now, everybody's over any concerns about bob jones university. jeb bush speaking at bob jones university along with ben carson and ted cruz. donald trump did not speak at this event today. he sent a surrogate, which ended up being a little awkward because the crowd didn't like mr. trump and they introduced his surrogate guy using the wrong name. >> now, please welcome to the stage, dr. mike burns, surrogate for donald trump. >> hello, south carolina. those who don't know me, my name is pastor mark burns. >> he was introduced as mike burns. he's mark burns. >> it didn't really go over. >> donald trump is a man who has the same values as you and i do. donald trump is pro-faith. he's pro-faith. he is pro-faith. he is pro-faith. let me tell you one other thing. i'm grateful you said that. that he's profane. he's profane, but guess what, i don't know about you but i don't trust man that doesn't have mistakes. >> so it didn't go great for the donald trump approach to the bob jones university today. it did go great for ted cruz who was greeted very warml

that doesn't have mistakes. >> so it didn't go great for the donald trump approach to the bob jones university today. it did go great for ted cruz, who was treated very, very warmly by the crowd at bob jones and for some reason ted cruz was given 20 minutes longer to speak than all the other candidates at the same event. ever since the all but collapse of the carson campaign, senator ted cruz has been trying to congress kerr the market, corner the market on religious conservatives in the republican electorate. there are a lot of those voters in iowa, many in new hampshire. a ton in south carolina. as the campaign shifted to south carolina, you see the ted cruz campaign if particular shifting to a more overtly religious message. and sometimes that makes more sense than others. for example, today, the former fox news host glen beck today if south carolina, he brought himself to tears in an introduction that he did for senator ted cruz. mr. beck brought himself to tears while begging south carolinians to support ted cruz. he maintained his powers as a modern di prophet and god has sent ted cruz t

out-do rubio when it comes to reaching out to south carolina that's all coming up here at bob jones university and it's this the next several it's this stage hours. today. the debate stage tomorrow night. live at bob jones university, patrick hussion wyff news 4. allyson: thank you. before heading to greenville, jeb bush is making a stop in anderson right now. side. jeb bush just finished speaking center. wyff news 4's mandy gaither is going to have more tonight at 5:00. shifting to last night's debate, two democratic hopefuls squared off. the first since bernie sanders defeated hillary clinton in a landslide in new hampshire. the two faced off on a wide range of topics, including size of government, race relations, health care, and immigration. >> but we are where we are right now. and where we are right now is we have got to stand up to the trumps of the world who are >> i'm running for president to knock down all the barriers that are holding americans back, and to rebuild the ladders of opportunity that will give every american a chance to advance, especially those who have been left out a

event.fox carolina's ashley minelli is live at bob jones university where a presidential forum is happening today-and ashley it's not too late to get tickets for this event. free general admission, to event happening here here 3 - carson 12:303 - bush 1:15- rubio 2:20- cruz 4:45 4:45 3 - these 4... behind trump in the gop poll here in sc: cruz, rubio, bush, carson- last chance to see candidates ahead of tomorrow nights debate- still don't know if the four attending today's event will all be at gop debate in downtown greenville- ag alan 3 - doors open at 11 113 3 and also 3 happening in greenville.. the next gop debate is tomorrow night. night.but this morning..it's still not clear who will be on stage. stage.based on the criteria from cbs news.. we know donald trump, ted cruz and marco rubio will be there.jeb bush is also expected to make the cut. cut.tomorrow's debate takes place at the peace center. police are warning downtown will be busier than usual.. with secret service and the hand.most of the roads around the peace center will be closed, starting at 8:00 tomorrow morning.you can fin

wyff news 4's aly myles joins us live from bob jones university. aly: if you look behind me, you can see where the candidates will be coming in sporadically throughout the afternoon. they are expecting jeb bush, dr. ben carson, senator ted cruz, and marco rubio for a faith and family forum. it's set to be at founders memorial amphitorium. the candidates are staggered from noon until 5:30. tentative start times are carson at 12:30. bush at 1:15. rubio at 2:20. and cruz at 4:45. the candidates are joining south carolina attorney general alan wilson, as well as palmetto family president doctor oran smith. wilson is moderating the event. the event is free, but tickets allyson: thank you, aly. continuing our 2016 coverage now. before the forum at bob jones university, former florida governor jeb bush is expected to host a meet and greet today in anderson. this is video of his appearance in florence yesterday. bush's event was scheduled to be a mama penn's. but it's been moved to the anderson civic center. the event still has the same time, 11:15 this mo

event.fox carolina's ashley minelli is live at bob jones university where a presidential forum is happening today-and ashley it's not too late to get tickets for this event. 3 - go online to fox carolina- free general admission, to event happening here here 3 - carson 12:30- bush 1:15- 4:45 3 - these 4... behind trump in the gop poll here in sc: cruz, rubio, bush, carson- last chance to see candidates ahead of tomorrow nights debate- still don't know if the four attending today's event will all be at gop debate in downtown greenville- ag alan wilson moderating the event 3 - doors open at 11 3 and also happening in greenville.. the next gop debate is tomorrow night. night.but this morning..it's still not clear who will be on stage. stage.based on the criteria from cbs news.. we know donald trump, ted cruz and marco rubio will be there.jeb bush is also expected to make the cut. cut.tomorrow's debate takes place at the peace center. police are warning downtown will be busier than usual.. media on hand. hand.most of the roads around the peace center will be closed, starting at 8:00 tomorrow mor

