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>> RAIN JUST AROUND THE CORNER
BUT WE’RE LOOKING AT SNOW AS WE
HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, AND WE
WILL SEE ACCUMULATION.
WE’LL TELL YOU HOW MUCH, COMING
UP.
>> Devin: WITH HEIGHTENED
SECURITY FOR SUNDAY’S PROTESTS
AT THE STATE CAPITOL, SOME
SURPRISINGLY GROUPS ARE DECIDING
TO STAY AWAY.
ALL COMING UP.
BUT FIRST PRESIDENT ELECT JOE
BIDEN UNVEILING A NEARLY
$2 TRILLION COVID RELIEF PACKAGE
TONIGHT.
>> Anchor: THAT PLAN INCLUDES
$1400 DIRECT PAYMENTS TO MOST
AMERICANS AS WELL AS MONEY TO
LAUNCH A NATIONAL VACCINATION
PROGRAM.
>> THIS GETS MONEY QUICKLY INTO
THE POCKETS OF MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS WHO WILL SPEND IT
IMMEDIATELY ON FOOD AND RENT,
AND OTHER BASIC NEEDS.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT ELECT
JOE BIDEN OUTLINING HIS AMERICAN
RESCUE PLAN THURSDAY, BIDEN
PROPOSING TO SEND $1,400 IN
DIRECT PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE
AMERICANS.
THIS MONEY WOULD BE IN ADDITION
TO THE $600 PAYMENT SENT OUT
EARLIER THIS MONTH.
>> WE NEED TO TURN IT INTO
LEGISLATION TO CONQUER THE
PANDEMIC, AND TO REVIVE THE
ECONOMY.
>> Reporter: THE LEGISLATIVE
PACKAGE INCLUDES AN INCREASE AND
EXTENSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS AND MORE FUNDING FOR
SMALL BUSINESSES, WITH MORE THAN
388,000 NOW DEAD FROM
CORONAVIRUS IN THE U.S., AND AT
A TIME WHEN OFFICIALS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT
THE FEDERAL VACCINATION MODEL.
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT GONE WITH THE
FEDERAL MODEL.
>> THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT’S AS
SIMPLE AS MUD, IF YOU CAN GET
SHOTS IN ARMS YOU’RE GOING TO
SAVE LIVES.
>> Reporter: THE INCOMING
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO
INVEST $20 BILLION IN A NATIONAL
VACCINATION PROGRAM LAUNCHING
COMMUNITY VACCINATION CENTERS
AND MOBILE UNITS TO REACH HARD
TO ACCESS AREAS.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PRESIDENT
ELECT WANTS TO INVEST
$50 BILLION IN TESTING.
>> WE’LL HAVE A PRESIDENT IN A
LITTLE UNDER A WEEK THAT WILL
PRIORITIZE BOTH OF THESE.
THIS IS THE KEY TO GETTING IT,
OUT OF THIS, BECAUSE TESTING
STILL MATTERS.
>> Anchor: PRESIDENT ELECT
BIDEN SAID HE WANTS THE RELIEF
BILL ON HIS DESK BY THE END OF
THE MOMENT, BUT ULTIMATELY THAT
WILL DEPEND ON CONGRESS.
>> Devin: TONIGHT THE
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN VOLUNTEER
MILLISH THAT IS TELLING ITS
MEMBERS TO STAY AWAY FROM THE
CAPITOL ON SUNDAY.
>> Anchor: THAT IS A GROUP
THAT HASN’T SHIED AWAY FROM
PREVIOUS PROTESTS.
JASON COLTHORP SPOKE TO ONE OF
THEIR TEAM LEADERS TONIGHT TO
FIND OUT WHY.
>> Reporter: THEY’VE DONE
THEIR HOMEWORK, THEY’VE REACHED
OUT TO POLICE, THEY’VE GOT AN
IDEA OF WHAT THE SITUATION WITH
ALL THE SECURITY MEASURES ARE
GOING TO BE AT THE CAPITOL, AND
THEY FEEL THAT IT’S GOING TO BE
DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO
EXTRICATE THEMSELVES FROM THAT
SITUATION IF VIOLENCE BREAKS OUT
AND THEY JUST FEEL IT’S NOT
WORTH IT.
THE STATE POLICE ARE NOT TAKING
ANY CHANCES WITH SUNDAY’S
PLANNED ARMED PROTEST AT THE
STATE CAPITOL.
