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sinkholes in the city a big and growing
problem in Detroit what you can do to
make sure the city takes action and
helps you and it's a done deal
Ford has bought the historic Michigan
central train depot the question now is
what are they going to do with it but we
begin with breaking news at Dearborn a
dog attacks its owner as an animal
control officer looks on it happened as
the animal control officer was there
after neighbors complained about that
dog let's get right out to Steve
Garagiola he's live at the home where
this happened Steve yeah you know the
officer was there not in response to the
dog attack this was before the attack
the officer was there to write the owner
a ticket for something related to the
dogs
the owner apparently went in the house
out into the backyard with the dog and
that's when the trouble started the
signs at the front door give fair
warning of what to expect neighbors say
the trouble with the dogs this afternoon
is not a surprise I hate to say it's
been building up these dogs have gotten
out several times neighbor right here
has had that dog in his backyard
snarling at him early this afternoon
before the attack and an animal control
officer approached the owner who was in
the backyard of his home with the dog
Animal Control peeked over the fence I
guess just to kind of see this dog and
the dog went after her
the owner apparently pulled the dog back
to restrain it and all of a sudden the
dog I guess turned on him because all we
saw was him flailing around behind the
fence there and he was just going no no
no and just and at some point he goes
shoot it shoot it shoot it late this
afternoon the dog a pitbull was put down
the owner suffered injuries to both of
his arms but will recover the owners
great the owners a great guy he's always
you know careful to keep the dog you
know behind the fence and whatnot but
you know I guess just this time it
turned on him he was covered in blood
his arms were all all cut up we're just
happy you know he's okay
you know I know there are a lot of
people that have pit bulls they love
their pit bulls this is in no way a
story to say all pit bulls are bad but
this particular pit bull got way out of
control and again this afternoon had to
be put down
Jason Kimberly back to you just horrible
Steve I know you talked about some of
the injuries there do we know any more
about the industry injuries in terms of
the extent of how bad they are
what did talk to the owner that quite
upset did not want to talk to us on
camera at all suffered injuries to his
arm enough to be treated medically
treated but his home is going to recover
just fine mostly it's the emotional
they're so very sad and having to put
their dog down all right Steve our other
top story tonight it's a done deal after
months of speculation Ford has purchased
the Michigan central train depot now
what was once an icon of Detroit's
decline will be transformed of course
the only question now is what it will
become business editor rod Moloney shows
us what's at stake here and how this one
project could transform the city a
century ago when Detroit was second only
to New York City this was the place to
be the train station over time it
diminished in many ways by 1992 when the
maroon family bought the place it really
fell into disrepair the maroon said they
wanted to redevelop it couldn't do it
profitably that is until today and now
Detroit's redevelopment goes into
overdrive now former owner Matthew
maroon delivered and I told you so
moment the depot will become a shiny
symbol of Detroit's success in progress
Ford Motor Company's Blue Oval will
adorn the building this after the City
Council ordered the building demolished
in 2009 maroon and his father wanted to
rebuild the place but instead green
lighted a giant development Ford plans
for the depot when the Next Door Book
Depository I know that the city was was
was looking for a moonshot with Amazon
but I think we got what's really fitting
for our city
we haven't often gotten good looks at
the inside of the old ornate classic
actor Shia LeBoeuf made it a movie star
a decade ago in the first transformer
towards saya deep tells us it's pending
transformation remains top secret for
all of us who've grown up here it's an
exciting day the city
it's exciting day for forward right and
together with a community here right
we'll announce our plans for Michigan
Central Station and quark town on June
19th Richard Gonzales and Elvia Flores
live in the neighborhood he played hooky
from work today to hear the historic
announcement it's gonna make it more
beautiful than it already is and this is
what we needed for the city of Detroit
to come back together as it was when we
were kids now we don't know how much
Ford paid for it certainly in the
millions but we don't know how many will
probably get that overtime in the
meantime it took about 30 seconds for
Matthew maroon to leave the press
conference when they started moving
construction crews and it's obvious Ford
wants this thing really worked on and
finished as soon as it possibly can back
to you and rod like you say it seems
like it's more it's more than just the
train station do we know what Ford wants
to do there in Corktown well we know
that they've already purchased buildings
around the corner that they're going to
use for their their autonomous vehicle
program and you get the idea that
perhaps they're going to make sort of an
autonomous vehicle village using the
train station a Book Depository and
other buildings in that vicinity and
also remember that Ford is looking very
heavily at this notion of autonomous
vehicle cities and so they may end up
trying to turn that whole area into
something akin to that because they'll
be able to do that if they they own the
property or get permission to use the
roads that way yeah it'll be certainly
something to seem like most people just
happy that that buildings gonna stay
around all right Ron thanks Ann from big
moves by Ford to big moves today by the
Pistons Dwayne Casey the current NBA
coach of the year is headed to the Motor
City after he was fired by the Toronto
Raptors at the end of the season so
Bernie's here live in Franklin tonight
Bernie I guess on paper this is a pretty
good get this is a really good get I
mean we're talking about a guy who is in
line to be NBA coach of the year
selected that a couple of weeks ago but
the real one comes up later this month
Dwayne Casey gets a five-year deal where
35 million just to coach the Pistons
we've got highlights of Casey
spent seven years of Toronto but could
not beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in the
playoffs and that is the main reason he
was fired by Toronto last month he is 61
years old he was also a head coach with
the t-wolves and he played his college
basketball at Kentucky which tells you
he's a heck of a college basketball
player and he won a national title there
in 1978 but he met with owner Tom gorras
in Los Angeles
he will not have a press conference
until next week sometime he says he has
Father's Day events that he wants to
attend with his family but next week
you'll officially be introduced to him
but today it is official Dwayne Casey is
the new head coach of the Detroit
Pistons kids back to you okay Bernie
we'll talk about a little bit more when
we talk to you later in the newscast
we'll see you in just a bit well we've
now learned there were no passengers on
board a DDOT bus that caught fire
earlier this afternoon on Detroit's
Westside take a look at a picture sent
in to us by a viewer this happened on
i-94 near Warren and as you can see the
bus was completely covered in flames and
this is video from Sky 4 of the
aftermath of that fire investigators are
still trying to figure out what started
it there were no injuries
State Police issued an endangered
missing advisory for a five-year-old in
Flint today Pallas edelyn was last seen
with her biological mother for Shauna
Burnett Skinner Palace is about three
feet tall
45 pounds she was wearing a white
t-shirt and blue jean shorts the mother
might be driving an older-model Hyundai
with a missing grill and damage to the
driver's side if you have any
information on their whereabouts contact
the State Police one person is dead
after getting hit by a car and Gratiot
this morning on Detroit's east side
happened near the intersection of
Gratiot and Dubois the accident
temporarily shut down Gratiot in both
directions at the scene the driver of
that car is cooperating with police
a homeowner has been arrested after
shooting an alleged rock thrower on the
city's west side
happened around 3:00 a.m. on 25th and
Howard Police arrested a 25 year old man
who says someone threw a rock through
the window of his home both men
exchanged shots resulting in a 30
year-old man being shot in the leg that
man was taken to the hospital and is
in serious condition police are still
investigating after a build up now
that's gone on for months the highly
anticipated summit between President
Trump and Kim jong-un is just hours away
now this will be the first ever meeting
between a sitting US president and a
North Korean leader Blaine Alexander is
in Singapore where President Trump is
hinting he's ready to leave earlier than
expected
well Jason initially President Trump
said the summit could last for several
days if necessary but now the White
House plan is for president Trump to
head home in less than 24 hours as he
looks to strike his biggest deal yet
president Trump sounding upbeat today
signs that they may already be working
out the White House saying pre talks
between negotiators are moving quote
more quickly than expected encouraging
but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
cautioning our only two people that can
make decisions of this magnitude and
those two people are going to be sitting
in the room together tomorrow for the
first face-to-face no team or advisors
in the room just president Trump and Kim
along with their translators this is
where that face-to-face is going to take
place in fact right over here just
beyond these trees just beyond this
entrance the night before two very
different approaches President Trump out
of sight kim jeong-hoon out on the town
the isolated leader taking advantage of
his time away from home
touring Singapore even posing for a
selfie an unconventional lead-up to an
unconventional summit and a sharp
about-face from last September
Rocketman is on a suicide mission for
himself president Trump's team saying
Tuesday summit a good start but the only
true win the complete verifiable and
irreversible denuclearization a process
that experts say even if started will
take years and we're expecting to hear
directly from president Trump after that
summit he's set to give a media briefing
in the afternoon before heading home in
Singapore I'm Blaine Alexander local
four all right Blaine in that meeting is
happening at the 111 room capela hotel
it's on a small island just minutes
from downtown Singapore well we are
getting just getting started here at
5:00 been the weather couldn't be much
better in paybacks for this weekend is
pretty much what it is Pleasant sleeping
weather tonight humidity comes back
tomorrow but onelli way do you see the
weekend numbers coming up and everybody
say hi to Loki he is one of the three
new k9 from the comb County Sheriff's
Department will tell you exactly what
they are trained for and how they did it
and Nick big concern about a sinkhole
here in Detroit that was creeping from
one property on to another help me Hank
coming to the rescue live right after
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