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>> Devin: A DELIVERY DRIVER
TRYING TO DO HER JOB ATTACKED
AND VERBALLY ABUSED BY A MAN WHO
DIDN’T WANT TO WAIT FOR A
PACKAGE.
>> Hank: THE PEOPLE OF FLINT
HAVE A NEW LEGAL AVENUE TO
PURSUE IN GETTING JUSTICE AND
MONEY FOR THE PEOPLE OF FLINT
AFFECTED BY THE WATER CRISIS.
I’LL TAKE YOU INSIDE THE
INVESTIGATION COMING UP.
>> Karen: A VERY BIG NAME IN THE
UAW’S RECENT HISTORY IS ACCUSED
BY THE FEDS OF STEALING FROM
UNION MEMBERSHIP AND PAID FOR
VACATIONS.
THE CORRUPTION WENT ALL THE WAY
TO THE TOP AND WENT ON FOR
YEARS!
>> Devin: THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S
OFFICE FILED A FELONY CHARGE
AGAINST FORMER UAW PRESIDENT
DENNIS WILLIAMS. HE ROSE TO PROMINENCE AS
HE ROSE TO PROMINENCE AS
SECRETARY TREASURER AND THEN
PRESIDENT UNTIL 2018.
HERE’S THE 13th PERSON CHARGED,
A LIST INCLUDES ANOTHER FORMER
PRESIDENT, GARY JONES.
BUSINESS EDITOR ROD MELONI IS
LIVE WITH MORE ON THE
ACCUSATIONS AND THE REACTION
FROM THE UNION.
A LOT OF THIS HAS GOT TO BE
GETTING OLD TO THEM, ROD.
>> Rod: IT IS.
THERE’S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
IT’S AMAZING HOW TIME FLIES.
IT WAS A YEAR AGO TOMORROW AND
THA THE FBI RAIDED GARY JONES
HOME.
AND THEY WENT OUT TO CALIFORNIA
AND RAIDED DENNIS WILLIAMS HOME,
AS WELL.
GARY JONES IS NOW HEADED TO
PRISON HAVING PLED GUILTY AND
DENNIS WILLIAMS IS ABOUT TO FOLLOW.
HE SAID GOOD-BYE TO DETROIT WITH
SAD IRONY.
>> AMERICAN WORKERS HAVE BEEN
HANDED A SHORT STICK FOR A LONG,
LONG TIME.
>> Rod: HE WAS TALKING TRADE
POLICY THEN.
NOW CHARGED WITH GIVING HIS OWN
MEMBERSHIP THE SHORT END OF A
VERY EXPENSIVE STICK!
HE IS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF
CONSPIRACY TO EMBEZZLE UNION
FUNDS AND LIFT THE LIFESTYLES. RICH AND FAMOUS WITH GARY JONES
RICH AND FAMOUS WITH GARY JONES
AND VANCE PIERSON, STAYING AT
EXPENSIVE VILLAS, AND TOTAL
ALLEGEDLY TAKEN MORE THAN
$71,000!
U.S. ATTORNEY MATTHEW SCHNEIDER
CALLS IT STUNNING! >> THE LEVEL OF GREED, THE LEVEL
>> THE LEVEL OF GREED, THE LEVEL
OF DISRESPECT AND TREATMENT OF
WORKERS LIKE THEY REALLY DON’T
MATTER BECAUSE YOU’VE DECIDED TO
TAKE THEIR MONEY AND USE IT ON
CIGARS AND BOOZE AND AIRFARE AND
EXPENSIVE LAVISH VILLAS.
IT’S DISHEARTENING.
>> Rod: THE UAW IS LOOKING TO MOVE ON AND SAID:
>> Rod: NOW, SCHNEIDER HAS BEEN
TALKING TO NEW UAW PRESIDENT
RORY GAMBLE ABOUT WHETHER THE
GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE OVER THE
UAW.
