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♪ >> Karen: "FIRST AT 4," IT’S THE
PHOTO THAT LAUNCHED A SHAMING
DEBATE.
DEBATE. PAULA TUTMAN LOOKS AT WHY THE
BIG FUSS.
BIG FUSS. PAULA?
PAULA? >> Paula: KAREN, IS THIS THEIR
GAME?
GAME? WE TALKED TO A SOCIAL MEDIA
EXPERT TO TALKED ABOUT WHAT THIS
COULD MEAN TO ALL OF US, AND
IT’S A GORGEOUS DAY OUT HERE
TODAY.
TODAY. >> Ben: YES, IT IS.
AND WE’LL GET MORE OF IT.
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE DRAMATIC
CHANGES FOR THE UPCOMING
WEEKEND, "FIRST AT 4."
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♪ >> Karen: GOOD AFTERNOON!
I’M KAREN DREW.
WE START WITH BREAKING NEWS.
WE’RE ON THE SCENE OF A CAR THAT
SMASHED INTO A HOME ON THE EAST
SIDE.
SIDE. SKY4 HAS BEEN OVER THE SCENE.
LET’S GET TO MARA MACDONALD
LIVE.
LIVE. WHAT HAPPENED HERE?
>> Mara: WE JUST GOT BRIEFED BY
DPD AND THERE’S A LOT GOING ON
OUT HERE.
OUT HERE. DOWN HERE AT THAT LIGHT IS
JEFFERSON AND CHALMERS.
DPD TELLING US THEY SAW A CAR
THAT HAS BEEN FWHANTD CONNECTION
WITH MULTIPLE BREAK-INS ON THE
EAST SIDE, ROBBERIES, INCLUDING
ONE JUST TODAY.
THERE ARE FIVE GUYS IN THAT CAR.
DETROIT POLICE ACTIVATE LIGHTS
AND SIRENS AND GET UP HERE TO
JEFFERSON AND CHALMERS.
DO YOU SEE THAT SUV RIGHT HERE?
THAT CAR SMASHED INTO THAT SUV
TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THE
POLICE.
POLICE. THE GUY INSIDE THAT CAR HAS BEEN
TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND
NOW LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
VIDEO STRAIGHT FROM SKY4.
THE CAR WITH THE FIVE GUYS IN IT
RUNNING FROM POLICE SMASHED INTO
THE HOME YOU SEE RIGHT THERE.
THE CAR IGNITES.
THERE ARE FIVE GUYS INSIDE.
OFFICERS DO THEIR BEST TO GET
THEM ALL OUT.
THEY GOT THREE OF THE MEN OUT,
THEY’RE IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT
A LOCAL HOSPITAL.
MEANWHILE, TWO DEAD ON SCENE
FROM INJURIES AND FROM THE FIRE
THAT IGNITED IN THAT CAR.
IN ADDITION, WHEN THAT CAR HIT
THAT HOME, SOME OF THE RESIDUAL
FIRE FROM THE CAR WENT INTO THAT
HOME’S BASEMENT, SO DETROIT FIRE
HAD TO COME OUT HERE, PUT OUT
THE FIRE IN THE CAR AND PUT OUT
THE FIRE IN THE HOME.
DPD TELLING US A WOMAN WAS AT
HOME AT THE TIME THAT THIS CAR
CRASHED INTO HER HOUSE.
THEY GOT HER OUT.
SHE IS OKAY.
WORD FROM DPD IS THAT THE CREW
THAT WAS IN THAT CAR IS
CONNECTED TO WHAT THEY ARE JUST
REFERENCING AS GANG ACTIVITY,
LIKELY WHY YOU SAW -- OR AT ONE
POINT WE SAW 12 CRUISERS FROM
DETROIT GANG SQUAD OUT HERE.
MORE COMING UP TONIGHT AT 5:00.
LIVE ON DETROIT’S EAST SIDE,
MARA MACDONALD, LOCAL 4.
>> Karen: ALL RIGHT, MARA, KEEP
US POSTED.
