THINGS ARE CALM AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR DOWNTOWN SKYCAM, THE 4WARN WEATHER TEAM TRACKING
CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER THAT
COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR THE
AFTERNOON COMMUTE. THANKS FOR
BEING WITH US, EVERYBODY. I’M
KIMBERLY GILL.
>> AND I’M DEMOND FERNANDEZ IN
FOR DEVIN SCILLIAN TONIGHT.
LET’S GET RIGHT OVER TO KIM
ADAMS WITH A LOOK AT WHAT WE
CAN EXPECT. HEY THERE, KIM.
>> HEY, DAMON AND KIMBERLY, WE
HAVE TEMPERATURES TONIGHT IN
THE UPPER 60S, 72 DOWNTOWN. IT
WAS A NICE NIGHT FOR THE PINK
CONCERT. MADE IT THROUGH
COMPLETELY DRY. BUT NOW WE HAVE
TO START THINKING ABOUT
TOMORROW. AND OUR CHANCE OF
SEVERE WEATHER NOW IN THE
MORNING FOR YOUR MORNING
COMMUTE. EVERYTHING’S FINE.
IT’S NICE AND DRY. THESE STORMS
ARE COMING IN A LITTLE EARLIER
THAN OUR LAST SEVERAL SEVERE
WEATHER EVENTS WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED SOMETIME
BETWEEN NOON AND 2:00,
CONTINUING THROUGH PART OF THE
EVENING HOURS. AND SOME COULD
BE STRONG TO SEVERE. SO THE
SPC, THE STORM PREDICTION
CENTER, HAS PLACED US AT A
MARGINAL RISK. AND IT’S FOR ALL
OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. IN
FACT, IT’S FOR A GOOD CHUNK OF
NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AS WELL
. MARGINAL RISK IS NUMBER ONE
ON THE FIVE LEVEL SCALE THAT
GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO HIGH
WIND AND HAIL. THE TWO PRIMARY
THREATS FOR US TOMORROW, WINDS
WOULD HAVE TO REACH 60MPH AND
GET SOME LARGE HAIL IN ORDER TO
TRIGGER THOSE WARNINGS. THEY
MIGHT BE JUST BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS, BUT DEFINITELY A LINE
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COMING
THROUGH TOMORROW. THEN WE START
THE BEGINNING OF A BIG WARM UP
. BY SUNDAY, WE’RE IN THE UPPER
80S, CLOSE TO 90. IF YOU WANT
TO KEEP TRACK OF ANY WARNINGS
THAT POP UP TOMORROW, THE BEST
WAY TO DO IT IS TO DOWNLOAD OUR
401. WEATHER APP. JUST GO TO
YOUR FAVORITE APP STORE AND
TYPE IN WDIV.
>> HEY, KIM, THE US GOVERNMENT
SAYS HE’S BEEN WRONGFULLY
DETAINED IN RUSSIA FOR FIVE
YEARS. TONIGHT, THE NOVI NATIVE
GOT A CALL FROM THE US
SECRETARY OF STATE. SECRETARY
OF STATE TONY BLINKEN LETTING
PAUL WHELAN KNOW HE HASN’T BEEN
FORGOTTEN. AND THE US
GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO TRY TO
SECURE HIS RELEASE FROM A
PRISON CAMP IN A REMOTE PART OF
RUSSIA.
>> MARA MACDONALD IS LIVE
DOWNTOWN. MARA WHELAN ISN’T THE
ONLY AMERICAN BEING DETAINED
CURRENTLY.
>> DEMAND EXACTLY THE WALL
STREET JOURNAL REPORTER EVAN
GERSH HAS BEEN DETAINED AS
WELL, WHICH MEANS THE US
GOVERNMENT HAS TWO. AMERICAN
SAYS IT’S TRYING TO FREE THE
SECRETARY.
