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sanders was originally going to attend a sunday worship service at brookland baptist church. that appearance was cancelled this morning --- but sanders did wind up going to the church in the afternoon. there he took the time to shake hands and pose for photos with several members of the congregation. he also would make remarks --- once again heralding issues of social justice and racial disparity in america. presidential candidate "we have in america today a broken criminal justice system. this is america! we should not be having more people in jail..largely african american and latino then any other country on earth." "he got good ideas and good intentions but you know..you know if he become president i don't think what he's pretty much more of what hillary clinton does and says is going to be a reality for us." despite sanders appearance several people i spoke to at the church say they're in hillary clinton's camp as well. the vermont senator made an appearance at a rally in greenville following his stop in west columbia. clinton is also planning her own stops in the midlan

he was originally going to service at brookland baptist church. that appearance was cancelled -- but sanders stopped by the church for a meet-and-greet. he shook hands and posed for photos with several members of the congregation. he also spoke on issues of social justice and racial disparity in america. "we have in america today a broken criminal justice system. this is america! we should not be having more people in jail..largely african american and latino then any other country on earth." the presidential candidate made an appearance at a rally in greenville after his stop in west columbia. sanders will make a campaign stop in sumter tomorrow morning. the free event will be held at serendipity cafe on main street. doors open at 8:30 a-m. hillary clinton and bernie campaigns for a final push for week in the palmetto state ahead democratic primary. you still have time to vote absentee. if you want to receive an absentee ballot by mail you must turn in your application by tuesday. you can vote in person at your county voter registration office un

on wednesday, she'll attend a luncheon at brookland baptist church at 2:30. the 'first in the south' democratic primary is this saturday and if you can't get to yoyo polling place this weekend, there's still time to vote absentee. if you want to receive an absentee ballot by mail you must turn in your application by tomorrow. you can vote in person at your county voter registration office until 5 p-m on friday. you can get extensive coverage of the south carolina democratic primary and the impact of the state's g-o-p primary results on our website, wistv-dot-com. just click on the special today, columbia police continue their search for suspects tied to saturday night's shooting at columbiana centre mall. parts of the mall were put on lockdown until all areas could be evacuated. investigators concluded it was an isolated shooting that began as a fist fight between two men who fired shots into the air. daniel morales owns a cell phone inside the mall. he says he was near that fight when it broke out and saw one of the men pull out a that's when he says people

sanders also took time to stop by brookland baptist church to reach out to potential voters. during yesterday's visit... sanders touched on the economy and criminal justice reform. sanders also has some celebrities stomping for him across the palmetto state. actor, producer danny glover will be hitting the campaign trail for sanders today. sanders will appear with glover at a prayer breakfast this morning in sumter. that's set to start at 8:30 this morning at serendipity cafe. glover also has stops planned in charleston. hillary clinton supporters will be busy trying to shore primary. her campaign continues its "breaking down barriers" forums today. the forum is made up of civil rights attorneys... and five mothers who lost their children to gun violence... and police incidents. columbia mayor steve benjamin will be attendance at the forum today at grace christian church. that's set to start at four. and tomorrow, clinton will join the "breaking do barrier" forum at central baptist church... here in columbia. for a complete list of forum dates and locations... be sure to head

sanders stopped by brookland baptist church for a meet-and-greet. he shook hands and posed for photos with several members of the congregation. he also spoke on issues of social justice and racial disparity in america. later in the day, sanders made an appearance at a rally in greenville. sanders is expected to make a campaign stop in sumter this morning. the free event will be held at serendipity cafe on main street. doors open at 8:30 a-m. it's all a part of clinton and sanders final push for support ahead of saturday's democratic primary. there is still time to vote absentee. if you want to receive an absentee ballot by mail you must turn in your application by tomorrow. you can vote in person at your county voter registration office until 5 p-m the republican race now heads to nevada where the state's caucus will be held tomorrow. but over the weekend -- voters overwhelming made their voices heard giving donald trump a convincing win here in south carolina. our michal higdon is live in the newsroom with a breakdown. the turnout for saturday's re

