FOR MISSPENDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN PUBLIC FORFEITURE FUNDS. DID HE AVOID
JAIL? AND HERE’S KIM ADAMS.
>> WELL, WE’VE GOT A FEW CLOUDS
OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT IS
DRY COOLER THAN NORMAL WITH
TEMPERATURES ONLY IN THE 60S.
AND WE’RE SETTING OURSELVES UP
FOR THE COOLEST NIGHT. WE’VE
SEEN ALL WEEK LONG. I’LL TELL
YOU HOW LOW THOSE TEMPS GO
TONIGHT. IN A FEW MINUTES, 43
YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
>> BUT THAT’S NOT A REASON TO
CELEBRATE. SO SAYS MEMBERS OF
MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING.
YOU’VE GOT DISTRACTED.
>> YOU’VE GOT DRUGS, YOU’VE GOT
DRINKING.
>> THEY ARE NOW FIGHTING A
WHOLE LOT OF OTHER DEEDS.
>> LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT,
LOCAL 4 NEWS, FIRST AT FOUR
STARTS NOW.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M KAREN
DREW. FIRST AT FOUR. WE ARE
ABOUT 32 HOURS AWAY FROM THE
UAW STRIKE DEADLINE AND WE HAVE
SEEN A SHIFT IN NEGOTIATIONS.
SO HERE’S THE LATEST AT THIS
HOUR, THERE IS NO DEAL WITH ANY
OF THE AUTOMAKERS. FORD GENERAL
MOTORS OR STELLANTIS.
NEGOTIATORS FOR ALL THREE HAVE
NOW MOVED TO THE UAW SOLIDARITY
HOUSE. SO UNION PRESIDENT JOHN
FEIN CAN MORE EASILY MONITOR
THE BARGAINING WITH ALL THREE
COMPANIES. FORD IS THE LATEST
TO BOOST ITS OFFER. CEO JIM
FARLEY SAYS IT’S BEEN
SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED, BUT
THERE ARE LIMITS. RIGHT NOW THE
UAW IS GETTING READY TO KICK
OFF ANOTHER PRACTICE PICKET
THIS ONE IN FRONT OF THE
DEARBORN TRUCK PLANT UNION HAS
HAD A FEW OF THESE EVENTS TO
RALLY THE FAITHFUL AND SHOW
IT’S READY TO STRIKE ANY OR ALL
OF THE AUTOMAKERS IF NEW DEALS
ARE NOT IN PLACE BY 11:59 P.M.
TOMORROW. MEANTIME UAW
PRESIDENT SEAN FEIN WILL OFFER
HIS NEXT FACEBOOK LIVE UPDATE
IN ONE HOUR. THAT’S WHEN HE’LL
SHARE HIS LATEST REACTION TO
THE NEGOTIATIONS. AND ALSO GIVE
US A SENSE OF WHERE THINGS
STAND. WE’LL HAVE HIGHLIGHTS
FROM THAT MESSAGE AT FIVE AND
SIX. RIGHT NOW, BUSINESS EDITOR
ROB MALONEY JOINS US FROM THE
UAW. SOLIDARY HOUSE. SO, ROD,
WHAT ARE YOUR SOURCES TELLING
YOU ABOUT THE NEXT UPDATE? AND
ARE ANY OF THE AUTOMAKERS CLOSE
TO A DEAL?
>> YOU KNOW, IT’S HARD TO TELL
WHETHER ANYBODY’S CLOSE TO A
DEAL, BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS
THAT THEY ARE TALKING HERE.
THEY STARTED HERE TODAY IN
EARNEST BECAUSE IT’S A HIVE OF
ACTIVITY IN HERE. SHAWN FEIN
GETTING READY FOR THAT UPDATE.
