WHITE HOUSE AIDE DROPS BOMBSHELLS IN THE JANUARY 6TH INVESTIGATION, THE PRESIDENT
SAID SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF
HAVING PRESIDENT TAKE ME UP TO
THE CAPITAL NOW MONSTROUS HOLE
IN A NEIGHBORHOOD BACK ALLEY
COMING UP. WE’LL TELL YOU WHY
THE CITY HAS NO PLANS TO FIX IT.
AND A BIG WIN FOR FORMER
GOVERNOR SNYDER IN THE FLINT
WATER CASE, COULD HE AVOID
CRIMINAL CHARGES? LOCAL 4 NEWS
STARTS NOW WITH BREAKING NEWS
ALERT. BREAKING NEWS IS
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN HISTORIC
DOWNTOWN FENTON FOR BUSINESSES
ALL DAMAGED IN A FIRE TIM
PAMPLIN, IS THERE LIVE RIGHT
NOW, TIM. YEAH DEPUTY MIGHT
REMEMBER JUST A WEEK AGO. IT WAS
HISTORIC DOWNTOWN HOLLY, JUST A
FEW MILES TO THE EAST OF HERE,
WHETHER THAT DESTRUCTIVE
FIREWALL TODAY IT’S DOWNTOWN
FENTON. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT
SOME OF THE VIDEO FOR BUILDINGS
ARE DAMAGED HERE. ONE WAS A
VICTORIAN BUILDING. YOU SEE THAT
PART OF THE DENTIST OFFICE HERE
? ANOTHER ONE WAS EL TOPO, VERY
FANCY RESTAURANT OUT HERE, QUITE
POPULAR AND RELIEF AND RESOURCES
OF SPEAKEASY AND THEN A
INVESTMENT COMPANY ALSO GOT SOME
FIRE DAMAGE AS YOU COME BACK OUT
TO ME HERE AS WE LOOK AROUND
HERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT VEHICLE
BACK THERE THAT IS THE OWNER’S
VEHICLE OF EL TOPO. HE WAS
INSIDE HIS BUSINESS THIS
AFTERNOON WITH A FEW OTHER
EMPLOYEES RECORDING THAT PODCAST
WHEN OFFICERS CAME RUSHING AND
TELLING THEM TO GET OUT THERE
BUILDING WAS ON FIRE NOW WHEN
JUST REPORT OUT HERE, BUT A LOT
OF DAMAGE AND A LOT OF HISTORY.
GOING UP IN FLAMES BACK TO YOU
GUYS DOWNTOWN. GOODNESS GRACIOUS
, ALRIGHT MORE ON THAT TO COME.
DETROIT POLICE, MEANWHILE,
INVESTIGATING A DEADLY HOME
INVASION ON THE CITY’S WEST
SIDE, AND THAT HOME IS OWNED BY
A MAN WHO IS LINKED TO A
HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION. IT
HAPPENED THIS MORNING ON MINNICK
STREET. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE 17
YEAR OLDS ENTERED THE HOME AND
SHOT A WOMAN KILLING HER. THAT
WOMAN’S HUSBAND INSIDE THE HOME
RETURNED FIRE HITTING ONE OF THE
TEAMS. WE’RE TOLD THE HUSBAND
HELD DOWN THE OTHER TEAM UNTIL
POLICE GOT THERE. IT’S VERY
POSSIBLE THAT SHE WAS NOT THE
INTENDED TARGET. LIKE I SAID,
EVERYTHING IS EARLY RIGHT NOW.
