>>> THE DAY STARTED WITH
STRONG WINDS THAT CAUSED
SOME POWER OUTAGES THEN CAME
THE COLD FRONT WITH CRASHING
TEMPERATURES.
WHAT’S NEXT.
I’LL HAVE YOUR COMPLETE
FORECAST FIRST AT 4:00.
>>> TENSION IN THE
COURTROOM.
ONE MAN ACCUSED OF LOTTING
TO KIDNAP GOVERNOR WHITMER
TAKES THE STAND PLUS, THE
TRIAL IS AT A TURNING POINT.
>> HIGHER OF HIGHER GAS
PRICES SILLY QUESTION WHO
ISN’T.
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE
KNOWS SOMEONE WHO DOESN’T
MIND THE HIGHER PRICES AND
HE’S GOT A MESSAGE FOR THEM.
PAULA?
>> SHE ESCAPED THE UKRAINE
AS A REFUGEES 79 YEARS AGO
BUT ONLY TO WATCH HISTORY
REPEAT HERSELF IT.
>> GOES FROM HEARTBREAK TO
JUST OUTRAGE TO JUST FURY.
>> Announcer: LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, LOCAL 4
NEWS FIRST AT 4:00 STARTS
NOW.
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I’M
DEVIN SCILLIAN IN FOR KAREN
DREW.
FIRST AT 4:00 THE WINDS HAVE
CALMED DOWN BUT THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE STILL WITHOUT POWER.
STRONG WIND GUSTS WERE
BLOWING THROUGH METRO
DETROIT ALL MORNING.
WE FOUND THESE DOWNED TREES
IN ST. CLAIR SHORES NEAR 11
MILE AND 94.
AT THIS HOUR, MORE THAN
35,000 D.T.E. CUSTOMERS IN
THE DARK PUT THAT
PERSPECTIVE A LITTLE LESS
THAN 2% OF LOCAL CUSTOMERS.
A WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED
BUT TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN
NEARLY 20 DEGREES.
I GUESS IT’S THE OLD IF IT’S
NOT ONE THING IT’S ANOTHER.
METEOROLOGIST PAUL GROSS
STANDING BY.
PAUL?
>> HEY DEVIN, THOSE WINDS
GUSTS WERE REALLY STRONG
THIS MORNING.
TAKE A LOOK 51 MILES PER
HOUR GUSTS IN HOWELL, 52 IN
ANN ARBOR, 52 IN ADRIAN NEAR
50 MILES PER HOUR GUSTS
PONTIAC OVER TO METRO
AIRPORT.
SO YOU CAN SEE THESE GUSTS
WERE VERY, VERY POWERFUL BUT
AS EXPECTED AND RIGHT NOW
THOSE GUSTS ARE GENERALLY IN
THE 25 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR
RANGE AS AN AVERAGE ACROSS
THE AREA.
A FEW A LITTLE BIT ABOVE
THAT FEW A LITTLE BELOW THAT
SO WE’RE MAKING PROGRESS BUT
OH HOW THE MIGHT I HAVE HAVE
FALLEN.
SOME OF US STARTED THE DAY
IN THE 60s NOW LOOK AT THIS.
WE’RE IN THE LOW TO MID-40s
ACROSS THE AREA.
WITH THAT WIND BLOWING OUT
THERE IT’S A CHILLY ONE.
STORM TRACKER 4 SHOWS MOSTLY
DRY.
WE DO HAVE ONE LITTLE STRIPE
OF SPRINKLES AND VERY VERY
LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ALONG
WITH A LITTLE TROUGH THERE.
YOU MAY SEE A SPRINKLE
DURING THE EVENING HOURS.
COMING DOWN FOR THE PISTONS
GAME JUST BEWARE YOU THE
IT’S GOING TO BE BREEZY AND
COLD WITH TEMPERATURES
FALLING IN THE UPPER 30s BY
THE END OF THE GAME.
>>> THE DEFENSE HAS RESTED
IN THE TRIAL OF FOUR MEN
ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO
KIDNAP GOVERNOR GRETCHEN
WHITMER.
TODAY ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS
TOOK THE STAND AND THINGS
GOT PRETTY TENSE.
AT ONE POINT THE JUDGE
ORDERED FEDERAL PROSECUTORS
AND THE DEFENDANT DANIEL
HARRIS TO AS THE JUDGE PUT
IT LOWER THE TEMPERATURE IN
THE ROOM.
