RIGHT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. AND WE BEGIN THE NEWS AT FIVE WITH THE WEATHER A
WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT
AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT METRO
AIRPORT, WHERE A WIND GUST WAS
CLOCKED AT CLOSE TO 50 MILES AN
HOUR TODAY, THE WIND BRINGING IN
AS WELL. SOME MUCH COLDER
TEMPERATURES, TOO. SO LET’S GET
RIGHT OVER TO KIM ADAMS AND THE
FOREWARNED FORECAST HIGH CAMP.
WELL, WE HAVE WIND GUSTS UPWARDS
OF 48 MPH IN SOME SPOTS,
INCLUDING METRO AIRPORT 47 MILE
PER HOUR GUSTS IN PONTIAC. THESE
ARE THE MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS
WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS OF 37
MILE PER HOUR GUSTS REPORTED IN
MOUNT CLEMENS AND 43 MILE PER
HOUR GUSTS IN ANN ARBOR, SO WE
ARE STILL UNDER A WIND ADVISORY
UNTIL 10 O’CLOCK TONIGHT. FOR
ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN
. WINDS ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO
WHERE THEY CAN CAUSE SOME
ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. ALSO IF
YOU DRIVE A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE
, YOU MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE
TROUBLE CONTROLLING IT ON THE
ROADWAYS. ALRIGHT WE ALSO HAVE A
LITTLE BIT OF SNOW OUT THERE AS
WELL. IT’S VERY LIGHT JUST A FEW
FLURRIES, BUT WE’LL DO SOME
STREET LEVEL MAPPING FOR YOU.
WATERFORD OXFORD, WEST
BLOOMFIELD AND FARMINGTON HILLS
. JUST A FEW FLURRIES AT THIS
HOUR, SOME OF IT NOT EVEN
REACHING THE GROUND. BUT THERE’S
ALSO A FEW FLURRIES IN NORTHERN
PARTS OF MACOMB COUNTY AND INTO
ST CLAIR COUNTY AS WELL SHOULD
NOT CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS TONIGHT
ON THE ROADS, BUT IT IS COLD.
THOSE HIGH WINDS CAUSING
WINDCHILLS TO BE IN THE TEENS,
EVEN THOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE
DROPPING DOWN INTO THE TWENTIES
. NOW WE HAVE A ROLLER COASTER
RIDE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS
OF TEMPERATURES WIND. ALSO A FEW
RAIN SHOWERS HEADED OUR WAY. SO
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WEATHER UP TODAY. 12 51 THIS
AFTERNOON, THE TOWN OF OXFORD
STOOD SILENT A YEAR AGO TO THE
MINUTE A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE AT
OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL, TOOK FOUR
YOUNG LIVES IN A MATTER OF
MINUTES, LEAVING AN INDELIBLE
MARK ON THE COMMUNITY FLAGS
ACROSS THE STATE AT HALF STAFF
TODAY, AND WE’VE SEEN MOVING NEW
TRIBUTES POP UP IN SUPPORT OF
THE FAMILIES AND THE TOWN LIKE
THIS NEW OH SIGN OUTSIDE THE
BOWLING ALLEY, WHICH IS OFFERING
FREE BOWLING TO RESIDENTS TODAY
, AND THERE’S THIS WALL OF STARS
IN DOWNTOWN OXFORD. IT’S FULL OF
MESSAGES FROM PEOPLE ALL ACROSS
THE STATE. ALL IN HONOR OF THESE
FOUR PEOPLE. HANNAH SAINT
JULIANA, JUSTIN SCHILLING,
MADISON, BALDWIN AND TATE MIR
AND TONIGHT TWO PARENTS WHO LOST
THEIR CHILDREN IN THE SHOOTING
OR CANDIDLY TALKING ABOUT THEIR
HEARTBREAKING IMPORTANTLY, HOW
THEY WANT THEIR SONS AND
DAUGHTERS REMEMBERED. SHAWN LEY
IS LIVE IN OXFORD TONIGHT. WE’RE
HEARTS WE KNOW ARE WEIGHING
HEAVY, SEAN. ABSOLUTELY VERY
SOMBER DAY HERE AND YOU’RE
RIGHT. I DID SIT DOWN WITH THE
PARENTS OF TATE MERE AND THE
MOTHER OF JUSTIN CHILE. WE
TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY WANT THEIR
SONS TO BE REMEMBER, THEY SAY
FOR THEIR GRATITUDE AND FOR
THEIR KINDNESS. WE ALSO LOOKED
FORWARD, HOWEVER, AND TALKED
ABOUT THE PROSECUTION IN THIS
CASE GOING FOR A LIFE SENTENCE
FOR THE PERSON WHO HAS ALREADY
ADMITTED GUILT IN THE SHOOTING.
