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The federal investigation into Donald
Trump and his actions following the 2020
election will focus on Georgia today.
Hours from now, a special counsl
will speak to Georgia Secretaryf
State Brad Raffensberger the fit
time Raffensberger has testified
before federal investigators.
Jerry Carnes is here to explaint
Raffensberger is expected to sa.
The Good morning Brad Raffensper
and President Former President
Donald Trump have clashed severl
times since the 2020 election.
The Secretary of State has testd
before a special grand jury in
Fulton County concerning his
encounters with the former president,
and today it's anticipated he
will talk even more about a
recorded phone call between his
office and the former president.
During that call,
President Trump alleged voter fd
during the 2020 election here in
Georgia and asked Raffensperger
to find 11,000 votes in his fav.
Special Counsel Jack Smith is
casting a wide net in his federl
probe of the former president.
Smith is overseeing the case
against President Trump and his
handling of classified document.
We expect to hear more about the
Fulton County investigation into
President Donald Trump sometime
in the next couple of months.
All right, Jerry, thanks.
We are sticking with your 11
minutes of non-stop news.
Atlanta police stepping up
patrols around a pro LGBTQ chur.
Yeah, this all comes days after vandal spray
painted homophobic slurs on their sign.
The Church of Ponce and Highland
proudly displays the rainbow fl.
The group has been open and a farming of
the L GB TQ Plus community since the 1980s.
We are disheartened and we are saddened,
but we are not afraid,
so we are grateful to our neighbors to
continue to support what we are about
and what we're trying to do her.
The church has been targeted for
times since the end of April,
three times alone,
just in the last two weeks.
Georgia's ban on most gender
affirming treatments for minors
will go into effect this weeken.
The law bans gender reassignment surgery.
It also bans hormone therapy.
Puberty blockers are still allo.
The gender affirming care ban hs
exceptions for medically viable disorders.
Minors receiving treatment befoe
Saturday will be allowed to continue.
Homeowners in Douglas County listened up.
The county says it sent out
incorrect assessments for nearly
15,000 homeowners across the co.
It says some new software they're using.
It had a glitch and it did not
include the homestead exemption.
So if you are impacted,
lookout for a notice to come yor
way in the mail and that was a
look at your top headline.
It is a hot, hot day.
We're breaking into the 90s tod,
Chesley.
Absolutely we will.
And we do have an air quality at
to pass along to you as well.
See the code or the orange counties there.
Metro Atlanta counties there,
all colored in orange.
That means a.
Bone orange of course for our counties there.
If you're sensitive to ground level ozone,
you definitely want to limit
your time outside today or don't
over exert yourself at all.
Just go on inside if if you can.
If you suffer from respiratory illness
or asthma, don't want to do that today.
They are going to be a little bt
more stagnant than it was yeste.
Our winds yesterday worked about 15 mph
gusts a little higher than that at times.
Today. No, they'll be lower.
You got temperatures in
the 60s for the most part,
couple 50s up here to the far N 71 in
the warm spot in downtown Atlan,
but look at these 60s around
65 degrees McDonough.
Down toward Locust Grove, 63.
Over toward Covington, got 62.
In Newnan, Peachtree City at 63 degrees 63.
Powder Springs 62.
Over toward Dallas and Paulding County 59.
Wow the cool spot.
Over in northern Carroll County,
That's U Temple looking at 69
degrees in Tucker, again 71.
In downtown Atlanta 66.
Up into Roswell at the current r
you want to wear forecast calls
for the shorts and shorts leave.
If you can get away with it 92
degrees your afternoon high,
those winds will be light less
than 10 mph for today.
Any rain I think will stay
mainly off to the West of us,
but even falling apart before it
gets into areas of Mississippi d
Alabama where that heat will be.
Once again this afternoon,
notice the stationary boundary
down to the South.
Winds light out of the north,
but this warm front will start
to lift back to the north as,
I'm sorry,
stationary boundary will begin to lift
back to the north as a warm frot
and allow that heat to come right on in.
In fact,
you're looking at an excessive heat warning.
Parts of Mississippi, Alabama,
into northern parts of Louisian,
Arkansas and even over toward eastern Texas.
Not for us today,
but it will be hot and that heat will
begin to build for the next couple of days.
It will be over here,
another triple digits like
they're seeing off to the West.
But certainly we'll get into those middle
90s and with the humidity factored in,
it will start to feel closer
to the triple digits out there.
We're going to see clear skies l
day long today. Not bad at all.
We're looking at the sunshine sticking
around. Even through Thursday.
I think a few more clouds will
start to move in,
but then rain chance starts to.
Increase on us as we head into Friday.
Friday we have a 30% chance for
an isolated shower too.
We'll hold on to it for Saturday
as well with mid 90s for highs.
We've got a chance for the rain
coming to us by Sunday and into
Monday of next week. Crash.
How's the ride out there right ?
Not too bad, actually, Chesley.
We've kind of been enjoying it a little bit.
I mean, the nice weather certaiy
promotes a decent rush hour.
I mean, we've got plenty of volume out here.
Let's not fool ourselves.
We've got a lot of folks
that do have to go to work.
So there we go, I-85, Gwinnett County,
you're starting to see a
little bit of wear and tear.
Same thing out on that East Expressway,
I-20 folks making their way in from Lithonia.
