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of nonstop news with a check
on your weather and traffic.
Chesley, clear skies to
greet us to start a new week.
Yeah, we have a just a few clouds overhead,
but not going to take away from my sunshine
at least four of this morning, right?
We'll get more clouds moving
in later on this afternoon.
Our temperatures are are
dropping a little bit now,
down to around 70 degrees in a lot of spots.
You got it in Duluth, Athens,
Covington, Peachtree City, Thomaston.
And over toward Edenton as well.
68 in Carrollton looking
at 65 degrees in Clayton.
64 The cool spot up there in Blairsville.
Your forecast for today causes
temperatures to heat up into the 80s.
Eighty 3 degrees by noon on our
way to 89 for an afternoon high.
It's gonna be very warm out there,
especially when you factor in the humidity.
It's going to feel like the
low 90s out there.
Very low threat for rain.
You got a 20% chance or less,
but that goes up tomorrow.
We'll talk more about
that in the full forecast.
Straight ahead.
A night of family fun ends
with a family tragedy.
This morning a 7 year old girl is
dead and police are desperately
trying to track down the.
Person who pulled the trigger Ariana
Manise is in Atlanta with the latest
Atlanta police still do not have
a person in custody for the tragic
killing of seven-year old Ava Phillips,
who was sadly shot in
the head Saturday night.
Ava was shot at the candid Vantage
apartments on Jackson St,
Atlanta Police say the shooting
stemmed from a domestic incident
that escalated to gunfire.
We spoke to people who live in the
complex who say they heard unsettling
screens from multiple people,
and that's when gunfire rang out and one
of those bullets struck even the head.
Spoke to one man who lives near
the apartment who says that this
is not the first fatal incident
that's happened in the area.
Now, as police tried to piece
together this investigation,
they say they do know that a
couple of people left the scene
immediately after the shooting.
And once again,
they don't have anyone in
custody as of right now,
and they're asking the community to
reach out if they have any information
tied to this fatal shooting.
Back to you. All right, Ariana.
Thank you. Time now 650, sticking with
your 11 minutes of nonstop news today,
a man will learn his sentence after he was.
Convicted of firing a shot that
took the life of a 7 year old girl
in Buckhead earlier this month,
a jury found Deqwan Reed guilty on 8 charges,
including felony murder in
the death of Kennedy Maxie.
Prosecutors say Reed got into an argument
with somebody in December of 2020.
He shot his gun out the window
of his car near Phipps Plaza.
A stray bullet hit Kennedy.
She was riding in a car nearby
with her mother.
She died the day after Christmas.
The Fulton County District Attorney
is widening her investigation.
And former President Trump
and his closest allies.
Last week we let you know that Willis
wanted attorney Sidney Powell to
testify before the special grand jury.
We now know that it is related
to an alleged voting system
breach in Coffee County.
Subpoena documents reportedly show that
county officials gave Trump's attorneys
access to local election equipment.
The DA hopes to hear from
Powell as early as next month.
A heads up for De Kalb
County families this morning.
Tomorrow is the last day to sign up
for free COVID surveillance testing.
Through the school district,
the weekly Tests help the district
keep track of spread within schools.
The testing is not mandatory.
If you do want to sign up,
you need to fill out the consent
form on the district's website.
Watch your step the pedestrians
scramble at Midtown's famous
Rainbow crosswalks ends today.
This pilot project let people cross from
all sides of the street all at once,
even diagonally.
But it only lasted for a short time,
as city transportation officials
tested out the idea of continuing
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It looks like former President
Trump could get what he wanted,
in terms of a third party to look
over classified documents seized
from his home at Mar-a-lago.
A federal judge says she's likely
to appoint a special master.
To review the files and decide
if any are privileged.
Meanwhile,
the director of National Intelligence
is leading an investigation into
the potential national security
risk that the disclosure of
those documents might cause.
They are coordinating with the Justice
Department so they don't interfere
with its criminal investigation.
It is school Safety Week in Clayton County.
Starting today,
it's kicking off a series of
challenges and events focusing
on safety at school and at home.
Christy Diaz has a closer look.
Clayton County schools are taking on student
safety by focusing on five topics this week,
building relationships, resources,
responsibility, relevance,
and reflection and resiliency. The goal?
To promote a safe environment to learn
after the Superintendent noticed an
increase in fights to start the school year.
We have seen an increase of about 200%.
When we compare ourselves,
or at least the 1st 12 days of
this school year to the 1st 12
days of the last school year,
each day this week through class discussions,
watching Ted talks and reading
books appropriate for each grade.
The entire district will focus
on how to stay safe at school.
By the end of the week,
each student will name one to two caring
adults in the building and identify at
least one safe place before signing a
safety pledge to report any concerns.
We challenge every student,
staff member,
parent and Community member to join
us in pledging to commit to a safer,
positive and violence free environment.
Christy Diaz,
11 alive news.
All right, they're working towards some.
Answers here. The week ends
with a countywide pep rally.
Some schools are going to
get to see it in person.
It will be live streamed for everybody else.
One pro golfer is coming off of an
$18 million weekend in Atlanta.
Rory McIlroy won the Tour
Championship at Eastlake.
On Sunday, he shot 21 under to win by a
single stroke and take home that Sweet,
Sweet $18 million paycheck
that came along with it.
Four day tournament included 30 top golfers.
What an event for Atlanta to host Chesley.
Absolutely.
Hey, if you're hosting your lunch
this afternoon, want to eat outside?
I think you'll be able to do so.
And they're partly to mostly sunny skies.
83 degrees will be a temperature.
By noon on our way to the upper 80s
today and 87 degrees by 3:00 o'clock
when the kids are getting out of school.
But we'll go up to near 90 for an
afternoon high today under partly sunny
skies same as you're riding home.
There is a small threat for a shower too,
but for the most part you'll see that
sun 86 degrees will be the temperature by
6. So if you're following the launch for
Artemis, one NASA now saying unlikely
that they could go today not because of
weather but some mechanical problems.
So we'll keep you posted on that today
show we'll have a lot more as well.
It's pretty typical to have delays.
Things like this,
so hope they get off the ground.
I'm excited about it.
Yeah, be fun to see it.
Have a great start to the week.
Everybody today show
is coming up next, we leave you with a
live look at the Kennedy Space Center.