>> MAKING A STATEMENT, THE
PROSECUTION IN THE TRIAL USING
THE DEFENDANT’S OWN VOICES TO
ILLUSTRATE THE ALLEGED PLOT AND
THE ANGER THAT WAS FUELING IT.
>>> SERIES OF CHILLING
RECORDINGS PLAYED IN FEDERAL
COURT TODAY AS OPENING
STATEMENTS GOT UNDERWAY.
>> THE DEFENSE TEAM SAYS THE
FOUR MEN ON TRIAL WERE TALKING
BIG AND UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
RECREATIONAL DRUGS WHEN THEY
CHATTED ABOUT STORMING THE
GOVERNOR’S PROPERTY AND
KIDNAPPING HER.
LOCAL 4 DEFENDER SHAWN LEI IS
LIVE WITH WHAT WAS IN THOSE
RECORDINGS AND WHAT WE LEARNED
FROM THE FIRST TWHAITS WERE
CALLED TODAY.
SHAWN.
>> FASCINATING FIRST DAY OF THIS
TRIAL, KIMBERLY AND DEVIN.
AND YOU’RE RIGHT, IT WAS ALL
ABOUT VOICE RECORDINGS OF THE
DEFENDANTS THEMSELVES, CLEARLY
STATING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO
GO TO WAR WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
>> Reporter: FEDERAL PROSECUTORS
USING THE DEFENDANT’S OWN VOICES
AS KEY EVIDENCE ON DAY ONE OF
TESTIMONY IN THE WHITMER
KIDNAPPING TRIAL.
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS PLAYING
RECORDINGS OF DEFENDANT ADAM
FOX, FOX CALLING GOVERNOR
WHITMER A TYRANT AND HOW
WASN’TED TO START A SECOND CIVIL
WAR.
I WILL FIRE THE FIRST SHOT, THE
ONLY WAY BRUTE FORCE VIOLENCE IS
THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUR RIGHTS
BACK.
ANOTHER RECORDING FROM FOX,
QUOTE, WE HAVE THE NUMBERS, THE
ARMS AND THE STRATEGY TO TAKE
OUR COUNTRY BACK.
PROSECUTORS CALL DEFENDANT BARRY
CROFT A DANGEROUS
ANTI-GOVERNMENT EXTREMIST URGING
MEMBERS THE WOLVERINE WASHMAN TO
USE VIOLENCE WHAT HE SAW WAS AN
OVERREACHING STATE GOVERNMENT,
ONE RECORDING FROM GROFF WAS
PLAYED, QUOTE, WE ARE READY TO
GO TO WAR.
I DON’T LIKE VIOLENCE BUT WHEN
IT IS AT OUR DOOR, IT IS THAT. I CAN’T WAIT TO EAT THESE LIKE
I CAN’T WAIT TO EAT THESE LIKE
ANIMAL CRACKERS.
RECEIVING THOSE RECORD FOR
INSTANCE A CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMANT.
TOMORROW, ANOTHER FBI AGENT
TAKES THE WITNESS STAND WITH
MORE OF THESE NEW ALLEGATIONS,
NEW DETAILS COMING FORWARD,
KIMBERLY, DEVIN, BACK TO YOU.
>> THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING,
SHAWN, WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> WELL, PAIN AT THE PUMP STINGS
A LITTLE MORE EACH DAY.
DOESN’T IT.
MICHIGAN DRIVERS PAYING AN
AVERAGE OF $4.24 A GA, A PENNY
LESS THANKED NATIONAL AVERAGE
BUT THAT’S LITTLE CONSOLATION.
REPUBLICAN STATE LAWMAKERS
PASSED A HOUSE BILL THAT I HAD
WOULD PUT A SIX MONTH PAUSE ON
THE MICHIGAN STATE GAS TAX.
THEY PLAN.
IF APPROVED DRIVERS WOULD SAVE
AND GOVERNOR ALSO ASKED CONGRESS
TO SUSPEND THE FEDERAL GAS TAX.
THE PEOPLE HURT MOST IN RISING
GAS PRICES ARE ONES WHOSE
LIVELIHOODS DEPENDS ON DRIVING.
