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>> Devin: WE CAN HANDLE THIS.
THAT’S THE MESSAGE FROM ONE
LOCAL COUNTY CLERK PUTTING HER ELECTION DAY PLAN TO THE TEST
ELECTION DAY PLAN TO THE TEST
FOR ALL TO SEE.
>> Karen: RAINY, GLOOMY START TO
THE WORKWEEK AND WET WEATHER
LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE AROUND FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
>> Devin: ROAD RAGE LIKE WE HAVE
RARELY SEEN.
VIDEO FROM DEARBORN AS POLICE
LOOK TO MAKE AN ARREST. IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
THE VIDEO SHOT BY SOMEONE IN THE
TARGETED CAR RAISES A LOT OF
QUESTIONS THE CHIEF AND DEARBORN
WANT ANSWERED. >> Kim: TOPPING THE LIST, WHO IS
>> Kim: TOPPING THE LIST, WHO IS
THIS PERSON AND WHERE DID HE GO
AFTER HE OPENED FIRE?
BUT FORTUNATELY MISSED HITTING
ANY PEOPLE.
MORE FROM THE CORNER WHERE THIS
HAPPENED. ROD, WHAT DO WE KNOW TONIGHT?
ROD, WHAT DO WE KNOW TONIGHT?
>> Rod: WE KNOW THAT IT HAPPENED
HERE AT CHASE AND WARREN.
THE BUSINESS PEOPLE SAY IT WAS ABOUT A HALF MILE DOWN THIS WAY.
ABOUT A HALF MILE DOWN THIS WAY.
DOESN’T MUCH MATTER.
IT WAS GUNFIRE DURING THE DAY
HERE ON A BUSY STREET IN
DEARBORN.
DETECTIVES HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR
THE PAST 24 HOURS TO TRY AND FIND THIS GUY.
FIND THIS GUY.
THE TC DEARBORN NEWS WEBSITE
GAVE US PERMISSION TO SHOW YOU
THIS VIDEO AND IT MAKES YOU WANT
TO DUCK!
THE SHOT-AT DRIVER TURNS AWAY AND PUTS HIS CAMERA UP AGAIN,
AND PUTS HIS CAMERA UP AGAIN,
THE SHOOTER LONG GONE IN AN
INSTANT.
AMAZINGLY NO ONE WAS HURT.
THE MAN SHOT AT FOUND TWO BULLET HOLES IN HIS MINIVAN.
HOLES IN HIS MINIVAN.
LET’S GO BACK TO THE BEGIN.
>> PUT YOUR [BLEEP] GUN DOWN.
>> Rod: HE IS WEARING EYE SHOTS,
A SWEATSHIRT WITH AN AMERICAN
FLAG ON THE SHOULDER, BEIGE OR
KHAKI PANTS AND A MUSTACHE AND
GOATEE. IT’S TOO GRAINY FOR A POSITIVE
IT’S TOO GRAINY FOR A POSITIVE
I.D. AND THEY DO NOT KNOW WHO HE
IS.
DEARBORN POLICE SENT OUT THIS ZOOMED-IN PICTURE AND ASKING
ZOOMED-IN PICTURE AND ASKING
ANYONE WHO RECOGNIZES HIM TO
CONTACT DEARBORN POLICE.
THE ALLEGED SHOOTER DID DRIVE A DISTINCT VEHICLE, AN EARLY 2000
DISTINCT VEHICLE, AN EARLY 2000
VINTAGE GREEN FOUR-DOOR HONDA
ACCORD WITH A BLUE-GRAY PASSENGER DOOR AND RUST IN THE
PASSENGER DOOR AND RUST IN THE
TIRE WELL, SEEN SPEEDING AWAY.
CHIEF HADDAD.
SAID RECKLESS ACTS LIKE THIS
ENDANGER INNOCENT LIVES AND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
>> Rod: DEARBORN POLICE ARE NOT
>> Rod: DEARBORN POLICE ARE NOT MAKING ANY ASSUMPTION.
MAKING ANY ASSUMPTION.