and before that, she spoke to supporters at the brookland baptist church conference center in west columbia.news19's j-r berry talked to the former first lady on a number of topics ... including the possibility of guantanomo bay detainess being sent to south carolina ... and if she's concerned at all about constant questions about her emails and benghazi.she didn't talk about the emails... but did tell us she didn't think benghazi would be an issue. states 3 tomorrow, bill clinton will be in to aiken and bluffton for the campaign. 3 bernie sanders will be campaigning in oklahoma today yesterday he was in columbia speaking at an event about the poverty rate in our country.he attributed the increase in part to a 1996 welfare reform bill that was supported by mrs clinton.he said something needs to be done to help the poor and powerless. in this country3 sanders plans to return to the our state tomorrow...one day before the democratic primary. 3 a house lawmaker wants to use close to 200 million dollars to pay for maintenance of public colleges across the state.in the past governor haley has been oppo

today, clinton will be in west columbia at 1 p.m. at the brookland baptist conference center to talk to voters. later, she'll make her way to sumter to speak at a morris college event. sanders, meanwhile, will be speaking at an event addressing poverty. that's happening at nine a-m at the doubletree on bush river road. last night-- clinton and sanders made their pitches to south carolina voters to in a townhall- the u-s-c school of law hosted sanders was asked about why he can't seem to catch fire with african- american voters. clinton addressed the persistence of her so- called e-mail scandal -- and was asked what she could say to comfort democrats possible subpoena. they both talked about guantanamo too. "obviously if people are terrorists, they need to be confined and we need to make sure that they stay in jail until whatever happens. but i think the president is right. i think we should shut down guantanamo." "so where they end up should be a matter of negotiation. i know that's what the president to do. i will say this -- we've got a few places in not here but, you know, the sec

racism.the luncheon was at brookland baptist church.the former secretary of state talked about the importance of creating jobs and opportunities...supporting the affordable care act...and breaking down barriers.she says there is too much violence... claiming african american lives.she says it's time to do what it takes... to 3 (00:50:33)trt: 25"i just visited a program in charleston that helps turn around the lives and broaden the horizons of men coming out of prison. i'm looking for progress like that because i want to do everythign i can to give people a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th chance to be able to make it in our country." country."3 for the past couple of days... clinton has made ten stops in south carolina with five mothers of black teens and men who died as a result of violence.she called it the breaking down barriers forum. clinton asked the crowd to vote on saturday... or to vote absentee ahead of time. 3 despite trailing hillary clinton... bernie sanders says he's not giving up on south carolina ahead of saturday's democratic primary. primary.we were there as the vermont senator held a news

couple senior night at brookland- beef on the court.keyshawn james played defended their title their the fotoball t won. >>> was the quarterback.final regular season home game for the seniors who football team prior to tipoff with swansea. we will start with the bearcats on offense - kenny simmons - another senior - scores two of his t for the high 16 points.swansea head coach willie pretty good basketball players tonight. here's another senior, two of his 16 points. the coach careerswanseas ronnie hutchinson gives it up to keenan coates who gives it in right back to hutchinson - gives bearcatstscome back with a nice delivery here comes the mike anderson who scores.now this game as tied at 12 in mic anderson who final the game quarter - the aforementioned kozie brow - from well beyond the arc - as the buzzer sounds. and the quarter 15-12 bearcats beyond the rolls - 63-37. they play arch rival airport friday night for second place in the region. 3 lexington at home taking on the south aiken, a wildcat win with the thoroughbreads for 2-nd in south bacon. moving into spencer bethea driv

the theme is a night at the apollo theater.the students will take the stage tonight at 6pm at brookland cayce high school in cayce. 3 the south carolina legislative black caucus is starting its 2016 voter involvement campaign this evening in an effort to increase voter participation , the members of the south carolina legislative black caucus are having an after work social, called olitics & hip hopit starts at 5:00 pm at myxx mix nightlife. that's on berryhill road.the event is free and open to the public. 3 have you ever wanted to know more about solar power for you home?tonight you can find out more information including incentives the palmetto state has to offer home owerns. the free workshop starts at 5:30 at the state museum located on gervais street in columbia. 3 at the state house today, continue the roads topic...but with one senator on the floor blocking the votes. senator tom davis, who fillibustered the bill last year, has been taking the floor since last week, voicing his stance against raising a gas tax. although earlier "this" year, he said he would "not" block the bill.

earlier she spoke to supporters at brookland baptist church conference center. we had a chance to speak with the former first lady one-on- one on a number of topics including the possibility of guantanamo bay detainees being sent to south carolina and if she's concerned about constant questions about her emails in benghazi. aussie didn't talk about the emails, she told me she doesn't think benghazi will be an issue. >> i do not believe it will be. i testified for 11 hours. they said very clearly after it was over there was nothing new there because we have been saying the same thing for quite some time. i don't see any issues. interested in is how are we going to solve some of our problems and work together. are we going to make the economy work for everybody. >> talk about an issue that's been in the news this week in south carolina. resident obama talking about closing down guantanamo again and possibly those detainees coming just outside of charleston. he says that something she will fight. what is your position? >> i know the president hasn't made any decisi

