bit more pressure3 news 19 janae frazier attended the meeting. 3 nats**during today south carolina state university board of trustees meeting board members asked administration personnel to leave to finish up any last minute details needed for a state mandated report due this afternoon the report with financial and legal information has to be done so that the school can request state money for the upcoming fiscal year **nats**no specific numbers in the report were discussed or disclosed board of trustees chairman charles way says that because it will change way: hat a moving target. resident dr. dr. w. franklin evans says he just received the information for the proper formatting of the report yesterday so it was a race against time .(30 seconds)--- president: under the gun to get it done. he first draft was due to legislators by 4:30 legislators will then request any additional information needed before tuesday presentation. reporter: administration and board of trustees were asked to meet and present the report to the house ways and means higher education budget subcommittee on tuesday in columbi

we were at south carolina state university thursday. we kicked off the historically black colleges and universities tour. it was young people lead. we had alumni -- from the young leaders council who were speaking about the importance of affordable education. the importance of universal healthcare. the importance of criminal justice. sanders is -- it is an entire coalition. it is young people. it is also seasoned people. it is men and women -- who are gay, straight, black, white, latino. we're standing up and saying that we want to get involved in the political process. america is not just for billionaires. >> thank you for being with us. what is your website? >> it is berniesanders.com. you can follow us on twitter. like us on facebook. we're excited to be in south carolina. >> thank you. coming up, one of my favorite people. roy brown is one of those guys that has been in politics for a while. he is with us today. and then martin o'malley campaign is picking up as well. we will talk to him in a moment >>> welcome back. talking about s

tonight at south carolina state university. that's going to be at seven at the barbara a. vaughn fine arts center. sanders, along with fellow democratic presidential hopefuls... hillary clinton and martin o'malley will be here in columbia on monday... to take part in "king day at the dome." religious and civic leader jesse jackson.... is busy criss-crossing the head to the polls next month. jackson will take part in the "rally-to-the polls" event at u-s-c aiken today... before heading to bamberg to speak on medicaid expansion. jackson spoke on the u-s healthcare system during a stop last night ih columbia. 33 jackson will continue to to travel the state this week talking about medicare, poverty, and helping people register to vote. donald trump is responding to governor nikki haley's official response to president barrack obama's state of the union address. in it.. haley cautioned against following the siren call of the angriest voices.... and addressing the apparent jab. 33 governor 33 haley says she stands by what she believes... and hopes the american people can take aw

tonight, students at south carolina state university and benedict college will "feel the bern" as the bernie sanders campaign kicks off its tour of carolina state university and benedict college will "feel the bern" as the bernie sanders campaign kicks off its tour of historically black colleges and universities. billie jean spoke to tonight's speaker. she joins us from sc state. tonight dr. cornell west will speak on behalf of senator bernie sanders. to talk to students about what sanders stands for and why he should become the next president. the prominent civil rights activist says he will discuss several topics such as tuition free universities and colleges as well as criminal justice reform. just a short time ago, he toured scsu's campus and spoke to students about what qualities they believe the next president should possess. west says it is an honor to speak to the students tonight on behalf of senator sanders. . "when black america gets a chance to find out who brother bernie sanders really is and know he's for real about fighting poverty, about fighting police murder, about f

south carolina state university leaders just wrapped up a meeting with the house ways and means committee. they presented lawmakers with a proposed budget for the 2016-2017 school year. scsu is requesting roughly 128 million dollars to run the university next year. 31 million dollars will go toward upgrading the campus, heightening security on campus as well as paying back loans. billie jean shaw will give an in depth report of the meeting and if the interim president has plans of becoming the university's next president. on the campaign trail, republican presidential frontrunner donald trump will be in the midlands tomorrow. trump will be holding a rally at harmon tree farm in gilbert. the washington post is reporting that former state senator jake knotts will endorse trump for president at the event. knotts made national headlines several years ago when he referred to then gubernatorial candidate nikki haley as a "raghead." tomorrow's rally will be at 7...doors open at 5. here in south carolina, if you have not registered to vote in the democratic primary--tomorrow is the last day to do

richland deputies into allegations that female victims were being trafficked for money. 3 south carolina state university interim board of trustees spent the day working on a state mandated report on their requested finances.this report is the first step school leaders must take in order to request state funds for next year budget. university officials will meet with and present the report to legislators of the house ways and means higher education budget subcommittee on tuesday. 3 the senate transportation committee has approved appointing christy hall to run the department of transportation.hall has been the interim director of the state road agencies since last year.lawmakers gave her high marks for handling the massive damage to state roads and bridges caused by october's floods.hall's nomination now moves to the full senate.hall says "morale" is increasing at know running the department. 3 3 3 stars wars fans will have to wait a little longer for the next installment... and adele returns to the grammy stage. c-b-s's suzanne marques has those stories and more in today's eye on entertainment. chyrons:

