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COURTROOM. FIRST, AT FIVE, A TROPICAL SYSTEM CAUSING ROUGH SURF AND HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE COAST OF THE CAROLINAS. VIDEO ON THE LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN SHOWING MAJOR FLOODING IN CAROLINA BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA. AND THEN ON YOUR RIGHT, THATS A LIVE LOOK FROM MYRTLE BEACH. AS THE SYSTEM PUSHES INLAND, WERE EXPERIENCING WERE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE RAIN AND THE WIND. THAT IS WHY A LIVE SUPER DOPPLER IMPACT WEATHER DAY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TOMORROW. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRIS CHASE JUSTICE JOINING US AT THE DESK NOW. CHRIS, HOW MUCH RAIN ARE WE TALKING FOR? OUR AREA ANYWHERE FROM A HALF AN INCH WEST OF GREENVILLE TO TWO INCHES IN SPARTANBURG, BUT SOME AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA HAD 18 TODAY. I HEARD YOU SAY THAT GET THIS ARE GOING TO GET ANOTHER 12 TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. YEAH. DEVASTATING FLOODING A 1 IN 1000 YEAR FLOOD FOR PARTS OF WILMINGTON NORTHBOUND THROUGH CAROLINA BEACH. THERE ARE NO STRANGERS TO THESE KIND OF IMPACTS HERE. THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. ITS THIS FIRE HYDRANT TYPE ENGINE OF JUST RAIN. JUST PUTTING THE HOSE RIGHT HERE ON THESE AREAS WHERE ITS JUST COMING IN AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. BECAUSE THE TRACK OF THIS IS INLAND LIKE THIS. NOW ITS NOT A TROPICAL SYSTEM, AND IT LIKELY WILL NEVER GET THOSE KIND OF CHARACTERISTICS. ITS JUST A REGULAR OLD LOW. BUT THAT DOESNT MEAN ITS NOT POTENT HERE, FOLKS. LET ME SHOW YOU THE TRACK OF THIS LOW SIMILAR TO A TROPICAL SYSTEM. ITS MOVING INLAND AND WILL DO SO OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. YOU CAN SEE THOSE WARNINGS IN THE GREEN BOXES RIGHT HERE WHERE THOSE AREAS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET THAT ONSLAUGHT OF RAIN COMING INLAND RIGHT HERE, HERE AT HOME. WEVE GOT CLOUDS, WEVE GOT RAIN AND HAVE GREENVILLE EASTBOUND THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE DAY TODAY, SOME DRIZZLE, SOME LIGHT RAIN HERE AND THERE. THATS DONE A NUMBER ON TEMPERATURES. LET ME SHOW YOU THAT BECAUSE IN ANDERSON WHERE THE SUN HAS PEEKED THROUGH THOSE CLOUDS, IT IS TREMENDOUSLY WARMER. LOOK AT THAT 74 IN ANDERSON. COMPARED TO 67 IN GREENVILLE COMPARED TO 61 IN SPARTANBURG. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE CLOUDS HAVE BEEN MORE PLENTIFUL TODAY AND THEREFORE THE COOLER TEMPERATURES. ITS ALSO REALLY WINDY. SUSTAINED WINDS 10 TO 15MPH, GUSTING AT TIMES TO 30MPH. LET ME SHOW YOU THE 12 HOUR FORECAST. WEVE GOT TEMPERATURES THAT WILL DIP DOWN TO THE LOW 60S TONIGHT WITH RAIN BECOMING MORE LIKELY MIDNIGHT AND THEREAFTER. COMING UP, ILL SHOW YOU THE IMPACTS TO YOUR MORNING COMMUTE AND WHAT THE REST OF THE WEEK LOOKS LIKE. CHRIS. THANK YOU. A SECOND ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT TARGETING FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, NOW A 58 YEAR OLD MAN, IS FACING FEDERAL CHARGES. RYAN RALPH MADE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE IN FLORIDA THIS MORNING. HE WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTER AUTHORITIES SAY THEY SPOTTED A FIREARM POKING OUT OF SHRUBBERY ON THE WEST PALM BEACH GOLF COURSE, WHERE TRUMP WAS PLAYING. THE MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE RELEASED BODY CAMERA VIDEO TODAY SHOWING THE MOMENT RALPH WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING A MOTIVE THEY SAY THE FORMER PRESIDENT WALKED AWAY UNHARMED AND IN AN UPDATE JUST ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO, AUTHORITIES SAY THE SUSPECT WAS THE SUBJECT OF A CLOSED 2019 INVESTIGATION. THE FBI SAYS IT GOT A TIP ABOUT RALPH ILLEGALLY HAVING A GUN. NATIONAL INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT JOHN CARLISLE HAS MORE ON THE SUSPECTS EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL BACKGROUND. THATS RYAN WESLEY, RALPH STANDING OUTSIDE THE U.S. CAPITOL MORE THAN A YEAR AGO. THE PICTURE FROM A LINKEDIN POST WHERE RALPH ALSO POSTED A PICTURE OF HIMSELF IN UKRAINES CAPITAL, A SELF-PROCLAIMED HUMAN RIGHTS AND POLITICAL ACTIVIST. RALPH LIVED IN NORTH CAROLINA MOST OF HIS LIFE, WORKING AS A CONTRACTOR AND OWNING A ROOFING BUSINESS. HE MOVED TO HAWAII IN 2018, WHERE HE OWNS A BUSINESS WITH ONE OF HIS SONS THAT BUILDS STORAGE UNITS AND TINY HOUSES IN HAWAII. RALPH WAS ACTIVE ON TWITTER, WRITING IN HIS PROFILE QUOTE, I FEEL LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN BORN IN AMERICA WITH FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY AND HOPE THAT I DO NOT WASTE SUCH A VALUABLE THING. THE NATIONAL INVESTIGATIVE UNIT RECOVERED HUNDREDS OF POSTS FROM HIS NOW REMOVED ACCOUNT, SOME IN 2020, SHOWING HE WAS SUPPORTING BERNIE SANDERS. ANOTHER TWEET SAYING HE SUPPORTED DONALD TRUMP IN 2016. HIS VOTING RECORD SHOWS HES UNAFFILIATED, AND IN RECENT YEARS, HIS SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS SUPPORT JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS. ON X, RALPH ONCE INVITED NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN TO COME AND VACATION IN HAWAII IN HOPES OF BUILDING A FRIENDLY BOND BETWEEN THE DICTATOR AND AMERICANS. MORE RECENTLY, HE PUBLICLY TRIED TO RECRUIT VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS TO GO OVERSEAS. HIS PHONE LINE FOR RECRUITS STILL ACTIVE, SENDING SOLDIERS TO UKRAINE AS WELL AS TAIWAN. IF YOUD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER, PLEASE SEND ME A MESSAGE. RALPH WENT TO UKRAINE IN 2022 TO AID IN ITS DEFENSE AGAINST RUSSIAS INVASION. BUT UKRAINES INTERNATIONAL LEGION CONFIRMED WITH CNN RALPH WAS NEVER PART OF THE MILITARY THERE OR A CONFIRMED VOLUNTEER LONG BEFORE HIS ARREST SUNDAY IN FLORIDA, RALPH HAD A DEEP CRIMINAL HISTORY DATING BACK TO 1998. IN 2002, HE FACED FIREARM CHARGES, INCLUDING ONE CHARGE OF POSSESSING A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION, WHICH A LOCAL NEWSPAPER ARTICLE SAID WAS A MACHINE GUN. DURING A TRAFFIC STOP AND STANDOFF. HOWEVER, 11 YEARS PRIOR, IN 1991, RALPH WON A LAW ENFORCEMENT OSCAR AND WAS REGARDED AS A SUPER CITIZEN FOR HELPING CATCH A SUSPECTED RAPIST AND AIDING WITH THE INVESTIGATION THAT WAS NATIONAL INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT JOHN CARDINALE NOW, AND THAT WAS FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. QUESTIONS ARE MOUNTING ABOUT THE SECRET SERVICE. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS CALLING ON CONGRESS TO GIVE MORE RESOURCES TO THE AGENCY. COMING UP LATER IN OUR NEWSCAST, A LIVE REPORT ON THE RESPONSE FROM LAWMAKERS ALREADY INVESTIGATING THE FIRST ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT. BREAKING NEWS COMING OUT OF CHARLOTTE AND THE SPORTS WORLD TODAY. THE CAROLINA PANTHERS ANNOUNCED THAT FORMER FIRST OVERALL DRAFT PICK AND STARTING QUARTERBACK BRYCE YOUNG HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN BENCHED. THE MOVE COMES FOLLOWING A 0 TO 2 START TO THE SEASON IN