>>> BREAKING NEWS, SKY 4
OVER THIS POLICE CHASE ON
I-696.
WE’LL SHOW YOU HOW IT ENDED
AND TELL YOU WHAT WE’RE
LEARNING FROM POLICE.
>>> LOOK CLOSELY AT THIS
VIDEO FROM THE OAKLAND HILLS
COUNTRY CLUB WE’RE GETTING A
NEW LOOK TODAY AT WHAT
HAPPENED BEFORE THE LOCAL
LANDMARK WENT UP IN FLAMES.
IT’S GORGEOUS OUT THERE,
PAUL.
>> YOU KNOW, IT IS ONE OF
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ST.
PATRICK’S DAY WE’VE EVER HAD
BUT OUR LUCK IS GOING TO RUN
OUT.
A BEAUTIFUL DAY RIGHT NOW
BUT WE HAVE BIG CHANGES
COMING.
I’LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT
STRAIGHT AHEAD.
>>> AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL CAME
TO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL TWO
MONTHS AGO AND TODAY SHE
GOES HOME STRONGER THAN
EVER.
BUT IT’S ONE UNIQUE THING
THAT HELPED HER WITH HER
RECOVERY.
>> Announcer: LOCAL 4 NEWS
STARTS NOW WITH A BREAKING
NEWS ALERT.
>>> THAT BREAKING NEWS
PLAYED ON I-696 NEAR HOOVER
A SHORT TIME AGO.
SKY 4 OVER THE SCENE IN
WARREN AS MORE THAN A DOZEN
POLICE OFFICERS CHASED THAT
GRAY SEDAN.
YOU CAN SEE POLICE WERE ABLE
TO TOTALLY SURROUND THE
VEHICLE BRINGING IT TO A
STOP.
THEN OFFICER SWARMED AROUND
THE CAR AS THEY WORKED TO
GET THE DRIVER OUT.
WE’RE TOLD DETROIT POLICE
ARE THE LEAD AGENCY ON THIS
ONE.
WE’VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH
D.P.D. WE’RE WAITING FOR
MORE DETAILS.
THE SCENE NOW CLEAR SO 696
IS OPEN.
WE’RE WORKING THE STORY ASK
WE’LL HAVE A LIVE UPDATE
WHEN YOU JOIN US AT 5:00.
>> NOW IT APPEARS LAST
MONTH’S MASSIVE FIRE IN
OAKLAND HILLS COUNTRY CLUB
MAY HAVE STARTED
ACCIDENTALLY.
NEWLY RECOVERED SURVEILLANCE
VIDEO SHOWS MAINTENANCE
WORKERS USING PROPANE
BLOWTORCHES ON THE PATIO.
THE SHERIFF DEPUTIES SAY THE
TORCHES WERE USED TO SPEED
UP DRYING OF RUBBER FLASHING
THAT PREVENTS WATER FROM
GETTING INTO THE CLUBHOUSE.
AT SOME POINT THE CREW
NOTICED A FIRE TRIED
SPRAYING IT WITH A HOSE THEN
LATER IN THE VIDEO
FIREFIGHTERS ARE SEEN
SWINGING AXS INTO THE SIDING
AND SMOKE COMING OUT.
AN OFFICIAL CAUSE COULD TAKE
UP TO A YEAR TO DETERMINE.
>> A LOT OF THE OTHER THINGS
THAT WILL BE INVOLVED IN
THIS INVESTIGATION RELATIVE
TO MAYBE THE SPREAD RATE OR
ANY POTENTIAL OTHER IGNITION
SOURCES THOSE ARE YET TO BE DETERMINED AND FIRE
DETERMINED AND FIRE
INVESTIGATORS INVESTIGATE
VRBS TO BE EXAMINED.
>> Reporter: TO THIS IS NEW
DRONE VIDEO OF THE CLUB
TODAY.
OFFICIALS ESTIMATE THAT THE
FIRE IS ABOUT $80 MILLION IN
DAMAGE.
>>> MICHIGAN STATE
REPRESENTATIVE JEWELL JONES
WILL NOT FACE MORE JAIL TIME
FOR HIS DUI ARREST AND
SCUFFLE WITH STATE POLICE.
THE INKSTER DEMOCRAT WAS IN
COURT TODAY FOR ASSISTANCE
SENTENCING TODAY.
THE JUDGE GAVE JONES TWO
YEARS PROBATION SAYING IT
WOULD HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE.
JONES HAS SPENT 60 DAYS
BEHIND BARS.
DURING THAT PROCESS THAT
STARTED WITH HIS ORIGINAL
ARREST IN APRIL OF 2021.
PROSECUTORS PUSHED FOR JAIL
TIME SAYING JONES HASN’T
TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS
ACTION.
TONIGHT AT 5:00, YOU WILL
HEAR FROM JONES ABOUT HIS
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.
>>> THE TRIAL FOR FOUR MEN
ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO
KIDNAP GOVERNOR WHITMER
PICKED BACK UP AGAIN TODAY.
IT WAS POSTPONED FOR THREE
DAYS BECAUSE SOMEONE
CONNECTED TO THE CASE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID.
TODAY AN UNDERCOVER F.B.I.
AGENT TESTIFIED SAYING HE
POSED AS A MAN WITH
ANTI-GOVERNMENT VIEWS FROM
THE U.P.
HE PLAYED A RECORDING OF HIS
FIRST MEET UP WITH ONE
DEFENDANT ADAM FOX WHERE HE
TALKED ABOUT TAKING
POLITICIANS HOSTAGE AND
HOG-TYING THE GOVERNOR.
OUR SHAWN LEY IS FOLLOWING
TODAY’S DEVELOPMENTS IN A
FEDERAL COURTROOM AND WILL
HAVE THE VERY LATEST AT 6:00.
>>> IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN
OUTSIDE TODAY YOU MIGHT WANT
TO TAKE A QUICK WALK THIS
EVENING ENJOY THAT SPRING
FEELING.
METEOROLOGIST PAUL GROSS HAS
OUR FIRST FORECAST.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE WHAT AT
71 RIGHT NOW?
>> YEAH, IT’S NICE AND
TOASTY OUT THERE FOR WELL,
ST. PATRICK’S DAY WHERE THE
AVERAGE HIGH IS 46 DEGREES,
KAREN.
BUT RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE WE
STILL HAVE SOME SUNSHINE
AROUND, STILL SOME ICE IN
THE RIVER BUT THAT’S MELTING
AND LOOK AT THIS 70 DEGREES
ACROSS THE BOARD HERE.
ADRIAN, PONTIAC, HOWELL,
DETROIT, NICE WEST SOUTHWEST
TO SOUTHWEST BREEZE HERE.
THAT’S KEEPING THINGS WARMER
BRINGING IN THAT WARM AIR.
WE’RE DRY HERE ON STORM
TRACKER 4 ALTHOUGH THERE IS
SOMETHING INTERESTING HERE I
WANT TO SHOW YOU COMING UP
IN OUR NEXT WEATHER SEGMENT
IN ABOUT FIVE TO 10 MINUTES.
FOR THE EVENING HOURS THERE
MIGHT BE AN AISLED SHOWER.
BUT I THINK REALLY ALMOST
ALL OF US WILL REMAIN DRY
AND TEMPERATURES WILL FALL
THROUGH THE 60s INTO THE
50s.
NOTICE THE QUICK COOLING
HERE BECAUSE OF A COLD FRONT
COMING IN I’LL HAVE DETAILS
ON THE BIG CHANGES COMING IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES.
>> A DAY AFTER UKRAINE’S
PRESIDENT PLEADED FOR HELP
FROM THE UNITED STATES
THINGS ARE ONLY GETTING
WORSE.
ALSO TODAY THE STATE
DEPARTMENT CONFIRMS AN
AMERICAN CITIZEN WAS KILLED
DURING THE RUSSIAN ATTACK ON
THE CITY OF CHERNIV.
KIMBERLY HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON
THE RUSSIA IS STEPPING UP
ITS ATTACKS ON MAJOR
UKRAINIAN CITIES INCLUDING
THE CAPITAL PLUS, THE WORLD
HAS BEEN HORRIFIED BY AN
APPARENT ATTACK ON A THEATER
WHERE CIVILIANS WERE SEEKING
SHELTER.
WE’LL HAVE MORE ON THAT IN
JUST A MOMENT.
FIRST HERE’S A LOOK AT MORE
DESTRUCTION IN KYIV.
THE REMNANTS OF A DOWNED RUSSIAN POCKET HIT YET
RUSSIAN POCKET HIT YET
ANOTHER APARTMENT BUILDING
AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS
KILLED AND AT LEAST THREE
OTHERS WERE INJURED.
30 PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED
FROM THOSE TOP FLOORS.
TODAY UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT
BROUGHT HIS PLEAS FOR HELP
TO GERMANY’S PARLIAMENT.
YOU WILL HEAR THE VOICE OF A
FRANCELATOR HERE.
LISTEN.
-- TRANSLATOR HERE.
LISTEN.
>> EVERY YEAR THE
POLITICIANS SAY NEVER AGAIN,
YOU SEE THIS THESE WORDS ARE
NOT WORTH ANYTHING.
SOMEBODY TRYING TO KILL A
WHOLE NATION IN THE MIDDLE
OF EUROPE.
I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY, WHAT
FOR.
I ADDRESS YOU ON BEHALF OF
OUR MILITARY THOSE WHO ARE
DEFENDING OUR COUNTRY AND
THE VALUES ABOUT WHICH YOU
TALK A LOT HERE IN EUROPE,
EVERYWHERE IN EUROPE, IN
YOUR COUNTRY, TOO.
>> AS ZELENSKY SPOKE RESCUE
CREWS WERE SEARCHING THE
REMAINS OF A THEATER IN THE
CITY OF MARIUPOL.
A RUSSIAN AIR STRIKE BLEW
INTO THE THEATER WERE
HUNDREDS OF CIVILIANS HAD
BEEN TAKING SHELTER AFTER
THEIR HOMES WERE DESTROYED.
SO FAR THERE ARE CONFLICTING
REPORTS ON WHETHER ANYBODY
ESCAPED THAT RUBBLE AND
RUSSIA DENIES IT EVEN HIT
THE THEATER.
MEANWHILE THE KREMLIN SAYS
IT WAS "ABSOLUTELY UNEXPECT
-- INSCUZABLE FOR PRESIDENT
BIDEN TO CALL VLADIMIR PUTIN
A WAR CRIMINAL YESTERDAY.
SARN WE ARE INVOLVING NEW
DEVELOPMENT WITH ANOTHER
UPDATE WHEN YOU JOIN US FOR
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 5:00.
FOR NOW BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, KIM.
>>> MICHIGAN IS SEEING A
LULL IN COVID CASES RIGHT
NOW BUT WE ARE HEARING A
WARNING FROM THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION.
CASES OVER IN BRITAIN ARE UP
48% FROM LAST WEEK.
IT HAS BEEN THE TREND IN THE
EUROPEAN UNION AS WELL.
HERE’S THE LEADER ON THE
COVID-19 RESPONSE.
>> WE’RE ASKING POLICIES IN
COUNTRIES TO USE A LAYERED
TAILORED APPROACH AND TARGET
IT BASED ON THE NEEDS.
IT’S TOO SOON TO LIFT
MEASURES IT’S FAR TOO SOON
TO LIFT ALL MAURS IN
PARTICULAR IN CERTAIN
COUNTRIES YOU WITH THE --
MANSLAUGHTERS IN PARTICULAR
IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES.
>> WE WILL HAVE A CLOSER
LOOK AT THE NUMBERS TOMORROW
ON FIRST AT 4.
NOW THE STORY OF A
CELEBRATION AT CHILDREN’S
HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN.
AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL HAS BEEN
MADE A PRETTY AMAZING
TURNAROUND THANKS TO THE
DOCTORS, THERAPISTS AND SOME
POP MUSIC ICONS.
LOCAL 4’S KIM DIJULIO THERE
WAS AS A VERY BRAVE PATIENT
RODE RIGHT OUT OF THE
HOSPITAL.
>> Reporter: THERE’S NO
BETTER DAY THAN A DAY LIKE
TODAY TO LEAVE A HOSPITAL
AFTER A TWO MONTH STAY.
AND NO ONE DESERVES TO ENJOY
THIS DAY THAN AN 11-YEAR-OLD
GIRL NAMED FALLON BECKER.
>> I’M --
>> Reporter: THIS IS FALLON
BECKER TODAY BIKING THROUGH
THE LOBBY OF CHILDREN’S
HOSPITAL.
BUT TWO MONTHS AGO THIS
VISION WAS JUST A DREAM.
>> SHE WASN’T REALLY ABLE TO
DO MUCH OF ANYTHING.
BED MOBILITY, GETTING UP TO
A SITTING POSITION.
>> Reporter: FELON HAS
CEREBRAL PALSY AFTER LOSING
A LOT OF HER FUNCTIONALITY
SHE NEEDED TO COME TO
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF
MICHIGAN TO GET BETTER.
SAYING GOOD-BYE TO HER BROTHER AND SISTER UNTIL
BROTHER AND SISTER UNTIL
TODAY.
>> SHE IS THEIR BIGGEST FANS
SCHEER HERE BIGGEST FANS.
>> Reporter: FALLON WORKED
VIGOROUSLY TO GET TO THIS
POINT.
>> OR MY GOSH.
SHE NEVER GAVE UP.
HE TO FORCE HER TO TAKE
BREAKS.
SHE WORKS TO THE POINT OF
HER LITTLE LEGS SHAKING.
>> Reporter: IT WAS MUSIC
THERAPY THAT HELPED HER
DURING THE TOUGHEST TIMES.
FINDING MOTIVATION FROM HER
FAVORITE SONGS AND ARTISTS.
>> WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE SONG?
>> QUEEN.
>> ANYTHING BY QUEEN.
>> WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE?
>> I LOVE THIS ONE.
>> Reporter: QUEEN AND ELTON
JOHN.
SO I THAT I HER GRANDMOTHER
WAS REALLY INFLUENTIAL IN
HER MUSIC CHOICES.
SO WHEN I CAME SHE WAS LIKE
I KNOW WHAT I LIKE I LIKE
QUEEN AND ELTON JOHN I’M
STILL STANDING.
>> Reporter: WHETHER IT WAS
MUSIC THERAPY OR PHYSICAL
THERAPY THAT GET HER TO THIS
POINT MAYBE A MIXTURE OF
BOTH, WE COULD ALL LEARN A
THING OR TWO ABOUT THE POWER
OF A POSITIVE ATTITUDE.
>> WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY
ABOUT THE DOCTORS AND NURSES
THAT HELPED YOU?
>> I LOVE THEM.
>> YOU DO.
>> YES.
>> Reporter: WHY?
>> BECAUSE THEY HELPED ME A
LOT.
I KNEW THAT I WOULD WALK
SOME DAY.
>> Reporter: AND FALLON IS
STILL STANDING, WALKING AND
RIDING OUT OF CHILDREN’S
HOSPITAL.
[APPLAUSE]
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
>> GO AHEAD.
>> FROM KIM DIJULIO.
GETTING OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.
>> WHO ARE YOU.
>> I’M FALLON BECKER.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
>> THAT’S FANTASTIC.
FALLON WILL CONTINUE TO DO
OUTPATIENT THERAPY WORK UP
TO WALKING WITHOUT HER