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A federal judge will hear a lawt
today brought by three Georgia families.
They are asking the courts to
pause a new state law on gender
affirming care for minors.
The controversial legislation
just went into effect.
Ariana Manise joining us live nw
with a look at the case. Ariana.
The families who filed this federal lawsuit,
they want the course to step in and stop the
gender affirming care ban against minors.
Now, the families who filed this lawsuit
represent for transgender girls. Also,
a plaintiff on this lawsuit is Transparent,
an organization that supports trans rights.
The lawsuit named state health
officials as defendants and par.
In this lawsuit,
they're arguing this newly enacted law
violates their right to make decisions
about their Children's Health c.
They also want the judge to
block the law but support.
Lawyers argue that this law pres
children from making decisions
that they could later regret.
We spoke to one of the attorneys
representing the families who
tells us that these families hae
considered leaving the state of
Georgia to ensure their children have
access to gender affirming care.
Now, today's hearing will be abt
a motion that's pushing the jude
to block enforcement of the law
while this legal process plays .
Back to you. Ariana, thank you. Continuing,
you are 11 minutes and nonstop .
We've learned new details follog
a deadly shooting in southwest Atlanta. It
happened about 3:00 o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
Police rushed to the Grove Adams
Park apartment complex that's
on Delo Drive and they found a
man's body there this morning.
The Fulton County Medical Examir
identifies him as 24 year old Jason Homer.
As soon as we get more
details on this homicide,
we will bring them to you right
here and on 11alive.com. A2
year old has a long road to
recovery ahead after her familys
lawyer says a shooting left her
paralyzed from the waist down.
Just yesterday we spoke with the
toddler's mother and she says her daughter
Harmony is still in the hospita,
but she's hanging in there.
DeKalb County police are still
looking into last month's triple
shooting on May Pop Lane in Dec.
At left, Harmony and two other people injured
this morning. A 15 mile stretch of the
Chattahoochee is still closed after a
sewage spill was discovered late last week.
Fulton County officials have been working
to clean up the water now for d,
but E coli levels are still hig.
It's caused issues for some
businesses along the river durig
yesterday's busy July 4th holid.
This morning we know crews are
wording to MIT and working rathr
to mitigate the E coli levels.
The river could reopen fully win
the next few days and that was k
at your Wednesday morning headl.
Ariana had a little bit of a.
Foggy, humid haze behind her.
Chesley is steamy out there. Ye,
it's steamy. We do have some low
level cloudiness around as well.
There's some fog. It's not as
dense as that would issue a den,
dense fog advisory or anything like that.
But we do have some fog around the area,
so you don't lookout as
you're driving around folks.
You can see the rain up here to the north.
It's a few moderate pockets.
You got some heavier pockets in
here just South of Higdon right
there where you see that orange,
some heavy rain coming down.
The lightning strikes are
further off to the north.
We had a few over our area.
When I say a few,
one or two is all I counted so
far this morning, but this thin.
To the north. In fact,
this is lifting to the north as well,
the only really game we have in town.
But an isolated shower or thunderstorm
could pop up at any time today,
a little bit more likely after about 2:00.
O'clock.
Temperature wise, we're in the s
just about everywhere you look.
72 in Covington, Conyers at 73.
Stockbridge at 75 degrees.
Starting off this morning,
you're at Noonan at 7172 degree.
Chattahoochee Hills at 70 degrees right now,
Powder Springs in Mapleton at 7,
Hiram at 7070,
and over toward Acworth 74 degr,
up toward Roswell.
Tucker in de Kalb County.
You're at 7676 also in downtown Atlanta,
so a mild start for us and mugg,
some would say, right?
An umbrella needs to be include.
Today we have a 40% chance
for those scattered showers.
Another storms once we
get into the afternoon,
mostly cloudy skies where we don't have
the rain and 87 for your afternoon high.
The humidity today will feel lie
the upper 80s, so not as hot.
But any breaks in those clouds
yielding some sunshine,
will boost that temperature up
and make it feel pretty hot,
pretty steamy on the outside
for this afternoon.
Now we're going to watch for
thunderstorms to develop,
especially once we get to the afternoon.
Got a stationary boundary that's
trying to leave the area,
It's trying to get out of the w.
And eventually it will,
especially as we head toward the weekend.
Today we are under a level one
threat as far as severe weather goes.
That means a marginal risk for severe
weather and the isolated, stron,
severe thunderstorm is possible.
It's really the winds that
we'll be concerned about.
Winds up to 58, maybe 60 mph.
When does that take place again?
After 2:00.
