FORD FIREWORKS.
WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD
TO.
AND THE FIREWORKS TOPS OUR
NEWS AT NOON THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US I'M EVROD
CASSIMY.
RIGHT NOW OUR PAULA TUTMAN
IS LIVE AT DETROIT POLICE
HEADQUARTERS WITH A LOOK AT
BRANDON ROUX WHO IS STANDING
LIVE AT HART PLAZA WITH A
WE WE GET TO BRANDON WE WILL
GO TO PAULA.
PAULA, EVERYONE IS EXCITED
FOR TONIGHT.
HAVE YOU SOME OF THE BEST
VIEWING AND PARKING AREAS
THAT ARE AVAILABLE?
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW WHAT,
EVROD, PEOPLE SHOULD
ABSOLUTELY BE EXCITED SO
FIRST OF ALL I DO WANT TO
TELL YOU WHERE I AM.
I'M AT THE REALTIME CRIME
HEADQUARTERS.
AND RIGHT HERE YOU CAN SEE
THEY ARE LOOKING AT CAMERAS
THEY'RE ACTUALLY WATCHING
STREETS.
CENTERS.
SO WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS A REASON NOT TO BE.
THIS IS A DAY TO BE EXCITED
THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON.
LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
BEST VIEW PLACES FOR YOU TO
SEE THE FORD FIREWORKS.
START WITH HART PLAZA ALWAYS
GREAT FIREWORKS PUT YOU
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THERE.
THEN OF COURSE BELLE ISLE,
GREAT FAMILY ATMOSPHERE.
KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE
PLACES DON'T OPEN UNTIL 2:00.
NO TENTS YOU ALSO HAVE TO BE
CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE
PUTTING IN YOUR COOLER AND
OBVIOUSLY NO WEAPONS.
MOUNT ELLIOT PARK AS WELL.
PARK THOSE ARE GREAT VIEWING
POSSIBLY GET.
PARKING AS WELL.
IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT
BUT IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO
PARK YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S
GOING TO COST YOU CAN ALSO
PLANS.
BELLE ISLE, FOR $11, FORD
UNDERGROUND GARAGE ON
JEFFERSON THAT'S $10.
JOE LOUIS ARENA GARAGE FOR
$10.
MILLENNIUM GARAGE ON
CONGRESS FOR $10.
THE PREMIERE GARAGE ON
WOODWARD IS $10 AND GRAND
CIRCUS PARK GARAGE ON
WOODARD ANYWHERE FROM $5 TO
$15.
PAY VERY, VERY CLOSE
ATTENTION TO WHERE YOU PARK.
KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE MAY
BE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE
TRYING TO GET YOU PARK THAT
MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE A
PLACE THAT YOU WANT TO PARK.
SO TRY TO GO INTO ONE OF
THESE GARAGES ARE MAKE SURE
YOU KNOW THERE'S SECURITY
AND THERE'S GOING TO BE
SECURITY ON-SITE.
LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT
RIGHT NOW.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT THIS
REALTIME CRIME CENTER THIS
IS THE TREN COME DOWNTOWN.
IF YOU ARE CROWD SENSITIVE
DETROIT POLICE SAY THEY'VE
GOT YOUR BACK, THEY'VE GOT
YOUR FRONT, THEY'VE GOT YOUR
SIDE AND EVERYTHING IN
BETWEEN.
AND PEOPLE ARE CROWD
ARE NO DIFFERENT.
ANY HICCUPS THEY CAN HURRY
IT'S A GOOD THING.
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT FROM
>> Reporter: DETROIT POLICE
WORKING ON A FIREWORKS PLAN
THEY'VE ACTUALLY BEEN AT IT
WATCHING SOCIAL MEDIA
CHECKING IN WITH GANG
BANGERS AND BANGERS WANNA-BE
LOOKING FOR VEILED THREATS
OR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO MAKE
A NAME FOR THEMSELVES OR
ANYBODY ELSE.
ESSENTIALLY TURNING ALL
PUBLIC VIEWING VENUES THIS
EVENING INTO NOT SO SOFT
TARGETS FOR TROUBLE.
>> PEOPLE POST ALL THE TIME
I'M COMING TO GET YOU OKAY
YOU POSTED THAT YOU'RE
COMING TO GET SAUCE WE'RE
HERE, HI, HOW ARE YOU?
SOME OF THESE KIDS ARE JUST
TALKING SMACK BUT ON SOCIAL
MEDIA YOU CAN BE 6-FOOT TALL
WITH BLACK HAIR, UNLIKE ME
AND HAVE A GUN.
BUT WHEN I COME TALK TO YOU
AND YOUR MOTHER GOES YOU DID
WHAT?
>> TAKE A LOOK AROUND THERE
ARE CAMERAS EVERYWHERE.
THIS ISN'T ON TAPE THIS IS
REALTIME BIG BROTHER AND BIG
SISTER WITH AN EYE ON
EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING AT
THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER.
EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER
OR E.O.C.
>> WE'RE WATCHING.
WE HAVE REALTIME CRIME
CENTER, REALTIME WE'RE
WATCHING REALTIME.