HARRIS IS A 24-YEAR-OLD
MARINE FROM LAKE ORION UNDER
OWING HE SAID SEVERAL TIMES
HE NEVER AGREED TO KIDNAP
THE GOVERNOR.
PROSECUTORS TRIED TO SHOW
HARRIS ALSO NEVER TOLD THE
GROUP THAT WAS A BAD IDEA
AND YET REMAINED IN A
LEADERSHIP ROLE.
CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE SET
FOR TOMORROW THEN THE CASE
WILL HEAD TO THE JURY.
>>> NEARLY A CENTURY AGO THE
UNITED ARTSIST BUILDING
SERVED UP A VARIETY OF
ENTERTAINMENT FOR DETROITERS
DOWNTOWN AND NOW THE
HISTORIC BUILDING IS BEING
REDEVELOPED INTO RESIDENTIAL
HOUSING.
NEW BUILDING WILL BE CALL
THE RESIDENCES AT 150 BAGLY
IT’S A $75 MILLION PROJECT
THAT WILL INCLUDE 148
APARTMENTS, 20% OF THOSE
UNITS WILL BE SET ASIDE AS A
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT ONE AND
TWO BEDROOM UNITS AND UP TO
1300 SQUARE FEET.
THE 18 STORY THEATER OPENED
BACK IN 1928.
IT SHUT DOWN NEARLY 50 YEARS
AGO.
>> I’M NOT SURE ANYBODY ELSE
COULD HAVE DONE THIS BUT
IT’S HE█RE, THEY’R SARTING
WORK THIS IS REALLY GOING TO
HAPPEN IN THIS BEAUTIFUL
BUILDING IS GOING COME BACK
TO LIFE.
>> THE BUILDING IS LISTED ON
THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF
HISTORIC PLACES.
THE NEW APARTMENTS COULD BE
READY BY SOMETIME IN 2023.
WE’LL KEEP FOLLOWING ALONG.
NOW ON LOCAL 4 UPDATE
DETROIT POLICE WARN A
SUSPECT IN THE DOUBLE
SHOOTING SHOULD BE
CONSIDERED ARMED AND
DANGEROUS.
THEY ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR
THE PERSON WHO SHOT AND
KILLED A SECURITY GUARD AT A
DETROIT WELLNESS CENTER.
POLICE SAY THE SHOOTER WAS
ASKED TO LEAVE THE CLINIC ON
MOUNT ELLIOT AND THEN CAME
BACK AND OPENED FIRE.
TWO SECURITY GUARDS WERE
SHOT.
DEONTAE DAVIS WAS KILLED.
ANOTHER GUARD IS EXPECTED TO
RECOVER.
POLICE HAD RELEASED A PHOTO
OF A POSSIBLE SUSPECT BUT
THAT PERSON HAS BEEN
CLEARED.
SO THE INVESTIGATION
CONTINUES.
>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN WANTS TO
BRING YOUR FAMILY SOME
RELIEF FROM HIGHER GAS
PRICES AND THIS AFTERNOON HE
ANNOUNCED A FEW NEW STEPS TO
TRY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN
INCLUDING NEW PRESSURE ON
OIL COMPANIES.
PAM OSBORNE IN THE NEWSROOM
TO SHOW US WHAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS PLANNED.
>> Reporter: DEVIN, GOOD
AFTERNOON.
THE PRESIDENT FOCUSED ON
BOTH SHORT TERM AND
LONG-TERM GOALS TO LOWER GAS
PRICES REDUCE AMERICAN
DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL
AND MOVE TOWARD CLEANER
ENERGY.
RIGHT NOW WE’RE GOING LOOK
AT TWO I WAYS HE’S TRYING TO
LOWER GAS PRICES.
THE BIG HEADLINE THE
PRESIDENT HAS AUTHORIZED THE
RELEASE OF ONE MILLION
BARRELS OF OIL PER DAY FOR
SIX MONTHS FROM THE NATION’S
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE.
THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE’S
COORDINATING WITH ALLIES
ASKING THEM TO RELEASE OIL
TO BOOST SUPPLIES IN A
MARKET SLAMMED BY THE COVID
PANDEMIC AND RUSSIA’S WAR IN
UKRAINE.
THE PRESIDENT CANNOT CONTROL
THE ACTUAL PRICE AT THE PUMP
BUT HE’S HOPING THE FLOOD OF
NEW OIL COULD LOWER PRICES
10 CENTS TO 35 CENTS A GAL
OBVIOUSLY THE PRESIDENT IS
ALSO TELLING AMERICAN OIL
COMPANIES IT’S TIME TO PUT
PEOPLE AND PATRIOTISM BEFORE
PROFITS.
