BREAKING THIS MORNING... A WOMAN WALKING ALONG A LIBERTY COUNTY ROADWAY.. HIT BY A PICKUP TRUCK. OFFICERS SHARING A TROUBLING DETAIL.. ABOUT THE VICTIM. A LOCAL UNIVERSITY... REMOVING LGTBQ SIGNS ACROSS CAMPUS.. AND REMOVING RESOURCES FOR THE COMMUNITY ONLINE. WHY OFFICIALS SAY... THEY'RE MAKING CHANGES. <> AND WHY PROTESTS ERUPTED AT GEORGIA'S EMORY UNIVERSITY. PLUS ... MEDICATION YOU TAKE TO HELP YOU SLEEP.. COULD POSE SOME MAJOR RISKS. A DOCTOR TELLS US WHY SOME PEOPLE FACE MORE RISKS.. THAN OTHERS. 301 BYPASSAT OLD REGISTER ROAD IN STATESBORO THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NEWS. GOOD MORNING - - I'M EMMA HAMILTON. AND I'M FRANK SULKOWSKI. METEOROLOGIST JONATHAN MYERS IS JOINING US NOW .... NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR... FRIDAY MOSTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 80. EAST WIND 6 TO 13 MPH, WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 20 MPH. FRIDAY NIGHT PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 62. EAST WIND 8 TO 16 MPH, WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 24 MPH. SATURDAY MOSTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 78. EAST WIND 8 TO 14 MPH, WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 22 MPH. SATURDAY NIGHT MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 62. EAST WIND 7 TO 9 MPH. SUNDAY PARTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 80. SUNDAY NIGHT MOSTLY CLEAR, WITH A LOW AROUND 60. MONDAY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 82. MONDAY NIGHT CLEAR, WITH A LOW AROUND 62. TUESDAY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 86. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. A WOMAN IS DEAD AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR IN LIBERTY COUNTY. ACCORDING TO GEORGIA STATE PATROL .. SHE WAS HIT BY A PICK UP TRUCK. IT HAPPENED ON AIRPORT ROAD NEAR E-G MILES PARKWAY AROUND ELEVEN-30 LAST NIGHT. THE MAN DRIVING THE PICKUP TRUCK TOLD AUTHORITIES HE DID SEE THE WOMAN. SHE WAS TAKEN TO LIBERTY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN HINESVILLE WHERE SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY. THIS MORNING.. WE'RE LEARNING WHY GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LEADERS REMOVED LGBTQ SIGNAGE ACROSS CAMPUS AS WELL AS ONLINE RESOURCES.. CREATED FOR THE QUEER COMMUNITY. WHEN YOU SEARCH "SAFE SPACE TRAINING" ON THE GEORGIA SOUTHERN WEBSITE.... THE RESULT SHOWS "PAGE NOT FOUND." GEORGIA SOUTHERN OFFICIALS SAY THE TRAINING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS QUOTE... "OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH UPDATED UNIVERSITY SYSTEM POLICIES." RAISING QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS... FROM SOME L-G-B-T-Q-I-A PLUS MEMBERS. GEORGIA SOUTHERN RELEASED A STATEMENT THAT SAYS IN PART QUOTE... "WE RECOGNIZE THERE IS A NEED TO PROVIDE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT SPEAK TO ALL MEMBERS OF OUR UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE EDUCATION SURROUNDING LEGALLY PROTECTED RIGHTS." PROTESTS ... BOILING OVER ... AT COLLEGE CAMPUSES ACROSS AMERICA. STUDENTS... UNIVERSITIES AND POLICE CLASHING OVER THE ISRAEL- PALESTINE WAR AND FREE SPEECH .. INCLUDING HERE IN GEORGIA. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO BEHIND ME.. SHOWING SOME OF THE CHAOTIC MOMENTS FROM YESTERDAY'S DEMONSTRATION AT EMORY UNIVERSITY. WE'VE LEARNED NEARLY 30 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED ... INCLUDING THE CHAIRWOMAN OF EMORY'S PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT. <> THE WOMAN IN THIS VIDEO.. IS ASKING THE PERSON RECORDING TO LET THE DEPARTMENT KNOW SHE WAS BEING ARRESTED. PROTEST ORGANIZERS SAY ... THEY ARE PART OF A COALITION ... OF LOCAL DEMONSTRATORS. THEY ARE NOT ONLY PROTESTING THE WAR BETWEEN HAMAS AND ISRAEL ... BUT ALSO POLICE BRUTALITY. "THIS IS INSANE. I JUST SAW POLICE USE UNNECESSARY VIOLENCE FOR PEACEFUL PROTESTERS. I SAW POLICE KNOCK STUDENTS TO THE GROUND. CLEARLY YOU SEE A BUNCH OF ARRESTS GOING ON. PEOPLE WERE PEPPER SPRAYED. THIS IS A SCHOOL LIKE WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?" STUDENTS ACROSS THE U-S WERE INSPIRED BY DEMONSTRATIONS AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.. WHERE MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED. SAVANNAH OFFICIALS ARE ONE STEP CLOSER TO BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION.. THAT WILL BRING AROUND ONE HUNDRED AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS TO THE CITY. THE CITY IS PARTNERING WITH DEVELOPERS.. AND WILL RELY ON TAX CREDITS.. TO KEEP RENT LOW. YESTERDAY ... CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO APPROVE THE THREE MILLION DOLLAR LOAN FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND TO FINANCE THE CREDITS. THEY'LL ONLY PAY IF THE CREDITS ARE AWARDED. <> THE WAY YOU MAKE THESE APARTMENTS VERY AFFORDABLE AND HIGH QUALITY IS THROUGH THE USE OF THE TAX CREDITS. YOU'RE ABLE TO SELL THEM, GENERATE EQUITY, WHICH MEANS THAT THE BANK FINANCING, OR THE FINANCING FROM ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS, IS VERY SMALL SO THEY CAN KEEP THE RENTS LOW. CITY LEADERS ALSO APPROVED THE SALE OF THE FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY TO THE DEVELOPERS. MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS COMING TO THE PORT OF SAVANNAH. THANKS TO OVER FIFTEEN - *MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FUNDING. THIS IS APART OF PRESIDENT BIDEN'S INFRASTRUCTURE LAW .. WHICH PROVIDES GRANTS FOCUSED ON REDUCING POLLUTION IN.. AND AROUND THE PORTS. THE FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM WILL WORK TOWARD SWITCHING FROM DIESEL-RUN EQUIPMENT.. TO LOW OR ZERO EMISSIONS. <> "YOU SEE BIG TRUCKS ON THE ROAD AND THERE'S BIG CLOUDS OF, YOU KNOW, DIESEL EMISSIONS COMING OUT OF THEM. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS IN PLACES WHERE WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TRUCKS LIKE AT PORTS AND A LOT OF EMISSIONS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REDUCE EMISSIONS OR SO PARTICULARLY FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND THEM, IT'S NOT QUITE AS IMPACTFUL." MORE THAN SIX HUNDRED TRUCKS WILL BE REPLACED DURING THE PROGRAM WITH THE GOAL OF LESSENING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT. HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND... THE "BLESSING OF THE FLEET" IN THUNDERBOLT. THE EVENT IS RETURNING FOR ITS THIRD YEAR. WJCL 22 NEWS' KYRON NEVEAUX IS JOINING US LIVE NEAR THE WILMINGTON