>> Announcer: LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, HOME OF
WDIV AND CLICK ON DETROIT,
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS
NOW.
>>> THE VACCINE EFFORT
RAMPING UP ACROSS THE STATE
WITH A NEW TIMELINE AND NEW
MASS VACCINATION SITE.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED
TO KNOW TO PLAN YOUR SHOT.
>>> PLUS, MICHAEL FOY THE
WIXOM MAN ACCUSED OF BEING
ONE OF THE MOST VIOLENT
PARTICIPANTS IN THE SIEGE ON
CAPITOL HILL IS DUE IN COURT
THIS AFTERNOON.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT.
>>> BUT WE BEGIN WITH
BREAKING NEWS FROM LINCOLN
PARK.
STATE POLICE HAVE ISSUED AN
ALERT FOR A MISSING
7-YEAR-OLD GIRL THAT MAY BE
IN DANGER.
JESSICA MILLER LAST SEEN TWO
WEEKS AGO WITH HER MOTHER
38-YEAR-OLD KIMBERLY
MICHELLE MILLER.
POLICE SAY HER MOTHER IS A
KNOWN DRUG ABUSER AND
SUFFERS FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA.
JESSICA WAS LAST SEEN
WEARING A T-SHIRT, BLUE
JEANS AND RED NIKE SHOES.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION
ON THEIR WHEREABOUTS CALL
POLICE IMMEDIATELY.
>>> ALSO BREAKING AT THIS
NOON TIME, TWO MEN CHARGED
WITH ASSAULTING BRIAN
SICKNICK THE U.S. CAPITOL
POLICE OFFICER WHO DIED
AFTER THE JANUARY 6TH
INSURRECTION.
THE MEN ARE NOT CHARGED
INCIES DEATH.
HE WAS CAPITOL POLICE
PREVIOUSLY SAID SICKNICK WAS
"INJURED WHILE PHYSICALLY
ENGAGING."
BUT AN AUTOPSY AND
TOXICOLOGY REPORT HAS NOT
BEEN COMPLETED.
>>> AND SPEAKING OF THE
DEADLY CAPITOL HILL
INSURRECTION, MICHAEL FOY,
THE WIXOM MAN ACCUSED OF
BEING ONE OF THE MOST
VIOLENT PARTICIPANTS IN THE
SIEGE IS DUE IN COURT THIS
AFTERNOON.
HE’S ACCUSED OF BEATING A
POLICE OFFICER WITH A HOCKEY
STICK.
AS NICK MONACELLI TELLS US,
HIS ATTORNEY IS ASKING FOR
HIS RELEASE.
>> Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON,
WE’RE ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY NOW
FROM THIS HEARING IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
MICHAEL FOY’S DEFENSE
ATTORNEY SAYING HE IS NOT A
THREAT HE SHOULD BE ALLOWED
TO GO.
BUT PROSECUTORS FILED NEW
PAPERWORK SAYING NO, WE
DON’T THINK SO.
30-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL FOY HAS
BEEN LOCKED UP IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. SINCE HE
WAS ARRESTED AT HIS WIXOM
CONDO IN LATE JANUARY.
COURT DOCUMENTS SAY FOY
TRAVELLED TO D.C. TO ATTEND
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S RALLY AND
THEN MOVE TO THE CAPITOL.
THE FEDS SAY DURING THE
INSURRECTION, HE THE MOST
VIOLENT OF ALL THE
PARTICIPANTS.
USING A HOCKEY STICK TO BEAT
OFFICERS WHICH WAS RECORDED
ON BODY CAM.
BUT HIS ATTORNEY IS ARGUING
FOY WAS TRYING TO PROTECT
OTHERS CITING THAT BODY CAM
FOOTAGE WHERE PEOPLE WERE
SCREAMING THAT POLICE WERE
INADVERTENTLY TRAMPLING AND
KILLING A WOMAN THERE.
WHILE ARGUING FOR FOY TO BE
ALLOWED BOND, HE ATTORNEY
WRITES, ON JANUARY 6TH, WHEN
PEOPLE WERE BEING CRUSHED AT
HIS FEET HE ACTED IN DEFENSE
OF THOSE OTHERS.
HE SAW INDIVIDUALS IN
IMMINENT DANGER OF BODILY
HARM AND USED A REASONABLE
AMOUNT OF FORCE TO PROTECT
AND DEFEND THOSE PEOPLE WHO
WERE BEING TRAMPLED.
THE FILING ALSO DISCUSS FOY
HAVING A RECENT DIAGNOSIS OF
PTSD FROM HIS TIME IN THE
MARINES.
THERE ARE ALSO DOZENS OF
LETTERS SUPPORTING FOY.
