WE’RE GOING TO BREAK AWAY FROM THE ANALYSIS TO BRING YOU SOME OF THE NEWS OF THE DAY. FIRST
FOUR BREAKING NEWS ABOUT BAD
WEATHER. THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE JUST CONFIRMED TORNADOES
DID TOUCH IT. TOUCH DOWN IN
FENTON. WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION,
ANDREW AND THAT NEW INFORMATION
COMING SHORTLY THE NEWEST
INFORMATION ON SHOWER ACTIVITY,
WE HAVE SOME SCATTERED LIGHT
SHOWERS TO OUR NORTH, NOTHING AS
HEAVY AS LAST NIGHT, BUT THE
RISK FOR MORE RAIN TONIGHT OR
LATER THIS WEEK YOUR SEVEN DAY
FORECAST BETS AWAY. FIRST STEP
FOUR. PLUS THE HEATED BATTLE
INSIDE THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE.
THE FIRST TESTIMONY FROM FORMER
INSIDER DESCRIBES A BATTLE OVER
BOGUS ELECTION CLAIMS. IT’S ALL
NEXT FIRST AT FOUR. LOCAL 4 NEWS
STARTS NOW WITH BREAKING NEWS
ALERT. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M
PAMELA OSBORNE. THE BREAKING
NEWS CONCERNS THIS STORM DAMAGE
OVER FENTON LATE THIS AFTERNOON
, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
CONFIRMED A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN
LAST NIGHT. OFFICIALS SAY THE
TORNADO HIT THE GROUND AT 11 33
PM AND MOVED ALONG THE SHORE
LINE OF LAKE FENTON AND KEPT
MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST FOR MORE
THAN SEVEN MILES LIFTED BACK OFF
THE GROUND. JUST NINE MINUTES
LATER, LARGE TREE LIMBS FELL
ONTO A HOME AND PINE STREET. THE
DAMAGE ALSO REACHED INTO HOLLY.
LUCKILY WE DO NOT HAVE ANY
REPORTS OF INJURIES. AND WARREN.
POLICE SEARCHING FOR THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. PAMELA WE ARE LOOKING
AT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT
TORNADO HERE IS BASICALLY A
GRAPHIC AND A MAP SHOWING YOU
LAKE FENTON RIGHT HERE. AND
THAT’S WHERE THE TORNADO TOUCHED
DOWN AS PAMELA JUST MENTIONED
TRAVELING AT A GREAT DISTANCE.
7.5 MILES BASICALLY TOWARD I 75
DOING SOME OF THAT DAMAGE THAT
YOU JUST SAW SAW A MOMENT AGO.
HERE’S SOME OTHER STATS ON THAT
TORNADO ITSELF. IN ADDITION TO
TRAVELING 7.5 MILES, ITS PEAK
WINDS WHERE AT 65 MPH, MAKING IT
AN EF ZERO TORNADO, WEAKEST ON
THE SCALE, BUT EVEN THE WEAKEST
TORNADOES CAN STILL BE BEARY
DANGEROUS. SO THAT’S WHY IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO TAKE COVER LAST
NIGHT. OF 40 YARD WIDE PATH THAT
WAS 7.5 MILES IN THAT AREA.
LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT STORM
TRACKER 4 RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SOME
SHOWERS TO OUR NORTH. NOTHING
REALLY MUCH TO WRITE HOME ABOUT
A FEW AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAIN FALLING. HERE’S ONE HEAVIER
SHOWER HERE JUST TO THE NORTH OF
CAPE PACK THAT IS TRAVELING TO
THE EAST SOUTHEAST. SO BROCKWAY
AND YALE YOU MIGHT SEE A HEAVY
DOWNPOUR WITHIN THE NEXT 5 TO 10
MINUTES. SO WE’LL KEEP THOSE
SCATTERED SHOWERS NORTH OF THE
CITY CITY OF DETROIT, MAINLY
ALONG THE I 69 CORRIDOR AS
TEMPERATURES DIP FROM THE LOW
EIGHTIES INTO THE SEVENTIES
LATER THIS EVENING AND FOR THE
EARLY PART OF TONIGHT. WE’LL
TALK MORE ABOUT ANOTHER CHANCE
FOR RAIN TOMORROW, COMING UP.
