THAT'S A LOOK AT SPORT S. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. RIGHT NOW ON WJCL 22 MORNING NEWS .. NINE DEAD IN THE LATE ST MASS SHOOTING TO HIT THE U-S. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECT ... AN EMPLOYEE AT THE SCENE OF THE CRI. ME PLUS--- OFFICIS AL EXPECTING A BUSY WEEKEND AT THE SAVANNAH-HILTON HEAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. AND-- A NEW PUSH TO INVESTIGATE EXACTLY WHERE COVID-19 CAME FM.RO THIS TIME---- IT'S THE PRESIDENT WHO'S ASKING FOR ANSWERS. - ***2-SHOT***} THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 GOOD MORNING, I'M EMMA HAMILTON. AND I'M CHRIS TUM. AT WJCL'S METEOROLOGIST JONATHAN MYERS IS ALSO HERE... WITH YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORESTCA NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR. .. TODAY PARTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 92- 96. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 8 MPH. THURSDAY NIGHT MOSTLY CLEAR, WITH A LOW AROUND 70. SOUTH WIND 5 1TO1 MPH. FRIDAY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NE 9AR4. WEST WIND 6 TO 13 MPH. FRIDAY NIGHT PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 70. SOUTHWEST WIND 8 TO 10 MPH. SATURDAY A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THDEUNRSTORMS, MAINLY AFTER 2PM. MOSTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 92. SATURDAY NIGHT A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTOS RM BEFORE 8PM, THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS BETWEEN 8PM D M AN BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. .. WE'RE LEANING MORE ABT OU THE MAN - - INVESTIGATORS SAY KILLED EIGHT PEOPLE AT A CALIFORNIA TRAIN RAIL RD. YA THIS VIDEO IS FROM A NEIGHBOR'S SURVEILLANCE CAMERA - - SHOWINGHE T KILLER - - SAMUEL CASSIDY - - LOADING HIS TRUCK BEFO RE HEADING TO WORK AT THAT RAIL YARD... AND LOOK AT THIS VIDEO - - NOT LONG AFTER NEIGHBORS SAY CASSIDY DROVE TO WORK... INVESTIGATORS NOW BELIEVE HE SET HIS HOUSE ON FIRE... BEFORE HE LOADEDP U HIS PICK-UP AND LEFT... ONCE AT WORK - - INVESTIGATORS SAY HE STARTESHD OOTING CO- WORKERS... KILLING EIGHT OF THEM... HURTING SEVERAL OTHE..RS. SEVERAL NEIGHBORS S AY THEY'RE SAD TO LEARN WT HA CASSIDY DID... BUT NOT SURPRID.SE OUT: "I BECAME A LITTLE SCARED A LITTLE BI" T. WORD OF THAT MASS SHOOTING SENT A LOT OF PEOPLE INTO PANIC AS THEY WORRIED IF THEIR LOVED ONES WERE AMONG THOSE KILLED. .. AND THIS MORNING... TS HI MASS SHOOTING IS RATTLING THE NERVE OF PEOPLE ACSS RO CALIFORNIA... INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR WHO FGHT OU BACK TEARS TO TALK ABOUT IT. OUT: "IMAGINE BEING IN THERE." INVESTIGATORS Y SA CASSIDY KNEW HIS VICTIMS WELL... THAT HE EVEN LET MESO PEOPLE GO. WHAT DID INVESTIGATOR FIND WHEN THEY SEARCHED HIS HOE?US THE SAVANNAH HILTON ADHE INTERNATIONAL AIRPOR T PREPARING FOR THOUSANDS OF TRAVELERS THIS WEEND. KE OUR DANAE BUCCI IS LE IV OUTSIDE THE AIRPORT WITH THEIR WORD OF WARNING... DANAE. BECAUSE THOUSANDS OF TRAVELERS ARE EXPECTED TO COME THROUGH THIS AIRPT OR FOR THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY. .. THEY WANT PEOPLE TO PLAN AHEAD. AIRPORT OFFICIS ALSAY THEY'VE BEEN EXPECTING THIS INCREASE FOR MONTHS.. MAKING THIS SURGE IN TICKETS NO SURPRISE. LORI LYNAH // MARKETING, SAVANNAH HILTON HEAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPT OR WE'VE HAD THE SPIKE CONG MI ACTUALLY. IT'S BEEN GETTING BUSIER EVERY MON TH THIS YEAR AND WITH FULL SUMMER SEASON ON I WTS AY THIS YEAR WE REALLY DO EXPE ACT BUSY WEEKEND THIS WEEKEND. MASKS ARE STILL REQUIRED IN THE RPAIORT AND PLANES... BUT THEY WILL NOT VERIFY ANYONE'S VACCINATION CARDS. AND AT ITS LOW POINT DURING THE PANDEMIC THE AIRPORT SAW A 60- PERCENT DROP OFF IN TRAVELERS... FOR THOSE HITTING THE ROAD THIS WEEKEND-- YOU CAN EXPECT TO PAY MORE FOR GAS. EXPERTS WITH GAS BUDDY DOT COM SAY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THE HIGEST PRICES FOR FUEL. WE'RE TOLD THE EFFECTS OF THE COLONIAL PIPELINE AND INCREASED DEMAND A RE BEHIND THE RIS