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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
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governor, be suspended by the governor who shall appoint another until he is acquitted. the evidence will be submitted to a grand jury and if he's indicted only then can he be suspended by governor haley. his office has not returned our requests for a statement. we did reach out to many midlands lawyers and ethics experts but they declineed to go on camera. >> colby, thank you. richland county deputies are looking for a man and woman for shop lifting at target. they entered the target on two notch road earlier this month and stole items including placing the items into a laundry bin and ran out of the store . if you know who they are you're asked to call crime
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>> now the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist, jim gandy. >> we had some rain early this morning but since then it's been cloudy and we have a wedge of cool air in place. our radar is showing a few light showers moving out of the northern part of the midlands. temperature 57 degrees, winds from the northeast at 6 miles per hour. tonight we expect a low temperature of 55 degrees but after midnight the front to our south which is stationary will start to move to the north and the warm air moves in. tomorrow we're expecting thunderstorm in case the morning into the early afternoon. after that it's windy and we expect a high of 72 degrees. >> as jim just mentioned there, is a threat for severe weather tomorrow which is why you should invest in a weather
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a weather radio expo starts at 8:00 in the morning at the k- rod gear on two notch in columbia. you will be able to buy a new weather radio at the event and get it set up correctly by the folks on hand. the radio displays are up in all wall green, kroger and academy sort -- sports stores. >> president obama talked today about his promise to close guantanamo bay bay. a remaining 56, include the 9/11 mastermind would be moved to a facility in the u.s.. think ear looking at 13 sites including one near charleston. >> the politics of this are tough. i think a lot of the american public are worryied about terrorism and, in their mind,
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held in the united states rather than in some distant place can be scary. part of my message to the american people here is we're really dangerous terrorists mere the united states because we threw the book at them and there's been no insurance deps. we've managed it just fine. >> governor haley responded to the president's proposal saying she'll fight any plan to send them to south carolina. >> this is not a time to unsettle people of this country or south carolina boy saying we'll send you a few more and it's going to be fine. night's not. we don't want them and we're going to fight it. >> our state's congressional district said they'll fight it
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jersey duncan is giving the paperwork to sue president bam bmo if they try. >> south carolina has paid millions of dollars to the federal government because of system. all states were to develop an system. south carolina has failed to do so. the state entered into two contracted to do so but boetsch failed to implement and the failure resulted in the fines for the federal government. coming up tonight at 11:00, mary will tell us why we could pay millions more in phoenix before the statewide system is up and rung.
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tonight at sumter air base. the colonel removeed his second- in-command, william jones, based on a loss of confidence. >> with one senator blocking a roads bill this session, the chamber of commerce is speaking out. they say the current condition of roads is not safe for businesses moving equipment and supplies across interstates. senator tom davis filibustered the bill last session and he thinks the solution to fix the roads is reform the state transportation department and not raise the gas tax.
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act quickly and pass the change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability. bernie sanders. he was there when dr. king marched on washington. unafraid to challenge the status quo to end racial profiling, take on police misconduct, and take down a system that profits from mass imprisonment. there is no president who will fight harder to end institutional racism. education. opportunity. reform. bernie.
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shot at wining playing mega well, i just got a tweet from a viewer saying horry county schools are going to be closed for weather. what? >> there are reasons for that to be considered. one is for the myrtle beach area. they're going to give the threat of severe thunderstorms during time when the kids would be dismissed anyway. on top of that it could be very win day.
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here but strongest after the front comes through. will is a lot going on. currently our radar is not showing any precipitation in our area. that's good news. you're fine through evening but we're watching a rather vigorous system in the south central part of the country and i's already produced a lot of severe weather in mississippi and louisiana. it also extends into alabama and the panhandle of florida. it continues to come up from the gulf of mexico and moving toward the east. here is an overview of the storm system. the area of low pressure in texas is headed toward the tennessee river valley. you can see how the moisture is being wrapped around the system and it's going to be intensifying overnight. the front is stationary over south carolina but during early morning hours we expect it to
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the front is just to our south and south of that today temperatures are in the 70s, north of that we've been in the 50s. here is the current situation. orangeburg 61-degree, 62348 charleston, 54 in sumter, 57 in columbia. piedmont and up state temperatures are in the 40s. we expect to see cloudy sky tonight and showers on the increase towards daybreak. here is where we expect the line of thunderstorms to be around daybreak, coming into the area during late morning, early afternoon hours. there will be the threat of severe weather and i think more than single the most likely time for us. the front will come through and behind it winds will be increaseing and we'll see windy conditions all night through thursday.
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tonight we're expecting low temperatures, maybe around 45 in newberry, 5 # in columbia, 58 in orangeburg. tomorrow is warm air is shifts northward, 72 in columbia, 74 in sumter and here is our seven day forecast. once the front comes through, windy and colder, 56 on thursday. friday it'll be sunny, 56- degree, mostly sunny on saturday, low of 31, high of 57. dry through the weekend but warming up to 65 degrees on sunday and the beginning of next week, partly cloudy with high temperatures in the mid to upper 6 0s. >> so tomorrow we'll be rocking and roll farago little while. >> between about 8:00 a.m.
