FOR THE SUMMER. WE’RE GOING ON DE’VEON THESE STORIES AND MORE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW ON LOCAL 4.
FIRST AND FOUR. LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS
FIRST AT FOUR STARTS NOW. GOOD
AFTERNOON TO YOU. I’M KRISTY
MCDONALD IN FOR KAREN DREW.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME
FIRST. AT FOUR. THE SNOW CAME
SCHOOLS CLOSED. DRIVERS SLOWED
DOWN NOW THE SNOW STARTED TO
TAPER OFF. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE
CURRENT CONDITIONS FROM A FEW OF
OUR CAMERAS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW,
WE ARE TAKING A LIVE DRIVE IN
OAKLAND COUNTY. YOU CAN ALSO SEE
ANN ARBOR IN THE MIDDLE THERE
AND MOUNT CLEMENS. OVER ON THE
RIGHT. LET’S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
AT I 75 TROY RIGHT NOW. A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN LIFTED
FOR MOST OF METRO DETROIT. EARLY
SNOW TOTALS SHOW WE RECEIVED
ABOUT 2.5 TO MORE THAN FIVE
INCHES. IN SOME SPOTS. THINGS
SHOULD IMPROVE AS THE NIGHT GOES
ON, BUT LET’S CHECK IN NOW WITH
OUR FIRST LOOK AT THE FORECAST
WITH METEOROLOGISTS KIM ADAMS
HEY, KIM. IT’S FRIDAY AND WE HAD
A LITTLE SNOW. OF COURSE WE DID.
IT WAS JUST THE TIMING OF IT. WE
KNEW THIS WASN’T GOING TO BE A
HUGE SNOW EVENT IN THE EVENING
COMMUTE WOULD IMPROVE, BUT IT’S
JUST THE TIMING THAT IT CAME. UM
RIGHT DURING THAT MORNING
COMMUTE, BUT RIGHT NOW, THINGS
ARE WINDING DOWN. WE STILL DO
HAVE SOME VERY LIGHT SNOW
SHOWERS AND WICKS, UM MILFORD,
GREEN OAKS, SALEM AND ALSO
NORTHVILLE, NOVI FEW FLURRIES IN
PLYMOUTH AT THIS HOUR, A LITTLE
BIT HEAVIER, LAKE ENHANCED SNOW
COMING OFF INTO PORT HURON,
LAKEPORT AND MARYSVILLE. SO
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
CONTINUES JUST FOR SANTA LACK
AND ST CLAIR COUNTIES UNTIL
EIGHT O’CLOCK TONIGHT, THE REST
OF METRO DETROIT NOT UNDER ANY
MORE ADVISORIES AS THE SNOW IS
PRETTY MUCH WINDING DOWN. HERE
ARE SOME OF THE SNOW TOTALS FOR
FRIDAY, THE HIGHEST WE’VE SEEN
SO FAR AS SELENE AT 5.6. I’LL
JUST OVER FIVE AND WYANDOTTE
ALSO ADDED THE AIRPORT AND IN
ANN ARBOR AND THEN 4.5 IN LAPEER
AND IN MADISON HEIGHTS
TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW JUST
ABOVE FREEZING IN MOST AREAS, SO
THE ROADS AGAIN ARE IN PRETTY
GOOD SHAPE. BUT WE HAVE A LITTLE
MORE SNOW FOR SUNDAY AND WE’RE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT COMING
UP IN THE FORECAST, BUT LOVE FOR
YOU TO DOWNLOAD OUR 4WARN
WEATHER APP, ESPECIALLY THIS
TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE GET SEEMS
LIKE SNOW EVERY OTHER DAY. THIS
IS A GREAT WAY FOR YOU TO KEEP
UP TO DATE ON WHAT’S GOING ON IN
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. JUST GO TO
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WDIV’S ALRIGHT CABLE. SEE YOU IN
A BIT OUR OTHER BIG STORY THE
INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAMPUS
SHOOTINGS AT MICHIGAN STATE
UNIVERSITY. YOU’LL REMEMBER
THREE STUDENTS WERE KILLED, FIVE
OTHERS WERE INJURED. WELL TODAY
, POLICE REVEALED NEW DETAILS
ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED SO
FAR, INCLUDING A LETTER LEFT
BEHIND BY THE GUNMAN, WHO THEN
KILLED HIMSELF. LOCAL 4
SHAWN LEY IS LIVE IN EAST
LANSING. SEAN THERE IS A LOT OF
NEW INFORMATION HERE. AND
CHRISTIE. WE KNEW THERE WAS A
LETTER IN THE WALLET OF THE
GUNMAN WHEN POLICE REACHED THE
GUNMAN’S REMAINS DURING THIS
HORRIBLE EVENT HERE. BOTTOM
LINE. WE DIDN’T KNOW HOW MUCH
INFORMATION WAS ON THAT LETTER,
WRITTEN ON ONE SIDE AND ON THE
OTHER. WE WANT TO PRESENT WHAT
IS WRITTEN THERE SOME OF WHAT IS
WRITTEN THE MOST SENSITIVE WAY
BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A
HORRIBLE EVENT HERE AT MSU, BUT
HERE’S WHAT WE CAN SHARE WITH
YOU RIGHT NOW AT FOUR. THIS IS
THE LETTER FOUND IN THE WALLET
OF THE MSU SHOOTER THE NIGHT OF
THE SHOOTING. ANTHONY MCCRAY HAD
TAKEN HIS OWN LIFE AS MICHIGAN
STATE POLICE APPROACHED HIM
HOURS AFTER MCCRAY SHOT AND
KILLED THREE MICHIGAN STATE
STUDENTS AND WOUNDING FIVE
OTHERS. THE LETTER WAS WRITTEN
FEBRUARY 12TH THE DAY BEFORE THE
SHOOTING, MCRAE WRITES. WHY?
WHY? WHY? I’VE BEEN HURT. THERE
IS A GROUP OF 20 OF US AND I AM
THE LEADER. POLICE SAY THEY
QUICKLY DETERMINED THAT MCRAE
WAS ACTUALLY ACTING ALONE. I
WILL BE SHOOTING UP MSU, HE
WRITES, AND SOME OTHER GROUPS
WILL BE GOING TO COLORADO
SPRINGS, HE WRITES. ANOTHER TEAM
OF MY GROUP WILL BE GOING TO NEW
JERSEY, AND THEY WILL SHOOT UP A
HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
MCRAE PUNCTUATING EACH THREAT
WITH THE THREE WORDS THEY HURTED
ME. MCRAE ALSO INCLUDED THE LIST
OF LANSING LOCATIONS HE WAS
TARGETING REDACTED BY POLICE IN
THE LETTER, BUT INVESTIGATORS
SAY HE WAS TARGETING HIS FORMER
WORKPLACE, A MEIJER WAREHOUSE, A
SHOP AND FAST FOOD BUSINESS,
WHERE MCCRAY BELIEVED
INVESTIGATORS SAY HE HAD BEEN
OVERLOOKED OR DISRESPECTED. BACK
HERE LIVE AT MSU. CHRISTIE
THERE’S ONE REFERENCE TO MSU ON
THAT LETTER, BUT NO OTHER
REASONING. WHY HE CAME HERE THAT
NIGHT WITH THAT GUN, WHY HE
OPENED FIRE WILL CONTINUE TO
LOOK AT THAT LETTER, PLUS A NEW
TIMELINE PUT OUT BY POLICE AS
FIVE AND SIX O’CLOCK, CHRISTIE.
ALRIGHT THANKS SO MUCH, SEAN.
WE’LL SEE YOU AT FIVE. YOU KNOW,
WE ARE ALSO TRACKING THE BIGGEST
BANK FAILURE IN THE UNITED
STATES SINCE THE FINANCIAL
CRISIS OF 2008. TODAY THE FBI
SEIZED THE ASSETS OF THE SILICON
VALLEY BANK, IT HAS BEEN A MAJOR
LENDER TO TECH STARTUPS AND WAS
THE 16TH LARGEST BANK IN THE
COUNTRY. IT RECENTLY LOST NEARLY
$2 BILLION ON THE SALE OF SOME
ASSETS AND WAS TRYING TO RAISE
NEW CAPITAL. MANY SILICON VALLEY
COMPANIES AND WORKERS ARE NOW
LOCKED OUT OF THEIR MONEY. THE
FDA SAYS INSURED DEPOSITORS ARE
EXPECTED TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR
ACCOUNTS. NO LATER THAN MONDAY.
