>> Karen: THE WORST THING THAT
CAN HAPPEN IN ANY SCHOOL
DISTRICT HAPPENED IN HIS.
>> THE REALITY IS, WE ALL WANT
JUSTICE.
>> Karen: OXFORD SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT THRONE IS TALKING
ABOUT THE TRAGEDY, THE
INVESTIGATION, AND THE FUTURE AT
THE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE GUNFIRE
KILLED FOUR STUDENTS.
>> NOT JUST THE PHYSICAL SAFETY
BUT THE EMOTIONAL SAFETY.
BOTH ARE PARAMOUNT IN ORDER TO
GET US BACK.
>> Karen: IT’S BEEN THREE WEEKS.
>> Jason: IT WAS NOVEMBER 30th.
TWO DAYS AFTER THAT, THE
SUPERINTENDENT APPEARED IN A
VIDEO MESSAGE TALKING ABOUT
HEALING AND MOVING FORWARD AND
SAID NO DISCIPLINE WAS WARRANTED
FOR THE SUSPECT PRIOR TO THE
SHOOTING. >> Karen: SINCE THEN, TEENAGERS
>> Karen: SINCE THEN, TEENAGERS
SHILLING, ST. S JULIANA, BALDWIN
AND MYRE HAVE BEEN LAID TO REST.
HE IS TALKING ABOUT THE LAWSUIT
AND THE TIME LINE FOR REOPENING
THE HIGH SCHOOL IN A
WIDE-RANGING INTERVIEW WITH OUR
DEVIN SCILLIAN.
>> THE GRIEVING PROCESS WITH OUR
FAMILIES, THE TRAUMA THAT WE’VE
BEEN PUT THROUGH.
>> Devin: IN OUR CONVERSATION,
TIM THRONE WILL OFTEN HAVE TO
STOP TO COME UP WITH THE RIGHT
WORDS TO DESCRIBE A HORRENDOUS
TRAGEDY THAT HAS ITS VERY OWN
VOCABULARY OF SILENCE.
>> YEAH, OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN.
UH, BUT OUR SPIRIT IS NOT.
>> Devin: NO, OXFORD SPIRIT IS
IN STRONG SUPPLY AS THE TOWN
TRIES ITS BEST TO WELCOME
CHRISTMAS, BUT IT’S TOUGH.
THERE IS NO HANDBOOK FOR THE
CONVERSATIONS THRONE HAS HAD TO HAVE.
>> YEAH, A COUPLE OF THE HARDEST
CONVERSATIONS I’VE EVER HAD TO
HAVE WITH ANYBODY, YEAH.
FOR FOUR OF OUR FAMILIES, THEIR
STUDENTS ARE NEVER COMING HOME.
>> Devin: AND YOU’VE HAD TO DEAL
WITH A FAIR AMOUNT OF ANGER FROM
PEOPLE AT THE PUBLIC MEETINGS
AND ALL.
AND I’M CERTAIN YOU SYMPATHIZE
WITH THE ANGER AND YOU
UNDERSTAND THE HURT BUT IT ISN’T
EASY TO BE THE TARGET OF IT, IS
IT?
>> JUST BECAUSE I CAN UNDERSTAND
DOESN’T MEAN IT’S EASY.
>> Devin: SO MANY THINGS YOU
HAVE TO JUGGLE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE
IT WOULD SEEM TO ME, ONE OF THE
HEALTHIEST THINGS, ESPECIALLY
FOR THE KIDS, TO BE BACK
TOGETHER, TO BE ABLE TO LEAN ON
EACH OTHER.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Devin: AND THEY CAN’T FOR A
VARIETY OF REASONS, NOT THE
LEAST OF WHICH IS COVID RIGHT
NOW.
HOW DO YOU LOOK AT TRYING TO GET
EVERYBODY TO A PLACE WHERE THEY
CAN AGAIN CONNECT IN THIS HUMAN
WAY THAT IS SO NECESSARY?
>> GOOD QUESTION.
I WOULD SAY NOT JUST THE
PHYSICAL SAFETY BUT THE
EMOTIONAL SAFETY.
BOTH ARE PARAMOUNT IN ORDER TO
GET US BACK.
>> Devin: DO YOU HAVE AN OUTLOOK
WHEN YOU CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN?
HAVE YOU SET A GOAL FOR WHEN YOU
WANT PEOPLE BACK IN PLACE?
>> IT CHANGES ALMOST HOURLY.
I’M HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL BE ABLE
TO HAVE OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
BACK BEFORE THE END OF JANUARY.
THAT’S WHERE WE’RE AT NOW.
>> Devin: THAT WILL REQUIRE A
LOT OF REPAIR WORK FOR THE
PHYSICAL STRUCTURE AND THE
EMOTIONAL ONE.
THRONE HAS BEEN INFORMED BY SOME
TEACHERS THEY WON’T BE COMING
BACK.
