RAIN START TO OUR NEW YEAR’S EVE . BUT WILL WE NEED AN UMBRELLA FOR TONIGHT? BRYAN SCHUERMAN IS
IN THIS MORNING AND HAS THE
ANSWER IN JUST MINUTES AND IT IS
GAME DAY. WE ARE JUST HOURS AWAY
FROM FINDING OUT OF VIEW OF THEM
WILL BE PLAYING FOR A NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP. WE’RE BRINGING YOU
TEAM COVERAGE ALL MORNING LONG.
LOCAL 4 NEWS STARTS NOW, WITH
THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT AND THAT
BREAKING NEWS FROM VATICAN CITY
WHERE IT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT
FORMER POPE EMERITUS BENEDICT
HAS PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF
95. HE PASSED AWAY IN THE
VATICAN AT ABOUT 3 30. IN THE
MORNING, OUR TIME, POPE BENEDICT
BECAME THE FIRST PONTIFF TO STEP
DOWN IN 600 YEARS WHEN HE
RESIGNED IN 2013, SAYING HE NO
LONGER HAD THE PHYSICAL AND
MENTAL STRENGTH TO RUN THE
CHURCH. AND JUST IN THE VATICAN
, ANNOUNCING THE FORMER THE
FUNERAL RATHER FOR THE FORMER
POPE WILL BE ON THURSDAY IN ST
PETER’S SQUARE WILL HAVE MUCH
MORE ON HIS LIFE AND HIS LEGACY
COMING UP EIGHT O’CLOCK HOUR.
AND ALSO BREAKING THIS MORNING,
A 15 YEAR OLD BOY SHOT AND
KILLED AT A HOTEL PARTY ON THE
BORDER OF DEARBORN AND DETROIT.
THAT’S WHERE WE BEGIN THIS
MORNING WITH OUR MEGAN WOODS,
WHO WAS LIVE THEIR FOREST. MEGAN
WE HEAR THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE
SUSPECTS HERE AND THAT THIS
DEADLY ALTERCATION MAY HAVE
STARTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL.
THAT’S RIGHT. A GRANT THIS
HAPPENED AROUND 3 30 THIS
MORNING AND SO YOU KNOW, A
POLICE ARE STILL HERE. IT’S A
VERY ACTIVE SCENE YOU CAN SEE
BEHIND ME. THE FLASHING LIGHTS.
UM AND POLICE ARE, YOU KNOW
STILL TALKING TRYING TO GET
INFORMATION LOOKING THROUGH
VIDEO, BUT WHAT THEY ARE SAYING
THE INFORMATION THEY HAVE RIGHT
NOW IS THAT THERE WERE THREE
SUSPECTS. THEY SAY THAT THIS
STARTED FROM CHATTER ON SOCIAL
MEDIA PEOPLE GOING BACK AND
FORTH. THE THREE SUSPECTS CAME
HERE TO THE HAWTHORN SUITES AT A
PARTY WHERE THERE WERE 20 TO 30
TEENAGERS HERE AND THEY CAME.
THEY SHOT AT THE SWEET AND THEN
, UM, TEENAGERS WHO WERE AT THE
PARTY RETURNED FIRE. THAT’S WHAT
POLICE ARE SAYING RIGHT NOW. BUT
OF COURSE THIS IS DEVELOPING
THAT COULD CHANGE AND THEY SAY
AFTER 1 15 YEAR OLD WAS SHOT AND
KILLED. THAT COULD HAVE POSSIBLY
BEEN THEIR TARGET. BUT THOSE
THREE SUSPECTS THEY LEFT ON
FOOT. POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING
FOR THEM. AND AS A PARENT, YOU
CAN IMAGINE HOW YOU KNOW
STRESSFUL THIS THIS IS TO GET
THAT CALL AND TO RUSH HERE, TAKE
A LISTEN TO ONE OF THE DETROIT
POLICE CAPTAIN’S HOW HE
DESCRIBES THE SCENE WHEN THEY
FIRST ARRIVED. IT WAS PRETTY
WILD AND CHAOTIC AT FIRST
PEOPLES. COOLER HEADS HAVE
PREVAILED THERE. CALM DOWN NOW
AND THEY’RE BEING COOPERATIVE.
SOME OF THE PARENTS TOOK THEIR
KIDS AND LEFT RIGHT AWAY. OTHERS
SOMEONE TO THE POLICE PRECINCT
SIX PRECINCT AND GAVE STATEMENTS
WHICH WAS APPRECIATED BECAUSE
THAT’S WHERE WE GOT A LOT OF OUR
GOOD INFORMATION. IN A SECURE
LOCATION LIKE THE PRECINCT. THAT
WAS A GOOD IDEA. UM AND LIKE I
SAID, THE OTHER PARENTS ARE HERE
WAITING FOR DETECTIVES TO GET
STATEMENTS FROM THE KIDS THAT
ARE LEFT OVER THAT. WE’RE STILL
HERE. AND SO AGAIN, A 15 YEAR
OLD WAS SHOT AND KILLED. THEY’RE
LOOKING FOR THOSE THREE SUSPECTS
THEY HAVE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION
. INVESTIGATORS HERE GANG
ENFORCEMENT HERE SO CEASEFIRE
OUTREACH TO TALK TO THESE YOUTH
THAT ARE OUT HERE WHO WERE YOU
KNOW, AT A PARTY HAVING A GOOD
TIME, AND YOU KNOW, AS WE GO
INTO A WEEKEND, WHERE THERE ARE
A LOT OF EVENTS AND FESTIVITIES
AND PARTIES POLICE ARE JUST
SAYING NO WHERE YOUR CHILDREN
ARE KNOW WHO THEY’RE HANGING OUT
WITH. WE DON’T KNOW THE CASE IN
THIS SITUATION, BUT WE JUST WANT
TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AS AGAIN.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY BUSY
WEEKEND. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY
INFORMATION ON WHAT HAPPENED TO
THAT 15 YEAR OLD, THAT HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENT YOU’RE ASKED TO
CALL DETROIT POLICE IN DETROIT.
I’M MEGAN WOODS. LOCAL 4. SAD
AND SCARY. WE HAVE MORE UPDATES
FOR US THIS MORNING, MEGAN.
THANK YOU. WE’LL CHECK BACK IN
WITH YOU AND JUST ABOUT 30
MINUTES TO CHECK ON THOSE
DEVELOPMENTS. ON THAT WET
WEATHER. YOU HEARD THERE, MEGAN
STANDING OUT AND NOT HELPING
INVESTIGATORS THIS MORNING, BUT
IT’S SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE TO
DEAL WITH ALL DAY LONG. BRIAN,
HOW LONG IS THIS RAIN GOING TO
STICK AROUND, AND I THINK IT’S
GOING TO BE A WET FIRST HALF OF
OUR NEW YEAR’S EVE DAY BEFORE I
DO THINK WE DRY THINGS OUT A
LITTLE BIT HEADING INTO THIS
AFTERNOON. EXACT TRACK 40 RADAR
HAS THAT RAIN SHIELD FIRMLY IN
PLACE OVER THE MAJORITY OF SOUTH
EASTERN MICHIGAN BUT DRYING
THINGS OUT IN OUR NORTHERN AND
NORTHWESTERN COMMUNITIES FROM
SANDUSKY DOWN TOWARD LAPIERRE,
INCLUDING FLINT AND THE BACK
EDGE OF THE RAIN. OVER TO HOWELL
SO WHILE MOST OF US NEED THAT
UMBRELLAS YOU SAW MEGAN WITH
EARLY THIS MORNING, I THINK
WE’LL BE ABLE TO PUT IT AWAY A
LITTLE BIT HEADING INTO THIS
AFTERNOON TOWER CAM FROM WINDSOR
LOOKING ACROSS THE RIVER INTO
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, YOU CAN REALLY
SEE THAT LOW CLOUD COVER HEADING
OUTSIDE EARLY THIS MORNING,
STARTING OFF 44 RIGHT NOW, HERE
IN DETROIT, 39 AS YOU’RE WORKING
OVER INTO HOW ONE OF OUR COOLER
SPOTS 40 RIGHT NOW WORKING OVER
INTO PONTIAC AND 40 STARTING OFF
THIS MORNING HEADING OVER INTO
ADRIAN, WE ARE THE BACK EDGE OF
THAT RAIN SHIELD WORKING RIGHT
THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN.
