FIRST OF FOUR DETROIT POLICE REMEMBERING ONE OF THEIR OWN WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, A
PUBLIC VIGIL SET TO BEGIN TO
HONOR FALLEN OFFICER LAUREN
COURTS PLUS PRESIDENT BIDEN
CONTINUES HIS MIDDLE EAST TRIP
OF THE HIGH STAKES MEETING WITH
THE SAUDI CROWN PRINCE PAULA.
WELL THE GLASS IS HALF FULL FOR
AN ENDANGERED SPECIES, MAKING A
SMALL COME BACK. IT’S A SMALL
COME BACK, BUT AT LEAST IT’S A
COMBAT. PAUL, WE’VE GOT A LIVE
REPORT COMING UP. AND TAKE A
LOOK AT WHAT’S SHOWING UP ON
STORM TRACKER. FOUR. WE’LL TAKE
A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT AND TALK
ABOUT THE TIMING FOR YOUR
WEEKEND RAIN CHANCES ALL
STRAIGHT AHEAD FIRST AT FOUR.
LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
LOCAL 4 NEWS FIRST AT FOUR
STARTS NOW. GOOD AFTERNOON,
EVERYONE. I’M SANDRA ALI FIRST
AT FOUR. THINGS ARE COME OUT
THERE RIGHT NOW. BUT THE LOCAL
FORECASTERS TRACKING A LITTLE
BIT OF RAIN FOR YOUR FRIDAY
NIGHT, LET’S GET OVER TO PAUL
GROSS WITH A LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN
EXPECT TONIGHT AND PAUL, ALSO
THIS WEEKEND. YES AND HEY,
SANDRA. HOPE YOU’RE HAVING A
GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM AS WELL AND
WE ARE DRY RIGHT NOW. WE’VE HAD
A FAIRLY PLEASANT DAY. BUT YOU
CAN SEE RAIN IS STARTING TO
ENCROACH FROM THE WEST. HERE
LET’S JUST MOVE THIS OVER A
LITTLE BIT. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS
NOTHING CRAZY. NOTHING SEVERE.
NO LIGHTNING HERE WITH ANY OF
IT. YOU CAN SEE EVEN TO THE
NORTH HERE. WE’RE NOT REALLY
SEEING ANY LIGHTNING ANYTHING
WITH ANY OF THIS STUFF, SO
BASICALLY, WE’RE LOOKING AT SOME
MUCH NEEDED RAIN MOVING IN. WE
DON’T WANT IT ON THE WEEKEND.
WE’RE GOING TO GET SOME AND
WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT WEEKEND IN
ABOUT 10 MINUTES, BUT BASICALLY
IT LOOKS LIKE THE FRONT EDGE OF
THIS STUFF SHOULD BE TO THE FAR
WESTERN PART OF OUR AREA BY
ABOUT SIX O’CLOCK OR SO AND THEN
WE’LL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD
AFTER THAT, SO RAIN WILL
PROGRESS. EASTWARD AND WE’LL BE
GETTING SOME SHOWERS THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS RIGHT NOW, THOUGH,
IF YOU’RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
THE, UM OF THE NICE AFTERNOON,
WE HAVE TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW.
THEY’RE UP AROUND 80 DEGREES,
AND THOSE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING
TO SLIDE MUCH SLOWER THAN RECENT
NIGHTS BECAUSE OF THE CLOUD
COVER SO YOU CAN SEE HERE IS A
NICE SHOT OF THE CLINTON RIVER
THERE AND MOUNT CLEMENS SKY
CAMPS AGAIN. UPPER SEVENTIES TO
RIGHT AROUND 80 DEGREES, VERY
DRYER OVERHEAD. AND THROUGH THE
EVENING AGAIN, JUST A SLOW DROP
IN TEMPERATURE, BUT THE SHOWERS
INCREASING. WE’LL TALK MORE
ABOUT THAT WEEKEND AND JUST FEW
MINUTES ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU,
PAUL HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
DETROIT POLICE GETTING READY TO
HOLD A PUBLIC VIGIL IN HONOR OF
OFFICER LAUREN COURTS WHO DIED
IN THE LINE OF DUTY LAST WEEK.
IT IS SET FROM 4 30 UNTIL 5 30
AT THE DEPARTMENT SECOND
PRECINCT ON THE CITY’S WEST
SIDE. ALSO, WE SHOULD POINT OUT
VISITATION. IS ALSO SET FOR
TOMORROW AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY, A
GREATER GRACE TEMPLE ON WEST
SEVEN MILE. THE FUNERAL IS
MONDAY MORNING AT 11 30, ALSO A
GREATER GRACE. SHAWN LEY IS
HEADED TO THE VIGIL, AND HE WILL
HAVE A LIVE REPORT FOR YOU WHEN
YOU JOIN US COMING UP TONIGHT,
STARTING AT FIVE O’CLOCK.
