IT’S A GREAT DETROIT TRADITION, THE UNOFFICIAL START OF SPRING FOR A LOT OF US. THE TIGERS TAKE
THE FIELD OF AMERICA PARK ON
OPENING DAY FOUR AND LIVE
PICTURES OVER AMERICA PARK IN
DOWNTOWN DETROIT CITY IS BUZZING
THIS AFTERNOON EVEN THOUGH THE
TIGERS DIDN’T TAKE HOME THE WIN
. IF YOU ASK FOLKS ABOUT THE
BEST DAYS TO BE DOWNTOWN
DETROIT, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THE
FORD FIREWORKS, AMERICA’S
THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE. AND
TODAY DEFINITELY WE’VE GOT
OPENING DAY COVERAGE FROM ALL
THE ANGLES ARE BRANDON ROOST,
BUT HANGING OUT WITH THE FANS
ALL DAY WE’LL GET TO HIM AND
JUST IN A MOMENT WE’RE GOING TO
START WITH BERNIE LIVE INSIDE
AMERICA PARK WITH HIGHLIGHTS
FROM THE GAME. BERNIE, THIS GAME
DID NOT LAST LONG. NO YOU KNOW
WHAT? IT’S UNBELIEVABLE. TWO
HOURS 32 MINUTES. THAT WAS THE
PITCH CLOCK WAS WORKING WELL
HERE. THERE’S NO QUESTION ABOUT
THAT. AND THE TIGERS STARTED
WELL, BUT THEN KIND OF TAILED
OFF LATE IN THE GAME. NOT MUCH
OF A FINISH AT COMERICA HERE
SEASON OPENER RED SOX WHEN IT’S
6 TO 3 TIGERS FALL TO TWO AND
FIVE ON THE SEASON, WE’VE GOT
HIGHLIGHTS. WE WILL BEGIN IN THE
TIGERS SECOND MAN ON AND IT’S
GOING TO BE JAKE ROGERS BOOM
THAT IS GONE A TWO RUN HOME RUN
TO LEFT. HIS SECOND OF THE
SEASON, AND THE TIGERS HAD A TWO
TO NOTHING LEAD ON THEM RED SOX
BUT IN THE BOSTON SIX TYPE 332
ON THAT IS GONE TO THREE RUN
HOME RUN FOR ADAM DUVALL, A
THREE RUN JACK THIRD OF THE
YEAR. RED SOX WHEN IT’S 63, A.
J. HINCH SAYS THE TIGERS MISSED
THEIR CHANCES. I DON’T THINK
THERE’S A GAME I’VE EVER
MANAGED. IF YOU LEAVE RUNNERS ON
THAT MAKES YOU FEEL OKAY. SO,
UM, YEAH. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE
HAD OUR OPPORTUNITIES. BUT YOU
KNOW, WE HAD SUCH AN EARLY WHEN
WE DIDN’T GET TO SAIL RIGHT
AWAY. UM HE SETTLED DOWN A
LITTLE BIT AFTER AFTER JAKE’S
HOMER, WE’RE NEVER OUT OF THE
FIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF FEEL
THAT WAY. ONE THROUGH NINE.
WE’RE GOING TO GIVE YOU OUR BEST
SHOT. MAYBE THIS TODAY BUT, YOU
KNOW, GIVE MY BEST MILE. ALRIGHT
ACTUALLY, NOT TOMORROW. IT WILL
BE ON SATURDAY. IF YOU COME
HERE, IT’LL BE EMPTY. BUT
SATURDAY THE NEXT GAME BETWEEN
THESE TWO TEAMS. THEY ARE BOTH
OFF TOMORROW. WE’RE BACK WITH
MUCH, MUCH MORE LATER. KIDS BACK
TO YOU IN THE STUDIO, RIGHT,
BERNIE? WE KNOW ONE THING FOR
CERTAIN TIGERS FANS ARE GOING TO
HAVE FUN EITHER WAY ON OPENING
DAY, RIGHT, SO LET’S GO BACK UP
TO SKY FOR LIVE OVER AMERICA
PARK YOU CAN SEE DOWNTOWN
DETROIT. IS UH, KIND OF SEE
THEIR BUZZING AND THE WEATHER IS
COOPERATING. SO THAT’S GOOD,
TOO. LET’S GET OVER TO
BRANDON ROUX. HE’S OUT LIVE WITH
THE FANS. BRANDON IT REALLY IS A
SPECIAL DAY. THERE ARE THOSE
BUZZING FANS. I MEAN, WHAT DID
YOU EXPECT? THEY’RE OUT IN FULL
FORCE OVER 44,000 FANS PACKED
COMERICA PARK TODAY THAT WAS A
RECORD CROWD FOR DETROIT TIGERS
HOME OPENER. THE OUTCOME WASN’T
WHAT THEY WANTED, BUT THE DAY
WAS FULL OF FOOD, FUN AND
SOMETHING ELSE. A LOT OF.
