>> Announcer: LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT HOME OF
WDIV AND CLICKONDETROIT.COM,
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS
NOW.
>>> THE DEFENDERS UNCOVERING
NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE
PLOT TO KIDNAP GOVERNOR
WHITMER.
WHAT WAS JUST REVEALED ABOUT
THE GROUP’S PLAN FOR POLICE
WHO TRIED TO GET IN THEIR
WAY.
>>> AN ELECTION AUDIT HAS
JUST BEGUN IN A MICHIGAN
COUNTY THAT GOT A LOT OF
ATTENTION IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
>>> BUT WE BEGIN WITH THE
U.S. COMES CLOSER TO
AUTHORIZATION TO HELP IN THE
FIGHT AGAINST THE PANDEMIC.
THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS
NOON.
RIGHT NOW THE F.D.A. VACCINE
ADVISORY PANEL IS MEETING TO
CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT TO
RECOMMEND THAT MODERNA’S
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE BE
GRANTED EMERGENCY USE
AUTHORIZATION.
NOW THE MEETING BEGAN BY
ADDRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT
ALLERGIC REACTIONS SUFFERED
BY TWO HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN
ALASKA AFTER THEY RECEIVED
THE PFIZER VACCINE.
THE F.D.A. IS NOW WORKING
WITH PFIZER TO REVISE THE
FACT SHEET FOR THEIR VACCINE
TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE
OF MONITORING PEOPLE CLOSELY
AFTER THEY GET VACCINATED.
>> THIS PROVISION WILL BE IN
ADDITION TO THE INFORMATION
ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE
CONTRAINDICATIONS AND
WARNINGS.
INCLUDING THAT FACILITIES
WHERE VACCINES ARE BEING
ADMINISTERED SHOULD ENSURE
THAT MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR
MANAGING SERIOUS ALLERGY
REACTIONS IS IMMEDIATELY
AVAILABLE.
-- ALLERGIC REACTIONS IS
IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE.
WE WILL DO THE SAME FOR THE
MODERNA VACCINE.
>> YOU CAN WATCH THE LIVE
MEETING ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM OF COURSE
WE’LL HAVE COMPLETE COVERAGE
FOR YOU OF THAT BOTH LATER
TODAY ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT
4:00, 5:00, 6:00.
HENRY FORD HOSPITALS WILL
START VACCINATING EMPLOYEES
THIS AFTERNOON AND THAT
INCLUDES THE STATE’S TOP
MEDICAL EXECUTIVES
DR. GENERAL JONEIGH KHALDUN.
THIS COMES AS THE -- JONEIGH
KHALDUN.
THE DEPARTMENT OF MICHIGAN
SERVICES SAYS MICHIGAN WAS
EXPECTING 84,000 DOSES BUT
WILL NOW GET 60,000 DOSES
AND NO WORD ON WHY
IT REDUCED.
THOUGH THIS IS HAPPENING IN
OTHER STATES AS WELL.
>>> UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS ARE
UP AGAIN AS STATES CONTINUE
TO ENFORCE RESTRICTIONS.
885,000 PEOPLE APPLY FOR
BENEFITS LAST WEEK ALONE AND
THAT IS UP MORE THAN 20,000
FROM THE WEEK BEFORE.
YESTERDAY, MICHIGAN REPORTED
MORE THAN 4,000 NEW CASES
AND 83 MORE DEATHS DUE TO
THE VIRUS.
THE U.S. HAS NOW SURPASSED
17 MILLION CASES.
>>> SIX MEN HAVE NOW BEEN
INDICTED BY A FEDERAL GRAND
JURY FOR PLOTTING TO KIDNAP
GOVERNOR WHITMER.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT THESE
SIX WERE BEHIND THE PLT PART
OF A BIGGER GROUP ANGRY
ABOUT THE STATE’S STAY AT
HOME ORDERS.
THE GRAND JURY FOUND THERE
IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO PUT
THEM ON TRIAL.
LOCAL 4 DEFENDER SHAWN LEY
HAS BEEN DIGGING INTO THE
NEW INDICTMENT AND IS
FOLLOWING THE COURT
APPEARANCES UNDERWAY RIGHT
NOW FOR THE SUSPECTS.
SHAWN?
>> Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON,
EVERYONE.
SO FAR IN FEDERAL COURT OVER
IN GRAND RAPIDS THE COURT
HAS GOTTEN THROUGH THREE
ARRAIGNMENTS AND THREE
PRETRIALS FOR SOME OF THE
MEN CHARGED IN FEDERAL COURT
FOR THEIR ALLEGED ROLE IN
THE GOVERNOR WHITMER
KIDNAPPING PLOT.
HERE’S THE LATEST.
FEDERAL INDICTMENTS NOW
COMING DOWN ON ADAM FOX, TY
GARBIN, CALEB FRANKS,
BRANDON HARRIS MOST OF PUT
WHAT WAS PUT IN THE
INDICTMENTS WE ALREADY KNOW.
THE F.B.I. TRACKED THE MEN
AS THEY ALLEGEDLY PLOTTED TO
KIDNAP GOVERNOR WHITMER AND
SURVEILED HER SUMMER HOME UP
NORTH AT LEAVE ON TWO
DIFFERENT OCCASIONS EVEN
INSPECTING A BRIDGE ON THE
WAY TO AND FROM THEIR
PROPERTY TO SEE IF THEY
COULD DETONATE AN EXPLOSIVE
ON IT AND DELAY EMERGENCY
RESPONSE AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
ATTORNEYS FOR THE MEN HAVE
ARGUED THAT THIS WAS ALL
TALK AND PROEC ED FREE
SPEECH.
ONE NEW ELEMENT TO COME FROM
THE INDICTMENT INVOLVES
CANTON MAN BRANDON CONCERTA
WHO IS VERY VOCAL ABOUT
BEING ANTI-LAW ENFORCEMENT
IN YouTube VIDEOS.
INSTRUCTED THE GROUP ON A
VIDEO HE THOUGHT WAS HIDDEN
IN THE ENCRYPTED APP IF THEY
ENCOUNTERED POLICE TO GIVE
THEM A CHANCE TO LEAVE OR
KILL THEM IF THEY DID NOT
COMPLY.
TWO MORE DEFENDANTS EXPECTED
TO BE ARRAIGNED RIGHT NOW IN
FEDERAL COURT IN GRAND
RAPIDS.
WE ARE MONITORING WHAT’S
HAPPENING IN COURT.
WE’LL BRING YOU THE LATEST
LIVE AT 5:00.
SHAWN LEY, LOCAL 4.
>> SHAWN, THANK YOU.
TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO
DECISION 2020, AN AUDIT OF
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
RESULTS BEGAN THIS MORNING
IN ANTRUM COUNTY.
THE STATE AND A BIPARTISAN
TEAM OF CLERKS ARE HAND
TALLYING THOSE VOTES.
ANTRUM COUNTY HAS BEEN IN
THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
BECAUSE OF INITIAL RESULTS.
ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY THAT
THE CLERK MADE AN ERROR THEN
TRUMP ENDED UP WINNING THE
COUNTY.
BUT THAT SPARKED A BIG
CONTROVERSY OVER THE VOTING
SYSTEM DOMINION AND
OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THAT
THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH
THE TABULATERS.
THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT
WILL BE MADE PUBLIC.
>>> SO, WE ARE SEEING
SNOWFLAKES.
WE HAVE BEEN THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING HOURS AND WHAT’S THE
REST OF THE AFTERNOON GOING
TO LOOK LIKE?
WE HAVE BRANDON ROUX
STANDING BY WITH A LOOK.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> HEY, RHONDA, MORE OF THE
SAME BUT IT SORT OF DEPENDS
ON WHERE YOU ARE.
WE’RE GETTING SOME PERPETUAL
BANDS OF SNOW JUST HITTING
THE SAME AREAS LIKE THIS
RIGHT OVER DETROIT.
THIS IS A TWO HOUR REPLAY
AND THIS LITTLE AREA OF SNOW,
WHICH IS LIGHT, AND JUST
FESTIVE BUT IT HASN’T
BUDGED.
SO WE’LL GET LITTLE
INCIDENTS LIKE THAT.
NOTHING MAJOR BUT EAST
SIDERS HAVE THE BETTER
CHANCE FOR SNOW SHOWERS NOT
EXCLUSIVELY.
JUST A BETTER CHANCE.
UPPER 20s TO NEAR 30 DEGREES
RIGHT NOW WE BARELY BUDGED.
TEMPERATUREWISE SINCE WE
JOINED YOU AT 4:30 THIS
MORNING.
AND WIND CHILLS ARE IN THE
LOW AND MIDDLE 20s AROUND
MOST OF METRO DETROIT.
AND DON’T KNOW THAT I DON’T
NEED TO SHOW YOU THIS, WE
JUST DON’T GROW A WHOLE LOT
HERE TEMPERATUREWISE JUST A
COUPLE OF DEGREES FROM WHERE
WE’RE AT NOW.
IT WILL FEEL A LITTLE BIT
COOLER AND YES, WE’LL
CONTINUE TO SEE SOME OF
THESE SNOWFLAKES.