THEY’RE IN NEGOTIATIONS TRYING
TO FIGURE IT OUT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SNYDER
SAID TO ME TODAY IS THE WAY THEY
PICK THE LEADERSHIP BECAUSE GARY
JONES WAS CHOSEN BY DENNIS
WILLIAMS, AND THAT WAS DONE IN A
WAY THAT BAKED NIGHT THE CAKE,
EVEN THOUGH HE WAS ELECTED AT
THE CONVENTION, IT WAS DONE
BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THAT.
THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO SEE THAT
STOP RIGHT AWAY!
BACK TO YOU. >> Devin: WE TALKED ABOUT THE
>> Devin: WE TALKED ABOUT THE
UNION WAS BUILDING AN UP-NORTH
SUMMER HOME FOR WILLIAMS, RIGHT?
>> Rod: AND YOU MIGHT HAVE
EXPECTED TO SEE SOMETHING ON
THAT IN THE CHARGES OR THE
INFORMATION, BECAUSE THERE’S AN
EXPECTATION OF A GUILTY PLEA.
THE UNION HAS PUT THAT HOUSE UP
FOR SALE.
THERE’S A LIEN ON IT AND THEY’RE
WAITING TO FIND OUT THE
DISPOSITION.
THERE’S NO CHARGES RELATED TO
THAT.
THE UNION WANTS TO UNLOAD IT AND
HAS THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING
ABLE TO SELL IT.
>> Karen: HOURS AFTER HURRICANE
LAURA MADE LANDFALL, WE’RE
GETTING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE
TRAIL OF DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND.
THE CATEGORY 4 STORM CAME ASHORE
AROUND 1:00 THIS MORNING.
IT’S BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A
TROPICAL.
SO FAR, THE DEATH TOLL STANDS AT
4, BUT THE NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO
GO UP.
ABOUT 800,000 PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT
POWER WITH THOUSANDS OF HOMES
AND BUSINESSES EITHER DAMAGED OR
DESTROYED.
LOUISIANA’S GOVERNOR SAYS THE
TRADITIONAL WAY OF PROVIDING
SHELTER AND MASKS TO THOSE WHO NEED IT IS IMPOSSIBLE RIGHT NOW.
NEED IT IS IMPOSSIBLE RIGHT NOW.
>> THE COVID-19, THE SHELTER
SHOULDN’T LOOK LIKE IT NORMALLY
DOES.
WE HAVE A BIG OPEN SPACE AND WE’RE PUTTING MULTIPLE FAMILIES
WE’RE PUTTING MULTIPLE FAMILIES
OR A COUPLE THOUSAND PEOPLE’S IN
THE SAME SHELTER, WE NEED TO
TRANSITION THEM INTO HOTEL AND
HOTEL ROOMS, WHICH HAVE BEEN
FILLED UP WITH PEOPLE WHO
EVACUATED ON THEIR OWN.
>> Karen: ADDING TO THE DEMAND,
POWER CREWS AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS
WHO HAVE COME INTO LOUISIANA TO HELP WILL ALSO NEED THEIR OWN
HELP WILL ALSO NEED THEIR OWN
HOTEL AND MOTEL SPACE.
LAURA HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY
BUT STILL CAUSING PROBLEMS. >> Devin: A LOOK AT WHAT IS LEFT
>> Devin: A LOOK AT WHAT IS LEFT
OF THE STORMS AND THE CHANCE FOR
LOCAL STORMS TONIGHT.
>> Ben: FIRST, THIS IS LAURA OR
WHAT’S LEFT OF IT. YOU CAN SEE THE CENTER OF THIS
YOU CAN SEE THE CENTER OF THIS
THING AND RAIN MOVING THROUGH
ARKANSAS.
SUSTAINED WINDS AT 50 MILES PER
HOUR AND WILL START TURNING MORE
TO THE EAST IN THE NEXT FEW
HOURS, ROLLING THROUGH THE OHIO
VALLEY AND EVENTUALLY OUT INTO
THE ATLANTIC BY SUNDAY MORNING.
SO IT WILL BE IN A HURRY TO GET
OUT OF HERE.
RAINFALL ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN
OVER 7 INCHES IN SOME SPOTS
ALONG THE COAST, EVEN FURTHER
INLAND AND UP TOWARDS ARKANSAS
AS WELL.
WE HAD A LINE OF SHOWERS MOVE
THROUGH HERE WITH THUNDER EARLY.
THAT HAS FADED.
MOST OF US SHOULD STAY DRY UNTIL
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
AND THEN TOMORROW, A SLIGHT RISK
FOR SEVERE WEATHER AS WE HEAD
INTO MAINLY SECOND HALF OF THE
DAY.
TEMPERATURES STILL IN THE 80s
THROUGH 10:00 HUMID TOO.
WE’LL TALK ABOUT THE STORM
THREATS FOR TOMORROW, IN A FEW
MINUTES.
>> Karen: AN AMAZON DRIVER IS
ATTACKED, SPRAYED WITH MACE ON
MONDAY AND SHE IS TRYING TO
DELIVER PACKAGES IN ANN ARBOR.
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AND
WILL BE CHARGING THE MAN IN THE
VIDEO.
NICK MONACELLI REPORTS ALL OF THIS STARTED BECAUSE THE MAN WAS
THIS STARTED BECAUSE THE MAN WAS
IMPATIENT AND DIDN’T WANNA WAIT
FOR HIS PACKAGE.
>> Nick: IT’S UNBELIEVABLE WHAT
HAPPENED TO THIS YOUNG LADY.
SHE WAS RACIALLY PROFILED,
MACED, AND WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR
HOW LONG THE MAN WOULD HAVE HAD
TO WAIT AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX
FOR HIS PACKAGE.
IT WAS BARELY ANYTHING.
>> YOU [BLEEP].
>> Nick: THIS IS THE TAIL END OF
AN ATTACK AT THIS APARTMENT
COMPLEX IN ANN ARBOR.
AFRICA LUCAS, A 26-YEAR-OLD
DELIVERING FOR AMAZON HAD JUST
PULLED UP, HER FIRST STOP OF THE
DAY.
>> TWO GUYS WERE AT MY WINDOW.
I ROLLED DOWN MY WINDOW AND
POLITELY SAID, HOW CAN I HELP
YOU.
DO YOU HAVE A PACKAGE FOR 35
SUCH AND SUCH.
OKAY, SIR, IF I HAVE YOUR
PACKAGE, GIVE ME A SECOND.
I JUST PULLED UP HERE.
I HAVE TO GO IN MY BACK AND SORT
MY STUFF OUT.
HE GOES TO SAY, I JUST WANT MY [BLEEP] PACKAGE.
[BLEEP] PACKAGE.
AND THAT’S WHAT HE KEPT
REPEATING.
>> Nick: LUCAS SAID HE STARTED
SWEARING AT HER, CALLED HER A
NASTY NAME AND THEN DROPPED THE N-WORD.
>> SO AFTER HE SAID IT SEVERAL
TIMES, THEN I DID, I HOPPED OUT
OF THE VAN.
HE KEPT WALKING UP TO ME AND
SPRAYING IT.
IT GOT ON ME AND HE START
SPRAYING.
AND HE WAS SPRAYING ME FOR SO
LONG.
IT HURT.
AND THAT’S WHY I STARTED
SCREAMING SO LOUD.
ALL I DID WAS STARTED SCREAMING.
>> Nick: WHEN SHE SCREAMED, HE
RAN OFF. ANN ARBOR POLICE KNOW WHO THIS
ANN ARBOR POLICE KNOW WHO THIS
IS, A 27-YEAR-OLD WHO DOES NOT
LIVE AT THESE APARTMENTS, MAKING
YOU WONDER WHY HE IS TRYING TO
GET A PACKAGE THERE. THE WASHTENAW COUNTY PROSECUTOR
THE WASHTENAW COUNTY PROSECUTOR
IS LOOKING INTO CHARGES,
POSSIBLY AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.
THE RACIAL SLUR COULD BE A
FACTOR TOO.
>> I DON’T KNOW IF HE THOUGHT IT
WAS HYSTERICAL TO KEEP SAYING
IT.
NO, I DON’T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY.
>> Nick: NICK MONACELLI, LOCAL
4.
>> Karen: OH, I CAN’T BELIEVER
WHAT SHE HAD TO GO THROUGH.
ONCE THE MACE WORE OFF, SHE
CHECKED HER PACKAGES AND ONLY
HAD TWO FOR THE AREA, SO HE ONLY
HAD TO WAIT A MINUTE OR TWO FOR
HER TO SORT THEM.
>> Devin: A FEDERAL JUDGE
OPENING THE DOOR TO RESIDENTS OF
MINUTE BEING ABLE TO TAKE LEGAL
ACTION AGAINST THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT OVER THE CHARGES.
THIS IS BIG NEWS FOR THE PEOPLE
OF FLINT, HANK.
>> Hank: THIS IS HUGE.
IT’S UNCLEAR WHAT LEGAL ACTION
COULD BE TAKEN IN THE FUTURE.
FOR THE PEOPLE OF FLINT, THEY
HAVE THE OPTION TO GO AFTER THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
FLINT, A CITY STILL STRUGGLING
YEARS AFTER THE WATER CRISIS WAS
EXPOSED.
A SETTLEMENT REACHED WITH THE
STATE OF MICHIGAN, $600 MILLION
WILL BE MAKING ITS WAY TO FLINT.
AND NOW A BIG DECISION IN
FEDERAL COURT.
THE PEOPLE OF FLINT MAY HAVE A
NEW LEGAL OPTION.
>> IT HAS INCREASED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO BE ABLE
OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO BE ABLE
TO COLLECT FROM ANOTHER MAYBE
EVEN MORE POWERFUL ENTITY WHICH
IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
>> Hank: NEIL ROCKIND TAKING US
INSIDE.
AGENCIES LIKE THE EPA WHICH WERE
CRITICIZED FOR NOT ACTING SOONER
TO CORRECT THE PROBLEMS IN THE
VEHICLE CITY.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST
HURDLES THAT THE CITIZENS OF
FLINT HAVE TO GET OVER AND THE
JUDGE SAID THEY CAN MAKE IT
OVER.
>> Hank: IN HER OPINION, THE
JUDGE SAID THE HARM INCREASED
EVERY DAY THEY DRANK, FED THEIR
BABIES FORMULA MADE WITH
CONTAMINATED WATER, AND TOOK
SHOWERS IN LEAD AND
BACTERIA-INFESTED WATER.
WHILE THE EPA DID TAKE ACTION TO
CORRECT THE PROBLEMS AND HELP
THE PEOPLE OF FLINT, BUT WAS
ENOUGH DONE SOON ENOUGH.
COULD THEY HAVE PROTECTED INNOCENT FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
INNOCENT FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
FROM THE INVISIBLE DANGER IN THE
WATER?
IN THAT 88-PAGE WRITTEN RULING
FROM THE JUDGE, SHE MADE IT
CLEAR SHE DID SEE A LOT OF
PROGRESS AND BIG CHANGES MADE TO
HELP THE PEOPLE OF FLINT ONCE
THE PROBLEMS WERE EXPOSED IN THE
VEHICLE CITY BUT ALSO LAYS OUT
THE CASE THERE WAS A BIG CHUNK
OF TIME WHEN THE PEOPLE OF FLINT
AND THEIR PROBLEMS WERE BEING IGNORED.
WE’RE LIVE HERE TONIGHT, HANK
WINCHESTER, "HELP ME HANK."
>> Karen: SEE WHAT SOMEONE DID
TO SAFETY EQUIPMENT THAT BELONGS
TO THE SHERIFF.
>> Devin: LET’S CHECK IN WITH
PAULA.
>> Paula: IT’S BACK-TO-SCHOOL DAY FOR ABOUT 5,000 STUDENTS.
DAY FOR ABOUT 5,000 STUDENTS.
I’LL GIVE YOU THE FIRST LOOK
INSIDE THE CLASSROOMS AT WEST BLOOMFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT.