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WE HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY’S TOP NEWS STORIES. TRAFFIC AND WEATHER ALL BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR THIS MORNING. THAT’S RIGHT. WE START IN COMMITMENT 2024 RIGHT NOW. REPUBLICANS HAVE WON ENOUGH SEATS TO CONTROL THE U.S. HOUSE. THE GOP SECURED THE 218 HOUSE VICTORIES THAT MAKE UP THE MAJORITY. NINE SEATS HAVE YET TO BE CALLED. REPUBLICANS ALREADY GAINED CONTROL OF THE SENATE FROM DEMOCRATS, COMPLETING A TRIFECTA ALONGSIDE PRESIDENT ELECT TRUMP. REACTION TO MATT GAETZ IS AG. YEAH, I DON’T KNOW YET. I THINK ABOUT THAT. I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT IT? WE’LL SEE. THERE ARE SEVERAL NEW ADDITIONS TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. PRESIDENT ELECT TRUMP SAYS HE’LL NOMINATE REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE MATT GAETZ OF FLORIDA TO SERVE AS HIS ATTORNEY GENERAL. GAETZ WAS ONCE THE SUBJECT OF A SEX TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATION BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. THAT DECISION, DRAWING SOME CRITICISM FROM GOP SENATORS. PRESIDENT ELECT TRUMP ALSO NAMED FLORIDA SENATOR MARCO RUBIO AS HIS NOMINEE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE. PRESIDENT ELECT ALSO PICKED FORMER DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE TULSI GABBARD AS HIS NOMINEE FOR DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. YOUR TIME NOW IS 646, AND THE TRIAL FOR AN ALLEGED HIT MAN WHO TARGETED A GREENVILLE ATTORNEY CONTINUES TODAY. THE DEFENSE TEAM NOW ASKING QUESTIONS IN COURT ARE ISABELLE MARAK JOINS US LIVE FROM GREENVILLE COUNTY THIS MORNING WITH THE LATEST ISABELLE. AARON. DESTINY. THE DEFENSE CALLED AT LEAST SIX WITNESSES HAVING THEM WAIT IN THE HALLWAY FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS WHILE BOTH SIDES INTERVIEWED THEM AND EXPERTS WHILE THE STATE ARGUES THAT A FIRED BULLET CASING FOUND UNDER TRAVIS DOUGLAS DRIVER’S SEAT THE DAY HE WAS ARRESTED INDICATES HE SHOT ATTORNEY JP BAUM. THE DEFENSE HELD THAT BECAUSE OF DOUGLAS’S MILITARY RECORD, HE WOULD HAVE KNOWN TO GET THE CASING. THE DEFENSE QUESTIONED A CELL PHONE FORENSICS EXPERT WHO SAID IN HIS OPINION, TRAVIS DOUGLAS’S PHONE WAS NOT NEAR THE LAW FIRM. FROM 4 P.M. TO 7 P.M. WHEN THE VAN WAS THERE. IT ALSO MADE THE CASE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYING THEY SHOULDN’T OVERLOOK OTHER POSSIBLE SUSPECTS LIKE DAVID SMITH AND HIS WIFE. NOW, THIS IS A CASE WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW AND GIVE YOU GUYS UPDATES FOR. BUT FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. I’M ISABELLE MARAK FOR WIFE NEWS FOUR. THANKS, ISABELLE. TWO YEARS AFTER FOUR STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO WERE MURDERED, THEIR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO REMEMBER THEM. THAT MURDER HAPPENED OFF CAMPUS AT A HOME IN MOSCOW BACK IN 2022. AND NOW A COMMUNITY