>> Announcer: LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT, HOME OF
WDIV AND CLICKONDETROIT.COM,
LOCAL 4 NEWS THE NOON STARTS
NOW.
NOW. >>>
BATTLE LINES DRAWN. ON THE EVE OF THE HISTORIC
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL, THE FIGHT
OVER EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES
INTENSIFIES.
INTENSIFIES. >> THIS WHOLE COUNTRY
WHETHER THERE HOLD BE
WITNESSES IS REALLY A
QUESTION OF DOES THE SENATE
WANT TO HAVE A FAIR TRIAL OR
ARE THEY PART OF THE
COVER-UP OF THE PRESIDENT?
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FATE
AND FUTURE HANGING IN THE
BALANCE.
BALANCE. >> President Trump: WE’RE
ACHIEVING WHAT NO
ADMINISTRATION HAS EVER
ACHIEVED BEFORE.
ACHIEVED BEFORE. AND WHEN DO I GET OUT OF IT?
TELL ME?
TELL ME? I GET IMPEACHED.
>> NEW AT NOON WHERE THE
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL NEGOTIATIONS STAND.
NEGOTIATIONS STAND. >>> BUT FIRST, DETROIT
POLICE SEARCH FOR THE PERSON
OR PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR A
DOUBLE HOMICIDE THIS
MORNING.
MORNING. THAT TOPS OUR NEWSCAST HERE
AT NOON.
AT NOON. YOU ARE LOOKING AT VIDEO
FROM THE SCENE.
POLICE RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT
A CAR THAT HAD HIT A FENCE.
IT HAPPENED JUST AFTER 2:00
THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING. THE RESPONDING OFFICERS
FOUND ONE MAN DEAD OUTSIDE
THE CAR, A SECOND MAN DEAD
INSIDE THE CAR.
BOTH SUFFERED APPARENT
GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
GUNSHOT WOUNDS. IT HAPPENED ON THE EAST SIDE
IN THE AREA OF WALT HAM AND
EASTWOOD STREETS UP NEAR
SEVEN MILE.
SEVEN MILE. VICTOR WILLIAMS IS THERE.
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE
TO FIND OUT?
>> Reporter: YEAH, GOOD
MORNING.
MORNING. THIS IS WHERE THAT CAR
CRASHED RIGHT INTO THE FENCE
OVER THERE.
OVER THERE. NEIGHBORS THEY CALLED THE
COPS AND WHEN THE COPS
ARRIVED THEY FOUND SOMETHING
MORE SERIOUS.
MORE SERIOUS. THEY FOUND A BODY ON THE
OUTSIDE AND A BODY ON THE
INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WITH
MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
DETROIT POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING THE OVERNIGHT
MURDER OF TWO MEN IN THE
AREA OF BARLOW AND EASTWOOD
STREET.
STREET. SOMEONE CALLED 911 MONDAY
MORNING TO REPORT THE SINGLE
VEHICLE CRASH AROUND 2:00
A.M. BUT WHEN OFFICERS
ARRIVED THEY FOUND THE
BODIES OF TWO MEN BELIEVED
TO BE IN THEIR 30s WITH
MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
OFFICERS BLOCKED OFF
SURROUNDING STREETS FOR
HOURS AS PEOPLE NEARBY
STARTED TO COME OUT OF THEIR
HOMES REALIZING SOMETHING
WAS WRONG.
WAS WRONG. >> ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WAS
LOCAL MINISTER RAYMOND
HARRIS WHO SAW A WOMAN
GRIEVING, DISTRAUGHT OVER
THE LOSS OF HER BEST FRIEND.
>> SHE WAS DISTRAUGHT.
IT WAS SAD.
FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MY
MIND IS THIS, WERE THEY
SAVED?
SAVED? WERE THEY CHRISTIAN, DID
THEY KNOW THE LORD?
THAT’S ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT.
THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS HERE.
WE’RE NOT SURE IF THESE TWO
MINUTE -- MEN MAYBE SHOT AT
EACH OR WERE IN THE CAR
AFTER BEING SHOT ON THE AT.
THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT
MINISTER RAYMOND HARRIS DID
THAT SHOCKED A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT WAS OUT HERE.
YOU GUYS WILL SEE THAT
COMING UP AT 5:00.
SOMETHING THAT HE DID TO
HELP THE FAMILIES OF THE
VICTIMS.
VICTIMS. REPORTING LIVE, VICTOR
WILLIAM, LOCAL 4.
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
DEFENSE TEAM AND HOUSE
DEMOCRATIC IMPEACHMENT
DEMOCRATIC IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS HAVE FILED THEIR
TRIAL BRIEFS.
TRIAL BRIEFS. TOMORROW AFTERNOON, THE
NATION’S THIRD SENATE
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF THE
UNITED STATES PRESIDENT
BEGINSMENT NOW WE DON’T KNOW
HOW LONG THIS TRAIL IS GOING
TO LAST.
TO LAST. BUT ACCORDING TO SENATOR
MITCH McCONNELL.
MITCH McCONNELL. THE SENATE WILL WORK SIX
DAYS A WEEK TO MOVE THE
TRIAL ALONG QUICKLY.
A STRATEGIES OF BOTH SIDES
ARE COMING INTO FOCUS.
BUT THE BIG QUESTION REMAINS
WILL WITNESSES BE CALLED.
WITH THE START OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S IMPEACHMENT TRIAL
TOMORROW, THE SENATE
MAJORITY AND MINORITY
LEADERS ARE STILL BATTLING
OVER THE RULES.
>> WHY IS McCONNELL BEING SO
SECRETIVE ABOUT HIS
PROPOSAL?
PROPOSAL? HE’S AFRAID THAT MORE
DAMNING EVIDENCE WILL COME
TO LIGHT.
TO LIGHT. >> Reporter: HOUSE
IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS
IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS AMPLIFYING THE DEMOCRATS
CASE TO INCLUDE NEW
WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE.
>> THIS WHOLE CONTROVERSY
ABOUT WHETHER THERE SHOULD
BE WITNESSES IS REALLY A
QUESTION OF DOES THE SENATE
WANT TO HAVE A FAIR TRIAL OR
ARE THEY PART OF THE
COVER-UP OF THE PRESIDENT?
>> Reporter: BUT MOST
REPUBLICANS SEEM FOCUSED ON
ACQUITTING THE PRESIDENT
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY. >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN
THE HISTORY WHERE A
PRESIDENT HAS BEEN IMPEACHED
FOR A NONCRIME FOR EVENTS
THAT NEVER OCCURRED.
THIS IS REALLY UNIQUE AND I
THINK EVERY SENATOR WILL
TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.
>> Reporter: TRUMP ALLY
SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM
THAT’S THAT’S WHAT THE
PRESIDENT WANTS TOO.
>> HIS MOOD IS TO GO TO THE
STATE OF THE UNION WITH THIS
BEHIND HIM AND TALK ABOUT
WHAT HE WANTS TO DO FOR THE
REST OF 20 THINK WHAT HE
WANTS TO DO FOR THE NEXT
OUR YEARS.
OUR YEARS. >> Reporter: STILL MODERATE
REPUBLICANS LIKE SENATOR
LISA MERKOWSKI ARE WAITING
FOR THINGS TO BEGIN
EMPHASIZING HER DECISION FOR
A FAIR TRIAL.
>> I DON’T WANT THIS
PROCEEDING TO BE A CIRCUS.
I DON’T WANT IT TO BE VIEWED
AS A MOCKERY OR KANGAROO
COURT.
COURT. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S LEGAL TEAM FILING
FORMAL RESPONSES TO THE
SENATE’S SUM ONS GIVING THE
VERY FIRST GLIMPSE AN
EXAMPLE OF POISONOUS PART
PARTNERSHIP.
PARTNERSHIP. PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO
RECRUITING HIGH-PROFILE
RECRUITING HIGH-PROFILE DEFENSE LAWYER ALAN
DERSHOWITZ TO MAKE HIS CASE.
>> I WILL BE ADVOCATING
AGAINST IMPEACHMENT OF THIS
PRESIDENT BASED ON THE
CONSTITUTIONAL CRITERIA IN
THE CONSTITUTION.
THE CONSTITUTION. >> Reporter: HOUSE DEMOCRATS
ONCE AGAIN HIGHLIGHTING WHY
THEY BELIEVE PRESIDENT TRUMP
SHOULD BE ULTIMATELY REMOVED
FROM OFFICE.
FROM OFFICE. THEY FILED THEIR OWN 111
PAGE TRIAL BRIEF CALLING
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CONDUCT
"THE FRAMER’S WORST
NIGHTMARE."
NIGHTMARE." >> THE MERE IDEA THIS WOULD
HAVE APPALLED THE FOUNDERS
WHO WERE WORRIED ABOUT
EXACTLY THAT KIND OF
SOLICITATION OF FOREIGN
INTERFERENCE IN AN ELECTION
FOR A PERSONAL BENEFIT, THE
DANGER IT IMPOSES TO
NATIONAL SECURITY THAT GOES
TO THE VERY HEART OF WHAT
THE FRAMERS INTENDED TO BE
IMPEACHABLE.
IMPEACHABLE. >> Reporter: AS THE TRIAL
OPENS PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL
BE AT THE WORLD KMIK FORUM
IN -- WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
IN DAVOS, SWITZERLAND.
>>> LET’S TALK SOME WEATHER.
IT IS SUNNY BUT COLD OUT
THERE.
THERE. WITH RETAKING A LIVE LOOK
OUTSIDE THROUGH OUR MT.
CLEMENS SKYCAM.
CLEMENS SKYCAM. BRANDON R WE GOING TO SEE A
WARMUP ANY TIME SOON?
>> SLOWLY BUT SURELY, STEVE
NOT SO MUCH TODAY.
MAYBE ONLY A FEW MORE
DEGREES FROM WHAT WE SEE AND
IT LOOKS LIKE IT SHOULD BE
WARMER THAN IT IS.
THE SUN IS OUT ON THIS
M.L.K. DAY BUT THAT SNOW
CERTAINLY DOESN’T HELP.
WE HAVE ANTARCTIC AIR MASS
THAT WE’RE ENJOYING OR
PRESIDENT, BUT LOWER 20s
WITH WINDS OUT OF THE
NORTHWEST THAT ARE FIVE TO
10.
10. AND WIND CHILLS PRIMARILY IN
THE TEENS THE REST OF THE
DAY.
DAY. MAY DIP INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS IN A FEW SPOTS.
BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, IT’S
TOUGH TO GET OUT THERE AND
ENJOY THE SNOW.
JUST MAKE SURE THE KIDS ARE
BUNDLED UP AND LAYERED UP.
WE HAVE MIDDLE 20s OUTSIDE
YOUR DOOR.
YOUR DOOR. A FEW MORE CLOUDS PARTS OF
OUR WEST AND NORTH ZONE WITH
THAT NORTHWEST WIND.
BUT STEVE, WITH DO HAVE
WARMER NUMBERS IN THE SEVEN
DAY.
DAY. AND ANOTHER WEEKEND SNOW
CHANCE COMING UP.
>>> A SEISMIC IMPACT.
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
TOUCHED THE LIVES OF
BILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND
THE WORLD AND TODAY WE HONOR
HIS LEGACY.
HIS LEGACY. >> WE’VE GOT SOME DIFFICULT
DAYS AHEAD BUT IT REALLY
DOESN’T MATTER WITH ME NOW
BECAUSE I’VE BEEN TO THE
MOUNTAINTOP.
MOUNTAINTOP. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
I DON’T MIND, LIKE ANYBODY I
WOULD LIKE TO LIVE A LONG
LIFE, LONGEVITY HAS ITS
PLACE BUT I’M PRESIDENT
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT NOW, --
BUM NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT
NOW I JUST WANT TO DO GOD’S
WILL.
WILL. >> Reporter: HOW PEOPLE ARE
CELEBRATING HIS DEDICATION
TO JUSTICE AND EQUALITY.
>> THIS YEAR MARTIN LUTHER
KING DAY FALLS ON JANUARY
20th, TODAY, THE SAME DATE
THAT THE HOLIDAY FIRST
OBSERVED BACK IN 1986.
FOLKS ACROSS METRO DETROIT
ARE OBSERVING THIS SPECIAL
DAY.
DAY. ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, THE
11th ANNUAL M.L.K. LEGACY
MARCH BEGAN AT M.L.K. SENIOR
HIGH SCHOOL IN DETROIT.
KIM DIJULIO IS THERE LIVE
WITH A LOOK AT THIS VERY
SPECIAL EVENT.
SPECIAL EVENT. KIM.
KIM. >> HEY, STEVE, THAT’S RIGHT.
ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT BEHIND
SCHEDULE BECAUSE THEY WERE
DOING THINGS IN SCHOOL.
THEY ACTUALLY JUST KICKED
THIS OFF.
THIS OFF. YOU CAN SEE THE END OF THAT
MARVEL NOW JOINING ME LIVE
TO TALK ABOUT IT IS THE
CLASS PRESIDENT OF MARTIN
LUTHER KING HIGH SCHOOL.
WITH WE HAVE CARRINGTON WITH
US.
US. CARRINGTON WHO DO WE HAVE
MARCHING TODAY TO CELEBRATE
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
>> TODAY WE HAVE SORORITIES
AND FRATERNITIES, WE HAVE
THE STUDENTS OF MARTIN
LUTHER KING, WE HAVE THE
PRINCIPALS WITH WE HAVE A
LOT OF VOLUNTEERS, AND WE’RE
JUST HERE JUST TO LIVE THE
LEGACY ON.
LEGACY ON. >> Reporter: IT’S
EXCITINGING, IT’S POWERFUL
IT’S VERY MOVING AS WELL.
NOW TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS
MEANS TO YOU AND ALSO CAN
YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT WAS
GOING INSIDE OF THIS SCHOOL
WHAT WAS GOING ON INSIDE OF
THE SCHOOL.
THE SCHOOL. THAT SOUNDED REALLY NEAT AS
WELL?
WELL? >> TO ME THIS MEANS THAT WE
ALL HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AS
ONE FOR WHAT DR. MARTIN
LUTHER KING DID FOR US FOR
WHAT JOHN CONYERS DID FOR US
AND EVERYTHING THEY FOUGHT
FOR.
FOR. WHERE MY ANCESTORS AND MANY
OTHER ANCESTORS CAME FROM
AND WHAT THEY’VE GONE
THROUGH.
THROUGH. INSIDE WE HAD A TOUR FOR
EVERYONE WHO WANTED TO COME
OUT AND JOIN US.
WE HAD A TOUR WHERE IT WAS
SHOWING WHAT PEOPLE BACK
THEN ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH
AND HOW THEY WERE TREATED.
WE HAD THE VOTINGING
SECTION.
SECTION. WE HAD THE SLAVERY SECTION, WE
HAD THE COURT SECTION THEN
WE JUST HAD A LOT OF
EXHIBITS TO SHOW THE REAL
TRUTH TO GIVE PEOPLE THE
IDEA OF WHAT EXACTLY WE WENT
THROUGH AND WHY WE’RE HERE
TODAY.
TODAY. >> Reporter: THANK YOU SO
MUCH CARRINGTON.
MUCH CARRINGTON. LET’S GET BACK TO MARCHING
NOW.
NOW. I INTO ECTO SOME STUDENTS
EARLIER THEY SAID WHAT WENT
-- I SPOKE TO SOME STUDENTS
EARLIER THEY SAID WHAT WENT
ON EARLIER WAS A GREAT WAY
TO CELEBRATE MARTIN LUTHER
KING, JR.
KING, JR. KIM DIJULIO, LOCAL 4.
>> THANK YOU, KIM.
>>> THIS MORNING GOVERNOR
GRETCHEN WHITMER ADDRESSED
THE MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE.
THE GOVERNOR SAID AMERICANS
SHOULD NOT ONLY HONOR THE
WORK DR. KING DID WHEN HE
LIVED BUT CONTINUE HIS WORKS
IN OUR PUBLIC LIFE TODAY.
>> THE AT SPIRRATIONS AND
VISIONS OF -- THE
ASPIRATIONS AND VISIONS OF
DR. KING IT’S NOT JUST
POLITELY A DREAM IT IS
CALLING OUT INJUSTICE.
IT IS ENSURING THAT THERE IS
A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR
EVERYONE
EVERYONE [APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE] >> TO MARK THIS IMPORTANT
HOLIDAY, PARADES, WALKS AND
EVENTS ARE HAPPENING ALL
ACROSS METRO DETROIT.
WITH HAVE A COMPLETE GUIDE
OF EVENTS POSTED ON OUR
WEBSITE CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
WEBSITE CLICKONDETROIT.COM. >>> THE MARTIN LUTHER KING
HOLIDAY RESULTS IN A NUMBER
OF GOVERNMENT OFFICE
CLOSURES TODAY.
CLOSURES TODAY. FEDERAL OFFICES ARE CLOSED
AND THAT INCLUDES THE POST
OFFICE.
OFFICE. THERE IS NO MAIL DELIVERY
TODAY.
TODAY. MOST NATIONAL BANKS ARE
CLOSED.
CLOSED. AND HERE IN MICHIGAN
SECRETARY OF STATE OFFICES
ALSO CLOSED TODAY.
>>> STILL AHEAD, ON EDGE AND
ON ALERT.
ON ALERT. POLICE IN VIRGINIA DEALING
WITH A MASSIVE CROWD AT A
GUN RIGHTS RALLY.
THIS COMES AMID FEARS IT
WOULD ATTRACT WHITE
SUPREMACISTS AND TURN
VIOLENT.
VIOLENT. WE’LL SEE WHAT OFFICIALS ARE
DOING THIS TO AVOID ANOTHER
CHARLOTTESVILLE.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. >>> BUT A MASS SHOOTING
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. A GUNMAN OPENS FIRE AT A BAR
IN KANSAS CITY.
AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE KILLED,
15 OTHERS INJURED.
THE ACTIONS OF A SECURITY
GUARD HELPED PREVENT AN EVEN