right, dale? dale: he is slinging slime on everybody. he is a real favorite with the crowd right now. [laughter] geoff: the latest here, a big win for donald trump in the nevada caucus. who finished second? announcer: live, local, breaking news. this is wyff news 4 today in high definition. geoff: happening now, donald trump riding a victory in the nevada caucus. trump was widely favored coming in, but who finished second? allyson: also, severe weather muhsin as a powerful system moves into the region. geoff: president obama unveils a plan to close a detention facility at guantanamo bank. this is our anderson skycam. you can see wet roads there. dale is joining us. dale: we are still under that flash flood watch. that continues today. already saturated rain will run off quickly. 48 degrees and a breeze out of the east at 12 miles per hour. you can see the foggy conditions in spartanburg. here comes some more rain affecting northeastern georgia into anderson county and southern greenville county. the midlands can also see heavy downpours

dale: it really is. we had a little low come through yesterday that left a wintry mix in the mountains and a little rain in the upstate. some of that is still going on in north carolina while the upstate just has clouds this morning. 41 degrees with gradual clearing today. we did pop up to 60 degrees yesterday. you can still see one or two spots in the north cap on a mountains getting an early flurry, all that is left from the low that blew through overnight. and then, we will have sunshine for the afternoon. temperatures are right now in the 30's and 40's across the area. they will climb into the 50's for the upstate and mid 40's for the mountains. hour that makes that feel a little cooler. 55, not far from what we typically expect for the mountains. the mountains will be little cooler today with 44 of the afternoon high. we will talk about the rest of the week and what the weekend looks like in a few minutes. myra: covering commitment 2016 now. the gop presidential candidates hope to use cnn and town h

first, dale? dale: areas of rain and fog across the area. temperatures climb to to the upper 40's and stayed there yesterday. breeze out of the northeast at 14 this morning. fog be in spartanburg. there will be areas of dense fog along with rain. we have seen pretty good downpours in greenville, anderson county and the break in parts of oconee county and we are not out of the woods quite yet. it looks like a lot of the energy and severe weather has gone to the south. southern georgia, south of columbia. we are under flash flood watches because of saturated heavy downpours that could lead to quick flooding of creeks and streams. in western north carolina, high wind warnings and winter advisories. produced out in columbia and newberry -- pretty stout in columbia and newberry. chris justus is looking at the threat for the day. chris: it will get very breezy today. the highest impact will be on the morning commute later this afternoon and evening. looks like a microphone is down here. it fell, folks. live tv for you, that we have it on now. look

allyson: thank you, dale. happening today, the official kick-off for the $231 million 85-385 gateway project. the project is meant to improve safety and make the interchange more efficient. more than 190,000 vehicles per day travel on the interchange daily. this is the second largest road project in scdot's history. turning to commitment 2016 hillary clinton and bernie sanders squared off one last time in new hampshire before tuesday's primary. patrick: just hours before last night's debate, the latest nbc-wall street journal poll showed sanders with a more than a 30 point lead over clinton. now, hillary clinton is looking to gain ground. some of the major topics last night were health care, wall street, and who is more progressive. >> the republicans want to repeal the affordable care act. i want to build on it, get the cost down, get the prescription drug cost down. senator sanders wants us to start all over again. >> i am on the health education labor committee. that committee wrote the affordable care act.

dale: good morning. here is video from tennessee showing snow falling sunday afternoon along i-75 in eastern tennessee. same system that will be impacting our area today. the tennessee-north carolina border got a good bit of snow yesterday. same system is bringing us wintry weather to north carolina. late morning in its the afternoon we will get wintry weather across the upstate in the form of freezing rain. let's take a look at our current temperatures. spartanburg a 28. it will struggle to get up to freezing 32 today. you can see the snow coming down in northern haywood county and also east of asheville and buncombe and mcdowell. we are starting to see flurries of snow. more action expected to develop as the day goes on. temperatures below freezing for most of the area. 23 in asheville. 28 in spartanburg and anderson. factor in the nine to 13 plus mile-per-hour winds associated with that and it feels like the teens over most of the area. dress warmly if you will be out today. keep an eye out for wintry

dale has a school salute. dale: we do. the eighth-grade students in mrs. edge's science class have been studying astronomy and satellites. they recently had a guest speaker from clemson who brought handheld gps devices. the students learned how to use coordinates to locate hidden treasure. the school was also named a national blue ribbon school this year for academic excellence , so maybury middle school, we salute you. to my for sending in that allyson: it's time now for your wyff news 4 timeline on this february 5. on this date in 1978, new england was walloped with a memorable blizzard. patrick: northern rhode island received more than 4 feet of snow. dunkin' donuts' unbelievable selection of breakfast sandwiches freshly made all day -- and now you can enjoy two english muffin egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches for $4. the new caramel macchiato from dunkin' donuts. let t nd-crafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramel-flavored swirl uplift your mood. indulge in a hot or iced macchiato today. america runs on dunkin'. "it's time to >> i think it is ti

dale, what a different story mountains right now. dale: that is right. tatian along the tennessee-north carolina border. we expect action late this morning and into the afternoon. it is 27 degrees and cloudy andd cold all day yesterday. this morning, it is 27. above freezing later today, starts falling this afternoon and this evening changes to rain tonight. as we look from our various skycam's, continuing cloudy and cold this morning. the past six hours show some of that precipitation impacting parts of swing county, haywood county, parts of western north carolina getting good downpours of snow. also from boone sought to hickory, snow showing up in the last little bit on live super doppler 4 hd. temperatures across the region are called from boone at 15 to abbeville at 32 to green will -- greenville, spartanburg, anrson in the upper 20's. wear a coat. with that 7-10 mile per hour breeze, it feels like it is in the teens. wind chill coming into play. chris justus joins us. we are looking at wind and when we will be impacted by the winter weather. dale: w

with the latest from dale. good morning. dale: later on this afternoon and this evening, could get a little dicey. cloudy skies from our woodruff road skycam. snow overnight in the mountains of north carolina and tennessee, where it continues. the upstate has been so dry, we are nothing precipitation yet. quite a few advisories. winter weather advisory's advisories for the mountains of south carolina into north carolina. winter storm warnings for the counties east of asheville.

dale: are you ready for teens dale: good morning. 6:39. traffic picking up on woodruff road as a take a look at woodruff road and 385. overnight, wave after wave of flurries of snow hitting the mountains of north carolina. it is the counties along the north carolina-tennessee border from graham county, up to yancey, avery under winter storm mornings. a lot have decided to close because of secondary roads that are slippery with more snow. more expected this afternoon, tonight and through about half of tomorrow before it finally comes to an end. whatever falls, it will stick because cold air is coming down from canada through an arctic blast and will linger and get colder each morning. 20's and low 30's this morning, but tomorrow morning, it will be in the teens and 20's. today makes it feel like teens and 20's. a quick look ahead, tomorrow morning, 17 in the mountains, 23 in the upstate, and cold temperatures on thursday morning. 13 in the mountains, 18 in the upstate. chillier the normal temperatures and a chance for precipitation on frida

dale: good morning. here is our henderson skycam if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone. while our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message because together, we can make a political revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all allyson: the campaign trail continues to heat up. patrick hussion and nigel garson are wrapping up the week that was. >> what a night this debate night was. it was exciting to watch. ted cruz won iowa. donald trump won new hampshire. it it is anyone's game in south carolina. >> what did the week look like before we got to the debate? south carolina. missing 24 hours from winning the cancer, trump have the south carolina numbers on his mind. >> the original poll numbers went th

dale: it is a great time of year. we have this nice mild weather that will continue a few more days and w and with a better on. parts of stephens county and now into oconee coseeing a few isolated sprinkles. it will not be widespread but it you like being picture perfect. you should want your banking to be too. stop into td bank and we'll help set you up with picture perfect bankiki. new customers, open a checking and savings account and you can get a polaroid cube+ announcer: you're watching live, locad weather with m inallyson: taking a look now at severe weather in san diego, where people are cleaning up toda geoff: this massive oak tree fell o neighborhood. officials say a driver was killed by the tree eight feet in diameter. heavy rain, strong winds, and isolated thunderstorms also toppled trees in los angeles. allyson: a little bit of a different story back here in our area. generally clear. , dale? dale: we have seen a couple of spots in northeastern and north carolina. tomorrow and wednesday looks to temperatu

geoff: dale? geoff: winning the four-day open is essentially the carolina open which gets you through to regionals in the fall. what do you have to do to get out of the regionals and into the national championship next year? >> in the regional tournament, which is scheduled for september in kentucky, we have to place in the top 10% of the tournament and we can qualify for nationals. geoff: do you feel pretty good about this? >> we will go up about one week ahead of time to figure something out. [laughter] geoff: we hope the home knowledgeably car will will help you on sunday as you go up against -- knowledge of lake hartwell will help you on sunday as you go up against the of the high schoolers. dale: those guys are professionals. upper 60's for the afternoon. -- upper 50's for the afternoon. cool early, but for the ride home, 57 in the upstate and for kids in the mountains, mid later today. speaking of kids, cute pictures for dale's school salute. first concrete primary, the kids dressed up as sn

the wonder of sports and the magic of dale earnhardt is not lost on brian. he had seven children and he named one of his daughters charlotte because of the connection that dale earnhardt had to the charlotte area. live in mooresville, brody o'connell wbtv on your side. >> thank you. and that story is not unique there are race fans who could tell a tale because dale earnhardt struck a connection from nothing to become the sports greatest driver. >> and you are a nascar fan when you say that you are saying that understanding all the drivers in the sport. >> it's hard to believe he is gone. that was the indestructable driver and he is sorely missed. >> let's talk about the forecast we keep talking about the sunshine and it feels good. >> and the warm temperatures are going to continue. after the weekend we'll see. here is lyndsay tapases. >> no reason not to like the weekend forecast and yes things go downhill next week but we have a few really nice days ahead before we get to that point. sundown 6:08 and average high is around 56. so as we get into the later p

