WHY. FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW. AND WE BEGIN WITH STORMS DEVELOPING
JUST TO THE WEST OF US. WE ARE
SEEING A LOT OF LIGHTNING ON OUR
ANN ARBOR SKY CAM THERE AS YOU
CAN SEE. SO LET’S START THINGS
OFF AT 11 HERE WITH PAUL GROSS,
WHO WAS SHOWING US THIS TAKING
SHAPE EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON,
PAUL AND IT WAS JUST A FEW
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
LAKE MICHIGAN INTO SOUTHWEST
LOWER MICHIGAN, AND THAT ALSO
MOVED EAST SOUTHEAST AND
BASICALLY WAS MOVING INTO
NORTHERN INDIANA, NORTHERN OHIO
AS EXPECTED, BUT ONE ADDITIONAL
STORM DEVELOPED ON THE NORTHERN
EDGE OF THAT, AND THAT ONE IS
THIS ONE, RIGHT? HERE AND SO
THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. IS JUST
WEST OF ANN ARBOR. AS YOU CAN
SEE RIGHT HERE. SOME TORRENTIAL
RAIN WITH THAT THING. IN FACT,
LET’S PUT A LITTLE STORM TRACK
ON THIS THING. THERE WE GO ONE
MORE TIME HERE. THERE WE GO, AND
WE’LL JUST KIND OF OUTLINE JUST
WHERE THE HEAVIEST PART OF THIS
STORM IS RIGHT HERE MOVING
EASTWARD AT ABOUT I’VE COMPUTED
IT AT ABOUT 20 MPH OR SO AT THAT
RATE, IT’S GONNA GET TO
PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP ABOUT AND
ANN ARBOR BETWEEN ABOUT 11 25
AND 11 30, PROBABLY RIGHT AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE HOUR ABOUT 11 30
OR SO IT LOOKS LIKE A PROGRESS
EASTWARD INTO WAYNE COUNTY. NOT
SEVERE, AND IN FACT, THIS THING
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK HERE HERE,
LET’S WIDEN IT OUT HERE. YOU CAN
TAKE A LOOK AND WE’LL SLIDE THE
MAP BACK TO THE WEST. THIS IS
AGAIN THE BIGGER, BIGGER BATCH
OF STUFF IS DOWN HERE AND SOME
OF THIS BECAME SEVERE, BUT WE’RE
NOT EXPECTING THIS TO COME
SEVERE, SO WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT
THE PROSPECTS FOR RAIN THIS
WEEKEND. IT’S NOT JUST RAIN. WE
HAVE A BETTER CHANCE FOR SEVERE
STORMS THIS WEEKEND. WE’LL BREAK
THAT DOWN FOR YOU IN JUST A
LITTLE BIT. GUYS ARE THE TOP
STORY TONIGHT. DOCTORS
MONITORING PRESIDENT BIDEN AFTER
HE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID.
PRESIDENT’S DIAGNOSIS COMING AS
COVID CASES ARE AGAINST SOARING
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE WHITE
HOUSE REASSURING AMERICANS
TONIGHT BY SAYING THE PRESIDENT
HAS LY MILD SYMPTOMS. AS THE
NATION GRAPPLES WITH MORE THAN
100,000 NEW COVID CASES A DAY,
THE MOST PROMINENT CASE COMING
OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE THURSDAY
, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TESTING
POSITIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS.
I’M DOING WELL, LOT OF WORK TIME
GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET IT
DONE. THE PRESIDENT’S PERSONAL
PHYSICIAN RELEASING A LETTER
STATING. BIDEN IS ONLY
EXPERIENCING MILD SYMPTOMS,
INCLUDING RUNNY NOSE. FATIGUE
AND OCCASIONAL DRY COUGH. REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR IN CRAZY
CONCERNS. THE 79 YEAR OLD
COMMANDER IN CHIEF TESTED
POSITIVE AFTER A RECENT TRIP TO
THE MIDDLE EAST. THE WHITE HOUSE
SAYS THEY ARE UNSURE, THOUGH,
WHERE HE CAUGHT IT. HE’S RESTING
AND TAKING THE ANTIVIRAL
TREATMENT PACKS LOADED AND WILL
REMAIN IN ISOLATION UNTIL NEXT
TUESDAY BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT IS
FULLY VACCINATED. DOUBLE BOOSTED
DRAMATICALLY LOWER. THE
PRESIDENT’S DIAGNOSIS COMES AS
COVID CASES ARE SOARING ACROSS
THE COUNTRY, MANY FUELED BY THE
HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS OMICRON
VARIANTS B A FOUR AND BE A FIVE
MAJORITY OF STATES SEEING A 10
TO 50% INCREASE IN CASES IN JUST
THE LAST TWO WEEKS. WE’VE NEVER
SEEN AS MUCH VIRUS CIRCULATING
AS IT’S CURRENTLY CIRCULATING
THE UNITED STATES, THE AVERAGE
NUMBER OF NEW CASES IS REACHING
NEARLY 126,000 DAY. LET’S SAY
THOSE NUMBERS ARE LIKELY MUCH
HIGHER. WE PROBABLY ARE
CURRENTLY SEEING SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN SIX AND 800,000 NEW
CASES PER DAY, MOST OF THEM
BEING TESTED AT HOME, DESPITE
THE SURGE IN INFECTIONS, VERY
FEW AREAS ARE REINSTATING MASK
MANDATES. MEANWHILE FIRST LADY
JILL BIDEN TESTING NEGATIVE AND
CARRIED ON WITH HER SCHEDULED
VISIT TO DETROIT’S SCHULTZ
ACADEMY. BY HUSBAND TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID. I TALKED TO
HIM JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO. HE’S
DOING FINE. HE’S FEELING GOOD.
