georgia, severe thunderstorm warnings, flash flood warnings, even at least one funnel ccarol: and now we know that there was an ef-o tornado that touchdown in lexington county around 2:30 this afternoon just north of the farmersn of charleston highway. john will moment. michael: and the affeldt too fast for the storm drains to keep up, so what is next -- and the rain fell too fast for the storm drains to keepjohn cole at most of us saw one to two inches of rain, up to four inches in the mountains, where they had flooding, and these thunderstorms, especially down in columbia, that is where

spotted west of columbia, andactually touched down. it probably stayed aloft, which means it is not touching ground, that it is staying aloft, and it came down a couple of times outside of pine ridge, basically pretty close to th7 and i-26, a brief ef-0 tornado, and it stayed on the ground for a little over half a mile. that is it. 6/10, and it caused some damage to some cars in a car storage lot, so it proy only touched down for a brief period of time, and that it became a funnel cloud an moves a sickly over to florence. -- as it moved basically over. breezy in the higher elevations,

sun rise because of the cover at 7:25. now, back to you, carol andcarol: panther coach ron rivera may be wondering where are all of those calls for his job rmike: live from san francisco tonight, brad fralick and marc dopher is there. >> it has been an unbelievable run, 22-2 since the middle of last season, when they were 3-8-1, and they were saying maybe it was timr go, and since then, 22-2. >> there were a lot of questions about him simply because this was his first head coag job, and they were wondering if thepanthers had made a mistake. i do not think t and ron rivera talked

-- his paqtience. >> it is a time of instant gratification, andng patience and bet on me and had enough faith that i was going t done, and he also worked at it also. as much worked, he worked. >> you have to imagine that ron rivera certainlyopportunity to be the head coach of the panthers but to still be the head coach of the panthers, because when we gok to october 2014, there were some dark days for the franchise, and it looked like they lost the way, and now, they have found their way. >> yes, i think this is a lesson that trick -- a quick trigger finger on a headalways work out. i am brad fralick. back to you. michael: and all of

panthers pride in sptathey have a banner, and you can write a messagnd that and are to the team hotel. team decals, and businesses are using their signs to advertise their team pride. an fact, there is a five dollar discount for panther fans who wear their panthers gear at whatta wash on reidville road. >> people jump on board. michael: that is tomorrow at 10:00 in the morning, and you are invited to big ask your. that is at morgan square. all you have to do is show up in your gear. carol: you can watch "chasing a

and ricardo is here with more on thricardo? ricardo: they are taking that next step, making a lot of coaches and fans around the country happy, and this was the the wendy's event with dabo swinney. they ranked eighth among the national recruiting sites, and reloading for another run in 2016. >> just real simple. we got better today. that is what we are always trying to do as a program, continue to improve, it continued to get better. ricardo: clemson almost got the number one prospect in defensive tackle rashan gary out of new jersey. gary instead chose michigan, and getting ready class at south carolina,

>> a few years down the road, where e these guys, and how productive were they as playerricardo: his prize recruit is alread campus, and later in sports, we will tell e area players signing with some big progrmichael: ricardo, thank you, and if you do not have it already, make sure you sign up for the wyff mobile app, and you can learn about stories like this before anyone elseyou can download the wyff for mobile app. carol: hillary clinton spent the day in new hampshire while her husbanmichael: he was rallying people, and we werreporter: the 42nd president of

campaign f wife who wants to be the 45th president>> president bill clinton. reporter: over 800 people came to the gym f is hoarse from all of the campaign he is doing. >> i have been trying to help my candidate win a few votes. i think hillary should because she is the best change maker i of evernote, and everything she touches, she makes bereporter: she is running strong with a double-digit ironically, the campaign says theymr. clinton: she is clearly the

ever had a chance to vote for, and i ask you to vote for hereporter: and young adults, like st whom were in preschool when clinton was in office. >> it is exciting, and i think it is a once i>> i have only seen him on tv, and noreporter: chelsea clinton is also scarolina to support her mom with three stops on saturday. carol: in new hampshire tonight, a tussle what it means to be progressive, ernie clinton and hillary clinton in a televised town hall hosted by cnn.they were sending much different messages though under the same roof just days before the primary.

chuck todd and rachel maddow will moderate, and it will be tomorrow night beginnincarol: rand paul and rick santorum have michael: rand paul said he is suspending his white house bid and is expected to focus ohe says he plans to endorse a candidate for president, but during the primaries, there willcarol: and on the republican side, it is 10, but that is down from 17. here are the vroisland caucuses. trump, ted cruz, carly fiorina, john kasich, and gilmour.

after the iothe party is now down to two candidates on the michael: a case of animal cruelty.a dog lie did after being shot twice in twhat is being done. john: we just heard from grad and marc outside of san francisco -- we just heard from brad and marc. cooling down into the low 60's. in second half. second half. second half. second half. second half. second half. second half. second half. second half. second half. s america's heroes have a message. if you've fought... you know picking a commander in chief is no small thing. you're looking for smarts... and guts. we looked at each candidate... we studied their record... we know... looked them over...

