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beth rousseau, abc columbia news. >> alicia: tonight columbia suspects, both males described as dark-skinned, again, investigators say they fired shots following a car chase, in a stolen vehicle around 11:00 this morning. authorities say one suspect was last seen wearing blue jeans and a black shirt and a black jacket. while the other one was wearing blue and white jeans with a white sweater. if you have any information, please call crimestoppers, 1-888-crime-sc. a suspect in lexington involved in a murder is also a local restaurant owner. he's also the same person who was wanted at the center of sheriff mets' bribery case according to police. police say gregorio leon turned himself in to authorities, now charged with murder and attempted murder. police say the victim was found shot to death sunday night on liver chase way near corley mill road. the shooting happened near the park-and-ride. female victim also involved in the incident was not injured. >> here at home, the first in the south primary this saturday. all this weeken 0 abc columbia -- week on abc columbia we will be profiling repu

abc columbia news at 11:00 starts right now. live from main and gervais, abc columbia news at 11:00. >>> thank you for joining us tonight for abc columbia news at 11:00. i'm alicia barnes. >> i'm ben hoover. 46-year-old adrian silva's body was found around 3:00 a.m. on the morning of january 3rd crashed motorcycle along the parkway in northeast columbia. officials say silva had been shot multiple times. this is video from that night. vincent may has been charged with silva's murder. we're waiting on details of the motive of the killing itself. >>> investigators say they took connected a gun to the killing of a man in columbia. 45-year-old abeen patterson has been charged in the killing of timothy gentry. today's break came when the gun was tested that patterson was used when he robbed a woman and fired on officers just last july. police say investigators have not determined a motive for killing gentry who worked with children and did charity work overseas. >>> let's talk politics now. a bill intended to make it easier for the pub

abc news columbia news at 11 starts now. >>> live from main and gervais, abc columbia news at 11. >> thank you for joining us tonight at 11. i've alicia barnes. >> ben: i'm ben hoover. a public meeting turned into damage control tonight after rumors and misinformation had spread on social media about a multi-million dollar greenway planned for an area still reeling from october's flood. homeowners who live along gills richland county and the gills creek watershed association explain details like the cost of the project, where the money is coming from and how it would impact their property lines. >> the greenway would start where kill born road intersects with shady lane and follows gills creek south to bluff road. here's the concern. some say the community would benefit from the trails and picnic areas while others say they don't like the idea. considering the flood damaged area has a long road to recovery >> after the october floods, think people should have a different perspective on what mother nature can do and this natural wetland should probably be left alone. i think it will g

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abc columbia news starts right now. >>> good evening. thank you for joining us for abc columbia news. i'm alicia barnes. >> i'm ben hoover. >>> we're tracking more rain in the forecast and that could make for a messy drive to work tomorrow. >> chief meteorologist john farley joins us with with the withlatest. >> we're looking at the statehouse. we are having a tough time seeing it. this is right across the street. there's fog out there. the fog will improve as the night goes on. we will pick up some decent rain as well. let's show you what's going on here on the radar. notice some rain, not much, locally. just a little bit. but look what's off here to the west. a good line of storms just to the east of atlanta. 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 in the morning. if you are an early commuter, plan on the roads being pretty wet. they will improve as the commute goes on. but starting out it will be pretty wet on the roads. let's give you a lack in terms of the forecast for the next several days. temperatures will continue to come up. and the heaviest rai

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we'll have a look at the seven day forecast next on abc columbia news at 12:30. main and gervais. >> welcome back to abc columbia news at 12:30. right now, lots of sunshine for us here in downtown cololbia as we overlook the roof cam. you can see the sunshine beaming off the rooftops here. 70 degrees. mostly sunny. winds out of the east and southeast at five to 10 miles per hour. making for a nice warm afternoon other areas not as warm. we're seeing several locations stuck in the kind of upper 50's right now. newberry at 55. 59 at camden. that makes sense. some areas not making too much sense of why they're so cool right now. we're seeing a weakened diffused cold front and notice how much warmer we are here. 72 degrees. 72 in orangeburg. 72 in manning. some of these other areas should be warming up with us. but they're not at the moment. at least the temperature gauge isn't so i think the gauge is probably waiting to catch up a little bit but i do expect those areas anywhere from columbia and south to be in the low to mid 70's. elsewhere, you might be struggling t

abc news columbia at 11 starts right now. >>> live from main and gervais, abc columbia news at 11. >> ben: good evening, and thanks for watching at 11. i'm ben hoover. >> alicia: i'm alicia barnes.the stakes are high. two days before the first of the south primary, he has not gone to any rallies, town halls, or forums all week. tonight was your chance to hear from three of the candidates. >> cnn hosted a town hall with donald trump, john kasich and jeb bush at the usc law school that's where we find our grace joyal live tonight. grace, what are the takeaways tonight? >> grace: well, ben and alicia, first off it's important to know how it was presented, each candidate sitting down with anderson cooper for really a one on one conversation. bush, kasich and trump answered questions from you, the south carolina public. it made for a slower paced more focused forum. >> poverty is -- positivity is what john kasich has been stating. he highlighted how he'll run the country but also talking about how getting out of his state has showed him what we need to rebuild america. >> we need to slow d

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you can count on abc columbia news for complete coverage on air and online and coming up at 11:00, we'll have continued campaign coverage as well as more from tonight's rally. reporting from senate street, beth rousseau, abc columbia news. >> speaker: thank you, beth. >>> a big matchup in milwaukee for the democratic candidates on democratic presidential hopeful, hillary clinton and bernie sanders will be taking part in a debate tonight at 9:00. it will air on pbs as well as cnn. this is the last democratic debate before the democratic primary here in south carolina, that date is february 27th. >> ben: if you have ask the officials at aarp, they'll tell you that the futute of social security is in question. the group met at the statehouse to release results from a new aarp poll. they say that it's important for the presidential candidates to lay out plans to make social security sound for future generations. >> a lot of people have different challenges and problems and issues facing them. and whether social security is going to exist has been promised to them as they get older is one tha

stay with abc columbia news for the latest on vote 2016, and we will have live updates online >>> the daughters of a columbia man found murdered in his home are raising the reward hoping it will lead to new information about his death. >> and beth russo sat down with the two of them as she has more now in the search for justice. >> and ben and alicia it's been five months since the body was found inside his home here. two daughters are determined to find answers and they say they are chipping in the only way they know how. >> it's been the most difficult five months of our lives. >> september 8th, 2015, a day that will always stand out for lauren barnes and her sister caitlyn hof hoffstetler. she said lauren, your father has died. >> columbia police found the father's bododnside his home during a welfare check. it was ruled a homicide, and upper body. >> i thought we had so much more time together you know, i can't believe it. >> while the investigation continues without an arrest, the two say they feel hopeless in the search. >> getting justice for him. it's the most important thing

captioning provided by: caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.comfor joining us for abc columbia news at 12:30. >> good afternoon. thanks for joining us for abc columbia news at 12:30. i'm eric weisfeld. my co-anchor rochelle dean has the afternoon off. let's get right to it. vote 2016 taking center stage right here in south carolina. the g.o.p. presidential candidates holding back-to-back town halls just ahead of saturday's g.o.p. primary. and tonight, marco rubio, ted cruz, and ben carson will all gather in greenville for a town hall. that's at 8:00 on cnn. then tomorrow, donald trump, jeb bush and john kasich will take part in their own town hall here in columbia. carson and ted cruz will both be attending the faith and freedom rally in spartanburg tonight. cruz also has stops planned in seneca later today. has town halls planned in chapin, aiken and mount pleasant today. following his stop here in columbia, jeb bush is set to make stops in beaufort, summerville and myrtle beach. john kasich will be in bluffton. donned trump will be in walterboro and sumter today. the democratic ka

stay with abc columbia news for the latest on vote 2016. we have live updates online and on air saturday. >>> inside the state house today governor haley announced a new partnership to help expecting mothers. >> the moms will get parenting help. it a partnership with nurse family prevention and the program brings registered nurses into homes of first time moms on medicaid. >> think of the thousand of mothers that will now have the stories these two moms have. this will reduce on domestic violence, this will reduce on numbers of visits to the emergency room, this will reduce on children sicknesses, this levels in the rural areas. >> nearly 1200 families will receive care through the public government partnership. >>> the battle on the roads is heating up in the senate. among proposals to fix state road, raising the gas tax 12 cents over three years. senators have a long way to go this week to find more money for road. they've spent nearly five weeks in session discussing the issue. >>> it was certainly nice to see the sunshine today. of cours