WE JUST DON’T KNOW ENOUGH BUT
WE’RE LOOKING AT ALL ANGLES ALL
ASPECTS OF THE CASE. THE
TEENAGERS AND THE HUSBAND ARE IN
CUSTODY. THE TEENAGER THAT WAS
SHOT IS STILL IN CRITICAL
CONDITION. OTHER TOP STORY WE’RE
FOLLOWING HERE TODAY AT FIVE,
THE MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT SAYS
CHARGES AGAINST FORMER GOVERNOR
RICK SNYDER AND OTHERS IN THE
FLINT WATER CASE NEED TO BE
THROWN OUT. COURT SAYS A JUDGE
HAD NO POWER TO ISSUE
INDICTMENTS AGAINST THEM IN THE
FIRST PLACE. ROD MELONI HAS MORE
TONIGHT. THE CASE MADE NATIONAL
HEADLINES GOVERNOR RICK SNYDER
CHARGED WITH A MISDEMEANOR, BUT
HIS RIGHT HAND MAN, RICH BAIRD
HIT WITH FOUR FELONY CHARGES.
HIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT CHIEF NICK
LYON, CHARGED WITH FELONY
MANSLAUGHTER AND AMERICAN FIRST
A CABINET OFFICER SO CHARGED THE
GOVERNOR’S LEGAL TEAM TODAY,
SAYING, QUOTE WE APPLAUD TODAY’S
DECISION FROM THE MICHIGAN
SUPREME COURT, WHICH LEAVES NO
DOUBT. ABOUT HOW ATTORNEY
GENERAL DANA NESTLES OFFICE
EGREGIOUSLY MISHANDLED THESE
CASES FROM THE BEGINNING,
ATTORNEY GENERAL NESSEL AND HER
POLITICAL APPOINTEE, SOLICITOR
GENERAL FADWA MAHMOUD, STAGED A
SELF INTERESTED, VINDICTIVE,
WASTEFUL AND POLITICALLY
MOTIVATED PROSECUTION. BUT THE
REALITY IS YOU NEVER SHOULD HAVE
BEEN CHARGED. RICH BAIRD’S
ATTORNEY, ANASTAS E. MARKU TOLD
LOCAL 4 IS ALWAYS FELT THAT THIS
WAS AN INCREDIBLY UNFAIR
PROSECUTION. IT’S AUTUMN METHODS
USED RUN FAIR. HE STILL
MAINTAINS HIS INNOCENCE AS HE
SHOULD, BECAUSE UM, WE BELIEVE
THAT IF HE HAD PROCEEDED TO
TRIAL, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN
VINDICATED. THIS AFTERNOON, THE
SOLICITOR GENERAL’S OFFICE PUT
OUT A STATEMENT SAYING QUOTE THE
CITIZENS OF FLINT SHOULD KNOW
THAT THESE CASES ARE NOT OVER
PUBLIC COMMENTARY TO THE
CONTRARY IS PRESUMPTIVE AND RASH
. WE RELIED UPON SETTLED LAW AND
THE WELL ESTABLISHED
PROSECUTORIAL TOOL OF THE ONE
MAN GRAND JURY USED FOR DECADES.
TO BRING FORWARD CHARGES AGAINST
THE NINE DEFENDANTS IN THE FLINT
WATER CRISIS. WE STILL BELIEVE
THESE CHARGES CAN AND WILL BE
PROVEN IN COURT AND QUOTE. AND
SO HERE’S WHERE WE ARE. WE SPOKE
TO A NUMBER OF ATTORNEYS IN THIS
AND THEY SAID THERE WERE TWO
PROBLEMS, THE FIRST ONE BEING
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. MOST OF
THIS CASE IS NOW PAST THAT
DEADLINE OF WHEN YOU CAN
ACTUALLY PROSECUTE. BUT THERE IS
ONE CASE. THE MANSLAUGHTER CASE
AGAINST NICK LYON, AND THAT ONE