VICTOR WILLIAMS LIVE TONIGHT IN
ECORSE.
PEOPLE GETTING CLOSE TO MAKING
TOUGH DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR
CAREERS BECAUSE THEY’RE FACING
THESE HUGE PRICES.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
WE’RE OVER HERE AT THE GAS
STATION ON OUTER DRIVE AND
ECORSE, AND GAS HAS GONE UP 10
CENTS IN JUST THE TIME WE’VE
BEEN HERE, FROM $4.09 TO $4.19.
IF IT’S NOT ONE THING, IT’S
ANOTHER FOR MANY PEOPLE
STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. WITH THE SOARING GAS PRICES,
WITH THE SOARING GAS PRICES,
IT’S EVEN TOUGHER.
>> IT TOOK ME $10 LESS TO FILL
THIS UP GETTING PATIENTS FROM
POINT A TO POINT B AND LATER
IT’S HARDER THAN PRICES AT THE
PUMPS SKYROCKETING.
>> I TOLD MY BOSS WE GOTTA GET A
RAISE OR SOMETHING.
>> HE ASKED FOR HIS OWN GAS
WHICH MAKES IT HARDER WHEN MOST
OF HIS CHECK GOES INTO THE TANK
IN WHAT FEELS LIKE A
NEVER-ENDING CYCLE.
>> I WAS SPENDING $200 A WEEK
JUST IN GAS.
AND NOW IT’S ABOUT $2.50 OR
MORE -- $250 OR MORE.
I’M BRINGING HOME $400, $500 A
WEEK AND PUTTING MOST IT BACK IN
THE GAS TANK.
I GOT TWO TEENAGERS AT HOME, I
GOT MY YOUNGEST GRANDSON BE AT
THE HOUSE.
GOTTA TAKE CARE OF HIM, FEED
HIM, BECAUSE HE IS A LITTLE
FELLA.
>> Reporter: YET HE’S REMAINING
OPTIMISTIC.
>> THE SAME FRUSTRATIONS COULD
BE FELT WITH JONATHAN LORD, WHO
KNOWS MANY PEOPLE NOW AFFECTED
BY THE STEEP RISE.
>> IT’S THE FAMILY RIGHT THERE
DOWN THE STREET, THEY FORCED TO
USE THE PUBLIC MOPEDS RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE THEY CAN’T AFFORD THE
GAS PRICES.
THAT’S HALF OF SOMEONE’S WAGES
SO WE REALLY NEED TO GET IT
TOGETHER TO GET THESE GAS PRICES
DOWN.
>> AND THAT’S SOMETHING THAT
REALLY STUCK WITH US, $4, THE
GAS OF PRICE BEING HALF OF
SOMEONE’S WAGES.
AS FAR AS MR. TISHCUS GOES WE’RE
TOLD HIS EMPLOYER MAY START
GIVING OUT GAS CARDS IN THE
AMOUNT OF $50 PER WEEK.
VICTOR WILLIAMS, LOCAL 4.
>> AND FOR PERSPECTIVE, IT’S
EVEN WORSE INURE YO, TODAY THE
PRICE OF GAS THERE HAS GONE UP
ABOVE TWO EUROS A LITER, SO
EQUATES TO SOMEWHERE AROUND $8 A
GALLON U.S.
FILLING UP A COMPACT CAR COSTING
PEOPLE THE EQUIVALENT OF $100
U.S. DOLLARS.
THE CANADIANS ARE CLOSE TO THE
EQUIVALENT OF $7 A GALLON, ABOUT
A $1.83 LAST I SAW, A LEADER ON
THE CANADIAN RIDE IS.
>>> THE KREMLIN IS CUEING THE
UNITED STATES OF DECLARING A,
QUOTE, ECONOMIC WAR AGAINST
RUSSIA AFTER THE U.S. INITIATED
ENERGY AND FUEL EMBARGOES
TUESDAY.
MEANWHILE, RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES
DESTROYED A CHILDREN’S AND
MATERNITY HOSPITAL.
THE CHILDREN REMAIN TRAPPED IN
THAT RUBBLE.
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
HAS VERIFIED 18 ATTACKS ON
HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH
WORKERS AND AMBULANCES IN
UKRAINE.
