aly: i landed, everybody made it. >> absolutely. aly: aly myles, wyff news 4, at lockheed martin. by the end of 2017. thanks for joining us at 5:30. news 4 at 6:00 with michael and carol starts now. >> live, local, breaking news. this is wyff news 4 at 6:00 in high definition. carol: college students killed in a devastating crash. test results show three of the four had a blood-alcohol level above the upper limit -- above the legal limit. michael: tonight, their school is hoping that the new developments send a message to the campus. carol: wyff news 4's mike mccormick is live and local in spartanburg. mike? mike: the spartanburg county coroner now says alcohol was an indirect part of the students' cause of death. that crash happened in october, on 4th street near boiling springs. 5 usc upstate students were in the car. only one survived. some of the victims' families didn't want the blood alcohol content released, so the coroner asked the state's attorney general for guidance. according to the ag's opinion. , should be protected medical records, but he says coroners aren't regula

wyff news 4's aly myles joins us live from asheville. aly: good morning. just as i went to queue, the rain picked up. we have pretty heavy drizzle going on right now in asheville. behind me, not a whole lot going on. the roads are soaking wet from the amount we have gotten over the last 24 hours from greenville up to asheville. there are some pretty huge puddles throughout the upstate. aly myles wyff news 4 live in nashville. -- in asheville. geoff: commitment 2016 now, and it's victory in vegas for donald trump. a live look at the trump tower in vegas. allyson: trump garnered 46% of votes in the nevada caucus. nikole killion joins us live from our exclusive washington newsroom with more. nikole: good morning. biggest wins. it was a trump trifecta as the real estate mogul hit the jackpot in nevada with his third win in a row. he trounced rivals marco rubio and ted cruz who argue they're still viable. now, the focus turns to super tuesday, where about a dozen states are up for grabs. the head of those contest, republicans return to the debate stage tomorrow

[laughter] aly: aly myles, wyff 4, at the bon secours. [laughter] nigel: no way! gabrielle: we did not see that coming. she still looked beautiful through all that. nice job. nigel: the circus will be here through sunday. gabrielle: and this is also your last chance to see the elephants perform, before they retire in may. they'll be moving to polk city, florida, to the company's center for elephant conservation. nigel: thanks for joining us for the news at 5:00. news 4 at 6:00 wititmichael and carol starts now. >> live, local, breaking news. this is wyff news 4 at 6:00 in high definition. carol: the irs has temporarily stopped accepting electronically filed tax returns. michael: the agency says a hardware failure forced the shutdown of several tax processing systems, including e-filing. the services are expected to be down for at least a day. carol: the irs still expects nine out of ten taxpayers to get their refunds within three taxpayers can continue to send electronic returns to companies that serve as middlemen between taxpayers and the irs, but those companie

wyff news 4's aly myles joins us live from the blood donation center with more. aly: good morning. we are at the asheville blood donation center here is on edgewood road in asheville, but we are talking about battle of the badges. as you can see from the trophy, one of the winners last year. talk about what we have right here. >> this is our esteemed trophy we pass along from year-to-year. we were able to put that in our trophy room, very small, but something we get to pass along and a token of what we are able to do for such a good cause to give blood. we will be passing this along, hopefully not, and we get to keep it here. it has gone back-and-forth aly: the actual battle of the badges is going to be held that first baptist church on oak street. talk about why people should come out to help save lives. >> weather is a good reason because it brings up accidents and blood donations will get the local chapter so it is a good time to come out for a great cause. we join together with red cross because they havav been in our area for so long and they do so many other things besides bl

aly: aly myles, wyff news 4. carol: the man who raped monica are serving sentences. >> now, your live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. john: crystal clear skies right now, but you can see a piece of energy in the upper atmosphere, the northwesterly flow aloft is racing southeast in our direction. i was talking about this earlier. producing snow in the dakotas and iowa, moving through st. louis. it will skirt the mountains of north carolina maybe squeezing pellets. that is tomorrow morning. that is about it. more about that in a moment. shot from laurens, clear skies, looking nice. temperature not bad, 47. 40 eight in greenville and anderson, 52 in clemson, upper 50's in elberton. chilly in the mountains, but better than the last couple days . 26 in boone, 35 in asheville, upper 30's and hendersonville. as far as the wind, breezy, especially the northern and central mountains. that gives us a wind chill that feels like 21 in hendersonville, 15 in boone. that is not bad compared to what we have seen the last co