>> BLINKEN HAS OBVIOUSLY SENT A
MESSAGE AND THAT MESSAGE IS FOR
PAUL AND FOR OUR FAMILY THAT
THE US GOVERNMENT IS CONTINUING
TO ADVOCATE FOR PAUL AND HIS
RELEASE. IT COULD BE 2034
BEFORE PAUL’S HOME. I DON’T
THINK THAT THERE’S ANY REASON
TO THINK THAT WHAT THE US
GOVERNMENT IS DOING RIGHT NOW
IS GOING TO LEAD TO PAUL’S
IMMEDIATE RELEASE OR EVEN
RELEASE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>> THE WHELAN FAMILY HAS BEEN
WAITING FOR NEARLY FIVE YEARS
FOR PAUL TO BE RELEASED. HE
WASN’T INCLUDED IN EARLIER
PRISONER SWAPS LIKE THE ONE
THAT SENT WNBA STAR BRITTNEY
GRINER HOME IN JUNE OF 2020. A
RUSSIAN COURT CONVICT HIM OF
ESPIONAGE. EIGHT MONTHS AGO,
THE U.S SAID IT MADE A
SUBSTANTIAL OFFER FOR WHELAN’S
RELEASE, BUT HEARD NOTHING BACK
FROM THE RUSSIANS. SINCE THEN,
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL’S EVAN
DJOKOVIC HAS ALSO BEEN DETAINED
IN RUSSIA, WHICH MEANS THE US
IS LIKELY WORKING ON A NEW DEAL
TO GET BOTH MEN RELEASED. IN A
PHONE CALL TO CNN IN MAY,
WHELAN SAID HE WAS HOPEFUL IT
WOULD HAPPEN.
>> THERE WILL BE AN END TO THIS
AND THAT AND I HOPE IS COMING
SOONER THAN LATER. BUT IT IS
DEPRESSING ON A DAILY BASIS,
YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH THIS
BACK HERE LIVE TONIGHT,
WHELAN’S FAMILY CATEGORIZES HIS
TALK WITH THE SECRETARY OF
STATE TODAY.
>> AS LONG AND FRANK. WE’RE
LIVE DOWNTOWN TONIGHT. I’M MARA
MCDONALD, LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT, MARA, THANKS FOR
THAT UPDATE.
>> AFTER PUSHBACK FROM PARENTS,
DEARBORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE NOW
DELAYING THEIR WEEKLY EARLY
DISMISSAL DAYS UNTIL OCTOBER.
EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE
DISTRICT RELEASED A TENTATIVE
CALENDAR SHOWING EARLY RELEASE
TUESDAYS TO GIVE TEACHERS TIME
TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR THE
CLASSROOM. BUT THAT DECISION
LEFT MANY PARENTS SCRAMBLING AT
THE LAST MINUTE TO FIGURE OUT A
NEW CHILDCARE PLAN FOR THE
UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. THAT’S
SET TO START AUGUST 28TH.
DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAY THE
DELAY WILL GIVE PARENTS MORE
TIME TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS, BUT
STILL THERE ARE MANY CONCERNS
ABOUT THE WEEKLY EARLY
DISMISSAL SCHEDULE. LOCAL
FOUR’S WILL JONES SPOKE WITH A
MOTHER OF A STUDENT IN THE
SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM. WILL
JOINS US LIVE TONIGHT WITH AN
UPDATE. GOOD EVENING KIMBERLY.
>> THAT MOTHER HAS A CHILD WITH
AUTISM AND SHE SAYS HAVING A
CONSISTENT ROUTINE IS VERY
IMPORTANT AND SHE BELIEVES
DEARBORN PUBLIC SCHOOL
OFFICIALS DIDN’T CONSIDER
STUDENTS LIKE HER DAUGHTER WITH
THEIR NEW CALENDAR.
>> YOU GUYS SIT DOWN.
>> OKAY. AFTER JEANETTE WARREN
ENROLLED HER, THEN THREE YEAR
OLD DAUGHTER, QUINN, WHO WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM
DISORDER IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD
SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM AT
DEARBORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS LAST
SCHOOL YEAR. TO MY BEST, SHE
SAYS, HER VOCABULARY EXPANDED
FROM ONE TO MORE THAN 75 WORDS.
SO THIS IS A BIG, BIG, YOU KNOW
, HUGE THING FOR HER.
>> AND THEY, THE TEACHERS THERE
ARE AMAZING. BUT WHEN THE
DISTRICT FINALLY RELEASED ITS
TENTATIVE SCHOOL CALENDAR LAST
WEEK, SHOWING EARLY RELEASE
DAYS ONCE A WEEK, WARREN
STARTED TO HAVE SOME CONCERNS
ABOUT HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT HER
DAUGHTER, WHO ATTENDS SCHOOL
ONLY IN THE AFTERNOON. THE
ROUTINE IS VERY BIG WITH HER
AND WITH HER TRYING TO CHANGE
UP A ROUTINE. YOU REALLY CAN’T
DO IT. SUDDEN.
