down into the 20s here in columbia. 26, 27. the cold spots probably low 20s and plenty of wind. bundle the kids up in as warm a morning. a look atom windy all day long. 44. tomorrow factor in the wind, going to feel like it is down in the 30s all day long. all right, so when does this loosen its grip? we will two over specific on -- go over heres on the seven day in just a minute. jennifer ready is live to tell us more about graham's message to south carolina voters. jennifer? >> jennifer: more than 7,000 people gathered out here at the state house for the event. in fact, right where i'm standing is where the crowd ended here on main street all to here franklin graham deliver a message of faith and hope for the 2016 election. >> jennifer: thousands of south carolinians joined together in song and prayer to hear the mess age of evangelical leader franklin graham. >> we are here today because we see that our nation is in trouble. >> jennifer: the stop is part of a nationwide tour to encourage americans to vote by faith in the 2016 presidential election. >> i have no hope in the de

but the real fans are right here in columbia, uth carolina. at the river rat brewery. i'm here with the roaring ryan. i'm here with the panther president, brad, tell me, how are you guys feeling today? >> we're feeling great. [ cheering and applause ] i mean our team is the in super bowl. >> reporter: too much excitement for them right now. a lot of excitement. so brad, tell us about the roaring riot. >> it's a fan club near columbia, south carolina. the unofficial fan club. and i'm the president of the columbia chapter. and everybody here are in. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: they have been out here celebrating. st it all about cam. what are you expecting? >> i'm expecting the panthers to get on that field and bring us our first ever super bowl. >> reporter: what are you guys going to do whatever they do >> i think it's a day trip to charlotte, right? [ cheering and applause ] we're going to that parade. >> reporter: a lot of excitement out here tonight. everyone getting pumped up ready for the game. as you can see, they are doing their thing out here. just ge

candidates will be calling it quits after south carolina. >> reporter: thanks, good evening, from columbia. here in south carolina, apart from the continuing cruz, rubio drama, they remain virtually tied at this hour for second place here with 99% of the vote recorded. aside from that, there is affirmation that donald trump, among all of the republicans, remains at the top. it is the second victory in a row for the national republican front-runner, donald trump's first in the south. >> when you win, it is beautiful. and we are going to start, we are going to start winning for let's go, let's have a big win in nevada, let's have a big win at the s.e.c., let's put this thing away. >> as they cast their ballots, mainstream republicans flocked to marco rubio, powering the 44- year-old's comeback from 5th in new hampshire. >> tonight here in south carolina, the message is pretty clear, this country is now ready for a new generation of conservatives to guide us into the 21st century. >> ted cruz kept his spot in the top tier of three. >> we are the only campaign that has beaten and can beat donald tru

right now, it's 46 in newberry, 50 in columbia here. our computer model indicates that area of thunderstorms. this model has said that it may split overnight. when you wake up tomorrow, find out what the latest is, because if it splits we may not see as much severe weather in the midlands. certainly we'll see a chance of thunderstorms in the morning and midday, the front comes through and it will turn windy and colder. our forecast for tonight, we'll see low temperatures of 45, 57 in orangeburg. through and 67 in newberry and our 7-day forecast is going to be windy and thursday, a high of 56. dry through the weekend and a then as we get basketball - after a rough trip to raleigh - back on the road facing gerogia tech 3 jaron we'll start with the highlights here. and the tigers and their money man, clemson lead by 13 but they lose 75-73 when they missed that last shot in overtime. >>> watch this, block by vander build and josh hen derson slings it and it was that kind of night. they defeated florida 87-#-84. and he just sling it like the

right now, it's 46 in newberry, 50 in columbia here. our computer model indicates that area of thunderstorms. when you wake up tomorrow, find out what the latest is, because if it splits we may not see as much severe weather in the midlands. certainly we'll see a chance of thunderstorms in the morning and midday, the front comes through and it will turn windy and colder. our forecast for tonight, we'll see low temperatures of 45, 57 in orangeburg. tomorrow, the front will come through and 67 in newberry and our 7-day forecast is going to be windy and thursday, a high of 56. dry through the weekend and a then as we get ininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininininin

coverage across the state with wyff news 4 crews in greenville county, spartanburg county, and columbia. here's a look at voting earlier at palmetto mill in school. election county officials reported trouble. many polling places say long lines because the machines were not working. the report below number of eltion volunteers this year. michael: sky 4 with a live look over the school. voters were asked to be patient and kind, and aware that voting will take longer because of the problems at the polls. carol: across the upstate, thousands cannot devote. the voting was not out with some scattered problems. wyff news 4 corey davis is live and local at riverside high school in greenville county. there is a good-sized turnout there? corey: this is one of voting precincts where things are going well. come through. that's roughly 25% of the registered voters in this precinct, a traditionally republican area. there have been elections where poll workers here have only seen 15 voters all day for a primary. definitely a big change for this go around. taking a look behind me, you may notice there are two

