STICK AROUND WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS OVER-NIGHT--- A FIRE--IN THE KITCHEN--OF--THE PUBLIC-- RESTAURANT-- AROUND--12-30 THIS MORNING--IN SAVANNAH. SAVANNAH FIRE SAYS- THE FIRE IS NOW OUT--BUT-- THERE-- WAS SOME- -DAMAGE TO-- THE KNIGHTS-- OF COLUMBUS BUILDING-- NEXT DOOR--AND--áTHE -- ART-ILLERY--- WHICH-- IS-- ALSO NEARBY. THANKFULLY- NO ONE WAS HURT. THIS MORNING- WE'RE WORKING TO LEARN THE CAUSE- OF THE BLAZE. IT'S 6 O'CLOCK ON YOUR óóóóó MORNING. HERE'S YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST WITH METEOROLOGIST MELISSA HALL. NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR...FRIDAY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS, THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 8AM. PARTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 88. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 8 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 30%. FRIDAY NIGHT A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY BEFORE 9PM. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 72. SOUTHWEST WIND 7 TO 9 MPH. SATURDAY A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY AFTER NOON. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 87. SOUTHWEST WIND 7 TO 9 MPH. SATURDAY NIGHT A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 72. SOUTH WIND 6 TO 9 MPH. SUNDAY A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 85. SUNDAY NIGHT A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 73. MONDAY A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 87. MONDAY NIGHT A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 73. TUESDAY A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 87. TUESDAY NIGHT A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 73. WEDNESDAY A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PARTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 88. WEDNESDAY NIGHT A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 72. THURSDAY A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOSTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 88. AND.. YOU CAN FIND ALL SORTS OF INFORMATION IN OUR 20-20 HURRICANE GUIDE WHICH IS NOW ON WJCL DOT COM. FROM SAFETY PLANS FOR YOU AND YOUR PETS TO THE EVACUATION ROUTES TO TRACKING THE STORMS THIS SEASON - - IT'S ALL ON WJCL DOT COM. THE CASE AGAINST THE MEN ACCUSED OF KILLING AHMAUD ARBERY... WILL HEAD TO SUPERIOR COURT PLUS-- THE GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION-- REVEALS--MORE DETAILS-- ON-- WHAT-- HAPPENED-- BE-FORE-- AR-BERY- - WAS SHOT. WJCL'S--ALEX-- LITTLE-HALES-- REPORTS. IN AN HOURS LONG TESTIMONY...THE GBI LEAD INVESTIGATOR RICHARD DIAL PAINTED A PICTURE OF THAT FATAL DAY...WHEN ARBERY WAS JOGGING THROUGH A GLYNN COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE BEING SHOT AND KILLED. NOT ONLY THE MINUTES SURROUNDING HIS DEATH... BUT THE BACK STORY AS WELL. NEW DETAILS TONIGHT IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO AHMAUD ARBERY'S DEATH. RICHARD DIAL... THE GBI'S