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LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 5:00 STARTS NOW.
>> Ben: WE’RE TRACKING SOME
STORMS ON STORM TRACKER 4, BUT A
LOT OF US ARE STAYING DRY.
THAT’S NOT THE CASE AS WE GET
INTO THIS WEEKEND.
>> Devin: BEN, WE’RE GOING TO
BEGIN AT 5:00 WITH GOVERNOR
WHITMER’S FIRST CORONAVIRUS
UPDATE IN WEEKS.
WITH CASES SPIKING IN THE STATE,
SHE’S TAKING A DIFFERENT
APPROACH STEMMING THE TIDE THIS
TIME, IT DOES NOT INVOLVE NEW
ORDERED RESTRICTIONS.
INSTEAD SHE’S ASKING RATHER THAN
DEMANDING MANY OF US MAKE
ADJUSTMENTS THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
>> Sandra: HERE ARE BROAD
STROKES, SHE’S CALLING FOR HIGH
SCHOOLS TO GO REMOTE FOR TWO
WEEKS AND SPORTS FOR THAT TIME.
>> Devin: ALONG WITH MICHIGAN
GANDERS NOT TO DINE IN AT
RESTAURANTS AND ONLY CARRY OUT
AND ONLYLIMIT GATHERINGS WITH
FRIENDS.
AND THE BIG HEADLINE HERE, IT’S
ALL A REQUEST, RATHER THAN AN
ORDER.
>> WE KNOW NOW THAT WE’VE GOT
THE TOOLS WE NEED TO PROTECT
OURSELVES, AND IT IS LESS OF A
POLICY PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE AND
MORE OF A COMPLIANCE AND
VARIANTS ISSUE THAT WE’RE
CONFRONTING AS A STATE.
POLICY CHANGE ALONE WON’T CHANGE
THE TIDE.
WE NEED EVERYONE TO STEP UP AND
TO TAKE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
HERE.
>> Kimberly:.
>> Sandra: AND YOU HEARD IT
THERE, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
WE’RE COVERING THESE
DEVELOPMENTS FROM MULTIPLE
ANGLES TONIGHT.
PRIYA MANN HAS THE HOSPITAL
CAPACITY AND THE STRONG
STATEMENT THAT DR. KHALDUN MADE
ABOUT THAT.
>> Devin: LET’S START IT OFF AT
5:00 WITH ROD MELONI.
MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOLS FACING AN
IMPORTANT DECISION ABOUT GOING
REMOTE, ROD.
>> THAT’S RIGHT, DEVIN.
IT’S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THE
GOVERNOR IS SAYING IT’S THE
YOUNGER PEOPLE GETTING COVID.
FOR HER, HAVING HIGH SCHOOLS GO
VIRTUAL IS EASILY ONE OF THE
BETTER ANSWERS, AT LEAST IN HER
ESTIMATION.
SO SHE’S ASKING FOR VIRTUAL
LEARNING IN HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT
SHE HAS A PROBLEM THERE.
BECAUSE THERE AREN’T MANY
DISTRICTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE
TAKING HER UP ON IT.
>> I WANT TO GET BACK TO NORMAL
AS MUCH AS EVERYONE ELSE, I’M
TIRED OF THIS.
BUT WE’VE GOT MORE WORK TO DO.
>> GOVERNOR WHITMER SAYING
BECAUSE OF SPRING BREAK TRAVEL
AND VARIANTS TAKING HOLD ACROSS
THE STATE SHE WANTS AN
UNENFORCED VOLUNTARY PAUSE FOR
HIGH SCHOOL, IN-SCHOOL LEARNING.
SUPERINTENDENT STEVE MATHEWS OF
NOVI BELIEVES THAT SHE’S PASSING
THE BUCK.
>> TO DROP THIS IN OUR LAPS
SEEMS UNFAIR.
>> HE HAS 25% VIRTUALLY LEARNING
RIGHT NOW, BUT NEXT WEEK,
MANDATORY TESTING SCHEDULED,
IMPRACTICAL, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE
TO DO AT HOME.
>> IF THIS IS A TRUE EMERGENCY,
THEN SHE NEEDS TO ISSUE AN ORDER
OR THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NEEDS
TO ISSUE AN ORDER OR OAKLAND
COUNTY NEEDS TO ISSUE AN ORDER
TO CLOSE IT DOWN.
>> WE ASKED THE K THROUGH 12
ALLIANCE WHICH REPRESENTS
SUPERINTENDENTS ACROSS THE STATE
IF THERE’S A MOVEMENT TOWARDS
THE PAUSE AND HE SAID NO.
HE SAYS THAT SUPERINTENDENTS ARE
NOT HEALTHS EXPERTS AND WHAT’S
MORE, REMIND THE GOVERNOR LAST
MONTH INCENTIVIZED IN-SCHOOL
LEARNING AND ATTACHED IT TO
FUNDING, AN ABRUPT AND TROUBLING
SHIFT.
>> BASICALLY THREATENING TO
WITHHOLD MONEY FROM YOU AND TWO
WEEKS LATER TOLD YOU SHOULD GO
BACK TO REMOTE LEARNING.
THESE SHIFTS AT THE 11TH HOUR
ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE
DIFFICULT FOR SCHOOL OFFICIALS
TO WORK WITH.
>> NOW, SUPERINTENDENT MATHEWS
ALSO TOLD ME THAT HE’S HIGHLY
SKEPTICAL THAT A TWO-WEEK PAUSE
IS REALLY GOING TO DO MUCH TO
THE NUMBERS.
IN THE END, HE SAYS, IT’S A LING
THAT WE’VE HEARD SO MUCH IN THE
LAST YEAR.
KIDS NEED TO BE IN SCHOOL.
BACK TO YOU, DEVIN.
NOW, ROD, THE GOVERNOR ALSO
WANTS SCHOOL SPORTS PAUSED.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT
REACTION TO THAT?
>> WELL, WE DID A DEEP DIVE INTO
THAT, DEVIN, AND THE GOVERNOR IS
GETTING A SIMILAR RESPONSE.
WE’LL HAVE FULL DETAILS ON LOCAL
4 NEWS AT 6:00.
>> Devin: TALK TO YOU THEN.
>> Sandra: NOW, LET’S GO AHEAD
AND TAKE A LOOK AT CORONAVIRUS
NUMBERS.
THE STATE REPORTING 7834 NEW
CASES IN THE PAST 24 HOURS.
THAT’S JUST SITELY UP FROM
YESTERDAY.
26 NEW DEATHS ARE BEING REPORTED
OVER THAT SAME TIME PERIOD.
THE POSITIVITY RATE IN MICHIGAN
IS SITTING AT 18% AND THAT MEANS
18% OF ALL TESTS ARE COMING BACK
POSITIVE AND THAT IS EXTREMELY
HIGH.
>> Devin: AND WITH SUCH HIGH
DAILY NEW CASELOADS, WE KNOW A
FEW WEEKS FROM TODAY.
MORE PEOPLE ARE IN THE HOSPITAL
AND LEADING TO CRITICAL
DECISIONS ABOUT CANCELING E
ELECTIVE PROCEDURES.
>> THAT’S NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT
TO HEAR.
DR. KHALDUN SAYS YOUNGER AND
YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE BEING
ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH
COVID-19.
>> WE’RE ON TRACK TO POTENTIALLY
SEE A SURGE IN CASES, THAT’S
EVEN GREATER THAN THE ONE WE SAW
IN THE FALL.
>> DR. JONEIGH KHALDUN SAYING
HOSPITALS ARE OVERWHELMED AS
CASE COUNTS SORE.
>> HOSPITALS ARE LOOKING AT
THEIR PLANS, INCLUDING CANCELING
ELECTIVE SURGERIES THAT ARE NOT
TIME SENSITIVE.
>> MORE THAN 1500 HOSPITAL BEDS
ARE TREATING COVID PARENTS AND
WITH VARIANTS, FOUR TIMES WHAT
IT WAS IN FEBRUARY.
MDHHS TRACKING NEARLY A THOUSAND
OUTBREAKS ACROSS THE STATE.
>> WE DON’T KNOW WHERE THE CASES
OR OUTBREAKS ARE AND WHAT WE DO
KNOW IS LIKELY AN UNDERCOUNT.
>> URGING MICHIGANDERS TO DO
THEIR PART AS HEALTH WORKERS
BRACE FOR CASE COUNTS FOLLOWING
SPRING BREAK.
>> AND WE HAVE CHILDREN
HOSPITALIZED AND SOMETIMES WE
SEE THE PARENTS WE SEE BROTHERS
AND SISTERS AND NOW WE’RE SEEING
OUR CHILDREN AND THAT’S REALLY
DEVASTATING FOR THOSE CARING FOR
PATIENCE.
