RIGHT NOW ON WJCL 22 MORNING NEWS.. PLUS ... THE DELTA VARIANT ISN OTHE RISE BUT AMERICANS ARE FIGHTING BACK. A NEW MILESTONE IN THE BATT. LE 70 PERCENT OF AMERICANS HA RVEECIEVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE CCVAINE. GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERIC THREE-HUNDRED- AND 50 SHOOTINGS-- IN-- THE-- LAST-- THREE DAYS. IT'S 5 O'CLOCK ON YOUR - _-_- MORNING. HERE'S A LIVE LOOK FROM OU R SKYVIEW 22 CAMERA AT THE HOMEWOOD SUITES ON THE RIVER. (ADLIB ABOUT WEATHER) - ***2-SHOT***} THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22! GOOD MORNING, I'M ASHLEY GARRET T. AND I'M EMMA HAMILTON. WJCL'S METEROLOGT IS JONATHAN MYERS IS ALSO HERE... WITH YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECA. ST NOW, HERE'S URYO STORM TRACKER RADAR... TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY AFTER 1PM. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. HIGH NEAR 84. CALM WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 100%. NEW RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN TH REE QUARTERS AND ONE INCH POSSIB. LE TUESDAY NIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY BEFORE 11PM. SOME OF T HE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. LOW AROUND 72. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 100%. NEW RAINFALL AMOUN TS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. WEDNESDAY A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM AFTER 2PM. PARTLY SUNN Y, WITH A HIGH NEAR4 WITH THE FEDERAL EVICTION MORATORIUM *NOW - *OVER .. *MILLIONS COULD SOON BE KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOMES. ONE LAWMAKER IN SOUTH CAROLINA-- IS NOW EXPRESSING HIS CONCERNS--ABOUT WHY ME STATES- -HAVE BEEN SLOW TO--GIVE OUT-- BILLIONS OF DOLLARS- OF FEDERAL HE. LP "I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN PAST A HOUSE WHERE SOMEONE HAS BEEN EVICT, ED THEY SEE ALL THE IR BELONGINGS OUT ON THE LAWN, SOMETIMES OUT ON THE STREET, PASSERS BY JUST COME AND TAKE THEIR STUFF AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HA VE TO START ALL OVER AND THEN GO LIVE IN A SHELTER. AND THEN RUN THE RISK OF GETTING COVID-19 AND SPREADING IT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THIS IS NOT A GOODOO L REPRESENTATIVE CLYBURN IS AMONG THE LEINAD LAWMAKERS CALLING ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO EX-TEND-- THE-- NOW EXPIRED-- MORA-TORIUM-- IN- TO-- MID-OCTOBER. HE ISSUED A STATEMENT WHICH READS IN PART-- ONLY--THREE- BILLI ON DOLLARS-- OF-- A --TOTAL-- 46 BILLION-- IN-- A- SSISTANCE FUNDS-- GIVEN-- TO STATES-- HAVE B--EEN-- GIVEN OUT. CLYBURN SAYSTH E HOUSE SUB-COMMITTEE ON THE-- VIRUS-- CRISIS-- WHICH HE CHAIRS --IS-- IN- VEIGSTATING-- WHETHER CORPORATE LAND- LORDS-- ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF RENTER S. RIGHT NOW IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.. MORE THAN *80 EVICTIONS ARE SET TO GO THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM S. IN CHATHAM COUNTY..THE NUMBER STANDS AT ME OR THAN-- FIVE HUNDRE D. WE'RE TOLD SOME OF THESE CASES COULD BE