AWFUL SCENE ON I-75 THIS EVENING, JUST BEFORE 94, 75. BOTH DIRECTIONS SHUT DOWN AFTER
THIS GASOLINE TANKER HAS
GASOLINE IN. IT GETS INTO A
WRECK. NOW THERE’S THE ENGINE
FROM THE TANKER. THERE’S THE
CAB. SERIOUS INJURIES I’M SEEING
OUT HERE THIS EVENING. 75 CLOSED
BOTH DIRECTIONS. THEY PAN AROUND
HERE. YOU CAN SEE A INCREDIBLE
CHUNK OF THE MIDDLE WALL HAS
BEEN TAKEN OUT. SOUTHBOUND
VEHICLES WERE STRUCK BY THAT.
THEY’RE FURTHER DOWN THERE. 75
IS GOING TO BE CLOSED HERE FOR
THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. WE’RE
GOING TO GET UPDATES THROUGHOUT
THE EVENING. BACK TO YOU GUYS.
DOWNTOWN
>> WOW, WHAT A SCENE. ALL RIGHT,
TIM.
>> IN MORE NEWS TONIGHT, A LOCAL
FATHER MISSING WITHOUT A TRACE
FOR DAYS. HIS FAMILY SHOWED UP
IN NUMBERS TODAY ASKING FOR HELP
TO FIND HIM. JAMES WILKINS
DIDN’T SHOW UP TO HELP COACH HIS
SON’S FOOTBALL, DIDN’T SHOW UP
AT HIS DAUGHTER’S KINDERGARTEN
GRADUATION.
>> 27 YEAR OLD IS BASICALLY
VANISHED, MISSING FROM THE AREA
OF TEN MILE AND HAYES IN WARREN
SHAWN LEY LIVE WITH MORE ON
WHAT’S BECOME A DESPERATE SEARCH
HERE. SHAWN, LET’S TALK ABOUT
HOW DESPERATE KIMBERLY AND
DEVIN, NO ACTIVITY ON JAMES
WILKINS CELL PHONE SINCE IT’S
JUNE 8TH.
>> NO ACTIVITY ON HIS BANK CARD
SINCE JUNE EIGHTH. THIS IS A
CRITICAL MISSING SITUATION.
>> PLEASE COME FORWARD WITH ANY
INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT
MY SON, BECAUSE I NEED MY SON
HOME. BECAUSE HE DOES NOT
DESERVE THIS TO HAPPEN TO HIM.
YOU CAN FEEL THE PAIN THAT THE
FAMILY OF JAMES WILKINS IS
FEELING RIGHT NOW.
>> TONIGHT, THE 27 YEAR OLD
DOTING DAD TO HIS DAUGHTER AND
SUPER INVOLVED WITH HIS SON’S
YOUTH FOOTBALL. HE’S BEEN
MISSING NOW SINCE JUNE THE
EIGHTH. THAT DAY, HE WAS HOME AT
HIS APARTMENT NEAR TEN MILE AND
HAYES, THE LAST CONTACT WAS
JAMES TEXTING WITH FAMILY THE
NIGHT OF JUNE EIGHTH. WARREN
POLICE WORKING THIS CASE HARD,
SAYING SOMEONE LINKED TO A TAN,
1999 MERCURY SABLE WAGON IS
SUSPECTED TO BE INVOLVED IN
WILKINS JUST VANISHING FROM HIS
FAMILY. IT’S ABSOLUTELY UNLIKE
HIM TO BE OUT OF CONTACT.
>> HE ESPECIALLY WITH THE FAMILY
AND HIS CHILDREN. HE COACHES HIS
SON’S FOOTBALL TEAM. HE YOU KNOW
, WAS WAS DID NOT RETURN HOME
FOR FATHER’S DAY, DID NOT RETURN
HOME FOR HIS DAUGHTER’S
KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION. THINGS
THAT WE DO NOT THINK HE WOULD
HAVE MISSED IF IT WERE UP TO
HIM. I MISS HIM.
>> HIS KIDS MISS HIM. WE NEED
THEM HOME NOW. WE LOVE THEM.
BACK HERE LIVE.
