getting around woodhaven got a lot
tougher today and with very little
warning emergency repairs are now
underway on a track that crosses one of
the main thoroughfares and as a result
van horn closed east of i-75 and west of
allen
sean lay live with a look at the
frustration and that's putting it
lightly that it's causing folks in that
community sean
good way of putting it also devin these
tracks are closed right now the road is
also closed tracks usually look like
this follow me this way we watched the
crews do these emergency repairs over
here and you can see just how extensive
the work is may last one to three days
according to cn the thing is woodhaven
found out about the road closure and the
work just last night
they got their permits from wing county
and as soon as they got their permits
they notified us yesterday that they
were shutting it down what was your
reaction
my reaction is the same as my always my
reaction i mean it's there's really
there's nothing we can do about it but
it it ties up the whole city woodhaven
waking up this morning that van horn
road was suddenly shut down for up to
three days for emergency train track
repairs frustrating because down river
communities deal with trains blocking
traffic for hours and mayor patricia
odette says rail companies can shut down
roads whenever they want it ties up the
whole city it
it
causes impact not only to our people our
residents but also our businesses it's a
huge impact on this community woodhaven
had to build a new fire station so first
responders wouldn't get stuck by a
stopped train it's surgery day at
woodhaven animal hospital they're
scrambling to tell people bringing in
their furry friends to come another way
i've had a lady carry her dog across the
track and leave her car
because she was afraid that her dog
might die if she didn't get into the
hospital so it can be a scary situation
charlie pfeffer owns this plaza
potential businesses won't lease here
trains keeping customers away and we
just can't get any interest
in anyone wanting to locate here with
all the disruption going on
back here live look at this line of
traffic now coming the road closed sign
is on van horn is right at the track so
very little warning for motorists having
to turn around now and go back the other
way towards allen road where there's a
train there now according to the mayor
she just sent me a text which means that
train could be sitting there blocking
traffic for hours right now cn is in
touch with us out of washington d.c they
said they're going to check on the work
here and see just how long it's going to
take we're live in woodhaven tonight
sean lay local 4. really is going to be
a situation if you can't get there from
here looking at both directions right
now all right sean
well michigan's 1931 law criminalizing
abortion will not go into effect if the
united states supreme court overturns
roe v wade that decision coming from the
michigan court of claims just this
afternoon in a lawsuit brought by
planned parenthood our mar mcdonald is
live in lansing tonight mara this isn't
the only legal case ongoing over
abortion in michigan
kimberly that's right you've got planned
parenthood on one side you've got the
governor on the other both filed
lawsuits on the same day but both are
pursuing different paths the governor is
going through the supreme court of
michigan that lawsuit still sort of in
limbo planned parenthood getting the win
in the michigan court of claims today
while right to life michigan and its
attorneys say that this decision was a
rogue decision and they say the judge in
the court of claims should have recused
herself from making any decision on this
because she has given money to planned
parenthood in the past
in the court of claims decision today
granting a preliminary injunction which
prevents that 1931 law from going into
effect the court essentially is saying
it finds planned parenthood likely to
prevail in its lawsuit claiming the law
violates the michigan constitution this
ruling means that the law cannot be
enforced while our case proceeds and
people in michigan can continue to
access safe and legal abortion care as
they have for nearly 50 years the judge
engaged in an analysis without any
advocacy from the other side and she was
demonstrably wrong in her legal
conclusions on drawing on precedents
which have absolutely no bearing on
pro-life laws while planned parenthood's
case continues through the court the
injunction stays in place meanwhile the
governor is approaching this issue in a
different way she's filed a lawsuit at
the michigan supreme court asking the
court to recognize the right to abortion
under the due process clause of the
michigan constitution the governor
saying in a statement tonight quote i
filed a lawsuit and used my executive
authority to urge the michigan supreme
court to immediately resolve whether
michigan state constitution protects the
right to abortion once and for all
back here live word from right to life
michigan's attorneys is litigation will
be coming from that group likely to be
announced by the end of the week we're
live in lansing tonight i'm mara
mcdonald local 4. well keep following it
mar thank you a high school gymnasium
was the setting for a visit by former
vice president mike pence today he spoke
about education at lutheran northwest
while protests went on outside priya man
live with more on what pence came here
to promote and the opposition to it
priya
hey devon we're talking about the let
michigan kids learn campaign there's two
petitions here that would change
michigan's tax laws so in a nutshell
donors would get tax credit on money
that's given to scholarship funds that
families could then use to cover
educational expenses those opposed say
it will gut the public education system
what i can tell you is the students here
at lutheran northwest high school
greeted both republican leaders like
rock stars
it is time to put michigan parents back
in charge of their kids education
a thunderous applause for former vice
president mike pence and education
secretary betsy devos
trying to drum up support for let my
kids learn a petition they say will give
parents more choices about their child's
education a bunch of folks who have been
gathering petition signatures and we're
thrilled to see
this stack that has been submitted today
but a handful of protesters outside the
event say parents already have choices
when it comes to which school their
child attends they have two petitions
that are out there and they will both
defund public education and take our tax
dollars and give them to
private schools the monies don't go to
religious schools only if the families
choose that but they're initiating that
choice it is not government sending
money to a religious or faith-based
school parents and some faith leaders
who support the petition say they want
more competition transparency and
accountability from schools i and some
other parents in our district have been
asking lots of questions and
unfortunately we're getting stonewalled
philanthropists businesses they want to
contribute they want they want to
contribute and offer scholarships
protesters argue there should be a
separation of church and state and are
against taxpayer dollars funding private
schools they want to go to private
school they have that choice
but they should pay for it the way they
are now
and the highest ranking senate democrat
did release a statement which reads in
part vouchers have been rejected time
and time again by michigan voters it's
no surprise that mike pence would stand
with the most unpopular cabinet
secretary in recent memory to promote
her disastrous voucher scheme the people
of michigan would be much better served
if these two would join us in our
efforts to support public school
education of course we'll continue to
follow this story reporting live in
rochester hills i'm priya mann local 4.
plans for an asphalt mixing facility in
detroit have been shot down for a second
time neighbors concerned about pollution
came out to oppose the plans and
detroit's building safety department
denied the permit the company filed an
appeal and today the zoning board of
appeals denied it megan woods is live
with reaction from neighbors megan
they've got to be happy right
yeah neighbors see this as a victory so
asi wants to build this facility near
schoolcraft and southfield freeway today
people who live near that area they've
been able to organize a shuttle to make
sure residents got to this
hearing they also brought signs doing
everything they could to make sure their
concerns were heard
would you approve this
if it was near your home
your parents your children these
passionate detroiters are from multiple
neighborhoods in the grand mont rosedale
community they all want the same thing
from detroit's board of zoning appeals
we ask you to save our lungs
save a tree
and protect our children and just say no
and if they couldn't make it in person
they spoke on zoom i'm really proud of
the way that the community has mobilized
against
this pollution in our neighborhood but
no community members who support
overturning bc's decision showed up
attorney lawrence walker represents
a-s-i my position is that
building safety and engineering
department did not follow the law the
law requires them to do certain things
with the industrial review committee
after two hours of listening and asking
questions the board upheld bcd's
original decision to deny asi's permit
we provided evidence of environmental
testing noise sound traffic that shows
that it is not harmful to the community
there is no
reason why they should not have granted
my client's request this is our
neighborhood we've been here for years
and it should be a place of peace and
comfort and tranquility and to bring
that asphalt plan in it won't allow us
to have that
the attorney says this decision can also
be appealed and he's encouraging his
client to do so live in detroit i'm
megan woods local 4. okay megan thanks
warren mayor jim fouts has vetoed a
budget approved by city council in this
latest volley of the ongoing power
struggle in warren council recently won
a court injunction against fouts who
they claim spent 675 thousand dollars in
unapproved money including an image
campaign featuring himself well in this
veto mayor fouts claims the council's
budget is full of politically motivated
cuts designed to prevent him from as he
puts it looking good council members
have previously denied that and said the
budget battle is only about fiscal
responsibility