FIRST AT FOUR. IT’S BACK OPEN, METRO DETROITERS COULD RIDE BELLE ISLE’S GIANT SLIDE AGAIN
TODAY AFTER THAT, ROCKY START
THAT GOT NATIONAL ATTENTION. WAS
IT ANOTHER BUMPY DAY? WE’RE
GOING TO HAVE A LIVE REPORT, AND
WE’RE GOING THROUGH THE JUST
UNSEALED DOCUMENTS SHOWING WHY
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTED TO
SEARCH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
MAR A LAGO HOME. WE’RE GOING TO
TAKE YOU THROUGH WHAT’S INSIDE,
INCLUDING SOME TOP SECRET
INFORMATION. PAULA. CAUSE AND
EFFECT OF WORKERS SHORTAGES.
WHERE DID THEY ALL GO?
PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TODAY
PROGRAMS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS
PEOPLE WORRIED. I’M WORRIED.
THAT MAKES ME A LITTLE EMOTIONAL
WORRIED BECAUSE FOLKS HAVE TO
GET BACK INTO PROGRAMMING
PROGRAMS ARE SHRINKING AND COULD
POSSIBLY EVEN EVAPORATE. I’M
FOREWARN METEOROLOGIST KIM ADAMS
AFTER A CLOUDY DAY NOW FINALLY
TO KICK OFF THE WEEKEND, THE
CLOUDS ARE PARTING. THE SUN IS
COMING OUT, AND I WILL HAVE THAT
WEEKEND FORECAST FOR YOU IN JUST
A FEW MINUTES. LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS
FIRST AT FOUR STARTS NOW. FIRST
AT FOUR. WE’RE LEARNING MORE
ABOUT WHY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
WANTED TO ACT QUICKLY TO SEARCH
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S MAR A
LAGO HOME. THE DOCUMENT USED TO
JUSTIFY AN FBI SEARCH WAS
UNSEALED JUST HOURS AGO.
KIMBERLY GAIL IS IN THE NEWSROOM
TO TAKE US THROUGH WHAT’S IN IT,
AND KIMBERLY, THIS WAS HEAVILY
REDACTED. SANDRA YOU’RE RIGHT.
GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU. TAKE A
LOOK. THE DOCUMENT IS 36 PAGES,
AND MANY OF THEM LOOK LIKE THIS
WITH DETAILS BLACKED OUT, BUT WE
STILL WERE ABLE TO LEARN A LOT
ABOUT WHAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT
HAD INSIDE HIS FLORIDA ESTATE,
THE AFFIDAVIT SAYS. IN MID MAY,
THE FBI REVIEWED THE CONTENTS OF
15 BOXES, TRUMP RETURNED TO THE
NATIONAL ARCHIVES FROM HIS
FLORIDA PROPERTY. IT FOUND 184
DOCUMENTS WITH CLASSIFICATION
MARKINGS. 25 WERE MARKED TOP
SECRET 67 MARKED CONFIDENTIAL
AND 92 MARKED SECRET IN THE
DOCUMENTS. THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE SAYS THERE WERE
REFERENCES TO CONVERSATIONS WITH
CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES OVERSEAS.
THE DOJ SAYS IF THAT INFORMATION
GOT IN THE WRONG HANDS, AND
THEIR IDENTITIES WERE REVEALED
LIVES COULD BE AT RISK. IT’S
IMPORTANT TO NOTE TO THIS WAS
THE INFORMATION THE FORMER
PRESIDENT AGREED TO HAND OVER
BEFORE THE SEARCH. IN THE SEARCH
, THE FBI AGENTS REMOVED ANOTHER
11 SETS OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS
NOW FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP
RESPONDED ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORM, CRITICIZING THE
AFFIDAVITS, HEAVY REDACTIONS AND
ATTACKING THE FBI AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT
REDACTED SO MUCH OF THE DOCUMENT
TO PROTECT WITNESSES. THE
DEPARTMENT SAYS IT’S EARLY IN
ITS INVESTIGATION, AND WE DON’T
KNOW IF CHARGES MAY BE COMING.
BUT WE ARE GATHERING MORE
INFORMATION AND REACTION TO
WHAT’S IN THE DOCUMENT, AND
WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE WHEN YOU
JOIN US. ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE
SANDRA ALI SEND IT BACK TO YOU
LOTS TO SIFT THROUGH. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, KIMBERLY. OUR OTHER
TOP STORY TODAY HAS BEEN REALLY
THE TALK OF THE INTERNET FOR THE
PAST WEEK, THE BUMPY START FOR
BELLE ISLE’S GIANT SLIDE. IT
INSPIRED MEMES RAP SONGS AND
EVEN BROUGHT THE TODAY SHOW TO
DETROIT THIS MORNING. IT
REOPENED TODAY, WITH SOME
CHANGES DESIGNED TO MAKE IT A
SMOOTHER RIDE. PRIYA MANN JOINS
US NOW LIVE FROM BELL ISLAND,
PRIYA. I KNOW YOU’VE BEEN THERE
ALL DAY. HOW WAS IT? SANDRA. IT
WAS AMAZING. I EVEN TOOK A RIDE
MYSELF. I LIKE HOW YOU STARTED
OUT BY SAYING IT WAS A BUMPY
START TO THE GIANT SLIDE. OF
COURSE, THESE ARE THOSE BURLAP
SACKS THAT YOU’VE GOT TO WEAR.
