LIVE DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. NEW AT FIVE TRYING TO EASE PAIN AT THE
PUMP. PRESIDENT BIDEN WANTS TO
SAVE YOU 18 CENTS A GALLON ON
GAS BUT DOESN’T WANT TO STOP
THERE. SHE WAS SHOT TO DEATH
AFTER KNOCKING ON THE FRONT DOOR
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT JUDGE
FORCED TO REOPEN THE MURDER CASE
OF RENISHA MCBRIDE KILLER IS
GETTING A NEW SENTENCE HISTORIC
DOWNTOWN IN RUIN. NOW THE OWNERS
OF THE HOLLY HOTEL ARE OPENING
UP ABOUT THEIR DEVASTATING LOSS.
AND TAKE A LOOK AT LIVE PICTURES
FROM DRONE FOUR OVER DOWNTOWN
HOLLY. RIGHT NOW, PART OF THE
TOWN IS WITHOUT POWER IN THIS
SEARING HEAT AS THEY WORRIED
ABOUT DOWN POWER LINES AND THE
CHANCE OF A BUILDING COLLAPSE.
INSPECTIONS NEED TO HAPPEN
BEFORE THE POWER CAN BE RESTORED
TO THE AREA SURROUNDING WHERE
THAT FIRE HAPPENED. LET’S TAKE
YOU THROUGH THE VERY LATEST HERE
. THE BUILDINGS THAT BURNED NEED
TO BE INSPECTED NOW BECAUSE THEY
MAY BE UNSTABLE. THAT MEANS THE
STREETS AROUND THEM ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO BE SHUT DOWN UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE THAT FIRE
DESTROYED OR DAMAGED FOUR
BUILDINGS, INCLUDING THE
HISTORIC HOLLY HOTEL. WE WERE
WATCHING IT HAPPEN LIVE IF
YOU’RE WITH US AT THIS TIME
YESTERDAY, MEGAN WOODS LIVE IN
HOLLYWOOD CITY OFFICIALS GAVE US
AN UPDATE THIS AFTERNOON. AND
THE OWNERS OF THAT HOTEL ARE
TALKING ABOUT IT FOR THE FIRST
TIME NOW, MEGAN THAT’S RIGHT.
THIS FIRE HAS HAD A RIPPLE
EFFECT ON THIS COMMUNITY YOU CAN
SEE BEHIND ME. BRICKS OF THE
BUILDING. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT
THERE ARE CHARRED BUILDINGS HERE
. BUT WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK FROM
DRONE FOR THAT’S WHEN YOU SEE
THE DAMAGE GOES BEYOND BATTLE
ALLEY AS MANY OF THESE
BUSINESSES OUT HERE ARE CLOSED
TODAY. IT’S SCARY THAT ARE PART
OF OUR HOMES GONE AND A DAY
PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER HOLLY AND
NEARBY COMMUNITIES CAME OUT TO
SEE THE DAMAGE AND SAY IT’S
DEVASTATING TO SEE THEIR
HISTORIC DOWNTOWN PIECES
DEPRESSING. TO SEE A GOLD
BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT CALLS ALL
THE PEOPLE IN ME AND MY FAMILY
HAD ALWAYS GONE THERE. WE HAD
ALWAYS COME TO THIS LITTLE
ARCADE IS ONE OF THE ONLY GOOD
TIMES THAT I HAD IN MY FAMILY’S.
GEORGE AND CHRISSY CUT LINNAEUS
HAVE OWNED HOLLY HOTEL FOR MORE
THAN 40 YEARS AND SAY THIS IS
THE THIRD FIRE ONE IN 1913,
ANOTHER IN 1978. AND NOW THIS
WALKED IN TODAY. THE SMELL OF
THE CHARRED WOOD WAS THE SAME
SMALL I HAD IN 78 WHEN I WALKED
INTO IT BEFORE WE OWNED IT WHEN
IT HAD BURNED. JUST BROUGHT BACK
JUST A LOT OF MEMORIES. THE
HOTEL IS STILL STANDING, BUT
INSIDE IS HEAVILY DAMAGED. BAD
MOSTLY FOR THE TOWN, AND WE WERE
LIKE THE BULWARK OF THE DOWNTOWN
HISTORIC DISTRICT AND HOTELS.
