in the upstate and mid-40s in western north carolina. 3 good morning.... it's tuesday, january 12i'm ben hill hilland i'm lauren elise, with traffic reporter chris scott and meteorologist nicole papay. thanks for joining us on the morning news. 3 expect sun and wind 3 today, with highs at 50 in the upstate and 45 in the

expect sun and wind 3 expect sun and wind today, with highs at 50 in the upstate and 45 in the mountains. wind gusts could be up to 30 mph at times. a slight chance for snow lingers along the tennessee border through dinnertime, but skies clear for all tonight with lows back in the teens and 20s. 3 ((wrap up)) 3*********hold******

watching this in the pit crew traffic center.accident free freeyou are looking live at: 3 3 what a season it was for clemson.after going unbeaten for 14 games -- the tigers fall to alabama in the national championship game.the epic match up wrapped up just after midnight.the tigers and crimson tide stayed neck and neck the entire game --but alabama goes on to win: 45-40. 3 we're still in arizona this morning as the team gets ready to head back home-- 3 sports director aaron cheslock is live in glendale--aaron--it was so close--and a heroic effort from deshaun watson simply wasn't enough--

3 guys the clemson quarterback was unbelievable.. even in the loss, another staggering accomplishment... watson's the first fbs player ever to throw for 4-thousand yards and rush for a thousand in the same season... season... 3 3 3 watson exploding early on... the tigers quarterback hit hunter renfrow for two scores in the first ququrter... he ended up with 405 yards and four touchdowns.. adding another 93 on the ground... simply unbelievable... but mental lapses on special teams and defense gave up four 50-yard plays.. something guys like shaq lawson haven't done all season... and at the end, it was the difference between being the first 15-0 team ever.. and 2nd place... 3 3 3 3 3

going to have some adversity. we had a lot and we had a lot on special teams. we had a lot we had to fight through on special teams, i mean alabama was a good team. they fought their hearts off and we gave it all we got." got." 3 3 3 "this'll stick with me for the rest of my life. we fought hard to the end, so we can hold our heads up. we accomplished a lot of special things this season and we did what we dreamed for. we got back to the national championship in 34 years. it was just a special season for us. i just hate it to end this way. way. 3 but while tigers fans don't want o hear it, and it might sound cliche there's always next year... one where clemson's already bright outlook, got a little more shiny after the game... we'll tell you why coming up in the next half hour...

3 it was an on the edge of your seat type of battle -- and there are definitely some tired clemson fans but they are staying positive. positive.fox carolina ashley minelli is live in clemson with how tigernation is dealing with the upset , ashley? 3 tough loss- but people remaining positive, optimistic optimisticstudent center last night: - lots of tiger pride- students on the edge of their seat, felt the pressure of the game- despite loss, one grad student we spoke with says- he's still feeling the high of the season and described how it feels to be a tiger right

3 3 3 3 3 i think they're going to be right back where they were. they're going to keep going and with the way dabo's attitude is, one of the most positive people i've ever seen- they're going to go back. back.i think we played with everything we had and the better team won, that's ok we'll be back next year. 3 - no matter the ending, one thing everyone agrees on, this team: unifying the upstate

3 time for weather and traffic every 10 minutes with nicole. 3 expect sun and wind today, with highs at 50 in the upstate and 45 in the mountains. wind gusts could be up to 30 mph at times. a slight chance for snow lingers along the tennessee border

clear for all tonight with lows back in the teens and 20s. 3 3 nowowo chris with traffic. 3*********hold****** *********hold****** 3 we're watching this: black ice reportedhwy 146 @ hwy 417 in woodruff rd rd 3 you're taking a live look at 3 3 the powerball madness continues this morning -- and a billionaire. billionaire. the jackpot for tomorrows drawing has soared to 1-point-4 billion dollars. and with all the excitement, some people are even joining lottery facebook groups. there's a page called "group lotto" that's encouraging people to post their tickets on facebook and have others

the money if they win. however --one attorney says that's not exactly legal. 3 3 3 "but another implication is that it's a sale online, so let's say i live in georgia, you live in south carolina, i "like" your lottery ticket post, you end up winning in south carolina. it's illegal to sell lottery tickets across state lines." lines."remember - we'll have that remember - we'll remember - we'll have that drawing for you tomorrow night right here on fox carolina just before the 11 o clock hour. 3 3 it's ______.president barack obama is preparing this morning for his final state of the union address tonight.what you need to know, coming up. 3 we had to break with some incredible pictures from last night's national title game in arizona.no one can say it wasnt a great game.our tigers came up a little short...finishing the season 14 and onegiving alabama another national title.

