IN DETROIT. FOR NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW. ON INCIDENT ON BOARD A SCHOOL BUS SINCE SEVERAL
STUDENTS TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM
WITH PARENTS ACCUSING THE DRIVER
OF INTENTIONALLY BREAK CHECKING
THEIR CHILDREN TONIGHT. WE’VE
GOT THE VIDEO SHOWING EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED. BUT WE BEGIN WITH
THE WINTER WEATHER MOVING ACROSS
MICHIGAN WITH SOME COMMUNITIES
ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STATE,
GETTING A FOOT OF SNOW BY THE
WEEKEND STORM, BRINGING FRIGID
CONDITIONS ACROSS METRO DETROIT
AND THAT COLD WEATHER IS GOING
TO BE STICKING AROUND. IN FACT,
ALL WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES
BELOW FREEZING. THE SNOW IS
STARTING TO STICK TO THE GROUND
, MAKING FOR SOME SLICK
CONDITIONS ON OUR ROADS. LET’S
CHICKEN KIM ADAMS, TRACKING THAT
ARCTIC AIR HEADED OUR WAKE HIM.
THIS IS AN ARCTIC AIR MASS.
RIGHT NOW. WINDSHIELDS ARE IN
THE TEENS AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY
TOMORROW, EVEN THOUGH
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE
TWENTIES, IT WILL FEEL LIKE IT’S
IN THE TEENS ALL DAY LONG AS THE
WINDS START TO PICK UP GUSTING
TO 20 TO 25 MPH, BUT I WANT TO
SHOW YOU SATURDAY MORNING BY
SATURDAY MORNING. THIS IS WHAT
IT WILL FEEL LIKE IN METRO
DETROIT ZERO IN PONTIAC TO BELOW
AND HOWELL. THREE IN THE CITY OF
DETROIT. THESE WILL BE THE WIND
CHILLS THE TEMPERATURE, BUT THIS
IS THE WINDCHILL. SO THIS IS
WHAT IT WILL FEEL LIKE. AND IF
YOU’RE HEADED TO THE MICHIGAN OR
THE MICHIGAN STATE GAMES, YOU
BETTER BUNDLE UP BECAUSE IT IS
GOING TO BE VERY, VERY COLD. WE
DO HAVE SOME SNOW SHOWERS TO
TALK ABOUT AN EXACT TRACK 40
RADAR. THESE ARE COMING OVER
COURTESY OF LAKE MICHIGAN. THAT
LAKE ENHANCED SNOWFALL FINALLY
MAKING IT OVER TO OUR BACKYARD,
SO IT’S NOT AS HEAVY AS IT IS ON
THE WEST SIDE OF THE STATE. BY
THE TIME IT GETS HERE, BUT WE
ARE SEEING SOME LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW SHARKS, SNOW
SHOWERS AND WEBSTER PINCKNEY AS
WELL HEAD UP INTO PARTS OF
NORTHERN MACOMB COUNTY. IF
YOU’RE IN ROMEO ARE MADE A OR N
RICHMOND, YOU’RE GETTING A FEW
SNOW SHOWERS AS WELL. WE’LL
CONTINUE TO TRACK THESE FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. BUT BY THE
TIME THE MORNING COMMUTE COMES
AROUND, I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE
MORE OF A PROBLEM WITH JUST A
FEW SLIPPERY SPOTS ON THE ROADS
AS TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL
BELOW FREEZING, BUT THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL AGAIN TOTALING UP ON
THE WEST SIDE OF THE STATE WITH
A WINTER STORM WARNING FROM
GRAND RAPIDS DOWN TO KALAMAZOO.
I’LL HAVE MORE ON THAT PLEASURE.
WEEKEND FORECAST COMING UP. KIM
SO MISERABLE NIGHT TO SLEEP
OUTSIDE. BUT THAT’S WHAT DOZENS
OF COMMUNITY LEADERS AND
BUSINESS EXECUTIVES ARE DOING AT
COVENANT HOUSE TONIGHT TO BRING
ATTENTION TO THE PLIGHT OF
CHILDREN EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS ARE MARK MCDONALD
IS LIVE ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE
OUT THERE UNTIL TOMORROW
MORNING. KIMBERLY THEY SURE ARE.