ONE YEAR LATER. HOW DO YOU GO ON
JILL SWAB WAS ONE OF THE PARENTS
WHO LOST A CHILD ONE YEAR AGO.
JUSTIN SCHILLING. JUST 17 YEARS
OLD WHEN I THINK I CAN’T, YOU
KNOW, GO ON. I HAVE TO REALLY
SURRENDER TO GOD AND SAY PLEASE
FLOW THROUGH ME. WORK THROUGH ME
HELPED ME TO JUST, YOU KNOW,
STAY UPRIGHT. BE A MAN TO MY
KIDS. AND REALLY, YOU KNOW,
CHRISTINE CONNECTED TO JUSTIN.
PRAYING TO HIM TO LIKE, COME ON,
GIVE MOM FAITH. YOU KNOW WHERE
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET
THROUGH THIS SWAB HOPES PEOPLE
REMEMBER JUSTIN FOR HIS IMPACT.
SHE HOPES PEOPLE SEE JUSTIN’S
PHOTO, SEE THE VICTIMS FACES AND
TAKE A MOMENT TO LIFT SOMEONE
UP. A LOT OF STUDENTS IN THE
CLOSE FRIENDS REACH OUT AND SAY
JUST THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT’S
KIND OF CHEESY, BUT WHAT WOULD
JUSTIN DO? YOU KNOW JUSTIN WOULD
GET UP. HE WOULD TRY HARD. HE
WOULDN’T GIVE UP AND I’M JUST
GOING OUT OF YOUR WAY TO BE KIND
TO EVERYBODY. AND SHERRY MIR HAD
BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW TO
APPROACH THIS DAY FOR A WHILE
THEIR SON TATE WAS TAKEN FROM
THEM. BUCK SAYS HE POURS HIS
LIFE INTO THE PERIOD OF PEER
MENTORING ORGANIZATION. HE
ESTABLISHED 42 STRONG, HE SAYS,
SHERRY IS STARTING TO BECOME
MORE ENGAGED, BUT THE FIRST
COUPLE OF MONTHS. AFTER IT
HAPPENED. SHERRY WAS HOLED UP
AND THERE WAS TWO SPOTS THAT SHE
WOULD GO TO IN TOWN. AND THEN
SHE WOULD PICK THE TIMES WHERE
THERE WASN’T A LOT OF WERE
RECENTLY PEOPLE THERE AND SHE
WOULD GO THERE AND HAVE HAVE FOR
TEA OR SMOOTHIE, AND THEN SHE
WOULD COME HOME AND THAT WAS HER
LITTLE ESCAPE OUT OF THE HOUSE.
AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT IT. SHE
WANTS TO GIVE. THERE’S JUST SOME
PEOPLE I WANT THEM. TO KNOW THAT
I’M GRATEFUL FOR THEM. THAT
THEY’RE THERE FOR ME IN THE
BEGINNING. AND HAVE BEEN
THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE THING.
AND, UM JUST TO SHOW MY THINGS.
