national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] patrick: you are breaking up to a brand-new year, january 1, 2016. some one million people gathered in times square last night to watch the crystal ball drop. allyson: a live look at memorial stadium. clemson will play for their first national championship in football and 34 years. patrick: first, let's check in with dale. dale: we will see temperatures come back to where they should be for this time of the year over the weekend with colder nights and sunny days for saturday and sunday. today will be mostly cloudy. as far as the rain of the last couple of days, it is down along the coast for about a day and

at myrtle beach. for saturday and sunday, too. 40 in asheville to upper 50's and abbeville. quite a range. the wind in the mountains will make it feel colder and we are feeling 10 to 15 miles per hour wind. a cool day that more like it should be for this time the first of the year. we will talk about the weekend in the first of next week in a few minutes. allyson: thank you carried the clemson tigers return to death valley at 5:00 today as champs. they'll rest up before playing for a national title against alabama. patrick: wyff news 4 sports director has reaction from florida. but first, wyff news 4's ricardo leconte has highlights -- ricardo lecompte as the highlights. ricardo despite having the

, that is what you play out the game. check it out. a time lapse. the majority of the fans inside the stadium wearing clemson orange. second quarter, watson caring from seven yards out. what hundred 45 yards rushing and a score game tied at seven. clemson trailed that half by one. they regained the lead, clemson adds to it. under renfro, 35 yards out, tigers down 30-17. watson had 170 -- 187 yards to the air. a shed out in the second half. the second interception. quarter block -- quarterback was named orange bowl m.v.p. for oklahoma. the win streak at 17 straight games. clemson dominating the second

they had to arizona and the national championship game. brad: the dominating performance by the tigers, beating the sumer's -- beating the sooners 520 points. this is the game clemson wanted to play. the second half was a completely different story. >> oklahoma could not stop the runs tonight. watson rushing, the second time in the history of the orange bowl that two players from the same team went over 100 yards. it was a dominating performance. close to 200 60 question yards. watson through a couple of bullets for good measure. brad: it was really incredible to see because really running up to this game, everybody thought watson would have to beat oklahoma with his arm because they will take away running the football. clemson probably took that to heart, obviously, and rest for 300 plus yards.

oklahoma, it was less than 100 yards rushing. us link from last year's game, but the tigers will play for the national championship. marc: i think in the locker room is the moment when these guys realize, we are at the top of the mountain. i talked to a lot of clemson fans this week, and so many older ones said back in 1981, they win that national championship and they thought they would have another chance the next couple of years and they have not had that chance. that is why this season has been so special. 75% of the stadium was orange, and to see them going nuts is something i will never forget. brad: dabo swinney said that this team is uncommon. they do, and in an uncommon way. he said that seven years ago, they would be here. he did not know when, but the clemson tigers have a chance to play for it all and make history.

patrick: thank you so much. as we have said, they will play the alabama crimson tide. 38-0 in the cotton bowl last night. the national championship game on january 11 will be in arizona. there will be a viewing party at the wellness center or the wellness arena at 7:00 and it is free. allyson: if you are out for the championship, you can follow along on twitter through our live wire. it's a collection of the latest tweets about clemson on wyff 4.com and our wyff 4 mobile app. patrick: it is fairly early and folks are waking up may be. happy new year. one million people gathered in times square to watch the crystal ball drop to welcome 2016. allyson: you and i did not see it, so we are seen it here.

by over 32,000 l.e.d. lights. there was a blanket of security. across the nation, they celebrated new year's eve. i think that is later in the show. patrick: that is coming up. officers on the road and that will last through the weekend. the sober or slammer campaign is underway in south carolina right now. this year 946 people have died , on south carolina roads. >> when you start to think about that, you start thinking 946 lives. that's the size of an average high school in south carolina. that's how many lives we've lost on our roadways this year. patrick: the extra officers on the roads will also look for speeders, distracted drivers, and people not using their seat belts. one of three suspects connected to the death of a former upstate youth pastor's wife now faces more charges. allyson: larry taylor jr. is connected to the death of amanda blackburn. blackburn was married to newspring youth pastor davey blackburn. the murder happened in indianapolis. nbc reports that taylor now faces charges in an unsolved

