THE 10 YEAR TAX ABATEMENT FOR THE SKYSCRAPER. ALRIGHT, LET’S GET NOW TO CHILLING NEW
DEVELOPMENTS CONNECTED TO THE
DEATH OF DETROIT POLICE OFFICER
LAUREN COURTS TODAY. THE MAN
ACCUSED OF MAKING THE STRAW
PURCHASE OF THE GUN USED TO KILL
COURTS APPEARED BEFORE A JUDGE
AND FEDERAL PROSECUTORS MADE
SOME DAMAGING NEW CLAIMS.
SHAWN LEY IS LIVE FOR US TONIGHT
, SEAN HE’S BEEN LOCKED UP SINCE
HIS ARREST. UM SO WHAT DID THE
JUDGE DECIDE ON BOND TODAY? THIS
WAS A BOND HEARING, AND KIMBERLY
AND DEVIN NEW BOMBSHELLS. WE
JUST GOT OUT OF COURT. HERE’S
WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT.
SHELDON THOMAS. PROSECUTORS JUST
PLAYED AUDIO OF THOMAS TELLING
THE THAT HE KNEW THE TEAM WHO
SHOT OFFICER COURTS WAS A DANGER
. PROSECUTORS SAY THOMAS TRIED
TO BUY THAT TINA GUN LAST YEAR
AND MOMENTS AGO, A JUDGE DENIED
THOMAS’S REQUEST TO GET OUT ON
BOND. SHELDON THOMAS IS ACCUSED
OF BUYING THE GRACO FIREARM THAT
POLICE SAY IMANI DAVIS USED TO
SHOOT AND KILL DETROIT POLICE
OFFICER LORING COURTS THIS
AFTERNOON. ONLY LOCAL 4 IS IN
FEDERAL COURT TO HEAR FEDERAL
PROSECUTORS LAY OUT A
DEVASTATING CASE THAT SHELDON
THOMAS IS AN ALLEGED SERIAL
STRAW PURCHASER OF FIREARMS
ALLEGEDLY FLOODING THE STREETS
WITH GUNS TO PUT INTO THE HANDS
OF OTHERS. PROSECUTORS SAY TEXT
MESSAGES SHOW THOMAS WAS WORKING
WITH THAT TEENY MONTE DAVIS. FOR
MORE THAN A YEAR ON BUYING
FIREARMS TEXT EXCHANGES DATING
BACK A YEAR WITH DAVIS TELLING
THOMAS THAT HE WAS ROBBED OF A
GUN AND WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH
SOMEONE IN URGENTLY NEEDED A
GUN. THOMAS TELLING THE TEAM
QUOTE. I CAN ALWAYS GO GET A GUN
. PROSECUTORS SAY IT WAS ILLEGAL
FOR DAVIS AS A TEAM TO BUY A
HANDGUN. SO HE ORDERED A NINE
MILLIMETER GLOCK FROM THOMAS
WITH HOLLOW POINT BULLETS.
THOMAS TELLING DAVIS TO HAVE THE
CASH READY AND EAST POINT GUN
SHOP OR QUOTE IT WILL MAKE US
LOOK SUSPICIOUS. IMANI DAVIS
TEXTING BACK. TRUST ME, WE WILL
PLAY IT SMOOTH. SHELDON THOMAS,
PLAY IT COOL OF THIS YEAR. DAVIS
IS ARRESTED IN EAST POINT ON
DISORDERLY CONDUCT CHARGES THE
MOMENT HE IS RELEASED FROM JAIL
, HE TELLS THOMAS THAT HE WANTS
HIM TO BUY HIM A CHEAPER GUN
THAN THE NINE MILLIMETER. THE
GRACO FIREARM EVENTUALLY USED IN
THE OFFICER. COURTS SHOOTING.
PROSECUTORS SAY THOMAS LIED ON
THE FEDERAL PAPERWORK, SAYING
THE GUNN WAS FOR HIM. ALL RIGHT
BACK HERE LIVE NOW. THERE’S MORE
TO THIS STORY FROM COURT TODAY.