>> SO HERE’S THE DEAL. CRIME
STOPPERS AND WARREN POLICE
ORGANIZING TODAY’S EVENT TO GET
THE WORD OUT ABOUT JAMES WILKINS
TO GET FAMILY OF VOICE HERE THAT
WE’RE LISTENING TO TONIGHT. YOU
CAN CALL CRIME STOPPERS OR
WARREN POLICE. AS I SAY, THEY’RE
WORKING THE CASE AGGRESSIVELY.
THEY NEED SOMETHING TO GET IT
GOING. WE’RE LIVE TONIGHT. SHAWN
LEY, LOCAL 4. YEAH ALL RIGHT,
SHAWN.
>> ALL RIGHT. SO IT’S BEEN
PRETTY MUCH A DREARY DAY. NOT
THE WAY WE LIKE TO START THE
WEEKEND, BUT WE DO NEED THE RAIN
FIRST. FULL WEEKEND OF SUMMER.
>> KIM YEAH, IT IS, ABSOLUTELY.
AND WE’RE GETTING SOME MUCH
NEEDED RAIN CONTINUING TONIGHT
ACROSS METRO DETROIT, BUT
STARTING TO SLACK UP A BIT. IN
FACT, IN A FEW CITIES YOU MIGHT
HAVE NOTICED YOUR SKIES START TO
BRIGHTEN JUST A LITTLE BIT AS
THE RAIN IS STARTING TO COME TO
AN END. BUT WE STILL HAVE A
COUPLE MORE HOURS BEFORE WE WILL
BE RAIN FREE. SO IF YOU’RE
HEADED OUT TO DINNER TONIGHT,
YOU STILL NEED THE UMBRELLA OR A
JACKET. MOUNT CLEMENS GETTING
SOME SPRINKLE SPRINKLES. ALSO
ALONG I 94 IN CHESTERFIELD,
FRAIZER, STERLING HEIGHTS,
ROSEVILLE, ALL IN MACOMB COUNTY
GETTING A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS AT
THIS HOUR. WE’LL SLIDE DOWN INTO
WAYNE COUNTY, RAINING IN
HAMTRAMCK OVER INTO THE GROSSE
POINTES DEARBORN, MELVINDALE,
LIVONIA, INKSTER, ALL GETTING
LIGHT RAIN. BUT THIS RAIN WILL
COME TO AN END OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS. WE EXPECT MORE
RAIN, THOUGH, THIS WEEKEND.
WE’VE ONLY HAD, INCLUDING TODAY,
FIVE, FIVE DAYS OF RAIN ALL
MONTH. BUT WE’RE GOING TO END
THE MONTH WITH SEVERAL DAYS.
WE’LL TALK ABOUT IT IN A MINUTE
.
>> OKAY, KIM, A COMMUNITY GROUP
ON DETROIT’S EAST SIDE BELIEVES
THERE’S AN ARSONIST IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD AFTER SEVERAL HOUSE
FIRES IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
NEIGHBORS ARE AFRAID THAT
SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET SICK,
REALLY HURT OR KILLED. LOCAL
FOUR’S WILL JONES SPOKE WITH THE
COMMUNITY GROUP AND JOINS US
LIVE WITH MORE. WILL
>> KIMBERLY, SOME NEIGHBORS ARE
GOING TO BE TAKING MATTERS INTO
THEIR OWN HANDS. THEY’RE GOING
TO BE PATROLLING THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD HOPING TO PREVENT
THESE FIRES OR TO CATCH SOMEONE
IN THE ACT. BUT SOME NEIGHBORS
ON DETROIT’S EAST SIDE BELIEVE
SOMEONE IS INTENTIONALLY SETTING
FIRES IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THE
LATEST ONE HAPPENING THIS
MORNING AT A VACANT HOME ON EAST
WARREN AVENUE NEAR MORAN STREET.
>> THERE’S A ARSONISTS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. LINDA GARBUTT’S
MOM LIVES IN ARM’S REACH OF THE
VACANT HOUSE THAT WAS ON FIRE
THIS MORNING.
>> THANKFULLY, HER MOM, WHO IS
DISABLED, WASN’T THERE AT THE
TIME, BUT IT DID CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE TO HER HOME. HOW ARE YOU
CONCERNED?