DIS-MISSED-- OR-- THEY'RE WAITING FOR-- TRIAL--OR-- THEY-- DON'T-- RE- QUIRE A HEARIN THIS IS AN ISSUE- - WE'VE ALREADY SEEN IN OUR AREA IN 20-16-- E- VICTION L AB LISTED- -SAVANNAH-- AS -- THE --40TH-- TOP-- E- VICTING AREA IN THE U-S. EMMA? BRYAN AND LIBERTY COUNTY STUDENTS ARE HEADING TO SCHOOL TODAY. YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE OUTSIDE JOSEPH MARTIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN LIBERTY COTYUN IN JUST A FEW HOURS CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS WILL BE SHOWING UP READY TO KICK OFF A NEW YEAR. EACH DISTRICT SAYS THEY'RE READY FOR THE RETURN WITH EXTRA SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE. ONE THING TO MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD HAS IN THEIR BACKPACK IS A FACE MAS K. SOME DISTRICTS ARE MAKING IT A REQUIREMENT. HERE'S A MAP OF OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRIC. TS THE AREAS IN RED ARE DISTRICTS WHERE MASKS ARE REQUIRED. CHATHAM -- EVANS -- LIBERTY -- LONG -- AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES ALL FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY IN ORANGE... ARE THE DISTRICTS WHERE FACE COVERINGS REMAIN - *OPTION. AL CHILDREN AND TEENS AGES TWELVE AND UP CAN RECIEVE THE COVID VACCINE ... BUT IN ORDER TO GO TO SCHOOL SEVERAL OTHER IMMUNIZATIONS ARE NEEDED. ACCORDING TO THE GE ORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - SEVENTH GRADERS AND NEW STUDENTS IN GRADES EIGTH THROUGH 12 MUST GET THE T-DAP VACCINE. THEY WILL ALSO NEED TO HAVE COMPLETED-- ONE OF THE MEN-IN- GITIS-- VACCINE SERI. ES 11-TH GRADERS WILL ALSO NEED A MENINGITIS BOOSTER UNLESS THEY RECEIVED THEIR FIRST VACCINE WHEN TY HE WERE 16 YEARS OLD. WITH ALL THOSE KIDS OUT ON THE CROSSWALKS AND TAKING BUSES BACK AND FOH RT TO SCHOOL WE WANT TO REMIND YOU OF SAFE DRIVING--PRACT- ICES WHEN YOU SEE A SCHOOL BUS ON THE RO. AD ON A TWO LANE ROAD, ALL LANES MUST STOP WHILE KIDS ARE BEING PICKED UP OR DROPPED OFF. THE SAME GOES FOR A TWO LANE ROAD WITH A CENTER TURNING LANE AS WELL. IN A FOUR LANE ROAD WITHOUT A MEDIAN ALL LANES MUST STOP FOR THE BU IF THE ROAD HAS A MEDIAN WITH FOUR OR MORE LANES, THEN ONLY THOSE NELA TRAVELING IN THE SAME DIRECTION-- AS---THE SCHOOL BUS MUST ST. OP PROUD PARENTS WILL BE TAKING PLENTY OF BACK TO SCHOOL PHOTOS ALL WEEKONG .. AND WE'D LIKE YOU TO SHARE THEM WITH US! FEEL FREE TO POST YOUR PICTURES ON OUR FABOCEOK PAGE .. OR EMAIL THEM TO US AT NEWS AT WJCL DOT C. OM A MAJOR MILESTONE IN THE RACE TO VACCINATE. IT'S COME A MONTH LATE ... BUT THE U-S HAS HIT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S GOAL OF 70 PERCENT OF ALL AMERIC AN ADULTS HAVING AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE VACCIN E. BUT SOME DOCTORS WORRY IT IS TOO LATE-- AS SOME HOSPITALS ARE RUNNING OUT-- OF-- EYE-C-U- BEDS. ABC'S ANDREA FUJII--REPORTS. THE HIGHLY CONTAGIS DELTA VARIANT FUELING A SUMMER SURGE OF NEW COD VI CASES THAT IS DRIVING SOME HOSPITALS TO THE BRINK. THE US DAILY CASE AVERAGE JUMPING 532 PERCENT SINCE MI D JUNE. TEXAS AND ORFLIDA ACCOUNT FOR ONE THIRD OF THE COUNTRY'S INFECTIO. NS