>> THE DISTRICT IS PLANNING TO
CUT THE SCHOOL DAY BY AN HOUR
AND A HALF EVERY TUESDAY TO
ALLOW TEACHERS TO WORK ON
STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE STUDENT
PERFORMANCE IN THE CLASSROOM.
AFTER REACHING OUT TO DISTRICT
OFFICIALS, WARREN SAYS SHE WAS
TOLD THAT HER DAUGHTER’S
CLASSROOM TIME WILL ONLY BE
REDUCED BY 45 MINUTES. BUT BY
DOING THAT, THE START OF HER
SCHOOL DAY WILL BE MOVED UP ON
TUESDAYS. WARREN SAYS SHE WOULD
HAVE PREFERRED A FOUR DAY A
WEEK SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
OVER THE EARLY DISMISSAL DAYS
BECAUSE I’D RATHER HER HAVE
FOUR FULL DAYS OF A GOOD
ROUTINE.
>> AND THAT EDUCATIONAL
EXPERIENCE AND THEN THREE DAYS
AT HOME TO WHERE WE CAN JUST
ADD A DAY ONTO OUR ROUTINE.
WARREN SAYS EARLY RELEASE DAYS
WILL NOT ONLY IMPACT QUINN’S
ROUTINE IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT
ALSO AT HOME. I DON’T KNOW HOW
MUCH THEY PUT INTO
CONSIDERATION WHAT THAT WOULD
LOOK LIKE FOR FAMILIES. WHAT IS
.
>> WE REACHED OUT TO DEARBORN
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND DISTRICT
OFFICIALS SAY THEY UNDERSTAND
SOME PARENTS MAY NOT LIKE THE
CALENDAR CHANGE, BUT OVERALL,
THIS WILL IMPROVE INSTRUCTION
AND SERVICES IN THE LONG RUN.
LIVE IN DEARBORN, WILL JONES
LOCAL 4.
>> WE’LL BE WATCHING TO SEE HOW
IT WORKS OUT. WILL, WE
APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT THIS
EVENING.
>> TONIGHT, DETROIT POLICE NEED
HELP TRACKING DOWN THREE TEENS
WANTED IN CONNECTION TO THE
SHOOTING OF A DETROIT POLICE
OFFICER. NOW SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
SHOWS THE SUSPECTS RUNNING AND
HIDING MOMENTS AFTER THAT
SHOOTING. IT HAPPENED SATURDAY
MORNING IN THE AREA OF MARANG
AVENUE AND WHITEHALL STREETS.
OFFICERS WERE RESPONDING TO A
SHOTS FIRED REPORT WHEN THEY
ARRIVED. THREE PEOPLE INSIDE A
VACANT APARTMENT BUILDING FIRED
SHOTS. AN OFFICER WAS HIT IN
THE LEG. THE SUSPECTS ARE
BELIEVED TO BE IN THEIR LATE
TEENS, EARLY 20S.
>> NEW TONIGHT, DETROIT POLICE
INVESTIGATING AN AMAZON WORKER
WHOSE ON THE CITY’S EAST SIDE
HAPPENED AROUND 11 A.M. IN THE
AREA OF NOTTINGHAM ROAD AND
I-94. POLICE SAY THE DRIVER WAS
MAKING A DELIVERY WHEN A MAN
PULLED UP TO THE VAN. THEY SAY
ANOTHER MAN JUMPED INTO THE
VEHICLE AND TOOK OFF THE
GETAWAY VEHICLE AND THE
DELIVERY VAN WAS LATER FOUND
NEAR ALTER ROAD AND OUTER
DRIVE. THE DRIVER WAS NOT HURT.
THE PACKAGES WERE RECOVERED. IF
YOU RECOGNIZE THE SUSPECTS,
CALL DETROIT POLICE OR CRIME
STOPPERS. THAT NUMBER IS ONE
800. SPEAK UP. THE FULTON
COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
PROPOSES A ARRAIGNMENT AND
TRIAL DATES FOR FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS
CO-DEFENDANTS IN GEORGIA.
