how to from the station that is on your side. you're watching "friends at 5:00". good friday evening. i'm darci strickland and in lexington county a man is charged with felony dui after an accident this morning. he's 21-year-old darius sutton. it happened near lexington industrial park. corner has identified the person killed as 44-year-old valerie roads. he was traveling the wrong way and crashed into a vehicle. she was driving that vehicle and he crashed and died at the scene. another driver was taken to the

and siton is being held in the lexington county jail and the accident is under investigation. deputies continue to look for a man who was shot last night. it happened at 8:00 and the victim was taken to the hospital and is in critical condition. no word on a motive or even a suspect at this time. if you have information. call crime stoppers. >> very sad story, lancaster county. a 22-year-old man was found dead in his truck, after he accidentally killed himself while playing russian roulette. they said they found out he shot himself while trying to buy a gun. according to the sheriff, he and two others drove to get a gun and the person who owned it told him he could take it if he could successfully play russian roulette.

he pulled the trigger and the sheriff's office said the people with reese drove to a hospital and abandoned him and the truck. deputies found him on january 12th. believe it or not, one the biggest games on the usc schedule is 3 days away. it's the rematch against uconn and it's number one versus two. they talked about the upcoming game and coach was excited about it being sold out already. >> just for this part of the country. our fans have been so great and the faithfuls have been wanting this day for a long time. so everybody is happy. our players are happy and our

that atmosphere in columbia, south carolina is tremendous because we have a tremendous state that stands for great things and we're adding to what we're made of. >> it tips off at 7:00 on monday. you can see it on the espn2. the men's basketball game against kentucky is sold out. it's a week from tomorrow at colonial life arena and it's the 8th sellout in the history. they rank fifth in the scc and the gamecocks host lsu at 7:00 p.m. next week. now, the midlands most accurate forecast with jim gandy. >> we had a few light showers

sunshine and it was chilly today and cooler than yesterday. 46 now in raleigh and charlotte 47 and over in atlanta, 49 degrees and here in columbia it's sunny and dry. our relative humidity is 22% and winds from the north at 8 miles per hour. 52 degrees. we're seeing clear skies and cold temperatures, 27 for a low tomorrow. and sunny tomorrow at 54 with clouds increasing and low temperature of 34 degrees. >> let's take a look at the traffic around the area this afternoon, today it's busy. you can see red and we're going to go to the northwest side and here is through the malfunction junction. there's an accident on the westbound lane of i-20. and it's slow going from

junction all of the way to the blvd. and an accident here near sunset boulevard and it's improving but slow past the airport exit on the east side an accident that was on the northbound lane here in forest drive and it's backed things up so the northbound lanes on east i-77 it's slow and there's an accident not too far from clemson rd. but the interstates are in good shape. it should take you 15 minutes to clemson rd. >> i'll have the weekend forecast come you go. thanks, jim. one person is dead and three others injured after a crane collapsed new york city. fire officials said it happened

the mayor said the crane was being lowered because of the high winds when the accident happened. the person killed was sitting in a parked car. >> the crane fell and landed across several cars. and it landed across an intersection that stretched a full block. >> video is unbelievable. >> now, onto missouri, in joplin, their crime spree is over, they're a couple and they were wanted for a series of robberies an abductions in alabama and in georgia. they were found overnight in florida after a gunfight with police. fitzgerald died and harper is under an armed guard at the hospital and faces home invasion and robbery and false imprisonment and "grand theft auto." bug spray makers are going to have a bump in sales.

production as they get closer to mosquito season because zika is transmitted this way. it has been linked to birth defects in brazil and the who said the virus is a public health emergency. >> the super bowl racks up millions of viewers. so does the puppy bowl. we get a sneak peek of the action in san francisco, two teams took to the fields for a scrimmage and they're all named after characters from the game clue. they have to get. to the 40-yard line. it's to remind you to go to your local animal shelter and adopt a pet. >> there are a lot of rules.

