LIVE
NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. A LIVE
NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. A MOTHER WANTS JUSTICE FOR HER TEEN DAUGHTER AND ANSWERS ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO HER. TODAY IS A
START. WE’RE JUST TELLING THE
SEARCHERS, YOU KNOW. THANK YOU.
UM FOR DOING THIS, INVESTIGATORS
BEGIN SEARCHING A LANDFILL FOR
THE BODY OF ZION FOSTER. SKY
FOUR IN MACOMB COUNTY RIGHT NOW
OVER THE PINE TREE ACRES
LANDFILL IN LENOX TOWNSHIP.
INVESTIGATORS HAVE ZEROED IN ON
A 100 BY 100 FT AREA, HOPING TO
FIND ZION’S REMAINS. THE EAST
0.17 YEAR OLD WAS LAST SEEN IN
JANUARY. HER COUSIN EVENTUALLY
TOLD POLICE HE THREW HER BODY IN
A DUMPSTER WHEN HE FOUND HER
UNCONSCIOUS. BUT FOR MONTHS, HER
MOTHER HAS PUSHED FOR POLICE TO
FIND HER REMAINS. SHAWN LEY HAS
BEEN COVERING ZION’S STORY FROM
THE VERY BEGINNING. HE’S LIVE IN
LENOX TOWNSHIP, AND SEAN. YOU
SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY WITH ZION’S
MOM TODAY. HOW’S SHE DOING? WE
HAD A CONVERSATION JUST A SHORT
TIME AGO. GOOD EVENING. KIMBERLY
ZION’S MOTHERS. SIERRA MILTON
TELLS ME SHE COULD NOT SLEEP
LAST NIGHT, LOOKING AT PHOTOS
AND VIDEOS OF HER DAUGHTER,
ZION, ALSO KNOWING THAT THIS WAS
ABOUT TO BEGIN TODAY, THIS IS
THE STAGING AREA HERE WITH
DETROIT POLICE AND OTHERS ARE
GATHERING PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TO
PREP THE SEARCH AREA. PEOPLE WHO
ARE HERE TO SEARCH THE SEARCH
AREA. LET ME SHOW YOU OVER HERE
BECAUSE THOSE CREWS ARE GOING TO
GO UP INTO THIS MASSIVE LANDFILL
. EVERY DAY. THEY COME HERE,
HOWEVER, THEY’RE GOING TO READ A
MESSAGE FROM ZION’S MOTHER, A
MESSAGE SHE IS SHARING WITH US
TONIGHT. DETROIT POLICE GOING
OVER ITS PLAN TO SEARCH A 100 BY
100 FT AREA OF THE PINE TREE
ACRES LANDFILL AS HEAVY
EQUIPMENT GOES IN THE MOST
IMPORTANT ELEMENT HERE MAY
LIKELY BE THIS POSTER WITH
PHOTOS OF ZION ON IT. IT’S THE
BOARD THAT, UH, THEY GAVE US TO,
UM HAVE IT POSTED IT WILL BE
POSTED IN THE SEARCH FOR WHILE
WHILE THEY’RE SEARCHING SO
THEY’LL SEE IT EVERY MORNING
MOTHER, SIERRA MILTON SHARING
WITH US THE MESSAGE SHE WROTE ON
THAT POSTER TO THE PEOPLE
DIGGING THROUGH FEET OF GARBAGE
IN THE HEAT. LOOKING FOR HER
DAUGHTER. THIS IS MY BABY TEAM
WILL SEE ZION SPACE AND READ HER
MOTHER’S WORDS EVERY DAY WHEN
THEY HEAD TO THE SEARCH SITE.
LIVES ARE FOREVER CHANGED, BUT
LOOKING FOR HER AND FINDING HER
WILL NOT GIVE CLOTHES. BUT IT
WILL HELP GET JUST THIS FOR
ZION. SHE DESERVES NO LESS. SHE
DOESN’T DESERVE TO BE WHERE
YOU’RE LOOKING. PLEASE BE SAFE.
BE DILIGENT. FIND MY BABY ZION’S
MOMMY. SO THOSE SEARCHERS 40 TO
70 OF THEM ALL TEAMED UP. WE’LL
SEE THAT MESSAGE FROM ZION’S
MOTHER AND ZIONS PHOTO. EVERY
TIME THEY COME HERE TO SEARCH,
IT APPEARS THAT THESE CREWS ARE
GOING TO GET READY TO GO BACK UP
TO SEE THE AREA THAT WAS
PREPPED. STARTING TO BE PREPPED
TODAY. I WANT TO EXPLAIN TO
EVERYONE WHY WE DIDN’T SEE
ANYONE SEARCHING THAT LANDFILL
TODAY. HERE IS THE REASON THE
ENTIRE OPERATION IS CALLED
OPERATION JUSTICE FOR ZION.
PHASE ONE. THIS IS THE BEGINNING
PHASE ONE TO REMOVE 20 FT OF
MATERIAL ABOVE THE AREA. THEY
WILL SEARCH THAT WILL MAKE THE
AREA MORE SAFE FOR SEARCHERS.
THEY’RE INSTALLING A ROAD OR AT
LEAST PAY DIGGING A ROAD UP TO
THAT. SEARCH AREA SO MUCH HEAVY
EQUIPMENT IS HEADED THAT WAY,
AND THEN THEY’RE GOING TO BUILD
A SEARCH DECK. THAT MEANS WHEN
SEARCHERS GET SOME OF THIS TRASH
OUT OF THIS LANDFILL, THEY’RE
GOING TO SIFT THROUGH IT AND SEE
IF THERE’S ANYTHING HERE THAT
THEY CAN FIND. ZION’S MAN TELLS
ME SHE WILL GET AN UPDATE THE
MINUTE THEY FIND ANYTHING. ALSO
THE MINUTE THEY BEGIN SEARCHING
FOR HER DAUGHTER. BACK TO YOU.
WHAT MORE COMPLICATED THAN I
REALIZED SEAN, AND HOPEFULLY
THEY DO FIND HER SO THAT HER
MOTHER CAN HAVE SOME CLOSURE. WE
APPRECIATE IT, SEAN. AND MORE
NEWS TONIGHT. STATE POLICE
CONFIRMED ONE OF THE VICTIMS IN
MONDAY’S HIT AND RUN CRASH ON
BELLE ISLE HAS PASSED AWAY 12
YEAR OLD GIRL WHO DIED FROM HER
INJURIES. THE 14 YEAR OLD GIRL
WITH HER HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO
STABLE. STUPORS TELL US THE
SUSPECT IS A 23 YEAR OLD MAN
FROM EPSILON E. HE WAS TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY ON DETROIT’S WEST
SIDE. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE MAN
DROVE ONTO THE BEACH HIT THE
VICTIMS, THEN TOOK OFF. POLICE
DID RECOVER THE CAR INVOLVED IN
THE CRASH. THE CASE WILL NOW BE
TURNED OVER TO THE PROSECUTOR
FOR REVIEW. OKAY LET’S TURN NOW
TO THE WEATHER THE HOTTEST DAY
OF THE YEAR. SO FAR AS WE TAKE A
LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE, WE DID HIT 90
DEGREES NOT TOO LONG AGO AND
BECAUSE OF THE HEAT DETROIT
PUBLIC SCHOOLS SINCE STUDENTS
HOME THREE HOURS EARLY TODAY, MY
CAR MOM ATTAR CAN CONFIRM THE 90
DEGREES. BRETT COLLAR WHO’S
TRACKING THE HEAT AND CHANCE FOR
STORMS. BRETT IT’S A LITTLE BIT
OF A 12 PUNCH HERE. FIRST HEAT.
AND THEN THE CHANCE FOR STORMS
TONIGHT. I THINK THE GOOD NEWS,
THOUGH, IN ALL THIS, THAT CHANCE
FOR STORMS DOESN’T REALLY LOOK
ALL THAT STRONG AND WE’LL TALK
ABOUT WHY TIMING IS KEY ON THAT.
BUT RIGHT NOW, JUST SOME FAIR
WEATHER CUMULUS CLOUDS OUT
THERE. NOT ONLY IS THE HEAT HIGH
HUMIDITY IS A TOUCH HIGH AS WELL
. SO A SLIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUE
OUT THERE, BUT WE ARE SEEING A
BREEZE. THAT’S KINDA HELPING
THINGS WITH IT BEING SO HOT
MAKES IT FEEL TOUCH COOLER,
RIGHT? WE’LL SEE. THOSE WINDS
DIE OFF THESE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS BACK OUT TO THE WEST, A
COLD FRONT WITH IT SHOWERS AND
STORMS OUT AHEAD OF IT, AND
THAT’S THE CHANCE THAT WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT INTO
TOMORROW MORNING. THIS EVENING,
THOUGH, SHOULD BE FAIRLY QUIET
BUT VERY SUMMER LIKE AS WE’RE
GOING TO HANG IN THE EIGHTIES
INTO THE SEVENTIES, WE’LL TALK
MORE ON TIMING OF THAT RAIN IN
JUST A BIT FORWARD TO THAT,
BRETT. THANK YOU. DETROIT MAYOR
MIKE DUGGAN, DEFENDING HIMSELF
AGAINST ACCUSATIONS HE REVEALED
THE IDENTITY OF A CONFIDENTIAL
FBI INFORMANT. THAT’S RIGHT, AND
THAT’S ALL CENTERS AROUND THE
CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION
INVOLVING TWO FORMER CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TOWING
CONTRACTORS IN THE CITY. MAYOR
DUGGAN JUST TALKED ONE ON ONE
WITH OUR DEVIN SCILLIAN AND