in west columbia on mineral springs road. here power crews are dealing with down trees impacted powerlines. west columbia wasn't the only area to have damage. west columbia wasn't the only thanks dawndy and charles... powerlines. west columbia wasn't the only area to have damage. this was the scene on patterson road in columbia around 2:30. strong winds are being blamed for some downed trees, including this fence. and in front of epworth children's home on millwood and maple streets in columbia, a tree fell and smashed into a taxi's windshield. the driver told our crew it had he says he feels lucky to alive. columbia forestry and beautification cleaned up tree and the car was towed. the latest word is that at least three people are dead and 30 more are hurt in the wake of a line of severe storms that moved through parts of the southeast. we're also getting a new look at the destruction left behind. tornadoes have now been confirmed in several states. andrew spencer has the latest. from pensacola, florida... to garland, texas... pa

still gusting to 40 here in columbia. now, it will eventually loosen upup here and -- in the -- the wind will die off. it will take tomorrow night before it's back down to next to nothing. here is a look at the forecast. what you see here is that we'll see gustsenup to 25. that's on the order of half, a lot less windy. as we go forward, you will see the temperatures dipping in the 50s during the day for a couple of days here. by the time we get to the second half of the weekend, back in the 6 hoss -- 60s and in terms of rain, no rain on that seven-day forecast. we've had our share. we could use a good week to dry out and we'll get it. >> do you recommend that when we do have heavy rainfall for people to stay away from roads that have a lot of trees like corley mill road maybe a couple of days after or do you think it makes a difference? >> probably after the fact you are probably okay. >> they've not toppled over -- >> you are probably okay. >> okay. >> today was dangerous. grace joyal said right at her house a big 50-foot

of course, that's tonight at 10:00 right here on abc columbia. and, remember, the red carpet will be rolling out this sunday. it's a night of fame, fashion and films right here on abc columbia starting at 7:00. >>> crysty: still to come, it's rags to riches. how internet sensation is getting the real deal after touching the hearts of many. that story is next. thanks for waking up with us. gervais. >> jonathan: good friday morning, sun is trying to come up for us, i think we will see a lot of it, clear skies across the area, a few clouds but all the disturbance is to our north and west, nothing to worry about rain fall, snow on the mountains but nothing to worry about for us. warming up to the upper 50s later this afternoon. >> crysty: thank you, jonathan. for you columbia firefly fans, tickets go on sale today for opening today. the 2016 season will kickoff soon at spirit communications >> rochelle: not long now, tickets are available on the website. the fireflies are kicking off their season april 14th against the greenville drive and for an adde

we will see very breezy conditions from newberry to columbia. here is our future plus forecast showing the showers. again, most of the heavy stuff is to the south, but we will see action in the upstate between now and 8:00. we have showers and thunderstorms approaching over the next couple hours. as the morning goes on, it trails off and by noon, only a few scattered showers will be left. later tonight, snow comes back to the tennessee and north carolina mountain range. school delays tomorrow morning. that changes over to rain as it will warm up into the 40's tomorrow. temperatures remained locked in the 40's yesterday. we have upper 40's in the mountains. those will get into the mid-50's. we can see a northeasterly breeze at 10-15 miles per hour this morning. it will get windy or as this big low continues to move off to the east this afternoon and evening. watch out for those winds. they could topple some trees. cold air flows in tonight. that will cool things down and create snow in the mountains. we will reach low 60's this afternoon. then, it sta

also into columbia. here's our wind in asheville, this has created cooler conditions for awhile now. no windchill advisories out, anything like that. all that expired this morning. the winds gusting at 13 miles an hour. 9 in forest city and 18 in boone. boon is still cold, feels like 9 degrees. that's the windchill. windchill in burnsville and back in asheville, 26. even when the kids get out of school, it will be chilly. watch as these numbers start to go down. this is the wind speeds. getting down to about 4 miles an hour by 10:00 p.m. that's not going to be too much watch quickly, there we go, a little upper level disturbance, giving us a light shot of snow. then the cold weather funnels back down into western north carolina for saturday and sunday. take a quick look at the future cast through 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. really not going to be a big event at all. it is going to be isolated to these northern mountains more than likely. we have a 30% chance for this snow tomorrow and a few flurries into saturday morni

radar, and what i want to show you here is that the radar shows that we have active weather out there, and where it is now, it's pushed to the south and east of columbia, and let's take you in close, and show you what's going on. towards 95, and i will stop it for you and show you the most significant line is along 95 right in here, and that's continuing to push off to the east at about maybe 30, 35 miles per hour, something like that. that's the last gas, and that was thth last gasp of significant weather that's out there, and behind it it's all just rain and watch out, places like sum sum summerton, places like that, and now we are down to just showers, and we will see more out there tonight, and a few more finally we get a good day of clearing. it certainly was a wild afternoon in the midlands. whenever you have thunderstorms, there's a chance, albeii small, but there's a chance you can get tornadoes spin up.s that's exactly what happened outust sa there today. up >> what started off as a quiet rain day, it ended upbringing a- damage and destruction after the tornado touched down in west columbia. thh >> take you out live to jennifer ray, and she's