upstate.this morning bob jones university is preparing to host four of the candidates. candidates.ted cruz, ben carson, marco rubio and jeb bush have all confirmed they forum throughout the day.it all starts at 12:30 and the candidates will take the stage separately throughout the day in founders memorial auditorium.we will be there and stream it on fox carolina-dot-com. 3 and we're still waiting to find out exactly *who* will be on stage for tomorrow's republican debate in downtown greenville. 3 but preps are *well* underway. 3 fox carolina's ashley minelli is live at the peace center this morning... where we've seen national media already arriving for tomorrow's event. 3 - talk about what's going on out there now 3 - tv crews already getting in place- expect security to be 3 - road closures: - saturday 8am - 2am- most of the area surrounding the peace center centerwho's going to be there? 7 left- still don't know which ones will be up on stage... based on criteria for debate... trump, cruz, rubio automatically included in that tuesday polls indicate: bush, kasich incl

we are waiting now for senator cruz to appear here at bob jones university. live in greenville jack kuenzie wis news ten. not among the candidates in greenville is ohio governor john kasich- who spent the day campaigning in the midlands- first addressing a group at the south carolina chamber of commerce- will whitson was there, and spoke with the governor about his campaign. in the time of election season where negative ads flood the airwaves- john kasich is taking a different approach- presidential candidate "i'm having the greatest time- people are excited about positive. so if i don't win, i go home, my head will be high, i keep my integrity." and as he took questions at the south carolina chamber of commerce- strongly the medicaid expansion. when you did that in ohio, what was the reaction of the business community?" - he didn't even mention his competition- until almost 45 minutes in- "girl: this is why they're resonating so much with... with the other... with... kasich: you mean bernie? you can say it." instead, kasich focused more on policy- presidenti

aly myles live at bob jones university. geoff: thanks, aly. some of the candidates with other stops in south carolina today. this video shows rubio at southside christian school yesterday. he will hold a rally tonight in airport. carson's wife is joining him to campaign in the upstate this week. candy carson is set to play piano today for people at the national healthcare coporation in mauldin. this video is from yesterday of her attending the urban league mardi gras gala in downtown greenville. ben carson had a forum yesterday in rock hill. he also talked to voters at the gaffney visitor's center about national security. allyson: former florida governor jeb bush has senator lindsey graham traveling with him in south carolina. he made had a meet and greet in florence yesterday. he'll host another at 11:15 this morning in anderson. but it's moved locations. it's now at the anderson civic center. bush is also expected to have his brother and former president george w. bush join him in north charleston after the weekend. this is file video of the

before his appearance this afternoon at bob jones university....jeb bush .. made a morning stop .. in anderson. the rally moved to the "civic center" last minute.. started outgrowing the original venue. senator lindsey graham.. was there.. he focused the rally around fiscal and foreign policy. out in the crowd .. there were many people who say they're still undecided. and there were also some young fans. some.. not even old enough to vote. "we want to learn more about him to know what our future holds." "i just hope jeb can pull something through. i don't think he can win with 11% but i hope he gets up there soon. i definitely don't want trump to be the next president though." ---- after jeb bush wrapped up the hour long rally.. he stuck around.. shaking hands .. signing autographs .. taking pictures..and asking those undecided voters.. for their commitment. bush is scheduled to be in fountain inn ... for another rally ... tomorrow morning. the event begins at -9:30-... at the "younts performing arts center"... on main street. the rally is free ... and open to public ... but you mu

hallie, let's start with you at the forum at bob jones university.ou've been following the cruz campaign. ted cruz had done so well with evangelicals in iowa, key to his victory out there. i imagine that's the same formula here in south carolina. >> absolutely. that's part of his strategy, steve, as he heads into this state and it's interesting because what you've seen from ted cruz hover these last couple days in south carolina is an energetic referred up candidate. he seems to be feeding off the energy of the crowds coming out to support him. he's working to pull together a coalition of pastors, about 170 of them so far, in order to try to really get an in with the evangelical community here in south carolina. and he's got some 10,000 volunteers that have spread out across the state, trying to get people to back his message. the other part of his strategy is what every candidate does, putting up television ads to try to sell their message. i want to play you a little bit of a clip from one that raised some eyebrows. watch. >> i voted for a guy who

