we are talking about the good afternoon. thanks for joining us for friends at 5. the prominent director of the state department of transportation, gov. haley, approved by the senate. he has taken of the agency for the second time on an interim basis to do with the massive flood in october. also the interim director and 2014 when an ice storm knocked out trees and power lines closing roads. most recently she has been chief engineer. and orangeburg counties. deputies are sending a warning

deputies say they are taking calls from folks who have been targeted for what has become known as the grandparent scheme. theyeyave to send $5000 to clear up the legal matter. if this happens to you never give someone money or send money that hang up and call the sheriff's office immediately. possession of crack cocaine, marijuana and stolen guns going on with a year-long investigation in newberry. officers served a search warrant. 22-year-old jackson and 30-year- old jones and 22-year-old kirkland were arrested. law enforcement said they made undercover drug purchases over

police say additional charges and arrests are expected. if you live in west columbia, listen up a boil water advisory has been issued. a waterline break is affected customers in the 1300 block of alpine drive. residence need to boil their water for one minute before they use it or drink it or cook with it and don't forget to throw away in the ice. the center for disease control has issued travel notices for 20 countries because of the zika virus . but what is it and what is the risk? it is spread through infected mosquito bites and it could cause birth defects like smaller heads on babies but the link is not confirmed. they do have the mosquito that carries the virus, but there

we are conscious--and optus-- optimistically cautious that we will be fine. if you have to travel for some reason we have to prevent mosquito bites.>>the symptoms are usually fever, rash, joint pain and red eyes. early this morning. we begin to see some rain developing across the north and northeast but now the rain is shifting towards the coast. live radar showing a few showers south of columbia and it continues to move towards the east northeast and it has been a chilly day. temperatures have been holding in the 40s.

and 51. cloudy here in columbia, 480. we're under calm conditions and tonight we expect clouds to be moving out and skies clearing and temperature dropping we will see sunshine and 600 and tomorrow night. it will be clear with a low temperature of 32. let's take a look at our traffic around the area and we will get an overview right now. you can see around the city. there are not any accidents to talk about but we have a fuse slowdowns. here is one 26 coming into the malfunction junction area so it's slowing down there and it will take a little bit of time to get through that area. on the southeast side of town. it is not too bad. the traffic out on the sumter highway has been improving. during the last 15 minutes on

it's not too bad for you have some slow schuck's-sections as you head out t if you're going downtown right now on interstate it should only take you 15 minutes from downtown to clemson road will take you for two minutes. i will have more on the forecast coming up. thank you so much. donald trump refusing to attend tonight's gop debate in iowa with an ongoing feud with fox news. instead he continues to promote his fundraiser for veterans taking place at drake university at the exact same time. trump's chief rival, ted cruz suggested they take part in a one-on-one debate saturday and i went through last night. the governor endorsed trump at a rally that drew thousands of people out of lexington county priest among the leader of an armed group is driving

wildlife refuse to go home. bundy made a statements or his attorney. they were arrested tuesday during a violent traffic stop. other protesters have been allowed to leave. mexican immigration officials are sending the apple and 13 back to america. he arrived in texas this afternoon to face charges. he and his mother fled for mexico is authorities investigated if he had violated his probation and a fatal drunk driving case. his lawyers claim the pampered upbringing left him without a sense of responsibility. his mother was sent back to the us but her son remained in mexico city behind bars until today. stepchildren of a woman killed in a car crash caused by caitlin jenner have dismissed a civil lawsuit against favorite

the pacific coast highway in february 2015 pushing kim honks car into oncoming traffic where it was drunk by number. investigators determined jenner was traveling at unsafe speed for the conditions at the time. prosecutors declined to file a vehicular manslaughter case and the stepchildren suited jenner in may. nasa remembers a somber moment. 30 years ago when the challenger exploded, killing all seven members on board. ron mcnair was among them, and also paid tribute to the crews of apollo 1 and the space shuttle columbia. the car that travels back to the future and now the delorean motor's plans to make 300 replicas of stainless steel iconic sports car. they have not produced since

