♪
>> Karen: "FIRST AT 4," IT’S
BEEN A HEARTBREAKING STORY FOR
WEEKS. A LOCAL WOMAN’S FAMILY IS SAYING
A LOCAL WOMAN’S FAMILY IS SAYING
GOOD-BYE ALL OVER AGAIN.
>>> A LINK BETWEEN COVID-19 AND
THE STATE’S ECONOMY.
PAULA? >> Paula: THERE’S OPERA AND THEN
>> Paula: THERE’S OPERA AND THEN
THERE’S THIS OPERA, MOTOR CITY
DRIVE-THRU STYLE. WE’VE GOT YOUR FRONT-ROW SEAT.
WE’VE GOT YOUR FRONT-ROW SEAT.
NO, SERIOUSLY, YOUR FRONT-ROW
SEAT.
>> Ben: PLENTY OF CLOUDS AND
RAIN.
BUT AFTER A CHILLY START, WE’VE
GOT 70s IN THE FORECAST.
WHEN THEY’LL SHOW UP AND HOW
LONG THEY’LL STICK AROUND.
NOW "FIRST AT 4."
♪
>> Karen: GOOD AFTERNOON!
I’M KAREN DREW. WE START WITH BREAKING NEWS IN
WE START WITH BREAKING NEWS IN
THAT CASE THAT JUST DREW
NATIONAL ATTENTION TO METRO
DETROIT.
YOUNG WOMAN LEFT FOR DEAD BUT
FOUND ALIVE AT A FUNERAL HOME
HAS NOW PASSED AWAY. KIMBERLY GILL IS WORKING THIS
KIMBERLY GILL IS WORKING THIS
STORY FROM THE NEWSROOM.
HER FAMILY ATTORNEY JUST BROKE
THE NEWS.
>> Kim: YOU’RE RIGHT, KAREN. GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU.
GEOFFREY FIEGER SAYS 20-YEAR-OLD
TIMESHA BEAUCHAMP DIED YESTERDAY
AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL.
HER STORY WAS UNCOVERED AT A LOCAL FUNERAL HOME.
LOCAL FUNERAL HOME.
HER MOTHER CALLED SOUTHFIELD
PARAMEDIC AUGUST 23rd WHEN
BEAUCHAMP HAD TROUBLE BREATHING.
PARAMEDICS RESPONDED BUT DECLARED SHE WAS DEAD.
DECLARED SHE WAS DEAD.
AFTER TAKEN TO A DETROIT FUNERAL
HOME, WORKERS DISCOVERED SHE WAS
STILL BREATHING.
FIEGER SAYS BEAUCHAMP HAS DIED
AS A RESULT OF MASSIVE BRAIN DAMAGE CAUSED BY A LACK OF
DAMAGE CAUSED BY A LACK OF
OXYGEN AND GAVE US A STATEMENT
FROM THE FAMILY SAYING: THIS IS
THE SECOND TIME OUR BELOVED TIMESHA HAS BEEN PRONOUNCED DEAD
TIMESHA HAS BEEN PRONOUNCED DEAD
BUT THIS TIME SHE ISN’T COMING
BACK.
THE FAMILY HAS FILED A $50
MILLION LAWSUIT AGAINST SOUTHFIELD EMS PARAMEDICS.
SOUTHFIELD EMS PARAMEDICS.
THE FIRE CHIEF HAS DEFENDED THE
FIRST RESPONDERS SAYING THEY
CHECKED HER VITALS THREE TIMES.
AN INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. TWO FIREFIGHTERS AND TWO
TWO FIREFIGHTERS AND TWO
PARAMEDICS ARE ON PAID
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
WE’RE GATHERING NEW INFORMATION
AND WILL HAVE A LIVE REPORT
TONIGHT ON THE NEWS AT 5:00.
>> Karen: WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE DAILY CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS A
THE DAILY CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS A
LITTLE MORE CLOSELY LATELY AS
THEY ARE TRENDING UP.
TODAY, THE STATE REPORTS MORE THAN 2900 NEW CASES BUT YOU WANT
THAN 2900 NEW CASES BUT YOU WANT
TO KEEP IN MIND, THAT’S A
TWO-DAY TOTAL FOR SUNDAY AND
MONDAY.