showers will diminish thursday carolina state university are asking the state to "write off" millions of dollars to help the school polish up its finances. a short time ago university officials means commitee with a proposed budget for the next school year. they say they need 128 million dollars. that's about 31 million dollars for academics, upgrading security and technology, as well as pay back 12 million dollars in loans. in 2014, the blue ribbon advisory committee loaned sc state the money. today they asked the state to forgive the debt so the university will be in good standing with southern association colleges and schools. "what we're trying to show them is financial stability, that we have the financial resources that are available that's one of the standards that are still looming over our head, that a big one." legislatures say they will discuss the option of repaying the loan as well as a possible payment plan. in addition to the budget, the topic of permanent leadership was discussed. representative gilda cobb hunter says last year the school;s board of trustees was given

in about an hour, south carolina state university and benedict college students will hear from a special speaker as part of presidential candidate bernie sanders' tour of historically black colleges and universities. billie jean shaw joins us from sc state. dr. west says he will discuss several topics tonight including tuition free universities and colleges as well as criminal justice reform. the civil rights activist says tonight he wants the audience to know why bernie become the next president. west also says tonight is not all about politics. he says historically black colleges and universities hold great value and he wants the students to leave tonight feeling inspired. he says sc state was the perfect institution, they produce such high quality folk and we had figured in order for the next president to make a major entr\e in the black context this is the place to be." tonight's "feel the bern" campaign kicks off at 7 p.m. here at scsu at the barbara a. vaughan fine arts center. jesse jackson will also be joining dr. west. it is free and open to the public. live in orangeburg, billi

.>>> bernie sanders making a campaign stop in orangeburg, at the south carolina state university for his first stop tours. the activist and arthur cornell west will be speaking at the event. >>> presidential hopeful mike huckabee and rick santorum in the bid lanes this morning, and they spoke at the senior show being held at the state fairground.>>> the democrats for the president will be in north charleston tonight, and the candidates that will take part in the 9:00 debate are donald trump, ted cruz, ben carson, marco rubio, jeb bush, john kasich, and of course chris christie.>>> isis is claiming responsibility for the deadly attack in indonesia's capitol today, and they used guns and bombs to target foreigners at a starbucks and in the shopping area in jakarta. seven people are dead, including the five attackers, motorbikes in waste gun battle with the police for three hours before the fighting ended. >>> the italian police have arrested a man in connection with the killing of the florida native ashley olsen, found dead in her apartment in florence, and the murderer is an illegal i

to 10 years but he will spend a year under house arrest and five years chairman of south carolina state university was sentenced taking federal money from projects. then falsifying paperwork to get more funds. jonathan penton was ordered to pay more than $337,000 in restitution you also have to serve five years of supervised release once he gets out. five other men including the school's former police chief have been sentenced to probation for their part in that corruption scheme.>>> in 2015 another claimed his innocence for more than a year former state senator robert ford guilty to improper use of campaign money. guilty police them from a's senate ethics investigation. ford pled guilty to four of the eight charges he was facing. however, afterwards he said he is not guilty at all. and only pled guilty to sasa himself from spending money on an expensive trial. he was sentenced to five years >>> in much the president went to the capital city and spoke to more than 1100 people at but it cost about his initiative call my brother's keeper. before obama went to benedict he stopped and grab lunch at br

leaders from south carolina state university are asking the state to "write off" millions of dollars to help the school fix its finances. school officials told the house ways and means committee they need 128 million dollars. in 2014, the blue ribbon advisory committee loaned sc state the money. officials want the state to forgive the debt so the university will be in good standing with southern association of colleges and schools. board members say they will next discuss searching for a new school president. a job fair to help usc students and alumni columbia. the career fest and science, engineering and technology fairs are being held at the columbia metropolitan convention center. if you want to attend you still goes until four p-m. you are asked to bring multiple copies of your resume. visit s-c-dot-edu slash career for a list of employers attending the event and the positions available. also today a new walmart neighborhood market opened for business in columbia. it's located at 3603 broad river road. there's also a gas station and pharmacy at this location. the new walmart is e

. >> reporter: during today's south carolina state university board of trustees meeting board members asked administration personnel to finish up last minute details needed for a report. due this afternoon. the report with financial and legal information has to be done so the school can request state money for the fiscal year. no specific numbers were discussed or disclosed. the chairman says that is because it will change. >> a moving target. we will have to know by tuesday at 1:30 p.m. >> the president says he just received the information for report yesterday so today was a race. >> we apologize for technical difficulties there with that report. >>> orangeburg district 5 has a new superintendent today. he is 42-year-old jesse washington. the board agreed to a three year contract last night with a salary of $165,000. he has been with the district since 2011 serving as a chief human resources officer. >>> coming up, daniel has details on the possibility of flurries this coming weekend. >> i am jim gandy in colorado. it is not about snow here. right now it is about weather and climate

