>>> IT’S GONNA GET WORSE BEFORE
IT GETS BETTER.
TODAY MICHIGANDERS PAYING AN
AVERAGE OF $4.24 FOR A SINGLE
GALLON OF GAS.
TOPPING OUR NEWS AT 5:00, TO
COMBAT THOSE SKYROCKETING
PRICES, GOVERNOR WHITMER IS
ASKING FOR THE FEDERAL GAS TAX
TO BE REPEALED.
THEN TODAY STATE LAWMAKERS ARE
CALLING FOR THE STATE GAS TAX TO
BE TEMPORARILY PAUSED.
>> WE BROKE DOWN NUMBERS TO SHOW
WHAT YOU THAT WOULD ACTUALLY
MEAN.
THIS IS ALL BASED ON FILLING UP
A 15 GALLON TANK.
IF A FEDERAL GAS TAX WAS HALTED
YOU’D IS SAVE $2.70 ON A FULL
TANK.
>> IF THE 27 CENT PER GALLON
STATE TAX WAS PAUSED DRIVERS
WOULD SAVE ABOUT $4.
REPEALING BOTH WOULD CUT $6.75
OFF THE TOTAL.
LET’S BRING IN VICTOR WILLIAMS
WHO’S LIVE DOWN RIVER ON HOW
THIS COULD GET DONE AND WHAT
DRIVERS THINK ABOUT IT.
>> THE HOUSE JUST VOTED TO PASS
THIS BILL HOURS AGO, AND NOW THE
SENATE IS GONNA HAVE TO VOTE ON
THIS THIS UPCOMING MONDAY.
EITHER WAY THESE DRIVERS JUST
WANT SOME RELIEF HERE AT THE
PUMPS NO MATTER HOW IT’S DONE.
>> IT’S INSANE HOW THEY’VE GONE
UP SO FAST, LIKE I REMEMBER
PROBABLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO
IT WAS $1.00 LESS.
>> Reporter: EVERYONE IS FEELING
THE AGONY OF HAVING TO FILL UP
THE TANK, EVEN STATE
REPRESENTATIVE BALINO.
>> WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
YESTERDAY MORNING I’D BE WAITING
IN LINE TO GET MY GAS FOR 5
MINUTES.
TODAY IT’S $4.25, $4.39.
TODAY SENATE MAJORITY LEADER
MIKE SHIRKY AND JASON WENTWORTH
ANNOUNCED A NEWLY PROPOSED PLAN
TO REMOVE MICHIGAN’S 27 CENT GAS
TAX FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
ULTIMATE THREE WILL SAVE DRIVERS
MILLIONS.
>> IT’S ABOUT $750 MILLION.
WE HAVE THE MONEY NOW AND IT
WOULD BE THE STATE PORTION OF
GAS TAX.
NOT THE SALES TAX.
>> Reporter: BUT WHERE IS THE 27
CENT GAS TAX USUALLY GO?
STATE REPRESENTATIVE BALINO SAYS
IT TRICKLES DOWN TO A NUMBER OF
PLACES.
>>> GOES TO ROADS, IT GOES TO
INFRASTRUCTURE STUFF.
THE SALES TAX IS BROKEN DOWN TO
EVEN MORE POCKETS TO GO IN, LIKE
SCHOOLS AND STUFF AND
HEALTHCARE.
SO MAINLY IT GOES TO ROADS.
>> Reporter: BUT THE GOOD NEWS
RIGHT NOW IS THAT THE STATE HAS
THE MONEY TO BACK-FILL THE COST
COMPLETELY.
>> WE’VE GOT PLENTY OF MONEY
RIGHT NOW, SO NOBODY SHOULD
WORRY ABOUT ROADS ARE GOING TO
CRUMBLE BECAUSE WE PAUSED THIS
FOR SIX MONTHS, WE’VE GOT PLENTY
OF MONEY IN THE BANK FROM THE
FEDS AND WE CAN BACKFILL IT AND
EASE PEOPLE’S POCKETBOOKS.
