3 tigers fans are still proud of their team's huge season.. despite last night's loss. we'll hear how they're reacting.. coming up. up. 3 sunny and windy today.. with highs reaching 50 in the upstate.i'll tell you who could be seeing snow today. 3 good morning.... it's tuesday, january 12.i'm lauren elise.... 3 and i'm ben hill.. here with nicole papay and chris scott. thanks for joining us on the morning news.

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 let's send it over to chris with let's send it over 3 let's send it over to chris with traffic. 3 we're watching: watching: 3 here's a live look at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 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 and our team is still in arizona this morning.. as the tigers get ready to head back home -- 3 sports director aaron cheslock is live in glendale--and aaron--it was so close--but some missed opportunities and bold play calls by alabama -- really sealed the deal in the fourth 3 absolutely brutal... five lead changes... but the tigers we

quarter... they had won 51- straight when leading heading into the final frame.. frame..4th quarter.. nick saban gets a little tricky... after they tie it with a field goal... he goes for the onside kick... and bama gets it... then the play that would put them up for good... jake coker finds oj howard... for 51 yards... he hit him for a 53-yard score earlier.. all after star corner mackensie alexander left the game... a kick return would be the final blow... clemson's perfect season comes to an end in the 15th game... a 45-40 loss... it's deshaun watson's first loss when playing the whole game... but he's already looking towards next year... 3 3 3 "we'll be back, next year's in tampa of course jordan's ming back, tay's coming back, mike williams, hopefully

we'll basically have our whole offense back. so we played 30-40 freshmen. so we've got a lot of young talent. so this'll motivate us and we'll learn from it." it." 3 "you can't let one game define you. and right now all of our hearts are broken. we really wanted to win this game and be 15-0. last year's national champion was 14-1, this year's national champion is 14-1. but we can stand toe to toe with any program on the country. we don't take a back seat to anybody. we can play with anybody. we can beat anybody. where is this thing next year? is it in tampa? is that where it's at? we'll see if we can reload and go do it again. again. 3 in the loss, watson becomes the first player in fbs history to throw for 4,000 yards and rush for 1,000... a heck of an accomplishment... bututne he could care less about right now...

rooms i've been in... but the majority of the tiger showed a lot of resolve... coming up we'll check in with a couple former tigers on how far this programs come... come...3 3 3 it was an on the edge of your seat type of battle -- and not the outcome fans wanted. wanted.fox carolina ashley minelli is live in clemson-- and ashley despite the loss-- it was an unforgettable season. 3 tough loss- but people remaining positive, optimistic

3 student 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 w feels to 3 3 pride. i'm really happy to have seen a season like this. gets togther. togther."i'm excited that we made it, it's a heartbreaking loss of course but we're all in all the time so, go tigers." tigers."- great viewing party at the well in greenville- more than 3-thousand showed up to watch together 3 - no matter the ending, one thing everyone agrees on, this team: unifying the upstate upstate 3

3 time for weather and traffic every 10 minutes. 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

lows back in the teens and 20s. 3 3 now let's send it 3 now let's send it over to the traffic center. 3 we're watching: hwy 153@ three bridges rdsmith hines rd@ woodruff rd rd 3 3 here's a live look at the

3 the powerball madness continues this morning -- and you still have a chance to be a billionaire. billionaire. the jackpot for tomorrow's 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 like it in *hopes of sharing the money if they win. but an attorney we spoke with says that's not exactly legal. remember... you can watch tomorrow night's powerball drawing right here on fox carolina at 10:59. 3 3 it's ______.after an upstate police department is accused of excessive force.. we're now seeing the dashcam footage. we'll take a look.. coming up. 3 here's a live look over usc upstate-- you're watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 you're watching the morning

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 back with a live look over pelham road in greenville 3 3 firefighters in ohio say a family of four is dead after a house explosion. explosion.investigators say

explosion around 8:30 monday night.according to firefighters -- flames were shooting from the home when they arrived.the bodies of all four family members were found inside the home after the fire was put out.all four victims have not been identified and the fire along with the explosion are under investigation. 3 the mother of a teen who used a defense of "affluenza" for a drunk driving charge is expected to be released from jail today in texasa texas jail today. today.the tarrant county sheriff says "tonya couch" posted bond and will be fitted with a gps monitor.a judge dropped her bond amount from 1-million dollars to 75- thousand.couch was brought to texas last week after being arrested in mexico and extxtdited to california.her son "ethan" remains in mexico waiting to be extradited. 3 3 covering our counties--we are now getting a look at dashcam footage from a traffic stop in greenville county.this stop led to allegations of excessive force. force.last week, greenville police began looking into social media posts about the december arrest of "jaquan williams."the activist group

claims williams was taken to the ground in a quote "animalistic way" - during his arrest.none of that is visible in this video.. but we don't know if the incident happened out of frame.police have denied that allegation. 3 police also gave us these photos of williams when he was booked.the activist group has claimed williams' tooth was knocked out during the arrest.. but his teeth are intact in these pictures. pictures.we reached out to "fighting injustice together" about the dashcam video.as of last night, they said they had not seen it.but we're expecting to get a response from them later today. 3 union county high school will be looking for a new head football coach. coach.the district's interim superintendent says-- steve taneyhill is out.the board did not renew taneyhill's contract during monday nights meeting. he ined the team in 2012 and leaves with a 22-27 record. taneyhill was the starting quarterback at u-s-c from 1992 through 1995. we reached out to taneyhill -- he declined to comment but said he would release a statement later

3 time for weather and traffic. traffic. 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, cold and windy again with highs only reaching the 30s to mid-40s. overnight lows stay in the 20s. thursday brings

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 t tns and 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

seasonable temperatures in the low 50s, followed by a round of rain for friday into early saturday. 3 ((weather hit))

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accused of shooting two people on i-85 on christmas eve in 2014 is due in court this morning.anderson county deputies say "john villarreal" shot james dobson and marie fowler after they picked him up while hitchhiking. 3 president obama will give his final state of the union address tonight at 9:00.south carolola governor nikki haley will give the republican response right after the speech.we will air the address right here on fox carolina and stream it online at fox carolina dot com. 3 army sergeant "bowe bergdahl" will appear before a judge this morning at fort bragg in north carolina/he's scheduled to have a pre-trial hearing in a military court.bergdahl faces charges of desertion. 3 a new study by the c-d-c is showing your kids could be suffering from cigarette smoke without ever lighting up. up.results of the study show more than half of middle and high school students in the u-s are exposed to secondhand smoke.researchers say the students were most frequently exposed in restaurants, at parks, work and home.results

children exposed to secondhand smoke are more likely to suffer from a list of health conditions later in life.the study was published monday in the journal pediatrics. 3 3 it's ______.there's been an ongoing debate over whether the government should stop making the penny.now a new report is suggesting that might be a good idea. 3 here's a live look in glendale, arizona --thee morning news on fox 3 carolina is back in minutes. 3 you're watching the morning

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3 the morning news on fox carolina.this is a live look at the u-s capitol.president obama gives his final state of the union tonight 3 could the 3 federal government actually be losing money while minting coins? coins?according to reps with the government accountability office -- the answer is yes. they say minting a penny costs about one-point-seven cents and the cost to make the nickel is about eight cents. rising metal prices are being blamed for the higher prices. there are no plans to change the way coins are minted right now-- and any changes will have to come from federal

3 time for weather 3 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

3 ((weather hit)) 3 let's send it over to the pit crew traffic center. 3 we're watching:hwy 153@ three bridges rdsmith hines rd@ woodruff rd rd 3 3 here's a live look 3 at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 3 3 it's ______.3 a perfect season comes to an end for the tigers.fox carolina sports director aaron cheslock will have a recap of last night's title game live in arizona.. after the break. 3 we leave you with a live look over greenville --thee morning news on fox carolina is back

3 good morning, i'm cody 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...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 the morning 3 news starts now. now. 3 a thrilling season and a heartbreaking end.we're live in arizona with a recap of clemson's fall to alabama in the national championship. championship. 3 despite last night's loss.. tiger fans say they've got a lot to be proud of.we're live in clemson with how those fans are responding. 3 good morning.... it's tuesday, january 12.i'm ben hill. hill.and i'm lauren elise .. here with nicole papay and chris scott.thanks for joining

3 expect sun and wind 3 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

lows back in the teens and 20s. 3 ((wrap up)) 3 let's send it over to chris. 3 we're watching: hwy 153@ three bridges rdsmith hines rd@ woodruff rd rd 3

s.c.d.o.t. 3 cam on-- 3 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 -- with ** both teams proving why 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 3 sports director aaron cheslock joins us from university of phoenix stadium... and aaron two of the biggest plays at turned the tide so to speak.. were on special teams, right?

tough a loss as you could possibly imagine... a game where they were leading going into the 4th quarter, changed on a dime.. dime.. 3 after tying up the game with a field goal.. nick saban, who's never lost a title game at alabama makes a call that shows why... getting an onsides kick.. the tide capitalize with a huge touchdown to take the lead... then after the tigers cut it to four.. another special teams screw up... kenyan drake returns a kick 95-yards... that clemson could never recover from.. they'd battle back to make it 45-40... but in the end heart wasn't enough... but the season's inspired so many fans, alumni and former players... a ton of former tigers stars made the trip to phoenix to support their alma mater.. and say the progress the program's made

excitement..3 3 3 3 "this is just the beginning for this team. there's an era in store, there's a run in store. clemson's just making the beginning of it." it.""it made me really proud just watching from afar, how well they did all season just watching all season long. i'm just really excited for the future of this program. but it's hard to win a game when we had as many mistakes as we did. and that's just going to be motivation for this team

future."3 the tigers simply couldn't recover from the big plays... 70 percent of alabamas yards came on just eight plays.. four of them for 50 or more... 3 but for a good chunk of the game it seemed like clemson was dominating... just a heartbreaking loss.. more recaps coming up at the top of the hour... hour...

