live from downtown Detroit local 4 News
at 11:00 starts now barely to 80 degrees
today and in most days of the forecast
we'll be there by lunch way do you see
the heat wave that we're in store for
also well Dan Gilbert's been breathing
new life into downtown Detroit Sinatra
getting an inside look at the big
investment another mortgage mogul is
making a Waterville mix-up a homeowner
has his water turned off despite being
up to date on his payments thanks for
being with us tonight when he got a hold
of the Detroit water and sewerage
sewerage department they told him
exactly what he already knew and that is
that he didn't know anything I wasn't
the case for someone living very close
to him and his family Germont teri live
with the mix-up and what was finally
done to get the water back on Germont
Devon if you come down here to DWS D and
you walk through these doors to pay your
water bill in person or if you make the
payment by mail the last thing you would
expect is for the city to come and shut
your water off no that's what Ron Gibson
believed but he discovered even with the
zero balance he could still have a
problem because he lived in a certain
type of home this father and daughter
were forced to come up with creative
ways to cook they're lacking water after
the city of Detroit came out Wednesday
afternoon and shut them off for
non-payment but I've actually paid Ron
Gibson's bill shows he paid in full last
month I owe nothing except my current
bill so how did Gibson end up like this
by virtue of the fact that I live in
this property I have no water
he owns one unit of this duplex built
before 1970 since this one valve looks
like it controls both properties two
separate water meters his neighbor
admits to falling behind in payments not
my fault it's the way they built it you
know what I'm saying it wasn't me you
know if it was up to me no way would I
want him affected affected by and when
Gibson called to explain the mix-up to
the city he was floored by the response
however Palmer come out put a separate
cutoff valve in and then they turned my
water on needless to say he wasn't happy
go to hell
so was this a mistake on whose part oh
it's awful
I mean it's DWS despawn it's certainly
not mr. Gibson's fault
Jerry Brown says the outdated valve
needs to get fixed but Gibson's water
should have been turned back on
immediately didn't do a good job of
explaining that to the homeowner and
within minutes of talking to brown
look who pulled up at Gibbs his house
and check out what's flowing again Thank
You Channel four and tonight Gibson's
water is back ORN however the city and
Gibson they still have to get that valve
fixed because they have to separate it
to the two so that doesn't happen again
Gibson is just hoping that he doesn't
have to flip the complete bill for this
that's the very latest reporting live
downtown Jomon Terry local fool
it's odd Ramon so do we have other units
sharing one water valve like Gibson's
this happened to anybody else then well
Gary Brown was telling us that there's a
handful of AB units still like this and
if you find yourself in that situation
you should really contact them because
it's important to separate them and
these are affecting units built before
1970 yeah aren't you mom Jim
okay well the wet weather is moving out
of Metro Detroit but then temperatures
are starting to rise beginning tomorrow
yeah on their way up you know most of us
do not drink enough water we should be
very well acquainted with this stuff and
I'm not doing a commercial for designing
anything exactly go get you a bucket of
limes or lemons and make make some good
tasting water to keep you drinking it
this weekend because not only you're
gonna need it through the weekend but it
looks like through most of the upcoming
ten-day forecast highs today at 81 again
most of this forecast those are going to
be lunchtime readings already there's an
excessive heat watch that's out for the
southwest corner of the state that's
likely gonna get expanded further off to
the east but right now that runs up into
Jackson for Friday and Saturday and when
you look at how far this heat threat
goes when you see heat advisories in
southern parts of Alabama you know this
is going to be hot and in fact that
number that we're looking at will
probably be the hottest of the fork or
hottest of the year so far that we're
expecting on Saturday smiled tomorrow
morning though mid-60s noticeable
humidity but it's not
gonna be terrible both temperatures and
humidity spiked this weekend and we'll
take a look at all those sweaty numbers
coming up Devin all right Ben new
tonight a Republican congressional
candidates as a venue cancelled her
campaign fundraiser because she supports
President Trump businesswoman Lena
Epstein who co-chaired the Trump
campaign here in Michigan in 2016 is
running for the open seat in the 11th
district she claims Franklin Hills
Country Club recently canceled her event
because of her political views
Epstein says the event was canceled by
the club's Board of Directors though it
had been set up more than a month ago
we've reached out to Franklin Hills
Country Club but thus far they have not
released a statement to us Michigan
