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AdvertisementA group of senators has approved a bill that would prevent prosecuting on prostitution charges anyone who is a victim of sex trafficking.South Carolina lawmakers work to change laws for sex-trafficking victimsA group of senators has approved a bill that would prevent prosecuting on prostitution charges anyone who is a victim of sex trafficking.Hide TranscriptShow TranscriptIT'S 8 O'CLOCK ON YOUR - _-_-_ MORNING. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M EMMA HAMMILTON. LETS GET STARTED WITH YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST WITH METEOROLOGIST MELISSA HALL. (***MELISSA***) NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR... SUNDAY A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS, MAINLY BEFORE 10AM. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 77. WEST WIND 5 TO 7 MPH. SUNDAY NIGHT MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 59. SOUTHWEST WIND AROUND 6 MPH. MONDAY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 79. WEST WIND 6 TO 9 MPH. MONDAY NIGHT PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 58. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND. TUESDAY A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS, MAINLY AFTER 2PM. PARTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 76. TUESDAY NIGHT A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS, MAINLY BEFORE 8PM. PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 59. WEDNESDAY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 81. WEDNESDAY NIGHT CLEAR, WITH A LOW AROUND 46. THURSDAY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 70. THURSDAY NIGHT CLEAR, WITH A LOW AROUND 48. FRIDAY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 74. FRIDAY NIGHT A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW TORMENTA FOOTBALL CLUB HAD THEIR HOME OPENER YESTERDAY AND OUR JESSICA BATTISTA WAS THERE FOR GAME. PKG- IT'S OPENING NIGHT FOR TORMENTA F- C...PLAYERS EXCITED TO PLAY, IN FRONT OF FANS, AS THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC CONTINUES. SOT-STEFAN MUELLER- DEFENDER FOR THE TORMENTA FC '"THE GOAL IS TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE TO WATCH AS POSSIBLE SO ITS THRILLING ON OPENING NIGHT TO GET A DECENT CROWD." STARTING A LITTLE BEFORE KICKOFF-FANS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THEIR PART IN ENDING THE PANDEMIC BY GETTING VACCINATED. SOT-BEN ROSS- PHARMACIST AT FOREST HEIGHT PHARMACY "WE ARE GOING TO BE OFFERING MODERNA VACCINES TO ANYBODY WHO WANTS IT." TORMENTA PARTNERED WITH FOREST HEIGHTS PHARMACY TO HOST THE VACCINE CLINIC. "THIS IS REALLY EXCITING- SOME PEOPLE ARE SCARED TO COME TO A PHARMACY WERE TRYING TO GO TO ENVIRONMENTS WERE PEOPLE FILL COMFORTABLE;" TORMENTA FAN TRACY RIVERA WAS AMONG THOSE WHO RECEIVED A MODERNA SHOT AT THE GAME. SOT-TRACY RIVERA- GOT THE VACCINE '"I THINK IT AWESOME, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE VACCINE, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD TIME, SO IT WORK OUT PERFECTLY." STAND UP-TO HELP PROMOTE SOCIAL DISTANCING-THE THEY HAVED CLOSED OFF EVERY OTHER BLEACHER-SO PEOPLE ARE SPREAD APART- AND CAN WATCH THE GAME SAFELY- "THEY ARE TAKING ALL THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. I THINK TONIGHT GOING TO BE GREAT!" THE TEAM SAID 34-FANS GOT VACCINATED AT THE GAME TONIGHT. REPORTING IN STATESBORO JB WJCL 22 NEWS.. SADLY TORMENTA LOST LAST NIGHT'S MATCH. THEIR NEXT GAME IS NEXT SATURDAY VERSUS UNION OMAHA. THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE MARATHON RETURNED TO THE FLORIDA KEYS YESTERDAY AFTER TAKING 20-20 OFF DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. THIS YEAR --THE 40-TH ANNUAL EVENT WAS LIMITED TO ONLY U- S BASED RUNNERS WHO REGISTERED FOR THE CANCELED RACE IN 20-20. IT'S NORMALLY ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR RUNNING EVENTS IN THE SOUTHEAST AND YOU CAN SEE WHY. CHECK OUT THE *AMAZING PANORAMIC VIEWS OF THE WATER WHERE THE GULF MEETS THE ATLANTIC. TO REDUCE THE SPREAD OF COVID- 19 .. RUNNERS WERE STAGGERED IN SOCIALLY DISTANCED GROUPS OF TEN AND HAD TO WEAR MASKS BEFORE AND AFTER THE RACE. THEY ALSO WORE ELECTRONIC TRACKERS TO HELP DETERMINE THEIR FINISH TIMES. RIGHT NOW - INVESTIGATORS IN GLYNN COUNTY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO SHOT AND KILLED A BRUNSWICK TEENAGER - EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. IT HAPPENED AROUND TWO IN THE MORNING IN THE AREA OF CYPRESS MILL ROAD AND GOLDEN ISLES PARKWAY. OFFICERS SAY THEY FOUND THE 17-YEAR-OLD - UNRESPONSIVE - ON THE EDGE OF THE ROADWAY. HE WAS TAKEN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL - WHERE HE LATER DIED FROM HIS INJURIES. SAVANNAH FIREFIGHTERS ARE INVESTIGATING WHAT CAUSED A HOME ON CUB- BEDGE STREET TO GO UP IN FLAMES EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED .. HEAVY SMOKE AND FLAMES WERE SEEN COMING FROM THE ROOF. OFFICIALS SAY NO ONE WAS INSIDE AT THE TIME OF THAT FIRE. TWO PEOPLE ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER THEIR TRUCK SLAMMED INTO A BUILDING. IT HAPPENED AT AROUND THREE A- M YESTERDAY ON VICTORY DRIVE NEAR WHITAKER STREET. SAVANNAH POLICE SAY NO ONE IN THE BUILDING WAS HURT - BUT THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP TRUCK AND A PASSENGER WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE IS NOW UNDERWAY. AND IN BEAUFORT COUNTY - ONE PERSON IS DEAD FOLLOWING A CRASH ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND. SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY PATROL - WHO'S INVESTIGATING SAYS - IT HAPPENED ON LEG- OH-MUTTON ROAD AT AROUND FIVE-30 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AN S-U-V RAN OFF THE ROAD - HIT A TREE - AND OVERTURNED. WE'RE TOLD THE DRIVER WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT - AND DIED AT THE SCENE. LAST NIGHT ... VIGILS IN INDIANAPOLIS AFTER ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING. EIGHT PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY A LONE GUNMAN AT A FEDEX FACILITY .. AND MORE THAN HALF OF THEM BELONGED TO THE CITY'S SIKH (SICK) COMMUNITY. THE GUNMAN'S FAMILY NOW SAYING THEY TRIED TO GET HIM HELP. ABC'S IKE EJIOCHI (EH-JOTCH- EE) HAS THE VERY LATEST. TONIGHT?TWO SOLEMN MOMENTS. (NAT VIGIL) PEOPLE IN INDIANAPOLIS ORGANIZING TWO SEPARATE VIGILS THIS WEEKEND TO HONOR THE VICITMS FROM ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING. (NAT VIGIL) SHOW EMPATHY, SHOW LOVE (GFX)POLICE SAY NINETEEN YEAR- OLD BRANDON HOLE ? A FORMER FEDEX EMPLOYEE ? KILLED 8 PEOPLE AT A FEDEX FACILITY IN INDIANAPOLIS LATE THURSDAY- WOUNDING FIVE OTHERS?BEFORE TAKING HIS OWN LIFE TONIGHT- THE SUSPECT?S FAMILY RELEASING A STATEMENT SAYING THEY?RE DEVASTATED AT THE LOSS OF LIFE ? OFFERING THEIR SINCEREST APOLOGIES TO THE VICTIMS- AND SAYING THEY TRIED TO GET HOLE THE HELP HE NEEDED. HALF OF THE VICTIMS ARE MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL SIKH COMMUNITY- LIKE 66 YEAR OLD AMARJEET JOHAL PICTURED HERE IN THE MIDDLE. SOT - KOMAL CHOHAN/GRANDAUGHTER OF VICTIM I POSTED HER PICTURE EVERYWHERE, BECAUSE SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE A STATISTIC. SHE HAS A STORY. SHE'S A PERSON. THE VICTIMS AGES RANGE FROM 19 TO 74 YEARS OLD ONE WOMAN RELATED TO TWO OF THE DECEASED SAYS SHE?S HOPING FAMILY MEMBERS FROM INDIA CAN PAY THEIR RESPECTS SOT GIRIN 17:30:10: (EMOTIONAL) WE CAN?T EVEN SCHEDULE A FUNERAL (TEARS)// 17:41:08 WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE SURE MY SISTER-IN-LAW?S BROTHER CAN GET HERE SO HE CAN SEE HER ONE LAST TIME. POLICE ARE STILL UNSURE OF THE SUSPECT?S MOTIVE- BUT A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SIKH COMMUNITY IS POINTING TO THE VICTIMS- AND FEARS HIS NEIGHBORS WERE DIRECTLY TARGETED. GURINDER SINGH KHALSA, THE CHAIRMAN OF SIKHSPAC "FEAR IS OF THE UNKNOWN, AMERICANS DON'T KNOW ABOUT US BECAUSE OF OUR APPEARANCE, WHAT WE WEAR OUR BEARD AND TURBAN. THAT'S WHY OFTEN WE ARE THE VICTIMS OF HATE CRIMES." THIS IS THE THIRD MASS SHOOTING THIS YEAR IN INDIANAPOLIS. IKE EJIOHCI, ABC NEWS WASHINGTON THE AIR FORCE'S THUNDERBIRDS HEADLINED THE COCOA BEACH AIR SHOW .. BUT A WORLD WAR TWO DIVE BOMBER ALMOST STOLE THE SHOW. THE T-B-M AVENGER WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY WATER LANDING AT COCOA BEACH AFTER A MAJOR ENGINE FAILURE. THE ANTIQUE NAVY WAR PLANE WAS EXTENSIVELY RESTORED BEFORE RETURNING TO FLIGHT LAST YEAR. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD BUT THANKFULLY WAS NOT INJURED. AN INVESTIGATION IS NOW UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THAT LANDING. HERE'S A LOOK AT THE LATEST CORONAVIRUS CASE NUMBERS ACROSS GEORGIA. MORE THAN 12- HUNDRED PEOPLE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS YESTERDAY... AND 34 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES. SOUTH CAROLINA ADDED MORE THAN SIX HUNDRED NEW CASES AND TWELVE DEATHS IN ITS LATEST UPDATE. THE MOST RECENT NUMBERS AVAILABLE FROM THE STATE ARE FROM THURSDAY. STRAIGHT AHEAD -- A ROYAL FUNERAL FOR PRINCE PHILIP. LOVED ONES .. GATHERING TOGETHER FOR A FINAL FAREWELL. (***MELISSA***) COMING UP... I'LL HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. BUT FIRST... LET'S TAKE A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE. (***MELISSA***) HERE'S A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR SKYVIEW 22 CAMERA -- LOOKING AT THE HOMEWOOD SUITES ON THE RIVER. HERE ARE CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW FOR SAVANNAH. THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE - _-_- DEGREES TODAdvertisementSouth Carolina lawmakers work to change laws for sex-trafficking victimsA group of senators has approved a bill that would prevent prosecuting on prostitution charges anyone who is a victim of sex trafficking.Above video: your Sunday morning headlines 4/18A group of senators has approved a bill that would prevent prosecuting on prostitution charges anyone who is a victim of sex trafficking.A subcommittee sent the bill to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Supporters say it's time to clean up old language in the state’s prostitution laws now that there is a better understanding about how many people selling sex are often doing it against their will. The provisions would stand for any crimes that aren’t violent. The original bill only applied to people under age 18, but the subcommittee agreed to ask to have it changed to anyone who is a sex trafficking victim.Above video: your Sunday morning headlines 4/18A group of senators has approved a bill that would prevent prosecuting on prostitution charges anyone who is a victim of sex trafficking.AdvertisementA subcommittee sent the bill to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Supporters say it's time to clean up old language in the state’s prostitution laws now that there is a better understanding about how many people selling sex are often doing it against their will. The provisions would stand for any crimes that aren’t violent. The original bill only applied to people under age 18, but the subcommittee agreed to ask to have it changed to anyone who is a sex trafficking victim.Loading more articles...

AdvertisementA group of senators has approved a bill that would prevent prosecuting on prostitution charges anyone who is a victim of sex trafficking.South Carolina lawmakers work to change laws for sex-trafficking victimsA group of senators has approved a bill that would prevent prosecuting on prostitution charges anyone who is a victim of sex trafficking.Hide TranscriptShow TranscriptIT'S 8 O'CLOCK ON YOUR - _-_-_ MORNING. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M EMMA HAMMILTON. LETS GET STARTED WITH YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST WITH METEOROLOGIST MELISSA HALL. (***MELISSA***) NOW, HERE'S YOUR...

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