DAY RIGHT ABOUT NOW, BUT IT’S ABOUT TO COLLIDE WITH A COLD FRONT AND THAT HAS AN
INCREASING CHANCE NOW FOR
SEVERE WEATHER IN JUST A FEW
HOURS. GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US
THIS NOON, EVERYBODY. LET’S GET
RIGHT TO FOREWARN METEOROLOGIST
ASHLEE BARACY WHO’S BEEN
MONITORING THE CHANCES FOR
SEVERE WEATHER ALL MORNING.
ASHLEY
>> YEAH, SO THE WARMER MORE
BEAUTIFUL IT IS RIGHT NOW
THAT’S GOING TO CREATE MORE
INSTABILITY AS THAT CLASHING
COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH A
LITTLE BIT LATER THIS AFTERNOON
. IF YOU ARE WITH US THIS
MORNING, WE WERE UNDER A SLIGHT
RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS. LEVEL
TWO OUT OF FIVE THAT HAS BEEN
UPGRADED SINCE YOU LAST JOINED
US TO AN ENHANCED RISK FROM
SANDUSKY TO HOWELL ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO MONROE PAST THE STATE
LINE. STILL LOOKING AT THE
THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
GREATER THAN 60MPH. LARGE HAIL
THAT COULD GET UP TO ABOUT TWO
INCHES IN DIAMETER, PUTTING
THAT IN PERSPECTIVE FOR YOU,
THAT COULD BE LARGER THAN GOLF
BALL SIZE, HAIL, ISOLATE,
FLOODING CAN’T BE RULED OUT IN
SOME OF THE REAL DEAL. BIG
DOWNPOURS, BUT AN ISOLATED
TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
THAT TIME FRAME STILL LOOKING
AT ABOUT 3 TO 7 P.M. YOU CAN
SEE HOW THAT LINE IS FORMING UP
TO OUR NORTHWEST. SEVERAL
LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THAT
LINE. IN FACT, A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS JUST
POPPING UP TO THE NORTHWEST AS
WE LOOK AT THIS LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM, HERE’S THAT COLD FRONT
. THE COOLER AIR OFF IN
WISCONSIN, UP TOWARDS
MARQUETTE. THAT’S WHAT’S GOING
TO CLASH WITH OUR WARM AND
HUMID CONDITIONS IN DETROIT,
ALREADY SITTING AT 81 DEGREES.
SO AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT
THE DOWNTOWN SKYLINE, THE CALM
TRULY BEFORE THE STORM. THE
CITY AT 83, 82 IN HOWELL, 79IN
PONTIAC, 81 IN ADRIAN. AND
WINDS HAVE BEEN PICKING UP. SO
NOW WE HAVE SUSTAINED WINDS
COMING OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST,
USHERING IN THAT WARM, HUMID
AIR MASS AROUND 14MPH. STORM
CHANCES CONTINUE TO INCREASE
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. EVEN
SO, WE’RE STILL PRETTY CALM
UNTIL ABOUT 3:00 IN THE
AFTERNOON. THEN BY FOUR, WE SEE
A NICE ORGANIZED LINE THAT WILL
LIKELY BE SEVERE FOR THAT LASTS
WITH US UNTIL ABOUT SIX BEFORE
WE START TO SEE THINGS SUBSIDE
AT SEVEN. I’M GOING TO WALK YOU
THROUGH THAT TIMELINE IN A
COUPLE OF MINUTES. BUT IF
YOU’RE HEADING OUT THE DOOR
THIS AFTERNOON, YOU CERTAINLY
WANT TO TAKE THE 4WARN WEATHER
APP WITH YOU ON THE GO. NOT
ONLY CAN YOU TRACK RADAR IN THE
PALM OF YOUR HANDS, YOU CAN
ALSO TIME OUT THE CLEARING LINE
WITH OUR FUTURE CAST AND GET
NOTIFICATIONS OF ANY KIND OF
SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS THAT
COME TO OUR AREA. WE’RE
FOLLOWING SOME BREAKING NEWS
OUT OF SHELBY TOWNSHIP
CONNECTED TO THE FAKE ELECTOR
SCHEME TIED TO 2020.
>> THE 2020 ELECTION, SOME
IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES COMING
TWO TOWNSHIP CLERK STANLEY GROT
THERE, WHO IS ONE OF THE 16
PEOPLE CHARGED WITH ELECTION
FRAUD. LET’S BRING IN PAULA
TUTMAN WITH WHAT SHE’S JUST
LEARNED. GOOD AFTERNOON, PAULA
.
>> HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD
AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. YEAH,
THIS IS A PRETTY SERIOUS START
OF THE FALL OF DOMINOES HERE.
