AFTERNOON TO YOU. SINCE ROE VERSUS WADE WAS OVERTURNED, ABORTION HAS BEEN THE FOCUS OF
HEATED DEBATE AND LEGAL
CHALLENGES. HERE IN MICHIGAN,
THERE’S A 1931 LAW ON THE BOOKS
BANNING THE PROCEDURE. IN MOST
CASES, COURT ORDERS HAVE
SUSPENDED ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW
FOR NOW, ONE AVENUE, THOUGH, FOR
GETTING RID OF THAT LAW RUNS
RIGHT THROUGH THE MICHIGAN BOARD
OF STATE CANVASSERS. THAT’S THE
BOARD THAT WILL DECIDE IF A
BALLOT INITIATIVE THAT PROTECTS
PROTECTS A PORTION RIGHTS WOULD
BECOME PART OF THE STATE
CONSTITUTION. IF THE BOARD VOTES
YES. THE INITIATIVE WOULD APPEAR
ON THE NOVEMBER 8TH BALLOT. IF
THE BOARD VOTES NO OR SPLITS ITS
VOTE. IT’S LIKELY THAT DECISION
WOULD END UP IN THE HANDS OF THE
MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT, NOW, ONE
OF THE HUGE STICKING POINTS HAS
BEEN SPELLING AND SPACING ERRORS
ON THE PETITION. OPPONENTS HAVE
ARGUED THE ERRORS MAKE THE
PROPOSAL TOO DIFFICULT TO
UNDERSTAND AND SHOULD BE
REJECTED. AND OUR SUPPLEMENT. WE
PROVIDE THE ACADEMIC RESEARCH
THAT WHEN THERE ARE NO SPACES
BETWEEN WORDS, THE READER LOSES
THE ABILITY TO COMPREHEND WHAT
THEY’RE READING. OR THEY SIMPLY
SKIP THE GIBBERISH MORE THAN
750,000. PEOPLE HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO READ AND
UNDERSTAND THIS PROPOSAL. NOT A
SINGLE PERSON WHO SIGNED THIS
PETITION. CAME UP HERE TODAY AND
SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT
UNDERSTAND THAT THE HEARING
CONTINUES. AT THIS HOUR. WE’LL
BRING YOU UPDATES AS WE GET NEW
INFORMATION PLUS, ROD MELONI IS
IN THE HEARING ROOM AND WILL
JOIN US LIVE WHEN YOU JOIN US
FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE
O’CLOCK. KAREN WILL SEND IT BACK
TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
CANCER ALSO BREAKING JUST THIS
AFTERNOON. WE JUST GOT OUR FIRST
LOOK AT THE SUSPECT IN A RANDOM
SHOOTING SPREE ON DETROIT’S WEST
SIDE. PROSECUTORS HAVE CHARGED
19 YEAR OLD DANTE SMITH IN THE
SPREE THAT LEFT THREE PEOPLE
DEAD. 1/4 PERSON INJURED. ALSO,
A DOG WAS HURT IN THAT CASE.
SMITH IS FACING THREE COUNTS OF
FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND SEVERAL
OTHER CHARGES AS WELL. THE
SHOOTINGS ALL TOOK PLACE IN A
PERIOD OF 2.5 HOURS SUNDAY
MORNING. PROSECUTORS REMIND US
EVERYONE IS PRESUMED INNOCENT.
PROSECUTOR KIM WORTHY SAYS SHE
PLANS TO AGGRESSIVELY PURSUE
THIS CASE. SMITH IS BEING HELD
WITHOUT BOND. LITTLE BY LITTLE.
WE ARE SEEING DTE CUSTOMERS
TURNED BACK ON. THE COMPANY SAYS
IT’S WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO
RESTORE POWER TO THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE. DTE HAS CALLED IN
RECRUITS FROM OUT OF STATE 1000
EXTRA CREW MEMBERS JOINED ABOUT
1000 MICHIGAN WORKERS TO TACKLE
THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY MONDAY
NIGHTS STORMS RIGHT NOW MORE
THAN 184,000 CUSTOMERS ARE STILL
WITHOUT POWER. DTE IS HOPING THE
VAST MAJORITY WILL BE BACK
ONLINE BY THE END OF THE DAY
TOMORROW. STILL THOUGH, AT LEAST
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SUFFERING,
MEGAN WOODS HAS BEEN TALKING TO
SOME OF THOSE AFFECTED. LET’S
BRING MEGAN IN WITH THE LATEST
MEGAN KAREN, LIKE YOU MENTIONED
THIS IS VERY WIDESPREAD. SO
WE’VE BEEN IN WEST BLOOMFIELD,
FARMINGTON HILLS, DETROIT AND
NOW WE’RE HERE AT SHELBY
TOWNSHIP AT THEIR LIBRARY WHERE
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE
TO CHARGE THEIR PHONES TO COOL
DOWN. THERE’S A, UH THERE ARE
POSTERS LIKE THIS ALL AROUND
SAYING, HEY, NO POWER. WE’VE GOT
THIS AND SHARING RESOURCES. TAKE
A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO THAT WE
WERE ABLE TO GET EARLIER TODAY
IN WEST BLOOMFIELD TRAFFIC.
