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11 minutes of nonstop news starts now. We
kick off your 11 minutes of nonp
news with a balloon release to
remember a student gunned down
outside of Benjamin Emays High School.
Our Molly Oak joins us live in Molly.
We're learning more about 16
year old Brie Asia Powell.
I have friends tell us Briaja as
had a smile on her face, especiy
when she was volunteering at the city's
midnight basketball program Last night.
Before tipoff, they held a momef
silence to remember the rising junior
who was killed over the weekend.
It happened early Sunday morning around 2:30.
Powell and other teens were on a party bus
that ended with a stop on school property.
Powell and another 16 year old were shot.
Powell died and the boy was hospitalized.
Now, that balloon release is tot
right here at the school. At 6:.
It'll happen on the football fi.
Organizers say if you plan to ce
bring a pink, gold or white balloons.
Guys. Thank you Molly.
Well
wishes are coming in from around the world
for former first lady Rosalynn Carter,
It was announced by the Carter Center
that she's living with dementia.
Chrissy Diaz is live for us.
She has been advocating on this
topic for more than 50 years.
It started when they were
in the Governor's mansion,
then extended into the White Hoe
years and beyond with the creation of
the Carter Center and the Rosaln
Carter Institute for caregivers.
So it is no surprise that people around
the world want to send well wis.
They're feeling moved, inspired,
maybe sad, and a little gratefu,
and wanting to express all
of that to misses Carter.
The Carter Center has set up a
board online where you can send
messages of peace and comfort.
And Missus Carter.
Now when the Carter Center
released the news yesterday,
in a statement they said
Missus Carter is quote,
living happily at home with her husband,
enjoying spring and plains
and visits with loved ones.
And that's an important point ae
and where she is leading by exa,
once again reminding people that
you can still have a meaningful
life after a dementia diagnosis.
And this is in line with the work that
she has been doing for decades ,
announcing her diagnosis.
Just one more step in living out
her legacy of reducing stigma.
And starting important conversations.
Guys, back to you.
Thank you, Christy.
This morning we have updates toa
deadly shooting in Buckhead we brought
to you as breaking news on Tues.
We now know a woman shot
in an Uber was targeted.
Right now, there's still no suspects.
Police say she was inside an Uber went
another car pulled up at Lindbeh
and Adina drives and opened fir.
Neighbors and family members hae
identified the victim as Sisha Brody,
saying that she moved here
from Guyana with her brother.
That was a look at your top
headlines this morning.
Your time now is 650.
Melissa is watching some rain
in the forecast
hurricane season one day away fm
the start of hurricane season.
We'll get to that coming up in just a second.
But rain this morning?
Few isolated showers as we head
into the afternoon. Isolated ag.
Something that can give us more
widespread rain this time of
year is the tropics and hurricae
season officially starts tomorr.
The Hurricane NOAA is predicting
a near average season.
If you want to learn more about that,
there is an article and a package that I
put together last week on the 11 Alive app.
Here's an area I'm watching in e
Gulf of Mexico that has a low ce
of development the next seven d.
Hurricane Center giving this
a 20% chance of development.
Likely there's a little bit tooh
wind shear for this to really get going,
but this is something that we're
watching heading into early Jun.
Let me show you the forecast trk
for where this ends up heading.
Might get its act together a
little bit the coming days,
just creating an area of low pressure,
but it probably won't have a big
opportunity for major developme.
But where is it going this week?
Likely E is where the steering
currents will take this.
Over the Florida peninsula out
into the Atlantic early next we.
So does that mean it heads into Georgia?
Unfortunately not If you are
looking for rainfall,
but rainfall This morning I am tracking
some of those isolated showers.
We need it.
Look at the May rainfall stats for us.
We've had just over an inch and
a half of rain.
In Atlanta we averaged nearly
3 1/2 inches of rain.
So we have a rain deficit,
meaning below where we should
be of nearly two inches of rain.
And the pattern this week is not
going to support widespread rai,
unfortunately.
But there will be some opportuns
each day of a few popup showers and storms.
Look at this start to the day.
