it will be the tigers versus the tide. commissioner, first of all, having an acc team, what does it mean for your league? >> it means a great deal for clemson. i would like to congratulate them. [ audio difficulties ] >> we had a champion in the college football playoff. two years ago. won the national championship. we could get a 2 out of 3 situation. anytime you have a team that has that opportunity to win a national championship it is a great thing for the school, the program and the league. >> reporter: everybody thinks of the acc as a basketball league, tonight is prove they could play football as well. [no audio] >> we apologize for the

we will hear from him coming up again in a few moments. even though the midlands is game [bleep] country there are -- gamecocks country there are tons of tigers fans. news 19's daniel bonds, a lot of clemson folks making it there tonight? >> reporter: yeah. orange is starting starting to come in. i have a big fan here. diane. she is a clemson fan. how is it being a clemson tiger in gamecocks country? >> fabulous. >> reporter: what does it mean for clemson to play in the national championship? >> these guys have played with heart all year and they have just -- held to their game. played a steady game and they deserve to win. good chance of winning too. [ laughter ] >> reporter: i am not going to ask you a score prediction

pulling for, what does it mean, 14-0, what does it mean for clemson and especially a team going out? >> this is a solid team. whatever they do they will succeed. they have played a fabulous season. had a fabulous season. had a fun run. didn't lose a game all year and they probably will win this game too but whatever they do they will succeed. win or lose they will be a good team. >> reporter: she was also a usc employee, how hard was it to be a usc employee and a fan of clemson? had not hard. >> reporter: not hard when you are winning. >> right. >> reporter: anything else? >> go tigers. >> reporter: that is the sentiment. they are excited about the game. an hour and 26 minutes. ready for kickoff.

come on out and enjoy the game. for now back to you guys in the studio. >> thank you so much. you can stay updated on the game with us on social media. reggie anderson and our sports team will be tweeting throughout the game all game long. we will have more later in the broadcast. stay tuned at 7:30 p.m. our half hour clemson championship special, reggie and alyssa lang will look back at the incredible season and what it will take for the tigers to bring home the national title. now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> it has been chilly today. this morning we dropped down to 27 degrees at the airport. 30 in the city. 50 in the city, 51 degrees at the airport. we averaged 9 degrees below normal for this time of year.

winds from the west at 3 miles per hour. tonight the winds will be light. skies will be clear. expecting a low temperature of 26. tomorrow 55 it will by windy tomorrow, 15-25 miles per hour and gusty and then the winds diminish tomorrow night with a low temperature of 29. more coming up. >> thank you. lawmakers met today to discuss the investigation of three women's health clinics that provide abortions. today they were asked about their knowledge about the disposal of fetal tissue from abortions under the investigation. dhec said all fetal tissue is required to be cremated or donated. there is no evident of them accepting money for donations. the investigation started when the governor called for a

>> i think that had we not had this investigation there would have been people saying you didn't do your job. you tried to push it under the rug. but i think we have been transparent. >> the committee has been investigating the clinics since august and will reconvene later this month. flood water plundered their dance studio last year but getting back to the stage has them in full swing. news 19's janae frazier shows us how they are recovering and moving forward. >> reporter: pointed toes and stretched arms. a sight to behold. dancers from all over the world preparing for their show in a less than typical dance studio. the richland mall. [ indiscernible ] >> all the doors busted. and when they went in they had

>> the company was forced out acres. the owner is still coming to terms with the devastation. he spent $260,000 renovating the studio this past summer to see it all wash udway but -- washed away but the tragedy has built safe. >> heart attack after that. i think it made me stronger and the company stronger and showed unity of the dancers. >> reporter: they found strength from each other and also from the generosity of strangers. >> been amazing how much support we have gotten from dancers in columbia and dancers all over the country and all over the world. you know? we have people tweeting about us and raising money. >> reporter: work is just beginning on the old studio. >> working hard. >> reporter: because the show

janae frazier, news 19 wltx. >> the company hopes to rebuild and make the studio water proof as soon as possible. they are waiting to be approved for a building permit.

