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local 4 news starts now with a breaking
news alert
that breaking news is happening up north
where the national weather service
confirms a tornado has hit the town of
gaylord these images just into our
newsroom this afternoon now we do have
our crew on the way
but right now dispatch telling us that
injuries have been reported and we want
to start with brett collar to show us
exactly what happened on radar brett
very scary situation something that
doesn't really happen a whole lot for us
in michigan nevertheless northern lower
michigan the atmosphere is not usually
conducive to this type of setup but at
the moment it is
the tornado warning for this cell has
since been canceled the rotation pretty
much moving offshore and at this point
weakening quite a bit but at 3 45 pm
earlier here is the time stamp you can
see that very clear hook and notice that
very strong rotation just west of
gaylord not only can we see it on
reflectivity but also on velocity where
these greens and reds are coming
together and it was on the ground for
some time even here at 350 you can see
how bright those greens and those reds
are on top of that with storm tracker 4
we can look inside the storm and see
debris you can see this blue ball here
that's indicative that it's not hail
it's not rain not even snow it's
something man-made or branches fences
carports something like that so that's
not something that we want to see but we
were seeing it clearly on storm tracker
4 earlier this afternoon all these
storms with a front that's going to be
bringing us some showers and storms
tomorrow in the meantime this evening
just very summer like out there as we
fall from the 80s into the 70s we'll
track tomorrow's storm threat coming up
in just a bit
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i'm mara mcdonald we are on the road
currently to gaylord right now the best
information that we've gotten so far is
coming from 9-1-1 dispatch up in gaylord
they're telling us that yes there are
injuries yes there is some some
substantial damage and we are starting
to get our first images out of gaylord
as well that is the hobby lobby uh or
what is left of the hobby lobby up there
from the immediate information that we
are getting it sounds like that storm
system came in from the west side of
town and that moved its way through once
again substantial damage there are
injuries and we are on our way to
gaylord we'll come back to you tonight
at 10 and at 11. uh devin karen back to
you you got it safe travels tomorrow
we'll keep checking in with you our
other top story here at five is back
here eastern michigan university out
with an independent report on how the
school handled sexual assault claims
involving the school's fraternities and
that report details one pretty glaring
issue jason goltharp has gone through
the report he's live in the newsroom
with the latest jason well karen let's
start with the timeline of this report
which
leaves a lot to be desired in the
transparency department the university
got it on wednesday it was released in
its entirety to the media just this
afternoon and the university also
announced a virtual press conference to
take a handful of questions from
reporters who'd had about 30 minutes to
review this 36-page
report the report by firm cozen o'connor
was commissioned by eastern michigan in
september of 2020 following the arrests
of three former emu students for
multiple sexual assaults today
university president james smith
declared the report is consistent with
its own internal investigation in other
words minus a few hiccups emu did
everything it could according to them
but the report noted the title ix
office's case files did not consistently
include all relevant documentation
including key communications with
parties meeting notes and the rationale
for key case related decisions like
whether to honor a complainant's request
not to proceed with an investigation i
don't want to conflate the idea that uh
somehow there was lack of note taking
for the sake of uh
the word you used a cover-up versus the
fact that more um
sedulousness towards note-taking uh
could have been helpful to their
investigation any notion that there's a
cover-up here is just blatantly false
it's just blatantly false had there been
that coz and o'connor would have said it
while cozin o'connor had unfettered
access and interviewed 25 people for the
report none were any of the victims of
the assaults i'm certainly not
i'm not on the inside of coz and
o'connor so i really can't
control i can't control what processes
they use nor could i decide who they
should interview or who they should not
emu announced measures to better support
students including refreshing the title
ix website adding to employees in the
title ix office which has already
happened and a care program for
survivors karen
jason as you know i sat down personally
with two victims who have a completely
different story on how they were treated
and how their case was pushed so they
wouldn't file a formal complaint we've
got to ask from from what what you can
tell in this report and doing your
digging any repercussions for anyone at
the university and how this was handled
yeah and to that karen that goes right
to the title ix office and that
information they had gotten which they
were discouraged from filing this report
and you wondered what would happen and
this
external report found that there were
some problems there well to answer that
