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>> SEVEN YEARS AFTER HIS WIFE’S
MURDER, A FLINT AREA MAN LEARNS
HE’S GOING TO PRISON FOR LIFE
FOR PUTTING HEROIN IN HIS CEREAL
AND THE SENTENCING GAME WITH
QUITE A SCOLDING FROM THE JUDGE.
>> Karen: PACKED HOSPITALS AND
HEALTH CARE WORKERS AT THEIR
BREAKING POINT.
DOCTORS WITH A NEW PLEA TO THE
PUBLIC, CALLING THE SITUATION
CRITICAL.
WHAT A NIGHT AHEAD.
STORM TRACKER 4 SHOWING RAIN
HEADED OUR WAY, BY THIS TIME
TOMORROW, THE WIND WILL BE THE
MAIN CONCERN FOR US.
AND A LOT OF US COULD LOSE
POWER.
BIG CHANGES COULD BE SET IN A
FEW HOURS.
>> Kimberly: DTE IS WARNING
THERE COULD BE WIDESPREAD POWER
OUTAGES WHEN THAT KICKS IN.
>> AND YOU’RE SEEING HOW LIKELY
IT IS TO UNFOLD HERE.
>> AND MAKE SURE YOUR DEVICES,
iPADS AND EVERYTHING ARE FULLY
CHARGED JUST IN CASE.
WE HAVE A HIGH WIND WARN AT
SANILAC, HURON, TUSCOLA COUNTIES
AND THAT’S FOR TOMORROW.
THE REST OF US WILL BE UNDER AN
ADVISORY.
HIGHER IN THE THUMB THAN THE
REST OF US, BUT WE’RE LOOKING AT
POTENTIAL FOR 50 MILE PER HOUR
WIND GUSTS AND THE OTHER
IMMEDIATE PART OF THE STORM IS
INCOMING RAIN TONIGHT.
THIS IS A GENERAL BAND OF RAIN
COMING OUT OF INDIANA.
NO LIGHTNING HERE AND IT’S NOT
UNTIL LATER TONIGHT DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS WE SEE POTENTIAL
FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND MARGINAL
RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXTENDS
UP TO EIGHT MILE AND IF YOU HAVE
TO HEAD OUT THIS EVENING, RAIN
OR NOT.
AND IT’S GOING TO BE RISING
TEMPERATURES IN THE 50’S BY
MIDNIGHT AND WE KEEP GOING UP
FROM THERE AND A LOT OF CHANGES
TO TALK ABOUT AND INCLUDING THE
WIND POTENTIAL FOR TOMORROW AND
WE’LL DO THAT IN A FEW MINUTES
AND REMIND YOU, THE LOCAL
FORECASTER’S APP IS THE NATION’S
BEST WEATHER APP AND WE DESIGNED
IT OURSELVES AND THAT’S WHY IT’S
THE BEST AND WE DIDN’T JUST BUY
SOMEBODY’S APP.
IT’S FREE AND EASY AND SEARCH
UNDER WDIV AND IT’S RIGHT THERE
AND IT’S FREE, GUYS.
>> LIFE IN PRISON WITH NO
POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.
THAT’S THE SENTENCE HANDED DOWN
TODAY TO JASON HARRIS IN THE
MURDER OF HIS WIFE, CHRISTY
THOMPSON HARRIS.
THAT HAPPENED SEVEN YEARS AGO.
I WAS IN THE COURTROOM THIS
MORNING AS THE JUDGE TOLD HARRIS
JUSTICE MAY HAVE BEEN DELAYED,
BUT IT’S NOT DENIED.
>> THE JURY DIDN’T BELIEVE YOUR
LIES AND NOW YOU’RE EXPOSED FOR
THE MURDERING LIAR THAT YOU ARE.
>> AND JUDGE NEWBLATT DIDN’T
HOLD BACK AND THAT HE CASHED IN
ON HER $130,000 INSURANCE.
