good evening thanks for being with us. a community has been helping out children in need for years. we get to show you the good you are doing sonja has a story about a little girl given a gift to help her live a full life. >> i see a fighter. i see a survivor. and i see love. rortmac a bond that was formed from the initiative, a gift of life. >> i was apprehensive about having strangers come through my home but over time we fell in love with the family.>>after r her first surgery at the palmetto children's hospital. >> a total of three visits to the hospital and two surgeries. spirit medical care, so she's mom may not have received

sochi was born with scoliosis. >> use it-you think of something that is curved any stretch it out. we did not have the slack to do that. >>reporter: a complicated surgery that was best if she had it done here. hispanic we were the gift of life coordinators in counterparts to make arrangements for them to get the medical care in the us. to see the resilience that she has that is demonstrated by a child. her ability to push through anything. and always managed to have a smile on her face it has been moving. student the rotary club has been hosting families and helping with medical bills since the 80s. >> she will go home in a much better place.>>she has been a gift and others lives. >> her favorite phrase is

-- surgeries and smiles later she goes back to el salvador tomorrow the spring valley rotary club has helped 50 children since they started this initiative. it was a nice day but a chilly start, we dropped to 27 at the airport and 29 in the city and warmed up to 63 in the city of 60 for the airport. we are starting to see high clouds across the area and the temperature is 500 weather from the south at 5 miles an hour. tonight we are expecting a temperature of 38 rain will be moving through tomorrow with a high of 53 and it will remain mostly cloudy tomorrow night with a low of 41. a look at the weekend forecast coming up. at this hour. presidential candidates are debating north charleston. the

republicans rick santorum, mike huckabee and carly fiorina third other candidates will be on the main stage later tonight. tonight, whwh we can expect this evening. >>reporter: of this debate is critical because we have not seenen a blowout performance from any candidates but we have seen how important these debates are in shaping numbers and the weeks that followed each debate and tonight is critical because we are counting down to iowa and new hampshire and their only seven candidates taking the main stage , which is the smallest we have seen yet so it is an opportunity for each one of these candidates to speak more and distinguish themselves. all eyes are on the front- runners right now. donald trump, ted cruz and

romance between trump and ted cruz to deteriorate because we have seen that early on. they were almost friendly to each other and would not attack each other but of course in the recent weeks we have seen drop introduce an argument against ted cruz and he could talk about a potential indiscretion when it came to campaign funding as well so the big question is, will they go at each other and the atmosphere that we have not seen before? if they do is going to give rubio a chance to rise above and to give his voice and have him say i am not here to fight about issues. it could be has breakthrough moment. there are for other candidates on the main stage you have an opportunity to breakthroughs will be interesting to have a make or break moment for them and for the top three to show why they should take the lead position. >> we will have details with

tonight for news 19 at 11 pm. a bipartisan group is advocating a 5% cost-of-living raise for state employees. the group matt today saying it is time to pass a budget that increases paychecks beginning in july. employees take home pay has declined due to increased health care costs and pension contributions. >> state employees are the backbone of state services and of south carolina. they cannot be forgotten as we go forward. they have only received if you pay raises over the last seven years. that's 5% and everything else s gone up. we receive a bonus it doesn't go into your base and you have to pay taxes. so you don't get the benefit of your retirement system. >> state employees making less

one-time $800 bonus employees have not received a raise across the board in the last two decades. fellow senators are optimistic on reaching a compromise by the end of today. they will be continuing talks on tuesday. the group has a meeting throughout the week and they had made significant process from when they first started. they hope to have a plan by the end of the day on tuesday and other say it could be a week or two before they bring the bill to the floor. >> we can agree upon eight people in that room, but will we get out on the floor. we will have different sanctions have different agendas and we can't guarantee that. but i think the appetite for roseville is so strong those who are opposed to it with politics.