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dale? dale: it was beautiful yesterday and it will be funny once again today. it starts out in the 30's, but we reached the mid-50's for the afternoon. the mountains will climb to 50-51 for the afternoon high. high pressure is in control and we have clear nights and pleasant days for the next couple days. we will say more cloud saturday and sunday. the coolest places right now look to be boone and rutherfordton. the afternoon will be temperatures in the 50's all around the region. a little breeze makes it feel cooler. dress accordingly. we have an afternoon high of 55. that is a couple degrees shy of the average for this time of the year, but still in the ballpark. we will talk about the warm >> every day is a great day in south carolina. ladies and gentlemen, if we elect marco rubio every day will be a great day in america. allyson: governor nikki haley is throwing her support behind marco rubio for president. the influential endorsement comes just days before the south carolina primary. it was just hours before last night's cnn republican town hall. senator m

allyson: dale, more wind today? dale: we can still see some flurries along the north carolina and tennessee border. meanwhile, for the upstate it will be just above freezing. 34 degrees in greenville and mostly clear. let's look at the live super doppler 4 hd. we can see some spots in haywood and madison county getting some flurries. that winter weather advisory continues through 7:00 a.m. watch out for slippery spots on mountain roads. let the sun break up the ice left behind. 31 in asheville. 32 in franklin and hendersonville. upper 20's right now in boone. it is just above freezing in many of the higher elevations of northern -- of north carolina. we have 5-10 mile-per-hour winds in the upstate. the makes it feel like 28 in laurens and 12-15 from boone to hendersonville. afternoon highs today will reach low 50's in the upstate. top the 40 mark later this afternoon. we have a warm-up coming by the weekend. allyson: thank you, they'll. any people across the carolinas are still without power this morning. crews have

dale: good morning. let's check it out and see what is going on. 55 degrees in laurens with a light breeze out of the southeast at five. brain going on. south of the upstate, it is much warmer in the upstate with 40's. fog and clouds over the upstate. the stormy weather that we expected or are expecting with this system is tracking farther to the south. we will show you that in a moment. wind advisories for western north carolina, flash flood watches in the green for the mountains and upstate for today. any heavy downpours could lead to localized flooding. the heaviest of the thunderstorm activity from this big low is tracking south of the i-20 core those are severe storm warning issued. that area of red represents a tornado watch area in georgia. all of that will sweep south of i 20 through the lower part of south carolina this morning. we will see a few thunderstorms from this line just north of atlanta come across now and 8:00. looks like the bulk of the stormy one is tracking to the south. we are see

dale: 5:31 in the morning. cold temperatures the cost the upstate and mountains with low 30's that feel colder with the wind. light breezes in the upstate, but any time it isn't the 30's, any breeze will make it feel cooler. we are seeing an eight to 10 mile per hour breeze in the upstate and 20 plus in the mountains. it feels like 14 and hendersonville, 18 and by the afternoon, low 50's for the upstate in the mountains stay cold early and climb into the upper 30 in the 40 range for the afternoon. it will be a nice weekend, especially by sunday. allyson: thank you. many people across the carolinas still without power this morning. geoff: the majority of them are back on in our area. in fact, spartanburg county has the most outages right now. right around 500. and it is coming down. greenville county a little over 100 and it was over 3000 yesterday. wyff news 4's aly myles is live and local in greenville wiwi some other concerns officials are following after the severe weather. aly: good morning and happy we fri

allyson: thank you, dale. many people are still without power this morning. geoff: there was a lot of work a majority of those outages were in our area right now. in spartanburg county, they reported 500 without power. that is a lot less than yesterday, when it was close to 4000. wrinkle county have a little over 100 people without power. -- greenville county has a little over 100 people without power. wyff news 4's aly myles is live and local in greenville with some other concerns officials are having following the severe weather. aly: we are close to the post office right now. if you take a look behind me, even see where the road is shut down. according to duke energy, both the pole and powerline will need to be replaced. this is a result of the strong winds. duke energy says that because of the extent of the damage, it is taking longer to restore all of those outages. take a look at this video from this is our paris mountain skycam. it fell victim to the winds. our engineers will be working to get it back u

