a weapon during a violent crime, and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle. you may recognize leon's name because he was involved in public corruption investigation in lexington county. leon pled guilty to federal charges of knowingly hiring 60 people in the country illegally to work in his mexican restaurant. leon testified he paid money that ended up going to former lexington county sheriff james mets to help employees avoid charges at the jail. leon was put on probation and paid a fine but faced no jail time because he cooperated in the prosecution of mets. he is being held in lexington county jail and there is no word when he will first appear in court. two officers have been cleared after an investigation into a fatal shooting that took place a november 17. officers were attempting to arrest 21 year old bryant after

out of his pocket. the department released the dash cam video. you see the suspect pull a gun and fire at officers. >> this is a little misdemeanor, just a little thing. do not pull away from me. do not pull away from me. your arm is tense. >> it's the wawayou got my hand. >> listen to me. you are pulling away. >> it's the way you got my hand. >> you are charged with resisting now, charged with resisting. [ gunfire ] [ screaming ] >> one of the officers was shot in the leg and has returned to work in a limited capacity. the other returned to full duty on february 8. the entire video is 14 minutes long. we have it posted at wltx.com.

searching for suspects they say crashed a stolen car and shot at a man. officers say the two men stole the car near new castle drive and columbia. a short time later the vehicle wrecked into a sign. the son of the woman who owns the vehicle says the vehicle was taken while the car was being warmed up. after the theft happened he said he eventually found the suspects driving his mom's car and followed them. they ended up crashing the car. >> when they wrecked the car they got out and looked hurt. i tried to confront him like i am about to call the police. stay where you at. i guess they didn't agree. one of them pulled out a gun and started shooting. i guess he realized i wasn't going nowhere. >> no one was hurt but the suspects are still on the run. if you know anything, call crime stoppers at 1-888-crime sc. we have seen a few showers moving through the area.

farther to our north where the freezing rain has been collecting. we have a few showers in the columbia area extending north into the eastern part of fairfield county and still a band of showers from clan don all the way to kershaw. these are moving north northeast at 40 miles per hour. the main batch of rain is back to our west where a tornado watch is in effect for southern alabama and there has been quite a bit of severe weather with this line of thunderstorms and it is this entire area that's headed our way for the early morning hours. right now it is cloudy, 37 degrees, winds from the east northeast at six miles per hour producing a wind chill of 32. tonight we expect thunderstorms coming through during the early morning hours. it will be after midnight. our temperature will start around 38, 39 degrees and will be rising before the thunderstorms get here. tomorrow we'll break out into sunshine with a high temperature of 63 degrees. i will have the rest of the

>> thank you. the gop primary is saturday and front runner donald trump appears to be widening his lead. a new poll shows trump with 42% of likely voters. today in mount pleasant trump took issue with republican

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that looks nice for next weekend. 71 and dry!

weekend -- oh, i do work during the weekend! i can't call in for sick! [ laughter ] >> we'll have all your primary coverage. thank you! coming up next, we'll hear about the gamecocks. they have a big show tonight in

if they win, they'll boy, it's tough to play in tennessee! >> it is! especially if outside. they'll be indoors tonight. the gamecocks hoping to change the course of history tonight at a place they've only managed to win one time.

24 tennessee. carolina looks to have a share of its third straight sec title. we have the story of how the carolina campus is getting ready for the showdown on rocky top. >> reporter: it's turned into a bit of a rivalry the past few years, and tonight the gamecocks in tennessee lady vols will faceoff for the sec championship game. even if they shared the regular season title, there's probably a bad taste left in their mouths who lost twice to the gamecocks last season. >> you know, that's probably not going to be, you know, the team that shows up on monday night. so we're prepping for their very best. >> they might play they best basketball against us on monday. so we got to prepare. we got to prepare for the best. they haven't been playing very well, but they're a very great basketball team. very well coached. they have great players. they play hard. >> reporter: but going on the

easy for the gamecocks. the team only had one win one time at the thompson bowling arena. she's not taking the no. 3 team in the nation lightly. >> they're athletic. they're physical. they play hard every possession. you think they play well together. you play together and you play hard, great things happen. >> reporter: south carolina will look to change the course of history and go 12-0 in the sec as this game tips off tonight at 7:00. for news 19 sports, i'm melissa. >> if you go to our website, wltx.com, you'll see a story on wil muschamp by usa "today." it touches on the names of candidates reportedly above muscle champ in the pecking -- muscham in the pecking order. here's what he had to say about his hire more solid than

>> i thought it was a dang good hire to be honest with you. so i don't know what add correct i-you want on it. -- adjective you want on it. i'm looking forward everyday to continue to improve the program. >> and more college football for you. it was a good valentine's day for clemson and the coaches out there as amari rogers of knoxville announced their commitment to the tigers. this guy could see some playing time rather quickly. last year h the 4a mr. football back of the year as a junior. more than 2500 all purpose yards for a total of quite a few touchdowns. he'll be part of the 27th team recruiting class. and the last most famous valentine's day announcement is

remember? he didn't did it on his -- he did it on his birthday, not signing day. he made announcement, signed, and went to carolina. and, of course, the rest is history. >> i like what you didded there. you started with -- you did it there. you started with tennessee and then ended with tennessee. >> totally by accident! [ laughter ] >> i thought it was your plan! you just left it there!

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but 189 million. if you cross over some bridges in columbia, you may notice trash and debris in the streams and creeks. but this is more than just an eyesore. experts say there's a lot of concern about water quality since the flood but also what could happen next. >> we don't need a thousand- year flood to have severe flood damage. we could simply have a fairly large rainfall event, something on the order of a 20-year rainfall. and that could cause much higher water than it has in the past. >> well, coming up tonight after the grammy's, we'll take a look at a problem that may cause more flooding with a lot less rain. >> speaking of the grammy's, we

up at the top of the hour. >> at 7:00, yep.

and we'll be back tonigh >> pelley: the supreme court after scalia. with a senate battle brewing over his successor, will the court be gridlocked? also tonight, trump and cruz keep firing at each other. jeb bush looks to "w" to put him in the win column. first the freeze, then the storms and plenty of accidents. and the odd couple. opposites on the bench, best buddies in life. >> we agree on a whole lot of stuff. we do.

knee-jerk stuff. >> this is the "cbs evening captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: tonight the stars and stripes fly at half-staff at the supreme court. a quiet memorial to justice antonin scalia in sharp contrast to the coming political battle over his successor. scalia died apparently in his sleep saturday at a secluded resort in west texas. he would have been 80 next month. his doctors confirmed he had a history of heart trouble. in three decades on the court, he was a pugnacious champion of conservative thought. we have a team of correspondents covering this. first jan crawford on the impact of scalia's death. >> reporter: when the justices return to the bench next week, it will be the first time for all eight to serve without justice scalia. >> i antonin scalia, do solemnly swear...