>>> TONIGHT, NBA GAMES 
POSTPONED FOR ANOTHER NIGHT 
AFTER BUCK'S PLAYERS TOOK A 
STAND AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY 
AND RACISM, REFUSING TO PLAY. 
NOW ATHLETES FROM DIFFERENT 
TEAMS AND SPORTS HAVE JOINED IN 
AND SOLIDARITY. 
>>> WEEKS AFTER SCHOOLS BROUGHT 
KIDS BACK TO CLASSROOMS, WE GET 
A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW COVID-19 
IS IMPACTING CHILDREN ACROSS 
THE STATE. 
>>> "11ALIVE NEWS PRIMETIME" ON 
THE ATL STARTS NOW.  
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST 
POWERFUL STORMS TO MAKE 
LANDFALL IN ATLANTA. 
THIS IS ABOUT SAVING LIVES IN 
MOVING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR 
HOMES IF THEY ARE NO LONGER 
SAFE. 
>> WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE 
MAGNITUDE OF THE DAMAGE THAT 
COULD HAVE OCCURRED HERE, WE DID
DODGE A BULLET. 
>> MORE THAN HALF 1 MILLION 
PEOPLE IN LOUISIANA AND TEXAS, 
STILL WITHOUT POWER, HOURS 
AFTER THE STORM MADE LANDFALL 
AS A CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE. 
>> WE HAVE DRONE VIDEO SHOWING 
HEAVY FLOODING. 
DESPITE THE DESTRUCTION, 
OFFICIALS SAY IT COULD'VE BEEN 
A LOT WORSE, AS WE HEARD FROM 
THE TEXAS GOVERNOR. 
SO FAR FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
REPORTED DEAD. 
MORE VIDEO FROM LAKE CHARLES, 
THE CITY THAT TOOK A DIRECT HIT 
FROM THE HURRICANE. 
THE WIND DESTROYING BUILDINGS, 
KNOCKING DOWN POWER LINES, 
SNAPPING POLES AND TREES. 
DEBRIS PILES GROWING IN THE 
CITY. 
PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO CLEAN UP 
AND GET ON WITH THEIR LIVES. 
IN LOUISIANA, THE NATIONAL 
GUARD IS OUT ASSESSING THE 
DAMAGE AND CHECKING FOR PEOPLE 
WHO NEED TO BE RESCUED. 
>> AS THE STORM MOVES INLAND, 
IT WILL BE IMPACTING WHAT WE 
SEE OVER THE WEEKEND. 
METEOROLOGIST CHRIS HOLCOMB IS 
TRACKING THE CHANGES. 
>> EVEN THOUGH THE STORM MOVED 
INLAND, WE CAN'T IGNORE IT. 
IT IS STILL GOING TO MOVE TO 
THE NORTH AND EAST AND ON THAT 
TRACK WE WILL HAVE SOME 
IMPACTS. 
SOME AREAS, ESPECIALLY OVER 
ALABAMA, SAW STRONG STORMS. 
THEN WE ARE WATCHING STORMS ON 
THE ALABAMA AND GEORGIA LINED. 
THEY HAD A LOT OF LIGHTNING 
WITH THEM. 
WE HAD SPOTTY SHOWERS EARLIER. 
I WANT YOU TO SEE THESE OVER 
HERE. 
A LOT OF LIGHTNING WITH DECENT 
PARTS OF RANDOLPH COUNTY NEAR 
ROANOKE. 
IT BLEW UP WITH LIGHTNING. 
NOW, AS IT CROSSES THE LINE 
INTO WEST GEORGIA, IT IS 
FALLING APART. 
A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHTNING WITH 
THAT AND YOU SEE OTHER SHOWERS 
HERE. 
THESE WERE MORE INTENSE IN 
ALABAMA EARLIER. 
ALL PART OF AN OUTER BAND. 
YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE FALLING 
APART. 
HERE IS THE STORM. 
STILL A TROPICAL STORM. 
WE JUST GOT THE 8:00 PM 
ADVISORY AND THE WIND IS DOWN A 
LITTLE BIT. 
WE EXPECTED TO BECOME A 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER 
TONIGHT, BUT STILL IT IS 
CAUSING BAD WEATHER. 
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE RAIN AND 
THEN WE HAVE A TORNADO WATCH. 
MULTIPLE TORNADO WARNINGS ALONG 
WITH THAT, AS WELL. 
HERE IS WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH 
THAT TRACK. 
IT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH 
AND THEN TURN EAST. 
WE THINK IT WILL BE DOWNGRADED 
TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION 
TONIGHT. 
THEN ON SATURDAY, EARLY IN THE 
MORNING, A REMNANT LOW. 
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SATURDAY 
MORNING, AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON,
OVER VIRGINIA. 
WHEN IT IS ON THIS PATH, IT 
WILL SEND A LOT OF GULF 
MOISTURE ARE WAY, INCREASING 
RAIN CHANCES AND INCREASING 
RISKS FOR BREEZES AND EVEN THE 
POTENTIAL FOR STORMS. 
WE WILL BREAK THAT DOWN COMING 
UP. 
>> CHRIS, THANK YOU. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO 
WILL NEED HELP. 
SOME GEORGIA COMPANIES ARE 
STEPPING UP TO HELP. 
>> Reporter: AS HURRICANE LAURA 
MADE LANDFALL ON THE GULF 
COAST, MANY IN ATLANTA WERE 
GEARING UP TO HELP. 
LIKE GEORGIA POWER, WHO SENT 
MORE THAN 100 CREWMEMBERS TO 
LOUISIANA. 
>> WE HAD CREWS FROM ATHENS AND 
ROME. 
THEY GOT IN TRUCKS AND HEADED 
THAT WAY THIS MORNING. 
>> Reporter: THEY WILL STAY IN 
BATON ROUGE UNTIL LAURA PASSES 
THROUGH. 
THEY ALSO SENT EQUIPMENT AND 
TRUCKS. 
MORE THAN 20 OF THESE BUCKET 
TRUCKS ARE THERE NOW WITH 
ANOTHER 30 ON STANDBY. 
THESE TRUCKS WILL BE USED TO 
ASSESS THE DAMAGE, REPAIR 
POWERLINES, AND IN SOME CASES, 
REPLACE POWER LINES ALTOGETHER. 
>> THOSE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO 
BE REPLACED. 
>> Reporter: THE HOME DEPOT 
FOUNDATION IS ALSO READY TO 
HELP, ACTIVATING THE VIRTUAL 
COMMAND CENTER IN ATLANTA AND 
SENDING DISASTER KITS FOR 
HYGIENE AND CLEANING. 
>> WE HAVE ABOUT 500 TO 1000 
KIDS THAT ARE SITTING RIGHT NOW 
AND WE HAVE ABOUT 1500 IN 
FLORIDA. 
READY TO MOVE OUT. 
>> Reporter: THEY HAVE ALSO 
COMMITTED EQUIPMENT AND 
SUPPLIES TO THEIR PARTNERS 
THROUGHOUT THE AREA MOST LIKELY 
TO BE HARD-HIT. 
>> CLEANING SUPPLIES, SHOVELS, 
RAKES. 
SCOURING PADS. 
ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS 
THAT YOU NEED IN A DISASTER 
RESPONSE. 
>> Reporter: THE RED CROSS IS 
ALSO DOING THEIR PART. 
THEIR ROLES WILL BE HEALTH 
SERVICES AND PROVIDING SHELTER. 
>> WE HAVE THE LATEST UPDATES 
FROM THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND 
FROM THE STORM AND EVERYTHING 
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>>> THE NBA BEGINNING ITS 
PROTEST IN THE NAME OF SOCIAL 
JUSTICE, THAT EXPANDED BEYOND 
THEIR LEAGUE. 
HERE IS THE LATEST.  
THEY SAID THEY HOPE TO RESUME 
PLAYOFFS AS SOON AS TOMORROW OR 
AT THE LATEST ON SATURDAY. 
TODAY'S GAMES HAVE BEEN 
POSTPONED. 
PLAYERS HAD A MEETING LAST 
NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. 
NBA OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN 
INVOLVED. 
THE LEAGUE SAID THERE WILL BE 
MORE MEETINGS THAT WILL INCLUDE 
MEMBERS AND PLAYERS AND MICHAEL 
JORDAN, WHO IS THE COMMITTEE 
CHAIRMAN. 
TODAY, MORE TEAMS OUTSIDE OF 
THE NBA POSTPONED GAMES AND 
PRACTICES. 
THE WNBA POSTPONED ALL OF 
YESTERDAY AND TODAY'S GAMES. 
ATLANTA UNITED DECIDED NOT TO 
PLAY AGAINST MIAMI LAST NIGHT. 
INSTEAD IN A SIGN OF UNITY, 
THEY WALKED OFF THE FIELD. 
TODAY WE ARE HEARING FROM LOCAL 
ATHLETES. 
>> BEFORE WE ARE ATHLETES, WE 
ARE HUMAN AND WE NEED TO 
ACKNOWLEDGE EACH OTHER AND 
SUPPORT EACH OTHER. 
WE FELT LIKE, IN THAT MOMENT, 
IT WAS BIGGER, LIKE I SAID, 
THEN OUR LOCKER ROOMS. 
>> PROTEST IS ONE OF THE 
BIGGEST IMPACTS, ONE OF THE 
BIGGEST THINGS WE CAN DO. 
AFTER THAT WE NEED SOMETHING 
RIGHT AFTER IT TO NOT ONLY 
CONTINUE THE AWARENESS, BUT TO 
SPARK OKAY, WHERE DO WE GO? 
WHAT IS THE DIRECTION AFTER? 
>> COMING UP WE WILL TALK TO 
THE HEAD COACH OF THE HAWKS 
ABOUT HOW HE WOULD'VE RESPONDED 
IF HIS TEAM WAS IN ORLANDO THIS 
WEEK. 
>>> POLICE HAVE RELEASED 
DACHSHUND BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE 
FROM THE NIGHT AN OFFICER WAS 
DRAGGED BY A VEHICLE DURING A 
TRAFFIC STOP. 
>> I AM ASKING YOU TO STEP OUT 
OF THE CAR. 
STOP THE CAR. 
>> POLICE SAY A 22-YEAR-OLD WAS 
ON HIS WAY TO A BIRTHDAY PARTY 
BEFORE GETTING PULLED OVER ON 
MANSFIELD ROAD. 
DURING THE TRAFFIC STOP, HE 
TOOK OFF, DRAGGING THE POLICE 
OFFICER. 
SOMETIME LATER, POLICE SAY HE 
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. 
THAT OFFICER IS OKAY. 
THE GBI HAS BEEN CALLED IN TO 
HELP WITH THE INVESTIGATION. 
>>> A WEEK AGO, 2000 PEOPLE 
LOST THEIR HOMES IS A MASSIVE 
FIRE BURNED THROUGH A BUCKHEAD 
AREA  APARTMENT COMPLEX. 
RESIDENTS SAY THEY WANT TO GO 
BACK INSIDE AND SEE IF THEY CAN 
SAVE ANYTHING, BUT THEY ARE 
STILL BEING KEPT OUT. 
>> Reporter: FROM PERSONAL 
BELONGINGS TO WORK FROM HOME 
ITEMS THEY WERE USING DURING 
THE PANDEMIC, RESIDENTS I 
TALKED TO SAY THEY JUST WANT TO 
BE BACK INTO THEIR OLD UNITS TO 
SEE WHAT IS SALVAGEABLE. 
SO FAR THEY DON'T HAVE CLEAR 
ANSWERS OF WHEN THAT WILL BE 
ALLOWED. 
NO TRESPASSING SIGNS AND 
BOARDED UP WINDOWS AROUND THE 
AVANA ON MAIN APARTMENTS. 
MASSIVE FLAMES BURNED THROUGH 
THE ATTIC AND FOURTH FLOOR, 
CAUSING PART OF THE TOP FLOOR  
TO COLLAPSE. 
THE ATLANTA FIRE DEPARTMENT 
PREVIOUSLY TOLD 11ALIVE THE 
ENTIRE BUILDING APPEARED TO BE 
A LOSS, WITH UNITS THAT DID NOT 
BURN HAVING EXTENSIVE SMOKE AND 
WATER DAMAGE.  
RENTERS TOLD 11ALIVE THAT 
MANAGEMENT HAS NOT GIVEN ANY 
DETAILS OF WHEN OR IF THEY CAN 
GO BACK INSIDE TO RECOVER. 
ONE RESIDENT  TALKED TO 11ALIVE 
TODAY BY PHONE. 
>> WE WANT TO AND HAVE ASKED TO 
BE ALLOWED TO GET INTO THOSE 
UNIT  THAT HAVE NOT BEEN 
DAMAGED BY FIRE. 
>> Reporter: THE FIRE DID NOT 
REACH THE FIRST OR SECOND 
FLOOR, GIVING SOME RESIDENTS 
HOPE THEY DID NOT LOSE 
EVERYTHING. 
>> WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO 
GET IN TO GET OUR THINGS. 
MANY OF US WORK FROM HOME, SO 
WE HAVE COMPUTER EQUIPMENT THAT 
BELONGED TO OUR EMPLOYERS. 
>> Reporter: MANAGEMENT 
RELEASED A STATEMENT READING IN 
PART, WE ARE WORKING WITH 
ENGINEERS AND RECOVERY 
CONTRACTORS TO ASSESS THE 
INTEGRITY OF THE REMAINING 
STRUCTURE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAN 
BE SAFELY ACCESSED AND 
RECOVERED. 
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK 
CLOSELY WITH RESIDENTS AND KEEP 
THEM UPDATED. 
AND ATLANTA FIRE SPOKESMAN SAID 
MORE OF THE BUILDING COULD 
COLLAPSE. 
MULTIPLE RESIDENTS 11ALIVE TALK 
TO TODAY SAID THEY ARE WILLING 
TO ASSUME THE RISK. 
>>  IF THERE IS A PROBLEM 
LETTING US IN, BECAUSE WE WOULD 
NEED TO SIGN WAIVERS. 
TO ABSORB THEM OF ANY INJURY TO 
HERSELF. 
>>> A BUILDING AT TROY 
UNIVERSITY IN ALABAMA WILL BE 
NAMED AFTER THE LATE 
CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS. 
HE HAD BEEN AN ALABAMA GOVERNOR 
AND NOW HIS BUILDING WILL BE 
RENAMED IN FAVOR OF CONGRESSMAN 
JOHN LEWIS. 
TROY UNIVERSITY WAS THE SITE OF 
THE FIRST OF MULTIPLE MEMORIALS 
FOR THE CONGRESSMAN FOLLOWING 
HIS PASSING. 
A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE HIS 
DEATH, AND ARTIST BEGAN WORKING 
ON A STATUE OF THE GREAT MAN 
AND THAT MONUMENT IS NEARING 
COMPLETION. 
BRITTANY KLEINPETER IS OUR 
REPORTER AND SHE SPOKE TO THE 
LOCAL ARTIST BEHIND THIS WORK. 
>> I SAW THAT PICTURE OF JOHN 
LEWIS. 
>> Reporter: AN INTERNATIONALLY 
RECOGNIZED SCULPTURE, 
COMMISSIONED EARLIER THIS YEAR 
BY THE NATIONAL MONUMENT 
FOUNDATION, TO BEGIN WORKING ON 
A STATUE OF THE LATE 
CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS. 
JUST A FEW MONTHS BEFORE HIS 
PASSING, JOHNSON WAS ASKED TO 
SEND A PICTURE OF HIS DESIGN TO 
THE CONGRESSMAN. 
>> IN TERMS OF IMPACT FULLNESS 
IN HISTORY, IT IS PROBABLY THE 
MOST SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY IN 
MY LIFE. 
>> Reporter: JOHNSON SAYS THE 
SEVEN FOOT, 800 POUND STATUE 
HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE. 
>> IF I NEED THE PROFILE, THE 
FRONT VIEW OF THE YEARS. 
>> Reporter: THE STATUE WILL BE 
PLACED AT ATLANTA'S PEACE PARK 
IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA. 
THE JOHN LEWIS STATUE WILL BE 
ONE OF TWO MONUMENTS ON DISPLAY 
WHEN THE PARK FIRST OPENS THIS 
FALL. 
A TOTAL OF 18 STATUES WILL BE 
INSTALLED AT THE PARK, INCLUDING
ANDREW YOUNG AND BOOKER T. 
WASHINGTON. 
JOHNSON SAYS HE IS PROUD TO BE 
ABLE TO HONOR LEWIS'S LEGACY . 
>> IT IS NEVER GOING TO GO 
AWAY. 
>> Reporter: JOHNSON TELLS ME 
THAT HE INVITED JOHN LEWIS TO 
COME TO HIS STUDIO TO SEE THE 
STATUE ONCE IT WAS COMPLETE, BUT
LEWIS PASSED AWAY ONLY FOUR 
DAYS AFTER HE SUBMITTED THAT 
INVITE.  
>>> WITH STUDENTS GOING BACK TO 
THE CLASSROOM, WE ARE GETTING 
MORE INFORMATION AND ALSO 
GETTING A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW 
COVID-19 IS IMPACTING CHILDREN. 
>>> DON'T FORGET AS ALWAYS, WE 
ARE STREAMING RIGHT NOW ON OUR 
11ALIVE YOUTUBE CHANNEL. 
YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE AND JOIN THE 
CONVERSATION  
>>> THE STATE BOARD OF 
EDUCATION MEETING ABOUT SEVERAL 
TOPICS TODAY. 
ONE OF THE BIGGEST, VIRTUAL 
LEARNING. 
BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSSED THE 
NEED TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN 
HOW DISTRICTS ARE HANDLING 
DISTANCE LEARNING. 
THEY SAY THEY NEVER SAW 
DISTANCE LEARNING AND COVID-19 
IN THE STATE EXTENDING THIS 
LONG. 
THERE IS NO DATE WE HAVE SEEN 
MORE CASES OF COVID-19 AND 
SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN SINCE 
SCHOOLS REOPENED. 
WE ARE DIVING INTO THE DATA. 
ALL FOUR DISTRICTS OPENED 
WITHIN PERSON CLASSES THE FIRST 
WEEK OF AUGUST. 
THE STATE WON'T TELL US HOW 
MANY CASES WERE REPORTED EACH 
WEEK IF THE NUMBER IS LESS THAN 
NINE. 
NONE OF THE COUNTIES HAD ENOUGH 
CASES TO REPORT UNTIL LATE 
JUNE. 
AT THAT TIME, CASES WERE LIKELY 
TIED TO SUMMER CAMP, PLAY 
DATES, OR FAMILY VACATION. 
THE NUMBER OF NEW CASES 
REPORTED SEEMS TO INCREASE AS 
ATHLETES RETURNED TO PRACTICE. 
CASES IN THE COUNTY SPIKE TO 
THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL THE WEEK 
AFTER SCHOOL STARTED. 
METRO'S THREE LARGEST COUNTIES 
ALL DECIDED TO START THE SCHOOL 
YEAR VIRTUALLY. 
AND SCHOOL IN THOSE COUNTIES 
DIDN'T START UNTIL MID-TO-LATE 
AUGUST. 
IT APPEARS FAMILIES STAYING 
HOME TO HELP STUDENTS GET READY 
HELP REDUCE INFECTIONS. 
THESE COUNTIES STILL REPORTED 
SOME COVID-19 CASES AS THEY 
ALLOWED ATHLETICS TO RESUME 
WITH STUDENTS RETURNING TO 
CAMPUS. 
>>> PERSONAL SPACE HAS TAKEN A 
NEW MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE 
DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
HOW MUCH DO PEOPLE NEED TO FEEL 
COMFORTABLE? 
WHETHER IT IS NEW FACES WORLD 
FRIENDS. 
A NEW LOCAL COMPANY IS TRYING 
TO MAKE THOSE INTERACTIONS LESS 
TRACEABLE. 
KAITLYN ROSS SHOWS US WHAT IT'S 
ALL ABOUT. 
>> Reporter: PEOPLE KNOW WHAT 
TO DO IN THE GROCERY STORE NOW. 
>> EVERYONE IS DOING THE SAME 
THING. 
>> Reporter: BUT AS PEOPLE 
RETURN TO WORK, SCHOOL, AND 
HOUSES OF WORSHIP, THEY FELT 
UNSURE HOW TO APPROACH PEOPLE. 
>> THEY ARE CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT 
TO DO AND HOW TO INTERACT WITH 
OTHER PEOPLE. 
>> Reporter: HE IS THE CEO OF A 
RESEARCH FIRM THAT FOUND PEOPLE 
WANTED MORE GUIDANCE ABOUT HOW 
CLOSE THEY COULD GET PEOPLE AND 
HOW TO BE RESPECTFUL, BUT STILL 
ENGAGE WITH THEM. 
THAT IS WHERE THE IDEA FOR SAFE 
HANDS CAME IN. 
>> I CAN CONTROL MY ACTIONS, 
BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE 
EXPECTING OF ME AND I CAN BE 
AROUND YOU, BECAUSE YOU KNOW 
WHAT I EXPECT OF YOU. 
>> Reporter: THEY DESIGNED 
FACEMASKS AND BADGES, SHOWING 
PEOPLE EXACTLY WHAT LEVEL THEY 
ARE COMFORTABLE AT. 
GREEN, BLUE, OR ORANGE. 
THEY TRIED GREEN, YELLOW, AND 
READ IT FIRST, BUT PEOPLE 
DIDN'T LIKE FEELING LIKE THEY 
WERE GIVING ORDERS. 
>> WE DIDN'T DO RED, YELLOW, 
AND GREEN. 
IT IS A VERY COMPLICATED AND 
PERSONAL ISSUE. 
>> Reporter: PEOPLE WEARING 
GREEN SIGNAL THEY ARE 
COMFORTABLE IN PUBLIC. 
BLUE MEANS I AM OKAY, BUT I 
STILL WANT YOU TO GIVE ME 
SPACE. 
ORANGE IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL. 
>> YOU STILL HAVE TO GO TO 
WORK. 
IF YOUR SON HAS ASTHMA. 
YOU ARE MUCH MORE WORRIED ABOUT 
CONTRACTING SOMETHING AND 
BRINGING IT HOME. 
>> Reporter: HE SAYS THIS GIVES 
COMPANIES, SCHOOLS, AND HOUSES 
OF WORSHIP CLEAR VISUAL CUES 
ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE FEEL 
COMFORTABLE WITH. 
OUTSIDE THE GUIDANCE THEY ARE 
ALREADY FOLLOWING FROM THE CDC. 
>> DESPITE ALL THE EFFORTS, 
THERE ARE STILL SO MANY 
SITUATIONS EVERY DAY AND IN 
EVERY ENVIRONMENT, WHERE SIX 
FEET, PERFECT SANITATION, YOU 
KNOW, AND WHATEVER ELSE IT MAY 
BE, IS JUST NOT HAPPENING. 
>> Reporter: THEY ALREADY 
ROLLED IT OUT AT SOME 
BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE REPORT 
FEELING A LOT MORE CONFIDENT IN 
THEIR DAY-TO-DAY INTERACTIONS, 
BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW TO ENGAGE 
WITH PEOPLE IN A PANDEMIC 
WITHOUT GETTING INTO A LONG, 
DRAWN OUT CONVERSATION ABOUT 
COVID-19. 
>>> WE HAD A PRETTY QUIET DAY 
TODAY. 
IT WAS NICE TO HAVE A BREAK IN 
THE RAIN. 
JUST A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS 
DEVELOPED AND TEMPERATURES 
STILL WOUND UP IN THE LOWER 90s.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE WATCHING A 
COUPLE SHOWERS OVER ON THE 
WESTSIDE. 
THESE WERE A LOT MORE INTENSE 
JUST OVER THE LINE INTO ALABAMA 
AND RANDOLPH COUNTY. 
BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF LIGHTNING 
AND HEAVY RAIN. 
NOW MOVING INTO WEST GEORGIA, 
LIGHT SHOWERS AND PARTS OF 
HEARD COUNTY AND CARROLL 
COUNTY. 
YOU SEE 19 UP HERE. 
MODERATE SHOWERS WITH THAT. 
THAT IS ALL PART OF THE OUTER 
BANDS IN ASSOCIATION WITH LAURA 
THAT CAUSED STRONGER STORMS 
EARLIER IN ALABAMA. 
IN FACT, YOU COULD SEE THAT 
EARLIER TODAY WITH ALL THE 
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, BUT NOW 
IT IS FALLING APART. 
ANOTHER BAND DEVELOPING FROM 
MISSISSIPPI INTO WESTERN 
ALABAMA. 
HERE IS THE STORM RIGHT NOW. 
AGAIN, STILL A TROPICAL STORM, 
BUT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IS 
LOWER NOW AND WE THINK THIS IS 
GOING TO BECOME A TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION LATER TONIGHT. 
BUT WE STILL CAN'T IGNORE IT, 
BECAUSE IT IS A STRONG AREA OF 
LOW PRESSURE. 
LOOK AT THIS RAIN PROMPTING NOT 
ONLY THE TORNADO WATCH THAT IS 
DIMINISHING, BUT WE HAVE 
NUMEROUS, ONE, TWO, THREE. 
THESE POLYGONS ARE ACTUAL 
ACTIVE TORNADO WARNINGS JUST TO 
THE WEST OF THE MEMPHIS AREA. 
WE HAVE TO REALLY WATCH THOSE. 
HERE IS THE TRACK. 
WE THINK IT WILL BECOME A 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER 
TONIGHT, AROUND THE 11:00 
ADVISORY OR 2:00 A.M. 
ADVISORY, BECOMING A TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION. 
THEN IT TURNS EAST. 
STILL A TROPICAL DEPRESSION 
TOMORROW AFTERNOON, THEN A LOW 
OVERNIGHT FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. 
THEN IT MOVES QUICKLY OVER 
VIRGINIA BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 
AS IT TRAVELS FROM HERE TO HERE,
THAT IS WHEN IT WILL BE PULLING 
UP A LOT OF GULF MOISTURE AND 
WE WILL SEE RAIN MOVING OUR WAY 
AND EVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME 
STORMS. 
TOMORROW'S STORM THREAT IS 
MAINLY GOING TO BE TO OUR WEST, 
AND PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI, 
ALABAMA, TENNESSEE, AND INTO 
KENTUCKY. 
WE DO SEE A MARGINAL RISK INTO 
NORTHWEST GEORGIA. 
I THINK THAT WILL BE LATER IN 
THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND THEN ON 
SATURDAY, EARLIER IN THE DAY, 
IN THE GREEN COLOR, INDICATING 
A MARGINAL RISK. 
NORTH GEORGIA, METRO ATLANTA 
AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE, AS WELL. 
THAT MEANS THERE IS A RISK FOR 
ISOLATED STORMS WITH THE MAIN 
THREATS BEING FREQUENT 
LIGHTNING, DAMAGING WIND. 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE A 
POSSIBILITY, BUT I REALLY THINK 
THE RISK WILL BE ON THE LOW 
END. 
TONIGHT WE ARE WATCHING SHOWERS 
ON THE WESTSIDE THAT ARE 
FALLING APART. 
TOMORROW MORNING WE START OFF 
WITH A GOOD COVERAGE OF CLOUDS 
AROUND NOONTIME. 
STILL DRY, BUT IN THE AFTERNOON 
AND EVENING WE START SEEING 
SOME OF THESE SCATTERED SHOWERS 
DEVELOPING. 
SOME OF THOSE WITH HEAVY RAIN 
AND AGAIN, MAYBE DAMAGING WIND 
WITH THAT. 
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY 
SATURDAY, THIS IS WHEN THE BAND 
MOVES IN AND THIS IS THE PART 
THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH IT. 
I REALLY THINK THAT BY NOON, 
THE HEAVIEST PART WILL BE OVER 
SOUTH CAROLINA. 
WE HAVE LINGERING SHOWERS AND 
BY AFTERNOON SATURDAY, THE 
SECOND HALF OF THE DAY MIGHT 
TURN OUT WELL WITH SUNSHINE 
BREAKING THROUGH. 
NO RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT 
WE ARE ALSO WATCHING THE WIND. 
HERE IS A LOOK AT THE STRONG 
WIND IN ASSOCIATION WITH LAURA 
AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH 
KENTUCKY. 
ON FRIDAY WE SEE THE BLUE COLOR 
SHOWING UP, WHICH MEANS 10 MILE-
PER-HOUR WIND. 
SATURDAY MORNING, WITH THE RAIN 
THAT COMES IN, THE YELLOW 
INDICATING 10 TO 20, BEFORE 
EVERYTHING PUSHES OUT. 
THE WIND COMES DOWN AND 
SUNSHINE RETURNS. 
88 DEGREES FOR A HIGH ON 
FRIDAY. 
A 40% CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND A 
60% CHANCE SATURDAY, SO WITH 
THE POTENTIAL OF STORMS AROUND. 
THEN WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO 
CLEAN UP THE AIR. 
WE STOPPED TROPICAL MOISTURE IN 
PLACE. 
A 20% CHANCE 
>>> IT IS THE FINAL NIGHT OF 
THE RNC. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE 
SPEAKING AS TWO WEEKS OF 
CONVENTIONS FINALLY COME TO AN 
END. 
JOINING ME NOW, NATIONAL CHORAL 
NEST COLUMNIST RON HART. 
EARLIER THIS WEEK, HERSCHEL 
WALKER SPOKE AT THE RNC AND IF 
YOU KNOW HIM, YOU KNOW HIS 
POLITICAL LEANINGS. 
YOUR THOUGHTS ON HIS SPEECH AND 
THE CONVENTION IN GENERAL. 
WHAT IS YOUR TAKE?  
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD. 
THE REPUBLICAN WAS YOUNG AND 
ENERGIZED. 
THE DEMOCRAT CONVENTION, BIDEN 
TALKED ABOUT DARKNESS FOLLOWING 
HIM INTO THE LIGHT. 
A 78-YEAR-OLD GUY INTO THE 
LIGHT. 
IT MADE THE COUNTRY NERVOUS, I 
BELIEVE. 
SO, YOUNG, DYNAMIC LEADERS FOR 
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. 
HERSCHEL WALKER AMONG HIM. 
RICK SCOTT AS WELL WAS REALLY 
GOOD. 
>> OTHER POLITICAL EVENTS 
HAPPENING WORLDWIDE RIGHT NOW. 
THERE ARE REPORTS, MANY OF THEM 
LEGITIMATE, WHICH IS SAYING 
SOMETHING THESE DAYS, THE NORTH 
KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG-UN IS IN 
A COMA AND HIS SISTER WOULD 
TAKE OVER. 
SHE ALLEGEDLY IS MORE RUTHLESS 
THAN HE. 
HOW DOES THAT CHANGE THE 
DYNAMIC OF THE WORLD ORDER AND 
THIS SPECIFIC SHELF IF HE 
SHOULD PASS ON TO THE SKY? 
>> WAS HIS SISTER, I'M NOT 
SURE. 
IT WILL BE A MESS. 
HE WOULD GET A NOBEL PEACE 
PRIZE BY DYING, IF HE DID DIE. 
HE DID THIS ONE TIME BEFORE, 
FAKING A COMA, FAKING HIS 
DEATH. 
>> VLADIMIR PUTIN IS A MAN WHO 
DOES NOT APPRECIATE THOSE WHO 
DO NOT AGREE WITH HIM. 
IN FACT, HIS PRIME RIVAL WAS 
SIPPING TEA IN AN AIRPORT AREA 
AND THEN COLLAPSED AND HAS BEEN 
IN A COMA EVER SINCE. 
>> WHAT ARE THE ODDS. 
HE WINS AN ELECTION AND 
LANDSLIDES AND HIS OPPONENTS 
DIE AND LANDSLIDES. 
IT IS ODD HOW IT HAPPENS OVER 
THERE. 
IN RUSSIA YOU CAN'T MAKE JOKES 
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT. 
IN AMERICA, WE ELECT JOKES TO 
OUR PRESIDENCY. 
SO A LITTLE DIFFERENT COUNTRY. 
I LIKE OUR SITE WITH HUMOR AND 
EVERYTHING. 
THE FIRST AMENDMENT. 
OVER THERE, NOT SO MUCH. 
BUT I HEAR PUTIN IS REALLY TORE 
UP ABOUT THIS GUY DYING, HE 
WILL WEAR A SHIRT TO THE 
FUNERAL. 
NOT GOING BARE CHESTED, I 
UNDERSTAND. 
>> I'M SORRY TO BE GIVING 
>>> THERE ARE GROWING CONCERNS 
THE NEW GUIDANCE ON COVID-19 
TESTING FROM THE CDC IS 
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. 
THE CDC SAYS PEOPLE WHO DON'T 
HAVE CORONAVIRUS SYMPTOMS DON'T 
NEED TO BE TESTED, EVEN THOUGH 
THEY CAN CARRY AND SPREAD THE 
VIRUS. 
NOW SOME DOCTORS ARE PUSHING 
BACK. 
THEY WANT TO SEE THE SCIENCE 
THAT EXPLAINS WHY SIX MONTHS 
INTO THE PANDEMIC, THE 
GOVERNMENT IS RECOMMENDING 
FEWER TESTS INSTEAD OF MORE. 
>> Reporter: NEW CDC GUIDELINES 
SAY PEOPLE EXPOSED TO COVID 
WITH NO SYMPTOMS NO LONGER NEED 
TO GET TESTED. 
IT BROUGHT A SWIFT BACKLASH 
FROM THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY. 
>> I THINK MOST PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICIALS BELIEVE THIS IS A BAD 
CHANGE. 
WE NEED TO BE TESTING PEOPLE 
WHO ARE ASYMPTOMATIC, NOT 
SHYING AWAY FROM THOSE TESTS. 
>> Reporter: THE AMERICAN 
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION CALLING THE 
CHANGE RECIPE FOR COMMUNITY 
SPREAD AND SPIKES IN 
CORONAVIRUS. 
AND NEW CAUTION FROM THE 
NATION'S LEADING INFECTIOUS 
DISEASE EXPERTS. 
IN A STATEMENT, DR. ANTHONY 
FAUCI SAID HE WAS UNDER GENERAL 
ANESTHESIA AND THEN SURGERY THE 
DAY THE TASK FORCE ADOPTED THE 
GUIDELINES. 
HE RECALLS QUICKLY REVIEWING 
THEM, BUT SAYS AFTER READING 
THEM CAREFULLY, HE HAS SOME 
CONCERNS THAT THE REVISED 
GUIDELINES COULD BE INTERPRETED 
AS LESSENING THE IMPORTANCE OF 
ASYMPTOMATIC SPREAD OF THE 
VIRUS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
ADDING WITHOUT TESTING, THOSE 
WHO COME IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH 
COVID BUT SHOW NO SYMPTOMS, 
ASYMPTOMATIC SPREAD TO OTHERS 
COULD OCCUR. 
THE CHANGES SPARK SUSPICIONS OF 
POLITICAL INTERFERENCE. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP URGED LESS 
TESTING EARLIER THIS SUMMER. 
>> HERE IS THE BAD PART. 
WHEN YOU DO TESTING TO THAT 
EXTENT, YOU WILL FIND MORE 
PEOPLE AND FIND MORE CASES. 
SO I SAID TO MY PEOPLE, SLOW 
THE TESTING DOWN PLEASE. 
>> Reporter: BUT THE 
ADMINISTRATION'S TESTING CZAR 
SAID THERE WAS NO DIRECTION 
FROM THE PRESIDENT OR VICE 
PRESIDENT ON THE GUIDELINES. 
AS FOR THE CHANGES THEMSELVES, 
HE DEFENDED THE MOVES, SAYING 
TEST SHOULD BE FOCUSED AND 
STRATEGICALLY DONE, NOT FOR THE 
SAKE OF BEING TESTED. 
WE ARE TRYING TO DO APPROPRIATE 
TESTING HE SAID, NOT LESS 
TESTING. 
THE STRATEGY HARVARD DOCTOR 
QUESTIONS. 
>> TOO OFTEN OUT OF THE CDC END 
ADMINISTRATION WE HAVE SEEN 
GUIDELINES THAT ARE NOT REALLY 
DESIGNED TO OPTIMIZE HEALTH AND 
SAFETY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, 
BUT ARE REALLY JUST AN 
ADMISSION THAT WE DON'T HAVE 
ENOUGH TEST IN THE COUNTRY. 
>> LATE TODAY, DIRECTOR 
REDFIELD OFFERED A NEW 
STATEMENT SAYING ANYONE WHO HAS 
CLOSE CONTACT WITH THOSE WHO 
HAVE OR MAY HAVE COVID-19 MAY 
CONSIDER TESTING, BUT THERE HAS 
BEEN NO CHANGE ON THE CDC 
WEBSITE. 
>>> DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS ARE JUST 
BEGINNING ACROSS LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS AFTER HURRICANE LAURA 
CAME ASHORE. 
THERE IS CHRIS POLLONE WITH THE 
LATEST FROM LAFAYETTE, 
LOUISIANA BUT POINT 
>> Reporter: DAYLIGHT IN LAKE 
CHARLES, LOUISIANA. 
30 MILES FROM THE COAST. 
ROOFS IN SHAMBLES, TREES RIPPED 
FROM THEIR ROOTS AND 
NEIGHBORHOODS UNDERWATER. 
>> I'M JUST GLAD WE ARE ALL 
ALIVE, THAT'S IT. 
>> Reporter: POWERLINE STRUNG 
ACROSS ROADWAYS. 
ROADS FLOODED. IN WESTLAKE NEAR 
LAKE CHARLES, A MASSIVE INFERNO 
AT A CHEMICAL PLANT THAT MAKES 
CHLORINE PRODUCTS, JUST AFTER 
THE STORM BLEW THROUGH, SENDING 
PLUMES OF SMOKE INTO THE AIR. 
IN THE STORM'S PATH, IT IS A 
MASS OF MANGLED METAL IN THE 
DEBRIS. 
>> WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF OUR 
FELLOW CITIZENS WHOSE LIVES ARE 
UPSIDE DOWN. 
THEIR BUSINESSES AND/OR THEIR 
HOMES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED. 
>> Reporter: A POWERFUL 
CATEGORY 4 STORM, PACKING WIND 
OF 150 MILES PER HOUR. 
LASHING LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST 
TEXAS FOR HOURS. 
>> THE WALL CAME IN. 
>> IT WAS A ROAR LIKE I'VE 
NEVER HEARD BEFORE. 
>> Reporter: THE GOVERNOR OF 
TEXAS TOWARD THE HARDEST HIT 
AREAS, BUT SAID OVERALL THE 
STATE DODGED A BULLET. 
>> THAT OF COURSE DOESN'T HELP 
THOSE WHOSE HOMES HAVE BEEN 
HIT. 
THOSE WHOSE BUSINESSES HAVE 
BEEN HIT. 
FOR THOSE PEOPLE, WE WANT THEM 
TO KNOW THAT WE ARE ALREADY 
WORKING ON THE PROCESS OF 
HELPING THEM REBUILD. 
>> Reporter: THAT REBUILDING 
JUST BEGINNING ACROSS MUCH OF 
THE REGION. 
>>> WE WILL BE WATCHING ANY 
IMPACTS FROM THE REMNANTS OF 
LAURA AS IT MOVES NORTH AND 
TAKES A TURN TO THE EAST. 
OVER IN ALABAMA, THEY SAW ONE 
OF THE OUTER BANDS THAT CAME 
THROUGH TODAY WITH SHOWERS AND 
STORMS. 
A COUPLE OF THOSE HELD 
TOGETHER, COMING INTO WESTERN 
GEORGIA. 
BUT THEY ARE FALLING APART HERE 
WITH LIGHTER SHOWERS IN PARTS 
OF CARROLL COUNTY. 
ALSO HEARD COUNTY. 
SOME OF THAT TRYING TO MAKE IT 
INTO COWETA COUNTY. 
REALLY INTENSE LIGHTNING EARLIER
IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA. 
NOW CROSSING OVER THE LINE INTO 
GEORGIA AND FALLING APART. 
IT WAS ALL PART OF A BAND THAT 
CAME THROUGH. 
IF YOU PUT THIS IN THE MOTION, 
YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS LEFT OF 
THAT. 
OVER THE PAST FOUR HOURS, A LOT 
OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, BUT 
WEAKENING. 
ANOTHER ONE TRYING TO DEVELOP 
IN WEST ALABAMA. 
THIS IS THE MAIN STORM. 
THIS IS TROPICAL STORM LAURA 
AND IT IS WEAKENING AND WILL 
CONTINUE TO SHOW SIGNS OF 
WEAKENING, MOST LIKELY BECOMING 
A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER ON. 
BUT THESE BANDS ARE VERY 
STRONG. 
IT IGNORED A WATCH AND EVEN A 
COUPLE TORNADOES. 
THAT BAND IS MOVING NORTH, WEST 
OF THE MEMPHIS AREA. 
NOW IS IT TOO SOON TO TALK 
ABOUT WHAT IS COMING NEXT? 
THERE ARE TWO POTENTIAL SYSTEMS 
WE ARE WATCHING, BOTH WAY OUT 
IN THE ATLANTIC. 
THIS ONE HAS A 20% TO 30% 
CHANCE OF DEVELOPMENT OVER THE 
NEXT 2 TO 5 DAYS. 
ANOTHER WAVE OFF THE COAST OF 
AFRICA. 
A 0% CHANCE OF DEVELOPING IN 
THE NEXT TWO DAYS, WHICH IS WHY 
YOU SEE THIS LINE, BUT THEN IT 
WILL HAVE A 30% CHANCE OVER THE 
NEXT FIVE DAYS. 
WE WILL KEEP WATCHING IT. 
THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN 
THINGS ARE MORE ACTIVE. 
WE HAVE THE TYPICAL PEAK OF 
HURRICANE SEASON ON SEPTEMBER 
10. 
STAY WITH US, WE WILL TALK MORE 
ABOUT THAT TRACK IN THE 
REMNANTS OF LAURA AND ANY 
IMPACTS WE COULD HAVE HERE. 
>> CHRIS, THANK YOU. 
>>> STUDENTS RETURN TO A BARTOW 
COUNTY SCHOOL ONE DAY AFTER A 
CONFRONTATION TURNED PHYSICAL. 
A FIGHT BROKE OUT BETWEEN TWO 
GROUPS OF STUDENTS AT KASS HIGH 
SCHOOL AFTER ONE GROUP BROUGHT 
A TRUMP FLAG TO THE SCHOOL AND 
ANOTHER GROUP OF STUDENTS TOOK 
OFFENSE. 
BARTOW NEWS AND EMERGENCY 
POSTED THIS VIDEO ON FACEBOOK. 
WE ARE TOLD THINGS EVENTUALLY 
GOT PHYSICAL. 
THERE WERE ALSO PICTURES OF 
ANOTHER GROUP OF STUDENTS WITH 
A BIDEN FLAG, BUT IT IS NOT 
CLEAR IF THEY WERE INVOLVED IN 
AN ALTERCATION. 
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LATER 
RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING IT 
WILL NOT TOLERATE THIS TYPE OF 
BEHAVIOR IN THE DISCIPLINARY 
ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN AGAINST 
ALL PARTIES INVOLVED. 
THE SCHOOL CODE OF CONDUCT AND 
STUDENTS FROM EXPRESSING 
THEMSELVES IN A MANNER THAT 
DISTRACTS FROM LEARNING. 
WE WERE TOLD THERE WERE NO 
INCIDENTS INVOLVING FLAGS 
TODAY, BUT THE WHOLE THING IS 
CAUSING A FLURRY OF CONTROVERSY 
ONLINE. 
>>> COMING UP NEXT, A 
PERSPECTIVE FROM THE HEAD COACH 
OF THE HAWKS AS PLAYERS IN 
SPORTS SPEAK OUT AGAINST 
INJUSTICE, BRUTALITY 
>>> WE ARE CONTINUING TO WATCH 
WHAT IS GOING ON IN SPORTS 
RIGHT NOW, WHERE THE NBA IS 
HOPING TO RESUME PLAYOFFS AS 
EARLY AS TOMORROW AND MAYBE AS 
LATE AS SATURDAY, AFTER PLAYERS 
PROTESTED. 
THE HAWKS HEAD COACH, LLOYD 
PIERCE, IS AN OUTSPOKEN VOICE 
ON DIVERSITY AND ALSO SOCIAL 
JUSTICE. 
WE SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT THE 
PLAYERS MINDSET AS THEY FIGURE 
OUT HOW TO HELP THE CAUSE. 
>> Reporter: PLAYERS REFUSED TO 
PLAY. 
A BOYCOTT BEGAN. 
MUCH OF THE NIGHT WENT QUIET. 
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? 
>> THE PLAYERS ARE EXTREMELY 
COMMITTED TO TRYING TO ADVANCE 
SOME AREAS OF ACTION. 
I THINK THAT IS WHERE THE 
CONVERSATION WILL MOVE TOWARD 
NOW. 
>> Reporter: ATLANTA HAWKS HEAD 
COACH LLOYD PIERCE IS NOT IN 
THE NBA ORLANDO BUBBLE, BUT IF 
HE HAD BEEN, HE KNEW WHAT HE 
WOULD'VE DONE. 
>> WE ARE 100% FOR WHAT OUR 
PLAYERS WOULD'VE DONE POINT 
>> Reporter: THE COACH IS ONE 
OF THE MOST OUTSPOKEN IN THE 
LEAGUE. 
>> I THINK EVERYONE IS SPEAKING 
AS A FATHER, AS A BROTHER, AS A 
SON. 
MY CONCERN IS WHAT AM I DOING 
TO PARTICIPATE IN SAFETY FOR MY 
DAUGHTER AND MY WIFE? 
THE PLAYERS IN ORLANDO ARE 
SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES, 
SO THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE 
THAT OUT WITHOUT BEING IN 
PROXIMITY OR CLOSE CONTACT. 
>> Reporter: NBA PLAYERS 
DECIDED TO BOYCOTT WAS A WAY TO 
MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD. 
PIERCE SUPPORTS THEM, BUT WANTS 
UNITY AND HOW THE LEAGUE 
RESPONDS TO SOCIAL INJUSTICE. 
>> THE STRENGTH OF THOSE GUYS 
BEING TOGETHER AND HAVING THESE 
MEETINGS AND DISCUSSING THESE 
PLANS OF ACTION ON WHAT THEY 
CAN DO TO ENGAGE THE OWNERS, 
ENGAGE THE LEAGUE, ENGAGE EACH 
OTHER. 
THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE THEY ARE 
STILL PLAYING AND IN ORLANDO. 
WE WANT THEM TO PLAY HOW THEY 
WANT TO PLAY. 
THIS ISN'T ABOUT THIS ONE 
EVENT. 
THIS ISN'T ABOUT ONE FAN. 
THIS IS ABOUT HOW DO WE CHANGE 
THE POLICY? 
>> Reporter: HE APPLAUDED THE 
ACTION, BUT HOPES PLAYERS 
CONTINUE TO PLAY AND HAVE THEIR 
PLATFORM. 