he is the first great champion right after mohammed ali. you all know about mohammed ali. in fact he defeated an older and out of shape mohammed ali in 1980. but he never got the credit he deserved because he was not as charismatic as ali. he was a skilled boxer, he had very fast hands, he was a very big man with a hard heavy punch. he had serious knockout blows. what he fought cooney he was undefeated. he was 39-0. cooney was an irish american from new york. he rises through the ranks. he becomes famous for two main reasons. like holmes, such amend tremendous puncher. he has very very hard. he ended many of his fight with early knockouts. but second, and there are no two ways about it, he is popular because he is white. that has a lot to do with his popularity. after decades of heavyweight boxing being dominated by black fighters and black champions. floyd patterson, sonny liston, mohammed ali, and now larry holmes. here was a white possibility. a great white hope. a white american who might reclaim the heavyweight title. this fight takes place in june of 1982. there is a

wyff news 4's aly myles joins us live. aly: good morning. i was telling you that thursday is the day i hit a wall but i have yet to hit the wall with these guys. it has been so much fun. talk to me abos weekend and when you can show off all of >> this weekend, we started showing our skills off last night. we will be here through sunday with plenty of shows for everyone to come out. to ringling.com for more information on ourwe have a pre-access show and that comy ticket. all family-friendly. speaking of that, i have a special ofthere are $10 kid ticket queue pins at ingles g gcery stores, want to stop at the grocery store and t your $10 kid ticket coupons so everyone can come out for a family affordable fun. aly: what have we got in the backgrou>> we have bing-bing and bong, to members of the chinese acrobatic group. there are 20 members who are hes doing hat juggling and he is doing a meteor. they do bike balancing where we put one of these people onto bicyclesit is insane and it will keep you on the edge of your seatso have chinese girls a

aly: aly myles, wyff news 4 in angry with. -- in greenwood. gabrielle: the state winners will get there were down to the top 5. the overall winner's doodle will if you want to vote for khalil, we have a link on www.wyff4.com. >> this is wyff news 4 at 6:00 in high-definition. carol: a vigil planned to celebrate the lives of four family members who were murdered in november. what investigators are now doing to catch a killer. michael: road work now underway in the i-85 and i-385 area. the affect on the many who drive that way. carol: we begin with you coverage of the carolina panthers, pressing for sunday's big game. michael: the fans certainly excited by the news that a key player will be able to take the field sunday. carol: force director -- sports directorrad fralick has the latest from santa clara california. brad: we are outside levi's stadium in santa clara. great news for panthers fans. probably expected news, but good news nonetheless. game, davis broke his right arm in 2 places. he had 12 screws and a plate put in that arm the monday

aly myles joins us to the lesson. -- to fill us in. aly: good morning. we are doing a free heart screening. i'm not sure who is being brave, me or meredith, but talk to me about what folks will do if they come. >> as they come in, they will get paperwork at the front desk, go to a screening station that is part rate, blood pressure, height, weight, emi and then -- bmi and then they will get the to do a full risk assessment. the paperwork they can take to their own position or if they don't have one, we can get one for them and get them started. aly: speaking of the process, let's go for it and i will talk in the meantime and try not to jump too much. this is from 7:00 until 9:00 today. i am about to be brave. the worst part just be the finger pricking. she has been doing this for 17 years, a huge collaboration and deal for bon secours st. francis health system, upstate cardiology and run by the governor's office because this is a statewide screening day. you can get results in about five minutes and i will be able to tell you how high my blood pressure i

my coanchor ali velshi is in des moines with the view on the ground, ali? ♪ >> -- we're still counting votes the old way, but they are going to be transmitted to the state parties a little bit differently. precinct captains will have an app on their phone, as long as they count correctly, they can relay the votes correctly. you'll remember the last time around, iowa went on for hours and hours and hours. there were missing ballots, and people had to phone in the results. well that is supposed to end tonight. there is a paper and pen backup, but the good news that we should have, at least fiefficient counting. the big numbers probably will take a couple of hours, john. >> ali your audio was off in the beginning. explain where you are tonight. >> i'm at the microsoft media center in downtown des moines. microsoft is using the system -- it's their system that precinct captains will used to remain information to the state party headquarters, which will certify them. microsoft is sort of the go-between tonight, john. >> all right. david shuster is here to take a