State University has announced its plan
to find a new president interim
president John Engler will hold on to
his job for another year the university
plans to name the next president by June
of 2019 angler says his focus during the
coming year is to pave the way for a
smooth transition students at the
meeting say they hope the next president
will listen to students what qualities
are most important in the next president
somebody who is actually a human being
because so far I feel like we're dealing
with robots without emotions because
they'd clearly do not care a search
committee will be formed by August
candidates will be selected by the
holidays and interviews conducted
between February and May before the
final decision comes in June Supreme
Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has
announced his retirement and now
President Trump is looking at a list of
potential replacements that list
includes three Michigan judges Raymond
Catholic 51 years old currently an
appeals judge in the sixth District Joan
Larson holds that same position she was
once a Michigan Supreme Court justice
she's 49 years of age Robert Young 67
years old the former Chief Justice of
the Michigan Supreme Court and currently
counsel for Michigan State in the Larry
Nasr matter her staff member is accusing
George cushing berry of sexually
harassing her while he was a Detroit
City Councilman the suit claims Cushing
Barre made sexual advances toward her in
2016 while she worked in his office she
says when she turned him down he
retaliated by cutting her weekly work
hours from 40 to 18 Cushing Barre was
defeated in the primary last year he
denies the allegations
he's been falsely accused 2,500 new
workers are moving into Pontiac this
week not just a building but an entire
campus United Shore mortgage has
invested 40 million dollars into the
redo of the property a big boom to the
city of Pontiac at a time when more
businesses are moving to downtown
Detroit Marv McDonald is live in Pontiac
tonight
maura in an economy where competition
for workers is fierce this company has
certainly come to play welcome to the
future Kimberly of talent retention
what's going on inside the 600,000
square foot property is so much more
than just an office building and they
let us in before the big grand opening
and everybody moves in here so let's go
inside very kind of Google ask mentality
what sits beyond the massive entrance
here at United Shore is an amenity
filled workspace with everything from
the in-house Starbucks to the doctor's
office the dry cleaner the salon and the
massage therapist and that's just for
starters we had to build this campus in
this environment so that the best people
wanted to join the best people we treat
them great so that they never want to
leave and at the same time we train in
coach and make it a great environment
talent retention is key here we try to
make this a great community a campus and
environment where people have their
friends the opportunities to do all the
things that they do with their life and
at the same time have a work-life
balance hiring is an engine that won't
quit right now 2400 plus are here this
campus can expand to a little over 4,000
and mortgage knowledge is not what
drives the hiring process just ask
former TV sports journalists justin
white work ethic is everything here
that's what Matt is all about he wants
everybody to come in here and grind
every single day and then go home and
spend time with their family it's
speaking of the company's young CEO the
comparison is inevitable does he fancy
himself the Dan Gilbert of Pontiac no no
not answers would be the Dan Gill
they've done great down in Detroit god
bless them what they've done but we're
really focused on our people so it's all
about building our business we're proud
to be part of Pontiac back here live as
you walk through the corridors here you
notice a lot of sports memorabilia you
notice a lot of sports themed things
like conference rooms well not
surprising the CEO here views this as a
team
and he also played basketball for Tom
Izzo at Michigan State
we're live in Pontiac tonight I'm Mara
McDonald local food okay Mara thanks
we're now less than 24 hours away from
the second and final Republican
gubernatorial debate Lieutenant Governor
Brian Calley Attorney General Bill
Schuette a state senator Patrick Kovac
and dr. Jim Hines will all be on the
same stage for the last time before the
primary election you can watch it live
right here in local four and
clickondetroit.com
tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. and if you miss
anything join us on clickondetroit.com
immediately following the debate for our
post debate coverage I'll be joined with
political experts as we break down the
top moments of the night it's gonna be a
big night we expect a fascinating
evening ahead I hope you do win us a
trip to the beach could leave you with a
nasty itchy rash new tonight which
popular vacation spot is reporting a sea
lice invasion also she was caught
red-handed the bizarre excuse one woman
gave police for breaking into this home
Karen arming yourself this summer with
the right tools to say safe no matter
where you are