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NOW. >>> A SURGE OF NEW
CORONAVIRUS AS THE
11th PERSON CONTRACTS THE
VIRUS RIGHT HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT
AIRPORTS ARE DOING TO TRY TO
HELP STOP THE SPREAD.
>> PLUS, IT IS SHAPING UP TO
BE A CONSEQUENTIAL WEEK IN
AMERICAN POLITICS.
AMERICAN POLITICS. AS THE SENATE IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL WRAPS UP AND THE FIRST
VOTERS WILL BE HEARD IN THE
2020 ELECTION DURING THE
IOWA CAUCUSES.
IOWA CAUCUSES. WEIGH WE DO BEGIN HERE AT
NOON WITH THAT IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL THAT DOES TOP OUR SHOW
HERE.
HERE. I’M EVROD CASSIMY.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
TODAY IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS
ARE MAKING THEIR FINAL SALES
FOR IMPEACHMENT AS YOU JUST
HEARD.
HEARD. >> WHAT YOU DECIDE ON THESE
ARTICLES WILL HAVE LASTING
IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE
OF THE PRESIDENCY.
NOT ONLY FOR THIS PRESIDENT
BUT FOR ALL FUTURE
PRESIDENTS.
PRESIDENTS. WHETHER OR NOT THE OFFICE OF
THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA IS ABOVE
THE LAW --.
>> HIS CRIMES AGAINST THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE
NATION REMAIN IN PROGRESS.
>> NOW AFTER CLOSING
ARGUMENTS THE SENATE WILL
HOLD A FINAL VOTE ON WHETHER
TO ACQUIT OR CONVICT AND
REMOVE PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM
OFFICE.
OFFICE. THE FINAL VOTE WILL HAPPEN
AT 4:00 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY.
BUT IT’S EXPECTED TRUMP WILL
BE ACQUITTED BECAUSE A
CONVICTION REQUIRES 67 VOTES
IN THE 100 MEMBER SENATE.
THAT WOULD MEAN ALL
DEMOCRATS AND AT LEAST 20
REPUBLICAN SENATORS WOULD
NEED TO VOTE FOR A
CONVICTION.
CONVICTION. BUT LET’S TAKE A STEP BACK
HERE AND LOOK AT WHAT’S
HAPPENING IN THE SENATE
CHAMBER RIGHT NOW.
SUSAN McGUINESS TAKES US
THERE.
THERE. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT’S
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL NEARS ITS
END TODAY.
END TODAY. EACH SIDE PRESENTING CLOSING
ARGUMENTS REMARKS ECHOING
THOSE REPEATED THROUGHOUT
THE PROCESS.
THE PROCESS. HOUSE MANAGERS PROSECUTING
THE CASE MAKING A FINAL
EFFORT TO CONVINCE SENATORS
TO REMOVE THE PRESIDENT.
>> YOUR DUTY DEMANDS THAT
YOU CONVICT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> Reporter: ON FRIDAY,
DEMOCRATS PUSHED TO ALLOW
WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE
SOUNDLY DEFEATED BY
REPUBLICANS UNITED IN THEIR
QUEST TO PROTECT THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> THE PRESIDENT WILL BE
ACQUITTED IN A BIPARTISAN
MANNER.
MANNER. >> Reporter: A FEW G.O.P.
SENATORS CONCEDE DEMOCRATS
DID PROVE THEIR CASE BUT
ARGUING HIS ACTIONS DON’T
WARRANT REMOVAL BY CONGRESS.
>> I THINK IT WAS WRONG
INAPPROPRIATE, IMPROPER
INAPPROPRIATE, IMPROPER CROSSING THE LINCH.
THEN ONLY QUESTION LEFT IS
WHO DECIDES WHAT TO DO ABOUT
THAT?
THAT? >> WELL, WHO DECIDE?
>> THE PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS
CALLING IT A COVER UP AND A
TRAGEDY.
TRAGEDY. >> HE REMAINS UNAPOLOGETIC,
UNRESTRAINED AND INTENT ON
CONTINUING HIS SHAM TO
DEFRAUD OUR ELECTIONS.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT
ON FOX BEFORE A SUPER BOWL
AUDIENCE STILL DECLARING HIS
INNOCENCE.
INNOCENCE. >> President Trump: SUCH I
USE THE WORD WITCH-HUNT, I
USE THE WORD HOAX.
I SEE THE HATRED, THEY DON’T
CARE ABOUT FAIRNESS, THEY
DON’T CARE ABOUT LYING.
>> Reporter: FOLLOWING
TODAY’S CLOSING SENATORS
WILL MAKE SPEECHES WHICH
COULD LAST RIGHT UP UNTIL
VOTING TIME WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON WHEN THEY CAST
THEIR FINAL VOTE ON THE TWO
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT.