LEAD INVESTIGATOR IN THE CASE... SAYS HE BELIEVES ARBERY MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE THE SATILLA SHORES NEIGHBORHOOD OF GLYNN COUNTY... BUT WAS REPEATEDLY CUT OFF BY GREGORY AND TRAVIS MCMICHAEL... AND WILLIAM BRYAN. "HE SEEMS THEM TRYING TO PURSUE ARBERY... IN THE VIDEO YOU ACTUALLY SEE HIM TRYING TO GET AWAY... MOVE FORWARD... AWAY... HE'S TRYING TO ESCAPE IN THE VIDEO." THE PURSUIT STEMS FROM THE MCMICHAEL'S BELIEVIN ARBERY TO BE A NEIGHBORHOOD BURGLAR. AS PART OF THE GBI'S INVESTIGATION... DIAL REVEALED FACEBOOK CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN NEIGHBORS... CONCERNED OVER ACTS OF THEFT DATING BACK TO 2019. ON THE DAY OF ARBERY'S DEATH... VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SHOWS ARBERY STOPPING AT A NEARBY CONSTRUCTION SITE... BUT NOT TAKING ANYTHING FROM THE PROPERTY. "WAS ANYTHING EVER TAKEN FROM THIS HOUSE? NO, A COUPLE OF KIDS TOOK SOME PIECES OF WOOD FROM THE HOUSE... OTHER THAN THAT... NO." "IT BECAME PAINSTAKINGLY CLEAR THAT AHMAUD ARBERY... DESPITE THE FACT HE WAS CRIMINALIZED... DID NOT FIT THE DESCRIPTION." DIAL SAYS THE MCMICHAEL'S FOLLOWED HIM IN AN ARMED PURSUIT... WITHOUT IMMEDIATELY CALLING POLICE. ATTEMPTS TO STOP ARBERY... LED TO THE NOW VIRAL CONFLICT... WHEN ARBERY WAS SHOT THREE TIMES BY TRAVIS MCMICHAEL. THE MCMICHAEL'S HAVE CLAIMED THEY ACTED IN SELF DEFENSE. "THE FIRST SHOT WAS TO THE CHEST... WHAT THAT INDICATES TO US IS THAT IT WAS NOT A DEFENSIVE SHOT.... IT WASN'T IN RESPONSE TO ANY ASSAULT ON HIM. THAT HELPS US ESTABLISH INTENT." AND NEW DETAILS HAVE NOW COME FORWARD ABOUT TRAVIS MCMICHAEL. THE GBI TESTIFYING THAT THEY FOUND SEVERAL INSTANCES WHEN THE YOUNGER MCMICHAEL... USED DEROGATORY LANGUAGE... INCLUDING JUST MOMENTS AFTER ARBERY WAS SHOT AND KILLED... "NOW YOU HAVE THE GBI TESTIMONY CONFIRMED THAT THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED... NOT ONLY RACIAL SLURS... BUT THREATENED RACIAL VIOLENCE." WHILE GREGORY AND TRAVIS MCMICHAEL WERE BOTH PRESENT VIA VIDEO THE COURTROOM, WILLIAM BRYAN... THE MAN WHO RECORDED THE VIRAL VIDEO... WAS REPRESENTED BY HIS LAWYER. LEADERS--IN GLYNN COUNTY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE DEMONSTRATIONS AFTER THE HEARING. OUR-- CREW THAT WAS PRESENT TELLS US- - THERE WERE-- EXTRA-- POLICE--TO KEEP THE AREA--SE- CURED. WE'RE TOLD-- DEMONSTRATIONS-- WERE PEACEFUL. THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF GEORGIA IS CALLING ON THE PREVIOUS DISTRICT ATTORNEYS IN THE ARBERY CASE TO RESIGN. ATTORNEYS-- JACKIE JOHNSON AND GEORGE BARNHILL WERE THE FIRST TWO D- A'S ON THE CASE, BUT BOTH RECUSED THEMSELVES-- OVER POSSIBLE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. THE A-C-L-U SAYS -- YESTERDAY'S-- HEARING-- DEMONSTRATES-- THEIR GROSS-- MIS- HANDLING-- OF THE CASE --AND IT MAKES THEM-UN- FIT-- FOR-- OFFICE. GEORGIA LAWMAKERS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO-- 'RE-PEAL'- - THE-- CITIZEN'S-- ARREST LAW IN THE STATE. WJCL'S EMMA HAMILTON JOINS US LIVE THIS MORNING WITH MORE ON THE