>>> FIRST AT 4, PAYING A
POLITICAL PRICE.
THIS MICHIGAN STATE REP LOST
HIS FREEDOMS NOW HE’S IN TROUBLE INENS LAING.
TROUBLE INENS LAING.
WE’LL EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED
AND WHAT’S NEXT.
>>> FROM COMMUNITY LEADER TO
CRIMINAL SUSPECT, THIS SOUTH
CAROLINA ATTORNEY HAS NOW
TURNED HIMSELF IN TO POLICE. THE ACCUSATIONS HE’S FACING
THE ACCUSATIONS HE’S FACING
AND THE MANY MYSTERIES
SURROUNDING HIS FAMILY.
PAULA?
>>>.
>> WHY A DIETICIAN SAYS TODAY IS NOT NECESSARILY THE
TODAY IS NOT NECESSARILY THE
DAY TO LOSE WEIGHT BUT ITS
THE DAY TO STOP GAINING
WEIGHT.
>> YOUR WEIGHT MATTERS IT
AND MAKES A DIFFERENCE ON
WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE ABLE
TO SURVIVE.
>> WE TAKE A LOOK AT WEIGHT GAIN AND ITS INVITATION TO
GAIN AND ITS INVITATION TO
CATCH COVID.
>>> WELCOME TO YOUR THURSDAY
AFTERNOON I’M METEOROLOGIST
ANDREW HUMPHREY.
WE HAVE SOME TERRIFIC
THURSDAY WEATHER CAN WE KEEP IT GOING INTO FRIDAY AND
IT GOING INTO FRIDAY AND
YOUR WEEKEND?
MORE ON YOUR WEATHER
FORECAST FIRST AT 4.
>> LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN
DETROIT, HOME OF WDIV AND CLICK ON DETROIT, LOCAL 4
CLICK ON DETROIT, LOCAL 4
NEWS FIRST AT 4 STARTS NOW.
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE
I’M SANDRA ALI.
NEW CONSEQUENCES AND SOME ADVICE FOR JONES.
ADVICE FOR JONES.
TODAY MICHIGAN SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE KICKED JONES OFF
ALL OF HIS LEGISLATIVE
COMMITTEES. THAT’S ONE WAY LAWMAKERS ARE
THAT’S ONE WAY LAWMAKERS ARE
PUNISHED.
THE SPEAKER CALLED JONES
BEHAVIOR DISRUPTIVE AND
DISTRACTING.
HE ALSO URGED THE DEMOCRAT
FROM INKSTER TO GET THE HELP
HE NEEDS TO SERVE HIS
CONSTITUENTS. >>> TWO DAYS AGO JONES WAS
>>> TWO DAYS AGO JONES WAS
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ACCUSED
OF VIOLATING HIS POND AS HE
AWAITS TRIAL FOR DRUNK
DRIVING AND OTHER CHARGES. HE BROUGHT A HANDCUFF KEY
HE BROUGHT A HANDCUFF KEY
INTO THE JAIL AND SLAPPED
HIM WITH NEW CHARGES YESTERDAY.
>>> RIGHT NOW FOLLOWING
BREAKING NEWS OUT OF FLAT
ROCK.
THAT’S WHERE RESIDENTS ARE
GETTING A CHANCE TO ASK MORE
QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW ABOUT
THAT TROUBLING GAS LEAK.
AN OPEN HOUSE AND A TOWN HALL ARE GETTING STARTED
HALL ARE GETTING STARTED
RIGHT NOW AS YOU CAN SEE
THIS IS GOING ON AT FLAT
ROCK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL.
WE’RE BEING TOLD RESIDENTS
SHOULD BE ABLE TO TALK TO
REPRESENTATIVES THERE FROM FORD PLUS, ALSO STATE
FORD PLUS, ALSO STATE
AGENCIES LOCAL AGENCIES THE
LEAK THAT STARTED AT THE
FORD PLANT HAS NOW AFFECTED 1100 HOMES.
1100 HOMES.
>>> THE DETROIT BRANCH OF
NAACP GEARING UP NOW FOR ITS
ANNUAL FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
FUND DINNER. ORGANIZERS SAY THE EVENT
ORGANIZERS SAY THE EVENT
TYPICALLY DRAWS ABOUT 10,000
GUSTS BUT THAT NUMBER IS
GOING TO BE DOWN THIS YEAR
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
>> WE ARE FOLLOWING ALL
PROTOCOLS, ACCORDING TO THE STATE AND NATIONAL HEALTH
STATE AND NATIONAL HEALTH
STANDARDS FOR THIS ASSEMBLY.
WE WILLEN JOY A FIRST CLASS
EVENT AND ONE TO REMEMBER FOR ALL WHO ATTEND.
FOR ALL WHO ATTEND.
THIS YEAR’S STEM IS DON’T
REST ON YOUR FREEDOM.
U.S. SECRETARY OF HOUSING
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT MARCIA
FUDGE IS SET TO BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE
KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE
EVENT.
>>> IF YOU TAKE A LOOK
OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW WILL IS
NOT MUCH TO EXPLAIN ABOUT.
-- TO COMPLAIN ABOUT IT’S
GORGEOUS AND SUNNY. DEFINITELY A GOOD DAY TO BE
DEFINITELY A GOOD DAY TO BE
YOU, ANDREW, METEOROLOGIST
ANDREW HUMPHREY HERE.
ANDREW OUR NIGHT IS LOOKING
GORGEOUS.
>> SANDRA, IT’S LOOKING
BEAUTIFUL.
I MEAN BEAUTIFUL PICTURE YOU
SAW BEHIND YOU WITH BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKIES AND
BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKIES AND
PUFFY CLOUDS OVERHEAD IT IS
WARM BUT COMFORTABLE.
TEMPERATURES EASILY IN THE
MID AND UPPER 70s RIGHT NOW
ANYWHERE FROM 75 IN ANN ARBOR, 76 FOR OUR FRIENDS IN
ARBOR, 76 FOR OUR FRIENDS IN
PONDING A.
PRETTY AS A PICTURE ALSO
LOOKING AT DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL, LOOK
AT THAT SHOT WITH OUR SKYCAM
IN HIGH DEFINITION. 77 RIGHT NOW OVER MART.
77 RIGHT NOW OVER MART.
A WIND GENTLY OUT OF THE
SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT AROUND
NINE MILES PER HOUR.
IT IS DRY AS A BONE WITH
HUMIDITY AT 46%.
AND TEMPERATURES STAY IN THE
WARM TO MILD RANGE THROUGH THE EVENING.
THE EVENING.
WE HAVE FAIR SKIES OVERHEAD.
WE FALL INTO THE 60s BY
10:00 P.M. AND WHEN YOU JOIN
US TONIGHT AT 11:00 A MOSTLY
CLEAR SKIES FOR TONIGHT. CAN IT GET EVEN WARMER
CAN IT GET EVEN WARMER
TOMORROW?
WHAT ABOUT THIS WEEKEND?
MORE ON THAT PART OF THE
YOUR WEATHER FORECAST IN
MINUTES.
>> THANK YOU, ANDREW.
>>> NOW WE HAVE AN UPDATE
FOR YOU ON ONE OF THE MOST COMPLICATED MURDER MYSTERIES
COMPLICATED MURDER MYSTERIES
AND FAMILY SCANDALS WE’VE
EVER COVERED.
SOUTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY ALEX
MURDAUGH TURNED HIMSELF IN
TO POLICE JUST A FEW HOURS
ALONG.
HE’S FACING CHARGES CONNECTED TO AN ALLEGED $10
CONNECTED TO AN ALLEGED $10
MILLION INSURANCE SCHEME.
DEVINNIN IS IN THE NEWSROOM
NOW TO SORT THROUGH ALL OF
THIS NOW.
DEVIN.
>> THERE’S A LOT TO SORT
THROUGH, SANDRA.
ALEX MURDAUGH AND HIS FAMILY HAVE BEEN MAKING NATIONAL
HAVE BEEN MAKING NATIONAL
NEWS FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS
NOW.
TODAY THE ATTORNEY FROM A
WELL RESPECTED SOUTH
CAROLINA FAMILY HAS GONE
FROM DEFENDER TO DEFENDANT.
MURDAUGH SURRENDER TO POLICE BROUGHT TO THE HAMPTON
BROUGHT TO THE HAMPTON
COUNTY DETENTION CENTER FOR
PROCESSING.
