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>> LOCAL 4 NEWS STARTS NOW WITH
A BREAKING NEWS ALERT.
>> Devin: BREAKING RIGHT NOW,
MULTIPLE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN
CANADA TO UNBLOCK THE AMBASSADOR
BRIDGE.
ONTARIO’S PREMIER HAS A SIMPLE
MESSAGE FOR THE PEOPLE
RESPONSIBLE.
>> I URGE YOU, IT’S TIME TO
LEAVE.
>> Kimberly: DOUG FORD MADE THAT
COMMENT AS HE DECLARED AN
EMERGENCY IN THE PROVINCE.
>> Devin: WITHIN THE LAST 10
MINUTES, A CANADIAN JUDGE
GRANTED AN INJUNCTION THAT WOULD
ALLOW POLICE TO FORCIBLY REMOVE
THE PROTESTERS AND GET TRAFFIC
MOVING ON THE BRIDGE AGAIN.
THE PEOPLE BLOCKING THE ROAD
COULD FACE EXTREMELY STEEP FINES
AND LOSS OF LICENSES.
AND IN METRO DETROIT FACING TEMPORARY SHUTDOWNS FROM THE
TEMPORARY SHUTDOWNS FROM THE
PARTS SHORTAGES FROM THE BLACKKC
BLACKADE -- BLOCK AID.
>> Kimberly: PRIYA IS OVER IN
WINDSOR.
DESPITE THE INJUNCTION, THE
PROTESTERS SAY THEY’RE NOT
LEAVING.
>> Devin: YEAH, THE PROTESTERS
SAY THEY’RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE,
YOU CAN HEAR THE HORNS STARTING
TOGETHER.
LET ME GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW MANY
HAVE GATHERED AT THE AMBASSADOR
BRIDGE, THAT’S THE BRIDGE IN THE
DISTANCE AND THE CLOSURE OF THE
BRIDGE IS WHY THAT AUTOMOTIVE
GROUP ASKED FOR THE INJUNCTION
THEY JUST RECEIVED.
THROUGHOUT THE DAY, THAT’S BEEN
A SENSE OF JUBILATION.
THE PROTESTERS HERE PASSIONATE
WHY THEY’RE HERE AND YOU’RE
HEARING POCKETS OF CONVERSATIONS
AS THE JUDGE’S DECISION STARTS
TO MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE
CLOUDS OF PROTESTERS AND SHOW
YOU THE HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE
ALL DAY.
SO FAR THEY HAVE NOT BEEN MOVING
THESE PROTESTERS OUT, BUT THAT
COULD CHANGE AS THE JUDGE’S
DECISION GOES INTO EFFECT.
[HORNS HONKING]
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE,
THEY’VE GOT NOTHING TO GO BACK
TO.
>> PROTESTERS SAY THEY HAVE NO
PLANS TO LEAVE AS THE BLOCKAGE
ENTERS THE FIFTH DAY.
>> AND THEY WANT THE COVID
RESTRICTIONS IN CANADA TO END.
>> THESE PEOPLE WILL LEAVE AS
SOON AS THE PROVINCIAL MANDATES
ARE LIFTED.
>> THEY SHUT DOWN THE BUSIEST
LAND BORDER.
>> THE WORD FREEDOM, I SEE IT
EVERYWHERE HERE, I DON’T THINK
THAT THESE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT
FREEDOM IS AND USE IT GO WRONG.
>> EVERY DAY MILLIONS OF GOODS
ACROSS THE AMBASSADOR BRIDGE AND
NOTHING HAS CROSSED.
FIVE CAR COMPANIES HAVE CANCELED
SHIFTS OR REDUCED CAPACITY AND
THE STANDOFF COULD LEAD TO
HIGHER INFLATION AND A SHORTAGE
OF IMPORTED GOODS.
>> I FEEL LIKE BLOCKING THE
BRIDGE IS TOO MUCH BECAUSE THE
INTERNATIONAL GOODS ARE COMING
IN AND THERE’S NO WAY FOR US TO
GET ANY GOODS, IF THEY BLOCK IT
FOR A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW?