allyson: thank you, dale. he is some video from boone. we have been peeking in on those cameras, looking for any snow showers. you can continue to moniter winter weather on the wyff 4 mobile app. our meteorologist will update you on any coming storms. meanwhile, a huge day for republican politics in the upstate. geoff: four republican candidates will be in greenville for a faith and family forum. wyff news 4's aly myles joins us live from bob jones university with more. aly: this is where it is going to be. bob jones university. four candidates are expected today. jeb bush, dr. ben carson, senator ted cruz, and marco rubio will attend. the candidates are staggered from noon until tentative start 5:30. times are carson at 12:30. bush at 1:15. rubio at 2:20. and cruz at 4:45. the candidates are joining south carolina attorney general alan wilson as well as palmetto family president doctor oran smith. wilson is moderating the event. the event is free, but tickets can be reserved all mine. geoff: thank you. contin

what does it look like, dale? dale: quite a few closings and delays in western north joanna because of the clouds. it will eventually get the book freezing, reaching up a 30's in the mountains while the upstate starts out clear and cold. 50's for the afternoon. tomorrow, about the same. a little fun in the mountains as far as afternoon highs. upper 50's on sunday in the mountains and the 60's in the upstate. that continues into monday and tuesday next week. slight chance of showers on tuesday a better chance of rain on wednesday. mild temperatures to begin next week and no worries about ice or snow, but drive carefully in the mountains. especially this morning with slippery spots. check the bottom of the screen >> coming up on "today," secretary clinton and senator sanders in the final sprint for south carolina. we'll tell you why some of sanders supporters think he may have given up on this state. plus, secretary clinton gets some tough questions from a black lives matter supporter. we'll tell you how she's respo

geoff: thank you, dale. a community town hall will meet today about a north carolina company looking to dump coal ash in pickens county. a company called mrr pickens has sued the county for $25 million after it's land permit was suspended last month county officials did it after learning coal ash would be dumped on the site near highway 93 and cartee road. mrr pickens has given the city council at least 14 days to negotiate a plan to buy back the land. there will be a community town hall with lawmakers tonight at the liberty civic auditorium. allyson: many of you asked about this. and we went looking for answers in the case of a dog owner who won't be charged for shooting the dog. you may amara, a two-year-old boxer. the dog was found shot in the head in the temple area. deputies say the owner shot the dog because of her aggressive behavior. so they decided to put her down. heartbeat didn't feel one and thought the dog was dead and left her. 19 days later the dog was picked up by animal control. deputies say

geoff: dale, we have cold temperatures. dale: teens and 20's across the area. the flurries are about to come to an end. we have pictures from skycam with winter weather continuing and noon and higher elevations. still on the secondary roads, they will be slippery conditions. the wind whips across the area teens becoming like below zero type temperatures in the boone area. the quick look at current temperatures. the range from 14 in boone, hendersonville at 19, asheville at 18. 13 in mars hill, 15 in weaverville, rivard at 19. 15 to 20 plus mile per hour winds. 20's across the upstate with wind from 15 to 18 and they feel like they are in the teens, too. anderson feel sick 11 and boone feels like minus four. -- feels like 11 and boone feels like -4. afternoon highs pushing in the upper 30's but maybe 40 for the upstate. the mountains of north carolina staying in the 20's. we will talk more about the weekend in a few minutes. allyson: thank you. for as long as the cold blasts, get the homeless out of the bitter cold. the asheville buncombe community christian min

week thank you, dale. no one has claimed responsibility fort bombing that blew a big hole in a commercial airliner over somalia. the pilot reportedly blamed a the plane made an emergency landing tuesday. witnesses said one passenger was on fire and sucked out at 14,000 feet. the airline, an east african carrier, is investigating. patrick: one of the two convicted murderers who broke out of a prison in new york last summer apologized during his sentencing hearing. david sweat received three and a half to seven years in prison for charges relating to the escape. that's the maximum sentence allowed. during the sentencing, sweat apologized for the fear he created to communities because of the escape. sweat is already serving a sentence of life in prison without possibility of parole for a murder conviction. the other prisoner who escaped , richard matt, was shot and killed by law enforcement. allyson: more encouraging health news for former president jimmy carter. he remains cancer-free. carter sayhi done last

