NEWS STARTS NOW WITH THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT FOLLOWING BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS OUT OF
WASHINGTON. ESPECIAL COUNSEL IS
APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN’S HANDLING
OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AS HE
LEFT THE VICE PRESIDENCY.
ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND
MAKING THAT APPOINTMENT TODAY
AFTER MORE DOCUMENTS WERE FOUND
LATEST DISCOVERY OF CLASSIFIED
MATERIAL WAS MADE HERE AT
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S HOME IN
DELAWARE. DOCUMENTS WITH
CLASSIFIED MARKINGS HAVE NOW
BEEN FOUND IN A LIBRARY. HIS
GARAGE AND THE OFFICE OF HIS
FORMER INSTITUTE IN WASHINGTON,
ALICE BAR IN WASHINGTON, WHERE
THE PRESIDENT IS PROMISING TO
FULLY COOPERATE. DEVON AND
KIMBERLY ON TOP OF THE SPECIAL
COUNSEL PROBE. REPUBLICANS ARE
PROMISING A CONGRESSIONAL
INVESTIGATION, INCLUDING INTO
THE DELAY IN ALL OF THIS
BECOMING PUBLIC. AND INDEPENDENT
SPECIAL COUNSEL IS NOW
INVESTIGATING PRESIDENT BIDEN’S
HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS
AS HE WAS LEAVING THE VICE
PRESIDENCY AFTER ANOTHER BATCH
WAS DISCOVERED THIS TIME AT HIS
HOME IN DELAWARE, COOPERATING
FULLY AND COMPLETELY THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT’S REVIEW THE
PRESIDENT, SAYING HIS LAWYERS
HAVE BEEN CONTINUING TO SEARCH
AN UNCOVERED A SMALL NUMBER OF
DOCUMENTS WITH CLASSIFIED
MARKINGS IN STORAGE AREAS IN HIS
HOME PERSONAL LIBRARY AND HIS
GARAGE NEXT TO HIS CORVETTE.
CORVETTES IN A LOCKED GARAGE.
OKAY SO IT’S NOT LIKE YOU’RE
SITTING OUT IN THE STREET.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE WHITE
HOUSE CONFIRMED THE PRESIDENT’S
LAWYERS FOUND CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS IN HIS FORMER PRIVATE
OFFICE SPACE IN WASHINGTON.
SOURCES TELL NBC NEWS IT WAS
LESS THAN A DOZEN DOCUMENTS FROM
HIS TIME AS VICE PRESIDENT IN
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND
TODAY ANNOUNCING ROBERT, HER
FORMER TRUMP APPOINTED U S
ATTORNEY WILL SERVE AS SPECIAL
COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER
ANY PERSON OR ENTITY VIOLATED
THE LAW IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
MATTER. REPUBLICANS CALLING FOR
A CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION
HERE IS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT’S
BEEN IN OFFICE FOR MORE THAN 40
YEARS. HERE’S AN INDIVIDUAL THAT
SET ON 60 MINUTES THAT WAS SO
CONCERNED ABOUT PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S DOCUMENTS, HOUSE SPEAKER
KEVIN MCCARTHY. THEY’RE DRAWING
THE COMPARISON TO HUNDREDS OF
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. THE FBI
ULTIMATELY RECOVERED FROM FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S MAR A LAGO
ESTATE AFTER HE RESISTED
REPEATED REQUESTS, INCLUDING A
SUBPOENA TO HAND THEM OVER.
DEMOCRATS QUICK TO DRAW A
DISTINCTION THAT PEOPLE ARE
BRINGING FORTH. THE DOCUMENTS.
