THE CRISIS. WE JUST GOT SOME NEW INFORMATION. THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN WAITING TO
HEAR AND HERE’S KIM.
>> WELL, IT’S A PRETTY
AFTERNOON HERE IN METRO DETROIT
AND A LITTLE WARMER THAN IT WAS
YESTERDAY WITH TEMPS RUNNING IN
THE UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S GETS
EVEN WARMER TOMORROW AND A
CHANCE FOR STORMS. WE’LL TALK
ABOUT IT IN JUST A COUPLE OF
MINUTES.
>> I’M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT’S
INSIDE THIS CLASSROOM THAT’S
JUST BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AN
INVALUABLE HISTORIC AND EVEN
PRICELESS.
>> OH, IT’S SO CHARMING.
>> IT’S A CASE OF HIDDEN
TREASURE IN PLAIN SIGHT.
>> LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT,
LOCAL 4 NEWS, FIRST AT FOUR
STARTS NOW.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M KAREN
DREW. FIRST AT FOUR. THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE IN MACOMB COUNTY ARE
STILL BOILING THEIR TAP WATER.
BUT WE DID JUST GET SOME
ENCOURAGING NEWS. THE TROUBLE
STARTED WITH A WATER MAIN BREAK
IN MACOMB TOWNSHIP. SKY FOUR
WAS OVER THE SCENE EARLIER
TODAY ON 24 MILE ROAD NEAR
NORTH AVENUE. CONCERNS ABOUT
BACTERIA IN THE DRINKING WATER
LED TO BOIL ORDERS IN FIVE
COMMUNITIES THIS AFTERNOON. THE
FIRST ROUND OF TEST RESULTS
CAME BACK CLEAR, FOR THAT IS A
GOOD FIRST STEP. A SECOND ROUND
OF SAMPLES HAS NOW BEEN TAKEN.
THOSE RESULTS WILL TAKE ANOTHER
24 HOURS. THE FIVE COMMUNITIES
AFFECTED ARE CHESTERFIELD
TOWNSHIP, LENOX TOWNSHIP,
MACOMB TOWNSHIP, NEW HAVEN AND
THE CITY OF ROCHESTER TO THE
WEST WATER FOR DRINKING,
COOKING AND BRUSHING YOUR TEETH
MUST BE BOILED FOR AT LEAST ONE
MINUTE BEFORE YOU CAN USE IT.
UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION IS
RAISING THE STAKES AND APPLYING
PUBLIC PRESSURE DURING THIS NEW
ROUND OF CONTRACT TALKS. UNION
PRESIDENT SHAWN FEIN RELEASED A
LIST OF DEMANDS ON A FACEBOOK
LIVE STREAM LAST NIGHT. HE SAYS
HE IS GOING TO PUSH FOR A 32
HOUR WORKWEEK. THE ABILITY TO
STRIKE WHEN A PLANT CLOSES AND
HE’S HOPING TO GET PAID.
VOLUNTEER WORK FOR EMPLOYEES
AFFECTED BY CLOSURES. CONTRACT
TALKS ARE UNDERWAY WITH GM,
STELLANTIS AND FORD BUSINESS
EDITOR ROD MELONI IS GATHERING
SOME LATE REACTION THIS
AFTERNOON TO ALL OF THIS. AND
WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A CLOSER
LOOK ON WHAT’S NEXT WHEN YOU
JOIN US FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT
SIX. WARREN MAYOR JIM FOUTS
REFUSING TO GIVE UP HIS
ATTEMPTS TO RUN FOR REELECTION
. HE’S NOW FILED A FEDERAL
LAWSUIT ALLEGING HIS CIVIL
RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED BY A TERM
LIMIT ORDINANCE. THIS NEW SUIT
IS PUSHING TO DECERTIFY THE
RESULTS IN THE UPCOMING MAYORAL
PRIMARY ON AUGUST 8TH IN ORDER
TO PROMPT A SPECIAL ELECTION.
>> PART OF THE REASON I DID
THIS IS BECAUSE I’VE HAD
NUMEROUS SUPPORTERS, INCLUDING
SOME OF THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME
AND UNTOLD OTHERS, THAT HAVE
SAID, MAYOR, I AM DISAPPOINTED
THAT I CAN’T VOTE FOR YOU. I
DIDN’T KNOW THIS THIS PROPOSAL
WAS GOING TO TAKE AWAY BECAUSE
THE PROPOSAL WAS NOT CLEAR. THE
CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT RELEASED
A STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE, I
WILL INSTRUCT OUR ATTORNEYS TO
SEEK SANCTIONS AND COSTS FOR
THIS LAST MINUTE FRIVOLOUS
LAWSUIT THAT IS DESIGNED TO
SUPPRESS VOTER PARTICIPATION IN
NEXT WEEK’S ELECTION BY SUING
THE CITY COUNCIL.
