>> Announcer: LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, HOME OF
WDIV AND CLICK ON DETROIT,
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS
NOW.
>>> SO IT’S BREEZY AND
COMFORTABLE RIGHT NOW BUT
THE LOCAL FORECASTERS ARE
TRACKING A WEEKEND WARMUP.
BRANDON ROUX WILL HAVE ALL
THE DETAILS FOR YOU COMING
UP IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
>>> PLUS, WE’LL HAVE A RECAP
FROM NIGHT THREE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION AND LOOK AHEAD TO
WHAT WE CAN EXPECT TO HEAR
FROM JOE BIDEN TONIGHT.
>>> BUT FIRST, JUSTICE FOR
FLINT.
A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR
SETTLEMENT IS REACHED.
NOW THERE’S THOSE EFFECTED
BY THE WATER CRISIS NOW
SEEING SOME JUSTICE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US I’M
EVROD CASSIMY.
TODAY’S $600 MILLION
PRELIMINARY SETTLEMENT WILL
COMPENSATE THOSE WHO
EXPERIENCED HEALTH PROBLEMS
BECAUSE OF LEAD TAINTED
DRINKING WATER.
80% OF THE NET SUPPLEMENT
FUND WILL BE SPENT ON CLAIMS
FROM CHILDREN WHO WERE
MINORS WHEN FIRST EXPOSED TO
THE FLINT RIVER WATER.
ANOTHER 18% ARE TO BE SPENT
ON CLAIMS OF ADULTS AND FOR
PROPERTY DAMAGE TWO.
% WILL GO TO SPECIAL
EDUCATION SERVICES -- 2%
WILL GO TO SPECIAL EDUCATION
SERVICES IN GENESEE COUNTY
AND ONE PER FOR CLAIMS
TOWARDS BUSINESSES LOSSES.
LAWYERS SAY THE PATIENCE HAS
PAID OFF FOR THE RESIDENTS
OF FLINT.
>> I WANT TO THANK THE
COMMUNITY, THE PEOPLE OF
FLINT, THE CHILDREN, ADULTS,
BUSINESS OWNERS, PROPERTY
OWNERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE
STUCK THROUGH THIS VERY
HORRIBLE SET OF FACTS AND
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT GOT THEM
TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS
LITIGATION AT NO CHOICE OF
THEIR OWN.
BUT HAS STUCK THROUGH THESE
LAST FIVE YEARS TO TRY AND
GET TO THIS POINT WHERE WILL
WILL BE SOME SEMBLANCE OF
JUSTICE.
>> WE’RE ALSO HEARING FROM
BOTH THE GOVERNOR AND THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL AS THIS
SETTLEMENT DEAL IS
FINALIZED.
HERE’S OUR CONSUMER
INVESTIGATOR HANK
WINCHESTER.
>> Reporter: THE PEOPLE OF
FLINT WILL CERTAINLY SEE
THIS AS A BIG VICTORY.
THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR
YEARS AND NOW THEY FINALLY
FEEL LIKE PROGRESS IS BEING
MADE TO HELP THOSE MOST
AFFECTED.
FLINT A CITY THAT IS STILL
STRUGGLING AND PEOPLE MOST
AFFECTED BY THE WATER CRISIS
HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS
FOR SOME JUSTICE.
THIS AFTER LEAD POISONING
THAT NOT ONLY AFFECTED
THOUSANDS, BUT TOOK LIVES IN
THE VEHICLE CITY, ESPECIALLY
AFFECTING CHILDREN AND
SENIORS.
NOW SOME GOOD NEWS, A
SETTLEMENT REACHED IN AN
ONGOING LEGAL CASE AND NOW
MORE THAN $600 MILLION BEING
CONFIRMED AS THE SETTLEMENT
DEAL.
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER
HAD THIS TO SAY.
WHAT HAPPENED IN FLINT
SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED
AND FINANCIAL COMPENSATION
WITH THE SETTLEMENT IS JUST
ONE OF THE MANY WAYS WE CAN
CONTINUE TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT
FOR THE CITY OF FLINT AND
ITS FAMILIES.
MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL
DANA NESTLE RELEASED THIS
VIDEO MESSAGE.
>> THE RESIDENTS OF FLINT
HAVE ENDURED MORE THAN MOST
AND TO DRAW OUT THE LEGAL
BACK AND FORTH ANY LONGER
WOULD HAVE ACHIEVED NOTHING
BUT CONTINUED HARDSHIP.
BY SETTLING THESE LAWSUITS,
IT’S MY FERVENT HOPE THAT WE
CAN BEGIN THE PROCESS OF
CLOSING ONE OF THE DARKEST
MOST PAINFUL CHAPTERS IN OUR
STATE’S HISTORY AND STARTING
A NEW ONE THAT BEGINS WITH A
GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS ON
BEHALF OF ALL OF ITS PEOPLE.
>> WE’RE WORKING RIGHT NOW
TO GET REACTION FROM THOSE
DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS
SETTLEMENT.
THE PEOPLE OF FLINT.
WITH REMAKING OUR WAY TO THE
VEHICLE CITY.
YOU WILL SEE OUR REPORT
LATER TODAY ON LOCAL 4.
I’M HANK WINCHESTER, HELP ME
HANK.
>> THANK YOU, HANK.
>>> A LAWYER FOR THE
FAMILY OF A WOMAN WHO DIED
IN HARPER WOODS POLICE
CUSTODY IS ASKING FOR
OFFICERS TO BE CHARGED AFTER
THEY WERE FIRED RELATED TO
HER DEATH.
GEOFFREY FIEGER WANTS FORMER
DEPUTY CHIEF JOHN AND
OFFICER MICHAEL PEANO.
HARPER WOODS OFFICIALS SAY
THE TWO WERE FIRED AFTER
TRYING TO CONCEAL AND
MANIPULATE EVIDENCE IN THE
DEATH.
THOSE OFFICIALS AREN’T
SAYING THE OFFICERSES WERE
INVOLVED IN SLATER’S DEATH
BUT FIEGER CLAIMS THAT THEY
WERE.
>> AT THE END OF THE DAY,
THAT THEY’RE DIRECTLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR HER DEATH BY
NOT PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE
AND TREATMENT.
THAT’S ALMOST LIKE TORTURE.
THAT’S TORTURE.
>> RIGHT NOW MICHIGAN AT A
TIME POLICE CONTINUE THEIR
INVESTIGATION INTO SLATER’S
DEATH.
>>> RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO GET
TO SOME BREAKING NEWS WE’RE
FOLLOWING HERE AT NOON.
STEVE BANNON A FORMER
ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT TRUMP
HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR A
FUND-RAISER SCHEME.
BANNON AND THREE OTHERS ARE
ACCUSED OF RIPPING OFF
DONORS IN AN ON-LINE
FUND-RAISING CAMPAIGN.
THEY RAISED MORE THAN $25
MILLION TO BUILD A WALL
ALONG THE SOUTHERN
PROSECUTORS.
PROSECUTORS SAY THE GROUP
PROMISED 100% OF THE DONATED
MONEY WOULD BE USED FOR THE
PROJECT BUT INSTEAD, USED
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS ON OTHER THINGS.
BANNON LED PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
AND THEN HELD A TOP POST IN
THE WHITE HOUSE.
>>> ALSO BREAKING HERE AT
HOME THE BODY OF THE SECOND
MISSING BOATER IN GROSSE ILE
HAS BEEN FOUND.
POLICE SAY THEY FOUND THE
BODY OF FATHER STEPHEN
ROONEY, HE WAS 66-YEAR-OLD
OLD.
ON THE WEDNESDAY 52-YEAR-OLD
BOBBY WAS RECOVERED.
THE BOAT CARRYING SEVEN
CHILDREN AND FIVE ADULTS
CAPSIZED ON SUNDAY.
>>> RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO
KEEP YOU UPDIED ON YOUR
FORECAST ON THIS THURSDAY OR
FRIDAY -- KEEP YOU UPDATED
OR YOUR FORECAST ON THIS
THURSDAY OR FRIDAY EVE AS WE
CALL.
IT CERTAINLY IS T-SHIRT
WEATHER WOULDN’T YOU SAY?
>> IT IS NICE, YES.
