DOWNTOWN LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. THERE HAS BEEN NO REST TODAY FOR THE FLAGS ATOP
THE PENOBSCOT BUILDINGS. WE TAKE
A LIVE LOOK FROM ONE OF OUR
DETROIT SKY CAMS, A WINNIE WIN
DAY WEDNESDAY AND IT’S NOT OVER
YET. GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
TONIGHT AT SIX. WE’VE SEEN GUS
TOUCHING 50 MILES AN HOUR. IN
SOME SPOTS. GOOD NEWS IS POWER
OUTAGES ARE NOT WIDESPREAD, DTE
REPORTING ABOUT 1300 OF THEIR
CUSTOMERS ARE WITHOUT
ELECTRICITY RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE
ARE STILL ABOUT FOUR HOURS LEFT
IN OUR WIND ADVISORY. SO LET’S
GET OVER TO KIM ADAMS. WHETHER
FOREWARN WEATHER FORECAST KIM
WELL, THE WINDS ARE STILL
PICKING UP AS WE GO THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS. WE HAVE WIND
GUSTS RIGHT NOW IN THE 30 TO 35
MPH RANGE, BUT EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON, WE DID HAVE A
REPORTED 48 MILE PER HOUR GUST
AT METRO AIRPORT. 47 WAS THE
MAXIMUM GUST IN PONTIAC 43 IN
MONROE AND ANN ARBOR, 39 MPH
GUST AT CITY AIRPORT. WE ARE
UNDER THAT ADVISORY UNTIL 10
O’CLOCK TONIGHT, BUT AS WE GO
THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS,
YOU’LL NOTICE THE WINDS WILL
COME SLIGHTLY BUT WILL STILL
HAVE BREEZY CONDITIONS. EVEN
TOMORROW WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE
SNOW TO TALK ABOUT. FLURRIES
LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS, NOTHING BIG
, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING
YOU WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON.
WE’LL DO SOME STREET LEVEL
MAPPING COMING UP IN THE
FORECAST. 32 AT CITY AIRPORT. 30
METRO AIRPORT DOESN’T FEEL LIKE
THAT, THOUGH, BECAUSE WHEN YOU
GET WINDS 25 30 MPH. IT’S COLD.
THE WIND CHILLS RIGHT NOW IN THE
TEENS PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE YOU
GO. 16 IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
RIGHT NOW IN PONTIAC, 19 MILK,
LEMONS AND 15 IN ANN ARBOR. NOW
TOMORROW, THE HIGH TEMPERATURES
BARELY MAKE IT ABOVE FREEZING
WILL ONLY HAVE A HIGH OF 36
WINDCHILLS WILL STAY IN THE
TWENTIES, BUT WE WILL GET A
LITTLE SUNSHINE BACK FOR THE
DAYTIME TOMORROW TO KEEP UP WITH
ALL THIS CRAZY WEATHER WE’RE
HAVING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS. THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IS
TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE FOR ONE
WEATHER APP. YOU JUST TYPE IN
YOUR CITY AND YOU’LL GET ALERTS.
LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT THE RADAR
IS DOING. THE WIND THE
TEMPERATURES, IT’S ALL RIGHT
THERE ON THE APP. AND IT’S FREE.
JUST GO TO YOUR FAVORITE APP
STORE AND TYPE IN WDIV’S KIM
STATES SENATE’S PASSAGE TUESDAY
OF THE RESPECT FOR MARRIAGE ACT
MARKS A STEP FORWARD TOWARDS
CODIFYING INTO FEDERAL LAW WITH
THE SUPREME COURT DECIDED BACK
IN 2015 AND ESSENTIALLY ALLOWS
THE FEDERAL LEVEL FOR THOSE IN
SAME SEX MARRIAGES TO QUALIFY
FOR BENEFITS. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE
STATE LEVEL BOLOGNA LIVE WITH
WHY THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL
IS CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE RIGHTS
REMAINING INTACT. HERE IN
MICHIGAN ROD WE’LL NEVER THE
NAME OF THAT DECISION THAT YOU
WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IS
CALLED OBERGEFELL. IT’S AND THEN
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD AND YOU’RE
LIKELY TO HEAR MORE OF NOW. THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL IS CONCERNED
THAT THIS COULD GET OVERTURNED
BY THE SUPREME COURT GOING
FORWARD, WHICH WOULD MAKE
MICHIGAN’S CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT THAT VOTERS PUT FORTH
BACK IN 2004 BANNING SAME SEX
MARRIAGE. INTO EFFECT YET AGAIN.
