WEST SIDE. LIVE PICTURES FROM SKY FOUR AS FIRE CREWS RESPOND TO A HOUSE EXPLOSION. THIS IS
HAPPENING AT A HOME ON SUSSEX
STREET.
>> THAT’S RIGHT IN THE AREA OF
GREEN FIELD. AND PURITAN CREWS
GETTING THE CALL JUST AFTER 330
THIS AFTERNOON. OUR WILL JONES
GOT ON THE SCENE A LITTLE WHILE
AGO.
>> HE’S THERE FOR US NOW LIVE.
>> WELL, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US
SO FAR?
>> WELL, KIMBERLY AND DEVON,
WHAT I’M SEEING HERE IS
UNBELIEVABLE. I WANT TO SHOW
YOU THE DESTRUCTION THAT HOUSE
IS THE RESULT OF AN EXPLOSION.
IT WAS LEVELED. I WANT TO PIECE
TOGETHER SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT HAPPENED FOR THE PEOPLE
OUT HERE. THERE WAS A LADY
INSIDE THIS HOUSE. WE’RE TOLD
THAT ONCE SHE HEARD THAT
EXPLOSION IN HER HOUSE, HALF OF
HER HOUSE IS MISSING. NOW, SHE
JUMPED OUT OF THE WINDOW AND
THERE IS DAMAGE AROUND THIS
AREA, SEVERAL HOMES AROUND
WHERE THIS HOUSE EXPLODED,
SCREENS MISSING, WINDOWS BUSTED
OUT. FIREFIGHTERS ARE HERE ON
SCENE AND THEY HAVE BEEN HERE
SINCE THIS ALL UNFOLDED. I WANT
TO SHOW YOU OVER HERE TO JUST
LOOK AT HOW MUCH THIS DEBRIS
HAS SCATTERED ALL OVER THE
PLACE. AND IF WE CAN GO BACK TO
WHERE THIS EXPLOSION HAPPENED,
I WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT TREE
THERE. THERE WAS A TREE THERE.
AND YOU SEE WHAT IS LEFT
BEHIND. TAKE A LOOK AT FROM
ABOVE FROM OUR CHOPPER. SO IF
THIS IS WHAT WE’RE SEEING ON
THE GROUND, I HAVE NOT SEEN
THIS CHOPPER VIDEO. I CAN
IMAGINE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM
THE AIR. THIS IS PURE
DEVASTATION. AN NEIGHBORS SAY
THAT THEY HEARD THIS EXPLOSION
AROUND 345 THIS AFTERNOON AND
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A BOMB
GOING OFF. A COUPLE KIDS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY SAID THEY
SOUNDED IT SOUNDED LIKE AN
EARTHQUAKE. THEY WERE AFRAID
FOR THEIR LIVES. AND WHEN THEY
CAME OUTSIDE, THEY SAW THIS
HOME LEVEL. AND RESIDENTS ALSO
TELL ME THEY HAVE BEEN SMELLING
GAS FOR DAYS AND THEY HAVE
CALLED D.T.E. MULTIPLE TIMES.
AND D.T.E CAME OUT A COUPLE OF
DAYS AGO SINCE THEY WERE
CALLING THEM ABOUT REPORTING
GAS AND THEY GAVE THE ALL
CLEAR. BUT RESIDENTS SAY THEY
STILL SMELLED GAS. I WANT YOU
TO LISTEN IN TO A NEIGHBOR THAT
WE TALKED TO WHEN WE FIRST
ARRIVED ON SCENE.
>> WELL, I WAS LAYING IN THE
BED WATCHING TV AND I WAS
SETTING THIS LOUD EXPLOSION,
BAM. SO I SAID, LORD, HOW MUCH?
I JUMPED UP AND RAN DOWNSTAIRS
TO SEE IF MY WIFE WAS OKAY. AND
I GOT OUT AND THE HOUSE HAS
BLOWN UP ACROSS THE STREET. SO
THAT LADY YOU’RE LOOKING AT
WITH THE HAT ON THE BASEBALL
HAT, SHE WAS THE ONE INSIDE THE
HOUSE, THE NEIGHBORING HOUSE.
>> AND SHE HAD TO JUMP OUT OF
THE WINDOW THERE. THERE’S SOME
BLOOD ON HER. SHE DID NOT WANT
TO TALK ON CAMERA, BUT I SPOKE
WITH A RELATIVE AND QUITE
FRANKLY, SHE IS NOT DOING OKAY
RIGHT NOW. BUT FORTUNATELY, SHE
SURVIVED. AS FOR THE HOUSE,
THAT HOUSE WAS VACANT. SO NO
ONE WAS INSIDE AT THE TIME. BUT
I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER
LOOK AT THE SCENE, JUST HOW
MASSIVE THIS IS AND JUST TO SEE
HOW MANY FIREFIGHTERS ARE ON
SCENE. AND YOU CAN STILL SMELL
THE SMOKE IN THIS AREA. AND A
LOT OF THESE NEIGHBORING
RESIDENTS ARE PRETTY OUTRAGED
RIGHT NOW THAT THIS UNFOLDED
BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY DID WHAT
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO. THEY
SMELLED GAS AND THEY CALLED FOR
HELP. AND THIS IS THE END
RESULT OF TRYING TO GET HELP.
WE’RE LIVE ON DETROIT’S WEST
SIDE. WILL JONES LOCAL 4.
>> INCREDIBLE FOOTAGE. GLAD IT
WAS A VACANT HOME. AND THAT
NEIGHBOR, AS YOU SAID, WILL IS
OKAY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT
AND WE’LL CHECK BACK IN WITH
YOU LATER.
>> LET’S GET TO MORE BREAKING
NEWS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. LIVE
PICTURES FROM THE LODGE FREEWAY
WHERE THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE HAS
BEEN CLOSED AT CHICAGO
BOULEVARD. THIS AS POLICE
RESPOND TO A BAD CRASH. WE
DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT WHAT LED
TO THAT CRASH, BUT WE DO KNOW
THERE ARE INJURIES INVOLVED.
WE’VE GOT A LIVE CREW THERE AT
THE SCENE. WE’LL HAVE UPDATES
JUST AS SOON AS WE GET THEM.
BUT IF YOU’RE STILL TO HEAD OUT
ON YOUR AFTERNOON DRIVE, YOU’RE
GOING TO WANT TO STEER CLEAR OF
THE SOUTH BOUND LODGE,
ESPECIALLY AT CHICAGO BOULEVARD
.
>> ALL RIGHT. ANOTHER ONE OF
OUR BIG STORIES TONIGHT, ANN
ARBOR POLICE SAY THEY HAVE
IDENTIFIED TWO STUDENTS WHO
THEY SAY SPRAYED HOMOPHOBIC
GRAFFITI ON THE SIDEWALK IN
FRONT OF A JEWISH RESOURCE
CENTER.
>> THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED BACK
IN AUGUST, AND THUS FAR, THERE
HAVE BEEN NO CHARGES IN THE
CASE SINCE THEN. VICTOR
WILLIAMS LIVE ON THIS STORY
WITH THE LATEST. VICTOR
>> YEAH, AND DEVIN AND
KIMBERLY, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED
DIED THE STUDENTS RESPONSIBLE
OR I SHOULD SAY ANN ARBOR
POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE
STUDENTS RESPONSIBLE. WE ARE
TOLD THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE
FACING THE CONSEQUENCES AS
WHILE IT WON’T BE LEGALLY THE
MATTER IS STILL BEING HANDLED
VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY.
>> WELL, AS A JU ON CAMPUS,
IT’S PRETTY UNFORTUNATE THAT
SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD
HAPPEN. SO I GUESS I’M KIND OF
DISAPPOINTED.
>> U OF M STUDENT ALEX ZIMMEL
STILL CAN’T BELIEVE THAT WEEKS
AGO, STUDENTS DECIDED TO
VANDALIZE THIS SIDEWALK IN
FRONT OF THE JEWISH RESOURCE
CENTER WITH THE HOMOPHOBIC
SLUR. THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
WAS RELEASED WHEN ANN ARBOR
POLICE WERE TRYING TO IDENTIFY
THOSE RESPONSE. HOWELL.
>> I HOPE THAT OTHER PEOPLE
COULD TAKE BACK THIS MESSAGE
AND UNDERSTAND AND HOPEFULLY
LEARN ABOUT JUDAISM SO THAT
THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR
RELIGION IS ABOUT AND THAT THEY
WON’T CONTINUE TO DO THESE
HORRIBLE THINGS.
>> NOW, IT’S BEEN CONFIRMED
THAT TWO STUDENTS WERE BEHIND
THE GRAFFITI, BUT NEITHER WILL
FACE ANY TYPE OF LEGAL ACTION
BECAUSE THE RABBI AT THE
FACILITY DOES NOT WANT TO PRESS
CHARGES.
>> FORGIVENESS IS DEFINITELY A
KEY COMPONENT OF JUDAISM.
>> EITHER WAY, ALEX IS JUST
HOPING THAT THIS LESSON CAN BE
USED AS A TEACHING MOMENT FOR
SOME TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.
>> I WOULD ASSUME THAT HE WOULD
LEARN FROM THIS.
>> AND BECAUSE NO CHARGES ARE
BEING FILED, WE KNOW THAT NONE
OF THE STUDENTS WERE NOT NAMING
THEM AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
VICTOR WILLIAMS, LOCAL 4. ALL
RIGHT, VICTOR.
>> WELL, WE HAVE NOW HIT WEEK
THREE OF THE UAW STRIKE AGAINST
THE DETROIT THREE AUTOMAKERS.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT LIVE PICTURES
OF GM WORLD HEADQUARTERS HERE.
THE COMPANY SAYS IT HAS LAID
OFF AN ADDITIONAL 160 WORKERS
AT PLANTS IN INDIANA AND OHIO
AS A RIPPLE EFFECTS FROM THE
STRIKE CONTINUE TO GROW. MARA
MACDONALD IS LIVE DOWN THE
STREET FROM THE RENCEN AT
SOLIDARITY HOUSE. MARA, IT WAS
OFTEN QUIET OVER THE WEEKEND.
WHERE DID THE TALKS STAND RIGHT
NOW?
>> KIMBERLY SURE WAS QUIET OVER
THE WEEKEND AND THIS AFTERNOON
THE UAW IS CHARACTERIZING
THINGS AS TALKS ONGOING.
HOWEVER WITH ONE CAVEAT. THEY
SAY THAT IT IS HAVING MORE
FORMAL DISCUSSIONS WITH JUST
TWO OF THOSE AUTOMAKERS. LET ME
SHOW YOU THE UAW ESCALATED THE
STRIKE LAST FRIDAY, TARGETING
GM’S LANSING’S DELTA TOWNSHIP
ASSEMBLY AND FORD’S CHICAGO
ASSEMBLY PLANT. STELLANTIS
WASN’T INCLUDED IN THE STRIKE
ESCALATION LAST WEEK, THE UAW
SAYS, BECAUSE OF PROGRESS MADE
AT THE BARGAINING TABLE. AS OF
RIGHT NOW, FORMAL TALKS ARE ON
WITH GM AND STELLANTIS. AND GM
HAS LAID OFF AN ADDITIONAL 160
WORKERS BECAUSE OF THE
ESCALATION IN STRIKE TARGETS
CURRENTLY, ABOUT 25,000 UAW
WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE
NATIONWIDE, AND THAT’S OUT OF
146,000 AUTOWORKERS AS THE
ANDERSON ECONOMIC GROUP OUT OF
LANSING ESTIMATES, THE TOTAL
LOSSES FROM THE FIRST TWO WEEKS
OF THE STRIKE AT 3.9 BILLION.
THAT INCLUDES 325 MILLION IN
WAGES, 1.12 BILLION IN LOSSES
TO ALL THREE DETROIT
AUTOMAKERS, 1.29 BILLION FOR
SUPPLIERS AND 1.2 BILLION FOR
DEALER AND CUSTOMER LOSSES.
BACK HERE LIVE. SO THE BIG
QUESTION TONIGHT ON THIS MONDAY
IS, ARE WE STARING DOWN ANOTHER
UAW ESCALATION IN THE STRIKES?
IT’S UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT. THE
TALKS AT THIS POINT JUST REALLY
BEING CALLED ONGOING. IT
DOESN’T SOUND LIKE THERE’S ANY
SUBSTANCE OR SUBSTANTIVE
PROGRESS AT LEAST AT THIS
POINT. WE’RE LIVE ON DETROIT’S
EAST SIDE AT SOLIDARITY HOUSE.
I’M MARA MACDONALD, LOCAL 4.
>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
IT. MARA WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SPENT
THE DAY IN A COURTROOM IN NEW
YORK CITY. AS THE CIVIL TRIAL
GETS UNDERWAY. THE CASE BROUGHT
BY THE STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL
ACCUSES DONALD TRUMP, HIS ADULT
SONS AND HIS COMPANY OF FRAUD
BY OVERINFLATING THE VALUES OF
THEIR PROPERTIES OVER THE
YEARS. JAY GRAY IS FOLLOWING
THE TRIAL. HE’S OUTSIDE THE
COURTHOUSE TONIGHT. JAY.
>> HEY THERE. GOOD EVENING.
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP,
THE CURRENT FRONT RUNNER FOR
THE 2024 GOP NOMINATION,
LEAVING THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN
IOWA FOR THIS COURTHOUSE IN
LOWER MANHATTAN. BEHIND ME HERE
IS DAY ONE OF HIS CIVIL FRAUD
TRIAL BEGAN. NEW YORK’S
ATTORNEY GENERAL LAID OUT HER
REASONS FOR FILING CHARGES
AGAINST MR. TRUMP, HIS SONS AND
THEIR BUSINESSES, WHILE THE
FORMER PRESIDENT LASHED OUT AT
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE
ENTIRE PROCESS, NO MATTER HOW
POWERFUL YOU ARE, NO MATTER HOW
MUCH MONEY YOU THINK YOU MAY
HAVE, NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
>> AND IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY
AND MY DUTY AND MY JOB TO
ENFORCE IT.
>> WE HAVE A RACIST ATTORNEY
GENERAL WHO’S A HORROR SHOW,
WHO RAN ON THE BASIS THAT HE
WAS GOING TO GET TRUMP BEFORE
SHE EVEN KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT
ME.
>> HE HAS ALSO ACCUSED THE
JUDGE IN THIS CASE OF BEING A
QUOTE, TRUMP HATER, CALLING HIM
QUOTING AGAIN HERE, UNFAIR AND
UNJUST. JUST AFTER A RULING
LAST WEEK THAT MR. TRUMP AND
THE OTHER DEFENDANT
PERSISTENTLY AND REPEATEDLY
OVERINFLATED THE VALUE OF
ASSETS IN AN EFFORT TO SECURE
BETTER CORPORATE LOANS AND
INSURANCE RATES, MR. TRUMP
CONTENDS. WHO’S TO SAY THAT HE
IS INNOCENT OF ALL CHARGES AND
THAT THE TRIAL IS PART OF
WHAT’S AN ONGOING, POLITICALLY
MOTIVATED WITCH HUNT? IN HIS
WORDS, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS
SEEKING A $250 MILLION FINE AND
TO BLOCK MR. TRUMP, HIS SONS
AND ASSOCIATES FROM DOING ANY
FUTURE BUSINESS IN NEW YORK.
THIS TRIAL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
FOR AT LEAST THREE MONTHS. THE
FORMER PRESIDENT, HIS SONS AND
SEVERAL OTHER WELL-KNOWN
FIGURES ARE ALL ON THE WITNESS
LIST. THAT DOESN’T MEAN THEY
WILL TESTIFY, THOUGH. THE
FORMER PRESIDENT HAS SAID
REPEAT LOUDLY THAT HE IS
ANXIOUS TO TAKE THE WITNESS
STAND. THAT’S THE LATEST FROM
HERE IN NEW YORK. I’M JAY GRAY
. NOW BACK TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, JAY. CITY OF
DEARBORN HAS SETTLED A LAWSUIT
IN THE DEATH OF A TEN YEAR OLD
BOY KILLED WHILE PLAYING ON A
PLAY STRUCTURE AT CAMP
DEARBORN.
>> CARSON DUNN WAS KILLED BACK
IN JULY OF LAST YEAR AFTER HE
FELL AND HIT A STEP LADDER ON
HIS WAY DOWN. SHAWN LEY IS LIVE
FOR US TONIGHT. SEAN, THIS THIS
HAS TO HELP GET SOME CLOSURE
FOR THE FAMILY.
>> YOU KNOW, WE ASKED BEN
JOHNSON, ATTORNEY, ABOUT THAT.
NO FAMILY, NO PARENT EVER WANTS
TO THINK ABOUT LOSING A CHILD.
SO CLOSURE MAY LIKELY NEVER
HAPPEN. BUT BEN JOHNSON SAYS IN
THIS CASE, THE CITY OF DEARBORN
SETTLED DID NOT MAKE THIS A
LONG, PAINFUL COURT BATTLE AT
THE SAME TIME, CARSON’S MOM
LIKELY MADE THIS SAFER, A SAFER
SITUATION FOR OTHER KIDS. DOES
THIS GIVE ANY CLOSURE TO HIS
FAMILY IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE?
SEAN? YEAH. WHEN I WHEN I HEAR
PEOPLE SAY WHEN A KID DIES,
WELL, WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM
CLOSURE. WHAT PARENT COULD EVER
SURVIVE? I CAN’T EVEN FATHOM
TRYING TO MOVE ON OR TRYING TO
DO ANYTHING IN LIFE. BUT AS IT
PERTAINS TO KARLEE BURGESS, WHO
IS JUST A REMARKABLE YOUNG
LADY, I THINK THAT IT IS GOING
TO GIVE HER SOME SOLACE IN THE
SENSE THAT, TO BE FAIR, THE
CITY OF DEARBORN STEPPED UP.
ATTORNEY BEN JOHNSON SAYS THE
HORRIFIC DEATH OF A TEN YEAR
OLD BOY NAMED CARSON DUNN
SHOULD NEVER HAD HAPPENED.
CARSON WAS AT CAMP DEARBORN IN
MILFORD TOWNSHIP IN JULY OF
2022. HE FELL FROM A FLOATING
PLAY STRUCTURE HITTING HIS
CHEST SO HARD HIS FAMILY SAYS
HE BLED TO DEATH. AND THEY ALSO
SAY LIFE SAVING EFFORTS WERE
NOT IN A TIMELY MANNER. WHAT
WAS WRONG WITH THE STRUCTURE
RENTED TO THE CITY OF DEARBORN?
HANDRAILS FOR A LADDER TO GET
OUT OF THE WATER, STUCK OUT
SEVERAL FEET FROM THE UPPER
PLATFORM. SO MY KID WHO THINKS
HE’S JUMPING. AND WHERE DOES
SMALLER KIDS JUMP TO? THEY JUMP
NEAR THE LADDER. IS THAT THING
GONE OR ARE THEY GOING TO MAKE
SAFETY ADJUSTMENTS? WELL, I CAN
TELL YOU THIS. MY UNDERSTANDING
HAS GONE OUR LAWSUIT STILL
CONTINUES AS IT RELATES TO THE
GENTLEMAN THAT WAS RENTING IT
TO THE CITY OF DEARBORN, AS
WELL AS THE GENTLEMAN OR
COMPANY THAT MADE IT. AND WE’RE
GOING TO FIND OUT WHERE EXACTLY
THAT IS SO I CAN ANSWER THAT. I
DON’T HAVE ALL THOSE ANSWERS
RIGHT NOW. THE LITIGATION
AGAINST OTHERS CONTINUES HERE.
WE TOUCHED BASE WITH THE
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS OF
THE CITY OF DEARBORN, KATIE
DOYLE, SENDING US THIS
STATEMENT. THE CITY OF DEARBORN
FINALIZED A SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT IN THIS CASE IN LATE
SEPTEMBER. WE OFFER OUR SINCERE
CONDOLENCES TO MISS BURGESS AND
HER LOVED ONES. WE’RE LIVE
TONIGHT. SHAWN LEY LOCAL 4.