>> Announcer: LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, LOCAL 4
NEWS AT NOON STARTS NOW.
>>> DOWNED TREES AND POWER
OUTAGES HIGH WINDS CONTINUE
TO BE A PRETTY BIG PROBLEM
ALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN.
SO THAT DOES TOP OUR NEWS
THIS NOON.
THE BEST PERSON TO TALK
ABOUT ALL OF THIS
METEOROLOGIST BRANDON ROUX.
WE’RE GETTING CLOSE TO ABOUT
100,000 CUSTOMERS THAT ARE
WITHOUT POWER RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE OF THESE HIGH WINDS
JUST WHIPPING AROUND.
>> AND LISTEN I KNOW MANY
PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW THIS BUT
WE’RE SEEING ALSO DOWNED
POWER LINES AND IT’S JUST A
REMINDER IT’S SPRING BREAK
KIDS ARE OFF.
MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS
WHAT’S GOING ON.
YOU DON’T GO ANYWHERE NEAR
THOSE DOWNED POWER LINES.
LOOK AT THE FLAGS WHIPPING
OUT THERE.
TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE
MIDDLE UPPER 40s TO LOW 50s.
AND SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 20
TO NEAR 30 MILES PER HOUR
THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE SEEING
ALONG THE RIVER AND
OCCASIONALLY WE’RE GETTING
SOME STRONGER GUSTS.
BUT OUR WIND ADVISORY IN
AFFECT UNTIL 2:00 P.M. AND
40 TO 50 MILES PER HOUR
GUSTS ARE LIKELY FOR THE
NEXT COUPLE TWO, THREE
HOURS.
WE’RE SEEING THAT RIGHT NOW,
41 MILES PER HOUR WIND GUSTS
AT METRO, ALMOST 40 IN ANN
ARBOR, AND PONTIAC.
MT. CLEMENS YOU’RE RIGHT
THERE.
43 UP IN THE THUMB, POWER
OUTAGES DOWNED TREES, ALSO
REAL DIFFICULTY DRIVING WITH
SEMIS SWAYING DEBRIS BLOWING
JUST WATCH OUT FOR ALL OF
THAT.
AGAIN IT DOES START TO RELAX
A LITTLE BIT AS WE HEAD INTO
THE LATE AFTERNOON.
TEMPS ARE TUMBLING A COLD
FRONT IS COMING THROUGH.
MOST OF THE WET WEATHER
THOUGH IS HEADING A
DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
WE WILL CERTAINLY KEEP YOU
POSTED BUT IF YOU’RE HEADING
OUT AND ABOUT YOUR BEST
WEAPON AS ALWAYS THE LOCAL
FORECASTERS APP FOR THE LIVE
RADAR.
ANY UPDATES ON THE WINDS OUT
THERE, POWER OUTAGES YOU
NAME IT WE HAVE WEATHER
AROUND THE AREA AROUND THE
WORLD IT’S FREE.
YOU CAN HOLD YOUR CELL PHONE
UP YOUR CAMERA RIGHT TO THAT
QR CODE BOX IN THE MIDDLE
AND IT WILL SYNC YOU RIGHT
TO THE LOCAL FORECASTERS
APP.
IT’S FREE.
>> ALL RIGHT, BRANDON, THANK
YOU.
WE’RE GOING TO STICK WITH
THE POWER OUTAGES BECAUSE
THOUSANDS OF HOMES ACROSS
METRO DETROIT DON’T HAVE
POWER RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF
THOSE HIGH WINDS BREAKING
DOWN THE OUTAGE MAP YOU CAN
SEE IT’S SCATTERED ALL OVER.
WE HAVE 71,453 D.T.E.
CUSTOMERS THAT ARE WITHOUT
POWER.
CONSUMERS ENERGY REPORTS
ABOUT 23,000 CUSTOMERS
WITHOUT POWER.
AS BRANDON MENTIONED DOWNED
TREES, POWER LINES IN ST.
CLAIR SHORES ABOUT 2,000
PEOPLE IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD
ARE DEALING WITH DOWNED
POWER LINE PROBLEMS AND
TREES AFTER THOSE HIGH WINDS
AND THAT’S WHERE WE FIND OUR
TIM PAMPLIN.
HE’S THERE WITH THE DAMAGE.
>> Reporter: THERE’S A LARGE
PINE TREE THAT CAME CRASHING
DOWN IN THE 11 MILE AND 94
AREA IN ST. CLAIR SHORES.
