the midlands but 3 we did get a day of nice temperatures and some sunshine. i'm joined now by meterologist efren afante on those cold temperatures moving in this week..good morning

3 chat3 3 3 3 presidential hopefuls hillary clinton, martin o'malley and bernie sanders will be at the annual king day at the dome rally today.this year the focus of the event is education equity...specific ally....making sure all schools are equipped to give students a chance to succeed. participants will be marching from zion baptist church to the state house.the march line up is at 9:30.the rally is scheduled to start at 10:15. 3 the lee county m-l-k committee is hosting a breakfast to celebrate king's legacy.the theme of the event is equality for all..fair play...goodwill and justice. breakfast starts at 8 this morning.it's being held at lee

3 the city of columbia's 28th annual mlk celebration is also today. usc president harris pastides will be the keynote speaker.the celebration will include performances from logan elementary school and keenan high school.the event is being held at martin luther king, jr. park and the community center on greene street.the program starts at 4. 3 and all city of columbia parking garages will be open to the public at no charge for the king day holiday. you can see the eight garages here on your screen. in addition....street parking meters will not be enforced today. 3 right here in the midlands one group p finding a way to use dr. kings dream as inspiration to help a family overcome hard times.news 19's chuck ringwalt has the story. 3 in early december, kali kelly lost her mother to cancer. "my best friend. she was everything to me."reportera nd her children lost their grandmother.

shoulder to lean on because everybody is telling you to be strong, but who's being strong for you?"after a heartbreaking holiday, they found that strength in gerald hare and the elite youth mentoring group of south carolina - who will be suprising her two and kids as well as nieces and nephews with a tickets to see the charlotte hornets. "somebody's life is going to be changed tomorrow. somebody is going to see something. somebody is going to do something. there is going to be a positive impact pn someone's life that they're going to remember for a life time." using dr. martin luther king's example - the group is using that game as inspiration to have - what else - but a dream."when a kid can actually grasp on to th e dream, touch the dream, see the dream, feel the dream, then live the dream. then they become the dream.""for them to see a professional basketball player. not just a professional basketball player, but maybe even the owner. that should give you some kind 'hey if you can this too. you're dream was to player. now team. my dream is to be a lawyer, a to live that mikale hare also particiates in the elite group. with the other members by his side...he's says he's ready to be a role model for the kelly family."the biggest thing is when you see somebody's face - how they smile after you do something good for them. i'm

them know it's going to be alright. it's just going to be magical." life is going to somebody is going to see something. somebody is going to do 3 something. there is going to be a positive impact pn someone's life that they're going to remember for a life time." "it's a blessing that someone thought of us."in columbia - chuck ringwalt - news19, wltx 3 the elite youth group of south carolina has been mentoring kids across the state since 2001. 3 3 you'll be paying a little extra the next time you go to the post office.according to ththu-s postal service, they have raised the shipping cost of priority mail packages by ten percent...and more than 14 percent for priority mail

price increase in three years. ups and fedex rates have also increased nearly five percent. however, the current cost of a first class letter...will remain the same, at 49 cents. 3 holiday sales werent as high as expected.according to the national retail federation, sales rose 3 percent in november and december.thats below the 3-point-7 percent increase the group originally forecasted. but online sales exceeded expectectations and grew 9 percent. 3 3 with so much hype centered around the lottery this past week...we want to warn you about a new lottery scam going on orangeburg county.deputies say callers are attempting to use the lottery to steal money. the caller tells you that you have won a large amount of money and to receive that money, you must first pay the "insurance" or the taxes on your winnings before it will be sent.the state lottery does not operate this way....if you recieve a call like this.. you are asked to call law enforcement.