. >> ben: south carolina state university is asking for $30 million. the university made the request during a meeting of the house ways and means committee today. according to numbers compiled by the times and democrat, much of the money will go towarard repaying debt and repairing buildings on campus. >> alicia: all eyes may be on iowa, but the gop frontrunner is making a stop right here in the midlands. tomorrow, donald trump will hold a campaign rally at harmon tree doors open at 5:00 and the convenient starts at 7:00. the event is free and open to the public according to the trump campaign. >> ben: things a little closer on the democratic side. a new cnn-orc poll finin hillary clinton tops her nearest rival bernie sanders 52 abouters to 38 percent. 38%. clinton's lead is smaller than it has been at any point since the field narrowed to three candidates. >> alicia: unemployment is holding steady in south carolina. the department of employment and workforce says the jobless rate in december was 5.5%, the same as in november. the national unemployment

>> this is the 14th year for the event. [ music ] >>> and the marching 101 band of south carolina state university will be in a huge competition this weekend. the battle of the bands in atlanta. it is tomorrow at the georgia dome. if you are going you have to make sure to get your tickets ahead of time from ticket master. it starts at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. >>> and 20-0 is what the usc women are after another big win last night. they beat ole miss 81-62. they are on the road now for their next game. they play texas a&m sunday. tip-off is set for 6:00 p.m. >>> and the men are at home tomorrow night. taking on alabama. one of the only two teams they lost to this year. tip-off for that game 6:00 p.m. >>> the usc baseball team began spring practice this afternoon. if you didn't make it today, it the first pitch is at 1:00 p.m. and sunday 1:30 p.m. the best part is, they are totally free. carolina is looking to bounce back from one of the worse seasons they have had in the last couple years in which they failed to make it to the ncaa tournament. >>> and the super bowl will celebrate its national

is to add restaurants, shops and bars across the street from claflin university and south carolina state university. students say they are excited about the plan. "the weekends will be more fun have that kinda stuff other than just staying in your dorm around campus." "not reviatilizing orangeburg to a certain extent will hurt the tradition and legacy of this university because you have to competitive." "we want our city to be attractive, we want or city to attract more industry." butler says the next step is getting to work on specifics like, identifying businesses to move in and financing. a controversial project to revitalize a portion of west columbia will go to a vote tomorrow night's city council meeting. the proposed "brookland" the corner of state and meeting street in columbia, and include restaurants, boutiques, and housing. some neighbors have raised concerns over the project--which has delayed voting to rezone the area. that vote has now been put on the agenda for tomorrow's meeting. wednesday is partly cloudy with highs in the mid 40s and a 20% chance of a late day, early evening sprin

discussion featuring former south carolina chief justice jean toal, state representative mia mcleod, former columbia mayor bob coble and law will meet at 6 tonight in the university of south carolina's school of law auditorium. the event is sponsored by the black law students association and is free and open to the public. some prime real estate in columbia could get the final green light for new development today. plans for the old kline iron and steel company property will go before the city design commission. a greenville developer wants to build about 300 housing units, retail stores, restaurants, and a parking garage in that area. another addition would be a traffic light connecting pedestrians and cars from lady street into the future site. the meeting is at 4 o'clock. if you drove down killian road in northeast columbia today - you may have experienced some added traffic congestion. a new chick-fil-a restaurant opened its doors, offering free chick-fil-a food for a year to its first 100 customers - that's more than 32- thousand dollars in food. in addition to free food, the restaurant also held a children's book drive. those books will be donated to elemen

south carolina state university leaders have put the finishing touches on their proposed budget report for the 2016-2017 school year. the report was submitted yesterday to a house ways and means higher education subcommittee for review. officials say the 52-page document details where the money will be distributed. interim president dr. franklin evans says the administration was under a lot of pressure to meet the deadline. university leaders will make the presentation to legislators on tuesday. a death that seems to be right out of a spy novel. the latest after a british judge says a former russian spy's government. plus, tracking the next major weather maker and it's impact on people here in the midlands. tim miller will have an update. break one when it comes to connecting to the world online, people have different needs. whether it's keeping up with loved ones or keeping up with the latest trends... at&t u-verse high speed internet lets you get the fast and affordable internet that's right for you. get high speed internet-just $15 dollars a month for 12 months with other qualifying

and south carolina state university is asking for more green to get out of the red. the university is asking for $30 million. university officials requested $30 million during a meeting of the house ways and means committee. according to "the times and democrat" much of that money will be used to repay their debt and repair campus buildings. and it's one thing that's for certain, you can't pay for some we've had today. we've been really lucky. >> really have. may have to dodge some showers, though, along the way. let's turn things over to meteorologist jonathan kennedy and first look at the forecast. good afternoon, jonathan. >> good afternoon, guys. we've been dodging rain drops all day and doing a pretty good job at that. mostly cloudy skies for us here in the early hours of your wednesday afternoon. but we are still awaiting to see any type of significant rainfall for us. we did see a little bit of drizzle earlier this morning. a few pockets here and there. we're looking for more of the same as we move into the afternoon hours. seeing the rain pick up to the east

tonight hundreds of people gathered at south carolina state university as the bernie sanders' campaign launched its hbcu tour. dr. cornell west, a civil rights activist, spoke at the event on behalf of bernie sanders. he discussed discuss several topics such as tuition free universities and colleges as well as criminal justice reform. dr. west explained to theheudience that he believed bernie sanders fits all the criteria to become the next president specifically because he cares about the longevity of hbcus. members of the audience say they "it was great cornel west gave me some great key points about bernie sanders wanting to help promote the young educated black females and males." gaymon went on to say she is proud scsu was chosen to kick off the campaign. the next stop for the hbcu tour is nashville. all three democratic hopefuls will be in the lowcountry this sunday. hillary clinton, bernie sanders, and martin o'malley will take charles molineaux is at the north charleston coliseum. charles? texas sen. ted cruz is dismissing his failing to disclose a $1 million loan to his 2012 s

campaign is kicking off its historically black colleges and universities tour tonight at south carolina state university. it starts at 7:00 at the barbara a. vaughn fine arts center. seniors and fellow democratic presidential hopefuls hillary clinton and martin o'malley will all be columbia monday taking part in the king day at the dome. >> religious and civic leader jesse jackson is making sure people here in the palmetto state head to the polls next month. rally to the polls event. it's at u.s.c. today. jackson says he spoke on the u.s. health care system during a stop last night at columbia. >> must attack the problem and not attack each other. too much of name calling and one-liners and entertaining. we need an agenda. citizens black and white need and deserve medical care. >> and jackson will continue traveling the state this week talking about medicare, poverty and helping people register to vote. donald trump responding to governor nikki haley's official response to president barack obama's state of the union address. >> that's right. in it, haley cautioned against following the siren call of the

proceed with legal action against the agency to collect a $1 million daily fine. 3 south carolina state university has presented their 128 million dollar budget to lawmakers. the university says it is on track this year for a balanced budget....but it is still on probation for accreditation. in order to meet the fiscal requirements for accreditation...the school is asking lawmakers to forgive them of 12 million dollars in loans that was used to pay off vendor debt.their budget also included 14 million in one time money for deferred maintenance projects.at the end of the meeting, representative gilda cobb hunter told the board of trustees that they also need to begin their search for a permanent president, and address that cost in their budget.heres what she had to say about whether interim president franklin evans could be picked for the spot. decisions have been made 3 the vice chair, james clark said they plan on discussing their search for permanent leadership in their meeting next week. 3 3 it looks like the ban cam newton petitions are going overboard.a seahawk fan has started his own petitio

the south carolina state university board of trustees is holding a special called meeting today. according to the agenda... board of trustee members will be discussing the upcoming meeting with the house ways and means higher education budget subcommittee. you may remember the university has struggled to get out of the red... and has been working to get out of millions of dollars worth of debt. morning at 10:30. and we may soon know the fate of a vacant four-acre lot in west columbia that's sat empty for decades. members of the west columbia council will be having a second reading consideration of the "brookland" development... at tonight's special council meeting. the reading has been tabled twice... council members deciding to allow the developer "estates and companies", to sit down with the public before making a decision. the site in question is the lot at the intersection of meeting and state streets. 33 still to come... the bourbon market is exploding. and now, it's bringing jobs to the palmetto state. how one small town is getting main and gervais. from new white oak... me

across the street from claflin university and south carolina state university sit several barbershops and abandoned buildings. council has a vision of transforming this area into an entertainment district that will attract more students. right now this area is know at "railroad corner." mayor michael butler tells me the the goal is to create an environment similar to columbia's "five points." while there is not a plan set in stone quite yet, butler says he wants the community to know that priority. "we hope to have restaurants, bars, shops. there is a desperate need for the young people to have things to do." "we love our campus, we love the tradition and we love orangeburg but at the same time it's alot harder to love it when you have to travel other places to have fun." aaron russell, who attends sc state, went on to say students usually travel to charleston or columbia for entertainment, which even includes going to see a movie. butler says the next step is getting to work on specifics like, identifying financing. as soon as we get a time table we'll update you on air and online at

