>> Announcer: LOCAL 4 NEWS
STARTS THOUSAND WITH A
BREAKING NEWS ALERT.
>>> BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW,
THE TRUCKER PROTESTS
REACHING A FIFTH STRAIGHT
DAY BUT THAT BLOCKADE AT THE
MICHIGAN WINDS SORE BORDER
AT THE AMBASSADOR BRIDGE
COULD END AS EARLY AS TODAY.
>>> YES, HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
WINDSOR OFFICIALS ARE IN A
HEARING.
THEY ARE SEEKING AN
INJUNCTION TO GET THE GREEN
LIGHT TO HAVE POLICE START
FORCIBLY REMOVING THE
PROTESTORS THAT ARE BLOCKING
THE AMBASSADOR BRIDGE.
THE PROTEST IS AGAINST THE
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT’S
VACCINE MANDATE FOR TRUCK
DRIVERS.
THIS COMES AS ONTARIO HAS
DECLARED A STATE OF
EMERGENCY, ROD MELONI JOINS
US NOW LIVE WITH WHERE
EVERYTHING STANDS THIS NOON.
>> YEAH, RHONDA, WE’RE
SEEING A LOT OF ACTIVITY OUT
HERE BUT WE’RE NOT SURE
EXACTLY WHAT’S TO COME.
NOW I WILL STEP OUT OF THIS
SHOT HERE.
WE’RE GOING TO SHOW YOU THE
BRIDGE.
NOW IT DOES NOT APPEAR, AND
I’VE GONE UP THE STREET IN
BOTH DIRECTIONS TO SEE IF
WE’RE SEEING ANY TRAFFIC.
SO FAR WE’RE NOT SEEING ANY
ON THE BRIDGE BUT THERE IS A
REPORT THAT THEY ARE
ALLOWING ONE LANE OPEN TO
COME INTO THE UNITED STATES.
WHILE WE DON’T SEE ANY
TRUCKS COMING, WE ARE SEEING
ACTIVITY OVER AT THE PLAZA
HERE, THE TOLL PLAZA JUST
BEHIND US HERE.
IN FACT WE CAN FLIP AROUND.
THERE’S A STATE POLICE
VEHICLE THERE.
WE’VE SEEN A NUMBER OF THOSE
IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES.
THEY ALSO HAVE HAD A SALT
TRUCK OUT HERE SALTING THE
BOOTHS.
THERE THOSE ARE THE BOOTHS
WHERE THE TRUCKGOERS IN AND
TALK ABOUT WEIGHT AND ALSO
THEY PAY WHATEVER IT IS THAT
THEY NEED IN TERMS OF THE
TOLL TO GET IN AND ON THE
BRIDGE OR GET OFF THE
BRIDGE.
SO RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE
THERE’S ACTIVITY BUT WE’RE
UNCERTAIN.
THERE IS AN ATTEMPT BY THE
ONTARIO PREMIER TO HAVE A
STATE OF EMERGENCY WHICH
COULD MEAN 100,000 DOLLAR
FINES FOR ARRESTS TO PEOPLE
WHO ARE INVOLVED IN ANY OF
THIS.
AND SO, THERE IS THAT
DISCUSSION APPARENTLY THAT
MIGHT HAVE PROMPTED THIS
MOVE THAT WE SO FAR CANNOT
SEE ANY VEHICLES COMING.
NOW, THE GOVERNOR HAS BEEN
ON THE PHONE OVER THE LAST
24 HOURS TALKING TO THE
WHITE HOUSE, TALKING TO THE
CANADIAN CONSULATE, TALKING
TO OTHER PEOPLE.
SHE WAS DISCUSSING WHAT IT
IS THAT HAS TO HAPPEN HERE.
ALSO WE TALKED TO ONE OF OUR
OLD FRIENDS.
HE’S AN ECONOMIST BY THE
NAME OF PATRICK ANDERSON
FROM THE ANDERSON ECONOMIC
GROUP.
