welcome back to a Friday edition of local 4 News today 36 degrees outside right now and cooler numbers in many of our suburbs we have cooler air moving in through the morning to so it'll probably continue to drop and see temps closer to upper 20s low 30s through the early morning and then middle 30s we have clouds Kim early but we encourage everybody to grab the shades as the Sun will be gradually returning all right well looking forward to that sunshine later today right now here's a look at yo
ur commute over on the Davison right at Woodward and a so you can see that snow is hardly there anymore so the roadways are wet right now watch out for freezing a little bit later it could be slick out there but right now no accidents to report at this time all right some good news there it is 5:25 everybody well that is a pothole actually it's a 30-foot wide sinkhole that swallowed half a dozen cars in Rome yes this happened at an active construction site there one resident felt her homes shake
and tremble in the days leading up to the road collapse dozens of families have been evacuated now but no one was injured so should we be counting our lucky stars yeah but I do have a pothole alert because I have no idea why my tire didn't blow yesterday 94 westbound ramp to i-75 north okay don't take it if you can oh man or if you do go real slow because it's like two car lengths of potholes there's no way to avoid that mm-hmm you know that loud like thud yeah I was just driving just waiting a
nd I got miles and miles I'm like Oh someone's really watching over me and upstairs yeah 526 everybody knew in our next half hour a three six month supply of Girl Scout cookies that's all you need to know yes plus the movies setting records before it even hits the theaters this one right is the new superhero movie that many people hope will inspire real-life change but first keeping students safe in the wake of the Florida shooting the big change coming for some Michigan kids and how cameras are
being used in local schools that morning we come right back it's that time of live from downtown Detroit local 4 news today at 5:30 starts now keeping connected to local schools new this morning many parents and students might not realize police are often watching and it's Friday but after hearing the forecast may want to skip right to the weekend hmm granion talking shorts weather I'm not gonna lie my wife and I went out to dinner yesterday and as we were leaving I look down and I noticed she
was wearing flip-flops I know it's you know what I mean once you've endured temperatures in the single digits when you get into the 40s and 50s it feels almost like summer is about however I felt about the flip-flop thing you know we have do we have to wait a couple of days for the return of the flip-flop kind of weather a couple of cool ones but not brutal cold just a minor step back today 33 right now in Pontiac 35 Mount Clemens Port Huron at 32 32 and Howell 36 at Metro it's 35 from Ann Arbor
down to Adrienne to Monroe and we have a little bit of a wind between 7 and about 12 miles an hour coming from the northwest so we have some wind chills especially in our far west and north zones that will be falling likely into the teens for a little bit here this morning and 20s for the rest of us but right now the wind chill close to freezing on the east side and a little bit cooler than that up north falling numbers over the next 2-3 hours and then stable middle 30s through the day we have
clouds out there this morning but sunshine coming back this afternoon thicker coats and the sunglasses today may be a good day to do a little skiing Pyne nah maybe head out to Mount Brighton but you can see here maybe a quick little passing dusting of snow on the tip of the thumb but other than that it's a dry day Friday Kim for live traffic time as temps cool I hope we don't see more of that ice on the roads yes but that could be the case so definitely watch out for that but right now it's just
really wet out there because of that snow melting so be aware of that but right now we're talking about construction over on the southbound lanes of Van Dyke right at Gratiot here you can expect one lane black starting at 9:00 a.m. this will end at 3 p.m. later today and then also on both sides of the Davison construction will be between Lynwood and 14th Street one lane black there this also happened in between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. all right stick around because we'll talk i ninety six const
ruction as well coming up in my next report at 544 back to you and thank you now to the very latest in Florida where thousands gathered in parkland Florida to remember those lives lost in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting earlier this week police say that 17 people were killed students and staff also 14 others injured still fighting for their lives when that former student opened fire in the hallways of that school the school superintendent and family members spoke out about the
shooting and what they want to see happen now this week we saw the worst in humanity tomorrow we are going to see the best in humanity we're going to see what defines parkland is not the strategy is going to be how we come together to recover from this tragedy I hope this shooter whoever did this to Alyssa in the victims receives the death sentence he needs to die our prayers are certainly with those victims families at this time officials did charge the shooter Nicholas Cruz with 17 counts of p
remeditated murder however it isn't clear what his motive may have been we do know that the school expelled Cruz last year for disciplinary reasons he also showed signs of a troubled life he struggled with mental illness his mom passed away and he was enamored with guns white supremacy group in Florida has claimed that Cruz was a member of the organization as well both senators from Florida will visit parkland amid the aftermath of the tragedy Senator Marco Rubio says that lawmakers have an obli
gation to find a way to prevent devastating shootings like this but he noted previous gun reform laws may not have prevented the attack Senator Bill Nelson also from Florida met with federal and local officials at the scene of that shooting he called for a moment of silence on the Senate floor before discussion of immigration reform took place other lawmakers gave their condolences on social media the tragedy in Florida has a lot of families wondering about local schools security well this morni
ng we want to highlight a security system but some might not know about it connects cameras directly to police local force Nick Monacelli joining us live now to show us how this works and who's using it Nick everyone good morning to you it's common no-brainer you'd think that there will be almost every agency and School District in the country using technology like this we're live in front of the Roseville Police Department because they've got this technology they can watch live 24/7 inside scho
ols so something bad does happen they know exactly how to respond well we're growing up schools was V one safe place that is a sentiment a lot are sharing right now but we know all too well schools can be just as dangerous as any we're leaving those with children or grandchildren like Darlene Dowland uneasy that something's going to happen to them there's a person walking right but there are some police departments taking proactive steps towards keeping our children safe for since in Roseville t
he school district allows the police department access to every camera in the halls cafeteria and even the parking lots in the case of emergency we can take control of those cameras and relay first real-time information to our officers and with that speed and response hopefully casualties or whatever the fear is can be mitigated much quicker a quick check found not every school district though grants police access Roseville is allowed live monitoring 24/7 and other agencies can monitor if needed