here are warmer. we're still at 41 in columbia. so it's not so bad out there tonight. and what happens as we go forward? look at this. we're still, as you see, 10 degrees or so warmer tonight than we were last night here in columbia. so overnight, temperatures will fall back. then in the morning commute, it will be quiet, maybe a few clouds here and there, no problems. temperatures right around the freezing mark or so. that will take care of business for you. now, as we go through the day tomorrow, it will get good andcloudy. the middle are the pa of the day could get a sprinkle in there. a little something the middle part of the day, and then it will clear out by tomorrow evening. now, temperatures tomorrow, mid 40s, maybe in some cases upper 40s. that's going to about do it. into the weekend, we're going to be wishing we had temperatures this warm. it's going to plummet. we'll go through all of the details on when that happens for your valentines weekend forecast coming up in just a bit. >> alicia: criminal charges against a former university of south carolina running

a couple hundred people felt the burn at a rally for bernie sanders in columbia. here. doesn't matter to his loyal supporters. >> we're using any power we have to get people out to vote and also learn there's another option. >> peoeole are hurting in this country, particularly where we have the highest poverty and lowest ges. >> reporter: campaigning is a family affair for his rival with chelsea e clinton thanking volunteers at a phone bank. hillary clinton hostedrally in columbia preaching more jobs and less poverty. >> i really believe that we're country. this is one of the most consequentable we've had. both candidates have set their sights on super tuesday, da that will lawnunch one of that he has candidates closer to the democratic nomination. hillary clintoto spent much more time campaigning across south carolina compared to bernie sanders. that may be, in part, as to why she's up by double digits in the polls. they open tomorrow at 7:00 in the morning. >> thank you. the republican establishment was left stuck when donald trump remained his first endorsement of th

we'll have complete primary coverage online and on air saturday, right here on abc columbia news. >> let's talk about local news. here at home, the highway patrol released video from the night donny myers was arrested for dui. this time calls to step down get louder. >> leading that charge, a midlands man who lost his daughter to a deadly dui crash. beth rousseau explains. >> placed under arrest for >> dash cam video shows lexington prosecutor donny myers being arrested at his home after his vehicle was found crashed into a utility pole. >> he got lucky. he hit a utility pole this time. next time, it could be you. >> for community members who have lost loved ones to drivers under the influence, myers accident hits too close to home. >> the loss of a child, there's nothing likeke it. it's like a death sentence that we relive every day. we have to get up trying to find a reason to live. >> david longstreet's 6-year-old daughter emma was killed in a 2012 dui collision. longstreet says he vividly remembers speaking with myers while he prosecuted the man responsible for the death. >> he sa

columbia. >>> right now, here in columbia, we have mostly clear skies. our temperature, 51 degrees. the winds are from the west- northwest at 18 miles per hourment still gusting up to about 25 to 30 miles per hour at times. already, the wind are beginning to diminish. tonight, mostly clear and low of 35 degrees. we'll see plenty of sunshine tomorrow. high temperature up to 57 degrees. and dry conditions over the weekend but it will be warmer next week. we'll look at that forecast in a moment. >> thank you. >>> that severe weather that moved across the state yesterday claimed the life of a darlington man. 58-year-old michael gains died after he was hit by a falling tree. he had stop ad long the rooted near his home to get storm debris out of the road when a tree fell on him. >>> tonight, the highway patrol is investigating a one-car vehicle accident. this time on bluff road. trooper say the vehicle was traveling west when it went off the right side of the road into a ditch and overturned. the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. the coroner has not released the name of the driver

on our friday morning, 32 degrees here in columbia, clear skies, calm winds and no doubt they will need a winter jacket as they head out to the bus stop. clear skies overhead, area of high pressure continues to bring in a lot of the cool dry air. a lot of moisture coming out of the gulf and i will that will give us a chance for warming today, with the kids get out, 62 degrees. a lot of sunshine as we are expecting a high of 64. winds out of the southeast southeast of five-10 miles per hour. tonight 45 for it even though we will have cloud call coverage on saturday and sunday, 71 on saturday, 73 on sunday. get out today, over the weekend, as we enjoy the nice warm temperatures. >> can't wait, it's going to be a great day to go outside. no out and boat -- vote in the presidential primaries. wltx will have full coverage of that. all of the campaign stops today. enjoy your weekend, thank you so much for joining us again for news 19 this morning. >> you can catch all your news online, at wltx.com, you can catch us on social media. have a great da

good evening from columbia. here in south carolina, apart from the continuing cruz-rubio drama, they remain virtually tied at this hour for second place here with 99% of the vote recorded, aside from that, there is affirmation that donald trump, among all the republicans remains at the top. >> unfortunately, we had a technical difficulty there with steve's package. we might be able to get to that later in the evening. we will move on to other news we are following today. a fierce fire under investigation in fall river tonight. an inferno erupting inside an abandoned mill overnight. trying to figure out how this all started. >> we are live from fall river with what we are learning tonight. >> we are told this mill was the size of a city block and four stories tall. >> you take a look behind me, you see that is not the case anymore. this building is still smoking. and it will be for days. >> the flames are huge. like, they were up higher than the stacks. >> an old mill in fall river torched overnight in a massive fire.

right now, we're watching this line of storms as you go around just to our west here, you can see we're at columbia right here. this line is moving our way. expected to bring some pretty strong wind gusts as well as some lightning and some heavy downpours of rain. i'll show you what else to expect from this line and when it's going to move out coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you. another one bites the dust. this morning, kentucky senator rand paul announced he's suspending his campaign for the republican nomination. he finished fifth in monday's iowa caucuses with 4.5% of the vote. paul says he will now focus on the democratic presidential hopefuls are hoping to win over some last minute support before voters in the granite state head to the polls tuesday. hillary clinton and bernie sanders will make closing arguments in a primetime town hall tonight in new hampshire. cnn will broadcast the event from 8:00 until 11:00 tonight. former president bill clinton will be busy vying for votes for his wife here in the capital city today. he'll be holding a rally at allen university. that event held in

here in columbia we are sitting at 30 for degrees. for the most part, clear skies, winds 6 miles per hour giving us a frigid wind chill. it feels like 29 degrees. when the kid set out to the bus stop no doubt they are going to need their jackets, hats, and gloves. 33degrees, wind chill possibly 28. we will still have winds coming out of the north 10-15 miles per hour we will have a high of 57 degrees, clear ankle tonight. northwind-- winds with a low of 30 degrees. 60degrees tomorrow, lots of sunshine, with light winds out of the west-southwest at 5 miles per hour. >>> as far as the roads right now, the traffic conditions before you head out the door. i 26 the left-hand side and the eastbound lane as you head right now, no accidents being reported. for the most part, all throughout colombia, the roads are clear of any accidents. as you are coming down from i 26 to harvest and calm about it eight minute commute. i 77 tube life would, you are looking at about 16 minute drive. we take a look at the seven day forecast, and the weekend for

bernie sanders was in columbia yesterday hoping to grow his support here in the capital city. sanders spoke on criminal justice reform and highlighted his plans for free higher education and decreasing student debt. >> a college degree is the equivalent in many respects to what a high school degree was 50 or 60 years ago. for our economy to do well, we need the best educated work force in the world. >> meanwhile, hillary clinton is also determined to win votes with youth and minorities. clinton spent yesterday in new york speaking with civil rights leaders about breaking barriers. and former president bill clinton was in greenville the south carolina democratic party primary is february 27th. and it's still too soon to tell governor nikki haley who she expects to decide to be her pick for president going into saturday's primary. governor haley saying she's not ready to endorse any of the g.o.p. candidates. in fact, haley may not endorse anyone. >> i don't know yet. and, you know, i'm doing what i think a lot of people in south carolina are doing which is i watch the debate. i'

we have crews in greenville county, spartanburg county, columbia, and here in studio, breaking down tonight's events. we begin with the donald trump headquarters in spartanburg county. hundreds, literally hundred had to be turned away at the door. carol: the second straight victory for the real estate mogul after his second-place finish in new hampshire. patrick hussion is live in spartanburg with more. patrick: i am here at the spartanburg marrrrtt. you mentioned hundreds outside the door, but there were over 1000 in the bar and the parking lot. the 1500 people that got to come inside -- we have reaction from them. they were watching the coverage. they knew exactly when donald trump was projected to the winter. take a listen. so there's the big cheer, the big moment. it did not take long. i mentioned a second ago, it kicks into another gear. suddenly donald trump was walking on stage. he had an entire family behind him, as we've seen in the past. he even congratulated marco rubio and ted cruz. he had this to say. mr. trump: if a couple of the other candidates dropped out -- if you added thei

after the volleyball center, where it has been turned into hillary clinton's big primary night here in columbia. it is tight quarters. media from all over the world here on the risers. hillary clinton and her husband bill have been all over south carolina this week, trying to get out her message that she wants voters to hear. getting people to the polls. hillary was also in alabama today, where she talked about how big this election is, not just to the west, but to the world. -- just to the u.s., but to the world. mrs. clinton: when you run for president, it's not just the americans that they attention. the entire world listens to every world you say. markets rise and fall. complex go forward --conflicts go forward or retreat. this is an incredibly important point t r america to understand. of bernie sanders, if you get the nomination and become a president, what issues that they care about that he has brought the forefront can i count on you to follow up on? mrs. clinton: i would enforce the law against anything that poses a systemic risk to our economy. no bank is big to fail, no executive to

and jeb bush will be right here in columbia. he'll be holding a rally at senate's end tonight at 6:30. a reminder about the primary dates. the g-o-p primary will take place next saturday, february 20th. the democratic primary will take place the following week... on saturday february 27th. and stay with abc columbia news for complete coverage online and on air.... of vote 20-16. the richland penny project is looking to spruce up the gills creek area. that's right. boardwalks, picnic areas and wilderness trials are just a few of the proposed features for the greenway along gills creek. and now you have a chance to voice your opinion about the project. the richland penny program will be holding an open house today. residents can stop by brennen elementary school tonight... from 6:30-until eight... to learn more about the greenway. changes could also be in store... along a stretch of road lined with empty buildings, overgrown lots and main street is getting a make-over. at last night's open house... the city talked to residents abo

