LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. WE BEGIN WITH THE ATTRACTION
THAT HAS TURNED INTO A VIRAL
SENSATION. BELLE ISLE’S GIANT
SLIDE REOPENS AMID SOMEHOW
WORLDWIDE ATTENTION AS YOU CAN
EXPECT HEADING INTO ONE OF THE
LAST BIG SUMMER WEEKENDS, IT’S
GONNA BE PACKED. AND WHEN WE SAY
WORLDWIDE ATTENTION, WE MEAN IT
. THAT’S RIGHT. THAT’S BECAUSE
MEDIA OUTLETS HAVE BEEN ALL OVER
THIS STORY. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
HEADLINES ON CNN. THE WALL
STREET JOURNAL IS ON IT. EVEN
SKY NEWS IN THE UK PUBLISHED A
STORY ABOUT IT. TIKTOK VIDEO
FROM JUST TODAY AT THE GIANT
SLIDE HAS NOW BEEN VIEWED OVER A
HALF A MILLION TIMES ALREADY,
ALSO, THAT TODAY SHOW WAS THERE
THIS MORNING TO TAKE A RIDE LIVE
. LET’S GET TO PRIYA MANN LIVE
ON BELLE ISLE TONIGHT, PRIYA.
WE’RE LAUGHING ABOUT IT. THERE
WERE REAL CONCERNS THAT SOMEBODY
COULD GET SERIOUSLY HURT. YEAH
YOU’RE RIGHT. DEVIN AND
KIMBERLY. I MEAN THOSE VIDEO’S
RACKED UP MILLIONS OF VIEWS. BUT
WHEN YOU’RE GOING AIRBORNE LIKE
THAT, YOU RUN THE RISK OF
GETTING SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN
YOU HIT EVERY BUMP ALONG THE WAY
OF THIS GIANT SLIDE. WE’RE
GIVING YOU A BIRD’S EYE VIEW.
JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE LIVE
TRUCK. HOW TINY IT LOOKS. WHEN
YOU’RE UP HERE. THE D. N R. WAS
SPRAYING THE SLIDE PERIODICALLY
THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH WATER TO
INCREASE THE FRICTION AND SORT
OF SLOW RIDERS DOWN. THERE WERE
ALSO GIVING SOME GREAT ADVICE AS
FOLKS TOOK THEIR CHANCES ON THE
GIANT SLIDE. FORWARD AT ALL
TIMES, AND YOU CAN GO ON. OUR
WORKERS WERE BUSY REMINDING
RIDERS HOW TO STAY SAFE ON THE
GIANT SLIDE. TWO WORDS. GIANT
SLIDE TOOK THE SCENIC ROUTE,
WHILE OTHERS YEAH, I FEEL IT
TOMORROW. IT WAS TERRIFYING, BUT
IT WAS AWESOME. I HEARD SOME
GROANS. THERE WAS SOME GROANS.
THERE WERE SOME. THERE ARE SOME
POPS AND SNAPS IN THE BODY, TOO.
BUT IT WAS VERY FUN. IT WAS
INVIGORATING AND EXCITING COURSE
WENT VIRAL AFTER VIDEOS LIKE
THIS RACKED UP MILLIONS OF VIEWS
ARE BEAUTIFUL BELLE ISLE EVEN
GETTING A SHOUT OUT ON THE TODAY
SHOW. THERE ARE PEOPLE BEING
FLUNG INTO THE AIR. UH AFTER
CLOSING LAST WEEKEND DUE TO
SPEED CONCERNS, EAGER RIDERS
WERE LINED UP EARLY FOR THE
GIANT SLIDES REOPENING FRIDAY
MORNING. HEY HOW WAS ARRIVED? I
DON’T KNOW WHY I ALWAYS GO FAST,
BUT IT WAS FUN. JUST FOLLOW THE
SAFETY INSTRUCT. ACTIONS. WE
GIVE IT A SEVERAL TIMES THROUGH
THE WAY. YOU LEAN FORWARD AND
YOU HOLD ONTO THE BAG. THAT’S
REALLY ALL YOU GOTTA DO COURSE.
YOU KNOW, I HAD TO GIVE IT A
TRY. FELLOW ADRENALINE JUNKIES.
ASHANTI AND DARLENE WENT DOWN
WITH ME. LET’S GO. ALL RIGHT.
