stay with us with more abc columbia news at 6:00. gervais. >>> here's the final check of the forecast for this evening and it is time to dry out. we have seven days here where things are going to be pretty dry for us. temperatures will be running a little cool, certainly compared to what we've been used to. but these are more typical what we would expect for january. notice the 20s monday and tuesday night of next week. eric. >> dry and cold. you've been watching abc columbia news at 6:00. thanks for making us your choice for news. stay tuned for "world news tonight" with david muir. we would love to see you back here for your news at 11:00. the deadly cafe shooting and the

and with more on that, here's abc columbia's -- abc columbia's beth rousseau. >> i hope you have the tickets. good luck. >> a $1.6 billion powerball drawing that dashed the dreams of all but three winners. >> probably would have traveled a lot. >> bought a better car. paid off some bills. >> paid off student loans. >> i would have given most of it away. >> while no south carolinaians hit the jackpot, a record number of more than 366,000 winning tickets were sold in the state, and another 11 for $50,000. as contestants are collecting their cash, the department of consumer affairs is warning against scams. >> like i said, this has been in the news, it's one of those common scams that never goes away. >> following the record-breaking jackpot, the department is encouraging powerball players to be wary. >> definitely don't want to engage with anyone who is contacting me via e-mail or over the phone or if they're asking for your personal information as well, that would be a red flag. >> winning and losing set aside, players take comfort in knowing that 43% of the money spent on tickets -->

today abc columbia news is partnering with the american red >> today, abc columbia news was proud to partner with the american red cross in our annual new year's blood drive. and i have the t-shirt to prove it. >> look at that! >> yes. wow! >> i guess they only give you a t-shirt if you give blood. >> that's right. but your husband jacob came along and gave blood. >> you guys are officially blood brothers. >> yes. we were on the gurney. >> yes. >> he was on the gurney right across from me. >> yeah. plex where folks are literally rolling up their sleeves to donate. dave, there's still time to head out there, right? >> exactly right, alicia and i'm glad to see ben made it back safely and soundly out there and we appreciate him coming out and everybody who has come out so far today to donate blood. i'm with crystal overmeyer from the american red cross. we're coming down to the 45 minutes here to 7:00. if you can't get out here tonight, how can you continue to donate? >> come visit us at another blood drive. we have blood drives every day across the city and at our location on bowl stre

thank you for joining us for abc columbia news at 12:30. i'm eric weisfeld. >> and i'm rochelle dean. we're live from main and gervais. >> we begin this afternoon recognizing some of our most vulnerable citizens talking about children. >> that's right. it's national school choice work and to raise awareness about k through 12 school choice, supporters are rallying around our youth. abc columbia's beth rousseau is live right now with the very latest. good afternoon, beth? national schools choice week is about celebrating each and every form of education and that's exactly what this auditorium full of students is doing right now. if you look behind me, we're actually part of the largest south carolina selfie. that's happening right now. a little bit earlier, students heard from superintendent molly spearman and also from lieutenant governor henry mcmaster. actually, this is one rally of about 16,000, more than 16,000 actually happening across the country during this week celebrating all forms of national school choice week. i will have much m

stay with us for more abc columbia news at 6:00. from main and gervais, this is abc columbia newsith ben hoover, alicia barnes, weather farley, and sports with tim hill. 6:00. this programming is brought to you in hd by time-warner cable. whatever you're passionate about, we invent ways to love it even more. time-warner cable, enjoy better. >>> last night's drawing came and went without anyone winning the powerball jackpot. that means the jackpot is now, brace yourselves, $700 million. there's a one-time cash payout of more than $420 million. i believe that is the record for powerball. the odds of winning are only one in more than 290 million. >> means you still have a >> not too bad, no. >>> the federal government doesn't want your 2016 to be too sweet. in 2015, 2020 dietary guidelines for americans recommends limiting the amount off sugars to your diet to no more than 10% of your daily calories. that's about 12-teaspoons of sugar a day. to put that in perspective, a can of coke contains about ten teaspoons. >>> get ready for a tas

hope you stay with us for more abc columbia news at 6:00. gervais. >>> the rain is ending. you're in great shape heading out this evening. no problems at all. tomorrow beautiful. look at that, mid-60s, a lot of sunshine. there will be clouds on sunday, but basically any focus of the rain will be at the beaches morning to early afternoon. after that it clears out and gets a little cool next week. >> it will be a big sports weekend. >> good weekend to watch football or basketball. >> you've been watching abc columbia news at 6:00. we thank you for making us your choice for news. stay tuned for "world news tonight" with david muir. >>> breaking news at this hour, sound of explosions erupting at

