sure thousands took time out today to
show their love for the Queen of Soul
and we're getting a closer look at what
it takes to put on a public viewing like
this one and it's a very big task
someone just dumped a whole lot of work
in the lap of every city clerk in the
state of Michigan the timing couldn't be
much worse at least from the clerk's
perspective officers already busy
working to prepare for this coming
November midterm election now they're
also having to work to fulfill a
giant-sized Freedom of Information
request someone wants copies of all the
ballots cast in the 2016 election that
request went to every Clerk across the
state rod Moloney live in water for
tonight where the clerk there is
speaking out about it and not the least
bit happy with it rod know she Nautilus
you're not happy but you know she's got
to do something about it because they're
on the clock when you get a FOIA request
that came in in the 19th so they sent
out this response on the 24th and
they're going to comply with about half
of what the request is all about but the
larger question is who was behind all of
this and today we're learning the mass
FOIA is from a woman named Emily who's
from the group United impact yet asked
for election information few clerks we
spoke with today could ever remember
anyone asking for in this fashion it
demands copies of all Michigan ballots
cast and counted including absentee and
provisional all ballots not counted and
the reasons why then any and all records
regarding spoiled or rejected ballots it
baffled Waterford clerks who come
alehrer what purpose is there - looking
at the image itself there's I couldn't
figure out why they would want to do
that she in the township are okaying
some of the requests but denying copying
the full ballots because they're 19
inches and they lack the equipment to do
that plus she says you don't need the
ballots because they're anonymous so we
told them we would give them the copies
of the applications and we would give
them copies of the envelopes that the
voter absolutely voter returned their
ballot in for all this she'll charge
nearly four thousand dollars because she
won't give away signatures names or
addresses and has to blot those out and
that costs money reports from Washington
this afternoon cite to Priorities USA
Foundation a George Soros funded
political action committee behind the
effort looking to check in to vote
suppression across
country come o leary doesn't think he's
going to go very far though because of
the expense I don't think I do I haven't
heard of anybody else actually getting
the check and that's what triggers the
process once they received the money and
the State Election Commission has
basically told all of these clerks that
when you receive money that's when you
actually start doing and fulfilling
these FOIA requests so far like she said
nobody has given money but consider this
had she fulfilled the entire FOIA
request the way they asked for it she
figured it would have cost about ninety
thousand dollars and taken about four
hundred hours worth of work we checked
in with Detroit they say the request
would cost them six hundred thousand
dollars back to you brought have we
heard from the group behind this effort
well you know I did I did email them
this afternoon trying to get some
comment from the group they did not have
much data and get back to me at this
point we're still waiting to hear back
from them but essentially what the
reports out of Washington are this is a
try a way to study the way votes are
counted tallied put together in the like
and they've been pretty specific about
that feeling that there has been some
voter suppression along the way and they
want to do analyses particularly in
Michigan and Wisconsin states that went
for Donald Trump back in 2016 all right
rod
all day long people have waited their
turn to pay their personal tribute to
the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin
thousands have waited in line to enter
the Charles H Wright Museum of African
American history and passed by miss
Franklin's golden casket now Paula
Totman is back with a look at how those
in charge are handling the honor Paula
good evening hi good evening to you
I just got an updated count and now
we're closer to 15,000 people and
Counting 15,000 people and Counting who
have moved through to see the Queen of
Soul this is a momentous occasion and
when you have a momentous occasion like
that you have mementos this is just one
of the programs that was being given
away by Swanson's the thing that's great
about this is it actually shows every
single album so this is a great program
to get here's the thing they only
printed 10,000 there's a sense of
reverence for the people in charge of
Aretha 's last appearance to the world
O'Neil Swanson from Swanson's funeral
home were they prepared Rosa Parks and
Coleman Young says that Aretha is a
different kind of honor Aretha was just
the soul of Detroit and I mean her
melodious voice and and her message
especially during the turbulent time of
the 60s I think really impacted the city
and a nation and the world each person
who views Aretha in her red dress
and red heels a gentle smile on her face
as she lies in a gold-plated casket in
repose it is royal
she's the queen
our music will live forever as they
enter the rotunda they get a special
program and a flyer those official
mementos are treasures indeed but when
the crowds leave the rotunda open-air
teacher obtain to be 25 acquaint us all
there is also great treasure being
bartered and tendered well I purchased
my t-shirt and as you go into the
building they give you this just lovers
it's what keeps saying for me I had this
book when she did the inauguration for
President Obama they have a free bonus
CD with our number-one hits which I
can't wait to get home to play for a
lucky few one last gift from Swanson's a
Swarovski crystal keychain with a
hologram of the Queen oh my gosh that's
beautiful
are you giving these to the crowd as
well we're not these are these are these
are special for the family
yeah those are really special for the
family they did say that once the family
gets one they will likely give the rest
of those to people in the crowd I think
they put they had about 5,000 those this
one is truly a collector's item though
it's got amazing pictures incredible
history and I think probably the folks
who will be here tomorrow are hoping
that they definitely get those presses
rolling again overnight guys if lucky
folks got their hands on one of those
okay Paula thank you and be sure to tune
in to local 4 news today tomorrow
morning at 6:30 a.m. the Reverend Jesse
Jackson will be in studio sharing his
memories of Aretha Franklin and Justin
to local 4 hear pop singer ariana grande
will perform at Aretha Franklin's
funeral on Friday
according to her publicist the two met
when they performed at the White House
for President Obama back in 2014
Franklin's family was also moved by her
performance on The Tonight Show with
Jimmy Fallon on the night of her death
so grande joins artists such as Stevie
Wonder Jennifer Hudson and Faith Hill
among others who will pay tribute to
Aretha Franklin our live coverage of
Aretha Franklin's celebration of life
begins Friday morning starting at 9:00
a.m. we will be carrying it live on air
online and on the local 4 Facebook page
be a big week still here ahead and we're
starting with about the weather as we
move in all these outdoor events and
people going back and forth of things
let's check in with Andrew here we got a
hot one today that's for sure
Kimberly and Evan you're exactly right
still sweltering out there with
temperatures at 90 degrees here in Wayne
County both City Airport and over at
Metro Airport upper 80s elsewhere 90
degrees also in Mount Clemens we're
feels like 98 degrees heat indices today
top 100 in many places including here at
Wayne County and down toward Monroe but
no rain to speak of as of yet I say yet
because it is right on our doorstep
parts of Wisconsin also Northern
Illinois around Chicago the heavier
stuff now moving over the center of Lake
Michigan some of that will survive its
journey here into southeast Michigan you
can see those thunderstorms having their
impact with the severe thunderstorm
watch for parts of Wisconsin into Iowa
and Illinois until 9:00 p.m. Central
Time
around here closer to home flood watches
up for central and western portions of
the state until tomorrow morning
now we'll get some showers as well but
will it be that severe we'll talk about
that and your full seven day forecast
including the holiday weekend coming up
a third grade teacher is facing charges
after being accused of flashing a woman
in Ypsilanti the alleged incident
happened a couple of weeks ago Troy Lee
Miller was officially charged with a
misdemeanor yesterday just days before
the new school year kicks off KOCO
McEvoy has the story from epsilon E
international elementary where Miller
had been teaching cocoa most teachers
are getting ready for classes to start
but one teacher here at its alady
international elementary school is
facing a charge of indecent exposure
going into the new year for what um
please Troy Miller appeared in court
facing a misdemeanor charge for indecent
exposure
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Miller even talked about his plans for
the upcoming school year at epsilon E
International Elementary in court but
first he has to deal with this charge a
woman told police a man stopped his car
to ask for directions to a park when the
woman got closer to his car she noticed
the man only had a towel on and then
took it off to expose himself police
tied the crime to Miller through the
license plate on the car
committing the crime of indecent
exposure it's unclear whether or not he
will be teaching while his case goes
through the court system but the
excellent Community Schools district
released a statement saying quote the
district is aware of a legal arraignment
with a ycs teacher and is cooperating
with local authorities regarding the
situation the legal issue at hand does
not involve any student from epsilon E
Community Schools
and Troy Miller will be back in court
for these allegations in September will
of course follow this case reporting
live this evening I'm Koka McEvoy local
for sure thing all right Coco Shelby
Township police want you to be on the
lookout for a man accused of assault and
indecent exposure happened Sunday night
on 22-mile near Shelby Road police say
the man walked up to a victim's car
reached inside while exposing himself
when she attempted to leave the man
tried to jump into her vehicle he was
last seen in a silver vehicle black trim
possibly a Jeep Liberty and we've only
got a partial license plate of beginning
with either be GM or be G J if you saw
anything you're encouraged to contact
police okay let's see what the nightly
news team they're working on tonight for
immediately following this broadcast
Vanna Guthrie joining us tonight from
New York with a preview hey Savannah hi
Devin and Kim good to see you ahead for
us tonight the verdict is in for an
ex-police officer charged with firing
into a car and killing an unarmed
teenager and a controversial comedian
returning to the stage after admitting
me to allegations against him were true
was that too soon when we see you right
back here you know hashtag too soon
question mark right Savannah was see in
about 20 minutes also it's a health
problem a lot of people find rather
embarrassing but everyone needs to hear
the warning about it
sexually transmitted disease rates
hitting record levels and there's a
change making treatment even more
difficult and here's Nick a fiery crash
along i-75 here in Troy the Detroit
Police Department says it was so bad
they had to close down the road but what
causes