>> Shawn: TROUBLING NEW SIGNS OF HOW THE CORONAVIRUS IS
SPREADING IN THE UNITED STATES
AS CASES EMERGE NOT EXPLAINED BY
OVERSEAS TRAVEL OR CONTACT WITH
A PERSON KNOWN TO BE INFECTED
ARE REPORTED IN CALIFORNIA,
WASHINGTON STATE AND OREGON.
RESIDENTS REACT TO THE NEW
NORMAL.
NORMAL. >> IT’S SOBERING THAT THE NEWS
IS HERE, WHAT WE’VE BEEN READING
ABOUT AND PREPARING FOR.
>> Shawn: A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW
THEOUT BREAK IS IMPACTING LIVES
ACROSS THE WORLD.
NEW ALLEGATIONS AGAINST A FORMER
DOCTOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN ALL WHILE MORE FORMER
ATHLETES ARE COMING FORWARD TO
SAY THAT THEY WERE ABUSED.
>> Priya: THE CONSTRUCTION
BARRELS ARE BACK OUT IN OAKLAND
COUNTY AS THE I-75 MODERNIZATION
PROJECT CONTINUES.
PROJECT CONTINUES. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AS YOU
PREPARE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY
AND PLACES TO AVOID.
>> LET’S PREPARE FOR THE
WEATHER.
WEATHER. WEEKEND WARM-UP, THE BEGINNING
OF A NICE STRETCH FOR US AS WE
LOOK OUTSIDE THROUGH THE SKY
CAM.
CAM. LOOK AT BELLE ISLE THIS MORNING.
>>> LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT,
"LOCAL 4 NEWS TODAY" STARTS NOW.
>> Priya: GOOD MORNING.
IT’S 7:00.
IT’S 7:00. I’M PRIYA MANN.
>> Shawn: I’M SHAWN LEY.
I THE WARM-UP STARTED RIGHT
NOW.
NOW. WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT.
>> Priya: THAT’S RIGHT.
THE SUNSHINE ALONE WILL MAKE A
HUGE DIFFERENCE.
HUGE DIFFERENCE. PAUL, WE HAVE A SLIGHT WARM-UP.
>> Paul: WE’LL CALL IT BABY
STEPS TODAY, AND THEN BIGGER
STEPS INTO TOMORROW.
SKY CAM SHOT LOOKS GREAT.
YOU SEE SOME BRIGHTNESS IN THE
SKY, SO THE SUNRISE IS MINUTES
AWAY.
AWAY. YOU SEE ICE ON THE RIVER.
IT’S A COLD THREE DAYS HERE.
WE HAVE ICE ON THE RIVER.
TEMPS ARE IN THE TEENS TO NEAR
20 DEGREES AND ADRIAN IS THE
COLDEST SPOT AT 13.
WINDCHILLS IN MANY AREAS ARE IN
THE SINGLE DIGITS RIGHT NOW.
IT’S NOT WINDY BUT ENOUGH OF A
BREEZE TO KNOCK THE WINDCHILLS
DOWN.
DOWN. MOST OF US HAVE SEEN CLEAR SKY
MOVE IN.
MOVE IN. WE HAVE THAT PATCH OF CLOUD
COVER HERE THAT WILL MOVE LIKE
THIS AND MAINLY AFFECT THE THUMB
WITH SOME CLOUDS THIS MORNING,
ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE AREAS OF
SUN AS WELL.
THAT WILL BREAK UP AND CONTINUE
TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY.
INCREASING SUNSHINE AND 33 IS
THE HIGH.
THE HIGH. BREEZY BUT NOT AS BREEZY AS
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. TO KIM DeGIULIO WITH A LOOK AT
THE WEEKEND TRAFFIC OUTLOOK.
>> Kimberly: GOOD MORNING.
HOPE YOU WAKE UP WELL ON THIS
SATURDAY MORNING.
SATURDAY MORNING. TOWARDS I-75 YOU SEE IT IS
BETWEEN 696 AND EIGHT MILE AND
ALSO ON THE NORTHBOUND SIDE
BETWEEN EIGHT MILE AND ADAMS.
IT WILL WRAP UP MONDAY MORNING
AT 5:00 A.M.
AS YOU APPROACH THE CLOSURES YOU
SEE A SLOWDOWN.
ONLY ONE LANE OPEN ON THE
NORTHBOUND LANES OF 75 BETWEEN
SEVEN MILE TO EIGHT MILE AND
SOUTHBOUND I-75 BETWEEN 11 MILE
TO I-696.
TO I-696. ONLY ONE LANE OPEN THERE AS
WELL.
WELL. THIS WILL WRAP UP MONDAY MORNING
AT 5:00 A.M.
UPDATE ODD RAMP CLOSURES TO I-75
AS WELL.
AS WELL. THE EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND
RAMPS WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL
MONDAY MORNING AT 5 A.M. AND ON
THE DAVIDSON THE EAST AND
WESTBOUND RAMPS TO NORTHBOUND
I-75 CLOSED DURING THAT SAME
TIME.
TIME. HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR
WEEKEND, EVERYONE.
WEEKEND, EVERYONE. >> Priya: BREAKING NEWS JUST
IN.
IN. THE FOUNDER OF TRADER JOE’S
GROCERY CHAIN HAS DIED.
FROM THE TIME HE OPENED HIS
FIRST STORE IN PASSADENAPASADENA
CALIFORNIA IN 1967 UNTIL HIS
DEATH, HE WATCHED HIS NAMESAKE
BUSINESS RISE FROM A CULT
FAVORITE TO A RETAIL GIANT WITH
MORE THAN 500 STORES IN MORE
THAN 40 STATES.
HE WAS 89 YEARS OLD.
>> Shawn: DEVELOPING OUT OF
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE.
LOOK AT THIS.
POLICE CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR A
MISSING 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND HER
6-MONTH-OLD BABY.
6-MONTH-OLD BABY. HERE ARE THE PHOTOS.
MARIE AND HER DAUGHTER KYLIE
GERMANY WAS LAST SEEN AROUND
4:00 FRIDAY AFTERNOON ON
COLLINWOOD JUST WEST OF THE
LODGE.
LODGE. POLICE SAY SHE LEFT THE AREA
WITH A MALE FRIEND.
NOW, THEIR DISAPPEARANCE IS
AFTER THE TEEN ATTENDED A CPS
HEARING WHERE SHE WAS ORDERED TO
RETURN TO INDIANA WHERE SHE
LIVES WITH HER MOM.
SO ANYONE WITH INFORMATION
PLEASE CONTACT DETROIT POLICE.
>> Priya: TIME IS 7:04.
THE CORONAVIRUS IS SHOWING NO
SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN.
RIGHT NOW SOUTH KOREA IS
REPORTING 800 NEW CASES.
THE COUNTRY HAS THE LARGEST
OUTBREAK OUTSIDE OF CHINA WITH A
TOTAL OF 3,150 CASES.
IN THE MEANTIME, IN IRAN
CORONAVIRUS HAS KILLED 43 PEOPLE
AMID 593 CONFIRMED CASES.
IRAN HAS THE WORLD’S HIGHEST
DEATH TOLL OUTSIDE OF CHINA, THE
EPICENTER OF THE EIGHTY BROUK.
THE NEW FIGURES FROM IRAN THIS
MORNING PUSHING THE FIGURES IN
THE MIDDLE EAST TO 720.
SOME CASES RAISE THE PROSPECT OF
PERSON-TO-PERSON SPREAD IN THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. THEY WERE REPORTED IN
CALIFORNIA, OREGON AND
WASHINGTON STATE.
WASHINGTON STATE. >> IT IS CONCERNING SINCE THIS
INDIVIDUAL DID NOT TRAVEL THAT
THE INDIVIDUAL ACQUIRED IT IN
THE COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY. >> Priya: AND PRESIDENT TRUMP
DESCRIBED DEMOCRATS’ CONCERNS
ABOUT THE VIRUS AS, QUOTE,
THEY’RE NEW HOAX.
THE MEANTIME THE U.S. STOCKS
DRAGGED TO THE WORST WEEK SINCE
THE FINANCIAL CRISIS BY MOUNTING
INVESTOR UNEASE ABOUT THE
ECONOMIC FALLOUT FROM THE
EPIDEMIC
EPIDEMIC EPIDEMIC.
EPIDEMIC. DR. FRANK McGEORGE.
>> WILL WARMER WEATHER HELP STOP
THE CORONAVIRUS?
THE CORONAVIRUS? IS SPRAYING THE STREETS
EFFECTIVE?
EFFECTIVE? I’LL SHOW YOU WHAT WE CAN VERIFY
ABOUT THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
AND WHAT WE CANNOT.
>> Shawn: DEVELOPING THIS
WEEKEND, MORE PEOPLE COME
FORWARD ALLEGES ABUSE BY A
FOREMAN DOCTOR AT UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN.
MICHIGAN. DR. ROBERT E. ANDERSON DIED IN
2008.
2008. BETWEEN 1968 AND 2003 HE SAW
COUNTLESS ATHLETES.
COUNTLESS ATHLETES. MANY CONTINUE TO CONTACT U OF M
WITH COMPLAINTS ABOUT ABUSE AND
NOW WE LEARN ABOUT INCIDENTS
OUTSIDE OF THE UNIVERSITY.
JASON COLTHORP HAS A CLOSER
LOOK.
LOOK. >> Reporter: THE EXPLOSIVE NEW
ALLEGATIONS SAY THAT ANDERSON
HELPED YOUNG MEN AVOID THE
VIETNAM WAR IN EXCHANGE FOR
SEXUAL FAVORS.
SEXUAL FAVORS. THIS IS THE NUMBER OF POTENTIAL
VICTIMS NOW HAS GONE UP AT U OF
M FROM 71 TO 100.
>> EVERYBODY WHO WAS ABUSED BY
THIS DOCTOR, THE DOCTOR EVERYONE
KNEW WAS DOING THIS.
>> Reporter: ONE DAY AFTER
THREE FORMER WRESTLERS CAME
FORWARD, THE NUMBER OF ABUSE
CASES AGAINST DR. ANDERSON
REPORTED TO THE U OF M HOT LINE
JUMPED TO 100.
TAD DELUCA, A WRESTLER AT
MICHIGAN FROM 1972 TO ’76 IS
CONSIDERED THE WHISTLEBLOWER IN
THE CASE.
THE CASE. >> A BUM HAD A BUM SHOULDER AND
DR. ANDERSON GAVE HIM THE GLOVE.
>> Reporter: GETTING THE GLOVE
IS HOW THEY REFERRED TO THE
UNNECESSARY GENITAL AND RECTAL
EXAMS.
EXAMS. DELUCA WROTE TWO LETTERS
ALERTING U OF M BRASS AND WAS
IGNORED
IGNORED IGNORED.
IGNORED. HE SAYS HE WAS KICKED OFF THE
TEAM, HAD HIS SCHOLARSHIP
REVOKED AND THE COACH READ
EMBARRASSING EXCERPTS FROM THE
LETTER TO THE REST OF THE TEAM.
>> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT HIM
TODAY?
TODAY? >> YOU CAN’T CALL HIM A COACH.
A COACH IS A TERM OF ENDEARMENT.
>> Reporter: BY PHONE JOHANSSON
ADAMANTLY DENIED THE STORY.
FIRST, HE SAYS NO ONE EVER MADE
A FORMAL COMPLAINT TO HIM IN HIS
EIGHT YEARS AS COACH.
SECOND, DELUCA WAS A WALK-ON
DISMISSED FOR MISSING PRACTICES,
AND THIRD, JOHANSSON HIMSELF SAW
ANDERSON AS AN ATHLETE AND
NOTHING INAPPROPRIATE EVER
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. IN THE MEANTIME THE "DETROIT
FREE PRESS" IS REPORTING THAT
THREE SEPARATE MEN HAVE COME
FORWARD TO THEM SAYING THAT
ANDERSON WAS WIDELY KNOWN IN THE
LATE ’60s TO OFFER LETTERS TO
MEN STATING THEY WERE GAY TO
HELP THEM GET OUT OF THE VIETNAM
WAR.
WAR. IN RETURN, THOSE MEN WERE
EXPECTED TO WATCH OR HAVE SEXUAL
CONTACT WITH THE DOCTOR.
IN THE NEWSROOM, I’M JASON
COLTHORP, LOCAL 4.
>> Priya: IT’S 7:07.
ALL EYES ARE ON SOUTH CAROLINA
THIS WEEKEND AS VOTERS THERE
HEAD TO THE POLLS TODAY.
IT COULD BE A MAKE-OR-BREAK
CONTEST FOR FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.
THE LATEST POLL SHOWS BIDEN WITH
A 20-POINT LEAD AS HE TRIES TO
WIN HIS FIRST CONTEST OF THE
PRIMARY SEASON.
PRIMARY SEASON. AFTER SOUTH CAROLINA 14 STATES
GO TO THE POLLS FOR SUPER
TUESDAY.
TUESDAY. THOSE STATES INCLUDE CALIFORNIA,
TEXAS, MINNESOTA, AND VIRGINIA.
TUESDAY IS ALSO THE FIRST TIME
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG APPEARS ON A
BALLOT.
BALLOT. >>> ANOTHER CANDIDATE ANNOUNCES
THEY WILL BE IN METRO DETROIT
WHEN THE RESULTS ROLL IN ON
SUPER TUESDAY.
SUPER TUESDAY. SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN WILL BE
HOLDING AN EVENT AT EASTERN
MARKET TUESDAY AT 7:15 P.M.
PETE BUTTIGIEG PREVIOUSLY
ANNOUNCED A TOWN HALL EVENT ON
SUPER TUESDAY IN MACOMB COUNTY.
WE’RE NINE DAYS AWAY FROM THE %
MICHIGAN PRIMARY.
MICHIGAN PRIMARY. >>> HAPPENING TODAY, CALLING ALL
CAR ENTHUSIASTS TO THE TCF
CENTER DOWNTOWN.
CENTER DOWNTOWN. >> Shawn: IT’S THE 68th ANNUAL
AUTORAMA GOING ON ALL WEEKEND.
THAT’S WHERE WE FIND LARRY
SPRUILL LIVE THIS MORNING.
HEY, LARRY.
HEY, LARRY. >> Larry: GOOD MORNING, SHAWN
AND PRIYA.
AND PRIYA. WE’RE HAVING A LOT OF FUN HERE
AND LEARNING A LITTLE BIT, TOO.
THAT’S WHERE AUTUMN COMES IN.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> I’M GOOD.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. >> Larry: GOOD MORNING.
YOU’RE PART OF THE AUTOMOTIVE
PROGRAM AT NORFOLK UNIVERSITY.
>> IT’S A PRIVATE BUSINESS
SCHOOL IN MIDLAND MICHIGAN.
I’M PART OF THE DEGREE THAT’S
VERY, VERY UNIQUE.
I GRADUATE WITH A DEGREE ALL
AUTOMOTIVE FOCUSED ON THE
BUSINESS SIDE.
BUSINESS SIDE. SO MYSELF, I LOVED CARS MY WHOLE
LIFE, AND I DECIDED TO GO INTO
THE AUTOMOTIVE DEGREE BECAUSE I
WANTED TO MAKE MY PASSION A
CAREER.
CAREER. >> Larry: WHAT’S INTERESTING IS
YOU’RE ONE OF THE FEW WOMEN IN
THE FIELD.
THE FIELD. THAT IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU?
>> IT MEANS A LOT TO ME, BECAUSE
IT’S KIND OF CHALLENGING TO BE A
WOMAN IN THE AUTO MAY BEMOTIVEAU
IT’S VERY MALE-FOCUSED, AND TO
BE A WOMAN, IT MAKES ME STAND
OUT AND KIND OF CHALLENGES ME TO
GET OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE A
LITTLE BIT AND RUN THE WORLD A
LITTLE BIT.
LITTLE BIT. >> Larry: SO AWESOME.
YOUR PARENTS ARE WATCHING AND
SAY HI TO MOM AND DAD.
>> HI, MOM AND DAD.
>> Larry: THIS IS REALLY COOL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
YOU’RE HAVING FUN AND LEARNING A
LOT AS WELL.
SO THAT’S ALL A PART OF THIS
SHOW.
SHOW. IT ENDS TODAY -- IT CLOSES TODAY
AT 10:00, SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF
TIME.
TIME. AND YOU HAVE TOMORROW AS WELL.
SHAWN AND PRIYA, BACK TO YOU
GUYS.
GUYS. >> Shawn: VERY COOL.
>> Priya: ABSOLUTELY.
>> Shawn: THANK YOU.
└> Priya: WAY TO GO FOR THAT
YOUNG WOMAN BREAKING BARRIERS.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. >> Shawn: AND IT’S ALL INDOORS,
PAUL.
PAUL. >> Paul: IT IS INDOORS.
THAT’S A GOOD THING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE OUTDOOR
PLANS, AND SOME PEOPLE JOG AND
TAKE THE DOG FOR A WALK OR THE
DOG TALKS THEM FOR A WALK,
WHICHEVER.
WHICHEVER. IT’S A CHILLY DAY TODAY.
NOT AS BAD AS YESTERDAY.
WE’RE MAKING PROGRESS.
IT’S INCREMENTAL.
IT’S INCREMENTAL. WHEN YOU SEE TOMORROW’S
TEMPERATURES, I THINK YOU’RE
GOING TO REALLY TAKE NOTICE.
I HAVE THE FORECAST FOR THE REST
O THE WEEKEND AND THE WEEK
AHEAD ALL STRAIGHT AHET.
>> Bernie: THIS IS BERNIE
SMILOVITZ.
SMILOVITZ. MATT PATRICIA DENIES ANY TRADE
TALKS ABOUT MATTHEW STAFFORD ON
NFL NETWORK.
NFL NETWORK. YOU’LL HEAR FROM HIM COMING UP.