>> I SAY ENOUGH, ENOUGH OF
LAVISH EXCESSIVE PROFITS ON
INVESTORS AND PAYOUTS AND
BUYBACKS WHEN THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ARE WATCHING.
THE WORLD IS WATCHING.
U.S. OIL COMPANIES MADE
NEARLY $80 BILLION IN PROFIT
LAST YEAR.
INITIALLY THOSE PROFITS ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
SOAR.
THIS IS THE TIME NOT THE
TIME TO SIT ON RECORD
PROFITS IT’S TIME TO STEP UP
FOR THE GOOD OF YOUR
COUNTRY, THE GOOD OF THE
WORLD TO INVEST IN IMMEDIATE
PRODUCTION THAT WE NEED TO
RESPOND TO VLADIMIR PUTIN.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT
IS ASKING CONGRESS TO START
TAXING OIL COMPANIES THAT
ARE SITTING ON UNUSED OIL
PERMITS AND UNUSED FEDERAL
LANDS.
HE’S HOPING THAT THAT WILL
ENCOURAGE THEM TO PRODUCE
MORE OIL, TO LOWER PRICES
FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ME.
WE’RE GOING TO DIG DEEPER
INTO THE PRESIDENT’S PLAN
AND LOOK FOR NEW REACTIONS
WHEN YOU JOIN US TONIGHT AT
5:00.
FOR NOW WE’LL SEND THINGS
BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.
>> WE’LL SEE YOU AT 5:00.
THE WORLD IS WATCHING THE
MOVEMENTS OF RUSSIAN TROOPS
IN UKRAINE WONDERING WHAT
VLADIMIR PUTIN’S NEXT MOVE
MIGHT BE.
HEAVY FIGHTING THE OTHER
ZONES TODAY SOME ANALYSTS
FEAR MOSCOW IS USING
PROMISES OF DEESCALATION
ACTUALLY AS A COVER WHILE
REGROUPING AND RESUPPLYING
ITS FORCES.
UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT SAYS
HE’S SEEING BUILD A UP OF
RUSSIAN TROOPS POSSIBLY FOR
NEW STRIKES ON THE DONBAS
REGION IN EASTERN UKRAINE.
RUSSIAN TROOPS THOUGH ARE
REPORTEDLY LEARNING THE
CHERNOBYLE NUCLEAR PLANT
HEADED TOWARD THE BORDER
WITH BELL A US ARE.
THE PLANT’S OPERATOR SAYS
RUSSIANS DUG TRENCHES IN THE
FOREST AND RECEIVED
"SIGNIFICANT DOSES OF
RADIATION" WHEN SIGNS OF
ILLNESS SHOWED UP THEY
QUICKLY DECIDED TO GET OUT.
THAT CLAIM THOUGH HAS NOT
BEEN INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED.
THAT’S OF COURSE ONE OF THE
TRICKS OF COVERING COMBAT AT
WARTIME.
THE RED CROSS IS SENDING
TEAMS TO THE BATTERED CITY
OF MARIUPOL IN SOUTHERN
UKRAINE HOPING TO RESCUE
CIVILIANS THERE.
AND THERE IS A NEW ROUND OF
PEACE TALKS SCHEDULED FOR
TOMORROW BUT THUS FAR
THEY’VE DONE LITTLE TO STOP
THE INVASION ON THE TRUST
LEVEL AND WHAT HAPPENS IN
THOSE TALKS IS NOT
PARTICULARLY HIGH.
>>> THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
OF THE WAR HAS BEEN
STAGGERING.
THE UNITED NATIONS REFUGEES
AGENCY SAYS MORE THAN FOUR
MILLION PEOPLE HAVE NOW LEFT
UKRAINE, LEFT THEIR HOMES
THEIR DAILY ROUTINES BEHIND
THOSE NUMBERS ARE SO MUCH
TRAUMATIC STORIES.
PAULA TUTMAN HAS BEEN
TALKING WITH A UKRAINIAN
WOMAN WHO WAS A REFUGEES
DURING WORLD WAR II ABOUT
HER EXPERIENCE AND WHAT
SHE’S SEEING NOW. PAULA?
>> HI ARE DEVIN.
>> SHE SAYS SHE COMES DOWN
HERE TO WORK ON AND IMMERSE
HERSELF IN ALL THINGS
UKRAINE TO RELAX AND GET
AWAY FROM THE WORRY.
NO SMALL TASK WHEN SHE
REALIZES THAT IT LOOKS LIKE
TO HER HISTORY IS REPEATING
ITSELF.
>> THE VOICE ON THAT
CASSETTE TAPE RECOUNTING THE
LIVING AND VERBAL HISTORY
FROM THE ESCAPE FROM UKRAINE
DURING WORLD WAR II.
>> SHE WAS ONLY ONE BUT SHE
SPENT SIX YEARS AS A
UKRAINIAN DISPLACED PERSON A
REFUGEES IN SEARCH OF A
WORLD WHERE SHE COULD
FINALLY STOP RUNNING.
THE VOICE ON THAT CASSETTE
TAPE IS HER MOTHER.
>> NOW THE WAR STARTED IN
39.
THE FRONT WENT THROUGH
UKRAINE BACK AND FORTH IT
WAS THE SOVIETS COMING IN
RETREATING.
THEY WENT THROUGH HUNGARY
AND SLOW VACIA.
>> I REMEMBER THE TRAVELING
AND THE TRAINS AND BEING
PACKED ON TRUCKS AND CROWDED
IN AND SLEEPING IN THESE
HUGE HALLS WITH YOU KNOW
BUNK BEDS AND PEOPLE CROWDED
IN.
>> Reporter: SHE KNOWS WHAT
IT’S LIKE TO LEARN A NEW
LANGUAGE AND NEW WAYS.
TO BE WHAT SHE CALLS A
MARGINALIZED PERSON WITH ONE
FOOT IN TWO DIFFERENT
WORLDS.
>> I WENT TO SCHOOL, I
DIDN’T KNOW THE LANGUAGE, I
DIDN’T KNOW ANYTHING.
I MEAN YOU KNOW EVERYBODY
POINTS FINGERS AT THE LITTLE
STRANGER FOREIGN KID.
>> Reporter: SHE KNOWS WHAT
IT WILL BE LIKE FOR
UKRAINIAN REFUGEES WHEN THEY
FINALLY COME TO THE STATES.
>> BUT SHE BELIEVES WHAT
WILL BE DIFFERENT THIS TIME
WILL BE ESTABLISHED
COMMUNITIES OF UKRAINIANS,
WHO WILL HELP EASE THE
CONFUSION THOUGH THERE WILL
BE NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE
ABOUT THE PAIN.
>> THEY HAD TO LEAVE A LOT
OF THEIR FAMILIES BEHIND,
TOO.
ELDERLY PARENTS PEOPLE WHO
COULDN’T GO FOR WHATEVER
REASON OR CHOSE TO STAY.
I THINK THAT’S PROBABLY THE
MOST HEARTBREAKING PART OF
IT.
>> Reporter: I REMEMBER IN
OUR DISPLACED PERSON CAMPS
WHEN MY MOTHER FINALLY GOT
IN TOUCH WITH SOMEONE FROM
UKRAINE AND FOUND OUT THAT
HER BROTHER HAD BEEN
EXECUTED, THAT ONE HAD BEEN
SENT TO SIBERIA AND HER
MOTHER HAD DIED AND I
REMEMBER HER SITTING AT THE
TABLE, AND I REMEMBER HER
JUST SOBBING.
THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS
THAT REFUGEES DEAL WITH.
>> Reporter: THE SAD IRONY
IS HER MOTHER’S VOICE ON
THOSE RECORDINGS.
MAKING SURE THE NEXT
GENERATIONS WOULD HAVE THE
TRUTH ABOUT THEIR HISTORY.
ONE THEY WOULD NEVER FORGET
SO IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN
AGAIN AND YES IT HAS -- AND
YET IT HAS.
>> SO WHAT SHE’S DOING RIGHT
NOW IS CALLED UKRAINIAN
PISTONKEY THEY BELIEVE THAT
AS LONG AS YOU WRITE ON EGGS.
>> WRITE THESE EASTER WISHES
THERE WILL NOT BE EVIL IN
THE WORLD.
SHE SAYS SHE’S GOT A LOT OF
EASTER EGGS THAT SHE NEEDS
TO DECORATE.
THIS ONE, FOR INSTANCE, IS
FOR PEACE AND HOPE.
DEVIN.
BACK TO.
>> YOU SHE’S GOING TO HAVE
THE UKRAINIAN ALSO AGAIN
HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THAT TRUTH