FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. THE LONG LINES FOR WATER AND A LONGER
WAIT FOR REPAIRS TO THE BROKEN
MAIN. THAT HAS MORE THAN 130,000
METRO DETROITERS UNDER A
CONTINUING BOIL. WATER ADVISORY
THE DISCOVERY OF ANOTHER PROBLEM
INSIDE THAT NEARLY 50 YEAR OLD
WATER MAIN, PUSHING THE
ESTIMATED FIXED TIME BACK TO
LABOR DAY WEEKEND AND WE’RE ALSO
LEARNING MORE ABOUT PAST
INSPECTIONS OF THE MAIN LOCAL
FORCE. ROD MELONI IS LIVE IN
SHELBY TOWNSHIP. WITH THE NEW
INFORMATION COMING TO LIGHT
TODAY, ROD KIMBERLY. FIRST OF
ALL, LET’S GET AN IDEA JUST HOW
TALL THIS PIPE IS. IT’S 10 FT.
TALL. THIS IS A REGULATION
BASKETBALL HOOP, AND I JUST
MISSED THE SHOT. BUT THAT’S HOW
TALL IT IS. OKAY SO THAT’S WHAT
THEY HAVE TO REPLACE. IN THE
MEANTIME, THERE GIVING A WATER
AWAY A LOT OF WATER HERE, THE
STATE HAVING AN EMERGENCY
DECLARATION 700 GALLONS OF WATER
GIVEN OUT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THEY
BROUGHT IN PALLETS FULL OF
WATER. THE BROKEN PIPES LOCATED
IN THE DISTANT FARM FIELD NEAR
FOUR GRATIOT ON THE NORTHEAST
SIDE NORTH OF I 69. WE’VE ONLY
BEEN AE TO FLY DRONE FOR AND
SKY FOR OVER IT. THE GREAT LAKES
WATER AUTHORITY PROVIDED THESE
GROUND PHOTOS CEO SHOOT COFFEE,
SAYING IN A PRESS BRIEFING
TODAY, THE BROKEN 10 FT PIPE ONE
ON THE GROUND IN 1973, AND THEY
EXPECTED IT TO LAST A LOT LONGER
THAN IT DID, SHE ADMITS THERE
WAS NO EXPECTATION IT WOULD FAIL
NOW. SO THIS WAS VERY UNEXPECTED
. THIS PIPE IS, UH, EXPECTED TO
HAVE MANY, MANY MORE YEARS OF
ITS USEFUL LIFE LEFT THESE PIPES
ARE, YOU KNOW 50 TO 100 YEAR
USEFUL LIFE TYPE PIPES SO UNTIL
WE UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE
FAILURE, WE’RE NOT GOING TO KNOW
WHY. LIKE A SEWER PIPE WHERE YOU
CAN RUN A VIDEO CAMERA THROUGH
AND SEE THE CRACKS OF WATER PIPE
IS A CLOSED PRESSURIZED SYSTEM.
WHICH MEANS I DON’T I DON’T
BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN INSPECTED,
AND I DON’T THINK IT WOULD BE
TYPICAL FOR IT TO HAVE BEEN
EXPECTED. STAY UP UNTIL RECENT
RECENT YEARS THAT’S ACCOMPLISHED
BY FLOATING A HIGH TECH BALL
INSIDE THOSE PRESSURIZED PIPES.