IN ADDITION TO A 6-FOOT CHAIN
LINK FENCE GOING UP AROUND THE
BUILDING, NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS
WILL BE DEPLOYED.
THE THE GOAL WAS TO CREATE A
SCENE THAT SAYS STAY AWAY, WELL,
IT MIGHT BE WORKING.
>> NOBODY CAN GARN, GUARANTEE
WHAT OTHER GROUPS WILL BE DOING.
>> Reporter: THEY’RE MART OF
THE SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN VOLUNTEER
MILLISH MILITIA, AND MICHAEL
KNOWS PEOPLE HEAR MILITIA AND
MAKE ASSUMPTIONS.
>> THE BIGGEST MISCONCEPTION IS
THAT WE’RE ANGRY, THAT WE WANT
TO TOPPLE THE GOVERNMENT.
WE’RE NOT ANTIGOVERNMENT.
WE’RE ANTI-UNCONSTITUTIONAL
GOVERNMENT.
>> Reporter: THEIR GROUP HAS
PROTESTED IN LANSING SEVERAL
TIMES OVER THE LAST 11 MONTHS
AGAINST THE GOVERNOR’S PANDEMIC
ORDERS, WITH SIGNS, BULL HORNS,
FLAGS AND GUNS.
GUNS THEY CARRY INSIDE THE
CAPITOL LAST APRIL.
THEY WERE PLANNING TO BE THERE
AGAIN SUNDAY, BUT TODAY CHANGED
COURSE.
>> WHILE THERE IS NOT A SPECIFIC
THREAT IN LANSING THIS WEEKEND,
THERE IS HEIGHTENED CHATTER OF
POTENTIAL FOR VARIOUS GROUPS TO
SHOW UP, TO INSTIGATE PROBLEMS.
>> Reporter: THEY’RE NOT SURE
IF SOME OF THEIR MEMBERS WILL
STILL GO, BUT THEY THEY SUNDAY
MIGHT BE CALMER THAN EXPECTED.
>> THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND
CAUSE ISSUES, HOPEFULLY THEY’LL
BE TURNED OFF BY THE ROBUST
SECURITY MEASURES THAT ARE IN
PLACE.
>> Reporter: HE THINKS THERE’S
A CHANCE JUST A COUPLE DOZEN
PEOPLE MIGHT END UP SHOWING UP
ON SUNDAY, WHICH OF COURSE WOULD
BE GOOD NEWS.
NOW, THE EPISCOPAL NEWS SERVICE
IS REPORTING THAT THE EPISCOPAL
CHURCH ACROSS THE STREET FROM
THE CAPITOL IS ASKING ITS
PARISHIONERS TO ALSO NOT ENGAGE,
NOT SHOW UP AND COUNTER PROTEST,
THEY THINK THAT SITUATION IS NOT
A GOOD IDEA EITHER.
>> Anchor: AND JASON, DO WE
KNOW, DID ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF
THIS MILITIA GO TO WASHINGTON ON
THE 6TH?
>> Reporter: THEY DID NOT.
AND AS THEY EXPLAINED IT TO ME,
THEY WERE DISAPPOINTED WHEN THEY
SAW THE VIOLENCE THAT BROKE OUT
AT THE U.S. CAPITOL, BUT IN
THEIR WORDS THEY UNDERSTOOD WHY
IT HAPPENED.
>> Anchor: ALL RIGHT, THANK
YOU, JASON.
>> Devin: NEW TONIGHT A
TEENAGER MISSING SINCE NOVEMBER
HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE.
>>> 15-YEAR-OLD GLORIA ALVARADO
DISAPPEARED FROM HER HOME.
SHE IS NOW BACK HOME AND POLICE
SAY WAS NEVER IN ANY DANGER.
>> Devin: THE DISASTER IN
APRIL STARTED IN 2014, NEARLY
SEVEN YEARS LATER NEW CHARGES
HAVE BEEN BROUGHT AGAINST THE
TOP LEGAL OF MICHIGAN’S
GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING FORMER
GOVERNOR SNYDER.
MARA, A LOT OF CHARGES, OVER 40
FILED, BUT MOST OF THE TALK
TODAY HAS BEEN ABOUT THE SNYDER
CHARGES WHICH ARE TWO
MISDEMEANORS.
>> Reporter: THAT’S RIGHT,
DEVIN.
