LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. AND IT HAS BEEN A PRETTY CALM
FRIDAY, BUT PAUL TRACKING SOME
WET WEATHER MOVING THROUGH AND
MORE RAIN IN THE WEEKEND
FORECAST. GOOD TO BE WITH US
TONIGHT. WE START THINGS OFF
HERE AT SIX WITH SOME RAIN,
WHICH WE HAVE BEEN NEEDING, UM
WITHOUT DRAMA. IF WE CAN GET IT
THAT WAY, RIGHT, THAT’S RIGHT,
AND THAT WEATHER IS ACTUALLY
ARRIVING RIGHT NOW. SO LET’S GET
OVER THE PALI. TO SEE, HOWEVER
LOOKING, I PULL THERE AND WE ARE
AT LEAST DRY. FOR MOST OF US.
YOU CAN SEE WEST OF US. 23 IS
WHERE THE RAIN IS. SO LET’S ZOOM
IN ON SOME OF THAT AND SEE WHO’S
GETTING IT AND WHO’S NOT, AND
YOU CAN SEE NOT MADE IT TO THE
BRIGHTON AREA, BUT WE SHOULD BE
GETTING SOME RAIN DROPS NOW AND
HOWELL FOWLER VILLE OVER TO
PINCKNEY AND TAKING THE MAP
FARTHER TO THE SOUTH. YOU CAN
SEE IN WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
THERE, CHELSEA. YOU’RE GETTING
SOME RAIN, NOT QUITE DECIDED
TOWNSHIP YET, AND WE’RE NOT
GETTING IT YET EITHER, BUT
MANCHESTER YOU’RE GETTING SOME
OF THE SOME OF THE RAIN SO
AGAIN, THIS STUFF’S ALL OUT TO
THE WEST HERE, AND WE’RE NOT
SEEING ANYTHING VIOLENT IN HERE.
IN FACT, I’M LOOKING CAREFULLY.
I DON’T SEE ANY LIGHTNING IN
HERE EITHER. SO THIS IS GOOD
BENEFICIAL RAIN IF WE CAN GET
ENOUGH OF IT. WE NEED. WE NEED A
GOOD SOCCER. THIS WON’T BE A
SOAKER, BUT IT’LL BE AT LEAST
SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP. ALL
RIGHT. RIGHT NOW WE’RE LOOKING
AT PRETTY QUIET CONDITIONS THERE
IN ANN ARBOR. IT’S CLOUDY AS YOU
WOULD EXPECT THAT THE RAIN
KNOCKING ON THE DOOR UPPER
SEVENTIES ACROSS THE AREA.
POINTS ARE LOW, BUT THEY’RE
STARTING TO COME UP. WE’RE
SEEING MORE OF THESE MID TO
UPPER FIFTIES NOW, SUCH AS ANN
ARBOR AND OVER THE MONROE SO
THAT’S GOING TO ALLOW SOME OF
THAT RAIN TO FALL FROM THE
CLOUDS AND REACH THE GROUND. AND
JUST A SLOW DROP IN TEMPERATURE
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. YOU
CAN SEE BY 10 O’CLOCK WE’RE
STILL IN THE LOW SEVENTIES EVEN
BY MIDNIGHT IN THE LOW
SEVENTIES, AND WE’RE ONLY GOING
TO DROP INTO THE MID SIXTIES.
TONIGHT I WILL BE BACK TO TALK
ABOUT THE TIMING OF OUR WEEKEND.
RANDOM GETTING A BETTER HANDLE
ON THAT IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
BUT RIGHT NOW I WANT TO REMIND
YOU OF THE LOCAL FORECASTERS APP
THAT QR CODE ON THE SCREEN. YOU
JUST PUT YOUR CELL PHONE RIGHT
UP TO THAT YOU CAN SCAN IT. IT
TAKES YOU RIGHT TO THE SPOT
WHERE YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE
NATION’S BEST WEATHER APP AND
YOU MIGHT NEED THAT REAL TIME
RADAR THIS WEEKEND. WE’LL SEE
YOU BACK IN A FEW MINUTES CASE
PAUL, A LOCAL WOMAN IN A LONG
BATTLE WITH A CEMETERY THAT
STILL HAS NOT PUT THE FINISHING
TOUCHES ON THE MARKER FOR HER
PARENTS REMAINS THE BATTLE GOES
BACK MORE THAN 20 YEARS. AND
FINALLY THIS FAMILY CALLED HELP
ME. HANK CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR
HANK WINCHESTER SHOWED UP TO
MAKE SURE THE FINAL RESTING SPOT
FOR THIS COUPLE IS COMPLETED. I
WANTED TO BRING YOU INTO THE
MAUSOLEUM TO SHOW YOU THE
PROBLEM. TAKE A LOOK UP HERE.