WHEN YOU KNOW YOU’RE GOING DOWN
THAT BIG METAL SLIDE HUGE LINE
TODAY AS IT FINALLY REOPENED.
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE SAW
THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY, TONS
OF FAMILIES WERE HERE TAKING
THEIR CHANCE GOING DOWN THE
SLIDE HAVING A BLAST, OF COURSE.
THE GIANT SLIDE OPENED LAST
WEEKEND, BUT IT QUICKLY CLOSED
WHEN RIDERS WERE SEEN GOING TOO
FAST AND BOUNCING A BIT TOO HIGH
ON THEIR WAY DOWN. DOWN VIDEOS
WENT VIRAL, RACKING UP MILLIONS
OF VIEWS. SO AFTER HAVING TO
CLOSE TODAY, THE MICHIGAN
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
REOPEN THE GIANT SLIDE ON BELLE
ISLE. NOW THEY ARE PERIODICALLY
SPRAYING THE SLIDE DOWN WITH
WATER TO INCREASE FRICTION AND
SLOW RIDERS DOWN THERE, OF
COURSE, REMINDING RIDERS TO LEAN
FORWARD AS THEY’RE GOING DOWN
THE SLIDE. FOLKS WE TALKED TO
YOU WERE HAVING A TON OF FUN.
TAKE A LISTEN ESPECIALLY TO
THOSE WHO ARE REMINISCING ABOUT
BEING HERE DECADES AGO. AS A KID
. I USED TO BE DOWN HERE ALL THE
TIME JUST ON THE SMILE. SO IT
BRINGS BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE HYPE AND
PEOPLE GOING AIRBORNE AND
EVERYTHING? WELL YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT’S BETTER THAN WHAT IT WAS
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP. AND I’VE
SEEN INCIDENTS THAT YOU HAD ON
THE T V. IT’S A LOT BETTER THAN
WHAT PASSED. NOW OF COURSE, THE
GIANT SLIDE HERE ON BELLE ISLE
RUNS FROM 11 TO 3. FRIDAY,
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY THROUGH
LABOR DAY WEEKEND. SO I SEE SOME
FOLKS ARE STILL WALKING UP.
UNFORTUNATELY THE GIANT SIDE IS
CLOSED FOR TODAY. BUT YOU CAN
COME TOMORROW OR SUNDAY AGAIN.
THOSE HOURS ARE 11 TO 3. I GOT
TO SAY IT FEELS A LITTLE LONELY
HERE NOW THAT THE CROWD HAS
GONE, BUT I’M SURE IT IS GOING
TO BE PACKED. COME THIS WEEKEND
REPORTING LIVE ON BELLE ISLE.
I’M PRIYA MANN BEFORE THE CROWDS
WILL BE BACK TOMORROW. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU. PRAYER. WE’LL
SEE YOU AT FIVE. AND THE WEATHER
WAS GREAT FOR THE REOPENING OF
THE SLIDE, AND WE’RE HOPING FOR
MORE SUNSHINE. NOW AS WE HEAD
INTO THE WEEKEND, KIM LAUGHING
SANDER BECAUSE I’M PRETTY SURE I
HAVE SCARS SOMEWHERE FROM BURNS
GOING DOWN THOSE KINDS OF SLIDES
. YOU KNOW WHEN THE SUN HIT IT,
AND IT GOT REALLY HOT IN THE
SUMMERTIME BACK WHEN WE WERE
KIDS SEVENTIES RIGHT NOW, FOR
OUR TEMPERATURES, WE DIDN’T
QUITE GET AS HIGH TODAY AS WE
COULD HAVE GOTTEN IF THOSE
CLOUDS WOULD HAVE PARTED A
LITTLE EARLIER, SO RIGHT NOW WE
ARE GETTING FOR THE MOST PART
TEMPS IN THE MID TO UPPER
SEVENTIES 76 IN PONTIAC 77. NOW
IN MOUNT CLEMENS, THE GOOD NEWS
CHOOSE AS EXPECTED, THESE CLOUDS
ARE FINALLY STARTING TO GET OUT
OF HERE. MORE AND MORE SUNSHINE
AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE
OF HOURS, AND THAT MEANS OUR
TEMPERATURE WILL PROBABLY POP
BACK UP JUST BRIEFLY, BUT
OTHERWISE A VERY PLEASANT NIGHT
AHEAD. NO SHOWERS. NO
THUNDERSTORMS. JUST A WONDERFUL
START TO THE WEEKEND. I’LL HAVE
THAT WEEKEND FORECAST HERE IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. KIM THERE HAS BEEN A
SNAG TODAY IN THE REPAIRS FOR
THAT BROKEN WATER MAIN THAT
CAUSED A BOIL. WATER ADVISORY.