a new goal. >> with details on how the shelter is planning to save more furry friends, here's abc columbia's beth rousseau. rooms at the city of columbia animal shelter filled with animals searching for a forever home. >> just five years ago, they were seeing almost 14,000 animals come through here. now, we're -- last year, we just saw over 9100 animals. this coming year, we were looking at our numbers to be closer to 82. >> along with that declining intake rate comes a drop in the number of euthanized animals. our live release rate, w w only 18%. this past year, or currently right now, we just ran our numbers. we're sitting at about 50%. >> but superintendent marli drum is confident those numbers can improve. there's a plan in place transitioning the city's shelter to a no kill facility by 2019. >> more of managed intake and that's just not being here for people that dump animals on us. it's talking to them, you know, finding out, you know, why are you turning in this animal? is there a resource out there that we can help you find and help you keep that animal? >> the doors are locked. and

and thank you for joining us for abc columbia news at 12:30. i'm rochelle dean. >> and i'm eric weisfeld. here live from main and gervais. what do you think we should talk about today at the top of the show? >> i think it has to be the weather. >> right behind us, right? very, very wet out there. a few showers greeting many of us this afternoon. but better days are actually coming. >> that's right. it seems like it's actually lightened up a bit outside. i don't know if we're completely out of the woods yet but for more, let's turn things over to meteorologist jonathan kennedy, the man with the plan. jonathan, what's the plan for the day? >> it's certainly been a rainy start to our friday. we saw rain throughout the morning. rain continuing to move through the midlands as we speak. and especially some very heavy rain out to the east of the midlands. those areas around the i-95 corridor having some extremely heavy rain. a little closer to home in the capital city, nice pocket of dry air. there's still rain back to the south and west and a lot of

abc columbia and american red cross teaming up and asking you to donate blood. now, representatives with the red cross say donating in the winter months is particularly important, as blood donations typically sag during the holiday season. with each pint of blood, saving up to three lives, it is a worthy way to kick off the new year. >> the blood drives out in the community comprise 80% of our blood collections. we need in south carolina about 5 hup people each day to -- 500 people each day to give blood in order to meet the demands of about 50 hospitits in the state. >> alicia: if you would like to join us in giving the gift of new life, please head to the plex indoor sports center at the village at sand hill tomorrow. ben hoover and myself will be out there. january 5th, again from 7:00 >> ben: $400 million to be exact, that's how much the next powerball winner could possibly win this week. on saturday, three contestants, including one in the charleston area, each one won $1 million, but no one bought grand prize winning ticket. the next chance to win is wedne

abc columbia news at 11 starts now. >>> live from main and gervais, abc columbia news at 11. >>> the frontrunner and his closest competitor tanglee at tonight's presidential debate. good evening. i'm alicia barnes. >> i'm ben hoover. boy, did they ever. if there was anything left of the unofficial alliance between donald trump and ted crews, -- when cruz took trump to task on his new york values not meshing with south carolina values. trump bit back hard. >> very hard. >> t t gloves are off. >> you're worried most of all about keeping your homes and your families safe and secure. you cannot give hillary clinton a third term. >> the top 7 candidates in the republican race shooed -- stood shoulder to shoulder. >> the good news is the next commander-in-chief is standing on this stage. >> before the prime time match-up, three other candidates, carly fiorina, mike huckabee and rick santorum, participated in an undercard debate. fiorina, known for her singers continued to deliver. >> unlike another woman in this race, i actually love spending time with my husband. you cannot wait to see th

abc columbia news at 11 starts right now. captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com >> announcer: from main and gervais, this is abc columbia news. >> eric: good evening. happy new year. thanks for joining us for abc columbia news at 11:00. i'm eric weisfeld. fresh off their 37-17 orange bowl win against oklahoma, the clemson tigers are back home as they prepare to face off against alabama for the national college football championship. sports director tim hill has more on what's ahead for the tigers as they look forward to a date with alabama. >> tim: happy new year again, eric. a big contingent of clemson fans welcoming the tigers home this afternoon at death valley. the desert for next monday's national championship game in arizona. >> how about them tigers! >> tim: behind two 100 yard rushers and 500 yards in total offense for the tenth time in season, clemson runs it's way to a national championship just like dabo swinney had it planned. >> coach: seven years ago when i got this job, i knew

more news coming up after the break. >>> abc columbia is on the radio. listen to alicia barnes for 103.9. >>> okay. tonight is warm. tomorrow morning, we will see some fog. be aware of that on your commute and through the day. maybe a little drizzle in the morning, that should do. it by afternoon, a little sunshine, not a lot, but again 58 degrees, not bad. saturday, that's when we'll see some decent rain. that will be saturday evening, saturday night. the wind will come in and blow all of that out of here for sunday. sunday looks just fine. next week, cool. even in the upper 20s by the time we get to tuesday morning, but it looks like it will be dry from sunday through thursday of next week. >> it will be really good for the walk for life race for life saturday morning. it will be really good for the walkers. reluctant sunshine? captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com

