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I mean, it had to be God looking out for
him because I I can't see how anybody gets
out of something like that. Alive storm
survivors getting a look at their tornado
ravaged communities. A look at e
of that damage as the state gets
ready to head toward recovery,
filling an urgent
need. There is now a plan to brg
a new hospital to South Fulton.
How? One state senator says
millions of dollars are
already going toward the effort.
Clouds are starting to fill in with any,
any rain coming out of those cl.
For today, I'll let you
know in the full forecast straight ahead.
Break lights in Fulton County.
Break lights in Gwinnett County.
There's a look at I-20 westbound
at Lithonia Industrial Blvd.
Slow going as you try to make
your way through DeKalb County
over on the east side of town.
Later this morning,
the Georgia Supreme Court will
hear arguments on the state's
controversial abortion law 11 l.
Ariana Manise has more
on what you can expect.
Today's hearing is the latest
development in the ongoing legal
battle surrounding the heartbeat law.
For months now, the Georgia Supe
Court has upheld this controversial law,
which means any abortions afterx
weeks into a pregnancy are bann.
This is usually before many womn
realize they're pregnant now.
Although the law was signed back in 2019,
it didn't go into effect until last summer,
when the US Supreme Court
overturned Roe V Wade.
The law then faced another legal
challenge back in November.
The Fulton County judge tried to block
the state's ban on abortions ase
ruled it violated the Constitutn
because it was passed before thS
Supreme Court handed down its decision.
But the Georgia Supreme Court
quickly overturned that ruling,
deciding not the law would stay in place
until it can consider this current appeal.
Now, in a few hours,
we will continue to see this legal battle
continue to play out or arguments are
scheduled to take place at 10:0.
Back to you. Mariana, thank you.
Less than an hour from now,
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens will
give his state of the city addr.
During that address,
he is expected to highlight some
of the success we saw in 2022.
And also talked about his
vision for this year,
which he calls the year of the Youth.
That address starts at 7:30.
Governor Kemp continues his tour
of tornado damage in Georgia.
Today he'll be in Milledgeville.
The tornado blew through
Troup County was an EF3.
That means winds up to 165 miles an hour.
It destroyed 25 to 30 homes.
And this morning we're hearing
more from storm survivors.
Molly joining us in studio this morning.
You were there yesterday.
And we know from what we saw,
recovery is not going to be eas.
Yeah, especially
since neighbors.
Those are telling us another lif
storms washed away roads yesterday morning,
making their recovery even hard.
We talked to neighbors about thr
experience through the storm.
Sunday mornings,
tornado snapped trees and turned
businesses and homes into this.
One woman says they lost their l
service when the tower went dow,
and then their power went out t.
It was just like a boom.
And when the boom happened, it happened.
It went through the house.
Five people were injured.
Authorities say no one was kill,
though, in the storms.
Molly, thank you. That was a lok
at your top headlines, all righ.
A few clouds this morning, Ches,
just a few right now, but more l
fill in as we head through the morning.
And it's early afternoon.
Not a whole lot of rain
coming out of the clouds.
In fact, it's only a slight chae
that we can see that down to southern
portions of the state of our co,
certainly in the southern portis
of the savings where we could se
a couple thunderstorms there.
As far as your forecast goes for today,
we're starting off in the Fifti.
67 degrees will be our temperature by noon,
71 for the afternoon. High,
mostly cloudy skies for much of the day.
Won't really see those clouds bk
up until we head toward the eve.
Down to 68 degrees by 7:00 o'clock tonight.
So we have evening plans.
It'll be a decent night for us.
Then we're going to see those
temperatures fall off once agai.
In fact, I think tomorrow will
be cooler than today at 71.
Notice around us we do have rai.
Most of that down here in the central,
southern portions of the state.
That's where the front has begun to drop.
South of that is where we could
see some severe weather.
The Store Prediction Center
has placed a level one threat.
And is a marginal risk for severe weather
in the southern ports of the st.
When I have much over us right ,
that light green shade even just means a
general threat for a rumble of Thunder too.
I think most of that will stay
South of Macon for this afterno.
Here it is, our forecast track model.
You can follow along with me with the
time right there at the top the screen.
It shows the clouds filling right on in.
We're going to wind up in mostly cloudy
skies, especially for early afternoon.
It won't be until late after 5-6
o'clock that we'll start to seee
breaks begin to form in the clo.
We'll watch that breakdown.
We'll have clear skies tonight.
We'll see the temperature fall
off into the low 40s.
So it's going to be a chillier start,
or cooler start I should say,
for tomorrow morning.
High thin clouds around won't
take away too much for our sun.
So we'll call it mostly sunny
skies through the day.
On Wednesday,
those clouds get out of the way.
Thursday we'll start off
with crystal clear skies.
Another cool start for us.
We'll hold on to that sunshine
for much of the day.
In fact,
Thursday is my pick for the week
folks as we rebound back into the 70s.
So tomorrow, today, 71, tomorro,
43 degrees start only.
66 for the high definitely
a jacket day for us.
Going to give it a 10 out of a
possible 11 with the bazaar.
1/4 in the wazometer with the sunshine
mostly sunny skies back crystal clear
skies all day on Thursday looking great.
72 very comfortable during the
afternoon that's going to be a .
Day for us,
much of the day.
I think Friday starts off with the sun and
then we'll see the clouds increasing late.
Got a 20% chance here,
but that's going to be late in e
day on Friday going into Saturd.
Saturday will be a next best che
for the rain, 76 degrees for the high.
That'll be the wettest
of the two weekend days.
Sunday, we rebound 10 on ozomet,
73 degrees under mostly sunny s.
In fact, that could be an 11.
We'll have to see how much the
clouds have to say about that.
And then more clouds move in
by Wednesday of next week,
with a 20% chance of rain and
temperatures in the upper 70s by then.
Continuing your 11 minutes of
nonstop news with a live look at
the nation's capital this mornig
flags are at half staff followig
the latest deadly school shooti.
This morning, President Biden says gun
violence is ripping our nation apart,
and now he is calling on Congres
again to take action on guns.
As families mourn,
NBC's Kathy Park has new
details on the investigation.
Good morning, another community
is reeling from a mass shooting,
this time in a small Christian
elementary school in Nashville,.
Three students, children,
all nine years old,
and three adults are among the .
Police say that the 28 year old suspect,
Audrey Hale, actually attended the school
many years ago and lived in Nashville.
Much more on the investigation
coming up on today and
turning to some local headlines,
there are some new barricades at this
morning surrounding the future site of
the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center.
It is close to the public right.
De Kalb County police have started removing
people from the Entrenchment Creek Park.
They've arrested at least one person.
CEO Michael Thurmond issued an
executive order preventing anyby
from being on the property.
He says there are deadly hazard,
including Molotov cocktails and booby traps.
We're told it could take law
enforcement a few days to clear.
The push is getting stronger this morning
to bring a new hospital to the metro.
State senators just passed a
resolution urging S Fulton and
East Point to establish 1.
Support from across the pond,
a humanitarian group from the U,
is offering $75 million to finance it.
Morehouse School of Medicine
says it will buy into the plan.
There's already a list of possible locations,
including the old Wellstar
location in East Point.
In a few hours,
advocates will gather at the state Capitol
for the first ever Trans Day of liberation.
They say it's a day to celebrate
the beauty of transgender and nn
binary people around the world.
It's also a time for them to amy
their voices about major issues,
including a new law in Georgia t
restricts most gender affirming
care for transgender youth.
That law goes into effect July .
Right now we know of at least one group
planning to file suit against the state.
Community Estrella will be at today's event.
The group CEO says that law is
discrimination and that today is
about protecting their communit.
If you are planning to
travel internationally,
get your passport in order because right
now there is a major backlog for new ones.
The State Department is reporting 500,000
passport renewal applications every week.
That is a 30 to 40% increase since last year.
We back outside right now.
A regular passport is going to e
about 10 to 13 weeks expedited.
That'll take you 7 to 9 weeks.
The State Department is now
adding employees and some extra
offices to meet that demand.
Chesley
got mine last year. All right.
We're looking at, by noon,
temperatures right around 67 degrees.
We're going to have mostly clouy
skies from much of the day toda.
We'll stay mostly cloudy by 4:00 o'clock.
This will reach our
daytime high of 71 degrees,
a slight chance for an isolated shower.
I think a lot of that will be
in our southernmost counties.
If we see anything at all.
It's only a 10 to 20% chance.
So I think we're going to
be dry for the most part.
Driving home, we'll start to see
those clouds beginning to break.
Temperatures right around, well,
not being the 75 right around 70
degrees by 6:00 o'clock falling
back down into the 60s by 7:00
o'clock and 8:00 o'clock tonigh,
a tribute to a law enforcement
hero in Forsyth County.
This is video from Ivo's final .
He served the Sheriff's Office
for six years, deploying
250 times. He helped arrest 150
suspects and keep his handler
safe. So congratulations, Ivo.
Enjoy that retirement.
We wanted to take some time
out to tip our friends.
Yeah, we passed the plate. Pass
the collection there, $5.
Nicer traffic, nicer weather.
These men have been working.
What do we do?
Make it a pocket square.
Put it right there. Pocket squa.
Pass it to the producers.
They make the show. Go.
We're giving it right back.
What can you get for $5 these d?
Go to Dollar Tree.
My favorite store.
A4 For four for Wendy's.
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you speaking my language?