MEANWHILE GOVERNOR WHITMER HAS
ORDERED ALL FLAGS ACROSS THE
STATE TO BE LOWERED TO HALF
STAFF ON MONDAY TO HONOR AND
REMEMBER OFFICER COURTS IN TROIA
. MAN DIES AFTER GETTING PINNED
UNDERNEATH A WOOD CHIPPER IT
HAPPENED RIGHT AROUND 11
THURSDAY MORNING. THIS IS IN THE
AREA OF WEST MAPLE AND COOLIDGE.
POLICE SAY TWO MEN WERE WORKING
ON A WOOD CHIPPER. ONE OF THEM
GOT PINNED UNDERNEATH IT, THEY
SAY THE MACHINE REPORTEDLY FELL
OFF THE JACK AND ONTO THE MAN.
THAT 45 YEAR OLD MAN HAD TO BE
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE
LATER DIED. WE’RE TOLD THE
MACHINE WAS ACTUALLY NOT TURNED
ON AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
THERE’S OVERALL GOOD NEWS ABOUT
GAS PRICES, WHICH RIGHT NOW
CONTINUE TO DECLINE. DRIVERS ALL
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, PAYING AN
AVERAGE OF $4.57 FOR A GALLON OF
REGULAR GAS HERE AT HOME.
STATEWIDE PRICES ARE DOWN TWO
CENTS TO AROUND 4 68 PER GALLON
ACROSS METRO DETROIT. PRICES ARE
DOWN FOUR CENTS FROM YESTERDAY
TO RIGHT AROUND 4 74. THERE IS
SOME RELIEF AT THE PUMP AT ONE
GAS STATION IN DEER WARN OUR
CAMERAS CAPTURED DRIVERS AT THE
CITGO. THIS IS OFF OF MICHIGAN
AVENUE. THE PRICES THERE WERE
LOWERED TO UNDER $4 CHEAPER GAS
DREW LONG LINES AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE. IT ALSO ENDED WITH THE
STATION RUNNING OUT OF GAS
STATION, BY THE WAY, IS KNOWN
FOR BEING LOWER THAN MOST OF THE
OTHER LOCAL STATIONS. THE 988
NATIONAL SUICIDE HOTLINE WILL
OFFICIALLY LAUNCH TOMORROW
PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING A
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CAN CALL OR
EVEN TEXT THAT THREE DIGIT
NUMBER TO REACH THE NATIONAL
SUICIDE, PROVINCIAL LIGHT
PREVENTION LIFELINE. TRAINED
MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WILL
BE THEY’RE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A
DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, THEY
WILL PROVIDE FREE AND
CONFIDENTIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
TO ANYONE IN DISTRESS. THE
HOTLINE HAS A NETWORK OF 200
CERTIFIED CRISIS CENTERS ALL
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, OFFICIALS
SAY 988 IS MORE THAN A SUICIDE
AND CRISIS HOTLINE. THEY SAY
IT’S A RESPONSE TO A CRY FOR
HELP. AS SUICIDE AND MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES INCREASE.
PRESIDENT BIDEN BECAME THE FIRST
AMERICAN LEADER TO FLIGHT
DIRECTLY FROM ISRAEL TO JEDDAH,
SAUDI ARABIA TODAY, REALLY
SIGNALING WARMING TIES BETWEEN
THE TWO MIDDLE EAST NATIONS AS
THEY FIND COMMON CAUSE AGAINST
REGIONAL THREATS FROM IRAN.
KIMBERLY GAIL IS IN THE NEWSROOM
FORCE THIS AFTERNOON. KIMBERLY,
WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT IS LOOKING
TO TRY TO RESHAPE THIS
RELATIONSHIP. THAT’S RIGHT.
SANDRA ALI AFTERNOON TO YOU,
PRESIDENT BIDEN FACING SOME
POLITICAL LANDMINES ON THE HUMAN
RIGHTS FRONT, HE’S MEETING WITH
NINE DIFFERENT HEADS OF STATE ON
THIS TRIP, INCLUDING TODAY WITH
THE SAUDI CROWN PRINCE. BEFORE
TODAY’S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED
MEETING, PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS
GREETED BY CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED
BIN SALMAN. THE TWO EXCHANGED A
FIST BUMP AFTER DAYS OF
SPECULATION OF HOW THEY WOULD
GREET EACH OTHER AUDIO FROM THE
MEETING WAS NOT RECORDED BECAUSE
OF SAUDI RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE
OF BOOM MICROPHONES. BIN SALMAN
DID NOT RESPOND WHEN A REPORTER
ASKED IF HE WOULD HAVE
APOLOGIZED TO THE FAMILY OF
JAMAL HACHIOJI. HACHIOJI IS THE
REPORTER WHO WAS KILLED BACK IN
2018 U. S. OFFICIALS SAY THEY
BELIEVE BIN SALMAN APPROVED THE
PLAN THAT RESULTED IN THE
CAPTURE AND MURDER OF SHOJI.
