NOW. IT’S A VIDEO THAT’S GONE VIRAL, A MAN FORCING A WOMAN INTO A RENTAL VAN AND DETROIT’S
EAST SIDE TONIGHT WE’RE GETTING
ANSWERS FROM DETROIT POLICE
INVESTIGATORS TONIGHT ARE
IDENTIFYING THAT MAN AND WOMAN
IN THAT SHOCKING VIDEO SHAWN LEY
BROUGHT YOU THIS STORY YESTERDAY
AT SIX. HE JOINS US LIVE WITH
MORE ON WHAT DPD IS SAYING ABOUT
THIS INVESTIGATION, SEAN. LET’S
GET RIGHT TO IT. KIMBERLY AND
PAMELA, THIS HAPPENED IN A DARK
ALLEY JUST OFF OF EIGHT MILE
HERE. AND LOOK, WE KNOW TONIGHT
THAT THE WOMAN IS OKAY DID
SUFFER SOME INJURIES THAT IS
DISTURBING WHAT HAPPENED TO HER
POLICE. THEY WOULD ALSO
DISTURBING THE PEOPLE WHO TOOK
THE SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO OF
WHAT LOOKS LIKE AN ABDUCTION
NEVER CALLED. THE POLICE NEVER
TRIED TO HELP THAT WOMAN. THE
VIDEO, INCREDIBLY DISTURBING A
MAN FORCING A WOMAN INTO A
RENTAL VAN IN AN ALLEY ON
DETROIT’S EAST SIDE, AND IT
TURNS OUT THE TWO ARE IN A
RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER,
AND WE’RE LEAVING A CHRISTMAS
PARTY. IT WAS AN ARGUMENT
BETWEEN THE TWO THERE WAS SOME
ALCOHOL INVOLVED. WE BELIEVE
HOLIDAY PARTY AND LIKE I SAID,
THEY’VE HAD A MULTI YEAR
RELATIONSHIP. DETAILS ARE THE 32
YEAR OLD MAN IN 39 YEAR OLD
GIRLFRIEND HAD AN ARGUMENT IN
THE BAND. SHE GOT OUT AND HE
FORCED HER BACK INSIDE. YOU CAN
CLEARLY SEE THAT THIS IS A
RENTAL VAN POLICE FOUND OUT WHO
RENTED THE VAN CONTACTED THAT
PERSON WHO SAID HE LET THE MAN
IN THE VIDEO USED THE VAN, AND
THAT’S HOW THEY TRACKED HIM DOWN
. WHAT’S HAPPENING TO THIS WOMAN
IS DISTURBING. THIS INCIDENT IS
UNSETTLING TO DETROIT POLICE. NO
ONE CALLED THE POLICE, NOT THE
WOMAN. AND NOT THE PEOPLE WHO
CAPTURED THE VIDEO OF WHAT LOOKS
LIKE AN ABDUCTION. THEY POSTED
IT RIGHT TO INSTAGRAM. INSTEAD
OF ALERTING AUTHORITIES, DPD SAW
THE VIDEO AND STARTED THEIR OWN
INVESTIGATION THAT PUTS US 36
HOURS BEHIND THE BALL. HAD THIS
BEEN IN ABDUCTION OF A STRANGER
WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL’S LIFE WAS
IN DANGER. YOU KNOW THOSE 36
HOURS COULD MEAN THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
ABSOLUTELY LET ME TALK NOW ABOUT
THE WOMAN IN THE VIDEO 39 YEARS
OLD, SUFFERED SOME CUTS TO HER
FACE BEING FORCED INTO THAT VAN
POLICE TELL ME SHE IS GETTING
THE HELP SHE NEEDS IS A VICTIM
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 32 YEAR
OLD BOYFRIEND UNDER ARREST
TONIGHT, DPD TELLS ME THEY’RE
GOING TO REQUEST FROM THE
PROSECUTOR. CHARGES OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE AND ABDUCTION, SAYING
HE THAT WOMAN IN THEIR OPINION
WAS TAKEN. AGAINST HER. WILL HER
LIVE TONIGHT IN DETROIT,
SHAWN LEY LOCAL 4 BACTERIA IS
HARD TO WATCH AND DISTURBING.
