HAVE A GOOD ONE.
>>> YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING A
LIVE PRESS CONFERENCE FROM
THE STATE CAPITOL THERE
INENS LAING.
A VERY INTERESTING TURN OF
EVENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE
UPTICK IN CASES THAT WE’VE
SEEN HERE IN MICHIGAN.
THERE’S GOING TO BE NEW BIAS
TRAINING FOR HEALTHCARE
PROFESSIONALS THAT’S
SOMETHING THAT WAS ALSO
DISCUSSED AS WE LOOK TO
WHETHER OR NOT WE’RE GOING TO GO FORWARD OR BACKWARDS
TO GO FORWARD OR BACKWARDS
WHEN IT COMES TO THE PHASES.
OUR COMPLETE COVERAGE
CONTINUES ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM AND ON
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON.
WHICH STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>> Announcer: LOCAL 4 NEWS
STARTS NOW WITH A BREAKING
NEWS ALERT.
>> IF WE LET OUR GUARD DOWN
WE COULD SEE A RAPID
INCREASE IN CASES AND DEATHS
HERE IN MICHIGAN.
>> GOVERNOR WHITMER ISSUING
A VERY STEARN WARNING TO
EVERYONE TO WEAR THEIR MASK
WHILE IN PUBLIC SPACES
INDOORS TO TRY ASK SLOW THE
SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS.
THAT STORY OF COURSE TOPPING
OUR NEWS AT NOON, THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US I’M EVROD
CASSIMY.
JUST A FEWMENT MOWS AGO AT
THAT PRESS BRIEFING GOVERNOR
WHITMER EXPRESSED THE
IMPORTANCE OF WEARING A MASK
IN PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY
INDOORS AS THE NUMBER OF
CORONAVIRUS CASES AS HAVE
YOU SEEN HAS INCREASED OVER
THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
SHE CALLED IT VERY
CONCERNING.
SO FAR A TOTAL OF 67,000
CASES ALL ACROSS THE STATE
WITH 610 NEW CASES IN JUST
THE PAST 24 HOURS.
NOW THE DEATH TOLL FROM THE
VIRUS CURRENTLY SITS AT MORE
THAN 6,000 WITH 10 LIVES
LOST IN THE LAST DAY.
LOCAL 4’S HANK WINCHESTER
JOINS US NOW LIVE WITH MORE
ON THIS STORY.
HANK, WE ARE HEARING FROM
THE GOVERNOR AND WHAT SHE
HAS TO SAY.
HANK?
>> Reporter: YEAH, EVROD
THAT IS RIGHT.
NOT ONLY THE GOVERNOR BUT
ALSO THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
AND THE TWO MAIN TOPICS
COMING OUT OF THIS VERY LONG
PRESS EVENT TODAY THE
IMPORTANCE OF WEARING A MASK
OUT IN PUBLIC, WE’RE GOING
TO GET INTO THAT, ALSO
IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING FOR
HEALTHCARE WORKERS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN.
LET’S BEGIN WITH THE
CONVERSATION REGARDING THE
MASK.
THE GOVERNOR MAKING IT CLAER
THAT SHE BELIEVES IN
HEALTHCARE WORKERS BELIEVE
THAT MASKS CAN SAVE LIVES
PROTECTING YOURSELF AND ALSO
OTHERS THAT YOU COME IN
CONTACT WITH.
SHE TALKED ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF WEARING A MASK
IN PUBLIC SPACES, OBVIOUSLY,
IF YOU MAKE YOUR WAY INTO A
STORE OR TO A RESTAURANT.
SHE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITY OF TIGHTENING
RESTRICTIONS.
TAKING STEPS, A STEP FURTHER
RATHER IF IT IS NECESSARY,
IF SHE SEES THE CASE COUNT
GO UP.
RIGHT NOW LET’S HEAR FROM
THE GOVERNOR REGARDING THAT
TOPIC.
>> RIGHT NOW THE LAW
REQUIRES THAT ANYONE IN AN
ENCLOSED PUBLIC SPACE HAS TO
WEAR A MASK.
THAT MEANS EVERY STORE
YOU’RE GOING INTO.