north carolina state university professor discovered the audio. >>> thth is interesting. a rare right while has been the whale and cavs were spotted off of folly beach. it is the first time in three years a right while has been spotted. experts say they estimate there is only 450 of these whales in the north atlantic. >>> and are you ready for hunting? how about python hunting? if you head to florida you can do that. the python challenge, debuted in 2013. hunters with permits are encouraged to capture the snakes alive. people without permits must kill the snake and bag the remains. it is a five week hunt with a chance to win thousands of prizes. the problem is, they are not supposed be in florida and they are destroying the everglades. they are hoping to gather and kill as many as they can. the previous challenge only -- resulted in the capture of 68 snakes. >>> let's talk about something nice now. here is something that is cool. during butler's game this weekend with st. john. you just saw, he nailed it. that is a happy guy. you wonder what we won? free subs for a year.

. >>> south carolina state university's board of trustees spent the day working on a state mandated report on the requested finances. they turned in the report but did not provide specifics to reporters. the report is the first step leaders must make in order to request state funds for next year's budget. it is one they have to do every year but amid the recent financial issues there is more pressure. the president shared with us that he just received the template for the report yesterday. >> the template that we received asked for a lot of other information about enrollment, some of it this year and previous years, graduation rates, those kinds of things. abatements. they wanted to know employee size. a variety of things that we did this was much more inclusive and -- so that is what we have been working on since we are under the gone to get it done. >> the university officials will meet with and present the tuesday. >>> the senate transportation committee approved appointing of transportation. lawmakers gave her high marks for handling the massive damage to the roads and bridges caused b

she was a mother of three and an alumna of south carolina state university. ethel lance served the church as a custodian, and was a longtime member of mother emanuel. "she was always there. she was always there. she was a soldier." the 70-year-old was a mother and grandmother, and was retired after dedicating 34 years to the performing arts. "tywanza was always a bubbly and happy person. his aunt, she would do anything for anybody at anytime." the youngest victim, 26- year-old tywanza sanders was a recent graduate from allen university. witnesses say he died that night trying to protect his jackson was 87-years-old and a longtime member of mother emanuel. cynthia hurd was a well known librarian who, after working for 31-years in charleston county, was looking forward to retirement. her legacy is one that is special to congressman jim clyburn. "this was her church. i''m an ame. my wife was librarian, and she was my daughter''s best friend." hurd was the sister of former north carolina state senator malcolm graham. "sometimes you don''t know when you're enterta

south carolina state university leaders have put the finishing touches on their proposed budget report for the 2016-2017 school year. the report was submitted yesterday to a house ways and means higher education subcommittee for review. officials say the 52-page document details where the money will be distributed. interim president dr. franklin evans says the administration was under a lot of pressure to meet the deadline. university leaders will make the presentation to legislators on tuesday. a major new development project in west columbia has gotten a major green light from city officials. the west columbia city council approved a plan last night to rezone the area near state and meeting streets to be developed into commercial real estate. the project, known as brookland, would include shops, restaurants and 235 new apartment units to be built. several steps need to be cleared before ground can be broken. today, we're expected to learn the musical lineup for the annual st. pats in five points event this year. the music line-up and festival highlights will be revealed tonight at de

sanders will be at the vaughan fine arts center at south carolina state university. he's touring historically black colleges and universities. doors for the event are open at 6:30 and the event starts at 7. our billie jean shaw will be there live and will have more from the event at south carolina state. usc basketball has suffered it's first lost of the season. the men and women were a combined 30- and oh heading into wednesday night -- when the men took their perfect record on the road to play alabama. the gamecocks had a rough night -- falling behind early and trailing by 13 at the the crimson tide kept rolling in alabama wins 73 to 50, dropping the gamecocks to 15-and-1 overall. meanwhile -- the usc women will look to keep their perfect record i itact tonight. they'll also be on the road, playing the kentucky wildcats in lexington. this is a big game in the sec and in the national rankings, with usc ranked number 2 and kentucky ranked number 9. network. and -- a big win for the clemson men last night. the tigers knocked off the defending champion duke blue devils

john: a north carolina state university professor is bringing attention to dr. martin luther king jr.'s "i have a dream" speech. but it is not the one he delivered in washington. he launched a website friday. dr. king delivered this speech in rocky mount months earlier before the march and washington. the website has a restored audit he -- audio version in 1962. look for the story on the abc11.com home page. birthday to you john: in raleigh a musical tribute to dr. king. i was honored to serve as the emcee again with my friends from 103.9. this was at the duke energy center. this is the big finale of all the day's events hosted by the triangle dr. king committee. barbara: in switzerland we have a moment a large avalanche comes cascading down a mountain road. it frswas triggered as a safety precaution near a swiss town. it descends slowly then continues to move down the hill blocking the road. the road has since been secured and cleared. icicles coated power lines in st. louis after a car crashes into a fire hydrant. it sent water into the air and created this sc

south carolina state university as bernie sanders' campaign launched its hbcu tour. dr. cornell west, a civil rights activist, spoke at the event. he discussed topics such as tuition free universities and colleges as well as criminal justice reform. dr. west explained to the audience that he believed bernie sanders fits all the criteria to become the next president specifically because he cares about the longevity of hbcus. members of the audience say they enjoyed the message. "it was great cornel west gave me some great key points about bernie sanders wanting to help promote the young educated black females and males." gaymon went on to say she is proud scsu was chosen to kick off the campaign. the next stop for the hbcu tour is nashville. tour is nashville. this sunday, the democratic presidential candidates will have a debate in congressional black caucus institute and is hosted by nbc news. and those same candidates will be in columbia next week. clinton, sanders and o'malley will be in the capital city for king day at the dome on monday. the event is held annually a

she was a mother of three and an alumna of south carolina state university. ethel lance served the church as a custodian, and was a longtime member of mother emanuel. "she was always there. she was always there. she was a soldier." the 70-year-old was a mother and grandmother, and was retired after dedicating 34 years to the performing arts. happy person. his aunt, she would do anything for anybody at anytime." the youngest victim, 26- year-old tywanza sanders was a recent graduate from allen university. witnesses say he died that night trying to protect his aunt susie jackson. jackson was 87-years-old and a longtime member of mother emanuel. cynthia hurd was a well known librarian who, after working for 31-years in charleston county, was looking forward to retirement. her legacy is one that is special to congressman jim clyburn. "this was her church. i''m an ame. my wife was librarian, and she was my daughter''s best friend." hurd was the sister of former north carolina state senator malcolm graham. "sometimes you don''t know when you're entertaining angels

south carolina state university is still working to get out of the red. the university is asking for 30 million dollars. university officials made the request during a meeting of the house ways and means committee. according to numbers compiled by the "times and democrat" much of the money will go toward repaying debt and repairing buildings on campus. recovery efforts continue here in the midlands... following the one-thousand year flood. and now more help is on the way. south carolinians who were originally refused help following the floods will be getting about ten million dollars in aid. a fema spokesman says after a review.... nearly five thousand additional south carolinians were deemed something as simple as information missing on the application could have resulted in it being denied the first time. in all... fema has approved almost 85 million dollars in disaster aid statewide for individuals and households. residents along the east coast are e so working to recover... following the weekend winter storm. economic experts peg the lost economic out

his older brother says ron tackled self-doubt later in life at north carolina a&t state university, where he briefly decided to study music before an advisor convinced him that physics was his calling. he graduated from there and m-i-t before being selected as an astronaut in 1978. he flew a successful mission aboard challenger in 1984 and became the second african-american in space. it was his second mission aboard challenger two years later that ended in tragedy. carl mcnair "he set his sights high on education." now, carl and many others are using ron's legacy to impact others. they're hoping children, from all backgrounds, will follow in his footsteps. carl mcnair "let them know that they're good enough to go try and apply. if you don't apply, you know, you can't possibly have a chance to win." of course, before the tragedy 30 years ago, mcnair inspired another very who's from columbia. general charles bolden, who's now the administrator of nasa, has said if it weren't for mcnair, he would have never applied to become an astronaut. mcnair was given an honorary doctorate from the unive

this is vio of last week's town hall at south carolina state university. civil rights activist dr. cornel west will again be a a man accused of shooting a charlotte police officer two years ago is expected to plead guilty today. a sentencing hearing for james lewis is scheduled in federal court in columbia. prosecutors say in january of 2014 -- lewis shot charlotte- mecklenburg officer, shane page when he attempted to serve a warrant at a fort mill home. officer page did survive. lewis was wanted for robbing a fast food restaurant in pineville, north carolina. his hearing is at 10:45. taking a live look k is morning at the south carolina state house -- where tonight governor haley will deliver her annual state of the state address. coverage starts at 7--we will carry it live right here on wis. you can also stream it online at wistv.com. following the governor's speech tonight -- representative mandy powers norrell will give the democratic response. and we are following a developing winter storm system impacting the midwest and parts of the south this morning. this live picture out

