>> AFTER A DISASTROUS DAY THAT
HAD DRIVERS WAITING FOR HOURS TO
CROSS THE BORDER, THE GOVERNMENT
OF CANADA AND BORDER UNIONS
REACHED A DEAL.
>> AND DESPITE THE UPSETS THE
USA BASKETBALL TEAM COMING HOME
WITH A GOLD MEDAL.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE TEAM THAT
MANY THOUGHT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN.
>> GET READY FOR A HUMID DAY AND
POSSIBLE STORMS.
>> LOOKING STAGNANT OUTSIDE THIS
MORNING.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THAT’S A GREAT WORD FOR IT.
>> PAUL, NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE
ON THE WEEKENDS.
>> IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY HAS COME
ROARING BACK ON SCHEDULE.
WE TOLD YOU GET READY THIS
WEEKEND IS COMING BACK.
YOU GET MORE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AND WE’VE HAD A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
MOST OF US DIDN’T GET ONE BUT I
GOT ONE IN FARMINGTON HILLS AND
WE HAVE A DIMINISHING AREA OF
LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE AREA RIGHT
NOW.
THOSE WILL BE AROUND DURING THE
MORNING HOURS.
THEN AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE
DAY A POP UP AS WE WILL TALK
ABOUT IN A SECOND.
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60’S.
BUT THESE ARE DEW POINTS CLOSE
TO THE TEMPERATURE.
WHATEVER YOU HAVE PLANNED TODAY
GET SET TO SWEAT.
WE WILL BE IN THE 70s BY NOON.
MID-80s FOR A HIGH.
A SCATTERED SHOWER THIS MORNING.
PARTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON AND
A FEW POP UP STORMS.
KEEP AN EYE ON THE RADAR IF YOU
HAVE OUTDOOR PLANS.
AND WE DROP TO 80 DEGREES BY THE
EVENING.
I WILL BE BACK TO TALK ABOUT THE
REST OF THE FORECAST IN A FEW
MINUTES.
>> THANK YOU, PAUL.
WE BEGIN ALONG THE BORDER WHERE
WAIT TIMES ALONG THE BRIDGE
SPANNED HOURS.
>> DRIVERS SAT IDLING FOR OVER
4.5 HOURS.
THE MASSIVE DELAYS WAS BECAUSE
OF A STRIKE BY BORDER WORKERS.
>> IT APPEARS CANADIAN
GOVERNMENT AND UNION LEADERS
HAVE REACHED A DEAL.
>> A LATE NIGHT TENTATIVE DEAL
BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
AND UNIONS HOPEFULLY WILL PUT AN
END TO WHAT HAS BEEN A DAY LONG
TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE AT ALL OF OUR
BORDER CROSSINGS BETWEEN THE
U.S. AND CANADA.
>> IT HAS BEEN A LONG, SLOW
PAINFUL AFTERNOON AND EVENING
FOR ANYBODY TRYING TO CROSS INTO
CANADA FROM DETROIT.
>> I’VE BEEN TRUCK DRIVING FOR
18 YEARS AND NOTHING CLOSE TO
THIS.
IT’S KIND OF RIDICULOUS.
WE ALL HAVE TO GET HOME AT SOME
POINT.
>> FOR RYAN IT TOOK FOUR HOURS
TO GET TO THE TURN OFF TO MAKE HIS WAY TO THE TUNNEL.
HIS WAY TO THE TUNNEL.
CANADA’S BORDER AND STAFF HAVE
BEEN TRYING TO REACH A DEAL.
DETROIT POLICE MOBILIZED TO TRY
TO CLEAR THE TRAFFIC THAT
STARTED TO OVERTAKE JEFFERSON
AND BLOCK OFF CERTAIN STREETS TO
EASE THE CONGESTION BUT THE
COMMERCIAL TRUCK TRAFFIC IS AT A
STAND STILL AT THE AMBASSADOR
BRIDGE.
NOBODY IS GOING ANYWHERE FAST.
