LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE BATTLE
OVER REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN
MICHIGAN AND FOLDING ALL DAY IN
A PONTIAC COURTROOM. THE HEARING
IS WRAPPED UP IN THE JUDGE IN
THE CASE, SAYS HIS DECISION WILL
COME TOMORROW MORNING AT 10 30
THAT COMES AFTER A DAY AND A
HALF OF RATHER EXHAUSTED BACK
AND FORTH FROM A NUMBER OF
ATTORNEYS OVER AN INJUNCTION
THAT PREVENTS COUNTY PROSECUTORS
IN MICHIGAN FROM CHARGING UNDER
THE STATE’S 1931 BAN ON
ABORTIONS. GRANT HERMES LIVE IN
PONTIAC GRANT. THE JUDGE HAS A
LOT TO GO OVER HERE IN JUST A
FEW HOURS. DE’VEON KIMBERLY A
FULL DAY AND A HALF OF HEARING
WITNESS TESTIMONY. AND TODAY
SOME OF THE MOST DRAMATIC
STATEMENTS THAT WE HAVE HEARD IN
COURT SO FAR. DAY TWO IN COURT
IN OAKLAND COUNTY, WITH
WITNESSES BACK ON THE STAND
FIRST UP THE LAWYERS FOR
GOVERNOR, GRETCHEN WIMMER,
CALLING TO THE STAND OF WEST
MICHIGAN DOCTOR WHO SAYS SHE’S
WORRIED ABOUT TREATING
SITUATIONS LIKE ECTOPIC
PREGNANCIES AND SOME TYPES OF
MISCARRIAGES. IT CREATES A
SIGNIFICANT AREA OF CONCERN,
WHEREAS THE STANDARD OF CARE TO
WHICH PHYSICIANS ARE ACCUSTOMED
TO AND TRAINED TO PERFORM, COULD
POTENTIALLY BY MEETING THAT
STANDARD OF CARE. PHYSICIANS
COULD POTENTIALLY BE EXPOSED TO
CRIMINAL LIABILITY, BUT IT WAS
MOSTLY A DAY FOR THE LAWYERS FOR
THE DEFENDANTS. 13 PROSECUTORS
BEING SUED BY THE GOVERNOR,
CALLING THEIR WITNESSES,
INCLUDING A CONTROVERSIAL
RESEARCHER, PRISCILLA KERRY
COLEMAN, WHOSE RESEARCH HAS BEEN
CALLED INTO QUESTION BY MAJOR
MEDICAL GROUPS AND COURTS, WHEN
WOMEN HAVE AN ABORTION COMPARED
TO A BIRTH OR NOT HAVING A
REPRODUCTIVE OUTCOME. THERE’S AN
81% INCREASED RISK FOR MENTAL
HEALTH PROBLEMS, AND TEMPERS
FLARED AS THERE ARE OTHER
WITNESS IN MICHIGAN G Y N WHO
SAID WOMEN SHOULD ENJOY THEIR
PREGNANCIES, EVEN IN INSTANCES
OF RAPE OR INCEST. THESE ARE NOT
PROPER OBJECTIONS, YOUR HONOR.
HE’S HARASSING MY CLIENT. HE
COULD DISAGREE WITH QUESTIONS ON
CROSS EXAMINATION GAS THAT’S NOT
AN ANSWER, AND THERE HAS NOT
BEEN A CHANCE FOR THE WITNESSES.
QUESTION MR KALMAN, PLEASE DO
NOT INTERRUPT ME WHILE I’M
SPEAKING. YOU SORRY, YOUR HONOR,
HEATED SECOND DAY IN COURT WITH
THE RULING YET TO BE MADE. AND
AS YOU HEARD THAT RULING IS
EXPECTED TO COME DOWN AT 10 30.
TOMORROW WE’LL BE BACK IN COURT
TO BRING YOU THE VERY LATEST
DETAILS, BUT FIRST COMING UP AT
SIX OCLOCK, YOU WILL HEAR THE
CLOSING ARGUMENTS FROM BOTH
SIDES HERE AS THEY MAKE THEIR
CASE ONE LAST TIME TO THE JUDGE
BEFORE HE MAKES THAT RULING
TOMORROW MORNING IN PONTIAC
GRANT HERMES LOCAL 4 I GRANT
BACK TO YOU COMING UP AT SIX
O’CLOCK. NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
WATER MAIN BREAK THAT’S FORCING
130,000 METRO DETROITERS TO BOIL
THEIR WATER. LET’S BRING YOU UP
TO DATE ON WHAT’S HAPPENING
TODAY, CONCRETE PADS BEING
POURED UNDER THE EXISTING PIPE.
THAT’S TO STABILIZE IT SO THAT
IT CAN BE REPLACED. THAT HAS TO
BE DONE BY TUESDAY, WHEN 48 FT
OF NEW PIPE WILL BE TRUCKED IN
GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY SAYS
THEY STILL EXPECT TO HAVE THE
MAIN BACK UP AND RUNNING BY
SEPTEMBER, 3RD AND AS THOSE
130,000 PEOPLE ANXIOUSLY AWAIT
FOR THE MAIN TO BE FIXED. HELP
ME HANK IS TEAMING UP WITH
KROGER TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL
TO HELP THEM OUT. HANK IS LIVE
IN SHELBY TOWNSHIP TONIGHT TO
HELP DONATE WATER TO PEOPLE WHO
NEED IT. HEY KIMBERLY! DEVIN
GOOD EVENING. TO BOTH OF YOU.
THIS IS WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT.
GOOD, SAFE, CLEAN WATER. WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT THOUSANDS OF
BOTTLES OF WATER. A PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN LOCAL 4 HELP ME, HANK
AND KROGER. WE HAVE ONE GOAL. IT
IS GETTING THAT WATER TO THOSE
WHO NEED IT NOW. ALRIGHT THIS IS
BIG 1500 CASES 30,000 BOTTLES OF
WATER AND I HAVE ONE GOAL TODAY
GETTING THIS WATER TO PEOPLE
HERE AFFECTED BY THE BOIL. WATER
ADVISORIES WERE IN NEIGHBORHOODS
, APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, NURSING
HOMES AND MOBILE HOME PARKS
RIGHT NOW, DO YOU JUST YOU TAKE
THE WATER THEN AND YOU JUST BOIL
IT. YOU HAVE TO LET IT BOIL.
WHISTLE THROUGH IT. AND THEN
I’LL MAKE COFFEE IN THE MORNING,
AND THAT’S WHEN I START BOILING
WATER THREE OR FOUR TIMES A DAY
. THIS AFTERNOON, I MEET LINDA.
NO CAR FIXED INCOME. NO WAY TO
GET BOTTLED WATER JUGS. I FEEL
WITH WATER TO HAVE A CASE RIGHT
THERE. AND THEN I MEET THERESA.
SHE RUNS THIS LARGE MOBILE HOME
COMMUNITY HERE IN SHELBY
TOWNSHIP HERE WILL MAKE SURE
EVERY SINGLE PERSON GETS AT
LEAST ONE CASE OF WATER. WE
ALREADY HAVE SOME THAT HAVE BEEN
ASKING. SO WE BUILT UP THE GOLF
CART, TOO. HAVE THEM SO WE CAN
DELIVER THOSE TO THEM. I’M
GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL FOR DOING
WELL, GOOD. I’M GLAD WE COULD
HELP OUT BECAUSE IT’S ALL ABOUT
JUST MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE
WATER THAT THEY NEED. NEXT UP
23, THE QUINTER AND A BIG
DELIVERY TO ONE OF THE AREA’S
LARGEST DEPARTMENT COMMUNITIES.
THIS IS ALL HAPPENING BECAUSE OF
A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HELP ME.
HANK AND KROGER. BOTH COMMITTED
TO MAKING SURE WE HELP THOSE WHO
NEED IT AND NEED IT RIGHT NOW,
WHEN THIS OPPORTUNITY CAME TO US
TO PARTNER WITH CHANNEL FOUR GET
OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES. HIT THE
DIRT AND HELP DISTRIBUTE SOME OF
THE WATER TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
AFFECTED BY THIS WATER CRISIS.
WE WANT TO JUMP UP RIGHT AT THE
OPPORTUNITY. A BIG THANK YOU TO
KROGER. WE HAVE PEOPLE ALL OVER
THE AREA RIGHT NOW IN WASHINGTON
TOWNSHIP, BRUCE TOWNSHIP, KROGER
CREWS AND THE TRUCKS. THEY’VE
BEEN ROLLING. SO WHAT WE’VE BEEN
DOING IF YOU’RE NOT HOME, YOU
MAY COME HOME. YOU MAY FIND THAT
BOTTLE OF WATER ON THE DOORSTEP.
WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING JUST TO
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS
ACCESS TO GOOD, CLEAN, SAFE
WATER. WE’LL SEE YOU BACK HERE
LIVE AT SIX O’CLOCK. FOR NOW.
WE’RE HERE IN SHELBY TOWNSHIP.
HANK WINCHESTER, HELP ME HAVE A
GREAT THING TO DO FOR THAT
COMMUNITY. HANK. WE APPRECIATE
IT. WE’LL SEE AGAIN AT SIX. NOW
TO WHAT HAS BEEN A BEAUTIFUL DAY
ALL ACROSS METRO DETROIT AGAIN.
THAT’S A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE FROM
HER AND ARBOR SKY CAM, AND WE
JUST NEED TO KEEP IT GOING INTO
THE WEEKEND AND WE WISH WE COULD
LET’S GET OVER KIM ADAMS. WE
AREN’T SEEING THOSE STORMS LIKE
WE SAW YESTERDAY THE DAY BEFORE
THAT, SO THAT’S GOOD. NO, NOT AT
ALL. WE HAVE A MUCH MORE STABLE
AIR MASS IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF
MEASURE DETROIT SO WE ARE GOING
TO STAY DRY, WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF ONE LITTLE CELL THAT JUST
POPPED UP HERE DOWN IN MONROE,
AND IT’S MOVING RIGHT ALONG
NORTH CUSTER ROAD, SO COMING UP
IN THE FORECAST. WE’LL GET A
LITTLE BIT TIGHTER THERE FOR YOU
AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT CELL.
IT’S NOT A SEVERE STORM IS JUST
A LITTLE DOWNPOUR, BUT IT’S
INCREDIBLY ISOLATED AS MOST
AREAS RIGHT NOW ARE DRY WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER
SEVENTIES, TOO. LOW EIGHTIES 81
AT CITY AIRPORT 84 NOW AT METRO
THE HIGH TODAY WAS 85 THIS
EVENING LOOKS REALLY NICE WITH
PLEASANT CONDITIONS ALL THE WAY
THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WHAT ABOUT
THAT WEEKEND FORECAST? I’LL HAVE
IT FOR YOU COMING UP HERE IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES. THANK YOU.
PROSECUTORS HAVE RESTED THEIR
CASE IN THE RETRIAL FOR TWO MEN
CHARGED WITH PLOTTING TO KIDNAP
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER.
TODAY’S TESTIMONY FOCUSED ON
EXPLOSIVES. AN FBI AGENT WHO
WORKED UNDERCOVER TOLD JURORS
THE MEN TALKED ABOUT DESTROYING
TWO BRIDGES, ONE IN THE ELK
RAPIDS AREA AND ONE NEAR THE
GOVERNOR’S VACATION HOME. THE
FBI AGENT KNOWN AS RED SAYS THE
GOAL WAS TO SLOW DOWN THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE. ADAM FOX
AND BARRY CROFT ARE ON TRIAL FOR
A SECOND TIME ON CONSPIRACY
CHARGES. THE DEFENSE NOW TAKES
OVER WITH CLOSING ARGUMENTS
HAPPENING AS SOON AS TOMORROW.
TODAY A FEDERAL JUDGE PUT IN
MOTION THE UNSEALING OF PORTIONS
OF THE DOCUMENTS IN THE FBI
SEARCH WARRANT. FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S MAR A LAGO HOME COMES AS
A FORMER TRUMP ORGANIZATION
EXECUTIVE WAS SENTENCED FOR TAX
FRAUD. ALICE BAR IN WASHINGTON
WITH THE BIG DEVELOPMENTS FROM
COURTROOMS IN BOTH NEW YORK AND
FLORIDA, ALICE GOOD EVENING, A
TOP JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LAWYER
CALLED THE PROBABLE CAUSE
AFFIDAVIT THAT LED TO THIS
UNPRECEDENTED FBI SEARCH A
DETAILED ROADMAP OF AN
INVESTIGATION THAT’S STILL IN
ITS EARLY STAGES. THE MOUNTING
LEGAL TROUBLES SURROUNDING
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ON
DISPLAY TODAY IN TWO SEPARATE
COURTROOMS IN FLORIDA FEDERAL
JUDGE DECIDING A KEY QUESTION
ABOUT THOSE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS
THE FBI SEIZED FROM THE FORMER
PRESIDENT’S MARA LAGO HOME, THE
JUDGE, SAYING HE BELIEVES
PORTIONS OF THE AFFIDAVIT
JUSTIFYING THE SEARCH COULD BE
UNSEALED AND ORDERING THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO FILE WHAT
IT WANTS REDACTED BY NEXT
THURSDAY. JUDGE BRUCE REINHARDT
. HEARING ARGUMENTS FROM MEDIA
ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING NBC
NEWS, WHO HAVE PRESSED FOR THE
AFFIDAVIT TO BE RELEASED BECAUSE
OF PUBLIC INTEREST. THE TRUMP
LEGAL TEAM HAS NOT FORMALLY
JOINED THAT PUSH DESPITE HIM AND
HIS ALLIES MAKING PUBLIC DEMANDS
WE WANT IT RELEASED. WE WANT
FULL AND COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY
FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, ARGUING THAT
RELEASE WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY
COMPROMISED ITS ONGOING CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION INTO THE FORMER
PRESIDENT’S HANDLING OF
SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS THAT FEDERAL
PROSECUTORS SAID TODAY IS IN ITS
EARLY STAGES. AND PUT KEY
WITNESSES AT RISK THEIR NATIONAL
SECURITY INTERESTS THEIR
CRIMINAL INTERESTS THEIR
CONCERNS ABOUT WITNESSES.
MEANWHILE IN NEW YORK TODAY, THE
EX CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF
THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION WEISBERG
PLEADING GUILTY TO TAX FRAUD
CHARGES IN A CASE INVOLVING THE
COMPANY’S BUSINESS DEALINGS. HE
HAS NOT AGREED TO TESTIFY
AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. THE FORMER
PRESIDENT PROFITING FROM HIS
PROBLEMS EVERY MOMENT WHERE
DONALD TRUMP’S NAME IS IN THE
NEWS ON ANY SUBJECT IS A MOMENT
TO RAISE MONEY FOR DONALD TRUMP
. THE WASHINGTON POST REPORTS.
HE HAS BEEN FUNDRAISING OFF THE
FBI SEARCH, BRINGING IN NEARLY A
MILLION DOLLARS A DAY LAST WEEK.
GOING BACK TO THE MARA LAGO
SEARCH AND ARGUING TO PROTECT
WITNESSES. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS
REFERENCED THE POLITICAL
ENVIRONMENT, CALLING THIS
VOLATILE SITUATION. IN FACT, THE
JUDGE PRESIDING TODAY HAS FACED
DEATH THREATS IN WASHINGTON.
ALICE BAR LOCAL 4, OKAY, ALICE,
FBI AGENTS REMOVED 11 SETS OF
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS FROM THE
FLORIDA STATE. SOME OF THEM WERE
MARKED TOP SECRET. THE COURT
RECORDS DO NOT GIVE US DETAILS
ABOUT THE INFORMATION INSIDE THE
DOCUMENTS ABOUT THIS, YOU COULD
POSSIBLY CAN A GLIMPSE OF THE
NORTHERN LIGHTS THIS WEEK. THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS
SPACE WEATHER ACTIVITY SHOWS WE
MAY BE ABLE TO SEE THE LIGHTS
ACROSS MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW, EXPERTS SAY. THE BEST
WAY TO SEE THEM IS BY LOOKING
NORTH AND DIMMING THE LIGHTS AT
NIGHTTIME COOL SHOW. MUCH MORE
TO COME ON THIS THURSDAY,
SHAWN LEY I HEART DOGS. THAT’S
AN ANIMAL RESCUE RIGHT HERE IN
THE MORNING. THEY ARE WORKING TO
SAVE THE LIFE OF THIS PRECIOUS
PUP, SOMEONE SO COLDHEARTED,
CAUSING SUCH PAINFUL INJURIES TO
THIS DOG, HOWEVER, THAT COLD
HEARTEDNESS OPENING HEARTS OF
PEOPLE ALL ACROSS METRO DETROIT
, THEY DONATED SO MUCH MONEY THE
PAST 24 HOURS TO PAY THE BILLS
FULL UPDATE ON THIS ON LOCAL
FOOD. ALRIGHT, SEAN, ALSO LOCAL
DOCTOR’S OFFICES EXTRA BUSY
RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OF COVID
AHEAD, WE’LL SEE WHAT’S SENDING
SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR WEEKLY
LOOK AT WHAT’S GOING AROUND. BUT
I DO NOT WANT IS YOU KNOW ANY
EVICTION BECAUSE THAT WILL MAKE
IT EVEN HARDER FOR ME TO FIND
SOMETHING ELSE TO RENT OR BUY A
TOUGH HOUSING MARKET FOR THOSE
LOOKING TO BUY A HOME, BUT
RENTAL RATES HAVE INCREASED AS
WELL. SO WHAT DO YOU DO NOT TO
BE FRUSTRATED ABOUT IT? BUT IT’S
KIND OF HARD NOT TO BE
EVROD CASSIMY COMING UP. SHE HAS
JUST SIX WEEKS TO FIND A NEW
PLACE TO RENT. EXPERTS ARE
SHARING SOME TIPS FOR THOSE