3 we're back with a look at your forecast 3 flood warnings continue in buncombe, transylvania and henderson counties are the french broad river, along with the pigeon and swannanoa rivers are high, rising or above flood stage. a flood watch continues for most of our area until 7am on new year's eve.we're experiencing a nice break in the rain now, but more is coming. this evening and most of tonight will be dry, but showers will push back in for wednesday. the rain shouldn't be as heavy as monday night's downpours, but it could be enough to aggravate the already flooded rivers and saturated ground. expect off and on rain through wednesday with highs in the 60s. isolated t-storms will be possible be sure to check out www.foxcarolina.com/weather for more on the forecast and interactive radar 3 and don't forget to wake up with thee morning news-- meteorologist nicole papay will have a check of the forecast as you head out the door--and traffic reporter chris scott will have the

way to work.that's from 5:00 to 9:00 on thee morning news. 3 back to you. 3 flooding caused a lot of problems overnight in the mountains.the swannanoa river flooded - leaving parts of buncombe county under water. water.asheville firefighters performed several water rescues.they tell us one person trapped in their mobile home was brought out by boat- and two people were rescued from their van - after it was swept away by rushing water. 3 the damage also spanned as far south as anderson county.here you can see a downed tree at club drive near blair street. and in spartanburg county caroland farms was flooded in landrum- 3 happening now- 3 some reports coming to light that clemson football players may have been sent home from

3 let's get right to sports director aaron cheslock live in florida... aaron what can you tell us. 3 clemson has not commented on reports that three players were sent home for conduct detrimental to the team. clemson will address reports on wednesday morning during the 8:30 a.m. news conference. yeah, we know defensive end shaq lawson will turn pro.. the daniel high alum announced that a couple weeks ago.. but several other players are also

scouts..3 3 we'll focus on two... both is the secondary... starting with shutdown cornerback mackensie alexander... who's projected by most draft experts to go in the first round if he decides to leave.. alexander's locked down essentially every receiver he's played this year.. most notably, notre dame star will fuller... then there's jayron kearse... who's arguably the hardest hitter on the team... coming from the safety position to make jaw- dropping tackles virtually on a weekly basis... he's also projected to go in the first few rounds by many outlets... the two are arguably the biggest reason clemso leads the nation in completion percentage defense.. but when we asked if they're ready to ship out of tigertown.. they both said their priority's a

national title.. 3 3 3 3 "i'm not even focused on that, me and coach swinney talked. and we're just going to focus decision that has been made yet, i haven't made a decision yet. my family's behind me through everything, i'm not even focusing on that. that's not one of the things i'm focused worried about honestly. i'm at clemson, i'm enjoying it, i'm here with my teammates and that's all that matters, so there's no decision that has been made. made. 3 3 "i sat down and talked to my family about it and you know just talked with my surrounding support. i've made my mind up but right now i'm focused on taking care of business on this field, and winning the national championship. and after the season i'll discuss that further with people in my corner then come out with a decision." decision."you'd have to figure both guys are leaning towards leaving... but remember this, regardless of what happens this year, clemson's likely to be a favorite to win the national title next year

3 coming up we'll 3 catch up with an upstate player and check in with head coach dabo swinney in sports... till then, tag out 3 don't forget to tune in this wednesday for "the orange bowl preview."aaron cheslock will have in-depth analysis and one-on-one interviews with the tigers in miami.it all kicks off wednesday night at 7:30 right here on fox carolina. 3 now to a developing story- 3 a spartanburg county family says they want answers after their loved one was killed in a hit-and-run.

sunday morning after police say a driver ran him down behind the hardees in cowpens- 3 last night, we spoke with tessnear's wife angelita - who says she this her husband was intenionally hit.police tell us the incident is under investigation.tonight, we caught up with tessnear's father who told us his son had a bright future ahead of him. 3 3 3 "just full of joy, laughter. everybody loved him. didn't meet no strangers. had some haters because he was so handsome and so bold and beautiful in a lot of ways." ways."brent tessnear leaves behind six children. so far no suspects have been named. but a cash reward is being offered ...for tips that lead

3 continuing to cover our counties- 3 a hoverboard explodes in the plantation greene e subdivision in mauldin, burning furniture and carpet - and sending smoke throughout the house. upstate firefighters say - its the first case in south carolina.but many in other states. states.this is one of the two hoverboards - the family bought their sons for christmas.the battery in the other one exploded. and now it looks similar to this -another burned out hoverboard from a different state. 3 3 "the batteries went in one area 15 feet - they blew to 25 feet. they blew apart - they desenegrated and it went across the house. and they were lucky fire didn't start anywhere else 25 feet away-

