home. from the station that's on your side, you're watching friends at 5:00. >> good evening and thanks for joining us on this tuesday for friends at 5:00. i'm darci strickland. >> and i'm andrea mock. we have a strong system moving through the midlands right now and severe weather is moving into the area. we're going to send things over to chief meteorologist, jim gandy, who is monitor the system. >> it's been a vigorous system already. this is a time lapse of our

we're seeing quite a bit of thunderstorm activity coming off of the gulf and there are tornado watches for louisiana, alabama. there are flash flood watches out from central alabama to georgia to south carolina. we've been watching this and, as you can see as we put this into motion, everything moving to the north. right now it's just a few light showers in the midlands. not much going on at the moment. we also have a wedge of cool air over the midlands right now. 47 in greenville, 46 in newberry. charleston is at 71 degrees. the front is just south of orangeburg. right now in columbia it is cloudy. 57-degree, winds from the northeast at 6 miles per hour.

go down to about 55 degrees. there will be scattered showers but most of our rain will be coming tomorrow in the form of showers and thunderstorms. there could be some of these thunderstorm that is may produce strong winds and we can not rule out a tornado for tomorrow. it's going to be windy, winds gusting 45 miles per hour maybe up to 72. that will come through around midday, mostly cloudy tomorrow night, still windy with a low of of 4 # 2. traffic is slowing down around the malfunction junction. things are moving gaudin long

no delays on the interstates . if you ear going from downtown to blythewood about 16 minute, downtown the clemson road will take you about 14 minutes. more on the weather in a few minutes. >> jim, thank you so much a.lot of people in the midlands talking about this. a long-time midlands solicitor has bonded out after being chargeed with dui. >> donnie myers' car was found crash into a pole. he was at his home where he was arrested for a dui. colby gallagher joins us with mean for myers. >> reporter: he's held the office for over 40 years. he's also been on the other side of the law. myers' latest arrest came after

car after it was crash into a utility pole. he blew a .09 on his breathalyzer. he later pled guilty. he was pulled over and questioned boy troopers for driving down the middle of the road andesited for open container. many have questioned why he remains in that position. code of laws, any state or county officeer indicted in any court may nthe discretion of the governor, be suspended by the governor who shall appoint another. it goes on to say if the person is convicted then the office will be declared vacant. in order for myers to be indo ited they must listen to the case, the grand jury, and

evidence for him to be for -- formally charged. the case is still in the beginning stages so it's unclear what is going to happen next. >> not surpriseing that no local attorneys want to comment. myers knows pretty much everybody. >> reporter: he know as lot of people that we've reached out to. whether they're friends, they know him. >> for anybody points fingers at this person or this person or this person, it takes an act from the governor to take him off. >> are but the governor cannot do anything until he's indicted. it's in the hands of the grand jury. if they decide there is not enough evidence, we don't believe he did anything to

there and he stays in office because he's an elected official. he has to be reelected every four years. it's not like he's appointed. >> is he up for re-election now? >> reporter: his election is up. the fileing comes up in about two or three weeks in march. if somebody wants to oppose him they can get on that. colby, good job explaining everything to us. >> president obama unveil his propose toll close the detention center at guantanamo bay, cuba. the plan would fulfill a campaign promise he made in 2008. there are 91 prisoners still being held. 51 of them could be moved to

they're looking at 13 locations including south carolina, kansas and colorado. >> i don't want to pass this problem on to the next president, whoever it s.if, as a nation, we don't dell with this now, when will we deal wit? are we going to let it linger in. >> speaker of the house, paul ryan, issued a statement saying the president failed to list details. he says congress will not change the law to have them on american soil. >> in richland county, deputies need your help looking for two suspects shop lifting at walmart. back on january 21st, they walk into the walmart on two notch road and stole baby item,