THOMAS HIS DEFENSE ATTORNEY
ARGUED THAT THERE WAS NO WAY
THAT HIS CLIENT, THOMAS COULD
HAVE KNOWN WHAT WOULD HAVE
HAPPENED WITH THAT GUN IN THE
TRAGEDY WITH OFFICER COURTS ONCE
HE GAVE THAT GUN OVER THE DAVIS
IN THE MEANTIME, THE JUDGE
DISAGREED WITH THAT AFTER
PROSECUTORS EVEN PRESENTED
EVIDENCE THAT THOMAS WORKED WITH
HIS GIRLFRIEND WHO ALLEGEDLY
SENT HER IN THE GUN SHOPS TO BUY
GUNS. TO GIVE TO OTHER PEOPLE
LIVE OUTSIDE FEDERAL COURT.
SHAWN LEY LOCAL FOURTH BACK TO
YOU, SEAN. THANK YOU. LIVE. LOOK
OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW, ON A LOVELY
AFTERNOON. THAT’S OUR MOUNT
CLEMENS. SKY CAMP CANNOT BEAT
THE WEATHER TODAY. RIGHT AROUND
80 DEGREES, LOW HUMIDITY PRETTY
PERFECT. REALLY REALLY NICE.
THIS IS MICHIGAN, THOUGH, SO YOU
KNOW, WE’RE GONNA CHANGE HERE
PRETTY SOON. LET’S GET OVER TO
ANDREW. AND LOOK AT WHAT’S
AHEAD. KIMBERLY AND DEVON.
FORTUNATELY NO DRASTIC CHANGES.
NOT MUCH CHANGING LATER ON
TONIGHT, BUT TOMORROW A FEW
CHANGES EMPHASIS ON THE WORD FEW
. FIRST LET’S FOCUS ON WHAT’S
HAPPENING NOW. WARM COMFORTABLE
TEMPERATURES AROUND 80 DEGREES
GIVE OR TAKE A DEGREE OR TWO. A
LITTLE WARMER THAN YESTERDAY.
ALSO MOUNT CLEMENS. HELLO YOU’VE
GOT 79 AT THIS HOUR PONTIAC
CHECKING IN AT 80 DEGREES UPPER
SEVENTIES TO NEAR 80 IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, TOO, INCLUDING
OVER AT METRO AIRPORT WINDOW OF
THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 10
MPH AND THOSE THOSE TWO DO
POINTS IN THE COMFORTABLE
FIFTIES. AND IT REMAINS COMPANY
AS WE GO THROUGH THE EVENING
SIMPLY LOVELY TEMPERATURES GOING
FROM 80 DEGREES DOWN THROUGH THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER SEVENTIES, DOWN
TO LOW SEVENTIES. THEY’RE ROOM
TEMPERATURE LATER ON TONIGHT
JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. NOW IT
DOES GET COOLER TONIGHT. WE’LL
TALK ABOUT THAT. PLUS SOME OF
THOSE CHANGES THAT ARE ON THE
WAY FOR TOMORROW. AND, OF
COURSE, YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST
IN MINUTES. ART ANDREW IN
CALIFORNIA. THOUSANDS FLEE AS
THE OAK FIRE BECOMES THE LARGEST
WILDFIRE OF THE YEAR, AND IT IS
STILL ON THE MOVE. THE FIRE HAS
BURNED THROUGH MORE THAN 18,000
ACRES AND DESTROYED AT LEAST 41
STRUCTURES SINCE IT IGNITED
FRIDAY NEAR YOSEMITE NATIONAL
PARK. THIS COMES AS CREWS
CONTINUE BATTLING OVERWHELMINGLY
DRY CONDITIONS AND STEEP TERRAIN
, BUT WE’RE TOLD THEY HAVE
MANAGED TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS.
MEANWHILE AT LEAST ONE PERSON IS
DEAD AND ROADS REMAIN COVERED
WITH HIGH WATER AFTER RECORD
RAINFALL. IN PARTS OF ST LOUIS,
AND ALL THE STORM DUMPED 6 TO 10
INCHES OF RAIN. FIRST RESPONDERS
SPENT THE MORNING EVACUATING
PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES AND
RESCUING DRIVERS FROM THEIR
CARS. NEARBY STATES COULD ALSO
SEE DANGEROUS FLOODING IN THE
COMING DAYS FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE.