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

was packed with clemson fans. 3 after a tough 3 loss in last nights national championship game-- tiger fans are trying to keep their heads high. high.the team still had a great season.ashley minelli is live for us on campus. ashley how is everyone holding up this morning? 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

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 "to lose with 5 points after all these years, man what a game." game."we love our tigers win or lose so i'm still proud to be a tiger and my blood still runs all in orange. orange.- sad night for many students on campus- this season unified the campus 3 hope the love for the tigers continues in the upstate 3 3 fox carolina will bring your

tigers as they return home from arizona.we also have tons of photos and videos from the season in a special section of our website-- fox carolina dot com. 3 3 time for weather 3 and traffic every 10 minutes. 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

3 ((weather hit))3 3 chris is standing by in the traffic center: 3 we're watching:spartanburg emergency asphalt repairw. blackstock rd closed @ us 29/wo ezell blvdgreenville white horse rd @ cherrydale dr silver bay rest rest 3 here's a live look at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 3 it's ______.3 the lineup is set for this week's republican presidential debate in charleston.. and one candidate is not happy.we'll tell you who says he refuses to take part. 3 here's a live look over

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3 you're watching 3 the morning news with lauren elise, ben hill, meteorologist nicole papay, chris scott with pit crew traffic. 3 welcome back to 3 the morning news on fox carolina.you're looking live in glendale, 3 arizona.

3 president obama is preparing to give his final state of the union address tonight.the white house says the speech will outline the president's priorities for the next year.. both in the u-s and abroad.he is not expected to endorse any presidential candidate.. or try to sway voters into putting another democrat in office. office.you can watch the state of the union tonight at 9:00 here on fox carolina. carolina.we'll also be streaming it live on fox carolina dot com. com.and immediately following his speech, governor nikki haley will deliver the republican response. 3 3 republican presidential candidate rand paul says he will not take part in this week's debate in charleston. charleston.on monday.. fox business network announced paul and carly fiorina would be moved from the main stage to the "undercard debate."the network says it's basing that decision on the most recent polls.but rand paul's campaign says their numbers aren't accurate.paul tells c-n-n.. he belongs on the main stage and he won't take part otherwise.

the main stage for thursday's debate in north charleston. without rand paul.. three will be in the earlier debate.. rick santorum. santorum.charleston will also host the democratic candidates this weekend.the top three are set to debate sunday night on nbc. 3 3 one of the most famous acts in circus history will be saying good-bye this spring. spring.reps with the ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus say they are retiring all elephants by may.the circus has been facing increased pressure from lawmakers and activists to end the act for years.company leaders plan to retire the elephants to their 200-acre center for elephant conservation, down in florida. originally, the act was going to be phased out by 20-18. eleven elephants are currently

3 time for weather 3 and traffic every 10 minutes. 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, cold and windy again with highs only reaching the 30s to mid-40s. overnight lows stay in the 20s. thursday brings

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 highs only reaching the 30s to mid-40s. overnight lows stay in the 20s. thursday brings another round of sunshine with

low 50s, followed by a round of rain for friday into early saturday.

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deputies she confessed to putting her baby girl in a plastic bag.the baby's remains were found on saturday. 3 the clemson tigers are headed home after a 14-and-1 season. the team fell to alabama in the national championship game after a hard fought battle deshaun watson led the tigers with 4 t-d's but it wasn't enough as 'bama won 45 to 40. 3 tomorrow night's powerball drawing will be the largest in history and it happens right here on fox carolina..the jackpot is estimated at 1 point 4 billion dollars.the odds of winning are estimated at one in 292 point 2 million. 3 time for birthday shout-outs, sponsored by urban nirvana... -kendra from simpsonville. -christopher from chesnee. -melissa from greenville. greenville.if you'd like us to mention a birthday on the air, send the name, date, and hometown to *birthdays at fox carolina dot com.*and let us know if you'd like to see it in either the 7 or 8 o'clock hour. 3 we'll be right back, but first -- a look at yesterday's winning lottery numbers. numbers. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

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3 live look over clemson university. 3 3 two texas 3 window washers are safe this morning after being stuck hundreds of feet above the ground. ground.firefighters say they got a call monday morning that two window washers were trapped on the city's tallest sky scraper.rescue crews say their lift stopped working and they got stuck at a steep angle.after nearly 45 minutes -- firefighters were able to open a window on the 71st floor and pull both workers to safety. 3 if you have trouble looking at your i-phone or i-pad at night--help may be on the way.. way..apple execs say they're

their products in the next system update.the update will change the coloring of the backlight from blue light to warmer colors.the system will use the clock and location on your device to figure out when the sun sets.it will then return to its regular settings in the morning. 3 now time for 3 weather and traffic 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

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3 it's ______.they were hoping for a national title.. but clemson fans say they still have pride in their tigers. coming up.. we're live on clemson's campus with more on how the fans are reacting. 3 be sure to stay with fox carolina all morning long. we're bringing you the days top stories until nine o'clock. throughout our four hours of news you can catch live reports from the field, plus weather and traffic updates every 10 minutes.

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