>> ENCOURAGE THOSE GUYS TO HAVE 
RESOLVED, COME TOGETHER, HAVE A 
PLAN AND BE ABLE TO SUPPORT 
EACH OTHER WHILE THEY ARE THERE.
>>> WE HAVE JUST A FEW LIGHT 
SHOWERS SOUTH AND WEST OF 
ATLANTA. 
PART OF THAT BAND THAT WAS A 
LOT HEAVIER IN ALABAMA THAT HAD 
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY 
RAIN WITH IT. 
THIS IS ALL THAT IS LEFT AFTER 
THE LIGHTNING IN RANDOLPH 
COUNTY. 
IT MOVED INTO GEORGIA. 
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE LIGHT 
RAIN COMING THROUGH A LONG I-20 
AT THE ALABAMA LINE. 
CARROLL COUNTY. 
ALSO HEARD COUNTY. 
SOME OF THAT IN COWETA COUNTY. 
I WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT 
TOWER CAM IN JUST A SECOND IN 
COWETA COUNTY, BUT MAINLY 
LOOKING DRY. 
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT RAIN.
WE HAVE OTHER SHOWERS THAT WERE 
STRONGER IN ALABAMA, PART OF 
THAT BAND THAT FELL APART. 
YOU CAN SEE HOW IN RELATION TO 
THE ACTUAL STORM IN ALABAMA. 
IT IS ALMOST LIKE A PINWHEEL AS 
IT SPENDS WITH A 
COUNTERCLOCKWISE FLOW AND IN 
THE PINWHEEL WE SEE BANDS THAT 
SOMETIMES DEVELOP. 
ANOTHER IN WEST ALABAMA. 
HERE IS ONE IN MISSISSIPPI. 
PART OF THIS BAND, CLOSER TO 
THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. 
SEVERE WEATHER WITH IT. 
PART OF A TORNADO WATCH AND ONE 
TORNADO WARNING LEFT OVER IN 
THAT BAND, JUST TO THE WEST OF 
THE MEMPHIS AREA. 
EVEN THOUGH THIS STORM MADE 
LANDFALL, IT IS WEAKENING. 
WE THINK IT WILL BECOME A 
DEPRESSION LATER ON. 
WE CAN'T IGNORE IT, BECAUSE IT 
IS GOING TO BE SPREADING RAIN 
AND THE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS 
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. 
HERE IS THAT LIVE LOOK IN 
NEWNAN, LOOKING AT THE 
COURTHOUSE. 
ROADS ARE STILL DRY OUT THERE. 
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT RAIN 
IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PARTS OF 
THE COUNTY THAT MAY MAKE IT 
INTO NEWNAN IN JUST A LITTLE 
BIT. 
HERE IS THE DOWNGRADE. 
MOST LIKELY A TROPICAL STORM. 
IT MAY BE DOWNGRADED AT THE 
11:00 ADVISORY. 
THE WIND RIGHT NOW IS JUST AT 
THE TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH. 
SO THE 11:00 ADVISORY MIGHT 
DOWNGRADED TO A DEPRESSION. 
THEN IT CONTINUES MOVING TO A 
REMNANT LOW. 
OVERNIGHT FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY, 
NORTH OF ATLANTA IN THE KENTUCKY
AND OVER INTO VIRGINIA BY 
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 
SO IT TRAVELS FROM HERE, 
THROUGH KENTUCKY, OVER TO 
VIRGINIA. 
THAT LOOP IS GOING TO CONTINUE 
PULLING UP A LOT OF MOISTURE. 
THAT IS WHY WE SEE A BETTER 
CHANCE FOR RAIN ON SATURDAY. 
LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AND 
MAYBE EVEN A STORM RISK. 
A MARGINAL RISK FOR STRONG 
STORMS. 
TOMORROW'S RISK IS MAINLY WHERE 
YOU SEE THE YELLOW, THE SLIGHT 
RISK. 
ALABAMA, TENNESSEE, PARTS OF 
KENTUCKY, MISSISSIPPI, AND 
ARKANSAS, AS WELL. 
THE MARGINAL RISK DOES COME 
INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA. 
THAT IS FRIDAY NIGHT. 
EARLY SATURDAY WE HAVE THE 
GREEN COLOR, WITH THE MARGINAL 
RISK OVER METRO ATLANTA AND EVEN
IN THE SOUTH SIDE. 
WE SEE ISOLATED STORMS WITH 
FREQUENT LIGHTNING, DAMAGING 
WIND AND EVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR 
TORNADOES. 
THE BAND IS ALREADY FALLING 
APART AND ON FRIDAY MORNING, 
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. 
LUNCH TIME, MOSTLY CLOUDY 
SKIES. 
IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS, 
SCATTERED SHOWERS REDEVELOP. 
WE WILL SEE MORE OF THOSE BANDS 
COMING IN, LATE FRIDAY INTO 
EARLY ON SATURDAY. 
I THINK THE MAIN EVENT WILL BE 
EARLY SATURDAY, WITH THESE 
BANDS MOVING THROUGH. 
WE COULD SEE SEVERE STORMS. 
BY LUNCHTIME, THE MAIN AREA OF 
RAIN WILL BE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 
WE SEE THIS BREAKING UP. 
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, 
CLEARING SKIES WITH A NICE 
SECOND HALF OF THE DAY ON 
SATURDAY. 
THE PROBLEM IS, NOTHING COMES 
IN AND CLEANS OUT OR DRIES OUR 
ERROR. 
WE HAVE TROPICAL MOISTURE AND 
PLAY SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY 
AND WEDNESDAY WITH A 40% CHANCE 
OF SHOWERS AND THEN A 30% CHANCE
ON THURSDAY. 
EACH DAY WE SEE HIGH 
TEMPERATURES HOLDING IN THE 
UPPER 80s. 
>> CHRIS, THANK YOU. 
>>> STILL AHEAD, EVEN 
JOURNALISTS HAVE TO ASK WHAT 
ROLE 
>>> WHEN PROTESTS AGAINST 
POLICE BRUTALITY BROKE OUT 
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, 
JOURNALISTS KNEW IT WOULD BE 
ONE OF THE BIGGEST STORIES WE 
WOULD COVER IN OUR LIFETIME. 
11ALIVE'S HOPE FORD WAS IN 
DOWNTOWN ATLANTA FOR ALL OF IT, 
TRYING TO GET TO THE ROOT OF 
UNREST IN THE COMMUNITY. 
TONIGHT SHE EXPLAINS WHAT HER 
ROLE IS IN THIS RENEWED 
MOVEMENT. 
>> I HAVE COVERED LOTS OF 
PROTESTS, BUT GOING INTO THE 
GEORGE FLOYD PROTEST, I KNEW 
SOMETHING WAS DIFFERENT. 
I KNEW IN THE PAST WE FAILED 
THE COMMUNITY WITH COVERING 
BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
WE FAILED TO EXPLAIN THE ROOT 
OF THE ISSUE, RACISM. 
BUT I NEVER FELT LIKE I COULD 
SAY THOSE THINGS OUT LOUD. 
I NEVER FELT MY VOICE MATTERED 
IN THAT WAY. 
SEE, I AM NOT ONLY A 
JOURNALIST, I AM A BLACK WOMAN. 
WHEN GOING INTO THE FIRST 
PROTEST IN ATLANTA, I WANTED TO 
FOCUS ON ACCOUNTABILITY FOR 
EVERYONE, INCLUDING ME. 
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS 
SEPARATING RIOTS FROM PEACEFUL 
DEMONSTRATIONS, MAKING SURE I 
WASN'T DEMONIZING PROTESTERS OR 
POLICE. 
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE 
SAW THE GOOD, NOT JUST THE BAD. 
FIVE DAYS INTO PROTESTS, 
SOMETHING HAPPENED. 
IT WAS RIGHT AFTER CURFEW. 
MY CAMERAMAN AND I RAN INTO 
THESE CROSSES, 16 TO BE EXACT. 
ALL WITH THE NAMES OF DEAD 
PEOPLE. 
WE MISSED IT EARLIER, BECAUSE 
THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 
OUT THERE. 
BUT AFTER THE CURFEW, IT WAS 
JUST POLICE, JOURNALISTS, AND 
THESE CROSSES. 
I WENT ON AIR AND READ THEM 
OFF, ONE BY ONE. 
>> Reporter: IT GOES ALL THE 
WAY DOWN AND HERE AT THE END, 
AHMAUD ARBERY. 
>> THEN I FELT SOMETHING WAS 
WRONG, SO I WRAPPED UP THE 
STATEMENT. 
ONE OF MY ANCHORS ASKED THE 
QUESTION, SO I JUMPED BACK ON 
AIR AND A FEW SECONDS LATER -- 
>> Reporter: NOT JUST CARRYING 
THE MEMORY OF THE GEORGE FLOYD 
VIDEO, THEY ARE CARRYING THE 
MEMORY OF ALL OF THESE PEOPLE. 
I AM SORRY. 
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY 
CAREER, I CRIED ON LIVE TV. 
THE FIRST PERSON TO TEXT ME 
AFTER THAT WAS MY NEWS 
DIRECTOR. 
IT WAS FOR WORDS. 
I AM CRYING WITH YOU. 
I LET OUT A SIGH OF RELIEF, 
BECAUSE I THOUGHT FOR SURE I 
WAS BEING FIRED. 
MY COWORKERS TEXTED ME THANK 
YOU. 
SOCIAL MEDIA WAS LIGHTING UP 
WITH PEOPLE SAYING THANK YOU 
FOR BEING HUMAN, BUT EVEN WITH 
ALL THAT REASSURANCE I STARTED 
WONDERING, WHY DID YOU START 
CRYING IN THE FIRST PLACE? 
THEN IT HIT ME, I HAVE BEEN 
SPENDING ALL OF MY ENERGY DOING 
TWO THINGS. 
COVERING THE PROTESTS AND 
PRETENDING I WASN'T BLACK. 
I WAS PRETENDING LIKE I DIDN'T 
KNOW, ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, 
EXACTLY WHILE THOSE PEOPLE WERE 
OUT THERE. 
I FELT PAIN. 
THE NEED TO STRAIGHTEN MY HAIR 
TO GET A JOB. 
I HAVE BROTHERS WHO SERVED IN 
THE MILITARY, BUT ARE STILL 
WORRIED. 
EVEN THOUGH THEY WORE CAMEL FOR 
THE COUNTRY, THEY FEEL IT IS 
NOT ENOUGH, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T 
TAKE OFF THE ONE THING THAT 
MAKES THEM A TARGET. 
THERE BLACK SKIN. 
WHEN I SAW THAT, I SAW ALL 
THOSE VIDEOS REPLAYING IN MY 
HEAD. 
I REALIZED THE COMMUNITY, MY 
COMMUNITY, HAD BEEN YELLING FOR 
YEARS. 
WE JUST WEREN'T LISTENING. 
IF I AM TELLING A STORY ABOUT 
ABORTION, I WILL TRY TO 
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PRO-
ABORTION AND ANTIABORTION 
THINK, TO COVER THE STORY. 
SO WHEN I AM COVERING PROTESTS 
AND HIDING PART OF MYSELF OR 
MYSELF, AND NOT WORKING TO 
EXPLAIN WHY PEOPLE ARE OUT 
THERE, THEN I'M NOT TELLING THE 
STORY. 
I WANT TO BE A JOURNALIST TO 
MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNEW THEIR 
VOICE WAS IMPORTANT. 
MY ROLE IS TO MAKE SURE STORIES 
ARE TOLD ACCURATELY, TO HELP 
EVERYONE UNDERSTAND WHY. 
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE REASON 
WHY THEY ARE COMING OUT HERE, 
EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
>> I DON'T HAVE ALL THE 
ANSWERS, BUT IT IS MY JOB TO 
FIND THEM. 
>> YOU CAN WATCH 11ALIVE'S FULL 
SPECIAL, "EQUALITY MATTERS", 
>>> 39 CHILDREN ARE SAFE AFTER 
A MISSING CHILD OPERATION 
SPANNING FROM ATLANTA TO MACON. 
IT WAS CALLED OPERATION NOT 
FORGOTTEN. 
THE U.S. MARSHALS TEAMED UP 
WITH SEVERAL FEDERAL AND STATE 
AND LOCAL AGENCIES TO SERVE 
WARRANTS. 
IN TWO WEEKS, 26 CHILDREN WERE 
RESCUED AND ANOTHER 13 FOUND 
SAFE. 
THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE SAYS THE 
MISSING CHILDREN WERE 
CONSIDERED TO BE SOME OF THE 
MOST AT RISK AND CHALLENGING 
CASES IN THE AREA. 
NINE PEOPLE CHARGED WITH CRIMES 
INCLUDED SEX TRAFFICKING, SEX 
OFFENDER VIOLATIONS, AND 
OTHERS. 
THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES THE SAME 
DAY AS ANOTHER EFFORT TO BATTLE 
SEX TRAFFICKING IN GEORGIA. 
>> IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT 
TO KNOW THE WARNING SIGNS FOR 
TRAFFICKING. 
>> TYLER PERRY TEAMING UP WITH 
GEORGE'S FIRST LADY TO PUT OUT 
A PUBLIC SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT TO 
HELP EDUCATE EVERYBODY ABOUT 
SEX TRAFFICKING. 
THE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT 
CALLED PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN 
HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS 
TRAINING TO LEARN ABOUT WARNING 
SIGNS. 
MARNIE KEMP STARTED THE 
COMMISSION TO COMBAT HUMAN 
TRAFFICKING IN GEORGIA. 
>>> I AM JUST GLAD WE ARE ALL 
ALIVE, THAT'S IT. 
>> RIGHT NOW ON PRIME TIME, 
LAURA PACKING A POWERFUL PUNCH, 
SLAMMING INTO THE 
TEXAS/LOUISIANA COASTLINE AS 
ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL 
HURRICANES IN U.S. HISTORY. 
WE LOOK AT THE DAMAGE AND WHERE 
THE STORM IS NOW. 
>>> THE POWERS OF PROFESSIONAL 
ATHLETES TAKING A STAND FOR 
SOCIAL JUSTICE, EVEN IF IT 
MEANS SITTING OUT OF GAMES. 
>>> 1024 STARTS NOW. 
>>> TURNING TO THE GULF COAST, 
WHERE LAURA MADE LANDFALL 
OVERNIGHT AS A CATEGORY 4 
HURRICANE. 
>> WITH WIND TOPPING 150 MILES 
PER HOUR, IT IS ONE OF THE 
STRONGEST HURRICANES TO HIT THE 
U.S. MAINLAND SINCE 1851. 
ONLY NINE OTHER HURRICANES HAVE 
STRUCK WITH THAT MUCH FORCE. 
NBC NEWS REPORTING THE STORM IS 
BLAMED FOR AT LEAST FOUR DEATHS 
IN LOUISIANA, INCLUDING A 14-
YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO WAS KILLED 
WHEN A TREE FELL ON HER HOME. 
NOW DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL 
STORM, LAURA IS LEAVING A TRAIL 
OF FLOODED AND WRECKED 
COMMUNITIES IN ITS PATH. 
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ARE STILL 
WITHOUT POWER. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCING 
TODAY THAT HE WILL NOT DELAY 
HIS SPEECH TONIGHT, BUT WILL 
VISIT AFFECTED AREAS SOON. 
>> IT TURNED OUT WE WERE A 
LITTLE BIT LUCKY. 
IT WAS VERY BIG, VERY POWERFUL, 
BUT IT PASSED QUICKLY. 
EVERYTHING IS ON SCHEDULE. 
WE WILL PROBABLY BE GOING ON 
SATURDAY OR SUNDAY. 
>> CAMERAS SHOWING THE 
CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE IN LAKE 
CHARLES, LOUISIANA, WHICH TOOK 
A DIRECT HIT. 
YOU CAN SEE MILE AFTER MILE OF 
HOMES AND BUSINESSES WITH THE 
ROOFS RIPPED UP, MANY COMPLETELY
DESTROYED. 
DEBRIS MAKING IT TREACHEROUS 
FOR ANYONE TO SEE WHAT IS LEFT 
OF THEIR COMMUNITY. 
ADDING TO THIS CHAOS, A 
CHEMICAL PLANT FIRE AT A NEARBY 
FACILITY THAT MAKES CHLORINE-
BASED PRODUCTS. 
TOXIC SMOKE COULD BE SEEN FOR 
MILES. 
LOUISIANA'S GOVERNOR WARNED 
RESIDENTS TO STAY INSIDE. 
>> NOW WAS NOT THE TIME TO GO 
SIGHTSEEING. 
I AM APPEALING TO EVERYBODY IN 
LOUISIANA, DON'T GET OUT ON THE 
ROAD UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY 
NECESSARY FOR YOU TO DO THAT. 
>>> CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRIS 
HOLCOMB JOINS US WITH THE 
LATEST ON WHERE LAURA IS HEADED 
AND WHEN WE COULD FEEL THE 
EFFECTS. 
CHRIS. 
>> WE SAW SOME OF THOSE BANDS 
MOVING AROUND LAURA, INTO 
ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. 
THEN AS THEY PUSH INTO GEORGIA, 
THEY START FALLING APART. 
A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT RAIN IN 
CARROLL COUNTY. 
MODERATE RAIN RIGHT HERE, WHERE 
YOU SEE THE YELLOW, MOVING INTO 
PAULDING. 
THIS WAS STRONGER IN RANDOLPH 
COUNTY, ALABAMA. 
THAT WAS PART OF A BIGGER BAND 
THAT DEVELOPED IN ALABAMA 
EARLIER, BUT THAT HAS ALL 
WEEKEND. 
HERE IS WHERE THAT RAIN IS IN 
RELATION TO WHAT IS GOING ON 
RIGHT NOW WITH LAURA. 
LAURA IS NOW BARELY A TROPICAL 
STORM, WITH 40 MILE-PER-HOUR 
WIND. 
WE EXPECT BY THE 11:00 ADVISOR 
IT WILL BE DOWNGRADED TO A 
DEPRESSION, BUT STILL IT HAS A 
LOT OF RAIN WITH IT. 
PART OF A TORNADO WATCH LEFT 
OVER AND EVEN A WARNING IN 
MISSISSIPPI, ALONG INTERSTATE 
55, SOUTH OF MEMPHIS. 
OTHER TORNADO WARNINGS WEST OF 
MEMPHIS, AS WELL. 
THESE BANDS ARE STILL VERY 
STRONG. 
LET ME SHOW YOU THE LATEST WE 
HAVE RIGHT NOW. 
THIS IS BASED ON THE 
INFORMATION THAT CAME IN AT 
8:00 TONIGHT. 
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WIND IS AT 
40 MILES PER HOUR, SO THAT IS 
BARELY A TROPICAL STORM AND IT 
IS GOING TO CONTINUE MOVING 
NORTH. 
WE THINK IT WILL BECOME A 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION. 
WE WILL WATCH THIS PART WHERE 
IT STARTS TO TURN AND MOVE 
EAST. 
BETWEEN HERE AND FRIDAY 
AFTERNOON AT 2:00, SATURDAY 
MORNING EARLY AND INTO SATURDAY 
AFTERNOON, THIS TRACK, WHERE 
THIS PATH, IS GOING TO HELP 
HOLD MOISTURE OUT OF THE GULF 
OF MEXICO. 
THAT IS NOT ONLY GOING TO 
INCREASE RAIN CHANCES, BUT ALSO 
THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT SOME 
AREAS COULD SEE ISOLATED STORMS 
ON SATURDAY. 
MAINLY LATE FRIDAY AND EARLY 
SATURDAY. 
STAY WITH US, I WILL BREAK DOWN 
THE TIMING AND THE THREAT THAT 
WE HAVE AS LAURA MOVES NORTH. 
>>> YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEEN THE 
VIDEO OF A LOT OF DAMAGE AND A 
LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO 
WILL NEED HELP. 
11ALIVE'S  TRACEY AMICK PEER 
SHOWS US HOW BUSINESSES ARE 
HELPING. 
>> Reporter: BUSINESSES ARE 
GEARING UP TO HELP, LIKE 
GEORGIA POWER, WHO SENT 
CREWMEMBERS. 
>> THEY HEADED THAT WAY THIS 
MORNING. 
>> Reporter: THEY WILL STAY IN 
BATON ROUGE UNTIL LAURA PASSES 
THROUGH. 
ALISON GREGORY SAYS THEY ALSO 
SENT EQUIPMENT AND TRUCKS. 
MORE THAN 20 OF THESE BUCKET 
TRUCKS ARE THERE NOW, WITH 
ANOTHER 30 ON STANDBY. 
THESE TRUCKS WILL BE USED TO 
ASSESS THE DAMAGE, REPAIR POWER 
LINES AND IN SOME CASES, 
REPLACE POWER LINES ALTOGETHER. 
>> THEY ARE COMPLETELY DOWN AND 
WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. 
>> Reporter: THE HOME DEPOT 
FOUNDATION IS ALSO READY TO 
HELP, ACTIVATING THE VIRTUAL 
COMMAND CENTER IN ATLANTA AND 
SENDING DISASTER KITS FOR 
HYGIENE AND CLEANING. 
>> WE HAVE ABOUT 500,000 KITS 
RIGHT NOW AND ABOUT 1500 KIDS 
IN FLORIDA. 
READY TO MOVE OUT. 
>> Reporter: THEY HAVE ALSO 
COMMITTED EQUIPMENT AND 
SUPPLIES TO PARTNERS THROUGHOUT 
THE AREA MOST LIKELY TO BE HARD-
HIT. 
>> ANYTHING AROUND CLEANING 
SUPPLIES. 
SHOVELS. 
RAKES. 
SCOUR PADS. 
ALSO LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE 
WATER. 
ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS YOU 
WOULD NEED IN A DISASTER 
RESPONSE. 
>> Reporter: THE RED CROSS IS 
ALSO DOING THEIR PART. 
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE 16 GEORGIA 
VOLUNTEERS DOWN THERE, WITH 
ANOTHER 117 ON STANDBY. 
THEIR MAIN ROLE WILL BE HEALTH 
SERVICES AND PROVIDING SHELTER. 
>>> WE HAVE THE LATEST UPDATES 
FROM THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND BY 
THE STORM OF COURSE ON 
11ALIVE.COM AND YOU CAN ALSO 
GET ALERT  BY DOWNLOADING THE 
11ALIVE APP.  
>>> THERE ARE ORLANDO MAGIC 
PLAYERS HEADING BACK INTO THE 
LOCKER ROOM. 
>> THERE HAS BEEN NO ACTION. 
>> THE CONSENSUS IS TO NOT 
PLAY. 
>> AND INCREDIBLY EMOTIONAL 
EVENING. 
>> THE NBA IS OUT FRONT. 
>> THAT IS ME. 
>> IT IS JUST ANOTHER 
ADVANCEMENT IN THIS 
CONVERSATION. 
>> THAT WAS THE LAST 24 HOURS, 
WHEN MUCH OF THE SPORTS WORLD 
WENT QUIET. 
NOW WE ARE STARTING TO LEARN 
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, AFTER NBA 
PLAYERS BOYCOTTED PLAYOFF GAMES 
YESTERDAY, THREATENING THE 
REMAINDER OF THE SEASON. 
PLAYERS ON THE BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS MET THIS MORNING IN 
ORLANDO. 
THE PLAYERS AGREED TO PLAY OUT 
THE SEASON. 
THEY WILL RESTART TOMORROW OR 
THIS SEASON. 
A LOT OF PLAYERS ARE NOT 
SPEAKING WITH THE MEDIA TODAY 
AS THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO 
NEXT. 