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3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolina--we're taking a live look at... clemson blvd.. anderson county.. 3 a mother accused of putting her newborn baby in a plastic bag and killing her is expected in court today. today.23 year old joanie holcombe is in jail in anderson county on a murder charge.deputies say she confessed to putting the baby girl in the bag after giving birth. birth.a witness tells fox carolina.. her neighbor was walking near cherokee drive on saturday.. when they found the baby's remains.authorities say they don't know how long the body had been there.. 3 3 tonight president obama will deliver his final state of the union address. address.the white house says president obama will focus on key issues --like the environment and trade. the president may also focus on the newly released jobs report

and he's also expected to focus on his new actions against gun violence. the state of the union address will start at nine o'clock. 3 and south carolina governor nikki haley will present the republican response following the address.you can catch it all right here on fox carolina on-air and online... at fox carolina dot com. time for traffic and weather every ten minutes. 3 expect sun and wind today, with highs at 50 in the upstate and 45 in the mountains. wind gusts could be up to 30 mph at times. a slight chance for snow lingers along the tennessee border through dinnertime, but skies clear for all tonight with

20s. wednesday will be sunny, cold and windy again with highs only reaching the 30s to mid-40s. overnight lows stay in the 20s. thursday brings another round of sunshine with seasonable temperatures in the low 50s, followed by a round of rain for friday into early saturday. expect sun and wind today, with highs at 50 in the upstate and 45 in the mountains. wind gusts could be up to 30 mph at times. a slight chance for snow lingers along the tennessee border through dinnertime, but skies clear for all tonight with

20s. wednesday will be sunny, cold and windy again with highs only reaching the 30s to mid-40s. overnight lows stay in the 20s. thursday brings another round of sunshine with seasonable temperatures in the low 50s, followed by a round of rain for friday into early saturday.

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traffic 3 sponsored by kevin whitaker cadillac 3 3 news you need to know..the mother of affluenza teenager tonya couch has posted bond and is expected to be released today after she gets fitted for a g-p-s monitor. a judge lowered her bond on monday from 1-million dollars to 75-thousand.she's now charged with hindering the apprehension of a felon. 3 mexican authorities say it may y take more than a year for drug trafficker "el chapo" to be extradited for charges he faces in the u-s. he was recaptured friday -- six months after breaking out of a mexican prison. 3 accused jewelry thief "abigail kemp" made her first court appearance on monday.

including south carolina, north carolina, and georgia. she was arrested by the f- b-isaturday in an atlanta suburb 3 3 the next republican debate is thursday.. here in south carolina.the "fox business network" announced the candidates taking center stage in north charleston. 3 now -- only seven candidates were invited for this prime-time debate.they're donald trump, ted cruz, marco rubio, doctor ben carson, jeb bush, chris christie, and john kasich. 3 here's a look at the rest of the republican filed. rand paul, carly fiorina, mike huckabe and rick santorum will participate in the preliminary session at 6 pm pmand there are four democrats on the south carolina ticket. we've got details on all the candidates up on foxcarolina dot com. 3 3 it's (time).modern and progressive, thats how a new mcdonalds is being described. wewel tell you the big changes the company is making there-- coming up. 3 we head to break with a look at...some memorable pictures from the college football national championship game--

