WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH LIVE PICTURES FROM SOLIDARITY HOUSE AS THE UAW STRIKE AGAINST THE
BIG THREE STRETCHES INTO DAY
SEVEN. AND NOW ONE WEEK SINCE
THE WALKOUT THERE ARE FEARS THE
SITUATION COULD BECOME A LOT
WORSE COME THIS TIME TOMORROW.
>> WE ARE AT A NEW CROSSROADS
AND THEY’RE JUST HOURS TO GO
BEFORE THE UAW SELF-IMPOSED
THREAT OF NEW WALKOUTS IF
PROGRESS ISN’T MADE. THANKS FOR
BEING WITH US. I’M KIMBERLY
GILL. I’M DEVIN SCILLIAN UNION
PRESIDENT SHAWN FEIN TEASED THE
DEADLINE TODAY ONLINE, POSTING
A MESSAGE SAYING ON TIKTOK ON
SOCIAL MEDIA, THE CLOCK IS
TICKING.
>> A LITTLE LESS THAN 19 HOURS
TO GO BEFORE NOON TOMORROW.
MARA MACDONALD IS LIVE AT
SOLIDARITY HOUSE. A LOT OF
MOVING PARTS WITH THIS, BUT
NONE THAT SEEM TO BE MOVING
VERY QUICKLY, MARA.
>> WELL, THAT’S FOR SURE. DEVIN
AND YOU KNOW, FEIN WAS ALSO ON
TWITTER, WELL, FORMERLY KNOWN
AS TWITTER, SAME TYPE OF THING
, PUTTING TOGETHER A MONTAGE OF
CHARACTERS FROM MOVIES GOING.
TICK TOCK, TICK, TOCK, TICK,
TOCK. SO HERE’S WHAT I EXPECT
TO HAPPEN TOMORROW. 10 A.M.
FEIN ADDRESSES THE MEMBERSHIP
ONLINE, TELLS THEM THE LATEST
UPDATE. THE EXPECTATION IS HE’S
GOING TO ANNOUNCE WHICH PLANTS
THAT THE UAW IS GOING TO TARGET
FOR CLOSURE. THOSE WOULD GO
INTO EFFECT. THEN AT THAT UAW
STRIKE DEADLINE, WHICH IS NOON
ON WHAT DO WE WANT?
>> NO TEARS. AND WE WANT IT
NOW.
>> EVER SINCE THE UAW ANNOUNCED
A STRIKE AGAINST ALL THREE
DETROIT AUTOMAKERS LAST
THURSDAY AT 11:59 P.M, DETROIT
OPTIONS AND CONTRACT
NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN ONGOING,
BUT IT CERTAINLY DOES NOT
APPEAR THERE’S THE QUOTE,
SERIOUS PROGRESS. UNION CHIEF
SHAWN FEIN DEMANDED TO AVOID
FURTHER STRIKES. ONLY
STELLANTIS SO FAR HAS PUT
FORWARD A NEW PROPOSAL ALL TO
THE UAW THIS WEEK. NO JUSTICE,
NO PEACE. BUT IN TALKING TO UAW
WORKERS WHO STAGED A PRACTICE
PICKET OUTSIDE THE AUBURN HILLS
HEADQUARTERS YESTERDAY, IT DID
NOT APPEAR THAT NEW STELLANTIS
OFFER IS WHERE THE UAW WANTS TO
BE. WHAT IS CLEAR, THESE
WORKERS SUPPORT THEIR
BARGAINING TEAMS.
>> AND FEIN, WE’RE IN A
SOLIDARITY 100. WHATEVER OVER
MR. SHAWN FEIN TELLS US TO DO.
WE’RE GOING TO DO.
>> BACK HERE LIVE. I DON’T
THINK THE QUESTION IS, WILL
THERE BE MORE TARGETED STRIKES
TOMORROW? THE QUESTION REALLY
IS WHICH PLANTS ARE GOING TO BE
AFFECTED BY THESE TARGETED
STRIKES AND IS IT GOING TO BE
ONE EACH LIKE WE SAW LAST WEEK?