IF YOU SUFFER FROM MOTION
SICKNESS YOU MIGHT NOT WANT
TO WATCH THAT LITTLE JUST
SHAKING RIGHT OVER US.
IT’S LIKE SITTING THERE,
RHONDA RIGHT ON TOP OF WITH
US SOME LIGHT SNOW.
I’LL TALK ABOUT OUR NEXT
STORM WITH SOME BAD TIMING
FOR THE WEEKEND COMING UP.
>> ALL RIGHT, BRANDON, THANK
YOU.
>>> CONGRESS MAY BE ON THE
BRINK OF A CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF BILL.
BUT, THERE IS NO DEAL YET ON
THE $900 BILLION PACKAGE
THAT WOULD HELP BUSINESSES
AND GIVE DIRECT PAYMENTS TO
ALL AMERICANS THAT QUALIFY.
CASEY HUNT HAS MORE ON WHERE
THINGS STAND.
>> Reporter: LAWMAKERS
OVERNIGHT RACING TO CUT A
DEAL TO SEND CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF TO STRUGGLING
AMERICANS.
MANY SET TO LOSE THEIR
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS THE
DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS.
>> WE’RE MAKING PROGRESS.
>> Reporter: OUT OF WORK
AMERICANS AND STRUGGLING
SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN
WAITING FOR HELP FOR MONTHS
WHILE CONGRESS FOUGHT AND
THE VIRUS RAGED.
>> WE’RE RUNNING OUT OF
TIME.
YOU CAN’T GO HOME.
WHO WOULD GO HOME WHEN SOME
POPE DON’T HAVE A HOME TO GO
TO.
>> Reporter: DEMOCRATIC
SENATOR JOE MANSION WORKED
WITH REPUBLICAN MITT ROMNEY
TO TRY AND FIND SOME COMMON
GROUND BUT A FINAL AGREEMENT
UP TO MITCH McCONNELL AND
NANCY PELOSI.
>> CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON
BOTH SIDE ALSO KEEP WORKING
UNTIL WE GET THIS DONE.
>> Reporter: THE DETAILS
BEING HAMMERED OUT WITH THE
$900 BILLION PACKAGE WILL
LIKELY INCLUDE A NEW ROUND
OF STIMULUS CHECKS.
LIKELY ABOUT $600 FOR EVERY
ADULT WHO QUALIFIES BASED ON
INCOME.
EXTENDED FEDERAL
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
BENEFITS OF ABOUT $300 PER
WEEK, AND MORE MONEY FOR
BUSINESSES STRUGGLING TO PAY
THEIR WORKERS.
LEFT OUT?
MONEY FOR STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS.
LIABILITY PROTECTIONS FOR
BUSINESSES AND SIGNIFICANT
SUPPORT FOR RESTAURANTS WHO
SAY THEY NEED MORE HELP.
>> THE FINISH LINE IS IN
SIGHT, EVERYONE WANTS TO GET
THIS DONE.
>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS
WILLING TO COMPROMISE
BECAUSE THEY’RE BANKING ON
MORE RELIEF NEXT YEAR, AFTER
PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN
TAKES OFFICE.
BUT SOME PROGRESSIVE
DEMOCRATS ARE RESTLESS.
ALEXANDER ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ TELLING THE
IT’S TIME FOR FRED FACES.
>> I THINK WE DO NEED NEW
LEADERSHIP IN THE DEMOCRAT
PARTY.
>> BERNIE SANDERS SAID
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS GAVE UP
TOO MUCH TO CUT THE RELIEF
DEAL.
>> IF YOU’RE ASKING ME DO I
THINK THAT THIS BILL WAS
WELL NEGOTIATED I DON’T.
THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT
MORE MONEY IN IT THAN THERE
CURRENTLY IS.
>> Reporter: AND THAT WAS
CASEY HUNT REPORTING.
WE ARE GOING TO BE
MONITORING ALL OF WHAT’S
HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE DAY
FOR YOU AND KEEP YOU UPDATED
ON ANY MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS
BOTH HERE ON THE AIR AND
LATER ASHES OF LOCAL 4 AND
ALSO OF COURSE -- EDITIONS
OF LOCAL 4 AND.
>> WORLD LEADER TESTED
POSITIVE FOR VIRUS.
>>> -- POSITIVE FOR
CORONAVIRUS.
A MAJOR WINTER STORM DUMPING
FEET OF SNOW IN AREAS ACROSS
THE EAST COAST AND THE
IMPACT IT IS THAT HAVING ON
DRIVING, FLYING AND OF