>> Announcer: LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, LOCAL 4
NEWS AT NOON STARTS NOW.
>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN
ANNOUNCES NEW ACTIONS
AGAINST RUSSIA AS THE
INVASION OF UKRAINE
INTENSIFIES.
>>> AND THE WEATHER.
WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF SNOW FALLING ACROSS METRO
DETROIT EARLY THIS MORNING.
METEOROLOGIST BRANDON ROUX
HAS BEEN TRACKING THE
TOTALS.
HOW MUCH DID WE GET?
>> WELL, WE SAW A LOT OF
VARIATION IN THOSE TOTALS,
RHONDA, WITH CERTAIN AREA
GETTING MORE CERTAINLY A LOT
MORE THAN OTHERS.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE
LIVINGSTON GENESEE COUNTY
AREA WHERE PLENTY OF SNOW
TOTALS OVER AND THREE
INCHES.
3.50 HOWELL, THREE INCHES
WHITMORE LAKE.
FLINT ABOUT 2.50, HOWELL IS
IN THERE TWICE.
THESE ARE UNOFFICIAL BECAUSE
SOME OF THESE CAME IN AT
LIKE 8:00, 8:LY THIS MORNING
AND STILL WE’RE SOMEWHAT
IMPRESSIVE.
WE ARE WRAPPING THINGS UP
HERE FOR THE MOST PART WITH
SOME FINE FLAKES STILL
FLYING ON THE EAST SIDE.
A DARK STRIP HERE UP IN
PARTS OF OAKLAND COUNTY.
SO PRETTY GOOD SLIP CENTRAL
NORTHERN OAKLAND COUNTY
HEADING TO NORTHERN MACOMB.
BUT WE’RE AT 30 DEGREES
STRUGGLING TEMPERATUREWISE.
AS SOON AS THE MOISTURE
STARTS TO YOU KNOW WANE A
LITTLE BIT WE SHOULD SEE
TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE
MIDDLE 30s.
CAN’T RULE OUT A LITTLE
DRIZZLE MAYBE A FEW FLAKES
THE BUT FOR MOST PART WE’VE
EXHAUSTED THIS SYSTEM.
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>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN
ANNOUNCING EVEN MORE
ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA.
CALLING FOR AN END TO NORMAL
TRADE RELATIONS.
THE PRESIDENT ALONG WITH G-7
AND EUROPEAN UNION WILL CALL
FOR REVOKING MOST-FAVORED
NATION STATUS FOR RUSSIA
THAT INCLUDES A BAN ON THE
IMPORTATION OF RUSSIAN
ALCOHOL, OF SEAFOOD, OF
DIAMONDS.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AS
RUSSIAN TROOPS CLOSE IN ON
THE CAPITAL CITY OF UKRAINE.
U.S. DEFENSE OFFICIALS SAY
THAT FORCES COULD ENCIRCLE
THE CITY IN KYIV IN JUST ONE
TO TWO WEEKS.
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS THAT
TODAY’S ANNOUNCEMENT IS JUST
ONE PART OF NEW ECONOMIC
ACTION AGAINST RUSSIA.
>> President Biden: I ALSO
WANT TO BE CLEAR THOUGH, WE
WILL MAKE SURE UKRAINE HAS
WEAPONS TO DEFEND AGAINST AN
INVADING RUSSIAN FORCE.
WE WILL, WE WILL SEND MONEY,
AND FOOD, AND AID TO SAVE
THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE AND I
WILL WELCOME UKRAINIAN
REFUGEES, WE SHOULD WELCOME
THEM HERE WITH OPEN ARMS.
WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE MORE
SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE.
WE’RE GOING CONTINUE TO
STAND TOGETHER WITH OUR
ALLIES IN EUROPE AND SEND
UNMISTAKEABLE MESSAGE.
WE’LL DEFEND EVERY SINGLE
INCH OF NATO TERRITORY WITH
THE FULL MIGHT OF THE UNITED
AND GALVANIZED NATO.
>> AS THE WAR IN UKRAINE IS
WELL INTO ITS THIRD WEEK,
AND WHILE FIGHTING GOES ON
AND THE DEATH TOLL RISES,
THE EXODUS OF MILLIONS OF
UKRAINIANS CONTINUES.
THE U.N. SAYS THAT MORE THAN
TWO MILLION PEOPLE HAVE
ALREADY FLED THAT WAR-TORN
COUNTRY AND THAT FIGURE IS
EXPECTED TO CLIMB EACH AND
EVERY DAY.
MANY OF THE REFUGEES ARE
FLEEING TO POLAND FIRST
THAT’S WHERE NBC’S JAY GRAY
JOINS US.
HE HAS BEEN THERE FOR THE
PAST WEEK.
>> Reporter: WELL, AS YOU
CAN SEE THE BORDER CROSSING
IS PACKED.
THIS IS THE BUSIEST BORDER
CROSSING IN POLAND.