dale? dale: yes, that is our downtown laurens view and 50 degrees in mostly cloudy skies. dry weather today for a few days. we had so yesterday that we need a few days to dry out. let's take a quifriend that brought weweher yesterday. if you are traveling down to charleston, myrtle beach or hilton head, you will see rain this morning. for the upstate, northeastern georgia, we are in the clear. front is getting into the mountains.s. franklin at 38, boone, 37 and for the upstate, low 50's in upper 40's this mthey will climb to upper 50's. the mountains will struggle to get into the upper 40's, but wind at 20 to 22. make sure the kids are dressed warmly early. by the afternoon, 58 fupstate, the average high for this time of the year in the mounta upper 40's. tomorrow morning, the cold air will settle in overnight with 20's and 30's early tomorrow. here is a quick look ahes forecast. friday, saturday and sunday, cold mornings. upper 20's in the mountains. on the warm coat once again for the mornings each da thank you. a note here about a portion of the swamp rabbit trail close

dale, where are you going? dale: not ridding the signals correctly. colder and getting colder, snow blowing in tonight on the tennessee-north carolina border which means closings tomorrow. you want to join us first thing in the morning to get the first thing on that. as far as the upstate, kids will be disappointed because it will not impact the upstate. it is basically a north carolina of them. currently 35 degrees. think we'll get the most snow on the tennessee-north carolina border. northern jackson, haywood county, nancy -- yancy, mitchell. 2-6 inches of snow starting this afternoon, tonight, into early wednesday. the potential of snow piling up. it will be so cold, whatever does fall will hang around for a couple of days because temperatures will struggle in the 30's in the mountains for the next few days. today will be the warmest day of the week. we will see supporting temperatures in the mid and upper 30's climb into the upper 40's for the upstate, upper 20's and low 30's in the mountains will top the 40 mark today, too. it will stay cold the

dale: here is a little history. we have seen flurries across the mountains of north carolina making it slippery near the tennessee border. that is why the two-hour delay. flurries in parts of the upstate and the late morning, too. wind chill advisories are out and it will get windy to the next couple of days, but tonight or tomorrow, cold and blustery weather. watch our computer model. right now, this is about 9:30 to 10:30 across the upstate south carolina, northern greenville, cherokee, york county and even pickens county may see a flurry or two of snow. it will come to an end late morning, early afternoon, but daytime highs will just reached low 40's for the upstate and mountains. we will talk about colder weather this weekend in a few minutes. geoff: all right, we begin with commitment 2016. most candidates are focusing on candidates prepared for debate. allyson: nikole killion has with the candidates are up to now. nikole: hillary clinton campaigns in south carolina today while bernie sanders goes to minnesota.

dale: good morning, 4:57. over the past six hours, bends of snow in the mountains of north carolina and tennessee. areas of blue and white coming down the heaviest area some of that is working its way into swain, parts of haywood county. a little bit of freezing rain nearly tennessee border. the upstate and has been so dry we are not seeing any precipitation yet. we are not expecting anything into later this afternoon and this evening when we could experience freezing rain or eyes development because of the cold temperatures hanging with us all day. here we are seeing fresh know in the mountains of north carolina. it could make for slippery driving. winter storm, watch out for the foothills in the higher elevations of north carolina. the boone area, east of asheville on dry winter storm warning. much of the area right now. abbeville just above a, 33. greenville at 27, asheville and hendersonville in the mid 20's. factor in the breeze blowing 7-10 and it feels like teams. everybody needs to dress warmly. after

dale: rain jacket day today. light rain and have your rain coming tonight and stormy weather tomorrow. geoff: benton blount, take us out. >>> good morning. winning hand. donald trump with a strong lead heading into today's caucus in nevada. he plays tough guy with the protester at his rally. >> i'd like to punch him in the face, i'll tell ya. >> as he and marco rubio take swings at ted cruz over alleged dirty tricks. >> every single day, something comes out of the cruz campaign that's untrue. >> while the other candidates ss ss slug it out, it's trump on the way to the nomination. >>> bill gates sides with the fbi, saying apple should unlock the phone of one of the san >> this is a specific case where the government is asking for access to information. >> will apple relent under mounting pressure, or will it be up to a judge to decide? >>> fighting for life. the mother of the 14-year-old girl shot by an uber driver in michigan is speaking out. >> it was a miracle. >> this morning, how that young girl proved she w

dale: it is 39 degrees in downtown greenville. it will probably drop a few degrees before it starts to climb. we have high pressure to the north of us of the coast, keeping the southeastern corner of the country dry. what we will experience over the next couple days is a nice little warm up as winds start to become more southerly across e area. 30 degrees in greenwood. newberry, 38 degrees. we have a wide range of temperatures. 26 in franklin and 30 degrees in asheville. by the end of the day, we will get into the upper 50's for the upstate and low-to-mid 50's in the mountains. what is average for this time of the year? 30 six in the morning and 57 for the afternoon. really today, we are as close to the record was set two years ago, 75 degrees in 2014. they got down to nine degrees in 1958. a can be very cold and warmer than normal this time of the year, but we are where we should be. the average for the mountains is 52 in the afternoon, but we will get up to 55 in spots today. the southeastern part of the country has a nice weeke

