HERE'S A LIVE LOOK FR OM OUR SKYVIEW 22 CAMERA AT THE HOMEWOOD SUITES ON THE RIVER. - ***2-SHOT***} THANKS FOR STARTING YR OU DAY WITH WJCL 22! GOOD MORNING, I'M CHRIS TATUM. AND I'M ASHLEY GARRETT. WJCL'S METEROLOGT IS JONATHAN MYERS IS ALSO HERE... WITH YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECA. ST NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR... TODAY MIOFX SUN AND CLOUDS, WITH A HIGH NEAR 88. WT ES WIND 7 TO 11 MPH. TONIGHT PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 58. NORTHWE WSTIND 6 TO 8 MPH. SATURDAY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 78. NOR TH WIND 7 TO 10 MPH BECOMING EAST IN THE AFTERNOON. SATURDAY NIGHT MOSTLY CLEAR, WITH A LOW AROUND8. 5 SOHEUTAST WIND 5 TO 7 MPH BECOMING CALM IN THE EVENING. SUNDAY PARTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NR EA IN SPORTS NEWS -- LONG COUNTY NATIVE JAMIN DAVIS IS HEADING TO WASHINGTON.... WJCL'S DANIEL ROBINSON JOINS US NOW WH ITHIS REACTION... ASHLEY - EXCITEMT EN ERUPTING FOR DAVIS AND HIS FAMILY HAS HE WAS PICKED BY WASHINGTON WITH THE 19TH OVERALL PICK... TAKE LOOK AT THE MOMENTS HE GOT THE CALL.... WE GOING TO WASHINGTON..... CLS AP CLAPS CHEERS.... THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY LINEBACKER RECEIVED THE NEWSHI WLE SURROUNDED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS AT HIS PARENTS' HOME IN HINESVILLE. HE SOLIDIFIED HIMSELF AS A RSFIT ROUND PICK WITH AN IMPRESSIVE PRO DAY AT KENTUCKY. WJCL'S AMMY ZIMMER --- WAS THERE LAST NIGHT - THE SECO HNDE REALIZED ALL HIS HARD WORK WAS PAYING OFF. .. "ITS VERY REWARDING... YOU KNOW ESPECIALLY BEING ABLE TO SEE HIM FROM BEING A CHILD AND HAVING A DREAM TO PLAYING IN HIGH SCHOOL, PROFESSIONAL AND COLLEGE AND HE IS ACTUALLY LING IV OUT HIS DREAM.... AND IM A EXCITED TO SEE THAT MOMENT YA KNOW.... WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL, DAVIS WAS A STANDOUT WE ID RECEIVER AND LINEBACKER FOR THE LONG COUNTY BLUE TIDE. HE COMPILED 131 TACKLES AS A JUNIOR D AN126 MO RE AS A SENIOR. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DETAILS FROM THE NFL DRAFT LAST NIGHT - AND MORE REACTION FROM PLAYERS ON WJCL DOT COM. ASHLEY - BACK TO Y... OU PR ESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS BACK IN WASHINGTON THIS MORNING AFTER SPENDING MOST OF HIS 100TH DAY IN OFFICE IGEN ORGIA. TO COMMEMORATE THIS MILESTONE IN HIS PRESIDENCY---- THE PRESIDENT FLEW TO DULUTH TO HOLD A DRIVE- IN RALLY---- DURING WHICH HE HIGHLIGHTED HIS ADMINISTRATION'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS SO FAR---- AS WELL AS WHAT HE PLANS TO DO IN THE NEAR FUTURE. HE TOOK THE OPPORTUNI TY TO TRY TO SELL GEORGIANS ON HIS NEARLY-TWO TRILLION DOLLAR INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN. JARRED HILL IS IN OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU WITH MORE ON THAT. TODAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS GOING TO BE IN PHILADELPHIA FOR AN AMTRAK CELEBRATION. THE INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE SETS ASI DE