cherokee circle just before 10:00 this morning. according to the coroner, someone who was walking in the area discovered the baby and called 911. the coroner's office tells us the baby was carried for 7-8 months. the coroner says the baby is a white female. an autopsy has been scheduled for monday. investigators say area hospitals have been put on alert to be on the lookout for women with symptoms associated with recent birth that may have happened without medical attention. today's investigation reminded people of the search for leonna wright. it's been 7 months since she went missing from her pendleton home. this week leonna's family placed , a teddy bear by one of the billboards asking to help find her. some of the billboards had a typo in the number you can call if you know anything about leonna's whereabouts. that typo has been fixed. call crimestoppers at 1-888-crime-sc if you know anything at all.

an arson investigation is underway after a fire at the former home of a police officer charged in the shooting death of a man last april. the fire started at michael slager's former home, just before 9:30 last night in hanahan. you may remember slager is the former north charleston police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of walter scott, on arms at the time. -- unwararmed at the time. investigators say a glass cocktail bottle was found at the scene. activists say slager should stay in jail, saying he's a danger to the community. he was least -- he was released on bond monday. turning now to commitment 2016, six gop candidates made a stop in the palmetto state with the key primaries only weeks away. they were here to talk about poverty, but the event wasn't without protesting. wyff news 4's corey davis has the story tonight in columbia. corey: standing room only at the convention center in columbia

a few protestors were sprinkled throughout the crowd of hundreds saturday afternoon. [applause] seven gop presidential candidates were supposed to participate, but carly fiorina wasn't able to make her flight. [applause] speaker paul ryan and senator tim scott led the discussion on how to fight poverty. bush, carson and christie were the first to share their ideas. >> it's great to give people a chance to get a job, but if they don't have the skills to get a job, then that's the first step. and all of our workforce programs i think need to be revamped and certainly our education systems as well. corey: governor christie says revamping the criminal system will help low income communities. gov. christie: there are always going to be jail cells if i'm president for folks who are dealing drugs and committing violent acts. always going to be jail cells for them. but we need to get some people who are just addicts and diseased out of those jail cells, give them treatment, because you can't get to work if you can't get out of bed in the

you can't get to work if you're high on heroine or cocaine, no one's going to hire you. corey: dr. ben carson says the country needs an economic stimulus to help bring more jobs. dr. carson: i believe that the real answer to poverty is not government, but the private sector. we have the highest corporate tax rates in the developed world. that is absolute craziness. what i would suggest is a 6 month hiatus to allow that money to repatriated with no taxes whatsoever, and in the process just requiring that 10% of it be used in enterprise zones and to create jobs for people who are unemployed and on welfare. corey: former governor mike huckabee took the stage alone in fiorina's absence. speaker ryan: do you think focusing on inequality is the best way to fight poverty? huckabee: no, focusing on inequality is focusing on the problem. focusing on the solution is how to make it work.

environment of which jobs are brought back to the united states. corey: governor kasich and senator rubio shared their ideas during the last panel. gov. kasich: the working poor, the drug addicted, and the mentally ill are issues. these are people who live in the shadows and i absolutely think, as jack kemp did, that when we rise everybody's got to have a shot. that opens everybody's hearts. corey: some people in the crowd were only there to see rubio, but it wasn't-- the senator was interrupted several times by protestors, who accused him of turning his back on the hispanic community. sen. rubio we are going to force -- enforce our immigration laws. corey: rubio eventually got his point across on how to handle poverty. sen. rubio: i strongly believe that k-12 systems belong of state and local communities, that we don't need a national poor people are often condemned to sending their kids to schools that are failing and so i believe at the state level and many states across this country have aggressively pursued,

children in the best setting possible. corey: right now, republican and democratic candidates are set to spend a lot more time in the palmetto state ahead of the february primaries. corey davis, wyff news 4 in columbia. patrick: thank you corey. most of the candidates will return to the south carolina next week. charleston will be the site of both of the upcoming presidential debates. the republicans meet on january 14. the democrats take the stage in charleston, three days later on sunday the 17. coming up, clemson and alabama is just around the corner. hear from head coaches dabo swinney and nick saban as they take questions at media day. chris? chris: check out all of this rain moving across the upstate. torrential rain from pickens to easley, now moving into greenville county. we will continue to see heavy rainfall overnight before

with both the tigers and alabama in phoenix.. today started with media day for the teams. these patrick: with both the tigers and alabama in phoenix, today started with media day for the teams. these can be considered the last distractions before the final days of preparations before monday's title game. wyff news 4's brad fralick is in arizona with more. brad: it was a busy day for the clemson tigers. and it started awfully early in the morning. a super bowl style media day, with hundreds of media across the floor talking to players and coaches from both teams.

