LIVE DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. IT SURE DOES. AND IT IS DETROIT’S NIGHT
TO SHINE AFTER TWO YEARS AWAY
FROM DOWNTOWN, THE FORD
FIREWORKS ARE BACK AND PROMISING
TO BE BIGGER THAN EVER IN THE
COUNTDOWN IS ON A LITTLE MORE
THAN THREE HOURS AWAY FROM
COVERAGE BEGINNING OF THE 2022
FORD FIREWORKS RIGHT HERE ON
LOCAL 4. GETTING ALL EXCITED AND
AMPED UP, AND THAT INCLUDES ALL
THE CROWD THAT’S ALREADY
STARTING TOGETHER AS YOU TAKE A
LOOK AT LIVE PICTURES FROM SKY
FOR OVER. BELLE ISLE ESTIMATED
AT LEAST A QUARTER OF A MILLION
PEOPLE WILL BE DOWNTOWN TONIGHT
TO GET IN THERE WHO’S AND OZ AND
THAT DOESN’T INCLUDE ALL THE
FOLKS WITH ALL OF THE OTHER
DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS AND
STATIONS. AND OF COURSE,
EVERYBODY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE RIVER IN ONTARIO AS WELL.
IT’S A GREAT TRADITION, AND IT’S
BACK RIGHT HERE WHERE WE WANTED
TO BE. WELCOME TO THE 2022 FORD
FIREWORKS BACK WHERE THEY BELONG
IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT BACK WHERE
THEY BELONG, IS RIGHT. I MEAN,
THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF THE
SUMMER FOR DETROIT, AND, UH,
BACK. IT’S BEEN WHAT TWO YEARS
WE HAD TO KIND OF WEIRD YEARS. I
THINK EVERYBODY INVOLVED WOULD
ARE OKAY WITH US, DESCRIBING HIM
THAT WAY. BUT THAT’S PART OF WHY
THIS REALLY FEELS THE WAY IT
SHOULD. IT IS IN ITS SPECTACULAR
DAY TODAY REALLY COULDN’T HAVE
ASKED FOR A BETTER DAY, THOUGH.
WE DON’T KNOW IF THE FISH FLIES
ARE GOING TO COME OUT YET. SO I
DON’T WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU. WE
DON’T HAVE, ALTHOUGH YOU KNOW
THEY DO SHOW UP ON RADAR.
SOMETIMES THEY GET SO THICK, BUT
THE WEATHER IS ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT IS REALLY DIFFERENT THIS
YEAR. NEVER SAY THIS. THIS IS
RIGHT. SO WE WANT TO GET BACK TO
THE STUDIO WHERE ANDREW IS. IT’S
JUST GOING TO BE PICTURE.
PERFECT, RIGHT, ANDREW THAT’S
RIGHT. COULDN’T ASK FOR ANY
BETTER WEATHER SETTING UP FOR
THE FIREWORKS. AND DURING THE
BIG SHOW ITSELF, EVERYBODY WE’VE
GOT TEMPERATURES THAT ARE IN THE
SEVENTIES, BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE
OUT THERE ON THE BREEZY SIDE.
WE’RE LOOKING AT 73 DEGREES FOR
OUR FRIENDS IN MOUNT CLEMENS AT
CITY AIRPORT AT 75, COOLER TO
OUR NORTH AND A LITTLE BIT
MILDER TO OUR SOUTH. LOOK AT
THAT BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE WITH
FAIR WEATHER CLOUDS OVERHEAD.
GOT SOME BOATS GOING BY LIVE AS
WE LOOK AT DOWNTOWN DETROIT 75
DEGREES CURRENTLY OVER AT THE
AIRPORT. NOW IT IS ON THE BREEZY
SIDE, SO AS YOU ARE SETTING UP,
MAKE SURE THOSE PAPER PLATES AND
NAPKINS DON’T FLY AWAY WHERE
THEY CAN’T 14 MILE PER HOUR
WINDS AND GUSTING TO AROUND 22.
AND THESE WINDS BECOME CALMER.