pieces of battery on the floor melted." melted."we talked to local state farm insurance agent - greg rogers- about the hoverboard fires...he said possibly liability not corrected could jeopardize your policy. 3 a greenwood man is charged with counterfeiting...accused of selling *thousands of dollars of knock-off items. here's a look at demetrius andrews.police say they seized hundreds of fake north face jackets, nike shoes, michael kors purses, and timberland boots from his home on cole street, just before christmas- warrants state the items totaled more than 80 *thousand bucks. 3 and here's an image that's getting a lot of clicks on our web site right now.an upstate mom turned to facebook after she said she got undercooked chicken from the arby's in boiling springs... and gave it to her 16-month-old daughter before she realized it.the resaurant says they are aware of the incident and take these matters very seriously .. they take food safety seriously and they're working with the guest to resolve this matter.the

to us on camera when her daugher was feeling better. 3 officers in the upstate will be cracking down on drunk drivers this new years eve.and they're urging you to pick out your designated driver soon - if you haven't already. fox carolina's andrew reeser has more. 3 law-enforcement in greenville are gearing up for new year's eve and they want to make sure everyone stays safe... and they're telling us what their plans are for the big night. greenville police say all their units will be out in full force checking for drunk drivers. check points will be in action across the upstate with state troopers and local law-enforcement ramping up there patrol.cabdrivers in the upstate are also gearing up for a bigger than usual business as well.the yellow cab company in greenville says a new app is been developed where you can with the click of a button call a cab.the technology has already existed for companies like uber and others, but now the classic yellow taxi has an app of

police urging everyone 3 to figure out who their designated driver will be sooner rather than later, so that there is no risk of getting into an accident involving dui.tagpolice say more than half of the fatal collision's in south carolina this year have involved dui.in downtown greenville andrew reeser the 10 o clock news 3 dramatic 9-1-1 calls.. of a bear attack!tonight, we're hearing them for the first time..as a group of boy scouts try to save their leader's life. 3 plus..a woman's purse stolen.. as she is *praying!the thief caught red h hded on surveillance video..why authorities are now hoping it will track him down! 3 and the tigers having a little bit of fun in miami!we're catching up with the offensive line.. as they give their shot at a few coaching impressions! 3

3 new jersey officials have released the 9-1-1 calls that caputured a group of boy scouts saving their leader from a bear attack.take a listen. listen. 3 scout: i think the bear's on top of him. dispatch: the bear's on top of him? scout: yeah, i think so. so. 3 scout: okay, the scouts are making a signal fire right now. okay, we'll keep it contained and make it a lot of smoke. dispatch: okay. okay. 3 scout: guys, if we don't make it out of this alive, i love you guys. guys.three young scouts watched in horror as a bear grabbed their leader's leg and pulled him into a cave last week.but as you could hear - they also stayed calm.they first left sandwiches near the cave entrance to draw the bear out - and then lit a fire to signal scuers.meanwhile - their scout leader managed to escape the bear by hitting it on the nose with a rock hammer. he is recovering tonight. 3 caught on camera- 3 a brazen thief caught red handed - stealing an elderly

*praying.it happened at a church in florida last week. the man walks in and checks things out, before leaving.but he quickly returns and grabs the bag.the 84-year-old victim followed him out - but he got away.hehepurse was later recovered - but without her wallet. authorities are now offering a reward for information leading to an arrest. 3 turning now to weather-3 3 chief meteorologist kendra kent joins us now with a look at your forecast-

buncombe, transylvania and henderson counties are the french broad river, along with the pigeon and swannanoa rivers are high, rising or above flood stage. a flood watch continues for most of our area until 7am on new year's eve.we're experiencing a nice break in the rain now, but more is comimi. this evening and most of tonight will be dry, but showers will push back in for wednesday. the rain shouldn't be as heavy as monday night's downpours, but it could be enough to aggravate the already flooded rivers and saturated ground. expect off and on rain through

60s. isolated t-storms will be possible wednesday afternoon. rain should clear out by wednesday night, leaving dry conditions for thursday and new year's day. much colder air will filter in for friday and the weekend, bringing highs back down to the 40s and 50s area-wide, while overnight lows will get to near freezing

3 time to talk some sports- 3 sports anchor shannon sommerville joins us... and aaron had some fun today down in miami, right? right?yeah... we wanted to give some time to guys who don't usually get enough attention...clemson's offensive line... who've played remarkably well all

ryan norton decided to take the interview over from ac... 3 3 3 3 3 3 alright guys were going to give some offensive linemen some love, we're going to talk to jay guillermo here and... and... 3 3 "hold up, this is ryan norton and i'm going to show cheslock how to do interviews. hey james, how does dedeaun watson help you with your first step? step? 3 3 deshaun watson helps me with my first step because he is awesome at everything. so even though he doesn't know much about the offensive line, he can still coach me.if you had to pick your favorite candy. you have three seconds to answer it, ready? 1,2..jolly ranchers five seconds to answer this..... i'm going to start counting now.. in my head...(laughter)i love ryan

