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First, this morning,
breaking news in DeKalb County.
Police are investigating a shooting at a
sports bar hours after the Super Bowl.
What witnesses tell us they saw.
Plus, you don't have to put filing
your taxes off any longer. Why?
The IRS is backtracking after
they initially told you to wait.
And temperatures are starting
off on the chilly side.
We're down into the 30s in a lot of spots.
We're gonna heat up nicely as
we head into the afternoon.
I think you're gonna love this forecast.
All the details for you coming up,
here come the problems.
It's red alerts 575,
this southbound wreck right
near Barrett Parkway.
5 cars, still no police.
And it's getting bad out of Woodstock.
And we're keeping an eye on the red
alert out of Conyers lot to cover.
Let's get you right to that breaking
news in DeKalb County at the
popular sports Bar and Grill there.
This one person is dead just
hours after the Super Bowl.
Molly Oke is live, and Molly,
you spoke to the bar owner.
Yeah, he says he's never
seen anything like this.
He was looking at security footage,
which he then showed pictures
of to us earlier this morning.
When you take a look at video
from the scene as DeKalb County
police are still investigating,
so working to learn the details
of what led up to the shooting.
But we do know at least one person is dead.
Those shell case casing markings
are still all over the parking lot
as police continue to investigate.
The owner says there were three people
that looked like they were involved.
He says it happened around 3:10 this morning.
He says it seemed like they knew
each other and says the one person.
Did get killed was initially inside of
the sports bar and then he went outside.
He says one man shot that man multiple times,
then just walked away and left.
And he drove off in a black car again.
Police are still investigating.
We'll bring you updates as soon
as we learn them right here on
11 alive and on 11 alive.com.
Back to you all. Molly, thank you.
We continue your 11 minutes of
nonstop news with the family of a
well known Atlanta nightclub owner
getting ready to say goodbye. It comes
after Michael Gideon was shot and
killed at Republic Lounge this month.
According to a post from his brother,
Gideon's funeral will be held tomorrow
at Ebenezer Baptist Church at 2:00 PM.
Gideon was the co-owner of Republic Lounge.
Police say the shooting suspect,
39 year old Jonathan Soto,
was kicked out of the club for being too
drunk before returning and shooting Gideon.
After the shooting,
Republic Atlanta announced it is
closing its doors permanently.
A Metro Atlanta Security guard is
recovering in the hospital after
being shot by a couple who were
trying to dine and dash police.
Were called to the Sage Wood Fire
Tavern in Dunwoody Saturday night.
Police say after the man and woman
tried to leave without paying,
the security guard tried to stop them.
Police say they got into a fight.
The man pulled out a gun and shot the guard.
Georgia's Attorney
General Chris Carr is getting
ready to visit Atlanta police
foundations at Promise Center.
This is part of a continued
anti gang recruitment effort.
Car will discuss what he is doing
to prevent gang recruitment,
especially in schools
with kids and teenagers.
That was a look at your top headlines.
Alright. Good morning chesley.
Starting off a new week here.
Yeah, brand new week.
A cool start, but it's going to heat up
nicely once we head into the afternoon.
In fact your 4 central times
today we called the forecast.
You're looking at 36 degrees
to start off this morning.
25 will be our temperature by noon
on our way to 6363 for an afternoon
high today under mostly sunny skies
and very nice looking day in fact.
You see clear skies I by 7:00
o'clock tonight we'll drop back
down to 54 degrees on our way back
down to the 30s for overnight lows.
Once again, just clear all around.
You're looking at not much going on
here right throughout the Southeast.
Looks, looks gorgeous.
As a matter of fact high pressure is
building in down to the South of us.
We do our front up here,
but you notice it's moisture starved.
Not a whole lot of moisture
associated with this at all.
A little trough over us,
little weak boundary that's fading away.
Our winds out of the West or
northwest as we head through the
afternoon should remain fairly light.
Will say 10 mph or less for this afternoon.
We do know that the mild air will stay
with us as we head through the day today,
looking at temperatures in the 60s and
we'll stay there for much of the week.
Here we are by Thursday and we're still
dealing with that mild to warm air.
The cold air will start to push a
little bit further down to the South,
especially by the time we get
to Wednesday and Thursday,
you see it going all way down into
Texas and then we'll start to slide a
little further over toward the east as
we head toward the end of the work week.
Now that's where we'll see some of
the cooler conditions for us as the
cold front pushes through the area.
I think through the day,
temperatures may be falling off.
On Friday,
of course we'll pay for that
with a little rain as well.
With that front coming through dry.
Today again tomorrow we'll
have a nice dry day.
A few more clouds will work in on Tuesday,
so not as pretty of a day
as it will be on Monday.
And then the rain comes back to us.
By the time we get to Wednesday,
look at a 40% chance.
It's mainly going to be scattered showers.
Let me show you that in the
forecast track model today. Fine.
Mostly sunny skies looks great.
We'll hold on to it through tomorrow morning.
We may start you off with mostly sunny skies.
By the time we get to mid
morning into the afternoon,
one of those clouds will start to move in.
Notice it will be dry.
For Valentine's Day Tuesday
looking pretty good.
It won't be until Wednesday that we'll
start to see some scattered showers
enter back into the forecast area.
It'll be off and on through
the day on Wednesday,
and then more widespread rain will
come our way as we head into Thursday.
Couple of thunderstorms could be around as
well as something out to watch right now.
Good 70% chance for that rain,
with temperatures by the way going up
close to 70 degrees ahead of that front.
Once the front moves through,
we'll see those temperatures
fall off a bit on Thursday.
Friday may have some early morning showers.
We'll give it a 30% chance 51.
Threes could be our high,
but I think our temperatures
will be falling through the day.
Starting off dry on Saturday but cool,
29 degrees start.
We'll hit 53 and then 62 on sent us
next Sunday as we begin to rebound.
Next up in your 11 minutes of nonstop news,
a developing story about national security.
Pentagon officials say the US has shot
down another unidentified object President
Biden ordered to take down as
it was flying over Michigan.
Officials say it was not a military threat,
but it was a flight hazard.
This was the 3rd unidentified
object shot in US airspace.
In the last three days and
the 4th in just over a week,
crews are still collecting
debris from the suspected Chinese
spy balloon taken down last
week. We're also following the
latest in the rescue efforts
after the earthquakes in Turkey.
At least 34,000 people have died,
but crews have not given up
hope and they are still finding
survivors even a week later.
Now to an update
to a story that put a lot of
taxpayers in limbo last week,
the IRS now says that you can
go ahead and file your taxes.
That comes after they were
telling people to. Hold off.
Christy Diaz is here to explain the change.
Pretty confusing back and forth
in the middle of tax time?
Yeah, but now we do have an answer.
The IRS has decided,
go ahead, file your taxes.
All of this goes back to those
250 and $500.00 relief checks the
state issued last year and whether
they would be taxed federally.
The IRS has decided the answer is no.
That means for most people in Georgia,
you do not need to report these
payments on your 2022 tax returns,
and you will not have to pay
federal taxes on that money.
So with a little over 2.
Wants to go before the tax
deadline of April 18th.
The IRS now says don't wait,
go ahead, file those taxes.
May also issued a statement saying the IRS
appreciates the patience of taxpayers,
tax professionals,
software companies,
and state tax administrators as the
IRS and Treasury work to resolve
this unique and complex situation.
Now in Georgia and three other states,
there is an exception related
to tax benefits,
so that is a good question to ask
whoever is helping you file your taxes.
Continuing your 11 minutes of
nonstop news new this morning the
Empire State Building is lit up to
honor the winner of Super Bowl 57,
the Kansas City Chiefs.
They beat the Philadelphia Eagles 3835.
You may have heard Harrison Butker is the
one who made that winning field goal.
Did you know he's from Atlanta?
Buker went to the Westminster Schools
in Atlanta and to Georgia Tech.
He was on the field taking it.
One kick at a time, he said.
After he missed that first field goal,
he couldn't stop thinking about the what ifs.
But he dug deep for some positivity
and it paid off in the end.
It feels amazing you know,
just to see all the confetti.
You know you try not to think about
it too much leading up to the week
I guess two weeks of of preparation.
But you know it's just it's amazing
now that all the the dreams,
all the visualizing that
we're going to win came true.
And now you can experience and
and relax and enjoy the win.
Now he has two Super Bowl
rings in his collection.
You can find highlights from the
game and halftime on 11 live.com.
You'll have much more coming
up on the Today show as well.
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By noon today, we're looking at
temperatures right around 55 degrees.
We'll have mostly sunny skies on the outside.
In fact, we'll hold on to that
sunshine really all day long.
It's gonna be a nice afternoon for
us after a pretty chilly start.
63 degrees will be our afternoon high
temperature by the time you're driving home.
Keep those shades handy.
You're gonna need those down to
58 degrees under clear skies.
Those northwest winds about
9 mph or less for today.
Enjoy. Alright,
we know tomorrow is Valentine's Day,
but Saturday was the Cupid's
undie run at even Tide Brewing in
East Atlanta despite the soggy.
Drawers. We ran and raised almost
$50,000 for NF research.
That is neurofibromatosis.
Want to thank everybody
who came out dressed up?
Look at that.
Even Jesus Joe showed up in costume.
They're having a fun time.
And there you go, running in the rain.
Everybody. Everybody did.
Wonderful,
wonderful.
Everyone in the cold for Jesus.
But that might be it.
And your underwear too.
That was the big question.
Did I actually run in my underwear and.
But wait, I've got a traffic alert.
I gotta go. OK, he did.
I'm glad we didn't see any pictures.
Yeah, no, right.