WHO’S OUT OF DETROIT, WHERE A MAN IS NOT BEEN CHARGED IN A RANDOM SHOOTING SPREE THAT LEFT
THREE PEOPLE DEAD, AND ONE OTHER
MAN HURT THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE
TELLING US THAT A WARRANT HAS
BEEN SIGNED FOR CHARGES FOR 19
YEAR OLD DANTE SMITH THAT
INCLUDES THREE COUNTS OF FIRST
DEGREE MURDER AND ONE COUNT OF
ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO MURDER.
THE PEOPLE WERE ALL SHOT IN A
PERIOD OF ABOUT TWO HOURS. THIS
WAS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SMITH
IS EXPECTED TO GO BEFORE JUDGE
AT 2 30 THIS AFTERNOON. WE’RE
GOING TO COMPLETE COVERAGE FOR
YOU STARTING ON FIRST AND FOUR
ALSO BREAKING AT THIS HOUR. THE
FDA HAS GIVEN THE OKAY FOR THE
FIRST UPDATE TO THE COVID
BOOSTER SHOTS, AND THE DOSES
COULD BE GIVEN OUT WITHIN JUST A
FEW DAYS. THE VERSION OF THE
SHOT IS A TWEAK ON THE VERSIONS
ALREADY GIVEN OUT BY PFIZER AND
MODERNA. THE SHOTS CONTAIN HALF
THE ORIGINAL VACCINE RECIPE AND
HALF PROTECTION AGAINST THE NEW
IS OMNICRON VARIANTS. PFIZER’S
SHOTS WOULD BE FOR ANYONE 12 AND
UP. WHILE MODERNA’S UPDATED
BOOSTER IS FOR ADULTS, ONLY THE
CDC STILL NEEDS TO SIGN OFF ON
THIS, AND THERE IS A PANEL THAT
IS SCHEDULED TO MEET TOMORROW.
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. WE’RE
WAITING ON A PIVOTAL DECISION IN
THE BATTLE OVER ABORTION RIGHTS
HERE IN MICHIGAN, THE STATE
ELECTION BOARD IS MEETING ON A
PROPOSAL THAT COULD BE PUT TO A
VOTE COME NOVEMBER. AND THE
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT WOULD
PUT THE RIGHT TO AN ABORTION IN
MICHIGAN’S CONSTITUTION. RIGHT
NOW, THE BUREAU OF ELECTIONS IS
MEETING AGAIN TO DECIDE IF THAT
BALLOT INITIATIVE PETITION HAD
ENOUGH VALID SIGNATURES TO GET
IT ON THE BALLOT. LOCAL FORCE
ROB MALONEY HAS BEEN FOLLOWING
THE MEETING FOR US ALL MORNING
LONG. HE JOINS US NOW LIVE THIS
AFTERNOON, ROD, WHERE DO THINGS
STAND RIGHT NOW? BREAK IT ALL
DOWN FOR US. WELL AS IT STANDS
RIGHT NOW. EVROD CASSIMY EATING
AND THEY’RE ACTUALLY TWO
CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION.
THERE’S AN ABORTION ONE. IT’S
CALLED THE REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
FOR ALL ACT AND ALSO PROMOTE THE
VOTE, AND THESE TWO
CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES ARE
PROPOSED OR BALLOT PROPOSALS
WHERE THEY WENT OUT AND GATHERED
SIGNATURES. AND SO AS IT STANDS
RIGHT NOW, THE QUESTION IS
WHETHER THE BOARD OF CANVASSERS
WILL TAKE THESE PROPOSALS. AND
PUT THEM ON THE BALLOT FOR
NOVEMBER. 8TH THAT’S WHAT
THEY’RE DECIDING THIS MORNING.
THEY’VE BEEN HEARING TESTIMONY
FROM RESIDENTS IN THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN WANTING TO HAVE THEIR
THOUGHTS ON THESE TWO PROPOSALS
AND WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE
ADVANCED TO THE BALLOT GO BEFORE
VOTERS ON NOVEMBER EIGHT. SO
LET’S HEAR FROM A NUMBER OF
THOSE PEOPLE ON BOTH OF THESE
ISSUES. UM AND WE GOT 200,000
MORE SIGNATURES THAN WE NEEDED.
