[cheers and applause] from the station that is on your side, you are watching friends @ five. >> good friday evening and thank you for joining us for friends @ five. i am darci strickland. >> i am andrea mock. folks need your help looking for a missing girl. look at this picture. 15-years-old. kaila stukes was last seen between 7:30 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. on thursday near hill pine. deputies believe she may be in the rock hill area. officials say she has a medical condition. family members are concerned. if you have information, if you have seen her please help the family, call crime stoppers 1- 888-crime-sc. police continue to look for

prerelease center. zachery reaves should be considered armed and dangerous. an hour and a half after he got away he got past a fence, broke through a window and stole a gun, ammunition and cash from the academy christian school. authorities say he was last seen wearing a department of corrections universe. he had -- uniform. he had two years left a on his sentence. an apartment fire displaced two families at 4:30 a.m. this morning. crews were able to get the fire under control by 5:00 a.m. in the morning. firefighters tell news 19 there are no reports of injuries. the fire marshal is investigating. fort jackson opened this afternoon with a ribbon cutting. it is named after a general who earned the medal of honor in world war ii. officials say the facility will

scattered throughout the post. now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> this morning clear skies and the afternoon. drier air is coming in. with the sunshine today we were able to warm up into the low 60s. 63 greenville. georgia, savannah 63. columbia we are under sunny skies, temperatures 60 degrees. wind from the west at 10 miles per hour. it is been breezy this afternoon but the winds will die off with clear skies. a low of 30. tomorrow sunny with a high of 64 and tomorrow night continued clear with low temperatures of 39. now let's take a check on the traffic around the area this

we will. all right. let's go to it, then. around a good part of the city things are moving in good shape. seeing slow downs, first of all, over -- there has been an accident on u.s. 1 in lexington county. it will slow things down towards lexington. on the southeast side of town it is slow. i-77, slow on the sumpter highway. northeast side of town everything is moving at the moment. down for the count a blythewood 17 minutes. from downtown to clemson road about 15 minute. actually things are beginning to improve there just a bit. we will look at the weekend forecast coming up in a little bit. >> jim, thank you so much. iowa voters will kickoff the 2016 presidential lection

how the historic process works. >> i am asking you for you to -- for you tacockish on monday -- to caucus on monday night. >> i am paying attention. >> reporter: at hoover high school students have been studying too. >> why do we do the caucus? >> so we could choose with runs for president. >> reporter: many people outside the state find the word caucus confusioning. republicans or democrats democrats -- who will be 18 can participant. at republican caucuses -- >> college tuition tax deductible. >> reporter: someone speaks on behalf of each candidate. for democrats it is more complicated. voters separate into groups.

15% is eliminated. supporters are then free to move it the other camps. >> this is about standing with your neighbor. transparency. and being committed. not just to the process but to your candidate. >> the iowa caucuses started in 1972 and the old school process hasn't changed much but this year it is going high tech. >> application does the math and the background. >> reporter: each will report results with the new app that will determine winners. this organized chaos is the first step in picking the next president. cbs news des moines, iowa. south carolina's first in the south gop primary is february 20 and the democratic primary is february 27. nissan is recalling thousands of cars for a third time to fix a latch problem.

made between 2013 and 2015. the latches can rust and cause the secondary hood latch to remain open that could lead to the hood flying open while moving. they will notify owners and replace the latch for free starting in mid-february. . the next recall is for motorcycle riders. suzuki is recalling 68,000 motorcycles because the battery system can fail. it effects 15 models from 2000 tithe 2012 -- 2000 tithe the 2012 -- 2008 to the 2012 model years. suzuki will notify owners and begin recalls in march at no do you say the owners. 10% of americans are like lane to take out ta-- likely to take out a personal loan according to a survey. these loans are popular because

how the many could be spent. 1-15 say they are very or likely to use personal loan this year. let's talk about our pets for a minute. i think everybody is guilty of this. do you feed your pet table scraps? or snacks? here is what you should never feed your dog or cat. peanut butter. even though it is easy to give your pets medicine with peanut bubber some animals -- peanut butter some animals have allergies to it. and stay away from all salty and sweet snacks but you can give your pet a meaty snack, something high in protein. but low in carbs. turns out mcdonalds new mozzarella sticks are not linning up to their names because the mozzarella is

some posted pictures on twitter showing the sticks without the mozzarella. mcdonalds is aware of the complaints and believe the cheese melting out during the -- the cheese is melting is during the baking approximate. they are doing their best to fix the problem. . >> that picture, that is not one of the pictures on twitter because that had a lot of mozzarella. literally it is just hollowed out, dough, crust. hollowed out stuff. >> here is the thing, they are saying it is coming out during the process. i assumed they were fried. -- >> i am sure they are. >> how is it coming out in the baking process? >> maybe just the words of choice -- >> the frying process -- >> we must study this more. or fried. it. >> we know that.

help us by keeping the cheese out. be honest. >> trying to help us stay skinny. [ talking at the same time ] >> keeping the cheese out. coming up next on friends @ five january is cervical cancer awareness month and this is a cancer that could have no signs

we will get facts there was a big pep rally in charlotte today as the panthers get ready for super bowl 50 which you can watch right here on wltx. the panthers depart for california on sunday. mark boil is in charlotte. >> the crowds have been showing up all time. the park was packed full of panthers fans. they are ready for the big game. [ screams ] >> reporter: 25,000 carolina panthers fans packed the park

players most wanted to see. >> i am very excited. olsen signed it. norman and other guys also. i couldn't get to luke. >> reporter: kids skipped school for the pep rally and adults bailed out of work early. >> key came up with all kind of ideas. >> look up there. wonderful. >> reporter: check this out. the panthers painted airplane flew over as the rally was in full gear. >> good to see all the fans came out to support the panthers. you know, it is a family thing. >> reporter: 25,000 to 30,000 fans packed the park during the pep rally this afternoon. reporting in charlotte, mark boyle, back to you. well, don't forget you can watch super bowl 50 right here on wltx.

mistake on the field yesterday. crews painted both end zones for the denver broncos. don't worry they realized their mistake and then painted the other panthers colors. >> how did they do that? >> i don't know. [ laughter ] [ talking at the same time ] >> i don't understand that, though -- >> they didn't talk to each other. >> no one glanced over to see what color they were working with? >> from -- [ talking at the same time ] >> i don't know. >> from what i am seeing, i have seen them do it at carolina, it is an intense process. >> of course. >> no making a mistake. you are in your zone. no pun intended. maybe those guys -- this is a big game, super bowl, they both got in their zone. the guy who had to erase it and start again -- >> how big was the eraser -- >> i don't know how to erase grass. i have no idea.

laughter ] great weather today. >> exactly. a preview for the weekend. it will be that way. the satellite. we have clear skies right now. you will notice there is a cold front that is pushing into the area but the front is weakening. it will reinforce the cool air for tonight but it is dissipating and won't be farct in the weather. the -- farct in the weather. -- factor in the weather. cool air into the northeastern part of the country. high pressure in the rockies building into the area and this started a warming trend through the south central states. dallas 75 degrees. warm air up in to montana, 49 degrees in billings, montana. cooler around the great lakes. today, with the sunshine we warmed up into the 50s and 60s. right now 59 greenwood and sumpter. 61 augusta and orangeburg.

for tonight. skies will be clear. winds light. we are expecting a low temperature of the upper 20s. 27 saluda. 29 winnsboro. 30 for columbia and sumpter. 32 orangeburg. tomorrow high temperatures in the low to mid-60s. 68 newberry. 62 camden. 64 in columbia. 65 orangeburg. 66 in manning. our seven-day forecast by the time we get to sunday, mostly sunny, 70 degrees. 73 for monday and tuesday. clouds increasing tuesday. expecting a cold front to come through the area wednesday. this will give us a chance for rain and maybe thunderstorms but then we will dry out the rest of the weekend. getting colder by friday. sunny with a low of 31 and a high of 50 degrees. now over to andrea. all right. thank you so much. as we said january is cervical cancer awareness month. very important to talk about

has -- often times cervical cancer has no signs or systems. a doctor from palmetto health. this is something you talk to your patients about because cervical cancer you could have it and not feel bad? >> that's right. the most common symptom of cervical cancer is no symptom. most of the time it is picked up on a routine exam. >> let's talk about if this is a preventative cancer. i read it is preventative. there are risk factors for getting cervical cancer that we can control? >> number one risk factor is virus. the second most common cause is smoking and the third most common cause is anything that decreasing immune system, hiv infection or other problems. >> let's talk about smoking. that surprises me. how is that a link? how does smoking --

effects how the body heals. if you have been exposed to hpv, and then your immune symptom can't fight it off. that is probably the most common thought. >> hpv is something that i would say 15 years ago most people haven't heard of, now it is something we heard of a lot. talking about getting this vaccine in south carolina and offering it to teenagers, what is hpv and how to you get tested? >> it is a common infection, we get through sexual contact and it has no symptoms. you are exposed to it. it can cause warts on our skin. that is something.

cancer changes on the serve ix. how do you get tested for it? >> the most common way is to have the pap spear. we can do the dna test on the sample to see if the virus is there. and then sometimes we actually to an exam and we can see the virus on the skin. >> is hpv something -- if you go to your doctor once a year, and you get your yearly exam and that is all you are doing, do you have to ask to be tested? >> i think it is something to discuss with your provider. there are sometimes where we will offer the testing at the same time we do the pap smear but sometimes it is a special request. if we are suspicious for that there are tests that could be done. something to have a conversation with with your provider. >> why is cervical cancer hard to detect? >> because it is not something

you look at skins and for the serve ix you can't -- cervix you can't do that. >> what i want to talk about when we come back, sticking around for the second half, is the hpv vaccine. who is that offered to, who is it successful for and are there cures? she sticking around and will keep answering our question coming up on friends @ five. coming up next today another good reason to make sure you are getting your sleep at night. doctors say there could be a link between sleeping sleeping and diabetes.

research next. according it a study breast- feeding could save 800,000 lives a years. the researchers said they are finding breast milk is medicine for babies. the lives of 823,000 children world wide under 5 could be saved every year. they say 20,000 breast cancer deaths could be prevented. we heard an apple a day could keep the doctor away but champagne could keep alzheimer's away. drinking three flasers every day -- glasses every -- glasses every day could prevent alzheimer's. it could wart off brain diseases and increase memory. a spokesperson for the alzheimer's society said the

more research is needed. >> three glasses of champagne a day, i would be drunk. i mean, three -- if i put back three glasses a day i would be drunk. >> breakfast, lunch, and dinner -- [ talking at the same time ] >> serve granny raisin toast and champagne. grapefruit and champagne -- [ talking at the same time ] >> yeah. keep the memories strong. >> breakfast, lunch and dinner -- >> your mind will get foggy for a minute and then you will be way to foe. >> exactly. -- way to go. >> exactly. sley, we all -- sleeping, now, we all have difficulty sleeping, women are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. doctors tracked 133,000 patients. they found women with sleep problems like snoring, waking up, were four times more likely

i know we have all talked about this and tried to figure it out. what is better diet or exercise? what will help us lose weight? diet or exercise? now experts say working out might not be enough to take off the extra weight according to researchers at the university of new york. they found that people don't burn extra calories even if they exercise more and that focus on diet is also needed. and as we focus on diet you are going off online and on twitter which we love. get a shot of this. we said people were posting on twitter. pictures of their empty mozzarella sticks. such as this. [ laughter ] >> mozzarella stick. where is the cheese? and i found a box of them posted and everything mozzarella stick inside was -- was cheeseless.

