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4 NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW. PROTESTS IN DETROIT AND WHAT’S SHAPING UP TO BE A LEGAL BATTLE
OVER ABORTION. IN MICHIGAN. THIS
IS AN ALL HANDS ON DECK MOMENT
TONIGHT. THE FALLOUT FROM THE
SUPREME COURT LEAGUE SUGGESTING
ROE VERSUS WADE IS IN JEOPARDY,
AN ISSUE THAT BRINGS OUT STRONG
EMOTIONS ON BOTH SIDES.
POTENTIAL SUPREME COURT DECISION
COULD HAVE MAJOR IMPLICATIONS
HERE IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.
WE WENT ONE ON ONE WITH GOVERNOR
WHITMER JUST HOURS AGO TO TALK
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. HERE’S
WHERE THINGS STAND RIGHT NOW.
CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS IS
CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION
INTO THIS UNPRECEDENTED LEAK.
THE DRAFT OPINION SAYS THE
LANDMARK ROE VERSUS WADE
DECISION SHOULD BE OVERTURNED
BECAUSE THE CONSTITUTION DOES
NOT SUPPORT IT. THIS IS NOT A
FINAL DECISION. THE COURT IS
EXPECTED TO RULE THIS SUMMER. IF
THE SUPREME COURT DOES DECIDE TO
ROLL BACK ROW V. WADE IT’LL BE
UP TO EACH STATE TO DECIDE IF
ABORTIONS WILL BE ALLOWED. AT
NBC ANALYSIS FINDS NEARLY TWO
DOZEN STATES AND TERRITORIES
WOULD BAN ABORTION AND MICHIGAN
IS ONE OF THOSE WHERE IT WOULD
HAPPEN INSTANTLY. HERE’S A LIVE
LOOK OUTSIDE THE SUPREME COURT
RIGHT NOW, WHERE PROTESTS HAVE
BEEN TAKING PLACE FOR THE PAST
24 HOURS TONIGHT, CAPITOL POLICE
PUT UP BARRIERS TO SEPARATE
PROTESTERS AND SUPPORT OF
ABORTION RIGHTS AND AGAINST
THEM. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE HERE
AT HOME WITH PAMELA OSBORNE IN
DETROIT. AND REACTION TO THIS
LEAK, BUT WE WANT TO START WITH
MARA MACDONALD, WHO JUST TALKED
WITH THE GOVERNOR ABOUT HER NEXT
STEPS IN THIS MARA IS LIVE IN
LANSING TONIGHT, MAC. HI JAMES.
THE GOVERNOR HAS ALREADY MADE
LEGAL MOVES TO TRY AND PREVENT
AN ABORTION BAN FROM GOING INTO
PLACE IN MICHIGAN IF ROE V. WADE
IS OVERTURNED, AND SHE’S NOT THE
ONLY ONE. PROTESTERS IN
WASHINGTON, D C AND PROTESTERS
IN LANSING. BAD TOP ON THE MOVE
AFTER THAT LEAK FROM THE SUPREME
COURT. IF THIS DRAFT IS WHAT THE
ACTUAL OPINION LOOKS LIKE,
HERE’S WHAT HAPPENS NEXT HERE AT
HOME MICHIGANNATIVE PRO CHOICE
STATE OVERNIGHT TO HAVING ONE OF
THE MOST EXTREME LAWS IN THE
COUNTRY. THAT’S NOT HYPERBOLE
BECAUSE OF A 1931 LAW ON THE
BOOKS IN MICHIGAN THAT
CRIMINALIZES ABORTION PEOPLE
HAVE ABORTIONS FOR ALL KINDS OF
REASONS AND MANY OF THEM ARE
MEDICALLY NECESSARY, BUT I THINK
THAT THIS WILL HAVE THE KIND OF
CHILLING EFFECT THAT DOCTORS
JUST SIMPLY WILL NOT PERFORM
THIS PROCEDURE REALLY, UNDER ANY
SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE
THEY DON’T WANT TO GET DRAGGED
INTO COURT. COUNTY PROSECUTORS
LIKE KIM WORTHY AND KAREN
MCDONALD HAVE SAID THEY WILL NOT
PROSECUTE DOCTORS AND WOMEN
UNDER THIS LAW. BUT IT WOULD
STILL REMAIN IN PLACE. THE