AND FIRST OF ALL, WE’RE ON THE
BASKETBALL COURT HERE AT
COVENANT HOUSE, AND I WANT YOU
TO TAKE A LOOK AROUND WRINGING
THE ENTIRE BASKETBALL COURT IS
THIS MAKESHIFT CARDBOARD BOX
CITY? THIS IS WHAT ALL THOSE
BUSINESS LEADERS AND COMMUNITY
LEADERS ARE GOING TO BE SLEEPING
IN ALL NIGHT WITH THEIR SLEEPING
BAGS, SO NO, THIS ISN’T JUST
SOME PERFORMATIVE STUNT. THIS IS
ONE OF THOSE YOU WANT TO
EXPERIENCE WHAT A HOMELESS KID
IN THE METRO HAS TO DEAL WITH.
THIS IS IT. WE TALKED TO
COVENANT HOUSE CEO MEGAN DONE
MOMENTS AGO ABOUT WHAT SHE HOPES
THIS EXECUTIVE SLEEP OUT
ACHIEVES FUNDS THAT WE RAISE FOR
THIS FOR THIS NIGHT, GO DIRECTLY
TO OUR PROGRAMS AND IT’S ALWAYS
NEEDED. SO THAT’S THE BIGGEST
THING. THE OTHER I THINK, IS THE
AWARENESS. AND SO EVERYONE THAT
PARTICIPATES IN THE SLEEP OUT
TONIGHT. EXECUTIVES FROM ACROSS
THE REGION ARE COMMUNITY LEADERS
FROM ACROSS THE REGION, AND JUST
FOR THIS ONE NIGHT, THEY COULD
HAVE VERY TINY GLIMPSE OF THE
EXPERIENCES THAT THE YOUNG
PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH OUR
DOORS EXPERIENCE. BACK HERE LIVE
COVENANT HOUSE IS A NONPROFIT
THAT DOESN’T JUST PROVIDE
SHELTER TO HOMELESS YOUTH. THEY
PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES.
WHETHER THAT IS EDUCATION OR
NEEDED SOCIAL SERVICES TO TRY
AND HELP THEM OUT SO THAT THEY
CAN LEAD A LIFE THAT ISN’T
HOMELESS, AND THAT THEY HAVE A
BETTER SHOT AT A BETTER FUTURE.
AND I KNOW THAT IF YOU ARE
INTERESTED IN TRYING TO HELP OUT
COVENANT HOUSE, ALL YOU HAVE TO
DO IS HEAD ON OVER TO
CLICKONDETROIT’S. WE’VE GOT THE
INFO UP ABOUT WHAT CAN █BE DONE
TO HELP BECAUSE THE NEED
ACCORDING TO THEIR CEO, IS
GREATER THAN EVER. 11 DETROIT’S
WEST SIDE. I’M MARA MACDONALD,
LOCAL 4. OKAY MAURA, THANK YOU.
WHAT WE’VE GOT NEW VIDEO
TONIGHT, SHOWING WHAT HAPPENED
ON BORDER SCHOOL BUS, WHERE
SEVERAL STUDENTS WERE HURT AND
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. PARENTS
OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY SCHOOL
DISTRICT HAD ALLEGED THE DRIVER
INTENTIONALLY SLAMMED ON THE
BRAKES, CAUSING THE INJURIES
TONIGHT. THOSE PARENTS ARE ALSO
GETTING THEIR FIRST LOOK AT THE
VIDEO. JACQUELINE FRANCIS LIVE
IN CLINTON TOWN. SHIP. I HAD THE
PARENTS REACT TO IT, JACQUELINE.
DEVON AND KIMBERLY. YOU CAN ONLY
IMAGINE. I MEAN THERE WAS TO
SCHOOL BUS CAMERAS ROLLING WHEN
ALL THIS WENT DOWN LAST MONTH,
BUT THE PARENTS OF THE KIDS ON
THE BUS NEVER WERE SHOWN THE
FOOTAGE. THAT WAS UNTIL TONIGHT
WHEN WE PLAYED IT FOR THEM. OH
VALLEY PARENTS HAD TO SEE IT FOR
THEMSELVES. LOCAL 4 OBTAINED THE
SCHOOL BUS VIDEO IN IT. YOU SEE
THEIR ELEMENTARY AGED KIDS
RIDING HOME FROM SCHOOL WHEN IT
APPEARS THE BUS DRIVER SLAMMED
ON THE BRAKES OUT OF
FRUSTRATION. PARENTS SAW IT
HAPPENED FROM THE STREET BUT
WERE NEVER GIVEN ACCESS TO VIEW
THE FOOTAGE INSIDE THE BUS UNTIL
NOW, REMEMBER, I WALKED UP AND
TALKED TO HER. I SAID, WHY WOULD
YOU DO THAT? I WAS FRUSTRATED.
THE KIDS WERE JUST OUT OF
CONTROL. AND I SAID, YOUR ANSWER
IS TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES, FANNY
CHILDREN LASHING OUT IN THE
MOMENTS AFTER ONE CHILD WILLOW
LOUDLY CRYING. SHE WAS ONE OF A
FEW CHILDREN TAKEN TO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM THAT NIGHT AND
THE NEXT DAY. THE OTHER INJURIES
INCLUDED A HAIRLINE NOSE
FRACTURE AND MINOR CONCUSSIONS.
THE DISTRICT TOLD LOCAL 4 THE
DRIVER WAS PLACED ON LEAVE AT
THE TIME. AND NO LONGER WORKS.
THERE ARE, THEY SAID, WAS SHE
RETIRED? SO. WHAT ELSE IS THERE
TO DO? THE FAMILIES GAVE A RAVE
REVIEW FOR THE DRIVER THAT TOOK
OVER THE ROUTE. THE KIDS ARE
HAPPY, HAPPY GETTING OFF THE BUS
. THEY’RE NOT AFRAID. WHERE DO
YOU GUYS STAND THERE WITH YOUR
TRUST IN THE DISTRICT VERY MUCH
AT ALL. BECAUSE WE KEPT CALLING.
AND MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT TWO
YEARS. AND I WOULD HEAR. OH
YOU’RE THE SIXTH ONE CALLING
ABOUT THIS, AND THEN THEY SAY WE
NEVER CALLED. IN RELEASING THE
VIDEO TO US THE TRIPLE A VALLEY
SCHOOL DISTRICT GAVE US THE
FOLLOWING STATEMENT WRITING IN
PART, QUOTE THE SAFETY AND
SECURITY OF OUR STUDENTS IS
ALWAYS OUR TOP PRIORITY, WHETHER
THEY ARE IN SCHOOL OR RIDING ON
A SCHOOL BUS. THE DRIVER NO
LONGER WORKS FOR OUR SCHOOL
DISTRICT. WE WANT OUR FAMILIES
TO KNOW THAT WE TOOK IMMEDIATE
ACTION BASED ON OUR
INVESTIGATION AND OUR FINDINGS.
YOU CAN FIND THEIR FULL
STATEMENT RIGHT NOW. ON OUR
WEBSITE CLICKONDETROIT.COM
REPORTING LIVE IN CLINTON
TOWNSHIP, JACQUELINE FRANCIS
LOCAL 4 JACQUELINE. TONIGHT. WE
ARE WAITING TICKET INFORMATION
FOR SUNDAY’S BUFFALO BILLS
CLEVELAND BROWNS GAME THAT HAS
BEEN MOVED FORWARD FIELD DUE TO
THE WINTER STORM ABOUT TO HIT
THE BUFFALO AREA KICKOFF SET FOR
SUNDAY AT ONE PM. ALL WE KNOW SO
FAR IS THAT THE BILLS WILL BE
OPENING PRE SALE TICKETS TO
THEIR SEASON TICKET MEMBERS
TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THERE HAS
BEEN NO INFORMATION YET ABOUT
WHEN TICKETS WILL BECOME
AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
AND HOW MUCH TICKETS WILL COST.
WE WILL LET YOU KNOW, JUST AS
SOON AS THAT INFORMATION IS
RELEASED. ANOTHER DEADLY
SHOOTING DURING A MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS. THIS TIME THE GUNMAN
SHOOTING AND KILLING HIS
NEIGHBOR OVER A DISPUTE FROM A
YEAR AGO. THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED
AROUND SEVEN THIS MORNING ON
ROBSON STREET, LET’S SOUTH OF
JOY ROAD ON THE CITY’S EAST
SIDE, POLICE SAY WHEN THEY
RESPONDED TO SHOTS FIRED, THEY
FOUND THAT PERSON LATER DIED. IT
WAS THE NEIGHBOR OF THE GUNMAN,
AND HE WAS SHOT OVER AN AMAZON
PACKAGE ARGUMENT FOR MORE THAN A
YEAR AGO. VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS.
THIS AMAZON PACKAGE AND HE HAS A
TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF GUNS. WE’VE
GOT A BOMB SQUAD GOING IN THERE
TO GET HIS WEAPONS. HE’S GOT A
LOT OF WILD ANIMALS IN THEIR
GUINEA PIGS AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF
OTHER STUFF IN THERE THAT WE’RE
GETTING OUT. CHIEF WHITE WANTS
THE MAN TO GET THE MENTAL HEALTH
ASSISTANCE HE NEEDS BEFORE BEING
HELD ACCOUNTABLE. TO AN UPDATE
ON A STORY WE BROUGHT YOU LAST
NIGHT. THE ST CLAIR COUNTY
SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS IT WAS A
FORMER EMPLOYEE WHO POSTED ANTI
LGBT COMMENTS ON THE
DEPARTMENT’S OFFICIAL TWITTER
ACCOUNT, MATT KING SAYS AFTER
INVESTIGATING THE TWEETS, IT WAS
DETERMINED THE FORMER EMPLOYEES
STILL HAD ACCESS AND WAS MISS
MISTAKENLY POSTING ON. THE
DEPARTMENT’S PAGE SHERIFF SAYS
THAT TWITTER ACCOUNT WILL NOW BE
DELETED. AND THAT ALL UPDATES
WILL NOT COME FROM THE
DEPARTMENT NOW COME FROM THE
DEPARTMENT’S FACEBOOK PAGE.
SPEAKING OF TWITTER, TWITTER MAN
, THE MESSAGE TWITTER LOT OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF
THE COMPANY TWITTER AFTER A NEW
WAVE OF EMPLOYEE RESIGNATION.
THE EXODUS COMES AFTER ELON MUSK
SENT A COMPANY WIDE EMAIL
TELLING EMPLOYEES TO EXPECT LONG
HOURS AT HIGH INTENSITY. IF THEY
WANTED TO STAY, MUST ALSO
REQUIRING MANAGERS TO MEET WITH
EMPLOYEES IN PERSON ONCE A WEEK,
OR AT LEAST MONTHLY. TWITTER IS
CLOSING OFFICES NOW UNTIL MONDAY
AND ASKING EMPLOYEES TO NOT
SHARE CONFIDENTIAL COMPANY
INFORMATION. BUT THE LEADING
HASHTAG TRENDING ON TWITTER
TONIGHT IS HASHTAG R I. P.
TWITTER. NEW TONIGHT. THE
VITAMIN IST RATIONS PLANNING ON
ASKING THE SUPREME COURT TO
RESUME THE STUDENT LOAN DEBT
RELIEF PROGRAM, THE NEW COURT
FILING WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY. IT
COMES THREE DAYS AFTER THE
APPEALS COURT AND ST LOUIS
ISSUED A NATIONWIDE INJUNCTION
PAUSING THE PROGRAM. IT IS THE
LATEST IN A SERIES OF LEGAL