here. columbia news. >> ben: welcome back. our coverage of the first in the south republican primary said u.s. i almost promoted you. >> rep. finley: yeah, thank you. >> ben: state rep, kirkman finley, republican from rich land county. you opposited jeb bush and he boud out of the race tonight. who does jeb support now, any -- what are you hearing? >> rep. finley: i event haven't heard anything from their camp. i think it will be very interesting how it develops in you would think that lot of jejes support would probably naturally accrue to rubio, but some of it may stand-up with cruz or trump. you don't know. >> ben: he was bitter, though, rubio and bush. >> rep. finley: but remember none of that was seen by anybody except south carolinians. all the other primary states, the bitterness and ugliness we've seen doesn't exist. that tonight bother anybody there. >> ben: so the democrats responded to trump's victory tonight, the national chaha says the old -- the once grand old party is now the party of trump. do you agree with th

good morning from columbia, here in south carolina, african americans are expected to make up the majority of voters in today's democratic primary... and that seems sure to power hillary clinton to an easy win... her second in as row after nevada. then comes super tuusday. where in 10 states where democrats have major races ...only in vermont .... bernie sanders' home state, does polling indicate he can win likewise on the republican side... in only one super tuesday state is frontrunner donald trump trailing... ted cruz's home state of texas. despite a shaky debate performance in texas by trump and a strong one by marco rubio... trump got a boost by the endorsement yesterday of new jersey governor chris s/ steve handelsman / nbc news :45 - 1:02 and so on super tuesday all eyes on texas. can ted cruz lose?? can donald trump, can hillary clinton both lock the nominations just three days now?? and if the presidential election was today, virginians would choose democrat hillary clinton or bernie sanders over donald trump. that's according to a recent poll by hampton university. forty-eight pe

being cast in the democratic primary here in columbia, south carolina. ical experts on what matters most in the outcome of tonight, not just the winner but the margin of the win, next. i'm jerry bell the second. and i'm jerry bell the third. i'm like a big bear and he's my little cub. this little guy is non-stop. he's always hanging out with his friends. you've got to be prepared to sit at the edge of your seat and be ready to get up. there's no "deep couch sitting." definitely not good for my back. this is the part i really don't like right here. (doorbell) what's that? a package! it's a swiffer wetjet. it almost feels like it's moving itself. this is kind of fun. that comes from my floor? eww! this is deep couch sitting. [jerry bell iii] deep couch sitting! most new wealth flows it's called a rigged economy, and this is how it works. to the top 1%. it's a system held in place by corrupt politics where wall street banks and billionaires buy elections. my campaign is powered by millions of small contributions. people like you who want to fight back. the t

over 60 cases of zika have been reported in more than a dozen states, as well as the district of columbia. here in southern nevada, two people have been tested...one test has come back negative and the second one is still pending./// > travelers --aboard a battered royal caribbean cruise ship-- are expected to return home to new jersey tonight. the ship was headed to florida over the weekend when it got caught in a powerful storm. royal caribbean says the wind speeds the ship endured were higher than what was forecast./// kirsten joyce > now let's turn it over to demetia. brian loftus how are the roads looking this morning. < demetria obilor > sewer construction at flamingo and mcleod is going to slow you down for about a month. no through traffic on mcleod at flamingo. two, left lanes in both directions of flamingo will no left- turns will be allowed. work will continue through march. < > back to you./// ((kirsten joyce)) > now it's time for our pet of the week. this is patriot. he's 1 year, 6 months old he's some type of terrier. his adoption fee is 200- dollars. animal foundation 702 384-333

here in columbia, 50 degrees. cloudcover in place for the most part. relative humidity at 80%. >> when the kids head out to the bus stop, they will need a sweater, 46 degrees when they head out. 5- to 10-mile-an-hour winds and 71 degrees. rather mild, almost warm overnight tonight. a low of 54. then tomorrow, as the winds shift at 10 miles an hour, a mix of sun and clouds and warmer up to 74 degrees. >>> for those of you heading out the door, let's check on the traffic conditions right now. i 26 traffic is light right now, but will pick up. no accidents are being reported on i 26. we have a stalled vehicle if you're traveling along i-77. this is going to be assault vehicle by exit 24 for wilson road. we do have and i believe there is going to be some kind of debris on the roadway if you're heading on i 26, this is going to be by exit 110 and 111. be aware of that. as far as from the lake murray boulevard, a five minute commute there. we'll take a look at the seven- day forecast and warming trend continues. that continues in a few minutes. >>> thanks ef

good morning from columbia. here in south carolina, african-americans are expected to make up the majority of voters in the democratic primary. and that seems short of power hillary clinton to an easy win. her second in a row after nevada. then comes super tuesday. 10 states democrats have major races. only in vermont, bernie sand he was's home state, does polling indicate he can win. likewise on the republican side. front-runner donald trump trailing. trump g endorsement yesterday of new jersey governor chris christie. on super tuesday, all eyes on texas can ted cruz lose. can hillary clinton both on the same day lock up their party's nomination. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, south carolina. >> the commonwealth is getting a lot of last minute attention. senator rubio is holding a rally sunday night. we will hear from virginia voters and find out how it will affect super tuesday. we are keeping track of both parties. last minute trip to virginia in our nbc washington app. find out where you can see where >> the pri

