FROM. DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. THE FINAL REPORT IS IN FROM A GROUP
OF BIPARTISAN LAWMAKERS BROUGHT
TOGETHER BY THE OXFORD TRAGEDY
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE
SCHOOLS SAFER. THEIR FINDINGS
ARRIVED JUST BEFORE A NEW
SESSION UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT IS
SET TO START IN LANSING. LET’S
GET OVER TO OUR GRANT HERMES
WHO’S BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY
FOR US GRANT, THEY SAY SCHOOLS
NEED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS. PAMELA KIMBERLY, THEY
ARE TALKING ABOUT JUST UNDER
HALF A BILLION DOLLARS, BUT IT’S
NOT JUST THE MONEY WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT. HERE IS THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY COULD
AGREE ON AND THE ONES THAT THEY
COULDN’T THE FINAL REPORT FOR
THE BIPARTISAN TASK FORCE
CREATED IN THE WAKE OF THE
OXFORD TRAGEDY INSIDE A
RECOMMENDATION TO SPEND $486
MILLION ON PROGRAMS SPLIT ALMOST
EVENLY BETWEEN MENTAL HEALTH AND
SCHOOL HARDENING. I’M REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT THE EXTRA MONEY
POINTED IN TOWARDS MENTAL
HEALTH, AND THAT WASN’T A
BUDGET. I THINK THERE’S MORE
WORK TO BE DONE. THEY ALSO MADE
SIX RECOMMENDATIONS AMONG THEM
KIDS FOR EXTENDED LOCKDOWNS
WINDOW LADDERS FOR UPPER FLOORS,
CAMERAS IN CLASSROOMS AND MAKING
IT EASIER TO HIRE COUNSELORS.
THE GOOD THING IS THAT WE HAVE A
LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE
ENGAGED IN THIS UM WE THE BAD
THING IS THAT WE ALMOST HAVE TOO
MANY HANDS IN THE POT, AND WE
NEED TO SORT OF STREAMLINE THIS,
BUT THERE ARE THINGS THEY
COULDN’T AGREE ON, NAMELY
RESTRICTIONS ON GUNS. WHETHER
SCHOOLS SHOULD BE ABLE TO
ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO STORE THEIR
GUNS SAFELY AND WHETHER SCHOOLS
SHOULD ALLOW GUNS TO BE CARRIED
BY TRAIN STAFF. BUT AFTER FEARS
THEIR WORK COULD BE TORPEDOED BY
THE INCOMING DEMOCRATIC
LEADERSHIP. BOTH RETURNING
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS SAY
THEY EXPECT TO PICK UP WHERE
THEY LEFT OFF. THESE ARE NON
PARTISAN ISSUES, FOR THE MOST
PART, SO AND WE’VE GOT MONEY IN
THE BANK RIGHT NOW. AND IF WE’RE
NOT PROTECTING OUR KIDS AND
MAKING SURE THEY CAN GO TO
SCHOOL SAFELY, I DON’T KNOW WHAT
WHAT THE HELL WE’RE DOING HERE.
NOW IN A SEPARATE LETTER OUTSIDE
OF THIS REPORT, TWO DEMOCRATIC
MEMBERS OF HIS COMMITTEE,
INCLUDING KELLY BREEN, WHO YOU
JUST HEARD FROM THEIR OF NOBODY
SAID THAT THEY WANT A HARDER
LOOK AT FIREARMS AND GOVERNOR
WHITMER HAS SAID IT’S AMONG HER
TOP PRIORITIES COME THIS NEXT
SESSION BACK TO YOU. SO GRANT.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE WORK BEING
DONE NOW IS CLEARLY THE ISSUE OF
SCHOOL SAFETY ISN’T GOING AWAY.
THEY HOPE TO PICK UP WHERE THEY
LEFT OFF AND HIT THE RUN RUNNING
IN THIS NEXT SESSION. ALSO, THIS
NEW SAFETY TASK FORCE IS GOING
TO GET MOVED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH
PUBLIC SAFETY AND UNDER THE
DEPARTMENT OF ED, WHICH IN HOPES
AT LEAST IN THEORY WOULD GIVE
SCHOOL SCHOOL DISTRICT
SUPERINTENDENT A DIRECT LINE OF
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN LANSING WILL
ALSO STILL INVOLVING LAW
ENFORCEMENT. SO WE’RE WATCHING
THAT AS THIS NEW SESSION STARTS
UP NEXT MONTH BACK TO YOU
CONTINUE. FOLLOW IT. OKAY, GRANT
. WE APPRECIATE IT. FEDERAL
AGENTS RAID A HOME IN WARREN,
ARRESTING A YOUNG MOTHER TONIGHT
. NEIGHBORS ARE SHOCKED OVER
WHAT SHE ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED
DOING TO A BABY. A CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY INVESTIGATION LED
THE FEDS TO A HOME IN MACOMB
COUNTY TONIGHT. THE FBI SAYS THE
WOMAN WHO LIVED THERE WAS
SEXUALLY ABUSING AND INFANT AND
RECORDING IT. SHAWN LEY HAS BEEN
LOOKING INTO THIS STORY FOR US
AND DISTURBING CASE YOU, SEAN
AND THE WOMAN IN CUSTODY JUST
RECENTLY GAVE BIRTH. IT DOESN’T
GET MORE DISTURBING THAN THIS.
YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT 26 YEAR OLD
AMBER DUNBAR. SHE JUST HAD HER
BABY GIRL ABUSE YOU WEEKS AGO.
SHE’S BEEN INDICTED BY THE FEDS,
AND SHE’S BEING HELD RIGHT NOW
BY THE U. S MARSHALS. NO ANSWER
AND DRAPES PULLED AT THIS HOME
ON BERG IN WAR IN THE HOME OF A
YOUNG MOTHER NAMED AMBER. NICOLE
DUNBAR TONIGHT, THE 26 YEAR OLD
IS IN FEDERAL CUSTODY. DUNBAR
WROTE ON HER FACEBOOK PAGE THAT
SHE IS A GIRL, MAMA. IN FACT,
SHE HAD A BABY GIRL. NOVEMBER
24TH TONIGHT. THE FBI IS
ALLEGING THAT NEWBORN IS THE
VICTIM OF HORRIFIC SEX ABUSE AT
THE HANDS OF HER MOTHER, AMBER
DUNBAR. IN THIS FEDERAL
COMPLAINT, THE FBI SAYS DUNBAR
PERFORMED SEX. SEX ON HER
NEWBORN ALLEGEDLY VIDEOTAPED IT
AND THEN ASKED FOR MONEY FOR THE
VIDEOS ONLINE. RUTH BROCK IS A
NEIGHBOR AND IS IN SHOCK. MY
GOD. SHE DESERVES EVERY BAD
THING SHE GETS. KARMA’S A BAD
MOTHER, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES
TO BABIES. POLICE IN ANOTHER
STATE DISCOVERED A MAN WAS
ONLINE ASKING PEOPLE TO PRODUCE
AND SENT HIM CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
THAT LED THEM TO AN APP CALLED
KICK AND TO AMBER DUNBAR, WHO
THEY SAY SENT HORRIFYING ABUSE
VIDEOS TO A MAN WHO THEN OFFERED
TO PAY HER $75 TO MAKE MORE
VIDEOS OF HER ABUSING HER INFANT
. DECEMBER 7TH. THE FBI RAIDED
DUNBAR’S HOME. SHE DENIED MAKING
THE VIDEOS AGENTS. TO HER LITTLE
VIDEOS AND REPORT QUOTE. DUNBAR
ADMITTED TO RECORDING THREE
SHORT VIDEOS OF HERSELF ENGAGING
IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH THIS
MINOR ON AUGUST 10TH 2020 TO
ANYBODY IN THAT HOUSE KNEW THEY
NEED TO GO TO BOTTOM LINE. AMBER
DUNBAR CHARGED BY THE FEDS, ITS
PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. SHE’S BEING
HELD INDEFINITELY NOW BY THE U.
S MARSHALS AS HER CASE NOW
ENTERS FEDERAL COURT WITH THE
FEDS COULD NOT TALK ABOUT TODAY
AND WOULD NOT TALK ABOUT BECAUSE
OF PRIVACY REASONS IS HOW THAT
INFANT IS DOING AND WHO’S CARING
FOR THAT INFANT. NOW WE’RE LIVE
TONIGHT SHOW ONLY LOCAL FORWARD
BACK TO YOU VERY, VERY
DISTURBING, OKAY? SEAN, WE
APPRECIATE IT. INVESTIGATORS
HAVE WRAPPED UP A SEARCH FOR
SURVIVORS THAT HAVE FIRE THAT
CAUSED THE HOUSE TO COLLAPSE.
WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE RESCUE
EFFORTS ALL DAY, THE BODY OF A
MAN WAS FOUND INSIDE A HOME THAT
CAUGHT FIRE ON FLORIDA STREET
THAT’S NEAR CENTRAL AVENUE IN I
94 IN DETROIT’S WEST SIDE WHEN
FIREFIGHTERS GOT THERE EARLY
THIS MORNING FLAMES AS YOU SEE
THERE COMING OUT OF THE ROOF AND
WINDOWS OF THAT HOME. THEY HAD
TO LEAVE THE HOME WHEN IT
STARTED TO COLLAPSE. THE FIRE
CAUSE REMAINS UNDER
INVESTIGATION. POLICE DOWN RIVER
ARE INVESTIGATING A HOME
INVASION THAT TURNED INTO A
DEADLY SHOOTING, POLICE SAY A 35
YEAR OLD HOMEOWNER SHOT AND
KILLED A 41 YEAR OLD MAN IN
SOUTHGATE OVERNIGHT HAPPENED AT
A HOUSE ON CUNNINGHAM NEAR
FOURTH STREET AND NORTH LINE
ROAD. POLICE SAY THIS WAS NOT
RANDOM, AND THE TWO KNEW EACH
OTHER. THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER IS
IN CUSTODY, AND INVESTIGATORS
ARE STILL LOOKING INTO THE
CIRCUMSTANCES TO DETERMINE IF
THERE SHOULD BE CHARGES. A WIN
IN COURT TODAY FOR WARREN CITY
COUNCIL IN ITS ONGOING BATTLE
WITH MAYOR JIM THOUGHTS OVER THE
BUDGET, THEY HAVE BEEN AT ODDS
OVER WHAT COUNCIL CALLS $436,000
AND UNAPPROVED EXPENDITURES,
INCLUDING TELEVISION ADS
FEATURING TOUTS HIMSELF. TODAY
THE MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS
ISSUED AN OPINION OF FIRMING AN
INJUNCTION PREVENTING FAULTS
FROM SPENDING MORE MONEY WITHOUT
COUNCIL’S APPROVAL. CITY COUNCIL
LEADERS PLAN TO ASK THEIR
RETURNING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
IN MACOMB COUNTY PROSECUTOR. TO
RECOVER FUNDS THAT WERE
DIVERTED. A SPECIAL EVENT JUST
GETTING UNDERWAY TONIGHT,
RAISING MONEY AND HONOR OF ONE
OF THE OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL
SHOOTING VICTIMS. MIR WAR THE
NUMBER 42 ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD
FOR THE WILDCATS TONIGHT. HOCKEY
IS BEING PLAYED IN HIS MEMORY
AND FOR THE FOUNDATION BEARING
HIS NAME. MARA MACDONALD IS LIVE
TONIGHT WITH THAT STORY FOR US,
MARA HI, PAMELA. HI CAN RELEASE
SO WE ARE AT THE DETROIT SEEDING
CLUB AND TAKE A LOOK OVER HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE WELCOME
TABLE IS OPEN. SO HERE IS THE
IDEA OF THIS WHOLE THING. THIS
IS GOING TO BE HOPEFULLY, AN
ANNUAL CHARITY HOCKEY CLASSIC,
WHICH IS GOING TO BENEFIT THE 42
STRONG FOUNDATIONS THAT IS THE
FOUNDATION THAT THE MIRROR
FAMILY SET UP IN HONOR OF TATE
TATE WAS KNOWN FOR BEING
OUTSTANDING ATHLETES. AND THAT
HAD AN INCREDIBLE WORK ETHIC AND
WHAT THE FOUNDATION DOES IS PURE
TO PEER MENTORING, HELPING
YOUNGER KIDS BY PAIRING THEM
WITH AN OLDER KIDS SO THEY CAN
EASE THE TRANSITION INTO HIGH
SCHOOL ALSO ASSISTS WITH HEALING
FROM TRAUMA. IT BRINGS IN
EXPERTS AND SPEAKERS. BUT THEY
ALSO DO A WHOLE LOT OF FUN
THINGS TO WE SPOKE WITH TRENT
MERE TATE’S BROTHER JUST A
LITTLE BIT AGO ABOUT HOW PROUD
THE FAMILY IS ABOUT. 42 STRONG
FOUNDATION AND WHAT IT DOES TAKE
A LISTEN. IT FEELS GOOD ONE TO
LET STATES LEGACY OF LIVE ON NOW
THAT’S A BIG THING FOR ME,
ESPECIALLY ME. IT FEELS GOOD TO
BE DOING SOMETHING SO T IT’S NOT
FORGOTTEN, AND HIS LEGACY CAN
LIVE ON. HE IMPACTED A LOT OF
KIDS WHILE HE WAS HERE. BUT NOW
HE CAN IMPACT MANY MORE. WE HAVE
250 KIDS IN THE PROGRAM. HE
COULD NEVER IMPACTED THAT MANY
KIDS AND NOW HE IS EXPECT YOUR
LIFE. SO THE PUCK DROP TONIGHT
AT 7 42, WHICH MEANS THAT
THERE’S PLENTY OF TIME IF YOU
WANT TO COME OUT HERE. TICKETS
ARE ONLY $5. OXFORD STUDENTS GET
IN FOR FREE AND SOMETHING TO
NOTE THAT EVERY DOLLAR THAT IS
RAISED GOES TO THE FOUNDATION,
WHICH DOES NOT HAVE
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, WHICH
MEANS THAT ALL THOSE DOLLARS GO
TOWARD THE KIDS WERE LIVE IN
BLOOMFIELD HILLS AT THE DETROIT
SKATING CLUB, MARA MACDONALD.
BEFORE. SPECIAL WAY TO ENTERTAIN
. YES, TICKETS. JUST $5 AT THE
DOOR. THANKS MARA. SOUTHWEST
AIRLINES SAYS IT PLANS TO RESUME
NORMAL OPERATIONS FRIDAY AFTER
ANOTHER DAY OF CANCELING
THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS. THAT’S
GOOD NEWS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE
TRAVELING TO ARIZONA TO SEE
MICHIGAN AND TCU SQUARE OFF IN
THE FIESTA BOWL, ALSO KNOWN AS
THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEMIFINAL
GAME, BUT FOR AT LEAST ONE
MICHIGAN FAN AND HIS LITTLE
WOLVERINE. IT’S TOO LATE. ONCE
HE FOUND OUT HIS FLIGHT WAS
CANCELED. HE SOLD HIS GAME
TICKETS RATHER THAN TRY TO DRIVE
SEVERAL HOURS WITH HIS YOUNG
SON. I WAS SUPER BUMMED
YESTERDAY. LIKE UH, I MEAN, LIKE
THE EMOTIONS WELLED UP TO THE
FIGHT RIDE, LIKE THOUGHT I WAS
GONNA CRY, TO BE HONEST WITH
YAHOO WORTH A FEW TEARS FOR SURE
. SPEAKING OF TRAVEL, WE HAVE A
CREW HEADING TO ARIZONA RIGHT
NOW. WE WILL HAVE COVERAGE ALL
WEEKEND LONG AT THE BIG GAME.
DON’T FORGET TO JOIN US TOMORROW
NIGHT AT 6 30 FOR OUR SPECIAL
CHASING THE CHAMPIONSHIP. IT’S
AN IN DEPTH LOOK AT HOW THE
WOLVERINES GOT TO THIS POINT AND
HOW THEY CAN WIN A NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP. WE’LL HAVE THAT
COMING UP TOMORROW AT 6 30 ON
LOCAL 4 PLUS OKAY, LET’S TAKE A
LIVE LOOK AT OUR DOWNTOWN SKY
CAM RIGHT NOW. TEMPERATURES UM,
HAVE STAYED ABOVE FREEZING, AND
MOST FOLKS ARE NOT COMPLAINING
ABOUT THAT. NO A BEAUTIFUL SHOT
OF DOWNTOWN BRETT’S HERE WITH
OUR FOREWARN FORECAST TO TALK
ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD EXPECT FOR
NEW YEAR’S EVE. COMPLAINTS WILL
COME INTO THE RAIN STARTS
FALLING, WHICH IS GOING TO BE IN
THE COMING DAYS. SO EVEN THOUGH
IT’S MILD THERE IS THE NEGATIVE
SIDE OF THIS, WHICH IS COMING
SHORTLY, BUT IN THE MEANTIME,
PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE LOWER
PENINSULA IS IN THE FORTIES AND
FIFTIES. YOU HAVE TO GO UP IN
THE MARKET AND BACK IN MINNESOTA
TO GET CLOSE TO THE FREEZING,
BUT EVERYBODY IN THE GREAT LAKES
ST WELL ABOVE WHERE WE WERE THIS
TIME YESTERDAY, AS THE WARMING
TREND CONTINUES, WILL DO A TOUCH
BETTER TOMORROW AS WELL AS FOR
THIS EVENING. NUMBERS DON’T MOVE
A WHOLE LOT WITH THAT SOUTHERLY
WIND, USHERING IN THAT MILD AIR
WILL KEEP THE CHANCE FOR A DRIP
OR A DROP IN THE FORECAST. BUT
IT’S REALLY TOMORROW AND
SATURDAY THAT WE HAVE THE BETTER
CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN. AND WITH
THAT RATE APPROACHING, MAKE SURE
THAT YOU HAVE THE FOREWARN
WEATHER APP DOWNLOADED ON YOUR
SMARTPHONE WITH IT. YOU CAN
TRACK THAT RIGHT AS IT
APPROACHES. AND ALSO GET THE
HOUR BY HOUR FORECAST. ALL THERE
IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND. JUST
SEARCH WDIV’S WEATHER IN YOUR
APP STORE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
STILL AHEAD, IMPROVING ON ONE OF
THE BIG INNOVATIONS OF THE
PANDEMIC? HERE’S DR MCGEORGE.
YOU WERE USED TO SEEING YOUR
DOCTOR FACE TO FACE. BUT DURING
COVID, A LOT OF PEOPLE REALIZED
THIS WAS AN OPTION TO BUT WHAT
IF YOUR VIRTUAL VISIT COULD BE
EVEN BETTER? I’M DR FRANK
MCGEORGE COMING UP. I’LL SHOW
YOU A DEVICE THAT’S HELPING
DOCTORS BRIDGE THE VIRTUAL VOID