LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT FOR NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. FLOOD CLAIMS DENIED THE GREAT LAKES
WATER AUTHORITY SAYS IT WASN’T
AT FAULT FOR THE THOUSANDS OF
BASEMENTS THAT FLOODED LAST
JUNE. OFF THE TOP TONIGHT ON
LOCAL FORTIES AT FIVE, CITING AN
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION AND
MICHIGAN LAW. THE GREAT LAKES
WATER AUTHORITY DENIED ALL
CLAIMS RELATED TO THE HISTORIC
FLOODING IN METRO DETROIT LAST
JUNE SAYS UNLESS A DEFECT IN THE
SYSTEM WAS FOUND 50% OR MORE AT
FAULT, G W L A ISN’T LIABLE FOR
DAMAGES. JASON COLTHORPE WORKING
THIS STORY FOR US TONIGHT. UM
JASON, I HAVE TO IMAGINE THOSE
WHO LOST SO MUCH SEE THINGS
DIFFERENTLY HERE. OH NO QUESTION
ABOUT IT, AND THEY CERTAINLY
DISPUTE THAT 50% FIGURE CAME
BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT SEVERAL
OF THE PUMPS WERE NOT WORKING
WHEN THIS HAPPENED NOW,
BASICALLY WHAT GLW IS SAYING
HERE IS EVEN IF ALL THEIR PUMPS
WERE WORKING. THIS RAIN EVENT
WAS SO HISTORIC, SO POWERFUL SO
STRONG. IT WOULD HAVE HAD NO
EFFECT. THAT WAS A FULLY
OPERATIONAL KITCHEN. THAT WAS A
STORAGE ROOM WITH A FREEZER. IT
WAS A STOVE REFRIGERATOR BREAKS
DENITA PITTMAN’S HEART TO LOOK
AROUND WHAT’S LEFT OF HER
BASEMENT. THIS IS THE PLAYROOM
WITH FURNITURE. THAT WAS MY
GRANDSON’S ROOM THAT WAS THE
LAND TO ROAM. SUMMER’S HISTORIC
FLOODING DESTROYED THE BEST PART
OF HER EAST SIDE HOME ON
CARPENTER, TWO WATCHES TO DIVE.
NEVER. I’LL NEVER CATCH UP.
DEFINITELY NOT WITH JUST THE
$4000 SHE GOT FROM FEMA. AND NOW
NOTHING. IT APPEARS FROM THE
GREAT LAKES WATER AUTHORITY. I
THINK IT’S IRRESPONSIBLE. I
THINK IT’S DESPICABLE THAT THEY
WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS
WITH ALL OF THE MONEY THEY GOT.
I THINK WE SHOULD AUDIT GREAT
LEGS AND THE WATER DEPARTMENT
WAS TWO CARS. I LOST EVERYTHING
IN THE BASEMENT. PAUL DOHERTY
AND HIS NEIGHBORS IN GROSSE
POINTE PARK WERE ALSO
UNDERWATER. HE WAS NOT SURPRISED
TO HEAR GLW WAY DENIED ALL
24,000 CLAIMS OF RESPONSIBILITY
. I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THEY
PAID A CLAIM THEY ARE CIRCLING
THE WAGONS ARE FACING. BY ONE
ESTIMATE, 100 MILLION BY ANOTHER
ESTIMATE. $190 MILLION WORTH OF
DAMAGE CLAIMS. DOHERTY IS IN THE
UNIQUE POSITION OF ALSO BEING
PART OF THE LEGAL TEAM, PUTTING
TOGETHER A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT
AGAINST GLW. A WHEN YOU GOT 16
STORM PUMPS AND THREE WORK AT
THE BEGINNING FIVE EVENTUALLY
COME ONLINE. MAYBE YOU GOT EIGHT
RUNNING BY THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS OF THE 20-6. THAT’S GOT TO
HAVE AN EFFECT ON HOW MUCH WATER
THEY CAN MOVE. I GUESS GREAT
LAKES IS SAYING, GO TO MOTHER
NATURE. I THINK THAT’S THEIR
THEORY. NO, YOU SHOULDER IF NOT
ALL OF THE BLAME SUBSTANTIAL
BLAME FOR THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE
THAT WAS DONE. WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT PEOPLE WHO LOST TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN PROPERTY
AND OTHER THINGS IN ALL OF THIS
. THAT LAWSUIT, BY THE WAY,
INCLUDES 600 PLAINTIFFS AT THIS
POINT AND ALSO NAMES DETROIT
WATER AND SEWERAGE. I SHOULD
POINT OUT I REACHED OUT TO GREAT
LAKES WATER AUTHORITY TODAY. IT
DIDN’T WANT TO GO ON CAMERA
INSTEAD STAYING WITH WHAT IT PUT
OUT IN ITS PRESS RELEASE TODAY.
