coming up on news 19, a deadly shooting overnight and it is not the first time in this area. we'll have details live coming up. >> plus, a temporary fix. a major route in northeast richland county now back open for drivers. >> and do you feel like everyone around you is getting sick? how you and your family can avoid that nasty bug. news 19 this morning starts right now. new this morning, deputies in richland county continue to investigation a deadly shooting in the northeast. good morning. thank you for waking up with us here on news 19 this morning. >> we know it happened about 9:30 last night on seton hall drive. we have an update.

we are here not far from where it happened. this isn't far from clemson road. this is a residential area, a neighborhood. deputies say when they arrived here, they found a crashed vehicle with the victim inside. the victim had multiple gunshot wounds. they don't have any suspects or a motive but they are working on that and investigating this as a suspicious shooting. anyone with information on this asked to call crimestoppers at this point. the other part of this is this really isn't the first time this has happened in the area. in the span of three months right here in the northeast richland county area, just three days ago, a woman was shot in the public parking lot of the rice creek village shopping center. and in december, a man was shot and killed across the street at the gas station.

has nonlife-threatening injuries. residents very concerned. take a listen to what they had to say. >> i generally don't do late night grocery shopping anyway. now that we've had an incident, i probably won't be coming here late at night or after 8:00 p.m. probably. >> reporter: a lot of you guys weighing in on certainly media saying the same thing. be aware of your surroundings. carry your keys in your hands. we'll continue to update out this story as we get more -- you on this story as we get more details on air and online. for now, we'll send it back to you. >> another chilly start here in the midlands. our temperatures mostly in the 40s.

sumter at 44 degrees. st.matthews at 42. saluda at 46 degrees. here in columbia at 48 degrees. clear skies with calm kinds. dew point at 43 degrees. -- clear skies with calm wind. when the kid head out this morning, they will need a jacket. it will be about 50 degrees as the sun is coming up. it will be warm up to 76 and it will be windy. the winds will continue overnight tonight, pretty stout, as we have a chance for showers and thunderstorms, a low of 54. tomorrow, a little bit cooler but a lot of sunshine as the wind continue out of the west- northwest at 10 to 15 miles per hour. as we get ready to head out the door for your drive to school or work, take a look outside at i-26. this is as you are headed towards the split at ien 20. traffic is moving along pretty good.

i-26 or in or out of columbia. if you are traveling from harbison down to hugee street, an eight-minute drive. we'll take a look at the upstated forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >> thank you. drug cartels in the midlands. the man accused of shooting and killing his wife's lover on valentine's day may be the target of a mexican drug cartel. that is according to his attorney. we took a look into cartel activity here in our midlands. >> reporter: greg leon turned himself in to police two weeks ago after admitting that he killed arturo bravo santos.

life. investigating. agent. >> we are seeing the mexican meth, the crystal meth coming across from the border and it is coming directly here w that brings mexican cartel activity, the people that are responsible sold and the money gets back across the border. >> reporter: this is different from what we had before because agent robert murphy says it used to be local people selling drugs and doing drugs. >> more organization, more about the profit motive. a lot of times before, you had users that were stressing the meth business. they would make enough for themselves and their friends. now, it is a business. >> reporter: a business that is particularly dangerous because he says the drugs stay in south carolina. >> we have a user base here and where there is a market, there

>> reporter: should people be worried? >> not worried, aware. >> reporter: because he says it takes a village to combat this war on drugs. >> there has always been a mexican population working and living on a regular basis. what we don't want is mexican cartels that come here strictly for the drug business to blend in those communities and stigmatize that community. >> we know that heroin is affecting every population really. and for whatever reason, we aren't seeing an increase among young people who are usually white and middle class. >> reporter: the cdc says heroin use has double ad among young adults in the past decade. >> we are worried about the poison being dumped on our streets. we don't want the impact on our kids and we don't want the vilence to change the quality of life here that we have in the midlands. >> reporter: while heroin seems to be the most predominant drug used by the cartels, murphy

most abused drugs on our streets. the cdc says those who are addicted to marijuana are three times more likely to be addicted to heroin. >> thank you. the investigation continues this morning after richland county councilman calvin washington was charged with a felony dui saturday night. two passengers in the car in front of him were hospitalized. now, some residents in washington's district say the councilman should have his day in court. others say he should resign now. washington can choose to resign or the governor can remove him if he is formally indicted on charges. >> i feel you should have moral abouts this stuff. i feel you should have dignity. drinking and driving, that is no character. that is no dignity about yourself. >> i think it is a sad day when something like that happens.

standard, at least we think we hold them to a high standard and we find out we don't have any standards. >> we have reached out to the highway patrol for a copy of the incident report as well as a video. troops are have not given us that information yet. we also reached out to washington but have not heard back from him either. spears creek church road is back open this morning after being closed for almost five months since the october flooding. about 10,000 people use the busy northeast richland county road. the dot says crews have finished repairs but there could soon be more work done on the road. >> this is a temporary fix. the dam that has blown out on this location is still not repaired. that is part of what took so long is figuring out what we would do with the m not repaired at this time. >> the dot is ahead of schedule on this project. work was originally expected to continue through the middle of this month.

senate is expected to pick up talk on the roads bill today. last wednesday, senator adjourned with senator lee bright filibustering. he is against the tax increase and says he won't let it pass without every attempt to pass it. the senate president pro tem says he as has all the patience in the world but the state chamber of commerce says it is time to vote or senators show they would rather pay for auto claims from pothole damage than safe roads. let's meet our mom of the day. kathy berry sanders is the mother of two. her daughter nominated her saying there are many different special. she always does what she can to are happy. she wanted to let more mom know that her sister and herself are very appreciative for what they've done. big congrats.

of the day. today as word is a cappella. it can be an adverb or adjective that means without instrumental accompaniments. >> so pentatonix is an a cappella group. >> when news 19 continues, we talk to an expert about best practices for avoiding germs and when you should really go to the doctor. >> and i complex of showers and storms in the lower mississippi

towards all right. let's talk a little health this morning. there is something going around. you can't get away from someone coughing or sneezing around you. and we've got beautiful weather. so what is up? we're going to find out what is going on. >> good morning. >> we have people coughing and sneezing. what is the deal? >> well, it is getting into the height of flu season. but in addition to the flu, there is always just cold and random respiratory viruses circulating. >> we were talking during the

big number in flu cases this year. >> no, technically, the flu- like illnesses haven't really peaked. we haven't had a high number of cases here in the southeast yet t may still happen. >> there is still some time. >> there absolutely is. >> so preventing any kind of illness, anything hike that, hand washing. >> for many of the gi bugs, hand washing and sanitation and infection prevention are best things you can do. >> what are the suggestions as far as hand washing in there are ways -- because there is a time thing but there are ways to help you get through that period of time. tell us about that. >> the biggest thing is know when to use the rest room, after you use the rest room, after you dealt with a pelt or

are caring for someone who is sick especially children. after you possibly had your hands around or on someone who is sick, that is the biggest time to wash your hands, to break that chain of infection. >> and that is the key there to break that chain from something being passed on. if you don't wash your hands, you shake someone's hand -- >> yeah. >> it make me think of that movie with matt damon that came out a couple of years ago. can't think of the name of t washing our hands, what is the right way to do it. >> there are five steps. you need to get your hands wet first and a lot of us skip that step because we are in a hurry. >> really? >> you wet your hands first and then you want to get the soap either bar or liquid and you want to lather up. if you wet your hands first, it helps the soap spread over your hand. you want to lather and scrub for 20 seconds.

i was telling my husband this last night. he said oh, 20 seconds. sing happy birthday twice. that is a monday way to remember. and then you want to rinse them thoroughly and you have to get your hands dry, either paper towels, the stronger dryers. wipe be your hand on your pants is not the right way to dry your pants. . you have to get your hands dry. >> singing happy birthday two times. >> happy birthday to yourself two times. >> anything else that people should know to help prevent this from happening? >> i have to give a shoutout to the flu vaccine. you must get your flu vaccine. best time, anywhere between early october and some clinics still have flu shots available now so it is not necessarily too late here on march 1st but

even if you still get the flu because the flu vaccine is not perfect, it will shorten the illness. it will reduce the risk of complications. >> i come mine in october and i have not had it. >> i got mine too. i think i still got a little sick but it was short and i did not get severely ill. so it still helps. >> thank you for coming in. >> you're welcome. >> wash your hands, sing happy birthday twice. >> get your flu vaccine. one guy who is always making sure he wash his hands, here is efren afante. >> as far as our weather is concerned, high pressure over central north carolina is allowing a lot of the clouds to stay pretty much to the west of it. we have a little bit more cloud coverage moving into.

