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THE PRESIDENT SAYS THAT ITS
STATES WHO WILL DECIDE WHEN
TO REOPEN.
TO REOPEN. >> President Trump: WE HAVE
BEAUTIFUL PIECES, BEAUTIFUL
STATES WITH CAPABLE
GOVERNORS, THEY KNOW WHEN
IT’S TIME TO OPEN.
>> IN THE MEANTIME, MICHIGAN
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER
NOT RULING OUT WORKING WITH
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
>> THIS IS GOT TO BE A
PARTNERSHIP.
PARTNERSHIP. WE’RE NOT ONE ANOTHER’S
ENEMIES.
ENEMIES. THE ENEMY IS A VIRUS CALLED
COVID-19 THAT IS RAVAGING
OUR COUNTRY.
OUR COUNTRY. >> AND THIS ALL COMES AS
PROTESTORS ARE GATHERING IN
LANSING UPSET WITH THE
GOVERNOR’S STAY AT HOME
ORDER.
ORDER. WE’LL HAVE A LIVE REPORT IN
MINUTES.
MINUTES. BUT FIRST THE FORECAST TOPS
OUR NEWS HERE AT NOON THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US.
I’M EVROD CASSIMY.
WE ARE GIVING YOU A LOOK
HERE OF VIDEO OF SNOW
FALLING ALL OVER METRO
DETROIT FROM OUR WINDSOR
SKYCAM HERE.
SKYCAM HERE. WE WILL GET TO OUR
CONTINUING CORONAVIRUS
CONTINUING CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE IN JUST A MOMENT.
BUT WE’VE GOT SOME FLAKES
THAT ARE FLYING.
YEAH, IT IS APRIL 15th .
SO LET’S CHECK IN WITH
METEOROLOGIST BRANDON ROUX.
WE WERE HOPING FOR A NO SNOW
GUARANTEE.
GUARANTEE. BUT THAT’S A BUST.
>> WE HAVE A SNOW COMING
FRIDAY THAT COULD PUT THIS
ONE TO SHAME AND REALLY
SPOIL THE NO SNOW GUARANTEE.
BUT AS WE’RE ON LOCKDOWN,
QUARANTINED YOU MIGHT HAVE
ESSENTIAL ERRANDS TO RUN OR
GET TO WORK.
SO IT’S GOING TO BE A LITTLE
SLIPPERY HERE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. LET’S GO AHEAD AND SHOW YOU
TEMPERATURES OUTSIDE RIGHT
NOW AS WE ARE SEEING MT.
CLEMENS HERE JUST NORTH OF
ME, WHERE IT IS SNOWING
PRETTY GOOD.
PRETTY GOOD. 33° AT METRO.
IT IS 29° STILL IN PONTIAC.
LUCKILY NOT MUCH OF A
BREEZE.
BREEZE. SO THESE TEMPS JUST NORTH
AND SOUTH OF FREEZING ARE
REALLY WHAT THEY ARE.
SO WE DON’T HAVE BIG WIND
CHILL ISSUES.
CHILL ISSUES. A COUPLE OF GAPS OR DRY
SLOTS HERE.
SLOTS HERE. BUT NOTICE, FROM THE WEST
SOUTHWEST SOME POCKETS OF
HEAVIER SNOW STARTING TO
FILL IN.
FILL IN. AND THE BACK SIDE OF IT
ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN IS THE
DRY END OR END OF THE WET
WEATHER.
WEATHER. I EXPECT SNOW SHOWERS
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AT
BEST MIDDLE 30s AND COULD
GET A DUSTING IF NOT A
LITTLE BIT MORE HERE THROUGH
THE AREA.
THE AREA. AGAIN, MAKING THE ROADWAYS A
LITTLE BIT ON THE SLIPPERY
SIDE AND CERTAINLY A COOL
FEEL OUT HERE.
I’M SURE THE KIDS ARE LOVING
IT.