MILLIONS IS 18 91, AND IT’S
ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THE CORNERSTONE
OF WHAT HAPPENS DOWN HERE. THERE
WERE LIVE WIRES SO THE POWER WAS
SHUT OFF IN THE AREA. ONE
MILLION GALLONS OF WATER WAS
DUMPED IN JUST HOURS TO PUT OUT
THE MASSIVE FIRE. THE SMOKE AND
WATER DAMAGE HAS MAJORITY OF THE
BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN CLOSED FOR
THE DAY YOU LOST YOUR DREAMS,
YOUR VISIONS YOUR LIVELIHOOD.
BUT THANK GOD NO ONE LOST THEIR
LIFE. THE HOLLY HOTEL SAYS THEY
WILL REBUILD. BUT OF COURSE, FOR
PEOPLE WHO HAVE EVENTS THIS
WEEKEND. THAT COULD BE A
CHALLENGE. WE TELL YOU MORE
ABOUT THAT AND TALK TO THE
PEOPLE IMPACTED TONIGHT AT SIX,
AND SEVERAL OF THESE BUSINESSES
SAY THEY CAN’T EVEN GET INSIDE
BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE TO SEE AND
ASSESS THE DAMAGE, BUT THAT’S
WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT.
DURING THAT MEETING AGAIN LIVE
HERE IN HOLLY AND MEGAN WOODS
FOUR LOCAL IN FACT, MAKING THAT
INABILITY TO GET INSIDE MAY
AFFECT THE ANSWER TO MY NEXT
QUESTION. HAVE THEY BEEN ABLE TO
FIGURE OUT YET WHERE THE FIRE
STARTED? WHAT CAUSED IT? WELL
INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN OUT HERE
ALL DAY. WE’VE SEEN THEM TAKING
PICTURES GOING IN AND OUT OF
BUILDINGS, AND THEY HAVEN’T
FIGURED OUT THAT CAUSE YET, BUT
THEY SAY IT STARTED IN THE BACK
OF THAT ARCADE. ANTIQUE SHOP,
ALL RIGHT, WE WILL STAY ON THAT
INVESTIGATION AS IT PROCEEDS.
ALRIGHT, MEGAN. WE HAD THOSE
NEAR RECORD BREAKING
TEMPERATURES YESTERDAY, WHICH
GAVE FIREFIGHTERS A CHALLENGE
FIGHTING THAT FIRE IN HOLLY. NOW
FROM HOLLY. LET’S TURN TO LIVE
PICTURES TO MOUNT CLEMENS, WHERE
IT’S NOW 89 DEGREES. THE HEAT
DEFINITELY STICKING AROUND. IT’S
JUST A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN
YESTERDAY, BUT NOT MAKING TOO
MUCH OF A NINE IS COOLER THAN
WHERE WE WERE RIGHT, BRETT BIT,
BUT WE’LL TAKE IT. AND MORE OF
IT IN THE COMING DAYS. THE TRADE
OFF, THOUGH A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN
ON TAP FOR PARTS OF THE WEEKEND
. IN THE MEANTIME, WE’VE GOT
JUST A COUPLE OF CLOUDS OUT
THERE. MOST OF THE ACTION
STAYING TWO HOURS SOUTH AND EAST
AT THE MOMENT. IT WILL STAY THAT
WAY. THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. A
COUPLE OF SPOTS DID TOUCH 90
TODAY. CITY AIRPORT STILL AT 92
, BUT NOTICE THE COOLER AIR AS
THERE WAS A BIT OF A CALL A LAKE
BREEZE COMING OFF LAKE HURON,
CALLING IT DOWN THEIR IMPORT
HERE ON WHAT WE’RE ALL NOTICING,
THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH IT’S STILL
KIND OF HOT. DO POINTS ARE WAY
DOWN, SO THE HUMIDITY IS DOWN.
TWO POINTS HAVE DROPPED 5 TO 15
DEGREES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, SO
IT FEELS A LOT NICER. IT’S GONNA
STAY THAT WAY THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS AS TEMPS FALL INTO THE
SEVENTIES. THIS EVENING MORE
WHEN THAT RAIN GETS HERE, COMING
UP IN JUST A BIT. IF YOU’RE
LOOKING TO FILL UP YOUR TANK,
YOU WILL STILL BE PAYING MORE
THAN $5 A GALLON, GENERALLY
TRIPLE A REPORTING THE AVERAGE
PRICE FOR A GALLON OF GAS IN
MICHIGAN IS NOW 5 13 A GALLON
HERE IN METRO DETROIT, 5 24 IS
THE AVERAGE GOOD NEWS IS IT’S
SEVEN CENTS LESS THAN THIS TIME
LAST WEEK. AND TODAY, PRESIDENT
BIDEN CALLED ON CONGRESS TO
PAUSE THE FEDERAL GAS TAX FOR
THREE MONTHS. IT’S A MOVE THAT
WOULD IMMEDIATELY MAKE A GALLON
OF FUEL 18 CENTS CHEAPER THAN
WHAT WE’RE SEEING NOW FROM THESE
LIVE PICTURES IN SOUTHFIELD. AND
HE’S ALSO CALLING ON OIL
COMPANIES AND STATES TO TAKE
ACTION AND HELP FAMILIES
STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
JACKSON HAS THAT PART OF THE
STORY FOR US FROM WASHINGTON.
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS PUSHING FOR A
GAS TAX HOLIDAY UNTIL THE END OF
SEPTEMBER. BUT IN ORDER FOR THAT
TO HAPPEN, HE NEEDS
CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL. BUT EVEN
SOME DEMOCRATS HAVE CRITICIZED
THE IDEA. DRIVERS ARE KEEPING A
CLOSE EYE ON PRICES AT THE PUMP
AFTER SEEING RECORD HIGHS
DROPPED SLIGHTLY STILL MUCH
HIGHER THAN IT HAS BEEN FOR THE
PAST FEW YEARS LIKE 100 50 BUCKS
TO FILL THIS THING UP. PRESIDENT
BIDEN IS CALLING ON CONGRESS TO
SUSPEND THE FEDERAL GAS TAX FOR
THREE MONTHS. THE MOVE WOULD
SAVE DRIVERS JUST OVER 18 CENTS
PER GALLON ON GASOLINE. AND 24
CENTS PER GALLON ON DIESEL WILL
PROVIDE FAMILIES. SOME IMMEDIATE
RELIEF IS A LITTLE BIT OF
BREATHING ROOM AS WE CONTINUE
WORKING TO BRING DOWN PRICES FOR
THE LONG HAUL PRESIDENT IS ALSO
ENCOURAGING STATES TO TAKE
SIMILAR ACTION TO COMBAT WHAT HE
CALLS PUTIN’S PRICE HIKE SINCE
THE START OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE
THIS YEAR. GAS PRICES HAVE RISEN
BY ALMOST $2 A GALLON IN THE
UNITED STATES. REPUBLICANS SAY
IT’S AN INEFFECTIVE POLITICAL
STUNT PROPOSAL THAT SENIOR
MEMBERS OF THEIR OWN PARTY HAVE
ALREADY SHOT DOWN WELL IN
ADVANCE. BACK IN APRIL, HOUSE
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI CALLED SUCH
A MOVE GOOD PR, BUT NO GUARANTEE
ON RELIEF FOR AMERICANS.
OPPONENTS ALSO ARGUE A GAS TAX
HOLIDAY WON’T TAME THE IMPACT OF
INFLATION. THE FED CHAIR
PROMISING MORE RATE HIKES ARE ON
THE WAY. WE ARE HIGHLY ATTENTIVE
TO INFLATION RISKS AND
DETERMINED TO TAKE THE MEASURES
NECESSARY TO RESTORE PRICE
STABILITY. AS THE BUSY JULY 4TH
WEEKEND APPROACHES. ANYTHING WE
CAN SAVE. YES I’M IN. JUST DO IT
. DO IT FAST. DO IT NOW. AND
WITH MIDTERMS COMING UP, THE
ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO PUT
THE BRAKES ON HIGHER COST. THE
BAYONET. MINISTRATIONS IS ALSO
PRESSURING OIL COMPANIES TO
REDUCE FUEL PRICES AND PRODUCE
MORE. THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY
WILL MEET WITH OIL EXECUTIVES ON
THURSDAY. IN WASHINGTON. I’M
BREE JACKSON FOR LOCAL 4 EXPRESS
AND WILD PRESIDENT BIDEN IS
CALLING ON STATES TO REPEAL GAS
TAXES. IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE
GOVERNOR WHITMER VETOED A BILL
EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT WOULD
HAVE DONE JUST THAT. SHE DID,
HOWEVER, SUSPEND THE STATE SALES
TAX ON IT. I HAD IT FOR A HEAD
ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX. HELP ME
HANK IS TAKING A LOOK AT HOW
FEDERAL GAS TAX HOLIDAY WOULD
DIRECTLY IMPACT MICHIGANNATIVE
EAR’S. AND HOW MUCH SAVINGS WE
COULD REALLY SEE. A FAMILY
WORKING TO HEAL FOR CLOSE TO A
DECADE IS FORCED TO ONCE AGAIN
COME FACE TO FACE WITH THE MAN
WHO KILLED THEIR LOVED ONE TODAY
, A JUDGE RE SENTENCED THEODORE
WAFER IN THE 2013 MURDER OF
RENISHA MCBRIDE. AND WAFER AND
MCBRIDE IS MOTHER SPOKE IN
COURT. LET’S GET TO GRANT HERMES
FOLLOWING THIS STORY AGAIN, THIS
WAS A COURT ORDERED RE
SENTENCING GRANT. DE’VEON
KIMBERLY. IT WAS A RARE CASE OF
THIS RECENT THING, WHICH DOES
HAPPEN, BUT IT WAS BECAUSE THE
STATE SUPREME COURT CALLED THIS
DOUBLE JEOPARDY SO BACK IN 2014
WAFER RESENTS TO UP TO MORE THAN
40 YEARS IN PRISON FOR BOTH
SECOND DEGREE MURDER,
MANSLAUGHTER AND FELONY FIREARM
CHARGE, BUT WHEN HE APPEALED TO
THE STATE SUPREME COURT IS THAT
YOU COULDN’T GET CONVICTED FOR
BOTH SECOND DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER.
