>> Announcer: LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, HOME OF
WDIV AND CLICK ON DETROIT, LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS
NOW.
>>> SO WE ARE WATCHING STORM
TRACKER 4 FOR YOU AND THE
SKIES AS RAIN AND STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY.
METEOROLOGIST BRANDON ROUX
IS IN HE’S GOING TO HAVE A
CLOSER LOOK AT THE CHANCES.
BUT FIRST A MAN AND A
4-YEAR-OLD BOY ARE KILLED IN
A CAR CRASH ON DETROIT’S
WESTSIDE.
WE’LL TELL YOU WHAT WE’RE
LEARNING ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING
CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING
THE ACCIDENT.
>>> NEW INFORMATION ABOUT
THIS TRAGEDY TOPS OUR SHOW
HERE AT NOON THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US I’M EVROD
CASSIMY.
POLICE TELL US THAT TWO CARS
COLLIDED OVERNIGHT RIGHT IN
THE AREA OF SEVEN MILE ROAD
AND FOUST AVENUE.
THIS IS VIDEO FROM THE
SCENE.
THE CRASH WAS A HEAD-ON ACCIDENT.
BUT LET’S SENDS IT OUT TO
ROD MELONI WITH MORE ON WHAT
WE’RE LEARNING.
>> Reporter: EVROD, THIS IS
IN THE PRELIMINARY STAGES.
POLICE ARE STILL BEING
CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT IT IS
THAT THEY RELEASE ABOUT
THIS.
WE’RE AT FOUST AND 7 MILE
JUST WEST OF THE SOUTHFIELD
EXPRESSWAY IN THE CITY OF
DETROIT ON THE WESTSIDE.
YOU CAN SEE THE TAPE BEHIND ME HERE THE REMNANTS OF WHAT
ME HERE THE REMNANTS OF WHAT
WAS A VERY JUST TERRIFYING
ACCIDENT HERE.
THEY CLOSED DOWN 7 MILE
OVERNIGHT IT HAPPENED EARLY
IN THE MORNING.
AND WE’LL SHOW YOU THAT VIDEO NOW.
VIDEO NOW.
IT WAS TWO VEHICLES A 2005
CHEVY IMPALA AND ALSO A
NISSAN SENTRA.
WHAT WE’VE BEEN TOLD IS
THERE WAS A WOMAN DRIVING THAT NISSAN SENTRA,
THAT NISSAN SENTRA,
29-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AND HER
VEHICLE HIT THE CHEVY IMPALA
AND THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE KILLED IN THIS ACCIDENT.
KILLED IN THIS ACCIDENT.
FIRST WAS THE DRIVER OF THE
CHEVY IMPALA A MAN THEN
WE’RE ALSO TOLD THAT THERE
WAS A 4-YEAR-OLD CHILD IN
THE BACK SEAT OF THE NISSAN
SENTRA.
POLICE SAY THAT THAT CHILD WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE
WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE
HAVING BEEN IN THE BACK SEAT
AND THAT THE CHILD WAS
TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL
AND THEN LATER DECLARED DEAD
AT THE HOSPITAL.
THE MOTHER IN THE MEANTIME WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL
WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL
SHE WAS LISTED IN TEMPORARY
SERIOUS CONDITION SHORTLY
THEREAFTER BUT POLICE HAVE
ARRESTED HER BECAUSE THEY
BELIEVE THAT ALCOHOL IS
INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT. NOW THERE IS A WHOLE LOT
NOW THERE IS A WHOLE LOT
MORE THAT THEY’RE NOT SAYING
AND WE’RE NOT CERTAIN ABOUT
WHAT’S TO HAPPEN WITH AN
ARREST THERE’S USUALLY THE
POSSIBILITY OF AN ARRAIGNMENT.
WE WON’T SEE THAT PERHAPS
UNTIL TOMORROW.
RIGHT NOW I JUST PULLED UP
MOMENTS AGO.
CLAIMING TO KNOW ONE OF THE
VICTIMS IN THIS AND THEY
APPEAR WILLING TO SPEAK TO US.
SO WE’LL BE GOING TO TALK TO
THEM AND HAVE THEIR UPDATE
TRYING TO HAVE A MORE FULL
REPORT ON PRECISELY WHAT
HAPPENED COMING UP ON LOCAL
4 NEWS AT 5:00. ROD MELONI, LOCAL 4.
ROD MELONI, LOCAL 4.