like Troy Royal Oak center line in Southfield other police agencies do have this and we're working on building that list but there are some school districts that won't allow it I would highly recommend I think every district should have this capability I am gonna find out if my grandson's school has it and we should point out these cameras are not in private places just public places so you won't find them in locker rooms or bathrooms and as I mentioned we are working to build that list of scho
ol districts and police agencies that have this relationship we're gonna hope to have a much better comprehensive list a little bit later on today we'll have that for you on clickondetroit.com because everyone I would imagine that any parent or grandparent or a garden they'd like to know if their school has this capability as a parent you want to know you definitely want to know something like that Nick thank you it is 537 and students at Ionian middle school will see changes in their daily rout
ine starting February 26 to school will no longer allow students to carry book bags throughout the school day all students will need to put their book bags in their lockers the principals cited to the parkland Florida shooting as the main reason to enact the safety measure the shooter had a book bag filled with ammunition for his gun remember to stay with us here at local 4 and include Natori comm for any new developments in this florida school shooting tragedy including profiles of the victims
as we learn more about their stories it is 5:30 7 and in other news this morning Utica Community Schools and its teachers have finally agreed to a new contract and that contract includes some wage and benefit concessions from these teacher a first for the district the district says the teachers made sacrifices and pay to preserve programs and all for students and also to stabilize the district finances over the past years the five years the district's budget has decreased from 42 million dollars
to 21 million the new contract is set to expire in June of 2019 the city of Dearborn has agreed to pay just over a million dollars to settle a lawsuit over a woman who was shot and killed by police 31 year old Janet Wilson was killed during the 2016 incident you might remember it happened near the Fairlane mall police were going after Wilson over some type of dispute that happened inside the mall she was shot while still in her car after allegedly driving towards the officer no criminal charges
were filed against police and Dearborn denies liability but says that it has agreed to the settlement to quote Emily resolve this dispute well New York City police arrest a former high school teacher and his brother in connection to a possible terror plot Christian and Tyler Toro are charged with multiple offenses including unlawfully making an explosive police were alerted after some alert former students came forward saying that Christian Toro offered to pay students to dismantle fireworks fo
r the Gunpowder inside authorities say that the brothers were never on their radar and that they are trying to figure out what their motive may have been all right so here's a question for you what is it safe to go back to work or school after you've had the flu doctors have three questions that you should ask yourself before heading back also ahead a helping hand consumer alert involving a popular hairdryer it's a product that's at risk of catching fire that you need to know about we'll have th
at for you right after the break sefa welcome back everybody something you need to know before you do your hair this morning help me Hank consumer alert ISO Beauty is recalling 73 thousand hair dryers the recall includes these two hair dryers the ioniq Pro mm and the mm w and the cords near the base of these dryers can become brittle posing potential burn hazards the dryers were sold in various colors under ISO beauty and pro list brand names from March of 2013 until last month the Aqua the annu
al aqua freeze festival kicks off tomorrow in st. Clair Shores than it runs until Sunday and we won't be freezing don't enjoy it the event includes a pancake breakfast for two dollars on both days and so much more for the entire family there's a college ice carving competition kids crafts magic show petting zoo and so much more there's also a Polar Plunge scheduled for Sunday Brandon what's the temperature for Sunday well it is at 2:00 in the afternoon for this should be around 40 degrees not te
rrible not so bad so polar it all kicks off at 9 a.m. tomorrow and 10 a.m. on Sunday at the blossom heath park there in st. Clair Shores enjoy blossom heat that's the same Park that they do all the Pokemon going and Bobby Park blossom heat same Park take a look at our local for storm pin guys I want to see if you guys know where this is can you recognize that view Conservancy it looks like a feeling of our building it does others Dustin block our it's our it is our pad is our building sixty degr
ees on Tuesday what you're welcome anyway yeah this is the view out of our skylights yesterday which have been at times massively snow-covered and yesterday it was the fog but this is our co-worker Dustin sharing that shot with our local for storm pins a free app for you check out the numbers mainly middle 30s but places like how old 31 cooler air coming in from the west Northwest this morning so our numbers will be dropping everywhere 35 in Ann Arbor 36 Troy and Romulus at Metro Airport will be
down to around 31 degrees at 8:00 a.m. 33 at noon and 35 the afternoon high starting with clouds and getting into the Sun through the late morning and afternoon thicker coat today gloves hats but grab the shades as well quick little snow shower up in Huron County up in the thumb also Lenawee County could get a quick little flake or flurry not worried much about this our little cool front has already passed through that's the forcing mechanism more the rain and the snow is a bigger problem mainl
y rain to the south but we have a second cool front coming through so reinforcing cold air into Saturday but then Sunday we rebound nicely and we should be in for overall a pretty good-looking weekend some snow chances late tomorrow but that should be after dinnertime a dusting that's about it it goes away quickly on Sunday because 43 and sunshine now we mid winter break next week Presidents Day whatever it is we do have quite a bit of warm weather and wet weather coming could be a couple to thr
ee inches of rain Monday Tuesday Wednesday even with the warm temps want to give a special thank you and shout out to my friends right across the street from us here I got a chance to go visit some kids 3rd and 4th graders from Most Holy Trinity School in Detroit K through eighth grade and their technology departments and mrs. Maria Chubb invited me to come in and talk to the 3rd and 4th graders special thanks to the principal mr. Camilleri thank you so much guys for having me teaching them all
about weather an amazing bright group of kids asking me questions some of which I didn't know the answers do look like some really smart kids brandon q - all right good morning everyone we are looking at your commute and it is a great Friday commute for you so that's exactly the news you'd like to wake up to and no accidents to report at this time so we're talking about construction over on the northbound lanes of i-75 so you can expect some construction between north line and Goddard one lane b
lack there that starts at 7 a.m. wrapping up at 7 p.m. and then eastbound i-96 that on-ramp from the southbound lanes of Novi Road will be closed between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and then we also have an extract a construction update for you emergency patch crews will be back at it today eastbound i-696 from Dequindre to Mound will only have the left lane open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. southbound i-75 from Coolidge to crooks will only have the right lane open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and then southbound