HOW’S YOUR BACK? IT WAS AMAZING
, YOU KNOW, FEELING NERVOUS
BUBBLING IN YOUR STOMACH, BUT IT
WAS AMAZING. PROBABLY BACK,
SERGEANT DRINKING HERE. WE DID
THIS. IT YEAH. DREAM TEAM FOR
SURE. YOU KNOW, DARLENE AND
ASHANTI AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT
JUST CLIMBING THE STAIRS. KIND
OF HELPS CALM YOUR NERVES.
BECAUSE BOY, THIS IS A WORKOUT
IN AND OF ITSELF. THE GIANT
SLIDE, OF COURSE, IS GOING TO BE
OPEN FROM 11 TO 3 FRIDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY THROUGH LABOR DAY, SO
THERE WAS A BIT OF A LINEUP OF
FOLKS WHO WANTED TO COME LATER
THIS AFTERNOON. OF COURSE, THE
SLIDE IS NOW CLOSED SO AGAIN 11
TO 3 FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
THROUGH LABOR DAY. SO IF YOU
DIDN’T GET A CHANCE TODAY, THIS
WEEKEND IS CERTAINLY GOING TO BE
PACKED AND COMING UP AT SIX
O’CLOCK. THE SLIDE WAS BUILT IN
THE SIXTIES WERE GOING TO BE
TALKING TO SOME OF THOSE
SEASONED PROS. WE HAD SOME
GRANDPARENTS WRITING THE SLIDE
TODAY, AND BOY, I COINED A
PHRASE IT WAS A SLIDE DOWN
MEMORY LANE. LYLE I’M PRIYA MANN
LOCAL 4. AND YOU PILOTED YOUR
FLIGHT BETTER THAN A LOT OF &
OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE’VE SEEN. SO &
OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE’VE SEEN. SO CONGRATS. YEAH ARE YOU ARE YOU EAGER TO DO IT AGAIN? OR HAVE
YOU HAD ENOUGH? OH 100% 100% YOU
KNOW. AND YOU, YOU LEAN FORWARD
. IT DOES WORK, THEN A PART OF
YOU JUST KIND OF WANTS TO LEAN
BACK A LITTLE BIT. BUT YOU’VE
GOT TO FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF OUR
D N R PROS. THAT SOUNDED RIGHT.
YEAH ALRIGHT, GREAT. THAT’S
AWESOME. AHEAD AT 5 30. THERE’S
ONE RIDE YOU HAVEN’T SEEN TODAY
THAT YOU’RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO
MISS WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT IN
JUST A MINUTE. BUT LET’S GET A
LOOK AT THE WEATHER AS WE HEAD
TOWARDS THE WEEKEND. LET’S GET
OVER TO KIM ADAMS. KIM HAS BEEN
KIND OF CLOUDY. FOR MOST OF THE
DAY IT WAS, BUT NOW WE’RE
GETTING SOME SUNSHINE AND WE’LL
GET SOME HEAT IN HERE BY THE
SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND.
REMEMBER THOSE DAYS WITH THE
GIANT SLIDES WHEN THE SUN BAKES
DOWN, AND THEN YOU GET BURNED,
YOUR LEAST OF YOUR CONCERNS WAS
GOING AIRBORNE. WE’VE GOT NICE,
CLEAR SKIES OUT THERE RIGHT NOW
FOR MOST OF THE VIEWING AREA
UNLESS YOU’RE DOWN IN MONROE,
YOU STILL HAVE ABOUT ANOTHER
HOUR BEFORE WE CAN GET THOSE
CLOUDS OUT OF THERE, BUT
OTHERWISE IT IS A NICE EVENING
HERE IN METRO DETROIT BECAUSE OF
THE CLOUDS. WE KEPT OUR
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER
SEVENTIES TO RIGHT AROUND 80
DEGREES AT CITY AIRPORT, 70. AID
IN MOUNT CLEMENS, MID SEVENTIES
AND PONTIAC COULD EVEN GO UP
ANOTHER DEGREE OR SO IN THE NEXT
HOUR WITH THE HELP OF THAT
SUNSHINE, BUT OTHERWISE IT’S
GOING TO BE A NICE, PLEASANT
EVENING CLEARING SKIES. ANY
CLOUDS THAT WE HAVE WILL BE GONE
BY, I WOULD SAY EIGHT OR NINE
O’CLOCK TONIGHT, LEAVING US WITH
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. IT WILL COOL
DOWN TO THE LOW SIXTIES TONIGHT,
BUT AS I SAID, A WARM UP AHEAD
FOR THE WEEKEND, ESPECIALLY THE
SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND AND
INTO NEXT WEEK, YOU’RE 41
FORECAST IS STRAIGHT AHEAD.
