will the stars come out to shine or will the controversial take center stage? temperatures plunging out there. and a firefighter for a day. a 2-year-old cancer patient gets a special treat and teaches a lesson in love at the same time. abc columbia news at 11:00 starts right now. good evening. i'm ben hoover. >> i'm alicia barnes. >> we're live from main and ger vary. gervais. >> the candidates are in the midlands making a last-minute push to voters. a couple of hours ago, hillary clinton and bill clinton met with clothiers just down the -- others just down the street. she said she will be ready to be the next commander-in-chief on day one. >> to make it possible for

believe in our country's greatness but to believe in one another. [ cheers ] >> all we need is to join hands around the best changemaker i have ever known. >> clinton 'primary watch party kicks off tomorrow at 7:00 at the usc volleyball complex. >> and the entire clinton clan was in the midlands. chelsea clinton rallied with young voters and columbia college and also at usc. bernie sanders was also vying for voters. >> he spent the evening rallying with with supporters. he outlined his plan for free higher education and criminal justice reform. according to the recent polls, sanders is the clear-cut underdog in south carolina with clinton holding double-digit leads. but the development senator says he will not be deterred. >> that's what this campaign is about. i'm not here to tell you, i can

i can't do it all. i need your help tomorrow here in south carolina. [ cheers ] >> according to reports, bernie sanders won't be in the state tomorrow night. he will be campaigning in minnesota. if you are heading to the polls tomorrow, you will notice that there is a third name on the ballot. now, chicago businessman willie wilson is also an official democratic presidential candidate. wilson is the ceo of a multi-million dollar medical supply company in chicago. his low poll numbers are the reason he's not been included in any of the debates or town halls. in the gop race, donald trump receiving the endorsement of chris christie. he's getting behind the party's current front runner. according to the new jersey governor, trump is the party's

democratic prime minister hopeful. it's a new home for the o'neills. eric weisfeld has more on the dream that's come through thanks to some volunteers. >> reporter: alysa o'neil filled out the application but thought her home was a pipe dream until one day when the mail arrived. >> they sent me a letter, and i was just jumping for joy. i've been wanting a house forever. it's great. >> reporter: ast forward to today and ground has been broken, a cramped two-bedroom apartment will be in the rear-view mirror. it seems the holidays have arrived a little bit early for her and her sons can barely contain their excitement. >> every morning, are we moving into the new house? not yet. but i'm going out there. they are very excited. they are happy to get a yard and their own place so they can make as much noise as they want, up

>> reporter: alysa has watched other habitat homes go up. she can't believe it's her time. she en-- encourages everyone thinking of a i plying to take the plunge like she did. >> i want to tell them thank you with my whole heart. this is a new beginning for me and my two days and i'm very, very thankful. i am very grateful for what they've done. >> again, groundbreaking got underway. alysa will continue to watch the rehab process, even take part like today. she hopes to move in next month. i'm eric weisfeld, abc columbia news. all right. a local restaurant owner charged with murder is out on bond. >> gregorio leon is no longer at the alvin s. glenn center. he's charged with the valentine's day murder of arturo bravo santos. authorities say they responded to the park and ride off corley mill road after a 911 caller who

that he shot his wife and her lover. as conditions of the bond, he will surrender his passport and be monitored electronically. we have a scam alert to tell you about tonight. the orangeburg sheriff a he officesheriff's office say two men attempted to gain entry into a home using a fake story. deputies say the men pretended to be security alarm sales men claiming to have the authority of the sheriff's office and they were driving in a dark blue lexus and they are described as black males in their 30s. in richland county, deputies are on the lookout for two suspects accused of crashing a stolen vehicle into a patrol car. investigators say at 10:00 this morning, deputies spotted the stolen car on saddle trail road near fairfield. deputies say the suspects jumped out of the moving car that truck the patrol car causing minor damage. a family in oklahoma cities already lost their 6-year-old

brother is fighting the same rare form of cancer. >> hoping to help the situation, oklahoma fire department trying to brighten the little boy's day. kristin shanahan reports. >> of the since he was just -- since he was just 16 months, he's been fighting a rare form of cancer. >> it's a tumor and at at time they found a tumor had engrossed his whole left kidney. he had one in his pelvis and one in his brain. >> reporter: he's gone through chemo and and radiation. after treatment, he was not so happy but that changed when he was met by oklahoma city foofs in this engine. a little hesitant at first, he got in, buckled up and ready to go. with that the siren sounded. [ sirens ] >> reporter: and he was off to the fire station.