WE’LL CONTINUE TO WATCH THAT FOR
YOU. CONGRESS HAS TAKEN A STEP
FORWARD IN THE INVESTIGATION OF
WHERE THE CORONAVIRUS CAME FROM
. THE UNANIMOUS VOTE COMES ON
THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE DAY
, MICHIGAN CONFIRMED ITS VERY
FIRST CASES. IT WAS BACK ON
MARCH 10TH OF 2020 WHEN GOVERNOR
WHITMER AND HER TEAM ANNOUNCED
TO MICHIGAN RESIDENTS HAD TESTED
POSITIVE. SINCE THEN, MORE THAN
THREE MILLION CASES HAVE BEEN
RECORDED IN THE STATE, ALTHOUGH
NOW MANY GO UNREPORTED. TO DATE.
THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 42,000
DEATHS LINKED TO THE VIRUS.
TODAY, THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES VOTED 419 TO 0
TO DECLASSIFY US INTELLIGENCE ON
THE ORIGIN OF COVID 19.
INTELLIGENCE EXPERTS HAVE BEEN
SPLIT ON WHETHER THE VIRUS
EMERGED FROM A SO CALLED WET
MARKET OR FROM A LAB ACCIDENT IN
WUHAN, CHINA, SUPPORTERS HOPE
THE NEW INFORMATION SHEDS LIGHT
ON THAT INVESTIGATION. AND
YOU’LL PROBABLY REMEMBER THE
COVID PANDEMIC PUSHED A BIG
SURGE OF PEOPLE TO TRY CAMPING
AND TO GO R V NG WELL THIS YEAR.
THAT TREND IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO GROW AS PEOPLE
DECIDE TO TAKE THEIR FAMILY SHOW
ON THE ROAD. PAULA TUTMAN IS AT
THE 28TH ANNUAL PORT HURON
CAMPING AND RV SHOW, PAULA,
WE’RE GOING R V NG. LOOK AT THE
THESE FOLKS DON’T CARE ABOUT THE
WEATHER THERE, MISS A GANDER.
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE MIGHT BE
FRIGHTFUL, BUT I’M GOING TO TAKE
YOU INSIDE WHERE IT IS QUITE
DELIGHTFUL. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
A HOUSE ON WHEELS. WHERE DO YOU
SEE THIS THING? CHRISTIE AND
EVERYBODY ELSE. FULL KITCHEN IS
ACTUALLY A 1.5 BEDROOM. FULL
BATHROOM. AND IF YOU ARE INTO
THIS KIND OF THING, AND A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE REALLY GETTING INTO
THIS WHAT DO YOU HEAR WITH THE
PRICES? THESE AREN’T YOUR
GRANDDADDY’S WHEELS, BUT THE
NOSTALGIA IS THERE AIRSTREAMS
WITH THEIR NEARLY NO MAINTENANCE
AND RETRO APPEAL, THEY LOOK THE
SAME AS THEY DID DECADES AGO.