john. >> thank you ali.want to go to michael shure at roosevelt high school where the democratic caucus continues. we're about an hour and 45 minutes in, michael. >> it is continuing and just to paint a picture for you john, you have the hillary clinton people over on one side, behind me are what's left of the martin o'malley people. they are not viable, they are staying together, including one girl who has given up an entire year to work for martin o'malley. but just now some of them went over to the bernie sanders side, this is just illustrative of what the caucus is like and how it moves, very slowly when there is this many people, 272 people they're countering. even though they are not viable some of these people are still sticking with martin o'malley in the middle. john. >> thank you it's very close between hillary clinton and bernie sanders, 51%, 49%, 65% of the precincts reporting but as david schuster points out there are a lot of colleges, precincts in college towns where they don't have a report y

aly myles wyff news 4. allyson: thanks, aly. we're going to keep you updated throughout the day as hundreds of athletes around the upstate sign national letters of intent. stay tuned to our wyff 4 mobile app and facebook page for up-the-minute updates all day long. be sure to opt into push notifications from our app to find out immediately about all the big decisions. patrick: to commitment 2016 now, senator ted cruz back in new hampshire lobbying for votes in next week's primary following his win in iowa, but not before their turn is coming. thousands packed the t.d. convention center in greenville. he then spoke with wyff news 4's nigel robertson. nigel as senator, did you unite : the party? ted cruz well, it depends where : you look. if you look at the american people, absolutely, yes. listen, i've said many times, the biggest divide we've got in politics is not between democrats and republicans. the biggest divide we have is between career politicians in washington in both parties. patrick: the new hampshire primary is next

wyff news 4's aly myles joins us downtown greenville with more. aly: good morning. it's quiet here now. that will not be the case at 8:00 tonight. it will be much busier. the cigar w wehouse is right across from fluor field. cnn is hosting back-back republican town halls in the area tonight, and anderson cooper is set to moderate both events. tonight's event in greenville features ben carson, ted cruz and marco rubio. the town hall will air live on cnn. it will also stream online. the candidates will have the chance to answer questions from palmetto state voters. again it starts at 8:00 tonight, right here at the old cigar warehouse in downtown greenville. cnn will also host a town hall tomorrow night in columbia, featuring jeb bush, john kasich, and donald trump. aly myles wyff news 4. myra: thank you.

aly: aly myles, wyff news 4, in greenville. carol: rubio also said, quote, when elected, on his first day, he would "cancel president obama's deal with iran." michael: it's been a while, but chief meteorologist john cessarich is back out on the road tonight. when you hear why, you won't be surprised. john, in case no one told you, cookie season is here. john: the cookies are what? carol: they are there. john: they are here and they are there, trust me. you know where they are? they are already here, in my stomach. i have had three or four of them already. incredible. i will tell you more about the cookies and the girl scouts, ok, three or four is conservative. really, how many have i had? 10? that's not bad. the diet starts next week. right now, beautiful temperatures. seasonably cool in spartanburg today, through the entire upstate, and temperatures will remain seasonably cool for the next few days. when we get into the weekend, a warm up. then, next week, we dealt with the ice storm this past monday, and here's what will happ

aly: aly myles, wyff news 4, in wnc. nigel: had to wyff4.com for the latest info on school makeup days. gabrielle: you can stay updated on our mobile app. and you can turn to our mobile app to keep an eye on the weather, track the storm, and get the latest on school be okay, especially these days. myra: while deputies have yet to find the driver of the white suv, they caught up with the three suspects who ran off. a sheriff's office spokesman says one of the suspects was injured during the arrest, and taken to the hospital. myra ruiz, wyff news 4, greenville county. nigel: now to commitment 2016. a live picture of polling places in new hampshire. that is behind us, where presidential primaries happening gabrielle: new hampshire is a white house. last grab for votes. sally kidd has more. sally: nigel and gabrielle, we are seeing one last push by the candidates and their campaigns in these final hours of voting. game time in the granite state. >> we voted for trump. we needed a change. >> i was going to vote for sally: can

aly: let's get with aly myles. the conditions now are fine. aly: good morning, everyone. we are here north of the 26-85 interchange in spartanburg county. allyson: we have video that shows crews working before the last storm. the south carolina department of transportation was at it again this weekend pre-treating all roads in greenville, spartanburg, and other counties north of i-85. crews will work in 12 hour shifts to monitor conditions. in counties like laurens, anderson, and areas south of i-85, crews were working on treating interstates, bridges, and known trouble spots and have been watching conditions there overnight. again, we have lost aly's checking on the roads outside and what is going on, 85 and highway 129, your morning commute should be smooth. heading home, could be a different story. in seneca, a serious accident.injuries are reported . this one is blocking the roadways. several other smaller accident in spartanburg. no injuries here. one close by on church lane. all smooth on interstate around woodruff road. don't forget, we have all the latest alerts a

