DOCTOR LARRY NASSAR, IS RECOVERING AFTER BEING STABBED SEVERAL TIMES DURING AN
ALTERCATION IN PRISON SUNDAY.
WE’VE BEEN GETTING MORE AND MORE
DETAILS AS EVER SINCE THIS STORY
BROKE AFTER EIGHT THIS MORNING.
NASSAR WAS STABBED TEN TIMES.
WHY IS ANOTHER QUESTION? LET’S
BRING IN SHAWN LEY, WHO’S
WORKING THIS STORY FOR US THIS
NOON AND, SEAN, WHAT ELSE CAN
YOU TELL US ABOUT NASSAR’S
CURRENT CONDITION? THE BUREAU OF
PRISONS, JASON, TELLING US RIGHT
AT THIS NOON HOUR JUST GOT AN
EMAIL FROM THEM SAYING THIS IS A
CRITICAL LIFE SAVING SITUATION.
>> THEY HAD TO JUMP IN AND SAVE
LARRY NASSAR’S LIFE. THAT’S HOW
CRITICAL THIS SITUATION WAS OF
HIM BEING STABBED BY ANOTHER
INMATE TEN TIMES. HOWEVER, THEY
WERE ABLE TO GET HIM HELP SO
QUICKLY. WE ARE BEING TOLD RIGHT
NOW. LARRY NASSAR IS IN THAT
FLORIDA MEDICAL CENTER IN THE
PRISON IN STABLE CONDITION RIGHT
NOW. LET’S BREAK IT ALL DOWN FOR
YOU. WE’RE GATHERING SO MUCH
REACTION TO THIS HUGE STORY.
THIS HAPPENED INSIDE THE FEDERAL
PRISON THAT’S LOCATED IN SUMTER
COUNTY, FLORIDA. NASSAR HAS BEEN
DOING TIME THERE SINCE 2017
AFTER HE PLED GUILTY. YOU
REMEMBER THE CASE, OF COURSE,
THE SEXUALLY ABUSING UNDERAGED
GIRLS GYMNASTS WHILE NASSAR WAS
SERVING AS TEAM DOCTOR FOR USA
GYMNASTICS AND MICHIGAN STATE
UNIVERSITY. DETAILS COMING OUT
OF THE PRISON RIGHT NOW. THE
NASSAR AND ANOTHER INMATE WERE
INVOLVED IN SOME SORT OF
ALTERCATION. WHAT WAS NASSAR
TARGETED? HOWEVER NASSAR WAS
STABBED IN THE BACK AND CHEST,
AS YOU SAID, JASON, TEN TIMES.
AN ATTACK BY AN INMATE WHO WAS
ABLE TO GET HIS HANDS ON A KNIFE
OR MADE A KNIFE. THERE IN
PRISON. THIS IS A SHOCKING
DEVELOPMENT. I JUST INTERVIEWED
INGHAM COUNTY JUDGE MARY ANN
AQUILINA, WHO’S SENTENCED NASSAR
TO 60 YEARS IN PRISON. THE JUDGE
TELLING ME PRISON VIOLENCE IS A
HUGE ISSUE NATIONWIDE. SHE SAYS
PRISONS HAVE TO PROTECT THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THEIR CARE.
HERE IS WHAT JUDGE AQUILINO TOLD
ME JUST MOMENTS AGO.
>> WE HAVE TO HAVE SAFETY OVER
MONEY. NO MATTER WHETHER YOU’RE
ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PRISON
WALLS OR IN THE INSIDE OF THE
PRISON WALLS. THIS WAS TOTALLY
FORESEEABLE. WE HAD EPSTEIN
WE’VE HAD COUNTLESS CASES LIKE
THIS. AND MY QUESTION TO THEM IS
WHERE WERE YOU? AND DON’T USE
THE EXCUSE OF BEING SHORT
STAFFED.
