FIVE STARTS NOW. HE’S NOT GOING DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT. BY FAR. THIS IS A COUNCIL FROM HELL.
WARREN MAYOR JIM FOWKES BLAST
THE RULING BARRING HIM FROM
RUNNING FOR 1/5 TERM, AND THAT’S
JUST THE BEGINNING. THAT TOPS
OUR NEWS AT FIVE. GOOD TO HAVE
YOU WITH US TODAY. I’M
DEVIN SCILLIAN KIMBERLY GILL AT
A NEWS CONFERENCE THAT LASTED
WELL OVER AN HOUR, LASHED OUT AT
POLITICAL FOES, THE WARREN CITY
COUNCIL AND EVEN A LAW FIRM
CLEANUP. MCDONALD WAS THERE FOR
ALL OF IT JOINS US NOW LIVE,
MARA. HE SOUNDS PRETTY ANGRY.
OKAY? WELL KIMBERLY. HE’S ANGRY
ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS. HE’S
ANGRY ABOUT TERM LIMITS. HE’S
ANGRY ABOUT THE MICHIGAN SUPREME
COURT. HE’S ANGRY ABOUT THE
STATE COURT OF APPEALS, ANGRY AT
THE WARREN CITY COUNCIL, ANGRY
AT THE LAW FIRM THAT HAS BEEN
SUCCESSFULLY REPRESENTING THE
WARREN CITY COUNCIL, AS WELL AS
THE PRESS. MY LIFE IS MY JOB,
BUT THE COURTS SAY HE’S TERM
LIMITED OUT OF THAT JOB. A
UNANIMOUS DECISION FROM THE
MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS SAYS
DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE BALLOT
. THE MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT
SAYS THERE IS NO ISSUE HERE AND
WON’T HEAR HIS APPEAL. SUPREME
COURT MAYBE BY NOT ACTING ON
THIS OR THE COURT OF APPEALS,
FOR SURE NOW HAS SAID TO ELECTED
OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT THE STATE
OF MICHIGAN. IT’S OKAY. YOU CAN
PUT SOMETHING SNEAKY. THE MAYOR
SPENT AN HOUR RAILING AGAINST
THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM WHILE
TOUTING WHAT HE SAYS ARE HIS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PAYING SPECIAL
ATTENTION TO THE RACIAL AND
ETHNIC MAKEUP OF PEOPLE WHO IS
HIRED BY APPOINTED MY FIRST
AFRICAN AMERICAN AND 2008 WHILE
SIMULTANEOUSLY SAVAGING THE
WARREN CITY COUNCIL BY FAR THIS
IS A COUNCIL FROM HELL. IT IS
SUED ME AND MADE LIFE DIFFICULT
FOR MY DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR FOUR
YEARS. TODAY’S PRESS CONFERENCE
WAS ACCORDING TO COUNCIL MEMBERS
ARE FOR THE COURSE. HEARD THESE
RANTS FROM THE DAY WE GOT
ELECTED. HE HAD A TEMPER TANTRUM
AND WOULDN’T CANCEL OUR SWEARING
IN CEREMONY BECAUSE HE WAS MAD
COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAT GREEN, WHO
IS NOW RUNNING FOR MAYOR SAYS
THERE WERE NO SURPRISES FOR HIM
FROM THE MAYOR’S COMMENTS. I
THINK WHAT IT EXPRESSES IT THIS
IS A CHANGE FOR THE CITY OF
WARREN. WE’RE ON THE CUSP OF NEW
LEADERSHIP COMING INTO WARREN
AND I’M FOR ONE. I’M EXCITED
ABOUT IT. BACK HERE LIVE. THIS
PRESS CONFERENCE HAPPENED ON
CITY HOURS AT CITY HALL, USING
CITY RESOURCES AND STILL SOME
ELECTED OFFICIALS, LIKE THOSE
WHO SIT ON COUNCIL WERE BARRED
FROM ENTERING WHILE HANDPICKED
SUPPORTERS WERE ALLOWED TO
ATTEND. KIMBERLY DEVIN. BACK TO
YOU. OKAY WELL, MARA WARREN
VOTERS THEY APPROVED TERM LIMITS
BACK IN 2020. DO YOU REMEMBER
WHAT THAT MARGIN WAS? SO
KIMBERLY, IT WAS IT WAS BIG. I
MEAN, I THINK WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT 68% AND I ALSO THINK IT’S
IMPORTANT TO POINT THIS OUT THE
MAYOR IN SOME OF HIS ALLIES LAST
ELECTION CYCLE, TRIED TO GET
ANOTHER BALLOT PROPOSAL GOING
AND WARNED THAT WOULD CHANGE UP
TERM LIMITS AGAIN, WHICH WOULD
ALLOW HIM TO CONTINUE SERVING.
THEY WERE NEVER ABLE TO GET THE
SIGNATURES NEEDED TO PUT THAT ON
THE BALLOT BACK TO CHANGES ON
THE WAY FOR THE CITY OF WARREN,
WE APPRECIATE IT. OUR OTHER TOP
STORY HERE AT FIVE. IT HAPPENED
IN A FLASH SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO
SHOWING AN ARSONIST SETTING A
FIRE INSIDE AND OAKLAND COUNTY
LIQUOR STORE JUST TOOK A FEW
SECONDS FOR IT TO START BURNING
OUT OF CONTROL. POLICE ARE
LOOKING FOR THE MAN WHO DID IT.
IT HAPPENED MAY 10TH THAT
TRADEMARK LIQUOR AND CHECK
CASHING ON NORTH PERRY STREET IN
PONTIAC, MEGAN WOODS. IS THERE
LIVE TONIGHT? MEGAN, WAS ANYBODY
HURT? NO KIMBERLY, THAT’S THE
GOOD THING. NO ONE WAS HURT. AND
ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU DRIVE BY, YOU
WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO TELL THAT
THIS IS THE BUILDING THAT WAS ON
FIRE UNTIL YOU WALK UP AND YOU
SEE THIS SIGN IN BIG LETTERS
SAYING ARSENE REWARD WATERFORD
TOWNSHIP FIRE SAID THE BUILDING
ITSELF IS FINE. BUT IT’S VIDEO
OF WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE THAT HAS
PEOPLE WHO DRIVE BY STUNNED IT
COULD HAVE BEEN OTHER PEOPLE IN
THERE. YOU COULD HAVE HURT
SOMEONE. OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF
MICHAEL BOUCHARD FEELS THE SAME
WAY MAKES ME ANGRY IS WHAT IT
MAKES ME. THIS PERSON OBVIOUSLY
HAD NO CONCERN ABOUT THAT AND
MAY HAVE THE SAME KIND OF
CALLOUSNESS ABOUT DOING VIOLENCE
TO SOMETHING ELSE IN THE FUTURE
, AND IT COULD AFFECT YOU SO GET
AHEAD OF IT. LET’S MAKE SURE
THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN AGAIN. SO
TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THIS
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. SOMEONE
ENTERS THE LIQUOR STORE POURING
SOME SORT OF SUBSTANCE ON THE
GROUND AND THEN FLAMES. NOW LOOK
AT THESE PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGE.
ALL THE BATTLES THAT EVERYBODY
THAT OWNS A SMALL BUSINESSES
GOING THROUGH, THEN YOU HAVE
SOMEBODY LITERALLY THROW GAS ON
THE FIRE. IT’S JUST REALLY A SAD
AND FRUSTRATING THING. AND WE
WANT TO CATCH THIS PERSON. ARSON
INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE MAN
USED A KNIT CAP FROM THE STORE
COUNTER TO IGNITE THE FIRE ALONG
WITH THAT SUBSTANCE, THEN WHEN,
OUT OF THE BUILDING TO A NEARBY
STREET, POSSIBLY LEAVING IN THIS
DARK COLORED FOUR DOOR, RAM. IF
YOU DON’T LIKE A BUSINESS, DON’T
GO TO THE BUSINESS. THAT’S THE
QUICKEST RESPONSE TO SOME
BUSINESS THAT YOU DON’T CARE
FOR. YEAH THE SHERIFF SAYS HIS
HIS MESSAGE REALLY IS THAT THIS
SHOULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED. THERE
IS NO REASON THAT SOMEONE SHOULD
DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND IF
YOU RECOGNIZE THE MAN IN THAT
VIDEO YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL 1
804 4 ARSON AGAIN. THERE IS A UP
TO $5000 REWARD. WE ALSO HAVE
THAT INFORMATION UP ON
CLICKONDETROIT’S DOT COM. LIVE
IN PONTIAC. I’M MEGAN WOODS.
LOCAL 4. OKAY, MEGAN. THANK YOU.
IMMEDIATE RECESSION DELAYS IN
GETTING SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS
JUST TWO EXAMPLES OF WHAT COULD
HAPPEN IF THE US DEFAULTS ON ITS
DEBT TODAY IN WASHINGTON, THOUGH
MORE OPTIMISM THAT A DEAL CAN
GET DONE IN THE NEXT WEEK AHEAD
OF A CRUCIAL DEADLINE, CHRISTIE
MACDONALD LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM
WITH THE STICKING POINTS THAT
REMAIN BETWEEN REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS. CHRISTIE DAVID. IT
ALL COMES DOWN TO THE
NEGOTIATIONS AND DETAILS LIKE
THAT IT’S CENTERING AROUND NEW
WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR PEOPLE WHO
RECEIVED GOVERNMENT AID, BUT
LET’S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK
AT THE MOVEMENT TODAY.
NEGOTIATIONS FOR REPUBLICANS AND
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S TEAM TODAY
NEAR THE CAPITAL, GETTING CLOSER
TO CRAFTING A BILL TO RAISE THE
DEBT CEILING BY JUNE 1ST SO THE
GOVERNMENT CAN COVER ITS
SPENDING. THAT’S THE DAY,
TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN
SAID. THE US WOULD RUN OUT OF
CASH. HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN
MCCARTHY SOUNDING HOPEFUL FOR
THE FIRST TIME TODAY TO VOTE
COULD COME NEXT WEEK. WE’RE NOT
THERE. WE HAVEN’T AGREED TO
ANYTHING YET, BUT THE PATH THAT
WE COULD COME TO AND AGAIN AND I
THINK WE HAVE A STRUCTURE NOW
AND EVERYBODY’S WORKING HARD,
AND WE’RE WORKING TWO OR THREE
TIMES A DAY, THEN GOING BACK,
GETTING MORE NUMBERS A COUPLE
ITEMS BOTH SIDES ARE WRESTLING
WITH IMPOSING FUTURE BUDGET CAPS
, CLAWING BACK BILLIONS IN
UNUSED COVID MONEY. BUT THE MOST
CONTROVERSIAL REPUBLICANS WANT
TO PUT ON EXTRA WORK
REQUIREMENTS FOR PEOPLE
RECEIVING GOVERNMENT AID,
SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID
HE IS OPEN TO, BUT SOME HOUSE
DEMOCRATS SAY IS A HARD STOP THE
SHAKY MONTHS LONG NEGOTIATIONS
PUT FEAR AND INVESTORS PLAYING
OUT IN LOWER NUMBERS ON WALL
STREET AND CONCERNS THAT EVEN IF
AVOIDED, THIS COULD PUSH THE US
INTO A RECESSION. AND WHILE THIS
IS IN OUR FIRST DEBT CEILING,
CLIFFHANGER LEGISLATIVE BATTLES
GO BACK TO THE 19 SIXTIES. THIS
CURRENT FIGHT IS BEING COMPARED
TO 2011 AND CONCERNS THAT WERE
MORE POLITICALLY POLARIZED THAN
EVER BEFORE. A COUPLE OF THINGS
TO REMEMBER WHEN WE’RE WATCHING
ALL THIS PLAYING OUT RAISING THE
DEBT CEILING DOESN’T AUTHORIZED
NEW FEDERAL SPENDING. IT JUST
ALLOWS BORROWING TO PAY FOR WHAT
CONGRESS HAS ALREADY APPROVED A
SIDE NOTE HERE FOR YOU. THE
SENATE IS OFFICIALLY ON RECESS
STARTING TOMORROW UNTIL AFTER
MEMORIAL DAY, THE HOUSE IS SET
TO BE IN RECESS. THE WEEK OF
MEMORIAL DAY, BUT THEY KNOW THEY
COULD ALL BE CALLED BACK IF A
DEAL IS IN PLACE. LOOK AT
MARKETS ENDED UP 115 POINTS
TODAY, RIDING A LITTLE BIT OF A
WAVE OF OPTIMISM AROUND A DEAL
DEVIN TALKING ABOUT OPTIMISM. WE
WERE NOT REALLY USING THAT WORD,
MUCH JUST 2 TO 3 WEEKS.
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, CHRISTY. ALL
RIGHT, LET’S TURN THINGS DOWN TO
THE WEATHER FORECAST AND A LIVE
LOOK OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW, FROM OUR
SOUTHFIELD SKY CAM, YOU CAN SEE
IT’S A TAD BIT HAZY. THAT SMOKE
IS FROM WILDFIRES ALL THE WAY
OUT IN WESTERN CANADA AND AFTER
A VERY CHILLY START TO THE DAY
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP. SURE IS
RON HILLIARD IN FOR KIM ADAMS
TONIGHT, RON AND KIMBERLY AND
DEVON. WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME
OF THAT WILDFIRE SMOKE DRIFTING
IN OUR DIRECTION FOR THE PAST
FEW DAYS. THIS IS WHAT’S
HAPPENING ON THE RADAR. NOTHING
RIGHT NOW. THIS IS GOING TO LOOK
DIFFERENT TOMORROW AFTERNOON
AROUND THIS TIME, SO WE HAVE
THOSE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. OF
COURSE, IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT
HAZY OUT THERE THINGS LOOKING
PRETTY NICE. WE HAVE THOSE
TEMPERATURES AT THIS TIME IN THE
MID SIXTIES, ALL ACROSS
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. 64 DETROIT
66 IN HOUSE 64 PONTIAC, AND
WE’RE COMING IN AT 65 AND ADRIAN
. YOU’LL NOTICE THAT THOSE WIND
SPEEDS ARE RIGHT AROUND 5 TO 10
MILES PER HOURS. SO THIS EVENING
, WE WILL BE SEEING THOSE
TEMPERATURES TUMBLING JUST
SLIGHTLY. IT’S GOING TO BE COLD
TONIGHT. FINALLY GETTING DOWN
INTO THE FIFTIES AROUND MIDNIGHT
AND A LITTLE BIT LOWER IN THE
UPPER FORTIES OVERNIGHT, BUT IT
IS NOT GOING TO BE AS COLD AS IT
WAS THIS MORNING WHEN MANY
PLACES SAW THOSE SYMPTOMS AROUND
FREEZING. SO THE BIG STORY WE
HAVE THOSE UMBRELLAS IN OUR CARS
AND WITH US AS WE’RE TRAVELING
TOMORROW, WE WILL NEED THEM SOME
OF THAT RAIN LINGERING INTO THE
WEEKEND, BUT LOOKING BETTER AND
THEN THE TEMPERATURES THEY WILL
BE ON A ROLLER COASTER RIDE. IF
YOU WANT TO SEE WHERE THOSE RAIN
SHOWERS ARE RIGHT NOW, OF
COURSE, THAT WILL BE COMING UP
IN A FEW MINUTES, BUT YOU CAN
GET IT RIGHT NOW WITH THE 4WARN
WEATHER APP. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT
GET ACCURATE FORECAST FOR YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD. AND TRACK IT
WHEREVER YOU ARE, WHENEVER YOU’D
LIKE TO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
LOOK FOR WDIV’S IN THE APP
STORE. RIGHT RON REMAIN
IMPORTANT NUMBER AND IT HAS
DETROIT MAYOR DOUG AND LASHING
OUT WHAT IT IS AND WHAT THE
MAYOR SAYS HE CAN PROVE IT HAS
NO BASIS IN REALITY. ALSO THERE
IS A LOT MORE THAN JUST A NEW
RACETRACK AT A NEW LOCATION
AHEAD OF FIVE THE NEW ELEMENTS
YOU AREN’T GOING TO WANT TO MISS
THIS YEAR’S DETROIT GRAND PRIX,
NICK HE WAS SUSPENDED. NOBODY
KNOWS WHY, BUT THEN REINSTATED
AT THE LAST MINUTE. I FEEL GOOD
. I CAN’T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT
DECENT COMMUNITY MYSELF.
STUDENTS. UM I’M HOME. AIRBORNE
HEIGHTS PRINCIPAL AIR MAIL IT
BACK ON THE JOB WILL BRING YOU
TO THE EMOTIONAL FIRST DAY OF