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. WE BEGIN WITH THE LATEST OUT OF THE WAR IN ISRAEL. YEAH, THE ISRAELI MILITARY SAYS IT’S ESTABLISHED OPERATIONAL CONTROL OVER THE GAZA SIDE OF THE RAFAH CROSSING OVERNIGHT IN THE SOUTHERN GAZA STRIP ON MONDAY NIGHT, THE ISRAELI MILITARY SAID IT WAS CARRYING OUT TARGETED STRIKES IN EASTERN RAFAH. IT SAID 20 HAMAS MILITANTS WERE KILLED IN THE OPERATION AND IT DISCOVERED THREE TUNNEL SHAFTS, AN ISRAELI ARMY OFFICIAL SAID THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE LOCATED IN THE EVACUATION ZONE HAVE LEFT THIS AFTER PEOPLE WERE TOLD TO BEGIN EVACUATING FROM RAFAH. ISRAELI LEADERS HAD APPROVED A MILITARY OPERATION INTO THE CITY. ISRAEL HAS DESCRIBED RAFAH AS THE LAST SIGNIFICANT HAMAS STRONGHOLD, AND IT HAS REPEATEDLY SAID THE INVASION IS NECESSARY TO DEFEAT THE ISLAMIC MILITANT GROUP. THIS COMES AS THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS COULD SOON BE SEEING A SLOWDOWN. HAMAS ANNOUNCED MONDAY IT HAS AGREED TO A CEASE FIRE PROPOSAL FROM EGYPT AND QATAR. IT CALLS FOR THE RELEASE OF 20 TO 33 HOSTAGES OVER SEVERAL WEEKS IN EXCHANGE FOR A TEMPORARY CEASE FIRE. IN RETURN, THERE WOULD ALSO BE AN EXCHANGE INVOLVING PALESTINIAN PRISONERS HELD BY ISRAEL CAPTIVE ISRAELI SOLDIERS AND THE BODIES OF HOSTAGES WOULD ALSO BE PART OF THAT AGREEMENT. ISRAEL REPORTEDLY HELPED CRAFT THE LATEST AGREEMENT, BUT SAYS THE PROPOSAL WAS FAR FROM ISRAEL’S ESSENTIAL DEMANDS. PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTEST AND POLICE CRACKDOWNS CONTINUE ACROSS COLLEGE CAMPUSES. STUDENT PROTESTERS ARE CALLING ON THEIR SCHOOLS TO DIVEST FROM COMPANIES THAT DO BUSINESS WITH ISRAEL. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAYS POLICE HAVE ARRESTED NEARLY 2200 PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY INVOLVED IN CAMPUS PROTESTS. THE UNREST IMPACTING COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES FORCING SOME SCHOOLS TO CANCEL GRADUATION, AMONG THEM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. MEANWHILE, EMORY UNIVERSITY MOVED ITS CEREMONY OUT OF ATLANTA. THIS YEAR’S GRADUATING CLASS ALSO HAD THEIR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS DERAILED BY COVID 19. IN 2020, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP COULD FACE JAIL TIME AFTER HAVING TO BE WARNED OVER ANOTHER GAG ORDER VIOLATION. HE HAS ALSO BEEN FINED $1,000. HIS HISTORIC CRIMINAL TRIAL RESUMED YESTERDAY. JURORS HEARD TESTIMONY FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT THE FINANCIAL REIMBURSEMENTS AT THE CENTER OF THE CASE. THE FORMER PRESIDENT SPOKE AFTER COURT SUGGESTING THAT HE IS WILLING TO CONTINUE SPEAKING OUT ABOUT HIS CASE DESPITE THE WARNING ABOUT THE GAG ORDER. THE FORMER PRESIDENT ALSO SAID THAT HIS TRIAL COULD POTENTIALLY LAST ANOTHER 2 TO 3 WEEKS. THIS. MEANWHILE, REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE SAYS TALKS TO POSSIBLY REMOVE HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON WILL CONTINUE TO. THE GEORGIA CONGRESSWOMAN IS LEADING AN EFFORT TO MOBILIZE HARD LINE CONSERVATIVES AGAINST JOHNSON THAT INTENSIFIED LAST MONTH WHEN HE HELPED PASS A MAJOR FOREIGN AID PACKAGE WITH ASSISTANCE FOR UKRAINE. GREENE HAS SAID SHE PLANS TO PUSH A VOTE ON OUSTING JOHNSON THIS WEEK. IF SHE DOES GO THROUGH WITH THAT, IT IS UNLIKELY TO SUCCEED. DEMOCRATIC LEADERS IN THE CHAMBER HAVE SAID THEY WILL VOTE TO KILL THE EFFORT. AT LEAST ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A TORNADO IN BARNSDALL, OKLAHOMA, LATE MONDAY NIGHT. SEVERE DAMAGE WAS REPORTED ALL ACROSS THE STATE FOLLOWING THAT SEVERE WEATHER AND DOZENS OF HOMES WERE DAMAGED. RIGHT NOW, THE OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROL SAID SEARCH AND RESCUE IS GOING ON. AND IN TEXAS, GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT SAYS AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER HEAVY FLOODING. THERE. MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE AND 150 PETS WERE RESCUED IN HARRIS COUNTY AND TEXAS. OVER TEN INCHES OF WATER WAS DUMPED IN SOME AREAS BETWEEN DALLAS AND HOUSTON. ALMOST THREE MONTHS AFTER HER SON WAS MAULED BY A PACK OF DOGS. AN UPSTATE MOTHER IS ASKING THE CITY OF CLINTON TO DO MORE ABOUT STRAY DOGS. AMY LOWE, THE MOTHER OF A RYAN ANDERSON, ADDRESSED HER CONCERNS TO CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT. POLICE SAY HER SON WAS MAULED BY FOUR DOGS WHILE ON HIS WAY TO HIS SCHOOL BUS STOP ON VALENTINE’S DAY. LOWE CALLED FOR THE CITY TO HIRE AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER TO HELP PREVENT ANOTHER ATTACK. THE MAYOR SAYS THEY’RE WORKING ON, INCLUDING ONE ONE FOR NEXT YEAR’S BUDGET. LOWE SAYS POLICE