>> Announcer: LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN
DETROIT, HOME OF WDIV AND CLICK
ON DETROIT.
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 5:00 STARTS NOW!
>> Shawn: LIVE AT 5:00, THE
LOCAL 4 "DEFENDERS" WITH AN
EXCLUSIVE.
FEMA IS TURNING FORD FIELD INTO
A MASSIVE COVID-19 VACCINATION
SITE AND WE HAVE THE DETAILS ON
HOW YOU CAN GET YOUR SHOT.
>> Ben: WE STARTED WITH RAIN AND
SNOW AND WILL START TOMORROW
WITH THE SAME BUT IT’S THE
TEMPERATURES THAT ARE THE BIG
STORY THIS WEEK.
>> Kim: AND BRAND-NEW
INFORMATION JUST COMING IN.
CANTON POLICE HAVE ONE PERSON IN
CUSTODY IN A SUSPICIOUS DEATH
INVESTIGATION.
>> Devin: WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING
NEWS FROM DO IT.
LOOK AT LIVE PICTURES AS A
LIVESTOCK HAULER HAS ROLLED OVER
AND SHUT DOWN THE I-94 RAMP TO
SOUTHBOUND I-75.
THE MICHIGAN LIVESTOCK
ASSOCIATION IS EN ROUTE TO THE
SCENE.
WE’LL UPDATE YOU ONCE THE RAMP
IS REOPENED.
KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU HEAD
OUT FOR YOUR AFTERNOON DRIVE.
>> Kim: CANTON POLICE CONFIRM A
65-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IS DEAD AND
ONE PERSON IS IN CUSTODY.
>> Devin: IT HAPPENED THIS
MORNING ON KIMBERLY DRIVE NOT
FAR FROM THE INTERSECTION OF
GEDDES AND BECK.
VICTOR HAS BEEN TALKING WITH THE
RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.
>> Victor: POLICE ARE SAYING
THERE WAS NEVER ANY DANGER TO
THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE RIGHT HERE
ON THIS STREET AND ONE PERSON IS
IN CUSTODY OF THIS ISOLATED
INCIDENT, BUT NEIGHBORS HERE ARE
SAYING THEY’RE STILL IN SHOCK
AND CAN’T BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING
LIKE THIS HAPPENED IN THEIR
OTHERWISE QUIET COMMUNITY.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE] WE ARE ALL
PEACEFUL NEIGHBORS.
>> Victor: POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING WHAT THEY CALL A
SUSPICIOUS DEATH IN A CANTON
SUBDIVISION.
OFFICERS RECEIVED THE CALL AT
7:45 A.M. FOR AN UNRESPONSIVE
PERSON AT A HOME ON KIMBERLY
DRIVE JUST TO ARRIVE AND FIND
THE BODY OF A 65-YEAR-OLD WOMAN.
>> I HEAR THE NEWS AND I FEEL
SORRY FOR HER.
BUT I DON’T KNOW THE REASON.
I HOPE IT’S NOT, YOU KNOW,
CRIMINAL.
>> Victor: POLICE HAVE TAKEN ONE
PERSON INTO CUSTODY.
OFFICERS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO
COMMENT ON THE MANNER IN WHICH
THE WOMAN DIED OR THE EVENTS
THAT LED TO THE INCIDENT TAKING
PLACE.
HE LIVES A FEW DOORS DOWN AND
CAN’T BELIEVE IT.
>> SHE’S NICE LADY.
I FEEL SORRY ABOUT IT.
>> Victor: AND POLICE NOT
RELEASING THE NAME OF THE PERSON
THAT DIED OR THE PERSON THAT WAS
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
SO WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON
THIS DEVELOPING STORY AS IT
UNFOLDS.
REPORTING LIVE FROM CANTON,
VICTOR WILLIAMS, LOCAL 4.
>> Devin: WE STARTED THIS
MORNING WITH SOME SNOW AND THEN
A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN AND THEN
THE WIND PICKED UP.
>> Kim: AND WHAT DO WE HAVE
COMING FOR TONIGHT?
>> Ben: MORE OF THE SAME.
WE HAVE ANOTHER SHOT OF RAIN AND
SNOW TOWARDS TOMORROW.
THE WIND GUSTS ARE NOT AS BRISK
AS EARLIER THIS MORNING BUT THE
GUSTS ARE 25-30 MILES PER HOUR
IN SPOTS AND LIKELY GONNA BE
BREEZY AS WE START TOMORROW
MORNING.
BUT TAKING THE WIND CHILLS AND
PUTTING THEM IN THE TEENS IN
PARTS OF THE SOUTH ZONE.
17 IS HOW IT FEELS IN ADRIAN AND
MONROE.
19 AT METRO AIRPORT.
BUT THE AIR TEMPERATURES ARE IN
THE 30s.
WHAT’S INTERESTING ARE THE
NUMBERS ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO
RISE OVERNIGHT, AND WE’LL SEE
EVEN WARMER TEMPERATURES AS WE
GET STARTED TOMORROW.
IT’S NOT GONNA KEEP THE SNOW
AWAY.
WE’LL LOOK AT THAT AND ANOTHER
CHANCE FOR MIX MIDWEEK, AND ALL
OF THE TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT
7 DAYS AND THE NEXT 10, ALL
ABOVE FREEZING.
WE’LL LOOK AT SOME OF THE
WARMEST OF THE NUMBERS IN A FEW
MINUTES.
>> Kim: MAJOR NEWS ON GETTING
METRO DETROIT VACCINATED.
>> Devin: SOURCES CONFIRM FORD
FIELD WILL BE USED AS A REGIONAL
MASS VACCINATION SITE STARTING
NEXT MONTH.
SHAWN LEY IS THERE AND OFFICIALS
WERE TOURING THE FACILITY TODAY,
SHAWN.
>> Shawn: AND SOURCES ARE
TELLING US THIS IS A VERY BIG
DEAL TO PAY ATTENTION TO.
FEMA INSIDE AS YOU MENTIONED FOR
FOUR HOURS TOURING EVERY PART OF
FORD FIELD.
WE KNOW THE DETAILS OF THE
RESULT OF THE TOUR AND THE PLAN.
THEY WANT FORD FIELD OPEN FOR A
VACCINATION CLINIC BY MID-MARCH.
THAT IS COMING UP.
THEY WANT 6,000 PEOPLE THROUGH
EACH AND EVERY DAY, 6,000 TO GET
VACCINATED.
THE FOCUS ON THE ELDERLY AND
MOST VULNERABLE ADULTS.
DETROIT POLICE QUIETLY PROVIDING
SECURITY OUTSIDE OF FORD FIELD
TODAY. INSIDE, A SECRET TOUR WAS GOING
INSIDE, A SECRET TOUR WAS GOING
DOWN, A TEAM FROM FEMA, THE
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY, WANTED TO SEE FORD FIELD
UP CLOSE AND PLAN WITH WAYNE
COUNTY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WILL
USING THE 65,000-SEAT STADIUM AS
A COVID-19 VACCINATION SITE.
THE LOCAL 4 "DEFENDERS" WERE
CONFIRMING THE INFORMATION IT’S NOT JUST AN IDEA, IT IS A PLAN.
NOT JUST AN IDEA, IT IS A PLAN.
JUST AS RAY BASHAM WAS GATHERING
DETAILS.
>> I WAS MAKING CALLS AND TRYING
TO SEE WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE
COUNTIES, IT’S MY UNDERSTANDING
THAT FEMA MET WITH FOLKS IN THE
ADMINISTRATION TO LOOK AT A
MASSIVE VACCINATION SHOT LIKE
THEY’RE DOING ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
>> Shawn: THE DETAILS, FEMA
WANTS FORD FIELD UP, OPEN, AND
RUNNING FOR VACCINATIONS BY
MID-MARCH TO GET 6,000 PEOPLE IN
EACH DAY AT FIRST, GETTING FIRST
CRACK THE SENIORS WHO HAVE HAD
SUCH A HARD TIME GETTING SHOTS
IN WAYNE COUNTY AND THE MOST
VULNERABLE OF OUR ADULTS.
FEMA IS AWARE OF MICHIGAN COUNTY
HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, CITY HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS
COMPETING FOR DOSES AT ONCE AND
THE FEDS HAVE TO STREAMLINE THE
SLOW SYSTEM THAT’S BEEN TOO
SLOW, SO FAR.
>> LET’S ROLL THEM OUT.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH.
WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND
LET’S ROLL IT OUT.
>> Shawn: MY SOURCES TELLING ME
WHEN BIDEN WENT TO PFIZER LAST
WEEK, THERE WAS PRESSURE TO
REALLY IMPROVE AND RAMP UP
PRODUCTION AND THEN FLOOD THE
STATE WITH VACCINE, THEN TO GET
FORD FIELD UP AND RUNNING IN A
FEW WEEKS IT WILL BE A REGIONAL
VACCINATION CENTER.
>> Devin: WE’LL WATCH IT
CLOSELY.
QUITE A DEVELOPMENT.
ALL RIGHT, SHAWN.
>> Kim: A LOOK AT CORONAVIRUS
NUMBERS FROM THE WEEKEND.
1484 NEW CASES OVER THE PAST TWO
DAYS, AVERAGES OUT TO 742 CASES
PER DAY AND 3 DEATHS OVER THAT
SAME TIME PERIOD.
>> Devin: THE STATE RECEIVED
CLOSE TO 1.8 MILLION SHOTS THAT
HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED TO
MICHIGANDERS SO FAR.
>> Kim: THE U.S. HAS HIT THE
ONCE UNIMAGINABLE MILESTONE,
500,000 AMERICANS HAVE LOST
THEIR LIVES TO COVID-19.
>> Devin: PRESIDENT BIDEN IS
EXPECTED TO DELIVER REMARKS AND
HOLD A MOMENT OF SILENCE AT THE
WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT AT 6:00 P.M.
WE WILL BRING YOU SOME OF THAT
ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 6:00.
>>> THE WHITE HOUSE COVID
RESPONSE TEAM ALSO NOTED THE
GRIM MILESTONE WHILE FOCUSING ON
KEEPING THE NUMBERS MOVING IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
>> Kim: CASES CONTINUED TO
DECLINE, BUT EXPERTS STRESS THEY
REMAIN AT A HIGH LEVEL.
OUR DR. FRANK McGEORGE IS HERE
WITH A LOOK AT THIS AFTERNOON’S
BRIEFING.
DOC?
>> Dr. McGeorge: CDC DIRECTOR
WAS ASKED WHETHER THE HALF
MILLION DEATHS REPRESENT AN
UNDERCOUNT OF THOSE WE TRULY
LOST?
SHE SAID EVEN IF WE COULD COUNT
THE DIRECT NUMBER PERFECTLY, IT
DOESN’T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IMPACTED BY
OTHER ASPECTS OF THE PANDEMIC,
INCLUDING DEADLY DELAYS IN
MEDICAL CARE.
>> WHEN HISTORY WRITES THIS, WE
WILL UNDERSTAND THAT THE
MORTALITY RELATED TO THIS
PANDEMIC IS FAR GREATER THAN THE
NUMBER WE’VE BEEN COUNTING FOR
NUMEROUS REASONS.
>> Dr. McGeorge: THE WHITE HOUSE
SAID IT’S CRITICAL TO GET THE
VACCINES BACK ON TRACK.
>> WE ANTICIPATE THAT ALL BAG
LOGGED DOSES WILL BE DELIVERED
BY MIDWEEK.
>> Dr. McGeorge: THE WHITE HOUSE
SAYS McKESSON RAN EXTENDED
SHIPMENTS OVER THE WEEKEND WITH
HELP FROM THE MILITARY.
UPS IS ALLOWING MORE DOSES TO BE
SENT OUT.
>> WE ENCOURAGE VACCINATION
SITES TO FOLLOW THE LEAD 6 THOSE
WORKING EXTENDED HOURS TO CATCH
UP ON DELIVERIES BY SCHEDULING
MORE APPOINTMENTS TO VACCINATE
THE ANXIOUS PUBLIC AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE.
>> Dr. McGeorge: THE CDC
DIRECTOR HIGHLIGHTED NEW
RESEARCH ON SCHOOL SPREAD.
THEY LOOKED AT 9 COVID CLUSTERS
INCLUDING 13 TEACHERS AND 32
STUDENTS AT 6 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
IN GEORGIA N THE TWO MAIN
REASONS FOR THE SPREAD OF
COVID-19 IN THESE SCHOOLS WERE
INADEQUATE PHYSICAL DISTANCING
AND MASK ADHERENCE.
IN THE SCHOOLS, PHYSICAL
DISTANCING OF AT LEAST 6 FEET
WAS NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE
HIGH NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN CLASS
AS WELL AS BECAUSE OF CLASSROOM
LAYOUT.
>> Dr. McGeorge: THE STUDY NOTED
THAT STUDENTS ATE LUNCH IN THEIR
CLASSROOMS WHICH MAY HAVE
CONTRIBUTED TO THE SPREAD.
THIS RESEARCH REALLY HIGHLIGHTS
THE IMPORTANCE OF LAYERS OF
PROTECTION.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN STUDENTS
WEREN’T WEARING MASKS OR WEARING
THEM POORLY, THE VIRUS WAS ABLE
TO SPREAD MORE EASILY BECAUSE
THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT
DISTANCING.
>> Devin: AN UPDATE ON MIRACLE
DOG ALFONSO.
HE IS DOING MUCH BETTER AFTER
BEING STRANDED FOR DAYS ON THE
DETROIT RIVER.
FONZI WILL BE ON IV FOR A FEW
MORE DAYS.
HIS PAWS ARE QUICKLY HEALING
WITH THE HELP OF HYPERBARIC
CHAMBER TREATMENTS AND MAY HAVE
TO BE NEUTERED BECAUSE OF THE
FROST PROBLEM.
AFTER MEDICAL CARE, HE WILL BE
CARED FOR BY RIVER ROUGE ANIMAL
SHELTER AND TRYING TO FIND HIS
OWNER.
IT’S BEEN QUITE AN ODYSSEY.
>>> WHEN THE COLD WEATHER HITS,
IT’S A RACE AGAINST TIME.
>> Kim: THEY WORK TO KEEP PETS
WARM BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE.
GRANT?
>> Grant: DETROIT IS LEADING THE
WAY WHEN IT COMES TO VACCINATING
A PARTICULAR GROUP OF
DETROITERS.
WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE AND WHAT
HAPPENS NEXT.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN
TODAY ANNOUNCING A REVAMP OF THE
PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM TO
HELP SMALL BUSINESSES.
I’M ALICE BARR IN WASHINGTON.
DETAILS ON THE NEW RULES AIMED