THREE ARE SUING THE OXFORD
SCHOOL DISTRICT ATTORNEY VAN
JOHNSON SAYS. IT’S ABOUT GETTING
ANSWERS AND HOLDING THOSE WHO
COULD HAVE PREVENTED IT
ACCOUNTABLE. BUT A BIG ROLE FOR
HIM THIS YEAR HAS BEEN TO BE
THERE FOR THESE PARENTS WHAT I
LOVE AND APPRECIATE ABOUT THESE
FOLKS. MY CLIENTS IS THEY’VE
DONE EVERYTHING THEY CAN DO.
LEGALLY TO ENSURE. THAT IT NEVER
HAPPENS TO ANYBODY ELSE’S CHILD
PARENTS REACTION TO PROSECUTORS
ASKING FOR LIFE IN PRISON FOR
THE SHOOTER. LET’S SAY YOU GOT
25 YEARS OUR KIDS AREN’T GOING
TO COME BACK. AND THAT AMOUNT,
YOU KNOW? SO HOW HOW WOULD THAT
BE FAIR? SO YEAH, LIFE TO ME
WOULD BE THE ONLY OPTION THAT I
WOULD REALLY WANT. BACK HERE.
LIVE IN OXFORD. CAN’T TELL YOU
HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THESE
PARENTS SITTING DOWN AND SHARING
THESE FEELINGS ON THIS
PARTICULAR DAY, KNOWING HOW HARD
THIS DAY WOULD BE OXFORD
COMMUNITY MORAL MURAL RIGHT
BEHIND ME HERE CENTER OF TOWN.
WE’VE SEEN FAMILIES COMING BY
TAKING PICTURES ALL DAY TODAY
DAY EVERY MEMBRANES HERE, NO
SCHOOL VERY SOMBER DAY. INDEED
DE’VEON KIMBERLY BACK REMARKABLE
STRENGTH FROM THOSE PARENTS
TODAY AND THE WHOLE YEAR, SEAN,
I KNOW YOU SPOKE. WITH A PARENT
WHOSE DAUGHTER WAS INJURED IN
THE SHOOTING TO WHAT DID SHE
SHARE WITH YOU? THE MOTHER OF
PHOEBE ARTHUR. PHOEBE WAS SHOT
IN THE CHEST AND HER NECK LONG
ROAD AHEAD IN THE HOSPITAL.
AFTER THE SHOOTING, SHE SURVIVED
, HER MOTHER SAID, WITHOUT
SCHOOLS OUT TODAY, SO JUST BEING
TOGETHER. SHE WAS SO GRATEFUL
FOR TIME WITH HER DAUGHTER ON
THIS DAY TODAY, YEAH, BLESSINGS
TO THEM AND ALL OF THEM. ALL
RIGHT, JOHN, WE APPRECIATE IT SO
MUCH COVERAGE OF THE ONE YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRAGEDY.
OXFORD WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
NEXT 90 MINUTES OF NEWS AND ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM AT 5 45.
KAREN DREW TAKES YOU INSIDE THE
LANDMARK OUR CASE AGAINST THE
PARENTS OF THE SHOOTER, THE
CHARGES THEY FACE AND THE
NATIONAL IMPLICATIONS, AND AT
SIX WE FOCUSED ON SCHOOL SAFETY
HOW MUCH MONEY IS REALLY BEING
SPENT TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN?
BUT ALSO HERE AT FIVE. IT IS
CRUNCH TIME FOR CONGRESS, WITH
TWO MAJOR DEADLINES RAPIDLY
APPROACHING. TODAY THE HOUSE IS
EXPECTED TO VOTE ON A BILL THAT
COULD PREVENT A NATIONWIDE RAIL
STRIKE AND BLOCK WHAT WOULD BE A
DEVASTATING BLOW TO THE ECONOMY
. BUT LAWMAKERS ARE ALSO UNDER
PRESSURE TO PASS A SPENDING BILL
TO AVERT A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
THE LATEST FROM ALICE BAR IN
WASHINGTON, ALICE GOOD EVENING.