Telegraph right near square Lake Road will have only the right two lanes open from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. all work is dependent on weather conditions so just keep that in mind if you do travel those routes over to you all right thank you cam warmer temperatures are making for some disastrous driving conditions on our Michigan roads I don't have to tell you that you dodge potholes every single day one area to watch out for though is on 8 mile this is 8 mile and the Maple Ridge Avenue area of Southf
ield a large pothole is taken quite a few victims vehicle tires one of them is bill campbell who came to help his son after he blew two tires driving over this crater he was filling the pot hole with rocks from the side of the road just to try and help out other drivers who may hit that pothole Campbell says that the roads have been particularly bad Oh any better roads that's all part of the infrastructure over the years and I've lived in Michigan all my life but the last ten years been a big pr
oblem oh it certainly has we need to come up with a pothole proof roadway solution Michigan Road crews have already filled the pothole once this winter but patchwork has already disintegrated time to come out again we can fly all the way to the moon but we can't fix the roads I don't understand how this works what's going on Michigan it is 549 everybody let's turn it could help out do you ever wonder when it's safe to return to work or school after you've had the flu well doctors suggest that yo
u ask yourself three questions first three pretty simple questions have you been fever free for 24 hours if so you're probably no longer contagious also are you coughing or sneezing since the flu spreads through droplets in the air you should probably stay home until your symptoms have improved and do you still feel sick if you are wiped out take another day to rest I don't think anybody has a problem asking themselves those questions I don't feel good I'm gonna stay home but you get cabin fever
after a while you just want to get back up and out sometimes if you feel like it'll make you feel better but stay home to keep all of us help all right for sure we appreciate your work ethic Belle it is 5:50 there's another celebrity couple calling it quits actress Jennifer Aniston and her husband of two years Justin Theroux of announced that they're separating maybe they should have given it a little more time right the couple released a statement saying that the split was mutual and that it w
as made at the end of last year Aniston and Thoreau married in August of 2015 after dating for four years they say that they will continue to love and respect one another alright let's talk about what we're giving away for free because this is a good one it's Friday and we give away something free every Friday it could get you into trouble though it could get you into a lot of trouble but thank goodness we got Fitness Friday coming up a little bit later yes it can now enter for a chance to win m
onth supply of Girl Scout cookies oh my goodness this is so good Thin Man Samoas shortbread tagalogs and a whole lot more and for your chance to win their sweet treat and the official contest rules you can head to the contest page of clicking detroit.com what the heck are you gonna do with a six-month supply a bellyache waiting to happen I know what I was my Tagalongs and trefoils from lily Rosicky so big things I'm still waiting on mine can somebody tell me some Girl Scout Connor from the wrong
girls guy I've got some still from hobnobbin gobble back in what was that October November better eat that one then I'm waiting on a shipment to come in but maybe I should buy some more Oh 550 what is your time and this is exciting the superhero movie does not officially come out until later today but it is already a blockbuster hits yeah we've got a preview of a Black Panther coming up after the break keep it here on the next live in the d enjoy the authentic flavors of exotic destinations rig
ht here in the B plus the biggest annual cookie craze is arrived today at 10 a.m. on local 4 today all the rain racing elsewhere may get a couple of flakes around this morning mainly up in the tip of the thumb there you see but that wet weather is heading elsewhere cooler air fills in middle 30s outside right now we dip down with some clouds this morning but back into the middle 30s with plenty of Sun coming back this afternoon Kim all right don't forget to grab the shades as you head out the do
or this morning you'll need it later today but right now you're going to need really nothing because we're our commute is looking good right now there is some wetness out there with that snow melting but no accidents to worry about at this time all right so it is one of the most anticipated blockbusters of the year and it's finally here take a look I love a superhero action comic movie Marvel's black panther smashing presale records with its all-star cast and a super-powered message generations
of fans have really been waiting for yes the film is also making history as the first ever big-budget comic book story with a black superhero the Harlem Boys and Girls Club held an online ticket fundraiser hoping to share the experience with local children kids can absolutely walk away from this and feel like royalty filly warriors feel like kings and queens and Ellen DeGeneres stepped in and paid for the Harlem Boys & Girls Clubs entire screening event now the forty nine thousand dollars they'v
e raised on GoFundMe will go toward a new program to teach children how to create and share their own stories there have been a lot of individuals that have been coming out you've probably seen it all over social media that have taken time to purchase blocks of tickets so that children can see this movie particularly in urban areas know prymaat city I just I bought my tune oh yeah I'm going on Sunday definitely go this weekend OC and the soundtrack is amazing Kendrick Lamar sisse you've got the
weekend a great cast and then of course a great cast movie on go epic bozeman Michael B Jordan and the whole bit it's 557 everybody coming up all new at six o'clock local stories for you from Detroit Troy and Shelby Township ha some good news bad news actually surrounding the flu vaccine we'll tell you more about that oh boy and starting today we are trying out as seen on tv products to see if they really live up to their claims so this morning our Kim D Giulio is putting the clean step mat to t
he test to find out if it's worth your money or not that more when we come right back keep it here you're watching local 4 News today live from downtown Detroit local warn us today at 6:00 starts now remembering the live lost hundreds come together to mourn and share their stories about the victims in Wednesday's deadly shooting in Florida hesitation deals with yet another tragedy a story of heroism emerges Symetra Detroit native being credited with protecting his students plots preparing for th
e worst this morning local schools are showing us how they're prepared to handle such situations and crisises and schools that we certainly hope will never happen again used to get to this morning we do welcome to Friday everybody thanks for waking up with us Friday uh for a lot of people a three-day weekend with Presidents Day on Monday we're looking forward to that and the temperatures not they're horrible February yeah mild temperatures and everything's melting which is actually creating kind
of an unsightly view of the metro area let's turn things over to Brannon roux good morning it's all melting although today not a big melting day once the Sun comes out this afternoon late morning afternoon we will start to see that live picture here from Mount Clemens looking good 36 degrees with cloud cover keeping us from dipping too much but northwest winds at 13 so wind chills are in the 20s at the bus stop this morning 33 32 degrees cloudy and still seeing numbers dropping through about 8
