FIRST HIT FOR US IN DECENT RAIN FALLING IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN GOING TO BE WITH US FOR
A BIT LONGER, BUT WE’RE TRACKING
SOME GREAT CHANGES FOR THE
WEEKEND WILL DIVE INTO IT COMING
UP, KAREN ALSO FIRST AND FOUR.
PRESIDENT BANNON TAKES ACTION TO
PROTECT A WOMAN’S ACCESS TO
ABORTION WHAT HE’S DOING AND
WHAT HE CANNOT DO, AND HERE’S
PAULA. HER PARENTS ARE
SACRIFICING THEMSELVES TO KEEP
THEIR CHILDREN SAFELY OUT OF
UKRAINE. SO HOW DO YOU THINK OF
14 YEAR OLD FIELDS IN A STRANGE
COUNTRY? I HOPE EVERYTHING AND
HAVE ALL JUST GIRLFRIEND. TO SEE
MY FAMILY. HER COURAGEOUS
JOURNEY TO MICHIGAN. LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS
FIRST AT FOUR STARTS NOW. GOOD
AFTERNOON. I’M KAREN DREW FIRST
AT FOUR. WE’RE KEEPING AN EYE ON
THE RADAR. IT IS A MESS OUT
THERE. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE BEEN
CAUGHT IN THE RECENT DOWNPOURS
THIS AFTERNOON, AND WE ARE
WATCHING THE IMPACT ON YOUR
EVENING DRIVE. LET’S GET RIGHT
TO METEOROLOGIST BRETT COLLAR
FOR THE VERY LATEST, BRETT,
SEEING SOME OF THESE WEAKER
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THE PAST
COUPLE OF HOURS THAT THEY’VE
BEEN INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER
AND HELPING TO POP UP SOME OF
THE STRONGER SHOWERS. OVER THE
LAST COUPLE OF HOURS SO FAR,
HAVEN’T REALLY SEEN ANY
LIGHTNING OR THUNDER HERE IN
SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN. THERE WAS
SOME OUT NEAR LANSING. BUT WE’LL
ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT CLOSER AND
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE HEAVY
RAIN FALLING WEST SIDE OF
DETROIT OVER TOWARDS KATE IN
SALEM. BUT HOW ABOUT THE VERY
HEAVY RAIN FALLING IN PARTS OF
ANN ARBOR? YOU CAN SEE THE
DEEPER, DARKER REDS OUT THAT
WAY. IT IS COMING DOWN FAIRLY
HEAVY. NOT MOVING, THOUGH A
WHOLE LOT, SO THERE’S GOING TO
BE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING
ISSUES FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT GET
THIS HEAVY RAIN SLOWLY FADING IN
INTENSITY THESE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS, BUT WE DRY OUT THIS
EVENING AND GET READY FOR WHAT
SHOULD BE A GREAT WEEKEND. WE’LL
DIVE INTO IT COMING UP IN JUST A
BIT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. BRETT
THIS IS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO
PROTECT ABORTION RIGHTS WHERE HE
CAN. THE PRESIDENT ALSO HAS A
MESSAGE FOR WOMEN WHO FEEL THEIR
RIGHTS ARE BEING ROLLED BACK.
KIMBERLY GILL IN THE NEWSROOM.
SO KIM, TELL US ABOUT THIS
EXECUTIVE ORDER. YES. SO HI,
KAREN. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS WILL
START WITH WHAT THIS ORDER
CANNOT DO. HOW ABOUT THAT? IT
CANNOT RESTORE THE RIGHT TO
ABORTION AND STATES WHERE IT’S
CURRENTLY OUTLAWED OR SEVERELY
LIMITED. THAT’S CHANGED, THANKS
, OF COURSE TO THE SUPREME COURT
RULING THAT OVERTURNED ROE
VERSUS WADE BACK ON JUNE 24TH.
INSTEAD THE ORDER FORMALIZES
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE AND HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES TO PUSH BACK ON GROWING
ABORTION LIMITATIONS. PRESIDENT
WANTS FEDERAL AGENCIES TO MAKE
SURE WOMEN CAN CROSS STATE LINES
TO ACCESS ABORTION SERVICES TO
SAFEGUARD ACCESS TO ABORTION
MEDICATIONS AND EMERGENCY
CONTRACEPTION AND ALSO TO
PROTECT PATIENT PRIVACY. AMONG
OTHER THINGS, THE PRESIDENT
SAYS, THE FASTEST WAY TO TURN
THINGS AROUND IS TO PASS A
NATIONAL LAW TO CODIFY ROAD
VERSUS ROE VERSUS WADE, BUT HE
NEEDS MORE SUPPORT IN CONGRESS
TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND THAT’S
UP TO VOTERS. I DON’T THINK THE
COURT OR FOR THAT MATTER OF
REPUBLICANS, WHO FOR DECADES
HAVE PUSHED THE EXTREME AGENDA.
HAVE A CLUE ABOUT THE POWER OF
AMERICAN WOMEN. BUT THEY’RE
ABOUT TO FIND OUT IN MY VIEW.
IT’S MY HOPE AND STRONG BELIEF
THAT WOMEN WILL IN FACT TURN OUT
IN RECORD NUMBERS TO RECLAIM THE
RIGHTS THAT HAVE TAKEN FROM THEM
BY THE COURT. OF COURSE, MANY
WOMEN AND MEN ARE FIGHTING AT
THE STATE LEVEL TO LIMIT
ABORTION ACCESS ROW VERSUS WADE
HAS BEEN OVERTURNED HERE IN
MICHIGAN IN 1931 LAW, MAKING
ABORTION ILLEGAL HAS BEEN PUT ON
HOLD. WHILE OPPONENTS ARGUE THAT
IT’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL. WE ARE
FOLLOWING EACH SIDE OF THE
BATTLE AS NEW DEVELOPMENTS
HAPPEN FOR NOW, THOUGH, KAREN
WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU. KIM COMPANY
PUTTING ANOTHER 100,000 DRIVERS
ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FIRE
DANGER AND EXPANDING AN EARLIER
RECALL. THE NEW RECALL COVERS
CERTAIN 2020 THROUGH 2022. FORD
ESCAPES MAVERICKS AND LINKING
COAST AIR VEHICLES WITH 2.5
LITER HYBRID PLUG IN HYBRID
ENGINES. IN ANOTHER ACTION, FORD
HAS ADDED ANOTHER 27,000
VEHICLES TO A RECALL FIRST
ANNOUNCED BACK IN MAY. AFTER
MORE REPORTS OF FIRES THAT
RECALL AFFECTS 2021 FORD
EXPEDITION AND LINCOLN NAVIGATOR
SUV. COMPANY IS ADVISING
CUSTOMERS TO PARK THOSE VEHICLES
OUTSIDE AND AWAY FROM STRUCTURES
UNTIL REPAIRS ARE COMPLETED.
TONIGHT AT SIX. WE ARE GOING TO
DIG INTO IT. A RECENT SERIES OF
RECALLS REALLY MEANS FOR FORD.
YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THE
RECALLS ON THE HOMEPAGE OF
CLICKONDETROIT.COM. FEDERAL
PROSECUTORS ARE DIGGING INTO THE
FINANCES OF FORMER DETROIT MAYOR
KWAME KILPATRICK TRYING TO NAIL
DOWN IF HE’S PAYING BACK MONEY
HE OWES TAXPAYERS AND THE I R S
AFTER HIS CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS,
KILPATRICK STILL OWES $1.7
MILLION. HE STARTED VARIOUS
BUSINESSES, THEN BUSINESS
VENTURES SINCE HIS PRISON
SENTENCE WAS COMMUTED BY FORMER
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. MOST
RECENTLY HE STARTED ASKING FOR
DONATIONS OF 8000 EACH TO BUY A
NEW HOME IN A GATED COMMUNITY IN
ORLANDO, ALTHOUGH THAT REQUEST
SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN DOWN.
THE U. S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE CALLS
THE INVESTIGATION ROUTINE, BUT
THE EFFORTS COULD HELP
PROSECUTORS SEES MONEY OR MAYBE
GARNISH INCOME OR TAX RETURNS.