>> IN A MOTION FILED TODAY,
FANI WILLIS SUGGESTS
ARRAIGNMENT SHOULD HAPPEN THE
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER FIFTH, 2023,
AND THE TRIAL SHOULD TAKE PLACE
ON MARCH 4TH, 2024. MR. TRUMP
AND OTHER DEFENDANTS HAVE UNTIL
AUGUST 25TH AT NOON TO
SURRENDER TO AUTHORITIES IN
ATLANTA FOR PROCESSING. AND A
DATE IS SET FOR A HEARING FOR
ONE OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
CO DEFENDANTS IN THE GEORGIA
2020 ELECTION PROBE. THE
HEARING WILL CONSIDER FORMER
WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF MARK
MEADOWS REQUESTS TO MOVE HIS
TRIAL TO FEDERAL COURT. THE
EVIDENTIARY HEARING IS SET FOR
AUGUST 28TH.
>> TWO MEN CONVICTED IN THE
PLOT TO KIDNAP GOVERNOR
GRETCHEN WHITMER ARE TRYING TO
HAVE THEIR CONVICTIONS
OVERTURNED. ADAM FOX IS SERVING
16 YEARS IN BARRY CROFT, 19
YEARS IN PRISON IN NEW COURT
FILINGS, BOTH ARGUE THEY SHOULD
GET A NEW TRIAL BECAUSE THE
JUDGE FAILED TO ADDRESS
CONCERNS ABOUT A POTENTIALLY
BIASED JUROR WHOM THEY CLAIM
BECAME FOREMAN. THE PAIR ALSO
CLAIMED THE JUDGE IMPOSED
UNFAIR TIME LIMITS ON THEIR
ATTORNEYS DURING
CROSS-EXAMINATION. A FEDERAL
APPEALS COURT WILL DECIDE
WHETHER TO HEAR THE CASE.
>> THE TWO NIGERIAN MEN CHARGED
IN CONNECTION TO THE DEATH OF A
17 YEAR OLD LOCAL MAN, JORDAN
DUMAIS, WILL BE BACK IN COURT
TOMORROW. DUMAIS TOOK HIS OWN
LIFE LAST YEAR AFTER HE WAS
ALLEGEDLY TRICKED ONLINE INTO
SENDING EXPLICIT PHOTOS OF
HIMSELF. THE MEN ARE BROTHERS
AND ACCUSED OF CONTACTING YOUNG
TEENS AND MEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA,
POSING AS GIRLS. PROSECUTORS
SAY THEY CONVINCED THEIR
TARGETS TO SEND SEXUALLY
EXPLICIT PHOTOS AND THEN
EXTORTED THE VICTIMS.
TOMORROW’S HEARING IS IN GRAND
RAPIDS, AND WE’LL KEEP YOU
UPDATED ON THIS ONE.
>> A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT
WEDNESDAY RULED TO RESTRICT THE
ABORTION MEDICATION
MIFEPRISTONE. THE DECISION
WIPES AWAY A LOWER COURT’S
RULING THAT WOULD HAVE TAKEN IT
OFF THE MARKET COMPLETELY. THE
PILL IS ONE OF THE DRUGS USED
TO INDUCE A SO-CALLED MEDICAL
ABORTION. THE COURT FOUND THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DID NOT
FOLLOW THE PROPER PROCESS WHEN
IT LOOSENED REGULATIONS ON IT.
BACK IN 2016. THE DECISION
WON’T CHANGE THE AVAILABILITY
OF THE PILL IN THE SHORT TERM.
THAT’S BECAUSE AN EARLIER
SUPREME COURT DECISION
GUARANTEES ITS AVAILABILITY.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS
EXPECTED TO APPEAL.
>> ALL RIGHT. SO MICHIGAN STATE
UNIVERSITY IS ONE STEP CLOSER
TO SELLING ALCOHOL AT SOME
SPORTING EVENTS. THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES UNANIMOUSLY AGREED THE
SCHOOL SHOULD APPLY FOR LIQUOR
LICENSES TO SELL ALCOHOL AT
FOUR FOOTBALL GAMES. THE VOTE
COMES AFTER GOVERNOR WHITMER
SIGNED A BILL IN JULY TO LIFT A
STATE BAN ON SELLING ALCOHOL AT
COLLEGE SPORTING EVENTS IF THE
LIQUOR LICENSES ARE APPROVED BY
THE MICHIGAN LIQUOR COMMISSION.
THE UNIVERSITY PLANS TO SELL
ALCOHOL AT SPARTAN STADIUM,
STARTING WITH THE SEPTEMBER