>>> ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY IN
PARADISE BUT WE HAVE SOME
CLOUDS RODG IN AND THOSE
CLOUDS WILL PRODUCE SOME
SNOWFLAKES EVERYTHING YOU
NEED TO KNOW WE’LL BREAK IT
DOWN FOR YOU STRAIGHT AHEAD.
>>> ALSO FIRST AT 4:00,
WE’RE TRACKING TESTIMONY IN
THE TRIAL OF FOUR MEN
ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO
KIDNAP GOVERNOR WHITMER.
PAULA?
>> I KNOW YOU’RE FEELING THE
PAIN AT THE PUMP BUT IMAGINE
BEING THE OWNER OF ALL OF
THESE VEHICLES IN A
LANDSCAPING COMPANY.
WE TALK TO LANDSCAPING
OWNERS ABOUT THESE SANCTIONS
AND WHAT IT’S DOING TO THEIR
FUEL COSTS.
BUT YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED
ABOUT HOW THEY ACTUALLY FEEL
ABOUT IT IN THE END.
I’LL HAVE A LIVE REPORT.
>> Announcer: LOCAL 4 NEWS
STARTS THOUSAND WITH A
BREAKING NEWS ALERT.
>> Reporter: THAT BREAKING
NEWS COMES FROM MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL WITH A BIG MOVE
TOWARD ENDING A 99 DAY
LOCKOUT.
WE’RE JUST GETTING WORD THAT
THE PLAYERS HAVE VOTED TO
ACCEPT A NEW LABOR DEAL.
JUST YESTERDAY THE LEAGUE
CANCELLED MORE REGULAR
SEASON GAMES PUSHING BACK
OPENING DAY TO APRIL 14th.
WELL, NOW THE PLAYERS UNION
EXECUTIVE BOARD HAS APPROVED
THE NEW DEAL WITH A VOTE OF
26-12 PENDING RATIFICATION
BY ALL PLAYERS.
YOU CAN FEEL FORWARD AND THE
DELAY COULD SALVAGE THE
REGULAR SEASON WITH 162
GAMES.
BERNIE SMILOVITZ IS
GATHERING MORE INFORMATION
FOR US AND HE WILL BE HERE
TONIGHT AT 5:00.
>>> NOW LET’S TURN OUR
ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER.
DON’T LET TODAY’S SUNSHINE
FOOL YOU.
THE RADAR SHOWS MORE SNOW IS
ON THE WAY.
YOUR EVENING COMMUTE IT’S
GOING TO BE CLEAR BUT IT IS
GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT
STORY TOMORROW MORNING.
PAUL GROSS HERE WITH A
PREVIEW IN OUR FIRST
FORECAST.
PAUL?
>> Reporter: HEY, KAREN.
THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT
THE SNOW DOESEN DEVELOP INTO
OVERNIGHT.
SO AS KAREN JUST SAID WE ARE
TOTALLY FINE FOR OUR EVENING COMMUTE TODAY OUR AFTERNOON
COMMUTE TODAY OUR AFTERNOON
COMMUTE.
IS TURNED OUT TO BE A PRETTY
NICE DAY YOU CAN SEE THE
STUFF YOU SEE MOVING KIND OF
QUICKER THOSE RD UPPER LEVEL
HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS AND THE
WIND IS STRONGER UP THERE
THEN THESE LOW LEVEL.
BASICALLY TURNED OUT TO BE A
VERY, VERY PRETTY DAY JUST A DIFFERENT VIEW.
DIFFERENT VIEW.
THIS IS INFRARED.
SNOW APPROACHING WE WILL
BREAK DOWN THE TIMING AND
SNOW AMOUNTS COMING UP IN A
FEW MINUTES, KAREN.
>> THANK YOU, PAUL.
>>> MORE TESTIMONY ON DAY
THREE OF THE TRIAL OF FOUR
MEN CHARGED WITH PLANNING TO
KIDNAP GOVERNOR WHITMER.