wyff news 4's aly myles explains. aly: open 24 hours a day, the midnight diner usually bustling around this time on a monday morning, but the day after a devastating loss for the city, looks a little different. when any monday morning rolls blue. but on this monday morning at the midnight diner, extra blue with a side of pride. >> i couldn't get to sleep. i just thought there were some bad calls during the game. things didn't go our way. aly: manager dana slawter, she's been to all the home games, some of the away games, every playoff game. >> hoped the whole game we were going to come back. watched it until the last second, and it just didn't happen. aly: and dana says even on a monday morning, well, it never looks like this. the only customer there for a wild while doesn't even live here. and even he's disappointed. >> as an englishman, we have a league, and the better team wins the league whereas i'm afraid the better team hasn't won the aly: martin fearnley planned his work trip so he could watch the game in ameri

aly: aly myles, wyff news 4, in greenville. nigel: place of hope's manager says they desperately need volunteers, as do other organizations and agencies. gabrielle: they say if you want to help, people's time is one of their biggest needs. >> now, your live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. john: carolina panthers getting geared up aner bowl on sunday. we just saw marc and brad live from san jose, which is right to santa clara, where they will play the game itself. this is our model. they are in good shape. current temperature in santa clara, 54. pretty nice outside. it is three hours difference there, so it is to: 16 in the afternoon right now. clouds of the increase as a storm system comes in off the pacific. they will see rain come in late tonight and early tuesday moshowers continuing through the day, mos ending by the afternoon. a few patches of driy sky -- cloudy skies expected. wednesday, 30% chance of showaround, fairly light. most of them will be in the morning. a warming trend through thursday, friday, into saturda

aly myles, wyff news 4, in charlotte. nigel: commitment 2016, on the eve of the new hampshire primary, donald trump is hitting the campaign trail hard. trump was asked a question about his thought on the syrian refugee crisis during his first rally in salem. he was asked in new hampshire about the experience the rallies and candidates firsthand, and was not happy with trump's answer. >> i know we all probably know what your general policies are towards refugees. i'm wondering if you would be able to look at these children in the face, and tell them they are not allowed to go to school . >> i can look at their face and say, you can't come here. we have a country. i'll look them in the face. you look at it and you say, we have enough problems. now, i believe, look, i have a bigger heart than anybody in this room. and i think what we do is, we number of areas, and we do safe zones. you build safe zones. nigel: trump also has rallies in londonderry and manchester. gabrielle: meanwhile, president obama met with italy's preside

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aly: lovely a positive outcome in this story. we're here at jones gap state park where we barely have any cell signal. imagine getting separated and dealing with rough terrain. that's what happened to 12-year-old john quay here saturday afternoon. he was found sunday on old camp creek road hungry, cold, and in wet clothes. we're told john crossed creeks and went through some rough terrain in below freezing temperatures. >> the crew that found him said he just come up and gave them a big hug like thank you. it was pretty overwhelming. aly: john is part of boy scout troop 210 out of powdersville. troop leaders say they teach the boys survival skills at a young age, including using the buddy system. they say they aren't sure how he got separated. officials say john is now home resting with his parents. aly myles, wyff news 4, live at jones gap state park. allyson: greenville county deputies say they need your help finding a double murder suspect who cut off his ankle monitoring device. investigators say bradford williams killed two

aly: good morning, guys. we have been talking a lot about the republican side of things. now the democrats are starting to come into town. last night, thousands were here at the wellness arena to listen to what bernie sanders had to say. this is just the beginning of covered in the state of south carolina. after losing to hillary clinton this weekend. the people in attendance were energized along with bernie sanders himself. >> if you look at national polls and you want a candidate who will defeat donald trump, you are looking at that candidate. aly: sanders is trying to inspire supporters to get out to the polls on saturday after . clinton lending her voice as well. she called the kelly mac show on 107.3 jamz last friday. sec. clinton: increase investment in jobs, education, and healthcare, and will also continue all i can to counter systemic racism to create opportunities in all communities. aly: just sa in ended for the republican presidential hopefuls: it will be a townhall for the democratic presidential

aly: aly myles, wyff news 4, in spartanburg county. nigel: coming up, commitment heidi cruz stopped by the upstate, campaigning for her husband ted cruz. gabrielle: a conversation over replacing antonin scalia continues. the debate over whether the president should appoint a nominee. john: a live shot over lake hartwell, low clouds and fog and heavy, freezing drizzle continues with the temperature in anderson of 29 degrees. i will be right back. gabrielle: now, here is a look at your winning midday numbers in the south carolina education lottery, nigel:also scheduled for tonight... d nigel: commitment 2016, donald trump will be at the td convention center any moment now. i believe we have a live picture we can show you at the scene. that is inside the td convention center. people are taking eir seats. media beginning to take their places, as well. donald trump was just at wor d radio where he did an interview over there. rub in there, he will head from the studios of woodruff road to the td convention center, where he will be speaking