. >> some of them took the stage today for a faith and family forum at bob jones university. addie hampton is still there and been there for some time today. any differences among these candidates there today? >> reporter: lots of differences in fact. all have the one main goal of earning that highest office in the land, that big job that they want your earlier today we heard from dr. ben carson, governor jeb bush and senator marco rubio. that event is not over yet. let's take you back inside where just a few moments ago senator ted cruz took the stage for this forum. he's standing alongside attorney general allen wilson and family counsel president oron smith. they're asking each candidate questions from public prayer, planned parenthood to gun control. each candidate was given 40 minutes to talk about these issues surrounding faith and family. carson said he hopes to be a voice for the common man where a message that centers on prayer before action. bush paid tribute to his family. marco rubio focused on the democrats references that sanders supporters should move to social

wyff news 4's aly myles joins us live from bob jones university with more. aly: this is where it is going to be. bob jones university. four candidates are expected today. jeb bush, dr. ben carson, senator ted cruz, and marco rubio will attend. the candidates are staggered from noon until tentative start 5:30. times are carson at 12:30. bush at 1:15. rubio at 2:20. and cruz at 4:45. the candidates are joining south carolina attorney general alan wilson as well as palmetto family president doctor oran smith. wilson is moderating the event. the event is free, but tickets can be reserved all mine. geoff: thank you. continuing our 2016 coverage. before the forum, former florida governor jeb bush is expected to host a meet and greet today in anderson. this is video of his appearance in florence yesterday. bush's event was scheduled to be a mama penn's. anderson civic center. the event still has the same time, 11:15 this morning. marco rubio also has an appearance today scheduled outside of the bju forum. the gop debate is saturday, but marco rubio has scheduled a p

debate.fox carolina's jjnifer phillips is live at bob jones university where the forum is till going on. 3 the candidates tackled everythingfrom faith, to supreme court judges, to gay marriageand the second amendment.and they all talked about how faith.. has ledthem to make lives. 3 thousands packed the founders memorial amphitorium at the campus to listento four -g-o-p general alan wilson asked questions.. along with oran smith whcih focus on social issues, policies and faith.the forum is sponsored by palmetto family allicance and wilson's conservative leadership project.four presidential candidates participated in the forum..however frontrunner donald trump did not attend. the event started with a prayer.. then the first two candidatesdoctor ben carson and jeb bush took the stage. they talked about how faith would influence decisions if they became president. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 "my role model is jesus and you treat people the way you want to be treated." treated.""the gay marriage- everybody according to our constitution should be treated equally and shoul have the same rights, but nobo

aly myles wyff news 4 live at bob jones university. geoff: thank you, aly. continuing our 2016 coverage, before the forum at bju, former florida governor jeb bush is expected to host a meet and greet today in anderson. this is video of his appearance in florence yesterday. bush's event was scheduled to be a mama penn's. but it's been moved to the anderson civic center. the event still has the same time 11:15 this morning. marco rubio also has an appearance today scheduled outside of the bju forum. the gop debate is saturday, but rubio has scheduled a pre-debate rally at the greenville downtown airport. the doors open at 4:15 this afternoon. the event begins at 5:00 at hangar 5. allyson: the debate geoff just mentioned is saturday night at the peace center in greenville. thousands of people were hoping to get selected for a ticket through the lottery system but isn't big enough. the republican national committee has distributed tickets across the state for gop supporters. the greenville county party chairman was given a couple dozen tickets for the party fait

it starts at noon today on the campus of bob jones university. our senior reporter jack kuenzie will be there to bring you coverage of the event. candidates have been increasing their conversations on family and faith in an effort to win over evangelicals in our state. it's a group that's expected to make up nearly 60-percent of the vote in raycom's michael clark is on the campus of winthrop university where faith and family were topics in last night's forum. republican presidential hopefulls continue to cover every inch of south carolina ahead of next weekend's primary. at winthop university, ben carson and ted cruz talked about marriage, education and prayer as a part of the carolina family values summit. at winthrop university thursday. senator ted cruz and ben carson. cruz focused on family values like marriage and life. "on the first day in office, i will instruct the u.s. department of justice to open an investigation into planned parenthood and to prosecute any and all criminal violations." carson told south carolinians that despite some p

carson will also be at bob jones university friday. he's taking part in the 2016 faith and family presidential forum from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. allyson: a couple of candidates are no longer holding campaign events in south carolina or any events at all. carly fiorina suspended her fiorina struggled to build support in the crowded primary field. new jersey governor chris christie also dropped out of the race yesterday after a sixth-place finish in new hampshire. meanwhile, the democratic candidates are in wisconsin as bernie sanders' campaign announced a fund-raising this. hillary clinton announced a more aggressive approach in message, one we might see on the debate stage tonight in milwaukee. geoff: as pollsters try to get a read on the american voter leading into the first in the south primary, a national pollster and public policy expert's spending time at furman. peter hart is a fellow in residence this week teaching students. but he's also listening for the issues and concerns close to the heart of millennials. he says new techn

the 2016 forum is planned for february 12-th at bob jones university in greenville. attorney general alan wilson is moderating the event, along with oran smith, president of palmetto family. if you missed any of the results from iowa...you can log on to our website... abc columbia dot com.. twitter... and on the a-b-c columbia facebook page. still to come... it's groundhog day. we're waiting to see if we're in store for six more weeks of winter. partly cloudy and mild this morning with temps near 50.it'll be a warm tuesday but not much sunshine from main and gervais. >>> hey, there. good morning. topping "america's money" -- the world's new most valuable company. it's google's parent company called alphabet. when the markets open this morning, it will be worth $544 billion roughly, about $6 billion more than apple, which has been on top since 2011. >>> and free snacks, they're coming back to american airlines. the nation's biggest carrier says those snacks will be available on all its nestic flights since april. united airlines began offering the freebies as well. >>

