IN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. AND WE BEGIN TONIGHT AT FIVE WITH FOREWARN WEATHER
AND A FREEZE WARNING GOING INTO
EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. IF YOU
HAVEN’T TURNED THE HEAT ON YET,
YOU ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO WANT
TO TONIGHT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED.
FALL WEATHER IS REALLY STARTING
TO SETTLE IN. LET’S GET OVER TO
KIM ADAMS. AND WHAT IS HEADED
OUR WAY FOR TONIGHT AND THE REST
OF THE WEEKEND. HEY KIM. HEY, WE
KNEW WE’D HAVE SOME FROST
TONIGHT. BUT THIS FREEZE WARNING
IS ONE STEP UP FROM THAT, AS WE
DO EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO DROP
DOWN TO 32 EVEN DOWN TO 30 IN
SOME OF THE OUTER LYING SUB.
BURBS SO FREEZE WARNING IN
EFFECT FOR EVERYWHERE YOU SEE
HERE IN PURPLE? IT INCLUDES ALL
THE WAY UP INTO THE THUMB RIGHT
NOW. TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE
FORTIES, TOO. LOW FIFTIES.
THAT’S A GOOD 25 DEGREES COLDER
THAN IT WAS AT THIS SAME TIME
YESTERDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE
EVENING. IF YOU’RE HEADED OUT TO
A FOOTBALL GAME OR OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES TONIGHT, IT IS GOING
TO GET VERY, VERY COLD. 46 8
P.M. BY 10 O’CLOCK TONIGHT.
WE’RE 44 DEGREES THAN 42 BY
MIDNIGHT OVERNIGHT AT TWO AM IS
WHEN THAT FREEZE WARNING GOES
INTO EFFECT. IT STAYS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NINE A.M. AND THEN
TEMPERATURES START TO WARM UP 50
DEGREES BY NOON WITH THE HIGH
TOMORROW OF 57 DEGREES. WE DO
GET SOME SUNSHINE FOR THE START
OF THE WEEKEND, BUT AGAIN, A
FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM
TWO AM TO NINE AM COMING UP.
I’LL TALK ABOUT WHICH PLANTS YOU
NEED TO BRING INSIDE AND WHICH
YOU CAN COVER UP TONIGHT. IT WAS
INTENSE, A STANDOFF THAT DRAGGED
ON FOR HOURS IN DEARBORN, BUT IT
WASN’T A NEGOTIATOR THAT GOT HIM
TO COME OUT. ASKED IF I MINDED
JUMPING ON THE PHONE AND TALKING
WITH HIM, SO I DID HOW LOCAL
ATTORNEY PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN
GETTING IT TO END. LOCAL DEFENSE
ATTORNEY GABBY SILVER DIDN’T
KNOW THE SUSPECT AND DIDN’T
ACTUALLY HAVE ANY CONNECTION TO
WHAT UNFOLDED YESTERDAY AT THE
HAMPTON INN AND DEARBORN. BUT IN
THE END, SHE PLAYED A CRUCIAL
ROLE IN GETTING THE STANDOFF TO
END PEACEFULLY. SHAWN LEY LIVE
TONIGHT IN DEARBORN, SEAN. SHE
SPENT HOURS ON THE PHONE WITH
HIM. ABSOLUTELY AND MY
CONVERSATION WITH GABBY
STILLER’S SILVER, SHE OFFERS
REMARKABLE INSIGHTS ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED HERE ON THE THIRD FLOOR
OF THE HAMPTON INN RIGHT HERE IN
DEARBORN. THE MAN BARRICADED
UPSTAIRS AS POLICE TO TALK TO
GABBY SILVER. SHE DID NOT KNOW
HIM, GRABBED THE PHONE AND SPOKE
TO HIM FOR ALMOST FIVE HOURS.
THE ENTIRE GOAL HERE NO MORE
BLOODSHED. I THOUGHT ABOUT IT
LATER THAT NIGHT. UM YOU KNOW
HOW IT WAS SO STRESSFUL AND
HARD. TO DO THAT FOR THAT MANY
HOURS AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THOSE
OFFICERS LIKE STANDING AT THE
END OF THE HALLWAY. UM YOU KNOW,
REALLY ON THE LINE THERE. NOT
KNOWING WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
. UH AND YOU KNOW THE SUSPECT OR
THE INDIVIDUAL TO HE DIDN’T KNOW
WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN. GABBY
SILVER SPENT AN INTENSE,
GRUELING EMOTIONAL 4.5 HOURS
YESTERDAY ON THE PHONE WITH A
MAN BARRICADED INSIDE THE
DEARBORN HAMPTON INN AFTER THE
CLERK HAD BEEN SHOT AND KILLED.
SILVER IS AN ATTORNEY, NOT A
POLICE NEGOTIATOR. A TEXT
MESSAGE FROM AN OFFICER THAT I
KNOW IN DEARBORN, SAYING THEY
HADN’T EMERGENCY AND NEEDED MY
HELP. I REALLY COULDN’T IMAGINE
WHAT THEY NEEDED MY HELP FOR. I
GOT IN TOUCH WITH HIM. HE SAID
THAT THEY HAD A BARRICADED
GUNMAN WHO HAD ASKED TO TALK TO
ME AND ASKED IF I MINDED JUMPING
ON THE PHONE AND TALKING WITH
HIM SO I DID. SILVER DID NOT
KNOW THE MAN SHE DOES KNOW A
MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY AND FOR
HOURS SILVER KEPT THEM IN
TALKING, AND SHE KEPT HIM CALM.
ENCOURAGE HIM TO COME OUT SAFELY
. I TRIED TO PROMISE HIM THAT
NOBODY WAS GOING TO HURT HIM. I
MEAN, IT WAS CLEAR THAT THAT WAS
NOT WHAT THE POLICE WERE TRYING
TO DO. THEY WERE THEY REALLY
WERE AMAZING. FRANKLY THEY WERE
. THEY WERE PATIENT. UM THEY
WERE KIND OF, UH, THEY THEY
REALLY WERE, AND THEY WERE
TRYING REALLY HARD TO HAVE THE
SITUATION AND PEACEFULLY AND I
KEPT TRYING TO TELL HIM THAT
HOURS LATER BY ABOUT 8 30, THE
MAN SURRENDERED PEACEFULLY AFTER
IT WAS ALL DONE. I THINK I JUST
SAT ON MY COUCH. I SHOT A COUPLE
OF TEARS AND I WAS JUST REALLY,
REALLY RELIEVED THAT IT HAD
ENDED THAT WAY. CAN YOU IMAGINE
BEING ON THE PHONE? SUCH
PRESSURE PACKED HOURS THERE?
GABBY SILVER TELLS ME THAT THE
MAN ON THE PHONE UPSTAIRS DID
NOT OFFER ANY DETAILS ABOUT WHAT
ACTUALLY HAPPENED INSIDE. LET ME
GIVE YOU A QUICK 3 60 HERE. A
GUNMAN ON THE THIRD FLOOR THAT’S
LIKE A PERSON WITH A RIFLE IN A
TOWER BECAUSE YOU’VE GOT
MICHIGAN AVENUE AND BUSINESSES
ON THAT SIDE. A BANK HERE AT
CHURCH THERE HOUSES OVER HERE
THIS ENTIRE AREA ON LOCKDOWN
BECAUSE ALL THESE PEOPLE WERE IN
DANGER IN CASE SOMEONE WITH THAT
GUN STARTED FIRING HERE, SO IT’S
SIX O’CLOCK GUYS. I TALKED TO A
LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERT. HE TALKS
ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WENT RIGHT
HERE, WAITING HIM OUT AND MAKING
THAT PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH
HIM ON THE PHONE BACK TO YOU.
SUCH A HORRIBLE SITUATION, BUT
OBVIOUSLY SOME GOOD WORK BY THAT
LOCAL ATTORNEY, SEAN WE
APPRECIATE THE INSIDE STORY,
THANKS WELL ABOUT A DECADE AGO,
DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS EMERGENCY
MANAGER ROBERT BOB PUT DETROIT
NATIVE BEN CARSON’S NAME ON A
CITY HIGH SCHOOL. AND THAT WAS
BEFORE CARSON SERVED IN
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S
CABINET. NOW THERE’S AN ATTEMPT
UNDERWAY TO REMOVE CARSON’S NAME
FROM THE SCHOOL ROD MELONI LIVE
TONIGHT AND ROD. WE KNOW THIS
ISN’T THE ONLY SCHOOL THAT HAS
PEOPLE CALLING FOR A NAME
CHANGE. RIGHT AS I UNDERSTAND
IT, THERE ARE THREE SCHOOLS THAT
THEY’RE GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT. BUT IT’S THE BEN CARSON
HIGH SCHOOL. THAT IS THE ONE
THAT HAS THE MOST ATTENTION
RIGHT NOW. WHEN THE DISTRICT
RENAMED THE OLD DETROIT CROCKETT
TRADE SCHOOL, BENJAMIN CARSON
HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND
MEDICINE. DR CARSON ENJOYED A
WORLD RENOWNED AS A PEDIATRIC
NEUROSURGEON, HIS GROWING UP
POOR IN DETROIT AND INSPIRATION.
STILL DPS CD BOARD MEMBER SHERRY
GAY DIAGNOSE HOTELS LOCAL 4 THE
ORIGINAL AIM CHANGE WASN’T A HIT
THE START WITH YOU BASICALLY
CHANGED THE HISTORY OF THAT
COMMUNITY AND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD
AND WASHING IT AWAY AND SO
LISTENING TO CONSTITUENTS
LISTENING TO THE OLD ALUMNI.
THAT EXPRESSED THEIR DESIRE TO
HAVE THE NAME CHANGE. BACK THEN
DR CARSON WENT INTO POLITICS AND
ENDED UP HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY UNDER
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. HIS NAME
BECAME A BIGGER PROBLEM. THE
REMARKS THAT BEN CARSON MADE
REGARDING THOSE WHO RELY ON AND
NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING THE
CONTROVERSY AROUND A NUMBER OF
HIS ALIGNMENT WITH THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION AND HOW HE’S OUT
OF TOUCH. WITH THE VERY
COMMUNITY THAT THAT SCHOOL
SERVES, OF COURSE, IS NOT TO SAY
THAT BEN CARSON DOESN’T HAVE HIS
SUPPORTERS. BLACK CONSERVATIVE
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE PROJECT 21,
PART OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR
PUBLIC POLICY. RESEARCH IS
BACKING BEN. THIS IS SIGNALING
TO ANY OTHER BLACK CONSERVATIVE
THINKERS THAT IF YOU VEER OFF OF
THE PROGRAM IF YOU DO NOT THINK
THE WAY THE LEFTIST THINK THAT
YOU’LL BE PUNISHED, THAT’S WHAT
THIS IS. NOW THIS IS A LENGTHY
PROCESS THAT GO THEY GO THROUGH
TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THEY HAVE
TO AT FIRST VOTE TO DECIDE
WHETHER TO EVEN TALK ABOUT DOING
THIS. AND THEN IT TAKES SOME
TIME. SO NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT AT
THE DPS SEE DEED SCHOOL BOARD
MEETING. THEY WILL BE TAKING
THIS UP AS A VOTE AS TO WHETHER
TO PROCEED. CERTAINLY THERE WILL
BE DISCUSSION ON BOTH SIDES OF
THIS. SITUATION REPORTING LIVE
IN DETROIT. ROD MELONI, LOCAL 4.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, ROD.
HERE’S YOUR TIME SAVER TRAFFIC.
HAPPY FRIDAY, EVERYONE. WE’VE
GOT A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION TO GET
AROUND FOR THE WEEKEND, SO I’LL
GET RIGHT TO IT. SOUTHBOUND
LANES OF THE LARGE CURRENTLY
CLOSED THAT HAPPENED THIS
MORNING AT NINE A.M. IT’S CLOSE
BETWEEN THE DAVIDSON I 94 THAT
WILL REOPEN ON MONDAY MORNING AT
FIVE A.M. IN THE MEANTIME, YOU
CAN EXIT AT WYOMING BEFORE THAT
CLOSURE AND USE I 96 INSTEAD TO
GET DOWNTOWN OVER ON. I 94 THE
EASTBOUND LANES WILL BE CLOSING
THIS EVENING BETWEEN MICHIGAN
AVENUE TO LIVER NOISE. OKAY,
THAT STARTS TONIGHT AT SEVEN PM
, REOPENING ON MONDAY MORNING AT
FIVE. A.M. YOUR BEST DETOUR HERE
WILL BE TO USE MICHIGAN AVENUE
AND THEN OVER ON I 75 NORTHBOUND
LANES ARE CLOSING BETWEEN I 3 75
AND EIGHT MILE THAT HAPPENS AT
EIGHT PM REOPENING ON MONDAY AT
FIVE A.M. WOODWARD WILL BE YOUR
DETOUR TO GET AROUND THAT HAVE A
GREAT WEEKEND, EVERYONE AND
HAPPY FRIDAY. INVESTIGATORS
THINK OF PROPANE LEAK CAUSED A
HOME TO EXPLODE IN MONROE COUNTY
THIS MORNING VIDEO FROM SKY FOUR
SHOWS BLOWN OUT WINDOWS AND
SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOME IN
BERLIN TOWNSHIP. THREE PEOPLE
WERE INSIDE SLEEPING AT THE TIME
, BUT WE’RE ABLE TO GET OUT
SAFELY. FIVE FIRE DEPARTMENTS
HELPED TO PUT OUT THOSE FLAMES.
NO ONE WAS HURT. CREWS ARE STILL
INVESTIGATING. A DANGEROUS
ABANDONED EYESORE IN SOUTHWEST
DETROIT IS ABOUT TO BE NO MORE
DEMOLITION BEGAN TODAY AT THE
OLD BEARD ELEMENTARY ON WATERMAN
, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS
PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
REALLY CELEBRATING JACQUELINE
FRANCIS LIVE IN SOUTHWEST
DETROIT TONIGHT, JACQUELINE HOW
MUCH PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE SO
FAR? AT FIVE O’CLOCK ON THE DOT
THE CRUISE CALLED IT A DAY. SO
YOU’RE LOOKING AT DAY ONE OF
PROGRESS HERE AND THE DEMOLITION
SITE. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY GOT
MAYBE 1/4 A GOOD CHUNK OF THE
BUILDING TAKEN DOWN SO STILL
MORE WORK TO BE DONE. TAKE A
LOOK. IT’S DEMOLITION DAY FOR AN
ABANDONED SCHOOL BUILDING IN
SOUTHWEST DETROIT DRONE FOR
CAPTURING THE ACTION BULLDOZERS
BREAKING DOWN THE BRICKS OF WHAT
WAS ONCE FRANK BEARD ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL BURNED DOWN
BACK IN JULY AND WAS SET ON FIRE
AGAIN IN AUGUST. SINCE THEN, THE
BUILDINGS THAT EMPTY UNTIL
RECENTLY WHEN THE CITY STEPPED
IN WITH AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION
PLAN. OUR MISSION IS TO PROTECT
AND PROMOTE THE HEALTH SAFETY
WELFARE OF DETROIT NEIGHBORHOODS
MISSION TO ELIMINATE BLIGHT ON A
LARGER SCALE, ELIMINATE PLATE
AND IMPROVE THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS
AROUND HERE, AND THIS IS A GREAT
NEIGHBORHOOD. OBVIOUSLY THERE’S
A LOT OF INVESTMENT GOING ON IN
THIS AREA. DETROIT PUBLIC
SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICT
MAINTAINS OWNERSHIP OF THE
PROPERTY SO IT WILL BE UP TO
THEM JUST TO DECIDE WHAT COMES
NEXT OF THIS SPACE REPORTING
LIVE IN DETROIT. I’M JACQUELINE
FRANCIS LOCAL 4 SO MANY PEOPLE