DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NEWS STARTS NOW. A TRAGEDY IN LINCOLN PARK. THREE CHILDREN ARE
KILLED AND TWO OTHERS IN
CRITICAL CONDITION IN A CRASH.
WE’RE TOLD THAT THE CHILDREN
TOOK THE CAR OUT FOR A JOYRIDE,
AND NONE OF THEM WERE OLD ENOUGH
TO DRIVE. IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT
ON PORTER AVENUE, NOT FAR FROM
THE SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY AND
LINCOLN PARK ARE SHAWN LEY JOINS
US. NOW THIS NOON HE HAS BEEN IN
LINCOLN PARK GATHERING MORE
INFORMATION. WHAT A TRAGEDY,
SEAN. ABSOLUTELY AWFUL. IF YOU
FOLLOW ME THIS WAY, WE’RE JUST
FOLLOWING THE SKID MARKS COMING
OFF SCOTT HERE IN LINCOLN PARK.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THIS CAR CAME
TUMBLING HERE, HITTING THIS TREE
ENDING UP SMASHING INTO THIS
FENCE. LOOK A WOMAN NAMED
JENNIFER LIVES HERE CRASH
SHAKING HER HOUSE. SHE’S A
FORMER M T. SHE TELLS US FRANKLY
, THAT THIS IS THE WORST THING
SHE’S EVER SEEN BECAUSE THE CAR
WAS PACKED WITH CHILDREN.
EVERYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 15 1
OF THE VICTIMS WHO DID NOT
SURVIVE IS ONLY EIGHT YEARS OLD.
JENNIFER TELLS US EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED. FREE JENNIFER KRUGER
IS STILL SHAKEN BY THE HORRIBLE
CRASH THAT HAD BEEN RIGHT IN HER
LINCOLN PARK YARD AT NINE LAST
NIGHT, SHE SAYS, A CAR FULL OF
VERY YOUNG CHILDREN, SHE SAYS
FAMILY MEMBERS CONFIRMING TO HER
14 YEAR OLD WAS DRIVING, LOSING
CONTROL AND ROLLED RIGHT OFF THE
ROAD HERE ON C. KAT. HITTING THE
TREE IN HER YARD BEFORE CRASHING
INTO HER FENCE. TWO OF THE KIDS
REJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE.
KRUEGER SAYS THE YOUNG DRIVER
WAS KILLED TWO VERY YOUNG PEOPLE
IN THE BACK OF THE CAR DID NOT
SURVIVE, A FAMILY MEMBER OF AN
EIGHT YEAR OLD TELLS LOCAL 4 HER
NIECE WAS KILLED AND HER 15 YEAR
OLD NIECE RIGHT NOW IS IN
CRITICAL CONDITION. I WISH I
COULD HAVE HELPED HIM. I’M LIKE
I WAS FREAKED OUT. WHEN I FOUND
OUT THERE WERE KIDS AND I
COULDN’T HELP HIM AND I
COULDN’T. I COULDN’T GET NEAR
THE CAR. I MEAN, I DIDN’T EVEN
KNOW IF THE CAR WAS GOING TO
BLOW UP. THAT’S WHAT KIND OF
SCARED ME AT FIRST. I’M THINKING
WELL, IS IT GOING TO CATCH ON
FIRE OR BECAUSE IT HIT HARD? I
MEAN, LITERALLY. IT ROCKED MY
HOUSE, AND I’M LIKE I’VE NEVER
FELT THAT BEFORE. YOU KNOW WHAT
I MEAN? THAT WAS LIKE IT WAS
LIKE A BOMB WENT OFF AND IT WAS
IT WAS BAD. VERY VERY BAD. SO
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THREE
CHILDREN KILLED TO REMAIN IN
CRITICAL CONDITION. RHONDA THERE
IS SO MUCH MORE TO THIS CAMERA’S
RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET AT A
BUSINESS. WE HAD THAT VIDEO. WE
CAN ONLY SHOW YOU COMING UP ON
LOCAL 4 A LITTLE BIT OF IT. BUT
IT SHOWS YOU THE SPEED HERE THAT
THE KIDS WERE GOING IN THE CAR.