HE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT
IS HURTING THE CAR COMPANIES
IN PARTICULAR AND THE STATE
AS AN ECONOMY AS A WHOLE.
SO LET’S HEAR FROM THE
GOVERNOR AND PATRICK EARNS.
>> -- PATRICK ANDERSON.
>> WE HAVE TO PUSH TO
RESOLVE THIS AND AND IT’S
GOT TO BE SWIFT AND OF
COURSE WE WANT IT SAFELY TO
BE DONE AS WELL BUT IT HAS
TO HAPPEN.
WE CANNOT LET ANOTHER MINUTE
GO BY UNNECESSARILY.
BECAUSE THIS BORDER IS TOO
IMPORTANT TO OUR ECONOMY, TO
OUR HOMELAND SECURITY AND TO
THE, AS WE GROW OUR ECONOMY,
IT’S A CRUCIAL MOMENT.
>> WHEN YOU SEE AUTOMAKERS
PUT HEAVY PARTS ON PLANES
JUST TO FLY THEM MILE MILES
ACROSS THE BORDER YOU KNOW
THAT THERE’S A LOT OF MONEY
ON THE LINE.
AND A LOT OF PRODUCTION AND
EMPLOYMENT THAT’S BEING
AFFECTED.
>> Reporter: NOW WHAT WE DO
KNOW IS THAT THE OHIO
ASSEMBLY PLANT FOR FORD IS
DOWN TODAY.
THEY’RE ALSO SAYING THAT
THEY’RE WORKING ON LESSER
PRODUCTION AT THEIR CANADIAN
PLANTS OAKVILLE,
ONTARIO WHICH IS AN ASSEMBLY
PLANT AND ALSO THEIR ENGINE
PLANT HERE IN WINDSOR.
STILLANTIS SAYS THEY HAVE
LIMITED PARTS THEY’RE GOING
TO BE WORKING TODAY, TOO BUT
THEY’RE NOT EXACTLY SURE
WHERE IT’S ALL HEADED.
I’M STILL WAITING TO HEAR
FROM GENERAL MOTORS.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE METER IS
RUNNING AS WE TRY TO FIGURE
OUT THE RESOLUTION TO ALL OF
THIS.
WE’RE CERTAINLY ON TOP OF
ALL OF IT WE HAVE A CREW
OVER IN CANADA HERE IN THE
HEARING RIGHT NOW SO WE’LL
HAVE MORE ON THAT.
IF ANYTHING HAPPENS WE’LL BE
RIGHT HERE WE’LL HAVE IT FOR
YOU LIVE.
REPORTING LIVE IN DETROIT,
ROD MELONI, LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT, ROD, THANK
YOU.
>>> AND OF COURSE, AS ROD
SAID, KEEP IT RIGHT HERE
WITH LOCAL 4 AND
CLICKONDETROIT.COM
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE SITUATION AND KEEP YOU
UPDATED IF ANYTHING CHANGES
AT THE BORDER.
>>> THE OTHER BREAKING NEWS
THAT WE’RE FOLLOWING THIS
NOON IS OAKLAND COUNTY IS
THE VERY LATEST TO DROP ITS
MANDATE REQUIRING MASKS IN
SCHOOLS AND DAY CARES.
NOW IT’S NOT TODAY.
THE ORDER DOES REQUIRE
STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF
TO WEAR A FACE COVERING IN
ORDER TO SLOW THE
TRANSMISSION OF COVID-19.
THE CHANGE WILL GO INTO
AFFECT ON FEBRUARY 29th,
RIGHT AT THE END OF THE
MONTH.
THE OAKLAND COUNTY HEALTH
DIVISION SAYS THAT THE
DECISION IS BASED ON A SHARP
DROP IN NEW COVID CASES AND
HOSPITALIZATIONS ALONG WITH
A RISE IN VACCINATION RATES
WITHIN OAKLAND COUNTY.
AS OF THIS WEEK, MORE THAN
75% OF OAKLAND COUNTY
RESIDENTS OVER THE AGE OF
FIVE HAD RECEIVED THEIR
FIRST DOSE OF THE COVID
VACCINE.
