FOR AT FOUR AIRPORTS NATIONWIDE ARE RECOVERING THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER A MESSY MORNING WE ARE
LIVE AT METRO AIRPORT WITH WHAT
WE’VE LEARNED ABOUT WHY FLIGHTS
WERE GROUNDED KIM AFTERNOON HERE
IN METRO DETROIT, A BREAK OR TWO
OF THE SUN, BUT OTHERWISE MOSTLY
CLOUDY 45 IN DETROIT, COOL DOWN
FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. WE’LL
TALK ABOUT IT COMING UP. MORE
GOOD NEWS FOR THE BUFFALO BILLS.
DAMAR HAMLIN 10 DAYS AFTER HE
COLLAPSED ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD
, PAULA IS HANGING WITH SOME
FORMER NFL PLAYERS. WHAT’S IT
LIKE TO HAVE AN NFL PLAYER IN
YOUR CLASS? AND IN YOUR GRILL
EVERY SINGLE MONTH, AND IT’S NOT
ABOUT FOOTBALL, BUT IT’S A
TOUCHDOWN. LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN
DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS FIRST AT
FOUR STARTS NOW. GOOD AFTERNOON
. I’M KAREN DREW FIRST AT FOUR.
THINGS ARE BACK TO NORMAL AND
DETROIT’S METRO AIRPORT AFTER
THE FAA GROUNDED AIR TRAFFIC
NATIONWIDE THIS MORNING. THE
IMPROVEMENT FOLLOWS A
FRUSTRATING FEW HOURS FOR
THOUSANDS OF TRAVELERS. TROUBLE
WITH THE COMPUTER SYSTEM,
CANCELED 1000 FLIGHTS AND
DELAYED 6000 ALL BY 11 A.M. WE
HAVE TEAM COVERAGE. CONSUMER
INVESTIGATOR HANK WINCHESTER
LIVE AT METRO, BUT WE ARE GOING
TO START WITH KIMBERLY GILL WITH
EXACTLY WHAT WENT WRONG HERE.
KIM KAREN. GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU
LOOKS LIKE THE PROBLEM COMES
DOWN TO A COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT
THE FAA USERS IT’S CALLED THE
NOTICE TO AIR MISSIONS SYSTEM OR
NO TAM PILOTS USE IT TO CHECK
ANY CONDITIONS THAT COULD IMPACT
THEIR FLIGHTS FROM RUNWAY
CONSTRUCTION. THE BAD WEATHER.
SO THIS MORNING THE SYSTEM BROKE
DOWN, WHICH MEANT PILOTS
COULDN’T BE SURE OF THE
CONDITIONS THEY WERE FACING. THE
IMPACT WAS IMMEDIATE FLIGHT
CANCELATIONS, FLIGHT DELAYS AND
TRAVELERS STRANDED AT AIRPORTS
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THEN, OF
COURSE, CAME THE RIPPLE EFFECTS
ON AIRLINE SCHEDULES BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, DELAYS ON ONE FLIGHT
CAN AFFECT ANOTHER AND ANOTHER,
AND SO ON. THE TRAVELERS WERE
UNDERSTANDABLY CONCERNED ABOUT
THEIR PLANS AND STUNNED TO HEAR
ABOUT THE ISSUE. SOME FOUND OUT
ON THE WAY TO THE AIRPORT. AS
I’M DRIVING, AND SHE’S CHECKING
TWITTER AND JUST SAID HEY, GUESS
WHAT. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A
EARLY APRIL FOOLS JOKE, BUT SHE
SAID, NO, IT’S A TEMPORARILY
RATHER THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, I’M
JUST PRAYING THAT MY FLIGHT IS
STILL GOOD TO GO BECAUSE WE’VE
BEEN PLANNING THIS TRIP FOR TWO
MONTHS. THREE MONTHS, SO AND WE
HAVE AIRBNB S BOOK RENTAL CARS
BOOK, YOU KNOW, CONSUMER
INVESTIGATOR HANK WINCHESTER HAS
BEEN MONITORING THE SITUATION IN
METRO AIRPORT. AND TALKING TO
TRAVELERS THERE AND IT SOUNDS
LIKE THINGS ARE MUCH MUCH BETTER
NOW. YEAH KIMBERLY, IN FACT,