STANLEY GROT HAS BEEN THE
TOWNSHIP CLERK CLERK RATHER FOR
SHELBY TOWNSHIP FOR MORE THAN A
DECADE. BUT AS OF TODAY, HE HAS
BEEN STRIPPED OF ANY DUTIES
THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ELECTION
MEANS. THIS IS REALLY, REALLY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS THE
HALLMARK OF WHAT A CLERK DOES.
THEY OVERSEE ELECTIONS. HE’S
BEEN STRIPPED BY HIS ELECTIONS
DUTIES BY THE MICHIGAN
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND THAT
THEY ARE SAYING HE MUST HAVE
NOTHING TO DO WITH ELECTIONS
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. NOW, AS
YOU SAID, GROT IS ONE OF 16
CRIMINALLY CHARGED WITH UP TO
80 YEARS OF ELECTION FRAUD
FELONIES BY THE MICHIGAN
ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHO ALLEGES
THAT GROT EXCUSE ME, WHO
ALLEGES THAT GROT HIMSELF PUT
HIMSELF FORTH AS A PHONY
ELECTOR. THIS IS THE ALLEGATION
IN AN EFFORT TO STEAL
MICHIGAN’S VOTE FROM JOE BIDEN
AND AWARD THAT VOTE TO DONALD
TRUMP. SO THE LETTER THAT GROT
RECEIVED THIS MORNING STATED
THAT WHILE HE IS INNOCENT UNTIL
PROVEN GUILTY, THE SEVEN FELONY
CHARGES ARE SO SEVERE AND GO TO
THE CORE OF HIS DUTIES AND THE
OATH OF OFFICE AS WELL AS
MICHIGAN THAT HE CAN NO LONGER
HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH
ELECTIONS. SO KEEP IN MIND THAT
IN MICHIGAN, MUNICIPAL CLERKS,
THAT’S A NONPARTISAN ELECTION
OFFICE. IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT
YOUR BALLOT GENERALLY, YOU
DON’T EVEN SEE WHAT THAT PARTY
IS OR THAT PARTY AFFILIATION.
AND PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE
THEY TAKE AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE
CONSTITUTION, BUT ALSO MAKE A
PROMISE NOT TO ADMINISTER THE
PROCESS. IN OTHER WORDS, TO
HAVE AN ALLEGIANCE TO THE
PROCESS, NOT THE OUTCOME. I
TALKED TO A CLERK TODAY WHO
EVEN EXPLAINED THAT THEY HAVE
ADMINISTERED ELECTIONS WHERE
THEY LOST THE ELECTION. BUT
IT’S THAT SANCTITY OF THAT VOTE
THAT IS THE MAJOR OFFICE IS THE
MAJOR DUTY OF A CLERK. SO
AGAIN, THE STATE CANNOT REMOVE
HIM AS THE CLERK. HE’S BEEN
ELECTED TO THAT OFFICE, BUT
THEY ARE OVER THE PURVIEW OF
HIS DUTIES. AND AS OF TODAY, HE
HAS BEEN STRIPPED OF THOSE
ELECTION DUTIES. THERE HAS BEEN
A NAMED SUCCESSOR WHILE HE
FIGHTS THESE CHARGES, AS WE’LL
HAVE MUCH MORE ON THIS IN OUR
EVENING NEWS. THIS IS BREAKING
RIGHT NOW. AGAIN, STAN LEE
GROT, THE SHELBY TOWNSHIP
CLERK, FOR MORE THAN A DECADE,
STRIPPED OF ANY DUTIES HAVING
TO DO WITH ELECTIONS. AND IT
DOES, JASON, I WANT TO SAY THIS
AND IT ALSO BEGS THE QUESTION
WHETHER OR NOT THERE WILL BE
ANY INVESTIGATION IN ANY OF HIS
PREVIOUS ELECTIONS. KEEP IN
MIND, HE JUST ADMINISTERED THE
MIDTERMS FOR 2022. JASON
>> EXACTLY RIGHT. HUGE
RAMIFICATIONS TO BE SURE. AND,
PAULA, WE’LL SEE YOU A LITTLE
BIT LATER. MORE BREAKING NEWS
WE’RE FOLLOWING AT NOON. WE’VE
JUST LEARNED A 20 YEAR OLD
WOMAN IS IN CUSTODY IN
CONNECTION TO THE DISCOVERY OF
TWO CHILDREN THAT WERE
ABANDONED IN MADISON HEIGHTS
LAST NIGHT AT 11, WE TOLD YOU
ABOUT THESE TWO KIDS WHO WERE
LEFT NEAR THE DUMPSTERS OF
LANPHIER HIGH SCHOOL. WE JUST
RECEIVED AN UPDATE FROM POLICE
WHO SAY THE CHILDREN ARE A TWO
YEAR OLD AND A FOUR WEEK OLD.