TAILGATING IS THE NAME OF THE
GAME AND THIS 2023 TIGERS HOME
OPENER. SERVING THE DRINKS
SERVING THE DOGS. STEVE’S
TAILGATE GOT GOING EARLY WITH
EGGS ON THE GRILL, THEN SLIDERS
AND CONEY DOGS, LISH. PERFECTLY
MESSY. I LOVE BIGGIE. I LOVE THE
TIGERS. PERHAPS YOU’VE HEARD OF
80. FOR BRADY. THIS QUARTET IS
SET TO FOR CABRERA AND WE GOT TO
WORK AT RED WINGS TONIGHT AS
SOON AS THIS IS ALL OVER WITH
THE RED WINGS AT WORK
VOLUNTEERED TO SEE MAGGIE. WE’RE
HERE TO SEE THE TIGERS. I MEAN,
OPENING DAY IS SUCH A SPECIAL
DAY AND I MEAN WE’RE GOING TO
WIN TODAY. MIGGY MIGGY IS GOING
TO HIT A HOME RUN TODAY. DETROIT
TIGERS HOME OPENER IS ABOUT
CREATING TRADITION AND MEMORIES
. WHETHER YOU’RE FROM COMMERCE,
CANTON OR CANADIAN TERRY
LAWRENCE HAS THREE GENERATIONS
OF TIGERS FANS WITH HIS SON AND
GRANDSON REPRESENTING TIRES GO
WHATSOEVER IN SCHOOL TODAY
SCHOOL OPENING DAY I THOUGHT
WE’D BE OWING SIX. SO TWO AND
FOUR. WE’RE LIVE WITH THAT. IT
JUST DOESN’T SEEM LIKE THE
WEATHER OVERALL COOPERATES FOR
THE HOME OPENER. I WOULD PUT
TODAY IN THE MAYBE TOP HALF OF
HOME OPENERS. WEATHER WISE. THE
WEATHER COOPERATED AS BERNIE
TOLD US EARLIER. TIGERS OFFENSE
NOT SO MUCH NEW. IT’S SIX I MET
A FAN WHO IS AT THEIR 60TH HOME
OPENER, AND YOU WON’T BELIEVE
HER STORY AT SIX GUYS.
IMPRESSIVE REALLY COOL HERE.
THAT’S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME. IT
HAS BEEN ALL DAY LONG. BEEN FUN.
THAT’S RIGHT, AND THE WEATHER
COOPERATED. IN FACT, LET’S TURN
OUR ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER WE
DID GET. WE’VE EVEN GOT A FEW
PEAKS OF THE SUN ON THIS OPENING
DAY AS YOU LOOK AT LIVE PICTURES
FROM SCOTT FOUR. BEAUTIFUL WE
WOULDN’T MIND SEEING THE SUN A
LITTLE MORE AS WE HEAD INTO THE
WEEKEND MORE GAMES TO COME INTO
LET’S GET OVER TO KIM ADAMS AND
THE FOREWARN FORECAST. I KIM,
KIMBERLY AND DEVON. YES WE ARE
GOING TO HANG ON TO THIS
SUNSHINE FOR QUITE A WHILE. I
CAN’T WAIT UNTIL THE MAIN
WEATHER WHEN I COULD SHOW YOU
THE FUTURE FORECAST BECAUSE I
REALLY THINK YOU’RE GONNA LIKE
IT 53 DEGREES RIGHT NOW AT METRO
AIRPORT WITH THE HELP OF THE
SUNSHINE, WHERE AT 54 CITY
AIRPORT. UPPER FORTIES AND HOW
48 IN FLINT WIND GUSTS RIGHT
NOW. CONTINUE TO BE RATHER
STRONG AND PONTIAC. WE’VE HAD
GUSTS AT ABOUT 33 MPH 30 METRO
AIRPORT, SO IT’S A BREEZY
AFTERNOON, BUT IT’S A NICE ONE,
AS FINALLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON,
THE SUN DID START TO POP OUT
CLOUDS ARE NOW PRETTY MUCH
THINNING OUT AND HIGH PRESSURE
IS TAKING OVER. WHAT THAT MEANS
FOR YOU IS, IT IS GOING TO BE A
BEAUTIFUL GOOD FRIDAY. LOTS OF
SUNSHINE 33 DEGREES IN THE
MORNING, SO TOMORROW MORNING
WILL BE CHILLY. 43 AT NOON 51 BY
FOUR O’CLOCK AND THEN 44 BY
EIGHT O’CLOCK TOMORROW NIGHT NOW
OUR NORMAL HIGH IS 55. SO WE’RE
SLIGHTLY BELOW THAT, BUT NEXT
WEEK I JUST I CAN’T WAIT TO SHOW
YOU JUST GOTTA YOU GOTTA HANG
ON, HANG ON THROUGH THE MAIN
WEATHER, AND I’LL SHOW YOU WHERE
OUR TEMPERATURES GO. NEXT WEEK.