BUT BECAUSE THE WATER IS OFF,
NOW THEY CAN WALK PART OF THE
SYSTEM GET A GOOD IDEA WHETHER
THERE ARE MORE WEAK SPOTS IN THE
860 MILES OF PIPE THAT THEY
HAVE. BUT RATEPAYERS LIKE MENTAL
BOWDEN AREN’T SO THRILLED WITH
THIS REVELATION. THERE’S NEVER
BEEN AN INSPECTION. HELLO. WELL,
YEAH. THIS IS WAS NOT A
NEWSFLASH. THEY HAD TO. SOMEONE
NEEDS TO BE MONITORING THOSE
THINGS AT ALL TIMES. YOU CAN’T
TELL ME THAT THAT JUST HAPPENED
IN THERE. OH, SURPRISED. NO, I
CAN’T BELIEVE IT. NOW THE
EXPECTATION IS THERE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO WALK ABOUT 26 MILES OF
THE PIPE THAT IS NOW SHUT DOWN
AS A RESULT OF THIS, HOPING THAT
THEY DON’T FIND ANY MORE
PROBLEMS. BUT IF THEY DO THAT
COULD EXTEND THESE THINGS
FARTHER ALONG THE PIPE, BY THE
WAY, THAT THE PIECES OF THE PIPE
THAT THEY’RE LOOKING TO ORDER
FROM TEXAS NOW ARE BETWEEN 16
AND 20 FT LONG AND THEY EXPECT
TO HAVE SOMEONE HERE. BY TUESDAY
, AND WE HAVE FULL COVERAGE OF
ALL OF THE DETAILS ABOUT WHERE
YOU CAN GET WATER AND THE BOILED
WATER ADVISORY AND THE REST IS
ALL ON OUR WEBSITE AT
CLICKONDETROIT.COM OKAY, ROD. WE
APPRECIATE IT. PRESIDENT BIDEN
SIGNING A LANDMARK CLIMATE
CHANGE AND HEALTH CARE BILL THIS
AFTERNOON JUST AFTER FOUR PM
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE
NEW LAW INCLUDE A HUGE
INVESTMENT OF $430 BILLION TO
REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS. IT
HELPS 13 MILLION AMERICANS PAY
FOR HEALTH INSURANCE BY
EXTENDING SUBSIDIES USED UNDER
THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND SETS
A 15% MINIMUM TAX FOR LARGE
CORPORATIONS. SENATOR DEBBIE
STABENOW SPOKE ABOUT THE
INFLATION REDUCTION ACT TODAY
SPECIFIC WE HOW IT WILL IMPACT
PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES, SHE
SAYS. THE NEW LAW IS A GAME
CHANGER WHEN IT COMES TO HOLDING
DRUG COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE. AS A
BACKDROP WE PAY THE HIGHEST
PRICES IN THE WORLD IN THE
UNITED STATES HIGHEST PRICES IN
THE WORLD ABOUT THREE TIMES MORE
THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON IN
ANOTHER COUNTRY. THE
PRESCRIPTION DRUG COMPANIES HAVE
THE HIGHEST PROFITS IN THE
WORLD. THEY WILL SAY THEY CAN’T
LOWER PROFITS BECAUSE OF THE
COST OF RESEARCH. BUT MOST OF
THE BASIC RESEARCH AND OUR
COUNTRY’S FUNDED BY US BY
TAXPAYERS HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS THAT GOES TO
COMPANIES TO INVEST IN CUTTING
EDGE RESEARCH, WHICH I SUPPORT
SIGNED ME UP. SIGN ME UP. I JUST
THINK IF WE’RE HELPING TO PAY
FOR THE DISCOVERIES WE HAD TO
GET A BETTER DEAL. SENATOR
STABENOW ALSO HIGHLIGHTED OTHER
ASPECTS OF THE BILL, INCLUDING
STARTING IN JANUARY. MEDICARE
PART D RECIPIENTS OUT OF POCKET
COSTS FOR INSULIN WILL BE CAPPED
AT $35 PER MONTH AND STARTING IN
2025 THERE TOTAL OUT OF POCKET
DRUG COSTS WILL BE CAPPED AT
$2000 A YEAR. MEDICARE WILL NOW
BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THE BEST
DRUG PRICES, WHICH IT HASN’T
BEEN ABLE TO DO BECAUSE OF A LAW
PASSED DURING THE GEORGE W. BUSH
PRESIDENCY █AND ALSO BIG PHARMA
COMPANIES WILL BE PENALIZED IF
THEY RAISE DRUG COSTS ABOVE
INFLATION. EXPECT MORE ON THE
INFLECTION REDUCTION ACT. JUST
GO TO NBC NIGHTLY NEWS AT 6 30.
STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED IT
TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AND STILL
HAVE OUTSTANDING FEDERAL LOANS
ARE GOING TO SEE THAT DEBT
FORGIVEN THAT NEWS COMING FROM
THE U. S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AFTER THE FEDS FOUND THE NOW
DEFUNCT CHAIN OF SCHOOLS VASTLY
OVERSTATED THE QUALITY OF ITS
PROGRAMS AND MISLED STUDENTS.