BIDEN HIMSELF ALSO DIDN’T
RESPOND TO A COMMENT THAT A
REPORTER ASKED IF HE STILL
BELIEVED SAUDI ARABIA WAS QUOTE
STILL A PARIAH. LISTEN. THANKS
TO MANY MONTHS OF QUIET
DIPLOMACY BY THE STAFF, WE’VE
ACCOMPLISHED SOME SIGNIFICANT
BUSINESS. TODAY FIRST, AS YOU
SAW THIS MORNING, THE SAUDIS
WILL OPEN THEIR AIRSPACE TO ALL
CIVILIAN CARRIERS. THAT IS A BIG
DEAL. A BIG DEAL NOT ONLY
SUBSTANTIVE, NOT ONLY
SYMBOLICALLY, BUT SUBSTANTIVELY,
IT’S A BIG DEAL. IT MEANS SAUDI
AIRSPACE IS NOW OPEN THE FLIGHTS
TO AND FROM ISRAEL. THIS IS THE
FIRST TANGIBLE STEP IN THE PATH
OF WHAT I HOPE WILL EVENTUALLY A
BROADER NORMALIZATION OF
RELATIONS. PRESIDENT BIDEN
INSISTS HIS PURPOSE IN SAUDI
ARABIA IS TO PROMOTE US
INTERESTS, WHICH INCLUDES URGING
THE SAUDIS TO BOOST OIL
PRODUCTION WITH HOPES OF
BRINGING DOWN GASOLINE PRICES AT
HOME WILL HAVE MORE ON THE
LATEST THE PRESIDENT’S TRIP WHEN
YOU JOIN US TONIGHT, FIVE. UNTIL
THEN, SANDRA WILL SET IT BACK TO
YOU. ALL RIGHT, WE’LL SEE YOU,
THEN. THANK YOU, KIMBERLY. SO
HOW ABOUT SOME GOOD NEWS FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT? TODAY? NUMBERS ARE
ACTUALLY RISING FOR A CRITTER
THAT’S BEEN ENDANGERED AND
ACTUALLY ON THE ENDANGERED
SPECIES LIST SINCE THE NINETIES.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE MONARCH
BUTTERFLY. THE POPULATION IS UP
AND GET THIS A 35% INCREASE OVER
LAST YEAR AND IN NO SMALL PART
BECAUSE OF THE INTERVENTIONS OF
PEOPLE. PAULA TUTMAN JOINS US
LIVE NOW FROM SYLVAN LAKE. WHERE
NEIGHBORS THERE ARE DOING THEIR
PART. BUT PAULA, THIS IS STILL
GOOD NEWS. NOT SO GOOD NEWS,
RIGHT? YEAH BUT, YOU KNOW, LET’S
GO WITH THE GOOD NEWS FIRST,
BECAUSE WE’VE GOT SOME HOT
ACTION GOING HERE. I WANT YOU TO
SEE WHAT HAPPENED. WE JUST SAW
THIS EGG BEING HAD NOT HAD
EXCUSE ME BEING LAID BY A FEMALE
MONARCH, OF COURSE. BUT HERE’S
THE KIND OF NOT SO GOOD NEWS.
35% INCREASE SEEMS MAMMOTH
UNLESS YOU WERE AT ZERO, AND
THAT’S WHAT EXPERTS ARE TELLING
ME. SO YOU KNOW, LOCAL 4 STARTED
THE BIRDS, BEES AND BUTTERFLIES
CAMPAIGN SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO
BRING ATTENTION TO THE
IMPORTANCE OF PRO ACTIVELY
GETTING INVOLVED WITH BENEFICIAL
SPECIES. AND HONESTLY, FOLKS WHO
ARE DOING THIS STUFF THEY’RE
GETTING TO SEE THE FRUITS OF
THEIR LABOR ACTUALLY PAY OFF.
AND LOOK, THERE’S A BUTTERFLY
RIGHT THERE. THERE SHE IS. LOOK
AT THAT. THE WAY YOU CAN TELL
THAT THIS IS MILKWEED IS WHEN
YOU BREAK THE LEAF OR BREAK IT.