NOT QUITE AS WARM AS WE
THOUGHT WE WOULD BE AT NOON.
SHY OF ABOUT TWO DEGREES
FROM THE FORECAST EARLIER
THIS MORNING.
BUT STILL, WARMING AND
WARMER THAN IT HAS BEEN ALL
WEEK AT THIS HOUR.
SO, TEMPERATURES 76 AND
BRIGHT SUNSHINE OVER THE
DETROIT RIVER UP INTO LAKE
ST. CLAIR.
WE’VE GOT A BIG BASS MASTERS
ELITE TOURNAMENT GOING ON
TODAY AND ALL THE WAY
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
TEMPERATURE IS 78° IN MT.
CLEMENS, A LOT OF FISHING
BOATS JUST ONTO THE WATER
INTO LAKE ST. CLAIR.
ONLY THE AMERICAN SIDE,
BELIEVE IT OR NOT IS WHAT
THEY’RE DOING.
I GUESS BECAUSE OF COVID
INTERNATIONAL RULES.
LOW AND MIDDLE 70s FOR MOST.
WE’VE GOT A LITTLE SOUTHWEST
WIND NOT MUCH OF A CHOP OUT
THERE ON THE WATER.
BUT COULD BE UPWARDS OF 10,
12, MILES PER HOUR AT TIMES.
AND LOOKING FOR TEMPS OF
ABOUT 82° THIS AFTERNOON.
ALL IN ALL, NOT TOO MUGGY.
BUT WE DO ADD BOTH HEAT AND
HUMIDITY INTO THE WEEKEND
FORECAST.
WE’RE GOING TO BE FLIRTING
WITH A LOT OF 90s COMING UP,
EVROD.
>> ALL RIGHTY, BRANDON, WE
WILL SEE YOU IN JUST A
LITTLE BIT.
>>> RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO GET
YOU UPDATED ON THE LATEST
INVOLVING CORONAVIRUS FIGHT
HERE IN MICHIGAN.
RIGHT NOW THERE’S A TOTAL OF
94,000 CASES ACROSS THE
STATE SINCE TESTING BEGAN.
WITH 616 NEW CASES IN JUST
THE PAST 24 HOURS.
THE DEATH TOLL FROM THE
VIRUS CURRENTLY SITS AT MORE
THAN 6,000 WITH NINE LIVES
LOST IN THE LAST DAY.
AS PER COLLEGE STUDENTS AS
THEY RETURN TO CAMPUS THE
WASHTENAW COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT IS CUTTING THE
PEOPLE ALLOWED AT OUTDOOR
GATHERINGS.
THERE CAN NO LONGER BE MORE
THAN 25 PEOPLE AT OUTDOOR
SOCIAL GATHERINGS IN ANN
ARBOR AND YPSILANTI.
THOSE CITIES ARE HOME TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AS
YOU KNOW AND EASTERN
MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY.
BRINGING THE NUMBER DOWN TO
25 WELL, IT WAS UP TO 100
PEOPLE PREVIOUSLY.
GOVERNOR WHITMER IS
ALLOCATING $65 MILLION IN
FUNDING FROM THE CARES ACT
AND THAT MONEY WILL GO TO
HELP SCHOOLS AND OTHER
EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY
COVID-19.
>>> THE NUMBER OF FIRST TIME
UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS HAS
MOVED BACK ABOVE THE ONE
MILLION MARK AMID THIS
PANDEMIC.
THE U.S. LABOR DEPARTMENT
REPORTS FIRST TIME CLAIMS
ROSE TO A SEASONALLY
ADJUSTED 1.1 MILLION CLAIMS
LAST WEEK.
IT WAS 971,000 JUST THE WEEK
BEFORE THAT.
ECONOMISTS HOPED THAT IT
WOULD STAY BELOW THAT ONE
MILLION LINE INDICATING THAT
THE LABOR MARKET IS ON A
STEADY PATH TO RECOVERY.
IN THE MEANTIME CONTINUED
CLAIMS DECLINE TO 14.8
MILLION DOWN FROM 15.5 JUST
THE WEEK BEFORE.
