poisoning. while on his death bead -- he claimed russian president vladimir putin ordered his killing. the kremlin has always denied involvement. the time is now ad lib on this thursday morning. ahead on sunrise -- we continue to track the latest developments on this powerful winter storm that has now triggered winter warnings here in the midlands. stay with us. good morning.

suffered its worst one-day drop since september. the market is at it's lowest level in two years. investors are worried that huge stockpiles of oil indicate a global economic slowdown. former pharmaceutical c-e-o martin shkreli says he has a date with congress. on wednesday, he tweeted out a photo of a subpoena asking him to testify before a house committee on january 26-th about the prescription drug market. shkreli gained notoriety when his company raised the price of an aids drug by some five-thousand percent. he is also embroiled in a federal criminal case

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number one in foreign investment and one of the fastest growing economies on the east coast among others. but she went on to say there are things that have to be worked on in 2016. haley says the general assembly passed a very real, very important bill to help rid south carolina of domestic violence last year -- but she this year ends allowing law enforcement officers to try domestic violence crimes in court. she says when it comes to schools -- they will no longer pass a child out of the third grade if they cannot read. in referencing higher education she says that's not our greatest need... instead she proposed to pass legislation permanently dedicating up to one percent of our state's bond

refugees who have visited those countries in the past five years to be verified by the fbi, homeland security and director of national intelligence. majority leader it's difficult to effectively vet immigrants from a war-torn country where records may sometimes no longer exist at all. the bill passed the house back in november with a large amount of bipartisan support. meanwhile on the democratic side, senate minority leader harry reid said he wants donald trump's proposal to ban all muslims from entering

based on temperatures at the surface and aloft. northern midlands have the best chance of seeing possible heavy icing due to freezing rain falling for several hours tonight through early friday, then again friday night saturday morning. up to .50" of ice may form. rain will be mixed with sleet/snow central midlands tonight and friday night saturday morning not expecting much if any accumulation of either ice or expected. as with any developing storm, update will following during the

eight" will be released in december 2017. it was originally scheduled for release seven months earlier. disney did not give a reason for the postponement. the current "star wars" film, "the force awakens," is now the highest grossing u-s film of all time. the film has made more than 860 million dollars at the box office. thursday, increasing clouds, showers by evening, highs lower 50s. rain chance 60%. a strong storm system develops to our west and will bring widespread rain friday, some rain may be heavy. highs in the middle 50s, rain chance 90%. system moves out by early saturday, colder