>> AS I ROUNDED WITH OUR NURSES
AND PHYSICIANS THIS MORNING THE
TWO THINGS THEY SAID TODAY WAS
WEAR A MASK AND GET VACCINATED.
SO ON BEHALF OF THEM WHO HAVE
WORKED SO HARD THIS YEAR, PLEASE
TAKE THAT ADVICE.
>> AND HOSPITALS ARE PREPARING
TO ENACT THEIR SURGE POLICIES,
MAKING SURE THAT THEIR DOCTORS
AND NURSES HAVE ENOUGH PPE AS
THEY BRACE FOR POTENTIAL INFLUX
OF MORE PATIENTS AND AGAIN, THE
MESSAGE HERE, WEAR A MASK,
SOCIALLY DISTANCE AND OF COURSE,
BOOK YOUR VACCINE.
COMING UP AT 6:00, GOVERNOR
WHITMER TALKED ABOUT
RESTAURANTS.
WE’LL HAVE MORE ON THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS COMING UP.
>> Devin: IT SAYS A LOT THAT
WE’RE BACK AT THE PPE WORRY AS
WELL.
WITH THE VACCINE, THE NUMBER OF
DOSES DISTRIBUTED IN MICHIGAN UP
JUST SLIGHTLY, 5.6 MILLION.
THE NUMBER OF THOSE DOSES NOW
ADMINISTERED HAS CROSSED THE
FIVE MILLION MARK, 5.1 MILLION
SHOTS HAVE GONE INTO MICHIGAN
ARMS.
OUR COVERAGE OF THE GOVERNOR’S
NEW APPROACH TO STEMMING THIS
NEW SURGE CONTINUES OVER THE
NEXT 90 MINUTES.
NEWS.
>> Sandra: IT DOES.
AHEAD AT 5:30, WE’LL LOOK AT HOW
THE SPIKE IN MICHIGAN COULD BE A
CANARY IN THE COAL MINE SCENARIO
FOR OTHER STATES.
>> Devin: WE’LL LOOK AT THE
HEATED DEBATE KEEPING YOUTH
SPORTS UP AND RUNNING.
AND THE GOVERNOR’S REQUEST NOT
TO EAT LIVE AT RESTAURANTS AND
RELY ON CARRY OUT.
IT’S BEEN SUNNY, THE WIND HAS
PICKED UP, BUT BEN IS TRACKING
STORMS AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT.
>> Sandra: BEN, THIS ISN’T GOING
TO BE WIDESPREAD THOUGH, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, I THINK A LOT OF US,
SANDRA AND DEVIN, AREN’T GOING
TO GET MUCH OF THIS.
WE’VE WATCHED STORM TRACKER 4, A
COUPLE OF STORMS OUT OF THE
CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE AND
SOME ARE HOLDING TOGETHER AND
OTHERS ARE STARTING TO POP UP AND FADE, BUT WE’RE TRACKING
AND FADE, BUT WE’RE TRACKING
THIS ONE JUST OUT OF OWEOSSOWOSS
PUTTING THE GREEN SHADES WHERE
IT SEES THE WIND CHANGING
DIRECTION OR SPEED AND YOU CAN
SEE A THERE’S A LITTLE BIT OUT
THERE, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW ARE
WE’RE NOT SEEING OTHER SEVERE
PARAMETERS.
WE’RE UNDER MARGINAL RISK FOR
SEVERE WEATHER.
WE’LL WATCH THAT CAREFULLY.
TEMPERATURES STORPTARTING IN THE
60’S AND THEN THE 50’S AS WE
HEAD OVERNIGHT.
THE IMPACTS ARE COMING AS WE
HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.
SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY.
RAIN ALL THREE DAYS, NOT THE
ENTIRE DAY, BUT SOME DAYS PRETTY
CLOSE TO IT.
WE’LL CHECK OUT HOW MUCH WE’RE
EXPECTING IN A FEW MINUTES,
GUYS.
>> Sandra: THANK YOU, BEN.
AN UPDATE, STATE REPRESENTATIVE
JEWEL JONES TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA
AFTER HIS ARREST EARLIER THIS
WEEK.
>> Devin: WASTE TAKE--
HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER
A CRASH AND THEY WERE WAITING
FOR TEST RESULTS.
MARA McDONALD’S, WHAT DO WE KNOW
ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION?
