STRIKES IN GAZA AS THE WAR STRETCHES INTO ITS FOURTH DAY WITH TENSION WITH THE HAMAS ON
THE RISE. AND THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US TONIGHT. I’M KAREN
DREW IN FOR KIMBERLY GILL.
>> AND I’M DEMOND FERNANDEZ IN
FOR DEVIN SCILLIAN. LET’S GET
YOU CAUGHT UP ON THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS SINCE WE LAST
JOINED YOU AT SIX. ISRAEL SAYS
ITS BORDER WITH GAZA IS NOW
SECURE. MORE THAN 920 PEOPLE
HAVE DIED IN GAZA, WHILE MORE
THAN 1000 HAVE BEEN KILLED IN
ISRAEL. MEANTIME, FEARS ARE
GROWING TONIGHT FOR DOZENS OF
HOSTAGES AFTER HAMAS THREATENED
TO START EXECUTING THEM IF
ISRAEL BOMBED CIVILIANS IN GAZA
. PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS 14
AMERICANS HAVE BEEN KILLED AND
OTHERS ARE BEING HELD HOSTAGE.
THIS AFTERNOON, BIDEN DELIVERED
A MESSAGE OF SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL
.
>> WE MUST BE CRYSTAL CLEAR
WHERE WE STAND WITH ISRAEL. WE
STAND WITH ISRAEL. THE LOSS OF
INNOCENT LIFE IS HEARTBREAKING
. LIKE EVERY NATION IN THE
WORLD, ISRAEL HAS THE RIGHT TO
RESPOND. INDEED HAS A DUTY TO
RESPOND TO THESE VICIOUS
ATTACKS. I JUST GOT OFF THE
PHONE WITH A THIRD CALL WITH
PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU AND I
TOLD HIM THE UNITED STATES
EXPERIENCED WHAT IS
EXPERIENCING. OUR RESPONSE
WOULD BE SWIFT, DECISIVE AND
OVERWHELMING.
>> HERE AT HOME,
PRO-PALESTINIAN METRO DETROIT
ERS PACKED THE FORD COMMUNITY
AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
TONIGHT, ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED.
>> AND THAT’S BECAUSE THEY VIEW
THE HAMAS ATTACK ON ISRAEL AS
NOT UNPROVOKED. MARA MACDONALD
IS IN DEARBORN TONIGHT, WHERE
THE FIERY CROWD WAS ESPECIALLY
ANGRY AT ELECTED LEADERS VOCAL
IN SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL.
>> KAREN DEMAND MORE THAN 1200
PEOPLE PACKED THE GUYDO THEATER
HERE. ALL OF THEM ASKED WHEN
THEY LEFT HERE TONIGHT TO GO
OUT ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA
CHANNELS AND VOICE THEIR
SUPPORT FOR PRO-PALESTINE
CAUSES. HOME IN A PACKED HOUSE
OUTRAGED OVER THE BOMBINGS IN
GAZA BY THE ISRAELIS. BUT THE
HAMAS ATTACK ON ISRAEL, WHICH
HAS NOW CALLED UP AN
UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF ISRAELI
SOLDIERS NOT VIEWED AS AN ACT
OF TERROR. WE ARE NOT GOING TO
BE INTIMIDATED BY STAYING
SILENT WHEN THEY SAY HAMAS IS A
TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.
>> THE FACT IT IS NOT A
TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. AND WE
HAVE TO SAY TO THEM THE
TERRORIST IS BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
AND HIS GOVERNMENT, THE
PRESIDENT AND MICHIGAN’S
GOVERNOR AND THOSE ELECTED
LEADERS WHO HAVE MADE IT CLEAR
THEY STAND WITH ISRAEL AND THEY
BELIEVE ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT TO
DEFEND ITSELF.
>> IF ROUNDLY BOOED OUR
GOVERNOR, GRETCHEN WHITMER, WHO
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR GARLIN
GILCHRIST. OUR SENATOR. PETER
GARY PETERS. THEY’RE NOT HERE
WITH US TODAY BECAUSE THEY WERE
BUSY DANCING YESTERDAY.
>> THEY WANT YOU TO REMEMBER
THAT. WHILE YOU REMEMBER BEFORE
YOU END THE OCCUPATION IN
PALESTINE, WE HAVE TO END THE
OCCUPATION IN CONGRESS. YES
>> WHILE THE VAST MAJORITY OF
SPEAKERS HERE TONIGHT WERE FROM
ARAB-AMERICAN ADVOCACY GROUPS,
THERE WAS ONE JEWISH COALITION
THAT DID COME HERE THAT IS ANTI
ZIONIST AND SHOWED ITS SUPPORT
FOR PRO-PALESTINIAN CAUSES. WE
ARE IN DEARBORN. I’M MARA
MACDONALD, LOCAL 4.
