DOWN
STARTS NOW. A LIVE LOOK AT THE DOWN
STARTS NOW. A LIVE LOOK AT THE U. S. SUPREME COURT IN WASHINGTON D. C WHERE ROE V.
WADE MAY BE COMING TO AN END.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS
NOON, THE NEWS SITE POLITICAL
RELEASED WHAT IT SAYS IS A
LEAKED DRAFT OPINION FROM A
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. THE
DOCUMENT SUGGESTS AT LEAST FIVE
JUSTICES SIDE WITH MISSISSIPPI
IN ITS CASE CHALLENGING THE
ABORTION RULING WITHIN THE HOUR
. PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE TO
REPORTERS ON THAT REPORT. AND
OUR DEVIN SCILLIAN IS THERE IN
WASHINGTON, D. C FOR ALL OF THE
FALLOUT THIS AFTERNOON AS
PROTESTS I UNDERSTAND ARE
UNDERWAY RIGHT AROUND YOU,
DEVIN. EXACTLY RIGHT, RHONDA. IT
TOOK NO TIME AT ALL FROM THE
RELEASE OF THAT POLITICAL REPORT
LAST NIGHT FOR THE PROTESTS ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE ABORTION ISSUE
TO SHOW UP HERE AT THE SUPREME
COURT, AND THERE ARE REALLY TWO
TRACKS BEING DISCUSSED HERE. THE
DECISION ITSELF, WHICH WE’LL
HEAR MORE FROM THE PRESIDENT ON
IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT ALSO THIS
EXTRAORDINARY LEAK THAT JUST
DOES NOT HAPPEN FROM THE
NORMALLY AIRTIGHT AIRTIGHT
CHAMBERS BEHIND ME HERE AT THE U
. S SUPREME COURT. AS FOR THE
DECISION ITSELF, THIS RELEASE
WOULD SHOW US THAT ROE VERSUS
WADE WOULD NOT SIMPLY BE
TINKERED WITH NOT ALTERED OR
AMENDED IN SOME WAY. BUT IF THIS
IS INDEED HAVE THE DECISION
TURNS OUT TO BE FROM THIS DRAFT
OPINION FROM JUSTICE SAMUEL
ALITO, IT WOULD BE COMPLETELY
OVERTURNED AND A LITTLE MORE
THAN HALF OF THE UNITED STATES
WOULD SEE ABORTION BEING
OUTLAWED. PRESIDENT BIDEN HAD
THIS TO SAY JUST A SHORT TIME
AGO. THE IDEA THAT WE’RE GOING
TO MAKE A JUDGMENT THAT IS GOING
TO SAY THAT NO ONE CAN MAKE THE
JUDGMENT TO CHOOSE TO ABORT A
CHILD BASED ON THE DECISION BY
THE SUPREME COURT. I THINK THOSE
WAY OVERBOARD. WE CAN SEE
ALREADY WITH THESE VERY CRITICAL
MIDTERMS COMING UP IN NOVEMBER.
THIS IS NOW BECOMING GOING TO
BECOME THE HOT ISSUE ON THE
ELECTION PLATE. BUT BACK TO THE
LEAK AS I MENTIONED AN
EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE HERE.
THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW LEAKS OVER
THE YEARS. IN FACT, ONE ON THE
ORIGINAL ROE VERSUS WADE
DECISION IN 1973, BUT THOSE HAVE
BEEN THINGS THAT HAVE LEAKED OUT
HOURS. JUST HOURS BEFORE THE
COURT DECISION WAS ANNOUNCED. IN
THIS CASE, IT’S PERHAPS TWO
MONTHS BEFORE IT WAS SCHEDULED
TO BE ANNOUNCED, AND A LOT OF
COURT WATCHERS HAVE POINTED OUT
THAT THESE DECISIONS AND
WRITINGS OF THE SUPREME COURT
JUSTICES CAN BE VERY FLUID
MATTERS AND THAT THIS MIGHT
CHANGE. FORMER U. S ATTORNEY
THOUGH BARBARA MCQUADE TOLD US
THIS MORNING ON LOCAL 4 NEWS
TODAY. SHE THINKS THIS IS THE
DECISION THAT WILL HOLD ANY OF
THE JUSTICES WOULD CHANGE THEIR
OPINION. I THINK THE ONE THING
THAT COULD HAPPEN IS THAT THEY
MAY SOFTEN THE EDGES HERE. THE
WAY THIS PROCESS USUALLY WORKS
IS THE PERSON ASSIGNED TO WRITE
THE MAJORITY OPINION, WHICH
MEANS THERE ARE FIVE BONES. TO
OVERTURN ROE. UH, SO THOSE, UH
OH JUSTICES AUTHORITY THREE. BUT
ONCE THEY OPINION, WHICH IS VERY
STRONG OPINIONS, THEY MAY SAY, I
DON’T WANT TO SIGN ONTO THAT
UNLESS YOU BIG FOLLOWING CHANGES
IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THERE
ARE FIVE JUSTICES ON THIS COURT
WHO ARE WILLING TO DO THIS. I
CAN’T IMAGINE THE MAJORITY
CHANGES ITS VIEW. YEAH, IT
STARTED SO WE’LL NOW SEE WHETHER
OR NOT THE COURT ITSELF HAS ANY
COMMENT ON THIS REPORT. WHETHER
OR NOT THEY FEEL MOVED TO
RELEASE THEIR OPINION SOONER
THAN THEY OTHERWISE MIGHT. ALL
WE KNOW SO FAR IS THE SUPREME
COURT CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN
ROBERTS. HAS ORDERED AN
INVESTIGATION INTO WHERE THE
LEAK WAS SPRUNG, RHONDA BACK TO
YOU SO UNPRECEDENTED THIS LEAGUE
AND ALSO THE FALLOUT IF THIS IS
INDEED HOW THE COURT RULES THANK
YOU SO MUCH AND GREAT TO HAVE
YOU RIGHT THERE IN THE THICK OF
THINGS IN WASHINGTON, D. C TO
COVER THIS FOR US. IF ROE V.
