budget today, how she thinks lawmakers should spent the $1.3 billion of added money. news 19's joy k now -- joyce koh now with the details. >> reporter: opting to fund the top priorities in the state, roads and edge eggs and the state's biggest issues -- education and the state's biggest issues. >> that means something. it means something to the taxpayers of south carolina. >> reporter: as the new session begins so does planning the spending for the next year. >> going through a thousand year flood would have wiped out a lot of states, it didn't wipe us out. >> reporter: governor nikki haley gave her proposals. >> sales tax, 100% to roads. >> reporter: roads. 345million. that is accounting for the 10-

could go into effect if a roads bill is passed. >> say okay, you want to raise the gas tax, you can do it but you will cut income taxes. >> the next area of spending would be on education plan. raising base student cost and spending 42 million in new school buses, and driver salaries. >> they don't get a good education in a safe environment it doesn't matter. >> she wants to match the flood relief. if legislation passes this session governor nikki haley wants to spend 700,000 to fund the jobs. >> we wanted to cover it so we didn't have to go to the feds. >> reporter: she included funding local governments. 113million. these are just governor nikki haley's suggestions for lawmakers.

own plan and get it to governor nikki haley's desk. joyce koh, news 19 wltx. now, the midlands most accurate forecast with meteorologist daniel bonds. >> the rain is coming to an end across most of the state, most of the midlands. here are the showers we saw earlier. the rain is coming to an end. drizzle across the area but the clouds into decrease through the evening and tonight as the low that is associated with the rain continues to move to the north and east. we expect the rain or the drizzle to into decrease. 43 degrees the low. tomorrow high temperatures around 64 degrees. we should see a lot of sunshine. another system twin -- swings to the south, clouds tomorrow night, lows around 40 degrees. we will look at the weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you. a proposed mining operation

a part of a road would have to shut down. however a group of residents want to stop that from happening. they hashed it out today. sonia gutierrez was there. >> reporter: this is the road in question. the green line is a part of the road that the company wants to close for the mining operation. the brown line is where they are okay leaving open for the residents. >> we are still a party. we have an interest in the closure of the property. >> reporter: on one side are three residents who don't want the road closed. >> this is a long process. involves many hearings. >> reporter: on the other side the company. >> big issue of public interest that you have to argue the

economic interest -- road usage. economic interest. >> the road is a short cut to them. >> it would prevent us from having a road through the middle of the mine site. >> reporter: they say if they cannot close the road for plan b they will move right back to plan a and this is the bottom line. >> we got together and we said if you do decide you are going to close the road we won't it upgraded. we want it to remain dirt and we want it to be closed 50 feet from the end of the first drive way. >> reporter: sonia gutierrez, news 19 wltx. >> as you expect the decision was not made today but the judge did ordered both sides to file memose answering a few more questions. nautically when a final decision will be maid.

decision will be made. >> reporter: financial fraud, two men you see here attempted to cash a stolen check at the first citizens in west columbia. once the teller refused to cash the check they left. if you know who they are call crime stoppers, 1-888-crime-sc. the department of social services discovered 100 cases of food stamp fraud across the state. all the cases were prosecuted by the state attorney general office. 99 defendants entered guilty pleas and agreed to repay $337,000 in restitution. they will continue to investigate other abuse of the program. today walmart announced they will close down 150 stores across the country, one in winnsboro. news 19's colby gallagher is there. the store will close in two weeks now? is that right?

shock. they are upset. they say they can't believe their one stop shop, the only one in fairfield county is going to be gone in under two weeks. they said this is the place where you can get electronics, your groceries, hardware, all of that in one place, especially for the senior citizens. many residence are seniors and they say that will be the biggest hit because the resident do not have the ability to get to richland county. killion road is the next closest location for the next walmart. she says they will be okay in the country because this county -- county because this county survived without a walmart. >> there was that panic that all of the small mom and pops would be put out of business.

years with a big box being here and our core mom and pops surviving but we always have that issue of folks going to the surrounding larger areas. >> reporter: vicars says this is a hit for the county. 120 people losing their jobs in the process. she hopes many can go on to other stores and be staffed at other area walmarts but they are going to start hosting career fairs and other things to make sure the people that are going to lose their jobs don't have to be jobless for young and she -- long and she tells mow this is something they are try -- me this is something they are trying to work on. they hope walmart will change their mind. colby gallagher, news 19 wltx. 10 people were left homeless after a apartment fire.