AND ALSO THEY’VE DECIDED
BECAUSE FOR EFFICIENCY’S SAKE,
TO HAVE SEAN FEIN GOING AROUND
TO ALL THREE OF THE MAIN TABLES
. AND SO THEY’RE IN HERE DOING
THAT, TALKING NOW, STELLANTIS
JUST DROPPED A THIRD COUNTER
OFFER THIS AFTERNOON. WE DON’T
HAVE THE DETAILS ON THAT. BUT
CERTAINLY SEAN FEIN IS GOING TO
BE LOOKING AT THAT. A PRETTY
GOOD CHANCE THAT HE’LL BE
TALKING ABOUT THE FORD COUNTER
OFFER AND THE STELLANTIS
COUNTER OFFER WHEN HE DOES HIS
UPDATE AT 5:00.
>> SO WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST
STICKING POINTS RIGHT NOW? I
KNOW UAW OBVIOUSLY LOWERED THAT
WAGE INCREASE THAT THEY WERE
ASKING, BUT THEN LAST NIGHT,
CEO FARLEY CAME OUT AND SAID,
YOU KNOW, THAT FOUR DAY
WORKWEEK, THAT’S NOT GOING TO
BE DOABLE. SO WHERE DO THINGS
STAND RIGHT.
>> WELL, I THINK THAT THERE ARE
JUST SOME THINGS THE CAR
COMPANIES WILL NOT TALK ABOUT
OR WILL NOT ACQUIESCE TO THE 32
HOUR WORKWEEK PENSIONS, RETIRE
FREE HEALTH CARE. THOSE ARE THE
BACK ENDS OF THE RATHER
AUDACIOUS DEMANDS THAT SEAN
FEIN CALLS THEM. THAT THE
COMPANIES ARE JUST NOT GOING TO
GET INVOLVED WITH A LOT OF THAT
STUFF. JOBS BANK WAS ANOTHER
ONE. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WERE
GIVEN UP AS PART OF THE
BANKRUPTCY AND THE CAR
COMPANIES LOOK AT THAT AND SAY
THERE ISN’T EVEN A CHANCE WE’RE
GOING TO GO WITH THAT. SO IT’S
THE QUESTION OF BECOMING WHAT
THEY CAN DO WITH THE WAGES AND
THE PROTECTIONS AND THE
INFLATION PROTECTION AND THE
JOB SECURITY ISSUES. THOSE ARE
ALWAYS THE BIG, BIG THINGS THAT
THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH. AND SO
AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, I’M
CERTAIN THAT THAT’S THAT’S SOME
OF THE STUFF THAT THEY’RE
WORKING ON, TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO PARCEL OUT THE
MONEY.
>> ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE WILL
CHECK BACK WITH YOU AT FIVE.
OBVIOUSLY, WE’LL BE HAVING
HEARING A LOT MORE UPDATES IN
THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WE
APPRECIATE IT. THANKS, ROD.
WELL WITH A THREAT OF A STRIKE
LOOMING, THE DETROIT AUTO SHOW
IS STILL TRYING TO SHINE A
LIGHT ON WHAT IS NEXT. AND ALSO
WHAT’S NEW. WE’VE SEEN A SERIES
OF REVEALS TODAY INCLUDE THIS
ONE FROM JEEP GLADIATOR. IT’S A
FIGHT WITH THE GODS AND THE
GIANT SLAYER. OR TAKE A LOOK,
2024 JEEP GLADIATOR. IT IS
DESCRIBED AS A 100% TRUCK AND
100% JEEP COMES WITH 7,700
POUNDS OF TOWING CAPABILITY AND
MORE THAN 1,700 POUNDS OF
PAYLOAD. WE WILL HAVE
HIGHLIGHTS FROM MORE REVEALS ON
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE. BY THE
WAY, THE CHARITY PREVIEW JUST A
FEW DAYS AWAY. WE SURE HOPE
YOU’LL JOIN US FOR A SPECIAL
COVERAGE FRIDAY NIGHT. JASON
COLTHORPE RHONDA WALKER AND OUR
MORNING TEAM WILL BE JOINED BY
SPECIAL GUESTS TO SHOW SOME OF
THE LATEST AUTO INNOVATIONS.
