john on a-b-c columbia news at 6. coming up, 3 gamecock basketball is undefeated, but carolina coach frank martin doesn't like one recent trend. and another defensive coach from auburn will join will muschamp's details next in sports.3 minutes after clemson kicked off the orange bowl this afternoon against oklahoma, usc head coach will muschamp news of his own. the gamecocks add another big-time assistant coach to the staff.lance thompson is coming to carolina. his official title will be assistant head coach of defense and defensive line coach.thompson took over for muschamp as auburn's interim defensive coordinator.the tigers' shut down peyton lynch and memphis in yesterday's birmingham bowl.thompson has been named the natitial recruiter of the year twice and been a part of three national championship coaching staffs. steve spurrier says now he should've said goodbye to gamecock football sooner. spurrier telling "mike and mike" on espn radio this morning that he should've left usc after the independence bowl win last

the city of columbia has you covered. they're hosting a "famously hot new year's eve carnival" leading up to the big event. and hampton streets. expect carnival rides, games, face painting, food and ice skating. the fun runs from six until 11 tonight. and speaking of ice skating... it's time to cool down before we celebrate a "famously hot new year." you can skate your way into 20-16. main street ice will be open late tonight.... until midnight. the "famously hot new year"...won't melt away the rink though. the rink is open through january 18. the skating rink is located just down the street our studio...at the columbia museum of art. still to come... it's an opportunity to give back for the new year... find out where you can start 20-16 by saving a life from main and gervais. en 18-year-old son to a traci hopes that by doing this... she will give another son or daughter the chance to see another day... 33 donations are especially needed during this time due to an increase in deadly crashes during the holiday season. each

columbia news. >>> good afternoon and thank you r joining us for abc columbia news. i'm rochelle dean. eric weisfeld has the afternoon off. we're following several developing stories at this hour, starting with flooding out of newberry and fairfield counties. lot go to john farley with how this rising water and additional rain might affect your afternoon commute. >> we have to be really careful, i can't emphasize it enough. whenever you talk about flash flooding, that's the most dangerous. we just got through the most recent flooding that happened. a reminder, all the fatalities that happened during that flood happened with people in their cars who drove through roads that were flooded. so definitely take this seriously. in all of the counties here that are highlighted in red, flash fairfield, lancaster, newberry, greenford, nor chester, everywhere to the north and west of columbia. there is a big swath of rain. check it out, all of these yellows continuing to rain where it's rained for several hour

they say they're ready to move columbia forward in the new year. 3 tonight on a-b-c columbia news at eleven, our grace joyal will tell you what's at the top of the list of priorities for the new councilmen in the new year.as president barack obama heads into the final year of his term...a new poll suggests americans are divided on his legacy. a new c-n-n/o-r-c poll says seventy-five percent of those surveyed are not being governed. as far as president obama himself... 37 percent of those polled say he's brought positive change to the country. 2016 is just days away...and local religious groups are kicking off the new year by celebrating january as "south carolina interfaith harmony month." interfaith partners of south carolina" announced the launch of the program today during a news conference at the state house. throughout january congregations and religious groups ranging from christian to pagan will hold events that will allow others to learn more about their religions and hopefully promote understanding . 3 a list of the upcoming interfaith harmony month events is available at a-

your seven day columbia news at six. coming up, this time tomorrow clemson will be in the middle of its college football semifinal game against oklahoma. they'll be doing it players...including their back to miami for a 3 coming up, this time tomorrow clemson will be in the middle of its college football semifinal game against oklahoma. they'll be doing it without three suspended players...including their second-leading receiver.we're back to o miami for a live wrapping up the hype and getting close to game time.hi, i'm tim hill.the 3+ weeks of talking about the college football playoff semifinal game between clemson and oklahoma officially ending this morning with the final coaches press conferences. our mike gillespie escaping the rain around here and braving the south florida miami.mike? tim, a very hot 3 and muggy miami gardens the 2012 orange bowl blowout by west virginia got kevin steele fired as clemson's defensive coordinator.today steele...lsu's defensive coordinator this season...hired as will muschamp's replac

a-b-c columbia-dot- com. the recent rainfall is also causing a damper on some flood recovery efforts that continue throughout the midlands. our beth rousseau has an update... from list 33 of counties currently under flood warnings... watches or advisories... you can head to our website...a-b-c columbia dot com. still to 33 come... 20-15 is winding down... and it's welcoming a fresh start to the city council. stay with us. gervais. good door. but for more on what you can expect for the remainder of the day... lets turn things over kennedy. . 33 we want to 33 give youou quick traffic update as you head out and about this morning. here are some trouble spots that you might encounter. south carolina highway patrol is reporting a traffic hazard on i-20. that's in the eastbound lanes near mile marker 48. of course, we'll roads and keep you updated for your morning commute. a-b-c columbia wants to help you jump start your day. we have a quick rundown of your top morning headlines. so, let's get started. two new face