mileleper-hour and it feels like 24 in columbia. 30 degrees along the coast. here's the satellite here, and the band here is pretty much fading but we still have that band extending into the pd region and that will extend to the northeast. fairly large section here of north carolina has cleared out already. the main system a up over the great lakes and sending some high pressure there. the combination is bringing the cold wind down here well into the south. we have one system here, and there's plenty of cold air and it began in canada. it -- and we're expecting low temperatures tonight of 34. 27 for columbia and 24 for sumpter. we'll see sunshine and 41 for a high. 43 in sumter and maybe 45 in manning. we'll see sunshine on thursday with a low of 23 and a high of 50. then another cold front will come through on saturday morning and it will start to turn colder. 49 degrees the high for the saturday. we'll get to about 24 degrees on monday, then, the clouds will increase and we'll see a into monday night. tuesday, mostly sunny and that weather pattern will change and w

right here in columbia. ahead of tonight's town hall... g-o-p presidential hopefuls ben carson will be right here in the capital city. carson will be at cromer's... right off huger street... this morning at nine. after that, he'll be attending a veterans roundtable... that's set for 10-30 this morning.. ben carson will also be campaigning in the upstate today. carson and ted cruz will both be attending the "faith and freedom" rally in spartanburg tonight. cruz will also has stops planned in seneca later today. all of the g-o-p presidential hopefuls will be busy vying for votes across the palmetto state today. marco rubio has town halls planned in chapin, aiken and mount pleasant. following his bush is set to make stops in beaufort, summerville and myrtle beach. john kasich will be in bluffton. and donald trump will be in walterboro and sumter today. speaking of trump... he still finds himself leading the pack... among the republican presidential candidates. a new cnn-orc poll shows in the republican race, trump is leading with 38-percent su

here in columbia 33 degrees. a lot of clear skies, for now, but we do have an approaching cold front coming in off the west side of the appalachians, with this low-pressure out in the atlantic, the winds squeeze right on the middle right through north and south carolina. it will be a windy day today when the kids get out of school we will have the chance for some showers, 59 degrees, again we are looking at windy conditioio, wind gusts up to 25 miles per hour as our highs later on today will be in the middle to upper 50s. the chance of showers will diminish as we get into the evening. very cold as we look at our overnight tonight in the lower to middle 30s. get ready for the cold conditions to stick around, because tomorrow although it will be 46 degrees, will be windy wednesday 25 degrees to start out the momoing, what we are dealing with is another cold front the first one will gives a chance for showers, the second one, it is going to reinforce more cold air and that will be settling down over us, we are looki

here in columbia, not likely for us to see them. we start to get the color changes in there. nothing is going to accumulate. the ground is too warm. not too much activity out there but know as you head out tomorrow morning a chance of a few snow flakes. later on in the day, we clear out and god to go for the panthers game tomorrow night. give yourself a little extra timemeomorrow morning. we do want to see any weather pictures you have for us or if you are celebrating for the game, send us some photos. send them on facebook, twitter or instagram. you have a lot of options. columbia we will be in the upper 30's again. this is why this is not so cold for our area. the eastern side of the midlands the threat for few snow flakes. temperatures for the next few days, cool down in the middle of the week. 51 the high tomorrow afternoon. that is a look at your be right back after the break. >>> here comes cam. he came, saw and conquered. cam newton is your nfl mvp. he led the panthers to a 15-1 regular season. the best in franchise history and now will look to bring trophy sunday when

they started fundraising efforts here in columbia. in the past two years, just from their house in columbia they've raised over $3 million for san phillipo research. it's amazing what they've been able to accomplish. family that's fighting so hard for liza and all of the children all over the world. >> it's affected lynn and kara's lives everyday. it's not easy. i've never seen anything like it. they're doing a tremendous job stay with 3 baseball is back - the usc >>> now, news 19's sports director, reggie anderson. the yard cox opening up today at founder's park. albany in town for a three game series. brandon mcelwain, he'll be playing quarterback for the football team. he got into some late action today. clark schmidt on the mound for the gamecocks. the first starter of 2016, looking sharp. bottom of the 2nd, clark with a sac fly scores john jones hustleing in from third n.the bottom of the 3rd when it's 1- 0, jones back up to the plate, bases loaded and he would unload a three run double to center field. that makes it 4-0 gamecock

columbia, and 25 in saluta. what's going to happen as we go overnight, the wind is going to die back, and it will allow temperatures to drop around 20. here in columbia, thinking low 20s. but the coldest spots will be in the upper teens. tomorrow, nowhere near as much wind, and the temperatures recover at least some. let's give you a look at what's going on, and certainly the culprit for all of this has been a big pocket of cold air that's come down from the middle of canada. we have the first shot of this, yesterday but today, and we are going to get another shot of this thing, come the weekend. for us it's going to be cold. parts of the northeast they won't get out of the teens all day long, and really cold, dangerously cold for them, and not quite as bad for us, but still chilly as we go later through the week. columbia, the warm spot at 22, and 18, 19, places like newberry, camden, going to be very cold out there tonight. tomorrow what will happen is the wind will be nowhere near as strong as it was today. only get up to around 10 or so, and temperatures will recover upper 40s and low 50s in the warm spots. friday, this is nothing big