the delorean will cost $100,000 and will be on sale sometime next year. pres. obama is creating a federal task force to accelerate cancer research. he is tapping pres.-vp joe biden to chair the effort. the e al is to double the rate of progress. the pentagon and the national institutes of health are among the federal agencies involved. the group will submitted a report to obama. just before he leaves office. biden announced last year that he would spend his final months in office working to find a cure for cancer. his son died of brain cancer last year. from supermodel to supermom tyra banks announce on social media. the she welcomed a baby boy

norwegian photographer and a gestational surrogate. they posted a picture of a striped baby has say he has my fingers and eyes and daddy's mouth and chin. thanks for recent opened about her fertility issues back in september. helping your kids. later on in life could be as easy as sebi their babe ruth- baby teeth. stem cells could cure diseases they were replacement tissue and bone. laboratories have repaired kits to help parents preserve their children's teeth this. it is a follow-up. we're talking about $2000 but it is a less controversial option, then thinking umbilical cord stem cells. some mckay have a son home, what to lose baby teeth in the front. i will save them. i'm not sure what i will do with them because $2000 is a

>>top or bottom of? >> he will start talking. >> in the other parent there but if you had trouble getting your kids teeth to fallout facebook me because brady has two coming at the bottom. so literally. they are growing by his tongue. >> it will push it out. survey teeth make way for teeth. stickies not happy about the idea of me pulling a. >> we take them ice a year like we're supposed to soak when you get there and if they see a problem. they will address it but don't try. so i face time to my dentist last night. thanks dr. drew. i appreciate it. we put the camera phone in his mouth and he said he wasn't too

survey teeth make way for teeth and the ones that don't, that's what we had dentist. >> i will put my baby teeth in the freezer away from that price to go down. >> he will be happy that the tooth fairy comes for two teeth instead of one on the same night. but you have to email her. smith, let's take a commercial break. >> leave him alone.

true of high school girls we knew that the weather was coming today. we were prepared. but it doesn't make the cold rain any more enjoyable. >> the good news is the rain is moving out. we are heading for a dry weekend.

of the picture we have some rain out there in the radar showing a few patches of light rain southeast of columbia, but most around orangeburg and it won't last much longer. the light rain is occurring on the coast in southern georgia. there is a front that is offshore. but we have some clearing taking place in northwestern georgia and we should start to see those clouds moving out after midnight. high pressure centered over the rockies and that's going to set us up for a beautiful weekend and we will be warming up as well. 47 and augustine and 45 then some.

tonight you can see on our computer model. the rain will be on the coast at moving out. we will see plenty of sunshine and sunny skies through saturday and i will be drive for the entire weekend. for tonight temperatures drop down to the mid-30s. 37 and orangeburg and tomorrow we will warm up and camden 59 and sumter, 59, it 60 in columbia, it will be partly cloudy and 700 on monday as we go into february and tuesday we will see an increase in clouds. the highest 70 3f front coming througugthe area wednesday

thunderstorms and we start to cool off after the front comes through and thursday mostly sunny in a high temperature of 50 for. let's go over to darcy. we are excited that we are participating in the cinderella project. good to see you. thanks for being here. >> and teresa is the chapter president for the omega chapter of alpha kappa alpha sorority. this is the 14th year that you guys in the young lawyers associations are trying to make a prom more affordable for girls and parents because we know it can be expensive. >> we have been graciously accepting donated dresses, shoes and accessories to make sure young women who are

everything they need so they will feel like cinderella. >> this is a labor of love because you guys do amazing things on the day of distribution which is february 27 but in collecting the dresses and going through the dresses. it's a lot of work. >> we want to make sure the dresses are presentable. the young ladies get an opportunity to come and shop at our boutique with the help of our volunteers. to pick address as that is just right for them. >> we have a couple of examples for the girls so i will step to the side she could talk to us about the dresses that we have. >> as you know, these are traditional prom dresses long links with accessories and pretty necklaces. we are in need of plus size dresses. no one anyone to feel left out. so we are accepting donations