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>> once we get through that going back to the old neighborhood can be hard sometimes. walls have been built invisibly around the old neighborhood and that police brutality is used to keep folks hemmed in, and frankly, opportunity locked out. i spent my entire life in the civil rights movement. i came up in the naacp like my mom came up in the naacp, like my father came up with the congress of racial equality, like bernie sanders came up with the congress of racial equality. black lives matter. we need to combat institutional racism
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i'm supporting bernie sanders for president and all of us who have joined this campaign are there for the same reason. he's always fought for a populus position of let's fight for all our families as if they are our own. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. >> cbs evening new, bracing for storms. 10 million people are on alert for tornadoes and cdc reveals more case of sexually
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u.s. and 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,
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tonight democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton is in columbia. right now she's speaking at a forum at central baptist church here in the capital city and she'll head over the tcu university for a town hall. tomorrow at morris college in sumter. bernie sanders is also in columbia now for the town hall rally. earlier today he was campaigning in virginia. virginia is one of several states holding their primary on
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the sanders campaign says they're convict department with a week to go. >> for complete coverage of the democratic primary, head to under headlines. >> today the palmetto center held their awards for women. governor nikki haley won the organization's top honor. >> all the amazing things that she has done in our state leading us, showing that women can lead, women can affect change and her grace and her healing, her chicago white sox tech, was so eve department last year during thing that our state experienced.. >> the winners were nominated
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leaders. >> a group of midlands students had a guest speaker today. six graders were taught by an under water archeologist in canada. >> reporter: you ever gone on the expedition to the titanic. >> marouk asked jill about her experiences. they were able to join a select group of students from all over the world, including canada and the middle east, the participate in ted's first ever exploration connection.. ted is a non-profit organization devoted to spreading ideas. their new program connects explorers with students. we got to see people from around the world and got to
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>> students listened to her talk about research from ship wrecks, ecosystems and climate change. >> their teacher applyied to be a part of it. >> what better way to research than to talk to an actual scientist in the field. >> although they don't want to be an under water archeologist. >> it seems fun. >> would get squared easy. >> she's hoping seeing others explore their passion will encourage them to do the same. >> the students have been researching something they're passionate about and will give their own ted talk in may. >> the group that runs the
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change to give people more for their $2. powerball managers changed the games odds. from the recent record $1.6 billion record, stat just quickly paid dividends. documents show a different powerball every haul was planned to increase jackpots while providing for valuable players. a new $1 add-on would enter players into a second jackpot drawing but it never came to be. it's an estimated $236 million for tomorrow night. >> you have to be in it to win
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>> let's bring
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tonight, >> they were able to get that baseball game in. jim gandy came through for us. a lot of baseball at founder's park, a mid week game and a
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they're about to finish up over at founder's park. hill getting start for the gamecocks on the mound and gets one of his mini strikeouts. chad holbrook looking on and would watch hill get another. six inning, two hits allowed, no walks and 11 strikeouts. strong debut for hill. jean cone is at the plate. he lays down a perfect bunt. co man is up on first. bases loaded for marcus moon any. he lifts one to left. we're going to have runs cross the plate. that's an error.
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it's 5-0 carolina as they play in the 8th ining. >> switching gores to hoops, frank martin and company are home tomorrow for a 9:00 p.m. against tennessee, a team they lost to on the road earlier this year. how do you prepare for a team that's beaten you before. he talked about what they need to do this time around against the tennessee volunteers. >> bill once said competing is doing everything the right way whether you're screening, understanding a play, cuting as hard as you can, making a shot when it's your turn to make a shot. it embodies every one of those things. we played hard, that game, but we didn't compete. it's our job, as coaches, to
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acceptable, not if you want to get better. sec women on the grounds tournament is in jacksonville next week. they have not lost a game this year in the sec. you get a bus ride, food, t- shirt and ticket to the game for $90. we're going to talk spring practice. clemson kickoff spring practice monday. they made to it the national championship game back in january. they lost to alabama, of course, out in glendale, arizona. they'll kick it off monday afternoon. in a long time playoff for the wwe that's world wrestling entertainment, good ol' j.r. jim ross signed on for boxing play by play.
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vegas events center, knock out night at the d. good ol' j.r., not like this battle j.r. next to me. he filled in following jerry lawler's heart attack in 206789 his call of the american dream dusty roads one of the greatest calls in the history. >> what's one of his catch phrases? . >> i can't say it. i can tell you on break. not while my kids are watching. >> somebody wrote some really good catch phrases. he has to follow the script.
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>> >> pelley: dangerous weather hit the south. millions of people in five states are on alert for tornadoes. also tonight, more cases of zika in the u.s., spread by sexual transmission. apple's lawyers say unlocking the iphone of a terrorist is a slippery slope. >> apple knows how to do lots of things, buof but it is not an employee of the united states. >> pelley: and who let the dogs out? wait till you see. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: a tough day is turning into a rough night in much of the deep south. multiple tornadoes have been spotted, as well as a water spout, near new orleans.

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