CONGRESS IS RACING TO SQUEEZE IN
SOME KEY PRIORITIES BETWEEN NOW
AND THE END OF THE YEAR WHILE
STAVING OFF A POTENTIALLY
CRIPPLING RAIL STRIKE AND SHUT
DOWN. CONGRESS IN A SPRINT TO
MEET KEY DEADLINES BEFORE THE
END OF THE YEAR TODAY, PASSING
THE BATON TO A NEW GENERATION OF
LEADERS. HOUSE DEMOCRATS MAKING
HISTORY BY ELECTING HAKEEM
JEFFRIES AS THEIR NEW LEADER,
THE FIRST BLACK LEADER OF EITHER
PARTY IN CONGRESS, THE LEAST THE
LOST AND THE LEFT BEHIND HOUSE
DEMOCRATS FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE.
JEFFRIES WILL LEAD THE CAUCUS IN
THE MINORITY WHEN REPUBLICANS
TAKE CONTROL OF THE HOUSE NEXT
YEAR. THE JOINT RESOLUTION IS
PASSED. AND IN A RARE SHOW OF
BIPARTISANSHIP, THE HOUSE TODAY
PASSING LEGISLATION TO AVERT A
NATIONWIDE RAIL STRIKE THAT
THREATENS ECONOMIC CALAMITY BY
GRINDING SUPPLY CHAINS TO A HALT
JUST BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS, THE
BILL THAT IMPOSES A LABOR
AGREEMENT BETWEEN RAIL COMPANIES
AND THEIR WORKERS NOW HEADS TO
THE SENATE. WE WANT TO AVOID A
SHUTDOWN AND BE AS FAIR TO THE
WORKERS AS WE CAN BE. BUT SOME
SENATORS IN BOTH PARTIES ARE
THREATENING ROADBLOCKS. THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FORCE A
CONTRACT ON WORKERS THAT THEY
HAVE EXPLICITLY REJECTED. THE
WORKERS, BIGGEST STICKING POINT
PAID SICK LEAVE THE UNIONS WHERE
THE MEMBERS VOTED. THE DEALS
DOWN, FELT THAT THIS NEEDED TO
BE A PART OF ANY ULTIMATE
AGREEMENT, THE HOUSE APPROVED A
MEASURE TO ADD SICK LEAVE TO THE
LABOR DEAL, AND SOME DEMOCRATIC
SENATORS SAY THEY WON’T SUPPORT
IT WITHOUT THE SICK LEAF. BUT
TIME IS RUNNING OUT. PRESIDENT
BIDEN TODAY, WARNING THAT
WITHOUT A FINAL VOTE THIS WEEK
TO AVOID A RAIL SHUTDOWN,
RAILROADS WILL BEGIN TO HALT THE
MOVEMENT OF CRITICAL MATERIALS
LIKE CHEMICALS TO CLEAN OUR
DRINKING WATER. AS SOON AS THIS
WEEKEND, ALL THIS AS THE THREAT
OF A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN LOOMS
JUST WEEKS AWAY. WHILE
NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE OVER HOW
TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT. BY
DECEMBER, 16TH. THERE IS
PROGRESS ON ANOTHER KEY PRIORITY
FOR THIS CONGRESS. THE HOUSE
PREPARING TO TAKE UP A BILL TO
PROTECT SAME SEX AND INTERRACIAL
MARRIAGE THAT HAS NOW PASSED
THROUGH THE SENATE, WITH
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN
WASHINGTON, ALICE BAR FOUR LOCAL
ALRIGHT ALICE WILD CLOUD BANK
BEHIND HER THERE AT THE CAPITOL
. WELL RSV IS NOT GONE. AT LEAST
CASE NUMBERS AREN’T ON THE
INCREASES. THEY WERE A FEW WEEKS
AGO. INFLUENZA THOUGH VERY
DIFFERENT MATTER. DR. FRANK
MCGEORGE IS HERE WITH WHAT HE’S
BEEN SEEING IN THE ER AND HOW
THAT COMPARES TO WHAT THE CDC
SAYS IS GOING ON IN MICHIGAN. SO
IS IT SAFE TO ASSUME FRANK THAT
THE FLU IS ON THE RISE? NOW IT
IS KIM AND DEVON. IN FACT, YOU
WOULDN’T KNOW IT, THOUGH, FROM
LOOKING AT THE CDC MAP OF
INFLUENZA LIKE ILLNESSES ACROSS
THE U. S THIS IS THE CURRENT CDC
FLU MAP AND YOU CAN SEE
MICHIGAN. IN GREEN RIGHT HERE AT
MINIMAL ACTIVITY, BASICALLY
SURROUNDED BY A SEA OF MODERATE
TO HIGH ACTIVITY. SO WHAT MAKES
MICHIGAN SUCH A HEALTHY OASIS?