are here on the campus at bob jones university in greenville, south carolina. this has been here since 1947. it is a beautiful spot right here a merrill and a half from downtown greenville -- mile and a half from downtown greenville. our student body currently is about 2800 students. that fluctuates from year-to-year. it comes down to what role do is. our viewpoint of the world is not secular, our viewpoint of the world is as it is revealed in the pictures, the bible. that is the lens we are looking through. math, ort is science, education, or whatever a person does in their life, it is a political worldview, which makes all the difference in the world. background ont of the school, it was founded in 1927 in a world renowned evangelist named bob jones senior. part of the great evangelist arrow when they have huge crusades all over the united states and he was from south alabama, but he was always a strong preacher farewell known. he started his school because he was actually concerned about the negative influence of secular education of the 1920's. the school w

candidates.a forum is happening at bob jones university -- it will deal with issues surrounding faith and families. families.fox carolina's ashley minelli is live there this morning... and ashley aside from front runner donald trump... there's some big names attending... 3 ted cruz, marco rubio, jeb bush, and ben carson who round out the top 5 in the sc gop polls will a be here for the event 3 - candidates will take the stage separately 3 beginning at 12:30- doors open for the forum at 11- ag alan wilson will be here to moderate 3 - here's a look at the line up speaking in reverse order of how they poll here in sc- even happening founders memorial amphitorum 3 - tickets available online- free general admission 3 the national spotlight will be on greenville tomorrow when the republicans meet for a debate at the peace center. center.we're still waiting to find out who exactly will be on stage when the debate begins at nine oclock. oclock.based on criteria for the debate... out of the seven republican candidates donald trump, ted cruz, and marco rubio will automatically be on the stage.p

that's at bob jones university in greenville.bush, ted cruz, marco rubio, ben carson, all scheduled to speak. donald trump, ted cruz, not attending. in case you're wondering, evangelicals make up 60% of the state republicans. so a lot of what we heard out of iowa might be repeated in south carolina. meantime, the bernie sanders campaign team hitting the ground, particularly hard in south carolina. in hopes of keeping up his momentum out of new hampshire. msnbc's joy reid joins us live from columbia, south carolina, where she's watching the sanders team. let's talk about their strategy, joy, and what you have been able to learn while there. >> well, you know, one of the things that we have noticed is there's a lot more support for bernie sanders than i think a lot of us expected coming down here. the polls don't show that he has a lot of momentum here, but we were seeing it on the ground. we went by his campaign, we canvassed with some of his staffers. they got a really good reception. a lot of undecided black voters. listen to wh

and jeb bush courted voters at baush jones university. -- bob jones university. and john kasich wants to capitalize on his surprise second place finish in new hampshire. the republicans will debate again tonight at 9:00 in and tonight's debate air on cbs. and a reminder, starting february 29th, cbs programming comes to wncn. you'll find political news and primary shows starting monday, february 29th right here on wncn. i know ncis is your favorite. >> yes. and i'm excited about that and we're starting to see the sunshine today but i'm not excited about cold temperatures outsthie.d -- outside this is the preston country club. let's take a live look now. and we have dry conditions here and we have this arctic high pressure. so it began to build in yesterday and that is going to push into the area today and tomorrow, leaving us with cold temperatures and some really cold nights here. 32 degrees is the current temperature in raleigh and 31 in durham and fayetteville. it is 27 in roxboro and 26 in henderson and south hill and 28 in rocky mount. and we have a breeze, 7

jeb busch spoke at bob jones university. >> marriage and family is the single most important powerful political institution in our society. >> they study religious in the boat. >> the very large portion of the portion. >> going after those votes. >>> you have to. it's such a big part. each candidate can hope to find one niche of evangelicals that he can draw on. >> they will make their pitch to voters in a debate saturday night. cray bart -- craig boswell news19. >>> they go to the polls a week from tomorrow and it's onto nevada which holds a conference three days later. >>> parents, take a deep breath it was supposed to be a checkup doctors in tennessee say that it should have never happened because it was the wrong child. back in december jennifer melton took her newborn baby and for a physical. when nurses returned the baby she says she found out a terrible mistake have happened. a doctor actually performed the surgery meant for a different child. part of the babies under the tongue area was cut it's designed to help the tongue the better for children having trouble nursing. >> at

early on in the 1960s and 70s the alumni from bob jones university were important elements in the republican party when the republican party is really just getting started. business focus and bob jones people who played a major role in getting the party under way. later on religious groups intended to come in. when pat robertson put together the christian coalition and his presidential campaign pentecostals and charismatics tended to infiltrate the republican party. the fundamentalists and some of the others didn't like some very much but they fought vigorously in republican primaries and a republican candidate whoever he or she was in the general election, better than the democrats. on the democratic side in recent years african-americans played very important role, half of the typical democratic primary voters are african-american so every democratic candidate, african-american or caucasian or any other has to appeal in african-americans in churches and one of the favorite venues of candidates when they come to south carolina to seek the democratic primary, federal government beginning in

