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IT’S 645. IN TIME FOR NEWS TO GO. WE HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY’S TOP NEWS STORIES, YOUR TRAFFIC AND YOUR WEATHER ALL BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. WE START WITH OUR ISABELLE MARAK, WHO IS LIVE IN COLUMBIA AS REVEREND JESSE JACKSON IS SET TO LIE IN HONOR TODAY. ISABELLE. YEAH. HEY, AARON. GOOD MORNING. HUNDREDS ARE EXPECTED TO GATHER AT THE STATE HOUSE TODAY TO HONOR THE LATE REVEREND JESSE JACKSON. NOW, HERE’S HOW EVERYTHING IS GOING TO GO TODAY. IT’S A LITTLE EARLY RIGHT NOW, BUT STARTING AT NINE THIS MORNING, HIS CASKET WILL DEPART FROM LEVY’S FUNERAL HOME, AND IT WILL HEAD TOWARDS THE STATE HOUSE. AND THEN AT TEN, THERE’LL BE A SMALL PRIVATE CEREMONY FOR JACKSON’S FAMILY. BUT FOLLOWING THAT, AT 1130, THAT’S WHEN PUBLIC VISITATION WILL BEGIN ON THE SECOND FLOOR. AND THAT WILL LAST UNTIL 430. FOLLOWING THAT, AT FIVE, THE SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY PATROL HONOR GUARD WILL ESCORT REVEREND JACKSON’S CASKET DOWN THE SOUTH SIDE STEPS OF THE STATE HOUSE. NOW, WE WILL HAVE A CREW LIVE HERE THROUGHOUT THE DAY GIVING YOU UPDATES. SO STAY WITH US BOTH ON AIR AND ONLINE AT WYFF 4 DOT COM FOR NOW. REPORTING LIVE IN COLUMBIA, ISABELLE MARAK WYFF NEWS FOUR ISABELLE. THANK YOU. AND BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. THE FALLOUT FROM AIRSTRIKES BY THE U.S. AND ISRAEL ON IRAN CONTINUES. THE STRIKES KILLED SEVERAL SENIOR FIGURES, INCLUDING IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER, AND NOW THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE FLEEING. LEBANON’S CAPITAL AS ISRAEL LAUNCHES ADDITIONAL STRIKES, TRADING BLOWS WITH HEZBOLLAH IN THE U.S., RALLIES WERE HELD BOTH IN APPROVAL AND OPPOSITION OF THE STRIKES. THAT’S THE SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM IS REACTING TO THE AIRSTRIKES. HE ADDRESSED OUR SERVICE MEMBERS AND WHAT HE THINKS IS IMPORTANT ABOUT THE MISSION. THE MOTHERSHIP OF TERRORISM. IRAN IS SINKING. AND THE CAPTAIN, THE AYATOLLAH, IS DEAD. AS TO THE FAMILIES OF THESE SERVICE MEMBERS. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR HEARTS. SENATOR GRAHAM ADDED. HE HOPES THE U.S. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL FINISH THE JOB, AND THAT NEW LEADERSHIP IN IRAN WOULD CREATE A HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY. IN THE UPSTATE. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE GATHERED SUNDAY MORNING AT THE CITY HALL IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE AND SIMILAR TO OTHER PROTESTS ACROSS THE NATION, SOME WERE PROTESTING AGAINST THE ATTACKS, WHILE OTHERS IN SUPPORT OF THEM. THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS DEVELOPING QUICKLY, THOUGH, SO FOR ALL THE LATEST ON OPERATION EPIC FURY, YOU CAN ALWAYS HEAD TO WYFF 4 DOT COM. AMY VELARDE WAS FOUND GUILTY ON ALL FOUR COUNTS OF MURDER IN THE 2015 HOMICIDE OF SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS, AND THAT COMES AFTER FRIDAY’S CLOSING ARGUMENTS. PROSECUTORS TOLD JURORS THE KILLINGS WERE TIED TO FINANCIAL GAIN, ARGUING AMY AND HER HUSBAND ROSS WERE IN DEBT. THE DEFENSE REMINDED JURORS AMY’S FINGERPRINTS AND DNA WERE NEVER FOUND AT THE SCENE. THE JURY ULTIMATELY SIDED WITH THE STATE, AND THE FAMILY THEN GAVE STATEMENTS. TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP HERE AND PREPARE FOR SUCH A PURE, EVIL, SAD, MEANINGLESS, WORTHLESS AND HEARTLESS PERSON. AND BECAUSE SO UNAPOLOGETICALLY BRINGS ME SUCH RELIEF TO KNOW THAT MEN CAN NOW TAKE PLACE FOR OUR FAMILIES. AMY VELARDE WILL NOW FACE FOUR CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES OF LIFE IN PRISON. THE ANDERSON COUNTY SHERIFF CALLED THAT VERDICT A LONG TIME COMING. AMY’S HUSBAND ROSS, WILL GO ON TRIAL NEXT. A MAN PLEADED GUILTY FRIDAY TO THE BRUTAL KILLINGS OF FIVE PEOPLE IN A SPARTANBURG COUNTY HOME. AND AFTER ENTERING THE PLEA, A JUDGE SENTENCED JAMES DRAYTON TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE BACK IN 2022. INVESTIGATORS SAY DRAYTON KILLED FIVE PEOPLE AND AN INMAN HOME ON BOBO DRIVE, THE LARGEST SINGLE MURDER IN THE COUNTY’S HISTORY. DEPUTIES SAY DRAYTON THEN STOLE A VEHICLE AND HEADED FOR GEORGIA BEFORE HE TRIED TO COMMIT AN ARMED ROBBERY AND POSSIBLE KIDNAPING. BURKE COUNTY DEPUTIES IN GEORGIA ARRESTED DRAYTON AND LATER SAY DRAYTON CONFESSED TO THE MURDERS. YOU STILL WISH TO ENTER A PLEA OF GUILTY TO ALL FIVE MURDER CHARGES AND ALL FIVE POSSESSION OF WEAPONS HERE. COMMISSION. JUST. IN AUGUST 2024, THE STATE FILED A MOTION FOR THE DEATH PENALTY. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO THE NEGOTIATED GUILTY PLEA AND SENTENCING CONTRACT, THE STATE AGREED NOT TO SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY IF DRAYTON PLEADED GUILTY TO ALL CHARGES AND RECEIVES MAXIMUM SENTENCES. THE ACCUSED, APPALACHIA HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTERS FATHER, TOOK THE STAND IN HIS OWN DEFENSE FRIDAY AHEAD OF CLOSING ARGUMENTS TODAY. COLIN GRAY FACES 29 COUNTS, INCLUDING SECOND DEGREE MURDER. PROSECUTORS SAY HE GAVE HIS SON, COLT, THE WEAPON HE USED IN THE 2024 SHOOTING. THE GUN WAS A WAS A THING THAT HIM AND I USED TO BOND WITH, AND I WAS VERY CLEAR ON THE RULES, RIGHT? NO LOADED GUNS IN THE HOUSE, EVER. AND AND HE ABIDED BY THOSE RULES. HE HE RESPECTED THE WEAPON. YOU KNOW, WE WE DIDN’T HAVE HIM IN A SAFE. WE DIDN’T, YOU KNOW, HAVE LOCKS ON US. WE’VE ALL SEEN HERE TODAY, BUT I, I’M TELLING YOU THAT HE HAD A HEALTHY RESPECT FOR WEAPONS. PROSECUTORS SAY GRAY BOUGHT THE RIFLE FOR HIS SON FOR CHRISTMAS. COLE GRAY IS ACCUSED OF USING IT TO KILL TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS. JURY DELIBERATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO START AFTER CLOSING. ARGUMENTS ARE DELIVERED. THE U.S. HAS SURPASSED 1000 MEASLES CASES IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 2026. SOUTH CAROLINA, UTAH AND FLORIDA HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES. THE CDC SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN TEN NEW OUTBREAKS REPORTED THIS YEAR. SIX NEW CASES WERE REPORTED IN THE UPSTATE OUTBREAK FRIDAY, BRINGING THE TOTAL UP TO 985 CASES. A NEW PUBLIC EXPOSURE WAS IDENTIFIED AT THE COSTCO ON WEST BLACKSTOCK ROAD IN SPARTANBURG, AND ANOTHER EXPOSURE IN THE CITY WAS ALSO REPORTED AT SUGAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. GRACE. GOOD MONDAY MORNING. STARTING OFF WITH OUR SKYCAM NETWORK ACROSS THE AREA, WE’RE GOING TO BE IN THE MID 50S. SPARTANBURG, ASHEVILLE AND ANDERSON AS WELL. WE’RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS EARLY THIS MORNING, COOLER AND BREEZY AND MORE CLOUDS FOR SURE TODAY COMPARED TO JUST 24 HOURS AGO, 4054 DEGREES, NOT 45, IN GREENVILLE, 50 IN SPARTANBURG, 42 INTO ASHEVILLE. A LOT COLDER UP THERE IN THE MOUNTAINS COMPARED TO JUST YESTERDAY, DROPPING ABOUT 25 DEGREES OUT THERE. HERE’S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR US IN THE NEXT 12 HOURS. WE’RE IN THE LOW 50S. WE COULD SEE SOME SUNSHINE. I DON’T WANT YOU TO THINK IT’S GOING TO BE CLOUDY ALL DAY LONG, BUT CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO BE WARMING UP MUCH FURTHER. SO TYPICALLY, WHAT HAPPENS THIS TIME OF YEAR, RIGHT. THAT REALLY QUICK COOL AIR BLAST FOR US AFTER A REALLY NICE DAY, 56 BY NOON, IT’S GOING TO TAKE YOU INTO THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL. MID TO UPPER 40S EXPECTED FOR US OVERALL A BIT OF A CLOUDY DAY. COOLER. WE’RE GOING TO BE WARMING UP AS WE GO TOWARDS THE REST OF THE WEEK. WE’RE KEEPING OUR EYES OUT ON SPARTANBURG COUNTY WHERE AN INCIDENT JUST TOOK PLACE. IT’S CAUSING A LITTLE BIT OF BACKUP HERE. LEFT LANES BLOCKED. IT’S A LITTLE FUZZY AS YOU CAN SEE, BUT YOU CAN ALMOST MAKE OUT THOSE CARS OFF ON THE SHOULDER. THERE’S THE SOUTHBOUND LANES. THAT’S WHERE WE’RE STARTING TO SEE THAT BACKUP AGAIN. OVER BY SPARTANBURG COUNTY, I-85 SOUTHBOUND. NORTHBOUND LOOKING GOOD. OVER BY NAZARETH ROAD. SO DETAILS THERE. WE’RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOWDOWN THAT STRETCH IS CARRYING OUT FOR QUITE SOME TIME. A COUPLE MILES OF BACKUP THERE. YOU CAN SEE ALL THOSE HEADLIGHTS. AND THAT’S NOT WHAT WE WANT THIS MORNING. HOPEFULLY EVERYONE INVOLVED IS OKAY. AGAIN. LEFT LANE BLOCKED. THAT’S I-85 SOUTHBOUND AT HIGHWAY 29. THAT EXIT 66. AGAIN YOU WERE JUST TAKING A LIVE LOOK OVER BY NAZARETH ROAD IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. WE’LL GET YOU OUT THE DOOR WITH A LOOK OF YOUR TRAVEL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE REST O