>> THE LIVINGSTON COUNTY
PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE SAYS IT’S
MADE NO DETERMINATION YET THAT
THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING,
BUT THE STATE REP, WELL, HE WENT
ON SOCIAL MEDIA SOD TODAY.
LET ME SHOW YOU.
THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE PUT
THIS PICTURE UP TODAY.
TWO BLACK EYES.
IT’S UNCLEAR HOW HE RECEIVED
THEM AND JONES SAID HE’S SO FAR
NOT INTERESTED IN AN INTERVIEW
OVER WHAT TOOK PLACE ON I-96 AT
FOWLERVILLE ROAD AND PUT OTHER
PHOTOS UP ON INSTAGRAM AS WELL.
MSP SAYS IT RESPONDED TO A
CRASH.
LIVINGSTON COUNTY SHERIFF WAS
CALLED AND IT WAS UNDER CONTROL.
WHEN NEWS OF JONES’ ARREST HIT,
THE STATE GOT MULTIPLE E-MAIL
RECALLED SEEING A BLACK S.U.V.
WITH A LICENSE PLATE ELECTED ON
IT, DRIVING FAST AND ERRATICALLY
DOWN I-96, THAT’S THE STATE
REPRESENTATIVE’S LICENSE PLATE.
JONES WAS ARRESTED IN 2018 FOR
DRIVING WITH OPEN INTOXICANTS IN
THE VEHICLE AND WAS NOT DRUNK
AND RESPONSIBLE FOR A CRASH IN
I-96, 2017 NEAR FOWLERVILLE ROAD
HE SMASHED INTO A MSU STUDENT
DRIVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.
>> WE HAVE PUT IN A FREEDOM OF
INFORMATION ACT REQUEST FOR THE
DASH CAM VIDEO OF THE NIGHT ALL
OF THIS WENT DOWN AND THE
OFFICIAL RULING FROM MSP IS WE
DON’T GET TO SEE THE VIDEO UNTIL
A CHARGING DECISION AND/OR
ARRAIGNMENT HAS HAPPENED.
LIVE IN DETROIT TONIGHT, DEVIN,
SANDRA, BACK TO YOU.
>> Devin: ALL RIGHT, MARA. PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
ARE PAYING TRIBUTE TO PRINCE
PHILLIP WHO DIED AT 99 YEARS
OLD.
AND PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN
MARKLE PUT UP THIS ON THEIR
PAGE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SERVICE, YOU’LL BE SORELY
MISSED.
HE WAS THE LONGEST CONSORT TO
THE MONARCH.
>> TO HER MAJESTY AND HER FAMILY
THAT OUR NATION’S THOUGHTS MUST
TURN TODAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE
LOST NOT JUST A MUCH-LOVED AND
HIGHLY RESPECTED FIGURE, BUT A
DEVOTED HUSBAND AND A PROUD AND
LOVING FATHER, GRANDFATHER, AND
IN RECENT YEARS,
GREAT-GRANDFATHER.
>> Devin: PRINCE PHILLIP SPENT A
MONTH IN THE HOSPITAL THIS YEAR.
>> Sandra: HIS FUNERAL WILL BE
HELD AT ST. GEORGE’S CHAPEL AT
WINDSOR CASTLE.
THE PUBLIC IS ASKED TO STAY AWAY BECAUSE OF COVID.
BECAUSE OF COVID.
AND SAD NEWS, DMX, RAPPER, WAS
LIED.
>> Devin: REAL NAME EARL
SIMMONS.
HE WAS IN THE TOP OF THE CHARTS
IN THE ’90S AND 2000.
AND FIRST FIVE ALBUM
CONSECUTIVELY DEBUT AT NUMBER
WITHIN ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS
AND HE STARRED IN SEVERAL BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES.
ER LEGACY BE FORGOTTEN.
>> Sandra: STILL AHEAD AT 5:00.
HONORING SERGEANT ELAINE
WILLIAMS AS HER ACCUSED KILLER
IS FREED ON BOND.
>> Devin: HERE WE GO AGAIN,
ANOTHER MAJOR FREEWAY CLOSURE
THIS WEEKEND ON I-75.
IT’S IN A PRETTY BAD SPOT THIS
TIME AROUND.
WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE IN A
MINUTE.
GRANT.
>> AFTER A VIDEO OF A ROUGH
ARREST IN DEARBORN WENT VIRAL,
POLICE ARE RELEASING NEW ANGLES
OF THAT ARREST.