ONE FROM HIS FATHER WRITING,
I KNOW FOR A FACT MY SON DID
NOT GO THERE WITH ANY ILL
INTENT TO DO ANYONE ANY
HARM.
I TRULY BELIEVE EMOTIONS AND
BAD DECISIONS WERE THE
RECIPE FOR THE DAY.
SO PLEASE DON’T LET ONE DAY
DEFINE MY SON.
I LOVE HIM DEARLY AND NEED
HIM.
>> Reporter: FEDERAL
PROSECUTORS SEE IT
DIFFERENTLY.
IN NEW COURT DOCUMENTS FILED
BEFORE THE WEEKEND, THEY SAY
FOY BEAT POLICE OFFICERS
REPEATEDLY WITH A HOCKEY
STICK AND THE CLAIMS OF
TRYING TO HELP OTHERS FALL
SHORT.
WRITING HE IS SEEN
ENCOURAGING OTHER RIOTERS TO
ASSAULT THE OFFICERS AS WELL
TO JOIN HIM WHEN HE CRAWLED
THROUGH A DESTROYED WINDOW
AND INTO THE CAPITOL OF THE
UNITED STATES WEAPON IN
HAND.
FOY’S ATTORNEY ALSO SAID
THAT THEY BELIEVE HIS PTSD
MAY HAVE TRIGGERED SOME OF
HIS ACTIONS DURING THAT
INSURRECTION AND AGAIN THEY
DON’T BELIEVE HE’S A FLIGHT
RISK NOR A DANGER TO OTHERS.
WE’LL SEE WHAT THE JUDGE HAS
TO SAY HERE IN ABOUT AN
HOUR.
I’M NICK MONACELLI, LOCAL 4.
>> SOUTHFIELD POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING A DEADLY
STABBING.
IT HAPPENED THIS MORNING AT
THE LANCASTER HILLS
APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR 12
MILE AND TELEGRAPH.
OFFICER REPORTED TO ASSAULT
OF A DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
STABBING.
A 27-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS TAKEN
TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED
FROM HIS INJURIES.
HIS 22-YEAR-OLD GIRLFRIEND
WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
>>> WELL, LET’S TURN OUR
ATTENTION NOW TO THE
CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS.
THE UNITED STATES PASSES
29,440,000 CORONAVIRUS CASES
MORE THAN 534,000 PEOPLE
HAVE DIED FROM THE VIRUS.
THESE ARE NUMBERS FROM THE
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
DATABASE.
NOW HERE AT HOME, WE EXPECT
AN UPDATE ON THE STATE’S
NUMBERS.
THIS AFTERNOON, IT’S GOING
TO BE A TWO DAY TOTAL
SUNDAYS AND TODAYS NUMBERS.
IN THE MEANTIME STATE IS
EXPANDING VACCINE ELIGIBLITY
STARTING MARCH 22nd ADULTS
16 TO 49 ARE ELIGIBLE IF
THEY HAVE CERTAIN MEDICAL
CONDITIONS.
THEN ON APRIL 5th, ALL
MICHIGANDERS AGE 16 AND UP
ARE GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE.
MACOMB COUNTY IS AHEAD OF
SCHEDULE.
WE POSTED ALL OF THE
INFORMATION YOU NEED TO MAKE
YOUR APPOINTMENTS AT
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
>>> THERE’S ALSO GOING TO BE
A REGIONAL VACCINE HUB AT
FORD FIELD WHICH CAN
VACCINATE UP TO 6500 PEOPLE
A DAY AS WE WAIT FOR MORE
PEOPLE TO BE VACCINATED.
DOCTORS FAUCI IS ASKING
AMERICANS TO KEEP FOLLOWING
PERSONAL SAFETY MEASURES.
WARNING THE U.S. IS
VULNERABLE TO ANOTHER
CORONAVIRUS SURGE.
>> WE CAN AVOID THAT IF WE
CONTINUE TO VACCINATE PEOPLE,
GET MORE AND MORE PROTECTION
WITHOUT ALL OF A SUDDEN
PULLING BACK ON PUBLIC
HEALTH MEASURES.
>> IN THE MEANTIME, IN TEXAS,
IT’S TIME FOR SPRING BREAK
ON SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND
FOR SOME IT’S TIME TO GO
MASK FREE.
THE STATE’S GOVERNOR
REPEALED THE STATEWIDE MASK
MANDATE AND IS ALLOWING
BUSINESSES TO OPERATE AT
FULL CAPACITY.
SPRING BREAKERS ALREADY ARE
READY TO PARTY BUT AS JAY
GRAY REPORTS SOME LOCAL
HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE MASKLESS
CROWDS.
>> Reporter: WELL, RIGHT NOW
WE’VE GOT STILL A PRETTY
HEAVY FOG OVER THE ISLAND
AND OVERCAST.
IT’S GOING TO BE OVERCAST
THROUGHOUT THE DAY BUT IT
SHOULDN’T SLOW DOWN THE
CROWDS WHICH HAVE BEEN
SHOWING UP HERE OVER THE
WEEKEND IN WHAT WILL
CONTINUE AS WE EXPECT
THROUGH SPRING BREAK.
WHAT ARE WE SEEING WE’RE NOT
SEEING A BUNCH OF MASKS OR A
LOT OF SOCIAL DISTANCING ON
THE BEACH.
HAVE YOU A LOT OF KIDS HERE
ENJOYING THEIR SPRING BREAK.
FAMILIES AS WELL MAKING THE
TRIP OUT SAYING THEY NEED TO
GET OUT AND THEY’RE READY TO
GO.
OF COURSE, THE STATE OF
TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT
DROPPED THE MASK MANDATE AS
WELL AS ANY RESTRICTIONS
WITH REGARD TO COVID-19 JUST
AHEAD OF SPRING BREAK.
THAT’S GOT SOME WORRIED
ABOUT WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN
AS A RESULT OF THE CROWDS.
>> I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE
COVID.
BUT BEING OUTSIDE WITH THE
SUN AND EVERYTHING YOU KNOW,
IT HELPS OUT A LOT.
I DON’T REALLY AGREE WITH
THE GOVERNOR’S DECISION
RIGHT NOW.
THE BEACH IS COMING BACK TO
LIFE.
THE TOWN IS COMING BACK TO
LIFE.
WE’RE HAVING SOME FUN OUT
HERE.
RESTRICTIONS AREN’T SO CRAZY,
YOU KNOW EVERYBODY IS JUST
KIND OF RELAXED.
>> SO LOOK OF COURSE THE
REAL CONCERN HERE IS
TWO-FOLD.
FIRST, WILL THERE BE SOME
TYPE OF SPIKE IN INFECTIONS
FROM THE ISLAND AFTER SPRING
BREAK IS OVER.
ALSO, WILL SOME OF THE
STUDENTS AS THEY GET BACK TO
THEIR CAMPUSES TO WHEREVER
THEY’RE GOING AND THE
FAMILIES TO GET BACK INTO
THEIR COMMUNITIES WILL THEY
HELP TO SPREAD THE VIRUS.
EVERYONE IS WATCHING THAT
VERY CLOSELY AS THE PARTY
CONTINUES HERE ON FAD RE
ISLAND.
THAT’S THE LATEST HERE -- ON
PADRE ISLAND.
THAT’S THE LATEST HERE IN
TEXAS, I’M JAY GRAY BACK TO
YOU.
>>> IN THE MEANTIME THE
TIGERS OPENING DAY IS APRIL
1st.
RIGHT NOW ONLY 1,000 FANS
ARE GOING TO BE ALLOWED IN
TO ENJOY THE ACTION.
BUT TODAY SEVERAL REPUBLICAN
LAWMAKERS ARE CALLING ON
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER TO
INCREASE THAT CAPACITY.
>> WE’RE CALLING ON GOVERNOR
WHITMER TO DO THE RIGHT
THING AND INCREASE CAPACITY
AT OPENING DAY AND, OF
COURSE, TO SAFELY REOPEN THE
STATE AND ALLOW OUR SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS AND
ENTREPRENEURS TO RETURN TO A
SENSE OF NORMALCY.
>> AND THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE
IS RESPONDING THIS
AFTERNOON.
THEY RELEASED A STATEMENT
THAT READS IN PART "IN THE
LEAD UP TO OPENING DAY THE
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
HAS BEEN IN CLOSE DISCUSSION
WITH THE TIGERS AND TEAM AT
COMERICA PARK TO FIND A SAFE
PATH FORWARD TO EXPAND
CAPACITY LIMITS AT THE
STADIUM.
GIVEN OUR SUCCESS DURING THE
PAUSE TO SAVE LIVES, AND
EXPANSION OF VACCINE
ELIGIBLITY WE FEEL CONFIDENT
THAT OUR STATE IS MAKING
TREMENDOUS STRIDES TO GET
BACK TO NORMAL AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE."
>>> THE I.R.S. SAYS SOME
ELIGIBLE AMERICANS HAVE
ALREADY GOTTEN THEIR $1400
STIMULUS PAYMENTS BUT DON’T
WORRY IF YOU HAVEN’T
RECEIVED YOURS YET.
IN THE COMING WEEKS MORE
BATCHES OF PAYMENTS WILL BE
SENT VIA DIRECT DEPOSIT AND
THROUGH THE MAIL AS A CHECK
OR DEBIT CARD.
STARTING TODAY YOU CAN ALSO
CHECK THE STATUS OF YOUR
PAYMENT BY GOING TO THE
I.R.S. GET MY PAYMENT
ON-LINE TOOL.
IN THE MEANTIME, PRESIDENT
BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO
ANNOUNCE JEAN SPERLING WILL
OVERSEE THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE COVID RELIEF.
NOW SOURCES SAY WHAT
SPERLING’S JOB WILL BE TO
GET THE MONEY OUT THE DOOR
AND PARTNER WITH THE STATE
AND LOCAL OFFICIALS WHO ARE
GOING TO RECEIVE IT.
HE’S ALSO GOING TO BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING
THAT THEY DON’T MISMANAGE
THE FUNDS.
>>> WHILE BIG CHANGES TAKE
EFFECT TODAY FOR BUS RIDERS
IN METRO DETROIT.
DDOT AND SMART WILL RESUME
COLLECTING FARES AND ARE
GOING TO ALLOW MORE RIDERS.
NEW BARERS HAVE BEEN PUT
UNINSIDE THE BUS TO THE
SEPARATE RIDE AND ALL RIDERS
MUST WEAR MASKS.
THERE’S CAPACITY LIMITS FOR
BUS SYSTEMS.
20 RIDERS FOR STANDARD BUSES,
26 RIDERS FOR ARTICULATED
BUSES AND CORONAVIRUS
VACCINES HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE
FOR DRIVERS FOR WEEKS NOW.
>>> WELL, WE’RE TURNING OUR
ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER.
AS WE LOOK LIVE AT OUR
CAMERAS OUTSIDE OF THE
SKYCAM IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL
BUT BRANDON SEEING UH-OH,
LOOK OUT COULD BE TROUBLE
TONIGHT, RIGHT, BRANDON?
>> OFTENTIMES THOSE HIGH
CLOUDS STREAMING IN ARE
AHEAD OF A STORM.
AND THAT IS THE CASE, ROD.
IT’S ALSO A LITTLE CHILLY
OUT THERE WHICH MAKES THE
INCOMING STORM A LITTLE
QUESTIONABLE.
WHAT WILL IT BE?
WELL, COULD BE A LITTLE BIT
OF EVERYTHING.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THESE
WINDS COMING OFF OF THE BIG
FLAKES LAKES ON THE EAST
SIDE SEVEN TO 17 MILES PER
HOUR SO TEMPS IN THE LOWER
30s STILL FEEL LIKE TEENS
AND LOW 20s AND YOU’RE
HEADING OUT AND ABOUT.
WE SEE THESE MIDDLE UPPER
30s THROUGH THE DAY WITH
INCREASING CLOUDS.
THE WINDS ALSO GUSTING 15 TO
20 OR 25.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF A BITE IN
THE AIR AND SOME OF THE
CLOUDS STREAMING IN ARE ALSO
GIVING WAY TO A LITTLE BIT
OF SUNSHINE.
BUT THERE IS MORE AND MORE
CLOUD COVER COMING.
ROD, COMING UP WE WILL TIME
OUT THIS STORM.
IT’S A BATTLE OF THE WET
WEATHER VERSUS THE DRY
WEATHER OVER OUR STATE WHICH
HASN’T REALLY SEEN ANYTHING
FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH YET.
COMING UP.
>> LOOK FORWARD TO THAT
FORECAST FROM YOU A LITTLE
BIT LATER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> IN THE MEANTIME, THE
VATICAN DECREES THAT THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH CANNOT BLESS
SAME-SEX UNIONS SINCE GOD
"CANNOT BLESS SIN."
NOW THE DECREE UPHOLDS THAT
THE CHURCH SHOULD WELCOME
AND BLESS GAY PEOPLE BUT NOT
THEIR UNIONS.
CATHOLIC TEACHING HOLDS THAT
MARRIAGE A LIFELONG UNION
BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN IS
PART OF GOD’S PLAN AND IS
INTENDED FOR THE SAKE OF
CREATING NEW LIFE.
OFFICIALS SAY THAT SINCE GAY
UNIONS ARE NOT INTENDED TO
BE PART OF THAT PLAN THEY
CANNOT BE BLESSED BY THE
CHURCH.
>>> WELL, STILL TO COME, THE
2021 OSCAR NOMINATIONS ARE
ANNOUNCED.
HOW HISTORY IS BEING MADE
AND HOW ONE METRO DETROITER