HE WAS SHOT EARLIER THIS
MONTH IF SURVIVED IT.
INVESTIGATEORS NOW SAY HE ASKED SOMEONE TO KILL HIM SO
ASKED SOMEONE TO KILL HIM SO
THAT HIS SURVIVING SON COULD
ENHER IT A $10 MILLION
INSURANCE POLICY.
HIS ATTORNEY BLAMES THE
ALLEGED PLOT ON HIS CLIENT’S DEEP DEPRESSION AND DRUG
DEEP DEPRESSION AND DRUG
ADDICTION.
HIS ATTORNEY ADDED THOSE
PROBLEMS WERE MADE WORSE BY
THE SHOOTING DEATH OF HIS
WIFE AND OTHER SON. THAT HAPPENED ON JUNE 7th .
THAT HAPPENED ON JUNE 7th .
THOSE MURDERS, BY THE WAY,
REMAIN UNSOLVED.
UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT OF THOSE
KILLINGS.
THEIR ACCUSATIONS HE EMBEZZLED MONEY FROM HIS
EMBEZZLED MONEY FROM HIS
FAMILY’S LAW FIRM AND THE
DEATHS OF A FEW PEOPLE ARE
NOW ALSO BEING INVESTIGATED.
THE MURDAUGH HAS ALWAYS
DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT IN
THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE AND
SON. A BOND HEARING ON THE
A BOND HEARING ON THE
INSURANCE SCHEME THOUGH,
CHARGES, GET UNDERWAY RIGHT
NOW.
JUST SO MUCH STILL TO LEARN
AND TO BE ANSWERED ON THIS
CRAZY CASE.
>> A LOT TO SORT THROUGH.
THAT’S FOR SURE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEVIN.
>>> OBESITY RATES ACROSS THE
HAVE I ARE ON THE RISE AND
THE PROBLEM IS SPREADING
REALLY EVERYWHERE.
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL ANNOUNCING 16 STATES,
INCLUDING MICHIGAN HAD
OBESITY RATES OF 35% IN
2020. THAT’S UP FROM JUST NINE
THAT’S UP FROM JUST NINE
STATES IN 2018.
20 YEARS AGO NOT A SINGLE
STATE HAD AN OBESITY RATE
ABOVE 25%.
THE COVID PANDEMIC HAS
DEFINITELY NOT HELPED.
PAULA TUTMAN HERE NOW TO
SHOW US HOW THE NATION’S
WEIGHT GAIN CAN BE DANGEROUS
EVEN DEADLY.
PAULA?
>> Reporter: WE TALKED TO A
LOT NUTRITIONIST WHO SAYS
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO STOP.
STOP GAINING WEIGHT.
NOW YOU CAN MAKE A PLAN TO
START LOSING THE WEIGHT
YOU’VE ALREADY GAINED BUT TODAY STOP GAINING WEIGHT AS
TODAY STOP GAINING WEIGHT AS
ONE OF YOUR HEALTH
STRATEGIES TO FIGHT COVID.
>> WAISTLINES HAVE BECOME A
CASUALTY OF THE PANDEMIC.
>> I HAVE PROBABLY PUT ON
ABOUT 24, 25 POUNDS DURING
COVID.
REALLY I THINK IT’S JUST
BECAUSE COMFORT FOOD DURING
THIS REALLY STRESSFUL TIME HAS BEEN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
HAS BEEN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
TO ME.
>> Reporter: AS OUR NEWS
OPERATIONS MANAGER AT
CHANNEL 4.
>> DO WE GET THE TRUCKS
FIXED.
>> WHICH MEANS HE’S IN CHARGE OF GETTING US AND
CHARGE OF GETTING US AND
KEEPING US ON THE AIR AND A
FAMILY MAN, OVER THE LAST 18
MONTHS.
>> I CANCELLED MY GYM
MEMBERSHIP DURING COVID.
I FIND MYSELF JUST YOU KNOW
MORE STRESSED, OBVIOUSLY,
DURING COVID.
FOR ME, THAT TO COMFORT MYSELF I FIND FUN FOODS OR I
MYSELF I FIND FUN FOODS OR I
FIND DIFFERENT WAYS TO EAT
AND IT SHOWS.