IN AUSTIN JUST 10 ICU BEDS REMAIN FOR POPULATION OF OVER 2 MILLION. IN MIAMI FLORIDA, LONG LINES R FOCOVID TESTS. ERWHE OVER THE WEEKEND THE STATE RECORDED THE MOST NEW INFECTIONS SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN, MORE THAN 21 THOUSAND. LOUISIANA'S LARGEST HOSPITAL IS NOW OUT OF ICU BEDS. WITH SOME HOSPITALS SEEING A NEW COVID PATIENT EVERY HOUR. SOT DR O'NEAL: "THERE ARE NO MORE BEDS LEFT. THESARE THE DARKEST DAYS OF THE PANDEMIC. WE ARE NO LONGER GIVING ADEQUATE CARE TO PATIENTS ." FEDERAL DISASTER TEAMS A RE NOW COMING IN TO HELP THE BECAUSE MANY STAFF ARE OUT SICK WITH THE VIRU S. SOT THOMAS: "I DON'T THINK THIS IS UNIQUE TO BATON ROUGE. I THINK IT'S EVERY SINGLE MAJOR CITY IN THE UNITED STATES HAVING THE SAME ISSUE RIGHT NOW. IT'S ALL OVER ." THE US HAS FINALLY REACHED PRESIDENT BIDEN'S GOAL OF HAVING 70 PERCENT OF ALL AMERICANS AT LEAST PARTIALLY VACCINATED. THE MILESTONE COMING A MON TH LATER THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAD HOPED. THE CDC SAYING THOSE VACCINATIONS WORK. LESS THAN POINT ZERO ZERO FR OU PERCENT OF VACCINATED AMERICANHAS VE BEEN HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID. MEANWHILE FOR THOSE O WH CAN'T YET GET VACCINAT, ED DOCTORS SEEING A SPIKEN I SICK CHILDREN. SIN CE SCHOOL STARTED IN ARIZONA PEDIATRICIANS SAY THERS E' BEEN A 30 PERCENT INCREASE OF KIDS WITH COVID. SOME ASYMPTOMATIC, OTHERS SERIOUSLY ILL. SOT DR. HERRON: "FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME WE ARE SEEING PEDIATRIC PATIENTS INTUBATED WITH COVID IN TUCSON." TAG: MORE BUSINESSES ARE CHANGING THEIR POLICIES BECAUSE OF T SHEUMMER SURGE. HOME DEPOT AND LOWES NOW REQUIRING CUSTOMERS TO WEAR MASKS. AND GYMS EQUINOX AND SOUL CYCLE WL IL REQUIRE MEMBERS TO PROVI DE PROOF OF VACCINATION. ANDREA FUJII, ABC NEWS, NEW YO. MORE BIG NAME STORES ARE ASKING EMPLOYEES TO MASK UP. STARTING TODAY ALL TARGET WORKERS MUSWET AR A MASK. PREVIOUSLY, ONLY UN- VACCINATED EMPLOYEES WERE RE-QUIRED TO WEAR FACE COVERINGS. AS OF RIGHT NOW -- MASKS ARE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED FOR SHOPPERS, BUT NOT REQUIRED. Y AEMASSEE TOWN COUNCILMAN IS BACK IN JAIL.. AFTER ANOTHER RUN-IN WITH THE LAW. BEAUFORT POLICE SAY YEMASSEE COUNCILMAN CHARLIE SIMMONS .. WAS CAHTUG WITH ELEVEN BAGS OF COCAINE IN HIS POCKETS. IT HAPPENED EARLY MONDAY MORNING AT A MOTEL ON TRASK PARKWAY. AUTHORITIES ALSO FOU ND SIMMONS HAD A WARRANT OUT OF CHATHAM COUNTY .. STEMMING FROM A FIGHT AT "BAR BAR" IN CITY MARKET LAST MON. TH WE REACHED OUT TO THE TN OW OF YEMASSEE REGARDG IN SIMMONS' ARREST .. AND THEY HAD NO COMMENT. "WHY DID THEY LIE OUT AB THAT--- WE THINK THAT OFFICE SHOULD BE DISMANTLED AND STARTED OVER AGAIN..--.