PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE .. RON DESANTIS .. WILL HOLD A CAMPAIGN EVENT IN BLUFFTON THIS MORNING. WE ASKED AN EXPERT *WHY HE COULD *BENEFIT.. FROM CAMPAIGNING AT A *SMALL VENUE. AN ALZHEIMER'S TREATMENT DRUG.. COULD SOON BE *FULLY COVERED BY MEDICARE. BUT A KEY STEP.. MUST BE TAKEN FIRST. THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NEWS. GOOD MORNING - - I'M FRANK SULKOWSKI. METEOROLOGIST JONATHAN MYERS IS JOINING US NOW .... NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR... TODAY A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER 2PM. PARTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 84. LIGHT NORTH WIND INCREASING TO 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE MORNING. TONIGHT PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 66. EAST WIND AROUND 6 MPH BECOMING CALM IN THE EVENING. SATURDAY A 20 PERCENT CHANCE IN HOURS... FLORIDA GOVERNOR ...AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RON DESANTIS... WILL HOLD A CAMPAIGN EVENT IN BLUFFTON. HIS CAMPAIGN TOUR WILL STOP BY OKATIE ALE HOUSE.. WHICH HAS BECAME POLITICAL HOTSPOT FOR CANDIDATES. THAT'S WHERE WJCL 22 NEWS NIKIYA CARERRO IS JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING. NIKIYA .. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT TODAY'S EVENT. GOOD MORNING FRANK. OKATIE ALE HOUSE HAS HOSTED CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY MACE.. AND GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. AND NOW .. RON DESANTIS WILL BRING HIS TOUR INTO TOWN. DOORS WILL OPEN AT EIGHT.. AND THE PROGRAM WILL START AT NINE. A GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR TELLS ME - *WHY DESANTIS... WOULD CHOOSE TO HOLD ONE OF HIS FIRST EVENTS.. IN A SMALL VENUE LIKE THIS RESTAURANT. (KIMBERLY MARTIN, GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY ASSISTANT POLITICAL PROFESSOR) "YOU KNOW VOTERS FROM FLORIDA KNOW HIM VERY WELL. AND PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO GET TO KNOW HIM BECAUSE HE'S HAD SOME MENTIONS IN THE MEDIA NATIONALLY. BUT PEOPLE DON'T BY ENLARGE DON'T KNOW HIM THE WAY THEY DO SOME OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES AT THIS POINT. SO THAT'S WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO ON PURPOSE, IS TRY TO GET KNOW VOTERS ON A ONE ON ONE, FACE TO FACE LEVEL." DESANTIS IS FACING *SIX OTHER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.. HOPING TO BECOME THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. INCLUDING SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR TIM SCOTT.. FORMER STATE GOVERNOR NIKKI HALEY. FOLLOWING TODAY'S EVENT IN BLUFFTON.. DESANTIS WILL HEAD TO LEXINGTON.. AND THEN GREENVILLE. FRANK.. BACK TO YOU. THANKS NIKIYA. YOU CAN KEEP TRACK OF UPCOMING CAMPAIGN EVENTS.. AND OTHER UPDATES FROM CANDIDATES.. BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE WJCL DOT COM. AND GET THAT INFORMATION ON THE GO.. BY DOWNLOADING OUR WJCL 22 NEWS APP. IT'S FREE IN THE GOOGLE PLAY AND APPLE APP STORE. ALL NEW THIS MORNING ... A BREAKTHROUGH ALZHEIMERS'S DRUG.. WILL BE COVERED BY MEDICARE. FIRST .. IT MUST GET FULL APPROVAL FROM THE F-D-A. THE FDA *HAS ALREADY GRANTED ACCELERATED APPROVAL FOR THE MEDICATION... EVEN THOUGH CLINICAL RESEARCH IS STILL BEING DONE. THIS IS *NOT THE SAME.. AS TRADITIONAL APPROVAL. THIS MORNING .. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM A POPULAR GROCERY STORE IS APOLOGIZING .. AFTER AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A MAN.. WHO TRIED TO PRESENT HIS PUERTO RICAN I-D. WJCL22'S BROOKE BUTLER SPOKE WITH THE MAN.. ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.. WHEN A CASHIER *WOULDN'T ACCEPT IT. (NAT) BACK ON MAY 21ST - RICARDO FLORIT...A MAN VISITING SAVANNAH FROM PUERTO RICO.... MADE A TRIP TO THIS KROGER ON OGEECHEE ROAD...TO BUY SOME GROCERIES. 3:50 I BOUGHT BASICALLY 160 DOLLARS WORTH OF GROCERIES JUST REGULAR STUFF 3:54 BETWEEN THE ITEMS THOUGH THERE WAS ONE BOTTLE OF WINE AND ONE BEER 3:57 WHEN THE CASHIER ASKED TO SEE HIS I-D - HE SAYS...HE PRESENTED THIS...HIS PUERTO RICO DRIVERS LICENSE. 