over $10 on november 4th. blackburn was killed after a burglary last month. officials say her death was part of a crime spree that started on november 3rd. patrick: an update on the story we brought you a few weeks ago, the greenville shares office paid a visit to fellow deputy dave dempsey. you may recall dempsey was shot in the head earlier this month while on the job. the sheriff's office says he's in rehabilitation and has a long road ahead. but they say his progress is "truly a miracle." allyson: damage caused by potholes in spartanburg county is costing drivers hundreds of dollars. in fact, one particular pothole opened up again after it was filled. this is on anderson mill road in front of the londonderry subdivision. several people got flat tires and damaged rims after hitting the pothole. road crews say they had to fill the hole four times this week because the material is being washed away by the rain. >> i think that they could have

pothole is there. allyson: that woman says she's paying more than $700 in repairs. the department of transportation says you can file a claim on their website to be reimbursed for damages caused by potholes. we're told they typically reimburse drivers if the agency already knew about the pothole. patrick: dale, that last segment shows the mess we have been dealing with in terms of rain, but what is the new year like? dale: last year, we were over one foot ahead on rainfall. huge amounts after suffering a drought the first part of the year. it looks like we have dry weather as we start to a new year and it will hang around through thursday next week. as you look out from our various skycam's, no problems. roads are dry. the precipitation showing for the upstate are mountains. at the coast, that is the rain

part of that system that will impact myrtle beach today, but mostly sunny down at the coast tomorrow. temperatures ranging from mid and upper 50's in the piedmont to low 50's in the upstate. though 40's in parts of the mountains which feel colder, especially in asheville and hendersonville. we will see temperatures rebound this afternoon and reach 56 for the upstate and upper 40's for the mountains, even with mostly cloudy skies. it clears tonight and colder temperatures led into the region for the next several mornings. low 30's in the upstate, so over the weekend and starting next week as kids go back to school, they will need a warm jacket waiting for buses early in the morning. allyson: thank you. this is woodruff road. you just heard about the weather, but the traffic. an accident with injuries on

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allyson: happy new year. patrick: happy new year. by the way, i wanted to bring didn't the new year from the back of my eyelids and i did. allyson: good. some of the people did not. a look at how some of the other states rain the new year. alabama used a moon pie and it

rsa the building to kick off the new year. the firework show hosted the activities. it was in 10:00 of the riverview plaza. patrick: good to eat as well. allyson: atlanta had a bank, the annual peach drop. tens of thousands of people headed to underground atlanta to catch the show. patrick: and to welcome 2016 in raleigh, a giant acorn drop to bring in the new year. they had a children celebration earlier in the day and as you see, fireworks. allyson: here is the one we have been talking about. the celebration and key west, florida, a drag queen on a shoe descended there at midnight. happy new year at florida. patrick: that was unexpected.

clemson making history advancing to the national championship game in glendale, arizona. reaction later in the show. dale: are you ready for dry weather?

>> now, your live super doppler 4 hd forecast. dale: good morning. i've: 47 is the time. -- 5:47 is the time. no wet roads, precipitation and we get to move about without having to worry about the umbrellas or rain. we start out a brand-new year with dry weather. looks like what the upstate, mountains, northeastern georgia, it will last through thursday. here is the rain we had yesterday, impacting the beach today. tomorrow, it will be clear at the coast. temperatures are dropping. 36 in boone, 40 in andrews, and

mile per hour wind in the mountains, a low 50's in the upstate, mid 50's in the piedmont. it will drop a few degrees and rebound to mid 50's for afternoon highs. wind will drop it to feeling like 29 to 34. dress warmly in the mountains. saturday and sunday will get back to where we typically expected to be. cold nights in the low 30's, 50's and we will get up to 56 today. the record is 75 set back in 1952. asheville regional airport averages 47 and we project 48 today. the record is 76 set back in 1952. these unusually warm pattern sets happened in the past and will again in the future, but it looks like the sky is clear tomorrow and for the weekend we get back to normal. most of the country feeling cold.

and memphis with 20's and 30's in the mountains and the upstate for overnight lows this weekend. if you are headed down to the beach for saturday and sunday, 53 saturday and mid 50's on sunday. 56 for the upstate high after 2:00 in the mountains will see upper 40's for today under mostly cloudy skies. looking ahead with the four day plus forecast. saturday and sunday, cold mornings and cool days but normal. that pardon continues through thursday. cold morning on monday, summit should the kids have a warm coat as everybody gets back into the swing of things. allyson: thank you. in dubai, a high-rise building caught fire on new year's eve. but the city let the fireworks fly nonetheless. the fire engulfed the 63-story downtown highrise. it's a hotel and apartment building called the address. officials say 14 people suffered minor injuries. about 15 minutes before midnight, large explosions were heard from inside the building.

is still unclear. patrick: paris canceled its usual new year's fireworks display. but crowds turned out for subdued festivities amid heightened security. across the channel, big ben tolled the midnight hour. london had tight security, but held a big fireworks celebration along the thames river. rio de janeiro held a new year's fiesta with 24 tons of fireworks to kick off brazil's olympic year. allyson: and in germany, a terror threat shut down train stations in munich. police there say they had indications of an imminent attack. two busy train stations were evacuated on new year's eve. people were also being asked not to gather in crowds. no attacks took place. paris and brussels cancelled their new year's eve celebrations, following last month's attacks in paris that killed 130 people. patrick: belgian authorities announced the arrest of a 10th person in connection with those attacks in paris.

detained for questioning over a suspected plot to stage new attacks in brussels during the holidays. law enforcement officials said there is no known connection between the two investigations. president barack obama is expected to announce a new executive order on gun control. white house sources say it's designed to close the so-called gun-show loophole. the loophole allows certain gun sellers to skip the background checks for buyers. gun-control advocates expect the president will reveal the plan in the state of the union address. that's set for january 12th. allyson: wildfires continue to burn in southern australia. at least 15 homes in the area are under threat. about 120 fire fighters have been deployed. officials say a wind change turned the fire away from populated areas. a number of people were allowed to return home. >> at the end of the day, as long as we don't lose lives, the

it would be a shame because i love this community. allyson: christmas date wildfires destroyed 116 homes and caused the evacuation of about 100 people. patrick: areas of northern england and scotland were battered by storms which caused severe flooding and left thousands with no power. cnn's thrown surveyed the damage -- drone surveyed the damage. allyson: a man is being charged with damaging statues in an upscale shopping center. he said god told him to do it. the 30-year-old charles branch has targeted the shopping center at least two times and faces two counts of felony malicious mischief. patrick: an amazing site captured by the hubble telescope. nasa released this photograph of two galaxies merging into one.

galaxies collided and of becoming a single structure. eventually, the new galaxy will become stable carried this is located only 230 million light years from earth in the hercules constellation. allyson: apple is facing a lawsuit over the latest software of grade. the tech giants ios 9 software update made iphone 4s phones subject to crashes. they said it was compatible. they lead users to believe the update would make the phone faster and more responsive. the suit is seeking $5 million in damages and apple has not commented. patrick: an eight-year-old japanese sheep a new has been a famous dog for several years. it has been bringing smiles to the faces of more than 2 million online followers every day. the dogwoods in tokyo with the owner and the owner says he is

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>> now, your live super doppler 4 hd forecast. dale: 5:58 on this first day of 2016. hard to believe. the rain is on. mostly cloudy skies will be the story for today and things start to clear and colder temperatures will be flooding down south. down south is where the rain is today, affecting southern georgia and the coast of south carolina. if you are headed down to the beach, it will be mostly gone. the coolest temperatures in the mountains this morning, low to mid 50's in the upstate.

by the end of the day, we will be in the normal range of upper 50's and lower 40's. temperatures returned to where they should be. he will have winter weather this weekend and next week. nothing falling from the sky, but cold temperatures coming back. patrick: thank you. the weather was better than usual for an annual event in the upstate. the paris mountain polar plunge. allyson: berrrr. take a look at a look at the plunge in portland, maine. about 200 people showed up for the tip and the five kate race --dip and 5k race. >> it is shocking, exhilarating. >> like an out of body experience.

polar plunge raise raised $25,000 for charity. patrick: the annual paris plunge is that 1:16 this afternoon at paris mountain state park if you want to go for a nice cool dip. it might not be too bad. dale: the water has not had a chance to get really cold yet. allyson: yes, it has. dale: cold but nothing like an maine. it will be colder this weekend. allyson: i am a wimp. any colder than 60 degrees. patrick: so don't go to paris mountain. allyson: i want to do the plunge. patrick: let's take a look at the morning headlines. >> it is a special time right now. allyson: state champions now orange ball champions -- orange bowl champions. the tigers are not done yet. patrick: they will take on the alabama crimson tide.