LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. FRUSTRATING FOR FLYERS IF YOU
HAD PLANS TO FLY SOUTHWEST
AIRLINES YESTERDAY, TODAY OR
TOMORROW, MOST LIKELY OUTCOME
HAS BEEN CANCELATION. THINK
ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND, HAVING
A HIGHER CHANCE OF NOT TAKING
OFF AFTER BUYING A PLANE TICKET
. THE OFFICIAL EXPLANATION FROM
SOUTHWEST BAD WEATHER AND
SCHEDULING ISSUES LOOKING LIVE
AT OUR METRO AIRPORT SKY CAM,
WHERE IT HAS BEEN A LONG AND
FRUSTRATING WEEKS SO FAR FOR
TRAVELERS. SOUTHWEST CANCELED
MORE THAN 2900 FLIGHTS ON MONDAY
, MORE THAN 2500 MORE TODAY AND
NEARLY ANOTHER 2500 FLIGHTS
CANCELED FOR TOMORROW. THAT’S
RIGHT. AND IF YOU COUNT JUST
MONDAY AND TUESDAY, SOUTHWEST
SCRAPPED 5400 FLIGHTS SCHEDULED
TO TAKE OFF OVER A SPAN OF 48
HOURS. THAT’S NEARLY TWO OUT OF
EVERY THREE FLIGHTS CUSTOMERS.
AH LIKE THIS PERSON IN HOUSTON
THAT YOU’RE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM
WANT ANSWERS HIS SON STRANDED
BECAUSE OF A CANCELATION AT
GEORGE BUSH AIRPORT. THAT’S JUST
ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS MELTDOWN
IS AFFECTING PEOPLE. JACQUELINE
FRANCIS HAS THE STORY FROM METRO
AIRPORT. A GOT CANCELED
CHRISTMAS DAY, AND THEN THEY
RESCHEDULED ME. I GOT CANCELED
AGAIN. THEN I GOT SCHEDULED FOR
TOMORROW TO GO TO MEMPHIS, AND
IT WAS CANCELED AGAIN. IT’S THE
SOUTHWEST SAGA THAT HAS
PASSENGERS STRANDED AND
SCRAMBLING TO FIND ANOTHER WAY
OUT. THE AIRLINE CANCELED 2500
FLIGHTS TUESDAY AND HAS ALREADY
CANCELED THE SAME AMOUNT FOR
WEDNESDAY AND DETROIT CLOSE TO
90% OF SOUTHWEST FLIGHTS WERE
CANCELED. WEBSITE KEEPS CRASHING
SO YOU CAN’T GET ON THE WEBSITE.
AND THEN WHEN YOU CALL YOU WAIT
FOR AN HOUR. AND IT HANGS UP ON
ONE GROOM TRYING TO GET HIS
PARENTS A FLIGHT OUT FOR HIS
DESTINATION WEDDING THAT’S STILL
DAYS AWAY. I’M ACTUALLY GETTING
MARRIED IN FLORIDA, SO THEY HAD
A FLIGHT TO COME OUT ON
THURSDAY. I’M GETTING MARRIED ON
FRIDAY AND THERE, I THINK AT
THIS POINT ABOUT TO MR FLIGHT
BUT MISS MY WEDDING AIRLINE IS
TELLING PASSENGERS IT WILL BE A
NUMBER OF DAYS BEFORE THEY CAN
GET THEM BOOKED ON ANOTHER
FLIGHT OUT. OTHER CITIES LIKE
DENVER, WHICH IS A SOUTHWEST HUB
, HAVE IT FAR WORSE. THOUSANDS
OF PASSENGERS STRANDED, FORCING
SOME TO HAPPEN THE CAR INSTEAD,
LUGGAGE ENDED UP IN DETROIT. WE
HAVE NO WAY TO GET IT, SO WE
DECIDED WE’D JUST DRIVE. TWO.
DETROIT FROM DENVER, AND WE JUST
GOT HERE. PICKED UP HER BAGS AND
WE’RE ON OUR WAY TO SEE FAMILY.
THAT WAS JACQUELINE FRANCIS
REPORTING MUCH MORE ON THE STORY
AHEAD ON NIGHTLY NEWS. ALL RIGHT
. SO WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING
IN THIS VIDEO FOOTAGE APPEARING
TO SHOW A WOMAN BEING PUSHED
INSIDE A VAN SURFACED ON SOCIAL
MEDIA, FUELING LOTS OF
SPECULATION AND CONCERN FOR THE
WOMAN’S SAFETY. AND NOW POLICE
ARE LOOKING INTO THIS SHAWN LEY
IS LIVE WITH WHAT WE KNOW SO
FAR. CAN’T REALLY WE? WE’VE BEEN
LOOKING INTO IT ALSO ALL DAY
LONG SINCE WE ALSO GOT OUR HANDS
ON THAT VIDEO. WE BELIEVE IT
HAPPENED IN AN ALLEYWAY HERE
RIGHT NEAR EIGHT AND GRATIOT.