WELL, HERE IT IS. THE 36 PAGE
AFFIDAVIT DETAILING THE
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS STORED AT
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S MAR A
LAGO ESTATE. BUT THERE IS A
PROBLEM. MOST OF THE AFFIDAVIT
IS HEAVILY REDACTED, LEAVING AS
MANY QUESTIONS AS THERE ARE
ANSWERS. 36 PAGE DOCUMENT IS
HIGHLY REDACTED, BUT WE’RE
LEARNING NEW INFORMATION ABOUT
WHAT LED THE UNPRECEDENTED
SEARCH. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
FLORIDA ESTATE KNOWN AS MARA
LAGO, THE AFFIDAVIT SAYS THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BELIEVED
HIGHLY SENSITIVE NATIONAL
SECURITY INFORMATION WAS BEING
KEPT THERE IMPROPERLY. WE’RE
DEALING WITH THE MOST SENSITIVE
INFORMATION THE HAIR ON THE BACK
OF MY NECK STOOD UP WHEN I SAW
THOSE CLASSIFICATION MARKINGS
REFERENCED HERE. THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT GOT INVOLVED AFTER AN
INITIAL SET OF DOCUMENTS WAS
RECOVERED FROM MAR A LAGO IN
JANUARY. THE DOJ SAYS THOSE
DOCUMENTS INCLUDED SEVERAL
CATEGORIES OF SENSITIVE
INFORMATION. INCLUDING SOME OF
THE MOST CLOSELY HELD SECRETS IN
THE U. S GOVERNMENT. AGENT
SUSPECTED MORE WERE BEING STORED
AT THE PROPERTY AND THAT IF THEY
SEARCHED IT, THEY WOULD FIND
EVIDENCE OF OBSTRUCTION. THAT
SHOULD BE A SOBERING MOMENT FOR
ALL OF US TO REALIZE THAT WE’RE
IN THIS SITUATION WITH FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP THE FBI DID
EVENTUALLY SEARCH MARA LAGO ON
AUGUST 8TH, AND DURING THE
SEARCH, FBI AGENTS SEIZED 11
SETS OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS.
SOME MARKED TOP SECRET. BUT MUCH
REMAINS UNKNOWN. MAJOR
REDACTIONS WERE MADE AT THE
REQUEST OF THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT, WHICH ARGUED
SUCCESSFULLY IN COURT THAT
RELEASING THE FULL DOCUMENTS
WOULD IDENTIFY WITNESSES, LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND PEOPLE NOT
LIKELY TO BE CHARGED, THUS
DAMAGING THE INVESTIGATION.
PRESIDENT TRUMP RESPONDED ON HIS
SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM,
CRITICIZING THE DOCUMENTS, HEAVY
REDACTIONS AND WITHOUT EVIDENCE
ACCUSING THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE AND FBI OF PLAYING
POLITICS. ASKED TODAY WHETHER
HE’S WORRIED THAT NATIONAL
SECURITY INFORMATION COULD BE IN
JEOPARDY, PRESIDENT BIDEN
CONTINUED TO DISTANCE HIMSELF
FROM THE INVESTIGATION, SAYING
HE’LL LET THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE DETERMINED THAT THERE
HAS BEEN A SNAG AND REPAIRS FOR
THAT BROKEN WATER MAIN THAT
CAUSED A BOIL WATER ADVISORY.
THE SEGMENT OF REPLACEMENT PIPE
THAT WAS JUST DELIVERED
YESTERDAY WAS SENT BACK TO THE
MANUFACTURER. THE GREAT LAKES
WATER AUTHORITY SAYS IT DID NOT
MEET SPECIFICATIONS THAT PART
ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE
REPLACEMENT PARTS WILL LIKELY
ARRIVED SUNDAY. CRUISE AREN’T
SURE WHAT THIS WILL DO TO THE
REPAIR TIMELINE, BUT THE BOIL
WATER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN
PLACE RIGHT NOW TO EASTERN
MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, WHERE
THERE’S TROUBLE ON THE HORIZON
AS STUDENTS BEGAN MOVING INTO
THEIR DORMS TODAY, RIGHT NOW,
THE UNIVERSITY AND TEACHERS ARE
AT ODDS OVER A CONTRACT AND THE
CURRENT ONE ENDS ON WEDNESDAY.