AND DESPITE REPUBLICAN
EFFORTS AT MAKING THIS A
QUICK TRIAL, IT WILL NOT END
IN TIME FOR THE STATE OF THE
UNION ADDRESS, THAT WILL BE
DELIVERED TOMORROW BY AN
IMPEACHED PRESIDENT STILL ON
TRIAL.
TRIAL. IN WASHINGTON, SUSAN
McGUINESS, NBC NEWS.
>>> ALL RIGHT, SUSAN, THANK
YOU.
YOU. OF COURSE YOU WILL WANT TO
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CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE
HISTORICKIBLE APPEAL.
HISTORICKIBLE APPEAL. TRIAL FOR YOU.
-- HISTORIC IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL FOR YOU.
>>> MONTHS OF CAMPAIGNING
COME TO A HEAD TONIGHT FOR
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES AS THE IOWA
CAUCUSES TAKE PLACE.
NOW THE CAUCUS DOES NOT WORK
LIKE A PRIMARY ELECTION.
CITIZENS GATHER AT
PRECINCTS TO SHOW SUPPORT
FOR A CANDIDATE IN THE FIRST
ROUND OF CHOOSING.
NOW IF A CANDIDATE DOES NOT
GET 15% SUPPORT, THAT
CANDIDATE’S BACKERS CAN
SWING TO ANOTHER CANDIDATE
FOR THE FINAL TALLY.
IOWA CAN SORT OF BE A
LAUNCHING PAD FOR A
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. >> WE’RE KIND OF LIKE A YARD
SIGN FOR THE REST OF THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. WHEN THEY SEE WHO CAN WIN
HERE, IT MAY INCREASE FOLKS
CHANCES OF VOTING FOR THAT
CANDIDATE ON SUPERTUESDAY.
>> DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS
IN IOWA ARE EXPECTING A
RECORD TURNOUT FOR TONIGHT’S
CAUCUSES.
CAUCUSES. >>> THE UNITED STATES SENATE
WILL PAUSE IN ITS
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP TO JOIN THE
HOUSE AND THE NATION TO HEAR
THE PRESIDENT’S STATE OF THE
UNION ADDRESS TOMORROW
NIGHT.
NIGHT. THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE
SPEAKING AT 9:00 P.M. ON
TUESDAY.
TUESDAY. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT
LIVE RIGHT HERE ON LOCAL 4.
THE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO
HIGHLIGHT HIS WORK ON THE
ECONOMY AND MAKE THE CASE
FOR HIS RE-ELECTION THIS
FALL.
FALL. >>> AFTER THE PRESIDENT’S
SPEECH MICHIGAN GOVERNOR
GRETCHEN WHITMER WILL BE
JOINING CONGRESSWOMAN
JOINING CONGRESSWOMAN ESCOBAR FROM TEXAS TO
DELIVER THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY’S RESPONSE.
PARTY’S RESPONSE. THE HIGH VISIBILITY
APPEARANCE FOR GOVERNOR
WHITMER HAS SERVES AS
SPECULATION SHE COULD BE A
VICE PRESIDENTIAL CHOICE FOR
THE PRESIDENT’S PARTY.
BUT THE GOVERNOR, HOWEVER
HAS SAID THAT SHE’S
UNINTERESTED.
UNINTERESTED. >>> LET’S TURN OUR ATTENTION
TO THE FORECAST NOW AFTER A
SUNROOF-OPEN KIND OF DAY
YESTERDAY, BRANDON.
YESTERDAY, BRANDON. METEOROLOGIST BRANDON ROUX
IS STANDING BY WITH A LOOK
AT WHERE THINGS SHAPE UP FOR
TODAY.
TODAY. 45 IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY.
>> I’M NOT MAD AT IT?
>> WE ARE ALREADY EXCEEDING
EXPECTATIONS, IF YOU WILL,
WITH NUMBERS IN THE MIDDLE
40s ON THEIR WAY UP ANOTHER
DEGREE OR TWO.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE
HIGH CLOUDS THAT HAVE BEEN
STICKING AROUND AND
THE WINDS HAVE BEEN COMING
OUT OF THE EAST.
SO IT IS CERTAINLY A LITTLE
COOLER THAN YESTERDAY BUT
WELL ABOVE AVERAGE OR
NORMAL.
NORMAL. 45 METRO, 45° ADRIAN, IT’S
44° IN ANN ARBOR WITHOUT
MUCH OF A BREEZE.
BUT AGAIN IT IS ENOUGH TO
KEEP THE BIG LAKES DRAWING
IN SOME SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR.
STAYING IN THOSE MIDDLE 40s
WITH TIMES OF HIGH
CLOUDINESS A LITS OF
FILTERED SUN AND MORE CLOUDS
STILL TO COME.
WE HAVE A WEATHER MAKER ON
THE WAY FOR TUESDAY.
WE’LL TRACK IT COMING UP.
>> ALL RIGHTY, BRANDON,
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >>> EARLY MORNING HOUSE FIRE
CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE
TO A HISTORIC HOME IN
PONTIAC.
