FIRS
NASSAR WANT THE FBI TO PAY VERY FIRS
NASSAR WANT THE FBI TO PAY VERY BIG MONEY FOR BOTCHING A SEXUAL ABUSE INVESTIGATION. WE’RE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT LEGAL ACTION
INVOLVING SOME GOLD MEDAL STARS
. FOURTH GRADER SHARES A STORY
WITH CONGRESS NO PARENT WOULD
EVER WANT TO HEAR FROM THEIR OWN
CHILD. BUT ALL OF US REALLY NEED
TO LISTEN TO WHAT SHE WENT
THROUGH PAULA WELL, LOCAL
ELECTION EXPERTS ARE RAISING AN
ALARM THEY’RE CONCERNED ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENS IF MICHIGANDERS
DECIDE NOT TO TUNE INTO THE
JANUARY 6TH COMMISSION HEARINGS
THAT START PUBLICLY TOMORROW AND
PAUL RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON
MY HEAD. OH YES, THE YOU SEE
THEM HERE ON STORM TRACKER FOUR
AND THERE’S MORE ON THE WAY A
LOT MORE BACK TO THE WEST. I’LL
HAVE A COMPLETE FORECAST
STRAIGHT AHEAD. LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS
FIRST AT FOUR STARTS NOW. GOOD
AFTERNOON. I’M KAREN DREW FIRST
AT FOUR. THE NEW BILLION DOLLAR
LAWSUIT AGAINST THE FBI SEEKING
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HOW THAT
INVESTIGATION OF THE FORMER
DOCTOR LARRY NASSAR, WAS HANDLED
. THIS TIME. SOME OF THE BIGGEST
STARS IN WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS ARE
INVOLVED. INCLUDING SIMONE BILES
AND ALY RAISMAN AND MCKAYLA
MARONEY. THEY ARE AMONG 90
VICTIMS, SAYING THE FBI NEEDED
TO ACT MORE QUICKLY AND COULD
HAVE PREVENTED THEIR ABUSE.
THEY’RE SEEKING $1 BILLION FBI
AGENTS FIRST RECEIVED
ACCUSATIONS ABOUT NASA IN 2015.
VANESSA WASN’T ARRESTED UNTIL
2016 DURING AN INVESTIGATION BY
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY POLICE
. UNDER FEDERAL LAW, THE FBI HAS
UP TO SIX MONTHS TO RESPOND TO
THE CLAIMS. THE FAMILY OF ONE OF
THE VICTIMS IN THE OXFORD HIGH
SCHOOL SHOOTING HAS FILED A NEW
LAWSUIT AGAINST THE DISTRICT 17
YEAR OLD MADISON. BALDWIN IS ONE
OF FOUR STUDENTS KILLED AT THE
SCHOOL LAST NOVEMBER. HER FAMILY
ATTORNEY SAYS THEY’RE SUING THE
DISTRICT AS WELL AS EMPLOYEES
WHO THEY CLAIM WERE RESPONSIBLE
FOR ALLOWING THE SHOOTING TO
HAPPEN. MEDICINES MOTHER SAYS
HER DAUGHTER TRANSFERRED TO
OXFORD HIGH FOR HER SENIOR YEAR.
SHE WAS THE HAPPIEST I’VE EVER
SEEN HER AND THOSE THREE MONTHS
SHE WAS THERE. SO IT HURTS TO
SEE THAT THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY
FROM HER. AND NOT BLAME MYSELF.
SURE ALLOWING HER TO GO TO A
SCHOOL THAT I THOUGHT SHE WAS
PROTECTED AT SO FAR NO RESPONSE
TO THE SUIT FROM THE DISTRICT.
THE FAMILIES FOR ALL FOUR
STUDENTS WHO WERE KILLED, HAVE
NOW TAKEN LEGAL ACTION AGAINST
THE DISTRICT. A CRASH INVOLVING
A DETROIT FIRE TRUCK LEAVES FOUR
PEOPLE INJURED IN THE WHOLE
THING UNDER INVESTIGATION HOURS
AFTER IT HAPPENED, TAKE A LOOK
AT THE MESS ON THE CITY’S EAST
SIDE. WE’RE TOLD THE RIG WAS
RESPONDING TO A HOUSE FIRE WHEN
IT COLLIDED WITH AN SUV AND OR
THE INTERSECTION OF DICKERSON
AND HOUSTON, WHITTIER. TWO
FIREFIGHTERS ARE INJURED. TWO
PEOPLE IN THE SUV ARE ALSO HURT
AFTER BEING PULLED FROM THE
WRECKAGE BY THE JAWS OF LIFE.
TRACKING THE INVESTIGATION WILL
UPDATE YOU WHEN YOU JOIN US AT
FIVE. ALL RIGHT. SO IF YOU’RE
KEEPING AN EYE ON COVID CASES IN
MICHIGAN, THE STATE’S WEEKLY
UPDATE JUST ARRIVED IN THE PAST
SEVEN DAYS. MICHIGANNATIVE
18,000 NEW CASES DOWN ABOUT 1000
FROM LAST WEEK. BUT REMEMBER,
THE STATE’S TALLY DOES NOT
INCLUDE PRIVATE HOME TESTING.
THE NUMBER OF VIRUS RELATED
DEATHS MORE THAN DOUBLED TO 131
STATES. SEVEN DAY POSITIVITY
RATE IS ABOVE 16. IT WAS UNDER
8% BACK IN MID APRIL. AS WE MOVE
TO OUR FIRST FORECAST SEEMS LIKE
SOME NUISANCE. RAIN IS
THREATENING TO FALL AND SOME OF
OUR EVENING PLANS. IT COULD BE
ONE OF THOSE ON AGAIN. OFF
AGAIN. THINGS. LET’S BRING IN
METEOROLOGIST PAUL GROSS. YEAH
HEY, KAREN, AND YOU CAN SEE HERE
ON STORM TRACKER 4 THIS IS
PRETTY LIGHT STUFF. NOT
EVERYBODY IS GETTING RAIN RIGHT
NOW, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE REALLY
THIS STUFF IS KIND OF DEVELOPING
RIGHT ALONG THE 6 96 QUARTER
HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE FROM
CLAWSON OVER TO BERKELEY,
SOUTHFIELD, FRANKLIN BACK TOWARD
FARMINGTON HILLS JUST SOUTH OF
WEST BLOOMFIELD. ER, BUT YOU CAN
SEE HERE IS 6 96/2 96 THIS STUFF
SPREADING INTO LIVINGSTON
COUNTY. YOU SEE THE WHOLE COUNTY
THERE? LIVINGSTON COUNTY IS
COMPLETELY INUNDATED THERE WITH
AGAIN JUST PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN
AND THEN BACKFIRE. LOOK TO THE
NORTH HERE. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE
HAVE ONE LITTLE BETTER BATCH OF
SHOWERS HERE UP IN SANTA LA
COUNTY. BUT AGAIN, THERE IS MORE
OF THIS STUFF ON THE WAY, WHICH
I WILL SHOW YOU COMING UP IN
ABOUT 10 MINUTES ATTEMPTS RIGHT
NOW, GENERALLY IN THE MID
SIXTIES TO AROUND 70 DEGREES,
THE WIND IS FAIRLY LIGHT. AND
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS, WE’RE
GOING TO JUST KIND OF FALL
SLOWLY THROUGH THE SIXTIES. WITH
THE RAIN INCREASING AGAIN. I’LL
BE BACK WITH THE TIMING AND TALK
ABOUT RAINFALL AMOUNTS. AND JUST
ABOUT KAREN. OKAY THANK YOU,
PAUL. NOW WE HAVE HEARD
TESTIMONY ON CAPITOL HILL ABOUT
GUN VIOLENCE BEFORE BUT I’M NOT
SURE WE’VE EVER EVER. HEARD THE
KIND OF STORY TOLD BY AN 11 YEAR
OLD SURVIVOR FROM YOU. BALDY
TEXAS TODAY, FOURTH GRADER MIA
SIRIO TOLD CONGRESS. ABOUT
SMEARING HERSELF AND HER FRIENDS
, BLOOD AND THEN PLAYING DEAD
BECAUSE SHE FEARED THE GUNMAN
WOULD COME BACK FOR HER PART OF
A PUSH FOR GUN REFORM. KIMBERLY
GILL IN THE NEWSROOM WITH SOME
OF TODAY’S TESTIMONY SO HARD TO
LISTEN TO KIM, IT’S BEEN VERY
EMOTIONAL ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY
. SO MANY SAD STORIES, BUT YOUR
HEART JUST BREAKS WHEN YOU HEAR
1/4 GRADER AS YOU SAID AN 11
YEAR OLD. TALK ABOUT TRYING TO
SURVIVE AS A SHOOTER BURST INTO
HER CLASSROOM, ME A STEREO OR
HER TEACHER AND FRIENDS GET SHOT
AND KILLED AT ONE POINT SHE
COULD ONLY TRY TO HIDE BEHIND
SOME BACKPACKS. LISTEN TO HER
STORY WHEN I WENT TO THE BACKS,
UM HE SHOT MY FRIEND. I WAS LEFT
TO ME AND I SAW THAT YOU DIDN’T
COME BACK TO THE ROOM, GOT BLOOD
AND PUT IT ALL OVER THE AND WHAT
DID YOU DO THEN? WHEN YOU PUT
THE BLOOD ON YOURSELF? JUST A
QUIET AND THEN I GOT MY TEACHERS
PHONE. INCONTINENT. THE FOURTH
GRADER AT ROB ELEMENTARY,
TESTIFIED ON VIDEOTAPE THEIR
TODAY’S WITNESSES TRYING TO
PAINT PICTURES THAT WILL INSPIRE
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO MAKE
CHANGES TO PREVENT FURTHER
TRAGEDIES. WE ALSO HEARD FROM
PEOPLE CONNECTED TO THAT DEADLY
GROCERY STORE SHOOTING IN
BUFFALO, NEW YORK, THE MOTHER OF
A 20 YEAR OLD SURVIVOR IN THAT
SHOOTING. VIVIDLY DESCRIBED HER
SON’S WOUNDS THE HOLES CAUSED BY
THAT ARE 15. SHE EVEN INVITED
LAWMAKERS TO HER HOUSE TO GET
THE FULL IMPACT OF WHAT THEIR
LIFE IS LIKE NOW. AS I CLEAN HIS
WOUNDS. I CAN FEEL PIECES OF
THAT BULLET IN HIS BACK.
SHRAPNEL WILL BE LEFT INSIDE OF
HIS BODY FOR THE REST OF HIS
LIFE. NOW I WANT YOU TO PICTURE
THAT EXACT SCENARIO FOR ONE OF
YOUR CHILDREN. THIS SHOULD NOT
BE YOUR STORY. OR MINDS. THERE’S
NO DOUBT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE
FEELING A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF
PRESSURE TO GET THINGS DONE.
BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS IS
LOOKING FOR WAYS TO COMPROMISE.
BUT WE’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, AND
LAWMAKERS HAVE FAILED TO TAKE
ACTION. SO TONIGHT AT FIVE WILL
BE TALKING MORE ABOUT THIS.
WE’LL HAVE MORE FROM THE HEARING
AND A LOOK AT HOW THE
NEGOTIATIONS ARE PLAYING OUT ON
CAPITOL HILL FOR NOW, THOUGH,
KAREN WILSON IT BACK TO YOU IN
THE STUDIO. ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU, KIM. SURE. THE SUPREME
COURT, SAYS AN ARMED MAN WHO
MADE THREATS AGAINST JUSTICE
BRETT KAVANAUGH WAS ARRESTED
NEAR THE JUSTICES HOUSE IN
MARYLAND, A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
SAYS NICHOLAS JOHN ROSS, KEY OF
CALIFORNIA HAD A GUN. AND ZIP
TIES WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED AROUND
ONE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING. HE
TOLD POLICE HE WAS GOING TO KILL
THE JUSTICE AND THEN HIMSELF. HE
WAS APPARENTLY UPSET OVER
POSSIBLE COURT ACTION ON ROE
VERSUS WADE. AND GUN CONTROL.
THE U. S HOUSE INVESTIGATION
INTO THE JANUARY 6TH ATTACK ON
CAPITOL HILL WILL BE IN THE
PRIMETIME SPOTLIGHT TOMORROW.
TODAY A BUNCH OF GROUPS
CONCERNED ABOUT ELECTIONS HERE
IN MICHIGAN ARE SPEAKING OUT
ABOUT WHY WE SHOULD BE PAYING
ATTENTION. THEY SAY THIS
INVESTIGATION ISN’T JUST ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST, BUT
ALSO COULD AFFECT MICHIGAN’S
FUTURE. PAULA TUTMAN WORKING
THAT STORY FOR US IN DOWNTOWN
DETROIT. PAULA HI, KAREN. HI,
EVERYBODY. YEAH SO YOU MAY
REMEMBER THAT SO CALLED STOP THE
STEAL RALLY THAT HAPPENED HERE.
THIS IS NOW CALLED HUNTING IN
PLACE. EVERYBODY KNOWS IT IS
KOBO. IT WAS TCF BACK THEN HAD
ABSOLUTELY NO BASIS. AND INDEED
, MICHIGAN PLAYS REALLY A
PIVOTAL PART IN THOSE HEARINGS
THAT START TOMORROW. IT PLAYED
OUT ON LIVE TELEVISION FOR
ANYONE WHO CARED TO LOOK THE
DEADLY JANUARY 6TH STORMING OF
THE CAPITAL IN AN EFFORT TO
OVERTURN THE ELECTION OF JOE
BIDEN TO KEEP DONALD TRUMP IN
OFFICE BY SEVERAL 1000 OF HIS
ARDENT SUPPORTERS TODAY, THOUGH,
PROVEN TIME AND TIME AND TIME
AGAIN IN MANY OF THE HIGHEST
COURTS IN THE LAND. THAT THE
ELECTION WAS INDEED FREE, FAIR
AND DEMOCRATIC. ALL HAS NOT BEEN
SAID OR SEEN. BUT WILL BE
AVAILABLE WHEN THE JANUARY 6TH
COMMISSION HOLDS PUBLIC
PRIMETIME HEARINGS TO PRESENT
ITS CASE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
, OR AT LEAST THOSE WHO CARE TO
SEE AND LISTEN. I’M GLAD TO SEE
THEIR FINALLY HAPPENING BECAUSE
I THINK THERE’S A LOT OF CRIMES
THAT HAVE OCCURRED THAT NEED TO
BE ANSWERED FOR SECOND,
EXTREMELY TOO LONG. THEY SHOULD
HAVE HAPPENED WITHIN THE FIRST
WEEK. IT WAS LIKE EXACTLY. IT’S
LIKE TWO YEARS FOR Y’ALL TO COME
UP WITH THAT DECISION, AND YOU
STILL HAVEN’T REACHED A VERDICT
OR ANYTHING TODAY, ELECTION
EXPERTS AND ADVOCATES UNDER THE
UMBRELLA OF THE BRAND DEFEND
DEMOCRACY MET TO DISCUSS WHY
THEIR DATA SHOWS THIS NATION IS
AT A RAZOR THIN CROSSROADS FOR
THE MORE THAN 200 YEAR OLD
EXPERIMENT THAT IS AMERICAN
DEMOCRACY. PARTICULARLY HERE IN
MICHIGAN, WHERE VOTE COUNTING
WAS UNDER ATTACK AT THE TCF
CENTER AND REPUBLICAN ELECTORS
THREATENED TO NOT CERTIFY
MICHIGAN’S RESULTS. TRUMP
CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS LED BY RUDY
GIULIANI OVERSAW EFFORTS TO PUT
FORWARD A SLATE OF 16
ILLEGITIMATE ELECTORS IN
MICHIGAN MEGA REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE FOR MICHIGAN SECRETARY
OF STATE CHRISTINA CAR MONO HAS
FREQUENTLY ALLEGED ELECTION
FRAUD. FOX TELEVISION IN
PARTICULAR, IS NOT AIRING THE
HEARINGS. OTHER REPUBLICANS ARE
DOWNPLAYING THE HEARINGS OR
IGNORING THEM ENTIRELY. THE
REPUBLICAN RUNNING FOR THE
OFFICE OF ELECTION GATEKEEPER,
CHRISTINA KARAMO, A TRUMP ALLY
RUNNING FOR SECRETARY OF STATE,
WHO SENT AN EMAIL THROUGH AN
AIDE THAT SHE WAS TOO BUSY TO
CONTRIBUTE HER VOICE TO THIS
STORY. MATT DE PARA, NO RUNNING
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL ALSO
DECLINED A REQUEST FOR AN
INTERVIEW. NUMEROUS AUDITS AND
REVIEWS HAVE SUPPORTED THE
INTEGRITY OF THE ENTIRE PROCESS
IN MICHIGAN, EVEN AS AMERICANS
TURNED OUT IN RECORD NUMBERS TO
LET THEIR VOICES BE HEARD IN THE
2020 ELECTION. THIS MOMENT IS
THE EQUIVALENT OF A FIVE ALARM
FIRE. THAT MEANS WE NEED ALL
HANDS ON DECK. YOU KNOW WHAT,
AND IT’S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR OUR AUDIENCE TO KNOW AND
UNDERSTAND THAT I ALSO REACHED
OUT TO THE MICHIGAN GOP OFFICE
BY PHONE, TEXT AND EMAIL DID NOT
HEAR ANYTHING BACK FROM THEM. WE
ARE TRYING TO FIND TRUMP PRO
TRUMP. I SHOULD SAY REPUBLICANS
TO TALK TO US ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
THEY DIDN’T FOR THIS STORY,
KAREN. WE SURE DO APPRECIATE YOU
TRYING, PAULA. THANK YOU. NBC
WILL BE COVERING THE FIRST
PUBLIC HEARING TOMORROW NIGHT.
STARTING AT EIGHT IS SCHEDULED
TO LAST FOR TWO HOURS. THEN YOU
SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE AN EPISODE