the event is at the "founders memorial auditorium" at bob jones university in greenville. it begins at this afternoon. doors open to the public at 11 this morning. 3 3 after marco rubio finishes with the 2016 faith and family presidential forum, he will head over to the greenville downtown airport for a rally. doors open at 4-15 p-m and the event is scheduled to start at five. 3 3 and republican john kasich is having an event this afternoon in orangeburg. afterwards, he will go to bluffton for a town hall. 3 3 fresh off of last night's debate in wisconsin, today hillary clinton will host a townhall at an elementary school in denmark, just outside of columbia. she is expected to outline her plans to build on president obama's agenda. 3 3 3 democratic presidential candidates hillary clinton and bernie sanders faced off last night before primaries in nevada and south carolina. lana zak reports on the moments that mattered most. 3 "i do have a disagreement here."the differences were substantive , but subtle in last night's democratic debate. clinton sot:"we agree that wall str

myra: 4 republicans addressed voters at bob jones university. faith and family were the main topics. jeb bush, marco rubio, and marco rubio attended a forum at the school. hillary clinton and bernie sanders have been trying to appeal to african-american voters. hillary clinton has shown support for president obama, who is popular with the mrs. clinton: senator sanders leadership test. senator sanders: do senators have a right to disagree with the president? have you ever disagreed with a president? i suspect you have. myra: former virginia governor jim gilmore suspended his campaign on friday afternoon. donald trump has said he would sue ted cruz for not being a natural born citizen. he said if he does not clean up his act, stop cheating, and running negative ads, i will sue him for not being a natural born citizen. he would argue the senator is an eligible for the presidency. john kasich was in columbia speaking at a chamber of commerce event. momentum in south carolina. he said his campaign has had to scramble to find bigger venues, and hopes

also took some jabs against her opponent bernie sanders- she called sanders out for not at bob jones university in greenville---a day long faith and family forum is wrapping up. one that featured four gop presidential candidates. the candidates have been taking questions on subjects ranging from their personal religious faith to supreme court nominees and planned parenthood funding. jack kuenzie joins us again live the forum is a joint production involving attorney general alan wilson, the conservative leadership project and the palmetto family council. we heard today from dr. ben carson---former florida governor jeb bush---senator marco rubio---and late this afternoon texas senator ted cruz. and in between rubio and cruz---a pastor from easley, mark burns---here on behalf of donald trump. the candidates all asked a similar series of questions on topics including their personal faith, same sex marriage, national security and planned parenthood. the candidates all critical at various times of the president to zero in on trump. at one point slamming the front runner's use of profanity at some of

leadership project says the 2016 "faith and family presidential forum" will be on february 12th at bob jones university in greenville. that's just over a week before voters will go to the polls for the gop primary. the forum will be moderated by attorney general alan wilson and oran smith of the palmetto lawmakers in the state house are being challenged to step up to better health. nearly 200 legislators, state house staff, and lobbyists are logging their steps and tracking their colleagues' activity on fitbits. the "healthier state house challenge" represents fitbit's first partnership giving politicians the devices, which record steps, calories burned, and hours slept. the south carolina hospital association's nonprofit further subsidized the company's discounted cost. elected officials paid 20 dollars, while other participants paid 58 dollars. the explosive spread of the mosquito-borne zika virus in the americas is now considered an international emergency. mark barger reports health experts are offering recommendations to stop it. the world health organization today declared an international emerge

leadership project says the 2016 "faith and family presidential forum" will be on february 12th at bob jones university in greenville. that's just over a week before voters will go to the polls for the gop primary. the forum will be moderated by attorney smith of the palmetto family. and in the capital city this week-- former president bill clinton returns to the campaign trail to stump for his wife--democratic frontrunner hillary y inton. clinton will speak at a rally at the john hurst gymnatorium at allen university wednesday night. doors for the event open at 4:30--the event itself starts at 6. expect temperatures to stay mostly warm throughout the week-- after the break, we'll get the full breakdown in your forecast. break 2 i don't know what i'm doing. i can't find anything just when i think it's just not going to work. this woman that works there comes over and asks can i help you? and he was so happy, to do it amazing right? i never would have expected would have thought that anyone would find that do that. make that go out of their way for me. right then, right there i couldn't believe it he wa

candidates - trump, cruz, rubio, kasich, bush, ben carson, and jim gilmore are being welcomed at bob jones university for the faith and family presidential forum at bob jones university on friday. the candidates will be at the debate at the peace center saturday night.ahead of the primary elections here on february 20-th. th.and just one week following that...democratic candidates hillary clinton, bernie sanders, and willie wilsonwill carolina primary election on february 27-th.clinton and sanders will also debate tomorrow night in milwaukee. 3 and we should point out that there's a reason we're seeing less movement on the democratic side of things.the nevada caucuses actualal fall the week before the south carolina democratic primary - because the elections are split here in south carolina and the democrats will vote a week later than the republicans.so there's still one more hurdle before those candidates head south.what we do know - is hillary clinton's campaign is planning a far more aggressive approach against rival bernie sanders- on the heels of a decisive new hampshire victory for the vermont

