FIRST. AND FOR THE REPUBLICAN RUNNING FOR SECRETARY OF STATE TRIED TO DISQUALIFY THOUSANDS OF
VOTES IN DETROIT TODAY WE HAVE
THE JUDGES SCATHING DECISION TO
HER LAWSUIT. PLUS, HERE’S PAULA.
OKAY IT’S CALLED A BLOOD MOON.
WE’RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE LUNAR
ECLIPSE. WE HAVE EVERYTHING YOU
NEED TO KNOW SO YOU CAN GET
MAXIMUM EXCITEMENT. AND WE WILL
HAVE CLEAR SKIES FOR THAT
ECLIPSE TONIGHT. IT IS GOING TO
BE BEAUTIFUL. WE’VE GOT A
BEAUTIFUL SUNSET COMING VERY
SHORTLY. 52 RIGHT NOW AND HOW
ALSO IN PONTIAC, I’LL HAVE YOUR
FULL FORECAST COMING UP. LIVE
FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4
NEWS FIRST AT FOUR STARTS NOW.
GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M KAREN DREW
ALONG WITH JASON COLTHORPE FOR
AN EXTENDED EDITION OF FIRST AT
FOUR AND WE START WITH A COURT
CASE THAT COULD HAVE SHAKEN UP
THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS IN DETROIT
, BUT A JUDGE HAS NOW DECISIVELY
DISMISSED THE CLAIMS. THE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
SECRETARY OF STATE CHRISTINA
CARAMEL, FINAL LAWSUIT 12 DAYS
AGO TO DISQUALIFY ABSENTEE
BALLOTS ONLY IN THE CITY OF
DETROIT. SHE ARGUED THE COUNTING
SYSTEM VIOLATED ELECTION LAW AND
WANTED TO REQUIRE DETROITERS TO
VOTE IN PERSON TODAY. WAYNE
COUNTY JUDGE DISMISSED THE SUIT
RULING IT FAILED DRAMATICALLY
AND DID NOT PRODUCE ANY EVIDENCE
OF ITS CLAIMS. IT’S STILL
GATHERING REACTION TO THIS STORY
AND THE RULING AND WE’LL HAVE A
LIVE UPDATE ON LOCAL 4 NEWS
COMING UP AT FIVE AT THE TOP OF
THE TICKET THIS YEAR. TWO WOMEN
ARE RUNNING TO BE MICHIGAN’S
NEXT GOVERNOR, AND THEY’VE BEEN
SCRAMBLING TO OFFER CLOSING
ARGUMENTS TO VOTERS. POLLS HAVE
SHOWN THE INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT
GRETCHEN WHITMER, IN THE LEAD
REPUBLICAN TWITTER, DICKSON
LAUNCHED A BLITZ OF CAMPAIGN AS
JUST IN RECENT WEEKS. KIMBERLY
GILL IN THE NEWSROOM FOR US THIS
AFTERNOON, STARTING OFF OUR
COVERAGE HERE GETTING THE
RESULTS THAT REALLY ARE GOING TO
BE VERY IMPORTANT ACCOUNT
TOMORROW. INDEED KAREN GOOD
AFTERNOON TO YOU AT THAT’S RIGHT
. THE RESULTS THAT COUNT COME
FROM THOSE ABSENTEE BALLOTS THAT
HAVE ALREADY BEEN CAST AND THE
VOTERS WHO GO TO THE POLLS
STARTING TOMORROW AT SEVEN AM,
BOTH WHITMER AND DIXON HAVE BEEN
REACHING OUT TO VOTERS TODAY
ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT. TODAY,
GOVERNOR WHITMER STOPPED AT A
SMALL BUSINESS IN SOUTHFIELD.
HER TEAM IS CALLING THESE
CAMPAIGN STOPS. QUOTE GETTING
THINGS DONE TRIP GETTING THINGS
DONE TRIP LAST EVENT OF THE DAY
WILL BE IN EAST LANSING, WITH
ALL THE TOP CANDIDATES ON THE
DEMOCRATIC TICKET THIS MORNING.