FAMILIES CONTINUING TO MAKE
THE WALK TO SAFETY.
YOU CAN SEE THE BORDERS JUST
BEHIND US HERE YOU WALK
THROUGH AND GET A HOT MEAL,
GET SOME WATER AND GET
SUPPLIES.
THEY NEED TOILETRIES AND
THIS IS A PROCESS THAT
CONTINUES AND SO DOES THE
GROWING CROWDS HERE AND
THEY’RE GOING TO CONTINUE.
THE U.N. NOW SAYING THAT
THEY EXPECT MILLIONS MORE TO
MAKE THIS JOURNEY.
THEY’RE DOING WHAT THEY CAN
HERE TRYING TO PROTECT THESE
PEOPLE GIVE THEM THE SAFETY
THAT THEY’RE LOOKING FOR AS
WELL AS THE SUPPLIES.
SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WALKING
TWO,LY DAYS JUST TO GET
HERE.
THEY -- TWO, THREE DAYS JUST
TO GET HERE.
THEY WILL LINE UP ON A BUS
AND TAKEN TO A TRAIN STATION
AND MOVING TO PARTS OF
POLAND.
THOSE THAT RUN THIS CROSSING
AND OTHERS UNDERSTAND THAT
THESE CROWDS ARE GOING TO A
POINT WHERE THEY’RE REALLY
STRETCHING THESE AREAS,
THESE VOLUNTEERS THE
DONATIONS TO THEIR LIMITS.
THERE’S CONCERN ABOUT WHAT’S
ON THE WAY.
THAT’S THE LATEST FROM HERE
ALONG THE POLAND UKRAINE
BORDER.
I’M JAY GRAY, BAM -- BACK TO
YOU.
>> THE WAR IN UKRAINE
CONTINUES TO HAVE A RIPPLE
EFFECT WHEN IT COMES TO GAS
PRICES HERE AT HOME.
PRICES IN MICHIGAN HAVE
ACTUALLY DROPPED BUT ONLY A
PENNY FROM YESTERDAY.
HOWEVER, PRICES ARE STILL
$4.25 A GALLON.
THAT’S AN AVERAGE PRICE IF
YOU ARE LIKE ME EVERYWHERE
YOU LOOK IT’S A LITTLE MORE
THAN.
THAT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
PRICES ARE UP TWO CENTS PER
GALLON TO $4.33.
GAS BUDDY PREDICTS THAT THE
INCREASES MAY SLOW BECAUSE
THE COST OF OIL DROPPED THIS
WEEK.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL
TRICKLE DOWN TO THE PUMP
WHERE YOU ARE.
A NEW SURVEY FROM AAA FOUND
NEARLY 60% OF AMERICANS WILL
MAKE CHANGES TO THEIR
DRIVING HABITS AND THEIR
LIFESTYLES TO OFFSET THE
INCREASES.
THOSE CHANGES ARE HAPPENING
ALREADY.
>>> KEEP IT RIGHT HERE WITH
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FOR THE VERY LATEST UPDATES
ON GAS PRICES AND, OF COURSE,
THE WAR IN UKRAINE.
>>> AN INVESTIGATION IS
UNDERWAY AFTER AN OFFICER
WITH THE DETROIT PUBLIC
SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICT
DIES.
IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY ON
DETROIT’S WESTSIDE IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR A SCHOOL.
LET’S GO LIVE TO PRIYA MANN.
WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING SO FAR
ABOUT WHAT MAY HAVE CAUSED
HIS DEATH?
>> Reporter: RHONDA, LET ME
SET THE SCENE HERE.
THAT FIGHT BROKE OUT JUST A
BLOCK AWAY FROM HENRY FORD
HIGH SCHOOL.
WHILE IT’S STILL UNDER
INVESTIGATION AT THIS POINT
OFFICIALS DO NOT BELIEVE IT
INVOLVED DETROIT PUBLIC
SCHOOL STUDENTS.
TAKE A LOOK AT HOME SECURITY
CAMERAS THEY WERE RECORDING
SHORTLY AFTER DISMISSAL WHEN
A FIGHT BROKE OUT IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR THE HENRY
FORD CAMPUS.
MANY OF THOSE UNIDENTIFIED
PEOPLE IN THAT VIDEO ARE
WEARING BACKPACKS.
A PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER WAS
INJURED RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL
CONDITION.
HE LATER PASSED AWAY HAS
SINCE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS
OFFICER FREDERICK WILSON.
THE FIGHT HAPPENED THURSDAY
IN THE AREA OF EVERGREEN AND
EIGHT MILE IN NORTHWEST
DETROIT.
THE DISTRICT SAYS THEY DON’T
HAVE EVIDENCE THAT WEAPONS
WERE INVOLVED AND D.P.D.
SAYS HOMICIDE INVESTIGATORS
ARE NOW ASSISTING IN THE
INVESTIGATION.