HERE THE LATEST STATEMENT THE 
MILWAUKEE BUCKS READ LAST 
NIGHT. 
>> WE ARE CALLING FOR JUSTICE 
FOR JACOB BLAKE AND DEMAND THE 
OFFICERS BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 
FOR THIS TO OCCUR, IT IS 
IMPERATIVE FOR THE LEGISLATURE 
TO RECONVENE AFTER MONTHS OF 
INACTION AND TAKE UP MEANINGFUL 
MEASURES TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF 
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, 
BRUTALITY, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
REFORM. 
>> MORE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 
TEAMS DECIDING NOT TO PLAY 
TONIGHT. 
NO WNBA GAMES EITHER. 
SOME NFL TEAMS DECIDED NOT TO 
HOLD PRACTICE TODAY. 
THEY DID MOVE FORWARD ON WHAT 
IS NEXT. 
THEY WANT TO DO SO WITH A LOT 
OF THOUGHT. 
>> WE ARE WELL AWARE OF WHAT IS 
GOING ON. 
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE 
BEST WAY TO GO FORWARD. 
WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING THAT 
IS REDUNDANT FOR THOSE KNEE-
JERK REACTIONS. 
>> WE WILL SUPPORT THE GUYS AND 
CREATE SPACE TO HAVE 
CONVERSATIONS. 
WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT, 
STARTING IN THE SPRING, AND 
CONTINUING OVER THE SUMMER. 
>> ATLANTA UNITED DID NOT PLAY 
LAST NIGHT AGAINST MIAMI. 
THERE IS NO WORD YET ON WHEN 
THE GAME WILL BE PLAYED. 
THE BRAVES HAVE A SCHEDULED OFF 
DAY TODAY. 
>>> A WEEK AGO, 200 PEOPLE LOST 
THEIR HOMES AFTER A MASSIVE 
FIRE RIPPED THROUGH THEIR 
BUCKHEAD AREA APARTMENT COMPLEX.
JOE HENKE SPOKE WITH RESIDENTS 
WHO WANT TO GO BACK INSIDE TO 
SEE IF THEY CAN SALVAGE 
ANYTHING, BUT THEY ARE BEING 
TOLD TO STAY OUT. 
>> Reporter: FROM PERSONAL 
BELONGINGS  TO WORK FROM HOME 
ITEMS THEY USED DURING THE 
PANDEMIC, RESIDENTS SAY THEY 
JUST WANT TO BE ALLOWED BACK 
INTO THEIR OLD UNITS TO SEE 
WHAT MIGHT BE SALVAGEABLE. 
SO FAR THEY HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN 
CLEAR ANSWERS OF WHEN THAT 
MIGHT BE ALLOWED. 
NO TRESPASSING SIGNS AND 
BOARDED UP WINDOWS NOW SURROUND 
THE AVANA ON MAIN APARTMENTS 
NEAR THE LINDBERGH M.A.R.T.A. 
STATION.  
FLAMES CAUSED PART OF THE TOP 
FLORIDA COLLAPSE LAST WEEK. 
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PREVIOUSLY 
TOLD 11ALIVE THE ENTIRE 
BUILDING APPEARED TO BE A LOSS, 
WITH THE OTHER UNITS THAT DID 
NOT BURN HAVING EXTENSIVE 
DAMAGE. 
RESIDENCE TOLD 11ALIVE THAT 
MANAGEMENT HAS NOT GIVEN 
DETAILS OF IF OR WHEN THEY CAN 
GO BACK INSIDE TO SEE WHAT THEY 
CAN RECOVER. 
ONE TALKED TO 11ALIVE TODAY BY 
PHONE.  
>> WE HAVE ASKED TO BE ALLOWED 
TO GET INTO THOSE UNITS THAT 
CANNOT BEEN DAMAGED BY FIRE. 
>> Reporter: THE FIRE DID NOT 
REACH THE FIRST OR SECOND 
FLOOR, GIVING SOME RESIDENTS 
HOPE THE FIRE DID NOT REACH 
EVERYTHING. 
>> WE JUST WANT TO GET IN AND 
GET OUR STUFF. 
MANY OF US WORK FROM HOME, SO 
WE HAVE COMPUTER EQUIPMENT THAT 
BELONGED TO OUR EMPLOYERS. 
>> Reporter: THIS AFTERNOON, 
AVANA ON MAIN MANAGEMENT 
RELEASED A STATEMENT READING IN 
PART, WE ARE WORKING WITH 
CONTRACTORS  TO DETERMINE WHAT 
CAN BE SAFELY ACCESSED AND 
RECOVERED. 
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK 
CLOSELY WITH RESIDENTS AND KEEP 
THEM UPDATED AS WE HAVE MORE 
INFORMATION. 
IN ATLANTA FIRE SPOKESMAN 
PREVIOUSLY EXPRESSED CONCERNS 
MORE OF THE BUILDING COULD 
COLLAPSE. 
MULTIPLE RESIDENCE SAID THEY 
ARE WILLING TO ASSUME THE RISK. 
>> THEY COULD ALLOW US TO SIGN 
WAIVERS, TO ABSOLVE THEM FROM 
ANY INJURY TO OURSELVES. 
>>> A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE 
CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS'S DEATH, 
AND ATLANTA ARTIST STARTED WORK 
ON A STATUE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS 
LEADER. 
THAT MONUMENT IS NEARING 
COMPLETION. 
REPORTER BRITTANY KLEINPETER 
SPOKE WITH THE ARTIST BEHIND 
THE PEACE AND HAS MORE. 
>> I TOOK THIS PICTURE OF JOHN 
LEWIS. 
>> Reporter: INTERNATIONALLY 
RECOGNIZED SCULPTOR, GREGORY 
JOHNSON, WAS COMMISSIONED 
EARLIER THIS YEAR BY THE 
NATIONAL MONUMENT FOUNDATION TO 
BEGIN WORK ON A STATUE OF THE 
LATE CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS. 
JUST A FEW MONTHS BEFORE HIS 
PASSING, JOHNSON WAS ASKED TO 
SEND A PICTURE OF HIS DESIGN TO 
THE CONGRESSMAN. 
>> IN TERMS OF IMPACT FULLNESS 
AND HISTORY, I CAN SAY THIS IS 
PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT 
OPPORTUNITY IN MY LIFE. 
>> Reporter: JOHNSON SAYS THE 
SEVEN FOOT, 800 POUND STATUE 
HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE. 
>> YOU CAN SEE THE PROFILE. 
IF I NEED THE CHIN, I USE THE 
FRONT VIEW AND THE REAR. 
>> Reporter: THE STATUE WILL BE 
PLACED AT THE ATLANTA PEACE 
PARK IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA. 
THE JOHN LEWIS STATUE WILL BE 
ONE OF TWO MONUMENTS ON DISPLAY 
WHEN THE PARK FIRST OPENS THIS 
FALL. 
A TOTAL OF 18 STATUES WILL BE 
INSTALLED IN THE PARK, 
INCLUDING ANDREW YOUNG AND 
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. 
JOHNSON SAYS HE IS PROUD TO BE 
ABLE TO HONOR LEWIS'S LEGACY 
AND PHILOSOPHY.  
>> JOHN LEWIS GAVE SOCIETY 
THINGS THAT WILL NOT GO AWAY. 
>> Reporter: JOHNSON TELLS ME 
HE INVITED JOHN LEWIS TO COME 
TO A STATUE ONCE IT WAS 
COMPLETE, BUT LEWIS PASSED AWAY 
ONLY FOUR DAYS AFTER RECEIVING 
THAT INVITE. 
>>> STILL AHEAD,  COLLEGES 
REOPENING TO STUDENTS AND STAFF 
AMID THE PANDEMIC. 
A WARNING FROM A GROUP OF 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA PROFESSORS
ON WHETHER SCHOOLS ARE READY TO 
HANDLE THE CORONAVIRUS. 
>>> DON'T FORGET WE'RE STEAMING 
RIGHT NOW ON THE 11ALIVE 
YOUTUBE CHANNEL.  
FOLLOW ALONG ON THE GO. 
HIT US UP AND PULL THE 
CONVERSATION IN THE COMMUNITY 
SECTIO
>>> THE NUMBER OF GEORGIANS 
HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-19 
CONTINUES TO FALL. 
THAT IS A BRIGHT SPOT IN THE 
LATEST NUMBERS FOR OUR STATE. 
MORE THAN 2400 NEW CASES, UP 
SLIGHTLY, BUT STILL ON TRACK 
FOR A TWO WEEK AVERAGE. 
82 ADDITIONAL DEATHS REPORTED 
TODAY, A RESULT OF THE BIG JUMP 
IN CASES WE SAW BACK IN JULY. 
AT LEAST 26,000 UNIVERSITY 
STUDENTS AND STAFF HAVE 
CONTRACTED COVID-19 SO FAR THIS 
SEMESTER ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
THIS IS ACCORDING TO ANALYSIS 
BY THE NEW YORK TIMES. 
FOR PROFESSORS AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA BELIEVE 
THEY ARE INSTITUTION IS 
DANGEROUSLY UNDERPREPARED. 
"REVEAL" INVESTIGATOR ANDY 
PIERROTTI  SPOKE WITH ONE OF 
THOSE PROFESSORS. 
>> Reporter: FROM THE 
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, 
ARIZONA, AND HERE IN GEORGIA, 
VIDEO CAPTURES CROWDS OF 
STUDENTS NOT WEARING MASKS OR 
SOCIALLY DISTANCING DURING A 
PANDEMIC. 
>> AMAZING. 
INCREDIBLE. 
>> Reporter: FORCING CLASSES TO 
GO VIRTUAL, PUTTING HUNDREDS 
AND QUARANTINE AND GIVING DR. 
DAVID BRADFORD PLENTY OF 
MATERIAL TO DISCUSS IN HIS 
HEALTH POLICY CLASS AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. 
>> TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF COVID 
POLICY THIS SEMESTER. 
>> Reporter: HE AND THREE OTHER 
HEALTH PROFESSORS AT UGA WROTE 
THIS SCATHING LETTER, SING THE 
UNIVERSITY'S POLICIES AND LACK 
OF TESTING PUTS THE CAMPUS IN 
DANGER. 
>> IT IS A FOOLISH PLAN THAT 
DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT HUMAN 
NATURE. 
IT IS SILLY. 
>> Reporter: RIGHT NOW, UGA HAS 
THE CAPACITY TO TEST ABOUT 400 
RANDOM STUDENTS AND STAFF, WITH 
PLANS TO INCREASE THAT NUMBER 
TWO 2000 IN THE COMING MONTHS. 
BRADFORD SAYS IT SHOULD BE 
CLOSER TO 6000. 
>> WE ARE DOING NEARLY ENOUGH 
TO MANAGE THIS DISEASE. 
>> Reporter: THE DEAN IS 
HELPING LEAD THE SCHOOLS COVID 
RESPONSE. 
WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT? 
>> I THINK WE PUT THE PILOT 
PROGRAM IN. 
IT HAS WORKED. 
PROOF OF CONCEPT. 
WE HAVE A DELICATE BALANCE AND 
I THINK WE PUT OUT THE MESSAGE 
FROM THE MEDICAL OVERSIGHT 
GROUP, NOT WANTING TO PULL 
SUPPLIES FROM THOSE WHO ARE 
SICK, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE 
PPE, GLOVES, FDA APPROVAL. 
>> Reporter: SO FAR THIS 
SEMESTER, AN ESTIMATED 241 
STUDENTS AND STAFF OF TESTED 
POSITIVE. 
THE MAJORITY OF THOSE GOT THOSE 
TEST OFF-CAMPUS. 
UGA POSTS ITS NUMBERS ON A 
WEEKLY BASIS ONLINE. 
BRADFORD SAYS IT SHOULD BE 
POSTED EVERY DAY. 
HE IS ALSO CONCERNED UGA HAS 
NOT DISCLOSED WHERE POSITIVE 
COVID-19 STUDENTS WILL BE 
ISOLATED AND HOW MANY ROOMS ARE 
AVAILABLE. 
>> THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE 
SECRECY IS NOT ANYONE'S FRIEND 
AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE 
STUDENTS ARE. 
THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE OF 
HAVING 200 SPACES AVAILABLE FOR 
STUDENTS. 
IF THEY ARE DIAGNOSED, AND 
HAVING TWO SPACES. 
WE HAVE NO IDEA WHERE WE ARE 
RIGHT NOW. 
>> I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY WE 
HAVE, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE 
AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT. 
THEY GET MEALS DELIVERED. 
THEY DO TELL HER HER TELEHEALTH 
TO CHECK ON THEM. 
>> Reporter: WHAT THEY CAN BOTH 
AGREE ON IS THAT UNIVERSITY 
STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE LARGELY 
WEARING MASKS AND SOCIAL 
DISTANCING IN CLASS AND AROUND 
CAMPUS. 
IF HOTSPOTS HAPPEN, THE DEAN 
SAYS THEY CAN DEPLOY 10,000 
SALIVA-BASED TESTS THAT THEY 
JUST ORDERED. 
THOSE TEST RESULTS TYPICALLY 
COME BACK IN 72 HOURS OR LESS. 
>>> I AM METEOROLOGIST CHRIS 
HOLCOMB FROM THE 11ALIVE STORM 
TRACKERS. 
AS WE WATCH A BAND  COMING IN 
FROM ALABAMA, LIKE AN OUTER 
BAND ROTATING AROUND TROPICAL 
STORM LAURA. 
IT IS FALLING APART. 
WE HAVE LIGHT RAIN COMING IN 
SOUTH AND WEST OF ATLANTA. 
YOU SEE MY PHONE RIGHT HERE. 
I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF TALKING 
TO A LOT OF FOLKS ON FACEBOOK 
LIVE AND WANT TO CHAT WITH YOU 
NOW ON TV, AS WE SEE. 
THIS AREA OF LIGHT RAIN HAS A 
LOT OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. 
SOME FOLKS ON FACEBOOK WERE 
COMMENTING ON THUNDER AND 
LIGHTNING THEY WERE SEEING DOWN 
IN FALLON, GEORGIA. 
IT WAS FROM THAT STORM IN 
RANDOLPH COUNTY, BUT IT GOT A 
LOT WEAKER COMING INTO WEST 
GEORGIA. 
A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT RAIN IN 
PAULDING COUNTY, DOUGLAS, AND 
NORTHERN PARTS ALONG I-20. 
BUT THAT IS FALLING APART. 
THAT IS PART OF THE BAND THAT 
WAS ROTATING AROUND. 
THIS IS LAURA, A TROPICAL STORM 
THAT IS STILL CENTERED OVER 
ARKANSAS. 
WE DO THINK THAT VERY SOON THIS 
WILL BE DOWNGRADED TO A 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION. 
RIGHT NOW, MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 
WIND IS 40 MILES PER HOUR. 
BARELY A TROPICAL STORM. 
BUT WE CAN'T IGNORE THIS 
SYSTEM. 
IT IS PROMPTING TORNADO 
WARNINGS LIKE YOU SEE THERE, 
NORTH AND WEST OF MEMPHIS. 
A TORNADO WARNING ALONG 
INTERSTATE 55 IN THAT SAME 
BAND, IN MISSISSIPPI. 
WE HAVE TO WATCH THAT CLOSELY. 
THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTH AND 
THEN TAKE ATTORNEYS TO. 
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE 
SPECIFIC TRACK OF THE STORM 
RIGHT NOW. 
YOU CAN SEE IT IS STILL A 
TROPICAL STORM, IN THE MIDDLE 
OF ARKANSAS, JUST WEST OF 
MEMPHIS. 
IT WILL MOVE NORTH. 
MOST LIKELY BECOMING A TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION LATER TONIGHT AND 
THEN IT TAKES THAT TURN, MOVING 
EAST. 
IN BETWEEN, WESTERN PARTS OF 
KENTUCKY WHERE IT IS A 
DEPRESSION AND CENTRAL 
KENTUCKY, WHERE IT IS A LOW 
OVERNIGHT FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. 
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, LOW 
PRESSURE IN VIRGINIA. 
WHILE IT IS ON THIS TRACK, IT 
WILL KEEP PULLING UP MOISTURE 
FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND 
GIVE US HIGHER RAIN CHANCES AND 
EVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS. 
THEN IT QUICKLY MOVES BACK TO 
THE ATLANTIC. 
IT COULD REGENERATE IN THE 
ATLANTIC, BUT WE DON'T THINK IT 
WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL IMPACTS. 
HERE IS THE RISK FOR TOMORROW. 
A SEVERE THREAT. 
THE YELLOW COLOR IS THE SLIGHT 
RISK. 
A LEVEL 2 TO 5 RISK IN 
MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, TENNESSEE 
AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF KENTUCKY. 
THE GREEN COLOR IS THE MARGINAL 
RISK AND THAT COMES INTO 
GEORGIA LATE FRIDAY, WITH SOME 
STORMS THAT COULD TURN STRONG. 
BUT SATURDAY WE HAVE A MARGINAL 
RISK IN AREAS TO THE SOUTH. 
IN THESE AREAS WE COULD SEE 
ISOLATED STORMS AND THE MAIN 
THREAT IS LIGHTNING, DAMAGING 
WIND, HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED 
TORNADOES. 
I DO THINK THE RISK WILL BE ON 
THE LOWER END. 
THE BAND HAS ALREADY FALLEN 
APART. 
ONCE WE GET INTO THE MORNING 
HOURS, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. 
STILL MOSTLY CLOUDY AT NOON. 
IN THE AFTERNOON, SCATTERED 
SHOWERS DEVELOP. 
WE HAVE TO WATCH AS SOME OF 
THOSE BANDS ARE ROTATING AROUND 
THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE. 
WE COULD SEE STRONG STORMS WITH 
THAT. 
FRIDAY NIGHT, SCATTERED SHOWERS 
ARE POSSIBLE AND OVERNIGHT 
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY, THAT IS 
WHEN THE MAIN BAND WILL COME IN.
SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE 
STRONG, AS WELL. 
SATURDAY MORNING AT 7:00. 
AND THAT MOVES EAST BY NOON 
TIME ON SATURDAY. 
LEFT BEHIND WE HAVE A FEW 
SCATTERED SHOWERS, BUT WE ARE 
SEEING IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE END 
OF THE DAY ON SATURDAY. 
SECOND HALF OF THE DAY, LOOKING 
GOOD WITH SUNSHINE AND IN THE 
EVENING, LOOKING NICE AS WELL. 
WE ARE WATCHING THE WIND. 
HERE IS THE WIND IN ASSOCIATION 
WITH LAURA AS IT MOVES THROUGH 
TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY. 
WE MAY SEE BREEZES AROUND 10 
MILES PER HOUR, BUT THE YELLOW 
COLORS INDICATE WIND CLOSE TO 
20 MILES PER HOUR OR A LITTLE 
MORE THAN THAT IS THE BAND OF 
RAIN MOVES THROUGH. 
KEEP AN EYE ON THAT FOR YOU AS 
WELL. 
40% CHANCE OF RAIN ON FRIDAY 
AND I THINK RAIN CHANCES WILL 
BE HIGHER LATER IN THE 
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THAN ON 
SATURDAY. 
A 60% CHANCE OF RAIN, BUT THAT 
WILL BE EARLY IN THE DAY. 
SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, 
WEDNESDAY, WE STILL HAVE A 
TROPICAL AIR MASS AND PLENTY OF 
MOISTURE. 
THAT WILL KEEP A 40% CHANCE OF 
SHOWERS WITH HIGHS IN THE 80s. 
A 30% CHANCE BY THURSDAY. 
>>> NO PLAYOFF GAMES TONIGHT 
FOR THE NBA. 
PLAYERS MADE THE DECISION NOT 
TO PLAY AND PROTEST
>>> AND EMPTY COURT AT THE 
MILWAUKEE BUCKS GAME LAST NIGHT 
SPARKED A CHAIN REACTION OF 
ATHLETES STANDING UP AGAINST 
POLICE BRUTALITY AND RACISM. 
WNBA TEAMS INCLUDING THE 
ATLANTA DREAM DECIDED NOT TO 
PLAY THEIR GAMES. 
ATLANTA UNITED ALSO CALLED OFF 
THEIR MATCH. 
TEAMS AND ATHLETES ARE COMING 
TOGETHER TO SEND A STRONG 
MESSAGE. 
TODAY ON A LIVE AT 5:00, WE 
SPOKE WITH A WNBA WRITER ABOUT 
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MOMENT 
AND WHAT COULD COME NEXT. 
>> Reporter: I REALLY DO WANT 
TO KNOW, WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION 
WHEN YOU STARTED HEARING THAT 
THE BOX PLAYERS WERE NOT COMING 
OUT ONTO THE COURT LAST NIGHT? 
>> WELL, NOT THAT MUCH 
SURPRISED, BECAUSE WHEN THE 
SHOOTING INCIDENT HAPPENED, IN 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, WHICH IS 
ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF 
MILWAUKEE. 
IT KIND OF HIT THE BOX PLAYERS 
CLOSE TO HOME. 
WHAT WAS A LITTLE SURPRISING IS 
THAT THESE ARE BASKETBALL 
PLAYERS. 
IT TAKES A LOT FOR THEM TO NOT 
PLAY. 
THIS IS WHAT THEY DO, THIS IS 
WHAT THEY LOVE. 
THEY HAVE PLAYED THEIR ENTIRE 
LIVES AND THIS IS REALLY THE 
FIRST TIME IN NBA HISTORY THAT 
A TEAM BOYCOTTED A GAME, 
BECAUSE OF RACIAL INJUSTICE. 
THERE WAS A TIME IN 1961, WHEN 
BILL RUSSELL AND BLACK PLAYERS 
WITH THE BOSTON CELTICS REFUSED 
TO PLAY IN AN EXHIBITION GAME. 
IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY. 
BUT THAT GAME WAS PLAYED. 
THIS IS SOMETHING ALTOGETHER 
DIFFERENT. 
>> Reporter: I HURT SO MUCH ON 
SOCIAL MEDIA FROM PLAYERS SAYING
THAT IT SAYS SO MUCH THAT THEY 
STILL HAVE TO MAKE THAT 
DECISION TODAY, ALL THOSE YEARS 
AFTER THE 1961 STAND. 
PLAYERS FROM DIFFERENT TEAMS 
AND LEAGUES JOINED IN AND 
PROTEST, WHETHER IT WAS SOCCER 
OR BASEBALL. 
WNBA AS WELL. 
I WANTED TO READ A TWEET FROM A 
HEISMAN WINNING QUARTERBACK. 
NOW BACK HOME IN OHIO, AND HE 
WROTE ON TWITTER TODAY, HOW CAN 
YOU HEAR THE PAIN OF BLACK 
PEOPLE, WHAT THEY ARE GOING 
THROUGH, AND DISMISS IT AS 
NOTHING? 
HOW CAN YOU HEAR THE PAIN AND 
RESPOND WITH ANYTHING OTHER 
THAN I STAND WITH YOU? 
HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING MORE 
ABOUT MORE COORDINATION BETWEEN 
THE NBA AND OTHER LEGS MOVING 
FORWARD IN TERMS OF PROTESTING? 
>> I DON'T THINK THERE IS 
ANYTHING ORGANIZED, BUT FOR 
SURE THERE IS A SHARED 
BROTHERHOOD. 
THEY ARE ALL ATHLETES AND WOULD 
SOMETHING AFFECTS ONE GROUP, IT 
DIRECTLY AFFECTS ANOTHER. 
I ALSO THINK PLAYERS ARE 
OVERJOYED THAT WHITE ATHLETES 
ARE JOINING INTO THE CAUSE. 