>> AND AGAIN, THESE PROTESTERS
SAY THEY AREN’T GOING ANYWHERE,
YOU SEE THE RV’S AND THE BIG
TENT, THERE’S AN ENTIRE FOOD
SETUP AND THE PROTESTERS, THEY
SAY THEY ARE NOT LEAVING.
BUT AGAIN, A JUDGE HAS JUST
RULED IN FAVOR OF THAT
INJUNCTION, MEANING LAW
ENFORCEMENT CAN COME HERE AND
MOVE THE PROTESTERS OUT AND
AGAIN, YOU’RE STARTING TO GET A
SENSE OF THE MOOD SHIFTING SO
SLIGHTLY AS FOLKS ARE LEARNING
ABOUT THAT JUDGE’S DECISION.
AND WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE
COVERAGE TONIGHT AT 6:00.
REPORTING LIVE FROM WINDSOR, I’M
PRIYA MANN, LOCAL 4.
>> Devin: ON THE AMERICAN SIDE
OF THE BORDER IT’S A QUIET DAY
OF ANTICIPATION.
>> Kimberly: ROD MELONI IS THERE
WITH THE LATEST AND THE RIPPLE
EFFECT THIS IS HAVING ON THE
AUTO INDUSTRY, ROD.
>> RIGHT, YOU KNOW, IT’S QUIET
UP ON THE BRIDGE AND WE’VE BEEN
WAITING TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY
COMING ACROSS.
THE BLOCKADE HAS STAYED
STEADFAST.
WILL THIS END TONIGHT?
WE DON’T KNOW, BUT THE AUTO
COMPANIES ARE SURE HOPING IT
DOES.
>> HERE IS THE RUNDOWN ON THE
DOMESTIC THREE PROBLEMS.
OHIO’S ASSEMBLY PLANT IS DOWN AS
A RESULT OF THE PARTS SHORTAGE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITUATION,
THE PLANT MAKES MEDIUM DUTY
TRUCKS AND SUPER DUTY CHASSIS
AND A 1600 LAYOFF.
AND OURS ARE RUNNING AT REDUCED CAPACITY.
AT STELANIS PLANTS, THIS IS
INCREDIBLE FLUID.
AP GM’S FIRST SHIFTS ENDED EARLY
AND THEY’RE WORKENING ONTARIO
WHERE THEY MAKE THE TERRAIN AND
TAUR
TAURRANT.
>> GM MASS TAKEN TO FLYING PARTS
IN AND HOW INTENSE THIS CRISIS
IS BECOMING.
>> WHEN YOU SEE AUTOMAKERS PUT
HEAVY PARTS ON PLANES TO FLY
THEM 50 MILES ACROSS THE BORDER,
YOU KNOW THERE’S A LOT OF MONEY
ON THE LINE AND A LOT OF
PRODUCTION AND EMPLOYMENT THAT’S
BEING AFFECTED.
>> AND GOVERNOR WHITMER OFFERED
HEAVY EQUIPMENT SUPPORT.
WE’VE GOT TO PUSH TO RESOLVE
THIS AND IT HAS TO BE SWIFT, AND
IT HAS TO HAPPEN, WE CANNOT LET
ANOTHER MINUTE GO BY
UNNECESSARILY.
>> BEHIND ME ARE THE BOOTHS AT
THE BRIDGE WHERE THE TRUCKS COME
IN AND CHECK IN WITH THEIR
WEIGHTS AND THEIR PAPER WORK AND
EVEN CARS COME IN HERE AS WELL.
THEY HAVE BEEN SPREADING SALT
OUT HERE TODAY.
THE HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICERS
HAVE BEEN AROUND IN HERE, MOVING
AROUND QUITE A BIT IN
ANTICIPATION OF TRAFFIC.
SO FAR WE HAVEN’T SEEN ANY, BUT
CERTAINLY, IF IN FACT WE’LL DO,
WE’LL BREAK IN THERE.