3 the deadline to register for the afforable care act is quickly approaching. and if you still have questions, richland library navigators will be out in the community all this week to help. starting today they will be at the ladson's chapel family life center. that's located on cabin creek road in hopkins from 10 am until 1pm. the deadline for registration is january 31st. 3 the c-d-c is telling pregnant women in any trimester to avoid traveling to 14 latin and carribean countries. it's all because of the zika virus. transmitted by mosquitoes -- the virus is believed to be the cause of a dramatic spike in a deadly birth defect. there have been nearly 4- thousand cases in brazil in the past year. there are usually only 200. so far, there's no evidence that the virus has spread to the u- s. 3 smoking hookah has becoming increasingly popular

cigarettes..but hookah may not be as safe as it seems . that's because a new study reveals it may be more dangerous than smoking cigarettes.

3 coming up...it was a big weekend for carolina sports...alyssa lang will catch you up on what you need to know. 3 plus, you're waking up to a very cold morning....meter ologist efren afante if we can expect the freezing emperatures to stick around...your full weather

3 the search continues for a sumter mother who hasn't been seen since friday night. she's 27-year-old shardae davis.police say they responded to her home at ritz mobile home park after a neighbor called 911 following a disturbance.a 2-year-old and 5-week-old were found by officers alone and unharmed. friends say it's highly unlikely for davis to leave her children alone. herbert linwood butler is wanted for questioning in connection with her disappearance. investigators say davis has a history with butler......he also has not been seen since the call.we're told butler also has warrant against him for domestic violence. anyone with information about their whereabouts is asked to call crimestoppers at 1-triple-8- crime-sc. 3 in orangeburg county... sled is now investigating an officer involved shooting. it happened early saturday morning at coaster club on old number six highway in santee.

at a deputy who was responding to a disturbance at the nightclub. the deputy...who fired back...was not hurt.they are not sure if the deputy hit anyone...as the car sped away from the scene.this is the first officer involved shooting this year...last year

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3 a message in a bottle sent bobbing across the ocean from a new jersey beach completed its trans-atlantic voyage in europe and now thanks to social media, the senders and the receiver of the message are connected. 3 sot: 00:02:46 "i just took it and threw it as far as i could."track: just how far a message in a bottle can go, beyond the wildest dreams of tommy zanowic and bridget

now, tossed this glass bottle, with a note inside, into the ocean at the jersey shore. never imagining the bottle would make it far, they didn't even sign the note inside. sot: 00:03:03 "we just thought that someone would find it and be like you left your bottle here." chyron: bridget braaten, toms river n.j. residenttrack: they had left zanowic's college dorm address on the message, but never thought about it again, until this week, when loyola university in maryland contacted them saying someone had found their message in a bottle..... in france. the bottle, floating 3,376 miles from island beach state park in new jersey, to ile tariec in france. sot: 00:01:38 "can't believe that it went all the way to france it doesn't make any sense" chyron: tommy zanowic, brick n.j. resident sot: 00:10:57 "la bouteille, vous voyez, je la met devant la camera, il y a des algues dessus."track: david folley, speaking to cbs 2 news from his home in western france, showing us the bottle he found on the beach this past sunday. sot: 00:01:58 "dans les algues et dans le sable j'ai decouvert la bouteille." chyron: david folley, sainte-marguerite, france resident track: in the seaweed and the sand, folley says he spotted it, then took

in the bottle, just barely legible, folley says, a simple line from his unlikely long distance correspondents that read, quote: "write to us about your good fortunes."sot: 00:06:35 "qu'est-ce que vous pensez de tout ca? c'est fou, c'est amazing, mais c'est fou, c'est incroyable."track: crazy and unbelievable, folley says. on the other side of the atlantic, reflection about the meaning of this special delivery. track: two years, three thousand miles, sot: 00:06:00 "it really says something about how the world can connect with one another." one remarkable connection - on the jersey shore, steve langford, cbs 2 news. 3 today is martin luther king junior day and there are lots of events happening in the midlands... we'll tell you

after the break.3 good morning and thanks for waking up with us here on news19 this morning. i'm savannah levins. and i'm deon guillory.today is martin luther king junior day and there are several events happening across the midlands...let's take a look.

3 in lee county ...the m-l-k