THE GEORGIA SECRETARY OF STATE ... IS *BANNED FROM ENTERING *RUSSIA. THE TWO POSSIBLE REASONS ... AND WHAT *HE HAS TO SAY ABOUT IT. STARTING TODAY ... KIDS AS YOUNG AS 13 ... CAN GET IN UBERS BY THEMSELVES. THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE. IN JUST HOURS ... SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR TIM SCOTT IS SET TO ANNOUNCE HE'S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. WHAT MAKES HIM DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER CANDIDATE ... IN HISTORY. THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NEWS. GOOD MORNING - - I'M OLIVIA WILE. AND I'M FRANK SULKOWSKI. METEOROLOGIST JONATHAN MYERS IS JOINING US NOW .... METEOROLOGIST JONATHAN MYERS IS JOINING US NOW .... NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR... TODAY A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS, MAINLY AFTER 1PM. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 80. NORTHEAST WIND 8 TO 14 MPH, WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 21 MPH. TONIGHT A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 64. NORTHEAST WIND AROUND 10 MPH. TUESDAY SHOWERS LIKELY, WITH THUNDERSTORMS ALSO POSSIBLE AFTER 2PM. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 78. NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 14 MPH, WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 21 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 60%. NEW RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A HALF AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE ALL NEW THIS MORNING ... THE GEORGIA SECRETARY OF STATE IS RESPONDING TO BEING *BANNED FROM RUSSIA. BRAD RAFFENSPERGER ACTUALLY *THANKED RUSSIAN LEADERS FOR PUTTING HIM ON THE LIST ... OF 500 AMERICANS ... NOW - *NOT ALLOWED IN THE COUNTRY. HE SAYS HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO THERE ANYWAY. THE FOREIGN MINISTRY ISN'T RELEASING THE COMPLAINTS AGAINST EACH PERSON ... BUT SAYS THE REASONS INCLUDE SUPPLYING UKRAINE WITH ARMS ... AND SPREADING RUSSO- PHOBIA. STARTING TODAY ... PARENTS CAN PUT THEIR KIDS ... AS YOUNG AS *13 ... IN UBERS ... ALONE. STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW ... AND WEIGH IN ON THIS. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. WOULD YOU PUT YOUR TEEN IN AN UBER ALONE? VOTE RIGHT NOW ... BY SCANNING THE Q-R CODE ON YOUR SCREEN ... OR ... BY VISITING ... WJCL DOT COM SLASH VOTE. HERE'S HOW THE NEW PROGRAM WORKS. THE TEENS GET A SPECIAL PIN NUMBER. THEN ... THE APP RECORDS AUDIO DURING THE RIDE. AND PARENTS CAN TRACK THE TRIP. PARENTS CAN ALSO CONTACT THE DRIVER ... OR THE UBER SUPPORT TEAM ... AT ANY POINT DURING THE RIDE. UBER ALSO SAYS ... IT'LL ONLY ALLOW HIGHLY- RATED AND EXPERIENCED DRIVERS ON THESE RIDES. FOR RIGHT NOW ... THIS IS ONLY HAPPENING IN SOME LARGE CITIES. BUT THIS MORNING ... WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. VOTE RIGHT NOW ... ON OUR LIVE INTERACTIVE POLL. HAPPENING TODAY ... THE FRANK CALLEN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB ... GOLF OUTING FUNDRAISER. WJCL 22'S NIKIYA CARERRO IS JOINING US LIVE ... FROM THE SAVANNAH COUNTRY CLUB ... NIKIYA ... WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS EVENT? OLIVIA ... WILMINGTON ISLAND IS GOING TO BE - *BUZZING THIS MORNING. HERE'S THE PLAN FOR THIS MORNING. REGISTRATION WILL START AT SEVEN. AND PLAYERS WILL START TEEING OFF AT EIGHT. THIS IS VIDEO FROM LAST YEAR ... WHEN NEARLY 150 PLAYERS WERE HERE ... HELPING TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE FRANK CALLEN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME NOTABLE FRANK CALLEN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB ALUM. RAPPER ... AND COLLEGE BASKETBALL CHAMP ... FLAUJAE JOHNSON. PLUS ... NOLAN SMITH JUNIOR ... A BACK-TO-BACK NATIONAL CHAMP ... WITH THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS ... NOW HEADED TO PLAY FOR THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES. FRANK ... OLIVIA ... BACK TO YOU. IN JUST HOURS ... SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR TIM SCOTT IS EXPECTED TO OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE ... HE'S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. THE REPUBLICAN IS SET TO HOST AN EVENT IN HIS HOMETOWN OF NORTH CHARLESTON TODAY. AS ABC'S RHIANNON ALLY EXPLAINS ... THE FIELD OF CANDIDATES ... IS GETTING CROWDED. SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR TIM SCOTT IS EXPECTED TO OFFICIALLY KICK OFF HIS CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT TODAY - HE'S ALREADY PICKED UP AN ENDORSEMENT FROM JOHN THUNE - THE NUMBER-TWO REPUBLICAN IN THE SENATE. IT COMES AS POLLS SHOW FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP REMAINS THE LEADING CONTENDER FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION - BUT SENATOR BILL CASSIDY PREDICTS TRUMP CANNOT WIN A GENERAL ELECTION - CITING PERFORMANCES BY TRUMP- ENDORSED CANDIDATES IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS LAST YEAR. SEN. BILL CASSIDY // (R) LOUISIANA: "GEORGIA, PENNSYLVANIA, NEVADA AND ARIZONA - THE CANDIDATES FOR SENATE THAT TRUMP ENDORSED ALL LOST. IF PAST IS PROLOGUE, THAT MEANS PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME IN THOSE SWING STATES, WHICH MEANS THAT HE CANNOT WIN A GENERAL ELECTION." CASSIDY - WHO VOTED TO CONVICT TRUMP AFTER IMPEACHMENT - POINTED TO, QUOTE: "FORMIDABLE" OPPONENTS - NAMING TIM SCOTT AS ONE OF THEM. MEANWHILE, SOURCES SAY FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE HIS CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT WEDNESDAY - LIKELY IN A VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THE N-A-A-C-P, OVER THE WEEKEND, ISSUED A FORMAL TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR FLORIDA - ACCUSING THE STATE UNDER DESANTIS'S LEADERSHIP OF BEING "HATE- INSPIRED" TOWARD AFRICAN AMERICANS, PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND L-G-B-T-Q- PLUS INDIVIDUALS. DESANTIS RECENTLY SIGNED LAWS TO BLOCK FUNDING FOR COLLEGE DIVERSITY PROGRAMS... AND LIMIT CLASSROOM DISCUSSION ABOUT SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY.. HE PREVIOUSLY CALLED THE PROPOSED TRAVEL ADVISORY A "JOKE." DESANTIS: "BUT I'M NOT WASTING MY TIME ON YOUR STUNTS, OK?" RHIANNON ALLY, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK GET THIS. TIM SCOTT WILL ENTER THE RACE WITH MORE CASH ON HAND THAN ANY OTHER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN U-S HISTORY. THAT'S BECAUSE HE HAS 22 MILLION DOLLARS LEFT IN HIS CAMPAIGN BANK ACCOUNT FROM HIS SENATE RUN. THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA IS HONORING THE LIVES OF MULTIPLE FOOTBALL PLAYERS.... KILLED IN A SHOOTING RAMPAGE ... INCLUDING A SOUTH CAROLINA NATIVE. LAVEL DAVIS JUNIOR... AND TWO OTHER U-V-A FOOTBALL PLAYERS DIED BACK IN NOVEMBER. YOU MAY REMEMBER ... A FORMER TEAMMATE OPENED FIRE ON A CHARTER BUS FULL OF STUDENTS. OVER THE WEEKEND... THE UNIVERSITY HONORED THE THREE PLAYERS.. DURING A GRADUATION CEREMONY. THEY TWEETED THIS PICTURE.. WITH ALL OF THEIR JERSEYS. CHRISTOPHER JONES JUNIOR IS FACING MURDER CHARGES FOR THE SHOOTING. AND HERE'S A LOOK AT YOUR TRAFFIC TRACK 22. THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS ON THE ROADS THIS MORNING. HIGHWAY 80 AT JONES AVE ON TYBEE ISLAND AND IF YOU HIGHWAY 80 AT JONES AVE ON TYBEE ISLA