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
RETURNED TO WASHINGTON TODAY.
FORMER PRESIDENT SPOKE TO A
GROUP OF CONSERVATIVE ACTIVISTS
EARLIER HIS VICE PRESIDENT, MIKE
PENCE, WAS IN TOWN AS WELL, AND
HE ADDRESSED THE RIFT BETWEEN
THE TWO MEN STEMMING FROM THE
JANUARY 6TH CAPITAL ATTACK. WHEN
PRESIDENT TRUMP PUT PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE PRESSURE ON PENCE TO NOT
CERTIFY THE NATION’S VOTE. I
DON’T KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT
AND I DIFFER ON ISSUES. BUT WE
MAY DIFFER ON FOCUS. I TRULY DO
BELIEVE THAT ELECTIONS ARE ABOUT
THE FUTURE. OF COURSE, THE
COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING JANUARY
6TH HAS RELEASED NEW DETAILS
ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S REFUSAL
TO CONDEMN THE RIDERS THE DAY
AFTER THE ATTACK, SHOWING PARTS
OF HIS SPEECH THAT HE CROSSED
OUT, INCLUDING THE LINE. I WANT
TO BE VERY CLEAR. YOU DO NOT
REPRESENT ME. CORONAVIRUS
NUMBERS FOR THE WEEK ARE OUT,
AND THEY ARE ON THE RISE
COMPARED TO LAST WEEK. 19,653
NEW CASES OVER THE PAST SEVEN
DAYS, AVERAGING OUT TO 2800 PER
DAY LAST WEEK, THAT AVERAGE WAS
2300. THE STATE IS ALSO
REPORTING 137 CORONAVIRUS DEATHS
OVER THAT SAME TIME PERIOD.
GENERAL MOTORS REPORTS A 39%
DROP IN ITS SECOND QUARTER
EARNINGS AUTOMAKER EARNED ABOUT
$1.7 BILLION FROM APRIL THROUGH
JUNE LAST YEAR MADE 2.8 BILLION
IN THE SECOND QUARTER. LIKE
OTHER AUTOMAKERS, GM HAS BEEN
FORCED TO SLOW ITS FACTORY SINCE
LATE 2020, LARGELY DUE TO THE
GLOBAL SHORTAGE OF
SEMICONDUCTORS. AUTOMAKER ALSO
SAYS IT IS PAUSING NEW HIRES DUE
TO RECESSION CONCERNS. MEANTIME
A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN GENERAL
MOTORS AND A SOUTH KOREAN
BATTERY COMPANY IS SET TO
RECEIVE $2.5 BILLION LOAN FROM
THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT. THAT LOAN
IS TO BUILD BATTERY CELL
FACTORIES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES
IN OHIO, TENNESSEE AND YES, HERE
IN MICHIGAN BY THE MINISTRATIONS
SET A GOAL OF 50% OF US AUTO
PRODUCTION BY 2030 BEING
ELECTRIC OR PLUG IN ELECTRIC
HYBRID VEHICLES. $830 MILLION.
THAT’S HOW MUCH MONEY IS UP FOR
GRABS IN TONIGHT’S MEGA MILLIONS
DRAWING. SO WHAT ACTUALLY
HAPPENS IF YOU WIN IT? WELL, IT
TURNS OUT THERE’S SOME PRETTY
SPECIFIC THINGS YOU NEED TO DO
RIGHT AWAY. CONSUMER
INVESTIGATOR HANK WINCHESTER HAS
US ALL LIVING THE DREAM. I GUESS
YOU CAN SAY TONIGHT AND HE JOINS
US LIVE FROM RAMLA. SO UM, I
MEAN, HANK, WHAT ARE THE ODDS
THAT THIS REALLY HAPPENS? WELL,
HEY, I MEAN, THEY’RE NOT GREAT,
RIGHT? IT’S ONE IN ABOUT 303
MILLION, BUT THAT’S NOT STOPPING
ME AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE IN
ROMNEY WEST FROM SNATCHING UP
THESE TICKETS, IN FACT, TAKE A
LIVE. LOOK HERE AT THE SPEEDWAY
IN ROMNEY LIST YOU CAN SEE THERE
HAVE BEEN BIG CROWDS ALL DAY.
PEOPLE GOT LOTTERY TICKETS. I
GOT A LOT OF TICKETS. MEGA
MILLIONS TICKETS, YOU NAME IT,
BUT HERE’S THE DEAL. IF BY
CHANCE YOU HAPPEN TO WIN, THERE
ARE SOME THINGS YOU NEED TO DO.
SOME THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T DO AND
ONE KEY THING. IT INVOLVES THE
BACK OF THIS TICKET. TAKE A
LOOK. JUST CAN’T SAY OKAY, ONE
SIZE FITS ALL AND LET’S GO AHEAD
AND DO IT. THIS WAY. CURB USES
IS THE MONEY MAN. HE’S A TAX
ATTORNEY, A CPA AND HE IS OFTEN
THE FIRST PERSON PEOPLE CALL
WHEN THEY STRIKE IT RICH. WHEN
YOU COME INTO MONEY LIKE THIS,
IT’S REALLY ONE OF THOSE
SITUATIONS WHERE YOU YOU HAVE
TO. YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
CHANGE BECAUSE THERE’S ALWAYS
NEW FACTS THAT COME UP
REPRESENTS MANY BIG WINNERS,
INCLUDING THE GROUP FROM
MICHIGAN, WHO STRUCK IT RICH
LAST YEAR THAT BILLION DOLLAR
TICKETS SOLD IN NOVI THE NEXT
MORNING. KURT WAS GIVEN A CALL
IN FLORIDA. THEY ACTUALLY CALLED
ME. WE TALKED ABOUT THINGS ON
THE PHONE OF WHAT I THOUGHT
NEEDED TO BE DONE. AND THEN IT
WAS A MATTER OF OKAY, WELL, NOW
ENGAGE YOU. AND THEN EVERY DAY
AFTER THAT, WE HAD DAILY
MEETINGS. THE FIRST THING MANY
WINNERS DO SIGN THE BACK OF THE
TICKET. KURT SAYS. DON’T DO IT.
IF I GET A BLANK CANVAS. I CAN
DO A LOT OF THINGS WITH THAT FOR
THE BENEFIT OF THE GROUP OR THE
INDIVIDUAL. SO IT’S FOR ME. IT’S
ALWAYS BETTER THAT THEY’RE NOT
SIGNED THE BACK OF THE TICKET,
AND THEN WE CREATE BASED ON THE
LAWS WHAT THEY’RE TRYING TO DO.
YOU MAY BE EXCITED AND WANT TO
SHARE THE NEWS WITH FRIENDS AND
FAMILY. KURTZ SAYS. KEEP QUIET.
KEEP IN THE CIRCLE OF PEOPLE
THAT HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE WIND
AS SMALL AS POSSIBLE AS ALWAYS
HELPFUL, AND THAT’S WHERE THEIR
OWN SECURITY AND SAFETY AND IF
YOU’VE ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU TAKE
THE LUMP SUM, TODAY’S ECONOMY
MAY MAKE YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND
AND LESS THAN A WEEK IT HAS
GROWN OVER 200 MILLION BUT THE
NET AMOUNT HAS GONE DOWN TO 58%
THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
THAT JUST DOESN’T MAKE SENSE TO
ME. IT’S NOT JUST SO SIMPLE THAT
WE TAKE THE LUMP SUM ANYMORE.
INFLATION EVEN AFFECTING OUR
MEGA MILLIONS DRAWING WHICH I
SHOULD TELL YOU IS LIVE TONIGHT
ON LOCAL FLORIDA 11 O’CLOCK I
WILL BE TUNING IN, THEN COUNT MY
CASH AND GIVING A CALL IN
FLORIDA TONIGHT WE ARE LIVE HERE