i wanted to be here in the university of south carolina. i love this state and this university. that was a great opportunity and there was another option to go out and a couple of head jobs that i wanted to take on. but when we revisited that sunday, we looked at each other and he said i want you to be the o-line coach. >>> good news for south carolina baseball. former head coach was inducted to the baseball coaches hall of fame tonight. he is one of four honorees. he is first coach in gamecock to be named into the abca hall of fame. congrats coach. >>> not only do they continue to ride that unbeaten streak. frank martin was given an award. but with all the success that the team has seen lately does it affect their preparation? he says no. >> i feel no different. we prepared like any other game. we prepared like we did last year. we try to go out and give every

there is a public resource from the white house can department of ed gratiod, >ion pnorth carolina state university. dimension there are a couple good players out there and along way to go. how to encourage and recognize the good players. >ion pthe question was good act out there, we have mentioned that and what is aauw doing to encourage or higay iignce those folks that are doing a good job? the best way to respond to that is to say we alwat to try to mention that because there are a lot of hard working titleitle coordinatohow i' that doing wha they're supposed to do. number 2, i would hesitate to single out one particular school for doing everything right. instead i wou a their prevention programming and preparation, she mentioned new hampshire having a climate suerrey. and there is good information for any school that wants a road maeryto use. that is -- there has been some pushback saying this is new, this is too m grh. this is not what schools should be doing and the reality is is not new, it has been around four yeahow i, now holding you accountable in a better way. some of that ogriously has

about a thousand students from about a dozen colleges in north and south carolina gathered at nc state university this weekend for the clash of the organizers call at the time largest college video gaming competition to gait on the east coast. -- to date on the east coast. he was pulled together by the e sports committee and operation supply drop that delivers games and consoles to combat zones and bases around the world. >> you can meet other gamers in your area and network. but it breeds competitiveness. you can see who you're competing against in the area and hopefully step up your game. >> veterans that have just gotten out of the military, one of the first stops is college. so this is a great way for us to connect with the veterans and say hello and meet and greet. >> >> i love this idea. this was the first year for the fry event and they hope to make it an annual competition. >>> 5:42 the carolina panthers still fighting to land a spot in the super bowl. who they'll face after the narrow win against the seahawks >>> before the i dos and a kiss, a braid shares a special we stop arthritis pai

. >>> people in greensboro and north carolina a and t state university are remembering dr. ronald mcnair, he was the astronaut who graduated from there, holding a special community day honoring his life and legacy through speakers and performances. a and t named the engineering building after the astronaut. >>> the budweiser dl clydesdale family just got bigger, the one to join of more than 160, using a tradition of draft horses in its marketing campaign since 1933. when mack is old enough, he'll train to become part of the budweiser clydesdale team. nothing cuter than a baby horse. >> yeah, we'll see in those commercials. >> yeah, i want to know what goes in to the training to be a budweiser clydesdale. >> good question! >>> yeah, and this weather, perfect for a friday, how can we complain? we're looking at sunshine from start to finish. here's your forecast for today. 8:00 a.m. temperature, 36 by lunch time we'll be at 45, our afternoon high in the 50s. and that's exactly where we should be. the past few days have actually been much cooler than normal. we'll drop back to

sanders will be at the vaughan fine arts center at south carolina state university. he's touring historically black colleges and universities. doors for the event are open at 6:30 and the event starts at 7. our billie jean shaw will be there live and will have more from the event at south carolina state. this thursday starts clear and cold with temperatures in the upper 20s before sunrise. as the day moves forward simply wonderful, mostly sunny and warmer, highs in the lower 60s. things begin to change quickly as low pressure forms in the gulf of mexico and moves into the southeast..clouds increase tonight with rain developing by early friday cool and wet with periods of showers and rain, highs in the middle 50s. rain chance at 90%. rainfall amountntear .50 to 1". the system will be off to the northeast by friday night. saturday, partly cloudy, breezy with highs near 60 watching the development of yet another gulf low developing sunday. the position and timing of this storm will alter the forecast however, as of this morning, my thinking is it will remain a rain even

university of south carolina. i believe everyone knows i love this state and this university and that was a great opportunity, and there was another option to go out and have a couple of jobs that i wanted to take a look at and see if there were opportunities in that area, after we visited and he got hired, he said i want you to be the line coach and i said i wanted to be here coach. >> staying with gamecock sports, the lady gamecocks back in columbia after their road depends bandy. they're playing against missouri, the team is back at the colonial life arena for >>> the men's basketball team are taking on bandy at the colonial life arena. their head coach frank martin has been honored. he was given a mid season honor today being named the top coach in the division 1 men's basketball. it's named in honor of jim pellen at mount st. mary's university. he led the men to the division 2 basketball championship. >>> a lot of you wondering how the weather is shaping up for the weekend. >> we'll see >>> before he speaks, i do. let's talk about the weekend now. you teased us going into the break. we could see a little bit