THAT’S FRIDAY NIGHT, 7:00 ON
LOCAL 4. WE’RE ALSO STREAMING
ON LOCAL 4 PLUS. MEANTIME MORE
THAN 1000 BLUE CROSS BLUE
SHIELD, MICHIGAN WORKERS HAVE
WALKED OFF THE JOB. THEY ARE
ALSO REPRESENTED BY THE UAW
TALKS ON A NEW CONTRACT FOR
CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS HAVE
REALLY BROKEN DOWN AND
EMPLOYEES HIT THE PICKET LINE
IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT. THE
INSURANCE COMPANY SAYS IT HAS
CONTINGENCY PLANS IN PLACE, BUT
WARNS SERVICES PROVIDED OVER
THE PHONE MIGHT TAKE LONGER
DURING THE STRIKE. WE’LL KEEP
YOU POSTED ON THIS DISPUTE AS
WELL. NEW AT FOUR, HE WAS ONCE
A POWERFUL PROSECUTOR IN MACOMB
COUNTY. TODAY ERIC SMITH JUST
AVOIDED FURTHER TIME BEHIND
BARS. TODAY, SENTENCING FOCUSED
ON STATE CHARGES FOR MISSPENT
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS IN PUBLIC FORFEITURE
FUNDS. SMITH APOLOGIZED TO THE
COURT BEFORE SENTENCING, AND IN
THE END, THE JUDGE STUCK TO
TERMS OF A PLEA DEAL. SMITH GOT
FOUR YEARS PROBATION, $25,000
IN RESTITUTION. FINE, PLUS
COURT COSTS AND AN $8,000 FINE.
SMITH PREVIOUSLY SERVED NEARLY
SEVEN MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON
IN AN UNRELATED CASE. OUR
VICTOR WILLIAMS SPOKE WITH
SMITH AFTER THE HEARING. YOU’RE
GOING TO HEAR HIS REACTION
TONIGHT AT FIVE. CLOSING
ARGUMENTS GOT UNDERWAY TODAY IN
THE TRIAL OF THREE MEN ACCUSED
OF TAKING PART IN THAT 2020
PLOT TO KIDNAP GOVERNOR
GRETCHEN WHITMER. DEFENDANTS
ERIC MOLITOR AND BROTHERS
WILLIAM AND MICHAEL NULL FACE
OVER 20 YEARS IN PRISON. SO IF
CONVICTED, PROSECUTORS ARGUED
THE MEN HATED GOVERNMENT AND
WERE READY TO KILL ANYONE WHO
GOT IN THEIR WAY. DEFENSE
ATTORNEYS SAY THE PROSECUTOR
DID NOT SHOW THAT THE MEN
INTENDED TO SUPPORT A TERRORIST
ACT.
>> THEY DIDN’T MAKE IT HARD TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE
ABOUT. I MEAN, THEY WORE THE
BOOGALOO PATCH. THEY THEY
WANTED TO OVERTHROW OUR
GOVERNMENT. AS CRAZY AS THAT
SOUNDS, AS AS CRAZY AS THAT
SOUNDS, THAT’S WHAT THEY WANTED
.
>> THERE’S NO DIRECT EVIDENCE
THAT MR. MOLITOR HAD INTENT.
THE INTENT THAT’S GOING TO BE
REQUIRED. INTENT WASN’T BROUGHT
UP. SPECIFIC INTENT TO DO
CERTAIN THINGS TO INTIMIDATE,
COERCE, EFFECT, INFLUENCE.
THOSE ARE THE MAGIC WORDS.
>> AFTER CLOSING ARGUMENTS, THE
JUDGE WILL GIVE INSTRUCTIONS TO
THE JURY. WE’LL KEEP YOU POSTED
WHEN DELIBERATIONS START. BUT
IN YOUR FIRST FORECAST, WE’RE
GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AHEAD TO
THE EVENING WEATHER. LOOKS
CALM. A LITTLE COOL, BUT LET’S
GET THE LATEST FROM FOREWARN
METEOROLOGIST KIM ADAMS. HEY
KIM. HEY, KAREN.
>> WELL, IT IS COOL. IN FACT,
QUITE COOL IN SOME SPOTS. IT’S
ONLY 60 IN HOWELL, PONTIAC AND
MOUNT CLEMENS, THERE’S
DEFINITELY MORE CLOUD COVERAGE
IN PARTS OF THE THUMB AND DOWN
INTO OAKLAND AND MACOMB
COUNTIES. THAT’S WHY
TEMPERATURES ARE A BIT LOWER.
AND THEN IN THE CITY AT 69
DEGREES AND AT METRO 67, QUITE
A BIT COLDER THAN IT WAS
YESTERDAY. IN FACT, RIGHT NOW
IT IS 12 DEGREES COOLER HERE IN
MOUNT CLEMENS THAN IT WAS
YESTERDAY, 11 DEGREES COOLER IN
HOWELL AND SEVEN DEGREES COOLER
TODAY THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY IN
PONTIAC. SO A LITTLE CHILLY AND
WE’LL BE DROPPING DOWN INTO THE
LOW TO MID 50S BY MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. AND TONIGHT WILL BE
THE COOLEST NIGHT OF THE WEEK.
49 DEGREES. THAT’S AT THE
AIRPORT. SOME OF THE SUBURBS
COULD BE DROPPING DOWN INTO THE
40S, BUT SUNSHINE GETS US UP TO
A HIGH OF 69 TOMORROW. SO
THERE’S A FROST ADVISORY IN
EFFECT, DOESN’T IT’S NOT FOR
SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN, BUT
IT’S GETTING REALLY CLOSE. SO
WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT COMING
UP.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, KIM. A
TERRIFYING TWO WEEKS IS FINALLY
OVER AS THIS ESCAPED MURDERER
IS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. THIS IS
THE SCENE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
DANIELLO CAVALCANTE WAS
ARRESTED IN SOME WOODS JUST
WEST OF PHILADELPHIA, BRINGING
RELIEF TO NEARBY RESIDENTS. HE
WAS CONSIDERED ARMED AND
DANGEROUS AFTER STEALING A
RIFLE AND AMMUNITION WHILE ON
THE RUN. THERMAL IMAGING
SPOTTED HIM. IT WAS ABOUT ONE
IN THE MORNING, BUT STORMS
PREVENTED TEAMS FROM TRACKING
HIM UNTIL THIS MORNING. THE
ESCAPEE TRIED TO CRAWL THROUGH
SOME THICK BUSHES AND WAS
BITTEN ON THE HEAD BY A SEARCH
DOG AS HE WAS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY. NO SHOTS WERE FIRED.
FOR MANY OF US, IT SEEMS LIKE
MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING
HAS BEEN AROUND FOREVER. WELL,
ABOUT HOW ABOUT 43 YEARS? THE
ORGANIZATION JUST MARKED THAT
ANNIVERSARY, BUT MANY MEMBERS
SAY THERE ISN’T MUCH TO
CELEBRATE. PAULA TUTMAN JOINS
US IN DOWNTOWN ROCHESTER WITH
WHY AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF
SERVICE, THERE IS STILL A SENSE
OF GRIEF AND GRAVITY PAULA.
