WORSE TO ALMOST INSULT EATING. >> IT’S HURTING EVERYTHING AROUND HERE. YOU KNOW, IT’S HARD
TO RUN A BUSINESS WITH THE
TRAFFIC, THE CONGESTION ROAD
CONSTRUCTION SEASON HITS A NEW
LEVEL AND IT HAS THE MAYOR OF
MICHIGAN’S THIRD LARGEST CITY
CALLING FOR CHANGE.
>> THAT’S RIGHT. THANKS FOR
JOINING US HERE AT 11. I’M
KIMBERLY GILL. GOOD EVENING,
EVERYBODY.
>> I’M KAREN DREW IN FOR DEVIN
SCILLIAN IN A POST ON FACEBOOK,
WARREN MAYOR JIM FOUTS SAYS
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE OUT OF
CONTROL BECAUSE THE STATE, THE
COUNTIES AND CITIES REALLY
AREN’T COORDINATING THEIR
PROJECTS. SO HERE’S A GOOD
EXAMPLE.
>> THE I-75 PROJECT IN OAKLAND
COUNTY IS A TRAFFIC MESS. SOME
PEOPLE ARE USING JOHN R AS AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE, BUT NOW THERE’S
CONSTRUCTION THERE. SAME THING
GOES FOR WOODWARD AVENUE. THE
ORANGE BARRELS ARE UP THERE TOO.
JACQUELINE FRANCIS IS LIVE ON
THIS STORY. JACQUELINE, MAYOR
FOUTS SAYS HE HAS A SOLUTION IN
THAT HE DOES.
>> LET’S GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE OF
WHAT’S HAPPENING OUT HERE.
THERE’S CARS TURNING AROUND IN
EVERY SORT OF DIRECTION. AND
THIS LOCAL RESTAURANT FOR HOURS
TONIGHT HAD ONE OF THEIR
EMPLOYEES STAND OUT HERE
REROUTING TRAFFIC TO KEEP THEM
FROM CUTTING THROUGH THEIR
PARKING LOT. LET’S SHOW YOU NOW
12 MILE ROAD. YOU’LL SEE WHERE
IT ENDS THERE. THAT’S WHERE THE
ROAD ENDS BECAUSE OF
CONSTRUCTION. NOW IF YOU WANT TO
GET TO MOUND ROAD, YOU’LL SEE
HOW THAT WOULD BE TEMPTING TO
CUT THROUGH THIS PARKING LOT.
BUT WE’RE TOLD IT’S NOT ONLY
UNSAFE FOR CUSTOMERS, IT’S ALSO
AGAINST THE LAW. IT’S ENOUGH TO
MAKE YOU CRAZY. THEY’RE MAD AS
ALL HELL.
>> THEY’RE TIRED OF ORANGE
BARRELS.
>> MAYOR JIM FOUTS SAYS THE
CONSTRUCTION IN WARREN IS SO BAD
IT HAS DRIVERS COMING TO BLOWS.
>> THERE WERE SOME FIGHTS GOING
ON YESTERDAY AT 12:00 MOUND
BECAUSE PEOPLE WEREN’T PREPARED
FOR IT. THEY DIDN’T NOTICE THE
WARNING OR WHAT HAVE YOU. SOME
DRIVERS ARE JUST IGNORING IT
COMPLETELY WHILE OTHERS ARE
CUTTING THROUGH THE PARKING.
>> LOTS OF LOCAL BUSINESSES REST
. CURRENT OWNER BEVERLY SUDA
ISN’T HAVING IT.
>> THEY GET HERE AND THEN THEY
SEE THAT IT’S CLOSED. SO THEY
CUT THROUGH MY LOT TO GET OUT TO
12 MILE, SHE SAYS IT’S DANGEROUS
AND WORRIES ONE OF HER CUSTOMERS
WILL GET HIT. I SPENT 12 MINUTES
TRYING TO BACK UP OUT OF MY
PARKING SPOT, YOU KNOW, JUST IN
THE MORNING AT 7:30 A.M. THAT’S
HOW MANY CARS WERE COMING
THROUGH, CUTTING THROUGH AND
FLYING.
>> WARREN POLICE ARE STAKING OUT
BOTH ENDS OF THE RESTAURANT
PARKING LOT, WRITING $300
TICKETS TO THOSE WHO CUT THROUGH
THE LOT TO AVOID CONSTRUCTION.
