>> Announcer: LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, HOME OF
WDIV AND CLICK ON DETROIT,
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS
NOW.
>>> AFTER DELAYING FOR DAYS
PRESIDENT TRUMP FINALLY
SIGNS A MASSIVE HUGE BILLION
DOLLAR PACKAGE FREEING UP A
NEW ROUND OF CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF AND AVOIDING A
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
BUT THE BATTLE OVER STIMULUS
STATEMENT PAYMENTS IS NOT
OVER JUST YET.
FIRST PAYING RESPECTS.
MOURNERS ARE SAYING GOOD-BYE
TO WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF
BENNY NAPOLEON A MAN WHO
DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
THAT PUBLIC VISITATION
BEGINS TODAY FOR SHERIFF
NAPOLEON.
AS YOU KNOW HE DIED ON
DECEMBER 17th AT HENRY FORD
HOSPITAL JUST THREE WEEKS
AFTER GOING ON A VENTILATOR
WITH COVID-19.
HE 65 YEARS OLD.
LOCAL 4’S NICK MONACELLI
JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM
SWANSON FUNERAL HOME ON EAST
GRAND BOULVARD IN DETROIT.
NICK, THE VISITATION JUST
BEGAN A LITTLE WHILE AGO.
HIS BROTHER SHOWING UP AMONG
MANY PEOPLE PAYING THEIR
FINAL RESPECTS.
>> Reporter: YEAH, ABOUT TWO
HOURS AGO THINGS STARTED
HERE ON THE EAST SIDE, EVROD,
A LINE WAS WRAP AROUND THE
BUILDING PARTIALLY BECAUSE
OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT
WANTED TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS,
PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF
COVID-19.
TABLE TAKE A LOOK AT THE
VIDEO WE CAN SHOW YOU ALL
THE PEOPLE THAT WERE LINING
UP.
WHAT WAS INTERESTING, TOO,
OF COURSE YOU HAD OFFICERS
FROM ALMOST EVERY
JURISDICTION IN THE METRO
DETROIT AREA.
WAYNE COUNTY, MACOMB COUNTY,
OAKLAND COUNTY, THEN YOU HAD
DEPUTIES AND CORRECTIONS
OFFICER SO MANY PEOPLE WERE
HERE.
NOW INSIDE THE BUILDING YOU
HAVE THE SHERIFF’S FAMILY,
ALL LINED UP ALL THE
VISITORS THERE EACH TAKING
THEIR TURNS HAVING A MOMENT
TO THEMSELVES.
AS YOU MENTIONED, SHERIFF
BENNY NAPOLEON CAME DOWN
WITH COVID-19 IN NOVEMBER.
HE WAS ON A VENTILATOR FOR
ABOUT THREE WEEKS HE PASSED
AWAY ON THE 17th .
BUT HE HAS BEEN THE WAYNE
COUNTY SHERIFF SINCE 2009 HE
HAS BEEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SINCE HIS 20sMENT HE HAS
CERTAINLY LEFT HIS MARK ON
HIS COMMUNITY AND HIS
COLLEAGUES.
>> IT MEANS SO MUCH.
THESE PEOPLE ARENED EXTRAING
OUT HERE IN THE COLD, YOU
KNOW, TO HONOR MY BROTHER
AND I LOVE ALL YOU GUYS.
IT WAS REALLY A TRIBUTE TO
HIM AND WHAT HE’S DONE FOR
THE COMMUNITY.
>> WE REALLY LOST A GIANT
HERE.
THE SAVING GRACE IS THAT
BENNY NAPOLEON SHOWED A LOT
OF US THE RIGHT WAY TO DO
THINGS.
HE LEFT A GREAT LEGACY AND
WE’RE ALL BETTER OFF FOR IT.
>> AND THAT WASN’T JUST
CHIEF DODD THERE WERE A
REFLECTION.
SO MANY OFFICERS SO MANY
COPS OUT HERE SAYING THE
SAME THING THAT SHERIFF
NAPOLEON WAS THE REAL DEAL.
A REAL COP WHO DEEPLY CARED
ABOUT EVERY SINGLE MOTHER OF
HIS DEPARTMENT AND EVERY
SINGLE PERSON IN HIS
COMMUNITY.
THE VISITATION HERE AT
SWANSON FUNERAL HOME GOES
UNTIL 8:00 TONIGHT.
ITS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
HIS SERVICE IS TOMORROW AT
GREATER GRACE TEMPLE.
