THE GROSSE POINT WOMAN. WHAT WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT HER HISTORY BEHIND THE WHEEL. NEWS THAT
IMPACTS YOUR MONEY FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN MORE THAN A YEAR, THE
FEDERAL RESERVE ANNOUNCES IT IS
NOT RAISING INTEREST RATES. BUT
THAT MAY CHANGE SOON. BRIAN AND
CHRISTY, A DRY DAY, SOME
SUNSHINE ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF
THE REGION TODAY, BUT SHOWERS
AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE.
>> LOOKING AHEAD INTO OUR
THURSDAY. I’LL TIME OUT WHEN
YOU’RE GOING TO NEED THAT
UMBRELLA AND YOUR COMPLETE FOR
ONE FORECAST COMING UP.
>> ANITA BAKER AND BABY FACE
HAVE MADE CLASSIC LOVE SONGS.
BUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
R&B LEGENDS HAS HIT A SOUR NOTE.
NOW THEY WON’T BE PERFORMING
TOGETHER IN METRO DETROIT IN A
FEW WEEKS, AND FANS ARE SHARING
THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT. LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS.
FIRST AT FOUR STARTS NOW. GOOD
AFTERNOON AND THANKS FOR BEING
HERE.
>> FIRST AT FOUR, I’M CHRISTY
MCDONALD IN FOR KAREN DREW. A
DETROIT BUS DRIVER HAS JUST GONE
BEFORE A JUDGE IN A CRASH THAT
KILLED A GROSSE POINTE WOMAN.
AND WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT
HER PAST. PROSECUTORS SAY
GERALDINE JOHNSON WAS DRIVING A
BUS EARLIER THIS MONTH WHEN SHE
TURNED ONTO CONGRESS IN GRISWOLD
IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT. SHE HIT AND
KILLED 67 YEAR OLD JANICE BAUER
, WHO WAS USING A WALKER IN THE
CROSSWALK. JOHNSON IS CHARGED
WITH A MOVING VIOLATION, CAUSING
DEATH. THAT’S A MISDEMEANOR. BUT
TODAY IN COURT, A JUDGE TALKED
ABOUT HER TROUBLING HISTORY ON
THE ROAD.
>> YOU WERE INVOLVED IN A
TRAFFIC CRASH RESULTING IN A
FATAL INJURY THAT THERE HAVE
BEEN CRASHES EITHER WITH A BUS
OR YOUR PERSONAL VEHICLE IN 2018
TO AND 19 1 IN 21 AND 21 1 IN
22. AND THEN WE HAVE THIS MATTER
TODAY. SO THE COURT DOES FIND
YOU TO BE A DANGER. AN EXTENSIVE
HISTORY.
>> JOHNSON PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO
THE CHARGES. IF CONVICTED, SHE
FACES UP TO A YEAR IN JAIL, A
FINE OR BOTH? A TRAGEDY ON
DETROIT’S EAST SIDE. A WOMAN IN
HER 90S IS KILLED IN A HOUSE
FIRE. IT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT IN A
HOME ON ORLEANS STREET NEAR
SEVEN MILE AND DEQUINDRE. POLICE
SAY THEY FOUND THE WOMAN INSIDE
OF THE HOME AND THEY ARE STILL
LOOKING INTO THE CAUSE OF THE
FIRE. BUT THEY ARE REMINDING
EVERYONE TO HAVE A FIRE ESCAPE
PLAN AND ALSO WORKING SMOKE
DETECTORS IN THEIR HOMES. A
POPULAR CONEY ISLAND RESTAURANT
IN SOUTHFIELD IS SIGNIFICANTLY
DAMAGED IN A FIRE THIS MORNING.
