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ABORTION BATTLE HERE IN MICHIGAN FIRS
ABORTION BATTLE HERE IN MICHIGAN HOW REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS ARE GETTING INVOLVED IN THE RESPONSE
FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL $3
MILLION INVESTMENT AND NEW JOBS
COMING TO METRO DETROIT.
GOVERNOR WHITMER UNVEILS A NEW
PROJECT, SHE SAYS WILL HAVE
ANOTHER BENEFIT AS WELL. PAUL IS
TALKING ABOUT AN INVESTMENT IN
TEACHERS. PONTIAC IS ABOUT TO
OPEN ITS DOORS TO AS MANY AS 75
NEW TEACHERS, ELIMINATING A
PROBLEM DISTRICTS ACROSS THE
NATION HAVE. THIS IS A GAME
CHANGER FOR PONTIAC SCHOOL
DISTRICT AND THE COMMUNITY. I’LL
SHOW YOU HOW THEY’RE DOING. AND
WELCOME TO YOUR TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. I’M METEOROLOGIST
ANDREW HUMPHREY REAL SOGGY START
EARLIER TODAY, BUT GRADUALLY
WE’RE SEEING MORE SUNSHINE. IT
GETS COOLER ANYMORE. RAIN IN
STORE AND YOUR FORECAST FIRST AT
FOUR. LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT
. LOCAL 4 NEWS FIRST AT FOUR
STARTS NOW. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M
KAREN DREW FIRST AT FOR A NEW
TWIST IN THE BATTLE OVER
ABORTION IN MICHIGAN.
REPUBLICANS IN THE STATE
LEGISLATURE ARE ENTERING THE
BATTLE, DRAWING QUICK CRITICISM
FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL DANA
NESSEL KIMBERLY GAIL IN THE
NEWSROOM WITH THE VERY LATEST
FOR US, KAREN KAREN. GOOD
AFTERNOON. THE REPUBLICAN LED
STATE LEGISLATURE IS WAITING
INTO A LAWSUIT FILED BY PLANNED
PARENTHOOD STEPPING IN AS THE
DEFENDANT, AND THEY SAY IT’S
BECAUSE ATTORNEY GENERAL DANA
NESSEL REFUSES TO DEFEND IN 1931
LAW THAT COULD MAKE ABORTION
ILLEGAL IN MICHIGAN. IF ROE
VERSUS WADE, OF COURSE, IS
OVERTURNED SO QUICKLY RELEASED A
STATEMENT BLASTING THE DECISION
. AND IT SAYS, IN PART QUOTE,
WHILE MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES IN
THE LEGISLATURE WANNA STRIP
WOMEN OF THEIR RIGHTS I WILL
CONTINUE TO PROTECT WOMEN’S
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND THEIR
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO MAKE
DECISIONS OVER THEIR OWN BODIES
IN QUOTE PARENTHOOD HAS ALREADY
WON AN INJUNCTION AGAINST THE
1931 LEGISLATION AS THAT SUIT IS
BEING CONSIDERED. AND IT’S NOT
THE ONLY SUIT MAKING ITS WAY
THROUGH THE COURTS. GOVERNOR
GRETCHEN WHITMER FILED HER OWN
LEGAL ACTION WITH THE STATE
SUPREME COURT. SHE’S SUING THE
13 COUNTY PROSECUTORS WHO WOULD
BE TASKED WITH ENFORCING THE
BAN. WHITE LAST MONTH, THE
STATE’S HIGHEST COURT ASKED FOR
MORE INFORMATION ON THAT LEGAL
CHALLENGE. BOTH SUITS ARE TRYING
TO PREVENT THAT 1931 LAW FROM
BEING ENFORCED IF THE UNITED
STATES SUPREME COURT DECIDES
AGAIN TO OVERTURN ROE VERSUS
WADE, YOU MAY REMEMBER A LEAKED
DRAFT OPINION FROM THE HIGH
COURT SHOWS. THAT’S HOW THE
MAJORITY CONSERVATIVE COURT IS
LEANING. SO THE RULING FROM THE
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IS
EXPECTED TO COME DOWN SOMETIME
THIS MONTH OR EARLY JULY AT THE
LATEST BEFORE THE COURT, OF
COURSE, LEAVES FOR SUMMER RECESS
IF ROE VERSUS WADE IS
OVERTURNED, THE DECISION ON
ABORTION WOULD RETURN TO THE
STATES, WHICH IS WHY THE COURT
BATTLES HERE IN MICHIGAN ARE SO
IMPORTANT SO KAREN. WE’RE
WATCHING ALL THE STORYLINES AND
WILL, OF COURSE KEEP YOU POSTED
FOR NOW THAT WILL SEND IT BACK
TO YOU IN THE STUDIO. ALL RIGHT,
WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. KIM
KIM NEWS INVOLVING THE FOURTH
COVID 19 VACCINE. THE FDA
ADVISORY PANEL HAS VOTED IN
FAVOR OF RECOMMENDING EMERGENCY
USE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE
NOVAVAX VACCINE. NOW THE VACCINE
IS MADE USING A MORE TRADITIONAL
APPROACH, AND EXPERTS BELIEVE IT
COULD APPEAL TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE M RNA
TECHNOLOGY USED IN THE FIGHTER
AND MODERNA SHOTS. RESEARCH
FOUND THIS MAXINE WAS ABOUT 90%
EFFECTIVE AGAINST EARLIER
VARIANTS, BUT WAS DELAYED BY
EARLY MANUFACTURING PROBLEMS. DR
FRANK MCGEORGE WILL HAVE A
CLOSER LOOK AT THE RISKS AND THE
BENEFITS OF NOVAVAX AHEAD ON
LOCAL FOREIGN NEWS AT FIVE.