ANDREW THANK YOU, WARREN POLICE
SEARCHING FOR A HIT AND RUN
DRIVER THAT KILLED A MAN WHO WAS
RIDING A BIKE TYING UP TRAFFIC
ON 13 MILES FOR HOURS. THE
EMERGENCY CALLS STARTED COMING
IN AROUND FIVE A.M. POLICE SAY A
47 YEAR OLD MAN WAS RIDING HIS
BIKE EASTBOUND. ON 13 MILE WHEN
HE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND.
INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING FOR A
BLACK DODGE RAM THAT WOULD BE
MISSING ITS FRONT GRILLE. THE
ENTIRE GRILL 13 MILE WAS CLOSED
IN BOTH DIRECTIONS FROM MOUND TO
NEAR RYAN. WELL DOCTORS AT HENRY
FORD SAY METRO DETROIT IS IN THE
EARLY STAGES OF ANOTHER COVID
SEARCH HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND
WAYNE, OAKLAND AND MACOMB
COUNTIES ARE UP 13% IN THE LAST
WEEK IN CASE RATES ARE CLIMBING.
NEW NUMBERS FROM THE STATE SHOW
16,680 NEW CASES OVER THE LAST
SEVEN DAYS. THAT’S AN AVERAGE OF
NEARLY 2400 CASES PER DAY. WE
LOST ANOTHER 116 LIVES. THE
INCREASE IN CASES IS BEING
DRIVEN BY THE B, A FIVE VARIANTS
OF MACRON. DOCTORS SAY IT
PRODUCES COLD LIKE SYMPTOMS WITH
FEVERS AND ACHES. BUT IT MAY
ALSO CAUSE MORE LUNG DISEASE
THAN OTHER VARIANTS. BE A FIVE
DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO ESCAPE
SOME OF OUR IMMUNE PROTECTION
AFTER NATURAL INFECTION, AND
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS THAT
IT’S VERY POSSIBLE TO GET
INFECTED WITH B, A FIVE AS SOON
AS FOUR WEEKS WITH THE PREVIOUS
COVID INFECTION ALONG THOSE
LINES, WE ALSO NEED TO KNOW THAT
THE ANTIBODIES OR PROTECTIVE
PROTEIN LEVELS WE NEED FROM
VACCINE HAVE TO BE HIGHER, WHICH
IS SO IMPORTANT FOR ADULTS TO
GET THEIR BOOSTER SHOTS. DR
CUNNINGHAM SAYS PEDIATRIC
HOSPITAL LACED HOSPITALIZATIONS
FROM THIS VARIANTS ARE ALSO UP,
HE SAYS. WE’RE AT A POINT WHERE
PEOPLE SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER
WEARING MASKS INDOORS. THE
JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE JUST
WRAPPED UP ITS LATEST PUBLIC
HEARING A SHORT TIME AGO. TODAY
IT UNVEILED A NEW STAR WITNESS
AND FOCUSED ON FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S REFUSAL TO ADMIT DEFEAT
IN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION. KIMBERLY GILL IS IN
THE NEWSROOM AND KIM A BIG PART
OF TODAY’S HEARING FOCUSED ON A
SPECIFIC MEETING AT THE WHITE
HOUSE. TELL US ABOUT IT DID AND
GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU, PAM. THE
COMMITTEE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF
TIME FOCUSING ON A SHOWDOWN IN
THE WHITE HOUSE ON DECEMBER 18TH
OF 2020. THE MEETING DESCRIBED
AS VERY HEATED, FEATURED TRUMP
ALLIES LIKE SIDNEY POWELL AND
MICHAEL FLYNN. TALKING OF
UNPROVEN THEORIES OF ELECTION
FRAUD. ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHITE
HOUSE ATTORNEYS LIKE PATSY
BOLOGNA KEPT ASKING. WHERE’S THE
EVIDENCE LEADING TO
RECOLLECTIONS LIKE THIS? YEAH.
