BREAKING NEWS ALERT. FINALLY FREE W N B A STAR BRITNEY GRINER ON HER WAY BACK HOME AFTER THE
U. S AND RUSSIA AGREED WITH
PRISONER EXCHANGE, BUT WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN FOR NOVI NATIVE PAUL
WHELAN? GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M
KRISTY MCDONALD. THANKS SO MUCH
FOR JOINING ME TODAY, PRESIDENT
BIDEN SIGNED OFF ON A TRADE
BETWEEN GRINER IN EXCHANGE FOR
RUSSIAN ARMS DEALER. THIS IS A
ONE ON ONE EXCHANGE, MEANING THE
U. S HAD TO LEAVE BEHIND PAUL
WHELAN, THE NOVI NATIVE WHO HAS
BEEN BEHIND BARS IN RUSSIA FOR
NEARLY FOUR YEARS. LET’S GO LIVE
NOW TO OUR LOCAL FOR NEWSROOM
ROD MELONI AND ROD. YOU JUST
SPOKE TO PAUL’S BROTHER A SHORT
TIME AGO. THIS MUST BE ANOTHER
DISAPPOINTMENT FOR THE FAMILY.
ABSOLUTELY IS CHRISTIE DAVID
WHEELER EARS POLLS, TWIN BROTHER
, AND TODAY WAS A CRUSHING BLOW
TO THE FAMILY’S HOPES THAT PAUL
COULD FIND HIS WAY HOME AFTER
JUST SHY OF FOUR YEARS IN
RUSSIAN DETENTION. HE’S IN A
MOLDOVAN PRISON CAMP RIGHT NOW
CONVICTED OF SPYING NOW I DIDN’T
NEED TO SPEAK WITH DAVID, AND HE
WAS CERTAINLY DISAPPOINTED, BUT
ALSO GRACIOUS ABOUT THE GRINDER
RELEASE. OH, FOR SURE. YOU KNOW
, PAUL, STILL IN A RUSSIAN LABOR
COLONY, AND HIS END IS NOT NOT
IN SIGHT. HIS HIS COMING HOME IS
NOT IN SIGHT. SO UM, YOU KNOW,
WE’RE DISAPPOINTED FOR PAUL WERE
DISAPPOINTED FOR I’M
DISAPPOINTED FOR MY PARENTS. BUT
AT THE SAME TIME, IT’S A GREAT
DAY FOR MISS GRINER TO BE HOME,
BRITTANY AND CHERYL TO BE ABLE
TO SPEND THE HOLIDAY TOGETHER.
AND, FRANKLY, ANY DAY THAT
WRONGFULLY DETAINED AMERICAN
COMES HOME IS A GREAT DAY
NEGOTIATIONS TO FREE POLL
WHEELING IN BRITTANY GRINER HAVE
BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS. NOW
THE US DEALING WITH A SINGLE
APPOINTED NEGOTIATOR WHO HAD
VERY HIGH DEMANDS THE US GAVE
INTO ALLOWING A PRISONER SWAP.
ARMS DEALER VIKTOR BOOT IS THE
PERSON THE U. S IS RELEASING TO
RUSSIA IN EXCHANGE FOR GRINER,
BUT THEY COULD NOT REACH A DEAL
FOR PAUL WHELAN. PRESIDENT BIDEN
TODAY SPOKE ABOUT THAT PART OF
THE ONGOING SAGA NOT FORGOTTEN
ABOUT PAUL WHELAN, WHO HAS BEEN
UNJUSTLY DETAINED IN RUSSIA FOR
YEARS. THIS WAS NOT A CHOICE OF
WHICH AMERICANS BRING HOME. WE
BROUGHT HOME TREVOR READ WHEN WE
HAD A CHANCE EARLIER THIS YEAR,
SADLY, FOR TOTALLY ILLEGITIMATE
REASONS, RUSSIA IS TREATING
PAUL’S CASE DIFFERENTLY THAN
BRITTANY’S AND WHAT WE HAVE NOT
YET SUCCEEDED IN SECURING POLLS
RELEASE. WE ARE NOT GIVING UP.
WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP. I THINK
IT MAY BE THAT WE’RE GETTING
CLARITY. NOW THAT THE U. S
DOESN’T HAVE ANY CONCESSIONS THE
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT WANTS BECAUSE
THEY DON’T HAVE ANY SPIES TO
EXCHANGE AND SO IT MAY BE THAT
THE US GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO GET
SOME RUSSIAN SPIES IN ORDER TO
BRING PAUL HOME. NOW NBC SPOKE
WITH PAUL WHELAN’S ATTORNEY IN
RUSSIA THIS MORNING. AND IN A
BIZARRE TWIST, HE IS UNDER THE
IMPRESSION THAT THERE ARE MANY
PEOPLE THAT RUSSIA COULD SWAMP
FOR PAUL WHELAN AND BELIEVES IT
COULD HAPPEN IN THE NEXT COUPLE
OF MONTHS. NOW HAVING SPOKEN
WITH DAVID WHEELING THIS MORNING
, HE DOESN’T SHARE THE SAME
OPTIMISM, SO WE’LL CERTAINLY BE
LOOKING INTO THIS CHECKING BACK
WITH HIM TO SEE IF HE HAS
ANYTHING MORE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
WE’LL HAVE MORE ON LOCAL 4 NEWS
AT FOUR AND AGAIN AT FIVE. IN
THE NEWS FROM ROD MELONI, FOUR
LOCAL ALRIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD.
THANKS SO MUCH ROD. ALSO
BREAKING THIS NEW IN THE HOUSE
GIVES ITS FINAL OKAY TO A
LANDMARK BILL PROTECTING SAME
SEX AND INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES.
THE BIPARTISAN BILL PASSED 258
TO 169 AND HAS BEEN SENT TO
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S DESK FOR HIS
SIGNATURE. THE MEASURE REQUIRES
ALL STATES TO RECOGNIZE SAME SEX
MARRIAGES AND RECOGNIZE LEGAL
MARRIAGES, REGARDLESS OF SEX,
RACE, RACE, ETHNICITY OR
NATIONAL ORIGIN. IT IS RELIEF
FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
COUPLES WHO HAVE MARRIED SINCE
THE SUPREME COURT’S 2015
DECISION THAT LEGALIZED GAY
MARRIAGES NATIONWIDE. $50
MILLION. THAT IS HOW MUCH THE
FAMILY OF OCCASION MILLER IS
DEMANDING FROM DETROIT POLICE
AFTER THE MOTHER WAS KILLED BY
OFFICERS LAST MONTH, THE
FAMILY’S ATTORNEY, JEFFREY
FEIGER, HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE
JUST A SHORT TIME AGO AND OUR
GRANT HERMES IS LIVE AT DPT
HEADQUARTERS WITH MORE ON THIS
BIG LAWSUIT, GRANT CHRISTIE. THE
PAGE OF THIS LAWSUIT TELL A VERY
DIFFERENT STORY THAN THE ONE
THAT WE HEARD FROM DETROIT
POLICE JUST A MONTH AGO OCCASION
MILLER SHOOTING THE SECOND IN AS
MANY MONTHS AT THE HANDS OF
DETROIT POLICE WHILE SOMEBODY
WAS IN THE MIDST OF A MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS, ALL OF THIS
HAPPENING, WHILE THE ATTORNEY
JEFFREY FEIGER, AND HER FAMILY
SAYS THEY ARE STILL WAITING ON
VIDEO FROM THIS CASE INSIDE THE
$50 MILLION LAWSUIT ATTORNEY
JEFFREY FEIGER AND THE FAMILY OF
27 YEAR OLD CHIAZI MILLER
TELLING A VERY DIFFERENT STORY.
MILLER WAS KILLED BY POLICE IN
THE MIDST OF A MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS ON NOVEMBER 10TH. AT THE
TIME, POLICE SAYING MILLER HAD
ATTACKED HER MOTHER AND INJURED
ONE OF HER YOUNG SON’S POLICE
ALSO SAY SHE WAS ARMED WITH A
BAT, A KNIFE AND A GUN. THE
FAMILY AND FINGERS SAY THAT WAS
NOT THE CASE AT THE TIME OF HER
DEATH, THE LAWSUIT SAYS SHE WAS
ONLY WEARING UNDERWEAR AND WAS
HOLDING HER PHONE LIVE
STREAMING. IN THE INCIDENT AND
THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE RESPOND TO
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IS WITH
GUNS. IS INSANITY. AND IT’S NOT
COULD NOT CONTINUE AND IT SHOULD
COST BECAUSE NOBODY IS PAYING
ATTENTION TO IT UNLESS WE MAKE
THEM PAY A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY,
MAINTAINS THE LAWSUIT ISN’T AN
ATTACK ON POLICE BUT CALLED OUT
THE DEPARTMENT’S CRISIS TEAM TO
REPORTERS THIS MORNING AND I DO
NOT KNOW FOR THE LIFE OF ME. UH,
WHEN THE CITY OF DETROIT AND
CHIEF WHITE CLAIMS THAT HE HAS
CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM WHAT
THESE PEOPLE ARE TRAINED WITH,
BECAUSE THEY APPEAR TO BE
TRAINED ONLY TO SHOOT MENTALLY
ILL PEOPLE. THAT WE WERE TOLD
THE FAMILY OCCASION. MILLER
WOULD NOT BE SPEAKING TO
REPORTERS TODAY. WE ALSO REACHED
OUT TO DPD FOR COMMENT, BUT DID
NOT HEAR BACK FROM THEM BEFORE
TALKING TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
KRISTIE COMING UP AT FIVE
O’CLOCK TONIGHT WILL TELL YOU
THE STATE OF THOSE THREE
OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE ISSUES
, INCLUDING WHY ONE OF THOSE
OFFICERS, THE SERGEANT IN CHARGE
THAT EVENING IS SUSPENDED BUT IS
ALSO STILL BEING PAID AT DPD
HEADQUARTERS. GRANT HERMES LOCAL
4. SOUNDS GOOD. GRANT WILL SEE A
LITTLE BIT LATER ON TODAY. METRO
DETROIT MAN IS HEADING HOME
AFTER SPENDING A MONTH IN
CUSTODY IN SAUDI ARABIA.