GOVERNOR LAST MONTH ASKED THE
MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT TO STRIKE
THE LAW. PLANNED PARENTHOOD HAS
ITS OWN CASE IN THE COURT OF
CLAIMS AND A COALITION OF
ORGANIZATIONS IS TRYING TO PUT
ABORTION ON THE BALLOT HERE IN
NOVEMBER AND IS IN THE PROCESS
OF GATHERING HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF SIGNATURES. BACK
HERE LIVE COULD THE MICHIGAN
LEGISLATURE REPEALED THAT 1931
LAW? YES BUT THE MICHIGAN GOP
CONTROLS THE MICHIGAN
LEGISLATURE AND SO FAR HAS SHOWN
NO INCLINATION. THAT IT IS
WILLING TO DO. SO WE’RE LIVE IN
LANSING TONIGHT. I’M MARA
MACDONALD LOCAL 4. WE HEAD INTO
A MIDTERM ELECTIONS HERE WITH
VOTERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT LOTS OF
THINGS, INCLUDING INFLATION, BUT
WOULD A POTENTIAL SKODA’S
REVERSAL OF ROE DRIVE TURNOUT
HERE? WELL THAT’S THE MILLION
DOLLAR QUESTION JASON AND ONE. I
DON’T THINK THAT ANYBODY REALLY
KNOWS. I WAS TALKING TO OUR
POLLSTER TODAY. AND HE SAYS,
LOOK, ABORTION MOBILIZES THE
BASIS OF BOTH OF THESE PARTIES.
BUT ITS INDEPENDENCE IN MICHIGAN
, WHO TEND TO MAKE THEIR BE THE
DECIDING FACTOR IN OUR STATEWIDE
ELECTIONS. DOES THIS MOVE THE
MIDDLE ECONOMIC FACTORS MORE
IMPORTANT TO THE MIDDLE. I GUESS
WE’RE GOING TO FIND OUT BACK TO
YOU SURE WILL. YOU’RE A LOT MORE
ABOUT THIS ALONG THE WAY, MARA.
THANKS THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT
CERTAINLY GENERATES A LOT OF
EMOTIONS. AND WHEN YOU LOOK BACK
A FEW MONTHS, YOU CAN SEE WHY
WDIV’S DETROIT NEWS POLL FROM
JANUARY FOUND 67% OF MICHIGAN
VOTERS WANT ROE V. WADE LEFT IN
PLACE. 19% SUPPORT OVERTURNING
IT, AND THE REST DIDN’T KNOW.
PAMELA OSBORNE SPENT THE DAY
TALKING TO PEOPLE AND MANY
OBVIOUSLY HAVE STRONG OPINIONS
ON THIS JOINS US LIVE FROM
FEDERAL COURT DOWNTOWN DETROIT
WHERE PROTESTS WERE HELD THERE
EARLIER TONIGHT, PAM KIMBERLY
AND JASON. YOU GET THE SENSE
THAT IT ISN’T OVER UNTIL IT’S
ACTUALLY OVER. AS YOU MENTIONED
PRO CHOICE ADVOCATES RALLYING
HERE IN FRONT OF THE FEDERAL
COURTHOUSE TONIGHT, DEMANDING
ACCESS AND ACTION FROM
LAWMAKERS. I’M NOT CONDEMNING
THEIR IDEOLOGIES. I JUST DON’T
THINK THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO
IMPOSE THEIR IDEOLOGY ON ME. 75
YEARS OLD JUDY RATE NEVER
THOUGHT SHE’D BE HERE STANDING
AGAINST THE DRAFT OPINION OF THE
HIGHEST COURT IN THE LAND TO SEE
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS JUST TO
EVAPORATE AND, UM BECAUSE
CERTAIN LAWS ARE TWISTED CERTAIN
WAYS WE WILL FIGHT BACK UNTIL
THE END MORE THAN 100. OTHERS
JOINED TOGETHER BY THE SINGLE
THOUGHT THAT A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE
THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHAT HAPPENS
WITHIN HER OWN BODY. HONESTLY I
PROBABLY WOULDN’T BE HERE IF MY
MOM DIDN’T HAVE THE ABILITY TO
GET AN ABORTION. SEAN VAUGHN
SAYS IT WAS A CHOICE HER MOTHER
HAD TO MAKE DURING A PREGNANCY.
