>>> FIRST AT 4:00, IT’S THE
BIG MONEY ANNOUNCEMENT
MICHIGAN’S DEMOCRATIC AND
REPUBLICAN LEADERS TOGETHER.
SOME READDICTIONS ON HOW
GENERAL MOTORS WILL BE
CHANGING LIVES FOR THOUSANDS
OF WORKERS.
>>> IT IS A COLD ONE OUT
THERE AND WE HAVE MORE COLD
AIR ON THE WAY EVEN MORE AT
THE END OF THE WEEK.
I’LL HAVE THAT TIMETABLE
FOUR STRAIGHT AHEAD.
>>> BYE-BYE NUMBER 2 PENCIL
HELLO DIGITAL S.A.T.s.
WE’RE LOOK AT THE CHANGES
COMING FOR COLLEGE BOUND
STUDENTS.
>> Announcer: LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, HOME OF
WDIV AND CLICK ON DETROIT,
LOCAL 4 NEWS FIRST AT 4
STARTS NOW.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY,
I’M KAREN DREW.
FIRST AT 4 IT IS THE KIND OF
INVESTMENT SUPPORTERS ARE
CALLING LIFE CHANGING FOR
THOUSANDS OF WORKERS.
AUTOMAKER GENERAL MOTORS IS
MAKING THE LARGEST
INVESTMENT IN COMPANY
HISTORY RIGHT HERE IN
MICHIGAN.
NOW WE PREVIEWED THE NEWS
LAST NIGHT AT 11, NOW DEVIN
SCILLIAN HERE WITH THE
OFFICIAL UNVEILING.
DEVIN, THIS IS BIG.
>> IT SURE IS, KAREN.
TODAY GENERAL MOTORS
ANNOUNCED IT WILL SPEND MORE
THAN $7 BILLION ON FOUR
MANUFACTURING SITES AROUND
THE STATE.
THE INVESTMENT IS OF COURSE
ABOUT ELECTRIC VEHICLES ALSO
MAKING THE BATTERIES THE
STATE OF MICHIGAN ALSO
STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE TO
DO WHAT IT HAD TO MAKE IT
HAPPEN.
BUT HERE’S SOME OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS G.M. IS GOING TO
SPEND ABOUT $4 BILLION TO
CONVERT AND EXPAND ITS ORION
TOWNSHIP ASSEMBLY FACTORY TO
MAKE ELECTRIC PICKUPS.
IT WILL SPEND ANOTHER FEW
BILLION TO BUILD A THIRD
U.S. BATTERY CELL PLANT THAT
WILL BE WITH THE JOINT
VENTURE PARTNER IN LANSING.
GENERAL MOTORS C.E.O. MARY
BARRA SAID INVESTMENT WILL
MAKE MICHIGAN THE EPICENTER
OF THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE
INDUSTRY.
THEY SAY THE PLANS WILL HELP
KEEP THE STATE 1,000 JOBS
THAT’S KEEP A THOUSAND BUT
CREATE UP TO 4,000 MORE.
MICHIGAN’S ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT BOARD JUST
APPROVED $824 MILLION IN
ASSISTANCE AND TAX
INCENTIVES.
THIS WAS A BIPARTISAN
CELEBRATION FOR STATE
LEADERS WHO DESCRIBED THE
RIPPLE EFFECT THEY HOPE TO
SEE.
>> THESE JOBS WILL GENERATE
MORE THAN $35 BILLION IN NEW
PERSONAL INCOME OVER THE
NEXT 20 YEARS.
THAT’S $35 BILLION IN
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR
MICHIGANDERS.
>> FAMILIES ACROSS THE STATE
WILL HAVE CONVERSATIONS
AROUND THE KITCHEN TABLE TO
TAKE ON AN ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT TONE.
INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT
WHAT THEY CAN’T DO, THEY’LL
BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY
CAN DO.
A NEW HOME, COLLEGE TUITION,
AND YES, MAYBE EVEN A NEW
CAR, MAYBE EVEN ONE THEY
HELPED BUILD.
>> Reporter: SO NEW HERE AT
5:00, WE’LL KEEP LOOKING AT
THESE RIPPLE EFFECTS THAT
WE’RE GOING TO FEEL LOCALLY.
ALSO WHAT IT ALL MEANS FOR
THE CHANGING AUTO INDUSTRY
TO REMAIN SO VITAL TO US AND
OUR STATE.
KAREN, UNTIL THEN, BACK TO
YOU.
>> EXCITING NEWS, THANKS,
DEVIN.
>>> BY THE WAY, THE GOVERNOR
IS ALSO GETTING READY FOR
TOMORROW NIGHT’S STATE OF
THE STATE SPEECH FOR THE
SECOND YEAR IN A ROW IT WILL
BE A VIRTUAL EVENT.
YOU CAN SEE IT ON LOCAL 4
AND STREAMING AT
CLICKONDETROIT.COM TOMORROW
NIGHT AT 7:00 P.M.
>>> THE TEENAGER IS UNDER
ARREST AND CHARGED WITH
FELONY MURDER IN CONNECTION
WITH A MYSTERIOUS CAR CRASH
OVER IN OAK PARK.
YOU MIGHT RECALL THIS CAR
SMASHED INTO AN APARTMENT
COMPLEX LAST THURSDAY NIGHT.
POLICE FOUND OUT 33-YEAR-OLD
DESMOND DIXON OF DETROIT HAD
BEEN SHOT AND DIED.
POLICE HAVE NOW ARRESTED
18-YEAR-OLD D’ANDRE WALKER
THEM SAY HE AND TWO OTHER
PEOPLE WERE DOING A
TRANSACTION WITH DIXON WHEN
WALKER PULLED OUT A WEAPON
INTENDING TO ROB DIXON AND
SHOT HIM.
WALKER IS BEING HELD WITHOUT
BOND.
THE TWO OTHER PEOPLE WERE
RELEASED PENDING FURTHER
INVESTIGATION.
>>> MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT
HAS HANDED STATE REPUBLICANS
A SETBACK WHEN IT COMES TO
PETITION DRIVE.
THE COURT HAS THROWN OUT A
15% GEOGRAPHIC CAP ON THE
NUMBER OF SIGNATURES TO GET
AN ISSUE ON A STATEWIDE
BALLOT.
THE LAW WOULD HAVE MADE
THINGS HARDER FOR ACTIVISTS
BY FORCING THEM TO BE AWARE
OF WHERE THEY WERE GATHERING
SIGNATURES.
THE SUPREME COURT SAYS THAT
VIOLATES THE STATE
CONSTITUTION.
THE CHANGES WERE MADE BY THE
REPUBLICAN-LED LEGISLATURE
IN 2018 AND SIGNED BY FORMER
GOVERNOR RICK SNYDER BEFORE
HE LEFT OFFICE.
>>> WE ARE ALSO TRACKING
SOME NEW CORONAVIRUS
DEVELOPMENTS FOR YOU,
INCLUDING THE ARRIVAL OF
FREE FACE MASKS AND ALSO
COVID HOME TESTS.
PFIZER HAS LAUNCHED A IN NEW
CLINICAL TRIAL COMPARING ITS
ORIGINAL COVID-19 VACCINE TO
NEW DOSES THAT ARE SPECIFIC
FOR THE OMICRON VARIANT.
THE COMPANY IS ENROLLING
ABOUT 1400 HEALTHY ADULTS
AGES 18 TO 55 TO TEST THE
UPDATED SHOTS.
PFIZER SAYS IT’S NOT YET
CLEAR IF THE NEW VACCINE
WILL BE NEEDED AS BOOSTERS
OF THE ORIGINAL VACCINE
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A HIGH
LEVEL OF PROTECTION AGAINST
SEVERE DISEASE FROM OMICRON.
>>> SEVERAL SOURCES ARE
REPORTING THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION WILL HAVE
OSHA DROP ITS VACCINE AND
TESTING RULES FOR LARGE ARE
BUSINESSES THAT’S EFFECTIVE
TOMORROW.
THE SUPREME COURT
CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY
BLOCKED THE RULE SAYING OSHA
HAD EXCEEDED ITS AUTHORITY.
PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS CALLED
ON BUSINESSES TO VOLUNTARILY
IMPLEMENT THE REQUIREMENTS.
MEANTIME THE FIRST FREE
COVID TESTS FROM THE
GOVERNMENT HAVE STARTED TO
ARRIVE.
DID YOU GET ONE IN YOUR
MAILBOX?
AT LEAST ONE PERSON IN OUR
NEWSROOM ORDERED LAST WEEK
AND THE SHIPMENT ARRIVED
TODAY.
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD DELIVERY
WILL TAKE SEVEN TO 12 DAYS
FROM WHEN YOU PLACE YOUR
ORDER.
ALSO STORES LIKE MEIJER AND
KROGER HAVE STARTED TO
DISTRIBUTE FREE N95 FACE
MASKS ALSO FROM THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
THE FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION SAYS THE
MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY DRUGS
FROM REGONE RON AND ELI
LILLY SHOULD NO LONGER BE
USED BECAUSE THEY DON’T WORK
AGAINST THE OMICRON VARIANT.
NEW AT 5:00, DR. 44 TAKES A
LOOK INTO WHAT THAT MEANS
AND WHAT --, FROM FRANK
McGEORGE TAKES A LOOK AT
WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHAT
OTHER TREATMENT OPTIONS ARE
OUT THERE.
>>> WE HAD LOTS OF SNOW
YESTERDAY BUT PAUL GROSS HAS
THE FIRST FORECAST FOR US.
>> THE FLAKES WE GET THIS
EVENING WILL BE FLURRIES OR
VERY LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS.
NO IMPACT ON TRAVEL
WHATSOEVER BUT THE COLD IS
THE BIG STORY.
ONE OF THE RAM CAGS OF THE
COLD IS WE HAVE ICE DAMS
FORMING ON THE ST. CLAIR
RIVER.
WE NOW HAVE A FLOOD ADVISORY
IN EFFECT DUE TO THOSE ICE
DAMNS CAUSING THE WATER TO
BACKUP.
WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT
FOR YOU AS WE WILL
TEMPERATURES.
LOOK AT THIS BARELY MAKING
IT TO 20 DEGREES NOT EVEN 20
IN SOME SPOTS.
WIND CHILLS THIS AFTERNOON
GENERALLY BEEN IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS TO THE LOW TO
MID-TEENS.
SO IT IS COLD OUT THERE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE
SUNSHINE WE HAD THIS MORNING
HAS BEEN LARGELY REPLACED BY
CLOUD COVER.
JUST FLURRIES OR COUPLE
LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS.
IF YOU ARE HEADING TO
PISTONS GAMES NO TRAVEL
TROUBLE.
IT WILL BE A COLD ONE
GETTING TO AND FROM THE CAR.
>>> IT HAS BEEN A RITE OF
PASSAGE BUT IN THE FUTURE
TAKING THE S.A.T. EXAM WILL
HAVE A WHOLE NEW LOOK.
FORGET ABOUT THE PAPER AND
PENCIL THAT YOU SEE ON THE
SCREEN THE S.A.T. IS GOING
DIGITAL.
TEST TAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED
TO USE THEIR OWN LAPTOPS OR
TABLETS AND THEY STILL HAVE
TO TAKE THE TEST AT A
MONITORED SITE.
THE NEW VERSION WILL BE
SHORTER TAKING THE TEST ON
READING, WRITING AND MATH
FROM THREE HOURS TO ABOUT
TWO.
PAULA TUTMAN HAS BEEN
LOOKING AT THE CHANGES AND
THIS COULD BRING SOME NEW
CHALLENGES FOR STUDENTS?
>> Reporter: THAT WAS REALLY
THE SURPRISING THING
TO MOTOR, KAREN.
THINGS LIKE I DENY EVEN
THINK ABOUT.
OF COURSE IT DOES BEG THE
QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT THIS
NUMBER TWO PENCIL IS
BECOMING OBSOLETE, WELL,
MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY BUT
CERTAINLY NOT NEEDED TO AN
S.A.T. COMING TO YOU SOON.
