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>> WE BEGIN WITH OXFORD SCHOOLS
CLOSED TOMORROW AFTER THE THREAT
IS MADE AGAINST THE MIDDLE
SCHOOL.
>> THIS IS THE LETTER SENT
TONIGHT TELL PARENTS IN THE
DISTRICT READING, QUOTE.
WE RECEIVED AN IMAGE FROM SOCIAL
MEDIA THAT INCLUDED A SPECIFIC
THREAT DIRECTED AT OUR MIDDLE
SCHOOL.
IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION
WE ARE CANCELING SCHOOL IN ALL
OUR BUILDINGS TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 14TH.
WE PLAN TO DO A FULL SECURITY CHECK ON ALL OUR BUILDINGS WHILE
CHECK ON ALL OUR BUILDINGS WHILE
OUR SECURITY EXPERTS CONDUCT
THEIR INVESTIGATION.
>> Devin: SINCE THE MASS
SHOOTING 13 DAYS AGO THERE HAVE
BEEN COPYCAT THREAT THE DOZENS
OF SCHOOLS ACROSS OUR AREA.
>> Kimberly: VICTOR WILLIAMS IS
IN A CLASS AND BLOOMFIELD WERE A
THREAT AGAINST CLASSES.
>> Reporter: ALL OF THE STARTS
ARE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
JUST TODAY IN WEST BLOOMFIELD HI
CLASSES HAD TO BE CANCELED EARLY
BECAUSE OF THREATS THAT WERE
MADE HERE.
>> Man: IT IS NOT RIGHT HOW
THESE KIDS ARE GOING ON WHEN
SCHOOL.
>> A PETITION FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS
GO VIRTUAL IN THE WAKE OF MORE
AND MORE SCHOOL THREATS. RECEIVED OVER 10,000 SIGNATURES.
RECEIVED OVER 10,000 SIGNATURES.
>> THAT IS BETTER THAN BEING
SHOT.
>> IN THE PETITION OF ANOTHER
SIGNATURE THE TWO FORMER OAKLAND
STUDENT.
HE IS ONE OF THE MANY PEOPLE WHO
BELIEVES THE VIRTUAL CHANGE
SHOULD HAPPEN UNTIL WINTER
BREAK.
OR AT LEAST UNTIL AUTHORITIES
ARE ABLE TO GET THE CURRENT
THREAT OF MAKING SCHOOLS UNDER CONTROL.
>> PEOPLE PAY ENOUGH.
TO LET THEIR KIDS DIE IN A
SCHOOL THERE SHOULD BE A POLICE
OFFICER IN EVERY SCHOOL.
>> HOWEVER. ERICA STEPHENSON
BELIEVES IN A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
>> VIRTUAL IS NOT FOR ALL
STUDENTS.
AND LOT OF STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES, WITH DIFFERENT
THINGS IT IS NOT FOR THEM.
IT IS NOT FOR STUDENTS THAT
LEARN DIFFERENTLY.
OF COURSE THERE IS SOME CONCERN
OF WHAT HAPPENED.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO KEEP ON
GOING.
AND WE HAVE TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS
THE BEST EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
THEY CAN BE IN. >> JONATHAN AVALON SAYS PARENTS
>> JONATHAN AVALON SAYS PARENTS
AND STAFF SHOULD EXPOS EXPLORE B
TO FIND COMMON GROUND.
UNTIL EVERYTHING GOES BACK TO
NORMAL IN THE CLASSROOM.
>> Man: I FEEL IT IS HARD TO
LEARN VIRTUAL BUT YOU CAN DO IT
BOTH WAYS.
>> Reporter: WHO KNEW THIS WOULD
BE ANOTHER OBSTACLE FOR PARENTS
AND STUDENTS TO FACE IN 2021.
EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THESE HAVE
BEEN OBVIOUS THANKS THE
CONSEQUENCES ARE REAL.
TWO STUDENTS IN WEST BLOOMFIELD
HAD TO BE QUESTIONED BY POLICE
FOR JUST SHARING THAT BOGUS
POST.
VICTOR WILLIAMS, LOCAL FOUR.
>> MEANWHILE THE SUSPECT IN THE
OXFORD SCHOOL SHOOTING PHASE TO
JUDGE AGAIN TODAY.
TOMORROW IT WILL BE HIS PARENTS
JAMES AND JENNIFER CRUMBLEY’S T
TURN.
JASON, COLTHORP WHAT SHOULD WE
EXPECT?
>> THE REAL FIREWORKS ARE THE
PRELIMINARY EXAM NEXT TUESDAY.
TOMORROW IT COULD BE BRIEF BUT
IMPORTANT CONSIDERING THE CRUMBL
CRUMBLE’Y’S WHO WILL BE THERE I
PERSON ARE TRYING TO GET OUT OF
JAIL.
>> OF PROBABLE CAUSE GOES THIS
ONE IS MORE ANTICIPATED THAN
MOST.
>> CERTAINLY SO.
CONSIDERING THE TRAGEDY IN THE
REAR FACT PARENTS OF AN ALLEGED
SCHOOL SHOOTER HAVE BEEN
CHARGED.
ATTORNEY EXPECTS JAMES AND
JENNIFER CRUMLEY TO TRY TO GET THE $500,000 BOND FORWARD.
THE $500,000 BOND FORWARD.
>> ISSUES LIKE DISCOVERY.
THE BONDS THEMSELVES THAT ARE
HIGH.
MAYBE THE DEFENSE WILL TRY TO
HAVE THE ISSUE OF THE VIABILITY OF THE CHURCH.
OF THE CHURCH.