THAT THREATENED HER OWN LIFE.
SHE CAN’T IMAGINE A WORLD WHERE
CHOICE FOR ANY REASON DOESN’T
EXIST, THE EXTENT TO WHICH THAT
IS EVEN POSSIBLE TO ENFORCE
DEPENDS ON WHAT WE DO
HYPOCRITICAL. THIS IS SO
UNBELIEVABLY UNFAIR, UNJUST.
TAKING IT ALL IN WAS DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSWOMAN RASHIDA TO LEAD.
THAT DECISION WAS MADE VERY
CLEAR, OVERWHELMING SUPPORT
AROUND OUR COUNTRY FOR THIS AND
A HANDFUL OF JUSTICES EXTREMISTS
MADE A DECISION IMPACT US.
CAUTIONS THE SUPREME COURT’S
OPINION ISN’T A DONE DEAL YET
DOING NOTHING ISN’T AN OPTION UP
. HMM YOU KNOW, ABOLISHED THE
FILIBUSTER, EXPAND THE SUPREME
COURT. I MEAN, THESE ARE OPTIONS
AT THE TABLE. AND NOT EVERYONE
IS AGAINST THE SUPREME COURT’S
DRAFT OPINION HERE EARLIER TODAY
WE SPOKE WITH RIGHT TO LIFE,
MICHIGANNATIVE THAT THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN WOULD RETURN TO AN
ABORTION BAN SHOULD THE SUPREME
COURT RULE AGAINST ROE, THE WADE
. THEY ALSO SAY THERE ARE MORE
THAN 150 PREGNANCY RESOURCE
CENTERS. AS WELL AS ADOPTION
CENTERS ACROSS THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN WILLING AND READY TO
HELP EXPECTANT MOTHERS REPORTING
LIVE TONIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE
FEDERAL COURTHOUSE. I’M PAMELA
OSBORNE, LOCAL 4 PAM. WE
APPRECIATE IT, AND OUR COVERAGE
ON THE ABORTION BATTLE CONTINUES
ON CLICKONDETROIT’S DOT COM
RIGHT NOW ON THE HOMEPAGE OF
FORMER U S ATTORNEY WEIGHS IN ON
THE GOVERNOR’S LAWSUIT. IN OUR
DEVIN SCILLIAN, WHO WAS IN D C.
TODAY AT THE SUPREME COURT IS
LOOKING INTO HOW THIS COULD
IMPACT THE MIDTERMS. PLUS WE’LL
HAVE ANY NEW REACTION ON LOCAL 4
NEWS TODAY. STARTING AT 4 30 AM
OKAY, TURNING DOWN TO THE
WEATHER AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK
OUTSIDE THE RAINS FINALLY
STARTING TO WIND DOWN HERE
AROUND METRO DETROIT. FINALLY,
IT’S ACTUALLY LOOKING PRETTY OUT
THERE. BUT LET’S GET OVER TO
ANDREW WITH WHAT TO EXPECT
TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW, AND
KIMBERLY AND JASON SOUNDS LIKE
RAIN WINDING DOWN. SOUNDS LIKE A
WELCOME SIGHT TO BOTH OF YOU.
AND I’M SURE TO MANY OTHER FOLKS
OUT THERE SO WE HAVE SCATTERED
RAIN SHOWERS THAT ARE AROUND.
FORTUNATELY ALL OF IT IS ON THE
LIGHT SIDE. THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE
SEEING. THAT’S WHAT YOU SEE HERE
IN GREEN. YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE
IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF WAYNE
COUNTY. WE’VE HAD A FEW
RAINDROPS HERE IN DOWNTOWN
DETROIT, AND HERE ARE A FEW MORE
THAT ARE ON THE WAY FROM INKSTER
TO WAYNE ROMULUS, A FEW LIGHT
SHOWERS THAT ARE OCCURRING
LIGHTNING TRACKERS TURNED ON NO
LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS,
SO WE’LL SEE ON AND OFF LIGHT
RAIN FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS. BEFORE IT ALL MOVES AWAY
BY DAWN TOMORROW, RATHER COOL
OUTSIDE GETTING A LITTLE
CHILLIER TEMPERATURES GOING DOWN
A COUPLE OF DEGREES 51 RIGHT NOW
AND WITH THE WIND DOWN THE NORTH
NORTHEAST, IT’S GOING TO PULL IN
SOME CHILLIER AIR TO IN THAT
FROM THAT DIRECTION.
TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY IN THE
FORTIES, AND SANDUSKY ALSO IN
PONTIAC, AND WE’LL SEE FORTIES
AT THE BUS STOP TOMORROW MORNING
WITH CLOUDY SKIES BUT AGAIN
DRYER WE’LL TALK ABOUT
INCREASING AMOUNTS OF SUNSHINE
AND WE’RE TEMPERATURES GO FROM
HERE COMING UP. ANDREW THANK
YOU. A NEW CORRUPTION SCANDAL
AND METRO DETROIT TO WAYNE
COUNTY EMPLOYEES ARE UNDER
INVESTIGATION BY THE FBI FOR
DEFRAUDING TAXPAYERS. FEDERAL
PROSECUTORS SAY JOHN GIBSON AND
KEVIN GUN USED FEDERAL ROAD
REPAIR MONEY TO BUY 600
GENERATORS. THE MEN ARE ACCUSED
OF SELLING THEM AND KEEPING THE
MONEY FOR THEMSELVES.
PROSECUTORS ESTIMATE THEY MADE
$1.7 MILLION TODAY.
INVESTIGATORS RAIDED THE WEST
BLOOMFIELD HOME IN CONNECTION
WITH THAT CASE INTO OUR
NEWSROOM. TONIGHT A BODY IS
FOUND IN A BURNING CAR IN THE
PARKING LOT OF A STILL ANTIS
PLANT. IT HAPPENED AT THE
STERLING HEIGHTS ASSEMBLY PLANT
ON VAN DYKE. POLICE FOUND THE
CAR ON FIRE AND FOUND A MAN DEAD
INSIDE. THEY ARE STILL
INVESTIGATING THE CIRCUMSTANCES
OF THIS MASKS ARE NO LONGER
REQUIRED ON PLANES, TRAINS AND
BUSSES, BUT THE CDC RECOMMENDS
YOU STILL WEAR THEM. US HEALTH
OFFICIALS ISSUED THAT
RECOMMENDATION TODAY REITERATING
THAT ANYONE OVER THE AGE OF TWO
SHOULD WEAR A MASK ON PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION COURT RULING LAST
MONTH STRUCK DOWN THE MANDATE.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS
APPEALING THE DECISION. RIGHT
NOW WE’RE GETTING OUR FIRST LOOK
AT SOME ELECTION RESULTS FROM
ACROSS METRO DETROIT, OAKLAND
COUNTY REPUBLICAN MIKE HARRIS
WINS A PARTIAL TERM TO THE
STATEHOUSE IN THE 43RD DISTRICT
WILL FILL THE SEAT. LEFT VACANT
BY REPRESENTATIVE ANDREA
SCHROEDER, WHO PASSED AWAY FROM
CANCER LAST YEAR. VOTERS IN THE
BERKELEY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO
PROVE AN OPERATING MILLAGE
PROPOSAL AND VOTERS APPROVED A
BOND PROPOSAL FOR HOLLY AREA
SCHOOLS. WELL STILL TO COME HERE
AT 11. THE STATE MAY SOON OFFER
NEW SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATES PLAN TO PAY UP TO
$6000 THAT’S ADVANCING IN
LANSING. HERE’S TIM. YOU ALMOST
MISSED IT, WHETHER ON WATER
ONSHORE HUNDREDS TURN OUT TO SEE
A SITE NEVER BEFORE SEEN. I
DON’T THINK IT’S EVER BEEN WHEN
THAT BIG AROUND HERE. YES THE
CRUISE SHIP VIKING OCTANE ANTIS,
MAKING HIS WAY THROUGH THE GREAT
LAKES. NEIGHBORS CAME OUT IN
DROVES WILL TAKE YOU ALONG FOR
OUR CRUISE ALONG THE ST CLAIR
RIVER COMING UP. NEXT. ALL
RIGHT, SAM. THE FIRST WATCHES A
MAN TRIES TO SET IN DETROIT GAS