DEVIN IS LIVE ON MECHANIZED
ISLAND. QUITE A START TO THE
POLICY CONFERENCE UP THERE,
DEVON WELL, THAT’S SO RIGHT, K
G. OF COURSE, IT’S NO SECRET
THAT TOWING CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN
A CESSPOOL IN THE CITY OF
DETROIT, MOST RECENTLY LEADING
TO ACCOUNT FORMER COUNCILMAN
ANDRE SPIVEY. IS GOING TO DO TWO
YEARS IN PRISON FOR ACCEPTING
$36,000 IN PAYOFFS SURROUNDING
TOWING. IT WAS A CONVERSATION
BETWEEN ANDRE SPIVEY AND THE
MAYOR. THAT’S IN QUESTION HERE,
BUT THE MAYOR TO ME TODAY,
INSISTED HE DID NOTHING WRONG. I
WASN’T PLANNING TO START THE
ECONOMIC CONFERENCE WITH THIS
PRESENTATION POLICY CONFERENCE
WENT OFF SCRIPT AT THE START OF
DUGGAN MOVED TO RESPOND TO THIS
MORNING STORY IN THE DETROIT
NEWS THAT ALLEGED THAT THE MAYOR
EXPOSED THE IDENTITY OF A
CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE WHO HAD BEEN
WORKING UNDERCOVER. IN THE FBI
CRACKDOWN ON CORRUPT TOWING
PRACTICES IN THE CITY. THIS
AFTERNOON, THE MAYOR SAT DOWN
WITH ME TO INSIST HE HAD NO IDEA
HE WAS GIVING UP AN FBI ASSET.
I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
THIS. I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU CAN
BE CRITICIZED FOR REVEALING A
SECRET YOU NEVER KNEW WAS A
SECRET, AND THAT’S WHAT IT CAME
DOWN TO IT. I THINK IT WILL.
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT I DID THE
RIGHT THING WHEN COUNCILMAN
SPIVEY SAID TO ME HE HAD TAKEN
PAYMENTS FROM THIS CONTRACTOR. I
WENT TO OUR LAW DEPARTMENT. I
WENT TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND ULTIMATELY WE CLEANED UP.
THE NO BID TOWING PROCESS IN THE
CITY’S THIS ISN’T GOING TO
HAPPEN AGAIN. HAVE YOU BEEN
ASSURED BY ANYONE THAT YOU’RE
NOT UNDER INVESTIGATION? I HAVE
NEVER HAD ANYBODY FROM THE FEDS
EVEN CALL AND SAY, HEY, CAN YOU
KEEP THIS CONFIDENTIAL, ETCETERA
? SO YOU HAVE A STORY THAT WAS
GENERATED? BY A STORE WAS TRYING
TO BENEFIT AND LITIGATION AND
WE’RE DEALING WITH AS IT IS, BUT
THERE’S BEEN NO INDICATION OF
ANYBODY HAVING ANY CONCERN WITH
ANYTHING I’VE EVER SAID. BUT IN
BROADER TERMS HAVE NEVER UNDER
INVESTIGATION FOR ANYTHING. NO.
MAYOR TOLD ME THOUGH I SAID THAT
THIS IS ALL SHINED A SPOTLIGHT
ON THIS SORT OF OPEN DIRTY
SECRET. JUST HOW MUCH MONEY IS
RUNNING AROUND AND PLAY HERE BY
THE CITY TOWING PEOPLE’S CARS,
THE MAYOR SAID, STARTING WITH
FORMER POLICE CHIEF JAMES CRAIG
, WHO DEVELOPED A PLAN THAT’S
NOW BEING BROUGHT FORWARD AND
MATURING UNDER CURRENT CHIEF
WHITE HE BELIEVES THE CITY
FINALLY HAS A PLAN TOGETHER TO
FIX THAT. KG AND JASON BACK TO
YOU SO AND WE’LL BE FOLLOWING
THAT, AS WELL AS MORE THAT YOU
HAVE COMING UP FROM THE POLICY
CONFERENCE STARTING AT 67. IN
FACT, THE DETROIT REGIONAL
CHAMBER COMMISSIONED A NEW POLL
TO SEE WHAT THE MOOD OF
MICHIGANDERS ARE HERE. WE’RE
KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS
MIDTERM ELECTION YEAR, AND SO
MANY OTHER ISSUES BUBBLING UP
RIGHT NOW WE’LL TAKE A CLOSER
LOOK AT WHAT IS ON THE MIND OF
MICHIGANDERS WHEN YOU JOIN US
TONIGHT AT SIX FROM THE MACKINAW
POLICY CONFERENCE HERE AT THE
GRAND HOTEL. WE LOOK FORWARD TO
YOUR REPORT COMING UP AND FOR
THE REST OF THE WEEK
DEVIN SCILLIAN JASON TODAY, THE
FIRST FUNERALS BEING HELD IN
INVOLVED IN TEXAS, THE SITE OF
LAST WEEK’S SCHOOL MASSACRE.
LAWMAKERS IN WASHINGTON ARE NOW
UNDER PRESSURE TO MAKE CHANGES.
AFTER 21 PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND
KILLED, MOST OF THEM. CHILDREN
CHRIS PALLONE IS IN THE NATION’S
CAPITAL, WHERE MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS ARE WORKING TO FIND
SOME COMMON GROUND ON GUN SAFETY
LEGISLATION. JASON GOOD EVENING
, AS YOU’VE ALREADY. TEXAS HOLDS
THE FIRST TWO FUNERALS FOR
CHILDREN KILLED THERE LAST WEEK.
LAWMAKERS HERE IN WASHINGTON ARE
REVIEWING A WIDE RANGE OF
OPTIONS TO STRENGTHEN THE
NATION’S GUN LAWS. A WEEK AFTER
A GUNMAN KILLED 21 PEOPLE IN A
TEXAS SCHOOL CALLS FOR THE
PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS TO TAKE ACTION TO
PREVENT THE NEXT MASSACRE
CONTINUE TO RESONATE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. THIS IS A NATIONAL
CRISIS AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN
ATTACKING THIS AS A NATIONAL
CRISIS. PRESIDENT BIDEN AGREES.
TWO MORE MASS SHOOTING AFTERMATH
AND I THINK ANY PRESIDENT
AMERICAN HISTORY UNFORTUNATELY.
THURSDAY THE HOUSE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW A PACKAGE
OF GUN SAFETY MEASURES RANGING
FROM RAISING THE LEGAL AGE TO
BUY ASSAULT RIFLES TO MANDATING
THE SAFE STORAGE OF GUNS. BUT
EVEN IF THAT BILL PASSED THE
DEMOCRATIC CONTROLLED HOUSE, IT
WOULD LIKELY FAIL TO WIN
SIGNIFICANT REPUBLICAN SUPPORT
IN THE SENATE. THAT’S WHY A
GROUP OF SENATORS IS LOOKING FOR
AREAS WHERE DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS DO AGREE PROGRESS
THAT IS GOING TO SAVE LIVES
RIGHT NOW, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE
CAN GET THAT DONE POSSIBLE AREAS
OF COMPROMISE AND ACTING RED
FLAG LAWS NATIONWIDE, INCREASING
MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, MAKING
SCHOOLS MORE SECURE AND
TIGHTENING THE BACKGROUND CHECK
PROCESS FOR GUN PURCHASES WERE
GETTING BACK AT IT NEXT WEEK. SO
CRITICS SAY LAWMAKERS NEED TO
THINK BIGGER, MAKING SMALL
CHANGES FOR GIGANTIC PROBLEMS.
THOSE THINGS ARE JUST NOT GOING
TO SAVE THE NEXT FOURTH GRADER
WHO’S IN LINE OF SIGHT OF A R
15. IN YOU’VE ALDI, EVEN THE
LOCAL CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP IS
CALLING FOR RADICAL GUN CONTROL
. WE HAVE MADE GUN AND IDLE. IN
THIS COUNTRY. THE PRESSURE IS
ON. WILL LAWMAKERS DELIVER
DESPITE BEING ON RECESS THAT
BIPARTISAN SENATE GROUP HAS MET
TWICE ALREADY AND PLANS ANOTHER
MEETING TOMORROW. PRESIDENT
BIDEN SAID TODAY THAT HE’D BE
WILLING TO MEET WITH THAT GROUP
AS WELL TO HELP WITH
NEGOTIATIONS. IN WASHINGTON.
CHRIS PALLONE FOUR LOCAL ALSO IN
WASHINGTON, PRESIDENT BIDEN
MEETING WITH THE FEDERAL RESERVE
CHIEF TO TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY,
THE PRESIDENT TELLING CHAIR
JEROME POWELL, HE WOULD GIVE THE
FEDERAL RESERVE SPACE TO DO ITS
JOB. THE ECONOMY IS TOP OF MIND
IN WASHINGTON, WITH SURGING
INFLATION AND PRICES
SKYROCKETING IF YOU NEED TO FILL
UP AFTER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND,
GASOLINE PRICES CONTINUE TO GO
UP AROUND METRO DETROIT. THE
NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR A GALLON OF
REGULAR GAS IS $4.62. STATEWIDE
THE AVERAGE SITS AT $4.61 HERE
IN METRO DETROIT. THE AVERAGE
TODAY $4.73. THAT’S ABOUT 13