OUTSIDE FORMER JUDGE RUDY
SARAH’S HOME FLIGHT, TWO FLAGS,
THE STATE OF MICHIGAN AND THE
RAINBOW. HE’S A FORMER TRIANGLE
FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER AND SAYS
IF OBERGEFELL GETS OVERTURNED,
WELL, YES. I THINK IT WOULD BE A
DEVASTATING CONCERN STEMS FROM
U. S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
CLARENCE THOMAS IS WRITING IN
THE RECENT RULING TURNING
ABORTION OVER TO THE STATES, HE
SAID QUOTE WE SHOULD RECONSIDER
ALL OF THIS COURT. SUBSTANTIVE
DUE PROCESS PRESIDENT INCLUDING
GRISWOLD, LAWRENCE AND
OBERGEFELL, BECAUSE ANY
SUBSTANCE TO DO PROCESS DECISION
IS DEMONSTRABLY ERRONEOUS END
QUOTE. IF THAT HAPPENS, SEVERAL
BELIEVES, AND I THINK THAT THAT
WOULD BE COMPLETELY CHAOTIC. YOU
CAN’T ALLOW PEOPLE TO MARRIAGE.
MERRY MEN TELL THEM THEIR
MARRIAGE IS NO LONGER VALID. BUT
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION’S EMMA
WATER SAYS THIS IS ALL JUST
POLITICAL POSTURING. THERE’S
BEEN THIS RECURRING MESSAGE ON
THE LEFT THAT THE THREAT TO
OBERGEFELL AND THE THREAT TO
SEND SEX MARRIAGE IS IMMINENT IN
THE UNITED STATES, BUT THAT’S
SIMPLY NOT TRUE, SHE SAYS.
THERE’S NO EFFORT OF ANY KIND
RIGHT NOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPENED
AND SAID OPPOSITION TO SAME SEX
MARRIAGE IS MISCONSTRUED. IT’S A
DEEPLY HELD BELIEF IN THE WAY
THAT MEN AND WOMEN ARE MEANT TO
INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND
THE KINDS OF CHILDREN AND FRUITS
THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO BEAR FROM
THAT UNION. STILL SARAH REMAINS
CONCERNED. IF IT DOES GET
OVERTURNED, WOULD BE VERY, VERY
DAMAGING TO THE COMMUNITY, AND I
HOPE IT DOES NOT GET OVERTURNED.
WELL THAT’S KIND OF DOWN THE
ROAD AND UP THE STREET BECAUSE
OF THE SENATE PASSING THAT BILL
LAST NIGHT, THE RESPECT FOR
MARRIAGE BILL AND THEN MOVING IT
ONTO THE HOUSE, WHICH IS
EXPECTED TO SIGN IT OR ACTUALLY
VOTE ON IT NEXT WEEK, AND THE
PRESIDENT HIMSELF HAS SAID HE
EXPECTS TO SIGN IT WHEN IT HITS
HIS DESK, REPORTING LIVE IN
CLOSET ROD MALONE. OKAY ROD. THE
CDC HAS BEEN CHECKING NEW YORK
WASTEWATER FOR VIRUS THAT CAUSES
POLIO AFTER CASE WAS IDENTIFIED
AND ROCKMAN COUNTY, NEW YORK,
BACK IN JULY. THAT SEARCH IS NOW
EXPANDING INTO METRO DETROIT.