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the marine corps commandant general every american who is physically qualified should registhe made that comment during a senate hearing yesterday. the army chief of staff said he agreed. e department last year lifted restrictions that barred women from combat jobs, and the draf the the annam war. carol: -- during the vietnam war. carol: president obama went to a mosquen baltimore, with thousands in attendance. michael: former president jimmy carter remains cancer free, with a scan sho of melanoma. he is 91 years old, the 39th president. he said this despite the positive report, he will resume

carol: investigators need your help in fighting the person who blinded a jog. they say that person shot the animalt least twice in the head. amara is a two-year-old boxer. she was to seasores. that she was a macy aided -- emaciated and covered in sores. >> it was amazing she was still stancarol: an anonymous donor has put up a $1000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest. you're asked to call the sheriff's department. announcer: njohn called this move through, overnight and through this morning. look at tquite strong thunderstorms once

the low co towards the teachers, we had some reports, and a couple of tornado reports, and i will tal in a bit, but for now, things have called down considerably. -- have calmed down considerably.this is even in the foothills, and that lin as it made its way to the south and east of us. newberry, you had a 46 mguthis line broke up a bit, and that is usually when you see this on the southern edge of that saw the line. you will start to t of spin. we had incredible windshear, and that is why we spawned that funnel cloud, which eventuallywe will resume on into the south of columbia, basically right around columbia, and we had a report near pine ridge, about

26, and it touched down briefly. it was on the ground for about 6/10 of a mile. the wind of the tornado was only 50 to 75 miles wide. it was a brief yet zero -- a brief ef-0, which did some damage, but no injuries, thank goodnea funnel cloud spotted by forest acsumpter, and here is interstate 20. it was basic parallel to interstate 20 but to the south,d then a severe thunderstorm and it lost its rotation. now look where it is. through the c colinas and through wilmington, rain through myrtle beacity, all of the way to

sava pretty lights. we are dry out nicely, but there are still a lot of clouds ogreenville, over one inch. over oneai2.5 inches in the asheville regional airport, and that is the most rain this date the last was 1.79 set back in 1982. the town square in laurens, there he49 in boone. currently 57 in greenville right noit is 57 in laurens, 52 in pickens, 58 in halfway. the warm spot is in abbeville, so warm temperatat this hour, 60 two in charlotte, 66 in columbia, and 66 all of the way to charleston,

70 at orlando, 74 in miami, and that is not bad. much colder the further you go. these pieces of energy in the atmosphere are going to swing down. as we get into early next week, the best chance of snow showers will be in the mount rain/snow mix as we go into possibly wednesday of next week as we see some pieces.we are going to have a lot of cold air aloft, so i think it will start out as snow, and it will melt, and colder. right now, it is 0, 0 at international falls. foot of snow. this was all snow. they had 10 inches in mitomorrow, the front is going to stl out, and more rain for us,

high pressure tonight, cloudy skies, 47 degrees, otherwise breezy and call it tomorrow, variable the cloudy it the high temperature 57 degrees, starting up to 53. a mixture of clouds and sunshine and breezy.f with 38 degrees, maybe 44 at lunchtime, maybe upper 40's in the maybe some wet snow, mrain next week. now, back to you. carol: thanks. michael: suffice it to say panthers will pretty much determine the subo>> pope e ll play a large part.

sports. >> the number up to six, and carolina is five of that total, and we have brad fralick, who joins us live from the bay area. good evening, brad. brad: hi, ricardo. how are you? welcome to downtown san francisco. panthers preparing for super bowl 50, andt when cam newton was drafted by the airline of panthers, and that is when the bhe and another have a competition now on preparation, who can prepar>> when he first got here, watching a film, making sure that everybody on the defensive side knows what they are doing, and for me watching, it was a

repetitive envyness that i was like, he gets hit, and he puts in work after practice and after everyo him where he is now. i was trying to see who is the lastbrad: ron rivera called them the yin and the yang, completely different personalities, but they literally compete on who can doreason the panthers are playing in the supwe are live, brad fralick. wyff news 4 sports. ricardo? ricardo: he sure you join us friday for wyff 4 sports presents chasing a champioand clemson picking 20. leads

composite team rankicccade stewart will take a gray shirt. >> i cannot believe i'm going to clemson university, i in there to do great things. it shows artwork is off -- hard work pays off. ricardo: tho major services with a 2016 class inside the top 30and a surprise quarterback. muschamp also paying attention to recruiting.>> to come in and do the best we can.ricardo: georgia has the number se class, and they have hardman, who will play for

>> the community has supported me. i will try to get this thing ricardo: other notable sightings around the upstanc troy pride and receiver malik grate out of pendleton. be sure you check us out, including on our mobile app, and hosting carolina, picking things up in the second half, a sweet crossove the land. a game-high 24 four the chanticl eers. they are putting up a win.

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carol: it will dry out a bit tomorrow.

out after the three plus inches of rain mainly in the mountains today. mostly cloudy skies, maybe some patchy fog. a chilly breeze in the mountains, a hh of 46. carol: thank you for watching. [captioning performed by the