DETROIT POLICE ARE TRYING TO
UNRAVEL THE CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND
A DEADLY SHOOTING OVER ON THE
CITY’S WEST SIDE. HERE’S WHAT WE
KNOW SO FAR, INVESTIGATORS SAY A
MAN WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH NEAR
A HOME AND SALEM, WHICH IS IN
THE AREA OF MCNICHOLS AND
TELEGRAPH. RIGHT NOW. POLICE
SUSPECT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A
HOME INVASION IN THE AREA, AND
THEN THE INTRUDER WAS SHOT.
WELL, KEEP YOU POSTED AS WE
LEARN MORE. OR JOBS ARE COMING
TO METRO DETROIT IN THE ELECTRIC
CAR INDUSTRY, A COMPANY NAMED
FLOW THAT MAKES ELECTRIC VEHICLE
CHARGERS WILL BUILD A $3 MILLION
PLANT OVER IN AUBURN HILLS. IT’S
THE COMPANY’S FIRST PLANT IN THE
U. S. IT WILL CREATE 110 NEW
JOBS. THE COMPANY WANTS TO HAVE
250,000 ELECTRIC VEHICLE
CHARGERS ON THE MARKET. OVER THE
NEXT SIX YEARS. THE GOVERNOR
SAYS THIS WILL HELP CONNECT ALL
OF MICHIGAN WITH RELIABLE
CHARGING STATIONS CONFIDENT WE
CAN WORK TOGETHER TO TACKLE
RANGE ANXIETY, CONNECT EVERY
REGION OF MICHIGAN TO RELIABLE
CHARGING OPTIONS. THE DATA TELLS
US THAT DRIVERS ARE READY FOR
THIS TRANSITION, AND THEY WANT
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FIRST
QUARTER OF THIS YEAR. ELECTRIC
VEHICLES WERE A RECORD BREAKING
4.6% OF NEW CAR REGISTRATIONS.
NEARLY TWICE AS MANY AS THE YEAR
BEFORE, AND BY 2030. OUR CAR
MAKERS EXPECT HALF THEIR SALES
TO BE ELECTORATE. NO THE CHARGES
WILL BE USED CURBSIDE AT
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, BUSINESSES
AND HOMES. THE PLANT WILL OPEN
NEXT FALL. LOCAL 4 IS KEEPING AN
EYE ON HOW METRO DETROIT’S
INFRASTRUCTURE IS HOLDING UP
AFTER OUR FIRST SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.
SOME OF YOU PROBABLY HAD TO
DRIVE AROUND SOME LOCALIZED
FLOODING THIS MORNING, BUT IT
WAS NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE SAW
ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AND DOZENS OF
CARS WERE LEFT STRANDED THIS
TIME AROUND, AND DON SAYS DTE
POWER WAS NOT LOST DURING THE
STORM. AND THEIR PUMPS PERFORMED
WELL, BUT CHALLENGES DO REMAIN
SO TONIGHT AT FIVE. SHAWN LEY IS
WORKING WITH M DOT TO REVIEW HOW
THINGS ARE GOING AND HOW YOU CAN
DO YOUR PART TO HELP KEEP ROADS
CLEAR AFTER A RAINFALL. THE RAIN
HAS MOVED AWAY. FOR NOW WE’RE
LOOKING AHEAD TO A CLOUDY AND A
PRETTY COOL EVENING. ANDREW
HUMPHREY IS STANDING BY TO HELP
WITH YOUR PLANS FOR THE NEXT FEW
HOURS HIGH. ANDREW KAREN HOPE
YOU’RE DOING WELL, HOPE EVERYONE
ELSE OUT THERE IS DOING WELL AND
RECOVERING FROM THE HEAVY
AMOUNTS OF RAIN. WE HAD
OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS
MORNING. LOOK AT SOME OF THESE
RAIN TOTALS OVER TWO INCHES IN
AND ARBOR 2.12 INCHES. JUST OVER
TWO INCHES OVER ON THE EAST
SIDE, INCLUDING GROSSE POINTE
CITY AIRPORT HAD NEARLY TWO
INCHES. CURRENCY LIVONIA, SELENE
ALL OVER AN INCH AND A HALF OF
RAIN, SO THAT WAS PRETTY EVENLY
DISTRIBUTED ACROSS A RIDE AREA
OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. NOW THE
RAIN IS GONE. WE’RE SEEING TEMPS
IN THE SIXTIES. IT’S GETTING
SONNIER IN SPOTS IS NOW 70
DEGREES WITH A LITTLE MORE
SUNSHINE OVER AT METRO AIRPORT,
71 IN HELL. THERE’S THAT
SUNSHINE OVER DOWNTOWN DETROIT
WAS 70 DEGREES OVER AT METRO
WINS OUT OF THE WEST NORTHWEST
AT AROUND 10 MPH. SO IT REMAINS
DRY KAREN AS IT GETS COOLER,
WE’LL SEE TEMPS IN THE FIFTIES
AS WE GET CLOSE TO THE MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT HOW MUCH CLOSER TONIGHT
WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT MORE
RAIN IN THE FORECAST MORE ON
THAT IN MINUTES. ALRIGHT.
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU,
ANDREW. IT’S NOT OFTEN YOU SEE
AN OSCAR WINNER AT THE WHITE
HOUSE PRESS BRIEFING, BUT ACTOR
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY IS GETTING
INVOLVED IN GUN REFORM EFFORTS
HE’S FROM YOU’VE ALL DAY, TEXAS
FOR 19 CHILDREN AND TWO TEACHERS
WERE KILLED. HE’S IN D C TODAY,
PUSHING LAWMAKERS TO MAKE
CHANGES THE WHITE HOUSE GAVE HIM
THE SPOTLIGHT. CAN BOTH SIDES
RISE ABOVE CAN BOTH SIDES SEE
BEYOND THE POLITICAL PROBLEM AT
HAND AND ADMIT THAT WE HAVE A
LIFE PRESERVATION PROBLEM ON OUR
HANDS? WE GOT A CHANCE RIGHT NOW
TO REACH FOR AND TO GRASP A
HIGHER GROUND ABOVE OUR
POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS, THE
CHANCE TO MAKE A CHOICE THAT
DOES MORE THAN PROTECT YOUR
PARTY. A CHANCE TO MAKE A CHOICE
THAT PROTECTS OUR COUNTRY NOW
AND FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
MCCONAUGHEY AND HIS WIFE
VISITED. YOU’VE ALL DAY AFTER
THE SHOOTING TODAY, HE CALLED
FOR QUOTE REASONABLE REGULATIONS
LIKE BACKGROUND CHECKS AND
RAISING THE AGE LIMIT TO BUY
WEAPONS FROM 18 TO 21. WE’VE
KNOWN FOR YEARS, THERE’S A
TEACHER SHORTAGE ACROSS THE
NATION, BUT ONE LOCAL SCHOOL
DISTRICT HAS CREATED AN
IMPORTANT GROW YOUR OWN
INITIATIVE TO SOLVE THEIR ISSUES
THERE. THE PONTIAC SCHOOL
DISTRICT NEEDS A TOTAL OF 362
TEACHERS TO BE FULLY STAFFED.
WELL, TODAY, THERE ARE 62 SHORT.