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE AT
THE KIRBY’S CONEY ISLAND AT TEN
MILE AND EVERGREEN. VIDEO SHOWS
THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING IS
MOSTLY UNAFFECTED, BUT THE FIRE
RUINED ALMOST EVERYTHING INSIDE
THAT RESTAURANT. NO ONE WAS
HURT, THOUGH. INVESTIGATORS ARE
STILL LOOKING INTO WHAT CAUSED
THAT FIRE. THE ORGANIZATION
BEHIND TWO OF DETROIT’S BIGGEST
EVENTS IS STEPPING UP EFFORTS TO
SECURE A NEW HEADQUARTERS. WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PARADE
COMPANY. THAT’S THE GROUP
RESPONSIVE FOR THE FORD
FIREWORKS. AND AMERICA’S
THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE. THE
PARADE COMPANY IS TRYING TO
RAISE $45 MILLION FOR ITS NEW
HEADQUARTERS AND PARADE STUDIO
COMPANY SAYS IT’S A QUARTER OF
THE WAY. THERE AND TO REACH THAT
GOAL, IT IS LAUNCHING A NEW
FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN CALLED BE A
PART OF HISTORY. THE COMPANY
WANTS TO BUY THE OLD NAVAL
ARMORY ON JEFFERSON NEAR BELLE
ISLE, TO TURN IT INTO A
HEADQUARTERS AND FLOAT STORAGE.
ALL RIGHT. IT’S TIME NOW FOR OUR
FIRST LOOK AT THE FORECAST. A
BREAK FROM THE RAIN TODAY. LOVE
THE SUNSHINE, BUT IT WILL MAKE A
RETURN TO THE FORECAST. FOREWARN
METEOROLOGIST BRIAN SHERMAN IS
IN FOR KIM TODAY. HI, BRIAN.
>> HEY THERE, KRISTI. GOOD
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
NOT A BAD DAY ACROSS THE
NEIGHBORHOOD TODAY. PLENTY OF
SUNSHINE, A LITTLE CLOUD COVER
OUTSIDE OVER DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
MILD TEMPERATURES FOR MOST
EVERYONE AS WELL AS MOST OF US
ARE SITTING INTO THE 70S, 72
RIGHT NOW HERE IN DETROIT. SAME
WORKING OVER INTO HOWELL, 70
RIGHT NOW, WORKING INTO PONTIAC
AND 73, CHECKING IN WITH US,
WORKING DOWN INTO ADRIAN FROM
WHERE WE WERE THIS TIME
YESTERDAY. MOST OF US RUNNING A
FEW DEGREES WARMER. ONE OF THE
WARMER SPOTS, 12 DEGREES WARMER
THIS AFTERNOON. AND IT’LL APPEAR
AND EIGHT DEGREES WARMER WORKING
INTO HOWELL. BUT WE’RE GOING TO
KEEP SOME OF THOSE MILD
TEMPERATURES AROUND WITH SOME
RAIN ON THE WAY HEADING INTO OUR
THURSDAY. MOST OF THE STATE
TODAY. ON TO THE DRY SIDE OF
THINGS, A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD
COVER FROM TIME TO TIME. BUT AS
WE GO THROUGH THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT, EXPECT
THAT CLOUD COVER TO INCREASE IF
YOU’RE HEADING TO GAME TWO OF
THE TIGERS IS NOW DOUBLE HEADER
TODAY CANCELED AND RESCHEDULED
FROM THE RAIN YESTERDAY. 76 BY
5:00 THIS EVENING DOWN INTO THE
60S BY 9:00 TONIGHT AND WE BRING
IN THE RAIN WITH A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW. I’LL
TIME OUT WHEN THAT RAIN MOVES
INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOUR
COMPLETE FOREWARN FORECAST
COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
CHRISTY.
>> ALL RIGHT, BRIAN, WE’LL SEE
YOU IN A BIT. BIG NEWS FROM THE
FEDERAL RESERVE THIS AFTERNOON
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN
A YEAR, THE FED WILL NOT BE
RAISING INTEREST RATES. THE FED
IS KEEPING ITS KEY INTEREST RATE
AT 5. EXPERTS SAY IT’S BECAUSE
INFLATION IS EASING AND THE FED
WANTS TO LOOK AT WHETHER PAST
HIKES HAVE SLOWED PRICE
INCREASES. THE FED HAS RAISED
RATES TEN STRAIGHT TIMES. IT IS
SIGNALING IT MAY RAISE RATES
TWICE MORE. THIS YEAR, THOUGH,
STARTING AS SOON AS THIS MONTH.
WE ARE GETTING NEW REACTION FROM
REPUBLICANS THIS AFTERNOON
FOLLOWING THE HISTORIC FEDERAL
COURT APPEARANCE OF FORMER
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. TRUMP
PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO 37 COUNTS
IN FEDERAL COURT IN MIAMI
YESTERDAY. PROSECUTORS SAY HE
MISHANDLED AND SCHEMED TO HOLD
ON TO CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. THE
FORMER PRESIDENT ADDRESSED
SUPPORTERS AT HIS NEW JERSEY
GOLF CLUB LAST NIGHT. AND TODAY
WE ARE GETTING NEW REACTION FROM
HIS FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AND
CURRENT OPPONENT IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE FOR 24. MIKE
PENCE.
>> I WILL TELL YOU, AS NOT ONLY
AS A FORMER VICE PRESIDENT, BUT
ALSO MY SON’S A MARINE. MY SON
IN LAW IS A NAVY LIEUTENANT. I
MADE THE VERY PROSPECT THAT WHAT
IS ALLEGED HERE TOOK PLACE,
CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE A
HIGHLY SENSITIVE, CLASSIFIED
MATERIAL COULD HAVE FALLEN INTO
THE WRONG HANDS, EVEN
INADVERTENTLY, THAT THAT
JEOPARDIZES OUR NATIONAL
SECURITY. IT PUTS AT RISK THE
MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR ARMED
FORCES. AND AS I SAID, I CAN’T
DEFEND WHAT IS ALLEGED, BUT THE
FORMER PRESIDENT HAS A RIGHT TO
HIS DAY IN COURT, CHARGING A
FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES UNDER THE ESPIONAGE ACT.
OF 1971.
>> SOURCE ARE TELLING CNN THAT
THE FORMER PRESIDENT RAISED MORE
THAN $2 MILLION AT THAT
FUNDRAISER IN NEW JERSEY LAST
NIGHT.
>> FIRST, AT FOUR TODAY, WE ARE
COVERING YOUR COMMUNITY AND
TODAY WE ARE HEADING TO OAKLAND
AND WAYNE COUNTIES. WE START IN
WAYNE COUNTY AT METRO AIRPORT
WHERE A DISASTER IN PREPAREDNESS
TRAINING EXERCISE TOOK PLACE
TODAY. IT INCLUDED DRILLS THAT
WERE FOR AN ACTIVE SHOOTER
HOSTAGE SITUATION, AN AS WELL AS
A SIMULATED EXPLOSION ON BOARD
AN AIRCRAFT. THE TRAINING IS
REQUIRED BY THE FAA AND IT HELPS
THE DIFFERENT AIRPORT AUTHORITY
DEPARTMENTS PRACTICE A
COORDINATED RESPONSE. ALL RIGHT.
OVER TO PONTIAC NOW, WHERE
OAKLAND COUNTY HELD ITS FIRST
EVER JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION
TODAY. COUNTY OFFICIALS
DEDICATED A HISTORIC MARKER TO
ELIZABETH DENNISON FORD. SHE IS
THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR TO OWN
PROPERTY IN OAKLAND COUNTY AND
MICHIGAN. THE COUNTY ALSO PUT UP
A JUNETEENTH FLAG AT THE
COURTHOUSE. JUNETEENTH IS THIS
MONDAY AND IS NOW RECOGNIZED AS
A FEDERAL HOLIDAY. ALL RIGHT.
NOW A STORY THAT HAS A LOT OF
PEOPLE TALKING. A DETROIT LEGEND
IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A SOCIAL
MEDIA FEUD WITH THE OPENING ACT
ON HER TOUR. IT HAS GOTTEN SO
SERIOUS. ANITA BAKER ANNOUNCED
THAT SHE IS DROPPING R&B STAR
BABYFACE FROM THE TOUR FOR WILL
JONES IS FOLLOWING THE ONLINE
DRAMA. ALL RIGHT, WILL WE KNOW
THAT ANITA BAKER IS PERFORMING
AT PINE KNOB NEXT MONTH AND IT
LOOKS LIKE BABYFACE WILL NOT BE
THERE.
>> EXACTLY, KRISTIE. THIS IS SO
HARD TO UNDERSTAND. I FOLLOW
ANITA BAKER ON TWITTER. AND WHEN
I SAW HER FIRST FEW TWEETS
RESPONDING TO BABYFACE FANS, I
THOUGHT SHE HAD BEEN HACKED. BUT
THIS AFTERNOON, SHE’S STILL
GOING AT IT ON TWITTER AS SHE
PREPARES TO GO ON TOUR ALONE IN
DETROIT, NATIVE ANITA BAKER AND
KENNETH BABYFACE EDMONDS HAVE
MADE TIMELESS SONGS ON TWO
OCCASIONS, TWO OCCASIONS, WHICH
I KNOW IS WHEN HE WAS BACK IN
HIS GROUP.
>> I LOVE SWEET LOVE. THAT’S MY
FAVORITE SONG.
>> BAKER HAS BEEN CAUGHT UP IN A
TWITTER WAR OF WORDS WITH FANS
OF BABYFACE. NOW IT’S THE END OF
THE ROAD OF THE SONGSTRESS TOUR
WITH BABYFACE AS THE SPECIAL
GUEST. THE TOUR HITS TO DETROIT
ON JULY 2ND. YOU GOT PEOPLE WHO
ALREADY PAID TICKETS TO SEE
BABYFACE.
>> SO IN THE END, WORK IT OUT
AND JUST PUT ON A CONCERT OUT OF
THIS WORLD.
>> IT ALL BEGAN WHEN BABYFACE
EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT TO HIS
FANS ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR NOT
BEING ABLE TO PERFORM AT THE
TOUR’S NEW JERSEY STOP LAST
MONTH. THE I APOLOGIZE SINGER
RESPONDED YESTERDAY, TWEETING
AFTER SILENTLY ENDURING
CYBERBULLYING, VERBAL ABUSE AND
THREATS OF VIOLENCE FROM THE FAN
BASE OF OUR SPECIAL GUEST
SUPPORT ACT AND THE INTEREST OF
PERSONAL SAFETY, I WILL CONTINUE
THE SONGSTRESS TOUR ALONE.
APPROPRIATE REFUNDS WILL BE
MADE. THE MAN WHO PENNED AND
PRODUCED MARY J. BLIGE’S NOT GON
CRY CALLED IT UNFAIR, FORTUNATE
AND DISHEARTENING HOW THINGS
PLAYED OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SHE
DOING A LITTLE TOO MUCH BABYFACE
IS A LEGEND, SO I’M SURE HE WAS
LIKE, OKAY, I CAN’T BE REPLACED
.
>> SO ANITA JUST LIKE, WELL, LET
ME SHOW YOU BECAUSE VERY
DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY COULD NOT
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK
TOGETHER.
>> THEY’RE BOTH LEGENDS, RIGHT?
MIX 92.3 ON AIR PERSONALITY
BUSHMAN SHARES THAT SENTIMENT.
>> IT’S JUST CRAZY. I TALKED
ABOUT IT YESTERDAY ON THE RADIO
. AND PEOPLE ARE JUST LIKE, YOU
KNOW, PICKING SIDES. I’M LIKE,
THIS IS ANITA BAKER. THIS IS
BABYFACE. HOW DO YOU PICK SIDES?
AS FOR BAKER’S UPCOMING CONCERT
AT PINE KNOB, BUSHMAN BELIEVES
IT WILL STILL BE A SOLD OUT
SHOW. THIS IS HER HOMETOWN, SO I
THINK PEOPLE WILL STILL GO, YOU
MAY HAVE A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WHO
MIGHT WANT TO REFUND BECAUSE A
BABYFACE NOT BEING THERE, BUT I
THINK THE SHOW IS STILL BE
PACKED. I THINK IT’LL BE SOLD
OUT.
>> THE LAST TIME BAKER PERFORMED
IN OUR AREA WAS LAST YEAR AT THE
LCA AND BEFORE THAT IT HAD BEEN
MORE THAN A DECADE. CHRISTY, I’M
GOING TO SEND IT BACK TO YOU AND
PULL OUT MY PHONE AND GO BACK TO
TWITTER TO SEE IF ANITA BAKER IS
STILL TWEETING.
>> YEAH, YOU GOT TO MONITOR IT.
WELL, I SAW THAT AS WELL GOING
ON. IT’S A LITTLE MESSY, BUT