THE SEGMENT OF REPLACEMENT PIPE
THAT WAS JUST DELIVERED
YESTERDAY IT WAS ACTUALLY SENT
BACK TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE
GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY SAYS
IT DID NOT MEET SPECIFICATIONS
THAT PART ALONG WITH THE REST OF
THE REPLACEMENT PARTS WILL
LIKELY ARRIVE ON SUNDAY. CRUISE
AREN’T SURE WHAT THIS WILL DO TO
THE REPAIR TIMELINE, BUT WE DO
KNOW THE BOIL. WATER ADVISORY.
AS WE’VE BEEN TELLING YOU IS NO
LONGER IN PLACE. A MAJOR STRETCH
OF I 75 CLOSING IN. HOURS FOR
THE ENTIRE WEEKEND. CELLPHONE I
75 PLANNING TO SHUT DOWN FROM
EIGHT MILE 3 75. 5 CREWS ARE
GOING TO BE WORKING ON THE ROAD
AND DOING BRIDGE REPAIRS AS WELL
. ALL OF THE RAMPS FROM NINE
MILES AND MAC WILL ALSO CLOSE.
THE SOUTHBOUND LANES CLOSED AT
NINE AND SHOULD REOPEN BEFORE
THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THE
FEDERAL RESERVE WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE TO HIKE INTEREST RATES
IN THE COMING MONTHS. THIS, OF
COURSE, AS WE DEAL WITH HIGH
INFLATION, THE NEWS IMPACTED THE
STOCK MARKET TODAY. A NEW REPORT
FINDS INFLATION DID HE’S LAST
MONTH. ENERGY PRICES DROPPED,
RAISING HOPES THE INCREASED COST
OF FOOD AND GAS MAY HAVE PEAKED
. INVESTORS THOUGHT THAT MEANT
THE FED MAY MODERATE ITS RATE
INCREASES LATER THIS YEAR, BUT
THE FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR SAID
TODAY IT MAY NOT BE TIME FOR
THAT, HE WARNED. MORE HIKES ARE
COMING. WHILE HIGHER INTEREST
RATES, SLOWER GROWTH AND
SOFTWARE LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS
WILL BRING DOWN INFLATION. THEY
WILL ALSO BRING SOME PAIN TO
HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES. THESE
ARE THE UNFORTATE COSTS OF
REDUCING INFLATION. BUT A
FAILURE TO RESTORE PRICE
STABILITY WOULD MEAN FOR GREATER
PAIN. AND STOCKS DROPPED SHARPLY
AFTER THOSE STATEMENTS FROM
POWELL, TAKE A LOOK HERE. THE
MARKETS JUST CLOSED AND THE DOW
ENDED DOWN MORE THAN 1000. A
LEGAL BATTLE IS SHAPING UP
BETWEEN THE MAKERS OF TWO COVID
VACCINES. MODERNA SUING FIZER,
CLAIMING THE COMPANY COPIED ITS
INVENTION. MODERNA FILED A
LAWSUIT ALLEGING PATENT
INFRINGEMENT OVER THE COVID
VACCINE. MODERNA SAYS IT FILED
PATENTS FOR THE MRNA TECHNOLOGY
THAT WAS CRITICAL IN THE
COMPANY’S CREATION OF THE
VACCINE. MODERNA CLAIMS FIGHTER
THEN COPIED THAT TECHNOLOGY. TO
MAKE ITS COVID VACCINE. MODERNA
DOESN’T WANT FIGHTER TO REMOVE
IT FROM THE MARKET BUT DOES WANT
TO BE PAID. RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE
SO MANY INDUSTRIES, SAYING,
WHERE ARE THE WORKERS? TEACHERS
BUS DRIVERS, FAST FOOD WORKERS,
REALLY YOU NAME IT. THE
INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WORKFORCE
IS REAL, AND IT IS DIRE. PAULA
TUTMAN IS TAKING US INSIDE ONE
INDUSTRY THAT ALREADY HAS HAD
TROUBLE RECRUITING AND THE
SITUATION IS GETTING SCARY FOR
EVERYONE INVOLVED. SHE SHOWS US
HOW SERVICES FOR PEOPLE ACROSS
THE SPECTRUM OF SPECIAL NEEDS
ARE IMPACTED. DO YOU NEED
DIFFERENT PAINS? ARE YOU READY
TO DIFFERENT COLORS TODAY? GET
YOUR HUMAN SERVICES IN
SOUTHFIELD HAS 60 POSITIONS OPEN
AND 160 CLIENTS WAITING TO GET
INTO PROGRAMMING. SINCE COVID
DID. IT’S HARD TO GRASP BUT
INFAMOUS WORKER DISAPPEARING ACT
BECAUSE OF STAFFING SHORTAGES
FROM AIDS TO COUNSELORS. GESHER
IS OPERATING AT A REDUCED
CAPACITY. OF 60% WE CAN’T FIND
PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST NOT GETTING
ENOUGH RESUMES IN THE DOOR,
WHICH IS REALLY WHAT’S
PRESENTING A CHALLENGE. HERE’S
WHAT THAT MEANS. IT MEANS THAT
WITHOUT STAFF, PROGRAMMING
SHRINKS AND LONG TERM, IT COULD
EVAPORATE ENTIRELY. I’M WORRIED.