IN A STATEMENT,
SUPERINTENDENT NICK LIE
VITTI SAYS THE BOARD NIKOLAI
VITTI SAYS -- OUR THOUGHTS
AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE
WILSON FAMILY.
WE ARE ACTIVELY
INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT
AND REQUEST THAT EVERYONE
WAIT TO PASS JUDGMENT UNTIL
AN INVESTIGATION IS
COMPLETE.
IT ALREADY APPEARS
MISINFORMATION IS BEING
REPORTED.
SO AGAIN AT THIS TIME
OFFICIALS DO NOT BELIEVE
DPSD STUDENTS WERE INVOLVED.
I’M ALSO TOLD THAT THE
DISTRICT IS WORKING VERY
CLOSELY WITH THIS PUBLIC
SAFETY OFFICER’S FAMILY.
WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE TONIGHT
AT 5:00.
REPORTING LIVE AT HENRY FORD
HIGH SCHOOL, I’M PRIYA MANN,
LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT PRIYA, THANK
YOU.
>>> NEW HERE AT NOON,
MICHIGAN HEALTH OFFICIALS
HAVE UPDATED THE STATE’S
QUARANTINE AND ISOLATION
GUIDELINES.
THEY SAY TO TEST THREE TO
SEVEN DAYS AFTER EXPOSURE OR
IF SYMPTOMS DEVELOP.
ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO TESTS
POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 SHOULD
ISOLATE AT HOME FOR FIVE
DAYS.
ANYONE WHO TESTS POSITIVE
WITHOUT A NEGATIVE TEST
SHOULD CONTINUE TO ISOLATE
REGARDLESS OF VACCINATION
STATUS.
FOR A FULL LOOK AT THE
UPDATED GUIDELINES HEAD TO
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
>>> A WIXOM MAN IS ARRESTED
FOR CHILD ABUSE IN
CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF
A 4-YEAR-OLD BOY.
ACCORDING TO POLICE THE BOY
WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS AND
SUFFERED LIFE-THREATENING
INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND
LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.
POLICE SAY THAT THEY
ARRESTED THE CARETAKER AT
THE HOME AT THE TIME OF THE
INCIDENT.
HE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH
FIRST DEGREE CHILD ABUSE.
ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS,
THE MAN HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN
CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL SEXUAL
CONDUCT AND DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE.
>>> THE DETROIT FIRE
DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT THE
FIRE AT A POPULAR DELI IN
CORKTOWN WAS NOT AN
ACCIDENT.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE FIRE
AT MUDGEY’S WAS INITIALLY
SET INTENTIONALLY SET I
SHOULD SAY OUTSIDE OF THAT
BUILDING.
IT IS NOW BEING INVESTIGATED
AS ARSON.
FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS HURT
AND THERE WAS ONLY MINOR
DAMAGE INSIDE OF THE
BUSINESS.
WE’RE TOLD THAT MUDGEY’S IS
OPEN TODAY BUT ONLY FOR
TAKEOUT.
>>> GOVERNOR WHITMER SIGNS
TWO BIPARTISAN BILLS THAT
WILL STRENGTHEN PUBLIC
SAFETY LAWS.
THE BILLS ALLOW THE PAROLE
BOARD TO DENY PAROLE FOR
INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS FOR
UP TO FIVE YEARS.
IN ENSURES THAT SURVIVORS OF
CRIMES WILL NOT HAVE TO
RELIVE TRAUMATIZEING
EXPERIENCES EVERY YEAR AT
PAROLE HEARINGS.
>> EVERY FAMILY IN EVERY
COMMUNITY DESERVES TO FEEL
SAFE AT HOME AND IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES.
KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE IS OUR
FIRST PRIORITY.
WHETHER IT’S FROM A DEADLY
VIRUS, WHICH IS WHAT I’VE
HAD TO TALK ABOUT MOSTLY FOR
THE LAST FEW YEARS OR
WHETHER IT’S FROM VIOLENT
CRIME.
>> GOVERNOR WHITMER SAYS
THAT SHE ALSO SPOKE WITH
LEGISLATURE TO NEGOTIATE A
BALANCED BUDGET TO PROVIDE
RELIEF FROM INFLATION.
WE’LL LOOK FORWARD TO
HEARING MORE ON THAT
OUTCOME.
>>> A MEETING IS NOW
UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW IN THE
CITY OF WAYNE.
IT’S ALL OVER DISCUSSING A
WATER RATE HIKE.
SEVERAL COMMUNITIES IN
WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY ARE
FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THE
GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY
A 3.7% HIKE IN WATER RATES
BEGINNING ON JULY 1st.
THOSE 18 COMMUNITIES FEEL AS
IF THEY ARE FOOTING THE BILL
FOR HIGHLAND PARK’S UNPAID
WATER BILLS OVER THE LAST
DECADE WHICH ACCORDING TO GX
LWA TOTALS $52 MILLION.
>>> STILL TO COME, IT IS THE
START OF SPRING BREAK TRAVEL
SEASON.
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE AN