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3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolina--we're taking a live look at... glendale, arizona.. 2016 national championship game took place... a lot of clemson fans were there.. 3 it looks like 3 mcdonalds may be trying to change their image and adapt to a healthier menu to stay in business. business.the company is testing a modern model in hong kong.in december -- the very first "mcdonalds next" opened. its being described as modern and progressive--which eliminates the token red and yellow logo.the new locations are offering more healthy options like a salad bar and quinoa.company execs are also testing premium coffee blends and self ordering kiosks.the traditional menu is still available if you crave a

new concept is headed to the states. 3 now to weather with nicole 3 expect sun and wind today, with highs at 50 in the

mountains. wind gusts could be up to 30 mph at times. a slight chance for snow lingers along the tennessee border through dinnertime, but skies clear for all tonight with lows back in the teens and 20s. 3 ((weather hit)) 3 chris is in the traffic center. 3*********hold****** *********hold******we're watching this: 3 3 you're looking live at: 3 3 it's ______.coming up, a citadel grad received a huge honor before the clemson-bama

3 and check this out -the national championship of course grabbing national attention.this is a look at the empire state building - whose lights were divided ahead of last night's game.one side is orange and purple for the clemson tigers - the other shining red for alabama. 3 you're watching the morning

now.. 3 it all came down to the number one and number two team in the nation.. i'm live in arizona with a recap of last nights battle of national championship game. 3 3 clemson fans are trying to keep it together after the tigers fell short for the national title against alabama. i'm live with a report. 3 3 winds will pick up on today as temperatures reach the low 50s in the upstate and mid-40s in western north carolina. 3 good morning.... it's tuesday, january 12i'm lauren elise eliseand i'm ben hill, with traffic reporter chris scott and meteorologist nicole papay. thanks for joining us on the

3 expect sun and wind today, with highs at 50 in the upstate and 45 in the mountains. wind gusts could be up to 30 mph at times. a

along the tennessee border through dinnertime, but skies clear for all tonight with lows back in the teens and 20s. 3 let's send it over to chris. 3*********hold****** *********hold******we're watching this in the pit crew traffic center: center: 3 you're looking live at: 3 3 what a game....after going undefeated and playing in the first national title game in more than three decades clemson fell to alabama last night.the game wrapped up just after midnight this morning --

they were there.you can't say enough about clemson quarterback deshaun watson -- who broke the record for total yards in a national championship game.in the end the crimson tide pushed ahead, winning their 4th national title in seven years.the final score 45-40. 3 fox carolina's sports director aaron cheslock joins us live from university of phoenix stadium... and aaron, it had to be a rough locker room to walk into after the game. 3 3 3 3 it's a tough way to lose... simply put the tigers had opportunities to win the game, and their 2nd national title... but special teams mishaps and defensive oversights ended up as the difference... 3 3 3 3 deshaun watson came into the game with absolute focus and was a force to be reckoned with... 478-yards of total offense for the sensational

record... but the guy that beat him in the heisman derrick henry also was a beast... a 50-yard gash in the rst, the start to a 158-yards and 3 td's.. big plays given up by the defense and special teams too much for watson and the offense to overcome.. 3 3 3 3 3 3 "it's more us not making the plays whe we needed to. just a couple missed plays in that first half, that we missed out on. that really could have taken ahold of the game, but it's all on us." us." 3 3 "we fought them hard the whole night, we out up a lot of yards on offense against the number two team in the nation. i mean it's definitely a sad feeling, we haven't lost in so long, so we don't know how to take it. there's no disappointment. there's definitely a couple plays we could have had back. but we've got a lot of players coming back next year so we're definitely excited." excited." 3 3 "i think that you're going to see a little more respect come from that. obviously if we would have won the game, definitely. but i'm sure they would have said it was a fluke

think clemson's fine where they are. is this the toughest loss you've ever gone through? you know i lost a pretty tough game in 7th grade but this one is up there." there."now you just heard jordan 3 leggett there... he told us he's coming back for his senior season... because quote "i've got the best quarterback in the country, i'm not going to pass that up." 3 other guys who we were waiting on stayed quiet.. like mackensie alexander, jayron kearse and wayne gallman... we'll certainly keep our eye on it.. but even if a few come back.. the tigers will be one of the favorites to get to the title game again..