OR IS FEIN GOING TO CALL FOR
MORE? WE’RE LIVE ON DETROIT’S
EAST SIDE AT SOLIDARITY HOUSE.
I’M MARA MACDONALD, LOCAL 4.
>> AND SO WE WAIT. ALL RIGHT,
MARA, WE WILL BE CARRYING SHAWN
FEIN’S ANNOUNCED TONIGHT LIVE
AT 10:00 TOMORROW MORNING ON
LOCAL 4 PLUS KRISTY MACDONALD
WILL BE HANDLING OUR SPECIAL
COVERAGE AND HAVE REACTION TO
WHAT COMES OF IT TOMORROW
MORNING AT 10 A.M. ON LOCAL 4
PLUS OUR OTHER TOP STORY, WE’RE
GETTING A MUCH CLEARER PICTURE
OF WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT IN
THE MOMENTS BEFORE THAT DEADLY
CRASH IN MOUNT CLEMENS.
>> AND WE WANT TO WARN YOU, THE
VIDEO MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO
WATCH. YOU CAN SEE TRAFFIC
MOVING ALONG AS NORMAL. THEN A
SMALL SUV COMES FLYING IN FROM
THE RIGHT AND SLAMS INTO THE
WALL. TIM PAMPLIN WAS THERE
MOMENTS AFTER THIS STORY BROKE
AND HE JOINS US WITH AN UPDATE
.
>> THE VIDEO SHOWS THE JEEP
HEADING NORTHBOUND ON GRATIOT
AT A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED AS
IT PLOWS INTO THE COURTHOUSE.
>> THE PASSENGER CAR JUST
EXPLODED AND HIT A TREE HOWELL
ON THE WAY INSIDE THE JEEP, A
LONE MAN.
>> POLICE DON’T HAVE A POSITIVE
ID ON THAT INDIVIDUAL. THEY’RE
WAITING FOR THE MORGUE TO DO
DENTAL RECORD RESEARCH FOR A
POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION. THERE
WERE REPORTS LAST EVENING THAT
THIS VEHICLE MAY HAVE BEEN DRAG
RACING. POLICE HAVE NOW SAID
THAT DOESN’T APPEAR TO BE THE
CASE. THE DRIVER DOES NOT
APPLY. THE BRAKES AS HE CAREENS
OFF INTO THE SIDE OF THE MACOMB
COUNTY COURTHOUSE. FIRST
RESPONDERS ON THE SCENE WITHIN
SECONDS.
>> THE IMPACT, THE EXPLOSION,
THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS RIGHT
ACROSS THE RIVER THERE, I MEAN,
THEY HEARD AND SAW AND JUMPED
IN AND CAME ON OVER HERE. AND
AGAIN, EVERYBODY ELSE RESPONDED
IN THE VIDEO, YOU SEE A MAN
RUNNING ACROSS THE STREET, A
CAR ENTERS FROM THE RIGHT
CITIZENS TRY TO HELP.
>> BUT AGAIN, PRECIOUS LITTLE
ANYBODY COULD DO FOR THIS
VICTIM. THIS SITUATION HAD THE
ENTIRE DOWNTOWN AREA OF MOUNT
CLEMENS CLOSED DOWN LAST NIGHT
WHILE THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
DID THEIR INVESTIGATION. AS
PART OF THAT INVESTIGATION,
THEY ARE STILL ASKING IF YOU
WITNESSED THIS YOURSELF, SAW IT
YOURSELF, PLEASE GIVE THEM A
CALL. PERHAPS IF YOU ARE THE
MAN THAT RAN UP, MAYBE THE
PERSON IN THAT RED CAR, PLEASE
DO GIVE THEM A CALL. THEY’D
LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU. THAT WAS
THE SCENE IN DOWNTOWN MOUNT
CLEMENS LAST EVENING. TIM
PAMPLIN, LOCAL 4 OKAY.
>> TIM. AND EVEN WITH THE CRASH
HAPPENING AT SUCH A HIGH RATE
OF SPEED, THERE WAS NO
STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO THAT
BUILDING.
>> NOW TO A HORRIFIC TRAGEDY IN
WAWAYANDA, NEW YORK.
>> A BUS CARRYING HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS ROLLED DOWN AN
EMBANKMENT, KILLING ONE PERSON
AND HURTING NEARLY 50 STUDENTS.
THE GROUP WAS HEADED TO A BAND
CAMP IN PENNSYLVANIA. AS OF
TONIGHT, IT’S UNCLEAR WHAT
EXACTLY HAPPENED, BUT WE KNOW
EVERYONE INJURED IS RECEIVING
TREATMENT RIGHT NOW AT VARIOUS
NEW YORK HOSPITALS.
>> TONIGHT, WE’RE LEARNING SOME
DEVASTATING NEW DETAILS IN THE
DEATH OF A COLLEGE STUDENT IN
SOUTHFIELD. 23 YEAR OLD MIA
CANOE WAS FOUND DEAD ON THE
SIDE OF THE ROAD BACK IN JUNE.
POLICE BELIEVE SHE FELL FROM A
MOVING CAR. JACQUELINE FRANCIS
LIVE FOR US ON THIS STORY AS WE
KEEP GETTING NOW A GOOD BIT
CLEARER PICTURE OF WHAT
HAPPENED LEADING TO THIS AWFUL
STORY. JACQUELINE YEAH, WELL,
POLICE SAY MIA FELL FROM A
MOVING CAR THAT HER FRIEND WHO
WAS ALLEGEDLY DRUNK DRIVING
JUST KEPT GOING.
>> THAT FRIEND IS NOW FACING
CHARGES IS TONIGHT. WE’RE ALSO
HEARING FROM MIA’S FAMILY AS
THIS INVESTIGATION FINALLY
COMES TO A CLOSE. FINALLY,
THERE ARE ANSWERS IN THE TRAGIC
DEATH OF MIA CANOE. YOU KNOW,
WHEN I’M OUT IN THE COMMUNITY,
EVEN WHEN MY OFFICERS ARE OUT
IN THE COMMUNITY, THE CONSTANT
QUESTION IS, CHIEF, WHEN ARE
YOU GOING TO UPDATE THE
COMMUNITY ON THE MIA CANOE
CASE? 23 YEAR OLD MIA WAS FOUND
INJURED IN THE MIDDLE OF A
SOUTHFIELD ROAD IN THE EARLY
HOURS OF JUNE 3RD. SHE DIED
SOON AFTER.
>> WE LOVED HER SO MUCH.
>> FAMILY JOINED SOUTHFIELD
POLICE TODAY AS THEY GAVE AN
UPDATE ON THE CASE. POLICE SAY
A NIGHT OUT WITH FRIENDS TURNED
DEADLY FOR THE TENNESSEE STATE
UNIVERSITY STUDENT WHO WAS HOME
FOR SUMMER. MIA’S FRIEND,
CYNTHIA FERN, WAS CHARGED
YESTERDAY WITH LEAVING THE
SCENE, RESULTING IN DEATH AND
DRUNK DRIVING. SOUTHFIELD
POLICE RELEASING THIS
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWING HER
FRIEND SPEEDING OFF AFTER MIA
FELL FROM THE CAR. THE CHIEF
DISPUTING PREVIOUS CLAIMS THAT
MIA JUMPED WHEN THE DOOR
OPENED.
>> SHE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF
VOMITING. AND THEN WITH THE
MOTION OF THE VEHICLE, FELL
FROM THE VEHICLE.
>> DRUNK DRIVING IS NOT A JOKE
. AND THAT THIS WHOLE SITUATION
BOILS DOWN TO THAT SHE WAS SO
DRUNK SHE DIDN’T NOTICE HER
FRIEND FELL OUT OF A CAR.