carol: aly has more. aly: 99.7% of homeland park students qualify for free or reduced breakfast and lunch. >> those of us were fortunate enough to have food on our table for every meal, and we do not want for anything. it does break your heart at times, most definitely. aly: five days a week, and these little ones are guaranteed food at least twice a day, something so many of us take for granted, many of their bellies remain empty. >> unfortunately, we are only able to serve 44 families, which is great, but there is much greater demand. aly: kids in the school get the backpacks now back. >> they honestly share that. aly: some pasta, milk, juice, and applesauce, discreetly passed out to kids who need it most. >> every year, we are raising $150,000 a school year to feed 1000 children. aly: a $32 donation will feed eight kids over a weekend. when they have full bellies, united way's carol burdette says that is when they can concentrate on what is really important. >> we want people to understand the importan

geoff: aly is on the roads this morning. my client is on the roads this morning. -- mark lyon is on the road this morning. we want our people to be safe. dale: this action is coming through quickly. at 5:06 it is 48 degrees, foggy, with some rain developing again. it has been on again, off again overnight. we are still watching pretty good downpours. this is starting to work in two here comes a line of thunderstorms. we will be watching that through the morning as well. it is coming down heavily in saluted county. -- heavily in saluda county. here's a quick look at the watches and advisories. flash flood watches continue for today. we have high wind warnings out for western north carolina. we have when did is out for the columbia area as well. here is our future plus computer model. it shows current precipitation and what we are expecting. a good bit of this is pushing through by 8:00 this morning. that tapers off in the late morning. we have a few scattered showers this afternoon. we may not get impacted as badly as origina

geoff: wyff news 4's aly myles joins us live from anderson. aly: good morning, guys. we are here at the golden harvest good bank talking about buy a box. it is being put on by the united way of anderson. this is carol from united way. >> good morning. it is a pleasure to have you here. aly: talk to me about these bags behind you. they are in containers where you peel back the top. if the child does not have a refrigerator, they are ok anyway s. you have your milk and cereal. there are two pasta cans with that peel off top. we know they are better when they are warmed in a microwave, but they are edible without that. they have two snacks. there is that need applesauce that has a twist thing. also, there is a neuter -- also, there is a nutrigrain bar. aly: when a lot of people think about hunger, they don't think about right here, but there is a huge need in anderson county. we were surprised when we learned how important it was for children not to be hungry. it is pretty astounding that at least 1000 children, that we know of, need this food over the weekend. and proba

aly myles his life in aly: good morning. we are live on west main street in spartanburg. you can see the building behind me. this is one of the buildings that suffered serious damage after yesterday's wind. there were downed power lines, broken trees all over. if you take a look at this video, you can see were of them fell on a moving car's windshield. the tree fell on to an suv and both drivers are ok. near downtown spartanburg, the roof ripped the building -- the wind ripped the roof off the building. an insurance agent who insures that building happened to witness the destruction. we also got many ulocal photos from you guys. here is some of the fallout in the upstate from the traffic lights being out. this is highway 25 and firefighters said the traffic let's not working when two the group and two seth wescott hit by a car but nobody was hurt -- a group of cyclists got hit by a car but no one was hurt. the good news, duke energy crews are out this morning. they're continuing to work to get the power back on. aly myles, live in spartanburg. allyson: the green book spar

aly: aly myles wyff news 4 in greenville. gabrielle: the fire is still under investigation. to an update now in the low was shot overnight. the incident began in goose creek in berkeley county and ended with a standoff in goose creek. she got into a scuffle with the suspect and was shot twice. she is doing well and in good spirits after surgery but it will take time to recover. the suspect was later involved in a standoff with police before officials found him dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. he has not been identified. in greenville county, a lawsuit has been filed against the greenville county sheriff's office and sheriff steve loftis. it spawns from an incident that happened in december. deputies responded to a report of a robbery at spring grove apartments in taylors. charles rosemond was shot and killed. the sheriff said rosemond was standing inside the apartment when deputy dave dempsy was shot in the head. another deputy then returned fire. greenville attorney fletcher smith filed the lawsuit on behalf of rosemond's estate. the suit says deputies brok

