LIVE DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS NOW. WE ARE DEALING WITH SOME DOWN TREES AND
POWER OUTAGES AND SEVERE WEATHER
MAKES HIS WAY THROUGH OAKLAND
COUNTY, LEAVING A TON OF DAMAGE
IN THE AFTERMATH. YOU’RE LOOKING
LIVE HERE AT NOVI IN THE AREA OF
NOVA ROAD IN CRESCENT BOULEVARD,
YOU CAN SEE IT LOOKS LIKE A
NUMBER OF OFFICERS THERE ON THE
STREET LIKE THEY DO TO THE POWER
OUTAGES IN THE STREET LIGHTS,
NOT WORKING THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
OF COURSE, CREWS ARE WORKING TO
RESTORE POWER AS WELL. TO KEEP
YOU UPDATED ON THE SITUATION
THERE IS THAT TOPS OUR NEWS HERE
AT NOON. THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US. I’M EVROD CASSIMY AND I’M
RHONDA WALKER THIS SPECIAL ONE
HOUR EDITION OF LOCAL 4 NEWS AND
WE’RE GOING TO KICK IT OFF WITH
WHAT’S RIGHT BEHIND BRANDON, AND
THAT WAS THE INTENSE STORMS THAT
ROLLED THROUGH THIS MORNING.
VERY IMPRESSIVE, AND IT WAS A
COLD FRONT COMING INTO A WARM
AND STEAMY, UNSETTLED AIR MASS.
SO THE SHOWERS AND STORMS FIRED
UP. IT WASN’T JUST OAKLAND
COUNTY PARTS OF LIVINGSTON
COUNTY AS WELL, THE WALNUT CREEK
COUNTRY CLUB REPORTING BIG TREES
DOWN ALSO BACK INTO HAMBURG. BIG
TREES DOWN THERE AS WELL, BUT
BIG WINS OF 50, PLUS LOTS OF
LIGHTNING AS WELL AS SOME SMALL
HAIL. ALL THROUGH THIS MORNING
AND YOU CAN SEE SEVERE STORM
REPORTS. MAINLY THIS WAS AGAIN
IN BETWEEN BRIGHTON AND NOVI FOR
SOME OF THE WORST OF IT, AND
THEN AT LIKE 4 35 O’CLOCK THIS
MORNING WE HAD THE LEADING EDGE
OF THIS FRONT. CREATE SOME GUSTY
, PROBLEMATIC WINDS UP IN OUR
NORTH ZONE. LUCKILY ALL THAT’S
GONZO. WE HAVE MIDDLE EIGHTIES
OUT THERE A LITTLE BIT OF A
GUSTY WIND 20 TO 30, BUT MAYBE
YOU’RE HEADING TO ROCK AND RIDES
AND ROYAL OAK THIS AFTERNOON. WE
ARE STILL LOOKING AT A HOT 90.
BUT SOME HEAT RELIEF GUYS THAT
FRONT STRIPPING THE HUMIDITY, IT
IS MUCH MORE BEARABLE. YES AND
WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT,
BRANDON. THANK YOU SO MUCH AS HE
SHOWED YOU AT THE TOP OF THE
HOUR HERE DOWN TREES AND POWER
LINES ARE REALLY SPREAD ACROSS
THE CITY OF NOVI CERTAINLY IS IN
SOME OF THE MORE POPULAR AREAS
AS WELL. TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR
SCREEN THERE ON THE LEFT THAT
MASSIVE UPROOTED TREE FROM THE
STORM. AND ON THE RIGHT. YOU ARE
LOOKING AT THE CURRENT OUTAGE
MAP. COMPLIMENTS OF DTE SO YOU
CAN SEE WHERE THE OUTAGES ARE
RIGHT NOW, AN THAT’S 12,000
PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER. AND CRUZ
ARE IN THE FIELD, THANKS TO SOME
MORE MILD WEATHER TO GET THE
POWER RESTORED. LET’S GO LIVE TO
TIM PAMPLIN WITH A CLOSER LOOK
AT THE DAMAGE AND THAT WHOLE
CORRIDOR AROUND 12 OAKS MALL
REALLY SEEMS TO HAVE GOTTEN HIT
THE WORST. YEAH TERRIBLE SPOT
HERE. THIS IS MY TOWN CENTER.