BRINGING DOWN THE POWER
LINES VERY DANGEROUS
SITUATION WHERE WINDS ARE
STILL HOWLING HERE AT THIS
NOON HOUR.
D.T.E. ARE ON THE SCENE
TRYING TO SECURE THAT
UTILITY POLE THERE.
THE POWER LINES HAVE BEEN
CUT HERE POWER OUTAGES AS
THESE WINDS CONTINUE TO
BLOW.
I THINK THIS IS A PERFECTLY
GOOD TIME TO REPEAT THE
PHRASE.
IF YOU SEE A DOWNED POWER
LINE DON’T GET TOO CLOSE TO
IT STAY AWAY.
THAT IS THE SCENE IN ST.
CLAIR SHORES, TIM PAMPLIN
LOCAL 4.
>> WE CANNOT GIVE THAT
WARNING ENOUGH.
TIM BE THANK YOU.
>>> LET’S GET OVER TO
MADISON HEIGHTS NOW THAT’S
WHERE VICTOR WILLIAMS JOINS
US.
HE’S TALKING TO PEOPLE IN
ONE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT’S ALSO
DEALING WITHOUT POWER.
>> YEAH, RHONDA, IF YOU’RE
ANYTHING LIKE ME YOU WERE UP
ALL NIGHT BECAUSE OF THE
HOWLING WIND GUSTING BUT
THAT IS NOTHING COMPARED TO
THE PROBLEMS THAT MANY
PEOPLE ARE HAVING THAT ARE
WITHOUT POWER, ESPECIALLY
RIGHT HERE AT PROGRESS AND
JOHN R. IN MADISON HEIGHTS.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC
LIGHT.
NOTICE THERE IS NO POWER
RIGHT THERE BUT THAT’S NOT
REALLY STOPPING TRAFFIC AS
YOU CAN SEE IT IS STILL
FLOWING.
WE WERE ABLE TO CATCH UP TO
A MAN WHO TOLD US WHAT IT’S
LIKE TO BE WITHOUT POWER ALL
BECAUSE OF THE WIND BLOWING
ALL NIGHT.
>> IF WE LAY BACK DOWN
STARTED WATCHING TV FROM OUR
BACK WINDOW YOU COULD HEAR
IT REALLY BAD.
I ACTUALLY GOT UP ONE TIME
AND LOOKED OUT MY BACK
WINDOW.
STUFF IS FLYING AROUND.
>> ALL THE POWER WENT OUT.
SHE WANTS TO TAKE A SHOWER
SHE GOT THINGS TO DO AROUND
THE HOUSE.
WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE GET
IT BACK ON.
>> Reporter: AS YOU CAN SEE,
ALL THE LOCAL BUSINESSES IN
THIS AREA ARE ALSO WITHOUT
POWER.
WE’RE TOLD THAT CREWS FROM
D.T.E. ARE WORKING TO
RESTORE THAT POWER AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE.
FOR NOW WE ARE LIVE IN
MADISON HEIGHTS, VICTOR
WILLIAMS, LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT, VICTOR, THANK
YOU.
HOPEFULLY THAT POWER GETS
RESTORED SOON AND THOSE
WINDS DIE DOWN.
STAY WITH LOCAL 4 AND
CLICKONDETROIT.COM AND OF
COURSE, THAT FORECAST OR
MOBILE APP WILL KEEP YOU
UPDATED AND YOU WILL HAVE
THE LATEST UPDATES ON POWER
OUTAGES AND OF COURSE THE
FORECAST.
>>> NOW TO GRAND RAPIDS
WHERE THE TRIAL OF FOUR MEN
ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO
KIDNAP GOVERNOR WHITMER
CONTINUES.
ONE OF THE MEN DANIEL HARRIS
HE TOOK THE STAND THIS
MORNING IN HIS OWN DEFENSE.
LET’S GET TO DEFENDER SHAWN
LEY HE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING
THIS TRIAL SINCE THE VERY
BEGINNING.
EACH AND EVERY TIME WE HEAR
TESTIMONY A LOT OF TIMES
IT’S JUST JAW DROPPING.
WHAT DID YOU HEAR TODAY?
>> Reporter: SAME EXACT
SITUATION BUT THIS TIME ONE
OF THE DEFENDANTS TAKING THE
WITNESS STAND IN HIS OWN
DEFENSE YOU MENTIONED DANIEL
HARRIS TAKING THE STAND,
RHONDA AT 8:LY HE’S STILL ON
THE WITNESS STAND RIGHT NOW
BEING CROSS-EXAMINED BY
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS.
HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED SO FAR
THOUSAND.
HARRIS TRAINING FRAMING THE
GROUP IT’S A GROUP OF
SPECIAL FRIENDS THAT LIKE TO
GET TOGETHER, THROW OUT
IDEAS, DRINK BEER, AND TALK
ABOUT GIRLS.
DANIEL HARRIS IS JUST 24
YEARS OLD, A MARINE FROM
LAKE ORION, AND IS FACING
LIFE IN PRISON CHARGED WITH
CONSPIRING TO KIDNAP
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER.
HARRIS MADE THE CALL TO
TESTIFY IN HIS OWN DEFENSE
TELL HIS OWN STORY.
SO FAR, HE SEEMS TO BE VERY
RELAXED AND ANSWERING
QUESTIONS FROM HIS ATTORNEY
JULIA KELLY.
MULTIPLE TIMES HARRIS WAS
ASKED IF HE AGREED TO KIDNAP
THE GOVERNOR.
EACH TIME HARRIS ANSWERED
NO.
HIS EXPLANATION FOR WEAPONS
TRAINING WAS DURING POLICE
PROTESTS IN 2020, IF THERE
WAS COMPLETE CHAOS NO MORE
GOVERNMENT, HE WANTED TO
TRAIN TO BE READY, HE SAYS
RED DAWN STYLE A REFERENCE
TO THE MOVIE ABOUT FIGHTING
INVADERS ON AMERICAN SOIL.
ABOUT MEMBERS OF THE
WOLVERINE WATCHMEN
CONSTRUCTING A SHOOT-OUT TO
PRACTICE.
IN HARRIS SAID IT WAS TO
TRAIN FOR PERSONAL SAFETY.
HOW TO CLEAR 81 OWN HOUSE.
HIS ATTORNEY ASKED "DO YOU
BELIEVE THE SHOOT-OUT WAS A
MOCK-UP OF THE GOVERNOR’S
HOUSE?
>> HARRIS SAID NO.
SHE ASKED DO YOU BELIEVE IT
WAS A MOCK-UP OF A ROOM IN
THE CAPITOL HARRIS AGAIN
SAID NO.
THAT’S SOME OF THE TESTIMONY
FROM DANIEL HARRIS FROM
EARLIER THIS MORNING.
BUT RIGHT NOW HE’S ON THE
WITNESS STAND BEING GRILLED
BY A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR.
LIKE I SAID RHONDA, IT IS
ABSOLUTELY DRAMATIC AND
TENSE.
JUDGE YONK HER TO SAY GUYS
LOWER THE TEMPERATURE IN
THIS COURTROOM.
THE BACK AND FORTH WAS
EXTREMELY INTENSE.
WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
LISTEN TO EVERYTHING HARRIS
IS SAYING ON THE STAND AND
ALL THE QUESTIONS HE’S BEING
ASKED.
COME BACK TO US AT 5:00 AND
6:00.
LIVE THIS AFTERNOON, SHAWN
LEY, LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT, SHAWN,
APPRECIATE YOU, THANK YOU.
LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR REPORTS
LATER TODAY.
>>> MEANTIME, THE PENTAGON
SAYS THAT IT HAS SEEN
RUSSIAN FORCES NEAR KYIV
MOVE NORTH OR INTO BELARUS
WITH BOTH THE UNITED STATES
AND THE UNITED KINGDOM
SAYING THAT IT APPEARS THE
TROOPS WERE LOOKING TO
RESUPPLY AND REORGANIZE.
SO NOT NECESSARILY A GOOD
THING.
RICHARD ENGLE REPORTS FROM
EASTERN UKRAINE.
>> Reporter: FIRST U.S.
INTELLIGENCE NOW A TOP
BRITISH INTELLIGENCE
OFFICIAL SAYS THAT VLADIMIR
PUTIN MIGHT NOT BE GETTING A
FULL PICTURE OF WHAT IS
ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN
UKRAINE.
MIGHT NOT BE SEEING IMAGES
LIKE THIS OF RUSSIAN LOSSES.
THIS IS A RUSSIAN TANK IT
WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY
UKRAINIAN RESISTANCE THE
TURRET BLOWN CLEAR OFF.
THIS ENTIRE VILLAGE WAS JUST
TAKEN BACK BY UKRAINIAN
TROOPS WHO DROVE OUT RUSSIAN
FORCES.