TAKE A LOOK RIGHT NOW AT THE
BOARD. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE,
THERE ARE NO DELAYS, NO
CANCELATIONS, AND THIS IS REALLY
BEEN THE CASE HERE AT LEAST AT
METRO SINCE ABOUT 10 30 THIS
MORNING, BUT YOU TALK ABOUT
THOSE RIPPLE EFFECTS. I MEAN,
THERE WERE PEOPLE GETTING HERE
AT THE AIRPORT FOR FLIGHTS AT 89
O’CLOCK. 10 ARE REALIZING THAT
THERE WERE DELAYS AND SOME
CANCELATIONS MAINLY FLIGHTS
GOING INTO NEW YORK THIS MORNING
THAT WERE CANCELED. 6500 FLIGHTS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY EXPERIENCING
THE DELAYS AND THAT IT DID
IMPACT FLIGHTS HERE OUT OF
METRO, MAINLY UNITED WHICH WIN
THIS ALL UNFOLDED EARLY THIS
MORNING THIS MORNING. RATHER
UNITED WAS THE FIRST MAJOR
AIRLINE TO ISSUE A COMPLETE
GROUND. STOP SAYING WE’RE NOT
TAKING OFF UNTIL THIS ISSUE
FULLY RESOLVED. THE WORK IS
BEING DONE RIGHT NOW TO FIGURE
OUT EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED ALL OF
THIS. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT
NEWS RIGHT NOW IS THAT GLITCH
FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING BACK
ONLINE THINGS RUNNING SMOOTHLY.
IF YOU HAVE A FLIGHT THIS
EVENING, THERE SHOULD NOT BE A
DELAY OR CANCELATION BUT ALWAYS
TAKE THE TIME TO CHECK IN WITH
THE AIRLINE. LOOK AT THE APP.
SEE WHAT’S GOING ON WITH YOUR
FLIGHT BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR WAY
HERE TO METRO. THAT’S THE LATEST
HERE FROM DETROIT. METRO BACK TO
YOU. GOOD THINGS ARE LOOKING
BETTER. HANK BEFORE YOU GO,
THOUGH WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THE
COMPUTER SYSTEM CRASHED. DO WE
HAVE ANY INFORMATION? ON WHY IT
HAPPENED. YEAH I MEAN, THAT’S
THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION
RIGHT NOW. RIGHT SECRETARY
BUDDHA JUDGE WITH THE
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT,
SAYING A SHORT TIME AGO. HE DOES
NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A CYBER
ATTACK OR CYBER TERRORISM LINKED
TO THIS ISSUE IN ANY WAY, BUT
THEY’RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED IT.
OBVIOUSLY THE MAIN CONCERN THEY
DON’T WANT IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
YOU’RE GOING TO HEAR MUCH MORE
FROM THE SECRETARY OF
TRANSPORTATION NEW TONIGHT. WHEN
WE JOIN YOU LIVE HERE AT FIVE
O’CLOCK BACK TO YOU AND HANK. WE
WILL TALK TO YOU AGAIN AT FIVE.
APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH, KAREN. I
KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE
WAITING TO GET SOME ANSWERS ON
EXACTLY WHAT WENT WRONG. BUT NOW
THEY WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
ALRIGHT? WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK
YOU. KIM AND HANK FOOTBALL
PLAYER TOMORROW. HAMLIN IS NOW
RECOVERING AT HOME AFTER BEING
RELEASED FROM A BUFFALO HOSPITAL
TODAY. THE BUFFALO BILLS
RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING
HAMLIN COMPLETED A SERIES OF
TESTS SHOWING HE COULD BE SAFELY
DISCHARGED JUST 10 DAYS AGO.
