first at four Aretha Franklin comes home
to the church for her legendary voice
first
rang out we are live with the
celebration of her life hallo hi Karen
yes this is the place that she was known
before she became music royalty she was
RiRi before she was Aretha and everyone
here is so touched that she's come home
before the big send-off also crisis on
campus the NCAA releases new conclusions
about the Larry Nasser scandal at
Michigan State even as a former
gymnastics coach turns herself in to
face criminal charges these stories and
more first at four live from downtown
Detroit local 4 News first at four
starts now
good afternoon everybody I'm Karen drew
first at four the city of Detroit's
farewell to the Queen of Soul moves to
the city's west side and the riverfront
today wreaths of Franklin's final public
viewing is starting to wrap up at the
new Bethel Baptist Church where her
father was a minister later thousands
will celebrate her life at a musical
tribute this evening at shane park on
Detroit's riverfront let's start with
Paula Tubman she is that New Bethel
where she has been all day long and
you've been covering the viewings all
week Paula what is different about this
day Oh Karen so very different just
start with the venues so at the Rotunda
I'm it was very big it was very rich
here we're back to history we're back to
the roots she's had a change of clothes
even her nails are painted differently
and here here she is with her neighbors
as the processional Caravan rolled down
Lynwood toward her church home a wave of
emotion with his home she's in her
father's house she's returned to her own
community to say a final goodbye
music whether it was our army jazz
classic oh and that's why I'm emotional
because music is what brings people
together and we love her
as the shining gold casket was taken
into the church it did not disappoint
it delighted this is history this is
sister this all we got is right here
mr. Rita Franklin we don't know why
standing in line women who grew up with
Aretha Franklin in this neighborhood
before she was the Queen of Soul they
remember sitting in this church in the
pews as young girls and watching their
peer it was anointed like chill bumps at
90 she felt you could feel the anointing
in her voice
you felt like she was going places even
when she's small
Tuesday she was regal and read Wednesday
angelic in shimmering silvery blue today
resplendent in peachy pink it was so
beautiful she lived 50 years young it
look like we're back in the day when she
made respect and I had the highest
respect for and her family they got my
condolences
how can I be born and raised in Detroit
and not come and see Aretha even though
I've seen her in concert and she looks
just as beautiful in death Lord I mean
who would ever think that New Bethel
Baptist Church is the church her father
built in a community Aretha has
continued to support and behind the joy
and the pain and the celebrations and
the tributes
there's also worry what becomes of the
people who call this church home now
that the Queen has gone home I'm praying
that God is all things he said my grace
is sufficient so we're praying for that
but today Rory will be set aside an
appreciation quickly fills that hole I
heard the music is everlasting and we
shall remember her always take a look at
this crowd okay so the church is at
Philadelphia and the crowd has not let
up it goes three streets all the way
down I've not seen this line get shorter
not even a break in it Minister Louis
Farrakhan just left the viewing but I
got to tell you the most important
people here today these folks right here
these are her neighbors the people who
move her best coming up at 5:00 stay
with us the storytelling continues with
a well-known local journalist a barrier
breaker herself who is so touched to
stand in this particular line Karen all
right we'll look forward to that thank
you so much Paula and we are just a few
hours away from a people's tribute to
the queen at detroit chain park more
than 40 artists will be performing and
they include Regina Belle Johnny Gill
Jennifer Lewis and the Four Tops
speakers will include director Tyler
Perry and judge Greg Mathis Franklin's
son Eddie and her granddaughters we'll
have a very special tribute local
Forester on Terry and he joins us now
live they are from shane park and
Germont Windu gates open well Karen the
gates open in less than an hour but you
know what you can see that people are
already lining up waiting to get inside
for the 6 o'clock show we know tickets
were and hides a man for this event but
guess what even if you don't need a
ticket guess what people they have their
chairs they're just gonna listen to the
music so they can hear all of the acts
that are stated slated to be here
tonight you can almost call Detroit the
new Hollywood for this week because
people big-name acts are here many of
them will set take the stage around 6
o'clock for this star-studded event and
we will have all the details right here
on local 4 for now reporting live from
Shane parks Ramon Terry local 4
all right Thank You Germont and we have
just learned in greater grace temple and
Aretha Franklin's family will allow
1,000 people to attend the funeral
tomorrow now they are asking for people
to be in line at 8 a.m. at the corner of
7 mile and Shiawassee the first thousand
people will be allowed to attend this is
some new information that was just
brought to our attention Nina
tonight we are going to show you some
highlights from the tribute plus much
more during our hour-long primetime
special honoring the Queen of Soul make
sure to join us for our ESP ECT tonight
at 8:00 on local 4 shifting gears the
NCAA is closing one chapter in the
crisis on campus at Michigan State
University today we are learning
Michigan State has been cleared of any
rules violations during the Larry nasir
sex assault scandal MSU says it received
a letter from the NCAA this week it also
concludes there does not appear to be a
need for any further inquiry msu reached
a 500 million dollar settlement with
Nasser's victims in May but denies any
cover-up athletic director bill Beekman
says the school is committed to ensuring
the health safety and wellness of its
student athletes meantime though former
Michigan State University women's
gymnastics coach Kathak legis appeared
in court today after turning herself in
she faces two counts of lying to
investigators connected to the Larry
Nasr scandal she claims she had not
heard of any abuse by Larry Nasser
before 2016 however several former
gymnast has since come forward saying
they told legis about Nasser dating back
as far as 1997 her next court date is
September 7th today a former Michigan
State basketball coach was sentenced
after being found guilty in a fatal
distracted driving crash Todd Moyer was
sentenced to 7 to 15 years in prison
the sentence was handed down after Moyer
was found guilty on two counts of
reckless driving causing death Moyer was
texting and using his cell phone at the
time of the accident that accident
killed 35 year old Gladys Johnson and
her five-year-old daughter during the
sentencing Gladys his sister remembered
how loving she was several other family
members spoke at the sentencing but
Moyer did not address the court police
have arrested the man wanted in the
murders of two teenagers whose bodies
were found in a shed in Clinton Township
warrant was issued for 24-year old
Robert marjenka jr. after his sister
Danielle and her friend sarin Brian were
found dead on Sunday their bodies found
in a black bag inside that shed behind
the family's mobile home
RJ Co was arrested yesterday afternoon
in Cincinnati Ohio he is in the Hamilton
County Jail right now awaiting
extradition to Michigan all right let's
talk about our first forecast many
people will be out and about this
evening Andrew and it is much more
comfortable
it certainly is Karin with lower
humidity out there now still warm
not quite 80 degrees but we have
temperatures at least in the middle 70s
here in Wayne County 76 degrees over at
Metro Airport 73 at City Airport notice
a lot cooler to our north we have winds
that are whipping off of Lake Huron
temperatures only in the 60s feels like
a beautiful fall day with partly to
mostly sunny skies in Port Huron but a
temperature now 68 74 for our friends
over in Monroe 76 again over at Metro
Airport later on today we can expect
temperatures to stay in the middle and
then low 70s warm conditions and bright
all the way through the seven o'clock
hours you come downtown over to shame
Park or there's also the Lions preseason
game over at Ford Field more on
tomorrow's forecast and the holiday
weekend coming up thank you very much
Andrew
today Arizona said farewell to Senator
John McCain many of his friends paid
tribute and talked about why McCain it's
such a big impression on so many people
because they saw in John McCain a little
bit of what they hope to see in
themselves they saw in John McCain the
embodiment of values they hoped to see
for their country former Vice President
Joe Biden a Democrat also came to
remember his old friend and talked about
why many Americans are mourning his loss
I think it's because they knew John
believed so deeply and so passionately
in the soul of America that he made it
easier for them to have confidence
in faith in America up next McCain's
body is heading to Washington to lie in
state at the US Capitol
still ahead I'm first at for the SMART
bus tax battle just 39 votes made the
difference in Macomb County a recount
was underway and we're tell you how it
ended also did you see this mysterious
viral video of a woman frantically
ringing a doorbell in Texas well we've
got the latest she has been found and
she is at the center of a shocking story
and this mom bought her kids a new phone
and then was surprised by the text
messages they started seeing soliciting
sex we've got their story straight ahead