MARK MACDONALD LIVE IN TROY
TONIGHT, MARA I T T HAD SEVERAL
CAMPUSES AROUND MICHIGAN. DEVIN.
THEY SURE DID. THIS WAS THERE
TROY CAMPUS. THEY HAD ONE AS FAR
NORTH AS SWARTZ CREEK, DEARBORN
, CANTON. AND THE BOTTOM LINE.
IS THIS IF YOU WERE A STUDENT
STARTING IN, SAY, 2005 ALL THE
WAY UP TO WHEN THEY SHUTTERED IN
2016, AND YOU STILL HAVE A
BALANCE DUE ON YOUR FEDERAL
LOAN. THE FEDS SAY IT’S
FORGIVEN. SHUT ITS DOORS IN 2016
AFTER THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION LEVELED HEAVY
SANCTIONS AGAINST THE FOR PROFIT
SCHOOL CHAIN LEADING STUDENTS
LIKE TYLER COLE IN THE LURCH
JUST FELT KIND OF LIKE
HEARTBROKEN AND DISAPPOINTED
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF ANGER, COLE
WAS WORRIED ABOUT CREDITS THAT
DIDN’T TRANSFER BUT IN A FOLLOW
UP PHONE CALL WITH HIM TODAY, HE
DIDN’T HAVE ANY FEDERAL LOANS
BECAUSE HIS PROGRAM WAS DONE
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF HIGH
SCHOOL. HE’S ONE OF THE LUCKY
ONES. THE U. S DEPARTMENT OF ED
CAME DOWN. ON ON IT FOR
EVERYTHING FROM MISREPRESENTING
THE QUALITY AND MARKETABILITY OF
ITS PROGRAMS TO PUSHING STUDENTS
INTO RISKY LOANS, AND THERE WERE
A LOT OF RISKY LOANS FOR
WORTHLESS DEGREES. OVERALL THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCING IT
IS CANCELING $3.9 BILLION IN
FEDERAL STUDENT DEBT FOR 280,000
I T T STUDENTS THE FORGIVENESS
COMING FROM WHAT’S CALLED THE
BORROWER DEFENSE, WHICH IS MEANT
TO PROTECT STUDENTS FROM
COLLEGES THAT MAKE FALSE
ADVERTISING CLAIMS OR OTHERWISE.
DAYS. COMMIT FRAUD EDUCATION
SECRETARY MIGUEL CARDONA SAYING
TODAY THE EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT
FOR YEARS ITS LEADERS
INTENTIONALLY MISLED STUDENTS
ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THEIR
PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO PROFIT OF
FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN PROGRAMS
WITH NO REGARD FOR THE HARDSHIP
THIS WOULD CAUSE. BACK HERE LIVE
FOR THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION STUDENTS WITH THOSE
OUTSTANDING FEDERAL BALANCES.
THEY’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO
APPLY FOR THIS FORGIVENESS. IT
WILL BE AUTOMATIC. WE’RE LIVE IN
TROY TONIGHT. I’M MARA MACDONALD
. LOCAL 4 UPDATE. ALL RIGHT.
MARA STILL HAS A LOT OF
INVESTIGATING TO DO ABOUT WHAT
WENT WRONG AT TRIBE, OUR
MANUFACTURING ALLOWING A TOXIC
CHEMICAL TO LEAK INTO THE HURON
RIVER SYSTEM. BUT SOME PEOPLE
HAVE ALREADY MADE UP THEIR MINDS
AND HAVE TAKEN OUT THEIR
FRUSTRATION ON THE HOME OF THE
COMPANY’S CEO. E O. VICTOR
WILLIAMS IS IN NORTHVILLE, WHERE
POLICE DETAINED SEVERAL PEOPLE
FOR VANDALISM. ABOUT 20
PROTESTERS WERE IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL DRESSED IN
BLACK, TARGETING THE HOME OF THE
PERSON THEY BELIEVE IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE POLLUTION OF
THE HURON RIVER. NOW IN THE
POLICE GOT HERE. ALL OF THEM RAN
WHAT ABOUT SIX WERE DETAINED.
