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It don't solve nothing.
Everybody family end up hurt.
There was message to stop
the violence after her 13
year old son is gunned down.
How the teen is being
remembered this morning.
Could the states safe haven
law cover more ground?
Why some advocates say it is
necessary the new protections they
want included in a newly filed bill?
We are looking at the possibility
for strong history of thunderstorms
rolling into our area later on tonight.
We're going to track it for
you hour by hour coming up.
We are learning more about two people
who were hit and killed on I-85.
This is at Chamblee Tucker Rd.
In DeKalb County. Southbound lanes
are now back open after being
closed for many hours overnight.
Another big story we are
following for you right now.
In a matter of hours,
we cook at our first look at part
of that special grand jury report.
It details the Fulton County
investigation into former President
Trump and potential interference
in that 2020 presidential election.
Today's. Expected release would
includes this special grand juries
introduction and conclusion.
We could also see concerns the
panel of jurors had about witnesses
possibly lying under oath.
A Fulton County Superior Court
judge ruled that most of the
report will not be released until
District Attorney Fonnie Willis
finishes her investigation.
I hear you scheduled today to over
efforts to stop construction of a new
Atlanta Public Safety Training Center.
Several people filed a complaint saying
construction should be put on hold.
Until the appeal over the sites land
disturbance permit is all sorted out,
there is no timeline for when the zoning
board will announce his decision.
Right now there are new
accusations against the fire.
Doraville police officer accused of
concealing the death of a 16 year old girl,
a woman says he stalked her for months.
Alicia Bates believes a neighbor's
doorbell camera recorded
miles trying to break in.
Doraville police tell us there is
no proof it was miles Bryant when
officers told him about the stalking.
Complaint they say,
quote the behavior stopped
new details this morning.
The family of a 7th grader is
speaking for the first time since he
was shot and killed near his home.
Molly Oak is sharing more what
we're learning from the mother
and people who saw that shooting.
Police say it started as a fight between
Jayden and several other people.
Gwinnett County police say Jaden Travis
was shot near his home on Windward
Lane around 5:40 Tuesday night.
We spoke with a witness who says Jayden
appeared to have some kind of weapon.
That witness says there were two
other teenagers, saying one of
them pulled a gun and shot Jayden.
We spoke with Jayden's mom,
who says Jayden had a BB gun.
She says her son was an old
soul taken far too soon
before he went to school.
He called me,
he said, Mama
telling you, happy Valentine's
Day before I went to school.
That was the last time I talked to him.
Police are still investigating.
We'll keep you updated on 11 alive.com.
Back to you all, Molly.
Thank you. And that was
a look at your top headlines.
Alright. Some storms moving in Chesley.
Yeah. Not today or during the day.
It won't be until later on tonight that
we'll see some of those thunderstorms
pushing into our forecast area.
Much of today will be spent in the clouds.
Few of us, we'll see an isolated shower
or sprinkle during the afternoon.
It will be warm out there
looking at temperatures getting
up to 67 degrees by noon today,
73 will be our afternoon high.
We'll hit that between 3:00 and 4:00.
We'll drop back down to 69 degrees by 7:00.
O'clock tonight under mostly
cloudy skies folks.
That rain chance increases as we
head toward the evening effect.
Up to a 60% chance.
I'm thinking about 7:00 o'clock tonight,
even higher after that and we'll see
it lingering at least through Friday
morning before it begins to taper off.
I think by the afternoon we'll see that
rain go away and then will be nice and
dry as we head through the weekend.
But we gotta get there first, folks,
so you need to be weather aware,
especially tonight if you gonna be out late.
Of course you're gonna be seeing
these thunderstorms now.
We're watching this line.
Most of the heaviest thunderstorms
right now are up to the north of us.
Over into well.
The north of Memphis right now
into western portions of Tennessee
that's heading off to the north.
This line that you see right
here ahead of a front,
that's what we're gonna be
paying close attention to.
That will intensify as it
heads further to the east,
especially by this afternoon once
we get into the daytime heating.
Look at that southerly push
out ahead of that front.
Our winds will start to pick
up later on this afternoon.
They're calm right now,
but we'll start doing and 65 to about 15
mph as we head through the afternoon.
So it will be warm and breezy.
Look at this at Tan area that you
see is a Level 3 out of a possible 5
threat for severe weather from Nashville.
Down through Birmingham over toward Jackson.
That's where we have that enhanced
risk for severe weather.
Tornadoes likely in this particular
area as storm system will weaken
a bit as it moves towards us.
You see this light or this yellow
that you see here for our extreme
westernmost counties,
that's a level 2 threat or a
slight risk for severe weather.
That's where we could see some of those
strong or damaging winds associated
with a few of those thunderstorms
will continue to weaken as it heads
toward the metro area level one threat.
That's a marginal risk.
Isolated,
strong,
severe thunderstorms are certainly possible,
but won't show up here until around
10:00 o'clock.
1:00 o'clock tonight is how it plays
out for us in the forecast track model.
You see the clouds in place,
clouds for much of the day.
An isolated shower to is certainly possible,
but we really won't see
that rain getting in here
until after about 8:00 PM.
Here we are, stopped it at 8:15.
You can see that rain starting to
push into our westernmost counties.
Here comes those thunderstorms.
1011 o'clock we'll be dealing with that.
Some of those thunderstorms
will pack quite a punch.
As far as the wind speeds go,
it's going to stay with us at
least through your morning commute.
Here we are by at 6:00 o'clock
in the morning on Friday.
We'll still be dealing with some
moderate pockets of rain that
pushes out by the afternoon.
And then temperatures will
cool down from there.
Only in the 50s for highs on Friday
after reaching a high today.
In the 70s will stay cool for the
first half of the weekend and then
the latter half back to the 60s.
Later today, a state Senate
committee will take a look at
several bills meant to help foster
children in the state of Georgia.
The legislation comes as lawmakers try
to tackle the difficult conversation
around the practice of Hotelling.
Liza Lucas is here to break this all down.
Liza so shocked to hear this.
That's right.
There's been a lot of public
outrage about this one.
Hotelling happens when you have kids.
A foster care system who were not
able to get appropriate placement
and these are usually kids who have
special mental and behavioral needs.
Housing these children and hotels or
defects offices is usually a last resort.
It's been a focus of defects for
years of how to get at this situation
and it's very hard to solve.
I mean it just, it's, it's a systemic,
it's going to take a systemic solution.
So to give you a picture,
here in Georgia there are approximately
50 to 70 children in foster care with
complex needs who stay in defects
offices or hotels every night.
Last year that cost the
state around $28 million.
Now advocates tell me part of the
solution may be looking at higher
reimbursement rates for providers.
More specialized foster care
and earlier intervention.
Lawmakers again will take a first
look at some of the bills impacting
foster care system here in the
state today. Alright.
Needed changes coming, hopefully.
Thank you Liza.
All new this morning.
A bill just filed in the Georgia Senate
looks to expand the state safe Haven law.
The law gives mothers in crisis a
safe and legal way to give up their
babies rather than abandoning them.
Right now, state law lets new moms drop
off their newborns at fire stations,
police departments or hospitals
within 30 days of.
Giving birth and doing that
without fear of prosecution,
the mom just needs to make sure the baby
is left with an employee or a volunteer.
But advocates are calling for
churches and adoption agencies
to be added to the list.
And the reason we're having to
go back and amend the law is
because we're finding and 159
counties there's 122 that are rule.
So we're wanting to create
as many options as possible.
Sarah Keppen with the hope Box says the
law is always meant to be a last resort,
but many people already
assume churches are included.
If passed, SB187 would give
churches the option to participate
with specific safe Hazen haven
signs to inform the public Chesley
we're looking at our temperatures.
By noon in this upper sixties, 67 degrees,
by noon under mostly cloudy skies.
Our winds will be a bit breezy
this afternoon as well.
Out of the South, at about 15 mph,
73 degrees will be afternoon.
High temperatures are warm and
breezy is what we'll call it.
Going to stay in the clouds
with much of the day.
There could be an isolated sprinkler too,
especially as you're driving home
temperatures right at 70 degrees by 6.
That heavy rain and the thunderstorms
really won't move in here until
after 8:00 or 9:00 o'clock tonight,
and some of those could
pack some gusty winds,
so be weather aware overnight
tonight going into Friday as
soon as we. Where do you go off?
You were like ohh I'm looking for something.
I got nothing to do.
I was looking forward to my
cinnamon toast crunch. Ohh man.
Hopefully you'll get 1020 seconds.
That's her daughter's
favorite too by the way.
Alright, alright chesley.
I'll keep an eye on those storms moving
in and be ready for the drive in tomorrow.
Could be an interesting one.
We will see you then.
For now we'll hand it off to the Today show.
Have a great day everybody.