O'clock is when we'll start to e
some of these and showers poppip
with some embedded thunderstorms around.
Lose that threat once we
lose the daytime heating,
and then do it all over again.
For your Thursday,
we're going to start you off wih
partly sunny skies remain that y
at least through early afternoo,
But after two or three,
O'clock is when we'll start to e
some of those. Scatter showers.
Thunderstorms breaking out once again.
Temperatures back at 90 degrees for tomorrow.
We'll stay there for the rest oe
week and into the upcoming week.
This morning, we're learning
more details for the
memorial service for Dr.
Christine King Ferris,
the older sister of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
King Ferris will be remembered during
a three day celebration of her .
She will be honored at Spelman
College Tuesday, where she workd
as an educator for decades.
Then next weekend, Ferris will lie in
repose at Ebenezer Baptist Chur.
Her celebration of life is set
for Sunday, July 16th.
She died last week at the age o.
This just in.
In the last 30 minutes we've
learned that the Teamsters Unio,
which represents roughly 340,000 workers,
walked away earlier this morning
from the negotiating table after
they were offered what they're
calling an unacceptable offer tt
Pope did not address members ne.
Here's a look showing the moments after
that offer was unanimously reje.
Currently, they're pushing for higher pay,
better working conditions as paf
this new contract before the cut
one expires at the end of the m,
the Atlanta based company UPS responded
with a statement saying quote.
The union has a responsibility
to remain at the table.
Refusing to negotiate,
especially when the finish line is insight,
creates significant unease
among employees and customers.
And they go on to say they're
proud of their offer and are asg
that the Teamsters come back to
the table to finalize this deal.
Earlier this month,
workers authorized a strike that
could happen as soon as August t
if a final agreement is not rea.
We are also expecting
an update on how many people flew in and out
of Hartsfield Jackson International Airport.
You are taking a live look outse
the airport as we wrap up the
July 4th holiday travel period.
They were expecting around two and a half
million people over that six day time span.
This is some video from Friday.
We were out there. It was so buy
and hectic out there for travel.
On this day alone.
TSA says around the country they screen
more than 2.8 million travelers.
That is an all time record.
Since the agency was founded in 2001.
You may have a few leftovers in your fridge.
Well, as you think about maybe enjoying
them for lunch, think about this heated
debate going on right now in the 11 live
Facebook page about hot dogs. Take a look.
We asked if you could only have one topping,
would it be relish, mustard,
ketchup or onions?
The opinions Strong, strong.
Lanita says mustard. It's a mus.
Connie says her husband chooses mustard.
She picks, he picks ketchup, She's mustard,
Yasmin saying, where's the chil?
She wants that option.
Kevin says Mayo stirring
the debate even further.
And David says, listen,
this is America, I'm not picking one.
I'm putting them all on my kids plain.
What plane?
4/4 plane.
You can weigh in on the
11 live Facebook page.
It's weird,
Chesley.
I don't know why it's
all that seasoning you're putting on it.
They don't need anything. You k.
This year all the seasons hurry.
You know that's salt and
pepper that you put on it.
I don't know. 81 degrees will be
our temperature by noon today.
We'll have offer notice.
Get showers around.
It's after 2:00. O'clock.
Then we'll start to experience
a few of those thunderstorms.
We'll give it a 40% chance.
87 degrees will be the afternoo.
High temperature today by 6.
We're looking at 85 degrees
for the temperature.
Here the West breeze at about 6,
but look out for those things.
Thanks everybody for making
a great 4th tradition
for the A JC Peachtree Rd. race.
I got the chance to catch up
with Charles Lang got here.
The Elite Men's winner also had a great
time at the start line with Ais.
Here's another pic with the rest of the crew.
What a day Chesley was at
Cardiac Hill all morning.
Caught up with so many familiar faces.
Selfies with Linda Phillips and John Ballard.
Boy it was busy.
And Mayor Andre Dickens hit the course
for the very first time this ye.
And also some of our 11 Alive team who
ran in the race on the runner C.
They had the equipment, they were hyped up.
Christy Diaz, who you see right there,
also running since she was age .
Jerry Carnes was out at the finh
line taking some selfies with
the 11 Alive team and some other
participants in the Meadows.
It was a great day.
Smiling in the Meadow, all those happy faces.
They made it to the finish line,
got in the Meadow, got that tsh,
got their hydration.
But he was happy on the 4th.
Oh, look at that beautiful shot.
Yeah, look at that shot.
This morning we hand off to the Today show.
Hope you have a great rest of the day and
we'll see you back here tomorrow morning.