WE’D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHO
THE TWO PEOPLE ARE IN THE VIDEO
. AND THE BIG QUESTION IS THE
WOMAN IN THE VIDEO YOU’RE ABOUT
TO SEE IS SHE OKAY? THE VIDEO IS
EXTREMELY HARD TO WATCH. BUT
THIS CLIP IS GOING VIRAL ON
SOCIAL MEDIA. WE’RE TOLD IT’S
FROM THIS PAST CHRISTMAS NIGHT
IN THE AREA OF EIGHT MILE AND
GRATIOT, A MAN PULLING UP TO A
WOMAN IN AN ALLEY, SLAMMING HER
UP AGAINST THE VAN AND FORCING
HER INTO THAT BAN. WHO IS THAT
WOMAN? WHERE IS SHE? NOW WHO IS
THE MAN? WHERE IS HE RIGHT NOW?
DETROIT POLICE SAY THEY HAVE THE
VIDEO AND THEY ARE INVESTIGATING
. SO ARE WE WORKING, TOO?
PINPOINT WHICH ALLEY THIS
DISTURBING INCIDENT TOOK PLACE,
AND ARE WE WATCHING AN ABDUCTION
OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT?
HERE ARE THE CLUES FROM THE
VIDEO. THE VAN IS MARKED
LAKESIDE BUDGET THAT’S A RENTAL
COMPANY HERE IN STERLING HEIGHTS
EMPLOYEE INSIDE SAYS ALL
INFORMATION HAS TO COME FROM
DETROIT POLICE. THERE’S MORE.
THE WOMAN IS NOT WEARING A COAT
THE MAN HAS ON A WINTER HAT AND
A GOLD JACKET WITH THE NUMBER
ONE ON THE BACK. PLUS SHE LIKELY
KNOWS THIS MAN FIRST YOU CAN
HEAR HER ON THE VIDEO SET. THING
JUST BE NICE STOP NINE. AND THEN
SHE SAYS, THE MAN’S NAME. YOU
CAN HEAR HER SAYING, QUINTON. I
CAN’T FIT. I CAN’T FIT. SOURCES
TELL ME. POLICE ARE ALSO
BREAKING DOWN THE VIDEO TO SEE
WHERE THIS INVESTIGATION IS
GOING. BACK HERE LIVE ON
DETROIT’S EAST SIDE VIDEO, OF
COURSE, HARD TO WATCH AND YOU
FEEL FOR THE WOMAN IN THAT VIDEO
LOCAL 4 VIEWERS BEEN REACHING
OUT TO ME ALL DAY LONG SAYING
THEY’RE HORRIFIED BY WHAT
THEY’RE WATCHING IN THAT VIDEO,
BUT AGAIN VERY FEW DETAILS FROM
DETROIT POLICE ONLY THAT THEY
HAVE THE VIDEO BREAKING IT DOWN
IN KIMBERLEY. THEY CONTINUE TO
INVESTIGATE, WILL STILL STAY ON
IT AS WELL BACK TO YOU REALLY,
REALLY DISTURBING VIDEO FOOTAGE
THERE, SEAN, AS YOU SAID, I KNOW
YOU’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW IT.
THANK YOU. FORMER DETROIT MAYOR
KWAME MICHAEL PATRICK IS HOPING
A JUDGE WILL CLEAR HIS REMAINING
DEBT AND GIVE HIM THE GREEN
LIGHT TO TRAVEL. KILPATRICK WAS
LESS THAN EIGHT YEARS INTO A 28
YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR PUBLIC
CORRUPTION WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP
GRANTED HIM CLEMENCY ON THE
CONDITION THAT HE SPENT THREE
YEARS ON SUPERVISED RELEASE. HIS
ATTORNEY FILED PAPERS ASKING FOR
THAT SUPERVISION TO END AND FOR
KILPATRICK’S REMAINING
RESTITUTION OF A MILLION AND A
HALF DOLLARS TO BE WIPED AWAY.
THE ATTORNEY ARGUES THE
LIQUIDATION OF SOME ASSETS TIED
TO CO DEFENDANT BOBBY FERGUSON
SHOULD BE APPLIED AS A CREDIT TO
SATISFY THE DEBT. SINCE HIS
RELEASE FROM PRISON, KILPATRICK
HAS MOVED TO ATLANTA AND STARTED
A MINISTRY THERE. ONE OF THE
LEADERS OF THE PLOT TO KIDNAP
GOVERNOR WHITMER WILL SPEND 16
YEARS IN PRISON. ADAM FOX WAS
SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT IN
GRAND RAPIDS TODAY. HIS 16 YEAR
PRISON SENTENCE IS THE LONGEST
OF ANYONE CONVICTED IN THE PLOT.
SO FAR, HOWEVER, THE JUDGE COULD
HAVE SENTENCED HIM TO LIFE
BEHIND BARS. PROSECUTORS SAY FOX
PLOTTED TO KIDNAP GOVERNOR
WHITMER AND BLOW UP A BRIDGE IN
NORTHERN MICHIGAN TO HELP WITH
THE ESCAPE. BOX CHOSE NOT TO
ADDRESS THE COURT TODAY.
GOVERNOR WHITMER DID NOT ISSUE A
NEW STATEMENT TODAY IN RESPONSE
TO FOX’S SENTENCING, BUT
ATTORNEY GENERAL DANA NESSEL
SAID QUOTE TODAY’S SENTENCING
SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT
DOMESTIC TERROR TERRORISM WILL
NOT BE TOLERATED. ADAM FOXES,
ACTIONS UNDERMINE THE SECURITY
OF EVERY MICHIGANNATIVE BOX WAS
ONE OF TWO MEN CONVICTED OF
COORDINATING THE PLOT. THE OTHER
BARRY CROFT, JUNIOR FROM
DELAWARE, WILL BE SENTENCED
TOMORROW. PROSECUTORS ARE
PUSHING FOR OR A LIFE SENTENCE
FOR HIM. WE WILL, OF COURSE, LET
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS. IF YOU
SAW SMOKE IN THE AIR AND EASTERN
MACOMB COUNTY YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON, THIS MAYBE Y TAKE A
LOOK. A FIRE BROKE OUT AT A HOME
ON ANCHOR DRIVE JUST SOUTH OF 23
MILE IN CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP.
THE HOUSE WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN
FLAMES WHEN FIRST RESPONDERS
WENT INSIDE. THEY DID GET
EVERYONE OUT SAFELY AND ALSO
MANAGED TO RESCUE SEVERAL HOUSE
CATS. AND A PET PIG. YOU DON’T
HEAR THAT VERY OFTEN.
CHESTERFIELD FIREFIGHTERS GOT
HELP FROM SELFRIDGE, MACOMB
TOWNSHIP, MOUNT CLEMENS,
HARRISON TOWNSHIP, NEW HAVEN AND
LENOX TOWNSHIP. LIVONIA MAN IS
ACCUSED OF ROBBING A BANK UNDER
THE PRETENSE OF NEEDING MONEY
FOR LIFE SAVING SURGERY. POLICE
SAY MARTA’S NEWKIRK HANDED A
NOTE TO THE TELLER AT THE 5TH
3RD BANK ON TELEGRAPH ROAD IN
DETROIT. THE NOTE SAID THAT HE
HAD A BOMB THAT HIS WIFE WAS
DYING OF CANCER AND THAT HE
NEEDED MONEY TO PAY FOR SURGERY
. ONE OF THE TELLERS SAID
NEWKIRK PLACED AN OBJECT ON THE
COUNTER. AND THAT THE OBJECT HAD
PROTRUDING WIRES, A TIME CLOCK
AND A BARCODE. THIS THIRD
ESTIMATES MORE THAN $7000 WITH
STOLEN POLICE WERE ABLE TO
ARREST NEWKIRK AFTER WORKING
WITH UBER TO FIND OUT WHO THEY
HAD DROPPED OFF IN FRONT OF THE
BANK JUST BEFORE THAT ROBBERY
TOOK PLACE. YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE
THIS MAN, THE LATE DR FRANK
RUSSELL. HE GREW UP IN PONTIAC
AND WAS DRAFTED BY THE CHICAGO
BULLS, BUT IT’S WHAT HE DID
AFTER THAT. THAT MAKES HIM A
LEGEND IN HIS COMMUNITY, AND
THAT COMMUNITY IS MAKING SURE OR
HE IS NEVER FORGOTTEN. MEGAN
WOODS WAS THERE FOR TODAY’S
SPECIAL DEDICATION. FOR MORE IN
NEBRASKA. IT’S AN INTERSECTION
IN FRANK RUSSELL’S OLD
NEIGHBORHOOD, AND TODAY THE CITY
OF PONTIAC CHOSE IT AS A PLACE
TO HONOR HIS LEGACY TODAY TO
HONOR NOT JUST A MAN BUT A
FAMILY AND A LEGACY WHO HAS BEEN
THE BLUEPRINT FOR THIS COMMUNITY
SOUTHSIDE SINCE AS LONG AS I CAN
REMEMBER FROM CITY LEADERS LIKE
COUNCILWOMAN MELANIE RUTHERFORD
, WHO LOOKED AT FRANK RUSSELL AS
A MENTOR. TO FRANK’S SON RAHIM
IN THE COMMUNITY. AND YOU KNOW.