>> I HOPE THEY DO SOMETHING, I
DON’T KNOW.
I HOPE IT DON’T LAST LONG,
THAT’S ALL.
>> AND LIKE WE SAID, EVERYONE IS
FEELING THE PAIN RIGHT HERE AT
THE PICKUPS, EVEN A MAN WHO
TRANSPORTS MEDICAL PATIENTS FROM
POINT A TO POINT B, WE’LL HEAR
FROM HIM RIGHT AT 6:00 P.M.
VICTOR WILLIAMS, LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT, VICTOR.
WE WILL SEE YOU THEN.
WE WANT TO KNOW HOW GAS PRICES
ARE AFFECTING YOU AND YOUR DAILY
LIFE.
WE’VE POSTED A SURVEY FOR WDIV
INSIDERS, SO YOU CAN SHARE YOUR
STORIES.
TAKES JUST A MINUTE OR TWO TO
GIVE US THE TOPICS THAT YOU
THINK WE KNOW TO BE ADDRESSING.
DO YOU HAVE TO BE A WDIV INSIDER
TO TAKE THIS SURVEY.
YOU CAN FIND A LINK TO SIGN UP
ON THE HOME PAGE AT
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
>>> A DEEPENING CRISIS IN
UKRAINE AS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
REMAIN TRAPPED IN DIRE
CONDITIONS.
>> UNITED NATIONS ESTIMATES AT
LEAST 2 MILLION PEOPLE NOW HAVE
FLED UKRAINE TO NEIGHBORING
COUNTRIES, OF COURSE MANY OF
THEM GOING INTO POLAND.
RUSSIAN FORCES HAVE BLOCKED A
LOT OF THE EVACUATION EFFORTS,
AND THE LATEST AGREEMENT TO
ALLOW THEM TO EVACUATE HAS BEEN
MET WITH A LOT OF SKEPTICISM,
TODAY SECRETARY OF STATE ANTHONY
BLINKEN QUESTIONED POLAND’S
PROPOSAL TO SEND FIGHTER JETS TO
UKRAINE REQUIRING POLE LAND TO I
GO THEM TO THE U.S. AND THE U.S.
WOULD TRANSFER THEM TO UKRAINE.
>> WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THE
SPECIFICS OF THESE THINGS, GOING
FORWARD.
IT’S NOT SIMPLY CLEAR TO US THAT
THERE IS A SUBSTANTIVE RATIONAL
FOR DOING IT IN THE WAY THAT WAS
BEFORE YESTERDAY.
>> Reporter: MEANWHILE THE U.S.
WILL SEND TWO HIGH END MISSILES
TO POLAND.
MOSCOW, STARBUCKS, MCDONALD’S,
COCA-COLA ALL JOINING A LIST OF
COMPANIES PULLING OUT OF RUSSIA.
>> OUR TARGET IS NOT TO HURT THE
RUSSIAN PEOPLE, IT IS TO SQUEEZE
PRESIDENT PUTIN AND THE
LEADERSHIP AROUND HIM, BUT WHAT
THE IMPACT IS CERTAINLY HAVING A
DEVASTATING IMPACT ON THE
RUSSIAN ECONOMY.
>> NOW, OVER ON CAPITOL HILL,
THE HOUSE SET TO VOTE ON A
MASSIVE 1.5 TRILLION DOLLAR
SPENDING BILL AND THAT INCLUDES
SENDING MORE THAN 13 BILLION
DOLLARS IN SUPPORT TO UKRAINE.
LAWMAKERS UNDER PRESSURE TO PASS
THE BILL IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND
SENATE AHEAD OF FRIDAY, BECAUSE
THAT’S THE DEADLINE TO AVERT A
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
>>> TODAY MICHIGAN ATTORNEY
GENERAL DANA NESTLE ANNOUNCED
THE FIRST CRIMINAL CHARGES IN
THE STATE’S INVESTIGATION INTO
THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.
>> IT’S A FORMER MACOMB COUNTY
TROOP LEADER FACING A NUMBER OF
COUNTS OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL
CONDUCT.
LET’S GET TO MEGAN WOODS TO
BREAK DOWN THE CHARGES.
>> YEAH, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S
OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH
STATE POLICE FOR MONTHS, AND
THEY SAY THAT THIS -- THESE
FIRST CHARGES ARE COMING FROM
TWO VICTIMS.
THEE THESE ARE PEOPLE’S LIVES.
>> Reporter: SINCE JUNE
INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN SIFTING
THROUGH TIPS, GOING ACROSS STATE
LINES AND IT HASN’T BEEN EASY.
>> THIS IS A HARD CONVERSATION
TO HAVE FOR ME BEING A MALE
LISTENING TO A MALE VICTIM
PUTTING MY SHOES ON AND THINKING
THAT WAY TOO, YOU KNOW, IT’S
TOUGH FOR ALL OF US.
>> Reporter: INVESTIGATOR ITS
SAY MARK CHAPMAN WAS A SCOUT
MASTER AND HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
LATTER-DAY SAINTS, BOTH IN
MACOMB COUNTY.
THIS WAS BEFORE HE MOVED TO
NEW YORK IN 2007.
HE’S CHARGED WITH EIGHT COUNTS
OF SECOND-DEGREE CRIMINAL SEXUAL
CONDUCT, CSC, AND 2 COUNTS OF
FIRST DEGREE CSC.
>> CSC FIRST DEGREE AND THIRD
DEGREE IN THE LAW IS PENETRATION
CRIMES.
CSC SECOND DEGREE INCLUDE SEXUAL
TOUCHING CRIMES.
WE HAVE FIRST DEGREE AND SECOND
DEGREE.
HE THREATENED THEM WITH VIOLENCE
WHEN TRYING TO PARTICIPATE OR
TRYING TO STOP FROM HIM
CONTINUING THE ASSAULTS.
THE CHARGES STEM FROM TWO
VICTIMS, THE FIRST VICTIM ALLEGE
ABUSE BEGAN IN 2000 WHEN THEY
WERE JUST 13 AND CONTINUED UNTIL
HE WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL.
>> VICTIM NUMBER 2 IS A FAMILY
MEMBER AROUND 11 YEARS OLD WHEN
THE ABUSE BY CHAPMAN BEGAN.
THE ABUSE WENT ON FOR YEARS.
>> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS WANT
OTHERS WHO EXPERIENCED ABUSE
WHILE IN BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
TO COME FORWARD.
>> I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANY VICTIM
THAT’S READY FOR THEIR STORY TO
BE HEARD TO NOTIFY US EITHER VIA
THE TIP LINE OR ANY OTHER MEANS.
>> AND HE SAYS THAT THEY ARE
READY TO LISTEN, THAT TIP LINE
TO CALL IS ON YOUR SCREEN.
844-324-3374.
TIPS CAN BE ANONYMOUS, AND THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE SAYS
THAT BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA IS
WORKING WITH THEM.
THEY ARE PROVIDING THAT
PAPERWORK THAT THEY NEED.
BACK TO YOU GUYS.
>> MEGAN, WE APPRECIATE IT.
>>> AND A LOCAL 4 NEWS UPDATE,
POLICE ARREST THE SUSPECT
ACCUSED IN THE DEADLY SHOOTING
OF HIS SISTER.
THE SHOOTING HAPPENED TUESDAY
AFTERNOON ON BLOOM STREET ALONG
THE DETROIT HAMTRAMCK BORDER.
POLICE SAY NASHWON ALI KILLED
HIS SISTER AFTER BEING THROWN
OUT OF THEIR HOUSE.
HE WAS ARRESTED TODAY IN
TENNESSEE AFTER A BRIEF CHASE.
CHARGES ARE PENDING.
>>> ALL RIGHT, LET’S NOW GET TO
OPENING STATEMENTS AND THE FIRST
TESTIMONY TODAY FOR THE FOUR MEN
CHARGED WITH PLOTTING TO KIDNAP
GOVERNOR WHITMER.
>> AND A WHOLE HOST OF NEW
INFORMATION WAS REVEALED
INCLUDING WHAT PROSECUTORS SAY
THE FOUR MEN PLANNED TO DO RIGHT
AFTER CAPTURING THE GOVERNOR.
DEFENDER SHAWN LEY IS LIVE
TWOMENT A VERY BUSY FIRST DAY OF
TESTIMONY.
SHAWN.
>> AND KIMBERLY, YOU’VE BEEN
FOLLOWING THIS LIKE US THE
ENTIRE TIME HERE.
WE’VE KNOWN A LOT OF THE FACTS,
BUT TODAY LISTENING VERY CLOSELY
FOR NEW INFORMATION IN THE
PROSECUTION BROUGHT THAT NEW GUK
INFORMATION SAYING THEY HAVE
EVIDENCE THAT THESE FOUR MEN ON
TRIAL RIGHT NOW WERE THREATENING
OR PLANNING TO SHOOT THE
GOVERNOR’S SECURITY TEAM, SHOOT
TO KILL, AND SHOOT TO KILL ANY
POLICE OFFICER THAT RESPONDED TO
HER SUMMER HOME OF NORTH.
ONCE THEY SAID THEY WOULD STORM
INSIDE THE HOME THEY WOULD HOG
TIE GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER TO
KIDNAP HER.
DEFENSE ARGUING THIS IS ALL
ENTRAPMENT BY FBI INFORMANTS AND
ALL TALK.
>> Reporter: FEDERAL PROSECUTORS
CALLED WOLVERINE WATCHMAN MEMBER
ADAM FOX A KEY LEADER OF THE
GROUP OF MEN CHARGED PLOTTING
THE VIOLENT AND DEADLY
KIDNAPPING OF GROFER GRETCHEN
WHITMER.
THEY WERE ANGRY OVER HOW THEY
SAW THE GOVERNOR LIMITING
FREEDOMS WITH COVID MANDATES AND
SHUTDOWNS.
BUT TODAY THE JURY HEARD FROM
FOX’S ATTORNEY, WHO CALLED FOX A
POT-SMOKING MISFIT WHO IS
BASICALLY HOMELESS AND BROKE.
FOX’S ATTORNEY INSISTS FOX DID
NOT COMMIT A CRIME.
HOWEVER DURING THE TRIAL’S
OPENING STATEMENTS, PROSECUTORS
REVEALED NEW DETAILS SAYING FOX,
BARRY CROFT, DANIEL HARRISON,
BRANDON CONCERTA SENT MESSAGES
TO ONE ANOTHER ABOUT ALLEGED
PLANS TO VIOLENTLY STORM THE
GOVERNOR’S SUMMER HOME, SHOOT
AND KILL HER SECURITY TEAM AND
SHOOT ANY POLICE OFFICERS THEY
ENCOUNTERED.
ONE SECRET MESSAGE FROM THE MEN
READ, QUOTE, IT’S GOING TO BE A
NIGHTMARE.
IT’S GOING TO BE A SHOOT-OUT.
PROSECUTORS BOILING DOWN THEIR
CASE THIS WAY, SAYING, QUOTE,
WHAT YOU HAVE IS THAT DEFENDANTS
AGREED, PLANNED, TRAINED AND
WERE READY TO BREAK INTO A
WOMAN’S HOME AS SHE SLEPT WITH
HER FAMILY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT AND WITH VIOLENCE AND AT
GUNPOINT THEY WOULD TIE HER UP
AND TAKE HER FROM THAT HOME.
INTO A COUNTEDLESS BAT, THIS HE
WOULD SHOOT, BLOW UP AND KILL
ANYBODY WHO GOT IN THEIR WAY.
THE FIRST WITNESS IN THE TRIAL
CALLED FIB AGENT TODD RONIC.
THE FBI WAS TIPPED OFF THAT THE
MEN WERE TALKING ABOUT PLANNING
THE KIDNAPPING, THE FBI STARTED
GATHERING INFORMATION FROM
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS WHO
INFILTRATED THE GROUP, DEFENSE
ATTORNEYS POINTING OUT THAT SOME
OF THOSE INFORMANTS HAVE
CRIMINAL RECORDS.
>> BACK HERE LIVE NOW, LIVE AT
6:00, MUCH MORE ON THIS, THE
FIRST TESTIMONY FROM THE FBI
AGENT TO TAKE THE WITNESS STAND
AND ALSO PROSECUTORS USING THE
DEFENDANT’S OWN VOICES IN COURT,
LETTING THE JURY HEAR THEIR OWN
VOICES FROM TAPED CONVERSATION
OF THEM MAYING PLANS.
THEY SAY THESE PLANS WERE VERY
REAL TO ALLEGEDLY KIDNAP
GOVERNOR WHITMER.
MUCH MORE AT 6:00.
BACK TO YOU.
>> A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION
REVEALED TODAY IN COURT.
WE’LL SEE YOU AT 6:00, SHAWN,
THANKS.
>>> TONIGHT AT 7:00, MAYOR
DUGGAN DELIVERS ITS ANNUAL STATE
OF THE CITY ADDRESS.
IF IT’S ANYTHING LIKE YEARS PAST
IT’S MORE OF A POWER POINT
PRESENTATION.
MARA MACDONALD IS COVERING THAT
TONIGHT.
LET’S GET TO HER WITH A PREVIEW
OF WHAT WE EXPECT TO HEAR
TONIGHT.
MARA.
>> HI, DEVIN.
AS HAS BECOME THE MAYOR’S
CUSTOM, HE’S TAKING HIS SHOW ON
THE ROAD, THIS TIME TO GM’S
FACTORY ZERO.
HE’S ONE OF THE FEW POLITICIANS
THAT ACTUALLY PUTS MEAT IN THESE
ADDRESSES.
WHAT I’M LOOKING OUT FOR, NUMBER
ONE, THE PACKARD PLANT, ONE OF
DETROIT’S LAST REMAINING MEGA
EYESORES.
I AND THE TO HEAR FROM THE MAYOR
TONIGHT ABOUT PLANS TO TRY TO
GIVE THAT PROPERTY A NEW LIFE AS
WELL AS A CRACKDOWN ON
COMMERCIAL BLIGHT.
NUMBER TWO, THIS CITY IS A WASH
IN FEDERAL DOLLARS, FROM THE
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
HOW TO MAXIMIZE THOSE DOLLARS
AND HELP DETROITERS MOVE INTO
BETTER-PAYING JOBS, AND FINALLY
NEW PROGRAM OUT OF THE LAND
DEALING WITH VACANT LOTS, AND AS
A REMINDER, TONIGHT’S ADDRESS IS
GOING TO BE STRICTLY VIRTUAL.
PRE-COVID, THIS WHOLE ADDRESS
WAS A BIG TO DO FOR DETROIT AND
QUITE FRANKLY METRO DETROIT’S
POLITICAL CLASS WHO WOULD ALL
COME OUT, THIS YEAR THEY HAVE
STILL DECIDED TO KEEP IT
VIRTUAL.
WE’RE LIVE ON DETROIT’S EAST
SIDE, I’M MARA MACDONALD, LOCAL
4.
>> ALL RIGHT, MARA.
DOESN’T CHANGE OUR PLANS,
THOUGH.
YOU CAN STILL WATCH THE MAYOR’S
NINTH STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS
LIVE ON LOCAL 4 TONIGHT.
OUR STREAMING APP LOCAL 4 PLUS
OR ON CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
THE MAYOR’S REMARKS GET UNDERWAY
AT 7:00.
AN IMPORTANT PROGRAMMING NOTE,
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