>> Announcer: LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT, HOME OF
WDIV AND CLICKONDETROIT.COM,
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS
NOW.
NOW. >>> UTICA SCHOOLS EXTEND
HOLIDAY BREAK.
HOLIDAY BREAK. BUT FIRST, IT’S A WIND
CHILLY WEDNESDAY AS YOU CALL
IT WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE
SINGLE DIGITS.
SINGLE DIGITS. METEOROLOGIST BRANDON ROUX
IS HERE WITH A LOOK AT IF A
WARMUP IS ANOTHER WAY ANY
TIME SOON.
TIME SOON. >>> A TARGETED ATTACK.
>> THERE WERE MANY OTHER
TARGETS AVAILABLE TO THEM
THAT THEY BYPASSED.
>> TO ATTACK THAT PLACE.
>> IT SO WAS CLEARLY THAT
WAS THEIR TARGET AND THINK
TELEPHONEDDED TO HARM PEOPLE
INSIDE.
INSIDE. >> Reporter: BREAKING
DEVELOPMENTS THIS AFTERNOON
IN A TERRIFYING SHOOT-OUT
THAT LEFT SIX PEOPLE DEAD IN
A NEW JERSEY YOU
NEIGHBORHOOD.
NEIGHBORHOOD. >> THAT STORY DOES TOP OUR
NEWS AT NOON, THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US I’M EVROD
CASSIMY.
CASSIMY. POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE
TWO SUSPECTS IN THAT NEW
JERSEY SHOOT-OUT AS DAVID
ANDERSON AND FRANCINE
GRAHAM.
GRAHAM. AS YOU HEARD, SIX PEOPLE
WERE KILLED IN THE GUNFIGHT.
THAT DOES INCLUDE ONE POLICE
OFFICER.
OFFICER. BUT NOW INVESTIGATORS ARE
SAYING THE JEWISH DELI WHERE
THAT ATTACK ALL STARTED WAS
TARGETED BY THOSE SUSPECTS.
GABE GUTIERREZ HAS A LOOK AT
THE DEVELOPMENTS FROM NEW
JERSEY.
JERSEY. >> Reporter: A POLICE
OFFICER, THREE BY STANDERS
AND TWO SUSPECTS ARE DEAD
AFTER A TERRIFYING SHOOT-OUT
IN JERSEY CITY.
>> WE DO FEEL COMFORTABLE
THAT IT WAS A TARGETED
ATTACK.
ATTACK. >> Reporter: THEY EXITED THE
VAN AND THEY PROCEEDED TO
ATTACK THIS LOCATION AND
THEY IN A TARGETED MANNER.
>> Reporter: ALMOST
IMMEDIATELY THERE WAS A
HEAVY POLICE RESPONSE THE
NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH INCLUDES
SEVERAL SCHOOLS, AND PLACES
OF WORSHIP COMPLETELY LOCKED
DOWN.
DOWN. THE F.A.A. SHUTTING DOWN
AIRSPACE OVER THE AREA AS
OFFICERS TOOK COVER,
ASSEMBLED PORTABLE SHIELDS
AND BROUGHT IN ARMORED
PERSONNEL CARRIERS.
PERSONNEL CARRIERS. THIS CHILLING BARRAGE OF
BULLETS CAPTURED BAY CREW
FROM OUR STATION WNBC.
>> A NUMBER OF GUNSHOTS
WE’RE GOING TO BACK UP
AGAIN.
AGAIN. FIRE IS GETTING LOUDER AND
FASTER RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: THE SUSPECTS
HAD AT LEAST ONE LONG GUN
DESCRIBED AS AN AR-TYPE
WEAPON AT LEAST 100 ROUNDS
WERE FIRED IN THE SHOOT-OUT.
RESIDENTS SAY IT SOUNDED
LIKE A WAR ZONE.
>> I NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE IT BEFORE.
>> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS
SAY BOTH SUSPECTS WERE
KILLED IN THE GUN BATTLE.
THREE PEOPLE WERE FOUND DEAD
INSIDE THE STORE.
POLICE SAY THEY WERE NOT
KILLED BY OFFICER FIRE.
FALLEN DETECTIVE 39-YEAR-OLD
JOE SEALS WAS A 15 YEAR
VETERAN OF THE FORCE.
>> HE WAS ALSO A HUSBAND,
AND A FATHER OF FIVE
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. SO IT’S A TOUGH DAY FOR
JERSEY CITY.
JERSEY CITY. >> Reporter: DETECTIVE SEALS
JOINED THE JERSEY CITY
POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 2006.
HE WAS PART OF THE
DEPARTMENT’S CEASE-FIRE UNIT
WHICH MEANT HE WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING GUNS
OFF THE STREET TWO.
OTHER OFFICERS WERE WOUNDED.
THEY HAVE BOTH BEEN RELEASED
FROM THE HOSPITAL.
GABE GUTIERREZ, NBC NEWS,
JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.
>> GABE THANK YOU FOR THE
UPDATE THERE.
UPDATE THERE. LET’S TURN OUR ATTENTION TO
THE FORECAST NOW AT NOON.
METEOROLOGIST BRANDON ROUX
WATCHING A TEMPERATURE DIP
AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK
OUTSIDE TO OUR SKYCAM.
OUR WINDSOR SKYCAM, BRANDON.
>> IN THAT PICTURE YOU CAN
EVEN TELL THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE STORY THE WIND CHOP ON
THE DETROIT RIVER.
TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING BIG
TIME NOW WE HAVE CLOUD COVER
A FEW FLURRIES OUT THERE,
LOW 20s AS GOOD AS IT GETS
AND I DON’T WANT TO WASTE
YOUR TIME BUT WE CAN PRETTY
MUCH IGNORE THE WINDS
TEMPERATURES.
TEMPERATURES. WINDS OUT OF THE WEST ARE 15
TO 20, 25 MILES PER HOUR
OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 30.
AND ALL THOUGH THAT IS NOT A
DANGEROUS WIND AS FAR AS
DAMAGE, YOU IT IS A
DANGEROUS WIND CHILL WHERE
YOU CAN GET FROSTBITE 30 TO
60 MINUTES OUTSIDE SINGLE
DIGIT WIND CHILLS FOR JUST
ABOUT EVERYBODY EXTREME EAST
SIDE BARELY DOUBLE DIGITS
BUT TEMPS IN THE MIDDLE 20s.
GOOD NEWS FOR THE RESTS OF
YOUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
WE WILL GET MORE IF MORE SUN
ESPECIALLY AFTER 1:00 OR
2:00 WITH YOU FEW FLURRIES
OUT THERE NOW.
AGAIN WE’RE LOOKING AT SOME
BRIGHTER SKIES, GOOD FOR THE
SOUL AND THE SPIRIT.
BECAUSE EVROD, IT GETS EVEN
COLDER TONIGHT.
COLDER TONIGHT. >> WE’RE CERTAINLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO THAT, BRANDON,
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >>> SO THERE ARE SOME
FRUSTRATED FAMILIES IN THE
UTICA COMMUNITY SCHOOL
DISTRICT THAT AFTERNOON
AFTER A BIG CHANGE TO
HOLIDAY BREAK CALENDAR.
THE DISTRICT DECIDED TO MAKE
THAT BREAK A LITTLE LONGER.
LOCAL 4’S LARRY SPRUILL
JOINING US LIVE NOW WITH
MORE ON WHAT THE DISTRICT IS
SAYING AND LARRY HOW PARENTS
ARE REACTING.
ARE REACTING. >> Reporter: YEAH, EVROD.
WELL, THIS DECISION TO
EXTEND THE CHRISTMAS BREAK
HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING
THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS AFTERNOON. NOW THERE ARE PARENTS FOR
THE DECISION AND PARENTS
AGAINST IT.
AGAINST IT. THIS MOST RENA.
POST FOR THE UTICA COMMUNITY
SCHOOLS HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE
TALKING WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT STAKED IN
PART STUDENTS WILL BE OFF
FOR WINTER BREAK BEGINNING
MONDAY DECEMBER 23rd AND
RETURNING TO SCHOOL ON
MONDAY JANUARY 6th, 2020.
THE POST CONTINUES WITH THIS
PROVIDES AN ADDITIONAL TWO
RECESS DAYS THURSDAY JANUARY
2nd, AND FRIDAY, JANUARY
3rd.
3rd. THE NEWS COMES AT A SHOCK
WITH SOME PARENTS THROUGHOUT
THE DISTRICT.
THE DISTRICT. SEVERAL LOCAL 4 VIEWERS
REACHED OUT SHARING THEIR
OPINION BOTH FOR AND AGAINST
THE DECISION.
THE DECISION. THIS Facebook POST SAYS IN
PART SO YOU CHANGE THE
CALENDAR WEEKS BEFORE
CHRISTMAS BREAK WHAT ABOUT
THE PARENTS THAT WORK AND
THOUGHT THEIR KIDS WOULD BE
IN SCHOOL ON JANUARY 2nd AND
3rd.
3rd. NOW THEY HAVE TOO SCRAMBLE
TO FIND CHILD CARE FOR THEM.
MEANWHILE, ANOTHER VIEWER
SUPPORTS THE DECISION.
IT SAYS, GOOD.
KIDS NEED TIME OFF JUST AS
MUCH AS THEY NEED SCHOOL.
FAMILY TIME IS IMPORTANT
THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO RUSH
BACK AS SOON AS THE ACTUAL
HOLIDAY IS OVER.
>> I DID REACH OUT TO THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT THEY EXPLAIN
TO ME THEIR DECISION IN A
STATEMENT.
STATEMENT. WE ARE WORKING ON THAT PART
OF THE STORY ALL NEW
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. WE’RE LIVE IN UTICA, LARRY
SPRUILL, LOCAL 4.
>> Announcer: NEW AT NOON,
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, LARRY
FOR THAT UPDATE THERE.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HARVEY
WEINSTEIN NOW.
WEINSTEIN NOW. BECAUSE A JUDGE ISSUED A
VERY STEARN WARNING.
THE JUDGE INCREASED
WEINSTEIN’S BAIL TO $5
MILLION AFTER ALLEGATIONS
THAT HE MESSED WITH HIS
ANKLE MONITOR SO IT WOULDN’T
WORK.
WORK. NOW THE JUDGE WARNED BAIL
COULD BE REVOKED WITH
WEINSTEIN SENT TO JAIL IF
THERE’S ANY MORE PROBLEMS.
THE TRIAL STARTS NEXT MONTH.
>>> NOW TO A LOCAL 4 NEWS
UPDATE ON A SOUTHFIELD
SCHOOLTEACHER WHO IS NOW
FACING ASSAULT AND BATTERY
CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY
ATTACKING A STUDENT WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS.
SPECIAL NEEDS. HER NAME IS SONYA BASIN.
SHE’S ACCUSED OF KICKING A
STUDENT AT LEAFY MIDDLE
SCHOOL IN SOUTHFIELD.
THE 60-YEAR-OLD ROYAL OAK
WOMAN DENIES THOSE
ALLEGATIONS.
ALLEGATIONS. SHE’S SCHEDULED IN COURT FOR
A PRETRIAL HEARING SOMETIME
NEXT WEEK.
NEXT WEEK. >>> THE HOUSE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE WILL BEGIN
DEBATING THE ARTICLES OF
IMPEACHMENT AGAINST
IMPEACHMENT AGAINST PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
TODAY.
TODAY. HE’S ACCUSED OF ABUSE OF
POWER AND BE OBSTRUCTION OF
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT’S
EXPECTED IN THE COMING DAYS.
>> Reporter: THE HOUSE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WILL
BEGIN FORMAL DISCUSSIONS ON
THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. JUST ONE DAY AFTER MAKING
THE HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT.
>> THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON
THE JUDICIARY’S IS
INTRODUCING TWO ARTICLES OF
IMPEACHMENT CHARGING THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, DONALD J. TRUMP WITH
COMMITTING HIGH CRIMES AND
MISDEMEANORS.
MISDEMEANORS. >> Reporter: IN THEIR FIRST
ARM, HOUSE DEMOCRATS CHARGE
PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH ABUSE
OF POWER.
OF POWER. SAYING THAT HE SOLICITED THE
INTERFERENCE OF A FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT, UKRAINE, TO
PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE
PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE INVESTIGATIONS THAT WOULD
BENEFIT HIS RE-ELECTION.
>> IT IS AN IMPEACHABLE
OFFENSE.
OFFENSE. >> Reporter: THE SECOND
ARTICLE, OBSTRUCTION OF
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. THEY ALLEGE THE PRESIDENT
DIRECTED THE UNPRECEDENCED
CATEGORICAL DEFIANCE OF
SUBPOENAS OF TOP WHITE HOUSE
OFFICIALS.
OFFICIALS. >> I WISH THE PRESIDENT’S
ACTIONS DID NOT MAKE IT NARN.
WE DID NOT HAD HOLD HIM
ACCOUNTABLE HE WOULD
CONTINUE TO UNDERMINE OUR
ELECTION.
ELECTION. >> Reporter: THE COMMITTEE
WILL OFFICIALLY START
CONSIDERING AMENDMENTS TO
THE ARTICLES TOMORROW
MORNING SETTING THE STAGE
FOR A BE POSSIBLE FLOOR VOTE
BY THE FULL HOUSE NEXT WEEK.
PRESIDENT TRUMP LASHED OUT
AGAINST DEMOCRATS
AGAINST DEMOCRATS DOWNPLAYING THE HISTORIC
NATURE OF IMPEACHMENT.
>> President Trump: ALL OF
THESE HORRIBLE THINGS
REMEMBER BRIBERY AND THIS
AND THAT, WHERE ARE THEY?
THEY SAID THESE TWO THINGS
THEY’RE NOT EVEN A CRIME.
THIS IS THE LIGHTEST,
WEAKEST, IMPEACHMENT.
WEAKEST, IMPEACHMENT. >> Reporter: BUT DEMOCRATS
INSIST THEY’RE ACTING ON
THEIR OWN.
THEIR OWN. >> THE ARGUMENT WHY DON’T
YOU JUST WAIT AMOUNTS TO
THIS, WHY DON’T YOU JUST LET
HIM CHEAT IN ONE MORE
ELECTION.
ELECTION. WHY NOT LET HIM CHEAT JUST
ONE MORE TIME.
>> Reporter: IN THE MEANTIME,
A DIVIDE WIDENING BETWEEN
MAJORITY LEADER MITCH
McCONNELL AND TRUMP OVER THE
LIKELY SENATE TRIAL.
McCONNELL HOPES TO KEEP
IMPEACHMENT SHORT AND
SIMPLE.
SIMPLE. BUT THE PRESIDENT WANTS A
POLITICAL SPECTACLE IN AN
EFFORT TO HURT DEMOCRATS
CHANCES AT THE BALLOT BOX IN
NOVEMBER.
NOVEMBER. PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS TO
CALL HUNTER BIDEN HOUSE
INTELLIGENCE CHAIRMAN ADAM
SCHIFF AND THE
WHISTLE-BLOWER.
WHISTLE-BLOWER. THE PRESIDENT ALSO LIED ONCE
AGAIN INSISTING HIS CAMPAIGN
WAS SPIED ON BY THE F.B.I.
WHICH WAS DEBUNKED BY THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT’S IG
REPORT EARLIER THIS WEEK.
TONIGHT AT 7:00 THE HOUSE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WILL
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
OPENING STATEMENTS.
OPENING STATEMENTS. EACH MEMBER WILL GET FIVE
MINUTES AND THEN TOMORROW
MORNING THE COMMITTEE WILL
START CONSIDERING
START CONSIDERING AMENDMENTS.
AMENDMENTS. >>> STILL TO COME HERE ON
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON,
CLIMATE ACTIVIST GRETA IS
HONORED FOR HER WORK IN
STRESSING THAT CLIMATE IS
KEY.
KEY. >> WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO
TRANSLATE THESE NUMBERS INTO,
INTO GRASPING THE SENSE OF
URGENCY.
URGENCY. YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
TODAY BECAUSE AS A
DEMOCRATIC CITIZEN THAT IS
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. >> HOW A POPULAR MAGAZINE IS
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