WELL
BUSINESS GOING ON HERE ON STORM WELL
BUSINESS GOING ON HERE ON STORM TRACKER FOUR. SO WE’RE GOING TO TRACK THE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AS WELL.
AND THEN COMES THE HOLIDAY
WEEKEND. WE’LL TALK ABOUT ALL
THAT STRAIGHT AHEAD. NEW AT FOUR
TEXAS INVESTIGATORS SPACE AND
TOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW A
GUNMAN GOT INTO A SCHOOL AND
ALSO HOW POLICE RESPONDED DURING
THE RAMPAGE. WE ALSO HAVE
BREAKING NEWS FROM LANSING,
WHERE A FEW CANDIDATES FOR
GOVERNOR ARE STILL OFF THE
BALLOT. SO WHAT HAPPENED AND
WHAT COMES NEXT? WE’LL HAVE THAT
IN A LIVE REPORT ON NEXT FIRST
FOUR LOCAL 4 NEWS STARTS NOW
WITH BREAKING NEWS ALERT. GOOD
AFTERNOON. I’M KAREN DREW THAT
BREAKING NEWS COMES FROM
LANSING, WHERE A FEW REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR HAVE
BEEN FIGHTING TO GET ON THE
BALLOT. IT’S ALL BECAUSE OF A
BATTLE OVER SIGNATURES ON THE
NOMINATING PETITIONS REQUIRED TO
RUN FOR OFFICE. ROB BOLOGNA HAS
BEEN COVERING THIS HEARING THAT
IS GOING ON IN FRONT OF THE
MICHIGAN BOARD OF STATE
CANVASSERS. WHERE DO THINGS
STAND RIGHT NOW, ROD? WELL RIGHT
NOW IT STANDS THAT FIVE
CANDIDATES. ACTUALLY FOUR
CANDIDATES AND ONE WITHDREW, ARE
NOW OFF OF THE BALLOT THAT
INCLUDES JAMES CRAIG. IT
INCLUDES PERRY JOHNSON, DONNA
BRANDENBURG, MICHAEL MARQUIS.
NOW THIS IS THE REPORT THAT SAID
SOME 60,000 FRAUDULENT
SIGNATURES WERE TURNED IN. AND
SO IT WAS THE ELECTIONS BOARD’S
RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF
CANVASSERS THAT THOSE CANDIDATES
SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF OF THE
BALLOT. NOW, HERE’S HOW IT WORKS
. THERE WERE TWO DEMOCRATS, TWO
REPUBLICANS ON THE BOARD OF
CANVASSERS, AND WE’LL SHOW YOU
THE VIDEO OF THE MEETING THAT
THEY HAD IN HERE ALL DAY. AND
HOW IT WORKS IS THEY WILL TAKE A
VOTE ON THE RECOMMENDATION, AND
IF THEY TIE THAT MEANS THE
RECOMMENDATION CARRIES AND THAT
ALSO MEANS THAT THOSE CANDIDATES
NOW ARE OFFICIALLY AND LEGALLY
OFF THE BALLOT. THE PETITION
SIGNATURES SITUATION. PERRY
JOHNSON’S TEAM SAYS THAT HE HAS
9000 SIGNATURES THAT COULD GET
HIM BACK ON THE BALLOT AND YOU
THINK COULD JUST GET SOMEBODY TO
LISTEN TO THEM. JAMES CRAIG’S IT
SAYS THAT HE’S GOING TO APPEAL
THIS AS WELL AS THE JOHNSON
CAMPAIGN. SO LET’S HEAR FROM THE
BOARD OF CANVASSERS AND WHAT
THEY HAD TO SAY IN SORT OF THE
COMPETING NOTIONS OF HOW ALL
THIS SHOULD GO OR HAS GONE.