>>> THE DETROIT FEDERATION
OF TEACHERS HAS APPROVED A
STRIKE VOTE THAT WOULD ALLOW
THE UNION TO CALL A STRIKE
IF CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
BREAK DOWN WITH THE
DISTRICT.
ACCORDING TO UNION LEADERS
91% OF THE MEMBERSHIP
APPROVED THE VOTE AND AT
ISSUE IS THE DISTRICT’S
RETURN TO SCHOOL PLAN.
THE VOTE MEANS THAT UNLESS A
COMPROMISE IS REACHED THERE
WILL NOT BE IN-PERSON
INSTRUCTION NEXT MONTH.
THE UNION SAYS 80% OF ITS
MEMBERSHIP WANTS TO TEACH
REMOTELY.
THE DISTRICT SAYS IT’S
CONFIDENT THAT IT CAN REOPEN
SCHOOLS SAFELY.
CLASSES ARE SCHEDULED TO WIN
ON SEPTEMBER 8th.
-- TO BEGIN ON SEPTEMBER
8th .
>>> TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION.
IT IS JOE BIDEN’S NIGHT.
HE WILL BE TAKING THE SAME
STAGE WHERE HIS RUNNING MATE
REDUCED HERSELF TO AMERICA.
TRACIE POTTS IS IN
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE FOR US
THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE VERY
LATEST.
>> WHAT HAPPENS NOW WE ELECT
A PRESIDENT WHO WILL BUILD
BACK BETTER.
>> Reporter: DEMOCRATIC
NOMINEE JOE BIDEN OUT WITH A
NEW AD IN SEVEN BATTLEGROUND
STATES AS HE PREPARES TO
TAKE THE VIRTUAL STAGE
TONIGHT.
>> WE’RE GOING TO WIN THIS
BATTLE AND TO BUILD OUR
NATION BACK BETTER THAN IT
WAS EVEN BEFORE THIS
HAPPENED.
>> Reporter: BIDEN FOLLOWS
SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS WHO
CALLED OUT PRESIDENT TRUMP
AS SHE MADE HISTORY.
BECOMING THE FIRST BLACK
WOMAN AND FIRST ASIAN MAJOR
PARTY NOMINEE FOR VICE
PRESIDENT.
>> WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO
TURNS OUR TRAGEDIES INTO
POLITICAL WEAPONS.
JOE, WILL BE A PRESIDENT WHO
TURNS OUR CHALLENGES INTO
PURPOSE.
>> THE MAIN MISSION FOR
DEMOCRATS IS TO FILL IN THE
BLANKS ON JOE BIDEN AND TO
MAKE THE CASE CONCRETELY FOR
HIS POLICY PROGRAM.
>> Reporter: THIS AFTERNOON,
JUST HOURS BEFORE BIDEN
SPEAKS PRESIDENT TRUMP HEADS
TO BIDEN’S HOMETOWN SCRANTON,
PENNSYLVANIA, TO TALK JOBS,
TRADE, AND POLITICS.
>> President Trump: I DON’T
KNOW IT CAN’T BE MY
PERSONALITY BUT THEY’RE NOT
FANS, RIGHT?
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP
BRUSHING OFF AN UNPRESS DEPTED
ATTACK IF HIS PREDECESSOR.
>> NO INTEREST IN TREATING
THE PRESIDENCY AS ONE MORE
REALITY ATTENTION HE CAN USE
TO GET THE ATTENTION THAT HE
CRAVES.
>> Reporter: MORE THAN HALF
OF VOTERS UNCERTAIN OR
PESSIMISTIC ABOUT A BIDEN
PRESIDENCY TONIGHT HE HAS TO
DO MORE THAN JUST TAKE AIM
AT THE WHITE HOUSE HE HAS TO
PROVE HE CAN TAKE CHARGE.
ALSO ON THE PROGRAM TONIGHT,
CALIFORNIA’S GOVERNOR
ATLANTA’S MAYOR AND FOUR
CHALLENGERS WHO DROPPED OUT
AND ENDORSED BIDEN.
TRACIE POTTS, NBC NEWS,
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> STILL TO COME STILL HERE
AT NOON DEVASTATING
WILDFIRES CONTINUE TO SPREAD
ACROSS CALIFORNIA.
FIND OUT WHY OFFICIALS SAY