MOHAMMED SALAMEH IS EXPECTED TO
LAND AT ANY TIME NOW. SALAMA’S
ARRESTED ONE MONTH AGO DURING A
PILGRIMAGE WITH HIS TWO SONS. HE
TRAVELED TO SAUDI ARABIA TO
VISIT A SACRED BUILDING IN MECCA
, AND AFTER AN ARGUMENT IN LINE
HE WAS ULTIMATELY ARRESTED.
SALAM WAS NEVER CHARGED WITH A
CRIME AND HIS FAMILY RECEIVED A
CALL AT TWO IN THE MORNING ON
WEDNESDAY THAT HE WAS ON A PLANE
BACK HOME. WE WILL KEEP YOU
UPDATED WITH HIS RETURN RIGHT
HERE ON LOCAL 4. LOCAL UROLOGIST
KNOWN FOR TREATING HOCKEY
PLAYERS, IS FACING MORE SEXUAL
ASSAULT CHARGES. DOCTORS V.
LOVREN IS FACING TWO ADDITIONAL
CHARGES OUT OF FARMING TONIGHT.
FARMINGTON HILLS ACCOUNTS
INCLUDE 2ND AND 4TH DEGREE
CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT. DR
LEVIN IS ACCUSED OF ABUSING
PLAYERS DURING PHYSICAL EXAMS.
POLICE BELIEVE THERE ARE MORE
VICTIMS OUT THERE. AN
INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER
A VEHICLE SMASHES INTO A GUN
SHOP IN DEARBORN HEIGHTS EARLY
THIS MORNING. GO AHEAD AND TAKE
A LOOK. THIS IS A TELEGRAPH NEAR
ANN ARBOR TRAIL. IT’S UNCLEAR IF
ANYTHING WAS TAKEN FROM THE
STORE, BUT SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE
WAS DONE TO THE BUSINESS. AS YOU
CAN SEE. ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE
AND A 15 YEAR OLD IS RUSHED TO
THE HOSPITAL AFTER BEING HIT BY
A CAR THIS MORNING. SKY FOR WAS
OVER THE SCENE AT NEWBURGH
BETWEEN FORD AND SHERRI HILL.
POLICE CLOSED THE AREA FOR
SEVERAL HOURS THIS MORNING. IT
HAS SINCE REOPENED. RIGHT NOW WE
KNOW THE TEAM WAS SERIOUSLY HURT
, BUT HIS CONDITION EXACTLY IS
NOT KNOWN. WE’LL KEEP YOU
UPDATED WITH ANY INFORMATION.
NEW THIS NOON, SENATOR CHUCK
SCHUMER IS RE ELECTED AS THE
DEMOCRATIC LEADER IN THE SENATE
. HE TAKES THE HELM OF A 51 SEAT
MAJORITY AFTER THE MIDTERM WINS
. THE RE ELECTION HAPPENED
DURING A PRIVATE MEETING IN THE
CAPITAL, AND THE DEMOCRATIC
CAUCUS ALSO CHOSE TO KEEP MOST
OF THE REST OF THE EXISTING
LEADERSHIP TEAM INTACT.
WASHINGTON STATE SENATOR PATTY
MURRAY WILL TAKE OVER AS SENATE
PRESIDENT PRO TEM, WHICH PUTS
HER THIRD IN LINE TO THE
PRESIDENCY. ALRIGHT LET’S GO
AHEAD AND TAKE A LIVE LOOK OUT
THERE THIS NOON AND IT’S A
LITTLE CLOUDY OUT THERE AND
STILL A LITTLE BIT WARM IF WE
WANT TO GET OUR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
OUT THERE, BUT THINGS ARE
CHANGING. SO LET’S HEAD ON OVER
TO BRANDON ROUX FOR OUR FIRST
LOOK AT THE FORECAST. CHRISTIE
IT’S DECEMBER JANUARY JUST DON’T
PRODUCE THE PRETTIEST OF THE
DAYS, A LOT OF CLOUDS AROUND AND
THAT HOLDS TRUE FOR TODAY. IT’S
AROUND 40 DEGREES, BUT EXACT
TRACK FOUR D RADAR SHOWS GOOD
CONDITIONS OTHER THAN CLOUDS
FROM WAYNE TO WARREN, LOOKING
GOOD AS WE LOOK DOWN SOUTH QUITE
A BIT OF RAIN HERE, BUT NOT
REALLY PART OF THE FORECAST THAT
WE’RE FOCUSED ON AT LEAST FOUR
TODAY. MOST OF THIS WET WEATHER
STAYS AWAY. WE ARE TRACKING A
FRIDAY WINTER STORM. WILL THE
SNOW STACK UP? I’VE GOT IT
AHEAD. WE’LL SEE YOU IN JUST A
BIT. THANKS, BRANDON. TO GET THE
WORD OUT ABOUT A STORY HAPPENING
IN YOUR COMMUNITY HELPED ME HANK
WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU ARE HANK
WINCHESTER HAS BEEN HITTING THE
ROAD MEETING PEOPLE ACROSS TOWN
TO TALK ABOUT ISSUES, CONCERNS
OR PROBLEMS IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO LET’S GO LIVE TO HANK
WINCHESTER. NOW HE’S AT THE RED
APPLE RESTAURANT IN WAYNE. HEY,
HANK. I HOPE THERE’S A
BOTTOMLESS CUP OF COFFEE AND
THEREFORE YOU SOMEWHERE. HEY YOU
KNOW WHAT? THAT’S SO FUNNY
BECAUSE I JUST ASKED FOR A
LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE WE HAVE
A BIG TURNOUT TODAY, OUR LOCAL 4
VIEWERS TURNING OUT BIG TIME
TELLING US ABOUT PROBLEMS THEY
ARE HAVING IN THEIR COMMUNITY
AND THEY CAME PREPARED GIVING ME
DOCUMENTATION PROVIDING ALL THE
INFORMATION AND THE RECEIPTS
ABOUT PROBLEMS THEY’VE HAD IN
THEIR COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT’S A
BAD LANDLORD ISSUES OF THE
CONTRACTOR. PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY ARE
FRUSTRATED. THEY WANT TO WORK TO
HAVE THESE PROBLEMS FIXED AND
RESOLVED AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT
I WANT TO DO. THAT’S WHAT HELPED
ME. HANK IS ALL ABOUT. THAT’S
WHAT I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU
DIRECTLY. TAKE A LOOK AT SOME
VIDEO AS YOU MENTIONED HERE.
WE’RE IN WAYNE AT THE RED APPLE
RESTAURANT. BIG TURNOUT TODAY A
LOT OF OUR VIEWERS FROM ALL OVER
METRO DETROIT NOT ONLY HERE FROM
THE DOWN RIVER AREA BUT FROM
DETROIT AND ALSO FROM THE EAST
SIDE. MAKING THEIR WAY HERE TO
SHARE THEIR STORIES. A LOT OF
PEOPLE CONCERNED STILL ABOUT THE
ECONOMY. CHRISTIE THAT IS A BIG
ISSUE, BUT WE’VE BEEN HEARING
TODAY A LOT ABOUT HEATING
ISSUES, PEOPLE HAVING BATTLES
WITH THEIR LANDLORDS WITH
DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS. FURNACE
WORK THAT WAS DONE. SO THESE ARE
ALL THINGS THAT WE’RE GOING TO
BE WORKING TO TRY TO RESOLVE AND
CONNECTING WITH OUR VIEWERS
HERE. SO AGAIN. WE’RE GOING TO
REMAIN HERE AT THE RESTAURANT
HERE IN WAYNE, THE RED APPLE
RESTAURANT FOR ABOUT THE NEXT
HOUR WE GOT I GOT TO MAKE MY WAY
THROUGH THIS ROOM. WE ALREADY
DID THE FRONT ROOM NOW I GOT TO
MAKE MY WAY HERE TO THE BACK.
WELL, THEN, PATIENTLY WAITING SO
I WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE IF
YOU’RE NOT ABLE TO GET OUT TO
ONE OF OUR HEAR ME OUT SESSIONS.
THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS
YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH ME
DIRECTLY IN THE HELP ME, HANK
TEAM. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
FROM YOU AND WORKING TO HELP YOU
RESOLVE ANY CONSUMER RELATED
ISSUES YOU HAVE. CHRISTIE. THAT
IS THE LATEST HERE FROM WAYNE.
I’M GOING TO SEND IT BACK TO YOU
IN THE STUDIO. ALL RIGHT. THANKS
HANK. I LOVE IT THAT YOU ARE
JUST THERE TO LISTEN. SOUNDS