PROSECUTORS PLAYED A NEW
AUDIO RECORDING IN WHICH
BARRY CROFT SAID THEY SHOULD
EXECUTE A QUICK PRECISE GRAB
OF THE GOVERNOR.
PROSECUTORS SAY THE MAN WERE
ANGRY ABOUT PANDEMIC
RESTRICTIONS THAT THE MEN
POSE.
>> THE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS
SAYS THE MEN WERE BIG
TALKERS WHO WERE ENTRAPPED.
AND SHAWN LEY WILL HAVE MORE
ON THE NEWS AT 5:00.
>>> NEIGHBORS WERE SHOCKED
TO SEE FIRE TRUCKS OUTSIDE
OF MUDGI’S THIS MORNING. AS DAMAGE IS FAIRLY MINOR
AS DAMAGE IS FAIRLY MINOR LIMITED TO THE WINE SHOP.
LIMITED TO THE WINE SHOP.
THE AND NOW THIS.
I WAS SUPER NERVOUS AS SOON
AS WE SAW IT I WOKE MY
GIRLFRIEND UP AND SHE WAS
LIKE OH MY GOD THAT’S
MUDGI’S LUCKILY THERE WAS
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF DAMAGE
GOING ON AT THE TIME. RIGHT NOW THE CAUSE OF THE
RIGHT NOW THE CAUSE OF THE
FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION
TODAY MARKS THE TWO YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST COVID CASES TO BE CONFIRMED
COVID CASES TO BE CONFIRMED
HERE IN MICHIGAN MASK
MANDATES ON AIRPLANES AND BUSES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
BUSES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
APRIL 18th.
THE FIRST STEPS GOVERNOR
WHITMER ISSUED THE FIRST
STAY AT HOME ORDER NOW IS
THE TIME TO VOTE FOR THE BEST BUT ALSO PREPARE FOR
BEST BUT ALSO PREPARE FOR
THE WORST.
IN THIS CASE OMICRON
WHATEVER COMES NEXT WILL
HAVE TO BE MORE CONTAGIOUS
THAN THAT.
IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT NECESSARILY HAS TO BE LESS
NECESSARILY HAS TO BE LESS
DEADLY.
ABOUT THE LASTING IMPACT OF
THE PANDEMIC AND THEIR
THOUGHTS ABOUT WHERE WE GO
FROM HERE.
>>> HAPPENING RIGHT NOW,
FORMER EMPIRE ACTOR JUSSIE
SMOLLETT IS ABOUT TO BE
SENTENCED FOR LYING ABOUT A
STAGED ATTACK IN CHICAGO.
BACK IN 2019, SMOLLETT TOLD
POLICE TWO MEN WEARING SKI
MASKS BEAT HIM, HURLED
RACIAL AND HOMOPHOBIC SLURS
THEN RAN OFF DOWN A DARK
STREET TWO.
BROTHERS TOLD THE JURY
SMOLLETT ACTUALLY PAID THEM
TO CARRY OUT THE ATTACK.
SMOLLETT WAS FOUND GUILTY OF
FIVE COUNTS OF DISORDERLY
CONDUCT.
HE FACES UP TO 15 YEARS IN
PRISON BUT COULD ALSO BE
SENTENCED TO PROBATION,
COMMUNITY SERVICE AND A
FINE.
WE’RE MONITORING THE HEARING
OUT OF CHICAGO AND UPDATE
YOU WHEN IT HAPPENS.
>> AMERICA’S VICE PRESIDENT
IS JOINING A CHORUS OF
CONDEMNATION BUT RUSSIA
CONTINUES TO IGNORE WORLD
WITHIN PUSHING FORWARD WITH
ITS INVASION OF UKRAINE.
VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS
IS IN WHEN IT COMES TO CRIME
AND VIOLATIONS OF
INTERNATIONAL NORMS AND
RULES WE ARE ALSO VERY CLEAR
THAT ANY THAT ANY
INTENTIONAL ATTACK ON
INNOCENT CIVILIAN IS A
VIOLATION.
>> THE VICE PRESIDENT’S
COMMENTS COME ONE DAY AFTER
A RUSSIAN ATTACK ON A
HOSPITAL WHICH IS BELIEVED
TO BE A MATERNITY AND
CHILDREN’S FACILITY.
THREE PEOPLE DIED THERE
INCLUDING A CHILD.
LET’S BRING IN KIMBERLY GILL
TO CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE OF
THE VERY LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS.
KIM.
>> HI, KAREN.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
THE VICE PRESIDENT IS IN
EUROPE SHOWING U.S. SUPPORT FOR THE MEMBERS OF NATO WHO
FOR THE MEMBERS OF NATO WHO
ARE CLOSEST TO UKRAINE.
THE PENTAGON IN UKRAINE
THROUGH AN AMERICAN AND NATO
BASE IN PRM.
THE PENTAGON SAYS THAT WOULD
RISK ESCALATING THE
CONFLICT.
TODAY BOTH COUNTRIES ARE
DOWNPLAYING ANY KIND OF
AGREEMENT SAYING THEY ARE
UNITED IN STANDING WITH
UKRAINE.
TOP DIPLOMATS FOR RUSSIA AND
UKRAINE MET IN TURKEY TODAY. THERE ARE NO MAJOR
THERE ARE NO MAJOR
BREAKTHROUGHS THE UKRAINIAN
FOREIGN MINISTER IS
SKEPTICAL OF RUSSIA’S DESIRE
FOR PEACE.
>> MY IMPRESSION IS THAT
RUSSIA IS IS NOT IN A
POSITION AT THIS POINT TO
ESTABLISH A CEASE-FIRE.
THEY SEEK SURGEON FROM
UKRAINE THIS IS NOT WHAT
THEY’RE GOING TO GET.
>> WE WANT UKRAINE TO BE
NEUTRAL PUTIN SAID MANY
TIMES THAT INSISTING OF
NONEXTENSION OF NATO.
WE DO NOT WANT TO REMOVE
SECURITY FROM UKRAINE.
WE ARE PREPARED TO DISCUSS
UKRAINIAN SECURITY TOGETHER
WITH GUARANTEES OF SECURITY
OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND
ALSO OF RUSSIA.
>> THE TALKS HAVE DONE
NOTHING TO STOP RUSSIA
FORCES FROM STRIKING NEW
TARGETS LEAVING PEOPLE
STRANDED IN RUBBLE WITHOUT
POWER OR WORKING PHONE
SERVICE.
MORE THAN 2.3 MILLION PEOPLE
ARE NOW LEFT IN THE COUNTRY.
WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE ON
EVENTS IN POLAND, TURKEY AND
UKRAINE WHEN YOU JOIN US FOR
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 5:00.
FOR NOW KAREN BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, KIM.
>> AS THE WAR THIS UKRAINE
AND AMERICAN SANCTIONS
RATTLE THE OIL MARKETS MANY
METRO DETROIT BUSINESSES
REALLY FACING SOME TOUGH
CHOICES.
THEY ARE WEIGHING BUSINESS
NEEDS AND FAMILY OBLIGATIONS
AND TAKING A STAND AGAINST
VLADIMIR PUTIN.
PAULA TUTMAN IS WASHINGTON
TOWNSHIP FOR US.
PAULA, THIS STRUGGLE REALLY
HAS A LOT OF LAYERS.
>> THAT’S A GREAT WAY TO SAY
THAT BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES
HAVE A LOT OF LAYERS.
>> Reporter: TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS ANY COMPANY THAT HAS
ANY SIZE FLEET AT ALL ANY
TIME THAT VEHICLE ROLLS OFF
THE LOT THEY ARE FEELING THE
PAIN AND IT IS SUPER CHARGED
AND THEN ITS GETS RIGHT BACK
DOWN TO THE REST OF US
ANYWAY.
