LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT FOR NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. SEE OF BLUE HONORING A HERO. HIS
CHILDREN HONOR HIS PARENTS HONOR
HIS WIFE AND GOD BLESS HIM,
COMFORT HIS FAMILY GOODBYE TO
OFFICER LAUREN COURTS AFTER
BEING GUNNED DOWN IN THE LINE OF
DUTY FOR LAUREN COURTS AND HIS
FAMILY. IT’S A DEBT THAT WE
CAN’T REPAY. LAUREN COURSE,
LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE AND TWO
BELOVED CHILDREN. HE WAS JUST 40
YEARS OLD. GREATER GRACE TEMPLE
WAS, AS YOU SAW PACKED TODAY
WITH FELLOW OFFICERS FROM ACROSS
THE COUNTRY FAMILY AND, OF
COURSE, A LOT OF TOTAL STRANGERS
TO THROUGHOUT THE SERVICE. WE
HEARD STORIES ABOUT HOW DEVOTED
HE WAS TO HIS FAMILY AND THE
CITY OF DETROIT. TOMAN IS LIVE A
GREATER GRACE TONIGHT. FOLLOW
THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY RALLYING
AROUND THIS FAMILY. YEAH YEAH.
AND DEVON, I WANT TO GO BACK TO
WHAT YOU JUST SAID. WHEN YOU
TALKED ABOUT STRANGERS AS WELL.
ARE THERE REALLY ANY REAL
STRANGERS ON A DAY LIKE TODAY? I
DON’T THINK SO. THAT’S NOT WHAT
I SAW. I DID WANT TO SHOW YOU
THE PROGRAM INSIDE LOTS OF
PHOTOS. OF WHO? THIS YOUNG MAN
TRULY A YOUNG MAN WHO HE WAS.
AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT SEA
OF BLUE THAT OCEAN OF SUPPORT.
EVERYONE HERE HAD A REASON TO BE
HERE. THERE IS MEANING IN
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS TODAY,
WHEN THE FAMILY ARRIVES, THEY
ARE GREETED BY BLUE AS FAR AS
THE EYE CAN SEE. AND PERHAPS YOU
DIDN’T NOTICE THE PRESENCE OF A
SMALL BUT COURAGEOUS WOMAN
PITTING BLUE RIBBONS ON THE
LAPELS OF OFFICERS AS THEY
ARRIVED, SHE’S SALLY ABDULLAH.
HER HUSBAND, SERGEANT JOE
ABDULLAH, WAS A MOUNTED POLICE
OFFICER FOR DETROIT POLICE. WHO
DIED WHILE ON DUTY IN 2015, ALSO
A LINE OF DUTY DEATH, BECAUSE
WHETHER IT’S A BULLET OR A HEART
ATTACK TO SUDDENLY LOSE A LOVED
ONE IN SERVICE OF HIS DEPARTMENT
AND HIS COMMUNITY. SHE KNOWS
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ON THE
INSIDE OF THAT CHURCH TODAY. IT
REMINDS ME, YOU KNOW, I’M I’M
FEELING THE I’M FEELING. FOR THE
FAMILY OF OFFICER COURTS. I’M
FEELING FOR THEIR FAMILY VERY
MUCH. AND, UM. REMEMBERING YOU
KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE. IS THE DAY
TO THINK ABOUT THE FAMILY OF
OFFICER LAUREN COURTS. WHAT
THEY’RE SEEING WHAT THEY’RE
FEELING YET ANOTHER WORST DAY OF
THEIR LIVES, WITH MORE TO COME.
BUT TODAY THE SMALL BAND AID ON
THAT GAPING WOUND IS AN OCEAN OF
SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM
ACROSS MICHIGAN, CANADA AS FAR
AS TEXAS AND NEW YORK. IT WAS A
BLUR, SO OVERWHELMING AND
EMOTIONAL, UM. YOU KNOW, THERE
WERE LIKE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE
THAT WERE THAT WERE OUTSIDE THE
CHURCH AND UM. I CAN’T REALLY
DESCRIBE IT. IT WAS IT WAS VERY
IT WAS VERY OVERWHELMING AND
EMOTIONAL FROM THE BAGPIPES
LEADING THE PROCESSION FROM THE
CHURCH. TO THE SLOW SALUTE. THE
RITUAL OF END OF WATCH SUPPORT
TO ASCEND TO YOUR FINAL
DESTINATION. REST EASY. BEHIND
THE BADGE. WE’LL TAKE IT FROM
HERE. BLESS YOU. ALVIN BARON
CAME FROM THIS DEPARTMENT TO
LEAD SOUTHFIELD. TODAY HE
RETURNS TO PAY RESPECTS. HE WAS
A HERO. HE PAID THE ULTIMATE
SACRIFICE, RESPONDING TO A CALL
OF A PERSON WITH A GUN. WHO DOES
THAT? AND SO POLICE OFFICERS DAY
IN AND DAY OUT, PAID THAT
SACRIFICE HAVE THAT COURAGE TO
RESPOND TO THESE RUNS TO KEEP
OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE. YOU KNOW,
I HAVE CERTAINLY COVERED MORE
MORE POLICE FUNERALS THAN I CARE
TO COUNT OR CARE TO MENTION. BUT
I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WHEN
YOU HEAR THAT LAST CALL, IT IS
LIKE A DAGGER. TO THE HEART
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE
FOR THE FAMILY. NOW, OF COURSE,
POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE
PARAMILITARY ORGANIZATIONS AND
SO OFFICER COURTS IS BURIED WITH
FULL MILITARY HONORS. I DO HOPE
YOU’LL STAY WITH ME AT SIX
BECAUSE THERE IS IN ALL FUNERALS
. THERE’S SOME LIGHTER MOMENTS
AND WE’RE GOING TO HEAR FROM HIS
BROTHER AS WELL AS SOMETHING
THAT OFFICER COURTS DID EVERY
SINGLE TIME. HE WENT TO WORK AND
CAME HOME AND THAT WILL HELP
LIFT YOUR HEART ON THIS VERY,
VERY SAD DAY, SO I’LL GO BACK TO
YOU FOR NOW. YOU KNOW, PAUL, I
WOULDN’T SAY SPEAKING OF LIFTING
YOUR HEART. I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE
THE MEMORIAL PROGRAM IN YOUR
HANDS. AND WHEN YOU OPEN THAT
AND SEE ALL THOSE PHOTOS, YOU
REALIZE HOW MUCH MORE HE WAS, OF
COURSE, AN OFFICER WHO SERVED
OUR CITY, BUT THOSE ARE FAMILY
PHOTOS. I MEAN, EVER THIS
PERSON, THE PERSON HIS DAD, HE’S
A HUMAN BEING. ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU, PAULA. UM OR OTHER TYPE
STORY TONIGHT DRIVERS. THEY’RE
WAITING IN LINE FOR QUITE SOME
TIME FOR HOURS AS A MATTER OF
FACT, AT A GAS STATION IN OAK
PARK, IT’S ALL FOR THE PROMISE
OF FREE GAS. THIS WAS THE SHELL
STATION EIGHT MILE AND COOLIDGE
EACH DRIVER GETTING $40 WORTH OF
REGULAR TO FILL UP. VICTOR
WILLIAMS THERE LIVE NOW TONIGHT
. THINGS LIKE THIS, HOWEVER WELL
INTENTIONED VICTOR CAN GET A
LITTLE CHAOTIC. YEAH IT CAN GET
A LITTLE CHAOTIC, BUT THANKFULLY
, THINGS WENT PRETTY WELL.
UNFORTUNATELY IT LOOKS LIKE ALL
THE GAS IS GONE AT THIS POINT IN
TIME THAT $20,000 THAT WAS GOING
TO BE GIVEN OUT TO EVERYONE. IS
NOW OFFICIALLY RUN OUT. TAKE A
LOOK FROM THE SKY DRONE FOR OF,
I GUESS WHAT LOOKS VERY
DIFFERENT FROM THE WAY IT LOOKED
A WHILE AGO. IF ALL THOSE CARS
LINED UP NOW, ALL OF THESE
PEOPLE HERE ARE JUST GOING ABOUT
THEIR DAY. BUT EITHER WAY, IT
WAS A VERY BIG BLESSING. WITH
ALL THIS MONEY GOING INTO GAS
TANKS. I AM SO HAPPY AND SO
BLESSED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE LOOK,
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN LINE ONLY
40 BUCKS IN THE TANK. BUT
MARLENE EASTMAN SAYS THESE DAYS
THOSE $40 ARE GOING TO GO JUST
AS LONG AS THE LINE OF CARS
WAITING TO GET FREE GAS SO HAPPY
TO GET THIS $40 WORTH OF GAS
BECAUSE IT WILL HELP ME OUT.
