WHY FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW. FALLOUT CONTINUES AT THE DETROIT
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AFTER AN
AUDIENCE MEMBER REPORTEDLY
YELLED A RACIAL SLUR. IT
HAPPENED NEAR THE END OF
FRIDAY’S PERFORMANCE OF CHARLIE
BROWN, CHRISTMAS, CYRUS CHESTNUT
AND FRIENDS. THE ORCHESTRA HALL
HAS APOLOGIZED FOR THE INCIDENT
AND ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE
PERSON INVOLVED. VICTOR WILLIAMS
JOINS US HAS CONCERTGOERS ARE
REACTING TO THAT INCIDENT. WELL,
THIS SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD
CONCERT BEFORE ALL OF THIS
HAPPENED, BUT IT’S A SHAME THAT
NOWADAYS YOU CAN’T EVEN GO TO A
SHOW WITHOUT A HARSH REALITY
CREEPING INTO THE VENUE. HMM. IT
JUST CONTINUES TO MAKE ME
UNCOMFORTABLE. AND THIS IS THE
PLACE THAT MY WIFE AND I, WE GO
THERE, OFTEN WITH THE DETROIT
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INTERRUPTED
BY A RACIST OUTBURST. SHOCKING
NEWS FOR JEFFREY GESSNER AND HIS
WIFE, DION JUST MAKES YOU ON
EDGE AND, YOU KNOW, PUT YOUR
SAFETY YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR
SAFETY AND THAT ENVIRONMENT AS
WELL. I’M JUST HAPPY THAT THAT
WAS THE DAY THAT I WAS NOT THERE
THAT WE WEREN’T THERE WERE TOLD
DURING FRIDAY’S CONCERT, SOMEONE
SHOT AT A RACIAL SLUR AT THE END
OF THE SHOW. THE INCIDENT
DOESN’T SEEM TO HAVE BEEN
CAPTURED ON CAMERA. MANY DETAILS
. HOWEVER UNCLEAR ABOUT THE
INTERNET IS REACTING WITH
COMMENTS THAT READ. QUOTE LAST
NIGHT, I ATTENDED A TRULY
AMAZING CONCERT. IN MANY WAYS,
IT WAS SOMETHING I WAITED MY
WHOLE LIFE TO SEE. UNFORTUNATELY
FOR A BRIEF MOMENT, IT ALSO
CONTAINED ONE OF THE MOST
APPALLING AND DISGUSTING PUBLIC
INCIDENTS I’VE EVER WITNESSED
FIRSTHAND. IT WAS SHOCKING. IN A
DISTURBING AND WHAT HAD
HAPPENED. THE CROWD LET OUT A
COLLECTIVE GASP. THE BAND PAUSED
FOR ABOUT A HALF A SECOND AND
THEN CARRIED ON AND CONTINUE TO
TAKE US ON A MAGICAL MUSIC
JOURNEY. ANOTHER PERSON WROTE
QUOTE. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED THAT
THIS HAPPENED AND TOTALLY
DISILLUSIONED BY PEOPLE’S
BEHAVIOR. END QUOTE, THE DETROIT
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RELEASED A
STATEMENT WHICH IN PART READS
QUOTE, RACISM AND BIGOTRY HAVE
NO PLACE IN ORCHESTRA HALL AND
BEHAVIOR LIKE THIS IS
UNACCEPTABLE. WE ARE CURRENTLY
INVESTIGATING AND WILL ENACT A
PERMANENT BAN ONCE WE IDENTIFY
THE TICKET HOLDER. HAPPY THAT HE
WON’T BE ABLE TO ATTEND ANY MORE
CONCERTS THERE ANYWAY. I JUST
THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE
SOMETHING A STEP. FURTHER. AND
THE NEXT SHOW AT THE DETROIT
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WILL BE THIS
UPCOMING WEDNESDAY. VICTOR
WILLIAMS LOCAL FORM. TIME NOW
FOR A CHECK OF THE WEATHER, RAIN
AND SNOW COULD MOVE INTO THE
AREA THIS WEEK. BRIAN JOINS US
NOW WITH A LOOK AT THE FOREWARN
FORECAST. HEY BRIAN, PAMELA. AND
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. YEAH NOT
A BAD DAY TODAY JUST A TINY BIT
OF SUNSHINE, MORE CLOUDS THAN
ANYTHING AND WE’RE GOING TO
CONTINUE THAT TREND AS WE HAD
INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT
WEEK. TOWER CAM LOOKING AT
CAMPUS MARTIUS HERE, A BEAUTIFUL
AND VERY TRANQUIL VIEW. AS
YOU’RE HEADING OUTSIDE TOWARD
THE MIDNIGHT HOUR TONIGHT, MOST
EVERYONE STILL HOLDING INTO THE
MID THIRTIES AS OF 11 O’CLOCK.