ALSO IT’S CONFIRMED BECAUSE
WE’VE SEEN THE VIDEO THAT THE
KIDS WERE ON INSTAGRAM LIVE AS
THEY WERE SPEEDING AROUND. WE
CAN’T SHOW YOU THAT BUDDY. ALSO
I’M IN TOUCH WITH ONE OF THE
ANTS. FAMILIES ARE JUST
DEVASTATED HERE, AND WE’RE GOING
TO GET AN UPDATE FROM LINCOLN
PARK FIRE MOVING FORWARD AS WE
CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE WHAT
HAPPENED BACK TO YOU IN YEARS
OLD BEHIND THE WHEEL AND
DISTRACTED AT THAT. WHAT A
HEARTBREAKER. HEART GOES OUT TO
THE FAMILY. ALRIGHT, SEAN. THANK
YOU. PASSENGER WAS KILLED THIS
MORNING IN A CRASH ALONG I 75
POLICE SUSPECT THE DRIVER WAS
DRINKING STATE POLICE SAY THE
DRIVER LOST CONTROL, ROLLING THE
CAR IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES AT I
96 ALONG. I 75 BOTH THE DRIVER
AND 21 YEAR OLD PASSENGER WERE
THROWN FROM THE CAR. THE
PASSENGER WAS KILLED AND THE
DRIVER TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL
WITH NON LIFE THREATENING
INJURIES. TROOPERS ARE GETTING A
SEARCH WARRANT FOR A BLOOD DRAW
ON THE DRIVER. AND THE OTHER BIG
STORY THAT WE ARE. FOLLOWING IS
THE DANGEROUS SNOWSTORM THAT IS
HITTING PARTS OF OUR COUNTRY.
TAKE A LOOK. THIS IS VIDEO FROM
JUST THE WEST SIDE OF OUR STATE,
WHERE PEOPLE AND GRAND RAPIDS
HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN EIGHT INCHES
OF SNOW, AND EXPERTS SAY THAT
THEY COULD GET ANOTHER EIGHT
INCHES BY TOMORROW MORNING.
VIDEO FROM GRAND RAPIDS SHOWS A
ROUGH DRIVE THIS MORNING. AND
IT’S GOING TO BE EVEN WORSE IN
BUFFALO, NEW YORK, THIS IS VIDEO
JUST INTO OUR NEWSROOM OF ALL
THE SNOW THEY’RE TRYING TO DIG
OUT OF THAT CITY IS BRACING FOR
HISTORIC SNOWFALL. MORE THAN
WHAT YOU SEE RIGHT HERE. PARTS
OF THE CITY COULD GET 4 TO 5 FT.
OF SNOW. BY THE TIME THE STORM
IS DONE, SOME AREAS ARE ALREADY
AT TWO FT. SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED.
MOST FLIGHTS ARE CANCELED AND
AMTRAK TRAINS ARE STALLED. JESSE
KIRSCH IS IN BUFFALO WITH WHAT’S
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. OVERNIGHT
IN BUFFALO. WE EVEN HAD THUNDER
SNOW, AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT LOOKS
LIKE TYPICALLY THE AFTERMATH OF
A SNOWSTORM. BUT THIS IS
ACTUALLY THE MIDDLE OF ONE. WE
ARE EXPECTING SNOW TO KEEP
FALLING HERE IN WESTERN NEW
YORK, POSSIBLY INTO SUNDAY, AND
WE COULD SEE TOTALS IN SOME
AREAS, ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS OF
ABOUT FOUR FT. ALREADY MORE THAN
A FOOT AND A HALF HAS FALLEN IN
SOME OF THE BUFFALO AREA,
INCLUDING NEAR WHERE THE BUFFALO
BILLS WOULD BE PLAYING SUNDAY,
BUT THAT GAME AGAINST THE
CLEVELAND BROWNS HAS BEEN MOVED
TO DETROIT. WE’VE SEEN A DUSTING
IN OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIA. ANY A
AND PART OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN,
ALSO HAVING REPORTED 19 INCHES
OF SNOW. ALL OF THIS BECAUSE OF
LAKE EFFECT, SNOW OBVIOUSLY
COMING EARLIER THAN WE WOULD
EXPECT THIS MUCH SNOWFALL JUST
DAYS BEFORE THANKSGIVING. JESSE
KIRSCH, NBC NEWS BUFFALO AND YOU
MAY HAVE HEARD THE NFL IS MOVING
THE BUFFALO BILLS AND CLEVELAND
BROWNS GAME RIGHT HERE TO
DETROIT WERE SUCH AN OPEN ARMS
TYPE OF CITY AREN’T WE ARE GOING
TO BE PLAYING THAT GAME AT FORD
FIELD ON SUNDAY. THE BILL SAY
THAT THEY MADE THE DECISION TO
HOLD THE GAME AT FORD FIELD
AFTER HOMELAND SECURITY GOT
INVOLVED. SO LET’S GET OVER TO
BRANDON. HE IS TRACKING JUST HOW
SERIOUS THIS SNOWSTORM IS. WELL
IT’S YOU KNOW, NOT IMPACTING
EVERYONE EVERYWHERE. BUT AS WE
LOOK AT THE WHAT WE CALL THE
FETCH. IT’S THE NUMBER OF MILES
OVER A BIG LAKE THAT YOU’RE
GETTING THIS LAKE EFFECT
MOISTURE AND WE’VE GOT SOME HERE
IN LAKE MICHIGAN. BUT LOOK AT
LAKE ERIE HEADING TO THE BUFFALO
AREA. 200 MILES OF LAKE FETCH,
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE GOING ON
AND ON AND ON FOR DAYS. A MILD
SORT OF PREDICTION HERE IS IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 3 TO 4 FT OF
SNOW THROUGH MONDAY AND THAT
BUFFALO AREA BACK HERE AT HOME.