THEY’RE NOT OBSTRUCTING ACCESS
TO THEM. PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS
HIS LAWYERS TURNED THE
CLASSIFIED MATERIAL OVER RIGHT
AWAY, SAYING TODAY HE TAKES THE
MATTER SERIOUSLY. THE WHITE
HOUSE, SAYING TODAY IS CONFIDENT
A THOROUGH REVIEW WILL SHOW THAT
THESE DOCUMENTS WERE
INADVERTENTLY MISPLACED AND THAT
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS LAWYERS
ACTED PROMPTLY ONCE THEY
DISCOVERED THE MISTAKE IN
WASHINGTON, ALICE BAR LOCAL 4
ALRIGHT, ALICE, A NUMBER OF AIDS
WHO WORKED FOR BIDEN IN THE
FINAL DAYS OF THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION, HAVE ALREADY
BEEN INTERVIEWED BY FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO SOURCES
TELLING NBC NEWS THAT NOW THIS
IS ALL HAPPENING ON THE SAME
DAY, VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA
HARRIS MAKES A STOP IN ANN
ARBOR. WE’LL HAVE A LIVE REPORT
ON THE VICE PRESIDENT’S VISIT TO
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AND
HER MESSAGE ON CLIMATE CHANGE
COMING UP ABOUT 10 MINUTES FROM
NOW, BUT OUR OTHER TOP STORY
HERE AT FIVE TODAY, ST CLAIR
COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING
HIS FOUR YEAR OLD DAUGHTER
REMAINS IN JAIL TONIGHT. ERIC
MARDINI WENT BEFORE A JUDGE THIS
AFTERNOON, TWO DAYS AFTER POLICE
SAY HE ABDUCTED THE GIRL AND
TOOK OFF TOWARD OHIO. ROD MELONI
WAS IN PORT HURON FOR HIS
ARRAIGNMENT. ROD SO HERE AT THE
ARRAIGNMENT IN PORT HURON. WE
LEARNED THAT THIS WAS ALREADY AN
EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL AND STRANGE
DOMESTIC SITUATION IN THAT THE
FATHER HAD CUSTODY OF THE FOUR
YEAR OLD CHILD FORECAST ADI AND
THAT APPARENTLY WAS IN JAIL
RECENTLY AS EARLY AS THE NINTH
OF JANUARY AND THEN SOMEHOW LOST
CUSTODY, WHICH IN COURT, THEY
SAID PROMPTED THIS ENTIRE
EXCHANGE THAT WE SAW IN OHIO.
ARE YOU HURT? FOR ME. NO, NO,
WE’RE HERE TO HELP YOU. OKAY,
BABE, AND IT WAS A DECIDEDLY
EMOTIONAL SCENE WHEN THE OHIO
STATE POLICE STOPPED ERIC
NORDINE EASE TRUCK AND WE’RE
ABLE TO TAKE HIS FOUR YEAR OLD
DAUGHTER INTO CUSTODY TODAY,
NARDINE E APPEARED IN A
PORT HURON COURT FOR A VIDEO
ARRAIGNMENT FACING KIDNAPPING
AND PAROLE OF STANDING CHARGES.
HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY AND ASKED
FOR A LOW BOND. THE PROSECUTOR’S
OFFICE JUMPED IN ASKING FOR A
MILLION DOLLAR BOND, SAYING HIS
KIDNAPPING CASES EERILY SIMILAR
TO ONE NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO, AND
HE CAREFULLY PREPARED FOR HIS
ESCAPE WITH HIS DAUGHTER LEFT
BEHIND HIS IPHONE. HE LEFT
BEHIND HIS EVER WATCHED HE LEFT
BEHIND THE MINOR VICTIMS IPAD.
AND OBTAINED A TRACK PHONE OR
WHAT WE CALL AS A DUMP PHONE IN
ORDER TO AVOID BEING TRAPPED. UM
THE INFORMATION IN THIS
INVESTIGATION SUPPORT THE FACT
THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS
TRAVELING, POSSIBLY TO EITHER.
CALIFORNIA ARIZONA. OREGON
MAGISTRATES SUSAN MAROVIC SPLIT
THE DIFFERENCE ON THE BOND 700.
$1000 CASH SURETY. SO THAT IS
BASED ON THIS COURT’S DESIRE. TO
PROTECT ITS PUBLIC. NOW TARDINI
HAS TO PUT UP $700,000 IN CASH
IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT
OF JAIL PRIOR TO HIS CASE GOING
TO COURT. IN THE MEANTIME, HIS
DEFENSE ATTORNEY WAS TELLING THE
JUDGE THAT HE DOESN’T BELIEVE
THAT THAT COURT PORT HURON
DISTRICT COURT IS THE RIGHT
COURT FOR THIS CASE, SHE TOLD
HIM TO TAKE THAT UP WITH THE
NEXT JUDGE COMES ALONG AND DO WE
KNOW WHEN HE’S BACK IN COURT
ROD? YES RIGHT NOW THERE IS A
PROBABLE CAUSE HEARING SCHEDULED
FOR THE 24TH OF JANUARY AND THE
PRELIMINARY HEARING THE
PRELIMINARY EXAM WILL COME ON
THE 31ST OF JANUARY, AND THAT’S
WHERE WE MAY GET STILL MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE CASE SO
HAPPY TO HEAR THE LITTLE GIRL IS
OKAY AND SAFE TODAY, RIGHT? WE
APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT THIS
EVENING, INVESTIGATORS SAY IN
DETROIT TEENAGER MURDERED HIS
BEST FRIEND. THEN SERVED AS A
PALLBEARER IN HIS FUNERAL. THAT
WAS ONE OF THE DETAILS UNVEILED
THE DAY AS THEIR BROOKS APPEARED
IN COURT FOR A HEARING.