and encompasses quantico and dale city. but look further head to the district and to alexandria and fairfax. now saturday time to start saying, okay, i need to have a plan. get the kids together. pets together. this is moving. i mean, hauling at 55, 60 miles per hour. which would indicate to us, sometimes by translational winds, you could get st to 50. whether we have a stall spin of tornado. this is pretty serious. goitda tell you. -- gotta tell you. especially for february. >> i think this in western stafford they're really lookath. >> yes. >> so you have this change in wind direction. we're thinking spinners could pop up. >> could be just pretty strong straight-line winds. again, we talk about spinners. if they push you here and pushes you somewhere else, they tend to spend. and that's what happens in the thunderstorm. we get the spinning. >> look at that. there you go. 63 miles per hour. with the forward movement, and the possibility of tornadoes, i think we're going to see winds, 40 to 50, maybe 60 miles per hour, with

dale joins us again. dale: clouds overnight produced a few flurries of snow, but they are now giving way to clearing skies. it is 35 degrees in greenville as we look out our peace center skycam. you can see the liberty bridge in the background. there is no moisture on the roads like we saw with all the rain this past week. things are dry for most of the area. the precipitation we had in the last few hours is now just to the west and east in charlotte. one or two spots in york county could perhaps be getting a little wintry mix, that it will then push on out. we have a mostly sunny day today with strong winds out of the northwest. we have seen 20-30 mile-per-hour gusts in some of the higher elevations. there are strong and windy conditions. temperatures are in the mid to upper 20's in the mountains. 36 in anderson this morning. 34 in salem, pickens, and easley. yesterday, we got into the upper 50's, but today, the upper 40's might be the best with the for the upstate and 40 degrees in the mountains. those

geoff: thank you, dale. a former greenville county deputy will avoid prison time after pleading guilty to misconduct in office. david hayes was accused of taking bribes in exchange for tipping off an illegal gambling operator about upcoming raids by law enforcement. hayes pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. the judge sentenced him to time-served. in exchange, prosecutors dropped a felony charge of misconduct in office. >> i would call it just making bad decision. he got into financial pressure. he made the wrong decisions. he got into bed with the wrong people. geoff: both hays and former deputy shea smith were fired in july of 2014 after an fbi investigation. smith pleaded guilty in december he was put on probation and banned from law enforcement. response to the possibility of closing three elementary schools. this only mean 600 students would be sent to other elementary schools. this morning there will be a student led prayer rally to save the school. geoff: the greenville county school district is moving to

dale: i'm dale gilbert, in for pamela today. we have a day that will be a it looks like it will be a mostly sunny day for the upstate. high-pressure keep you strive for today. monday looks good too. what are the temperatures by? it depends on where you are. very cold in western north carolina. low 20's. hendersonville, 32. a few other communities. warm jackets are definitely going to be a good idea. even 27 in spartanburg and greenwood, 29. early. by this afternoon, we see one of the good things about today, look at the winds. common the upstate.

dale: i wanted to see that happen. that is a shame. today? we have another nice when shaping up today. in fact, 50 degrees this morning in laurens. the upper 60's. we got up to 67 at gsp yesterday. as far as precipitation, mountains of north carolina may it an isolated sprinkle in one or two spots as part of a front pushing through quickly this morning, but it will be over by late morning should there even be an isolated sprinkle. in the afternoon, and will be nice for the upstate and mountains. looking at temperatures climbing to the low 60's in the mountains and upper 60's for the upstate area let's check on a few communities in the piedmont. laurens at 51. upper 40's in newberry. a little cooler in a few places by the afternoon. upper 60's are pretty nice for this time of the year. 60 would be an average high. winds of the southwest 10-15 for the day. as we look ahead to the warmest temperatures of the day, we will be around 2:00 or 5:00 for the upstate and mountains for that. a better chance of rain coming in tomorrow night and we will ta

dale: good morning. 5:47. here is our own skycam. showing you the snowy conditions, windy conditions in the mountains of north carolina. this is representative of what a good bit of western north carolina experiences, especially along the tennessee-north carolina border. there are closings and delays at the bottom of the screen. at stake a broader look as ago to our graphics. it is the same system that produced the stormy weather we experienced yesterday. now, on the backside of that big pinwheels drawing the cold air from canada and creating flurries of snow across the region's, kentucky and into the mountains of north carolina, you can see some of the first snow. it will cause some slippery driving conditions, so winter until 7:00 a.m. this morning. slippery driving with russia snow in spots. it is not that cold. it feels colder because of the wind, but 36 and asheville, mid 30's and franklin and andrews. that is a good thing because temperatures will climb to upper 30's and low 40's in the mountains.