E. EXPERTS SAY GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA--- ARE REALLY FEELING THE IMPAC T. PATRICK DE HAAN, HEAD OF PETROLEUM ANALYSIS, GASBUDDY// "GEORGIA, NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, EVEN TENNESSEE AND VIRGINIA ARE STILL SEEING SOME OUTAGES, OVER 10 PERCENT. IN FACT, THE CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA STILL SEEING OVER 20 PERCENT OF STATIONS WITHOUT FUEL." TRIPLE-A ESTIMATES 34 MILLION PEOPLE WILL BE ON THE ROAD THIS WEEKEND. EXPERTS SAY IF YOU'RE TRAVELING- -- MAKE SURE YOUR CAR IS READY FOR A LO NG ROAD TRIP BY CHECKING YOUR CAR'S TIRE PRESSURE AND BATTERY---- AND TOP OFF FLDS. UI PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WANTS THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY TO FIND OUT WHERE THE CORONAVIRUS CAME FROM. A-B-C'SLI EZABE TH SCHULZE BREAKS DOWN THE TWO THEORIES THAWIT LL BE INVESTIGATED. THIS MORNING, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS ASKING NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT E TH ORIGINS OF COVID-19. HE'S NOW DIRECTING THE U-S INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY TO "REDOUBLE THEIR EFFORTS" - TO INVESTIGATE THE VIRUS AND REPORT BACK WITHIN 90 DAYS. THERE ARE TWO THEORIES ABOUT ITS ORIGIN: THEIER THE VIRUS WAS TRANSMITTED THROH UG CONTACT WITH AN INFECTED ANIMAL....OR IT ESCAPED OMFR A LAB IN WUHAN, CHINA. THE WALL STREET JOURL NA RECENTLY REPORTED THREE WORKERS IN THE LAB BECAME SICK WITH FLU-LI SYMPTOMS IN NOVEMBER 2019 - ONE MONTH BEFORE CHINA REPORTED ITS FIRST INFECTIO N. YESTERDAY, LAWMAKERS PRESSED DOCTOR ANTHO NY FAUCI ON WHERE HE THINKS THE VIRU S ORIGINATED. SOT FAUCI: AS I'VE SAID, I STILL BELIEVE THAT THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO WAS THAT THIS WAS A NATURAL OCCURRENCE, BUT NO ONE KNOWS THAT 100% FOR SURE. THIS MORNGNI, A SPOKESPERSON FOR T HE CHINESE EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON CALLS THE PRESIDENT'S INVESTIGATING A "SMEAR CAMPAIGN." MEANWHILE - ENCOURAGG IN NEWS ABOUT *IMMUNITY* AND THE VIRUS. A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS PEOPLE WHO'VE RECOVEREDROM F COVID COULD HAVE IMMUNITY - *FOR YEARS.* SOT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY GREAT NEWS THAT ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTES TO HERD IMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO MAY HAVE SOME FORM OF NATURAL IMMUNITY AND NOW STATES ARE OFFERING EVEN MORE INCENTIVES TO GET THE VACCINE. TODAY, MINNESOTA'S GOVERNOR WILL ANNOUNCE THE POSSIBILITY OF WINNING FREE STATE PARK PASSES, FISHING LICENSESND A FAIR TICKETS. IN OHIO - A WOMAN AR NE CINCINNATI IS THE STATS E' FIRST ONE MILLION DOLLAR VACCINE- LOTTERY WINNER. AND GOVERNOR MIKE DEWINE TWEETING THIS PICTURE LAST NIGHT - SHOWING THE FIRST TEENAGER IN THE STATE TO - WIN A FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP FOR BEING VACCINATED. SOT - JOSEPH COSTEO LL IM PRETTY SURPRISED ABOUT IT AND HAPPY AND THANKFUL ELIZABETH SCHULZE ABC NEWS WASHINGTON TEN STATES HAVE REACHED PRESIDENT BIDEN'S COVID VACCINE GOAL OF ADMINISTERING AT LEAST ONE DOSE TO 70-PERCE OF NT ADULTS BY THE FOURTH OF JULY.. PE NNSYLVANIA REACHED THAT GOAL YESTERDAY. GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA ARE NOT ONE OF THEM. -D C-C DATA SHOWS NEARLY 50- PERCENT OF T HE POPULATION HAS RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE VACCINE. NEW THIS MORNI-- NG A LOCAL BUSINESS RUSTGGLING TO FILL SHIFTS. THE POPULAR CHAIN DUCK DONUTS ANNOUNCED ITS HILTON HEAD LOCATION IS TEMPORARILY CLOS. ED IN FACEBOOK POST IT SAID BECAUSE OF THE LABOR SHORTAGE THEY DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO STAY OP. EN THEY WENT ON TO SAY THEY LOOK FORWARD TO OPREENING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE SEARCH FOR A SHOOTING SUSPECT IN VIDALIA IS OVER THIS MORNING. D EPUTIES IN BULLOCH COUNTY ARRESTED CHRISTOPHER POWE. LL HE WAS THE MAN WANTED FOR A SHOOTING SOMEONE AT A MOL TE ON SATURDAY NIGH T. HE WAS FOUND AT A MOTEL IN STATESBORO YESTERD