>> THE MAYOR IS AGAIN
INCREASING LITIGATION COSTS FOR
THE TAXPAYERS RATHER THAN
SIMPLY FOLLOW THE PLAIN
LANGUAGE. WE’LL HAVE MORE
REACTION AND MORE FROM THE
MAYOR TONIGHT AT FIVE. TODAY’S
SUMMER WEATHER FEELING PRETTY
COMFORTABLE. IT COULD BE A
GREAT EVENING TO MAYBE SPEND
SOME TIME OUTSIDE. LET’S CHECK
IN WITH FOREWARN METEOROLOGIST
KIM ADAMS. MY KIDDOS WERE DOING
A LEMONADE STAND THIS
AFTERNOON. IT WAS PERFECT.
>> YEAH. OH, I WOULD HAVE
BOUGHT SOME OF THEIR LEMONADE.
THEY’RE SO CUTE. I REMEMBER
THOSE DAYS. ALL RIGHT, WE’VE
GOT TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON
IN THE LOW 80S. TIME TO DO ALL
THOSE SUMMERTIME THINGS BEFORE
THE KIDS HAVE TO GO BACK TO
SCHOOL. WE DON’T GET MANY
NIGHTS LIKE THIS, SO GET OUT
THERE AND ENJOY IT. 80 RIGHT
NOW IN PONTIAC, 78 IN MOUNT
CLEMENS, 81 IN PORT HURON.
WE’LL WIDEN OUT THE VIEW SO I
CAN SHOW YOU SOME HEAT DOWN TO
OUR SOUTH AND ALSO OUT TO OUR
WEST. 84 NOW IN CHICAGO. LOOK
AT MINNEAPOLIS IN THE UPPER
80S, 87 AND SIOUX FALLS. AND WE
WILL GET INTO THE UPPER 80S
TOMORROW. SO WITH A LITTLE BIT
MORE IN THE WAY OF HUMIDITY.
BUT ALSO WE BRING IN THE CHANCE
FOR A FEW STORMS LATE IN THE
DAY AFTER ABOUT 8:00 TOMORROW
NIGHT, MAINLY NORTH OF DETROIT.
BUT WE’LL TALK ABOUT THE TIMING
OF THOSE STORMS AND THE
LOCATION, BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE
GETS WET TOMORROW, BUT IT LOOKS
LIKE YOU WILL BY THE BEGINNING
OF NEXT WEEK. SO WE’LL TALK ALL
ABOUT THAT IN JUST A COUPLE OF
MINUTES. ALL RIGHT.
>> IN JUST 24 HOURS, FORMER
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS
SCHEDULED TO BE IN A FEDERAL
COURTROOM TO FACE ANOTHER
INDICTMENT. THE NEW CHARGES
CONNECTED TO THE 2020 ELECTION
WERE REVEALED LATE YESTERDAY.
TODAY, TRUMP’S ATTORNEY IS
HINTING AT PART OF THEIR LEGAL
STRATEGY. LET’S BRING IN DEVIN
SCILLIAN TO TALK ABOUT EXACTLY
WHERE THINGS STAND TODAY.
DEVIN.
>> YEAH, KAREN, WE BROKE THE
NEWS OF THE NEW FEDERAL
INDICTMENTS, OF COURSE,
YESTERDAY DURING LOCAL 4 NEWS
AT FIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
US HISTORY, A FORMER PRESIDENT
CHARGED WITH TRYING TO OVERTURN
AN AMERICAN ELECTION. FEDERAL
PROSECUTORS ALLEGE DONALD TRUMP
TRIED A NUMBER OF STRATEGIES TO
REMAIN PRESIDENT AFTER AN
ELECTION. HE KNEW HE LOST THAT
ACCORDING TO THE TO THE
INDICTMENT ANYWAY. DISTRICT
JUDGE TANYA CHUTKAN HAS BEEN
ASSIGNED TO THIS CASE. SHE WAS
APPOINTED BY BARACK OBAMA,
CONFIRMED BY THE US SENATE ON A
VOTE OF 95 TO 0 IN 2021. SHE
REJECTED TRUMP’S ATTEMPTS TO
BLOCK THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTAT
TVS FROM ACCESSING WHITE HOUSE
RECORDS AND WROTE PRESIDENTS
ARE NOT KINGS, THAT A DIRECT
QUOTE FROM HER RULING FORMER
PRESIDENT IS THE ONLY PERSON
CHARGED IN TUESDAY’S
INDICTMENT. BUT IT DOES
REFERENCE SIX COCONSPIRATORS.
