PEOPLE HAVE
FLED THE COUNTRY, A NUMBER THAT
CONTINUES TO GROW AS RUSSIA
RATCHETS UP ITS ATTACKS.
WE ARE FOLLOWING A NUMBER OF NEW
DEVELOPMENTS AS WE HIT THE 5:00
HOUR.
>> LET’S GET YOU CAUGHT UP WITH
THE LATEST HEADLINES HERE.
THE UKRAINIANS AND RUSSIANS SAT
DOWN TODAY FOR A SECOND ROUND OF
TALKS IN BLEAL REDUCE AND THERE
WAS A BIT OF PROGRESS.
BOTH SIDES HAVE AGREED TO
ESTABLISH HUMANITARIAN CORRIDORS
FOR CIVILIANS.
>> THAT HAS NOT STOPPED THE
VIOLENCE.
WE’RE GETTING OUR FIRST LOOK AT
THE INTENSE DESTRUCTION IN THE
CITY, A MASSIVE SHELLING CAMPAIGN BY RUSSIAN FORCES HAS
CAMPAIGN BY RUSSIAN FORCES HAS
LEFT MUCH OF THAT CITY IN RUINS.
>> Reporter: MORE THAN A MILLION
PEOPLE ESCAPING THE VIOLENCE IN
UKRAINE.
>> THE KREMLINS ARE FRIENDLY.
WE DON’T WANT TO HAVE WAR.
WE DON’T WANT TO HAVE WAR WE
WANT JUST PEACE.
>>> THIS AS RUSSIA CONTINUES
ITS ASSAULT ON UKRAINIAN CITIES.
>> WE HAVE CONTINUED FOR 26
HOURS.
26 HOURS THEY ARE DESTROYING THE
CITY.
>> Reporter: TIGHTENING ITS
CONTROL OF UKRAINE SOUTH.
>> WE DO NOT CARE WHAT THE
SUPPLY, WE DO NOT CARE OF WHAT’S
HIDDEN.
>> Reporter: ONE SENIOR U.S.
DEFENSE OFFICIAL SAYS RUSSIAN
FORCES HAS SHOWED A WILLING
CONTINUES TO HIT CIVILIAN
INFRASTRUCTURE ON PURPOSE.
>> THOUSANDS ARE KILLED,
INCLUDING CHILDREN AND WOMEN,
AND IT’S A NIGHTMARE.
>> Reporter: DELEGATIONS FROM
THE TWO COUNTRIES MEETING AGAIN
AMID THE VIOLENCE.
ON THE AGENDA, AN IMMEDIATE
CEASE FIRE.
ARMISTICES AND CREATING
HUMANITARIAN CORRIDORS FOR THE
EVACUATION OF CIVILIANS.
>> IT’S AWFUL, WE ARE CRYING ALL
THE TIME.
IT’S A HARD SITUATION.
>> THERE IS NO REASON FOR THIS
TO BE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
>> THE EUROPEAN UNION IS NOW
OFFERING A TEMPORARY PROTECTED
STATUS.
>> MEANWHILE, AS RUSSIA GAINS
CONTROL OF MORE CITIES IN
UKRAINE, THE WHITE HOUSE AND
WORLD LEADERS STILL LOOKING FOR
WAYS TO STOP THIS PATH OF
DESTRUCTION.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN TODAY MET
WITH HIS CABINET AS THE U.S.
ANNOUNCES NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST
WEALTHY RUSSIAN OLEGARDS CLOSE
TO PUTIN.
OFFICIALS SAY THERE ARE NO PLANS
FOR A BIDEN PUTIN MEETING.
>> NOW IS NOT THE MOMENT, WE’RE
NOT PLANNING A MEETING OR AN
ENGAGEMENT OR CALL.
THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN VERY,
VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
>> THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOW ASKING
CONGRESS FOR MORE MONEY FOR
HUMANITARIAN AND DEFENSE
ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE,
INCREASING ITS REQUEST FROM 6.5
TO $10 BILLION.
>>> JUST LAST WEEK NATALIA
DUESIC HAD JUST RETURNED TO
UKRAINE FROM METRO DETROIT.
AND AS YOU MAY RECALL SHE WAS
TRAPPED IN A HOSPITAL CARING FOR
HER SON.
>> TONIGHT SHE’S IN GERMANY AND
DETAILING HER ESCAPE TO OUR
PAULA TUTMAN.
PAULA JOINS US LIVE TONIGHT.
PAULA, SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS A
REALLY DIFFICULT JOURNEY.
>> Reporter: HEROING.
ABSOLUTELY HEROING.
THE IMAGES THAT WE’RE SEEING,
THEY’RE STARTLING, THEY’RE HARD TO LOOK AT.
TO LOOK AT.
THIS IS WHAT IT WAS LIKE...
UNABLE TO LEAVE.
LIFE SAVING TREATMENT.
AFTER ONE HELLISH ORDEAL AFTER SUFFERING FROM WHAT WAS BELIEVED
SUFFERING FROM WHAT WAS BELIEVED
TO BE COVID-19-RELATED VIRUS.
YOU GAS OF THE CAR AND SHE AND PASSENGERS CALLED IN FAVORS FROM
PASSENGERS CALLED IN FAVORS FROM
FRIENDS TO FIND PETRAL ALONG THE WAY.
WAY. I WAS EXHAUSTED AND.
I WAS EXHAUSTED AND.
TO GET SOME MITIGATIONS,
VOLUNTEERS,. POLITICAL SCIENCE AND RUSSIA
POLITICAL SCIENCE AND RUSSIA EXPERT AND HE BELIEVES THAT
EXPERT AND HE BELIEVES THAT
DEMOCRACY BE RATHER IT BEING AND SHE FEELS LIKE HE’S GETTING GOOD
SHE FEELS LIKE HE’S GETTING GOOD
CARE, BUT THE AMAZING THING.
AND BE OKAY TOO.
THANKS FOR BRINGING US THAT
STORY, PAULA.
THREE DETROIT FIREFIGHTERS ARE
HURT IN A CRASH AND WE’RE TOLD THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY TO AN
THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY TO AN
ACTIVE SCENE...
WE’RE STARTING IN METRO, WE HAVE
30 DEGREES IN LIVONIA.
CANTON YOU’RE AT 30 DEGREES AS
WELL.
METRO AIRPORT YOU’RE AT 39.
I THINK WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH
THE WEATHER REPORTING STATION.
I DON’T THINK IT’S 37.
I THINK IT’S PROBABLY CLOSER TO
32, 31 DEGREES THERE.
SO WEALTH HAVE TO SEE IF
SOMEBODY CAN CHECK ON THAT.
AND DOWN IN OUR SOUTH ZONE, 32
MONROE, DEERFIELD YOU’RE AT 33.
CELINE AT 30 DEGREES, ADRIAN
YOU’RE AT 31.
AND IN THE WEST ZONE, 30s IN
WASHTENAW COUNTY AND GREGORY
YOU’RE AT 30.
29 RIVER LAKE, HOWELL, 29 IN
FLINT AND THEN IN OUR NORTH
ZONE, 25...
THROUGH THE EVENING, MAINLY
CLEAR SKIES.
SOME HIGH CLOUDS, TEMPS FALLING
THROUGH THOSE 20s, AND I’LL BE
BACK TO TALK ABOUT THE WEEKEND.
YOU’LL WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.
THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.
WE’LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU IN A
FEW.
>> LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, THANK
YOU.
>>> THE TOWING PRACTICES IS
TAKING DOWN CITY COUNCILMEMBERS,
POLICE OFFICIALS AND NOW A
FORMER HAMTRAMCK POLICE OFFICER.
>> 60-YEAR-OLD MIKE STOUT
ACCUSED OF TAKING $9200 IN
BRIBES BUT THAT’S NOT ALL.
VICTOR WILLIAMS LIVE TONIGHT
WITH WHAT ELSE HE’S BEING
ACCUSED OF BY THE FEDS.
>> YES, DEVIN AND KIMBERLY,
THESE ALLEGATIONS GO BACK TO
2019 AND THEY REALLY SHINE A
VERY INTERESTING LIGHT ON WHAT
THIS FORMER OFFICER IS ACCUSED
OF DOING.
AND NOW THE COMMUNITY IS
REACTING.
>> THAT’S A LOT OF MONEY.
>> Reporter: 60-YEAR-OLD FORMER
OFFICER MIKE STOUT IS ACCUSED OF
ACCEPTING OVER $9,000 WORTH OF
BRIBES INCLUDED IN THE ALLEGED
BRIBES A USED 2013 CHEVY
EQUINOX.
THE INVESTIGATION GOES BACK TO
OCTOBER OF 2019 WHEN THEN
RETIRING OFFICER STOUT TARGETED
TO KNOWINGLY TALKING TO A TOW
TRUCK DRIVER THAT WAS WORKING
WITH THE FBI.
THE EIGHT PAGE CRIMINAL
COMPLAINT SAYS THAT STOUT TOLD
THE UNNAMED TOWER THAT HE COULD
PROVIDE REGISTRATION AND LICENSE
PLATE INFORMATION IN EXCHANGE
FOR CASH PAYOFFS, INFORMATION
TAKEN DIRECTLY TO THE STATE’S
ONLINE DATABASE CALLED THE
MICHIGAN LAW ENFORCEMENT
NETWORK.
>> I DON’T LIKE IT.
I DON’T LIKE IT.
>> THEY SHOULD BE PUNISHED FOR
WHATEVER THEY DO.
BECAUSE IT’S NOT RIGHT.
>> THIS HAPPENS TO BE THE LAST
WHERE PUBLIC OFFICIALS ARE
CHARGED WITH -- SAME TO BE THE
SAME OVERARCHING FORMER DETROIT
CITY COUNCILMEMBER WAS CHANNELED
AND SENT TO PRISON FOR.
BUT IN THIS CASE, THE
UNIDENTIFIED TOWER WOULD CONTINUE TO ASK FOR FAVORS THAT
CONTINUE TO ASK FOR FAVORS THAT
WOULD CONTINUE OVER TIME.
>> IT’S CORRUPTION.
>> Reporter: ACROSS AN ACTUAL
UNDERCOVER FBI AGENT ACTING AS A
USED CAR DEALER, THE SAME FOR
E USED CHEVY EQUINOX.
NEARLY EVERY CONVERSATION WAS
RECORDED INCLUDING THE TALKS
ABOUT SELLING ABANDONED VEHICLES
FROM OTHER STATES IN MICHIGAN.
>> JUSTICE HAS GOT TO BE SERVED.
>> THE HAMTRAMCK POLICE CHIEF
RELEASED A STATEMENT BASICALLY
SAYING THESE ALLEGATIONS STARTED
AFTER STOUT LEFT HIS POSITION.
IT READS, QUOTE, THE HAMTRAMCK
POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN MADE
AWARE THAT ONE OF THEIR FORMER
MEMBER HAS BEEN INDICTED AS PART
OF AN ONGOING FEDERAL
INVESTIGATION.
HIS FINAL DAY OF ACTIVE
EMPLOYMENT WAS SEPTEMBER 19th,
2019.
VICTOR WILLIAMS, LOCAL 4.
>> VICTOR, WHAT ELSE DO WE KNOW
ABOUT STOUT, THERE’S MORE TO IT,
RIGHT?
>> YEAH, WE KNOW THAT STOUT HAS BEEN SUED MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE
BEEN SUED MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE
PAST FOR FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING
VEHICLES A DROP TO THE STATE’S
INCOME TAX, EXPANDING TAX
EXELINGSES FOR SENIORS AND
EXPLORING A PER CHILD TAX
CREDIT.
GOVERNOR WHITMER SAYS THE TAX
CUTS ARE UNSUSTAIN EXPBILITY
THAT IT WOULD LEAD TO SPENDING
CUTS.
SHE’S PROPOSED MORE TARGETED TAX
BREAKS FOR RETIREES AND LOW
INCOME WORKERS.
ON THE OTHER HAND SENATE
REPUBLICANS SAY TAX CUTS SHOULD
BE BROAD BECAUSE EVERYONE RIGHT