TWO MISS DEMEAN FORS FOR WILLFUL
NEGLECT OF DUTY.
WHEN PEOPLE HEARD THEY WERE
MISDEMEANOR CHARGES THEY WEREN’T
TOO IMPRESSED.
BUT I THINK THE BIGGER QUESTION
TONIGHT IS WHETHER THESE TWO
MISDEMEANORS WILL END UP BEING
CONVICTIONS, BECAUSE THIS IS A
HIGH --
THE FINAL TALLY, 49 CHARGES.
SNYDER MAY BE THE MOST HIGH
PROFILE, BUT HE WAS CHARGED WITH
THE LEAST COMPARED TO THE OTHER
EIGHT.
>> WHEN AN ENTIRE CITY IS
VICTIMIZED BY THE NEGLIGENCE AND
INDIFFERENCE OF THOSE IN POWER,
IT DESERVES AN UNCOMPROMISING
INVESTIGATION.
>> Reporter: HERE’S WHO IS
REALLY FACING SERIOUS MULTIPLE
FELONIES.
NICK LYON, FORMER DIRECTOR OF
THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, NINE
FELONY COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY
MANSLAUGHTER AND TWO OTHER
MISDEMEANORS.
LYON ISN’T IN TROUBLE FOR
FLYNN’S LEAD PROBLEMS BUT HOW
THE STATE HANDLED THE
LEGIONNAIRES OUTBREAK, WHICH MAY
BE TIED TO THE WATER SWITCH.
DR. EDEN WELLS, THE FORMER STATE
CHIEF MEDICAL EXECUTIVE, NINE
FELONY COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY
MANSLAUGHTER, ALSO CONNECTED TO
LEGIONNAIRES, PLUS TWO FELONY
COUNTS OF MISCONDUCT IN PUBLIC
OFFICE.
RICH BAER, ONE OF THE GOVERNOR’S
DEAREST FRIENDS WHO ACTED AS
SO-CALLED TRANSFORMATION
MANAGER, HE’S FACING FELONIES
INCLUDING EX-PORTION FOR HOW
FROMS SAY HE TRIED TO MANAGE THE
FLINT CRISIS ONCE IT HIT, ALSO
PUBLIC OFFICE PERJURY AND
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.
>> THIS CASE IS ABOUT JUSTICE,
TRUTH, ACCOUNTABILITY, POISONED
CHILDREN LOST LIVES, SHATTERED
FAMILIES THAT ARE STILL NOT
WHOLE, AND SIMPLY GIVING A DAMN
ABOUT ALL OF HUMANITY.
>> Reporter: THE REST OF THOSE
CHARGED INCLUDE TWO EMERGENCY
MANAGERS, THE FORMER D.P.W.
DIRECTORY, THE GOVERNOR’S
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR AND A
CURRENT HHS MANAGER.
BACK HERE LIVE, THIS IS THE
SECOND ATTEMPT AT CRIMINAL
PROSECUTION BY A SECOND A.G. NOW
GOING ON SEVEN YEARS, AND
CLEARLY GOVERNMENT AT EVERY
LEVEL, WHETHER IT WAS CITY,
COUNTY, STATE OR FEDERAL FAILED
THE PEOPLE OF FLINT.
BUT SO FAR CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS
HAVE PROVED TO BE ELUSIVE.
WE’RE LIVE DOWNTOWN TONIGHT, I’M
MARA MCDONALD, LOCAL 4.
>> Devin: AND SO MANY OF THEM
HERE TO WATCH, AS THE GOVERNOR
WILL BE BACK IN COURT NEXT WEEK.
>> Anchor: AFTER BACK TO BACK
DAYS IN THE 40’S, LOOKS LIKE
WE’VE GOT SOME RAIN AND SOME
SNOW IN THE FORECAST.
>> Devin: IN FACT, BEN, SOME
AREAS COULD SEE SOME RAIN
TONIGHT.
>> YES, WE’VE GOT SHOWERS
ALREADY IN WEST MICHIGAN.
BUT IT’S TOMORROW MORNINGS
COMMUTE WHEN MOST OF THAT STUFF
WILL GET HERE, SO LEAVE YOURSELF
SOME EXTRA TIME, EVEN THOUGH WE
DO EXPECT THIS TO BE ALL LIQUID.
IT’S MOSTLY WEST OF 69 THERE,
COLDWATER GETTING SHOWERS AND
GRAND RAPIDS.
TOMORROW MORNING, AGAIN, WE’RE
LOOKING AT THOSE SHOWER CHANCES
AND WE’LL BACK UP AND SHOW YOU
HOW WE EXPECT THIS TO GO.
THE REST OF TONIGHT IS GENERALLY
GOING TO BE DRY WITH CLOUDY
SKIES, AND THEN ONCE WE HEAD
INTO TOMORROW MORNING, THAT’S
WHEN THE RAIN ARRIVES, IT DOES
TRANSITION TO SNOW AROUND
MIDDAY, MOSTLY FOR THE WEST AND
NORTH ZONES.
AND THEN A LOT OF THIS WILL
START SEEING FLAKES AS WE GET
INTO THE SECOND HALF OF FRIDAY,
BUT ESPECIALLY IN AREAS NORTH OF
EIGHT MILE.
A LITTLE BREAK LATE FRIDAY
EVENING, SO ABOUT 24 HOURS FROM
NOW.
AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES GO, NEAR
NOT GOING TO MOVE THAT MUCH, MID
TO UPPER 30’S TOMORROW IS WHAT
WE CAN EXPECT.
AGAIN THAT RAIN IN THE MORNING,
SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON, AND STILL
SOME IMPACTS OVER THE WEEKEND,ES
ON SUNDAY, WE’LL TALK ABOUT HOW
MUCH SNOW WE’RE EXPECTING
OVERALL AND WHETHER WE’RE
GETTING THE SHOVELS OUT, IN A
FEW MINUTES.
>> Devin: THE STATE IS
REPORTING NEARLY 2700 NEW CASES
OF THE CORONAVIRUS IN THE PAST
DAY, WITH ANOTHER 139 DEATHS.
>> Anchor: WITH CASES ON THE
RISE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE
C.D.C. NOW PROJECTING AN
ADDITIONAL 92,000 AMERICANS WILL
DIE FROM THE VIRUS IN THE NEXT
THREE WEEKS.
THE VACCINE DISTRIBUTION RAMPING
UP, THE CITY OF DETROIT
EXPANDING ACCESS TO VACCINATIONS
AT THE TCF CENTER.
NOW ANYONE 70 AND OLDER CAN
SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT, IT USED
TO BE 75 AND OLDER.
POST OFFICE EMPLOYEES ARE NOW
ALSO EL JUBL --
ELIGIBLE.
>> YOU ARE 70 YEARS OR OLDER,
YOU CAN CALL RIGHT NOW, BOOK
YOUR APPOINTMENT, WE’RE NOW
BOOKING INTO THE LATTER PART OF
NEXT WEEK, AND WHILE GOOD
NEIGHBOR PROGRAM STAYS IN
EFFECT, SO IF YOU’RE 65 OR OVER
AND YOU TAKE A 70-YEAR-OLD
NEIGHBOR WITH YOU, YOU CAN GET
YOUR SHOT TOO.
>> Anchor: IF YOU’RE ELIGIBLE,
YOU CAN BOOK YOUR APPOINTMENT BY
CALLING THE NUMBER RIGHT THERE
ON YOUR SCREEN.
313-230-0505.
TONIGHT POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR
TWO MISSING CHILDREN,
10-YEAR-OLD RICHARD RICHARDSON
AND 9-YEAR-OLD RAYVIN GEORGE,
LAST SEEN AROUND ONE IN THE
AFTERNOON, POLICE SAY THEY WERE
SEEN WALKING AWAY FROM THE AREA.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION,
CALL DETROIT POLICE.
STILL AHEAD, THE REDWINGS
FINALLY BACK.
>> Devin: BEEN MORE THAN 300
DAYS SINCE WE’VE HEARD KAREN
NEWMAN SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
THE SEASON OPENER, JUST AHEAD IN
SPORTS.
>> SAW SOME BRUISE ON HIS, THE
SIDE OF HIS EYES.
>> Anchor: A WAITRESS NOW
BEING CREDITED WITH SAVING A
BOY’S LIFE, HOW SHE GOT HIM AWAY
FROM HIS ABUSIVE PARENTS.
>> Devin: FIRST TWO FORMER
BEAUMONT HOSPITAL WORKERS
ACCUSED OF RUNNING A SCHEME
SELLING STOLEN MEDICAL