LOCAL 4 NEWS TEAM IS WORKING TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE YOUNG MAN
WHO SHOT AND KILLED DETROIT
POLICE OFFICER LAUREN COURTS TWO
DAYS AGO. WE ARE LEARNING THE
GUN USED WAS LEGALLY SOLD AT
ACTION, IMPACT FIREARMS AND
INDOOR GUN RANGE. THAT’S OVER AT
EAST POINT, BUT WE’RE NOT SURE
AT THIS POINT WHO ACTUALLY
PURCHASED THE GUN. LOCAL 4
INVESTIGATORS, ONE OF THE FIRST
TO REPORT ABOUT 19 YEAR OLD
AMANI DAVIS’S RUN INS WITH THE
LAW IN EAST POINT OVER THE PAST
YEAR AND A HALF AMONG THE
INCIDENTS OF WARRANT WAS ISSUED
FOR A MISDEMEANOR LISTED AS A
FAMILY OFFENSE. THAT WAS ON MAY
30TH. POLICE BELIEVE DAVIS MAY
HAVE BEEN COMMITTING SUICIDE BY
COP GIVEN HIS BEHAVIOR ON JULY
6TH AND HIS TROUBLED PAST
LOOKING FORWARDS ROB BOLOGNA
DIGGING FURTHER AND HE’LL HAVE A
LIVE REPORT FOR US WHEN YOU JOIN
US AT FIVE MOUNT CLEMENS MAN NOW
FACES MORE THAN TWO DOZEN
CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH A
BARRICADE SITUATION BACK ON
JULY. 4TH 64 YEAR OLD DUANE
LESTER IS ACCUSED OF FIRING AT
OFFICERS AND FACES A SERIES OF
ASSAULT AND WEAPONS CHARGES. THE
DRAMA STARTED BEFORE NOON ON
MONDAY WHEN A NEIGHBOR SAYS
LESTER WAS THREATENING HER WITH
A GUN AFTER A CONVERSATION ABOUT
HIS HAPPENED IN THE AREA OF
CLINTON STREET AND GRATIOT.
THERE WAS A STANDOFF WITH
SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES FOR ABOUT
SEVEN HOURS UNTIL OFFICERS WERE
ABLE TO ARREST HIM. LET’S HAVE
RECEIVED AN APPARENT GUNSHOT
WOUND TO THE ARM. HE REMAINS IN
CUSTODY. PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE
FEELS STUNNED AND DEEPLY
SADDENED BY THE SHOOTING DEATH
OF JAPAN’S FORMER PRIME MINISTER
SHINZO ABE. SHOOTING PLAYED OUT
IN PUBLIC AND WAS CAPTURED ON
VIDEO. AS HE WAS GIVING A
CAMPAIGN SPEECH WAS SHOT FROM
BEHIND. WAS RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL, BUT HE COULD NOT BE
SAVED. PLEASE QUICKLY ARRESTED A
SUSPECT AT THE SCENE OF THE
ATTACK. JAPAN HAS SOME OF THE
STRICTEST GUN LAWS IN THE WORLD,
BUT POLICE SAY IT LOOKS LIKE THE
GUN. THAT WAS USED ACTUALLY
APPEARED TO BE A HOMEMADE GUN
WAS JAPAN’S LONGEST SERVING
PRIME MINISTER. BEFORE STEPPING
DOWN IN 2020. HE WAS 67 YEARS
OLD. UNITED STATES IS SENDING
MORE MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO
UKRAINE, EVEN AS RUSSIAN
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN CLAIMS
HIS COUNTRY HAS BARELY STARTED
TO FIGHT. TODAY THE US ANNOUNCED
ITS SENDING ANOTHER $400 MILLION
WORTH OF EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING
FOR MORE ADVANCED ROCKET
SYSTEMS. UKRAINE BADLY NEEDS
THOSE WEAPONS TO FIGHT FOR THE
DONBAS REGION. RUSSIAN TROOPS
ARE IN CONTROL OF ONE OF THE TWO
PROVINCES THAT MAKE UP THE AREA.
THIS NEW ASSISTANCE IS THE 15TH
PACKAGE OF AMERICAN MILITARY
WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT SENT TO
UKRAINE. ABOUT 50,000. UKRAINIAN
AMERICANS LIVE IN MICHIGAN.
THEY’RE WATCHING THE CONFLICT
CLOSELY AND TRYING TO HELP LOVED
ONES. TODAY THE STORY OF A 14
YEAR OLD GIRL WHO LEFT
EVERYTHING BEHIND LANDING HERE
IN METRO DETROIT. ALL THE TIME
AND IN HAMTRAMCK WITH THE STORY
OF A TEENAGER’S JOURNEY AND HER
SACRIFICES, PAULA, IT’S SO HARD
TO IMAGINE WHAT SHE’S GOING
THROUGH. HARD TO IMAGINE AND
REALLY HARD TO LISTEN TO, BUT
IT’S IMPORTANT TO DO SO. LET ME
JUST GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT. SO HERE’S
RUSSIA. WE’VE ALL HEARD ABOUT
MARIUPOL. LOTS OF FIGHTING
THERE. THIS IS WHERE ZLATA IS
FROM. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE,
SHE SAYS. THERE WAS SHELLING AND
BOMBING THERE. I THINK A DAY AGO
A DAY AND A HALF AGO, LOTS OF
UKRAINIANS COMING TO MICHIGAN
LOOKING FOR SAFE HARBOR, BUT
JUST BECAUSE THEY MAKE IT HERE.
DOESN’T MEAN THEY FEEL SAFE. AT
14 YEARS OLD LOTTE HAS SEEMINGLY
ALREADY LIVED A LIFETIME.
MOMENT. IT’S ALIVE, ISN’T IT? A
PERILOUS ESCAPE FROM UKRAINE
WITH HER OLDER BROTHER WITH A
PLAN HATCHED BY HER PARENTS TO
SPIRIT THEM TO SAFETY AND AREN’T
GOING TO SCHOOL IN INDIANA, BUT
DOING A SUMMER INTERNSHIP IN
HAMTRAMCK ON CULTURAL
PRESERVATION AT THE UKRAINIAN
AMERICAN ARCHIVES AND MUSEUM WE
WERE THINKING ABOUT A FINDING A
SAFE PLACE FOR THEM TO BE, AND
SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE
EDUCATION AND HER BROTHER WERE
ABLE TO GET TO THE UNITED STATES
ON STUDENT VISAS, BUT THE TRADE
OFF WAS LEAVING MOTHER AND
FATHER BEHIND TO LEAVE VERY HARD
BEING HERE BECAUSE I WASN’T
REALLY READY TO MOVE HERE
BECAUSE I WON’T LEAVE 14, AND
I’M NOT READY TO LEAVE MY
PARENTS TO LEAVE MY HOME BECAUSE
OF THE WAR DOES IMPORTANT WORK
AT THE MUSEUM SCANNING CULTURAL
DOCUMENTS TO KEEP THEM A SAFE
PART OF UKRAINIAN HISTORY. THAT
THE RUSSIANS ARE BUSY WIPING OUT
RIGHT. LOTTE IS COURAGEOUSLY
FORGING AHEAD BECAUSE EVERYTHING
SHE KNOWS ASIDE FROM HER AUNT IN
HER OLDER BROTHER. REMAIN
LITERALLY IN THE LINE OF RUSSIAN
FIRE. LIKE IT’S VERY HARD. BUT
I’M HERE. I DON’T FEEL LIKE I’M
IN IF YOU EAT BECAUSE THE FAMILY
CAN DYING AND I DON’T REALLY
KNOW. WHAT SHOULD I DO? I JUST
CAN’T HELP THEM. THEY DECIDED
FOR ME HERE BECAUSE THEY WANTED
TO SAVE ME. PLEASE GOOD AND GO
WITH ME. MM HMM. AND WHEN A 14
YEAR OLD TAKES MUCH OF THE WORLD
TAKES WITH HER I HOPE EVERYTHING
WILL END I WILL JUST GO BAG JUST
BEING MY FOOT MALLY. LOTTE HAS A
SUMMER INTERNSHIP HERE AT THE
MUSEUM. WHEN SCHOOL STARTS,
SHE’LL HEAD OFF TO INDIANA.
SHE’S GOT SHE HAS A PLACE AT A
PRIVATE SCHOOL THERE, BUT AS YOU
CAN SEE, ALL SHE REALLY WANTS TO
DO IS BE HOME WITH HER PARENTS,
AND WE CAN ALL CERTAINLY
UNDERSTAND THAT. VERY VERY
COURAGEOUS TO TELL HER STORY TO