4:34 HERES THE THING AS SOON AS I WHIP IT OUT HE SEEMS TO RECOGNIZE IT HE SAYS I CANT ACCEPT THAT I NEED TO SEE YOUR PASSPORT 4:40 FLORIT SAYS...HE IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO CORRECT THE SITUATION - BY ASSURING THE CASHIER - HE IS A U.S. CITIZEN - WHO HAS ACTUALLY SERVED IN THE U.S. MILITARY. 4:50 I SAID LISTEN ITS A VALID DRIVERS LICENSE LEGAL IN 50 STATES AND HE SAYS OH I KNOW WE USED TO ACCEPT THEM BUT WE CHANGED OUR POLICY WE NO LONGER DO 5:03 FLORIT ENDED UP CALLING OVER THE MANAGER. 5:42 I MAKE IT A POINT TO TELL HER I SERVED THIS MILITARY FOR 18 YEARS I HAVE BEEN UP AND DOWN THE STATES LEFT AND RIGHT NORTH AND BOTTOM AND I KNOW ITS JUST AS VALID AN ID 5:57 AFTER SOME BACK AND FORTH...HE SAYS THE MANAGER ALLOWED HIM TO PURCHASE THE ITEMS. BUT FLORIT...STILL LEFT THIS STORE FEELING FRUSTRATED. SO HE SENT THIS EMAIL...TO KROGER REPRESENTATIVES... INFORMING THEM OF THE SITUATION. HE SAYS THE RESPONSE HE GOT...WAS VERY BASIC. 8:25 I CAN UNDERSTAND IF THEY WANTED TO BE VERY LEGALLY MINDED ON HOW THEY WORDED IT 8:33 WHEN WJCL 22 NEWS REACHED OUT TO KROGER REPRESENTATIVES... ASKING ABOUT THE INCIDENT... THEY DID? APOLOGIZE...AND ACKNOWLEDGED THERE IS *NO* POLICY PREVENTING CASHIERS FROM ACCEPTING PUERTO RICO ID'S. THEY SAID IN PART QUOTE -- WE APOLOGIZE FOR THIS MISUNDERSTANDING AND ARE WORKING TO ENSURE ALL OF OUR ASSOCIATES ARE AWARE OF COMPANY POLICIES RELATED TO THE USE OF APPROVED IDS FROM U.S. TERRITORIES AND OTHER COUNTRIES. 13:13 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT REPONSE THAT STATEMENT 13:17 ITS DEFINITELY BETTER. 13:20 IF I WERE TO ASK KROGER SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE THEM TO ISSUE A STATEMENT SAYING :26 WE APOLOGIZE IF WE EVER TREATED A PUERTO RIUCAN AS ANYTHING ELSS THAN ANY OTHER U.S. CITIZEN :33 THIS MORNING... THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS NOT HURT... AFTER HE TRIPPED AND FELL ON STAGE YESTERDAY. THE FALL.. CAUGHT ON CAMERA DURING AN AIR FORCE ACADEMY COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY. BIDEN SAYS HE TRIPPED ON A SAND BAG. EVERY WEEK ... WE'RE TEAMING UP WITH PALMETTO ANIMAL LEAGUE ... TO HELP PETS FIND HAPPY HOMES. TO LEARN MORE ... JUST SCAN THE Q- R CODE ON YOUR SCREEN. THIS WEEK ... WJCL 22'S METEOROLOGIST VICTORIA KOKINOS IS INTRODUCING US TO "WARREN." VICTORIA: "I'M AT PALMETTO ANIMAL LEAGUE WITH DIANE AND OUR PET OF THE WEEK, THIS IS WARREN. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WARREN, HOW OLD HE IS AND THE TYPE OF HOME HE IS LOOKING FOR?" DIANE" WARREN IS A 4- MONTH-OLD PUPPY. HE WOULD BE GREAT IN A HOME THAT CAN TAKE HIM OUT AND EXPLORE THE WORLD, HE IS A HOUND MIX" VICTORIA: "CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HIS PERSONALITY? DIANE: "HE IS VERY SWEET. HE KNOWS A FEW COMMANDS; HE CAN SIT AND HE CAN GIVE PAW WHEN ASKED. HE HAS A GREAT LITTLE PERSONALITY. CAN HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE WJCL.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION" IF YOU YOU'D LIKE TO ADOPT LUCILLE... OR WANT TO CHECK OUT OTHER ANIMALS AT PALMETTO ANIMAL LEAGUE ... WE'VE MADE IT EASY. AGAIN.. YOU CAN SCAN THIS Q-R CODE.. WHICH WILL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO OUR WEBSITE. AND BE SURE TO TUNE IN EVERY FRIDAY.. FOR AN ALL NEW "PET OF THE WEEK." HAPPENING TODAY ..A NEW RAMP WILL OPEN ... AT THE EYE-95 ... EYE-16 INTERCHANGE IN CHATHAM COUNTY. THIS "TRAFFIC TRACK 22" MAP ... SHOWS YOU WHERE THAT NEW RAMP WILL CARRY ... EYE-95 SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC ... TO EYE- 16 EASTBOUND. IT IS SET TO OPEN TONIGHT .. INTO TOMORROW MORNING. (TOSS TO JON) AND HERE'S A LOOK AT YOUR TRAFFIC TRACK 22. THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS ON THE ROADS THIS MORNING. HIGHWAY 80 AT I-95 IN POOLER AND IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT TRAFFIC AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY... YOU CAN VISIT W-J- C-L DOT COM SLASH TRAFFIC FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATE