SOON I’LL HAVE THE SMOKE FORECAST COMING UP. WE ALSO HAVE BREAKING NEWS AS THIS MURDER
SUSPECT GOES TO COURT IN WAYNE
COUNTY AFTER FACING CHARGES IN
TROY.
>> LAST WEEK. WE HAVE THE
JUDGE’S NEW DECISION ON BAIL.
PAULA A LOCAL RAPPER CHEATS
DEATH IN A CAR ACCIDENT, LOSES
HIS MEMORY AND SUFFERS AMNESIA.
>> I SURVIVED SOMETHING THAT A
LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN’T SURVIVE.
TODAY HE IS BACK MAKING MUSIC.
BUT HE IS SINGING AN ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT TUNE.
>> LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT
LOCAL 4 NEWS. FIRST AT FOUR
STARTS NOW.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANKS SO
MUCH FOR JOINING ME. I’M CHRISTY
MCDONALD IN FOR KAREN DREW.
FIRST AT FOUR, WE ARE TRACKING A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF ISOLATED POP UP
SHOWERS, BUT WE’RE ALSO DEALING
WITH ANOTHER AIR QUALITY ALERT.
IT CONTINUES ON INTO THE EVENING
TONIGHT. HERE’S A LOOK AT
DOWNTOWN DETROIT ON YOUR LEFT
AND ON THE RIGHT, THERE’S VIDEO
FROM THOSE CANADIAN WILDFIRES
THAT CONTINUE TO PUSH SMOKE INTO
THE US. AND GIVE OUR SKIES A
SMOKY HAZE AS 25 MILLION ACRES
HAVE ALREADY BURNED IN CANADA
WITH NO END IN SIGHT.
METEOROLOGIST KIM ADAMS BRINGS
US UP TO DATE IN THE FIRST
FORECAST. HERE WE GO AGAIN, HUH?
KIM
>> HERE WE GO AGAIN. AND A LOT
OF PEOPLE ARE ASKING WHY? WHY IS
THIS HAPPENING? WELL IT’S REALLY
THE VOLUME OF WILDFIRES THAT ARE
BURNING OUT OF CONTROL. THIS IS
HISTORIC FOR CANADA. THEY JUST
HAVE MORE FIRES BURNING. AND
THEN THE CURRENT WEATHER PATTERN
JUST SUPPORTS THAT SMOKE BLOWING
HERE TO LOWER MICHIGAN. BUT
REALLY, IT’S THE VOLUME OF
WILDFIRES PART OF IT. PEOPLE
BELIEVE BECAUSE OF CLIMATE
CHANGE, BECAUSE THINGS ARE
GETTING HOTTER AND A LOT OF
THOSE FIRES ARE MANMADE AS WELL.
BUT HERE IN DETROIT, LET’S LOOK
AT OUR AIR QUALITY INDEX. JUST
TO REMIND YOU, IT GOES FROM GOOD
ALL THE WAY UP TO HAZARDOUS. AND
WE ARE RIGHT HERE. UNHEALTHY FOR
SOME. THAT’S WHERE WE ARE ON THE
EAST SIDE. NOW, IF YOU’RE ON THE
WEST SIDE THROUGH PARTS OF
WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY INTO
WASHTENAW OR OAKLAND COUNTY,
MODERATE. SO NOT AS MUCH OF AN
ISSUE, BUT THE WORST OF IT IS
DOWN TO OUR SOUTH AND PARTS OF
CENTRAL OHIO WHERE IT IS
UNHEALTHY FOR ALL. AND YOU CAN
SEE, LOOK AT ALL THESE. THESE
ARE CURRENT BURNING WILDFIRES
THAT ARE OUT OF CONTROL, MOST OF
WHICH ARE OUT OF CONTROL. AND
THAT SMOKE, BECAUSE OF THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT CAME
THROUGH, IS POURING JUST DOWN TO
THEIR SOUTH OF US WHERE IT’S THE
WORST. BUT ALSO CLEARING IT OUT.
WE HAD A FRONT COME THROUGH. SO
IT’S BETTER IN MARQUETTE, BETTER
THROUGH CENTRAL MICHIGAN, AND
WE’LL BE BETTER BY BY TOMORROW.
SO WE’LL TALK ABOUT OUR
IMPROVING AIR QUALITY AND ALSO,
YOU MENTIONED THAT SLIGHT RISK
OF AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR I’LL
SHOW YOU EXACT TRACK RADAR IN
JUST A MINUTE.