BUT INSIDE IT’S A WHOLE
DIFFERENT VIBE. POP OUTS THAT
PUT ROAD TRIPS AT THE FINANCIAL
FINGERTIPS OF MORE AND MORE
HOUSEHOLDS. AND, OF COURSE, THE
TRICKED OUT FANCY. IS THIS AN
APARTMENT OR AN RV RECREATIONAL
VEHICLES ARE BEING IS BIG
BUSINESS IN MICHIGAN. WE ARE THE
FIFTH LARGEST STATE IN THE
NATION FOR RV SHIPMENTS WE HAVE
OVER 1300 LICENSED CAMPGROUNDS
IN MICHIGAN, JOEL DEFOE POPPED
IN WITH HIS YOUNG GUNS AND SEES
A REAL APPEAL TO HAVING A HOME
LIKE SETTING ON WHEELS TV. EVEN
10 YEAR OLD ELLA COULD SEE HOW
THINGS TRAIN THIS FORM HAS TWO
LEGS INSTEAD OF ONE. YEAH,
TURNED INTO A BED. PROBABLY
USUALLY DO LIKE THE V R B O
THING AND GO STAY SOMEPLACE NICE
, BUT IT CAN BE NICE BUT STILL
KIND OF LIKE CAMPING TURNS OUT
WHEN MUCH OF EVERYTHING ELSE
WENT BY THE WAYSIDE DURING THE
LAST THREE YEARS OF THE PANDEMIC
, THE VIRUS WAS A REASON FOR
FAMILIES AND TRAVELERS TO HIT
THE ROAD, JACK SO THE OFFICE IS
NOW HITTING THE ROAD TO RV SALES
AND CAMPING SKYROCKETED DURING
THE PANDEMIC. BECAUSE IT WAS ONE
OF THE SAFEST WAYS TO STILL
RECREATE AND TRAVEL WHEN YOU
COULDN’T OTHERWISE, TAKE A PLANE
OR GO ON A CRUISE SHIP, AND IN
FACT, MANUFACTURERS TURNED
INWARDS GOT CREATIVE AND OFFERED
NOT JUST THE AMENITIES OF HOME
BUT THE AMENITIES OF THE OFFICE
LIKE WIFI. YOU WANT TO BE ABLE
TO STAY CONNECTED. WATCH YOUR
FAVORITE MOVIE SOLAR POWER AGAIN
WITHOUT HAVING TO RELY ON A
DEDICATED ELECTRICAL SERVICE AND
A CAMPGROUND. ALLOWED YOU STILL
TO HAVE POWER FOR YOUR UNIT AND
BE ABLE TO TRAVEL. IN MORE RURAL
AREAS IN OFF GRID MORE
ADVENTUROUS THAN POPPING INTO A
HOTEL ROOM. WAY MORE ADVENTUROUS
THAN A HOTEL ROOM. AND IF YOU
JUST WANT TO GET YOUR FEET WET,
YOU COULD ALSO COME TO THE SHOW.
IT’S OPEN UNTIL SUNDAY AND TALK
ABOUT RENTING. CHRISTIE I JUST
WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS
PARTICULAR ONE. THEY’VE GONE
DOWN FROM A V 10 TO A V. A. IT’S
SO COMFORTABLE AND SO COMPACT,
EVEN MY FEET HIT THE PEDALS, AND
I’M ONLY FIVE FT ONE AND BY THE
WAY, THIS PARTICULAR UNIT IS
CALLED A LEPRECHAUN. OKAY YEAH.
NO THEY’RE NOT CALLING ME A
LEPRECHAUN. IT’S $50,000 OFF FOR
THE SHOW. IT IS UNDER $100,000
SOMETHING HERE FOR A LOT OF
DIFFERENT BUDGETS. THIS IS
REALLY GREAT, PAUL. YOU KNOW MY
EXPERIENCE WITH CAMPING WAS KIND
OF A MOLDY SMELLING CAMPER WITH
AN ANT PROBLEM. SO FOR ME TO SEE
WHAT LOOKS LIKE MARBLE IN THE
SHOWERS AND FOUR BURNERS IS
BLOWS ME AWAY. LISTEN SISTER,
I’M TOO OLD TO SLEEP ON THE
GROUND ANYMORE. SO IF I’M GONNA
GO CAMPING, I’M GONNA GO
GLAMPING. THAT’S RIGHT. YOU AND
ME BOTH. I’LL RIDE SHOTGUN,
PAULA. ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO
MUCH. WELL STILL AHEAD HERE
FIRST FOR BIG DECISIONS FOR
DONALD TRUMP. WE HAVE UPDATES ON
TWO INVESTIGATIONS FOCUSING ON
THE FORMER PRESIDENT. ALSO
AHEAD, ANOTHER ECONOMIC
INDICATOR HAS BEEN REVEALED NEW
NUMBERS THAT GIVE US SOME IDEA
WHERE INTEREST RATES COULD BE
HEADED, BUT FIRST, A CHOKING
HAZARD FOR SMALL CHILDREN. WE
ARE TRACKING A NEW RECALL
FOLLOWING TWO DEATHS. YOU MAY
WANT TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION