YOUNG SINGER LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU? ONE DAY SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAY YOU KNEW HER WHEN
ALL THESE STORIES STARTING NOW
FIRST FOUR LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN
DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS FIRST AT
FOUR STARTS NOW. GOOD AFTERNOON
, EVERYBODY. I’M KAREN DREW
FIRST AD FOR THE BAND WANTED FOR
AN ASSAULT, CAUGHT ON TAPE AT A
CUB SCOUTS MEETING ARGUES HE
DIDN’T START IT. 26 YEAR OLD TRY
AND SLEDGE. IT TURNED HIMSELF IN
THIS MORNING AND PLEADED NOT
GUILTY TO AN ASSAULT CHARGE IN
COURT. HIS ATTORNEY SAYS THE
VICTIM ACTUALLY STARTED THE
CHAIN OF EVENTS BY USING RACIST
AND DEROGATORY COMMENTS TOWARD
HIS SISTER. DURING THE DEBATE
OVER A DISABLED PARKING SPOT NOW
THAT CLAIM WAS MADE DURING A
BATTLE OVER BAIL. HERE’S THE
VIDEO FROM REUS ELEMENTARY. IT
SHOWS A MAN IDENTIFIED AS SLUDGE
, TAKING A SWING IN FRONT OF CUB
SCOUTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE
VICTIM WAS BRIEFLY HOSPITALIST
TODAY, THE JUDGE SAID. A BOND OF
$250,000 CASH OVER THE
OBJECTIONS OF THE DEFENSE SLEDGE
WILL BE BACK IN COURT IN EARLY
MAY. DETROIT TEACHER IS FACING
WEAPONS CHARGE ACCUSED OF
BRINGING A HANDGUN INTO A HIGH
SCHOOL INSIDE HIS KNAPSACK.
PROSECUTOR KIM WORTHY, SAYS 57
YEAR OLD WILLIAM HOWARD, WHO’S
FROM SOUTHFIELD, IS CHARGED WITH
POSSESSION OF A WEAPON ON SCHOOL
PROPERTY. IT’S ALLEGED HE
BROUGHT THE WEAPON TO CODY HIGH
SCHOOL ON THE CITY’S WEST SIDE.
PROSECUTORS SAY THE GUN FELL OUT
OF HIS KNAPSACK ONTO THE FLOOR
IN A HALLWAY. AND POLICE WERE
CALLED HOWARD WAS GIVEN A
$10,000 PERSONAL BOND RIGHT NOW
WE ARE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL
GATHERING REACTION TO THOSE
CHARGES, AND WE’LL HAVE A LIVE
UPDATE FOR YOU WHEN YOU JOIN US
TONIGHT AT FIVE. DETROIT’S MAYOR
IS SENDING OUT A CALL FOR
VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH THIS
YEAR’S MOTOR CITY MAKEOVER. IT’S
AN EFFORT TO BEAUTIFY
NEIGHBORHOODS BLOCK BY BLOCK,
MAYOR MIKE DUGGAN WAS ON THE
CITY’S WEST SIDE, REMINDING THE
PUBLIC THE PROGRAM WILL TAKE
PLACE THROUGHOUT THE CITY ON THE
FIRST THREE SATURDAYS IN MAY.
DUMPSTERS AND TOOLS WILL BE
PROVIDED TO HELP WITH
NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS. PLUS, THE
CITY IS HANDING OUT 90,000
FLOWERS TO BE PLANTED. SURELY
RANKIN IS PRESIDENT OF THE
EVERGREEN BLOCK CUP. WE NEED
VOLUNTEERS ALL OVER OUR
COMMUNITY. GET OUT AND WE NEED
YOU. I HAVE BEEN VOLUNTEERING
EVER SINCE I MOVED HERE. I WANT
A BETTER COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF
US. AND ALSO WANTS A CLEAN,
HEALTHY COMMUNITY. I’M REALLY
PLEASED THAT WE ARE NOW TAKING
EFFORTS THAT WERE AT ONE TIME
REMOVING GARBAGE AND NOW WE’RE
PARTNERING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD
GROUPS TO DO EXACTLY WHAT MISS
RANKIN HAS DONE HERE, WHICH IS
TURNED LIGHT INTO BEAUTIES. SO
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DATES IN
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND VOLUNTEER
, GO TO THE WEBSITE. MOTOR CITY
MAKEOVER .ORG. IN YOUR FIRST
FORECAST. WE’RE JUST HEARING
ABOUT A NEW FREEZE WARNING FOR
METRO DETROIT, SO KEEP THAT
EXTRA BLANKET ON THE BED. IT’S
GOING TO BE A CHILLY ONE
TONIGHT, RIGHT, KIM? NOT JUST
INSIDE YOUR HOUSE, BUT THE
PROBLEM IS THAT IT’S THE GROWING
SEASON RIGHT NOW. SO YOU’VE
PROBABLY NOTICED ALL THE BLOOMS
ALL THE TREES AND YOU KNOW, SOME
PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY STARTED SOME
PLANTING, AND IT WILL BE A
FREEZE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES
DROPPED DOWN TO ABOUT 33 DEGREES
46 RIGHT NOW AT CITY AIRPORT,
MID FORTIES METRO, WE EVEN HAVE
TO TALK ABOUT WIND CHILLS. LIKE
IT’S IN THE THIRTIES IN PONTIAC
, AND ALSO IN MOUNT CLEMENS. SO
THE WEATHER STORY THAT WILL BE
PATCHY FROST TONIGHT, UH, ACROSS
ALL OF METRO DETROIT. MORE RAIN
SHOWERS LATE TOMORROW AND THEN A
RAINY PERIOD THIS WEEKEND
TEMPERATURES STAY BELOW NORMAL
FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. WE’LL
TALK ABOUT THE TEMPERATURE TREND
IN A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. KIM. THE CABLE NEWS
LANDSCAPE IS REALLY SHAKEN UP
DRAMATICALLY TODAY BY TOO SUDDEN
AND HIGH PROFILE DEPARTURES ONE
AT CNN, THE OTHER AT THE
EMBATTLED FOX NEWS. KIMBERLY
GILL JOINS US NOW, WITH THOSE
TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT REALLY
SURPRISED A LOT OF PEOPLE AND
TUCKER CARLSON HAS GONE. YOU’RE
RIGHT, KAREN. GOOD AFTERNOON TO
YOU, UM, PRIMETIME TV HOST
TUCKER CARLSON SUDDENLY AND
DRAMATICALLY GONE FROM FOX NEWS
NETWORK, JUST DAYS AFTER ITS
PARENT COMPANY SETTLED A
DEFAMATION LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY
DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS. THE
NETWORK RELEASED A SHORT
STATEMENT CONFIRMING THE SPLIT
BUT WOULD NOT COMMENT ON WHETHER
IT’S CONNECTED TO THE DEFAMATION
SUIT. CARLSON DID A SHOW LAST
FRIDAY NIGHT DIDN’T MENTION
ANYTHING ABOUT A POSSIBLE EXIT
AND EVEN SAID HE’D BE BACK
MONDAY TODAY, COURT DOCUMENTS
SHOWED. HE WAS ONE OF THE FOX
HOSTS WHO DIDN’T BELIEVE 2020 20
ELECTION FRAUD CLAIMS, EVEN
WHILE THE NETWORK KEPT AIRING
FALSE ALLEGATIONS. BOXING
DOMINION JUST SETTLED FOR $787
MILLION LAST WEEK. SO FAR, NO
COMMENT FROM CARLSON. FOR NOW,
FOX IS A GROUP OF ROTATING HOSTS
WILL FILL HIS TIME SLOT AT EIGHT
PM NOW FORMER CNN MORNING ANCHOR
DON LEMON IS SOUNDING OFF ABOUT
LOSING HIS JOB TODAY, THE
NETWORKS CEO ANNOUNCED. THEY
WERE PARTING WAYS AND WISHED
LEMON WELL IN FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
HIS DEPARTURE COMES TWO MONTHS
AFTER CONTROVERSIAL ON AIR
COMMENTS ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE NIKKI HALEY. HE
APOLOGIZED AND WAS OFF THE AIR
FOR A WHILE TODAY. DON LEMON
TWEETED QUOTE AFTER 17 YEARS AT
CNN, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
SOMEWHAT IN MANAGEMENT WOULD
HAVE HAD THE DECENCY TO TELL ME
DIRECTLY. AT NO TIME. WAS I EVER
GIVEN ANY INDICATION THAT I
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO
DO THE WORK THAT I HAVE LOVED AT
THE NETWORK. HE ALSO CALLED HIS
CO WORKERS THE BEST IN THE
BUSINESS AND WISH THEM ALL THE
BEST. SO MOST RECENTLY, LEMON
HOSTED CNN’S MORNING SHOWS TO
KAREN, TOO BIG DEPARTURES COMING
ON THE SAME DAY SEEMS TO BE AN
INCREDIBLE COINCIDENCE. OF
COURSE WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.
IF ANYTHING, WE HEAR ANYTHING
FROM TUCKER CARLSON. THOSE TWO
BIG THINGS HAPPENING ON THE SAME
DAY. YOU’RE RIGHT. YEAH. NADA
QUINCES. ALRIGHT. THANKS, KIM.
ALL RIGHT. WE’VE GOT ANOTHER
METRO DETROIT NATIVE CHASING
STARDOM ON NBC’S THE VOICE. THIS
TIME IT IS GRACE WEST. SHE GREW
UP OVER IN CANTON. HER FAMILY
SHARED VIDEO OF AN EARLY
PERFORMANCE. OPPOSING DOOR. I
CAN’T STAND IN YOUR WAY. SHE HAS
COME A LONG WAY AND COULD GO ALL
THE WAY ON THE VOICE. IF SHE
SURVIVES TONIGHT’S BATTLE ROUNDS
, PRIYA MANN CAUGHT UP WITH THE
SINGER AND JOINS US NOW, PRIYA
SO EXCITING. OH THIS IS AN
INCREDIBLE RIDE CARING, YOU
KNOW. AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH
SCHOOL, THE 19 YEAR OLD MOVED TO
NASHVILLE, SHE JUST ONE CANTON
IDOL A FEW YEARS AGO. NOW SHE’S
PERFORMING ON A NATIONAL STAGE,
AND YOU CAN CATCH HER IN THE
SECOND WEEK OF THE KNOCKOUT
ROUNDS ON THE VOICE. HAILING
FROM CANTON 19. YEAR OLD GRACE
WEST IS A RISING STAR ON THE
VOICE. HONESTLY FROM THE SECOND
I WALKED ON THE STAGE AND I
STARTED SINGING THE SONG. I
DON’T KNOW IF IT WAS STRESS OR
NERVES OR WHAT, BUT I WAS IN
LIKE A DIFFERENT WORLD. WE
CAUGHT UP WITH THE SINGER IN
NASHVILLE. GRACE AND HER PARENTS
MOVED THERE SO SHE COULD PURSUE
HER DREAMS IN COUNTRY MUSIC.
JUST THIS WHOLE JOURNEY HAS BEEN
CRAZY. FROM LIKE, MY BLIND
AUDITION AND NOW HAVING MY
FRIENDS AND FAMILY, SHE IT AND
EVERYBODY TALKED ABOUT IT. I
CAN’T EVEN EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.
GRACE WAS BLAKE SHELTON’S FINAL
BUZZER PICK EVER. THE COUNTRY
SUPERSTAR IS LEAVING AFTER 23
SEASONS HERE, EVERYBODY WAS
CHEERING. I WAS THINKING ABOUT
MY PARENTS IN THE BACK AND
ESPECIALLY IT BEING BLAKE’S LAST
SEASON AND TURN FOR ME. I JUST
LIKE THE MOST SURREAL FEELING
EVER. PARENTS JILL AND DARRYL
RYBINSK E ARE STILL RELIVING THE
MOMENT I COULD CRY RIGHT NOW
TALKING ABOUT IT. ACTUALLY, I
DID CRY NATIONAL TV. I WATCHED
IT LIKE SEVEN OR EIGHT TIMES I
WAS LIKE, REWIND. REWIND DETROIT
. GRACE’S SISTER, ABBY, HAS BEEN
GLUED TO HER TV SCREEN. IT
DOESN’T SEEM REAL AND MY PARENTS
LIKE EVERYTHING ON THERE. I WAS
LIKE IT’S JUST WEIRD, BUT IT’S
COOL WORKS AS A SERVER IN
DOWNTOWN PLYMOUTH AND DOESN’T
MISS A CHANCE TO PROMOTE HER
BABY SISTER. TELL EVERYONE LIKE
. HI. MY NAME IS ABBY. MY
SISTER’S ON THE VOICE LIKE I
TELL, AND I HAVE A SHIRT WITH
HER FACE ON IT. GRACE GOT HER
START SINGING SEVERAL NIGHTS A
WEEK AT IRONWOOD GRILL AND PARK
PLACE. GASTRO PUB IN PLYMOUTH.
PEOPLE JUST STARTED LOOKING
AROUND, AND THERE’S THIS GIRL IN
THE CORNER WITH THIS VOICE, AND
THEY CAN’T SEE HIM. THE PLACE IS
PACKED AND MOM AND DAD ARE
SITTING UP THERE THE FAMILY IS
AND THEY’RE JUST THIS. BIG HUGE
VOICE AND THEY’RE LOOKING AROUND
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS LITTLE
14 YEAR OLD GIRL COMES WALKING
OUT, AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING
POISE AND CONFIDENCE ON THE
VOICE STARTED HERE IN WAYNE
COUNTY. IT’S A LITTLE DIFFERENT
GOING FROM PLAYING AT BARS AND
RESTAURANTS IN THE LOCAL AREA TO
CHECKING OUT A HUGE STAGE, BUT I
LEARNED EVERYTHING. FROM CANTON
AND JUST THE WHOLE METRO DETROIT
AREA. AND YOU CAN CATCH GRACE
WEST ON THE VOICE TONIGHT AT
EIGHT PM ON LOCAL 4, AND WE KNOW
THERE ARE JUST SO MANY PEOPLE
HERE IN METRO DETROIT THAT ARE
ROOTING FOR YOU. JUST 19 YEARS
OLD KAREN AND WHO KNOWS SHE
COULD WIN THE WHOLE THING
TONIGHT. I’M PRIYA MANN ALL.
SEND IT BACK TO YOU. I LOVE HOW
SHE GIVES THE SHOUTOUT TO CANTON
AND PLYMOUTH AND ALL OF THE
METRO DETROIT LIKE UPBRINGING.
PRETTY COOL, RIGHT? THAT’S
RIGHT. IT’S LIKE SHE KNOWS WHERE
SHE COMES FROM. SHE’S HONED HER
SKILLS HERE, AND SHE OWES A LOT
TO THE FOLKS IN PLYMOUTH, AND
NOW SHE’S JUST MAKING ALL OF US
PROUD. SO MUCH SO ALRIGHT. WE
APPRECIATE THE STORY. THANKS FOR
YOU. THERE IS A NEW SHAKEUP
RIGHT NOW IN THE WALT DISNEY
EMPIRE. NEW JOB CUTS BUT THERE
IS SOME CONSOLATION FOR ANYONE
PLANNING TO DISNEY VACATION THIS
SUMMER WILL EXPLAIN. ALSO, POP
STAR ED SHEERAN IS FACING A NEW
COPYRIGHT BATTLE WITH A
CONNECTION TO AN ICONIC MOTOWN
SONG WILL PLAY SOME OF THE MUSIC
FOR YOU. BUT FIRST NEW FALLOUT
FROM THE BRIANNA TAYLOR SHOOTING
THAT OUTRAGED PEOPLE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. PROTESTERS ARE
TARGETING ONE OF THE OFFICERS
INVOLVED IN TAYLOR’S DEATH. WHAT
THEY’RE FIGHTING FOR NOW, AND
BEFORE WE GO TO BREAK WE DO HAVE
A REMINDER BOOK STOCK IS
UNDERWAY OVER AT LAUREL PARK
PLACE IN LIVONIA. IT’S THE
BIGGEST SALE OF USED BOOKS AND
OTHER MEDIA IN METRO DETROIT.
YOU CAN FIND DEALS AND 400,000
GENTLY USED ITEMS ALL WEEK LONG
PLUS PROCEEDS BENEFIT LITERACY
AND EDUCATION PROJECTS IN