NEXT DOOR AT KERBY’S CONEY
ISLAND, THE MANAGER SAYS THEY’VE
LOST HALF THEIR CUSTOMERS
BECAUSE OF IT.
>> IT’S HURTING EVERYTHING
AROUND HERE. YOU KNOW, IT’S HARD
TO RUN A BUSINESS WITH THE
TRAFFIC, THE CONGESTION. YOU
REALLY SEE PEOPLE ARE JUST NOT
HAVING IT DURING OUR LIVE REPORT
AT TEN.
>> DRIVERS TOOK MATTERS INTO
THEIR OWN HANDS. WHAT MAYOR
FOUTS IS TALKING ABOUT, WHAT
WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, PEOPLE
ABSOLUTELY FED UP. OKAY. SO BACK
HERE LIVE NOW AT 11, MAYOR FOUTS
DOES SAY HE HAS A PLAN. HE’S
CALLING FOR MORE COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN BEEN LOCAL, COUNTY AND
STATE OFFICIALS TO MAKE SURE NOT
ALL OF THIS CONSTRUCTION IS
HAPPENING AT ONCE, BECAUSE, OF
COURSE, THIS CONSTRUCTION HERE
AT 12 MILE ROAD IS NOT THE ONLY
CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
IN WARREN. THERE’S A TON OF
OTHER CONSTRUCTION WHICH IS JUST
COMPOUNDING THE PROBLEM,
REPORTING LIVE IN WARREN,
JACQUELINE FRANCIS, LOCAL 4.
>> YEAH, IT DOES HAVE PEOPLE
REALLY UPSET. OKAY, JACQUELINE,
THANK YOU. NOW TO SOME BREAKING
NEWS IN JUST THE PAST FEW
MINUTES FROM WASHINGTON. THE
SENATE HAS JUST PASSED A BILL TO
RAISE THE COUNTRY’S DEBT LIMIT.
IT NOW HEADS TO THE PRESIDENT’S
DESK FOR HIS SIGNATURE. FOR THE
PAST SEVERAL HOURS, SENATORS
HAVE BEEN VOTING ON A SERIES OF
AMENDMENTS TO THE BILL, WHICH
HAS SUPPORT FROM LEADERS ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE AISLE. THE VOTE
COMES AHEAD OF A KEY DEADLINE ON
MONDAY WHERE THE US WOULD BE
UNABLE TO PAY ITS DEBTS.
>> ALL RIGHT, CNN, WARREN.
TONIGHT, POLICE THERE ARREST A
MAN SUSPECTED OF RAPING TWO
WOMEN. ORLANDO MARSHALL JUNIOR
FACES A LONG LIST OF CHARGES,
INCLUDING FOUR COUNTS OF FIRST
DEGREE CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT.
POLICE SAY BOTH WOMEN MET WITH
MARSHALL AFTER CONNECTING ON AN
ONLINE DATING SITE. EACH VICTIM
SAYS MARSHALL RAPED THEM AT
GUNPOINT INSIDE A VACANT HOUSE
ON COLLEEN AVENUE IN WARREN
EARLIER THIS WEEK, POLICE WERE
DOING SURVEILLANCE AT THAT
VACANT HOME AND SAW MARSHALL
APPROACHING WITH ANOTHER WOMAN.
MARSHALL RAN, BUT WAS TRACKED
DOWN BY A K-9 UNIT AT A HOME IN
DETROIT. THE MAN ARRESTED IN THE
DEATH OF A DETROIT NURSE HAS NOW
BEEN CHARGED WITH HER MURDER.
>> JAMIR MILLER APPEARED IN
COURT TODAY. HE STANDS CHARGED
WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE
DEATH OF PATRICE WILSON. WILSON
WAS LEAVING WORK AS A NURSE AT
THE DMC WHEN PROSECUTOR SAY
MILLER KIDNAPED AND LATER KILLED
HER. WAYNE COUNTY PROSECUTOR KYM
WORTHY SAYS SHE WAS TRYING TO
END HER RELATIONSHIP WITH MILLER
WHEN IT HAPPENED. HE ALSO FACES
OTHER CHARGES, INCLUDING
CARJACKING AND FIREARMS
VIOLATIONS. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS
THE PRESIDENT IS FINE AND SAYS
IT WAS A SANDBAG THAT CAUSED HIM
TO FALL AT A GRADUATION CEREMONY
HAPPENED TODAY AT THE AIR FORCE
ACADEMY IN COLORADO SPRINGS.