as we go throughout the day. only 41 in camden. winnsboro at 50. an area of low pressure in the central lanes with showers and a few thunderstorms now moving through arkansas. that is going to be making its way towards the palmetto state. as we go throughout the morning, we'll go from clear skies to a little bit more cloud coverage and into the afternoon and evening where we will be watching. by 9:00, 9:30 tonight, the showers and storms will be in the upstate slowly making its way down i-26. around midnight, those showers and possible storms will start moving into the midlands. it will start fizzling out by the time it gets into our area. the showers will continue through passing along i-26. by daybreak, most of the shower activity will already be in the piedmont region and we'll be dealing with clear skies all throughout tomorrow. as far as the weather when the

it will be partly cloudy. it will be warm and quite windy and 75 degrees. even up to 79 in orangeburg. here in columbia, 76 degrees with increasing cloud coverage. wind out of the southwest 15 gusting to 25. it will still be windy tonight as the showers and storms start moving through. all of the lows will generally be in the lower to middle 50s. as with you get through tomorrow, lots of sunshine, 65 degrees. another cold front will come through giving us the chance for overnight showers possibly friday morning. by saturday, lots of sunshine up to 62. and by sunday, 67 degrees. as far as the roads right now, checking on the traffic conditions, taking a look at i- 20 eastbound over mile marker 66. traffic in both directions is moving pretty good.

force base at the fort jackson gate, a 32 minute commute. from i-77 to fort jackson being looking at about 11 minutes. it will still be very warm and sunny.y. coming up next on news 19 this morning, vultures taking over a community. we'll share why the methods are not being questioned to get rid

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good morning and thank you for joining us for news 19 this morning. >> we've certainly been spoiled for the last if you days. >> beautiful. don't want it to stop. >> so we want you to take advantage of today's forecast. let's check in with efren afante. >> up to 50 degrees in winnsboro. but you go right over to camden, sitting at 41 degrees. here in columbia, 48 degrees. dew point at 43. we have a lot of moisture in place. the skies are clear right now and the wind are calm right now. the kids at the bus stop will need a jacket at about 50 degrees. we'll have 76 degrees today but it will be windy.

for sours and storms overnight tonight. tomorrow, not as warm but still lots of sunshine, 65 degrees. -- with a chance for showers. right now, the roads are dry. as we check on the road conditions getting you out the door for your traffic, right now, i-26, the right-hand side is the eastbound lane as you are heading towards piney grove road. traffic has been moving along and no issues as you are coming in and out of columbia. we have one accident on air base road as you come around by congery road. from blythewood to i-77 and fort jackson boulevard, looking at about 16 minutes. we take a look at the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >> thank you. to the presidential campaign. vote ares in several states head to the polls on this super tuesday to decide who should be

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an interesting story out of fort jackson. vultures taking over. we are told more than 100 birds have been seen in people's backyards going through trash cans and teching pet food. now, they are reducing lasers and fire crackers to try to scare them off. wildlife experts are questioning the methods but t the project manager says it is effective and the safest way to get them to leave. >> basically destroyed the vinyl boots or rub are boots that seal the vent pipes that protrude through the roof of this building. -- rubber boots. and from this destruction, the rain water is able to get inside. the roof is ineffective. >> we are being told it costs around $1,500 a week for this process. a recall of all takata air bag will not make vehicles safer after all. that is according to a top federal auto regulator. this comes in response to