many of you in west columbia will be without water service tomorrow. town officials say a relocation project means customers on more than 20 streets near leapheart road and mineral springs road could lose water between nine tomorrow morning and seven at night. once water is restored, affected customers will need to boil their water for one-minute before drinking or cooking. the college football playoff is right around the corner, and the clemson tigersrs have a shot at the national title. the team arrived in miami over the weekend...to prepare for its showdown with fourth-ranked oklahoma. quarterback deshaun watson says this year's tiger team is one of a kind. a-b-c 3 columbia is your home for clemson college football playoff coverage. our mike gillespie is in miami. watch for his live reports this week ahead of the big game new year's eve. here's your chance to start the new year with a new friend. meet debussy, the coluluia animal shelter's pet of the week. ththfolks at the shelter tell us this bernese mountain dog is quietly affectionate and very hu

temptress 6464in greenville, 69 columbia, 76 and orangeburg. across the country the cold weather to the west and midwest, 9 degrees in rapid city. computer model shows the rain will continue to diminish and see out -- additional showers move through, and the case again tomorrow, but as we get into tomorrow night it should be cloudy, and stay cloudy through friday. are forecast for tonight expecting low temperatures in the 60s, 64 in columbia, tomorrow highs of 65 in newberry, 69 in columbia, 74 in a look ahead, rain tomorrow comes to an end and new year's day, expecting cooler weather. 59 degrees high temperature over the weekend, 54 saturday, 57 sunday, colder next week by tuesday a low of 28, high temperature 52. >> a hard freeze next week? >> preparing yourself cut you thought you are done. >> without we had kicks winter. >> postponed until next year. >> still ahead, 3 coming up in the evening news, fall from grace, comedian bill clause be -- cosby faces assault charges. >> a flood emergency missouri where the rivers continued to rise. >>> c

happy holidays from abc columbia. from main and gervais, this is abc columbia news. >>> good afternoon and thank you for joining us for abc columbia news at 12:30. i'm rochelle dean. my co-anchor eric weisfeld has the afternoon off. we're going to get to your new year's eve forecast in just a moment. >>> but first, developing news to pass along to you this afternoon. we're just learning in the newsroom, a united states marine hailed a hero for putting his life on the line has been charged for injuring someone for a december 8th hit-and-run. 27-year-old kyle carpenter turned himself into columbia police this morning along with his attorney. according to police, carpenter was turning onto assembly near blossom street when the pedestrian was allegedly struck suffering a leg injury. right now authorities say there's nono evidence that either the victim or carpenter were under the influence. you may remember carpenter was given a medal of honor by his life in afghanistan back in 2011. >>> well, now to another top story. th

a-b-c columbia is asking you to start the new year by saving lives. we're teaming up the red cross and encouraging midlands residents to donate blood at our new year blood drive.with details and more on the importance columbia's beth rousseau. 3 up next.. john farley has the latest on the rain in his seven day forecast.you're eleven. coming up, we go back to miami for a live preview of clemson's big national semifinal football game. plus, the tigers and gamecocks in action on the basketball court tonight.carolina has quite the sports. an extra quiet new year's eve, eve for clemson.hi, i'm tim hill.the tigers tucked in early tonight getting ready for the biggest game in school history since winning the 1981 national championship at the orange gillespie live.mike? 3 the 2012 3 orange bowl blowout by west virginia got kevin steele fired as clemson's defensive coordinator.today steele...lsu's defensive coordinator this season...hired as will muschamp's replacement as the auburn defensive coordinator. steele will get a chance to get a little revenge agains

and 73 in columbia. and 71 in sumter. and 73 in orangeburg. and in anderson they're behind the front at 62 degrees. the computer model showing tonight we'll see cloudy skies, rain towards daybreak. and we'll continue to see showers off and on tomorrow and tomorrow night. and then it tapers off and the computer model wants to get the chance in for a few showers for late thursday afternoon. when we take a look at the rainfall -- and this has just been updated -- still in the range of a half inch to an inch and a half of rain, more of the rain may be occurring in the northwestern part of the state. and that's something we'll be rivers, for tonight lows 61 in newberry. 65 in columbia and camden. and tomorrow we're expecting a high of 71 in newberry. and 75 in columbia and sumter. and maybe up to 77 in st. matthews. here's the 7-day forecast. and that chance for rain pretty likely tomorrow. and then on thursday we see a few showers around. they'll be scattered. and the rain will come to an end. and on new year's day it's going to be cloudy and turn

columbia. >> miss columbia was initially announced ace miss universe. she had her moment, you know, doing her pageant cry. they gave her the flowers and the sash and crown and then she got to wave. look at the crowd, i'm the new miss universe. but then, after they let her do this for like two minutes, it got real awkward. >> i have to apologize... the first runner up is columbia. miss universe 2016 is philippines. >> so, it turns out he read the card wrong and declared miss columbia the winner. but actually, it was miss philippines. >> look at that interesting to watch her body language. i saw all of the tweets when it happened, flipping back and forth between the game and pageant. she's shock. it is like what, for real. >> wouldn't you be shock. she had her moment. miss columbia was walk around and they let music play out. this makes us reminus of the scene from miss congeniality. >> unaudible. >> get the her off the stage. >> what? >> now what is this? >> they took her crown off. >> oh, man. >> this is not laughing matter. it seems so funny, like how

the man's friends contacted columbia police after nobody had heard from him. cpd got information from the man's cell phone. then the firearm was called if to help out. >> we went based on the last ping from the cell phone we entered into our gps. there were several islands, so the personnel split up, converged on to that island. he was cold and wet, but he was in good health other than thth. >> well, the man was found on saturday afternoon and taken to the hospital. he is expected to be okay. to avoid the situation -- suggests telling friends and family where you are, and how long you are going to be gone so you don't end up stranded for an extended period of time. >>> the year may be winding down, but the race to the white house continues. gop frontrunner donald trump is making one more stop in south carolina before the new year. he will be in hilton head on wednesday, hosting a meet and greet. the event is free. it's open to the public. it starts at 11:00 a.m. new year, there are a couple of gop debates planned for the first in the south primary on february

the ceremony is at 3:30 at columbia city hall. more apartments may be on the way at columbia's bull street development. two sources close to the project are confirming there are plans under consideration for even more apartment units close to spirit communications park. this time the apartments would be built inside the sprawling babcock building. last year, babcock drew interest from a new orleans based developer who wanted to turn the building into a hotel. that plan fell through in part due to problems passing tax credit legislation. now we're told a different company -- possibly based in virginia, has babcock under contract for new apartments. because of the size, because of the nature of the work that needs to be done--there's a considerable amount of asbestos and the cost to bring that building to a position where it can be you know, repurposed and reutilized, it is a significant amount. and so there needs to be something built in which is why we passed historic tax credits both for commercial and private residential efforts

without leaving the abc columbia news at eleven. the college football playoff is right around the corner and the clemson tigers have a shot at the national title. the team arrived in miami over the weekend...to prepare for its showdown with fourth-ranked oklahoma. quarterback deshaun watson says this kind. a-b-c 3 columbia is your home for clemson college football playoff coverage. our mike gillespie is in miami. watch for his live reports this week ahead of the tigers' clash with oklahoma new year's eve. treating some fort jackson soldiers to a christmas dinner. soldiers, who were not able to make it back home this christmas, were served a traditional meal tonight with all the fixin's by 'trudy's troops.'about 200 soldiers ate at our lady of the hills catholic church in columbia. family members of the program's founder explain the meaning behind the name. 3 this is the sixth year that 'trudy's troops' has supported fort jackson soldiers. here's year with a new friend. meet debussy, the columbia anqmal shelter's pet of the week. the

if you see this van, contact columbia police. >>> rochelle: and a not so "marry" christmas for one columbia couple who say their holiday cheer turned into a nightmare. >> eric: a sad story. a fire christmas morning, killed 11 exotic, mostly rescue animals, belonging to lane crenshaw and karie bridge. this happened in the whitehall neighborhood. the couple started taking in rescued ferrets and reptiles in 2010. the two were in charleston for the holiday, when they answered the call from their neighbor. >> about 10:30 on christmas morning when we were at my mom's, and she just kept saying it's not as bad as you think, it's not as bad as you think. we got here and it was worse than i thought. >> i'd give up my whole house if company have my babies back. but at least i have these two. >> eric: the couples' two dogs, ferrets, parrots, a bearded all killed in the fire. those two parrots you saw survived. the fire was ruled to have started with a broken heat lamp. >>> eric: there are only a few days left before we ring in a new year and leave it to the capitol city to heat things up once again. >>

we haven't seen that much in columbia but we're getting good right now. areal flood warning for the county. that is until 6:15 pm, replacing the flash flood warning in effect. we also have a flash flood warning in effect for northern fairfield county until 5:45 pm. you can see the red areas, river flood warnings. we can assume all the rivers are in flood mode at this point , some more than others, significant flooding of the rivers through the weekend. a flood watch for the northwestern half of the state. currently it is raining and we of thunderstorms, thunder or moment ago, 71 degrees and calm but for humid. are forecast for tonight will continue to see showers and thunderstorms, a low 64, rain during the day but it will taper off in the afteteoon with a high of 69. right now slight chance of rain tomorrow but it will be cloudy in turn cooler with a low let's look at the traffic, the rain is causing slowdowns, this is -- let's start of the northwest side. not too bad on the lexington highway but it will be what. already slowing down through malfunction

in columbia 72. orangeburg at 73. couple spots in the 60s but those spots 30 degrees above normal based on what we should winds from the south 10 to 15 miles a hour, wind shifting to the west pushing the rain on through. i notice the rain is more diminished state than earlier, we were seeing good showers off to the west but those are waning at the moment. i think we will see the rain out soon. if you don't encounter the rain you will encounter wet roadways, please be careful as you head out for the morning commute. we will see rain in and out. i think the rain will be mainly in the next hour and then we see it slow down much like yesterday, cloudy, maybe a little sun at times but not expecting a lot of sunshine today but a very warm forecast and we will stick with highs around 80 today. 76 tomorrow. good chance of rain in the forecast wednesday into thursday but i think by the time we get to the new year's eve festivities thursday night the rain should be moving out, nice and mild for us, that is good news if w we can

both involving west columbia customers.first ... the is an advisory issued for all addresses in 400 through 600 blocks of old barnwell road.also all addresses on lynn drive ... bel air drive... and anyone in the savannah woods subdivision. you should boil your water for one full minute before using it to cook or drink. 3 there will also be an advisory in place this saturday.the water line relocation that was supposed to happen on tuesday... had to be postponed due to the weather. they will relocate the lines on from 9:00 am until 8:00 pm ... that's happening near leaphart and mineral springs road. customers wont have water during those hours.once the water is back on... you will need to boil your water for at least one minute... before you use it. 3 3 the search continues in sumter... as police there look for three suspects in connection to an attempted year-old henry dingle ... 20- year-old kevin smith and 18- year-old... william spann.4 other men have already been arrested in connection to this case.police responded to a shots fir

we could be breaking a record of 79 here in columbia. overnight tonight we'll still have rain showers and opportunities for light to moderate rain, lows in the lower to middle 60s. as we get ready for our famously hot new year, rain chances are going down. now a slight chance for rain by midnight 52 degrees. we're on track for a nice new year's eve. but we have to get through the rain. good chance of rain tomorrow, starting of a little bit of fog in the morning. high of 74. 70 new year's day. chances of rain will slowly diminish into the evening. and winter-type weather, we're looking at sunshine for the weekend and temperatures start dropping rapidly. and by monday morning, 34 degrees. as we beat the traffic, i-20 eastbound over at mile marker 75, traffic has been picking up. roads are very wet, so give yourself a lot of extra time. further to the east a delay from wild cat to divine street and both directions especially westbound from i-77 on garners ferry. traveling from lake murray at i- 26, to the stadium, 22 minutes. airport to dow

head to our website...a-b-c columbia dot com. a man charged in the murder of a holly hill woman makes his first appearance in court. a magistrate judge ruled harold pratt will have to go before a circuit court judge at a later time...that s s s s judge will determine if bond will be set.orangeburg county deputies say the body of 38- recovered monday.... from a waterway five miles south of holly hill. bunch had been missing since christmas day. more charges tonight for a north carolina mother of a 6- month-old baby found dead on christmas eve. the lincoln county sheriff's office charged stephanie tillman with involuntary manslaughter. preliminary autopsy results could not determine how the baby boy died. tillman's husband came home from work and found the baby unresponsive and naked lying on a couch inside the family's home. deputies say tillman was in a back bedroom with the family's two other children... and appeared to be intoxicated from prescription medicine. richland county deputies are looking for a burglary suspect who cer

and the trajectory of this rain keeps it to the south of columbia. so we might see a few sprinkles, but for the most part it's been great outside. so it has been mild. now here is the front. it is very slow to move through and it may be after midnight before it comes to the area. then once you get behind the front there's not much run. i think we'll be fine. but right now it seems like all the south. now. across a good part of the country with the high pressure that is angered back, but extending in to the southeast. all the way in to the northeast kind of the island of the warm weather. it is 61 at greenwood and augusta, but 68 degrees here in columbia. 69 degrees with rain down in orangeburg. notice them keeping that rain just to the south to move it out. all likely to see the cloudiness around midnight and it will stay that way through the morning and midnight tonighgharound 60 degrees. in contrast to last year where it was brutally cold. this year it will not be. skies will start to clear tomorrow night. on saturday, we're expecting partly cloudy

here in columbia, sitting at 74 degrees. we will be getting to temperatures very likely breaking records. seventy-nine, for the high today. rain likely this afternoon and into the evening. a low of 65. other than fog tomorrow morning, a good chance of rain throughout the day tomorrow, with a high of 74 degrees. we will look at the seven-day forecast and the famously hot new year's eve forecast in a few minutes. mary. >>> continuing coverage. fema assistance, you now have an extra day to do so. the deadline has been pushed back to january 4. if you have already registered, you don't have to do anything. but if you need to register, you can. just go to our website at wltx.com. you can find a link under the flood recovery tab. >>> the man suspected of killing a holly hill woman and dumping her body in a slump is expected in court today in orangeburg county. deputies say 45-year-old harold pratt and the victim, 38-year-old loretta bunch, were involved in an argument before loretta bunch disappeared around christmas. investigator

this is south of columbia from where the interstate this is south of columbia from where the interstate 77 comes together . there was an accident earlier in the traffic is having a hard time getting back to normal. in the northwest side of town, no problems there. we have a slowdown in this area. if you're going from downtown to hermiston boulevard it should take you 30 minutes. >>> one person is dead following a collision between a pickup truck and a lawnmower over the weekend. the highway patrol says the collision happened after 11 saturday night i went a creek road in orangeburg county. both drivers were traveling west when the pickup truck struck the lawnmower from behind. the driver of the lawnmower suffered fatal injuries. no word if charges will be filed. >>> families who lost loved ones on south carolina highways hosted a blood drive in their honor. about 100 lives are claimed each year by traffic collisions. families of highway fatalities in the american red cross are asking people of south carolina to remember lives lost by giving the gift of life this holiday season. the peri