BOTH CANDIDATES SPOKE TO LOCAL 4
NEWS TUTOR, DIXON SAYS MICHIGAN
STUDENTS NEED HELP AFTER WHITMAN
WAS COVID LOCKDOWNS KEPT THEM
HOME DURING THE PANDEMIC. LISTEN
IT’S THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN I
HEAR FROM PARENTS ACROSS THE
STATE ARE CHILDREN ARE SO FAR
BEHIND FROM THE NUMBER OF MONTHS
THAT THEY WERE OUT DURING THE
PANDEMIC, AND THEY HAVEN’T HAD
THE PROPER SUPPORT TO GET THEM
BACK ON TRACK. IT IS REALLY
CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE THE
SUPPORT IN THE CLASSROOMS TO GET
THESE CHILDREN BACK ON TRACK. I
THINK IT’S TIME FOR US TO NOT GO
BACKWARDS. BUT TO PUT HER FOOT
ON THE ACCELERATOR. WHETHER IT’S
THE JAVAN ANNOUNCEMENTS OR THE
INVESTMENT WE’VE MADE IN
EDUCATION, OR PROTECTING WOMEN’S
ABILITY TO MAKE THEIR OWN
DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR BODIES.
ALL OF THIS IS A QUESTION OF ARE
WE GOING TO KEEP MOVING MICHIGAN
FORWARD? ARE WE GOING TO GO
BACKWARD? AND I SAY, LET’S PUT
OUR FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. SO
OF COURSE, WE’RE ALSO TRACKING
THE RACES FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
SECRETARY OF STATE MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS, PLUS BALLOT
INITIATIVES SUCH AS PROP THREE,
WHICH WOULD AMEND THE STATE
CONSTITUTION TO PROTECT A
WOMAN’S RIGHT TO CHOOSE CRITICS,
OF COURSE, A PREP THREE GOES TOO
FAR. SO THERE’S SO MUCH ON THE
BALLOT WILL BE FOLLOWING
EVERYTHING FOR YOU RIGHT HERE ON
LOCAL FOR NOW, KAREN WILL SEND
IT BACK TO YOU AND JASON IN THE
STUDIO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
KIM GET WE DO HAVE A DIGITAL
ELECTION GUIDE RIGHT NOW POSTED
ON CLICKONDETROIT’S DOT COM AND
THAT INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE POLL
RESULTS ON KEY RACES AND THOSE
PROPOSALS. YOU CAN ALSO SEE
DEVON’S INTERVIEWS WITH GOVERNOR
WHITMER TUTOR DIXON ABOUT THEIR
STANCE ON KEY ISSUES. PLUS OUR
ELECTION GUIDE WILL SHOW YOU
EXACTLY WHAT’S ON THE BALLOT AND
HELP YOU FIND OUT WHERE TO VOTE.
YOU’RE NOT SURE ALL OF THAT. ON
THE ELECTIONS PAGE
CLICKONDETROIT.COM. WE DO KNOW
THAT WEATHER CAN HAVE AN IMPACT
ON ELECTION TURNOUT. IT’S
DEFINITELY COOLER THIS WEEK, BUT
STILL REALLY COMFORTABLE. THE
CHILL ACTUALLY CAUGHT UP WITH ME
TODAY. I WAS GETTING SO KIM. I
WAS GETTING SO USED TO THE
SEVENTIES IN NOVEMBER. WHAT
HAPPENED? WELL, HANG ON, BECAUSE
I MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING
FOR YOU IN THE FORECAST IN THE
SAME WEEK, WE COULD HIT 70 AND
GET SOME SNOW ON THE SAME WEEK.
WELCOME TO FALL IN MICHIGAN 57
DEGREES AT CITY AIRPORT. ALSO
METRO AIRPORT 52 IN PONTIAC 51
IN LAPEER, YOUR EVENING PLANNER.