GOTTA LOVE IT. I NEED IT RIGHT
NOW. IT’S SO WONDERFUL. THANK
YOU. WHOEVER GAVE AWAY THIS GAS
THIS MAN 29 YEAR OLD ADELE
KIMBROUGH AND MEMBERS OF HIS
ORGANIZATION, THE PROPHETIC
WORLD GROUP. PUTTING $20,000
BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY, ONE GAS
TANK AT A TIME THAT PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN GETTING, UM I JUST WANTED
TO BRING HOPE MY ORGANIZATION
PUT UP $10,000 FROM DONATIONS
AND I PERSONALLY PUT UP $10,000
TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY. MY 29TH
BIRTHDAY AND I WAS GOING TO DO
BY THE ENTREPRENEUR AND CRYPTO
CONNOISSEUR DECIDED TO GIVE THAT
MONEY RIGHT BACK. I JUST DIDN’T
FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING A
LUXURIOUS TRIP SOMEWHERE. I JUST
WANTED TO POUR BACK INTO THE
PEOPLE HERE, EVEN WITH THE METRO
DETROIT GAS AVERAGE, GOING DOWN
23 CENTS FROM A WEEK AGO FROM 4
87 TO 4 64. KIMBROUGH IS HOPING
DRIVERS CAN BE BLESSED AT LEAST
WITH A LITTLE MORE RELIEF. BUT
HE SAYS HE’S DOING THIS ALL
BECAUSE HE CARES DOING A ROUGH
TIME. I AM JUST SO EXCITED. VERY
VERY EXCITED. I’M JUST GLAD IT’S
GOING DOWN TONIGHT. PEOPLE WILL
BE DRIVING AWAY WITH NOTHING BUT
SMILES ON THEIR FACES IS REALLY
GOOD. I WAS IN LINE FOR ABOUT 23
HOURS TO MANY PEOPLE GET BACK TO
THE COMMUNITY OR FROM SO IT
FEELS GOOD TO KNOW THAT YOU
KNOW, SOMEBODY LIKE ME IS ON OUR
SIDE. AND WEST EIGHT MILE WAS
PRETTY PACKED WITH ALL OF THE
CARS SO MUCH SO THAT POLICE
OFFICERS HAD TO COME OUT IN
ORDER TO DIRECT TRAFFIC. BUT BY
OUR CALCULATIONS, IT WAS
ACTUALLY 500 DRIVERS ARE ABLE TO
RECEIVE THIS BLESSING PARK
VICTOR WILLIAMS. FANTASTIC WHAT
A GREAT GREAT GESTURE. LOVE TO
SEE IT. ALL RIGHT, VICTOR. GAS
PRICES CONTINUE TO TREND IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION. TRIPLE A, SAYS
MICHIGAN ARE PAYING AN AVERAGE
OF 4 63 PER GALLON THAT IS DOWN
18 CENTS FROM LAST WEEK. DOWN 56
CENTS FROM LAST MONTH IN METRO
DETROIT. TRIPLE A, SAYS DRIVERS
ARE PAYING A BIT MORE AT 4 64
PER GALLON, ACCORDING TO TRIPLE
A SPOKESPERSON. IF THE REASONS
APPLY HOLDS, DRIVERS WILL LIKELY
SEE PRICES CONTINUE TO DROP.
LET’S TURN OUR THOUGHTS TO THE
WEATHER ON THIS MONDAY AS WE
TAKE A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR MOUNT
CLEMENS SKY CAM. WE ARE IN THE
MID EIGHTIES THIS AFTERNOON, BUT
THAT IS JUST THE START OF WHAT
IS SHAPING UP TO BE A VERY
STEAMY WEEK. LOVELY BLUE SKY. WE
HIT THE MIDDLE OF JULY, SO I
GUESS WE NEED TO JUST EXPECT A
STRING OF HOT WEATHER. EXACTLY
WHAT WE’RE GOING TO GET ANDREW.
IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR WITH
EVEN HIGHER TEMPERATURES
TOMORROW. I MEAN, WE’VE TALKED
ABOUT MIDDLE EIGHTIES. NOW WE
SEE UPPER EIGHTIES EVEN 90
DEGREES OVER AT CITY AIRPORT 89
FOR OUR NEIGHBORS IN FLINT. HOW
CHECKING IN 88 DEGREES 88. ALSO
IN LAPEER, SO THE HEAT IS ON
ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
, MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AS WE LOOK
AT DOWNTOWN DETROIT, 87 OVER
METRO AIRPORT WHEN TO 10, MPH
HUMIDITY STILL TOLERABLE LEVELS.