project says the 2016 "faith and family presidential forum" will be held on february 12th at bob jones university in greenville. the forum will be moderated by attorney general alan wilson and oran smith of f e palmetto family council. you can find much more on the iowa caucuses and the shift in focus now to new hampshire and south carolina on our website. just look for the decision 2016 box on the homepage of wistv-dot- com. just into the alert center this afternoon: car thefts are up in richland county - deputies are reporting five just in the past weekend. map of car thefts reported in richland county. 13 cars were stolen from january 15th through february 2nd. authorities warning that apartment complexes have been the most common target. "in the early morning hours, we have colder temperatures, where we have victims who go out and warm up their vehicles. when they go back inside the residence we have criminals who are opportunity and that's what it is, a crime of opportunity." lt. wilson says some problem areas for this have been broad river road and garners ferry road. the richland county sh

the event will take place bob jones university. attorney general allen wilson will serve as the moderator. >> most candidates' spouses usually campaign for them, but only one has a president on the stump, of course, former president bill clinton will campaign for his wife hillary clinton on wednesday evening at allen university. bill clinton won the south carolina democratic primary back in 1992. >> alicia: looking to the future in lexington. in just a few minutes, mayor steve macdougall will deliver his state of the town address, on the agenda for tonight's speech, the town's vision, the planned project they have on tap, automated traffic signals, and the continued recovery effort from the 1,000-year flood. the power of healing through art, a local non-profit organization is helping veterans suffering from ptsd by channelling their creativity. >> ben: abc columbia's jennifer ready has the story of how art has helped one veteran get back on his feet. >> they say a picture is worth >> art saved my life. it's given me direction, purp

it goes until 5:30 this afternoon on the campus of bob jones university. ted cruz, marco rubio, jeb bush and ben carson are participating. attorney general alan wilson is moderators. our senior reporter jack kuenzie is at the forum and will have live coverage on our later newscasts. one of the republican cadidates not at that forum was ohio governor john kasich. the presidential candidate- still riding high after his second place finish in the new hampshire primary tuesday- made campaign stops in the midlands today. kasich first stopped off at the south carolina chamber of commerce- where he took questions about education and the economy. he also had some harsh words for lawmakers when asked about the defecit. "you know, to worry about what might happen in a convention when you have a 19 trillion dollar defecit is like not running out of this building when it's on fire for fear of getting hit by a meteor" governor kasich then made a stop off in orangeburg- and will participate in the gop debate in greenville saturday. people voting absentee in richland cou

michael: faith and family were the main topics today at bob jones university. wyff news 4's corey davis was there all afternoon. he's live and local with the candidates views on family values. corey? >> four gop presidential candidates spoke passionately about including faith in their decisions and the importance of strong families. >> senator ted cruz just finished dr. ben carson former governor jeb bush and senator marco rubio all spoke earlier. some of the policies we have put forth as a nation actually break families down. we reward people when they have a whole family, we take the money from them even though they're struggling together trying to strengthen their families and raise children. re-examined and policeis should be recreating strong familiies. that's the unit for a strong nation. >> it is politically correct noun to suggest that a man and a woman that are organized around loving their children with their heart and soul is just one choice. if you have that view that that families to be loving and also and children will have a chance to succeed, th

allen wilson will moderate the 2016 presidential form being held on the campus of bob jones university. >>> several campaigns are going to focus on south carolina. former president bill clinton will be in columbia on wednesday to rally support for his wife. it starts at 6 pm. the event is free and open to the public but space is limited. >>> chelsea clinton will make her very first campaign swing through our state pate -- this weekend. she will be heading to clemson university. jussi plans to discuss how her >>> tonight's iowa republican winner ted cruz will be in the state and speaking to supporters at the convention center in greenville. tomorrow night event begins at 7 pm and is open to everyone. >>> the second-place finisher donald trump will be in florence. it will be at the civic center on friday. it will be from 7 pm till 9 pm. it is free and open to the public. >>> south carolina is shaping up to be important for the republican primary. trump may win new hampshire and if he does, south carolina could play a major role. >>> expect to see the candidates coming here more and more

also right now several , republican candidates are talking faith and family at bob jones university. gabrielle: right now senator ted cruz is on the stage let's listen in live at the event now. my question to you because faith was such a unifying factor here, as president, what role would the political religious racial and economic divisions that divide many americans. >> thank you for that question. my faith is integral to who i am. you're right that the tragic shooting at the church provided a powerful illustration of how they can bring us together. it also was a real missed opportunity for us. one of the saddest things in the last seven years of the obama presidency is that at every turn, the president tries to divide us. on racial lines, on ethnic lines, on religious socioeconomic lines. i think we should have a president who works to unify us. instead of politicizing the horrible tragedy, as a christian the idea of someone coming into praying with people and then them. that's a level of evil and depravity it is difficult to get your mind around. talking about emmanuel ame. i act

the event is at the "founders memorial auditorium" at bob jones university in greenville. it begins at

