>>> LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. >>> ROARING INTO HIGH GEAR.
LIVE PICTURES AS DREAM CRUISE
WEEKEND IS UNDERWAY.
WE ARE ON GROUND LEVEL AS WE
TAKE YOU ALONG WITH US FOR A
SPECIAL RIDE.
SPECIAL RIDE. >>> IF YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT
THIS REALLY LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE
IT.
IT. IT WAS ON THE STAND TODAY.
>> AFTER WEEKS OF PARTISAN
BATTLES, OAKLAND COUNTY HAS A
NEW LEADER.
NEW LEADER. >> THE MAYOR IS TAKING OVER.
>>> THE OAKLAND COUNTY
COMMISSIONER APPOINTED DAVE
COULTER IN A BOAT THAT FELL
RIGHT ALONG PARTY LINES.
THIS CAME AFTER A ROCKY DATE
THAT EVEN HAD A JUDGE GETTING
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED. HE SPENT THE LAST YEARS AS A
MAYOR.
MAYOR. HE IS 59-YEARS-OLD AND HE IS A
DEMOCRAT.
DEMOCRAT. LET’S GO LIVE WITH THE NEW
INFORMATION ON HIS APPOINTMENT
AND THE POLITICAL THINGS
SURROUNDING IT.
SURROUNDING IT. >>> REPORTER: REPUBLICANS ARE
ACCUSING DEMOCRATS OF BACKDOOR
POLITICS.
POLITICS. EVENTUALLY STEALING DECEIT.
THEY SAY THAT DAVE COULTER, HOW
DID THEY GET THE VOTE WITH THEIR
OWN CHAIRMAN RESIGNED JUST A FEW
DAYS AGO.
DAYS AGO. IT IS A LONG HELD REPUBLICAN
SEAT.
SEAT. >> MR. DAVE COULTER IS THE NEXT
LEADER.
LEADER. >> THE VOTE CAME DOWN TO PARTY
LINES.
LINES. DEMOCRATS APPOINTED DAVE COULTER
AS THE NEXT EXECUTIVE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG MORNING.
>> THE DAY WAS MIRED IN
CONTROVERSY.
CONTROVERSY. IT WAS DISPUTED BY REPUBLICANS
AFTER THE CHAIRMAN WAS BACK IN
HIS SEAT.
HIS SEAT. >> WOODWARD WHO IS A DEMOCRAT
HAD RESIGNED EXPECTING TO BE
NOMINATED FOR EXECUTIVE.
REPUBLICANS POUNCE.
REPUBLICANS POUNCE. >> HE DOESN’T HAVE THE VOTES SO
NOW HE WANTS HIS SEAT BACK SO HE
VOTES FOR DAVE COULTER.
>> THE CHAIRMAN AND
COMMISSIONERS FACED A CROWD OF
CONSTITUENTS CHRIS -- CRITICAL
OF THE PROCESS.
>> I THINK HE RESIGNED BUT IT
DOESN’T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
>> WHY IS HE SITTING UP THERE
AND HE HASN’T BEEN REMOVED.
>> WITH WOODWARD DEMOCRATS HAD A
ONE-VOTE ADVANTAGE AND THEY USED
IT TO PROMOTE DAVE COULTER.
THE DEATH OF A ANOTHER ONE
ALLOWED THIS.
ALLOWED THIS. >> HOW DID WE KNOW DAVE WOULD
HAVE THE VOTES.
THERE IS SOMETHING SHADY GOING
ON.
ON. >>> REPORTER: COULTER DID SPEAK
ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS WAS A
JOYOUS DAY FOR HIM -- MIKE
WASN’T A JOYOUS DAY FOR HIM.
HE SAID HE WANTS TO WORK WITH
THE STAFFERS.
THE STAFFERS. THERE WERE A FEW PEOPLE
THREATENING TO RESIGN IF DAVE
COULTER WAS APPOINTED.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
HE IS THE MAYOR IN FERNDALE.
HE HAS TO RESIGNED THAT JOB
BEFORE HE CAN TAKE THE NEXT JOB.
THAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT WEEK.
BACK TO YOU.