- THE FAMILY OA MAF N SHOT AND KILLED BY SAVANN AH POLICE .. CONTINUE TO CALL FOR THE RELEASE OF BODY CAM VIDEO FROM THAT DELYAD TRAFFIC STOP. BACK ON JULY 17TH- - MAURICE MINCEY WAS KILL. ED THE GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION HAS SINCE RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING VIDEO SHOWED MINCEY .. DID NOT POINT HIS WEAPON AT OFFICERS BEFORE HE WAS SHOT. CHATHAM COUNTY 'S DISTRICT ATTORNEY GAVE AN UPDATE ON THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION. NVESTIGATION. "THE FOOTAGE FROM THE BODY 1 CAMERAS---- IS PART OF AN ONGOING CR IMINAL INVESTIGATION AND IT WILL NOT BE RELEAD TO THE PUBLIC ATHI T TIME..." - JONES WENT ON TO SAY -- IF THE DISTRICT DECIDES TO PRESS CRIMINAL CHARGES IN THIS CASE .. THE VIDEO -- ALONG WITH OTHER EVIDENCE ..WILL BE SEALED UNTIL THE CASE IS RESOLVED. IF THEY DON'T .. THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE CLOSED .. AND THE EVIDENCE WILL BE MADE AVAILLE. MINCEY'S BROTHER SAID -- HE WILL NOT STOP FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE. " THEY TOOK MY IDO- L- HE CAN'T BE REPLACED--- I JUST WANT JUSTICE FOR MY FAMILY..." --- GUN VIOLENCE IS GRIPPING THE NATION WITH MORE THAN 350 SHOOTINGS IN THE LAST 72-HOURS ACROSS AMERICA. JOHN LORINC HAS THE LATES SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN,HICA CGO POLICE: "WE ARE UP 10% ON SHOOTINGS." A VIOLENT WEEKEND IN CHICAGO STREETS.. 8 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND 43 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHOT IN 38 SHOOTINGS BETWEEN FRIDAY AND SUNDAY.. SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN, CHICAGO POLICE: "TOO MANY VIOLENT REPEAT OFFENDERS ARE BEING RELEASED BACK INTO THE SE COMMUNITIES, CREINA AT SENSE OF LAWLESSNESS AND NO CONSEQUENCES FOR THEIR BEHAVIOR." ILLIISNO' GOVERNOR TAKING ACTION... SIGNING A NEW BILL INTO LAW EXPANDING BACKGROUND CHECKS ON GUN SALES.. GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER, (D) ILLINOIS: "IN AN AMERICA WHERE GUN VIOLENCE HAS BECOME A SCOURGE TO SO MANY NEIGHBORHOODS, ILLINOIS IS TAKING A MMCOONSENSE APPROACH TO REFORM AND WE'RE DOING SO WITH VOTES FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. I PRAY, AND I REALLY DO PRAY, THAT NOT DAY TO SOON, THE NATION WILL FOLLOW ILLINOIS' LEAD." - *NATS-SIREN* IN NEW ORLEANS.. ONE PERN WAS KILLED AND EIGHT OTHERS WERE WOUNDED IN TWO SEPARATE SHOOTINGS.. LINEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.. FIVE PEOPLE REWE SHOT SATURDAY NIGHT.. IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA NINE PEOPLE WERE IN JURED BY GUNFIRE AT A CLUB SUNDAY.. AND IN NEW YORK CITY.. A GANG- VOINLVED MASS OOSHTING HAS LEFT AT LEAST TEN PEOPLE WOUNDED.. ASST. CHIEF GALEN FRIERSONNY, PD PATROL BOROUGH QUEENS NORTH: "THE SHOOTERS ADVANCED TOWARDS THE CROWD AND BEGAN FIRING NUMEROUS SHOTS ." MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO, NEW YORK CITY: "WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE GANGAK TEDOWNS, SEVERAL OF OUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE TAKING PART IN NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TODAY. ITS A CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO MEET THEIR POLICE OFCEFIRS AND LEARN MORE PUBLIC SAFETY-- ALL WHILE ENJOYING SOME FUN ACTIVITIES. SAVANNAH POLICE ARE HOSTING EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TONIGHT STARTING AT 5. THE HINESVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENTS I HOSTING ITS NATIONAL NIG