THE PETERSON MARKER. THERE’S
CHARLES AND THE DATE OF HIS
BIRTH AND DEATH, BUT NOTHING FOR
HIS WIFE AND SHE PASSED AWAY WAY
BACK IN 2000 AND TWO THIS HAS
BEEN PAID FOR DECADES. AND THE
FAMILY. WELL, THEY WANT
INFORMATION, AND THEY WANT
CLOSURE. JUST LIKE COME ON. YOU
KNOW THAT’S BEEN 20 YEARS. COME
ON. REICHERT WANTS ANSWERS. AND,
MORE IMPORTANTLY, SHE NEEDS
CLOSURE. IS IT UPSETTING TO YOU
THAT THIS LONG? YEAH YEAH, I
MEAN, IT’S PAID FOR PARENTS
MARKER HERE AT DETROIT’S
HISTORIC WOODLAWN CEMETERY
REMAINS INCOMPLETE. HER MOTHER
DIED IN 2002, AND FOR YEARS, SHE
SAYS SHE’S BEEN TOLD THE
ENGRAVING WILL HAPPEN SOON. IT
NEVER HAPPENED EVEN TODAY, AS WE
WALK THE HALLS OF THE MAUSOLEUM
, YOU CAN SEE NOTHING HAS
CHANGED. THAT’S. AH YOUR FATHERS
AND YOUR MOTHER’S OKAY. ALRIGHT
NOTHING THERE TODAY I WENT WITH
SIG TO THE CEMETERY OFFICE
SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS. WHAT IN
THE WORLD IS TAKING SO LONG?
YOUR MOTHER PASSED AWAY 20 YEARS
AGO, HER MARKER IS STILL NOT
ENGRAVED AND IT’S BEEN PAID FOR
DECADES. WE’RE TRYING TO FIND
OUT WHY WE WERE ASKED TO STOP
FILMING INSIDE THE OFFICE. SO I
SAT WITH SIG WAITING TO LEARN
MORE. AND WHAT WE KNOW FOR SURE
IS THAT THIS FAMILY IS HURTING
THEIR LOVED ONES FINAL RESTING
PLACE IN COMPLETE. AND WE’RE
GOING TO MAKE SURE THIS GETS
HANDLED. BACK OUT HERE LIVE. I
DID JUST RECEIVED A STATEMENT
FROM THE CEMETERY. IT READS. WE
REACHED OUT TO OUR ENGRAVER
AGAIN TODAY AND THE FRONT HAS
BEEN REMOVED TO EXPEDITE THE
ENGRAVING PROCESS. OUR TEAM
ANTICIPATES THE ORDER TO BE
COMPLETED IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
BASED ON CURRENT ESTIMATES, THIS
VENDOR HAD CONFIRMED THAT IS
EXPERIENCING A BACKLOG OF ORDERS
BECAUSE THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES
COMBINED WITH HIGH DEMAND, WHICH
HAS BEEN A COMMON THEME SINCE
THE START OF THE PANDEMIC.
WOODLAWN CEMETERY WILL TO
IMPROVE OUR PROCESS OF
COMMUNICATING WITH FAMILIES. SO
THE GREAT NEWS IN ALL OF THIS
THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT’S GOING TO
BE TAKEN CARE OF WITHIN TWO
WEEKS. AS FOR WHY IT TOOK MORE
THAN 20 YEARS, MANAGEMENT ALSO
SHARED WITH ME THAT THEY DID
HAVE OWNERSHIP CHANGES, AND
UNFORTUNATELY, IT APPEARS THAT
THEY JUST KIND OF SLIPPED
THROUGH THE CRACKS, BUT
COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. WE ARE
HAPPY NOW THAT IT’S BEING
ADDRESSED ONCE AND FOR ALL.
