WITH BREAKING NEWS ALERT. BREAKING NEWS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN WASHINGTON. THAT’S WHERE
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS OFFERED A
PRISONER SWAP WITH RUSSIA IN
HOPES OF FREEING NOVI NATIVE
PAUL WHEELAN AND W. N B A STAR
BRITNEY GRINER GLAD YOU’RE WITH
US FOR LOCAL FOREIGNERS AT FIVE
AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, IT IS
ONLY AN OFFER. RUSSIA HAS YET TO
RESPOND. BUT IF IT HAPPENS, NO
BY NATIVE PAUL WHELAN WOULD BE
COMING HOME AFTER 3.5 YEARS
BEHIND BARS. THERE ARE
MCDONALD’S I’M TONIGHT. ARE THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT REALLY JUST KIND OF
CAME OUT OF THE BLUE. HEY IT
SURE DID KIMBERLY, BUT THE
SECRETARY OF STATE MADE IT CLEAR
TODAY IN HIS STATE DEPARTMENT
BRIEFING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR
QUITE SOME TIME THAT THE OFFER
HAS BEEN MADE. NOW LET ME SHOW
YOU WHO THE U. S IS PREPARED TO
OFFER IN RETURN FOR BOTH WILLING
AND GRINER. WHEN IT COMES TO OUR
EFFORTS TO SECURE THE RETURN
HOME OF PAUL WILLEN AND BRITTNEY
GRINER, YOU’LL UNDERSTAND THAT I
CAN’T AND WON’T GET INTO ANY OF
THE DETAILS OF WHAT WE PROPOSED
TO THE RUSSIANS OVER THE COURSE
OF SO MANY WEEKS NOW, BUT THE
DETAILS OF WHAT THE STATE
DEPARTMENT BELIEVES IS A
SUBSTANTIAL OFFER ARE OUT THERE
. THE U. S. IS WILLING TO GIVE
THE RUSSIANS VICTOR BOOT, A
RUSSIAN ARMS DEALER NICKNAMED
THE MERCHANT OF DEATH, WHO IS
CURRENTLY SPENDING 25 YEARS
BEHIND BARS HERE IN THE U. S FOR
ILLEGALLY ATTEMPTING TO SELL
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN WEAPONS.
HERE’S WHAT I CAN SAY. ABOUT
THIS FIRST AS I MENTIONED WE
HAVE CONVEYED THIS, UM, ON A
NUMBER OF OCCASIONS. AND
DIRECTLY. TWO RUSSIAN OFFICIALS
AND MY HOPE WOULD BE THAT IN
SPEAKING TO FOREIGN MINISTER
LAVROV. I CAN ADVANCE THE
EFFORTS TO BRING THEM HOME. THE
DEAL HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR
WEEKS TONIGHT, WIELAND’S FAMILY
SAYS, LIKE YOU, WE ARE LEARNING
MORE TODAY ABOUT THE US
GOVERNMENT’S ATTEMPTS TO SECURE
PAUL AND BRITTNEY GRINER IS
RELEASE FROM WRONGFUL DETENTION
BY THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT. OUR
FAMILY APPRECIATES THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION SEEKING PAUL’S
RELEASE USING THE RESOURCES IT
HAS AVAILABLE. WE HOPE THE
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO
THE U. S GOVERNMENT AND ACCEPTS
THIS OR SOME OTHER CONCESSION
THAT ENABLES PAUL TO COME HOME
TO HIS FAMILY. BACK HERE LIVE.
YOU ALSO HEARD SECRETARY ANTONY
BLINKEN SAY SOMETHING
SIGNIFICANT JUST MOMENTS AGO.