INDEED SEAN, WE APPRECIATE IT
WHEN PEOPLE LIVING AT A WAYNE
COUNTY APARTMENT COMPLEX SAY
THEY’VE BEEN WITHOUT HEAT AND
WATER FOR DAYS. THIS IS
HAPPENING AT THE RIVERVIEW
CROSSINGS AND PENNSYLVANIA,
RHODE ARE JACQUELINE FRANCIS
SHOWS RESIDENTS THERE ARE
HANDLING THESE CONDITIONS AND
WHAT MANAGEMENT IS SAYING
RESIDENTS AT RIVERVIEW CROSSINGS
ARE DESPERATE FOR ANSWERS AFTER
DAYS WITHOUT POWER, HEAT OR
RUNNING WATER. THIS IS MY
APARTMENT. THE FLOOR IS AS YOU
CAN SEE AS WET MASSEY IS LIVING
WITH NO POWER, HEAT OR RUNNING
WATER. HAVE NO MONEY WATER IN
HERE WHATSOEVER LIKE THAT FOR
FOUR DAYS NOW. NO RUNNING WATER
. CARPETS ARE SOAKED AFTER THE
PLACE FLOODED OVER THE WEEKEND.
I HAVE TO LIVE IN HERE WITH THIS
WITH BOTTLED WATER TO WASH UP
WITH AND THIS IS FRUSTRATING TO
ME. I PAY MY RENT EVERY MONTH ON
TIME, AND I SHOULDN’T HAVE TO
LIVE LIKE THIS. NEIGHBORS HAVE
SIMILAR COMPLAINTS, ALL OF WHICH
HAVE GONE UNANSWERED BY THE
MANAGEMENT COMPANY AT RIVERVIEW
CROSSINGS. THIS ISN’T THE FIRST
PROBLEM. THIS IS MULTIPLE
PROBLEMS, AND THEY JUST PUT BAND
AIDS ON STUFF. CHRISTMAS MORNING
RESPONSE. WE’RE GONNA GET
SOMEBODY OUT HERE. THEY’RE
BACKED UP. WE’RE GOING TO GET
SOMEONE OUT HERE. THIS WAS THREE
DAYS AGO. I CALLED YESTERDAY
WE’RE GOING TO GET SOMEBODY OUT
HERE. THEY STILL HAVEN’T GOTTEN
ANYBODY OUT HERE, HE SAID. YOU
HAVE TO USE YOUR RENTER’S
INSURANCE. I SAID. I’M NOT DOING
THAT. I SAID I CAN’T AFFORD TO
DO THAT. PLUS I CAN’T AFFORD TO
PAY MYSELF. I MEAN, I CAN PAY MY
RENT. BUT THEN THERE’S NOTHING
LEFT. WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT COMPANY BEFORE BEING
ASKED TO LEAVE THE COMPLEX FAST
AS WE CAN TO GET EVERYTHING
FIXED. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE’RE
IN THE PROCESS OF THAT THERE ARE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT HAVE HEAT IN
MONTHS. ALRIGHT. SO WE ARE
WORKING ON THAT SO NO WATER,
RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY NO ONE TO DO
AN INTERVIEW RIGHT NOW. SO WE’RE
WORKING ON THAT ONE NOT WANTING
TO AN INTERVIEW RIGHT NOW. YOU
COULD THAT’S THE LAST WE HEARD
FROM THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
COMPANY WILL BE SURE TO STAY ON
THIS STORY IN HOPES THAT RELIEF
IS IN SIGHT FOR THESE RESIDENTS
REPORTING IN RIVERVIEW,
JACQUELINE FRANCIS LOCAL 4,
JACQUELINE. THANK YOU. JUDGE
SENTENCED BARRY CROFT TO 19
YEARS IN PRISON. THAT’S THREE
MORE YEARS THAN WHAT ADAM FOX
RECEIVED WHEN HE WAS SENTENCED
YESTERDAY. CROFT WAS CONSIDERED
THE MASTERMIND IN THE PLOT TO
KIDNAP GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER
. PROSECUTORS SAY KRAFT HAS
NEVER TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR
HIS ROLE IN THE PLOT. AND TODAY
IN COURT. THEY ASKED FOR A LIFE
SENTENCE, BUT THE JUDGE DECIDED
IT WAS NOT APPROPRIATE. FIVE
MORE MEMBERS OF THE WOLVERINE
WATCHMEN ARE ACCUSED OF
SUPPORTING THE PLAN TO KIDNAP
THE GOVERNOR AND ARE NOW HEADING
TO TRIAL. WELL TODAY MARKS FOUR
YEARS SINCE PAUL WHELAN WAS
DETAINED IN RUSSIA. THE 52 YEAR
OLD FROM NOVI WAS ARRESTED AT
MOSCOW AT A MOSCOW HOTEL IN
DECEMBER OF 2018 ON ESPIONAGE
CHARGES IN 2020 LELAND WAS
SENTENCED TO 16 YEARS IN PRISON
TODAY. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
SAID SECURING WHELAN’S RELEASE
REMAINS A TOP PRIORITY. MEGAN
WOODS JOINS US LIVE IN MEGAN
PAUL’S FAMILY SIMPLY WANTS TO
GET HIM HOME. THAT’S RIGHT.
