live from downtown Detroit local 4 News
at 11 starts now with Detroit
firefighters responds on the truck to a
call should their lights and sirens
always be on the city says not so fast
I'll tell you what's behind this policy
change and who's not happy about it she
was the third woman to accuse judge
Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct now
she's telling her story and a new
one-on-one interview another round of
showers moving into Metro Detroit but
that is not the only concern for drivers
coming up tomorrow morning good to have
you with us here at 11 could be another
chilly and very wet commute let's get
right over to Ben's been a fog could be
a concern too
you got that right Kim you thought today
was gloomy we have seen a whole lot of
this all night this is Mount Clemens at
least we can see some of the lights down
there Metro Airport looks a little bit
better than it did earlier of a
visibility there's still one mile it in
many cases it's down to a quarter mile
and even less al appear Flint how Ann
Arbor even down to Adrienne which did
have some good visibility earlier in the
evening now you're down below a mile as
well this will pretty much be with us
through the overnight and maybe the
first part of the commute depending on
how fast a warm front can clear we do
have showers on the way most of that is
on the west side of the state and even
though there's some thunderstorms there
by the time it gets here we're expecting
to see just rain heaviest of that it's
going to pull in between 3:00 and 4:00
a.m. we think it's going to be centered
right along the i-69 corridor and a lot
of that's going to be in the same spots
that got soaked
early this morning from those rains but
still some of it hanging around through
the morning commute at about 7:00 a.m.
temperatures rising overnight we'll look
at that in your for zone forecast coming
up Kevin all right Ben breaking news now
we're following a police chase that
started Warren and took officers to
Detroit's east side some time during the
pursuit a refrigerator fell out of the
back of the man's pickup truck on i-75
just before 10:00 officers called off
the chase after the man ditched his
truck and then made a run for it
police only telling us the man was being
followed by an undercover unit and that
they tried to pull him over as he sped
away the Detroit Fire Department is no
longer using lie
and sirens on all of its runs it's a
controversial new policy that's now
coming under fire by members of the
Detroit City Council Germont areas live
in southwest Detroit and jermonta Union
is now taking action I guess to end this
policy
that's right Kimberly the union the fire
union president tells me tonight that it
plans to follow a lawsuit against the
city claiming that the way that these
trucks are leaving this firehouse and
driving around the city is a threat to
public safety when you hear those sirens
you know fire crews are responding to an
emergency but in Detroit those flashing
lights and loud sirens are only sounding
when the fire department knows for sure
someone's life is in danger
prioritizes runs between code one and
code two cold one is immediate danger
code 2 is a non-life threatening call
under the new response policy anything
classified as code 2 won't get
firefighters racing down the streets our
danger is getting there dfd averages
between 400 to 500 calls weekly 50% turn
out to be non-life threatening the city
points to this crash in 2017 a driver
ran into a fire truck slightly injuring
the firefighter lights and sirens were
on the call was for a small garbage fire
we decided hey we want to be safer for
the citizens and we want to be safer for
firefighters but the firefighters union
president doesn't see this beneficial to
his men and women he says in part the
fire administration's appearance today
before City Council proves their
fabricated manipulation and true
understanding the proper Fire EMS
response to the public's Neyman ones
emergency he says it will create deadly
results right now Jomon I'm neutral
councilman Scott Benson tells me he
plans to give the fire department a few
months to see if this is helpful or
harmful On January 7
made sure that the fire department is
coming back to my table with metrics
about how this went now the city is
insisting that people will not see any
changes to their services adding that
the emergency call is still that an
emergency call with licensed sirens
going however the union says it plans to
talk a little bit more in depth about
that lawsuit is going to plop filed
against the city and the pressor
scheduled for tomorrow morning reporting
live in southwest detroit Dermott terry
local four-term on I understand the city
says this is about safety but I'm
wondering if they looked at other cities
and how it's done in other places yes
they have Kimberly according to the city
they've looked at other cities and they
found that this is advantageous and
that's how other larger cities actually
operate however the fire union is saying
the fire Association the National
Association for firefighters they see
the complete opposite and that's one of
the reasons that you got the two sides
feuding on this trying to figure out
exactly which side is correct
indeed controversial okay thanks Germont
a young girl has passed away just days
after her parents died in a fire at
their home in East Point firefighters
arrived Saturday with a home engulfed in
flames 13-year old Anya Radosevich was
rescued from the burning home and taken
to the hospital
Anya's 16 year old sister Mia was able
to get out with only minor burns she has
since been released from the hospital
tonight the third woman to accuse judge
Brett Kavanaugh is speaking out in a new
interview with NBC News it comes as the
White House makes a shift telling the
FBI talk to anyone you need to but the
investigation does have to be wrapped up
by this week's end Mauro McDonald live
in the newsroom and Mar I guess NBC has
been unable to independently corroborate
these claims Devin that's right and in
addition some of the details in sweat
Nick's interview they differ from what
she said last week piccola Julie sweat
Nick is a client of stormy Daniels
lawyer Michael avenatti she did not go
to school with dr. Ford and is older
than Brett Kavanaugh but claims she was
at multiple house parties in the DC area
where women's drinks were being drugged
by Kavanagh and friends and that some of
them engaged in gang rapes in the 80s
tonight in an exclusive sit-down with
NBC News her story is changing can you
describe to me what you saw him do he
was very aggressive very sloppy drawn
very mean drunk I saw him go up to girls
and paw on them try to you know get a
little too handsy touching them in
private parts
I saw him try to shift clothing gone are
the claims Cavanaugh was participating
in gang rapes or drugging drinks are
there people yes yes there are people
that know about those party of the four
named sweat Nick provided to NBC News
one said they don't remember her one is
dead and two others have not responded
so NBC is unable to corroborate her
claims Kavanaugh for his part says he
has no idea who she is and denies the
allegations back here what live
meanwhile the FBI investigation into the
various claims is under way this week
and Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell says the confirmation process
for judge Kavanaugh is under way and
Devin Kimberly tonight the Harvard
Crimson is saying that Cavanaugh has
told the University he will not be back
in the winter semester he has too much
on his plate that's a cool thing about
that no doubt about that all right Maura
all right goodbye NAFTA and hello to the
USMC a Canada has joined the trade deal
with the u.s. that they made with Mexico
the United States Mexico Canada
agreement comes just before a midnight
deadline it's expected to help the auto
industry as well as farmers President
Trump says it's a victory for US workers
and industries and here at home Detroit
automakers have positive things to say
about the new agreement GM says quote
this agreement is vital to the success
of the North American auto industry we
have long supported efforts to modernize
it in a way that strengthens the
industry and positions it for long-term
success Westland police sergeant and two
EMTs have been charged in the death of
an inmate last year William Marshall was
arrested for cocaine and marijuana
possession according to Wayne County
Prosecutor Kym worthy Marshall began
convulsing on the ground while in
custody EMS
was called butt worthy says sergeant
Ronald Buckley told the EMTs to not
intervene
sergeant Buckley and those EMTs are now
charged with involuntary manslaughter
now to a local four update an adult and
two teens have been charged in
connection with the string of car thefts
at the Chrysler Jefferson North assembly
plant Cortez Peterson is facing several
charges including possession of a stolen
vehicle police say he and two teens
stole several 20:19 chrysler vehicles
from the assembly plant the teens face
several charges as well as larceny they
will be in court tomorrow and Peterson
is expected back in court sometime next
week well does it feel like your
smartphone battery dies at the most
inconvenient time only at the
inconvenient times you're not alone
still ahead how to keep your phones
juice running as long as possible a
police chase ends in a violent crash
involving four cars what happened
moments before the suspects car went
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