donation for shoes because you can't go to the prom without your glass slippers. as well as earrings and bracelets and all of those things that make a young woman gorgeous on her prom night. >> whatever you need to feel special. if you are at prom or in a wedding those the kinds of things we are accepting and at a number of locations around the midland. we'll have to go to all of the locations because we have them on our website but talk to me about the day we get to open the boutique and half the girls are part of getting one of these dresses. >> all the girls have to do is bring their school id and come to brooklyn baptist church and we will have volunteers there to help them go through the

dressed-i for address. everything they need to have for a memorable night. spirit this has gotten bigger and better every year. something else i have noticed we notice that hair salons and makeup artists are stepping up and thing i don't have a dress to give but i want to render my services. >> we will accept certificates from beauty salons in boutiques and also to go with the donated dresses so anyone out there hairstylist or anyone who wants to make a contribution. just let us know he will make sure that they are given to the girls in need. >> every donation is tax- deductible.

on february 28 grade february 27 -i for february 27 at 8 am so you have until the 26th two drop off dresses and we will also be receiving dresses that brooklyn baptist >> just bring your donation down to the church. >> thank you for being our partners. >> we love the fairy godmother's.

a lady barbie has a new look.

announced a makeover for barbie, reflecting changing times. they have added tall, petite and changing body types and we report from the headquarters in california. >>reporter: since 1959. barbara said roberts that are known as barbie has been a household name. at 11 1/2 inches tall. she has had more than 180 careers. she is a pop culture icon, but after decades of dominating the doll world and weeks short of her 57th birthday barbie is getting a makeover. as they typically white doll, was unrealistic proportions. some parents thought barbie was

beauty.>> people have turned away from barbie because they wanted dolls that resembled themselves in terms of their body type and skin tone. last year, mattel introduced 23 different dolls with different skin tones and hair color. now they are adding three different body types. kirby, tall and petite. the doll maker introduce the dolls to a group of for-year- olds and five-year-olds. >> they don't look like barbie. >>reporter: the girls noticed some changes. her new body type is not one of them. the next step for mattel is changing parents perceptions. >>the company's last earnings report, barbie sales were down

straight quarter of declining sales. >> everyone is talking about this new barbie so we posted the story on facebook and asked what you thought about these barbie's. nancy said it is about time and karen said, it's a toy. one have toys become role models? people should be role models and leave the classic toys, alone. cheryl said she is not broken don't fix it. i liked her the way she was. and jamie said i'm going to spend more money on barbie that idea because the close will not fit each doll. simek, stephanie said i never looked at a barbie growing up had made myself look like her feet are we going to make the whole cloak more human? and army then? are we going to--i have never saying a 2 inch tall gray man

cynical like the changes with the barbie. they said we need to the proportion barbie has a tiny waist and massive chest and is out of proportion. make a realistic. so that's my girls are barbie girls they like american girl dolls and label is in this doll that has science experiments. >> how about petite and kirby. think. you can tweet at us. darcy and andrea at tran21. >> you have probably not have a

welcome back. >> richmond county executives hi5 and detectives major help finding a suspect in a shooting at a circle k. 1 am 19-year-old shot the victim in the upper body. the victim has recovered. we are told investigators identified the suspect from outages at the location. deputies considered armed and dangerous. if you know where he can be found call crimestoppers. the state law enforcement division has investigated law enforcement officer shooting. a man was killed during an encounter with the sheriff's deputy. they are conducting an independent investigation. this makes the fifth officer involved shooting this year and

deputies looking for three shoplifting suspects who stole from a department store. the trio is accused of stealing $1000 worth of merchandise from the bulk store. it happened at 1 am last friday. take a good look at these images. if you know who any of these people are, please contact crimestoppers.>>deputies asking for your help identify people that burglarized a convenience store and stolen atm machine. it happened between 1 am and 5 am yesterday on florence highway. investigators say to people broke into the store took a standalone machine, watches and timberland boots. contact crimestoppers 1888 crime sc.