WE STILL HAVE THE WINTER STORM
WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES WEST JUST OUT OF OUR
AREA, BUT WE ARE SEEING SOME
DECENT SNOWS HERE IN OAKLAND
COUNTY. TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF
THIS SNOW THAT WE ARE SEEING
ACROSS AGAIN. PORTIONS OF
OAKLAND COUNTY, NORTHERN
LIVINGSTON COUNTY AND WASHTENAW
COUNTY. SO SNOW SHOWERS COMING
AND GOING. SOME OF THOSE COULD
LIMIT VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVEL
REAL SLIPPERY. SO WHETHER OR NOT
YOU’RE HEADING WEST PRETTY MUCH
JUST ANYWHERE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING, RHONDA. WE’RE LOOKING
AT COLD WIND, CHILLY
TEMPERATURES AND THESE SCATTERED
SNOW BANDS AND SQUALLS. BE
CAREFUL. THANK YOU, BRANDON TO
NGUYEN, A CHANGING OF THE GUARD
COMING TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI WILL
NOT RUN FOR A LEADERSHIP
POSITION. IT COMES AFTER
REPUBLICANS TOOK OVER THE HOUSE
MAKING FOR A DIVIDED CONGRESS
RE. JACKSON IS IN WASHINGTON
WITH THE END OF A HISTORIC
CAREER. NANCY PELOSI, THE FIRST
FEMALE TO BECOME HOUSE SPEAKER,
IS A PIVOTAL FIGURE IN AMERICAN
POLITICS AND ONE OF THE NATION’S
MOST CONSEQUENTIAL LEGISLATIVE
LEADERS. END OF AN ERA THE HOURS
CONFERENCE NEW GENERATION TO
LEAD THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS AFTER
TWO DECADES, HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY
PELOSI ANNOUNCING SHE WILL STEP
DOWN FROM A DEMOCRATIC
LEADERSHIP ROLE. NEVER WOULD. I
HAVE THOUGHT THAT SOMEDAY I
WOULD GO FROM HOMEMAKER TO HOUSE
SPEAKER FIRST ELECTED IN 1987,
THE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRAT ROSE
THROUGH THE RANKS, BECOMING THE
FIRST AND ONLY FEMALE SPEAKER,
THE GENERAL LADY FROM
CALIFORNIA. NANCY PELOSI. A SELF
PROCLAIMED TROUBLEMAKER WITH A
GAVEL. SHE’S HAD A REMARKABLE
RUN, WHICH INCLUDES LEADING
EFFORTS TO PASS COVID 19
LEGISLATION AND PRESIDING OVER
THE TWO HOUSE IMPEACHMENT OF
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HER
TENACITY AND TENURE IS DRAWING
PRAISE FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE
AISLE. SPEAKER PELOSI IS A FORCE
OF NATURE. SHE’S ONE OF ONE YOU
GOT TO RESPECT WHAT WHAT? WHAT?
WHAT SHE’S DONE. I WAS HERE
BECAUSE IT WAS HISTORIC.