>> YOU CAN SEE. SECRET SERVICE
AND AIR FORCE OFFICIALS STEP IN
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AND HELP GET
HIM BACK UP ON HIS FEET. THE
PRESIDENT WENT BACK TO HIS SEAT
UNDER HIS OWN POWER AND STAYED
FOR THE REST OF THE CEREMONY.
>> A HEADS UP FOR PARENTS WITH
KIDS IN DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT ARE
GOING TO BE LET OUT. THREE HOURS
EARLY AGAIN TOMORROW BECAUSE OF
THE HEAT TOMORROW, ALL INDOOR
AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES WILL BE
CANCELED. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES CAN
STILL BE HELD, BUT IT’S UP TO
THE PRINCIPAL. GIRLS ATHLETIC
COORDINATORS AND COACHES. THE
DISTRICT SAYS, THOUGH,
TRANSPORTATION WILL STILL BE
AVAILABLE ALL. TAKE A LOOK NOW
AT LIVE PICTURES FROM THE START
FINISH LINE IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT
FINISH LINE IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT . >> THE RACETRACK IS READY AND
THAT’S A GOOD THING.
>> YEAH, THAT’S BECAUSE IN A
LITTLE LESS THAN 9.5 HOURS FROM
RIGHT NOW, RACE CARS WILL BE
ROARING THROUGH THE STREETS AS
THE FIRST CARS HIT THE TRACK AT
830 TOMORROW MORNING.
>> PRACTICE FOR THE IMSA
MICHELIN PILOT CHALLENGE. THAT’S
GOING TO BE SOME FUN.
>> AND WHEN WE SAY CARS WILL BE
SPEEDING THROUGH DOWNTOWN, WE
MEAN IT. OKAY, HERE’S A MAP OF
THE TRACK. IT’S CENTERED AROUND
THE RENCEN AND CARS COULD HIT
180 MILES AN HOUR GOING DOWN
JEFFERSON AVENUE. MARA MACDONALD
LIVE ALONG THE TRACK FOR US
TONIGHT. MARA, SOMETHING LIKE
THIS HASN’T HAPPENED SINCE WHAT
YOU WERE IN DIAPERS. YOU SAID
EARLIER. SO I’M JUST KIDDING.
WELL, LET’S LET’S MAKE IT MIDDLE
SCHOOL. LET’S LEAVE IT AT A
SOLID MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ALSO
REALIZE THAT I QUALIFY FOR AARP
NOW.
>> BUT TAKE THAT ASIDE AND TAKE
A LOOK BEHIND ME DOWNTOWN
DETROIT IS DECKED OUT. IT IS
READY TO GO RACING. DETROIT IS
READY TO RACE DOWNTOWN HAS BEEN
TRANSFORMED INTO A LOVE LETTER
TO INDYCAR. ALL THE CORVETTES SO
HOT. I LOVE IT. THERE ARE
DISPLAYS, INTERACTIVE PIT STOPS
AND GET READY BECAUSE THE ROAR
OF THE ENGINES WILL BE BACK
DOWNTOWN STARTING TOMORROW,
WHICH IS FREE PRIX DAY. GET DOWN
HERE EARLY TO GET A GRANDSTAND
SEAT TO WATCH QUALIFYING. I’M
GLAD THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAD IT
IN DETROIT INSTEAD OF BELLE
ISLE.
>> I THINK EVERYONE’S EXCITED,
HONESTLY, BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE
MOVEMENT. THIS PAST WEEKEND AND
SO EVERYONE WAS KIND OF TIRED,
BUT THEN WE HAD A FEW DAYS OF
REST AND NOW WE CAN COME BACK
OUT FOR THE RACES.
>> THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THE
MASSIVE SETUP ARE IN PROCESS.
JEFFERSON AND THE RIVERFRONT
HAVE BEEN UTTERLY TAKEN OVER
WITH EVERYTHING INDYCAR.
>> IT LOOKS PRETTY CHALLENGING
OUT THERE, BUT I’M EXCITED TO BE
HERE. I THINK THE LOCATION IS
GOOD. I KNOW. I JUST WANT TO GO
OUT THERE AND SEE HOW THE TRACK
DOES.
