GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US..
I'M LEAH JOHNSON..
THIS IS EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 11.
THE EXTRAS... THE ACTORS AND THE CREW PUT IN THEIR SECOND DAY OF WORK TODAY ON THE SET OF HARRISON FORD'S NEW MOVIE "42."
FRANK MALLOY'S WRAPPING UP THE DAY'S ACTION... FRANK?
"42" TELLS THE STORY OF JACKIE ROBINSON AND HOW HE BROKE THE COLOR BARRIER IN BASEBALL.
YESTERDAY... AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER... THE ACTION WAS ON UPPER RIVER ROAD IN JONES COUNTY.
TODAY... THE CREW MOVED OPERATIONS TO LUTHER WILLIAMS FIELD AT CENTRAL CITY PARK.
THEY BLOCKED OFF THE ROAD THROUGH THE PARK... AS LIGHTING TRUCKS... CARS AND OTHER PRODUCTION VEHICLES ROLLED ALONG ON THE WAY TO THE FIELD.
THE LINEUP EVEN FEATURED A FEW CLASSIC CARS.
WE CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF SOME BALLPLAYERS DECKED OUT IN 1940'S CLOTHING WHILE OTHERS STILL HAD TO BE FITTED FOR THEIR COSTUMES.
Katlin Passmore:I'm gonna have hot rollers, the little ones that you sleep in, have to sleep in and come in with the rollers in and all and she says she'll take it from there.
Nadine Bone, Atlanta: I;m going to be wearing I want to say a yellowish, nice blouse with an off-white jacket, very professional looking but appropiate for that time setting with a nice white skirt with matching shoes.
ONE BALL PLAYER WE TALKED TO SAYS HE PARTICIPATED IN A SCENE WITH THE MOVIE'S STAR - HARRISON FORD.
Tony Baker, aTLANTA: (7:40) "He seemed like a laid back guy, funny. Joking around. Had a couple of mess up scenes and everthing."
THERE WERE ALSO SOME DETERMINED FOLKS WHO WANTED TO SNEAK A PEEK OF INDIANA JONES.
Martha Cohen, Macon: We're hoping to get a glimpse of a little Hollywood in Macon and see Harrison Ford and also George from Grey's Anatomy. we keep hearing reports around town and we're hoping to get in on the action.
Caryn Robertson, Macon :I would love to see all the 40s stuff see people in old cars in the old 40s outfits and stuff, see Harrison Ford in a 40s suit would be cool.
WHILE THE FILMING WAS GOING ON AT LUTHER WILLIAMS PARK... CREWS WERE ALSO PREPPING FOR OTHER SCENES AROUND MACON.
THAT INCLUDED THIS HOME ON HIGH STREET - NO WORD ON WHEN CREWS MIGHT FILM THERE.
DOWNTOWN ON SECOND STREET... CREW MEMBERS BUILT AND TESTED A SIMULATOR TO CREATE RAIN.
IT HAPPENED OUTSIDE ANDERSON JEWELERS.
IN THE MOVIE... SOME CHARACTERS WILL GET CAUGHT IN THE RAIN...AND DUCK INTO THE STORE.
THE MOVIE MAKERS PLAN TO FILM THAT SCENE.....LATE NEXT WEEK.
YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS... BUT LUTHER WILLIAMS FIELD ACTUALLY HAS A HISTORICAL TIE TO JACKIE ROBINSON.
HE PLAYED AN EXHIBITION GAME AT THE PARK BACK IN 1949.
ON EYEWITNESS NEWS AT SIX WE SPOKE TO ATTORNEY AND AUTHOR CARL WILSON... WHO WROTE A BOOK ON MACON'S MINOR LEAGUE HISTORY AND WAS THERE THE INGHT ROPBINSON AND HIS TEAMMATES TOOK THE FIELD AGAINST THE MACON PEACHES..