BUT AS PAULA TUTMAN SHOWS US
THAT’S ABOUT TO CHANGE. BUT WE
ARE GOING TO DO ONE MORE LESSON
, GUYS. OKAY SMITH IS A PAIR OF
EDUCATOR WHO HAS FALLEN IN LOVE
WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION. SHE’S
READY TO BECOME A FULL FLEDGED
TEACHER. BUT SOMETIMES THE
FINANCES OF LIFE CAN JUST SLOW
THINGS DOWN. YOU GOT TO DO YOUR
WORK BEFORE WE GO OUTSIDE. OKAY
BRAND NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH
DAVENPORT’S UNIVERSITY. SHE CAN
NOW FAST TRACK INTO HER
CERTIFICATION. AND WITHIN TWO
YEARS WILL HAVE HER TEACHING
CERTIFICATE AND BECOME ONE OF
PONTIAC’S NEWEST TEACHERS. THIS
IS A GAME CHANGER FOR PONTIAC
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE
COMMUNITY. HERE’S HOW THE
PROGRAM WORKS TYPICALLY YEARLY
TUITION, SO THAT’S TWO SEMESTERS
FOR DAVENPORT’S UNIVERSITY IS
$20,000 WITH THIS NEW
PARTNERSHIP, $12,000 WILL BE
OFFSET WITH SCHOLARSHIP MONEY
FOR EACH DISTRICT. THERE ARE 75
SCHOLARSHIPS THAT WE WILL BE, UM
EXTENDING 25 FOR HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN
GOING INTO TEACHING. 25 FOR
STAFF THAT MAY NOT BE CERTIFIED
TEACHERS OR HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT
GOING INTO THE CAREER OF
EDUCATION AND THEN 25 4, PARENTS
OR FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT
ARE RELATED TO STUDENTS. WITHIN
PONTIAC DISTRICTS. IT MEANS THAT
UPON GRADUATION TRILLION IN ANY
OTHER STUDENT TEACHER OR PARENT
WHO ENTERS THE 2 TO 4 YEAR
TEACHING PROGRAM COMMITS AT
LEAST THEIR FIRST THREE YEARS
BACK THE PONTIAC WHAT ABOUT
COLLAR? THE WIDOW? DENVER WAS
ALREADY STARTING TO TAKE A CLASS
OR TWO HERE AND THERE IS JUST
GONNA TAKE ME A LITTLE LONGER.
YOU KNOW FINANCIALLY, BUT NOW I
CAN JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST
JUMP IN HERE IN THE FOG, AND SHE
IS EMOTIONAL ABOUT THE FUTURE.
THESE TEARS ARE HAPPY TEARS.
IT’S JUST LIKE HARD, YOU KNOW,
TO WORK AND GO TO SCHOOL. IN OUR
FAMILY TO HELP OUT AND IT’S JUST
MAKES IT EASIER. VETERAN TEACHER
KATHY CARRUTH HAS BEEN A MATH
AND ENGLISH OR L, A TEACHER IN
THE DISTRICT FOR 13 YEARS.
TEACHING IS NOT FOR THE WEAK AT
HEART. IT IS NOT YOUR HOURS WILL
BE LONG. THERE WILL BE TIMES
WHEN YOU FEEL THAT YOU ARE NOT
APPRECIATE IT. BUT AT THE END OF
THE DAY WHEN THE CHILDREN COME
TO YOU, AND THEY TELL YOU THANK
YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU. IT IS
TOTALLY WELL WORTH IT. THIS IS
AN ACT OF SERVICE. TEACHING IS
AN ACT OF LOVE. IF YOU LOVE
CHILDREN, AND YOU WANT TO
INSPIRE THEN JOIN ME. HOW CAN
YOU RESIST THAT SMILE? I MEAN,
HONESTLY, SO WE’RE OUT OF SCHOOL
, BUT STILL A LITTLE MORE MATH.
SO AGAIN, TRILLIUM AND TEACHERS
LIKE HER OR MAYBE PARENTS IN THE
COMMUNITY WHO HAVE EDUCATION
ALREADY. WITHIN TWO YEARS,
THEY’LL BE ABLE TO COME RIGHT
BACK HERE AND TEACH A STUDENT
GRADUATING THIS WEEK. WILL
ACTUALLY PAY ABOUT $4000 PER
SEMESTER. 4000 KAREN PURSER,
MESTRE AND IN FOUR YEARS COME
BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY AND TEACH
IT IS INDEED A GAME CHANGER. IT
REALLY ISN’T A CREATIVE WAY.
OBVIOUSLY PAULA TO KIND OF
SOLVED THAT ISSUE AND, YOU KNOW,
KEEP FAMILY CLOSE IN TERMS OF
THEIR LEARNING AND TEACHING IN
THE SAME AREA. I LOVE THE IDEA.
ABSOLUTELY $4000 PER YEAR PER
SEMESTER. CLEARLY THAT’S A HUGE