>> A DETROIT MAN ACCUSED OF
BEATING A WOMAN IN A TARGET
PARKING LOT IN TROY JUST FACED A
NEW MURDER CHARGE IN WAYNE
COUNTY. 31 YEAR OLD ANDREW HALL
IS ACCUSED OF KILLING A WOMAN IN
DETROIT. DAYS AFTER THE ATTACK
IN TROY. HE WAS ARRAIGNED JUST
ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO IN WAYNE
COUNTY. HALL IS ACCUSED OF
KILLING 40 YEAR OLD LISA MOFFAT
OF ROYAL OAK IN THE 300 BLOCK OF
WEST MCNICOLL BACK ON JULY 11TH.
WELL, TODAY THE JUDGE ENTERED A
NOT GUILTY PLEA ON HIS BEHALF
AND ORDERED THAT HE BE HELD
WITHOUT BAIL. HALL IS EXPECTED
TO BE BACK IN COURT ON JULY
25TH. WE ARE ALSO FOLLOWING THE
CASE OF DOCTORS V LEVIN, THE
SO-CALLED HOCKEY DOC, FACING
SEVERAL COUNTS OF CRIMINAL
SEXUAL CONDUCT. MANY OF THE
CHARGES HE FACES FOCUS ON YOUTH
HOCKEY PLAYERS, BUT NOT THIS
CASE BEFORE A JUDGE IN OAKLAND
COUNTY TODAY. A WOMAN WITH
NUMEROUS MEDICAL ISSUES SAYS SHE
SOUGHT THE DOCTOR’S HELP AND
INSTEAD SHE SAID HE ASKED HER
MANY SEXUALLY EXPLICIT QUESTIONS
AND PERFORMED A PROCEDURE SHE
CALLED CREEPY AND HORRIFIC.
LEVIN IS FACING TWO COUNTS OF
FIRST DEGREE CRIMINAL SEXUAL
CONDUCT. THE JUDGE HEARD FINAL
ARGUMENTS TODAY ON WHETHER A
JURY SHOULD GET THIS CASE. THE
JUDGE SAYS SHE’LL HAVE A
DECISION BY THE END OF AUGUST.
WELL, DETROIT IS CELEBRATING THE
PROMISE OF MORE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN THE CITY WITH A NEW
DEVELOPMENT ON THE CITY’S NORTH
END. MAYOR MIKE DUGGAN AND A
HOST OF CITY OFFICIALS WERE ON
HAND FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR
A PROJECT CALLED THE BOTHAN. THE
NEW BUILDING WILL BE BUILT AT
THE CORNER OF BEAUBIEN AND
HORTON. MAYOR DUGGAN SAYS HE’S
BEEN HOPING TO SEE THAT AREA
TRANSFORM FORMED FOR QUITE A
WHILE.
>> WHEN I STARTED AND I SAW ALL
THE VACANT LAND HERE, IT WAS
JUST SO HEARTBREAKING. YOU ARE
SO CLOSE TO MIDTOWN AND THE JOBS
YOU’RE JUST BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE
WOODWARD BUS LINE AND THE Q LINE
ACCESS TO THOUSANDS OF JOBS.
THERE’S NO REASON THERE SHOULD
BE VACANT LAND HERE. THIS SHOULD
BE BE AN IDEAL PLACE FOR PEOPLE
TO WANT TO LIVE.
>> AND HERE IS A RENDERING OF
THE NEW BUILDING. IT WILL
FEATURE ABOUT TWO DOZEN UNITS OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON SITE
PARKING, AN OUTDOOR PATIO AND A
COMMUNITY SPACE ON THE FIRST
FLOOR. SEVERAL STATES IN THE
NORTHEAST ARE HOPING TO DRY OUT
AFTER HEAVY RAIN. FLASH FLOODS
AND HEARTBREAK. IT WAS A VERY
DANGEROUS WEEKEND FOR SO MANY
PEOPLE AS ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN
POUNDED AN ALREADY SATURATED
GROUND. KIMBERLY GILL JOINS US
WITH VIDEO THAT SHOWS THE
DAMAGE. AND KIM, IT’S REALLY
TOUGH TO IMAGINE WHAT PEOPLE ARE
GOING THROUGH IN THIS CASE.
>> YEAH, IT REALLY IS, KRISTIE.
AND GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU.
PHOTOS LIKE THIS ONE TELLS THE
STORY OF RUSHING WATER AND
FALLEN TREES. IT’S THE KIND OF
DAMAGE YOU GET WHEN FLASH FLOODS
SUDDENLY RIP THROUGH AN AREA. AT
LEAST FIVE PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN
PENNSYLVANIA AND IN ONE CASE, A
FAMILY’S CAR WAS SWEPT AWAY
WHILE THEY WERE ON THE WAY TO A
BARBECUE. A FATHER AND SOME SON
ESCAPED. BUT THE MOTHER, TWO
OTHER CHILDREN AND THEIR
GRANDMOTHER WERE SWEPT AWAY. THE
GRANDMOTHER WAS RESCUED AND
TREATED AT A HOSPITAL. ALL THE
MOTHER’S BODY WAS FOUND LATER
AND HER TWO CHILDREN ARE STILL
MISSING. THE FLASH FLOODING ALSO
HIT OTHER STATES, INCLUDING
PARTS OF NEW JERSEY. THIS VIDEO
COMES FROM WARREN COUNTY, WHICH
IS WEST OF NEW YORK CITY. MORE
THAN A DOZEN ROADS WERE CLOSED
DUE TO FLOODING. OFFICIALS SAY
CREWS HAVE BEEN WORKING TO
REMOVE DEBRIS AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE. NEW JERSEY’S GOVERNOR
DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY
LAST NIGHT DUE TO THE SEVERE
WEATHER. AND AS YOU CAN SEE,
MORE OF THE SAME IN CONNECTICUT
AS WELL. NBC NEWS CAMERAS CAUGHT
STANDING WATER ON ROADS HERE.
THERE WERE MULTIPLE CALLS FOR
RESCUES AS CARS GOT STUCK IN
RISING WATERS. THE FLASH
FLOODING ALSO HIT PARTS OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW
YORK. AND TO GIVE YOU SOME
PERSPECTIVE ON HOW FAST THE RAIN
WAS FALLING, NEW YORK’S GOVERNOR
SAYS FIVE INCHES OF RAIN FELL
WITHIN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS IN
SUFFOLK COUNTY ON LONG ISLAND.
SHE SAYS NEW YORK HAS PROBABLY
SEEN $50 MILLION IN DAMAGES FROM
STORMS JUST IN THIS PAST WEEK.
SO WE’LL HAVE MORE ON THE SEVERE
WEATHER STORY WHEN YOU JOIN US
FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 5:00.
KRISTIE, I’LL SEND IT BACK TO
YOU.
>> YEAH, A LOT OF EXTREMES
THERE. ALL RIGHT, KIM, WE’LL SEE
YOU AT 5:00 TONIGHT. POLICE IN
PENNSYLVANIA HAVE RELEASED A NEW
MUGSHOT OF THE MURDER SUSPECT
WHO WAS ON THE RUN FOR MORE THAN
A WEEK. WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE
SEARCH FOR MICHAEL BYRAM, WHO
ESCAPED FROM A LOCAL JAIL.
INVESTIGATORS SAY HE USED A ROPE
MADE FROM BEDSHEETS TO ESCAPE
BACK ON JULY 6TH, HE WAS
ARRESTED ON SATURDAY. A COUPLE
SPOTTED BURHAM SQUATTING NEAR A
CREEK ON THEIR PROPERTY AND
CALLED 911, LEADING TO HIS
CAPTURE. OUR INVESTIGATORS ARE
STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT IF HE
HAD ANY HELP DURING HIS ESCAPE.
NOW TO AN INCREDIBLE STORY OF
SURVIVAL, TRIUMPH AND REBIRTH
FOR A LOCAL RAPPER WHO SUFFERED
AMNESIA AFTER A CAR ACCIDENT.
FOR NEARLY THREE YEARS, HE’S
BEEN TRYING TO REDISCOVER WHO HE
IS AND WHO HE WAS TODAY, PAULA
TUTMAN SHOWS US HOW MUSIC HAS
BEEN HIS GUIDING LIGHT UNTIL HE
SAW A NEW LIGHT AT THE END OF A
VERY DARK TUNNEL.
>> HIS GIVEN NAME IS JIMMY BROWN
RAPPING ON A NEW TUNE BUT
HAVEN’T YOU AROUND?
>> KEEPS A SMILE ON MY FACE
KNOWING THAT YOU SAVED I CAN’T
CONTINUE MY DAY.
>> THE REST OF JIMMY BROWN’S
LIFE STARTED ON OCTOBER 10TH,
2020, AFTER A CAR ACCIDENT HE
DOESN’T REMEMBER. IN FACT, AFTER
A DAY IN A COMA, HE DIDN’T
REMEMBER MUCH. BUT HE DOES
REMEMBER BEING IN AN ABYSS.
>> IT WAS LIKE SPACE. SPACE WITH
NO STARS. LIKE LIKE IMAGINE
SPACE WITH NO STARS FOLDED ON
TOP OF ITSELF. LIKE THREE TIMES.
AND YOU LOOKING THROUGH THE
FOLDS. THAT’S HOW DARK IT WAS.
>> AND WHEN HE CAME TO HIS LIFE
WAS A MYSTERY TO HIM. A POPULAR
LOCAL RAPPER WHO APPEARED IN
EMINEM’S MOVIE EIGHT MILE, HIS
BRAIN INJURY WAS SO SEVERE WHEN
HE LOOKED IN THE MIRROR.
>> I’M LOOKING AT STUFF LIKE,
YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT JUST CAN’T
BE ME.
>> HE DIDN’T RECOGNIZE HIMSELF
OR HIS FAMILY, NOT EVEN HIS
WIFE.
>> MY WIFE’S PRETTY AS HELL. SO
WHEN I SEEN HER, I WAS LIKE, SHE
WAS LIKE, YOU’RE MY WIFE. I’M
LIKE, YEAH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
YEAH, FOR SURE. YEAH
>> BUT IN THAT ABYSS FROM THE
COMA, THE MAN KNOWN AS SUPER MC
THE IMMORTAL BECAME ACQUAINTED
WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
>> ONE AURA APPEARED. IN ANOTHER
. ONE AND THEY WERE LOOKING INTO
ME AND I WAS LOOKING INTO THEM.
AND. THEY STARTED TO TELL ME
THAT THEY LOVED ME. GOD IS WHAT
BROUGHT ME BACK HERE. GOD IS
WHAT HEALED ME UP.
>> HE STARTED REBUILDING HIS
LIFE AND REBUILD HIS MUSIC. WOKE
UP IN THE HOSPITAL WALKING
CONFUSED. BUT HIS VOICE WAS
DIFFERENT. NOT HIS SPEAKING
VOICE OR HIS RAPPING VOICE, BUT
HIS CREATIVE VOICE.
>> THIS MESSAGE IS BASICALLY MY
ODE TO GOD FOR NOT CASTING ME
SOMEWHERE WHERE EVERYTHING I
ASKED FOR, I GOT IT TO PRAYER.
>> SINGING LIKE SHOULD WORRY THE
THANK YOU FOR SAVING ME.
>> IT’S NOT A GOSPEL ALBUM. IT’S
JUST SOMEBODY TELLING YOU SOME
REAL THINGS ABOUT GOD AND WHAT
AND WHAT LIFE ENTHRALLS OR WHAT
SOMEBODY WENT THROUGH BECAUSE I
COULDN’T OVERCOME IT BY MYSELF.
IT HAD TO BE A BIGGER BATTERY
POWERING THIS THAN ME. IT HAD TO
BE A MIRACLE THAT I SURVIVED.
>> SO AS I SAID BEFORE, HE WAS
KNOWN AS SUPER EMCEE THE
IMMORTAL, AND TURNS OUT HE MAY
HAVE BEEN AT LEAST JUST A LITTLE
BIT WHEN YOU GO BY HOW HE
SURVIVED THIS ACCIDENT. SO GOT A
NEW MUSIC RELEASE PARTY COMING
JULY 23RD. AVALON VILLAGE IN
HIGHLAND PARK. AND NOW AS SUPER
EMCEE OBSIDIAN, THE FALLEN ONE,
I GUESS YOU COULD SAY HE IS NEW
AND IMPROVED. AND PAULA TUTMAN
LOCAL 4. ALL RIGHT.
>> THANKS, PAULA. AND THE PUBLIC
IS WELCOME AT HIS MUSIC RELEASE
PARTY NEXT SUNDAY AT AVALON
VILLAGE IN HIGHLAND PARK, WHICH
WILL BE BOTH THE LISTENING PARTY
AS WELL AS A BLOCK PARTY. WELL
ANOTHER LABOR DEADLINE IS
GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER. THE
POTENTIAL STRIKE COULD HAVE A
BIG IMPACT ON MILLIONS OF
AMERICAN CARS. WE’LL HAVE AN
UPDATE AND A MESSAGE TO THE
WHITE HOUSE. ALSO AHEAD, ONE
AUTOMAKER IS PUMPING THE BRAKES
ON PRICES. WE’LL TALK ABOUT SOME
TRUCKS THAT ARE ABOUT TO GET
LESS EXPENSIVE. AND A GLOBAL
SUPERSTAR TESTIFIES FOR THE
DEFENSE IN THE KEVIN SPACEY SEX
ASSAULT TRIAL. WILL HIS EVIDENCE
GIVE JURORS REASONABLE DOUBT?
SEE WHAT YOU THINK LATER. FIRST,