WHICH YOUNG HAS YET TO THROW A TOUCHDOWN PASS. OUR CHASE JUSTICE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ABOUT THIS BIG MOVE. CHASE, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT PANTHERS FANS EXPECTED THAT ANYONE EXPECTED? WELL, SYDNEY AND NIGEL, FOLLOWING SUNDAYS 26 TO 3 LOSS AGAINST THE CHARGERS HEAD COACH DAVE CANALES ECHOED THE FACT THAT BRYCE YOUNG IS THEIR GUY AND NO MOVE WOULD BE MADE REGARDING THE STARTING QUARTERBACK SPOT. BUT JUST A DAY LATER, PANTHERS BRASS HAS SEEMINGLY HAD A CHANGE OF HEART, SENDING THE FORMER FIRST OVERALL DRAFT PICK TO THE BENCH IN FAVOR OF TRIED AND TRUE JOURNEYMAN ANDY DALTON. THE MOVE COMES JUST ONE YEAR FOLLOWING THE TEAMS DECISION TO PACKAGE TWO FIRST ROUND PICKS, TWO SECOND ROUND PICKS AND PRO BOWL WIDEOUT D.J. MOORE IN EXCHANGE FOR THE RIGHT TO SELECT YOUNG WITH THE TOP SPOT IN THE 2023 NFL DRAFT. BUT YOUNG HAS STRUGGLED HEAVILY SINCE ASSUMING THE ROLE OF STARTING QUARTERBACK, WINNING JUST TWO GAMES IN 2023. AND AS OF LATE HAS FAILED TO THROW A TOUCHDOWN PASS IN EIGHT OF THE LAST NINE GAMES. WHEN COACH CANALES WAS ASKED WHAT ROLE THE PANTHERS OWNER DAVID TEPPER MIGHT HAVE HAD IN THE DECISION TO BENCH BRYCE YOUNG, CANAL SAID THAT HE WANTED TO KEEP THAT INFORMATION PRIVATE. NOW WELL HAVE PLENTY MORE ON THE MOVE COMING UP LATER IN SPORTS. CHASE. THANK YOU. A MURDER TRIAL, EIGHT YEARS IN THE MAKING. A JURY SELECTION TODAY. JOHN BLAUVELT IS CHARGED WITH MURDER AND POSSESSION OF A WEAPON DURING A VIOLENT CRIME. AFTER HIS ESTRANGED WIFE WAS FOUND STABBED TO DEATH IN SIMPSONVILLE. OUR PEYTON FURTADO IS LIVE OUTSIDE THE GREENVILLE COUNTY COURTHOUSE OR INSIDE? PEYTON. WHAT DO WE KNOW? SO FAR? YEAH, NIGEL, IM ACTUALLY INSIDE. RIGHT NOW BECAUSE COURT IS STILL GOING ON. IT CAN BE VERY, VERY EARLY. WELL, VERY, VERY LATE. TODAY THEY SENT THE JURY HOME EARLY TODAY AND ASKED THEM TO COME BACK AGAIN. 9 A.M. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF PRETRIAL MOTIONS GOING ON. A FEW THINGS WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT ARE ON THE RECORD. LETS GET INTO THE ACTUAL FACTS OF THE CASE THAT WE KNOW. THIS ALL STARTED BACK IN 2016, 22 YEAR OLD KATIE BLAUVELT WAS FOUND STABBED TO DEATH IN AN ABANDONED SIMPSONVILLE HOUSE. A DAY AFTER SHED BEEN REPORTED MISSING. NOW, WE JUST HEARD IN COURT THAT APPARENTLY THEY HAD BEEN SEPARATED ABOUT FOUR DAYS AT THIS POINT. SOON AFTER HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND, JOHN BLAUVELT, A FORMER U.S. ARMY RECRUITER, FLED WITH A 17 YEAR OLD GIRLFRIEND, HANNAH THOMPSON. WERE TOLD BY AUTHORITIES AT THE TIME THEY WERE SPOTTED NEAR THE MEXICAN BORDER IN CALIFORNIA BEFORE THOMPSON RETURNED TO SOUTH CAROLINA, SAYING BLAUVELT ABANDONED HER. JOHN BLAUVELT WAS ON THE RUN FOR NEARLY SIX YEARS UNTIL 2022, WHEN HE WAS FOUND AND ARRESTED IN OREGON. NOW, AGAIN, COURT IS GOING TO COME BACK TOMORROW AT 9 A.M. HE IS IN THE COURTROOM RIGHT NOW. WERE GOING TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE INFORMATION AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE, PERHAPS AS EARLY AS 6:00, BUT FOR NOW, LIVE IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. IM PEYTON FURTADO FOR WYFF NEWS FOUR. PEYTON, THANK YOU. TURNING NOW TO CHEROKEE COUNTY. A 15 YEAR OLD IS CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER SHOOTING AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX OVER THE WEEKEND. POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED AROUND 1030 SATURDAY NIGHT NEAR THE LIMESTONE COURTS APARTMENTS IN GAFFNEY. THE CORONER SAYS 41 YEAR OLD KIRSTEN PHILLIPS WAS SHOT IN THE STOMACH AFTER AN ARGUMENT. PHILLIPS WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL WHERE SHE LATER DIED. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE TEEN SUSPECT IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD AT THE JW. A HEARING WILL DETERMINE IF HE WILL BE TRIED AS AN ADULT. GREENVILLE COUNTY STUDENT LIONEL CERVANTES WILL BE LAID TO REST THIS WEEK. AUTHORITIES SAY THE EIGHT YEAR OLD WAS REPORTED MISSING LAST THURSDAY FROM BELLS CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. HIS BODY WAS FOUND IN A POND HOURS LATER. HIS FUNERAL WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW AT THE THOMAS MCAFEE FUNERAL HOME ON WHITE HORSE ROAD. A VISITATION FOR FRIENDS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY BEGINS AT 4 P.M. THE FUNERAL SERVICE BEGINNING AT 6 P.M. THE FAMILY ASKS THAT NO PHOTOGRAPHS OR VIDEOS ARE TAKEN INSIDE THE FUNERAL HOME. THERE IS ALSO A GOFUNDME SET UP TO HELP COVER THE BURIAL COSTS. YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THIS INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE ON WYFF 4.COM. ALL GOOD HERE. THAT WAS THE. FINAL TEXT SENT FROM THE DOOMED CREW OF THE TITAN SUBMERSIBLE BEFORE IT IMPLODED LAST SUMMER. WHILE ON AN EXPEDITION TO THE TITANIC. TODAY WAS THE START OF THE COAST GUARDS INVESTIGATIVE HEARINGS INTO THE ACCIDENT. TEN FORMER OCEANGATE EMPLOYEES WILL TESTIFY OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS IN NORTH CHARLESTON. THE COAST GUARD IS LOOKING INTO THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION THAT KILLED. ALL FIVE PEOPLE ON BOARD. TODAY, AN OCEAN GATE ENGINEER TESTIFIED THAT THE TITAN HAD BEEN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN THE PAST AND THAT A PREVIOUS CRACK IN THE HULL HAD BEEN REPAIRED. WHILE HE INSISTED THE SUBMERSIBLE BE DECOMMISSIONED BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE. TAKING A LOOK NOW AT THE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN THE UPSTATE, THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT I-85 SOUTH AT AIRPORT ROAD IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. SO FAR, SO GOOD FOR YOUR MONDAY EVENING COMMUTE. LETS TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THOSE DRIVE TIMES NOW. THEY. WOW. LOOK AT THAT. 153 TO 385 IN THE GREEN. 12 MINUTE COMMUTE FOR YOU THERE. IF YOURE HEADING 85 NORTHBOUND, 85 NORTHBOUND THOUGH WOODRUFF ROAD TO THE AIRPORT, 12 MINUTES IN THE RED DOWNTOWN TO FAIRVIEW ROAD AND SIMPSONVILLE ALL GOOD. 14 MINUTES. NEXT 12 HOURS. NO RAIN INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA. 11:00 AND BEYOND. COMING UP, ILL SHOW YOU IMPACTS TO YOUR MORNING COMMUTE. RIGHT NOW, FIREFIGHTERS ARE WORKING TO CONTAIN INTENSE FLAMES SHOOTING INTO THE SKY OVER A HOUSTON SUBURB. A LIVE LOOK NOW FROM LA PORTE, TEXAS. FIREFIGHTERS ARE HAVE CALLED AFTER AN EXPLOSION RATTLED HOMES AND BUSINESSES THIS MORNING. PEOPLE NEARBY WERE TOLD TO SHELTER IN PLACE. TAKING A LOOK AT VIDEO NOW, OFFICIALS SAY 20 INCH PIPELINE CARRYING NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS BURNED. IT MUST BURN ITSELF OUT. ITS NOT CLEAR WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. LOOK AT THOSE FLAMES. THERE ARE THANKFULLY, NO REPORTS OF INJURIES AT THIS TIME. RIGHT NOW, AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER TWO INNOCENT BYSTANDERS WERE HURT IN A POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTING. THIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY AT A NEW YORK SUBWAY STATION. IDA SIEGEL HAS T