WE ARE REVIEWING THAT
REQUIREMENT AND CONSIDERING
WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO
TAKE THIS A STEP FURTHER TO
STRENGTHEN COMPLIANCE.
BECAUSE WE CANNOT LET OUR
GUARD DOWN.
WE CANNOT AFFORD TO PLAY
FAST AND LOOSE WITH THE
RULES.
>> Reporter: THE GOVERNOR,
THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR THEN
SHIFTING GEARS AND TALKING
ABOUT HOW COVID-19 HAS BEEN
ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT FOR
THOSE IN THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY,
OR THOSE OF OTHER ETHNIC
GROUPS.
THAT’S WHY THE GOVERNOR
SIGNING THIS NEW EXECUTIVE
ORDER TODAY DEVELOPING RULES
TO REQUIRE IMPLICIT BIAS
TRAINING FOR HEALTHCARE
WORKERS ACROSS THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN.
WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
HEAR FROM THE LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR, NOT ONLY DID HE
TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR THAT
TRAINING BUT ALSO HOW
COVID-19 HAS PERSONALLY
AFFECTED HIS FAMILY, HIS
FRIENDS, AND SO MANY OTHERS
IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY.
>> PEOPLE WHO PASS AWAY ARE
NOT NUMBERS.
THEY’RE STORIES, THEY’RE
HUSBANDS, WIVES, SISTERS,
BROTHERS, NIECES, NEPHEWS,
FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES.
THEIR LEGACIES WERE CUT
SHORT BUT THERE’S SOMETHING
THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT,
THAT WE CAN WORK AND DO.
BLACK PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
DISPROPORTIONATELY -- WE DO
HOWEVER HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY TO ACT RIGHT
NOW.
>> Reporter: SO THE BIG
HEADLINES OUT OF THIS EVENT
TODAY, EVROD, THE MASK, THE
GOVERNOR STRESSING THE
IMPORTANCE FOR THOSE.
SHE TALKED ABOUT THE CONCERN
THAT SHE HAD SEEING VIDEO FROM LAST WEEK WITH GROUPS
FROM LAST WEEK WITH GROUPS
OF PEOPLE, YOUNG PEOPLE
CELEBRATING IN WESTERN
MICHIGAN ON A LAKE.
SHE HAD BIG CONCERN ABOUT
BIG CROWDS AT BARS.
SHE SAYS IF THE NUMBERS UPTICK WE COULD SEE SOME
UPTICK WE COULD SEE SOME
TIGHT ARE RESTRICTIONS HERE
IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.
THE OTHER PART OF THE
ELEMENT TODAY REGARDING THAT
IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING.
MAKING SURE HEALTHCARE
WORKERS HAVE A FULL
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS
AFFECTS THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY MUCH DIFFERENT
HERE IN THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN AND ESPECIALLY
WITHIN THE CITY OF DETROIT.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE’LL
CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE TODAY
BEGINNING LIVE AT 4:00.
FOR NOW EVROD, BACK TO YOU.
>> SHE ALSO TOUCHED ON THE
FACT THAT CONTACT TRACING
WAS ALSO VERY PORT AND THEY
WILL BE WORKING EXTRA HARD
ON THAT.
WE DO WANT TO GO TO
DR. FRANK McGEORGE HE JOINS
US LIVE WITH MORE REACTION TO GOVERNOR WHITMER’S PRESS
TO GOVERNOR WHITMER’S PRESS
BRIEFING.
DR. McGEORGE ARE YOU
SURPRISED THAT THE GOVERNOR
DIDN’T ISSUE NEW RESTRICTIONS
KNOWING AS OUR CASES HAVE
INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.
SHE CALLED IT CONCERNING?
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW EVROD
I’M NOT REALLY SURPRISED.
I THINK SHE’S BEING VERY
THOUGHTFUL ABOUT DOING
SOMETHING FOR THE STATE TO
ENDURE AGAIN.
THE GOVERNOR FOCUSED ON A
UPCO THINGS I HAVE HAVE BEEN
WATCHING CAREFULLY.
SHE HIGHLIGHTED THE INCREASE
IN CONFIRMED CASES THAT
WE’VE SEEN RECENTLY AS WELL
AS THE LACK OF DISTANCING
AND MASK USE ESPECIALLY BY
YOUNG PEOPLE OVER THE FOURTH
OF JULY HOLIDAY.