>> YOU SACRIFICED YOUR
DAUGHTERS, YOU TOOK AWAY THEIR
MOTHER, THAT’S THE FIRST THING
YOU DID.
>> 47-YEAR-OLD HARRIS WAS FOUND
GUILTY OF A MURDER PLOT THAT
INVOLVED HARRIS LACING HIS
WIFE’S CEREAL WITH HEROIN
CAUSING HER DEATH.
IT WAS HER BREAST MILK THAT
SHOWED THAT SHE WAS POISONED.
>> AND PUT AWAY AND YOUR THE
IMPACT OF YOUR CRIME AFFECTED ME
FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
CHRISTY DID NOT DESERVE THIS.
>> WHEN HARRIS HAD A CHANCE TO
SPEAK.
>> I DO STAND BEHIND MY
INNOCENCE, YOU KNOW, AND HOPE
FOR AN APPEAL.
>> NO APOLOGY, NO REMORSE FROM
THE DAVISON FATHER.
BUT THE JUDGE HAD PLENTY TO SAY.
>> THE BEST WAY I CAN SEE IT,
YOU ARE A MURDERER AND YOU ARE A
LIAR.
>> THE JUDGE THEN SENTENCED
HARRIS TO LIFE IN PRISON WITH NO
PAROLE.
>> AFTER THE VERDICT, HOW IS
YOUR HEART.
>> I’VE NEVER FELT SO TENSE AND
UNABLE TO BREATHE BY THE TIME I
WALKED OUT THERE.
>> THAT WAS CHRISTY’S MOM AND
SHE SAYS SHE’S NEVER VISITED HER
DAUGHTER’S GRAVE AS SHE FELT SHE
COULD NOT REST IN PEACE.
THE NEXT BATTLE GUARDIANSHIP OF
CHRISTY’S TWO LITTLE GIRLS.
THAT BATTLE CONTINUES NEXT WEEK.
CHRISTY’S MOM IS HOPING TO
RECEIVE FULL CUSTODY.
>> SEVEN YEARS THAT THEY HAD TO
GO THROUGH THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT, A LOOK AT
MICHIGAN’S NEW CORONAVIRUS
NUMBERS.
THE STATE REPORTS 11,783 NEW
CASES OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS.
AND THAT AVERAGES OUT TO CLOSE
TO 5900 CASES PER DAY AND THAT’S
DOWN FROM RECENT NUMBERS, BUT
SADLY, 235 MORE PEOPLE HAVE
PASSED AWAY FROM COVID IN OUR
STATE.
TODAY, STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS
MAKE IT CLEAR HOW CRITICAL THE
SITUATION IN MICHIGAN HAS
BECOME.
THEY’VE DESTROYED THE SITE’S
SUPPLY OF EXTRA VENTILATORS AND
REQUESTED 200 MORE FROM THE
NATIONAL STOCK PILE, BUT THERE’S
NO STOCK PILE OF MEDICAL STAFF.
>> IN THE PAST MONTHS, NEARLY A
QUARTER OF ALL NEW COVID
HOSPITALIZATIONS IN THE COUNTRY
HAVE BEEN IN TWO STATES,
MICHIGAN, AND OHIO.
>> MY OXYGEN NUMBERS WERE DOWN
IN THE UPPER 60’S, LOWER 70’S.
>> AT SPARROW HOSPITAL IN
LANSING, CLYDE ELLISS IS
BATTLING COVID FOR A SECOND
TIME.
HE’S UNVACCINATED, BUT NOW IS
ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO GET THE
VACCINE.
>> IT’S TERRIBLE.
YOU DON’T WANT IT.
>> ACROSS MICHIGAN, HEALTH CARE
WORKERS AT THE BREAKING POINT.
>> I’VE GONE HOME A FEW DAYS AND
HAD DIES WHERE I’D JUST CRY AND
AS A MOM, IT’S REALLY HARD
BECAUSE MY KIDS THEN ARE
CHALLENGED TO SEE THAT SO I HAVE
TO PUT ON A BRAVE FRONT FOR
THEM, TOO, BUT IT’S AWFUL.
>> WITH HOSPITALS FILLED ACROSS
THE STATE.
CRITICAL PATIENTS ARE NOT ABLE
TO BE TRANSFERRED AND CARE IS
BEING COMPROMISED.
MICHIGAN’S CHIEF MEDICAL
EXECUTIVE SAYS IT’S CLEAR WHAT
THE SOLUTION IS.
>> 87% OF COVID PATIENTS IN
ICU’S WERE UNVACCINATED AND 88%
OF COVID PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS
WERE UNVACCINATED.
>> AND YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE
GETTING SICK AND HOSPITALIZED
IN.
>> PAST SEVEN DAYS, 30 TO 39
YEAR OLDS ARE EXPERIENCING OUR
HIGHEST CASE RATES.
>> HEALTH FORECLOSURES SAY
THEY’RE COUNTING ON INDIVIDUALS
TO CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR.
>> WE’RE IN A CRITICAL STAGE
RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE SURGING, WE’RE LEADING
THE NATION IN TERMS OF CASES AND
WE’RE TRAILING IN TERMS OF
VACCINATIONS AND WE HAVE OMICRON
HERE.
SO NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE THOSE
STEPS AND I’M REALLY URGING ALL
MICHIGANDERS TO GET VACCINATED
AND TO GET BOOSTED.
>> Kimberly: AS WE REPORTED
EARLIER, FEDERAL TEAMS ARE
CURRENTLY ASSISTING AT THREE
MICHIGAN HOSPITALS, INCLUDING
BEAUMONT AND DEARBORN, BUT THE
STATE SAYS THERE ARE NO
ADDITIONAL FEDERAL TEAMS
AVAILABLE.
NO MORE HELP IS COMING.
>> Karen: TODAY IS THE PROCESS
OF BRINGING SOME OXFORD STUDENTS
INTO THE CLASSROOMS.
K THROUGH 8 HAD CLASSES TODAY
THE FIRST SINCE THE 30TH.
AND THEY’LL RETURN TO THEIR NEXT
SCHOOLS MONDAY AND THE VIRTUAL
ACADEMY WILL OPEN VIRTUALLY NEXT
WEDNESDAY.
CIVIL LAWSUITS HAVE STARTED IN
THE OXFORD SHOOTING AND EXPECT
MORE TO COME.
ATTORNEY GEOFFREY FIEGER WAS THE
FIRST TO GUILE TWO LAWSUITS
TOTALLING $100 MILLION ON BEHALF
OF ONE SHOOTING SURVIVOR AND HER
FAMILY.
TODAY, A LARGE MICHIGAN
EDUCATION ORGANIZATION IS COMING
OUT AGAINST FIEGER’S ACTIONS.
AS PAULA TUTMAN REPORTS, THE
GROUP FEELS HE’S TRYING TO
CAPITALIZE ON THE MASS SHOOTING.
>> 15-YEAR-OLD ETHAN CRUMBLEY
HAD BEEN CHARGED AS AN ADULT IN
THE DEADLY ASSAULT AND HIS
PARENTS, JAMES AND JENNIFER ARE
ALSO CHARGED WITH INVOLUNTARY
MANSLAUGHTER
MANSLAUGHTER.
AND ATTORNEY GEOFFREY FIEGER
SAYS HE HOPES TO ADAPT CHANGE
AND THE ONLY WAY, TO MAKE IT
HURT.
’S SUING EDUCATE AND THE
DISTRICT FOR A TOTAL OF $100
MILLION.
>> AT OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL THEY’LL
SEARCH YOUR BACKPACK IF THEY
THINK YOU’RE VAPING.
IF YOU THEY REFUSED TO SUSPEND
OR SEARCH A STUDENT WHO WROTE
WHAT WE NOW KNOW WAS REAMES OF
HOMICIDAL NOTES AND DRAWINGS,
SCENES OF CLASSROOMS SLAUGHTER
AND MAYHEM AND THEY ROW FUSED TO
CALL THE AUTHORITIES.
>> THIS IS A COMMUNITY DEEPLY
TRAUMATIZE FOUR TEENAGERS KILLED
AND EIGHT OTHERS INJURED
INCLUDING A TEACHER AND WHY
ROBERT FROM THE ALLIANCE SAYS
THESE LAWSUITS DO MORE TO HURT
THAN CHANGE.
>> IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT HE
SAYS AS COUNTLESS STUDENTS,
TEACHERS AND STAFF HAVE BEEN
THROUGH AN UNIMAGINABLE AND
TRAUMATIZING SITUATION IT’S
WILDLY INAPPROPRIATE TO SEE
GEOFFREY FIEGER SEEK TO
CAPITALIZE ON THAT BY SUING THE
VERY COMMUNITY WHO WAS IMPACTED
MOST.
K-12 ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN IS ONE
OF THE STATE’S LARGEST ADVOCACY
ORGANIZATIONS, REPRESENTING MORE
NAN HALF A MILLION EDUCATORS,
STUDENTS, AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS
ACROSS THE STATE AND FIEGER’S
RESPONSE?
>> THEIR STATEMENT THAT SOMEHOW
MYSELF OR MY CLIENTS SUED THE
COMMUNITY IS NONSENTENCE, WE’VE
SUED INDIVIDUALS WHO, AS A
RESULT OF THEIR ACTIONS AND
INACTIONS, ALLOWED A MASS MURDER
TO TAKE PLACE.
>> K-12 CONTINUES TO CRITICIZE
FIEGER AND THE LAWSUIT SAYING A
COMMUNITY IS GRIEVING AND
SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE ARE
STRUGGLING TO ANSWER THE
CONCERNS OF STUDENTS AND
FAMILIES.
WHAT WE NEED ARE REAL LONG-TERM
SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING
SOCIETAL ISSUES THAT HAVE LED TO
ATTACKS ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
>> WE’VE BEEN TALKING SINCE
COLUMBINE FOR 20 YEARS NOW.
THEY SUGGEST WE SHOULD GO
EXAMINE THE LONG-TERMS
SOLUTIONS.
WELL, HOW MUCH LONGER DO WE HAVE
TO WAIT?
>> WELL, FIEGER SAYS THIS PUNCH
IN THE POCKET BOOK WILL HELP
FERRET OUT ANSWERS THAT WILL
HELP MAKE CHANGES IN ALL SCHOOL
DISTRICTS, NOT JUST THIS ONE.
STAY TUNED.
PAULA TUTMAN, LOCAL 4.
>> Kimberly: PAULA.
THANK YOU.
STATE REPRESENTATIVE JEWELL
JONES WILL STAND TRIAL IN HIS
DRUNK DRIVING CASE.
EARLIER THIS WEEK HE TURNED DOWN
A PLEA GUILTY THAT WOULD HAVE
REQUIRED HIM TO PLEAD GUILTY TO
TWO MISDEMEANORS AND FELONIES
AND THEY FILED A MOTION TO
DISMISS CHARGES ON WHAT THEY
CALL UNLAWFUL ARREST AND THE
JUDGE DISAGREED SAID THAT IT WAS
LAWFUL AND JONES FACES CHARGES
FOR ALLEGEDLY TAPING A HANDCUFF
KEY TO BOTTOM OF HIS FOOT.
>> Karen: IF SOMEONE TOLD YOU
THAT YOU FAILED TO SHOW UP FOR
JURY DUTY.
HOW SURE WOULD YOU BE THAT YOU
WEREN’T SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
>> AND TEENAGERS FLOCK TO SPACES
LIKE THIS ONE ON TIK TOK TO TALK
ABOUT THEIR GRIEF AND PROCESS
WHAT HAPPENED WITH EACH OTHER.
TIPS FOR PARENTS ON TALKING TO