TURNED INTO A RACETRACK FOR THE DETROIT GRAND PRIX. THOUSANDS EXPECTED TO COME DOWN TO SEE THE
FAST CARS SPIN THROUGH THE CITY
STREETS AND THE AERIAL VIEWS ARE
JUST AMAZING. THESE NORMAL
STREETS, YOU NORMALLY RIDE ON
TURNED INTO A RACETRACK FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN DECADES. THE GRAND
PRIX IS SHAKING THE STREETS OF
DETROIT. INDYCAR STREET RACERS
HAVE MOVED FROM BELLE ISLE TO
JEFFERSON AVENUE, ZIPPING AROUND
THE SENATE AT ABOUT 200MPH.
PRACTICE ROUNDS HAPPENING TODAY
TO LEARN THE NEW TRACK. AND OUR
HOBIE ARTIGUE HAS BEEN THERE
SINCE 4 A.M. PRIYA VIEWING GRAND
PRIX 2023 WEEKEND IN DOWNTOWN
DETROIT. WHAT A BLAST IT IS
INCREDIBLE, RHONDA.
>> IT’S SUCH A GREAT TIME IN THE
RACING. HASN’T EVEN STARTED YET.
THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE FIRST
PRACTICE SESSIONS RACERS GETTING
ON THE TRACK EARLIER THIS
MORNING AT AROUND 830 IN THE AND
THE DIFFERENCE YOU CAN FEEL
HERE, IT CERTAINLY PALPABLE. THE
EXCITEMENT IS ALREADY HERE. A
LOT OF FANS ALREADY LINING UP TO
GET A GLIMPSE OF WHAT THIS NEW
TRACK WILL LOOK LIKE. BUT FOR
RACERS, THIS IS THEIR FIRST TIME
TO GET OUT ON THE TRACK, SEE HOW
IT WILL FARE AS WE MOVE INTO
SATURDAY. AND OF COURSE, SUNDAY
FOR THE BIG INDY 500 RACE. I AM
A CARS ARE ON THE TRACK RIGHT
NOW AS THEY HAVE BEEN ALL
MORNING. LATER ON TODAY AT 3:00,
THAT’S WHEN THE INDY CARS WILL
BE OUT HERE. BUT YES, IT’S A BIG
CHANGE MOVING FROM BELLE ISLE TO
AN ACTUAL STREET. CARS THAT ARE
MADE UP OF CITY STREETS HERE IN
DOWNTOWN DETROIT. IT’S BEEN A
PROCESS THAT’S 18 MONTHS IN THE
MAKING. WE TALKED TO THE DETROIT
GRAND PRIX PRESIDENT ABOUT THAT
EARLIER TODAY TO TALK ABOUT ALL
OF THE CHANGES, BUT ALSO THE NEW
BREATH OF FRESH AIR. THE EVENT
HAS IS BEING IN DOWNTOWN CITY
STREETS AS IT’S JUST GREAT.
>> I MEAN, WE’RE SO PROUD TO
BRING IT BACK. WE’RE SO HAPPY
THE CITY OF DETROIT HAS REALLY
CELEBRATED THE RETURN AND THE
HOMECOMING OF THE GRAND PRIX TO
THE STREETS OF DETROIT. SO WE’RE
JUST WE’RE JUST EXCITED TO BE
ABLE TO DO IT. AND RHONDA, THERE
IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ALREADY.
>> AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, TODAY
, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
RACING AND GRANTED ALL WEEKEND,
GET OUT HERE. BUT GRANDSTANDS
ONE AND NINE, THOSE ARE THE TWO
GRANDSTANDS THAT ARE RIGHT NEXT
TO THE FINISH LINE. THAT’S RIGHT
BEHIND ME. THOSE ARE FREE TODAY
FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO COME AND
CHECK IT OUT. TICKETS ARE
AVAILABLE FOR SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY IS SOLD OUT. BUT ALSO
THERE ARE VIEWING PLATFORMS ALL
ACROSS JEFFERSON. I’VE TOLD
PEOPLE WITH KIDS, IF YOU IF YOUR
KIDS WANT TO SEE FAST CARS, GO
TO JEFFERSON BECAUSE THAT WILL
BE A GREAT VANTAGE SPOT THAT
ANYONE CAN WALK UP TO. AND CATCH
A GLIMPSE OF ALL THE ACTION
COMING UP THIS WEEKEND. RHONDA,
LET’S TOSS IT BACK TO YOU IN
STUDIO AND THEN IT’S JUST SO
MUCH FOR EVERYBODY TO DO JUST IN
AND AROUND THE GROUND.