HE HAS A HIGH STATUS. 
A TROPHY WINNER AND ALSO A 
QUARTERBACK FOR THE NATIONAL 
CHAMPION LSU TIGERS. 
IT REALLY IS NOT A POLITICAL 
EFFORT AT ALL. 
IT IS NOT ABOUT WHETHER YOU ARE 
LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE OR 
REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT, IT IS 
REALLY ABOUT HUMAN RIGHT AND 
THAT IS WHY PLAYERS ARE SO 
UNITED AND I THINK THAT IS WHY 
WE FELT THE RIPPLE EFFECT 
YESTERDAY. 
YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING WHAT 
HAPPENED WITH THE MILWAUKEE 
BUCKS, SPILLING OVER TO MAJOR 
LEAGUE BASEBALL, SOCCER, 
TENNIS, AND OTHER SPORTS. 
I COULD SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS 
HAPPENING AGAIN IF THERE IS 
ANOTHER INCIDENT AND LET'S HOPE 
THERE IS NOT ANOTHER INCIDENT. 
>> WE SAW THAT ONLINE WITH SO 
MANY PEOPLE CONTINUING TO SHARE 
THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS. 
THERE WERE COMMENTS ON HER 
FACEBOOK PAGE, TELLING PLAYERS 
THAT SPORTS IS NO PLACE FOR 
POLITICS. 
THIS ONE COMMENTOR MADE A GOOD 
POINT. 
SHE SAID POLITICS HAS BEEN 
PARTS OF SPORTS FOR YEARS, FROM 
JESSE OWENS, HANK AARON, 
MOHAMMED ALI. 
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE 
SIGNIFICANCE THIS YEAR? 
>> I THINK THE HISTORICAL 
SIGNIFICANCE RUNS DEEP. 
YOU CAN GO BACK TO JESSE OWENS 
IN 1936. 
JACKIE ROBINSON, WHEN HE BROKE 
THE COLOR BARRIER. 
YOU CAN GO TO THE 1960S, WHEN 
YOU HAD MOHAMMED ALI, BILL 
RUSSELL, WILT CHAMBERLAIN, AND 
SCORES OF OTHER ATHLETES MAKING 
A CHAN STAND DURING THE CIVIL 
RIGHTS ERA. 
UNFORTUNATELY THERE HASN'T BEEN 
ENOUGH PROGRESS WHEN IT COMES 
TO POLICE BRUTALITY AND JUST 
THE WAY THE POLICE WORK IS 
DONE. 
NOT ALL COPS, OBVIOUSLY. 
THE PLAYERS WANT TO STRESS 
THAT. 
IT IS JUST THAT THE USE OF 
FORCE ON UNARMED BLACK MAN IS 
SOMETHING THAT REALLY NEEDS TO 
STOP. 
>> WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR 
THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE 
11ALIVE IS WHERE ATLANTA 
SPEAKS. 
THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES  ON 
HER FACEBOOK PAGE AND YOU CAN 
WATCH MORE FROM A LIVE AT 5:00 
ON THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL. 
>>> SOMETIMES TOASTS ARE 
VOICING CONCERNS ABOUT CHANGES 
IN 
>>> THERE ARE GROWING CONCERNS 
TONIGHT THAT NEW GUIDANCE ON 
COVID-19 TESTING FOR THE CDC IS 
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. 
THE CDC NOW SAYS PEOPLE WHO 
DON'T HAVE CORONAVIRUS SYMPTOMS 
DON'T NEED TO BE TESTED, EVEN 
THOUGH THEY CAN CARRY AND 
SPREAD THE VIRUS. 
SOME DOCTORS ARE PUSHING BACK. 
THEY WANT TO SEE THE SCIENCE TO 
EXPLAIN WHY, SIX MONTHS INTO 
THE PANDEMIC, THE GOVERNMENT IS 
RECOMMENDING FEWER TESTS, 
INSTEAD OF MORE. 
HERE IS AND THOMPSON. 
>> Reporter: NEW CDC GUIDELINES 
SAY THAT PEOPLE EXPOSED TO 
COVID WITH NO SYMPTOMS NO 
LONGER NEED TO BE TESTED. 
IT BROUGHT A SWIFT BACKLASH 
FROM THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY. 
>> I THINK MOST PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICIALS BELIEVE THIS IS A BAD 
CHANGE. 
WE NEED TO BE TESTING PEOPLE 
WHO ARE ASYMPTOMATIC, NOT 
SHYING AWAY FROM DOING THE 
TESTING. 
>> Reporter: THE AMERICAN 
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION CALLING THE 
CHANGER RECIPE FOR COMMUNITY 
SPREAD AND MORE SPIKES IN 
CORONAVIRUS. 
AND MORE CAUTION FROM THE 
LEADING INFECTIOUS DISEASE 
EXPERT. 
IN A STATEMENT, DR. ANTHONY 
FAUCI SAID HE WAS UNDER GENERAL 
ANESTHESIA AND IN SURGERY THE 
DAY THE TASK FORCE ADOPTED THE 
GUIDELINES. 
HE RECALLS QUICKLY REVIEWING 
THEM, BUT NOW AFTER READING 
THEM CAREFULLY, SAYS HE HAS 
SOME CONCERN THAT THE REVISED 
GUIDELINES COULD BE INTERPRETED 
AS LESSENING THE IMPORTANCE OF 
ASYMPTOMATIC SPREAD OF THE 
VIRUS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
ADDING WITHOUT TESTING, THOSE 
WHO COME IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH 
COVID BUT SHOW NO SYMPTOMS, 
ASYMPTOMATIC SPREAD TO OTHERS 
COULD OCCUR. 
THE CHANGES SPARKED ACCUSATIONS 
OF POLITICAL INTERFERENCE. 
>> HERE'S THE BAD PART. 
WHEN YOU DO TESTING TO THAT 
EXTENT, YOU WILL FIND MORE 
PEOPLE, YOU WILL FIND MORE 
CASES. 
SO I SAID TO MY PEOPLE, SLOW 
THE TESTING DOWNPLAYS. 
>> Reporter: BUT THE 
ADMINISTRATION'S TESTING CZARS 
SAID THERE WAS NO DIRECTION 
FROM THE PRESIDENT OR VICE 
PRESIDENT ON THE NEW 
GUIDELINES. 
AS FOR THE CHANGES THEMSELVES, 
ADMIRAL GIROIR DEFENDED THE 
MOVE, SAYING TEST SHOULD BE 
FOCUSED AND STRATEGICALLY DONE, 
NOT FOR THE SAKE OF BEING 
TESTED.  
WE ARE TRYING TO DO APPROPRIATE 
TESTING, HE SAID, NOT LESS 
TESTING. 
A STRATEGY ONE HARVARD DOCTOR 
QUESTIONS. 
>> TOO OFTEN OUT OF THE CDC AND 
THIS ADMINISTRATION, WE HAVE 
SEEN GUIDELINES THAT ARE NOT 
REALLY DESIGNED TO OPTIMIZE 
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE, BUT REALLY ARE 
AN ADMISSION THAT WE DON'T HAVE 
TESTS IN THE COUNTRY. 
>> SALAI TODAY, DIRECTOR 
REDFIELD OFFERED A NEW 
STATEMENT SAYING ANYONE WHO HAS 
CLOSE CONTACT WITH THOSE WHO 
HAVE OR MAY HAVE COVID-19, MAY 
CONSIDER TESTING. 
HOWEVER, THERE HAS BEEN NO 
CHANGE YET ON THE CDC WEBSITE. 
>>> DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS ARE 
STARTING ACROSS THE STATES OF 
LOUISIANA AND PARTS OF TEXAS 
AFTER HURRICANE LAURA CAME IN 
STRONG LAST NIGHT. 
CHRIS POLLONE HAS THE LATEST 
FROM LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA. 
>> Reporter: DAYLIGHT AND THE 
FIRST LOOK AT THE DESTRUCTION 
LEFT IN HURRICANE LAURA'S WAKE. 
IN LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, 30 
MILES FROM THE COAST. 
TREES RIPPED FROM THEIR ROOTS 
AND NEIGHBORHOODS UNDERWATER. 
>> I'M JUST GLAD THAT WE ARE 
ALL ALIVE, THAT'S IT. 
>> Reporter: POWER LINES ACROSS 
ROADWAYS. 
ROADS FLOODED IN LAFORGE PARIS. 
IN WESTLAKE, A MASSIVE INFERNO 
AT A CHEMICAL PLANT THAT MAKES 
CHLORINE PRODUCTS, JUST AFTER 
THE STORM BLEW THROUGH, SENDING 
PLUMES OF SMOKE INTO THE AIR. 
IN THE STORM'S PATH, A MESS OF 
MANGLED METAL, SPLINTERED WOOD, 
AND DEBRIS. 
>> WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF FELLOW 
CITIZENS WHOSE LIVES ARE UPSIDE 
DOWN BECAUSE BUSINESSES AND 
HOMES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED. 
>> Reporter: AFTER HURRICANE 
LAURA ROARED ASHORE OVERNIGHT. 
PACKING WIND OF 150 MILES PER 
HOUR. 
LASHING LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST 
TEXAS FOR HOURS. 
>> THE WINDOWS BLEW OUT AND THE 
WALLS CAME IN. 
>> IT WAS A ROAR I NEVER HEARD 
BEFORE. 
>> Reporter: THE GOVERNOR 
TOURING THE AREAS, BUT SAYS 
OVERALL THE STATE DODGED A 
BULLET. 
>> THAT OF COURSE DOESN'T HELP 
THOSE WHOSE HOMES HAVE BEEN 
HIT. 
THOSE WHOSE BUSINESSES HAVE 
BEEN HIT. 
FOR THOSE PEOPLE, WE WANT THEM 
TO KNOW THAT WE ARE ALREADY 
WORKING ON A PROCESS OF HELPING 
THEM REBUILD. 
>> Reporter: THAT REBUILDING IS 
JUST BEGINNING ACROSS MUCH OF 
THE BATTERED REGION. 
>>> STILL WATCHING SPOTS OF 
LIGHT RAIN. 
ALL THE GREEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE,
THOSE ARE FALSE ECHOES WE ARE 
SEEING RIGHT NOW THAT SHOW UP 
ON THE RADAR AROUND THIS TIME 
OF NIGHT SOMETIMES. 
WE HAD THIS BAND OF RAIN THAT 
CAME IN FROM ALABAMA. 
THERE WERE THUNDER AND 
LIGHTNING WITH THIS EARLIER. 
IT MOVED THROUGH WITH LIGHT 
RAIN AND IS FALLING APART. 
THIS IS ALL THAT IS LEFT RIGHT 
NOW IN DALLAS. 
THERE IS ANOTHER CELL WITH 
HEAVIER RANGES TO THE NORTH. 
WEST OF ROME. 
HERE IS WHERE IT WAS HEAVIER 
EARLIER, SERONO, FOLSOM, INTO 
RANDOLPH COUNTY. 
THEN YOU SEE HOW IT FELL APART 
IN WEST GEORGIA. 
THAT WAS ALL PART OF AN OUTER 
BAND THAT WAS ROTATING AROUND 
WHAT IS LEFT OF LAURA, WHICH IS 
STILL A TROPICAL STORM. 
HERE IS THE CENTER OF THAT 
STORM. 
GETTING CLOSER AND YOU CAN SEE 
THESE BANDS ARE PRODUCING 
SEVERE WEATHER. 
THIS ONE ON INTERSTATE 55 SOUTH 
OF MEMPHIS AND MISSISSIPPI HAS 
A TORNADO WARNING WITH IT. 
A COUPLE TORNADO WARNINGS IN 
NORTHERN ARKANSAS, NORTH OF 
LITTLE ROCK. 
WE HAVE TO WATCH THESE CLOSELY. 
WE ARE ALSO WATCHING THE CENTER 
OF THE STORM AS IT MOVES NORTH 
AND THEN GOES EAST INTO 
KENTUCKY. 
ON THAT TRACK WE WILL SEE A 
RISK FOR SOME SHOWERS AND MAYBE 
THUNDERSTORMS LATE FRIDAY INTO 
SATURDAY. 
HERE IS WHAT WE ARE WATCHING 
WITH THE STORM NOW. 
WE EXPECT THEM TO BECOME A 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION A LITTLE 
BIT LATER ON TONIGHT. 
MOST LIKELY WITH THE 11:00 
ADVISORY. 
THEN WE WATCH THE DEPRESSION ON 
FRIDAY AFTERNOON COMING INTO 
KENTUCKY. 
A REMNANT LOW. 
THEN INTO VIRGINIA SATURDAY 
AFTERNOON. 
ON THIS TRACK, IT IS CLOSE 
ENOUGH TO ATLANTA THAT WE WILL 
SEE MORE MOISTURE MOVING IN 
WITH NOT ONLY RAIN CHANCES, BUT 
ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME 
BREEZES AND STRONG 
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN 
ISOLATED AREAS. 
WE WILL BREAK DOWN THOSE RISKS 
FOR YOU IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. 
>>> TONIGHT IS THE FINAL NIGHT 
OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
SUPPORTERS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP 
TELL US HIS MESSAGE AND THOSE 
OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS ARE BIG 
PLUSES HEADING INTO NOVEMBER. 
DOUG RICHARDS HAS BEEN AMONG 
VOTERS TODAY AND HAS MORE FROM 
CARTERSVILLE. 
>> Reporter: WHEN DONALD TRUMP 
WON GEORGIA IN 2016, HE DID SO 
WITH THE SUPPORT OF THREE 
QUARTERS OF THE VOTERS IN 
BARTOW COUNTY. 
>> I LISTEN MOSTLY ON FOX NEWS. 
>> I AM 100%. 
>> Reporter: THE REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION REINFORCED A LOT OF 
WHAT BARTOW COUNTY VOTERS SAID 
THEY ALREADY LIKED ABOUT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> I LOVE IT. 
I'VE BEEN WATCHING IT EVERY 
NIGHT, THE ENTIRE THING. 
>> I THINK IT LOOKS VERY 
ENTHUSIASTIC. 
I THINK THEY ARE LOOKING GREAT. 
I LOVE HIS FAMILY, I THINK THEY 
ARE WONDERFUL. 
MELANIA IS WONDERFUL. 
HIS CHILDREN, I THINK THEY ARE 
GREAT. 
VERY IMPRESSED WITH ALL OF 
THEM. 
>> Reporter: SOME SUPPORTERS 
SAY THEY ADAPTED TO HIS STYLE, 
WHICH THEY SAY THEY SOMETIMES 
FIND CHALLENGING. 
>> HE CAN BE A LITTLE HARSH, 
BUT I DON'T CARE ABOUT HIS 
PERSONALITY. 
I CARE ABOUT WHAT HE IS DOING. 
I DON'T HAVE TO BE MARRIED TO 
HIM. 
HE HAS TO BE TOUGH AND HE IS 
TOUGH. 
>> Reporter: ON THE ISSUE THAT 
DOGGED HIM MOST OF THIS YEAR, 
BACKERS IN BARTOW COUNTY GIVE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP A PASS ON HIS 
HANDLING OF THE PANDEMIC. 
>> I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE 
REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT, 
INDEPENDENT. 
NO ONE COULD'VE HANDLED THAT 
ANY BETTER IN MY OPINION. 
>> I THINK HE HANDLED IT AS 
WELL AS ANYONE. 
>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS SAYING 
BIDEN DOES HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN 
GEORGIA IN 2020, AND IF HE DOES 
SO IT WILL LIKELY BE WITH 
SUPPORT FROM VOTERS IN ATLANTA, 
THEN FOLKS WHO LIVE HERE IN 
BARTOW COUNTY. 
>>> STRAIGHTAHEAD, SOME 
PERSPECTIVE FROM THE HEAD COACH 
OF THE ATLANTA HAWKS AS PLAYERS 
IN SPORTS LEAGUES ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY SPEAK OUT AGAINST RACISM
AND INJUSTICE. 
WHERE HE THINKS 
>>> WE ARE CONTINUING TO 
MONITOR WHAT IS TAKING PLACE IN 
SPORTS RIGHT NOW. 
THE NBA IS HOPING TO RESUME 
PLAYOFFS TOMORROW AFTER PLAYERS 
BOYCOTTED. 
HAWKS HEAD COACH LLOYD PIERCE 
HAS THOUGHTS ON DIVERSITY. 
WE SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT THE 
PLAYERS MINDSET AS THEY TRY TO 
ADVANCE THEIR CAUSE. 
>> Reporter: PLAYERS WALKED OFF 
THE COURT, LEFT THE BUILDING 
AND REFUSED TO PLAY. 
A BOYCOTT BEGAN. 
MOST OF THE SPORTS NIGHT GREW 
QUIET. 
SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? 
>> PLAYERS ARE COMMITTED TO 
TRYING TO ADVANCE AREAS OF 
ACTION. 
I THINK THAT IS WHERE THE 
CONVERSATION WILL MOVE NOW. 
>> Reporter: ATLANTA HAWKS HEAD 
COACH LLOYD PIERCE IS NOT IN 
THE NBA ORLANDO BUBBLE, BUT IF 
HE HAD BEEN, HE KNEW WHAT HE 
WOULD'VE DONE. 
>> WE ARE 100% SUPPORTIVE. 
>> Reporter: THE HEAD COACH IS 
ONE OF THE MOST OUTSPOKEN 
VOICES IN THE LEAGUE. 
>> I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS 
SPEAKING AS AN ATHLETE RIGHT 
NOW. 
I THINK THEY ARE SPEAKING AS A 
FATHER, AS A BROTHER, AS A SON. 
MY CONCERN IS WHAT I AM DOING 
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SAFETY 
FOR MY DAUGHTER AND MY WIFE. 
THE PLAYERS IN ORLANDO ARE 
SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES 
RIGHT NOW, SO THEY ARE TRYING 
TO FIGURE THAT OUT WITHOUT 
BEING IN PROXIMITY. 
>> Reporter: NBA PLAYERS 
DECIDED A BOYCOTT WAS A WAY TO 
MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD. 
PIERCE SUPPORTS THEM, BUT WANTS 
TO FIND UNITY AND HOW THE 
LEAGUE RESPONDS TO SOCIAL 
INJUSTICE. 
>> THE STRENGTH OF THOSE GUYS 
BEING TOGETHER AND HAVING THESE 
MEETINGS AND DISCUSSING THESE 
PLANS OF ACTION, WHAT THEY CAN 
DO TO ENGAGE THE OWNERS AND THE 
LEAGUE AND EACH OTHER. 
THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE THEY ARE 
STILL PLAYING AND ARE IN 
ORLANDO. 
WE WANT THEM TO PLAY AND THEY 
WANT TO PLAY. 
THIS ISN'T ABOUT THIS ONE 
EVENT. 
THIS ISN'T ABOUT ONE STAND. 
THIS IS ABOUT HOW TO CHANGE THE 
POLICY. 
>> Reporter: HE APPLAUDED THE 
ACTION, BUT HOPES PLAYERS CAN 
RETURN TO PLAY AND HAVE THEIR 
PLATFORM. 
>> I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THOSE 
GUYS TO HAVE RESOLVED, COME 
TOGETHER, HAVE A PLAN AND BE 
ABLE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER 
WHILE THEY ARE THERE. 
>>> WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING A 
COUPLE OF LIGHT SHOWERS COME 
THROUGH WEST GEORGIA AND THEY 
ARE FALLING APART AS THEY GET 
CLOSER TO ATLANTA. 
A COUPLE OF THOSE HOLDING 
TOGETHER IN AREAS. 
MAYBE LIGHT RAIN IN NORTHERN 
PARTS OF PAULDING COUNTY. 
LOOKING BACK, THAT WAS A LOT 
HEAVIER IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, 
ALABAMA, EARLIER. 
JUST OVER THE LINE INTO 
ALABAMA. 
NOW THAT IS WEAKENING. 
YOU CAN SEE THAT BETTER. 
PLENTY OF LIGHTNING AND HEAVY 
RAIN BETWEEN ROANOKE AND 
FOLSOM. 
THEN AS IT MOVES, SHOWERS FELL 
APART. 
THAT IS ALL WE HAVE. 
A COUPLE OF AREAS IN SOUTH 
FULTON AND NORTHERN COWETA 
COUNTY MAYBE A FEW SPRINKLES 
THERE. 
THAT IS PART OF A BAND THAT 
DEVELOPED EARLIER TODAY AROUND 
WHAT IS LEFT OF LAURA. 
IT IS A TROPICAL STORM. 
I THINK BY THE 11:00 PM 
ADVISORY, IT WILL BE DOWNGRADED 
TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION. 
WE CAN'T IGNORE IT. 
A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE 
MOVES NORTH AND TAKES 
ATTORNEYS. 
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF TORNADO 
WARNINGS. 
ONE SOUTH OF MEMPHIS, ONE NORTH 
AND WEST OF MEMPHIS. 
THIS IS WHAT IS LEFT OF A 
TORNADO WATCH AS THEY HAVE BEEN 
TAKING PARTS OF IT OUT AND AM 
WAITING FOR THE WATCH TO GO 
AWAY. 
THERE IS ONE OF THOSE STORMS, 
SOUTH OF MEMPHIS. 
IT HAS SOME ROTATION WITH IT 
AND THAT PROMPTED A TORNADO 
WARNING. 
HERE IS A LIVE LOOK. 
THIS IS IN ATHENS RIGHT NOW, 
LOOKING DOWN ON THE STREET. 
THE ROADS ARE DRY. 
WE DIDN'T SEE MUCH IN THE FORM 
OF RAIN. 
A LOT OF CARS IN THE DOWNTOWN 
AREA OF ATHENS TONIGHT. 
SO A NICE NIGHT THERE, THOUGH 
IT IS ON THE MUGGY SIDE. 
TODAY'S HIGHS MADE IT TO 90 
DEGREES. 
WE SHOULD BE AROUND 87 FOR THIS 
TIME OF YEAR. 
NO RAIN OFFICIALLY AT 
HARTSFIELD-JACKSON. 
IT IS ABOUT 11 3/4 ABOVE WHERE 
WE SHOULD BE THIS TIME OF YEAR. 
TOMORROW, IT IS MAINLY OVER 
MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, TENNESSEE,
AND ALSO KENTUCKY, WHERE THEY 
HAVE THAT LEVEL 2 OF 5 RISK. 
LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY, A 
MARGINAL RISK IN NORTH GEORGIA. 
SATURDAY, THIS MARGINAL RISK IS 
MAINLY FOR THE EARLY PART OF 
THE DAY. 
A MARGINAL RISK, LEVEL ONE OF 
FIVE FOR NORTH GEORGIA, ATLANTA,
DOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE INTO THE 
EAST, AS WELL. 
THE MAIN RISKS WILL BE FREQUENT 
LIGHTNING, DAMAGING WIND. 
MAYBE ISOLATED TORNADOES, BUT I 
THINK THAT RISK WILL BE ON THE 
LOW END. 
TAKE A LOOK AT WEATHER 
HEADLINES. 
WE ARE TRACKING THOSE REMNANTS 
OF LAURA AS THEY MOVE NORTH AND 
EAST. 
WE SEE RAIN CHANCES GOING UP 
AGAIN AFTER WE HAD A BREAK IN 
THE RAIN TODAY. 
WE WILL BE WATCHING THAT STORM 
RISK FOR LATE FRIDAY INTO 
SATURDAY. 
THIS BAND IS REALLY FALLING 
APART. 
IT IS NOT REALLY WHAT IT IS 
SHOWING ON THE MODEL. 