if it's too cute, but if it gets too riled up, unnecessary roughness has been called. you can check it out on animal for adoption. >> love it, doesn't matter if you're pulling for the panthers or the broncos. >> you got to pull for the puppies. >> i bought some extra bug repellent. i'm part of that boom in business, just in kales the zika virus comes here. >> it's better to be safe than sorry. >> they have made amazing strides in the smell of sprays since i was a kid and we'd go out and it stunk and now they do good things. >> you know what, when i think about mosquitoes, i think about

my grandmother lathered it up, i was an adult and i couldn't stand the smell. >> well they make good options now as far as flavors. we're going to talk about the super bowl, coming up, the food is just as fun as the games.

super bowl table and what super bowl sunday isn't just about football, there will be plenty of food. >> blondie sports bar in new york is gearing up for the big game and it will be packed with plenty of hungry an thirsty

day of the year and only thanksgiving is bigger. >> we do two metric tons of wings just on that day. >> the national chicken council expects americans will eat 1.3 billion chicken wings. that's enough for every man, woman and child to have 4 each. during super bowl week, americans will eat 139,000,000 pounds of avocados. enough to fill a football field from end zone to end zone 50 feet high. pizza, 48 million people will get take out. >> beer is the most popular beverage and add it together and the average person will eat an estimated 2400-calories during the game and thousands more throughout the day.

have to start my diet again. >> kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. >> here in columbia, not much different. the trends are the same. wings and ribs and pizza as the number one game day foods. local businesses say all hands on deck, don't think about calling off. we talked to piggly wiggly and marco's pizza as they prepare for this busy weekend. piggly wiggly has a 35% lift during sales and capital city take out has triple the sales and the pizza place is already getting in huge orders with the carolina panthers being in the bowl. he we get swamped. it's a very exciting time. >> carolina is the hometown

in and getting pizza and wings. >> we're busy on the weekends, they're typically the busiest times but this weekend, we'll run every register tomorrow and sunday. and we'll be busy. >> wow, every register open and capital city take out and marco's said if you want to place an order, they can handle it, just place it early enough so the food is on time. >> the best thing i heard was that piggly wiggly is going to have someone on every register. >> can we get that word to the wal-mart? >> that's why piggly wiggly does that. happy weather person's day. >> and to celebrate, tell the folks about your tie, you can't see it on tv. >> get a close up, this was given to me by a neighbor of mine, it's a weather map.

service, and today's forecast. >> it's always accurate. and always correct. there's a word i noticed. no. is there really? >> snow. there's no snow in my forecast. >> it's getting a bit cool out there. clear skies right now and the front has moved well offshore. an area of low pressure yesterday and that moved up to the eastern seaboard and produced snow in the new england area but the snow is tapering off there as the snow moves into the canadian province and we have clear skies but notice the clouds here in the mid south some of these will be streaming across the area tomorrow. right now temperatures in the 40s and 50s and 50 in sumpter and 52 for columbia and up in rock hill, 48. our computer model shows clear

the south and rain along the coast and now tomorrow night these clouds move into the midlands and if there's rain it's going to be from bishopville to sumpter and areas to the east and that moves out on sunday. and we'll still see clouds sunday here but mostly cloudy. >> tonight, chilly down to 25 and 26 in saluda and 29 in sumpter and 31 in orangeberg. high temperatures in the 50s tomorrow with 54 in columbia looking at sunday, partly cloudy and 56 degrees and it's going to start to be a bit breezy on monday and a strong cold front coming through and partly cloudy, 55 degrees, the front comes through and the cold air comes in and windy on tuesday and mostly cloudy in

but that wind makes it feel colder and a high temperature of 46 not wednesday and 25 on thursday morning with a high of 53 and from there warming up to 60 degrees by next friday. >> now let's go over to darci. >> thanks, 24 years ago, the cdc worried about south carolina because we had the worst rate in the nation for babies born with birth defects. the cdc presented south carolina birth defects prevention program with a grant and they followed 1100 families with a birth defect and they found that folic prevents these birth defects.