BILLIONS FOR RAIL IMPROVEMENTS. BUT WITH A NEAY RL 4-TRILLION DOLLAR PRICE TAG OVERALL: GETTI NG EVERYONENB OOARD WILL BE A CHALLENGE. PKG. SCRIPT) AFTER THE BIG SPEECH... THE SALES PITCH: PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN 0 THIS IS A ONCE IN A GENERATION INVESTMENT IN AMERICA. PRESIDENT BIDEN, IN ORGEGIA... WORKING TO BUILD SUPPORT FOR HIS MASSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE. PRESIDENT JOE BIN DE 18:27:46 IN THE 21ST CENTURY...INFRASTRUCUTRE ISN'T JUST STEEL AND CONCRETE. IT'S PEOPLE 18:27: 52 THE PRESIDENT'S 1- POINT-8 TRILLION DOLLAR "AMECAN RI FAMILIES PLAN" HANGS ON PROMISES OF FREE UNIVERSAL PRE-K AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE. ALSO INCREASED MONTHLY STIPENDS FOR PAREN. TS IT'S COUPLED WITH A MORE TRADITIONAL 2- TRILLION DOLLAR INFSTRARUCTURE PACKAGE. THE PLANS, PAID FOR BY RAISING TAXES ON CORPORATIONS AND HOUSEHOLDS MAKING MORE THAN 4- 00THOUSAND PER YE. AR REPUBLICANS SAY IT'S ALL AN EXPENSIVE INTRUSION. SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL (R-KY)/MINORITY LEADER 4:11 INSTEAD OF EMPOWERING ALL KINDS OF FAMILIES WITH FLEXIBILITY, THIS ONE WOULD JUST SUBSIDIZE SPECIFIC PATHS THAT DEMOCRATS DEEM BEST 4:20 PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS SO ME COAXING TO DO WITHIN HIS OWN PARTY AS WELL. SEN. JOE MANCHIN/(D) WEST VIRGINIA 46 WE CAN'T OVERREACH TO THE POINT TO WHERE WE STYMIE INVESTMENTS, WE STYMIE BASICALLY GROWTH 52 PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE'S INVITED REPUBLICANS TO THE OVAL OFFICE FOR NEGOTIATIONS... WITH LIMITS. 1:20 IF IT'S LIKE LAST TIME, THEY CAME IN WITH ONE FOURTH OR ONE FIFTH OF WHAT I'M ASKING, THEN IT'S A NO- GO 1: 30 (REPORTER LIVE T: AG IN ABOUT 2 WEEKS - - PRESIDENT BIDEN IS SITTING DOWN WITH THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN LEADERS FOR THE HOUSE AND SENATE AS A CONTINUATION OF THESE BIPARTISAN MEETINGS ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND A NUMBER OF OTHER ISSUES. IN WASHINGTON, I'M JARRED HILL. "END DETENTIONS NOW! END DETENTIONS N! OWEND DETENTIONS NOW! " HE T PRESIDENT'S RAL LY WAS NOT FREE OF PROTESTERS----- BUT THE PROTESTS ER WEREN'T OPPOSED TO PRESIDENT BIDEN. THEY INTERRUPTED HIS SPEECH TO CALL ON HIM TO END MIGRANT DETENTION CENTERS AND PRIVATE PRISON S. THE PRESIDE NT RESPONDED---- SAYING HE'S - *WORKING ON IT.* BEFORE THE PRESIDENT HELD HIS RALLY---- HE AND THE FIRST LADY WENT TO VISIT AN OLD FRIEND IN PLAINS-- -- F ORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER. THE VISIT LASTED ABOUT AN HOUR--- MARKED THE FIR ST TIME THE COUPLES HAVE MET IN PERSON SINCE BIDEN BECAME PRESIDENT. PRESIDENTS CARTER AND BIDEN HAVE A LONG- STANDING RELATIONSH. IP BIDEN WAS THE FIRST SENATOR TO ENDORSE CARTER'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY BACK IN THE 19-70'S. BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW... DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A STAMPEDE IN ISRAEAL... AND THIS IS THE SCENE SOON AFTER... AT LEAST 44 PEOPLE NOW CONFIRMED DEAD... DOZENS OF AMUBLANCES ON SCENE. .. EMERGENCY CREWS LOOKING FOR ANY SURVIVORS AMONG THOSE TRAMPLED.. PEOPLE IN GUATEMALA E BRACING FOR GUATEMALA ARE BRINACG FOR A POSSIBLE VOLCANO ERUPTION... THAT VOLCO ANIS ALREADY SPEWING FIERY LAVA... THAT LAVA'S SETTING FIRE TO EVERYTHING IT TOUCHE S... IT'S ALSO CAUSING BREATHING PROBLEMS FOR SOMEEO PPLE. SEISMOLOGISTS PREDT IC THAT VOLCANO COULD BURST INTO A FULL ERUPTION ANY TIME. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO GET A FIRST DOSE OF THE PFIZER VACNECI AT ANY OF THE STATE MASS VACCINATION SITES--- LIKE THE ONE AT GULFSTREAM. THE GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY SAYS THE AVAILABILITY OF VACCINES AT MOST PHARMACIES--- COMBINED WITH A DECREASE IN DEMAND--- IS LEADING THE AGENCY TO FOCUS ON *FULLY* VACCINATING PEOPLE. STARTING TOMORROW---- GEMA SITES WILL ONLY OFFER SECOND DOSES OF PFIZER AND JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINES. AS OF YESTERDAY---- ONLY 25 PERCENT OF GEORGIANS ARE FULLY VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19. ONLY 34 PERCENT HAVE D HA AT LEAST ONE DOS E. 70 TO 80 PERCENT OF T HE POPULATION NEEDS TO BE VACCINATED TO ACHIEVE HERD IMMUNI. TY IN SOUTH CAROLA-IN--- MORE THAN THIRTY PERCENT OF RESIDENTS ARE FULLY VACCINATED. MORE THAN 41 PERCENT OF PEOPLE HAVE AT LEAST ONE SE. DO EXPERTS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR: TO END THE COVID-19 NDPAEMIC-- WE NEED TO GET VACCINATED-- BUT THERE ARE STILL A L OT OF PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. BRITT CONWAY HAS MORE FROM HEALTH EXPERTS ON WHAT THAT MEANS FOR EVERYONE ELSE. DIFFERENT DAY, SAME PLEA. DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, DIRECTOR, NATION AL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES: "GET VACCINATED SO WE CAN CRUSH THE OUTBREAK." BUT THAT STARTS WITH CRUSHING VACCINE HESITANCY. AND IT'S PROVING TO BE A CHALLENGE AMONG YOUNGER PEOPLE. A C-N-N POLL RELEASED THURSDAY FOUND 31 PERCENT OF ADULTS UNDER THE AGE OF 35 DON'T PLAN ON GETTING VACCINATED. THE REASONS VARY: DR. LEANA WEN, FORMER CITY OF BALTIMORE HEALTH COMMISSIONER: "WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME, WHAT'S THE PURPE OSOF GETTING VA CCINATED IF NOTHING CHANGES?" DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, NIAID DIRECTOR; CHIEF MEDICAL ADVISER TO THE PRESIDENT: "PEOPLE WHEN THEY HEAR IT'S STILL EMERGENCY USE, THEY STILL HAVE A LITTLE CONCERN." ERTHE'S ALSO A POLITICAL DIVIDE AND AN EDUCATIONAL DIVIDE. BUT HEALTH EXPERTS POINT TO THE BIGGER PICTURE, LIKE LONG-COVID. DR. FRANCIS COLLINS, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH: "EVEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO CONSIDER THEIR RISK OF SEVERE COVID TO BE LOW, THE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES CAN BE QUITE SERIOUS ." AND THE HEALTH OF OTHERS-- NATPOP DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, NIAID DIRECTOR; CHIEF MEDICAL ADVISER TO THE PRESIDE: NT "YOU MAY INFECT SOMEE ON INADVERTENTLY //BUTT TO AND THEN YOU'LL PASS THE INFECTION ON TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO MIGHT PASS IT ON TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO MIGHT GET SERIOUSLY ILL AND MIGHT DIE." HEALTH EXPERTS SAY GETTI NG COVID-19 UNDER CONTROL-- MEANS GETTING HE RD IMMUNITY UP TO AT LEAST 70 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION. RIGHT NOW IT'S AT 30PERCENT WHICH IS WHY THERE'S SUCA H PUSH TO SPREAD THE WORD-- TO KEEP THE VIRUS FROM SPREADING. JEFF ZIENTS, WHITE HOUSE COD-VI19 RESPONSE COORDINATOR: "PEOPLE LOOK TO THEIR LOCAL LEADERS. THEY LOOK TO THEIR FAITH LEADERS AND THEY REALLY LOOK TO THEIR DOCTORS." ANDY SLAVITT, WHITE HOUSE SENIOR ADVISER FOR COVID-19 RESPONSE: "AS THE FAMILY OF AHMAUD ARBERY SAYS THEY "CRIED" WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THE THREE MEN CHARGED IN HIS DEATH .. HAVE ALSO BEEN "INDICTED" ON FEDERAL HATE CRIME CHARGES. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAYS GREGORY MCMICHAEL... TRAS VI MCMICHAEL AND WILLIAM "RODDIE" BRYAN ARE FACING FEDERAL HATE CRIME AND KIDNAPPING CHARGES. THE THREE ARE ALREADY AWAITING TRIAL IN CONNECTION TO THE CRIME ON THE STATE LEVEL. ARBERY'S FAMILY SAYS THIS IS JUST ONE STEP CLOSER TO JUSTICE. MARCUS ARBERY SR. // DAD I'M JUST SO PROUD THAT THEY GOT THOSE INDICTMENTS ON THEM TO LET THEM KNOW THEY ARE NOT ABOVE THE LAW. DIANE JACKSON // AUNT WHEN I FIRST HEARD IT, I CRIED. RUBY ARBERY // AUNT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE GOT A LITTLE MORE WAYS TO GO LAW EXPERTS SAY FEDERAL INTERVENTION ON CASES LIKE THESE ARE RARE-- -- AND TT HA A FEDERAL GRAND JURY HAD TO SAY .. THERE WAS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO BRING E THCASE TO TRIAL. NOW---- THE THREE MEN WILL HAVE TO AWAIT TWO TRIA. LS A HANGING MEME IS NOW AT THE CENTER OF AN INTERNAL SAVANNAH POLICE INVESTIGATION. INVESTIGATORS SAY AN OFFICER SENT AN "INAPPROPRIATE MEME" TO OTHER OFFICERS. ACCORDING TO THE FALYMI OF WILLIAM HARVEY--- IT HAPPENED JUST DAYS AFTERE H DIED BY HANGG INWHILE IN THE CUSTODY OF THE SAVANNAH POLICE DEPARTMENT. LOCAL CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS ARE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. REV. DR. LEONARD SMALL | CIVIL RIGHTS LDEEAR "KNOWING THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE HESITANT TO TRUST THE POLICE. I THK IN THAT ANYONE WHO WAS THIS INSENSITIVE AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT SHOULD NOT BE ON THE POLICE FORCE. TH AT'S WHAT I SAID TO CHIEF MINTER THIS AFTERNOON". CHIEF ROY MINTER SENT US A STATEMENT .. SAYING IN PART. . "THIS DEPARTMENT TAKES THE ACTIONS IN THIS INCIDENT SERIOUSLY .. D AN IS COMPLETELY INTOLERANT OF IN- SENSITIVITY AMONG ITS STAFF." THE TIME IS NOW _--._ COMING UP---- AFTER A QUICK ESCAPE FROM THE ATLANTA AIRPORT--- - A SUSPECTED MURDERER IS BACK IN POLICE CUSTO. DY COMING UP... I'LL HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAS T. BUT FIRST... LET'S TAKE A LIVE LOOK OUTSID E. HERE'S A LIVE LOOK FROM R OU REMEMBER. .. YOU CAN TAKE YO