The Week That Was on Deadline Detroit

Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss and Allan Lengel talk with TV crime reporter Chris Hansen about his crime show streaming on TruBlu TV.  Detroit Free Press investigative columnist M.L. Elrick talks about why he thinks ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is the same old Kwame Kilpatrick, who can't be trusted. 

Host Saeed Khan talks with guests, attorneys Joel Sklar, Bill Seikaly and Steve Fishman;  Adolph Mongo, host of the podcast, "Detroit in Black and White," labor and community activist Barb Ingalls, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about: Ceasefire in Gaza. for now;  Hollywood stars comments on the Gaza War and consequences; Putin...

Hosts Adolph Mongo, Allan Lengel and Eric Brown talk about Democratic politics and Black voters in Michigan. They also talk with Wayne County Treasurer Eric Sabree about taxes and how people can save their homes.

Host Nancy Derringer talks with attorneys Steve Fishman, Bill Seikaly and Joel Sklar, community and labor activist Barb Ingalls, Beverly Watts, president of BME Consulting and former director of Wayne County Public Services Department and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel.  (Regular host Saeed Khan is on the road.) They talk about the brutal Israel-Hamas war and what comes next; Trump stays...

Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss and Allan Lengel talk with actor Harper Hill, who tells them why he's running for U.S. senate, and about the Democratic Party's push to back his opponent in the primary. Hill, a Detroit resident, is best known for his roles as Dr. Sheldon Hawkes in CSI: NY, Agent Spelman Boyle in Limitless, and Dr. Marcus Andrews in The Good Doctor. He earned a law degree...

Host Saeed Khan talks with attorneys Bill Seikaly and Joel Sklar, community and labor activist Barb Ingalls, former Channel 7 investigative reporter Jim Kiertzner, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about Blinken in the Middle East: Shuttle kiplomacy over Gaza; Rashida Tlaib censured by House; Pete Meijer running for Senate;  Dem strategist A...

Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss and Allan Lengel talk about politics and the Middle East and whether some of our Washington representatives are doing enough for constituents. They also talk about ex-Detroit Lion Lem Barney and caregiving for parents.

Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss and Allan Lengel talk to Congressional candidate Adam Hollier and Detroit Deputy Mayor Todd Bettison. Hollier hopes the primary field is less crowded this time around. Last time, too many Black candidates paved a path for Shri Thanedar to win.  Bettison talks about Halloween and places kids can get candy including police precincts, fire stations and city recreation...

Host Saeed Khan talks with attorneys Bill Seikaly, Steve Fishman and Joel Sklar, labor and community activist Barb Ingalls, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about: Israeli ground troops roll into Gaza; the human toll. More guilty pleas in Trump's Georgia case; The House gets a Maga speaker; Detroit synagogue President Samantha Woll mur...

Hosts Vanessa Moss, Allan Lengel and Jim Nardone talk with former state Rep. Cynthia A. Johnson about proposed state legislation that would allow Michigan cities to tax the value of land separately from property. Johnson opposes the bill, insisting it won't benefit residents.

Host Saeed Khan talks with attorneys Bill Seikaly and Joel Sklar, community and labor activist Barb Ingalls, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about Trump's attorneys in Georgia copping pleas and cooperating; Adam Hollier challenges Shri Thanedar in the 13th Congressional District; The battle in the Gaza; New poll shows American disillu...

Hosts Adolph Mongo and Allan Lengel talk to 13-year-old author Damarius Summers, artist Dana Hanson, 16, Detroit Fire Chief James Harris and former Metro Detroiter Michael Papas, who is visiting Jerusalem with his Israeli wife. Detroit author Damarius Summers wrote "I Miss You, " a book about his great grandfather William Summers who died, and how painful his passing has been.  Arist Dan...

Host Saeed Khan talks with attorneys Steve Fishman, Bill Seikaly and Joel Sklar, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about Gaza, Hamas, Israel and the Benjamin Netanyahu government; The lost Republican House that can't find a speaker; A new poll that Donald Trump ahead of Joe Biden in Michigan but behind Gov. Gretchen Whitmer; New charges...

Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss and Allan Lengel talk with Macomb County politician and former judge Carl Marlinga, who is running once again for Congress, and former state lawmaker Sherry Gay-Dagnogo. Marlinga, a Democrat, lost in the 2022 race to Republican John James. He thinks he can unseat James this time and tells why.  Gay-Dagnogo talks about redistricting so Blacks can be better represent...

Host Saeed Khan talks with guests, attorney Bill Seikaly, Ira Todd, retired Detroit homicide investigator and Hollywood consultant; Jim Mcfarlin, former longtime Detroit News music and media critic and frequent contributor to the Metro Times and HOUR Detroit; veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about: Trump goes to Court in New York; Baseball...

Host Saeed Khan talks with guests, attorney Joel Sklar, Detroit in Black and White host Adolph Mongo, pollster Ed Sarpolus,  Beverly Watts, president of BME Consulting and former director of Wayne County Public Services Department and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about: New judge declare Trump's business fraudulent; ractices; UAW strike update: More closures; Biden and...

Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss and Allan Lengel talk with Detroit Deputy Mayor Todd Bettison, Anemashaun Bomani, co-chairman of of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement-Detroit, and Jo Irby, legal professional and U.S.. Army veteran. Irby is a veterans claim representative who assists veterans with filing claims for disabilities and compensation. Bettison talks about Oct. 30 and why we no longer cal...

Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss and Allan Lengel talk with guests,  Tammy Daniels, head of the Detroit Land Bank Authority, and Sid Bogan, who is on the MSU search committee for a new president. Daniels gives an update on the Land Bank's inventory for homes and vacant lots. Bogan, a former deputy Detroit Police chief, is chief of safety, security and integrity for the Detroit Water and Sewer...

Host Saeed Khan talks with guests, attorney Bill Seikaly, veteran automotive journalist Paul Eisenstein, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about: House divided: Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his rebellious caucus as government shutdown looms;  UAW strike and UAW's special treatment of Ford'; Former Trump associate tells prosecutors he...

Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss and Jim Nardone talk with guests, Florida lawyer Richard Ryles, who fills us in on Gov. Ron DeSantis, and JeDonna Dinges, who is trying to get lawmakers to pass tougher hate crime legislation in Lansing after facing racial intimidation in Grosse Pointe Park.  They also talk about the UAW strike and the auto show, and suspended MSU football Coach Mel Tucker. 

Host Saeed Khan talks with guests, attorneys Steve Fishman and Joel Sklar, community and labor activist Barb Ingalls, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about: Kevin McCarthy calls for Biden impeachment Inquiry without a without a House vote; Trouble at MSU: Coach Mel Tucker suspended in latest scandal; Michael Flynn comes to Hamtramck, court...

Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss and Allan Lengel talk with guests, Frank Wood, a whistle blower and former Wayne County Sheriff's Deputy, and Detroit Fire Department Chief for community relations James Harris.

Hosts Nancy Derringer talks with guests, attorney Joel Sklar;  Jim Mcfarlin, former Detroit News music and media critic, and a frequent contributor to the Metro Times and HOUR Detroit; labor and community activist Barb Ingalls and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about:  Musk vs the ADL: strange times, strange fight; the UAW and a possible strike; Trump's co-defendnats blam...

Hosts Adolph Mongo, Vanessa Moss and Allan Lengel talk with guest Alia Harvey Quinn, a leader and the daughter of Black Panthers. Alia is the founder and Executive Director of FORCE Detroit, a community organization that is shedding light locally and nationwide on solutions to gun violence, with a primary focus on Community Violence Intervention.

Host Allan Lengel talks with guests, attorneys Steve Fishman and Joel Sklar, pollster Ed Sarpolus, veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about: Cooked books, Not Cookbooks: N.Y. Attorney General claims Trump grossly exaggerated net worth in fraud case ;  Tudor Dixon Tells Trump she should have pivoted in abortion issue (we have video);  Georgia...