVEN
WEEKS.
>> FOUR PEOPLE ARE IN THE
HOSPITAL TONIGHT AFTER BEING HIT
BY A CAR IN SOUTHWEST DETROIT.
IT ALL HAPPENED AROUND 6:00 P.M.
NEAR 31st IN JACKSON.
POLICE SAY THERE WAS A FIGHT
THAT BROKE OUT. THAT LED TO A DRIVER
THAT LED TO A DRIVER
INTENTIONALLY HITTING FOUR
PEOPLE.
ALL WERE RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL
AND ARE LISTED IN TEMPORARY
SERIOUS CONDITION.
POLICE ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRAFFIC TO
INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRAFFIC TO
CALL CRIMESTOPPERS THAT NUMBERS
1800 SPEAK UP.
>> THE ONLY MAN TO SPEAK PLEAD
GUILTY IN ORDER TO KIDNAP THE GOVERNOR.
>> THE 24-YEAR-OLD WAS ABLE TO
GIVE FEDERAL PROSECUTORS A LOOK
INTO THE DISCUSSION IN THE
PLANNING THAT WAS JUST DAYS AWAY
FROM BEING CARRIED OUT.
WE ARE ALIVE TONIGHT, THEY
BELIEVE HIS HELP IS BEEN CRUCIAL
HERE.
>> TREMENDOUSLY CAM, REMEMBER
THIS IS THE GUY WHO WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE SURVEILLANCE OF
INVOLVED IN THE SURVEILLANCE OF
THE GOVERNOR’S VACATION ON.
HE HOSTED TRAINING AT ONE OF HIS
PROPERTIES.
THE FEDS BELIEVE IT IS BEEN SO
VALUABLE THEY ARE WILLING TO GIVE HIM EIGHT FEWER YEARS IN
GIVE HIM EIGHT FEWER YEARS IN
PRISON FOR IT.
>> AND COURT DOCUMENTS FILED
WEDNESDAY, FEDERAL PROSECUTORS
RECOMMENDED A NINE YEAR’S
SENTENCE FOR THE ONLY PERSON TO PLEAD GUILTY IN A PLOT TO KIDNAP
PLEAD GUILTY IN A PLOT TO KIDNAP
AND KILL GOVERNOR GRETCHEN
WITMER LAST OCTOBER.
THE FED SAGAR WHO IS FROM
HARLINGEN, DESERVES CREDIT FOR
ASSISTING INVESTIGATORS IN MAKING CASES AGAINST THE OTHER
MAKING CASES AGAINST THE OTHER
FIVE MEN CHARGED IN FEDERAL
COURT.
OTHERS HAVE ALSO BEEN CHARGED IN
STATE COURT.
40 MINUTES TOTAL. THE DETROIT NEWS WAS POSTED THE
THE DETROIT NEWS WAS POSTED THE
STORY SAID GARVIN HELPED DISMISS
THE IDEA THAT THE MEN ARRESTED
WERE THOSE OF A TRAP.
THE U.S. ATTORNEY NOTED THE
IMPORTANCE OF THAT. HE TESTIFIED TWICE PROVIDING
HE TESTIFIED TWICE PROVIDING
DETAILS OF THE PLAN TO TAKE THE
GOVERNOR FROM A VACATION HOME
USING EXPLOSIVES AND MORE.
HIS BILL GUILTY PLEA CAME IN JANUARY, AND CALLS FOR A 17 AND
JANUARY, AND CALLS FOR A 17 AND
A HALF YEAR SENTENCE.
>> AGAIN THEY ARE ASKING THE
JUDGE JUST TO GIVE HIM NINE
YEARS.
GARVIN WILL BE SENTENCED IN
AUGUST 25 IN FEDERAL COURT IN GRAND RAPIDS.
GRAND RAPIDS.
>> FOLLOWING THAT THANK YOU
JASON.
A DETROIT MAN IS CHARGED WITH
KILLING THE MOTHER OF A CHILD. THE PARTY OF 20-YEAR-OLD BRANDY
THE PARTY OF 20-YEAR-OLD BRANDY
NELSON OF DETROIT WAS FOUND BACK
IN MARCH ON DREXEL NEAR THE EAST
WARREN.
SHE WAS REPORTED MISSING TWO
WEEKS BEFORE SHE WAS FOUND. SHE HAD JUST BECOME A MOTHER
SHE HAD JUST BECOME A MOTHER
BEFORE SHE WAS KILLED.
NOW 46-YEAR-OLD IS CHARGED WITH
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
HE IS ALSO ACCUSED OF TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE.
WITH EVIDENCE.
>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN COMMITTED
TO KEEPING U.S. FORCES IN
AFGHANISTAN UNTIL ALL AMERICAN
CITIZENS WHO WANT TO LEAVE OUR
OUT OF THE COUNTRY. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ABC NEWS,
IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ABC NEWS,
HE STOPS SHORT OF MAKING THE
SAME COMMITMENT, TO THE UNITED
STATES AFGHAN PARTNERS.
>> WE ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING
IN OUR POWER TO GET ALL AMERICANS OUT AND OUR ALLIES
AMERICANS OUT AND OUR ALLIES
OUT.
>> DOES THAT MEAN TROOPS WOULD
STAY BEYOND AUGUST 31 IF
NECESSARY?
>> IT DEPENDS ON WHERE WE ARE
AND WHETHER WE CAN RIP THESE NUMBERS OUT TO FIVE OR 7,000
NUMBERS OUT TO FIVE OR 7,000
DAYS COMING OUT.
IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN THEY
WILL ALL BE OUT.
>> BECAUSE WE HAVE GOT LIKE
10-15,000 AMERICANS IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW RIGHT?
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW RIGHT?
ARE YOU COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE
THAT THE TROOPS STAY UNTIL EVERY
AMERICAN WANTS TO BE A GETS OUT
YES, YES. >> THEY ALSO SAID IN THE END OF
>> THEY ALSO SAID IN THE END OF
IT THEY DID NOT SEE A WAY TO
WITHDRAW FROM AFGHANISTAN
WITHOUT AS HE PUT IT CHAOS
ENSUING.
>> TIGERS COLOR COMMENTATOR JACK MORRIS WAS NOT ON THE BROADCAST
MORRIS WAS NOT ON THE BROADCAST
TONIGHT AFTER HE WAS SUSPENDED
INDEFINITELY.
FOR A COMMENT DURING LAST
NIGHT’S GAME AGAINST AN ANGELS
PLAYER.
VALLEY SPORTS RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING MORRIS WILL GO
STATEMENT SAYING MORRIS WILL GO
UNDER BIAS TRAINING.
AND THEY TO SUPPORT THE DECISION
TO SUSPEND THE HALL OF FAME.
HE WAS WITH THE MANAGER HAD TO
SAY BEFORE TONIGHT’S GAME. >> I GOT TOLD ABOUT IT LAST
>> I GOT TOLD ABOUT IT LAST
NIGHT AFTER THE GAME, AND
OBVIOUSLY I SUPPORT BOTH
COMMENTS BY BALLY IN THE
ORGANIZATION.
BUT THERE IS NO PLACE FOR IN THE GAME FOR IT.
GAME FOR IT.
I LOVE THIS SPORT, THIS SPORT IS
ARGUABLY THE MOST DIVERSE SPORT
IN CERTAINLY THE FOUR MAJOR
SPORTS IN THE U.S. AND SHOULD BE CELEBRATED.
>> HE WAS ASKED ABOUT THE
COMMENTS AFTER THE GAME, HE DID
SEE THE FOOTAGE AND WAS NOT
OFFENDED AND DID NOT TAKE ANYTHING PERSONALLY.
ANYTHING PERSONALLY.
>> STILL AHEAD AT TEXAS SCHOOL
DISTRICT MAKES FACE COVERINGS
MANDATORY FOR STUDENTS DESPITE A
STATEWIDE BAN ON MASK MANDATES.
>> HOW THE DISTRICT IS GETTING AROUND THE GOVERNOR’S ORDER IN
AROUND THE GOVERNOR’S ORDER IN
THE LONE STAR STATE.
>> I’LL TELL YOU WHAT DEVON, WE
STARTED THE DAY WITH A MUGGY
69 DEGREES I GOT UP TO
83 DEGREES. THE BAD NEWS IS THE LOWS WILL
THE BAD NEWS IS THE LOWS WILL
NOT DROP A WHOLE LOT.
THE BAD NEWS IS THE HIGHS WILL
BE RISING IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS
AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHEN THE
STEP WILL GET OUTTA HERE.
YOU BETTER GET USED TO IT’S GONNA BE HERE FOR A WHILE.
GONNA BE HERE FOR A WHILE.
>> WE WILL STAY WITH WEATHER AND
ITS IMPACTS LAST WEEK STORMS
CAUSE A UTILITY POLE TO LEAN
DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO A FAMILY’S
OWN. >> I MADE A REPORT TO DTE, AND
>> I MADE A REPORT TO DTE, AND
THE NEXT DAY IT DIDN’T SEEMED
LIKE ANYTHING WAS GOING TO GET
DOWN.