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nonstop news starts now clashing
between protesters and police
over the future Atlanta Public
Safety training facility.
We're getting you caught up
on what happened overnight
and future plans for protests.
Pausing to take care of
mental health this morning,
Clark Atlanta launching a new effort
to support the campus community after
the death of a student athlete.
We're looking at very cool temperatures.
We're down into the 40s,
even some 30s out there as well.
So you may have to start off with
a light sweater or light jacket,
but this afternoon you're gonna wanna
take that off. Details coming up.
Good morning, Gwinnett County.
A lot of folks getting out and about theirs.
I-85 southbound at Indian Trail.
Slow going,
making your way in from Lilburn.
First this morning, breaking news
after police say they detained dozens
of protesters overnight at the site
of the new police and Fire Training
Center that's under construction.
Just hours ago, the police chief shared new
details and new video showing the chaos.
Molly Yoko is live with the latest.
Around and Cheryl police are
calling them violent agitators,
saying they took advantage of a peaceful
protest and started attacking police
and destroying construction equipment.
Take a look at this video we got
this morning at the site of the
public Safety Training Center.
You can see police still out here
this morning after last night.
When you look at this video,
you can watch as a large group of people
that goes into the construction site.
Police say the group acted as peaceful
protesters before they changed into
black clothes and started throwing things
like Molotov cocktails, rocks, bricks.
And fireworks at officers.
Police say the group also set
fire to and vandalized multiple
pieces of construction equipment.
Now, at last update,
police say they detained 35
people last night.
This morning,
the police chief says we can expect
to get an update on potential charges,
guys.
We continue with your 11 minutes
of nonstop news right now with an
investigation into a shooting in
Douglasville that left two people dead.
The Sheriff's Office says it happened
during a party with over 100 teenagers.
A total of eight people were shot.
A family hosting a birthday party
for their daughter said they ended
the party around 10:00 o'clock
because some kids were smoking pot.
The family claims the shooting
happened at the top of the cul-de-sac.
That's when
the children left. Something happened
at the at the stop sign. Fight, and we
heard gunshots after that.
Anyone with information is encouraged to
call the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
Six Flags opens for the 2023 season,
but it hasn't gone as planned.
The park opened Saturday
and with all the excitement,
several people were kicked out for what
the park says was inappropriate behavior,
the spokesperson tells 11 alive several
groups of young people were involved.
We did receive a statement from Six
Flags saying there's no tolerance for
inappropriate behavior at the park.
Shifting now to sports this morning,
the Kennesaw State men's basketball team.
Is dancing through the flames as
they now have earned their spot in
the March Madness NCAA tournament.
After clinching their first ever
Atlantic Sun Conference win in six days,
they'll find out who they're playing
against in the opening round
of March Madness.
That was a look at your top headline.
All right, Chesley Kennesaw making history?
Yes, indeed. Go owls.
March madness.
Here they come.
Find your wings is the theme on
campus and they found theirs.
Flying right into the 20.
You're looking at just three clouds overhead.
That's about it.
Those clouds won't take away too
much from our sunshine today.
It's gonna be a nice one out there.
4 central times today shows
temperatures on the cool side.
To start, we're down around
50 degrees in the metro area.
Outlying areas down into the 40s.
Far north down into the 30s.
Cool enough start that you need at least a
light sweater or jacket by this afternoon.
Short sleeves perhaps, right?
76 will be our afternoon.
High temperature at times partly sunny skies.
For the most part, though,
we'll see mostly sunny guys.
We're dropping down to 70
degrees by 7:00 o'clock tonight.
Not a whole lot going on throughout
the Southeast other than those clouds,
and not any rain so far coming
out of the clouds at all.
We're not worried about that.
Got a front up there to the far
northwestern corner of your screen there.
That will be making its way over
toward the east and down toward
us in the coming days.
And so we have today,
tomorrow,
nice and dry,
where by Wednesday a few more clouds
will start to move in and we'll have a
very slight chance for an isolated shower.
But that same system will cool us down
as we head toward the end of the week.
Well, here's our rain chance.
Not today, not tomorrow, but by Wednesday,
we got the 20% chance for the rain,
30% chance by Thursday.
And then by Friday,
look at that up to a 60% chance.
That's when another front will come in,
bring us a little better chance for rain,
but also drops our temperatures again
as we head into the upcoming weekend.
It is March and typically for Georgia,
yeah, you know it. It'll cool down.
We've been experiencing a very warm February.
In fact,
we got up into the 80s a couple times
breaking some records all time.
Warmest day in February ever we've recorded.
And so you know,
some changes will come as we
head toward March.
And March Madness is like we like to call it,
for basketball and for the weather as well.
You're looking at just a few
clouds overhead at times.
For the most part though,
we're going to stay nice and dry
and sunny for today.
Tomorrow morning when you wake up
partly sunny skies will be the call.
Notice how the model trying to
ring out a few showers,
especially for the central
portions of the state.
I don't think even be a case.
I think we're gonna remain dry pretty
much all day long and those temperatures
will be approaching the 80 degree
mark once we head into Tuesday.
