3 the stage is set and good evening. thanks for being with us. >> the stage is set for tomorrow night's republican debate right here on wltx. five of the six top gop candidates are vying to steal some of the spotlight from front runner donald trump. >> meanwhile, the billionaire busineneman is threatening to sue one of his opponents. we have the latest from greenville. >> reporter: donald trump and the other candidates will

carolina, but friday trump was already throwing jabs, tweeting if ted cruz doesn't clean up his a@t, he is standing to sue cruz for not being a natural born citizen. trump says he's not eligible to run for president. >> i'm going to kick your house and park my limos there. >> reporter: trump is angry about tv ads like this one running bebere the primaries. >> there's more than a little irony in donald accusing anyone of being nasty given the insults and vulgarities that come out of his mouth. >> reporter: trump holds a commanding lead in the polls in south carolina. he skipped campaigning here friday. on the democratic side, hillary clinton continued the attacks she started against sanders during thursday's debate. she says sanders made false

>> he has called the president weak, a disappointment. >> reporter: sanders calls clinton's comments a low blow. she and sanders face off at the polls in south carolina ininwo weeks. >> one of the republican candidates not at today's face forum in the up state, john kasich. he doesn't have much support in our state. when i talked with him today, he hopes to pick up delegates and get his message out to south carolina voters. >> conservative principles will help fix our country. we have to make sure we remember those in public life that wewe americans before we were democrats and republicans. we have to get this country united again. >> all six remaining republican candidates will participate in that debate tomorrow night. it starts at 9:00 at the peace

you can watch it right here on news 19. before that, we're airing a one- hour special that takes a look at the candidates and the primaries. looking at the democrats now, bernie sanders did not campaign in our state today but he will be speaking on face the nation this sunday. you can see it at 10:30 in the morning right here on wltx. donald trump and marco rubio will also be on the program. hillary clinton campaigned in denmark today. mrs. clinton says more needs to be done to make rural schools and hospitals more comparable to their big-city counter parts. >> if the schools had been falling apart in columbus or columbia or charleston, we wouldn't still be talking about

there would have been an outcry. action would have been taken. if the schools of more affluent children were in the condition that too many of them are here, that legislature would have acted. >> and one of the reasons clinton visited denmark is because there are so many undesized voters there. >> we spent the day there to talk with many of them and filed this report earlier today. >> we've been going strong for 40-some years now. >> reporter: helped manage the family business for a couple of years now. >> a lot of people are reliant on their taxes and stuff like that. >> reporter: for the last five years, he says tax season is the only time of the year their shop is thriving. >> we have to pretty much pay all our bills for the whole year off of these monthst. >> reporter: and he blames unemployment. >> it goes back to the job.

to work 15 minutes away, 30 minutes away. >> reporter: just walking downtown denmark, we saw five different shops like this one that were closed down. it's a clear indication of the unemployment here. he wants the candidates to address this issue and pay more attention to rural areas like denmark. >> i'm going to try my hardest to get out of here because i want better for my kids than i had for myself. >> reporter: she's a mother of two small children. >> living in denmark is horrible. the water turns yellow. it's not suitable for us to drink. we have to buy bottled water for our children. >> reporter: she wants the candidates to focus on this. >> killings, the water, and to better our environment basically. i feel like some of them haven't been through the things we've been through. >> reporterermost of the voters are undecided. they want the candidates to

rural areas. in denmark for news 19, wltx. and while skies have been clear this evening, it's been chilly. our temperature at 38 degrees. the winds are from the north, northeast at 3 miles an hour. overnight it will stay clear. we're expecting a low of 31 degrees. plenty of sunshine tomorrow but it's going to be breezy and it's going to be a little cooler than what we saw today with a high of 46. it will be a cold, dry weekend and we'll be seeing some rain moving in for the start of next week. i'll have that forecast in a moment. >> thank you. remembering the life of one of their own. >> she was a star volleyball and track athlete at old ss and she got her start at dutchwork high school. she was a great athlete but an

