WE BEGIN WITH A LIVE LOOK AT I 6 96 BETWEEN WOODWARD AND BERMUDA , WHERE CREWS HAVE REOPENED BOTH
DIRECTIONS OF THE FREEWAY AFTER
A CRASH LEADS TO DOWNED POWER
LINES. WE’RE GLAD YOU’RE WITH
US. I’M DEVIN SCILLIAN EVERYBODY
I’M KAREN DREW IN FOR KIMBERLY
GILL TONIGHT. THAT’S SAYING YOU
JUST SAW IS A LITTLE CALMER THAN
RUSH HOUR THIS EVENING. TAKE A
LOOK RIGHT NOW TRAFFIC AT A
STANDSTILL AND WAS BACKED UP FOR
MILES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS OF THE
FREEWAY. THIS BEGAN ABOUT 5 30
CREWS HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND
THE CLOCK TO CLEAN THINGS. IS UP
. PAMPLIN IS LIVE ON THE SCENE
TONIGHT WITH THE NIGHT CAMP TIM.
I GOT HERE SHORTLY AFTER THE 1ST
911 CALLS CAME IN OF THE POWER
LINES FALLING DOWN ON THE
FREEWAY, THIS EVENING’S
COMMUNITY JUST AS QUICKLY AS HE
GOT GOING, TAKE A LOOK. THE
EMERGENCY CALL STUDY COMING IN
JUST AFTER FIVE O’CLOCK, SETTING
ROYAL OAK POLICE DASHING TO THE
SCENE OF 6, 96 AND WOODWARD. THE
ENTIRE FREEWAY NOW SHUT DOWN
AFTER THE POWER LINE CAME
TUMBLING DOWN ON THE LEFT HERE,
YOU’LL SEE THE POWER LINE ON THE
SOUTH SIDE ON THE RIGHT. THAT’S
FOR LYING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
THE FREEWAY IN THE MIDDLE.
THOUSANDS OF COMMUTERS STRANDED.
ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE TO GO. I WAS
TEXTING MY WIFE AND SHE WAS
WATCHING YOU GUYS SAYING THERE
WAS A POWER LINE DOWN SO JUST
TRYING TO BE PATIENT. YES
PATIENCE WAS THE ORDER OF THE
EVENING. ONE VEHICLE GOT STRUCK
BY THAT POWER LINE. NO INJURIES
ARE JUST MINOR DAMAGE. NOW DTE
AND EITC HOLDINGS ARE ON THE
SCENE HERE AS MICHIGAN STATE
POLICE STARTED TURNING THE
VEHICLES AROUND ALLOWING THEM A
CHANCE AT FREEDOM. FINALLY
PATIENTS PATIENTS ANOTHER KIND
AHEAD OF ME. I GOTTA GO, MAN.
YEAH, THAT WAS THAT FUNNY. HE
SAYS HE HAD DINNER WAY TO FRAME
AT HOME. SO BACK OUT HERE IF WE
LOOK UP HERE, THESE HIGH POWER
LINES, NOT THE WORK CUT OUT FOR
THEM. NOW THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE
TO STRING MORE CABLES ACROSS
FROM THAT LINE. OVER TO THAT
PYLON OVER THERE. I SUSPECT
THERE MAY BE SOME MORE FREEWAY
CLOSURES HERE IN THIS AREA, AS
THEY SAY, PLAN TO DO THAT WORK,
EVEN IF FUTURE BUT FOR NOW, 6-6
BACK OPEN YOUR MORNING COMMUTE
WILL BE GOLDEN GUYS DOWNTOWN.
ALL RIGHT, TIM. THANK GOODNESS
IT IS OPEN OUR OTHER TOP STORY.
THE WEATHER THE FOREWARN WEATHER
TEAM TRACKING RAIN MOVING INTO
SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN. JUST AS
WE FINISH WITH ONE TRAFFIC
PROBLEM. THE RAIN IS GOING TO
STICK AROUND FOR YOUR MORNING
COMMUTE. LET’S GET OVER TO
FOREWARN METEOROLOGIST KIM ADAMS
FOR MORE KIM AND NOT SNOW AS
TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE UPPER
THIRTIES, SO THERE’S A BRIGHT
SPOT TO THAT FOR THE MORNING
COMMUTE RIGHT NOW IS DRY IN
DETROIT AND WARREN, ALSO
WATERFORD AND NOVI, BUT RAINING
IN ANN ARBOR. THE RAIN IS JUST
CROSSED OVER THE MICHIGAN
BORDER, AND IT WILL INTINUSA TO
MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST. OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. IT IS
RAINING RIGHT NOW IN ANN ARBOR
AND BELLEVILLE. BUT IF YOU HEAD
UP INTO OAKLAND COUNTY, IT’S DRY
RIGHT NOW IN BLOOMFIELD HILLS,
BIRMINGHAM, BEVERLY HILLS AND
BERKELEY ALL DRY, BUT THAT WILL
CHANGE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS. THIS IS ALL TIED TO AN
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT IS
BRINGING SOME STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS JUST TO OUR SOUTH
. CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS JANUARY?
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A SEVERE
WEATHER RISK. IT IS JUST TO OUR
SOUTH IN PARTS OF CENTRAL OHIO.
BUT IT CLIPS THE OHIO BORDER
JUST AROUND MONROE RIGHT ALONG.
I 75 TOMORROW. IT’S A MARGINAL
RISK, WHICH IS THE LOWEST RISK
LEVEL BUT TO BE TALKING ABOUT IT
IN JANUARY IS PRETTY UNUSUAL. SO
HERE’S WHAT WE PLANNED FOR
TOMORROW. LITTLE RAIN IN THE
MORNING. THEN WE GET A BREAK
DURING THE MIDDAY HOURS AND THEN
AROUND FOUR OR FIVE O’CLOCK,
THAT’S WHEN WE SEE THE SHOWERS
AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING TO METRO DETROIT WITH
HIGHS IN THE UPPER FORTIES. IF
YOU WANT TO KEEP TRACK OF THE
RAIN IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THE
BEST WAY TO DO IT IS TO GO TO
YOUR FAVORITE APP STORE TYPE IN
W. D. HIV AND DOWNLOAD THE
FOREWARN WEATHER APP THAT WAY
YOU GET INTERACTIVE RADAR RIGHT
IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND AGAIN.
JUST GO TO YOUR FAVORITE APP
STORE AND DOWNLOAD THE FREE FOR
WARM WEATHER APP. ALRIGHT KIM
TONIGHT IN OAKLAND COUNTY DEPUTY
NOW UNDER REVIEW IN THE CASE OF
A MOTHER AND HER TWO YOUNG SONS
FOUND DEAD IN A FIELD SHERIFF’S
OFFICE, RELEASING A NEW TIMELINE
OF THE EVENTS THAT OUTLINE THE
CONTACT BETWEEN MONICA KENNEDY
AND DEPUTIES DAYS BEFORE THE
FAMILY’S DEATH. PAMELA OSBORNE
LIVE TONIGHT IN PONTIAC WITH
MORE ON THAT, PAM WELL. WE ARE
LIVE AT THE OAKLAND COUNTY
SHERIFF’S SUBSTATION HERE IN
PONTIAC. I MENTIONED THAT
BECAUSE THERE IS A FULL TIME
MENTAL HEALTH WORKER THAT IS
HERE AT THIS LOCATION AT ALL
TIMES. NOW, HERE’S WHAT ELSE WE
LEARNED ON FRIDAY, A RELATIVE OF
MONICA KENNEDY ACTUALLY CAME
HERE TO THE SUBSTATION TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO GO ABOUT GETTING HER
THE HELP THAT SHE NEEDED AS SHE
WAS DOING THAT ANOTHER DEPUTY
WAS OUT LOOKING FOR A WOMAN AND
CHILDREN. IN THAT WE’RE NOT
DRESSED FOR THE COLD, NOT
REALIZING SHE WAS THE ONE
EXPERIENCING. A MENTAL HEALTH
EMERGENCY. IN A TRAGEDY.