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jim in a bag that is less clemson quarterback and the tigers have arrived that university of phoenix stadium where they will be playing alabama tonight. and excitement is in tiger town as clemson is taking on alabama in the national championship game.

at the so club and that is where we find loren thomas tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. a lot of fans inside of so. this is where the die hard fans are, outside, breving the cold. take -- braving the cold. a huge screen tv so everybody can watch the game. so is pretty important to the community. earlier today we talked with the general manager of so who says this is about family and community. check out what she had to say. >> been here forever. since 1993. the first place i game when i came to college. everybody knows it. just such a tradition in the town. and so many people who visit

we try to do our best to accommodate everybody. >> reporter: there is tons of fans right now out here ready for the game. getting ready to watch the national championship game. hopefully they will bring it home. loren thomas news 19 wltx. >> thank you. thousands of tigers fans headed to the basketball arena as they are holding a viewing party there. check r has more -- chuck ringwalt has more there. good evening. >> reporter: that's right. downtown greenville. we have melally and -- melanie here and marla. what are you excited about? >> clemson winning. >> reporter: we talked to a couple people who said this is an experience. not just football, we have basketball, tell us how cool

>> the atmosphere is great. so many fans showing up in their team colors. all excited. we are going to win it. we will be there for it. we will do it all together and we will have a great time doing it. >> reporter: what is this season been like for you watches as a -- watching as a fan. what are you excited about? >> clemson winning. i have been a long time clemson fan. win or lose we love clemson. >> reporter: great. we appreciate you coming and talking to us. you heard here, win or lose they are still fans. we will be here all night watching the game with everybody here on the jumbo tron at the arena in downtown greenville.

>> thank you so much now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. skies outside. a few high thin clouds along the georgia, north carolina border the. moving to the east. -- there. moving to the east. a weather system moving to the southeast that will be pushing a cold front through the area tomorrow evening. high pressure will be in control tonight but tomorrow after a cold night it will be warming up. it is cold. you can see the temperatures right now across the upper mid- west. 5 degrees in minneapolis. the cold air is settling in.

moderation in temperatures in the south central states but it is chilly over a good part of the country. right now south carolina temperatures in the 30s. greenville 40 trees. 43 -- degrees. 43 charleston. 38 columbia and orangeburg and 37 in sumpter. computer model showing high thin clouds passing through. otherwise tomorrow it will be sunny and not till tomorrow evening that the front comes through. little chance of clouds. a dry frontal passage and sunny through wednesday. our forecast for tonight. expect low temperatures of 24 in newberry. 25 camden. 26 columbia. 28 degrees orangeburg. tomorrow we should see temperatures warming up into the mid-50s. 52 for newberry and winnsboro. 55 columbia and orangeburg. 56 manning. our seven-day forecast looks like this, colder air coming in

49 degrees the high temperature. dropping down to 26 thursday morning. we will see an increase in clouds late in the day and on friday we expect cloudy skies. scattered showers. high of 57. cloudy on saturday and 58 degrees. another cold front comes through and on sunday it will be windy and cold with a high of 48.

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>> i would like to see clemson be 15-0. but that comes with a heck of a price. >> reporter: what is that price? >> arrogance. >> it is going to be a good thing. it will bring south carolina closer, more fans here. make everything better for south carolina. >> hope it is the tigers. i spent the weekend with a alabama fan and we discussed it. it will be close. >> it would be great to see south carolina represented. nice to see something prevail through tragedy. it would be awesome to see south carolina back on the map and doing something great. >> gamecocks are my team. >> we heard a lot of that. we ran a poll that shows 70% of gamecocks fans not rooting for the tigers tonight. stay with us. when we come back our sports

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in 1981 with danny home of the home. again clemson is trying to do it with another alabama graduate in charge of the program. hello from glendale arizona. we are just outside the university of phoenix stadium. reggie anderson. welcome to our news 19 sports special clemson championship bound. we are going to preview their matchup. we will hear from the coach and the players as well but let's head over to lisa lange for somebody who knows that program inside and out. >> reporter: we are here with taj boyd, who you can't talk clemson football without hearing from the sky. you have had some success. someone say even -- some may even say you got the ball rolling. you started them up this hill and now they are want to be in a national title game. >> it's exciting. i am a proud alum. to see the process, the growth of where they are at, i am very excited. >> reporter: or do you think