and alabama to find and talk to whoever we wished. coaches. two head coaches that seem to be completely opposite. but they have usual respect -- mutual respect for one another. >> they have been the standard in college but all -- college football. none of the rest of this stuff matters. can we protect our quarterback and block them at the point of attack? can we tackle henry? can we pressure their quarterback? it's the fundamentals of the game. that is what we are focused on. >> when you play against someone like this, you are poised in how you play for 60 minutes, knowing that the other team is going to make some plays. how you respond to the next plate is going to be the key. -- next play is going to be the key. brad: both teams got one practice out of the white. the coaches have one final press

then it is game day on monday at 8:30 eastern kickoff. in glendale, brad fralick, wyff news 4 sports. patrick: one day after the football team packed up and headed out there. the clemson band loaded up to follow suit. the full band is making the trip to support the team. they'll do a pre-game show around 8:00 p.m. eastern eastern time monday night followed by the traditonal halftime show. both performances will be aired live on espn classic and espn 360. >> something like 35 million people are going to be watching on tv and they are broadcasting our show. that's terrifying and also really cool at the same time. [laughter] patrick: the band tells us their halftime show features music from the broadway hit "wicked." don't forget, sports team will have an hour-long special for that monday night before the game. they will be live right here on

chris: not only is it raining outside, but it is a cold rain. we are stuck in the low to middle 40's. tomorrow will feature clearing skies. but what about the temperatures?

>> now your live supler doppler 4 hd weather forecast. chris: check out this time lapse from spartanburg from our wofford college sky cam. we had some clouds. it was chilly. by the afternoon, the rains is on our sky cam, morgan rain came in. we saw this on -- we saw the sun come down. more rain and fog blanketed the area. it will be a chilly rain while we sleep. then while we make up, we start to drive back out. widespread windfall -- rainfall

we will continue to see rain until the cold front itself moves through. we have very cold air back towards west tennessee. memphis seeing a wintry mix. anywhere from memphis to nashville, up towards knoxville, 1/2 inch to 1 inch, while we just get rain. quite a bit of it. since it's moving fast, no flooding concerns. it will drop a quick 0.5 - 1 inch on the area. you can see the heavy rainfall from pickens anderson county. looking closer, abbeville towards laurens about to see some heavy rain. as does spartanburg, travelers west, and easley. from clayton to clarksville to dakoa down for strengthen county, stretching along i-85 towards atlanta. in the mountains, torrential rain from asheville to hendersonville.

-- future plus model shows showers showing up until 1:30. then the heaviest rain pushes off to the east. by 4:30, just showers. when we are waking up by 7:00, clearing starts to show up. we will have fog and low clouds linger in the morning. then the sun comes out as the morning goes on, especially by lunchtime. more sunshine and cloud. it will be a breezy day, especially for the north carolina mountains, where a few snow flurries are possible. we will start to see cold air begin to move in. currently we are at 47 degrees in greenville. 44 in asheville. expect temperatures to hold steady overnight. we will drop a few degrees to around 46 in greenville, 41 asheville. 47 for anderson.by tomorrow , temperatures will peak early in the morning before going back down, especially in the mountains. look at 3:00, 52 in greenville, tumbling 245 by 6:00.

temperatures warming up until 3:00, crashing back down as the cold air rushes in. for anderson, clouds in the morning, sunshine by the afternoon, topping off around 50 degrees. with loads of sunshine in asheville, temperatures will peak early in the morning. one of those backwards days. a high of 42 by 6:00 a.m., but by 6:00 p.m., 33 degrees and windy. that will be in the teens for the wind chill. look for highs around 4:00 to be below freezing. that is temperatures will do when it starts getting colder. it's 30 degrees cooler in st. louis. that cold air is headed our way. say goodbye to the warmth. it's going to move away, and we see another dash of cold air monday night into tuesday. teens will be widespread in the north carolina mountains. another dash set up towards the midwest. another will move through at

this rainstorm moving along the southern jetstream giving us all rain. buckled the north. -- the northern jetstream local to the north. the pattern favors cold air and moisture. we watch for several systems to move out of the gulf. not watching one right now. but the pattern certainly favors that as we move forward. you will not find any snowfall on the four day plus. we will be watching out for it. the patent certainly -- the pattern certainly favors that for about the next 2 weeks. that is how long the cold air will lock in. highs in the 40's for several days, with temperatures at night below freezing. patrick, all it takes is one of those southern systems to move from the gulf. you know what they say, if it was from atlanta to our area -- watch out. patrick: i could warm up one individual, hundreds of millions of dollars. tickets have been sold for the largest lottery jackpot in u.s. history.

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a bit of a circus with deshaun watson the center of attention for the clemson tigers. marc: they had about 200 media members, about 50 cameras around deshaun watson. they wanted to know everything about the clemson cornerback. how he felt about not winning the heisman, and of course asked about the vaunted alabama d. >> they have a different swag, but is nothing that we don't see every day at practice. we have a great defense. it's not going to be a shock when you get on the field monday night. marc: it was not all media meetings on saturday. there was also a practice with the tigers and crimson tide. their only practice here in arizona. they have a light walk-through on sunday. as far as the final practice of the season, it happened on saturday. brad: the tigers are ready to play. a walk-through on sunday. this is not a bowl trip, so not a lot of practices leading up to it. they did most of the practice in

let's go back to media day. it's also an opportunity for players to let their hair down a little bit. jay guillermo, for the comes in tigers, we are told those the best dabo swinney inflation. >> i give them stipends, i give them money. you know what? the only thing that it don't get them is village on --privilege on social media. you kidding me? that's a small price to pay. brad: that's just the beginning of our coverage of jay guillerm o. you remember we gave eric mac lain the microphone during media day at the orange bowl. we did the same thing with jay guillermo, and you will see that magic on our special "road to the title." marc: we are going to call him correspondent jay guillermo.

ricardo: thanks, and we can't emphasize enough, you have to tune into our special "road to the title" at 7:00 on monday jay guillermo and others to get you ready for monday night's title game. tv in -- tavien feaster-- the tight end choosing the bulldogs, coming to athens. also the top rated quarterback at uga. another quarterback making noise in the alamodome in san diego. shea patterson through 2 touchdown passes. named mvp in the 37-9 win over the east. byrnes receiver chavis dawkins

afternoon. dawkins had 73 catches for 1,319 yards and 17 touchdowns this past season for the rebels. dawkins becomes the fourth receiver in the 2016 class and the 20th commitment overall. just two undefeated team remain in all of men's college hoops. and one of the squads resides in columbia. south carolina going for 15 and 0, hosting vanderbilt this afternoon. second half, game tied at 49. e freshman pj dozier with the j from inside the foul line. gamecocks with their first lead of the day. 51-49. usc adds to the lead. sindarius thornwell gets the friendly roll. thornwell with a game-high 19. south carolina improves to 15 and 0. 69-65 winners over vandy. the furman paladins hosting chattanooga. the mocs entered the game tied for first place in the socon with wofford. second-half paladins push the , lead to double digits, devin sibley right to the rack. he led the way with 18. paladins halt the mocs 8 game

niko medved goes headfirst into the student section to celebrate. they win 70-55. bulldogs not making it easier for the terriers. to spencer collins, which took major guts. he drills the 3 to give wofford a one point lead. thewofford comes back to win 69-64. they moved to 3 and 0 in southern conference play. usc of state at njit. final pick, tight at 78. michael buchanan to tip it back in with 0.8 seconds remaining. the winning basket usc 80-78 victory. presbyterian on the roads at high point. a scramble on this loose ball. a jam home. game-high 26 for murray.

shawn brown gets the feed inside and throws it for 2 of his 19. 62% shots from the field. presbyterian wins it 82-66. the swamp rabbits wrapup they are four -- their four game homestand next thursday hosting alaska. just two days until comes in and alabama get it on. patrick: we are waiting ricardo. quick four day plus? chris: rain is moving in and we are getting cooler. patrick: thanks for watching. the news continues at 5:00 a.m. good night. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] marco rubio thinks it's unfair to criticize him for missing votes. "but i am going to miss votes,

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