THE THREE OF THEM WERE REALLY
SORT OF FORCEFULLY. ATTACKING
THE INFERTILE LI. I MEAN, IF IT
HAD BEEN MAY, SITTING IN HIS
CHAIR, I WOULD HAVE FIRED ALL OF
THEM THAT NIGHT AND HAD ESCORTED
OUT OF THE BUILDING. WHAT DO YOU
MEAN? WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE? YOU
SHOULD KNOW. YOU KNOW THINGS
LIKE THAT, OR ANIMAL. I JUST
REGARD I WOULD SAY IN GENERAL
DISREGARD FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF
ACTUALLY BACK, YOU KNOW, SAY
BAGS. THE MEETING IS BEING
DESCRIBED AS A BATTLE TO
CONVINCE TRUMP IT WAS TIME TO
CONCEDE THE ELECTION INSTEAD.
HOURS LATER, THE PRESIDENT
POSTED THIS TWEET THAT ENDED
WITH QUOTE BIG PROTEST IN DC
JANUARY 6TH. BE THERE. IT WILL
BE WILD. THE COMMITTEE THEN
SHOWED HOW THAT TWEAKED SPARKED
RIGHT WING PUNDITS TO PICK UP
THE CALL TO THE PRO TO PROTEST
IN WASHINGTON COMMITTEE CO CHAIR
LIST. CHENEY SAYS TRUMP
DEFENDERS ARE ARGUING TRUMP WAS
MISLED BY THE WRONG ADVISORS.
BUT SHE SAYS THAT WON’T WORK.
THE STRATEGY IS TO BLAME PEOPLE.
HIS ADVISERS CALLED QUOTE THE
CRAZIES FOR WHAT DONALD TRUMP
DID. THIS, OF COURSE, IS
NONSENSE. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A
76 YEAR OLD MAN. HE IS NOT AN
IMPRESSIONABLE CHILD. JUST LIKE
EVERYONE ELSE IN OUR COUNTRY. HE
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS OWN
ACTIONS AND HIS OWN CHOICES.
TODAY’S HEARING STARTED AT ONE
PM AND WRAPPED UP JUST BEFORE
FOUR O’CLOCK JUST BEFORE THIS
NEWSCAST. THERE’S MUCH MORE
TESTIMONY TO SORT THROUGH, AND
WE’LL HAVE A REPORT FROM
WASHINGTON WHEN YOU JOIN US FOR
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE. PAMELA,
SEND IT BACK TO YOU. ALRIGHT,
KIMBERLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE
FIRST LADY DR JILL BIDEN IS
APOLOGIZING FOR THE LANGUAGE SHE
USED WHILE SPEAKING TO A LATINO
CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP WHILE
APPLAUDING LATINO DIVERSITY, SHE
SAID, THE COMMUNITY IS QUOTE AS
DISTINCT AS THE BODEGAS OF THE
BRONX AS BEAUTIFUL AS THE
BLOSSOMS OF MIAMI AND AS UNIQUE
AS THE BREAKFAST TACOS HERE IN
SAN ANTONIO, THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC
JOURNALISTS WAS AMONG THOSE WHO
HAVE WAS OFFENDED. TWEETING
QUOTE. WE ARE NOT TACOS TODAY, A
SPOKESMAN SAYS. FOR THE FIRST
LADY, SHE APOLOGIZES THAT HER
WORDS CONVEYED ANYTHING BUT
PURE. ADMIRATION AND LOVE FOR
THE LATINO COMMUNITY. GIVING
MOTHERS AND BABIES ARE MORE
SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME. THAT’S THE
MISSION OF THE BLACK MOTHERS
BREASTFEEDING ASSOCIATION IN THE
MIDDLE OF A BABY FORMULA
SHORTAGE. IT’S WORK IS EVEN MORE
IMPORTANT, AS MANY LOCAL MOMS
ALREADY FACED SOME DAUNTING ODDS
. YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T REALIZE
MOTHERS IN DETROIT ARE DYING AT
A RATE THREE TIMES THE NATIONAL
AVERAGE. THOSE ODDS EVEN WORSE
FOR BLACK MOTHERS WHO ARE MORE
LIKELY TO DIE WHEN COMPARED TO
WHITE MOTHERS. THERE IS
ENCOURAGING NEWS IS JOHNSON AND