dale: good morning. here is the picture represented by the north carolina. several skycam's with blowing conditions. in the 30's and with 35 and 40 mile per hour wind, it feels let's take a broader look at the southeast with the same system that produced the stormy weather that rumbled through the area yesterday and now producing strong wind and creating snow along the tennessee and north carolina border. here are some of the counties being impacted. snow in parts of swain county, yancey and mitchell counties, and delays and closings because of those slippery driving conditions. check the bottom of the screen or wyff 4, website. -- www.wyff4.com website. the winter weather advisory stretches into the mountains of georgia and slippery weather will continue. about freezing for most of the mountains. asheville at 37, hendersonville up 38, they 30's and franklin and andrews, and enough snow has 15 to 30 plus mile per hour wind blowing and that makes it feel like low 30's from laurens to spartanburg. spartanb

dale, we are looking for a repeat of yesterday. dale: we have another day very similar to it today. just a little more breeze. one or two sprinkles in the mountains of north carolina this morning. that will be over by 9:00 and push through. partly cloudy for the mountains with low 60's today. the upstate logo from low 50's this morning. we will see the temperatures climb into the upper 60's for afternoon highs. wonderful weather to look forward to today. we will talk about our next chance of rain coming in tonight in the next few minutes. allyson: thank you. new information this morning. fire officials tell us a child was taken to a burn center after a house fire in honea path. geoff: investigators say crews responded last night to green street. they say four adults and two children were inside the home. we do have a live look here for you from the home this morning. officials say one child was pulled out in cardiac arrest, taken to a hospital to be investigators say no other injuries were reported and the house is likely a total loss. allyson: also, new information this morning. gr

-- dale? dale: good, even without the pig. heavier rain on the way. there are watches upper parts of georgia, flash flood watches for the mountains for the downpours with already creeks and streams full could lead to locaat the bus stops, temperatures mild in the 60's. for the upstate, upper 60's for the aftetake rain gear because scattered showers are expect in the clearing up later this aftetoday's school salute goes out to brashier middle college. last week was spirit week and they raised more than $18,000 for able-sc, an organization that supports independent living for people with disabilities. they say they had a lot of fun helping the cause. we salute you today. allyson: it is now time for your timeline on this february 3. on this day in 1959, it will forever be known as the day the buddy holly, ritchie valens, and the big bopper, j.p. richardson died in a plane crash. patrick: the plane went down in a snow storm shortly after take from classic to contemporary, havertys. in this morning's headlines... we're watching for severe patrick: we are w

dale: quickly, a couple of skycam's to show you. clouds into the area, mostly wind at 20 miles an hour. clouds as well, and temperatures are cool at noon time. snow still continuing to fall along the tennessee-north carolina line. several counties delay school, several close, and it continues to put a layer of light snow on some of those timeout and road. -- high mountain roads. there is the potential of more snow overnight into the early morning hours. it could lead to more delays or closings tomorrow before that precipitation finally ends. temperatures finally get better and we will show you the future plus forecast in a few minutes. snow late tonight. milder weather is coming by the end of the weekend. geoff: the day after those strong winds, the cleanup live in greenville, but power has been restored. allyson: it is windy. not as windy as it was yesterday. that power has been restored. several of you are not as lucky there. several still without power. >> i had to go out at 5:30 to get coffee and that is not a normal thing to do

dale: it really is. teens and 20's all across the region. starting to see early light. mostly sunny day but temperatures struggle just to get into the 40's for the upstate and mid to upper 30's in the mountains. wind chill advisories continue temperatures of teens and 20's in the mountains, but you factor in a 15 to 25 mile-per-hour wind and it feels like single digits or below zero. it feels cold a times in the upstate, too. dress warmly. we will talk about the next possible without of snowy weather in our next report. allyson: thank you. the chill in the air continues to get colder. geoff: aly myles in the middle of it with the frozen fountain. aly: good morning. we are live outside of the county bank. if you are not listening to dale, this is your visual of what this morning is like. not as cold as the mountains, and they think you gave me a reprieve because with the wind, it can feel like less than zero. 20's here, cold and make sure to get the kids bundled up. to work or school. -- bundle yourself u

mix right dale? ,dale: it will be snowing in the mountains of north carolina starting in the afternoon and picking up tonight and continuing. some areas have seen flurries of snow along the tennessee-north carolina border. some counties have said let us not do it and get them to school and turn them around. more on the way as this cold air blast comes in this afternoon and tonight. it will continue to snow along the tennessee-north carolina border through tuesday and into wednesday. winter storm warnings out all way through thursday morning. for the upstate, it will be a rain-snow mix this afternoon, and it will not stick because it is not cold enough. for the upstate, upper 40's today. mountains will see low 40's at best. upstate upper lower 40's. upstate to the upper 40's. allyson: a couple of things that want to let you know on the roads before you head out the door. greenvillereedville road is closed. one coming into the traffic center in the piedmont. this one: no word on injuries yet. let's tak

