FIRST AT FOUR. A MOTHER CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE GETS VISIBLY UPSET DURING THE COURT HEARING
WHAT THE JUDGE SAID THAT SET HER
OFF. ALSO, LET’S CHECK IN WITH
KIM ABUSE AWFUL AFTERNOON HERE
IN METRO DETROIT, WITH SOME
SUNSHINE TEMPERATURES IN THE
SIXTIES, A BRIEF WARM UP AND
THEN A BIG COOL DOWN FOR THE
WEEKEND. YOUR FORECAST STRAIGHT
AHEAD. JUST ONE OF THE GREAT
THINGS ABOUT MICHIGAN FALL
COLORS UNLESS YOU’RE COLOR BLIND
, BUT I’M GOING TO TAKE YOU TO A
PLACE WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE
THEM. I’M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW
HUMANS ARE SO CLEVER. LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS
FIRST AT FOUR STARTS NOW. GOOD
AFTERNOON. I’M KAREN DREW FIRST
AT FOUR. THE PARENTS OF AN
INFANT IN DEARBORN ARE CHARGED
WITH FELONY CHILD ABUSE. IN A
CASE, THE JUDGE SAYS, QUOTE
CHILLS HIS BONES. TAWALBI AND
MORTADA ELMER, WHERE BOTH
ARRAIGNED THIS MORNING.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE VERY YOUNG
CHILD WAS BROUGHT TO A
PEDIATRICIAN’S OFFICE WITH
MULTIPLE VISIBLE INJURIES.
POLICE WERE CALLED LEADING TO
THE COUPLE’S ARREST. NOT GUILTY.
PLEAS WERE ENTERED FOR BOTH. THE
JUDGE SAID THE FACTS OF THE CASE
SO FAR INSPIRED A HIGHER BOND.
THE VICTIM. IN THIS CASE, AS I
UNDERSTAND IT IS 52 DAYS OLD,
HELPLESS VICTIM IN THIS CASE AND
THE SERIOUS NATURE OF THE
INJURIES INFLICTED SUCH HELP US
IN SUCH A YOUNG VICTIM. REALLY
CHILLS MY BONES. BOND FOR THE
CHILD’S MOTHER SET AT $100,000.
WITH NO 10% ALLOWED. SHE WAS
VISIBLY UPSET WITH THAT AMOUNT.
THE FATHER HAD A PREVIOUS BRUSH
WITH THE LAW. HIS BOND IS
$250,000 THEY’RE BOTH EXPECTED
BACK IN COURT ON OCTOBER 14TH.
THE CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK HOPES
MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT WILL
REJECT A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR
WATER BILL THAT COULD CRIPPLE
ONE OF MICHIGAN’S POOR CITIES.
THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN FESTERING
FOR YEARS SINCE HIGHLAND PARK
SHUT DOWN ITS OWN WATER PLANT.
IT STARTED GETTING WATER FROM
THE CITY OF DETROIT AND THEN THE
GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY WELL
IN AUGUST, A MICHIGAN APPEALS
COURT RULED HIGHLAND PARK HAD
RUN UP A BILL. OF ABOUT $24
MILLION THAT NEEDED TO BE PAID
BACK. ONE BIG PROBLEM. THE CITY
HAS AN ANNUAL BUDGET OF JUST
$3.5 MILLION PLUS, HIGHLAND
PARK’S MAYOR ARGUES IT’S NOT
REALLY THE CITY’S DEBT. WE HAVE
THE STATE LAND BANK. WE HAVE TO
MICHIGAN LAND BANK. WE HAVE TO
COUNTY STATE LAND BANK, OF
COURSE, BUT THE COUNTY LAND BANK
EACH ONE OF THESE LAND BANKS OWE
US MONEY. UH, FROM STORMWATER
RUNOFF. SO A LOT OF THE DEBT
THAT THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT. IT’S
NOT EVEN OUR DEBT IS TO COUNTY
AND THE STATE. AND THAT’S BEEN
THE MAYOR’S LONGTIME ARGUMENT
BECAUSE MANY HOMES IN HIGHLAND
PARK ARE OWNED BY THE LAND BANKS
, SO WE’RE GONNA SEE THAT
ARGUMENT IS MORE SUCCESSFUL WITH
THE STATE’S HIGHEST COURT WILL
BE FOLLOWING THAT FOR YOU VERY
CLOSELY PREPARES FOR ONE OF THE
LARGEST WATER MAIN BREAKS WE’VE
EVER COVERED ARE NOW COMPLETE
WITH NORMAL OPERATIONS RESTORED.
