CITY LEADERS ANNOUNCING ONE OF THE LARGEST JUMPS AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUE IN
DETROIT, PLUS DEVASTATING DAMAGE
LEFT BY SEVERAL TORNADOES DOWN
SOUTH, IT IS ALREADY LEFT AT
LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE DEAD AS
PEOPLE START TO PICK UP THE
PIECES. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
THIS NOONTIME RHONDA WALKER, AND
WE DO WANT TO GET YOU TO
BREAKING NEWS THAT WE’RE
FOLLOWING CREWS RESPONDED TO A
DEADLY HOUSE FIRE IN DETROIT. IT
HAPPENED JUST BEFORE NINE
O’CLOCK THIS MORNING, AND
KENNEBEC NEAR CONNOR AND EAST
MCNICHOLS. THE VICTIM IS
BELIEVED TO BE A MAN IN HIS
SIXTIES. NO WORD YET ON WHAT
CAUSED THE FIRE BUT WILL
CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED AS
THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
ALSO THIS NOON, DETROIT CITY
LEADERS ANNOUNCED THE VALUE OF
HOMES WENT UP THIS YEAR AND HOME
OWNERS WILL WANT TO HEAR THIS AS
WELL. YOU SHOULD WATCH FOR YOUR
PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS WERE 2023
IN THE COMING DAYS FOR WHAT YOU
NEED TO KNOW. LET’S GO TO
RODNEY. ALONI. THIS IS GOOD NEWS
FOR HOMEOWNERS. WELL IT IS GOOD
NEWS FOR A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS,
AND THE MAYOR IS TALKING ABOUT
GENERATIONAL WEALTH. THAT’S HOW
IT’S USUALLY BUILT IN MOST
PLACES. BUT FOR THE PAST 15 20
YEARS IN THE CITY OF DETROIT, AT
LEAST BACK AROUND THE BANKRUPTCY
TIME, IN PARTICULAR PRICES, HOME
PRICES IN DETROIT WERE DROPPING
DRAMATICALLY. SO WHAT THE MAYOR
SAID THAT THEY’VE BEEN WORKING
AT IS TRYING TO GET TO A PLACE
WHERE THEY SEE MOST OF THE HOMES
GOING UP IN VALUE. AND IN FACT,
THEY’RE REPORTING THAT 97% OF
THE HOMES IN THE CITY OF DETROIT
HAVE INCREASED IN VALUE AND THAT
THE AVERAGE PRICE NOW IS ABOUT
$100,000 PER HOME, WENT BACK IN
2013 WHEN WE WERE COVERING THE
BANKRUPTCY. THE AVERAGE PRICE OF
A HOME IN THE CITY OF DETROIT
WAS ABOUT $7000. SO IT IS AN
AMAZING COMEBACK, BUT WITH THAT
ALSO COMES HIGHER TAX BILL, AND
THAT’S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH
THIS IS THAT IF YOU’RE USED TO
HAVING THOSE LOW TAXES WITH
THOSE LOW HOME VALUES WELL,
YOU’RE GOING TO SEE A AN
INCREASE THAT GOES TO THE CITY
IN TERMS OF PROPERTY TAXES, AND
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THE MAYOR’S
TALK ABOUT TODAY IS MAKING SURE
THAT IF YOU DON’T THINK THAT
YOUR ASSESSMENT IS RIGHT, THAT
YOU WOULD PEEL IT, SO LET’S HEAR
FROM THE MAYOR. NOW WE HAVE A
GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS DAY NEXT
WEEK, YOUR PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS
FOR 2023 WILL COME OUT. AH AH,
AND THEY WILL SHOW THAT THE CITY
OF DETROIT HOME VALUES GREW BY
20% AGAIN. IN 2022, BUT BECAUSE
OF THE MICHIGAN CONSTITUTION,
YOUR TAXES ARE GOING UP 20%
GOING UP A LOT LESS. IN FACT,
IT’S CAPPED AT 5% THAT’S THE OLD
HEADLEY AMENDMENT THAT PASSED
ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO. AND SO WHAT
HAPPENS IS, MOST PEOPLE CAN
EXPECT THAT 5% INCREASE IN THEIR
TAXES. NOW THAT ASSESSMENT THE
NOTICES COMING OUT IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THEY’RE
SAYING, IF YOU SEE THAT IN THE
MAIL, READ IT, IT’S NOT A BILL
DON’T PAY THAT. BUT IF YOU THINK
THAT THE SMS ASSESSMENT IS TOO
HIGH, YOU HAVE THE OPTION. TO BE
ABLE TO APPEAL THAT YOU CAN DO
THAT OVER TWO MONTHS. AND SO
WE’RE GOING TO POST EVERYTHING
THE CITY PUT OUT ABOUT THIS AND
CLICKONDETROIT’S DOT COM IF YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS NOW, BUT WILL
FLESH IT OUT MORE CLEARLY LATER
ON IN LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE,
REPORTING LIVE DOWNTOWN ROD
MELONI, LOCAL 4 HOMEOWNERS
DEFINITELY NEED TO BE PROACTIVE
ON THIS RIDE. THANK YOU. LEAST
SEVEN MORE PEOPLE WERE KILLED,
SEVERAL WERE INJURED, AND
THERE’S BEEN EXTENSIVE DAMAGE
AND WHAT WAS REPORTED ON
THURSDAY AS TORNADOES AND
EXTREME WEATHER THAT ROLLED
THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST. NBC’S
BLAINE ALEXANDER JOINS US NOW
WITH THIS REPORT FROM SELMA,
ALABAMA. WELL NOW THAT THE SUN
IS COMING UP, WE REALLY ARE
STARTING TO GET A FULL SCOPE OF
THE DAMAGE HERE IN SELMA,
ALABAMA. THIS IS PART OF
DOWNTOWN AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT
HERE BEHIND ME. THIS IS THE
DEVASTATION THAT WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT PIECES THAT USED TO BE
PART OF STRUCTURES NOW CRUMPLED
HERE IN THE MASS BEHIND ME. LOOK
BACK THERE. YOU CAN SEE PIECES
OF BRICK JUST COMPLETELY RIPPED
OFF OF BUILDING THAT JUST SHOWS
YOU JUST HOW POWERFUL THESE
WINDS WERE. AND I HAVE TO SAY
THAT WE COULD TURN OUR CAMERA IN
LITERALLY ANY DIRECTION AND YOU
WOULD SEE DEVASTATION AROUND US.
AND WHEN YOU SEE THOSE IMAGES OF
THAT TORNADO. YOU CAN REALLY
UNDERSTAND WHY WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT A POWERFUL STORM, BUT
THAT’S JUST ONE OF MANY THAT
WERE REPORTED OVERNIGHT. MORE
THAN THREE DOZEN REPORTED
TORNADOES ACROSS PARTS OF
ALABAMA, GEORGIA. PARTS OF THE
CAROLINAS AND KENTUCKY WERE ALSO
IN THE STORM’S PATH. THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS
THAT IT COULD TAKE DAYS BEFORE
THEY’RE ABLE TO CONFIRM
TORNADOES. THEY’RE GOING TO BE
ON THE GROUND AND START LOOKING
AT THOSE TODAY, HOWEVER.
UNFORTUNATELY THERE WERE SEVEN
CONFIRMED DEATHS OVERNIGHT. SIX
OF THOSE HERE IN ALABAMA AND ONE
OF FIVE YEAR OLD BOY IN THE
STATE OF GEORGIA, BUT OFFICIALS
SAY THAT AS THEY CONTINUE TO GO
THROUGH THE DAMAGE TODAY, AND
REALLY JUST GET A FULL PICTURE
OF THE SCOPE OF THIS STORM, THEY
SAY THERE IS CONCERN THAT THAT
DEATH TOLL COULD RISE BACK TO
YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU,
BLAINE. AND OF COURSE, WE’VE
BEEN WATCHING WITH OUR FOREWARN
WEATHER, NOT JUST WHAT’S
HAPPENING HERE. BUT WEST BRANDON
WITH THE EXTREMES OF MUDSLIDES
AND FLOODING AND TORNADOES IN
THE SOUTH, AND IT’S JANUARY. IT
JUST SEEMS ODD. ALL OF IT IS
COMING FROM THOSE STORMS IN THE
WEST, AND THAT SEVERE WEATHER
WAS THE SOUTHERN TALE OF WHAT WE
WERE EXPECTING YESTERDAY. SO WE
ARE ON THE COLDER SIDE OF THINGS
NOW, BUT LOOK AT THIS. I MEAN,
THESE ARE THESE SEVERE WEATHER
REPORTS. AND ONLY LOOKING AT
TORNADOES. A LOT OF THIS DOWN IN
ALABAMA AND GEORGIA, BUT YOU CAN
SEE EVEN UP INTO KENTUCKY ALMOST
IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, INDIANA,
AND THEN YOU THROW THE WIND
DAMAGE AND HAIL REPORTS HUNDREDS
AND HUNDREDS OF SEVERE STORM
REPORTS, THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS
FOR EVERYBODY SOUTH OF US HERE.
WE’RE DEALING WITH THE COOL SIDE
OF THE STORM. THAT ALMOST WAS
YESTERDAY. MIDDLE UPPER TWENTIES
TO NEAR 30. WINDS ARE GUSTING
FROM THE NORTH NORTHWEST. 20 TO
30 AT TIMES, SO WE DO STILL HAVE
THESE WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS
TO CONTEND WITH, OR EVEN SEEING
A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT SNOW SORT
OF LAKE ENHANCED MAINLY COMING
DOWN FROM LAKE HURON, A LITTLE
BIT OF MOISTURE COMING OFF OF
LAKE MICHIGAN, AND WE’RE SEEING
FLURRIES, EVEN NOT SHOWING UP
HERE ON EXACT TRACK. FOUR D
RADAR WILL DEAL WITH THAT FOR
THE NEXT FEW HOURS NEAR 30 AND
BREEZY. RHONDA WE ARE TRACKING
SOME WEEKEND SON. SOME OPTIMISM
IN OUR WEATHER COMING UP. WELL
WE COULD USE IT ANYTIME WE CAN
GET IT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR,
BRANDON. THANK YOU. A SPECIAL
COUNSEL IS NOW IN PLACE TO
REVIEW CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS
FOUND IN PRESIDENT BIDEN’S
DELAWARE HOME AND IN HIS
WASHINGTON OFFICE, ATTORNEY
GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND
ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF
ROBERT HER TO THE POSITION ON
THURSDAY. THIS IS AFTER A THIRD
GROUP OF CLASSIFIED MATERIALS
WERE FOUND ONE OF THOSE BEING IN
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S GARAGE AT HOME
. BIDEN THE PRESIDENT STATED
THAT HE IS FULLY COOPERATING
WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. THE
WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT’S CONFIDENT
THAT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL
INVESTIGATION WILL SHOW THE
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS WERE
INADVERTENTLY MISPLACED. LISA
MARIE PRESLEY, THE ONLY CHILD OF
ROCK ICON ELVIS PRESLEY HAS DIED
AT THE AGE OF JUST 54. ACCORDING
TO HER MOTHER. PRESLEY DIED
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER BEING
RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. PRESLEY
FOLLOWED IN HER FATHER’S
FOOTSTEPS PROFESSIONALLY,
RELEASING HER OWN ROCK ALBUMS
AND THE EARLY 2000. SHE ALSO
MADE HEADLINES OF HER OWN,
INCLUDING FOR VERY PUBLIC
MARRIAGES, MOST FAMOUSLY TO
MICHAEL JACKSON PRESLEY WAS JUST
RECENTLY AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES
TUESDAY. OF THIS WEEK TO SEE
AUSTIN BUTLER WIN BEST ACTOR.
AND HIS PORTRAYAL OF ELVIS AND
THE MOVIE ELVIS AT MOVIE
HIGHLIGHTING HER FATHER’S LIFE
AND CAREER. AT THIS HOUR. POLICE
ARE SEARCHING FOR THE SUSPECT IN
A DEADLY DOUBLE SHOOTING AROUND
11 30. LAST NIGHT, POLICE FOUND
TWO MALE VICTIMS DECEASED INSIDE
OF A CAR ON LIBERAL STREET. THE
INVESTIGATION THEN LED POLICE TO
A HOME NOT FAR FROM THE VEHICLE
WHERE THE VICTIMS WERE FOUND.
THIS IS VIDEO FROM THE SCENE OF
THAT HOUSE ON LIBERAL. IT’S JUST
EAST OF SHANER, AND OFFICERS
TREATED IT AS A BARRICADED
GUNMAN SITUATION THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING. ULTIMATELY NO ONE WAS
INSIDE OF THE HOME WHEN OFFICERS
ENTERED. INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL
TRYING TO TERM IN WHAT LED UP TO
THAT DOUBLE SHOOTING. BUT POLICE
SAY THAT IT IS NOT A RANDOM
SHOOTING TWO MEN STOLE OVER
$1000 AT A HOME DEPOT IN MACOMB
TOWNSHIP. POLICE WERE NOTIFIED
BY STAFF THAT TWO MEN WERE
SHOPLIFTING AND THAT THE MAN IN
THE PARKING LOT BEFORE THEY
COULD GET IN THE CAR. THE
THIEVES FLED ON FOOT, ONE OF THE
MEN OF 42 YEAR OLD ELAINE
RODRIGUEZ, WAS ARRESTED BY THE
OTHER. THE OTHER DID GET AWAY.
RODRIGUEZ IS FACING CHARGES OF
FIRST DEGREE RETAIL FRAUD AND IS
SET TO BE BACK IN COURT LATER
THIS MONTH. NEW DETAILS. FIVE
PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AFTER AN
OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING LAST
NIGHT. OFFICERS WERE SENT TO A
ROBBERY AT THE ALTAR STORE. THIS
IS A BEAUTY SUPPLY STORE AT THE
VILLAGE PLACE MALL IN GREEN OAK
TOWNSHIP. IT IS SOUTHEAST OF
BRIGHTON. ONE SUSPECT RENT AND
FOOT WHILE THE OTHERS WERE IN
SEPARATE VEHICLES. POLICE SAY
THAT ONE CAR DROVE RIGHT AT A
TROOPER. THAT TROOPER FIRED HIS
WEAPON AT THE VEHICLE. NO ONE
WAS HURT. ALL FIVE SUSPECTS WERE
TAKEN. TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. IN
THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. THERE
HAVE BEEN SEVERAL THEFTS, SAID
ULTRA STORES ALL ACROSS METRO
DETROIT. IT’S UNCLEAR IF THIS
ROBBERY IS CONNECTED TO THE
OTHERS. WELL IF YOU HAVE BEEN
WAITING TO BUY A MEGA MILLIONS
TICKET, YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET IN
ON THE HYPE TODAY. TODAY IS
DEFINITELY A GOOD DAY, DESPITE
WHAT THE CALENDAR TELLS YOU. IF
IT’S FRIDAY, THE 13TH IT COULD
BE YOUR LUCKIEST DAY EVER
BECAUSE HISTORICALLY, THIS IS
ACTUALLY HISTORICALLY LUCKY DAY
FOR MEGA MILLIONS PLAYERS SINCE
2003 LATERALLY PLAYERS HAVE WON
MORE THAN $171 MILLION IN
JACKPOTS, AND FRIDAY, THE 13TH
DRAWING SO TWO BUCKS IS ALL IT
COST TO BUY THE TICKET BEFORE
YOU DO. YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT
SCAMMERS ARE JUST AS EAGER TO
GET IN ON THAT BIG PRIZE AND
SCAM YOU SO NICK MONACELLI TELLS
YOU WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR.
ALRIGHT SO, AS YOU KNOW, A LOT
OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY USE THESE
MACHINES NOW WHEN THEY WALK INTO
A GAS STATION OR LIQUOR STORE TO
BUY THEIR TICKETS, BUT WHEN
YOU’RE BUYING THESE TICKETS,
THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO DO IT.
HOWEVER WITH THIS JACKPOT $1.35
BILLION. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT SCAMS, INCLUDING
THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU. WHAT
WOULD YOU DO WITH $1.1 BILLION?
I WOULD FIRST OF ALL, TAKE CARE
OF MY FAMILY. THEN I TRAVEL THE
WORLD. EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN
LIST OF WHAT THEY DO IF THEY HIT
IT BIG AND NOW THE DREAMS ARE
EVEN BIGGER, WITH THE SECOND
LARGEST MEGA MILLIONS DRAWING
EVER AT $1.35 BILLION. THE ODDS
OF WINNING WELL, IT’S ONE IN 302
MILLION, SO NOT GREAT. BUT AS
LOTTERY OFFICIALS SAYING THAT
EVERY WIN HAS TO BE THE WINNER,
PEOPLE ARE STILL WINNING SMALLER
JACKPOTS AS WELL. AND WHEN I SAY
SMALLER, THE GAME STARTS AT $20
MILLION RIGHT NOW, UNFORTUNATELY
, THIS HIGH JACKPOT IS ALSO HIGH
TIME FOR SCAMS, THE BBB, SENDING
WARNINGS, SAYING, BE CAREFUL
WHERE YOU BUY YOUR MEGA MILLIONS
TICKETS. TICKETS PURCHASED IN
PERSON SHOULD BE AT AN OFFICIAL
MICHIGAN LOTTERY RETAILER ALSO
DO NOT PAY UP TO CLAIM YOUR
PRIZE. YOU SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO
PAY MONEY OR BUY SOMETHING IN
ORDER TO RECEIVE THAT PRICE.
ALSO BE WARY OF EMAIL
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND VERIFY,
HOWEVER, DO NOT USE THE SOURCE.
THIS GAME WAS ARE GIVING YOU,
JACK. YOU HAVE AN OFFER IS REAL.
BUT DO NOT CALL THE PHONE NUMBER
OR CLICK THAT LINK IN THE EMAIL.
YOU WERE SENT BECAUSE CHANCES
ARE THE PERSON AT THE OTHER END
WILL BE INVOLVED IN THAT SCAM.
FUN FACT FOR THIS $1.35 BILLION
MEGA MILLIONS. JACKPOT GUESS HOW
MUCH THE CASH OPTION IS, WHICH
IS USUALLY SMALLER. AND YOU
KNOW, IT DOESN’T GET YOU A WHOLE
LOT. THE CASH OPTION 707 MILLION
ARACELI LOCAL 4 THERE COULD BE
70 PEOPLE THAT MATCH THE NUMBER
AND EVERYONE WOULD STILL BE MEGA
RICH. SO GOOD LUCK. EVERYBODY
UP. NEXT TRIP TO CANADA IS GONNA
COST YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE
MONEY. WHEN WE COME BACK THE