IT. BUT, EVROD, AGAIN, WE’VE GOT
A SNOW THAT FRIDAY MORNING
COULD BE MEASURABLE
SHOVEABLE, AND WE’LL TALK
ABOUT IT COMING UP.
>> ALL RIGHTY BRANDON, WE’LL
BE CHECKING IN WITH YOU IN
JUST A LITTLE BIT.
RIGHT NOW WE WANT GET TO OUR
CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. WE’RE TRACKING MORE MAJOR
DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDING MORE
CONFIRMED CASES AND DEATHS
HERE IN MICHIGAN.
HERE’S A BREAKDOWN OF OUR
CASE COUNT HERE AT HOME
STATEWIDE.
STATEWIDE. THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED
CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS IN
MICHIGAN HAS NOW RISEN TO
27,001 AS OF JUST TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. WE HAVE NOW LOST MORE THAN
1700 PEOPLE.
1700 PEOPLE. IN THE MEANTIME, A LOT OF
BIG NEWS COMING OUT ABOUT
THE PANDEMIC AT THIS HOUR.
HERE TODAY’S HEADLINES.
THE GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS CASE
COUNT JUST SURPASSED TWO
MILLION INFECTIONS.
MILLION INFECTIONS. CLOSER TO HOME THE DETROIT
MEDICAL CENTER IS
FURLOUGHING ABOUT 480 TEAM
MEMBERS.
MEMBERS. THEY SAY THAT THEY EXPECT TO
RETURN IMPACTED STAFF TO
SERVICE ONCE THEY NAVIGATE
THROUGH THIS UNPRECEDENTED
TIME.
TIME. IN THE MEANTIME TODAY,
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN
NEWSOME SENT MICHIGAN 50
VENTILATORS ON LOAN FROM THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
VENTILATORS WILL ARRIVE IN
LANSING TODAY.
LANSING TODAY. ALSO MAKING HEADLINES IN
LANSING, GOVERNOR WHITMER’S
EXTENDED STAY AT HOME ORDER
NOT GOING OVER WELL WITH
MANY MICHIGAN RESIDENTS.
SO MUCH SO THEY ARE
GATHERING IN PROTEST AT THE
STATE CAPITOL THIS
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. IT’S CALLED OPERATION
GRIDLOCK.
GRIDLOCK. AND OUR ROD MELONI JOINING
US NOW LIVE.
IT’S VERY LOUD OUT THERE
ROD.
ROD. YOU GOT LOOK AT HOW THINGS
ARE SHAPING UP.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?
>> Reporter: WELL, IT’S BED
LUM HERE ACTUALLY -- BEDLAM
HERE, ACTUALLY.
HERE, ACTUALLY. OPERATION GRIDLOCK IS
CLOGGING THE STREETS ALL
AROUND THE STATE CAPITOL.
MOST PEOPLE WERE TOLD TO
STAY IN THEIR CARS BUT AS
YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE A LOT
OF PEOPLE ON FOOT OUT HERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WEARING
MASKS.
MASKS. A LOT OF PEOPLE WRAPPING
THEMSELVES IN FLAGS AND A
LOT OF PEOPLE WITH PROTEST
SIGNS SAYING THINGS LIKE ARE
YOU SHUTTING DOWN MY TAXES?
ALL IN ALL, THIS PROTEST HAS
SHOWN THAT THERE ARE A LOT
OF VERY FRUSTRATED PEOPLE IN
THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.
THE DECORATED CARS AND
TRUCKS SHOWED UP HOURS EARLY
MANY FROM INDUSTRIES LIKE
BOATING AND CONSTRUCTION.
MANY HERE CHAFFING AT THE
GOVERNOR’S STAY AT HOME
ORDER.
ORDER. YES THERE ARE TRUMP FLAGS
HERE BUT CONSERVATIVE
COALITION ORGANIZER MATT
SEALY WHO SPOKE WITH US
BEFORE THE RALLY SAID.