>>> LET’S TURN OUR ATTENTION
TO BRANDON, AND TALK ABOUT
WHAT HAS TURNED OUT TO BE
KIND OF A MISERABLE LOOKING
DAY.
>> WE CHUCKLED A LITTLE BIT,
YEAH, THE WEATHER FROM SNOW
TO RAIN AND THEN BACK TO
SNOW WITH 40 DEGREES AND
SOME NASTY GUSTS IN BETWEEN.
WE’RE ALREADY NEAR 40 AT
CITY AIRPORT AND GROSSE ILE
MIDDLE 30s FOR THE REST OF
US.
THE RAIN HAS COOLED US A
LITTLE BIT.
WINDS ARE OUT OF THE
SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 BUT THESE
ARE GUSTS AND YOU CAN SEE 20
TO ALMOST 35 MILES PER HOUR
GUSTS SO IT’S SLIPPERY AND A
LITTLE GUSTY SO TRICKY
TRAVEL.
AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS IS RAIN
IN GREEN IS OUR STORM
TRACKER 4 SWEEPER IS GOING.
WE ARE GETTING A LITTLE SNOW
DOWN LENAWEE, JACKSON COUNTY
SO CAN’T RULE OUT A LITTLE
WINTRY MIX HERE AND THERE.
WARM FRONT HAS ALREADY COME
THROUGH AND THAT’S WHY WE
EXPECT STILL WITH A LITTLE
RAIN BREAK IN THE AFTERNOON
TO GET INTO THAT 40 DEGREE
RANGE.
AGAIN, WE HAVE THAT SNOW
EARLIER AND SWITCHING TO
RAIN BACK TO SNOW I THINK IT
GETS A LITTLE MORE SERIOUS
LATER TONIGHT WITH ANTARCTIC
FRONT COMING, RHONDA AND
THAT WILL BRING A BIG CHANGE
FOR OUR WEEKEND.
>> OKAY, WE’LL TRY TO BRACE
OURSELVES FOR THAT THE
ARCTIC FRONT DOES NOT SOUND
GOOD.
OUTCITY CLERK JANICE WINFREY
ANNOUNCES HER CANDIDATECY
FOR U.S. CONGRESS.
WINFREY WILL RUN IN THE 12th
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT THAT
FEATURES SIX NEW COMMUNITIES
AS A RESULT OF REDISTRICTING
MICHIGAN’S LEGISLATIVE
BOUNDARIES.
SHE SAYS THAT HER FIRST
PRIORITY WILL BE IMPROVING
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND
EDUCATION FOR THE PEOPLE WHO
LIVE IN HER DISTRICT.
WINFREY WAS SWORN INTO
OFFICE BACK IN 2005.
>>> A MAN IS IN CRITICAL
CONDITION AFTER HE WAS SHOT
AT A DETROIT GAS STATION.
DETROIT POLICE SAY THAT IT
HAPPENED AROUND 5:00 IN THE
MORNING NEAR CHALMERS ON THE
CITY’S EAST SIDE.
POLICE SAY SOMEONE WALKED
INTO THIS GAS STATION AND
SHOT A 40-YEAR-OLD MAN.
INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING TO
DETERMINE A POSSIBLE MOTIVE.
>>> MICHIGAN STATE POLICE
HAVE INVESTIGATING A FREEWAY
SHOOTING THAT LEFT A MAN IN
CRITICAL CONDITION.
THIS HAPPENED AROUND 2:00
THIS MORNING ALONG I-94 AT
THE TELEGRAPH EXIT IN
TAYLOR.
POLICE SAY THAT THE MAN HAD
SEVERAL GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND
WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL
HOSPITAL.
THEY BELIEVE THIS WAS NOT
RANDOM AND THAT IT WAS A
TARGETED ATTACK.
IF ANYONE HAS INFORMATION
YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL
POLICE.
>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS
GETTING CLOSER TO HIS
SELF-IMPOSED DEADLINE TO
NAME HIS SUPREME COURT
NOMINEE.
THE PRESIDENT MET WITH
DEMOCRATS AT THE SENATE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO
DISCUSS THE CANDIDATES.
BREE JACKSON IS IN
WASHINGTON WHERE PRESIDENT
BIDEN IS PREPARING TO DO
SOME HOMEWORK ON HIS
POTENTIAL NOMINEES.
>> Reporter: SOURCES TELL
NBC NEWS PRESIDENT BIDEN
PLANS TO SPEND THIS WEEKEND
AT CAMP DAVID REVIEWING
MATERIALS RELATED TO HIS
SUPREME COURT CANDIDATES
THAT INCLUDES THEIR WRITINGS
AS WELL AS THEIR PERSONAL
BACKGROUND.
NOW SOURCES SAY THE EXACT
TIMING OF CANDIDATE
INTERVIEWS HAS YET TO BE
DETERMINED BUT THEY COULD
START AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK.
>> President Biden: THEY
WERE THE HONOR STUDENTS THEY
HAVE COME FROM THE BEST
UNIVERSITIES.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN
WORKING TO NARROW DOWN HIS
SHORT LIST OF SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE NOMINEES.
THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN A
DOZEN CANDIDATES REPORTEDLY
UNDER CONSIDERATION.
>> President Biden: I’VE
TAKEN ABOUT FOUR PEOPLE AND
DONE THE DEEP DIVE ON THIS.
MEANING THE THOROUGH
BACKGROUND CHECKS.
>>> THE PRESIDENT STANDING
ABOUT I HIS VOW TO NOMINATE
A BLACK WOMAN TO SUCCEED
JUSTICE STEPHEN BREYER FROM
SENATE REPUBLICANS COMPARED
THAT PROMISE TO AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION.
WHITE HOUSE SEN YOUR ADVISOR
CEDRIC RICHMOND TELLS ME
IT’S THEIR QUALIFICATIONS
THAT STAND OUT.
>> THESE LEGAL MINDS WILL BE
ABLE TO BATTLE WITH THE BEST
OF THEM AND I BELIEVE
INTERPRET THE CONSTITUTION
IN A WAY THAT IS SCLEND.
>> Reporter: THE FUTURE
SUPREME COURT NOMINEE WILL
FACE A CONFIRMATION FIGHT ON
CAPITOL HILL.
>> WHATEVER THE PRESIDENT
DOES WE’LL RESPOND TO.
IT’S UP TO HIM.
>> Reporter: ON THURSDAY,
DEMOCRATS ON THE SENATE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MET WITH
THE PRESIDENT TO WEIGH IN.
>> WE SHARED WITH HIM SOME
OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS BUT
MAINLY THE MESSAGE WAS WE
TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT JOE
BIDEN WHEN IT COMES TO
SHOESING RIGHT PERSON.
>> DEMOCRATS HOLD A SLIM
MAJORITY IN THE SENATE AND
COULD CONFIRM A NOMINEE ON
THEIR OWN.
HOWEVER, PRESIDENT BIDEN
PREDICTS HE’LL GAIN
BIPARTISAN.
>> President Biden: I’M NOT
LOOKING TO MAKE AN
IDEOLOGICAL CHOICE HERE.
I’M LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO
REPLACE JUDGE BREYER WITH
THE SAME KIND OF CAPACITY
JUDGE BREYER HAD WITH AN
OPEN MIND.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT
SAYS HE’LL MAKE A DECISION
BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.
AFTER THE PRESIDENT NAMES
HIS PICK THE SENATE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WILL
HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS WITH
THE NOMINEE.
IF THAT PANEL APPROVES IT
WILL THEN GO TO THE FULL
SENATE FOR A FINAL VOTE.
IN WASHINGTON, I’M BREE
JACKSON FOR NBC NEWS.
>> ALL RIGHT, BREE, THANK
YOU.
>>> STILL TO COME,
PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY
FOR SUPER BOWL LVI IN LOS
ANGELES.
WE’LL HAVE A PREVIEW OF