>> ROD, THANK YOU FOR THE
UPDATE.
THERE ALSO THIS MORNING, IN
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP NOW A
DRIVER WAS KILLED AFTER
GOING THE WRONG WAY DOWN
I-94 THEN CRASHING INTO
ANOTHER VEHICLE. IT HAPPENED ON EASTBOUND
IT HAPPENED ON EASTBOUND
I-94 RIGHT NEAR THE
BELLEVILLE EXIT.
A 19-YEAR-OLD MAN AND A
22-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN A
SECOND CAR WERE HURT.
THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL. WE’RE WORKING TO FIGURE OUT
WE’RE WORKING TO FIGURE OUT
WHO THE DRIVER WAS AND WHAT
CAUSED THIS CRASH.
>>> THE OTHER BIG STORY THAT
WE’RE FOLLOWING FOR YOU THIS
AFTERNOON IS THE FORECAST.
THINGS LOOK BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW AS WE TAKE
OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW AS WE TAKE
A LIVE LOOK AT OUR SKYCAM
THERE ON BELLE ISLE.
METEOROLOGIST BRANDON ROUX
IS TRACKING THE POTENTIAL
FOR SOME WET WEATHER.
HOPEFULLY NOT LIKE WHAT WE
SAW YESTERDAY IN SOME PARTS. >> MIGHT GET A COUPLE OF
>> MIGHT GET A COUPLE OF
GUSHERS BUT CERTAINLY THE
NUMBER OF SHOWERS AND STORMS
DEVELOPING WILL BE FEWER AND
FEWER.
RIGHT NOW IT IS WARMING AND
THAT’S WHY WE’RE GETTING THOSE PUFFY CUMULUS CLOUDS
THOSE PUFFY CUMULUS CLOUDS
WARM, MUGGY, IT’S INEVITABLE
TO GET THOSE CLOUDS POPPING.
SO WE’VE GOT 83 CITY AIRPORT, 82 PONDING A, YOU FACTOR IN
82 PONDING A, YOU FACTOR IN
THE HUMIDITY AND 84 AT METRO
FEELS LIKE 88.
SO WE’RE HEADING INTO THOSE MIDDLE UPPER 80s WITH LOW
MIDDLE UPPER 80s WITH LOW
90s AT LEAST FOR YOUR
FEELS-LIKE HEAT INDEX.
WE’LL CALL IT ISOLATED
AFTERNOON SHOWER CHANCES.
AND THAT GOES INTO YOU KNOW THE 6:00, 7:00 HOUR.
THE 6:00, 7:00 HOUR.
AGAIN, I THINK WE GET OUR
BASEBALL GAME IN AND AGAIN,
FEWER SHOWERS.
BUT VERY WARM AND MUGGY, MAKE SURE YOU ARE TAKING IT
MAKE SURE YOU ARE TAKING IT
EASY OUT THERE.
A LITTLE STATIONARY FRONT TO
OUR NORTH.
WE’LL JUST SLOWLY SAG SOUTH
AND THAT WILL BE AGAIN A
SPARK FOR SOME OF THESE SHOWERS TODAY.
SHOWERS TODAY.
I WOULD EXPECT WHOEVER GETS
THEM WILL GET SOME OF THOSE
HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND MAYBE
SOME GUSTY WIND AS WELL. NOTHING OTHER THAN THAT AS
NOTHING OTHER THAN THAT AS
FAR AS SEVERE.
SO WE WILL TRACK AFTERNOON
SHOWERS TODAY.
WE’VE GOT LOTS TO DISCUSS
COMING UP, INCLUDING A THURSDAY SOLAR ECLIPSE.
THURSDAY SOLAR ECLIPSE.
YOUR GRAND PRIX WEEKEND BUT
OF COURSE YOUR BEST WEAPON
IS THE LOCAL FORECASTERS APP
IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO
INTERACTIVE RADAR. SO IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT
SO IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT
THIS AFTERNOON, FEWER
SHOWERS BUT WHERE ARE THEY?
YOU CAN FIND THEM ON THE
LOCAL FORECASTERS APP EVROD,
IT’S FREE.