LATER ON THIS EVENING, AND
TONIGHT, TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN
THE SEVENTIES BETWEEN NOW AND
NINE PM SUNSET IS AT 9 14 SHOULD
BE A BEAUTY AND BEAUTIFUL
WEATHER WITH CALMER WINDS COOLER
CONDITIONS LATER ON TONIGHT BY
10 O’CLOCK TEMPERATURES IN THE
MIDDLE SIXTIES LOW SIXTIES UPPER
FIFTIES BY THE END OF THE BIG
SHOW. SO GRAB YOUR JACKETS AND
SWEATSHIRTS IN ORDER TO STAY
WARM IN YOUR FORECAST FOR
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND THE REST
OF THE WEEK COMING UP. ALRIGHT
ANDREW, AND WE JOKE ABOUT IT ALL
THE TIME. THERE’S JUST NO SUCH
THING AS FIREWORKS WITHOUT A
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE
AFTERNOON EARLY EVENING, BUT
THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE.
WE’RE GOING TO LOVE IT WHEN AND
WE’LL JUST WE’LL JUST HAVE FUN
WITH IT. THAT’S RIGHT. CAN’T
COMPLAIN. ALL RIGHT, SO WE KNOW
THE WEATHER IS PERFECT. AND
WE’VE GOT REPORTERS FANNED OUT.
WE’VE GOT MAR MCDONALD’S. SHE’S
OUT ON BAIL OUT GETTING READY
FOR TO LOOK AT THE FAMILIES AND
THEY’RE GETTING READY. THEY’VE
BEEN STAKING OUT THEIR FAVORITE
SPOT ALL DAY LONG AND WE BUT
WE’RE GOING TO START WITH ROD
MELONI. HE’S LIVE AND HART PLAZA
FOR US TONIGHT. WHERE WE KNOW
SECURITY IS TIGHT. RIGHT? DEVIN
KIMBERLY, THE CROWD IS SLOWLY
MOVING IN HERE AT HART PLAZA,
AND THEY’RE FINDING A VASTLY
DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE THAN IN
YEARS PAST BECAUSE YOU’LL NOTICE
THERE’S A BIG FENCE AROUND THE
PLACE AND THERE IS ALSO VERY
TIGHT SECURITY, INCLUDING HAVING
TO GO THROUGH METAL DETECTORS.
THE LINE TO GET INTO HEART PLAZA
STARTED FORMING BEFORE NOONTIME
TODAY, APRIL COOK WITH HER
ENTIRE FAMILY. I’M HERE EVERY
YEAR FIRST IN LINE. THEY ALL
LOVE FIREWORKS JUST LIKE SHE
DOES. BUT PERHAPS THEY’RE NOT AS
ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE DAY LONG
TRIP FIREWORKS. I JUST LOVE TO
BE OUTSIDE SEEING THE FIREWORKS
BEING IN NATURE. SO IS IT WORTH
SITTING OUT HERE FOR 10 HOURS?
NO. THE METAL DETECTORS ARE NOT
LIKE THOSE AT THE AIRPORT. SOME
PEOPLE WALK THROUGH IN THE
COMPUTERS MAKE A THREAT
ASSESSMENT, ALLOWING SOME TO
WALK IN AND IMPEDED. OTHERS DO
GET STOPPED FOR A QUICK CHECK,
DETROIT POLICE CHIEF JAMES WHITE
SAYING SO WE DON’T WANT A FREE
FOR ALL. WE WANT FAMILIES TO
COME DOWN AND HAVE A GOOD TIME
AND BEAUTIFY WORKS. WE WANT
THESE LITTLE KIDS. TO HAVE A
REALLY NICE STORY TO TELL. WHEN
THEY GET OLDER. THEY’RE QUITE
CLEAR ABOUT WHAT’S NOT ALLOWED
HERE AT HART PLAZA. NO WEAPONS
OF ANY KIND. NO ALCOHOL,
CHARCOAL GRILLS, ILLEGAL DRUGS,
ANIMALS, CHEMICALS STORE BOUGHT
FIREWORKS OR EVEN DRONES.
CONSIDERING FIREWORKS OF YEARS
PAST HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL.
THE STEPPED UP SECURITY WAS
WELCOME TO THOSE COMING DOWNTOWN
. LIKE NICOLE MURPHY. I THINK
THAT’S A GREAT IDEA TO PROTECT
US SO PEOPLE CAN’T JUST BRING IN
WEAPONS. WE DON’T NEED THAT. ALL
RIGHT. SO ONE OF THE OTHER
THINGS YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND
TONIGHT IS THAT MICHIGAN STATE
POLICE AND THE DETROIT POLICE
ARE GOING TO BE SHUTTING DOWN
THE HIGHWAYS COMING INTO
DOWNTOWN AT SIX O’CLOCK SHARP,
SO IF YOU WANT TO GET HERE RIGHT
NOW, NOW OR NEVER, ESSENTIALLY,
AND THEY’RE PRETTY TIGHT WITH
THE SECURITY GUY, BROADER,
GORGEOUS LITTLE BULLDOG PUPPY TO
GO INTO THE FIREWORKS, AND THEY
SAID NO. NO CAN DO. THEY MADE
HIM BRING IT BACK HOME, AND SO
IT IS A DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE OUT
HERE, BUT THE PEOPLE WE’RE
TALKING TO ARE VERY HAPPY ABOUT
IT. A LOT OF SMILES COMING UP
WITH LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX. WE’RE
GOING TO BE TALKING TO THEM.
REPORTING LIVE DOWNTOWN ROD
MELONI LOCAL 4. ALRIGHT ROD A
LOT OF SMILES BECAUSE THESE LAST
TWO YEARS HAVE KIND OF MESSED
UP. WHAT IS A LONG RUNNING
TRADITION FOR A LOT OF DETROIT
FAMILIES, AND THEY’RE EAGER TO
GET BACK TO THAT THAT THEY ARE,
AND THAT INCLUDES OVER ON BELLE
ISLE, WHERE CARS HAVE BEEN
STREAMING IN RIGHT WHEN THE
GATES OPENED AT TWO THIS
AFTERNOON, SO LET’S GET DOWN TO
MARA MACDONALD. SHE’S LIVE THERE
FOR US TONIGHT AS FOLKS HAVE
STAKED OUT THEIR FAVORITE SPOT,
MARA KIMBERLY, YOU KNOW, ROD
SAID THERE WAS A GUY WITH A
LITTLE FRENCH BULLDOG WHO
COULDN’T GET IN. WELL TELL HIM
TO COME OVER HERE BECAUSE PUPS
ARE MORE THAN WELCOME ON BELLE
ISLE. AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK
AROUND, YOU CAN SEE WE’RE
ALREADY FILLING UP OUT HERE AND
ALL YOU CAN SMELL IS ALL THOSE
CHARCOAL BARBECUES. WITH ALL THE
GOOD STUFF. ALRIGHT THERE ARE
THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING BELLE
ISLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IS THE
FOURTH OF JULY I AND IT’S BEEN
COVID FOR TWO YEARS AND SO WE
WANTED TO CELEBRATE NEAR THE
WATER AND ISLAND. AND THEN THERE
ARE THE PROS WHO’VE BEEN OUT
HERE FOR GENERATIONS TRADITION.
YES, I WAS A LITTLE GIRL. MY MOM
DID ALL THESE ARE MY AUNT.
THAT’S MY COUSIN. YEAH SO WE
JUST DOING IT? YOU KNOW WHAT ARE
KIDS AND THEN THEY’RE GONNA DO
IT WITH THEIR KIDS. COME READY
WITH THE WHOLE SPREAD RIBS,
CHICKEN BRATS, DOGS AND, YES,
LAMB CHOPS ALL TIME TO COME OUT
AT REGULAR INTERVALS, BUT THEY
ALSO TAKE IT NEXT LEVEL. BECAUSE
YES, THEY PACKED THEIR OWN
BATHROOM. YEAH. I HAVE NEVER IN
MY LIFETIME SEEN ANYBODY PACKED
THEIR OWN BATHROOM ON THIS
ISLAND, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS
GENIUS. BUT NO MATTER WHERE YOU
GO, YOU MAKE LOTS OF FRIENDS.
YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. YES
HI. MY NAME IS LAUREN. VERY
GOOD. LAUREN. YES, HONEY? YOU
CAN TOO. HI MY NAME IS JACKIE
MCGEE. OKAY, ZIKA. I HAVE NEW
FRIENDS AND I HAVE HAD DOGS TO
EAT. SO WE WILL, OF COURSE, BE
BACK TO YOU LATER ON THIS
EVENING. WE’RE LIVE ON BELLE
ISLE. I’M MARA MACDONALD. LOCAL
4 AND APPARENTLY YOU HAVE
ABANDONED JUST AS IMPORTANT.
THAT’S FANTASTIC. I LOVED IT. I
LOVED DETROIT. WE KNOW HOW TO DO
IT. YOU FIGURE IT OUT. OKAY MARA
. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU ARE AWAY
FROM YOUR TV, DON’T WORRY. WE
STILL HAVE YOU COVERED HERE ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM AS WELL AS
THE CLICK ONTO THAT
CLICKONDETROIT.COM. YOU CAN
WATCH OUR BROADCAST TONIGHT.
LIVE ONLINE. IN FACT, A LOT OF
PEOPLE LIKE TO EVEN IF THEY’RE
HERE IN PERSON, WATCH IT ON
THEIR PHONE OR OTHER STREAMING
DEVICE BECAUSE YOU CAN PICK THE
VIEW THAT YOU WANT TO VIEW THE
FIREWORKS. WE’VE GOT OUR CHOOSE
YOUR OWN VIEW OPTION AND YOU’LL
FIND THE LINKS TO THAT RIGHT IN
THE TOP STORY SECTION OF
CLICKONDETROIT.COM THAT’S RIGHT
. WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO COME.
AS WE BUILD UP TO THE BIG SHOW,
WE WILL BE BACK AT 5 30. TO FIND
OUT WHAT’S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT
THIS YEAR. BESIDES OF COURSE,
BEING DOWNTOWN, SO MORE TO COME,
BUT RIGHT IN THE MEANTIME, LET’S
HEAD BACK TO THE STUDIO WHERE
JASON PAMELA, STANDING BY NEW AT
FIVE. OUR OTHER TOP STORY
TONIGHT. A JUDGE MAKES A SERIES
OF KEY DECISIONS AHEAD OF THE
TRIAL OF JAMES AND JENNIFER
CRUMBLY. ATTORNEYS FOR THE
COUPLE HAVE ASKED THE JUDGE TO
MOVE THE CASE OUT OF OAKLAND
COUNTY, SAYING THEY CAN’T GET A
FAIR TRIAL. SHAWN LEY WAS IN THE
COURTROOM AS THOSE DECISIONS
CAME DOWN TODAY, AND SEAN THE
TRIAL, NOT GOING TO BE MOVED,
SAYS THE JUDGE. LET’S GET RIGHT
TO THOSE DETAILS. YOU ARE RIGHT.
JASON THE TRIAL NOT GOING
ANYWHERE. NO CHANGE OF VENUE IN
THIS CASE, ALSO, THE ACCUSED
SHOOTERS SHOOTERS JOURNAL WILL
ALSO BE ALLOWED IN AS EVIDENCE
AND RIGHT NOW THERE IS A HALT TO
ANY PRETRIAL PUBLICITY. FROM MY
VIEW IN THE COURTROOM. THERE WAS
A TON OF EMOTION FOR THIS HIGH
STAKES HEARING. YES JAMES
CRUMLEY, THE FATHER OF THE
ACCUSED OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL
SHOOTER WAS ANIMATED IN COURT
TODAY, SHAKING HIS HEAD. NO A
NUMBER OF TIMES, ROLLING HIS
EYES WHILE THE JUDGE DISCUSSED
EVIDENCE, AND HE BROKE DOWN WHEN
THE JUDGE READ CHILLING ENTRIES
FROM HIS SON’S JOURNAL ACCESS TO
THE GUN AMMO. I WANT TO HELP MY
PARENTS DON’T LISTEN TO ME SO I
CAN’T GET ANY HELP. I HAVE ZERO
HELP FOR MY MENTAL PROBLEMS AND
IT’S CAUSING ME TO SHOOT. SHOOT
UP A SCHOOL. MY PARENTS WON’T
LISTEN ABOUT HELP FOR THERAPIST
UNQUOTE JAMES AND JENNIFER
CRUMLEY FIGHTING TO KEEP THEIR
SONS EXPLOSIVE JOURNAL ENTRIES
LEADING UP TO THE NOVEMBER 30TH
SCHOOL SHOOTING OUT OF THEIR
TRIAL. THE JUDGE SAYS THOSE
ENTRIES WILL BE ALLOWED. THE
COUPLE IS ACCUSED OF PROVIDING
THE GUN USED IN THE SHOOTING TO
THEIR SON AND IGNORING HIS CRIES
FOR HELP. THE PARENTS ARGUED
THEY CAN’T GET A FAIR TRIAL IN
OAKLAND COUNTY AND ARGUED FOR A
CHANGE OF VENUE PARENTS. MOTION
DENIED OAKLAND COUNTY IS NOT A
SMALL COMMUNITY AND SUFFICIENTLY
DIVERSE TO WEIGHT AGAINST A
FINDING OF PRESUMED PREJUDICE.