LEGISLATION ASHLEY ... GEORGIA'S CITIZENS ARREST LAW WAS WRITTEN AND CONCEIVED IN 1863 AND LAWMAKERS BELIEVE IT'S TIME TO REPEAL IT IN LIGHT OF RECENT EVENTS. THIS LAW CAME INTO QUESTION EARLY ON IN THE AHMAUD ARBERY CASE ...WHEN THE MCMICHAEL'S CLAIMED THEY WERE TRYING TO CATCH A KNOWN BURGLAR. RIGHT NOW .. GEORGIA LAW STATES THAT A PRIVATE CITIZEN MAY ARREST AN OFFENDER IF AN OFFENSE IS COMMITTED IN HIS OR HER PRESENCE OR WITHIN HIS OR HER IMMEDIATE KNOWLEDGE. REPRESENTATIVE CARL GILLIARD AND MANY OTHER LAWMAKERS FEEL THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE HERE IN GEORGIA. THE BI-PARTISAN BILL ...GETTING SUPPORT FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE WOULD REPEAL GEORGIA'S CURRENT CITIZEN'S ARREST LAW. I WENT TO SOME OF MY COMRADES AND COLLEAGUES AND I JUST SIMPLY ASKED FOR THEIR SUPPORT ON A COMMON SENSE BILL THAT MAKES SENSE FOR GEORGIA THE EYES OF THE NATION ARE ON GEORGIA RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE USING THE POWER OF THE PEN TO MOVE GEORGIA FORWARD THE LEGISLATION WILL BE FILED DURING THE 2020 SESSION WHICH IS SET TO RESUME ON JUNE FIFTEENTH. WE'LL HERE MORE ABOUT THE BILL LATER THIS MORNING FROM LAWMAKERS HERE AT THE CHATHAM COUNTY COURT HOUSE AND WILL BRING YOU THE LATEST THIS EVENING. REPORTING IN SAV ... EH WJCL 22 NEWS IN-- HINES-VILLE-- A PROTEST-- AGAINST-- RACIAL-- IN-JUSTICE-- AND-- POLICE-- BRU- TALITY-- LAST NIGHT. HUNDREDS CAME OUT TO SHOW SUPPORT-- FOR-- THE CASES-- OF-- AHMAUD ARB- ERY--GEORGE FLOYD-- AND-- MORE. THE--PEACE-FUL PROTEST-- A- TTRACTED- LOCAL OFFICIALS LIKE-- CONGRESS-MAN BUDDY CARTER AND-- STATE-- REP- RESENTATIVE-- AL WILLIAMS. LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS ON HAND TO MAKE IT EASIER TO-- NAVIGATE-- ROAD CLOSURES-- AND-- TO MAKE SURE-- PRO-TESTERS-- WERE ABLE TO-- SAFELY-- MARCH. ONE OF THE-- ORGANIZERS OF THE MARCH SAYS-- THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR - -LIBERTY COUNTY-- TO-- MAKE-- ITS-- STANCE-- KNOWN. "WE KNOW THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY WITH THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AROUND THE NATION, AND AROUND THE WORLD WITH AHMAUD ARBERY, GEORGE FLOYD, BREONNA TAYLOR JUST RECENTLY. THOSE RECENT EVENTS PROMPTED US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LIBERTY COUNTY TO EXPRES THEMSELVES AND LET THE NATION KNOW THAT WE STAND WITH THEM". HINES-VILLE CITY OFFICIALS HAD-- URGED-- PROTESTERS-- TO-- KEEP THINGS PEACEFUL-- EARLIER --THIS WEEK. ANOTHER ROUND OF PROTESTS OVERNIGHT.. AS WE LEARN NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN GEORGE FLOYDS DEATH. ABCS INES DE LA CUETARA IS IN WASHINGTON WITH THE LATEST. OVERNIGHT.. A FRESH WAVE OF PROTESTS- TENS OF THOUSAND MARCHING IN CHICAGO IN ATLANTA -- OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR -- AS PROTESTERS THERE BROKE THE 9 P-M CURFEW. THIS VIDEO FROM BUFFALO -- SHOWING WHAT APPEARS TO BE A POLICE OFFICER PUSHING AN ELDERLY MAN TO THE GROUND TWO OFFICERS NOW SUSPENDED AS THE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATES. IN