>> WE’VE GONE OUT OF OUR WAY
TO MAKE IT NONPARTISAN.
THIS IS ABOUT MICHIGAN
CITIZENS JUST SAYING THAT
OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES ARE
BEING VIOLATED AND THIS IS
GONE TOO FAR.
>> Reporter: THE ORGANIZERS
POSTER SAID "THE GOVERNOR IS
DRIVING US OUT OF BUSINESS
WE’RE DRIVING TO LANSING."
AND THEY DID.
AT FIRST LINING UP OUTSIDE
THE CAPITOL’S FRONT DOOR.
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE LINED
UP AT THE SIDE DOOR IN ORDER
TO KEEP ORDER.
RALLY ORGANIZERS SAY THEY
INTEND TO FOLLOW THE SAFE
DISTANCING RULES AND ASK
PROTESTORS TO STAY IN THEIR
VEHICLES.
VEHICLES. STILL THEY WANT THE GOVERNOR
TO KNOW THEIR DEEP DISPLOR
-- DISPLEASURE.
-- DISPLEASURE. >> THIS ARBITRARY BLANKETS
SPREAD OF SHUTTING DOWN
BUSINESSES ABOUT PUTTING ALL
OF THESE WORKERS OUT OF
BUSINESS IS JUST, IT’S A
DIFFERENT STER.
DIFFERENT STER. >> Reporter: NOW FOR HER
PART THE GOVERNOR DEFENDED
HER ORDER THIS MORNING ON
THE "TODAY" SHOW.
>> MICHIGAN HAS THE THIRD
MOST COVID-19 CASES IN THE
NATION RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE NOT THE THIRD LARGEST
STATE IN THE NATION.
THAT TELLS YOU WE HAVE A
UNIQUE CRISIS ON OUR HANDS
AND IT DEMANDS A UNIQUE
SOLUTION.
SOLUTION. >> Reporter: NOW WE HAVE
SEEN ACTUALLY NOT SEEN CARS
AND TRUCKS MOVE AT ALL
AROUND THE STATE CAPITOL
HERE IN THE LAST HOUR.
THEY GOT STARTED AN HOUR
BEFORE THE RALLY EVEN
SUPPOSED TO START.
WE’LL SEE HOW MUCH ENERGY
THEY HAVE GOING FORWARD.
IT’S SUPPOSED TO LAST UNTIL
2:00 P.M.
2:00 P.M. WE’LL LET YOU KNOW SLATER ON
IF IN FACT IT GOES THAT
LONG.
LONG. SO FAR IT PROBABLY WILL GO
THAT LONG AND PERHAPS EVEN
LONGER.
LONGER. REPORTING LIVE IN LANSING,
ROD MELONI, LOCAL 4.
>> ROD, THANK YOU FOR THE
UPDATE THERE.
UPDATE THERE. WE WANT TO INVITE TO YOU
JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT
7:00 AS SENATORS DEBBIE
STABENOW AND GARY PETERS
ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
THIS IS ANOTHER LIVE TOWN
HALL EVENT MADE POSSIBLE BY
A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN
TELEVISION STATIONS.
TELEVISION STATIONS. OUR OWN DEVIN SCILLIAN WILL
BE JOINED BY HUEL PERKINS
AND CAROLYN CLIFFORD FOR THE
SECOND TOWN HALL EVENT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT
YOUR QUESTIONS TO THE
SENATORS BY GOING TO
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
CLICKONDETROIT.COM. >>> ON THE NATIONAL FRONT
NOW STREETS IN MANY MAJOR
U.S. CITIES ARE EMPTY.
THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN
609,000 CONFIRMED
609,000 CONFIRMED CORONAVIRUS CASES HERE IN
THE U.S.
THE U.S. MORE THAN 26,000 AMERICANS
HAVE DIED.
HAVE DIED. THIS IS ACCORDING TO A JOHNS
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY DATABASE.