>> BACK HERE LIVE MUCH MORE FROM
THE JUDGE. REALLY FASCINATING
INTERVIEW WITH HER THAT WE JUST
CONDUCTED, JASON, BECAUSE SHE
HAD THOSE FAMOUS WORDS. LARRY
NASSAR, AS SHE WAS SIGNING THE
SENTENCING THERE. I’M SIGNING
YOUR DEATH CERTIFICATE LATE, BUT
SHE MEANT LIFE IN PRISON, NOT
PRISON VIOLENCE HERE. AND SHE
SAYS PRISONERS, NO MATTER WHO
THEY ARE, MUST ALL BE PROTECTED
. WE’RE ALSO DOWNTOWN. WE SPOKE
WITH FORMER US ATTORNEY MATTHEW
SCHNEIDER, WHO SAYS CERTAINLY
PROSECUTORS THERE MUST GO AFTER
THE PERSON WHO STABBED NASSAR AS
WELL. AND NASSAR NOW MAY HAVE A
LAWSUIT SINCE SURVIVING THIS
AGAINST THE PRISON SYSTEM. MUCH
MORE COMING UP AT FIVE. YEAH A
LOT OF VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OUT
THERE WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM
SERVE THE ENTIRETY OF THAT
SENTENCE.
>> ALL RIGHT, SEAN, WE’LL TALK
TO YOU A LITTLE BIT LATER ON
LOCAL 4 NEWS THIS AFTERNOON.
ALSO INTO THE NEWSROOM, JUST A
FEW MINUTES AGO, WE LEARNED
DOROTHY ZEHNDER, MATRIARCH OF
THE BAVARIAN INN, HAS DIED. SHE
DIED AT HER FRANKENMUTH HOME.
SHE WAS 101. DOROTHY SPENT MOST
OF HER LIFE WORKING AS THE FACE
OF THE BAVARIAN INN AND THE
ZEHNDER FAMILY. SHE WAS BORN IN
1921, IN REESE, MICHIGAN, WHICH
IS ABOUT TEN MILES NORTH OF
FRANKENMUTH. HER FAMILY BUSINESS
HAS EXPANDED GREATLY OVER THE
YEARS FROM THE INN AND NOW IT
ENCOMPASSES THE FRANKENMUTH
CHEESE HOUSE, THE RIVER PLACE
SHOPS AND BAVARIAN BLEACHERS.
AMONG MANY OTHERS. SHE’LL BE
BURIED AT THE SAINT LAWRENCE
LUTHERAN CHURCH, WHERE SHE WAS A
LIFELONG MEMBER SERVICE AND
VISITATION DETAILS WILL BE
RELEASED BY THE FAMILY LATER
THIS WEEK. HAPPENING RIGHT NOW,
JURY SELECTION IN A TRIAL TO
HOPEFULLY SETTLE AN ONGOING
LEGAL STRUGGLE OVER ARETHA
FRANKLIN’S ESTATE. THREE OF HER
FOUR SONS ARE INVOLVED IN THIS
DISPUTE. FRANKLIN DIDN’T HAVE A
FORMAL WILL, BUT THE FAMILY
FOUND TWO HANDWRITTEN LETTERS
AFTER SHE DIED. THE LEGAL BATTLE
REVOLVES AROUND WHICH OF THOSE
TWO LETTERS WILL BE CONSIDERED
HER WILL TED WHITE. THE SECOND
ARGUES PAPERS DATED IN 2010
SHOULD CONTROL THE ESTATE, WHILE
KECALF FRANKLIN AND EDWARD
FRANKLIN FAVOR A. 2014 DATED
DOCUMENT. A 21 YEAR OLD
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN STUDENT
IS DEAD AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR
WHILE RIDING A MOTORIZED SCOOTER
. IT HAPPENED AROUND 1130 ON
SATURDAY NIGHT IN ANN ARBOR.
POLICE SAY. SETH SHUGAR FROM
DEERFIELD, ILLINOIS, WAS
TRAVELING EAST ON HILL STREET
WHEN THE SCOOTER HE WAS ON
CROSSED THE CENTER LINE NEAR
OAKLAND AVENUE. HE WAS HIT HEAD
ON AND SUFFERED MAJOR HEAD
INJURIES. THE DRIVER OF THE CAR
WAS NOT HURT AND THAT CRASH
REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION
TODAY. A VICTIM WHO WAS LOCKED
INSIDE A GAS STATION BY THE
STORE CLERK DURING A SHOOTING IS
SUING EXXONMOBIL. BILL DAVID
LANGSTON WAS SHOT IN THE HAND
THAT DAY AT THE DETROIT GAS
STATION. HE’S ASKING FOR $150
MILLION. ANOTHER MAN WAS WOUNDED
AND LANGSTON’S BEST FRIEND WAS
SHOT NINE TIMES AND DIED DURING
THAT ATTACK. THE LAWSUIT ACCUSES
EXXONMOBIL AND THE STORE CLERK
OF GROSS NEGLIGENCE IN LOCKING
THAT DOOR SO NO ONE COULD LEAVE
UNDER STAFFING THE SITUATION,
ALSO PLAYING A PART HERE, NOT
HAVING A SHOPLIFTING POLICY AND
FAILING TO PROPERLY TRAIN THE
STAFF. IF YOU’RE HEADED OUTSIDE
TODAY, GRAB NOT THE UMBRELLA,
JUST SOME SUNSCREEN, MAYBE SOME
SUNGLASSES, MAYBE ONE OF THOSE
LITTLE FANS THAT YOU CARRY AND,
YOU KNOW, JUST SPRITZ YOURSELF.