SITTING AT 36 RIGHT NOW. HERE IN
DETROIT. 35 AN ARBOR 34 RIGHT
NOW WORKING OVER INTO PORTS,
HURON AND 36 OVER AN ADRIAN.
JUST ABOUT EVERYONE SITTING INTO
THE THIRTIES LATE TONIGHT,
CHECKING IN AT 33 RIGHT NOW.
MOUNT CLEMENS, 36 AS YOU WORK
OVER INTO GROSSE ILE 34 RIGHT
NOW AND HOW AND 35 AS YOU WORK
INTO THE BIG HOUSE OVER IN ANN
ARBOR CLOUD COVER HOLDING TOUGH
FOR THE ENTIRE STATE ALL DAY
LONG TODAY SAVE JUST A FEW
BREAKS AND DESPITE HIGH PRESSURE
MOVING OFF TO THE EAST, THAT’S
GOING TO BE THE TREND TOMORROW
AS WELL. WELL CLOUD COVER ALL
DAY LONG TEMPERATURES NOT MOVING
A WHOLE LOT ONLY INTO THE UPPER
THIRTIES BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON,
AND WE’VE GOT A FEW DRY DAYS TO
START THE WEEK BEFORE A STRONGER
SYSTEM WITH RAIN AND SNOW ON THE
WAY AS WE GO INTO THE SECOND
HALF OF NEXT WEEK, I’LL TIME OUT
WHEN YOU’RE GOING TO NEED THAT
UMBRELLA AND YOUR COMPLETE
FOREWARN FORECAST THAT’S COMING
UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. AND
WITH THAT WINTER WEATHER ON THE
WAY, GOOD TIME TO DOWNLOAD THAT
FOREWARN WEATHER APP. EXACT
TRACK 40 RADAR, FUTURE TRACK
EVERYTHING YOU NEED AND WHETHER
ALERTS IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND
YOU CAN GET IT IN YOUR FAVORITE
APPS STORAGES SEARCH WDIV’S A
KEY SUSPECT IN THE 1988 BOMBING
OF A PIMP PAN AM FLIGHT OVER
LOCKERBIE, SCOTLAND, IS IN US
CUSTODY. THAT TERROR ATTACK
KILLED 270 PEOPLE, THE MAJORITY
OF THEM AMERICANS, INCLUDING 16
. PEOPLE FROM MICHIGAN,
OFFICIALS SAY THE LIBYAN MAN WAS
CHARGED BY THE U. S TWO YEARS
AGO FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT. THE
INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND
SCOTTISH PROSECUTORS ARE
CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE UK
GOVERNMENT. THE LOCKERBIE
BOMBING REMAINS THE DEADLIEST
TERROR ATTACK TO HAVE TAKEN
PLACE IN THE UK CONGRESSIONAL
LEADERS AND THE WHITE HOUSE OR
STRUGGLING TO REACH A DEAL ON A
MASSIVE GOVERNMENT FUNDING
PACKAGE. DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS STILL HAVE NOT
AGREED ON TOP LINE SPENDING
NUMBERS THAT WILL FUND THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE
FISCAL YEAR THAT ENDS IN
SEPTEMBER OF 2023. THE TWO
PARTIES ARE ABOUT $26 BILLION
APART AND DOMESTIC SPENDING,
LAWMAKERS WARNED THAT THEY WILL
ALMOST CERTAINLY NEED TO PASS A
SHORT TERM MEASURE. TO AVOID A
SHUTDOWN BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
THE FATE OF THE BILL IS ALSO
LINKED TO AN ELECTION OVERHAUL
MEASURE TO AVOID ANOTHER JANUARY
6TH ATTACK. A GROUP OF MIDWEST
DEMOCRATS SAY THEIR PARTY HAS A
FLYOVER PROBLEM ARE GRANT HERMES
TALKED WITH DEBBIE DINGELL ABOUT
WHAT SHE BELIEVES COULD HELP
SOLVE THAT. REPUBLICANS HAVE
LONG ACCUSED DEMOCRATS OF BEING
THE PARTY OF COASTAL ELITES. AND
WHILE DEMOCRATS HAVE SCOFFED AT
THOSE CLAIMS, SOME WITHIN THE
PARTY ARE NOT POINTING TO JUST
THAT, SAYING THINGS NEED TO
CHANGE BEFORE 2024 TO HELP THE
LIVES OF MILLIONS OF DEMOCRATIC
VOTERS, NOT JUST IN MICHIGAN BUT
ACROSS THE MIDWEST. AT THE FRONT
OF THAT PUSHES MICHIGAN
CONGRESSWOMAN DEBBIE DINGELL,
WHO HAS BEEN ON A MISSION TO
CHANGE THE PARTY’S MIND OF THE
MIDWEST IS FLYOVER COUNTRY AND
INSTEAD NEEDS BOOTS ON THE
GROUND. IT’S A PUSH START. TWO
DECADES AGO BY THE LAKE,
MICHIGAN SENATOR CARL LEVIN, WHO
WANTED TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE
SMALLER, LESS DIVERSE EARLY
PRIMARY STATES. CARL LEVIN
RECOGNIZED 30 YEARS AGO THAT
THOSE SMALL STATES ACTUALLY
IMPACTED WHAT CUT CONSIDERED IN
WASHINGTON. THAT’S WHY IT’S
IMPORTANT THAT THE EARLY STATES
REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF THE
COUNTRY AND OTHER MIDWEST
DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING TO
PUT THEIR STATES ON THE RADARS
OF THE PARTY LEADERS WHERE MOST
OF THE TOP BRASS IS FROM THE
COAST. BUT ACCORDING TO NEW
REPORTING FROM POLITICO, THAT
FIGHT HAS BEEN AN UPHILL BATTLE
. DINGLE EVEN MAKING THIS MAP OF
THE HOME DISTRICTS OF THE PARTY
LEADERSHIP, MOSTLY CENTERED ON
THE WEST COAST AND NORTHEAST,
THE MAP SENT TO THE PRESIDENT AS
A WAKE UP CALL TODAY WE’RE
STARTING UP HEARTLAND CAUCUS. UM
YOU KNOW, IN 2 16. I PREDICTED
THAT DONALD TRUMP WOULD WIN. AH
AND HE DID, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID
TO ME, THERE’S NO ROAD TO THE
WHITE HOUSE THAT DOESN’T GO
THROUGH THE HEART POINT. HE
UNDERSTANDS IT. BUT THE WORK
MAYBE CUT OUT FOR DEMOCRATS IN
THOSE MIDDLE STATES, ESPECIALLY
MICHIGAN AFTER THE DNC CHOSE
COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AS THE
FIRST IN THE NATION PRIMARY AND
RECENT POLLING SHOWING ONLY ONE
IN FOUR MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS WANT
JOE BIDEN TO RUN AGAIN.
POTENTIALLY LEAVING THE DOOR
OPEN FOR REPUBLICANS TO STEP IN
, I THINK, LOOK, WE JUST HAVE TO
WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
VOICES ARE PART OF THE MOSAIC OF
WHAT IS AT THE TABLE. I THINK WE
MADE THE POINT SHIFTING GEARS AS
THE POLITICAL SCENE SHIFTS TO
THINK ABOUT THE NEXT
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THERE ARE
A FEW THINGS DINGLE SAYS. THAT
STILL NEEDS TO HAPPEN. BUT SHE
SAYS THE HEARTLAND CAUCUS DOES
HAVE SUPPORT FROM LEADERSHIP
WITHIN THE PARTY. IN DETROIT,
GRANT HERMES LOCAL 4. THE
PLAYOFF PUSH CONTINUES AS THE
LIONS GET A BIG WIN AGAINST THE
DIVISION RIVAL A SELLOUT CROWD
THIS AFTERNOON WATCH THE
HONOLULU AND BLUE DEFEAT THE
MINNESOTA VIKINGS. THE WIN IS
THE TEAM’S FIFTH IN SIX GAMES AS
THEY MOVED CLOSER TO THE CHANCE
OF THE PLAYOFFS. JAMIE WILL HAVE
COMPLETE HIGHLIGHTS AND REACTION
FROM THE BIG WIN. COMING UP ON
SPORTS FINAL EDITION. STILL TO
COME HERE ON LOCAL 4, TURNING
PAIN INTO PURPOSE. I DIDN’T KNOW
WHERE TO GET HELP. WHEN I TRIED
TO GET HELP. NOBODY WOULD HELP
ME SO I FELT DEFEATED. SO I
DON’T WANT ANYONE TO FEEL LIKE
OH, I JUST HAVE TO STAY IN THIS.
FAITH GREENS FIGHTS COPING WITH
THE MURDER OF HER CHILDREN AT
THE HANDS OF HER EX HUSBAND, HOW