asking questions, wanted to know -- how you work everything, what everything did. >> did you get to ride in the fire truck? >> yes. >> was it fun? >> yeah. >> reporter: when he got to the station, his face really hit up. jays gotjace got to slide down the pole. >> hurry. >> reporter: use the hose. and even got a badge. >> that makes you an official member of our department. how about that? all right. [ applause ] >> you have no idea the joy on his face. there's been so much hurt on his face and pain and seeing him happy. he needed it. he deserved it. we all did. i can't thank them enough. this is something that we will all remember forever. >> reporter: as jace was learning, everyone around him learned something to. >> enjoy everything. >> love hard because you never another know when the next day

>> that was kristin shanahan reporting for us tonight. what an amazing story. got to do the fire hose, get a badge. >> every little boy's dream. it was chilly in the midlands. what can we expect tomorrow morning? >> our chief meteorologist john farley joins us now with a look at the conditions. john? >> for starters, there's no more wind. that's what people have been asking about here. we have the flags across the street at the statehouse. on top of the statehouse, that's high. that's gonna be about as strong as the wind you will find anywhere. what is it, five miles an hour, it's not much. so the wind is gone and staly gone for the next several days. temperatures are falling. already 34 in manning. 35 in saluda. we'll all take a pretty good dive out there. dipping down to freezing or below for all of us, so getting up tomorrow morning if you are an early riser, maybe a jog or something for the morning, it's gonna be cold. we'll see temperatures down around freezing. they won't last there that long. as we go through the day, it will be a nice one.

upper 50s and again not much wind. so kind of a chilly start to the day if you have a tee time but by afternoon, no problems at all. the rest of the weekend's forecast -- that's in a bit. a weekend run may cause some issues for drivers in lexington. police will be blocking off a number of streets tomorrow morning around 7:00 a.m. near drive. the race against hunger starts at 8 8:15. it begins and ends at the saxegotha presbyterian church. on sunday we'll know who took home the oscars. >> here's stephanie elam. >> reporter: an irish immigrant

a front tear's man seeking revenge. films in the hunt include the big short, bridge of spies, the martian and spotlight in one of the tightest races in oscar history. >> there are three, maybe four potential best picture winners. so, you know, it's very rare that you come down to that last envelope and people don't know what will happen. >> reporter: the best actor is full of a-list talent. matt damon, last year's winner eddie redmayne. >> this oscar -- [laughter] >> reporter: this time for the danish girl. but the focus is on dicaprio and he will get his first oscar win.

this is the year. >> reporter: the best actress race has cate blanchett and jennifer lawrence among them. >> it feels like i'm part of some tribe. it feels so good. >> reporter: having already snagged a golden globe and a s.a.g. award, larson has the momentum heading into hollywood's biggest night. >> let's do this. >> reporter: and returning for a second time as host of the oscars, is wrist crock. known for his in your face comedy, many are wondering how the comedian will deal with the elephant in the room. >> the one thing, how is he gonna handle this all white nominee issue and is he gonna be merciless with the academy? >> reporter: a ceremony filled with a lot of controversy, it must be hollywood.

and you can find out who walks away with the statue this sunday night. the oscars air right here at 8:00 and we'll be here oscar night as well. stay tuned for the news at 11:00 following the academy awards. a lot to talk about, i'm sure after that show. >> yeah. >> it will be good. >> chris rock. coming up next -- flu season is sitting its peak in some areas. and a state trooper hits the streets in hot pursuit of a magical missing unicorn.

see. police officers expect a weird call every once in welcome back. policepolice officers expect a weird call every once in a while but i'm sure the california highway patrol was surprised when this call came through. >> surprised when they were sent

jerry roth explains. >> reporter: do my eyes deceive me? why would a terrible english accent be relevant here? >> reporter: make no mistake, the unicord led police in northern california on a quest on wednesday. the unicorn is a pony named juliette for use in children's portrait photographer. juliette got loose and that's when police started to get calls. >> the calls came in as a unicorn returning loose. >> reporter: a search party was dispatched and after a three-hour pursuit, she was found safe and sound bringing this bizarre incident to a fairy tale ending. here is a journey's end that was

a cargo jet had to make an emergency landing in gawm with touching down with the nose on the runway. only three people were board. none of them were hurt. i'm jerry roth. [laughter] all right. let's. consumer news. we have a recall to pass along to parents tonight. especially parents with children. and parents with car seats. even-flow is recalling the 3-in-1 seat. the central front adjuster button used to loose on the seat's harness is the concern. it may be within the child's reach allowing the child to loosen the harness. this covers the booster seats 3 in 1 made from december 18th through january 29th 2016. no injuries have been reported. is this season's flu vaccine effective?

disease control it's working well, the vaccine cuts the chance of getting the flu by about 60%, they say. last season's flu shot only reduced flu risk by about 20%. very cool evening outside. but will things warm up. by saturday, we hope so. >> by tomorrow, we hope so. it's kind of deceiving. you start out the day, and it feels great. you think you are gonna have a hot day and by the time we get off work, it's really, really brisk. >> that's right. >> mere is a look outside of our tower cam. chief meteorologist john farley has your forecast up next. stay close.