throughout the day pushing towards the coast. we have light rain showers and richland county, extending over into northern sumter county but most of the rain is south of orangeburg and manny we have cloudy skies and 480 and skies will start to clear and a low temperature of 35 and tomorrow we are expecting sunshine. saturday we will drop down to 320 but warm up to 60 for and 68 on sunday and it will warm up to 65 and 16 on sunday and clouds on tuesday with a high of 73. let's get a final look at the traffic and we are in pretty good shape because there are a

anywhere in the area but we have a few slowdowns we have a little bit of a slowdown on clemson road and we have a bit of a slow down on 77. the usual spot from downtown as you're heading out to malfunction junction is slowing down in the town of lexington, this is highway 6 in highway number one and 378. but if you're going from lexington to 378. additionally take you 22 minutes but it is slowing down the malfunction junction area and downtown should take you 18 minutes. renewing your hunting or fishing license just got easier. tomorrow the department of natural resources is opening an express service office at the

patrons can raining their hunting license and fishing license and permit and tags and watercraft registrations. there will be shorter wait times and parking and the ceremony is set for tomorrow at 11. amish and mennonite volunteers traveled from pennsylvania and they are using their carpentry skills to fix some homes that were damaged in the october flood. the groups partnered with united ministries of sumter and started working on seven different homes this month. money is provided by fema grants and i flood relief fund. the groups are completely volunteering their time. susan balsamo some of the seventh that are being restored. can you imagine traveling

stranger with a stinky smelly house? is the best ever. so i tell everyone about them. everyone is in all that they would take their time, complete strangers in a completely different state. since the group will help until the end of may and they are beginning construction on its home tomorrow. some of the three remain disaster recovery centers in our state will be closing tomorrow at the richland county library. the central carolina technical college and sumter and williamsburg county will be closing friday night at 6 pm. services available are also available by calling the fema helpline for their open from 7

week. so make each day the-center provides activities for adults. they have guest speakers for the lunchtime lecture series put in the identity theft specialists, but today talking about the six most common types of identity theft and steps people can take to reduce the risk. >> many seniors are preyed upon especially and because they don't get as much attention to the news and media. there are too trusting of vulnerable. i am a senior myself but if somebody comes to wanting information we so willingly give it out because 20 or 30 years ago is not as much of a problem. >> . the center offers fitness, cultural and educational programs for seniors on a daily basis. a cat was found shivering and send the very lucky to be alive for the name of the cast is adeline and she was found in

snowplows were clearing the road , one of them actually push this cat into one of those massive snowbanks. she had frostbite and 10 injured here and a respiratory infection that people at the humane society say she will rerever quickly. >> she will definitely be a house cat. if i can hold her. now she is purring and being happy that she can have whatever she wants. >> at some point they think the cat belonged to somebody that several people have come forward ask you to adopt her. it's a good thing, and animal finding a permanent home but staffers at animal shelter in garland, texas were worried that best friends, a dog and.com are going to be separated, but now adopt a family has come forward in both

new home today. student the last animal story of the day. check out this potbellied pig riding around in style. we're talking about a police cruiser. this pig was picked up earlier this week by a police department and alabama. the pig's name is otis and he was found running loose. photos of otis went viral on social media. police dropped him off at an animal shelter. >> he looks like trouble. >> he is up to no good. >> what do you think he was doing? >> trying to take revenge on everyone on the block of the hot dog store. students may be messing with the web, charlotte's web. i have nothing else. we can talk about the fact that

