LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. PRESIDENT BIDEN TEST POSITIVE
FOR COVID BUT IN A NEW VIDEO
SAYS HE’S FEELING FINE DOING
WELL. I GET A LOT OF WORK DONE.
79 YEAR OLD PRESIDENT ISOLATING
IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHILE HIS
WIFE LEARNS OF THE DIAGNOSIS
DURING A VISIT TO DETROIT. I
TALKED TO HIM JUST A FEW MINUTES
AGO. HE’S STILL GOOD TO HAVE YOU
WITH US FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT
FIVE. THE WHITE HOUSE RELEASED
THEIR VIDEO SHORTLY BEFORE A
PRESS BRIEFING THIS AFTERNOON.
THEIR MESSAGE HIS SYMPTOMS ARE
MILD AND HE STILL WORKING. THE
PRESIDENT IS DOUBLE BOOSTED AND
IS BEING TREATED WITH THE
ANTIVIRAL DRUG PACK. SLOVIN WILL
NOW BE ISOLATING FOR AT LEAST
THE NEXT FIVE DAYS, HIS DOCTOR
SAYS. FATIGUE AND A DRY COUGH
ARE PRETTY MUCH HIS ONLY
SYMPTOMS WERE FOLLOWING THE
STORY FROM SEVERAL ANGLES
TONIGHT, PAULA TUTMAN WAS WITH
THE FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN THIS
MORNING SHORTLY AFTER SHE FOUND
OUT ABOUT THE POSITIVE TEST. AND
DR FRANK MCGEORGE IS TALKING
ABOUT WHAT’S DIFFERENT NOW
COMPARED TO WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP
HAD COVID, BUT WE’RE GOING TO
BEGIN TONIGHT IN WASHINGTON WITH
SUSAN MCGINNIS, SUSAN WELL, THE
PRESIDENT SAYS HE’S FEELING FINE
WITH ONLY MILD SYMPTOMS, AND HE
POSTED A VIDEO TO SAY SO.
SYMPTOMS ARE MILD. PRESIDENT
BIDEN TESTING POSITIVE FOR
COVID, SAYING HE FEELS FINE
DOING WELL, YOU GET A LOT OF
WORK DONE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
GET IT DONE. THE WHITE HOUSE,
CALLING HIS SYMPTOMS MILD,
INCLUDING RUNNY NOSE, DRY COUGH
AND FATIGUE. THE PRESIDENT FULLY
VACCINATED AND DOUBLE BOOSTED,
IS BEING TREATED WITH ANTIVIRAL
PACKS. LIVID ALL THE
THERAPEUTICS OUT THERE. BESIDES
THE VACCINE HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE
INCREDIBLY AFFECTED, AND STILL
CONCERN IS HEIGHTENED AS HE’S
TURNING 80 LATER THIS YEAR.
HERE. THE WHITE HOUSE’S DOCTOR,
ZHAO SAYS THIS SERVES AS A
REMINDER IF YOU ARE OVER THE AGE
OF 50, AND IF YOU HAVE NOT
GOTTEN A VACCINE SHOT IN THE
YEAR, 2022 YOU NEED TO GO GET
ONE. YOU NEED TO GO GET ONE NOW.
BECAUSE IT WILL DRAMATICALLY
IMPROVE YOUR PROTECT LEVEL OF
PROTECTION. THE PRESIDENT WILL
ISOLATE AT THE WHITE HOUSE UNTIL
TESTING NEGATIVE, CONTINUING HIS
DUTIES VIA PHONE AND ZOOM CALLS
WITH PRESIDENTIAL TRAVEL
CANCELED FOR AT LEAST FIVE DAYS
. IT’S NOT UNSURPRISING, DESPITE
ALL THE PRECAUTIONS THAT THEY’RE
TAKING THAT THIS IS HAPPENING,
IT’S HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN
HEADING TO WILMINGTON’S AFTER
EVENTS IN MICHIGAN AND GEORGIA,
I TESTED NEGATIVE THIS MORNING.