HALF A DOZEN PEOPLE WERE
DETAINED AND RELEASED FOR THEIR
ROLES IN THE VANDALISM OF A HOME
BELONGING TO TRY BAR TECHNOLOGY
CEO AND CHAIRMAN KEVIN CRAMPTON
AROUND 6 30 AM FRIDAY MORNING.
WATER IS LIFE WAS THE MESSAGE
PROTESTERS WANTED TO GET OVER TO
THE CEO, AS YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE
FROM THE NEARLY CLEANED GRAFFITI
IN THE DRIVEWAY. CRAMPTON’S
COMPANY TRIBE. OUR MANUFACTURING
IS WIDELY REGARDED AS THE REASON
WHY THE CANCER CAUSING CHEMICAL
HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM LEAKED INTO
THE HURON RIVER. IT’S ALLEGED
THAT A TRIBE OUR EMPLOYEE OVER
OLD WASTE TREATMENT ALARMS OVER
450 TIMES WITHIN THREE HOURS ON
THE SAME DAY, THE TOXIC RELEASE
APPARENTLY BEGAN AND ALL THE
DRIVEWAY GARAGE AND HOME WAS
SPRAY PAINTED ALONG WITH SEVERAL
VEHICLES THAT WERE ALSO DAMAGED
AS WELL. POLICE ARE STILL
CALLING THIS AN ONGOING
INVESTIGATION. NOW WE DID TRY
TALKING TO MR CRAMPTON. BUT NO
ONE CAME TO THE DOOR. VICTOR
WILLIAMS, LOCAL 4 VICTOR, THANKS
IN THE RETRIAL FOR TWO MEN
ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO KIDNAP
GOVERNOR WHITMER PROSECUTORS
CALLED ANOTHER MAN CHARGED IN
THE PLOT. TESTIFY TIGAR BEEN
ALREADY PLEADED GUILTY AND
AGREED TO COOPERATE IN THE CASE
. HE TOLD THE COURTROOM THAT
ADAM FOX AND BARRY CROFT JUNIOR
SEEN HERE WERE HIS CO
CONSPIRATORS IN THE PLOT. FOX
AND CROFT ARE ON TRIAL FOR A
SECOND TIME NOW AND CONSPIRACY
CHARGES AS A JURY COULDN’T REACH
A VERDICT EARLIER THIS YEAR. IN
THE FIRST GO ROUND IN THE
MORNING, THE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS
GRILLED AN FBI INFORMANT ABOUT
THE STEPS HE TOOK TOGETHER
EVIDENCE TONIGHT, POLICE IN ANN
ARBOR ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP
TO FIND A THIEF. THEY SAY THIS
MAN IS A PERSON OF INTEREST IN A
BANK ROBBERY AT THE CHASE BANK
ON STADIUM NEAR PACKARD. IT
HAPPENED ONE MONTH AGO. WE DON’T
KNOW HOW MUCH WAS TAKEN IF YOU
KNOW THIS PERSON CALL AND ARBOR
POLICE. COVID CASES ARE UP OVER
THE LAST WEEK IN MICHIGAN STATE
REPORTING 23,165 NEW CASES OVER
THE PAST SEVEN DAYS, SO THE
AVERAGE AT MORE THAN 3300 CASES
PER DAY THAT’S UP 1000 CASES A
DAY FROM LAST WEEK WHEN WE
AVERAGED 2300, AND WE’VE LOST
ANOTHER 103 LIVES IN MICHIGAN
OVER THE PAST WEEK. THE RED
CROSS IS URGING METRO DETROITERS
TO DONATE BLOOD AND GARNER WIDE
IS STEPPING UP TO HELP ITS
OPENING ITS STORES FOR BLOOD
DRIVES. JUST LIKE THIS ONE IN
ROCHESTER HILLS. A DROP IN
DONATIONS HAS CAUSED THE RED
CROSS BLOOD SUPPLY TO SHRINK
NEARLY 20% IN RECENT WEEKS. IF
YOU DIDN’T GET TO GIVE TODAY,
YOU’LL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE
THURSDAY AT THE LOCATIONS THERE
ON YOUR SCREEN. THERE ARE
SPECIAL OFFERS TO ENCOURAGE
DONATIONS. SO LOOK FOR DETAILS
ON THE HEALTH PAGE.
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