WE’RE LIVE HERE TONIGHT. HANK
WINCHESTER. HELP ME HANK BACK TO
YOU AS HAPPY TO THANK YOU
APPRECIATE IT. NOW TO THE PRAYER
VIGIL THIS AFTERNOON FOR FALLEN
OFFICER LAUREN COURTS, HE WAS
REMEMBERED DURING A VIGIL AT DPD
SECOND PRECINCT, WHICH WAS HIS
HOME PRECINCT. THE DEATH OF THE
OFFICER HIGHLIGHTING THE
DANGEROUS WORK POLICE FACE ON
THE STREETS EVERY SINGLE DAY. A
VIGIL DREW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
NEVER MET OFFICER COURTS, BUT
CAME BECAUSE THEY JUST WANTED TO
SHOW THEIR SUPPORT. THOSE WHO
DID KNOW HIM WELL, SUCH AS DPD S
ASSISTANT CHIEF. STRUCK A
POSITIVE TONE AND THEIR
REMEMBRANCES. I KNEW THIS YOUNG
MAN AND WORKED WITH HIS FATHER
FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND LAUREN
IS A JOKE, BECAUSE LARRY IS A
JOKE, SIR. UM SO IT JUST KEEPS
HURTING AND HURTING. SO HOW DO I
GRIEVE? HOW DO I HOW DO I TELL
THE WHOLE GROUP HERE? HOW TO
GRIEVE? I DON’T KNOW THINK ABOUT
WHAT GRIEF IS THE GRIEF IS A
REALLY, REALLY HEAVY EMOTION,
YOU ALSO HAVE YOUR MOTION, LOVE
. AND UH, YEAH, I’M GONNA CHOOSE
LOVE OVER GRIEF RIGHT NOW. HERE
ARE THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR
OFFICER COURTS. EVERYTHING IS
GOING TO TAKE PLACE AT GREATER
GRACE TEMPLE IN DETROIT. PUBLIC
VISITATION COMING UP TOMORROW
THAT WILL BE FROM NOON UNTIL
EIGHT PM SUNDAY, THREE PM UNTIL
NINE P.M. AND IN THE FUNERAL IS
SET FOR MONDAY. JULY 18TH AT 11
30 AM GOVERNOR WHITMER HAS
ORDERED FLAGS ACROSS THE STATE
TO BE LOWERED TO HALF STAFF ON
MONDAY IN HONOR OF OFFICER
COURTS. THE U. S HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES PASSES TO
MEASURES AIMED AT PROTECTING
ABORTION ACCESS NATIONWIDE, THE
WOMEN’S HEALTH PROTECTION ACT
PASSED LARGELY ALONG PARTY LINES
BY A VOTE OF 2 19 2 TO 10. IT
WILL CUT IF I ABORTION, RIGHT.
PROTECTIONS FEDERAL LAW
LEGISLATION WILL NOW HEAD TO THE
SENATE, WHERE PREVIOUSLY FAILED
. THE HOUSE ALSO PASSED A SECOND
BILL, THE ENSURING ACCESS TO
ABORTION ACT BY A VOTE OF 2 23
TO 205. WHICH PROHIBITS
PUNISHMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO
TRAVEL OUT OF STATE FOR
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE. THIS
IS THE DEMOCRATS FIRST
LEGISLATIVE RESPONSE SINCE THE
SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE
VERSUS WADE. THE VOTE COMES AS A
STATE GOVERNORS AND LEGISLATORS
GRAPPLE WITH THE IMPACT OF THE
COURT’S RULING. OF COURSE,
MICHIGAN IS NO EXCEPTION,
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL. INTO
CANADA ARE GRANT HERMES IS LIVE
FOR US TONIGHT AT THE SITE OF
THE NEW GORDIE HOWE BRIDGE,
WHERE THERE WAS A SPECIAL VISIT
FROM THE HEAD OF THE BORDER
CONTROL GRANT. KIMBERLY YOU KNOW
ABORTION WASN’T THE TOPIC OF
THAT VISIT TODAY, BUT IT WAS
FRONT AND CENTER, ESPECIALLY AS
YOU LOOK OUT OF THIS NEW BRIDGE
BEING BUILT THAT WILL BE HOME TO
A LOT OF TRADE AND TRAVEL AND
TRAVEL THAT MAYBE IN THE VERY
NEAR FUTURE. UPDATE ON THE
PROGRESS OF DETROIT’S GORDIE
HOWE BRIDGE AND WELCOME CENTER,
WHICH IS SLATED TO OPEN IN 2024
DURING A VISIT TODAY WITH
SENATOR GARY PETERS, THE CUSTOMS
AND BORDER PATROL COMMISSIONER,
SAYING THE BRIDGE WILL BE STATE
OF THE ART WITH THE ABILITY TO
TAKE SOME OF THE PRESSURE OFF
THE AMBASSADOR BRIDGE, THE
DETROIT TUNNEL AND THE BLUE
WATER BRIDGE IMPORT HURON,
ESPECIALLY AFTER SUPPLY CHAIN
ISSUES AND PROTESTS LAST YEAR.