SO -- WITH VISITORS IT'S A
SMALL MINORITY OF KIDS THAT
CAUSE A PROBLEM YOU COMING
FROM THE SUBURB GANG BANGER
WANNA-BES WE'RE WATCHING YOU
AND MONITORING SOCIAL MEDIA
AND IF YOU GET OUT OF LINE
YOU'LL GO TO JAIL.
>> OKAY, SO THE IMPORTANT
THING TO KNOW IS THAT THIS
CENTERS.
THEY HAVE CAMERAS ALL OVER
THE PLACE.
DOWNTOWN.
I THINK THE BIGGEST THING
THEY REALLY WANT YOU TO
UNDERSTAND IS THESE ARE NOT
THE FIREWORKS OF OLD.
THEY'VE GOT HIGH-TECH.
THEY'RE HERE TO KEEP YOU
SAFE AND WE WANT EVERYBODY
TO COME DOWN AND HAVE A
GREAT TIME.
EVROD, OF COURSE BECAUSE
WE'RE YOUR FIREWORKS STATION
JOIN US AT 4:00.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED
TO KNOW TO GET YOU DOWN HERE
SAFELY AND TO HAVE A GREAT
EVROD.
>> LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
FIRST AT 4:00 PAULA TUTMAN
WILL BE THERE LETTING YOU
KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE
FIREWORKS TONIGHT.
WE DO WANT TO SHOW YOU THE
COUNTDOWN CLOCK HERE.
WE HAVE SIX HOURS AND 54
MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS UNTIL
OUR COVERAGE OF THE
FIREWORKS SHOW BEGINS
TONIGHT AT 7:00.
RIGHT NOW WE DO WANT TO GO
LIVE RIGHT NOW TO OUR
BRANDON ROUX HE'S LIVE IN
HART PLAZA.
THE WEATHER, BRANDON IT
COULD NOT BE ANY BETTER.
>> Reporter: LAST YEAR
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT AND
THE STORMS HIT RIGHT AFTER
THE FIREWORKS AND TODAY WE
DO NOT HAVE ANY OF THOSE
CONCERNS.
THE ONE CONCERN IS THE
THE HEAT.
YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME HART
PLAZA NOT OPEN JUST YET.
SO LIKE AT 2:00 THEY'RE
LETTING EVERYBODY IN TO ONE
OF THE MOST POPULAR VIEWING
AREAS BUT ITS WARM DOWN HERE
ALONG THE RIVERFRONT.
WE'VE GOT AN 88-DEGREE
TEMPERATURE AS WE SPEAK.
GETTING UP TO AROUND 90°.
GOOD NEWS IS A LITTLE COOL
FRONT COMING THROUGH THE
STATE AS WE SPEAK.
AND THAT MEANS 90 DEGREES
YES BUT PROBABLY NOT ANY
WARMER THAN THAT.
STABILIZED AIR MAYBE EVEN
THROUGH THE MIDDLE LATE
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES MAYBE
FALLING BACK DOWN INTO THE
UPPER 80s.
THE HUMIDITY IS FAIRLY LOW
TODAY.
AND THAT IS GOOD.
STILL WANT TO STAY HYDRATED,
MAKE SURE YOU'RE DRESSED IN
LIGHT COLORS.
I'M FINDING THIS NAVY BLUE
HERE.
BUT THE FIREWORKS FORECAST
FOR TONIGHT LOOKS GREAT.
WE'LL SEE TEMPERATURES
AROUND 5:00 AT 88°, AND THEN
THE FIREWORKS GO OFF AT
9:48.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING
INTO AND THROUGH THE 70s
VERY COMFORTABLE STUFF.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT YOU'RE COVERED AS YOU
HEAD OUT AND ABOUT.
WE DO HAVE A WEATHER CHANGE
COMING YOUR WAY TOMORROW.
SO THE LOCAL FORECASTERS APP
HAS YOU COVERED.
TEMPERATURES.
YOU CAN CHECK THE WEATHER
DISCUSSION.
IT'S THE APP IN THE PALM OF
YOUR HAND THAT YOU NEED TO
HAVE IT'S THE LOCAL
FORECASTERS APP.
IT'S FREE UNDER WDIV.
EVROD, COMING UP WE'RE GOING
TO TALK TO THE PARADE
COMPANY AND FORD MOTOR
COMPANY ABOUT WHAT'S NEW
THIS YEAR AND ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT FORD
IS DOING VERY UNIQUE AROUND
THE FIREWORKS FESTIVITIES
THIS YEAR.
THAT'S COMING UP.
>> LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
BRANDON, THANK YOU.
>>> AS BRANDON AND PAULA
MENTIONED LOCAL 4 IS YOUR
HOME FOR WHAT IS DEFINITELY
GOING TO BE AN AWESOME
FIREWORKS DISPLAY TONIGHT.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A
SPECIAL BROADCAST AGAIN WE
WANT TO REMIND THAT YOU
STARTS AT 7:00.
WE'LL THEN HAVE A BREAK FROM
THEN WE'RE BACK ON THE AIR