PONTIAC. THIS MANSION HERE ON OTTAWA
DRIVE RIGHT NEAR M-59 IN
ORCHARD LAKE WAS REPORTEDLY
THE ORIGINAL HOME OF A
PONTIAC NEWSPAPER PUBLISHING
FAMILY.
FAMILY. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS HURT
IN THE FIRE.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE ON
WHAT HAPPENED THERE AND THE
HOME’S HISTORY IN PONTIAC ON
LATER EDITIONS OF LOCAL 4
RIGHT HERE TODAY.
>>> STARTING TODAY,
DETROIT’S METRO AIRPORT IS
NOW ONE OF 11 AIRPORTS THAT
WILL PLAY A KEY ROLE IN
TRYING TO STOP THE SPREAD OF
THE CORONAVIRUS.
THE CORONAVIRUS. UNDER THE NEW RULES FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY, U.S. CITIZENS WHO
TRAVEL TO CHINA WITHIN LAST
TWO WEEKS WILL BE
REROUTED TO ONE OF 11
AIRPORTS WHERE THEY’RE GOING
TO HAVE TO UNDERGO ENHANCED
HEALTH SCREENINGS.
HEALTH SCREENINGS. DETROIT METRO AIRPORT IS ONE
OF THOSE AIRPORTS.
IN THE MEANTIME, HEALTH
OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED THE
11th CASE OF THE CORONAVIRUS
IN THE U.S. AND THERE ARE
NOW CONFIRMED CASES IN
MASSACHUSETTS, ILLINOIS,
MASSACHUSETTS, ILLINOIS, CALIFORNIA, WASHINGTON, AND
ARIZONA.
ARIZONA. THE OUTBREAK AS YOU KNOW HAS
KILLED MORE THAN 360 PEOPLE
IN CHINA AND INFECTED MORE
THAN 17,000 PEOPLE WORLDWIDE.
JANICE MAKI FRYER HAS THIS
REPORT FROM BEIJING REPORTS
THOSE BOOSTED TRAVEL
RESTRICTIONS BAN ANY
FOREIGNERS IF THEY HAVE BEEN
TO CHINA.
TO CHINA. AS WELL AS, U.S. CITIZENS
WHO HAVE VISITED WUHAN OR
EVEN THE PROVINCE WILL NOW
FACE A 14 DAY QUARANTINE
PERIOD UPON RETURNING HOME.
CHINA TODAY CALLED THE
MEASURES MEAN.
MEASURES MEAN. POINTING OUT THAT THE U.S.
WAS THE FIRST TO PULL ITS
STAFF FROM THE CONSULATE IN
WUHAN WAS THE FIRST TO ROLL
OUT STRONGER MEASURES THAT
MADE OTHER COUNTRIES FOLLOW
SUIT.
SUIT. PERHAPS IT’S NO COINCIDENCE
THAT THE PLANES THAT WERE
SUPPOSED TO EVACUATE
HUNDREDS OF AMERICANS FROM
WUHAN BACK TO THE UNITED
STATES HAVE BEEN DELAYED.
PEOPLE WERE NOTIFIED TO SHOW
UP TO THE AIRPLANE ARE NOW
BEING TOLD TO WAIT FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION.
FURTHER INFORMATION. >> WE HAVE HANDFUL MORE
FLIGHTS THAT WILL BE HEADING
TO CHINA TO BRING AMERICANS
BACK HOME.
BACK HOME. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE THE
NUMBERS HERE CONTINUE TO
EDGE HIGHER.
EDGE HIGHER. MORE THAN 17,000 CONFIRMED
CASES, AND THE FIRST OF AT % -
HOSPITALS OPENING. % -
HOSPITALS OPENING. THIS ONE IN WUHAN BUILTPLITERALL
IT WILL NOW BE STAFFED BY
DOCTORS AND NURSES FROM THE
MILITARY AS THE NUMBERS RISE
AND EVERYTHING IS IN SHORT
SUPPLY.
SUPPLY. JANICE MAKI FRYER, NBC NEWS,
BEIJING.
BEIJING. >>> YOU WANT TO STICK WITH
US HERE AT LOCAL 4 AND
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
CLICKONDETROIT.COM. AS WE CONTINUE TO TRACK THIS
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS.
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS. >>> STILL TO HERE ON LOCAL 4
NEWS AT NOON, A GUNMAN OPENS
FIRE ON A GREYHOUND BUS
SHOOTING SIX PEOPLE.
ARE INVESTIGATORS ANY CLOSER
TO DETERMINING A MOTIVE?
WE’LL HAVE MORE ON THAT.
NICK?
NICK? >>> A WHOLE LOT OF QUESTIONS
SURROUNDING THAT TOXIC GREEN
OOZE COMING FROM THE MADISON
HEIGHTS BUILDING.
HEIGHTS BUILDING. TODAY WE’LL TELL YOU EXACTLY
HOW YOU CAN ASK SOME OF YOUR
QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO THOSE