WADE IS OVERTURNED. THAT MEANS
THAT A MICHIGAN LAW FROM 1931
WOULD MAKE ABORTION IN MICHIGAN
ILLEGAL AS NICK MONACELLI SHOWS
. US GOVERNOR WHITMER HAS
ALREADY MADE IT CLEAR EARLIER
THIS YEAR THAT SHE WANTS THAT 19
THIRTIES LAW OVERTURNED. GOOD
AFTERNOON. SO MICHIGAN IS ONE OF
EIGHT STATES IN THE US THAT
STILL HAS AN ABORTION BAN ON THE
BOOKS. THE GOVERNOR WANTS TO
CHANGE THAT, EITHER THE
LEGISLATURE OR BY FILING THIS
LAWSUIT THAT SHE HAS TRYING TO
TAKE IT TO THE MICHIGAN SUPREME
COURT TO CHANGE THINGS TO 80.2
MILLION WOMEN WILL BE IMPACTED
BY THIS. THOSE ARE WOMEN WHO ARE
REPRODUCTIVE AGE. THE BIGGEST
ECONOMIC DECISION A WOMAN WILL
MAKE IN HER LIFETIME IS WHETHER
AND WHEN TO HAVE A CHILD
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER IS
ALREADY PRE EMPTIVELY FIGHTING
AGAINST A POSSIBLE CHANGE IN
MICHIGAN IF ROE V. WADE IS
OVERTURNED. THERE’S CURRENTLY A
LAW IN MICHIGAN. LAST UPDATED IN
1931 THAT MAKES IT A FELONY TO
USE AN INSTRUMENT OR ADMINISTER
A SUBSTANCE WITH THE INTENT TO
INDUCE AN ABORTION UNLESS
NECESSARY TO PRESERVE THE
PREGNANT PERSON’S LIFE. SO THE
LAW MAKES MOST ABORTIONS IN
MICHIGAN ILLEGAL EXCEPT THAT ROE
V. WADE SUPERSEDED MICHIGAN LAW
IF THAT GETS OVERTURNED, THE
POWER REVERTS BACK TO THE
STATES. THAT ONLY IS WHITMER
WORKING TO CHANGE THAT LAW. SHE
HAS ALSO FILED THE LAWSUIT
TAKING THIS TO THE MICHIGAN
SUPREME COURT. THE A C L U HAS
DONE THE SAME. WE’RE ALSO ASKING
THE COURT TO AFFIRMATIVELY
DECLARE THAT THERE IS A RIGHT TO
ABORTION UNDER OUR STATE
CONSTITUTION THAT IS SEPARATE,
AND APART FROM THE RIGHT TO
ABORTION UNDER THE FEDERAL
CONSTITUTION, HOWEVER, THOSE WHO
ARE PRO LIFE LIKE RIGHT TO LIFE
OF MICHIGAN. ARE HAPPY ABORTION
COULD BE ILLEGAL AGAIN IN OUR
STATE. I THINK ABOUT IT AS A
LIFE OF A NON BORN CHILD. THAT’S
A HUMAN RIGHT TO EXIST, AND THAT
RIGHT IS BEING STRIPPED FROM 95
BABIES TODAY IN THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN. THEY WORK 95 BABIES
WILL DIE IN ABORTIONS TODAY IN
THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, 95
TOMORROW AND 95 YESTERDAY. NO
MATTER HOW THIS SHAKES OUT,
YOU’VE GOT LOCAL PROSECUTORS
SAYING THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING
TO FORCE THE 1931 LAW, INCLUDING
STATE AID DID A NESTLE AND WAYNE
COUNTY PROSECUTOR KIM WORTHY
NICK MONACELLI LOCAL 4. ALRIGHT
NEXT. THANK YOU AND WE ARE
GATHERING REACTION AFTER THAT
POLITICAL REPORT, CHIEF MEDICAL
OFFICER PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF
MICHIGAN. DR SARAH WILE IT. SHE
RELEASED THIS STATEMENT, AND IT
READS. IN PART, ABORTION IS
STILL LEGAL IN MICHIGAN AND OUR
HEALTH CENTER. DOORS ARE OPEN
AND WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT LIKE
HELL TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. OUR
PATIENTS HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL
RIGHT TO MAKE THEIR OWN
DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR BODIES.