call 1-88-crime-sc if you know anything. >> republicans in nevada head to the caucuses tonight. donald trump is the heavy favorite in the polls. nevada volters have been unpredictable in the past. >> reporter: donald trump held one last rally before the nevada caucuses. >> we have tremendous poll numbers but dishonesty can knock it out quickly. >> reporter: marco rubio was up early this morning looking for a win tonight. >> the democrats know i will win. they spend more money attacking me than any other republican there. are the son of a made and bartender who worked here on the strip, rubio lived here as

rubio and ted cruz trail trump in the polls by double digits. he urgeed supporters to recruit caucus tonight. >> if everyone here gets nine others to show up here tonight, each of you will have voted ten times. >> reporter: cruz is looking to get back on track after fireing his communications director for falsely quoting rubio. >> meanwhile, the democrats are in our state ahead of saturday's democratic primary. hillary clinton and bernie sanders both in columbia tonight. they'll be there to take part

you can held to wltx.com and click on primary. >> demonstrators are expected to have protest around the country. they're refusing to comply with the fbi to allow them to access data from the cell phone of one of the san bernardino terrorist. the appeal is due friday. >> a lot of people are talking about that. a will the of people are up in the arms on both sides. most people are angry and say open up the phone if it will save lives. >> we want to know what you think. tweet at us@darciwltx. coming up next, happiness is always a choice.

experts say severe weather can happen at any time of the year in the midlands. as we look towards the potential for severe weather tomorrow, there are things you can do now to prepare yourself. daniel bonds explains. >> reporter: merge cisco happen more often than you think and that's why the prepareedness happens. >> reporter: being ready before an emergency is important. we want families to have the emergency kit ready to go, to informed. >> reporter: even if you don't need the kit it's better to be ahead of the storm. >> we recommend you have food and water and then basic supplyings for as many as three days. medications, copies of important documents and special

>> reporter: according to the red cross, flashlights, phones, chargers, extra cash, important numbers and a weather radar. you also need to know a warning is issued for conditions posing immediate threat for life or property and a watch is be ready to act. communication is the key. >> go through process and develop a plan and share all of that information with the family. >> reporter: we know here in the midlands our weather condition can change rapidly. >> when emergencies strike, things happen quickly so it could be a matter of minutes action. >> all right, now if you need a weather radar, the news 19

in walgreens, krogers and academy sports. schedule tomorrow with the severe weather. >> we know it's going to be busy tomorrow. we'll still be there at the kroger. that's a given. there will be people there if we're not there. in the morning may be when we have the biggest problem. we expect it around 8:00 a.m. to about noon time. mornings may be our most difficult time to be out there but someone will be there. we want you to be safe. yes, things change drastically some times in these teens of systems. we have a system that is moving through the south central states. it's focused on southeastern louisiana, southern

we have a lot of thunderstorms moving through that area. not much in our area at the moment. we have a front stationary to our south. back in texas it's getting organized and going to be intensifying overnight tonight and pulling a lot of moisture from the gulf of mexico into the southeast. right now we're just see the clouds over our area, just a few light showers in the area. it's south of orangeburg, temperatures there at 63. 67 in augusta, 55 in sumter, 57- degrees in columbia. good upstate and temperatures are in the upper 40s. for tonight we expect to see some showers but around daybreak we'll see thunderstorms someing through. the main line rather

moving through the area and that's when we expect to see severe weather. the front comes in the columbia area by early afternoon. say by 1:30, 2:00, most of that should be out of here but it'll be turning windy and earl. 53 over in camden, 5 # columbia, 5 # in orangeburg. tomorrow, the warm air surging north, 67 over in saluda, 74 for sumter and in st. mattheus. condition. tomorrow, once the front comes through, we'll see winds gusting up to about 45 miles per hour. still windy on thursday. as we go into the weekend we're going to be seeing dry condition, cool, warming up to

now let's go over to darci. >> jim, thank you so much. i'm siting here with my friends, jeff larimore. we're going to talk about his beautiful 10-year-old daughter sarah. you're going to be heading to d.c. next week to advocate for sarah and children like her with rare diseases. >> sarah was diagnoseed with systonosis. it will kill her cells and organs. we have fda approvals getting sistine out of the cells.