abc columbia news at 11 starts right now. >> live from main and gervais, abc columbia news at 11. >> good evening. i'm ben hoover. >> and i'm alicia barnes. we begin with the weather a winter system could bring freezing rain to some parts of the state. >> chief meteorologist john farley joins us. you say it's not cold enough to freeze yet. >> not yet. morning is when we're going to get that colder air that's going to spill in from the northeast, and that's going to flip things around at least for a while. now let's show you what's happening. here is the rain moving in from the southwest. look at this, a really good pocket of rain west of newberry, but again in terms of the temperatures right now, there's just too warm. look what we have here. we're in the 40s. even at that, close to 50 in columbia. so you're thinking, how are we going to get way down to freezing? what's going to happen is there will be very strong winds coming in from the northeast, and they're going to peak by about mid to late morning tomorrow. that's going to usher in the colder air, and that's going to mean some

gervais. >> welcome back to abc columbia news at 12:30. a beautiful start to your tuesday afternoon. if you don't mind the cold weather, that is, we're seeing lots of sunshine and blue skies but lots of blue on our map here. for us as of right now. everybody between 37 and 39. but as you can see, nobody in the 40's just yet. take us a little while to get to the 40's. we saw temperatures for many locations in the low 20's this morning. most of us were able to cool off at least somewhere in the 20's. but we saw saluta down to 21 or 22. they're up to 37 right now. not too far behind. a very cold start and still a cold afternoon setting up for us as of right now. winds have been persistent out of the north. and that's not only pouring more cold air in from the north where the colder air is residing but making it feel colder. we have that extra bite with the wind chill factor going and then temperatures feel actually much colder than it actually is. it feels cold but the wind chill right now is 32 in downtown. 31 in saluta. we saw many areas wi

chris rock hosts the academy awards right here on abc columbia. he should have something to say about it. >> the ratings are going to be higher this year because of all the controversy going on. everyone wants to tune in to see what he has to say. forecast, stay close. >>> welcome back, rain showers pushing through the midlands right now, sleet mixed in but it's just too warm. snow and freezing rain is well to the north. as i take you out to the west, here is the next storm here, and this thing started to work its way across. that is going to make things awfully messy. and snow on saturday in terms of any problems on the roads or anything like that, it's going to be too warm. let's get you going here. 8:00 in the morning, the storm continues to push in frfr the west, and notice by the time we get to 11:00, 12:00 tonight, that's when we get rain in here. you see the action, it's all north of us as we go into friday morning, friday midday, and friday afternoon, notice the rain is in columbia, but the problems are off to the north. saturday 2 in the

abc columbia news at 11:00, it starts right now. live from main and gervais, abc columbia news at 11:00. >>> donald trump admits he's angry. good evening. thanks for joining us at 11:00. >> and i'm alicia barnes. tonight, donald trump is responding to governor nikki haley's official response to president barack obama's state of the union address. >> in it, hailey cautioned for responding to the siren call of the angriest voices, code for donald trump. during a stop in pensacola, florida, trump wasted no time from the apparent jab. >> one of the commentators said to me that nikki haley, a very nice woman, she said i'm an angry person. they said to me, they said you were an angry person. i thought, i said, i am. i'm very angry. because i hate what's happening to our country, i am angry. (cheers and applause) >> very angry. >> while the governor's speech is receiving mixed reviews from members of the republican party, governor nikki haley says she stands by what she believes and hopes the american people can take away the meaning behin

with details on who is benefiting, here's abc columbia's beth rousseau. >> go tigers! >> wound up and ready to go. >> c-l-e-m-s-o-n-t-i-g-e-r-s! >> from clemson to columbia, triglyceride fans set -- tiger fans are set for their shot at the title. >> fight, fight, fight! would mean a perfect season for the tigers and a dream come true. >> i will be crying like a baby if they win tonight. >> an amazing feeling. i can't believe it's happening. >> fans aren't the only ones thrilled by the team's success. for retailers specializing in orange and purple apparel, the recent spike in spirit is benefiting their bottom line. >> it's huge boost in business, we get more foot traffic, sell more merchandise, have to bring a lot more in. >> even here in the heart of game cock country, clemson merchandise is flying off the shelves as football fans gear up for tonight's game. >> it's been absolutely mind blowing how much traffic and merchandise has come in and out of the store simply because of how well clemson has done. >> south carolina sports bars and restaurants have been experienci