a better columbia. in columbia wach fox news. >>> the first city council meeting is set for january 9. >>> the deadline to apply for fema assistance is looming. residents have until january 4th to apply. the number to call for that assistance is 180-0621 fema. you can also apply at disaster assistance give. >>> and now at this christmas holiday is in the books, it's time to take down those as it is dries out, it can a b a -- can be a fire hazard. here are the four main locations you can drop off your tree for the annual grinding of the if greens -- of the greens. for all of the available times and lopes to drop off your tree, you can check out the story on wach.com. >>> january is named sc interfaith airmanny month. -- hard money month. harmony month. >> people who miss understand islam will have a chance to hear about the real islam and be around people that are practicing muslims in south carolina. >> certain people pray and that's why we get to have this kind of dialogue and activities so we can heig

in columbia, 74 degrees. a little bit of sunshine is peeking through. wind out of the east, southeast at 9 miles per hour. the doppler radar showing that rain is trying to calm down. but the precipitation has not hit the ground yet. we have a chance for rain today -- a slight chance, with a high of 76 degrees. better chance for rain tonight. a low of 67. seventy-five tomorrow. windy and a better chance for rain. seven-day forecast and the new year's eve forecast in just a few minutes. >>> turning to flood recovery. state lawmakererpromising to help farmers devastated by the october flood. the chairman of the house budget writing committee, brian white, says lawmakers must help farmers survive crop losses estimated at $376 million. but he is not yet proposing a specific amount for the state to pay. the anderson republican says he will push for a palmetto farm aid bill when the legislative session resumes in january. you might remember earlier this month, governor nikki haley refused to seek federal aid for farmers saying that they already have federally

columbia, 67. we'll be experiencing light showers, but temperatures to stay in the upper 60s into the afternoon. better chance for light to moderate showers into the late afternoon and early evening. if you are heading out now, you'll want to give yourself a lot of interest time because -- extra time because the roads are wet. i-26 between piney grove and st. andrews road, traffic is very light right now. but the roads with wet, so give yourself extra time. only delay in lexington across augusta road from main street sunset boulevard across i-20 right now is clear. from i-26 lake murray to the williams-brice stadium, 21 minutes. we'll look at your seven-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. mary. >>> thank you, efren. sce&g officials are monitoring water levels at lake murray and lower saluda river after they released water from the river from the dam. during the october flooding sce&g opened up four. now just one is open. >>> you may have noticed the flooding surrounding the metropolitan wastew

columbia police are investigating the robbery. if you have any information you are asked to call crime stoppers at 1- triple 8- crime- sc. an eastover man has been charged with murder after investigators say he shot and killed his neighbor after an argument over a fence. authorities say 49-year old mark volstromer shot and killed keith pruitt junior at his home on antioch amez church road yesterday. officials say pruitt got into an argument with volstromer's wife about the fence line dividing their properties when the pruitt got out of the truck. investigators say that's when volstromer shot himin the upper body. richland county deputies are continuing to investigate. highway patrol troopers are trying to track down a driver who fled from an accident over the weekend. it happened near the percival road exit on i-77 north saturday night. troopers say a pickup truck made an improper lane change and hit a car... sending the car off the road and into some trees...then took off. we're told the driver was just released from the hospital

columbia at 70. the cold front that was trying to move through yesterday has stalled out so the stationary front has been allowing a lot of moisture to be pulled in because of it. the computer model shows a very big depiction of moderate rainfall throughout the morning. but to the north, a lot of heavy rainfall is expected and that will continue into the upstate as well as into the central portions of the midlands by tonight, a little bit of clearing. all over again. at midnight tonight, south of i 20 and upwards of about three quarters of an inch of rain. in the upstate, 1.75 inches of rainfall by midnight. highs today will be in the lower to middle 70s. 70 and wadesboro. 74 in sumter. a high of 75 in orangeburg. during columbia, 100% chance of rain. a couple of thunderstorms could develop. overnight tonight, we will continue with more rainfall and a low of 64. our lows will generally be in the low to mid 60s. 63 in saint matthews. a little bit cooler in salida. 60 in newberry. as we get ready for a

it's still going on in west columbia. the city had to cut off the water for some residents until 7:00 tonight. workers completing a relocation on you will need to boil your water for at least one minute befofo you use it.t. >>> well, the national weather service issued a river flood advisory in columbia. the river level was a at nearly 15 feet just a few feet away from the 19 feet flood stage. it is understood close watch until friday and the national weather service believes it will be between ten and 15 feet through the end of the week. the river flooded just last week from heavy rainfall and the flood advisory is effective until this evening. >>> now, the midlands most accurate forecast. >>> i might add that there is now a flood watch which will go into effect late tonight and will continue through tomorrow night in case we see some additional heavy rain. this is a time lapse of our radar over the last three hours of you can see how the showers have been moving fairly rapidly at about 35 miles per hour. from this has b

