SUB HAVE BEEN LOST. ALSO AN ELECTION INVESTIGATION IN MICHIGAN LEADS TO CRIMINAL
CHARGES.
>> THESE ARE FINANCIAL CRIMES.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. BUT
THERE ARE ALSO CRIMES AGAINST
OUR DEMOCRACY AND AGAINST THE
SEVERAL CANDIDATES AND THOUSANDS
OF VOTERS PROBABLY AFFECTED BY
THIS ONE.
>> HI, KIM.
>> HI, CHRISTY. WELL, WE SURE
COULD USE THE RAIN. WE’RE NOT
SEEING IT RIGHT NOW. WE’VE GOT
SUNSHINE, TEMPERATURES IN THE
70S, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF RAIN
IN THE FORECAST. WE’LL TALK
ABOUT WHEN IN A COUPLE OF
MINUTES AS LOCAL 4 NEWS STARTS
NOW WITH A BREAKING NEWS ALERT
FOR FIRST AT FOUR, THE US COAST
GUARD IS REPORTING A, QUOTE,
CATASTROPHIC EVENT THAT TOOK THE
LIVES OF THE PILOT AND CREW
ABOARD A SMALL SUBMERSIBLE
MISSING FOR FOUR DAYS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANKS SO
MUCH FOR JOINING ME. I’M CHRISTY
MCDONALD IN FOR KAREN DREW.
TODAY. WE KNEW TODAY WOULD BE A
TOUGH ONE AS THE CREW ON THAT
MISSING SUBMERSIBLE WAS LIKELY
TO RUN OUT OF OXYGEN VERY EARLY
THIS MORNING. THEN HOURS LATER,
CREWS DISCOVERED DEBRIS.
KIMBERLY GILL JOINS US WITH THE
DEVASTATING ANNOUNCEMENT FROM
THE COAST GUARD TODAY. KIM, IT
IS REALLY DEVASTATING. AND GOOD
AFTERNOON TO YOU, CHRISTY. IT’S
BEEN A TOUGH ONE. THOSE FIVE
PEOPLE LEFT SUNDAY FOR AN
ADVENTURE IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC,
HOPING TO SEE THE LEGENDARY
WRECKAGE OF THE TITANIC. IN THE
PAST HOUR, THOUGH, WE’VE LEARNED
THEY’VE ALL DIED AFTER SOME SORT
OF UNDER WATER IMPLOSION. THE
ODDS AGAINST A RESCUE WERE
ALWAYS OVERWHELMING. THE SMALL
SUBMERSIBLE WAS LOST IN A VERY
DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS PART OF
THE OCEAN. THE CREW HAD LIMITED
OXYGEN, BUT THEY MAY HAVE
ALREADY BEEN DEAD FOR DAYS.
TODAY RESCUE CREWS FOUND DEBRIS
NEAR THE WRECKAGE OF THE TITANIC
. IT’S BEEN CONFIRMED THE
MATERIAL IS CONSISTENT WITH SOME
KIND OF CATASTROPHIC EVENT FOR
THE SUB KNOWN AS THE TITAN. THE
COAST GUARD IS SENDING
CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF
THOSE LOST AT SEA AND DESCRIBES
WHAT COMES NEXT.
>> IT WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
INVESTIGATE THE SITE OF THE
DEBRIS FIELD AND THEN I KNOW
THAT THERE’S ALSO A LOT OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW, WHY AND
WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN. AND SO YOU
KNOW, THOSE ARE QUESTIONS THAT
THAT WE WILL COLLECT AS MUCH
INFORMATION AS WE CAN ON. NOW
WHILE THE GOVERNMENTS ARE
MEETING AND DISCUSSING, YOU
KNOW, WHAT AN INVESTIGATION OF
THIS NATURE OF A CASUALTY MIGHT
LOOK LIKE.
>> NOW, OFFICIALS WERE ASKED
WHEN THE SUB MAY HAVE IMPLODED
AND WHILE THEY DIDN’T HAVE A
PINPOINT TIME, THEY DID SAY
SONAR BUOYS HAVE BEEN IN THE
WATER FOR A FEW DAYS NOW AND
NEVER PICKED UP THE SOUND OF ANY
CATASTROPHIC, CATASTROPHIC
EVENT. AND OFFICIALS ALSO SAY
THAT THOSE UNDERWATER SOUNDS
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY
DURING OUR NEWSCAST WERE
PROBABLY NOT RELATED. NOW TO
THIS SUBMERSIBLE. YOU KNOW,
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT WE
DON’T QUITE KNOW ABOUT THIS YET,
BUT PEOPLE ARE THINKING OF THE
FAMILIES.