DOES NOT HAVE THE STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS PROBLEM, BUT THERE’S
ANOTHER LEGAL PROBLEM WITH IT.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE YOUR MAY
REMEMBER THESE HEADLINES THAT
THERE WAS A SITUATION WHERE
ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGED
CONVERSATION ENDED UP GOING
PUBLIC. WELL THAT BECOMES A
PROBLEM FOR THIS CASE. AND SO
THAT APPLIES TO THE SECOND PART
THE NICK LYONS PART AND WHAT THE
COURT BASICALLY SAID IS THEY
NEED SOMETHING CALLED A TAINT
TEAM. THAT COULD BE A REAL
PROBLEM THAT COULD MAKE THIS
CASE NOT GO FORWARD BACK TO YOU
. OKAY, SO RIGHT. HOW DOES THAT
PART PLAY OUT? WELL HERE’S WHAT
ENDS UP HAPPENING. ATTAIN TEAM
IS GOING TO REQUIRE COURT TO
LOOK AT ALL OF THE COMMUNICATION
, WHICH CAN BE RELEASED, WHICH
CAN’T BE RELEASED. AND AS I’M
TOLD IT COULD TAKE MONTHS, MAYBE
EVEN YEARS AND MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN COURT COSTS FOR THIS
, AND SO MANY BELIEVE THAT THE
CASE CAN GO FORWARD. WE’LL HAVE
TO SEE. OKAY, ROD. THANKS. NOW
TO THE LAST MINUTE HEARING IN
THE JANUARY 6TH ATTACK OFF AT
THE US CAPITOL TODAY, AN AIDE TO
FORMER TRUMP CHIEF OF STAFF MARK
MEADOWS DELIVERED A SERIES OF
DAMAGING FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS OF
WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE THE WHITE
HOUSE ON THAT DAY. AND A FEW
DAYS PREVIOUS JACKSON FOLLOWING
THE STORY FROM WASHINGTON, BRI
TODAY. A FORMER WHITE HOUSE AIDE
PROVIDED INTIMATE DETAILS ABOUT
BEHIND THE SCENES CONVERSATIONS
SURROUNDING JANUARY 6TH,
TESTIFYING THAT FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP WANTED ARMED PROTESTERS AT
HIS RALLY THAT DAY. A MYSTERY
WITNESS UNVEILED DURING AN 11TH
HOUR HEARING THE COMMITTEE
INVESTIGATING THE JANUARY 6TH
ATTACK, KEEPING HER IDENTITY
UNDER WRAPS OUT OF SAFETY
CONCERNS. BUT THANKS TO THE
COURAGE OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS,
THE TRUTH WON’T BE BURIED.
HUTCHINSON IS THE FIRST FORMER
WHITE HOUSE EMPLOYEE TO TESTIFY
PUBLICLY. SHE WAS A TOP AIDE TO
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S THEN
CHIEF OF STAFF, MARK MEADOWS.
SHE SAYS HE ISSUED THIS EARLY
WARNING IN THE DAYS BEFORE
RIOTERS STORMED THE CAPITAL.
THERE’S A LOT GOING ON, CASS,
BUT I DON’T KNOW. THINGS MIGHT
GET REAL REAL BAD ON JANUARY 6TH
TESTIMONY PROVIDING INFORMATION
ABOUT CLOSED DOOR WHITE HOUSE
CONVERSATIONS IN THE CRITICAL
HOURS LEADING UP TO THE
INTERACTION WHERE I REMEMBER
TONY MENTIONING. LIVES GUNS IN
THE FORM OF PISTOLS AND RIFLES.
UM BEAR SPRAY BODY ARMOR, SPEARS
AND FLAGPOLES, TESTIFYING THAT
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS INNER
CIRCLE WERE NOTIFIED OF
POTENTIAL VIOLENCE AND DID NOT
ACT. I OVERHEARD THE PRESIDENT
SAY SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF
YOU KNOW, I DON’T EVEN CARE THAT
THEY HAVE WEAPONS. THEY’RE NOT
HERE TO HURT ME. TAKE THAT. I
THINK BAGS AWAY. PANEL MAKING
THE CASE AT HUTCHINSON IS A
LOYAL REPUBLICAN CONCERNED ABOUT
DAMAGE TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. IT
WAS UNPATRIOTIC. IT WAS UN
AMERICAN. WE ARE WATCHING THE
CAPITOL BUILDING, GET TWO FACED
OVER A LIE A LIE BASED ON FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FALSE CLAIMS
THAT HE WON THE ELECTION AND
USED IT TO URGED HIS SUPPORTERS
TO HELP HIM STAY IN POWER. MORE
HEARINGS ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE
PLACE IN JULY, INCLUDING ONE
EXAMINING EFFORTS BY EXTREMIST
GROUPS TO ORGANIZE THE ATTACK AT
THE U. S. CAPITOL AND
WASHINGTON, ANDRE JACKSON FOR
LOCAL 4 NEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
TODAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRING
BACK SAYING HE HARDLY KNOWS
HUTCHINSON AND THAT HE
PERSONALLY REJECTED HER REQUEST
TO JOIN HIS POST PRESIDENCY
STAFF. HAS BEEN A CONTROVERSIAL
TOPIC IN DETROIT FOR YEARS. AND
TODAY DWS D ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO
MAKE WATER RATES MORE AFFORDABLE
FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES GOING TO
BE AN INCOME BASED SYSTEM
FOCUSED ON THREE DIFFERENT TIERS
, BRINGING VICTOR WILLIAMS
TONIGHT TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS IS
ALL GOING TO WORK AND WHO’S
GOING TO PAY FOR IT, VICTOR YES
, DEVON AND KIMBERLY. IF YOU
GUYS RECALL, THE CITY USED TO
HAVE AN ISSUE WITH WATER
SHUTOFFS AND OFFICIALS ARE NOW
HOPING TO CHANGE THAT WITH THE
DETROIT LIFELINE PROGRAM. PEOPLE
SEEM TO BE IN A PANIC RIGHT NOW
. TIMES HAVE BEEN HARD LATELY
FOR GERALD JENKINS, WHICH IS WHY
HE WAS SUPER EXCITED. NOBODY
SHOULD BE WITHOUT WATER BECAUSE
THEY CAN’T PAY HEARING ABOUT THE
CITY’S PROGRAM OFFERING
AFFORDABLE WATER IN THE CITY.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY GOOD
DEAL. 100,000 CUSTOMERS, WHICH
IS 70% OF ALL CUSTOMERS IN THE
CITY, WILL BE OFFERED SOME TYPE
OF ASSISTANCE. IF YOU ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR SNAP BENEFITS, YOUR
BILL WILL BE $18 FLAT IF
ENROLLED. SECOND TIER BILLS WILL
BE AT $43 IN THE MODEST INCOME
BILLS WILL BE KEPT FOR $56 AND
WE WILL MAKE HARDSHIP
EXCEPTIONS. FOR DISABLED SENIORS
AS WELL AS A FAMILY THAT MAYBE
MAY HAVE 10 KIDS IN IT. THAT’S
THAT’S NOT THE NORMAL AND ALL IT
COMES OUT TO ENROLLED CUSTOMERS
PAYING 1.8% OF EACH TEARS
COMBINED HOUSEHOLD INCOME. IT’S
ALL PAID FOR BY REGIONAL, STATE
AND FEDERAL FUNDING, BUT NOT
EVERYONE IS HAPPY WITH THE
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT PEOPLE’S
WATERBOARD SENT US THE FOLLOWING
STATEMENT, WHICH IN PART READS
QUOTE WHILE WE APPRECIATE THAT
DWS D. ON THE BOARD OF WATER
COMMISSIONERS HAVE FINALLY
REALIZED THAT DETROITERS BOTH
NEED AND DESERVE WATER
AFFORDABILITY PLAN. WHAT WAS
APPROVED TODAY IS NOT BASED ON
FACTS. AND DOESN’T ACCURATELY
ADDRESSED THE CHALLENGES THAT
DETROITERS HAVE BEEN FACING. FOR
NEARLY TWO DECADES. GERALD
DISAGREES. PEOPLE JUST BEING
VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT HOW THEY’RE
SPENDING MONEY WHERE THEY SPEND
THEIR MONEY, GREAT
ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND I THINK IT’S
AT A TIME THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY
NEEDED AND THIS IS ONLY GOING TO
BE LASTING UNTIL ALL OF THOSE
FUNDS HAVE BEEN DEPLETED. SO
WE’RE LOOKING AT MAYBE A YEAR
AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS OF THIS
PROGRAM LASTING. SO IF YOU GUYS
WOULD LIKE TO APPLY TO THIS
PROGRAM HEAD OVER TO
CLICKONDETROIT’S DOT COM YOU CAN
START APPLYING AS EARLY AS JULY
1ST AND WE’LL SEE CHANGES ON
YOUR BILL BY AUGUST, THE FIRST
VICTOR WILLIAMS LOCAL OKAY,
VICTOR. IT IS MASSIVE. RIGHT NOW
THERE IS A HUGE HOLE IN THE
MIDDLE OF AN ALLEY IN SOUTHWEST
DETROIT. WE WERE TIPPED OFF TO
THIS BY A VIEWER. IT’S HAPPENING
BEHIND MORALE STREET NOT FAR
FROM THE INTERSECTION OF
JUNCTION AND VERNER HIGHWAY.
JASON COLTHORPE WENT TO CHECK IT
OUT. AND WHAT CAUSED IT MIGHT
SURPRISE YOU. THIS WHOLE HAS
BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT A MONTH. AND
AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE THE PEOPLE
WHO LIVE AROUND HERE, ESPECIALLY
THE PARENTS ARE VERY WORRIED.
EVERY TIME I WALK THROUGH HERE,
I SEE JUST THAT CAUTION TAPE.
THAT’S IT. JUANITO RAMIREZ IS
NOT HAPPY. HER 16 YEAR OLD SON
WAS ABLE TO WALK RIGHT UP TO
THIS WHOLE RECENTLY IN THE DARK.
I JUST, UM SCARED SOMEBODY IS
GOING TO FALL THROUGH. I WAS
SCARED WHEN HE SHOWED ME. I
SAID, I HOPE YOU BECAUSE THE
GRAPPLE YOU KNOW HE COULD SLIDE
IN, BUT IT’S REALLY, REALLY DEEP
PIECE OF MOM. IT’S SO DARK. YOU
CAN’T EVEN SEE HOW FAR IT GOES
EVEN LESS HAPPY ABOUT WHY IT’S
STILL HERE BEHIND HER HOUSE
AFTER A FEW WEEKS SO LONG AND I
NOTICED WE’VE BEEN HAVING
PROBLEMS WITH OUR WATER
PRESSURE. LIKE SOMETIMES TURNING
ON THE WATER. IT’S REALLY LOW.
OR I HAD MY BASEMENT BACK UP
WITH HUMAN LIKE SPECIES LIKE IT
JUST BACKS UP. THE BARRICADES
BELONG TO THE CITY, BUT IT
DIDN’T DIG THE HOLE. AFTER SOME
DIGGING OF MY OWN. I LEARNED A
HOMEOWNER DUG THIS UP PRIVATELY
LIKELY TO FIX A BROKEN PIPE. THE
CITY ALSO CONFIRMS THE HOMEOWNER
DID NOT GET THE PROPER PERMITS
TO DO IT MONDAY, WORKERS WERE
OUT TO PUT THE BARRIERS BACK IN
PLACE BECAUSE SOMEONE KEEPS
MOVING THEM. POSSIBLY UNLICENSED
CONTRACTORS, WHICH THE CITY
HIGHLY DISCOURAGES FOR SAFETY
REASONS. I WORRY ABOUT YOU KNOW
OTHER PEOPLE WHO LIVE DOWN THAT
WAY THE GARAGE CAN SINK UNT.
SOMETHING YOU KNOW, IT’S SCARY
CITY IS GOING TO PUT A CAMERA
DOWN IN THE PUBLIC SORT OF MAKE
SURE THIS ISN’T CAUSING ANY HUGE
PROBLEMS. AND SINCE IT’S IN THE
ILLEGAL DIG, IT IS GOING TO BE
WRITING TICKETS. TO WHOEVER IS