YOU HAD TO THE NORTH WITH 32 MILE PER HOUR WINDS IN TROY 33 IN HOWELL. NOW LET’S TALK ABOUT
OUR TEMPERATURES BECAUSE WE ARE
SO CLOSE TO BREAKING A RECORD,
BUT WE’RE NOT THERE. IT’S 58 AT
CITY AIRPORT, 60 IN MONROE, 60
AND ADRIAN, BUT METRO AIRPORT
STILL STUCK AT 55 DEGREES. THE
RECORD IS 56. SO WE’LL SAVE THEM
THE NEXT HOUR TO WE CAN GET TO
IT. WE ALSO HAVE SOME RAIN
MOVING INTO PARTS OF METRO
DETROIT. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S
GOING TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES, BUT
NOT VERY LONG LIVED. SO IF YOU
LIVE ON THE EAST SIDE YOU’VE GOT
ABOUT ANOTHER HOUR TO GO. YOU’RE
ON THE WEST SIDE. YOU’RE JUST
STARTING TO GET THOSE SHOWERS
RIGHT NOW. SHARP DROP IN
TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY, THOUGH 51 AT SIX
O’CLOCK, AND BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
WE’RE DOWN INTO THE THIRTIES,
BUT WE WARM RIGHT BACK UP AGAIN
. TAKE A LOOK AT TEMPERATURES
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
NORMAL HIGHS ARE IN THE THIRTIES
, WILL BE CLOSE TO NORMAL FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY AND THEN RIGHT BACK
TO WARM AIR FOR SUNDAY MORE ON
THE RAIN AND THE WIND COMING UP
IN THE FORECAST, BUT FIRST IF
YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT THE RAIN
IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WANTED TO
WHEN IT’S COMING AND GOING THE
BEST WAY TO DO IT. GO TO YOUR
FAVORITE APP STORE TYPE IN
WDIV’S AND DOWNLOAD THE 4WARN
WEATHER APP. ALRIGHT. KIM TOP
STORY HERE AT FIVE. DETROIT
MAYOR DUGGAN LAYING OUT PLANS TO
SPEND THE CITY’S $156 MILLION
SURPLUS. HE WANTS THE MONEY TO
MAINLY GO TO THE CITY’S
NEIGHBORHOODS, REPLACING
SIDEWALKS, REMOVING DANGEROUS
TREES AND IMPROVING PARKS. MEGAN
WOODS IS LIVE ON THIS STORY
TONIGHT, MEGAN. IT’S A LOT OF
MONEY, AND THE HOPE IS THAT IT’S
GOING TO GO A LONG WAY. KIMBERLY
A LOT OF MONEY AND A LOT OF
PROJECTS. THE HOPE IS FOR THIS
MONEY TO GO TO. WE SPOKE TO
DETROITERS WHO USED THOSE
SIDEWALKS. THOSE PARTS THAT
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO SEE
WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS
PROPOSAL. $20 MILLION WOULD GO
TO REPLACING NEIGHBORHOOD
SIDEWALKS, SOMETHING PEOPLE WHO
USE THEM SAY IS LONG OVERDUE.
CERTAIN AREAS WORSE THAN OTHERS
. YES YES, AND MAKE A BIG
DIFFERENCE. I HAVE KIDS, AND
IT’S HARD FOR KIDS TO RIDE BIKES
ARE MESSED UP SIDEWALKS. SO YEAH
, I WOULD LIKE THAT OLDER
PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, WE’RE LIKE
DISABILITIES AND STUFF LIKE
THAT. ANOTHER $19.9 MILLION
WOULD GO TO PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION LIKE UPGRADING
THE PEOPLE MOVER WITH NEW CARS
AS WELL AS DEVELOPING THIS
TRANSIT STATION ON THE FORMER
STATE FAIRGROUNDS. RIGHT NOW,
THERE’S NOT MUCH HERE BEAR
BOUNDS, NOTHING THERE. THERE’S
NOT EVEN A RESTAURANT FOR PEOPLE
WHO’S WAITING HERE. YOU KNOW, IT
WOULD BE BETTER FOR LIKE I SEE.
OTHER CITIES WOULD LIKE ACTUAL
TIME SCHEDULE WHERE THE BUSSES
PULLED UP. THAT WOULD BE LIKE
REALLY BIG SPENDING PLAN ALSO
CALLS FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO
GO TO DEAD AND DANGEROUS TREE
REMOVAL, DEMOLISHING
UNSALVAGEABLE BUILDINGS ACROSS
THE CITY PARK RENOVATIONS, THE
CITY’S RETIREE PROTECTION FUND
AND RISK MANAGEMENT FUND. THE
PROPOSAL STILL HAS TO BE
APPROVED, BUT IT GIVES THE
EVERYDAY DETROITER SOMETHING TO
LOOK FORWARD TO. IT GIVES A
BETTER OVERALL CITY NOT JUST FOR
DOWNTOWN. BUT YOU KNOW FOR THE
OUTER CITY. THE MAYOR PLANS TO
PRESENT HIS BUDGET TO CITY
COUNCIL EARLY NEXT MONTH. BUT
THIS UPCOMING MONDAY IS WHEN
THEY HAVE THE ESTIMATE. REVENUE
CAMP PRINCE AND THAT’S OPEN TO
THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE THAT
INFORMATION ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM REPORTING
LIVE. I’M MEGAN WOODS, LOCAL 4
SOMEBODY WHO LIVES IN THE CITY
OF DETROIT. I’M LOOKING FORWARD
TO SEEING HOW THIS MONEY WILL BE
SPENT IN WHAT WILL LOOK LIKE
MEGAN. I HAVE TO COMMENT, THOUGH
YOU IT LOOKS LIKE THE WINDS
BLOWING AROUND A LITTLE BIT
WHIPPING THERE. THAT’S RIGHT.
YEAH THE TEMPERATURE JUST
DROPPED. YES SO EARLIER, IT WAS
WARMER. THE SUN WAS OUT, AND IT
WASN’T THAT BAD, BUT THE WIND
QUICKLY, LIKE WITHIN MINUTES
PICKED UP AND IT GOT A LITTLE
CHILLIER. I HAD TO GRAB MY
SCARF. SO IT IS CHANGING. WE’LL
LET YOU GET IN AND FROM THE WIN.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT THIS
THIS AFTERNOON, MEGAN. THANK YOU
. HOW MUCH MONEY WAS TAKEN AND
WHO TOOK IT IN THE FIRST PLACE?
THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE
QUESTIONS AT THE CENTER OF A NOW
CLOSED INVESTIGATION IN MORE
THAN $685,000 OF MONEY SCAMMED.
OUT OF DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY
OVER A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS,
ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES. THE
CITY WAS SCAMMED BY A FAKE EMAIL
TO MAKE WIRE TRANSFERS OVER THE
COURSE OF THE YEAR, LEAVING THE
LIBRARY WITHOUT MONEY. THE
LIBRARY NEEDS GRANT HERMES JOINS
US NOW, SO THIS HAS BEEN
INVESTIGATED. THE INVESTIGATION
NOW CLOSED, BUT THE MONEY IS
STILL MISSING. DE’VEON KIMBERLY,
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT MORE THAN
$400,000 STILL MISSING THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL INVESTIGATION
. THIS WAS SAID THAT THE CITY
NOR THE LIBRARY DID ANYTHING
WRONG. THERE WAS SIMPLY THE
VICTIMS AND YET ANOTHER ONE OF
THOSE ONLINE SCAMS WE HEAR SO
MUCH ABOUT DETROIT’S INSPECTOR
GENERAL, SAYING AN INVESTIGATION
INTO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS THAT WERE SCAMMED OUT OF
CITY COFFERS IS NOW OVER AND OUT
OF HER HANDS. THERE IS NO
EVIDENCE THAT ANY LIBRARY
EMPLOYEES OR ANY CITY EMPLOYEES
ENGAGED IN ANY OFFICIAL CONDUCT
THAT RESULTED IN THE FRAUDULENT
TRANSFER. THE ISSUE STEMS FROM
PAYMENTS MADE IN 2020 AND 2021
FROM THE OFFICE OF DETROIT’S
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. THE
PAYMENTS WERE REQUESTS TO WIRE
MONEY TO AN ACCOUNT THAT
APPEARED TO COME FROM AN
OFFICIAL DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY
EMAIL, BUT IT WAS A SCAM IN ALL
THE CITY SENT $685,000 TO
SCAMMERS BASED SOMEWHERE IN
MALAYSIA. THEY WERE ONLY ABLE TO
RECOVER 277,000 LEAVING MORE
THAN $407,000 ON ACCOUNTED FOR.