monologue and brandi hitt, abc news, hollywood. >> alicia: thank you, you can find out who walkers away with a golden statue this sunday night. >> ben: stew tuned for abc columbia news at 11:00 when leo wins the oscar finally. >> alicia: you think so? >> ben: i hope so. >> alicia: he's like the susan loopy. >> ben: you said it was great, you saw it. >> alicia: we have a busy weekend because we're going to be here for the democratic primary and sunday for the oscars. >>> here's a look at abc in terms of our tower cam and what you're seeing over the city, up next. has the forecast next. >> ben: welcome back. >> john: yesterday's high was 10. today 20 degrees cooler and came in at 57 is all we could do. we'll stay school for a couple of days, as we go back to the north and west, you'll see this blue. this is snow. we're not going to get snow. that said, it does show where the pocket of cool air is and it will take until sunday before the wind direction comes back out of the southwest and at this point, you'll notice the temperatures climb again. tomorrow morning, a lot of blue all over the united states. watch what happens when we get to tomorrow afternoon and you

live in the newsroom, beth rousseau, abc columbia news. >>> ben: south carolina politics in prime time.at tonight hillary clinton and bernie sanders will take part in the cnn democratic town hall at usc's law school. >> alicia: abc columbia's grace grace, what can we expect to hear from the candidates this evening? >> reporter: alicia and ben, first i want to show you the clinton and sanders fans fathering down the street. they are courting drivers in rush hour traffic on assembly street. they have gotten quiet but lots of clinton fans, a few bernie fans. the hillary fans have been louder this evening after suffering defeat in new hampshire, clinton gained back her momentum in nevada this weekend. the challenge for her now is to keep it going. clinton did very well wi black voters in nevada that's a key point here, ahead of saturday's democratic primary. in 2008, 55% of the state's electorate was black. sanders has pulled out all the stops courting our state's african-american voters but will it be enough? since saturday, he's started hitting clinton hard calling her out for not releasing

columbia news starts right now. >>> live from main and gervais, abc columbia news at 11. >>> go evening, and thank you for joining us for abc columbia news at 11 live from main and gervais. i'm rochelle dean. we'll get to your top headlines in a moment. first a quick check of your forecast. not much sunshine today, but still mild temperatures. let's check in with michelle rotella with your first forecast. >> we're talking about clouds sticking around, and the rain showers will also be in the forecast, but temperature-wise, we were still above average for today, about 6 degrees above that, so 68. that's when you felt. and when you started off this 50s. average 38. no one complaining about the plens ant start to the day. temperatures still in the 60s. lexington covering in around 64. 61 winnsboro, and 63 camden. still not expecting much for cooling as we head throughout the evening hours. staying with us. notice, though, a lot of the showers at the end of the radar. i think the showers will diminish for now. can't rule out the possibility of a stray shower as we head throughout the overnight hours, but the majority

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jennifer ready, abc columbia news. >> we will have more on this story posted on abc columbia.com after this newscast. >> the federal government is sending south carolina $157 million to aid in flood recovery. the disaster recovery fund was announced today with richland and lexington of columbia, getting the bulk of the funds. the department spokesperson did not know when the money would become available. >> absolutely gorgeous out there today, and i would imagine this evening is going to be great as well. >> it was a beautiful leap day of the leap year! is that what you call it t. leap day? >> i didn't even realize it. >> until i came into work. >> once every four years. >> i thought it was march first! >> we go to the weather center, hey john. >> we are off kilter on this leap day. it's leap year day, whatever you want to call it. yeah, we leap! we add an extra day every four years. let's show you what's going on here outside, beautiful evening out there, the sun has just about set here, and comfortable. let's give you a look at what's going on in columbia. still comfortably into the

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abc columbia >> good afternoon. we're glad you're joining us for abc columbia news at 12:30. i'm eric weisfeld. >> and i'm rochelle dean. we are live from main and gervais. we are just one day away from the first in the south primary. the g.o.p. candidates are still reaching out to voters right here in the capital city. >> within the hour, marco rubio got a big boost here in south carolina. governor nikki haley, representative trey gowdy and senator tim scott joined rubio as he reached out to voters during a rally this morning at the columbia marriott hotel. >> it turned out to be a new american century, the greatest era in our history. we have a chance to be the authors of the greatest chapter in the amazing story of america and that's why i need your support tomorrow so i'm asking for your help. >> well, meanwhile, john kasich held a town hall before heading to conway, mount pleasant and charleston. >> g.o.p. frontrunner donald trump will be in charleston campaigning. island and then myrtle beach. meanwhile, jeb bush is busy in the upstate hitting the road with his mother,

abc columbia ns >> good afternoon. and thank you for joining us for abc columbia news at 12:30. i'm rochelle dean. >> and i'm eric weisfeld. we're live from main and gervais and we begin this afternoon with the road to the white house. republican presidential hopeful donald trump will be campaigning in florence today. he's holding a trump for president rally at the florence civic center. the event starts at 7:00. doors open at 5:00. campaign stop comes just weeks before the g.o.p. first in the 20th. and even though he didn't win in iowa, trump still has a pretty good shot to take new hampshire. according to a new poll, trump is leading the field of republican candidates with 29% support in new hampshire. the next three candidates are in a statistical tie for second. results show senator marco rubio republican primary voters in new hampshire. senator ted cruz received 13% support. governor john kasich 12%. jeb bush, 10%. the next pack of candidates is well behind with governor chris christie and carly fiorina pulling just 4% support in new hampshire. the poll also finds that abou

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i will include a link to the website in the online version of this story at abc columbia news. i will include the number you can call to get any questions you might have answered. live in the newsroom, grace joyal, abc columbia news. >> all right. thank you. >>> it's do or die time for some of the presidential candidates. >> we'll take to you you to new hampshire. >>> and get out to vote. efforts on campuses throughout the palmetto state are urging students to get involved before that's next. former new york city mayor >>> thanks for staying with us tonight. former new york city mayor michael bloomberg said he's considering all of his options when it comes for a run for president. the media mogul said he's listening to what the current he also took aim at the overall tone of this year's campaign, sayth public deserved -- saying the public deserved better. he admits he would need to get his name on the ballots by march. he's worth $39 billion and is expected to self-fund any presidential campaign. >>> it's a race to the finish in new hampshire tonight. >> presidential candidates

abc columbia news at 11:00 starts right now. >>> a blast of cold weather is temperatures to parts of the midlands. this is a live look at downtown columbia. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm alicia barnes. >> i'm ben hoover. the latest from new hampshire in the primaries up there in just a moment. but first we saw a few snow flurries earlier today. we know you. you are probably wondering when winter's grip will let up. >> a few is really accurate. chief meteorologist john farley joins us live now in the weather center. >> we got a couple of pictures in. this is a good one. in is from frederick in gilbert. a little bit of snow on his car. most of us saw this. i got a picture from a guy in kershaw county who had more than that. like a dusting on his car. in some spots? it's a, it's more oppressive. here is the line of snow left over. it's not gonna accumulate to anything significant. maybe a little on the car. but some snow out there tonight. the temperatures are we'll continue to dive down as that cold air continues to blow on in from the north and west. bundle the kids up in

ov to you two. >> alicia: you've been watching abc columbia news at 6:00 and thank you for making us your choice for news. >> ben: world news tonight with david muir. >>> breaking news tonight. chopper down. the helicopter crashing into the water near pearl harbor. civilians on board. a popular trip for tourists. witnesses say it dropped from the sky. several on board. the heroes jumping into the water. >>> also tonight, donald trump takes aim at pope francis, after the pope suggests trump is not christian. the moment on the pope's plane. and tonight, trump's fiery response. >>> the terror attack in california, and this evening, major developments. the fbi moving in. in san bernardino, what did they find? >>> forced to pay. the hackers locking personal computers, trapping your personal information, your photos. forcing you to pay to getett back. now, a hospital, patients' medical records hacked. >>> and drivers beware tonight. some of the most troubling bridges in america. millions still traveling over

from irmo, jennifer ready, abc columbia news. >> alicia: thank you. >> ben: we received word from the columbia police that per mall management, the mall is set to reopen at noon tomorrow. >> alicia: in this age of social media, there are cameras everywhere and that was the case this evening inside columbiana centre. >> ben: earlier this evening, anabell martin posted this video to instagram that shows some of the chaos inside the mall. here you see swat teams moving through the mall following the shooting. >> alicia: again, columbia police say this was an isolated incident. as jennifer just said. again, there was no one injured in this shooting tonight. >> ben: now to our other top story tonight, the first in the south republican primary. we have the results tonight. >> alicia: we do! donald trump wins south carolina with almost 34% of the vote. also, we just learned that they are calling marco rubio in second place and ted cruz in third place tonight. jeb bush, john kasich, and ben carson brought in single digit >> ben: that second -- the graphic that we have on the screen obviously

