>> Announcer: LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, HOME OF
WDIV AND CLICK ON DETROIT,
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS
NOW.
>>> WE ARE TRACKING VERY
LATEST WITH THE CORONAVIRUS
HERE IN MICHIGAN AND ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
MASK MANDATES AND TESTING
ARE NOW TWO MAJOR CONCERNS.
>>> FIRST A CHECK ON THE
WEATHER HERE ON THIS
BEAUTIFUL FRIDAY ACROSS
METRO DETROIT AS WE TAKE A
BEAUTIFUL LOOK AT BELLE ISLE
AND THE DETROIT RIVER.
AFTER DAYS OF RELIEF THE
HEAT IS BACK.
LET’S GET OUT TO BRANDON
ROUX.
TRACKING HOW LONG THESE
WARMER TEMPERATURE ALSO LAST
AND JUST HOW HOT THINGS ARE
GOING TO GET BRANDON?
>> IT’S VERY PLEASANT OUT
HERE, EVROD, WITH THE RAIN
YESTERDAY YOU FIGURE IT
WOULD BE MAYBE A LITTLE MORE
MUGGY.
BUT WE GET A BREAK FROM THE
HUMIDITY.
THE HEAT WITH THE OLD
SUNSHINE COMING BACK AT US
THROUGH YOUR FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
HAPPY WEEKEND EVERYBODY.
WE ARE 80° JUST ABOUT
EVERYWHERE.
80° METRO, 80° IN ANN ARBOR
WITH OUR LIVE SHOT THERE.
PRETTY LIGHT WINDS OUT OF
THE WEST SOUTHWEST.
79° IN PONTIAC.
BUT DO HAVE TO ADD A DEGREE
OR TWO WITH JUST A LITTLE
BIT OF HUMIDITY.
YOU CAN SEE THE HEAT INDEX
81°, 82° NOT A BIG DEAL.
WE’RE LOOKING AT HIGHS
GETTING INTO THE MIDDLE AND
UPPER 80s BETWEEN 85° AND
90°.
THIS AFTERNOON.
I’M NOT SAYING YOU DON’T
HAVE TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS
TODAY.
BUT THE HUMIDITY AND
TEMPERATURES, BOTH TAKE A
BIG LEAP HEADING INTO THE
WEEKEND.
SO WE’VE GOT THIS TRIPLE
THREAT OF HEAT WELL INTO THE
90s FOR YOUR WEEKEND.
HUMIDITY WILL MAKE IT FEEL
CLOSER TO TRIPLE DIGITS AT
TIMES.
WE’LL TALK ABOUT WHEN COMING
UP.
ALSO STORM CHANCES FOR THE
WEEKEND COULD BE SEVERE.
AND AGAIN, WE’LL TRACK
EXACTLY WHEN WE EXPECT
SOME OF THOSE STORMS TO ROLL
INTO METRO DETROIT THIS
WEEKEND.
IN THE MEANTIME, EVROD,
ENJOY A BEAUTY OF A FRIDAY.
>> WE CERTAINLY WILL,
BRANDON, THANK YOU.
>>> NOW TO THE LATEST ON THE
CORONAVIRUS HERE IN
MICHIGAN.
AS RIGHT NOW THERE’S A
TOTAL OF OVER 71,000 CASES
ACROSS THE STATE.
WITH 645 NEW CASES IN JUST
THE PAST 24 HOURS.
THE DEATH TOLL FOR THE VIRUS
CURRENTLY SITS AT MORE THAN
6,000 WITH 16 LIVES LOST IN
THE PAST DAY.
ALTHOUGH WE SHOULD POINT OUT
THAT NUMBER DOES INCLUDE 13
DEATHS THAT WERE UNCOVERED
DURING THE STATE’S REVIEW OF
RECORDS.
NOW, DESPITE THE CASE
NUMBERS, HILLSDALE COLLEGE
PLANS TO HAVE AN IN-PERSON
GRADUATION CEREMONY TOMORROW.
VIOLATING THE GOVERNOR’S
ORDER.
MICHIGAN LIQUOR CONTROL
COMMISSION WILL BE MEETING
WITH THE OWNERS OF HARPER’S
BAR OVER IN LANSING LAST
WEEK.
AT LEAST 180 PEOPLE WERE
BELIEVE BACKGROUND TO
INFECTED AFTER A RECENT OUTBREAK THAT WAS CONNECTED
OUTBREAK THAT WAS CONNECTED
TO THE BAR.
AND MEIJERS STORES WILL NOW
IMPLEMENT MASK ORDERS.
>>> MASK MANDATES AND
TESTING ARE NOW TWO MAJOR
CONCERNS DEALING WITH
THE CORONAVIRUS SPREAD AS WE
HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.
HERE’S TRACIE POTTS.
SHE JOINS US NOW WITH THE
VERY LATEST FROM WASHINGTON.
I’M TRACIE POTTS, THE C.D.C.
RECOMMENDS THAT PEOPLE WEAR
MASKS WHEN THEY GO OUT.
ACCORDING TO POLLS MOST DO
BUT NOT ALL THE TIME.
GALLOP POLL FOUND THAT LESS
THAN HALF OF AMERICANS
SAY THEY PUT ON THAT MASK
EVERY TIME THEY LEAVE THEIR
HOME.
THE BATTLE OVER WEARING A
MASK HAS LED TO A SHOWDOWN
IN GEORGIA, WHERE THE
GOVERNOR IS SUING THE
CITY OF ATLANTA FOR
REQUIRING IT.
>> HE IS PUTTING POLITICS
OVER PEOPLE.
SAME ANSWER IN THE SAME
PLAYBOOK THAT WE’VE SEEN
COME OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> Reporter: A DOZEN GEORGIA
CITIES ARE DEFYING THE
GOVERNOR.
>> WE BELIEVE THAT GOVERNOR
KEMP IS OVERSTEPPING HIS
AUTHORITY.
>> I THINK THAT THIS IS A
FIGHT THAT --
>> Reporter: IN TEXAS, THE
GOVERNOR WANTS ALL FACES
COVERED.
>> IF EVERYONE CAN ADOPT THE
PRACTICE OF WEARING A FACE
MASK FOR THE NEGATIVE FOUR
WEEKS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO
GET COVID-19 UNDER CONTROL.
>> Reporter: HEALTH EXPERTS
AGREE.
>> I EVEN RUN WITH A MASK
ON.
>> Reporter: 28 STATES PLUS,
WASHINGTON, D.C. NOW REQUIRE
MASKS.
PLUS, BIG RETAILERS LIKE
WAL-MART, TARGET, C.V.S.,
AND STARBUCKS.
THE ROCKEFELLER FOUND DAYS
WARNS WITHOUT MORE
TESTING AMERICA FACES AN
IMPENDING DISASTER BY
OCTOBER 1st.
>> RIGHT NOW AMERICA HAS TWO
CHOICES.
JUST SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN OR
LET HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
AMERICANS DIE.
>> Reporter: ON THURSDAY THE
U.S. BROKE THE DAILY RECORD
FOR NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES
FOR THE 11th TIME IN A
MONTH.
AND THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS
SECRETARY SHE’S HAVING A BIT
OF BACKLASH FOR WHAT SHE
SAID ABOUT SCHOOLS
REOPENING.
THAT SCHOOLS SHOULD NOT LET
THE SCIENCE STOP THEM
FROM REOPENING FIVE DAYS A
WEEK.
I’M TRACIE POTTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO GET
TO BREAKING NEWS THAT WE’RE
FOLLOWING RECORDINGING HIGH
SCHOOL SPORTS HERE IN
MICHIGAN.
MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION HAS
JUST ANNOUNCED FALL SPORTS
WILL GO ON AS PLANNED.
LET’S GET OUT LIVE TO OUR
ROD MELONI HE JOINS US WITH
MORE ON THIS STORY ASK
WHAT’S TO COME FOR SCHOOLS
AND FAMILIES.
ROD?
>> Reporter: YEAH, EVROD.
THIS THING IS VERY FLEXIBLE.
THEY HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT
IN TERMS OF HAVING A LOT OF
DIFFERENT CONTINGENCIES.
BUT IT’S ONE OF THOSE
DECISION MAKING THINGS THEY
KNOW HE THIS TO GET
SOMETHING DONE AT A VERY
QUICK LEVEL BECAUSE AS IT
STANDS RIGHT NOW SCHOOLS
PROBABLY ONLY A FEW -- A
COUPLE MONTHS AWAY.
BUT BEING READIED FOR THAT
YOU HAVE TO BACK UP AND BACK
INTO IT.
SO TODAY THEY TALKED ABOUT
IT.
WE KNOW THE HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL SEASON IS EXPECTED
TO START WITH ITS PRACTICES
ON AUGUST 10th.