KIM FACING THE LAWSUIT THAT
YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE
600 PLAINTIFFS CAN PEOPLE STILL
JOINED THAT LAWSUIT?
UNFORTUNATELY IT’S UNLIKELY
BECAUSE TO DO THAT THEY HAD TO
FILL OUT A CLAIM FORM AT THE UP
TO 45 DAYS AFTER THIS HAPPENED
SO THEY CAN TRY, BUT IF THEY
HAVEN’T FILLED THAT CLAIM OUT,
IT’LL LIKELY GET CHALLENGED, AND
IT’S PROBABLY UNLIKELY FOR IT TO
HAPPEN AT THIS POINT BACK TO
YOU, JASON. THANKS ALSO HERE AT
52, MEMBERS OF MICHIGAN’S
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION
ARRESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND AN
ABORTION PROTEST OUTSIDE THE U.
S. SUPREME COURT REPRESENTATIVE
RASHIDA TALIB AND ANDY LEVIN.
ALONG WITH 15. OTHER MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS WERE TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY. AFTER THEY WERE
REPEATEDLY WARNED BY CAPITOL
POLICE. MARK MACDONALD LIVE
DOWNTOWN. NOW WITH MORE MARA. HI
DEVIN. YOU KNOW THAT PROTEST
OUTSIDE THE SUPREME COURT
MIMICKED ABORTION PROTESTS WE’VE
SEEN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY,
INCLUDING HERE AT THE FEDERAL
COURTHOUSE. BUT HERE’S THE BIG
DIFFERENCE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE
PROTESTS THAT WE SAW HERE,
POLICE BLOCKED OFF THE STREETS.
MOST OF THE PROTESTERS KEPT ON
THE SIDEWALKS IN D. C THEY WERE
TOLD REPEATEDLY TO GET OUT OF
THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE
TRAFFIC COULDN’T GET THROUGH.
AND WHAT THEY DIDN’T. SO
CITATIONS WERE ISSUED. LET ME
SHOW YOU CHOICE PROTESTERS
OUTSIDE THE SUPREME COURT
MARCHING AND BLOCKING FIRST
STREET, THE CAPITOL POLICE USING
THEIR STANDARD PROTOCOL, WHICH
IS TO GIVE THREE WARNINGS TO
MOVE AND THEN ISSUE CITATIONS,
35 PROTESTERS, INCLUDING 17,
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, DID NOT
MOVE OVER TO THE SIDEWALK AND
INSTEAD KEPT BLOCKING TRAFFIC
FROM THE MICHIGAN DELEGATION.
BOTH CONGRESSWOMAN RASHIDA TO
LEAVE IN CONGRESSMAN AND 11 WERE
ARRESTED. BOTH MEMBERS FACE
CONTESTED DEMOCRATIC RACES IN
THE AUGUST PRIMARY. WHICH IS
JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY, BUT
ABSENTEE VOTERS HAVE HAD THEIR
BALLOTS. FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW.
BACK HERE ALIVE. THE WHOLE
CITATION ISSUING PROCESS SEEMED
TO GO PRETTY SMOOTHLY AND PRETTY
LOW KEY. THE WHOLE THING WAS
OVER IN ABOUT 16 MINUTES. WE’RE
LIVE DOWNTOWN TONIGHT. I’M MARA
MACDONALD. LOCAL 4. OKAY. MARA
ATTORNEYS FOR JAMES AND JENNIFER
CRUMBLEY HAVE FILED AN APPEAL,
SAYING THE CASE AGAINST THEM
SHOULD BE THROWN OUT. THEY SAY
THE JUDGE IN THE CASE WENT TOO
FAR BY ORDERING THEM TO GO TO
TRIAL. SHAWN LEY IS LIVE
TONIGHT. SHAWN LEY SAY THEY JUST
AREN’T RESPONSIBLE. AND KIMBERLY
THE COUPLE NOW SAYING THE JUDGE
ON THEIR CASE MAKING TOO BIG
MISTAKES IN THEIR OPINION, ONE
ALLOWING THEIR SONS TEXT
MESSAGES INTO THEIR TRIAL AND
TWO THAT YOU ALLUDED TO MOVING
THEIR CASE ON THE TRIAL IN THE
FIRST PLACE. THEY’RE GOING TO
THE COURT OF APPEALS, HERE’S
LOCAL FORCE LEGAL ANALYST NEIL
RAKIM TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN FOR
US. THE DEFENSE IS ARGUING THAT
NO MATTER WHAT THE PARENTS
DIDN’T MATTER HOW GOOD PARENTS
THEY WERE, NO MATTER HOW MATTER
WHAT THEY ATTEMPTED TO DO,
WHETHER GOOD OR BAD THAT EVEN
CRUMBLY, ACTED ON HIS OWN LOCAL
4 LEGAL ANALYST NEIL ROCKIN,
BREAKING DOWN THE BIG APPEALS
FROM THE PARENTS OF THE ACCUSED
OXFORD SCHOOL SHOOTER JAMES AND
JENNIFER CRUMBLEY NOW ARGUING
THAT A JUDGE ABUSED HER
DISCRETION BY BINDING THEIR
INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CASE
OVER FOR TRIAL. THEY WANT AN
APPELLATE COURT PLEAT LEE THROW
THEIR CASE OUT, MAKING THIS
ARGUMENT MATTER WHAT THE PARENTS
DID. THAT ULTIMATELY, THE PERSON
THAT YOU LOOK BACK AT AND SAY IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS IS
ETHAN CRUMBLEY THE COUPLE ALSO
WANTS THEIR SONS TEXT MESSAGES
EXCLUDED FROM THEIR CASE, BUT
PROSECUTORS ARGUE THE TEXT
MESSAGES SHOW THE PARENTS LIKELY
KNEW THEIR SON WAS IN A MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS, BUT DID NOTHING.
PROSECUTORS FILING SOME OF THE
TEXT MESSAGES FROM THE CRUMBLY
SON TO A FRIEND THAT READ QUOTE
? I ACTUALLY ASKED MY DAD TO
TAKE TO THE DOCTOR YESTERDAY,
BUT HE JUST GAVE ME SOME PILLS
AND TOLD ME TO SUCK IT UP AND
MOM LAUGHED WHEN I TOLD HER.
BACK HERE LIVE. THERE’S A GAG
ORDER ISSUED IN THIS CASE, SO NO
SIGNS HERE TALKING AT ALL WITH
THE TRIAL DATE FOR THE CRUMBLY
COMING RIGHT UP, YOU’RE ROCKIN
SAYS WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED IF
THE COURT OF APPEALS DID NOT
DECIDE ON TODAY’S MOTIONS FROM
THE CRUMBLY PARENTS INSTEAD
LETTING THIS GO TO TRIAL AND
THEN TAKE APPEALS AFTER THE
TRIAL WAS CERTAINLY KEEP IT
UPDATED FOR YOU BACK TO YOU,
SEAN. ALSO THERE’S SOME
DEVELOPMENTS COMING THIS WEEK IN
THE CASE AGAINST THE ACCUSED
SHOOTER. CORRECT THEIR SON AGAIN
ANOTHER COURT APPEARANCE THIS
WEEK. IT HAPPENS ONCE A MONTH
AND WE COVER EACH AND EVERY TIME
IS TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT HE
WILL REMAIN IN THE OAKLAND
COUNTY JAIL, ADOPT COURT OR
REMOVED THE CHILDREN’S VILLAGE
JUVENILE COURT THAT HAPPENS
FRIDAY. WE’LL LET YOU KNOW
WHAT’S DECIDED IN COURT THEM.
OKAY, SEAN, THANKS. LET’S GET TO
THE WEATHER, WHICH IS THE STORY
RIGHT NOW. IN MANY PARTS OF THE
WORLD, THE HEAT IS ON ALL ACROSS
METRO DETROIT TEMPERATURES INTO
THE NINETIES AS YOU TAKE A LIVE
LOOK FROM OUR AND ARBOR SKY CAM
. LET’S GET OVER TO ANDREW.
THERE’S ALWAYS A WORRY ABOUT
STORMS WHEN IT GETS THIS HOT. SO
HOW DO THINGS LOOK RIGHT NOW?
WELL KIMBERLY AND DEVIN SO FAR
WE ARE STORM FREE, DIFFERENT
STORY FOR TOMORROW. BUT LET’S
TALK ABOUT THE HEAT BECAUSE THAT
IS THE MAIN CONCERN IS YOU BOTH
MENTIONED 87 RIGHT NOW IN ANN
ARBOR, SO BELOW 90, BUT IT’S
ABOVE 90 ELSEWHERE, INCLUDING
PONTIAC AT 90 TO 95. FOR SIMPLY
SEARING OVER IN LAPEER AND 94 IN
MOUNT CLEMENS OUTSIDE WE’RE
LOOKING AT PARTLY SUNNY SKIES 91
DEGREES OVER AT METRO AIRPORT,
BUT IT FEELS LIKE IT’S AROUND
95. SO EVEN AS THE SUN SETS MAKE
SURE YOU STAY HYDRATED. IF
YOU’RE GOING TO BE OUTDOORS
LIMIT ANY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY
WINDS IT AROUND. 15 MPH STILL
KEEP KIDS AND PETS AWAY FROM
EMPTY VEHICLES BECAUSE THE
INTERIOR TEMPERATURES OF YOUR
CARS AND SUVS AND TRUCKS CAN
STILL SKYROCKET. SPEAKING OF
WHICH LOOK AT THE HEAT INDEX, IT
FEELS LIKE IT’S NEAR 100 AT THIS
HOUR OVER IN MOUNT CLEMENS, 97
IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE OVER IN
SANDUSKY, IF YOU’RE NOT TOO
CAREFUL SO IT REMAINS HOT AND
MUGGY AS WE GO OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS, WITH
TEMPERATURE STILL AROUND 90
DEGREES AN HOUR FROM NOW, THEN
WE’RE LOOKING AT MIDDLE AND
UPPER EIGHTIES THROUGHOUT MUCH
OF THE NIGHT, EVEN BY MIDNIGHT
WILL STILL BE AROUND 80, AND IT
WILL FEEL LIKE IT’S IN THE
EIGHTIES OVERNIGHT, SO MAKE SURE
THOSE AIR CONDITIONERS ARE
WORKING AND YOUR HOME AS WELL
VENTILATED BEFORE GOING TO BED.
MORE HEAT FOR TOMORROW, BUT
THUNDERSTORMS ON TOP OF THAT.
MORE ON THAT PART OF YOUR
FORECAST COMING UP. OKAY ANDREW.
THANK YOU. A TRANSFORMER AT THE
HOOVER DAM CAUGHT FIRE. TODAY
VIDEO SHOWS AN EXPLOSION AND A
BIG PLUME OF BLACK SMOKE AND A
BUILDING NEAR THE BASE OF THE
DAM IN BOULDER CITY, NEVADA. NO
ONE WAS HURT AND THE FIRE WAS
PUT OUT IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. THE
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION SAYS THERE
IS NO RISK TO THE POWER GRID.
THE MASSIVE DAM GENERATES ENOUGH
HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER TO SERVE
MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE.
THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL
UNDER INVESTIGATION TODAY, MARK
DAY TWO IN THE CONTEMPT OF
CONGRESS TRIAL FOR TRUMP ADVISER
STEVE BANNON. BANNON IS WIDELY
EXPECTED TO BE CONVICTED FOR
REFUSING A SUBPOENA TO TESTIFY
BEFORE THE JANUARY 6TH
COMMITTEE. MEANWHILE THE
COMMITTEES THURSDAY HEARING IS
ON AS PLANNED DESPITE CHAIRMAN
BENNIE THOMPSON TESTING POSITIVE
FOR COVID. THE PANEL WILL NOT
RECEIVE AN EXPECTED TROVE OF
TEXT MESSAGES FROM THE SECRET
SERVICE FROM JANUARY 5TH AND
SIXTH, THE WASHINGTON POST
REPORTS, THE AGENCY DETERMINED
IT HAS NO NEW TEXT TO PROVIDE
CONGRESS AND TEXT EXCHANGED
AROUND THE TIME OF THE
INSURRECTION WERE PURGED. WERE
THEY DELIBERATELY AND
NEFARIOUSLY BLEATED OR WHERE
THEY JUST LOST TRANSMISSION.
GOOD QUESTION THE NATIONAL
ARCHIVES TODAY ASKING THE AGENCY
TO INVESTIGATE THE POTENTIALLY
UNAUTHORIZED DELETION OF THOSE
JANUARY 6TH TEXTS. CORONAVIRUS
NUMBERS FOR THE WEEK ARE OUT,
AND THEY’RE HOLDING PRETTY
STEADY COMPARED WITH LAST WEEK.
16,445 NEW CASES OVER THE PAST
SEVEN DAYS THAT AVERAGES OUT TO
2300 PER DAY STATE IS ALSO
REPORTING 149 CORONAVIRUS DEATHS
OVER THAT SAME TIME PERIOD.
FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN IS COMING
TO DETROIT ON THURSDAY. FIRST
LADY AND EDUCATION SECRETARY
MIGUEL CARDONA ARE GOING TO
VISIT THE DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM. IT
SHOWS ACADEMY. THE TWO WILL BE
LOOKING AT THE PROGRAMS THAT
HELP CHILDREN WHO FELL BEHIND
DURING THE PANDEMIC. SOME OF
THOSE PROGRAMS ARE BEING FUNDED
BY PRESIDENT BIDEN’S AMERICAN
RESCUE PLAN. FIRST LADY WILL
ARRIVE AT METRO AIRPORT TOMORROW
MILLIONS JACKPOT IS GROWING
AHEAD OF TONIGHT’S BIG DRAWING.
IT IS NOW AT $555 MILLION,
PUTTING IT IN THE TOP FIVE
BIGGEST JACKPOTS OF ALL TIME. IF
YOU TAKE THE CASH OPTION, YOU’LL
WALK AWAY WITH $316 MILLION YOUR
ODDS, THOUGH, AREN’T THAT GREAT
ONE AND 300 MILLION. THE DRYING