grace joyal, abc columbia news. >> thank you, grace. and what grace just touched on, we'll look at the damage. take a look at this. look at the damaged cars off highway 321 in west columbia at the auto sales distributor. you can see from this video, the powerful storm broke several vehicle windows and even flipped over some cars. >> so many of you were our video and pictures of what you were seeing, being the eyes and ears for us. we received this video from nick johnson. take a look. he had just gotten off work in the dixiana air you aia a -- area and walked out to the parking lot to see this, trees knocked down by the winds. he pulled out his cell phone and took the video. there's a car overturned and limbs. in fact, i believe there's trees down. the lexington county sheriff avenue department says that-- he sheriff's department said there's scattered damage and damage to structures in southern lexington county. >> wow. >> yeah. a lot of damage in lexington county, happened in dixiana and charleston highway. >> that's where the crews w

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 s

abc columbia news starts right now. >>> good evening. thank you for joining us tonight for abc columbia news at 11:00. i'm alicia barnes. >> i'm ben hoover. another round of rain could bring more than just wet roads tomorrow. severe weather. >> that's right. and the threat has forced orie and georgetown officials to cancel school tomorrow. chem johnchief meteorologist john farley has more. >> tracking an active storm system out there tonight. it will be in here between 7:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. tomorrow. damaging winds, the most likely scenario, but this could touch off tornadoes. let me show you where it is. we go down here to -- right along the gulf coast. very active just north of pensacola. this thing has touched off lot of severe thunderstorms. i show you what's going on right now, the latest. everything in the yellow boxes, that is watch out things could get messy. the orange boxes here, these are severe thunderstorms right here. if there were red boxes, there would be tornadoes. there are none right now. this is a system moving quick

abc columbia news at 11:00 starts right now. >>> good evening. i'm ben hoover. alicia has the night off. ina chilly night it s we turn things over to john farley who joins me live in the studio watt with the latest on the temperatures. >> it's quiet. there's no rain. the temperatures are working their way down. a couple 20s. this 46. every once in a while you get the sense that somebody is didding this on the -- is doing this on saluda. it's not 46. it's a pretty chilly night for all of us. we'll continue to dive down. clear skies. again, that's just the beat ginning of things this weekend. look where we go tomorrow and then again on sunday. tomorrow what's gonna happen. we'll see temperatures only about the mid-40s but it will feel colder than that. remember tuesday, remember when the wind was blowing. you steppedout andped outside and it really gra grabbed you? that's what's gonna happen valentine night. bundle up. kind of chilly. sunday, look what happens. it only gets to 39. there will be a lot less wind but only 39. now, next weekend, we have 60s in the for

national dayay of service as abc columbia news at 11:00 starts right now. >>> abc columbia news at 11:00. >> thanks for staying with us after the debate. i'm grace joyal. tonight's republican debate was a final chance when the candidates make their mark. carly fiorina did not make the cut. candidates tackle issues like emanant domain, and fighting words between jeb bush and donald trump prompting intense boos from the crowd directed at trump. apologizing for the caucus night tactics, and trump is pulling highest. rubio close behind followed by john kasich, bush, cruz, crist christy and carson. >>> grab your wings, nachos and bean dip. the highest title in the land. mike gillespie kicking off the super bowl 50 coverage. game one day away. expwh it can have the most distractions out of any game there is, and cam newton hoping he and panthers handle the >> and all the festivities of the media, and anything leading up to it. all you see is panther bronco conversations, and fs it's a dream come true, and hopefully we are prepared come sunday. >> andthank you, mike. >> be glad the super bow

taking the plunge as abc columbia news at 11:00 starts right now. >> live from main and gervais, abc columbia news at 11:00. >> rochelle: thanks for being here, i'm grace joyal. >>> with one week to go to the primary, the republicans left standing battled it out in greenville tonight. we'll get to that, but first we have sad news to bring you tonight. supreme court justice antonin scalia has passed away at 79. those sources say he died of natural causing at a ranch in west texas. he was longest serving justice on the supreme court. he was nominated by president the life and legacy coming up in just a bit. >>> south carolina attorney wilson released this statement, it reads "our thoughts and prayers go to the family. he was a hero and patriot, hopefully those who follow in his footsteps share his reverence for the constitution, the rule of law, and our republic. >>> president obama said tonight he will nominate a replacement. if the nominee is liberal that could tilt the high court towards democrats. we could see a huge political battle over whether the nominee even gets a vote in the

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we hope you'll stay with abc columbia news for complete coverage. on air as well as on line for all of your vote 2016. well, class is back in session. after an early morning evacuation yesterday, we told >> that's right, lexington district two officials said the fire started early yesterday morning in an air conditioning unit on the roof of the school's vocational wing. no injuries were reported. a camden man is in custody this afternoon accused of trafficking heroin. >> kershaw county sheriff jim matthews said last week, deputies arrested ronald boone with two ounces of heroin, marijuana and pills. heroin abuse has been on the rise across the country. his deputies are determined to not let it get out of control in kershaw county and columbia police's organized crime and narcotics unit has uncovered thousands of dollars worth of marijuana. this was inside a homemade grow house. that guy has been charged with manufacturing marijuana after officers say they found 45 marijuana plants inside a home in the 1400 block of carolina drive. officers say the p

reporting in lexington county, beth rousseau, abc columbia news. >> and unrepentant cold harded murderer, those words from the circuit court judge jeffrey young today as he sentenced joseph manners to two life sentences plus 30 years. manners was convicted of setting grandparents in sumter back in 2013. >> staying in sumter now, car trouble leads to two men getting caught with drugs and guns. investigators say last night lloyd evans and mark floyd were riding through the small town of pinewood when a deputy noticed they had a headlight and taillight out. deputies say after they pulled him over, they found meth, heroin and three rifles. but it was a democrat making political >> well, the republican primary may be tomorrow but it was a democrat today making political headlines in columbia. >> this morning at allen university, congressman jim clyburn endorsed hillary clinton to be the next president of the united states. clyburn says his decision was not an easy one. >> today, however, my head and my heart are in the same place. the few people speculated that my head was with one candidate

abc columbia news at 11:00 starts right now. >>> an intense and fast-moving storm blows through the midlands. >> i'm alicia barnes. >> i'm ben hoover. >>> people are shil still cleaning up the damage. john farley has more. >> this is what things looked like. this is maple street in marianne took this picture. nobody was hurt. but the driver was shaken up. this one of many trees that came down. this was not a full tree. this was half of a t tree. you u n see the size of this thing. it was huge. so a lot of us had trees down, at arrest -- least some limbs. winds are gusting to 40ish. the winds are out of the west and they will continue to be roughly from that direction west and southwest as we go overnight into and into tomorrow. tonight continues to be windy. expect it to be that way right until we get up in the morning. here are the temperatures, as you see. we're in the 50s and a couple of mid 40s. temperatures won't drop all that much. we're talking about low to mid-40s that's about as cool as we'll get overnight. getting going tomorrow morning, this is how things are gonna look. it will b

abc columbia is your home for the primary. as as the the results come in, candidates and up-to-the-minute coverage at bums, on abc columbia news, twitter and facebook. >>> we saw temperatures in the 60s today. i would even venture to say it felt a little like spring. >> okay. >> almost. >> accept for you. >> you -- >> i wasn't trusting. i should have trusted john. >> the stransicks. >> all right. a little rain is pushing into the upstate. chief meteorologist john farley joins us live in the weather center. >> we have a little bit of rain after the warm temperatures. you see it coming in from the upstate. most of this is evaporating before it gets here. we may get a sprinkle or two. that will do it. no problems or the morning commute. temperatures not that cold. we're still at 50. 50 in columbia at almost midnight. let's give you a look at the morning commute. there it is. a few clouds. temperatures in the low 40s. no problems. no problem at all on our morning commute. especially toward the end of the commute. for today the forecast should be just fine, after those morning clouds give way to sunny skies. the temperatures will c

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. >> welcome back to abc columbia news at 12:30. a very cloudy forecast for us. but hasn't been a particularly wet one. temperatures in the upper 50's right now. pretty much exactly where we were this morning. we were in the upper 50's this morning. we're in the upper 50's now. not really seeing much of the rain. winds out of the northeast at eight miles per hour will keeee us slightly cooler for the short term. i do expect us to warm up in the next couple of hours. we are going to see a warm front push into the area later today and we might see warmer temperatures by 9:00 tonight. it may take a while to get temperatures in the 60's. we may end up in the 60's at some point later today. satellite and radar quiet for us for the time being. we did see some heavy rain towards the upstate and heavy rain towards the p.d. and grand strand, nothing much for us today. good deal of rain yesterday and over the last 24 hours. half of that in lexington at columbia metro. all and all, even without much rain today, it's been a pretty rainy last 36 to 48 hours. temperatures 46 i

abc columbia news starts right now. >>> thanks four watching at 11:00. i'm ben hoover. >> alicia barnes. >>> four people are dead. more than 100 are injured after a massive earthquake in taiwan. rescuers are using ladders and cranes now and are using them to help people trapped in the rubble of a residential high-rise complex that collapsed early saturday. >> that's right. this happening in taiwan. this earthquake measuring 6.4 again, a 17-story building in the southern part of the city brought down by this earthquake. more than 200 people have been pulled to safety. that's according to early reports there on the scene. again, we will continue to follow this developing story out of taiwan over the weekend. of course, still people trapped inside. we'll keep you posted on abccolumbia.com. >>> back here at home, highly publicized shooting that sparked controversy across the nation but did the michael brown in ferguson, missouri lead to a widespread surge in crime? >> and did we see the effects right here in south carolina and have police officers changed th

he tells abc columbia news when he approached the suspects, one opened fire before both fled. >> all i really want to do is get the guys that took my mom's car, you know, my mom work hard every day for the little bit of stuff she does. i hope they get locked out. if you do it now, you'll do it again. >> if you have any information that could help authorities in this case, you're asked to call crimestoppers at 1-888-crimesc. the director of the south carolina department of health attendance today. that news conference is taking place at 1:00 this afternoon. it's right across the street from us at the statehouse. >> that's right. and also at the statehouse this afternoon, lawmakers say it is a hard road ahead for bills looking to raise the minimum wage here in south carolina. in a republican dominated legislature. while democrats say they have virtually no chance of passing, they add they hope to spark a debate as the nation's attention turns to the state for the first in the south primary. still, republicans contend the bill would hurt the economy. >> we have an important deadline to

many more details at abc columbia news. and that will do it for sports right now. columbia news at 11:00. >>> have your umbrella with you. the rain will be with us for a couple days. tomorrow we'll see some in the morning and then a break in the middle part of the day. maybe a little bit of sunshine. not a lot. but then things pick up late afternoon in the evening. on wednesday, we have to watch out for potentially some severe storms. now, we'll know more about those storms as we watch this thing track across the south before it arrives in here. so please stay tuned for forecast updates on that wednesday forecast. after that, though, it clears out and you see plenty of sunshine. not terribly warm, at least for the a couple of days. but it's dry through early next week. sunshine and rain. sounds like the song, you know, joy and pain. [laughter] >> took knee a me a minute. >> al green. >> oh. >> the music says shut up, y'all. it's time to go. >> thanks so much for watching. we'll sue back here tomorrow night at 6:00 and 11:0000 6 -- we'll see you back here at 6:00 and

abc columbia news at 11:00 starts right now. >>> thanks for watching. i'm alicia barnes. >> i'm ben hoover. >>> the high stakes courting of nikki haley support is over and marco rubio didn't waste any time showing off his big named backer in chapin. >> donald trump uses this energize his supporters. >> grace joyal was in sumter. >> reporter: the line to get into the sumter county civic center wrapped around the building into the back of the parking lot. the building fits up to 3200 people. but there were plenty of others who did not get inside. as trump supporters lieutenant-governor henry mcmaster put it, buckle up. we're going for a ride and with the crowd tonight, it certainly felt like it. >> reporter: from baby boomers -- >> i would like to see us go back to the way we were. >> reporter: to practically babies. >> donald trump for president. >> reporter: decked out in red, white, blue. >> gets under people's skin. he got the money to back it up, see. >> reporter: it felt more like arock concert than a rally in sumter wednesday night. thousands liste