who on tv did miss columbia look like. >> yes. gorgeous women.>> trump had things to say about hillary. >> they have two liars. i caught trump in a lie, he took my video tape and chopped it up and seemed like i was giving him support. now, you the liar are calling hillary, she's a bigger liar, but imagine if they are in the phenomenal contest about the president, one liar versus another liar. they'll never get the facts right. lie after lie after lie. why on a saturday night. nobody is watching. who is watching bernie from brooklyn. >> the giants battle on the field. sports is next. >> good day early call is coming right back. that sound. like nails on a chalkboard. but listen to this: (family talking) that's a different kind of sound. the sound of the weekend. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. it's always worth remembering... that icing the cinnamon rolls is a privilege not a right. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. it's the holidays. which means a house full of people -- who all want to get online. so it's the

temperature of 69 in columbia, up to 74 in manning. cooler tomorrow night into new year's day with a high of 59, dry over the weekend. more cool air at the 3 it's almost that time of year again, girl scout cookie season. for the second year in a row, girl scouts are d . >>> it's almost that time of the year. girl scout cookie season. they are doing digital orders, but you have to know a girl scout to order online. they invite how to web site to get credit. sales begin in the midlands next week. reach out to the local troop the order them or see them at different local stores taking that will do it for >>> bill cosby. his shocking surrender to police. >> mr. cosby! >> mr. cosby is charged with aggravated indecent assault. >> the warrant issued for his arrest. >> he faces 10 years behind bars if convicted. >>> then, first video. the affluenza teen on the run in mexico with his mom and their swanky $400-a-night hideout before moving to this flop house. >>> plus, new year's eve terror concerns, and behind the scenes at the party of the yea

tonight temperatures haven't 73 here in columbia, 71 in sumter, 74 degrees in orangeburg. notice to our north up at rock hill they are 61 degrees. we have been watching this. you can see the rain that was moving through the coastal region. we have been watching this area of rain that has been moving through georgia has now movedo the upstate region and moving to saluda and newberry counties. the front has cut through the northern part of our state. it's just south of rock hill. the cool air has been backing into the mountain region. the front hasn't made much progress south this evening. right now i think we will stay south of the front in the warm air. you can see the rain off to our west. the major storm system is in central illinois. you can see the snow over parts behind that system temperatures are in the teens. oklahoma city 27 degrees. in chicago there it is 35. we are one of the warm areas of the country. it is warm. you will probably wake up to showers in the morning. then tomorrow night mostly cloudy, slight change of any rain. once we get into wednesday we see a

the fans in greenville in for a treat tonight looking just as impressed as the fans in columbia. again woods for three making it look easy. he will share the love here. going to take it down court for chavez. final score 71-58. >>> clemson action. the same goes offense games but dedense wins championships. the coordinator k kws they will play a big role no matter how much hype. he is the tiger's defense. they allowed 32 points from the gamecocks and 37 from the -- it is something he knows has to change come thursday night. >> i've been really displeased with our lapses that we have had in both in the south carolina and the north carolina game particularly there in the fourth quarter. we got to have more of a killer. really i can't say it's everybody. there have been a few different guys that doesn't take much. you are out of a run. you assume somebody is going to make the play or whatever. but i know what we are capable of. >> staying with florida games. that is brian. he is hard at work for the georgia bulldog. for the last time he will be of the staff. it will be five days. unt

in columbia, judi gatson, wis news 10. today, the land looks like it the flag was placed behind the confederate memorial. it could cost a million dollars to create a proper exhibit for the battle flag at the relic room. that will be included in the relic room's budget expect more showers and occasional thunderstorms wednesday as another area of low pressure approaches the region. your rain chance jumps to possible. the new year's eve rain chance falls to 50% during the day and then down to 30% that night. new year's day will be partly cloudy with only a slight chance of showers and a touch cooler temperatures. the first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy. a new study shows heart patients in the u-s are exposed to more radiation than patients in the world. researchers say a typical american received a 20 percent higher dose of radiation during a nuclear stress test. they say this is partly because u-s labs are less likely to comply with recommended dosing guidelines. while the benefits of these heart tests out

columbia for the mixup. has wished her well in the future. >> a beauty pageants nightmare indeed. a reminder of what is making headlines this hour. sepp blatter and michel platini for eightm football years after being found guilty of ethics violations. they say they will find thre ban. after a historic election, the two-party government of spain is gone. 85 people still missing following a landslide in a city adjoining hong kong. it is time now for a look at the day's business news. with rockyting spanish markets. the storelooking at from a business perspective, because this inconclusive result we got out of the spanish election over the weekend has impacted the stock markets this monday. ended 3.5% down on the previous session. falling well short of having own majority. that is fueling those fears once again. analysts warned that it could a spanishs to form government, and it is unclear what that spanish government might actually look like eventually. to be bad news for spain's willingness to reform and for

charles----west columbia, cayce---the city of columbia---all have portions of the greenway to both brag about but also maintain. today--it's more of the maintenance side as much of the greenway or riverwalks are either underwater or close to it. the very first section of the greenway to be completed back in the 90's---columbia's granby park---was taped off today due to mud and high water. other sections are completely inundated here in west columbia and cayce---where all four phases and the timmerman trail have been affected by the rising water. those are also parts of the around a while and have over the years needed upkeep even before the devastation brought by october's so-called "thousand year" flood. even before the flooding this year we started trying to figure out ways to repair the areas where the banks have been washing away. we've gone in and actually been able to get some grants to do some of the stablization for some of those areas that are prone to flooding and washing away. work with the trees that are falling and the boardwalks and come on the columbia side. that is the s

low of 61 in newberry, 65 in columbia, 67 in columbia and manning. we should see temperatures at 70, 75 in columbia. a look ahead. we will continue to see that chance for rain into thursday but now it looks like that chance for rain maybe diminishing on thursday. once we get to new year's eve it should be okay. we will seeing a front coming on thursday. cooler on new years day. we are expecting a high temperature. 54 on saturday, 57 on sunday. then another front comes through sunday night. by the time we get to monday the first week of the new we are a little away from 2016 >>> the clock has struck midnight for three clemson players who have been suspended. the biggest loss of that trio is dion cain. missed the tiger's game when he was suspected from the miami game for attitude reasons. returned with a new sense of focus but now his career is once again on hold. nothing official. dabo will address it in a news conference. would these three allowed to come back and play in that national championship game. after his arrest on dui charges. players have

that's happening now here in west columbia---in cayce and columbia and it will continue to happen as the water levels rise and fall. "we're kind of operating in its territory and we've got to take it as it goes and try to get it open as quickly as we can. you know we always ask our citizens to be very patient. it does take a lot to remove silt and trees in an area that's so confined. our portion of the riverwalk is very natural so we have tons of trees, so it is difficult to...clean it up as quickly as people would like, so we always ask people to be patient." the river alliance earlier this month got approval from columbia city council members to move forward with the next big chunk of the greenway system---a three mile stretch to be created in of the congaree and saluda rivers. ceo mike dawson says that part like others is designed with the idea that flooding will occur from time to time---and he says there are measures taken in the design process to minimize damage from floods and flooding debris. clemson is just two days away from the college football playoffs--they'll face oklah

columbia at 75. this is all in association with this front of that is pulling an all of that moisture. the models are showing that between now and 7:00 tonight, we could be seeing an additional one up to one and a half inches of rain. pretty much along and on both sides of i-20. by no columbia has only gotten about a tenth of an inch of rain. most of the rain has been concentrated to the northern counties. we do expect that some of the rain will start to move down. don't be surprised if we see even more rain as we go throughout e afternoon and evening. into the lower to middle 70s. we're still dealing with the rain later this evening. lows, generally in the lower to middle 60s. finally, all of this is gone. at this point right now, it is looking better and better for new year's eve at midnight at the famously hot new year's eve downtown party. downtown, looking at a slight chance for rain. 52 degrees. it is going to be muggy and mild. but the rain chances have been dwindling quickly. outside of the r

the columbia city council officially has two new members. there were about 200 plus people there as councilmen howard duvall and ed mcdowell took their oaths. councilman moe baddourah, who ran unapposed was reelected and also took his oath today. mayor benjamin did not endorse either duvall or mcdowell; he endorsed their opponents. "i hope that it's not going to be four versus three. i hope that the city council can work together as a unified body. we need to have discussion. we won't agree on everything, but i think if we can discuss things before they come to the city council vote, we'll be able to work out some of those differences, so we'll have a more unified council." the newlylylected members along ith they're ready for a new era of leadership where working together will be a priority. we'll have more reaction to the new dynamic on city council coming up at 11 o'clock. top stories today -- more employees of the town of north are calling it quits. town clerk and treasurer carrie sedgwick garrett has submitted a letter of resignation fr

columbia announced as the ms. universe and seconds later she had title taken away. >> liz: why does your tree cost so much more this year. >> kerry: good morning everyone i'm kerry drew. ben are off today. >> liz: yes i got engaged. very excited. >> kerry: so happy for you guys. >> liz: joe a, he's my god. we decided to take the next step >> kerry: worry are thrilled for you. spee2. >> liz: yes still riding on highs for the weekend. >> kerry: i would have to say your new jewelry is amazing. all good things as we head into the christmas holiday. >> liz: is really fun. >> audrey: congratulations. that you got engaged. today we are starting off with comfortable temperatures considering it is late december here. check out new york city and long island. it is 47 in islip, 50 degrees in montauk. let's keep in mind that our normal high temperature is around 44 degrees. we are in the 30s and parts of new jersey, 33 and pinebrook, hoboken is 42 degrees. radar showing clouds, no rain associated with the clouds. drive for mo

in columbia, rick henry, wis news 10. coming up--we'll head out to miami where clemson is hoping to inch closer to a sports is next. a national championship sports reporter joe gorchow is traveling with the tigers in one of the talking points on the day... last year's meeting between the two in the perfect tigers... understand the sooners are a better program this time around and will be motivated to redeem themselves. of course, the tigers understand just how capable the sooners are... and last year's thumping of ou means little heading into this showdown. a key difference in this year's match up... quarterback play. two of the top signal callers in the nation square off in the acc player of the year deshaun watson and oklahoma's baker maysfield. the tigers don't anticipate kicking the sooners around in this year's orange bowl. however, they do expect if they play clemson football... no one in the nation can beat them... including ou. clemson and oklahoma play new year's eve. kickoff set for 4pm. winner advances to the o