led you to think something wasn't right? >> in sarah's case, she plateaued in her development at about 20 months of age. she had a normal birth, everything was progressing as we'd normally see in an early child. at the 20 month mark she develop add failure to thrive. she had an excess civil thirst and would urinate heavily. >> once y'all went to the doctor, how long did it take to diagnose her? >> there is about 500 individuals in the united states with this disease, about 2200 in the world. it is often misdiagnosed or not diagnoseed. we were quite lucky because a resident at palmetto children's had a workshop seminar of a syndrome on a friday afternoon and that monday morning we were

>> there is is a parent watching right now who is thinking, wait a minute, my child may have symptoms. what happens when it's not treated? you basically become very run down. you become unable to act normally from the standpoint. quickly. you become sore in the bones and joints. you start to have your internal metabolic system shut down. >> sarah is not with us today because he's not feeling well. >> correct. >> but you'll be heading to d.c. next monday, talking to lawmakers about rare diseases. tell me what your platform is and what you want to get across to them? >> we want to talk about this as a rare disease, favorably,

approved medication. what we want to focus on in this coming week is pushing forward the 21st century cures act. the senate now has the package and has been picking it apart. our objective is to show the essence of that act and how it could assist in one, work with funding for the national institutes of health. very important for the rare diseases as whole. we want the basic science of rare disease to be broadened and expanded and work closely with wonderful people and then part of the innovations bill, part of the cures act, to help stream line medical records and assist and draw comparison for conditions that may not have yet been diagnosed. >> that could help in

use what's been developed in the past, maybe on a shelf aresearch grant that never got implemented 5, so, 15 years ago. provide new funds and build on the energy to what they've been work oconee. >> jeff, we wish you the best of luck and we'll be rooting

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february is national heart month. heart disease and stroke are the leading causes of death in the united states. today the university of south carolina held their annual heart health expo.

vendor that is provided information, conducted exercises, demonstrations and offered free health screening. 80% of it is preventible by lifestyle, nutrition, by being physically active and creating the culture of a healthy lifestyle. >> for the expo, it always happens before the midlands heart walk, which fyou want to participate sthis year march 12th. >> chill out and relax if you're pregnant. anxious and depressed parents are more likely to have children who are fussy eaters. they tracked thousands of family members and found the more anxious the parents were during pregnancy, the more likely the preschoolers would be picky eaters. i love my coffee and new research suggest that drinking coffee can help prevent liver

and too much alcohol. drinking two cups a day is linked to a 44% decrease in the chance of cirhossis of the liveer. >> one psychologist spent the last 20 years studying how the positive emotions affect the heart. barbara fredrickson found that money and success only account for a small part of a person's happiness. meditateing 15 minutes a day is an easy way to do. that five habits can help you rewire your brain to be happier. first, think of three things you're grateful for. write agent a positive experience in the past 24

perform one random act of kindness. that will rewire your brain to be a happier person. >> speaking about happier experiences, i find, always works. if you have a happy place in your mind, taking yourself there works. >> i have to go to my happy place any time i go to the dentist. do that 15 minute as day. random acts of kindness, we love them. we want you to love them.

coming up, consumer reports hillary clinton: wall street should never be allowed to wreck main street again. americans haven't had a raise in 15 years. but i want to go further. whether it's racism holding people back... big financial interests, drug companies, insurance companies, big oil companies... the indifference, the negligence. that's what i want to take on. to root out all of these barriers... and together we will make progress. i'm hillary clinton,

you're watching news 19's friends at 5:00 with andrea mock and darci strickland. >> welcome back to the second half hour of friends at 5:00. we start off at the statehouse. the senate's debate is stuck in last year.