EVERYBODY QUESTIONS. WHAT ELSE
COULD I HAVE DONE THAT QUESTION
, PROMPTING OAKLAND COUNTY
SHERIFF MICHAEL BOUCHARD TO TAKE
A CLOSER LOOK AFTER THE BODIES
OF 35 YEAR OLD MONIKA KENNEDY
AND HER TWO YOUNG SONS WERE
DISCOVERED BY HER 10 YEAR OLD
DAUGHTER SUNDAY. ALL FOUR WENT
TO SLEEP IN A FIELD SATURDAY
NIGHT. THE LITTLE GIRL WAS THE
ONLY ONE WHO WOKE UP WHEN WE
DID, IN FACT, ENCOUNTER HER ON
FRIDAY EARLY FRIDAY. SHE WAS NOT
EXHIBITING ANY SIGNS OF PHYSICAL
OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENT. DEPUTIES
MADE CONTACT WITH THE FAMILY
TWICE AND FRIDAY. THE FIRST CALL
CAME IN AROUND ONE PM, DEPUTIES
WERE NOTIFIED THERE WAS A WOMAN
AND CHILDREN AND MILL STREET
SEEKING HELP. CANADY APPEARED TO
BE FINE AND INSISTED SHE DIDN’T
NEED HELP. MINUTES LATER,
ANOTHER DEPUTY SAW THE FAMILY
INSIDE MCLAREN OAKLAND HOSPITAL
. THEY LEFT AFTER AN APPOINTMENT
. THAT DEPUTY FOLLOWED BEHIND
THEM. THE CHILDREN WEARING ONLY
SWEATERS AND BEDS. SHEETS HE
OFFERED TO TAKE THEM TO THE
SUBSTATION SUGGESTED THEY GET
INTO HIS PATROL CAR AND OUT OF
THE ELEMENTS. SHE REFUSED.
SHERIFF BOUCHARD SAYS KENNEDY
WAS LUCID, COMMUNICATING WITH
DEPUTIES AND ASKING TO BE LEFT
ALONE KNOWN. SHE WAS IN A MENTAL
HEALTH MOMENT THAT MAY HAVE
TRIGGERED OTHER THINGS THAT WE
WOULDN’T HAVE DONE WHERE SHE WAS
VERY ARTICULATE AND VERY
INSISTENT. SHE DIDN’T WANT OUR
HELP, EVEN WHEN OFFERED COATS
FOR THE KIDS. AT THAT TIME,
THERE WASN’T MUCH ELSE THEY
COULD DO. HAD THE CHILDREN LOOK
LIKE THEY WERE IN PHYSICAL
DISTRESS HAD THEY SAID, YOU
KNOW, HELP ME HAD ANY OF THAT
OCCURRED. THEN IT FLIPS A
DIFFERENT SWITCH. BUT NONE OF
THAT OCCURRED. THEY WERE PUDDLED
NEXT TO MY MOM WAS GOING TO
STICK WITH ME. TWO HOURS LATER,
KENNEDY WENT TO HER MOM’S
APARTMENT. THEY ARGUED ABOUT HER
MENTAL HEALTH. SHE LEFT WITH THE
KIDS BY 4 30 THAT FRIDAY,
KENNEDY’S AUNT MET WITH DEPUTIES
TO GET ADVICE AND GETTING HER
INTO A TREATMENT FACILITY.
DEPUTIES CONDUCTED A WELFARE
CHECK. THERE WAS NO ANSWER AT
THEIR HOME. THEY TRIED TWO MORE
TIMES FRIDAY NIGHT TO FIND THE
FAMILY WITH NO LUCK. AND UM, NO
CALLS CAME IN ON SATURDAY. BUT
WHAT WE LEARNED IS THAT AFTER
THEY WENT BACK AND CANVAS THAT
NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD, CANADY
ACTUALLY KNOCKED ON THE DOOR
AROUND FOUR P.M. ON SATURDAY
WHEN THAT PERSON ANSWERED, SHE
SAID SHE HAD THE WRONG ADDRESS
AND SHE WALKED AWAY. WE ALSO
KNOW THAT ONE DEPUTY AS YOU
MENTIONED UNDER REVIEW TONIGHT
BECAUSE OF HIS ACTIONS ON THAT
FRIDAY, SO HE WAS THE THIRD
PERSON TO GO OUT AND ATTEND. TO
FIND THAT FAMILY, BUT HE DID NOT
CONDUCT A THOROUGH ENOUGH
SEARCH. SO THAT IS WHY HE IS
UNDER INVESTIGATION TONIGHT.
EITHER WAY, JUST A TRAGEDY, NO
MATTER WHICH WAY YOU LOOK AT THE
SITUATION REPORTING LIVE IN
PONTIAC AND PAMELA OSBORNE LOCAL
4 SO VERY RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, PAM.
WELL, WE’LL JUST DAYS BEFORE THE
DYAS LANDMARK VAN GOGH IN
AMERICA EXHIBIT IS SET TO CLOSE.
THERE IS AN INTERNATIONAL BATTLE
BREWING OVER ONE OF THE WORKS ON
DISPLAY THE TUG OF WAR OVER THE
PAINTING HEADS TO FEDERAL COURT
IN THE MORNING AND OUR MARA
MACDONALD IS LIVE AT THE DIA
TONIGHT. WHERE ARE THE
ALLEGATION IS COMING FROM A
BRAZILIAN COLLECTOR WHO SAYS THE
PAINTING WAS STOLEN FROM HIM.
KAREN THAT’S RIGHT. AND IF YOU
GO INTO THE EXHIBIT, YOU’LL SEE
THAT IT SAYS THAT IT IS ON LOAN
FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN
BRAZIL. LET ME SHOW YOU ALL THE
LEGAL CONTROVERSY OVER THIS
PAINTED LADY IN THE
INTERNATIONAL INTRIGUE. SHE’S
CERTAINLY HAS STIRRED UP IN
FRENCH. SHE’S CALLED LISSOUBA’S
GERUMAN IN ENGLISH. SHE’S EITHER
REFERRED TO AS THE NOVEL READER
OR THE READING LADY AND
BRAZILIAN ART COLLECTOR GUSTAVO
SOEDER IN HIS FILINGS IN FEDERAL
COURT HERE IN DETROIT, SAYS SHE
WAS STOLEN FROM HIM. THE EXHIBIT
OF OVER 70 WORKS FROM VAN GOGH
WAS DRAWING MASSIVE CROWDS
BEFORE ALL THIS STARTED UP AND
NOW PEOPLE ARE CURIOUS, AND
HERE’S MY GOD. I WAS LOOKING IT
UP THE OTHER DAY. YOU KNOW, THIS
IS REALLY ONCE IN A LIFETIME
OPPORTUNITY, SO I KIND OF DO
MUSEUM IS NOW STUCK IN THE
MIDDLE BETWEEN GUSTAVO SODA IN
THE COLLECTION. IT WAS BORROWED
FROM ONLY DESCRIBED AS A PRIVATE
COLLECTOR IN SAO PAULO, BRAZIL.
THE MUSEUM’S POSITION IS WE
CAN’T BE FORCED TO TURN OVER
ANYTHING BECAUSE FEDERAL LAW
PROTECTS AND GRANTS IMMUNITY TO
FOREIGN ARTWORKS ON DISPLAY IN
THE U. S. ONE THING IS FOR SURE.
THE VAN GOGH IN AMERICA EXHIBIT
HAS BEEN A BIG HIT, DRAWING
RECORD CROWDS. DOES IT AMAZE YOU
THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THESE
PAINTINGS AND ONE THAT WE DON’T
HAVE TO GO TO THAT PART? WE
DON’T HAVE TO GO TO THE MUSIC OR
STAY IN PARIS OR AMSTERDAM OR
IT’S. IT WAS REALLY FABULOUS TO
HAVE SO MUCH HERE. BUT NOW THE
REAL QUESTION IS THE BALLPARK ON
WHAT THE READING LADY COSTS IS
ABOUT. $5 MILLION. ARE YOU
WILLING TO PONY THAT UP? YES OUT
OF MY PETTY CASH. YEAH ONLY IF
IT’S A BUY ONE. GET ONE FREE.
WHAT WOULD BE YOUR WHICH WOULD
BE THE ONE YOU’D WANT FOR FREE
THEN I WANT TO TAKE STARRING OUT
WITH ME. BACK HERE ALIVE, I
THINK TAKING STARRY NIGHT SOUNDS
WONDERFUL AS WELL. WE’RE GOING
TO SEE WHAT THE JUDGE IN FEDERAL
COURT HERE IN DETROIT IS GOING
TO DO ABOUT ALL THIS IN THE
MORNING NOW REALIZE THE EXHIBIT
CLOSES THIS COMING MONDAY AND
THAT BECAUSE OF ALL THE INTEREST
IN THIS, THEY HAVE EXTENDED THE
HOURS HERE AT THE MUSEUM, AND
THERE ARE A HINT FEL. TICKETS
LEFT. WE’RE LIVE AT THE DEA
TONIGHT. I’M MARA MACDONALD
LOCAL 4. I LOVE THOSE LAUGHS
FROM THOSE LADIES. RIGHT THEY
THEY’RE GREAT. THEY REALLY ARE.
IT’S LIKE THE GREAT REALLY WERE
THE MAKINGS OF A MOVIE. IT’S
SCENES, RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU. MARA ACCUSED OF MAKING ANTI
SEMITIC THREATS AT AN OAKLAND
COUNTY SYNAGOGUE HAS NOW BEEN
INDICTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES. THE
U. S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS
HASSAN CHOKER IS FACING A
FEDERAL GUN CHARGE AND A CHARGE
OF LYING ON A FEDERAL FIREARM.
THIS FORM. INVESTIGATORS SAY
CHOKER LIED ABOUT HIS BACKGROUND
AS HE WAS TRYING TO BUY GUNS AT
A SHOP IN DEARBORN. HE VISITED
THAT SHOP AFTER POLICE SAY HE
THREATENED CHILDREN AND PARENTS
OUTSIDE TEMPLE BETH EL IN
BLOOMFIELD HILLS. HE FACES 10
YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON IF HE’S
CONVICTED POLICE MACOMB COUNTY
ARE TRYING TO TRACK DOWN A BANK
ROBBERY SUSPECT. THIS IS 18 YEAR
OLD JACOB ROBERT EDWARDS, MACOMB
TOWNSHIP HE’S WANTED FOR
QUESTIONING AND YESTERDAY’S
ROBBERY OF THE HUNTINGTON’S BANK
ON WASHINGTON STREET IN DOWNTOWN
NEW BALTIMORE. POLICE SAY A MAN
WEARING A JIFFY LUBE UNIFORM AND
RED SHOES ROBBED THE BANK BY
APPROACHING A TELLER AND
IMPLYING HE HAD A WEAPON. POLICE
ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR THIS BROWN
OR BRONZE VOLKSWAGEN JETTA WITH
THE LICENSE PLATE OF SIX N Q. N
75. COUNTY GETTING MORE FEDERAL
FUNDING TO FINISH THE MOUND.
ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT COUNTY
SAYS IT IS SECURED ANOTHER $2.5
MILLION IN THE LATEST GOVERNMENT
FUNDING BILL DEPARTMENT.
TRANSPORTATION IS ALREADY GIVEN
THE COUNTY $98 MILLION FOR THE
PROJECT CRUISER FIXING FIVE
MILES OF THE EIGHT LANE ROAD IN
WARREN AND STERLING HEIGHTS.
THEY EXPECT THE ENTIRE PROJECT
TO BE FINISHED BY THE END OF
NEXT YEAR, SO IT’S BEEN A LONG