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IT’S TIME FOR NEWS TO GO. WE HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY’S TOP NEWS STORIES. TRAFFIC AND WEATHER. ALL BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. FIRST WE START WITH THE DROWNING INVESTIGATION HAPPENING IN THE UPSTATE. OFFICIALS ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY A VICTIM WHO DIED AFTER DROWNING IN THE SALUDA RIVER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. ISABEL MARQUEZ JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING WITH WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR, ISABEL. ERIN AND DESTINY. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE DROWNING DEATHS IN THIS AREA SO FAR. THIS SUMMER. NOW, THIS IS A POPULAR SPOT WHERE PEOPLE GO TO COOL OFF FROM THE SUMMER HEAT. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SIGNS POSTED TO SWIM AT YOUR OWN RISK AND THAT THERE ARE NO LIFEGUARDS PRESENT. AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS THE SECOND DROWNING SO FAR. THIS YEAR. SO 23 YEAR OLD JUAN SIMON OF GREENVILLE DROWNED IN THE SAME AREA OF THE RIVER LAST MONTH. AT THE TIME, THE CORONER SAID THE FAMILY TOLD HIM SIMON KNEW HOW TO SWIM, BUT SAID THE CURRENTS AT THIS LOCATION ARE VERY STRONG NOW. BACK IN 2022, THERE WERE TWO OTHER DROWNING DEATHS IN THE SAME LOCATION TO STAY UP TO DATE WITH US ON THIS RECENT DROWNING, STAY UP WITH US ON ONLINE AND ON AIR HERE AT WIFE LIVE IN WEAR SHOALS IS WELLMARK WYFF NEWS FOUR. ISABEL. THANK YOU. HEADS OF STATE FROM AROUND THE WORLD ARE ARRIVING IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TODAY. IT’S HOSTING THE NATIVE SUMMIT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 25 YEARS. THE SUMMIT MARKS THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MILITARY ALLIANCE THAT BEGAN AFTER WORLD WAR TWO. THE NATO SECRETARY GENERAL MEETING WITH DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN TODAY. THE SUMMIT ITSELF STARTS TOMORROW. BUT INSTEAD OF FOREIGN POLICY, SOME ANALYSTS SAY PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN’S CANDIDACY COULD BE THE MAIN FOCUS. ALSO DESCENDING ON WASHINGTON FOR THE SUMMIT ARE PROTESTERS FROM FROM AROUND THE WORLD. AT 646, GREENVILLE, COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE WORKING TO LEARN THE CAUSE OF DEATH AFTER ONE PERSON WAS FOUND DEAD DOWNTOWN, POLICE WERE CALLED TO NORTH MAIN STREET YESTERDAY MORNING JUST BEFORE EIGHT. OFFICERS SAY SOMEONE REPORTED FINDING AN UNRESPONSIVE PERSON ON AN EXTERIOR STAIRWAY. THE CORONER IDENTIFIED THE PERSON AS 25 YEAR OLD ISMAEL CORONA ALVAREZ. THEY SAY ALVAREZ APPEARED TO HAVE FALLEN FROM AN UNKNOWN HEIGHT. THE AREA HAS SEVERAL TWO AND THREE STORY BUSINESSES AND APARTMENTS. AN AUTOPSY IS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY. THE GREENVILLE COUNTY CORONER HAS IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM IN A MOTORCYCLE CRASH. OFFICIALS SAY IT HAPPENED JUST AFTER 1 A.M. YESTERDAY. THEY GOT A CALL ABOUT THE COLLISION IN THE AREA OF FOOTHILLS ROAD AND HICKORY LANE, NEAR TRAVELERS REST. TROOPERS SAY THE MOTORCYCLE WENT OFF THE ROAD, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO BE THROWN FROM THE MOTORCYCLE. 