OAKLAND COUNTY, ALONG WITH
PHILADELPHIA WILL BEGIN
WASTEWATER SURVEILLANCE FOR THE
POLIO VIRUS SO FAR THROUGH
WASTEWATER TESTING. FIVE
COUNTIES IN NEW YORK HAVE FOUND
CIRCULATING POLIOVIRUS
GENETICALLY RELATED TO THE
RECENT CASE. FRANKLY, GEORGE IS
HERE WITH MORE ON WHAT THIS
MEANS AND WHY THEY’RE BEGINNING
IN OAKLAND COUNTY. WELCOME IN
HEAVEN. LET’S START WITH
SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT.
ACTUALLY THERE ARE NO CASES OF
POLIO IN MICHIGAN, AND FRANKLY,
THERE HAVE NOT BEEN IN MANY
DECADES. FRANKLY AND THAT IS
ALSO PROBABLY WHY PARENTS ARE
NOT AS AFRAID OF IT AS THEY
SHOULD BE. BECAUSE THE POLIO
VACCINE IS SO EFFECTIVE POLIO
HAS ESSENTIALLY BEEN A RADIC
EIGHT IN THE US, WHICH IS NOW
CAUSING A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
VACCINATION RATES ARE SERIOUSLY
DEFICIENT. THE CASE OF POLIO
WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE IT TO
MICHIGAN. PRETTY HIGH LIKELIHOOD
IT WOULD SPREAD QUICKLY. SO THE
CBC AND THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH HAVE LOOKED AT THE
DATA AND BASED ON THREE MAIN
FACTORS, VACCINATION RATES AND
INCREASED RISK OF BEING CARRIED
IN FROM ELSEWHERE AND EXISTING
SEWER SAMPLING LOCATIONS.
OAKLAND COUNTY WAS IDENTIFIED.
AS BEING AN IMPORTANT COUNTY TO
WATCH NOW. WASTEWATER TESTING
FOR INFECTION OUTBREAKS IS AN
INCREASINGLY USEFUL WAY TO
EVALUATE THE RISK IN THE
COMMUNITY, AND IT’S IMPORTANT TO
KNOW THIS KIND OF TESTING DOES
NOT IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC PERSON
WHO MAY BE INFECTED. IT REALLY
LOOKS AT THE COMBINED SEWAGE
FROM A GENERAL LOCATION
INTERESTING REPORTED OFTEN. IN
FACT, I THINK FOR A LOT OF US,
THIS WAS THE INTRODUCTION OF
WASTEWATER BEING USED AS KIND OF
AN EVIDENCE POOL IF YOU WILL,
BUT IT’S BEEN USED FOR COVID
TRYING TO TRACK IT DOWN. THIS IS
FOR OTHER THINGS, THOUGH, AS
WELL THEN IT ISN’T IT. YOU CAN
ACTUALLY USE IT PRETTY MUCH FOR
ANY VIRUS THAT GOES DOWN THE
TOILET FLU NOROVIRUS MONKEY POX
VIRUSES THAT CURRENTLY BEING
LOOKED AT IN THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN. OKAY THANK YOU. AND
MORE NEWS TONIGHT, PAUL WHELAN
HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN MOVED TO A
PRISON HOSPITAL IN RUSSIA. AND
IT’S NOT CALLED HOME IN MORE
THAN A WEEK EARLIER THIS WEEK,
WE TOLD HIM HIS FAMILY IS
GROWING INCREASINGLY CONCERNED
ABOUT THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION
WETLANDS. BROTHER SAYS PRISON
STAFF TOLD HIM PAUL WAS MOVED TO
THE HOSPITAL LAST WEEK, BUT THEY
WON’T SAY WHY. AND THE U. S
STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS HE IT’S
UNAWARE OF IT. THE NOVI MAN, AS
YOU KNOW, IS SERVING 16 YEARS IN
A RUSSIAN PRISON OVERSIGHT
PLAYING ACCUSATIONS. TONIGHT IN
AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW,
SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY
BLINKEN SITS DOWN WITH ANDREA
MITCHELL TO TALK ABOUT THE
ATTEMPTS TO FREE WHEELING AND W.
