LIVE
NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. IT’S LIVE
NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. IT’S BEEN A DETROIT STAPLE FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES. THE SO CALLED
WHALING WALL, ONE OF THE MOST
WELL KNOWN MURALS IN THE CITY
KEEPS BEING COVERED UP. AND
TONIGHT THE ARTISTS WHO PAINTED
IT. IS ASKING THE MICHIGAN
SUPREME COURT TO BRING HIS
WHALES BACK. THE WYLAND MURAL
WAS DEDICATED BACK IN 1997 ON
THE BRODERICK TOWER, KIND OF OFF
AND ON. SINCE 2000 AND SIX THE
MURALS BEEN GETTING COVERED UP.
NOT PAINTED OVER. JUST COVERED
UP WITH ADVERTISING. MARA
MACDONALD LIVE DOWNTOWN TONIGHT,
MARA. THE WHALES ARE CURRENTLY
COVERED WITH AN AD FOR ROCKET
MORTGAGE BY ANOTHER ARTIST.
THAT’S RIGHT, DEVIN. YOU CAN SEE
IT RIGHT BEHIND ME. AND WHAT
WEILAND, WHO IS THE ARTIST
BEHIND THE WHALE MURAL IS SAYING
TO THE SUPREME COURT OF
MICHIGAN. WHAT THIS IS, IS A
VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW. LET ME
SHOW YOU YOU KNOW, IT’S KIND OF
A LEGAL HOCUS POCUS IS WHAT
THEY’RE TRYING TO PULL HERE.
ARTIST ROBERT WYLAND AND METRO
DETROIT NATIVE IN CCS GRAD IS
FED UP WITH HIS WHALE MURAL. ONE
OF 100 HE’S PAINTED BEING
OBSCURED WITH ADVERTISING. IT’S
REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU
KNOW A COMPANY LIKE, UM YOU
KNOW, ROCKET MORTGAGE WOULD EVEN
CONSIDER YOU KNOW, DESTROYING
THE INTEGRITY OF A WORK OF ART
THAT IS LOVED BY SO MANY ISLANDS
ATTORNEYS ARE FILING THEIR OWN
BRIEF WITH THE MICHIGAN STATE
SUPREME COURT IS THE BATTLE OVER
THE WHALES PITCH THE CITY OF
DETROIT, WHICH IS PRO WHALE
VERSUS THE DETROIT ZONING, BOARD
OF APPEALS, AND DETROIT MEDIA
GROUP LLC, WHICH LEASED THE
RIGHT TO PLAY SIGNAGE OVER THE
WHALES. WHAT VIOLINS LEGAL BRIEF
IS CLAIMING IS THAT COVERING THE
WHALES VIOLATES FEDERAL LAW
CALLED VARA, WHICH PROTECTS
VISUAL ARTISTS BY PROHIBITING
THE DESTRUCTION OF WORKS OF
RECOGNIZED STATURE. BUT THE
WHALES ARE BEING COVERED UP. NOT
DESTROYED. THEY ARE DESTROYING
THE INTEGRITY OF THE WALL AND
THE WHOLE IDEA THAT THEY CAN GET
AWAY WITH IT. IT SETS A
PRECEDENT. BACK HERE LIVE TO BE
CLEAR. THOSE WHALES HAVE NOT
BEEN PAINTED OVER. THESE ARE
GRAPHICS THAT ARE PLACED ON TOP
OF THEM. ONE THING IS FOR SURE,
THOUGH. PEOPLE ARE USED TO
SEEING THOSE WHALES AND WHEN
THEY COME DOWN TO SAY, COMERICA
PARK, AND THEY LOOK UP AND THEY
DON’T SEE THEM. WHILE IT BECAME
SUCH A THING. IT ENDED UP AS A
SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN WITH THE
HASHTAG BRING BACK THE WHALES
WERE LIVE DOWNTOWN TONIGHT. I’M
MARA MACDONALD LOCAL 4. ALL
RIGHT, MARA, NOT A BREAKING NEWS
FROM WALL STREET TURMOIL IN THE
MARKETS TODAY AS THE DOW SLID
MORE THAN 1000 POINTS AT THE END
OF TRADING THE INDEX LOSING MORE
THAN 3% OF ITS TOTAL VALUE, AND
THINGS WERE WORSE OVER ON THE
NASDAQ THAT MARKET SAW LOSS OF
NEARLY 5% MARKING THE WORST DAY
FOR THE MARKETS SO FAR IN 2022
MARKETS TAKE A BIG HIT TODAY,
THE U. S HAS REACHED ONE MILLION
COVID DEATHS. AND THE VIRUS IS
NOT FINISHED. YET. NBC’S SUSAN
MCGINNIS IS ON CAPITOL HILL WITH
THAT AND THE IMPACT IT’S HAVING
ON THE NATION’S ECONOMY. THIS
ONE MILLION DEATHS FROM
CORONAVIRUS A STARK REMINDER
THIS PANDEMIC HAS AND CONTINUES
TO IMPACT EVERY AMERICAN MORE
THAN TWO YEARS AFTER THE FIRST
CASES OF CORONAVIRUS APPEARED
AMERICANS NOW FACING THE
GRIMMEST MILESTONE YET ONE
MILLION U. S DEATHS, MILLION
DEATHS IN A. VERY ADVANCED
COUNTRY IS UNTHINKABLE.
UNTHINKABLE NOW, LEAVING NO
AMERICAN ON TOUCHED EVERYTHING
ABOUT EVERYTHING EVERYTHING.
SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN AMONG
SEVERAL ATTENDEES TESTING
POSITIVE AFTER THE RECENT WHITE
HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS DINNER
HOSTED BY COMEDIAN TREVOR NOAH,
THE NATION’S MOST DISTINGUISHED
SUPERSPREADING EVENTS. CDC
PROJECTS, NEW HOSPITALIZATIONS
AND DEATHS NATIONWIDE WILL RISE
IN THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS.
AMERICANS TRYING TO RETURN TO
NORMAL, STRUGGLING WITH COVID
EFFECTS ON THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES
, INCLUDING HIGHER PRICES FOR
EVERYTHING FROM FOOD TO FUEL
PRICES AT THE PUMP UP 11 CENTS
IN THE LAST WEEK TO AN AVERAGE 4
25 A GALLON RUSSIA’S INVASION OF
UKRAINE ALSO A CULPRIT. THE
UKRAINE, RUSSIA REGION OR MAJOR
EXPORTERS OF FOOD OF WHEAT. ALL
THAT HAS BEEN INTERRUPTED
MANUFACTURERS PRACTICING SHRINK
FLAY SHIN, OFFERING GOODS IN
SMALLER PACKAGES FOR EVERYTHING
FROM CHIPS TO CHICKEN NUGGETS,
BUT SELLING AT THE SAME PRICE
THE HIGHEST INFLATION IN 40
YEARS, PROMPTING THE FEDERAL
RESERVE TO HIKE A KEY INTEREST
RATE. WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING
WE CAN TO RESTORE STABLE PRICES.
THE MOVE INTENDED TO COOL OFF
SOARING PRICES, BUT A MIXED BAG
FOR CONSUMERS WHO WILL SHELL OUT
MORE TO PAY OFF CREDIT CARDS AND
TAKE OUT MORTGAGES, AUTO LOANS
AND MORE. PRESIDENT BIDEN TAKING
A HIT IN THE POLLS FOR HIS
PERFORMANCE ON THE ECONOMY, SAYS
THE ADMINISTRATION’S ON TRACK TO
CUT FEDERAL DEFICIT SPENDING,
WHICH HE SAYS WILL HELP COMBAT
INFLATION. IN WASHINGTON. SUSAN
MCGINNIS, FOUR LOCAL ALL RIGHT,
SUSAN, LET’S TURN TO THE
WEATHER. WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK
OUTSIDE FOR DOWNTOWN SKY CAM ON
A CLOUDY THURSDAY STAYED DRY SO
FAR, BUT I’M GOING TO CHANGE
OVER TO PAUL GROSS. I GOTTA LOOK
AT WHEN THE RAIN IS COMING FOR
FOLKS WHO ARE MAYBE HEADED OUT
TODAY. HI, PAUL. I KNOW WHAT
PEOPLE ARE THINKING. OH, MY GOSH
. MORE RAIN. YEAH, WE HAVE MORE
RAIN, BUT THERE’S A PAYOFF.
STICK AROUND FOR 10 MINUTES.
BELIEVE ME, THERE’S A PAYOFF
AFTER THIS STUFF COMES THROUGH
RIGHT NOW. MOST OF US ARE DRY.
WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN
HERE. THAT’S JUST ACROSS THE
STATE LINE. WE’RE GETTING
REPORTED RAIN NOW AT THE AIRPORT
IN LAMBERTVILLE, ALSO AT ADRIAN,
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE’S
MORE BEHIND THAT, SO THIS STUFF
IS ALL MOVING GENERALLY EAST
NORTHEAST, SO WE’RE GOING TO
TRACK THAT THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS, AND HERE’S ARMONK LEMON
SKY CAME BECAUSE STILL SEE A
LITTLE BIT OF THAT SMOKE PLUME
FROM THAT CONTROLLED BURN ON
WALPOLE ISLAND. EVERYTHING’S
FINE. THAT WAS THAT WAS
INTENTIONAL. DON’T WORRY ABOUT
THAT. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN
GENERALLY AROUND 60 ACROSS THE
AREA NEAR THE WATER. WE’VE HAD
SOME COOLER READINGS AND ALSO
WHERE THE CLOUDS CAME IN. FIRST
IN THE FIFTIES AND THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS, WE’RE GOING TO
SEE THE SHOWERS INCREASE WITH
ATTEMPTS JUST FALLING THROUGH
THE FIFTIES. WE’LL BE BACK WITH
THAT REALLY GOOD NEWS. COMING UP
IN JUST FEW MINUTES, GUYS. OKAY
PAUL. THANK YOU. ARE YOU
PLANNING TO DO SOME SPRING
CLEANING THIS WEEKEND? MAYBE
HELP MOM OUT FOR MOTHER’S DAY?
WELL TOMORROW MORNING AT 6 30.
WE HAVE EXPERT ADVICE ON HOW TO
CLEAN THE MOST MISSED AND OFTEN
DIRTIEST ITEMS IN YOUR HOME. IF
YOU’RE OFFERING TO HELP YOUR
MOTHER CLEAN THE HOUSE ON
MOTHER’S DAY, YOU’RE NOT DOING
THIS RIGHT? IT’S JUST JUST JUST
THOUGHT THAT’S ME. DETROIT
POLICE AND OTHER LOCAL
DEPARTMENTS ARE COMING TOGETHER
TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM HAS ONLY
GOTTEN WORSE OVER THE PAST FEW
YEARS. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
VIOLENCE ON FREEWAYS, AND IT’S
SPIKED DURING THE PANDEMIC AND
AHEAD OF THE SUMMER MONTHS. THEY
HAVE A PLAN TO TRY TO TURN THAT
TREND AROUND. SHAWN LEY IS LIVE
TONIGHT WITH HOW THAT’S GOING TO
WORK, SEAN AND KIMBERLY. WE’RE
TRACKING FREEWAY SHOOTINGS WITH
THE HELP OF DPD STATISTICS
TELLING US IN 2020. THERE WERE
59 SHOOTINGS, SAME NUMBER 59
2021 12 SO FAR THIS YEAR NOW
AREA POLICE AGENCIES ALL OVER
TALKING NEW STRATEGIES ABOUT HOW
TO STOP THIS SEARCH. THIS IS NOT
JUST A DETROIT PROBLEM. THIS IS
AN HOUR PROBLEM MEETING OF METRO
DETROIT POLICE LEADERS TO TALK
ABOUT YEAR NUMBER TWO OF WHAT’S
CALLED OPERATION BRYSON THE GOAL
FOR POLICE ALL OVER METRO
DETROIT TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE
ALL AREA FREEWAYS MORE SAFE FOR
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND
OPERATION. BORN OUT OF TRAGEDY,
TWO YEAR OLD BRYSON CHRISTIAN IN
HIS FAMILY’S VEHICLE AS THEY
WERE RETURNING HOME FROM
BASKETBALL PRACTICE WHEN GUNFIRE
ON THE FREEWAY ERUPTED. BABY
BRYSON WAS HIT AND KILLED
PRESSURE. YOU KNOW, I DON’T WISH
THEY SHOW MY WORST ENEMY
QUESTION THAT POLICE SAY HAD TO
BE EXAMINED. YOU KNOW WHAT MADE
IT HAPPEN? IMPULSE DECISION
MAKING. WE’VE SEEN EVERYTHING
FROM ROAD RAGE WHERE SOMEONE
LITERALLY CUT SOMEONE OFF AND
THEY DECIDED. WELL, YOU CAN’T
CUT ME OFF. SO I’M GONNA PULL MY
GUN AND SHOOT YOU. BUT HOW CAN
POLICE PUT THE BRAKES ON FREEWAY
SHOOTINGS? ONE CAN HAPPEN IN THE
BLINK OF AN EYE. IT’S HARD FOR
WITNESSES TO TELL WHERE A
GUNSHOT CAME FROM THE STRATEGY.
MORE POLICE WORKING TOGETHER ON
FREEWAYS LOOKING FOR POTENTIAL
ROAD RAGE NEXT THINK PROJECT
GREEN LIGHT CAMERAS BUT ON
FREEWAYS WERE TALKING ABOUT
CAMERAS THAT CAN SAVE LIVES WITH
SOMEONE USES A WEAPON ON A
FREEWAY, WHICH PUTS EVERY SINGLE
PERSON EVERY FAMILY AT RISK AND
EVERY COMMUNITY, NOT JUST
DETROIT. 40 DIFFERENT LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS OUR
AREA HAVE TO COOPERATE AND
REALLY HIT THESE FREEWAYS TO TRY
TO LOWER THE NUMBERS HERE OF
SHOOTINGS. PART OF TODAY’S
MEETING WAS HELD BEHIND CLOSED
DOORS AS THESE LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES DISCUSSED NEW
STRATEGIES THEY MAY BE
IMPLEMENTING DOWN THE ROAD.
WE’RE LIVE TONIGHT. SHAWN LEY
LOCAL 4. BACK TO YOU. OKAY. SEAN
MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
MAKING A PUSH TO HOLD ITS 2024
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. EARLIER
MEMBERS HAVE SENT A LETTER OF
INTEREST TO THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL COMMITTEE OFFICIALS
SAID THE PRIMARY WOULD TAKE
PLACE IN THE EARLY PRE WINDOW
FULL APPLICATION OF THE DNC,
THOUGH NOT DUE UNTIL EARLY JUNE.
SECURITY HAS INCREASED OUTSIDE
AND AROUND THE SUPREME COURT
CREWS INSTALLED THE FENCE, WHICH
IS NON SCALABLE. IT’S SIMILAR TO
WHAT WAS SET UP AROUND THE
CAPITAL FOLLOWING LAST YEAR’S
RIOT. THE LARGE EIGHT FT FENCING
PANELS WILL BE REPLACING SMALLER
BIKE RACKS SINCE POLITICO
PUBLISHED A LEAKED DRAFT OPINION
THAT SUGGESTS THE SUPREME COURT
IS POISED TO OVERTURN ROE VERSUS
WADE. THOUSANDS HAVE SHOWN UP TO
PROTEST IN FRONT OF THE HIGH
COURT. WARREN MAYOR JIM POUNCES
, LAYING OUT HIS VISION FOR
MICHIGAN’S THIRD LARGEST CITY IN
HIS ANNUAL STATE OF THE CITY
ADDRESS, BUT IT’S COMING AS THE
MAYOR HAS ONE VERY LARGE
ROADBLOCK IN THE WAY OF ALL OF
IT. THE WARREN CITY COUNCIL
VICTOR WILLIAMS LIVE NOW WITH
WHAT MAYOR FOX HAD TO SAY, AND
THE REACTION FROM THE COUNCIL
MAYOR VICTOR YES, DEVIN SCILLIAN
CHANCE FOR THE MAYOR TO ADDRESS
ALL OF THE ALC ALLAYED AS WELL
AS ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT THE CITY
OF WARREN HAS HAD AS WELL AS HIS
DIRECTION FOR THE CITY. BUT HE
DID NOT AT ALL STRAY AWAY FROM
THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING
HIMSELF IN CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
COUNCIL. UM SHORTLY AGO, WANTED
TO OVERRIDE MY VETO, WHICH WOULD
HAVE LED TO ANOTHER LAWSUIT, JIM
FOUND, SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL
WARNED STATE OF THE CITY
ADDRESS, ACKNOWLEDGING THE POWER
STRUGGLE BETWEEN HIS AUTHORITY
AND CITY COUNCIL COUNCILMAN. I
DON’T KNOW, JONATHAN LAFFERTY
SAID. IT’S NOT MY JOB TO TAKE
CARE OF CITIZENS. I SHOULD MEET
WITH CEO S AND FORGET ABOUT THAT
GOING BACK AND FORTH FROM CITY
ACCOLADES TO HOPES OF REPAIRING
A BROKEN RELATIONSHIP. THE MAYOR
SPOKE ABOUT A NEW DOWNTOWN
DEVELOPMENT, AMONG OTHER
PROJECTS. THE MAJORITY OF CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS DON’T WANT WHAT
CITY WOULDN’T WANT MORE MONEY.
THIS CITY COUNCIL DOESN’T WANT
IT. HE SAYS THEY NEED TO APPROVE
A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WILL
BENEFIT RESIDENTS IN THE CITY.
THAT’S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE
LONG LIST OF ISSUES BETWEEN THE
MAYOR AND COUNCIL ITSELF TO
MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. WERE
THERE. FIVE OR NOT. WE SPOKE TO
COUNCILWOMAN ANGELA ROGAN SEE
ABOUT THE MAYOR’S VISIONS FOR
STRENGTHENING THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN BOTH PARTIES OF WARREN
CITY GOVERNMENT. IT IS AN
UNFORTUNATE SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES
. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MY
COLLEAGUES WORK MORE
COLLABORATIVELY. SO THAT WE CAN
MOVE THINGS FORWARD FOR THE CITY
AND FOR THE FOLKS THAT WE
REPRESENT, WHILE CITY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT PATRICK GREEN SAYS HE
WAS NOT INVITED TO BEGIN WITH
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
DOWNTOWN, WHICH DOESN’T WORK. HE
WANTS TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE’RE
MEAN TO HIM. AND HOW WE TAKE HIM
TO COURT. WE DO TAKE HIM TO
COURT, AND THERE’S A VERY GOOD
REASON BECAUSE HE’S NOT
FOLLOWING A LOT. AND WE KNOW
THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR
QUITE SOME TIME. BUT WE WILL
KEEP YOU GUYS UPDATED ON ANY NEW
DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAPPENS
BETWEEN BOTH SIDES. VICTOR
WILLIAMS LOCAL SHOW ACRIMONIOUS
ALRIGHT, VICTOR. WE’RE OFF AND
RUNNING ON THIS THURSDAY. HERE’S
KAREN DREW SAFETY AT MSU,
EXPOSING INFORMATION YOU MAY NOT
BE AWARE OF FROM SECURITY
CAMERAS, NOT WORKING, LOOKING
BACK. GREAT DECISION. IT’S HARD.
IT’S HARD TO SECOND GUESS
INFORMATION NOT SHARED WITH THE
PUBLIC TO STUDENTS THE SAME DAY
GO INTO THE RIVER SURE, SHARED
THAT INFORMATION. HOLDING THOSE
IN CHARGE ACCOUNTABLE COMING UP.
AND IT DIDN’T JUST HAPPEN
BECAUSE OF A FEW YEARS OF
NEGLECT ISSUE DATING BACK A
CENTURY MAY HAVE CAUSED THE DAMS
TO FAIL IN MIDLAND COUNTY. BUT
FIRST WHY THE OPENING OF THIS
AUTO PLAN ON DETROIT’S EAST SIDE
IS DIFFERENT THAN THE REST HOW
IT’S AIMING TO SIGNAL A SHIFT IN