( >>> abc columbia news at 11 starts right now. >>> live from main and gervais, abc columbia news at 11. >> grace: good evening. thanks for being here for your news at 11. i'm grace joyal. it's the night before the biggest day of the year for college football, and south carolina has extra reason to care this year. the clemson tigers will take on alabama at the college football playoff tomorrow night. sports director tim hill reports from phoenix. >> we're excited about it, looking forward to it. it won't be long now. >> in less than 24 hours now sweeney and saban will face off for the national championship. this morning, he talked about it in one final press conference. >> this has been, you know, great for our program, great for our team. this was our goal, was to have the opportunity to compete at the highest level, and not only are we getting a chance to do to play the university of alabama, which, to me, has been the standard in college football for a long time. >> what we're trying to get our players to do is stay focused on the things that are going to help them play well in th

reporting from pine glen, beth rousseau, abc columbia news. >> just looked at the calendar, it's been exactly four months since the flood and as you can what's next. story. investigators with the columbia fire department are still searching for the cause of an early morning house fire. officials say it happened at a home on olde springs road after midnight. firefighters say the garage was fully engulfed and spreading to the rest of the home. once they got there leaving fire bitter cold. that caused water to freeze as crews tried to knock out the flames. unharmed. but have been displaced as a result of the fire. body of a woman missing following an accident over lake marion. 38-year-old michelle hickson was a volleyball coach at south florence high school. she was knocked off an i-95 bridge after a sunday night collision. her body was recovered yesterday afternoon. >> officials have identified the man killed while reportedly running from the lexington sheriff's department. coroner mark fisher says 26-year-old jerrid green died after hitting a tree on harvey berry road on sunday morning

and speaking of honors, abc columbia wants to extend a big thank you to all of you who stopped by the plex indoor sports in northeast columbia to donate blood during the annual blood drive. >> because of your willingness to roll up those sleeves, the if you couldn't make it out to yesterday's drive, you can make a donation to red cross headquarters. happy t tt you made the effort to come out. >> definitely. >> one ticket to daydream putting the biggest skeptics to bed. >> uh-huh. the power of odds that may have some of you going broke just to hit it rich. that's coming up next live from the new year >> all right. so with the new year, of course, comes new resolutions and that means many of you might be trying to get healthier. >> that indeed. that can be easier said than done. abc's dr. timothy johnson explains. >> the weight is off. whether you have last year's resolution to thank or had a different reason to whip those eating and exercise habits into shape. but even though you shed the pounds, can you shed all of the health risks they brought? a new study says, perhaps not. research

abc columbia news at 11:00 starts right now. live from main and gervais, abc columbia news at 11:00. >>> well, thank you for joining us tonight. i'm alicia barnes. >> i'm ben hoover. we're tracking what's next in the weather department as we move into the weekend. but first, we do want to bring you this breaking news update. columbia police are investigating a shooting after an armed robbery attempt on fort jackson boulevard on crosshill market. two armed masked men entered the barbershop just before 7:00 tonight. from several people in the barbershop before the victims fought back and fired shots at the suspects. >> now, police say none of the victims were injured, but one of the suspects was injured and taken to a local hospital. his condition is unknown tonight. now, a second suspect is still on the run tonight. the owner of the nearby pizza said he heard about the shooting from one of his customers. >> when i stepped out to look and sure enough, guys from the barbershop had the attempted robber on the ground and they were ov

that's your abc columbia sports minute to win it. hope it helps get your thursday off to a good start. >> thank you, tim. one last look at your wintry forecast is next. and gervais. >> mostly cloudy this afternoon with a little bit of sunshine. look for highs in the 40's. lows tonight dipping to around 34 so that overnight rain could change into a wintry mix and keep our eye on that. certainly some more impacts possible for the start of the weekend. >> thank you. and thank you for watching. you've been watching abc columbia news at 12:30. >> our next news at 6:00.

. >> with more, here is abc columbia's beth russo. >> when i see something wrong, i say it. >> governor nikki haley's reaction of response to the state of the union address, during which the governor took jabs at donald trump. >> during anious times it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angry voices. >> she's receiving mixed reviews, but it's not something she's apologizing for. >> i appreciate they are angry. i said what i believe. >> trump fired back this morning on fox and friends saying the governor never had an issue asking him for campaign funds, and while the governor is strongly opposed to trump's said he's not the only presidential candidate she takes issue with. >> jeb bush passed common core, and mark marco rubio believes in amnesty which i don't. >> turn matters, message matters and responsibility matters, and i think as we go forward, we need to be responsible in our message if we truly want to get anything done. >> governor hail hayley has plenty to get done. reporting in the newsroom beth russo, abc columbia news. >> trump will have a chance to respond on the

for abc columbia news at 11:00. i'm alicia barnes. >> i'm ben hoover. and the president presented an optimistic vision based on economic progress under his tenure. and our governor gave the republican response. we'll have more on this in just a moment. karin caifa has the highlights from capitol hill. >> the president of the united states. >> president obama's final state of the union address struck an optimistic tone, combining an ambitious agenda with a sense of hope for the future. >> i don't want to just talk about next year. i want to focus on the next five >> the president addressed some of the division in congress and urged members to work together. >> what we face the future with confidence in who we are, in what we stand for and the incredible things that we can do together. >> the president also talked about a number of his achievements over the past seven >> more than 14 million new jobs, the strongest two years of job growth since the 1990s, an unemployment rate cut in half,f, our auto industry just had its best year ever. >> the topics for

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 a pretty main and gervais today. we begin this afternoon with more seasonable temperatures as we start our wednesday afternoon. winter temperatures for sure, though. we're feeling it. >> that's right. not as much wind as yesterday but a lot of sunshine and that's always good news. some changes could be headed this way by the end of the work week. let's turn things over to meteorologist jonathan kennedy. good afternoon, jonathan. >> good afternoon, guys. not a cloud in the skies. look at the capital city, we'll be looking at more cool temperatures today. it is january and we expect the air to be cool. it's been particularly cool over the last couple of mornings with temperatures in the 20's the last couple of days. now, clear skies for us this afternoon. absolutely nothing to worry about in the way of rainfall, precipitation, right now not even clouds to speak of. certainly no chance for rain today. look

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hopes to promote as abc columbia news at 11 starts right now. >>> live from main and gervais, abc abc columbia news at 11. >>> good evening, thanks for being here. motorcycle crash turned murder. investigators soon determined the victim was shot. this happened at longleaf parkway and church land drive. they say they responded to the scene just before 3 this morning. upon further investigation, they found a bullet wound in the victim's upper part of the body. if you know anything about the case, call crime stoppers. >>> one of three suspects at a stabbing left behind his pinky finger at the crime scene. the victim was stabbed multiple times outside the title max. spotted the god saturn leaving the scene. when they caught up to the car, they found 21-year-old andrew gathers with a missing pinky. they recovered it and reattached it. 38-year-old marlon gathers is charged with assault. officials say 44-year-old jarvis hurst was also arrested. deputies say they do not know the condition of that stabbing victim. >>> the mother of a suspect involved in an armed robbery last night returned the

abc columbia news, jennifer ready. received two years of probation. >> ben: that time will be reduced to six months after he pays $11,000 in taxes owednd court costs. >>> those arrests are putting the richland county penny tax program back under the microscope. >> alicia: for the latest on that investigation, here is abc klum bee years -- columbia's beth rousseau. >> beth: regardless, one county councilmember says the immediate action is necessary so he's stepping up. rebuilding confidence in the penny tax program is a top priority for councilman seth rose following a troubling report from the d.o.r.. >> i can't think of anything more important than installing trust in this program and making sure any wrongs are righted going forward. >> beth: according to a letter from department director rick reams, those wrongs include instances o o corruption, fraud and illegal activity found during a d.o.r. review of the program. >> immediately, i knew that >> beth: changes that rose has translated into three motions, the most imp

. >>> abc columbia news at 11:00. >>> good he evening. thanks for being here. 7 of the party presidential today. first the candidates talked in groups rather than a debate form. the poverty summit was moderated by house speaker paul ryan and tim scott. jeb bush, ben carson, mike huckabee, john kasich and marco rubio took part. speaker ryan says the fight in washington but rather in our own backyards. >> it should be a life saving exercise, and that means the government should provide resources, and it can be the supply lines. but it should not be the frontline. that's the front lines. it's the kind of attitude we have to have. >>> florida senator marco rubio took part. 6 different protesters. >> former florida governor jeb bush stopped by to meet with voters for citizens for life rally. >> the college football playoff is right around the corner, and abc columbia is your home. he got the chance to catch up >> welcome to our 2016 coverage of the national championship. clemson flying in last night. up early for media day and practice on the

doing that in the future, if something like that happens again. >> in columbia, i'm eric weisfeld, abc columbia news. >>> bottoms up. a columbia beer lover's favorite is coming back to the midlands. >> plus, the cold weather means a great deal at the zoo for some of you. stay with u for the news at 6:00. from main and gervais, this is abc columbia news with ben hoover, alicia barnes, weather with chief meteorologist john farley, and sports with tim hill . 6:00. >>> welcome back. thanks for staying with us tonight. a company that makes barrels for aging bourbon is setting up shop in bamberg county. the company announced earlier today it will invest $4 million in the plant. organizers say it's slated to ep 0 this spring. >>> bottoms up, columbia. the world beer festival returns this month. all about beer magazine will host the annual event, january 23rd at the columbia metropolitan convention center. tickets are $40 in advance, $50 the day of the festival. >>> the start of the new year means the return of free fridays to riverbank zoo. every fray through february, the zoo will offer free admissio