>> we have to do a commercial. >> maybe we should break something else. so we won't look like twins. >> i'm not sad. i think we look nice. >> i am sad that my starter kit is not laying here. have you ever done that? you get a new statements that chris said he put it on and is not right. >>he just can't move a lot with that necklace. coming up next we have rough days where we can't seem

of why you ar running late happens to all of us. that traffic are hitting a

can lead to being late to work. a new survey found people come up with creative excuses. it seems like all of us are running behind. >> how often are you late? >> three out of five days. >> my baby pooped. >> i was throwing up sick when i really overslept. >> others are more creative. >> someone in my family died. >> i didn't think it was a work day. it was a holiday. >> a new survey from career builder asked hiring managers the most outrageous excuses. including my hair cut on fire. there was fresh powder on the hill.

the highway cars were sleeping. or i was detained by homeland security. employers don't care if you are late. every once in a while. a quarter of us showed up late once a month.>>the actual reasons are boring. the survey found more than 50% get tied up in traffic. one third oversleep and 13% were delayed dropping their kids at school or day care. apparently we feel guilty about strolling inlaid because more than 60% of workers say if they arrived late, they stay late to make up for it. >> a majority of my late days related. maybe not getting to the school on time but i had to go to the

cooking dinner and took longer or a load of laundry. alice think i have time for this to drive, but you don't.>> with working moms you think-my time off is before work. so we are going to make lunch and play game with matching a cook dinner get a shower and something goes wrong with that.>>we want to hear about your crazy work excuse treated

at wltx. every thursd we take you inside a restaurant that scored 95 or higher on their routine inspection. >> we are at a place that

colby? --southern meals, colby? >> everybody is family here. i am sporting the southern cuisine a printed happen. welcome to the family. this is the owner and this is a husband-and-wife team. how did you decide to take on the center? >> my mom passed away. we want to do something and we decided to open a restaurant.>> did your mother teach you to cook some of these recipes? some of a lot of what she could. she taught me today. >> who is the best cook? don't argue yes.s. units may. how have you alter these recipes and made them your own? >> some of the sauces i made my own but a majority, is how my

>> what kind of food? there is southern kentucky. >> fried chicken to turkey wings to fried fish and pork chops. we have a sticky sauce and sticky wings and barbecue and macaroni and cheese and a lot of the produce we cut fresh every day. since faq made everyone's mouth water at home and so have you been open for about a year and you are in the carolinas location. how does that but typically opened november 2014. i am very excited. we're looking into expanding before the end of the year, so it's going great. >> are you hoping to go to the downtown area as well? >>we have lived in two or three areas that were trying to

>> which are most popular dish? >> macaroni and cheese. >> can say some of the dishes that are offered here in columbia. >> it looks delicious. thank you. a new wing stop opened up in columbia, located at 106 jackson sq. shopping center off of for stride. hours are 11 am to 11 pm and friday and saturday. mcdonald's is rolling out table service. the waiter will bring food to your table.

happen in a few months. for those of you that can't get enough coffee. check this out. a starbucks play release these valentine's day drinks. a valentine's day frat pacino a love being frat pacino and a job very frat pacino. they are not on the menu but you can ask for them. if you list the ingredients. in the next few weeks, you will be inundated with stories about valentine's day but valentine's day may not be the most romantic day.

services company shows women rated as the third most romantic day. the first, their wedding anniversary. the second, their birthday, the survey said 10% ranked valentine's day is the most romantic day in and they found a man typically spends more on a woman this his wife rather than a girlfriend. so the most romantic day is actually your wedding anniversary. unless you are divorced.

day of the year. some hack helping to rebuild damaged homes from the flood why the amish are lending a helping hand.

attempted murder suspect. details on what happened and who they are looking for. news 19 at 6 pm starts now. prayers are being answered by a group of amish that have traveled to the midlands. thanks for being with us. >> hello figure fifth minimize their using their skills to rebuild homes and sumter that were impacted bybythe flood. chuck has the story. lester zimmerman some amish and mennonite have been working out sumter county. they are fixing seven different homes were destroyed in the october flood. the mennonite disaster service and sumter united ministries

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