Mary Sheffield

but she was talking about being chair of the Appropriations Committee.

I mentioned that Mary Sheffield is the mayor of Detroit.

I'm in L.A. We've got a black mayor here, Karen Bass.

Barbara Lee, mayor of Oakland, was on this program earlier this week.

Medicine is under investigation by the city's Inspector General.

After admitting he called two citizens and asked them to remove social media photos of Mayor Mary Sheffield with a former boyfriend, activist Dante Smith says police later handcuffed him and seized his phone, calling it an abuse of power.

Medicine denies any connections, saying the phone was taken under a judge approved warrant involving an unrelated allegation that Smith threatened a woman.

Former Police Chief James Craig says medicine should not have become involved in the mayor's personal affairs and questioned Department resources were misused.

Let's get to the headlines.

Good morning, Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison under investigation by the city's inspector general.

After admitting he called two citizens and asked them to remove social media photos of Mayor Mary Sheffield from a former boyfriend, activist Jadante Smith says police later handcuffed him and seized his phone, calling it an abuse of power.

Bettison denies any connection, saying the phone was taken under a judge-approved warrant involving an unrelated allegation that Smith threatened a woman.

Things look a little different this morning because we've had to make a few changes on the fly.

For three weeks, we've had an interview scheduled with Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield with plans to talk about many things happening in the city through her first eight months.

How are the new programs like free bus rides for kids working? Has it increased attendance? How is the cleanup from the tornado going? How serious is the city actually considering breaking away from DTE? Is the trade war with Canada affecting the Detroit economy? Of course, I also had some questions about old allegations from a former boyfriend that resurfaced last week.

It came back up because a community activist posted old photos of the mayor and Marvin Walker, who claimed he accepted kickbacks on her behalf when she was on city council.

Let me speak to capitalism for a minute.

I do want to ask you because you remember these kinds of things.

Mary Sheffield, the mayor of Detroit, was supposed to go on Jason Coulthorpe's show on Channel 4 this weekend.

Canceled at the last second because they told him, don't ask about this accusation coming from her ex-boyfriend about the scandal and having to do with payoffs and the rest of it.