nobody has been fired and the president
also noted that no one has even been
disciplined in all of this back to you
story is not over all right thank you
jason now to new information tonight we
are learning in the death of a 76 year
old man found by police on detroit's
east side his family had not heard from
walter dansby for months and police even
searched his house several times wasn't
until wednesday police found his remains
inside a trash can priya man following
this story and priya this missing
person's case is now a homicide
investigation
that's right just a horrifying turn of
events in this case devin neighbors had
called police this week about a terrible
smell in their neighborhood
investigators found the victim's body in
a trash can his hands were bound
together and today walter's cousin flew
in from alabama to identify the body
i loved him like a brother and we stuck
together like brothers mac nathan flew
in from alabama today to identify the
body of his beloved cousin months after
walter dansby was reported missing his
body was discovered in a trash can at
his detroit home he was a sweet man i
would say him and his wife
even when i was going through trouble in
my my life they helped me when the
family couldn't reach walter in march
they filed a missing person's report
detroit police searched the home near
mound and charles several times but
there was no sign of the 76 year old i
was hoping that
maybe he had moved away or something or
hoping that if somebody had kidnapped
him they would
bring him back walter's body was
discovered in a trash can in his
backyard on wednesday after neighbors
called police complaining of a foul odor
if he was in fact there during that
entire time
that leads to it was concealed in a way
that wasn't easily identifiable for the
homicide detectives we are in the first
week of this investigation before flying
back to alabama mack wants to bury
walter in the detroit cemetery where his
mother and brothers are buried and
that's why i'm here and that's why i
came because no one else came
no one else did anything
and it wasn't going you know
you can't leave his body in the mark
forever
so i had to come here and make sure he
was taken care of
just a heartbreaking development for the
family i'm also told that walter was an
army veteran anyone with information is
asked to call detroit police reporting
live tonight i'm priya mann local 4. you
can really feel his heart break all
right priya
meanwhile the search continues for a
driver in another road rage shooting and
a crash that left an innocent woman dead
it happened at the intersection of
middle belt and maple wood in garden
city police say a road rage incident
between a pickup truck and another suv
led to gunfire the pickup crashed into
another car driven by a woman in her
40's she didn't survive the man driving
the pickup truck was arrested police are
still looking for the other driver
some help is on the way for families
coping with this baby formula crisis
today the white house announcing 246
pallets of baby formula from switzerland
to indiana have been approved for
delivery the milk bank says it is
donating 39 ounces of donor milk per
baby ramping up processing to meet the
growing need however it could still take
months before supply returns to normal
according to date assembly 45 percent of
baby formula products are out of stock
biden kicked off his first visit to asia
as commander-in-chief as he travels
overseas
polls show his domestic approval ratings
hitting a new low dropping below 40
percent for the first time since he took
office bree jackson has more from
washington
president biden is grappling with issues
overseas and here at home he's trying to
address global security problems while
tackling economic challenges americans
face
president biden on his first trip to
asia making new alliances with south
korea's new leader it's emblematic of
the future cooperation and innovation
that our nations can and must build
together the signs of diplomacy come
amid russia's month-long invasion of
ukraine and its impact on global
security and part of the purpose of his
trip
is to thank our critical allies in the
indo-pacific for also joining in
imposing sanctions on russia the
president also looking to send a
powerful message to russia's strongest
ally china drawing rare praise from
republicans we're doing the right thing
and i think the president's visit to
asia is probably well timed the
president's using this trip to emphasize
his economic agenda touring a samsung
computer chip facility our two nations
work together to make the best most
advanced technology in the world and
touting the company's plans to open a 17
billion dollar semiconductor factory in
the u.s this investment will create 3
000 new high-tech jobs in texas back
here at home after a roller coaster week
stocks fell into a bear market friday
adding to concerns about the rising cost
of everything from food to gas prices on
top of that there's a baby formula
shortage so it has been very stressful
for the families the administration
promising better days ahead the first
flights importing formula from abroad
are scheduled for this weekend over the
next couple of days president biden is
scheduled to meet with leaders from
japan india and australia he's also
expected to highlight ways that foreign
companies are investing in the u.s
including hyundai's plans to open a
plant in georgia
in washington i'm bree jackson for local
four
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