AND THEN OTHER SPORTS ARE
EXPECTED TO START PRACTICING
ON AUGUST 12th.
OF COURSE ALL OF THIS IS
DEPENDENT ON WHAT THE
GOVERNOR DOES AND SAYS ABOUT
WHERE THINGS GO.
WE KNOW THERE’S PHASE FOUR,
PHASE FIVE AND WHERE WE
ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL YEAR IS
GOING TO BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT
ON ALL OF THAT.
THEN OF COURSE THERE ARE THE
LARGE QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHETHER HIGH SCHOOLS WILL
ACTUALLY GO BACK INTO THE
CLASSROOM.
THERE WERE MANY HIGH SCHOOLS
THAT HAVE ALREADY SAID NO
WE’RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE,
WE’RE OUT HERE AT NOVI HIGH
SCHOOL THERE.
IS SUMMER BASEBALL ONGOING
HERE.
YOU DON’T EXPECT TO SEE THAT
BUT HERE THEY ARE.
WE DON’T SURE WHAT LEAGUE
THAT IS CERTAINLY NOT A HIGH
SCHOOL SANCTIONED LEAGUE.
BUT THE WAY IT’S LOOKING
RIGHT NOW IS THAT THE YOUNG
HHSA HAS DECIDED TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH HIGH SCHOOL
SPORTS IN THEIR PROPER
SEASON.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY WERE
GOING TO MOVE THE FALL
SEASON TO SPRING.
THEY’RE GOING TO PLAY THE
SPORTS AS THEY’RE INTENDED
AT LEAST AS OF NOW.
BUT AGAIN, REMEMBER THIS IS
FLEXIBLE.
IT COULD CHANGE.
SO FOR PARENTS WHO ARE
SITTINGING AT HOME WONDERING
WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THEIR CHILD THEY’RE SAYING
THEIR CHILD THEY’RE SAYING
PLAN ON SPORTS AS USUAL BUT,
AGAIN, IT IS SUBJECT TO
CHANGE.
REPORTING LIVE IN KNOW VIE,
ROD MELONI, LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT -- IN KNOW VIE,
ROD MELONI, LOCAL 4.
>> THERE HAS BEEN PROTESTS
IN DETROIT NOW PROTESTORS
ARE TAKING LEGAL ACTION.
THE GROUP IS CALLED BY ANY
MEANS NECESSARY THEY FILED A
MOTION WITH THE MICHIGAN
QUOTE OF CLAIMS FOR A
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION.
NOW IF THAT INJUNCTION IS
GRANTED IN-PERSON SUMMER
SCHOOL CLASSES COULD BE PUT
ON HOLD.
THEY STARTED ON MONDAY THEY
WERE MET WITH THE PROTESTORS
OUTSIDE OF THE BUS DEPOT
BLOCKING BOSSES FROM LEAVING
AND SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS
FROM ARRIVING.
THERE’S A HEARING SCHEDULED
FOR 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON.
WE’LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT
HAPPENS.
>>> AN INVESTIGATION
CONTINUES IN DEARBORN NOW
AFTER TWO MEN ARE SHOT AS
THEY ENTER A LIQUOR STORE.
THIS HAPPENED AT FIVE STAR
LIQUOR RIGHT IN THE AREA OF
CHASE AND TIREMAN.
POLICE TELL US BOTH MEN ARE
IN THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL
CONDITION.
THE POSSIBLE MOTIVE OR
SUSPECT DESCRIPTION HAS NOT
YET BEEN RELEASED.
>>> ON DETROIT’S EAST SIDE
NOW TWO PEOPLE ARE IN THE
HOSPITAL AFTER A SHOOTING.
THIS ONE HAPPENING AROUND
1:00 THIS MORNING AT THE BAY
BAYMONT INN AND SUITES.
A 22-YEAR-OLD MAN IS IN
CRITICAL CONDITION.
THERE IS A 42-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
WHO IS IN STABLE CONDITION
AS POLICE CONTINUE TO LOOK
FOR THE GUNMEN.
>>> STILL TO COME HERE ON
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON, AFTER
THREE DECADES BEHIND BARS
THE MAN KNOWN AS WHITE BOY
RICK WERE SHAO IS -- WERE
SHE IS SAID TO BE RELEASED.
WERE SHE IS SAID TO BE
RELEASED.
THE CRISIS HERE IN THE U.S.
AFTER THE COUNTRY JUST SET