>>> PUTTING THE POST OFFICE TO 
THE TEST, FIND OUT WHAT 
HAPPENED IN AN EXPERIMENT TO 
SEE IF THE USPS WILL REALLY BE 
ABLE TO HANDLE THE ONSLAUGHT OF 
MAIL-IN BALLOTS COME NOVEMBER. 
>>> ERASING STUDENT LOAN DEBT, 
THE HUGE SURPRISE THAT STUNNED 
SOME MEDICAL STUDENTS IN METRO 
ATLANTA. 
>> 11ALIVE NEWS PRIME TIME ON 
THE ATL STARTS NOW. 
>>> TO GO COMPLETELY VIRTUAL OR 
NOT, THAT IS THE DEBATE THAT'S 
WAGING ON OUR 11ALIVE'S 
FACEBOOK PAGE NOW TO GO VIRTUAL 
COMPLETELY OR NOT AFTER WE 
SHARED SOME UGA PROFESSORS' 
CALLS TO STOP IN-PERSON 
LEARNING AS COVID-19 CASES 
SURGE IN ATHENS. 
>> WE HAVE AN UPCOMING LABOR 
DAY HOLIDAY THAT IS THE OPTIMAL 
TIME TO UNDERTAKE THE PIVOT TO 
ONLINE EDUCATION. 
>> SINCE THE STORY AIRED WE 
HEARD FROM A LOT OF PARENTS 
MAKING THE CASE TO KEEP KIDS ON 
CAMPUS. 
>> EVERYBODY HAS AN OPINION ON 
THIS AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON 
SINCE ABOUT EARLY MARCH, RIGHT? 
BUT WHAT TO DO WITH STUDENTS 
WHO ACTUALLY ATTEND CLASSES, 
WHAT DO THEY THINK? 
KAITLYN ROSS TALKED DIRECTLY TO 
THREE STUDENTS ON CAMPUS AND 
HERE'S WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. 
>> THE STUDENTS I TALKED TO 
TODAY FEEL ISOLATED ON CAMPUS 
WITH MOST OF THEIR CLASSES 
ALONE IN THEIR ROOM ONLINE AND 
RARELY SEE THEIR FRIENDS, BUT 
THEY ALL TOLD ME THAT'S BETTER 
THAN THE ALTERNATIVE, BEING 
SENT HOME. 
>> CAMPUS IS A GHOST TOWN RIGHT 
NOW AND IT'S VERY EERIE AND 
VERY DIFFERENT. 
>> WE'LL GO TO THE DINING HALL. 
WE DON'T EAT IN THE DINING HALL 
MOST OF THE TIME. 
YOU JUST GRAB THE FOOD AND 
LEAVE. 
>> LIKE I GO TO CLASS ACTUALLY 
ON CAMPUS LIKE ONCE A WEEK AND 
ALL OF MY OTHER ONES ARE ON 
ZOOM. 
>> TYPICALLY I WAKE UP, GET MY 
WORK DONE IN THE MORNING AND 
THEN SOMETIMES ON CAMPUS IN THE 
LIBRARY WE ALWAYS WEAR MASKS 
WHEN WE DO. 
>> WE'VE ALL JOKED THAT LIKE 
TRYING TO LIKE FIGURE OUT OUR 
CLASSES IS LITERALLY LIKE 
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE A 
MATH EQUATION LIKE WHEN AM I 
SUPPOSED TO ACTUALLY BE ON 
CAMPUS? 
WHEN AM I SUPPOSED TO BE ON 
ZOOM? 
ALL OF THAT PLUS THE STRESS OF 
COVID AND TRYING TO STAY 
HEALTHY AND WEAR MASKS. 
>> WE'VE ALL WORKED REALLY HARD 
TO BE HERE AND TO NOT GET TO BE 
IN PERSON IS KIND OF TAKING 
AWAY FROM THAT. 
SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE UGA STAY 
IN PERSON AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
OBVIOUSLY SAFETY IS MY TOP 
PRIORITY, BUT I THINK WE CAN DO 
IT SAFELY. 
>> BEING ONLINE VIRTUALLY LAST 
SEMESTER WAS HARD FOR ME AND 
I'M SURE ALMOST EVERYONE ELSE 
AND IT TOOK A TOLL ON SO MANY 
PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH. 
>> IT CONCERNS ME HOW LONELY 
THEY'RE FEELING RIGHT NOW. 
IT REALLY DOES. 
>> I FEEL LIKE MONTH OF US ARE 
BEING VERY CAREFUL. 
SOME PEOPLE DEFINITELY AREN'T 
AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. 
IT'S PUTTING A LOT OF US AT 
JEOPARDY AND IT'S PUTTING US AT 
THE RISK OF HAVING TO BE SENT 
HOME. 
>> I KNOW WE'VE ALL BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT AND ARE CONCERNED 
ABOUT LIKE LABOR DAY HAPPENING. 
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF EMAILS JUST 
SAYING PLEASE BE CAREFUL 
BECAUSE WHEN WE COME BACK TO 
CAMPUS, WE JUST DON'T WANT IT 
TO LIKE BLOW UP WHEN EVERYONE'S 
COMING BACK FROM LABOR DAY. 
>> THESE THREE STUDENTS ALL 
TOLD ME THEY'RE WEARING MASKS 
AND SOCIALLY DISTANCING. 
THEY'RE NOT GOING OUT PARTYING 
AND THEY'RE FRUSTRATED THAT 
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT 
COLLEGE STUDENTS. 
THEY ALL SAY THEY'D MUCH RATHER 
BE ON CAMPUS AND LEARNING 
ONLINE THAN DOING IT ALONE AT 
HOME. 
>> HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT 
CLARKE COUNTY WHERE UGA IS 
LOCATED REPORTING MUCH SMALLER 
COVID-19 NUMBERS THAN AT THE 
UNIVERSITY? 
TODAY THE COUNTY REPORTED THE 
SINGLE LARGEST ONE-DAY SPIKE 
WITH 173 NEW CASES. 
CLARKE COUNTY SHOWS MORE THAN 
700 CASES OVER THE PAST TWO 
WEEKS. 
MEANWHILE THE UNIVERSITY IS 
REPORTING MORE THAN 1,000. 
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH 
IS EXPLAINING TESTS CONDUCTED 
BY THE UNIVERSITY ARE NOT IN 
THE COUNTY'S NUMBERS AS OF YET. 
HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE STILL 
WORKING TO SEE TO UGA'S 
REPORTING SYSTEM DIRECTLY TO 
THE STATE DATABASE. 
>>> ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED 
PRESS, MORE THAN 3,000 STUDENTS 
AND WORKERS AT PUBLIC 
UNIVERSITIES IN GEORGIA HAVE 
TESTED POSITIVE SINCE  AUGUST 
1st. 
NOW TO CURB THE SPREAD GEORGIA 
TECH IS ENCOURAGING ROOMMATES 
TO SWITCH TO SINGLE ROOMS AND 
BOTH GEORGIA TECH AND 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SAY THEY 
ARE RENTING MORE OFFCAMPUS 
ROOMS TO QUARANTINE STUDENTS. 
ACCORDING TO THE A.P., ABOUT 4% 
OF ALL STATEWIDE CASES RECORDED 
OVER THE LAST MONTH ARE LINKED 
TO UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES. 
>>> TODAY HUNDREDS OF CHEROKEE 
COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS 
HEADED BACK TO THE CLASSROOM 
FOR IN-PERSON LEARNING BUT ON A 
TEMPORARY HYBRID SCHEDULE. 
THE THREE SCHOOLS SWITCHED TO 
FULLY VIRTUAL A FEW WEEKS AGO 
AND THAT WAS ALL DUE TO A SPIKE 
IN COVID-19 CASES. 
HERE'S HOW THINGS WENT TODAY. 
>> Reporter:  I SPOKE WITH SOME 
STUDENTS AS THEY WERE HEADED 
INTO SCHOOL HERE AT ETOWAH HIGH 
SCHOOL AND THEY SAY THEY ARE 
EXCITED BECAUSE THEY LEARN 
BETTER FACE TO FACE. 
>> IT IS BETTER FOR ME TO LEARN 
WITH A PHYSICAL TEACHER. 
>> I LIKE THIS SCHOOL BETTER 
THAN ONLINE. 
>> Reporter:  SOME STUDENTS 
SEEMED EAGER TO GET BACK INTO 
THE CLASSROOM. 
ALL THREE HIGH SCHOOLS WERE 
SHUT DOWN ABRUPTLY LAST MONTH. 
NOW DISTRICT LEADERS ARE 
WELCOMING A HANDFUL OF STUDENTS 
BACK AT A TIME WITH THE HYBRID 
MODEL, SOME IN-PERSON LEARNING, 
SOME VIRTUAL. 
DISTRICT LEADERS SAY IN EACH 
SCHOOL ABOUT HALF THE STUDENT 
BODY WILL RETURN FOR IN-PERSON 
LEARNING TODAY AND TOMORROW 
WHILE THE REST WILL CONTINUE TO 
LEARN ONLINE FROM HOME. 
BEGINNING TWO DAYS NEXT WEEK 
THE REMAINING STUDENTS WILL 
FLOCK OUT TO ATTEND IN-PERSON 
CLASSES WITH ALL STUDENTS 
LEARNING FROM HOME ON 
WEDNESDAYS. 
OFFICIALS SAY THIS IS A WAY TO 
REDUCE CLASS SIZE AND PROMOTE 
SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
MASKS ARE STILL REQUIRED. 
IN THIS HYBRID LEARNING MODEL 
IT'S EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH 
THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER. 
AT THAT POINT DISTRICT 
OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL ANALYZE 
THE DATA AND MAKE A DECISION 
WHERE TO GO FROM THERE. 
>>> TODAY DeKALB COUNTY SCHOOL 
DISTRICT ANNOUNCED WHEN IT WILL 
START IN-PERSON LEARNING. 
OCTOBER 5th IS THE MONDAY 
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING FALL 
BREAK AND UNDER THAT PHASE ALL 
KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH 
GRADE STUDENTS WILL RETURN FOR 
FULL DAY INSTRUCTION AND AFTER 
SCHOOL PROGRAMS WILL RESUME 
EVERY DAY BUT WEDNESDAY. 
SOME SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS 
WILL ALSO START FACE-TO-FACE 
LEARNING THEN AS WELL. 
PHASE TWO BEGINS OCTOBER 19th 
WITH GRADES SIX THROUGH EIGHT 
RETURNING AND PHASE THREE FOR 
HIGH SCHOOLERS WOULD BEGIN  
NOVEMBER 5th. 
WE, TRACKING THE LATEST ON 
SCHOOL DISTRICT PLANS AND THE 
SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS IN 
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE METRO. 
IT'S ALL INSIDE OUR SPECIAL 
CORONAVIRUS SECTION ON 
WWW.11ALIVE.COM OR DOWNLOAD THE 
11ALIVE APP. 
>>> LET'S GET YOU CAUGHT UP ON 
SOME OF THE OTHER BIG 
HEADLINES. 
SINGER AND SONGWRITER BLANCO 
BROWN NOW RESTING IN THE ICU 
AFTER BEING INJURED IN A CAR 
ACCIDENT. 
HIS RECORD LABEL TWEETED HE WAS 
INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION 
NEAR HIS ATLANTA HOME ON 
MONDAY. 
HE HAD 12 HOURS OF SURGERY. 
THE LABEL IS CALLED BBR MUSIC 
GROUP. 
THEY SAY MORE SURGERY IS 
NEEDED. 
BLANCO IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS 
2019 SMASH HIT UP. 
>>> A GEORGIA PASTORS SENTENCED 
TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON AND 15 
YEARS PROBATION. 
HE IS 81 YEARS OLD, BENJAMIN 
KNOWN AS GUS HARDER. 
HE PLEADED GUILTY TO THREE 
COUNTS OF CHILD MOLESTATION ON 
AUGUST 12th. 
HE PREACHED AT SEVERAL CHURCHES 
THROUGHOUT THE STATES FROM 
FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. 
>>> INVESTIGATORS RECEIVED A 
TIP JONATHAN LAWRENCE WAS 
TRYING TO HIRE SOMEONE TO KILL 
A DEPUTY. 
MORRIS ALLEGEDLY CONTACTED AN 
UNDERCOVER OFFICER TO HELP WITH 
THE ATTEMPTED MURDER. 
>>> THE GBI STEPPING UP EFFORTS 
TO DISMANTLE GANGS ACROSS THE 
STATE, DIRECTOR VICK REYNOLDS 
MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM 
CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING 
SAYING THE GBI'S TASK FORCE IS 
EXPANDING FROM METRO ATLANTA TO 
PARTNER WITH CENTRAL AND SOUTH 
GEORGIA AGENCIES. 
THE GBI WILL SEND AGENTS TO 
THOSE COUNTIES TO EXECUTE 
SEARCH WARRANTS AND HE'S HOPING 
MORE MANPOWER AND RESOURCES 
WILL LEAD TO MORE ARRESTS AND 
LESS VIOLENCE. 
>>> A NEW STUDY RAISING 
CONCERNS ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL 
TOLL ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLS ARE 
TAKING ON CHILDREN AND SCHOOL 
STAFF. 
JOE HENKE TALKED WITH GEORGIA 
TECH RESEARCHERS ABOUT THE STUD 
DIP THAT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE 
FIRST OF ITS KIND. 
>> Reporter:  THE RESEARCH TEAM 
AT GEORGIA TECH SAID THEY 
NOTICED A DRASTIC CHANGE IN 
PEOPLE'S POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA 
AFTER EXPERIENCING AN ACTIVE 
SHOOTER DRILL AT THEIR SCHOOL. 
THE GROUP EVERY TOWN FOR GUN 
SAFETY PUBLISHED THE STUDY 
CONDUCTED BY GEORGIA TECH 
RESEARCHERS. 
PROFESSOR MUNMUN DE CHOUDHURY 
HEADED TEAM. 
POST DOCTORAL FELLOW MAI
ELSHERIEF AND KOUSTEV SAHA 
WORKED ON THE STUDY. 
>> PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THESE 
DRILLS ARE HAVING A NEGATIVE 
IMPACT ON THEIR HEALTH. 
>> Reporter:  EVERY TOWN ASKED 
IF SCIENTIST DAY TAY COULD 
CONFIRM OR DENY ACTIVE SHOOTER 
DRILLS CAUSING TRAUMA. 
SHE USED A METHOD CALLED CYCLE 
LINGUISTICS. 
THE POSTS CAME FROM PEOPLE 
CONNECTED TO 138 SCHOOLS ACROSS 
33 STATES WHERE DRILLS TOOK 
PLACE. 
BY COLLECTING MILLIONS OF POSTS 
THE RESEARCHERS SAY THE STUDY 
DID NOT SUBJECT ANYONE TO 
QUESTIONS THAT MAY HAVE 
RETRAUMATIZED SOMEONE OR SKEWED 
RESULTS. 
>> CAN MANIFEST IN IMPRESSION, 
CAN MANIFEST IN DIFFERENT WAYS 
AND USING AN IN OBTRUSIVE 
METHOD WITH COLLECTING THE DATA 
AND LIKE IT'S A LARGE DATA SENT 
MAKES US VERY CONFIDENT IN OUR 
RESULTS. 
>> Reporter:  THE SOCIAL MEDIA 
POSTS ARE FROM 90 DAYS BEFORE 
AND AFTER AN ACTIVE SHOOTER 
DRILL AT A SCHOOL. 
THEY FOUND LANGUAGE SIGNALING 
ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION 
INCREASED WITH WORDS SUCH AS 
AFRAID, STRUGGLING, NERVOUS, 
THERAPY AND SUICIDAL APPEARING 
MORE FREQUENTLY, ANXIETY AND 
STRESS INCREASING 42% AFTER A 
DRILL, DEPRESSION INCREASING 
39% AND POSTING HEALTH CONCERNS 
AND FEARS OF DEATH ALSO SPIKED. 
HE HOPES THE POLICY CAN HELP 
GUIDING IN FUTURE PLANNING OF 
DRILLS. 
>> THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CHALLENGES 
PEOPLE MAY TAKE OUT OF THESE 
EVENTS. 
>> NOW WE KNOW THAT IS THE 
FIRST OF ITS KIND AS FAR AS THE 
STUDY GOES. 
THE RAMIFICATIONS THEREOF ARE 
EXPECTED TO BE ANALYZED IN THE 
DAYS AND WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD 
WITH MORE FINDINGS THAT WILL BE 
RELEASED AT SOME POINT DOWN THE 
ROAD. 
>>> SOME SCHOOL RESOURCE 
OFFICERS IN TROUPE COUNTY ARE 
GETTING EXTRA TOOLS TO HELP 
THEM ON THE JOB. 
THIS WEEK DEPUTY AS SIGNED TO 
CALLOWAY HIGH SCHOOL, CALLOWAY 
MIDDLE SCHOOL AND LONG CANE 
MIDDLE SCHOOL WERE ISSUED BODY 
CAMERAS. 
THE SHERIFF SAYS THIS WILL GIVE 
A FIRST-PERSON VIEW OF 
INCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN AND HELP 
WITH INCIDENTS ON CAMPUSES AND 
ALSO WILL HOLD OFFICERS AND 
THOSE INVOLVED ACCOUNTABLE. 
>>> A MAJOR MILESTONE FOR A 
DeKALB COUNTY WOMAN AND GEORGIA 
TECH GRAD, SHE IS NOW THE FIRST 
FEMALE DIRECTOR OF NASA'S 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 
11ALIVE'S BRITTANY KLEINPETER 
SPOKE TO HER ABOUT HER VISION 
FOR THE SPACE PROGRAM. 
>> WHAT I HOPE TO SEE IS I 
REALLY WANT THE SPACE STATION 
TO ACHIEVE ITS FULL POTENTIAL. 
>> WITH MORE THAN 35 YEARS OF 
EXPERIENCE ROBIN GATENS IS NO 
STRANGER TO LEADING PROJECTS AT 
NASA BUT SAYS SHE'S ABOUT TO 
TACKLE HER BIGGEST CHALLENGE 
YET. 
>> IT'S EXCITING NOW TO BE 
NAMED ACTING DIRECTOR AND 
PARTICULARLY AS A WOMAN. 
>> GATENS MADE HISTORY BECOMING 
THE FIRST WOMAN TO EVER HOLD 
THE ROLE OF ACTING DIRECTOR 
OVER THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION. 
>> I JUST WANT TO BE GOOD AT 
THE JOB. 
I DON'T THINK ABOUT THE GENDER 
THING TOO MUCH, BUT I THINK IT 
DOES ADD SORT OF A ROLE MODEL 
RESPONSIBILITY. 
>> GATENS WILL OVERSEE THE 
OVERALL PROGRAM AND IS THE MAIN 
POINT OF CONTACT FOR WHITE 
HOUSE AND CONGRESS IN REGARDS 
TO STATION POLICIES. 
SHE EARNED HER DEGREE FROM 
GEORGIA TECH IN CHEMICAL 
ENGINEERING. 
SHE SAYS SHE NEVER PLANNED ON 
WORKING FOR NASA. 
>> SO COMING OUT OF GEORGIA 
TECH IN 1985, MY FIANCE AT THE 
TIME WAS ALREADY DESTINED FOR 
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, TO WORK 
FOR NASA. 
NOT A LOT OF CHEMICAL 
INDUSTRIES IN HUNTSVILLE, BUT 
FORTUNATELY WAS ABLE TO ALSO 
GET HIRED AT NASA. 
>> THE NEW DIRECTOR SAYS ONE OF 
THE THINGS THAT SHE'S MOST 
EXCITED ABOUT IS CREATING A 
COMMERCIAL ECONOMY IN SPACE. 
>> WHERE WE HAVE TOURISM AND 
MANUFACTURING AND COMMERCIAL 
RESEARCH REALLY TAKING 
ADVANTAGE OF SPACE. 
>> GATENS TELLS ME WHILE HER 
WORK REMAINS ON EARTH, SHE 
WOULDN'T MIND VISITING THE ISS 
SOMEDAY AS A TOURIST. 
>>> COMING UP A GENEROUS GIFT 
TO MOREHOUSE, THE SCHOOL OF 
MEDICINE, TO HELP LEFT THE 
BURDEN OF STUDENT DEBT FROM 
FUTURE DOCTORS. 
>>> DON'T FORGET WE ARE 
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AND JOIN THE CONVERSATION IN 
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WE'VE GOT MORE 11ALIVE NEWS AND 
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>>> SOME PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED 
GETTING COVID-19 TESTS IN THE 
MAIL, BUT THEY SAY THEY DID NOT 
ORDER THEM. 
THE TEST WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A 
LETTER FROM EMORY UNIVERSITY, 
BUT PEOPLE WERE LIKE WAIT A 
MINUTE. 
ARE THESE FOR REAL, 
PARTICULARLY WITH THE TESTING 
STRUGGLES ACROSS THE COUNTRY? 
SO OUR VERIFY TEAM CHECKED IT 
OUT. 
>> WENT OUT TO THE MAILBOX AND 
THERE WAS A PACKAGE AND I 
HADN'T ORDERED ANYTHING AND IT 
WASN'T EVEN ADDRESSED TO MY 
NAME. 
IT JUST SAID TO HOUSEHOLD AND 
IT HAD OUR ADDRESS WITH OUR 
APARTMENT NUMBER AND SO I 
OPENED IT UP AND IT WAS A COVID-
19 TEST. 
>> JOSHUA ALVAREZ FROM WEST 
SALEM SAID GIVEN THE CHALLENGES 
WE'RE SEEING WITH PEOPLE TRYING 
TO GET COVID TESTS, IT FELT OFF 
TO GET A TEST RANDOMLY IN THE 
MAIL. 
>> WILL YOU DO THIS COVID-19 
TEST, SEND IT BACK. 
THEY'LL GIVE YOU A GIFT CARD. 
>> ALSO INSIDE THIS, LETTER 
FROM GEORGIA-BASED EMORY 
UNIVERSITY. 
>> I HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT THIS 
ANYWHERE. 
>> SO HE REACHED OUT TO US TO 
VERIFY THIS WAS TEST LEGIT? 
>> THIS WAS JUST TOO GOOD TO BE 
TRUE TO GET A COVID TEST IN THE 
MAIL WHEN PEOPLE ARE HAVING 
TROUBLE GETTING TESTED AS IT 
IS. 
>> BUT THE TESTING KITS ARE NOT 
A SCAM. 
OUR SOURCES FOR THE STORY ARE 
EMORY UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATE 
PROFESSOR DR. AARON SEIGLER AND 
VANCOUVER-BASED MOLECULAR 
TESTING LAB BUSINESS 
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR JAMES 
YORK. 
EMORY UNIVERSITY IS CONDUCTING 
A STUDY CALLED COVID VIEW 
FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL 
INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. 
DR. SEIGLER, ONE OF THE PRIMARY 
INVESTIGATORS, SAYS INFORMATION 
FROM THE STUDY WILL GUIDE 
PUBLIC HEALTH EFFORTS. 
>> THE GOAL OF THE STUDY, IT'S 
AN NIH-FUNDED STUDY, IS TO 
REALLY UNDERSTAND THE LEVELS OF 
THE INFECTION IN THE UNITED 
STATES AND TO GIVE EVERYONE 
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO 
PARTICIPATE SO WE CAN REALLY 
GET A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE 
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. 
>> TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 
RANDOMLY CHOSEN HOUSEHOLDS 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL GET A 
PACKAGE WITH AT HOME NASAL SWAB 
TESTS AND BLOOD SPOT ANTIBODY 
TEST KITS AS WELL AS A 
QUESTIONNAIRE. 
PARTICIPANTS ARE ASKED TO SEND 
SAMPLES BACK TO MOLECULAR 
TESTING LABS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY MANUFACTURE OUR 
OWN SAMPLE COLLECTION KITS AND 
SO THAT IS THE ONLY THING WE 
MANUFACTURE. 
SO IT DOES NOT CUT INTO 
ANYBODY'S SUPPLY CHAIN. 
>> COVID VIEW IS VOLUNTARY AND 
RESULTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL. 
ITS GOALS ARE TO ESTIMATE THE 
NUMBER OF AMERICANS WHO HAVE 
THE VIRUS OR RECOVERED IT, 
IMPROVE THE INFECTION AND HOW 
IT IMPACTS DIFFERENT 
DEMOGRAPHIC AND GEOGRAPHIC 
GROUPS AND MONITOR FUTURE 
LEVELS OF THE DISEASE. 
SO WE CAN VERIFY THESE PACKAGES 
ARE LEGITIMATE. 
>>> WELL, WE HAD PLENTY OF HEAT 
AROUND TODAY WHERE YESTERDAY WE 
WERE JUST SHY OF 90. 
TODAY WE MADE IT BACK TO ABOVE 
90 WITH OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 
91 DEGREES. 
THIS TIME OF YEAR WE SHOULD BE 
AROUND 86 DEGREES FOR OUR 
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE. 
SO WE WERE ABOVE AVERAGE TODAY 
AND ALSO THIS MORNING WE WERE 
ABOVE AVERAGE. 