THAT’S A SIGNIFIED BY TWO POINTS
THAT ARE IN THE FIFTIES RIGHT
NOW, BUT THAT HUMIDITY INCREASES
TOMORROW. NOW WITH ALL THIS
SUNSHINE AND WARMTH AND THE
LIGHT WINDS, WE STILL HAVE AN
AIR QUALITY ALERT UP FOR THE
REST OF THE DAY AND INTO THE
EVENING. SO DO WHAT YOU CAN TO
LIMIT AIR POLLUTION LEVELS. IN
FACT AND AIR QUALITY ALERT, ALSO
KNOWN AS AN OZONE ACTION DAY FOR
TOMORROW AS WELL. LOOK AT
TEMPERATURES TOMORROW. AND FOR
THE NEXT FEW DAYS, FOUR DAYS 91
FOR TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY, AND
IT WILL FEEL EVEN HOTTER AS A
HUMIDITY RISES. THAT HEAT INDEX
GETS CLOSE TO 93 OR 95 DEGREES
TOMORROW. THEN ON WEDNESDAY NEAR
100, SO DO WHAT YOU CAN TO STAY
COOL WHETHER IT’S DURING THE DAY
OR EVEN AT NIGHT. WE’LL TALK
MORE ABOUT THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND STORMS FOR THE REST OF THE
WEEK COMING UP. UNDER THE
COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING JANUARY
6TH ATTACK ON THE U. S CAPITOL
HOLDS ITS NEXT HEARING THURSDAY
NIGHT IN PRIMETIME. NEW
WITNESSES ARE EXPECTED IN
ADDITION TO HOPE FOR SECRET
SERVICE MESSAGES. MYSTERIOUSLY
GONE MISSING SUSAN MCGINNIS WITH
THE LATEST ON THAT AND A TRIAL
STARTING TODAY FOR A KEY DONALD
TRUMP ALLY. TODAY WAS JURY
SELECTION DAY IN THE TRIAL FOR
TRUMP ADVISER STEVE BANNON,
CHARGED WITH CONTEMPT OF
CONGRESS FOR REFUSING TO TESTIFY
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. JURY
SELECTION BEGINNING TODAY IN
WASHINGTON IN THE TRIAL OF TRUMP
ADVISER STEVE BANNON, BANNON
CHARGED WITH CONTEMPT OF
CONGRESS FOR DEFYING A SUBPOENA
TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE JANUARY
6TH COMMITTEE. THIS IS GOING TO
BE THE MISDEMEANOR FROM HELL.
LEGAL EXPERTS DISAGREE. THIS IS
A VERY SIMPLE CASE. BANNON
RECEIVED SUBPOENA. HE REFUSED TO
COMPLY WITH THE SUBPOENA. THE
COMMITTEE INTERESTED IN BANNON’S
TESTIMONY, REVEALING POSSIBLE
FOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE CAPITAL
ATTACK ON HIS FAR RIGHT PODCAST.
HELL IS GOING TO BREAK LOOSE
TOMORROW. THE COMMITTEE THREE
DAYS FROM ITS PRIME TIME HEARING
FOCUSED ON 187 MINUTES OF WHAT
IT CALLS INACTION BY DONALD
TRUMP FROM THE START OF THE
ATTACK TO HIS MESSAGE TO THE
ATTACKERS GO HOME. WE LOVE YOU.
YOU’RE VERY SPECIAL, ALSO
POSSIBLY COVERED THURSDAY
MISSING SECRET SERVICE TEXT
MESSAGES FROM JANUARY 5TH AND
SIXTH. THE AGENCY CLAIMS WERE
DELETED IN A PRE PLANNED
TECHNICAL UPGRADE. THOSE SECRET
SERVICE MESSAGES COULD GET US
INSIDE THE PRESIDENT’S
INTENTIONS. HIS MINDSET BEFORE,
DURING AND AFTER THE VIOLENCE ON
JANUARY, 6TH. THE COMMITTEE
ISSUING A SUBPOENA FOR THE TEXT
WITH A DEADLINE OF TOMORROW.
BANNER FACES A MINIMUM 30 DAYS
AND MAXIMUM TWO YEARS IN JAIL IF
CONVICTED IN WASHINGTON, SUSAN
MCGINNIS FOUR. LOCAL ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. SUSAN GENERAL MOTORS,
ANNOUNCING IT WILL KEEP ITS
HEADQUARTERS IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT
. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS CEO MARY BARRA
SAYS THE MAIN OFFICE WILL REMAIN
IN THE RENAISSANCE CENTER.
HOWEVER SHE SAYS SHE CAN’T
PREDICT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN 10
OR 15 YEARS ARE ALSO SAYS THAT