>> IT’S A GREAT TOOL TO HAVE BRANDON, THANK YOU.
BRANDON, THANK YOU.
>>> MICHIGAN STATE POLICE
ARE INVESTIGATING A DEATH
THREAT AGAINST DEMOCRATIC
STATE REPRESENTATIVE CYNTHIA
JOHNSON.
NOW ACCORDING TO THE HOUSE
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS, THE THREAT WHICH WAS LEFT AS A
THREAT WHICH WAS LEFT AS A
VOICE MAIL ON JOHNSON’S
OFFICE PHONE IS SAID TO HAVE
BEEN "LACED WITH RACIST AND
MASOJISTIC LANGUAGE." BELIEVE IT OR NOT THIS ISN’T
BELIEVE IT OR NOT THIS ISN’T
THE FIRST TIME JOHNSON HAS
RECEIVED A THREAT LIKE THIS.
JUST LAST DECEMBER SHE GOT
SEVERAL THREATS AFTER
PARTICIPATING IN A HOUSE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HEARING
THAT QUESTIONED PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S ATTORNEY RUDY GIULIANI’S CLAIMS OF
GIULIANI’S CLAIMS OF
ELECTION FRAUD.
>>> WE WANT TO GET TO
BREAKING NEWS HERE AT NOON.
PRESIDENT BIDEN REVERSES FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
EFFORT TO BAN TIKTOK.
THE PRESIDENT’S EXECUTIVE
ORDER ALSO CALLS FOR A BROAD
REVIEW OF FOREIGN-OWNED
APPS.
PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL DIRECT
THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, THE DIRECTOFF NATIONAL
THE DIRECTOFF NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE, AND OTHERS TO
PROVIDE POTENTIAL RISK APPS
POSE TO NATIONAL DATA AND
NATIONAL SECURITY.
IT WAS BACK IN AUGUST THEN
PRESIDENT TRUMP ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING U.S.
EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING U.S.
COMPANIES FROM DOING
BUSINESS WITH THE PARENT
COMPANY OF TIKTOK BUT THAT
WAS NEVER INSTITUTED.
>>> GOVERNOR GRETCHEN
WHITMER WAS ON HAND FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF AN ELECTRIC
GRAND OPENING OF AN ELECTRIC
VEHICLE RESEARCH CENTER OVER
IN WIXOM.
BOSTON-BASED XL FLEET IS
OPENING A 25,000 SQUARE FOOT
CENTER TO HELP PROVIDE
ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY FOR THE COMMERCIAL FLEET INDUSTRY.
COMMERCIAL FLEET INDUSTRY.
THAT TECHNOLOGY INCLUDES
HYBRID AND PLUG-DRIVE
SYSTEMS TO INCREASE FUEL
ECONOMY AND REDUCE CARBON
EMISSIONS BOTH FORD AND G.M. HAVE WORKED WITH X.L. FLEET
HAVE WORKED WITH X.L. FLEET
IN THE PAST.
GOVERNOR WHITMER SAYS THIS
EXPANSION IS JUST A
CONTINUATION OF OUR
AUTOMOTIVE INNOVATION.
>> WE PUT THE WORLD ON
WHEELS. MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO
MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO
RIGHT HERE IN MICHIGAN.
WE SHARED OUR EXPERTISE AND
SKILLS WITH THE REST OF THE
WORLD TO ENABLE MASS MANUFACTURING BY DEVELOPING
MANUFACTURING BY DEVELOPING
THE LEGENDARY ASSEMBLY LINE
RIGHT HERE.
THIS LEADERSHIP CARRIES ON
TODAY.
>>> OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS THE COMPANY HOPES TO
YEARS THE COMPANY HOPES TO
ADD AT LEAST 50 NEW
MICHIGAN-BASED JOBS.
>>> WITH THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC HITTING SMALL
BUSINESSES ESPECIALLY HARD,
HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM IS
LOOKING TO HELP. HENRY FORD IS JOINING 11
HENRY FORD IS JOINING 11
OTHER HEALTH SYSTEMS IN A
PLEDGE THAT WILL ADD $1
BILLION IN SPENDING TO LOCAL
MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED
SMALL BUSINESSES.