speaking at the conservative christian "bob jones university" in south carolina... making a big pitch .to woo coveted evangelical voters. presidential candidate "i do not believe that you put your faith in a lock box when you're in public life and say well that's only for my private matters - that's just not ... it is totally wrong." jockeying over who has the most conservative credentials. presidential candidate "if you disagree with people, for example, on the definition of marriage they bigot - and what's the next step?" ted cruz.trying to cast his rivals.as out of touch with the conservative base over the supreme court's decision legalizing same sex marriage presidential candidate "seeing my two leading competitors in the republican primary, both publicly say, following that decision, that the decision is the settled law of the land, we word, the talking points of barack obama." six of the republican candidates will be at the debate in greenville tomorrow night. wis will also be there providing you full coverage of the event on air and online. looking to the cam

that's what ted cruz did yesterday before his appearance at bob jones university. listen. >> well, i will say there is more than a little irony in donald accusing anyone of being nasty given the amazing toe ini of insults and vulgarities and obscenities that come out of his mouth. on any given day, i have to admit, it is amusing. >> reporter: ben carson is a candidate who really needs to make some noise tonight. after poor showings in iowa and new hampshire, if he has another one, it is going to be difficult to make the case to stay in. i asked him what his strategy for the debate stage tonight will be. here's what he toll me. >> i think what i'm going to do is make sure that i get an opportunity to weigh in on the important questions. they have a tendency to like to skip me. i'm just going to say, excuse me, i think i want to weigh in on this. if they say, no, you can't, i say, why not? >> reporter: ben carson was in the spin room here just a little while ago doing the rounds. a little extra publicity before the debate. probably a good thing. irony with ben carson

many of the candidates today speaking at the conservative christian bob jones university in south carolina, making a big pitch to woo coveted evangelical voters. >> i do not believe that you put your faith in a lockbox when you're in public life and say, well, that's only for my private matters. that's just not -- that is totally wrong. >> reporter: jockeying over who has the most conservative credentials. >> you disagree with people on the definition of marriage, they call you a hater and the bigot. >> reporter: ted cruz trying to cast his rivals as out of touch with the conservative base over the supreme court's decision legalizing same-sex marriage. >> seeing my two leading competitors in the republican primary both publicly say following that decision that the decision is the settled law of the land, we must accept it, surrender, and move on. i've got to say those are word for word the talking points of barack obama. >> reporter: and back on donald trump's potential threat of a potential lawsuit against ted cruz, the cruz communications director, rick tyler, saying trump needs to go ba

he's visited bob jones university before for a faith and freedom rally earlier last year. sources within his camp said they're hoping to hit the state hard and pull out a win over donald trump. cruz is currently in second place in polls. he told voters why he was the best man for the job. >> i planned to descend every single unconstitutional action >> reporter: donald trump could not attend and sent a local pastor from easily and vouched about his heart for god and conservative principals. >>> they could make a tough decision when the going got tough. >> that's jeb bush talking about the importance of experience today. the location was changed to the civic center as the number of supporters out grew the original venue. senator lindsey graham was there as bush focused on fiscal and foreign policy. he said he was proud of his father and proud to be george w. bush's brother. one woman jumped up to give him a hug. >> i'll take the combination of having the experience of being, you know, the son and the brother of a president and a successful governor.that's the case i'm making

at this hour, jeb bush, ben carson, ted cruz and marco rubio are taking part at an event at bob jones university in greenville. this is cosponsored by the palmetto state project. it is being moderated by ag alan wilson. we will be streaming that on our website at wltx.com. >>> pope francis embarking on a five-day visit to mexico. millions of people are expected to be in attendance when the holy father celebrates mass on the country's southern and northern borders. the streets of mexico city are bustling with last-minute preparations for his visit. stores are already selling his memorabilia. address drug and cartel violence. >>> and a deal in syria will out -- food and humanitarian aid to reach hostile areas. temp of thousands of syrians escaped and try to cross the border to turkey. turkey already has more than 2 million syrian refugees. and is reluctant to take in anymore. >>> a massive warehouse fire in central new jersey has been burning out of control for more than half of a day. the fire generated enough smoke to be detected by weather radar and forced some schools to close. the flames star

for the holy spirit to be coming over here in the next week (heh) he courted evangelicals at bob jones university ... in a candidates forum also attended by ben carson ... marco rubio ... and ted cruz ... while donald trump is risking the wrath of catholics. he's accusing pope francis of playing politics in his upcoming visit to the mexico area near the us border. john kasich is trying to capitalize on his surprise second-place finish in new hampshire. sot: gov. john kasich / (r- presidential candidate ) "i'm glad i'm the second choice now. i think, you know, a couple of weeks ago, they wouldn't have even known how to pronounce my name. they would've thought my name was governor of ohio." meanwhile ... clinton wants south carolina to be a referendum on bernie sanders - and support for president obama - who's immensely popular among the african- americans who could swing a victory in south carolina. sot: hillary clinton / (d - presidential candidate ) "senator sanders said that president obama failed the presidential leadership test. and this is not the first time that he has criticized president

ben carson, jeb bush, marco rubio and ted cruz all attended the faith and family forum at bob jones university. the event was moderated by the man on the left-hand side of your screen right there, attorney general alan wilson. >> republicans are not the only candidates in south carolina today. this afternoon, democratic frontrunner hillary clinton campaigned in the town of denmark in orangeburg county. tomorrow, her husband, former president bill clinton, will campaign in florence. >> a fictional presidential candidate is making his presence felt in the state as well. president and south carolina native frank underwood, of course played by kevin spacey in the netflix series "house of cards" opened a campaign office on main street in greenville. if you'd like to see it first hand, that office will be open until 11:00 this evening and from 8:00 in the morning until stop in and see frank underwood. >> if you watch the show, you know he made it to president. the united states department says the secretary of state john kerry will sit down with comedian jimmy kimmel next week. this will be the firs