THEY BELIEVE THERE WAS AN
ALTERCATION BETWEEN THESE TWO
PRIOR TO [NO AUDIO]
>> Kim: WE APOLOGIZE. WE LOST ROD’S SIGNAL.
WE LOST ROD’S SIGNAL.
>> Rod: WE CHANGED THE BATTERY
BEFORE WE WENT ON.
>> Kim: OVER TO DEVIN.
>> Devin: EXACTLY RIGHT.
WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT
STORY. AND HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY HAS SEEN
AND HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY HAS SEEN
SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP POLICE.
SOME METRO DETROITERS HAVE BEEN WONDERING WHEN WE’LL SEE THE SUN
WONDERING WHEN WE’LL SEE THE SUN
AGAIN AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS OF
CLOUDS AND RAIN.
>> Kim: AND SOME WARMER
TEMPERATURES.
>> Ben: EVENTUALLY WE’LL GET TO
THAT. THE BEST NEWS IS IF YOU HAVE TO
THE BEST NEWS IS IF YOU HAVE TO
RAKE LEAVES, IT’S A GOOD EXCUSE
TO WAIT A FEW DAYS BECAUSE WE’LL
SEE MULTIPLE ROUNDS, AND THE
FIRST OF WHICH IS TONIGHT.
A COUPLE OF LIGHT SHOWERS THAT WILL START OUT AS MIST AND
WILL START OUT AS MIST AND
DRIZZLE AND EVENTUALLY TURN INTO
LIGHT SHOWERS.
THOSE ARE STARTING TO INVITED --
INVADE FROM THE WEST. AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE
AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE
MID-40s.
AND FOR THE WEEK, MULTIPLE SHOTS
OF RAIN CHANCES AND WE’LL LOOK
AT THOSE.
IT’S BACK TO THE 70s EVENTUALLY
AND THERE WILL BE YET ANOTHER
ROUND OF CHANGES FOR THE
WEEKEND.
WE’LL TRACK ALL OF THAT.
IF YOU WANT A QUICK CHECK OF THE
RAIN COMING IN, THE
LOCAL4CASTERS APP IS THE BEST WAY TO LOOK AT IT.
WAY TO LOOK AT IT.
SEARCH FOR IT LIVE IN YOUR APP
STORE.
>> Devin: CORONAVIRUS CONTINUES
TO SPREAD IN MICHIGAN WITH
NEARLY 3,000 NEW CASES OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS.
PAST TWO DAYS.
>> Kim: THE COMBINED TOTAL, 2909
CASES, ANOTHER 21 PEOPLE HAVE
DIED OF THE VIRUS IN MICHIGAN. THE WEEKLY REPORT ON COVID IN
THE WEEKLY REPORT ON COVID IN
SCHOOLS IS OUT AND 27 SCHOOLS
HAVE BEEN NEWLY ADDED TO THE
LIST OF OUTBREAKS.
INCLUDING 6 NEW CASES IN ONE
WEEK AT PLYMOUTH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY IN CANTON AND MICHIGAN
ACADEMY IN CANTON AND MICHIGAN
STATE UNIVERSITY REMAINS THE
HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES AT 1622.
>> Devin: RESTRICTIONS AT THE
U.S./CANADA BORDER WILL CONTINUE.
THE PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTER SAID
HIS COUNTRY’S BAN ON
NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL WITH THE
U.S. WILL REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL AT LEAST NOVEMBER 21st.
AT LEAST NOVEMBER 21st.
>>> GOVERNOR WHITMER SAID
DESPITE THE SUPREME COURT RULING
INVALIDATING HER PAST EMERGENCY POWERS, THE STATE HEALTH
POWERS, THE STATE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT HAS A MASK MANDATE IN
PLACE.
>> Kim: SHE SAID THERE ARE OTHER
ACTIONS SHE COULD TAKE BUT HOPES NOT TO HAVE TO.
NOT TO HAVE TO.
>> IF OUR NUMBERS CONTINUE TO
CLIMB, THERE ARE DIFFERENT
SOURCES OF AUTHORITY, BUT I AM
HOPEFUL THAT WE AS MICHIGANDERS
CAN DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO PROTECT OURSELVES, PROTECT ONE
PROTECT OURSELVES, PROTECT ONE
ANOTHER, AND PROTECT OUR
ECONOMY.