aly: aly myles is live and local in greenville with that the news. if you look behind the, you can see where the utility pole is leaning over. according to duke energy, the need to be replaced. all of this is a result of strong wind over the last few days, causing damage across the upstate. duke energy says because of the extensive damage, it will take longer to restore all of the outages. those have gotten better over the last couple of days, so we do have a few hundred of those as well. the road will be open once the repairs have been made, but there is no word on when that will happen. aly myles wyff news 4 live in greenville. allyson: thank you. taking a look at the roads, a couple of accidents. in taylors near wade hampton boulevard, no word on injuries but there is an accident. we are moving slow around. one in clear and highway 14 and south buncombe road, if you are headed downtown this weekend on saturday morning, we have road closures. river street, west broad and there is a half marathon in the area. should be ok this morning. all the inter

aly myles was there. aly: flames and smoke is what home from work. his next-door neighbor say they know they will be ok. >> it looks like there's a lot of stuff going on. but we are going to depend on god. he will lead us in the right direction. sober living program, run by solutions recovery center. >> this is a tragedy. it's terrible that these men lost their place to live. but where we lose we can rebuild. aly: the center's executive director says more than 20 men affected by the fire. all of them will still have a place to sleep tonight. >> my main focus is these men. we are to have enough housing here. we'll just put them on couches, they will have to live with each other until we can rebuild and refocus. aly: seeing the silver lining. >> we can rebuild. we are in the right state of mind. aly: even though so many of these men might have lost everything, they are seeing it too. >> just about nobody was in there.everything is going to be all right >>. ally: aly myles, wyff news 4 in carol: we found some snow for you in rolling rock. this is from r

aly myles literally running them down. area. close to 50 degrees. we have high temperatures today and tomorrow that will be quite comfortable. like showers possible today, especially in the mountains. to start the week, wet and significantly colder. weevil per 10 tuesday -- table for 10 tuesday doesn'n't happen. myra: focus on the positive, like having you here this morning. gabrielle: thank you so much. myra: thanks for watching. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its >>> good morning. super saturday. high stakes presidential nevada today. donald trump poised to win south carolina while making yet another con row version statement at a rally. >> he took 50 bullets and he dipped them in g's blood. >> ted cruz slamming the frontrunner. >> easy to say let's make america great again. you can even print that on a baseball cap. >> marco rubio hoping to become the establishment candidate on the day he could knock his one-time mentor jeb bush out of the race. meanwhile, on the democratic side, hillary clint

allyson: aly myles was having too much fun there in aly: good morning, guys. i am so overwhelmed right now. we are talking about the ringling brothers, the greatest show on earth. i am here with someone who can tell>> it is a great show. we have it all. we of acrobats from world. we have highflying side-by-side trapieze. we have daring motorcycle riders from uruguay. it is so crazy, aly. aly: i have never had my to see them. as of may, we will elephant-less. our elephants are moving to the center for elephant e largest herd of asian elephants anywhere in the western hemisphere and we aleading the charge to regenerate this population of endangered species. if you want to come see the show tickets, or take to ringling.com. aly: he keeps taking my microphone. back to you guys. patrick: you are doing great. just hold ontoallyson: dale, we don't see anything satdale: no, not today. it is 5:06 in the morning and we have pary cloudy to mostly cloudy skies this no precipitation is showing and not y.let's check in with spartanburg this morning. we can see little bit of

geoff: wyff news 4's aly myles joins us with more where it is rainy. aly: definitely brain me. dropping back throughout the morning. the day for the raincoat. behind me, you can see wet roads, specifically the ones by me, academy and markley streets. if you look over here, this is where the controversial quiktrip has been approved. council approved zoning changes last night for this lot. that clears the way for q.t. to seeks building permits from the city, but the changes came with some opposition. >> the addition of this q.t., in my opinion, will accelerate the demise of our unique character and opens us up to the highest bidder. >> i think this plan has been approved by the vast majority of people who live in the area, who work in the area and who own property in the area. aly: quik trip says it held over 25 neighborhood meetings while designing its plans. officials say once the city approves those plans construction is expected to take greenville's west end. geoff: thank you. turning out to that landfill dispute in pickens county. an upstate judge has ruled against the north