steve: good morning from columbia. here in south carolina, african americans are expected to make up the majority of voters in today' s democratic primary. and that seems sure to power hillary clinton to an easy win, her second in a row after nevada. then comes super tuesday, where in 10 states that democrats have major races, only in vermont, bernie sanders' home state, does polling indicate he can win. likewise, on the republican side, in only one super tuesday state is frontrunner donald trump trailing. ted cruz' s home state of texas. despite a shaky debate performance in texas by trump and a strong one by marco rubio, trump got a boost by the endorsement yesterday of new jersey governor chris christie. and so, on super tuesday, all eyes will be on texas. can ted cruz lose? clinton both lock the nominations? i' m steve handelsman, columbia, south carolina. alex: overnight, we learned a second governor has endorsed donald trump. outspoken maine governor, paul lepage announced he' s backing the fellow republican. he had p

you can see right now here in columbia, 57 degrees and we already hit our high. later on this afternoon, 53, sprinkles possibly left over. tonight, it will be cold. 36 degrees and then tomorrow, it is going to be a little bit chilly. 54 and a lot of sunshine. >>> an energy company is expanding in the midlands. dominion resource is relocating their carolina gas transmission headquarters to columbia. the company owns and preallots nearly 1500 natural gas pipelines in south carolina and southeastern georgia. >>> thraves a cake cutting morning at the columbia metro airport. the organization has a lounge at the airport for service members passing through. the south carolina chapter's volunteers and staff greet around 7,000 military service members every month. >>> olympic figure skater midlands today campaigning for hillary clinton. the two-time olympic medalist is spending time with college democrats at usc's darla moore school of business in columbia. the campaign says kwan previously served as an envoy for the u.s. state department. make sure you are watching us to

. >> good morning from columbia. here in south carolina today, african-americans are expected to make up the majority of voters in the democratic primary. that seems sure to empower hillary clinton into an easy win. homestay, does polling indicate that he can win. only in one super tuesday state is donald trump trailing. ted cruz his home state of texas. trump got a boost yesterday by chris christie. on super tuesday, all eyes on texas. can ted cruz lose? can hillary clinton and donald trump, both, on the same day, lock up their partiy's nomination. myra: we have some last-minute tips on our website. if you plan to vote today you , can find them on our website and wyff 4 mobile app. and later tonight you can find live election results as the numbers come in. we will have live coverage starting at 6:00. we will have live team coverage from around the state, in columbia with hilary clinton's campaign. and coverage from a bernie sanders watch party. we will provide live updates on polls close. in other news, this morning in

@>>reporter:thanks, and good @morning from columbia. @here in south carolina today @african-americans are expected @to make up the majority of @voters in the democratic p @rimary. @and that came short of power @hillary clinton to an easy win. @her second in a row after @nevada. @then come super tuesday where @in 10 states democrats have @homestay, does poling indicate @he can win. @likewise, on the republican side @and one super tuesday state is @trailing. @ted cruz's home state of texas. @performance in texas, by trump @and a strong one by marco rubio @endorsement yesterday of new @jersey governor, chris @christie. @on super tuesday, all eyes on @texas, can ted cruz lose? @can donald trump or hillary @clinton both on the same day @lock up their party's @nominations? @i am steve handelsman, nbc @news, columbia, south carolina. @>>> stay with wkyc for the @latest on tonight's primary @results in south carolina. @meet the press moderator, chuck @todd, will meet us tomorrow @morning he will be discussing @the candidates ahead of super @tuesday.

you can catch all the glitz and glamor right here on abc columbia. >>> eric: still to come, there's an adorable addition to a boston zoo. this little guy is sure to keep it right here. >> jonathan: 6:54 on your monday morning, waking up with dry conditions, it's cloudy, warm, heading outright now it feels awesome but we will likely see some rain come our way later today. we have the cold front draped across the southeast, this will keep threatened rain in the next few days. mainly this low pressure system will be stirring up a lot of issues with the rain fall. rain not a big issue for us right now, we will see more come our way later today into tonight but also carry it through tuesday and wednesday of the mid-week forecast. >>> eric: there's an adorable addition to a zoo in boston this morning. meet chewbacca. the nigerian dwarf goat is weighing in at just four pounds. the zoo says chewbacca was standing up within hours of his birth and is very bright, alert and active. tiny. according to the zoo's website, nigerian dwarf goats are noted for their wide range of color patterns and easy

. >>> good morning from columbia. here in south carolina today africans are expected to make up the majority of voters in the primary. that seemed short of power hillary clinton to an easy win, her second in a row after nevada. then comes super tuesday. where in ten states where democrats have major races only in vermont does polling indicate bernie sanders can win. on the republican side and only one super tuesday state is front runner donald trump trailing. despite a shaky debate performance and a strong one by marco rubio, trump got a boost by the endorsement of governor chris christie. so on super tuesday all eyes on texas. can ted cruz lose? can hillary clinton both on the same day lock up nominations? i'm steve handlesman, south carolina. >>> democrats also are making their political presence known here in the bay area. vice president joe biden is just one of many heavy hitters in town tr a state convention in san jose. the vice president will give the keynote address to more than 3,000 people tonight. this weekend i