IF WE WANT TO STAY OPEN, WE NEED
TO MASK UP AND TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.
>> Kim: THE CHIEF MEDICAL
EXECUTIVE TESTIFIED TODAY SAYING
MICHIGAN SUBMITTED THE
VACCINATION PLAN ON FRIDAY. AND SOME PEOPLE WILL BE GIVING
AND SOME PEOPLE WILL BE GIVING
PRIORITY BASED ON RISK LEVELS
AND OCCUPATION.
>> WHAT IS LIKELY GOING TO
HAPPEN IS THAT VERY EARLY ON
WHEN THE VACCINE IS FIRST MADE AVAILABLE, IT WILL ONLY BE IN
AVAILABLE, IT WILL ONLY BE IN
LIMITED DOSES, AND IT’S LIKELY
BECAUSE THIS IS ALL TO BE
DETERMINED, BUT IT’S LIKELY THE
VACCINES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE HIGHEST RISK, ESPECIALLY
THE HIGHEST RISK, ESPECIALLY
HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
SO IN THE BEGINNING STAGES, AND
WE’VE HAD THE DISCUSSIONS, WE’LL
WORK CLOSELY WITH HOSPITAL
PROVIDERS THAT THEY RECEIVE THE
VACCINE DIRECTLY AND ARE ABLE TO
DISTRIBUTE IT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
WORKING IN THE FACILITIES.
>> Kim: PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS HAVE REPEATEDLY SAID IT’S SAFE
HAVE REPEATEDLY SAID IT’S SAFE
AND EFFECTIVE VACCINE THAT WILL
ULTIMATELY END THE PANDEMIC.
>> Devin: ONE OF THE FRONT RUN
SERIES MAKING PROGRESS TOWARD
THAT GOAL.
DR. McGEORGE WITH MORE ON WHERE
THINGS STAND.
DOC?
>> Dr. McGeorge: SO IN THE U.S.,
FOUR VACCINES HAVE REACHED THE
FINAL STAGE OF TESTING KNOWN AS PHASE 3.
PHASE 3.
OF THOSE 4, PFIZER IS LIKELY TO
BE THE FIRST MANUFACTURING READY
TO APPLY FOR EMERGENCY USE
AUTHORIZATION FOR THE VACCINE AS
EARLY AS NEXT MONTH! IN AN OPEN LETTER FROM THE CEO,
IN AN OPEN LETTER FROM THE CEO,
PFIZER SAID IT EXPECTS TO BE
READY TO APPLY FOR PUBLIC USE OF
THE VACCINE IN THE THIRD WEEK OF
NOVEMBER, IF EVERYTHING GOES
ACCORDING TO PLAN. THE COMPANY SAID IT IS OPERATING
THE COMPANY SAID IT IS OPERATING
AT THE SPEED OF SCIENCE, WITH
SAFETY AS ITS NUMBER ONE
PRIORITY.
PFIZER LAUNCHED THE PHASE 3
TRIAL ON JULY 27th. IT INCLUDES NEARLY 40,000
IT INCLUDES NEARLY 40,000
VOLUNTEERS SO FAR WITH ANOTHER
4,000 STILL BEING ENROLLED.
PFIZER RECEIVED PERMISSION FROM
THE FDA TO ENROLL THOSE AS YOUNG AS AGE 12.
AS AGE 12.
THE TRIAL INCLUDES VOLUNTEERS
WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS LIKE
HIV, HEPATITIS C AND HEPATITIS B
AND GIVEN IN TWO DOSES, 28 DAYS APART.
SOME TRIAL PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE
THE ACTUAL VACCINE AND THE REST
A PLACEBO.
NEITHER THE RESEARCHERS NOR THE PARTICIPANTS KNOW WHICH.
PARTICIPANTS KNOW WHICH.
THE RESEARCHERS MUST WAIT UNTIL
A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
BECOME INFECTED WITH COVID-19 AND WILL COMPARE THE GROUPS TO
AND WILL COMPARE THE GROUPS TO
SEE IF FEWER OF THE PARTICIPANTS
GOT INFECTED.