WITHOUT QUESTION. A WIDESPREAD
IN DISGRACEFUL EFFORT TO DEFRAUD
THE VOTERS OF THE STATE HAS
OCCURRED. THOSE WHO ENGAGE IN
THIS EFFORT DESERVES THE FULL
WEIGHT OF THE LAW TO COME DOWN
ON THEM. AND I’M GLAD TO HEAR
THAT. IT’S BEEN REFERRED TO THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE FOR
FURTHER INVESTIGATION. I AM SO
TROUBLED BY THE SUGGESTION THAT
BECAUSE WE DON’T HAVE TIME TO DO
THE WORK THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
DONE. BY THIS CANDIDATE OR BY
OTHER CANDIDATES THAT WE SHOULD
JUST PUT THE CANDIDATE ON THE
BALLOT. I DON’T SEE HOW WE CAN
POSSIBLY DO THAT. AND SO NOW
THIS ALL HEADS TO AN APPEALS
COURT, BUT THERE’S NOT A LOT OF
TIME. COMING UP AND LOCAL
FOREIGN NEWS AT FIVE. WE’LL TALK
EXACTLY ABOUT HOW THAT PROCESS
WORKS REPORTING LIVE IN LANSON
ROD MALONE, LOCAL 4 ALWAYS
APPRECIATED. THANK YOU, ROD AND
WE WILL JOIN YOU AT FIVE. ALL
RIGHT, LET’S GET TO THE FIRST
FORECAST AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
MESS OUT THERE. OBVIOUSLY A BUSY
AFTERNOON ON THE RADAR. RAIN
FALLING IS THE EVENING COMMUTE
IS UNDERWAY. IS IT GOING TO BE
BETTER THERE, PAUL? WELL FOR
SOME, KAREN, YOU CAN SEE HERE ON
STORM CHECKER FOR THAT. WE HAVE
BATCHES OF RAIN NOW, SOME AREAS
REALLY NOT GETTING ANYTHING
RIGHT NOW, BUT WE’LL FOCUS IN.
WE’LL GO FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
ACROSS THE AREA AND SEE WHO’S
GETTING IT MOST. YOU CAN SEE
HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND KEEP IN MIND
CROSS WELL OVER TO PECK AND DOWN
FAR SOUTHWESTWARD. AND ONE THING
I WANT TO MENTION I HAVE
LIGHTNING TRACKER TURNED ON. WE
HAVE NO LIGHTNING WITH ANY OF
THIS STUFF SO EXTENDING FARTHER
TO THE SOUTH WESTERN. SEE,
YOU’RE GETTING CLOCKED PRETTY
GOOD WITH HEAVY RAIN GOODLAND
OVER IMLAY CITY AND DRYDEN. AND
THEN FARTHER TO THE SOUTH WEST.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE’S STILL
SOME DOWNPOURS IN NORTH EAST
OAKLAND COUNTY, OXFORD ALL THE
WAY BACK TOWARD THE PONTIAC
AREA, AND THEN YOU GET DOWN INTO
THE DETROIT AREA. IT’S MUCH
LIGHTER RAIN YOU CAN SEE HERE.
WE’LL JUST BRING THAT FURTHER
DOWN. YOU CAN SEE THE WORLD’S
POINTS GETTING LIGHT RAIN.
DETROIT IS ALL LIGHT RAIN, BUT
THERE ARE PERIODIC DOWNPOURS
ACROSS THE AREA. AND AS WE MOVE
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS, WE’RE
GONNA SEE TEMPERATURES THAT ARE
RIGHT NOW. IN THE SEVENTIES
NOTICE THE TARP WAS ON THE
FIELD, THEIR COMMERICAL PARK SO
LOW SEVENTIES FOR MOST UPPER
SIXTIES FOR SOME, AND FOR THE
GAME, WE’RE GONNA HAVE SOME
PROBLEMS. A FEW SHOWERS AND
STORMS. MAYBE WE’LL HAVE A BREAK
. I DON’T KNOW IF WE CAN GET TO
PLAY BALL. WE’RE GOING TO MAKE
THAT ASSESSMENT OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS, BUT A LOT MORE
THAN TALK ABOUT THE FORECAST.
KAREN WILL DO THAT IN JUST A
FEW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, PAUL.
A LOT OF MOVIE FANS SHOCKED THIS
AFTERNOON BY THE DEATH OF ACTOR
RAY LIOTTA. HE WAS JUST 67 YEARS
OLD. WE’RE TOLD THE ACTOR WAS IN
THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, MAKING A
NEW MOVIE WHEN HE APPARENTLY
DIED IN HIS SLEEP LAST NIGHT. SO
FAR, WE’RE NOT GETTING ANY MORE
INFORMATION ON THE CAUSE OF
DEATH. THE ODOR WAS BEST KNOWN
FOR HIS ROLES IN GOODFELLAS. IN
FIELD OF DREAMS. FELLOW ACTORS
ARE TWEETING THEIR TRIBUTES,
CALLING HIM A GREAT ACTOR AND A
GENTLEMAN. A MAN WAS ARRESTED
FOR TRYING TO ASSAULT TO BLACK
PEOPLE AND HURLING RACIAL SLURS
AT THEM AT A LOCAL GROCERY STORE
. DEARBORN POLICE SAY JASON
EDWARD LUCAS APPROACHED THE TWO
CUSTOMERS AT THE WEST BORN
MARKET OVER ON MICHIGAN AVENUE.
THEY SAY HE MADE RACIAL SLURS,
FOLLOWED THEM INTO THE PARKING
LOT AND THEN TRY TO HIT THEM
WITH HIS CAR. IS THAT ACCUSED OF
GETTING OUT OF HIS VEHICLE AND
THEN TRYING TO HIT THEM WITH A
BASEBALL BAT? THE TWO PEOPLE
DROVE AWAY. LUCAS IS CHARGED
WITH FELONIOUS ASSAULT AND
ETHNIC INTIMIDATION. TAKE A LOOK
AT THESE WHITE CROSSES. THEY ARE
ANOTHER SIGN OF THE GRIEF IN THE
SMALL TEXAS TOWN OF VIVALDI.
THEY BEAR THE NAMES 21 PEOPLE
KILLED IN THE SCHOOL SHOOTING
MASSACRE TWO DAYS AGO. 19
CHILDREN AND TWO TEACHERS ARE
BEING REMEMBERED THROUGH THE
SADNESS THAT COMES THROUGH SOME
VERY CRITICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT
HOW THE POLICE RESPONDED.
KIMBERLY GILL IN THE NEWSROOM
AND KIM. WE JUST HEARD FROM
INVESTIGATORS AGAIN. KAREN GOOD
AFTERNOON. THE INVESTIGATORS MAY
HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CLEAR UP
SOME MISCONCEPTIONS, BUT THEY
LEFT SOME REALLY CRITICAL
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED AT TIMES
PROMISING REPORTERS THEY WOULD
CIRCLE BACK WHEN THEY HAVE MORE
DETAILS CONFIRMED, SO OFFICERS
ARE NOW SAYING THE GUNMAN WALKED
UNOBSTRUCTED INTO ROB ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL THROUGH A DOOR THAT WAS
APPARENTLY UNLOCKED.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT SHOOTER
CRASHED HIS TRUCK AT 11 28 AM
LOCAL TIME, THEN WALKED INTO THE
SCHOOL 12 MINUTES LATER, WE NOW
KNOW HE WAS NEVER CONFRONTED BY
ANYONE AS HE TRAVELED FROM THAT
CRASH SCENE TO THE CLASSROOM.
OFFICIALS SAY. FOUR MINUTES
LATER, POLICE WERE INSIDE THE
SCHOOL BUT WERE FORCED TO TAKE
COVER AS THE GUNMAN WAS
SHOOTING. HE WAS LOCKED INSIDE A
CLASSROOM WHERE HE WOULD, AS WE
KNOW, NOW KILL SEVERAL CHILDREN
. POLICE CALLED FOR BACKUP,
ATTEMPTED NEGOTIATIONS AND
EVACUATED OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE
SCHOOL. APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR
LATER, BORDER PATROL ENTERS THE
CLASSROOM AND KILLS THE SUSPECT
. THE OFFICER WAS ASKED IF OF
THE OFFICER WAS ASKED IF
OFFICERS SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN INTO
THAT CLASSROOM WITHOUT WAITING
FOR BACKUP. LISTEN. THAT’S A
TOUGH QUESTION. THAT’S A TOUGH
QUESTION. AGAIN IT GOES BACK.
OUR JOB IS TO REPORT THE FACTS.
REPORT THE FACTS AND LATER WE
CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
OFFICERS DON’T HAVE ENOUGH
INFORMATION TO ANSWER THAT
QUESTION JUST YET. YEAH SO THAT
WAS THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR AT THE
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY THAT YOU JUST HEARD FROM
THERE. HE ONLY TOOK A FEW
QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS AND
SPOKE FOR ABOUT 14 MINUTES. HE
SAYS THEY ARE STILL INTERVIEWING
THE MANY OFFICERS WHO WERE ON
THE SCENE AND REVIEWING
VIDEOTAPES AS WELL. BUT IT
SOUNDS LIKE THE DEMAND FOR
ANSWERS WILL ONLY BE GROWING
LOUDER. WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE
FROM TEXAS WHEN YOU JOIN US
TONIGHT ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE
FOR NOW, KAREN WILL SEND IT BACK
TO YOU VERY DISTURBING QUESTIONS
THAT TO SAY THE LEAST. ALRIGHT.
THANK YOU, KIM. IN A HISTORIC
COVERAGE AT FIVE AND SIX. NBC
NIGHTLY NEWS WILL BRING YOU TEAM
COVERAGE THIS EVENING. LESTER
HOLT LIVE IN TEXAS AT 6 30 HERE
AND LOCAL 4 THE NATIONAL RIFLE
ASSOCIATION IS GOING AHEAD WITH
HIS ANNUAL CONVENTION THIS
WEEKEND IN HOUSTON. THAT’S ABOUT
300 MILES EAST OF YOU’VE ALL
DAY. THAT’S NOT SITTING RIGHT
WITH SOME ACTIVISTS WHO ARE
PLANNING PROTESTS. THE CITY OF
HOUSTON SAYS HE CAN’T CANCEL THE
CONVENTION BECAUSE OF AN
EXISTING CONTRACT. SOME OF THE
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS INCLUDE
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP,
TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT AND
SENATOR TED CRUZ. MEANTIME THE
FORMER PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
ORDERED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
UNDER OATH. IN NEW YORK’S CIVIL
INVESTIGATION INTO HIS BUSINESS
PRACTICES. HE HAS BEEN ARGUING
THAT VIOLATES HIS CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS BECAUSE THE ANSWERS COULD
BE USED IN A PARALLEL CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION. STATE APPEALS
COURT RULED TODAY THAT TRUMP AND
TWO OF HIS CHILDREN MUST TESTIFY
BUT COULD EXERCISE THEIR FIFTH
AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO AVOID
INCRIMINATION. THE TRUMP FAMILY
COULD STILL FILE ANOTHER APPEAL.
HERE AT HOME. TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS CREATIVE WAY TO CHANGE
SCHOOL CULTURE. TODAY IS THE
GRAND OPENING DAY FOR A STUDENT
RUN STORE OVER IN AUBURN HILLS
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. CHILDREN HAVE
BEEN TRAINED IN THE BUSINESS OF
COMMER AND ARE NOW RUNNING AND
IN SCHOOL OPERATION. BUT WAIT,
THERE IS MORE APOLOGY POPPED
INSIDE ALL THAT EXCITEMENT. OKAY
SO I’M INSIDE THE STORE, AND
IT’S NICE AND QUIET. KIDS ARE
RESTOCKING THEIR AT THEIR
STATIONS, BUT GET READY FOR
CHAOS. INSIDE ROGERS ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL IN AUBURN HILLS. THIS
PONTIAC SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL
IS DOING SOMETHING NEW. THAT
WILL BE 50 CENT GRAND WAY TO
CHANGE THE CULTURE AND BEHAVIOR
IN A SCHOOL BY REWARDING
STUDENTS WITH SOMETHING CALLED
CHEETAH BUCKS. OKAY I CHEATED.
BOOKS ARE BASICALLY THEY’RE
BASED OFF YOUR BEHAVIOR. SO LIKE
IF YOU SHOW AN ACT OF KINDNESS
LIKE YOU GET ACHIEVABLE, WANT
ANY REAL MONEY TO EXCHANGE
HANDS, BUT WE DIDN’T WANT IT TO
BE FOR FREE, EITHER. THAT’S NOT
HOW THE WORLD WORKS. SO WE HAD
THEM TO RECEIVE SOME FINANCIAL
LITERACY SO THEY CAN COME IN AND
START LEARNING ABOUT THE SUPPLY
CHAIN START LEARNING ABOUT
SAVINGS. START LEARNING ABOUT
INCOME. OKAY, TRY TO KEEP UP.
THIS IS DARIUS CHISHOLM, FIFTH
GRADE WONDER KID WITH THE
BUSINESS ACUITY OBJECT, BEZOS.
SO BASICALLY, I’M IN CHARGE OF
EVERYBODY. SO I GO AROUND AND
SEE WHAT THE LOAN. MAKE SURE
THEY’RE DOING THEIR JOB, YOU
KNOW, LIVE FANTASTIC. THEY’RE
THEY’RE THEY’RE GOOD AT DOING
THEIR JOBS, DIFFERENT PLASTIC
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS OF HENRY
FORD TO START RESTOCKING. EXCUSE
ME. CHARISMA OF A HOLLYWOOD.
LEADING MAN. AND HE’S ONLY 11.
WATCH OUT TWENTYSOMETHINGS.
EVERYBODY GETS A GOODY BAG,
WHICH IS OVER THERE BEHIND THE
COUNTER. WE PUT A RAFFLE TICKET
IN THERE. WHOEVER GETS THE
RAFFLE WINNING NUMBER. WHEN’S
THIS BRAND NEW TV? HE’S THE GO
TO GUY AND THE MANAGER OF THE
SCHOOL RESOURCE STORE. YOU GUYS
READY? YEP HE’S IN CHARGE OF IT
ALL. WE HAVE JEWELRY. WE HAVE
SNACKS, CLOTHING, FOOD, SHOES,
GOODIES TOYS, REALLY COOL STUFF
. SO HOW MANY CHEETAH BOOKS DID
YOU EARN? SEVEN SO YOU GOT ALL
THIS STUFF WITH SEVEN CHEETAH
BOOKS SCHOOL IS SPONSORED BY GM
. PONTIAC PROMISES OWN
VOLKSWAGEN T. J. MAXX AND THE
BRAINCHILD OF KIDS FIRST
INITIATIVE. A NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION MICROPHONE HKUST ON
OFTEN UNDERSERVED CHILDREN. I
HAVE TO PUT HIS STUFF INSIDE.
THE BLACK STUDENTS ARE
PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED BY
RETAILERS ON HOW TO CURATE GOODS
, STOCK THEM AND THEN RUN THE
REGISTER WHEN KIDS COME IN, AND
THEY HAVE LOTS OF CHEETAH BUCKS,
IT MEANS THAT THEY WERE JUST
REALLY GOOD PEOPLE, RIGHT? YES,
IT WAS LIKE THEY WERE MAKING
GOOD CHOICES. OKAY SO LET ME
GIVE YOU A CLOSER VIEW. SO
SHOOT. A BEAUTIFUL IT’S BEEN OR
A FUND SHIRT. THERE ARE $2 EACH
THAT’S BASICALLY A TOTAL OF FOUR
ACTS OF KINDNESS NOW, KAREN,
THIS IS NOT JUST A ONE AND DONE,
THE STORE WILL OPEN AGAIN BEFORE
SCHOOL CLOSES TO BACKFILL SOME
RESOURCES REBOOT IN THE FALL AND
OPEN REGULARLY. ITS FIRST
INITIATIVE IS ALSO WORKING TO
GET THIS PROGRAM AND OTHER
PONTIAC SCHOOLS AS WELL AS
NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS. AND HOW
ABOUT DARIUS HE IS READY FOR HIS
FIRST SUMMER JOB IN MANAGEMENT.
OH MY GOODNESS. I’M GONNA
REMEMBER THAT NAME DARIUS CHISM
. HE IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE. WHAT A