7:00 IN THE MORNING, MOSTLY 
CLOUDY SKIES AND IT WILL BE A 
MUGGY DAY. 
MORE CLOUDS THAN SON AT LUNCH 
TIME. 
WATCH SCATTERED SHOWERS 
DEVELOPING FOR THE AFTERNOON 
HOURS ON FRIDAY AND WE WILL SEE 
SOME OF THESE PERSISTING IN THE 
EVENING HOURS. 
SCATTERED, NOT RAINING THE 
WHOLE NIGHT. 
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY 
SATURDAY, THIS IS THE MAIN 
EVENT WITH SHOWERS AND STORMS. 
SOME OF THESE CAN BE STRONG. 
I AM HOPING SINCE THIS IS EARLY 
IN THE MORNING HOURS, THAT WILL 
TAKE AWAY SOME OF THE SEVERITY. 
BY LUNCHTIME IT MOVES OVER 
SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH 
CAROLINA. 
SPOTTY SHOWERS LEFT BEHIND, 
THEN SUNSHINE BREAKING THROUGH 
FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS 
SATURDAY. 
THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY 
SATURDAY LOOKS BETTER AND ON 
SUNDAY, YOU WOULD THINK WITH A 
TROPICAL SYSTEM MOVING OUT WE 
WOULD SEE DRIER AIR COMING IN. 
THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. 
PLENTY OF TROPICAL MOISTURE 
LEFT BEHIND. 
SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND 
WEDNESDAY EACH DAY, A 40% 
CHANCE OF SHOWERS. 
THEN BACK DOWN TO A 30% CHANCE 
BY THURSDAY. 
>>> WHEN PROTESTS AGAINST 
POLICE BRUTALITY BROKE OUT 
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, 
JOURNALISTS KNEW IT WOULD BE 
ONE OF THE BIGGEST STORIES WE 
WOULD EVER COVER IN OUR 
LIFETIME. 
11ALIVE'S HOPE FORD WAS IN 
DOWNTOWN ATLANTA FOR ALL OF IT, 
NEARLY EVERY DAY,  TRYING TO 
GET TO WHAT WAS CAUSING UNREST 
IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
TONIGHT SHE EXPLAINS HER ROLE 
IN THIS RENEWED MOVEMENT FOR 
RACIAL EQUALITY. 
>> I HAVE BEEN A JOURNALIST FOR 
12 YEARS. 
I COVERED LOTS OF PROTESTS, BUT 
GOING INTO THE GEORGE FLOYD 
PROTEST, I KNEW SOMETHING WAS 
DIFFERENT. 
IN THE PAST WE FAILED THE 
COMMUNITY WITH COVERING BLACK 
LIVES MATTER. 
WE FAILED TO EXPLAIN THE ROOT 
OF THE ISSUE, RACISM. 
I NEVER FELT LIKE I COULD 
EXPLAIN THINGS OUT LOUD. 
I NEVER FELT LIKE MY VOICE 
MATTERED IN THAT WAY. 
I'M NOT ONLY A JOURNALIST, I AM 
A BLACK WOMAN. 
WHEN GOING INTO THE FIRST 
PROTEST IN ATLANTA, I WANTED TO 
FOCUS ON ACCOUNTABILITY FOR 
EVERYONE, INCLUDING ME. 
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS 
SEPARATING RIOTS FROM PEACEFUL 
DEMONSTRATIONS. 
MAKING SURE I WASN'T DEMONIZING 
PROTESTERS OR POLICE. 
I WANTED TO SHOW THE GOOD, NOT 
JUST THE BAD. 
FIVE DAYS INTO PROTESTS, 
SOMETHING HAPPENED. 
IT WAS RIGHT AFTER CURFEW. 
MY CAMERAMAN AND I RAN INTO 
THESE CROSSES, 16 TO BE EXACT. 
ALL WITH THE NAMES OF DEAD 
BLACK PEOPLE. 
WE MISSED IT EARLIER, BECAUSE 
THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 
OUT THERE, BUT AFTER CURFEW IT 
WAS JUST THE POLICE, OTHER 
JOURNALISTS, AND THESE CROSSES. 
SO I WENT ON HERE AND READ THEM 
OFF ONE BY ONE. 
>> Reporter: BOTHAM JEAN, ERIC 
GARNER, ALL THE WAY DOWN. 
AT THE END, AHMAUD ARBERY. 
>> I FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS 
WRONG, SO I WRAPPED UP THE 
SEGMENT, BUT ONE OF MY ANCHORS 
ASKED ME A QUESTION, SO I 
JUMPED BACK ON THE AIR. 
A FEW SECONDS LATER -- 
>> Reporter: THEY ARE NOT JUST 
CARRYING THE MEMORY OF GEORGE 
FLOYD, THEY ARE CARRYING THE 
MEMORY OF ALL OF THESE PEOPLE. 
I'M SORRY. 
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY 
CAREER, I CRIED ON LIVE TV. 
THE FIRST PERSON TO TEXT ME 
AFTER THAT WAS MY NEWS 
DIRECTOR. 
IT WAS FOR WORDS, I AM CRYING 
WITH YOU. 
I LET OUT A SIGH OF RELIEF, 
BECAUSE I THOUGHT FOR SURE I 
WAS BEING FIRED. 
COWORKERS WERE TEXTING ME 
TELLING ME THANK YOU, THEY WERE 
FEELING LIKE THIS ALL WEEK. 
SOCIAL MEDIA WAS LIGHTING UP 
WITH PEOPLE TELLING ME THANK 
YOU FOR BEING HUMAN, BUT EVEN 
WITH THAT REASSURANCE I STARTED 
WONDERING, WHY DID YOU START 
CRYING IN THE FIRST PLACE? 
THEN IT HIT ME. 
I HAVE BEEN SPENDING ALL OF MY 
ENERGY DOING TWO THINGS. 
COVERING THE PROTESTS AND 
PRETENDING I WASN'T BLACK. 
I WAS PRETENDING LIKE I DIDN'T 
KNOW, ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, 
EXACTLY WHY ALL THOSE PEOPLE 
WERE OUT THERE. 
I FELT THE PAIN. 
I HAVE BEEN TOLD I NEED TO 
STRAIGHTEN MY HAIR TO GET JOBS. 
I HAVE BROTHERS WHO SERVED IN 
THE MILITARY WHO ARE STILL 
WORRIED, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH 
THEY WORE CAMO FOR THEIR 
COUNTRY, THEY FEEL LIKE IT IS 
NOT ENOUGH BECAUSE THEY CAN'T 
TAKE OFF THE ONE THING THAT 
MAKES THEM A TARGET, THEIR 
BLACK SKIN. 
WHEN I SAW THOSE CROSSES, I SAW 
ALL THOSE VIDEOS REPLAYING IN 
MY HEAD. 
I REALIZED THESE COMMUNITIES, 
MY COMMUNITY, HAD BEEN YELLING 
FOR YEARS, WE JUST WEREN'T 
LISTENING. 
IF I REPORT ON A STORY ABOUT 
ABORTION, I WILL WORK TO 
UNDERSTAND WHAT PRO AND 
ANTIABORTIONISTS THINK TO COVER 
THE STORY. 
SO WHEN I AM COVERING PROTESTS 
AND HIDING PART OF MYSELF, AND 
I'M NOT WORKING TO EXPLAIN WHY 
PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE, THEN I'M 
NOT TELLING THE WHOLE STORY. 
I WANT TO BE A JOURNALIST TO 
MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNEW THEIR 
VOICE WAS IMPORTANT. 
MY ROLE IS TO MAKE SURE STORIES 
ARE TOLD ACCURATELY, TO HELP 
EVERYONE UNDERSTAND WHY. 
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE REASON 
WHY THEY ARE COMING OUT HERE 
EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
>> I DON'T HAVE ALL THE 
ANSWERS, BUT IT IS MY JOB TO 
FIND THEM. 
>> YOU CAN WATCH 11ALIVE'S FULL 
SPECIAL, "EQUALITY MATTERS,"  
WHERE WE EX
>>> THERE IS A GROUP OF NURSES, 
DOCTORS, AND HOSPITAL STAFF WHO 
HAVE BEEN ON A MISSION TO BOOST 
MORALE THIS WEEK. 
NOT JUST INSIDE THEIR BUILDING, 
BUT IN A WAY THAT CAN ALSO MAKE 
A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY 
AND IT HAS BEEN A BIG HIT. 
>> Reporter: HOSPITALS HAVE 
BEEN PLACES OF UNCERTAINTY AND 
CHALLENGES, MORE LATELY THAN 
EVER. 
BUT ALSO PLACES TO COME 
TOGETHER. 
>> BRINGING SMILES TO PEOPLE'S 
FACES. 
>> Reporter: AND LIFTING EACH 
OTHER UP IN ALL KINDS OF WAYS. 
>> WE ALL HAD MASKS ON. 
EVERYONE WAS LIKE, IS THAT YOU 
IN THE CORNER? 
>> Reporter: SHE IS A SURGEON 
AT CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF 
ATLANTA. 
SHE IS ALSO A DANCER, FRONT 
ROW, FAR LEFT, IN A MOMENT THEY 
ALL NEEDED AFTER STRESSFUL 
MONTHS. 
TALK ABOUT YOUR CREW. 
>> THEY ARE ALL DIVERSE. 
THERE WAS ONE OF THE PLASTIC 
SURGEONS, NURSES, HEALTH TECHS. 
SOMETHING TO DO TO HAVE FUN AND 
BRING US ALL TOGETHER DURING 
THESE TIMES. 
>> Reporter: THE DANCE WAS PART 
OF A MORALE BUILDING WEEK, FULL 
OF ENCOURAGEMENT. 
SIMPLE GESTURES WITH DEEPER 
MEANING AND UNDERSTANDING THAT 
PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH A LOT 
RIGHT NOW. 
>> YES THIS IS A TOUGH TIME 
THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH, BUT 
WE CAN STILL HAVE FUN AND FIND 
JOY EVERY DAY. 
THAT DAY WAS MY JOY. 
>> SO GOOD TO SEE THAT AND SO 
NECESSARY TO SEE PEOPLE HAVING 
A GOOD TIME, FINDING A PIECE OF 
JOY WHEREVER THEY CAN. 
A GREAT WAY TO END THE 9:00 
HOUR. 
>>> WE WILL SE
>>> NEW TONIGHT, A MEMORIAL 
HONORING THE LIVES OF COVID-19 
VICTIMS IN GEORGIA. 
WE ARE GIVING YOU A LIVE LOOK 
AS FAMILIES MARCH TO THE 
CAPITAL IN REMEMBRANCE TONIGHT. 
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE READY 
TO MARCH ON WASHINGTON AND 
TONIGHT WE HEAR FROM RAYSHARD 
BROOKS AS SHE PREPARES TO JOIN 
THEM. 
>>> AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF SCHOOL 
AND WELCOMING STUDENTS INTO THE 
CLASSROOM WE ARE GETTING A 
CLOSER LOOK AT HOW COVID-19 IS 
IMPACTING CHILDREN. 
>> THIS WAS THE MOST POWERFUL 
STORM TO EVER MAKE LANDFALL IN 
LOUISIANA. 
>>> TODAY IS ABOUT SAVING 
LIVES, MOVING PEOPLE OUT OF 
THEIR HOMES IF THEIR HOMES ARE 
NO LONGER SAFE AND HABITABLE. 
>> WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE 
MAGNITUDE OF THE DAMAGE THAT 
COULD HAVE OCCURRED HERE, WE 
DID DODGE A BULLET. 
>> HURRICANE LAURA IS A 
TROPICAL STORM BUT MORE THAN 
HALF 1 MILLION PEOPLE IN 
LOUISIANA AND TEXAS ARE STILL 
WITHOUT POWER HOURS AFTER THE 
STORM MADE LANDFALL AS A 
CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE. 
WE HAVE DRONE VIDEO FOR YOU 
RIGHT NOW AND IT IS SHOWING 
HEAVY FLOODING AT LAKE CHARLES, 
LOUISIANA DESPITE THE 
DESTRUCTION, OFFICIALS AND BOTH 
STATES SAY THAT IT COULD'VE 
BEEN WORSE. 
MUCH WORSE. 
SIX PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN 
LOUISIANA, INCLUDING A 14-YEAR-
OLD GIRL STRUCK BY A TREE. 
WE HAVE MORE VIDEO FROM LAKE 
CHARLES AND THE CITY TOOK A 
DIRECT HIT AS IT MOVED ON SHORT 
OVERNIGHT. 
DEVASTATING WINS, BUILDINGS, 
DESTROYED, POWERLINES KNOCKED 
DOWN, POLLS SNAPPED, DEBRIS 
PILING HIGH, FOLKS ARE TRYING 
TO GET BACK TO WORK IN 
LOUISIANA, THE NATIONAL GUARD 
IS OUT ASSESSING THE DAMAGE AND 
THEY HAVE BEEN ALL DAY AND ALL 
NIGHT AND WILL DO SO FOR THE 
COURSE OF TOMORROW, AS WELL. 
THEY ARE CHECKING FOR PEOPLE 
WHO MAY NEED TO BE RESCUED. 
>> THAT SYSTEM COULD STILL 
IMPACT US. 
OUR CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRIS 
HOLCOMB IS TRACKING THE 
CHANGES. 
>> EVEN THOUGH THE STORM MADE 
IT INLAND, IT IS WEAKENING AND 
WE CANNOT IGNORE IT. 
WE HAVE TO WATCH IT AS IT WILL 
SEND BANDS OF RAIN OUR WAY AND 
EVEN A POTENTIAL FOR STORMS 
LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. 
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHTNING 
IS LEFT OVER FROM THE RAIN BAND 
THAT WAS IN ALABAMA AND WAS 
MUCH STRONGER EARLIER. 
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SPRINKLES 
LEFT WITH THAT RIGHT NOW. 
LOOK AT THE INTENSE LIGHTNING 
WE HAVE THROUGH ROANOKE AND 
FOLSOM, ALABAMA. 
IT CROSSED THE LINE TO GEORGIA 
AND STARTED TO FALL APART. 
THERE WAS AN OUTER BAND HERE. 
AND WE HAVE ONE HERE TO THE 
WEST OF ROME WITH SOME 
LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH IT 
AND THAT IS MOVING TOWARD THE 
NORTH. 
NOW YOU CAN SEE THE CENTER OF 
THE STORM AND THIS IS WHAT IS 
LEFT OF IT. 
IT IS BARELY A TROPICAL STORM 
WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 
40 MILES AN HOUR AND WE EXPECT 
TO SEE IT DOWNGRADED TO A 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION MOST LIKELY 
WITH THE 11 TEAM ADVISORY BUT 
THIS IS WHY WE CANNOT IGNORE 
THE SYSTEM BECAUSE LOOK AT 
THESE BANDS COMING AROUND. 
THREE TORNADO WARNINGS JUST IN 
THE NORTH AND WEST OF MEMPHIS 
AND WE HAD A TORNADO WARNING 
ALONG INTERSTATE 55 IN 
MISSISSIPPI. 
AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM 
MOVES UP TO THE NORTH AND EAST, 
WE ALSO ARE GOING TO HAVE TO 
WATCH ANY OF THOSE BANDS THAT 
DEVELOP AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A 
FEW STORMS TO DEVELOP LATE 
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. 
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS 
US IN SOME OF THE OUTLOOK AREAS 
FOR SEVERE WEATHER RISK AND WE 
WILL BREAK THAT DOWN FOR YOU IN 
A FEW MINUTES. 
>>> THERE IS A LOT OF DAMAGE 
AND 11ALIVE'S  MAKE PIERCE 
SHOWS US HOW GEORGIA COMPANIES 
ARE STEPPING UP TO HELP LEND A 
HAND TO STORM VICTIMS 
EVERYWHERE. 
>> Reporter: AS HURRICANE LAURA 
MADE LANDFALL ON THE GULF 
COAST, MANY HERE IN ATLANTA 
WERE GEARING UP TO HELP. 
LIKE GEORGIA POWER, WHO SPENT 
MORE THAN 100 CREWMEMBERS TO 
LOUISIANA. 
>> WE HAD CREWS FROM ATHENS AND 
ROME. 
>> Reporter: WERE STAGED IN 
BATON ROUGE UNTIL LAURA PASSES 
THROUGH. 
THEY ALSO SENT EQUIPMENT AND 
TRUCKS. 
MORE THAN 20 OF THESE BUCKET 
TRUCKS ARE THERE NOW WITH 
ANOTHER ALREADY ON STANDBY AND 
THESE TRUCKS WILL BE USED TO 
ASSESS THE DAMAGE, REPAIR DEBT 
LINES AND REPLACE POWERLINES 
ALTOGETHER. 
>> THEY ARE COMPLETELY DOWN AND 
THEY WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. 
>> HOME DEPOT IS READY TO HELP, 
ACTIVATING THEIR VIRTUAL 
COMMAND CENTER AND SENDING 
DISASTER KITS FOR HYGIENE AND 
CLEANING. 
>> WE HAVE 500 TO 1000 PEOPLE 
AND WE HAVE 1500 KITS READY TO 
MOVE OUT. 
SEAN WALKER SAID THEY HAVE ALSO 
COMMITTED EQUIPMENT AND 
SUPPLIES TO THEIR PARTNERS 
THROUGHOUT THE AREA THAT ARE 
LIKELY TO BE HARD-HIT. 
>> SHOVELS, RAKES, SCOURING 
PADS, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT 
TYPES OF THINGS YOU WOULD NEED. 
>> THE RED CROSS IS ALSO DOING 
THEIR PART. 
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE 16 GEORGIA 
VOLUNTEERS DOWN THERE WITH 
ANOTHER 117 ON STANDBY AND 
THERE WILL BE SERVICES AND 
SHELTER. 
>> WE HAVE THE LATEST UPDATES 
FROM THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND 
FROM THE STORM ON 
WWW.11ALIVE.COM.  
THERE IS SO MUCH TO SEE. 
WE WILL HAVE THE LATEST FOR YOU 
AND EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW 
AS FAR AS THE WEATHER AND YOUR 
WEEKEND AHEAD. 
YOU CAN ALSO GET ALERTS BY 
DOWNLOADING THE 11 ALIVE APP. 
>>> THE NUMBER OF GEORGIANS 
HOSPITALIZED FROM COVID-19 
CONTINUES TO FALL AND THAT IS 
THE RIGHT SPOT IN THE LATEST 
NUMBERS FOR OUR STATE. 
MORE THAN 2400 NEW CASES TODAY, 
UP SLIGHTLY BUT STILL ON TRACK 
FOR OUR AVERAGE. 
82 ADDITIONAL DEATHS WERE 
REPORTED. 
THAT WAS A BIG JUMP IN CASES IN 
JULY. 
>>> A NOTE LOCAL ORGANIZATION 
WANTS EVERYBODY TO HONOR 5000 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED FROM THE 
VIRUS HERE IN OUR STATE. 
MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL ERECTED NEAR 
THE AQUARIUM, WE ARE JOINED 
LIVE FROM THE CAPITAL. 
WHAT DO THE FAMILY ORGANIZERS 
TELL YOU? 
>> Reporter: THEY TOLD ME TO 
THINK BACK TO WHEN COVID FIRST 
HIT GEORGIA INTO THOSE FIRST 
PEOPLE WHO DIED FROM THE VIRUS. 
AT THE TIME YOU LEARNED THEIR 
JOB, THEIR NAME, THEIR STORY, 
BUT SINCE THEN THE NUMBERS HAVE 
GROWN SO MUCH THAT IT SEEMS 
THAT IS ALL THEY HAVE BECOME. 
JUST NUMBERS. 
EACH ONE OF THESE OVER 5000 
HEARTS IS A PERSON, A MOTHER, 
FATHER, A FRIEND. 
THAT IS WHAT JANET DAVIS WANTS 
PEOPLE TO REMEMBER. 
>> IT WAS IN COMFORTABLE 
HEARING LAWMAKERS TO WRITE THEM 
OFF AS STATISTICS. 
>> LOVED ONES NOT NUMBERS 
CAMPAIGN INVITED FAMILIES TO 
FILL DISPENSE WITH HER BROKEN 
HEARTS BECAUSE THAT IS ALL THAT 
IS LEFT BEHIND. 
LOVED ONES LIKE PRESTON WESLEY 
WHO WENT INTO THE ICU IN APRIL. 
>> THEY HAD TO TAKE HIM OFF OF 
THE VENTILATOR AND HE DID NOT 
MAKE IT. 
>> HE LEFT BEHIND GRANDCHILDREN 
AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND HIS 
WIFE OF 71 YEARS. 
>> SHE IS RECOVERING BUT STILL 
MOURNING HIS LOSS. 
MY FATHER AND I ASKED HER 
BEFORE -- I ASKED HER, WHAT 
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PUT ON THE 
HEART, AND SHE SAID YOU ARE MY 
SHINIEST STAR AND YOU HAD TO GO 
AWAY TOO SOON. 
>> FOR HER GRANDDAUGHTER AND 
DAUGHTER, THIS IS HOW THEY ARE 
COPING. 
>> Reporter: FAMILIES ALSO 
MARCHED TO THE CAPITAL FOR 
CANDLELIT VIGIL. 
THEY WANT TO HONOR THEIR LOVED 
ONES BUT ALSO CALL FOR CHANGE 
SO THEY CAN STOP ADDING MORE 
BROKEN HEARTS. 
>> THE GEORGIA COALITION TO 
SAVE LIVES HELPED PUT THIS 
MEMORIAL TOGETHER AND THEY SAY 
THEY HAVE ASKED FOR A MEETING 
WITH THE GOVERNOR SINCE MAY AND 
HAVE YET TO RECEIVE A YES 
ANSWER. 
THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT A 
STATEWIDE MASK MANDATE AND 
OTHER POLICIES AND HOPEFULLY 
THEY WILL SEE THEM PUT IN PLACE 
TO HELP REDUCE THE NUMBER OF 
COVID DEATHS. 
>>> THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS 
FILING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT 
BENEFITS FOR THE FIRST TIME 
DROPPED THIS WEEK. 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR SAYS 
THAT NUMBER IS JUST ABOUT 1 
MILLION. 
THE NUMBER IS CONTINUING, 
EXCUSE ME, THE NUMBER OF 
CONTINUING CLAIMS REMAINS HIGH. 
IN GEORGIA THERE ARE 5400 NEW 
CLAIMS. 
>>> TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 
ARE SET TO MARCH ON WASHINGTON 
TOMORROW, THE 57th ANNIVERSARY 
OF DR. KING'S I HAVE A DREAM 
SPEECH. 
>> THE MARCH THIS YEAR WILL BE 
ON POLICE BRUTALITY. 
KAITLYN ROSS REPORTS THE WIDOW 
OF RAYSHARD BROOKS IS -- 
>> Reporter: SHE WANTS EVERYONE 
TO HEAR HER MESSAGE. 
>> I WANT TO SEE PEOPLE WERE 
SITTING AT HOME BECAUSE THEY'RE 
NOT ACTUALLY HAVING IT ON THEIR 
DOORSTEP COME OUT AND TAKE A 
STAND AND ALSO MARCH BECAUSE 
THIS AFFECTS EVERYBODY AT THE 
END OF THE DAY. 
>> HER HUSBAND RAYSHARD BROOKS 
WAS SHOT IN THE BACK, KILLED BY 
A POLICE OFFICER IN JUNE. 
WHEN SHE HEARD JACOB LAKE WAS 
SHOT IN THE BACK BY POLICE IN 
WISCONSIN, SHE IMMEDIATELY 
UNDERSTOOD THE ANGER. 