THEY REQUIRE DEVELOPERS TO FOLLOW PARTICIPANTS FOR 2 MONTHS
FOLLOW PARTICIPANTS FOR 2 MONTHS
BEFORE SUBMITTING ANY DATA THAT
WILL BE REVIEWED BY PANELISTS
AND EXPERTS. OF THE THREE VACCINE MAKERS, THE
OF THE THREE VACCINE MAKERS, THE
OTHER THREE, THAT IS, MODERNA IS
MOST LIKELY TO FINISH ITS PHRASE
3 TRIAL NEXT AND EXPECTED TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE OTHER TWO TRIALS INVOLVING
VACCINES FROM ASTRAZENECA AND
JOHNSON & JOHNSON ARE BEING PAUSED WHILE THEY INVESTIGATE AN
PAUSED WHILE THEY INVESTIGATE AN
ILLNESS IN A PARTICIPANT.
>> Devin: ONCE THEY GET THE
EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION, HOW
QUICKLY CAN IT BE GRANTED IN
THAT SITUATION?
>> Dr. McGeorge: IT DEPENDS ON A LOT OF FACTORS.
LOT OF FACTORS.
ALL OF THE COMPANIES ARE WORKING
CLOSELY WITH THE FDA TO MAKE
SURE THEY’RE GATHERING
EVERYTHING. THERE WILL BE A GREAT DEAL OF
THERE WILL BE A GREAT DEAL OF
SCRUTINY ON ALL OF THIS DATA AND
IT WILL LIKELY TAKE A FEW WEEKS,
AT A MINIMUM.
>> Devin: WE’LL STAY ON IT.
ALL RIGHT, FRANK. >> Kim: IN A LOCAL 4 NEWS
>> Kim: IN A LOCAL 4 NEWS
UPDATE, THE SOUTHFIELD WOMAN
FOUND ALIVE AT A FUNERAL HOME
HAS DIED.
ATTORNEY GEOFFREY FIEGER SAID
SHE DIED PEACEFULLY YESTERDAY AFTER 8 WEEKS IN THE HOSPITAL.
AFTER 8 WEEKS IN THE HOSPITAL.
IN AUGUST, HER MOTHER CALLED
SOUTHFIELD PARAMEDICS WHEN
TIMESHA BEAUCHAMP WHO HAD
CEREBRAL PALSY HAD TROUBLE BREATHING.
PARAMEDICS RESPONDED BUT WRONGLY
DECLARED HER DEAD.
AFTER SHE WAS TAKEN TO A DETROIT
FUNERAL HOME, THEY DISCOVERED
SHE WAS STILL BREATHING. FIEGER SAID SHE HAS DIED AS A
FIEGER SAID SHE HAS DIED AS A
RESULT OF MASSIVE BRAIN DAMAGE
CAUSED BY A LACK OF OXYGEN.
THE FAMILY HAS FILED A $50 MILLION LAWSUIT AGAINST
MILLION LAWSUIT AGAINST
SOUTHFIELD EMS, THE SOUTHFIELD
FIRE CHIEF SAYS THE FIRST
RESPONDERS CHECKED HER VITALS
THREE TIMES.
>>> WE HAVE AN UPDATE IN THE
CRASH THAT KILLED A 6-YEAR-OLD
GIRL IN WATERFORD TOWNSHIP.
FAMILY MEMBERS SAY HER FAMILY
DIED OVER THE WEEKEND AND
INJURED IN THE SAME CRASH THAT
TOOK THE LIFE OF HER 6-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER RILEY.
THE CAR WAS REAR-ENDED BY A
SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER WHO IS
NOW FACING SECOND-DEGREE MURDER
AND OTHER CHARGES.
>> Devin: 14 DAYS TO GO IN
DECISION 2020 AS LOCAL CLERKS
ARE PREPARING FOR WHAT WILL BE A
TIDAL WAVE OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
OAKLAND COUNTY CLERK LISA BROWN
NOT WORRIED.
