live from downtown Detroit local 4 News
at Noon it starts now shinola opens
another location right here in downtown
Detroit and holiday shoppers responded
in a pretty big way and those Black
Friday deals just keep on coming don't
they we've got all of the latest and
greatest plus you can avoid those
holiday shopping scams Brandon I am your
BFF I have your Black Friday forecast
and it's a big gift to you well I like
what it says on the screen there 40s on
Black Friday now that is how you do
shopping in winter if it's technically
winter yet in the D we were hoping for a
little of that yesterday yeah we were it
would have been nice didn't get any Sun
and any warmth but it is here today and
we should be in the 40s all weekend I
like the sound of that all right so
let's get started and take a look at
where we're at weather-wise temps are in
the 40s in a lot of spots look at Lapeer
and Flint at 42 41 and howl it's 40 and
Pontiac 41 Metro and City Airport 37
Grosse Ile it is just a little bit
cooler there due to a wind coming off of
the river or off of the big lakes on the
east side but numbers comparing now to
24 hours ago so Thanksgiving at noon we
had temperatures that were 10 to 20
degrees cooler than what we're seeing
right now should get about 45 degrees
mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies
flirting with 50 in a couple of
neighborhoods we do have some wet
weather moving in here late tonight and
overnight should be actually mostly
after 3 a.m. and then that is Saturday
Sunday we're watching what could be a
winter storm we're getting winter storm
warnings winter weather advisories back
through the Great Plains and the Pacific
Northwest and some of that heading
our way toward the end of the weekend
but ever odd we will be tracking the
overnight rain coming up all right we
know you'll stay on top of it Brannon
thank you so today being Black Friday it
starts off the biggest shopping day of
the weekend you've got deals on
electronics toys and really spending all
across the country is already in the
billions can you believe this we're just
a few hours in our consumer investigator
Hank Winchester joining us live now in
Troy at Somerset Collection looks like
there's a lot of people behind you there
Hank there's something that I'm looking
to get from Macy's have you seen any
good deals there yet oh yeah everybody
else all over the place in fact here at
Somerset Collection and Troy every store
at least 180 stores in this mall alone
offering at least 30% off up to 50% off
take a look at the crowds here behind me
and I'll talk about some specific deals
if you make your way to the Apple store
either at this location around Metro
Detroit $200 gift cards through the
purchase of a MacBook Pro Macy's not
only here at Somerset but at eight
different malls in the area offering 25%
up aughh brand boots
KitchenAid mixers are going for a
hundred and ninety dollars that's a
hundred and thirty five dollars off
we're also looking at other big deals at
other stores Target the big thing
everybody's after the beats headphones
they're on sale for a hundred and eighty
dollars at Walmart robot vacuums are on
sale for a hundred and eighty dollars as
well although we've seen a lot of great
crowds and sure a lot of people are
shopping online we want to take the time
to talk to you about some scams cyber
exports warning people about fake Black
Friday apps and websites aimed at
stealing your personal information one
of the most popular scams out there
right now it's on whatsapp a message
pops up offering 99 percent discounts on
Amazon obviously a scam there's also
concern about mobile browsers that tend
to have shorter website links that you
can't fully see as you may be buying
from a website that looks legit but it
is actually fake one thing that is not
fake and that is a great deal here at
Somerset collection that we are offering
at clickondetroit.com to help you hey
Facebook page we are giving away four
five hundred dollar gift cards money you
can use
spend however you want here at the mall
all you have to do is go to the help me
Hank Facebook page like the page and
enter the contest there we'll have more
information and the winners will be
revealed later today starting at 4
o'clock
we're now at steady crowds here it's not
too chaotic there's still some available
parking outside but people are
definitely out here taking advantage of
looking for those great Black Friday
deals certainly you mentioned four or
five hundred gift cards who all is
eligible for that and then what can we
expect from you for the rest yeah that's
not great if that's not great I don't
know what is again we're gonna draw
those winners later in the afternoon 4
o'clock we're going to be looking ahead