>> REPORTING LIVE IN DETROIT,
ROD MELONI.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR COVERAGE OF THE BRIDGE
SHUTDOWN CONTINUES DURING THE 90
MINUTES OF NEWS AND OVER ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
>> Kimberly: THERE YOU CAN FIND
THE STORY THAT WE’RE CONSTANTLY
UPDATING ON THE HOME PAGE. RIGHT NOW TO ENCOURAGING SIGNS
RIGHT NOW TO ENCOURAGING SIGNS
IN TODAY’S KRENNSCORONAVIRUS NUM
1600 CASE 2800 CASES A DAY.
AND THAT’S CLOSE TO A THOUSAND
CASES LOWER THAN MID WEEK.
152 MORE DEATHS REPORTED
INCLUDING 110 FROM A VITAL
RECORDS REVIEW.
>> Kimberly: AND THE SEVEN-DAY
MOVING AVERAGE, SHOWS HOW MUCH.
THREE FRIDAYS AGO, 13,000 CASES
AND TODAY 3300.
>> Devin: COUNTIES HAVE STARTED
TO REDUCE MASK MANDATES.
>> Kimberly: INGHAM’S COUNTIES
WILL END ON FEBRUARY 19TH AND
WASHTENAW AND OAKLAND COUNTY ON
THE 28TH.
PAULA TUTMAN HAS BEEN TRACKING
THIS IN THE SCHOOLS AND SHE
SHOWS US HOW THE DECISIONS WERE
MADE, PAULA.
>> HI, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
I WOULD SAY THIS IS A PRETTY
FAST MOVING TRAIN AND WE’RE
STARTING TO SEE A BIT OF A SEA
CHANGE.
I’VE
I’VE BEEN TALKING TO EDUCATORS
ACROSS THE STATE AND THEY APPEAR
TO BE WORKING TOGETHER AND IN
LOCK STEP AS THEY MOVE FROM
PANDEMIC BEHAVIOR TO ENDEMIC
BEHAVIOR, BUT BECAUSE MASK
MANDATES HAVE BEEN POLITICAL AND
REALLY POLARIZING WITH PEOPLE,
YOU CAN EXPECT THAT THIS
DECISION TO ROLL BACK THESE MASK
MANDATES AT SCHOOLS IS GOING TO
BE JUST AS POLARIZING.
>> WE ARE STILL IN A PANDEMIC,
THAT’S JUST, THAT IS WHAT IT IS.
>> KATHLEEN LUCAS HAS TWO
CHILDREN IN THE HUDSONVILLE
PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT OUTSIDE
OF GRAND RAPIDS.
HER FAMILY IS VACCINATED AND
THEY WEAR MASKS IN SCHOOLS IN A
DISTRICT THAT DOESN’T REQUIRE
THEM AND COVID RAN THROUGH THE
FAMILY.
>> THE THIRD DAY BACK FROM
CHRISTMAS BREAK, MY
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD WAS EXPOSED BY
HER--
BY A CLASSMATE WHO WAS NOT
WEARING A MASK AND COVID RAN
THROUGH OUR ENTIRE FAMILY PRETTY
QUICKLY.
WE ARE HOPEFULLY ALL OKAY.
I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME LASTING
EFFECTS, IT’S BEEN ABOUT A MONTH
NOW AND WE’LL SEE IF THOSE GO
AWAY.
>> ALAN PIKE WHOSE 8-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER GOES TO THE ROMEO
COUNTY.
AGAIN NO MASKS WERE REQUIRED AND
HE’S GOOD WITH IT.
>> WHEN YOU’RE STUCK BEHIND THE
SAME MASK ALL DAY LONG, I WORRY
ABOUT THE REBREATHING.
BACTERIA AND WHATEVER ELSE IS IN
THAT MASK.
I DON’T FEEL IT’S HEALTHY FOR
THE KIDS.
>> HEALTH DEPARTMENTS OFTEN
COMPARING INFORMATION AND DATA
POINTS ARE MOVING TOWARDS
REMOVING MASK MANDATES IN
SCHOOLS.
IN OAKLAND COUNTY, WHICH
ANNOUNCED TODAY SCHOOL MASK
MANDATES WILL BE REMOVED
FEBRUARY 28TH.
THEY SAY IT’S ALL ABOUT THE
NUMBERS.
AND THE DATA.