HELEN SUFFERED CARDIAC ARREST
DURING A MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
GAME AGAINST THE BANGLES. THE
BILLS ARE PRACTICING FOR THE
PLAYOFFS AND SAY IT IS UP TO
HAMLIN ON WHETHER OR NOT HE IS
GOING TO BE READY TO PLAY AGAIN.
MICHIGAN STATE LEGISLATURE IS
OPEN FOR BUSINESS. WE ARE SEEING
A WAVE OF CHANGE IN LANSING,
LAWMAKERS OF THE 102ND
LEGISLATURE WERE SWORN IN THIS
MORNING. IT IS THE FIRST TIME IN
40 YEARS THE STATE HOUSE AND
SENATE ARE BOTH CONTROLLED BY
DEMOCRATS ARE ALSO SHIFTS IN
DEMOGRAPHICS WITH MORE YOUNGER
LEGISLATORS, MORE WOMEN AND MORE
MEMBERS FROM THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY. SO WHAT IS ON THE
AGENDA IN 2023? WE’VE HEARD
THESE THREE ITEMS ARE PRIORITIES
. THERE COULD BE MOVEMENT TO
REPEAL THE TAX ON MICHIGAN’S
PENSIONERS, A REPEAL OF THE
RIGHT TO WORK LAW THAT’S BEEN ON
THE BOOKS SINCE 2012 POSSIBLY
MOVING AT MICHIGAN’S
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. WE JUST
SAW AN ATTORNEY IN COURT ACCUSED
OF EMBEZZLING FROM THE LATE
GRETCHEN VALADE, ALSO KNOWN AS
THE ANGEL OF JAZZ. HERE IN
DETROIT, P. SUTHERLAND PLEADED
NOT GUILTY TO A HANDFUL OF
CHARGES INCLUDING RACKETEERING
AND EMBEZZLEMENT. PROSECUTORS
ASKED THE JUDGE TO APPOINT AN
ATTORNEY TO OVERSEE SUTHERLAND’S
WORK WITH OTHER ELDERLY OR
VULNERABLE CLIENTS. THE JUDGE
REFUSED, BUT DID SET A $250,000
CASH BOND. THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL’S OFFICE ACCUSED OF
SUTHERLAND OF STEALING FROM THE
VALADE FAMILY AS SHE GREW OLDER
AND FRAILER CARHARTT CLOTHING
HEIRESS WAS KNOWN FOR HER
PHILANTHROPY, ESPECIALLY HER
WORK TO SAVE THE DETROIT JAZZ
FESTIVAL. DISTURBING CRIMINAL
SEXUAL CONDUCT CASE AGAINST THE
LOCAL DOCTOR CONTINUES TO GROW
THIS AFTERNOON WITH NEW CHARGES
AGAINST DR ZVI LEBRON. HE STOOD
SILENTLY TODAY IN COURT AS HIS
ATTORNEY WAVED A FORMAL READING
OF NEW CHARGES TODAY. LEBRON WAS
ARRAIGNED ON THREE NEW COUNTS,
WHICH MEANS HE NOW FACES 25
CHARGES. PROSECUTORS SAY THEY
EXPECT TO FILE MORE. THE DOCTOR
IS ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING MANY
PATIENTS HE MET THROUGH YOUTH
HOCKEY LEAGUES. LAURENT HAS
PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO ALL THE
CHARGES AGAINST HIM AND REMAINS
IN CUSTODY PENDING TRIAL. LET’S
TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO CHECK.