live from main and gervais, abc columbia news at 11:00. >>> good evening and thanks for watching abc columbia news at 11:00. i'm alicia barnes. >> i'm ben hoover. governor haley delivered her 2016 state of the state to the the galley above was -- general assembly tonight. the galley above was filled with people. >> more on what lawmakers took away tonight. grace? >> reporter: governor haley's speech tonight started and ended on a unifying note as she recalled the tragedies that have year. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say that while they may not have agreed with everything the governor had to say, they like how she said it. a fresh start to 2016. >> this has been a difficult and different kind of year for south carolina. a year that warrants a different kind of speech. >> reporter: started with a look back at what tested us last year. >> while there's plenty to celebrate in our state, it would be neither honest nor productive to ignore the great challenges that were thrust upon south carolina in 2015. >> reporter: governor nikki haley delivered her state of the remembering thos

in bamberg, grace joyal, abc columbia news. >> ben: very cool. from mechanics to laborers and barrel assist looking for employees of all skill levels who are ready to learn. if you fit the bill, you'll find the email to get in touch with them in the online version of this story on our website, abccolumbia.com. >> alicia: speaking of jobs, a new manufacturing plant is coming to the upstate. governor nikki haley was in spartanburg to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for toray carbon fibers american. work. we now have to prove to toray that they made a good decision. we now have to prove it through our work force, which i have great faith in. >> alicia: toray carbon fibers will be built on the moore-duncan highway. the new manufacturing plant will hire around 500 employees over the next 10 years. >> ben: residents affected by the historic october floods gathered tonight to offer input that will help richland county plan for future natural disasters. the community input and recovery project is a series of six meetings to gather feedback from neighb

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thanks for checking in with abc columbia for our national championship coverage. that will wrap things up from the university of phoenix stadium in glendale, arizona. tim hill, abc columbia sports. >> bama wins its 11th national title. the most by a long shot. clemson now lost 13 in a row to the tide. the last time the tigers beat if you were alive back then you would probably say he hawks. they haven't won a national title since 1981. the panthers hosting the seahawks in the n.f.c. divisional round of the playoffs. a rematch from october 18 when carolina won 27-23 in seattle. ron rivera saying that win gives the panthers a blueprint for winning round three at home. >> going there and being able to win helped validate who we are as a football team. we still have a long ways to go but the best part about it more so than anything else is we have proven to ourselves we can do it. >> that will do it for sports. more news coming right up after the break. the financial report on abc columbia is presented by jeffers mcgill located at 1421 atlas road where the best price,

at colonial life arena, mike gillespie, abc columbia sports. >> thank you, mike. for the first time in the brad brownell era, clemson earns ap poll votes. jerome blossomgame, number 27 in both polls today. blossomgame earning acc player of the week honors, averaging 21 points in last week's two big wins over top racked d de and miami. tigers, three straight wins over ranked teams for the first time, four in a row tomorrow night at virginia. planning on high school highlights, plus football news coming up tonight at 11:00. >> always looking for football news. >> alicia: of course, this time of year. up next, john has one last look at your seven-day >> ben: we will be right back. >>> welcome back. i have determined, alicia, this will be your least favorite night of the year. you are a fan of snow but you hate the cold. you got nothing here but cold all night long. look how cold it is going to be. it is going to be a pretty cold night all the way through. i like the cold weather, i was thinking like if you are snowboarding. i like to snowboard. if i am going somewher

that's your abc columbia sports minute to win it. hope it gets your week off to a good start. >> who's hungry? another popular fast food chain adding a food item to the menu that looks finger lickin good. we're talking about k.f.c. whipping up some chicken with a little more kick. it's nashville hot chicken. this item actually comes out today and pays homage to a popular local specialty in nashville. at all of its more than 4,000 u.s. stores. that's good. chick-fil-a releasing its super food menu item today for something tasty and healthy. >> ok. check this out. it is in salad, the combination of kale and broccoli. all tossed with maple vinaigrette and dried cherries with an assortment of nuts sprinkled on top. that sounds good, too. this will replace their cole slaw side item. there's not much that will replace the cold that we're feeling outside. >> you may want to get used to it. unfortunately, it's not going next. >> welcome back to abc columbia news at 12:30. lots of sunshine for you today. it's going to be a chilly start to a n

from main and gervais. >> welcome back to abc columbia news at 12:30. for us on this thursday afternoon making for auite nice thursday afternoon so far. obviously still early on. we've already seen an improvement from what we've seen all week. now, we started out with some cloud cover that kept us warmer this morning. temperatures climbing into the low to mid 50's as of right now for most of us. camden and bishopville in the 40's. notice orangeburg about 10 degrees warmer than those locations up to around 60 already. some nice, warm air. residing to our south. hopefully some can come our way. winds are out of the north. that's going to keep the cooler air coming especially for the northern areas. it's going to prevent us from seeing too much of a warmup. i see most everybody will be at least in the mid to upper 50's before it's all said and done today. 60 degrees for the warmest areas today. partly cloudy. sunshine holds true through the afternoon. 60's will be much more attainable. if not, end up in the upper 50's. tonight, mostly cloudy. low around 44

abc columbia news at 11, it starts right now. >> live from main and gervais, abc columbia news at 11. >> thank you for joining us tonight. i'm alicia barnes. >> ben: i'm m n hoover. we just received information into our newsroom. the richland county coroner's office tells us it's investigating the death of a usc student. >> the student was found at the hub student housing on main street. considered a suspicious death. an autopsy is planned to tomorrow morning. please stay with abc columbia news as we have more information on this case. >> ben: fox news chahael debate moderator megan kelly has called him the elephant not in the room. donald trump is boycotting tonight's g.o.p. presidential debate from des moines, iowa. >> the trump rivals mocked the billionaire who refused to take part because of his feud with fox network. he chose to host a nearby event billed as a veterans benefit. >> you know, we wanted to be about 15 minutes into that hour so that by now they're all tuned in. look at all the cameras. this is like the academy awards. this is the academy awards.s. we're actually told

you're watching abc columbia gervais. welcome back to the news at six. well...some of you might find this a >> thanks for staying with the news at 6:00. some of you might see this as a keep you inside from the storm. >> beer lovers are uniting for the eighth annual world beer festival at the columbia metropolitan convention center. event is tomorrow starting at noon until 4:00 and featuring an expanded selection of beers from the palmetto state. >> it's fantastic that the columbia community is embracing craft and we like to think that, you know, with our involvement in this community bringing the world beer festival concept here over the past eight years, we have helped a little bit with that growth. >> and tickets are $40 in advance and $50 at the door. >> despite the winter weather, the show must go on under the big top. the ringling brothers & barnum bailey circus presents circus extreme this weekend. shows will run tonight at 7:00 p.m. and saturday and sunday in the afternoon and a show in the evening. check for performance times at colonial life are

that's your abc columbia sports minute to win it. hope it helps get your wednesday off to a good start. >> thank you, tim. gervais. >> mostly cloudy this afternoon for your wednesday. we'll see highs in the mid 40's. could see an isolated shower or two. mainly keep that rain chance for the latter half of the week for thursday into friday. and we're certainly watching that potential big winter storm. it's going to bring a lot of snow to parts of the mid atlantic, maybe as far as charlotte in the upstate but i think it will be just rain for us for our area for now. but that could change. we'll be tracking that in the next couple of days. certainly look forward to the sunshine but then the weekend.

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abc columbia news will continue to follow this story and we'll bring you updates on "good morning columbia" beginning at 5:00 in the morning. >> ben: tonight an at-capacity shelter with a waiting list more than double the number of units. this is a very real reality for columbia's st. lawrence place. >> alicia: those who do have a flies call home are counting their blessings tonightht grace joyal joins us now live with more on finding home again after the flood. >> grace: i talked to a family that like many others out there lost everything on october 4th. what they found, through the ordeal, is something that you cannot put a price on. it's something bigger an place it's the little things. that keep you smiling when you're pressing restart. >> trying to look into owning our own home, that would be nice. >> grace: on your life. >> getting a car, we need a car down here. >> grace: space to dream after 27-year-old stephanie ellerbe and her three children -- >> i felt homeless, really, because we didn't have a place to go. >> grace: were flooded out of their apartment in lower richland. >> and

jennifer ready, abc columbia. >> ben: thanks, volunteers took to the streets of columbia to get a better understanding of our homeless population. >> ben: abc columbia rule reuse joins us live from main street with more on how counting the homeless can help better care for their needs. >> beth: volunteers out and about on on sumter street in finley park, counting and surveying the homeless. something that happens annually to give the nation a better idea of what the homeless is like on a specific area at a specific date. the numbers from the point in time count are used by the department of housing and urban development to determine how much federal funding will be allocated. last year's count showed south carolina's homeless population at more than 5300. that's a 6%% increase from the previous year. but the united way of midlandses who cooperates the count say those numbers are important to know. >> this helps us understand the pulation and what their needs are so we can offer better services and it's required for us, force our application to hud for annual funding and to help with home

tonight for abc columbia news at 11:00. i'm alicia barnes. >> i'm ben hoover. strongng restoresful and on the brink of greatness, that's how capital city tonight. >> our grace joyal is live from city hall with more on the mayor's state of the city address. grace? >> from the floodwaters, the mayor has put his finger on an opportunity. he sees the disaster as a chance to rebuild for the future. after more than five and a half years in office -- >> so is our daughter jordan grace who loves math -- >> columbian mayor steve benjamin broke his state of the city down into numbers. >> 2,439,000 minutes. >> he said he's cut the unemployment in more than half. a billion dollars has been spent downtown and the city's commitment to 21st century policing. 11 trillion of gallons fell from the sky. >> a disaster, the mayor says, unlike anything to challenge us since william t. sherman burned columbia to the ground. >> a disaster like that can bring out the worst in people. >> but in the days following the 1,000 year flood, mayor benjamin

abc columbia news at 11:00 starts right now. live from main and gervaisisabc columbia news at 11:00. >>> three months have passed since the 1,000 year flood. but still, you can spot evidence of its wrath across the midlands. good evening. i'm will barns. >> i'm ben -- i'm alicia barnes. where is that more evident than in the heart of f much loss? the forest acres commumuty where small businesses made it their mission to reopen for their customers and their livelihoods. that's where we find our grace joyal live tonight. grace. >> i'm here at forest drive and trenholm road where more than three months ago stood water, debris and road blocks. none of that could stop the locally-owned businesses that call this place home from getting back in the game. the debris is gone, the traffic is back and open signs can be spotted in businesses across forest acres. a much different scene around forest drive and trenholm road in early october. >> it was horrible. >> oh my gosh, it was devastating. >> that was a pretty hard blow to take. >> thre

you are watching abc columbia news at 11:00. gervais. america's largest retailer is closing hundreds of stores across the world...putting >> alicia: thanks for staying with us tonight. america's largest retailer is closing hundreds of stores across the world putting thousands out of work in the midlands. closing doors. 154 of those stores are in the u.s., including the super center on highway 321 in wins borough. the company says approximately 10,000 u.s. employees will be impacted by the closings. the first winner of wednesday night's lottery jackpot has stepped into the spotlight. meet the robinsons, a tennessee couple who claims though to have bought one of the three powerball winning tickets in nashville. john and lisa went to the lottery headquarters to get their ticket verified and claim their massive jackpot. he bought four tickets at a grocery store near their house on his way home from work on wednesday night. the hallway screaming and crying and i said you have got to check the numbers. he woke up in a dead sleep. he is all sta

that's the abc columbia sports minute to win it. hope it helps get your tuesday off to a good start. >> thank you, tim. forecast if you want to see it. >> that's right. if you can bear it. gervais. >> sunny but chilly tuesday afternoon. more of the same. cold start tomorrow with partly cloudy skies and the rain comes our way for the end of the week. >> grab your coat. thanks for watching abc columbia news at 12:30. >> next news at 6:00. abccolumbia.com. >>> grab a blanket and get cozy, y'all, because we're bringing you "the chew's" essential comfort food. i'm baking up a sweet and chocolatey brownie that'll make you want to have dessert first. plus, mario's in the kitchen with the ultimate culinary superstar wolfgang puck. and they've got an amazing soup that'll keep you warm all winter long. then, we're going from wolfgang to the wolfpack. this group of gals are bffs in and out of the kitchen.

abc columbia news at 11. >> good evening. thanks for joining us for your news at 11. i'm grace joyal. major cities up the eastern seaboard are buried by snow dumped by winter storm jonas. we'll show you the storm's affect in just a moment, but midlands. this was what the snow looked like in downtown columbia this morning. flurries moving through the capitol city, and just as quickly, the dusting had disappeared much to your children's disappointment, i can imagine. meteorologist rot rot -- michelle rotella joining me now. >> one to two inches here in charlotte and up the eastern seaboard. some places there seeing 20 to 30 inches of snow, and they are very well snowed in. here today, it was about 14 degrees below average, and average for this time of year about 56. temperatures will slowly start to improve as we go throughout but prepare for a very cold start to the day on sunday. this was just the beginning here. 33 st. matthews. 35 columbia. 30 for winslow and 32 cem den. right there on the freezing mark, 34 for bishop and also looking at 33 in sumter. you're going t

abc columbia dot com. still to come...ex- north charleston police officer, michael slager, is out of jail... we're following the latest on his case and the fallout from his release. freezing temps as you wake up and head out this morning.expect a cold but sunny tuesday forecast.more main and gervais. 33 we want to give you a quick traffic update as you head out and about this morning. here are some trouble spots that you might encounter. south carolina highway patrol is assisting a motorist on i-77. this is going to be at mile marker 10 in the north bound lanes... and of course... we will continue to keep our eyes on the road and update you if anything else pops up for your morning commute. a-b-c columbia wants to help you jump start your day.we have a quick rundown of your top morning headlines. so, let's get started. the national action network is set to speak today at a press conference this morning... to a aress the release of ex-north charleston police officer michael slager. slager is charged with mu