carolina state's board of trustees can get moving. democratic representative gilda cobb-hunter says its time for the financially troubled university to find a permanent president. the suggestion came during the school's 1-hundred 28 million dollar budget proposal. s-c state currently has an interim president and an interim board. board vice chairman james clark says the board will begin its search at its next meeting. still to come... the candidates have their sights set on iowa. we're final g-o-p debate before voters head to the polls in the hawkeye state.light rain and temps in the mid 40's as you wake and head out this morning. expect cloudy skies and scattered showers for much

carolina state's board of trustees can get moving. democratic representative gilda cobb-hunter says it's time for the financially troubled university to find a permanent president. the suggestion comes during the school's $128 million budget proposal. s.c. state currently has an interim president and an interim board. board vice chairman james clarke says the board will begin its search at its next meeting. shifting gears now, we have an update on the charleston church shooting. about 600 charleston area residents will be summoned to court as potential jurors for dylann roof's death penalty trial. >> that trial coming up around the corner now. roof is accused in the deadly shooting at emanuel a.m.e. church. circuit court judge nicholson laid out the pool, a computer will randomly pick the participants. tracking the homelessness in south carolina, that's the goal of volunteers who spread out across the state to talley up here in our community. >> annual survey conducted by the south carolina homeless

this is wyff new dallyson: tempora carolina university has been lifted. it state. the lockdown went into effect at 9:30 well authorities searched for a person with a gun to no shots were reportedly fired. the lockdown was lifted after 1:00 a.m.. authorities believe the arson left the campus with two other people.geoff: school closing, at least delays, a change of plans for south carolina's largesallyson: a man is in a hospital after a mall shooting. how authorities say he ended up 25 feet below a retaining wall. geoff: i'm geoff hart. allyson: i'm allyson powell. dale: good to see you. moclouds are building and we will get showers later on this afternoon. just rain showers. cool this morning, 35 degrees in gras we check out some of the other areas around the southeast, we are lookins beginning near the mountains will see some rain earlier. especially around lunchtime, early afternoon, and 3:00, 4:00, the upstate will get scattered showers today. it will not be a biggie, but just a rain jacket or umbrella not a bad idea. temperatures this morning ranging from 28 in

those hoverboards in to any dorms on the thrks c state university campus -- nc state university campus, the latest to ban with duke, and north carolina central. we've been reporting the problems that sparked the hoverboards for months, including fires started by defective batteries. local hospitals say they're seeing their share of injuries too, wake med treating more than a dozen people. and rex and unc having a bunch of patient as well. those things are dangerous, no matter how you utilize them. >>> southern durham will vacate multiple wins because of an ineligible player. the district announced the move on thursday and that means the school has to forfeit the last regular season game and four playoff wins, district says a member of the team was playing dps is investigating. >>> johnston county may soon be home to a major infrastructure project that will impact the entire raleigh community. train company csx wants to develop a major intermodel terminal between selma and micro. it can change the way things we use everyday get delivered to stores. >>> the new carolina connector would be east of sellman, the intermodel hub would conne

captioning which is responsible forallyson: you this morning, i walked out for a north carolina university has been lifted for m state new wake forest. the lockdown went into effect at 9:30 while he searched for person with a gun. no shots were fired. the lockdown was lifted after 1:00 a.m. authorities believe the person left campus with two othergeoff: school closings could change the plans for south carolina's largest school district. plus, taxpayers footing the bill for pothole damage to their cars. how to get the state to reimburse you for car repairs due to bumpy roads. let's check with dale and rain is coming. dale: we will get more rain today, alreaea seen some in the mountains. it will be later this afternoon in the upstate, so not a bad idea to get the rain jacket for when it comes. temperatures are chilly when we head out the door this morning. snow, some saw a lot. in greenville county, such a long counted that higher elevations are dealing with slippery dobviously, in western north carolina, too. watch out for areas of black ice, and light rain is coming in for today, tonight and into tomorrow. we will se

to make a new poll shows all 50 states top food street is south carolina's favorite food is shrimp and grits. a writer for foodie website university talked to hundreds of people to find out the favorite foods and all 50 states. again, we got shrimp and grits. main got lobster massachusetts got clam chowder and nevada hotel buffets. th >>> crash course. >> i'm freaking out. >> a plane just landed on the freeway. >> the lingerie model learning how to fly when this happened. >> mayday, mayday. >> a little panic. >> and inside the raid to capture el chapo. and is sean penn a dead man walking. >> should sean penn be concerned for his safety? >> do you think? >> late night donald trump. >> i'm a handsome person. round 2. >> who murdered ashley. strangled in italy.