>> YOU CAN SEE HOW PEOPLE ARE 
BECOMING SO ANGRY THEY ARE 
BEING DESTRUCTIVE. 
THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR VOICE IS 
NOT BEING HEARD. 
>> SHE SAID SHE WANTS PEOPLE TO 
MARCH FOR CHANGE TOMORROW AND 
SHE WANTS POLICE OFFICERS TO 
CHANGE THE WAY THEY SEE THE 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. 
>> I WANT TO SEE THE POLICE 
OFFICERS STAND UP AND SAY HEY, 
WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW OUR 
OTHER OFFICERS TO CONTINUE 
DOING THESE SAME THINGS. 
>> Reporter: HER ATTORNEYS WANT 
THEM TO SEND A POWERFUL MESSAGE 
TO EVERYONE IN THE U.S. 
>> UNITY IS HOW CHANGE HAPPENS, 
NOT CHAOS OR WRITING. 
UNITY. 
>> THEY SAY THEY ARE ENCOURAGED 
BY PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES. 
>> WHERE THEY GO, THE MONEY 
GOES. 
OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT 
LISTENING BEFORE ARE LISTENING 
NOW BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT IS 
CAUSED SOME KIND OF 
INCONVENIENCE TO THEIR LIFE. 
>> EVEN IF PEOPLE CANNOT ATTEND 
IN PERSON SHE HOPES EVERYONE 
WHO SEES IT UNDERSTANDS THEY 
ARE SUPPORTED AND LOVED. 
MAKE THERE IS JUSTICE AND LOVE. 
THERE IS A COMMUNITY THAT 
CARES. 
>> Reporter: PEOPLE START 
GATHERING AT 7:00 A.M. 
IN WASHINGTON D.C. WITH THE 
MAIN PROGRAM KICKING OFF AT 
11:00 A.M. 
THEY'RE EXPECTING UPWARDS OF 
100,000 PEOPLE, AND MASKS ARE 
MANDATORY. 
THEY WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCING 
SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
>>> KENOSHA, WISCONSIN POLICE 
CHIEF IS TRYING TO REASSURE THE 
COMMUNITY AS PROTESTS CONTINUE. 
>> THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IS 
NOT FALLING UPON DEAF EARS. 
WE ARE HEARING YOU. 
>> THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS 
RELEASED THE NAME OF THE 
OFFICER WHO SHOT JACOB BLAKE  
IN THE BACK AND NAME IS RUSTEN 
SHESKEY  AND HE HAS BEEN WITH 
THE KENOSHA POLICE DEPARTMENT 
FOR SOME YEARS. 
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ALSO SAID 
A KNIFE WAS FOUND IN THE DRIVER 
SIDE DOOR BOARD OF MR. BLAKE'S 
CAR. 
>>> 17-YEAR-OLD KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE IS CHARGED WITH  
INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE. 
TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND KILLED 
DURING PROTESTS ON TUESDAY 
NIGHT. 
>>> ABA PLAYERS -- AGREE TO 
PLAY OUT THE SEASON AFTER THEY 
AND THE NBA BOARD OF GOVERNORS 
MET IN ORLANDO. 
THEY WILL RESTART THIS WEEKEND 
AND MANY PLAYERS ARE NOT 
SPEAKING WITH THE MEDIA TODAY 
AS THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO 
NEXT. 
HERE WAS THE LATEST STATEMENT 
LAST NIGHT. 
>> WE ARE CALLING FOR JUSTICE 
FOR JACOB LAKE AND THE MAN TO 
BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 
FOR THIS TO OCCUR IT IS 
IMPERATIVE FOR THE LEGISLATORS 
TO RECONVENE AFTER MONTHS OF 
INACTION AND TAKE MEANINGFUL 
MEASURES TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF 
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, 
BRUTALITY, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
REFORM. 
>> WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE ON 
HOW PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES ARE 
SPEAKING OUT ON SOCIAL 
INJUSTICE COMING UP AND A FEW 
MINUTES. 
>>> 39 CHILDREN ARE SAFE AFTER 
A MISSING CHILD STING 
OPERATION. 
CALLED OPERATION NOT FORGOTTEN, 
THE UNIT TEAMED UP WITH SEVERAL 
OTHER FEDERAL STATE AND LOCAL 
AGENCIES TO SERVE WARRANTS IN 
AUGUSTA, ATLANTA, AND MAKE IT. 
IN TWO WEEKS 26 KIDS WERE 
RESCUED AND ANOTHER 13 WERE 
FOUND SAFE AND THE MARSHAL'S 
OFFICE SAY THESE MISSING 
CHILDREN WERE CONSIDERED TO BE 
SOME OF THE MOST AT RISK AND 
CHALLENGING RECOVERY CASES IN 
THE AREA. 
NINE PEOPLE WERE CHARGED WITH 
VARIOUS CRIMES IN SEX 
TRAFFICKING AND SEX OFFENDER 
AND VIOLATIONS. 
>>> WITH STUDENTS GOING BACK TO 
THE CLASSROOM WE ARE GETTING 
MORE INFOR
>>> THE STATE BOARD OF 
EDUCATION MET ABOUT SEVERAL 
TOPICS TODAY AND ONE OF THE BIG 
TOPICS WAS VIRTUAL LEARNING. 
BOARD MEMBERS TALKED ABOUT 
THEIR NEED TO GET MORE INVOLVED 
AND VERIFY THE DISTRICTS ARE 
HANDLING VIRTUAL LEARNING 
EFFICIENTLY. 
BOARD MEMBERS SAY THEY NEVER 
SAW VIRTUAL LEARNING AND COVID-
19 IN THE STATE EXTENDED FOR 
THIS LONG. 
THERE IS NO DOUBT WE HAVE SEEN 
MORE CASES OF COVID IN OUR 
SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN SINCE 
SCHOOL REOPENED. 
WE ARE DIVING INTO THE DATA 
LOOKING AT CHEROKEE, SPALDING, 
BARTELL COUNTIES ALL SCHOOL 
DISTRICTS THAT OPENED WITH IN-
PERSON CLASSES THE FIRST WEEK 
OF AUGUST. 
THE STATE WILL NOT TELL US HOW 
MANY CASES ARE REPORTED EACH 
LEAK IF THE NUMBER IS LESS THAN 
NINE. 
NONE OF THOSE COUNTIES HAD 
ENOUGH CASES TO REPORT UNTIL 
LATE JUNE AND AT THAT TIME 
CASES WERE LIKELY TIED TO 
THINGS LIKE SUMMER CAMPS, PLAY 
DATES, OR FAMILY VACATIONS WITH 
A NUMBER OF NEW COVID CASES 
REPORTED SEEMS TO INCREASE AS 
ATHLETES RETURN FOR PRACTICE 
AND YOU WILL NOTICE FOR ALL OF 
BARTELL COUNTY, CASES BIKED TO 
THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL A WEEK 
AFTER SCHOOL STARTED. 
GWINNETT AND COBB AND FULTON 
ALL DECIDED TO START SCHOOL 
VIRTUALLY EVEN THOUGH SCHOOLS 
DID NOT START UNTIL MID TO A 
LIGHT LATE AUGUST IT APPEARS 
FAMILY STAY HOME AND GETTING 
STUDENTS READY HELPED REDUCE 
THE NUMBER OF NEW INFECTIONS. 
THE COUNTY HAS THE REPORTED 
SOME COVID CASES AS THEY ALLOW 
ATHLETES TO GET ON CAMPUS TO 
PRACTICE. 
>> WE ARE EXPECTING A RAINY 
WEEKEND AHEAD. 
TELL ME IT IS NOT SO. 
CHRIS? 
>>> THERE HAS TO BE BETTER 
NEWS. 
WE DON'T WANT AN EVENING AND AN 
AFTERNOON OF WINE SAMPLING 
INSIDE. 
>> WE WILL SEE SOME SHOWERS 
REDEVELOPING. 
FRIDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT 
INTO SATURDAY MORNING. 
I AM THINKING SATURDAY NIGHT 
WILL BE BETTER. 
>> I AM FEELING BETTER. 
YOU ALWAYS MAKE ME FEEL BETTER. 
>> I TRY. 
WE LIKE TO HAVE A BREAK IN THE 
RAIN. 
LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE 
WATCHING RIGHT NOW. 
WE HAVE A FEW OF THOSE LETTER 
SHOWERS, ALL PART OF A BAND WE 
WERE WATCHING BACK INTO 
ALABAMA. 
IT IS FALLING APART AS IT COMES 
IN. 
YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE 
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING THAT WAS 
OVER IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, 
ALABAMA, BUT AS IT MOVED INTO 
GEORGIA IT HAS BEEN FALLING 
APART AND WE HAD THAT BAND THAT 
WAS MORE OPPRESSIVE IN ALABAMA 
EARLIER AND NOW THERE IS 
ANOTHER ONE. 
IT IS DEVELOPING IN WESTERN 
ALABAMA. 
YOU WILL NOTICE WE HAVE THIS 
SPIN OF WHAT IS LEFT OF LAURA 
AND I THINK 11:00 P.M. 
ADVISORY WILL SHOW THIS IS 
DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION BUT IT IS ALMOST 
LIKE BANDS OF REINS DEVELOPING 
AND WE HAVE THIS FALLING APART 
RIGHT NOW THAT WAS MORE 
IMPRESSIVE OVER IN ALABAMA. 
SUSTAINED WINDS AT 40 MILES AN 
HOUR. 
THIS SHOULD BE DOWNGRADED TO A 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION BUT WE 
CANNOT IGNORE IT BECAUSE THIS 
IS STILL GOING TO BE A STRONG 
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT MOVES 
NORTH AND MOVES TO THE EAST. 
CHECK OUT THIS BAND. 
NORTH AND WEST OF MEMPHIS ARE 
20 TO WARNINGS. 
TORNADO WARNINGS. 
IT WAS ROTATING AROUND LAURA. 
WE SEE THAT LATER TONIGHT. 
THIS WILL BE A TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION. 
AND THEN IT TAKES THAT TURN, 
FILL IN A DEPRESSION FRIDAY 
AFTERNOON, AND SATURDAY EARLY 
IN THE MORNING IT IS A REMNANT 
LOW AND MOVES INTO VIRGINIA. 
AS IT TRAVELS FROM HERE IN 
WESTERN KENTUCKY ALL THE WAY 
OVER TO VIRGINIA, THIS IS GOING 
TO BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO US IN 
ATLANTA TO TRIGGER SOME SHOWERS 
AND IT WILL BE PULLING IN SOME 
MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF 
MEXICO AND MORE OF THAT 
TROPICAL MOISTURE. 
ALSO THE PROXIMITY OF THAT LOW 
WILL GIVE US SOME BREEZES AS 
WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. 
TOMORROW'S STORM RISK IS MAINLY 
GOING TO BE TO OUR WEST. 
LEVEL 2 OUT OF 5. MISSISSIPPI, 
TENNESSEE, ALABAMA, WESTERN 
PARTS OF KENTUCKY, BUT AS THAT 
GETS CLOSER TO US YOU SEE THE 
MARGINAL RISK WHICH IS THE 
GREEN COLOR AND THAT IS FOR 
LATE FRIDAY. 
LATE FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY 
THE MARGINAL RISK EXTENDS OVER 
NORTH GEORGIA METRO ATLANTA IN 
AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST 
GEORGIA. 
IT WILL BE IN THE EARLY MORNING 
HOURS ON SATURDAY TO AROUND 
LUNCHTIME WHEN WE HAVE THIS 
MARGINAL RISK AND THE POTENTIAL 
FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND 
DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED 
TORNADOES. 
I DON'T THINK THE TORNADO RISK 
IS GOING TO BE ON THE HIGH END 
YOU CAN SEE IN THE MORNING WE 
HAD MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND 
THEN IN THE AFTERNOON SCATTERED 
SHOWERS AND MOVE INTO OUR AREA. 
A FEW OF THOSE INTO THE EVENING 
JUST SCATTERED AROUND AND THEN 
IT WILL BE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT 
INTO SATURDAY WHEN THE MAIN 
AREA OF RAIN WILL MOVE IN. 
WE HAVE HEAVY POCKETS OF RAIN 
WHERE WE WILL SEE SOME OF THAT 
WIND AND LIGHTNING, AS WELL AS 
THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME ISOLATED 
TORNADOES. 
THAT IS ON THE LOW END. 
BY LUNCHTIME THAT MAIN AREA IS 
OVER INTO THE CAROLINAS AND WE 
WILL STILL HAVE SPOTTY SHOWERS 
LEFT BEHIND BUT CHECK THIS OUT. 
BY LATER IN THE AFTERNOON 
SATURDAY WE THINK WE WILL SOME 
SUNSHINE. 
I WAS JUST TELLING JEFF I THINK 
IT WILL BE LATE FRIDAY OR EARLY 
SATURDAY WITH THAT BIGGEST RAIN 
CHANCE AND STORM RISK AND THEN 
IT STARTS TO CLEAR OUT. 
NOTHING COMES IN TO DRY US OUT. 
AND CLEAR OUT OUR ATMOSPHERE. 
WE WILL STILL HAVE TROPICAL 
MOISTURE. 
IT WILL KEEP US WITH RAIN 
CHANCES. 
NOT AS HIGH ON SATURDAY BUT 
STILL 40% CHANCE FOR SHOWERS ON 
SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 
THEN WE GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT TO 
A 30% CHANCE OF RAIN BY 
THURSDAY. 
TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER WOW 
MOMENT. 
WE HAVE BEEN SHOWING YOU A LOT 
OF VIDEOS OF THE EYEWALL MOVING 
IN. 
THIS IS WEST OF THE EYEWALL AT 
THE CASINO AND YOU CAN SEE 
THOSE STRONG WINDS THAT WERE 
WHIPPING UP SOME DEBRIS IN THAT 
AREA AND BLOWING IT AROUND 
COMING FROM SOME OF THOSE TALL 
BUILDINGS. 
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOUR 
WEATHER WOW MOMENT AND THESE 
COME FROM OUR 11ALIVE COMMUNITY 
OF STORM TRACKER'S.  
YOU CAN BE A PART OF THAT GROUP 
>> SEARCHING 11ALIVE  STORM 
TRACKER'S ON FACEBOOK. 
YOU CAN SEE WHAT OTHERS ARE 
SHARING AND SHARE INFORMATION 
AND VIDEOS AND PICTURES FROM 
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, TOO. 
>>> LIFTING SPIRITS, HEALTHCARE 
WORKERS USING DIFFERENT SKILLS 
TO SPREAD LIGHT INSIDE 
>>> A GROUP OF NURSES, DOCTORS, 
AND HOSPITAL STAFF HAVE BEEN ON 
A MISSION TO BOOST MORALE. 
IT IS A WAY TO ALSO MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. 
IT IS BEEN A HIT AND CHERYL 
SHOWS US HOW. 
>> HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN THE 
PLACES OF UNCERTAINTY AND 
CHALLENGES. 
MORE LATELY THAN EVER. 
ALSO PLACES TO COME TOGETHER. 
>> BRING A SMILE TO OTHER 
PLACES. 
>> LIFT EACH OTHER UP. 
♪
>> BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE MASKS 
ON, DR. DANA IS A SURGEON AT 
CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF 
ATLANTA AND SHE IS ALSO A 
DANCER FAR LEFT IN A MOMENT 
THEY ALL NEEDED AFTER MANY 
STRESSFUL MONTHS WITH DEATH IN 
PATIENTS. 
>> TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR 
CREW. 
THEY ARE ALL DIVERSE. 
PLASTIC SURGEONS, NURSES, SCRUB 
TEXT, SOMETHING TO DO TO HAVE 
FUN AND KIND OF BRING US ALL 
TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT DURING 
THESE TIMES. 
>> THE DANCE WAS PART OF A 
MORALE BUILDING WEEK FULL OF 
TREATS AND ENCOURAGEMENT, 
SIMPLE GESTURES WITH DEEPER 
MEANING AND UNDERSTANDING THAT 
PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH A LOT 
RIGHT NOW. 
>> THIS IS A TOUGH TIME ALL OF 
US ARE GOING THROUGH BUT WE CAN 
STILL HAVE A LITTLE FUN AND 
FIND A LITTLE JOY IN EACH AND 
EVERY DAY. 
FOR THAT DAY, THIS IS MY JOY. 
>> IT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE 
MORALE BOOSTER, RIGHT JEFF? 
>> VERY IMPRESSIVE. 
SHE WENT TO MED SCHOOL AND DID 
MORE THAN JUST STUDY, CLEARLY. 
>> EXACTLY. 
>> I WOULD NOT KNOW ANYTHING 
ABOUT THAT. 
>> ME NEITHER. 
>> NOT SMART ENOUGH I GOT NO 
MOVES. 
I'VE GOT NO MED SCHOOL, I'VE 
GOT NOTHING. 
>> IT SALES TALL SHIPS. 
>> JEFF, I WILL SEE YOU LATER. 
11 ALIVE IS COMING UP IN ABOUT 
35 MINUTES. 
>>> COMING UP ON THE BIG 36, 
NEWS IS KING. 
JOURNALISTS HAVE TO ASK WHAT 
ROLE THEY ARE PLAYING IN THE 
MOVEMENT FOR EQUALITY AND ONE 
OF OUR REPORTERS -- VERY MOVING 
PIECE, A NARRATIVE ABOUT WHAT 
IT IS LIKE TO BE A BLACK WOMAN 
REPORTING ON BLACK LIVES MATTER 
PROTESTS. 
>>> WHEN PROTESTS AGAINST 
POLICE BRUTALITY BROKE OUT 
ACROSS THE U.S. JOURNALISTS YOU 
IT WOULD BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST 
STORIES THEY WOULD COVER DURING 
THEIR CAREERS. 
11ALIVE  REPORTERS WERE IN 
DOWNTOWN ATLANTA AND SHE WAS 
TRYING TO GET TO THE ROOT OF 
WHAT WAS CAUSING THE UNREST AND 
TONIGHT SHE PLANES WHAT HER 
ROLE WAS AND IS IN THE NEW 
MOVEMENT TOWARDS RACIAL 
EQUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES. 
>> Reporter: I'VE BEEN A 
JOURNALIST FOR 12 YEARS. 
I HAVE COVERED LOTS OF PROTEST 
RESPITE GOING INTO THE GEORGE 
FLOYD PROTEST I KNEW SOMETHING 
WAS DIFFERENT. 
I KNEW IN THE PAST WE FAILED 
THE COMMUNITY WOULD COVERING 
LACK LIVES MATTER. 
WE FAILED TO EXPLAIN THE ROOT 
OF THE ISSUE, RACISM. 
I NEVER FELT I COULD SAY THOSE 
THINGS OUT LOUD. 
I NEVER THOUGHT MY VOICE 
MATTERED IN THAT WAY. 
NOT ONLY AM I A JOURNALIST, I 
AM A BLACK WOMAN. 
WHEN GOING INTO THE FIRST 
PROTEST IN ATLANTA I WAS 
COVERING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR 
EVERYONE INCLUDING ME. 
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS 
FOCUSING -- NOT DEMONIZING 
PROTESTERS OR POLICE AND I 
WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE -- 
GOOD, NOT JUST BAD. 
FIVE DAYS INTO THE PROTEST, 
SOMETHING HAPPENED. 
IT WAS RIGHT AFTER CURFEW IN MY 
CAMERAMAN AND I RAN INTO SOME 
CROSSES, 16 TO BE EXACT, ALL 
WITH THE NAMES OF DEAD BLACK 
PEOPLE. 
WE MISSED IT EARLIER BECAUSE 
THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 
OUT THERE BUT AFTER CURFEW IT 
WAS JUST THE POLICE, OTHER 
JOURNALISTS AND THESE CROSSES. 
I WENT ON AIR AND READ THEM 
ALL, ONE BY ONE. 
ERIC GARDNER, GOES ALL THE WAY 
DOWN TO STERLING AT THE AND 
RIGHT HERE. 
ARMORED AUBREY. 
SOMETHING WAS WRONG. 
SO I WRAPPED UP THE SEGMENT AND 
ONE OF MY ANCHORS ASKED THE 
QUESTION. 
SO I JUMPED BACK ON THE AIR AND 
A FEW SECONDS LATER -- NOT JUST 
CARING THE MEMORY OF THE GEORGE 
FLOYD MET VIDEO THERE ARE SCARY 
MEMORIES OF ALL THESE PEOPLE 
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY 
CAREER I CRIED ON LIVE TV. 
THE FIRST PERSON TO TEXT ME WAS 
MY NEWS DIRECTOR AND IT WAS FOR 
WORDS, I'M CRYING WITH YOU. 
I LET OUT A SIGH OF RELIEF 
BECAUSE I THOUGHT FOR SURE I 
WAS BEING FIRED. 
MY COWORKERS WERE TEXTING ME 
TELLING ME THANK YOU. 
HAVE BEEN FEELING LIKE THIS ALL 
WEEK. 
SOCIAL MEDIA IS LETTING UP AND 
SAYING THANK YOU FOR BEING 
HUMAN AND EVEN WITH ALL THAT 
REASSURANCE I KEPT WONDERING, 
WHY DID YOU START CRYING IN THE 
FIRST PLACE? 
AND THEN IT HIT ME. 
I HAVE BEEN SPENDING ALL OF MY 
ENERGY DOING TWO THINGS. 
COVERING THE PROTEST AND 
PRETENDING I WASN'T BLACK. 
I WAS PRETENDING LIKE I DIDN'T 
KNOW ON A PERSONAL LEVEL 
EXACTLY WHAT ALL THOSE PEOPLE 
ARE OUT THERE. 
I FELT PAIN. 
WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO STRAIGHTEN 
MY HAIR TO GET JOBS AND HALF 
BROTHERS WHO SERVED IN THE 
MILITARY BUT ARE STILL WORRIED 
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE 
CAMO FOR THE COUNTRY THEY FEEL 
LIKE IT IS NOT ENOUGH BECAUSE 
THEY CAN'T TAKE OFF THE ONE 
THING THAT MAKES THEM A TARGET, 
THEIR BLACK SKIN. 
WHEN I SAW THOSE CROSSES I SAW 
ALL OF THOSE VIDEOS REPLAYING 
THROUGH MY HEAD. 
I REALIZED THESE COMMUNITIES, 
MY COMMUNITY, HAD BEEN YELLING 
FOR YEARS. 
WE JUST WERE NOT LISTENING. 
IF I'M TELLING A STORY ABOUT 
ABORTION I WILL WORK TO 
UNDERSTAND WHAT PRO-ABORTIONIST 
THANKS AND ANTIABORTIONISTS 
THINK TO TELL THE WHOLE STORY. 
WHEN COVERING PROTESTS AND I'M 
HIDING A PART OF MYSELF AND NOT 
WORKING TO EXPLAIN WHY PEOPLE 
ARE OUT THERE, THEN I'M NOT 
TELLING THE WHOLE STORY. 
I WANTED TO BE A JOURNALIST TO 
MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNEW THEIR 
VOICE WAS IMPORTANT AND MY ROLE 
IS TO MAKE SURE STORIES ARE 
TOLD ACCURATELY TO HELP 
EVERYONE UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS 
THE REASON WHY THEY ARE COMING 
OUT HERE EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS. 
BUT IT IS MY JOB TO FIND THEM. 
>> YOU CAN WATCH 11ALIVE'S FULL 
SPECIAL  AND WE EXAMINE SOCIAL 
INJUSTICE IN OUR STATE AND 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
IT IS UP ON OUR 11ALIVE YOUTUBE 
CHANNEL RIGHT NOW.  
>>> THERE ARE GROWING CONCERNS 
THE NEW GUIDANCE ON COVID-19 
TESTING FROM THE CDC IS 
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. 
THE CDC SAYS PEOPLE WHO DO NOT 
HAVE CORONAVIRUS DEMS DON'T 
NEED TO BE TESTED, EVEN THOUGH 
THEY CAN CARRY AND SPREAD THE 
VIRUS. 
DOCTORS ARE PUSHING BACK AND 
HERE IS HANNAH THOMPSON WITH 
MOORE. 
>> Reporter: NEW CDC GUIDELINES 
SAY PEOPLE EXPOSED TO COVID 
WITH NO SYMPTOMS NO LONGER NEED 
TO GET TESTED AND IT BROUGHT A 
SWIFT BACKLASH FROM THE MEDICAL 
COMMUNITY. 
>> I THINK MOST PUBLIC HEALTH 
OFFICIALS BELIEVE THAT THIS IS 
A BAD CHANGE AND NEEDS TO BE 
TESTED -- NOT SHYING AWAY FROM 
DOING TESTS. 
THE AMERICAN MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION TOLD A RECIPE FOR 
COMMUNITY SPREAD AND NEW 
CAUTION FROM THE NATION'S 
LEADING INFECTIOUS DISEASE 
EXPERTS. 
IN A STATEMENT, DR. ANTHONY 
FAUCI SAID HE WAS UNDER GENERAL 
ANESTHESIA AND SURGERY THE DAY 
THE TASKFORCE ADOPTED THE NEW 
GUIDELINES. 
HE RECALLS QUICKLY REVIEWING 
THEM BUT NOW AFTER READING THEM 
CAREFULLY SAYS, HE HAD SOME 
CONCERN THAT THE REVISED 
GUIDELINES COULD BE INTERPRETED 
AS LESSENING THE IMPORTANCE OF 
ASYMPTOMATIC SPREAD OF VIRUS IN 
THE COMMUNITY. 
ADDING, WITHOUT TESTING THOSE 
WHO COME INTO CLOSE CONTACT 
WITH COVID BUT SHOW NO 
SYMPTOMS, ASYMPTOMATIC SPREAD 
TO OTHERS COULD GROW. 
THE CHANGE SPARKED SUSPICIONS 
OF POLITICAL INTERFERENCE. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP URGED LESS 
TESTING EARLIER THIS SUMMER. 
>> WHEN YOU TEST, WHEN YOU DO 
TESTING TO THAT EXTENT YOU ARE 
GOING TO FIND MORE PEOPLE AND 
MORE CASES. 
SO I SAID TO MY PEOPLE, SLOW 
THE TESTING DOWN PLEASE. 
>> THE ADMINISTRATIONS -- THE 
ADMIRAL SAID THERE WAS NO 
DIRECTION FROM THE PRESIDENT OR 
VICE PRESIDENT ON THE NEW 
GUIDELINES. 
AFTER THE CHANGES THEMSELVES, 
THE ADMIRAL DEFENDED THE MOVE, 
SAYING TESTS SHOULD BE FOCUSED 
AND STRATEGICALLY DONE, NOT FOR 
THE SAKE OF BEING TESTED. 
WE ARE TRYING TO DO APPROPRIATE 
TESTING, HE SAID, NOT LESS 
TESTING. 
A STRATEGY THE HARVARD DOCTOR 
QUESTION. 
>> TOO OFTEN OUT OF THE CDC AND 
THE ADMINISTRATION WE HAVE SEEN 
GUIDELINES THAT ARE NOT REALLY 
DESIGNED TO OPTIMIZE HEALTH AND 
SAFETY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, 
BUT REALLY ARE JUST AN 
ADMISSION THAT WE DO NOT HAVE 
ENOUGH TESTING IN THE COUNTRY. 
>> LATE TODAY DIRECTOR REDFIELD 
OFFERED A STATEMENT SAYING 
ANYONE WHO HAS CLOSE CONTACT 
WITH THOSE WHO HAVE OR MAY HAVE 
HAD COVID-19 MAY CONSIDER 
TESTING. 
HOWEVER, THERE HAS BEEN NO 
CHANGE AT ON THE CDC WEBSITE. 
>>> A WEEK AGO NEARLY 200 
PEOPLE LOST THEIR HOMES IS A 
MASSIVE FIRE BURNED THROUGH A 
BUCKHEAD AREA APARTMENT 
COMPLEX. 
RESIDENTS SAY THEY WANT TO GO 
BACK INSIDE TO SEE IF THEY CAN 
SALVAGE ANYTHING BUT THEY 
CANNOT GET IN AND THEY ARE 
BEING KEPT OUT. 
>> Reporter: FROM PERSONAL 
BELONGINGS TO WORK FROM HOME 
ITEMS THEY WERE USING DURING 
THE PANDEMIC, THEY WANT TO BE 
ALLOWED BACK INTO THEIR OLD 
UNIT TO SEE WHAT MIGHT BE 
SALVAGEABLE BUT SO FAR THEY 
HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET CLEAR 
ANSWERS OF ONE THAT MAY BE 
ALLOWED. 
A NO TRESPASSING SIGN AND 
BOARDED UP WINDOWS SURROUND THE 
APARTMENTS. 
MASSIVE FLAMES BURNED THROUGH 
THE ATTIC AND FOURTH FLOOR AND 
PART OF THE TOP FLOOR COLLAPSED 
LAST WEEK. 
THE ATLANTA FIRE DEPARTMENT 
SAID IT APPEARED TO BE A LOSS 
WITH UNITS THAT DID NOT BURN 
HAVING EXTENSIVE SMOKE AND 
WATER DAMAGE. 
THE MANAGEMENT HAS NOT GIVEN 
DETAILS OF IF AND WHEN THEY CAN 
GO BACK INSIDE TO SEE WHAT THEY 
CAN RECOVER. 
ONE RESIDENT SAID, WE WANT TO, 
AND THERE HAS TO BE, ALLOWED TO 
GET INTO THOSE UNITS THAT HAVE 
NOT BEEN DAMAGED BY FIRE. 
>> IT DID NOT REACH THE FIRST 
OR SECOND DOOR, GIVING SOME 
RESIDENTS HOPE THEY DID NOT 
LOSE EVERYTHING. 
>> THE PATHWAYS ARE ACCESSIBLE. 
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET IN TO 
GET OUR THINGS. 
MANY OF US WORKED FROM HOME AND 
SO WE HAVE COMPUTER EQUIPMENT 
THAT BELONGS TO OUR EMPLOYERS. 
>> THEY RELEASED A STATEMENT 
READING APART, WE ARE WORKING 
WITH ENGINEERS AND RECOVERY 
CONTRACTORS TO ASSIST ASSESS 
THE INTEGRITY OF THE REMAINING 
STRUCTURE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAN 
BE SAFELY ACCESSED AND 
RECOVERED. 
WE WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR 
RESIDENTS TO KEEP THEM UPDATED. 
AN ATLANTA FIRE SPOKESMAN 
EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT MORE OF 
THE BUILDING COULD COLLAPSE AND 
MULTIPLE RESIDENTS SAID THEY 
ARE WILLING TO ASSUME THE RISK. 
>> IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH 
LETTING US IN, THEY COULD ALLOW 
US TO SIGN WAIVERS. 
THAT WOULD ABSOLVE THEM OF ANY 
LIABILITY OF INJURY. 
>>> IT IS THE FINAL NIGHT OF 
THE RNC. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE 
SPEAKING AS TWO WEEKS OF 
CONVENTIONS FINALLY COME TO AN 
END. 
JOINING ME, RON HART. 
EARLIER THIS WEEK, -- SPOKE AT 
THE RNC AND IF YOU KNOW HER, 
YOU KNOW HIS POLITICAL 
LEANINGS. 
YOUR THOUGHTS ON HIS SPEECH AND 
THE CONVENTIONS IN GENERAL. 
WHAT IS YOUR TAKE? 
>> I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOOD. 
THE REPUBLICAN WAS YOUNG AND 
ENERGIZED AND DEMOCRATICS WAS 
-- BIDEN TALKED ABOUT DARKNESS 
FOLLOWING HIM INTO THE LIGHT -- 
NERVOUS ABOUT A 78-YEAR-OLD GUY 
GOING INTO THE LIGHT. 
IT MADE THE NERVOUS COUNTRY 
NERVOUS, I BELIEVE. 
SOME OF THE REPUBLICANS WERE 
VERY GOOD. 
SOUTH CAROLINA WAS REALLY GOOD. 
>> SOME OTHER BIG POLITICAL 
EVENTS ARE HAPPENING AND THERE 
ARE REPORTS, MANY OF THEM 
LEGITIMATE, WHICH IS SAYING 
SOMETHING THESE DAYS, THE NORTH 
KOREAN LEADER KIM KIM IS IN A 
COMA AND HIS SISTER WOULD TAKE 
OVER. 
SHE ALLEGEDLY IS MORE RUTHLESS 
THAN HE IS. 
HOW DOES THAT CHANGE THE 
DYNAMIC OF THE WORLD ORDER AND 
THE PACIFIC SHELF SHOULD HE 
PASS ON TO THE BIG MOUNTAIN IN 
THE SKY? 
>> WHO WAS HIS SISTER? 
KIM KARDASHIAN UN? 
IT WILL BE A MESS. 
HE COULD WIN A NOBEL PEACE 
PRIZE IF HE DOES DIE. 
HE HAS DONE THIS ONE TIME 
BEFORE, FAKING A COMA TO SEE HE 
WAS LOYAL AND ANYONE WHO TURNED 
ON HIM, HE KILLED THEM. 
>> VLADIMIR PUTIN DOES NOT 
APPRECIATE THOSE WHO DO NOT 
AGREE WITH HIM. 
HIS PRIME RIVAL WAS SIPPING TEA 
IN AN AIRPORT AREA AND THEN 
COLLAPSED AND HAS BEEN IN A 
COMA EVER SENSE. 
>> WHO KNEW? 
AND WHAT ARE THE ODDS. 
ELECTIONS ARE WON IN LANDSLIDES 
AND HIS OPPONENTS DIE IN 
LANDSLIDES. 
IN RUSSIA YOU CANNOT MAKE JOKES 
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AND IN 
AMERICA WE MAKE JOKES ABOUT OUR 
PRESIDENCY. 
IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT 
AND I LIKE OUR SOCIETY AND 
THERE'S HUMOR IN EVERYTHING. 
I LIKE THE FIRST AMENDMENT. 
OVER THERE NOT SO MUCH. 
I HEAR HE IS TORN UP AT THE SKY 
DYING. 
AND HE WILL WEAR A SHIRT TO A 
FUNERAL AND HE WILL NOT GO BARE 
CHESTED. 
>> [LAUGHTER] 
>> DIPLOMATIC CONTACTS OVER 
THERE. 
>> I'M SORRY ABOUT GIVING YOU A 
LAUGH ON THAT ONE. 
RON MARC, WE ALWAYS ENJOY 
HAVING YOU WITH US. 
>> THANKS, JEFF. 
>> WE GOT THE NEW ADVISORY ON 
LAURA AND IS EXPECTED IT IS NO 
LONGER A TROPICAL STORM, IT HAS 
BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION. 
WE STILL NEED TO WATCH THE 
REMNANTS OF THAT SYSTEM AS IT 
TRACKS TO OUR NORTH. 
WE WILL TALK ABOUT OUR RAIN AND 
STORM RISK AS WE HEAD INTO THE 
WEEKEND. 
>>> RICK AND LAURA HAS BEEN 
DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION THIS AFTER THE STORM 
MADE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY 
FOUR HURRICANE. 
AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE WERE 
KILLED. 
THE DRONE VIDEO WE ARE LOOKING 
AT SHOWS THE DAMAGE IN ORANGE, 
TEXAS, AND -- HAS A LOOK AT THE 
DAMAGE IN LAKE CHARLES. 
>> Reporter: WE ARE AT THE 
INTERSECTION OF MARTIN LUTHER 
KING HIGHWAY AND HIGHWAY 90 IN 
LAKE CHARLES AND FOR MOST OF 
THE MORNING THE SKYLINE WAS 
DOMINATED BY BLACK SMOKE COMING 
FROM THAT AREA. 
THAT WAS FROM A CHEMICAL FIRE 
AND AT THIS POINT THAT PLUME IS 
DISSIPATED BUT TAKE A LOOK 
LOWER HERE. 
THAT WATER YOU SEE IS VERY 
DECEPTIVE BECAUSE IT IS MORE 
THE EXCEPTION, NOT THE RULE. 
LAURA WAS REALLY A WIND EVENT, 
A TORN ATTIC EVENT AROUND LAKE 
CHARLES. 
IT UPROOTED TREES, AS WELL. 
IF WE COME OVER HERE, THIS WAS 
THE OUTREACH WORSHIP CENTER. 
30 PEOPLE RODE OUT THE STORM 
LAST NIGHT AND THAT CENTER AND 
WE SPOKE WITH ONE PARISHIONER 
WHO SAID IT WAS BY THE GRACE OF 
GOD THAT THE CHURCH IS STILL 
STANDING. 
THERE ARE MANY MORE PEOPLE 
RIGHT NOW TRYING TO ASSESS THE 
DAMAGE AND WE CAN CERTAINLY 
TELL YOU THAT IN AND AROUND 
YOU, FURTHER EAST OF HERE, YOU 
WILL SEE MANY DOWNED POWER 
LINES AND BUSINESSES WITHOUT 
POWER. 
THERE IS NO POWER OF THE 
TRAFFIC'S TOPS AT THIS POINT 
BUT WE DO HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF 
TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH. 
THIS IS WHERE THE DAMAGE COMES 
IN. 
YOU CAN COME IN AND SIGHTSEE, 
AS WELL. 
THEY ARE ON THE GROUND TRYING 
TO CLEAR THE LANE GOING THROUGH 
HOPING TO GET SOME EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE AND SUPPLIES TO 
PEOPLE. 
>>> I AM CHRIS HOGAN FROM THE 
11 ALIVE STORM TRACKER. 
WE CONTINUE TO TRACK BANDS THAT 
ARE ROTATING AROUND WHAT IS 
LEFT OF LAURA. 
IT HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION. 
YOU CAN SEE HERE JUST TO THE 
NORTH OF ROME AND NORTHWEST OF 
ROME, MOVING INTO PARTS OF 
TORTUGA COUNTY, THERE ARE 
SHOWERS AND THUNDER AND 
LIGHTNING AND THEY WILL MOVE UP 
INTO WALKER COUNTY. 
WE HAVE OTHER BANDS HERE, ONE 
IN MISSISSIPPI AND ANOTHER 
TRYING TO DEVELOP IN PARTS OF 
ALABAMA. 
THEY WILL WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE 
CLOSER TO US. 
YOU CAN SEE HOW THE STORM IS 
NOT AS IMPRESSIVE LOOKING NOW 
AS IT WAS. 
DEFINITELY LAST NIGHT IT WAS 
MOVING AND HAS BEEN BREAKING UP 
A LITTLE BIT AND WEAKENING. 
HOWEVER WE WILL NOT IGNORE IT 
BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO WATCH 
THESE REMNANTS AS THEY MOVE UP 
TO THE NORTH AND EAST. 
THIS IS WELL TO THE NORTH OF 
MEMPHIS AND WE HAVE A TORNADO 
WARNING. 
WE HAVE BEEN HAVING MULTIPLE 
TORNADO WARNINGS FROM THAT 
CENTER OF CIRCULATION. 
THAT IS RIGHT OVER LITTLE ROCK. 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 
DOWN TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AND IT 
IS NO LONGER TROPICAL STORM OR 
DEPRESSION. 
MOVING TO THE NORTH, NORTHEAST 
AND IT IS STARTING TO TAKE A 
LITTLE BIT, INSTEAD OF NORTH, 
IT IS JUST BEGINNING THAT 
EASTERLY TURN AND WILL CONTINUE 
MOVING TO THE EAST AND THIS IS 
TOMORROW NIGHT. 
STILL A TROPICAL DEPRESSION. 
THAT BECOMES A REMNANT LOW 
SATURDAY MORNING AND ON THIS 
TRACK FROM FRIDAY NIGHT TO 
SATURDAY MORNING THIS IS WHERE 
IT WILL BE NORTH OF US IN 
ATLANTA AND WILL BE COOLING. 
THAT TROPICAL MOISTURE GIVES US 
OUR BEST RAIN CHANCES LATE 
FRIDAY AND EARLY SATURDAY AND 
ALSO SOME STORM RISKS WITH 
THAT, AS WELL. 
ONCE YOU GET INTO THE LATER 
HOURS ON SATURDAY, THAT IS IT 
8:00 P.M. 
AND INTO SUNDAY IT MOVES BACK 
OUT OVER THE OCEAN AND COULD 
GENERATE INTO A TROPICAL STORM 
AGAIN. 
THAT IS THE TIMEFRAME WE WILL 
BE WATCHING AS IT IS NORTH OF 
ATLANTA. 
THAT GIVES US HIGHER RAIN 
CHANCES INTO SATURDAY. 
WE WILL SEE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES 
NOT RAINING AT NOONTIME 
TOMORROW. 
IT WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOON 
WHEN WE SEE SOME SCATTERED 
SHOWERS DEVELOPING. 
SOME OF THESE COULD BE STRONG 
AT TIMES AND LATE NIGHT INTO 
SATURDAY THAT IS WHEN SOME OF 
THESE MAIN BANDS COME IN AND 
WHERE YOU COULD SEE SEVERE 
WEATHER ON SATURDAY. 
I HOPE THIS TIMES A DOUBT FOR 
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND THE 
SEVERE RISK WILL BE ON THE 
LOWER END. 
THAT IS IN SOUTH CAROLINA BY 
NOONTIME AND STILL SO SPOTTY 
SHOWERS BUT LOOK WHAT HAPPENS 
IN THE AFTERNOON. 
THE CLOUDS BREAK UP AND WE SEE 
SUNSHINE AND SATURDAY WILL NOT 
BE A WASHOUT. 
HALF OF THE DAY WILL BE ALL 
RIGHT. 
ON SUNDAY THE PROBLEM IS WE 
DON'T SEE A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OR 
DRIER AIR COMING IN AND WE WILL 
STILL HAVE A LOT OF TROPICAL 
MOISTURE IN PLACE. 
40% CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND 30% 
ON THURSDAY. 
>>> IT APPEARS THE NBA PLAYOFFS 
SHOULD RESUME BY THE WEEKEND, 
AT THE LATEST ON SATURDAY. 
PLAYERS AND GOVERNORS MET IN 
THE ORLANDO BUBBLE TO DISCUSS 
WHAT MORE CAN BE DONE TO SEE 
HOW THEY CAN RESUME PLAY. 
SOCIAL JUSTICE COLLECTIVELY AS 
PLAYERS AND TEAMS AND THE 
LEAGUE. 
IN INVOLVED MICHAEL JORDAN 
BEING A LIAISON BETWEEN THE TWO 
SIDES. 
ALL OF TONIGHT'S GAMES WERE 
POSTPONED. 
TODAY MORE TEAMS OUTSIDE OF THE 
NBA CALLED UP GAMES AND 
PRACTICES AND SOME NFL GAMES 
CLUBS DECIDED NOT TO PRACTICE. 
ATLANTA UNITED DECIDED NOT TO 
PLAY AGAINST MIAMI LAST NIGHT 
AND IT SHOWED A SIGN OF UNITY 
AND WALKED OFF THE FIELD. 
ATHLETES FROM BOTH TEAMS SPOKE 
OUT ABOUT THE MOVEMENT THEY ARE 
NOW SUPPORTING. 
>> BEFORE WE ARE ATHLETES, WE 
ARE HUMANS AND NEED TO 
ACKNOWLEDGE EACH OTHER AND 
SUPPORT EACH OTHER. 
WE FELT IN THAT MOMENT LIKE IT 
WAS BIGGER, LIKE I SAID, THAT 
OUR TWO LOCKER ROOMS. 
>> IT IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE 
BIGGEST IMPACTS IN ONE OF THE 
THINGS YOU CAN DO. 
RIGHT AFTER THAT YOU HAVE TO 
HAVE SOMETHING THAT COMES RIGHT 
AFTER IT TO NOT ONLY CONTINUE 
THAT AWARENESS ASPECT BUT ALSO 
TO SPARK, OKAY, WHAT DIRECTION 
DO WE GO AFTER THIS? 
>> THE WNBA HAS BEEN OUTSPOKEN 
SINCE THEY ENTER THE BUBBLE IN 
FLORIDA TODAY THE POSTPONED 
THEIR SLATE OF GAMES AND 
PLAYERS PARTICIPATED IN A 
MEETING BLACKOUT. 
REPRESENTATIVES FROM SEVERAL 
TEAMS SPOKE CLARIFYING THE 
PURPOSE. 
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT 
THIS IS NOT A STRIKE. 
THIS IS NOT A BOYCOTT. 
THIS IS AFFIRMATIVELY A DAY OF 
REFLECTION. 
A DAY OF INFORMED ACTION AND 
MOBILIZATION. 
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN 
ADDITION TO HAVING PASSION AND 
VOICES OUT THERE -- HOW WE MOVE 
FORWARD. 
>> THIS PROTEST IS BEEN 
EXPANDED TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
WITH SOME TEAMS NOT PRACTICING 
TODAY. 
GEORGIA DID GO AND SENIOR 
DEFENSIVE BACK JAELYN SQ WAS 
VERY OPEN ABOUT HIS STRUGGLES 
IN AMERICA AND SAYS HE WORRIES 
ABOUT HIS FAMILY WHEN HE IS 
AWAY AT PRACTICE. 
>> THERE IS A TOLL ON ME BEING 
A BLACK MAN JUST HAVING THE 
PRACTICE EVERY DAY AND THINKING 
WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE OVER. 
LIKE BEING IN A NIGHTMARE YOU 
CAN'T WAKE UP FROM AND YOU WANT 
TO WALK AWAY FROM. 
EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING, 
IT IS NEW TO SOME PEOPLE BUT IT 
IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE 
BEEN GOING THROUGH SINCE LITTLE 
KIDS. 
>> THE NHL POSTPONED THEIR 
GAMES TONIGHT AND OTHER PROTEST 
CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AROUND 
SPORTS. 
PLAYERS ARE MAKING IT CLEAR 
THEY DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF 
IT. 
THAT IS HOW IT HAS 
>>> IF YOU MISSED IT JUST A FEW 
MINUTES AGO WE HAVE THE 11:00 
P.M. 
ADVISORY IN LAURA AND LAURA'S 
NO LONGER TROPICAL STORM. 
IT IS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION NOW 
AND WE WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE 
TRACKING THE REMNANTS OF THAT 
STORM AS IT MOVES FROM ARKANSAS 
INTO WESTERN TENNESSEE THROUGH 
KENTUCKY AND THEN INTO 
VIRGINIA. 
ON THAT TRACK WE ARE GOING TO 
SEE OUR RAIN CHANCES INCREASING 
LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AND 
THERE IS ALSO POTENTIAL FOR 
STORMS. 
SOME OF THOSE COULD TURN 
STRONG, ESPECIALLY SATURDAY 
MORNING, AND THEN THE RAIN 
CHANCES ACTUALLY GO DOWN LATER 
IN THE AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY. 
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 
WE WILL STILL HAVE A LOT OF 
TROPICAL MOISTURE PLACE THAT 
WILL GIVE US A 40% CHANCE FIRST 
SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE 
AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS ON THOSE 
DAYS AND THURSDAY GOES DOWN TO 
30%. 
>> THAT IS IT FOR US AND THANK 
YO