HEALTH FAMILIES AND FUTURES AND
GOVERNOR WHITMER TWEETED WORK IS
MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. I’LL
FIGHT LIKE HELL TO PROTECT
ABORTION ACCESS IN MICHIGAN.
ATTACHED TO HER TWEET WAS THE
FORMER TWEET WHERE THE GOVERNOR
ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WAS FILING
THAT LAWSUIT TO KEEP ABORTION
LEGAL IN MICHIGAN. TO THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE POLITICAL SPHERE,
MICHIGAN CONGRESSWOMAN FOR THE
10TH DISTRICT, LISA MCLEAN
TWEETED. THIS OVERTURNING ROE V.
WADE WOULD SAVE MILLIONS OF
INNOCENT UNBORN BABIES. I PRAY
THE SUPREME COURT MAKES IT
OFFICIAL AND FORMALLY OVERTURNS
THIS ATTACK ON THE UNBORN AND
FINALLY, CONGRESSMAN BILL. HI
ZYNGA. HE TWEETED OUT THIS IF
THE REPORTS ARE TRUE IN THE
MAJORITY ON THE SUPREME COURT
HAS RULED TO RECTIFY ROW. IT IS
THE COURT DECISION AND I HOPE
THEY RELEASED THE MAJORITY
OPINION AS SOON AS IT IS
FINALIZED. THIS UNPRECEDENTED
LEAK OF A DRAFT RULING IS AN
EFFORT TO OVERTLY INJECT
POLITICS INTO THE COURT ITSELF.
THIS INDIVIDUAL SHOULD NOT BE
CELEBRATED. THEY SHOULD BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR EGREGIOUS
BREACH AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO
KEEP YOU UPDATED ON ALL THE
DEVELOPMENTS TODAY HERE ON LOCAL
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ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING IN
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OTHER STORY WE’RE FOLLOWING IS
ALL THE RAIN AND THAT WE HAVE
HAD A FALLING THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING AND BRANDON TRACKING
SOME STORMS OVER THE AFTERNOON.
YES TROUBLE ON THE ROADS, TRICKY
TRAVEL FROM STANDING WATER
LIMITED VISIBILITY, SO BE EXTRA
CAREFUL AND A QUICK TEMPERATURE
LESSEN THE RAIN IS KEEPING OUR
ATTEMPTS FROM MOVING, BUT
ESSENTIALLY, 10 CELSIUS EQUALS
ABOUT 50 F. 20 CELSIUS IS ABOUT
70 F. SO YOU SEE, WE’VE GOT 10
11 OVER IN ESSEX, WINDSOR, HERRO
AND UPPER FORTIES TO LOW FIFTIES
EVERYWHERE ELSE AS WE LOOK AT
THE RAIN SHOWERS FILLING IN.
WE’RE STARTING TO SEE SOME AREAS
OF SLIGHTLY HEAVIER RAIN COMING
INTO PARTS OF OUR SOUTH ZONE,
MOVING TO THE NORTH AND EAST AT
ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR, SO
HEADED INTO ROMMEL IS HERE WITH
A HEAVIER DOWNPOUR. I KNOW IT’S
RAINING EVERYWHERE, BUT HEAVIER
STUFF AND ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO
ROMULUS TAYLOR ALSO SHORTLY
ABOUT 10 15 MINUTES AND THEN
WYANDOTTE BY 12 22 WITH SOME OF
THOSE HEAVIER SHOWERS. THAT WILL
BE THE CASE THROUGH ABOUT 34 PM
AND THEN SCATTERED RAIN AND
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. THANK YOU. WE HAVE SOME
BREAKING NEWS HERE AT NOON TUNE
. WAYNE COUNTY EMPLOYEES ARE NOW
IN CUSTODY IN CONNECTION TO A
PUBLIC CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION
. THAT’LL AGENTS EXECUTED A
SEARCH WARRANT AT THIS HOME IN
WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP,
ACCORDING TO A FEDERAL COMPLAINT
, 64 YEAR OLD KEVIN GUN AND 54
YEAR OLD JOHN GIBSON THAT THESE
MEN ARE CHARGED WITH WIRE FRAUD
AND MONEY LAUNDERING.
PROSECUTORS SAY BOTH MEN USED
TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR
UNAUTHORIZED EQUIPMENT
PURCHASES. STILL TO COME NEW
INFORMATION FROM THE CDC THIS
AFTERNOON ON TWO NEWS SUB
VARIANTS FOUND OF THE OMNICRON
VARIANT. A LEAKED DOCUMENT
SHOWING THE SUPREME COURT IS
READY TO OVERTURN ROE V. WEIGHTS
SETS OFF OF FURY SUPREME COURT
IN WASHINGTON WITH REACTION AND
THE OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE OF
ABORTION INITIATIVE, LOCAL 4
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