a chilly day today, actually below average, about 12 degrees below average here in columbia. and also 45 there, that was the high in camden, take a look at newbury, 43 degrees. plenty of sunshine, but it was deceiving when you stepped outside. a little light winds too, that made it feel slightly cooler. temperatures now pretty cold and going to become even colder out there by the time you wake up tomorrow morning. 28 degrees in camden, 28 in bishopville, right on the freezing mark there in man can and 30 in winds borough, lexington around 33 degrees. we have clear skies for tonight, mainly clear, high pressure just to the north of the area, that is bringing in a lot of arctic air and winds out of the north and west, so providing a little bit after lighter breeze. the bigger picture this, is pressure, that's going to move towards the north and east, and then we look at our next weather maker, for us going to be a little bit of a rainy situation, that's what we'll be seeing as we look more towards monday. so keep that in mind. future cast, though, as we head towards sunday, we'

. >> reporter: thanks and good morning from columbia, here in south carolina african-americans are expected to make up the majority of voters in the democratic primary. and that seemed to power hillary clinton to an easy win, her second in a row after nevada. then comes super tuesday, where in ten states, only in vermont, bernie sanders home state does polling indicate that he can win. likewise on the republican side and one super tuesday state, is donald trump trailing, ted cruz's home state of texas. despite a shaky performance by trump and a storming by michael rubio. trump got a boost by the so on tuesday, only at texas can ted cruz lose, and hillary clinton both on the same day lock up their parties nomination. i'm steve handledman. nbc news. >>> they responded to the chris christie's recent endorsement, baker supported the new jersey bid are to governor. now baker says that christie's support for trump doesn't mean he will as well. >> i don't anticipate voting for donald trump. >>meanwhile donald trump is hoping the surprising endorsement gives him an edge as the gop presidential cand

during last night's town hall right here in columbia... trump said the pontiff's comments were "probably a little nicer" than first reported. despite this, trump is not backing down on his view on immigration reform. during last night's town hall... trump said... the pope doesn't see the, "strain" illegal immigration and "drugs pouring across the border"... causes. it's something trump is looking to change as a part of his immigration reform plan. trump immigration plan would involve building a wall across the southern border... one trump insists mexico would pay for trump said if elected president.. he also plans to deport all eleven million undocumented immigrants within 18 months to two years. ted cruz also says he will increase deportation... in addition to stopping sanctuary policies. cruz says he also plans to suspend and audit h-one-b illegal immigration... as long as american unemployment remains high. marco rubio... the son of cuban immigrants... says he's narrowing down his approach to immigration security... to one general princ

we're not expecting rain here in columbia. it could get as close as sumter and orangeburg. we'll watch that, but the rest of the midlands are dry. a strong cold front comes in on monday and coming through columbia midday. 25 in newberry and 29 in sumter and 29 in orangeburg. tomorrow and we do expect clouds tomorrow night but becoming partly cloudy on sunday with a high of 56 and then that front comes through on monday and it will be breezy and we still think we'll get to 55 but once the front comes through the temperatures drop and on tuesday it struggles to get to 45 and the wind makes it feel colder. we'll drop down to 25 by thursday morning and from there temperatures moderate and by friday up to 60 degrees. >> what you're saying is tuesday is a good day to go golfing? >> if you want to play the wind?. >> that's with the wind. >> reggie anderson. >> we're going to go when the republicans weren't going after president obama they were coming after me. his attorney general. in the cabinet, i served with hillary clinton. i've known her for almost 25 years. for children, to

stay tuned. >>> first, here is lester holt with a look at what's ahead on "nbc nightly news." >> hi, jim and doreen. we're on the road in columbia, south carolina, ahead of the republican primary here. the big story, donald trump's slip in the polls. we're also in nevada, the big push before the democrats vote there tomorrow. and we'll have more on the government crackdown on those so-called hover boards when we i lead the 11 o'clock news with stories of gun violence. and like many of you, my family lived through the beltway sniper crisis. in congress, i'll fight to expand background checks on guns and ammunition, ban assault weapons, and mandate gun safety locks, because too many kids die from accidental shootings. let's show the nra we're not afraid of them; as democrats, as americans, as parents. i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. >>> this is the xfinity sports desk brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. >>> the wizards newest player will make his debut tonight. >> chris is in the csn studios with more on this. >> good to see you tonight. markieff morris will make his debut for the wizar

in west columbia on mineral springs road. here power crews are dealing with down trees impacted powerlines. more wind damage happened on patterson road in columbia where a tree mike desumma is on mineral springs road right now. thanks dawndy and charles... powerlines. more wind damage happened on patterson road in columbia where a tree crashed into a fence around a home. thankfully, the house was okay. work crews were able to get there to be sure the road was cleared. children's home on millwood and maple streets in columbia...a tree fell and smashed into a taxi's windshield. the driver told our crew it had to have been the wind that caused the tree to split. he feels fortunate to be alive. columbia forestry and beautification cleaned up the tree and the car was towed. - chesterfield county funnel cloud -newberry wind damage: strong wind flipped building over and into the driveway. had to move it so we could get out the driveway. -saluda damage: wind damage on wheeler circle in saluda. -saluda damage 2: source: branches almost hit