IT WAS A SCAM, SO IT’S A
FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY THAT WAS
INITIATED AND ENGAGED BY A THIRD
PARTY AND TRAGICALLY, THE
LIBRARY AND THE CITY ARE BOTH
VICTIMS TO THIS. CRYING IN A
STATEMENT, DETROIT SO CFO,
SAYING IN PART, LAW ENFORCEMENT
HAS BEEN INVOLVED, BUT HAS NOT
SHARED DETAILS OF THEIR
ACTIVITIES WITH US, THE LIBRARY
AND THE CITY BOTH OUR VICTIMS IN
THIS MATTER. LOCAL 4 DID ATTEMPT
TO REACH DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY
BUT DID NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE
BACK. THE NEXT QUESTION HERE IS
OBVIOUSLY HOW DO YOU GET ALL OF
THAT MONEY BACK? WELL DPL SAYS
THEY WANT THE CITY TO PAY IT
BACK TO THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE
THE ONES SUSPENDED IN THE FIRST
PLACE TO THIS SCAM WHERE THE
CITY SAYS NOT SO FAST. WE’RE
BOTH VICTIMS HERE. WE ALSO
REACHED OUT TO THE FBI TO SEE IF
THERE WAS AN ONGOING
INVESTIGATION DE’VEON. THEY SAID
THEY COULD NEITHER CONFIRM NOR
DENY. ANY INVESTIGATION INTO
THIS CASE FOR DETROIT, PUBLIC
LIBRARIES BACK TO YOU. GREAT WE
KNOW CITY DOES HAVE A PRETTY
ROBUST CYBERSECURITY POLICY. SO
YOU KNOW, FAIR QUESTION, RIGHT?
HOW DOES HOW DOES SOMETHING LIKE
THIS HAPPENED? READ YOU LOOK AT
LIKE THIS ALL THIS MONEY SAY,
HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN? WELL THE
ISSUE IS THESE SCAMS CAN OFTEN
BE VERY, VERY SOPHISTICATED, AND
ALL IT TAKES IS ONE PERSON TO
MAKE ONE MISTAKE. WE’VE SEEN
THIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM DC
TO TEXAS TO CALIFORNIA JUST GOES
TO SHOW THAT THIS CAN HAPPEN
ALMOST ANYWHERE. NOBODY
INCLUDING THE CITY OF DETROIT,
APPARENTLY IS IMMUNE FROM THESE
THINGS. EXACTLY, RIGHT? YEAH.
ALL RIGHT, GRANT. A MAN FIGHTS
BACK AGAINST HIS CAR JACKERS
OUTSIDE OF A GAS STATION ON
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE. POLICE SAY
THE MAN WAS LEAVING THE GAS
STATION ON SEVEN MILE IN GRAND
RIVER JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT WHEN
TWO PEOPLE PULLED UP AND TRIED
TO STEAL HIS CAR. BUT POLICE SAY
THAT MAN STABBED BOTH OF THE
CARJACKERS. THEN ONE OF THE
THIEVES SHOT HIM. HE IS IN
CRITICAL CONDITION. THE
CARJACKING SUSPECTS. BOTH IN THE
HOSPITAL. WE ARE WORKING TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT A SHOOTING THIS
MORNING ON DETROIT’S WEST SIDE.
A MAN IN HIS THIRTIES WAS SHOT
AND KILLED ON GREG’S NEAR THE
LODGE AND WYOMING. WE’RE TOLD
THE MAN IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION
. WE DON’T KNOW THE
CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE
SHOOTING OR IF THE SHOOTER HAS
BEEN ARRESTED TONIGHT, THERE’S A
NEW PLACE ON DETROIT’S EAST SIDE
THAT’S LOOKING TO HELP END
CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS. HEALTHY
HOUSING CENTER IS COMBINING A
SHELTER AND MEDICAL FACILITY
UNDER ONE ROOF. TO GIVE SOME
DETROITERS THE HELP THEY NEED.