PAMELA PAUL’S FAMILY IS SAYING
TODAY IS A MARKER OF THEIR
SUFFERING WHILE SECRETARY OF
STATE ANTONY BLINKEN IS STICKING
TO HIS WORD. HE IS NOT ONLY
SAYING THAT PAUL WEILAND IS
WRONGFULLY DETAINED, BUT HE’S
SAYING THAT HE IS COMMITTED TO
BRINGING PAUL HOME. HE’S STILL
IN A RUSSIAN LABOR CAMP AND IT’S
I THINK IT’S VERY DIFFICULT FOR
PEOPLE TO COMPREHEND THAT
SOMEONE CAN BE IN THIS POSITION
FOR SO LONG AND THAT THE US
GOVERNMENT ISN’T ABLE TO IMPACT
THE CASE. THAT WAS DAVID WHELAN
, PAUL’S TWIN BROTHER ONE YEAR
AGO TODAY, AS HE REFLECTED ON
THREE YEARS SINCE HIS BROTHER
WAS DETAINED IN RUSSIA ON
ESPIONAGE CHARGES THAT THE US
GOVERNMENT SAY ARE BASELESS NOW
, AS TODAY MARKS THE FOURTH
YEAR, DAVID WHELAN SAYS IN A
STATEMENT. QUOTE TODAY IS THE
ONE 1004 161ST DAY THAT PAUL HAS
BEEN HELD HOSTAGE BY THE RUSSIAN
FEDERATION. RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES
AND TRAPPED HIM FOUR YEARS AGO
TODAY, HOW DO YOU MARK SUCH AN
AWFUL MILESTONE WHEN THERE’S NO
RESOLUTION IN SIGHT? DAVID
WHELAN GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT
PAUL’S SUFFERING AS WELL AS
THEIR FAMILIES SUFFERING WHILE
ALSO THINKING THE US
GOVERNMENT’S EFFORTS IN TRYING
TO GET PAUL HOME. US OFFICIALS
WERE HOPING TO INCLUDE PAUL
WEILAND AND THE PRISONER SWAP
EARLIER THIS MONTH INVOLVING W.
N. B A STAR BRITNEY GRINER AND
CONVICTED RUSSIAN ARMS DEALER
VIKTOR BOOT. TODAY SECRETARY OF
STATE ANTONY BLINKEN MADE IT
VERY CLEAR IN A STATEMENT THAT
WILLENS RETURN IS A PRIORITY,
SAYING QUOTE HIS DETENTION
REMAINS UNACCEPTABLE AND WE
CONTINUE TO PRESS FOR HIS
IMMEDIATE RELEASE. AT EVERY
OPPORTUNITY. I AM COMMITTED TO
BRINGING HOME PAUL AND ALL U. S
HOSTAGES AND WRONGFUL DETAINEES
HELD AROUND THE WORLD. WE
MENTIONED EARLIER, THE BRITTNEY
GRINER EXCHANGE, PAUL WHALEN’S
FAMILY WAS SUPPORTIVE OF HER
FREEDOM. BUT OF COURSE WE’RE
EXPRESSING THEIR FEARS AND
CONCERN WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT
THAT MEANT FOR PAUL REPORTING
LIVE. I’M MEGAN WOODS. LOCAL 4.