US POSTED. TWO DEAD, THREE INJURED, WE’LL
BE FOLLOWING THIS AND WILL CHECK
BACK WITH YOU AT 5:00.
>>> THIS NORTHBOUND VEHICLE
CRASH ON I-75 HAD THE FREEWAY
CLOSED.
CLOSED. IT HAPPENED AT BIG BEAVER AND
CLOSED A BACK-UP.
POLICE COMPANIED THE FREEWAY AT
12 MILE.
12 MILE. THEY CARS AND A SEMI TRUCK
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED. NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.
THE ACCIDENT WAS CLEARED AND
TRAFFIC RESUMED FLOWING THROUGH
THE AREA.
THE AREA. THAT TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR.
IT WAS QUITE A MESS!
>>> BREAKING NEWS AT THE STATE
CAPITOL WHERE REPUBLICAN
LAWMAKERS ARE PUTTING NEW
PRESSURE ON GOVERNOR WHITMER.
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE JUST
INTRODUCED 24 SUB ELEMENTAL
SPENDING PROPOSALS TO REVERSE
LINE-ITEM VETOES FROM THE
GOVERNOR.
GOVERNOR. WHITMER, A DEMOCRAT, VETOED
ABOUT $1 BILLION.
BUSINESS EDITOR ROD MELONI IS IN
LANSING AND IS SORTING THROUGH
ALL OF THIS FOR US.
WE’LL HAVE A COMPLETE REPORT
LIVE AT 5:00.
>>> NIGHTS MIGHT BE A LITTLE
COOL FOR SOME OF YOU BUT WE’RE
IN A WEATHER PATTERN THAT WE
SHOULD ALL SAVOR.
IT WAS ANOTHER GORGEOUS
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. >> Ben: WE HAD 30s IN SPOTS THIS
MORNING AND WE’VE RECOVERED
NICELY.
NICELY. IT’S CLOSE TO 70 AT METRO.
WE DO HAVE ANOTHER COOL ONE
AHEAD OF US TONIGHT.
TEMPERATURES DOWN INTO THE 40s
AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO AVOID THE
30s.
30s. THE NUMBERS ARE GOING UP TOWARD
THE UPCOMING WEEKEND, AND THEN
WE’LL FALL OFF A CLIFF.
WE’LL LOOK AT THE WEEKEND
NUMBERS AND WHAT’S COMING WITH
IT ALL IN A FEW MINUTES.
>>> DEMOCRATS FACING ANOTHER
ROAD BLOCK IN THE IMPEACHMENT
INQUIRE ARE YOU SURROUNDING THE
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. THE WHITE HOUSE BLOCKED THE
APPEARANCE BEFORE A
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE AND IT
RAISES THE TENSION ON CAPITOL
HILL.
HILL. >> Devin: IT SURE DOES.
SONDLAND WAS THE AMERICAN
AMBASSADOR TO THE EU, THE
EUROPEAN UNION.
EUROPEAN UNION. HE IS FRONT PAGE NEWS.
HE WAS GOING TO GIVE A
DEPOSITION AND TEXT MESSAGES
HAVE PUT HIM AT THE CENTER OF
THE INQUIRY TO LEARN IF
PRESIDENT TRUMP PUT PRESSURE ON
UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT.
UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT. HE WAS TO APPEAR TODAY AT A
CLOSED-DOOR HEARING BUT THE
STATE DEPARTMENT TOLD HIM HE
COULD NOT APPEAR.
THE WHITE HOUSE AND A NUMBER OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP SUPPORTERS SAY
THE DEMOCRATS LEADING THE
INVESTIGATION ARE OUT TO GET THE
PRESIDENT, LEAVING DEMOCRATS TO
SAY THE REPUBLICANS WON’T LET
THEM DO THEIR JOBS.
>> THE FAILURE TO PRODUCE THIS
WITNESS, THE FAILURE TO PRODUCE
THE DOCUMENTS, WE CONSIDER YET
ADDITIONAL STRONG EVIDENCE OF
OBSTRUCTION OF THE
CONSTITUTIONAL FUNCTIONS OF
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. A CO-EQUAL BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.
>> WHAT WE SEE IS A KANGAROO
COURT AND ADAM SCHIFF IS ACTING
AS THE KANGAROO.
>> Devin: FOLLOWING A LOT OF
THREADS ON THIS INVESTIGATION
AND COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE AT
5:00.
5:00. KAREN, BACK TO YOU.
>> Karen: PROTESTERS IN NORTHERN
SYRIA ARE DEMANDING PRESIDENT
TRUMP NOT ABANDONED THEM.
THEY SAY THEY HELPED DEFEAT ISIS
AND WORRY THEY COULD BE VICTIMS
OF GENOCIDE.
OF GENOCIDE. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE PROMISED
TO PULL U.S. TROOPS FROM ENDLESS
WARS.
WARS. TODAY, HE INVITED TURKEY’S
PRESIDENT TO VISIT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
HOUSE. TURKEY CONSIDERS THE KURDS
TERRORISTS.
TERRORISTS. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PRESSURING
TURKEY NOT TO GO TOO FAR AND
FACING BACKLASH IN CONGRESS.
>>> GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ARE
FIRED UP AS THE UNITED STATES
SUPREME COURT TAKES UP A CASE
THAT HAS A LOCAL CONNECTION.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST DECISIONS OF
THE COURT SESSION WILL FOCUS ON
LGBTQ RIGHTS IN THE WORKPLACE.
PROTESTERS WERE OUTSIDE THE
COURT TODAY.
COURT TODAY. NEW AT 5:00, A DETROIT-AREA
FUNERAL HOME IS AT THE CENTER OF
ONE OF THE CASES.
YOU’LL HEAR FROM BOTH SIDES
ABOUT THE CASE OF ALLEGED
TRANSGENDER DISCRIMINATION,
TRANSGENDER DISCRIMINATION, THAT’S TONIGHT AT 5:00.
>>> YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT THIS
PHOTO OF ELLEN DEGENERES WITH
FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH HAS GONE
VIRAL.
VIRAL. TO SOME IT’S HARMLESS, BUT
CRITICS POUNCED AND ELLEN
RESPONDED ON HER SHOW.
>> JUST BECAUSE I DON’T AGREE
WITH SOMEONE ON EVERYONE DOESN’T
MEAN I’M NOT GOING TO BE KIND TO
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE. >> Karen: WHO SAYS YOU CAN PICK
OTHER PEOPLE’S FRIENDS BECAUSE
YOU HAVE A TWITTER ACCOUNT.
PAULA TUTMAN HAS BEEN DIVING
INTO THE QUESTION AND THERE’S A
LOT OF HEATED FEELINGS ON THIS,
PAULA.
PAULA. >>PAULA: AND THINK ABOUT THIS.
AN EXPERT HERE AT OAKLAND
UNIVERSITY, A PROFESSOR WHO ADDS
SOCIAL MEDIA, POP CULTURE, AND
LGBTQ ISSUES TO HER EXPERTISE
SAYS MAYBE THIS ISN’T A BAD
THING FOR ALL OF US.
AS A CELEBRITY, ELLEN DEGENERES
IS CERTAINLY ACCUSTOMED TO BEING
MOBBED BY FANS BUT NOT THE ANGRY
TWITTER VERSE MOB.
>> I TALK A VIDEO OF WHO WAS
NEXT TO ME.
>> Paula: HER FRIENDSHIP WITH
GEORGE W. BUSH THAT WAS OUTED
OVER THE WEEKEND, MANY
CRITICIZING HER FOR COZYING UP
TO THE OTHER SIDE ON SO MANY
LEVELS.
LEVELS. >> CAN SELL CULTURE, THE IDEA
THAT A CELEBRITY SAYS SOMETHING
CONTROVERSIAL AND THE IDEA IS
THIS TWITTER MOB COMES AT THEM.
AND WANTS TO CANCEL THEM.
>> Paula: IT WAS THE FIRST THING
THAT POPPED UP IN THE TWITTER
FEED OF OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSOR.
COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSOR. >> PEOPLE WHO FEEL HE’S A WAR
CRIMINAL BECAUSE OF THE IRAQ
WAR.
WAR. THERE’S PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE WITH
THE WAY THAT HIS ADMINISTRATION
AND HIS PARTY HAVE BEEN
HINDERANCES IF NOT OUTRIGHT
AGAINST GAY AND LESBIAN RIGHTS.
>> Paula: WE COULDN’T FIND ANY
OF THE ANGRY TWEETERS ON CAMPUS.
>> NOW THEY’RE TELLING YOU WHO
YOU CAN BE FRIEND WITH?
>> YOU CAN BE FRIENDS WITH WHO
YOU WANT AND HANG OUT AND BE
CHILL N IT’S OUR CHOICE.
IF I WERE HER, I WOULDN’T BE.
>> Paula: BUT THERE IS VALUE IN
THE VERY SOCIAL NATURE OF HAVING
SOCIAL MEDIA AS A TOOL TO VENT.
>> THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WE
MIGHT SAY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WE
SAY ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND I THINK ONCE WE SAY THEM ON
SOCIAL MEDIA AND HELD TO ACCOUNT
FOR THEM, IT’S FAIR TO BE HELD
ACCOUNT FOR THE THINGS YOU SAY.
>> Paula: YEAH, THAT CANCEL
CULTURE IS SO SEVERE, ELLEN FELT
SHE HAD TO JUSTIFY HER
FRIENDSHIP.
FRIENDSHIP. >> JUST BECAUSE I DON’T AGREE
WITH SOMEONE ON EVERYTHING
DOESN’T MEAN I WON’T BE FRIENDS
WITH THEM.
WITH THEM. WHEN I SAY BE KIND, I MEAN BE
KIND TO EVERYONE, IT DOESN’T
MATTER.
MATTER. [CHEERING]
[CHEERING] >> THIS PERSON SAYS, ELLEN AND
GEORGE BUSH TOGETHER MAKES ME
HAVE FAITH IN AMERICA AGAIN.
>> I THINK SHE’S RIGHT, THAT SHE
SHOULD BE FRIENDS WITH HIM.
>> Paula: SO PROFESSOR BATTLES
SAID THAT PUBLIC FIGURES ARE
FAIR GAME.
FAIR GAME. SO, I CHALLENGED AND SAID WHILE
WE THE PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO
SAY WHATEVER WE WANT, DOES THAT
MEAN WE SHOULD?
AND SHE BELIEVES THAT IF IT
MOVES THE PUBLIC CONVERSATION IN
ANY DIRECTION, THE FACT THAT WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS, THEN
INDEED, IT IS FAIR GAME.
>> Karen: VERY INTERESTING,
THANK YOU, PAULA.
>>> STILL AHEAD, FORMER TALK
SHOW HOST OPZ HAS DONE IT AGAIN,
A BIG DONATION TO ONE OF HER
FAVORITE CAUSES
FAVORITE CAUSES >>> A LOT OF PEOPLE SAW THIS
HAPPEN IN COURT AND WONDERED
WHY.
WHY. NOW THE JUDGE IN THE AMBER
GUYGER TRIAL ANSWERS THAT.
>> Dr. McGeorge: A LINK BETWEEN
CAFFEINE AND MIGRAINES.
>>> AND DOES PUPPY LOVE HELP YOU
LIVE LONGER?
LIVE LONGER? >> Karen: IT’S A VERY BUSY NEWS
DAY.
DAY. WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW BREAKING
NEWS FROM THE EAST SIDE.
YOU’RE LOOKING AT LIVE VIDEO OF
THE SCENE AT CHALMERS NEAR
KERCHEVAL, THREE PEOPLE KILLED
AND TWO OTHERS HURT, AFTER A CAR
CRASHED INTO A HOME AND STARTED
A FIRE.
A FIRE. POLICE TRIED TO PULL THE CAR
OVER NEARBY.
OVER NEARBY. WE’RE FOLLOWING THIS AND HAVE
NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND WILL HAVE
MORE FOR YOU TONIGHT AT 5