>> SHE SAYS THIS IS THE SECOND
FIRE AT THIS HOUSE IN THE LAST
THREE MONTHS AND SHE BELIEVES
THE VACANT HOME ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF HER MOM’S HOUSE COULD BE
NEXT TO GO UP IN FLAMES.
>> NOW, NEIGHBORS SAY THERE HAVE
BEEN NUMEROUS FIRES AT HOMES ON
EAST WARREN AND SURROUNDING
STREETS IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
I BELIEVE IT’S NOT JUST ONE
PERSON.
>> IT MIGHT BE A GROUP OF
PEOPLE. WE HAVEN’T CAUGHT THEM
YET, BUT WE’RE GOING TO CATCH
THEM WHEN WE DO IT TOMORROW.
>> THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
FOR EIGHT 207 11 GRASSROOTS
DETROIT HAS BEEN WORKING TO GET
HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS.
>> THEY SAY THEY RECENTLY HOSTED
OFFICIALS FROM THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT AT THEIR COMMUNITY
MEETING.
>> IT’S HURTFUL THAT THIS IS
GOING ON AND WE COULD BE OUT IN
THE IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.
>> HOW MANY OF THEIR
CONSTITUENTS DO THEY NEED TO FOR
SOMETHING TO HAPPEN TO THEM
BEFORE THEY DO SOMETHING?
>> WE REACHED OUT TO THE DETROIT
FIRE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THIS
LATEST FIRE AND THE OTHER FIRES
IN THE AREA. AND WE’RE WAITING
ON THEIR RESPONSE. WE ARE LIVE.
WILL JONES LOCAL 4. OKAY
>> THANKS, WILL. RIGHT NOW,
13,000FT BELOW THE SURFACE,
CREWS ARE COMBING THROUGH THE
DARKNESS OF THE OCEAN FLOOR IN
SEARCH OF CLUES ABOUT WHAT
CAUSED A TITANIC BOUND
SUBMERSIBLE TO IMPLODE.
>> AND KILL EVERYONE ON BOARD.
THE INVESTIGATION IS REALLY JUST
GETTING STARTED. THE SITE OF THE
WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS SHIPWRECK IS
NOW THE SITE OF A NEW TRAGEDY. A
TITANIC BOUND SUBMERSIBLE FOUND
IN PIECES. THE US NAVY REPORTS
DETECTING AN ACOUSTIC SIGNATURE
CONSISTENT WITH A CATASTROPHIC
IMPLOSION ON THE DAY THE SUB
DESCENDED TO THE SITE THIS PAST
SUNDAY.
>> THE LOCATION OF THE TITANS
SUBMERSIBLE WAS IN AN AREA THAT
WAS APPROXIMATELY 1600 FEET FROM
FROM THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC.
>> THE FIVE PEOPLE ON BOARD HAVE
BEEN PRONOUNCED DEAD. THEIR
LOVED ONES AND MANY PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD NOW MOURNING
THEM.
>> I JUST FEEL TERRIBLE FOR THE
FAMILIES THAT HAD TO GO THROUGH
ALL THESE FALSE HOPES THAT KEPT
GETTING DANGLED GOLD. YOU KNOW,
AS AS IT PLAYED OUT AS TO WHAT
CAUSED THE CATASTROPHIC
IMPLOSION THAT REMAINS UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
>> IF THE COAST GUARD IS
REMAINING THERE AS PART OF THE
COLLECTION OR RECOVERY THAT IS
SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL.
>> THE CEO OF THE SUB MAKER
OCEANGATE IS AMONG THE DEAD
OCEAN OCEANGATE SAFETY PRACTICES
ARE NOW IN QUESTION.
>> THE COMPANY’S CO-FOUNDER IS
CAUTIONING PEOPLE NOT TO RUSH TO
JUDGMENT. THERE ARE TEAMS ON
SITE THAT ARE STILL GOING TO BE
COLLECTING DATA FOR THE NEXT FEW
DAYS, WEEKS, MAYBE MONTHS, AND
IT’S GOING TO BE A LONG TIME
BEFORE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED DOWN THERE.
>> NOW, THE LOSS OF THE TITAN
SUB IS RAISING BIG QUESTIONS
ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND ALSO
WHO SHOULD BEAR THE COST OF THE
SEARCH MISSION.