AND I, ROD MELONI GOT A TOUR OF
THE FACILITY TODAY, THIS AREA
BEHIND THE USED TO BE THE
SEVENTH PRECINCT FOR DETROIT
POLICE DEPARTMENT. BUT RIGHT NOW
IT IS A FACILITY FOR HOMELESS
PEOPLE TO TURN THEIR LIVES
AROUND. THE ONE THING THE CITY
HAS BEEN MISSING, THOUGH, IS A
FACILITY FOR THE HOMELESS TO GO
ON AN IMMEDIATE BASIS TO GET
MEDICAL CARE, MENTAL HEALTH CARE
AND SET INTO THE PROGRAM TO GET
INTO THIS FACILITY. DETROIT’S
HOMELESS RECOVERY PROGRAM IS A
TIERED PROCESS. ONE ALLOW YOUNG
IS SUCCESSFULLY EXITING. IF I
CAN DO THIS, THEY CAN DO IT,
TOO. HE SPENT YEARS ON THE
STREET WITH A DRUG PROBLEM AND
HAD WORKED IN MICHIGAN POLITICS
IN LANSING. HAS COMPLETED ME TO
DO THIS. I’M DOING NOW WORKING
TO HELP OTHER HOMELESS
DETROITERS MOVE UPWARD AND
ONWARD AS WELL, AND IT’S ABOUT
TO GET A LOT EASIER. MORE WOMEN
IN THE SUMMER MORE MEN IN THE
WINTER. LINDA LITTLE DIRECTS THE
PROGRAM AND GAVE US A TOUR
AROUND THE NEW EAST SIDE HEALTHY
HOUSING FACILITY. 56 BEDS
FLEXIBLE TO KEEP MEN AND WOMEN
IN SEPARATE AREAS. IT’S A VAST
IMPROVEMENT OVER THE OLD DROP IN
CENTERS. NOW THERE’S AN
INDUSTRIAL KITCHEN, FULL MEDICAL
FACILITIES AND A PLACE TO SLEEP
OUT OF THE ELEMENTS, AND SO WE
SEE THEM CIRCLING BACK AND FORTH
THROUGH THE ER IN THE HOSPITALS.
COSTING FIVE TIMES MORE THAN THE
AVERAGE PERSON ON OUR HEALTH
CARE SYSTEM. GETTING WHAT I
BELIEVE TO BE INHUMANE TREATMENT
BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT GETTING THE
CONTINUING CARE. THIS IS LIKE A
FORTRESS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
HAS A GARRISON. PRESIDENT OF
SOLDIERS. DO THE THINGS FOR THE
COMMUNITY. THE INSURGENTS. THE
GOOD CAREER BACK UP. NOW LET HIM
WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY’VE SPENT
15 YEARS TRYING TO GET THIS
PLACE UP AND GOING VERY HAPPY
ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY SAY IT
GIVES THEM THAT LOWER TIER WHERE
THEY CAN WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE
STABILIZE THEIR LIVES AND THEN
HELPED GET THEM INTO ESSENTIALLY
JOB TRAINING AND MOVING THEM UP
THROUGH THE DIFFERING TIERS OF
THEIR PROGRAM. TO STAY CAN END
UP LIKE ALLAH BACK TO YOU. SO
WHEN DOES THE CENTER OPEN ROD
WELL, YOU DON’T DEVIN, THEY SAY
THAT THEY’VE GOT SUPPLY CHAIN
ISSUES, SO THEY WANTED TO BE
OPEN TODAY, BUT IT’S PROBABLY
GONNA TAKE AT LEAST ANOTHER
MONTH OR MAYBE MORE WILL KEEP
FOLLOWING IT. ALL RIGHT, ROD
THERE MELTDOWN CAUSED THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE TO MISS CHRISTMAS WITH
THEIR FAMILIES. WHAT IS
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES BLAMED FOR
THIS MASSIVE PROBLEM WHEN
EXECUTIVES WERE ON THE HOT SEAT
IN FRONT OF CONGRESS TODAY,
WE’LL HAVE THAT COMING UP. AND A
BIG QUESTION. WHAT WAS INSIDE
THAT BALLOON FOUND FLOATING
ABOVE THE US TONIGHT THE
GOVERNMENT REVEALS THE ANSWER
AND ALSO PLACES THE BLAME. DOC
WHAT’S GOING AROUND IS CHANGING
AS QUICKLY AS THE WEATHER COME,
DR FRANK MCGEORGE AHEAD. I’LL