AND ACCORDING TO NATO
ESTIMATES, AS MANY AS 15,000
RUSSIAN TROOPS HAVE ALREADY
BEEN KILLED HERE IN UKRAINE,
AND UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS PUT
THAT NUMBER EVEN HIGHER.
BUT U.S. AND BRITISH
OFFICIALS SAY THAT VLADIMIR
PUTIN’S GENERALS AND TOP
ADVISORS ARE TOO SCARED TO
DELIVER HIM THE BAD NEWS AND
THAT CALLS INTO QUESTION THE
USEFULNESS OF PEACE
NEGOTIATIONS WHICH ARE DUE
TO RESUME AGAIN TOMORROW
BECAUSE IF PUTIN DOESN’T
UNDERSTAND OR DOESN’T WANT
TO UNDERSTAND OR ISN’T BEING
TOLD ABOUT THE TRUE COSTS OF
THIS WAR IT’S DIFFICULT FOR
HIM TO MAKE COST BENEFIT
ANALYSIS, MEANING
POTENTIALLY THOSE PEACE
TALKS HAVE NO USE.
AND ALREADY UKRAINIAN
OFFICIALS SAY THE PEACE
TALKS HAVE BEEN VIOLATED.
THAT RUSSIAN PROMISES TO
SCALE BACK ATTACKS AROUND
KYIV HAVE NOT BEEN CARRIED
OUT THERE.
HAVE BEEN MORE ATTACKS
AROUND KYIV AND AROUND THE
CITY OF CHE -- CHERNIHIV.
PRESIDENT BIDEN ZELENSKY
SAID NOT ONLY WERE THE
INITIAL PROMISES BY RUSSIA
NEVER FULFILLED BUT THAT
RUSSIA APPEARS NOW TO BE
PLANNING A NEW OFFENSIVE OUT
HERE IN EASTERN UKRAINE.
>> THAT WAS RICHARD ENGLE
REPORTING FROM EASTERN
UKRAINE.
>>> HAPPENING TODAY,
PRESIDENT BIDEN TAKING A
HISTORIC STEP TO TRY TO
COMBAT OUR HIGH GAS
PRICELESS.
HE JUST ANNOUNCED THE U.S.
WILL RELEASE ONE MILLION
BARRELS OF OIL PER DAY FROM
ITS RESERVES FOR THE NEXT
SIX MONTHS.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THAT
THE INCREASED SUPPLY WILL
PROVIDE A BRIDGE TO THE END
OF THE YEAR WHEN DOMESTIC
PRODUCTION WILL RAMP UP.
CURRENTLY, THE AVERAGE PRICE
OF REGULAR UNLEADED GAS IN
METRO DETROIT $4.15 A
GALLON.
>>> THE HISTORIC UNITED
ARTIST BUILDING DOWNTOWN IN
DETROIT WILL BE REDEVELOPED
INTO RESIDENTIAL HOUSING.
THE NEW BUILDING WILL BE
CALLED "THE RESIDENCE AT 150
BAGLY.
THE 75 MILLION PROJECT WILL
INCLUDE 148 APARTMENTS, 20%
OF THE UNITS WILL BE SET
ASIDE FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
THE NEW BUILDING IS EXPECTED
TO BRING HUNDREDS OF
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO THE
GRAND CIRCUS PARK AREA.
IT’S AN 18 STORY THREATER
THAT OPENED BACK IN 1928,
AND HAS BEEN ABANDONED FOR
MORE THAN 40 YEARS.
>> THIS BEAUTIFUL BE
BUILDING IS GOING TO COME
BACK TO LIFE 148 UNITS, 20%
AFFORDABLE THEY’RE GOING TO
BUILD 10,000 SQUARE FEET OF
COMMERCIAL SPACE WHICH IS
GOING TO REVITALIZE BAGLY.
>> OH, THIS IS SO EXCITING.
RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT ONE AND
TWO BEDROOM UNITS UP TO 1300
SQUARE FEET, THAT’S A NICE
AMOUNT OF ROOM.
THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO
OPEN SOMETIME IN 2023 SO YOU
DON’T HAVE TO WAIT TOO LONG
TO BE A RESIDENT IN A
HISTORIC BUILDING.
>>> STILL TO COME, COMEDIAN
AND ACTOR CHRIS ROCK HE HAD
A STAND UP COMEDY ACT FOR
FIRST TIME SINCE THAT
INCIDENT AT THE ACADEMY
AWARDS HEARD AROUND THE
WORLD.
YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR WHAT
THE COMEDIAN SAID TO THE SOLDOUT CROWD IN BOSTON.