THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT. BREAKING NEWS W. N B A STAR BRITNEY GRINER CENTS TO NINE
YEARS IN A RUSSIAN PRISON FOR
DRUG SMUGGLING GRINDERS VERDICT
IS JUST ONE OF TWO BIG BREAKING
STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING FOR YOU
RIGHT NOW. AT NOON, GRINER WAS
FOUND GUILTY OF DRUG CHARGES. A
SHORT TIME AGO, J GRAZE IN
WASHINGTON D C WITH THE BREAKING
DETAILS AND MORE ON WHAT HAPPENS
NEXT. EMOTIONAL LOCKED BEHIND
BARS IN A COURTROOM SELL.
BRITTNEY GRINER MAKES ONE FINAL
APPEAL FOR FREEDOM. MADE AN
HONEST MISTAKE. AND I HOPE THAT.
DOESN’T END MY LIFE HERE. DURING
A BRIEF STATEMENT, SHE
APOLOGIZES ASKING FOR LENIENCY,
BUT LESS THAN AN HOUR LATER.
GUILTY. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE
FORCE ON BEHALF OF THE RUSSIANS
, BRITTNEY GRINER SHOULDN’T EVEN
BE A CAPTIVE. EVERY PRISONER HAS
ALREADY SPENT MORE THAN FIVE
MONTHS IN A RUSSIAN JAIL ON DRUG
SMUGGLING AND POSSESSION CHARGES
. AFTER LESS THAN A GRAM OF
CANNABIS OIL WAS FOUND IN HER
LUGGAGE AT A MOSCOW AIRPORT
WHILE SHE WAS TRYING TO LEAVE
THE COUNTRY. TREE. OR RUSSIAN
DEFENSE TEAM, ARGUING SHE
ACCIDENTALLY LEFT A VAPE
CARTRIDGE IN HER LUGGAGE WHEN
SHE LEFT ARIZONA BEFORE THE
START OF THE RUSSIAN BASKETBALL
SEASON. MISTAKE THAT I MADE
WHILE WHILE RUSHING UNDER STRESS
, TRYING TO RECOVER FROM POST
COVID AND JUST TRYING TO GET
BACK TO MY TEAM. TODAY’S
DECISION MEANS HER RELEASE MAY
NOW HINGE ON A POTENTIAL
PRISONER SWAP. THE WHITE HOUSE
HAS REPORTEDLY OFFERED CONVICTED
RUSSIAN ARMS DEALER VIKTOR BOUT
KNOWN AS THE MERCHANT OF DEATH
IN EXCHANGE FOR GRINER AND
ANOTHER AMERICAN DETAINEE, PAUL
WEILAND, U. S OFFICIALS SAY
THERE’S BEEN NO SUBSTANTIVE
RESPONSE FROM THE KREMLIN. NO
APPEAL IS EXPECTED FROM
GRINDER’S LEGAL TEAM SINCE SHE
PLED GUILTY TO THE CHARGES IN AN
EFFORT TO SHOW SHE WAS TAKING
RESPONSIBILITY AND HAD REMORSE
FOR WHAT SHE CONTINUES TO CALL A
MISTAKE. JAY GRAY. NBC NEWS
WASHINGTON ALSO BREAKING RIGHT
NOW FOR LOUISVILLE POLICE
OFFICERS WILL IN FACT FACE
FEDERAL CHARGES IN CONNECTION
WITH THE DEATH OF BRIANNA TAYLOR
. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE MADE
THAT ANNOUNCEMENT WITHIN THE
HOUR. THOSE FOUR OFFICERS ARE
CHARGED WITH CIVIL RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS FOR THE BOTCHED RAID
THAT LEFT TAYLOR DEAD. THE
OFFICERS USED A NO KNOCK WARRANT
DURING A DRUG RAID ON TAYLOR’S
APARTMENT THAT WAS BACK IN 2020.
TAYLOR’S BOYFRIEND OPENED FIRE,
SAYING HE THOUGHT IT WAS AN
INTRUDER OFFICERS FIRED BACK,
KILLING BRIANNA TAYLOR. THOSE
OFFICERS ARE CHARGED WITH
SUBMITTING A FALSE AFFIDAVIT TO
SEARCH TAYLOR’S HOME. THERE ARE
ALSO ACCUSED OF WORKING TOGETHER
TO COVER IT UP. ONE OFFICER FACE
STATE CHARGES IN THE CASE, BUT
WAS ACQUITTED MUCH MORE ON BOTH
BREAKING STORIES IN OUR LATER
NEWSCAST TODAY. HERE AT HOME. A
THREE YEAR OLD GIRL IS SHOT
OVERNIGHT ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE
, AND NOW THERE ARE MORE
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW IT HAPPENED
. THE GIRL WAS SHOT THIS MORNING
IN A HOME ON LITTLEFIELD NEAR
WEST CHICAGO IN THE SHAPE FOR
HIGHWAY MALONEY IS AT DPD
HEADQUARTERS LIVE. HE’S
GATHERING INFORMATION, AND AT
THIS POINT, POLICE ARE
QUESTIONING THE MOTHER. WELL
THEY’RE QUESTIONING A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE
WHAT THEY’RE TELLING US IS THAT
A LOT OF THIS IS NOT ADDING UP.
AND AS YOU SAID THIS HAPPENED ON
LITTLEFIELD’S THE WEST SIDE OF
DETROIT, AND PARENTS CLAIM THAT
THE CHILD WAS PLAYING WITH THE
GUN. NOW, THIS IS A THREE YEAR
OLD AND WE’RE GOING TO SHOW YOU
VIDEO OF THE GUN THAT POLICE
TELL US WAS INVOLVED IN THIS,
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE SIZE OF
THE GUN, YOU’LL BEGIN TO
UNDERSTAND THAT POLICE BECAME
INITIALLY SUSPICIOUS OF THE
STORY THAT THE PARENTS WERE
TELLING BECAUSE THE GUN IS
NEARLY AS LARGE AS THE CHILD.
NOW POLICE FOUND THE GUN OUTSIDE
AN ABANDONED SCHOOL JUST A FEW
BLOCKS AWAY. FROM THE HOME WHERE
THE SHOOTING HAPPENED NOW THE
CHILD WAS SHOT IN THE RIGHT SIDE
, AND THEN THE GUN. THE BULLET
EXITED HER LEG. AND SO THEY ALSO
POLICE ARE SAYING JUST THAT
STORY ALONE GIVES THEM REASON TO
SUSPECT THAT THE STORY ISN’T
ADDING UP, SO THEY’RE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT THEY
HAVE AND HOW THIS ALL HAPPENED
AND HOW THE GUN WOUND UP WHERE
THEY FOUND IT. AND SO THE
NEIGHBORS THAT I’M SORRY. THE
MOTHER’S BOYFRIEND, UH,
APPARENTLY DUMPED THE GUN OR AT
LEAST THAT’S THE POLICE ARE
TELLING US HERE SO THE CHILD WAS
BROUGHT TO HENRY FORD HOSPITAL
AND UNDERWENT SURGERY AND WE’RE
TOLD THAT THE WOUND WAS NOT
FATAL AND THAT THE CHILD SHOULD
RECOVER AT LEAST PHYSICALLY. AND
SO WE’RE WAITING TO HEAR FROM
DPD AT THIS POINT, AND THEY’RE
EXPECTING TO GIVE US AN
INTERVIEW HERE, PROBABLY IN THE
NEXT HOUR OR SO, AND WE’LL MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE THE UPDATED
DETAILS FOR YOU. COMING UP IN
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 45 AND SIX
REPORTING LIVE DOWNTOWN, RIDING
ALONE IN LOCAL 4, ALRIGHT. YEAH.
LOTS OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU, ROD. RIGHT NOW
PEOPLE ARE BEING TOLD TO AVOID A
PORTION OF I 6 96. THE WESTBOUND
LANES ARE SHUT DOWN AT THE
WINDOW AND MACOMB COUNTY BECAUSE
OF GARBAGE TRUCK ROLLED OVER
THERE. WE DON’T KNOW IF ANYONE
WAS HURT, OR HOW LONG THE
WESTBOUND LANES. WILL IN FACT BE
CLOSED. WE ARE ALSO FOLLOWING
THE WEATHER FOR YOU THIS
AFTERNOON AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK
AT DETROIT ON A VERY GLOOMY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MORE RAIN IS
IN THE FORECAST, AND IN FACT,
HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE.
RIGHT BRANDON SEEING SOME OF
THOSE THESE ARE STORM REPORTS
FROM YESTERDAY AND THEY WERE NOT
AT ALL SPLIT, MEANING WE HAD ALL
FOUR ZONES IMPACTED BY INTENSE
WIND. THESE ARE SEVERE STORM.
WIND DAMAGE. REPORTS SEVERE
STORM FLOODING REPORTS EVEN SOME
HAIL OUT THERE, DOZENS AND
DOZENS OF THEM AND STILL HAVE
ABOUT 25,000 PEOPLE WITHOUT
POWER. A LOT OF THAT IS OAKLAND
AND WAYNE COUNTIES, WITH SOME
FOLKS OUT IN JACKSON AND MACOMB
COUNTIES UP IN GENESEE AS WELL,
A LITTLE MORE POPULATED PARTS OF
THE AREA, SEEING A LITTLE MORE
TROUBLE. WE DO HAVE A FEW
SHOWERS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, AND
WE CAN SHOW YOU SOME OF THAT
HEAVIER NORTH. BUT THIS LITTLE
SHOWER IN THE SALEEN AREA IS
DRIFTING UP TOWARDS THE NORTH
AND EAST INTO THE SALEEN AREA.
GARDEN VARIETY RAIN IT’S A
LITTLE HEAVIER UP ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MCCOMB IN
OAKLAND COUNTIES AND AGAIN JUST
DRIFTING TO THE NORTH AND EAST.
BUT HEAVY DOWNPOURS. YOU SAID IT
SANDRA ALI MEO AGAIN LIFTING UP
INTO ST CLAIR COUNTY
TEMPERATURES ARE LOW AND MIDDLE
SEVENTIES KIND OF STUCK. AND WE
WILL BE THAT WAY FOR A COUPLE OF
HOURS. I FEEL THE AFTERNOON MID
LATE AFTERNOON IS WHEN WE
FINALLY START TO SEE A LITTLE
BIT OF SUNSHINE. IF YOU’RE
HEADING OUT, OR IF YOU HAVE
PLANS, YOU CAN GET THE
INTERACTIVE RADAR. STAY AHEAD OF
THE SHOWERS JUST BY CLICKING ON
OUR LOCAL FORECASTERS AT THE
INTERACTIVE RADAR IS RIGHT THERE
WHEN YOU OPEN IT, WE MADE IT
EASY. JUST PUT THE CAMERA OF
YOUR PHONE RIGHT UP TO THAT QR
CODE THAT BOX RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF YOUR SCREEN. IT WILL
GET YOU TO THE FREE APP SANDRA
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, BRANDON.
WE ARE EXPECTING TO LEARN MUCH
MORE ABOUT HOW MUCH OF A CANCER
CAUSING CHEMICAL WAS ACTUALLY
RELEASED INTO THE HURON RIVER.
THE FIRST TEST RESULTS ARE
EXPECTED FROM THE STATE. IT’S
BELIEVED TRIBE. OUR
MANUFACTURING IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
RELEASING HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM
INTO THE RIVER. HEALTH OFFICIALS
WARNING EVERYONE TO STAY OUT OF
THE RIVER FROM WICKES, UM, ROAD
IN OAKLAND COUNTY TO KENSINGTON
ROAD IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY. WE’RE
GETTING A LOOK AT SOME POSSIBLE
WEATHER DAMAGE FROM SKY FOR A
MASSIVE TREE FELL ON THIS HOUSE.
THIS IS ON EAST OUTER DRIVE NEAR
WARREN. THIS IS ON THE CITY’S
EAST SIDE. WE’RE WORKING TO TRY
TO GET SOME MORE DETAILS,
INCLUDING WHETHER OR NOT ANYONE
WAS INSIDE THE HOME AT THE TIME.
A WOMAN IN PONTIAC IS ACCUSED OF
STABBING HER NEIGHBORS DURING A
HOUSE PARTY DEPUTIES SAY THIS
WOMAN RIGHT HERE, CANDICE,
RIGHT, STABBED FOUR PEOPLE,
INCLUDING A 15 YEAR OLD BOY THAT
HAPPENED ON NEWMAN LANE NEAR I
75 UNIVERSITY DRIVE. RIGHT IS
NOW CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF
ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO DO GREAT
BODILY HARM. NO WORD YET ON A
POSSIBLE MOTIVE WITH THOSE
STABBINGS, GOVERNOR WHITMER
URGING THE STATE SUPREME COURT
TO IMMEDIATELY TAKE UP HER
LAWSUIT TO BLOCK MICHIGAN’S
ABORTION BAN. THAT BAN IS NOT IN
EFFECT RIGHT NOW, AND ABORTION
IS STILL LEGAL. ON MONDAY, THE
COURT OF APPEALS RULED
PROSECUTORS COULD ENFORCE THE
BAN, BUT A JUDGE HAS PUT IT ON
HOLD WITH THE TEMPORARY
RESTRAINING ORDER, THE GOVERNOR
SAYS, WITH ALL THIS BACK AND
FORTH AND LEGAL CONFUSION, THE
STATES HIGHEST COURT NEEDS TO
STEP IN. AND OF COURSE WE WILL
KEEP YOU POSTED ON WHAT HAPPENS
THERE. NOW TO THE CORONAVIRUS
AND THE CDC EXPECTED TO UPDATE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SCHOOLS AND
FOR QUARANTINING CNN GOT A
PREVIEW OF THOSE PLANS AND THEY
COULD BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC
AS EARLY AS THIS WEEK. THE CDC
SET TO EASE QUARANTINE GUIDANCE
FOR THE UNVACCINATED. SO INSTEAD
OF STAYING HOME FOR FIVE DAYS,
THEY CAN GO OUT WITH A MASK AND
TEST THEMSELVES AT LEAST FIVE
DAYS AFTER EXPOSURE. ANYONE WITH
ANY SYMPTOMS, OF COURSE, SHOULD
STILL ISOLATE THE AGENCY ALSO
EXPECTED TO DE EMPHASIZE REGULAR
TESTING IN SCHOOLS AND SIX FT OF