o'clock and then rebounding back a little bit middle 30s this afternoon cloudy start becoming sunny the clouds again like a blanket of insulation for us here keeping our numbers in the middle 30s for the most part but Grand Rapids 30 over in London 28 you see 16 up in Marquette 14 in the SU so colder air is coming down but for the most part it's a dry day Friday we'll look at the weekend and big warm-up coming up camera all right well even though it is a dry day Friday it's still wet out there t
hat snow has been melting so you're gonna want to watch out for pooling and ponding here's a look at the roads right now I 94 right near Southfield Road and it's still really light out there traffic volumes are anything you need to worry about no backups to talk about but as you can see there's hardly any snow left out there as we had these warmer temperatures for these last couple of days so again it will be damp out there and watch out for freezing maybe a little bit later as that temperature
drops we do want to talk about some construction over in I 94 I'll tell you about that though coming up in my next report at 6:14 back to you Ken thank you an emotional night in parkland Florida one of what will be continued emotion there for those families that are that are mourning just a day after a 19 year old gunman went on that deadly rampage and the community is really coming together to remember and share stories about those who died painting portraits of heroes and just young lives that
were taken away too soon NBC's Chris pollone is in parkland Florida with their stories 17 people killed in a Florida school and now we are replacing that number with names faces and stories what we still don't know today though is what spurred this massacre not allowing the world to forget them in parkland Florida 17 lives destroyed in a place which we expect to be safe just my hearts broken for everybody else children or not we have many many friends we've lost and know and kids all know famil
y and friends are sharing stories and memories to help us understand all who have been lost all of these people have great intentions and hydropower intentions and had a great future there was the new u.s. citizen a boy in the Junior ROTC and a beloved Coates who died so children could live died saving us without him some kids wouldn't even be able to go hug their parents alive the 19 year old accused gunman is now on suicide watch in the Broward County Jail after his first court appearance inve
stigators say Nicholas Cruz took an uber to the school he once attended armed with an ar-15 rifle he hid in a duffel bag after seven minutes of Terror police say Cruz slipped out with innocent students he went to Walmart in McDonald's before patrol officer spotted him pulled my vehicle over immediately engaged the suspect he complied with my commands and was taken into custody without any issues but for all they know about Wednesday's massacre what investigators still don't know is why not that
it would offer any comfort to a school and a community wracked with grief both a Florida senators Republican Marco Rubio Democrat Bill Nelson expected to visit with victims families and first responders today here in parkland president Trump heading to Florida over the weekend expected to do the same thing in the next couple of days in parkland Florida Chris pollone local four meanwhile this morning a metro Detroit native is being called a hero for saving the lives of his students at the high sc
hool yes his name is Ernie Russ Pierce key and he did everything that he could to keep his students safe let's get to Nick Monacelli with more about who this man is good morning Ernie and his wife are from Roseville and centerline respectively and it was interesting because his father was terrified when the shooting was going on worried if his son was alive then he found out that not only was a son alive but he's a hero but that kid was coming down the hall and song slowly shot him he had alread
y killed two people I guess Lee Porter says his son-in-law Ernie Rose Persky is a hero his stepdaughter andrea Kowalski was Persky is married to Ernie she is from centerline he is from Roseville and both teach at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School at parkland Florida when Ernie heard shots he got his class to honk down then turned and faced that gunman and it was grazed by a bullet so Ernie ran up to the second floor at what Jed's he saw got them safe and locked in rooms and stuff then he hidd
en bathroom and when he finally heard there's no noise and nothing you know he felt safe he opened the door there was a policeman standing right there he says what are you doing here Porter says Ernie told him police didn't know who was a threat and who wasn't during the chaos cuz when Ernie come out he had like 20 guns on him the couple posted Facebook messages to let loved ones know back here at home they are okay he just said that were okay we're doing okay they're just processing everything
you know what the help of Arnie none of his students were injured at all however he did tell his father that Nicolas Cruz was of former students and he said during the time he had him there were disciplinary problems in the newsroom Nick Monacelli local 4 news today Nick thank you and the tragedy in Florida has many wondering about security and schools here where you have children well live at 6:30 we look at a security camera system that ties directly into local police departments will explain
how it worked excuse me and why some schools don't want it three people are facing human trafficking three people are facing human trafficking of a minor and sexual abuse charges police say that Eric Brown Brian Ashe and grace nya ravana abducted a 14 year old girl and forced her to have sex with multiple people two of the three suspects were granted bond and must wear an ankle monitor all three will be back in court next Wednesday and Detroit police are trying to figure out what happened after
two brothers were shot and killed outside of their home on Detroit's West Side this happened late Wednesday near Eaton and Ashe streets police say that the men were unloading groceries when masked gunmen ambushed white Michael and William orb Lich police believed that it was a random attack a person of interest is in custody and police are still searching for the gunman former Trump campaign adviser Rick gates may be nearing a plea deal with special council robert muller CNN is reporting that ga
tes spoke to Muller's team about his case and has been in negotiations for about a month he reportedly had a day of interviews with Muller and his team detailing his own case and any other potential criminal activity that he witnessed gates cooperation could be another building block and Muller's investigation against President Trump gates previously pleaded not guilty last October it is 608 now on your Friday morning let's check in with Jason for some of the Olympic highlights good morning well
highlights or lowlights the disappointment stretching from the slopes to the ice rink what went wrong coming up [Music] but first it's other it's a out-of-this-world workout let's just call it that it's a good one burns lots of calories and a fun atmosphere and it's not for fitness Friday today it's Fitness Friday and we're here at the new area 45 fitness in Troy with the owner ravana armas and you said that the focus here is high-intensity interval training we get a 45-minute workout right exa
ctly what does that mean so the idea behind high-intensity interval training is to keep the heart rate up bring it down keep it up bring it down now anyone can do this it doesn't matter who you are it could be any fitness level right so everybody's intensity is a little different your intensity of my intense and you're going to be completely different and a person that's never worked out before their intensities gonna be completely different a portion of a workout all right so what we're gonna d