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ncis is a member of the exclusive 20 million viewer club. ncis peopled on cbs in 2003. during the 2009-2010 season, it became the number one drama on television and has remained in that spot ever since. here is a look at what is coming up tonight on wltx starting at 8:00. 44 days and counting until the first pitch for the home opener for the columbia fire flies. >> news 19 this morning takes you inside the new stadium that won't just be used on game days. we'll explain coming up next. >> as warm as it will be today,

already starting to move welcome back to wltx news 19 this morning. our temperatures are starting off rather chilly all through outthe midlands. only 42 in st. matthews. 47 in bishopville. 41 in camden. a little bit cooler in newberry at 43 degrees. area of high pressure over north carolina will allow us to have relatively nice weather today throughout the afternoon. an area of low pressure and stout showers and storms moving through arkansas. that will be heading our way. it won't be affecting us this afternoon. by after school today, very warm, quite windy and partly cloudy. we are expecting highs to get into the lower and middle and even upper 70s. we are expecting here in columbia 76 degrees with increasing cloud coverage into the afternoon. it will be windy out of southwest, 15 gusting to 256789

continue overnight tonight as we have a chance for showers, possibly a thunderstorm overnight. a low of 54 degrees as all of our lows will generally be in the lower to middle 50s. not only do we have a chance for rain overnight tonight but tomorrow with the sunshine warming us up into a high of 65 degrees, we'll have another cold front come through with a chance for showers overnight possibly a thunderstorm late thursday night into friday morning. this weekend, localities of sunshine as we reach a high of 62 on saturday. 67 by sunday. as we get ready to head out the door for work or school, taking a look at the road conditions. its-20 westbound over at mile marker 67, you can see right now the traffic getting to and from i-77 to i-20 is moving along pretty well. to the west of there, we do have one accident being reported. this is on highway 277 as you are coming south by fontaine road. outside of that, if you are

hills on clemson heading to hardin street, 13 minute drive. really nice weather today and it feels like it is almost baseball type weather. deon, what do you think? >> i agree with that. baseball and we are counting down to opening day for the columbia fire flies. 44 days until the first pitch at spirit communications park. this morning, we are taking you inside the club lounge. crews are working to put everything in place. the club lounge is 7,000 square feet and it is not just for game days. you can have a party or even your wedding reception there. as on-site catering and special events team to help you with the menu. the executive chef will make anything in a state of the art kitchen. plus, there is a view of the baseball diamond from the club lounge so it is incredible. you can see the view right here in this video. look at what the renderings look like. it is showing you the final

lounge will look like. opening day is thursday, april 14th. we have a look at your top national headlines and trending stories before you head out the door next with "usa today." and from national to local

in a car in welcome back. we are taking a look right now at your "usa today" paper today. a couple of your headlines including new york's ruling in favor of appear allonge with a

>> a google car hit a bus and it is the car's fault. this is the self-driving cars. >> this has been a lot of hype surrounding this and could it be the next thing. and apparently after more than a million miles of driving for the past six years, this is the first accident and it is similar to what would have happened if it it was a human driving the car. it is. >> it is a miscalculation. all, something, a little snapshot that i thought was interesting. it says visitors to donald trump's web site are twice as videos on youtube. >> i love taylor swift. interesting correlation there, not sure why. public. >> maybe if you like taylor swift you lulls like trump or vice versa. >> -- you also like trump or vice versa. >> it is one big star's birthday today.

years old it morning. efren is checking your weather and traffic. he will bring you updates you need to know when news 19 continues. >> fixing the roads you travel are back for discussion. what some are hoping the senate will do immediately. >> what to expect from today's make or break primaries as the campaigns get more vicious.