to Small Business Saturday and also
Cyber Monday important information
before you shop online and at 5 & 6 we
are granting wishes we ask Metro
Detroiters for their holiday wish and
you'll see those great emotional stories
live here beginning at 5 o'clock yeah
they always are alright Hank a busy day
ahead thank you so much I mean other
news later too actually right now Black
Friday off to a very tragic start down
in Alabama after a deadly shooting
overnight at a mall police saying shots
were fired after a fight broke out
between two teens inside of the River
chase Galleria Mall in Hoover the gunman
tried to escape flee from the scene when
he was confronted by two officers who
shot and killed him an 18 year old man
is in critical condition and a 12 year
old girl hit by a stray bullet had to
have surgery but thankfully is expected
to be ok now the mall is gonna stay
closed today as police continue their
investigation back here at home we've
just learned about a fire at a home in
Detroit's Westside
it happened on Pearson Street near 8
mile and Bert Road just before 10:30
this morning according to fire officials
one person was hurt they were taken to
the hospital that's all we know at this
time at a two alarm fire in Northwest
Detroit at an apartment complex there
left two people with some pretty severe
burns
that fire started just before 11:00 last
night at a 20 unit apartment complex in
Redford near McNichols and laaser two
people including a 63 year old woman
were taken to the hospital with second
and third degree burns because of that
fire is still unknown
Detroit police need your help this
afternoon to find a missing 15 year old
boy I'm going to show you a photo of
Noah Nile Shalom Ellis Walton he was
last seen by his mother last night at
their home on East Jefferson now he
asked his mother to go outside and play
and when she went to go check on him he
was gone he was last seen wearing a navy
blue jacket black pants black and white
shoes and a scarf Noah Nile is in good
physical condition but has mild autism
so if you have seen him please give
police a call we want to get to some
breaking news just in from Troy sky 4
over the Troy Airport where a plane had
problems landing and we've learned that
two people were on board when they
started to experience issues with the
landing gear now the plane is on the
ground now there doesn't appear to be
any major damage but we have learned
there were no injuries so thank goodness
for that but again a plane had trouble
with the landing gear they set the Troy
Airport as we got more details we'll
pass them along to you and now to a
local four update the former president
of the Detroit AFSCME has pleaded guilty
to charges of embezzlement of union
funds
Mervin Edgar Hawk was a president from
2013 and he's accused of embezzling six
hundred thousand dollars in union dues
and is charged with embezzlement and
theft from labor unions
Mervin faces up to five years in prison
he's going to be sentenced on February
27th a man is awaiting extradition back
to Michigan now after being accused of
killing a woman and a security guard at
a senior home in Detroit 69 year old
James Fleming is accused of shooting and
killing fifty year old Kenneth Hall and
66 year old Bernice Clark at the Philip
Sims senior housing complex on Dickerson
near Jefferson police say Fleming then
took off to Richmond Virginia in fact
where he was then caught he's now facing
two counts of murder when he gets back
here to Michigan extradition is expected
sometime next week we are learning more
this afternoon about the nationwide
romaine lettuce ecoli outbreak
California might actually be the source
of the lettuce that's responsible for
getting 32 people sick across the u.s.
and Canada the FDA and CDC of caution
people to not eat any romaine lettuce
while the investigation continues
experts saying that it's likely
associated with end of the season
harvest out of California and soon the
whole region might be isolated
as a result of those both the FDA and
CDC say until the source is found people
should steer clear of romaine lettuce
altogether at a celebration continues
downtown with the grand opening of the
shine on all hotels retail store the new
1600 square foot store is located right
there on Woodward right between John R
and Grand River the store's creative
director says the immediate response was
a bit overwhelming we opened the doors
and there was a line down the block
we're just so excited to be a part of
the downtown area and attached to the
shinola Hotel this is shinola 27th
brick-and-mortar store in the US the 4th
in Metro Detroit the shinola Hotel is
expected to open sometime next month all
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