o here this is gonna be a three series work out what we're gonna do is we're gonna drop all the way down into a push-up right we're gonna be three push-ups one two three getting me three mountain climbers one two three you're gonna come up and you're getting three high jumps so you do that for 45 seconds right here yep one of the hole types of three of the three yeah you're gonna be three in each series right so three push ups three mountain climbers three high jumps and then you repeat again af
ter you do it a total of 45 seconds all right all right this is just workout one here an area for you I'll be back next week to find the special deal or you can come to experience this for yourself just search Fitness Friday clickondetroit.com the decision meet all right welcome back everybody as we talked the Winter Olympics right now 6:13 is your time and she was a favorite to win gold yes and she does already have a gold medal we should mention that I just think we're all heartbreaking about
Nathan Chen fright battle let's get over to Jason wasn't meant to be and on the slopes or the ice yesterday for some of our Olympians doesn't seem that way it was just not a good day for Team USA after getting a gold in her first event Mikayla Schifrin found herself watching the award ceremony instead of standing in it Mikayla schefren found herself in unfamiliar forced place after her first race in the slalom and that's where she stayed after the second run ending that frustrating spot one plac
e away from meddling American men also had a disappointing night and figure-skating despite having a historic first let's tow 17 year old Vincent Joe became the first-ever figure skater to land a quad lutz in the games however Joe Adam repin and Nathan Chen will have to stun in tonight's free skate if they want to medal suddenly some time to think about it but I mean things I guess in women's snowboard cross Lindsey Jacobellis finished fourth a deja vu to Wednesday night when US men finished 4th
and 5th just shy of the podium it's also her fourth Olympics she got her silver medal in snowboard cross in 2006 in ice hockey the u.s. men beat Slovakia after losing their first match against Slovenia Wednesday and up next Team USA takes on Russia on Saturday and after failing to medal at all yesterday Team USA somehow still in the top five in medal count but Germany and Norway continue to lead the way so if you're scoring at home there's your charts back to you we're hanging on there yeah we
are go USA all right so it's time it is time to announce the winner of our click on detroit.com olympic gear giveaway and here is the winner this is Andrea Brady Anderson from Commerce Township Andrea you win more swag we see you are already at the Olympic spirit but you get a watch coffee thermos and a sweatshirt and we will be congratulating or contacting you and congratulations adorable picture it certainly is in the meantime is 615 I guess we won't need a hat would you say Lisa you might nee
d it today it's cool today Brandon it is hat whether it is gloves whether maybe a thicker coat it's Friday we're talking about the weekend does any of it matter it does certainly but it has cooled down a little bit to start you're finally Friday numbers in the 30s 36 in Detroit 31 in Howell in our West Zone North Zone Lapeer at 30 35 in Monroe so numbers are falling off a little bit from north to south as a cool front has already come through so it's just taking a little time for these cooler nu
mbers winds are out of the Northwest between 5 and 15 miles an hour so at times we could have wind chills in the teens but mostly in the 20s out there that's what you want to dress for so yeah maybe a thicker coat but also grab the shades today from clouds early to sunshine late morning and afternoon back into the middle 30s and that's where we'll stay today look at the cold front that has come through a secondary cold front up north trapping down and you can see a couple of snowflakes forming h
ere central Lower Michigan so parts of the area may get a flake or a flurry this morning but really the trend will be for gradual clearing on your Friday and nice Friday sunshine to finish out the work in school week as we go through tomorrow it is dry most of the day and clouds increase through the afternoon some pockets of snow coming through tomorrow night after dinnertime 7:00 or 8:00 p.m. and beyond but just a dusting Saturday night early Sunday it all goes away quickly with Sun and 43 on S
unday Presidents Day Monday boy we're back into the 50s rain coming in as well Monday Tuesday and Wednesday all warming but wet sand we could be 2 to 3 inches and some localized flooding how about Tuesday tasty Tuesday cam next week 60 what Bernie Zentner our photo journalist extraordinaire this morning what a great shot down on the Riverwalk downtown is there a better looking shot than that I'll tell ya man that just downtown Detroit a little glistening on the sidewalk beautiful waterfall my ru
nning routes looking forward to getting back outside evident all right well we do need to take a look at your commute right now not because there's any accidents I just want to let you know about some construction to watch out for if you do travel over on East and westbound i-94 read at Livernois you can expect one lane black bear starting up at 9:00 a.m. today this will end at 2:00 p.m. and then also on the westbound lanes of i-94 right at West Grand Boulevard only one lane open there this star
ting tonight at 10:00 p.m. and that's an ongoing project happening throughout the weekend ending at on 5:00 a.m. on Monday morning just before your morning drive so keep that one in mind and I also want to take a look at your commute right now with our 1-800 call Sam chopper shot this is a look at i-75 right at i-696 it is damp out there out there and that snow is melting so be aware of that but you are good to go no backups this morning everyone oh that is some good news Kim thank you it is 619
let's get into today's consumer headlines Apple employees they keep walking into glass will explain that's all about plus with two locations already here in Metro shake shack is looking to expand but first let's talk about an online sales tax normal a bird joining us live now at Nasdaq we have some good stories this morning we sure do a good morning a variety well president Trump feels strongly that the US should tax purchases made over the Internet this is according to Treasury Secretary Steph
en venusian who should have made the comments during a hearing on capital yesterday a study last year by the US Government Accountability Office estimated States miss out on 13 billion a year in sales tax from online and catalog sales Shake Shack plans a massive expansion this year the burger chain expects to open 32 to 35 new locations that would be the largest number in any one year in Shake Shack history it's worth it guys the chain currently has 160 restaurants worldwide people are walking i
nto the glass at Apple's futuristic new headquarters financial news website Market Watch reports there have been at least two incidents where local emergency services were called both were to treat men who suffered minor cuts after walking into glass Apple's new building has been called the spaceship and the interior makes extensive use of glass for not only doors but walls as well there was no comment from Apple on the report of the injuries ever let's hope they're not walking around with their
phones that's all I'm saying that's crazy pay attention that is hilarious I'm sorry I love when people you know they're okay but you know alright Mary Belle thank you yeah make this stuff up they did 620 everybody and we are continuing to celebrate our local leaders for Black History Month and the folk cares this is focus Hope CEO we want to show you Jason Lee a Detroit based nonprofit organization that provides education senior supplemental food and workforce training there is his photo he was
also the executive director for Detroit area pre-college engineering program or dab SAP and that program helps increase the stem educational program for young people from underrepresented and underrepresented backgrounds so we salute him we do I know Jason personally and he has given a lot to our community our youth of people in need so it's great to see his Oh Bret focus help in at 6:21 and still ahead is the flu vaccine working we're gonna have the answer to that knack some good health and be