PELOSI’S DECISION COMES AFTER
REPUBLICANS GAINED CONTROL OF
THE HOUSE IN MIDTERM ELECTIONS,
THE GOP MAKING THEIR PLANS FOR
THE NEW SESSION CLEAR IT
INCLUDES LAUNCHING
INVESTIGATIONS INTO PRESIDENT
BIDEN AND HIS FAMILY’S BUSINESS
DEALINGS. WE’RE COMMITTED TO
GETTING TO THE TRUTH. THE FACTS
. THE FOCUS FOR DEMOCRATS A NEW
WAVE OF LEADERS HAKEEM JEFFRIES
IS A TOP CONTENDER. DEMOCRATS
ARE THE PARTY THAT HAVE PUT
PEOPLE OVER POLITICS. THE
SPEAKER IS NOT WEIGHING IN ON
HER REPLACEMENT. A NEW DAY IS
DAWNING ON THE HORIZON. AND I
LOOK FORWARD, ALWAYS FORWARD TO
THE UNFOLDING STORY OF OUR
NATION. SHE WILL LEAVE HER
LEADERSHIP ROLE BEHIND AND A
LASTING LEGACY AS SPEAKER.
PELOSI WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS
A MEMBER OF CONGRESS NEXT
SESSION. AS FOR HER LEADERSHIP
POSITION, HOUSE DEMOCRATS PLAN
TO HOLD THEIR LEADERSHIP
ELECTIONS AT THE END OF THIS
MONTH, AND WASHINGTON I’M BREE
JACKSON FOR NBC NEWS. ALRIGHT
BREATHE. THANK YOU, AND WE HAVE
JUST LEARNED THAT CONGRESSMAN
HAKEEM JEFFRIES IS RUNNING TO
REPLACE PELOSI AS DEMOCRATIC
LEADER. HE WOULD BE THE FIRST
BLACK LEADER OF A CONGRESSIONAL
CAUCUS. IT IS A BUSY WEEKEND
DOWNTOWN DETROIT AND IT’S ALL
ABOUT THE FUN. AND IF YOU ARE
HEADING INTO THE CITY, THERE IS
A MAJOR FREEWAY CLOSURE THAT
YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO NAVIGATE
AROUND. AND THAT SAYS THAT THE
WESTBOUND SIDE OF I 94 WILL
CLOSE THAT CLOSURES AND A
CRITICAL SPOT BETWEEN I 75 OF
THE LODGE. THE EASTBOUND LANES
WILL CLOSE FROM I 96 TO 75. AND
SO CREWS ARE GOING TO BE WORKING
ON THE SECOND AVENUE BRIDGE AND
GRAND RIVER AVENUE BRIDGE. THE
AREAS WILL CLOSE AT NINE PM
TONIGHT AND ARE EXPECTED TO
REOPEN BEFORE THE MONDAY MORNING
COMMUTE SO YOU CAN GET TO THE
TREE LIGHTING AND HAVE NOVEL
GABBLE, BUT IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE
CHALLENGE GETTING BACK HOME. ONE
OF THE BIG EVENTS THIS WEEKEND,
OF COURSE, IS THAT CHRISTMAS
TREE LIGHTING AT CAMPUS MARTIUS
PARK AND 19 YEAR TRADITION OF
LIGHTING UP THE TREE. THE ACTUAL
TREE LIGHTING USUALLY TAKES
PLACE BETWEEN SEVEN AND EIGHT.
P.M. AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE
CAMPUS MARTIUS PARK, THE 65 FT
TALL TREE FROM LAKE CITY,
MICHIGAN. THAT IS WHERE IT SITS
ON TOP OF THE FOUNTAIN AT THE
PARK. AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT
THE SKATING RINK WILL OPEN TO
THE PUBLIC FOR THE SEASON. YOU
SEE, THE ICE IS READY. IT WILL
BE OPEN EVERY DAY, INCLUDING THE
HOLIDAYS ALL THE WAY THROUGH
MARCH FOR ICE SKATING. GONNA BE
A FUN NIGHT TONIGHT STILL AHEAD.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FORD F
1 50 TRUCKS ARE BEING RECALLED
BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM. IF IT
RAINS OR SNOWS. THAT IS A
PROBLEM. WHAT DRIVERS NEED TO
KNOW. AND THE RESIGNATIONS ARE
PILING UP FOR TWITTER AFTER ELON
MUSK’S TAKEOVER WHILE THE
COMPANY HAS DECIDED TO CLOSE ITS