3 now before the game even started -- a clemson alum received quite the honor in glendale.major matthew "diesel" mayer led the squadron of fighter jets flying over the stadium.this is video of their practice flight monday afternoon. afternoon.clemson alumnus...and mauldin high graduate...captain casey "deuce" manning also joined mayer in the fly over. 3 and as the clock clicked down on last night's game and the alabama lead grew.. clemson fans started trickling out of the stadium.this is video we shot as the game was ending. you can see by the large amount of orange that the university of phoenix stadium was packed with clemson fans. 3 after a tough loss in last nights national championship game-- tiger fans are trying to keep their heads high highand although they had a great season-- ashley minelli is live for us on campus. ashley how is everyone holding

3 surprisingly well- a lot of people looking ahead to next year with thoughts that tigers have a real shot of being back in that number one spot next season season- the intensity of this game could be seen on many faces of students who gathered at student center to watch last night- over at the well in greenville thousands of people came out for a *massive* party to watch the battle in arizona- while the outcome was disappointing, fans are holding their heads high, proud of the tigers showing last night 3 3 3 "just like tigers they didn't quit- they kept playing right til the end, it was awesome." 3 3 "sad, heartbroken. but it's been a great season though so- definitely a great season for my freshman year." 3 3

3 for the final time in his political career, president barack obama will give the state of the union tonight. tonight.the president will address congress tonight at 9:00.staff workers say the president will talk about the successes in his career.. instead of asking lawmakers to work on an agenda.many critics are upset with the president.. because of recent policy choices like using executive action to expand gun control. 3 south carolina governor nikki haley will present the

the address.you can catch the president's address right here on fox carolina and of course online...at fox carolina dot com. 3 time for weather and traffic every 10 minutes. 3 expect sun and wind today, with highs at 50 in the upstate and 45 in the mountains. wind gusts could be up to 30 mph at times. a slight chance for snow lingers along the tennessee border through dinnertime, but skies clear for all tonight with lows back in the teens and 20s.3 tonight with lows back but skies clear for all through dinnertime, tennessee border snow lingers along the up to 30 mph at times. wind gusts could be in the mountains. in the upstate and 45 today, with highs at 50 expect sun and wind expect sun and wind today, with highs at 50 in the upstate and 45 in the mountains. wind gusts could be up to 30 mph at times. a slight chance for snow lingers along the tennessee border through dinnertime, but skies clear for all tonight with lows back in the teens and 20s.

3 now to chris with traffic.3 3*********hold****** *********hold******this in the pit center:fairview st/exit black ice woodruff417 417 3 live look at: 3 3 it's ______.more than a year after two people were gunned down on the interstate on christmas eve:the man them heads to 3 we head to break with a live look at...greenville county.. pelham roadyou're watching the morning news on fox carolina.

3 you're watching the morning news with lauren elise, ben hill, meteorologist nicole papay, chris scott with pit crew traffic 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolina---we're taking a live look at... anderson county.. clemson blvd 3 3 a man accused in a deadly shooting on i-85 is due back in an anderson county court this morning. morning.investigators say "john villarreal" was hitchhiking along the interstate on christmas eve in 2014 when he shot two people.

dobson and marie fowler gave him a ride and shortly after he shot them.deputies say he then stole their car and left them for dead.fowler died, but dobson survived.the sheriff called the crime totally random and said the victims didn't know villarreal. villarreal was arrested days later and denied bond. 3 a greenville county man will spend the next decade in prison for robbing a bank and breaking into a home. home.the solicitor's office says "douglas fleming" pleaded guilty to the 20-14 robbery at the first citizen's bank on north pleasantburg drive. drive.investigators say fleming walked in the bank and gave the teller a note that read "this is a robbery." he made off with more than a thousand dollars. dollars.fleming also admitted to breaking into a home on east north street. 3 the henderson county sheriff's office is adding two new puppies to the force forcedeputies say these two 10 week old bloodhound puppies will be trained to find missing people and track suspects.henderson county's fifth grade star students will get to pick names for the new k-9s in training.the names will be announced in february

get to meet the dogs during a special ceremony. 3 time for traffic and weather every ten minutes. 3 expect sun and wind today, with highs at 50 in the upstate and 45 in the mountains. wind gusts could be up to 30 mph at times. a slight chance for snow lingers along the tennessee border through dinnertime, but skies clear for all tonight with lows back in the teens and 20s. wednesday will be sunny,

highs only reaching the 30s to mid-40s. overnight lows stay in the 20s. thursday brings another round of sunshine with seasonable temperatures in the low 50s, followed by a round of rain for friday into early saturday. expect sun and wind today, with highs at 50 in the upstate and 45 in the mountains. wind gusts could be up to 30 mph at times. a slight chance for snow lingers along the tennessee border through dinnertime, but skies clear for all tonight with lows back in the teens and 20s. wednesday will be sunny, cold and windy again with

mid-40s. overnight lows stay in the 20s. thursday brings another round of sunshine with seasonable temperatures in the low 50s, followed by a round of rain for friday into early

3 ((weather hit)) 3 now to pit crew traffic. 3*********hold****** *********hold****** 3 we are watching: i-385 south @ fairview st/exit 24/ftn inn black ice reported in woodruff hwy 146 @ hwy 417 417 3 3 you are taking a live look at: pit crew traffic 3 sponsored by kevin whitaker chevrolet cadillac 3 part of west blackstock road in spartanburg county will remain closed for the rest of

asphalt in the area.emergency workers say the road was blocked near the piedmont natural gas building monday morning after crews discovered damage to the asphalt.c-s-x crews began replacing wooden crossties at the railroad crossing last week. once the crossties are replaced - the crossing will be repaved.crews are hoping that will be done by friday. 3 3 it's ______.coming up ...the eyebrow raise that had everyone at the golden globes talking.now, leonardo dicaprio is talking about it.. 3 we head to break with a look at...pictures from monday night's big matchup between clemson and alabama.we have even more coverage on our website, fox carolina dot com....and of course on our facebook page. 3 but first let's take a look at last night's winning lottery numbers. numbers. 3

alcorn.tonight at ten ... more than a billion dollars up for grabs in the powerball jackpot. we'll show you how people in the upstate are trying to increase their odds of winning. their superstitions and strategy for winning... winning...and first at four... how upstate tiger fans are welcoming home the team.. and congratulating them on a memorable season. 3 you're watching the morning

3 welcome back--we're taking a live look at...clemson blvd. anderson 3 the golden globes are always full of memorable moments and this year -- and now fans want to know why leonardo dicaprio raised his eyebrows at lady gaga. gaga.when lady gaga was walking to the stage to accept her globe for best actress in a limited series, she bumped into dicaprio at his table.he looked up and raised his eyebrows at her twice and it was caught on camera.dicaprio was asked about the exchange monday and said "i just didn't know what was passing me, that's all!" 3 it's only the second full week of the new year, but we're already getting a good idea of hair color trends for this summer.social media accounts like pinterest are filling up with pictures of rainbow hair styles.the new trend is being credited to a hair product called "high voltage manic

vibrant and neon colors to hair styles that even glow in the dark. 3 now to weather and traffic every 10 minutes. 3 expect sun and wind today, with highs at 50 in the

mountains. wind gusts could be up to 30 mph at times. a slight chance for snow lingers along the tennessee border through dinnertime, but skies clear for all tonight with lows back in the teens and 20s. 3 3 let's send it over to chris with traffic. 3*********hold****** *********hold******we're keeping an eye on: on: 3 you're looking live at: 3 3 it's ______.a tough loss for the tigers who were oh so close to winning the national title game monday night.we'll have live reports from arizona, coming up. 3 pelham road be sure to stay with fox carolina all morning long.we're bringing you the days top stories until nine o'clock.throughout our

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minutes. the morning news starts now. now. 3 the tigers' perfect season ends in heartbreak.we're live in arizona with a recap of last night's national championship.

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