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>> THERE ARE HUGE DEALS ON THIS
BLACK FRIDAY, BUT NOT
NECESSARILY HUGE CROWDS.
WE’LL SHOW YOU YOU HOW THINGS
HAVE CHANGED THIS YEAR DURING
THE PANDEMIC.
>> LOCAL COUNTIES WORKING TO GET
MORE PEOPLE TESTED FOR COVID-19.
COMING UP, WHETHER THERE’S A NEW
CENTER HERE YOU.
>> WE’RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE
WEATHER AND A DREARY START TO
THE WEEKEND.
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT’S IN
STORE FOR TOMORROW AND SUNDAY.
PRETTY CLOUDY OUT THERE TODAY,
BUT TEMPERATURES NOT BAD FOR THE
FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING,
PRIYA.
>> YOU’VE GOT THAT RIGHT.
LET’S GET OVER TO ANDREW FOR A
LOOK AT WHAT’S IN STORE THIS
WEEKEND.
>> HEY THERE, PRIYA AND JASON.
SURE WE’VE GOT CLOUDS OVERHEAD
AND MOSTLY DRY.
JUST LIKE YESTERDAY, A FEW
SPRINKLES ARE POPPING UP RIGHT
ON TIME.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THROUGH PARTS
OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN, DOWN TO
RIVERVIEW AND TRENTON AND SOUTH
GATE ANGIE--
AND GIBRALTAR.
ONCE IT’S OUT OF HERE, WE’LL BE
DRY AGAIN.
BETWEEN 40 AND 45 DEGREES FROM
SANDUSKY, OVER TO HOWELL AND
DOWNTOWN DETROIT AND IN ADRIAN.
SO REMAINING CHILLY KNOW MOTOWN.
STILL LOOKING GOOD AS YOU LOOK
AT DOWNTOWN DETROIT WITH 44
DEGREES RIGHT NOW.
NOW, WE’RE LOOKING AT CLEARER
CONDITIONS AS WE GO TO SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY AND EVENING
ACTIVITIES. WE’VE GOT SOME WOMEN’S
WE’VE GOT SOME WOMEN’S
BASKETBALL AT OU, OUTSIDE THE
O-RENA.
AND IT SHOULD BE EASY TO HANDLE
BEFORE THE GAME.
SUNSHINE THIS WEEKEND AND AFTER
THAT, YES, OUR NEXT SNOW IS IN
THE FORECAST.
HOW BIG IS THAT GOING TO BE?
I’VE GOT THAT YOUR SEVEN-DAY
FORECAST IN MINUTES.
>> NOW TO THE CORONAVIRUS AND
TWO DAY TOTAL.
17, 162 NEW CASES OVER THE PAST
48 HOURS, THAT’S A STAGGERING
AVERAGE OF NEARLY 8600 CASES PER
DAY.
THE STATE IS ALSO REPORTING 172
NEW CORONAVIRUS DEATHS.
INCLUDING 108 FROM A REVIEW OF
PAST VITAL RECORDS.
AMID THIS SECOND WAVE OF NEW
CASES, COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
ARE WORKING TO RAMP UP TESTING.
>> YEAH, TODAY, OAKLAND COUNTY
ROLLED OUT A DRIVE-THRU TESTING
PROGRAM AND WAYNE COUNTY
ANNOUNCED IT’S EXPANDING NEW
TESTING.
AND GRANT HERMES IS IN DEARBORN
HEIGHTS.
WE’VE BEEN SEEING PEOPLE WAITING
IN LONG LINES TO GET TESTED FOR
WEEKS NOW.
>> THERE WERE CERTAINLY SOME
LINES OUT HERE THIS AFTERNOON,
BUT THEY HAVE DIED DOWN AS WE’VE
GOTTEN INTO THE EVENING HOURS
AND SITES LIKE THIS ONE IN
DEARBORN HEIGHTS WHERE THE
COUNTY HAS WITH AT THE HYPE
ATHLETICS, THEY’RE EXPANDING
ROLLED OUT TESTING CENTER AS
DOCTORS WARNED OF A SPIKE IN
CASES AS WE HEAD INTO THE
WINTER.
>> DRIVE-UP TESTING EXPANDING IN
WAYNE COUNTY, WHO EPG--
HOPING TO GET PEOPLE TO MORE
TESTING PLACES AS IT SURGE AND
MORE PEOPLE IGNORE PEOPLE WITH
THE HOLIDAY SEASON OFFICIALLY
UNDERWAY.
ONLY 30% OF PEOPLE HAVE STAYED
HOME DURING THE MONTH OF
NOVEMBER WITH MORE THAN TWO
MILLION TRAVELLING MORE THAN 25
MILES IN THE RUN-UP TO
THANKSGIVING.
HEALTH OFFICIALS URGING PEOPLE
TO GET TESTED.
>> ONE THING WE NEED TO GET
CAREFUL ABOUT, TESTING IS MOST
ACCURATE WHEN IT IS WITHIN THREE
TO FIVE DAYS, WHICH WE CALL THE
INCUBATION PERIOD.
SO, IF YOU DO IT TOO EARLY, YOU
MIGHT NOT GET THE RESULTS AND IF
YOU DO IT TOO LATE.
>> WAYNE COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS
SAY THERE’S AT LEAST ONE BRIGHT
SPOT.
THE TESTING AND EQUIPMENT
SHORTAGES WE’VE SEEN AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, THIS
TIME AROUND.
>> WE’VE--
I GUESS EVERYBODY LEARNED THE
LESSON AND WE’VE HAD A LOT OF
SUPPLIES IN ADVANCE AND WE KEEP
MONITORING OUR INVENTORY AND NOT
ONLY FOR THE COUNTY AS WELL AS
OTHERS, OTHER PARTNERS THAT WE
ALSO WORK WITH.
>> AND THE TESTING IS FOR
EVERYONE NO MATTER WHO HAS
INSURANCE AND WHO DOESN’T.
THE HOPE IS THE MOST VULNERABLE
WON’T BE TURNED AWAY.
>> ANYONE WHO NEEDS A TEST CAN
GET IT, REGARDLESS WHETHER THEY
HAVE INSURANCE OR NOT.
AND THEY MIGHT BE ASKED FOR
THEIR INSURANCE IF THEY HAVE IT,
BUT IF NOT, NOBODY IS GOING TO
BE TURNED AWAY.
>> NOW, IN ALL, THERE ARE EIGHT
SITES ACROSS METRO DETROIT IN
TOWNS LIKE DEARBORN, WAYNE,
TAYLOR, LIVONIA AND LINCOLN PARK
AND THEY HAVE MOBILE, WHERE
PEOPLE DON’T HAVE ACCESS TO
TRANSPORTATION OR MAY NOT HAVE A
PERMANENT ADDRESS.
THE IDEA IS THEY CAN FIND THE
HARDEST HIT COMMUNITIES.
>> WHAT ABOUT ADVICE FOR THOSE
TRAVELLING NOW AFTER
THANKSGIVING?
>> WELL, DOCTORS SAY IF YOU CAN
HELP IT, YOU SHOULDN’T BE
TRAVELLING AT ALL, BUT FOR THOSE
FOLKS WHO ARE TRAVELLING, IF YOU
HAVE SYMPTOMS OR THINK YOU HAVE
COME INTO CONTACT WITH SOMEONE
WHO HAS COVID.
THEY RECOMMEND BEING QUARANTINED
AND GET TESTED.
WHAT THE SITES LIKE THIS ARE
FOR.
>> THANKS, GRANT.
IT’S THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING,
TRADITIONALLY THAT WOULD MEAN
THOUSANDS SWARMING SHOPPING
MALLS.
>> TRADITIONALLY, BUT WE KNOW
THAT 2020 IS SOMETHING ELSE.
TAKE A LOOK AT SKY 4 OVER THE
OAKLAND MALL.
IT’S DEFINITELY NOT WHAT WE’RE
USED TO SEEING IN THE PANDEMIC,
BUT OBVIOUSLY, SOME CARS OUT
THERE.
SOME SHOPPERS GETTING OUT AND
GETTING ON THE DEALS.
CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR HANK
WINCHESTER IS A FEW MILES UP 75
AT SOMMERSET TONIGHT.
HANK, HOW IS IT OUT THERE?
>> GOOD EVENING TO BOTH OF YOU.
TAKE A LIVE LOOK BEHIND ME.
SEE THE PARKING LOT AT SOMERSET
COLLECTION NORTH, MACY’S, PRETTY
GOOD CROWDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY
AND SAME THING AS WE’VE CHECKED
IN AS 12 OAKS, GREAT LAKES
CROSSING.
SHOPPERS LOOKING FOR DEALS.
STORE OWNERS AND MANY SHOPPERS
THOUGH OF COURSE FOCUSED ON
SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT,
SAFETY.
>> TAKE A LOOK, THIS IS VIDEO
FROM THE PARKING LOT AT THE
SOMERSET COLLECTION IN TROY.
THERE ARE CROWDS BUT THERE’S
PARKING AVAILABLE AND SKY 4 OVER
12 OAKS, MANY PEOPLE MADE THEIR
WAY OUT, BUT SOME HAVE DECIDED
TO STAY HOME.
>> WE HAD A STRATEGY IN PLACE
THAT WOULD MAKE CONSUMERS AND
CUSTOMERS FEEL COMFORTABLE AND
CONFIDENCE THAT THEY COULD COME
TO SOMERSET.
>> AND NATE FORBES IS THE OWNER
OF THE SOMERSET COLLECTION IN
TROY.
>> WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL
OF COMFORT AND SAFETY AND SAFE,
COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE
CONSUMER THAT ALLOWS THEM TO BE
AS EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE WITH
THEIR TIME AS THEY CAN.
>> THERE ARE BIG DEALS TO BE HAD
ALL OVER METRO DETROIT, BUT THE
FOCUS NOW ON YOUR PERSONAL
SAFETY.
