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Update: Missing 11-year-old Georgia girl found safe

Update: Missing 11-year-old Georgia girl found safe
THAT'S A RIGHT NOW ON WJCL 22 MORNING NEWS ... SUBPOENA FIGHT HEARING. IN JUST HOURS ... SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM ... WILL WORK TO GET OUT OF TESTIFYING ... IN A TRUMP INVESTIGATION. THE ACTIONS ... HE SAYS ... WERE *WELL WITHIN HIS OFFICIAL RESPONSIBILITIES. STRETCHING THE SUPPLY OF THE MONKEYPOX VACCINE... I'M AMY LU AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE NEW STRATEGY, WORKING TO BOOST VACCINATIONS. PLUS ... THE BIDENS ARE SET TO VISIT SOUTH CAROLINA ... IN JUST HOURS. WHERE THEY'LL TOUCH DOWN ... LATER TODAY. "WE WANT JUSTICE AND WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS THE MOTIVE UNDER WHICH THE SHOOTER WAS DOING THIS HEINOUS CRIME." A SUSPECT ... IS IN JAIL ... ACCUSED OF MURDERING FOUR MUSLIM MEN. THE CLUE THAT LED OFFICERS RIGHT TO HIM. HERE'S A LIVE LOOK AT TYBEE ISLAND ... THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NEWS. GOOD MORNING - - I'M EMMA HAMILTON. METEOROLOGIST JONATHAN MYERS IS JOINING ME.... NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR... TODAY A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY AFTER 2PM. MOSTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 92. LIGHT SOUTHWEST WIND INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING. TONIGHT A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY BEFORE 8PM. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 76. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 7 MPH BECOMING CALM AFTER MIDNIGHT. THURSDAY A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY AFTER 2PM. PARTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 93. HEAT INDEX VALUES AS HIGH AS 101. SOUTHWEST WIND 3 TO 7 MPH. THURSDAY NIGHT A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE 2AM. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 74 AND HERE'S A LOOK AT YOUR TRAFFIC TRACK 22. THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS ON THE ROADS THIS MORNING. I-95 AT HIGHWAY 21 IN PORT WENTWORTH SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM IS SET TO APPEAR IN COURT TODAY TO CHALLENGE A SUBPOENA FOR HIS TESTIMONY. THE FULTON COUNTY D-A ISSUED THE SUBPOENA LAST MONTH. IT'S ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TRIED TO OVERTURN THE 20- 20 ELECTION IN GEORGIA. GRAHAM SAYS HE WAS ACTING WITHIN HIS OFFICIAL RESPONSIBILTIES WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY MADE CALLS TO GEORGIA OFFICIALS AFTER THE ELECTION. RUDY GIULIANI IS SET TO TESTIFY IN THIS CASE ... ONE WEEK FROM TODAY. AN ATLANTA JUDGE DECIDED YESTERDAY ... GIULIANI COULD *DELAY HIS TESTIMONY ... BECAUSE OF HEALTH CONCERNS. HE UNDERWENT HEART SURGERY LAST MONTH. INFLATION BILL PUSHBACK. SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER AND SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM ARE NOT SUPPORTING THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT. THE TWO HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY TO EXPLAIN WHY. " THIS BILL I THINK IS A NIGHTMARE FOR SOUTH CAROLINA, IT'S A NIGHTMARE FOR THE AMERICAN ECONOMY, AND I COULD SPEND HOURS TALKING TO YOU ABOUT IT, BUT I WONT..." GRAHAM SAYS HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE EFFECTS THE BILL WILL HAVE ON GAS PRICES ... AND BUSINESSES. WHILE MCMASTER SAYS THE BILL WON'T HELP THE CURRENT ECONOMY. " AND WHAT HAS IT GOTTEN US? IT HAS GOTTEN US A 30.59 TRILLION DOLLAR NATIONAL DEBT. WHICH MEANS IT IS NOT PAID FOR. IT DOES NOT CUT INFLATION. IT DOES NOT CREATE BUSINESS. IT DOES NOT SPUR THE ECONOMY. IT DOES EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE AND THATS YOUR PROOF..." THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT HAS PASSED THE SENATE. IT'LL MOVE TO THE HOUSE LATER THIS WEEK. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS NOMINATING A COLUMBIA JUDGE TO THE U-S COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT. DEANDREA BENJAMIN HAD SERVED AS A JUDGE ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT SINCE 2011. SHE ALSO HAS EXPERIENCE AS A MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBIA. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN ... ARE EXPECTED TO VISIT SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY. THE BIDENS WILL TRAVEL TO KIAWAH ISLAND ... NEAR CHARLESTON ... WHERE THEY'VE BEEN KNOWN TO VACATION SEVERAL TIMES ... OVER THE YEARS. THIS MORNING ... AS MONKEYPOX CASES CONTINUE TO CLIMB ... HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE WORKING TO PREVENT NEW CASES. ACCORDING TO THE C-D-C ... THERE ARE SEVEN HUNDRED AND 49 CASES IN GEORGIA. THAT'S UP MORE THAN TWO- HUNDRED FROM FRIDAY. AND IN SOUTH CAROLINA ... THERE ARE 41 CASES. THAT'S NEARLY *TWICE AS MANY ... AS THERE WERE LAST FRIDAY. ALL NEW THIS MORNING ... VACCINE *STRETCHING. U-S HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE CHANGING HOW THE MONKEYPOX VACCINE IS BEING GIVEN ... LOOKING TO *STRETCH OUT - *SUPPLY ... IN ORDER TO MEET DEMAND. OUR AMY LU IS IN WASHINGTON ... WITH WHY HEALTH PROVIDERS CAN NOW GIVE PEOPLE *ONE *FIFTH THE USUAL DOSE. REPORTER LIVE LEDE: THE VACCINE WILL BE ADMINISTERED INTO THE SKIN... INSTEAD OF INTO DEEPER TISSUE. THIS ALLOWS PROVIDERS TO GET FIVE DOSES OUT OF ONE VIAL. VO) THE F-D-A ISSUED AN EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION ON TUESDAY TO APPROVE THE NEW INJECTION STRATEGY. EVEN WITH THE CHANGE... A PERSON STILL NEEDS TO RECEIVE TWO DOSES OF THE MONKEYPOX VACCINE, FOUR WEEKS APART. THE U-S LACKS SUPPLIES TO VACCINATE EVERYONE LOOKING FOR PROTECTION FROM THE VIRUS. MORE THAN ONE AND A HALF MILLION AMERICANS ARE CONSIDERED HIGHEST RISK FOR THE DISEASE. VACCINATING THAT GROUP WOULD REQUIRE MORE THAN THREE MILLION SHOTS. WITH THE NEW STRATEGY... THE NATION'S STOCKPILE STANDS AROUND TWO POINT TWO MILLION DOSES. <> (REPORTER LIVE TAG: THE F-D-A AUTHORIZATION ALSO ALLOWS THOSE UNDER 18 WHO ARE CONSIDERED HIGH RISK OF INFECTION TO GET THE SHOT. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THAT POPULATION SHOULD STILL RECEIVE THE VACCINE THE TRADITIONAL WAY. AT THE WHITE HOUSE, I'M AMY LU. "HOW SWEET IT IS... RIGHT NOW ... THE MUSIC INDUSTRY ... IS MOURNING A - *LEGEND. WE'RE TOLD MOTOWN SONG- WRITER LAMONT DOZIER PASSED AWAY LAST NIGHT. THE DETROIT MUSICIAN ... IS BEST KNOWN FOR BEING PART OF THE TEAM ... HOLLAND- DOZIER-HOLLAND. THEY WROTE CLASSIC R-AND-B HITS LIKE ... "STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE" ... "HOW SWEET IT IS" ... AND "HEAT WAVE." THEIR SONGS WERE PERFORMED BY SOME OF THE INDUSTRY'S MOST CELEBRATED ARTISTS LIKE ... MARVIN GAYE ... AND THE SUPREMES. LAMONT DOZIER ... WAS 81 YEARS OLD. TWO GEORGIA SOLIDERS ARE DEAD ... AND THREE MORE ARE HURT ... AFTER A WEATHER- RELATED INCIDENT ... AT YONAH MOUNTAIN IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. ACCORDING TO THE ARMY ... THE SOLDIERS WERE STATIONED AT FORT BENNING ... NEAR COLUMBUS. NO WORD YET ON EXACTLY WHAT THAT WEATHER- RELATED INCIDENT WAS ... OR THE NAMES OF THOSE INVOLVED. THIS MORNING ... A SOUTH CAROLINA TODDLER IS SAFE ... AFTER SHE WAS LEFT IN A HOT CAR ... AND CUT HER OWN CLOTHES OFF WITH SCISSORS ... TO GET COOL. IT HAPPENED SATURDAY AFTERNOON ... JUST OUTSIDE OF CHARLESTON. POLICE WERE CALLED ... WHEN SOMEONE SPOTTED THE CHILD ... NAKED AND ALONE. FIRST RESPONDERS SAY THE GIRL WAS SWEATY ... AND HOT TO THE TOUCH. THEY SAY HER GRANDMOTHER HAD BEEN SHOPPING IN A NEARBY STORE ... FOR ABOUT AN *HOUR. OFFICERS ARRESTED AND CHARGED HER. "WE WERE IN FEAR ALL THE TIME CLOSING OUR DOOR, THAT THERE'S A SHOOTER OUTSIDE, AND NOW WE GOT RELIEF." A MAJOR BREAK IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE MURDERS OF FOUR MUSLIM MEN IN ALBURQUERQUE NEW MEXICO. POLICE SAY THEY CHARGED A MAN ... AFTER SPOTTING THE GETAWAY CAR. POLICE ARE STILL WORKING TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER MOHAMMED SYED (SY-EED) WAS INVOLVED IN THE OTHER MURDERS. AFTER A TIP FROM A COMMUNITY MEMBER ... STATE POLICE STOPPED SYED (SY-EED.) AUTHORITIES SEARCHED HIS CAR ... AND HIS HOME ... AND SAY *TWO OF THE GUNS INSIDE ... MATCHED THE GUNS FROM TWO OF THE CRIME SCENES. "WE WANT JUSTICE AND WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS THE MOTIVE UNDER WHICH THE SHOOTER WAS DOING THIS HEINOUS CRIME." DETECTIVES SAY SYED (SY-EED) KNEW THE VICTIMS TO SOME
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Update: Missing 11-year-old Georgia girl found safe
Above video: Your Wednesday headlinesUpdate 1:38 p.m.: She has been found safe.Initial report: Police in Georgia need your help in finding a missing 11-year-old girl.Karol Lopez was last seen Tuesday at 6:40 p.m. at an apartment building on N. DeKalb Drive just off of I-285 in Doraville. TRENDING STORIESAuthorities: 3-year-old South Carolina girl cut off her clothes after being left in hot carPolice: 2 people dead, 4 injured after mass shooting at Georgia parkStolen military equipment? YouTubers find nearly 100 active rockets, more in Fort Stewart watersKarol is described as being 4 feet 8 inches and about 80 pounds.She was last seen wearing a black shirt and black pants and had a green backpack with her. Anyone who knows where she may be should contact Dekalb County Police at 770-724-7477.

Above video: Your Wednesday headlines

Update 1:38 p.m.: She has been found safe.

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Initial report: Police in Georgia need your help in finding a missing 11-year-old girl.

Karol Lopez was last seen Tuesday at 6:40 p.m. at an apartment building on N. DeKalb Drive just off of I-285 in Doraville.

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Dekalb County Police

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Karol is described as being 4 feet 8 inches and about 80 pounds.

She was last seen wearing a black shirt and black pants and had a green backpack with her.

    Anyone who knows where she may be should contact Dekalb County Police at 770-724-7477.

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