YOU SAID YOU HEARD HIM SAY HE
EXPECTS TO HAVE A DISCUSSION
WITH HIS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART
THAT IS FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI
LAVROV. AND THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED IN ANY
CAPACITY SINCE THE START OF THE
RUSSIAN WAR IN UKRAINE, SO THAT
SHOULD GIVE EVERYBODY AN IDEA OF
HOW ADVANCED THESE TALKS ARE AND
HOW SERIOUS THEY ARE. ABOUT THIS
OFFER IN PONTIAC TONIGHT. I’M
MARA MACDONALD. LOCAL 4. SEE
WHAT HAPPENS. MARA. ALRIGHT OUR
OTHER TOP STORY HERE AT FIVE.
DETROIT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING
A TRIPLE SHOOTING CLOSE TO
DETROIT’S RIVERFRONT THAT LEFT
ONE PERSON DEAD AND TWO OTHERS
INJURED. THIS HAPPENED OVERNIGHT
ON RIVER PLACE DRIVE RIGHT NEAR
ATWATER AND JOSEPH CAMPO, NOT
FAR FROM THE RATTLESNAKE
RESTAURANT. UH SHAWN LEY
FOLLOWING THIS STORY, SHAWN. YOU
I BELIEVE YOU JUST GOT AN UPDATE
FROM DETROIT POLICE. WE DID.
WE’VE BEEN LOOKING INTO THIS ALL
DAY. JUST GOT THAT UPDATE. IT’S
ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING. WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE
SITTING IN THEIR CAR. POLICE SAY
BEING APPROACHED BY SOMEONE,
APPARENTLY WITH A SHOTGUN AND
APPARENTLY WITH DIAGNOSED MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES. THAT PERSON OPENS
FIRE ON THE PEOPLE IN THE CAR.
THEY FIRED BACK KILLING THAT
MAN. POLICE JUST MET WITH HIS
FAMILY. WE INTERVIEWED THE MOM
AND, UM SHE’S HEARTBROKEN. AND
WE DO KNOW THAT THE DECEDENT
SUFFERED FROM MENTAL ILLNESS
CLINICALLY DIAGNOSED MENTAL
ILLNESS. AND WE BELIEVE THAT
THAT HAD A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN
THE CIRCUMSTANCES. DETROIT
POLICE COMMANDER MIKE MCGINNIS
HEADING UP THE DETROIT POLICE
MAJOR CRIMES DIVISION, LAYING
OUT THE CHILLING DETAILS OF A
DEADLY SHOOTOUT AT 2 30 THIS
MORNING ON RIVER PLACE NEAR THE
DETROIT RIVER FRONT. YOU CAN SEE
THIS CADILLAC IS SHOT UP POLICE
FINDING TWO PEOPLE INSIDE
SUFFERING FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
POLICE TELL US IT WAS A MAN WITH
A SHOTGUN APPROACHING THOSE TWO
PEOPLE IN OPENING FIRE ON THEM
FOR NO REASON AT ALL. THEY WERE
APPROACHED BY THE ASSAILANT, WHO
WAS ARMED AND ELECTED TO USE A
LONG GUN TO FIRE SHOTS AT THE
VICTIMS FOR AND UNPROVOKED
REASON. THE VICTIMS BEING SHOT
AT WERE ALSO ARMED AND FIRED
BACK TO SAVE THEIR OWN LIVES,
KILLING THE MAN IN AN AREA WITH
BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES LIVING
HERE A DISTURBING, UNPROVOKED
ATTACK SAD FRUSTRATING. YEAH.
NEIGHBORHOOD WITH ALL THE KIDS,
YOU KNOW. MORE DETAILS. NOW THE
MAN OUTSIDE FIRING THOSE SHOTS.
AT FIRST HE’S 20 WAS 25 YEARS
OLD. AGAIN HE WAS SHOT AND
KILLED AGAIN. POLICE SELF
DEFENSE 22 26 YEAR OLD INSIDE
THE CADILLAC. YOU SAW HOW THAT
CADILLAC WAS BLASTED WITH THOSE
SHOTS, BUT APPARENTLY THE TO
JUST CHECK WITH POLICE ARE GOING
TO BE OKAY. WE’RE LIVE TONIGHT.
SHAWN LEY LOCAL FORD BACK TO
YOU. ALL RIGHT, SEAN. WELL IT IS
A DECISION THAT WILL AFFECT ALL
OF US. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY TODAY,
THE FEDERAL RESERVE RAISED THE
KEY INTEREST RATE BY 0.75% AND
WHILE THAT MAY SEEM LIKE A SMALL
NUMBER IS GOING TO HAVE A HUGE
IMPACT, BUSINESS EDITOR ROD
MELONI IS LIVE TONIGHT TO SHOW
US HOW RIGHT WELL, KIMBERLY, YOU
KNOW, WE ALL FELT IT HERE AT THE
GROCERY STORE. PRICES ARE
ALREADY UP. BUT WITH THE FED DID
TODAY WAS RAISED PRICES PRETTY
MUCH ON EVERYTHING ELSE, SO
BORROWING COSTS FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES, LARGE BUSINESSES
EVEN YOU ARE GOING UP, AND SO
THEY DID THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE
TO SLOW DOWN OR OVERHEATED
ECONOMY. FOR THOSE OF A CERTAIN
AGE, LIKE DETROITER, AJ
JEHOSHAPHAT, WHO’VE BEEN THROUGH
THIS BEFORE. TODAY’S RATE HIKE
IS A WARNING. THAT MEANS I HAVE
TO PAY MORE MONEY OUT FOR US
THAT ANYTHING THAT I DO, YOU
KNOW, FAR AS GROCERIES OR CREDIT
CARD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. ARE
YOU CONCERNED? YES MHM CONCERNED
ABOUT RECESSION. OH, YES.
GROCERY CHECKOUT FEELS LIKE A
MUGGING TO DIAMOND SCOTT 50
BUCKS WHEN IT SHOULD BE IN LIKE
30. SHOULD HAVE BEEN IS NOW A
DISTANT MEMORY. THE BUREAU OF
LABOR STATISTICS TELLING US
CEREAL AND BAKED GOODS ARE UP
NEARLY 12% YEAR TO YEAR DAIRY
MORE THAN 13.5 FRUITS AND
VEGGIES JUST OVER 8% BUT YOU
WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT REALLY
MEANS. SO LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT
THE EGGS THIS TIME LAST YEAR TO
39 A DOZEN TODAY 3 £34 OF
CHICKEN 3 15 LAST SUMMER. NOW
IT’S 3 £98 OF HAMBURGERS. 5 47
JUMPING TO SIX BUCKS, SO LET’S
SAY YOU JUST BOUGHT THESE ITEMS.
ONCE A WEEK FOR 40 WEEKS OVER
THE PAST YEAR, YOUR PRICE
INCREASE IS NEARLY $100.
ANDERSON ECONOMIC GROUP
ECONOMIST PATRICK ANDERSON SAYS
THE RATE HIKE SHOULD HAVE COME
EVEN BEFORE THIS. WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT A FAD THAT’S FINALLY WOKEN
UP TO THE DAMAGE THAT INFLATION
IS, IS IMPOSING ALREADY PAIN
SHOPPERS WHO UNDERSTAND AN
INTEREST RATE HIKE IS ABOUT TO
STRETCH THEIR MEAGER BUDGETS TO
A BREAKING POINT. YES, IT WILL,
BECAUSE I’M ALREADY HAVING A
TOUGH TIME. UM RIGHT NOW. SO ANY
CHANGES THAT MADE THAT INCREASES
ANY PRICES? IT’S GOING TO MAKE
AN EFFECT ON MY LIFE. NOW WHEN
PATRICK ANDERSON SAYS THEY WERE
LIKE TO THE PARTY ON THIS AT THE
FED, HE WAS WARNING US 18 MONTHS
AGO ABOUT THIS KIND OF A PROBLEM
. AND YET HERE WE ARE, AND SO
WHAT HE BELIEVES NOW IS THAT THE
FED IS NOT FINISHED RAISING
INTEREST RATES. THEY’RE
BASICALLY TAPPING THE BRAKES
RIGHT NOW, HOPING THINGS SLOW
DOWN TO A POINT WHERE EVERYBODY
CAN SORT OF COPE WITH THIS, BUT
THERE’S A LONG WAY TO GO NOW
WE’RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT
SOME OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS. BIG
TICKET ITEMS THAT AFFECT YOU
GREATLY AT SIX O’CLOCK. ONE OF
THOSE IS AUTOMOBILES REPORTING
LIVE IN LIVONIA. ROD MELONI,
LOCAL 4. OKAY, WE’LL SEE YOU AT
SIX. ROD. THANKS PRESIDENT.
BIDEN LEFT ISOLATION TODAY AFTER
TESTING NEGATIVE FOR COVID 19
PRESIDENT FULLY VACCINATED. HE
HAS RECEIVED TWO BOOSTER SHOTS
TESTED POSITIVE, OF COURSE FOR
THE VIRUS LAST WEEK EXPERIENCE
WHAT? WE’RE TOLD WE’RE MILD
SYMPTOMS. HE BEGAN TAKING THE
FIVE DAY ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT
PACKS LOADED. PRESIDENT IS GOING
TO WEAR A MASK FOR 10 DAYS TO
TRY TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE
VIRUS. NO WINNING TICKETS WERE
SOLD IN TUESDAY NIGHT’S MEGA
MILLIONS. JACKPOT OF $830
MILLION, SO YOU HAVE ANOTHER
CHANCE TO WIN BIG THE GRAND
PRIZE IN FRIDAY NIGHT’S DRAWING
WILL NOW BE A LITTLE OVER A
BILLION DOLLARS THAT PRIZES FOR
WINNERS WHO CHOOSE THE ANNUITY
OPTION PAID ANNUALLY OVER 30
YEARS. HOWEVER MOST WINNERS
PREFER THE CASH OPTION, WHICH
WOULD BE AN ESTIMATED $602.5
MILLION. LOTTERY OFFICIALS SAY
THEY EXPECT THAT NUMBER TO GROW
AS MORE AND MORE TICKETS ARE
BOUGHT. YOU CAN SEE THE WINNING
NUMBERS DRAWN LIVE ON FRIDAY
NIGHT, RIGHT HERE AT THE TOP OF
THE NEWSCAST ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT
11. THIS IS THE DAY THAT HOPE
SPRINGS ETERNAL FOR DETROIT
LIONS FANS TRAINING CAMP FOR THE
2022 SEASON. IS UNDERWAY IN
ALLEN PARK, SO THE TEAM IS
LOOKING TO REGROUP. TELL ME IF
YOU’VE HEARD THIS BEFORE, AFTER
ONLY WINNING WHAT? WHAT DO WE
WIN 33 GAMES LAST YEAR? ONE TIE
ALRIGHT. DON’T FORGET THAT. COME
ON NOW. SOMETHING GOOD HERE ON
DAY ONE RIGHT HERE WE GO. IS IT
POSSIBLE THAT THIS IS THE YEAR
THAT ALL THAT HOPE ALL THAT
PROMISE? ALL OF THAT PRAYING
WILL FINALLY PAY OFF TRAINING
CAMP AT 2022 HAS BEGUN ITS YEAR
TWO FOR HEAD COACH DAN CAMPBELL
, STANDING BY LIVE IN ALLEN PARK
WITH THE LATEST IS JAMIE EDMONDS
. CAN YOU MAKE ANY ASSESSMENT
AFTER DAY ONE? UM NOT EXACTLY.
BERNIE DOT FULL PADS JUST YET
SORT OF IN THE WARM UP PERIOD
HERE ON DAY ONE. BUT AS YOU
SAID, YOU’RE TOO FOR DAN
CAMPBELL AND HOPE SPRINGS
ETERNAL. BUT HE SAID TODAY HE
BELIEVES THE TALENT IS HERE TO
WIN SOME GAMES. AND NOW IT’S UP
TO US COLLECTIVELY TO FIND A
WAY. TO TURN SOME OF THOSE
LOSSES FROM LAST YEAR AND THE
WINDS YOU KNOW, YOU FIND A WAY
TO TURN TO FLIP FIVE OR SIX OF
THOSE GAMES. ALL THE SUDDEN, MAN
, YOU’RE YOU’RE RIGHT THERE.
IT’S ALSO YEAR TWO WITH
QUARTERBACK JARED GOFF, WHO DOES
HAVE A NEW OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR
, BUT FAMILIAR TARGETS RETURN IN
ALMOND, ROSS, ST BROWN AND
QUINTAS SISYPHUS. ADD TO THAT
THE SPEEDY EDITION OF JAMISON
WILLIAMS, IT’S FUN. IT’S
EXCITING. UM ALWAYS EXCITING TO
BE BACK, BUT I THINK WE’VE GOT A
LITTLE BIT MORE. POPULAR STEP
THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR.
DEFINITELY WITH SOME OF THE GUYS
WE’VE ADDED JUST ANTICIPATION OF
WHAT WE THINK WE CAN DO ON THE
DEFENSIVE SIDE. QUARTERBACK JEFF
A. CUDA IS HEALTHY COMING OFF
THAT ACHILLES INJURY FROM LAST
YEAR HE’S BACK ON THE FIELD
WITHOUT ANY RESTRICTIONS ON MY
GOALS THAT I SET. UM YOU KNOW,
GET OUT HERE BE ABLE TO COMPETE
WITH EVERYONE THE FIRST DAY BACK
FOR TRAINING CAMP. I JUST TOOK A
SLOWDOWN. OH, TH WHERE THEY
LIKE. THE GOAL OF BEING OUT HERE
FOR THE FIRST DAY, READY TO GO.
ALSO CHECKING INTO LIONS
TRAINING CAMP THIS YEAR, THE
CREW FROM HBO’S HARD KNOCKS,
SOMEBODY’S GOING TO ASK ABOUT
HARD KNOCKS RIGHT THIS. NEXT
ONE’S COMING UP. I HAVEN’T HAD A
TON OF EXPOSURE TWO DAYS, BUT
THEY’VE BEEN FINE. THEY’VE BEEN
GREAT. THEY’RE PROFESSIONALS,
OBVIOUSLY, AND THEY GOT A JOB TO
DO AND WE GOT A JOB TO DO. IT’S
FINE. WE DEAL WITH IT. YEAH. ALL
RIGHT. SO MAYBE HE DOESN’T LOVE
ALL THE CAMERAS FOR THAT REALITY
SHOW. BUT GOFF SAID THAT
CAMPBELL IS DESTINED TO BE A
STAR AND THE NATIONAL PEOPLE AND
NFL FANS ARE GOING TO REALIZE
THAT JUST TODAY, CAMPBELL
PARTICIPATED IN THE UP DOWN WITH
THE TEAM GUARANTEE THAT MAKES
THE SHOW FIRST EPISODE IS AUGUST
9TH. BERNIE BACK TO YOU. HOW
ABOUT THAT HARD KNOCKS IS IN
ALLEN PARK. THAT’S PRETTY COOL,
I THINK AND THE SUPER BOWLS IN
GLENDALE, ARIZONA, HOPE SPRINGS
ETERNAL. JAMIE YOU JUST SAID IT.
COME ON RESERVATIONS. THERE YOU
GO. ANYWAY. THANKS JAMIE
GOODNESS CAMPBELL BUILT FOR
SOMETHING LIKE HARD KNOCKS,