YOUR FIRST FORECAST HAS BEEN
ANOTHER GRAY, DREARY DAY OUTSIDE
, LET’S HEAD OVER TO KIM ADAMS
TO SEE IF WE’VE GOT ANY RELEASE
. WELL, WE’RE SEEING JUST A
LITTLE BIT OF FILTERED SUNSHINE
AS WE LOOK AT THIS LIVE LOOK
FROM OUR WINDSOR SKY CAM IF YOU
LOOK VERY, VERY HIGH UP AT THE
TOP OF THE BANNER THERE, YOU CAN
SEE A LITTLE BLUE SKY PEEKING
THROUGH FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT
NOT ENOUGH. IT’S JUST OVERALL A
CLOUDY DAY FOR US, BUT MILD 45
IN DETROIT 43 HOW 39 IN PONTIAC
44 IN ADRIAN. PRETTY MUCH UPPER
THIRTIES TOO. THE LOW FORTIES
ACROSS THE BOARD, WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF METRO NOW CHECKING
IN AT 45. THAT’S FIVE DEGREES
WARMER THAN WE WERE THE SAME
TIME. YESTERDAY YOU LOOKED DOWN
TO OUR SOUTH AND WEST AND YOU
CAN SEE ADRIAN IS NINE DEGREES
WARMER, AND IT’S 11 DEGREES
WARMER IN JACKSON, SO
TEMPERATURES HAVE CERTAINLY GONE
UP TODAY. NOW THEY’RE GOING TO
GO UP AND RIGHT BACK DOWN AGAIN.
UMBRELLAS NEEDED FOR YOUR
THURSDAY A FEW FLAKES THURSDAY
NIGHT AND FRIDAY AND IN THE
WEEKEND LOOKS COOL BUT DRY. I’LL
HAVE YOUR FORECAST COMING UP IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES. ALRIGHT.
THANK YOU, KIM. FIRST LADY JILL
BIDEN IS UNDERGOING SOME MINOR
SURGERY TODAY TO REMOVE A
POSSIBLY CANCEROUS LESION ABOVE
HER RIGHT EYE. PRESIDENT BIDEN
ACCOMPANIED HIS WIFE TO WALTER
REED NATIONAL MILITARY MEDICAL
CENTER. THIS MORNING. DOCTORS
ANNOUNCED THE SURGICAL PLAN LAST
WEEK AND SAY IT’S BEEN PERFORMED
IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. THE
LESION WAS FOUND DURING A
ROUTIN SKIN CANCER SCREENING
AND WILL BE ANALYZED TO RULE OUT
ANY CANCER. RIGHT NOW, THE FIRST
LADY’S OFFICE IS THE SURGERY IS
PROCEEDING WELL, AND AS EXPECTED
, WE SHOULD GET ANOTHER UPDATE
WHEN THE SURGERY IS OVER, OKAY,
LET’S TALK ABOUT SOME REALLY
IMPORTANT LESSONS BEING TAUGHT
BY TWO FOOTBALL HEAVYWEIGHTS.
THEY’VE GONE FROM THE GRIDIRON
TO THE CLASSROOM TO TEACH THE
GAME OF LIFE. INKSTER’S WESTWOOD
SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS FEWER THAN
2000 STUDENTS. BUT AS POLITICS
AND SHOWS US THEY ARE PULLING
BIG TIME TALENT IN THEIR
MENTORING PROGRAMS. SCHOOL IS AN
INKSTER AND IT MAY BE A SMALL
SCHOOL PEOPLE MIGHT FIND IT EASY
TO OVERLOOK. BUT AT THIS VERY
MOMENT, THERE’S SOME REALLY BIG
GUY. I MEAN, PHYSICALLY, REALLY
BIG GUYS WHO HAVE TURNED THEIR
ATTENTION TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS
IN THE SCHOOL. AND THEY’RE
LETTING THEM KNOW IT AIN’T ABOUT
FOOTBALL IS ALL ABOUT THEM.
LEAVE LOOSEN MAY WEAR A SUPER
BOWL RING OR TWO. BUT THE FORMER
NEW YORK GIANT RUNNING BACK IS
CALLING THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACE
OF HIS CAREER. YOU’RE NOT BORN
LOSERS. YOU’RE BORN CHOOSERS,
FOUNDER OF MOVE YOUR CHAINS AND
NONPROFIT THAT BRINGS TOGETHER
WINNERS, INCLUDING ATHLETES AND
SUCCESSFUL TITANS OF BUSINESS
AND INSERTS THEM IN THE
CLASSROOMS TO TEACH CHILDREN
WAYS TO WIN AT THE CRITICAL GAME
OF LIFE SO YOU CAN CHOOSE WHO
YOU ARE, REALLY YOU CAN CHOOSE
TO BE SOMEBODY WHO YOU’RE NOT.