I AM GOING TO KEEP MY SCHEDULE
VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS ALSO
TESTING NEGATIVE, REMAINING
MASKED AND CONTINUING HER
SCHEDULE. UNDERSTAND THAT THE
SYMPTOMS ARE LIKE I HOPE THEY
CONTINUE TO BE SO I’M SURE HE’LL
BE WELL. I’M SURE HE’LL RECOVER
QUICKLY. I HOPE HE DOES. I PRAY
THAT HE DOES WELL WISHES POURING
IN FROM WASHINGTON AND BEYOND
FOR AN EASY AND QUICK RECOVERY
FOR THE PRESIDENT. THE
PRESIDENT’S POSITIVE TEST COMES
AS COVID CASES ARE ON THE RISE
IN DOZENS OF STATES AROUND THE
COUNTRY. IN WASHINGTON, SUSAN
MCGINNIS LOCAL 4, SUSAN, AND
THIS IS, OF COURSE, IS THE
SECOND TIME NOW A SITTING U. S
PRESIDENTS CONTRACTED COVID, BUT
THE NATION IS THAT A VERY
DIFFERENT POINT IN THE PANDEMIC
THIS TIME AROUND, DR FRANK
MCGEORGE IS HERE WITH A CLOSER
LOOK AT THE SITUATION NOW VERSUS
THEN, DUCK. THE BEST NEWS FOR
PRESIDENT BIDEN IN THIS CASE IS
THAT WE’VE REALLY COME A LONG
WAY SINCE THE TIME WHEN FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS INFECTED
BACK THEN YOU MIGHT REMEMBER
THAT TRUMP GOT THE AT THE TIME
UNPROVEN, MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY
TREATMENT BY REGENERON. HE GOT
REMDESIVIR. HE WAS GIVEN
STEROIDS AND A COCKTAIL OF ALL
KINDS OF OTHER THINGS, BECAUSE
WE JUST DIDN’T HAVE GOOD DATA ON
WHAT WOULD WORK. BIDEN
CIRCUMSTANCE IS ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT. WE NOW HAVE AN
EFFECTIVE VACCINE, AND HE’S BEEN
BOTH VACCINE AND DOUBLE BOOSTED
. WE HAVE AN EFFECTIVE ORAL
MEDICATION THAT CAN BE GIVEN OUT
OF THE HOSPITAL PACS LIVID, AND
THAT’S BEEN SHOWN TO REDUCE THE
RISK OF NEEDING TO BE
HOSPITALIZED. SO ALL TOLD, HIS
RISK OF SEVERE ILLNESS HAS BEEN
REDUCED BY A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT,
PROBABLY WELL OVER 90. ON TOP OF
THAT, IF HE WERE TO DEVELOP
SEVERE ILLNESS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE
A MUCH BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
HOW TO TREAT IT. SO THE BOTTOM
LINE IS I’D BE VERY OPTIMISTIC
FOR A FULL RECOVERY. OKAY,
DOCTOR MCGEORGE, THANK YOU AND
THE PRESIDENT’S WIFE FIRST LADY,
DR JILL BIDEN LEARNED OF HER
HUSBAND’S POSITIVE TEST WHILE
SHE WAS HERE IN DETROIT TESTED
NEGATIVE. AND THUS CARRIED ON
WITH HER SCHEDULED VISIT TO
DETROIT SCHOOL WITH THE
SECRETARY OF EDUCATION POLITICS
. OATMAN WAS WITH THE FIRST LADY
TODAY AND SHE MADE HER FIRST
PUBLIC COMMENTS. PAUL YEAH, AND
I THINK IT’S SAFE TO SAY THAT
SHE HAD HER SCRIPT FLIPPED
BECAUSE SHE WAS HERE TO TELL THE
$122 BILLION RESCUE AMERICAN
PLAN AND INSTEAD OR EXCUSE ME
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN BUT INSTEAD
GAVE US A LESSON ON COVID
TRANSPARENCY. HI GOOD MORNING.
MORNING MORNING. SEE YOU DOUBLE
DUTY TODAY FOR FIRST LADY JILL
BIDEN IN DETROIT TO SEE FOR
HERSELF. THE WORK $122 BILLION
IS DOING IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS
ACROSS THE NATION TO COMBAT
ACCUMULATED COVID AND SUMMER
LEARNING LOSS INSTEAD, HOWEVER,
HER FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS
TODAY WAS TO CONFIRM THE COVID
DIAGNOSIS OF HER HUSBAND.
HUSBAND TESTED POSITIVE FOR
COVID. I TALKED TO HIM JUST A
FEW MINUTES AGO. HE’S DOING FINE
. HE’S FEELING GOOD. BUT AFTER
TESTING NEGATIVE IN DETROIT THIS
MORNING, SHE SAID SHE WILL
FOLLOW COVID PROTOCOLS AND
CONTINUE WITH HER SCHEDULE,
WHICH IS TO SEE THE BIDEN HARRIS
AMERICAN RECOVERY PLAN AT WORK,
A VERITABLE TURBOCHARGED TWO
SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAMS LIKE
THIS ONE, IT’S SHELTIE ACADEMY
FOR TECHNOLOGY AND ART. ON
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE, TAKE A
GALLON WALK AND ANSWER. TEXT
QUESTIONS. GPS CD HAS 20-6
SCHOOLS OPEN FOR THESE KINDS OF
SUMMER LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND
SAYS IT WILL HAVE EVEN MORE WHEN
OTHER SCHOOLS GET AIR
CONDITIONING IN FIVE YEARS
BECAUSE OF THIS FUNDING, ALL OF
GPS CD SCHOOLS WILL HAVE AIR
CONDITIONING. THAT YOUNG MAN
RIGHT THERE IS BRIAN HAGERMAN.
12 YEARS OLD, WHO WAS MAD AS A
HORNET WHEN HIS MOTHER TOLD HIM
HE WOULD BE ATTENDING SUMMER
SCHOOL THIS YEAR. FIRST MY MOM
TOLD ME SHE WAS GONNA PUT ME IN,
AND I WAS LIKE, KIND OF MAD,
CAUSE I KNOW HOW IT’S GONNA GO
UNTIL HE GOT TO SUMMER. LEARNING
THIS IS DIFFERENT. IT’S NOT
CATCH UP ITS NEW STUFF. STUFF
THAT I HAVEN’T SEEN BEFORE. UM
THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE TEACHING ME
NOW, LIKE, UM, HIGHER WORK THAT
I HAVEN’T WORKED ON, AND I’M
STARTING TO LIKE IT. DETROIT
PUBLIC SCHOOL COMMUNITY DISTRICT
GOT MORE THAN $800 MILLION IN
THIS FEDERAL FUNDING PACKAGE,
AND TODAY GOT TO SHOW THAT OFF
AND WHAT IT MEANS TO A DISTRICT
WHICH NOW CONSIDERS ITSELF
PROPERLY FUNDED FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN HISTORY, AND EVEN
PARENTS TALKED ABOUT HOW SUMMER
LEARNING IMPACT THEM AS THEY GET
BACK TO WORK. POST COVID MY ONE
DAUGHTER, UM, JUST YESTERDAY.
SHE BUILT A ROBOT ROBOT. YEAH
AND, YOU KNOW, UM, MY OTHER
DAUGHTER, MORGAN. AS IN THIS
PROGRAM, SHE HELPS ME PREPARE
MEALS AT HOME THE DIFFERENT
LESSONS THAT THEY LEARNED THAT
THEIR LEARNING HERE SHE BRINGS
THEM HOME AND WE CAN IMPLEMENT
THOSE IDEAS AND THOSE, UM, TOOLS
THAT SHE’S BRING IT FROM SCHOOL
HOME PERSPECTIVE. YES SO I GET
YOU TO SAY A LITTLE BIT OF
DOUBLE DUTY FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
HERE IN DETROIT, NOT ONLY
SHOWING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHAT
THEIR TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING
SPENT ON BUT ALSO BEING FULLY
TRANSPARENT OR AT LEAST
PRESENTING THEMSELVES AS FULLY
TRANSPARENT IN TERMS OF THE
CONDITION OF THE PRESIDENT AND
HIS COVID DIAGNOSIS, GUYS.
EXACTLY. RIGHT. WE’LL STAY ON
IT. ALL RIGHT, PAULA. OKAY LET’S
TURN NOW TO THE WEATHER, AND THE
HEAT IS BACK AS WE TAKE A LIVE
LOOK OUTSIDE FROM OUR DOWNTOWN
SKY CAM. PRETTY PICTURE. THEY’RE
STILL HOT BUT LESS MUGGY TODAY,
COMPARED TO YESTERDAY HELPS.
LET’S GET OVER TO PAUL GROSS AND
SEE WHAT’S COMING TONIGHT HERE,
PAUL AND IT WILL START WITH FOUR
ZONE WEATHER BECAUSE IT IS VERY
HOT OUT THERE. LOOK AT CITY
AIRPORT RIGHT IN THE HEART OF
DOWNTOWN DETROIT 93 DEGREES
RIGHT NOW. IT’S 90 IN LAVONIA.
NOT FAR BEHIND. CAN’T AND TAYLOR
YOU’RE AT 90 TROY 90 MONTH.
CLEMENS YOU’RE AT 90 DEGREES.