YOU PROBABLY RECALL THAT 120
INCH TRANSMISSION PIPE BROKE
BACK IN MID AUGUST OVER IN FOUR
GRATIOT TOWNSHIP ABOUT 130,000
PEOPLE WERE UNDER BOIL. WATER
ORDERS. AT ONE POINT SERVICE WAS
RESTORED USING A WORKAROUND. BUT
NOW EVERYTHING IS BACK TO NORMAL
FOR THE FIRST TIME. SINCE THAT
BREAK, ALL WATER LIMITATIONS
HAVE BEEN LIFTED. THE GREAT
LAKES WATER AUTHORITY SAYS THE
FINAL INCIDENT REPORT IS THE
NEXT STEP. IT IS DUE WITHIN 30
DAYS. ALRIGHT LET’S TAKE A LOOK
AT YOUR FOREWARN FORECASTING,
MADAM, STANDING BY AND WE’VE GOT
LOTS OF SUNSHINE, BUT IT IS ON
THE COOLER SIDE. I SAID KIM, I
WOKE UP. IT WAS 40 DEGREES OUT
THERE THIS MORNING. THAT WAS
KIND OF FRIGHTENING, 48 YEAR
HOUSE. YOU WERE LUCKY KAREN
BECAUSE SOME PLACES WERE IN THE
LOW TO MID THIRTIES. WE DID HAVE
THAT FROST ADVISORY OVERNIGHT.
LAST NIGHT. IT WAS CALLED
TONIGHT YOU’LL WAKE UP IN THE
MORNING, MAYBE FIVE OR 10
DEGREES WARMER THAN YOU WERE
THIS MORNING. 64 RIGHT NOW AT
ITS CITY AIRPORT, 63 AT METRO
FOR THE MOST PART WERE IN THE
LOW TO MID SIXTIES. BUT LAPIERRE
AND FLINT NOW POPPING UP INTO
THE UPPER SIXTIES, WHICH IS A
LITTLE CLOSER TO OUR NORMAL HIGH
OF 68. TONIGHT’S LOW STAYING IN
THE LOW FORTIES IN OUR METRO
ZONE, THE SOUTHERN ZONE, A FEW
OF THE OUTER LYING AREAS LIKE TO
COME SEE GETTING DOWN TO THE
UPPER THIRTIES WEST ZONE. WE DO
EXPECT IT TO BE A LITTLE BIT
COOLER THERE AND HOW 38 39
BRIGHTEN. IT LOOKS LIKE HOW
YOU’LL BE ONE OF THE COOLEST
CITIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND
THEN OUR NORTHERN ZONE STILL IN
THE UPPER THIRTIES, BUT FOR THIS
EVENING WILL BE DROPPING. DOWN
INTO THE UPPER FORTIES BY
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, BUT THERE IS A
NICE LITTLE WARM UP ON THE WAY.
I’LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE
FORECAST IN JUST A MINUTE. I
LOVE A WARMUP. THANKS KIM. SOME
BREAKING NEWS ON YOUR MONDAY
FROM WALL STREET THIS AFTERNOON.
WE ARE SEEING THE MARKETS
RALLIED TOWARD THEIR BEST DAY IN
MONTHS. THE DOW JONES WAS UP
MORE THAN 800 POINTS ABOUT AN
HOUR AGO. BUT TAKE A LOOK UP,
765 POINTS A WEAKER THAN
EXPECTED MANUFACTURING REPORT
ACTUALLY RAISED HOPES THE
FEDERAL RESERVE MAY NOT BE SO
AGGRESSIVE WITH RAISING INTEREST
RATES, BUT WE’RE STILL SEEING
THE HIGHEST INFLATION AS WE ALL
KNOW IN DECADES. THE STORM THAT
USED TO BE HURRICANE IAN
CONTINUES JUST TO CAUSE MISERY
ALONG THE EAST COAST. THERE ARE
COASTAL FLOODING WARNINGS AND
HIGH WIND ADVISORIES IN NEW
JERSEY. NOW THE REMNANTS OF THE
STORM HAVE BOUNCED UP THE EAST
COAST. COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS
WERE REACHED FROM JERSEY TO
DELAWARE. PEOPLE ARE BEING
WARNED NOT TO GO SWIMMING OR
BOATING BECAUSE OF THE DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS. KIMBERLY GAIL OF THE
NEWS KAREN. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON,
WHILE THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE
IAN OR SWIRLING IN THE
NORTHEAST, SURVIVORS ARE PICKING
THROUGH THE WRECKAGE, THE
HURRICANE LEFT IN THE SOUTHEAST
SPECIFICALLY IN THE STATE OF
FLORIDA. IAN MADE LANDFALL IN
THE GULF COAST FIVE DAYS AGO.
NOW CLEAN UP AHEAD IS JUST
MASSIVE. YOU CAN IMAGINE. AND
YOU SEE, THEIR CREWS ARE USING
HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND CAPE CORAL
TO MOVE THE DEBRIS IN SAYING
THAT WERE TOSSED ALL OVER THE
PLACE BY THE STORM. CNN REPORTS
. 100 PEOPLE ARE CONFIRMED DEAD
. MOST OF THOSE LIVES WERE LOST
IN FLORIDA. ON THE OTHER HAND,
SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS ARE
ONGOING. THE STATE SAYS MORE
THAN 1600 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
RESCUED AT LAST CHECK ABOUT
621,000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES
WERE STILL WITHOUT POWER.
SANIBEL ISLAND REMAINS CUT OFF
FROM THE MAINLAND, THE CAUSEWAY
THERE THAT CONNECTS THE TWO
COMPLETELY WIPED OUT. OFFICIALS
ARE WORKING TO GET RESCUE AND
CLEANUP CREWS TO THE ISLAND BY
BOAT OR BY AIR. SOME PEOPLE ARE
WONDERING IF EVACUATION ORDERS
SHOULD HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR LEE
COUNTY EARLIER THAT COUNTY
INCLUDES HARD HIT SPOTS SUCH AS
SANTA BELL AND FORT MYERS. THE
STORM’S PATH DID CHANGE AND LEE
COUNTY’S SHERIFF THERE IS
STANDING BY HOW AND WHEN THE
MESSAGE TO EVACUATE WAS ISSUED.
HERE NOW, WHETHER PEOPLE LISTEN
TO IT, WE CAN’T FORCE PEOPLE OUT
OF THEIR HOMES. BUT WE CAN
CONTINUOUSLY SAY LOOK, MANDATORY
EVACUATION. MOTHER NATURE TAUGHT
US A LESSON. IT’S UNPREDICTABLE
, BUT I’M CONFIDENT, CONFIDENT
IN THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE.
LEE COUNTY DIDN’T ISSUE
EVACUATION ORDERS UNTIL THE DAY
BEFORE IAN HIT AND SOME SAY THAT
WAS TOO LATE FOR MANY PEOPLE TO
GET OUT. SO, UM, KAREN, I’M SURE
THAT’S A CONVERSATION THAT WILL
HEAR MORE ABOUT IN THE COMING
WEEKS. IF NOT MONTHS AS WELL.
BUT FOR NOW, WE’LL SEND IT BACK
TO YOU IN THE STUDIO. ALL RIGHT,
WE APPRECIATE IT. THANKS KIM C
AT FIVE. OKAY SO WE ARE TRACKING
BREAKING NEWS OVER IN PUERTO
RICO RIGHT NOW, AND THAT IS
WHERE PRESIDENT BIDEN IS MEETING
WITH VICTIMS OF HURRICANE FIONA.
THAT ISLAND WAS HIT HARD LAST
MONTH. THE PRESIDENT ALSO BRINGS
A $60 MILLION INVESTMENT IN
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE COUNTRY.
THE MONEY IS DESIGNATED TO HELP
COASTAL AREAS TO BETTER
WITHSTAND FUTURE HURRICANES.
RUSSIAN COURT WILL HEAR BRITNEY
GRINER IS APPEAL ON A DRUG
POSSESSION CONVICTION LATER THIS
MONTH, THE W. N B A STAR WAS
SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS IN
PRISON. THE POLICE FOUND VAPE
CANISTERS CONTAINING CANNABIS
OIL IN HER LUGGAGE IN MOSCOW,
GRINER SAYS SHE PACKED THEM BY
MISTAKE AND HAD A PRESCRIPTION
FOR PAIN TREATMENT. THE APPEAL
WILL START ON OCTOBER 25TH.
WELL, HUMANS. THEY’RE PRETTY
DARN CLEVER. DON’T YOU THINK IF
YOU GIVE THEM A PROBLEM, THOUGH,
VERY OFTEN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO
FIX IT. BUT WE FOUND A NEW
EXAMPLE. TODAY AS THE MAGIC OF
MODERN TECHNOLOGY IS BRINGING
FALL COLORS ALIVE FOR PEOPLE WHO
LIVE WITH COLOR BLINDNESS.
POLITICIAN JOINS US FROM ONE OF
THE MOST SCENIC SPOTS IN THE
CITY TO EXPLAIN YOU GOT MY
INTEREST ON THIS ONE. VALA. ALL
RIGHT, BUT I DID MY JOB. SO LET
ME GIVE YOU YOUR BEARINGS. SO
RIGHT OVER HERE THAT IS AT WATER
, AND THEN YOU SEE THE OUTDOOR
ADVENTURE CENTER RIGHT THERE.
YOU WALK UP THE BERM, AND YOU’RE
AT THIS REALLY, REALLY BEAUTIFUL
HIGH POINT. THERE’S THE DETROIT
RIVER. THERE’S CANADA AND KAREN.
