i'm allie spilflooding -- we'll get to meteorologist von gaskin for the latest in just a few minutes... breaking news just into the newsroom... medal of honor kyle carpenter receipient has been charged with hit and run for a crash that happened december 8th at the intersection of assembly and blossom streets. carpenter appeared in court this morning. he is accused of hitting a pedestrian and failing to exit his vehicle or give help. the pedestrian was treated for injuries to his leg. he is expected to be okay. we'll go to rick henry is live in florida today... where the clemson tigers will take on oklahoma in the orange bowl... set to kick off in just a few hours. we're a little under four hours away from the kickoff of the college playoff game between top ranked clemson and the oklahoma

the clemson fans are also pretty jacked up about this orange bowl showdown. the parking lots at sun life stadium opened at 10 am and clemson fans quickly flooded the premises. they quickly set up their tents...played hacky sack and preparing to have their pregame feasts. they also lined up to get into the fan fest to enjoy all kinds of entertainment and games. clemson fans have a bowl tradition...they bring what at first looks like funny money....two dollar bills stamped with tiger paws. coming into this year few experts forecasted

this grand stage... given the talent the tigers lost to the pros last season. well... clemson surpassed those expectations... to enter the college football playoff... undefeated... and ranked number one in the country. one major contributor to the

redshirt sophomore running back wayne gallman. just like his team... even he surprised some with his outstanding production... including his own coaches. tony elliott/clemson offensive coordinator: "had high an option offense in high school. so his great production so early elliott: "more of an option kind of a guy. wayne gallman/clemson running back: "i feel i just get better game. better iq." beyond the numbers and on field success... the most enjoyable part for gallman... is the special relationships he has with his teammates... coaches... especially with co- offensive

elliott. elliott: "become like a father son relationship. he's like a sponge. he wants to learn. he's a very caring guy. he worries about others more than himself." gallman: "amazing to have people around you that feels like a family. everybody pushes each other. everybody believes in each other." gallman's 24th in the nation in rushing and leads clemson with 1300 plus yards and 10 touchdowns. he's just one of the tigers cast of stars on offense... a group ready to shine bright to ring in the new year with a victory over the sooners. live from sun life stadium joe gorchow for the raycom news network. thanks joe. now we'll go to meteorologist von gaskins with a look at your forecast for tonight's new year's eve celebration.

thursday the rain chance falls to 50% during the day and then down to 30% that night. high: 70. the front will cross the area and settle along the coast by late thursday night. new year's day will be mostly cloudy with only a slight chance of showers and a will be dry and partly cloudy. thursday the rain chance falls to 50% during the day and then down to 30% that night. high: 70. new year's day will be stly cloudy with only a slight chance of showers and a touch cooler temperatures. high:60. the first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy. thursday the rain chance falls to 50% during the day and then down to 30% that night. high: 70. the front will cross the area and settle along the coast by late thursday night. new year's day will be mostly cloudy with only a slight chance of showers and a touch cooler temperatures. high:60. the first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy.

resources confirms a drowning has happened at lake wateree. right now we know the drowning was non-boating related and happened near blackgum lane in kershaw county. dnr has a dive team working the scene, and we have a crew headed there now. we'll keep yoyoupdated as we learn more. the orangeburg county sheriff's departmemt is investigating why one of its deputies shot a dog. deputies were responding to a shots fired call in the 700 block stilton road around 1:30 this morning when they say a pit bull dog charged at the responding officer in a quote "extremely aggressive manner." the officer fired twice -- striking the dog once in the front leg. deputies then realized the dog was on a chain. animal control took the dog to a local veterinarian to be treated, and it's expected to make a full recovery. we're expecting an update from sce&g soon