IN THE MEANTIME WITH
PRESSURE MOUNTING TO GET THE
COUNTRY BACK TO BUSINESS
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SAYING
IT’S UP TO THE GOVERNORS TO
OPEN THEIR INDIVIDUAL
STATES.
STATES. AS KRISTEN WELKER REPORTS
IT’S A DRAMATIC SHIFT FROM
JUST ONE DAY EARLIER.
>> Reporter: THE PUSH TO
REOPEN PARTS OF THE NATION’S
ECONOMY INTENSIFYING AFTER
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID TUESDAY,
ITS UP TO THE GOVERNORS OF
EACH STATE TO MAKE THAT
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. >> President Trump: I WILL
THEN BE AUTHORIZING EACH
INDIVIDUAL GOVERNOR OF EACH
INDIVIDUAL STATE TO
IMPLEMENT A REOPENING AT A
VERY POWERFUL REOPENING PLAN
OF THEIR STATE AT A TIME AND
IN A MANNER AS MOST
APPROPRIATE.
APPROPRIATE. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT
ACKNOWLEDGING SOME STATES
WILL BE ABLE TO LIFT SOCIAL
DISTANCING RESTRICTIONS
DISTANCING RESTRICTIONS SOONER THAN OTHERS.
>> President Trump: WE HAVE
A LOT OF THOSE STATES.
THEY’RE SET TO OPEN
PRACTICALLY NOW.
PRACTICALLY NOW. WE’RE GOING TO LET THEM OPEN
SOONER THAN THE DATE.
WE WILL PICK A DATE WE’RE
GOING TO GET A DATE THAT’S
GOOD BUT IT’S GOING TO BE
VERY, VERY SOON.
SOONER THAN THE END OF THE
MOVE.
MOVE. WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL PIECES,
BEAUTIFUL STATES WITH
CAPABLE GOVERNORS.
CAPABLE GOVERNORS. ANY KNOW WHEN IT’S TIME TO
OPEN.
OPEN. >> Reporter: A SHIFT IN TONE
COMING JUST A DAY AFTER THE
PRESIDENT DECLARED HE HAD
TOTAL AUTHORITY TO MAKE THE
DECISION.
DECISION. NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW
CUOMO DOWNPLAYING THE BITTER
BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN
GOVERNORS AND THE WHITE
HOUSE.
HOUSE. >> THIS IS NO TIME FOR
POLITICS.
POLITICS. IF HE WANTS A FIGHT IT’S NOT
GOING TO GET IT FROM ME.
>> Reporter: NEW CONTROVERSY
OVER NEWS THE PRESIDENT’S
NAME WILL APPEAR ON THOSE
CORONAVIRUS RELIEF CHECKS
PASSED BY CONGRESSMENT IT
COMES AFTER THESE COMMENTS
EARLIER THIS MONTH.
>> President Trump: I’M
GOING TO SIGN THEM, NO.
IT’S A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
INITIATIVE BUT DO I WANT TO
SIGN THEM, NO.
>> Reporter: THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENT DENYING REPORTS
THAT THE PROCESS OF ADDING
THE PRESIDENT’S PRINTED NAME
WILL DELAY THE PAPER CHECKS.
SAYING ECONOMIC IMPACT
PAYMENT CHECKS ARE SCHEDULED
TO GO OUT ON TIME AND
EXACTLY AS PLANNED.
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DELAY
WHATSOEVER.
WHATSOEVER. DEMOCRATS POUNCING OVERNIGHT
SAYING THE PRESIDENT IS
POLITICIZING THE PROCESS.
>> I WISH IT WERE THE ONLY
EGO TRIP IT SEEMS ALMOST
EVERY DAY THE PRESIDENT
THINKS THIS CRISIS REVOLVES
ABOUT HIM.
ABOUT HIM. >> Reporter: ALL OF IT AS
THE PRESIDENT IS MAKING A
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT.
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT. SAYING THE U.S. WILL BE
HALTING FUNDS TO THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION.
HEALTH ORGANIZATION. PLUMP ACCUSING THE W.H.O. OF
FAILING TO SOUND THE ALARM
ON THE VIRUS QUICKLY ENOUGH.
AND FOR SAYING CHINA WAS
BEING TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE
INITIAL OUTBREAK THERE.
WHICH THE ORGANIZATION
DENIES.
DENIES. >> THAT WAS KRISTEN WELKER
REPORTING.
REPORTING. THE U.S. IS LARGEST
DISTRIBUTOR IN THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND SOME
-- CONTRIBUTOR IN THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND SOME
DEMOCRATS SAY THE PRESIDENT
DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY
TO WITHHOLD FUNDS.
DR. FAUCI WAS ON THE "TODAY"
SHOW AND WEIGHED IN.
>> THERE’S NO DOUBT TO A
GREATER OR LESSER DEGREE
DEPENDING UPON WHERE YOU ARE
AND WHAT THE INFECTION IS IN
YOUR COMMUNITY IF YOU START
PULLING BACK ON MITIGATION
PHYSICAL SEPARATIONS THERE
WILL BE INFECTIONS.
THE REAL PROOF OF THE
PUDDING OF THE SUCCESS OF
THIS REENTRY IS HOW QUICKLY
AND EFFECTIVELY YOU IDENTIFY
THEM, YOU GET THEM OUT OF
CIRCULATION, YOU GIVE THEM
CARE WHERE NEEDED, AND YOU
DO CONTACT TRACING.
>> IT’S CLEAR BEFORE
COMMUNITIES DECIDE TO OPEN
UP, THEY WILL NEED TO BE
PREPARED IN A NUMBER OF WAYS
TO PREVENT CASES AND KEEP
HEALTH SYSTEMS FROM ONCE
AGAIN BEING OVERWHELMED.
>>> NOW THE WAL-MART ROLLER
COASTER IS ON A STEEP
DOWNHILL SLOPE TODAY.
STOCKS STARTED THE DAY WITH
LOSSES REALLY CONTINUED
DROPPING FROM THERE.
TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN
HERE.
HERE. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT THE
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. DOW OPENING UP TODAY WITH A
DROP OF MORE THAN 400
POINTS.
POINTS. AND HAS KEPT DECLINING SINCE
THEN.
THEN. INVESTORS ARE DEALING WITH A
LOT OF NEGATIVE NEWS.
MAJOR BANKS HAVE REPORTED
EARNINGS WERE DOWN
DRAMATICALLY IN FACT.
RETAIL SALES NATIONWIDE
POSTED A RECORD DROP OF
NEARLY 9% IN THE MONTH OF
MARCH.
MARCH. AS A SIGN OF RETAIL TROUBLES
THERE ARE REPORTS THAT
JCPENNEY IS INVESTIGATING
THE POSSIBILITY OF SEEKING
BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION.
BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. AND AUTO STOCKS THEY ARE
SUFFERING AS WELL.
SHARES IN GENERAL MOTORS AND
FORD ARE BOTH DOWN.
EACH LOSING MORE THAN 5% SO
FAR TODAY.
FAR TODAY. AS ALWAYS CLICKONDETROIT.COM
IS PACKED FULL OF USEFUL
INFORMATION FOR YOU TO HELP
YOU GET THROUGH THIS CRISIS
AS BEST WE CAN.
IT’S ALL THERE FOR YOU ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM/CORONAVIRUS.
CLICKONDETROIT.COM/CORONAVIRUS. >>> STILL TO COME HERE ON
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON
STRUGGLING WITH STRESS.
>> I FEEL LIKE MY ANXIETY IS
AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH RIGHT
NOW.
NOW. >> WE’LL TELL YOU WHY
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EXPERTS
ARE ANTICIPATING A SHARP
INCREASE IN THE DEMAND FOR