THIS IS WHAT THE COLD FRONT SO
DRYER AND CLOUDY TO FURTHER
NORTH AND WEST. YOU GO ACROSS
THE STATE, AND I THINK WE WILL
START TO DRY THINGS OUT AS WE
HEAD INTO THIS AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES HOLDING FIRMLY IN
THE LOW FORTIES FOR THE MAJORITY
OF THE DAY TODAY WITH THAT RAIN
STICKING AROUND, BUT AS WE GO
INTO NEW YEAR’S EVE LATE
TONIGHT, I’M LOOKING FOR A
LITTLE BIT OF A WINTRY MIX
POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY
ON NEW YEAR’S MORNING, BREAK
DOWN WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN YOUR
COMPLETE FORWARD FORECAST THAT’S
COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
ALRIGHT THANKS, BRIAN. TODAY,
THE MICHIGAN WOLVERINES ON THE
FIELD VYING FOR A SHOT AT THE
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. THERE IS
SO MUCH AT STAKE. WE’RE TALKING
NUMBER TWO. MICHIGAN TAKING ON
NUMBER THREE TCU KICK OFF NOW,
WELL LESS THAN NINE HOURS AWAY.
HERE YOU’VE BEEN. FANS HAVE
ALREADY FLOCKED TO ARIZONA.
HUNDREDS OF MICHIGAN FANS
GATHERED IN SCOTTSDALE YESTERDAY
FOR A PEP RALLY. BEFORE TODAY’S
BIG GAME. IT’S ALREADY BEEN A
MEMORABLE SEASON FOR THE
WOLVERINES AND UNDEFEATED RECORD
BACK TO BACK BIG 10
CHAMPIONSHIPS, A BIG BACK TO
BACK WIN OVER RIVAL OHIO STATE
TO BOOT. THEY’RE HOPING TO SEE
THAT CONTINUE WITH THE TRIP TO
THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL, NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP AND REDEMPTION FOR
LAST YEAR’S 34 TO 11 LOST TO
GEORGIA IN THE ORANGE BOWL, BUT
FIRST THEY HAVE TO BE THE TCU
HORNED FROGS, A DANGEROUS TEAM
IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. STILL
MICHIGAN FANS REMAIN OPTIMISTIC
AND EXCITED FOR TODAY’S GAME.
THIS IS MICHIGAN. MAN, THIS IS
MY MICHIGANNATIVE. GAME BLUE. GO
BLUE. YOU GOTTA LOOK THE PART
RIGHT? IT’S AWESOME. IT’S BEEN
SO EXCITING. IT’S BRINGING BACK
ALL THOSE MEMORIES. AND
CONTINUING OUR TEAM COVERAGE
THIS MORNING, OR HOBIE ARCTIC IS
DOWN IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA.
HE’S GOT REACTION FROM MICHIGAN
PLAYERS AND HEAD COACH JIM
HARBAUGH. WHEN THE SUN RISES
HERE IN ARIZONA WILL ALSO SEE IF
MICHIGAN CAN RISE TO THE
OCCASION IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL
PLAYOFF HERE IN THE FIESTA BOWL,
THE WOLVERINES NEED ONLY ONE
MORE WIN TO REACH THE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. TCU THE TEAM
STANDING IN THE WAY OF MICHIGAN
AND ITS UNDEFEATED, PERFECT
STORYBOOK SEASON, BOTH TEAMS
TOOK TO THE PODIUM FOR ONE FINAL
TIME BEFORE STARTING UP THE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF.