SHAWN LEY LIVE FROM DETROIT TO
WALK US THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED IN
COURT TODAY, SEAN SAD AND
SHOCKING. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
BEST FRIENDS, JUST TEENAGERS,
ONE SHOOTING THE OTHER DAY, AND
YOU MENTIONED SERVING AS A
PALLBEARER AT HIS FUNERAL WEEKS
. BEFORE THEN HE WAS ARRESTED BY
DETROIT POLICE. HIS ADMISSION
PLAYED IN COURT TODAY. EDMUND
BUTLER WAS ONLY 17. HIS FAMILY
HAD JUST HAD A CELEBRATION,
SENDING HIM OFF TO PROM. BUT
LAST JULY, BUTLER WAS FOUND DEAD
IN HIS CAR HERE AT SOUTH LIBELED
IN GILROY. STREETS IN SOUTHWEST
DETROIT, DEAD FROM A SINGLE
GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE BACK OF THE
HEAD. THIS DETROIT POLICE
INTERROGATION VIDEO IS OF 17
YEAR OLD ZAIRE. BROOKS BROOKS
WAS BUTLER’S LIFELONG BEST
FRIEND. IN THE VIDEO. HE ADMITS
TO DETECTIVES. HE IS THE ONE WHO
SHOT AND KILLED EDMUND BUTLER
WHILE POLICE SEARCH FOR BUTLER’S
KILLER. WE’RE TOLD, BROOKS STILL
ACTED AS HIS FRIEND SERVING AS A
POLE BEARER AT BUTLER’S FUNERAL.
NOW WE CAN TAKE YOU TO THIS
PRELIMINARY HEARING INSIDE 36
DISTRICT COURT JUDGE KENNETH
KINGS COURTROOM TODAY WHERE WE
FOUND OUT WHY A PERSON WOULD
MURDER HIS BEST FRIEND. TELL US
WHAT HAPPENED. WHY DID YOU DO
THAT TRUTH IN THE POLICE VIDEO,
BROOKS EXPLAINED THAT HE PLOTTED
TO MEET BUTLER TWO BY $200 OF
MARIJUANA FROM HIM, BUT IT WAS A
SETUP. BROOKE SAYS IT WAS A
ROBBERY, AND HE SHOT HIS BEST
FRIEND. BECAUSE HE WOULD
IDENTIFY HIM AS THE ROBBER. IF
YOU ROBBED HIM, YOU WOULD HAVE
TO KILL HIM BECAUSE HE’D COME
BACK JUST LIKE THAT’S WHY.
BROOKS IS 17 BEING CHARGED AS AN
ADULT JUDGE KENNETH KING,
BINDING HIM OVER TO THE CIRCUIT
COURT OF FACE TRIAL ON ALL
CHARGES. WE’RE LIVE TONIGHT.
SHAWN LEY LOCAL FORWARD BACK TO
YOU. ALL RIGHT, SEAN. TAYLOR.
SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED TODAY
BECAUSE OF A THREAT MADE ON
SOCIAL MEDIA. THE CITY SAYS
SOMEONE POSTED A THREAT TO
TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL ON INSTAGRAM
. IT WAS IDENTICAL TO ONE POSTED
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WITH A STOCK
PHOTO OF A BB GUN. THE CITY SAYS
SCHOOL IS CANCELED OUT OF AN
ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. POLICE ARE
COMPLETING A SEARCH WARRANT FOR
THE INSTAGRAM POST AND THE
ADDRESS. GOT SOME GOOD NEWS FOR
YOUR WALLET. TODAY INFLATION
CONTINUES TO EASE AND PRICES ARE
DROPPING. THE CONSUMER PRICE
INDEX SHOWS PRICES DOWN 1/10 OF
A PERCENT FROM NOVEMBER TO
DECEMBER, THE FIRST MONTHLY DROP
SINCE MAY OF 2020 OVERALL
INFLATION AT 6.5% RIGHT NOW,
THIS IS THE LAST INFLATION
REPORT BEFORE THE FEDERAL
RESERVE BOARD MEETS THIS MONTH,
THE PANEL WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO
RAISE INTEREST RATES EVEN MORE.