WE STARTED OFF AT 73. 
THEN WE SHOULD AT THIS TIME OF 
YEAR BE STARTING OFF IN THE 
UPPER 60s. 
SO THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON 
WAS ALL ABOVE AVERAGE. 
WE HIT THE 91 NOT TOO FAR OFF 
FROM THE RECORD. 
98 IS THE RECORD FOR TODAY'S 
DATE SET IN 1925. 
OUR RECORD LOW, WOULDN'T THAT 
BE NICE TO WAKE UP WITH A 
TEMPERATURE OF 58 DEGREES? 
NO RAIN OFFICIALLY AT 
HARTSFIELD-JACKSON. 
OUR RAINFALL SURPLUS NOW IS 
ABOUT 13.75 INCHES ABOVE WHERE 
WE SHOULD BE IN RAINFALL FOR 
THE YEAR. 
HERE'S WHAT WE'RE WATCHING OVER 
THE REST OF THE EVENING HOURS. 
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 80s 
THROUGH ABOUT 10:00, MAYBE 
11:00 STILL AT 80. 
THEN WE DROP INTO THE 70s AFTER 
11:00. 
MIDNIGHT, EARLY TOMORROW 
MORNING WITH CLEAR SKIES GOING 
TO BE FEELING PRETTY NICE, A 
LITTLE MUGGY. 
WE GET DOWN TO THE LOWER 70s TO 
START THE DAY, BUT WE'LL HAVE A 
LOT OF SUNSHINE. 
HERE'S A LOOK AT THE FORECAST 
FOR YOUR FRIDAY. 
ON OUR SCALE FROM 1 TO 11 WHERE 
11 IS A PERFECT DAY WE'RE GOING 
WITH AN 8. WE START OFF AROUND 
72. 
IT IS GOING TO GET UP TO 93 IN 
THE AFTERNOON. 
MOST OF US WILL STAY DRY, BUT 
WE'RE WATCHING THIS WEAK SYSTEM 
THAT'S UP IN TENNESSEE NOW. 
IT'S A STALLED OUT FRONT THAT 
WILL SAG A LITTLE CLOSER TO US 
AS WE GO THROUGH THE LATER 
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING 
HOURS ON FRIDAY, BUT AHEAD OF 
THAT WE'LL BE FINE TONIGHT. 
IN THE MORNING WE START OFF 
WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, MILD, 
MUGGY CONDITIONS THERE, BUT 
PLENTY OF SUN AND DRY 
CONDITIONS TO START THE DAY. 
AT NOON TIME MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES 
HERE, BUT A FEW CLOUDS START 
DEVELOPING IN NORTH GEORGIA. 
THAT'S WHAT THE SYSTEM IN 
TENNESSEE THAT'S GOING TO SAG 
INTO NORTH GEORGIA IS AND WITH 
IT VERY LIMITED MOISTURE. 
THERE IS A 20% CHANCE OF A 
SHOWER FOR FOLKS IN NORTH 
ATLANTA. 
I THINK BY THE TIME THE SYSTEM 
SWEEPS THROUGH OUR AREA IT WILL 
FALL APART. 
WE DON'T THINK WE'LL SEE RAIN 
HERE. 
THAT LEADS US INTO SATURDAY 
WHERE WE'LL SEE ANOTHER DRY 
DAY. 
SO REALLY THE LONG HOLIDAY 
WEEKEND IS ACTUALLY LOOKING 
PRETTY GOOD WITH DRY WEATHER 
CONDITIONS HERE, SATURDAY 
MORNING LOOKING GOOD, NOON TIME 
LOOKING NICE AS WELL AND NO 
RAIN AROUND WITH THE MIXTURE OF 
SUNSHINE AND CLOUDS. 
I THINK WE'LL SEE A LOT MORE 
SUN THAN CLOUDS DURING THE DAY 
SATURDAY AND THE WAY IT LOOKS 
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TAKEN THE 
RAIN CHANCES OUT FOR SUNDAY AND 
MONDAY. 
THE MODELS HAVE STILL NOT BEEN 
IN AGREEMENT ON SUNDAY AND 
MONDAY, BUT I'M GOING TO GO 
AHEAD AND FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE 
TAKING THE RAIN CHANCES OUT FOR 
LABOR DAY WITH HIGHS NEAR 87 
DEGREES. 
THEN THE RAIN CHANCES ARE 
COMING BACK UP TO ABOUT 40% ON 
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND 
THURSDAY. 
WITH OUR HIGH TEMPERATURES 
PRETTY CLOSE TO AVERAGE FOR 
THIS TIME OF YEAR, RIGHT AROUND 
86, 87 DEGREES AS WE MOVE INTO 
NEXT WEEK. 
>>> A HUGE SURPRISE TODAY FOR 
STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL OF 
MEDICINE. 
THE SCHOOL RECEIVED A $26 
MILLION GIFT TO HELP STUDENTS 
COVER THE COST OF THEIR 
EDUCATION. 
FORMER NEW YORK MAYOR MICHAEL 
BLOOMBERG BLOOMBERG 
PHILANTHROPY MADE THIS SPECIAL 
GUEST. 
CHECK OUT THIS REACTION. 
THIS IS JUST SOME OF THOSE 
STUDENTS FINDING OUT THAT 
$100,000 OF THEIR SCHOOL COSTS 
WILL BE WIPED OUT. 
THE MONEY IS GOING TO CURRENT 
STUDENTS WHO ARE ON FINANCIAL 
AID. 
BLOOMBERG TAPED A VIDEO MESSAGE 
TO HIGHLIGHT WHY THIS 
INVESTMENT IS SO CRITICAL FOR 
OUR COUNTRY AND COMMUNITIES OF 
COLOR THAT ARE OFTEN AT HIGH 
RISK WHEN IT COMES TO 
HEALTHCARE. 
>> THE DATA IS CLEAR. 
MORE BLACK DOCTORS WILL MEAN 
MORE BLACK LIVES SAVED AND MORE 
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. 
SO MUCH IS AT STAKE AND THE 
BURDEN OF SCHOOL DEBT SHOULD 
NEVER STAND IN THE WAY. 
THAT'S WHY I MADE THIS GIFT. 
AMERICA URGENTLY NEEDS MORE 
BLACK DOCTORS. 
>> ACCORDING TO OUR PARTNERS AT 
THE ATLANTA BUSINESS CHRONICLE, 
THIS GIFT IS PART OF $100 
MILLION IN FUNDING BEING SPREAD 
TO THE COUNTRY'S FOUR 
HISTORICALLY BLACK MEDICAL 
SCHOOLS OVER THE NEXT FOUR 
YEARS. 
FOR THE MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF 
MEDICINE THIS IS THE LARGEST 
SCHOLARSHIP INVESTMENT THEY 
HAVE EVER RECEIVED. 
WE'LL HEAR FROM SOME OF THOSE 
SURPRISED STUDENTS 
>>> THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE 
CONTINUES TO HEAT UP TWO MONTHS 
FROM ELECTION DAY, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN IN KENOSHA 
THIS WEEK. 
JOINING US NOW RON HART. 
WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON THE 
CONVENTION? 
>> WELL, IT'S TIGHTENED A 
LITTLE BIT. 
TRUMP HAD A BETTER CONVENTION. 
BIDEN IS IN THE BASEMENT, KIND 
OF REALIZES HE HAS TO COME OUT 
AND VISIT PEOPLE. 
>> HOW ABOUT THE NANCY PELOSI 
HAIR SALON STORY? 
THAT'S BEEN INTERESTING. 
>> YEAH. 
DO AS I SAY AND NOT HOW I DO, 
RIGHT? 
SO THE HYPOCRISY KIND AFTER 
BOUNDS HERE. 
TO BE FAIR TO NANCY, TO GO BACK 
TO WASHINGTON, D.C., SHE NEEDS 
TO HAVE HER NAILS SHARPENED TO 
FIGHT THE REPUBLICANS OFF, BUT 
THAT WAS A TELLING PART OF THE 
RULING CLASS, RIGHT? 
SO THE RULING CLASS SAYS YOU 
CAN'T GO TO THE SALON. 
YOU CAN'T GET YOUR HAIR DONE, 
BUT I'M GOING IN THERE TO GET 
MY HAIR DONE. 
SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE 
CHICAGO MAYOR. 
SHE DID THE SAME THING. 
I DON'T KNOW WHO DOES TRUMP'S 
HAIR. 
I'M PRESUMING SOMEONE FROM 
STATEN ISLAND, BUT, YOU KNOW, 
FOR SOME REASON THAT IS ALL YOU 
NEED TO KNOW ABOUT POLITICS AND 
THE RULING CLASS. 
THEY DO THINGS THAT WE ARE NOT 
ALLOWED TO DO. 
I HEARD RECENTLY YOU CAN GO 
BOWLING IN ATLANTA, YOU KNOW, 
UNDER KEMP. 
SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR LIKE A 
FUN RECREATIONAL THING TO DO IN 
GEORGIA, YOU'LL HAVE TO KEEP 
LOOKING. 
>> YOU CAN RENT YOUR OWN SHOES 
THERE, TOO. 
BIG DROP IN THE STOCK MARKET 
TODAY. 
ANY CONCERN THERE? 
>> I THINK IT WAS AHEAD OF 
ITSELF, RIGHT? 
EVERYBODY WONDERS WHY IT'S UP 
SO MUCH. 
THE STOCK MARKET PRICES NEXT 
YEAR'S EARNINGS. 
THEY DON'T PRICE THE CURRENT 
SITUATION. 
SO IT HAD RUN UP 30, 40% FROM 
THE BOTTOM, RIGHT NOW 30%, UP 
40. 
IT WAS UP A LITTLE BIT FOR THE 
YEAR. 
SO MAYBE IT WAS AHEAD OF 
ITSELF. 
APPLE AND SOME OF THE NASDAQ 
STOCKS ARE WAY AHEAD OF ITSELF. 
IN THE LONG TERM YOU'RE BETTER 
IN STOCKS OVER THE YEARS. 
I TOLD PEOPLE STAY IN THERE. 
IT'S THE ONLY PLACE TO REALLY 
BEAT INFLATION AND DO WELL. 
BOND YIELDS ARE 2% RIGHT NOW. 
STOCKS ARE GOOD. 
SO THERE'S CERTAIN STOCKS YOU 
WANT TO OWN AND HAVE FOR A LONG 
TIME. 
HOLD ON. 
>> JERRY FALWELL JR. AT LIBERTY 
NOW GONE FROM THERE, ALL THIS 
FALLOUT AS A RESULT OF BEING 
ONE OF HIS WIFE'S BIGGEST FANS 
APPLAUDING IN THE BACKGROUND. 
>> YEAH. 
APPARENTLY HER AND THE POOL 
BOY, RIGHT? 
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY KIND OF 
TELLS THEIR STUDENTS THE 
MARRIAGE IS A SACRED UNION 
BETWEEN ONE MAN, ONE WOMAN AND 
ONE POOL BOY APPARENTLY. 
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKED 
OUT, BUT IT HAPPENS A LOT 
BETWEEN SWAGGERT AND JIM 
BAKKER. 
YOU AND I HAVE SEEN IT OVER THE 
YEARS. 
IT HAPPENS. 
>> YES, IT DOES HAPPEN. 
I HAVE A COUPLE OF LINES WHEN 
WE GET DONE WITH THIS THAT I'LL 
GIVE TO YOU THAT YOU'LL LAUGH 
ABOUT BUT CERTAINLY NOT ON THE 
AIR. 
RON HART, 
>>> IF YOU HAVEN'T VOTED IN 
GEORGIA IN A WHILE, YOU MIGHT 
WANT TO CHECK ONLINE TO SEE IF 
YOU'RE STILL REGISTERED. 
A NEW REPORT ACCUSES THE STATE 
OF WRONGLY PURGING 200,000 
INACTIVE VOTERS WHICH THE STATE 
HAS DENIED. 
>> Reporter:  GEORGIA HAS BEEN 
ACCUSED BEFORE OF 
DISENFRANCHISING VOTERS AND A 
NEW STUDY FROM GREG PALLAST 
SAYS HIS LATEST INVESTIGATION 
CONCLUDES THE STATE WAS WRONG 
LATE LAST YEAR TO PURGE ANOTHER 
BATCH OF VOTERS, NEARLY 200,000 
INACTIVE VOTERS FROM THE ROLLS, 
AFTER THE STATE WAS UNABLE TO 
VERIFY THEIR CURRENT ADDRESSES. 
HE ACCUSES THE STATE OF USING 
AMATEUR ADDRESS VERIFICATION 
METHODS AND THAT THOSE 200,000 
PURGED VOTERS REALLY DO LIVE AT 
THEIR SAME ADDRESSES. 
THE EXPERTS PALLAST HIRED IS A 
COMPANY AMAZON USES TO VERIFY 
ADDRESSES. 
>> IT'S VERY SIMPLE. 
GEORGIANS SHOULDN'T BE REMOVED 
FROM THE VOTER ROLLS ON THE 
BASIS OF FALSE INFORMATION. 
>> THE PROCESS BEING USED BY 
THE STATE OF GEORGIA IS BOTH 
MORE EXPENSIVE AND LESS 
ACCURATE THAN AN INDUSTRY 
STANDARD FOR LIST MAINTENANCE. 
>> Reporter:  GEORGIA'S 
SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE 
SAYS THE VOTER PURGE WAS BASED 
ON PRECISE AND RIGOROUS ADDRESS 
CHECKS AND THAT THE PURGE WAS 
NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE 
ELECTION FROM FRAUDULENT 
VOTERS. 
AS IT IS, ALL THOSE NAMES ARE 
OFF THE ROLLS AND ANDREA YOUNG 
AT ACLU GEORGIA IS URGING 
GEORGIANS TO GO TO THE 
SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE 
AND CHECK TO SEE IF THEY'RE 
STILL REGISTERED AND 
REREGISTER, IF NECESSARY, BY 
THE DEADLINE OCTOBER 5th. 
>> YOU CAN USE THE 11ALIVE APP 
TO HELP YOU FIND OUT IF YOU'RE 
REGISTERED TO VOTE FOR THE 
NOVEMBER ELECTION. 
JUST TAP THE APP, SCROLL DOWN 
AND LOOK FOR THIS STORY IN THE 
AS SEEN ON TV SECTION. 
>>> FACEBOOK ANNOUNCED TODAY IT 
WILL BAN NEW POLITICAL ADS THE 
WEEK BEFORE ELECTION DAY TO 
PREVENT IT BEING USED AS A TOOL 
TO MANIPULATE THE VOTE AND 
PRESIDENT TRUMP DRAWING SHARP 
CRITICISM SUGGESTING PEOPLE 
VOTE IN PERSON AND BY MAIL. 
>> Reporter:  PRESIDENT TRUMP 
FORCED TO CLARIFY COMMENTS IN 
WHICH HE SEEMED TO URGE 
SUPPORTERS TO CAST TWO BALLOTS, 
ONE BY MAIL, ONE IN PERSON. 
>> LET THEM SEND IT IN AND LET 
THEM GO VOTE AND IF THEIR 
SYSTEM'S AS GOOD AS THEY SAY IT 
IS, OBVIOUSLY THEY WON'T BE 
ABLE TO VOTE. 
IF IT ISN'T TABULATED, THEY'LL 
BE ABLE TO VOTE. 
THAT'S THE WAY IT SO. 
>> Reporter:  THE REMARKS MADE 
IN BATTLEGROUND NORTH CAROLINA 
PROMPTING THAT STATE ELECTION 
SUPERVISOR TO ISSUE THE 
WARNING. 
IT IS ILLEGAL TO VOTE TWICE IN 
AN ELECTION. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO HAS BEEN 
TRYING TO CAST DOUBT ON MAIL-IN 
BALLOTING TODAY ON TWITTER 
TELLING THE PEOPLE GO TO YOUR 
POLLING PLACE TO SEE WHETHER OR 
NOT YOUR MAIL-IN VOTE HAS BEEN 
TABULATED AND IF NOT, VOTE. 
TWITTER SLAPPING THAT WITH A 
WARNING LABEL FOR VIOLATING ITS 
RULES ON ELECTION INTEGRITY. 
THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY 
INSISTS THE PRESIDENT WANTS 
EVERY VOTE COUNTED ONCE. 
>> EVERY VOTE SHOULD COUNT AND 
EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD VERIFY 
THEIR VOTE IS COUNTED. 
>> Reporter:  THIS COMES AS 
FACEBOOK ANNOUNCES IT WILL BAN 
NEW POLITICAL ADS THE WEEK 
BEFORE ELECTION DAY, REMOVE 
POSTS AIMED AT VOTER 
SUPPRESSION AND FLAG THOSE THAT 
TRY TO PREMATURELY CLAIM 
VICTORY FOR ONE SIDE OTHER THE 
OTHER. 
>> THERE'S NOTHING ILLEGITIMATE 
ABOUT TAKING A FEW EXTRA DAYS 
OR EVEN WEEKS IN ORDER TO MAKE 
SURE ALL THE VOTES GET COUNTED. 
>> Reporter:  ANALYSTS WARN 
THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF 
LOOPHOLES THAT ALLOW OLDER ADS 
AND PERSONAL POSTS TO SPREAD 
MISINFORMATION. 
>> THERE'S GOING TO BE A 
LINGERING CONCERN FACEBOOK 
ISN'T GOING TO POLICE THIS AS 
AGGRESSIVELY AS IT SHOULD. 
>> Reporter:  JUST LIKE IT WAS 
FOUR YEARS AGO, FACEBOOK 
SHAPING UP TO BE A CRITICAL 
BATTLEGROUND IN THE FIGHT FOR 
THE WHITE HOUSE. 
>>> LET'S GET YOU CAUGHT UP ON 
SOME OTHER BIG HEADLINES NOW. 
THE NUMBER OF FIRST TIME 
JOBLESS CLAIMS NATIONWIDE HIT 
ITS LOWEST SINCE THE START OF 
THE PANDEMIC. 
THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYS 
NATIONWIDE 881,000 PEOPLE FILED 
FIRST TIME CLAIMS LAST WEEK. 
THE NUMBER OF NEW CLAIMS FILED 
IN GEORGIA DROPPED BY ABOUT 
6,000. 
THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE FILING FOR 
UNEMPLOYMENT FOR MORE THAN TWO 
WEEKS IN A ROW ALSO DROPPED 
SHARPLY NATIONWIDE. 
THESE NUMBERS ARE STILL WELL 
ABOVE THE RECORD HIGH 
UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS WE SAW 
DURING THE 2008 FINANCIAL 
CRISIS. 
>>> COCA-COLA'S VOLUNTARY 
SEPARATION PACKAGE INCLUDES 
SOME MAJOR INCENTIVES INCLUDING 
AT LEAST A YEAR'S PAY PLUS A 
20% BUMP. 
EARLIER THIS WEEK THE BEVERAGE 
GIANT ANNOUNCED A 
REORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY 
TO INCLUDE RELEASING NEARLY 
4,000 EMPLOYEES IN THE U.S., 
CANADA AND PUERTO RICO. 
EMPLOYEES WHO WANT TO LEAVE CAN 
ACCEPT THE SEPARATION PACKAGE 
BEFORE THE COMPANY LOOKS AT 
LAYOFFS. 
ACCORDING TO THE ATLANTA 
BUSINESS CHRONICLE, THE OFFER 
DOESN'T APPLY TO WAREHOUSE 
WORKERS, MANUFACTURING 
ASSOCIATES OR RETAIL STORE 
EMPLOYEES. 
>>> LONG TIME ATLANTA COFFEE 
SHOP POURED ITS LAST CUP OF 
COFFEE THIS WEEK. 
OCTANE BEEN AROUND 15 OR 16 
YEARS. 
IT'S GOING TO CLOSE OVER THE 
WEEKEND. 
THEY ARE BASED IN BIRMINGHAM, 
PART OF A CHAIN, AND THEY 
CONFIRMED WITH OUR MEDIA 
PARTNER THIS WAS GOING TO 
HAPPEN. 
THE LEASE ON THE SPACE AT 
MARIETTA STREET AND HOWELL MILL 
ROAD WAS COMING UP AND THE 
PANDEMIC HURT BUSINESS AS WELL. 
THE COMPANY OWNS A COUPLE OTHER 
PLACES INCLUDING HAZEL JANE'S 
COFFEE AND WINE BAR ALONG THE 
ATLANTA BELTLINE EAST SIDE 
TRAIL WHICH IS ALSO CLOSING FOR 
GOOD THIS WEEKEND. 
>>> IT IS A QUESTION THAT UGA 
FANS ARE DYING TO KNOW ABOUT 
NOW. 
IS FORMER QUARTERBACK NELSON 
FIELDS GOING TO RETURN? 
LAST NIGHT SCREEN SHOTS OF THE 
UGA DIRECTORY HAD FANS THINKING 
FIELDS WAS BACK, BUT HE'S NOT 
ENROLLED DESPITE WHAT YOU MAY 
HAVE SEEN ONLINE SO FACT OR 
FICTION, IS FIELDS ACTUALLY 
THINKING ABOUT A RETURN TO 
BULLDOG NATION? 
OUR UGA INSIDER LAYS IT OUT FOR 
US. 
>> THE QUESTION ON THE MINDS OF 
A LOT OF GEORGIA BULLDOGS FANS 
IS WILL JUSTIN FIELDS COME BACK 
TO GEORGIA? 
YES, WE BROKE THE NEWS HE WAS 
IN ATHENS THIS PAST SATURDAY 
WATCHING THE SCRIMMAGE. 
WE'VE HEARD RUMORS OF HIM 
WORKING OUT AT THE PRACTICE 
FIELDS. 
WE KNOW THERE'S AN OPENING AT 
GEORGIA. 
LET'S LOOK AT THE REASON FOR 
THE REASONS AGAINST TO COME UP 
WITH A QUICK DECISION ON WHY OR 
WHY NOT JUSTIN FIELDS WOULD 
RETURN TO THE UNIVERSITY OF 
GEORGIA. 
LET'S LOOK AT THREE REASONS WHY 
HE WOULD. 
ONE, HE'S BEEN TOLD HE SAYS 
WELCOME BACK AT ANYTIME. 
HE WAS TOLD THAT LAST YEAR 
BEFORE HE WENT TO TEXAS A&M. 
KIRBY SMART IS KNOWN FOR 
BRINGING PLAYERS BACK. 
TWO, THE PLAYERS LOVE HIM. 
THE GUYS ON THE TEAM ARE BIG 
FANS OF HIS AND THEY WOULD 
WELCOME HIM BACK WITH OPEN 
ARMS. 
THREE, HE DID NOT LEAVE -- 
THERE WERE NO BRIDGES BURNED, 
NO ILL WILL, NO ANIMOSITY, PLUS 
THERE'S AN OPENING. 
LET'S LOOK AT THE REASONS WHY 
HE WOULDN'T COME. 
A, HE'S PRACTICING AT OHIO 
STATE UNIVERSITY AND HOPES TO 
PLAY THERE. 
B, IF THEY DON'T HAVE A SEASON, 
HE WILL PROBABLY PREPARE FOR 
THE NFL. 
C, CLASSES ALREADY STARTED. 
HE WOULD NEED A SPECIAL 
DISSERTATION TO GET INTO 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. 
HE SAID, "MY TEACHERS TOLD ME 
THERE WERE NO DUMB QUESTIONS," 
BUT INFERRING THE QUESTION OF 
JUSTIN FIELDS COMING BACK TO 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA IS A DUMB 
QUESTION. 
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. 
A LOT OF GEORGIA FANS WOULD GET 
EXCITED ABOUT IT, BUT JUSTIN 
FIELDS IS STAYING AT OHIO 
UNIVERSITY OR PREPARING FOR THE 
NFL AND WILL NOT RETURN HERE TO 
ATHENS, GEORGIA. 
>> THE MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND 
WAS A KEEPER. 
IT SOUNDED LIKE THE VENTURES 
FROM THE 1960s, SOME OF THAT 
CALIFORNIA BEACH MUSIC. 
WE LIKE THAT. 
>>> ALREADY SAVING FOR COLLEGE 
AT 2 YEARS AGE, A DECATUR 
TODDLER WINS HER FIRST COLLEGE 
SCHOLARSHIP. 
>> I'M 2 YEARS OLD. 
THIS IS MY LIFE'S DREAM. 
>> JULIA LEWIS WON MORE THAN 
$1,000 FOR COLLEGE. 
SHE'S THE WINNER OF MY LIFE'S 
DREAM CHALLENGE. 
IT WAS PUT ON BY THE PATH TO 
COLLEGE 529 GROUP. 
CHILDREN ACROSS THE STATE SENT 
IN VIDEOS EXPLAINING THEIR 
LIFE'S DREAM. 
READ THIS. 
JULIA SAYS SHE ONE DAY WANTS TO 
BE A METEOROLOGIST AND BECOME A 
GEORGIA BULLDOG. 
>> HEY, WE KNOW SOME GOOD 
GEORGIA BULLDOGS THAT BECAME 
METEOROLOGISTS. 
>> I BELIEVE A 2-YEAR-OLD WANTS 
TO BECOME A METEOROLOGIST. 
>> YOU NEVER KNOW THAT.  
THIS VIDEO MIGHT INSPIRE 
SOMETHING. 
GO, DOGS! 
WE'LL WELCOME HERE TO ATHENS 
SOON. 
>>> WITH TWO MONTHS UNTIL THE 
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CONCERNS 
REMAIN ABOUT WHETHER THE POST 
OFFICE CAN HANDLE GETTING 
PEOPLE THEIR MAIL-IN BALLOTS IN 
TIME. 
WE ARE PUTTING THE USPS TO THE 
TEST NEXT. 
>>> AS THE CORONAVIRUS 
CONTINUES TO SPREAD, MORE 
AMERICANS ARE WORKING, LEARNING 
AND SHOPPING FROM HOME. 
NOW MANY ARE CONSIDERING VOTING 
REMOTELY, BUT HOW RELIABLE IS 
THE POSTAL OFFICE AND THE 
POSTAL SERVICE? 
SOME NBC TELEVISION STATIONS 
DECIDED TO FIND OUT. 
HERE'S THE RESULTS. 
>> Reporter:  AS AMERICANS 
CONSIDER WHO WILL GET THEIR 
VOTE, MILLIONS ARE WEIGHING HOW 
TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS AND 
WHETHER THEY CAN TRUST THE 
MESSENGER. 
SO THIS MONTH 12 NBC-OWNED 
STATIONS AND NBC LX CONDUCTED 
AN EXPERIMENT SENDING 155 FIRST 
LAST LETTERS ACROSS A DOZEN 
MAJOR METROPOLITAN MARKETS.  
88% OF THE LETTERS ARRIVED 
WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS. 
THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE'S 
ADVERTISED TIME FRAME. 
ANOTHER 10% ARRIVED WITHIN A 
WEEK, JUST TWO LETTERS 1.3%, 
ARE STILL MISSING. 
ALL THE LETTERS WERE ADDRESSED 
TO INDIVIDUALS AT HOME. 
THEY WERE MAILED FROM MULTIPLE 
LOCATIONS. 
SOME WERE SENT WITHIN THE SAME 
CITY, SOME SENT TO PEOPLE IN 
OTHER CITIES. 
THE POSTAL REGULATOR SAID IN 
THE JUNE QUARTER 92.4% OF ALL 
FIRST CLASS LETTERS NATIONWIDE 
ARRIVED WITHIN TWO DAYS, A 
FASTER RATE THAN NBC'S AUGUST 
STUDY. 
THESE LETTERS CARRY STANDARD 
POSTAGE. 
>> WELCOME, EVERYBODY. 
>> Reporter:  POSTMASTER 
GENERAL LOUIS DeJOY UNDER FIRE 
FOR ELIMINATING RESOURCES AHEAD 
OF THE ELECTION, HAS PROMISED 
BALLOTS WOULD BE MARKED 
PRIORITY. 
>> THE POSTAL SERVICE IS FULLY 
CAPABLE AND COMMITTED TO 
DELIVERING THE NATION'S BALLOTS 
SECURELY AND ON TIME. 
>> Reporter:  UNION LEADERS SAY 
WITHOUT OVERTIME, WITHOUT HIGH 
SPEED SORTERS AND WITHOUT SOME 
40,000 EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE 
QUARANTINED MANPOWER IS 
LIMITED. 
>> THE MAIL IS THERE TO BE 
WORKED AND YOU JUST ARBITRARILY 
REDUCE HOURS, THEN GUESS WHAT? 
THE MAIL DOESN'T GET WORKED. 
>> Reporter:  A REPORT FROM THE 
USPS INSPECTOR GENERAL FOUND 
MAJOR ISSUES IN WISCONSIN WHERE 
VOTING BY MAIL SPIKED 440% 
DURING ITS APRIL PRIMARY. 
TUBS OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS WERE 
MISPLACED, RETURNED OR LACKED 
POSTMARKS. 
WATCHDOGS SAY IT'S A CAUTIONARY 
TALE. 
>> NOT ONLY WAS THIS A PROBLEM 
IN PLACES LIKE MILWAUKEE, BUT 
IT'S A HARBINGER FOR POTENTIAL 
NATIONWIDE ISSUES IN THE 
DELIVERY OF BALLOTS AS THE 
DEMAND FOR MAIL-IN VOTING 
INCREASES BECAUSE OF THE COVID-
19 CRISIS. 
>> NATIONWIDE SOME 190 MILLION 
AMERICANS ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE 
BY MAIL. 
A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE U.S. 
POSTAL SERVICE DIRECTED NBC 
NEWS TO DeJOY'S TESTIMONY AND 
PUBLIC STATEMENTS. 
IT ALSO SAID, "THE POSTAL 
SERVICE HAS MORE THAN ENOUGH 
CAPACITY INCLUDING COLLECTION 
BOXES AND PROCESSING EQUIPMENT 
TO HANDLE ALL ELECTION MAIL 
THIS YEAR WHICH IS PREDICTED TO 
AMOUNT TO LESS THAN 2% OF TOTAL 
MAIL VOLUME FROM MID-SEPTEMBER 
TO ELECTION DAY." 
THE NBC STATIONS THAT TOOK PART 
IN THIS TEST PLAN TO DO IT 
AGAIN LATER THIS MONTH AND IN 
OCTOBER. 
>>> I'M METEOROLOGIST CHRIS
HOLCOMB FROM THE 11ALIVE 
STORMTRACKERS. 
WE'RE GOING TO SEE DRY AIR MOVE 
OUR WAY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 
IT'S ALREADY BEEN DRY YESTERDAY 
AND TODAY MEANING NO RAIN 
AROUND, BUT THE HUMIDITY LEVELS 
WERE STILL KIND OF ON THE 
HIGHER SIDE FEELING A LITTLE 
MUGGY OUT THERE. 
LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT'S 
HAPPENING WITH THE DEW POINTS 
AND HUMIDITY GOING THROUGH THE 
NEXT FEW DAYS. 
AS YOU SEE HERE, DEW POINTS IN 
THE UPPER 60s, KIND OF HUMID 
BUT NOT AS IMPRESSIVE AS WHEN 
IT'S IN THE 70s, BUT NOTICE 
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE. 
FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS WE'LL 
SEE DEW POINTS DROPPING A 
LITTLE BIT AND ESPECIALLY INTO 
MONDAY, DEW POINTS MOVING TO 
THE 50s WHICH IS GOING TO FEEL 
PRETTY NICE FOR YOUR LABOR DAY. 
THAT'S WHY WE'RE TAKING THE 
RAIN CHANCES OUT FOR SUNDAY AND 
MONDAY AND GETTING INTO TUESDAY 
AND WEDNESDAY AS THIS MOISTURE 
CONTENT STARTS COMING BACK UP, 
WE'LL REINTRODUCE SOME OF THE 
RAIN CHANCES IN HERE. 
ON THIS MAP THE BLUE COLOR 
INDICATES DRIER AIR THAT WE 
HAVE AND THE MOISTURE STARTS 
KIND OF RAMPING UP WHEN IT 
STARTS TURNING TO YELLOW AND 
ORANGE AND RED. 
FOR TONIGHT IT IS GOING TO 
REMAIN DRY HERE, BUT STILL SOME 
HUMIDITY IN THE AIR TO MAKE IT 
FEEL MUGGY. 
DURING THE DAY TOMORROW DRY, NO 
RAIN BUT STILL MUGGY. 
ON SATURDAY WATCH THIS. 
SEE THAT BLUE COLOR THAT'S 
DIVING DOWN TO OUR AREA. 
THAT'S AFTER A STALLED OUT 
FRONT MOVES THROUGH. 
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL STAY DRY 
FOR SATURDAY, ALSO ON SUNDAY 
AND THEN HERE WE ARE LABOR DAY 
WITH A DEEPER BLUE COLOR OVER 
US AND THOSE DEW POINTS THAT 
WILL DROP WE THINK INTO THE 
50s, WHICH IS INDICATING NOT 
ONLY NO RAIN AROUND, BUT ALSO 
LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY. 
THAT'S NOT GOING TO LAST 
FOREVER. 
ONCE WE GET INTO TUESDAY AND 
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY COMING 
UP THIS WEEK MORE OF THAT 
MOISTURE MOVES BACK IN, NOT 
ONLY FEELING MORE MUGGY, BUT 
WE'LL HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF 
SHOWERS MOVING IN FOR NEXT WEEK 
AS WELL. 
HERE'S A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER 
HEADLINES, STILL HOT, 90s FOR 
THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS WITH DRY 
DAYS AHEAD, BUT WE DO SEE THAT 
COOLER AIR THAT WILL MOVE IN 
ONCE WE GET INTO NEXT WEEK. 
HERE'S THE OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY. 
WE'LL GO WITH AN 8 ON THE 
WIZOMETER, OUR SCALE FROM 1 TO 
11 WHERE 11 IS A PERFECT DAY. 
STARTING AT 72 IN THE MORNING, 
GETTING UP TO 93 IN THE 
AFTERNOON. 
YOU CAN SEE TONIGHT AS WE ARE 
GOING TO BE DRY, NO RAIN MOVING 
INTO OUR AREA. 
DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY A DRY 
START, BUT NOTICE THESE CLOUDS 
TRYING TO BUILD INTO FAR NORTH 
GEORGIA AT LUNCHTIME AND AFTER 
LUNCH. 
AS THAT COMES IN, THAT'S THAT 
STALLED OUT FRONT THAT WILL SAG 
INTO NORTH GEORGIA, LIMITED 
MOISTURE WITH, THOUGH. 
THAT'S WHY WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT A 
20% CHANCE OF A SHOWER. 
I DON'T THINK WE'LL SEE ANY 
RAIN HERE. 
THE CHANCE IS MAINLY UP IN 
NORTH GEORGIA. 
SATURDAY STARTS OFF DRY, 
REINFORCING SHOT OF DRIER AIR 
MOVING OUR WAY KEEPING US RAIN 
FREE NOT ONLY SATURDAY, BUT NOW 
WE'RE THINKING SUNDAY AND 
MONDAY WE WILL BE RAIN FREE AS 
WELL WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN 
THE 80s. 
AS THE MOISTURE COMES BACK IN, 
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY 
THE RAIN CHANCES START COMING 
BACK UP TO 40%. 
HIGH TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT 
THE PERIOD WILL PRETTY MUCH 
HOLD IN THE 80s ONCE WE GET 
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND NEXT 
WEEK. 
>>> THE CDC PUTTING STATES ON 
NOTICE TO BE READY TO 
DISTRIBUTE A COVID-19 
>>> A COVID-19 VACCINE COULD BE 
JUST TWO MONTHS AWAY. 
THE CDC DIRECTOR TOLD GOVERNORS 
TO PREPARE FOR THE LARGE SCALE 
DISTRIBUTION OF A VACCINE BY 
NOVEMBER 1st. 
IN A LETTER OBTAINED BY CNBC 
ROBERT REDFIELD SAYS THE 
MEDICAL SUPPLY COMPANY IS 
PREPARING TO SET UP VACCINATION 
SITES, BUT HE SAYS STATES MAY 
NEED TO WAIVE LICENSING AND 
PERMIT REQUIREMENTS TO SPEED UP 
THE PROCESS. 
WHAT'S STILL UNCLEAR IN ALL 
THIS IS WHO WOULD ACTUALLY 
MANUFACTURE THE VACCINE AND 
WHETHER THE TIMELINE WOULD HOLD 
UP AS DR. ANTHONY FAUCI HAS 
SAID IT'S NOT LIKELY THE 
VACCINE WILL BE READY UNTIL THE 
END OF THE YEAR. 
>>> MEANWHILE THERE IS AN 
ONLINE CLAIM CIRCULATING SAYING 
IT WILL BE YEARS BEFORE THERE'S 
A COVID-19 VACCINE THAT'S 
WORKABLE FOR CHILDREN, BUT IS 
THAT TRUE? 
OUR VERIFY TEAM IS SEPARATING 
FACT FROM FICTION. 
>> IT'S EASY TO SHARE 
MISINFORMATION ABOUT 
CORONAVIRUS WITHOUT EVEN 
KNOWING IT. 
THAT'S WHY OUR VERIFY TEAM 
EXISTS, TO FIND IT OUT WHAT'S 
REAL AND WHAT'S NOT. 
A VIEWER ASKED US TO CHECK OUT 
THIS CLAIM ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
IT SAYS A PEDIATRICIAN TOLD A 
MOTHER A COVID-19 VACCINE WON'T 
BE DEVELOPED FOR KIDS FOR AT 
LEAST EIGHT TO TEN YEARS. 
LET'S VERIFY. 
COULD IT REALLY TAKE UP TO TEN 
YEARS BEFORE A VACCINE IS READY 
FOR KIDS, DR. BRIAN KOMINSKI, 
DR. BUDDY CREACH AND THE JOHNS 
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR 
GLOBAL HEALTH. 
ALL THREE SOURCES TELL US RIGHT 
OFF THE BAT THIS IS FALSE. 
IT WILL NOT TAKE EIGHT TO TEN 
YEARS BEFORE A PEDIATRIC COVID-
19 VACCINE IS DEVELOPED. 
>> I CAN SAY CONFIDENTLY THAT 
THAT ONE IS FALSE. 
WHEN WE DEVELOP VACCINES, WE 
NEED TO USE HUMAN TRIALS. 
HUMAN TRIALS INVOLVE CONSENTING 
ADULTS THAT ARE WILLING TO TAKE 
THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 
TRIAL. 
>> AN EXPERT WITH THE JOHNS 
HOPKINS CENTER FOR GLOBAL 
HEALTH SAYS AFTER A COVID-19 
VACCINE PROVES SAFE AND 
EFFECTIVE IN ADULTS, THEN 
CLINICAL TRIALS IN CHILDREN 
WILL START. 
THE CENTER SAYS AT LEAST ONE 
MANUFACTURER IS PLANNING TO 
TEST THEIR VACCINE IN CHILDREN 
AND OTHERS ARE WORKING ON DOING 
THE SAME. 
DR. CREACH SAYS OLDER ADULTS 
WITH MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS ARE 
SUFFERING THE MOST WHEN IT 
COMES TO THE CORONAVIRUS, SO 
THAT POPULATION IS THE 
PRIORITY. 
HE SAYS CHILDREN WILL FOLLOW 
ADULTS IN TRIALS BECAUSE 
CHILDREN ARE LESS LIKELY TO 
DEVELOP A SEVERE CASE. 
HE SAYS CERTAIN BENCHMARKS WILL 
HAVE TO BE MET BEFORE A MAJOR 
PEDIATRIC 
COVID-19 PROGRAM ROLLS OUT, BUT 
IT WILL NOT TAKE EIGHT TO TEN 
YEARS. 
SO WE CAN VERIFY, FALSE. 
>> IF YOU HAVE SEEN A CLAIM 
ONLINE YOU WANT TO US CHECK 
OUT, E-MAIL US AT 
VERIFY@11ALIVE.COM. 
>>> ON PRIME TIME IT'S THE MOVE 
ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT COULD 
COST THOUSANDS OF GEORGIANS 
THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE, WE'RE 
BREAKING DOWN WHAT YOU NEED TO 
KNOW
>>> THE QUARANTINED 
QUADRUPLETS, A UNIQUE NAME FOR 
FOUR BABIES IN METRO ATLANTA 
WHO WILL GROW UP TO LEARN ABOUT 
THE HISTORIC TIMES IN WHICH 
THEY ARRIVED. 
THE BABIES OVERCAME BIG 
OBSTACLES TO BECOME TOGETHER. 
>> FOUR REASONS TO FIND THE 
GOOD EVERY DAY, FOUR REASONS TO 
BE GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING IT'S 
TAKEN TO GET TO THIS DAY. 
OWEN, NOAH, AARON AND LIZZIE 
ARE FINALLY BACK TOGETHER, 
FINALLY BACK HOME. 
>> BEEN WONDERFUL. 
I WAITED FOR IT FOR SO LONG 
BEEN FUN. 
>> THE 
QUADRUPLETS WERE A SURPRISE
ARRIVING MORE THAN THREE MONTHS 
EARLY, SO MOST OF THEIR LIFE 
WAS SPENT IN THE HOSPITAL AND 
SHOWING THAT STRENGTH IS NOT 
DETERMINED BY SIZE. 
>> THEY JUST OVERCAME SO MUCH. 
WHEN HE WAS BORN, HE WAS 
DIAGNOSED WITH A GRADE FOUR 
BRAIN BLEED. 
HE ONLY HAS ONE FUNCTIONING 
KIDNEY. 
THEY WEREN'T SURE IF HE WAS 
GOING TO MAKE IT AND HE STILL 
LIVES TODAY AND STRONGER THAN 
EVER. 
>> THE DELESHAW FAMILY IS 
SETTLING INTO THE HAPPY 
EXISTENCE OF PARENTING NEWBORNS 
TIMES FOUR. 
>> TODAY WAS BATH DAY. 
THOSE ARE BUSY DAYS. 
>> I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU MADE 
TIME TO TALK TO ME WITH FOUR 
BABIES AT HOME. 
YOU'RE AMAZING. 
REALLY HAPPY ALL FOUR KIDS ARE 
HOME NOW AND DOING SO WELL. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> FOUR REMINDERS THAT BRAVE 
CONQUERS FEAR. 
>> THE GOOD DAYS MAKE ALL THE 
BAD DAYS GO AWAY. 
>>> RIGHT NOW ON PRIME TIME 
LOSING HEALTH INSURANCE, WHY A 
NEW REPORT ACCUSES GOVERNOR 
KEMP OF PUTTING THOUSANDS OF 
GEORGIANS' COVERAGE AT RISK. 
>>> PEOPLE SEE YOU WORKING 
HARD. 
PEOPLE SEE THE NEED IN THE 
COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE ARE 
WILLING TO FULFILL THAT. 
>> ATLANTA MEDICAL STUDENTS 
TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR 
THEIR COMMUNITIES, HOW AN 
UNEXPECTED GIFT WILL HELP THEM 
EMPOWER EACH OTHER AND ALSO 
ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS. 
>> 11ALIVE NEWS PRIME TIME ON 
THE ATL STARTS NOW. 
>>> WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH A 
WORD OF CAUTION HEADING INTO 
THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND. 
EXPERTS ARE CONCERNED IT COULD 
USHER IN NEW WAVES OF COVID-19 
INFECTIONS. 
>> THIS AS GEORGIA'S 
CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS TAKE A 
SUDDEN AND SIGNIFICANT JUMP 
TODAY. 
2,675 NEW CASES TODAY IN 
GEORGIA BUCKING OUR DOWNWARD 
TREND. 
IT WAS LOOKING GOOD. 
THAT INCREASE COULD POSSIBLY BE 
A REFLECTION OF MORE TESTING. 
DESPITE THE WORRIES SEVERAL 
LARGE PARTIES ALL ACROSS METRO 
ATLANTA ARE SCHEDULED FOR THIS 
WEEKEND AND OFFICIALS DOING 
LITTLE TO STOP THEM. 
REVEAL INVESTIGATOR ANDY 
PIERROTTI EXPLAINS. 
>> Reporter:  THIS WEEKEND 
DOZENS PACK OUTSIDE AN ATLANTA 
BAR WITH NO MASKS OR SOCIAL 
DISTANCING IN SIGHT AND MORE 
ARE SCHEDULED OVER THE NEXT FEW 
DAYS. 
>> THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN TELL 
ME YOU GUYS WERE SOCIAL 
DISTANCED. 
THE BUILDINGS WERE PACKED. 
THERE WAS NOT A MASK IN SIGHT. 
>> Reporter:  KAREN STEWART IS 
CHAIR OF ATLANTA BLACK PRIDE 
SCHEDULED THIS WEEKEND WHILE 
THE LGBTQ FESTIVAL IS ALL 
VIRTUAL THIS YEAR, SOME PARTY 
PROMOTERS HOSTING IN-PERSON 
EVENTS WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S 
BLESSING IF THEY AGREE TO LIMIT 
CAPACITY AND ADHERE TO CDC 
GUIDELINES. 
>> I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT. 
THEY KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE 
DIFFICULT. 
YOU CAN HAND AN INDIVIDUAL A 
MASK AT THE DOOR. 
THEY'LL PUT IT ON WHEN THEY 
WALK PAST YOU. 
TEN MINUTES LATER IT'S GOING TO 
BE OFF. 
>> Reporter:  ACCORDING TO 
EVENTBRIGHT.COM AT LEAST THREE 
DOZEN OTHER PARTIES ARE 
SCHEDULED OVER THE WEEKEND IN 
METRO ATLANTA DESPITE SEEING A 
RISE IN COVID CASES FOLLOWING 
MEMORIAL DAY AND FOURTH OF JULY 
WEEKEND. 
THERE'S LITTLE STATE AND LOCAL 
OFFICIALS CAN DO TO STOP THEM. 
>> I THINK AS A GENERAL RULE, I 
REALLY THINK IT'S NOT THE BEST 
TIME TO GET INTO INDOOR AREAS 
WITH LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE. 
>> Reporter:  DR. HENRY RUE 
OVERSEES THE TRAVEL WELL CLINIC 
AT EMORY HOSPITAL. 
>> THE COVID EPIDEMIC TO ME IS 
LIKE A WILDFIRE. 
IF THE CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT, IT 
CAN FLARE UP EVEN WHEN YOU 
THOUGHT YOU HAD IT UNDER 
CONTROL. 
>> Reporter:  COVID-19 IS MOST 
DEADLY AMONG THE ELDERLY, BUT 
IT SPREADS THE FASTEST AMONG 
YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE IMPACTS 
CAN BE LONG LASTING. 
STEWART WORRIES IRRESPONSIBLE 
ORGANIZERS COULD JEOPARDIZE 
SAFETY. 
>> THEY DON'T EVEN LIVE HERE 
AND SO YOU COME IN. 
YOU GET A SPOT. 
YOU REPRESENT YOURSELF AS 
ATLANTA BLACK PRIDE. 
YOU THROW A PARTY. 
SOMETHING GOES HAYWIRE. 
YOU LEAVE TOWN. 
WE'RE STUCK CLEANING UP YOUR 
MESS. 
>> Reporter:  ACCORDING TO THE 
GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER, 
GATHERINGS UP TO 50 PEOPLE ARE 
STILL PERMITTED IN THE STATE. 
IN A TWEET POSTED EARLIER THIS 
WEEK, GOVERNOR KEMP RECOGNIZED 
THE RISK OF ANOTHER SPIKE 
WRITING, "IN GEORGIA WE 
EXPERIENCED A SURGE OF COVID-19 
CASES AFTER MEMORIAL DAY AND 
THE JULY FOURTH HOLIDAY. 
TO KEEP CASES, HOSPITALIZATIONS 
AND THE POSITIVITY RATES 
TRENDING DOWN, WE ARE URGING 
ALL GEORGIANS TO KEEP IT SMALL, 
KEEP IT SAFE AND MASK UP THIS 
HOLIDAY WEEKEND." 
THE ATLANTA MAYOR'S OFFICE IS 
WEIGHING IN WRITING, "COVID-19 
CONTINUES TO RAVAGE OUR 
COMMUNITIES DISPROPORTIONATELY 
IMPACTING BLACK AND BROWN 
COMMUNITIES. 
IF WE ARE TO CURB THE SPREAD OF 
THIS DEADLY DISEASE, RESIDENTS, 
VISITORS AND ORGANIZERS MUST 
TAKE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. 
WEAR MASKS, SOCIALLY DISTANCE 
AND USE SOME COMMON SENSE." 
>>> SO WHEN IT COMES TO COVID-
19, WHAT SHOULD COLLEGES DO? 
11ALIVE IS WHERE ATLANTA 
SPEAKS. 
WE'RE HEARING FROM SO MANY OF 
YOU FOLKS ABOUT WHETHER GEORGIA 
STUDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ON 
CAMPUS AS INFECTIONS RISE. 
WE SPOKE WITH SOME OF THE UGA 
PROFESSORS WHO ARE CALLING FOR 
ALL VIRTUAL CLASSES POINTING 
OUT THE SHARP SPIKE IN CASES 
OVER THE LAST WEEK. 
MEANWHILE THOUSANDS OF PARENTS 
ACROSS THE STATE ARE MAKING 
THEIR CASE TO A STAY PUT 
TELLING US BEING IN THE 
CLASSROOM IS A BIG PART OF THAT 
COLLEGE EXPERIENCE. 
BE 
11ALIVE'S KAITLYN ROSS HAS MORE 
FROM THE STUDENTS ON CAMPUS WHO 
SAY THEY'RE ON PINS AND NEEDLES 
WAITING TO SEE WHAT GEORGIA 
UNIVERSITIES WILL DO NEXT. 
>> Reporter:  THE STUDENTS I 
SPOKE WITH WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW 
THEIR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE RIGHT 
NOW WHICH SOUNDS PRETTY LONELY. 
MOST OF THEM ARE SITTING ALONE 
TAKING CLASSES ONLINE AND NOT 
INTERACTING WITH ANYONE. 
>> IT'S BEEN VERY ISOLATING. 
I WOKE UP ONE DAY. 
I DID MY CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE 
DAY. 
I REALIZED I HADN'T EVEN LEFT 
MY HOUSE THE WHOLE DAY. 
>> Reporter:  COLLEGE SENIORS 
RACHEL SKINNER AND GRACE 
ALLEMAN SAY THEY ONLY GO ON THE 
UGA CAMPUS ABOUT ONCE A WEEK 
AND FOR THE MOST PART EVERYONE 
WEARS THEIR MASKS AND SOCIALLY 
DISTANCES. 
>> I THINK THE WAY THAT IT IS 
RIGHT NOW IS KIND OF LIKE THE 
BEST THAT IT CAN BE. 
I DO FEEL LIKE WHEN I HAVE BEEN 
IN CLASS, I FEEL LIKE IT HAS 
BEEN REALLY SAFE LIKE I HAVEN'T 
HAD ANY CONCERNS. 
>> Reporter:  THIS ISN'T JUST 
AN ISSUE IMPACTING UGA. 
COLLEGES ACROSS THE STATE HAVE 
STRUGGLED HOW TO HANDLE THIS AS 
STUDENTS RETURN TO CAMPUS AND 
MORE COVID-19 CASES ARE 
REPORTED. 
IT WAS THE FOCUS OF A 
ROUNDTABLE BY THE GEORGIA 
DEMOCRATS TODAY WHERE STUDENTS 
ALL OVER GEORGIA EXPRESSED 
CONCERNS. 
>> I THINK WE SHOULDN'T EVEN 
HAVE BEEN ON CAMPUS THIS 
SEMESTER BECAUSE OF THE RISE OF 
CASES. 
SO IT'S ALL ABOUT MINIMIZING 
RISK NOW. 
>> Reporter:  NOW STUDENTS 
WONDER WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT 
WITH STATE HEALTH LEADERS 
WARNING PEOPLE TO FOLLOW 
GUIDELINES TO AVOID ANOTHER 
HOLIDAY WEEKEND SURGE FOLLOWING 
LABOR DAY, BUT UGA SOPHOMORE 
LUKE BALLARD DOESN'T THINK THAT 
SHOULD FORCE CAMPUS TO SHUT 
DOWN. 
>> THE CAMPUSES REOPENING, THEY 
MADE THE BED. 
THEY HAVE TO LIE IN IT. 
YOU CAN'T HAVE US ALL COME 
BACK, INFECT EACH OTHER AND 
SEND US HOME TO OUR PARENTS. 
THAT SEEMS SELFISH. 
>> Reporter:  WE WANT TO KNOW 
WHAT YOU THINK. 
WHAT'S A GOOD SOLUTION TO THIS? 
WHAT COULD CAMPUSES DO TO MAKE 
SURE KIDS AND TEACHERS STAY 
SAFE OR SHOULD THEY GO VIRTUAL 
ALTOGETHER? 
>>> I'M METEOROLOGIST CHRIS 
HOLCOMB FROM THE 11ALIVE 
STORMTRACKERS TALKING WITH 
ABOUT JUST UNDER 200 PEOPLE 
HERE ON FACEBOOK LIVE RIGHT 
NOW. 
WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A BIG 
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT'S 
HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND. 
SOME OF THEM ARE LETTING ME 
KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE 
STARTING THEIR WEEKEND ALREADY 
MAKING IT A FOUR-DAY WEEKEND. 
A LOT OF FOLKS ARE ASKING ABOUT 
THE WEATHER AS WE HEAD TOWARD 
THE WEEKEND. 
WE ARE IN A DRY PATTERN RIGHT 
NOW, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. 
IT WAS DRY YESTERDAY. 
IT WAS ALSO DRY OUT THERE TODAY 
AND I'M THINKING WE'RE GOING TO 
STAY DRY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE 
DAYS. 
WE ARE WATCHING A LITTLE BIT OF 
MOISTURE ALONG IN PARTS OF 
TENNESSEE. 
THIS IS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY. 
WE'RE SEEING SOME FALSE ECHOS 
AROUND THAT RADAR SITE NOT TOO 
FAR FROM KNOXVILLE. 
THIS IS A STALLED OUT FRONT, 
NOT A LOT OF MOISTURE AND THE 
LITTLE BIT THAT WE HAVE WILL 
STAY UP IN TENNESSEE TONIGHT 
AND NOT REALLY IMPACT US. 
TAKE A LIVE LOOK OUT THERE. 
THIS IS OUR VIEW IN NEWNAN. 
THE SKY IS KIND OF DARK, BUT 
YOU CAN SEE THE CHURCH ALL LIT 
UP DOWN IN NEWNAN WHERE WE HAVE 
DRY WEATHER GOING ON. 
HERE'S WHERE WE'LL BREAK DOWN 
ON FACEBOOK LIVE AS WELL AS IN 
OUR FULL WEATHER FORECAST IN A 
SECOND. 
IT WAS HOT TODAY, GOT UP TO 91. 
IT'S GOING TO BE HOT TOMORROW 
AND INTO SATURDAY. 
WE ALSO HAVE SOME DRY DAYS 
AHEAD. 
I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHETHER OR 
NOT THAT'S GOING TO LAST 
THROUGH THE ENTIRE LONG HOLIDAY 
WEEKEND AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE 
BIT MORE ABOUT SOME COOLER AIR 
THAT WILL COME IN NEXT WEEK. 
STAY WITH US. 
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A 
FEW MINUTES. 
>>> A NEW REPORT CLAIMS 
GEORGIA'S REQUEST FOR AN 
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WAIVER 
COULD ACTUALLY CAUSE THOUSANDS 
TO LOSE THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE. 
THIS IS THE GOVERNOR'S THIRD 
ATTEMPT AT A WAIVER TO OVERHAUL 
INSURANCE COVERAGE HERE IN 
GEORGIA WITHOUT EXPANDING 
MEDICAID. 
11ALIVE'S DOUG RICHARDS HAS 
REACTION FROM BOTH SIDES. 
>> FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS 
GEORGIA'S REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS 
HAVE DECLINED TO EXPAND 
MEDICAID UNDER THE AFFORDABLE 
CARE ACT BECAUSE THEY SAID IT 
WOULD BE TOO COSTLY, BUT FOR 
THE LAST COUPLE YEARS GOVERNOR 
BRIAN KEMP HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR 
SOME WIGGLE ROOM IN THE LAW. 
>> BUT A BIG STEP IS NEEDED. 
WE'RE AT A CRISIS WITH 
HEALTHCARE. 
>> EARLY IN HIS TERM GOVERNOR 
KEMP ANNOUNCED HE WOULD SEEK A 
FEDERAL WAIVER THAT HE SAID 
WOULD EXPAND HEALTHCARE 
COVERAGE IN GEORGIA UNDER 
OBAMACARE WITHOUT THE MEDICAID 
EXPANSION OPPOSED BY 
REPUBLICANS. 
A BROOKINGS INSTITUTION REPORT 
SAYS TWO EFFORTS BY GEORGIA HAD 
MAJOR DEFICIENCIES THAT THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COULD NOT 
LAWFULLY APPROVE. 
SO KEMP'S OFFICE HAS TRIED 
AGAIN, YET BROOKINGS SAYS THE 
NEWEST WAIVE PROPOSAL WOULD 
LIKELY CAUSE TENS OF THOUSANDS 
OF GEORGIA RESIDENTS TO LOSE 
THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE 
COVERAGE. 
JASON STEELE, A SELF-EMPLOYED 
MUSICIAN, HAS USED ACA 
EXCHANGES TO BUY HIS INSURANCE. 
>> I'VE GOT A FAMILY HISTORY OF 
COLON CANCER AND I'VE HAD 
POLYPS SHOW UP AND SO THAT 
IMMEDIATELY PUTS UP RED FLAGS 
FOR INSURANCE COMPANIES. 
>> ADVOCATES IN GEORGIA SAY 
GAPS IN HEALTH INSURANCE 
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT 
GEORGIA'S LESS AFFLUENT AND 
MINORITY POPULATION. 
THE REPORT SAYS GEORGIA'S 
PROPOSAL WOULD ELIMINATE ACA 
EXCHANGES AS A POTENTIAL SOURCE 
OF HEALTH INSURANCE. 
THE STATE CLAIMS THAT WOULD ADD 
33,000 NEW CONSUMERS OF HEALTH 
INSURANCE. 
KEMP'S OFFICE DESCRIBES IT AS 
AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO 
IMPROVING CHOICE IN THE 
HEALTHCARE MARKETPLACE AND 
LOWERING PREMIUM COSTS, BUT 
BROOKINGS SAYS NOTHING IN THE 
APPLICATION CREATES NEW 
INCENTIVES THAT COULD PLAUSIBLY 
BRING IN NEW HEALTH INSURANCE 
BUSINESS. 
BROOKINGS DESCRIBES THE 
REASONING BEHIND THE STATE'S 
LATEST ACA WAIVER APPLICATION 
AS NONSENSICAL. 
BROOKINGS PREDICTS THAT THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL REJECT 
THIS LATEST APPLICATION FROM 
THE STATE OF GEORGIA. 
>>> NOW TO AN AWESOME 
DEVELOPING STORY HERE, A MAJOR 
MILESTONE FOR A DeKALB COUNTY 
WOMAN AND GEORGIA TECH ALUMNI. 
SHE'S NOW THE FIRST FEMALE 
DIRECTOR OF NASA'S 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND 
11ALIVE'S BRITTANY KLEINPETER 
SPOKE WITH HER ABOUT HER VISION 
FOR THE SPACE PROGRAM. 
>> WHAT I HOPE TO SEE IS I 
REALLY WANT THE SPACE STATION 
TO ACHIEVE ITS FULL POTENTIAL. 
>> WITH MORE THAN 35 YEARS OF 
EXPERIENCE, ROBIN GATENS IS NO 
STRANGER TO LEADING PROJECTS AT 
NASA BUT SAYS SHE'S ABOUT TO 
TACKLE HER BIGGEST CHALLENGE 
YET. 
>> IT'S EXCITING NOW TO BE 
NAMED ACTING DIRECTOR AND 
PARTICULARLY AS A WOMAN. 
>> 
GATENS MADE HISTORY BECOMING 
THE FIRST WOMAN TO EVER HOLD 
THE ROLE OF ACTING DIRECTOR OF 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION. 
>> I JUST WANT TO BE GOOD AT 
THE JOB. 
I DON'T THINK ABOUT THE GENDER 
THING TOO MUCH, BUT I THINK IT 
DOES ADD SORT OF A ROLE MODEL 
RESPONSIBILITY. 
>> GATENS WILL OVERSEE THE 
OVERALL PROGRAM AND IS THE MAIN 
POINT OF CONTACT FOR WHITE 
HOUSE AND CONGRESS IN REGARDS 
TO STATION POLICIES. 
SHE EARNED HER DEGREE FROM 
GEORGIA TECH IN CHEMICAL 
ENGINEERING. 
SHE SAYS SHE NEVER PLANNED ON 
WORKING FOR NASA. 
>> SO COMING OUT OF GEORGIA 
TECH IN 1985, MY FIANCE AT THE 
TIME WAS ALREADY DESTINED FOR 
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, TO WORK 
FOR NASA. 
NOT A LOT OF CHEMICAL 
INDUSTRIES IN HUNTSVILLE, BUT 
FORTUNATELY WAS ABLE TO ALSO 
GET HIRED AT NASA. 
>> THE NEW DIRECTOR SAYS ONE OF 
THE THINGS THAT SHE'S MOST 
EXCITED ABOUT IS CREATING A 
COMMERCIAL ECONOMY IN SPACE. 
>> WHERE WE HAVE TOURISM AND 
MANUFACTURING AND COMMERCIAL 
RESEARCH REALLY TAKING 
ADVANTAGE OF SPACE. 
>> GATENS TELLS ME THAT WHILE 
HER WORK REMAINS ON EARTH, SHE 
WOULDN'T MIND VISITING IS THE 
ISS SOMEDAY AS A TOURIST. 
>>> COMING UP A GENEROUS GET TO 
MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE TO 
HELP LIFT THE BURDEN OF STUDENT 
DEBT. 
>>> DON'T FORGET WE ARE 
STREAMING RIGHT NOW ON THE 
11ALIVE YOUTUBE CHANNEL. 
SUBSCRIBE AND JOIN THE 
CONVERSATION IN THE COMMUNITY 
SECTION. 
MORE 11ALIVE NEWS AND PRIME 
TIME COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK. 
>>> SOME PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED 
GETTING COVID TESTS IN THE 
MAIL, BUT THEY SAY THEY DIDN'T 
ORDER THEM. 
THE TEST WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A 
LETTER FROM EMORY UNIVERSITY, 
BUT PEOPLE WERE LIKE HOLD UP, 
WAIT A MINUTE. 
ARE THESE TESTS REAL ESPECIALLY 
WITH THE TESTING STRUGGLES 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY? 
OUR VERIFY TEAM CHECKED IT OUT. 
>> WENT OUT TO THE MAILBOX AND 
THERE WAS A PACKAGE AND I 
HADN'T ORDERED ANYTHING AND IT 
WASN'T EVEN ADDRESSED TO MY 
NAME. 
IT JUST SAID TO HOUSEHOLD. 
IT HAD OUR ADDRESS WITH OUR 
APARTMENT NUMBER. 
SO I OPENED IT UP AND IT WAS A 
COVID-19 TEST. 
>> JOSHUA ALVAREZ FROM WEST 
SALEM SAID GIVEN THE CHALLENGES 
WE'RE SEEING WITH PEOPLE TRYING 
TO GET COVID TESTS, IT FELT OFF 
TO GET A TEST RANDOMLY IN THE 
MAIL. 
>> WHEN YOU DO THIS COVID-19 
TEST, SEND IT BACK. 
THEY'LL GIVE YOU A GET CARD. 
>> ALSO INSIDE THIS LETTER FROM 
GEORGIA-BASED EMORY UNIVERSITY. 
>> I HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT THIS 
ANYWHERE. 
>> STOW  SO HE REACHED OUT TO 
US TO VERIFY WAS THIS TEST 
LEGIT? 
>> JUST SEEMED TOO GOOD TO BE 
TRUE. 
>> BUT THE TESTING KITS ARE NOT 
A SCAM. 
OUR SOURCES FOR THE STORY ARE 
EMORY UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATE 
PROFESSOR DR. AARON SEIGLER AND 
VANCOUVER-BASED MOLECULAR 
TESTING LABS BUSINESS 
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR JAMES 
YORK. 
EMORY UNIVERSITY IS CONDUCTING 
A STUDY CALLED COVID VIEW 
FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL 
INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. 
DR. SEIGLER, ONE OF THE PRIMARY 
INVESTIGATORS, SAYS INFORMATION 
FROM THE STUDY WILL GUIDE 
PUBLIC HEALTH EFFORTS. 
>> THE GOAL OF THE STUDY, AN 
NIH-FUNDED STUDY, IS TO REALLY 
UNDERSTAND THE LEVELS OF 
INFECTION AND GIVE EVERYONE 
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO 
PARTICIPATE SO WE CAN REALLY 
GET A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE 
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. 
>> TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 
RANDOMLY CHOSEN HOUSEHOLDS 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL GET A 
PACKAGE WITH AT-HOME NASAL SWAB 
TESTS AND BLOOD SPOT ANTIBODY 
TEST KITS AS WELL AS A 
QUESTIONNAIRE. 
PARTICIPANTS ARE ASKED TO SEND 
SAMPLES BACK TO MOLECULAR 
TESTING LABS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY MANUFACTURE OUR 
OWN SAMPLE COLLECTION KITS AND 
SO THAT IS THE ONLY THING WE 
MANUFACTURE. 
SO IT DOES NOT CUT INTO 
ANYBODY'S SUPPLY CHAIN. 
>> COVID VIEW IS VOLUNTARY. 
RESEARCHERS SAY INFORMATION AND 
RESULTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL. 
ITS GOALS ARE ESTIMATE THE 
NUMBER OF AMERICAN ADULTS WITH 
THE VIRUS OR WHO RECOVERED FROM 
IT, IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF 
COVID INFECTION AND HOW IT 
IMPACTS DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC 
AND GEOGRAPHIC GROUPS AND 
MONITOR FUTURE LEVELS OF THE 
DISEASE. 
SO WE CAN VERIFY THESE PACKAGES 
ARE LEGITIMATE. 
>> THERE YOU HAVE IT. 
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT 
VERIFIED? 
SEND US AN E-MAIL, 
VERIFY@11ALIVE.COM. 
>>> I'M METEOROLOGIST CHRIS 
HOLCOMB FROM THE 11ALIVE 
STORMTRACKER, STILL TALKING TO 
FACEBOOK. 
SOME PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT 
THE DRY WEATHER WE'VE HAD THE 
PAST COUPLE DAYS AND OTHER 
PEOPLE ARE WANTING SOME RAIN 
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ALMOST 14 
INCHES ABOVE AVERAGE IN 
RAINFALL. 
IT'S A DRY NIGHT RIGHT NOW. 
WE AREN'T TRACKING SHOWERS OR 
STORMS AROUND. 
WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS WEAK 
SYSTEM THAT'S UP IN TENNESSEE 
THAT HAS REALLY LIMITED 
MOISTURE WITH IT. 
IT'S NOT REALLY MOVING OUR WAY. 
IT'S A STALLED OUT FRONT THAT 
WILL GRADUALLY LATE TOMORROW 
START SAGGING DOWN INTO NORTH 
GEORGIA WITH THAT LIMITED 
MOISTURE. 
THAT WILL GIVE SOME FOLKS IN 
NORTH GEORGIA THE CHANCE FOR A 
FEW SHOWERS AROUND. 
TAKE A LIVE LOOK OUT THERE NOW 
AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE 
WATCHING WHERE THIS IS OUR VIEW 
IN ROME WHERE WE HAVE DRY 
WEATHER CONDITIONS. 
IT'S A REALLY QUIET NIGHT IN 
ROME AND ALSO STILL MILD AT 
THIS HOUR. 
LOOK AT THESE TEMPERATURES, 81 
IN ROME NOW. 
IN ATLANTA WE ARE 83 DEGREES 
AND A LOT OF 80s STILL AROUND, 
EATONTON, MARIETTA, DULUTH, 
CANTON, ROME, DALTON, ATHENS IN 
THE 80s, CARROLLTON COOLER AT 
75 DEGREES. 
HERE'S WHAT WE'LL WATCH FOR 
TOMORROW. 
WE START OFF IN THE MORNING 
WITH LOWER 70s, ABOUT 72 
DEGREES. 
WE GET UP TO 93 IN THE 
AFTERNOON. 
TODAY'S HIGH WAS 91. 
SO WE'LL BE A COUPLE DEGREES 
WARMER TOMORROW, UP TO 93, AND 
RAIN CHANCE FOR ATLANTA, I 
REALLY THINK IT'S NOT GOING TO 
HAPPEN. 
IN FAR NORTH GEORGIA THERE'S 
THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW 
ISOLATED SHOWERS. 
WE'LL GO WITH A 20% CHANCE OF 
THAT. 
ARE THAT'S WHY WE HAVE AN  
8 ON THE WIZOMETER. 
JUST A COUPLE CLOUDS IN THE 
MOUNTAINS OR FAR NORTH GEORGIA 
EARLY TOMORROW AND DURING THE 
AFTERNOON HOURS FRIDAY MOSTLY 
SUNNY STILL THEY'RE. 
CHECK OUT THAT SYSTEM. 
IT HAS VERY LIMITED MOISTURE. 
AS IT SAGS DOWN INTO NORTH 
GEORGIA, THERE WILL BE A FEW 
ISOLATED SHOWERS IN FAR NORTH 
GEORGIA. 
AS IT GETS CLOSER TO US IN 
ATLANTA, IT DRIES OUT. 
THAT'S WHY I'M NOT EXPECTING 
ANY RAIN HERE, MAKE JUST A FEW 
SPOTTY SHOWERS IN THE AREAS TO 
THE NORTH. 
THEN SATURDAY WE GET SOME 
REINFORCING DRIER AIR COMING IN 
HERE BEHIND THAT WEAK SYSTEM 
THAT MOVED DOWN TO THE SOUTH. 
IT WILL BE DRY ON SATURDAY WITH 
A GOOD BIT OF SUNSHINE AROUND 
JUST MIXING IN WITH A FEW 
CLOUDS. 
SUNDAY LOOKS DRY AND EVEN 
MONDAY LOOKS DRY IN OUR AREA, 
TOO. 
WE'RE FEELING PRETTY GOOD ABOUT 
A MAINLY DRY LONG HOLIDAY 
WEEKEND. 
HERE'S A LOOK AT TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION NANA. 
IT CAME INLAND LAST NIGHT AS A 
HURRICANE ALONG THE COAST OF 
BELIZE MOVING THROUGH GUATEMALA 
TODAY, WEAKENING. 
IT IS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION 
NOW. 
IT WILL KEEP MOVING OUT 
EVENTUALLY BACK OVER WATER IN 
THE PACIFIC. 
WE DON'T THINK AT THIS TIME 
THIS IS GOING TO REDEVELOP INTO 
ANOTHER TROPICAL SYSTEM ON THE 
PACIFIC SIDE. 
IF IT DOES, IT WILL GET A NEW 
NAME. 
THIS IS OMAR OFF IN THE 
ATLANTIC MOVING NORTH AS A 
REMNANT LOW. 
WE'VE GOT FOUR ADDITIONAL 
SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE WATCHING IN 
THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC RIGHT 
NOW, ONE WAY UP TO THE NORTH 
THAT WILL FALL APART, NOT 
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT ONE, BUT 
THEN THREE ADDITIONAL SYSTEMS 
HERE OUT IN THE CENTRAL AND 
EASTERN ATLANTIC. 
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THOSE 
COMING UP IN OUR NEXT HALF 
HOUR. 
THE SEVEN-DAY OUTLOOK SHOWS 93 
TOMORROW WITH A LOW OF 72 WITH 
A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS AND 
THEN FOR SATURDAY A HIGH OF 89, 
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, DRY 
CONDITIONS, ALSO LOOKING LIKE 
IT'S GOING TO BE DRY SUNDAY AND 
MONDAY, HIGHS AROUND 86 AND 87. 
THEN THE RAIN CHANCES COME BACK 
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND 
THURSDAY, 40% CHANCE FOR 
SHOWERS WITH TEMPERATURES NEXT 
WEEK STAYING IN THOSE 80s. 
>>> WHAT A MOMENT WHEN STUDENTS 
AT MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 
LEARNED THEY ARE GETTING 
$100,000 TO HELP COVER THE COST 
OF THEIR EDUCATIONS AND THIS 
$26.3 MILLION DONATION TO 
MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 
COMES AT A CRUCIAL TIME IN OUR 
COUNTRY, RIGHT? 
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT 
OUR HEALTHCARE. 
THIS GIFT COMES FROM FORMER NEW 
YORK MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG'S 
BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPY TO HELP 
BLACK STUDENTS CURRENTLY AT THE 
MEDICAL DISCOUNT AND RECEIVING 
STUDENT AID.  
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HEALTH 
DISPARITIES IN THE UNITED 
STATES, THE REPORT DETAILING 
THE LACK OF ACCESS TO CARE FOR 
SOME AFRICAN-AMERICANS, YOU SEE 
HOW IMPORTANT THIS GIFT IS AND 
WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR THE 
FUTURE. 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS OFTEN HAVE 
HIGHER MORTALITY RATES FROM 
VARIOUS ILLNESSES OUT THERE AND 
RESEARCH FREQUENTLY POINTS 
INCREASING THE NUMBER OF BLACK 
PEOPLE WITHIN THE HEALTHCARE 
INDUSTRY AS A WAY TO HELP 
REVERSE SOME OF THOSE TRENDS. 
WE SPOKE WITH SOME OF THE 
MOREHOUSE MEDICAL STUDENTS WHO 
NOW HAVE PART OF THIS DEBT 
ERASED. 
>> I WENT THROUGH A RANGE OF 
EMOTIONS FROM OVERLY EXCITED 
AND JOYOUS TO VERY THANKFUL. 
I THINK I WOKE UP JUST ABOUT 
EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE. 
>> IT'S JUST AN OVERWHELMING 
SENSE OF GRATITUDE. 
JUST BEING SO THANKFUL TO HAVE 
SOME OF THE STRESS RELIEVED OF 
THE DEBT THAT I HAVE 
ACCUMULATED GOING THROUGH THIS 
JOURNEY OF MEDICINE. 
>> SO EACH STUDENT WILL GET 
$100,000. 
SO TO PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT, 
INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR YOU FROM 
THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN 
MEDICAL COLLEGES FOUND IN 2016 
THE AVERAGE COST FOR FOUR YEARS 
AT A PUBLIC MEDICAL SCHOOL WAS 
NEARLY $233,000. 
FOR A PRIVATE MEDICAL SCHOOL 
LIKE MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF 
MEDICINE THE AVERAGE WAS 
306,000. 
SO THAT MONEY'S GOING TO GO A 
VERY LONG WAY. 
ACCORDING TO OUR PARTNERS AT 
"ATLANTA BUSINESS CHRONICLE," 
THIS GIFT IS PART OF $100 
MILLION IN FUNDING BEING SPREAD 
TO COUNTRIES FOR HISTORICALLY 
BLACK MEDICAL SCHOOLS OVER THE 
NEXT FOUR YEARS. 
SO THIS SCHOLARSHIP INVESTMENT 
IS THE LARGEST EVER FOR 
MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. 
>>> COMING UP HOW SOME DOCTORS 
ARE USING BABY MONITORS WHEN 
>>> A TOOL FOR NEW PARENTS IS 
NOW BEING USED BY DOCTORS. 
IT'S A SPECIAL BABY MONITOR 
THAT MONITORS BREATHING AND 
DOCTORS HAVE FOUND IT'S REALLY 
EFFECTIVE WITH COVID PATIENTS 
TO HELP THEM REDUCE PHYSICAL 
CONTACT. 
BILL HUDSON SHOWS US HOW IT ALL 
WORKS TOGETHER. 
>> Reporter:  IN HER 
MINNEAPOLIS HOME FALLON 
BONDSETH HAD THE TYPICAL NEW 
PARENT CONCERNS. 
>> I REMEMBER CRYING LIKE 
LOOKING AT HER AND THINKING 
WHAT IF SHE STOPS BREATHING AND 
AT NIGHT WE WOULD STRESS AND I 
WOULD DO THE LOOK-OVER AND 
CHECK ON HER. 
>> Reporter:  BUT NOW SHE'S GOT 
PEACE OF MINE BECAUSE STARING 
DOWN INTO OLIVE'S CRIB IS A 
WIRELESS CAMERA THAT NEVER 
BLINKS, BUT IT DOES SO MUCH 
MORE. 
IT MONITORS A BABY'S BREATHING. 
>> IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, 
I WOULD GET AN ALERT 
IMMEDIATELY. 
>> Reporter:  IT'S THE PRODUCT 
OF CO-FOUNDER COLE SEIMEN WHO 
DISCOVERED A FEW MONTHS AGO IT 
COULD HELP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST 
COVID. 
>> REALTIME BREATHING HIGH 
ACCURACIES AND WE COULD SEE THE 
BREATHING PATTERN, WE STARTED 
GETTING HOSPITALS REACHING OUT. 
>> Reporter:  NOW MEDICAL 
CENTERS FROM NEW YORK TO 
CALIFORNIA ARE FINDING MICU A 
COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO 
COMMUNICATE WITH PATIENTS AND 
MONITOR THEIR BREATHING HELPING 
FURTHER REDUCE COVID CONTACT 
FOR STAFF. 
>> ELDERLY CARE FACILITIES AND 
ANY OTHER FACILITY THAT'S 
LOOKING FOR ANY KIND OF 
EQUIPMENT THAT CAN HELP THEM. 
>> Reporter:  A PRODUCT 
DESIGNED FOR PARENTS -- 
>> MY MOM WAS LIKE I WISH THEY 
HAD THAT WHEN YOU WERE A BABY. 
>> Reporter:  -- BRINGS ANOTHER 
TOOL IN THE FIGHT AGAINST 
COVID. 
>>> NEXT ON PRIME TIME ONE 
LOCAL TODDLER TAKING ON MUCH 
MORE THAN POTTY TRAINING, HOW 
SHE MANAGED TO WIN MORE THAN 
$1,000 FOR
>>> IF YOU HAVEN'T VOTED IN 
GEORGIA FOR QUITE SOME TIME, 
YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK ONLINE 
AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE STILL 
REGISTERED. 
THERE'S A NEW REPORT OUT THERE 
ACCUSING THE STATE OF WRONGLY 
PURGING NEARLY 200,000 INACTIVE 
VOTERS WHICH THE STATE IS 
DENYING NOW. 
11ALIVE'S JON SHIREK IS LOOKING 
INTO ALL THAT. 
>> Reporter:  GEORGIA'S BEEN 
ACCUSED BEFORE OF 
DISENFRANCHISING VOTERS AND A 
NEW STUDY FROM GREG PALLIST, AN 
INVESTIGATOR WHO HAS CHECKED 
INTO THE STATE SINCE 2016, SAID 
THE STATE WAS WRONG TO PURGE 
ANOTHER BATCH OF VOTERS LAST 
YEAR, NEARLY 200,000 INACTIVE 
VOTERS FROM THE ROLLS, AFTER 
THE STATE WAS UNABLE TO VERIFY 
THEIR CURRENT ADDRESSES 
ACCUSING THE STATE OF USING 
AMATEURISH ADDRESS VERIFYING 
METHODS AND THAT THOSE 200,000 
PURGED VOTERS REALLY LIVE AT 
THOSE ADDRESSES. 
>> GEORGIANS SHOULDN'T BE 
REMOVED FROM THE VOTER ROLLS ON 
THE BASIS OF FALSE INFORMATION. 
>> Reporter:  ANDREA YOUNG OF 
ACLU GEORGIA SAYS THE STATE IS 
NOT EQUIPPED TO VERIFY 
ADDRESSES ACCURATELY. 
>> THE PROCESS BEING USED BY 
THE STATE OF GEORGIA IS BOTH 
MORE EXPENSIVE AND LESS 
ACCURATE THAN AN INDUSTRY 
STANDARD FOR LIST MAINTENANCE. 
>> Reporter:  GEORGIA SECRETARY 
OF STATE'S OFFICE SAYS THE 
VOTER PURGE WAS BASED ON 
PRECISE AND RIGOROUS ADDRESS 
CHECKS AND THAT THE PURGE WAS 
NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE 
ELECTION FROM FRAUDULENT 
VOTERS. 
AS IT IS, ALL THOSE NAMES ARE 
OFF THE ROLLS AND ANDREA YOUNG 
OF ACLU GEORGIA IS URGING 
GEORGIANS TO GO TO THE 
SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE 
AND CHECK TO SEE IF THEY'RE 
STILL REGISTERED AND 
REREGISTER, IF NECESSARY, BY 
THE DEADLINE OCTOBER 5th. 
>>> TAP THE 11ALIVE APP TO FIND 
OUT IF YOU'RE REGISTERED TO 
VOTE FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. 
SCROLL DOWN AND LOOK FOR THIS 
STORY UNDER THE SEEN ON TV 
SECTION. 
>>> FACEBOOK ANNOUNCED TODAY IT 
WILL BAN NEW POLITICAL ADS IN 
THE WEEK BEFORE ELECTION DAY TO 
PREVENT BEING USED AS A TOOL TO 
MANIPULATE THE VOTE. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO DRAWING 
SHARP CRITICISM AFTER 
SUGGESTING VOTERS CAST BALLOTS 
IN PERSON AND BY MAIL TO TEST 
THE SYSTEM. 
THAT IS ILLEGAL TO TRY TO VOTE 
TWICE. 
ALICE BARR HAS THE LATEST. 
>> Reporter:  PRESIDENT TRUMP 
UNDER FIRE TODAY AND FORCED TO 
CLARIFY COMMENTS IN WHICH HE 
SEEMED TO URGE HIS SUPPORTERS 
TO ATTEMPT TO CAST TWO BALLOTS, 
ONE BY MAIL, ONE IN PERSON. 
>> LET THEM SEND IT IN AND LET 
THEM GO VOTE AND IF THEIR 
SYSTEM'S AS GOOD AS THEY SAY IT 
IS, THEN OBVIOUSLY THEY WON'T 
BE ABLE TO VOTE. 
IF IT ISN'T TABULATED, THEY'LL 
BE ABLE TO VOTE. 
SO THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. 
>> Reporter:  THE MARKS MADE IN 
BATTLEGROUND NORTH CAROLINA 
PROMPTING THAT STATE'S ELECTION 
SUPERVISOR TO ISSUE THE 
WARNING. 
IT IS ILLEGAL TO VOTE TWICE IN 
AN ELECTION. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO HAS BEEN 
TRYING TO CAST DOUBT ON MAIL-IN 
BALLOTING TODAY ON TWITTER 
TELLING VOTERS, "GO TO YOUR 
POLLING PLACE TO SEE WHETHER OR 
NOT YOUR MAIL-IN VOTE HAS BEEN 
TABULATED AND IF NOT, VOTE." 
TWITTER SLAPPED THAT WITH A 
WARNING LABEL FOR VIOLATING ITS 
RULES ON ELECTION INTEGRITY. 
THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY 
INSISTING THE PRESIDENT WANTS 
EVERY VOTE COUNTED ONCE. 
>> EVERY VOTE SHOULD COUNT AND 
EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD VERIFY 
THAT THEIR VOTE IS COUNTED. 
>> Reporter:  IT COMES AS 
FACEBOOK ANNOUNCES IT WILL BAN 
NEW POLITICAL ADS IN THE WEEK 
BEFORE ELECTION DAY, REMOVE 
POSTS AIMED AT VOTER 
SUPPRESSION AND FLAG THOSE THAT 
TRY TO PREMATURELY CLAIM 
VICTORY FOR ONE SIDE OR THE 
OTHER. 
>> THERE'S NOTHING ILLEGITIMATE 
ABOUT TAKING A FEW EXTRA DAYS 
OR EVEN WEEKS IN ORDER TO MAKE 
SURE ALL THE VOTES GET COUNTED. 
>> Reporter:  ANALYSTS WARN 
THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF 
LOOPHOLES THAT ALLOW OLDER ADS 
AND PERSONAL POSTS TO SPREAD 
MISINFORMATION. 
>> THERE'S GOING TO BE THIS 
LINGERING CONCERN THAT FACEBOOK 
ISN'T GOING TO POLICE THIS AS 
AGGRESSIVELY AS IT SHOULD. 
>> Reporter:  JUST LIKE IT WAS 
FOUR YEARS AGO, FACEBOOK 
SHAPING UP TO BE A CRITICAL 
BATTLEGROUND IN THE FIGHT FOR 
THE WHITE HOUSE. 
>>> LET'S GET YOU CAUGHT UP ON 
SOME OF THE OTHER BIG HEADLINES 
TONIGHT. 
THE NUMBER OF FIRST TIME 
JOBLESS CLAIMS NATIONWIDE ARE 
THE LOWEST SINCE THE START OF 
THE PANDEMIC. 
THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYS 
NATIONWIDE 881,000 PEOPLE FILED 
FIRST TIME CLAIMS LAST WEEK. 
THE NUMBER OF NEW CLAIMS FILED 
IN GEORGIA DROPPED BY 6,000. 
PEOPLE FILING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT 
FOR MORE THAN TWO WEEKS IN A 
ROW ALSO DROPPED SHARPLY 
NATIONWIDE. 
THESE NUMBERS ARE WELL ABOVE 
THE NUMBERS SEEN DURING THE 
2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS. 
>>> COCA-COLA'S VOLUNTARY 
SEPARATION PACKAGE INCLUDES 
SOME MAJOR INCENTIVES INCLUDING 
AT LEAST ONE YEAR'S PAY PLUS A 
20% BUMP. 
EARLY THIS WEEK THE BEVERAGE 
GIANT ANNOUNCED REORGANIZATION 
OF THE COMPANY TO INCLUDE 
RELEASING NEARLY 4,000 
EMPLOYEES IN THE UNITED STATES, 
CANADA AND PUERTO RICO. 
EMPLOYEES WHO WANT TO LEAVE CAN 
ACCEPT A SEPARATION PACKAGE 
BEFORE THE COMPANY LOOKS AT 
LAYOFFS. 
ACCORDING TO THE BUSINESS 
CHRONICLE, THE OFFER DOES NOT 
APPLY TO WAREHOUSE WORKERS, 
MANUFACTURING ASSOCIATES AND 
RETAIL STORE EMPLOYEES. 
>>> A LONG TIME ATLANTA COFFEE 
SHOP WILL POUR ITS LAST CUP OF 
COFFEE THIS WEEK. 
OCTANE COFFEE WILL CLOSE THIS 
WEEKEND. 
THE BIRMINGHAM-BASED PARENT 
COMPANY CONFIRMED IT WITH OUR 
MEDIA PARTNER "THE ATLANTA 
BUSINESS CHRONICLE." 
THE COMPANY SAYS THE LEASE ON 
THE SPACE AT MARIETTA STREET 
AND HOWELL MILL ROAD WAS COMING 
UP AND THE PANDEMIC REALLY HURT 
BUSINESS. 
THE COMPANY OWNS TWO OTHER 
ATLANTA ESTABLISHMENTS 
INCLUDING HAZEL JANE'S, A 
COFFEE AND WINE BAR ALONG THE 
ATLANTA BELTLINE'S EAST SIDE 
TRAIL, WHICH IS ALSO CLOSING 
FOR GOOD THIS WEEKEND. 
>>> I'M METEOROLOGIST CHRIS 
HOLCOMB FROM THE 11ALIVE 
STORMTRACKERS AS WE WATCH DRY 
WEATHER HERE. 
I KNOW ON RADAR AS I HAVE THIS 
LOOP GOING YOU'RE SEEING A 
LITTLE GREEN SHOWING UP. 
THAT'S JUST FALSE ECHOS. 
IT IS DRY. 
WE AREN'T SEEING ANY RAIN. 
AS YOU MOVE INTO TENNESSEE, WE 
DO HAVE A FEW SHOWERS THERE. 
THIS IS WHAT WE WERE TALKING 
ABOUT LAST HALF HOUR WITH A 
WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT IS 
UP IN TENNESSEE PRETTY MUCH 
STAYING THERE, WE WON'T SEE 
SHOWERS MOVE INTO OUR AREA 
TONIGHT. 
IT WILL REMAIN DRY HERE. 
DURING THE DAY TOMORROW THAT 
BOUNDARY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S 
MOISTURE STARVED, NOT A LOT OF 
RAIN WITH IT, IS GOING TO SAG 
INTO NORTH GEORGIA. 
THAT WILL INCREASE RAIN CHANCES 
SLIGHTLY FOR PARTS OF NORTH 
GEORGIA. 
I DON'T THINK WE'LL SEE RAIN IN 
THE METRO ATLANTA AREA. 
IF YOU'RE HEADED UP TO NORTH 
GEORGIA OR YOU'RE WATCHING FROM 
NORTH GEORGIA, KNOW THERE IS A 
POSSIBLE FOR A FEW SHOWERS 
TOMORROW, VERY ISOLATED. 
FOR TONIGHT IT'S DRY. 
IT'S WARM. 
WE'LL BE WARM MOST LIKELY IN 
THE 80s THROUGH ABOUT 11:00. 
THEN WE FALL INTO THE UPPER 70s 
AT MIDNIGHT. 
CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT, REALLY 
QUIET, NO RAIN AROUND. 
THAT'S GOING TO BE NICE. 
STARTING OFF IN THE MORNING 
WITH MILD AIR AROUND 72 TO 74 
DEGREES EARLY IN THE MORNING. 
I THINK BETWEEN 6:00 AND 8:00 
IT MAY DIP DOWN TO 72 OR 73 FOR 
A LOW, A LOT OF SUNSHINE, 
MIXING IN WITH A FEW CLOUDS 
LATER ON AND AGAIN, NO RAIN 
CHANCES FOR US IN ATLANTA, BUT 
A FEW SHOWERS IN FAR NORTH 
GEORGIA. 
I'LL PINPOINT THAT FOR YOU 
COMING UP. 
>>> A NEW STUDY RAISING 
CONCERNS ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL 
TOLL ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLS ARE 
TAKING ON STUDENTS AND SCHOOL 
STAFF. 
JOE HENKE TALKED WITH A GEORGIA 
TECH RESEARCHER TODAY ABOUT THE 
STUDY THAT IS BELIEVED TO BE 
THE FIRST OF ITS KIND. 
>> Reporter:  THE RESEARCH TEAM 
AT GEORGIA TECH TELLS ME AROUND 
THE COUNTRY THEY NOTICE A 
DRASTIC CHANGE IN PEOPLE'S 
SOCIAL MEDIA POST AFTER 
EXPERIENCING AN ACTIVE SHOOTER 
DRILL AT SCHOOL WHILE OTHER 
PEOPLE LIVING IN THE SAME 
COMMUNITIES THAT DID NOT GO 
THROUGH A DRILL DIDN'T HAVE THE 
SAME CHANGES IN THEIR POST. 
THE GROUP EVERY TOWN FOR GUN 
SAFETY PUBLISHED THE STUDY. 
PROFESSOR MUNMUN DE CHOUDHURY 
LED THE TEAM, POST DOCTORAL 
FELLOW MAI ELSHERIEF AND PhD 
CANDIDATE KOUSTEV SAHA WORKED 
ON THE STUDY. 
>> PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THAT 
THESE DRILLS ARE HAVING A 
NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THEIR MENTAL 
HEALTH, THIS WAS NOT ACCURATELY 
VALIDATED. 
>> Reporter:  MAI ELSHERIEF 
SAID THEY ASKED FOR SCIENTIFIC 
DATA. 
SO HER TEAM ANALYZED 28 MILLION 
POSTS FROM TWITTER AND REDDIT 
USING A METHOD CALLED CYCLE 
LINGUISTICS. 
RESEARCHERS SAY THE STUDY DID 
NOT SUBJECT ANYBODY TO 
QUESTIONS THAT MAY HAVE 
RETRAUMATIZED SOMEONE OR SKEWED 
RESULTS. 
>> ANXIETY AND IMPRESSION CAN 
MANIFEST IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND 
USING AN UNOBTRUSIVE METHOD 
WITH COLLECTING THE DATA MAKES 
US VERY CONFIDENT IN OUR 
RESULTS. 
>> Reporter:  THE SOCIAL MEDIA 
POSTS ARE FROM 90 DAYS BEFORE 
AND AFTER AN ACTIVE SHOOTER 
DRILL AT A SCHOOL. 
DE CHOUDHURY SAID THEY FOUND 
LANGUAGE SIGNALING ANXIETY AND 
IMPRESSION INCREASED WITH WORDS 
SUCH AS AFRAID, STRUGGLING, 
NERVOUS, THERAPY AND SUICIDAL 
APPEARING MORE FREQUENTLY. 
THE SCIENCE SAID ANXIETY AND 
STRESS INCREASED 42% AFTER A 
DRILL AND DEPRESSION AND HEALTH 
CONCERNS AND FEARS ABOUT DEATH 
ALSO SPIKED. 
HE HOPES THIS CAN HELP GUIDE 
POLICY AND PLANNING IN FUTURE 
DRILLS. 
>> WHAT CAN BE DONE TO ADDRESS 
THESE KIND OF MENTAL HEALTH OR 
PSYCHOLOGICAL CHALLENGES THAT 
PEOPLE MAY TAKE OUT OF THESE 
EVENTS? 
>>> IT'S THE QUESTION UGA FANS 
ARE DOING TO KNOW. 
IS FORMER QB JUSTIN FIELDS 
GOING TO RETURN TO THE DOGS? 
LAST NIGHT SCREEN SHOTS OF THE 
UGA DIRECTOR HAD FANS THINKING 
FIELDS WAS BACK, BUT HE'S NOT 
CURRENTLY ENROLLED. 
FACT OR FICTION, IS FIELDS 
ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT 
RETURNING TO THE DOGS? 
OUR UGA INSIDER LAYS IT ALL OUT 
FOR US. 
>> THE QUESTION ON THE MIND OF 
A LOT OF GEORGIA BULLDOGS FANS 
IS WILL JUSTIN FIELDS COME BACK 
TO GEORGIA? 
YES, WE BROKE THE NEWS HE WAS 
IN ATHENS THIS PAST SATURDAY 
WATCHING THE SCRIMMAGE. 
WE'VE HEARD RUMORS OF HIM 
WORKING OUT AT THE PRACTICE 
FIELDS. 
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S AN OPENING 
AT GEORGIA. 
LET'S LOOK AT THE REASONS FOR 
AND AGAINST TO COME UP WITH A 
QUICK DECISION ON WHY OR WHY 
NOT JUSTIN FIELDS WOULD RETURN 
TO UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. 
LET'S LOOK AT THREE REASONS WHY 
HE WOULD. 
ONE, HE'S BEEN TOLD HE'S 
WELCOME BACK AT ANYTIME. 
KIRBY SMART'S KNOWN FOR 
BRINGING FORMER PLAYERS BACK 
THAT HE MISSED OUT ON. 
TWO, THE PLAYERS LOVE HIM. 
THE GUYS ON THE TEAM ARE BIG 
FANS OF HIS AND WOULD WELCOME 
HIM BACK WITH OPEN ARMS. 
THREE, THERE WERE NO BRIDGES 
BURNED. 
THERE'S NO ILL WILL, NO 
ANIMOSITY, PLUS THERE'S AN 
OPENING AT GEORGIA. 
NOW LET'S LOOK AT REASONS WHY 
HE WOULDN'T COME. 
A, HE IS PRACTICING AT OHIO 
STATE UNIVERSITY AND HOPES TO 
PLAY THERE. 
B, IF THEY DON'T HAVE A SEASON, 
HE WILL PROBABLY PREPARE FOR 
THE NFL. 
C, CLASSES HAVE ALREADY 
STARTED. 
HE WOULD NEED A SPECIAL 
DISPENSATION TO GET INTO 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. 
MOST IMPORTANTLY IS WHAT HIS 
DAD TOLD US. 
HIS DAD SAID LOOK, MY TEACHERS 
TOLD ME THERE ARE NO DUMB 
QUESTIONS BUT INFERRING THE 
QUESTION OF JUSTIN FIELDS 
COMING BACK TO UNIVERSITY OF 
GEORGIA IS INDEED A DUMB 
QUESTION. 
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. 
I KNOW A LOT OF GEORGIA FANS 
WOULD GET EXCITED ABOUTIT, BUT 
JUSTIN FIELDS WILL NOT BE 
RETURNING HERE TO ATHENS, 
GEORGIA. 
>>> ALREADY SAVING FOR COLLEGE 
AT 2 YEARS OLD, A DECATUR 
TODDLER WINS HER FIRST COLLEGE 
SCHOLARSHIP. 
>> I'M 2 YEARS OLD. 
THIS IS MY LIFE'S DREAM. 
>> JULIETTE LEWIS WON MORE THAN 
$1,000 FOR COLLEGE. 
SHE IS THE WINNER OF THE MY 
LIFE'S DREAM CHALLENGE. 
IT WAS PUT ON BY THE PATH TO 
COLLEGE 529 GROUP. 
CHILDREN ALL ACROSS THE STATE 
SENT IN THEIR VIDEOS EXPLAINING 
THEIR LIFE'S DREAMS. 
JULIETTE SAYS IN HER VIDEO SHE 
ONE DAY WANTS TO BE A 
METEOROLOGIST AND BECOME A 
GEORGIA BULLDOG. 
WE'LL HAVE TO CONNECT HER WITH 
CHRIS MAYBE WHEN SHE TURNS 5 OR 
SO, RIGHT? 
>>> COMING UP TONIGHT WITH TWO 
MONTHS UNTIL THE PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION THERE ARE STILL 
CONCERNS WHETHER THE POST 
OFFICE CAN HANDLE GETTING 
PEOPLE THEIR MAIL-IN BALLOTS IN 
TIME. 
NEXT PUTTING THE USPS TO THE 
TEST. 
>>> AS THE CORONAVIRUS 
CONTINUES TO SPREAD, MORE 
AMERICANS ARE WORKING, LEARNING 
AND SHOPPING FROM HOME. 
NOW MANY ARE CONSIDERING VOTING 
REMOTELY, BUT HOW RELIABLE IS 
THE POSTAL SERVICE IN THAT 
EFFORT? 
SOME NBC TELEVISION STATIONS 
DECIDED TO FIND OUT. 
HERE'S THE RESULTS. 
>> Reporter:  AS AMERICANS 
CONSIDER WHO WILL GET THEIR 
VOTE, MILLIONS ARE WEIGHING HOW 
TO CAST THEIR BALLOT, WHETHER 
THEY CAN TRUST THE MESSENGER. 
SO THIS MONTH 12 NBC-OWNED 
STATIONS AND NBC LX CONDUCTED 
AN EXPERIMENT SENDING 155 FIRST 
CLASS LETTERS ACROSS A DOZEN 
MAJOR METROPOLITAN MARKETS. 
88% OF THE LETTERS ARRIVED 
WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS, THE 
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE'S 
ADVERTISED TIME FRAME. 
ANOTHER 10% ARRIVED WITHIN A 
WEEK, JUST TWO LETTERS 1.3%, 
ARE STILL MISSING. 
ALL THE LETTERS WERE ADDRESSED 
TO INDIVIDUALS AT HOME. 
THEY WERE MAILED FROM MULTIPLE 
LOCATIONS, SOME SENT WITHIN THE 
SAME CITY, SOME SENT TO PEOPLE 
IN OTHER CITIES. 
THE POSTAL REGULATOR SAID IN 
THE JUNE QUARTER 92.4% OF ALL 
FIRST CLASS LETTERS NATIONWIDE 
ARRIVED WITHIN TWO DAYS, A 
FASTER RATE THAN NBC'S STUDY IN 
AUGUST. 
THESE LETTERS CARRY STANDARD 
POSTAGE. 
>> WELCOME, EVERYBODY. 
>> Reporter:  POSTMASTER 
GENERAL LOUIS DeJOY UNDER FIRE 
FOR ELIMINATING RESOURCES AHEAD 
OF THE ELECTION HAS PROMISED 
BALLOTS WOULD BE MARKED 
PRIORITY. 
>> THE POSTAL SERVICE IS FULLY 
CAPABLE AND COMMITTED TO 
DELIVERING THE NATION'S BALLOTS 
SECURELY AND ON TIME. 
>> Reporter:  UNION LEADERS SAY 
WITHOUT OVERTIME, WITHOUT HIGH 
SPEED SORTERS AND WITHOUT SOME 
40,000 EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE 
QUARANTINED, MANPOWER IS 
LIMITED. 
>> IF THE MAIL IS THERE TO BE 
WORKED AND YOU ARBITRARILY 
REDUCE HOURS, THEN GUESS WHAT? 
THE MAIL DOESN'T GET WORKED. 
>> Reporter:  A REPORT FROM THE 
USPS INSPECTOR GENERAL FOUND 
MAJOR ISSUES IN WISCONSIN WHERE 
VOTING BY MAIL SPIKED 440% 
DURING ITS APRIL PRIMARY. 
THE I.G. 
SAID TUBBS OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS 
WERE MISPLACED, RETURNED OR 
LACKED POSTMARKS. 
WATCHDOGS SAY IT'S A CAUTIONARY 
TALE. 
>> NOT ONLY WAS THIS A PROBLEM 
IN PLACES LIKE MILWAUKEE, BUT 
IT'S A HARBINGER FOR POTENTIAL 
NATIONWIDE ISSUES IN THE 
DELIVERY OF BALLOTS AS THE 
DEMAND FOR MAIL-IN VOTING 
INCREASES BECAUSE OF THE COVID-
19 CRISIS. 
>>> WE'VE BEEN ENJOYING A LACK 
OF RAIN OVER THE PAST COUPLE 
DAYS AND THAT'S A BIG CHANGE 
COMPARED TO THE AFTERNOON AND 
EVENING SHOWERS WE'VE BEEN 
DEALING WITH IT SEEMS LIKE FOR 
WEEKS AND WEEKS. 
IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME DRIER 
AIR IN PLACE, BUT AT THE SAME 
TIME IT'S STILL KIND OF HUMID 
WITH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MUGGY 
CONDITIONS. 
WE'LL BE WATCHING THE HUMIDITY 
LEVEL DROPPING A LITTLE BIT AS 
WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND AS 
WELL AS THOSE RAIN CHANCES 
STAYING DOWN. 
WE OFTEN SHOW YOU THIS CHART 
WHICH IS OUR HUMIDITY OR THE 
DEW POINT GRAPHIC WHICH WHEN WE 
HAVE DEW POINTS THAT ARE IN THE 
60s, IT'S STILL KIND OF HUMID 
OUT THERE BUT NOT AS BAD AS 
WHEN IT'S SO MUGGY WITH DEW 
POINTS IN THE 70s. 
SO IT'S BEEN DOWN A LITTLE BIT. 
THAT'S HELPED US TO NOT HAVE 
ANY SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG 
WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN THE AREA 
SUPPRESSING DEVELOPMENT OF 
THOSE SHOWERS AND DRIER MID AND 
UPPER LEVELS AS WELL. 
I WANT YOU TO SEE WHAT'S GOING 
TO HAPPEN. 
AS WE GO THROUGH THE WEEKEND, 
DEW POINTS HOLE IN THE 60s. 
WE'LL HAVE SOME HUMIDITY, BUT 
NOT OPPRESSIVELY MUGGY. 
BY MONDAY DEW POINTS GO DOWN TO 
THE 50s WHICH WILL BE DRIER AIR 
THAT YOU'LL NOTICE, THAT NICER 
FEEL TO THE AIR, ON MONDAY. 
THAT TIMES OUT PERFECTLY WITH 
MEMORIAL DAY. 
SO BECAUSE OF THIS DRIER AIR 
FILTERING IN IN THIS TREND 
WE'RE SEEING, WE'VE TAKEN THE 
RAIN CHANCES OUT. 
HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK WHERE THE 
BLUE COLORS ON OUR MOISTURE MAP 
INDICATES DRIER AIR WHEN IT 
GETS UP IN THE GREENS, YELLOWS, 
ORANGES AND REDS WHERE WE HAVE 
MORE MOISTURE AND A BETTER RAIN 
CHANCE. 
NOW TOMORROW WE WILL SEE A 
QUICK MOVING LITTLE SYSTEM 
COMING IN WITH LIMITED MOISTURE 
FROM TENNESSEE, ALABAMA, INTO 
NORTH GEORGIA THAT MAY GIVE A 
COUPLE SHOWERS UP IN FAR NORTH 
GEORGIA LATE TOMORROW, BUT I 
DON'T THINK WE'LL SEE ANY HERE 
IN ATLANTA. 
THEN SATURDAY LOOK HOW THIS 
DRIER AIR STARTS MOVING INTO 
THE SOUTHEAST AND STILL JUST A 
LITTLE BIT OF MUGGINESS IF YOU 
CONSIDER IT THAT WAY SATURDAY 
AND SUNDAY.  
THEN ON MONDAY AS THE DEW 
POINTS FALL INTO THE 50s, 
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE DRIER 
AIR WE HAVE IN PLACE. 
WE'VE TAKEN OUT THE RAIN 
CHANCES FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. 
WE DON'T HAVE ANY IN HERE FOR 
SATURDAY EITHER. 
THEN NEXT WEEK, THOUGH, AFTER 
MONDAY THIS MOISTURE STARTS 
COMING BACK TUESDAY AND 
WEDNESDAY. 
WE'LL SEE MORE OF THAT AND 
THAT'S GOING TO BRING RAIN 
CHANCES BACK UP ONCE WE GET 
INTO TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND 
THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK. 
TODAY IT WAS HOT OUT THERE. 
WE GOT UP TO 91 DEGREES. 
WE SHOULD BE AROUND 86 FOR THIS 
TIME OF YEAR. 
SO YEAH, OUR TEMPERATURES WERE 
ABOUT 5 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE 
TODAY. 
OUR LOW WAS ALSO ABOVE AVERAGE. 
WE WERE AT 73. 
WE SHOULD BE AROUND 69 FOR THIS 
TIME OF YEAR. 
AGAIN, HERE'S THAT RAINFALL 
SURPLUS. 
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL GUILTY 
ABOUT ENJOYING A FEW DAYS WITH 
NO RAIN BECAUSE WE HAVE PLENTY 
SURPLUS HERE, 13.75 INCHES. 
LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER HEADLINES. 
IT WILL BE HOT AGAIN TOMORROW 
AND WE'LL STAY HOT THROUGH THE 
WEEKEND, BUT I THINK WE'LL 
START TRENDING DOWN INTO THE 
UPPER 80s. 
WITH THE DRY DAYS AHEAD FOR THE 
WEEKEND AND EVEN TO THE 
BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK ON LABOR 
DAY AND SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR 
COMING IN NEXT WEEK. 
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL HOLD IN THE 
80s. 
LOOK AT TEMPERATURES AROUND 
NORTH GEORGIA, 83 DEGREES NOW 
IN ATLANTA, STILL REALLY WARM 
AROUND THE METRO ATLANTA AREA, 
83 FOR MARIETTA, ALSO 83 FOR 
DULUTH. 
HERE'S THE SEVEN-DAY OUTLOOK 
SHOWING THE HIGH OF 93 DEGREES, 
A 20% CHANCE OF A LATE SHOWER 
AND 89 SATURDAY, 86 SUNDAY, 87 
ON MONDAY WITH NO RAIN CHANCES. 
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL STAY DRY. 
THEN THE RAIN CHANCES COME BACK 
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND ALSO 
THURSDAY, 40% CHANCE WITH HIGH 
TEMPERATURES HOLDING IN THE 80s 
MUCH OF NEXT WEEK IN THE 
AFTERNOONS. 
>>> A COVID-19 VACCINE COULD BE 
JUST TWO MONTHS AWAY. 
THE CDC DIRECTOR IS TELLING 
GOVERNORS TO PREPARE FOR THE 
LARGE SCALE DISTRIBUTION OF A 
VACCINE BY NOVEMBER 1st. 
IN A LETTER OBTAINED BY CNBC 
ROBERT REDFIELD SAYS A MEDICAL 
SUPPLY COMPANY IS PREPARING TO 
SET UP VACCINATION SITES BUT 
SAID THE STATES MIGHT NEED TO 
WAIVE LICENSING AND PERMIT 
REQUIREMENTS TO SPEED UP THE 
PROCESS. 
WHAT'S STILL 
UNCLEAR, WHO WOULD ACTUALLY 
MANUFACTURE THE VACCINE? 
DR. FAUCI SAYS IT MIGHT NOT BE 
READY TILL THE END OF THE YEAR. 
THERE'S A STATEMENT ONLINE 
SAYING A VACCINE FOR KIDS MIGHT 
NOT BE READY FOR EIGHT OR TEN 
YEARS. 
IS THAT TRUE? 
>> IT'S EASY TO SHARE 
MISINFORMATION ABOUT 
CORONAVIRUS WITHOUT EVEN 
KNOWING IT. 
THAT'S WHY OUR VERIFY TEAM 
EXISTS. 
A VIEWER ASKED US TO CHECK OUT 
THIS CLAIM ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT 
SAYS A PEDIATRICIAN TOLD A 
MOTHER A COVID-19 VACCINE WON'T 
BE DEVELOPED FOR KIDS FOR AT 
LEAST EIGHT TO TEN YEARS. 
LET'S VERIFY. 
COULD IT REALLY TAKE UP TO TEN 
YEARS BEFORE A VACCINE IS READY 
FOR KIDS? 
OUR SOURCES, DR. BRIAN KMINSKI 
OF PROKED PROMEDICA, DR. CREACH 
AND JOHNS HOPKINS. 
RIGHT OFF THE BAT, ALL THREE 
SOURCES TELL US THIS IS FALSE. 
>> I CAN SAY CONFIDENTLY THAT 
THAT ONE IS FALSE. 
WHEN WE DEVELOP VACCINES, WE 
NEED TO USE HUMAN TRIALS AND 
HUMAN TRIALS INVOLVE CONSENTING 
ADULTS THAT ARE WILLING TO TAKE 
THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 
TRIAL. 
>> Reporter:  AN EXPERT WITH 
THE JOHNS HOPKINS CENTER FOR 
GLOBAL HEALTH SAID AFTER A 
VACCINE PROVES SAFE FOR ADULTS 
THEN A CLINICAL TRIAL FOR 
CHILDREN WILL START. 
AT LEAST ONE MANUFACTURER IS 
PLANNING TO TEST THEIR VACCINE 
IN CHILDREN AND OTHERS ARE 
WORKING ON DOING THE SAME. 
DR. CREACH SAYS WHEN IT COMES 
TO THE CORONAVIRUS, OLDER 
ADULTS WITH MEDICAL 
COMPLICATIONS ARE SUFFERING THE 
MOST IS, THAT'S THE PRIORITY. 
CHILDREN WILL FOLLOW ADULTS. 
THE DOCTOR SAYS CERTAIN 
BENCHMARKS WILL HAVE TO BE MET 
BEFORE A MAJOR PEDIATRIC COVID-
19 VACCINE PROGRAM ROLLS OUT, 
BUT IT WILL NOT TAKE EIGHT TO 
TEN YEARS.
>>> WE WANT TO LEAVE YOU 
TONIGHT WITH A DOUBLE 
CELEBRATION FOR A PAIR OF 
SIBLINGS UNLIKE ANY OTHER IN 
THE COUNTRY. 
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ZOO 
ATLANTA'S GIANT PANDA TWINS ARE 
THE ONLY TWIN PANDAS IN THE 
UNITED STATES AND THEY TURN 4 
YEARS OLD. 
ICE CAKES AND SUGAR CANE 
CANDLES ARE ON THE PARTY MENU 
AND BIRTHDAY BOXES FILLED WITH 
THEIR FAVORITE TREATS. 
THERE ARE FEWER THAN 1,900 
GIANT PANDAS LIVING IN THE WILD 
IN CHINA.  
ZOO ATLANTA HELPS SUPPORT EIGHT 
NATURE RESERVES THERE TO 
PROTECT THESE TREASURES AND 
THEIR HABITAT. 
IF YOU WANT TO SEE THEM IN 
PERSON, ZOO ATLANTA IS OPEN. 
YOU HAVE TO MAKE RESERVATIONS 
FOR THE TIME AND A TICKET. 
>>> WE'RE GOING TO SEE MAINLY 
DRY WEATHER HERE ON FRIDAY, A 
20% CHANCE FOR A SHOWER LATE 
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING 
MAINLY IN FAR NORTH GEORGIA. 
THEN STAYING DRY THROUGH THE 
WEEKEND WITH HIGHS IN THE 80s. 
THAT EXTENDS EVEN INTO MONDAY 
FOR LABOR DAY AND RAIN CHANCES 
BACK UP TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND 
THURSDAY AND WE LOOK LIKE WE'LL 
HOLD IN THE 80s NEXT WEEK. 
>> STICK AROUND. 
PRIME TIME ROLLS ON AT 10:00. 
WE'LL SEE YOU ON OUR SISTER 
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>>>  11ALIVE NEWS PRIMETIME  ON 
THE ATL STARTS NOW. 
>>> THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
AND THE CDC HAVE CONFLICTING 
MESSAGES FOR HANDLING  COVID-19 
ON CAMPUS AND PARENTS AND ONE 
METRO ATLANTA SCHOOL DISTRICT 
ARE FACING ANOTHER BIG DECISION 
WHEN IT COMES TO  THEIR CHILD'S 
EDUCATION. 
WE HEAR FROM THEM TONIGHT. 
>>> BUT FIRST ON THIS THURSDAY 
NIGHT A WARNING FOR SOME 
GEORGIA COLLEGE STUDENTS  AND 
THEIR PARENTS AHEAD OF THE BIG 
LABOR DAY WEEKEND IF YOU TEST 
POSITIVE FOR COVID YOU SHOULD 
GO HOME. 
HOPE FORD EXPLAINS SOME 
COLLEGES  LIKE UTA UNIVERSITY 
SENT A LETTER TO PARENTS AND 
STUDENTS BUT THE CDC HAS A VERY 
DIFFERENT MESSAGE. 
>> ALL MY CLASSES THAT ARE 
HYBRID ALL HAVE ONLINE OPTIONS 
IF I WAS EVER THINKING THAT I 
HAD IT I COULD STAY IN MY DORM. 
>> THE UNIVERSITY RECENTLY HAD 
A SPIKE AND SOME PROFESSORS 
WANTED THE CAMPUS TO CLOSE BUT 
MORE BELIEVES THEY ARE HANDLING 
IT AS BEST AS POSSIBLE AND 
STUDENTS SHOULD STAY ON CAMPUS. 
>> WHEN PEOPLE ARE THERE AND 
ARE SPREADING IT IT DOESN'T 
MAKE SENSE TO SPEND THEM ACROSS 
THE NATION. 
>> IN A LETTER TO STUDENTS 
ABOUT LABOR DAY UNIVERSITY 
OFFICIALS URGED STUDENTS WHO 
TEST POSITIVE TO LEAVE AND GO 
HOME HOWEVER THE CDC AND DOCTOR 
ANTHONY STRONGLY ADVISED 
AGAINST THIS. 
>> KEEP THEM AT THE UNIVERSITY 
IN A PLACE THAT IS SEPARATE 
FROM THE STUDENTS THAT DON'T 
HAVE THEM GO HOME BECAUSE THEY 
COULD BE SPREADING IT IN THEIR 
HOME STATE. 
>> FOR ME PERSONALLY I LIVE 
WITH MY GRANDPA. 
>> LUKE BALLARD ALSO THINKS IT 
IS SAFER FOR STUDENTS TO SELF 
ISOLATE ON CAMPUS. 
>> CAMPUS IS REOPENING THEY 
MADE THEIR BED THEY HAVE TO LIE 
IN IT AND AS BAD AS IT SOUNDS 
YOU CAN'T HAVE US COME BACK 
INFECT EACH OTHER THEN SENT US 
HOME TO OUR PARENTS IT IS 
SELFISH. 
>> YOU GA HAS ISOLATION HOUSING 
AND THAT INCLUDES NEARLY 500 
ROOMS ON THE CAMPUS AND IN 
HOTELS IN THE COMMUNITY 
STUDENTS CAN STAY THERE IF THEY 
TEST POSITIVE HOWEVER THERE 
WERE MORE THAN 800 NEW CASES 
REPORTED IN THE LAST WEEK AT 
UGA  SO SOME OF THE STUDENTS 
ARE WORRIED THAT DURING THE 
LABOR DAY WEEKEND IF THEY COME 
BACK AND THE CASES SPIKE AGAIN 
IT COULD ESSENTIALLY FORCE SOME 
STUDENTS TO GO HOME. 
>> I WILL WAIT. 
IS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR ALL 
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN 
THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF 
GEORGIA THE SAME? 
>> SO FAR WHAT WE KNOW WE 
DEFINITELY KNOW THAT IT IS UGA 
AND GEORGIA TECH THAT HAVE 
GIVEN A DIRECTIVE SO FAR.  
>>>  LET'S GO DEEPER ON THIS 
HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT CLARK 
COUNTY WHERE UGA IS LOCATED IS 
REPORTING MUCH SMALLER  COVID-
19 NUMBERS THAN THE UNIVERSITY  
HERE'S A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS IN 
CLARK COUNTY TODAY THE COUNTY 
REPORTED THE SINGLE LARGEST ONE-
DAY SPIKE WITH 173 NEW CASES. 
COUNTY SHOWS MORE THAN 700 
CASES IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS 
MEANWHILE THE UNIVERSITY IS 
REPORTING MORE THAN 1000. 
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH 
EXPLAINS TEST CONDUCTED BY THE 
UNIVERSITY ARE NOT IN THE 
COUNTY'S NUMBERS YET. 
HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE STILL 
WORKING TO SEE THE SYSTEM 
DIRECTLY TO THE STATE DATABASE. 
>>>  PARENTS WILL HAVE THE 
CHOICE ABOUT HOW THEIR CHILDREN 
LEARN THIS SCHOOL YEAR IT WILL 
IT BE REMOTE OR FACE-TO-FACE 
PARENTS WILL NEED TO DECIDE 
BEFORE THE DISTRICT STARTS 
PHASING BACK INTO PERSON, IN 
PERSON INSTRUCTION WE ARE LIVE 
AT COBB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 
OFFICE THAT IS IN MARIETTA AND 
YOU TALKED WITH PARENTS TODAY 
HOW ARE THEY REACTING TO THE 
ANNOUNCEMENT SO FAR? 
>> Reporter: THAT ANNOUNCEMENT 
COMING DOWN EARLIER TODAY MANY 
OF THOSE PARENTS BREATHING A 
SIGH OF RELIEF ALL FOR 
DIFFERENT REASONS BUT THE 
COMMON GROUND HERE IS THAT MOST 
OF THE PARENTS THINK THAT 
LEARNING IN PERSON IS NOT ONLY 
BEST FOR THEIR KIDS EDUCATION 
BUT ALSO FOR THEIR MENTAL 
HEALTH. 
IT IS THE ANNOUNCEMENT MANY 
PARENTS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. 
>> I THINK THIS IS GOOD. 
>> A RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM 
FOR STUDENTS BUT IN PHASES. 
I'M REALLY HOPING THAT THIS 
PHASE AND THAT WE DO GET IT 
BACK IN EARLY OCTOBER. 
>> THE DISTRICT CHANGED ITS 
DECISION TO ALLOW PARENTS TO 
CHOOSE BETWEEN REMOTE OR IN 
PERSON LEARNING BEFORE THIS 
SCHOOL YEAR BEGAN. 
THEN MADE EVERYTHING REMOTE. 
SOME PARENTS PROTESTED THE 
DECISION. 
HER EIGHT-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER 
MEGAN REQUIRES ONE-ON-ONE 
LEARNING FOR SPECIAL NEEDS 
STRUGGLED VIRTUALLY. 
>> IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING A 
LOT OF TEARS NOT UNDERSTANDING 
WHY SHE COULDN'T DO THE THINGS 
THAT SHE NORMALLY DID. 
>> SHE SAID SHE ENDURED 
FINANCIAL STRESS HAVING TO HIRE 
SOMEONE TO GIVE HER DAUGHTER 
THE HANDS-ON LEARNING SHE 
NEEDED. 
NOW PARENTS WILL GET TO CHOOSE. 
BETWEEN REMOTE AND FACE-TO-FACE 
LEARNING. 
PHASE 1 OF FACE-TO-FACE WILL 
BEGIN OCTOBER 5 FOR 
KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH 
GRADE AND SPECIAL NEEDS 
STUDENTS THROUGH 12th GRADE 
PHASE 2 WILL START OCTOBER 19 
46 THROUGH EIGHTH GRADERS AND 
PHASE 3 FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS WILL 
BEGIN NOVEMBER 5. REBECCA 
CREATED AN IN-HOME LEARNING 
CENTER FOR HER TWO HIGH 
SCHOOLERS AND MIDDLE SCHOOL 
STUDENTS. 
SHE IS JUST AS READY AS THEY 
ARE TO GET BACK IN THE 
CLASSROOM. 
SHE SAYS IT IS HARD TO SEE 
THEIR SOCIAL ANXIETY FROM 
MISSING THEIR FRIENDS WALLS, 
WHILE VIRTUAL LEARNING. 
>> IT IS SAD FOR THEM BECAUSE 
THEY MISS EACH OTHER. 
>> PARENTS WILL HAVE TO MAKE 
THAT CHOICE BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 7 
AND SEPTEMBER 20 DO THEY WANT 
TO DO IN PERSON OR CONTINUE 
WITH REMOTE LEARNING THE SCHOOL 
SAYS THEY ARE GOING TO BE 
TAKING SOME PROTOCOLS AND 
PRECAUTIONS ONE OF THEM BEING 
TRYING TO KEEP SOCIAL 
DISTANCING IN PLACE WHERE IT IS 
POSSIBLE AND ALSO STUDENTS AND 
STAFF WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR 
MASKS ON BUSES AS WELL AS IN 
SCHOOL BUILDINGS. 
>>>  THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS 
IN COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS METRO 
ATLANTA YOU CAN FIND OUR 
TRACKING ON OUR SPECIAL 
CORONAVIRUS SECTION ON 
11ALIVE.COM OR DOWNLOAD THE  
11ALIVE APPS.  
>>>  THE NUMBER OF FIRST-TIME 
JOB OF CLAIMS NATIONWIDE THE 
LOWEST SINCE THE START OF THE 
PANDEMIC THE LABOR DEPARTMENT 
SAYS NATIONWIDE 881,000 PEOPLE 
FILED FIRST-TIME CLAIMS LAST 
WEEK. 
THE NUMBER OF NEW CLAIMS FILED 
IN GEORGIA DROPPED BY ABOUT 
6000 PEOPLE FILING FOR 
UNEMPLOYMENT WERE MORE THAN TWO 
WEEKS IN A ROW ALSO DROPPED 
SHARPLY NATIONWIDE THESE 
NUMBERS ARE STILL WELL ABOVE 
THE RECORD HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT 
NUMBERS SEEN DURING THE 2008 
FINANCIAL CRISIS. 
>>> A GEORGIA PASTOR SENTENCED 
TO SERVE FIVE YEARS IN PRISON 
15 YEARS OF PROBATION  HERE HE 
IS BENJAMIN GUS HARTER IS 81 
PLEADED GUILTY TO THREE COUNTS 
OF CHILD MOLESTATION ON AUGUST 
12, HE PREACHED AT SEVERAL 
CHURCHES THROUGHOUT GEORGIA FOR 
MORE THAN 30 YEARS. 
>>> A TRUE COUNTY INMATES NOW 
FACES AN ATTEMPTED MURDER 
CHARGE ACCORDING TO THE TRUE 
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE  
INVESTIGATORS GOT A TIP 
JONATHAN LAWRENCE WAS TRYING TO 
HIRE SOMEONE TO KILL A DEPUTY. 
LAWRENCE ALLEGEDLY CONTACTED AN 
UNDERCOVER OFFICER TO HELP WITH 
THE ATTEMPTED MURDER. 
>> SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
REPORTING GETTING COVID-19 
TESTS IN THE MAIL  BUT THEY 
SAID THEY DIDN'T ORDER THEM THE 
TEST WITH THE COMPANY THAT WAS 
THROUGH A UNIVERSITY 
PARTICULARLY WITH TESTING 
STRUGGLING ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
TO VERIFY TEAM CHECKS IT OUT 
FOR YOU. 
>>> I HADN'T ORDERED ANYTHING.  
IT WASN'T EVEN ADDRESSED TO MY 
NAME IT JUST SAID TO HOUSEHOLD. 
AND IT HAD OUR ADDRESS WITH OUR 
APARTMENT NUMBER. 
SO I OPENED IT UP AND IT WAS A 
COVID-19 TEST.  
>> JOSHUA FROM WEST SALEM SAID 
GIVEN THE CHALLENGES WE ARE 
SEEING WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO 
GET COVID TESTS IT FELT OFF.  
TO GET A TEST RANDOMLY IN THE 
MAIL. 
>> SEND IT BACK AND THEY WILL 
GIVE YOU A GIFT CARD. 
>> ALSO INSIDE THIS LETTER FROM 
GEORGIA-BASED EMORY UNIVERSITY. 
>> SO HE REACHED OUT TO US TO 
VERIFY WAS THIS LEGIT? 
>> THIS WAS TOO GOOD TO BE 
TRUE. 
>> THE TESTING KITS ARE NOT A 
SCAM. 
OUR SOURCES FOR THIS STORY ARE 
EMORY UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATE 
PROFESSOR DOCTOR ERIN SIEGLER. 
AND VANCOUVER-BASED MOLECULAR 
TESTING LAB BUSINESS 
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR JAMES. 
EMORY UNIVERSITY IS CONDUCTING 
A STUDY CALLED COVID VIEW, 
FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL 
INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.  
DOCTOR SIEGLER ONE OF THE 
PRIMARY INVESTIGATORS SAID 
INFORMATION FROM THE STUDY WILL 
GUIDE PUBLIC HEALTH EFFORTS. 
>> THE GOAL OF THE STUDY IS AN 
NIH FUNDED STUDY. 
IS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND 
INFECTION AND GIVE EVERYONE 
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO 
PARTICIPATE WE CAN REALLY GET A 
REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE. 
FOR THE COUNTRY. 
>> TENS OF THOUSANDS OF RANDOMLY
CHOSEN HOUSEHOLD ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY WILL GET A PACKAGE WITH 
AT-HOME NASAL SWAB TESTS AND 
BLOOD SPOT ANTIBODY TEST KITS. 
AS WELL AS A QUESTIONNAIRE. 
PARTICIPANTS ARE ASKED TO SEND 
SAMPLES BACK TO MOLECULAR 
TESTING LABS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY MANUFACTURE OUR 
OWN SAMPLE COLLECTION PLATE. 
AND SO THAT IS THE ONLY THING 
WE MANUFACTURE SO IT IS NOT 
CUTTING INTO ANYBODY'S SUPPLY 
CHAIN. 
>> IT IS VOLUNTARY AND 
RESEARCHERS SAY INFORMATION AND 
RESULTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL ITS 
GOALS ARE ESTIMATING THE NUMBER 
OF AMERICAN ADULTS WITH THE 
VIRUS OR WHO HAVE RECOVERED 
FROM IT AND IMPROVE 
UNDERSTANDING OF COVID 
INFECTIONS AND HOW IT IMPACTS  
DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS AND 
DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS AND MONITOR 
FUTURE LEVELS OF THE DISEASE. 
SO WE CAN VERIFY, THESE PACKAGES
ARE LEGITIMATE. 
>>> COMING UP ACTIVE SHOOTER 
DRILLS IN SCHOOLS ARE MEANT TO 
PREPARE STUDENTS  BUT 
RESEARCHERS FIND IT HAD SEVERE 
SIDE EFFECTS ON CHILDREN. 
>>> SECOND DAY IN A ROW OF DRY 
WEATHER, NO RANGER WE DO 
>>> A NEW STUDY RAISING 
CONCERNS ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL 
TOLL ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLS ARE 
TAKING ON STUDENTS AND SCHOOL 
STAFF  JOE TALKED WITH THE 
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCHERS TODAY 
ABOUT THE STUDY THAT IS 
BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST OF ITS 
KIND. 
>> THE RESEARCH TEAM AT GEORGIA 
TECH TOLD ME AROUND THE COUNTRY 
IN ORDER TO SEE DRASTIC CHANGE 
IN PEOPLE'S POST ON SOCIAL 
MEDIA AFTER EXPERIENCING AN 
ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILL AT SCHOOL. 
FATHER PEOPLE LIVING IN THE 
SAME COMMUNITIES THAT DID NOT 
GO THROUGH A DRILL DIDN'T HAVE 
THE SAME CHANGES IN THEIR 
POSTS. 
THE GROUP EVERY PUBLISHED A 
STUDY CONDUCTED BY GEORGIA TECH 
REGION RESEARCHERS PROFESSOR 
WITH THE COLLEGE COMPUTING LED 
THE TEAM POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW 
AND PHD CANDIDATE WORKED ON THE 
STUDY. 
>> PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REPORTING 
THAT THESE DRILLS ARE HAVING A 
NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THEIR MENTAL 
HEALTH. 
THIS WAS NOT VALIDATED. 
>> EVERY TOWN ASKS IF THEY CAN 
CONFIRM OR DENY ANTIDOTES. 
SO HER TEAM ANALYZED NEARLY 28 
MILLION SOCIAL MEDIA POST FROM 
TWITTER AND READ IT USING A 
METHOD CALLED PSYCHOLINGUISTICS 
THE POST CAME FROM PEOPLE 
CONNECTED TO 138 SCHOOLS ACROSS 
333 STATES WHERE DRILL TOOK 
PLACE BY COLLECTING MILLIONS OF 
POSTS PEOPLE POSTED ON THEIR 
OWN THE RESEARCHERS SAY THE 
STUDY DID NOT SUBJECT ANYONE TO 
QUESTIONS THAT MAY HAVE 
RETRAUMATIZED SOMEONE OR SKEWED 
RESULTS. 
>> USING THIS METHOD, WAS 
COLLECTING THIS DATA AND KIND 
OF AS YOU MENTIONED IT IS A 
MATCHED DATA SET. 
IT MAKES US CONFIDENT IN OUR 
RESULTS. 
>> THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS ARE 
BEFORE AND AFTER AN ACTIVE 
SHOOTER DRILL, THEY FOUND 
LANGUAGE SIGNALING ANXIETY AND 
DEPRESSION INCREASED WITH WORDS 
SUCH AS AFRAID STRUGGLING 
NERVOUS EUROPEAN SUICIDAL 
APPEARING MORE FREQUENTLY. 
THE FINDING SIGNAL ANXIETY AND 
STRESS INCREASING 42% DURING 
THE 90 DAYS AFTER A DRILL 
DEPRESSION INCREASED 39%. 
POSTING HEALTH CONCERNS AND 
FEARS ABOUT DEATH ALSO SPIKED. 
HE HOPES THE DATA CAN HELP 
GUIDE POLICIES AND PLANNING A 
FUTURE DRILL. 
>> WHAT CAN BE DONE TO ADDRESS 
THE MENTAL HEALTH AND 
PSYCHOLOGICAL CHALLENGES THAT 
PEOPLE, IT DEPENDS. 
>> MUCH QUIETER WEATHER PATTERN 
FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND THAT 
IS GOOD NEWS AS WE PREPARE FOR 
THE WEEKEND. 
CHRIS HOLCOMB BREAKING DOWN A 
FORECAST FOR THE LABOR DAY 
WEEKEND. 
>> IT IS NICE WHEN YOU CAN PUT 
THOSE WORDS TOGETHER DRY AND 
WEEKEND RIGHT? 
AND ALSO ADDING HOLIDAY WEEKEND 
AND THAT EVEN BETTER AND WE 
HAVE BEEN DRY THE PAST COUPLE 
OF DAYS AND WE ARE DRY OUT 
THERE RIGHT NOW AND WE DO HAVE 
A FEW SHOWERS THAT ARE UP IN 
TENNESSEE AND IF WE MOVE IN 
CLOSER YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT 
OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING WITH 
THESE NEAR KNOXVILLE. 
THAT RAIN IS HANGING OUT IN 
TENNESSEE NOT A LOT OF IT AND 
IT'S A STALLED OUT FRONT THAT 
IS GRADUALLY GOING TO START 
KIND OF INCHING DOWN CLOSER TO 
GEORGIA AND DURING THE DAY 
TOMORROW WE WILL BE DRY HERE 
NEXT TO ATLANTA BUT WE WILL 
BEGIN TO SEE A FEW MORE CLOUDS 
IN FAR NORTH GEORGIA AND EVEN A 
COUPLE OF SHOWERS LEADER IN THE 
DAY TOMORROW IN FAR NORTH 
GEORGIA BUT I DON'T THINK WE 
WILL SEE ANY HERE WE WILL 
PINPOINT THAT IN THE FORECAST 
IN A SECOND BUT LOOK AT THESE 
TEMPERATURES IT IS STILL PRETTY 
WARM OUT THERE AT 10 PM AT 
NIGHT, LOWER 80s IN MARIETTA 
AND CANTON, EVERYBODY ELSE IS 
IN THOSE 70s A LITTLE LOWER AND 
IS 73. 72 RIGHT NOW IN 
BLAIRSVILLE TOMORROW IT WILL BE 
ANOTHER HOT DAY AND MAINLY DRY 
I WILL BE GOING WITH AN EIGHT 
JUST BECAUSE PARTS OF NORTH 
GEORGIA WILL HAVE ONLY A 20% 
CHANCE FOR A SHOWER TOMORROW. 
ANDY THREE FOR THE HIGH THAT 
WILL BE ABOUT A COUPLE DEGREES 
WARMER THAN IT WAS OUT THERE 
FOR TODAY WHEN WE TOPPED OFF AT 
91 SO HERE'S THAT TIMELINE WHAT 
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HERE DRY 
WEATHER TONIGHT. 
IN THE MORNING IT IS ALSO GOING 
TO BE DRY IF YOU ARE GETTING UP 
I HEARD TODAY AND SAW ON OUR 
TOWER CAMERA HERE, THE TRAFFIC 
WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE HEADED OUT 
OF TOWN ALREADY. 
ON THURSDAY HERE SO IT WILL BE 
A NICE START AND THEN IN THE 
AFTERNOON STILL REALLY NICE 
HERE AS WELL. 
AND HERE'S THAT SYSTEM IT JUST 
KIND OF START SAGGING DOWN INTO 
NORTH GEORGIA VERY LIMITED BUT 
THERE WAS A COUPLE SPOTTY 
SHOWERS IN NORTH GEORGIA WHEN 
YOU COME DOWN TO ATLANTA THAT 
ALL DRIES OUT AND WE WILL SEE 
DRY WEATHER HERE DURING THE 
AFTERNOON TOMORROW AND EVENING 
AS WELL AND THEN STARTING ON 
SATURDAY MORNING AND SATURDAY 
AFTERNOON WILL BE A DRY DAY AS 
WELL SO AS WE MENTIONED DRY AND 
HOLIDAY WEEKEND USING THOSE 
WORDS IN THE SAME SENTENCE THAT 
IS PRETTY NICE BUT IT IS STILL 
GOING TO BE VERY WARMER 
TEMPERATURES IN THE 90s BUT WE 
DO GO BACK DOWN INTO THE UPPER 
80s HERE. 
FOR SATURDAY AND ALSO SUNDAY. 
LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT WE ARE 
WATCHING IN THE TROPICS NOW WE 
HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT OMAR 
THAT IS MOVING AWAY FROM 
FALLING APART IT IS A TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION. 
AND THEN WE HAVE OVER HERE THIS 
ONE THAT MOVED INTO BELIZE 
OVERNIGHT AND IT'S NOW OVER 
GUATEMALA AND THAT THE TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION AS WELL BUT LISTEN 
WE HAVE MORE ACTIVITY OUT THERE 
THERE IS THE SYSTEM UP TO THE 
NORTH A VERY LOW RISK OF 
DEVELOPING IN THE FAR NORTHERN 
ATLANTIC NO REAL ISSUES WITH 
THAT BUT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL 
SYSTEMS THAT WE ARE WATCHING 
THE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO 
DEVELOP WE HAVE THIS ONE HERE. 
THAT IS ABOUT A FOUR CHANCE 
THIS ONE THAT WE HAVE BEEN 
WATCHING COMING OFF THE COAST 
OF AFRICA ONCE IT GETS INTO 
THIS AREA THERE IS A CHANCE 70% 
CHANCE THAT THAT WILL BECOME A 
TROPICAL SYSTEM AND THEN 
ANOTHER ONE COMING OFF THE 
COAST OF AFRICA WHEN I GOT INTO 
THIS REGION HERE HAS ABOUT A 
40% CHANCE OF DEVELOPMENT WE 
ARE RUNNING OUT OF ROOM. 
SO KNOW WE ARE WATCHING ALL OF 
THOSE THE NEXT NAME ON THE LIST 
IS PAULETTE 93 FOR A HIGH 
FRIDAY ONLY A 20% CHANCE FOR A 
SHOWER NORTH AND THEN 80s UPPER 
80s SATURDAY. 
MID 80s SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH 
DRY CONDITIONS THEN ON TUESDAY 
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY BACK TO 
A 40% CHANCE OR SHOWERS THAT 
WILL BE HOLDING IN THE 80s. 
>>>  A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL 
PICTURES COMING IN FROM OUR 
STORM TRACKER THIS IS FROM GARY 
BALDWIN WE HAVE THIS PICTURE 
FROM TOM HOWELL OF JUST THE 
BEAUTIFUL FULL MOON THE LAST 
FULL MOON OF THE SUMMER. 
WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOUR 
WEATHER MOMENTS WE GET THESE 
MANY TIMES FROM OUR COMMUNITIES 
FROM TRACKERS YOU CAN BE A PART 
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YOU ARE IN. 
>>>  BLACK RESTAURANT WEEK 
KICKS OFF TOMORROW AND THERE 
ARE SEVERAL RESTAURANTS TO 
SATISFY YOUR TASTE BUDS THIS 
YEAR THERE IS A BIG FOCUS ON 
REVIVING THE BLACK RESTAURANT 
INDUSTRY. 
DAMON JOHNSON THE OWNER OF SPIN 
AND FEATHERS IN SOUTHEAST 
ATLANTA BELIEVES BUSINESS IS 
BOOMING FOR SOME OWNERS AND 
DESPITE THE COVID CRISIS.  
>> THEY HAVE RALLIED AROUND A 
LOT OF THESE BLACK RESTAURANT 
OWNERS WHY DO YOU THINK THEY 
ARE DOING THAT? 
>> THEY UNDERSTAND THE POWER WE 
HAVE, WE WORK A LOT AND WORK 
HARD AT WHAT WE DO, WE ARE 
PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT WE DO 
COME SUPPORT AND THEY ARE 
STARTING TO REALIZE THAT BLACK 
RESTAURANTS DO HAVE GREAT 
SERVICE. 
>> IT STARTS TOMORROW AND RUNS 
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 13. 
FOR A LIST OF PARTICIPATING 
RESTAURANTS JUST GO TO 
11ALIVE.COM AND CLICK ON THE 
SCENE ON TV SECTION. 
>>> A GENEROUS GIFT 
>>>  
>>> WHAT A MOMENT  WHEN 
STUDENTS FOUND OUT THEY WERE 
GETTING $100,000 EACH. 
TO HELP COVER THE COST OF THEIR 
EDUCATION. 
THE DONATION TO STUDENTS AT THE 
MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 
COMES FROM FORMER NEW YORK 
MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG'S 
BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES. 
WE TALKED WITH SOME OF THE 
MOREHOUSE MEDICAL STUDENTS WHO 
NOW ARE PART OF A BIG PROGRAM 
TO HAVE THEIR DEBT ERASED. 
>> I HAVE A RANGE OF EMOTIONS 
FROM OVERLY EXCITED AND IN 
JOYOUS TO VERY THANKFUL. 
I THINK I WOKE UP AND SAW 
EVERYBODY. 
>> IT IS AN OVERWHELMING SENSE 
OF GRATITUDE. 
JUST BEING SO THANKFUL TO HAVE 
SOME OF THE STRESS RELIEVED. 
OF THE DEBT. 
THAT I HAVE ACCUMULATED GOING 
THROUGH THIS JOURNEY OF 
MEDICINE. 
>> EACH STUDENT WILL GET 
$100,000 TO GIVE YOU SOME 
CONTEXT HERE ACCORDING TO A 
REPORT FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF 
AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES IN 
2016 THE AVERAGE COST FOR FOUR 
YEARS AT A PUBLIC MED SCHOOL 
WAS NEARLY $233,000. 
FOR A PRIVATE MED SCHOOL LIKE 
MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 
THE AVERAGE WAS 306,000 SO THAT 
MONEY WILL GO A LONG WAY NOW 
YOU SEE WHY THEY REACTED THAT 
WAY. 
ACCORDING TO OUR PEOPLE, THIS 
GIFT IS A PART OF $100 MILLION 
FUND BEING SPREAD TO THE 
COUNTRIES FOUR HISTORICALLY 
BLACK MEDICAL SCHOOLS OVER THE 
NEXT FOUR YEARS. 
THAT INCLUDES THE MEDICAL 
COLLEGE, THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND THE 
CHARLES DREW UNIVERSITY OF 
MEDICINE THE SCHOLARSHIP 
INVESTMENT IS THE LARGEST EVER 
FOR THE MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF 
MEDICINE. 
I CAN'T IMAGINE BEING THAT DEEP 
IN DEBT. 
FOR THAT LONG AND JUST NOT EVEN 
KNOWING THE PATH TO PAY IT OFF 
FOR THEM AND THEN BOOM THERE IS 
100,000. 
>> MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, A TIP OF 
THE CAP TO HIM, WASN'T MUCH OF 
THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES BUT 
HE IS STEPPING UP AND HELPING 
THE COMMUNITY WITH SO MANY 
FUTURE DOCTORS THAT WILL 
IMPROVE HEALTHCARE. 
WHICH IS SO DESPERATELY NEEDED 
IN THESE TIMES AND FOR THAT 
MATTER ANY TIME. 
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE COMMENTED 
HOW MUCH HE SPENT ON 
ADVERTISEMENTS AND WERE SAYING 
THAT COULD'VE WENT TOWARDS MY 
STUDENT LOANS THERE YOU GO, HE 
ANSWERED. 
>> HE SPENT HIS MONEY AND WAYS 
FOR HIMSELF OCCASIONALLY AS HE 
DID IN POLITICS BUT HE DOES 
SPREAD IT AROUND. 
HE HELPS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT 
YOU HEAR ABOUT AND YOU DON'T 
HEAR ABOUT SO HE IS A MAN WHO 
MAKES NOISE WITH HIS MONEY. 
>> GOOD TROUBLE AS THEY SAY. 
>> THAT WAS GOOD. 
TIME FOR ME TO GET READY. 
HAVE A GOOD ONE. 
>>> HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP. 
THE POSTAL SERVICE  PUT IT TO 
THE TEST. 
WHAT WE FO
>>> TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS IN 
GEORGIA  OVERDOSING ON BENADRYL 
TRYING TO GET HIGH TAKING SO-
CALLED BENADRYL CHALLENGE ON 
THIS APP. 
SURVIVING AND A 15-YEAR-OLD IN 
OKLAHOMA DIED JOHN IS WITH THE 
RISKS AND DANGERS OF THIS NEW 
TREND. 
>> MORE PEER PRESSURE FOOLISH 
ADVENTURES TEENS AND YOUNG 
ADULTS ON TIK TOK GUESSING HOW 
MANY BENADRYL CAPSULES  THEY 
CAN TAKE TO GET HIGH WITHOUT 
GETTING SICK. 
>> I TOOK SOME BENADRYL. 
>> THE MEDICINE WORKS SO FAST 
THERE IS NO HOME FIRST AID FOR 
AN OVERDOSE IT CAN BE FATAL. 
>> PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE ENOUGH 
MEDICINE TO GET THEM TO THE 
POINT OF HALLUCINATING. 
AND THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE 
BASICALLY PLAYING RUSSIAN 
ROULETTE WITH DOSING YOU 
POTENTIALLY CAN DIE. 
>> HE SPEAKS OF THE 15-YEAR-OLD 
IN OKLAHOMA PLAYING THE 
CHALLENGE WHO DIED OF AN 
OVERDOSE. 
OR IN METRO ATLANTA. 
>> OR SOMEONE TOOK UPWARDS OF 
MORE THAN TWO DOZEN IN A DRILL 
CAPSULES TO TRY TO GET HIGH. 
>> THAT PERSON MADE IT TO THE 
ER. 
NEARLY DIED. 
>> IT CAN CAUSE SEIZURES. 
>> AMBER TREATED THREE TEENS 
WHO OWE DEED. 
>> THEY WANTED TO GET HIGH AND 
SEE HOW IT FELT BECAUSE OF 
THESE VIDEOS. 
>> IS NOT THE MEDICINE ITSELF 
THAT HARMS THEM. 
>> THE DOSE MAKES THE POISON. 
>> IF YOU SEE YOUR KID DROWSY 
OR INCOHERENT BEWARE BECAUSE IT 
MIGHT BE AN OVERDOSE FROM A 
CHALLENGE A GAME OF RUSSIAN 
ROULETTE REACHING HOMES 
EVERYWHERE. 
>> A WORD OF CAUTION HEADING 
INTO LABOR DAY WEEKEND EXPERTS 
ARE CONCERNED IT COULD USHER IN 
A NEW WAVE OF COVID-19 
INFECTIONS.  
THIS AS GEORGIA'S CORONAVIRUS 
NUMBERS TAKE A SUDDEN AND 
SIGNIFICANT JUMP TODAY. 
2680 SAVE NEW CASES. THAT 
INCREASE COULD POSSIBLY BE A 
REFLECTION OF MORE TESTING. 
NOW DESPITE THE WORRY AND THE 
CONCERNS OF SEVERAL LARGE 
PARTIES ARE SCHEDULED IN METRO 
EVENT OVER THE WEEKEND AND 
OFFICIALS ARE DOING VERY LITTLE 
TO STOP IT. 
AND HE EXPLAINS. 
>> Reporter: THIS PAST WEEKEND 
DOZENS AT THE PATIO OUTSIDE AN 
ATLANTA BAR WITH MORE WITH NO 
MASKS OR SOCIAL DISTANCING 
INSIGHT. 
AND MORE, ARE SCHEDULED OVER 
THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 
>> THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU CAN 
TELL ME THAT YOU GUYS WERE 
SOCIAL DISTANCING AND THERE WAS 
NOT A MASK INSIGHT. 
>> KAREN STEWART IS CHAIR OF 
ATLANTA BLACK PRIDE SCHEDULED 
THIS WEEKEND. 
WHILE THE LGBT FESTIVAL IS ALL 
VIRTUAL THIS YEAR SOME PARTY 
PROMOTERS ARE HOSTING IN PERSON 
EVENTS. 
WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S 
BLESSING. 
IF THEY AGREE TO LIMIT CAPACITY 
AND ADHERE TO CDC GUIDELINES. 
>> I KNOW IT IS DIFFICULT, THEY 
KNOW IT WILL BE DIFFICULT. 
YOU CAN HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL, 
HAND AND INDIVIDUAL A MASK. 
>> AT LEAST THREE DOZEN OTHER 
PARTIES ARE SCHEDULED OVER THE 
WEEKEND IN METRO ATLANTA 
DESPITE SEEING A RISE IN 
TRANSFER CASES FOLLOWING 
MEMORIAL DAY AND FOURTH OF JULY 
WEEKEND THERE IS LITTLE STATE 
AND LOCAL OFFICIALS CAN DO TO 
STOP THEM. 
>> I THINK AS A GENERAL RULE I 
REALLY THINK IT'S NOT THE BEST 
TIME TO GET INTO THOSE INDOOR 
AREAS WITH LARGE NUMBERS. 
>> HENRY REW OVERSEES THE 
TRAVEL WELL CLINIC AT EMORY 
HOSPITAL. 
>> THE EPIDEMIC TO ME IS LIKE A 
WILDFIRE, IF THE CONDITIONS ARE 
RIGHT IT CAN FLARE UP. 
>> IT IS MOST DEADLY AMONG THE 
ELDERLY BUT IT SPREADS THE 
FASTEST AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE. 
AND THE IMPACTS CAN BE LONG-
LASTING. 
IRRESPONSIBLE ORGANIZERS COULD 
JEOPARDIZE SAFETY. 
>> YOU COME IN, YOU GET A SPOT 
AND REPRESENT YOURSELF AS 
ATLANTA BLACK PRIDE AND THROW A 
PARTY. 
SOMETHING GOES HAYWIRE, YOU 
LEAVE TOWN WE ARE STUCK WITH 
YOUR MESS. 
>> ACCORDING TO THE EXECUTIVE 
ORDER GATHERINGS UP TO 50 PEOPLE
ARE STILL PERMITTED IN THE 
STATE AND A TWEET POSTED 
EARLIER THIS WEEK HE RECOGNIZED 
THE RISK OF ANOTHER SPIKE. 
>> WE ARE URGING ALL GEORGIANS 
TO KEEP IT SMALL KEEP IT SAFE, 
AND MASK UP THIS HOLIDAY 
WEEKEND. 
THE ATLANTA MAYOR'S OFFICE IS 
ALSO WEIGHING AND WRITING IT 
CONTINUES TO RAVAGE OUR 
COMMUNITY DISPROPORTIONATELY 
IMPACTING BLACK AND BROWN 
COMMUNITIES IF WE ARE TO CURB 
THE SPREAD OF THIS DEADLY 
DISEASE RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND 
ORGANIZERS MUST TAKE PERSONAL 
RESPONSIBILITY WEAR MASKS, 
SOCIALLY DISTANCE AND USE SOME 
COMMON SENSE. 
>> A COVID-19 VACCINE COULD BE 
TWO MONTHS AWAY THE CDC 
DIRECTOR TELLING GOVERNORS  TO 
PREPARE FOR THE LARGE-SCALE 
DISTRIBUTION OF A VACCINE BY 
NOVEMBER 1. IN A LETTER 
OBTAINED BY CNBC ROBERT 
REDFIELD SAYS THE ATLANTA-BASED 
AGENCY HAS CONTRACTED WITH A 
MEDICAL SUPPLY COMPANY. 
A SET OF VACCINATION SITES. 
ALSO, THE CDC URGING STATES TO 
WAIVE LICENSING AND PERMIT 
REQUIREMENTS TO SPEED UP THE 
PROCESS SO HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS 
OF DOSES COULD POTENTIALLY BE 
DISTRIBUTED IT IS STILL UNCLEAR 
WHICH MANUFACTURER WOULD MAKE 
THE VACCINE AFTER HE SAYS IT IS 
MORE LIKELY THAT WE WILL SEE A 
VACCINE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. 
THERE IS AN ONLINE CLAIM 
CIRCULATING SAYING IT WILL BE 
YEARS BEFORE A COVID-19 VACCINE 
IS THERE FOR CHILDREN IS THAT 
TRUE? 
ARE VERIFY TEAM IS NOW 
SEPARATING FACT FROM FICTION.  
>> Reporter: IS EASY TO SHARE 
MISINFORMATION ABOUT 
CORONAVIRUS WITHOUT EVEN 
KNOWING IT THAT'S WHY ARE 
VERIFY TEAM EXIST TO FIND OUT 
WHAT IS REAL AND WHAT'S NOT. 
IF YOU ARE ASKED US TO CHECK 
OUT THIS CLAIM ON SOCIAL MEDIA 
IT SAYS PEDIATRICIAN TOLD HER 
MOTHER A COVID-19 VACCINE  WILL 
NOT BE DEVELOPED FOR KIDS FOR 
AT LEAST 8 TO 10 YEARS SO LET'S 
VERIFY COULD IT REALLY TAKE UP 
TO 10 YEARS BEFORE A VACCINE IS 
READY FOR KIDS? 
ARE SOURCES ON THIS ONE, DOCTOR 
BRIAN KAMINSKI. 
BUDDY AND THE JOHNS HOPKINS 
UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR GLOBAL 
HEALTH. 
RIGHT OFF THE BAT ALL THREE 
SOURCES TELL US THIS IS FALSE. 
IT WILL NOT TAKE 8-10 YEARS 
BEFORE A PEDIATRIC COVID-19 
VACCINE IS DEVELOPED. 
>> I CAN SAY CONFIDENTLY THAT 
ONE IS FALSE WHEN WE DEVELOP 
VACCINES WE NEED TO USE  HUMAN 
TRIALS AND HUMAN TRIALS INVOLVE 
ADULTS THAT ARE WILLING TO TAKE 
THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THE 
TRIAL. 
>> AN EXPERT WITH THE JOHN 
HOPKINS CENTER FOR GLOBAL 
HEALTH SAYS AFTER A COVID-19 
VACCINE PROVES A SAFE AND 
EFFECTIVE IN ADULTS  THAN 
CLINICAL TRIALS IN CHILDREN 
WILL START THE CENTER SAYS AT 
LEAST ONE MANUFACTURER IS 
PLANNING TO TEST THEIR VACCINE 
IN CHILDREN AND OTHERS ARE 
WORKING ON DOING THE SAME. 
DOCTOR CREECH SAYS WHEN IT 
COMES TO THE CORONAVIRUS OLDER 
ADULTS WITH MEDICAL 
CONVOCATIONS ARE SUFFERING THE 
MOST SO THAT POPULATION IS THE 
PRIORITY. 
HE SAYS CHILDREN WILL FOLLOW 
ADULTS IN TRIALS BECAUSE 
CHILDREN ARE LESS LIKELY TO 
DEVELOPED A SEVERE CASE. 
HE SAYS CERTAIN BENCHMARKS WILL 
HAVE TO BE MET BEFORE A MAJOR 
PEDIATRIC COVID-19 VACCINE 
PROGRAM ROLLS OUT  BUT THAT IT 
WILL NOT TAKE 8 TO 10 YEARS. 
SO WE CAN VERIFY FALSE, OUR 
EXPERTS SAY IT WILL NOT BE 8 TO 
10 YEARS UNTIL CHILDREN CAN GET 
A COVID-19 VACCINE .  
>>> IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU 
WOULD LIKE US TO VERIFY  THEIR 
EASY TO CONTACT US YOU CAN DO 
IT ON FACEBOOK YOU CAN DO IT ON 
TWITTER AND YOU CAN SEND US AN 
EMAIL AT 11ALIVE.COM.  
>>> THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE 
CONTINUES TO HEAT UP TWO MONTHS 
FROM ELECTION DAY NOW  WITH 
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN 
IN KENOSHA, THIS WEEK AND 
JOINING YOU RIGHT NOW NATIONAL 
COLUMNIST AND RON. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THE 
RACE? 
>> IT WAS TIGHTENING A LITTLE 
BIT. 
BIDEN HAS BEEN IN THE BASEMENT 
HE KNOWS HE HAS TO GO OUT AND 
VISIT PEOPLE. 
>> WHAT ABOUT THE HAIR SALON 
STORY? 
THAT HAS BEEN INTERESTING. 
>> YES, DO AS I SAY YOU KNOW 
AND NOT HOW I DO, RIGHT? 
SO THERE IS A BALANCE HERE, TO 
BE FAIR TO NANCY TO GO BACK TO 
WASHINGTON DC SHE NEEDS TO HAVE 
HER NAILS SHARPENED. 
TO FIGHT THOSE REPUBLICANS OFF 
BUT THAT WAS A TELLING PART OF 
THE RULING CLASS RIGHT? 
SO THE CLASSES THAT YOU CAN'T 
GO TO THE SALON OR GET YOUR 
HAIR DONE BUT I WILL GO THERE. 
SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE 
CHICAGO MAYOR. 
SHE DID THE SAME THING SO I 
DON'T KNOW WHO DOES TRUMP'S 
HAIR. 
I'M PRESUMING SOMEONE FROM 
STATEN ISLAND. 
BUT FOR SOME REASON THAT IS ALL 
YOU NEED TO KNOW. 
THEY DO THINGS THAT WE ARE NOT 
ALLOWED TO DO. 
I HEARD RECENTLY YOU CAN GO 
BOWLING IN ATLANTA YOU KNOW, 
UNDER CAMPUS SO IF YOU ARE 
LOOKING FOR LIKE A FUN 
RECREATIONAL THING TO DO. 
IN GEORGIA, YOU HAVE TO KEEP 
LOOKING. 
>> BIG DROP IN THE STOCK MARKET 
TODAY ANY CONCERN THERE? 
>> I THINK IT WAS IT, EVERYBODY 
GOES UP SO MUCH, STOCK PRICES 
ARE FOR NEXT YEAR'S EARNING NOT 
THE CURRENT SITUATION SO IT 
RUNS UP FROM THE BOTTOM UP 40 
IT WAS UP A LITTLE BIT FOR THE 
YEAR SO MAYBE IT WAS AHEAD OF 
THE NASDAQ. 
SOME GO UP AND SOME GOES DOWN 
BUT IN THE LONG TERM YOU ARE 
BETTER OFF IN STOCKS AND I'VE 
TOLD PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR IT IS 
A GREAT PLACE TO BE, STOCKS ARE 
GOOD. 
SO THERE ARE CERTAIN STOCKS YOU 
WANT TO OWN AND HAVE FOR A LONG 
TIME HOLD ON. 
>> HE IS NOW GONE FROM THERE, 
ALL OF THIS FALLOUT IS A RESULT 
OF BEING ONE OF HIS WIFE'S 
BIGGEST FANS APPLAUDING THE 
BACKGROUND. 
>> YES, AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY 
TELLS THE STUDENTS THAT THE 
MARRIAGE SACRED UNION BETWEEN 
ONE MAN, ONE WOMAN AND ONE POOL 
BOY APPARENTLY AND I DON'T KNOW 
HOW THAT WORKED OUT. 
BUT IT HAPPENS A LOT BETWEEN 
THAT. 
WE HAVE SEEN IT OVER THE YEARS 
A LOT OF TALKS. 
IT HAPPENS. 
>> IT DOES HAPPEN AND WHAT CAN 
YOU SAY? 
YOU KNOW I HAVE A COUPLE OF 
LINES WHEN WE GET DONE WITH 
THIS THAT I WILL GIVE TO YOU 
THAT YOU WILL LIKE. 
NOT ON HERE. 
TAKE YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING 
WE APPRECIATE IT. 
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
>> WITH TWO MONTHS UNTIL THE 
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THERE ARE 
STILL CONCERNS AS TO WHETHER 
THE POST OFFICE CAN HANDLE 
GETTING PEOPLE THERE MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS COMING UP NEXT WHAT NBC 
FOUND OUT. 
WHEN THE STATIONS PUT USPS TO 
THE TEST. 
>>> CHECK IT OUT THIS IS WHAT 
IS LEFT OF OMAR  STILL BARELY 
HOLDING TOGETHER AS A TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION MOVING THROUGH THE 
ATLANTIC AND THIS ONE IS NOW 
JUST A REMNANT LOW STAY WITH US 
WE WILL LET YOU KNOW ABOUT 
THOSE SYSTEMS AS WELL AS THE 
ADDITIONAL SYSTEM THAT ARE OUT 
IN THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC BASIN. 
>>> UP NEXT IN SPORTS THE 
FALCONS HOLDING THEIR SECOND 
AND FINAL SCRIMMAGE INSIDE THE 
STADIUM BEFORE 
>>> OF THE CORONAVIRUS 
CONTINUES TO SPREAD MORE 
AMERICANS ARE WORKING AND 
LEARNING  AND SHOPPING FROM 
HOME AND NOW MANY ARE 
CONSIDERING THE CHOICE OF 
VOTING REMOTELY BUT HOW 
RELIABLE IS THE POST OFFICE IN 
THAT EFFORT THEY DECIDED TO PUT 
IT TO THE TEST. 
KAYLA IS HERE. 
WITH THE RESULTS. 
>> IS AMERICANS CONSIDER WHO 
WILL GET THEIR VOTE MILLIONS 
ARE WEIGHING HOW TO CAST THEIR 
BALLOTS. 
AND WHETHER THEY CAN TRUST THE 
MESSENGER. 
>> THIS MONTH 12 NBC OWNED 
STATIONS AND NBC CONDUCTED AN 
EXPERIMENT SENDING 155 FIRST-
CLASS LETTERS ACROSS A DOZEN 
MAJOR METROPOLITAN MARKETS. 
88% OF THE LETTERS ARRIVED 
WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS. 
THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE 
ADVERTISED TIMEFRAME ANOTHER 
10% ARRIVED WITHIN A WEEK. 
JUST TWO LETTERS 1.3% ARE STILL 
MISSING. 
ALL THE LETTERS WERE ADDRESSED 
TO INDIVIDUALS AT HOME. 
THEY WERE MAILED FROM MULTIPLE 
LOCATIONS. 
SOME SENT WITHIN THE SAME CITY, 
SOME SENT TO PEOPLE IN OTHER 
CITIES. 
THE POSTAL REGULATORS SAID IN 
THE JUNE QUARTER 92.4% OF ALL 
FIRST-CLASS LETTERS NATIONWIDE 
ARRIVED WITHIN TWO DAYS A 
FASTER RATE THAN NBC'S STUDY IN 
AUGUST. 
THESE LETTERS CARRY STANDARD 
POSTAGE. 
>> WELCOME EVERYBODY. 
>> POSTMASTER GENERAL LEWIS TO 
JOY UNDER FIRE FOR ELIMINATING 
RESOURCES AHEAD OF THE ELECTION 
AS PROMISED IT WOULD BE MARK 
DOHERTY. 
>> THE POSTAL SERVICE IS FULLY 
CAPABLE AND COMMITTED TO 
DELIVERING THE NATIONS BALLOTS 
SECURELY AND ON TIME. 
>> UNION LEADERS SAY WITHOUT 
OVERTIME AND WITHOUT HIGH-SPEED 
AND WITHOUT EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE 
QUARANTINED MANPOWER IS 
LIMITED. 
>> IF THE MAIL IS THERE TO BE 
WORKED THEN IT REDUCES HOURS 
THEN GUESS WHAT THE MAIL 
DOESN'T GET THERE. 
>> REPORT FROM THE INSPECTOR 
GENERAL FOUND MAJOR ISSUES IN 
WISCONSIN WERE VOTING BY MAIL 
SPIKED 440% DURING ITS APRIL 
CLIMBER A. TONS OF BALLOTS WERE 
REPLACED, RETURNED OR LOCKED 
POSTMARKS, IT SAYS IT IS A 
CAUTIONARY TALE. 
>> NOT ONLY WAS THIS A PROBLEM 
IN PLACES LIKE MILWAUKEE BUT IT 
IS A POTENTIAL NATIONWIDE ISSUE.
IN THE DELIVERY OF BALLOTS. 
AS THE DEMAND FOR MAIL-IN 
VOTING INCREASES BECAUSE OF THE 
COVID-19 CRISIS.  
>>> WE JUST GOT THE 11 PM  
ADVISORIES IN ON THE TWO 
TROPICAL SYSTEMS THAT WE ARE 
TRACKING OUT THERE THE TWO 
ACTIVE SYSTEMS AND NANA IS 
PRETTY MUCH DISSIPATED RIGHT 
NOW IN FACT WE ARE JUST LOOKING 
AT THE REMNANTS  OF NANA  WITH 
THIS LATEST ADVISORY THE 
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER SAYS 
THE SYSTEM IS PRETTY MUCH 
FALLING APART HERE RIGHT AT THE 
LINE BETWEEN GUATEMALA AND ALSO 
OVER NEW MEXICO NOW LAST NIGHT 
REMEMBER WE WERE TRACKING THE 
STORM IT WAS A HURRICANE JUST 
OFF THE COAST OF BELIZE. 
IT DID MAKE LANDFALL OVERNIGHT 
AROUND BELIZE AND THEN MOVING 
INLAND TODAY THROUGH GUATEMALA 
IT WENT ON TO A TROPICAL STORM 
THAN A TROPICAL DEPRESSION NOW 
WE JUST HAVE THE REMNANTS NOW 
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THOSE 
REMNANTS CAN MOVE OUT INTO THE 
PACIFIC AND WE WILL KEEP 
WATCHING IT THERE TO SEE IF IT 
RE-DEVELOPS WE DON'T THINK IT 
WILL BUT IF IT DOES YOU WILL 
GET A NEW NAME IT WON'T BE NANA 
ANYMORE BUT WE WILL KEEP AN EYE 
ON THAT FOR YOU THIS IS OMAR IT 
IS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION JUST 
BARELY HOLDING TOGETHER THERE 
THE ATLANTIC COASTLINE REALLY 
FAR AWAY  IT IS ALSO TO THE 
NORTH AND EAST OF BERMUDA SO NO 
REAL THREAT TO LAND IT IS 
PRETTY MUCH JUST GOING TO FALL 
APART OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS 
AS IT MOVES EAST AND MOVES UP 
TO THE NORTH JUST AS A REMNANT 
LOW SO WE WON'T REALLY BE 
FEELING ANY IMPACTS FROM THAT 
EITHER IN THE UNITED STATES NOW 
I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS AGAIN 
BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT IS LEFT 
THERE OF OMAR HERE IS WHAT IS 
LEFT OF THE REMNANTS OF NANA 
BUT WE HAVE A FEW OTHER SYSTEMS 
THAT WE ARE WATCHING IN FACT  
FOUR IN TOTAL SYSTEMS THAT WE 
ARE WATCHING ONE UP HERE IN THE 
NORTHERN ATLANTIC IT'S GOT A 
LOW RISK DEVELOPING WE DON'T 
THINK THAT ONE WILL BUT THEN WE 
HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE ADDITIONAL 
SYSTEMS IN THE CENTRAL AND 
EASTERN ATLANTIC THIS ONE HERE 
THAT IS IN ORANGE HAS A 20 TO 
40% CHANCE OF DEVELOPMENT OVER 
THE NEXT FIVE DAYS THAN THIS 
ONE THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE HAVE 
BEEN WATCHING THE HAS BEEN 
COMING OFF THE COAST OF AFRICA 
IT IS OVERWATER NOW IT IS 
GETTING A LITTLE BETTER 
ORGANIZED AND ONCE IT MOVES 
INTO THIS DEVELOPMENTS ON THAT 
YOU SEE HERE AND READ THAT'S 
WHEN AND WHERE WE THINK IT WILL 
BE DEVELOPING MOST LIKELY INTO 
A TROPICAL SYSTEM THERE IS A 
70% CHANCE FOR THAT. 
THEN YOU SEE THIS ORANGE BLOB 
RIGHT HERE THAT IS WE ARE 
WATCHING ANOTHER SYSTEM COMING 
OFF THE COAST OF AFRICA OVER 
THE NEXT FEW DAYS ONCE HE GETS 
INTO THIS WATER THAT'S WHERE 
THAT ONE IS GOING TO HAVE A 40% 
CHANCE OF DEVELOPING SO IT IS 
WE ARE REALLY NEARING THE PEAK 
OF HURRICANE SEASON AND WE ARE 
ABOUT TO RUN OUT OF NAMES, WE 
JUST GOT THROUGH NANA AND OMAR. 
I WILL MARK THOSE OFF THE LIST. 
AFTER THAT  IS PAULETTE 
REMEMBER THERE ARE FOUR SYSTEMS 
OUT THERE WHAT IF THAT IS 
RENIE, SALLY AND TEDDY THEN WE 
WILL ONLY HAVE A VICKI AND 
WILFRED TO GO AFTER THAT ON THE 
LIST. 
WE WILL GO TO THE GREEK 
ALPHABET AFTER WE RUN OUT OF 
NAMES. 
CLOSE TO A SEPTEMBER 10 IS THE 
STATISTICAL PEAK OF HURRICANE 
SEASON THEN WE SEE THE ACTIVITY 
STARTING TO TREND DOWN A LITTLE 
BIT. 
93 A HIGH TOMORROW. 
WE ARE DRY FOR THE REST OF THE 
WEEKEND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND 
MONDAY HIGHS IN THE 80s RAIN 
CHANCES COMING BACK TUESDAY, 
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH 40% 
HIGHS IN THE MID 80s PRETTY 
MUCH NEXT WEEK. 
>>>  THE CLASSIC IS ALWAYS 
FEATURING SOME OF THE BEST 
GAMES TO OPEN THE HIGH SCHOOL 
FOOTBALL SEASON AND THIS SEASON 
IS NO DIFFERENT AFTER GREAT 
GAMES YESTERDAY TONIGHT'S FIRST 
GAME OF THE NIGHT WENT TO FOUR 
OVERTIMES AS A HIGHLIGHT. THEY 
COULD NOT SETTLE THINGS IN 
REGULATION. 
SECOND OVERTIME UP BY SEVEN IT 
IS FOURTH AND 15 AND DYLAN 
THROWING IT UP AND STONE COMING 
DOWN WITH IT A GREAT PLAY 
BROOKWOOD TITLE 21, THEY PLAY ON
FOR THE OVERTIME THEY FAILED TO 
SCORE, THEY WILL WIN WITH A TD 
AND THEY GET IT FROM ALEXANDER 
DIGGS. 
IN THE GAME THAT WENT FOR OT'S 
AND NEARLY 4 HOURS BROOKWOOD 
WINS 40-34. 
WE ARE COUNTING DOWN TO THE 
FIRST SCENE 1-1 BROADCAST OF 
THE YEAR. 
GAME OF THE WEEK TOMORROW, THE 
TRAVELING TO EAGLE LANDING 
CHRISTIAN ACADEMY. 
FURTHER GAME AGAINST WOODWARD 
ACADEMY 1-1, 11:15 PM. 
>>> IN JUST OVER A WEEK THE NFL 
SEASON BEGINS AND THERE IS NO 
PRESEASON TO PREPARE.  
FALCONS WERE AT MERCEDES-BENZ 
STADIUM TRYING TO GET READY 
MARIA MARTIN TELLS US HOW THE 
TEAM IS PREPARING. 
>> I THINK GUYS ARE READY TO 
UNLEASH ON THE OPPONENT. 
>> THE GUYS ARE READY AT THIS 
POINT MORE THAN ANYTHING TO HIT 
ANYBODY ELSE OTHER THAN THEIR 
OWN TEAMMATES. 
SECOND AND FINAL SCRIMMAGE OF 
TRAINING CAMP INSIDE MERCEDES-
BENZ STADIUM AND DOWN TODAY AND 
IT WAS IMPORTANT. 
>> IN THE BACK HALF OF THE 2019 
SEASON WE STARTED TO SEE A 
COHESIVENESS OF THE OFFENSIVE 
LINE SO WHAT ABOUT THIS YEAR? 
>> THE UNIT UP FRONT THE MORE 
TIME WE GET WE KEEP BUILDING 
AND THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND THE 
TRUST BETWEEN GUYS IT MAKES YOU 
EXCITED. 
>> WITH GARY, THEY GAINED THEIR 
CONFIDENCE JUST EVEN FROM 
PLAYING LAST SEASON. 
AND JUST THE GROUP AS A WHOLE 
IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. 
>> REALLY NO SURPRISE HERE TODD 
GURLEY A VETERAN IN THE NFL BUT 
THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK WITH 
THE FALCONS HE SEEMS LIKE HE 
HAS BEEN AROUND THIS TEAM FOR A 
LONG TIME. 
>> THE OPENING PLAY WE HAD A 
SWEEP WITH THEM AND I THINK 
FOR, IT WENT FOR ABOUT 10 YARDS 
I AM REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HIM 
ON THE TEAM. 
HE IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. 
>> IS ENERGY IS INFECTIOUS, HE 
IS A REAL POSITIVE PERSON AND A 
POSITIVE PLAYER. 
AND ALWAYS TRYING TO BRING AS 
MANY PEOPLE WITH HIM AS 
POSSIBLE. 
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED. 
>> REGARDLESS OF HOW THIS 
OFFENSE HAS BEEN PROGRESSING 
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS 
IN TRAINING CAMP CUTS HAVE TO 
BE MADE. 
THE ROSTER WILL GO DOWN TO 53 
PLAYERS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 
>> NASCAR PLAYOFFS GET STARTED 
SUNDAY CHASE ELLIOTT STARTING 
IN THE POSITION THANKS TO 
NASCAR'S NEW COMPETITION 
FORMULA TO DETERMINE STARTING, 
ELLIOTT CURRENTLY FIFTH IN THE 
POINTS GOING INTO THE PLAYOFFS 
HE MADE IT A FEW YEARS IN A ROW 
NOW BUT IT'S NOT TO THE FINAL 
FOUR SOMETHING THAT IS THE MAIN 
GOAL. 
>> NEVER MADE THE ROUND AT FOUR 
SO THAT IS AN AREA THAT WE HAVE 
NEVER BEEN IN. 
SO YOU KNOW SOME OF THAT STUFF 
IS LIKE THAT UNTIL YOU GET 
THERE IT'S REALLY HARD TO KNOW 
WHAT TO EXPECT SO YES, WOULD 
LOVE TO BE A PART OF THAT LAST 
RACE AND THAT LAST EVENT. 
>>> WE WILL BE ENDING UP THE 
WEEK ON A DRY NOTE  NOW I KNOW 
YOU SEE THE 20% CHANCE FOR A 
SHOWER THERE LATE IN THE 
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON OUR 
GRAPHIC THAT'S REALLY FOR FAR 
NORTH GEORGIA WHERE THERE WILL 
BE JUST A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS 
THAT POP UP WITH ITS WEAK 
SYSTEM COMING IN FROM TENNESSEE 
THAT WILL SAG INTO OUR AREA I 
REALLY THINK BY THE TIME HE 
GETS TO ATLANTA IT IS GOING TO 
BE DRY AND I DON'T EXPECT ANY 
RAIN HERE. 
WE WILL BE DRY FOR THE WEEKEND. 
THE LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND MAINLY 
A MIXTURE OF SUNSHINE AND 
CLOUDS TEMPERATURE IN THE UPPER 
80s SATURDAY MID 80s ON SUNDAY 
AND MONDAY. 
MAINTENANCE IS RETURNING 
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY 
ABOUT A 40% CHANCE FOR 
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 
TEMPERATURES STILL IN THE 80s 
UNTIL MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. 
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