WE’RE JUST SOUTH OF I 96 AT
NOVAYA ROAD. POLICE HAVE THIS
INTERSECTION SHUTDOWN NOVI ROAD
IS CLOSED AS DTE CREWS TRYING TO
GET POWER RESTORED TO THESE
COMMUNITIES. TAKE A LOOK AT SOME
OF THE VIDEO FROM EARLIER THIS
MORNING AS THE STORMS. ROLLED ON
THROUGH CAME AROUND SUNRISE.
JUST ONE LINE HAVE FOUND A
STORMS CAME BARRELING OUT FROM
THE WEST INTO NOVI TAKING DOWN
TREES, POWER LINES, KNOCKING OUT
POWER TO THE ENTIRE REGION HERE
ENTIRE AREA. CREWS HAVE BEEN ON
THE SCENE QUICKLY. I SPOKE TO
GINA, EARLIER HUSBAND AND YOUNG
DAUGHTER THE STORMS COMING
THROUGH AND MADE A BEELINE FOR
THE BASEMENT TO LISTEN. AND
BEFORE WE KNEW IT, WE HEARD
DADDY SAY DOWN TO THE BASEMENT
AND THE SIREN DIDN’T EVEN GO
OFF. IT JUST IT WAS LITERALLY
SOUNDED LIKE GLASS WAS BREAKING.
SO WE WEREN’T SURE IF IT WAS A
WINDOWS OR WHAT IT WAS. WHAT WAS
IT? YOU KNOW, IT WAS OUR TRASH
CANS, ACTUALLY, WITH THE
RECYCLABLES AND ALL THAT. BUT IT
WAS ENOUGH TO SCARE THE EVER
LIVING OUT OF US. SO YEAH.
SCARED THE EVER LIVING BEJESUS
OUT OF THEM. I’M SURE WORKERS
HERE WAITING TO GET THE POWER
BACK ON A LOT OF THESE
BUSINESSES HERE. SHUT DOWN. IF
YOU HAVE PLANS TO COME OUT HERE
TODAY, YOU MIGHT WANT TO COME
OUT HERE TOMORROW. IT’S GOING TO
TAKE PROBABLY AN ENTIRE DAY TO
GET POWER RESTORED AND THINGS
BACK TO NORMAL HERE IN NOVA.
THAT IS A SCENE RIGHT NOW. THE
NEARBY TOWN CENTER TIM PAMPLIN,
LOCAL 4 BACK TO YOU GUYS
DOWNTOWN. ALL RIGHT, TIM. THANK
YOU. CERTAINLY SCARY FOR A LOT
OF FAMILIES TO HEAR. STORMS ROLL
THROUGH LIKE THAT. BECAUSE YOU
JUST DON’T KNOW WHEN YOU’RE IN
THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT, SO
ALWAYS HEED THE WARNING AND HEAD
TO THE BASEMENT, SEVERE WEATHER
TO BLAME FOR THE SHUTDOWN OF THE
ABBOTT NUTRITION FACILITY IN
STURGIS, ALTHOUGH NOT TODAY’S
STORM, RIGHT. HEAVY RAIN CAUSED
BY SEVERE WEATHER OVERWHELMED
THE PLANT SEWER SYSTEM. AND THAT
CAUSED SOME FLOODING. THERE IS
GOING TO BE CLEANING AND
SANITIZING THE PLAN BEFORE
CONSULTING WITH THE FDA AGAIN TO
UNDERGO TESTING TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE PLANT IS SAFE ENOUGH
FOR THEM TO CONTINUE PRODUCTION
AGAIN. HERE’S THE THING. THE
ENTIRE PROCESS IS LIKELY GOING
TO TAKE A FEW WEEKS, BUT ABBOTT
SAYS THAT THEY DO HAVE ENOUGH
BABY FORMULA NEEDED TO MEET THE
CURRENT DEMAND. RIGHT NOW WE
WANT TO GIVE YOU A LIVE LOOK AT
THE US CAPITOL, WHERE THE THIRD
HEARING ON THE JANUARY 6TH
INSURRECTION WILL BEGIN IN LESS
THAN AN HOUR. THAT COMMITTEE IS
EXPECTED TO FOCUS ON THE
PRESSURE CAMPAIGN AGAINST FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE.