19 YEAR OLD JULIUS SCHULZE DIED AT THE SCENE. JURY DUTY SCAMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS OUR AREA AND NOW AUTHORITIES IN GEORGIA ARE ISSUING A WARNING. THE HART COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS IT’S RECEIVING REPORTS OF PEOPLE GETTING CALLS FROM SOMEONE WITH A SPOOFED PHONE NUMBER CLAIMING TO BE WITH THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, SAYING THE PERSON MISSED JURY DUTY. DEPUTIES SAY THE SCAMMERS ARE THEN ASKING FOR PEOPLE TO USE A CRYPTOCURRENCY MACHINE TO SEND MONEY TO STOP AN ARREST WARRANT. THE HART COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS IT WILL NEVER CONTACT ANYONE BY PHONE ABOUT A WARRANT, AND ANYONE WHO RECEIVES THE CALL SHOULD HANG UP AND REPORT IT IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE IN TEXAS ARE PREPARING AS HURRICANE BERYL IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL THIS MORNING. BARRELS THE 2024 ATLANTIC SEASON’S FIRST HURRICANE, IT SINCE MADE LANDFALL, AND 11 PEOPLE HAVE DIED SO FAR. DATA FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED THAT BERYL’S MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 75MPH, AND WAS UPGRADED TO A HURRICANE AGAIN. IT MADE LANDFALL IN THE TEXAS COAST BETWEEN CORPUS CHRISTI AND GALVESTON. THE TEXAS GULF COAST COULD RECEIVE 5 TO 10IN OF RAIN, WITH UP TO 15IN IN SOME AREAS. THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. OKAY, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 647 IT’S GOING TO BE HUMID TODAY WITH MORE OF THOSE ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS, 72 DEGREES IN GREENVILLE, 72 IN LAWRENCE. WE’VE GOT 72 IN WALHALLA AND 69 DEGREES IN TOCCOA. AS WE TAKE A LOOK, LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR RADAR HERE, WE GO. WE’VE GOT A MIX OF CLEAR SKIES AND SOME EXTRA CLOUDS. THOSE CLOUDS WILL CLEAR OUT. WE’LL GET BACK TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. THAT WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM BACK INTO THE LOW 90S, WITH A FEELS LIKE IN THE LOW ONE HUNDREDS. AND THEN AFTER 3 OR 4:00 TODAY, WE’LL SEE SOME MORE OF THOSE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND DOWNPOURS DEVELOP RIGHT AROUND LUNCHTIME OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S FOR THE MOUNTAINS TODAY. HEADING INTO TOMORROW, A FEW MORE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AROUND. IT’S ALSO GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE HOT AND A LITTLE MORE HUMID. WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT PART OF YOUR FORECAST AND THE WEEKEND TO IT’S ALL COMING UP IN JUST A LITTLE WHILE RIGHT NOW. LET’S GET YOU OUTSIDE, GET A CHECK ON THOSE ROADS. HOW’S IT LOOKING, ERIC PARELLA DESPITE IT BEING 648, IT’S STILL SMOOTH SAILING OUT THERE. YOU’RE LOOKING LIVE AT I-85 SOUTH NEAR MILE MARKER 90. THAT’S IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, NEAR THE GAFFNEY AREA. IF YOU TRAVEL THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS, YOU KNOW THIS HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR SOME TIME NOW. BUT THE GREAT NEWS ON THIS MONDAY MORNING IS, AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, TRAFFIC FLOWING SMOOTHLY, NO SLOWDOWNS, NO CONCERNS THROUGH THAT CONSTRUCTION AREA. AND OUR TRAVEL TIMES HAVE LOOKED GOOD THROUGH THE MORNING TO I-240 TO ASHEVILLE HIGHWAY, DOWN TO 11 MINUTES. AIRPORT ON WOODRUFF ROAD HAS NOT MOVED AT SIX MINUTES THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, AND FAIRVIEW ROAD TO DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE ON 35 NORTHBOUND 13 MINUTES FOR THAT COMMUTE. HOPING TO SALVAGE MORE OF HIS REELECTION CAMPAIGN, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAT DOWN IN A HIGH STAKES TV INTERVIEW ADDRESSING THE LATEST CALLS TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE AND END HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. THE PRESIDENT ALSO BRUSHED OFF CONSIDERATION OF A NEUROLOGICAL AND COGNITIVE EXAM. PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HIS DEBATE PERFORMANCE WAS BECAUSE OF EXHAUSTION AND A LINGERING COLD, ADDING THAT HE MET WITH THE DOCTOR AFTER THE