LIVE DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW AND WE’RE GOING TO BEGIN AT FIVE IN
NOVI, WHERE THE CLEANUP IS
UNDERWAY AFTER A SEVERE STORM
RIPPED THROUGH THE AREA, LEAVING
A TRAIL OF DAMAGE BEHIND. THIS
MORNING STORM CAME THROUGH FAST
AND DIDN’T TAKE LONG TO LEAVE A
LOT OF DAMAGE BEHIND THE HARDEST
HIT AREAS CENTERS ON THE NOVI
TOWN CENTER AREA AND THE
SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. TIM
PAMPLIN, THERE LIVE A LOT OF
CLEANUP TO BE DONE, TIM
DEFINITELY CAN SAY DTE CREWS
CONTINUE THE CLEANUP NOW ALMOST
10 HOURS AFTER THE STOMACH,
DON’T YOU SAY NOBODY. TOWN
CENTER? THIS IS WHAT IS THIS
NOVI ROAD AND I 96 OR 7 12 OAKS
MALL, MASSIVE DESTRUCTION OF THE
STORMS RIPPED THROUGH HERE JUST
AFTER SUNRISE. TAKE A LOOK. MHM
THE STORM WAS INTENSE, LITERALLY
SOUNDED LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING
SWIRLING AROUND THE HOUSE. WE
HEARD DADDY SAY DOWN TO THE
BASEMENT. THIS WAS NOT A TYPICAL
SPRING STORM. THIS WAS
DEFINITELY NOT TYPICAL. SHE CAN
LAUGH NOW. POWER SLOWLY BEING
RESTORED TO THIS COMMUNITY
AGAIN. THIS IS NEAR GRAND RIVER
AND TAFT. THE WINDS SHOOK SOME
OUT OF THEIR BED, LOOKED OUTSIDE
AND SEEN ALL THE DAMAGE AND OH,
MY GOD! IT WAS A LOT OF GUNNING
DAMAGE CAME DOWN, CRYING
STRAIGHT FOR THE BASEMENT AND
WE’RE STILL WINDY, AND IT’S NOT
LIKE HAILS BEATING OFF THE SIDE
OF THE HOUSE. CRAZY OH, YEAH, IT
WAS INTENSE. ET CRUZ QUICK ON
THE SCENE, RESTORING POWER. ARE
SAFELY AND AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE, AND WHEN THE POWER
FIRST WENT OUT AT BOB’S HOUSE,
HE HAD HIS PRIORITIES GENERATOR
OUT. GET POWER BACK TO THE
FRIDGE IN THE FREEZER. WHAT’S
TEMPORARY POWER WAS BACK. IT WAS
TIME TO START CLEANING UP. SO
BACK OUT HERE. CLEANUP CONTINUES
IN NOVI. THE STORM STARTED
CROSSING TROUBLE OVER IN HAMBURG
TALENT CHEVETTE AREA, THEN
STARTED MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARDS
NOVI, LEAVING A TRAIL OF
DESTRUCTION. THAT IS A STAIN
RIGHT NOW IN NOVI TIM PAMPLING
BACK TO YOU GUYS DOWN SOMETHING
ALRIGHT, REALLY SOMETHING, TIM.
LET’S GET OVER TO BRIAN SHERMAN,
NOW TO SHOW US HOW THIS ALL
UNFOLDED, BRIAN, WE’RE IN THE
CLEAR NOW, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT’S
RIGHT. KIMBERLY AND DEVIN WELL
INTO THE CLEAR. I WAS ACTUALLY
UP IN NOVI EARLIER THIS MORNING
OVER AT THE 12 OAKS MALL THERE,
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE PICTURES
THAT I SUBMITTED TO OUR LOCAL
FORCE STORM PINS AND YOU CAN SEE
SOME OF THOSE TREE BRANCHES JUST
SNAPPED OFF HERE FROM THOSE
STRONG WINDS THAT MOVED THROUGH
EARLIER THIS MORNING. LOOKING AT
RADAR EARLY THIS MORNING. YOU
REALLY WOULDN’T THINK THIS WOULD
BE A VERY STRONG LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS FOR JUST A FEW
COUNTIES AFTER THE WESTERN THE
DETROIT METRO HERE? NOW THAT
THAT COLD FRONT AS WELL OFF TO
THE EAST, WE’VE KEPT A LITTLE
BIT OF CLOUD COVER AROUND. BUT
MOST EVERYONE SEEING SOME
SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD TOWARD THE
DINNER HOUR TONIGHT. GOOD
EVENING TO YOU UP IN AN ARBOR 88
DEGREES RIGHT NOW THAT DO POINT
IS DROPPING, INDICATING SOME
DRIER AIR IS WORKING IN. BUT
IT’S ALSO A LITTLE BREEZY WEST
WIND AT ABOUT 16 MILES AN HOUR
HEADING INTO THE EVENING HOURS
TONIGHT OPERATORS TO LOWER
NINETIES AT THE START DROPPING
INTO THE LOWER EIGHTIES BY 10
O’CLOCK TONIGHT, SEVENTIES
MIDNIGHT HEADING INTO EARLY
TOMORROW MORNING, AND WE’VE GOT
A NICE STRETCH OF WEATHER. ON
THE WAY AS WE HEAD TOWARD THE
END OF THE WEEKEND AND THE
WEEKEND WITH GUSTY WINDS THROUGH
FRIDAY. RAIN CHANCES RETURN AND
ANOTHER HEAT WAVE HEADING OUR
WAY NEXT WEEK AS WELL. DETAILS
IN YOUR FULL FORECAST COMING UP
IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. OKAY
BRIAN, THANK YOU. OUR OTHER TOP
STORY HERE AT FIVE. FRESH
TESTIMONY TODAY BY THE COMMITTEE
INVESTIGATING THE SIEGE ON THE
U. S CAPITOL AND THIS FOCUSED ON
WHAT THEY CALL INTENSE PRESSURE
ON INTENSE PRESSURE CAMPAIGN.
PUT ON VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE
TO OVERTURN THE RESULTS OF THE
ELECTION. SUSAN MCGINNIS
FOLLOWING THE STORY FROM
WASHINGTON, SUSAN TODAY. THE
JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE LAID OUT
ITS CASE THAT DONALD TRUMP TRIED
UNSUCCESSFULLY TO PRESSURE VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE INTO
JOINING A SCHEME TO OVERTURN THE
2020 ELECTION. THE VICE
PRESIDENT’S GENERAL COUNSEL
TODAY. THE JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE
FOCUSED ON FORMER VICE PRESIDENT
MIKE PENCE, LAYING OUT ITS CASE
THAT DONALD TRUMP AND HIS TEAM
PRESSURED PENCE TO OVERTURN THE
2020 ELECTION PENCE. I HOPE
YOU’RE GOING TO STAND UP FOR THE
GOOD OF OUR CONSTITUTION AND FOR
THE GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY, AND IF
YOU’RE NOT, I’M GOING TO BE VERY
DISAPPOINTED IN YOU, AN EFFORT
THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE CAPITAL
INSURRECTION. AND PUT PENCILS,
LIFE IN DANGER. I’M HEARING
REPORTS THAT PENCE CAVE. I’M
TELLING YOU, IT PENCE CAME.
WE’RE GONNA DRAG THROUGH THE
STREETS. REFUSING TO CALL OFF
THE RIOT. THE COMMITTEE SAYS
TRUMP RESPONDED TO THE CHANCE.
MAYBE OUR SUPPORTERS HAVE THE
RIGHT IDEA. PENCE DESERVES IT.
THE COMMITTEE SHOWING PENCE
BEING RUSHED FROM THE SENATE
FLOOR THIS FOLLOWING A TRUMP
TWEET, SAYING MIKE PENCE DIDN’T
HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO WHAT
SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE. THE
CAPITAL ATTACK, THE PANEL SAYS,
A CONSEQUENCE OF A FRINGE THEORY
PUSHED BY TRUMP ATTORNEY JOHN
EASTMAN AND EMBRACED BY TRUMP
PENCE HAD THE AUTHORITY TO
REJECT CERTIFIED ELECTORS AND
KEEP TRUMP IN POWER. I HAD NO
RIGHT TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION,
REJECTING THE NOTION PRESIDENTS
FIRST INSTINCT ON THAT POINT,
THERE IS NO UH, JUSTIFIABLE
BASIS TO CONCLUDE THAT THE VICE
PRESIDENT HAS THAT KIND OF
AUTHORITY. WITNESSES TODAY
DEBUNKING THE IDEA, BUT DONALD
TRUMP CONTINUED TO PUSH PENCE.
PENCE MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE
WOULDN’T GIVE IN TO DONALD
TRUMP’S SCHEME. DONALD TRUMP
TURNED THE MOB ON HIM. COMMITTEE
PORTRAYING THAT PENCE LOYAL TO
TRUMP FOR YEARS BROKE WITH HIM
THAT DAY TO UPHOLD THE
CONSTITUTION AND DEFEND
DEMOCRACY. DONALD TRUMP TODAY ON
HIS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM,
CALLING THE HEARINGS SLANDEROUS
AND DEMANDING EQUAL TIME IN
WASHINGTON. SUSAN MCGINNIS BACK
TO YOU ALL RIGHT, SUSAN. ALSO
TODAY, THE COMMITTEE SAYS IT
PLANS TO PURSUE AN INTERVIEW
WITH JENNY THOMAS, THE WIFE OF
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CLARENCE
THOMAS. CREWS ARE BACK AT MACOMB
COUNTY LANDFILL IN THE SEARCH
FOR THE REMAINS OF ZION FOSTER
SKY FOUR IN LENOX TOWNSHIP FOR
THE SECOND PHASE OF OPERATION
JUSTICE FOR ZION. PHASE TWO
INVOLVES REMOVING SECTIONS OF
THE SEARCH AREA AND PLACING THEM
UNDER 2 50 BY 50 SEARCH DECKS.
THE SEARCH BEGAN EARLIER THIS
MONTH AFTER THE TEENAGER
DISAPPEARED BACK IN JANUARY.
ZIONS COUSIN ADMITTED TO POLICE
THAT HE PUT HER BODY IN A
DUMPSTER WHEN HE FOUND HER
UNRESPONSIVE. PHASE TWO IS
EXPECTED TO TAKE FIVE DAYS. THE
CASE MOVES FORWARD AGAINST
MICHIGAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE
RYAN KELLY. HE IS FACING
MISDEMEANOR CHARGES FOR HIS
ALLEGED ROLE IN THE JANUARY 6TH
ATTACK ON THE U. S. CAPITOL
KELLY WAS ARRESTED LAST FRIDAY
AT HIS HOME IN ALAN DALE BY THE
FBI AND CHARGED WITH FOUR
MISDEMEANORS TODAY, A FEDERAL
JUDGE REJECTED KELLY’S REQUEST
TO BE ABLE TO CARRY A FIREARM
WHILE CAMPAIGNING BUT THE JUDGE
DID AGREE TO ALLOW IN STATE
TRAVEL FOR KELLY. PRETTY
IMPORTANT FOR CUBAN TUTORIAL
CANDIDATE HE’S DUE BACK IN COURT
FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING ON
JULY 7TH. AT LEAST ONE PERSON IS
DEAD AFTER GUNSHOTS RING OUT ON
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE POLICE TELL
US IT HAPPENED JUST AFTER SIX
THIS MORNING. NEAR THE BLOCK OF
OUTER DRIVE, AND MYERS. POLICE
SAY THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THE
CIRCUMSTANCES REGARDING THAT
SHOOTING. THEY BROKE IN
OVERNIGHT AND STOLE THEM RIGHT
FROM THE ASSEMBLY PLANT. SIX
MUSTANGS STOLEN OVERNIGHT AT
FORD’S FLAT ROCK ASSEMBLY PLANT
, AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RUN
OF THE MILL MUSTANGS, EITHER
HERE THESE WERE TUNED UP HIGH
HORSEPOWER MODELS, SO LET’S GET
TO MEGAN WOODS. SHE’S LIVE ON
THIS STORY FORCE TONIGHT AND
MEGHAN THIS ACTUALLY THIS IS NOT
THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS
HAPPENED. IT’S NOT
DEVIN SCILLIAN. THAT’S WHAT
MAKES THIS EVEN MORE INTERESTING
. LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO, FIVE
MUSTANGS WERE STOLEN FROM THE
SAME PLANT. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE
THIS TIME IS A SUSPECT IS IN
CUSTODY. AROUND THREE THURSDAY
MORNING, THIEVES WERE ABLE TO
STEAL 6 2022 SHELBY GT 500
MUSTANGS FROM THIS FORD ASSEMBLY
PLANT IN FLAT ROCK, THE SECOND
GROUP OF MUSTANGS STOLEN FROM
THE PLANT THIS MONTH. 12 AND
THREE OF THE SIX MUSTANGS WERE
RECOVERED. WOODHAVEN POLICE SAW
THE SUSPECTS TRYING TO GET GAS
IN THE CARS, BUT THOSE SUSPECTS
DROVE OFF. TROOPERS WERE ABLE TO
FOLLOW THIS ONE UNTIL IT RAN OUT
OF GAS ON I 96 OKAY. THAT DRIVER
WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. THIS
ORANGE ONE WAS FOUND BY A TOW
TRUCK DRIVER. IT WAS ABANDONED
ON I 75 NEAR LIVERNIOS. THE
THIRD MUSTANG WAS ABANDONED ON
WAR NEAR 30TH STREET. IT’S
SUSPECTED THAT BOTH RAN OUT OF
GAS AUTO INSURANCE INDUSTRY
CONSULTANT TERRY MILLER SAYS.
WHEN CARS LIKE THESE ARE STOLEN
A LOT OF TIMES THEY’RE SOLD OUT
OF STATE. OR THE COUNTRY. I JUST
THINK THEY GO REALLY FAST, AND
THEY’RE VERY ATTRACTIVE FOR THE
RESALE MARKET MIGHT EVEN CHANGE
THE VENN NUMBERS TO A CAR THAT
ISN’T STOLEN. SO IF YOU’RE NOT
BUYING A USED CAR FROM A
DEALERSHIP, AND IT LOOKS NEW BE
CAREFUL. THERE ARE CASES WHERE
UNWITTING BUYERS ACTUALLY HAVE
THESE VEHICLES TAKEN AWAY FROM
THEM AND RETURNED TO THE
RIGHTFUL OWNER. AND THEY’RE OUT
ALL OF THAT MONEY THAT THEY
SPENT. PLUS THEY’RE OUT A CAR AS
WELL. INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL
LOOKING FOR THE THREE OTHER
STOLEN MUSTANGS. THEY SAY THOSE
ARE BRITTANY, BLUE AND GRAY. IF
YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION YOU’RE
ASKED TO CALL FLAT ROCK POLICE
BACK TO YOU. YOU SAID THAT THIS
HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. DID THEY
BELIEVE THE TWO THEFTS ARE
RELATED? SO FLAT ROCK POLICE SAY
IT’S STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION,
AND IT’S UNCLEAR BUT THERE ARE
SOME SIMILARITIES. OKAY MEGAN,
THANKS. LUGAR PARK ON DETROIT’S
WEST SIDE HAS BEEN A COMMUNITY
STAPLE FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.
TODAY IT’S BEING RENAMED TO
HONOR FORMER DETROIT MAYOR DAVE
BING PARK WILL BE RENAMED THE
DAVE BING COMMUNITY PARKED, PAID
TRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY
COMMITMENT AND WORK OF THE
FORMER DETROIT MAYOR. RENOVATION
PLANS INCLUDE UPGRADING THE
EXISTING BASKETBALL COURTS. ONLY
APPROPRIATE WOULD YOU SAY, AND
THE INSTALLATION OF TENNIS