WE MET UP WITH NATALIE AS SHE
WAS STUCK IN LINE FOR FOUR
HOURS.
>> IF I GET HOME I WILL BE
PLEASED.
THAT’S WHERE I’M @ THE MOMENT.
MY AC BLEW ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO.
SO IF I CAN GET HOME TO AC,
THAT’S ALL I WANT.
>> IT IS UNCLEAR WITH THIS
TENTATIVE DEAL WHETHER THE
UNIONS ARE GOING TO RETURN TO
THEIR POST FULL STAFF STARTING
THIS MORNING.
BUT AFTER SEEING ALL OF THESE
PEOPLE TRAPPED IN TRAFFIC ALL
DAY YOU BETTER BELIEVE THEY HOPE
THEY DO.
>> NOW TO THE CORONAVIRUS.
MICHIGAN HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE
REPORTING A STEEP RISE IN CASES.
ON FRIDAY MICHIGAN REPORTED 3962
NEW CASES OVER THE PAST THREE
DAYS.
THAT’S AN AVERAGE OF 1300 CASES
A DAY.
SINCE JULY 6TH THE AVERAGE
NUMBER OF NEW CASES A DAY JUMPED
FROM 137 TO 938.
IN THE MEANTIME THE WHITE HOUSE
SAYS HALF OF U.S. POPULATION IS
FULLY VACCINATED AND THE FEDERAL
FREEZE ON STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS
HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH
JANUARY 2022.
IT WAS SET TO EXPIRE IN OCTOBER.
>> WE ALSO HAVE AN UPDATE ON A
COVID CASE WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING
OUT OF LIVONIA.
THAT’S WHERE CHUCK HAS BEEN IN
BAD SHAPE.
AS JASON REPORTS HE SLOWLY BUT
SURELY IMPROVED AND RETURNED TO
THE FAMILY THAT REFUSED TO GIVE
UP.
>> WATCHING CHUCK ROBERTSON
STRUGGLE TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE
IS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR HIS
DAUGHTERS SOPHIA, ALY, FAITH AND
HIS WIFE LISA.
THEY REFUSED TO LET HIM GO WHEN
THE DAYS ON A VENTILATOR HIT 50,
60, 70.
WHEN THEY THOUGHT HE NEEDED A
LUNG TRANSPLANT OR WHEN HE FELL
INTO THE COMA.
>> I HAD PEOPLE THAT STOOD UP TO
ADMINISTRATORS.
STOOD UP TO DOCTORS, STOOD UP TO
NURSES AND SAID WE ARE NOT GOING
TO DO IT TO HIM AND HERE I AM.
>> CHUCK CAME OUT OF THE COMA TO
FIND HE WAS IN A NEW HOSPITAL
AND TWO MONTHS HAD GONE BY.
HE WAS HAVING PANIC ATTACKS
BECAUSE HE WAS AFRAID TO FALL
BACK ASLEEP.
>> I WAS THIS CLOSE TO DEATH.
I NEVER GOT TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO
MY DAUGHTERS.
I NEVER GOT TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO
LISA.
EVERYTHING JUST KEPT PILING ON.
>> BUT HE KEPT IMPROVING MUCH TO
THE AMAZEMENT TO HIS DOCTORS.
HIS LUNGS SOMEHOW HEALED ON
THEIR OWN AND AFTER 131 DAYS AND
THREE HOSPITALS HE CAME HOME TO
LIVONIA.
>> UNTIL I GOT IN THE CAR TO
DRIVE HOME IT DIDN’T HIT AND I
CRIED.
I CRIED WHEN I GOT IN THE CAR.
AND IT WAS A LONG ROAD.
IT WAS A VERY LONG ROAD.
THESE GUYS AND EVERYBODY ELSE
JUST -- IT’S STILL OVERWHELMING.
>> HE’S LIVING BEARDED AGAIN AND
CHUCK IS NOW VACCINATED, TOO.
BUT HE WASN’T IN MARCH.
HE WAS HESITANT WHICH BRINGS HIM
TO HIS FIRST MESSAGE.
>> IF YOU HAVEN’T DONE IT, TRUST
ME.
YOU WANT TO DO IT.
>> AND THE SECOND.
>> I HOPE PEOPLE YOU KNOW, THEY
SEE THIS AND THEY JUST TAKE AWAY
DON’T GIVE UP.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE AN
ADVOCATE, FIGHT FOR HIM.
>> EVERY DAY CHUCK IS MAKING
PROGRESS.
HE’S NOT SURE HE WILL EVER MAKE
IT BACK TO 100% BUT AFTER
EVERYTHING HE’S OVERCOME HIS
TEAM OF ADVOCATES AS HE LIKES TO
CALL THEM SAYS DON’T COUNT HIM
OUT ON THAT EITHER.
>> I WOULD BE TOTALLY BETTING
FOR CHUCK.
I WOULDN’T COUNT HIM OUT OF
ANYTHING.
>> AND WHAT A MESSAGE TO GET
VACCINATED BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT IT’S LIKE UNTIL YOU
GET SICK.
>> AND YOU CAN TELL HOW MUCH
THEIR KIDS ADORE THEIR DAD.
NICE TO SEE HIM AT HOME AND
RECOVERING.
>> THE PANDEMIC IS CAUSING TRASH
TO PILE UP HOMES OUTSIDE METRO
DETROIT.
ONE NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR BRIGHTON
HASN’T SEEN THEIR TRASH PICKED
UP IN MORE THAN THREE WEEKS.
NEIGHBORS ARE FRUSTRATED WITH
THE MESS AND SAYS THE PILES OF
TRASH LEFT NEAR THEIR DRIVEWAYS
STINK.
>> THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO COME BY
MONDAY AND PICK IT UP AND THAT’S
WHAT WE DO IS CROSS OUR FINGERS.
I TRY NOT OH GO BY IT BECAUSE
THE SMELL -- IF YOU LIFT UP THE
TRASH CAN THE SMELL IS
OUTRAGEOUS.
>> GFL SAYS THE DELAYS ARE
BECAUSE IT’S SHORT STAFFED AND
IT HAS -- AS PEOPLE RETURN TO
WORK IT WILL IMPROVE HOPEFULLY
NEXT MONTH.
THE MAN WE TALKED TO SAYS CREWS
WERE OUT TO PICK UP HIS TRASH
YESTERDAY.
>> THE CONTROVERSY REGARDING
MANDATING COVID-19 FOR COLLEGE
STUDENTS REACHED THE SUPREME
COURT.
SOME STUDENTS AT INDIANA
UNIVERSITY ASKED THE HIGH COURT
TO BLOCK THE MANDATE AT THEIR
SCHOOL.
TWO LOWER COURTS ALLOWED INDIANA
UNIVERSITY TO PERCEIVE THE
MANDATE FOR THE FALL SEMESTER.
STUDENTS THAT DON’T COMPLY WILL
HAVE TO WITHDRAW.
WORKERS WILL LOSS THEIR JOBS.
THEY DO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO
DROP OUT DUE TO MEDICAL AND
RELIGIOUS REASONS BUT THEY MUST
WEAR A MASK AND BE TESTED TWICE
A WEEK.
>> WE HAVE A LOT MORE COMING UP.
>> WE WANT TO CHECK IN WITH PAUL
TO SEE WHEN THE STORMS COULD
ROLL THROUGH.
WE SEE GREEN OFF IN THE
DISTANCE.
>> WE HAVE TOO MUCH GREEN.
WE ARE STAYING AWAY FROM THE
COLOR GREEN THIS YEAR.
BUT WE HAVE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
ALONG WITH THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY
WE HAVE.
AND YOU BETTER GET USED TO IT.
IT WILL BE AROUND FOR QUITE A
WHILE.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE TIMETABLE
STRAIGHT AHEAD.
>> IT MAY HAVE SEEMED LIKE A
GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME BUT THEY
HAVE WARNINGS FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO TAKE SHORTCUTS.