>>> we now know which candidates will be taking part in the discussion on faith issues, at bob jones university this week. project says jeb bush, ted cruz and ben carson and marco rubio will attend the faith and family forum, taking on the stage one at a time before upstate conservative voters for whom faith is key. and that event will take place in founders memorial auditorium. that event comes the day before gop president usual hopefuls meet for an event in greenville. you can see there are more equipment trucks on site. coverage begins at 9:00 o'clock, 7 news is on the air at 7:00 saturday. and face the nation will also broadcast live from the peace center sunday morning. you can see a full list of the local campaign stops that candidates will be making, there are a lot of them. get important election dates right t w as well on wspa.com, look under the news tab for the special elections and politics section is. >>> chief meteorologist christy henderson told us it would be 27 degrees this morning. >> we were down to 20 officially at gsp, 16 in asheville, so yeah, you needed extra time for the

project says the 2016 "faith and family presidential forum" will be held on february 12th at bob jones university in greenville. the forum will be moderated by attorney general alan wilson and oran smith of the palmetto family council. iowa caucuses and the shift in focus now to new hampshire and south carolina on our website. just look for the decision 2016 box on the homepage of wistv-dot- com. comedian bill cobsy is back in a pennsylvania courtroom today. his attorneys are working to get sexual assault charges against him thrown out. nbc's chris pollone explains why. :27 1:10 1:23 entertainment icon bill cosby. in court in a philadelphia suburb. facing sexual assault charges which could put him in prison for a decade. tuesday's hearing: a pivotal moment in the case against the 78- year old. all eyes are on former montgomery county district attorney bruce castor. he told prosecutors last year he made a promise to cosby a decade ago. he would not prosecute, if cosby testified in a civil lawsuit. cosby did, and settled that lawsuit in 2006. sound bruce castor /former montgomery county d.a. :27-:3

that is at bob jones university tomorrow. senator rubio will then had to another large rally at the greenville airport -- downtown. we will be live there tomorrow night. in simpsonville, patrick hussion, wyff news 4. carol: ben carson spoke in gaffney. he was asked about national security. he told the crowd that his opponents criticize him for being too nice, but he says although he is nice, he does want to protect the american people. he says more people will be on the ground in south carolina the new hampshire because the primary here is so important. here in south carolina, at least a lot of the people i have met, share the same values i have about the exceptionalism of our country, our responsibility to those who are coming behind us, and why we have to be fiscally responsible and about the values and principles that made this into a great nation, including our faith. carol: dr. carson will be in raquel tonight. he is back in the upstate tomorrow. his wife candy is campaigning in greenville tonight. she is attending the u

debate.just this afternoon bob jones university hosted gop presidential candidates marco rubio...ben carson...jeb bush and ted cruz for a discussion on faith issues in south carolina.each candidate took the stage individually to address various issues... military...and how to support our veterans. 3 3 3 "they should have an external support system that is with them their entire military career and for three to four years after theyre out." out." 3 "if youve garnered that certificate in your field in the military i would recommend immediate reperocity." reperocity." 3 "you have a record amount of veterans homeless and unemployeed and waiting in long lines at the va. treatment they earned. when im president if youre not doing a good job at the va youll be fired and youll be able to take your va benifits any doctor." doctor." 3 "thank you for risking your life for us and on jan 2017 youll have a president that stands with law enforcement youll have a president that has your back." 3 ahead of the faith and family forum-jeb bush held a meet and greet at the anderson civic carolina voters.

he spoke at bob jones university. >> marriage and family is, in essence, the single most in our society. >> jim welsh welsh studies the impact. >> how important saturday evange evangelical vote in south carolina. >> it's a large part of the republican electeddorrate. >> -- electorate. >> going after those votes -- >> you have to. >> the candidates will make their pitch to palmetto state voters in a cbs news debate saturday night. craig boswell, cbs news, south carolina. >>> and former virginia governor, jim gilmore, who has struggled to gain any support, did suspend his campaign today. republican voters did go today. >>> cbs news republican presidential debate in south carolina, airs right here on wusa 9 tomorrow night at 9:00. and we will have complete coverage in the politics section on our wusa 9 app. >>> investigators are trying to determine the relationship between two 15-year-old girls, shot at a high school in glendale, arizona. police believe the shooting was either a murder and stiewdz or a -- suicide or double suicide. they're say -- they say they're not searching for a suspec