IN OAKLAND COUNTY, WITH MORE
THAN 900,000 VACCINATIONS OR 75%
OF THE ELIGIBLE POPULATION, OR
TO THE FINER POINT OF THE
200,000, 5 TO 19-YEAR-OLD SCHOOL
AGE CHILDREN ELIGIBLE TO BE
VAXED WITH 120,000 OR 55%
VACCINATED THE COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT SAYS THE NUMBERS ARE
GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
>> LOOKING AT THE DATA, WE FEEL
WE’VE REACHED THAT TIME AND SEEN
THE SIGNIFICANT DROP IN CASES
AND HOSPITALIZATIONS.
>> I THINKHAM COUNTY SCHOOLS
DOING THE SAME WITH 40% OF 5 TO
11 YEAR OLDS AND 62% OF 12 TO 15
YEAR OLDS.
>> HEALTH OFFICER FOR THE
COUNTY, LINDA VAIL SAYS UNLIKE
THE WILD VARIANT, ALL THE WAY TO
TO--
WITH THE OMICRON, THE RIGHT
MASK, KN95 PROVIDES PROTECTION
TO THE MASK WEARER.
>> WHICH IS WHY WE SWITCHED TO
HIGHER QUALITY MASKS AND THOSE
WILL PROTECT THE INDIVIDUAL IN
THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT FROM THE
INFECTION AS OPPOSED TO JUST
PROTECTING THE SOURCE FROM
BASICALLY EXPOSING OTHERS TO
DROPLETS AND RESPIRATORY.
SO WE HAVE A LOT MORE CHOICES
AVAILABLE.
>> WHAT’S INTERESTING, WHEN I
TALKED TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
AND TO THEIR HEALTH OFFICERS,
THEY SAY THEY’RE STILL STRONGLY
RECOMMENDING MASKS BE WORN IN
SCHOOL AND THEY’RE DROPPING
THESE MANDATES SO THEY WANT A
PARENT OR RATHER, DISTRICTS TO
BE ABLE TO CHOOSE.
STAY WITH ME AT 6:00
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH WE HEAR
FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT SAYS
IT’S HAD GREAT SUCCESS KEEPING
COVID NUMBERS DOWN IN ITS SCHOOL
DISTRICT AND IT HAPPENS TO BE
ONE OF THE DISTRICTS THAT HAS A
MASK MANDATE WHEN MANY OF THE
SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND IT DOES
NOT.
AND SO WE’LL HAVE THAT REPORT
COMING UP AT 6:00, GUYS.
>> YOU BET, PAULA, WE’LL TALK TO
YOU THEN.
NOW TO MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS
SURROUNDING TENSIONS IN UKRAINE
AND THE THREAT OF INVASION BY
RUSSIA.
>> THINGS ARE CHANGING FAST.
JASON COLTHORP IS FOLLOWING THAT
FOR US.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE SIGNS THIS
COULD BE IMMINENT.
>> THERE IS U.S. INTELLIGENCE
SUGGESTING THIS COULD HAPPEN
EVEN BEFORE THE OLYMPICS ARE
OVER.
AND IT’S SERIOUS ENOUGH NOW THAT
THE U.S. IS WARNING ALL
AMERICANS IN UKRAINE TO LEAVE IN
THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS,
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR JAKE
SULLIVAN TOLD MEDIA TODAY
THEY’RE SEEING AN ESCALATION
FROM RUSSIA, INCLUDING MORE
TROOPS AMASSING ON THE UKRAINIAN
BORDER.
HE SAYS THEY ARE IN A WINDOW
HERE WHERE AN INVASION COULD
HAPPEN AT ANY TIME.
NOW, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS WARNING
AMERICANS TO LEAVE AS WELL,
SAYING SENDING U.S. TROOPS IN
AFTER TO RESCUE AMERICANS WOULD
RESULT IN WORLD WAR, HIS WORDS.
ALL THAT SAID, THE U.S. BELIEVES
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN
HAS NOT MADE A FINAL DECISION TO
INVADE OR NOT.
IF HE DOES, IT’S EXPECTED
LOOKING LIKE MISSILE ATTACKS AND
A SIEGE ON KIEV.
THE U.S. RESPONSE AGAIN, IF THAT
HAPPENS, WOULD BE ECONOMIC
SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA AND
OBVIOUSLY WE’LL BE MONITORING