WE’RE LIVE HERE ON THE EAST
SIDE, NICK MONACELLI, LOCAL
4.
>> ALL RIGHT, NICK, SUCH A
HUGE LOSS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.
THERE RIGHT NOW THOUGH WE
WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE
LATEST CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS
THAT WE HAVE.
ON THE NATIONAL FRONT THE
UNITED STATES HAS NOW PASSED
19 MILLION CASES.
19,145,000 TO BE EXACT.
MORE THAN 333,000 PEOPLE
HAVE DIED FROM THE VIRUS.
THESE ARE NUMBERS FROM THE
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
DATABASE.
THEN HERE AT HOME WE’RE
EXPECTING NEW CORONAVIRUS
CASE NUMBERS THIS AFTERNOON.
WE’LL HAVE THEM FOR YOU HERE
ON THE AIR AND ON-LINE AS
SOON AS WE GET THEM.
AFTER SPENDING A WEEK
CRITICIZING THE COVID RELIEF
BILL, WHICH DID PASS BOTH
HOUSES OF CONGRESS LAST WEEK,
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SIGNED
IT INTO LAW.
THAT MOVE MEANS THAT
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WILL
GET DIRECT STIMULUS PAYMENTS
AND EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS.
IT ALSO AVERTS A GOVERNMENT
SHUTDOWN.
BUT AS CHRIS PALLONE REPORTS
THE PRESIDENT IS STILL NOT
HAPPY.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT
CONTINUES TO PUSH TO RAISE
THE STIMULUS CASH PAYMENTS
FROM $600 TO $2,000.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WILL VOTE ON A MEASURE THAT
WOULD JUST THAT TODAY BUT
REPUBLICANS ARE LARGELY
OBJECTING TO THAT IDEA.
AFTER A WEEK OF COMPLAINTS
ABOUT THE $2.3 TRILLION
BIPARTISAN SPENDING BILL AND
COVID RELIEF PACKAGE POSTING
ON TWITTER
>> President Trump: IT
REALLY IS A DISGRACE.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP
SIGNED THE BILL SUNDAY
NIGHT.
IT INCLUDES $900 BILLION IN
COVID RELIEF MONEY AND FUNDS
THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE NEXT
FISCAL YEAR.
IN A STATEMENT FROM HIS
FLORIDA RESORT THE PRESIDENT
SAID I AM SIGNING THIS BILL
TO RESTORE UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS, STOP EVICTIONS,
PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE
AND MUCH MORE.
THOSE ENHANCED EMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS NOW EXTENDED HAVING
EXPIRED FOR MILLIONS SUNDAY
AFTER PROMISES STIMULUS
PAYMENTS WOULD GO OUT THIS
WEEK IT’S NOW UNCLAER WHEN
PEOPLE WILL SEE THAT MONEY
IN THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS.
DEMOCRATIC HOUSE MAJORITY
LEADER STENY HOYER SAID THE
PRESIDENT HAS RESOLVED AN
UNNECESSARY CRISIS HE
HIMSELF CREATED.
THE PRESIDENT STILL BACKING
AN EFFORT TO RAISE THOSE
PAYMENTS TO $2,000 FOR
ADULTS, AND $600 FOR
CHILDREN.
DEMOCRATS SUPPORTED MINORITY
LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER ON
TWITTER DARING REPUBLICANS
TO OBJECT.
THE HOUSE WILL VOTE ON IT
TODAY.
>> I DON’T AGREE WITH $2,000
CHECKS TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE
HAD NO LOST INCOME
WHATSOEVER WHICH IS THE VAST
MAJORITY OF AMERICANS.
>> Reporter: THE LAW
PROVIDES $8 BILLION FOR
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE
DISTRIBUTION, IMPORTANT
FUNDING AS THE U.S. HAS NOW
PASSED 330,000 COVID-19
DEATH WITH PREDICTIONS OF
DARK DAYS AHEAD AFTER MANY
PEOPLE TRAVELLED THIS
HOLIDAY SEASON.
SO FAR NO REACTION TO THE
BILL SIGNING BY
PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN.
THOUGH WE EXPECT THAT TO
CHANGE HE IS SLATED TO GIVE
REMARKS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.
IN WASHINGTON, CHRIS PALLONE,
NBC NEWS.
>>> THANK YOU, CHRIS.
WE WANT TO GET BACK TO
HOLIDAY TRAVEL WHICH YOU
HEARD CHRIS BRIEFLY TOUCH ON
THERE.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO
PASSED THROUGH U.S. AIRPORTS
ON SUNDAY WAS THE HIGHEST
SINCE THE PANDEMIC FIRST
STARTED.
T.S.A. OFFICIALS SAYING
ABOUT 1,285,000 PEOPLE
PASSED THROUGH AIRPORT
SECURITY CHECKPOINTS ON
SUNDAY.
THAT IS A NEW
RECORD-BREAKING THE PREVIOUS
ONE THAT WAS SET JUST LAST
WEDNESDAY.
IT’S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF
AIR TRAVEL SINCE MARCH
15th .
>>> MEANWHILE STARTING TODAY
TRAVELERS ARRIVING TO THE
U.S. FROM BRITAIN MUST BE
ABLE TO PROVE THAT THEY HAVE
A NEGATIVE COVID-19 P.C.R.
TEST.
THIS FOLLOWS COUNTRIES
ACROSS THE GLOBE THAT HAVE
BEEN SHUTTING THEIR BORDERS
TO THE U.K. LAST WEEK OVER
THIS NEW VARIANT STRAIN OF
COVID-19.
RICHARD ENGLE IS OUTSIDE
LONDON’S HEATHROW AIRPORT
WITH THIS REPORT.
>> Reporter: AROUND THE
WORLD NATIONS ARE COUNTING
ON A 2021 RESET AND DON’T
WANT A NEW STRAIN OF THE
VIRUS TO TAKE THEM BACK TO
SQUARE ONE.
JAPAN TOOK THE EXTRAORDINARY
STEP OF CLOSING ITSELF OFF
TO FOREIGNERS AFTER
DETECTING SEVERAL CASES FROM
THE U.K.’S VIRAL VARIANT.
JAPANESE CITIZENS CAN STILL
AND GO BUT FOREIGNERS ARE
BANNED TO ARREST MONTH.
THE PRIME MINISTER URGED
PEOPLE TO LAY LOW AND HAVE A
SILENT NEW YEAR HOLIDAY.
THE EUROPEAN UNION WHICH IS
LARGELY BANNED BRITISH
TRAVELERS THIS WEEKEND BEGAN
ITS VACCINE ROLLOUT ACROSS
THE 27 MEMBER STATES.
JUST DAYS AFTER APPROVING
THE PFIZER VACCINE.
THEY, TOO, ARE STARTING WITH
THE ELDERLY BUT IN MANY
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HEADS OF
STATE AND GOVERNMENT ARE
AMONG THE FIRST TO GET
INJECTIONS TO SHOW THEY’RE
SAFE.
THE U.K. WHICH BEGAN ITS
VACCINE ROLLOUT EARLY, COULD
SOON HAVE A NEW WEAPON TO
FIGHT THE VIRUS.
BRITISH OFFICIALS ARE
EXPECTED THIS WEEK TO
APPROVE THE U.K.’S OWN
OXFORD VACCINE WHICH DOESN’T
REQUIRE EXTREME COLD, MAKING
IT FAR EASIER TO DISTRIBUTE.
LISA MARKEY IS AN I.C.U.
NURSE OUTSIDE OF LONDON.
>> IT’S VERY EXCITING TIMES.
WE JUST FEEL LIKE ALMOST
LIKE THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA
KIND OF THING THAT WE MIGHT
BE COMING OUT OF THIS THIS
DARKNESS.
IT’S FANTASTIC.
IT REALLY IS.
>> Reporter: BUT IT’S NOT
MAKING A DIFFERENCE YET.
>> YOU ARE STILL LOSING --
>> Reporter: IN RUSSIA A
SPOKESMAN FOR VLADIMIR PUTIN
WHO HAS BEEN WORKING FROM
ISOLATION FOR MOST OF THE
LAST YEAR SAYS THAT THE
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT WILL SOON
TAKE RUSSIA’S VERSION OF THE
VACCINE CALLED SPUTNIK V.
RICHARD ENGLE, NBC NEWS,
LONDON.
>>> ACTRESS LORI LOUGHLIN IS
RELEASED FROM FEDERAL PRISON
AFTER SERVING A TWO MONTH
SENTENCE IN THAT WHOLE
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCAM.
SHE’S BEST KNOWN FOR HER
ROLE ON "FULL HOUSE" AS AUNT
BECKY.