>> POLICE SAY THE DRIVER LEFT
THE SCENE LATER, TELLING
OFFICERS SHE AND A FRIEND
LOOKED FOR MIA, BUT THEN SAW
POLICE LIGHTS AND HEADED FOR
DETROIT. OUR CHILD IS NOT
AROUND TO LEARN LESSONS FROM
THIS.
>> SHE IS. SHE STILL HAS HER
LIFE AND SO WE PRAY FOR HER.
>> FERN FACES UP TO FIVE YEARS
IN PRISON. THAT’S ON THE
LEAVING THE SCENE CHARGE.
THAT’S A FELONY. THE DRUNK
DRIVING IS A MISDEMEANOR. SHE’S
DUE BACK IN COURT LATER THIS
MONTH REPORTING LIVE AT THE
SOUTHFIELD POLICE STATION,
JACQUELINE FRANCIS, LOCAL 4.
>> SO TERRIBLE. ALL RIGHT,
JACQUELINE. WELL, FROM THE
LOOKS OF IT, THE BATTLE BETWEEN
THE WARREN CITY COUNCIL AND
MAYOR JIM FOUTS IS HEATED AGAIN
.
>> THIS TIME THE COUNCIL CLAIMS
FOUTS WENT ABOVE LEGAL SPENDING
LIMITS BY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS ON THINGS SUCH AS TV
ADS AND GIFT CARDS. MEGAN WOODS
IS LIVE ON THIS STORY. AND,
MEGAN, THEY WANT THE STATE TO
INVESTIGATE THIS. AND THAT’S
RIGHT, KIMBERLY.
>> BUT THESE CLAIMS ABOUT THE
MAYOR VIOLATING THE SPENDING
LIMITS DATE ALL THE WAY BACK TO
2021, TWO YEARS AGO. BUT IN
ORDER FOR IT TO MOVE FORWARD AT
THE STATE LEVEL, THEY NEEDED TO
HAVE A FORENSIC AUDIT. AND
THAT’S WHAT BRINGS US TO TODAY
. THE RESULTS WERE RELEASED.
>> MONEY. THE CITY HAS IT, BUT
IT’S NOT ALLOCATED. AND YOU
CAN’T YOU CAN’T SPEND
UNALLOCATED FUNDS.
>> GARY WATTS, VICE PRESIDENT
OF CITY COUNCIL, SAYS THIS NEW
AUDIT PROVES WHAT HE THOUGHT
ALL ALONG.
>> I KNEW IT WAS SOMEWHERE
AROUND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS,
SO THE AUDIT PROVED IT TO BE
ABOUT 460,000 PLUS. THERE’S
SOME QUESTION ABOUT THESE GIFT
CARDS THAT THEY WERE SELLING TO
LOCAL BUSINESSES AND
ADVERTISING THAT HE WAS DOING.
BASICALLY CAMPAIGNING ON CITY
MONEY. HE SAYS IT SHOWS THAT IN
THE 2021, 2022 FISCAL YEAR,
THERE WAS UNAUTHORIZED SPENDING
INCLUDING $50,000 FOR TV ADS
AND $60,000 ON GIFT CARDS FROM
THE DDA ACCOUNT.
>> WE TALKED TO MAYOR JIM FOUTS
.
>> THEY ARE BASELESS
ACCUSATIONS.
>> HE SAYS THE SPENDING WAS ALL
LEGITIMATE. IT THE GIFT CARDS
WERE FOR A DDA MATCHING PROGRAM
TO BOOST BUSINESS AND THE TV
ADS.
>> DDA IS CHARGED WITH
PROMOTING THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT
TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME TO
WARREN TO SHOP AND WARREN AND
TO MOVE TO WARREN. AND GUESS
WHAT? THOSE ADS HELPED WARREN
CHANGE. HE HAD NOTHING TO HIDE.
>> WHY DID HE KEEP THIS TIED
UP? FOR TWO YEARS, WE’VE BEEN
TRYING TO GET THIS AUDIT FOR
TWO YEARS AND THEY’VE BATTLE US
EVERYWHERE ALONG THE LINE.