>> AND STAY WITH LOCAL 4 AND
CLICKONDETROIT.COM FOR
CONTINUING COVERAGE THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT. OUR NEXT NEWSCAST
STARTS AT 4:30 A.M. NEW AT 11.
POLICE IN INKSTER HAVE ARRESTED
A MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HIS
GIRLFRIEND. POLICE CONFIRM
ANDRE WILLIAMS JUNIOR WAS TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY ABOUT 8:00
TONIGHT. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE
37 YEAR OLD SHOT HIS GIRLFRIEND
IN THE NECK IN A HOUSE OVER ON
BILTMORE STREET SATURDAY NIGHT
. AT LAST CHECK, SHE WAS IN
CRITICAL CONDITION. WE’RE
WAITING AN UPDATE ON FROM
POLICE ON POSSIBLE CHARGES.
LOCAL COUNCILMAN UNDER FIRE
AFTER BEING CAUGHT ON CAMERA
TAMPERING WITH CAMPAIGN SIGNS
ON HOMEOWNERS LAWNS.
>> YEAH, DOORBELL VIDEO SHOWS
ALLEN PARK CITY COUNCILMAN GARY
SCHLACK PUTTING UP HIS OWN
CAMPAIGN SIGN IN ANOTHER
PERSON’S YARD. ALL WHILE
STOMPING ON A SIGN OF A
CANDIDATE RUNNING FOR MAYOR.
OUR PAMELA OSBORNE WAS AT
TONIGHT’S CITY COUNCIL MEETING
WHERE SCHLACK SPOKE ABOUT HIS
ACTIONS.
>> COUNCILMAN GARY SCHLACK
EXPRESSED REMORSE TONIGHT.
THERE’S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
BUT WHAT WE DID NOT HEAR HIM
SAY OUTRIGHT WAS, I’M SORRY.
>> RECENTLY, I DID SOMETHING
OUT OF FRUSTRATION.
>> THAT ACT OF FRUSTRATION
CAPTURED ON RING DOORBELL VIDEO
OVER THE WEEKEND. FOR THE
RECORD, THIS IS NOT COUNCILMAN
GARY SCHLACKS YARD YET. HERE HE
IS PLACING HIS OWN CAMPAIGN
SIGN BEFORE STOMPING ON A
MAYORAL CANDIDATES SIGN AND
REMOVING A COUNCIL CANDIDATE
SIGN.
>> I’M ASHAMED AND I ACTED WITH
FEEBLE JUDGMENT. I WAS
DUMBFOUNDED, ADDED ROBERT
MCLAUGHLIN IS THE CAMPAIGN
MANAGER FOR TIMOTHY WESTHEIMER
, THE COUNCIL CANDIDATE WHOSE
SIGN WAS REMOVED.
>> HE SAT FRONT AND CENTER AT
TUESDAY NIGHT’S COUNCIL MEETING
WHERE OTHER ELECTED COUNCIL
MEMBERS REACTED ON THE RECORD.
>> I WAS VERY, VERY
DISAPPOINTED WITH THE APPALLING
DESTRUCTION BEHAVIOR AND ACTION
BY ONE OF OUR OWN WHO IS
SITTING UP HERE TODAY, SCHLACK
, WHO LOOKED DOWN FOR MOST OF
THE MEETING, ENDED HIS BRIEF
REMARKS WITHOUT APOLOGY, BUT
WITH A PLEA.
>> I’M NOT MAKING EXCUSES FOR
MY ACTIONS. I’M ASKING FOR
FORGIVENESS TO MY COLLEAGUES.
THE CITY, MY WHOLE FAMILY, AND
EMBARRASSED. MY FOCUS IS ON MY
FAMILY AND OUR COMMUNITY.
>> THE COUNCILMAN TELLS LOCAL 4
HE DOES NOT INTEND TO RESIGN.
MEANWHILE, ONE OF THOSE COUNCIL
MEMBERS ARE CALLING FOR AN
INTERNAL INVESTIGATION INTO HIS
ACTIONS. REPORTING IN ALLEN
PARK, I’M PAMELA OSBORNE LOCAL
4.
>> NOW FOR THE VERY LATEST FROM
GENERAL MOTORS AND THE CANADIAN
AUTO WORKERS WITH UNIFOR. THEY
REACHED A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT
AFTER LESS THAN A FULL DAY ON
THE PICKET LINE HERE AT HOME.
MORE THAN 600 LINE WORKERS AT
STELLANTIS ARE OFF THE JOB
AFTER THE COMPANY ANNOUNCED
LAYOFFS YESTERDAY. MORE THAN
500 AT TRENTON, ENGINE 53 AT
THE CASTING PLANT IN KOKOMO,
INDIANA, AND 70 AT THE
MACHINING PLANT IN TOLEDO,
OHIO. NOW, OVER AT FORD THIS
WEEK, LIVONIA’S TRANSMISSION
PLANT LAID OFF NEARLY 400 LINE
WORKERS AND ANOTHER 372
FURLOUGHED, WHICH BRINGS THE
TOTAL TO MORE THAN 1800 LINE
WORKERS LAID OFF. AND AT GM,
MORE THAN 2300 WORKERS ARE OFF
THE JOB. ACROSS SEVERAL PLANTS
DUE TO THE STRIKE. AND
NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE AT ALL.
