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11 minutes of nonstop news starts now. First
this morning, one week from today,
you'll see school buses out in
Cobb County as the kids head
back to class. Ahead of that,
the district welcoming hundreds
of new teachers going to
be hot on the outside today.
In fact, we have a cold orange as
far as our air quality goes today,
not because of the smoke,
but because of that heat.
And it's only getting hotter from here.
We'll talk about it in the full
forecast straight ahead. Your time
right now is 648.
Here's what's happening now.
Dozens of protesters expected to
show up and speak out at the Morrow
City Council meeting tonight,
many saying they're angry after
one council member called another
unamerican for wanting to print election
ballots in additional languages.
This started when a Morrow
City Council member, Van Tran,
asked if the federal Voting
Rights Act now requires the city
to start printing voting ballots
in Vietnamese and Spanish.
In addition to English,
because of the growth of those
minority populations in the community,
shortly after Council Member
Dorothea Dean opposed calling
her unamerican and saying ballots
should only be printed in English.
New this morning we're learning
details about Atlanta rapper Quavo
being on board a yacht when crew
members were threatened and robbed.
This all went down in Miami Beach.
Now,
the police report said two guests
became aggressive when they were told
the rental time on the boat was running out.
They stole close to $5000
from the yachts captain,
which was later recovered.
No arrests have been made,
Quavo's attorney said.
The rapper was not mentioned in
the report and was not listed as
a witness In a matter of hours.
UPS officials and Teamsters
union members will head back to
the bargaining table.
We are now less than a week away from
the strike deadline for 350,000 workers.
Negotiators say most pieces are in place
for new five year contract like adding
air conditioning to the delivery trucks.
Pay is still a sticking point.
We're just days away from kicking off
metro Atlanta's 2023 school year.
The state's second largest school
district goes back one week from today.
Our Chrissy Diaz live for us this
morning at the Cobb Civic Center.
Christy back to school bash
happening a few hours from now.
This is going to be a big deal
to get these students all warmed
up for the transition.
That's right,
you got to get excited.
A week out we are in the single digit
countdown now for Back to School in Cobb.
And yes, that means the first
day of school is on a Tuesday.
So if you need some of those
last minute school supplies,
this is the place to come.
The Cobb Civic Center is giving away some
of those book bags and free school supplies.
That is the best part.
They're free.
Amera Group Community Care of Georgia
actually is hosting this Back to
School bash here at the Civic Center.
They're the one handing out all
of these supplies and essentials
heading back for the first day.
And as families prep for that first day,
so is the district cop.
Schools hired about 600 new teachers,
and several key leadership
positions have changed.
There are multiple new assistant
superintendents and 13 new school principals.
I checked on their website this morning.
Out of the 409 openings across the district,
only about 50 of those are for
certified teaching positions.
The district says the biggest staffing
need they have right now is for food and
nutrition services and for bus drivers.
Now,
Cobb is the second largest
school district here in Georgia,
but they are among the 25 largest
in the nation.
If you want to come and get some
of these school supplies here
for the back to school bash,
it opens at 10:00.
O'clock, you have until noon to stop by.
Guys,
back to you.
All
right, Christy, thank you.
And that was look at your top headlines.
All right. Hot is the word
of the day, Chesley. That's
absolutely right.
Plus, we have an air quality alert
to pass along to you as well,
not because of the smoke,
but due to the heat.
And they're not moving much.
Yeah, we have a code orange for
the metro Atlantic counties.
As you can see,
if you suffer from any respiratory illness,
you definitely need to limit
your time outside for today.
May make it difficult to breathe out there,
especially if you exert yourself
in temperatures like this,
94 for your afternoon, high temperature.
For those of you who have to be out there
or may have practice this afternoon,
band camps are going on.
And so you definitely need to take breaks.
Of course, teachers know that.
Instructors know that short shorts leaves,
you can get away with it.
Our winds will be on the light side as well.
I'm thinking 6 mph or less for today.
Notice that a whole lot going
on throughout the southeast.
We're sitting pretty here, thanks.
A high pressure that's building in.
We do have a stationary boundary
down to the South of our area.
A little waves riding along that,
but not really having much of an
impact on our weather at all today.
Not going to see much in the
way of relief from thunderstorms
during the afternoon.
Our rain threat today is very low.
It's a 10% chance or less today.
Same for tomorrow, 20% chances.
We get into Thursday, Friday.
Some of the humidity starts
to greet back in Saturday,
the same by Sunday.
I think it's up to a 30% chance
for an isolated or scattered
shower during the afternoon,
mainly during the afternoon
we see anything at all.
That's when it's going to happen.
We need more rain, folks.
We're down for the year about 2 1/2 inches.
We should be closer to the 30 inch mark.
Not quite there and they're not going to
get much help this week at all forecast.
Track model portrays that you notice the
time right here at the top of the screen.
It shows the sunshine around for much
of the afternoon most of the day.
Today most of us will experience
mostly sunny skies.
Few high thin clouds bubbling
in once we get to the afternoon.
Again, maybe a stray sprinkle or two.
That'll be it.
We're going to do it again as
we head into Wednesday,
looking at nothing but sunshine to
start off the day By the afternoon,
at least.
Again, 10 to 20% chance for
an isolated shower to pop up.
Again, most of us will stay on the dry side.
The same happens to us on Thursday
as some of that humidity starts
to creep back in.
Notice these temperatures going up.
Here's your seven day outlook.
It shows 94 degrees for the high
temperature today, Tomorrow,
95 after a 72 degree start.
Humidity starts to really start to
creep in as we head into Thursday,
I think we'll see a little bit
more in the
way of clouds with that 20% chance for
an isolated shower or thunderstorm.
96 will be the high temperature on Thursday.
We'll do the same on Friday.
Look at Saturday 98 for your high
temperature, 20% chance for a shower,
30% chance on Sunday with temperatures
staying in the middle 90s even as
we start the work week next week.
This morning help is on the way to
make school drinking water safer.
In Georgia. The EPA just announced
$58 million to address lead problems.
A big portion of that money
is coming to Georgia.
A study done this year gave
Georgia an FA failing grade for
water quality in school buildings.
The EPA says this money is crucial
to help give schools the tools
they need to keep kids healthy.
Money from this grant program will,
for the first time ever,
be used not only to test for
lead in schools, but will also
be used to remove
the sources of
lead. In schools and child care centers,
the money will also help provide
filters to reduce lead exposure.
Now taking a live look at Miami,
where tonight Atlanta United will play
in the Leagues Cup against Enter Miami.
You know what that means?
Everybody's already talking about it.
The great Leono Messi.
Is going to take on the Atlanta
United and you know you saw that
remarkable debut so it's like okay.
How are guys going to fare against that
Messi scored that winning goal with
just final seconds in his first game.
Atlanta United is going to also face
off against former Atlanta United coach
Tata Martino now coaching for Inter.
Miami Kickoff for tonight's
game set for 7:30.
Atlanta United will not play
AM LS match until August 20th,
but will face off against Miami again
here in the A in September you look.
Get up. Already a hot ticket?
This is Jerry Carnes live at the
Cobb Galleria where the Hopper,
A driverless shuttle, will begin
operations in just the next few hours.
The trial run of the shuttle will last
from now until March of next year.
It will carry passengers around
the Galleria area and it will take
Braves fans to the game across
I-85 on the pedestrian bridge.
It will operate on virtual tracks
with cameras keeping it on the
right path and an attendance.
To take over if anything goes astray,
the Cumberland CID will use
passenger feedback as they create
an overall transportation plan
that the Cumberland CID will roll
out over the next few years.
Back to you.
We are now learning the
disappearance of an Alabama woman who
says she saw a toddler on side
of a highway before vanishing.
It was all made-up.
The attorney for 25 year old Carly
Russell revealed that hours ago Russell's
claim prompted a massive search,
only for her to return
home a couple days later.
Police have not yet said whether any
charges will be filed next on Today,
the latest on a controversial country song.
Despite the backlash,
Jason Aldean's hit Try That in a Small
town is #2 on the Billboard charts.
Good morning, Chesley.
Good morning, Cheryl.
Good morning, everyone.
By noon today, temperatures will
be close enough to 90 degrees.
We have mostly sunny skies on the outside.
Of course, we're going to
get into the 90s today.
Similar to yesterday,
94 degrees will be your afternoon high.
That's hot, folks.
Winds will be on the light
side for this afternoon,
meaning the air will be stagnant.
So we do have a cold orange as
far as our air quality goes.
By 6:00 o'clock when you're driving home,
temperatures will be right around 91
degrees. Well,
we are not liking this rush hour.
We've got multiple traffic
alerts for you including 75
northbound wreck at Hudson Bridge,
285 N at Washington Rd.
a tractor trailer fire to clean up and
another tractor trailer fire 85 S at Hwy.
29 in Coweta County.
I'll have an update for you at 726.
Rough start,
Rough landing for you, buddy.
I'm going back to Pensacola.
Welcome back from vacation.
Don't leave us even though
it's hot out there live.
Look at the airport for you as
we hand it off to the Today show.
Have a great day everybody.