WITH AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION
AND A LAWSUIT THAT NAMES HIM
SPECIFICALLY, HE PREFERS NOT TO
TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE
COURSE OF EVENTS BUT HE DOES
ALLOW THIS. >> THERE ARE 100% BASELESS
>> THERE ARE 100% BASELESS
ACCUSATIONS, THINGS SAID IN THAT
LAWSUIT THAT... I’M NOT SURE I
HAVE A GOOD WORD. MAYBE RECKLESS.
MAYBE RECKLESS.
RECKLESS IN THE SENSE THAT IT
HAS RETRAUMATIZED OUR PEOPLE.
>> Devin: AND WHILE HE ISN’T
COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT THE
CRUMBLEYS INTERACTIONS WITH THE
SCHOOL, HE IS ALIGNED WITH THE
PROSECUTOR’S APPROACH THUS FAR.
>> I THINK THE PEOPLE IN JAIL
TODAY --
>> Devin: DO YOU THINK THEY
BELONG THERE?
>> WE WANT JUSTICE.
WE WANT ACCOUNTABILITY.
I THINK THAT’S WHAT I’LL SAY.
>> Devin: SUPERINTENDENT THRONE
WANTS TO LAUNCH AN INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATION THAT LOOKS INTO
NOT ONLY THE EVENTS OF NOVEMBER
30th BUT EVERYTHING FROM SCHOOL
POLICY AND STATE LAW WITH HOW WE
DEAL WITH DISCIPLINE AND
STUDENTS AND HOPING THAT OXFORD
IS NOT JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF
HOW TO DEAL WITH TRAUMA BUT HOW
TO KEEP THEM FROM HAPPENING IN
THE FIRST PLACE.
DEVIN SCILLIAN, LOCAL 4.
>> Jason: HE SAID THEY KNOW FROM
TALKING TO OTHER SCHOOLS THAT
HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS, THAT
REOPENING THE SCHOOL AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE IS THE BEST COURSE OF
ACTION.
WE SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT
SUPERINTENDENT THRONE WAS SET TO
RETIRE NEXT MONTH.
AFTER THE SHOOTING, HE ANNOUNCED
HE WOULD DELAY THE PLANS AND
STAY ON LONGER AND NOW IS NOT
THE RIGHT TIME FOR HIM TO LEAVE.
>> Karen: THEY’RE HOLDING
VIRTUAL TOWN HALL MEETINGS IN
EARLY JANUARY AND ENCOURAGING
PARENTS, STUDENTS, AND STAFF TO
REACH OUT VIA E-MAIL ABOUT THE
RETURN TO SCHOOL.
AND WE’LL BE FOLLOWING IT FOR
YOU.
>> Jason: SWITCHING GEARS, A
LOOK AT UPDATED COVID NUMBERS AS
U.S. HEALTH REGULATORS AUTHORIZE
THE FIRST PILL TO TREAT THE
VIRUS.
THE STATE IS REPORTING 13,686
NEW CASES OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS AND ABOUT 6800 PER DAY.
AND ABOUT 6800 PER DAY.
AND THE FDA HAS APPROVED
PAXLOVID AND CAN BE TAKEN 12 AND
UP.
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WILL BUY
ENOUGH TO TREAT 10 MILLION
PEOPLE.
>>> AND COVID QUESTIONS CONTINUE
TO COME IN, ESPECIALLY REGARDING
THE OMICRON AND THE BOOSTERS.
>> Karen: DR. McGEORGE IS HERE
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
WE’LL START WITH ONE ABOUT
ANTIBODY TESTS.
FRANK?
>> Dr. McGeorge: SO JOHN ASKS:
CAN SOMEONE GET TESTED FOR
ANTIBODIES TO DETERMINE THEIR
RESISTANCE TO COVID-19?
IS THERE A NUMERICAL SCALE THAT
DOCTORS GO BY TO MEASURE A
PATIENT’S STRENGTH AGAINST THE
VIRUS?
ANTIBODY TESTS ARE ONLY USEFUL
TO SCREEN FOR PRIOR EXPOSURES OR
VACCINATION.
AT PRESENT, THERE’S NO NUMBER.
IT’S CALLED A TIDER.
AND HERE ARE MORE OF YOUR
QUESTIONS. IF AN UP UP
.
>> INFECTION BY THE VIRUS
INDUCES ANTIBODY PROTECTION
AGAINST MANY DIFFERENT PROTEINS
ON THE CORONAVIRUS.
THAT BROAD-BASED PROTECTION WILL
PROVIDE PROTECTION AGAINST OTHER
VARIANTS AS WELL.
THE DEGREE AND DURATION FROM AN
INFECTION IS NOT WELL KNOWN, SO
VACCINATION IS STILL RECOMMENDED.
>> Dr. McGeorge: THE TECHNICAL
ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YES,
YOU CAN GET INFECTED WITH TWO
VARIANTS AT THE SAME TIME BUT
THAT’S GENERALLY UNLIKELY SINCE
YOU’RE MOST LIKELY TO BE
INFECTED BY A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL
WHO WOULD LIKELY ONLY HAVE ONE
VARIANT REPLICATING IN THEIR
BODY.
IT WILL PROTECT YOU FROM AN INFECTION IN GENERAL.
>> Dr. McGeorge: THAT’S REALLY A
MATTER OF PERSONAL CHOICE AT
THIS POINT.