IT’S DRY. CALLS DOWN QUICKLY,
THOUGH. REMEMBER THE SUNSETS
EARLY SO IT WILL SET ABOUT 5 23
TONIGHT 46 DEGREES BY EIGHT
O’CLOCK 10 O’CLOCK IN THE LOW
FORTIES AND BY MIDNIGHT A FEW OF
THE SUBURBS. I WOULDN’T BE
SURPRISED IF THEY ARE ALREADY
DOWN TO THE UPPER THIRTIES.
ELECTION DAY FORECAST FOR
TOMORROW. LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. IT IS
CHILLY IN THE MORNING, BUT NOT
BAD. THIS IS RIGHT WHERE WE
SHOULD BE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR
WITH TEMPS IN THE LOW FIFTIES
AND A LOT OF SUNSHINE TOMORROW
AGAIN, THERE ARE SOME CHANGES UP
AND DOWN FOR THE REST OF THE
WEEK. WE’RE GOING TO KIND OF
PINPOINT WHEN THINGS ARE
HAPPENING COMING UP IN THE
FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES. ALL
RIGHT, KIM, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN
THE MOVIE LAST YEAR. DON’T LOOK
UP. WELL, TOMORROW, ASTRONOMERS
TELLING US TO DO THE OPPOSITE.
THEY SAY DO LOOK UP BECAUSE THE
MOON WILL LOOK VERY DIFFERENT
THAN WE’RE USED TO. AND AS PAULA
TUTMAN REPORTS, THIS LUNAR
ECLIPSE PROMISES TO BE ONE HECK
OF A SHOW. WHAT? WE MISSED THE
LAST LUNAR ECLIPSE BECAUSE THAT
WAS BACK IN MAY AND WE DIDN’T
HAVE GREAT WEATHER FOR THE
WEATHER. THIS TIME IS SUPPOSED
TO BE AMAZING. OF COURSE, WE
KNOW THAT ECLIPSES TEND TO HAVE
AND HISTORICAL BAD RAP THROUGH
THE AGES. BUT NOW BECAUSE OF
SCIENCE AND WE KNOW SO MUCH MORE
ABOUT THEM NOW THEY JUST HAVE A
COOL FACTOR. SOME ANCIENT MYTHS
CALLED THE BLOOD MOON, A
HARBINGER OF COMING EVIL. BUT
SCIENCE HAS IDENTIFIED THE
WONDERS OF THE FULL LUNAR
ECLIPSE AS AND THIS IS A
TECHNICAL TERM. REALLY COOL.
WHAT MAKES THIS KIND OF A COOL
ECLIPSE IS IT HAPPENS NEAR MOON
SET, SO THE MOON IS GOING TO BE
HEADING TOWARDS THE HORIZON SO
WE MAY BE AFFORDED THE LUXURY OF
SEEING A FULLY ECLIPSED REDMOON
. THAT LOOKS ENORMOUS BECAUSE
IT’S GOING TO BE CLOSE TO THE
HORIZON. LOCK THE CHIEF
ASTRONOMER FOR CRANBROOK
INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, WALKS US
THROUGH THE WONDROUS 85 MINUTES.
