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Melissa, we could hit 90
today, huh? We could, and it's the
first day of meteorological summer.
So just in the nick of time,
look at this start of the day,
mostly sunny skies,
but a bright sunshine outside over Atlanta.
We've got 71 degrees and a lot of our
suburbs are starting off in the mid 60s.
Here's our highs this afternoon.
Not many 80s on the map.
Maybe the north Georgia.
Mountains, but the metro area we're
going to be soaring into the 90s
with just a 20% chance of a stray
pop-up shower or thunderstorm,
and this is what the forecast
track looks like.
Many of us staying dry,
if you're lucky enough to get
a shower or storm.
Good for you.
Rain chance a little better tomorrow,
and I'll talk about that in just
a few minutes. This morning,
a special grand jury is meeting
in Fulton County and is expected
to hear its first witnesses.
They are investigating whether former
President Donald Trump tried to
interfere with Georgia's election
results in 2020 and overturn his loss.
Molly Oak is outside the Fulton
County Courthouse, Molly.
Several election officials in
Georgia have already been subpoenaed,
and they'll eventually come in and
give their side of the story here.
A lot of big names already
being called in to testify.
Fulton County District Attorney
Fonnie Willis called the special
grand jury Secretary of State Brad
Raffensperger is just one of those
names that's been called in plus five
of his current and former members
of staff that have been subpoenaed.
Ravensburger and his staff were
on the phone for the 2021 call
from then President Donald Trump,
where Trump asked Raffensberger to quote
find votes following his 2020 election loss.
Now the grand jury will eventually
send a report to the Fulton County DA.
However, we're not sure when
that will become.
Public, yet Raffensberger is
expected to testify on Thursday.
We'll keep you guys updated on
the latest on air and online.
Alright Molly, thank you.
We are following a developing
story out of Atlanta.
Police say a man's in the
hospital after somebody shot him
during an attempted robbery on
Tanner Street near Edgewood Ave.
Investigators say two men were
walking to their car when
someone tried to rob them.
Police say they do have persons
of interest. A community in Alpharetta
is mourning the loss of their former
teacher and coach Chris Leffler.
His wife, Lori, and their two sons,
Zach and Nate, died in a boat crash on the
Wilmington River over Memorial Day weekend.
Last night, students and teachers
came together at Kings Ridge Christian
School to remember the man who
had a big impact on their lives.
Even though he only taught
there for five years,
Chris Coach football and even
helped start the wrestling team
shortly before moving to Savannah.
Him and his family were just they were just
engaged in everything in this community.
They loved the school, they loved our kids.
The Leffler's daughter,
Katie was the only family member to survive.
She's currently in college as
of this morning,
a Memorial Fund for the family has
raised more than $52,000 and you can
find a link to that on 11 alive.com.
The deadliest days of the year
for teenage drivers are here.
They are out of school.
They've got time on their hands,
places they want to go, AAA says.
On average, 24 people are killed in teen
driver related crashes in Georgia from
Memorial Day to Labor Day every year.
Here are some tips to help protect
your child, limit distractions.
And yes, that absolutely means cell phones.
But driving with other teenagers in
the car is actually more dangerous.
AAA recommends setting limits for how
many passengers you can have in the car.
Speeding is the leading factor in
crashes for teenagers and for adults.
So what you can do is really lead by example.
Follow the speed limit and make
sure everyone in the car is wearing
a seat belt belt every trip.
You should also try to limit the
amount of time your teenager spends
behind the wheel driving at night time.
Today we'll wrap up the busy Memorial
Day travel weekend at Hartsfield
Jackson International Airport.
This is a live look right now
for you at the tarmac 11.
We catch a plane just coming right on in so.
Over this holiday weekend,
it was expected that more
than two million passengers
would travel through Atlanta.
During that time,
airport officials recommend arriving
2 hours early and checking with your
airline because we have been seeing a
lot of cancellations and delays. The
runoff election is in three weeks.
There are four democratic races
that still need to be decided.
Those include who will be on the
ballot for Lieutenant Governor,
Secretary of State,
Labor Commissioner and Insurance
Commissioner today as the Justice
Department prepares to start.
This review of last week's shooting
at Rob Elementary School in Texas,
more victims will be laid to
rest over the next two weeks.
21 funerals plan so families
can say their final advise.
Here is a look at what you need to know
before you get ready to head out the door.
After 34 years,
Atlanta Police chief Rodney Bryant is
putting away his badge for the second time.
Bryant is retiring after serving the
city in various roles since 1988.
He became interim chief in 2020,
which was a really historical time
for the city leading the department.
Through social unrest,
Mayor Dickens says Brian
has earned his retirement
opening statements beginning today
at the Putnam County Courthouse
in the Ricky du Bose trial.
De Vos is one of two inmates accused of
killing two corrections officers aboard
a transport bus in Putnam County in 2017,
12 jurors and five alternates
are going to hear the case.
Last year, a jury convicted
inmate Donnie Rowe on all counts.
He's serving life in prison without parole.
President
Biden will meet with formula
manufacturers later today to talk
about his plan to speed up production.
It is an effort called Operation Fly Formula.
The President and his team have been
working to import formula from other
countries over the past few weeks,
and with summer comes the
Atlantic hurricane season.
It starts today and the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
is predicting an above average
hurricane activity this year. Melissa
and we could have our first name storm
or depression by the end of the week.
Locally, it is a humid. Start of the day.
Hot humid this afternoon 91 that
high temperature just a stray shower
and thunderstorm that rain chance
goes up a little bit for tomorrow
in the evening. And then we'll be
in the 80s through the weekend.