LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 11:00 STARTS RIGHT NOW
RIGHT NOW >> Devin: WITH SEVERAL STATES
REOPENING THEIR ECONOMIES THIS
WEEK GOVERNOR WITMER
QUESTIONING WHAT COULD HAPPEN
IF THINGS MOVED TO FACTOR IN
MICHIGAN. > Woman: WE ARE NOT
SMART AND WE JUST TAKE AWAY
SOCIAL DISTANCING WE COULD RISK
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GETTING
SICK AND OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
GOING INTO CRISIS AGAIN.
>>> CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS
SURPASSING 38,000 IN THE STATE.
THE DEATH TOLL AT 3407 RECORD
YOUR WITH US FOR LOCAL 4 AT
11:00.
11:00. THE GOVERNOR ADDRESSING WHICH
INDUSTRIES ARE MOST LIKELY TO
REOPEN NEXT IF THINGS
PROGRESSED WELL.
PROGRESSED WELL. >> Kimberly: SHE IS ASKING THE
LEGISLATURE TO APPROVE A 28 DAY
EXTENSION FOR EMERGENCY
DECLARATION HERE IN THE STATE.
OUR MARA McDONALD IS LIVE
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. SHE IS ISSUED SHE DID NOT NEED
THE LEGISLATURE APPROVAL BUT
THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME DEBATE
HERE.
HERE. >> Woman: HERE IS THE
SITUATION, KIMBERLY.
SITUATION, KIMBERLY. THERE ARE TWO FALLS ON THE
BOOKS WHEN IT COMES TO THE
GOVERNOR’S EMERGENCY POWERS AND
SHE WILL TELL YOU.
SHE DOES NOT NEED THEIR
APPROVAL TO EXTEND HER
EMERGENCY DECLARATION.
EMERGENCY DECLARATION. SHE WANTED ANYWAY.
>> Woman: WHEN I ASK MICHIGAN
RESIDENTS TO STAY HOME TO STAY
SAFE.
SAFE. WE LISTEN.
WE LISTEN. WE DID THE RIGHT THING.
AND I KNOW IT IS NOT AN EASY.
>> THE GOVERNOR GETTING THE
LATEST NUMBERS WHICH ARE
ENCOURAGING.
ENCOURAGING. AND SOME MIGHT SAY ABOUT MOVING
THE ECONOMY FORWARD LOOKS LIKE.
FOR STARTERS WILL BE BASED ON
REGIONAL NUMBERS.
REGIONAL NUMBERS. MEANING EXPECTED TO THE UPPER
PENINSULA AND POINTS NORTH TO
EASE UP RESTRICTIONS FARTHER
THAN WE DO IN THE METRO. >
Woman: WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE
WOODS YET.
WOODS YET. BUT WE ARE SEEING SIGNS THAT
GIVE US REASON TO BE FEELING
OPTIMISTIC.
OPTIMISTIC. CAUTIOUSLY BUT OPTIMISTIC
NONETHELESS.
NONETHELESS. >> Reporter: SHE SINGLED OUT
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AS
BUSINESSES LOOKING TO ALLOWED
TO RETURN TO WORK NEXT.
IN STARK CONTRAST IN OHIO WHICH
IS REOPENING RETAIL IN MID-MAY
BUT REQUIRING EVERYONE TO WEAR
A MASK AND TAKE OTHER
PRECAUTIONS.
PRECAUTIONS. GOVERNOR WITMER IS INSTEAD
ASKING THE LEGISLATURE TO
EXTEND HER EMERGENCY
DECLARATION ANOTHER 28 DAYS.
>> Woman: I HAVE MULTIPLE,
DISTINCT, INDEPENDENT
DISTINCT, INDEPENDENT AUTHORITIES CONSTITUTIONAL AND
STATUTORY POWER TO KEEP PEOPLE
SAFE IS THE GOVERNOR OF THE
STATE OF MICHIGAN.
THE EMERGENCY POWERS I HAVE AS
GOVERNOR DO NOT DEPEND ON AN
EXTENSION OF THE LEGISLATURE.
BUT THE PROTECTIONS FOR OUR
HEALTHCARE WORKERS STUPID AND
SO IT IS BETTER FOR EVERYONE IF
WE WORK TOGETHER TO GET THIS
RIGHT AT THAT IS WHAT I AM
TRYING TO DO.
>>> BACK HERE LIVE YOU WILL
REMEMBER THE GOVERNOR HAS
GOTTEN PUSHBACK FROM THE
LEGISLATURE ON SOME OF THE
EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT SHE HAS
PUT OUT.
PUT OUT. SOME LEGISLATORS VIEW THEM AS
ARBITRARY IN NATURE.
FOR EXAMPLE WHY CAN THERE BE
ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND ROAD
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IF YOU
CANNOT HAVE COMMERCIAL OR
RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION GOING
ON RIGHT NOW?
THE LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION
THIS WEEK.
THIS WEEK. WHERE THIS STANDS RIGHT NOW
REALLY AS FAR AS EXTENDING HER
DECLARATION IS NEBULOUS.
I THINK WE WILL HAVE A BETTER
IDEA OF WHAT THAT IS GOING
PROBABLY SOMETIME TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.LIVE DOWNTOWN
AFTERNOON.LIVE DOWNTOWN TONIGHT I AM MARA McDONALD,
LOCAL 4.
LOCAL 4. >> Kimberly: WE WILL SEE HOW
THAT PLAYS OUT.
>>> PRAISE FROM THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION FOR GOVERNOR
WITMER BUT ALSO FOR MAYOR
AGAIN.
AGAIN. I SPOKE ONE-ON-ONE WITH VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE TODAY IS
THAT HE IS ENCOURAGED BY WHAT
IS HAPPENING HERE IN MICHIGAN
SPECIFICALLY DETROIT.
SPECIFICALLY DETROIT. >>> FIRST LET ME COMMEND THE
LEADERSHIP IN MICHIGAN AND
DETROIT FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY
EFFORTS IN ADVANCING THE
GUIDELINES.
GUIDELINES. WE ARE ENCOURAGED BY THE
NUMBERS WE ARE SEEING IN THE
DETROIT AREA.
DETROIT AREA. AND IT REALLY IS A TRIBUTE TO
THE PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY
WHO HAVE TAKEN THE GUIDANCE
ABOUT SOCIAL DISTANCING TOO
HARD.
HARD. AND WE THINK THAT ACCOUNT DO
WHAT WE ARE SEEING THE REAL
PROGRESS IN DETROIT AND ACROSS
MICHIGAN THAT WE ARE SEEING
TODAY.
TODAY. >> Devin: SPEAKING TO THE
RESPONSE OF THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN I FOUND MYSELF
CURIOUS.
CURIOUS. AS WE WERE WATCHING THE PROTEST
AROUND THE STATE CAPITOL IN
LANSING.
LANSING. LEAVING THE CARS AND NOT
SOCIALLY DISTANCING.
SOCIALLY DISTANCING. WE SAW A LOT OF TRUMP PENCE
SIGNS AND I THOUGHT AS YOU
POINTED OUT, THAT THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN HAS LARGELY BEEN
FOLLOWING MANY OF THE
DIRECTIVES PUT FORTH FROM THE
FEDERAL LEVEL.
FEDERAL LEVEL. AND I FOUND MYSELF WONDERING
WHAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT YOUR
NAME BEING THROWN THAT WAY
IMPORTANT.
IMPORTANT. >> Man: WE LOVE EVERY AMERICAN
VOICE TO BE HEARD EVEN IN THE
MIDDLE OF A HEALTH EMERGENCY.
WE DO NOT GIVE UP OUR FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
AMENDMENT RIGHTS. WHETHER MICHIGAN STATES AROUND
THE COUNTRY BUT I WOULD EXPECT
THAT GOVERNORS AND LEADERS
ACROSS THE STATE ARE GOING TO
BE LISTENING TO THE CITIZENS OF
THEIR STATEMENT AND HOW
STRONGLY WE ALL FEEL ABOUT
REOPENING.
REOPENING. WE ARE JUST VERY CONFIDENT THAT
AS WE GO FORWARD STATES WILL
MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS.
AND IMPLEMENT THE KIND OF
PHASED REOPENING THAT THE
PRESIDENT GUIDELINES FOR
OPENING UP AMERICA. GAIN
CONTEMPLATE.AND AS WE DO THAT
WE THINK WE CAN SAFELY PUT THIS
ECONOMY AND PUT AMERICANS BACK
TO WORK.
TO WORK. BUT WE UNDERSTAND THE STRONG
DESIRE OF PEOPLE ACROSS
MICHIGAN.
MICHIGAN. PEOPLE ACROSS AMERICA TO GO
BACK TO WORK AND WE WILL BE
WORKING CLOSELY WITH YOUR
GOVERNOR. ITH MAYOR OF
DETROIT WITH LEADERS ALL ACROSS
THE STATE AND THIS NATION TO
GET AMERICA WORKING AGAIN JUST
AS SOON AS WE CAN RESPONSIBLY
DO THAT.
DO THAT. >> Devin: A FEW HOURS AFTER MY
CONVERSATIONS IN THE DAILY
BRIEFING AND PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND FAMILY AND NATIONAL
BLUEPRINT FOR RAMPING UP
TESTING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
PLAN THAT INCLUDES PROVISIONS
FOR EXTENDING STATE TESTING
CAPACITY AND MONITORING SYSTEMS
AS WELL AS CONTACT RACING.