I’M WORRIED. YEAH, THAT MAKES ME
A LITTLE EMOTIONAL. I’M WORRIED
BECAUSE FOLKS HAVE TO GET BACK
INTO PROGRAMMING GROUP HOME THAT
I HAD TO CONSOLIDATE THAT GROUP
HOME INTO OUR OTHER FIVE GROUP
HOMES. GOTTA REOPEN THAT SIXTH
HOME WERE LICENSED. WE’RE READY
TO GO. I NEED THE STAFF TO BE
ABLE TO DO THAT PAINT SPECIAL
NEEDS POPULATIONS NEED SPECIAL
PEOPLE. BUT NOT ALL OF THOSE
PEOPLE NEED SPECIALIZED TRAINING
. SOME OF THEM DO, BUT NOT ALL
THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF NEED IS
WITH DIRECT SUPPORT
PROFESSIONALS. THESE ARE FOLKS.
THAT REQUIREMENT IS A HIGH
SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR A GED. WHAT
ARE YOU MAKING BEAUTIFUL. JULIA
WAS IN BANKING BURNED OUT. SHE
WAS INTRODUCED TO SPECIAL NEEDS
PROGRAMMING AND MADE THE SHIFT
IF YOU THINK ABOUT EVEN FROM THE
STANDPOINT OF A CAREGIVER THIS
THE IMPACT IS TREMENDOUS THESE
DAYS WHERE THERE’S NOT ENOUGH
BACKUP SUPPORT THAT CAREGIVERS
EVER REALLY HAVE ANY RESPITE. SO
THESE FAMILIES ARE REALLY
OVERLOADED. AND THIS IS A PLACE
WHERE PARTICIPANTS COME. THEY
HAVE AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE
DURING THE DAY AND ALSO THE
FAMILIES ARE THE CARE WORKERS IN
THE GROUP HOMES HAVE SOME
RESPITE LIKE SAM, WHOSE WIFE GOT
EARLY ONSET ALZHEIMER’S, IF HER
DAY PROGRAM DISAPPEARS BECAUSE
OF LACK OF STAFFING, SAM KNOWS
EXACTLY WHAT THAT WILL FEEL
LIKE. BECAUSE HE LIVED IT DURING
THE COVID SHUTDOWNS. THAT WAS
INCREDIBLY ISOLATING. AND YOU
REALIZE, UM. AND AFTER SEVERAL
MONTHS. UM THAT IT’S BEEN, YOU
KNOW SO LONG THAT YOU’VE
ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH
ANOTHER ADULT WHO CAN INTERACT
WITH, YOU KNOW THERE’S A LOT OF
PEOPLE WAITING AND I WOULD LOVE
TO GET MORE HELP MYSELF AND
OBVIOUSLY CAN’T BECAUSE THERE’S
A LIMIT ON ON WHAT THE BROWN
PROGRAM STAFF CAN HANDLE BECAUSE
OF THE STAFF SHORTAGE. BUT YOU
KNOW THIS IS SUCH A DIFFICULT
STORY TO TELL BECAUSE THERE’S
JUST NO EASY ANSWERS. NOW A LOT
OF PEOPLE MAY NOT RECOGNIZE THE
NAME GUESSERS SINCE IT COMBINED
WITH JVS HUMAN SERVICES, BUT
IT’S NOT JUST A PROBLEM HERE. IT
IS ACROSS THE INDUSTRY, AND
EVERYBODY IS ASKING THAT SAME
STRANGE QUESTION. WHERE ARE THE
WORKERS? WE NEED THEM. SANDRA IT