>> THREE AUTOMAKERS TONIGHT,
THE OAKLAND COUNTY PROSECUTOR
SAYS A 16 YEAR OLD IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT ONE, BUT
TWO RECENT SHOOTINGS IN PONTIAC
. THE FIRST, A FATAL SHOOTING
OF ROBERT LEE, A MAN KNOWN TO
POSE AS TEEN GIRLS ONLINE TO
CATCH PREDATORS. POLICE SAY LEE
WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT A CONEY
ISLAND RESTAURANT AFTER
CONFRONTING TWO MEN AND
ACCUSING ONE OF THEM OF BEING A
. WHILE PROSECUTORS ANNOUNCED
TODAY THAT THE SAME SUSPECT HAS
BEEN CHARGED IN A SEPARATE
SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED NINE
DAYS PRIOR, SO FAR, NO CHARGES
HAVE BEEN FILED IN LEE’S
KILLING, BUT THE INVESTIGATION
IS STILL ONGOING. WELL, A WELL
KNOWN MEETING SPOT IN DOWNTOWN
DETROIT WILL SOON BE UP AND
RUNNING AGAIN.
>> THIS IS SOME GOOD NEWS TO
SHARE TONIGHT. THE DODGE
FOUNTAIN OVER IN HART PLAZA
WILL UNDERGO A MAJOR
RESTORATION TO GET IT BACK IN
WORKING ORDER. THE WORK IS
BEING FUNDED BY $9 MILLION FROM
THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
OFFICIALS SAY THE PROCESS WILL
TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS AND WILL
INCLUDE REMOVING PANELS FROM
THE FOUNTAINS DOME, REPAIRING
JETS AND LIGHTING, AND THEN
REASSEMBLING IT ALL. OFFICIALS
PLAYING A ROLE IN THE
RENOVATION ARE REALLY EXCITED
FOR WHAT’S TO COME.
>> IT’S AN INCREDIBLE THING.
YOU KNOW, THIS FOUNTAIN HAS
BEEN A PART OF MY, YOU KNOW, MY
CHILDHOOD HISTORY. AND SO TO BE
ABLE TO BE A PART OF RESTORING
IT AND BRINGING IT BACK TO ITS
FORMER GLORY, IT MEANS A LOT TO
ME.
>> THE FOUNTAIN SHOULD BE
RESTORED BY NEXT SPRING.
>> WELL, IT’S GOING TO BE A
GLOOMY, GRAY AND RAINY NIGHT
AND WE’RE GOING TO BE CUDDLE UP
WEATHER TO DO THERE YOU GO.
>> IT IS GOOD. CUDDLE UP
WEATHER, RIGHT, KIM?
>> IT ABSOLUTELY IS. I MEAN,
ANY TIME OF THE YEAR, REALLY,
BUT ESPECIALLY NOW, IT’S ALSO
SWEATER WEATHER AS WE GET INTO
THE 50S ONCE AGAIN TOMORROW AND
BARELY MAKE IT TO 60 FOR THE
FIRST TIME THIS WEEK. WE DO
HAVE A COUPLE SCATTERED SHOWERS
IN LENAWEE AND MONROE COUNTIES
TONIGHT AND THEN A FEW
SPRINKLES HERE AND THERE. NOT
SHOWING UP ON EXACT TRACK. 40
RADAR, BUT JUST SOUTH OF GROSSE
ESTRAL BEACH, GETTING A LITTLE
LIGHT RAIN. ALSO MONROE, IDA
PETERSBURG AND DUNDEE, WE’LL
SEE THE RAIN COME TO AN END
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, BUT IT’S
GOING TO BE ANOTHER CHILLY
MORNING WHEN YOU WAKE UP
TOMORROW MORNING. TEMPERATURES
WILL BE IN THE 40S WITH WIND
CHILLS IN THE 30S. RIGHT NOW,
IT’S 46 IN PONTIAC, 47 IN MOUNT
CLEMENS, HANGING ON TO 51.
DOWNTOWN 48 AT METRO AND 47 IN
ANN ARBOR. TOMORROW LOOKS TO BE
THE BEST DAY OF THE WEEK. THIS
IS GOING TO BE ABOUT IT FOR US.
WE’LL GET A MIX OF CLOUDS,
MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE
IN AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A
STRAY SHOWER. BUT MOST OF THE
DAY, IF NOT ALL OF IT WILL STAY
DRY TOMORROW. AND SOME CITIES
WILL MAKE IT TO 60. OTHERS WILL
JUST KIND OF STAY IN THE UPPER
50S. BUT THEN IT GETS EVEN