WELL ACTUALLY, NOTHING. IT’S
MOST LIKELY FROM A NATURAL LAG
IN DATA REPORTING. WE’RE HEARING
FROM THE HOSPITALS AND OUR
SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS ARE TELLING
US THAT INFLUENZA CASES ARE
GOING UP AND MORE PEOPLE ARE
PRESENTING TO EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENTS, UM, AND INPATIENT
HOSPITAL SETTINGS WITH INFLUENZA
RIGHT NOW, UM AND I ANTICIPATE
THAT THIS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE
ICEBERG. DR. NATASHA BEG TO
SYRIA IN MICHIGAN’S CHIEF
MEDICAL EXECUTIVE SAYS SHE
EXPECTS OUR NUMBERS WILL CATCH
UP TO NEIGHBORING STATES. WHEN
WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF
PATIENTS WITH INFLUENZA
PRESENTING TO HOSPITALS, THAT
NUMBER IS CLEAR. REALLY GOING UP
. ONE CLEAR PROBLEM IS THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
VACCINATED. AS OF NOVEMBER. 12TH
2.2 MILLION DOSES HAVE BEEN
GIVEN IN MICHIGAN. THE GOAL IS
FOUR MILLION DOSES WHERE WE ARE
IS BELOW WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR
BELOW WHERE WE WERE THE YEAR
BEFORE AND FAR BELOW THE GOAL OF
WHERE WE NEED TO BE TO PROTECT
COMMUNITIES, KEEP PEOPLE SAFE
AND PROTECT OUR HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM. NO VACCINE IS PERFECT,
BUT SO FAR THIS YEAR’S FLU SHOT
WOULD BE EXPECTED TO HAVE AN
IMPACT. IF MORE PEOPLE WERE
VACCINATED. NEVER FULLY KNOW IF
THAT THAT WAS THE BEST MATCH
UNTIL AFTER OUR FLU SEASON IS
OVER. BUT OUR PRELIMINARY DATA
DOES TELL US THAT THIS INFLUENZA
VACCINE DOES APPEAR TO BE A GOOD
MATCH. I THINK THERE’S A LOT OF
VACCINE FATIGUE. UM I THINK
PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF THINKING
ABOUT VIRAL ILLNESSES, WHICH IS
REALLY HARD BECAUSE WE’RE
HEADING INTO A TOUGH SEASON FOR
THOSE WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE,
SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT IS
STILL NOT TOO LATE TO GET
VACCINATED. AND FROM WHAT I’VE
SEEN IT HENRY FORD WORKING OVER
THE WEEKEND, THE FLU IS
DEFINITELY HERE AND QUICK.
OAKLEY ON THE RISE. IN FACT, IN
THE PAST TWO WEEKS, OUR PERCENT
POSITIVE FOR FLU TESTS HAS GONE
FROM JUST OVER ABOUT 1% TO NOW,
9% AND I AM CERTAIN WE ARE
NOWHERE NEAR PEAK ACTIVITY
COMING. ALRIGHT. THANKS, FRANK.
MUCH MORE TO COME ON THIS