>> Announcer: LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, HOME OF
WDIV AND CLICK ON DETROIT,
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS
NOW.
>>> THIS SUMMER WARMUP
CONTINUES ALL ACROSS METRO
DETROIT FOR YOU.
THE LOCAL FORECASTERS ARE
TRACKING YOUR FOURTH OF JULY
FORECAST.
NEW AT NOON, THE JOBS REPORT
FOR JUNE IS OUT.
WE’LL HAVE THE LATEST
NUMBERS AT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION DOING A
VICTORY LAP.
BUT FIRST A TRAGEDY IN VAN
BUREN TOWNSHIP.
AN ELDERLY COUPLE KILLED BY
AN OVERNIGHT HOUSE FIRE.
THAT STORY DOES TOP OUR NEWS
AT NOON THANK YOU FOR
JOINING, I’M EVROD CASSIMY.
RIGHT NOW AN INVESTIGATION
INTO WHAT CAUSED THAT FIRE
IS UNDERWAY THIS AFTERNOON.
BUT IT HAPPENED AT A HOME ON
LILAC LANE RIGHT NEAR
BELLEVILLE ROAD.
AS LOCAL 4’S NICK MONACELLI
SHOWS US, INVESTIGATORS
BELIEVE THIS FIRE MIGHT HAVE
BEEN AN ACCIDENT.
>> Reporter: THERE’S A
CHANCE YOU MAY NOT HAVE SEEN
THE HOME FROM THIS VANTAGE
POINT WHICH REALLY PAINTS A
MUCH CLEARER PICTURE AS TO
JUST HOW BAD AND INTENSE
THIS FIRE WAS AND WHY THIS
COUPLE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET
OUT BUT THEY TRIED, THEY
REALLY TRIED ESCAPING IT.
>> WAS SCARY.
THERE WERE FLAMES COMING OFF
THE ROOF.
WHEN THEY HAD THAT BIG
LADDER TRUCK UP SHOOTING
WATER DOWN.
IT WAS PRETTY SCARY.
>> Reporter: NEIGHBORS
RECORDED THIS VIDEO FROM
ACROSS THE STREET SHOWING
HOW BIG THE FIRE HAD GROWN
AT THIS HOME ON LILAC AND
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP.
TRAPPED INSIDE WAS A LONG
TIME MARRIED COUPLE
76-YEAR-OLD RICHARD JOHNSON
AND HIS WIFE 77-YEAR-OLD
PATRICIA JOHNSON.
BOTH WERE FOUND IN THE
GARAGE.
FIRE INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY
TRIED ESCAPING BUT DIDN’T
MAKE IT.
>> IT APPEARS THAT THEY WERE
ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE THE
RESIDENCE TRYING TO GET OUT.
WHETHER THEY WERE GOING TO
LEAVE IN THE CAR OR WHETHER
THEY WERE JUSTIFY TRYING TO
OPEN THE GARAGE DOOR, FROM
WHERE THE FIRE WAS AT AND
WHERE THEY’RE AT THEY WERE
AT THE FURTHEST POINT THEY
COULD BE AT THE FIRE AND IT
APPEARS THAT THEY WERE IN
WHAT WOULD BE SLEEPING
ATTIRE.
LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE TRYING
TO LEAVE THE RESIDENCE.
>> Reporter: THE FIRE
STARTED AROUND 1:30 NEW
YORK.
THE FIRE MARSHAL SAYING IT
APPEARS TO BE AN ACCIDENT
LIKELY STARTING IN BACK OF
THE HOME.
THIS IS AN OLDER BRICK HOUSE
WHICH TRAPPED A LOT OF THE
HEAT AND SMOKE UNTIL THE
FIRE BURST THROUGH THE ATIC
AND ROOF.
WITH ALL OF THIS DAMAGE,
IT’S EASY TO UNDERSTAND WHY
GETTING OUT WAS NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE.
>> JUST SO SAD.
IT’S JUST HARD TO BELIEVE.
I MEAN IT COULDN’T HAPPEN TO
TWO NICER PEOPLE YOU
COULDN’T FIND ON THIS EARTH.
>> Reporter: AGAIN THE FIRE
INVESTIGATORS SAYING THIS IS
AN ACCIDENTAL FIRE.
BUT IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME
TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT
ACTUALLY CAUSED IT.
IN VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, NICK
MONACELLI, LOCAL 4.
>> SO INCREDIBLY SAD, NICK,
THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE
THERE.
>>> NEW AT NOON, PART OF THE
SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY HAS
REOPENED AFTER AN
INVESTIGATION EARLIER THIS
MORNING.
THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF THE
SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY WERE
CLOSED RIGHT AT EIGHT MILE
AS MICHIGAN STATE POLICE
INVESTIGATE A POSSIBLE
SHOOTINGING.
THEY TELL US THAT A DRIVER
REPORTED HEARING A BANG AND
FOUND A HOLE IN HIS CAR.
STATE POLICE SAY THAT THE
INVESTIGATION IS STILL GOING
ON.
>>> A MAN PULLED OVER BY THE
OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF FOR
POSING AS A POLICE OFFICER
PLEADS GUILTY.
THIS IS ADRIAN ASSANTE FROM
WATERFORD PLEADED GUILTY TO
FEMNY DRUG CHARGE AND
MISDEMEANOR FOR
IMPERSONATING A POLICE
OFFICER.
HE’S ACCUSED OF CARRYING A
GUN AND DRIVING A CAR WITH
POLICE DECALS AND FLASHING
LIGHTS WHEN HE WAS PULLED
OVER BY SHERIFF MIKE
BOUSHARD IN FEBRUARY.
HE IS SCHEDULED TO BE
SENTENCED LATER THIS MONTH.
>>> LET’S SWITCH GEARS A BIT
HERE AND TALK ABOUT OUR
INCREDIBLY HOT FORECAST.
86° RIGHT NOW AT NOON.
BRANDON ARE WE GOING UP
FROM THERE?
I KNOW RELEASE SOME PRETTY
WARM TEMPERATURES WE’RE
LOOKING AT?
>> YES, WE WILL BE GOING UP
A FEW DEGREES STILL.
AND WE’RE STILL ENJOYING THE
HEAT.
I MEAN, MOST OF YOU ARE
ENJOYING THE HEAT.
STILL NOT TOO MUGGY.
SO THAT’S GOOD.
TEMPERATURES 86° AT METRO,
IT’S 90 IN FLINT RIGHT NOW.
84 PORT HURON A LOT OF 85s
OUT THERE.
AS WE LOOK AT THE HEAT INDEX
IT’S 85 SO IT’S LESS THAN
THE AIR TEMPERATURE.
WHAT GIVES?
WELL, IT’S JUST NOT TOO
MUGGY... YET.
IT IS ROUND ONE OF THE
ROCKET MORTGAGE CLASSIC
SECOND ANNUAL PGA EVENT AT
THE DETROIT GOLF CLUB.
ALTHOUGH WE’RE NOT ALLOWED
TO GO WE’LL BE ABLE TO WATCH
SOME OF IT.
THE GOLFERS WILL BE LOVING
IT 88° AT 2:00.
A HIGH OF 90° TODAY.
AND THAT IS HOT WITHOUT THE
STICKINESS, WHICH DOES COME
INTO PLAY TOMORROW AND
BEYOND. SO WE ARE ON THE START OF A
SO WE ARE ON THE START OF A
90+ DEGREE STRETCH FOR DAYS
AND DAYS AND DAYS.
THE DIFFERENCE THOUGH WILL BE THAT HUMIDITY WHICH DOES
BE THAT HUMIDITY WHICH DOES
BUILD UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE
HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
SO, EVROD, COMING UP WE’LL
BE TRACKING SOME DANGEROUS
HEAT INDICES AND THOSE 90s
TO COME AND COME AND COME.
>> BOY, OH BOY, ALL RIGHT
BRANDON WE’LL BE CHECKING IN
WITH YOU IN JUST A LITTLE
BIT.
>>> THE VERY LATEST ON THE
CORONAVIRUS HERE IN
MICHIGAN.
RIGHT NOW A TOTAL OF 64,000
CASES ACROSS THE STATE WITH
262 NEW CASES IN JUST THE
PAST 24 HOURS.
NOW THE DEATH TOLL FROM THE
VIRUS SITS AT 5900 WITH FOUR
LIVES LOST IN THE PAST 24
HOURS.
BUT AS THE CASE NUMBERS
CONTINUE TO FLUCTUATE
GOVERNOR WHITMER HAS SHUT
DOWN INDOOR BAR SERVICE FOR
PLACES THAT MAKE 70% REVENUE
ON ALCOHOL SALES.
IF A PLACE MAKES MORE THAN
30% ON FOOD THEY CAN STILL
SERVE INDOOR AT TABLES FOR
NOW.
PATIO SERVICE CONTINUES AT
ALL BARS.
BUT THEN STAND ALONE BARS,
NIGHTCLUBS AND STRIP CLUBS
ARE CLOSED UNDER THE
GOVERNOR’S ORDER. >>> THE JUNE JOBS REPORT IS
>>> THE JUNE JOBS REPORT IS
OUT IT SHOWS THE U.S. ADDED
MORE JOBS THAN ANALYSTS
EXPECTED.
MORE THAN 4.8 MILLION JOBS
WERE ADDED LAST MONTH.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WENT
DOWN TO 11.1%.
THAT’S THE SECOND STRAIGHT
MONTH THAT LESS PEOPLE ARE
OUT OF WORK.
PRESIDENT TRUMP CLAIMING
THIS A VICTORY.
>> President Trump: TODAY’S
ANNOUNCEMENT PROVES THAT OUR ECONOMY IS ROARING BACK,
ECONOMY IS ROARING BACK,
IT’S COMING BACK EXTREMELY
STRONG.
WE HAVE SOME AREAS WHERE
WE’RE PUTTING OUT THE FLAMES
OF THE FIRES IT’S WORKING
OUT WELL.
WE’RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY
WITH GOVERNORS.
I THINK IT’S WORKING OUT
VERY WELL.
I THINK YOU WILL SEE THAT
SHORTLY.
>> NOW ANALYSTS SAY WHILE
THE JOBS INCREASE IS
ENCOURAGING, IT LIKELY
HAPPENED BEFORE PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY SAW SPIKES IN
CORONAVIRUS CASES.
>>> STILL TO COME HERE ON
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON A POWER
PLAY IN RUSSIA.
FIND OUT THE LEGAL MOVE THAT
COULD LEAVE VLADIMIR PUTIN
IN POWER FOR THE NEXT 16
YEARS.
BUT FIRST AN INVESTIGATION
IS UNDERWAY AFTER A BUILDING
COLLAPSES IN NEW YORK CITY.
THIS IS THE AFTERMATH OF IT
ALL.
WE’LL TELL YOU WHAT POLICE