MAYBE ATTACK THE VIABILITY OF
THE CLAIM THEY WERE TRYING TO
FLEE.
>> THERE’S NOT MUCH THAT CAN
HAPPEN OF PROBABLE CAUSE
CONFERENCE.
BUT TOMORROW WILL BE ABOUT WHAT
WE DON’T HEAR.
>> TRY TO DO AS MUCH AS YOU CAN
TO CONTAIN THE PUBLIC RELEASE OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE CASE.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE CASE.
TRIED NOT TO ARGUE THE FACTS OF
THE CASE.
>> Jason: IS THE LEGAL PROCESS
CONTINUES SO DOES THE GRIEVING
PROCESS.
AT CANTERBURY VILLAGES SMALL
CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FOR A FEW
DOZEN PEOPLE.
INCLUDING PARENTS AND STUDENTS
FROM OXFORD.
PART OF THAT GRIEVING PROCESS INCLUDES MANY PEOPLE COMING HERE
INCLUDES MANY PEOPLE COMING HERE
TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND BEING HERE AT THE MAKESHIFT
MEMORIAL THAT CONTINUES TO GROW.
OF COURSE THE HIGH SCHOOL A LONG
WAY OFF FROM REOPENING.
A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
HAS BEEN HAPPENING THIS WEEK IN
THIS PARKING LOT.
WERE ALL OF THE STUDENTS ARE
GETTING BACKPACKS LEFT BEHIND
THAT PEOPLE DAY BEGAN TODAY.
GENIUS TOMORROW AND ON WEDNESDAY.
JASON COLTHORP, LOCAL FOUR.
>> NOW TO THE CORONAVIRUS.
AS WE ARE GETTING ANOTHER LOOK
AT THE IMPACT IN MICHIGAN AND THE U.S.
THE U.S.
>> Devin: THE STATE REPORTED
16,143 NEW CASES THE LAST THREE
DAY AVERAGE 5400 PER DAY OVER
THOSE THREE.
WE LOST ANOTHER 160 LIVES TO THE
VIRUS IN THAT SAME PERIOD.
MEANWHILE CALIFORNIA WILL
REINSTATE THE INDOOR MASS
MANDATE WEDNESDAY REGARDLESS OF
VACCINE STATUS.
THE SUPREME COURT DECLINED TWO
EMERGENCY REQUEST TO BLOCK THE STATE VACCINE MANDATE.
STATE VACCINE MANDATE.
AND THE AIR FORCE HAS DISCHARGED
27 TROOPS FOR REFUSING TO GET
VACCINATED.
>> THE SURVIVORS OF LARRY NASSER
HAVE REACHED A SETTLEMENT WITH
USA GYMNASTICS WORTH HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
THEY WILL RECEIVE 380 MILLION
FROM THE U.S. OLYMPIC AND
PARALYMPIC AND THEIR INSURANCE
COMPANIES.
THAT SETTLEMENT WILL AND A LEGAL
BATTLE THAT IS BEEN REACHING
FIVE YEARS.
SURVIVORS OF NASSER INCLUDE ONLY
BIG STARS LIKE SIMONE BILES, ALLIE REISMAN.
ALLIE REISMAN.
THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO
DEDICATE A SEAT ON HIS BOARD FOR
SURVIVORS.
>> AND INVESTIGATOR OF THE
CAPITAL ATTACK FOOTSIE
UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND
CONTEMPT CHARGES AGAINST FORMER
DONALD TRUMP CHIEF OF STAFF MARK
MEADOWS FOR REFUSING TO COOPERATE.
DURING TONIGHT’S MEETING THE
COMMITTEE REVEALED TEXAN TO
MEADOW WHILE THE CAPITAL WAS
BEING PREACHED.
>> ONES TEXT MR. MEADOWS
RECEIVED SAID, QUOTE, WE ARE
UNDER SIEGE HERE AT THE CAPITAL.
ANOTHER, QUOTE, THEY HAVE
REACHED THE CAPITAL.
IN A THIRD, PROTESTERS ARE
LITERALLY STORMING THE CAPITAL BREAKING WINDOWS ON DOORS
BREAKING WINDOWS ON DOORS
BRUSHING IN.
IS TRUMP GOING TO SAY SOMETHING?
>> THIS REFERRAL FOR CONTEMPT
CHARGES WILL GO TO THE FULL
HOUSE WHICH CAN VOTE ON IT AS
SOON AS TOMORROW.
>> GOVERNOR WHITMER SAYS
MICHIGAN DRIVERS WILL HAVE THEIR
$400 AUTO INSURANCE REFUND CHECK
IN A FEW MONTHS.
COMPANIES MUST SEND REFUNDS NO
LATER THAN MAY 9TH.
DRIVERS WILL RECEIVE THE MONEY
AS LONG AS THEIR VEHICLE WAS
INJURED AS OF AUGUST 21, 2021.
IT COME FROM A 5 BILLION SURPLUS
FROM THE CATASTROPHIC CLAIMS
ASSOCIATION AND WILL BE SENT TO
INSURANCE COMPANIES
FEBRUARY 9TH. >>> STILL AHEAD THE AREA ALONG
>>> STILL AHEAD THE AREA ALONG
THE FAOX THEATER IS TO LOOK
DIFFERENT.
>> Devin: WHAT IS SLATED FOR THE
FIELD SITE.
>> KIMBERLY AND DEVON WE HAVE
DRY CONDITIONS OUT THERE IF YOU
CLOUDS OVERHEAD AND CHILI.
TEMPERATURES MOSTLY MIDDLE AND
UPPER 40s.
SO FAR 38 PROJECT 35 AND CITY
AIRPORT.
WHEN WE WAKE-UP TOMORROW