I’M STARTING TO GET A LITTLE
EMOTIONAL RIGHT NOW. MY MOM AND
I BROTHERS AND SISTERS, THE
WHOLE FAMILY. ACTUALLY WE WERE
MISSING HIM. TREMENDOUSLY
UNVEILING THIS BOULEVARD IS
SOMETHING PERSONAL. AS MAYOR TIM
GREIMEL SAYS FRANK RUSSELL WAS
MORE THAN JUST AN ATHLETE, BUT
HE ALSO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE
OAKLAND COUNTY. ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT GROUP THAT WAS
REALLY FOCUSED ON HELPING SMALL
BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY BLACK
BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY WOMEN
OWNED BUSINESSES. HE WAS A
PUBLISHER FOR PONTIAC NEWS AND
FOUNDED THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
INSTITUTE. SO TODAY WASN’T JUST
ABOUT CHANGING THE NAME TO A
BOULEVARD BUT INSTILLING HOPE
AND GET SOMEBODY WHO WANTED
EVERYBODY HERE IN PONTIAC TO BE
SUCCESSFUL AND HOPEFULLY BY
SEEING HIS NAME AND STREET SIGNS
, YOUNG PEOPLE. PEOPLE COMING UP
IN THE COMMUNITY NOW WILL BE
INSPIRED TO REALLY FULFILL THAT
MESSAGE. AND THAT DREAM THAT
FRANK HAD FOR EVERYONE. AND MARY
RUSSELL FRANK’S WIFE OF MORE
THAN 50, YEARS, SAYS THAT’S HOW
HE WOULD HAVE WANTED IT. LOOKING
DOWN ON IT. I KNOW HE APPRECIATE
WHAT’S BEEN DONE HERE FOR HIM
AND HIS HONOR TODAY IN PONTIAC,
MEGAN WOODS LOCAL 4 OH, NICE.
ALWAYS HAVE SOME SUNSHINE TODAY
. THAT WAS A WELCOME CHANGE.
LITTLE BIT, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT
MORE ON THE WAY, KIMJONGILIA NOW
FOR A LOOK AT THE FORECAST. HI,
KIM HAVE A LITTLE MORE ON THE
WAY FOR TOMORROW AND THEN IT
CLOUDS BACK UP FOR THURSDAY AND
RAIN ARRIVES BY FRIDAY. SO ENJOY
IT TOMORROW WHILE IT LASTS. 23
IN DETROIT HOWL 22 IN PONTIAC 23
IN ADRIAN PRETTY MUCH LOW TO MID
TWENTIES ACROSS THE BOARD HERE
IN METRO DETROIT, 20-6 IN LAPEER
24 MOUNT CLEMENS 20-6 AT CITY
AIRPORT FACTOR IN THE WIND, AND
IT’S STILL CHILLY OUT THERE. SO
IT FEELS LIKE IT’S 11. NOW IN
PONTIAC TENANT, METRO 14 IS THE
CURRENT WIND CHILL AND HOWELL
WERE A LITTLE WARMER THAN WE
WERE YESTERDAY. BUT TOMORROW WE
WILL BE MUCH WARMER AS HIGHS GET
INTO THE UPPER THIRTIES, BUT THE
BIG DIFFERENCE, NOT JUST THE
TEMPERATURE, BUT THAT SUNSHINE
THAT IS SO NEEDED HERE IN METRO
DETROIT, AND WE DON’T STOP
THERE. WE GET TEMPERATURES ALL
THE WAY INTO THE UPPER FORTIES
TO RIGHT AROUND 50 FRIDAY. WELL
IF YOU WANT TO GET THE WEATHER
RIGHT IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND,
YOU KNOW, THE BEST WAY TO DO IT
IS TO DOWNLOAD THE FOREWARN
WEATHER APP. JUST GO TO YOUR
FAVORITE APP STORE TYPE AND
WDIV’S AND DOWNLOAD THE FREE FOR
WARM WEATHER APP. KIM THANK YOU
AHEAD AND UP CLOSE LOOK AT WHAT
PEOPLE IN GREATER BUFFALO IN NEW
YORK ARE DEALING WITH FROM THE