Carl Wilson:...WELL THERE WAS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT BECAUSE HISTORY WAS BEING MADE BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST RACIALLY INTEGRATED LIVE SPORTING EVENT IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA AT LEAST THAT WE KNOW ABOUT. BUT ALSO IT WAS EXICTING BECAUSE MOST OF US AROUND HERE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SEE A REAL FIRST CLASS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM.
YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH THE EYEWITNESS NEWS TEAM'S COVERAGE OF "42"... AND ADD YOUR OWN TIPS.
VISIT 13WMAZ DOT COM... SCROLL DOWN THE HOMEPAGE AND CLICK THE "FILMING OF 42" LINK IN THE 'CHECK IT OUT' BOX ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
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AND YOU CAN GET INTO THE CONVERSATION AS WELL.
JUST DROP A TIP ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE... OR TWEET IT WITH THE HASHTAG #42MOVIE.
AND SOME OF YOU ARE ALREADY USING THAT HASHTAG.
ONE PERSON TWEETED... "ON MY WAY TO THE SET! LET'S GET THIS THING ROLLIN!"
SOMEONE ELSE WROTE... "ITS LIKE A HOLLYWOOD IN MACON..."
AND A THIRD PERSON SENT.. "SENT IN MY INFORMATION TO #42MOVIE CASTING CALL TO BE AN EXTRA. WHO KNOWS, MAYBE I'LL GET A CALL AND GET TO SEE HARRISON FORD.
GEORGIA GOVERNOR NATHAN DEAL HAS PUT A FREEZE ON GAS TAXES.
IT PREVENTS AN INCREASE THAT WOULD HAVE KICKED IN JULY FIRST.
DEAL SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TODAY FREEZING THE GAS TAX AT CURRENT LEVELS.
IT SAVES DRIVERS NEARLY ONE CENT FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
THE STATE GAS TAX HAD BEEN SET TO RISE POINT 8 CENTS ON JULY FIRST, AS A RESULT OF A
FORMULA TIED TO FUEL PRICES.
MACON CITY COUNCILMAN TOM ELLINGTON AND BIBB COUNTY COMMISSION CANDIDATE TOM WAGONER DISAGREE ON WHETHER A CONSOLIDATED CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT WOULD BE CHEAPER AND MORE EFFICIENT.
THEY BOTH SPOKE IN A DISCUSSION SPONSORED BY THE MACON NAACP CHAPTER.
WAGONER BELIEVES A MERGED GOVERNMENT COULD CUT SPENDING BY TWENTY PERCENT BY STARTING AT THE TOP.
BUT ELLINGTON.. CHAIR OF THE CITY'S APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE SAYS THAT'S ABOUT THIRTY-ONE MILLION DOLLARS.. AND THAT CAN'T BE DONE.
Tom Ellington, Opposes Consolidation: You're not going to get that simply cutting at the top. Even if you simply eliminate, for the sake of argument, the entire mayor's budget, that entire office, and the entire city council budget.
Tom Wagoner, Supports Consolidation; I only need one CFO, I don't need two.That's a six figure income. so it'll go a hundred and something thousand. I only need one human resource person, not two. That's a hundred and something thousand..
ABOUT THIRTY PEOPLE ATTENDED THE DEBATE AT MACON CITY HALL.
THE LONE SURVIVOR OF LAST WEEK'S RECENT DEADLY ACCIDENT AT THE IGNICO DRIVE CROSSING IN HOUSTON COUNTY.. IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.
BIBB CORONER LEON JONES SAYS.. THE DRIVER.. WILLIE LYONS.. WHO WAS CRITICALLY INJURED ON MAY 27TH .. WILL HAVE TO RETURN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SURGERY.
HIS DAUGHTER...7 WEEK OLD KINSLEY REID... AND THE CHILD'S MOTHER 31 YEAR OLD DONNELLE REID DIED WHEN A TRAIN STRUCK THEIR CAR.
A SMALL GROUP PROTESTED TODAY FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AT THE IGNICO DRIVE RAILROAD CROSSING.