MAYBE THE ONES THAT I DON’T KNOW
THAT MIGHT BE A LOT. ASHLEY DO
WE NEED ALL OF THAT OR JUST I
DON’T KNOW IF THE SPRITZ IS
NECESSARY, RIGHT.
>> WELL, I MEAN, IF YOU’RE GOING
TO MAYBE A LITTLE LEAGUE GAME, T
BALL GAME, YOU MIGHT WANT THAT.
IF YOU ARE JUST GOING TO BE
COOKING IN THE SUN. BUT
OTHERWISE, TRY TO STAY IN THE
SHADE. SHOULDN’T BE TOO BAD.
HOWEVER THERE IS AN AIR QUALITY
ALERT FOR TODAY FOR MOST OF
SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN AND SO
THAT MEANS THOSE THAT HAVE
RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES OR EVEN
OUR SMALL CHILDREN SHOULD REALLY
LIMIT THEIR TIME OUTSIDE. SO
JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THE ONES YOU
LOVE. CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED
STORM RETURNS TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. SO HIGH PRESSURE
DOMINATES TODAY, BRINGING DRIER
CONDITIONS. BUT THAT’S JUST THE
START. TOMORROW AFTERNOON OF
ROUNDS OF RAIN THAT COULD BE
HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGHOUT
MIDWEEK. HERE’S OUR CLOUDS AND
RADAR FORECAST AS YOU SEE THE
NORTHERN PART OF MICHIGAN
GETTING BRUSHED WITH A FEW LIGHT
SHOWERS. OTHERWISE, WE HAVE
CLEAR SKIES ACROSS A GOOD
PORTION OF SOUTHEASTERN
MICHIGAN, STRETCHING ALL THE WAY
OFF INTO THE PLAINS. SO AS WE
TAKE A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE MOUNT
CLEMENS, A LITTLE BIT OF HAZE
OUT THERE. SO NO SURPRISE GIVEN
THAT WE DO HAVE THAT AIR QUALITY
ALERT. IT’S NOT WILDFIRE SMOKE,
JUST HIGHER LEVELS OF OZONE
POLLUTANTS. BUT 81 ALREADY IN
DETROIT, 82 IN HOWELL, 79, IN
PORT HERE ON 80, IN MONROE, WITH
A LIGHT SOUTHWESTERLY BREEZE. SO
FOR TODAY, WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE
SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF
THE AFTERNOON. WE TOP OUT RIGHT
AROUND 87 DEGREES. OUR ISOLATED
PM RAIN CHANCES RETURN HEADING
INTO TUESDAY. WE WILL TIME THAT
OUT FOR YOU HOUR BY HOUR IN JUST
A FEW MINUTES.
>> ALL RIGHT, ASHLEY, MORE
BREAKING NEWS TO GET TO HERE AT
AT NOON IN THIS ONE OUT OF
MACOMB COUNTY, WESTBOUND I 696
AT GROESBECK IS CLOSED RIGHT NOW
FOR A CRASH AND THERE’S A GOOD
LOOK AT IT A SEMI INVOLVED AS
WELL AS A COUPLE OF OTHER
VEHICLES. WE HAVE NO WORD ON
INJURIES HERE BUT YOU CAN SEE
TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW MOVING ALONG
SLOWLY ON THE SHOULDER AND
OBVIOUSLY ON THE SERVICE DRIVE A
LOT OF OTHER CARS EXITING.
HOPEFULLY YOU CAN AVOID THIS