GARDEN ON CAMPUS IS HELPING SHINE A LIGHT ON THEIR MEMORY WITH A STUDENT ORGANIZED VIGIL HELD LAST NIGHT. THE EVENT WAS HELD AT THE VANDAL HEALING GARDEN IN MEMORIAL, WHICH WAS BUILT THIS YEAR TO HONOR THOSE FOUR STUDENTS AS WELL AS OTHER VANDALS WHO HAVE DIED. THESE PEOPLE WE NEVER EVEN MET BEFORE. AND IT’S LIKE THIS INVISIBLE THREAD THAT’S, YOU KNOW, SHOWING ALL OF US TOGETHER IN REMEMBRANCE OF THEM. THE TRIAL FOR BRYAN KOHBERGER, THE SUSPECT IN THE MURDERS, IS SCHEDULED TO START AUGUST 11TH OF NEXT YEAR. WE’RE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT A MAN ACCUSED OF ARSON AND THEFT FROM MEALS ON WHEELS IN ANDERSON COUNTY. 53 YEAR OLD CHARLES CHAMBERS WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED EARLIER THIS MONTH. DEPUTIES SAY HE STOLE MORE THAN HALF A DOZEN CARS FROM THE LOT, THEN SET THE BUILDING ON FIRE. THEY SAY HE WAS ACCUSED IN A SIMILAR CRIME BACK IN 2016. INVESTIGATORS SAY DETECTIVES WERE ABLE TO LOCATE ALL THE STOLEN CARS FROM MEALS ON WHEELS. NO WORD ON A MOTIVE FOR THE CRIMES. CHAMBERS DENIES ANY WRONGDOING. AS FOOD PRICES CONTINUE TO GO UP, THE THOUGHT OF BUYING EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR YOUR THANKSGIVING DAY IS TOP OF MIND FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. THAT’S RIGHT. TIA MAGIO WITH OUR SISTER STATION, SPOKE WITH AN ECONOMICS PROFESSOR ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT TO SPEND ON TURKEYS THIS YEAR. FOR THOSE WHO ARE SAYING, WELL, WE’RE WAITING FOR PRICES TO GO BACK DOWN, WELL, THEY WON’T. GEORGIA SOUTHERN ECONOMICS PROFESSOR RICHARD MCGRATH SAYS IT’S UNLIKELY WE’LL SEE A DROP IN TURKEY PRICES. THE GOOD NEWS IS PEOPLE CAN EXPECT ONLY A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN THEIR THANKSGIVING BILL COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. THE AVERAGE MEAL FOR THANKSGIVING IS SOMEWHERE AROUND 70 TO $90. SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE. IF PEOPLE ARE PAYING A DOLLAR MORE A YEAR LATER, THAT’S NOT REALLY THAT NOTICEABLE. IF THEY’RE PAYING $1 TO MORE. A RECENT STUDY FROM FINANCE BUZZ SHOWS THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A THANKSGIVING TURKEY HERE IN GEORGIA IS AROUND $33. DESPITE THE INFLATION CONCERNS, MCGRATH SAYS THIS YEAR IS AT A TYPICAL LEVEL. PRICES HAVEN’T CHANGED THAT MUCH FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF. WE JUST BECAME HYPER AWARE OF INFLATION BECAUSE WE HAD A COUPLE OF YEARS OF SIGNIFICANT INFLATION. IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO SAVE. MCGRATH SUGGESTS A LITTLE EXTRA RESEARCH WHILE SHOPPING. DON’T AUTOMATICALLY WALK TO THE BRAND. YOU YOU USUALLY BUY. TAKE A CAREFUL LOOK AROUND AT THE COMPETING BRANDS TO SEE WHAT ELSE MIGHT BE ON A GOOD DEAL, BECAUSE REALISTICALLY, MOST OF THOSE PRODUCTS ARE QUITE SIMILAR. THAT WAS GIA MAGGIO REPORTING. ANOTHER OPTION FOR YOUR MEAL. MAJOR RETAILERS LIKE ALDI, SAM’S CLUB AND TARGET ARE ALL OFFERING MEAL DEALS WHERE YOU CAN BUY EVERYTHING YOU NEED ALL IN ONE PACKAGE. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. IT IS LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR IMPACT DAY BECAUSE IT’S COLD AND IT’S WET. WE GOT SOME RAINFALL OUT THERE, LIKELY IMPACTING YOUR MORNING COMMUTE. 47 DEGREES IN CLEMSON AT THE MOMENT. 44 IN PICKENS. HERE WE GO. SOME WIDESPREAD RAIN, ESPECIALLY ACROSS GREENVILLE COUNTY SIMPSONVILLE, MALDEN, FIVE FORKS. YOU ARE GETTING SOME RAIN AS IS TRAVELERS REST BACK INTO TOCCOA AND FRANKLIN. CASHIERS GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF RAINFALL. CHESNEE GETTING SOME RAINFALL DUE WEST. ABBEVILLE. GREENWOOD. HEY GOOD MORNING. MUCH NEEDED RAIN, BUT IT IS COLD OUT THERE. IT’S GOING TO RAIN PRETTY MUCH ALL MORNING LONG. SOME OF THESE SCATTERED SHOWERS AS WE GET INTO LUNCHTIME. THAT RAIN TAPERS OFF. IT’S GOING TO BECOME MORE ISOLATED AS WE GET INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. AND THEN THOSE GRAY SKIES CLEAR UP HEADING INTO TONIGHT. SO WE’LL START TOMORROW MORNING OFF WITH SOME SUNSHINE. BUT LOOK AT THIS 40S PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY FOR MOST OF US IT’S GOING TO BE CHILLY EVEN AFTER THE RAIN ENDS. LATER TODAY, WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WEEKEND. I’VE GOT YOUR FOUR-DAY PLUS AHEAD. IT’S COMING UP IN LESS THAN 6 OR 7 MINUTES FROM RIGHT NOW. FIRST, LET’S GET YOU OUTSIDE. GET A CHECK ON THOSE WET ROADWAYS. HOW’S IT LOOKING, DESTINY? HEY, PARELLA. VERY BUSY FOR OUR DRIVERS THIS MORNING AT 651. THIS MORNING. HERE’S A LIVE DRIVE, I-85 NEAR HIGHWAY 14. MAKE SURE YOU’RE EXTRA CAREFUL. YOU CAN SEE THAT RAIN IS CONTINUING TO FALL DOWN ON THIS THURSDAY MORNING. ALSO, LET’S TAKE A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW AT I-85 NEAR HIGHWAY 101. LOOK AT THAT BACKUP. THERE’S A CRASH ON THE NORTHBOUND SIDE AT MILE MARKER 61. YOU CAN SEE TWO LEFT LANES ARE CLOSED RIGHT NOW. SO OF COURSE THAT WILL IMPACT YOUR COMMUTE. THOSE ARE NEAR HIGHWAY 101 RIGHT THERE. LET’S ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR TRAVEL TIMES. YOU CAN SEE THAT AIRPORT ON WOODRUFF ROAD IS A LITTLE SLOWER. THAT’S A NINE MINUTE DRIVE FOR YOU. I-240 TO ASHEVILLE. WE SHOULD TAKE YOU 13 MINUTES AND FAIRVIEW ROAD TO DOWNTOWN. YOU’RE LOOKING AT A 14 MINUTE DRIVE IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. THE FUTURE OF OPEN SPACES IS IN THE WORKS. THAT’S RIGHT. ARTICLE PHOENIX IS JOINING US LIVE FROM COUNTY SQUARE AHEAD OF A MEETING THAT’S GOING TO BE HELD TONIGHT. TANIQUA. YES. OPEN SPACE IS ALL ABOUT PROTECTING NATURE BASED RECREATION SPACES. SO PUBLIC INPUT IS NEEDED. SO THE COUNTY WILL HAVE A MEETING TONIGHT AT COUNTY SQUARE FROM 6 P.M. TO 8 P.M. DETAILS FOR THAT MEETING ARE ON YOUR SCREEN. AND THE COUNTY SAYS THEY WILL USE THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE TO DEVELOP AN ACTION PLAN THAT THEY WILL IMPLEMENT OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. REPORTING LI

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