THE SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND
MANSLAUGHTER AND TOSSED OUT THAT
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE, PUTTING HIM
BACK IN FRONT OF THE JUDGE FOR
THAT RE SENSING TODAY. FACING
HIS FEET AGAIN. TED WAFER,
CONVICTED OF SHOOTING AND
KILLING 19 YEAR OLD RENISHA
MCBRIDE IN 2013. MCBRIDE, WHO
HAD BEEN DRINKING KNOCKED ON HIS
DOOR AROUND FOUR IN THE MORNING,
LOOKING FOR HELP. WAIT FOR
OPENING THE DOOR JUST WIDE
ENOUGH TO FIT A SHOTGUN SHOOTING
AND KILLING MCBRIDE ON HIS FRONT
STEPS WANT YOU TO KNOW
EVERYTHING TERRIBLY SORRY. PAIN.
LAST YEAR. THE LOSS OF LIFE.
GENERAL APOLOGIZED TO THE BOTTOM
OF MY HEART STOMACH. MYERS
MOTHER, MONICA AUDIBLY EMOTIONAL
TELLING THE COURT. THE
HEARTBREAK OF LOSING A DAUGHTER
IS JUST AS PAINFUL TODAY AS IT
WAS ALMOST A DECADE AGO. THE
TIME WE’RE GOING TO YOU DON’T
DESERVE HAPPINESS AND SHORTEN
YOUR LIFE WHILE WE ARE LIVING IN
HORRIBLE NIGHTMARES. JUDGE DANA
HATHAWAY SUMMING UP THE CASE
BEFORE RE SENTENCING WAY FOR
SENDING HIM BACK TO PRISON. YOU
CANNOT MURDER SOMEONE. RELAX
KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR AND THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. YOUR HEAD
CHOICES. TERRIBLE CHOICE. AND
JUDGE HATHAWAY SENTENCED WAY FOR
15 TO 30 YEARS BEHIND BARS IS
EXACT SAME SENTENCE MINUS THE
MANSLAUGHTER CONVICTION FROM HIS
PREVIOUS SENTENCING. HE’S
ALREADY SERVED MORE THAN HALF OF
THAT SERVING EIGHT YEARS IN
PRISON. ALREADY HE WILL BE
GETTING CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED.
DE’VEON THE HARD THING. AN
INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY AFTER A
FIRE ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE SKY
FOUR OVER THE SCENE ON WEST
MCNICHOLS BETWEEN LIVERNIOS AND
WOODWARD. YOU CAN SEE LOTS OF
SMOKE COMING FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE
COMMUNITY CENTER. THERE ARE NO
WORD YET ON WHAT STARTED THAT
FIRE. WEEKLY CORONAVIRUS
NUMBERS, AND WE’RE ONLY GETTING
A SIX DAY TOTAL. TODAY THE STATE
IS REPORTING 10,681 CASES OVER
SIX DAYS TO THE AVERAGE 1700
CASES A DAY AND THAT IS DOWN
SIGNIFICANTLY FROM LAST WEEK’S
AVERAGE. ALSO THOUGH, THE STATE
SAYS IT WILL NOW BE RELEASING