>> folic acid works in the developmental system. we're not sure how but it takes 3 months, to get into a habit of getting to do something new and then it is in the pathway of the reproductive system. and what happens is when conception happens and the cells divide, our bodies start out as a flat plate and then about day 18, our bodies fold into a tube. and now, as it folds up, it starts to close along the spine area. and where it doesn't close, it is where we get these defects. like i said, you know, by the time at 28 days, it's when everything is closed, so the baby is the size of a coin and mom don't know she's pregnant and defect have happened and they can't be undone. >> well adele dixon joins us to

you know firsthand the benefits of taking folic acid. >> thanks for having me. >> tell me about your son and about your daughter. >> my son barry was born with a neural tube defect when he was born we were told that he may not have any functionality within the first 5 years of life. he had brain surgery at 2 weeks old and i took prenatal vitamins and we did the genetic study and she said, my body didn't take in enough folic acid and they provided us with vitamins so i took four times the amount and they provide that, so we participated in that and we have a healthy 7 week old named baylor. >> talk about the difference in

did you know when you were pregnant that he would have this birth defect? >> no, we didn't know, we didn't know that we were going to have a birth defect. the day that he was born, after he was delivered, the doctor just kept looking at his head and rubbing it and we knew something wasn't wrong and they started running tests and it's where the skull doesn't fuse together so the brain tissue grows on the outside. it's shocking. >> it had to be incredibly scary to hear when your baby was born that he may have developmental delays up to 5- years-old. but he's a healthy 8-year-old now. >> and i know, come on out barry. we hear your baby sister is crying, the interesting thing and you can give the baby to mommy.

talking to jane, was that she said, you have to have this folic in your diet prior to giving birth. to becoming pregnant. >> with this pregnancy, i took the prescription folic acid for 6 months before we tried to have a baby. so for 9 months told i had it and i had four times the normal amount to prevent the birth defect. it's a powerful vitamin. >> i want everyone to walk away with, this is the one thing that can be prevented by taking folic acid and the numbers have increased so if you're of an age, you need it in your diet. you never know when you're going to get blessed with somebody like these two.

>> and we want to say stay with

nice and and in case you haven't noticed but on your facebook and instagram, it's national wear red day. the first friday of february is wear red day to help awareness of heart disease. the number one killer of women. this afternoon, folks helped honor and support women affected by heart disease and go red for women encourages awareness and action to save lives. >> my mother was the only person that i knew with heart disease, so, that definitely

and brings awareness of what i need to do to keep myself family. >> 80% of stroke events and cardiac events are preventible. >> big issue for many people and heart disease is the country. exercise is crucial but a new survey showed 40% of american are getting less than the recommended amount and we talked to the doctor about it. >> it's important to understand that the goals are 150 minutes a week of moderate intensity aerobic exercise. and if you want additional benefits, throw in strength and resistance training two times a week. you can break it up to 30 minute, 5 days a week and intervals but it's important to

lowers blood pressure and decreases inflammation and it's just generally wonderful for the body. >> only 20% of the americans know the right amount and the biggest excuse is work obligations.

you're watching news 19, "friends at 5:00" with andrea mock and darci strickland. some of you know one of the many apartment complexes damaged by the floods in october. >> and the weeks after we spoke to the people living there and they felt not enough was being done. news 19, chuck went back.

lived in apartment 155, one of the many flooded out. in the days after, she said her carpet was ripped out and never replaced. you can see where the water levels rose by the debris that lines the walls. we found toilets ripped out and sitting outside and she said they've been there for weeks. and she has no idea when everything will be back to normal. >> it's 15-30 days and then 30- 90 and now it's indefinite. they're not straightforward with us telling us what is happening or how they're going to handle it. >> you'll hear what austin woods management says and the columbia housing authority. back to you. local leaders say flood recovery has been slow. the national action network

some neighborhood haven't received help. and they're putting them in touch with the red cross to get help. they're looking for resources but they've been ignored. >> these people need help right away. >> their action to deny local organizers access to public facilities in response to the natural disaster needs to be publicly explained. >> the people of somerton need a place to meet and to plan and organize for long-term recovery. >> school district gave news 19 this statement. they said the request has been tabled, and not dismissed the action network don't know when they'll have a space to work out of. >> the forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy.

right now we have clear skies and our temperature is 52 and winds are from the north at 8 miles per hour. and the humidity is 22%. very dry today and skies are clear and near calm conditions and a low temperature of 27 in the morning and tomorrow, mostly sunny across the area and expecting a high of 54 degrees. we'll see clouds tomorrow night and even some rain to towards our east. partly cloudy skies on sunday and 56 degrees and it's going to be breezy and we'll see cooler air coming in and 55 for a high on monday but windy on tuesday and mostly cloudy is the high temperature and even on wednesday, partly cloudy and windy with a low of 27 and a high of 46 degrees. traffic. been a busy day. there have been a number of

see that only the northwest side of the town are the most accidents but the interstate is in good shape. but there's a slow down on two notch rd. and now there's an accident on i-77 and in both directions a back up from ferry rd. up to just about percy val are the. and a couple accidents down around the sunset blvd. area and a couple of accidents that have just occurred, one on broad river and one on the westbound lanes of i-26. you see how slow it is through malfunction junction. if you're going from downtown and on highway 378 downtown to

you 29 minutes. slow going through the north side of town. >> a report on state workers salaries show they're under paid compared to their counterparts in other states in local government within south carolina. the report showed workers give up their paycheck for healthcare and retirement than other public workers. officers can earn an additional $5,000 by going to a local sheriff's department and that costs millions in revolving door training. he doesn't expect the legislature to respond in this year's budget. >> presidential candidates are embarking on a weekend push to win over voters ahead of the primary. hillary clinton and bernie sanders faced off in their first one-on-one debate tackling foreign policy and progressive values.

easing up on ted cruz just a day after accusing him of stealing the iowa caucus. >> and gop candidate, donald trump is taking a break from new to go to south carolina. he's hosting a rally in florence at the civic center at 7:00. >> students are using their talents to give back. atlas drive middle school is a certified stem school and got a 3-d printer and they formed a hearts to hand club. it gives free prosthetic hands to children all over the world. they said it's rewarding to use what they learned to give back. >> i'm helping kids who need help so i'd want someone to help me.

you can only do so much with one hand and they need help and it feels great to be able to help them. >> students plan to skype with the young girl in china who will receive one of the hands after it passes inspection. >> a new study said women get more annoyed by obnoxious people than men. they found that others annoying habits affect women more than men. they surveyed 235 people. researchers believe women are more socially aware and they think it's easier for them to pick out things that are annoying. tweet us, you don't have to tell us who gets on your nerves but what you've picked up on.

was talking about a photographer. she said, have you ever noticed he can't be quiet when you're driving he always makes noises. and he was the sweetest guys. i wish she never told me that. the next time i got in the car with him, it was like, slurp, smack, click, slurp. >> and then he'd go sigh if there was nothing being said. >> i never noticed before she told me. he had to be making noises at all times. >> and now melissa annoys you for telling that. >> i'm less annoyed now, than before i became a mother. >> that's only about kids not about your husband. >> i'm married to that guy, i'm sure he's saying the same thing about me.

me, she can't stand the way her husband eats cereal. >> she was like, he slurps it off the spoon and then he chews with his mouth open. >> a guy would never notice that. >> if i said to him, how does she eat? >> he'd say, with a spoon. >> like everyone else eats cereal. >> i think, the things i kids do, you get numb to it. >> our kids are annoying and the less i want to give my attention to something that is annoying, the older i get, i'd rather ignore you. >> i can't let you get my

>> don't get my pressure up. >> at any moment, i can't let you get the pressure up. >> what annoys you, don't tell us their names. >> still ahead, just in time for valentine's day and

movie, is there are lots of new movies out including nicholas sparks, "the choice" and leo smith has more. >> another nicholas sparks novel comes to the big screen in time for valentine's day. they didn't hit it off so well in the beginning, but their dogs sure did. >> i talked to him so many