MICHIGAN AND JIM HARBAUGH, TCU
AND SONNY DYKES, TWO TEAMS ON A
COLLISION COURSE IN THE FIESTA
BOWL, WITH CHAMPIONSHIP HOPES
STILL ALIVE. EVERYBODY GETS THIS
THIS OPPORTUNITY, HARDLY
ANYBODY. YEAH THIS KIND OF
OPPORTUNITY. AND, UM YOU KNOW,
IT’S THE BEST OF THE BEST
PLAYING THE BEST LOOK AT
MICHIGAN OVER THE LAST TWO
YEARS, ESPECIALLY THE 25 2. YOU
KNOW, IT’S BEEN A IT’S BEEN A
HECK OF IRAN BY THEIR PROGRAM
AND THEIR PLAYERS AND OUR GUYS
ARE EXCITED TO COMPETE AGAINST
THE BEST FOR MICHIGAN. THIS IS
BACK TO BACK VISITS TO THE
PLAYOFF THIS YEAR, TRYING TO
MAKE IT FURTHER FUELED BY WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE ORANGE BOWL A
YEAR AGO. THEY SUPPORT EACH
OTHER. THEY HAVE EACH OTHER’S
BACKS. YOU KNOW, IT’S A IT’S A
TRUE TEAM. IT’S TRUE TRUE BALL
TEAM AND IT’S BEEN A JUST MAKES
IT ENJOYABLE EVERY DAY EVERY
SINGLE DAY DEBUT IN THE NATIONAL
SEMIFINAL, BUT THERE IS NO FIRST
TIME FEARING THESE HORN FROGS
READY TO SHOW THEY BELONG. THIS
IS NEW FOR US. UM BUT OUR GUYS
HAVE ADAPTED INCREDIBLY WELL. SO
I THINK YOU’LL SEE A TEAM THAT’S
GOING TO PLAY HARD. BE EXCITED
TO PLAY. YOU KNOW, PLAY PHYSICAL
PLAY A TOUGH BRAND OF FOOTBALL.
UM AND NEVER QUIT TWO TEAMS
READY TO MAKE A STATEMENT WITH A
SPOT IN THE NATIONAL TITLE GAME
AT STAKE, A BIG MOMENT IN
ARIZONA. BUT THE KEY NOW
COMPARTMENTALIZING THAT
MAGNITUDE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
AND PLAYS HARD AS YOU CAN AS
FAST AS YOU CAN, AS LONG AS YOU
CAN. AND DON’T WORRY, CONTACT
EARLY AND THEN PLAY AS HARD AS
YOU CAN STASH YOU CAN AS LONG AS
YOU CAN. AND DON’T WORRY US
PASSING GAME, THE BACKBONE OF
THEIR TEAM THIS YEAR TOP SIX IN
SCORING OFFENSE, BUT THEY
HAVEN’T PLAYED A DEFENSE QUITE
LIKE MICHIGAN TOP THREE IN
SCORING DEFENSE, GIVING UP ONLY
13 POINTS PER GAME. IT WILL BE
STRENGTH VERSUS STRENGTH. WE’LL
SEE WHICH SIDE PREVAILS TOWARDS
NATIONAL TITLE GAME. IN ARIZONA.
HOBIE ARCTIC FOUR LOCAL ALL
RIGHT, AND WE’LL HAVE FULL
COVERAGE OF THE GAME THROUGHOUT
THE DAY HERE ON LOCAL 4 AND
CLICKONDETROIT.COM AGAIN. I HOPE
THE RTD IS IN ARIZONA FOR US,
AND WE’LL HAVE LIVE GAME DAY
RESULTS AND MORE COMING UP LATER