AS GRANT HERMES REPORTS, SHE
WANTS EVERYONE TO SEE SHE HAS
PLANNED FOR A SAFE, SECURE, AND
SMOOTH ELECTION. >> Grant: OAKLAND COUNTY IS THE
>> Grant: OAKLAND COUNTY IS THE
SECOND LARGEST COUNTY AND THEY
EXPECT 150,000 BALLOTS TO COME
IN ON NOVEMBER 3rd WITH DOZENS
OF VOTES ON EACH BALLOT AND
PREPARATION IS KEY IN AN
ELECTION YEAR WHERE FEARS ABOUT
ABSENTEE VOTING HAS BEEN
RAMPANT.
OAKLAND COUNTY OFFICIALS TESTING
ELECTION SECURITY, ELECTION
WORKERS TO MAKE SURE NOTHING IS
OUT OF PLACE.
>> WE WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND
AND FEEL CONFIDENT AND CONFIDENT
IN OUR PROCESS.
WE HAVE SO MANY CHECKS AND
BALANCES IN PLACE IN MICHIGAN.
>> Grant: THE TESTING COMES TWO
DAYS AFTER THE PRESIDENT
ENCOURAGED CROWDS TO WATCH THE
POLLS.
ELECTION INTEGRITY HAS REMAINED
A MAJOR WORRY FOR OFFICIALS.
MILLIONS HAVE CAST THEIR BALLOTS
AND COUNTY CLERKS ARE LOOKING TO
PREPARE THEIR COUNTS ONE DAY
EARLY AND BALLOTS MUST BE IN BY
8:00 P.M. ON NOVEMBER 3rd,
SOMETHING REPUBLICANS HAILED A
VICTORY.
VOTING BY MAIL DOESN’T GIVE
EITHER PARTY A LEG UP BUT DOES
HELP VOTER TURN-OUT.
THE VOTER THIS WEEKEND CRITICAL
OF THE STATE G.O.P
>> I THINK IT IS SAD THAT A
POLITICAL PARTY WOULD MAKE
STATEMENTS TO HURT PEOPLE’S ABILITY TO VOTE.
ABILITY TO VOTE.
I JUST -- THAT’S NOT HOW IT
SHOULD BE.
EVERY ONE OF US SHOULD RECOGNIZE
THAT.
>> Grant: ELECTION OFFICIALS ARE
LOOKING TO GET BALLOTS IN AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE OR DROP THEM
OFF IN PERSON SO THE COUNT CAN
GET UNDER WAY ON NOVEMBER 3rd. >> WE’VE GOT OUR PROCESS DOWN
>> WE’VE GOT OUR PROCESS DOWN
PRETTY WELL AND WE’VE FOUND THE
MOST EFFICIENT PROCESSING AND I
THINK WE’LL BE OKAY. >> Grant: OAKLAND COUNTY CAN’T
>> Grant: OAKLAND COUNTY CAN’T
START COUNTING OR PREPARING A
DAY EARLY, SO THEY HAVE HIRED
MORE PEOPLE AND BROUGHT IN MORE
MACHINES AND HOPE TO HAVE IT
COUNTED BY TUESDAY NIGHT ON
ELECTION NIGHT.
>> Devin: AND FOR ANYONE STILL
WANTING TO REGISTER TO VOTE, IN
ORDER TO DO SO BY MAIL, YOUR
APPLICATION NEEDS TO BE POST
MARKED BY TODAY.
YOU CAN STILL REGISTER BUT YOU
HAVE TO DO IT IN PERSON AT YOUR
LOCAL CLERK’S OFFICE.
♪
>> Kim: THE BIG HOLIDAY SHOPPING
BLITZ USED TO BE AROUND
THANKSGIVING BUT NOW IT MIGHT BE
BEFORE HALLOWEEN ACCORDING TO
"HELP ME HANK."
>> Hank: WALMART IS SAYING
FORGET ABOUT BLACK FRIDAY!
THE BIG DEALS ARE BEING OFFERED UP RIGHT NOW!
UP RIGHT NOW!
WE’LL SHOW WHAT YOU THEY’RE