AND ATHLETIC YEAR. AND THATS A LOOK AT SPORTS "I WILL BE THERE. EVERYDAY HIS NAME WILL BE CALLED IN COURT I WILL BE THER" E. RIGHT NOW ON WJCL 22 MORNING WS. NE TRI-AL DAY TWO-- FOR THE MEN ACCUSED-- OF-- MURDERING-- AHMAUD ARBERY... ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY. THE MASSIVE... AND - *EMOTIONAL TURNOUT... ON DAY ONE. ALEX MURDAUGH .. IS E DU IN COURT .. INUS JT HOURS. THE CASES AGAINST HIM. .. COMPOUNDING THIS MORNI. NG RIGHT NOW... MORE THAN A DOZEN AMERICANS... A RE - *MISSING IN HAI. TI INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY WERE KIDNAPPED BY A HAITIAN GANG. WHAT A NEW *TEXT - *EXCHANGE REVEALS. AN UBER PASSENGER... DRAGGED! THE WHOLE THING... CAUGHT ON CAMERA. T RHEEASON SHE SAYS... SHE WAS IN DANGER.. BEFORE THE DRIVER *EVER HIT THE GAS DAPEL. HERE'S A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR SKYVIEW 22 CAMERA AT THE HOMEWOOD SUITES THANKS FOR STARTING WE WANT TO GET RIGHT OVER TO METEOROLOGIST MELISSA HALL-- MELISSA... (***MELISSA***) NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR... TUESDAY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR . 77 CALM WIND BECOMING NORTH AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TUESDAY NIGHT CLEAR, WITH A LOW AROUND 57. CALM WIND. WEDNESDAY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 79. CALM WIND BECOMING ET AS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. WEDNESDAY NIGHT PARTLY CLOY,UD WITH A LOW AROUND 64. SOUTHEAST WIND 3 TO 5 MPH. THURSDAY MOSTLY SUNNY, WITH A HH IG NEAR 81. THURSDAY NIG HT PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 66. FRIDAY A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTOS RM AFTER 2PM. MOSTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 82. FRIDAY NIG HT A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY BEFORE 8PM. PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 63. SATURDAY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 80. SATURDAY NIGHT MOSTLY CLEAR, WITH A LOW AROUND 61. NDAYSU SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 79. SUNDAY NIGHT MOSTLYLE CAR, WITH A LOW AROUND 62. MOND AY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR . BREAKING RIT NOW... PART OF I-16 IS CLOSED... BECAUSE OF AN OVERTURNED *LOG *TRUCK. SAVANNAH POLICE SAY THE CLOSURE IS ON I-16 AT DEAN FOREST ROAD. WE HAVE A CREW HEADED OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. THEY SAY THE CLEANUP WILL TAKE *SEVERAL HOURS... SO IF YOU'RE HEADED THIS Y WA YOU WILL WANT TO FIND ANOTHER ROUTE. THE DN EAFOREST EXIT *IS OP. EN HAPPENING TODAY... JURY SELECTION CONTINS.UE.. IN THE TRIAL OF T MHEEN ACCUSED OF MURDERING AHMAUD ARBERY. ASHLEY... THE PUSH FOR JUSTICE IN THIS CASE CAN BE FELT HERE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY THIS MORNING. YEAH EMMA... E TH FAMILY'S LAWYER TOLD US HE WANTS TO SEE MURDER CONVICTIONS IN THIS CASE. "WE ARE HERE TO BE FOCUSED EVERY STEP OF THE WAFOR Y JUSTICE FOAHMAR UD ARBERY TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW. A SLAP ON THE WRIST WILL NOT BE ENOUGH. NOT AT ALL." DE-FENSE ATTORNEYS WILL ARGUE IN COURT... THE THREE MEN ACCUSED OF MURDERING ARBERY... WERE LEGALLY PROTECTING THEIR NEIGHBORODHO... USING WHAT WAS *THEN... THE GEORGIA CITIZEN'S ARREST LA W. THOSE MEN.. WILLIAM 'RODDIE' BRYAN JUNIOR... AND FATHER AND SON GREGORY AND TRAVIS MCMICHAEL. ARBERY'S MOTHER... WANDA COOPER JONES SAYS... WHEN THE TRIAL GETS UNDERWAY... SHE *WILL BE IN COURT. "WANDA COOPER- JONES, AHMAUD ARBERY'S MOTHER: "IT'S BEEN A LONG HARD ROAD, BUT I'M THANKFUL... I WI LL BE THERE. EVERYDAY HIS NAME WILL