OR NEWS STARTS NOW WITH BREAKING NEWS ALERT. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M KAREN. TRUE WE BEGIN FIRST AND
FOUR WITH SOME TRAGIC BREAKING
NEWS. THE SEARCH FOR A PIONEER
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. HAS ENDED
WITH THE DISCOVERY OF HER BODY
ON SCHOOL PROPERTY 15 YEAR OLD
ADRIANA DAVIDSON OF SEO TOWNSHIP
WAS REPORTED MISSING ON FRIDAY
AFTER SHE DIDN’T RETURN HOME
FROM SCHOOL ENFORCEMENT SOURCES
CONFIRMED A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR
AGO. DAVIDSON BODY HAD BEEN
FOUND AT PIONEER HIGH SCHOOL’S
FOOTBALL STADIUM. SOURCES TELL
US FOUL PLAY IS NOT SUSPECTED IN
OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY
HAS RESIGNED AMID REPORTS THAT
HE FAILED TO COMPLETE A SEARCH
FOR A PONTIAC MOTHER AND HER TWO
CHILDREN WHO WERE LATER FOUND
FROZEN TO DEATH OUTDOORS. THE
TRAGIC DISCOVERY OF MONICA
KENNEDY AND HER SONS, AGES THREE
AND NINE HAPPENED SUNDAY,
JANUARY 15TH TWO DAYS EARLIER,
THE OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S
OFFICE GOT A CALL ABOUT A WOMAN
AND CHILDREN WALKING IN PONTIAC
WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING. FOR
THOSE COLD CONDITIONS AT THE
TIME. THE WOMAN HAD REFUSED HELP
EARLIER IN THE DAY, BUT A DEPUTY
WAS DISPATCHED TO CHECK THE AREA
. ACCORDING TO SHERIFF BASHAR,
THE DEPUTY DID NOT COMPLETELY
SEARCHED THE AREA AS HE WAS
EXPECTED TO THE DEPUTY WAS PUT
UNDER INVESTIGATION, BUT THERE’S
BEEN NOTHING MORE FROM THE
SHERIFF’S OFFICE. STRETCH OF
WESTBOUND 9 94 IN WASHINGTON
COUNTY IS BACK OPEN FOLLOWING A
SERIOUS CHAIN REACTION ACCIDENT
INVOLVING SEMI TRUCKS. THIS WAS
THE SCENE THIS MORNING AS
TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP BEHIND
THAT CRASH ON I 94 AT M 52 NEAR
CHELSEA. HERE’S A CLOSER LOOK AT
WHAT HAPPENED. YOU CAN SEE ONE
OF THE SEMI TRUCKS JACKKNIFED,
WHICH THEN CAUSED TO OTHER SEMI
TRUCKS AND THREE SMALLER
VEHICLES TO CRASH. THIS IMAGE
SHOWS THE CRUMPLED SEMI CAB FROM
WHICH THE WASHINGTON COUNTY
TECHNICAL RESCUE TEAM HAD TO
CAREFULLY EXTRACT THE DRIVER. HE
IS HOSPITALIZED IN CRITICAL
CONDITION AWAITING WORD ON THE
CONDITIONS OF OTHERS INVOLVED.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH,
SUSIE MERCHANT HAS BEEN RELEASED
FROM A LANSING HOSPITAL
FOLLOWING A SINGLE CAR CRASH
THAT FORCED HER TO MISS
YESTERDAY’S GAME IN ILLINOIS.
THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED SATURDAY
MORNING UNIVERSITY DESCRIBED IT
AS MINOR AND SAYS IT WAS CAUSED
BY A MEDICAL INCIDENT IN A TWEET
TODAY, MSU SAID, MERCHANT IS
RESTING AT HOME. THERE’S NO WORD
ON WHEN SHE MIGHT RETURN TO
COACHING MERCHANT HAS BEEN
COACHING AN S U SINCE 2007. AND
NOW FOR OUR FIRST LOOK AT THE
FOREWARN FORECAST. LET’S BRING
IN KIM AS WE START OUR WORK
WEEK. HOW ARE THINGS SHAPING UP?
WELL, WE’VE GOT AN ARCTIC BLAST
COMING IN, AND IT’S JUST THAT
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT DROPPING
DOWN INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS, SO
THE SNOW WE HAVE ON THE GROUND
RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO STICK
AROUND FOR A WHILE. RIGHT NOW.
TEMPERATURES IN THE TWENTIES,
WHICH ISN’T TOO BAD, BUT WE’VE
HAD A FEW FLURRIES OUT THERE
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. THOSE
ARE STARTING TO WIND DOWN ITS
THE TEMPERATURES THAT HAVE OUR
FOCUS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 25
IN MOUNT CLEMENS IS THE CURRENT
TEMPERATURE 21. ONE IN PONTIAC.
24 METRO AIRPORT, BUT THE WIND
CHILLS IT FEELS LIKE IT’S EIGHT
ABOVE ZERO AND PONTIAC 13 IN
MOUNT CLEMENS AND METRO 10 AND
ANN ARBOR. THE CURRENT WINDCHILL
IN HOWELL IS 10 AND ONLY FIVE IN
FLINT. OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, AND
TOMORROW MORNING TEMPERATURES
ARE GOING TO BE DROPPING DOWN
INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND
WINDCHILLS WILL BE WELL BELOW
ZERO. WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT
COMING UP IN THE FORECAST. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU. KIM, ANOTHER
MEMPHIS POLICE OFFICER IS
RELIEVED OF DUTY AND CONNECTION
TO THE DEADLY BEATING OF TYREE
NICHOLS. IT IS THE SIXTH OFFICER
TO FACE DISCIPLINE. THE FIVE WHO
WERE SEEN ON VIDEO VICIOUSLY
BEATING NICHOLS WERE FIRED AND
NOW FACE SECOND DEGREE MURDER
CHARGES. KIMBERLY GAIL IN THE
NEWS AND WITH THE VERY LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS. KIM KAREN. GOOD
AFTERNOON. THE OFFICER’S NAME IS
PRESTON HIM, PHIL. THE MEMPHIS
POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT
REVEALING WHAT ROLE HEMPEL HAD
IN THE ARREST. WE DO KNOW,
THOUGH, AFTER THE INCIDENT ON
JANUARY, 7TH UNTIL WAS RELIEVED
OF DUTY BUT WAS NOT FIRED. THE
DEPARTMENT SAYS. THAT’S WHY THE
DISCIPLINARY ACTION WAS NOT
DISCLOSED. UNTIL NOW, HIS
ATTORNEY SAYS ONE OF THE VIDEOS
SHOWN IN THE VIDEO, ONE OF THE
VIDEOS SHOWN RELEASED FRIDAY
CAME FROM HINTON’S BODY CAMERA.
THE ATTORNEY ALSO SAID HIM PHIL
WAS AT THE SCENE FIRST, BUT NOT
AT THE SECOND SCENE AFTERNOON,
NICHOLS RAN TO A DIFFERENT
LOCATION. NICHOLS STEPFATHER,
THOUGH, SAID ON SATURDAY IN HIS
OPINION, ANY OF THE SEVERAL
OFFICERS WHO STOOD BY AND FAILED
TO RENDER AID OR JUST AS
CULPABLE AS THE FIVE WHO HAVE
ALREADY BEEN FIRED. THE FIVE
FIRED OFFICERS WERE PART OF A
SPECIAL UNIT TARGETING VIOLENT
CRIMINALS IN CERTAIN AREAS. THE
SO CALLED SCORE PEON UNIT HAS
BEEN DISBANDED IN MEMPHIS. BUT
NOW NATIONALLY, THERE ARE
QUESTIONS OVER WHETHER THESE
TYPES OF SPECIAL UNITS SHOULD
EXIST AT ALL. WE GOT TO
DISMANTLE THESE SYSTEMS THAT
ALLOWED POLICE OFFICERS TO THE
HUMANIZE INDIVIDUALS. UNITS
DON’T CREATE ABUSE. ABUSIVE
BEHAVIOR CREATES ABUSE. YOU CAN
BE ASSIGNED TO UNIFORM PATROL IF
YOU DON’T HAVE THE RIGHT MINDSET
FOR PUBLIC PROTECTION, AND I
THINK THE NOBILITY OF BEING A
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THEN YOU
SHOULD NOT BE ASSIGNED IN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT. FUNERAL
SERVICES FOR TYREE NICHOLS,
SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEDNESDAY IN
MEMPHIS WILL HAVE MORE WHEN YOU
JOIN US FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT
FIVE. UNTIL THEN, KAREN WILL
SEND IT BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, KIM. STUDENTS RETURN
TO CLASS TODAY AT THE VIRGINIA
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE A SIX
YEAR OLD ALLEGEDLY SHOT HIS
TEACHER INSIDE A CLASSROOM
CHILDREN FACED NEW SAFETY
PROTOCOLS AS THEIR PARENTS
DROPPED THEM OFF AT RICHNESS
ELEMENTARY IN NEWPORT NEWS TO
METAL DETECTORS WERE INSTALLED
AND CHILDREN WERE REQUIRED TO
ARRIVE WITHOUT A BACKPACK
BECAUSE THE SCHOOL PLAN TO
PROVIDE THEM WITH CLEAR ONES.
POLICE WERE ON CAMPUS TO ASSIST
WITH THE TRANSITION. THAT WAS A
GREAT MORNING. YOU KNOW, TO SEE
THE KIDS COME BACK. WE GOT TO
SEE SOME OF THEM COME BACK LAST
WEDNESDAY AND TALK TO THEIR
PARENTS A LITTLE BIT. BUT WE SAW
THE KIDS COME IN TODAY, AND
THERE WAS A LOT OF SMILES. A LOT
OF HIGH FIVES FROM FIST BUMPS
GOING ON. WE HAD A LOT OF
OFFICERS HERE. I DIDN’T WANT IT
TO BE OVERWHELMING. BUT ONE OF
THOSE KIDS THAT WE SUPPORT THEM
AS WELL AS THE FACULTY AND
STAFF. FIRST GRADE TEACHER.
ABBY’S WARNER WAS RELEASED FROM
THE HOSPITAL AFTER BEING SHOT
AND CRITICALLY INJURED ON
JANUARY 6TH. THE CORONAVIRUS
REMAINS A GLOBAL HEALTH
EMERGENCY, BUT THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION SAYS THE PANDEMIC
IS AT A TRANSITION POINT. THE W
H O, ALONG WITH ITS ADVISORY
COMMITTEE MET TO DISCUSS IF THE
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
DECLARATION SHOULD CONTINUE.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS URGED THE W. H
O TO MAINTAIN THE GLOBAL FOCUS
ON COVID AFTER THE EMERGENCY
DECLARATION IS LIFTED. THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED
INCORPORATING VACCINES INTO
ROUTINE CARE CONTINUES STRONG
HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS AND ALSO
CONTINUING TO FIGHT
MISINFORMATION. UNITED STATES
STILL REMAINS UNDER ITS OWN
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, MOST
RECENTLY RENEWED EARLIER THIS
MONTH. THE SUPER BOWL IS SET THE
CHIEFS IN EAGLE SQUARE OFF IN
TWO WEEKS, AND THERE ARE ALREADY
PLENTY OF STORYLINES. ONE OF
THEM INVOLVES THE MATCHUP OF THE
TWO QUARTERBACKS PATRICK MAHOMES
AND JALEN HURTS, SO WHEN THEY
TAKE THE FIELD, A LONGSTANDING
NFL BARRIER WILL BE BROKEN.
TUBMAN JOINS US LIVE THIS
AFTERNOON TO TELL US A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, PAULA HEY,
KAREN. HI EVERYBODY. YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU KNOW, YOU SAID IT’S
STORYLINES. I MEAN, THESE KINDS
OF ATHLETIC EVENTS OFTEN HAVE
STORYLINES. BUT THIS PARTICULAR
SUPER BOWL CHOCKED FULL OF
STORYLINES. BROTHERS AGAINST
BROTHERS HAVE THOUGHT, OF COURSE
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE KELSEY
BROTHERS. FIRST TIME TWO
BROTHERS WILL EVER FACE OFF
AGAINST EACH OTHER AT A SUPER
BOWL AND THEN BROTHER AGAINST
BROTHER WITH THESE TWO BLACK
QUARTERBACKS WHO WILL BE
STARTING IN FACING OFF AGAINST
EACH OTHER, AND THAT ONE IS
REALLY CREATING SOME GOOSE BUMP
MOMENTS. GOOD SUPER BOWL, BABY.
THAT’S SUPER BOWL 21 25 SIN
FLASH BOTH OF HIS SUPER BOWL
RINGS FROM HIS TIME WITH THE NEW
YORK GIANTS, AND HE HAS MOVED TO
TEARS WHEN HE THINKS ABOUT THE
HISTORY BEING MADE BY
QUARTERBACKS. JALEN HURTS THE
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AND PATRICK
MAHOMES OF THE KANSAS CITY
CHIEFS TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW,
I’M VERY EMOTIONAL, VERY
EMOTIONAL. RIGHT NOW. IT’S YOU
KNOW? TO ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, IT’S REALLY, REALLY,
REALLY. YOU KNOW, LIFE.
IMPACTING HE BELIEVES THAT THIS
IS HISTORY THAT NEEDS TO BE
TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE BARRIERS
ARE STILL BEING BROKEN. HE HAS
SEEN THE STING OF RACISM FROM
THE INSIDE. WHEN COACHES ONCE
SAID BLACKS DIDN’T HAVE THE
ACUMEN TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN
BLOCK WHEN IT CAME TO GUYS WHO
WHO WERE SUCCESSFUL AFRICAN
AMERICANS WHO WERE SUCCESSFUL IN
COLLEGE. AND THEY DIDN’T GET THE
OPPORTUNITY AND FL AT ALL. AND
THEY WERE, THEY WERE ASKED THEM
TO, UM TO CHANGE THEIR POSITION
AND THE HIDDEN WHO PLAYED FOR
THE GIANTS, AND HE WAS A BIG
TIME QUARTERBACK COMING OUT OF
NORTH CAROLINA. AND BUT WHEN HE
WENT TO CLEMSON, THEN MOVED HIM
FROM QUARTERBACK TO OUTSIDE
LINEBACKER. AND THAT HAPPENS ALL
THE TIME. I BELIEVE IT’S A
HISTORIC MOMENT. BUT LOOKING
INTO IT. I DON’T REALLY CARE
ABOUT WHO PLAYS AND WHAT RACE
THEY ARE. LONG AS THEY YOU KNOW,
A GOOD TEAM. AMAZING TO BE ABLE
TO SEE SOMEBODY ON TV THAT LOOKS
LIKE ME WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
I THINK IT’S REALLY RELEVANT.
IT’S RELEVANT THAT YOU KNOW
THEY’RE PROBABLY SHOULD BE MORE
BLACK HEAD COACHES TO WOULD THAT
BE INSIDE, SO I THINK THEY RUN
RUN TOGETHER. SO YEAH, I THINK
IT’S AWESOME. WE WENT TO
TOMLINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE
WESTWOOD COMMUNITY SCHOOL
DISTRICT IN INKSTER. ONCE A
MONTH THEY ACTUALLY MEET WITH
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES AND
BUSINESS. PEOPLE WHO GIVE HANDS
ON MENTORING AND LEE RUSIN IS
ONE OF THOSE MENTORS. WAS YOU
BORN CHOOSING HIS NONPROFIT?
MOVE YOUR CHAINS AND TWO BLACK
QUARTERBACKS GOING HEAD TO HEAD
TO THESE KIDS. IS MORE THAN A
GAME TO THEM TO THE SUPER BOWL
TASTE TAKES PLACE IN BLACK
HISTORY MONTH AND THAT’S GONNA
BE A BIG MILESTONE IN HISTORY IS
MORE THAN IT MOTIVATES YOU
BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEE LIKE, HEY,
IT’S TOO BLACK QUARTERBACKS. I’M
I DON’T WANT TO BE THAT ONE DAY
DETROIT LINE DEVIN FUNCHESS HAS
PLAYED IN A SUPER BOWL GAME WHEN
HE WAS WITH THE CAROLINA
PANTHERS IN SUPER BOWL 50 IN
2015 AGAINST THE BRONCOS. AND HE
SAYS, THIS IS WAY MORE THAN JUST
ABOUT FOOTBALL. ALL THE BEARS
AND TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON
WHAT? WHAT WHAT THE STANDARD IS
RIGHT NOW AND JUST KEEP IT. KEEP
IT GOING FORWARD. WE’RE GETTING
TO THAT POINT IN THE WORLD.
WE’RE MAKING THAT TRANSITION TO
BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS. YEAH
YOU KNOW, KAREN EVERY TIME AND I
DO A LOT AS YOU KNOW, I DO A LOT
OF THESE FIRSTS STORIES, AND
EVERY TIME I DO THAT STORY, CUE
THE NOISE. CUE THE AIRPLANE.
SORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT EVERY TIME
I DO ONE OF THESE STORIES, I DO
ASK THE SAME QUESTION. WHEN DO
WE STOP DOING STORIES ON FIRST,
AND I USUALLY GET THE GENERAL
ANSWER PRETTY MUCH THE SAME
ANSWER. WHEN THERE ARE NO MORE
BARRIERS TO BE BROKEN, AND THERE
AREN’T SO MANY OF THESE KINDS OF
FIRST PEOPLE ARE JUST TAKING
POSITIONS BECAUSE OF TALENT. SO
I GUESS THAT’S WHAT WILL STOP
DOING STORIES OF FIRST. THIS
ISN’T ONE OF THEM. KAREN YOU
KNOW WHAT I AGREE, PAUL. IT
WOULD BE NICE NOT TO HAVE TO DO
THOSE STORIES OF FIRST. BUT AT
THE SAME TIME IT IS. IT IS A
GOOD STORY TO CELEBRATE AS WELL
TODAY, SO WE DO APPRECIATE IT.
ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT TO TELL.
YES, VERY IMPORTANT. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, PAULA. WELL SPEAKING
OF THE SUPER BOWL. IF YOU’RE
HOSTING A PARTY FOR THE BIG
GAME, YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED HOW
MUCH LESS POPULAR GAME DAY FOODS
WILL COST YOU THIS YEAR. WE’LL
TALK ABOUT THAT. PLUS WHEN COVID
19 SHUT DOWN SCHOOLS SWITCHING
OVER TO REMOTE LEARNING, IT WAS
REALLY TOUGH, WASN’T IT? WELL,
NOW THERE’S SOME NEW RESEARCH
QUANTIFYING HOW MUCH OF A NORMAL
SCHOOL YEAR STUDENTS ACTUALLY
LOST IN TERMS OF LEARNING. AND
WHICH SUBJECT AREA WAS IMPACTED