the woman who launched deputies in richland county continue to investigate a deadly shooting in the

thank you for waking up with us. i'm deon guillory. >> i'm ashley izbicki. we know it happened around 9:30 last night on the 400 block of seton hall drive. we have an update. >> reporter: this is right off clemson road, it is -- the area where it happened. this is a residential area. imlet you see the area where deputies responded to shots fired overnight a little bit before 9:30. they found a car crashed with the victim inside. they say the victim was shot multiple times. they don't know of any suspects or possible motives at this time so they are asking anyone with information to call crimestoppers at 1-888-crime sc. we'll continue to keep you updated. not the first time that a shooting has happened in the area. we've had two other ones just in the past three months. spoke to one of the neighbors here. she said this isn't the first time in this neighborhood

if you have information on that, please call crimestoppers. we'll continue to keep you updated as we continue to gather more about information about the circumstances surrounding this. back to you. >> thank you. let's take a look at the rest of your midlands rundown. a richland county day care worker is waking up in jail accused of hitting a baby. 51-year-old barbara priester charged with unlawful neglect of a child. deputies say about three weeks ago, she hit an 18-month-old in the face with her hand. this is while she was working at kinder academy day care. she has been fired and the baby did not receive any injuries. in kershaw county, a family starting over after a fire destroyed their home. it happened on friday night on thunderwood lane. benjamin vacarros with asleep when the fire started. he was able to get out unharmed. his wife stacy was out of town with their three small children. if you would like to help them,

3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at palmetto dance center. an intersection in forest acres will be named after officer greg alia killed in the mind of duty last fall. state lawmakers have approved renaming the corner as the officer gregory thomas alia intersection. he died on september 30th while responding to a call of a suspicious person at the richland mall. police say a suspect shot him after a struggle near the bookstore. he was a seven-year veteran of the department. plans for a formal ceremony to honor him at the state house and to put the marker in place have not yet been finalized. happening today, the senate expected to pick up talk on the roads bill. last thursday, senators adjourned with senator lee bright from spartanburg filibustering. he is against the tax increase and says he won't let it pass without every attempt to stop it. heught leatherman says he has all the patience had the world but the state chamber of

vote or senators should show they would rather pay for auto claims from pothole damage than safe roads. two registration changes starting this morning. >> richland one schools will begin an online student registration process for the 2016 been 2017 school year and parent information sessions for prekind are garden enrollment start this week as well. the first session is thursday at 6:00. palmetto health offering some free screenings this evening. the event at 5 clinic 30 to 7:00 at palmetto health women's center on sunset drive. let's talk traffic. how are the roads shaping up? >> we're taking a peek over i- 26. this is the east and westbound lanes as you are passing over harbison boulevard. traffic is moving along pretty y good. no accidents on i-26.

this is going to be on highway 277 as you are coming past fontaine road. that is the only accident we have right now as you are traveling towards columbia. as far as the weather right now, it is 48 degrees right here in the capital city. sun is up. we have calm wind, clear skies but a lot of moisture is in place. humidity already at 83%. when the kid head out to the bus stop, they will need the jacket for this morning. 50degrees as they head off to school. we are watching with the clear skies we have right now a complex of showers and a few storms moving through arkansas now ahead of this area of low pressure. after school, it will make it very warm and quite windy. we'll have 75 degrees with partly cloudy skies. wind gusting up to 25 miles per hour. we'll have a low of 54 degrgrs. we'll have clearing skies for tomorrow. a lot of sunshine up to 65. another cold front come through with a chance for overnight

friday morning. friday's high getting up to 59 degrees. this weekend doesn't look too bad. lots of sunshine to be had by the entire state. we are looking at 62 on saturday. 67 on sunday. and up to 73 by monday. but t 'll have to keep a close watch on the amount of rainfall that we'll be getting later on tonight. it will quickly move through. by tomorrow morning at this time being we'll have clear skies. you won't know that it rained other than hearing maybe a clap of thunder or two overnight tonight. >> great sleeping weather. >> oh, yeah. >> very true. loving the temperatures here too. are we above normal right now? >> we are way above normal. we are supposed to be at 64 degrees. >> tomorrow is pretty normal. today, nice and warm. get out and enjoy it. >> the sunglasses and sunscreen. >> get your nap is best idea. >> i think so. no nap today. >> thank you for joining us

we'll be back here in 25 minutes. >> cbs this morning is next. have a good day. good morning. it is tuesday, march 1st, 2016. welcome to "cbs this morning." donald trump is poised for a historic super tuesday.- his gop rivals and the establishment pull out all the stops to derail the trump machine. hillary clinton hopes the southern voters g give her a full path to the nomination. we'll have a full political look at it from the team.

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