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today she attended a luncheon at the brookland baptist conference center for alpha kappa alpha sorority - the oldest black sorority. in just about an hour, clinton will be in sumter senator bernie sanders is keeping up his message on poverty. he was in the capital city this morning. sanders is hoping to pick up some momentum heading into south carolina's democratic primary on saturday. his focus today was lifting families in the palmetto state out of poverty. he said poverty is a crisis he wants to address if he becomes president . . "where we are today is to remember how we got where we are, to understand that in the richest country in the history of the world, we do not have to have children living in extreme poverty. we need a government that represents all of us and not just the wealthy and the powerful." the senator was joined this morning by south carolina representatives joe neal and justin bamberg. follwing this event, he left for a two state swing looking for support in missouri and oklahoma we are now just three days from the 'first in the south' democratic primary. the polls

i will explain tonight at 5:30 pm. >>> meanwhile, in brookland -- brooklyn, to other stabbing incidents. a homeless man stabbed another man on the i train in east williamsburg late last night. the victim went to the hospital with injuries to his neck and hand. police later arrested miguel collado. boy in the face last night on autumn avenue. investigators say a woman distracted the victim and then a man attacked him from behind. the attackers did not run the victim and the motive at this point remains unclear. >>> of course, if you listen to the pundits, we weren't expected to win much and now we are winning, winning, winning and assume the country is going to start winning, winning, winning. >> that was donald trump speaking after his big win in the republican caucus of nevada. trump has now won states in the northeast, south and the west and has some major momentum heading into super tuesday next week. about a dozen states will vote on super tuesday with one in 600 delegates up for grabs. today, donald trump echoed a familiar message in one of those states, virginia. >> we are going t

crews are place at spirit >>> all right gang ladies tomorrow from 8:00 until noon here will commit brookland baptist church f f the annual cinderella project. bar again lawyers have elected hundreds of dresses, purses, and issues to let all of the night. just bring the student id with >>> we are about six weeks or so away from the first pitch at spirit communications park a columbia and this morning single-game tickets for the columbia fireflies went on sale. opening day is april 14 against the greenville. the team leaders are encouraging folks to go ahead and get tickets because they believe opening- night is going to sell out quickly. if you like more information had on to our website at www.wltx.com. >>> "weird al" yankovic is bringing his world tour to columbia. tickets went on sale this morning. the four time grammy award- winning artist will be at the koger center on september on september 7. a quick reminder the democratic presidential primary is tomorrow. the polls will open at 7 a.m. and stay open until 7 pm. the latest poll numbers show hillary clinton with a 50 point the clinic --

he stopped at brookland baptist church at a dinner gathering and last night more than 5000 people came to see him speak at a rally in greenville. he lost to clinton and the nevada caucuses but says his campaign is momentum on its side. for complete coverage on the democratic primary head to our website wltx.com and click on that other headlines. >>> a rainy start to the work weekend question now how long will the rain stick around? meteorologist efren afante joins us now with the answer. >> we've been getting a lot of rain since early this morning and now a transition from showers to go showers and nonsevere thunderstorms and a lot of lightning associated with it. the extension from saluda county into northern aiken county. moving to parts of lexington county into columbia and then more going into aryans from hopkins and throw sumpter and approaching into areas so a lot of rainfall, a lot of lightning with it. right now in columbia 60s and calm winds. we expect the ring to continue in thunderstorms as well. low 51 and then tomorrow brain seven-day forecast and when the rain will be out

charged with aggrivated assault on a law enforcement officer and rake nats louise littles lived in the brookland park area for years nats honk she says she heard and saw the commotion from her front window and thats just too close sot louise little, neighbor 210321 the bullets dont have no name on them the bullets could have hit anybody, it could have hit my window little says its time for the gun violence to stop 210425 too many killings, too many shootings, kids getting hurt, its ridiculous its ridiculous look live tag again, the officer that was shot, were told he is suffering from non- life threatening injuries and is expected to recovery. officials say there will be a "use of force" investigation - because the officer fired his weapon. next at six. a case that keeps getting stranger. two virginia tech students arraigned on charges for their role in the death of a 13- year-old girl. a local college says one of its what the announcement could say about the spread of the disease here a william and mary student student who contracted the zika virus. the announcement comes a day before it s decl