>> i'm kidding. >> fortunately, he's a vet so with persistence they finally start a litter of their own but happily ever after is no guarantee. >> now travis is being asked to make the biggest choice of his life. should he hold out for a miracle or end the suffering and set her free? love, faith and friendship culminate in a tear jerker that surprises no one. the formula seems to be refined over time providing us with maximum sob-fest potential. one note, leading lady's youthful appearance. then when the two had kids, she older sister. the movie had the heart that

audience was appreciative at the conclusion. it will be the ladies choice but the options could be worse for the guys. she'll appreciate that you chose "the choice ." >> go see it, that was a good review. not much competition for the super bowl and other films, the george clooney and coen brothers and a retelling of the novel pride and prejudice with zombies and that makes me cringe. none of the newcomers will crack $15 million. pride and prejudice is my favorite book of all times. they should have never added zombies. >> it annoys me. >> still ahead, spring is

it's early february here in gandy's garden. there are things like kale that we can enjoy during the winter because they're a hearty vegetable. but believe it or not, in early february, it's already time to start thinking about your spring garden. it won't be too long before we'll be planting that spring garden and there are some things you can plant early like lettuce and now is the time to germinate those seeds so that the plant is ready to transplant.

winter and that's good news, so the soil is building moisture and our soil temperatures are warm lately and they've been in the 50s and we're going to see cold weather here that will take some of those soil temperatures down and because of the warm weather this winter, we've seen those soil temperatures warmer than they usually are. we've learned a few lesson from the october flood. siding the garden is more than having enough sunshine, you have to consider the run off and that's one of the things that we're going to talk about in this coming month, where to site your garden. one of the things that we discovered was that our in- ground garden was susceptible to run off. we'll tell you more that about. however, here in the garden we

planted it with a cover crop, the grass and oats and so far have grown and this is going to be beneficial to the garden. when we plant our spring garden, we'll till all of this in and this will add to the organic material that is in our spring garden. what i have to do now, is i have to figure out what we're going to plant in this part of the garden. and that's something that i'm beginning to work on, but it's something you need to think about as well. in the coming months, what vegetables do you want to plant? we'll talk to jackie jordan about that. in the meantime, cold weather coming in and i've got to go protect the garden. >> jim, thanks.

including, it's time to get your ear plugs out, the monster trucks with back in town. the monster truck jam is being held and some of the massive machines you can see are grave digger and the crusher and crazy train and there's one show tonight at 7:30 and two performances tomorrow. and tickets start at $23. mardi gras festival is tomorrow. food and proceeds raised go to

damaged during the flood. the event is free. >> and junior league of columbia hold the clean sweep tomorrow and on the south carolina state fairgrounds. they have clothing and furniture and children's clothes. stop by the atm, they only take cash. and there's still time for you to help make sure all girls in the midlands get to go to prom whether their families have the money or not the cinderella project is going on and we're taking donations so look in your closet. if you have a dress that doesn't fit or maybe a cocktail or bride's maid dress and donate it along with your purses and shoes and jewelry and then girls will come out and shop and pick the dress of their dreams.

and until march 9th in orangeburg. go through your closet and bring us something special. >> we've got the whole list of drop off locations at wltx.com. if news 19 is not the closest place, look at the list, there could be a drop off location near you. >> who do you have in the super bowl bowl? >> panthers.

>> right now, news 19 at 6:00 an update on the flood recovery, and do you know who this man is? sumpter police said he use ad stolen credit card and we have the details.

technology is change lives of people all over the world. news 19 at 6:00 starts now. from the station that's on your side, you're watching news 19 at 6:00. local leaders say flood recovery for the county has been slow. >> the national action network said the elderly and poor in some neighborhoods haven't received much help so they want to connect them with resources. and they look to the school district, and the resource center but they said they've been ignored. >> news 19 sonia gutierrez was checking up on the flood recovery. did the school administration respond? >> yes, the superintendent told me they tabled the request for a future date. i checked up on locals and

residents said the flood