BE CALLED IN COURT I WILL BE THER" E. JURY SELECTION BEGAN YESTERDAY.. WITH CHATHAM COUNTY JUDGE TIMOT HY WALMSLEY PRESIDI. NG BEFORE THAT... MORE THAN A HUNDRED FAMILY MEMBERS... FRIENDS... AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATES SHOWED UP TO THE COURTHOUSE. WE WERE TREHE- -AS A SMALL GROUP... BEGAN SINGING AND PRAYING FOR THE ARBERY FAMILY. CHANTING, SINGING BU TO TT "ALL THE SUPPORT THAT PEOPLE HAVE SHOWED MY FAMILY. THEY KNOW THIS STUFF IS WRONG AND THEY T GO TO START. I'M TIRED OF OUR KIDS LIVING IN FEAR." AGAIN... THE GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION HAS CONFIRMED THE THREE MEN ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOOTING AND KILLING ARBERY LAST-- FEBRUARY... AND RE-CORDING I T. THE QUESTION NOW IS... WHETHER THEY WILL BE CONVICTED ON *MURDER CHARGE S. JURY SELECTION IS SET TO TAKE ONE TO TWO WEEK S. THE TRIAL... SET TO LAST FIVE TO SIX WEEKS. ALRHTIG ASHLEY... A LOT OF EYES ON THIS CASE... THANK YO U. OF COURSE WE'LL CONTINUE MONITORG IN - *EVERY DEVELOPMENT FOR YOU... THROUGHOUT THE TRIAL. YOU CAN FIND UPDATES BOTH ON AIR... AND ONLINE. OUR TEAM OF DIGITAL JOURNALISTS PUT TOGETHER A DETAILED TIMELINE OF EVE RY EVENT FROM SATILLA SHORES TO- THE MURDER TRI. AL WE ALSO HAVE A MAP THAT DETAILS WHAT HAPPENED. .. AND WHEN ... AT THE SATILLA SHORES NEIGHBORHOOD. HEAD ON OVER TO OUR WEB SITEJC WL DOT COM. IT'S RIGHT ON THE HOME PAGE. AND COMING UP AFTER OUR SHOW... ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA... COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE OF *DAY *TWO OF THE MURDER TRIAL IN GLYNN COUNTY. AND YOU CAN SEE A DAY-TWO WRAP UP... RIGHT HERE ON WJCL 22 NEWS... STARNGTI AT FIVE. ALL NEW THIS MORNING... THE FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER WHO KILLED GEORGE FLOYD... IS TRYING TO APPEAL HIS MURDER CONVICTI. ON DEREK CHAUVIN WAS CONVICTED EARLIER THIS YE. AR HIS ATTORNEY HAS FILED A DOCUMENT WITH THE COURT SAYING HE WOULD REPRESENT CHAUVIN ON HIS APPEAL. THIS COMES AFTER THE MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT DENIED CHAUVIN'S REQUEST TO USE A PUBLIC DEFENDER IN THE APPEAL PROCESS. THE COURT SAYING A REVIEWF OHIS DEBTS AND ASSETS SHOWS HE'S INELIGIB. LE CHAUVIN WAS SENTENCED TO 22-AND-A-HALF YEARS IN PRISON. RIGHT NOW -- THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR 17 AMERICAN MISSIONARIES. .. KIDNAPPED BY A HAITIAN GANG. THE GROUP... INCLUDES - *FIVE CHILDREN. OFFICIALS SAY THE GANG INVOLVED... HAS TERRORIZED HAITI FOR YEARS... WITH A *HISTORY OF KIDNAPPINGS JUST LIKE TH IS. WHILE DATA SHOWS - WHILE DATA SHOWS *FOREIGN VICTIMS GET WORLDWIDE ATTENTION... PEOPLE FROM HAITI ARE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE KIDNAPPING VICTIMS. "KIDNAPPINGS HERE HAVE BEEN HAPPENING FOR SO LONG, WHY DID NO ONE TALK ABOUT IT THEN? WHY IS THE WOR LD MAKING SUCH A BIG DEAL ABOUT FOREIGNERS? IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE MOREMP IORTANT ." STILL.... HAITIANS TO OK ADVANTAGE OF THE RENEWED ATTENTION.BY.. STAYING HOME IN A PEACEFUL PROTEST... HOPING TO GET THE ATTENTION OF THEIR LEADER S. NEW THIS MORNG...IN A "WHATSAPP" MESSAGE... OBTAINED BY CNN... REPORTEDLY *FROM ONE OF THE MISSIONARIES... SAYS... "PLEASE PRAY FOR US... WE'RE BEING HARASSED KIDNAPPED CURRENTL" Y. HAPPENING TODAY... ALEX MURDAUGH WILL FIND OUT WHETHER HE CAN BOND OUT OF JA. IL MURDAUGH IS FACING TWO FELONY CHARGES. HE'S ACCUSED OF MISAPPROPRIATING FUN DS FROM THE DEATH SETTLEMENT OF HIS LATE HOUSEKEEPE R. MURDAUGH WAIVED AN EXTRADITION HEARG IN FRIDAY IN FLORA WHIDERE HE WAS ARRESTED-- AFTER LEAVING A DRUG REHABILITATION CLINIC. THERE'S LOTS OF LAYE RS TIED TO THE MURDAUGH FAMILY MYSTERY .. WHICH IS-WHY WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A TIME- LINE F--OR YOU-- DATING ALL THE WAY BACK TO 20-15. YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT NOW .. ON OUR WEBSITE .. WJCL DOT COM. WE ALSO DUG DEEP INTO THE MURDAUGH FAMY IL HISTORY... AS WELL AS THE CASES SURROUNDING THEM... DURING OUR SPECIAL "MUR- DAUGH.. DEATH AND DECEIT." YOU CAN WATCH IT ON OUR WEBSIT E. THIS MORNING AT SEVEN THE MURDAUGH MYSTERY CONTINUES ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA... WHERE THEY GIVING FL UL COVERAGE OF TODAY'S BOND HEARING NEW THIS MORNING..A . DATE H BASEEN SET FOR WHEN ACTOR ... CUBA GOODING JUNIOR ... WL ILFACE A JUDGE.. IN CONNECTION WITH SEX ABUSE CHARGES. GOODING'S TRIAL IS N OW SET FOR FEBRUARY FIRST OF NEXT YEAR IN NEW YORK TY. CI HE FACES THREE COUNTS OF FORCIBLE TOUCHING AND THREE COUNTS OF THIRD-DEGREE SEX ABUSE IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS... GOODING PLEADED NOT GUILTY AND DENIES EVERYTHI. NG ALL NEW THIS HALF-HOUR... A WOMAN... DRAGGED BY AN UB..ER. AND IT WAS ALL CAUGH TON CAMERA. AS SERA CONGI REPORTS - THE WOMAN INSIDE... WAS JUST TRYING TO GET HER CELL PHONE BACK... WHEN THE DRIVER TOOK OFF! A WOMAN AT THE PASSENGER SIDE OF AN SUV IS SUDDENLY DRAGGED AS IT PULLS AWAY, RUNNING ALONGSIDE, SHE THEN FALLS TO THE GROUND. A TROUBLING INCIDENT CAUGHT ON THE DASHCAM OF A RIDESHARE DRERIV> > SOT: BOOTH TALKING TINHE WINDOW FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS, AND A LL OF SUDDEN YOU SAW THE CAR TAKE O, FF REPORTER: ED BOOTH WAS CARRYI HNGIS NOW PASSENGERS WHO STOEDPP TO CHECK ON THE WOMAN. NATS: AREOU YOU OKAY? YEEAH I'M FINE. SOT: BOOTH SHE WAS JUST SITTING ON THE GROUND, WITH HER HEAD DOWN. HANDS OVER HER HEAD AND I THINK DAZED AND CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT JUST HAPPENED. BOSTON POLICE RESPONDED TO THE INCIDENT AROUND 3AM SUNDAY MORNING. THE VICTIM REPORTED LEAVING HER CL EL PHONE IN AN UBER EARLIER IN THE NIGHT - AND COORDINAD TE WITH THE DRIVER TO MEET AT THE EAST 4TH STREET LOCATION. THE DRIVER ALLEGEDLY WANTED CASFOR H THE CELL PHONE THE WOMAN DID NOT PAY, AND REACHED FOR THE PHONE IN THE CAR. SOT: MURRAY JUST A LITTLE SHOCKING SEEING THAT, I DO TAKE UBE RS HOME NEVER HAD A PROEM. BL RESIDENTS WHERE THE INCIDENT HAPPENED DISTURBED BY E VIDEO. SOT: MY RAUR IT WAS KIND OF AT A HIGH SPEED TOO, SO I'M JUST HAPPY TO HEAR SHE'S O K. IN A STATEMENT UBER SAYS WHAT'S BEEN DESCRIBED IS UNACCEPTLEAB AND IN CLEAR VIOLATION OF OUR COMMUNITY GUIDELINES. WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH TH BOTH THE RIDER AND DRIVER AND WILL TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. TAG: UBER SAYS IT IS WORNGKI ALL NEW THIS MORNING -- THE U- S FOOD AND DR UG ADMINISTRATION MAY ALLOW PEOPLE TO MIX AND MATCH THEIR COVID-19 BOOSTER SHOT S. ACCORDING TO THE N EW YORK TIMES -- THE F-D-A WILL LIKELY SAY GETTING THE SE AM VACCINE ... AS A BOOSTER . .. IS PREFERABLE... BUT NOT NECESSARY. ONETUDY S SHOWS IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH VACCINE THE PEOPLE RECEIVED... AND THAT MIXING BOOSTERS MAY ALSO PROVIDE A STRONG RESPONSE TO THE DELTA VARIANT. HERE'S A LOOK AT THE LATEST VACCINATION RATES IN OUR PART OF THE COUNTRY. I N SOUTH CAROLINA .. 54- PERCENT ARE NOW FULLY VACCINATED. IN GEORGIA -- 49-PERCENT OF PEOPLE ARE FULLY VACCINATED. HERE'S A LOOK AT T HE LATEST COVID NUMBERS ACROSS OUR AA.RE IN SOUTH CAROLINA -- MORE THAN 700 PEOPLE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS ON SATURDAY. THOSE ARE THE LAT