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patrick: wyff news 4's aly myles joins us with more. aly: good morning. we are on the outskirts of waynesville. we drove up from greenville, candlor. forgot the name for a second. we have been driving all morning long, showing you some of the snow. as dale was saying, we are expecting much more tonight for areas already seen winter weather. they have closed or delayed school and you can find those on the ticker. we have video that shows more would it look like overnight yesterday with accumulation on the ground and along the higher elevations of north carolina. this is king street in boone with up to four inches expected in this part of the mountains. you can see the american flag with been around in that winter wind. that area got about one inch of snow. once again, very cold this morning. about 27 in the mountains and chilly in the upstate. bundle up before heading to work or school. aly myles wyff news 4 live in waynesville. patrick: thank you. hits, the wyff 4 mobile app lets you track the latest and get closing alerts. now to a school consolidation p

patrick: aly myles joins us to tell us about the project. aly: happy friday. that interchange is right behind me. you can see the 85 and 385 right over there. it is supposed to be the official kickoff for the gateway project with the groundbreaking at noon on woodruff road. this is expected to be the second-biggest road project in the scdot history. after the groundbreaking, construction is expected to be in full swing. it involves creating a new interchange with new lanes, ramps and bridges, while still maintaining traffic. the wide enough 385 -- the widening of 385 will continue. they are expected to have the kickoff at noon with the groundbreaking on woodruff road today. project is $231 million. aly myles wyff news 4 live in greenville. patrick: thank you. when it comes to the super bowl, you never know who is going to show up unexpectedly. allyson: geoff hart joins us again from santa clara, california, with more e who crashed the party. geoff? geoff: you never know who was going to show up, and yesterday, it was snoop dogg, going from rapper to reporter,

patrick: wyff news 4's aly myles joins us live from ge with more. aly: good morning, guys. we are here with an interesting character. talk to me a little bit about what people can look forward to >> all my goodness, this weekend it is our show "legends." this show has something for everyonee edge of your seat. two -- to give you a quick preview, we have our legend seeker who has gone all over the globe to find the biggest legends that ever lived. he even has a leopard. where else can you see a leopopd, besides at the greatest show on eartaly: you are also talented. what is your sec my secret talent is making a connection -- i have to tell them, they need tois making a connection with the audithe clowns are the only performers in the show who are it starts at one hour befoyou can come meet us and take autographs aly: and pictures. i know you and i will have our hula contest now. >> my second hidden talent. aly: i can hula hope. >> ready, set, have fun. alal these guys will be here until february 7. they are putting me to shame now. they are here until sunday. >> we are havin

aly: good morning. we are live at the bon secours wellness arena, talking about free heart screenings today. the woman who can tell you more is pat. thank you for joining us. aly: of course. setting up. our health screening. we do this event once a year, so we can screen people that they have not then screened for heart disease before. we note that about 80% of heart disease can be prevented or managed to early detection. nervous about something like this and they will say, a big scary needle, heart involved but it is not that invasive. >> it is not. the worst we do is to procure finger to get a blood sample for cholesterol. aly: i was talking with someone with bon secours and they said they suffered a heart attack is ago and they didn't suffer pain. how important is a heart screening? >> it is very important for everyone to be screened because heart disease will be present before you have symptoms. if you get your screenings done regularly, you will know what your numbers are before you wind up with a

aly myles, wyff news 4, live in charlotte. patrick: thank you. of course, it is not just in charlotte. the upstate has a huge fan base as well. . allyson: mike mccormick was in downtown spartanburg. mike: despite the score, it is clear that spartanburg, the summer home of the carolina panthers is still 100% behind its team. you can see the banner hanging here proudly in morgan square. we were at watch parties throughout the city. wofford invited the students for a one-party of their own. so many of them said they wanted to be here because the team and jerry richardson means so much to the college. we watched a lot of people glued to the tv's cheering on the team hoping for a win. though it did not happen it is , clear spartanburg is 100% patrick: corey: people here were glued to the tvs at bar louie. they were hoping the panthers could come out with a win. there were showing up their popular dance moves. cam newton and luke keuchley were the most popular players in the bar tonight. there were several other nfl teams represente

you, aly. not the time of year you typically go swimming, but some are getting ready to take a did in lake hartwell. we will talkannouncer: now, your live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. dale: it is 4:49 right now as we look at spartanburg. it is 25 degrees and this is givesbbs field. the big story today is the wind. this is a six hour history of the flurries that continued overnight. we had a couple spots in raven county and northern greenville that received a flurry or two overnight. we have a windchill advisory in the mountains until about noon today. we have wind gusts at 10-20 miles per hour or -- 10-20 miles per hour or more. that will be slippery spots on this will hang around for a while. 15 degrees in boone. franklin in asheville are 19 degrees. it is a little colder in the mountains. it is 15 degrees in waynesville. rivard, 20 degrees. across the upstate we can see mid 20's for the most part. when you factor in the those winds, here is how it feels. it feels like nine in ashevill