THIS IS WAY COOL. BEING ABLE TO
SEE COLORS, ESPECIALLY IN EARLY
FALL IN MICHIGAN. THAT’S WHEN
YOU GET THE GIFTS OF VIBRANT
REDS OUTLANDISH YELLOW’S COOL
BLUE HUES AND EVERYTHING IN
BETWEEN. AND IF YOU TRACK TO THE
TOP OF THE BERM ACROSS FROM THE
OUTDOOR ADVENTURE CENTER IN
MILITANT STATE PARK ALONG THE
RIVERFRONT, NEWLY INSTALLED
BINOCULARS BRINGS EVERYTHING
CLOSER. GREENS REDS, WHITES OF
THE BARGE. THE GREEN, THE GRASS
THE DIFFERENT BRICK COLORS ON
THE HOUSE IS A LITTLE BIT OF
EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL. IT LOOKS
BEAUTIFUL. EVERYTHING LOOKS
BEAUTIFUL, BUT HERE’S THE OTHER
COOL THING WITH THESE BRAND NEW
MOUNTED BINOCULARS WHILE YOU’RE
ENJOYING COLORS SO CRISP, YOU
CAN ALMOST TASTE THEM. CONSIDER
THIS FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LIKE
OUR OWN HANK WINCHESTER, WHO IS
COLOR BLIND, THE WORLD LOOKS
DIFFERENT. I HAVE TROUBLE
DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN THE
COLORS RED AND GREEN. BUT I’VE
GOT THE WHOLE TRAFFIC LIGHT
THING FIGURED OUT, SO DON’T
WORRY, EXCEPT THESE AREN’T JUST
ANY OLD MOUNTED BINOCULARS.
THAT’S HALF MY PROBLEM. THESE
ARE SPECIALLY EQUIPPED AND
CHROMA COLOR ACCESSIBLE
BINOCULARS THEY ARE ACTUALLY
DESIGNED TO MAKE COLOR
ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
COLOR BLIND. HELPFUL FOR THOSE
WITH COLOR BLINDNESS BECAUSE IT
MAKES IT POP. RIGHT AND IT MAKES
IT WAY MORE VIBRANT AREA. IT’S A
IT’S A GROUP OF TREES LEAVES
GRASS. WAS A LITTLE BIT DULL.
WHEN I STARTED LOOKING THROUGH
IT, IT’S GETTING A LOT SHARPER.
REALLY IT’S LIKE HOW WHEN YOU GO
TO GET YOUR EYES TESTED, AND
THEY FLIP THE THING UNTIL YOUR
EYES GET MORE CLEAR. IT’S DOING
THAT WITH THE COLOR. THESE ARE
JUST SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES AND
CHROMA PROVIDES TO SHOW HOW
DIFFERENT THINGS CAN LOOK. YOU
DON’T HAVE TO BE COLOR BLIND TO
ENJOY THE VIEW. BUT IF YOU JUST
HAPPEN TO BE, I REALLY SEE IT
NOW. WAIT. OH, YEAH. CAN YOU SEE
THAT OR NO, MY ONLY GONNA THE
ONLY ONE THAT’S GOING TO SEE IT
LIKE THAT BEAUTIFUL COLORS. I
DON’T I DON’T RIGHT HERE. I DO
HERE? OKAY SO EXPEDITED SCIENCE
LESSON. THIS IS HOW THIS WORKS,
SO THERE ARE SPECIAL FILTERS
INSIDE THESE LENSES. NOW, IF
YOU’RE NOT COLORBLIND, IT
DOESN’T CHANGE THE COLOR. IT
WILL ENHANCE THE COLOR. BUT IF
YOU ARE COLOR BLIND, THESE
FILTERS WILL ACTUALLY FILL IN
THE BLANKS WITH YOUR BRAIN FOR
THE COLORS THAT THEY THAT THE
BRAIN CANNOT. PROCESS WHICH IS
WHY YOU’VE GOT TO LOOK, YOU
CAN’T JUST GO LIKE THIS. YOU
ACTUALLY HAVE TO LOOK FOR ABOUT
A MINUTE OR TWO SO THAT THE
BRAIN CAN DO A RESET AND THEN
YOU’LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE
DIFFERENCE. COOL STUFF AND
LISTEN, HANK, YOU KNOW, HE HE’S
SUSPICIOUS OF EVERYTHING. WE ALL
ARE. WE’RE JOURNALISTS, BUT HE
WAS SOLD. YOU KNOW THAT ABOUT
YOUR BUDDY? WELL I DO KNOW
BECAUSE I MANY TIMES HAVE TO
TELL IN HIS SOCKS DON’T MATCH
AND IT’S JUST ALWAYS A HOT MESS.