>> Reporter: WHEN YOU ARE IN
THE OUTDOORS BUSINESS YOU
CAN LITERALLY WATCH MONEY
TICK AWAY.
>> WE GO THROUGH ABOUT
10,000 GALLONS A MONTH OF
FUEL.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT GOES
UP THAT MUCH MONEY IT
DEFINITELY HAS VERY LARGE
IMPACT.
>> Reporter: SAM MORENO
OWNER OF MORENO LANDSCAPE
HAS A FLEET OF 25 VEHICLES
AND 60 WORKERS.
HE’S LOOKING FOR MORE
WORKERS BUT THERE’S A DIRECT
CAUSE AND EFFECT WITH GAS
PRICES.
>> PEOPLE WHEN YOU HAVE
THESE IT CAUSES A LOT OF
IMPACT.
>> Reporter: MARCUS CAR IS
THE OWNER OF STONEWALL
OUTDOOR SERVICES.
A YEAR-ROUND OPERATION WITH
SIX TRUCKS AND NINE GUYS.
>> 80% OF OUR BUSINESS IS
GASOLINE.
WE DRIVE TO EVERY JOB.
EVERY MACHINE THAT WE USE
TAKES GAS.
MATERIALS THAT WE USE FROM
RUBBLE IT’S MADE FROM OIL SO
OUR TIRE PRICES ARE GOING
UP.
>> Reporter: IT MEANS THAT
RIGHT NOW ALMOST EVERY
COMPANY WILL HAVE TO TACK ON
A FUEL SURCHARGE.
>> WHAT WORRIES ME RIGHT NOW
IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
WON’T RESIGN US BECAUSE IT’S
JUST NOT AFFORDABLE BECAUSE
I DO UNDERSTAND THE COST OF
LIVING IS GOING UP BUT
PEOPLE’S INCOME ISN’T GOING
UP.
>> THERE’S ALSO YOU KNOW A
LOT OF OTHER BUSINESSES THAT
WE DO BUSINESS WITH THAT
THEIR FUEL PRICES SKYROCKET
SO IT TRICKLES DOWN.
>> Reporter: TWO LANDSCAPING
COMPANIES 22 MILES APART IN
DISTANCE.
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS APART
IN GASOLINE COSTS.
BUT ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN IT
COMES TO THE REASON THE GAS
PRICES ARE RISING.
>> THE SUPPORT THAT PEOPLE
-- TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE IN
UKRAINE AND TRY TO YOU KNOW
STOP BUYING THAT OIL FROM
RUSSIA IN TURN IF IT COSTS
US MORE MONEY TEMPORARILY
THEN THAT’S THE WAY THAT IT
SHOULD BE.
YOU KNOW WE FIGHT THROUGH IT
THAT WAY.
>> PUTIN IS RUNNING WILD AND
WE AS AMERICA HAVE TO STAND
OUR GROUND.
CAN’T GET PUSHED AROUND SO
WE ACTUALLY JUST DIDN’T HAVE
A CHOICE.
SO YES, I THINK THE
SANCTIONS ARE GOOD.
WE HAD TO.
>> Reporter: YOU WANT TO
KNOW MORE PAIN ON PAIN THE
TWO LANDSCAPERS I TALKED TO
THEY HATE HAVING TO HAVE
SURCHARGES PUT ON THEIR
CUSTOMERS.
IT PAINS THEM DEEPLY.
BUT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE
TO.
STAY WITH US COMING UP AT
5:00, GOING RIGHT UP THE
ROAD YOU THINK THIS HURTS?
IMAGINE WHAT IT’S DOING TO
SCHOOL BUSES.
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT THEY
ARE PAYING FOR FUEL PRICES
RIGHT NOW, KAREN.
>> ALL RIGHT WE LOOK FORWARD