WJCL WILL BE THERE AND HAVE A RECAP TUESDAY NIGHT. THAT'S A LOOK AT SPORTS. STAY WITH US. "WHY'D YOU DO IT ALEX.. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY" RIGHT NOW ... WE'RE GEARING UP FOR *DAY *TWO OF JURY SELECTION ... IN THE MURDAUGH MURDER TRIAL. THE TIMELINE FOR OPENING ARGUMENTS ... AND ... WHY ONE EXPERT SAYS ... IT DOESN'T REALLY *MATTER IF THE JURY'S HEARD OF THE MURDAUGH FAMILY. THREE MASS SHOOTINGS ... IN JUST THREE DAYS. ONE MAN ... IS NOW FACING CHARGES ... IN CONNECTION WITH *TWO OF THEM. WE'RE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON. THE FINAL ELECTION REPORT IS OUT ... ON WHETHER A GRAND JURY THINKS TRUMP ... SHOULD FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES IN GEORGIA. THE DECISION SET TO BE MADE *TODAY. SEVERAL HIGH- PROFILE CASES ... ARE MOVING FORWARD ACROSS OUR AREA THIS WEEK. THE TWO BIG RULINGS WE'RE WAITING ON ... AND THE CONTROVERSIAL CASE GOING TO TRIAL. 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 SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 62. CALM WIND BECOMING EAST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING. TONIGHT INCREASING CLOUDS, WITH A LOW AROUND 48. EAST WIND 6 TO 10 MPH. WEDNESDAY SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM. HIGH NEAR 72. BREEZY, WITH A SOUTH WIND 13 TO 21 MPH, WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 33 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 80%. NEW RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A HALF AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. WEDNESDAY NIGHT A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS BEFORE 1AM. CLOUDY DURING THE EARLY EVENING, THEN GRADUAL CLEARING, WITH A LOW AROUND 44 HAPPENING TODAY ... JURY SELECTION IS SET TO CONTINUE ... IN THE MURDER TRIAL AGAINST ALEX MURDAUGH. HE'S ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING HIS WIFE MAGGIE ... AND SON PAUL ... BACK IN JUNE OF 20-21. FINDING A POTENTIAL JUROR IN COLLETON COUNTY ... WHO'S NEVER HEARD ABOUT THE CASE ... IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE. BUT ... AS OUR GREG COY REPORTS ... THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE *DARK ... TO HELP DECIDE HIS FATE. (USE VIDEO OF HIM WALKING TO COURT) ALEX MURDAUGH WALKING TO COURT SURROUNDED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AS HIS LAWYERS AND PROSECUTORS SEEK TO FIND AN IMPARTIAL JURY TO DECIDE HIS FATE. (SOT W/SUSAN E. WILLIAMS/ATTORNEY @ 00:24) "JURY SELECTION IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN IN A CRIMINAL CASE." (SOT W/SUSAN E. WILLIAMS/ATTORNEY @ 00:32) "MY UNDERSTAND IS THAT WE HAVE OVER 900 JURORS TO BE NARROWED DOWN TO A JURY OF 12 AND THEN SOME ALTERNATES." PICKING A JURY THAT HAS NEVER HEARD OF THE SENSATIONAL CASE OR DOESN'T KNOW OF THE POWERFUL MURDAUGH FAMILY IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE. JUDGE CLIFTON NEWMAN ASKED IF THEY HAD HEARD OR READ ABOUT HIS CASE, EVERY SINGLE ONE STOOD UP. (SOT W/SUSAN E. WILLIAMS/ATTORNEY @ 01:17) "IT DOESN'T MATTER SO MUCH THAT THESE FOLKS HAVE HEARD OF THE MURDAUGHS, IT IS WHETHER THEY ARE ABLE TO BE IMPARTIAL." DURING THE FIRST DAY JURY SELECTION WE LEARNED THE LIST OF POTENTIAL WITNESSES INCLUDE ALEX'S BOTHER RANDY, HIS SON BUSTER, HIS WIFE MAGGIE'S SISTER AND ATTORNEYS WHO BELONG TO THE FAMILY LAW FIRM THAT FIRED ALEX FOR STEALING MONEY FROM CLIENTS. I ASKED ATTORNEY WILLIAMS WHAT SHE THINKS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL WITNESS LIST, (SOT W/SUSAN E. WILLIAMS/ATTORNEY @03:58) "AS FAR AS THE LAW PARTNERS THEY HAVE KNOWN MR. MURDAUGH FOR A VERY LONG TIME, PERHAPS THEIR OBSERVATIONS BETWEEN THE MEMBERS OF THE MURDAUGH FAMILY. AS FAR AS HIS SON PAUL AND MAGGIE, WHERE THERE WAS TURMOIL IN THAT RELATIONSHIP OR NOT." THAT WAS OUR GREG COY REPORTING. WJCL 22 HAS LEARNED ... LAWYERS IN THE CASE ARE PLANNING TO DELIVER OPENING STATEMENTS SOMETIME TOMORROW. THAT MEANS A JURY IS EXPECTED TO BE PICKED AND SEATED BEFORE THEN. WJCL 22 IS BRINGING YOU LIVE COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE TRIAL. PLUS ... YOU CAN STREAM THE TRIAL LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE ... WJCL DOT COM EACH DAY. ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW ... OUR WJCL 22 NEWS SPECIAL ... "THE TRIAL OF ALEX MURDAUGH." IT LAYS OUT *EVERY DEVELOPMENT IN THIS STORY ... DATING BACK TO 20- 15. FROM SEVERAL UNEXPLAINED DEATHS ... TO MURDAUGH'S ALLEGED FINANCIAL CRIMES ... AND MORE. JUST VISIT OUR WEBSITE ... WJCL DOT COM. AND ... COMING UP ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA ... A-B-C NEWS ANALYST DAN ABRAMS ... WILL WEIGH IN ON THIS - *COMPLICATED CASE ... THAT'S GRIPPED THE NATION SINCE THE BEGINNING. THIS MORNING ... AUTHORITIES ARE DESPERATE FOR ANSWERS ... AFTER THREE MASS SHOOTINGS ... IN JUST THREE DAYS. ALL OF THEM ... IN CALIFORNIA. RIGHT NOW ... AT LEAST 18 PEOPLE ARE DEAD. A SUSPECT ... IS IN JAIL FACING CHARGES. THIS MORNING ... ABC'S JUSTIN FINCH IS WALKING US THROUGH WHAT WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT THESE BACK-TO-BACK TRAGEDIES. SOUTH OF SAN FRANCISCO, LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONDING TO TWO FATAL SHOOTINGS AT NEARBY LANDSCAPING NURSERIES IN THE CITY OF HALF MOON BAY. SHERIFF CHRISTINA CORPUS SAN MATEO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE THIS KIND OF SHOOTING IS HORRIFIC. IT'S A TRAGEDY THAT WE HEAR ABOUT FAR TOO OFTEN. JUST AFTER TWO O'CLOCK PM MONDAY, AUTHORITIES CALLED TO ONE NURSERY FINDING FOUR VICTIMS SHOT TO DEATH. A FIFTH RUSHED TO A HOSPITAL WITH LIFETHREATENING INJURIES. SOON AFTER THREE MORE PEOPLE WERE FOUND SHOT AND KILLED AT ANOTHER NURSERY. HEARTBREAKING HEADLINES FOR THIS CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY. JOHN WILLIAMS RESIDENT WHEN IT COMES HOME TO YOU LIKE THIS, IN A SMALL TOWN LIKE THIS... IT REALLY DOES BRING IT HOME. IT'S JUST DEPLORABLE. NATS "HANDS UP!" HOURS LATER, OUR SAN FRANCISCO STATION CAPTURING THE TAKEDOWN OF LONE SUSPECT CHUN LI ZHAO. THE 67 YEAR OLD SPOTTED AT A COUNTY SHERIFF'S SUBSTATION WITH A SEMIAUTOMATIC HANDGUN FOUND IN HIS VEHICLE. THE MOTIVE NOT IMMEDIATELY CLEAR BUT ZHAO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE WORKED AT ONE OF THOSE NURSERIES, AND IS REPORTEDLY COOPERATING. DAVE PINE SAN MATEO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THERE ARE SIMPLY TOO MANY GUNS IN THIS COUNTRY. AND THERE HAS TO BE A CHANGE. THE DEATH TOLL IN THAT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SHOOTING RISING TO 11. THE MAJORITY ASIAN AMERICAN SUBURB NOW CANCELING LUNAR NEW YEAR EVENTS, AND HOLDING VIGILS INSTEAD. JUSTIN FINCH AND WE'RE LEARNING THE NAMES OF SOME OF THE VICTIMS KILLED IN THAT MONTEREY PARK SHOOTING INCLUDED 65 YEAR OLD MAY MAY NAN. HER FAMILY SAYS SHE WAS KNOWN FOR HER SMILE AND KINDNESS JUSTIN FINCH, ABC NEWS WASHINGTON HAPPENING TODAY ... A JUDGE WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO MAKE THE *FINAL *REPORT ... ON FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S POSSIBLE INTERFERENCE IN THE 20-20 ELECTION IN GEORGIA ... - *PUBLIC. AFTER *MONTHS OF TESTIMONY ... A SPECIAL GRAND JURY IN FULTON COUNTY HAS SUBMITTED ITS *FINAL REPORT. WHILE THEY CAN'T RETURN AN INDICTMENT ... THEY CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING CRIMINAL CHARGES. ALL NEW THIS MORNING ... WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT TRUMP'S PLANS TO VISIT SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WEEKEND. ACCORDING TO C-N-N ... HE'LL HOST A SMALL EVENT AT THE STATEHOUSE IN COLUMBIA. GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER AND SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM ARE SET TO ATTEND. HAPPENING THIS WEEK ... - *SEVERAL HIGH-PROFILE CASES ACROSS OUR AREA ... ARE MOVING FORWARD. WE WANT TO CHECK IN WITH OUR NIKIYA CARRERO ... LIVE AT THE EFFINGHAM COUNTY COURTHOUSE ... NIKIYA ... - *TWO BIG CASES WILL BE HEARD IN EFFINGHAM THIS WEEK. YEAH EMMA ... THE FIRST ... HAS BEEN MAKING HEADLINES HERE IN OUR AREA ... FOR MORE THAN *FOUR - *YEARS. THE CROCKER CASE. BACK IN DECEMBER OF 20- 18 ... OFFICIALS FOUND THE BODIES OF 13-YEAR-OLD MARY CROCKER ... AND HER BROTHER ... 14-YEAR-OLD ELWYN CROCKER ... BURIED IN THE BACKYARD OF THEIR GUYTON HOME. ELWYN CROCKER SENIOR ... KIM WRIGHT ... AND MARK WRIGHT ... ARE FACING CHARGES IN THE CASE. THURSDAY ... A JUDGE WILL HEAR ARGUMENTS AFTER DEFENSE LAWYERS CLAIMED THE GRAND JURY SELECTION LAST YEAR ... WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. ALSO HAPPENING THIS WEEK ... THE PERSON ACCUSED OF DRIVING INTO THE "FREEDOM RINGS" PARADE IN RINCON LAST SUMMER ... NEARLY HITTING SEVERAL PEOPLE ... WILL GO BEFORE A JUDGE. THE SUSPECT IN THAT CASE ... IS ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ. JURY SELECTION IN THAT TRIAL IS SET TO START TOMORROW MORNING. AND IN SAVANNAH ... A MOTHER ... ACCUSED OF KILLING HER TODDLER SON ... AND PUTTING HIS BODY IN THE TRASH ... IS ASKING A JUDGE TO DISMISS CERTAIN DOCUMENTS IN HER CASE. LEILANI SIMON MADE A REQUEST ... TO REVIEW RECORDS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES ... AHEAD OF HER MURDER TRIAL. WE'RE EXPECTING TO LEARN A JUDGE'S DECISION TOMORROW. A LOT OT KEEP TRACK OF THIS WEEK. YOU'LL WANT TO GO AHEAD AND DOWNLOAD OUR WJCL 22 NEWS APP NOW IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY ... THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN GET UPDATES IN ALL THESE CASES ... AND MORE ... SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE. EMMA ... BACK TO YOU