IF MICHIGAN WERE A COUNTRY, WE
WOULD BE THE SECOND LARGEST
TRADING PARTNER TO CANADA.
THAT’S HOW MUCH BUSINESS COMES
ACROSS THE THESE THESE PORTS OF
ENTRY AND COME INTO OUR ECONOMY
BUT ALSO LOOMING IN THE
BACKGROUND. GOVERNOR WHITMER
REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION FROM
THE FDA AND BORDER PATROL ON HOW
PEOPLE CROSSING BACK AND FORTH
ACROSS THE BORDER FOR ABORTION
CARE OR WITH ABORTION MEDICATION
WOULD BE TREATED. THE
COMMISSION. TODAY. THERE WAS NO
FINAL DECISION. SORRY I’M NOT,
YOU KNOW, I’M NOT PARTY TO THOSE
CONVERSATIONS AT THIS TIME, AND
REALLY, I’M NOT HERE TO ADDRESS
THAT TODAY, BUT I UNDERSTAND
THAT’S A CONCERN, AND I’M SURE
THERE’LL BE MORE TO COME ABOUT.
THAT. THAT REALLY THIS DECISION
IS UP TO THE FDA. THEY’RE JUST
GOING TO ENFORCE WHATEVER COMES
DOWN FROM THE FDA AT THE BORDER
CROSSINGS, BUT FOR NOW, NO FINAL
DECISION HAS BEEN MADE BACK TO
YOU. OKAY, GRANT. THANK YOU.
JUST AHEAD ON NBC NIGHTLY NEWS
DOCTORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
CONTINUING TO COPE WITH THE NEW
ABORTION LAWS, LEGAL LANDSCAPE
MEANS DOCTORS MIGHT HAVE TO
CHOOSE BETWEEN SAVING A LIFE.
WE’RE GOING TO PRISON. KRISTEN
DAHLGREN SPOKE WITH A WOMAN WHO
FACED A TRAGIC DIAGNOSIS DURING
HER PREGNANCY. DO YOU FEEL LIKE
YOU HAD ANY OTHER CHOICE?
ABORTION OR DEATH. THOSE WERE MY
OPTIONS. AND I WAS PREPARED FOR
BOTH. AHEAD OF 6 30 ON NBC
NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT,
WHAT SOME STATES ARE DOING TO
RESTRICT DOCTORS. A METRO
DETROIT CREDIT UNION, ALONG WITH
THE FBI AND FOR LOCAL POLICE
AGENCIES ARE LOOKING FOR SOME
CRAFTY THIEVES, AUTOMATIC TELLER
MACHINES ALL ACROSS THE AREA
WITH BRUTE FORCE AND PRETTY
QUICK TIMING LOCAL 4 TONIGHT
BRINGING YOU THIS EXCLUSIVE
FIRST. LOOK AT HOW THESE ROBBERS
ARE GETTING AWAY WITH THE CASH.
ROD MELONI HAS THIS REPORT FROM
MILFORD ROD. SO THIS THEFT
HAPPENED OVER A WEEK AGO. HERE
IN MILFORD, THE POLICE TAPE
STILL UP THE MARKINGS FROM WHERE
THE ATM WAS DESTROYED, STILL ON
THE GROUND, AND IT TURNS OUT
IT’S GOING TO BE MONTHS BEFORE
THEY CAN GET THIS BACK TO
NORMAL. MILFORD PD PICTURES SHOW
US THE JULY 6TH THEFT, THE ATM
PULLED OVER ON ITS SIDE AND
EMPTIED THE IN AND OUT AND UNDER
SIX MINUTES. TODAY THERE’S
RUBBER STILL ON THE GROUND,
THEIR COMMUNITY CHOICE CREDIT
UNION MARKETING DIRECTOR JENNY
LUDWIG’S AND TELLING LOCAL 4
THEY TARGET SO CALLED ISLAND
MACHINES, BUT MORE DIFFICULT FOR
MACHINES THAT ARE BUILT INTO
WALLS, FOR EXAMPLE, OR MACHINES
THAT ARE BUILT INTO STRUCTURES
HIT FOUR COMMUNITIES SO FAR
GETTING AT LEAST $26,000 FROM
SUCCESSFUL MILFORD AND TROY
THEFT. THEY RAN AWAY EMPTY
HANDED FROM THE ROYAL OAKLAND
LIVONIA ATTEMPTS. HERE IS THE
VIDEO OF THE APRIL LIVONIA TRY
STOLEN. HEAVY DUTY PICKUP BACKS
UP TO THE MACHINE. ONE GUY
ATTACHES HOOKS AND CHAINS AND
THEY PULLED THE MACHINE OVER. IN
THIS CASE, THOUGH, THE CASH
DOORS FELL FACE DOWN THE MACHINE
TOO HEAVY TO LIFT SO THEY
QUICKLY RAN AWAY TO ANOTHER
GETAWAY CAR. MILFORD POLICE
DETECTIVE CHRIS LIPARI. SEEING
LATE NIGHT DRIVERS SHOULD WATCH
OUT FOR THESE GUYS. ONCE THEY’RE
STOLEN. THEY ARE LOADING UP THE
CHAINS AHEAD OF TIME, SO IF
SOMEBODY SEES A HEAVY DUTY
PICKUP TRUCK WITH CHAINS HANGING
OFF THE BACK DRIVING AROUND, YOU
KNOW MIDNIGHT TWO IN THE MORNING
, THEY NEED TO CALL THEIR LOCAL
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND LET THEM
KNOW RIGHT AWAY WERE EXPOSED TO
THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES JUST
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE WHEN IT COMES
TO REPLACING THESE MACHINES
RIGHT NOW, THE LEAD TIME TO GET
A MACHINE THAT’S BEEN DESTROYED.
BACK UP AND RUNNING IS 60 TO 90
DAYS. NOW ONE THING WE DO KNOW
IS THAT THIS THIS GROUP DOESN’T
APPEAR TO BE LOCAL, BUT THEY’RE
NOT SURE BECAUSE THIS IS
HAPPENING IN OTHER PLACES. BUT
WE DID GET WORD TONIGHT THAT
THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT IN
THE TROY THEFT THEY THINK THEY
FOUND A SUSPECT. WE’LL KEEP YOU
UPDATED BACK TO YOU. FAREWELL,
HEART ROCK. A LIFT DRIVER IS
ARRESTED IN TROY FOR DRIVING
WHILE INTOXICATED WITH A PAYING
PASSENGER IN THE CAR. POLICE SAY
DETROIT WOMAN WAS PULLED OVER
BACK ON JULY 2ND DRIVING THE
AREA OF ROCHESTER ROAD AND
PLAYER DRIVE. PLEASE TELL US THE
DRIVER WAS SEEN MAKING A NUMBER
OF TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS. 38 YEAR
OLD WOMAN REPORTEDLY TOLD POLICE
SHE WAS A LIFT DRIVER AND
ADMITTED TO HAVING HAD TWO BEERS
BEFORE GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL
. WELL, POLICE SAY SHE HAD A
BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 20.18. SO
OVER HALF OVER TWICE THE LEGAL