RIGHT NOW ON WJCL 22 MORNING NEWS ... SOUTH CAROLINA ... IS ONE STEP CLOSER ... TO A NEAR *TOTAL ABORTION BAN ... WITH NO EXCEPTION FOR RAPE AND INCEST. THE NEXT STEPS HAPPENING TODAY. ELECTION PROBE PUSHBACK. AS RUDY GIULIANI IS SET TO TESTIFY IN GEORGIA TODAY ... THE NEW CALLS .... BY ONE GROUP ... TO *STOP THE INVESTIGATION AGAINST THEM. "I JUST BUT I KNEW I HAD TO HELP OR SOMETHING, I KNEW MY FRIENDS WERE GOING TO FEEL THE SAME WAY AS ME." A WOMAN IS SAFE ... THANKS TO A GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM ... AT THE RIGHT PLACE ... AT THE RIGHT TIME. HOW THEY MANAGED TO PULL HER TO SAFETY. A DEFEAT IN WYOMING. I'M AMY LU IN WASHINGTON WITH MORE ON THE RESULTS OF THE STATE'S GOP PRIMARY...AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. LET'S TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT HENRY C. CHAMBERS WATERFRONT PARK IN BEAUFORT ... THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NEWS. GOOD MORNING - - I'M EMMA HAMILTON. AND I'M FRANK SULKOWSKI. METEOROLOGIST JONATHAN MYERS IS JOINING US NOW .... NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR... TODAY A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 2PM. PARTLY SUNNY, WITH HIGHS 86- 88. NORTH WIND 5 TO 7 MPH. WEDNESDAY NIGHT A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY BEFORE 8PM. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 72. EAST WIND AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING CALM IN THE EVENING. THURSDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY, MAINLY AFTER NOON. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 84. CALM WIND BECOMING EAST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 60%. NEW RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A HALF AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE AND HERE'S A LOOK AT YOUR TRAFFIC TRACK 22. THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS ON THE ROADS THIS MORNING. HIGHWAY 21 AT BRENTWOOD DRIVE IN RINCON BREAKING RIGHT NOW ... TAKE A LOOK AT THIS FIRE ... RAGING IN UKRAINE RIGHT NOW ... AFTER A RUSSIAN ROCKET STRIKE. AUTHORITIES SAY AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE ARE HURT. TODAY ... RUDY GIULIANI IS SET TO TESTIFY BEFORE A SPECIAL GRAND JURY IN ATLANTA. THEY'RE INVESTIGATING WHETHER FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TRIED TO OVERTURN THE 20- 20 ELECTION. QUESTIONING WILL TAKE PLACE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS TO KEEP SPECIAL GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS SECRET. PROSECUTORS TOLD GIULIANI MONDAY ... HE IS A TARGET IN THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. ALSO NEW THIS MORNING ... A GROUP OF ACCUSED "FAKE ELECTORS" IN GEORGIA ... ARE CALLING ON THE D- A TO - *STOP INVESTIGATING THEM. A JUDGE RECENTLY BLOCKED D-A FANI WILLIS FROM INVESTIGATING STATE SENATOR BURT JONES... AFTER SHE HELD A FUNDRAISER FOR JONES' POLITICAL OPPONENT. NOW... THOSE ELEVEN OTHER TARGETS OF HER INVESTIGATION SAY THEY ARE ALSO INVOLVED WITH JONES AND HIS CAMPAIGN. THEY WANT THE COURT TO EITHER DISQUALIFY WILLIS... OR LIMIT HER SCOPE. A PROPOSAL TO BAN NEARLY ALL ABORTIONS IN SOUTH CAROLINA... IS HEADING TO THE HOUSE FLOOR FOR DEBATE. LAST NIGHT... THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE VOTED TO ADVANCE THE BILL UNAMENDED. IT DOES *NOT INCLUDE EXCEPTIONS IN THE CASE OF RAPE OR INCEST. EVERY DEMOCRAT ON THE COMMITTEE VOTED AGAINST THE BILL. RIGHT NOW ... SOUTH CAROLINA HAS A SIX-WEEK ABORTION BAN. IT WENT INTO EFFECT AFTER THE U-S SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE IN JUNE. MEANHILE... BILLBOARDS ARE POPPING UP ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA IN RESPONSE TO THE ABORTION BAN PROPOSAL. THE BILLBOARDS READ .. "SPEECH ABOUT ABORTION IS FREE SPEECH." THE CAMPAIGN IS SPONSORED BY THE FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION....OR 'FIRE'. THE FOUNDATION SAYS 20 BILLBOARDS ARE GOING UP THIS WEEK. REP. LIZ CHENEY, (R) WYOMING "THIS PRIMARY ELECTION IS OVER. BUT NOW THE REAL WORK BEGINS." ALL NEW THIS MORNING ... DEFEAT FOR CONGRESSWOMAN LIZ CHENEY. HER TRUMP- BACKED OPPONENT ... WON THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN WYOMING OVERNIGHT. WE WANT TO CHECK IN WITH OUR AMY LU ... IN WASHINGTON ... WITH MORE ON THAT - *SIGNIFICANT LOSS ... AND WHAT IT MEANS MOVING FORWARD. CHENEY LOST HER BID FOR ANOTHER CONGRESSIONAL TERM -- BY 30- POINTS TO HER RIVAL HARRIET HAGEMAN. -- IN A STATE WHERE TRUMP HAS OFTEN LED BY A WIDE MARGIN. REP. LIZ CHENEY, (R) WYOMING ... I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO ENSURE DONALD TRUMP IS NEVER AGAIN ANYWHERE NEAR THE OVAL OFFICE, AND I MEAN IT..." VOWING TO STOP THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S GRIP ON THE GOP -- CONGRESSWOMAN LIZ CHENEY ACCEPTED HER LOSS AGAINST HER RIVAL -- HARRIET HAGEMAN. CHENEY IS THE TOP REPUBLICAN ON THE JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE -- EXAMINING THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S ACTIONS THAT DAY - - CHENEY -- IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS -- FALLING ONE-BY- ONE AGAINST TRUMP-BACKED CANDIDATES. HARRIET HAGEMAN, (R) CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE "...HIS CLEAR AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING PROPELLED US TO VICTORY TONIGHT..." BUT THE DAUGHTER OF FORMER VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY -- VOWED TO TURN HER DEFEAT INTO A NEW CHAPTER -- WITH A POTENTIAL RUN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE IN 2024 AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT. REP. LIZ CHENEY, (R) WYOMING "THIS PRIMARY ELECTION IS OVER. BUT NOW THE REAL WORK BEGINS." CHENEY IS ONE OF 10 HOUSE MEMBERS VOTED TO IMPEACH TRUMP IN THE DAYS AFTER THE JANUARY 6TH ATTACK. JUST TWO OF THOSE 10 HAVE WON THEIR PRIMARIES THIS YEAR. IN WASHINGTON. I'M AMY LU. RIGHT NOW ... FIRST LADY ... DOCTOR JILL BIDEN ... IS ISOLATING IN SOUTH CAROLINA ... AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID. SHE AND PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAVE BEEN VACATIONING ON KIAWAH ISLAND. THE FIRST LADY'S TEAM RELEASED A STATEMENT READING IN PART... "AFTER TESTING NEGATIVE FOR COVID MONDAY... THE FIRST LADY DEVLOP COLD LIKE SYMPTOMS LATE MONDAY EVENING AND TEST AGAIN ON A RAPID -WHICH WAS NEGATIVE AND THEN ON A PCR TEST THAT CAME BACK POSTIVE... "I JUST BUT I KNEW I HAD TO HELP OR SOMETHING, I KNEW MY FRIENDS WERE GOING TO FEEL THE SAME WAY AS ME." THIS MORNING ... A WOMAN IS SAFE ... THANKS TO A GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM. THE TEAM JUMPED IN TO ACTION AFTER THE CRASH HAPPENED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THEIR SCHOOL. THE ENTIRE THING WAS CAPTURED ON SCHOOL SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS. HERE YOU CAN SEE THE BOYS SURROUNDING THE CAR AFTER THAT SERIOUS WRECK. THEN ... THEY MOVE IN TO PULL THE WOMAN FROM THE CAR. MATH TEACHER LUIS GOYA WAS ALSO THERE AND DIALED 9-1-1. "IN PANIC MODE, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS DESPERATE. AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE EYES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE ACCIDENT AND THE SMOKE COMING DOWN IN FRONT OF HER OF THE HOOD AND BUT THEN YOU SEE THESE ANGELS." THE BOYS SAY THEY DID WHAT THEY HAD TO DO... AND THEY HOPE THE WOMAN IN THE CRASH WILL BE ALRIGHT. SCANNER THIS MORNING ... ONE PERSON IS HURT ... AFTER - *THIS MASSIVE TRACTOR TRAILER FIRE IN CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA. IT HAPPENED ON EYE-77 THERE YESTERDAY MORNING ... DURING RUSH- HOUR TRAFFIC. OFFICIALS SAY THE TRACTOR TRAILER WAS CARRYING PRODUCE ... WHEN IT WENT UP IN FLAMES. PARAMEDICS TOOK THE TRUCK DRIVER TO THE HOSPITAL. ALL NEW THIS MORNING ... INSURANCE RATE INCREASE. ALLSTATE ... HAS FILED A STATEWIDE OVERALL RATE INCREASE ON CAR INSURANCE ... RAISING RATES *25 - *PERCENT FOR ALL GEORGIA POLICYHOLDERS. THAT GOES INTO EFFECT SEPTEMBER 12TH. ALL NEW THIS MORNING ... A PLEA ... FROM TIGER WOODS ... TO OTHER P-G-A TOUR PLAYERS ... TO *STAY *WITH THE P- G-A. ACCORDING TO E-S-P-N ... AND SEVERAL OTHER OUTLETS ... WOODS MET WITH THE GOLFERS YESTERDAY ... TO CONVINCE THEM *NOT TO LEAVE THE TOUR ... AND SIGN UP WITH THE SAUDI- BACKED "LIV" GOLF CIRCUIT. ATLANTA IS SET TO HOST THE BIGGEST EVENT IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL... A SECOND TIME. COME 20-25... GEORGIA'S CAPITAL WILL BECOME THE FIRST CITY TO HOST THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TWICE. THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WAS PREVIOUSLY HELD THERE IN 20-18. AS THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON GETS READY TO KICKOFF ... WJCL 22 IS ONCE AGAIN SPOTLIGHTING THE TOP PLAYERS HERE IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA LOWCOUNTRY. WE SURE ARE...THE BIG 22 IS BACK! 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