news at 11:00. tonight is one of those nights where we're reminded that it's still winter. we'll go below freezing for all of us. but it will be sunny tomorrow t temperatures, upper 50s. you had notice a warmup on sunday. we'll get there in a few minutes. let's give you a look in terms of the cold air. here's the forecast for tomorrow morning. look at, basic the entireally the entire u.s. is in blue. most of us will be in the 30s and 20s. now, watch happens as we go through tomorrow morning afternoon, youafternoon, things start to warm up in the plains. we're not in it. it will take until sunday before this whole thing changes. this is really monday afternoon when you see the yellow start to work up into not only the south but into south carolina. so what's the story with this? well, as you no he, it's all about the jet stream and what's mapped over the last couple of

air dip dip down here. it's been with us now. it will stay with us tomorrow. early we'll warm it up. starting on sunday and working into the first couple of days of next week, gonna be very pleasant. we'll see 70s all around. so here we go tonight. we're down to around 30 here in columbia. and meaning some spots will be down to the upper 20s. it will be a pretty chilly night but as we go through the day tomorrow. things will recover nicely by the time we get to the afternoon we'll be in the upper 50s. beautiful day to take in a ballgame. of course, the gamecocks playing host to penn state and here is a look at the temperatures as we work our way through the game. upper 50s. a little wind out of the northwest. that should take care of it. should be a pleasant afternoon. as you see by sunday, we're back in the 70s, courtesy of warmer air coming in 0 out of the south or south of us. as you see, into next tuesday, we're up to the mid-70s.

at this point, it looks like most of the energy will be to the north. for us, we'll get something out of but not much. what we will notice is the temperatures come back down on the other side of it, thursday we're back down in the as. but coming back -- 50s. about you coming back to the weekend, it looks good. coming up, high school teams across the state tip off a busy night. where a win gets you a win in the championship game. gamecock basketball continues to prove there this is

year. season balance.hi, i'm tim hill.offense and good early season so far. i'm tim hill. offense and defense, pretty dominant in the early part of the season for carolina baseball. nice afternoon for bearable at

gamecocks looking to go 6-0 against penn state. here's some of that good defense. marcus mooney, tolbert turn, the double play in the top of the 2nd. bottom of 2nd, cullen taking on taylor lehman. cullen wins that battle. off of the wall and to the left. it's a double. gamecocks take 2-0. next patter, marcus mooney -- batter, mar curse marcus mooney at the ditch. cullen comes around to score on the error. later in the inning, john jones continues his hot start, rbi, all nine gamecocks get ta hit, seven players score. clark schmidt goes 7 innings on the mound. eight strikeouts. carolina kuzs with the 7-1 win. clemson baseball at home. tikers back in action for the

of three in their opening weekend against main. chris okey deep to center. a solo shot. tigers get a couple of more home runs from chase pinder. tigers are now 3-1. the gamecocks play at mississippi state tomorrow, 2:30 on 2:30. on the line for 7th wooded and hammond. woods left knee heavily wrapped. fourth quarter, three-point play here. hammond takes a 1-point lead. two mints to play. edmondson from northwood showing off the postgame and northwood takes the lead. 1 minute to go. laudin, this is a huge three for

who else would the skyhawks go to? woods finds a way to tie it up there. northwood -- as i choke my way through -- on the other end, laudin doing anything but choking and defending state champion. northwood knocks off the skyhawks, 6-57. woods is off to play for the tar heels. heathwood hall, the highlanders taking on another charleston team. caldwell to the hoop. point game. cyclones go to the post. jake, big dude. second hal all porter gaud, woth come up one game short. porter-gaud wins it 58-35.

tomorrow. the dreher girls taking on the upper state finals. lemon, she's a good player. check out the bucket and the foul. jackson, blue devils looking to win their third straight title in the last five years. dunn lap heading to north carolina next year. looking to make it 22 wins in a row. wren, a chance to tie but the blue devils don't allow a shot. dre wins it and they will play myrtle beach for the title. 3-a boys, ac flora looking to get the third straight championship game. falcons taking on seneca getting on the offense glass. deshawn thomas scores. seneca turning up the defense from there. barmore, the steal and the layup, these two would trade lead on the three -- on

minute. falcons end up on top, 56-5. flora gets the state championship rematch against midland valley. a very busy night of high school basketball for sure. >> high school hoops. >> a lot of basketball. >> thank you. up next, john with one last look at the seven-day forecast. >> stay with us for more abc

we're live. after a chilly start, plenty of sunshine tomorrow, upper 50s not bad. but sunday. >> that's all of the time we have for abc columbia news at 11:00. thank you for joining us. >> good night.

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