LEADING UP TO THE COUNTING OF
THE ELECTORAL VOTES. LET’S GET
TO NBC’S GARRETT HAIG. HE SPOKE
EXCLUSIVELY WITH ONE OF THE
MEMBERS LEADING TODAY’S HEARING.
THE DEEP STATE. JANUARY 6TH
COMMITTEE UNVEILING NEW EVIDENCE
THIS MORNING THAT THEY SAY SHOWS
DONALD TRUMP’S PLOT TO PRESSURE
HIS VICE PRESIDENT INTO JOINING
AN ILLEGAL SCHEME TO THROW OUT
THE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS AND
STAY IN POWER. THIS WAS A
COORDINATED EFFORT. DONALD TRUMP
STARTED TO FOCUS HIS ATTENTION
ON JANUARY 6TH AND MIKE PENCE
AND WANTED HIM TO VIOLATE THE
CONSTITUTION. CONGRESSMAN PETE
AGUILAR WILL PRESENT THE
COMMITTEE’S FINDINGS IN THIS
AFTERNOON’S HEARING. AS RIOTERS
BROKE INTO THE CAPITAL. PENCE
WAS WHISKED OFF THE SENATE FLOOR
RIGHT UP THERE IN HIS CEREMONIAL
OFFICE. WHAT’S GOING ON OUT HERE
AND WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THAT
ROOM WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT? 2
13. PM THEY BREACHED THE
BUILDING AT 2 24. PM THE
PRESIDENT PUTS OUT A TWEET THAT
MIKE PENCE DIDN’T HAVE THE
COURAGE TO DO WHAT WAS
NECESSARY. AND SO WE HAVE THE
VICE PRESIDENT. ONE WINDOWPANE
AWAY FROM THE FROM THE MOB HERE
, AND SO THAT’S WHEN THEY KNEW
IT WAS TIME TO EVACUATE. BUT THE
EVENTS OF THE SIX WORLD THE END
OF A PRESSURE CAMPAIGN THAT
BEGAN MUCH EARLIER, WITH PENCE,
CONSISTENTLY PUSHING BACK,
ACCORDING TO TESTIMONY. FROM HIS
CHIEF OF STAFF MARK SHORT,
SHARED EXCLUSIVELY WITH NBC NEWS
BY THE COMMITTEE. WAS IT YOUR
IMPRESSION OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
HAD DIRECTLY CONVEYED HIS
POSITION ON THESE ISSUES TO THE
PRESIDENT? NOT JUST TO THE WORLD
THROUGH A DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER
BUT DIRECTLY TO PRESIDENT TRUMP
MANY TIMES. AND HAD BEEN
CONSISTENT IN CONVEYING HIS
POSITION TO THE PRESIDENT. VERY
CONSISTENT. THE COMMITTEE ALSO
RELEASING THIS VIDEO OF GEORGIA
CONGRESSMAN BARRY LOUDERMILK,
CONDUCTING A TOUR FOR
CONSTITUENTS OF THE THEN CLOSED
CAPITOL COMPLEX ON JANUARY 5TH.
THE COMMITTEE SAYS THE MAN SEEN
TAKING PICTURES OF A SECURITY
CHECKPOINT LATER RECORDED THIS
VIDEO WHILE MARCHING ON THE
CAPITAL. THERE IS NO ESCAPE.
PELOSI LOUDERMILK, SAYING
CAPITOL POLICE HAVE DETERMINED
THERE WAS NOTHING SUSPICIOUS
ABOUT THE TOUR OR THE PICTURES
TAKEN. AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU,
GARRETT FOR THAT UPDATE. YOU CAN
FOLLOW TODAY’S HEARING. WE’LL
HAVE IT FOR YOU AND
CLICKONDETROIT.COM ALSO, YOU CAN
WATCH THE JANUARY 6TH HEARING IN
LESS THAN 30 MINUTES LIVE HERE
ON LOCAL 4 AND LOCAL 4 PLUS ARE
STREAMING CHANNEL. IT WILL
CHANGE THIS AFTERNOON’S TV
SCHEDULE. HOWEVER YOU CAN WATCH
THE HEARINGS STARTING AT ONE PM
AS SOON AS THIS NEWSCAST IS
OVER. AND THEN AT THREE O’CLOCK
THIS AFTERNOON, THE U. S OPEN
GOLF TOURNAMENT WILL GET
UNDERWAY ON LOCAL 4 LIVE HERE ON
OUR AIR, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU
WILL BE ABLE TO FINISH WATCHING.
ANY OTHER LOCAL 4 NEWS COVERAGE
LIKE LOCAL 4 FIRST AT FOUR ON
OUR STREAMING CHANNEL LOCAL 4
PLUS ALSO THIS AFTERNOON.
MICHIGAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE
RYAN KELLY IS GOING TO BE GOING
BEFORE A JUDGE. HE’S FACING
CHARGES FOR HIS ALLEGED ROLE IN
THE JANUARY 6TH ATTACK ON THE U.
S. CAPITOL. HE WAS ARRESTED LAST
FRIDAY AT HIS HOME IN ALAN DALE
BY THE FBI AND CHARGED WITH FOUR
MISDEMEANORS COMING UP AT 12 30.
WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM.
MEANWHILE IN OTHER NEWS THIS
AFTERNOON, POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING A DEADLY SHOOTING
ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE. IT
HAPPENED AROUND NINE O’CLOCK
THIS MORNING AT A HOME ON WEST
OUTER DRIVE, AND MYERS. WE’RE
TOLD THAT SOMEONE DRIVING A
BLACK MERCEDES WAS SHOT AND
KILLED. WE ARE STILL WORKING TO
LEARN THE CIRCUMSTANCES
SURROUNDING THE CASE AS POLICE
CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATION. AT
LEAST ONE PERSON HAS BEEN
ARRESTED AFTER SEVERAL MUSTANGS
WERE STOLEN FROM THE FORD
ASSEMBLY PLANT IN FLAT ROCK.
POLICE SAY THAT 4 TO 5 MUSTANGS
WERE STOLEN IN TOTAL AROUND
THREE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
TODAY POLICE ARE TELLING US THAT
ONE CAR ACTUALLY RAN OUT OF GAS
, CAUSING THE PERSON TO DRIVE
ONTO THE GRASS AND BANK MINT OF
I 96 THEY SAY THAT PERSON WAS
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. STATE POLICE
SAY THAT THEY HAVE RECOVERED
THREE VEHICLES IN ARE
INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT.
AFTER A CONSISTENT RISE IN
PRICES. MICHIGAN’S GAS PRICES
ARE REMAINING STEADY, BUT STILL
WELL ABOUT $5 A GALLON RIGHT
NOW. TRIPLE A SAYS THAT MICHIGAN
AND AVERAGE OF 5 20 PER GALLON
THAT’S DOWN A PENNY FROM A WEEK
AGO AND 82 CENTS HIGHER THAN A
MONTH AGO IN METRO DETROIT.
TRIPOLI SAYS THAT DRIVERS ARE
PAYING AN AVERAGE OF $5.30 A
GALLON WHILE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
TRIPOLI SAYS THAT DRIVERS ARE
PAYING AN AVERAGE OF $5 PER
GALLON, SO SOMEWHERE IN THE
COUNTRY. THEY’RE JUST NOW
FEELING OUR PAIN. MM ALRIGHT.
STILL TO COME. THE SAGA
CONTINUES FOR ACTOR KEVIN SPACEY
KNEW AT NOON. WE’RE GOING TO
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED
TODAY IN A LONDON COURTROOM. BUT
FIRST EXPECT MORE ON THE WAR IN
UKRAINE, INCLUDING AN UPDATE ON