SO THIS BASICALLY SAYS THE
PEOPLE OF THE MICHIGAN WANT THIS
AND WE’RE HERE TO DECIDE WHETHER
IT SHOULD GOES ON GOES ON THE
BALLOT, AND OBVIOUSLY, THE
PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN THINK IT
SHOULD LET ALONE IT SHOULD BE
REJECTED AND DECEPTIVE NATURE OF
THE 100 WORDS. SUMMARY I KNOW
IT’S NOT RELEVANT HERE TO TALK
ABOUT THE OMINOUS, UM, NATURE OF
THE PETITION. AND THAT IT WOULD
MAKE FAIR ELECTIONS IN MICHIGAN
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SERVE MY
PATIENTS AND OFFER ALL TREATMENT
OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THEM. WE
MUST RESTORE THE REPRODUCTIVE
PROTECTIONS LOST WHEN ROE IS
OVERTURNED. WE CAN’T GO BACK TO
THE 1931 LAW THAT BANS ABORTION
. IF WE DON’T KNOW WHAT LAWS
IT’S REMOVING FROM OUR
CONSTITUTION AND WHAT CHANGES
IT’S MAKING. IT SHOULD NOT BE
PUT ON THE BALLOT UNTIL THOSE
ARE CLEARLY STATED. UM AND I
WOULD ASK THIS BOARD TO DENY
BOTH PROPOSALS UNDER THOSE
CIRCUMSTANCES. AND SO NOW, WHAT
HAPPENS IS THAT THERE ARE TWO
REPUBLICANS AND TWO DEMOCRATS ON
THE BOARD OF CANVASSERS. THEY
WILL TAKE A VOTE AT THE END OF
THE DAY ON BOTH OF THESE
PROPOSALS AS TO WHETHER TO SEND
THEM TO THE VOTERS. AND IF THERE
IS A TIE, THAT MEANS IT GOES TO
THE VOTERS. IF IT’S 3 TO 1, THEN
IT WILL GO IN WHATEVER DIRECTION
GETS VOTED ON. WE SHALL SEE. BUT
I CAN TELL YOU BASED ON WHAT
WE’RE HEARING FROM THE ATTORNEYS
INVOLVED IN ALL OF THIS, THAT IT
IS LIKELY THAT NO MATTER HOW
THIS GETS DECIDED THAT THERE IS
GOING TO BE A COURT FIGHT AS TO
WHETHER OR NOT EITHER OF THESE
TWO PROPOSALS END UP ON THE
BALLOT NOVEMBER WE’RE WATCHING.
WE’LL HAVE UPDATES AT 45 AND SIX
REPORTING LIVE ROD MELONI FOR
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IN OTHER
NEWS THIS AFTERNOON. RIGHT NOW,
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF METRO
DETROITERS ARE STILL IN THE DARK
FROM MONDAY’S STORMS, BUT HELP
IS NOW HERE FROM OTHER STATES
ABOUT 1000 LINEMAN FROM ILLINOIS
, MISSOURI, OHIO, KENTUCKY AND
PENNSYLVANIA ARRIVED LAST NIGHT
TO HELP DTE CREWS AND THEY’RE IN
NEIGHBORHOODS AS WE SPEAK.
YOU’RE LOOKING AT NEW VIDEO HERE
OF THEM, LEAVING A YARD IN
INSULIN. ANY THIS IS EARLIER
THIS MORNING. DTE SAYS THAT
CREWS ARE FOCUSING ON THE MOST
DANGEROUS SITUATIONS FIRST, LIKE
DOWN POWER LINES, AND THEY STILL
WANT EVERYONE TO REMEMBER TO SAY
20 FT OR MORE AWAY FROM ANY DOWN
POWER LINES, ESPECIALLY AFTER
MULTIPLE CHILDREN WERE SHOCKED.