lakewood advances with a 50 to 38 win over brookland-cayce. that's the news for now. remember you can get breaking news on the go by downloading jeb bush's campaign has cratered, now he just slings mud. but, it's made no difference. the state endorsed john kasich saying voters should, "ignore the blather of candidates without real credentials to lead the country." the usa today poll said kasich was the most likely republican john kasich is presidential. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: from stage one at universal studios hollywood, in los angeles, california, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- bryan cranston, demi lovato, musical guest, the weeknd, and featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: 421, that's it! woo! >> steve: and now, here he is,

today the presidential hopeful stopped by brookland baptist church to reach out to potential voters. during his visit, sanders criminal justice reform. >>> columbia police are asking for your help as they continue searching for two expects wanted in a shooting at columbiana center mall. authorities are calling it isolated after an argument turned physical in the food court of the mall last night. columbia police say no people were injured after shots were fired into the air and the mall was evacuated. >> i was crying, because i had my baby. i had my 3-year-old in my hand, and i'm like, they got us locked in. we don't know what's going on. we don't know if the person is coming back here. we had to run further back in the store, because they thought somebody was running in the store with the gun. so we didn't know what was going on. we couldn't see. i was just freaking out, crying. i was ready to get out of there. i was ready to get my baby out of there. >> according to authorities, one suspect is described as about 150 pounds and tall, last seen wearing jeans and a red t-shirt. yet fo

and earlier she spoke to supporters at brookland baptist church conference center in west a chance to speak with the former first lady on a number of topics ... including the possibility of guantanomo bay detainess being sent to south carolina ... and if she's concerned at all about constant questions about her emails and benghazi.she didn't talk about the emails... but did tell us she didn't think benghazi would be an issue. 3 i know it'll only come with states3 3 on friday bill clinton will be in to aiken and bluffton for the campaign. 3 and bernie sanders will be campaigning in oklahoma today yesterday he was in columbia event about the poverty rate in our country.he attributed the increase in part to a 1996 welfare reform bill that was supported by mrs clinton.he said something needs to be done to help the poor and powerless. in this country3 sanders plans to return to the our state on friday...one day before the democratic primary. 3 3 there's a new effort this morning to better protect your personal information online. it's a new program....housed at u-s-c...but also involves th

this afternoon she'll be in west columbia at an open-to-the-public luncheon at the brookland baptist conference center. that is scheduled to start at 2:15 later in the day, clinton will be in sumter to speak at a morris college event. for the republicans, donald trump came out as the winner in last night's wild-west showdown in the nevada caucus. as the g-o-p duked it out there, the democrats were answering questions here in midlands. reid binion has more. :00 - :03 :28 - :32 :38 - :40 :46 - :57 1:10 - 1:15 "now we're winning winning winning the country." donald trump rode to victory in the nevada caucuses tuesday.... "we won with young, we won with old, we one with highly educated, we won with poorly educated. i love the poorly educated." but with trump highly favored even before the results started coming in... ...the real fight was between ted cruz and marco rubio for second place. cruz, spinning his showing in nevada as "we are one step closer to turning the the pages on the failures on the obama-clinton disaster." rubio, touting his establishment- candidate identity as critical

on wednesday, she'll be at a lunch at brookland baptist church at 2:30. clinton will also talk to voters at morris college wednesday night. that event is in the garrick-boykin human development center from 5 to 7. the 'first in the south' saturday and if you can't get to your polling place this weekend, there's still time to vote absentee. if you want to receive an absentee ballot by mail you must turn in your application by tomorrow. you can vote in person at your county voter registration office until 5 p-m on friday. you can get extensive coverage of the south carolina democratic primary and the impact of the state's g-o-p primary results on our website, wistv-dot-com. just click on the special decision 2016 tab. we're following a developing story this afternoon: a suspect is in custody after the newberry branch of bb&t was robbed earlier today. -corner of wilson road and kinard street -the suspect fled the location - law enforcement took that person into custody. -no suspects at large. -several businesses were locked down -law enforcement says lock do