THEY’VE HELD RECORDS BACK. THEY
HAD THIS. THEY WENT TO COURT,
THEY DID THIS, THEY DID THAT.
AND WE’VE WANTED EVERY CORNER.
>> THE MAYOR BELIEVES HE’S
BEING TARGETED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL YET AGAIN, WHILE CITY
COUNCIL DIFFERS, MEGAN, THEY’VE
SENT COMPLAINTS OUT TO ME SO
MANY TIMES.
>> IT’S STACKING UP NOW, OKAY?
THEY’VE SUED ME TEN TIMES. THIS
COUNCIL HAS NOTHING TO DO BUT
TO WASTE TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON
COSTLY AND CUMBERSOME LAWSUITS
THAT GO NOWHERE.
>> AND THE MAYOR ALSO SAYS THAT
THIS AUDIT COMPANY DIDN’T GO
THROUGH THE RIGHT APPROVAL
THROUGH THE CITY, THAT THE
COUNCIL JUST MOVED FORWARD ON
THIS. MEANWHILE, WHAT’S NEXT IS
THAT THESE THESE RESULTS, THIS
AUDIT WAS SENT TO THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL, AS WELL AS MICHIGAN’S
DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY. SO WE
HAVE TO SEE WHAT THEY DECIDE ON
THIS. REPORTING LIVE, I’M MEGAN
WOODS, LOCAL 4. AND WE KNOW
YOU’LL KEEP FOLLOWING IT.
>> MEGAN, WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT LIVE
PICTURES FROM OUR MT. CLEMENS
SKYCAM CAM LOOKING OVER AT THE
HIGH SCHOOL ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF GRATIOT. IT IS ANOTHER
BEAUTIFUL DAY AND WE ARE
RUNNING OUT OF SUMMER HOURS
HERE. WE’RE ABOUT TO MAKE THE
OFFICIAL SWITCH OVER TO FALL TO
50 A M SATURDAY. SOMETHING LIKE
THAT. BUT SOME ARE HANGING ON.
>> KIM DID WE MAKE IT TO 80
DEGREES TODAY?
>> OKAY, SO HERE’S THE DEAL.
SOME SAY WHAT HAPPENED. WOW.
SOME CITIES DID MAKE IT TO 80.
SO TECHNICALLY WHEN WE
FORECASTED 80, THAT WAS
ACCURATE FOR THOSE CITIES. THE
AIRPORT, WHICH IS WHERE THEY
KEEP THE RECORDS, 79. AND, YOU
KNOW, GUYS, I STRUGGLED WITH IT
THIS WEEK, 79, 80, 79, 80. AND
I WENT 80 YESTERDAY, 79. NOW,
THAT DOESN’T MEAN THAT THEY
CAN’T HIT 80 DEGREES. STILL.
WE’VE GOT SOME DAYLIGHT LEFT,
BUT IT’S NOT LOOKING GOOD. BUT
A FEW CITIES DID AT LEAST HIT
80, INCLUDING HOWELL, PONTIAC,
MOUNT CLEMENS, EVEN PORT HURON
WAS AT 81 DEGREES. AT 4:00 THIS
AFTERNOON. NOW DOWN INTO THE
UPPER 70S. SO IT IS DEFINITELY
WARMER THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY BY
ABOUT 5 TO 7 DEGREES ACROSS
METRO DETROIT. TOMORROW, 78
DEGREES. SO JUST A TOUCH COOLER
THAN TODAY, BUT DEFINITELY
ABOVE NORMAL. WE’LL HAVE SOME
SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE DAY
TOMORROW AND IT’S GOING TO BE A
REALLY NICE END TO THE WORKWEEK
AND START TO THE WEEKEND FALL.
OFFICIALLY ARRIVES, AS YOU
SAID, 2:50 A.M. ON SATURDAY.
AND BY NEXT WEEK, BOY, IS IT
REALLY GOING TO START FEELING