backwards? z, y, x, w... no...3 3+3 is...six!2+2 is...four!we have a genius here people..the orange bowl... have you eaten an orange? and is orange your favorite fruit?no, i hate oranges, and no i have not eaten an orange.your favorite coach impression besides caldwell, swinney, elliott and scott...well uh, i do a really good coach venables! cause he gets out there on the field and he's like what are you doing? reload the play! what are you doing? you don't know what you're doing! ben, what was that? what was that ben? that was my best coaching impression. other than all the other ones. that was amazing . i love you.i love you... you... 3 3 3 3 3 we've got more orange bowl 3 coverage coming your way in sports...and checking in on the other college football playoff f matchup...the cotton bowl...hear how both teams are dealing with the high stakes... stakes...and the regular

n-f-l but a head coach fired...that and more coming up in sports stick around... 3 a spartanburg county woman has been charged in the hit-and-run death of her husband.we're live outside the jail.3 3

3 fox carolina's got your orange bowl coverage leading up the big game thursday...we are following breaking news...espn and multiple sources reporting that three clemson players sent home for violating team rules...clemson has not confirmed this report but aaron cheslock is down in miami and we will keep you posted on fox carolina dot com. earlier today to a much more jovial atmosphere... one of the big traditions before the bowl game? media day... day...all players made available to the media at sunlife stadium...taking questions at the podium...even sometimes from other players....tons of media outlets on hand. so even though head coach dabo swinney is trying to treat this like a normal week of preparation...its hard to ignore the national spotlight shining so brightly on the tigers... 3 3 "this isn't our normal game week. normally on a thursday we might have about 3 media guys roaming around but so its a little different but at the end of the day its still just

focused on trying to get ready to go play four quarters. and try to play well. we've got a tough challenge. so do they. these are 4 great teams and its going to come down to a few plays and we're just the team that's trying to make those plays. 3 while clemson and oklahoma get set to square off in the first round of the college football playoffs...so are alabama and michigan state....they play right after the orange bowl in the cotton bowl in arlington, texas...they had their media day as well...alabama head coach nick saban explained what it will take to advance to that championship game. 3 3 "you clearly define what the goal is. you clearly define here are the things you can do to accomplish that goal. now the most difficult thing is can we have the discipline to execute it every day. 3 that game right after the orange bowl on thursday. 3 meanwhile in orlando marquise

carolina taking on 17th ranked baylor in the russell athletic bowl-johnny jefferson takes off for an 80 yard touchdown the bears would set an all-time bowl game record with 645 rushing yards, yards,baylor goes on to win the russell athletic bowl 49-38 3 jared goff one of the top n-f-l draft prospects this year and you'll see why...he'd throw for 467 yards and six touchdowns.... touchdowns....he had three of his scoring passes in a span of five plays in the second quarter.... as cal beats air force 55-36 in the armed forces bowl. 3 a bombshell in the nfl...chip kelly fired as head coach of the eagles...five days before the final game the regular season. the eagles eliminated from playoff contention after losing to the redskins on saturday. eagles offensive coordinato pat shurmur will serve as the interim head coach for sundays game against the giants. 3 meanwhile panthers head coach ron rivera trying to lead the panthers to a number one seed in the n-f-c...thereby gaining

lina at 14 and 1 after sundays loss to the falcons....still being challenged by the arizona cardinals but the panthers control their own destiny....simply...if they win they get the 1 seed. and jared allens says that's on every player's mind heading into sunday's game against the bucs... 3 3 "its big for us i think more importantly to bounce back off of a disappointing loss . i thought we had opportunities to win that game down in atlanta and obviously we didnt capitalize and finish i think guys we refocus this week and get ready to go especially get that home win before we go on a bye and really lock up homefield advantage thats probably number one on our list right now." now."3 the time of the game moved from 1 to 4:25 right here on fox carolina. the same time as the cardinals host the seahawks. so get your score checking apps all set on your phone for that one. 3 and quick check on some local college hoops...paladins at unc-asheville...this one would go down to the wire wirebut dylan smith knocking down a step back jumper with 1 second on the clock. paladins

3 now to breaking news 3 the wife of the man killed in a hit and run in cowpens has been charged in the crime - just 24 hours after going on camera with fox carolina! carolina!brent tessnear died nday morning after police say a driver ran him down behind the hardees in cowpens- 3 last night...only on fox carolinaangelita told us she

intenionally hittalking about their six children he left behind---saying she had no clue who would have done this and asking the driver to come forward- 3 3 "he has six kids that need closure. it's not about them or anybody else. he deserves it." 3 as you can imagine a difficult time for this family---as now, the victim's own wife, accused of running him down- at this hour cowpens police along with spartanburg county deputies are still working this case- and before the news of angelita tessnear's arrest-we spoke to her husbands father about the loss of his son- 3 3 3 "to lose someone so healthy and so full of life.. so much life ahead of him. i was speechless." speechless."tessnear has been charged with hit and run resulting in a death.she's expected to be transported to jail any minute now. 3 thanks for joining us, good night. night.