ON FIGHTING GUN VIOLENCE, NEW INFORMATION JUST RELEASED ON A PROGRAM CALLED OPERATION SAFE
NEIGHBORHOODS. WE’RE ALSO
TRACKING THE DEBT CEILING DEBATE
AT THE WHITE HOUSE, WHERE THINGS
STAND AND WHAT’S AT STAKE. PLUS,
THERE’S KIM WITH THE +41
FORECAST HIM. WELL TAKE A GOOD
LOOK AT THESE TEMPERATURES RIGHT
NOW IN THE UPPER SEVENTIES, TOO
LOW EIGHTIES BECAUSE BY TOMORROW
MORNING, IT WILL BE 30 DEGREES
COLDER AND THE POSSIBILITY OF
FROST BY THURSDAY. LOCAL 4 NEWS
STARTS NOW, WITH THE BREAKING
NEWS ALERT. GOOD AFTERNOON.
DEVIN SCILLIAN IN FOR KAREN
DREW, WHO’S ON ASSIGNMENT TODAY
? WE’VE GOT BREAKING NEWS ABOUT
A PROGRAM CALLED OPERATION SAFE
NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH FOCUSES ON
GETTING ILLEGAL GUNS OFF THE
STREET ACROSS MICHIGAN. BIGGER
HEADLINE 400 ILLEGAL WEAPONS
HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF THE STREETS
SINCE THE OPERATION STARTED LESS
THAN A YEAR AGO. LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES ARE FOCUSING ON
COMPLIANCE CHECKS INVOLVING
PEOPLE ON PROBATION PEOPLE ON
PAROLE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
ALLOWED TO HAVE GUNS. DETROIT
MAYOR DUGGAN SAYS THE COVID
PANDEMIC SLOWED OVERSIGHT ON
THOSE WHO MIGHT BE MORE LIKELY
TO COMMIT GUN CRIMES, BUT NOT
ANYMORE. WHEN YOU’RE ON PAROLE
OR PROBATION. YOU’VE GOT RULES.
YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW. AND DURING
COVID. THOSE RULES WERE NOT
BEING ENFORCED AND WHAT THE
GOVERNOR HAS DONE AND WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS HAS
DONE HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL.
THEY’VE GOT 50 CASES A WEEK
THERE BETWEEN THE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE IN THE SHERIFF AND THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE
IDENTIFYING PEOPLE ON PROBATION
AND PAROLE THAT ARE AT RISK. FOR
A GUN CRIME. THEY’RE GOING INTO
THEIR HOMES. THEY’RE DOING
SAFETY CHECKS. THEY’RE MAKING
SURE PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
AND THERE’S NOT GUNS ON THE
PREMISES, PROBATION AND PAROLE
IS MEANING SOMETHING AGAIN. OR
WILL JONES IS THAT THAT NEWS
CONFERENCE ASKING FOLLOW UP
QUESTIONS. HE’S WORKING ON A
STORY. WE’LL HAVE COMING UP ON
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE. ROOSEVELT
POLICE HAVE ARRESTED TWO MEN IN
CONNECTION WITH A HOME INVASION
AFTER A WOMAN ESCAPED AND
MANAGED TO CALL FOR HELP.
INVESTIGATORS SAID. THE MEN
BROKE INTO A HOME ON MARTIN ROAD
ARMED WITH A KNIFE. POLICE SAY
ONE MAN HELD THE WEAPON TO A
WOMAN’S THROAT AND DEMANDED
MONEY. BUT SHE WAS ABLE TO BREAK
FREE, RAN TO A NEIGHBOR’S AND
CALLED 911 AND POLICE WERE ABLE
TO CATCH UP WITH BOTH SUSPECTS
IN THE CASE. THEY ARE BOTH IN
CUSTODY AT THIS HOUR, A FAMILY
IN MONROE COUNTY DEALING WITH
HEARTBREAK AND LOSS AFTER A FIRE
IN A MOBILE HOME. IT HAPPENED AT
THE WILLOW GREEN MOBILE HOME
PARK ON OUTER DRIVE NEAR WEST
SEVENTH AND TELEGRAPH IN MONROE
TOWNSHIP DEPUTIES RACE TO THE
HOME MONDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A
REPORT THAT A LITTLE GIRL WAS
TRAPPED INSIDE. SEVERAL FIRE
CREWS RESPONDED, RAN INTO THE
HOUSE TRYING TO RESCUE THE TWO
YEAR OLD. SHE WAS RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL. BUT TRAGICALLY DIED
FROM THOSE INJURIES. RIGHT NOW.
THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE REMAINS
UNDER INVESTIGATION. SECRETARY
OF TRANSPORTATION PETE BUDDHA,
JJ’S IN DETROIT TODAY TO
HIGHLIGHT THE FIRST ELECTRIC
VEHICLE CORRIDOR BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES AND CANADA. HE’LL
JOIN CANADIAN OFFICIALS GOVERNOR
WHITMER AND MAYOR DUGGAN TO
HIGHLIGHT EFFORTS TO MAKE
CHARGING EASIER BETWEEN THE TWO
COUNTRIES. THAT EVENT STARTS
ABOUT 45 MINUTES FROM NOW WE’LL
HAVE A FULL REPORT ON IT COMING
UP ON LOCAL 4 NEWS TONIGHT AT
SIX. RIGHT NOW, LET’S SHIFT OUR
ATTENTION. NOW TO THE FIRST
FORECAST, WE COULD SEE SOME
WINDY CONDITIONS THIS EVENING.
KIM ADAMS HERE AS I GUESS THOSE
30 MILE AN HOUR WINDS IS GOING
TO BE BRINGING SOMETHING ELSE TO
COLDER WEATHER. DEFINITELY THE
WINDS OF CHANGE 30 MILE PER HOUR
WINDS AND A 30 DEGREE DROP IN
TEMPERATURES BY TOMORROW MORNING
81 RIGHT NOW AT CITY AIRPORT,
UPPER SEVENTIES AND PONTIAC AND
MOUNT CLEMENS, 79 AT METRO, IT
IS WARMER THAN IT WAS THE SAME
TIME YESTERDAY BY QUITE A BIT 11
DEGREES WARMER IN MOUNT CLEMENS.
15 DEGREES WARMER RIGHT NOW THAN
IT WAS YESTERDAY AT FOUR O’CLOCK
IN GROSSE ILE AND FIVE DEGREES
WARMER IN PONTIAC. THE CHANGE
WILL COME ALREADY THIS EVENING
AS A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH,
YOU’LL NOTICE THE WINDS WILL BE
EVEN GUSTY ER OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS, BUT WE GO FROM 74
DEGREES AT SIX O’CLOCK TONIGHT,
DOWN TO 51 BY MIDNIGHT AND WE’RE
NOT QUITE DONE THERE BY TOMORROW
MORNING WILL BE IN THE MID
FORTIES AND THEN TOMORROW NIGHT
, EVEN COLDER. SO IF YOU HAVE
PLANTED YOUR FLOWERS ALREADY,
YOU’RE GONNA WANT TO STAY TUNED
FOR THE FORECAST COMING UP. ALL
RIGHT, KIM. WE ARE ALSO
FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS COMING
TO US FROM THE WHITE HOUSE RIGHT
NOW. PRESIDENT BIDEN NEGOTIATING
WITH TOP CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS
ON THE COUNTRY’S DEBT CEILING,
THEY DID BRIEFLY LET CAMERAS IN
BEFORE THEY GOT DOWN TO
BUSINESS. LAW MAKERS NOW HAVE
TWO WEEKS TO GET A DEAL DONE.
KIMBERLY GILL WITH US NOW KG
SOME BIG ROADBLOCKS IN THE WAY
YOU’RE RIGHT, DEVIN AND GOOD
AFTERNOON TO YOU. THE HIGH
POWERED HIGH STAKES MEETING
STARTED A LITTLE MORE THAN AN
HOUR AGO. IN THE PAST FEW DAYS,
THE PRESIDENT HAS SIGNALED
OPTIMISM A DEAL COULD BE
REACHED. BUT HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN
MCCARTHY HAS SAID THE TWO SIDES
ARE PRETTY FAR APART. THE DEAL
YOU MENTIONED DE’VEON. DAY,
TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN
SAYS GOVERNMENT COULD RUN OUT OF
MONEY TO PAY ITS BILLS.
PRESIDENT AND DEMOCRATS WANT
WHAT’S CALLED A QUOTE CLEAN
BUILDINGS SIMPLY RAISE THE
GOVERNMENT’S ABILITY TO BORROW
MONEY. BUT HOUSE REPUBLICANS
PASSED A BILL TO RAISE THE DEBT
CEILING BUT INCLUDED SPENDING
CUTS THAT ATTACK SOME OF THE
PRESIDENT’S SPENDING PRIORITIES
. THE TIMING HAS BECOME EVEN
TRICKIER AS PRESIDENT BIDEN
LEAVES FOR A G SEVEN MEETING IN
ASIA TOMORROW, THE
ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT IS
COMMITTED TO JUGGLING FOREIGN
AFFAIRS, THE DEBT CEILING AND
THE CRITICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN
THOSE ALL HOW SERIOUSLY THE
PRESIDENT TAKES THIS PRIORITY
ABOUT DEFAULTING ON ON THE
NATIONAL DEBT AND WHAT THAT SAYS
ABOUT THE UNITED STATES. NOT
JUST HERE AT HOME, BUT AROUND
THE WORLD AND HOW THAT CAN
AFFECT OUR OWN INTERNATIONAL
REPUTATION BECAUSE THERE’S
COUNTRIES LIKE RUSSIA AND CHINA
THAT WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE
THAN FOR US TO DEFAULT SO THEY
CAN POINT THE FINGER AND SAY,
YOU SEE, THE UNITED STATES IS
NOT A STABLE, RELIABLE PARTNER.
UH SO THE THAT IS A HIGH
PRIORITY AS IT SHOULD BE FOR THE
PRESIDENT, AND WE’VE JUST
LEARNED EVAN THAT THE PRESIDENT
HAS CANCELED TRIPS TO PAPA, NEW
GUINEA AND AUSTRALIA TO FOCUS ON
THE DEBT LIMIT TALKS, BUT HE
WILL STILL ATTEND THE G SEVEN
SUMMIT, WHICH HAPPENS IN JAPAN
HAS COST AGAINST ANOTHER WEIGHS
IN DIPLOMATIC WAYS AT THE MOMENT
HERE EXACTLY RIGHT AND AS FAR AS
WHO WOULD FEEL THIS IMPACT FIRST
, DEVIN SCILLIAN. SOCIAL
SECURITY, MEDICARE, MEDICAID
WOULD ALL BE DELAYED. SALARIES
FOR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY AS
WELL. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS ALL
UNCHARTED TERRITORY, SO WE JUST
DON’T KNOW IT’S NEVER HAPPENED.
EXACTLY EXACTLY RIGHT. ALL THESE
LISTENING TO THE L. THE
ECONOMISTS OF THE WORLD MONEY
PROFESSIONALS TRYING TO PREDICT
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN HERE. IT RUNS
THE GAMUT, BUT NONE OF IT’S
GREAT. WE’LL SEE YOU AGAIN AT
FIVE. TONIGHT HELP ME HANK
TRACKING TRASH IN ANOTHER LOCAL
NEIGHBORHOOD, THANKS TO A TIP
FROM INTO OUR LOCAL 4 HELP DESK
. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
REACHING OUT TO HANK AS HE WORKS
TO CLEAN UP NEIGHBORHOODS IN
DETROIT. TODAY HE’S IN THE
PALMER PARK AREA CONSUMER
INVESTIGATOR HANK WINCHESTER
WITH MORE TAKE A LOOK. THIS IS
WHAT WE LOVE TO SEE CITY CREWS
OUT HERE CLEANING UP THIS AREA
BLOCK BY BLOCK. NOW, THIS IS A
NEIGHBORHOOD. MANY OF YOU HAVE
REACHED OUT TO HELP ME HANK
ABOUT AND NOW ACTION TO CLEAN
THIS AREA. CITY CREWS OUT HERE
RIGHT NOW DOING THE DIRTY WORK
CLEANING UP THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
THAT IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF
ATTENTION. POTHOLES ILLEGAL
DUMPERS TRASH EVERYWHERE, AS YOU
CAN IMAGINE, IT IS A HUGE
CONCERN FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE
HERE LIKE MOSES WAKEFIELD AND
HIS FAMILY. IT’S HORRIBLE. TO
WAKE UP. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT
THAT EVERY MORNING. THE
WAKEFIELD’S JUST MOVED INTO THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD ON WEST SAVANNAH A
FEW MONTHS AGO, AND THEY HAVE
BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE
CONDITIONS HERE ON THIS BLOCK.
TODAY THOUGH THEY ARE THRILLED
TO SEE A BIG CLEANUP UNDERWAY.
REAL BIG POTHOLES. THEY DIDN’T
THROW UP TIRES AND RIMS. SO MANY
OF YOU HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME
CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AREA. WE’RE
JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM
PALMER PARK, WHICH IS PRISTINE
THE CITY SPENDING BIG MONEY TO
MAKE SURE THE PARK IN THE
SURROUNDING AREA WELL
MAINTAINED. NOW THEY’RE MOVING
INTO NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THIS ONE
WORKING TO GIVE THE PEOPLE HERE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE SUMMER. IF
YOU NEED INFORMATION ABOUT BULK
PICK UP OR WHERE YOU CAN TAKE
ITEMS IN THE CITY TO DROP OFF
YOUR TRASH. I PUT ALL THAT
INFORMATION FOR YOU RIGHT IN TO
HELP ME HANK PAGE AND
CLICKONDETROIT’S DOT COM WE’RE
HERE IN DETROIT, HANK
WINCHESTER. HELP ME HANK FOR
LOCAL ALRIGHT, HANK, AND LET’S
MENTION IF YOU HAVE A
NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU THINK HANK
NEEDS TO CHECK OUT FOR A STORY?
SOMETHING YOU SHOULD INVESTIGATE
ALL THESE ARE THE WAYS THAT YOU
CAN CONNECT WITH HIM, INCLUDING
HIS TIP LINE PHONE NUMBER, WHICH
IS 313634 WDIV’S 634 WDIV’S