SKY SHOW TOMORROW MORNING. THIS
LINE HERE REPRESENTS THE
PENUMBRA, WHICH IS A FANCY WAY
OF SAYING IT’S A VERY, VERY
LIGHT SHADOW. ONCE IT HITS THE
UMBRA, THIS IS THE DARK PART OF
THE SHADOW. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS
THAT’S THE PART OF THE SHADOW
THAT LOOKS NICE AND RED. SO THE
FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS
CONVINCE YOUR BODY THAT YOU WANT
TO GET UP AT A RIDICULOUSLY
EARLY HOUR, DEPENDING ON YOUR
LEVEL OF COMMITMENT. THE SHOW
ACTUALLY STARTS A LITTLE AFTER
FOUR TOMORROW MORNING, THINGS
REALLY GET STARTED A LITTLE BIT
AFTER FIVE O’CLOCK WHEN IT
STARTS TO GO THROUGH THE DARK
PART OF THE EARTH’S SHADOW. THE
FIRST THING YOU’LL SEE IS THE
SHADOWS, SEEMINGLY TAKING A BITE
OUT OF THE MOON WILL GET BIGGER
AND BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BIGGER
UNTIL EVENTUALLY, THE MOON WILL
BE IN TOUCH. DIRELY ENGULFED IN
THE EARTH’S SHADOW. YOU CAN MOVE
AROUND AND GET SOME OTHER THINGS
DONE AND THEN KEEP COMING BACK
BECAUSE THIS IS A PROCESS THAT
TAKES NEARLY AN HOUR AND A HALF,
BUT THE BIG EVENT WILL BE WHEN
THE MOON IS COMPLETELY BLOCKED
AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE EARTH’S
SHADOW. AND THIS IS WHAT YOU
REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU’RE
WATCHING AS THE MOON GOES FROM
SILVERY TO BLOOD RED. THAT’S
GOING TO HAPPEN AROUND SIX IN
THE MORNING WHEN YOU GO OUT
WALKING, LIKE KIND OF BEAUTIFUL,
SUNNY DAY AND YOU LOOK AT YOUR
SHADOW. OUR SHADOWS LOOK DARK,
BUT THE EARTH’S SHADOW IS RED.
SO WHEN THE MOON THE BIG,
BRIGHT, SILVERY MOON GOES
THROUGH THE EARTH’S SHADOW, IT’S
GOING TO GO FROM THAT SILVERY
WHITE COLOR TO A DEEP RED COLOR.
7 30. THE MOON IS SET AND IT IS
DONE. OKAY SO OF COURSE WHAT
YOU’RE LOOKING AT, RIGHT? HERE
IS THE DOME OF THE OBSERVATORY
HERE AT THE CRANBROOK INSTITUTE
OF SCIENCE. YOU DON’T NEED ALL
OF THAT, BECAUSE THIS IS A NAKED
EYE EVENT. SO UNLIKE A SOLAR
ECLIPSE, WHERE YOU CANNOT LOOK
DIRECTLY ADDED, THIS IS A LUNAR
ECLIPSE, AND YOU CAN LOOK
DIRECTLY ADDED THE ONLY
EQUIPMENT YOU REALLY NEED. SO
YOU DON’T NEED ANY FANCY
EQUIPMENT OR YOUR VERY OWN
PEEPERS. HOWEVER JASON, IF YOU
DO DECIDE YOU WANT TO USE
BINOCULARS OR A TELESCOPE, YOU
DO NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A
SPECIALIZED MOON FILTER BECAUSE
OF WHEN YOU AMPLIFY THE IMAGE,
YOU AMPLIFY THE BRIGHTNESS AND
THAT COULD BE DAMAGING. BEST TO
JUST LOOK AT THAT GREAT BIG FAT
RED MOON. WITH YOUR OWN EYES
BECAUSE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
SPECTACULAR. AH YES, HOLOCAUST
THROUGH WITH THE SCIENCE, FAT
REDNECK. YEAH BRING IT IN. THERE
YOU GO. GOOD STUFF. THANKS
REDMOON. DELIVER ENERGY, RIGHT?
FANTASTIC ALRIGHT. THANKS, PAULA
STILL AHEAD. IT IS A TRAVEL
PERK. THAT MAKES YOUR TRIP TO
THE AIRPORT A LITTLE EASIER. AND
WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON HOW MUCH
IT’S GONNA COST YOU AND WE THINK
YOU WILL LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR BY
THE WAY. ALSO FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT AL GORE DOES NOT LIKE
WHAT HE’S SEEING FROM THE
WORLD’S MOST DEVELOPED
COUNTRIES. HIS NEW WARNING ABOUT
THE CHOICES WERE FACING FIRST
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN TONIGHT’S
HUGE POWERBALL JACKPOT AND
RISING INTEREST RATES. WILL THE
WINNER DO SOMETHING NO WINNER
HAS DONE SINCE 2014 CRUNCH THOSE