>>> BACK TO THE VOTES CAUGHT
REPUBLICANS KNEW THEY DID NOT
HAVE THE VOTES SO THEY TRY TO
TURN TO THE COURTS.
>> THEY WERE HOPING A JUDGE
WOULD ISSUE AN INJUNCTION BUT
THE JUDGE DID NOT RULE IN THEIR
FAVOR.
FAVOR. COMING UP WE WILL LOOK AT WHAT
CULTURES GOALS ARE AS HE TAKE A
SEAT.
SEAT. >>> WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO
THAT.
THAT. >>> WE DO WANT TO GET TO SOME
BREAKING NEWS OUT OF NEW YORK
CITY.
CITY. THAT IS WHERE A MEDICAL EXAMINER
HAS RULED JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S
DEATH WAS A SUICIDE.
HE WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS PRISON
CELL LAST WEEK.
HE HAD BEEN ON SUICIDE WATCH
AFTER AN INCIDENT LAST MONTH.
HE WAS BEHIND BARS WAITING TRIAL
FOR ABUSING UNDER AGE GIRLS
ALLEGEDLY.
ALLEGEDLY. >>> HEARTBREAKING MOMENTS INSIDE
OF A COURT ROOM AS A 12-YEAR-OLD
BOY TOOK THE WITNESS STAND AND
DESCRIBE THE HORROR OF WATCHING
HIS MOTHER GET SHOT IN THE HEAD.
>> DARRELL EDWARDS CHARGED WITH
ASSAULT AND WE ARE FOLLOWING
THIS STORY.
THIS STORY. YOUR HEART JUST BREAKS FOR THIS
KID.
KID. >>> REPORTER: JASON, FIRST OF
ALL WE WILL NOT NAME HIM AND WE
WILL NOT SHOW HIM ON THE STAND.
YOU CAN HEAR HIM AND YOU CAN
HEAR THE LITTLE BOY’S VOICE.
THEN YOU SEE HE IS SO POISED IN
COURT AS HE TELLS THE JUDGE
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED THE NIGHT
HIS MOTHER GOT SHOT IN THE HEAD.
>> YOU SAW HIM WITH THE GUN AND
WHAT DID HE DO?
>> HE WAS ONLY 11-YEARS-OLD THE
NIGHT HIS MOTHER FORMER
BOYFRIEND STORMED INTO THEIR
HOME AND STARTED SHOOTING.
FIRST AT HIS MOTHER’S BOYFRIEND
CHRIS.
CHRIS. >> HE SHOT CHRIS.
>> HOW MANY TIMES DID HE SHOOT
CHRIS.
CHRIS. >> THREE TIMES.
>> WHERE DID HE SHOOT HIM?
>> TWO TIMES IN THE HEAD AND
ONCE IN THE CHEST.
>> AFTER SEEING THAT HE TOLD HOW
EDWARDS TURNED THE GUN ON HIS
MOTHER.
MOTHER. >> DO YOU KNOW WHERE ON HER BODY
SHOT HER?
SHOT HER? >> IN THE HEAD.
>> THAT 11-YEAR-OLD BOY IS NOW
12.
12. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED ON JULY 9.
HE RAN FOR HELP AND FLAG DOWN
PEOPLE IN THE STREET TELLING
THEM HIS MOM NEEDED HELP.
WHEN POLICE ARRIVED THEY FOUND
HIS MOTHER SHOT IN THE HEAD.
HIS MOTHER -- HIS MOTHER’S
BOYFRIEND WERE SHOT AND HIS
SIBLINGS WITH STAB WOUNDS AND
BRUISES.
BRUISES. >> SOMEHOW, BOTH HIS MOTHER AND
HIS MOTHER’S BOYFRIEND SURVIVED
THE SHOOTING.
THE SHOOTING. ALTHOUGH HIS MOTHER IS STILL IN
THE HOSPITAL TODAY.
TODAY THE WHOLE COURT PROCEEDING
WILL CONTINUE ONCE SHE IS OUT
AND WILL RESUME IN SEPTEMBER.
BACK TO YOU.
>>> SHE SAYS IT WOULD KILL A
PIECE OF HER.
RASHIDA TO LEAP SAID SHE WILL
NOT BE GOING ON HER PLANNED TRIP
NEXT WEEK.
NEXT WEEK. THIS COMES AFTER THE ISRAELI
GOVERNMENT ALLOWED TO LET HER
INTO THE CONDITION AFTER
CONDITIONS.
CONDITIONS. LET’S GET TO LARRY.
HE IS LIVE AHEAD OF AN EVENT THE
CONGRESSWOMAN WILL BE ATTENDING.
>>> REPORTER: GOOD EVENING.
SHE HAS BEEN VERY QUIET ALL DAY
TODAY.
TODAY. WE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO HER
MULTIPLE TIMES BUT HER TEAM SAID
SHE WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE.
THAT HAS JUST CHANGE.
WE WERE TOLD SHE WOULD BE HERE
AT THIS PARK, JUST ACROSS THE
STREET AT A RALLY AT 5:30 P.M.
>> THE LAST 24 HOURS FOR HER HAD
A LOT OF UPS AND DOWNS.
ON THURSDAY ISRAEL SAID THEY
WILL BAR HER IN OMAR FROM ENTRY.
SHE RELEASED THESE WORDS ON
FRIDAY.
FRIDAY. MY FAMILY AND I CRIED TOGETHER
THROUGHOUT THIS ORDEAL.
THEY PROMISED TO KEEP MY
GRANDMOTHER ALIVE UNTIL I COULD
ONE DAY REUNITE WITH HER.
THIS CAME AFTER A PUBLIC
STATEMENT FROM TRUMP VIA TWITTER
SAYING IT WOULD SHOW GREAT
WEAKNESS IF ISRAEL ALLOWED THEM
TO VISIT.
TO VISIT. HE ALSO SAYS THEY HATE ISRAEL
AND ALL JEWISH PEOPLE.
>> TODAY WE LEARNED SHE WAS
ALLOWED TO TRAVEL BUT SHE SAID
IN A STATEMENT SHE WOULD NOT
TAKE THE TRIP TO SEE HER
GRANDMOTHER AFTER ALL.
THE NEWS QUICKLY SPREAD
THROUGHOUT THE CITY ESPECIALLY
AMONGST THE PEOPLE SHE
REPRESENTS.
REPRESENTS. >> I DO NOT THINK THAT IS RIGHT.
I THINK YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO
WHERE EVER YOU WANT TO.
>> MY PHOTOGRAPHER AND I TRIED
MULTIPLE TIMES TO HEAR FROM THE
WOMAN.
WOMAN. WE STOPPED BY HER HOUSE, HER
OFFICE AND EVEN E-MAILED HER
TEAM ONLY TO BE TOLD SHE WOULD
NOT BE TALKING TO THE MEDIA.
SHE DID SEND US THE STATEMENT.
>> THE ISRAEL GOVERNMENT USE MY
LOVE AND DESIRE TO SEE MY
GRANDMOTHER TO SILENCE ME.
SILENCE ME WITH TREATMENTS TO
MAKE ME FEEL LESS THAN IS NOT
WHAT SHE WANTS FROM ME.
IT WOULD KILL A NEED THAT ALWAYS
STANDS UP AGAINST RACISM AND
INJUSTICE.
INJUSTICE. >>> AGAIN, WE WERE TOLD BY HER
TEAM THAT SHE WOULD BE HERE AT
THIS PARK AT 5:30 P.M.
SHE AND HER SUPPORTERS WILL
SPEAK.
SPEAK. I AM WORKING ON THAT STORY
COMING UP TONIGHT.
BACK TO YOU.
>>> LARRY YOU MENTIONED THE
EVENT AT 5:30 P.M.
DO WE DO WITH THE RALLY IS
ABOUT?
ABOUT? >> KIMBERLY IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
HER SUPPORTERS AND PEOPLE OF THE
JEWISH COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE WHO
VOTED FOR HER.
THEY SIMPLY WANT TO MEET HERE TO
SHOW SUPPORT FOR WHAT SHE IS
GOING THROUGH.
GOING THROUGH. AGAIN THAT WILL BE IN 20 MINUTES
AT 5:30 P.M.
>>> KEEP US POSTED.
>>> EIGHT WOMAN IS RECOVERING
AFTER A CRASH LEFT A CAR STUCK
IN A CONSTRUCTION HOLE.
IT HAPPENED THIS AFTERNOON.
POLICE SAY THAT THE 73-YEAR-OLD
WOMAN DRIVING THE SILVER DODGE
RAN INTO THE TANNED CAR.
THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER CAR WAS
ABLE TO CLIMB OUT SAFELY AND WAS
NOT HEARD.
NOT HEARD. THE 73-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS TAKEN
TO THE HOSPITAL AND SHE WILL BE
OKAY.
OKAY. >>> IT DOESN’T START UNTIL
TOMORROW BUT IT IS SAFE TO SAY
THE WOODWARD DREAM CRUISE HAS
ALREADY HIT HIGH GEAR.
TAKE A LOOK.
THIS LOOKS LIKE A PARKING LOT
BUT NO, THIS IS THE NORTHBOUND
LANES.
LANES. CLASSIC CARS AND EVERYTHING ELSE
IS OUT THERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE TO
CHECK OUT THE CARS.
TIM IS LIVE THERE TONIGHT.
I KNOW YOU CAUGHT UP WITH A
SPECIAL GROUP TODAY.
>>> REPORTER: I CERTAINLY DID.
WE ARE NEAR LONE PINE IN THIS
ARKING LOT.
ARKING LOT. IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
EVERYTHING GOING ON HERE IS
BEAUTIFUL.
BEAUTIFUL. SOME OF DETROIT’S FINEST CLASSIC
CARS ARE HERE.
>> IT IS THE EIGHTH YEAR FOR
THIS.
THIS. THEY MAKE WOODWARD DREAMS COME
TRUE.
TRUE. IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE
TO GET OUT OF THEIR WHEELCHAIRS.
THE ORGANIZATION FOUNDER SAID IT
STARTED FROM SOMETHING VERY
PERSONAL.
PERSONAL. >> MY BROTHER DANNY AND I USED
TO DO THIS ON SUNDAYS.
HE WAS PARALYZED FROM THE NECK
DOWN.
DOWN. WE JUST TOOK MY MOTHER’S CAR
WITHOUT ASKING HER AND WE WOULD
GET INTO THE CONVERTIBLE AND GO
CRUISE.
CRUISE. >> MEDICAL STAFF ON HAND TO HELP
LOAD THE INDIVIDUALS IN-AND-OUT
OF THE CARS.
THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF PEOPLE
WILLING TO DRIVE.
>> THIS WILL BE THE ONLY EVENT I
GO TO FOR THE DREAM CRUISE.
I HAVEN’T GONE TO ANY OF THE
OTHER STUFF.
OTHER STUFF. THIS IS MORE WHAT IT IS ABOUT
THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
>>> WE ARE NOW LOOKING LIVE AT
COURTNEY.
COURTNEY. SHE IS RIDING IN ONE OF THE
CLASSIC CARS DOWN WOODWARD
AVENUE.
AVENUE. THIS IS WHAT IT IS LIKE FOR
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE. ANYONE CAN TAKE A TRIP DOWN THE
WOODWARD DREAM CRUISE.
THE CHILDREN AND ADULTS LOVE
THIS.
THIS. THIS IS THE BEL AIR WE SAW
EARLIER.
EARLIER. ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS IS HERE.
THIS IS A FUN TIME FOR EVERYONE.
BACK TO YOU.
>>> A GREAT CAR AND A GREAT
NAME.
NAME. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE A 50s TV
SHOW.
SHOW. >> WE LOVE TO SEE THEM SMILING.
>> WE ARE UP AND RUNNING ON THIS
FRIDAY.
FRIDAY. >> WE ARE LIVE ON LOCAL
CHANNEL 4 WITH A CASE OF ANIMAL
ABUSE THAT OFFICERS HAVE NEVER
SEEN BEFORE.
SEEN BEFORE. >>