GRANT HERMES LIVE TONIGHT. DO WE
HAVE A CHANCE OF A STRIKE
LOOMING GRANT? WELL THAT VOTE
DEVON AND KIMBERLY COULD
POTENTIALLY HAPPENED THIS
WEEKEND. CLASSES START MONDAY.
THE CONTRACT, AS YOU SAID, ENDS
WEDNESDAY, SO THERE’S A CHANCE
THAT KIDS COULD START THEIR
SEMESTER WITHOUT ANYONE TO TEACH
THEM. TAKE A FEW FACULTY AT
EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY,
HOLDING AN INFORMAL PROTEST AS
STUDENTS MOVED IN JUST DAYS
BEFORE CLASSES START. PROFESSORS
SAY THEY HAVEN’T HAD MORE THAN A
CONTRACT EXTENSION SINCE 2019
AND THIS TIME E. M U
ADMINISTRATORS WANTED TO CUT
BENEFITS AFTER FACULTY ASKED FOR
A 9% SALARY INCREASE ONE THEY
SAY THEY’RE OWED AFTER YEARS OF
EXTENSIONS. AFTER 10 ROUNDS OF
NEGOTIATIONS, TALKS HAVE STALLED
. IN FACT WHAT YOU’RE FIGHTING
FOR THIS. WE’RE PLANNING FOR US
, BUT WE’RE ALSO FIGHTING
BENEFIT COSTS THROUGH THE WHOLE
UNIVERSITY. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE TABLE, UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS
CALLING THE UNIONS REQUEST
EXPENSIVE, HARD PRESSED TO FIND
ANY BARGAINING UNIT AT A
UNIVERSITY THAT’S RECEIVED A 9%
SALARY INCREASE, AND I JUST
THINK THAT THAT’S A EXCESSIVE
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND WAYS
TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE A MORE
REALISTIC PROPOSAL FOR NOW, BOTH
SIDES HOPING THESE TALKS COME TO
AN END BEFORE THE BELL RINGS
REALLY EXCITED TO SEE MY
STUDENTS. UM I’M EXCITED TO BE
BACK IN THE CLASSROOM, AND WE
JUST WE WANT A FAIR CONTRACT
BEFORE YOU KNOW. THROUGH THE
SEMESTER STARTS. BOTH SIDES ARE
ARE EXTREMELY COMMITTED TO
WORKING THIS OUT. EVERYBODY HAS
THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR
STUDENTS IN MIND. AND THERE IS
NOTHING THAT WOULD GET IN THE
WAY. UM OF ACHIEVING AN
AGREEMENT IN THE TIME THAT WE
HAVE LEFT. STATE MEDIATORS HAD
TO BE BROUGHT INTO NEGOTIATE
THIS AND THEY PLAN TO CONTINUE
WITH THEIR TALKS THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. THAT VOTE IS SET FOR
TOMORROW TO KIND OF BASICALLY
TAKE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE
UNION MEMBERS HERE WILL UPDATE
YOU WITH THAT TOMORROW. AFTER
THAT VOTE HAPPENS ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM AND HERE ON
LOCAL 4 BACK TO YOU THE WAY
HOWEVER, THE BOAT GOES GO
GRANTED, A STRIKE WOULD NOT BE
TRIGGERED RIGHT AWAY, RIGHT?
THAT’S RIGHT. BASICALLY THE VOTE
THAT WILL HAPPEN TOMORROW IS
JUST TAKING THE TEMPERATURE OF
ALL 500 MEMBERS WHETHER THEY
WOULD BE INTERESTED IN STRIKING
OR CONTINUE WITH THE
NEGOTIATIONS EVEN AS THE
SEMESTER STARTS, SO THAT’S THE
FIRST STEP HERE, BUT WE’LL HAVE
AN UPDATE FOR YOU TOMORROW. IT
WILL BE AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT
TO MAKE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
ALRIGHT GRAHAM NOW TO THE
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT SENT THE
MARKETS INTO A TAILSPIN TODAY IN
A SPEECH, FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR
JEROME POWELL SAID HE EXPECTS
THE CENTRAL BANK WILL CONTINUE
TO RAISE INTEREST RATES TO
BATTLE INFLATION. HE ALSO SAID
THAT IS RATE HIKES WILL CAUSE
QUOTE SOME PAIN TO THE U. S
ECONOMY THAT NEWS IMMEDIATELY
SENT STOCKS TUMBLING. AT THE
CLOSE TODAY, THE DOW WAS DOWN
MORE THAN 1000 POINTS. WE ARE