Beautiful picture from our live
camera up in Blue Ridge up in
the North Georgia mountains.
But if you're hoping to see
a nice sunrise in Atlanta,
you have to wait till tomorrow.
Unfortunately,
cloud cover greets us this morn.
I have also been tracking a
couple of light showers.
The showers are on the
northeast side of the metro,
stretching throughout Jackson County.
Rather hovering just South of the Brazelton
area through Jefferson for toda.
20% rain chance.
We start off with those few
isolated showers this morning.
A lot of cloud cover.
That cloud cover thins out for e
noon hour and then this afternon
as we heat to the low 80s.
Here we go.
Some isolated showers and maybe
a thunderstorm will develop.
Notice there's a few areas
of green on the map,
but more areas that are not
getting in on any rain.
That is the pattern we will be n
for the rest of the work week.
Some of us get lucky,
get a shower storm in the after.
Most of us do not pick up up any
rain over the course of the wee.
Tomorrow looks very similar.
We'll start in the 70s in the morning,
few showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon.
Here's your 7 day forecast.
Low rain chances over the weeke.
Thank you.
Now a live look from our nation's capital
where just hours from now House lawmakers
will debate the debt ceiling bi.
If passed, there could be changs
for those on SNAP benefits.
Right now, the law requires most adults
from 18 to 49 without dependents
to work or attend other program.
The proposed deal.
Would push that age range up five years.
There are some exemptions.
Also, if approved,
the pandemic pause on federal student
loan payments would be lifted.
Those federal student loans
would then have to be paid back
at a 5 1/2% interest rate,
which is about 2 1/2 percent hir
than it was before the pause.
Today,
people in Georgia with medical
cannabis cards will be able to t
what they need in the new form.
The Truly Dispensary will be
selling it as nasal spray.
The company's inventory manager says the
spray primarily helps people having seizures,
but can help other conditions t.
It takes effect faster than low THC oil,
but it doesn't last as long.
It takes about 15 minutes,
lasts about an hour,
hour and a half,
and then the oils are going
to take 30 to 45 minutes.
And those last anywhere between
3:00 to 4:00 hours.
And if you ate something fatty that day, it
might last five to six.
The nasal spray cost $120.00.
It sprays 300 times with 5
milligrams of medicine in each .
Today is the last day to apply for the count.
The Cap county's Tenant Landlord Assistance
Coalition Housing Assistance program.
The CAP county says it's seen roughly
1100 applications since April.
Anyone who submits an applicatin
today will still be considered.
Now taking you to a live look at
Hartsfield Jackson International Airport,
where in the last few days airport officials
say they've seen a record Memorial Day
weekend here and across the nat.
The Transportation Secretary Administration
sharing on Twitter that nearly 8
million people were screened at airports
nationwide over the four day weekend,
and that's up by 300,000 compard
from the Memorial Day holiday in 2019.
TSA said Friday screening volums
nearly 3,000,000 and that's the highest
post pandemic single day record.
And here in Atlanta,
TSA officials say more than 79,0
travelers were screened a day fm
last Thursday through this Mond,
marking Thursday and Friday thed
and 4th busiest day on record fr
the world's busiest airport, Melissa.
And they keep those lines moving most days,
so good to them. All right.
Otherwise,
today there's a couple of isolad
showers this morning.
That's the extent of the rain chance today.
It's pretty isolated.
We'll see a stray shower possibe
this afternoon.
Otherwise we start in the 60s.
Then this afternoon we'll top ot
around the 80 degrees.
The pattern will continue.
For the rest
of the week, Hey,
this morning there's a new honor
our friend Takari Tatum Cobb Co,
honoring him for an impact he's
making on kids all over the cou.
Takari is the 5th grader behinde
Snapit mental health awareness campaign.
We've recently shared exclusively about
his new book. The National Allie
on Mental Health has named him
the Gifted Student of the Year.
Good job, Takari. Keep on going.
New York Times bestseller on the way.
Yes, ma'am. Absolutely.
Today's show is coming
up next. We hope you have a good
day out there, everybody, and wl
see you back here tomorrow morn.