RIVER THIS MORNING. KY... WE KNOW THIS IS A BIG YEAR FOR SHRIMPERS. FRANK AND EMMA- AFTER LAST YEARS ILLEGAL SHRIMP DUMPING, THIS ANNUAL EVENT WHICH IS TO PRAY OVER INDUSTRY IS NEEDED. THE TOWN OF THUNDERBOLT EXPECTS A LARGE CROWD TO SHOW UP SATURDAY FOR A FULL DAY OF ACTIVITIES. THE BLESSING OF THE FLEET ALLOWS INDUSTRY WORKERS TO MEET DIRECTLY WITH THEIR CONSUMERS AND COMMUNITY. AFTER BEING THE INDUSTRY WAS HIT HARD LAST YEAR, MAYOR DANA WILLIAMS IS HOPING THIS YEARS BLESSING CREATES A BETTER SEASON. "AT ONE POINT, THEY WERE GETTING LESS THAN A DOLLAR A POUND AT THE DOCK FOR THEIR SHRIMP. SO THE SHRIMPING INDUSTRY AND IN GEORGIA AND IN AMERICA WAS REALLY HIT HARD LAST YEAR.SO WE'RE HOPING FOR A MUCH BETTER SEASON THIS YEAR FOR OUR SHRIMPERS ACTUALLY TO BE PROFITABLE AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD TO GO OUT AND CATCH THE SHRIMP, BECAUSE THE BLESSING WILL START SHORTLY AFTER ONE. WHEN I SEE YOU AGAIN, I WILL SHARE HOW THE SHRIMP INDUSTRY HAS CHANGED AND IMPACTED THE COMMUNITY HERE. BACK TO YOU. THANKS KY. THIS MORNING... UNCOVERING THE POSSIBLE DANGERS.. IN DRUGS MEANT TO HELP YOU SLEEP. AND WE WANT TO KNOW.. HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT SLEEP AID MEDICATION. YOU CAN VOTE NOW IN OUR LIVE POLL.. BY SCANNING THE Q-R CODE ON YOUR SCREEN.. OR VISITING WJCL DOT COM SLASH VOTE. WE MADE A SCALE.. WHICH RANGES FROM DANGEROUS TO SAFE.. AND YOU CAN TELL US WHERE YOU STAND. WHILE YOU VOTE... WJCL 22 NEWS BROOKE BUTLER TALKED TO A SAVANNAH DOCTOR.. ABOUT THE RISKS THE MEDICATIONS CAN PRESENT.. IF *NOT TAKEN EVERY DAY - PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY SPEND THE NIGHT TOSSING AND TURNING... INSTEAD OF GETTING A FULL NIGHT'S SLEEP. (NAT ALARM) THIS EXHAUSTING PATTERN CAN LEAD MANY TO TURN TO SLEEP AIDES....LIKE AMBIEN. BUT THERE ARE RISKS WITH TAKING SOME OF THESE MEDICATIONS - LONG TERM 1:05 THERE ARE LONG TERM RISKS TO AMBIEN LIKE SLEEPWALKING JUDGMENT ISSUES. 1:08 AS PEOPLE AGE, YOU METABOLIZE IT DIFFERENTLY AND IT TENDS TO ACCUMULATE IN YOUR SYSTEM. 1:14 ANOTHER COMMON OPTION PEOPLE TURN TO - IS BENADRYL. 31 WE'VE KNOWN FOR YEARS THAT REGULAR USE OF FIRST GENERATION HISTAMINE SUCH AS BENADRYL ON A LONG TERM, REGULAR BASIS DOES INCREASE YOUR RISK OF DEMENTIA. :40 AND IF YOU THINK A SUPPLEMENT LIKE MELATONIN IS SAFE - KEEP IN MIND - IT'S NOT FOR EVERYONE. 3:30 IT'S WINDING A LOT OF KIDS UP IN THE HOSPITAL AND EMERGENCY ROOMS. 3:33 THE CDC ANNOUNCED IN A NEW REPORT - THERE WAS A 530 PERCENT INCREASE IN CALLS TO POISON CONTROL CENTERS BETWEEN 2012 AND 2021 - FOR PEDIATRIC MELATONIN INGESTION. AND A 420 PERCENT INCREASE IN CHILDREN LANDING IN EMERGENCY ROOMS - AS A RESULT OF THE SLEEP INDUCING SUPPLEMENT. 3:52 SOME OF THE SIDE EFFECTS THAT CHILDREN CAN EXPERIENCE. 3:54 THEY CAN GET OVER SEDATED, THEY CAN GET NAUSEATED, THEY CAN VOMIT WHILE THEY'RE SLEEPING. AND 3:59 WE'VE SEEN LOTS OF THAT IN THE GENERAL POPULATION. 4:02 AT THE ACCORDING TO MEMORIAL HEALTH... WITHIN THE PAST SIX MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN 72 ACCIDENTAL SLEEPING AID INGESTIONS - INVOLVING CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER. THERE HAVE BEEN 122 ACCIDENTAL INGESTIONS FOR THOSE UNDER 18. MANY OF THESE CASES - SIMPLY INVOLVE THE CHILD - TAKING TOO MUCH.