You get your Hot Pockets right there around
Panola Wesley Chapel as you roll to 285.
Then Speaking of 285,
one of the areas that we usually
see a whole lot of congestion.
Especially approaching 7:00,
O'clock is 285,
heading westbound from Spaghetti Junction
through Doraville into Sandy Springs.
But that's not too bad right th.
Another beautiful shot from the
sky tracker showing easy volume.
Just remember all that construcn
through Sandy Springs in both directions.
Hopefully we're going to get soe
resolve in the next month or so.
I'm Arianna Moniz,
Gwinnett County School District.
They're recruiting in Puerto Ri.
The district says it's important
for students to see and recognie
themselves in Gwinnett County.
The in the school district,
Hispanic students make up more n
34% of the student body and candidates.
They're being recruited from
universities on the island so f.
Over a dozen are in the processf
being hired, with more currently
being interviewed the district.
They're also recruiting
for paraprofessionals,
candidates to join the custodial
team and cafeteria staff.
They're offering candidates
an $8000 incentive,
including for being bilingual.
Diversity recruiter Rodriguez
Johnson says her goal is to hire
50 educators for the school yea.
Take a listen.
We work with them to find housi.
They're being placed at schools
that have high Hispanic populat,
so they'll have a strong networ.
We're building Infinity groups e
now, Johnson says.
This effort is just getting sta.
Over the last three school year,
the district, they're more than double
the number of Latino educators hired.
Back to you, Arianna, thank you. You're
taking a live look right now from Hartsfield.
Jackson International Airport.
That is where. They are getting
ready for the big weekend trave.
It's going to be something
to see hours from now.
The world's busiest airport will hold the
news conference to help get you ready.
Officials say they expect recordbreaking
travel between tomorrow and next Thursday.
They predict more than 2.6
million people will pass throug.
The busy weekend comes as thouss
of flights were already delayedd
canceled this week on the East Coast.
You see all that?
Yeah, it was severe weather thad
to airports grounding their pla,
leaving some travelers stranded.
What people can expect when
they're on the roads,
where they're on the air,
whether at the gas station,
wherever they are, is
a lot of company. We have never
had a forecast like this one.
It's an all time record for us.
People are back outside, indeed,
just ahead on the Today show,
Tom Costello will have a live
report from Boston Logan
International Airport this morn.
And as travel chaos from last weekend is
still rippling through the East Coast and
into the busy 4th of July weekend ahead,
we're going to have a outlook
for you coming up. This morning,
$25 million on the way to the Beltline.
It is the biggest federal construction
grant ever for the project.
Officials with the Beltline tels
this investment stands to give people
more ways to get around the cit.
The funds will be used for a two
mile section of the northeast
part of the Beltline.
It'll also help connect the
Lindbergh Marta station to the
Beltline for the first time.
This puts the entire Beltline on
course to be completed by 2030.
This is an opportunity to get to a job,
an opportunity to get to a medical facility,
an opportunity to get to a restaurant,
an opportunity to get to your
child's school without having to necessarily
get in a vehicle.
The Beltline is holding community meetings.
The next one happens on July
27th and it is open to resident.
New this morning, Dunwoody's
own Ryan Seacrest will soon be
taking over as the new host of e
popular game show Wheel of Fort.
In a Twitter post,
Seacrest says he's humbled to
be stepping into the footsteps
of the legendary Pat Sajak.
Jeslie over to you.
All right, we're
looking at 9:00 noon temperaturs
getting up to about 8586 degree.
We'll have mostly sunny skies.
We'll hold on to that sunshine
pretty much all day long. Today.
It's going to be a hot one out there.
Temperatures up to 92 degrees for a high.
Winds will be light less than 1h
out of the northwest today by 6.
O'clock driving home.
Notice the sunshine.
Keep the shades handy.
You're going to need that temperatures
down to about 90 degrees by 6:0,
o'clock and getting hotter by tomorrow.
We're looking at temperatures
well into the 90s,
right around 96 for the high.
We'll hold on to those mid 90s
at least through Saturday,
with rain chances increasing
through the weekend.
All right, we've had a fairly
docile rush hour. Let's take it.
Oh, don't forget about that sinkhole,
Ponce de Leon. Between Myrtle S.
and Argonne Ave.
we'll have all your updates.
At 11alive.com,
traffic is able to pass by,
but North Avenue is always a
viable alternate as we show
your beautiful sunrise again.
Gorgeous sunrise. Look at those sunbeams.
In a sweet twist of events,
Chickfila Atlanta's partnering p
with the Atlanta Track Club to r
free Peach milkshakes for runners and
spectators participating in theh
A JC Peachtree Rd. race next we.
To take advantage of the sweet offer,
download the Chickfila app and redeem a
complimentary Peach milkshake on race day.
Catches users must be in Piedmo.
Park to download the coupon.
It's valid, though, until August 5th,
so it gives you plenty of time o
get that peachy craving satisfi.
Don't forget our team is going
to be there 6 days from today.
Special coverage begins at 4:30
AM on 11 Alive Morning News.
I think we need to do a taste tt
just to make sure that the Peach
shakes are ready for the runner.
Yeah,
yeah, absolutely. Can you run o?
Can you have one in your hand we
you're running? I've seen crazir
things. Good morning, everybody.