bush will be back in columbia next saturday. and it's the final push on the last day of 2015 to get momentum going for all presidential candidates. we've seen some strong language from donald trump and some fourth quarter fundraising winners. nbc's edward lawrence is in washington this morning with the latest. senator ted cruz toured the damage tornadoes caused in texas. he's the first candidate to do so.. also before president obama. sot sen. ted cruz / texas "we heard stories of people in their homes that spot that didn't' collapse." at the same time he raised a whopping $20 million dollars in the fourth quarter.. far surpassing his totals for the previous quarter. only ben carson surpassed that amount for the fourth quarter. senator marco rubio brought in $6 million. this.. as donald trump amps up his attacks on the democratic frontrunner for president.. hillary clinton. sot donald trump / presidential candidate "the husband wants to come and she wants to accuse me of things, and the husband's one of the greatest abusers in t

in the meantime, columbia police are investigating. be on the lookout for a 2012 honda odyssey van with south carolina handicap plates w-126. a sizable area in west columbia will be without water for a period tomorrow--and if you live in the area yoyoll want to plan ahead. the city is shutting off water lines for a relocation project near leaphart and mineral springs road starting tomorrow at 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. this will impact more than two dozen blocks in and around the leaphart road area. once water is restored people in th area will then be under a boil water advisory and will need to boil water for at least one full minute before using it. tomorrow, three columbia city councilmen will be sworn in--including to new faces recently elected. howard duvall and ed mcdowell each won runoff elections in november. mcdowell will now represent district two. duvall is the new at-large councilman. councilman moe baddourah will also be sworn in. he ran unopposed in november's general election. the ceremony is tomorrow at 3:30 at columbia city

>>> columbia. >> oh, big mistake at the miss universe pageant. as quickly as miss columbia was crowned, she lost the title, because it was never really hers. oh, good afternoon, i'm erika von tiehl. now, miss philippines was declared this year's winner but not before that rather confusing chaotic moment on live tv. cbs news correspondent don champion reports. >> drama played out on live television last night. but first appeared to be repeat win for columbia, a the miss universe contest. >> i have to apologize. >> quickly became one jaw-drag gasp for pageant host, steve harvey. >> the first runner up is columbia a miss universe, 2015 is philippines. >> took minute for harvey to correct himself after apparently reading his note card with the winner on it wrong. >> this is exactly what is on the card. >> this is exactly what's on the cards. >> even the celebrity judges were shocked, fellow contestants quickly surrounded miss columbia, to comfort her, back stage, miss columbia, and philippines, showed grace. >> everything happens for a reason so i'm

for a number of west columbia residents starting today. the city of west columbia will cut off water service... from 9 in the morning to 7 at night... for certain water customers in lexington county.the water lines will be shut off to complete a relocation project... near leaphart road... and mineral springs road.once the water is back on... residents who have been affected and who live near the area... need to boil their water for at least one minute customers have any concerns... they can contact city hall.to find out if you're address is on the list... head over to wltx dot com and just click on this story. 3 3 the deadline for federal aid assistance for the flood is quickly approaching... and many questions still remain as problems continue to arise. the emergency management division says one of the big problems is people who have damage... don't think fema can help. but they say... even if you've been denied for assistance once... you can still call fema if you have new problems. the emergency management division says the key is to re

do you think the district of columbia should be made into a state? >> i've always believed they should have voting represents and have representation in congress. >> thanks for chatting. >> thank you. >> we will become a rich and great nation again. great honor. >> chief negotiating and that's what they did. >> the mention for the last few years have not changed. >> we're chatting with bobby jindal. >> senator tom harkins. >> we're third and no one expected it. >> any candidate seeking to earn the trust of the presidency of the united states has to come in and engage the people of iowa. >> gingrich, highest ranking democrat in the state of iowa. >> senator joe lieberman. >> senator grassley. >> i think it's boring because >> whoever the nominee is -- >> i see you're wearing a big h button. how did your candidate did? >> commander in chief, no doubt. i thought they all did very well. it was a good animated strong debate. i'm proud of the democrats, but i'm glad i'm for hillary clinton. i think she proved that she know what it takes to run a country. i

. >>> residents to get their water from certain parts of west columbia remember you are still under a boil water advisory. the city says this is to complete a relocation project. people in the affected areas advised to boil their water for at least one minute before being used for drinking until 7:00 tonight to find out if your head over to wltx.com and click on the story. >>> now, the midlands most accurate forecast. >>> we've had a few light rain showers moving through the area. right now they're barely showing up on radar but we do have a few showers to our self essentially moving east northeast. currently we have cloudy skies, temperature 73 degrees, winds out of the south, south west at five miles per hour of tonight we'll be seeing an increasing most of the rain will be coming during the early morning hours. tomorrow rain will be likely but it will be off and on during the day with a high temperature of 75 degrees. i'll have more in the forecast coming up. >>> all right. jim, thank you. >>> call crime stoppers meanwhile if you know who this suspect is. richland county deputies s