HE SAYS THAT IT HAS MORE THAN
3200 CREWS THAT ARE OUT IN THE
FIELD RIGHT NOW. POWER IS STILL
OUT, THOUGH FOR ABOUT 195,000 OF
ITS CUSTOMERS THAT IS ABOUT 9%
OF THE CUSTOMER BASE. THE
UTILITY WAS ABLE TO BRING THE
LIGHTS BACK ON FOR ABOUT 60,000
PEOPLE SO FAR ARE MEGAN WOODS IS
GOING ONTO NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS
METRO DETROIT, TALKING ABOUT HOW
PEOPLE WERE IMPACTED, MEGAN I’M
MEGAN WOODS AND THOUSANDS ARE
STILL WITHOUT POWER TODAY. RIGHT
NOW WE’RE IN DETROIT AT THE
INTERSECTION OF CLAY AND
CHRYSLER. IT’S BEING TREATED AS
A FOUR WAY STOP AT TRAFFIC
LIGHTS ARE DOWN NOW. A COUPLE OF
BLOCKS FROM HERE, TRIUMPH
CHURCHES WITHOUT POWER, AND
THEY’RE STILL MOVING FORWARD
WITH SERVICES WILL HAVE THAT
STORY AS WELL AS HOW THESE POWER
OUTAGES ARE IMPACTING PEOPLE IN
WAYNE COUNTY IN OAKLAND COUNTIES
TONIGHT AT 45 AND SIX ALRIGHT,
MEGAN. WE WILL SEE YOU THEN. IN
THE MEANTIME, WE’RE GOING TO
TURN OUR ATTENTION DOWN TO YOUR
FOREWARN FORECAST AND THE THINGS
ARE STILL LOOKING CLEAR OUT
THERE RIGHT NOW, BRANDON, WHAT’S
IN STORE FOR US TODAY? WELL IT’S
VERY COMFORTABLE AIR, LOW
HUMIDITY, AND THAT’S GREAT NEWS.
I KNOW WITH ABOUT 200,000 PEOPLE
WITHOUT POWER. AT LEAST WE CAN
KEEP THE WINDOWS OPEN AND
SOMEWHAT REFRESHED OUT THERE
EVEN IF YOU HAVE POWER WINDOWS
OPEN. WHY NOT? MIDDLE UPPER
SEVENTIES OUT YOUR DOOR WINDS
ARE OR WERE OUT OF THE WEST
SOUTHWEST BECOMING MORE WEST
NORTHWEST BUTT KICKING UP THERE
A LITTLE BIT ANYWHERE BETWEEN
NINE AND ABOUT 17 MILES AN HOUR
GUSTING OVER 20 AT TIMES LOOKING
REAL GOOD, THOUGH. SKY CONDITION
WISE, WE’RE GOING TO END THE
MONTH OF AUGUST TODAY AND NOT
EXPECTING ANY RAIN. SO ON THE
MONTH ABOUT TWO AND A THIRD
INCHES, WHICH IS ABOUT POINT 88
INCHES BELOW AVERAGE SO EACH
MONTH OF THE SUMMER SO FAR,
WE’VE BEEN ABOUT AN INCH SHY I
AND NOWHERE NEAR THE HUGE AMOUNT
OF RAIN WE HAD LAST YEAR SO YOU
MAY HAVE TO KEEP WATERING THE
LAWN A LITTLE BIT. WE’VE GOT
TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOW
EIGHTIES, A FEW CLOUDS AND A
GOOD STIFF BREEZE OUT THERE
TODAY. EVROD CASSIMY CONTRACT
TALKS CONTINUE BETWEEN EASTERN
MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY AND ITS
PROFESSORS UNION AS THE CURRENT
DEAL EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT. THE
500 PERSON UNION REJECTED THE
LATEST OFFER FROM THE UNIVERSITY
, WHICH WOULD HAVE GIVEN FULL
TIME FACULTY MEMBERS OF 4 TO 8%
BASE SALARY INCREASE IN THE
FIRST YEAR OF THE NEW CONTRACT.
NOW IT WOULD HAVE ALSO PROVIDED
A 2% SALARY INCREASE EVERY YEAR
. FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THE
UNION IS INSTEAD CALLING FOR A
LARGER INFLATION BASED SALARY
INCREASE AS WELL AS A BETTER
HEALTH PLAN. A MAN IS SHOT
SITTING IN HIS OWN DRIVEWAY ONTO
TOWARDS WEST SIDE OVERNIGHT.