bill over to the senate more than 300 days ago. the same law make that kept frit a vote last session is now hold the floor once again. senator tom davis is again raise the gas tax saying any additional money can be taken from the state general fund. he's say the roads projects are politically motivateed and money is given out unfairly. >> if we do that we will have done right by the people of south carolina. we is will have addressed account -- accountability and we have an individual in charge voteed for the people in south carolina. she's april countable to all of

that's what i want us to accomplish. >> meanwhile, groups like the chamber of commerce are urging senators to vote on the roads bill. we are going to have more on this story, obvious obviously it affects us all. >> we want to remind you about a scam going on all over the midlands. conartists posing as irs agents, threaten to arrest you for not paying your tax. the irs says to just hang up. >> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist, jim gandy. >> for today most of the area has been rain free but we've had clouds over the area. a few showers have broken out

currently in columbia it is cloudy, winds at 6 miles per hour. we'll see an increase in showers around daybreak. the temperatures may start to slowly climb after midnight. in fact, we're expecking a different air mass tomorrow. it will be warm abit humid and windy out of the southwest. we'll see thunderstorms and threat of the weather will be primarily in the more thaning into the early afternoon. after that it will be windy and turning colder. it will be dry through weekend. on friday 56, saturday a low of 65 degrees on sunday. let's get another check on the area this afternoon. we have one accident to report.

town. we have a slow down on i-77. the average speed about 35 miles per hour. on the southwest side of town the interstates are in good shape. on the northwest side of town a bit of a slow down. there is an accident off of the interstate. the interstate is just the normal slow from the traffic coming out of down . if you ear going from downtown to harbisno boulevard, 15 minutes. lady, back to you. >> jim, thank you so much a.shake-up tonight at shaw air force base. the air force colonel in charge of the 20th fighter wing has removed his second-in-command, colonel william jones. officials confirmed the news today saying he was removed from his position because of a

the move happened on february 17th and jones has been rearrange signed to the 9th headquarters at shaw. he became the number two in april 2014 and he has more than 2000 flying hours. >> members have to take part in acts that go against their held moral beliefs deeply and that can lead to the va calls mom injury. clergy members were invited to take part in an event to teach how to help in the recovery process. >> they often see the ugliest things to take place and it can cause a leaky in conscience which can lead to depression and other things. understanding how that

affected and how the chaplains can support them. >> they invite people in the community to seminars like this twice a year. pizzas today. it's a mobile kitchen than travels around the country delivering free meals to people in need. the love kitchen was created in 1985 and they have fed more than 3 million people. >> it's an evening of music, spoken theatre and visual arts. it's the homeless helping homeless. violent voices the on thursday

show begins at 7 :00 p.m.. performances are created from homeless. >> tomorrow is the last day to get dresses in for the cinderella project. it's jebly worn dresses provided for high school girls to wear to prom. you can make a donation at dozens of locations including our studio. the deadline is tomorrow in columbia and march -9d in orangeburg. we have a full list of sites on our website, wltx.com. >> burger king is going to the dogs. the fast food chain added hot dogs to the menu. customers can pay $1.99 for a classic grilled dog. the news makes burger king the

>> okay, from one food to another if you love melted cheese. who doesn't? there is another option for fondue. it opened on gervais street. the rest rabbit is open seven day as week for dinner. they serve all three course of fondue. the restaurant owner is from columbia and he also owns burger tavern 77 on divine century.ky not go wait to try

will you go with me tonight? >> reporter: they open tonight? behind ten lizzie and tsunami. >> i sadly don't feel the same way about cheese that you do. >> get with it darc. >> teacher, hillary clinton: wall street should never be allowed to wreck main street again.

but i want to go further. whether it's racism holding people back... big financial interests, drug companies, insurance companies, big oil companies... the indifference, the negligence. that's what i want to take on. to root out all of these barriers... and together we will make progress.