DEBATE. STILL, PRESIDENT BIDEN INSISTS HE’S MENTALLY FIT AND THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN DEFEAT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. IN NOVEMBER. ARE YOU SURE YOU’RE BEING HONEST WITH YOURSELF AND YOU SAY YOU HAVE THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL CAPACITY TO SERVE ANOTHER FOUR YEARS? YES, I AM, BECAUSE, GEORGE, LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THAT THE PRESIDENT REFUSED TO COMMIT TO A NEUROLOGICAL OR COGNITIVE TEST AS A WAY TO REASSURE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HE’S MENTALLY FIT ENOUGH FOR FOUR MORE YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. ADDITIONAL DEMOCRATS HAVE CALLED FOR THE PRESIDENT TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE AFTER A PHONE CALL HELD YESTERDAY, ATTORNEYS FOR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ARE SEEKING TO USE THE SUPREME COURT’S PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY DECISION TO HELP HIM IN HIS CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE IN FLORIDA. THE JUDGE GRANTED TRUMP’S REQUEST FOR FURTHER BRIEFING ON THE IMMUNITY ISSUE OVER THE WEEKEND. THE JUDGE ALSO PAUSED TO UPCOMING DEADLINES FOR TRUMP AND HIS CO-DEFENDANTS. THERE’S NO TRIAL DATE SET FOR THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO ALL CHARGES. MEANWHILE, NEW MEXICO OFFICIALS SAY INDEPENDENT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ROBERT F KENNEDY JR HAS QUALIFIED FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT IN THE STATE. KENNEDY SUBMITTED MORE THAN 11,000 SIGNATURES TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE. FOR CONTEXT, THAT’S MORE THAN TRIPLE OF WHAT’S REQUIRED FOR INDEPENDENT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. KENNEDY IS NOW OFFICIALLY ON THE BALLOT IN EIGHT STATES, AND THAT NEWS COMES AS THE KENNEDY CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCED IT SUBMITTED MORE THAN 30,000 ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES IN NEVADA TO TRY TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE BALLOT IN THAT STATE. IF YOU’VE EVER WALKED OR RODE YOUR BIKE ON THE SWAMP RABBIT TRAIL, YOU’VE CONTRIBUTED TO ITS INCREASE IN USE SO FAR THIS YEAR, TRAIL COUNTERS HAVE LOGGED MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE, AND THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO HIT 2 MILLION BY THE END OF THE YEAR. IT’S A SIZABLE INCREASE FROM THE ROUGHLY 800,000 PEOPLE FROM LAST YEAR. WE’RE TOLD NUMBERS LIKE THIS HELP THE TRAIL EXPAND IN THE COUNTY JUST WON THIS HUGE RACE, GRANT OVER $20 MILLION TO EXPAND. THE TRAIL IS GOING TO BE A CONNECTOR GOING THROUGH A CREEK SYSTEM THAT GOES OUT TO PLEASANTBURG DRIVE WITH BRIDGES, BIKE WALK. GREENVILLE ALSO SAYS THAT THE TRAIL IS A BIG ECONOMIC DRIVER. THE TRAIL SYSTEM IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO DON’T OWN A CAR TO SAFELY WALK TO WORK. ALL RIGHT, BIG NEWS COMING OUT OF FLORIDA. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AND FORMER CLEMSON QUARTERBACK TREVOR LAWRENCE AND HIS WIFE MARISSA ANNOUNCED THAT THEY’LL BE HAVING A BABY GIRL THIS WILL BE THE COUPLE’S FIRST CHILD TOGETHER. THE TWO MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT PUBLIC WITH AN INSTAGRAM POST CAPTIONED MOM AND DAD CAN’T WAIT TO MEET YOU! THE GREENVILLE ZOO IS WORKING TO KEEP ITS ANIMALS AND ITS VISITORS COMFORTABLE DURING THIS HOT WEATHER, THE ZOO SAYS. FOR GUESTS, THEY HAVE MISTING TENTS AND WATER STATIONS SET UP ALL AROUND THE ZOO AND FOR THE ANIMALS, THERE ARE PLENTY OF ENRICHMENT OPTIONS. SOME OF THEM GET POOLS WHILE OTHERS GET MISTERS AND FANS AND SEVERAL OF THEM GET THEIR FAVORITE FOODS THAT HAVE BEE