JOHNSON HAS NOTICED THE WORK THE
ASSOCIATION IS DOING AND IT’S
OFFERING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS IN SUPPORT. WE CAN’T
FOCUS ON BABIES WITHOUT FOCUSING
ON MAMA THAT FOCUSES KADAGA
GREENS, LIFE’S WORK. THIS IS THE
COMMUNITY SHE’S CREATED FOR
EXPECTANT AND NEW MOTHERS. IN
DETROIT. THERE WERE ORGANIZATION
, THE BLACK MOTHERS
BREASTFEEDING ASSOCIATION. BLACK
MOTHERS ARE LITERALLY DYING
AFTER FROM PREGNANCY RELATED
TRAUMA, AND AT A RATE OF FOUR
TIMES MORE THAN WHITE WOMEN. AND
SO IT’S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE
BUILD THAT COMMUNITY OF
SUPPORTED THAT WE WORK TO CHANGE
THE SYSTEM BECAUSE MANY OF THESE
DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE. AND SO
WE BELIEVE THAT IT HAPPENS IN
THE COMMUNITY. WITH ODDS LIKE
THAT. THE GROUP HAS EXPANDED ITS
SERVICES SO THAT MOMS AND BABIES
CAN LIVE HEALTHIER. HAPPIER
LIVES RIGHT NOW, DURING COVID I
SEE IS A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO
HILL WENT FROM A PARTICIPANT IN
ONE OF THE GROUPS BREASTFEEDING
CLUBS TO ONE OF ITS TRAINED
DOULAS. IN THE FOUR YEARS SINCE
SHE HAS WORKED TO EDUCATE,
ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT MOTHERS
LIKE TIANNA ROGERS. IT’S MORE
EMPOWERING BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO
MUCH INFORMATION FOR YOU, ROGERS
. IT CAN BE HARD TO GET OUT OF
THE HOUSE WITH A NEW BABY AND
TWO OLDER CHILDREN AT HOME.
THAT’S WHERE THE APP AND JOHNSON
AND JOHNSON COME IN. ENTER THE
CHALLENGE. WE FOCUSED ON ONE OF
OUR PROGRAMS CALLED THE BINFORD
BRIGHT HUB, WHICH IS THE VIRTUAL
COMMUNITY FOR PARENT CLUBS. IT’S
A PLATFORM IT’S AN APP. THE
BRIGHT HUB APP IS A PLATFORM
THAT BRINGS PARENT GROUPS AND
SUPPORT TO MOM. WHEREVER SHE MAY
BE. THEY REACH OUT TO YOU EVEN
WHEN YOU KNOW YOU’RE NOT WILLING
TO REACH OUT TO THEM. YOU HAVE
RESOURCES. YOU HAVE A SISTERHOOD
. YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO YOU CAN
IDENTIFY WITH. YOU HAVE PEOPLE
WHO CAN BOUNCE. QUESTIONS OFF OF
J WAS LOOKING FOR ORGANIZATIONS
WORKING TO REDUCE HEALTH
DISPARITIES IN BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES. THEY FOUND WHAT
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR IN
GREENE’S ORGANIZATION AND APP.
THE $75,000 PRIZE WILL SUPPORT
THE EXPANSION OF THE APP. GREEN
ALSO HOPES TO EXPAND THE DOULA
PROGRAM SO THAT MORE BLACK
MOTHERS CAN EXPERIENCE THIS. SO
IT BRINGS ME A LOT OF JOY, JUST
KNOWING THAT WE CAN CHANGE THE
BIRTH OUTCOMES AND WE CAN CHANGE
THE BREASTFEEDING RACE AS WELL.
SINCE 2007. THE BLACK MOTHERS
BREASTFEEDING ASSOCIATION HAS
SERVED OVER 2000 FAMILIES
THROUGH THEIR DOULA AND
BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT GROUPS.
THEY’VE REACHED EVEN MORE PEOPLE
THAN THAT BECAUSE THEY’VE
COLLABORATED WITH THE CDC. AND
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES. WHETHER
YOU’RE A FIRST TIME MOM A MOM
LOOKING TO RELAX OR YOU’RE JUST