FINDING YOUR UMBRELLA. HAPPY FRIDAY, EVERYBODY, I’M JASON COLTHORPE FORGIVE THE
STRETCH FOOTBALL ANALOGIES, BUT
, HEY, WE HAVE NFL DRAFT ON THE
BRAIN. RIGHT LET’S GET RIGHT TO
FOREWARN METEOROLOGIST
ASHLEE BARACY, WHOSE TIMING OUT
THE RAIN AS THE FOURTH QUARTER
TICKS DOWN ON APRIL HERE. WELL,
YOU’RE GOING TO NEED A HAIL MARY
TO GET OUT OF THIS RAINY MESS,
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT RAIN
CHANCES TO BE VERY WIDESPREAD
THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE AFTERNOON
INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS,
THEY DO BECOME MORE SCATTERED
AND ISOLATED THE WEEKEND BUT
STILL HOLDING ON RAIN CHANCES
INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT
WEEK. SO DON’T WANT THAT
UMBRELLA TO BE TOO FAR OUT OF
REACH CLOUDS RADAR FORECAST
SHOWING THAT WE HAVE THIS SWATH
OF MOISTURE THAT’S BEEN PUSHING
FROM THE SOUTH VERY GRADUALLY
AND SLOWLY, NORTH AND NOW OVER
SPREADING SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN
. SO AS WE PUT EXACT TRACK 40
RADAR ON YOU CAN SEE THIS IS NOW
PUSHED AS FAR NORTH. AS SANDUSKY
UP TOWARDS FLINT. SO ALL OF
OAKLAND, MACOMB, LIVING STINK
COUNTIES AND SOUTH TOWARDS THE
STATE LINE, EVEN SOME POCKETS OF
MODERATE SHOWERS DOWN INTO
MONROE COUNTY OFF TOWARDS
JACKSON, SOME HEAVIER DOWNPOURS
SO WE COULD SEE A FEW HEAVY
DOWNPOURS REALLY START TO
DEVELOP AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT
THE AFTERNOON, SO 48 DEGREES IN
DETROIT RIGHT NOW. 47 IN ANN
ARBOR, 50 IMPORT HERE ON 48,
ADRIAN. THIS AFTERNOON’S HIGH
COULD POSSIBLY GET IN THE UPPER
FIFTIES. BUT WE ARE RIGHT NOW
TRENDING TO MAYBE BE IN THE LOW
FIFTIES. BREEZY AND TONIGHT’S
OVERNIGHT LOW 48 DEGREES. SO IF
YOUR KIDS HAVE MAYBE A SPORTING
EVENT THIS EVENING, AND YOU’RE
TRYING TO TRACK RADAR WHILE
YOU’RE AWAY FROM YOUR TV WELL,
MAKE SURE YOU TAKE OUR 4WARN
WEATHER APP WITH YOU DOWNLOADED
IT FOR FREE. AND YOU ALSO GET
NOTIFICATIONS PUSH TO YOU. IF
RAIN IS DETECTED CLOSE TO YOUR
LOCATION. IN THE NEWS THIS
AFTERNOON, MORE IMPACTFUL
TESTIMONY IN THE CRIMINAL CASE
AGAINST WEST BLOOMFIELD
UROLOGIST DOCTORS V. LEVERENZ
HE’S CHARGED WITH MORE THAN A
DOZEN SEXUAL ASSAULT OF YOUNG
MALE HOCKEY PLAYERS. THIS
MORNING’S PRELIMINARY EXAM MOVED
TO HIS REGULAR MEDICAL PRACTICE
. A WOMAN TESTIFYING ABOUT BEING
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED LAST AUGUST,
SHE TESTIFIED. HE INSISTED ON
INSTALLING A CATHETER TO TAKE A
URINE SAMPLE. SHE TOLD
PROSECUTORS ABOUT HER REACTION.