>>> AS SEVERAL STATES REOPENING
ECONOMIES PRESIDENT TRUMP
SUGGESTING TONIGHT SCHOOLS
COULD BE THE NEXT TO OPEN.
JASON COULTER IS LIVE TONIGHT
WITHOUT THE UNION IS RESPONDING
TO THE PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS.
JASON?
JASON? >> WHAT WE DON’T KNOW WITH
THESE COMMENTS IS WORTH THESE
SOME OF THE OFF THE CUFF SPUR
OF THE MOMENT SPIT BALL, THEY
WILL MAKE SOMETIMES AND THEN
LATER SAY HE WAS BEING
SARCASTIC ABOUT?
SARCASTIC ABOUT? WE DID NOT KNOW THAT JUST YET.
BUT WE DO KNOW IS WHAT MOST
EDUCATORS SAW THEM THEY DID
THEY WAIT, WHAT?
>> Man: I THINK YOU WILL SEE A
LOT OF SCHOOLS OPEN UP EVEN IF
FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD
THING.
THING. >> Reporter: ASKING ABOUT THE
QUESTION OF STATES REOPENING
PRESIDENT TRUMP SURPRISINGLY
SUGGESTING THE CURRENT SCHOOL
YEAR MAY NOT BE OVER.
EVEN IN STATES THAT REMAIN
LARGELY CLOSED.
LARGELY CLOSED. >> WHAT THIS VICIOUS VIRUS GOES
AFTER, YOUNG PEOPLE SEEM TO DO
VERY WELL.
VERY WELL. YOUNG PEOPLE SEEM TO DO WELL.
AND IF THERE ARE GOVERNORS THAT
ARE NOT NECESSARILY READY TO
OPEN UP STATES BUT THEY MAY BE
OPEN TO OPEN UP THE SCHOOL
SYSTEMS.WE WILL SEE THAT IS
THEIR CHOICE.
THEIR CHOICE. BUT THE WORD IS SAFETY.
>> ONE THING THE PRESIDENT HAS
NOT THOUGHT OF HIS IT IS NOT
ONLY CHILDREN IMPACTED BY
OPENING UP SCHOOLS.
IT IS EVERY CHILD’S FAMILY.
>>> HEAD OF THE MICHIGAN
ASSOCIATION FOLLOW HERBERT IS
NOT SO SURE.
>>> THE WORKER THAT HAS TO MAKE
SURE BUILDINGS ARE SAFE AND
SECURE.
SECURE. >>> THE LIST OF UNKNOWNS IS
SENDING KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL.
>> BUSES.
>> BUSES. WE DO NOT HAVE A PROTOCOL YET.
>>> IS LONGER THAN THE
PUNCHLINE AT THE CAFETERIA.
>> Woman: IT IS NOT BEING SAID
IT IS NOT BEING SECURE.
>>> WITH SCHOOLS AND
UNIVERSITIES WORRIED ABOUT HOW
TO OPEN UP NEXT FALL LETTERS
LONG THE NEXT FEW WEEKS THE
PRESIDENT TIMEFRAME SEEMS
UNLIKELY AT LEAST IN MICHIGAN.
>> AND IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHEN
YOU PUT 25-38 STUDENTS IN THE
CLASSROOM.
CLASSROOM. THAT WILL BE COMPLICATED.
>>> PART OF THE PRESIDENT
COMMENTS THAT YOU’RE ABOUT TO
DETROITERS WITHOUT YOUNG PEOPLE
TO HELP WITH THIS VIRUS.
OBVIOUSLY THAT COMES ON THE
HEELS OF DETROIT LOSING A
FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL TO COVER IT.
AGAIN HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENCES
NOT JUST BETWEEN SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN AND THE REST OF THE
STATE OF MICHIGAN FROM FLORIDA
TO TEXAS, OHIO, SOUTH DAKOTA.
IDAHO THE WHOLE THING REGARDING
SCHOOLS COULD BE DIFFERENT
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
KIMBERLY?
KIMBERLY? >> Kimberly: I AM WONDERING,
JASON.
JASON. AS THE GOVERNOR ’S FUNDING TO
ANY OF THIS?
>> Reporter: SHE IS NOT
DIRECTLY ON THOSE COMMENTS.
BUT IN TALKING TO HER STAFF
THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS I
TELL YOU REOPENING SCHOOLS AT
THIS POINT IS NOT LIKELY FOR
THE GOVERNOR.
THE GOVERNOR. >> WE WILL SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT
JASON,?
JASON,? >> Devin: TODAY FOR DUGGAN AND
HAS AN 8 MILLION FROM TO HELP
LOW INCOME DETROITERS.
>> Man: THIS EFFORT BY WAYNE
METRO IS OUR ATTEMPT TO DEAL
WITH THAT.