AND 21 ADDITIONAL DEATHS.
RIGHT NOW, THE 7-DAY AVERAGE IS
OVER 1400, THE HIGHEST SINCE
APRIL.
THE NUMBERS COME AS THE STATE’S
TOP DOCTOR IS TELLING LAWMAKERS
IT’S CRITICAL TO GET THE NUMBERS
UNDER CONTROL.
>> LAST DATA PRESENTED TO ME
SHOWED MICHIGAN WAS DOING BETTER
THAN A LOT OF OTHER STATES WHEN
IT CAME TO REENGAGING THE
ECONOMY. THE VIRUS IS THE ENEMY.
THE VIRUS IS THE ENEMY.
THE MORE WE CAN GET AHEAD OF AND
CONTROL THE VIRUS, THE BETTER
WE’LL BE FROM A HEALTH
STANDPOINT. AND THE DATA SHOWS ACROSS THE
AND THE DATA SHOWS ACROSS THE
GLOBE FROM AN ECONOMIC
STANDPOINT.
>> Karen: STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE
TOUGH QUESTIONS FOR KHALDUN
DURING THAT HEARING. OUR DR. FRANK McGEORGE HAS THAT
OUR DR. FRANK McGEORGE HAS THAT
PART OF THE STORY NEW AT 5:00.
>>> THERE’S BEEN ANOTHER TRAGIC
TURN IN THE STORY OF A FATAL CAR
CRASH LAST WEEK IN WATERFORD
TOWNSHIP. THE FAMILY OF NICK MELLENCHAMP
THE FAMILY OF NICK MELLENCHAMP
SAID HE DIED OVER THE WEEKEND
FROM INJURIES FROM THE CRASH
THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF 6-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER RILEY.
DAUGHTER RILEY.
THE CAR WAS REAR-ENDED.
HE IDENTIFIED AS TREVOR DUNCAN
TAYLOR.
HE IS FACING SECOND-DEGREE
MURDER AND OTHER CHARGES. >>> IF YOU’RE NOT REGISTERED TO
>>> IF YOU’RE NOT REGISTERED TO
VOTE, TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO
GET IT DONE ONLINE OR BY MAIL.
THE APPLICATION NEEDS TO BE POST MARKED BY TODAY.
MARKED BY TODAY.
YOU CAN REGISTER IN PERSON BUT
YOU HAVE TO GO TO YOUR LOCAL
CLERK’S OFFICE AND BRING A
DOCUMENT THAT VERIFIES WHERE YOU
LIVE. ABSENTEE VOTING IS UNDER WAY AND
ABSENTEE VOTING IS UNDER WAY AND
THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE
HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 1 MILLION
BALLOTS.
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP, JOE BIDEN,
AND THEIR SUPPORTERS ARE PUSHING
TOWARD THE NOVEMBER 3rd ELECTION.
WE FIND KAMALA HARRIS IN
ORLANDO.
SHE HELD A DRIVE-IN RALLY
TELLING SUPPORTERS THIS ELECTION
WILL DECIDE KEY ISSUES LIKE HEALTH CARE, CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HEALTH CARE, CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM, CLIMATE CHANGE AND
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM AND HITTING
CRITICAL SWING STATES AS BIDEN
PREPARES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL
DEBATE.
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ARRIVED IN ANOTHER BATTLEGROUND STATE.
IN ANOTHER BATTLEGROUND STATE.
WE GOT THIS VIDEO OF A MAKE
AMERICA GREAT AGAIN RALLY IN
PRESCOTT, ARIZONA, AN OUTDOOR EVENT WITH A SEA OF SUPPORTERS
EVENT WITH A SEA OF SUPPORTERS
WEARING THE RED MAGA HATS THAT
WE SEE AT THE RALLIES.
IN A FEW HOURS, HE’LL NEXT STOP
IN TUCSON. >>> IN MICHIGAN, IVANKA TRUMP
>>> IN MICHIGAN, IVANKA TRUMP
WILL BE IN GRAND RAPIDS STOPPING
IN THE TOWN OF ALTO.
JILL BIDEN WILL STOP IN DETROIT,
MADISON HEIGHTS, DEARBORN, AND
SAGINAW. BOTH PARTIES FOCUSING ON
BOTH PARTIES FOCUSING ON
MICHIGAN AS IT WAS EXTREMELY
CLOSE IN 2016 WHEN PRESIDENT
TRUMP CARRIED MICHIGAN BY LESS THAN 11,000 VOTES.
THAN 11,000 VOTES.
>>> RIGHT NOW, OUR FIRST LOOK AT
THE FORECAST AND A GLOOMY DAY SO
FAR.
OVER TO METEOROLOGIST BEN
BAILEY. >> Ben: IT MAY TAKE A WHILE FOR
>> Ben: IT MAY TAKE A WHILE FOR
IT TO GET HERE BECAUSE THE FIRST
PART OF THIS WEEK WILL HAVE A LOT OF CLOUDS AND AN ACTIVE
LOT OF CLOUDS AND AN ACTIVE
PATTERN SHAPING UP.
WE GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT
TO THE WEST AND THERE’S A LARGE
PATCH OF RAIN THAT’S STARTING TO
HEAD IN OUR DIRECTION.
A LOT OF US WILL STAY DRY UNTIL 8:00.
A COUPLE BREAKS IN THE NORTH AND
WEST ZONE.
NOTICE THE TEMPERATURES REALLY
NOT DOING ANYBODY ANY FAVORS.
MOST OF US WILL BE IN THE
MID-40s AS WE GO THROUGH THIS EVENING.
AND THE IMPACTS FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE WORKWEEK WILL
BE MODERATE, AT LEAST HERE
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
A ROUND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BE
COMING IN ON FRIDAY. WE’LL LOOK AT ALL OF OUR RAIN
WE’LL LOOK AT ALL OF OUR RAIN
CHANCES AND THE WARMER
TEMPERATURES, WHICH PROMISE TO
SHOW UP, SO WE’LL HOLD IT TO
THEM AND WE’LL CHECK IT OUT IN A FEW MINUTES, KAREN.
FEW MINUTES, KAREN.
>> Karen: DURING THE COVID
PANDEMIC, WE’RE SEEING THINGS WE
NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD SEE
BEFORE.
DID YOU EVER THINK YOU WOULD SEE AN OPERA IN A PARKING GARAGE?
AN OPERA IN A PARKING GARAGE?
PAULA TUTMAN TOOK IN A
PERFORMANCE TO SHOW HOW A CRISIS
CAN LEAD TO UNEXPECTED
CREATIVITY AND EVERYONE INVOLVED
REAPS THE BENEFITS. >> Paula: I’VE BEEN TO MANY AN
>> Paula: I’VE BEEN TO MANY AN
OPERA OVER MANY A DECADE AND
IT’S GREAT TO BE BACK DOWNTOWN
AND BACK AT THE OPERA HOUSE.
AND I CAN ALSO HONESTLY SAY THIS
IS MY VERY FIRST EVER DRIVE-THRU OPERA.
♪
# MICHIGAN OPERA THEATER OPENED IN A MOST UNCONVENTIONAL WAY.
IN A MOST UNCONVENTIONAL WAY.
I’M ABLE TO SAFELY DISTANCE AND
PACK IN THE USUAL PATRONS, IT
STAGED "TWILIGHT GOD" AS A DRIVE-IN EXPERIENCE.
DRIVE-IN EXPERIENCE.
IT WAS AN ADVENTURE.
>> IT’S REALLY DIFFERENT.
IT’S A DRIVE-THRU OPERA, WHO
DOES THAT?
>> OPERA IS A WAY OF MAKING LOVE IN PUBLIC.
IN PUBLIC.
IT’S AMAZING!
IT’S IMMERSIVE AND
ALL-ENCOMPASSING, AND WAGNER IS PINNACLE.
♪[SINGING]♪
>> HE TEXTED ME AND SAID, DO YOU WANT ME TO BRING POPCORN?
WANT ME TO BRING POPCORN?
YES, THAT’S A WONDERFUL IDEA.
>> YOU DRESSED UP?
>> I DID.
IT FELT APPROPRIATE.
>> Paula: AND PROOF POSITIVE
THAT CREATIVE MINDS CAN’T BE
STOPPED, EVEN FOR A PANDEMIC.
>> I’M SO INSPIRED BY ALL OF THE
ARTISTS AND ALL OF THE
TECHNICIANS AND INSTRUMENTALISTS
AND DESIGNERS WHO REALIZED THIS
IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
THINK DIFFERENTLY AND TO SEIZE THAT OPPORTUNITY, TO NOT JUST
THAT OPPORTUNITY, TO NOT JUST
APOLOGIZE FOR THE FACT WE CAN’T
DO OPERA AS USUAL BUT TO SAY
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO
THINK OF OP BRA IN A BRAND-NEW
WAY. >> Paula: EVERY SEAT WAS A
>> Paula: EVERY SEAT WAS A
FRONT-ROW SEAT AND PERFORMED ON
A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF THE OPERA
HOUSE GARAGE. ♪[SINGING]♪
MUCH LIKE A DRIVE-IN MOVIE, WE
WERE INSTRUCTED ON HOW TO TUNE
OUR RADIOS FOR THE LIVE AUDIO. DESPITE THE DAMP CHILL, THE
DESPITE THE DAMP CHILL, THE
INNOVATION WAS CREATIVE AND
OFTEN THE ACTORS WOULD APPROACH
YOUR VEHICLE, BRINGING THE
AUDIENCE INTO THE THRILL OF IT ALL.
NO NAP, TOO MUCH GOING ON.
AND THERE’S PASSION AND LOVE,
CONFUSION, MURDER, MAYHEM, AND
MADNESS.
AND EVEN THE GARAGE ITSELF
BECAME PART OF THE SET.
IT HAD FUN, CURRENT, SNAPPY
MUSIC AND A SPECKLE FOR THE
EYES.
AND THOSE WHO TRUSTED THEIR EVENING FOR THIS GRAND
EVENING FOR THIS GRAND
EXPERIMENT WERE NOT
DISAPPOINTED. ♪[SINGING]♪
SO DON’T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.
TAKE THE WORD OF MY 17-YEAR-OLD WHO SAID, OH MY GOSH, THIS IS
WHO SAID, OH MY GOSH, THIS IS
REALLY, REALLY GOOD, I FORGOT
I’M IN A GARAGE.
BEING RELEVANT MEANS TO HOLD
YOUR SPOT, BUT THIS WAS SMART, CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE AND
CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE AND
ELEVATED THE ART FORM AND, GET
THIS, IF YOU THINK YOU MISSED
ANYTHING, YEAH, YOU DID, YOU
REALLY DID, BUT THEY’VE FIGURED
OUT HOW TO LIVE STREAM SOME OF THE LIVE PERFORMANCES AND YOU’RE
THE LIVE PERFORMANCES AND YOU’RE
ABLE TO SEE IT FOR FREE.
CONTACT THE TICKET OFFICE.
OH MY GOSH, SO MUCH FUN! >> Karen: I LOVE THIS IDEA.
>> Karen: I LOVE THIS IDEA.
I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE MY KIDS,
EXPOSE THEM TO SOMETHING THEY
HAVEN’T SEEN.
YOUR 17-YEAR-OLD, WHAT WAS HER
PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS
COOL ABOUT IT AND HOW LONG WAS
THE SHOW?
>> Paula: IT’S ONLY AN HOUR, NOT
LIKE A FIVE-HOUR OPERA. BUT SOMETIMES IT LOOKED LIKE
BUT SOMETIMES IT LOOKED LIKE
THEY WERE COMING RIGHT AT US, SO
WE WERE IN THE CAR SQUEALING.
IT WAS A GREAT FAMILY EVENING
AND ANOTHER WAY TO INTRODUCE HER
TO THE ART FORM.
AND SHE LOVED IT! >> Karen: I REALLY LOVE IT!
>> Karen: I REALLY LOVE IT!
WHAT A CREATIVE IDEA TO REINVENT
THEMSELVES.
I LOVE YOUR ENERGY, I CAN TELL
YOU LOVED IT. >> Paula: YEAH, JUST A LITTLE.
>> Paula: YEAH, JUST A LITTLE.
>> Kim: WE COULD SEE FINAL
DECISION IN PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
BORDER WALL.
AND THE INFORMATION CUSTOMERS DON’T HAVE TO SHARE.
DON’T HAVE TO SHARE.
AND LATER, IF YOU’RE AFRAID TO
GO TO THE MOVIES WITH A ROOMFUL