>> NBC NEWS TOM COSTELLO SPOKE
WITH AN OCEAN EXPLORER WHO SAYS
THE SUB SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ON
THE TITANIC JOURNEY. CAN YOU
TALK TO US THEN ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR SUB?
>> WHY WAS THIS SUB READY FOR
THIS KIND OF A MISSION? WELL
CLEARLY IT WAS NOT.
>> AND MANY RED FLAGS HAD BEEN
RAISED WITHIN IN THE SUBMERSIBLE
INDUSTRY IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
YOU KNOW, I’VE WAS FAMILIAR WITH
THE ORGANIZATION OCEAN GATE, BUT
DIDN’T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS OF
IT. AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE
PAST WEEK, HAVE BEEN LEARNING
MORE AND MORE. AND IT SEEMS
CLEAR THAT THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE
BEEN OPERATING AND CERTAINLY
SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN BRINGING
TOURISTS ALONG WITH THEM.
>> AHEAD HERE AT 630 ON NBC
NIGHTLY NEWS, THE CHANGES THAT
COULD PREVENT SUCH A TRAGEDY
FROM OCCURRING AGAIN.
>> A STATUE OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR WAS UNVEILED TODAY IN
HART PLAZA, PORTRAYING THE CIVIL
RIGHTS ICON, DELIVERING HIS
FAMOUS I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH.
PAMELA OSBORNE GIVES US A CLOSER
LOOK. SO MANY PEOPLE CAME OUT
THIS AFTERNOON TO HAVE A MOMENT
WITH THAT STATUE WHICH
MEMORIALIZES THE DREAM THAT
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR HAD 60
YEARS AGO.
>> GENERAL, DOZENS OF PEOPLE
CAME FOR THIS DEDICATION.
>> GOD OF US. I LOVE TEARS.
>> I’LL NEVER FORGET THAT AS
LONG AS I LIVE.
>> REVEREND DR. HARRIET SMILEY
WAS THERE AT 16. SHE HER
BROTHERS AND FATHER SET FEAR
ASIDE TO BE A PART OF A MOVEMENT
.
>> I HAVE A DREAM THAT ONE DAY I
RIGHT DOWN IN GEORGIA AND
MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA, THE
SONS OF FORMER SLAVES AND THE
SONS OF FORMER SLAVE OWNERS WILL
BE ABLE TO LIVE TOGETHER AS
BROTHERS.
>> DR. KING’S WORDS FROM THAT
DAY READ BY CASS TECH, SOPHOMORE
ZORA NUNLEY.
>> SHE’S FEELING WHAT OUR
ANCESTORS DID FOR HER TO MAKE IT
POSSIBLE FOR HER TO STAND THERE.
IT WAS A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT FOR
THE REVEREND, WHO, LIKE MANY
OTHERS, WAS HERE FOR THE
UNVEILING OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR STATUE IN HEART PLAZA.
>> HE THEY TOOK IN THE MOMENT
ALONGSIDE ELECTED LEADERS WHO
MADE SURE TO NOTE THAT BEFORE
THE ICONIC I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH
MADE ITS WAY TO OUR NATION’S
CAPITAL, IT WAS READ HERE DURING
DETROIT’S WALK TO FREEDOM.
THERE’S STILL WORK TO BE DONE.
>> AND IT CAN’T JUST BE A DREAM
IN OUR HEARTS THAT THIS DREAM
TAKES ACTION, THAT WE HAVE TO
BUILD UPON THE WORK AND THE
SACRIFICES OF THE REVEREND DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING.
>> I HAVE A DREAM THIS
AFTERNOON. SOON, THAT ONE DAY
MEN WILL NO LONGER BURN DOWN
HOUSES AND THE CHURCH OF GOD
SIMPLY BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO BE
FREE.
>> PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, ALL
BACKGROUNDS CONNECTED OVER ONE
COMMON THEME.
>> MAY IT BE A SYMBOL OF HOPE,
UNITY AND PEACE AND A TESTAMENT
TO THE POWER OF LOVE AND
COMPASSION AT HART PLAZA.
>> PAMELA OSBORNE, LOCAL 4 NEW