water level at lake murray. the spill gate from the lake murray dam was open around 4 this morning because lake murray can't exceed it's licensed operating level of 360 feet -- which it was about two feet shy of before the spill gate was opened. we're told the gate will be releasing up to 18- thousand cubic feet per second into the lower saluda river. officials say there is no need to panic as they are simply releasing water to make way for expected rain and inflow over the next few days. sumter police are looking for leads in a deadly shooting that happened at poplar square apartments on miller road. investigators responded to the apartment complex at 6:45 last night after receiving a shots fired call. they say a 23-year-old man was found unresponsive in an area outside one of the buildings. he was later pronounced dead at the scene. police are not releasing the man's name until they

if you have any information, call crimestoppers at 1-888- crime-sc. columbia residents are getting ready to ring in the new year in 'famously hot' fashion. tonight marks the start of the city's "famously hot new year's eve" carnival. if you're attending, there are some street closures you'll want to know about. right now, westbound lanes of 11-hundred and 12-hundred blocks of gervais street are closed. and the 9-thousand, 12- hundred and 13-hundred blocks of main street are closed. the event kicks off at 6 tonight. "we have parking garages will be accessible for anyone for parking. the carnival begins at 6 and last til 11. you can bring your children down for a few hours and put them to bed and come back and enjoy the famously hot new years celebration for the adult version." this morning we caught up with one of the bands headlining

colorblind will be opening the new year's celebrations for the main performer lauryn hill. they say they're ready to bring in the new year, rain or shine. "we have come off a good rehearsal last night, super excited about hitting the stage. rain or shine, we actually have some ponchos to throw out to the crowd or something like that. it's going to be a good time either way." they take the stage at 8 this evening. all streets will re-open tomorrow morning at 8 am. as americans are getting ready to say goodbye to 2015 and hello to 2016, security is being ramped up ... because of a threat from overseas. kim hutcherson has the story: as america prepares to ring in the new year, officials say a threat from overseas warns of possible attacks in new york, los angeles, and washington d-c.

uncorroborated and based on a single source. still, with a million people expected in times square thursday night ... authorities aren't taking any chances. "times square on new year's eve is going to be one of the safest places in the country because of the huge concentration of police resources" six-thousand officers will be deployed. there will also be helicopters, boat patrols and hundreds of extra mobile cameras and radiation detectors. but analysts say -- there's only so much that can be done. "the new york police are very, very good and they're very day, a crowd of people like that .. you can't vet everybody and check 'em." in los angeles, extra security will be on- hand for the rose bowl parade and the game itself - both of which are considered elevated security events for the first time. this, as officials in belgium announce that new year's celebrations in brussels have been canceled entirely ... after the arrest of two men accused of

i'm kim hutcherson reporting. also overseas ... officials in turkey say they've arrested two people who were planning a bomb attack on that country's capitol on new year's eve. officials suspect they have ties to isis. break one chef jeff: i'm going to take a little bit of the scallns here. i'm going to make a beautiful dressing. add a little bit of light buttermilk, it's a little sour as well. many people clean their dentures with toothpaste or plain water. and even though their dentures look clean,

if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. that's why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day. days after the paris attacks, senators came together for a top-secret briefing on the terrorist threat... marco rubio was missing - fundraising in california instead. two weeks later, terrorists struck again in san bernardino... and where was marco? fundraising again in new orleans. over the last 3 years, rubio has missed important national security hearings and missed more total votes than any other senator.

right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. stop in lexington. marco rubio will hold a meet and greet at hudson's smokehouse barbecue at 4pm saturday. he's also expected to be holding events in hilton head and easley. meanwhile, republican candidate jeb bush reached out to south carolina voters during a meet and greet at hudson's smokehouse last night. bush's campaign plans to triple its staff in south carolina to

bush will be back in columbia next saturday. and donald trump, the frontrunner for the republican nomination for president, has a new name for his opponents... "enemies." it came at a rally in hilton head yesterday. sara murray reports. donald trump rounding out the year with a warning to his political rivals: 2016 is going to be a battle. presidential candidate i consider them enemies. we view this as war. on his last day of campaigning before the new year, trump is coming out swinging... presidential candidate hillary is a disaster doubling down on his jabs against the clintons. and dredging up bill's past indiscretions. presidential candidate we had to respond to hillary. she came out with that, remember she wrote, 'he's demonstrated a penchant, i demonstrated, a penchant for sexism. you believe it? me. i did have to mention her and that is now the biggest story on television.

personal life, trump told reporters it would be fair for the media, or rivals, to investigate his background as well. nats trump is also boasting about the first ad blitz of his campaign, saying he will pay two million dollars a week in advertising in early voting states beginning next month. presidential candidate i'm going to be doing big ads in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina and they're going to be very substantial and i think they're very well done. with the rest of the field tearing into each other, trump is using his iconic hairdo to tear into president obama's environmental agenda. presidential candidate you can't use hairspray because hairspray is going to affect the ozone, i'm trying to figure out, let's see, i'm in my room in new york city and i want to put a little spray so i can, right, right? but i hear

hairspray, they i hear where they want me to use the pump, but the other one, which i really like better than going bing, bing, bing, and then it comes out in big globs right and it gets stuck in your hair and i say oh my god i have to take a shower again, my hair is all screwed up. and ending 2015 with a parting plea. voters better not let him down. presidential candidate don't sit back and say oh trump's going to do well, the more we can win by the more power we will have in a sense because it's like a mandate, but you gotta go out and vote. now in addition to warning voters they actually need to turn out for him next year, donald trump also says he's getting ready to spend a lot of money in these early nominating states, that's a different tactic from what we're seeing from former florida governor jeb bush, his campaign says he's pulling back on a $3 million ad reservation, instead, he's his odds there. sara murray, cnn, hilton

police in belgium have arrested a tenth person in connection to last month's attacks in paris. a belgian national born in 1993, identified only as ayoub b., has been charged with terrorist murder and participation in the activities of a terrorist group. he was taken into custody during a search in brussels molenbeek neigbhorood where some of the paris attackers lived -- including the suspected ringleader. six others have been detained for questioning over a suspected plot to stage during the holidays. connection between the two -- they've highlighted belgium's role as a hotbed of islamic radicalism. nine people have already been arrested in belgium in connection with the attacks in paris that killed 130 and injured hundreds. the u-s resumed airstrikes against isis targets this week -- after a nearly 3 month lull. tuesday the military led attacks

harry truman which recently arrived in the persian gulf. it joins a french nuclear carrier which has been launching airstrikes since late november. it also marks the navy's first carrier presence in the region since the u-s-s theodore roosevelt left in october. wildfires continue to burn out of control in two australian southern states today. an emergency warning has been issued for a fire burning in south australia where at least 15 homes are under threat. the state's country fire authority has deployed about 120 firefighters and numerous fire trucks and aircrafts to battle the blaze. however, a wind change today turned the fire away from the populated areas and residents were allowed to return home. von has a glance at your weather forecast coming up next. von? thursday the rain chance falls to 50% during the day

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will cross the area and settle along the coast by late thursday night. new year's day will be mostly will be dry and partly cloudy. high: 70. the front will cross the area and settle along the coast by late thursday night. new year's day will be mostly

slight chance of showers and a touch cooler temperatures. high:60. the first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy. thursday the rain chance falls to 50% during the day and then down to 30% that night. high: 70. the front will cross the area and settle along the coast by late thursday night. new year's day will be mostly down to 30% that night. new year's day will be mostly high: 70. the front will cross the area thursday the rain chance falls of showers and a touch cooler that's a look at your forecast but first, here's your news 10

mostly cloudy with only a slight chance of showers and a touch cooler temperatures. high:60. the first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy. that's a look at your forecast

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will cross the area and settle along the coast by late thursday night. new year's day will be mostly cloudy with only a slight chance of showers and a touch cooler temperatures. high:60. the first weekend in january will be dry and

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