THIS HAPPENED ON SANTA ROSA,
RIGHT NEAR EIGHT MILE AND
WOODWARD, THE 63 YEAR OLD MAN
WAS SITTING IN HIS CAR WHEN AN
UNKNOWN PERSON CAME UP AND FIRED
SHOTS. THAT VICTIM WAS LAST
LISTED IN SERIOUS CONDITION,
ALSO UNDER TOWARDS WEST SIDE OF
62 YEAR OLD WOMAN, WHICH ALSO
SHOT IN HER OWN DRIVEWAY. THIS
HAPPENED ON GREG’S RIGHT NOW
MCNICHOLS AND WYOMING. SHE HAD
TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AS
WELL IN TEMPORARY SERIOUS
CONDITION. WE ARE WORKING TO GET
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE
SHOOTINGS AND OUT TO THE MAJOR
DEVELOPMENTS TODAY IN THE SEARCH
OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S MAR
LAGO ESTATE IN AN OVERNIGHT
FILING, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
SAYS IT HAS EVIDENCE CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS AT TRUMP’S FLORIDA
HOME. WE’RE LIKELY CONCEALED AND
EVEN REMOVED BEFORE THE FBI
TRIED TO RETRIEVE THEM. JACKSON
IS IN WASHINGTON WITH MORE. IN
ITS LATE NIGHT FILING, THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAID OVER 100
UNIQUE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS WERE
SEIZED. SOME WERE SO SENSITIVE
AND CLASSIFIED THAT FBI AGENTS
AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ATTORNEYS
NEEDED ADDITIONAL SECURITY
CLEARANCES TO REVIEW THEM.
INSIDE LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE
SEIZED FROM FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S FLORIDA HOME AND THIS
PHOTO INCLUDED IN THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT’S FILING. YOU CAN SEE
SEVERAL DOCUMENTS CLEARLY MARKED
TOP SECRET TO HAVE THESE
DOCUMENTS UNDER THE LAW,
REGARDLESS OF THEIR
CLASSIFICATION LEVEL. THE O’JAYS
LATE NIGHT FILING ALSO CITES
EFFORTS TO OBSTRUCT ITS
INVESTIGATION, SAYING GOVERNMENT
RECORDS WERE LIKELY CONCEALED
AND REMOVED. AND CASTING DOUBT
ON THE TRUMP TEAM’S COOPERATION
STATING THE FBI RECOVERED TWICE
AS MANY DOCUMENTS WITH
CLASSIFICATION MARKINGS AS THE
QUOTE, DILIGENT SEARCH THAT THE
FORMER PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL HAD
WEEKS TO PERFORM. THIS OVERNIGHT
FILING COMES AHEAD OF A COURT
HEARING THURSDAY OF FEDERAL
JUDGES WEIGHING TRUMP’S REQUEST
TO APPOINT AN INDEPENDENT THIRD
PARTY KNOWN AS THE SPECIAL
MASTER TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENTS
RECOVERED FROM MAR A LAGO. THEY
PUT ON A NUMBER OF CONDITIONS
BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THE
JUDGE DESPITE THEIR APPROACH.
TEST STATIONS. MAY STILL APPOINT
A SPECIAL MASTER, JUSTICE
OFFICIALS ARGUE APPOINTING A
SPECIAL MASTER WOULD IMPEDE THE
GOVERNMENT’S CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION. THE JUDGE IN THE
CASE HAS SIGNALED SHE’S LIKELY
TO RULE IN TRUMP’S FAVOR. ALL OF
THESE THINGS ARE CALCULATED TIME
DELAYS THAT THE TRUMP TEAM WANTS
TO TAKE AS THEY TRY TO FIGURE
OUT THE STRATEGY, PASSIONATE
SPEECH ON REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE.
PRESIDENT BIDEN CONDEMNED
TRUMP’S SUPPORTERS THREAT. BUT
NOW IT’S SICKLY. TO SEE THE NEW
ATTACKS AND THE FBI. THREATENING
LIFE AS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS
AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR SIMPLY
CARRYING OUT THE LAW AND DOING
THEIR JOB, A JOB THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT SAYS IS ALREADY
COMPLETE, COUNTERING A NEED FOR
A SECOND PASS ON SIFTING THROUGH
DOCUMENTS IF A SPECIAL MASTER’S
APPOINTED THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
HAS REQUESTED THAT THAT PERSON
BE GIVEN A DEADLINE TO REVIEW
THE SEIZED DOCUMENTS. AND WHILE
THE FEDERAL JUDGE HAS SIGNALED
THAT SHE IS LIKELY TO APPOINT A
SPECIAL MASTER, WE COULD SOON
FIND OUT IF THIS FILING CHANGES
HER MIND HEARING IN THE CASE IS
SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY IN
WASHINGTON. I’M BREE JACKSON FOR
NBC NEWS. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.