>> YEAH, HI, KAREN. THERE IS
CERTAINLY SOME TO CELEBRATE OR
I SHOULDN’T SAY CELEBRATE. I
SHOULD SAY DEFINITELY
COMMEMORATE. I WANT YOU TO
CONSIDER A VEHICLE CAREENING
108MPH. IT GOES INTO ANOTHER
CAR, AND THE ONLY THING THAT
STOPS IT ARE THE BODIES IN THAT
OTHER VEHICLE. IT IS FROM THAT
VANTAGE. SOME MEMBERS OF
MICHIGAN, MADD ARE
COMMEMORATING THE 43RD
ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATE DON’T
CELEBRATE BECAUSE THERE’S STILL
SO MUCH WORK TO DO. THAT’S WHAT
SUE STRONG AND JASON WALDRON OF
MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING
MICHIGAN CHAPTER SAY ABOUT THE
43RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE
ORGANIZED NATION, THE YEAR MADD
WAS FORMED, JASON’S ENTIRE
FAMILY WAS WIPED OUT BY A DRUNK
DRIVER ON THEIR WAY HOME AT THE
SAME TIME, PETER SUITER DECIDED
TO CROSS THE CENTER LINE AND
GET IN HIS CAR WITH A 3.28
ALCOHOL LIMIT AND KILLED MY
FATHER, MY STEP STEPMOTHER AND
BOTH MY BROTHERS KILLED HIMSELF
AS WELL.
>> AND I SURVIVED IT. LOCAL 4
SAFETY EXPERT DARNELL BLACKBURN
SAYS THAT IN HIS EXPERIENCE AS
A POLICE OFFICER, HE BELIEVES
BUT FOR MADD, SOCIETY WOULD
HAVE AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT VIEW
OF DRUNK DRIVING, ONE THAT
PREDATES THE FOUNDING OF MADD
IN 1980.
>> MOTHERS HAVE PUT FACES WITH
THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO’VE
LOST THEIR LIVES AT THE HANDS
OF SOMEONE ELSE WHO IS
EXCESSIVE DRINKING, WHO IS
DOING SOMETHING THAT CAN EASILY
BE PREVENTED. MADD’S INFLUENCE
CAN BE FELT IN ATTITUDES AND
LAWS.
>> POLICE OFFICERS, ARE THEY
PATROL AREAS WHERE THERE ARE
MORE BARS AND THEY’RE TRYING TO
CURB THE IDEA OF PEOPLE DRIVING
DRUNK IN GENERAL, SINCE WE WERE
CONCEIVED, DRUNK DRIVING
CRASHES HAVE CONSIDERABLY WENT
DOWN 50.
>> BUT MADD CONTINUES TO HAVE A
GROWING PROBLEM.
>> LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT OTHER
D. WELL, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
D’S.
>> THERE’S A COUPLE OF D’S, I
THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT
MAD MAD THAT THOSE D’S CAN
STAND FOR MULTIPLE THINGS.
>> SO YOU’VE GOT DISTRACTED,
YOU’VE GOT DRUGS, YOU’VE GOT
DRINKING. SO MAD STANDS FOR PAY
ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU’RE DOING
BEHIND THAT WHEEL. I’VE
CURRENTLY BECOME THE MADD
MICHIGAN ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR
BECAUSE I DO HAVE A LOUD MOUTH
AND I WILL NOT STOP TALKING. I
WILL NOT STOP YOU KNOW,
SCREAMING. THE MESSAGE, YOU
KNOW, WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT MORE
WORK TO DO RIGHT NOW ALSO, THEY
ARE MICRO-FOCUSED ON BOATING
AND BOATING UNDER THE
INFLUENCE.
>> BUT KAREN, ALSO WANT YOU TO
PUT SOMETHING ELSE IN
PERSPECTIVE. I WANT YOU TO
THINK ABOUT THIS. BY THE TIME
YOU SAY YOUR GOODBYES ON THIS
NEWSCAST, STATISTICALLY,
NATIONALLY, 37 MORE PEOPLE WILL
HAVE DIED AT THE HANDS OF DRUNK
OR IMPAIRED OR DISTRACTED
DRIVERS. THAT’S ABOUT 37 PEOPLE
EVERY 39 SECONDS. WOW KAREN,
HORRIFIC STAT.