PAMELA PATTEN ORGANIZED TODAY'S PROTEST TO GRAB NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD'S ATTENTION.
THE GROUP WORE RED SHIRTS. PATTEN SAYS THAT'S TO SUPPORT LOCAL TROOPS AND TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR SAFETY.
NORFOLK SOUTHERN SAYS IT COULD TAKE BETWEEN SIX AND 10 MONTHS TO INSTALL CROSSING ARMS AT THE INTERSECTION.
PATTON SAYS SHE HOPES IT WON'T TAKE THAT LONG.
WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON A SHOOTOUT AT A FUNERAL WE TOLD YOU ABOUT LAST NIGHT ON EYEWITNESS NEWS AT ELEVEN..
DEKALB COUNTY POLICE SAY THE TWO PEOPLE KILLED OUTSIDE A SUBURBAN ATLANTA
CHURCH FOLLOWING THE FUNERAL SHOT EACH OTHER TO DEATH.
A POLICE SPOKESWOMAN SAID A FIGHT STARTED OUTSIDE THE CHURCH AND THE FIGHT TURNED INTO A GUN BATTLE..
19-YEAR-OLD CARLOS HENDERSON AND 28 YEAR OLD DEIMETRIUS HEARD BOTH FIRED SHOTS THAT FATALLY WOUNDED THE OTHER..
TWO OTHER PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED IN THE SHOOTOUT BUT POLICE SAID THEIR INJURIES WERE NOT CONSIDERED LIFE-THREATENING..
DETECTIVES BELIEVE THEY KNOW THE CAUSE OF THE FIGHT BUT HAVE NOT RELEASED THAT INFORMATION.
A 17 YEAR OLD BOY ACCUSED OF SHOOTING THREE FELLOW STUDENTS AND WOUNDING THREE OTHERS.. SAYS HE IS NOT GUILTY.
T-J LANE MADE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE TODAY IN OHIO..
A JUDGE RULED LAST MONTH THAT LANE WILL BE TRIED AS AN ADULT FOR THE SHOOTING AT CHARDON HIGH SCHOOL.. EAST OF CLEVELAND.
PROSECUTORS SAY.. HE ADMITTED SHOOTING AT A GROUP OF STUDENTS IN THE CAFETERIA LAST FEBRUARY.
HIS CHARGES INCLUDE THREE COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED MURDER.
HE FACES LIFE IN PRISON... IF CONVICTED.
A 67-YEAR-OLD WARNER ROBINS MAN IS CHARGED WITH BEATING A STORE CLERK THIS WEEK... AND COULD FACE MURDER CHARGES IF THE VICTIM DIES.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO WARNER ROBINS POLICE.
A NEWS RELEASE SAYS HOWARD ALLEN IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BATTERY AFTER A FIGHT AT POP'S FOOD MART ON NORTH DAVIS DRIVE MONDAY.
STORE CLERK DAHYALAL AMIN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...WITH HEAD INJURIES.
POLICE SPOKESWOMAN TABITHA PUGH SAYS DOCTORS HAVE DECLARED AMIN BRAIN DEAD....AND ALLEN'S CHARGES COULD BE UPGRADED IF THE CLERK DIES.
ALLEN IS IN THE HOUSTON COUNTY JAIL.
PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYS THE ELECTION YEAR CAN'T BE AN EXCUSE FOR CONGRESS NOT TO PASS MEASURES THAT COULD PUT AMERICANS BACK TO WORK.
HE ADDRESSED THE ECONOMY AT A BRIEF PRESS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING.. AND IT LED TO A BACK AND FORTH WITH HIS REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER.
TARA MERGENER HAS MORE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
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The weak economy brought President Obama to the White House briefing room Friday.
He urged European leaders to take action on their debt crisis.. and called on Congress to take action on the jobs plan he sent to Capitol Hill last year.
POTUS
"THEY LEFT MOST OF THE JOBS PLAN JUST SITTING THERE. AND IN LIGHT OF THE HEADWINDS WE ARE FACING RIGHT NOW, I URGE THEM TO RECONSIDER."
The President says there is already money set aside for projects that will get construction workers, teachers, police and firefighters back on the job.
POTUS
"THE PRIVATE SECTOR'S DOING FINE, WHERE WE'RE SEEING WEAKNESSES IN OUR ECONOMY HAVE TO DO WITH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT"
Tara Mergener/ CBS News
Republican White House hopeful, Mitt Romney wasted no time is answering the President's assessment of the economy.
Mitt Romney/ (R) Presidential Candidate
"HE SAID THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS DOING FINE? IS HE REALLY THAT OUT OF TOUCH?"
Later in the day the President clarified his remarks.
POTUS
"LET ME BE AS CLEAR AS I CAN BE: THE ECONOMY NEEDS TO BE STRENGTHENED THAT'S WHY I HAD A PRESSE CONFERENCE. I BELIEVE THERE ARE A LOT OF AMERICANS HURTING RIGHT NOW."
Republicans on Capitol Hill say it's the President who is refusing to work with them.
Rep. Eric Cantor/ (R-VA) House Majority Leader
"IT'S NOT THE FAULT OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE FAILED STIMULUS POLICIES AND OTHER ITEMS IN HIS AGENDA."
Republican leaders say the House will vote next month to extend Bush-era tax cuts. President Obama wants to see the cuts expire for people making more than 250-thousand dollars.
THE PRESIDENT'S REMARKS THIS MORNING CAME AFTER WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN A ROUGH WEEK FOR DEMOCRATS - THEY LOST THEY RECALL ELECTION IN WISCONSIN AND FINANCIAL REPORTS SHOW MITT ROMNEY RAISED MORE CAMPAIGN CASH IN MAY THAN THE PRESIDENT.
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WHEN THE HEALTH INSPECTOR VISITS CENTRAL GEORGIA RESTAURANTS... SOME DON'T QUITE MAKE THAT PERFECT SCORE.
WE'RE IN BIBB COUNTY FOR THIS WEEK'S RESTAURANT RATINGS... STARTING OFF WITH OUR LOW SCORES... WHICH WERE ALL IN THE LOW 80'S.
CHECKER'S DRIVE-IN AT 91 SPRING STREET MADE AN 83... COMING AFTER AN 85 ON ITS LAST INSPECTION.
MOON'S WINGS AND SEAFOOD AT 13-98 GRAY HIGHWAY ALSO MADE A B ON ITS LATEST INSPECTION... AN 82.
WAFFLE HOUSE AT 4475 OCMULGEE EAST BOULEVARD MADE AN 81 ON ITS MOST RECENT INSPECTION.... AND A 90 ON THE ONE BEFORE.
NOW FOR A LOOK AT OUR TOP SCORES... AND GOLDEN SPATULA NOMINEES.
FRANCAR'S AT 1365 LINDEN AVENUE MADE A PERFECT SCORE... COMING AFTER ANOTHER PERFECT SCORE ON THE INSPECTION BEFORE.
JENEANE'S CAFE AT 524 MULBERRY STREET MADE A 99 ON ITS LATEST INSPECTION... ON THE HEELS OF A 92 FOR THE INSPECTION BEFORE.
AND TOKYO ALLEY RESTAURANT AT 574 MULBERRY STREET LANE MADE A 97... AFTER A 90 ON THE INSPECTION BEFORE.
WE AVERAGED OUR NOMINEES' PAST FIVE SCORES... AND THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN SPATULA GOES TO...
FRANCAR'S ON LINDEN AVENUE... WITH A PERFECT CURRENT SCORE AND FIVE-SCORE AVERAGE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE OVER AT FRANCAR'S... AND JOIN US IN HOUSTON COUNTY NEXT WEEK FOR MORE RESTAURANT RATINGS.
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