YOU COULD TAKE A SNEAK PEEK,
THOUGH. IF YOU WANT TO CHEAT,
YOU CAN GO TO OUR FORWARD
WEATHER APP, AND IT WILL HAVE
THAT SEVEN DAY FORECAST ON THERE
FOR YOU. OKAY WELL, JUST IN HERE
AT FIVE, A JUDGE HAS DENIED A
REQUEST FROM JAMES AND JENNIFER
CRUMBLEY TO ATTEND A KEY HEARING
FOR THEIR SON, ETHAN CRUMBLEY IS
SET FOR A MILLER HEARING TO
DETERMINE IF HE’S ELIGIBLE TO
SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN
PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY
OF PAROLE. WE’RE GETTING OUR
FIRST LOOK AT THE MAN CHARGED
WITH THE SEXUAL ASSAULT OF TWO
WOMEN, INCLUDING AND INCLUDING
AN 80, YEAR OLD WOMAN ON
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE, KENNETH
DWIGHT DAVIS FACES MULTIPLE
CHARGES AND CONNECTION TO THE
TWO ATTACKS THAT REALLY PUT THE
ENTIRE COMMUNITY THE ON EDGE.
SHAWN LEY IS LIVE. IN A DETROIT
NEIGHBORHOOD TONIGHT. IT REALLY
WAS A HUGE EFFORT TO HELP CATCH
THIS GUY. IT WAS AND HE WAS IN
COURT TODAY. FOR THE VERY FIRST
TIME I’LL TAKE YOU TO COURT.
WHAT HAPPENED? THERE WAS VERY
IMPORTANT. BUT KIMBERLY AS YOU
MENTIONED AND WALK WITH ME HERE.
WHAT HAPPENED IN DETROIT
NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD BEFORE THIS
ARREST WAS CRITICAL TO STOPPING
. THESE ATTACKS WERE TALKING
ABOUT DETROIT POLICE GETTING THE
WORD OUT ABOUT TWO ATTACKS OF
TWO ELDERLY WOMEN OUT TO DETROIT
NEIGHBORS SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND
WHAT’S HAPPENING. THERE WAS A
PREDATOR ON THE LOOSE, AND THEN
WHEN THEY IDENTIFIED HIM, THEY
WERE ABLE TO GET HIS NAME AND
PICTURE OUT QUICKLY, AND
NEIGHBORS IN DETROIT
NEIGHBORHOODS WERE ABLE TO SHARE
THAT INFORMATION. STAY ALERT.
AND ALSO BE LOOKED ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR THIS PERSON. NOW,
LET’S TAKE YOU INSIDE. COURT
TODAY BECAUSE ALL THE COMMUNITY
EFFORTS WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS A
VERY POWERFUL COMBINATION
LEADING UP TO THIS KENNETH WHITE
DAVIS IN COURT THIS AFTERNOON 28
YEARS OLD. HERE ARE THE CHARGES
FIRST DEGREE CRIMINAL SEXUAL
CONDUCT, ONE COUNT OF FIRST
DEGREE HOME INVASION AND ANOTHER
CASE, THIRD DEGREE CRIMINAL
SEXUAL CONDUCT FORCE, COERCION
AND MORE. HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED.
THE VICTIMS MARCH 26TH AND 80
YEAR OLD WOMAN. POLICE SAY DAVIS
BROKE INTO HER HOME AND THEN A
64 YEAR OLD WOMAN. POLICE SAY
SECOND, HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
HER. APRIL 3RD, STOPPING A
PREDATOR ON THE STREETS WAS
URGENT, CHIEF. WHAT YOU SEE HERE
IN OFFICERS TAKING THE WORD
ABOUT THE ATTACKS DOOR TO DOOR
NEIGHBORHOODS, THEN IDENTIFYING
DAVIS AND ARRESTING HIM JUST
ABOUT THREE HOURS AFTER MAKING
HIS FACE PUBLIC SO UNIMPORTANT
COMBINATION HERE TO STOPPING
THESE ATTACKS BETWEEN WORKING
WITH THE COMMUNITY. IT’S ALSO
TALK ABOUT AGAIN. WHAT HAPPENED
IN COURT, THE ASSISTANT COUNTY
PROSECUTOR ARGUING FOR NO BOND
FOR DAVIS AT ALL, HERE’S HER
ARGUMENT. WHAT’S YOUR FULL NAME
? SIR FAVORITE JUNIOR. THANK
YOU, MR DAVIS, A MAGISTRATE AND
CHUCK FASTER. NOT ONLY DO YOU
HAVE TO CRIMINAL MATTERS YOU
HAVE A MISDEMEANOR MATTER, UH,
COUNCIL FARAGE. ARE YOU
REPRESENTING MR DAVIS ON THE
MISDEMEANOR MATTER TRAFFIC YOUR
HONOR. NO, STOP IT. OKAY? ALL
RIGHT, BACK BACK HERE. LIVE
BOTTOM LINE HERE. THE
MAGISTRATE! YOU HEARD THERE
SPEAKING HOLDING DAVIS NOW
WITHOUT BOND, EVEN THOUGH A
QUARTER POINT OF ATTORNEY WAS
ARGUING THAT HE SHOULD EITHER
GET AN OR BOND AND BE RELEASED
OR RELEASED INTO A MENTAL
FACILITY, GUYS A LOT OF
HAPPENING TODAY WITH THIS CASE,
INDEED, SEAN, WHAT ELSE DO WE
LEARN ABOUT DAVIDSON COURT
TODAY? WE LEARNED A LOT. HE HAS
A THREE YEAR OLD CHILD, AND WE
ALSO LEARNED THAT HIS FAMILY
SAYS HE HAS A HISTORY OF MENTAL
ILLNESS AND HIS MOTHER WAS HIS
KEY CAREGIVER, BUT SHE HAS BEEN
SENTENCED TO A PRISON SENTENCE
AND IS INCARCERATED SO THAT CARE
IS NO LONGER HAPPENING. NEITHER
IS KEEPING UP WITH MEDICATION.
SO THAT WAS A MENTAL HEALTH
ELEMENT TO THIS, BUT AGAIN HELD
WITHOUT BOND AT THIS HOUR.
LAYERS TO THIS TOO. OKAY SEAN,
THANKS. FORMER MICHIGAN HOUSE
SPEAKER RICK JOHNSON ADMITS TO
TAKING BRIBES IN A MEDICAL
MARIJUANA SCHEME. THE FBI SAYS
JOHNSON ACCEPTED CASH AND OTHER
BENEFITS TO HELP BUSINESSES GET
LICENSES WHILE HE LED THE
STATE’S MEDICAL MARIJUANA BOARD
FROM 2017 TO 2019 INVESTIGATORS
SAY TOOK $110,000 IN BRIBES.
JOHNSON AND THREE OTHER MEN
PLEADED GUILTY. THEY ARE ALL
COOPERATING WITH INVESTIGATORS.
JOHNSON ACCEPTED THESE BRIBES
CORRUPTLY, WHICH IS TO SAY HE
ACCEPTED THEM WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE BRIBES
WERE OFFERED TO INFLUENCE HIM OR
TO REWARD HIM FOR ACTIONS THAT
HE MIGHT TAKE. NAMELY TO HELP
THE PAYERS OF THE BRIBE OBTAIN
LICENSES. SUSPICION AROUND THE
CAPITAL IN LANSING IS THERE IS
MUCH MORE TO COME ON THIS COMING
UP TONIGHT AT SIX PUNISHMENTS
THEY FACE AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
IN THE CASE, OFTEN RUNNING ON
THIS OPENING DAY THURSDAY.
THAT’S RIGHT. LET’S CHECK IN
WITH GRANT. MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS
GET TO SPEECHES TODAY FROM A
PROMINENT REPUBLICAN CONTENDER,
EVEN THOUGH HE HASN’T EVEN
ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY FOR
PRESIDENT IN 2024 COMING UP HERE
FROM FLORIDA GOVERNOR RHONDA
SANTIS THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS
SHAKEN TO HIS CORE AFTER A HOME
EXPLOSION HAPPENS JUST SUDDENLY
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
COMING UP OR GETTING AN UPDATE
ON THE INVESTIGATION, AS WELL AS
WHAT NEIGHBORS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT
ALL OF THIS TAKING PLACE, VICTOR
ALSO WE HAVE LOVED SEEING ALL
THE PHOTOS YOU’VE BEEN POSTING
TO MY PICS OF THIS OPENING DAYS.
COURTNEY SANDERS. HANGING OUT
WITH HER STUDENTS FROM THE
ESSENTIAL SKILLS TRANSITION
PROGRAM, SO KEEP SENDING THEM IN
AND FIND OUT HOW JUST LOG ONTO