FOR NEWS STARTS NOW WITH BREAKING NEWS ALERT AND THAT BREAKING NEWS IS COMING TO US
FROM DETROIT’S WEST SIDE. WE’RE
JUST MOMENTS AGO, A STANDOFF
THAT HAS LASTED MOST OF THE DAY
ENDED IN AN ARREST. IT ALL
STARTED AROUND 11 15 THIS
MORNING. IS THIS HAPPENING ON
PEARSON STREET, NOT FAR FROM
EVERGREEN AND TIRE MEN NEAR
ROUGE PARK. VICTOR WILLIAMS. IS
THERE LIVE TONIGHT? AND VICTOR.
YOU JUST SPOKE TO THE CHIEF.
WHAT IS HE TELLING YOU TONIGHT?
KIMBERLY AND DEVON. THIS HAS
FINALLY COME TO AN END AFTER
FOUR HOURS. THIS IS WHERE THAT
BARRICADED GUNMAN SITUATION AND
SITUATION WAS HAPPENING RIGHT
HERE ON PEARSON. WE ARE TOLD BY
THE POLICE CHIEF THAT THIS WAS
ACTUALLY A SUSPECT IN A BODY
THAT WAS FOUND JUST LAST NIGHT,
AND THANKFULLY, THEY WERE ABLE
TO GET THE KID. THAT WAS INSIDE
OUT AS WELL. SITUATION IS VERY
CRAZY. I FEEL LIKE IT’S VERY
SIMPLE. FLU IS VERY DRAMATIC.
VERY DANGEROUS, BARRICADED
GUNMAN. SITUATION BREAKS DOWN ON
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE A MAN WITH
THE TWO YEAR OLD LOCKING HIMSELF
INSIDE THE HOME YES,
HEARTBREAKING HAPPEN. SO I GOT
KIDS, MY KIDS FAMILY, SAME AREA
. EVERYBODY ELSE PROBABLY GOT
KILLED BY CUTE NEXT DOOR. YOU
KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? IT’S JUST
Q SHOULDN’T BE EXPOSED. SO
OBVIOUSLY THESE PEOPLE FOR
REASONS UNKNOWN, A WOMAN WAS
DETAINED WHO WAS AT FIRST
SEEMING LIKE JUST ANOTHER ON
LOOKER. SHE WAS PLACED IN
HANDCUFFS RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR
CAMERAS, AND KATE BROWN WAS NEXT
TO MUCH FROM THERE WAS A LOT
GOING ON. THEY WAS COMING UP.
THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, CAME
STRAIGHT TO THE CAR, RENTED HER
A LOT GOING ON. OTHER FAMILY
MEMBERS AND FRIENDS SHOWED UP
TRYING TO TALK THE MEN OUT. ON
SEVERAL OCCASIONS, OFFICERS
MOVED INTO POSITION WITH THEIR
HANDS ON THEIR WEAPONS READY FOR
ANYTHING THAT MAY POP OFF,
POLICE CHIEF JAMES WHITE SAYS.
THANKFULLY IT ALL WORKED OUT
PEACEFULLY BECAUSE OF THEIR
PATIENTS. THESE THINGS ARE
UNPREDICTABLE, RIGHT. BUT IF WE
ARE CONFIDENT THAT BEING PATIENT
LIMITS INJURY TO THE COMMUNITY
LIMITS INJURY TO THE
PERPETRATOR, AND IN THIS
INSTANCE OF CHILD PATIENTS WAS
ON OUR SIDE. TIME WAS ON OUR
SIDE. AND WE WILL KEEP YOU GUYS
UPDATED ON ANY FURTHER LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS FOR THE PERSON THAT
WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY. BUT ONCE AGAIN IT IS SO
MUCH GOOD NEWS THAT THIS IS THE
WAY THINGS ENDED PEACEFULLY
BECAUSE WE’RE TOLD BEFORE THAT
MAN RAN BACK INSIDE OF THAT HOME
. HE WAS ACTUALLY HOLDING
ANOTHER CHILD, AND SO ONCE AGAIN
ALL CHILDREN ARE SAFE AT THIS
POINT IN TIME ON THE WEST SIDE,
VICTOR WILLIAMS. CERTAINLY GOOD
NEWS, VICTOR. THANK YOU. OUR
OTHER TOP STORY HERE AT FIVE. A
LOT OF MICHIGAN FAMILIES UP INTO
THE DAY, WITH FORD ANNOUNCING
THE LAYOFFS OF 3000, WHITE
COLLAR JOBS. 1000 SALARIED AND
1000 AGENCY JOBS ARE BEING CUT
AS FORWARD CONTINUES TO PIVOT TO
AN E V FUTURE. JASON COLTHORPE
IS IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE
LATEST ON THIS STORY, JASON
AGENCY JOBS, BY THE WAY, OUR
WORKERS CONTRACTING TO WORK FOR
FOUR THROUGH OTHER COMPANIES.
NOW INSIDERS HAD HEARD THERE
COULD BE AS MANY AS 8000 JOBS
LOST, SO WE’LL HAVE TO WAIT AND
SEE IF THIS IS THE LAST OF IT,
BUT OF THOSE 3000 JOBS, I’M TOLD
A LARGE PORTION. WE’RE HERE IN
MICHIGAN. A LETTER FROM BILL
FORD AND JIM FARLEY GOING OUT TO
FORD EMPLOYEES TODAY, NOTIFYING
THEM OF THE CUTS IN AN EFFORT TO
GET LEANER AND MOVE TOWARD AN
ELECTRIC FUTURE BUILDING. THIS
FUTURE REQUIRES CHANGING AND
RESHAPING VIRTUALLY ALL ASPECTS
OF THE WAY WE HAVE OPERATED FOR
MORE THAN A CENTURY, THE LETTER
READS. IN PART, IT REQUIRES
CLARITY AND SPEED. AND AS WE
HAVE DISCUSSED IN RECENT MONTHS,
IT MEANS REDEPLOYING RESOURCES
AND ADDRESSING OUR COST
STRUCTURE, WHICH IS
UNCOMPETITIVE VERSUS TRADITIONAL
AND NEW COMPETITORS. THOSE WHO
WERE LET GO GOT THE WORD FIRST
THING THIS MORNING. EMPLOYEES
WHO TAKE SEVERANCE AGREEMENTS
ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SAY ANYTHING
NEGATIVELY ABOUT FORD OR RISK
LOSING THAT PACKAGE, BUT ONE
EMPLOYEE OF MORE THAN 20 YEARS
TOLD ME TODAY THEIR ENTIRE TEAM
OF FOUR WAS LET GO AS WELL AS
MANY OTHERS WITH DECADES OF
EXPERIENCE THAT FORMER EMPLOYEE
DESCRIBED IT AS A COLD AND
STERILE DISMISSAL AND ONE QUITE
UNBEFITTING AN EMPLOYEE WHO BLED
BLUE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. WE
NEED TO BRACE OURSELVES BECAUSE
THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH
EVERY COMPANY, ESPECIALLY THE
LEGACY. AUTOMAKERS AUTOTRADER
.COM POINTS OUT THE FLIP SIDE OF
THESE LAYOFFS, WHICH IS POSSIBLY
3200 NEW EMPLOYEES COMING IN, SO
WE’RE GOING TO SEE THIS
INTERESTING MIX OF LONGTIME
EMPLOYEES BEING LET GO. BUT YOU
KNOW, YOUNG, PRESUMABLY YOUNG,
NEW HIRES COMING IN WITH, YOU
KNOW, SKILLS AND SOFTWARE AND
TVS AND CONNECTIVITY, THOSE
KINDS OF THINGS. SEVERANCE
PACKAGES APPEAR TO BE NINE
MONTHS SALARY PLUS BENEFITS.
FORD ALSO SAID IN A STATEMENT.
IN ADDITION TO THE LETTER THAT
WENT OUT IT WILL OFFER
SIGNIFICANT HELP TO THOSE OUT OF
A JOB. TO FIND NEW EMPLOYMENT
WILL BE WATCHING IT ALL IS IT
CONTINUES? DON’T FOLD UNTIL NOW
. WE’RE LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM
JASON COLTHORPE FOR LOCAL A
JASON. THANK YOU. NOW WE TURN TO
GRAND RAPIDS, WHERE THE RETRIAL
FOR THE MAN CHARGED WITH
PLOTTING TO KIDNAP GOVERNOR
GRETCHEN WHITMER IS NOW IN THE
HANDS OF THE JURY CLOSING
ARGUMENTS WRAPPED UP THIS
MORNING, SO DELIBERATIONS
UNDERWAY WE BRING IN SHAWN LEY,
WHO’S LIVE IN GRAND RAPIDS JURY
GONE HOME FOR THE DAY YET WE’VE
HIT FIVE O’CLOCK HERE NOW, SEAN.
THE JUDGES BROUGHT THAT JURY
INTO THE COURTROOM JUST NOW AND
IS DISMISSING THEM UNTIL
TOMORROW. IT’S BEEN PINS AND
NEEDLES, HOWEVER, SINCE NOON
WHEN THE JUDGE GAVE THE JURY
THIS CASE TODAY, EVEN LAWYERS
I’M TALKING TO HERE INVOLVED IN
THE CASE HAD NO IDEA IF THIS
JURY WOULD COME BACK EARLY WITH
THE VERDICT OR NOT REMEMBER LAST
TIME IN THE SPRING, WE WAITED
ABOUT FIVE DAYS FOR A VERDICT.
SO THE JURY IS WRAPPED UP FOR
TODAY. WATCHING IT ALL TODAY. A
MAN FROM AUBURN HILLS. HIS NAME
IS DANIEL HARRIS. YOU’LL
REMEMBER. HE IS ONE OF THE
DEFENDANTS FROM LAST SPRING WHEN
HE WAS ACQUITTED IN THIS CASE.
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE OUT? THAT
IS DANIEL HARRIS FROM LAKE ORIEN
? HE WAS ONE OF THE MEN WHO WAS
ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO KIDNAP
GOVERNOR WHITMER. IN FACT, A
MEETING ABOUT THE ALLEGED PLOT
WAS HELD AT HIS LAKE ORIEN HOME
, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, HE’S A
FREE MAN. LAST SPRING, A JURY
FOUND HIM NOT GUILTY AS ATTORNEY
TELLING US WHY HARRIS IS BACK
HERE AT FEDERAL COURT IN GRAND
RAPIDS TODAY IS TWO MEN FROM THE
GROUP. HE BELONGED TO THE
WOLVERINE WATCHMAN FACES A
SECOND TRIAL ADAM FOX AND BARRY
CROFT NOW NOW AWAITING THEIR
FATE HE WANTED TO SHOW SUPPORT.
TO ADAM AND BARRY. HE THOUGHT IT
WAS IMPORTANT THAT HE’D BE HERE
AND THAT THEY KNEW THAT HE WAS
STILL SUPPORTING THEM. AND HE’S
STILL OUT HERE AND OBVIOUSLY TO
SUPPORT CHRIS AND KAREN AND JOSH
AND THEIR DEFENSE AND THE WHOLE
THE WHOLE TEAM. WHAT DOES HE DO
WITH HIS LIFE? HE’S AT HOME WITH
HIS PARENTS. UM, YOU KNOW, HE
JUST WANNA SOFTBALL, CHURCH
LEADING AND YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT
GOING TO SCHOOL IN THE FALL, SO
HE’S JUST KIND OF JUST TRYING TO
GET BACK TO NORMAL. A JURY COULD
NOT DECIDE IF FOX AND CROFT WERE
GUILTY LAST TIME. THIS TIME.
IT’S A NEW JURY. A SHORTER TRIAL
. ALL EVIDENCE FOCUSED ONLY ON
FOX AND CROFT. TOTALLY DIFFERENT
JURY TOTALLY DIFFERENT SET OF
FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES AGAIN. I
THINK CHRIS AND KAREN AND JOSH
REALLY PRESENTED A STRONG
DEFENSE. THE GOVERNMENT, YOU
KNOW, PRESENTED THEIR CASE. I’M
HOPEFUL THAT THE JURY WILL SEE
THE CASE FOR WHAT IT IS. BACK
HERE LIVE NO VERDICT. HOWEVER
FROM THAT JURY, THEY’RE HEADED
HOME BRIGHT AND EARLY 8 30
SHARP. TOMORROW MORNING, THEY
WILL BEGIN THEIR DELIBERATIONS
AGAIN. WE’LL HAVE THAT COVERED
FOR YOU GUYS IMPORTANT TO POINT
OUT HERE. THERE WAS TWO ISSUES
RAISED BY THE DEFENSE. ABOUT TWO
MEMBERS OF THIS JURY. THERE WAS
SOME SPECULATION THAT JUDGE
JUNCKER HERE IN GRAND RAPIDS
WOULD REMOVE THEM PUT ALTERNATES
IN. HE LEFT THE JURY, AS IS, THE
ALTERNATES ARE IN A DIFFERENT
PART OF THE BUILDING THE JURIES
IN THE JURY ROOM BACK AT IT
TOMORROW WITH THE SAME JURY. IS
THAT WHAT THEY STARTED WITH BACK
TO YOU COUPLE OF WAYS. WE ALWAYS
TRY TO READ THE JURY. URI
WEATHER VANE HERE, SEAN ANY
QUESTIONS FOR THE JUDGE TODAY
FROM THE JURY? ANYTHING COME IN.
WE WE WERE WAITING FOR ANY WORD
FROM THEM. EVEN LUNCH ORDER, AND
THERE WAS NOT A PEEP. DEVON AND
EVEN THE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS JUST
WALKED BY A MOMENT AGO, SAID IT
IS VERY, VERY QUIET RIGHT NOW.
NO QUESTIONS AT ALL THIS TIME.
WE’LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF
THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR GET
RIGHT TO A VERDICT TOMORROW.
FASCINATING WE’LL KEEP ON IT.
RIGHT SEAN DR. ANTHONY FAUCI IS
STEPPING DOWN AT THE END OF THE
YEAR AFTER MORE THAN FIVE
DECADES OF SERVICE. DR FAUCI IS
OF COURSE, PRESIDENT BIDEN’S
CHIEF MEDICAL ADVISOR. HE’S ALSO
THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL
INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND
INFECTIOUS DISEASES. HE WAS A
LEADER IN HIV AND AIDS RESPONSE
BEFORE THE CORONAVIRUS HIT, THEN
FOUND SHE BECAME THE FACE OF THE
GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO COVID.
THE 81 YEAR OLD FAUCI SAYS HE’S
STEPPING ASIDE IN DECEMBER BUT
WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO MENTOR
THE NEXT GENERATION OF
SCIENTIFIC LEADERS. CREWS ARE
MAKING PROGRESS ON THAT WATER
MAIN BREAK THAT CAUSED A BOIL
WATER ADVISORY FOR TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF METRO DETROITERS
CREWS REMOVED THE DAMAGED
SECTION OF THE PIPE YESTERDAY.
SKY FOUR WAS JUST OVER THE AREA
IN THE PAST HOUR. THE
REPLACEMENT PORTION IS EXPECTED
TO ARRIVE TOMORROW, WITH REPAIRS
EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED BY
SEPTEMBER. 3RD. THIS WEEKEND,
THE GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY
LIFTED THE BOIL WATER ADVISORY
FOR ALL SEVEN COMMUNITIES. BUT
THEY SAY IF THE WATER PRESSURE
DROPS SIGNIFICANTLY, IT MAY NEED
TO BE REINSTATED. AUTOMAKERS
HAVE MADE IT CLEAR ELECTRIC
VEHICLES ARE THE FUTURE. BUT IN
ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, YOU
NEED PLACES TO CHARGE THEM. AND
THAT’S WHAT KROGER DT AND A
COMPANY CALLED VOLTA ARE TRYING
TO DO. THEY ARE LOOKING TO BRING
CHARGING STATIONS PLACES THAT
DON’T HAVE MANY AT THE MOMENT.
PRIYA MANN LIVE WITH MORE ON
THIS STORY. JUST THE FIRST
STEPS, THOUGH, RIGHT PRIYA
DE’VEON THE FIRST OF MANY STEPS.
THAT’S WHAT OFFICIALS ARE HOPING
FOR. LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT THE
CHARGING STATION LOOKS LIKE WITH
THAT BIG DIGITAL SCREEN. IT’S
OUTSIDE OF A PLANET FITNESS HERE
AT THE PISTONS PERFORMANCE
CENTER DRIVERS WE TALKED TO SAID
THEY WELCOMED THE DEVELOPMENT.
THEY WERE MORE CHARGING
STATIONS, MORE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE
ELECTRIC CARS. I KNOW I WOULD.
SMILEY WANTS TO BUY AN ELECTRIC
VEHICLE, BUT SAYS RANGE ANXIETY
IS HOLDING HER BACK. IT’S EASIER
TO FILL UP AGAINST TANK THAN IT
IS TO FILL UP AN ELECTRIC CAR.
SO AGAIN IF I’M OUT AND ABOUT
AND GET SOMEWHERE THAT I CAN’T
CHARGE UP. I’M IN TROUBLE, SAYS
SHE WANTS TO SEE MORE CHARGING
STATIONS LIKE THIS ONE THAT’S
NEXT TO A PLANET FITNESS IN NEW
CENTER. THEY NEED TO BE
EVERYWHERE WE ARE. THE
REVOLUTION ISN’T A CONVERSATION
ABOUT THE FUTURE. IT’S HERE WITH
GRANTS FROM THE STATE AND
REBATES FROM DTE VOLTAGE
CHARGING PLANS TO BUILD EIGHT
NEW CHARGING STATIONS IN
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN INVOLVED. THE
CHARGERS ARE UNIQUE BECAUSE
THEY’RE NOT JUST A REFUELING
STATION. THEY’RE ALSO A PLATFORM
FOR EDUCATION WITH THESE LARGE
DIGITAL SCREENS TARGETING
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES CHARGING
STATIONS WILL BE BUILT AT KROGER
LOCATIONS IN SOUTHGATE,
ROSEVILLE, WESTLAND AND LAPIERRE
. WE CAN USE TECHNOLOGY IN AN
INTELLIGENT WAY TO SOLVE ISSUES
OF EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CHARGING
SAYS THIS TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE
IS CRITICAL TO ADDRESSING THE
CLIMATE CRISIS AND MAKING IT
MORE ATTRACTIVE TO GO GREEN.
WE’RE GOING TO SEE MORE MOVIES
ROLL OFF ASSEMBLY LINES. WE’RE
GOING TO SEE MORE BATTERIES
BEING BUILT. WE’RE GOING TO SEE
MORE CHARGERS BEING PUT IN THE
GROUND INCREASINGLY HERE IN
MICHIGAN, BUT THAT DOESN’T
HAPPEN EQUALLY. AND THAT’S THE
KEY HERE. SO IT’S ALL ABOUT
LOCATION, LOCATION. LOCATION.
OFFICIALS ARE TARGETING THESE
EVENTS CHARGING STATIONS IN
TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES. DEVELOPMENT IS
CURRENTLY UNDERWAY AT THESE
EIGHT NEW CHARGING SITES, AND
OFFICIALS ARE HOPING TO GET THIS
DEVELOPMENT UNDERWAY SOON. THIS
IS, OF COURSE, IS A PART OF THE
WHITMER ADMINISTRATIONS, MASSIVE
INVESTMENT IN GREEN
INFRASTRUCTURE REPORTING LIVE IN
NEW CENTER. I’M PRIYA MANN LOCAL
4. ALRIGHT PRIYA, AND THERE’S A
COUPLE OF FIRST ADOPTERS KEEP
TELLING. CAN WE GET EVERYBODY ON
THE SAME CHARGING? THAT’S RIGHT
CONNECTION FORMAT. I DON’T KNOW
IF I NEED AN ADAPTER TO USE THAT
ONE. OR YOU KNOW, IT’S JUST YES,