says is in the cooking wouldn't every mozzarella stick be devoid of mozzarella? >> they are dropped in the deep frier. fried like french fries. they said the cheese is coming out in the baking process. prior to the mozzarella sticks arriving at mcdonalds they have gone through a baking process. >> the baking process. >> and that is where the cheese is left. in the factory where the mozzarella sticks are made. not in the mcdonalds -- >> where they are dropping it at the same time ] >> i bet if they dropped it in the deep frier and it floated out, that would be good. >> right. [ talking at the same time ] >> who gets the spoon at the end of the night and fishes out the fried mozzarella -- >> i feel if that were happening it would be a quicker fix. quicker to fix it if it was

[ talking at the same time ] >> i don't know. >> i am hungry. >> good luck on figuring that out. i hope every mozzarella stick you get has cheese tin. shout out -- in it. shout out to my friend who rushes home every day to watch friends @ five. thank you so much. pleasure to meet you. >> high to big -- hi to big chris.

he you are watching news 19 friends @ five with andrea mock and darci strickland. >> good afternoon and thank you for keeping it here for friends @ five today. richland county deputies are old. kaila stukes was last seen between 7:30 a.m. in the morning and 8:00 a.m. in the morning yesterday near

deputies say she may be in the rock hill area and she suffers from a medical condition. anyone with any information should contact crime stoppers at 1-888-crime-sc. well, it is hard enough to change doctors with a long waiting list and transferring records. your records. well, that is what happened to many patients. having to deal with that for weeks. the office has been closed. the sign on the door just says problems. when we called the number listed there was no answer and the mailbox was full. we asked the department of labor what the responsibilities responsibilities of physicians are. >> you have to provide those

>> if you have requested your records from your physician and you still have not received them or can't get in touch with your physician you can file a complaint at llr.sc.gov. renewing your hunting or fishing license, the department of natural resources opened an express service office at the state farmers market. you can renew licenses, permits and tags and water craft registrations. the commissioner says this is a great partnership. >> we want more traffic on the farmers market at all times and having this facility here, the people who come here, just right here on the market, next to our farmers, more clients -- stronger client base for the restaurant here. just building up traffic at the

>> the dnr says it will provide plenty of parking that was a concern at the agency's downtown office. now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> and it has been a beautiful day today. plenty of sunshine. right now temperatures 60 degrees. winds at 10 miles per hour. now tonight the wind will diminish. skies will be clear. expecting a low temperature of 30 degrees and then tomorrow we will see plenty of sunshine, back up to 64 degrees for a high temperature. on sunday a high of 70. 73 on monday. tuesday 73. with an increasing clouds and then wednesday a chance of showers and a few thunderstorms with a high of 68. let's get one more look at our traffic around the e area for this afternoon. and first of all, let's take a look at what we are seeing. a little slow down here in the westbound lanes of i-20.

we have one accident that we showed you earlier on highway one. another accident on broad river road heading out. it doesn't steam be effecting the traffic too much. through malfunction junction a slow down right now and we are seeing a slow down on highway one. if you are going from downtown a harborson boulevard, not too bad but it will take you 12 minutes and from downtown to lexington on highway 378 it will take 24 minutes. it was longer so at least there the times are beginning to improve. ladies, back to you. >> thank you. a college held a ground breaking ceremony today. they are expanding the campus. it is in campden off interstate 20. the school received state funding for the project.