FOR A LOT OF STUDENTS TEST
TAKING IS TOUGH AS IT IS BUT
PUT THE LETTERS S-A-T
ANYWHERE NEAR THAT TEST IT
CAN BECOME NERVE-RACKING.
14-YEAR-OLD HARMONY TOOK THE
PSAT.
>> THE PSAT WAS VERY
COMPLICATED FOR ME.
>> Reporter: KATIE SOLOMON
IS THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR
DOWNTOWN BOXING GYM.
>> THE AMOUNT OF PREPARATION
THAT GOES INTO PREPPING FOR
THE S.A.T. IS SIGNIFICANT.
>> Reporter: IN 2024, THE
S.A.T.s ARE GOING DIGITAL
WHILE YOU MAY THINK MAKING
THE S.A.T. DIGITAL WILL BE A
WALK IN THE PARK BECAUSE
STUDENTS HAVE SPENT THE LAST
TWO AND A HALF PANDEMIC
YEARS LEARNING HOW TO LEARN
ON-LINE, D.B.G. WHICH DOES
HEAVY TUTORING AND TEACHING
IN PERSON REMOTELY HOWEVER
THEY CAN TO REACH STUDENTS
TO CLOSE LEARNING GAPS
INCLUDING S.A.T. PREP.
>> THEY’RE PRACTICING
EDITING, AND THEY’RE
PRACTICING WRITING.
>> Reporter: WHILE THEY
BELIEVE MUCH OF WHAT
STUDENTS ARE BEING TAUGHT TO
PERFORM ON PAPER ACTUALLY
CHANGES WHEN YOU HAVE TO
TEACH THEM HOW TO PERFORM OR
TEST TAKE ON-LINE.
>> WHAT I’M SEEING WITH MY
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IT’S A
LOT HARDER TO STAY FOCUSED
AND READ A PASSAGE ON YOUR
SCREEN THAN IT IS ON A
PRINTOUT.
>> IT DISTRACTS ME.
>> Reporter: THE COLLEGE
BOARD THE FOLKS WHO ACTUALLY
ADMINISTER THE S.A.T. AND
PSAT SAY STUDENTS WILL BE
ABLE TO USE THEIR OWN
LAPTOPS AND TABLETS BUT NOT
AT HOME.
THE TEST WILL STILL BE
ADMINISTERED AT A SPECIFIC
MONITORING SITE LIKE A
SCHOOL.
BUT THE CLAIM IS THAT
DIGITAL FORMAT WILL SHAVE
OFF AS MUCH AS AN HOUR FROM
THE CURRENT THREE HOUR
VERSION.
BUT TO BE SUCCESSFUL SOLOMON
SAYS TEACHERS, TUTORS
PARENTS AND STUDENTS WILL
NEED TO LEARN HOW TO USE NEW
MUSCLES TO SUCCEED.
>> SITTING AND FOCUSING AND
NOT BEING DISTRACTED WHEN
OUR KIDS ARE PUT IN FRONT OF
SCREENS WE’RE SEEING THEY’RE
NOT LEARNING THE SAME IN
PERSON AS THEY ARE VIRTUALLY
TO ME THAT’S AN INDICATION
THAT UNLESS WE PREP THEM ON
HOW TO PERFORM IN THIS
DIGITAL SPACE THEY’RE NOT
GOING TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM
AS WELL DIGITALLY AS THEY
ARE IN PERSON.
>> SO THEY’RE BASICALLY
TALKING ABOUT A WHOLE
DIFFERENT WAY TO PREP THESE
STUDENTS.
BY THE WAY, IF THE STUDENT
DOESN’T HAVE ACCESS TO A
LAPTOP OR DIGITAL DEVICE ONE
WILL BE PROVIDED AND TO
STARTED THIS 2024, ANOTHER
DON’TUS KAREN, GETTING THE
RESULTS SOONER.
IT’S EXPECTED YOU WILL GET
THEM IN DAYS INSTEAD OF
WEEKS.
>> WELL, THAT WOULD TAKE
AWAY SOME OF THE TENSION AND
WORRY THAT WE ALL
EXPERIENCED FOR SO LONG.
THANK YOU, PAULA.