>> reporter: ole miss volleyball player laport died in a car accident on thursday night nearly 30 miles from ole miss' campus. she left her mark on everyone she came in contact with, including her high school track coaches. >> she was a phenomenal athlete. she still holds the school record in the high jump and the triple jump and she was also a two-time state champion in the high jump. >> reporter: track coach says he was shocked to hear the news of her death. >> you hate to lose someone with that much spirit, that much ability at such a young age because you felt like she had so much to give to everyone. >> reporter: she set the bar high for other athletes following behind her. >> we were constantly looking for the next tyena. of course it's hard to live up

person and an athlete. >> reporter: she helped the team win a state championship in 2009 but it was her day-to- day attitude that helped her win big with her teammates. >> she had that good mix. she was good in the classroom, she was good as a person, so supportive of our younger athletes, of our more experienced athletes. she listened to what the coaches had to say. she was just a pleasure to work with. >> reporter: and a champion both on and off the track. laport was a senior communications major at ole miss. highway patrol is still investigating what caused the crash. the effects of the october flood are still clearly visible in roads throughout the state. the state transportation department released their monthly update saying 25 bridges are being fast tracked for replacement.

congress road in lower richland county, which crews will begin working on next week. and the rock bridge in forrest acres set to open by june 1st. a neighbor says it's put a few extra minutes into his daily route. >> it's a little bit of an inconvenience because we have to go around about to go over to decker and come down to get to 77 or go over to forrest drive so it takes a few more minutes to do that now than before. >> statewide the transportation department says they have more than 125 active bridge projects. 15 people have been tested for the zika virus so far here in south carolina. 11 tests have come back negative, and results are still pending for those other tests. starting this week testing for the virus has been done in

that is all in an effort to reduce the turn around time for those results. so far no one in the u.s. has gotten the virus from the mosquito but 52 cases have been confirmed among returning travelers as of february 10th. a couple of events happening in columbia tomorrow. the fireflies will be hosting a job fair at the columbia convention center. some of the jobs include ushers, tick takers video production, and special events. this is from 9-2 tomorrow. also tomorrow a prayer event taking place in columbia from 5-7 at the metropolitan convention center. you are invited to pray for a night of worship and prayer. seating is on a first come, first serve basis.

>> is that a fact? lake murray. >> that's what you want to tell me. plunge. why are folks doing this tomorrow?

>> and you don't have to 3 a cold february day is the perfect time to take a dip in lake a cold february day is the perfect time to take a dip in lake murray. tomorrow is the annual polar plunge. the south carolina department of public safety and other law enforcement agencies are hosting the event to raise money for the special olympics. registration is at 10 at the lake murray recreation area followed by a costume contest at 11. and then at noon get ready to take that plunge. everybody is welcome, but plungers are asked to raise a minimum of $50 in order to do it. >> is it going to be really, really cold for them in the morning? >> it will be cold in lake murray. >> there's going to be a bit of wind. >> it's going to be freezing.

we've got some really cold air pushing down into the midwest and into the eastern part of the country. tonight already in minneapolis they're down to 2 degrees. 9 degrees in chicago. it's that air mass that will be moving into the northeast and into the southeast and in fact up in the northeast there could be some record low temperatures by sunday morning from that air mass. it won't be records for us, but it's going to be cold enough with a weather system that brought a little bit of rain and up to our north a little wintry mix has moved on out into the atlantic. there's a secondary front coming through the ohio river valley. that's the leading edge of that surge of cold air that's moved into the midwest. high pressure coming down out of canada will be pushing and building into our area. as a result, it will be windy tomorrow. ririt now, skies have cleared over a good part of south carolina. just a few clouds left in the region, but they're moving out. the northeastern part of the state is where the coldest

where they continue to be. it's 29 degrees in florence. 32 in rock hill. 35 in sumpter and 48 degrees over in augusta with clear skies. the reason for that, the western part of the state is seeing some wind right now. in augusta, winds are sustained at 14 miles an hour. that's mixing the air keeping that temperature up. i think we'll be seeing an increase in winds across the rest of the state. low temperatures tomorrow morning won't be as cold as they will sunday morning. we'll see plenty of sunshine on saturday. saturday night we'll be under mostly clear skies. but on sunday, partly cloudy skies as high clouds begin to move in. the real change comes sunday night. we're going to see clouds increasing pretty quickly across the area. by daybreak on monday, there could be patchyhylight rain in the mid lands or freezing rain. most of it is going to be in the up state region into north carolina and even there it's

anything we see here should not be enough to cause any problems. everything changes over to rain during the morning, and most of our rain will be coming late afternoon into monday night ending by tuesday morning. here's our forecast for tonight. expecting upper 20s to low 30s. 31 in columbia. tomorrow we'll be seeing high temperatures in the low to mid- 40s. 46 here in columbia. 45 in sumpter. our seven-day forecast, sunday a low of 22 with a high of 40 degrees. the clouds increase. we'll see the rain coming in on monday with a high temperature of 50 degrees. on tuesday, that rain will be coming to an end. we'll see a high temperature of 58. we dry out by wednesday, mostly sunny, 52 degrees. backs off a on friday