THAT’S OUR METRO ZONE IN OUR
SOUTH ZONE, JUST A 10. HAND
COOLER, BUT I THINK IT’S BECAUSE
IT’S A LITTLE MORE HUMID DOWN
HERE. 85 DUNDEE 87 IN DEERFIELD,
87. LAMBERTVILLE 86 SELENE WEST
ZONE GENERALLY MID EIGHTIES
HERE, MILFORD OVER TO WHITMORE
LAKE, AND HOWEVER YOU’RE AT 87
90 OVER AT FLINT AND THEN IN OUR
NORTH ZONE, YOU CAN SEE IT’S
GENERALLY UPPER EIGHTIES HERE,
89 ALL THE WAY UP IN DECKER
VILLE. JUST A SMALL CHANCE FOR A
SHOWER, ESPECIALLY LATE EVENING
, AND WE’LL SEE TEMPERATURES
JUST SLOWLY FALLING THROUGH THE
EIGHTIES. I’LL BE BACK TO TALK
ABOUT OUR WEEKEND. SEVERE STORM
THREATENED JUST FEW MINUTES.
OKAY PAUL. OAKLAND COUNTY IS
TAKING STEPS TO PREVENT MORE
CASES OF MONKEYPOX 20 CONFIRMED
CASES IN MICHIGAN. A QUARTER OF
THEM ARE IN OAKLAND COUNTY.
GRANT HERMES LIVE RIGHT NOW IN
SOUTHFIELD AT THE OAKLAND COUNTY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THAT’S WHERE
HEALTH OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED A NEW
TASK FORCE GRANT. DE’VEON
KIMBERLY THAT NEW TASK FORCES IN
ITS BEGINNING STAGES, BUT
OFFICIALS HERE SAY THEY PLAN TO
WORK WITH FEDERAL AND STATE
PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN
GET VACCINES OUT TO PEOPLE AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE. TO TALK ABOUT
OAKLAND COUNTY, ANNOUNCING A NEW
TASK FORCE TO MONITOR THE SPREAD
OF MONKEYPOX AND MAKE SURE
VACCINES ARE GETTING TO WHERE
THEY NEED TO GO. WE MUST BE
PREPARED FOR THIS POTENTIAL
SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS ACROSS OUR
STATE, ACCORDING TO THE STATE’S
NEWLY DESIGNATED MONKEYPOX
DASHBOARD. THE CITY OF DETROIT
HAS THE MOST CASES IN THE STATE
AND SEVEN CONFIRMED IN ALL 20
CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN
MICHIGAN IN WAYNE, WASHINGTON,
MACOMB, OAKLAND AND KENT
COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF DETROIT
TODAY, BOTH MCCOMB AND WASHED
KEANNA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
, SAYING THEY ARE READY TO
TACKLE THE VIRUS AS CASES COME
IN THROUGH TREATMENT AND CONTACT
TRACING ALONG WITH WORKING WITH
NEIGHBORING COUNTIES AND THE
STATE THAT HAS DESIGNATED
VACCINE SUPPLIES. THE OTHER
METRO DETROIT COUNTIES DID NOT
RESPOND TO QUESTIONS FOR COMMENT
EARLIER THIS MONTH AFTER ITS
SECOND CASE, THE CITY OF DETROIT
TWEETING OUT THIS FACT PAGE WITH
A NUMBER FOR A DAILY NURSE
HOTLINE AND DESIGNATED OUTBREAK
. EMAIL IT’S A NEW VIRUS, BUT
THE GOOD NEWS IS IT’S NOT A
NOVEL VIRUS LIKE CORONAVIRUS,
RIGHT? SO WE DO HAVE VACCINES.
WE KNOW A LOT ABOUT THIS VIRUS.
WE KNOW HOW TO ATTACK IT. UH AND
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SO.
THERE IS A TWO DOSE VACCINE FOR
THE VIRUS, BUT STOCKPILES ARE
LOW. MOST HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
ARE TURNING PATIENTS TO LOCAL
HEALTH DEPARTMENTS WHERE THEIR
STORES ARE RESTRICTED BY THE CDC
AND THE STATE TO THOSE AT
IMMEDIATE RISK. THE CDC SAYS
THIS VIRUS CAN BE SPREAD THROUGH
THE AIR BY PROLONGED CLOSE
CONTACT. IT CAN ALSO BE SPREAD
THROUGH BODILY FLUID. AND WHILE
IT ISN’T CONSIDERED A SEXUALLY
TRANSMITTED INFECTION IS OFTEN
MOST REPORTED AFTER CLOSE,
INTIMATE CONTACT OF THE WHITE
HOUSE, SAYING TODAY IT PLANS TO
SEND OUT 374,000 MORE DOSES OF
THE MONKEY POX VACCINES TO
STATES AND LOCAL HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS. DE’VEON BUT NO WORD
YET ON HOW MANY MICHIGAN WILL BE
GETTING WELL, I GUESS PEOPLE ARE
WONDERING HOW DO THEY KNOW IF
THEY’RE INFECTED? THAT IS THE
BIG QUESTION HERE. SO SYMPTOMS
START TO SHOW UP ON A WEEK AFTER
YOU’VE BEEN EXPOSED, LEAST
ACCORDING TO THE CDC. THEY LAST
ABOUT 2 TO 4 WEEKS. IF YOU DO
THINK YOU’VE BEEN EXPOSED, OR
YOU HAVE THOSE SYMPTOMS, YOU
WERE ASKED TO GO RIGHT TO YOUR
DOCTOR OR HEALTH DEPARTMENT
RIGHT AWAY SO THEY CAN START
YOUR TREATMENT AND START THAT
VERY IMPORTANT CONTACT. TRACING
DEVIN BACK TO YOU. ALRIGHT
GRAHAM, NEW YORK, MEANWHILE, IS
REPORTING THE FIRST POLIO CASE
IN THE UNITED STATES. NEARLY A
DECADE PERSON IN ROCKLAND COUNTY
, WHICH IS A SUBURB OF NEW YORK
CITY, HAS TESTED POSITIVE. WE
ONLY KNOW THE PATIENT IS AN
UNVACCINATED YOUNG ADULTS WHO
DEVELOPED PARALYSIS. POLIO
STRAINED MAY HAVE COME FROM
SOMEONE WHO RECEIVED THE ORAL
POLIO VACCINE CONTAINS A MILD
VIRUS STRAIN THAT CAN STILL
SPREAD THAT VERSION OF POLIO
VACCINE IS NO LONGER GIVEN IN
THE U. S. SO EXPERTS BELIEVE
THIS TRANSMISSION CHAIN STARTED
ABROAD. THE HOUSE SELECT
COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE
JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION WILL
PRESENT WHAT MAY BE ITS FINAL
PUBLIC HEARING. THE COMMITTEE
PLANS TO FOCUS ON FORMER
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S CONDUCT
ON JENNY. VERY SIXTH. LOOKING
SPECIFICALLY AT HIS INACTION AS
RIOTERS BREACHED THE CAPITAL
WALLS AND FORCED CAPITOL POLICE
TO EVACUATE LAWMAKERS FROM THEIR
CHAMBERS TO FORMER TRUMP
STAFFERS ARE EXPECTED TO TESTIFY
. IN PREVIOUS INTERVIEWS, BOTH
PROVIDED THEIR REACTIONS TO
TRUMP’S INFAMOUS TWEET ATTACKING
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE
. I READ THAT TWEET AND MADE A
DECISION AT THAT MOMENT TO
RESIGN. THAT’S WHERE I KNEW THAT
I WAS LEAVING THAT DAY ONCE I
READ THAT TWEET THE SITUATION
WAS ALREADY BAD AND SO IT FELT
LIKE HE WAS POURING GASOLINE ON
THE FIRE BY TWEETING THAT YOU
CAN WATCH TONIGHT’S HEARING AND
ITS ENTIRETY TONIGHT AT EIGHT
RIGHT HERE ON LOCAL FORM, OFTEN
RUNNING ON A BUSY THURSDAY.
LET’S CHECK IN WITH HANK. THE
SEARCH FOR BABY FORMULA. IT IS
STILL A HUGE STRUGGLE FOR SO
MANY LOCAL PARENTS TONIGHT. I’M
TALKING WITH A STORE OWNER. HE’S
OFFERING ADVICE TO YOU. HELP ME,
HANK LIVE AT FIVE. PART HANK,
AND IT WAS MORE THAN JUST SPEED.
A HEARTBREAKING UPDATE TO A
CRASH THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF A
CHILD IN ALLEN PARK, SEAN I’M
SHAWN LEY WERE IN DETROIT
NEIGHBORHOODS TONIGHT, TALKING
TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN
DETROIT NEIGHBORHOODS AFTER THE
CITY ANNOUNCES A MAJOR PLAN TO
BRING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO
DETROIT. A PLAN FOCUSED RIGHT
HERE IN NEIGHBORHOODS. DETAILS