>> WE’RE GOING TO HAVE
AMBASSADORS AT EACH ENTRANCE TO
THE MALL TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR
STORE IN AN EFFICIENT AND
EFFECTIVE MANNER.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE UNIFORMED
ADDITIONAL SECURITY PEOPLE,
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE GUEST
SERVICES PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE
MALL.
>> A LOT OF BIG BLACK FRIDAY
DEALS STARTED GETTING ROLLED OUT
IN OCTOBER AND NOW, THE FOCUS
WILL BE ON CYBER MONDAY, BUT
WITH SO MANY PEOPLE SHOPPING
ONLINE THIS YEAR, IT’S IMPORTANT
FOR YOU TO STAY SAFE.
>> JUST BECAUSE THE WEBSITE
LOOKS REALLY GOOD, IT LOOKS
PROFESSIONAL, IT’S GOT THE RIGHT
LINKS, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE RETAILER YOU’RE LOOKING
AT BUYING ONLINE IS A REPUTABLE
ONE.
>> BACK OUT HERE LIVE, MONDAY
MORNING, STARTING AT 6 A.M. AND
LOCAL 4 NEWS TODAY WE’LL BE LIVE
BECAUSE WE HAVE A PREVIEW OF
SOME OF THE BIG CYBER MONDAY
DEALS YOU’RE GOING TO FIND AND
ALSO IN THE MALLS YOU MAY HAVE
NOTICED LONGER LINES IN FRONT OF
STORES, IT’S NOT NECESSARILY
BECAUSE THERE’S MORE PEOPLE, BUT
MANY OF THE STORES ARE LIMITING
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THEY’RE
ALLOWING IN DIFFERENT STORES IN
THE MALL AT ONE TIME.
WE’RE LIVE TONIGHT IN TROY, HANK
WINCHESTER, HELP ME HANK.
>> BEFORE YOU GO, ARE BLACK
FRIDAY SALES NUMBERS EXPECTED TO
BE ANYWHERE NEAR WHERE THEY WERE
LAST YEAR?
>> PRIYA, I DOUBT IT WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THE ACTUAL DAY ITSELF.
LET’S REMEMBER MANY OF THE BIG
BOX RETAILERS, THEY’VE BEEN
OFFERING BLACK FRIDAY TYPE DEALS
SINCE OCTOBER SO THEY’RE
PROBABLY IN THE LONG RUN GOING
TO END UP OKAY, BUT IF YOU LOOK
THE AT SPECIFIC DAY ITSELF.
PROBABLY NOWHERE NEAR LAST YEAR.
BACK TO YOU.
>> CERTAINLY VERY DIFFERENT,
THANKS, HANK.
>> JASON: ON THIS DAY AFTER
THANKSGIVING, PRESIDENT-ELECT
BIDEN REMAINS LOW KEY, AND TO
NATIVE AMERICANS.
THERE IS MORE ON THE PRESIDENT
AND PRESIDENT-ELECT MAKING PLANS
FOR THEIR FUTURES. >> PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN
>> PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN
REMAINING LOW KEY IN ROW HOE--
REHOE
REHOEBATH, DELAWARE.
AND EXPECTING CABINET PICKS NEXT
WE BE AND PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH
THE TWITTER CLAIMS THAT THE
ELECTION WAS FRAUDULENT.
THAT IT’S NOT OVER YET.
>> I THINK A LOT OF THINGS ARE
GOING TO HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND
JANUARY.
>> HE REMAINED MUM ON 2024.
ABOUT YOU FOCUSED ON THE SENATE
RUNOFF IN GEORGIA.
THE PRESIDENT TWEETING THAT
HE’LL GO TO GEORGIA TO CAMPAIGN,
AND SOME BELIEVE THAT HIS
RHETORIC ABOUT RIGGED ELECTIONS
IS TO--
>> AND LET HIM DO THE DEMOCRATS
WORK FOR THEM CONTINUING WITH
THESE SHENANIGANS.
>> A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT
REJECTED THE CHALLENGE TO THE
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION, AND THE
COURT SAYING CALLING AN ELECTION
UNFAIR DOES NOT MAKE IT SO.
CHARGES REQUIRE SPECIFIC
ALLEGATIONS AND PROOF.
WE HAVE NEITHER HERE.
IF THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN APPEALS,
THE CASE COULD REACH THE U.S.
SUPREME COURT.
IN WASHINGTON, SUSAN MCGINNIS,
LOCAL 4.
>> JASON: THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT
COULD HAPPEN.
AND IT TWEETED ON TO SCOTUS
AFTER THE RUING THAT SUSAN
TALKED ABOUT.
THEY NEED YOUR BUSINESS MORE
THAN EVER.
>> YOU WILL YOU’LL HEAR FROM
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO GET YOU
TO SHOP SMALL THIS HOLIDAY
SEASON.
>> JASON: AND IT WASN’T HIGH
SPEED, POLICE GET INTO A CHASE
WITH A U-HAUL.
>> FIRST, IT’S TRAUL THE MOST
WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR FOR
US.
ROD THE BUILDER ITALIAN COOKING
CHALLENGE IS UNDERWAY AND SEE
HIM FALL OVER THE FETTUCINI AND