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the theme is a night at the apollo theater.the students will take the stage tonight at 6pm at brookland cayce high school in cayce. 3 the south carolina legislative black caucus is starting its 2016 voter involvement campaign this evening in an effort to increase voter participation , the members of the south carolina legislative black caucus are having an after work social, called olitics & hip hopit starts at 5:00 pm at myxx nightlife.that's on berryhill road.the event is 3 according to the american heart association, one in four south carolinians suffers from cardiovascular diseasetoday cardiologist patrick mccann will discuss the causes and symptomsf heart failure and the latest solutions for survival. the event will be at t six p.m. at palmetto health baptist parkridge in the birch room.and coming up at 6 on news19 this morning we'll be speaking with a heart doctor on how not getting enough sleep puts you at a higher risk for a heart attack. again that's when you join us for news19 this morning at 6. 3 3 yesterday on what's brewing we told you about 106 year old virginia mclaurin w

a day at the capitol luncheon.it's happening around two oclock at brookland baptist church. willie wilson will have a meet and greet at the phillis wheatley community center tonight at 7:30. 3 and here is a look at the five remaining republican candidates. remember -- for you decide 20-16 -- head to fox carolina-dot-com. 3 time for weather and traffic every 10 minutes with nicole. 3 storms early could bring damaging wind, flooding rain, and a possible isolated tornado. rain will taper off in the afternoon, with highs reaching the low 60s. a strong wind remains in place, with possible trees down and power problems. tonight becomes clear and cold with lows in the 30s. 3 now to chris with traffic. 3*********hold****** *********hold****** 3 we're watching this:greenville accident wofford rd @ sc290 laurens county neely ferry rd @ ekom beach rd rd 3 you're taking a live look at 3 it's ______.good morning joe. joe.hey you guys.spartanburg methodist college is hosting quite the event.don't miss out on all the hip hop action coming up. 3 we head to break with a live look at...usc up

a day at the capitol luncheon.it's happening around two oclock at brookland baptist church. willie wilson will have a meet and greet at the phillis wheatley community center tonight at 7:30. 3 and here is a look at the five remaining republican candidates. remember -- for everything you need to know on you decide 20-16 -- head to fox carolina-dot-com. 3 time for weather and traffic every 10 minutes with nicole. 3 storms early could bring damaging wind, flooding rain, and a possible isolated tornado. rain will taper off in the afternoon, with highs wind remains in place, with possible trees down and power problems. tonight becomes clear and cold with lows in the 30s. 3 now to chris with traffic. 3*********hold****** *********hold****** 3 we're watching this: this: 3 you're taking a live look at 3 3 it's ______.one of the biggest construction construction projects in the state is underway in greenville county around i-85 and 385. coming into what it will look like once its all done. 3 we head to break with a live look at...usc upstateyou're watching the morning news on fox car

stephen tschida live in the brookland neighborhood to explain what is going on. >> a lot of people are on edge after a woman parked a vehicle on newton street. got out and injury inches from the safety of the own home when she fell victim to what some believe is a new crime trend. just as she put the key in the front door he robbed her and left her on the ground. >> this this is the suspect with a robbery and the same m.o. the other incident the suspect raced back to a waiting vehicle and took off. >> this is just a terrible thing. i think that things, something needs to be done about it. the residents say the rash of crimes, many violent involving the teenagers or young adults recently in d.c. has them concerned and their guard up. >> it has been alarming to see so many in the news. especially on the metro. something to be aware of yourself. >> we have been in communication with the woman in the recent robbery and she says she didn't get a good look at the suspect but what she did see like in so many recent incidents the suspect appeared to be a teenager. reporting live, stephen tschi

kasich's held a few events in our area like a town hall at west columbia's brookland baptist church back in november. but for the most part, his presence has been limited. when it comes to tv advertising, kasich's campaign hasn't spent money in our state, and a pac working on his behalf's spent a mere $30,000... which is pennies on the dollar to bush's million plus and cruz and rubio's hundreds of thousands. many have speculated kasich's focusing his attention on the midwest, but that's left him playing catchup candidates have spent months campaigning. "he was kind of the last one to announce... the last major candidate to get in the race, so he's been running from behind. and also, he's not had a lot of name recognition, so he's had to take the debates and the time up till now, even to some extent in iowa, but to a much greater extent concentrating all of his resources in new hampshire. so the fact that he comes here, it really is a hindrence, it makes it that much more difficult." oldendick went on to say kasich does stand to bring over some of chris christie's supporters with the new