SO OF COURSE, MORE CHARGES
COULD COME IN THE FUTURE. NOW
TOMORROW, PROSECUTORS ARE
EXPECTED TO ASK FOR A SPEEDY
TRIAL. THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S
TEAM PLANS TO PUSH BACK ON
THAT. BUT FORMER US ATTORNEY
BARBARA MCQUADE SAYS THE
SPECIAL COUNSEL IS FOCUSING
SOLELY ON TRUMP RIGHT NOW. AND
THAT’S FOR A REASON.
>> IT STRIKES ME AS PERHAPS ONE
REASON FOR THAT IS TO
STREAMLINE THIS CASE, TO GET IT
TO TRIAL BEFORE FOR THE 2024
ELECTION, AND BY FOCUSING
SOLELY ON THAT ONE DEFENDANT
INSTEAD OF SEVEN DEFENDANTS, HE
MAXIMIZE HIS HIS LIKELIHOOD OF
GETTING THE CASE TO TRIAL
QUICKLY TO TAKE PRESIDENT TRUMP
TO TRIAL IN 90 DAYS, OF COURSE,
IS ABSURD.
>> AND THE QUESTION IS, WHY DO
THEY WANT TO DO THAT? IF YOU
WANT TO SEEK JUSTICE, THEN YOU
NEED TO OFFER MR. PRESIDENT,
PRESIDENT TRUMP AN OPPORTUNITY
TO GET A HOLD OF ALL THE
EVIDENCE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE FACTS ARE HERE.
>> YOU START TO SEE WHERE THIS
IS GOING TO BE FOUGHT. NOW, THE
FORMER PRESIDENT’S ATTORNEY
ALSO SAYS HE IS CONFIDENT THAT
THEY WILL WIN THIS CASE.
OVERALL, OF COURSE, FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP DENIES ANY
WRONGDOING. HE’S BEEN
PROCLAIMING HIS INNOCENCE ON
THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AS, OF
COURSE, HE’S IN THE MIDDLE NOW
OF ANOTHER RUN FOR THE WHITE
HOUSE.
>> WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT
45 PAGE INDICTMENT, THERE’S A
LOT OF REFERENCES TO MICHIGAN
KIND OF POPS OUT FOR PEOPLE
LIKE US, THAT’S FOR SURE.
>> FROM A MEETING WITH STATE
REPUBLICAN LEADERS TO THOSE
UNFOUND ALLEGATIONS OF A VOTE
DUMP IN THE CITY OF DETROIT. IN
FACT, OUR MARA MCDONNELL IS
DIVING DEEPER INTO THE MICHIGAN
CONNECTIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED
IN THE INDICTMENT. WE’LL HAVE
THAT WHEN YOU JOIN US TONIGHT
ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE. ABOUT
AN HOUR FROM NOW.
>> ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD.
THANKS, DEVIN. YOU BET. WELL,
CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN
TRUDEAU HAS ANNOUNCED HE AND
HIS WIFE ARE SEPARATING AFTER
18 YEARS OF MARRIAGE. THE
ANNOUNCEMENT WAS POSTED ON
SOCIAL MEDIA IN BOTH ENGLISH
AND FRENCH. THE PRIME MINISTER
SAYS HE AND SOPHIE REMAIN A
CLOSE FAMILY. HE’S ALSO ASKING
FOR EVERYONE TO RESPECT THEIR
PRIVACY DURING THIS TIME. THEY
HAVE THREE CHILDREN NOW. THE
STORY OF HISTORIC TREASURES
THAT COULD BE HIDING IN PLAIN
SIGHT IN OLDER BUILDINGS
THROUGHOUT METRO DETROIT.
TODAY, A SURPRISING DISCOVERY
CONFIRMED INSIDE A CLASSROOM
OVER IN INKSTER. IT ALL STARTED
WHEN OUR OWN PAULA TUTMAN
THOUGHT SHE SAW SOMETHING
SPECIAL. TAKE A LOOK.
>> FULL DISCLOSURE, I LOVE
CERAMICS, BUT THAT IS WHY I
ACTUALLY NOTICED THIS FIREPLACE
SURROUND WHILE AT THIS SCHOOL
LAST JANUARY, WORKING ON AN
ENTIRELY DIFFERENT STORY. LOUIS
TOMLINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUILT
IN 1929 ON THE BORDER OF
INKSTER AND DEARBORN HEIGHTS,
AND INSIDE A FIRST FLOOR
CLASSROOM, I HAPPENED TO NOTICE
A FIREPLACE KIND OF HIDDEN
BEHIND CLASSROOM STORAGE IN
THESE OLDER BUILDINGS, THERE
ISN’T STORAGE LIKE SOMETHING IN
NEW CONSTRUCTION.
>> SO WE JUST UTILIZE WHAT WE
CAN. I TOOK PICTURES, SENT THEM
TO CERAMIC EXPERTS AROUND THE
COUNTRY, AND THAT’S WHEN
PEWABIC POTTERY RIGHT HERE IN
DETROIT BECAME AWARE.
>> I WAS SEARCHING FOR
INFORMATION ABOUT THE TILES.
TODAY TWO EXPERTS FROM PEWABIC
VISITED THE SCHOOL ANXIOUS TO
SEE BEYOND THE PHOTOS.
>> EDGES ARE PRETTY SHARP.
>> THIS IS A STORYBOOK
FIREPLACE AND THESE ARE
DIFFERENT CHILDREN’S STORIES
THAT ARE DEPICTED HERE. IT’S
EVEN MORE CHARMING IN PERSON,
INSPECTING THE TILES, THEY
FOUND VALUABLE CLUES. THIS IS
KIND OF MORE OF AN EMBOSSED
EFFECT. SEEING IT AND BEING
ABLE TO KIND OF FEEL IT, IT
REALLY HELPS. THERE’S A LOT OF
INFORMATION WE CAN GET FROM
THIS. WE CAN EVEN SEE THE CLAY
BODY. THESE WOULD HAVE
DEFINITELY BEEN KIND OF A
HANDCRAFTED ART TILE.
>> THEY LOOKED AT THE DESIGN,
THE CHIPS, GAVE THEM
INFORMATION OF WHAT’S BEHIND
THE GLAZE AND THE VERDICT.
>> THESE WERE LIKELY MADE BY
FLINT, FAIENCE, TILE COMPANY.
>> THE FIREPLACE AROUND IN THE
BACK OF THE EIGHTH GRADE SOCIAL
STUDIES CLASS USED AS STORAGE
IS NOT ONLY HISTORICALLY
VALUABLE, BUT BECAUSE IT’S
INTACT AND IN SUCH GREAT SHAPE,
NEARLY IN VALUABLE FLINT FIRE
AND GM ACTUALLY MADE THESE
TILES IN THE 20S AS SORT OF A
SIDE HUSTLE.
>> THEY DID KIND OF AN
ASSESSMENT AND A STUDY AND
FOUND THAT FIRING THE KILNS ALL
NIGHT WAS MORE COST EFFICIENT.
AND SO THEY STARTED CREATING
ART TILE IN THE EVENING AND
SPARK PLUGS DURING THE DAY.
>> THE TILES WERE SOLD AND THE
PURCHASERS OF SOME OF
MICHIGAN’S OLDEST HOMES
INSTALLED THEM. BUT TODAY THEY
ARE BEING QUICKLY DESTROYED.
WHEN HOMEOWNERS DON’T REALIZE
THE VALUE AND DON’T CARE FOR
THE ESTHETIC, THEY’RE NOT GOING
TO REALIZE WHAT IT IS THAT THEY
HAVE AND THAT THEY’RE GOING TO
MAKE A KNEE JERK REACTION TO
KIND OF GO WITH CONTEMPORARY
STYLE VERSUS SOMETHING THAT HAS
THE ABILITY OF BEING A LITTLE
BIT MORE TIMELESS.
>> I JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO
KIND OF THINK ABOUT IT. DO A
LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH.
>> PRICELESS AND HISTORIC. MUCH
TO THE SHEER SHOCK OF THE
PRINCIPAL.
>> THAT’S PRETTY EXCITING NEWS
.
>> OKAY. SO OBVIOUSLY THESE
DAYS IT’S JUST NOT POSSIBLE TO
GATHER CHILDREN AROUND A
ROARING FIRE AND A FIREPLACE
AROUND FOR STORY TIME. HOWEVER,
BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS DISCOVERED
TODAY, THE PRINCIPAL TELLS ME
THAT THIS WILL NOW BECOME A
FOCAL POINT OF THE CLASSROOM
RATHER THAN AN AFTERTHOUGHT FOR
STORAGE. PAULA TUTMAN, LOCAL 4.
>> GOOD JOB, PAULA. WE
APPRECIATE IT. BY THE WAY, THE
EXPERTS OF PEWABIC SAY THESE
KINDS OF TILES ARE DISAPPEARING
SO QUICKLY THROUGHOUT MICHIGAN
AND OHIO, AND THEY’RE ASKING
HOMEOWNERS AND PEOPLE
PURCHASING OLD HOMES TO FULLY
INVESTIGATE OLD TILES AND
TILING IN THEIR HOME BEFORE
TEARING THEM OUT, PAINTING OVER