>> SO MUCH FUN FOR THE ENTIRE
FAMILY. IT’S JUST GOING TO BE AN
INCREDIBLE WEEKEND. YEAH. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU, TOBY. AND HERE
IS A REMINDER UNDER TO SET YOUR
ALARM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS
WELL. WAKE UP WITH US. IT’S
JASON ASHLEY, NICK HOBBY ONCE
AGAIN AND. AND MYSELF, WE’RE ALL
GOING TO BE THERE LIVE FROM THE
GRAND PRIX RIGHT THERE AT THE
FINISH LINE ON THE MAJOR DAY
WHEN THOSE RACERS COUNT THE
TRACK. PREVIEWING WILL ALSO GET
YOU THE MAIN RACE AND SOME
SPECIAL GUESTS AND JUST GET YOU
ALL GEARED UP FOR THAT FINAL
DAY, THE THREE HOURS OF FUN FROM
6 TO 9 A.M. ON SUNDAY MORNING. A
LOT TO COME BEFORE THEN, THOUGH,
INCLUDING THE WEATHER. IT IS
GORGEOUS. YOU COULDN’T ASK FOR
BETTER WEATHER AS WE HEAD INTO
THREE DAYS OF RACING ON BELLE
ISLE. ASHLEY, IT’S GOING TO BE
HOT FOR THOSE RACERS IN THE
CARS, BUT CERTAINLY THE SUMMER
FUN OUTSIDE, IT’S GOING TO BE
PERFECT.
>> I MEAN, HOW COOL IS OUR CITY,
RIGHT? I MEAN, TO BE ABLE TO SEE
THAT GOING ON DOWNTOWN TOWN AND
YEAH, I MEAN, THE TEMPERATURES
ARE NOT COOL. OUR CITIES COOL,
BUT THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE
STEAMING 91. SO AS THOSE ENGINES
ARE ROARING, THE TEMPERATURES
WILL BE SOARING, ESPECIALLY THIS
AFTERNOON AS WE GET INTO THE LOW
90S AND WE’LL BE FLIRTING WITH
IT ON SATURDAY. WE DO HAVE A
COLD FRONT THAT ROLLS THROUGH
SATURDAY. SO THAT BRINGS AN
ISOLATED CHANCE OF A POP-UP
SHOWER. BUT I WOULDN’T BANK ON
IT. IT’S MAINLY GOING TO BE A
DRY FRONT ACROSS METRO DETROIT,
BUT WE REAP THE BENEFITS OF THAT
FRONT. ON SUNDAY, SLIGHTLY MORE
COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS AS WE
DROP INTO THE LOW 80S. BUT THAT
DAILY WEATHER CHECKLIST, IF
YOU’RE HEADING DOWNTOWN FOR THE
GRAND PRIX THIS WEEKEND, YOU
WANT THE SUNSCREEN, THE
SUNGLASSES, STAY HYDRATED WITH
WATER. AND ALSO WEAR A HAT TO
HELP PROTECT YOUR FACE AND SKIN
FROM THAT SUN AS WELL. HERE’S A
LOOK RIGHT NOW OUTSIDE AT MOUNT
CLEMENS. WE SIT AT 87 ALREADY IN
DETROIT. SO WE ARE DEFINITELY ON
THE PATH TO HITTING 90 TODAY, 87
IN HOWELL, 81 IN PORT HERE ON 85
IN MONROE. YOUR WEATHER STORY,
AIR QUALITY ALERT CONTINUES
TODAY AND WE COULD POSSIBLY HIT
90 FOR THE FIRST TIME AT METRO
AIRPORT WITH A FEW SLIM RAIN
CHANCES, WHICH WE’LL TIME OUT IN
JUST A MOMENT. BUT IF YOU ARE
HEADING DOWNTOWN, MAKE SURE TO
TAKE OUR 4WARN WEATHER APP WITH
YOU ON THE GO. YOU CAN NOT ONLY
CHECK RADAR FOR THOSE POP UP
SHOWERS, BUT YOU CAN ALSO CHECK
THAT UV INDEX TO SEE HOW OFTEN
YOU NEED TO BE REAPPLYING THAT
SUNSCREEN RHONDA. ALL RIGHT.
>> AND WHILE WE’RE ENJOYING ALL
THE EXCITEMENT OF THE GRAND PRIX
TRAGEDY HAPPEN IN DOWNTOWN
DETROIT THIS MORNING, ARE SHAWN
LEY ON THE SCENE OF A DEADLY
CRASH IN HOWELL KEANNA FOX.
>> REALLY SAD STUFF DOWN HERE
DOWNTOWN TODAY, RHONDA. GOOD
AFTERNOON TO YOU. YOU CAN HEAR
THE GRAND PRIX A HALF BLOCK AWAY
FROM HERE. BUT HERE’S EXACTLY
WHERE THIS HAPPENED IN THAT
CROSSWALK THERE AT CONGRESS. AND
GRISWOLD, A WOMAN WE’RE TOLD
ABOUT 60 YEARS OLD, WAS ON HER
WALKER. SHE WAS IN THE CROSSWALK
CANDIDATE BUS MAKING A LEFT HAND
TURN. AND IT’S UNCLEAR RIGHT NOW
WHY THAT BUS DRIVER DID NOT SEE
HER AND HE RAN HER OVER ABOUT
730 THIS MORNING, WE RECEIVED A
CALL OF A CITY OF DETROIT BUS
INVOLVED IN A PEDESTRIAN
ACCIDENT RIGHT HERE AT GRISWOLD
AND CONGRESS.
>> AND WE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE
AND OUR VICTIM WAS FATAL. LEE
INJURED AT THE TIME. UM, SO AT
THIS POINT IN TIME, WE’RE JUST
SIMPLY CONDUCTING OUR
INVESTIGATION AND RIGHT NOW AT
THIS NOON HOUR, IT’S UNCLEAR HOW
A BUS RAN OVER A WOMAN HERE ON
GRISWOLD RIGHT AT CONGRESS
ACROSS FROM THE GUARDIAN
BUILDING AND JUST STEPS AWAY
FROM THE GRAND PRIX SET UP.
>> HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT
NOW. THE WOMAN WAS USING A
WALKER WHEN SHE WAS HIT. DETROIT
POLICE TELL US SHE WAS IN THE
CROSSWALK ON HER WALKER AND THE
BUS WAS MAKING A TURN ONTO
GRISWOLD RUNNING THE WOMAN OVER.
SHE WAS TRAPPED UNDER THE BUS.
SHE DID NOT SURVIVE. IT IS NOT
KNOWN HOW THAT DRIVER DID NOT
SEE THE WOMAN IN THE CROSSWALK.
THIS AREA IS COVERED BY SECURITY
CAMERAS THAT WILL HELP POLICE
FIND OUT JUST HOW THIS HAPPENED.
>> WE HAVE OUR FATAL SQUAD
INVESTIGATORS ON THE SCENE. WE
WILL BE PULLING ALL THE CAMERA
ASSETS FROM THE VARIOUS
BUILDINGS AND BUSINESSES AROUND
HERE TO MAKE A FINAL
DETERMINATION AS TO WHAT
HAPPENED, WHAT DID HAPPEN.
>> THAT IS THE QUESTION. DPD AND
A LOT OF PEOPLE DOWNTOWN WANT TO
KNOW. RHONDA HERE’S THE BOTTOM
LINE TO THIS. THE DRIVER IS
SPEAKING WITH POLICE. I
CONTACTED DETROIT TRANSIT
POLICE. THE CHIEF TELLS ME THAT
DRIVER WILL NOT BE BE BEHIND THE
WHEEL OF A BUS UNTIL THE
INVESTIGATION IS OVER. TRAGEDY
DOWNTOWN. BACK TO YOU. JUST A
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.
>> SHAWN, THANK YOU. DPD SAYS
THAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THE
WOMAN BUT ARE NOT RELEASING HER
NAME AS THEY ARE TRYING TO REACH
HER FAMILY. AND OUR HEARTS GO
OUT TO THEM AND A TERRIFYING
ORDEAL FOR AN UBER PASSENGER.
WESTBOUND LANES OF I 94 IN
DETROIT HAVE NOW REOPENED AFTER
BEING CLOSED FOR HOURS THIS
MORNING AS POLICE INVESTIGATE
RATED A SHOOTING. MICHIGAN STATE
POLICE SAY THAT THEY WERE
DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE OF A
SHOOTING ON I 94 NEAR LIVERNOIS.
AND WHEN TROOPERS ARRIVED, THEY
LOCATED A 34 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM
DETROIT WITH SEVERAL GUNSHOT
WOUNDS. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A
LOCAL HOSPITAL. NOW, POLICE SAY
THAT SHE WAS SITTING IN THE BACK
SEAT OF AN UBER VEHICLE WHEN A
DARK SEDAN PULLED UP ALONGSIDE
SIDE AND BEGAN FIRING SHOTS INTO
THIS VEHICLE, STRIKING HER. THE
UBER DRIVER WAS NOT HIT. SUMMER
CONSTRUCTION IS IN FULL SWING
ALL ACROSS METRO DETROIT. I
DON’T HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT.
STARTING TODAY, THOUGH, AND THIS
IS THROUGH MONDAY AT 5 P.M. I 94
AND M 59 INTERCHANGE RAMPS WILL
BE CLOSED FOR BRIDGE
CONSTRUCTION. THIS IS IN
CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP. THE
EASTBOUND I-94 RAMP TO WESTBOUND
M 59 WILL BE CLOSED ALONG WITH
THE WESTBOUND M 59 RAMP TO
WESTBOUND I-94 AND WESTBOUND M
59 WILL HAVE THE LEFT LANE
CLOSED FROM JEFFERSON TO GRATIOT
OVER IN OAKLAND COUNTY BEGINNING
TONIGHT AT 8:00 UNTIL MONDAY AT
5 A.M. EASTBOUND I 696 TO THE
SOUTHBOUND LODGE AND M-10 WILL
BE CLOSED FOR RAMP CONSTRUCTION
NORTHBOUND I TO 75 RAMP AND ALL
M FIVE RAMPS TO EASTBOUND I 96
WILL ALSO BE CLOSED. THE PROJECT
IS ALL PART OF RESTORE THE
REUTHER WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE
COMPLETE FINISHED IN 2024. SO IF
ANY OF THOSE ARE ON YOUR ROUTE
OVER THE WEEKEND, MAKE SURE THAT
YOU KEEP TRACK OF THAT SO THAT
YOU CAN MAKE ANOTHER ROUTE.
PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL BE SPEAKING
TO THE NATION TONIGHT. NOW THAT
THE GOVERNMENT HAS AVOIDED
DEFAULT IN A BIPARTISAN VOTE,
THE SENATE PASSED THE DEBT LIMIT
BILL THURSDAY NIGHT. ALL THAT’S
NEEDED NOW IS FOR THE PRESIDENT
TO SIGN IT. BUT THE VOTE WAS NOT
WITHOUT CONTROVERSY. PARTY
LEADERS SAY COMPROMISE WAS
ESSENTIAL TO SAVING THE COUNTRY
FROM A FIRST EVER DEFAULT. ONCE
SIGNED INTO LAW, THE BILL WILL
CAP SPENDING FOR THE NEXT TWO
YEARS. CIGARET SALES ARE UP IN
SMOKE AND NOW VAPES ARE TAKING
ITS PLACE. THE TREND AFFECTING
2.5 MILLION MIDDLE AND HIGH
SCHOOLERS. PLUS, AS DESANTIS
HEADS INTO A TRIAL WITH DISNEY,
THE JUDGE IS STEPPING DOWN. EVEN
THE JUDGE DISMISSING HIMSELF ALL