WITH THAT. THIS IS SUPPORT FOR FOOD
SUPPORT FOR RENT, SUPPORT FOR
PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS, FOR ANY
RANGE OF SERVICES.
AND IT BASICALLY IS FOR AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO MAKES LESS THAN
25,000 YEAR.
25,000 YEAR. OUR FAMILY OF FOUR THAT MAKES
LESS THAN 52,000 A YEAR. ND
FOR MANY DETROITERS THE FACT
THAT THEY ARE SETTING ASIDE $3
MILLION FOR WATER SYSTEMS IS
ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT.
ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT. BECAUSE OUR CONCERN IS THIS.
WE DO NOT WANT TO BE IN A
SITUATION WHEN THE PANDEMIC IS
OVER THAT PEOPLE WERE NOT ABLE
TO KEEP UP ON PAYMENTS AND NOW
WE HAVE TO START ANOTHER ROUND
OF WATER SHUT OFF.
NOBODY WANTS TO TURN OFF
ANYBODY’S WATER IN THE CITY.
BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE BILLS
ARE PAID OR WE WILL NOT HAVE A
SYSTEM TO MAKE ACCORDING TO A
NEW SURVEY THE UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN 1/5 DETROITERS SAID
THEY WILL RUN OUT OF MONEY IN
THE NEXT THREE MONTHS DUE TO
THE PANDEMIC.
THE PANDEMIC. >>> LET’S CHECK IN WITH BEN.
TEMPERATURES WARMED UP TO THE
60s THIS AFTERNOON REALLY NICE.
BUT NOW TRACKING WET WEATHER
MOVING IN?
MOVING IN? >> Ben: KIM, JUST TONIGHT LIGHT
SHOWERS BUT OVERNIGHT BY THE
TIME YOU WAKE UP TOMORROW
MORNING.
MORNING. MOST WILL BE GONE.
UNFORTUNATELY LOOKS LIKE THE
BIG STUFF COMING AS WE HEAD THE
MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.
HERE’S FOUR LIVE RADAR.
NOT ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE.
THE PACKAGE OF THOSE SHOWERS
STARTING TO MOVE INTO THE WEST
ZONE.
ZONE. FOR THE MOST PART THESE WILL BE
GONE BY THREE, 4:00 IN THE
MORNING.
MORNING. ANYTHING AFTER THAT WILL BE
LIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED.
IT IS SEE A COUPLE SPRINKLES
TOWARD MORNING GENERALLY IT
WILL BE A LOT OF CLOUDS.S WE
START OUT ON TUESDAY.
EVENTUALLY WE WILL GET SUNSHINE
IN HERE TO THE TAIL END OF
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. THAT WILL HELP TEMPERATURES
WHICH WILL NOT BE THE STORY
THIS WEEK.
THIS WEEK. IT WILL BE THE RAIN WE ARE
EXPECTING WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY.
THURSDAY. THOSE TOTALS ARE EYE-OPENING WE
WILL FROM THOSE FOR YOU AND THE
FOUR ZONE ARE CAST COMING UP IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES.
>> Kimberly: BEN, UP AHEAD 10
STATES OPENING FOR BUSINESS.
>> Devin: A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT
EACH STATE IS DOING TO GET
PARTS OF THEIR ECONOMY BACK
OPEN.
OPEN. TIM?
TIM? >> Reporter: TODAY WAS A GOOD
DAY FOR THE GOVERNORS WILL BE
RELAXING WHAT PEOPLE CAN GET
OUT.
OUT. SOME STEAM BUT IT HAS BEEN A
WHILE.
WHILE. >> Man: AND STRETCH BRIDGES
STAYING OUT I AM USED TO BEING
OUT.
OUT. >> IT SEEMS LIKE TODAY WAS A
PERFECT DAY TO GET OUT AND
ABOUT.
ABOUT. WE WILL HAVE THE NIGHT CAM AND
THE FISHING REPORT COMING UP IN
A FEW MINUTES.
>> Kimberly: THE STORIES THAT
KEEP ME GOING ARE THE ONES THAT
SHOWCASE THE BEST OF WHO WE ARE
AS DETROITERS.
AS DETROITERS. SO MANY OF YOU REACH OUT DESK
ASKING HOW YOU CAN HELP.
ONE THING WE COULD DO IS MAKE
SURE FRONTLINE WORKERS ARE NOT
SAVING LIVES ON A EMPTY
STOMACH.
STOMACH. IT SEEMS SO SIMPLE BUT SO
MEANINGFUL.
MEANINGFUL. THAT IS WHY FOOD FOR FRONTLINE
IS HELPING KEEP OUR ESSENTIAL
WORKERS.
WORKERS. AND FIGHTING FOR OUR
COMMUNITIES.
COMMUNITIES. YOU COULD DONATE NOW AT