NEW YORK -- NYPD DETAINING PROTESTORS AT WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK. NATS BUT EARLIER IN BROOKLYN- THOUSANDS KNEELING LONG BEFORE THE SPEAKERS STARTED TO ADDRESS THE CROWD THAT CONTINUED TO SWELL. THEY CHEERED, CLAPPED IN UNISON AN CALLED OUT THE NAME GEORGE FLOYD... HIS BROTHER TERRENCE SHOWED HIS APPRECIATION TERRENCE FLOYD SOT: "IM PROUD OF THE PROTEST" (GFX) THIS - AS THREE OF THE FOUR MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICERS APPEARED IN COURT OFFICERS TOU THAO, ALEXANDER KUENG, AND THOMAS LANE EACH FACING TWO CHARGES INCLUDING AIDING AND ABETTING AND SECOND DEGREE MURDER. THE MAN WITH HIS KNEE OF FLOYD'S NECK-DEREK CHAVIN-CHARGED WITH SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE MURDER... (GFX) KUENG'S ATTORNEY SAYING HE WAS ONLY ON HI THIRD SHIFT AS A FULL TIME OFFICER. THAT HE TOLD OFFICERS 'YOU SHOULDN'T DO THIS.' (GFX) LANE'S LAWYER SAYING IT WAS HIS FOURTH DAY ON THE JOB, SAYING HE ASKED CHAUVIN TWICE 'SHOULD WE ROLL HIM OVER?' MEANWHILE IN MINNEAPOLIS.. A CELEBRATION OF FLOYD'S LIFE. NATS - MUSIC PHILONISE FLOYD SOT: "WE WANT JUSTICE FOR GEORGE" THE CITY'S CHIEF OF POLICE TAKING A KNEE -- AS THE BODY OF GEORGE FLOYD PASSED BY IN THE HEARSE. SHARPTON SOT: IT IS TIME FOR US TO STAND UP IN GEORGE'S NAME AND SAY, GET YOUR KNEE OFF OUR -- OFF OUR NECKS. TAG: GEORGE FLOYD WILL BE BURIED NEXT WEEK IN HOUSTON LET'S TALK--THE LATEST--WITH-- CORONA-VIRUS NOW-- THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS THERE ARE NOW-- 49- THOUSAND-EIGHT HUNDRED- AND 47 CASES. THIS TIME LAST WEEK-- THERE WERE-- MORE THAN- - 45-THOUSAND CASES. IN SOUTH CAROLINA -- THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SAYS-- THERE'S NOW--N 13- THOUSAND AND FIVE CASES. THIS TIME-- LAST WEEK-- THERE WERE CLOSE TO-- 11-THOUSAND CASES. TODAY - THE PANDEMIC ISN'T STOPPING BEAUFORT FROM HOSTING ITS MONTHLY FIRST FRIDAY - IN DOWNTOWN - BUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. WJCL'S DANIEL ROBINSON JOINS US NOW - WITH THE DETAILS - DANIEL GOOD MORNING. ASHLEY - PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE EVENT FROM THE COMFORT OF THEIR OWN HOMES. THIS MONTH'S FIRST FRIDAY IS BEING HELD VIRTUALLY. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THE EVENT IS HOSTED THIS WAY. NAN SUTTON AND LULU BURGESS WILL BE HOSTING THIS FACEBOOK EXPERIENCE. ORGANIZERS SAY SEVERAL STORES WILL HAVE SALES... AND PROMOTIONS.. GOING ON TONIGHT FROM 6 TO 8. YOU CAN ALSO ENTER-TO-WIN - A GIFT BASKET FILLED WITH MANY ITEMS FROM LOCAL STORES IN DOWNTOWN BEAUFORT. THE FACEBOOK LIVE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE TONIGHT - STARTING AT 6 - ON THE DOWNTOWN BEAUFORT MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION'S FACEBOOK PAGE. THE HOSTS FOR THE EVENT - WILL BE TOURING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT SHOPS - TO GIVE YOU A LIVE LOOK WHILE YOU 'SHOP' FROM HOME. WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TONIGHT'S EVENT AND HOW YOU CAN ENTER TO W