By Wednesday,
a few more clouds roll into the area again.
We were watching a clocking
the front as it moves down.
I think a better chance for the rain.
It's just low, low chance.
It's about a 20% chance, but it won't
come until we get toward the evening.
I think just a few isolated showers possible
and that will carry us into Thursday.
We'll have that 30% chance for those
scattered showers around 76 today.
Tomorrow you're looking at 78,
well above our average for this time here.
You know where we should
be for this time of year.
Closer to that, that 60 degree mark
that we're gonna hit by Thursday.
In fact, 63 degrees is our
average around this time of year.
With 65 degrees on Wednesday, 60 by Thursday.
By Friday, we're hitting 65.
We'll have a 60% chance for a
few scattered showers around.
And then behind this front,
we'll cool it down once again.
Only 61 for the high on Saturday.
Partly sunny skies will be the call.
57 for the high temperature on Sunday,
which is where we'll be out
at the hunger walk, run,
supporting the Atlanta Food Bank.
Come on out there, register and run.
Walk.
Support a good cause for our community.
Continuing with your 11
minutes of nonstop news.
It's been two days since the
Clinton County baby went missing,
so right now there is
an active Maddie's call.
Take a look at these pictures.
Police say nobody's heard from 31 year
old chaston Brinkley since he borrowed a
pickup truck and took baby IVA Murray.
The baby's nine months old.
The truck is a 2010 GMC
Sierra with Georgia Plate
TCM0250. Police say the last
known communication with any
family was Friday night at 11:30.
Call police if you see
them all new this morning.
Clark Atlanta University is taking
a week to address mental health,
changing up their schedule in
response to a student athlete
who was killed near campus Jetan.
Sterling was 20 years old.
He was from Chicago and a
sophomore on the baseball team.
He was killed last Tuesday in the parking
lot of the like House Catholic Center.
Christy Diaz is live for
us with more Christy.
Today's change up will impact
everybody on campus.
The entire student body midterms
were supposed to start today,
but instead, all of the students will
have space to breathe and mourn the
death of their friend and classmate.
CU president Clark.
Atlanta University president Doctor
George French sent out a statement
on Sunday saying that midterms will
now be postponed until after spring
break to give the campus a moment to,
quote, pause our busy schedules
in order to begin to heal.
As a community,
Jetan Sterling was a beloved
classmate and friend.
The university has designated
today through Friday as Wellness
days for the entire student body.
They'll begin the week with a
Chapel service today at noon,
and grief counselors will be at
the student center until six.
In the statement,
the president also promised to give
regular updates to improvements for
their public safety and emergency
protocols some of the students,
something that students had been
a little bit frustrated with.
He also says that midterms will
now begin on Monday, March 20th.
Guys, back to you,
Christy, thank you.
New for you this morning.
Artificial intelligence is now being
used at Emory to diagnose Alzheimer's
and other forms of dementia.
There are new efforts to change
a common cognitive test at
University Emory University.
It requires patience to draw a
circle clock with a specific time,
usually done with paper and pencil.
But new software gives the test on an iPad.
Artificial intelligence helps detect subtle
changes that doctors can't always see.
They say the earlier you catch
a possible dementia diagnosis,
the more treatment options there are.
Ideally,
right, if we're giving this in a
setting where people don't have to do,
don't have to go to a neurologist to
get something like this maybe every
year when they do their yearly exam,
they're doing these cognitive
tests as well as well.
And they have that kind of baseline that
they can compare to over time in a way
where it's less invasive, it's quicker,
it's less burden on the patient,
can help a lot of people
with paper and pencil.
The test takes 30 to 40 minutes.
The new digital version condenses
it to five to 10 minutes.
Emory has started rolling
this out at their primary care
clinic and they hope to expand,
coming up this morning on today in
education and influencing in college
classrooms across the country.
Students they're learning how to use TikTok,
and other social media platforms
to build an audience.
At Duke University,
a class of 35 students have collectively
amassed 5,000,000 followers.
But the professor says it's about
building an entrepreneurial platform.
So how exactly are these students
gaining all these followers?
Savannah Sellers digs into this trend.
Ahead on the Today show.
Well,
if you're going out by noon today
you're looking at temperatures
right around 69 degrees.
We will have the sunshine around.
It's gonna be a nice day.
Our winds out of the South about,
let's say 6 mph or less for today.
So it's gonna be nice and calm out there.
76. Your afternoon high
temperature for today.
Very pleasant evening for us.
Looking good too.
By 6:00 o'clock getting home.
Want to take the dog out for a walk?
Look for partly cloudy skies.
Temperatures right around 70 degrees.
Change is gonna go.
Tonight is the night NBC is kicking
off a new season of the voice.
This is the final season for the
original host, Blake Shelton.
We also have some new coaches in
the red chairs, Chance the Rapper
and Niall Horan from One Direction.
Hey, it starts tonight at 8:00.
You can watch right here on 11 alive.
I think it's interesting.
Chance is giving some singing
lessons as a rapper.
He's in music. Music works
in the industry. Yes.
Have a great day.