NOW THE IMPLIED MESSAGE IF
WE DON’T BEGIN TO SEE A
DECREASE IN CASES SHE WOULD
ROLL BACK OUR REOPENING.
BUT TO BE CLEAR WE REALLY
NEED TO KEEP OUR DISTANCE,
WEAR FACE COVERINGS AND PAY
ATTENTION TO HYGIENE AND
REMAIN ON THE PATH OF
REOPENING.
ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT
REGARDING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
TO INCLUDE IMPLICIT BIAS AND
HEALTHCARE LICENSING IS ALSO
REALLY IMPORTANT.
COVID-19 HIGHLIGHTED A VERY
IMPORTANT GAP IN THE CARE
DELIVERED TO MINORITIES, NOT
JUST IN MICHIGAN BUT FRANKLY
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
THE SOONER WE EDUCATE
EVERYONE THE BETTER.
BACK TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHTY, DR. McGEORGE
RECORDING LIVE FOR US --
REPORTING LIVE FOR US THIS
AFTERNOON.
WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE HERE IN
MICHIGAN A LITTLE BIT LATER
ON LOCAL 4 NEWS FIRST AT
4:00.
ALSO BREAKING THE SUPREME
COURT RULES AGAINST
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING THAT
HE MIGHT HAVE TO TURN OVER
HIS TAX RETURNS.
ALICE BARR IS IN WASHINGTON
WITH THE LATE BREAKING
DETAILS.
>> Reporter: IN A PIVOTAL
DECISION T.D., THE SUPREME
COURT RULING 7-2 THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOT
IMMUNE TO THE GRAND JURY
PROCESS.
THIS STEMS FROM THE CASE OF
A NEW YORK PROSECUTOR
SEEKING THE PRESIDENT’S
FINANCIAL RECORDS FOR AN
INVESTIGATION INTO PAYMENTS
MADE TO TWO WOMEN WHO CLAIM
THEY HAD AFFAIRS WITH HIM
WHICH THE PRESIDENT DENIES.
BUT THE RECORDS WON’T
AUTOMATICALLY BE RELEASED.
THE CASE NOW GOES BACK DOWN
TO THE TRIAL COURT.
WHERE THE PRESIDENT’S LEGAL
TEAM HAS TO COME UP WITH A
REASON TO BLOCK RELEASING
THE RECORDS THAT WOULD APPLY
TO ANYONE ELSE.
THEY CAN’T JUST SAY HE’S
IMMUNE BECAUSE HE’S
PRESIDENT.
THE JUSTICES ALSO SENT A
SEPARATE CASE BACK DOWN TO
THE LOWER COURTS.
THIS ONE REGARDING SUBPOENAS
FROM THREE HOUSE COMMITTEES
FOR SEVERAL YEARS WORTH OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S BUSINESS
RECORDS FROM HIS ACCOUNTING
FIRM AND TWO BANKS.
HAD ONE IS PARTLY A RESPONSE
TO CLAIMS BY THE PRESIDENT’S
FORMER LAWYER AND FIXER
MICHAEL COHEN WHO SAID HIS
OLD BOSS WOULD INFLATE OR
DEFLATE HIS ACCESS TO SERVE
HIS OWN PURPOSES.
HOW DEMOCRATS ALSO WANT TO
KNOW WHETHER THE PRESIDENT
HAD ANY FINANCIAL DEALINGS
WITH RUSSIAN BEFORE TAKING
OFFICE.
THAT’S SOMETHING PRESIDENT
TRUMP HAS FREQUENTLY DENIED.
THE DECISIONS TODAY MEAN
THAT THESE CASES WILL ALMOST
CERTAINLY NOT BE DECIDED
BEFORE THE ELECTION.
BECAUSE NOW THEY’LL BE GOING
DOWN TO THE LOWER COURTS AND
FROM THERE CAN BE APPEALED
AGAIN.
IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR,
NBC NEWS.
>> STILL TO COME HERE AT
NOON A SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR
MISSING -- AFTER HER SON IS FOUND ALONE ON THE BOAT.