I’VE MISSED SO MUCH WORK. I
HAVE. I HAVE ANXIETY EVERY DAY I
PANIC ATTACKS ARE AWFUL. I MAKES
IT REALLY HARD TO BE INTIMATE
WITH ANYBODY. UM I NEED TIME
THAT SOMETHING HAPPENS LIKE JUST
KEEP THINKING ABOUT THAT DAY.
THE DEFENSE CLAIMS THE PATIENT
HAD CONSIDERABLE MEDICAL ISSUES
AFTER SURGERY IN THE EXAM LEVEL
AND DID WAS PROPER MEDICAL
PROCEDURE. STATE POLICE JUST
RELEASED CHOPPER FOOTAGE OF A
POLICE CHASE THAT ENDED WITH A
BANG. ON WEDNESDAY, A CAR
ATTEMPTED TO EVADE EAST POINT
POLICE AND THE CHASE MADE ITS
WAY TO DETROIT. THAT’S WHERE THE
MSP CHOPPED OR CHOPPER PICKED IT
UP. IT WAS DRIVING ERRATICALLY
AND YOU SEE THE END OF IT THERE
AS IT HAD TWO FLAT TIRES, BUT
THEN A CRASH IN THAT VEHICLE
ERUPTS IN FLAMES. YOU’LL SEE THE
DRIVER AND PASSENGER START TO
RUN OFF, BUT THEY WERE QUICKLY
ARRESTED BY POLICE. POLICE IN
CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP ARE
SEARCHING FOR THE HIT AND RUN
DRIVER WHO INJURED A SEVEN YEAR
OLD GIRL. WE’RE TOLD THE GIRL IS
CURRENTLY IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE
CONDITION. POLICE SAY SHE WAS
HIT LAST NIGHT WHILE TRYING TO
CROSS GRASSET JUST NORTH OF 23.
MILES THEY HIT AND RUN DRIVER
WAS IN A NEWER WHITE OR BLACK
KIA OPTIMA THAT WOULD LOOK
SIMILAR TO THE CARS THAT WE’RE
SHOWING YOU HERE. IT SHOULD HAVE
SOME FRONT END DAMAGE. IF YOU
SEE IT. GIVE CHESTERFIELD
TOWNSHIP POLICE A CALL. US 23
MYELIN TOWNSHIP FINALLY BACK
OPEN THIS AFTERNOON AFTER A
TRUCK FIRE SHUT DOWN A PORTION
OF THE FREEWAY FOR HOURS THIS
MORNING. YOU SEE THE DAMAGE TO
THE FRONT OF THAT SEMI THERE
THAT SEMI WAS APPARENTLY HAULING
FIREWORKS. NO WORD YET ON ANY
INJURIES IN THIS INCIDENT. THE
FIRST COUPLE OF PIXAR IN FOR THE
DETROIT LIONS. THE FIRST ROUND
IS IN THE BOOKS AND AFTER
HOLDING THE SIXTH PICK. OVERALL
THE LIONS TRADED DOWN WITH THE
ARIZONA CARDINALS AND ENDED UP
TAKING RUNNING BACK JAMEER GIBBS
OUT OF ALABAMA WITH THE 12TH
PICK. HERE. YOU CAN SEE LIONS,
GM BREAD HOMES AND COMPANY
ECSTATIC AFTER THAT SELECTION,
THEY FOLLOWED IT UP BY CHOOSING
LINEBACKER JACK CAMPBELL FROM
IOWA WITH THE 18TH PICK. THE
GENERAL CONSENSUS IS THESE GUYS
WERE TAKING WAY TOO EARLY, BUT
GENERAL MANAGER BRAD HOLMES SAYS
HE’S SHUT OFF THE OUTSIDE
CRITICISM AND DOING WHAT HE
THINKS IS BEST THREE AGENCY.
