>>> THE SCANDAL SURROUNDING
FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER CHATFIELD
IS PUSHED BACK INTO THE
SPOTLIGHT IN LANSING.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US TONIGHT
AT 6:00.
DEMOCRATS IN LANSING ASKING WHY
THERE’S BEEN NO LEGISLATIVE
ACTION REGARDING THE ONCE
HIGH-RANKING REPUBLICAN.
>> CHATFIELD IS NOW WORKING IN
THE PRIVATE SECTOR BUT REMAINS
UNDER INVESTIGATIONS BY MICHIGAN
STATE POLICE.
CHATFIELD HAS ADMITTED TO HAVING
AN AFFAIR WITH HIS SISTER-IN-LAW
BUT DENIES HER CLAIM THAT HE
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER.
MSP ALSO LOOKING INTO HOW
CHATFIELD SPENT STATE AND
CAMPAIGN MONEY, NO CHARGES HAVE
BEEN FILED YET ON EITHER FRONT.
NOW THE HOUSE DEMS SAY IT’S TIME
FOR A NEW PROBE TO GET TO THE
BOTTOM OF ANY WRONG-DOING.
LOCAL FOUR’S ROD MELONI IS LIVE
TONIGHT WITH THE STORY.
ROD, GOOD EVENING.
>> YEAH, THEY’RE LOOKING FOR A
SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE PANEL, A
BLUE RIBBON PANEL IF YOU WILL,
LOOKING INTO LEE CHATFIELD’S
ACTIVITIES TO FIND OUT WHETHER
IF IN FACT THERE IS ANY PROBLEM
HERE.
BUT DETROIT REPRESENTATIVE
TYRONE CARTER WANTS SOMETHING
MORE.
HE WANTS TO LOOK AT ETHICS AS AN
ENTIRE PACKAGE WITHIN THE
LEGISLATURE.
>> FROM WHERE WE STAND, IT
SHOULD BE AN EASY DECISION AT
LEAST FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE
LEGISLATION WITH NOTHING TO
HIDE.
>> Reporter: LEE CHATFIELD IS
LONG PAST HIS DAYS IN POWER BUT
HIS EXPIRED TENURE NOW TINGED
WITH ALLEGATIONS OF WRONG-DOING,
DEMOCRATS LIKE DETROIT STATE
REPRESENTATIVE JOE TATE WONDER
ABOUT DARK CAMPAIGN MONEY,
PACKED CASH AND EVEN STATE TAX
DOLLARS IMPROPERLY MISHANDLED.
>> WHAT IS LANDINGED IS NOTHING
SHORT OF A WEB OF CORRUPTION.
WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO
UNTANGLE THAT WEB AND BRIG INTO
THE DAYLIGHT WHAT HAS BEEN
ORCHESTRATED IN THE DARKNESS.
>> DEPTHS DEMOCRATS DO NOT HAVE
THE NAMES OF COURSER.
COURSER RESIGNED FROM THE
LEGISLATURE AND GAMRAT EGG
SPELLED AFTER HAVING AN AFFAIR
AND THE BIZARRE OFFICE POLITICS
SURROUNDING THE AFTERMATH
CREATED HEADLINES FOR MONTHS.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES DIFFERENT, BUT
DEMOCRATS WANT THEIR REPUBLICAN
COLLEAGUES TO USE THE SAME
INVESTIGATIVE TOOLS ON
CHATFIELD’S CONDUCT.
>> THERE MAY BE NOTHING TO THIS
AND THAT WOULD BODE WELL FOR THE
FORMER SPEAKER BUT TO DO NOTHING
IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
>> Reporter: JASON WENTWORTH’S
OFFICE PUT OUT THIS STATEMENT
THIS AFTERNOON, QUOTE, THE
POLICE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL ARE
LOOKING INTO WHAT HAPPENED.
THE HOUSE IS STAYING FOCUSED ON
COOPERATING WITH THE MICHIGAN
STATE POLICE AND THE LANSING
POLICE DEPARTMENT, ASSISTING
WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION AND
GETTING THEM WHATEVER THEY NEED.