LIGHTS OUT AT SOME OF THE
BUSIEST INTERSECTIONS. WE SAW
THE SAME THING IN DETROIT. THIS
IS AT CLAY AND CHRYSLER TRAFFIC
LIGHTS ARE DOWN. BUSINESSES
NEARBY WERE FIRST FORCED TO
CLOSE BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T HAVE
POWER. HERE IN SHELBY TOWNSHIP.
THE LAST TWO DAYS. PEOPLE HAVE
FLOCKED TO THE LIBRARY. ONE
PERSON WE SPOKE TO SAY THEY
USUALLY WORK FROM HOME AND
OBVIOUSLY CAN’T RIGHT NOW AND
WITH SCHOOL STARTING THIS WEEK,
THIS OUTAGE HAS BECOME EVEN MORE
INCONVENIENT. IT WAS KIND OF
ROUGH FOR US BECAUSE THE KIDS
WERE GETTING AROUND FOR SCHOOL
IN THE MORNING DIDN’T HAVE LIGHT
FOODS BEEN A PROBLEM BECAUSE
WE’VE HAD GET COOLERS AND GET
ICE HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR US,
ESPECIALLY THE FIRST WEEK OF
SCHOOL, LOSING POWERS OF THE
HARD PART BEING OUT FOR TWO OR
THREE HOURS OF THE HARD PART.
THE HARD PART IS NOT KNOWING
WHEN RESTORATION IS COMING. AND
WHEN WE SPOKE TO DTE THEY WERE
SAYING THEY HOPE THAT BY THE END
OF TODAY 50% OF THOSE CUSTOMERS
WHO ARE WITHOUT POWER WILL HAVE
THAT POWER RESTORED AND THEY’RE
HOPING BY THE END OF TOMORROW
80% AND BY THE END OF FRIDAY,
EVERYONE WILL BE RESTORED. BUT
AGAIN, THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON
THAT BACK TO YOU, KAREN AND
MEGAN. WE DID HEAR THE DTS,
HELPING OUT WITH SOME WATER
DISTRIBUTION. THAT’S RIGHT. SO
THEY ARE IN BRIGHTON, WESTLAND
HERE IN SHELBY TOWNSHIP, AS WELL
AS DETROIT, PASSING OUT WATER
AND ICE. WE HAVE THOSE LOCATIONS
ON CLICKONDETROIT.COM BUT THEY
ARE HOPING THAT IF PEOPLE ARE IN
NEED THAT THEY COME OUT THERE,
THEY PLAN TO CHANGE THOSE
LOCATIONS TOMORROW AS WELL. ALL
RIGHT, WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED.
THANK YOU, MEGAN. APPRECIATE IT.
SEE YOU FIVE. YOU DEFINITELY
HAVE TO FEEL FOR ANYBODY WHO
DOESN’T HAVE POWER, BUT AT LEAST
THE WEATHER IS A LITTLE BIT MORE
COMFORTABLE, AND THAT SHOULD
CONTINUE TONIGHT. PAUL GROSS IS
IN FOR KIM ADAMS WITH THE FIRST
FORECAST. PAUL KARIN, TELL YOU
IF YOU DON’T HAVE POWER, YOU
DON’T HAVE A RECONDITIONING IN
THIS COOLER, DRIER AIR MASS
REALLY IS HELPING. WE HAD GOOD
SLEEPING WEATHER LAST NIGHT KIND
OF WINDY THIS AFTERNOON AND A
BIG SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF YOU.
LINE WORKERS. ALL YOUR CREWS
WORKING TO PREPARE THOSE LINES,
MAN. IT’S A TOUGH JOB. YOU HAVE
A BIG JOB AHEAD OF YOU. STILL
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU’RE
DOING OUT THERE. 82 IN DETROIT,
80 AND HOWELL. 81 PONTIAC 79
ADRIAN WINDS ARE GUSTING BETWEEN
20 AND 30 MPH. BUT THEY ARE
GOING TO GO DOWN TONIGHT AND AS
YOU GO INTO AMERICA PARK FOR THE
BALLGAME TONIGHT, SEATTLE NOT
VERY GOOD HOUSEGUESTS YESTERDAY
, BUT WE’LL TAKE CARE OF THEM
TONIGHT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. THE
BALLPARK AGAIN, THE WIND WILL BE
DIMINISHING, FALLING FROM THE
LOW EIGHTIES INTO THE SEVENTIES
AND BACK TO TALK ABOUT THAT
HOLIDAY WEEKEND FORECAST IN JUST
A FEW, KAREN ALRIGHT, SOUNDS
GOOD. FEDERAL REGULATORS HAVE
APPROVED THE FIRST UPDATE TO THE
COVID 19 VACCINES AND NEW SHOTS
COULD BEGIN WITHIN DAYS. THE
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
CLEARED THE NEW DOSES TODAY.