MAYBE IN THE DRAFT. UM THERE’S
FAVORITES THAT ARISE AND, UH, WE
FEEL LIKE THAT’S WHAT WE GOT
TONIGHT IN HIS HANDS. THE LINES
GET THREE MORE CRACKS AT IT
TONIGHT IN THE SECOND ROUND, AND
THEY’LL HAVE THE THIRD PICK WHEN
THEY RESUME. IN THIS SECOND
ROUND. WE’LL SEE WHO THE LIONS
ARE ABLE TO ADD TO LION’S DEN.
EXCITEMENT IS IN THE AIR TODAY
BECAUSE THE GO FOR IT SINGING
COMPETITION IS STARTING TODAY IN
THE WINNER GETS TO SING AT THE
FORD FIREWORK SHOW ALSO GETS
2000 BUCKS. WE HAVE OUR POLLEN
TUTMAN LIVE FROM LAUREL PARK
PLACE IN LAVONIA, WHERE THE
AUDITIONS ARE SET TO START LATER
TODAY, PRETTY EXCITING, PAULA.
YEAH IT REALLY IS. FOLKS ARE
ALREADY STOPPING BY ASKING WHEN
THEY SHOULD START LINING UP AND
I WOULD SAY SOMEWHERE WHILE
AROUND 1 30 OR SO BECAUSE THE
AUDITIONS ACTUALLY STARTED
THREE, BUT THIS IS HOW IT
STARTS. AND THAT IS THE SETUP.
SO THIS IS WHAT THE SET IS
ACTUALLY GOING TO LOOK LIKE THIS
IS OUR CREW RIGHT HERE WORKING
ON LIGHTING SOUND, THE MONITORS
, ETCETERA. HONESTLY THE BACK
SIDE OF THIS IS A LOT OF HARD
WORK, BUT ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE A STAR. IMAGINE BEING A
BRAND MANAGER. REALLY FOR THE
ONLY TELEVISION STATION IN THE
CITY. THAT’S GOING TO BE A LOT
OF HARD WORK, TOO. GO FOR IT FOR
IT. EVERY PROMISE THAT YOU MAKE
EVERY BARRIER YOU LEAVE. NO YOU
. GO FOR IT. SPENCER WILL TELL
YOU. THE ROAD TO LOCAL STARDOM
IS AS WONDERFUL AS IT IS
DEMANDING. SHE WAS THE VERY
FIRST EVER WINNER OF OUR GO
FORWARD SINGING COMPETITION BACK
IN 1982. THERE’S A VERSE IN THAT
GO FOR IT. THIS IS THERE’S SO
MUCH MORE IN YOU MORE THAN YOU
HAVE SEEN THEIR WORLDS TO
EXPLORE BEFORE YOU KNOW THE
POSSIBILITY. YOU CAN’T EVEN
BEGIN TO KNOW WHAT YOU’RE
CAPABLE OF. IN ADDITION TO
SINGING OR MUSIC OR PERFORMANCE
OR DRAMA, WHATEVER IT IS, YOU’RE
COMING FROM RIGHT AT THIS SO
MUCH MORE. THERE’S SO MUCH MORE
. THE ROAD TO WINNING HAS BEEN
AMAZING TO HER PERSONAL GROWTH
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. IT MADE ME
RECOGNIZE MY TALENT. IT’S JUST
SOMETHING MORE THAN I DO IN MY
LIVING ROOM OR IN MY CHURCH.
BULLARD WAS THE HIGH JUMPER IN
ONE OF OUR COMMERCIALS,
COMMERCIALS AND THERE A MINUTE
LONG, AND YOU JUST DON’T REALIZE
WHAT GOES INTO THE PROCESS AND
ALL THE SHOTS AND THAT YOU KNOW
THEY SHOT FOR EIGHT HOURS. AND
FOR ALL WHAT A MINUTE AND A HALF
EVEN HER ROLE WAS GRUELING. I
WASN’T SWEATING ENOUGH SO
SOMEBODY WOULD COME AND MISSED
MY FACE AND I’M SUPPOSED TO LOOK
INTENSE. LIKE I’M GONNA JUMP.
