DRIVER OF A BUS HAS BEEN CHARGED AFTER HITTING AND KILLING SOMEONE WHILE DRIVING DOWNTOWN.
I’M RHONDA WALKER. THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US THIS WEDNESDAY AT
NOON, 67 YEAR OLD JANICE BAUER
OF GROSSE POINTE PARK WAS
WALKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF
CONGRESS AND GRISWOLD STREETS
WHEN SHE WAS HIT BY A BUS ON
JUNE 2ND, 59 YEAR OLD GERALDINE
JOHNSON WAS THE DRIVER OF THAT
BUS, AND NOW SHE IS FACING
CHARGES. WE HEAD NOW TO SHAWN
LEY, WHO HAS BEEN MONITORING
COURT ALL MORNING. AND SHAWN
TALKED TO US ABOUT WHAT IT WAS
LIKE IN THE COURTROOM. SHE HAS
NOT APPEARED YET.
>> WE’VE BEEN MONITORING AND
ASKING WHY. A SOMEWHAT OF A
DELAY HERE, BUT THAT’S NOT
UNUSUAL FOR 36 DISTRICT COURT
ARRAIGNMENTS. WE ARE
UNDERSTANDING THAT SHE WILL BE
ARRAIGNED. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
AT 1030, BUT IT COULD BE ANY
MINUTE NOW. AND WE’RE CONTINUE
TO MONITOR. WHAT WE ARE IS RIGHT
AT THE SCENE HERE AT CONGRESS
AND GRISWOLD WHERE THIS
HAPPENED. WE WERE HERE TWO WEEKS
AGO. PEOPLE WERE HORRIFIED.
WOMAN HIT STRAIGHT ON BY A BUS.
HOW COULD THAT HAPPEN? LET’S
TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED NOW AND
WHAT WE’RE EXPECTING OUT OF
COURT. JODI JOHNSON, AS YOU
MENTIONED, RHONDA, 59 YEAR OLD
BUS DRIVER FROM HARPER WOODS, A
LONGTIME BUS DRIVER WITH. JUNE
2ND WAS FRIDAY. IT WAS FREE
FRIDAY AT THE GRAND PRIX, JUST A
BLOCK AWAY. JOHNSON IN THE
PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE SAYS, TURNED
HER BUS IN FRONT OF JANIS BAUER,
67 YEAR OLD FROM GROSSE POINTE
PARK. NOW, MISS BAUER HAD THE
RIGHT OF WAY, ACCORDING TO
PROSECUTORS, SHE WAS IN A
CROSSWALK. SHE HAD THE GREEN
LIGHT. WHY WAS THE DRIVER
PULLING INTO HER PATH? DID SHE
NOT SEE HER? WAS SHE DISTRACTED
AGAIN? GRAND PRIX JUST A BLOCK
AWAY. SO THAT’S STILL UNDER
INVESTIGATION. JOHNSON CHARGED
WITH A MOVING VIOLATION, NOW
CAUSING DEATH. SHE DROVE FOR
WHEN SHE HIT AND KILLED ANOTHER
PEDESTRIAN IN BACK IN 2015. THAT
FAMILY SUED THE CITY, PAID OUT A
SETTLEMENT. JOHN SON GOT
RETRAINED BY DOT AND EXCUSE ME,
IT WAS PUT BACK BEHIND THE WHEEL
OF A BUS. AGAIN, WE ARE WAITING
HER ARRAIGNMENT. WE’LL HAVE MUCH
MORE ON IF SHE’S GOING TO BE
HELD WITHOUT BOND AND WHAT DOT
AND THE CITY HAS TO SAY NOW THAT
ANOTHER THAT SHE HAS BEEN
CHARGED IN THIS CASE. SHE WAS
NOT CHARGED IN THAT ORIGINAL
CASE. RHONDA, BACK TO YOU.
>> OKAY, SHAWN, THANK YOU.
HARPER WOODS, POLICE ARE LOOKING
INTO A DEADLY ACCIDENT THAT
HAPPENED AROUND 10:00 LAST NIGHT
ON EASTBOUND 984 NEAR EIGHT MILE
AND VERNIER. POLICE ARE SAYING
THAT A 23 YEAR OLD MAN FROM
ROSEVILLE WAS HIT ON THE
SHOULDER OF THE FREEWAY AS HE
WAS TRYING TO CHANGE A FLAT TIRE
. THE SUSPECT THEN FLED THE
SCENE ON FOOT BEFORE LATER BEING
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. POLICE SAY
THAT THE 25 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM
CLINTON TOWNSHIP WILL UNDERGO A
BLOOD DRAW. THEY ALSO SAY THAT
SHE WILL BE CHARGED FOR BITING
AN OFFICER DURING THE ARREST. A
FIRE BROKE OUT INSIDE THE
POPULAR KERBY’S CONEY ISLAND
RESTAURANT IN SOUTHFIELD THIS
MORNING AND SIGNIFY DAMAGE HAS
BEEN LEFT BEHIND, PARTICULARLY
TO THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING TO
IDENTIFY WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE
THAT OVERTOOK THE DINER LOCATED
RIGHT THERE ON THE NORTHWEST
HIGHWAY SERVICE DRIVE NEAR TEN
MILE AND EVERGREEN. THE
BUILDING’S EXTERIOR APPEARED
MOSTLY UNAFFECTED, APART FROM AT
LEAST ONE BROKEN WINDOW. BUT THE
FIRE RUINED ALMOST EVERYTHING
INSIDE OF THIS RESTAURANT. IT
DOES NOT APPEAR THAT ANYONE WAS
INJURED, BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE
IT’S GOING TO HAVE TO BE
COMPLETELY REBUILT. THIS
MORNING, THE DETROIT
METROPOLITAN AIRPORT CONDUCTED
AN AIRPORT DISASTER AND
PREPAREDNESS TRAINING EXERCISE
MANDATED BY THE FAA. THE
EXERCISE INVOLVES A MASS
CASUALTY INCIDENT, STARTING WITH
AN ACTIVE SHOOTER AND ENDING
WITH A HOSTAGE SITUATION AND
SIMULATED EXPLOSION ON BOARD AN
AIRCRAFT. ATTENDEES OF THE
EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 2023
POLICE AND FIRE STAFF AND
COMMAND LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS
ACTED AS INJURED PERSONS FOR
THAT EXERCISE. MICHIGAN
REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRPERSON
KRISTINA KARAMO IS BEING ORDERED
TO PAY MORE THAN $58,000 IN
LEGAL FEES AFTER FILING THAT
LAWSUIT CHALLENGING ABSENTEE
VOTING IN DETROIT. CAAMANO
KARAMO AND OTHERS SUED TO TRY TO
FORCE DETROIT RESIDENTS TO VOTE
IN PERSON OR GO TO CITY CLERK’S
OFFICES TO GET AN ABSENTEE
BALLOT. SHE MADE ALLEGATIONS
ABOUT DETROIT ELECTION STATUTES
AND ABSENTEE BALLOT PROCEDURES.
HER LAWSUIT WAS THROWN OUT
SHORTLY BEFORE THE MIDTERM
ELECTION LAST YEAR. A WAYNE
COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE SAID
THAT THE LAWSUIT WAS ABSENT OF
ANY FACTS. FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS BACK IN NEW JERSEY THIS
MORNING AFTER PLEADING NOT
GUILTY ON FEDERAL CHARGES IN
FLORIDA. THE FORMER PRESIDENT
WAS ARRESTED AND ARRAIGNED IN
MIAMI YESTERDAY. NBC’S BRIE
JACKSON IS IN WASHINGTON WITH A
BREAKDOWN OF HOW HIS SUPPORTERS
AND CRITICS ARE REACTING TODAY.
A DEFIANT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP
DELIVERED REMARKS FROM HIS NEW
JERSEY GOLF CLUB TUESDAY NIGHT.
>> THE FORMER PRESIDENT DID NOT
USE HIS SPEECH TO DENY HAVING
THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS, AND HE
DID NOT DENY THE OBSTRUCTION OF
JUSTICE CHARGES AGAINST HIM.
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ADDRESSED
SUPPORTERS AFTER ENTERING A NOT
GUILTY PLEA IN FEDERAL COURT.
THIS DAY WILL GO DOWN IN INFAMY
. PROSECUTORS ALLEGE THAT TRUMP
MISHANDLED AND SCHEMED TO HOLD
ON TO CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. HE
FACES 37 FELONY COUNTS, CHARGE
BEING A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES UNDER THE
ESPIONAGE ACT OF 1917.
>> THE HISTORIC ARRAIGNMENT DREW
CROWDS OF OPPONENTS AND
SUPPORTERS.
>> FREEDOM FOR TRUMP. FREEDOM
FOR TRUMP. HELLO, EVERYBODY.
DURING A QUICK STOP AT A CUBAN
RESTAURANT, SOME SANG HAPPY
BIRTHDAY TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT
BIRTHDAY. SOME BIRTHDAY WHO
TURNED 77 TODAY. OTHERS SANG HIS
PRAISES OUTSIDE THE FEDERAL
COURTHOUSE.
>> THE TRUMP TRAIN IS NOT A
TRAIN ANYMORE. IT’S A STARSHIP,
ACTUALLY, A FLEET OF STARSHIPS.
>> ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, HIS
FORMER RUNNING MATE TURNED 2024,
CHALLENGER MIKE PENCE IS AMONG
THOSE RAISING CONCERNS.
>> I HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE
INDICTMENT OVER THE WEEKEND AND
THIS INDICTMENT CONTAINS SERIOUS
CHARGES AND I CANNOT DEFEND WHAT
IS ALLEGED.
>> SENATE MINORITY LEADER MITCH
MCCONNELL AVOIDED QUESTIONS
ABOUT TRUMP’S INDICTMENT AND
SAYS HE WANTS TO STAY OUT OF THE
2024 RACE.
>> I’M NOT GOING TO START
COMMENTING ON THE VARIOUS
CANDIDATES WE HAVE RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT. THERE ARE A LOT OF
THEM. IT’S GOING TO BE
INTERESTING TO WATCH.
>> PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD ARE
WATCHING AND WAITING TO SEE HOW
THE LEGAL CASES AGAINST THE NOW
TWICE INDICTED FORMER PRESIDENT
PLAY OUT AND JUDGE EILEEN
CANNON, A TRUMP APPOINTED JUDGE,
HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO OVERSEE THE
TRIAL. IN WASHINGTON, BREE
JACKSON, NBC NEWS. ALL RIGHT,
BREE, THANK YOU.
>> AFTER MONTHS OF LESS THAN
STELLAR SALES NUMBERS, BUD LIGHT
IS NO LONGER THE TOP SELLING
BEER IN THE UNITED STATES. THAT
NOW GOES TO MODELO ESPECIAL. ALE
NOW HOLDS THAT SPOT ON THE
PODIUM. ACCORDING TO AN ANALYSIS
OF NIELSEN DATA, MODELO
REPRESENTED MORE THAN 8% OF
RETAIL STORE BEER SALES IN THE
FOUR WEEKS ENDING JUNE 3RD,
WHILE BUD LIGHT WAS JUST ABOVE
7. DURING THAT SAME TIME, THE
DROP IN SALES SEEMS TO BE
COINCIDING WITH THE BUD LIGHT
TEAMING UP WITH TRANSGENDER
INFLUENCER DYLAN MULVANEY.
MISINFORMATION AND SURROUNDED
THE SPONSORED POST, CAUSING SOME
PEOPLE TO BOYCOTT THE BRAND.
U-PASS DRIVERS COULD SOON GET
AIR CONDITIONED TRUCKS FOR THE
FIRST TIME AFTER REACHING A
TENTATIVE DEAL WITH TEAMSTERS
LEADERS. THE AGREEMENT COMES
AFTER YEARS OF HEAT RELATED
COMPLAINTS BY LABOR LEADERS.
MORE THAN 100 UPS WORKERS HAVE
BEEN HOSPITALIZED FOR HEAT
ILLNESS AND THIS IS JUST IN THE
MOST RECENT YEARS. THE TENTATIVE
AGREEMENT WOULD REQUIRE A IN-CAB
AIR CONDITIONING IN MOST UPS
DELIVERY VEHICLES PURCHASED
AFTER JANUARY 1ST OF 2024, AND
TWO FANS WOULD ALSO BE INSTALLED
IN PACKAGED CARS AS WHICH MEANS
THEY WON’T HAVE TO DRIVE WITH
THE DOORS OPEN ANYMORE, WHICH IS
A COMMON SIGHT WHEN YOU SEE
THOSE DRIVERS. BUT IT NEVER
DAWNED ON ME THAT THEY DIDN’T
HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. ME EITHER
. I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE
THEY HAVE TO JUMP IN AND OUT. SO
OFTEN. IT DIDN’T MAKE SENSE TO
CLOSE THE DOOR. BUT YEAH, AC
WOULD BE NICE ON A HOT DAY.
>> YEAH. I MEAN, AT LEAST THAT
WE HAVE A COOLER DAY. SO FAR
TODAY WE HAVE BEEN WARMING UP
FROM THE LAST COUPLE, BUT BOY,
YOU HAD TO FEEL FOR THEM. WHEN
WE HAD THAT STRETCH OF NEAR 90
DEGREE DAYS AND WE WILL BE
WARMING UP HEADING INTO THIS
WEEKEND. RIGHT NOW, A LIVE LOOK
DOWNTOWN DETROIT. THE FLAGS ARE
PRETTY CALM. IT IS FLAG DAY. SO
APPROPRIATE TO SHOW THOSE AT
THIS NOON HOUR, 65 DEGREES,
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN THE METRO
DETROIT AREA WITH A NORTH
NORTHWESTERLY BREEZE AROUND
EIGHT MILES PER HOUR. BUT
DOWNTOWN LOOKING LIKE IT’S
TAPERED OFF A LITTLE BIT. SO WE
HAVE A DOUBLE HEADER GOING ON AT
COMERICA PARK TODAY. SO WE’RE
JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY FROM THE
FIRST PITCH OF THE FIRST GAME
WHERE WE’LL BE CLOSER TO 70
DEGREES, THEN WE’LL TOP OUT
AROUND 75 JUST IN TIME FOR THAT
SECOND GAME AT 440. COMFORTABLE
AND SUNNY THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
FEW CLOUDS MIXING IN A LITTLE
BIT LATER, 65 AT METRO, SAME AT
CITY AIRPORT AND ANN ARBOR 64 UP
IN LAPEER, 62 IN SANDUSKY, PORT
HURON AT 63. AS WE LOOK AT
SATELLITE AND RADAR, THOUGH, NOT
A WHOLE LOT TO SHOW YOU ACROSS
LOWER MICHIGAN. A FEW CLOUDS
MIXING IN OFF TOWARDS GRAND
RAPIDS, BUT THE RAIN SHOWERS WE
WERE DEALING WITH YESTERDAY,
WELL EAST OF BUFFALO. SO FOR
TODAY LEAST THIS AFTERNOON, IT
IS A WARMER WEDNESDAY AS WE TOP
OUT IN THE MID 70S. WE HAVE SOME