live from downtown Detroit local 4 News
at Noon it starts now four of five Flint
area teams charged in a deadly
rock-throwing incident on i-75 average
plea agreements in their cases we're
gonna take you inside the courtroom plus
we're tracking some trouble for your
afternoon as you can see here on our
radar storms are heading our way
Brennan Rou is in studio with us with a
look at when we can expect the wet
weather but would you begin with the
breaking news that is coming out of
Helsinki in that press conference there
where high-stakes talks between
President Trump and Russian President
Vladimir Putin are wrapping up the
meeting coming against a backdrop of
tense us-russian relations the story
does topper news at noon thank you for
joining us I'm a broadcast I'm a
president Trump addressing the concerns
of tense relations saying that there is
hope for the future but our relationship
has never been worse than it is now
however that changed as of about four
hours ago
constructive dialogue between the United
States and Russia afford where the
opportunity to open new pathways toward
peace and stability in our world but if
we're going to solve many of the
problems facing our world then we're
going to have to find ways to cooperate
in pursuit of shared interests today's
meeting is only the beginning of a
longer process but we have taken the
first steps toward a brighter future and
one with a strong dialogue and a lot of
thought well what President Trump and
President Putin pledged to send
high-level diplomats to continue the
talks now right before that press
conference the journalist was escorted
out of the room for protesting we're
going to show you that video the man
removed is named Sam hussaini Hussein
here's the communications director of
the institute for public accuracy which
is a Washington dc-based nonprofit that
promotes progressive experts as
alternative sources for media reporters
then before that press conference
thousands of people gathered in Helsinki
to protest against the summit in the
Finnish capital in the meantime
President Trump says that he and
russia's President had a a good start to
their high-stakes summit in Helsinki
here's Jay gray with a look at what was
discussed President Trump
one-on-one with Russian President
Vladimir Putin for more than two hours
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that start with only the leaders and
their translators in the room lasting
longer than expected before extending to
include advisors during a working lunch
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as talks continued in sight outside
protests dozens gathering but kept far
from the presidential palace as the
historic summit unfolds
Jay gray local for Thank You Jay in the
meantime more breaking news for you
right now as president Trump has founded
trade a challenge against China the EU
Canada Mexico and Turkey those countries
and groups have started taxing US
exports in response to American tariffs
on imported steel and aluminum President
Trump
imposed those tariffs on grounds that
importing those metals threatens
national security the u.s. complaint has
been sent to the World Trade
Organization and there is new
information emerging in the ongoing
investigation of Russian intelligence
activities we told you how a special
prosecutor Robert Muller obtained
indictments against a dozen Russian
military officers for meddling in the
2016 presidential election well today
the New York Times reports the Russian
military agency cited in the indictments
was also likely involved in this year's
poison attack on a former Russian spy
and his daughter in Great Britain the
Russian government has denied any
involvement in the poisoning episode
well the other story that we're
following here at home is the
much-needed rain that we are tracking
for you this afternoon but there is a
risk for severe storms as well let's
take a look outside this is our view
from Detroit you can see Comerica Park
there in the middle of your screen let's
turn things over to meteorologist Bryan
a roof or look at what we can expect and
it was how severe of storms we're
talking
it's that steamy stormy combination with
the heat and humidity first and now
we're starting to see storms firing with
the heat of the day we have 88 Mount
Clemens 87 Flint to Pontiac 87 in Monroe
it's 86 right now across most of Wayne
County into Washtenaw but you had the
humidity on top of that look at the heat
index right now 95 that's what it feels
like in Mount Clemens 94 at Monroe 91 is
the heat index at Metro Airport and here
come the showers and storms mostly
garden-variety starting to see a little
bit of lightning forming on the west
side of the state but we'll hone in on a
couple of these cells forming just Galli
washers for Warren headed over toward
Fraser Roseville st. Clair Shores
another one coming out of just north of
Redford that'll be heading in that same
direction but we expect more and more of
these storms to be forming through the
afternoon so watch out eyes to the skies
90 ish feeling more like 95 with
afternoon storms that could be severe
ever odd we'll talk more about it coming
up we do have the local forecasters app
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definitely use on a day like today all
right so we've got new information about
a story that we've been following for
you here in local for four months now
four of five Flint area teens charged in
a deadly rock-throwing incident on i-75
well we now know that they've reached
plea agreements in their cases local
horace rob Maloney was in the courtroom
with a very latest developments that
happened this morning joins us now from
our newsroom rod yeah
good morning of Rodd yes these teens all
face second-degree murder and other
charges but today four of them agreed to
plead guilty to manslaughter as they
began on the evening of October 18th
last year that's when this incident
occurred someone throwing rocks over an
overpass and begin a Township is
actually two overpasses in Genesee
County several cars were damaged but the
one large rock crashed through a
windshield nine pounds that rock was and
killed 32 year-old Kenneth white of
Mount Morris Township the guilty pleas
to manslaughter were announced today for
16 year-old makkad in pain 15 year old
Alexander Miller 16 year old Marcus
Kelsey and 15 year-old Trevor gray
Kenneth White's mother was in court and
she's finding all of this difficult to
accept after what has transpired but one
day I will forgive them kids one day
right now cuz it's the righteous thing
to do and I know God wouldn't want me to
and I know my son would love me too
I will forgive them one day but right
now I can't well uh fifth defendant
seventeen year old Kyle anger was not in
court today because his attorney had a
family emergency that case was adjourned
until next week we're gonna see if that
becomes a plea deal as well back to you
I've read somewhere you certainly feel
for that mom Rob thank you for the
update in other news Michigan State
University's interim president John
Engler has selected bill Beekman as the
school's new athletic director Beekman
has served as the interim athletic
director since February and in this
permanent position he'll be responsible
for the oversight of the university's 25
varsity sports teams as well as the care
of more than 800 Spartan
student-athletes he did speak today
after the announcement was made I come
to this role without the benefit of
having managed an athletic department in
fact my only personal 4a and the
competitive athletics was my high school
cross-country team more than a few
pounds ago what I do bring to the role
is 25 years of administrative experience
and a calling to serve this university
the university I love and its land-grant
mission to make our world a better play
well the selection will need the
approval of the Board of Trustees they
are scheduled to meet tomorrow we have a
local for update now about the man who
shot a State Police trooper during a
traffic stop on Friday well we don't
know that the gunman is dead and has
been identified as 32 year old Douglas
Sawyer
police say an investigation revealed
that Sawyer died of a self-inflicted
gunshot wound
the trooper suffered
non-life-threatening injuries and has
been released from the hospital the two
other passengers in the car have been
arrested a local man is charged now in
the depths of two teenagers who were hit
and killed while walking in Monroe
County's Bedford Township on July 4th
police say this man Raymond Ray home jr.
was behind the wheel of a pickup truck
that veered right off the road and
killed Justin and Alyssa Homme they were
just 13 and 16 years old
Romans charged with two counts of
reckless driving causing death and he
could face up to 15 years in prison if
convicted all right so to come here are
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moving forward when we come back