THE FIRST LADY ADDED SHE WILL
CONTINUE ON WITH HER SCHEDULE
WHILE FOLLOWING COVID PROTOCOL.
WE ARE JUST HOURS AWAY FROM I 94
SHUTTING DOWN IN BOTH DIRECTIONS
BETWEEN 75 THE LODGE CLOSE TO
DOWNTOWN ABOUT CLOSURE EXPECTED
TO LAST FOR SEVEN DAYS. MARA
MACDONALD LIVE NEAR THE SECOND
STREET BRIDGE, WHICH IS GETTING
AN ENTIRE NEW MAKEOVER. A NEW
INFRASTRUCTURE HERE, MARA
DE’VEON IT SURE IS. AND LET ME
SHOW EVERYBODY TAKE A LOOK AT
THAT. YOU ARE LOOKING AT 500.
EXCUSE ME. £5 MILLION WORTH OF
SKELETON FOR THAT NEW SECOND
STREET BRIDGE THAT IS GOING TO
BE SLID INTO PLACE OVER THE NEXT
SEVEN DAYS. YOU’RE LOOKING AT
WHAT WILL BE MICHIGAN’S FIRST
NETWORK TIED ARCH STRUCTURE.
IT’S CALLED THAT, REFERRING TO
THE CABLES THAT ARE CROSSED FROM
THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM, AND IT’S
NOT JUST PRETTY BUT PRACTICAL.
YOU SEE, IT DOESN’T HAVE A
CENTER PIER IF WE WERE TO BUILD
JUST A STANDARD OVERPASS. WE
WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO CLOSE IT
AGAIN. REMOVE THAT CENTER PIER
AND MOVE IT OVER. THIS WAY
WITHOUT A CENTER PIER. WE’RE
ACTUALLY SAVING MONEY IN THE
LONG RUN, AND IT’S MORE
EFFICIENT. THE BRIDGE WILL BE
MOVED OVER AND INTO PLACE USING
ROLLING PLATFORMS. IT WILL BE
MOVED JUST A BIT EACH DAY.
ENGINEERS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
THE STRUCTURE, WHICH IS
CURRENTLY PERCHED ON WAYNE
STATE’S CAMPUS, GETTING READY
FOR ITS MOVE ONCE IT SLIDES INTO
PLACE. WELL THEN A WHOLE LOT
MORE NEEDS TO HAPPEN. THE ROAD
SURFACE WILL BE PUT ON. IT HAS
TWO LANES FOR TRAFFIC AS WELL AS
PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE LANES, AND
WE UNDERSTAND THE INCONVENIENCE
WE REALLY DO, AND WE REALLY
THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT
THIS, BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER
IS, YOU CANNOT MOVE THIS BRIDGE.
WITH LIVE TRAFFIC UNDERNEATH.
IT’S JUST NOT GOING TO WORK AND
THEN YOU REALLY CAN’T DO IT IN A
WEEKEND. BECAUSE THERE’S CERTAIN
THINGS THAT COULD SLOW PROGRESS.
BACK HERE LIVE THAT I 90
FORECLOSURE GOES INTO EFFECT AT
FOUR. A.M. FRIDAY MEANS IT’S
GOING TO BE IN PLACE FOR THE
MORNING RUSH AND SOMETHING KIND
OF NEAT THAT M DOT IS DOING A
MOUNTED CAMERAS UP THERE. SO
THIS BRIDGE IS GOING TO SLIDE,
BUT IT’S NOT GOING TO SLIDE IN
ONE FELL SWOOP. THEY’RE GOING TO
DO IT INCREMENTALLY, SO THEY’RE
GOING TO VIDEO THE WHOLE THING
AND GIVE US A TIME LAPSE TO
SHARE WITH EVERYBODY TO SHOW
WHAT THE WHOLE PROCESS FROM
START TO FINISH. LOOKS LIKE
WE’RE LIVE ON THE CAMPUS OF
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, AND MARA
MACDONALD, LOCAL 4 MENTIONED
SEVEN DAYS THE CLOSURE FOR 94
ANY WORD YET ON WHEN THE BRIDGE
WILL BE READY TO ACCEPT TRAFFIC.