THE CHILDREN WERE TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL. THEY ARE OKAY AND
CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES WAS
NOTIFIED. OBVIOUSLY HERE WE’RE
WORKING RIGHT NOW TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THIS STORY. WE’LL HAVE
ANOTHER UPDATE ON THIS STORY.
FIRST, AT FOUR, THE LANSING MAN
ACCUSED OF KIDNAPING TWO YEAR
OLD WINTER COLE SMITH AND
STABBING AND ASSAULTING HER
MOTHER APPEARED BEFORE A JUDGE
TODAY. ROSHAD TRICE FACES
SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING
KIDNAPING AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IN
INGHAM COUNTY AND FLEEING FROM
POLICE IN MACOMB COUNTY. TRICE
IS LIKELY TO FACE MORE CHARGES
IN CONNECTION TO THE TODDLER’S
HOMICIDE. AS PRIYA MANN
EXPLAINS, THIS WAS A QUICK
COURT APPEARANCE IN LANSING
TODAY, APPEARING VIA VIDEO LINK
DURING HIS PRELIMINARY EXAM,
ROSHAD TRICE WAIVED THE 21 DAY
TIMELINE FOLLOWING HIS
ARRAIGNMENT EARLIER THIS MONTH
.
>> TRICE POTENTIALLY FACES NEW
CHARGES IN THE HOMICIDE OF TWO
YEAR OLD WINTER COLE SMITH. THE
26 YEAR OLD IS CURRENTLY
CHARGED WITH KIDNAPING, WINTER
AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HER
MOTHER. POLICE SAY THE CHILD’S
MOTHER WAS STABBED AND
ASSAULTED IN INGHAM COUNTY
TRICE IS ACCUSED OF FLEEING
FROM POLICE IN MACOMB COUNTY
AND THERE ARE POTENTIAL STATE
CHARGES AFTER WINTERS BODY WAS
FOUND IN A DETROIT ALLEY. THE
TWO YEAR OLD HAD BEEN STRANGLED
WITH A CELL PHONE CORD IN AN
EFFORT TO PREVENT THE VICTIM’S
FAMILY FROM HAVING TO TRAVEL TO
DIFFERENT COURTROOMS. AG DANA
NESSEL PLANS TO CONSOLIDATE THE
CASES INTO ONE TRIAL. LED BY
HER OFFICE.
>> ARE YOU WILLING TO WAIVE THE
21 DAY TIME LINE DUE TO THE
FACT THAT THERE ARE NEW CHARGES
THAT ARE PENDING AND THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL IS STILL
WAITING ON SOME REPORTS, TRACES
FEDERAL CHARGES, WHICH COULD
LEAD TO THE DEATH PENALTY, WILL
REMAIN PART OF SEPARATE
PROCEEDINGS IN FEDERAL COURT.
>> I’M PRIYA MANN, LOCAL 4.
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER HAS
SIGNED A BILL TO ALLOW DRINKING
AT CERTAIN COLLEGE SPORTING
EVENTS.
>> THE BILL WOULD ALLOW 15
PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES TO SELL
ALCOHOL AT FOOTBALL, HOCKEY AND
BASEBALL GAMES. SCHOOLS WILL
HAVE TO APPLY FOR A LICENSE
DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR TO
OBTAIN ONE. THE UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN, THOUGH, SAYING IT
DOES NOT EXPECT TO SELL ALCOHOL
AT THE BIG HOUSE THIS YEAR. MSU
ON THE OTHER HAND, SAYING IT
PLANS TO OBTAIN ONE OF THOSE
LICENSES, BUT IT HAS NOT
ANNOUNCED EXACTLY WHEN MORE
SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS AND STUDENT
TRANSFERS MAY BE COMING TO THE
DETROIT SCHOOLS COMMUNITY
DISTRICT, AMID CONCERNS AROUND
RISING BEHAVIOR ISSUES, SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS FOR THE DISTRICT
ARE ASKING FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY
TO ISSUE OUT OF SCHOOL
SUSPENSIONS LIKE AFTER THEY’RE
CAUGHT FIGHTING JUST ONE TIME.
THIS WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT
SHIFT FROM THE LESS LESS STRICT
POLICIES PUT IN PLACE. JUST
FIVE YEARS AGO. A NEW REPORT
SHOWS HOME SALES FELL IN JUNE
TO THE SLOWEST PACE SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. IN FACT
, COMPARED WITH JUNE OF LAST
YEAR, SALES WERE 18.9% LOWER.
THE REASON IS SIMPLY THERE
AREN’T ENOUGH HOMES FOR SALE.
ON TOP OF THAT, THE AVERAGE
PRICE OF AN EXISTING HOME SOLD
IN JUNE WAS $410,000. EXPERTS
SAY SAY SALES ARE UNLIKELY TO
RECOVER ANY TIME SOON AS
MORTGAGE RATES CONTINUE TO RISE
AND PRICED PEOPLE OUT OF THE