OKAY WE’RE WATCHING YOUR
FOREWARN. WEATHER FORECAST RIGHT
NOW AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT
MOUNT CLEMENS. IF YOU’RE HEADING
OUT LATER TONIGHT, IT COULD GET
A LITTLE BIT SLICK METEOROLOGIST
KIM ADAMS HERE WITH WHAT TO
EXPECT HIM, ESPECIALLY AREAS
NORTH OF M 59. THAT’S WHAT WE’RE
EXPECTING SOME LIGHT KEYWORD,
LIGHT, FREEZING DRIZZLE AND
LIGHT SNOW, BUT AGAIN, THAT’S
FOR NORTH OF METRO DETROIT INTO
THE THUMB. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A
IT’S ALMOST LIKE A RIBBON OF
MOISTURE THAT GOES THROUGH THE
EASTERN PART OF MACOMB COUNTY
DOWN INTO WAYNE COUNTY WILL TAKE
YOU IN JUST A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
HERE. YOU CAN SEE WARREN
DETROIT, ALSO IN GROSSE ILE, BUT
IT’S DRY AND NOVI AND WATER FOR
MOST OF DETROIT’S DRY BUT WE DO
HAVE THIS MOISTURE, SO WE’RE
GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH FOR THAT,
AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS AND WATCH THE
TEMPERATURE IS VERY, VERY
CLOSELY BECAUSE ONCE THEY DIP
BELOW FREEZING ANYTHING THAT
FALLS, WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE
PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE
CHANGING TO SOME LIGHT SNOW, NO
ACCUMULATION OR ANYTHING LIKE
THAT HERE. METRO DETROIT BUT
COULD QUICK PICK UP A QUICK
INJURE SO UP INTO THE THUMB
NORTH OF PORT HURON 37 MOUNT
CLEMENS 40 CITY AIRPORT. SO THE
WEATHER STORY LIKE DRIZZLE THAN
A FEW FLAKES A FEW FLURRIES FOR
FRIDAY. THAT’S HARD TO SAY A FEW
FLURRIES FOR FRIDAY AND
TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY BE IN THE
THIRTIES. BUT WINDCHILLS
TOMORROW, MAKING IT FEEL LIKE
IT’S THE TEEN SO SOME COLDER AIR
, BUT SOME SUNSHINE RETURNS FOR
THE WEEKEND. IF YOU WANT TO KEEP
UP TO DATE ON ALL THIS UP AND
DOWN, WHETHER THAT WE HAVE HERE
IN METRO DETROIT, THE BEST WAY
TO DO IT IS GO TO YOUR APP
STORE. TYPE IN WDIV’S AND THEN
DOWNLOAD THE FREE FOR ONE
WEATHER APP. ALRIGHT KIM MORE
AHEAD HERE TODAY AT FIVE,
INCLUDING A BRAND NEW
INVESTIGATION FROM KAREN THROUGH
SHE’S BACK. KAREN DREW CHANNEL
FOUR ASKING QUESTIONS FOR A LOT
OF THEM. USUALLY I DO WHAT’S
GOING ON. THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A
ZOO AREA RIGHT HERE. THIS ISN’T
A ZOO LEGAL FOR A PET STORE TO
SELL ALLIGATORS IN YOUR CITY.
BUT IF YOU TAKE ONE HOME COULD
YOU GET IN TROUBLE JUST TOLD ME
TO LEAVE UNKNOWN LEADING
INVESTIGATION TONIGHT AT 5 45.
ALSO WHAT THE SUSPECT IN THE
MURDER OF FOUR IDAHO COLLEGE
STUDENTS DID IN COURT TODAY THAT
COULD DELAY THE RELEASE OF NEW
DETAILS IN THE INVESTIGATION.
VICTOR PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS
BACK HERE IN THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN, YET ONCE AGAIN, BUT
THIS TIME IT’S ON THE CAMPUS OF
U OF M COMING RIGHT UP IN JUST
MINUTES. THE DISCUSSION ON THE
ISSUE THAT THE BIDEN AND HARRIS