TOURS FROM MOVE YOUR CHAINS HAVE
BEEN COMING IN AND TALKING TO
THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN.
SOMETIMES IN THAT COACH VOICE
OTHER TIMES IN THE LIBRARY VOICE
, BUT ALWAYS WITH A LESSON, AND
TODAY IT WAS BUILD YOUR BRAND.
WE SAY THAT IDENTITY IS BOTH A
NOUN AND A VERB. AND SO WE FOCUS
ON THE NOUN OF WHO YOU ARE THE
PERSON THE PERSONA. AH PLACED
THE THING YOURSELF. I WILL SEE
YOU. THERE’S A MAJOR MAJOR ROLE
IN WHO YOU ARE IN YOUR LIFE THAT
THE NOW CONVERGES WITH THE VERB
THAT THEY LEARN WHO THEY ARE,
REALLY, AND THEN THEY BECOMING
ANDRE FLUELLEN, A FORMER DETROIT
LIONS DEFENSIVE TACKLE IS PROUD
OF THE LIONS THESE DAYS, BY THE
WAY, BUT HE SAYS, THESE STUDENTS
FILL HIS SOUL WHEN I THINK ABOUT
GROWING UP LIKE I WISH I HAD TWO
NFL PLAYERS WHO WOULD COME TO MY
SCHOOL ONCE A MONTH TO TEACH ME
THE BEST YOU CAN DO EVERY SINGLE
DAY. GUESS WHAT LIFE HAS TO WORK
ITSELF OUT. SOMETIMES THEY MAY
NOT GET EXACTLY WHAT WE SAY. BUT
OH, MY GOODNESS. LIKE MY ANGELOU
SAID THEY WILL REMEMBER HOW WE
MADE THEM FEEL AND THEY’LL NEVER
FORGET THAT IN LIFE, BRENDAN
SAYS IN THE NEARLY 12 MONTHS
HE’S BEEN A PART OF THESE
SESSIONS. HE SEES A DIFFERENCE
IN HIMSELF AT HOME AND AT SCHOOL
LOT, BUT NOW WHEN I TALK ABOUT
ME, I JUST WALKWAY DIDN’T HAVE A
LOT OF CONFIDENCE, BUT NOW I’M
BUILDING UP MORE CONFIDENCE, AND
AARON SAYS HE IS MOTIVATED EVERY
TIME HE HEARS THESE GUYS SPEAK.
NOW WE’RE TALKING ABOUT OUR
BRAND LIKE WHO WE ARE LIKE HOW
WE SEE OURSELVES AND HOW OTHER
PEOPLE SEE US AND TO FIX THIS. I
THINK MY BRAND IS MY BRAND IS
THAT I’M ONE OF THE BEST. THAT’S
WHAT I THINK MY BRAND IS HIS
RESPONSE. 12 YEAR OLDS TALKING
ABOUT THEIR BRAND. I’M NOT SURE
IT GETS ANY BETTER THAN THAT.
AND IF YOU’RE SAYING WHOA, WAIT
A MINUTE. WE’RE WHAT ABOUT THE
GIRLS? WHAT ABOUT THE GIRL?
YOU’RE LIKE ME BECAUSE I SAID
THE EXACT SAME THING. W N B. A
PLAYERS HAVE ALSO ADOPTED THIS
SCHOOL. THEY’RE TALKING TO THE
GIRL, SO IT’S VERY GENDER
SPECIFIC, SO IT’S NOT BROAD
TALK, BUT VERY, VERY SPECIFIC
AND INTIMATE AND THEY’RE TALKING
ABOUT REAL ISSUES THAT AFFECT
THOSE GENDERS AT THIS AGE GROUP,
KAREN MENTORSHIPS MEAN ALL
REALLY MEAN EVERYTHING. PAULA