there and he described how he got himself and his grandchildren out. >> i just ran and got -- [ indiscernible ] >> got so bad you couldn't go back in there. i grabbed my grandchildren and came out and called 911 on my phone and then -- that is what happened. >> investigators believe the fire started in a down stairs apartment, perhaps due to an electrical malfunction. red cross is stepping into help the victims. today is martin luther king, jr.'s 87th birthday. students will take part in two days of service. tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. they will clean homes damage said in the floods and making repairs and the fire k is -- 5k is tomorrow as well. all parking garages will be open to the public at no charge on king day. you can see the 8 garages here

in addition street parking meters will not be enforced monday as well. usc women's basketball team is back in columbia preparing for their next game on sunday. they came from behind last night to beat kentucky and improve their record to 16-0. they take on texas a&m sunday. and fresh off their first loss of the year the usc men are hosting the tigers tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. now 15-1 on the year. missouri is 8-8. usc head football coach will address the crowd at halftime. still ahead now the panthers have a big game coming up on sunday. if you are planning on getting

hard to coming up monday on news 19 this morning, if catching more sleep is a problem for you, we have a answer for you, the three things you can can do to get rest.

unleash music right from your you are watching news 19 at 7:00 p.m. with jr berry. >> how about this? panthers jerseys are in high demand. a report from dick's sporting goods shows where each of the playoff teams have the most support in jersey sales. panthers are number one in 16 different states. carolina is the only nfl team with three players inside the top 20 best selling jerseys. and ahead of the game on sunday police are warning fans about fake tickets. they say the extra hype around the game provides more opportunities for scammers to get your money. officers say the safest bet is to buy from a reputable dealer. if you buy from someone you don't know ask for an i.d. and take a picture of the seller. prices are plunging this

through sunday, january 17 at 11:59 p.m. new amazon prime subscribers can sign up for just $73.00, a discount of $26.00 from the regular price of $99.00 per amazon prime -- starting friday, january 15 at 9:00 p.m. through sunday, january 17 at 11:59 p.m. new amazon prime subscribers can sign up for just $73.00, a discount of $26.00 from the regular price of $99.00 per year. they are celebrating two golden globe awards. you can stream the first and second seasons of the series over the weekend. having amazon prime gets you freeh two day chip -- free two day shipping and access to video and music. monday you can order the orcannic item juice -- organic item juice drink. customers will not be charged extra. the launch comes after a successful test in the orlando area. what do you say daniel bonds, you want the juice? >> i love juice and dry weather. that will be on the way for tomorrow as the rain continues

we will look that w now, the midlands most accurate forecast with meteorologist daniel bonds. >> good friday evening merchandise wet across the area -- evening. wet across the area. cool temperatures across the midlands. 48 degrees columbia. 58 orangeburg and sumpter 61 degrees. cooler in the upstate, 46 degrees in greenville. rock hill 44 degrees. gusty and breezy conditions earlier this afternoon and this evening. winds of 17 miles per hour in columbia. 18 sumpter and 24 miles per hour in orangeburg.

at the airport as the low- pressure system gained strength. it brought in gusty winds across the area but the low is moving out and the rain is moving out as well. should stet us up for a decent first half of the weekend. a quiet weather pattern for the most part. as far as rain is concerned. rain east of the mississippi. we saw the rain as well but the rain has come to an end. the low-pressure system mushes to the north -- pushes to the north and east. clouds decrease through the rest of tonight and tomorrow. as we talked about should set us up for a good looking start to the weeks. pick things up at 7:30 p.m. this evening. low pushes out. clearing as clouds move out. tomorrow a lot of sunshine. a great start to the weekend. as we go into the second half of the weekend increasing clouds. a system will be to the south. we will go with an isolated

the system swings to the south. a cold front passes through. behind the front it clears out. colder air moves in to the area and you will notice a difference by martin luther king, jr. day. 42 degrees in st. matthews. 41 degrees bishopville. a chilly start to the weekend. tomorrow afternoon not bad. 64 degrees columbia. 63 degrees winnsboro. 62 degrees in bishopville, newberry. this is what we are expecting for the next 7 days. the small chance for rain on sunday. early in the morning. clouds decrease during the afternoon. 56 degrees thify hi. 48 degrees for a high on monday. right now a low tuesday morning of 24 degrees. and a high of 43 forty three. that will -- 43. that will be one of the coldest mornings this season. 23 degrees wednesday morning. 50 degrees wednesday afternoon.

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>> go to our website www.wltx.com. and this weekend is your final chance to enjoy main street on ice here in columbia. you can head to the plaza. that is downtown. they will be open tomorrow from 4:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. and the weather should be getting crisper for the last weekend for main street on ice. that is our time for now. inside edition is coming up next and we will be back later

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