TO REALLY BE READY, RIGHT? SO
HERE IS WHAT HERE. HERE’S HERE’S
WHAT I’M DOT SAYS THIS GETS SLID
INTO PLACE OVER THE NEXT SEVEN
DAYS. THAT’S REALLY JUST THE
START. THEN THEY HAVE TO DO YOU
KNOW, LAYING THE SURFACE OF THE
ROADWAY AND ALL THE REST OF IT,
WHICH IS GOING TO TAKE A
SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TIME.
LIKELIHOOD IS WE’RE GOING TO SEE
TRAFFIC ON THERE. BY THE TIME
THE SNOW FLIES THIS YEAR, OKAY A
LITTLE WHILE TO WAIT BECAUSE
IT’S NOT QUITE THE LEGOS. LOOK
WE WERE HOPING THEY’RE JUST
SNAPPING THINGS IN PLACE. REALLY
COOL, THOUGH, RIGHT? MARA 365
DAYS WITHOUT JUSTICE, THE FAMILY
OF TAKEYA ALLEN COMING TOGETHER
TONIGHT ON BELLE ISLE ONE YEAR
AFTER SHE WAS SHOT AND KILLED
WHILE RIDING HER BICYCLE OUTSIDE
OF A FRIEND’S HOME ON DETROIT’S
WEST SIDE. SHOTS FIRED FROM A
BRIGHT RED SEDAN. POLICE HAVE
NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FIND. MEGAN
WOODS IS LIVE AT BELLE ISLE
TONIGHT. MEGAN HER FAMILY
DESPERATELY HOPING HER KILLER
WILL STILL BE CAUGHT. THAT’S
RIGHT. KIMBERLY HER FAMILY IS
STILL DEALING WITH SO MUCH
SADNESS AND SO MUCH FRUSTRATION
A YEAR LATER, THEY KNOW THEY
WILL NEVER FORGET TAKAYA, BUT
THEY DON’T WANT THE COMMUNITY
FORGET TO FORGET. AND THEY ALSO
WANT THE COMMUNITY IF THEY KNOW
SOMETHING TO SPEAK UP. IT
DOESN’T MAKE SENSE TO ME. THAT A
YEAR LATER. I’M STANDING HERE
BEING INTERVIEWED BY YOU GUYS
TALKING ABOUT MURDER. MY OLDEST
DAUGHTER, JUST MISSING HER. WE
ALL MISSING IN THE MURDER OF 18
YEAR OLD TAKAYA ALLEN STILL
WEIGHS HEAVY ON HER PARENTS.
IT’S VERY ROUGH. I GO TO SLEEP
WITH IT EVERY NIGHT. EVERY DAY.
I RIDE AROUND THE CITY LOOKING
AT RED TAURUSES EVERY TIME I SEE
RED TAURUS I CAN’T TELL YOU TO
STATE THAT PUTS ME IN EVEN
TOUGHER TO WATCH TO KAYA
SIBLINGS SUFFER WITHOUT HER THE
FACT THAT THEY WILL NEVER SEE
THEIR OLDER SISTER AGAIN. I
DON’T EVEN THINK THEY REALLY
COULDN’T 10. THEY WOULDN’T KNOW
WHAT WORDS TO PUT TO HOW THEY
FEEL IS GRANDMOTHER SAYS SHE’S
DOING HER BEST TO PUT HER ANGER
ASIDE AND TRY TO FOCUS ON THE
POSITIVE I CAN DO. DO I HELP
ANOTHER YOUNG PERSON? TO LIVE A
FULL LIFE BECAUSE THEY WILL
FOREVER BE 18. THEY CREATED A
BOOK SCHOLARSHIP AT OAKLAND
UNIVERSITY, KIOWAS, STUDYING TO
BECOME A NURSE PRACTITIONER.
HONOR HER LIFE. THEY STILL HAVE
THE PAIN OF KNOWING IT’S BEEN
365 DAYS AND HER KILLER IS STILL
OUT THERE. SOMEBODY OUT THERE.
IN THIS CITY KNOWS WHO WAS IN
THAT CAR THAT DAY, THEY KNOW.
AND IF THAT’S YOU AND YOU KNOW
WHO WAS IN THAT CAR, YOU’RE
ASKED TO CALL THE 1 800 SPEAK UP
. THAT’S CRIMESTOPPERS AGAIN. 1
800 SPEAK UP. IF YOU WANT MORE
INFORMATION ON THAT SCHOLARSHIP
IN TAKATA’S HONOR WILL HAVE THAT
ON CLICKONDETROIT’S DOT COM LIVE
IN DETROIT. I’M MEGAN WOODS.
LOCAL 4. OKAY MEGAN, THANKS FROM
NOW THE ACCUSED IN THE OXFORD
SCHOOL SHOOTING WILL BE BACK IN
COURT. ETHAN CRUMBLEY, IS
CHARGED AS AN ADULT IN THE
MURDER OF FOUR STUDENTS. AND
THERE ARE YOU MAY RECALL MONTHLY
HEARINGS TO DECIDE IF HE SHOULD
BE MOVED TO A JUVENILE FACILITY
LAST MONTH, THE JUDGE DECIDED
CRUMBLY WILL REMAIN IN THE
OAKLAND COUNTY JAIL. THE COURT
HAS SET A TENTATIVE TRIAL DATE.