RIGHT, MEGAN. THANK YOU. A MAN
WHO WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON
LAST YEAR, IS NOW FACING A NEW
GUN CHARGE AFTER AN INSTAGRAM
POST THE FEDS SAY 23 YEAR OLD
TRAYVON MATHIS POSTED A PICTURE
OF A GUN AND ALSO CHATTED ABOUT
BEING DRUNK DURING A CRASH IN
DETROIT. MATHIS DID TIME AFTER
PLEADING GUILTY TO ASSAULT
CHARGES IN MAY OF 2016. HE WAS
RELEASED FROM PRISON IN MAY OF
2021. THE GUN POST WAS FOUND IN
JULY AFTER AN ATF AGENT BEGAN
MONITORING HIS ACCOUNT AFTER HIS
RELEASE. THEN IN AUGUST, THE
FEDS SAY MATH IS POSTED ABOUT
BEING DRUNK DURING A CRASH. HE’S
NOW FACING CHARGES OF FELON IN
POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. NEXT ON
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS. SOUTHWEST
AIRLINES SAYS SORRY, BUT WHAT
MAKES IT SO VULNERABLE TO SUCH A
BIG MELTDOWN? THE AIRLINE
CANCELED MORE THAN 2500 OF ITS
FLIGHTS TODAY AND ALREADY MORE
THAN 2300. FOR TOMORROW,
THOUSANDS OF PASSENGERS REMAIN
STRANDED, WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF BAGS PILING UP IN AIRPORTS
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SOUTHWEST CEO IS APOLOGIZING BUT
THE PRESIDENT OF THE AIRLINES
PILOT UNION, TOLD NBC NEWS THIS
WEEK THAT PILOTS ARE JUST AS
FRUSTRATED AS PASSENGERS. OUR
PILOTS CAN GET HOTELS. THEY’RE
SLEEPING IN AIRPORTS. THEY CAN’T
GET TRANSPORTATION WHEN THEY DO
GET TO A HOTEL. HOW SOUTHWEST
COMMUNITY BASED SCHEDULING LED
TO THIS CHRISTMAS CHAOS AND WHAT
OTHER AIRLINES ARE DOING NOW TO
HELP SOUTHWEST PASSENGERS AHEAD
AT 6 30 ON NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH
LESTER HOLT’S TIME NOW FOR A
CHECK OF THE WEATHER. IT’S A
MIDWEEK WARM UP AS WE NEAR A
CLOSE TO 2022. HOW DID WE GET
HERE ALREADY? RIGHT. IT WENT BY
SO FAST, BRETT COLLAR AND FOR
KIM TONIGHT, HE’S TRACKING YOU
FOR ONE FORECAST. HI, BRET.
THERE WE ARE TRACKING SOME
CHANGES AFTER THE COLD, THE
SNOW, THE WIND. WE’RE GOING TO
TRADE THAT IN FOR SOME MILDER
TEMPERATURES AND SOME RAIN SO
KIND OF A FOOT FLOP TO END THE
YEAR. RIGHT NOW WE’RE IN THE
UPPER THIRTIES, STILL A COUPLE
OF SPOTS TOUCHING THAT 40 DEGREE
MARK, BUT THAT BOTTOM NUMBER
NOTICED THAT IT IS STILL A TOUCH
BREEZY AND THOSE WINDS WILL STAY
SOMEWHAT HIGH THESE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS. NOT NEARLY AS STRONG OF
A WINDOWS WHAT WE SAW LATE LAST
WEEK, BUT YOU WILL STILL NOTICE
HIM. FOR THE MOST PART. WE ARE
SEEING THESE MID AND UPPER LEVEL
CLOUDS KIND OF FILTERING THE
SUNSHINE EARLIER TODAY, NO RAIN
WITH IT. THAT’S WHY WE’RE
EXPECTING DRY CONDITIONS THIS
EVENING, BUT IT DOES STAY BREEZY
WITH TEMPS IN THE THIRTIES,
DROPPING TO THE MID THIRTIES BY
DAYBREAK TOMORROW FOLLOWING
TODAY. SOME BIG CHANGES.
ATTEMPTS ARE ON THE WAY UP WITH
THAT SNOW IS GOING TO BE
MELTING, GUSTY WINDS HANGING
AROUND AND RAINING. MAYBE A GOOD
DOSE OF IT IS ON THE WAY TALK
TIMING HERE AND JUST A BIT. IN
THE MEANTIME, DON’T FORGET TO
DOWNLOAD THAT FOR ONE WEATHER
APP RIGHT THERE IN THE PALM OF
YOUR HANDS. HOUR BY HOUR,
FORECAST THE 10 DAY FORECAST AND
OF COURSE, YOU CAN TRACK THAT
RAIN AS IT APPROACHES RESEARCH