NOW THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS
OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS
WITH A GOAL OF HELPING TO
BUILD AND SUPPORT HEALTHY
AND EQUITABLE LOCAL
ECONOMIES AND IMPROVE
COMMUNITY HEALTH.
>>> IN THE BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 THE FOCUS IS NOW ON
COVID-19 THE FOCUS IS NOW ON
THE EMERGING DELTA VARIANT
AND PROECKING OUR YOUTH.
MODERNA AND PFIZER SAY THEY
ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF
TESTING THE COVID VACCINES ON CHILDREN 5 AND ABOVE.
ON CHILDREN 5 AND ABOVE.
AS STEPHANIE GOSK REPORTS
THE F.D.A. COULD HAVE TRIAL
DATA AS EARLY AS THIS FALL.
>> Reporter: IF THESE TRIALS
GO WELL ALL SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN FIVE AND ABOVE
CHILDREN FIVE AND ABOVE
COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR A
VACCINE AS EARLY AS THIS
FALL.
PFIZER ANNOUNCING IT HAS
LAUNCHED ITS FINAL TRIAL
WITH 4500 PARTICIPANTS IN THE U.S. AND EUROPE.
THE U.S. AND EUROPE.
THE PROGRESS ON APPROVAL
COMES AS THERE IS GROWING
CONCERN OVER THE DELTA
VARIANT FIRST DISCOVERED IN
INDIA.
IT MAKES UP MORE THAN 6% OF
THE CASES HERE IN THE U.S.
ACCORDING TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE VARIANT IS HIGHLY
CONTAGIOUS.
EXPERTS BELIEVE IT MAY BE
ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASE
IN SEVERITY.
THE BEST DEFENSE IS THE
VACCINE WHICH APPEARS TO BE HOLDING UP AS THE VIRUS
HOLDING UP AS THE VIRUS
CHANGES.
THE CHALLENGE IS GETTING
ENOUGH PEOPLE VACCINATED.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE
COUNTRY HAS MADE GOOD
PROGRESS WITH MORE THAN HALF
OF U.S. ADULTS FULLY VACCINATED BUT RIGHT NOW THE
VACCINATED BUT RIGHT NOW THE
COUNTRY IS NOT ON TRACK TO
MEET THE GOAL OF 70% OF U.S.
ADULTS WITH ONE DOSE BY THE
FOURTH OF JULY.
STEPHANIE GOSK. NBC NEWS.
NBC NEWS.
>> THANK YOU, STEPHANIE.
MEANWHILE THE CITY OF
DETROIT WILL BE ANNOUNCING A
PLAN TO VACCINATE HOME BOUND
RESIDENTS.
THIS IS PART OF THEIR EFFORT
TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE ACCESS.
WE’LL GET ALL THE DETAILS
TODAY AT 2:00 P.M. AND KEEP
YOU POSTED ABOUT THAT BOTH
ON AIR AND ON-LINE AT
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO THE
NUMBERS TODAY, WE’RE
EXPECTING NEW MICHIGAN
CORONAVIRUS VACCINATION AND
CASE NUMBERS AS WE DO EVERY
DAY.
NATIONALLY THE UNITED STATES
HAS PASSED 33,394,000 CORONAVIRUS CASES WITH MORE
CORONAVIRUS CASES WITH MORE
THAN 598,000 DEATHS FROM THE
VIRUS.
A BIT OF GOOD NEWS THOUGH ON
MONDAY THE U.S. REPORTED A
LITTLE MORE THAN 10,000 NEW CASES AND THE SEVEN DAY
CASES AND THE SEVEN DAY
AVERAGE IS 13,277 CASES PER
DAY.
IT’S THE FIRST TIME THIS
SEVEN DAY HAS AVERAGE HAS
FALLEN BELOW 15,000 SINCE MARCH 7th OF 2020 BEFORE
MARCH 7th OF 2020 BEFORE
COVID WAS EVEN DECLARED A
PANDEMIC.
THE U.S. IS ALSO SEEING A
94% DROP IN COVID CASES
SINCE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
>>> STILL TO COME HERE AT
NOON, PRESIDENT BIDEN
EMBARKS ON HIS FIRST TRIP
ABROAD.
WE’LL TELL YOU WHY MANY ARE SAYING IT’S HIGH STAKES.