N B A STAR BRITNEY GRINER THAT
AND MUCH MORE FROM THEIR
CONVERSATION AHEAD AT 6 30 ON
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER
HOLT. IT HAS BEEN A DAY OF
SOMBER REFLECTION IN OXFORD,
MARKING ONE YEAR SINCE THE
SHOOTING THAT KILLED FOUR
STUDENTS AT OXFORD HIGH OF
SILENCE WAS OBSERVED AT 12 51 PM
OF TAPE NEAR MADISON BALDWIN,
JUSTIN SCHILLING AND HANNAH
SAINT JULIANA, AS WELL AS THOSE
WHO SURVIVED THE SHOOTING. WE
WOULD ADD IN DOWNTOWN OXFORD
TODAY WE FOUND A WALL OF STARS
WITH SUPPORTIVE MESSAGES FROM
PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE STATE. AND
ALL ACROSS MICHIGAN FLAGS HAVE
BEEN FLYING AT HALF STAFF UNDER
ORDER FROM THE GOVERNOR. IN THE
LAST YEAR, STATE LEADERS HAVE
TOUTED RECORD INVESTMENTS IN
SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO SCHOOL SAFETY, BUT HOW
MUCH MONEY IS REALLY THERE? AND
WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES TO SING
IT SPENT IN THE SCHOOLS,
GRANT HERMES HAS BEEN DIGGING
INTO THE NUMBERS. THE MONEY IS
THERE AND IT IS A LOT OF MONEY,
BUT IT HAS TAKEN A LONG TIME TO
GET OUT THERE TIME THAT MANY
STUDENTS, PARENTS IN SCHOOLS
FEEL LIKE THEY JUST DON’T HAVE.
IN THE YEAR SINCE OXFORD HOW
MUCH GETS SPENT DOWN OVERALL
SCHOOL SPENDING HAS BECOME A HOT
BUTTON ISSUE IN NEW NUMBERS
OBTAINED BY LOCAL 4 FROM
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE, 150
SCHOOLS, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
, SPENT MILLIONS IN STATE GRANTS
ON SECURITY IN 2022 $850,000 ON
EMERGENCY RESPONSE, LIKE PANIC
SYSTEMS AND TRAUMA SUPPLIES. 2.3
MILLION ON COMMUNICATION LIKE
SYSTEMS OR TWO WAY RADIOS AND
6.8 MILLION ON HARDENING
SCHOOLS. THINGS LIKE NEW
EXTERIOR DOORS, CLASSROOM DOORS
AT ACCESS CONTROL IN DISTRICTS
LIKE NORTHFIELD RECENTLY GAVE
OFFICERS IN THREE SURROUNDING
POLICE DEPARTMENTS ENTRANCE KEY
FOBS TO REACT QUICKLY TO A
THREAT FOR THE MOST EXPLICIT
EXAMPLE THAT I COULD GIVE IS A
COMBINATION OF GRANTS FOR SCHOOL
RESOURCE OFFICERS. BUT THOSE
SPENDING NUMBERS PALE IN
COMPARISON TO PREVIOUS YEARS.
THOSE SAME NUMBERS FROM MSP
SHOWING IN 2018 AND 2019. THE
STATE SPENT $50 MILLION ON
IMPROVING SCHOOL SECURITY BEFORE
THE BUDGET WAS SLASHED IN 2020
AND THEN STOPPED IN 2021 BECAUSE
OF THE PANDEMIC, EVEN THOUGH
THOSE SCHOOLS REQUESTED MORE
THAN $23 MILLION THAT YEAR TO
MAKE THEIR SCHOOLS SAFER,
ACCORDING TO LEGISLATIVE
ESTIMATES SINCE OXFORD STATE
LAWMAKERS HAVE SET ASIDE MORE
THAN A HALF BILLION DOLLARS FOR
SCHOOL SAFETY BUT THAT MONEY HAS
BEEN COMING THROUGH GRANTS OR
LEAVING SCHOOLS DEFEND FOR
THEMSELVES WITHOUT A STATE LIST
OR HUB FOR BEST PRACTICES OR
STATE TRUSTED CONTRACTORS. THE
OTHER BIG PROBLEM, THE MONEY
HASN’T BEEN GETTING TO SCHOOLS
QUICKLY. I DON’T THINK ANYTHING
HAS EVER FAST ENOUGH WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT THE SAFETY AND WELL
BEING OF THE KIDS THAT WE SERVE
THE TEACHERS THAT WE SERVE. THE
FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE. OUR J.
WEBER IS THE SUPERINTENDENT AT
NORTHVILLE SCHOOLS, HE SAYS THE
NEXT STEP IN FUNDING FOR SAFETY
SHOULD BE ON REAL MENTAL HEALTH
SAFETY, NOT JUST HARDENING
SCHOOLS. THE EMPHASIS ON HOW DO
WE PREVENT, UH, STUDENT OR A
PERSON FROM DOING THE
UNTHINKABLE? VERY RARELY. DO WE
HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE
COLLATERAL DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN
CAUSED BY YEARS OF GUN VIOLENCE?
RARELY DO WE REALLY EXPLICITLY
NAME THAT WE HAVE ELEMENTARY
CHILDREN WHO WAKE UP IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND ASK
THEIR PARENTS WHILE IS THE
POLICE STATION? CLOSE ENOUGH OF
SOMETHING HAPPENS THERE HAS BEEN
MONEY SET ASIDE FOR SPECIFICALLY
MENTAL HEALTH, MORE COUNSELORS,
ACCESS TO HELP AND EVEN NEW
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT CARE
CENTERS TO BE PUT IN 100
SCHOOLS. BUT IT MAY NOT EVEN BE
ENOUGH. A SCHOOL SAFETY TASK
FORCE IN LANSING MADE OF
LAWMAKERS THINKS THE SCHOOLS
COULD NEED ANOTHER NEARLY $200
MILLION IN STATE FUNDS TO BETTER
PROTECT KIDS. WE ARE TAKING THIS
VERY SERIOUSLY AND THINGS ARE
HAPPENING. RAPIDLY AND I
UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION WITH
COMMISSIONS LIKE OH, GREAT.
ANOTHER COMMISSION
REPRESENTATIVE KELLY BREEN HAS
BEEN WORKING ON THAT TASK FORCE
SINCE IT STARTED LAST JANUARY,
AND THE BIPARTISAN GROUP HAS
FOUND COMMON GROUND. WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT IF WE DO ANYTHING
THAT IS A MANDATE. FIRST OF ALL
THAT IT’S FUNDED, BUT ALSO GIVE
A GREAT DEAL OF DEFERENCE TO
LOCAL CONTROL. EVERY DISTRICT IS
DIFFERENT, BUT WITH CHANGES IN
POLITICAL CONTROL COMING THAT
BIPARTISAN WORK COULD BE IN
DANGER AS AGENDAS CHANGE, EVEN
THOUGH SCHOOLS ARE RELYING ON
DESPERATELY NEEDED HELP IS ONE
THING TO SAY. KIDS ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT TO US AND THEIR FUTURE
AND TEACHERS ARE WONDERFUL AND
THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD.
IT’S ANOTHER THING TO SAY THAT
MEAN IT BY THE ACTIONS AS A
SOCIETY WE ENGAGE IN TO SUPPORT
THEM. AND THAT WAS GRANT HERMES
REPORTING, AND THIS ALL COMES AS
A BRAND NEW SAFETY TASK FORCE
UNDER THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION HAS JUST RECENTLY HAD
THEIR FIRST MEETING. THIS GROUP
FOCUSED HEAVILY ON MENTAL HEALTH