variety of programs. -- students in a variety of programs. new initiative to get more students a college education. seniors can know to central carolina technical college for two years for free. no one is turned away from this. all students must start at college after graduating high school. you have to have a 2.0 and test into college course work through placement exam scores. the president says this is a great way to build the economy. >> historically 15% of the students that graduated fromom high school, our goal is to double that to 30% of the students straight from high school and then not only have the two year degree and a

for the industries in the area. >> make sure the let your juniors and seniors know about the program. the first of its kind in the state and the scholarship will be available at least for the next four years. costing $250,000 each year. students from orangeburg county gathered for the outstanding character recognition program. all fifth grade students were asked to write an essay on the character strait of their choice and today the winners were recognized at a gathering. it is put together each year by the non-profit group orangeburg county character. the program gets students and faculty excited. >> it is an initiative they all enjoy. again, sometimes in the world we hear about what people are doing wrong, it is good to hear when people are doing things right.

promote it and encourage it and get more people to do it and bring people together to honor those who do. >> 17 schools were represented at today's event. this is the 14th year the awards have been given out. 45 students at north central middle school competed in a geography bee. he has been coaching the students. ever read a book in one day? if you answered no, you needed to be at the middle school today. the students got the chance to hear every single word of the

i was a part of the event and i can't wait to find out how the crossover ends. i only got -- [ talking at the same time ] >> about a kid who plays basketball. his brother plays basketball. his dad was a professional athlete. his dad was sick and, you know, kept saying i am fine, i am fine, i am fine, i am fine, i am fine. they got to the game and then the dad passed out. >> oh, no. >> yeah. and so he ended up having a disease that he had been ignoring. it was -- part of his heart was dying. but then he was in a coma. >> 0, eno. -- oh, no. >> the grandfather died of it.

>> you know what i was thinking, like in basketball, a basketball -- >> i wouldn't know that -- [ talking at the same time ] >> over my head. >> crossover is a basketball term. look -- i got to get it. it will be good -- [ talking at the same time ] >> everybody was there. lot and lots of people. i was glad to be a part of that today. coming up next, continuing our conversation about cervical cancer. it is cervical cancer awareness month. talking about the treatment options and the hpv vaccine and hey, guys, it's annie. now, if you're anything like me, you're always looking for ways to save money, especially when it comes to your weekly grocery trip. well, with walmart every day low prices, saving money while keeping the pantry full... that's easier than you think. head-to-head shopping,

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all right. welcome back. thank you so much for joining us for the second half of friends @ five. we are talking about cervical cancer.

we want to make sure all of our viewers are on top of all of the research and everything that goes into making sure that we stay healthy. our question now is what is the best prevention? >> the best prevention is to see your healthcare provider and get a regular pap smear. cervical cancer is curable if found early. i want say make sure you are seeing your healthcare provider and getting your pap smear. the timing will be determined by you and your provider. the second thing is, if you smoke, stop smoke. that is very important. i think if you do those two things it will make sure you are not among those counted as having cervical cancer. >> is the only purpose of a pap smear to determine whether there are cancer cells? >> it could also pick up other

is for cervical cancer. when you come we are doing other things. making sure you don't have other things. but the main purpose is to pick up cervical cancer. >> how we do not do a good enough job of taking care of ourselves. you see things. it is easier to prevent than cure. here is your chance to talk about that. >> we are taking care of everyone else and we forget to put ourselves on the list. take care of you. if you don't you can't takeke care of everyone else. if it has been several years, i say i am glad you made yourself a priority. if it has been a long time, just go. because i think when i see a woman and i diagnosis her with

more than fiver years, so -- 5 years. so 3 to 5 years get the appointment. >> what type of symptoms? >> he may or may not have pain. abnormal discharge or pleading. but it is a silent grower. >> that is frightening. >> scary. >> hammers home even more the importance of getting the annual exams. like you said, we put everybody else first, what do you see in research as far as early detection when it comes to other cancers? >> i think there is a lot of research with that and whether or not we are utilizing the mammography and the techniques there, we are searching for a wonderful blood test that will tell us it is the. i wish we had the answer but it

about your concerns and having a good physical exam. >> the hpv vaccine. tell me about it. >> it is designed to help build your own immune symptom, build anti-bodies. so if you are exposed it could fight it off and there are three that are approved by the fda. one has two types. ththe is one that has four types. and there is one that has nine types that has most of the high risk viruses. so we have three now that are approved by the fda. >> who is right for the vaccine? >> right now the indications are for any child or young adult, 9 to 26 for women and men 9 to 21. most of the time vaccines start at 11, 12-years-old but given up to 26. >> there is controversy surrounding the vaccine, what