they served our country. our country should serve them better. bernie sanders cracked the gridlock with john mccain to help clean up the mess at the v.a. and strengthen veterans' healthcare. bernie sanders has always stood with our veterans, and that's why he'll never rush to put our men and women in harm's way. judgment. integrity. bernie.

well, it's trip back to the classroom for teacher of the week. dr. betty caldwell takes an old school approach to teaching while making the learning exciting. >> are this vocabulary lesson

it's to get her students ready for the future. >> i tell them they can be anything they choose to be. the sky is indeed the limit. they just have to want it and work hard. >> reporter: that harts cheer with the word wall. caldwell encourages her students to dig into writeing. >> i like to have the children talk to me. i let them converse about a particular subject just to see what they have to say. >> she retired from teaching last june after 30 years only to get right back at it. >> i love to read the stories and when she reads the stories. >> so you work well with them

are betty caldwell, i'm from wltx and you're our teacher of the week. >> what? >> reporter: an on honor for a teacher whose love of learning doesn't stop. >> i'm gregorius and learning at the same time they are. >> well, if you know a teacher who deserves to be recognized for their hard work in the class ram, we encourage you to e-mail us at tow@teacheroftheweek.com. >> ted,ing in case you have not heard out, is a non-profit and it's about an 18 minute powerful talk. they joined other students from across the u.s. and canada today to learn about an under

she shareed research from exploring ship wrecks, ecosystems and climate change. the teacher applyied to be part of today's event and she said it was an amazing experience to be part of the first ted talk in the exploration program. >> fantastic. you know, what better way to research than to talk to an actual scientist in the field? even if the kids were t interereed in under water archeology, just the idea of exploring and following your passion. she started out as an artist and ended up an archeologist. >> the students have been researching something they're passionate about and will give their very own ted talk in may. my how things have changed.

still ahead, consumer reports scientists say they found the cause of the takaka air bag explosions a.panel hired says the explosions are caused by moisture and high humidity. the group found that use the type of ammonium nitrate that is in the air bags increases the risk of an explosion. air bags made by the company have caused at least 10 deaths and 139 injuries worldwide. >> consumer reports is out with their 2016 topic of carsoup.com. they represent the best of the

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made the list this year, chevy impala and the ford f-150 among pick ups. >> ford took a big gamble but it paid off. >> finally, the mazda mx5 earns the top spot for sports cars. >> it seats two people, the trunk is tiny but it's more fun. >> thank you dion. two more consumer reports topics round out the list, on the da fit and lexus rxfor luxury cars but cost a lot more

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>> or crushed gold >> here is a look at what's coming up tonight on wltx.

by ncis new orleans and at 10:00 action limitless. stay awake for the latest news, weather and sports at 11:00. >> facebook wants to bring your happy birthday messages to life with a launch of a 15 second individual y.it will appear on your friend's page. >> master card will add an app to use finger prints. people like this option the technology would be rolled out by big bank in addition the u.s., canada and uk over the next few months. >> my dad now retired and he just got on facebook. on his birthday a couple weeks ago he said do i have to reply to all of these birthday

i say no, one message right now news 19 at 6:00. donnie myers latest run in with the law, he's chargeed with another dui. happened. >> governor haley is sounding off on sending guantanamo bay detain knees to south carolina and while she's fight the effort. >> six graders get a guest teach tore day from a place far away. news 19 at 6:00 starts write now. >> from the station that's on your side, you're watching news 19 at 6:00. >> well, a midland's solicitor who has served for over 40

good evening, i'm j.r. berry. >> and i'm darci strickland. troopers found donnie myers car crash into a utility pole but he was not inside. he was later found at home and arrested for dui. colby gallagher has more. >> reporter: we've had the story online since early this morning and the biggest question we're getting is why he remains in office. he was charged with dui in north carolina in 2005 and years later troopers pulled him over for driving down the middle of the road andesiteed him for open container. in a statute it say, "any state or county officer indicted in any court for any crime, may