fore we go to break let's meet today's facebook Franta for the day this is Judy Mitchell she's from Gibraltar and says that she is staying strong after losing her husband and son within a year and a half of each other she also works with seniors to stay busy and clearly loves to rock out playing the guitar a lot of Hearts certainly go out to you and the loss that you've endured we do want to send you a $25 gift card so that you can spoil your pet at premier Pet Supplies and also to everyone else
don't forget if you want to be our next friend of the day you do have to like the local for Facebook page and click on that friend of the day tab we'll be right back Good Friday morning we have 36 degrees at Metro but cooler numbers to our west and north that are sliding and had a cold front come through overnight and that'll stabilize our numbers today we start with clouds but middle 30s now middle 30s later becoming sunny Kim all right grab the shades as you head out the door here's a look at
your commute right now traffic volumes are starting to build a bit as we look at I 94 right at East Grand Boulevard roads are damped nothing you need to worry about as far as accidents Kim thank you it is now 625 and in good health the flu shot appears to be working better than originally thought the CDC has released a preliminary report on vaccine effectiveness for this season overall the vaccine appears to be about 36 percent effective and that means that a person who got the shot this year r
educes their chance of getting a flu related illness by about one-third it's better than not having it at all the vaccine though does appear to prevent illness and young children by more than 59 percent so a little better there 6:26 on your finally Friday coming up next to 6:30 local stories for you from Roseville Shelby Township in Southfield plus what this local man is accused of doing with a computer that has it now facing charges Plus today and all of next week we are testing popular as seen
on tv products at 6:00 a.m. we're putting the clean step mat to the test it claims to completely clean your muddy or snow covered shoes or boots it doesn't really work keep it here we've got that and more when we come back Sports is next did it good morning everyone the wings have not won in Tampa in the regular season since February of 2011 and unfortunately that streak is still alive last night lightning beat the wings four to one that ends Detroit's two game winning streak we've got highligh
ts we'll start in the first period Tampa with the puck Victor headman watch the great pass to Steven Stamkos gets his 22nd of the year won nothing lightning 2nd period tamp up to nothing on the power play watch the passing here a wide-open Stamkos right boom look at that net 2nd the game 2030 year 3 death of Tampa late 2nd wings on the power play Tomas Tatar from the point somehow it gets through his 15th Tampa leaded 3 2 1 3rd period though lightning Reed take the lead retake the control a nice
pass to Alex Killoran who beats Jimmy Howard his eleventh lightly beat the wings the final four to one in Tampa NBA Pistons were off last night matter of fact the entire league is off its all-star break time I'm Bernice bavitz we'll see you later today at five six and eleven live from downtown Detroit the local 4 news today at 6:30 starts now the new US citizen a boy in the Junior ROTC and a beloved high school football coach these are just some of the faces of their seventeen lives lost during
the Florida school shooting this morning we pause to remember the victims we are also taking a closer look at school security here in Southeast Michigan new this half-hour how schools are staying connected with police Brandon well we can't rule out a few more snowflakes today and Saturday thanks to a cool front that has come through but as we look ahead to the forecast and we are tracking temperatures warmer conditions something that may just put a smile on your face very nice the forecast has
put a smile on my face have been nice you don't need the heavy coat it's definitely more comfortable out I actually wore shorts and a t-shirt to the gym yesterday and this is what the challenge is for parents out there because now your kids are gonna want to do the same thing we're waking up to 36 degrees no no not 136 degrees yesterday but you know Racing spring and well I would like to think that almost is Brandon well our news director put me on the spot yesterday was like is is this a little
odd for February and I was like no yeah kind of is a little odd from February feels more like an April May transition as we get cool for a little while and and very warm wait until you see the seven day we're on the coolest couple of days stretch right now but not terrible this is okay no polar vortices in the forecast 36 with a northwest wind at 13 so the wind chills around 28 degrees that's what you want to dress the kids for dress yourselves thicker coat sunglasses that combo works for your
finally Friday wind chills in the teens to low 20s up in our North Zone and 20s across most of Metro Detroit and through the day we go from cloudy skies and low 30s this morning back into the mid 30s the afternoon with tons of Sun coming out late morning and through the afternoon but look at this right now a couple of snowflakes showing up maybe parts of our north and west zone get a flake or a flurry but that is a boot it Kim we'll take a look at that Kim the Julia like seven-day coming up yeah
Tuesday look looking exactly like how I like the weather but right now we are looking good out there that snow is melting roads are wet right now keep that in mind for some pooling and ponding but it's been a really quiet morning which is exactly how we like to start out a Friday I just want to talk about this construction over in Lincoln Park if you travel over on north and southbound Southfield Road expect construction here between Dix Highway and Lafayette there's going to be one lane block
this starts at 9 a.m. wrapping up at 3 p.m. this will be a daily project happening through Sunday ending at 3 p.m. now it's let's take a look at the roads right now with our 1-800 call Sam chopper shot if you're traveling through the Farmington Hills area here's i-696 right at i-275 traffic volumes starting to build that snow is melting away but we're good to go in this area over to you already can take you to 633 and hundreds gathered in parkland Florida to remember the victims of Wednesday's s
chool shooting certainly a sea of people that came out you can see their eyes filled with tears according to police 17 people lost their lives students and staff among them 14 others were injured when that former student of this high school down in parkland Florida Nicholas Cruz opened fire on his students and former classmates the school superintendent says that they won't let this tragedy define them this week we saw the worst in humanity tomorrow we are going to see the best in humanity we're
going to see what defines parkland is not the strategy is going to be how we come together to recover from this tragedy several vigils prayer services and a prayer walk are all scheduled around Broward County today as so many families there are also planning funerals it's just a really really at time and of course so many parents are asking the question what is the security protocols at my child's school a lot of people asking that so this morning we're gonna take a closer look at a program tha
t some families might not even know about it allows police to monitor exactly what's going on inside without having to be inside of that school local force Nick Monacelli joining us live now in Roseville to explain a lot of people didn't even know that this existed Nick no and they do now ever good morning to you live here in front of the Roseville Police Department because they have technology that ties them directly into the schools here within their jurisdiction and it's not kind of a Big Bro
ther program it's simply more of an opportunity for them to know exactly what's going on because if something does happen inside of one of their schools they wanted to be they want to be able to see the shooter and know exactly where he is and where their officers need to be well we're growing up schools was the one safe place that is a sentiment a lot are sharing right now but we know all too well schools can be just as dangerous as anywhere leaving those with children or grandchildren like dar
ling Dowland uneasy that something's going to happen to them person walking right well there are some police departments taking proactive steps towards keeping our children safe for instance in Roseville the school district allows the police department access to every camera in the halls cafeteria and even the parking lots in the case of emergency we can take control of those cameras and relay first real-time information to our officers and with that speed and response hopefully casualties or wh
atever the fear is can be mitigated much quicker a quick check found not every school district though grants police access Roseville is allowed live monitoring 24/7 and other agencies can monitor if needed like Troy Royal Oak center line and South field other police agencies do have this and we're working on building that list but there are some school districts that won't allow it I would highly recommend I think every district should have this capability I'm gonna find out if my grandson schoo
l has it now it should point out that these cameras are not in private places they're not in bathrooms or locker rooms these are just public places and some of the agreements with these districts and police departments only allow the police agencies to dial in and use these cameras during an emergency and even that only certain people are allowed to use them but ever on Wanda like I said we're working to build this list because I would imagine most parents and grandparents and Guardians they'd l
ike to know if their schools have this technology absolutely I'd love to know if it's at my son's school absolutely and a lot of schools have that panic button that will contact police right away but certainly anybody can press that yeah yeah you do want to increase those security measures more the better time now in 6:36 and right now we want to turn to some stories that are making headlines all across Metro Detroit this morning yes we do want to get you updated on stories out of Oxford Townshi
p this morning and cell field but we do begin here in Shelby Township and that's where residents are on edge after a recent string of break-ins police are looking for this man that you see here lurking you can see him walking through a neighbor's yard there they believe that he may be the person responsible for these break-ins the most recent one was the week when a man broke into a home while the family was still inside an Oxford Township man facing charges of possessing and producing child por
nography 33 year-old Scott Lutz was investigated by police after they learned that he was downloading sexually abusive material involving children from the internet now this was not his first offense in 2011 he was convicted of rape and possessing pornography involving a minor he is on a lifetime sex offender registry list and will be charged as a habitual offender well we don't have to tell you what the freeze-thaw effect our roads are in bad shape and there are some areas that are worse than o
thers and one of those to watch out for is right here this is 8 Mile Road near Maple Ridge Avenue in Southfield a very large pothole has taken a lot of vehicles cars as victims a lot of tires busted one of them bill Campbell who came to help his son after he blew two tires driving over this crater he was trying to even fill the pothole himself by kicking some rocks into it to try and help some other drivers from hitting that pothole Campbell says the roads have been especially bad this season Oh
any better roads that's all part of the infrastructure over the years and I've lived in Michigan all my life but the last 10 years been a big problem Michigan Road crews have already filled this particular pothole once this winter but clearly they need to come back and fill it again we're in Syria 94 eastbound ramp onto i-75 north like two car lengths long riddled with hot rules you will hit one the question is what speed you're going you have to kind of figure out which hole the drop-down yeah
it's hope for the best say a prayer we can send cars to the moon and all that good stuff I can't fix these potholes fast enough well Jason is here in the carport no potholes over there all clear it's set for a record debut but its impact goes well past the box office how Black Panthers making history in more ways than one but first it claims to clean your shoes with one step it doesn't really work we are putting the clean step match it's an ash seen on TV product we're putting it to the test Mi
ke and Julia will have the results going up next skyforge all right welcome back everybody it is 643 and you're finally Friday and we are very excited for this starting today and happening all of next week we're taking products that you see on TV regularly we're putting them to the test yes we are do they live up to their claims and are they worth the money those are the two main questions we hope to answer for you before you buy one yes so let's send it over to Kim to Julie oh she's got a first
product that's right guys so it's this time of the year with the snow the slush the mud your carpet or floors ripe out your front door they're probably a disaster am i right well that's why we're starting off our product tests with a product that says that they've got you covered when it comes to that problem the clean step mat claims to be the quick fix to muddy and wet footprints in your home introducing the Queen's death mat the amazing new miracle doormat that absorbs and traps the mud righ
t off your feet the infomercial says you don't need to spend time wiping down your feet over and over again just one step which each foot will do the trick I'm skeptical let's see if this works I lay down the clean step mat and went outside in my boots and stomped around a bit in the snow back inside I take just two steps on the mat and then a step on a clean white piece of paper to see what was left on my shoe interesting there's no wet marks on here okay but what about dirt same method I just
had to get under the bushes to get my boots into that dirt a little trace a really really light trace of dirt you could hardly see it the clean step mat appeared to work pretty well but I still need to do some research let's try a normal map same deal boots in the snow but this time I'm not walking in on the clean step mat here's what happened it's a little hard to see but I've got some water on it now for the dirt here we go we've got dirt I found that the white paper was cleaner the times I wa
lked in using the clean step math so this tells us that this mat is not as effective the difference was minor but I do believe the clean step mat did what it claims to do clean your dirty shoes really well with just one step oh yes well this is it and it is very very specialized you can see but I'm gonna go ahead and give this a silver medal we're gonna go along with the Olympic theme here and the reason why I didn't give it a gold is because I didn't it didn't completely live up to its claim ho
wever I still think it's great for families you know with kids who never ever think about wiping down their feet when they come through that door and just for your information this big mat here this will cost you $30 a large one it's made out of um they have like new if you watch the infomercial they have these little fibers that you know just really clean yeah so I thought it's pretty interesting although the brown not the prettiest we want to show you a lineup of the tests that we're gonna be
doing next week on Monday two products that claim to help parents there's the no spill gyro bowl with a very cute model modeling that one out and a zippy sack that another very adorable bottle trying that one out those are my kids in case you didn't know on Tuesday pillows the my pillow cooling chill oh and the Mike miracle bamboo shredded memory foam pillow say that three times fast see if they help you sleep better and we're not done yet on Wednesday the color doctor blood pressure cuff doctor
majoras tries out a device that claims to make reading your blood pressure stress free on Thursday something for at home shots Brandon is gonna be testing out that air fryer and the indoor smokeless grill can they really kick up your cooking interesting then on Friday it's up to you the viewer it is viewers of choice you can head to click on Detroit com tell us what product I've seen on TV product that you think that we should try out and we're gonna announce that product on Monday and it's a w
hole full fun week of fun product yeah the indoor grill er I grilled turkey burgers and got a suntan I just kind of sat over the thing Kim she knows me too well was faking it a local for storm pin look it's over in Livonia the snowman has fallen down and the storm pin says thanks for the warm up Ben Bailey hey it takes a weather team to bring you the warm up okay and we've got you covered we have slightly cooler numbers the next two days but wait until you see the 7-day be good or I won't show i
t to you we have numbers in the 30s and wind chills in the 20s and numbers will likely fall down a few more degrees here still this morning your bus stop forecast with sunrise before 7:30 32 degrees and mostly cloudy feeling like the 20s so we need the thicker coats and the shades 35 this afternoon cloudy becoming sunny and we've had one cold front come through excuse me a second one up north is prompting a couple of flakes and flurries up in the Genesee County area maybe a few flurries over in
Lapeer County as well and then as we head into next week we while again tomorrow we're on the cooler side a little bit of light snow Saturday night rain though on Monday Tuesday Wednesday look at those numbers 50 to 60 degrees Presidents Day and Tuesday all right Kim I want to tell you about this great group that I got to go see yesterday at the Trinity School here in Detroit a great group of third and fourth graders the technology department at most Holy Trinity in Detroit it's literally litera
lly four blocks away cute kids that must have been fun for you alright everybody we don't have any accidents to talk about right now it's been a quiet morning we're talking about some construction over on northbound i-75 between North line and Goddard you can expect one lane block there that starts at 9:00 a.m. wrapping up at 7 p.m. eastbound i-96 we'll see those orange barrels as well the on ramp from the southbound lanes of Nova Road those will be closed between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and the
n let's see what the roads look right now with our 1-800 call Sam chopper shot I 96 right at Southfield freeway no problems to report here it is good-looking morning for your Friday commute back to you all right Kim thank you it is one of the most anticipated movies breaking presale records this year and chasing it's also breaking the mold of most superhero movies yeah we can't wait right most Marvel movies have a big impact at the box office but black panther figures to have a societal impact a
s well the cultural significance of Black Panther is immense it's centered on a black superhero is set in Africa and is on target to become one of Marvel Studios biggest blockbusters I knew it was the opportunity to pull from real things real achievements real African culture and place it in this movie to make it real that's what the opportunity is in this in this movie so if anybody believes you know that I really didn't have Empire didn't have our architecture didn't have art didn't have scien
ce you see it in this movie I think we're part of a landscape right now where people are calling for recognition they're asking for more agency in their lives and the narratives that are told about them they're asking to be represented and they're asking to be counted and I feel this movie takes a brave step forward into that future that people are calling for the film has a mostly black cast which means dolls and toys with dark skin something Lapita into one go recalls she couldn't find when sh
e was a child how lovely to live at a time when kids can have that because we do know that those kinds of things shape one subconscious values Danai gurira praises the film for pushing against the world that discourages girls and women from finding their fullest potential we're told to apologize for it or to to put it to the side or we're not - to portray it too strongly and that those are things that can diminish one's brilliance and that's something that causes the world to lose out on somethi
ng of course their hope is that the movement goes well beyond one movie I think this should inspire a people of what's possible you know the you know the next round of rioters the next group of director there's an experiment producers that this is something that we can do and we can't achieve they're gonna expect stories to to represent them and then then if they don't see it they're gonna go whoa I'm gonna make it happen all right Black Panther is expected to pull in more than 200 million dolla
rs this weekend which puts it on pace to be one of the biggest openings ever the movie is rated pg-13 cannot wait I know there was a media preview last night we're gonna find out about that later this morning alive in the D and ya know I wish I could have been okay yeah can't wait to see this one going to see it Sunday wait we're back in a minute with today's source watch more keep it here [Music] welcome back everybody officials are investigating the past of the 19 year old gunman who shot and
killed 17 students and staff at a high school in Florida investigators are now saying that Nicholas Cruz showed signs of distress throughout his youth they also say that he had a history of explosive anger depression and killing animals officials say that he suffered after his mother died and was expelled from school for disciplinary reasons a white supremacist group also claimed that Cruz was a member of their organization the Michigan State University Board of Trustees will meet today it's the
first time they'll convene after the University's Faculty Senate overwhelmingly supported a vote of no-confidence Nikolas Lyon is back in court for the continuation of his preliminary exam Lyon is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter for his role in a lesion errors outbreak as part of the Flint water crisis Jason today on clickondetroit.com all things Olympics from key athletes to watch to a recap of the big moments that have happened so far Plus here's a look at the lineup of events star
ting at 3:00 it's the women's speed skating gold medal final also the men's cross country gold medal final and men's ski jumping individual large hill competition then after the news it's the olympic zone at 7:30 followed by the figure skating men's gold final women's Alpine Skiing super-g gold medal final and women's freestyle skiing aerials gold medal final and the women's skeleton competition get full list of the events right on clickondetroit.com running short on time so let's go right back
to studio 8 I'll wrap it up all right middle thirties feels like middle twenties different kind of day today the winds blowing around there a little bit we start with clouds maybe a couple of flakes and flurries too but we're gonna get into the Sun eventually later this morning an afternoon middle 30s as good as it gets 60 degrees Tuesday what guys though it's Friday Friday we're gonna get down on Friday have a great
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