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aly: i will let you keep your job. aly myles wyff news 4, back to you. allyson: that was pretty impressive for her first time. patric what time is it? 5:30 and she is juggling. allyson: many talents. speaking of 5:30, weather. dale: get ready to work today. the rain has moved on but affecting the lower part of the state. if you are traveling to myrtle beach, you wil it. 50 degrees and most of cloudy d laurens. temperatures have not dropped today, we will reach into the upper 50's for thupper 40's for the mountains. these are just a few areas, but to give you an got 1.17 in the rain gauge and anderson did better at 1.42. oconee stay part almost the .5 inches. -- state park almost got three .5 inches. many places thatthere were quite a few flash flood warnings issued because of a lot of rain. this morning, 40's and 50 degree , making it feel colder with wind at 17 to 21 in the mountains and five to 10 in the upstate. we will see mostly cloudy skies give way to sunshine by tomorrow. colder temperatures in the morning come in for the next few days beginning

geoff: aly myles has an illustration of how cold it is. aly: good morning. go look at the fountain outside county bank. usually, there would be fire on top of that but just ice. so much ice. seen on the fountain in downtown greenville. a good sign of just how much you need to bundle up this morning. we will see above freezing temperatures later today. as of right now, not anywhere close to that and when the wind comes through, it is bitter cold. experts tell you that these are the temperatures, if you're not layer that properly, you will be dealing with hypothermia or frost bite. we are a couple blocks away from the bus stop and we will be getting to election coverage in a couple of minutes. that is around the corner at the peace center when the candidates will be on saturday. once again, bundle up before you head out. aly myles wyff news 4 live in downtown greenville. allyson: thank you. shifting our focus to commitment 2016 now, with the focus on south carolina. candidates continue making stops in the upstate looking for your vote. geoff: that includes gop

aly myles, wyff news 4, in asheville. nigel: icy conditions and traffic collisions kept emergency crews busy monday night. carol: a day later, the work to return to normal continues. wyff news 4's myra ruiz is live myra? myra: we're at the smith and chiles body shop on pete hollis boulevard. this place, like other auto body shops, expects to see more vehicles involved in accidents during last night's ice storm. >> and i literally, in slow motion, saw the car go this way and that, and it hit the curb, and it flipped. and i watched as everything came up and down and up and down, and i just thanked god through it all. myra: tanja cooper's nissan extera was one of three to overturn after hitting the same slick spot on highway 25. no one was hurt. >> i will tell everyone to make sure you have your seatbelt on. myra: and at one point monday night, the highway patrol was dealing with more than 200 accidents at the same time. yet, despite that high number, >> most of the weather events ice, it's almost just a normal claims day. i

wyff news 4's aly myles joins us live from greenville with more. aly: good morning. we're here at the old cigar warehouse on south main street downtown. it's quiet here now. that won't be the case at 8:00 tonight. just the only other folks out here this morning. cnn is hosting back-back republican town hall events in the state this week. anderson cooper is set to moderate both events. tonight's in greenville features ben carson, ted cru, and marco rubio. the town hall will air live on cnn. it will also stream online. cnn will also host a town hall tomorrow night in columbia, featuring jeb bush, john kasich, and donald trump. again it starts at 8:00 tonight, right here at the old cigar warehouse in downtown greenville. aly myles wyff news 4. geoff: thank you. the presidential candidates continue sprinting towards the primaries, making upstate visits to lobby for your vote. senator ted cruz is set to be in seneca and spartanburg today after he was at the anderson , civic center last night talking about the type of judge he would nominate for the supreme court. >> i am

aly? aly: it is cold, windy and i see in hendersonville. not just on the side, but you can see, not a nice -- it is like an ice skating rink. the bridges are pretty bad. very slick and hard to control vehicles on the roads. we have been driving through greenville, the upstate and into north carolina. they are still dealing with a lot of ice, including on their grass. you can see chunks are falling off. also, a couple falling off from their plants. let's take a look at what the video looked like from the upstate yesterday. this is comparison video. this shows the same s.c. dot camera from i-385 at n. pleasantburg drive. that's exit 40. you see on the left traffic at a standstill on the interstate after a few had slid off the interstate. on the right is video from this morning, showing the scene cleared and traffic moving just something to keep in mind. in the upstate, roads tended to be wet and that does mean there could be icy patches in some places. the cars around here right now seem to be squealing as they go by. the careful and make sur