ATHLETICS. THAT'S A LOOK AT SPORTS. KEEP IT HERE. HELICPOTER WHOOSHING RIGHT NOW ON WJCL 22 MORNING NEWS ... AT LEAST ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE DEAD ... AFTER A FIVE- POINT-NINE MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE *ROCKED AFGHANISTAN. WE'RE GETTING OUR VERY FIRST LOOK AT THE DAMAGE DONE ... AND THE NEW ISSUES THE COUNTRY IS NOW FACING. THE URGENT CALL SET TO HAPPEN TODAY BETWEEN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE NATIONS LARGEST OIL COMPANIES WHATS AT STAKE, AND HOW GAS PRICES COULD BE AFFECTED. A FOCUS ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PRESSURE ON THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. I'M AMY LU WITH A PREVIEW OF ANOTHER JANUARY 6TH HEARING HAPPENING LATER TODAY. MEN YELLING AT ONE ANOTHER 0:06 A CONTENTIOUS FIGHT ... BETWEEN A PROTESTOR AND COUNTER PROTESTOR ... AFTER THE REMOVAL OF A CONFEDERATE STATUE. THAT STATUE'S HISTORY AND WHERE AUTHORITIES PLAN TO MOVE IT. WE WANT TO TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH ... THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NEWS. GOOD MORNING - - I'M EMMA HAMILTON. METEOROLOGIST JONATHAN MYERS IS JOINING US NOW .... NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR... TODAY SUNNY AND HOT, WITH HIGHS 96-102. HEAT INDEX VALUES AS HIGH AS 105. SOUTHWEST WIND 7 TO 9 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST IN THE MORNING. TONIGHT A 10 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY BETWEEN 10PM AND MIDNIGHT. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 76. NORTHEAST WIND 6 TO 8 MPH. FRIDAY A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY AFTER 1PM. MOSTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 90. HEAT INDEX VALUES AS HIGH AS 101. EAST WIND 8 TO 14 MPH. FRIDAY NIGHT A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 75. EAST WIND 7 TO 11 MPH. SATURDAY A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOSTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 90. EAST WIND 8 TO 13 MPH. SATURDAY NIGHT PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 72 MEN TALKING AND WALKING 0:08 THIS MORNING ... AT LEAST A THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE DEAD ... AFTER A POWERFUL FIVE- POINT-NINE MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE *ROCKED A MOUNTANOUS REGION OF AFGHANISTAN. WE ALSO KNOW AT LEAST 15- HUNDRED PEOPLE ARE HURT. UNFORTUNATLEY THOUGH ... THOSE NUMBERS *ARE EXPECTED TO RISE. THIS MAP SHOWS YOU EXACTLY WHERE THAT EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED ... BUT WE'RE TOLD NEARLY ONE HUNDRED AND 20 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ... AS WELL AS IN PAKISTAN AND INDIA ... FELT THE QUAKE. MEN YELLING 0:07 IN THIS VIDEO YOU CAN SEE MEN DIGGING THROUGH THE RUBBLE FRANTICALLY SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS ... OR VICTIMS. THIS DISASTER POSES A NEW TEST FOR AFGHANISTAN'S TALIBAN RULERS AND RELIEF AGENCIES ALREADY STUGGLING WITH THE COUNTRY'S MULTIPLE HUMAITARIAN CRISES (CRY-SEES.) HELIOPTER NATS 0:06 AND IN THIS VIDEO ... YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE CARRYING OTHERS TO A HELICOPTER ... EVACAUATING THE AREA. RIGHT NOW ... AT LEAST TWO- THOUSAND HOMES ARE DESTROYED. THE FULL EXTENT OF THE DEVASTATION ... IS STILL SLOWLY COMING TO LIGHT. THIS EARTHQUAKE IS THE DEADLIEST IN THAT REGION ... IN TWO DECADES COMING UP ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA ... THE VERY LATEST INFORMATION COMING OUT OF AFGHANISTAN THIS MORNING ... INCLUDING THE RISING DEATH TOLL ... AND ... RELIEF EFFORTS. G-M-A STARTS AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ... NOW SAYS A GEORGIA LEADER ... PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE ALLEGED "FAKE TRUMP ELECTOR" SCHEME. THE DEPARTMENT SUBPEONAED GEORGIA REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRMAN ... DAVID SCHAFER LATE LAST NIGHT. IT'S BEING REPORTED ... MORE THAN A DOZEN REPUBLICANS MADE UP THE GROUP OF FAKE ELECTORS ... INCLUDING STATE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CANDIDATE BURT JONES. TODAY ... THE JANUARY SIXTH COMMITTEE WILL HOLD ITS FIFTH HEARING ... TURNING ITS ATTENTION TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. LAWMAKERS SAY TRUMP PRESSURED DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS ... IN AN EFFORT TO OVERTURN THE 20- 20 ELECTION. OUR AMY LU IS IN WASHINGTON ... WITH THE KEY WITNESSES TESTIFYING TODAY. THEN-ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFFREY ROSEN TESTIFY BEFORE LAWMAKERS ABOUT AN OVAL OFFICE SHOWDOWN -- IN WHICH TRUMP TRIED TO REPLACE HIM. THE COMMITTEE SAYS TRUMP WANTED TO REPLACE ROSEN WITH ANOTHER ATTORNEY -- WHO WOULD ACTUALLY SUPPORT HIS CLAIMS OF ELECTION FRAUD. LAWMAKERS SAY TRUMP SOUGHT TO APPOINT A SPECIAL COUNCIL TO PURSUE FALSE ELECTION CLAIMS AND ISSUE LETTERS THAT WOULD DISCREDIT THE ELECTION RESULTS. TWO OTHER FORMER DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS TESTIFYING TODAY - - WARNED TRUMP THEY -- ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS -- WOULD RESIGN IF TRUMP MOVED FORWARD WITH THE REPLACEMENT. THE HEARING WILL ALSO FEATURE TAPED TESTIMONY OF FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR WHO DESCRIBED THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S CLAIMS AS BOGUS. TO BE CLEAR -- PRESDIENT TRUMP DID NO GO THROUGH WITH THE CHALLENGE OF REPLACING DOJ LEADERSHIP. BUT THE COMMITTEE SAYS THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S ACTIONS DID HAVE A DIRECT TIE TO THE JANUARY 6TH ATTACK. IN WASHINGTON. I'M AMY LU. YOU CAN WATCH THE HEARING THIS AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK ... RIGHT HERE ON WJCL 22. THE COMMITTEE SAYS MORE HEARINGS ARE SCHEDULED FOR THIS MONTH. I'M ABOUT TO GO HOME AND CRY BECAUSE THIS IS HISTORY BEING REMOVED A CONFEDERATE STATUE ... IS NO LONGER STANDING IN MACON THIS MORNING. CREWS ARE MOVING IT ... AFTER PEOPLE IN THAT AREA HAVE BEEN PUSHING LEADERS TO MAKE THE CHANGE ... FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS. EMOTIONS RAN HIGH YESTERDAY..AS COUNTER- PROTESTORS CLASHED AT THE SITE WHERE CREWS REMOVED THE MONUMENT. MEN YELLING AT ONE ANOTHER 0:06 PROTESTORS COULD BE HEARD YELLING BACK AND FORTH. SOME SAY PEOPLE THREW ROCKS.. AND THAT ONE PERSON ... EVEN PULLED OUT A GUN. CONFEDERATE SUPPORTERS SAY THIS IS ANOTHER MOVE.. IN AN EFFORT TO GET RID OF WHITE HISTORY. TO KNOW THE TRUTH. PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT ERA HISTORY. AND I, I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THIS THING DIDN'T GET PUT UP AGAIN, WE WOULDN'T BE ERASING HISTORY. THE CRAZIER PART IS, IS ERA HISTORY HAS BEEN THE WHITEWASHING WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED, HUNDRED 50 YEARS. THE STATUE IS SET TO BE RELOCATED TO A PARK.. NEAR ROSE HILL CEMETERY.. WHERE HUNDREDS OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS ARE BURIED. A FATHER... SERVING TIME IN PRISON FOR MURDERING HIS TODDLER.. COULD BE RELEASED ...AFTER THE GEORGIA SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED HIS CONVICTION. JUSTINE HARRIS'S SON DIED AFTER HARRIS LEFT HIM INSIDE A CAR FOR HOURS OUTSIDE OF HIS JOB. THE STATE SUPREME COURT RULED YESTERDAY .. THAT HE DIDN'T GET A FAIR TRIAL. HARRIS CLAIMS HE LEFT HIS SON IN THE CAR BY ACCIDENT AND BLAMED SLEEP DEPRIVATION. PROSECUTORS ARGUED HE DID IT DELIBERATELY...SO HE COULD PURSUE WOMEN HE MET ONLINE... SOME OF WHOM WERE TEENAGERS. "THIS IS NOT TO EXCUSE THE NEGLIGENCE OF ROSS HARRIS OR ANY PARENT IN LEAVING YOUR CHILD IN THE CAR AT ANY TIME, LET ALONE ON A DAY LIKE TODAY WHEN IT'S SO HOT." THE DECISION MEANS HARRIS IS NOW ENTITLED TO A NEW TRIAL. HE'S IS SENTENCED TO 32 YEARS IN PRISON FOR OTHER CRIMES. THIS MORNING ...THE OWNER OF A NURSING HOME IS FACING CHARGES ... ACCUSED OF PUTTING HIS RESIDENTS IN A STORAGE UNIT ... DURING HURRICANE IDA. POLICE SAY SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY DIED INSIDE THE UNIT ... AND THAT BOB GLYNN ... REFUSED TO MOVE THEM AFTER THE STORM LAST SUMMER. THE NURSING HOME IS IN LOUISIANA ... BUT OFFICERS JUST ARRESTED GLYNN IN GEORGIA. HE'S OUT ON BOND THIS MORNING ... AND HIS ATTORNEY SAYS HE HAS PLANS TO PLEAD "NOT GUILTY" ON ALL CHARGES. RIGHT NOW ... GAS PRICES ARE ACTUALLY *GOING DOWN ACROSS OUR AREA. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS JUST OUT FROM TRIPLE- A THIS MORNING. IN SOUTH CAROLINA ... THE AVERAGE PRICE IS FOUR-49. THAT'S DOWN TEN CENTS FROM LAST WEEK. AND IN GEORGIA ... IT'S FOUR-44 ... DOWN FIVE CENTS FROM LAST WEEK. HAPPENING TODAY.. A CALL FOR AN EMERGENCY MEETING .. BETWEEN THE WHITE HOUSE AND SOME OF THE NATION'S LARGEST OIL COMPANY'S... ONE DAY AFTER THE PRESIDENT CALLED ON CONGRESS TO PAUSE THE GAS TAX. THE PRESIDENT WANTS CONGRESS TO SUSPEND THE FEDERAL GAS TAX FOR THREE MONTHS, WHICH WOULD SAVE DRIVERS ABOUT 18 CENTS A GALLON. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS ALSO CALLING ON STATES TO SUSPEND THEIR OWN GAS TAXES ... SOMETHING GEORGIA HAS ALREADY DONE. OH WHAT A PLAY....AUDREY THINKS THIS IT IT AND I THINK IT IS A CHILLING THRILLER IN TAMPA BAY . YOU WATCHED THE COLORADO AVALANCHE SNATCH GAME FOUR FROM THE TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING IN OVERTIME RIGHT HERE ON WJCL 22 NEWS LAST NIGHT... TO LEAD THE SERIES THREE-TO- ONE. YOU CAN WATCH GAME 5 OF THE STANLEY CUP FINALS RIGHT HERE ON WJCL 22 NE