>> Reporter: THE C.D.C. HAS
RELEASED A PRETTY HEFTY
REPORT THAT TRACKS WEIGHT
GAIN. IN THE 2020 ADULT OBESITY
IN THE 2020 ADULT OBESITY
PREVALENCE MAP YOU GUESSED
IT MICHIGAN IS ONE OF THE
LEADING STATES FOR OBESITY.
IN FACT, BASED ON THE C.D.C.
NUMBERS, 35%, THAT’S MORE THAN A THIRD OF MICHIGANDERS
THAN A THIRD OF MICHIGANDERS
WOULD BE CATEGORIZED AS
OBESE.
IN TERMS OF THOSE OF US WHO
GAINED MORE WEIGHT, THE
NUMBERS ARE EVEN HIGHER.
>> 61 TO 70% OF AMERICANS
HAVE GAINED WEIGHT.
>> Reporter: AND MORE
CHILLING.
>> I THINK THE AVERAGE IS
PROBABLY ABOUT 29 POUNDS. >> Reporter: PATRICIA JARED
>> Reporter: PATRICIA JARED
IS A REGISTERED DIE --
DIETICIAN AND SAID THEY ARE
SEEING AN EXPLOSION OF
PEOPLE AND THINK GOODNESS BECAUSE THAT WEIGHT GAIN
BECAUSE THAT WEIGHT GAIN
CREATES A CO-MORBIDITY THAT
MAKES YOU MORE SUSCEPTIBLE
TO GETTING COVID.
>> YOUR BODY YOUR ORGANS ARE WORKING HARDER.
WORKING HARDER.
SO BEING OVERWEIGHT AND
CO-MORBIDITY YOUR BODY IS
FIGHTING TOO MANY THINGS.
YOU ARE ASKING IT TO GO IN
TOO MANY DIFFERENT PLACES AND IT’S TIRING OUT AND IT’S
AND IT’S TIRING OUT AND IT’S
RUNNING DOWN AND IT CAN’T
FIGHT IT.
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS START
SMALL FIND WAYS TO BE
ACCOUNTABLE TO YOURSELF AND
YOUR HOUSEMATE AND DON’T BEAT YOURSELF UP.
BEAT YOURSELF UP.
>> BECAUSE SMALL PIECES ADD
UP AND THEY MAKE A GREAT BIG
IMPACT.
>> OBJECTING, SO THE BIG
THING IS DON’T GET FRUSTRATED IF YOU’RE NOT
FRUSTRATED IF YOU’RE NOT
LOSING THE WEIGHT THAT YOU
GAINED.
THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO
STOP GAINING THE CHANGE.
IF POTATO CHIPS ARE YOUR
COMFORT FOOD GET THEM OUT OF
THE HOUSE BECAUSE YOU WILL EAT THEM.
EAT THEM.
THOSE ARE THE SMALL THINGS
YOU CAN DO THAT CAN AT LEAST
START DOING THE BIG THINGS
SO YOU CAN DO THE BIGGEST
THING WHICH IS EVENTUALLY
START LOSING THE WEIGHT. BUT AT LEAST TODAY STOP
BUT AT LEAST TODAY STOP
GAINING IT.
SANDRA.
>> BABY STEPS.
ALL RIGHT THANK YOU SO MUCH,
PAULA.
>>> STILL AHEAD, ONE OF THE
WORLD’S BIGGEST RETAILERS
WANTS A BIGGER SHARE OF THE
BEAUTY BUSINESS. IN FACT, CONSUMERS COULD
IN FACT, CONSUMERS COULD
BENEFIT FROM A BIG NEW
EVENT.
WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
>>> ALSO, BEWARE OF BATTERY
FIRES.
GENERAL MOTORS WITH SOME STARTLING SAFETY ADVICE FOR
STARTLING SAFETY ADVICE FOR
ABOUT 140,000 DRIVERS OF
CARS LIKE THIS.
>>> BUT FIRST, NEW VIDEO IN
A MISSING WOMAN MYSTERY.
WE’LL SHOW WHAT YOU A POLICE
BODY CAMERA RECORDED IN THE
DAYS BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED. STAY WITH US.