>> FRESH OFF OF THE INDY 500,
THE DRIVERS ARE ALL HERE. AN
URBAN STREET COURSE PRESENTS
DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THAN A
TRACK BACK HERE LIVE. SO
SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IF YOU ARE
COMING DOWN HERE TO WORK
TOMORROW LIKE WE DO, IT’S GOING
TO BE BUSY AND IT’S GOING TO BE
LOUD. SO NO PRIOR PLANNING
PREVENTS POOR PERFORMANCE. LIVE
DOWNTOWN TONIGHT. I’M MARA
MACDONALD, LOCAL 4.
>> MARA, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY GOING
TO CAUSE SOME TROUBLE FOR
COMMUTERS DOWNTOWN TO IT’S GOING
TO NOT BE PRETTY KIMBERLY BUT IF
YOU ARE COMING DOWN HERE
TOMORROW, ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS
HEAD ON OVER TO
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
>> WE’VE GOT ALL THE ROAD
CLOSURES AND WHAT TO LOOK OUT
FOR. JUST REMEMBER A LITTLE
EXTRA TIME. NEVER HURT ANYBODY.
>> THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. OKAY,
MARA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE
WILL BE OUT THERE LIVE ALONG THE
FINISH LINE. ALL DAY TOMORROW.
DEVIN AND I WILL BE JOINED BY
JAMIE EDMONDS AND BERNIE
SMILOVITZ WITH A LOOK AT ALL THE
FUN OUR COVERAGE GETS UNDERWAY
ON LOCAL 4 NEWS BEGINNING AT 5
P.M. ALL RIGHT. OVER HERE NOW IN
THE WEATHER POD WITH KIM.
>> DID YOU KNOW THAT KIM WAS A
RACECAR DRIVER BEFORE? DID YOU
KNOW THAT KIM GO BEFORE KIDS.
>> BEFORE KIDS? YEAH. YOU USED
TO RACE? YEAH. I HAVE MY SCCA
RACING LICENSE. THAT IS SO COOL.
PORSCHE CLUB. YEAH, YEAH, MAN. I
KNOW. BEFORE KIDS, I WAS
ACTUALLY COOL BEFORE KIDS. THAT
WAS COOL. BEFORE KIDS TOO. I
JUST GO TO TARGET AND SOCCER
GAMES. I WAS TALLER. I WAS I’LL
BE FOUR KIDS SO I WAS DOWNTOWN.
YEAH. TALKING TO SOME OF THE
RACE CAR DRIVERS BECAUSE WEATHER
HAS A LOT TO DO WITH WITH
RACING, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. I
MEAN, EVEN A FIVE MILE PER HOUR
WIN WHEN YOU’RE GOING 230MPH,
CAN CAUSE SOME SOME SERIOUS
CHANGES IN HOW THEY HOW THEY DO
THINGS. LET’S TALK FIRST,
THOUGH, ABOUT THE HEAT, BECAUSE
I TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AN
URBAN HEAT ISLAND AND HOW IT’S
GENERALLY WARMER DOWNTOWN THAN
IT IS IN THE SUBURBS BECAUSE OF
ALL THAT CONCRETE IN THE
BUILDINGS. AND THE WAY IT IS
DOWNTOWN. SO THIS IS A GOOD JUST
GIVE YOU A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT
HAPPENS DOWNTOWN AND WHY
TEMPERATURES ARE SO MUCH WARMER.
76 RIGHT NOW IN DETROIT, BUT IN
THE 60S IN THE SUBURBS. SO IT
JUST HOLDS ON TO THE HEAT, WHICH
MEANS IT’S GOING TO GET EVEN
WARMER TOMORROW AND FEEL PRETTY
HOT DOWNTOWN. YOU CAN SEE THAT
YELLOW THERE INDICATING THE
WARMER AREA, DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
SO TOMORROW WE DO GET INTO THE
UPPER 80S TO 90 DEGREES WITH
LOTS OF SUNSHINE ON TOMORROW AS
THE RACE BEGINS, WINDS WILL BE
OUT OF THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 5
TO 10MPH. NOW THE FINAL DAY OF
RACING ON SUNDAY IS A LITTLE
DIFFERENT THAN IT WILL BE THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. AND I’LL
TALK ABOUT THAT. PLUS THE FIRST
TROPICAL DEPRESSION OF THE