overwhelmed. through the group meets behind closed doors will continue their discussion on tuesday at 1 pm. south carolina has passed a bill to put restrictions on mopeds. drivers would have to register their vehicles, have insurance and have reflected the desperate it would become illegal to have a moped if you lost your drivers license because of a dui. so money ride mopeds that other people call them dui cycles. >> if you get caught with a dui. they put you in jail. the next morning you come out and you get on your moped and you go where you want to go. you cannot do it. that is a motorcycle driver or something like that. student that bill goes to the senate. also, the house is trying to make sure a standardized test is in place for 11th graders

core a standardized test is not a place to see how the graders are doing the house passed an emergency measure today for a one-year test until a new permanent test is in place. house education committee chair said the test is important in setting up students for futures. >> with the assessment in the 11th grade. we will be able to tell where their strengths and weaknesses are and that they have weaknesses they can use 12th grade for remediation and graduate career and college ready. student about the test a lot of students have to spend their first year or two and college or technical school taking remedial classes. some of the democratic party top three candidates are headed to columbia. hillary clinton, bernie sanders. a martin o'malley will take part in the king day at the dome rally on monday. education is one of the main issues specifically making sure all schools are equipped to give students a level chance to

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>> if you like chocol cafe now has a second location in downtown columbia.in tonighyt's restaurant report card extra. the wire goat cafi has a second location in downtown columbia to the restaurant report card extra kobe gallagher takes us behind the scenes. >>reporter: kristin will show us how to make her signature

>> it's homemade syrup caramel chocolate hazelnut sea salt and topped with whipped cream and pecans. so let's get started. >> why did you think of this is your signature drink. >> i wanted to do a payday and it turned out to be your average candy bar. >> i heard it has been quite popular. first it was on facebook and they decided to put on the menu because it was requested. >> we wanted to add a new drink to the menu and mine was the winter. >> so make sure you don't burn them out. there's a perfect temperature. >> about 160. >> is that one shot of espresso?>>two shots.

give it a whirl. >> for people that are drooling right now, how would you explain the flavor? >> a case like a candy bar with chocolate and caramel. it's a delightful. the sea salt gives it an extra kick. >> this looks so good. i know it is your signature so you're probably a bit biased but is this your favorite drink? >> it is one of my favorite and i enjoy the french toast latte. still, the french toast latte, so many that you see behind us, you can get them at the wire goat cafi at 709 at 709 survey st. dozens of people pressed

free food rather than playing the powerball. a new chick-fil-a opened our newest reporter deion guillory was there paid one by one they were welcomed in. 100 people. when a free meals for a year. many of them braving freezing temperatures camping out in the parking lot until the doors opened. >> i had a sleeping bag and lots of close. >> how many layers? >> a shirt, a sweatshirt and a code. >>reporter:. he was second in line. i got there 5 am wednesday. more than 20 for hours before >> i was supported chick-fil-a over the years. i believe that what they stand for it is good food. stay with us that the loyalty that the owner wants to extend to other customers. they just to see this grow up and we are excited to get

>> this is about the economy and the area an area that is growing very fast. several restaurants just opened at a grocery store on its way. thth restaurant is helping the community by collecting books for round top elementary school. another way to encourage customers to eat more chicken. >> i am a ups driver. this will be on my route so i could eat some chick-fil-a in the afternoon. the new chick-fil-a has a mom that way for parents in a rush to get home. as you saw the rerert.

morning. today we warmed up into the 60s. 60 in rock hill, 61 and sumter and 60 for a columbia. it has cooled off. 45 and sumter closer increasing and it will be as cold. it's overcast in georgia. all of that is headed our way. as part of a weather system getting organized off the texas

and ananher system eventually cold air will make its way, south but not until the latter part of the weekekd. her computer model showing an increase in clouds and this computer model places clouds overnight and we expect the rain to persist should be ending in the late afternoon will remain mostly cloudy and saturday drying out with sunshine and another disturbance of the atmosphere passing over the area on sunday. this might give us some rain upstate and even some snow in north carolina, but nothing here. it moves out quickly. it will be back to sunshine sunday afternoon, turning colder. so far tonight expect low temperatures in the 30s and 40s and 47 in newberry 51 and

in ororgeburg on saturday will warm up to 63 and sunday. it starts to turn colder.

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