on wednesday, she'll attend a luncheon at brookland baptist church at 2:30. clinton will also talk to voters at morris college wednesday night. that event is in the garrick-boykin human development center from 5 to 7. as south carolina voters head to the polls this weekend for the democratic primary -- there's several factors that political analysts say won't be the same as with the republican. usc professor robert oldendick says because south carolina is traditionally a red state -- the winner of the republican primary has more at stake. oldendick says clinton has a lead in south carolina because of the broad the african-american community which oldendick says will make up about 55 percent of the vote this saturday. a reason bernie sanders will have to step up his game if they want to win the palmetto state. "there's the personality characteristic, is the candidate trustworthy... but there's also the issues -- where do people stand on the issues. are they closer to your positions? and then there's also the idea of credibility and will they actually be able t

sanders is already here in the capital city and will be attending church service at brookland baptist this morning. our mike desumma is there and we'll check in with him shortly. looking ahead, civil rights activist jesse jackson is touring south carolina to encourage people to vote. jackson says there are 1 point 2 million african- americans in the state who are eligible to vote, but only about 1 million of them are registered. jackson says he is also urging south carolina to expand medicaid under the affordable care act, where the federal government pays most of the cost. today he plans on making stops at churches in columbia, chester and rock hill. he will be in winnsboro tomorrow morning, then at midlands tech at noon and allen university in columbia. we're getting information into our newsroom this morning about a tragic accident on lake marion yesterday. officials with the department of natural resources say one man is dead and another missing it happened saturday afternoon, but the search continues this morning. our mike desumma joins us now from the newsroom with more details.

took part in the alpha kappa alpha sorority day luncheon in west columbia.she spoke to the crowd at brookland baptist church- talking about the need to improve race relations.she also talked about job creation and access to education. 3 3 "when i think about the progress that we have made under president obama, i am determined and committed to preserve and protect that progress." progress.""the republicans are trying to paint an alternate reality and we are not going to let them do that." 3 senator bernie sanders was also in the state capital today - for a news conference on poverty.the senator laid out his agenda to support working families in the palmetto state -by helping to lower unemployment rates. 3 3 3 'today in america, and again we don't talk about this, real unemployment isnt 5%. count those who have given up on looking for work is close to 10-percent and thats why we need to create decent jobs. 3 and chicago businessman dr. willie wilson held a town hall of his own - after he says he's been completely shunned by the dnc.he was in greenville tonight - at the phillis wheatley communi

wdbj7 shayne dwyer joins us live in roanoke this morning outside the brookland center. how many snowplows shayne have you seen so far? >> kimberly, i have probably seen 10 to 15 plows. many more than that have driven by but at least 10 to 15 of them have had the plows down. looking around the corner of -- the plows have been working here and i can see blacktop. surprisingly a lot of traffic here on the road. slow which is good news and leaving a lot of room for the plow crews to do their job as i work here you see the snow cleared up a little bit off the roads. salt is doing its job and just because you see the blacktop doesn't mean you should get too confident in your driving. take it slow. especially on some of the side roles roads and places where you're turning off of orange avenue onto the road and you could find nurse some trouble quickly if you got a little too overconfident checked in with the airport and they're reporting some canceled flights for arrivals annedidae departure if you're flying out of the airport head to their website to check on it. from top dow

moments before that another incident a couple blocks away at the brookland station. next hour we will tell you about that and we will tell you about an assault on some bus drivers which we witnessed there today. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. in virginia, state lawmakers are rallying support to allow minor alcohol or marijuana offenses to completely disappear if the crimes were committed before turning the age 21. those criminal records would be expunged five years after sentence ends. a bill is on the way to the full virginia state senate. michelle: legislative panel approved a bill to require virginia in schools to use bathroom corresponding to the gender at birth. i would require adults visiting a school to follow the same school. if it becomes law, violators would be fined hundreds of dollars. the u.s. department of education says districts should allow transgender students to use bathrooms designated for gender of which they identify. still coming up at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the cause and why so many women and men are wearing r

you can also play dress up like the princess at brookland baptist church tomorrow. with prom right around the corner... they're planning a busy day with lots of free prom dresses. this is for the annual "cinderella project boutique"... sponsored by "s-c bar young lawyers" all dresses are gently worn... formal...bridesmaid and prom dresses for young women who lack the financial resources to buy a gown. tomorrow morning. 33 33 we're checking out what will be making headlines later today. here's eric with your "look ahead." it's friday... which means you can take the family for a free adventure at the riverbanks zoo. this is your last chance to take advantage of the zoo's "free friday" deal. for admission... guests will be asketo provide a valid driver's licence... property tax statement or vehicle registration as proof of residency. and for you columbia fireflies fans... tickets start going on sale today for their opening day and the 20-16 inaugural season at spirit communications park. tickets are available at the website... the fireflies are kicking off their season