protected. she also has been talking to the economy, one of the most important economic decisions you make is family planning. but her republican opponent has been saying the opposite. she s been saying abortion should be banned in all cases including rape and incest and making her closing argument about the economy, as well as parental rights around education. we ve seen a lot of people with local school board signs, so that s a contentious issue. but i m in gross point, a diverse part of michigan. these are people filling out their voter information cards, people are giving us the thumbs up. we re seeing democracy in action here. walk with me. if you come in here with me, you ll see there is a line of people here, again, in gross point, michigan. it is telling you, again, that people are taking this very serious hi. of course, we talk a lot about threats to democracy. and here in michigan, you have on the top three leaders, the
people. people have been coming in and out, casting their ballots. there s a key word here, that is contention. in gross point, it is politically diverse and racially diverse, what you re seeing here are people on both sides. we interviewed a mother-in-law who was voting for whitmer, but her son-in-law was voting for tudor dixon. and then when you drive around gross point, i was looking at people with signs saying tudor dixon, and then a neighbor saying whitmer. a sign saying to vote yes on the proposition. and then signs saying no, that s the wrong decision. that tells you how passionate people are, and how difficult our politics has become. you too will be joining our coverage all night long. i look forward to talking to both of you, as we are all in this together tonight.
i tell people it s the miracle of facebook. you know, without facebook it wouldn t have happened. detroit private eye julianne had been baffled for years about the mystery surrounding the murder of old man bob. a murder that put tommy and ray highers in prison for highs. and then out of the blue, may 2010, just because some woman had a moment of nostalgia and posted a casual note on facebook, an affidavit landed on julianne s desk. from a man she never heard of, john hielscher. it had to be real. it had to be true. it s like a piece of heaven fallen down. right. , yeah. john told julianne what happened that awful night in the detroit summer of 1987. it was party night, he said. john and his classmates had just graduated from gross point north high school. that s in the suburb where the captains of industry live. several miles and tax brackets