>> AND IF THERE IS ANY CHANCE AT
ALL THAT THE BODIES MAY BE
RECOVERED IN THIS CASE.
>> SO DURING THAT PRESS
CONFERENCE, THE REAR ADMIRAL, HE
SAID HE REALLY COULDN’T ANSWER
THAT QUESTION, BUT HE POINTED
OUT ANY RECOVERY WOULD BE VERY,
VERY DIFFICULT GIVEN THE
CATASTROPHIC ENDING FOR THE SUB
AND THE UNFORGIVING CONDITIONS
IN THAT PART OF THE ATLANTIC. SO
WE’RE STILL SORTING THROUGH ALL
THE DETAILS IN THAT NEWS
CONFERENCE. WE’LL HAVE MORE WHEN
YOU JOIN US FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT
FIVE.
>> ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. A LOT
MORE INFORMATION TO COME.
THANKS, KIM. WELL, THE
COMBINATION OF A STOLEN GUN AND
TEENAGER SHOOTING, SOME KIND OF
VIDEO TURNED DEADLY FOR A 14
YEAR OLD BOY IN DETROIT. POLICE
RELEASED NEW DETAILS THIS
AFTERNOON ON THE SHOOTING. IT
HAPPENED IN THE 1600 BLOCK OF
FORDHAM NEAR KELLY AND SEVEN
MILE. INVESTIGATORS SAY THREE
TEENAGERS WERE IN AN UPSTAIRS
BEDROOM OF A HOME SHOOTING A
VIDEO SHOW WHEN THE GUN WENT OFF
. THE 14 YEAR OLD WAS DEAD AT
THE SCENE. POLICE SAY THEY GOT
THE WEAPON THROUGH A CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY CALLED CAR HOPPING.
WHAT THEY DO IS THEY DRIVE OUT
TO THE SUBURBAN CITIES.
>> EVEN IN OUR CITY, FOR PEOPLE
JUMP OUT OF A CAR AND THEY RUN
RANDALL GO THE HANDLES OF CARS.
THEY JUMP IN. IF CARS ARE OPEN,
THEY JUMP IN, TAKE WHAT THEY
CAN. THAT’S HOW THEY GOT THIS
GUN IN CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP TWO
DAYS AGO.
>> POLICE ARE QUESTIONING A 15
YEAR OLD AND THEY ARE LOOKING
FOR A 16 YEAR OLD. THE GUN OWNER
IN THIS CASE COULD ALSO FACE
CHARGES FOR NOT PROPERLY
SECURING THE WEAPON AS WELL. WE
ARE TRACKING CRIMINAL CHARGES IN
A MASSIVE ELECTION INVESTIGATION
HERE IN MICHIGAN, AND IT FOCUSES
ON FAKE SIGNATURES ON NOMINATING
PETITIONS. ONE SUSPECT IS BEING
URGED TO TURN HIMSELF IN. SHAWN
WILMOTH AND JAMIE WILMOTH GOODIN
FACE SEVERAL CHARGES IN THIS
CASE. THEY ARE ACCUSED OF
FORGING SIGNATURES ON PETITIONS
OF SEVERAL POLITICAL CANDIDATES.
A THIRD SUSPECT, 37 YEAR OLD
WILLIE REED, HAS NOT BEEN
ARRESTED YET AND IS BEING ASKED
TO TURN HIMSELF IN. ATTORNEY
GENERAL DANA NESSEL SAYS THE
SCHEME IMPACTED FIVE CANDIDATES
FOR GOVERNOR IN 2022, ALONG WITH
SOME JUDICIAL CANDIDATES. SHE
SAYS THE SUSPECTS RAN BUSINESSES
CLAIMING THAT THEY COULD PROVIDE
VERIFIED SIGNATURES TO GET
CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT, BUT
FAILED TO DELIVER THE WHEN THOSE
WHO OPERATE THESE BUSINESSES THE
PROCESS AND COMMIT OUTRIGHT
FRAUD AND FORGERY AND IN DOING
SO, SWINDLE THEIR CLIENTS OUT OF
TENS OR EVEN HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
>> THESE BAD ACTORS MUST BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE. REPORTER ROD MELONI
IS WORKING THE STORY RIGHT NOW
AND HE WILL HAVE REACTION FROM
FORMER DETROIT POLICE CHIEF
JAMES CRAIG BECAUSE HE’S ONE OF
THE CANDIDATES IMPACTED BY THIS
CASE.
