ONE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. AND NEW. IT’S 61 OF THE COUNTRY’S
MOST POWERFUL WOMEN BRINGS HER
CLOUT TO MICHIGAN TO FOCUS ON A
SHORTAGE THAT HAS BEEN SLOWING
DOWN THE STATE’S VITAL AUTO
INDUSTRY. GLAD YOU’RE WITH US
FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX TONIGHT,
WE’RE FOLLOWING THE PUSH TO
SOLVE THE CHIP SHORTAGE THAT IS
SO AFFECTED AUTO COMPANIES,
THEIR WORKERS AND CUSTOMERS ALL
OVER THE WORLD LOOKING TO BUY
NEW CARS, REALLY FEELING THE
PINCH IS THE SUPPLY OF NEW
VEHICLES HAS FALLEN WHILE PRICES
ARE JUST RISING. LOCAL FOREST
GRANT HERMES LIVE TONIGHT WITH
THE PUSH TO MAKE SOME CHANGES
GRANT TO ADD TO THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT 1.7 MILLION CARS
THAT DIDN’T GET BUILT AMID THIS
SHORTAGE, SENDING PRICES AS YOU
SAID, SKYROCKETING USED CARS
RIGHT NOW UP 40% ALSO, NO AUTO
GRADE CHIPS ARE BEING MADE ON U
S SOIL RIGHT NOW IN THE FOLKS
HERE TODAY, INCLUDING HOUSE
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI, SAYING
THEY WANT THAT TO CHANGE.
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI IN TAYLOR,
LISTENING TO UNION LEADERS AND
PUSHING FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE
CHIPS ACT IN WASHINGTON TO RAMP
UP PRODUCTION OF VITAL
TECHNOLOGY FOR THE AUTO INDUSTRY
CENTRAL TO HOW OUR ECONOMY
ADDRESSES INFLATION. JOB
CREATION. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
WITH GUARDRAILS TO PROTECT THE
TAXPAYERS MONEY. THE ACT, WHICH
HAS BEEN LED BY MICHIGAN’S
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AND
SENATORS, SETS ASIDE 52 BILLION
TO HELP BUILD FACTORIES AND MAKE
MORE SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS. THE
SHORTAGE DUE TO SUPPLY CHAIN
ISSUES, BOTH SENATORS DEBBIE
STABENOW AND GARY PETERS, SAYING
GETTING MORE CHIPS MADE ON U. S
SOIL IS PART OF ECONOMIC AND
NATIONAL SECURITY AT AN EVENT IN
SOUTHFIELD TODAY, CONVICTED
CHIPS ARE IN EVERYTHING IN OUR
LIVES. WE NEED TO MAKE THEM HERE
AT HOME. WE NEED TO MAKE HIM IN
MICHIGAN, AND WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE IN THE FUTURE. WE’RE NOT
LOOKING AT EILEEN PLANTS, AND
THERE’S NO WAY THAT THE DOMESTIC
AUTO INDUSTRY CAN BE RELIANT ON
FOREIGN PRODUCERS OF THESE CHIPS
. THIS IS ABOUT NATIONAL
SECURITY, ECONOMIC SECURITY. THE
QUICKER WE GET THESE BILLS, THE
BETTER. THE TIMELINE RIGHT NOW
IS THE VOTE FOR THIS IS SET THIS
COMING TUESDAY. A TEST VOTE WAS
HELD IN THE SENATE EARLIER THIS
WEEK AND HAD ENOUGH VOTES AFTER
THAT. IT GOES TO THE HOUSE WHERE
MEMBERS FEEL CONFIDENT THEY’LL
GET IT BY NEXT WEDNESDAY,
PELOSI, SAYING THERE WILL BE
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. ANOTHER
THING TO NOTE HERE IS THAT
SHOULD THIS BILL PASSED? IT’S
GOING TO TAKE QUITE A BIT OF
TIME TO GET MONEY TO █STATE AND
THEN TO GET THAT MONEY FROM THE
STATES TO EITHER BUILD NEW
FACTORIES OR PUMP MONEY INTO
EXISTING ONES, AND THEN GET THAT
INTO THE CHIPS OR RAMP. ALL OF
THIS. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A
PRETTY LONG TAIL, AND THIS STILL
HAS TO GET THE PRESIDENT IN THE
FIRST PLACE BACK TO YOU. GRANT.
WHAT A WORKERS SAYING TONIGHT ON
THIS THE WORKERS HERE TODAY THAT
I SPOKE WITH AND THAT I LISTENED
TO HERE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A
HALF, SO THEY ARE READY TO GET
TO WORK, AND THEY WANT TO BE
ABLE TO KEEP THEIR JOBS THAT
ESPECIALLY COMING AFTER THAT
NEWS THAT FOUR BABY CUTTING
ABOUT 8000 JOBS AT ALL LEVELS
AND THE NEW JOB NUMBERS FROM
THIS MONTH, SAYING THAT MONTH TO
MONTH MANUFACTURING DROPS DOWN
ABOUT 2300 BETWEEN APRIL AND MAY
IT’S A LOT OF FOLKS ARE
CONCERNED THEY WANT THESE CHIPS
SOON. HUGE ISSUE. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, GRANT. PRESIDENT
BIDEN MADE ANOTHER BRIEF
APPEARANCE THIS AFTERNOON AS HE
BATTLES COVID WHILE ISOLATING IN
THE WHITE HOUSE PRESIDENT’S TEAM
TRYING TO SHOW THE COMMANDER IN
CHIEF STILL DOING WELL AND STILL
WORKING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THE WHITE HOUSE SHARED A VIDEO
OF THIS VIRTUAL MEETING IN WHICH
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT GAS PRICES.
WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY SAYS
THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO SET
AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL AMERICANS. HE
WANTS TO REMIND AMERICANS TO GET
VACCINATED BECAUSE IN HIS OWN
WORDS, IT MATTERS. LOOK THE
PRESIDENT HOPES THE COUNTRY WILL
SEE THAT WHILE WE SHOULD
CONTINUE TO TAKE COVID VERY
SERIOUSLY, WE HAVE THE TOOLS. WE
NEED TO DEAL WITH THIS.
PRESIDENT HAD A SLIGHT FEVER
OVERNIGHT, BUT HIS TEMPERATURE
NOW BACK TO NORMAL AFTER TAKING
SOME TYLENOL FOR THAT ALSO
CONTINUES. TAKING THE DRUG PACKS
LOADED PRESIDENT WILL CONTINUE
TO ISOLATE, HE SAYS. UNTIL HE
TESTS NEGATIVE TONIGHT THE STORY
OF A FAMILY THAT’S BEEN LIVING
IN FEAR EVEN HOLDING A FUNERAL.
IN SECRET. THEY’RE MOURNING THE
LOSS OF A TEENAGER WHO WAS
GUNNED DOWN EXACTLY ONE MONTH
AGO TODAY IN YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP.
NOW THEY’RE REACHING OUT TO
LOCAL 4 INVESTIGATORS, SHAWN LEY
AND JOHN. THEY’RE READY TO SHARE
MORE ABOUT THIS CASE IN HOPES OF
FINDING A COLD BLOODED KILLER.
THEY ARE AND WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
THE VICTIM HERE. 18 YEAR OLD
SEAN LONGORIA. HERE IS HIS
PHOTO. HIS FAMILY CAME HERE FROM
TEXAS AFTER A MAJOR HURRICANE
SEAN ENDED UP BEING A BIG TIME
ATHLETES ABSOLUTELY HIGH SCHOOL
BUT GUNNED DOWN A MONTH AGO IN
COLD BLOOD. NO ONE’S BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THIS CASE UNTIL
NOW. SO IT’S EXACTLY A MONTH
TODAY. BUT HE WAS KILLED IN ONE
MONTH SINCE SHAWN LEY LONGORIA
WAS SHOT AND KILLED. HE WAS JUST
18 HIS MOTHER LIVING A NIGHTMARE
OVER AND OVER AND OVER LIKE I
JUST LEFT ST JOE’S. THEY JUST
CALLED ME. I JUST LEFT MY SON,
BUT THE TEAM’S MOTHER IS AFRAID
TO BE IDENTIFIED HER SON’S
FUNERAL HELD IN PRIVATE, NONE OF
LONGORIA’S FRIENDS FROM
YPSILANTI HIGH SCHOOL COULD COME
SAY GOODBYE BECAUSE, LIKE THE
COPS SAID WE DON’T KNOW WHO IT
IS. THEY COULD SHOW UP AND WE’RE
IN DANGER HAPPENED IN BROAD
DAYLIGHT. JUNE 23RD HERE IN
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP ON HARRIS BY
SHARE A FLYER ON THE SHOP ON THE
CORNER, OFFERING THE FAMILIES
$3000 REWARD, BUT THIS MOM SAYS
SHE’S BEING TOLD PEOPLE HERE
KNOW WHERE THE KILLER LIVES
NEARBY AND ARE DEATHLY AFRAID TO
SPEAK UP. SOMEBODY WAS ON A BIKE
CHASING HIM. SHOOTING YOUR SON
WAS RUNNING. THEY SHOT HIM RIGHT
IN FRONT OF MY DOOR. I CALLED
911. I TRIED TO HOLD ON TO HIM.
MY NEIGHBOR HELD HIM AND THIS
MOM’S HEART ACHES FOR HER SON
AND HIS FRIENDS. THEY HAVEN’T
GOT CLOSURE. AGAIN BECAUSE I
WASN’T ABLE TO HAVE A PROPER
FUNERAL. BECAUSE WE DON’T KNOW
WHO DID IT. AND WE DON’T KNOW IF
THE KILLER WAS GOING TO SHOW UP
AT THE FUNERAL OR NOT. SHAWN’S
MOM AND FAMILY ABLE TO GET $3000
TOGETHER FOR REWARD. THEY’RE
PUTTING OUT THEMSELVES. THEY SAY
NO ONE HAS TO GIVE THEIR NAME
BUT TO CALL THE WASHINGTON
COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE THAT
SHARES OFFICE TELLS US THEY
CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE.
MEANTIME, SHAWN’S MOM HAS BEEN
REACHING OUT TO HIS TEAMMATES AT
ANY HIGH SCHOOL. THEY’VE BEEN
REACHING OUT TO HER. THEY’RE
HAVING A VERY QUIET PRIVATE
VIGIL FOR HIM LATER TONIGHT.
WE’RE LIVE TONIGHT SHORTLY LOCAL
4 BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU. SEAN TEENAGER ACCUSED IN
THE OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING
IS GOING TO REMAIN JAILED AS AN
ADULT IN THE OAKLAND COUNTY
JAIL. 15 YEAR OLD ETHAN CRUMBLEY
MADE A VERY QUICK VIRTUAL COURT
APPEARANCE THIS MORNING. THE
WHOLE THING TOOK TWO MINUTES.
THE JUDGE IS REQUIRED TO CHECK
ON HIS STATUS. EVERY 30 DAYS.
PROSECUTORS AND THE DEFENSE
AGREED. NO CHANGE WAS NEEDED.
RIGHT NOW. HE HAS AN IPAD HE
USES TO CONTINUE HIS HIGH SCHOOL
EDUCATION. THE TEENAGER FACES
SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING
MURDER FOR THE DEATHS OF FOUR
STUDENTS. HIS TRIAL IS SET FOR
JANUARY OF 2023. MICHIGAN
SUPREME COURT HAS SIDED WITH THE
MACOMB COUNTY PROSECUTOR IN A
BATTLE OVER HIRING MORE WORKERS.
PROSECUTOR PETE LOOSE EDO IS
THAT WENT DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS TO GET MORE
MONEY FOR HIS DEPARTMENT. COUNTY
EXECUTIVE MARK HACKEL ARGUED
THAT VIOLATED THE COUNTY
CHARTER, AND HE REFUSED TO FUND
THE POSITIONS. THE CEDO TOOK
ANKLE TO COURT, AND NOW HE’S
READY TO POST THOSE JOBS AFTER
THE SUPREME COURT SIDED WITH HIM
, THE PROSECUTOR SAYS HE HOPES
THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER GOING
FORWARD FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS
MONTH, CADILLAC GIVING US A
GLIMPSE INTO ITS FUTURE ABALONE
TAKES A LOOK AT THE UNVEILING OF
A NEW LUXURY ELECTRIC VEHICLE
EXTREME EMPHASIS ON LUXURY WITH
AN EYE POPPING PRICE. HE’S LIVE
IN WARREN TO SHOW US THE CAR BUT
ALSO ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE
COMPANY ROD WELL, DEVON, IT’S A
GAME CHANGER AND I WHEN I TELL
YOU A GAME CHANGER AT THE TECH
CENTER HERE IN WARREN, WHERE
THEY USUALLY DESIGNED THE CAR’S
RIGHT, WELL, THEY JUST PUT $81
MILLION INTO A FACTORY THAT
THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE, AND
THEY’RE GOING TO CUSTOM BUILD
THE SELLER STICK. RIGHT HERE.
CADILLAC ROLLED OUT ITS NEWEST
SUPERCAR ONLINE THIS MORNING,
AND WHILE IT LOOKS LIKE AN AUTO
SHOW CONCEPT CAR, THE SELLER
STICK WILL BECOME AN ACTUAL
PRODUCTION MODEL. BUT IT’S NOT
JUST ANY CAR, IT’S LIKELY TO
SELL FOR SOMETHING ON THE ORDER
OF $300,000. AND WE WANTED A
FIRSTHAND LOOK TODAY BUT
CADILLAC AND SHOWED IT TO ITS
DEALERS IN CALIFORNIA THIS WEEK
, AND THAT’S WHERE IT IS, AT
LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING. BUT I
DON’T WANT TO LISTEN. SELF
PROCLAIMED AUTO EXTREMIST PETER
DI LORENZO HAS SEEN IT IN PERSON
. IT IS SIMPLY SPECTACULAR, IS
KNOWN AS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST
CRITICS ANYWHERE IN THE CAR
BUSINESS AND TO WIN HIM OVER IS
NO SMALL FEAT PRESENCE OF THIS
VEHICLE. IT’S REALLY IMPRESSIVE
DRAMATIC. EMOTIONALLY COMPELLING
ALL THE THINGS YOU WANT A HYPER
LUXURY CAR, AND WHEN HE SAYS,
HYPER LUXURY, THAT MEANS THE
CADILLAC’S GOING HEAD TO HEAD
WITH BENTLEY AND ROLLS ROYCE
LOFTY COMPANY. INDEED, CADILLAC
ONCE STOOD IN TERMS OF QUALITY
AND STATUS. LISA HOFFMAN IS
CADILLAC CELESTIC MARKETING
MANAGER PROCLAIMING THE CARS
VERY EXPENSIVE INTENT TO BE AN
ALL ELECTRIC FLAGSHIP SITTING IN
FOR THE BRAND. UM AND REALLY,
IT’S TO BE TO IDENTIFY AND BE
THE PINNACLE OF IN AND REALLY
THE PUREST EXPRESSION OF
CADILLAC DESIGNS, TECHNOLOGY AND
INNOVATION COMMITMENT BY GM AND
TO MAKE CADILLAC WITH STANDARD
OF THE WORLD. NOW HAVE YOU
NOTICED WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CARS
IN THIS PRICE POINT THAT THE
LANGUAGE CHANGES A LITTLE BIT
LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, NORMALLY YOU
HAVE A PLANT PLANT FLOOR, AN
ASSEMBLY LINE AND THEN YOU HAVE
LINE WORKERS ON THE ASSEMBLY
LINE RIVAL THAT’S NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN HERE. THEY HAVE UNION
ARTISANS WHO ARE GOING TO BE
CUSTOM BUILDING SELFLESS STICK.
BUT BOY, I’LL TELL YOU WHAT. IT
IS JUST A GORGEOUS CAR, DON’T
YOU THINK? WELL $300,000, BUT
WHAT WITH WHAT YOU’LL SAVE ON
GAS. IT’S PROBABLY ONLY WHAT
299,000 SO WHEN DOES IT GO ON
SALE? ROD 98 TO 98. LET’S NOT
QUIBBLE. THEY’RE THEY’RE SAYING
2025, BUT IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE
THEY’RE PRETTY FAR ALONG, SO
MAYBE THEY COULD GET IT DONE A
LITTLE BIT MORE QUICKLY. WELL IT
IS A IT IS A SHOW PONY. IT IS A
GORGEOUS CAR. ALRIGHT ROD.
TODAY’S HELP ME HANG CONSUMER
HEADLINES. WE HAVE SOME
SURPRISING INFORMATION ABOUT HOW
MUCH SOME PEOPLE ARE SPENDING TO
BUY USED CARS IMPORTANT
INFORMATION ON A RENTAL SCAM,
BUT WE BEGIN WITH AIRLINE PRICES
. CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR HANK
WINCHESTER SHOWS US WHEN
AIRFARES MIGHT DROP WE’VE BEEN
TRACKING THE AIRLINE PRICES FOR
A WHILE. AND AS YOU KNOW, THEY
CERTAINLY HAVEN’T BEEN GOOD. BUT
HERE IS THE GOOD NEWS. SOME
RELIEF IS COMING VERY SOON.
TONIGHT TOMMY. HOW CONSUMER
HEADLINES AS YOU KNOW, AIRLINE
PRICES HAVE BEEN SOARING UP 50%
FROM LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, BUT
WE’RE TOLD PRICES COULD DROP BIG
TIME IN SEPTEMBER, BUT PRICES
MAY REMAIN HIGH AT SOME SMALLER
AIRPORTS LIKE LANCING AND FLINT
. RENTAL SCAMS ARE GROWING FAKE
LISTINGS ON CRAIGSLIST. DETROIT
ATLANTA LOS ANGELES REPORTING
THE MOST VICTIMS NATIONWIDE
NEVER SENT DEPOSIT MONEY WITHOUT
SEEING A HOME OR MEETING THE
LANDLORD IN PERSON. USED CAR
PRICES CONTINUE TO TAKE UP. IN
FACT, THE AVERAGE USED CAR RIGHT
NOW, JUST OVER $33,000 CONSUMERS
PAYING AN AVERAGE OF 10,000 MORE
THAN THEY DID IN 2020, BUT TRADE
AND VALUES STICKING UP BETWEEN
25 40% I’M ALWAYS TRACKING THE
VERY LATEST CONSUMER NEWS FOR
YOU, AND YOU CAN READ ALL THE
HEADLINES RIGHT ON THE HELP ME
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