>> a chilly weekend and a cold valentine's day. >> yes, it willbe. >> good time totostay home and snuggle by a fire. how the gamecocks are trying to ay on top in the scc. >> coming up, the grammy predictions. hear who our music experts say should walk away with that coveted golden statute. >> plus this year's president's day deals has a lot in common with black friday.

join us from 4:30 to 7:00 a.m. it will be out on saturday at colonial life arena as the another sell out on saturday morning as the gamecocks trying to knock kentucky out of the top of the acc. each has an 8-3 conference record.

into saturday's game. combined 53 points. studied up on what they'll bring, and he feels confident they'll be more than ready to handle the wildcats. >> they're really guard heavy. they have three guards that can go at any time. we're going to have to do a good job of containing the ball when it comes to defense. they have to do a good job of helping us with that. >> we changed offense every game, how we're playing because i am trying to get something that i'm looking at and saying this is the best way. you know, i don't know how you prepare. we played two weeks ago. last game was different. >> high noon tomorrow the

might mean winning in the acc tournament. tip off 2:00 in greenville. hammond at home. the swelling in his left knee due to a bruised bone and bruised cartilage forced him to sit out tonight's game. goodwin was honored before the game for going over the 1000 point march. he would play prominently in the outcome of tonight's game. last time they met, the falcons ended the skyhawks winning streak. the falcons trying to sweep the regular season series. ryan mccray makes a tough shot. led by 5 in the break. in the third quarter, they were up 31-18.

that is lucas prichett. 36-32. 1.8 seconds left. watch what happens here. tip out to goodwin who grabs it, throws it out for the tie, and that forces overtime at the buzzer. this is an incredible shot. they needed a miracle. they were down four, got the free throw, and the three pointer. there's mccray with the bucket. he led the falcons with 22. this game ended in double overtime with a score tied at 54 in the third overtime hammond finally got some separation. that's michael turner giving the hawks the lead. the exclamation point, it's goodwin two of his game-high 26 points. hammond wins in dramatic fashion.

really got their ney's worth. 65-60 the final. there's the head coach. he had the consensus opinion this is about as wild a game he's been a part of. >> that was an exciting game. i think i aged 10 years with this one. we had it, they had it, it was a great game for everybody. it was very exciting. >> more high school hoops for you. the blazers on the back end of the home and home series. they played last night and beat the bengals. first quarter lobbing it for griffin. he sends it in. bengals on the attack. it's keith matthews. he will drive and finish at the glass. who do we have here in the house? clemson linebacker williams. a true freshman this year.

the team to finish runner up. here's bengals back on the attack. back to eli lake. rice from downtown. that is good. the guys would get it going. watch jenkins will kick it out to bailey. they get the region split with spring valley. out to winsboro, keenan on offense. flips it out to simmons who hits the jumper on the other end richmond driving it to gibbs who will finish. same side, it's brandon adams. he drives by two guys and sinks

here come the griffins. the final score from up in winsboro central with the win over keenan 56-51. let's go back to westwood. the redhawks taking on spring valley. harper over to ward who's good from long range. jordan watson drives, pulls up, and hits. and there's terry looking on. check out the zip pass by bruner to harper. finishes with 17.

they we know some good friends out in lexington or jumping in lake murray tomorrow. it will be a chilly one for them. >> that would be something i'll want to do in july. tomorrow it's going to be cold. we'll see a morning temperature of 31. it will be breezy tomorrow, sunny, but a high temperature of 46. and tomorrow night dropping to 22. >> you're going to go jump in the lake tomorrow too? >> i do that every night. >> there's a costume contest too, fellas. don't forget. if you show up tomorrow, you

head or just get creative. >> all right.

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