IT HAS A MILKY SUBSTANCE FOR THE
HUNGERS IN SYLVAN LAKE. YOU MAY
AS WELL CALL THEIR HOME MILKWEED
PARADISE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IT
IS FOR THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY.
LOOK WE FOUND A CATERPILLAR EGGS
AND CATERPILLARS FAIRLY NEW ONE.
I CAN REMEMBER THE VERY FIRST
THE VERY FIRST CATERPILLAR THAT
SHE FOUND THIS BRAND NEW GUY
RIGHT HERE, AND WE BROUGHT IT
IN, AND WE HAD IT IN A LITTLE
CAGE AND IT WAS LIKE IT WAS IT
WAS ALMOST LIKE WE WERE HAVING A
BABY. YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE WE
GOT SO EXCITED WHEN IT FINALLY
HATCHED VIDEOTAPE VIDEOTAPED IT
, AND WE CAME OUT HERE ON THE
FRONT, OPENED IT UP AND WATCHED
IT FLY AWAY AND IT WAS
RIDICULOUS. BUT IT WAS A LOT OF
FUN. THIS IS JUST ONE FAMILY
DOING WHAT SO MANY FAMILIES
ACROSS THE GLOBE AND RIGHT HERE
IN MICHIGAN ARE DOING THEIR PART
TO SAVE AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.
THIS GUY LOOKS GOOD. WE’LL TAKE
HIM INTO SO THAT WE’RE SURE THAT
NOTHING NOTHING HURTS HIM AND
TODAY WITH REPORTS THAT MONARCH
NUMBERS ARE ON THE RISE, THERE’S
A REAL SENSE OF EXCITEMENT AND
CONTRIBUTION. WE ARE MAKING A
DIFFERENCE. IT’S JOYFUL. IT’S
JOYOUS THING. SO IT’S YOU KNOW,
YOU GET BACK FROM DOING STUFF
LIKE THIS. THE NUMBER COUNT
COMES FROM LAST YEAR’S SURVEY OF
OVERWINTERING MONARCHS. THE
SCARCITY SOCIETY WESTERN MONARCH
THANKSGIVING COUNT TALLY 247,000
ACROSS THE WEST NOW THAT
SAMPLING SHOWED A MORE THAN 100
FOLD INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS
YEAR’S TOTAL OF LESS THAN 2000
MONARCHS, AND THAT’S THE HIGHEST
TOTAL SINCE 2016. BUT THERE’S
WILDLY IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT
ONLY GIVES A SPECIES SOME
BREATHING ROOM. WELL WE DON’T
LOOK AT 35% INCREASE AS MAMMOTH
. WE’RE LOOKING FOR A LOT MORE
THAN THAT COMMUNITY, SETTING UP
NO SPRAY ZONES AND NO MO ZONES
TO PROTECT HABITAT. BACKYARD
GARDENERS PLANTING THEIR OWN
MILKWEED AND, YES, SMALL SCALE
ADOPT AND RELEASE PROJECTS FROM
SCHOOL CLASSROOMS TO KITCHEN
TABLES ARE CLEARLY ADDING UP.
HOUSEHOLD EFFORTS TO HELP
MONARCHS AND OTHER POLLINATORS
REALLY MATTER BECAUSE IT’S VERY
CLEAR THAT THEY WERE AND YOU GOT
TO 35% INCREASE. YES IT’S A GOOD
STEP, BUT WE NEED WE NEED, UH
MUCH BIGGER INCREASES OVER THE
NEXT FEW YEARS. AND TAKE A LOOK
AT. HOW OFTEN DOES THIS HAPPEN?
SANDRA ALI MONARCH BUTTERFLY FLY
IN ON CUE. THIS IS AWESOME. SO
HOW DO WE GET THAT NUMBER UP
FROM TWO ADDITIONAL 35% OR SAY
60% WE CAN ALL DO EVEN A LITTLE
PART SO YOU CAN PLANT MILKWEED,
NATIVE PLANTS, POLLINATING
PLANTS, GET YOUR NEIGHBORS
TOGETHER TO ASK YOUR YOUR
MUNICIPALITY TO NOT MO OR USE
INSECTICIDES DURING THE BROODING
PERIODS OF THE SUMMER MONTHS.
EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS, AND
THIS IS THE GREAT THING. WE’RE
ACTUALLY SEEING A POSITIVE HUMAN
EFFECT ON MOTHER NATURE IS VERY
, VERY EXCITING. LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, MONARCH BUTTERFLY
FEMALE, TAKE A BOW. SANDRA LOVE