SHE PLEADED GUILTY TO A
CONSPIRACY CHARGE BACK IN
MAY ADMITTING TO PAYING THE
SCHEME’S MASTERMIND $500,000
TO GET HER TWO DAUGHTERS
INTO THE UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNDER
FALSE PRETENSES.
SHE BEGAN SERVING HER
SENTENCE ON OCTOBER 30th IN
DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA.
>>> RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO
SWITCH GEARS A BIT AND TAKE
A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST AS WE
LOOK LIVE OUTSIDE FROM ONE
OF OUR SKY CAMS HERE IN THE
CITY.
METEOROLOGIST ANDREW
HUMPHREY IS IN FOR BRANDON
ROUX RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: HEY, EVROD,
GOOD AFTERNOON TO HELLO
EVERYONE AND HAPPY KWANZAA.
WE’RE LOOKING AT CLOUDY
SKIES OVERHEAD A FEW
SCATTERED SNOWFLAKES ACROSS
THE AREA, TOO.
HERE’S WHAT THE STORM
TRACKER 4 THEY’RE ALL LAKE
INDUCED SOME OF THOSE SNOW
SHOWERS A LITTLE MORE
PREVALENT IN PORTIONS OF
LIVINGSTON COUNTY MOVING
INTO WESTERN OAKLAND COUNTY
AT THIS HOUR AROUND GREEN
OAK ALSO BRIGHT BRIGHTON AND
THE HEARTLAND AREA.
HERE IN DETROIT, WE’RE
SEEING A FEW SCATTERED
SNOWFLAKES AS WELL, AS WELL
AS A COUPLE CHILLY RAINDROPS
THAT ARE AROUND A.
THAT WILL BE THE PATTERN AS
WE GO INTO THE AFTERNOON.
WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES OR
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES
STAYING RIGHT ABOUT WHERE
THEY ARE BEFORE GOING DOWN A
BIT MOSTLY IN THELIER AND
MID-30s.
NOT VERY SLIPPERY TONIGHT.
WE’LL TALK ABOUT HOW LOW
TEMPERATURES GO TONIGHT,
WHAT’S EXPECTED FOR TOMORROW
AND IN FACT THE REST OF 2020
INTO THE NEW YEAR.
THAT’S WITH YOUR SEVEN-DAY
FORECAST IN MINUTES.
>> ANDREW THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> MICHIGAN STATE POLICE
WILL HAVE EXTRA PATROLS OUT
THIS WEEK AND ARE LOOKING
FOR IMPAIRED DRIVERS.
JUST A REMINDER FOR YOU, IF
YOU ARE IMPAIRED FROM
ALCOHOL OR PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS OR EVEN MARIJUANA, YOU
CANNOT DRIVE.
POLICE ARE TELLING US THAT
12 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FOR
IMPAIRED DRIVING DURING THE
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY WEEKEND
AND AGAIN A REMINDER EXTRA
PATROLS WILL BE OUT THIS
WEEK SO PLEASE GET A DRIVER,
MAYBE YOU CAN UBER OR TAKE A
LYFT BUT DO NOT GET BEHIND
THE WHEEL IF YOU ARE
IMPAIRED.
THE INVESTIGATION INTO A
DEADLY SHOOTING AND
CAR-JACKING CONTINUES IN
SOUTHFIELD THIS AFTERNOON.
IT HAPPENED ON PRIMARY DRIVE
RIGHT NEAR FRANKLIN ROAD AND
696.
POLICE SAY THE 48-YEAR-OLD
VICTIM PULLED UP TO A HOME
LAST NIGHT WHEN HE WAS SHOT.
THE SUSPECT WAS THEN SEEN
DRIVING AWAY IN THE VICTIM’S
2013 WHITE TOYOTA TUNDRA.
POLICE WERE ASKING THAT IF
ANYONE HAS INFORMATION ABOUT
LAST NIGHT’S SHOOTING TO
GIVE THEM A CALL.
>>> STILL TO COME HERE AT
NOON, THREE PEOPLE ARE
KILLED AFTER A MAN GOES ON A
SHOOTING RAMPAGE AT A
BOWLING ALLEY IN ILLINOIS.
WE’LL TELL YOU WHAT WE’RE
LEARNING ABOUT THE GUNMAN’S
TIES TO THE MILITARY.
>>> BUT FIRST A CHRISTMAS
DAY BLAST ROCKS DOWNTOWN
NASHVILLE.
WE’LL TELL YOU WHAT WE’RE
LEARNING ABOUT THE BOMBER IN