IT’LL BE HARD WORK. IT WILL BE
DEMANDING, BUT IT WILL BE
SOMETHING YOU ABSOLUTELY
POSITIVELY WILL NEVER FORGET.
IT’S SOMETHING SO SIMPLE. AND
IT’S JUST REALLY WHAT THE CITY
IS ABOUT. YOU KNOW, WE DESPITE
DESPITE EVERY ODDS AGAINST US GO
FOR IT. WE GET THROUGH IT. YOU
KNOW, WE’RE THE HIGH JUMPER WERE
THE BALLERINA DANCER WERE THE
KID TRYING TO BEAT HIS
GRANDFATHER? A CHECKERS? WE HAVE
BEAT THE ADS. WE GO FOR IT, NO
MATTER WHAT. IT’S THE SPIRIT OF
THIS CITY. IT’S WHAT MAKES US SO
GREAT. YEAH YOU KNOW WHAT IT
REALLY REALLY IS? ALRIGHT SO,
JASON, YOU DO IMPERSONATIONS, SO
I KNOW YOU HAVE A VOICE ON YOU.
YOU’RE A JUDGE, RIGHT? SO WHEN
WILL YOU BE OUT HERE? I’LL BE AT
SOMERSET TOMORROW MORNING FROM
11 TO 12. THAT YOU ARE YOU
SUGGESTING I START SINGING WHILE
I’M OUT THERE? NO NO, NO, NO, NO
, NOT YET, BUT I DON’T EVEN KNOW
IF YOU’RE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER
THE JERRY LEWIS TELETHON. ARE
YOU OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THOSE
WERE THEY JUST WENT ON AND ON
AND ON. OKAY BUT THAT’S THE
OTHER COOL THING BECAUSE WHEN
THE AUDITION STARTED THREE
O’CLOCK TODAY WILL ACTUALLY BE
SHOWING ALL OF THOSE AUDITIONS
LIVE ON LOCAL 4. PLUS SO YOU CAN
LIKE, GO DO THINGS COME BACK AND
WATCH THE AUDITIONS. WATCH
PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE ON A GOOF,
BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE SERIOUSLY
SERIOUSLY GOING TO GO FOR IT. I
KNOW IT’S RAINING. OUTSIDE IS
BAD, BUT ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS GET
UNDER YOUR UMBRELLA. LEILA,
LEILA LEILA. AND COME GO FOR IT
. AH DON’T SING LIKE ME OR ANY
OF US. THE REAL ONES ARE COMING
LATER TODAY. THAT’S FOR SURE.
THAT’S SO GREAT, ALTHOUGH FOR A
LIVING WE DON’T SING FOR A
LIVING PLUS IS FREE. BUT I WOULD
HAVE PAID MONEY TO SEE THAT SO I
THINK PEOPLE NEED TO TUNE IN
LATER TODAY. WE WILL SEE YOU
THEN. OH, MY GOSH, PAULA. THANK
YOU AGAIN. AUDITIONS ARE
STARTING TODAY AT LAUREL PARK
PLACE IN LIVONIA. BUT IF YOU
CAN’T MAKE IT, WE’RE DOING IT
AGAIN TOMORROW. SOMERSET IN TROY
TOMORROW MORNING FROM 10 AM
UNTIL TWO P.M. AND AS YOU HEARD,
I’LL BE OUT THERE. DARNELL
BLACKBURN, ALONG WITH KIMBERLY
GILL JUST A FEW OF THE JUDGES
WILL BE THERE ALONG THE WAY.
YOUR FOUR LEGGED FRIENDS ARE
MORE AT RISK THAN EVER OF
GETTING SICK IN YOUR HOME WHAT
OWNERS ARE LEAVING AROUND THAT
PETS ARE GETTING INTO CAUSING
THEM AND EMERGENCY TRIP TO THE
VET, AND HE HAS A UNIQUE
PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT REALLY
HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6TH WHAT
INSIDERS IN WASHINGTON ARE
SAYING ABOUT FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE’S
TESTIMONY. ON CAPITOL HILL, AND