>> THAT PART OF THE STORY IS
TONIGHT AT 5:00. ALL RIGHT.
LET’S GET A QUICK CHECK OF THE
WEATHER. SOME MORNING RAINDROPS
DOWNTOWN TURNED INTO A REALLY
LOVELY AFTERNOON OF SUNSHINE.
METEOROLOGIST KIM ADAMS IS HERE.
AND KIM, ALL RIGHT, HOW DOES OUR
EVENING LOOK?
>> WELL, OUR EVENING, IT LOOKS
DRY. AND THIS MORNING THERE WERE
A FEW RAINDROPS DOWNTOWN. A
COUPLE MORE IN MACOMB COUNTY,
BUT MOST OF THE AREA WAS DRY
THIS MORNING. AND WE REALLY
COULD USE THE RAIN. THE ONLY
PLACE THAT IT’S 80 RIGHT NOW,
FLINT AND ALSO IN LANSING,
THEY’RE AT 82. BUT THE REST OF
METRO DETROIT ONLY IN THE MID TO
UPPER 70S, WHICH IS JUST A TOUCH
BELOW NORMAL AND ALSO COOLER
THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY. BUT BY
ABOUT SEVEN DEGREES AT METRO.
ALSO IN THE CITY, THREE DEGREES
WARMER UP TO OUR NORTH AND ABOUT
FIVE DEGREES WARMER IN PONTIAC
AND IN MOUNT CLEMENS. SO VISIBLE
SATELLITE. I SHOW YOU THIS
BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME CLOUDS
TODAY, MORE THAN WHAT WE HAD
YESTERDAY. SO AS YOU HEAD OUT
TONIGHT, EXPECT THOSE CLOUDS TO
CONTINUE TO THICKEN UP AS
TEMPERATURES DROP DOWN INTO THE
60S. WE DO HAVE RAIN IN THE
FORECAST FOR TOMORROW AND WE’LL
TIME THAT OUT FOR YOU HOUR BY
HOUR HERE IN JUST A COUPLE OF
MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD.
>> WE’LL SEE YOU LATER, KIM. THE
REPUBLICAN RACE FOR PRESIDENT IN
2024 JUST PICKED UP ANOTHER
CHALLENGER PUSHING THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF CANDIDATES TO MORE
THAN A DOZEN. FORMER TEXAS
CONGRESSMAN WILL HURD IS A
FIERCE CRITIC OF FORMER
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. HE SAYS
HE’S HOPING TO OFFER A MORE
MODERATE ALTERNATIVE IN THE
REPUBLICAN FIELD. HE SAYS,
QUOTE, WE NEED COMMON SENSE.
HURD IS ALSO A ONE TIME CIA
OFFICER. HE IS THE 14TH DECLARED
CANDIDATE SEEKING THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT IN 24.
NOW, THE STORY OF A 100 YEAR OLD
MARINE VETERAN WHO IS LAUNCHING
A NEW QUEST TO HONOR HIS SERVICE
. LEE VERNON NEWBY JR WAS
INJURED OVERSEAS DURING AN ENEMY
ATTACK, BUT HE LEFT THE SERVICE
WITHOUT RECOGNITION FOR HIS
BRAVERY OR SEVERE INJURIES.
PAULA TUTMAN JOINS US FROM HIS
HOME IN WARREN, WHICH IS NOW THE
HEADQUARTERS FOR HIS BATTLE TO
FINALLY GET A PURPLE HEART.
PAULA YEAH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT
TO SHOW YOU THIS.
>> I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE
HAVE SEEN ONE OF THESE UP CLOSE,
LET ALONE HOLD ONE. THIS IS A
CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. YES,
THAT’S WHAT THIS IS. BELONGS TO
THIS GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE. AND
AS IMPRESSIVE AS THIS MEDAL IS,
HE’S MISSING ANOTHER REALLY,
REALLY IMPORTANT MEDAL. DRAFTED
IN 1942 AT AGE 18, IS ONE OF THE
NATION’S FIRST BLACK MARINES.
LEE VERNON NEWBY, JR. TRAINED
AND SERVED IN THE SEGREGATED
DIVISION. AND IN 1943 SHIPPED TO
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. WHILE
WORKING IN MAINTENANCE AND
MACHINERY AS AN ATTACHMENT TO
THE WHITE UNITS PREPARING GUNS
AND VEHICLES, HIS UNIT CAME
UNDER ENEMY ATTACK.
>> I DON’T KNOW WHERE IT HIT ME
. I DIDN’T SEE IT COMING, BUT I
KNEW I WAS ON FIRE. SO SOMETHING
HIT ME RIGHT IN MY CHEST AND I
FLAME AND WHEN I GOT UP AS ALL
THIS SKIN ON MY CHEST WAS JUST
HANGING DOWN WHEN THE VEHICLE HE
WAS WORKING ON EXPLODED, IT
EXPLODED ON NEWBY WITH BURNS
OVER MORE THAN 40% OF HIS BODY.
>> HE WAS NOT EXPECTED TO
SURVIVE, LET ALONE RETURN TO
SERVICE, THEN GET AN HONORABLE
DISCHARGE AND EVENTUALLY RAISE A
FAMILY. WHEN HE TURNED 100 YEARS
OLD LAST APRIL, THERE WAS A HUGE
PARTY FOR HIM AND OTHER VETERANS
PRESENT ARMS. AND THAT’S WHEN
HIS DAUGHTERS REALIZED THAT HE
DIDN’T HAVE A PURPLE HEART.
>> AND LOOKING AT THE OTHER
SERVICE MEN THERE, AND I LIKE,
WHY IS IT THAT DAD DOES NOT HAVE
A PURPLE HEART?
>> AND SO NOW THE FAMILY HAS
LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN TO RIGHT THE
WRONG. WHEN HE WAS DISCHARGED,
NOT ONLY DID HE NOT RECEIVE HIS
PURPLE HEART, BUT WAS ONLY
AWARDED 10% DISABILITY. HE
SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED 100%
PENSION.
>> I WAS WOUNDED VERY. I WAS
SHIPPED IN OVER THERE. NOW PUT
ME PUT IN HARM’S WAY.
>> THE MONTFORD POINT MARINES OF
AMERICA WAS THE BLACK MARINE
UNIT IN THE 40S RACISM IN THE
MILITARY WAS RAMPANT AT THAT
TIME.
>> DISCRIMINATE WAS RAMPANT.
THEY WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR
PROMOTIONS IN RANK. THEY DID NOT
GET THEIR MERITORIOUS RIBBONS
AND BADGES AND MEDALS LIKE THEIR
WHITE COUNTERPARTS.
>> WHEN NEWBY WAS DISCHARGED,
THERE WAS NO MENTION THAT WHEN
HE WAS INJURED, HE WAS INJURED
DURING AN ENEMY ATTACK.
>> SO I THINK IT JUST COMES DOWN
TO MISCARRIAGE DURATION OF THE
ACCOUNT. AND IT NEEDS TO BE
INVESTIGATED. TRULY
>> YEAH. AND THIS IS WHERE WE
SAY, BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE.
BECAUSE WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY
NOT REALIZE IS THE GATEWAY TO
GET THIS KIND OF THING SETTLED
IS REALLY THROUGH YOUR US
SENATOR’S OFFICE. I ACTUALLY
CALLED SENATOR STABENOW’S
OFFICE, TOLD THEM ABOUT MR.
NEWBY. THEY THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A
UNIT THAT INVESTED. GATES THIS
THEY GAVE ME INFORMATION ON THE
FAMILY CALLED THEM THIS
AFTERNOON. AND SO, KRISTI, WE
ARE WAITING FOR THAT
INVESTIGATION TO START BE
COMPLETED. AND WE WILL
DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP ON THIS AS
IT MOVES ALONG THE CHANNELS.
ABSOLUTELY PAULA.
>> GETTING THIS STORY TO THE
RIGHT PEOPLE. AND THANKS TO MR.