WXII 12 NEWS AT 11:00 STARTS NOW. >> IT IS SET TO BECOME THE FIRST SOUTHERN STATE TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA FOR RECREATIONAL USE. WHEN PEOPLE IN VIRGINIA MIGHT BE ABLE TO BUY IT, NEXT. A MAJOR VALVE -- DEVELOPMENT TODAY IN THE RACE TO VACCINATE AMERICANS AGAINST COVID-19. THE FDA JUST AUTHORIZED JOHNSON & JOHNSON’S CLINICAL VACCINE. CLINICAL TRIALS IT HAS JUDGED TO BE 72% AFFECTED BY FDA STANDARDS. IT DOES NOT REQUIRE SPECIAL STORAGE. IT IS EXPECTED THAT 40 -- 4 MILLION DOSES ARE EXPECTED TO BE SHIPPED OUT MEET -- IMMEDIATELY WITH 20 MILLION BY MARCH. PRESIDENT BIDEN REACTED TO THAT BY SAYING QUOTE THIS IS EXCITING NEWS FOR ALL AMERICANS AND -- THE PRESIDENT URGING AMERICANS TO KEEP FOLLOWING PRECAUTIONS, WEAR A MASK, WASH YOUR HANDS AND STAY SOCIALLY DISTANT. THIS COMES AS MORE THAN 2600 NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN OUR STATE SINCE YESTERDAY. SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN LAST YEAR, MORE THAN 850,000 CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN NORTH CAROLINA. SADLY WE HAVE LEARNED THAT 26 MORE NORTH CAROLINIANS HAVE DIED. IN ALL, 11,000 1200 12 -- 11,212 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN OUR STATE. HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE NOW AT THEIR LOWEST SINCE NOVEMBER. THE PERCENTAGE OF POSITIVE CASES HAS PICKED UP TO FIVE POINT 4%, JUST ABOVE THE STATES GOAL OF I PERCENT OR LESS. NUMBERS WILL NOT BE UPDATED TOMORROW BECAUSE OF WORK ON THE DATA SYSTEM. IN GREENSBORO POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT LEFT ONE PERSON HURT. AT 8:00 TONIGHT THEY WERE CALLED TO HEWITT STREET WHERE THEY FOUND A VICTIM WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND. THERE AT THE HOSPITAL CONDITION UNOWNED -- UNKNOWN. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, CALL POLICE. COMMUNITY GROUPS IN THE TRIAD CALLING ON LOCAL LEADERS TO TAKE A STRONGER RESPONSE TO VIOLENT CRIME. THIS AFTERNOON, MOTHERS AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE AND THE PREVENTION FOR MYSTIC VIOLENCE PLACED PURPLE AND YELLOW -- ORANGE SIGNS IN DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO EACH OF THOSE SIGNS CONTAINING SOMEONE LOST TO VIOLENCE. PUT THE GUNS DOWN, CEASE-FIRE, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. WE ARE TIRED. WE GOT BABIES WE WANT TO GROW UP. LOOK AT THE NUMBERS ON THEM. LOOK HOW MANY IN THEIR 20’S. LOOK HOW MANY 18-YEAR-OLD IS OUT THERE. THEM BABIES. WE TIRED OF BURYING OUR BABIES. LEE ANN: THEY’RE ALSO CALLING ON AUTHORITIES TO DO MORE TO SOLVE UNSOLVED HOMICIDES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN RECENT YEARS. TONIGHT THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR A MISSING WOMAN NAMED MARY MAGDALENE MCKENZIE. SHE MAY BE CONNECTED TO A SHOOTING THAT SENT ANOTHER PERSON TO A HOSPITAL. THIS MORNING OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE MEADOW GREENS SHOPPING CENTER ON HOT DUST HIGHWAY 311. HE FOUND SOMEONE SHOT INSIDE A CAR. THAT CAR BLOCKS TO MCKENZIE. SHE WAS NOT IN IT, BUT A WITNESS TOLD THAT SHE HAD BEEN EARLIER. MCKENZIE WAS LASTING AROUND 12:30 THIS MORNING. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, CALL POLIC WAKE FORCE UNIVERSITY IS INVESTIGATING AN INCIDENT THAT INVOLVED STUDENTS AT A HOME OFF-CAMPUS. WE ARE TOLD PART OF A FLOOR COLLAPSED AT A PRIVATELY OWNED HOME TODAY. UNIVERSITY IS INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS OF PROTOCOL. THE STUDENT ORGANIZATION IS NOW SUSPENDED DURING THIS INVESTIGATION. THE UNIVERSITY DID NOT SPECIFY WHICH ORGANIZATION WAS SUSPENDED. HAVING NOW, POLICE -- BURLINGTON POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THIS MISSING TEENAGER. EMILY EKES LEFT NEW POSSIBILITIES SOMETIME BETWEEN 10 P.M. FRIDAY AND 8 A.M. YESTERDAY. SHE HAS A COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND NEEDS MEDICATION. IF YOU KNOW WHERE SHE MIGHT BE, CALL BURLINGTON POLICE. POLICE IN WINSTON-SALEM ALSO SEARCHING FOR THIS MISSING TEENAGER,-YEAR-OLD SHAWN SOLOM -- KEYSHAWN SOLOMON. THEY DID NOT HAVE A PICTURE. HE I 5’4", 175 POUNDS WIT BROWN EYES. HE WAS LAST SEEN IN A BLACK TRACK JACKET AND PANTS WITH REFLECTIVE MARKS AND JORDAN SHOES. HE MAY BE HEADED TO ASTRO -- ASTRID PARK APARTMENTS. NEW TONIGHT, LAWMAKERS IN VIRGINIA OF LIVING -- APPROVING A BILL THAT WILL LEGALIZE MARIJUANA FOR THE -- FO RECREATIONAL USE. THAT BILL NOW GOES TO THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR RALPH. THE GOVERNOR SUPPORTS LEGALIZATION. RETAIL SALES WOULD NOT BEGIN UNTIL 2024. VIRGINIA WOULD BE THE FIRST SOUTHERN STATE TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA. DEMOCRATS CLAIM THESE -- THIS IS INFLATION WAS A NECESSARY DEPTH IN THE UNFAIR TREATMENT OF COLOR AND -- UNDERCURRENT MARIJUANA LAWS. TOMORROW THE AFTERNOON -- ARTS COMMITTEE FOR WINSTON SALEM COUNTY ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR AN OFF -- AND ARTIST PAPA MARKET. PANDEMIC HAS BEEN DEVASTATING FOR THE ARTS, CAUSING MANY BUSINESSES TO SHUT DOWN. IT IS OFFERING A FREE PLACE FOR ARTISTS TO SELL T