THE BEST REASON IN MY MIND TO
GET A DIFFERENT VACCINE AS A
BOOSTER IS TO GIVE YOUR IMMUNE
SYSTEM A BROADER EXPOSURE IN
ORDER TO BETTER TRAIN IT.
>>> A VIEWER NAMED VICTOR ASKED:
I’M IN ARIZONA.
WOULD I BE BETTER STAYING HERE
FOR SEVERAL WEEKS THAN GOING
BACK TO MICHIGAN?
I ASSUME YOU’RE ASKING BECAUSE
OF COVID RATHER THAN THE
WEATHER.
MICHIGAN IS IN A LARGER SURGE
THAN ARIZONA BUT YOU NEED TO
CONSIDER THE COUNTIES YOU’LL BE
IN SPECIFICALLY.
>> Jason: WE CAN ALL ANSWER THAT
QUESTION FROM VICTOR, DOC.
STAY WHERE YOU’RE ON THE AND
PLAY A LITTLE GOLF.
>> Karen: IT IS THE SECOND DAY
OF WINTER.
>> Jason: I THOUGHT WE WERE IN
WINTER FOR THE LAUGH THREE
MONTHS.
>> Karen: AND THE DAYS ARE
GETTING LONGER.
SO WE’RE COUNTING DOWN TO
SUMMER.
>> Jason: LITTLE BY LITTLE,
PAUL.
>> Paul: WE’VE HAD IT EASY SO
FAR THIS WINTER.
WE HAVEN’T HAD ANY MAJOR ARCTIC
BLASTS.
WE’VE HAD A COUPLE OF BIG WINTER
STORMS.
BUT TEMPERATUREWISE, IT HAS
REALLY NOT BEEN ALL THAT BAD.
WE’RE IN THE 20s RIGHT NOW AND
THERE IS STILL A BIT OF A BREEZE
OUT THERE.
AND THE WIND CHILLS ARE IN THE
TEENS TO NEAR 20 DEGREES, SO
DRESS FOR SAY 18-20 DEGREES, IF
YOU’RE HEADING OUT THIS EVENING.
THROUGH THE EVENING,
TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLOWLY
FALLING AND WE’LL GET DOWN INTO
THE LOW 20s BEFORE THEY START
RISING TOWARD MORNING.
IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES, A BAND OF
SNOW CROSSING THE AREA TOMORROW
AND TRADE THE SNOW SHOVELS FOR
THE UMBRELLAS FOR CHRISTMAS EVE.
AND IT WON’T BE A WHITE
CHRISTMAS.
AND THIS TIME OF YEAR, THE
REAL-TIME RADAR AND APP FOLLOWS
YOU WHERE YOU TRAVEL.
YOU OPEN THE APP AND IT TELLS
YOU WHAT’S GOING ON WHERE YOU
ARE.
SEARCH WDIV.
>> Karen: DETROIT METRO AIRPORT
WILL BE BUSY OVER THE NEXT WEEK
OR SO.
DURING THE HEAVIEST TRAFFIC
RUSH, THE AIRPORT POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS UNDER NEW
MANAGEMENT.
ROD MELONI HAS THE STORY.
>> Rod: BEHIND THE GLASS DOOR
HERE IS THE OFFICE OF THE
MILITARY VETERAN, LONGTIME
POLICE OFFICER.
BUT HE LEFT HERE 3 DAYS AGO WITH
HIS JOB AS CHIEF IN LIMBO. #
.
>> Rod: THE VICE PRESIDENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY WHO HAS SERVED AS
POLICE CHIEF PREVIOUSLY IS OUR
ACTING CHIEF AND THIS CHANGE
WILL HAVE NO IMPACT ON CURRENT
OPERATIONS.
DARRYL BROWN, HE HAS A LONG
STINT WITH DTE ENERGY.
THEY’RE TASKED WITH KEEPING THE
TRAFFIC MOVING AT THE AIRPORT
AND IN THE CIRCLE DRIVE AND
DEPARTURES AND ARRIVALS.
AND COVER BOTH TERMINALS AND
WILLOW RUN AIRPORT.
IS THIS AN INTERNAL
INVESTIGATION?
IS THIS BEING TURNED OVER TO
SOMEONE ELSE?
WE DON’T KNOW.
WE’VE SPOKEN TO THE AIRPORT
AUTHORITY AND THEY SAY BECAUSE
OF LEGAL ISSUES, THEY CAN’T TALK
ABOUT IT IN THE TIME BEING, SO
WE’LL HAVE TO STAY ON TOP OF IT.
>> Karen: WE APPRECIATE IT,
THANK YOU, ROD.
>> Jason: A LOCAL FAMILY GETS AN
UNEXPECTED VISIT FROM POLICE.
AND EVERYONE ENDS UP SMILING.
>> Karen: AND HERE’S VICTOR.
>> Victor: TONIGHT, A MAN IS
LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AFTER HE FELL
VICTIM TO SOME TYPE OF BIKING
ACCIDENT ON THIS VERY BUSY
STREET.
COMING UP IN MINUTES, SEE