>> i think it is a great conversation to have with your doctor. you have to look at the evident for yourself and make a decision for yourself. i think if you have this opportunity get a vaccine that could prevent cervical cancer, and then also prevent all the extra pap smears and treatments, it is probably worth consideration. [ indiscernible ] >> we know 14,000 women each year in the united states are diagnosed with cervical cancer. many will die from cervical cancer. if it is something like a vaccine to prevent it, it is something that i think deserves consideration. >> thank you so much. good to see you. [ talking at the same time ] >> all right. still ahead today on friends @

we the usc women's basketball team is still undefeated. the ladies are now 20-0 after cruising pass ole miss last night. the score was 81-62. the team now moves up 8-0 in sec play. they travel to take on texas a&m on sunday. tip-off is set for 6:00 p.m. and a big honor now. south carolina senior guard tiffany mitchell named to the 2016 dawn staley award watch list. tiffany mitchell won the honor recognizes the best guard in

basketball, the players who exemplifies the skills, band handling and scoring and the ability the pass and lead her team to victory. the winner will be announced during the final four weekend in philadelphia in april. tiffany mitchell leads south carolina with 52 assists and is the second in scoring at 15 points per game. themen's basketball team is hosting alabama -- the men's basketball team is hosting alabama. the men are 18-2 with one of the losses at the hands of alabama two weeks ago. usc baseball team began spring fract -- began spring practice this afternoon. the scrimmages ararfree to attend. south carolina is looking to bounce back from one of their worse seasons in years in which they failed to make the ncaa tournament. >> we took for granted that our baseball team was the best for

sometimes you need a year to recover and get back on top again. >> that is what will happen. >> a special happy birthday to lorenzo. happy birthday. >> happy birthday to our camera man and a million other things for -- how many years you worked here? >> 40. >> 40 year >> and special -- [ talkingngt the same time ] >> eric's birthday is today -- [ talking at the same time ] >> i tried to lead the noon show with his birthday and he

hap h happy birth hey, guys, it's annie. now, if you're anything like me, you're always looking for ways to save money, especially when it comes to your weekly grocery trip. well, with walmart every day low prices, saving money while keeping the pantry full... that's easier than you think. in head-to-head shopping, the total at walmart beat that of bi-lo. columbia, the total amount saved at walmart vs. bi-lo was $28.45 on this week's groceries - that's 20%. so head to walmart and see what you

family friendly festival for the kids, face painting, balloon artists and arts and craft and $1 pizza slicealize day. -- slices all day. the first 200 people will be granted special access to the new club idiot. a 20% off at the olympia mills location for life. >> i am happy and proud to say we are already a member. >> yeah. we are. [ talking at the same time ] [ laughter ]

you fill in the blank. right now on news 19 at 6:00 p.m. life or death. a doctor's office closed and patients haven't been able to get their records.

being tested for the zika virus in south carolina. and dnr is making it easier to get your hunting and fishing license. we will tell you how as news 19 at 6:00 p.m. starts now. >> from the station that is on your side you are watching news 19 at 6:00 p.m. >> we begin with a story you need to see. good evening and thank you for joining us. i am darci strickland. jr has tonight off. you know how hard it could be to change doctors and transfer records but when the doctor leaves town and you can't get a hold of your records where do you go? news 19's chuck ringwalt found folks who need answers. >> it is more stress that i don't need. >> reporter: she and her husband when to the doctor for the last 5 years. >> we like the doctor. the last time we saw them was in december. i guess a year ago he had to go

while and has been doing office