HAVE PUT DOWN THREE OF THE FOUR DOGS THAT ATTACKED HER SON. BUT SHE SAYS THEY DON’T KNOW WHERE THE FOURTH DOG IS. OKAY, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. IT’S 650. HAPPY TUESDAY, WE’VE GOT SOME PATCHY, DENSE FOG. VISIBILITY IS DROPPING IN GREENVILLE LESS THAN HALF A MILE. SAME THING IN ANDERSON. WE ARE SOCKED IN IN HARTWELL. VISIBILITY IS DOWN TO NOTHING, SO BE EXTRA CAREFUL. REMEMBER THOSE LOW BEAMS? BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO LEAVE A LITTLE BIT EARLY. LEAVE YOURSELF A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME. ON TOP OF THAT, WE MIGHT HAVE SOME TREES DOWN, SOME LIMBS DOWN IN THE ROADWAYS, COURTESY OF SOME OF THOSE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAME THROUGH LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING. THANKFULLY, AS WE COULD SEE ON LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR RADAR, MOST OF THAT IS CLEAR. SO THE REST OF THE DAY, HOW ABOUT SOME SUN AND CLOUDS? IT’S GOING TO BE HOT, VERY SUMMER-LIKE ACROSS THE UPSTATE MID AND UPPER 80S. TODAY I DO THINK WE’LL SEE A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE MOUNTAINS ANY TIME AFTER 3 OR 4:00. TWO, THREE, FOUR OF THOSE. NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY, LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING. THANKFULLY, HOWEVER, MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST AND THEY WILL LIKELY BE STRONGER FOR THAT WILL BE TOMORROW AND THURSDAY. COMING UP, WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR FOUR DAY PLUS, WHICH HAS SOME GOOD NEWS. BETTER WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND TOO. I’LL HAVE IT ALL FOR YOU. COMING UP IN ABOUT SIX MINUTES FROM RIGHT NOW. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE ROADS THIS MORNING. ON YOUR TUESDAY MORNING, YOUR TIME IS 651. THIS IS I-85 NEAR HIGHWAY 14. AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, SOME BRAKE LIGHTS THIS MORNING IN THAT GENERAL AREA ON 85. SO IF YOU’RE TRAVELING PERHAPS TO 14 OR TO THE AIRPORT, SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND ON YOUR TUESDAY MORNING. THIS IS PRETTY TYPICAL WITH WHAT WE TEND TO SEE AS WE GET RIGHT AT THE 7:00 HOUR. MORE CARS ON THE ROAD, MORE PEOPLE GOING TO WORK, MORE PEOPLE DOING THINGS, AND THAT AS A RESULT BACKS UP TRAFFIC. WE’LL KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THIS AND LET YOU KNOW IF IT CHANGES, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT REFLECTED IN YOUR TRAVEL TIMES. THIS MORNING, 85 SOUTHBOUND FROM AIRPORT ON WOODRUFF ROAD NOW IN THE YELLOW AT TEN MINUTES. GOOD NEWS IS THE OTHER TWO LOOK GOOD. I-240 TO ASHEVILLE HIGHWAY. IF YOUR TRAVELS ARE TAKING YOU 26. EASTBOUND 12 MINUTES AND 35 NORTHBOUND FROM SIMPSONVILLE INTO DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE AND THE GREEN AS WELL. AT 13 MINUTES IN ANDERSON, A NEW PLAYGROUND EXCLUSIVELY CONSTRUCT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES IS NOW OPEN AT MACKLEY’S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT HAS LOWER SLIDES, WHEELCHAIR RAMPS, AND SIGN LANGUAGE FEATURES. IT WAS FUNDED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, BUT ALL STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO USE IT. THE SWAMP RABBIT TRAILL IS EXPANDING IN TRAVELERS REST. A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY WAS HELD EARLIER TODAY FOR THE TRAVELERS REST GREENWAY. OFFICIALS SAY THE NEW TRAIL, WHICH IS NEARLY TWO MILES, WILL PROVIDE MORE TRANSPORTATION ACCESS TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA. IT ALSO CONNECTS PARTS OF THE CITY TO THE SWAMP RABBIT TRAIL. CAN HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON THIS COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THESE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS CAN NOW HOP ON THEIR BIKE OR ON FOOT AND GET TO THE Y, GET TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, GET TO THE BROADER SWAMP RABBIT TRAIL NETWORK. SO IT REALLY BRINGS A VARIETY OF KIND OF TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS TO THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN THREE YEARS IN THE MAKING. THE THE FUNDRAISING, THE TO SECURE THE LAND. AND OF COURSE, THAT ALL CAME TO A HEAD YESTERDAY WITH THAT GROUNDBREAKING THAT PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED THIS WINTER. A NEW CHICK FIL A IS OPENING IN ASHEVILLE. THE RESTAURANT ON BREVARD ROAD WILL OPEN ON THURSDAY. OWNER GRAYSON TANNER SAYS HE’S EXCITED TO ESTABLISH ROOTS IN ASHEVILLE ALONGSIDE HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN, AND WE’RE TOLD THAT NEW LOCATION BRINGS 85 NEW JOBS TO THE AREA. IT WILL OFFER DINING I