IT’S WELL ESTABLISHED THAT
PRETRIAL PUBLICITY ALONE DOES
NOT WANT A CHANGE OF VENUE.
ATTORNEYS FOR THE COUPLE, THEN
ALERTING THE JUDGE. THEY PLAN ON
CALLING THE COUPLE’S SON, THE
ACCUSED SHOOTER AS A WITNESS TO
TESTIFY AT HIS PARENTS’
INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE
DEFENDANT’S WANTING TO THROW
THEIR SON UNDER THE BUS OR MAKE
HIM LOOK BAD. THIS IS ABOUT OUR
CLIENTS DEFENDING THE CASE. BUT
VERY INTERESTING TO SEE IF THE
ACCUSED SHOOTER, THE SUN IS
CALLED TO TESTIFY AGAINST HIS
OWN PARENTS AT THEIR TRIAL,
GUYS, THAT TRIAL IS SET NOW FOR
OCTOBER. WE’RE LIVE TONIGHT.
SHAWN LEY LOCAL 4 BACK TO YOU.
AND OF COURSE WE WILL BE THERE.
ALL RIGHT, SEAN, THANKS. A MAN
HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY
ASSAULTING A WOMAN INSIDE A
DEARBORN STORE. MARSHALL DWIGHT
BROWN IS ACCUSED OF
INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHING A WOMAN
INSIDE A WALMART POLICE SAY
BROWN WALKED INTO THE STORE
WHILE WEARING AN AMAZON HAT AND
SHIRT WHEN HE TOUCHED HER,
LEADING TO AN ARGUMENT. BROWN
WAS ARRESTED THURSDAY. THE
DEARBORN POLICE COMMANDER SAYS
TIPS FROM THE COMMUNITY WERE
INSTRUMENTAL IN LEADING TO THE
ARREST. IF YOU PLAN ON HITTING
THE ROAD THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND
THERE SIGNS OF RELIEF AT THE GAS
PUMP, ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A
MICHIGANNATIVE ARP, EYING AN
AVERAGE OF FOUR OH 45, OR FOUR
RATHER PER GALLON. THAT’S DOWN
MORE THAN 10 CENTS FROM LAST
WEEK IN METRO DETROIT, TRIPLE A
, SAYS DRIVERS ARE PAYING AN
AVERAGE OF 5 14 PER GALLON IF
YOU PLAN ON HEADING UP NORTH,
TRIPLE A SAYS, YOU’LL PAY AN
AVERAGE OF 4 93 PER GALLON IN
TRAVERSE CITY. IT DID SOUND GOOD
WHEN YOU SAID 404, THOUGH, FOR A
SECOND, ALL RIGHT? YEAH WE HAVE
MUCH MORE TO COME ON THIS MONDAY
EDITION OF THE FIVE PAULA THE
LONG GAME AND THE SHORT GAME.
HOW THE OVERTURNING OF ROE IN
ROE V. WADE IS SHAPING UP ALONG
BATTLE LINES. AND NEW
DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING
BASKETBALL STAR BRITNEY GRINER
AS SHE MAKES HER FIRST
APPEARANCE IN COURT TONIGHT.
WHAT HAPPENED THAT COULD SERVE
AS A MAJOR BLOW TO EFFORTS TO
GET HER OUT OF RUSSIA, AND
HERE’S KAREN LOCAL 4
INVESTIGATORS TAKE YOU INSIDE
THE HOMEWORK. THREE YEAR OLD
BOY’S BODY WAS FOUND INSIDE A
FREEZER, TROUBLING HISTORY OF
WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE THAT HOUSE