TODAY UKRAINE RENEWED EFFORTS TO
EVACUATE CIVILIANS FROM CITIES
UNDER SIEGE BUT THE COUNTRY HAS
ACCUSED RUSSIA OF REPEATEDLY
VIOLATING TEMPORARY CEASE FIRES.
VOLUNTEERS ARE MAKING
CHECKPOINTS AND BARRIER WALLS
OUT OF SANDBAGS AND WOOD.
LESTER HOLT IS ON THE GROUND
WITH THEM, AND AHEAD ON NIGHTLY
NEWS, YOU’LL HEAR FROM THE EVERY
DAY PEOPLE PREPARING FOR A
FIGHT.
THEY SAW ABOUT HOW NECIAL IS AND
HOW PROUD THEY ARE TO STAND UP
FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR
FAMILIES.
>>> 1739 NEW CASES RECORDED OVER
THE PAST TWO DAYS.
THE THRANCH ABOUT 870 CASES PER
DAY, 244 MORE DEATHS BEING
REPORTED, 220 OF THOSE COMING
FROM A RECORDS REVIEW.
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN WILL
MAKE FACE MASKING OPTIONAL FOR
MOST INDOOR SPACES ON MARCH
14th.
MASKS ARE STILL GONNA BE
REQUIRED IN CLASSROOMS AND OTHER
INSTRUCTIONAL SPACES.
MASKS WILL ALSO REMAIN REQUIRED
IN PATIENT CARE AREAS, CAMPUS
COVID-19 TESTING SITES, AND ON
CAMPUS BUSES.
>>> IN JUNE, BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC
SCHOOLS DOD A SCHOOL YEAR BUDGET
THAT HAD AN ESTIMATED $1.5
MILLION SHORTFALL.
NOW THEY’RE SAYING IT’S ACTUALLY
A $14 MILLION SHORTFALL AND THAT
HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR PEOPLE’S
PROPERTY TAXES.
MEGAN WOODS JOINS US LIVE, AND
MEGAN, HOW DID THE DISTRICT ALL
OF A SUDDEN FIGURE THIS OUT?
>> SO THE SUPERINTENDENT SENT
OUT A MESSAGE TO PARENTS AT THE
END OF FEBRUARY.
IN THAT MESSAGE THEY COMPLAINED
THAT THE $11 MILLION
MISCALCULATION CAME FROM.
THEY’RE SAYING THAT IT’S FROM
WHEN THEY’RE WORKING ON THAT
MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT.
>>> IN THAT LETTER TO PARENTS,
SUPERINTENDENT DR. EMBECCA
ROEBERSON CITED THREE MAIN
FACTORS THAT CAUSED
MISCALCULATIONS, ONE,
UNDERESTIMATIONS OF SALARY AND
RETIREMENT CALCULATIONS FROM
2021 TO THE 2022 SCHOOL YEAR.
TWO, OVERESTIMATION OF STUDENT
ENROLLMENT AND THREE, AN OVER
LEVYING OF PROPERTY TAX THAT,
LAST ONE WILL GO TO TAXPAYERS.
AND ALSO IN THE LETTER THE
SUPERINTENDENT MENTIONED WHAT
THEY’RE DOING MOVING FORWARD.
LIKE IN JANUARY THE DISTRICT
BROUGHT ON A CPA AND RETIRED
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF
FINANCE TO PERFORM A THOROUGH
REVIEW AND WORK WITH THEIR
AUDITORS.
SUPERINTENDENT ROEBERSON SAYS,
QUOTE, ALREADY WE HAVE MADE
SIGNIFICANT STRIDES TOWARD
MITIGATING THE IMPACT OF THIS
NEW BUDGET REALITY FOR THE
CURRENT FISCAL YEAR THROUGH THE
UTILIZATION OF ONE-TIME FEDERAL
GRANTS.
THE MID-YEAR AMENDMENT BUDGET
NUMBERS WERE PRESENTED TO THE
SCHOOL BOARD MARCH 1st.
AFTER, THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT
SENT OUT ANOTHER MESSAGE TO
PARENTS ANSWERING IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS AND THEN REFERRING TO
THE FUTURE, SHE SAYS, QUOTE, WE
ARE IN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING
PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES FOCUS
GROUPS, COMMUNITY SURVEYS, AND
COMMITTEES THAT INCLUDE A BROAD
VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDERS.
OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WILL GIVE US
A CLEAR FOCUS FOR OUR FUTURE.
>>> AND THE NEXT PUBLIC SCHOOL
BOARD MEETING IS MARCH 15th.
LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM, I’M MEGAN
WOODS, LOCAL 4.
>> WE’LL BE FOLLOWING IT, MEGAN.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> A SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING
GUARD FROM OUR AREA IS RECENTLY
NAMED FOR A FINALIST FOR A
NATIONAL BASKETBALL AWARD.
NOT Xs AND Os, NOT FOR
STATUS, BUT FOR SOMETHING MUCH
BIGGER.
JAMIE EDMOND WENT TO OXFORD HIGH
SCHOOL AND INTRODUCES US TO A
COURAGEOUS YOUNG MAN.
>> IT’S GAME DAY FOR THE OXFORD
WILDCATS BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM.
TAKING ON DAVIS TONIGHT IN THE
DISTRICT SEMIFINALS ON THE ROAD.
AFTER EVERYTHING THE WILDCATS
HAVE BEEN THROUGH, THERE’S
COMFORT IN RETURNING TO
NORMALCY, RETURNING TO SPORTS.
JUST AS SENIOR JONAS SHUDO WANTS
IT.
>> IT’S AMAZING.
>> Reporter: A MAN OF FEW WORDS,
UNCOMFORTABLE IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
ON NOVEMBER 30th, THE
17-YEAR-OLD WAS THRUST INTO A
POSITION HE DIDN’T ASK FOR.
SHOT IN THE LEG INSIDE HIS HIGH
SCHOOL.
NOT WANTING TO RELIVE THAT DAY,
HE TELLS US HIS FOCUS IS
ELSEWHERE.
>> HONESTLY, I JUST LOVE SPORTS
AND I CAN’T -- LIKE I COULD NOT
STAND SITTING AT HOME.
LIKE WHEN I WAS SITTING THERE
WITH MY LEG AND EVERYTHING, I
WAS LIKE, NO, I GOTTA BE THERE.
I WANT TO PLAY, JUST BECAUSE I
LO OF IT.
>> Reporter: AS SOON AS HE WAS
ABLE, JOHN WAS BACK TO
BASKETBALL.
>> PHYSICALLY I’M 100%.
A LOT BETTER, BACK PLAYING EVERY
DAY AT PRACTICE WITH MY BOYS,
AND IT’S GREAT.
>> Reporter: THE REALITY IS JOHN
HAS BEEN THROUGH MORE THAN ANY
HIGH-SCHOOLER SHOULD.
IT’S WHY OXFORD’S ATHLETIC
DIRECTOR TONY DEMAR NOMINATED
JOHN FOR THE NATIONAL JERSEY
MIKE’S HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
COURAGE AWARD.
>> WHEN I THOUGHT OF HIM AND THE
COURAGE THAT HE’S EXEMPLIFIED,
IT’S IMMEASURABLE.
IT’S COMPLETELY OFTEN CHARTS.
>> Reporter: THE ATLANTA TIP-OFF
CLUB WHICH ADMINISTERS THE NAY
SMITH AWARDS RECENTLY NAMED
SHUDO OUT OF HUNDREDS OF
NOMINATIONS AS ONE OF THE 10
FINALISTS.
THEY CALLED HIS COURAGE BEYOND
INCREDIBLE.
THE FEMALE AND MALE WINNER WILL
BE ANNOUNCED ON APRIL 12th.
FOR SHUDO, IT’S NOT ABOUT AN
INDIVIDUAL AWARD.
HE WOULD MUCH PREFER A TEAM
PLAY-OFF WIN TONIGHT.
>> FOR SURE, STATES AND THE
PLAY-OFFS.
I’D TURN THIS AWARD DOWN FOR
THAT ANY DAY.
>> Reporter: IN OXFORD, JAMIE
EDMOND, LOCAL 4.
>> HE’S ACTUALLY A TWO SPORT