PARTISAN PRESS RELEASES WON’T
CHANGE THAT, END QUOTE.
>> THERE HAVE BEEN CALL FOR
THESE KIND OF INVESTIGATIONS FOR
YEARS AND OUTSIDE THE SITUATION
THERE REALLY HASN’T BEEN MUCH OF
ANY AND DOESN’T LOOK LIKE AT
THIS POINT THERE WILL BE THIS
TIME EITHER.
>> I SUPPOSE WHY DEMOCRATS DON’T
JUST DO THE INVESTIGATION ON
THEIR OWN.
>> WELL, THAT’S THE RULES IN
LANSING AND IT’SED -- THE
MAJORITY PARTY IN POWER THAT
GETS TO HAVE SUBPOENA POWER AND
GO AND DO THESE KINDS OF
INVESTIGATIONS.
SO UNLESS IT’S BIPARTISAN, THEY
CAN’T GET ANYTHING ACCOMPLISHED
HERE.
>> TODAY WE HEARD FROM NOT ONE,
BUT TWO OF THE PROSECUTION’S
STAR WITNESSES IN THE TRIAL OF A
MAN -- THE FOUR MEN ACCUSED OF
TRYING TO PLOT A KIDNAPPING OF
GOVERNOR WHITMER.
NOWED TESTIMONY IS TALKING ABOUT
WHETHER IT’S SERIOUS OR JUST A
LOT OF TALK. SHAWN LEY IS LIVE AND BRINGS US
SHAWN LEY IS LIVE AND BRINGS US
NEW REVELATIONS EVERY DAY.
>> ONE OF THE STAR WITNESSES
REVEALING TODAY A NEW MOTIVE FOR
WHY HE SAYS HE GOT INVOLVED IN
ALL OF THIS.
>> IF WE’RE DOING A RECOUNT OR
SOMETHING AND COME UP ON SOME OF
THEM, DUDE, YOU BETTER NOT GIVE
THEM A CHANCE.
YOU EITHER TELL THEM TO GO RIGHT
NOW OR ELSE THEY’RE GONNA DIE,
PERIOD.
>> Reporter: VIDEO EVIDENCE
SHOWING ACCUSED WHITMER
KIDNAPPING PLOTTER RANDY CACERTA
VOWING TO SHOOT AND KILL POLICE.
STAR WITNESS FORKED PROSECUTION,
TY GARRBIN TESTIFYING ABOUT PART
THE PLOT THAT HE MADE,
UNTRACEABLE GHOST GUNS AND TRIED
TO MAKE EXPLOSIVES.
THE LAWYER FOR CONCERTA
INSISTING THAT GARRBIN WOULD
SELL A GHOST GUN, HE SAID,
QUOTE, YOU 20 TO A GUN DEAL, YOU
WERE THERE TO KILL HIM.
GARRBIN I WAS THERE TO PROTECT
IN CASE HE WAS ROBBED.
THE ATTORNEY SCWKED YOU WERE
GOING TO KILL HIM, CORRECT?
>> THE ATTORNEY WENT ON
HIGHLIGHTING THE CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY OF GARRBIN, QUOTE,
CONCERTA DID NOT HELP YOU SELL
GHOST GUNS, BILL, DID NOT HELP
YOU MAKE ANY MONEY OR MAKING
EXPLOSIVES WITH YOU.
GARRBIN NO.
TAKING THE STAND CALEB FRANKS
FROM WATERFORD, HAS ALSO PLED
GUILTY AND AGREED TO TESTIFY
AGAINST THE MAN HE SAYS HE
PLOTTED WITH.
HE TOLD THE JURY TODAY IN A
DIFFERENT MOTIVATION WHY HE GOT
INVOLVED WITH THE ALLEGED LOT TO
KIDNAP GOVERNOR WHITMER SAYING
HE WAS DEPRESSED AND HAD MONEY
PROBLEMS FOR HIM, HE SAYS IT WAS
A SUICIDE MISSION, QUOTE, I WAS
HOPING I’D BE KILLED DURING THE
PROCESS.
I NO LONGER WANTED TO LIVE,
GETTING IN A SHOOT-OUT WITH
POLICE YOU’RE FOUND WITH DIE.
>> BACK HERE LIVE, CALEB FRANKS
RIGHT BACK ON THE WITNESS STAND
TOMORROW, DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WILL
HAVE THEIR CHANCE TO QUESTION
HIM, FOLLOWED BY ALSO EXPECTED
TOMORROW A KEY FBI UNDERCOVER
INFORMANT AS WELL TELLING WHAT
HE KNOWS ABOUT THIS LEAKED PLOT.
KIMBERLY.
>> SHAWN, THANK YOU.
>> JUST A FEW DAYS OF SPRING SO
FAR BUT LIVING UP TO ITS RAINY
REPUTATION, ISN’T IT.
>> YEAH, AND CERTAINLY
INCONVENIENT, PAUL.
>> WE DON’T LIKED REALLY NICE
WEATHER.
WE’VE HAD A TASTE OF IT THIS
SPRING BUT NOT IN THE NEXT FEW
DAYS, THAT’S FOR SURE.
RIGHT NOW STORMTRACKER 4, A FEW
PATCHES OF DRIZZLE, VERY, VERY
LIGHT RAIN IN PARTS OF THE AREA,
MANY OF US ARE STILL DRY, BUT
THIS MAN HERE IS REALLY GONNA
STAY KIND OF STATIONARY FOR A
WHILE HERE TO THE FAR NORTHWEST.
SO FOR MOST OF US, JUST A LITTLE
BIT OF DRIZZLE CAPTURES THE
LIGHT RAIN.
4 ZONE WEATHER HERE, 47
MOUNT CLEMENS, 47 IN DETROIT, 46
IN TAYLOR.
45 IN CANTON, 46 IN LIVONIA,
LIVE IN WEST BLOOMFIELD AND OUR
SOUTH ZONE...
48 IN LAMBERTVILLE, LIVE IN
DUNDEE, 44 CELINE.
43 WHITMER LAKE.
MILFORD TO HOWELL TO FLINT, IN
THE 40s.
AND 44 IN OXFORD, LIVE IN ROMEO,
MELVIN CHECKING IN AT 46
DEGREES.
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WE’RE
GONNA SEE THE TEMPS NEARLY
STEADY FOR A WHILE.
THEY’LL FALL LATER TONIGHT AFTER
A COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH, AND
THEN WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THE WEEKEND AND MUCH COOLER
WEATHER.
BUT DON’T FORGET THE LOCAL
FREQUENTER’S APP, YOU NEED NOW.
IT HAS REALTIME RADAR.
YOU CAN TRACK THE SCATTERED
SHOWERS, AND IT’S FREE AND THE
BEST WEATHER APP IN THE NATION.
SEARCH UNDER WDIV AND YOU’LL
HAVE LIVE RADAR RIGHT IN IN THE
PALM OF YOUR HAND, GUYS.
>>> THANK YOU.
>>> A WOMAN AND CHILD ARE IN
CRITICAL CONDITIONING TONIGHT
AFTER A DEATHLY CAR CRASH IN
ST. CLAIR COUNTY.
IT HAPPENED THIS AFTERNOON ON
KENNY ROAD NEAR BERT AND RILEY
TOWNSHIP.
DEPUTIES SAY A 40-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
DRIVING WITH AN 18-MONTH-OLD
CHILD CRASHED INTO ANOTHER CAR,
KILLING TWO PEOPLE.
A 3-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS ALSO IN
THAT CAR AND IS IN CRITICAL
CONDITION.
40-YEAR-OLD DRIVER AND
18-MONTH-OLD WERE ALSO TAKEN TO
THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL
CONDITION.
>>> NOW THE LATEST IN UKRAINE.
PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCING MORE
MILITARY SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE AND
NEW SANCTIONS ON PROMINENT
RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS.
PRESIDENT ANNOUNCING A BILLS
DOLLARS IN HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES THAT
HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE
RUSSIAN INVASION.
IN ADDITION, PRESIDENT BIDEN
SAYS THE U.S. WILL ACCEPT
$100,000 UKRAINIAN REFUGEES TO
THE U.S.
MEANWHILE, NEW SANCTIONS PLACED
AGAINST 400 RUSSIA LAWMAKERS AND
BUSINESSES THAT PROFIT FROM THE
WAR IN UKRAINE.
THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT,
ZELENSKYY, TELLING THE NATO
ALLIANCE IF IT STANDS FOR PEACE
IT HAS TO DO MORE TO SAVE
INNOCENT LIVES.
THE POTENTIAL USE OF CHEMICAL
WEAPONS REMAINS OF COURSE A BIG
HOLE.
>> DO YOU TAKE ANYTHING OFF THE
TABLE WITH EVEN IT COMES TO
RESPONDING TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS?
>> WE ARE IN A VERY DANGEROUS
SITUATION.
SO IF I STARTED TO SPECULATE
ABOUT THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS I
WOULD ONLY MAKE AN UNPREDICTABLE
AND DANGEROUS SITUATION EVEN
MORE DANGEROUS AND EVEN MORE
UNPREDICTABLE.
ONE MAIN MESSAGE IS THAT WE
THERE TO PROTECT AND DEFEND ALL
HOURS.
PROTECT AND DEFEND EVERYTHING IN
NATO TERRITORY.
>> UP NEXT ON A SPECIAL EDITION
OF NBC NIGHTLY NEWS, LESTER
ANCHORS LIVE COVERAGE FROM
BRUSSELS.
HE’S GOT REACTION FROM NATO
LEADERS FOLLOWING TODAY’S
EMERGENCY MEETING THERE, PLUS,
NEW WAYS THE U.S. IS COMING TO
UKRAINE’S AID, AND WHAT THE
SITUATION IS LIKE RIGHT NOW ON
THE GROUND IN UKRAINE.
ALL COMING UP AT 6:30 ON NBC
NIGHTLY NEWS.
>>> A TAPE, ACCUSED IN THE
OXFORD SCHOOL SHOOTING WAS BACK
IN COURT TODAY TO REVIEW WHETHER
HE BELONGS IN THE OAKLAND COUNTY
JAIL.
ATTORNEYS FOR THE 15-YEAR-OLD
HAVE ARGUED HE SHOULD BE IN A
JUVENILE FACILITY, AND THAT
QUESTION IS REVIEWED EVERY 30
DAYS.
THE JUDGE AGAIN SAID THE ACCUSED
SHOOTER SHOULD STAY IN JAIL.
TODAY’S HEARING ALSO DEALT WITH
PLANS FOR THE TEENAGER TO
CONTINUE HIS EDUCATION BEHIND
BARS.
PROSECUTORS AND DEFENSE
ATTORNEYS ARE WORKING ON A FEW
OPTIONS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
>>> TODAY ON CAPITOL HILL, THE
FOURTH AND FINAL DAY OF JUDGE
KETANGI JACKSON-BROWN’S
CONFIRMATION HEARING IF
CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE, THE
FEDERAL JUDGE WILL BE THE FIRST
BLACK WOMAN TO BECOME A SUPREME
COURT JUSTICE.
MEGAN WOODS JOINS US LIVE WITH
MORE AS A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE
ARE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO
WHAT THEY’RE WATCHING, MEGAN.
>> VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS.
SO THE YOUNG DETROIT WOMEN WE
SPOKE TO ARE COLLEGE BOUND, THEY
HAVE BIG DREAMS, NONE OF THEM
SAID THEY WANT TO START A CAREER
IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE BUT WHAT
THEY DID SAY IS WHEREVER THEY
GO, WHATEVER THEY DECIDE TO DO,
THAT JUDGE JACKSON OPENED THEIR
EYES TO THE POSSIBILITIES.
>> THEY TELL US IF YOU WORK HARD
YOU SHOULD EXPECT IT.
>> THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH,
SO HELP YOU GOD.
>> I DO.
>> Reporter: WHEN PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN NOMINATED JUDGE KETANGI
JACKSON-BROWN IN FEBRUARY, THESE
THREE DETROIT EDISON PUBLIC
ACADEMY STUDENTS WERE PRETTY
EXCITED.
>> TODAY I ACTUALLY LIKE SEEING
THE WHOLE JOURNEY OF HER AND
LEADING UP TO WHERE SHE IS NOW
AND SO I REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT
IS INSPIRING.
>> Reporter: NOT JUST BECAUSE OF
HER NOMINATION BUT WHAT SHE
REPRESENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE
NATURAL HAIRSTYLE SHE WEARS.
>> IT IS THE WHOLE BLACK
COMMUNITY TOLZ JUST BE YOURSELF
AND DON’T TRY TO BE LIKE NOBODY
ELSE.
WHERE YOUR TWISTS, YOUR
BRAIDS ...
>> Reporter: ALL THREE STUDENTS
ARE IN TAMIKO CLARK’S
AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS.
SHE SAYS WATCHING HISTORY IN THE
MAKING JUST ADDS MORE CONTEXT TO
THEIR LESSONS.
>> COULDN’T EVEN GO TO START --
SIT IN RESTAURANTS AND NOW YOU
HAVE A BLACK WOMAN BEING ABLE TO
POTENTIALLY SIT IN THE HIGHEST
COURT OF THE LAND.
>> AND IT’S A REMINDER THEY ARE
ALSO DESTINED TO MAKE HISTORY.
>> BEING THE FIRST GENERATIONS
THAT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL AND
GOING TO COLLEGE IS AMAZING TOO.
>> THEIR TEACHER MS. CLARK SAID
FOR WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH, EACH
OF THEM CHOSE A HISTORIC TWO DO
A PRESENTATION ON.
AND AFTER THAT THEY’RE GONNA
HAVE A SPECIAL LESSON TO TALK
ABOUT WHY JUDGE JACKSON’S
POSSIBLE CONFIRMATION IS SO
IMPORTANT.
BACK TO YOU.
>> MEGAN, I’VE BEEN DIALED IN OF
COURSE ON THESE HEARINGS, IT’S
WHAT I DO.
I’M WONDERING HOW CLOSELY THE
STUDENTS ARE WATCHING THESE
HEARINGS.
>> WELL, TO MY SURPRISE, THEY
ARE REALLY EAGER TO FINISH UP
WATCHING THESE HEARINGS.
THEY SAID THEY’VE SEEN SMALL
CLIPS OF IT, AND THEY’RE SO
INSPIRED JUST FROM THAT LITTLE
BIT.
SO IT’D BE INTERESTING TO SEE
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY WATCH ALL
OF THOSE HEARINGS.
>> YEAH, FASCINATING.
ALL RIGHT, MEGAN.
>>> UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN IS
PLEDGING TO DO BETTER IN
ADDRESSING SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ON
CAMPUS.
IT’S ALL PART OF A SETTLEMENT IN
A LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY U OF M
SENIOR JOSEPHINE GRAHAM.
SHE WASN’T SEEKING ANY MONEY BUT
TRYING TO FORCE CHANGES AT
UNIVERSITY.
AS PART OF THE DEAL, THE SCHOOL
WILL CREATE AND PAY FOR A
COORDINATED COMMUNITY RESPONSE
TEAM TO MONITOR HOW THE
UNIVERSITY HANDLES SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT CLAIMS.
THE SCHOOL HAS WEATHERED A
SERIES OF SCANDAL INCLUDING
CLAIMS THAT HUNDREDS OF MEN WERE
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY CAMPUS
DR. ROBERT ANDERSON.