UNTIL NOW, THE COVID VACCINES
HAVE TARGETED ONLY THE ORIGINAL
CORONAVIRUS STRAIN. THE NEW
VERSION CONTAINS HALF OF THE
ORIGINAL RECIPE AND THE OTHER
HALF OFFERS PROTECTION AGAINST
THE NEWEST, MORE CONTAGIOUS
OMNICRON VERSIONS. THE APPROVAL
IS FOR NEW VERSIONS FOR BOTH
FIGHTERS AND MODERNA. THE
GOVERNMENT HAS PURCHASED MORE
THAN 170 MILLION DOSES AND
FIGHTER SAYS IT COULD SHIP UP TO
15 MILLION BY THE END OF NEXT
WEEK. AS ALWAYS, DR MCGEORGE IS
MONITORING THE VERY LATEST
DEVELOPMENT, DOC. HONESTLY THIS
IS THE BOOSTER I’VE BEEN HOLDING
OUT. FOR THE FACT IS BE A
FOREIGN BE A FIVER. ESSENTIALLY
WHAT’S DRIVING CORONAVIRUS
INFECTIONS RIGHT NOW IN THE U. S
SO A BOOSTER THAT’S EXPECTED TO
PROVIDE MORE VARIANT SPECIFIC
PROTECTION IS, IN MY OPINION, A
REALLY SENSIBLE CHOICE. IN FACT
, PROJECTIONS ARE THAT THESE
VARIANTS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE
TO INCREASE INTO THE FALL AND
WINTER. SO IF YOU ARE DUE FOR A
BOOSTER, GETTING THIS ENHANCED
PROTECTION NOW IS YOUR BEST BET.
INCIDENTALLY THE PLAN IS GOING
TO BE TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL
STRAIN BOOSTERS WITH THESE
ANYWAY, SO GOING FORWARD, IT
WILL BE THE ONLY CHOICE. ALRIGHT
WE APPRECIATE IT, DOC. THANK
YOU. ALSO TRACKING A CONTRACT
BATTLE. EASTERN MICHIGAN
UNIVERSITY IS THE CURRENT DEAL
WITH THE PROFESSORS UNION
EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT. THE 500
PERSON UNION IS FIGHTING FOR
LARGER INFLATION BASED PAY
INCREASES AND A BETTER HEALTH
PLAN LAST WEEKEND, UNION MEMBERS
GAVE THEIR BARGAINING COMMITTEE
THE AUTHORITY FOR INFORMATION TO
THE ADMINISTRATION OF A POSSIBLE
STRIKE. SECOND VOTE WOULD BE
REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY AUTHORIZED
THE STRIKE. THE CLOCK IS TICKING
. WE’LL KEEP YOU POSTED TOMORROW
COULD MARK ANOTHER TURNING POINT
IN THE BATTLE OVER A SEARCH OF
THE FORMER PRESIDENT. TRUMP’S
FLORIDA ESTATE HEARING IS
SCHEDULED TO DETERMINE IF A
SPECIAL MASTER COULD BE
APPOINTED TO REVIEW WHAT WAS
TAKEN IN THAT RAID OVERNIGHT.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILED NEW
BRIEFS THAT SHOW OBSTRUCTION OF
JUSTICE IS A KEY FOCUS OF THE
INVESTIGATION. DEPARTMENT CLAIMS
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS HAD BEEN
QUOTE LIKELY CONCEALED AND
REMOVED FROM MAR. A LAGO PAPERS
ALSO SAY CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS
WERE FOUND STASHED IN TRUMP’S
OFFICE, AND THAT’S HOW HIS
PASSPORTS ENDED UP BEING SEIZED.
THEY HAVE SINCE BEEN RETURNED.
WE’LL BE WATCHING THAT COURT
HEARING FOR YOU TOMORROW AND
KEEP YOU UPDATED. NASA SAYS IT
IS HOPING TO LAUNCH ITS NEXT
GENERATION MEGA ROCKET THIS
WEEKEND AFTER THE FIRST ATTEMPT
WAS SCRUBBED ON MONDAY.
MECHANICAL PROBLEMS KEPT THE
ARTIST LAUNCH FROM HAPPENING AND
CANCEL THE COUNTDOWN. THE
MISSION MANAGER SAYS TEAMS HAVE
BEEN INVESTIGATING THE ISSUES AT
THE LAUNCH PAD AND THE ROCKETS
SHOULD BE READY. NASA IS NOW
TARGETING A TWO HOUR LAUNCH
WINDOW BEGINNING AT 2 17 IN THE
AFTERNOON. EASTERN TIME ON
SATURDAY. THE ROCKET WILL BE