dale will have more on the conditions throughout the morning. allyson: it is another busy day for republican candidates on the trail. geoff: that includes a faith and family forum for four candidates in greenville. wyff news 4's aly myles joins us live from bob jones university. aly: if you look behind me, you can see where the candidates will be coming in sporadically throughout the afternoon. they are expecting jeb bush, dr. ben carson, senator ted cruz, and marco rubio for a faith and family forum. it's set to be at founders memorial amphitorium. the candidates are staggered from noon until 5:30. tentative start times are carson at 12:30. bush at 1:15. rubio at 2:20. and cruz at 4:45. the candidates are joining south carolina attorney general alan wilson, as well as palmetto family president doctor oran smith. wilson is moderating the event. the event is free, but tickets allyson: thank you, aly. continuing our 2016 coverage now. before the forum at bob jones university, former florida governor jeb bush is expected to host a meet and greet to

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dale: good morning, 23 degrees look out at wofford.a pennsylvania interstate is bac dale: geoff: a pennsylvania interstate is back open following a deadly weather related pileup involving at least 50 vehicles. police say the crash happened saturday morning in the eastbound lanes of i 78. tractor trailers, box trucks, and cars were tangled across three lanes of traffic. three people died and 40 others were hurt. dozens of other stranded drivers were taken to a shelter. geoff: investigators believe that passing snow squalls played a role in the crash. allyson: tens of millions are being told to stay indoors, as brutally cold temperatures grip much of the country, the mercury kristin dahlgren has more on the extreme cold and dangerous conditions. kristin: in the bitter cold and snow near harrisburg pennsylvania, a massive and deadly pile up. as many as 50 cars and big rigs at least three people dead. >> we've got 20 people entrapped here, it's something serious . kristen: others pinned in the twisted metal. all trying to stay warm with wind chills below zero. >> another tractor trailer driver didn

patrick: dale joins us again. some disappointed fans waking up this morning, but what can they expect? dale: that was quite the season. speaking of seasons, we are still in the winter season. we have snow coming into the mountains of north carolina starting this afternoon. currently 32 in greenville with a west-southwest rees at three. this is gives field and wofford coffee -- college as we look back to the city skyline. a nice start on the day. later this afternoon, there will it won't be cold enough for snow, but it will be cold enough carolina border. winter storm warnings are the areas in pink. asheville under a winter weather advisory. watch out for slick roads that may develop through this event. it will be the higher elevations of north carolina starting this afternoon, tonight, through wednesday morning that will continue to get snow. even through thursday, it will be tricky driving across the mountains. that is going to be the next weather event coming in, starting this afternoon. the upstate may see a li

dale: no, but i helped him. allyson: let's take a look at this morning's headlines. >> we want our children to stay and our small school where they are driving academically. allyson: parents are asking upstate school district cannot close three schools at the end of the year, but a is making its way through the process. geoff: the focus on south carolina. many republican presidential candidates are making stops in the area as other strap out of the race. democratic candidates are in wisconsin prepping for tonight's debate. 4 streaming event with a national pollster of public policy expert, coming up. geoff: breaking news overnight, bundy was taken into custody at an oregon airport. this is file video of the men who was part of an armed militia in a standoff on in oregon well blocked refuge. fbi agents surrounded the last four occupiers yesterday and the are expected to give themselves up this morning. allyson: outside our woodruff road skycam, below freezing in the upstate. meanwhile, mountains are dealing with

dale: that is a good explanation. here in the south, when the national weather service picks up rotation in a severe thunderstorm, and it has the potential to develop a funnel cloud and oh tornado when it touches ground, we do not know exactly when that is going to happen. it could travel for miles before it finally does, and it could be short-lived, or it could last longer, but we have to give people a warning in advance of exactly when that final cloud may come out of that severe thunderstorm and make contact with the ground. it could be anywhere along that path, so that is why you will hear us and see us having the earnings because of the -- giving these warnings because of the unpretty debility. hopefully it does not, but we want to give people advanced warning. chris: we are watching this rotation, dale. you can see it looks messy, the reds and the greens next to each other, but we can slice this in half right here in northern oconee county. thankfully, it looks like we're not seeing that low-level rotation like

dale is here very good morning, dealt your possible went start to the day. dale: to the week. it will start this afternoon after 3:00 in the upstate, later on this morning for the mountains. tomorrow, good thunderstorms rolling in. first half of the week, we get some rain, which we need. 59 degrees currently in greenville. we see the drop a few degrees. spartanburg, laurens, all of our skycam's will be showing cloudy skies. right now, showers and western north carolina from the border through asheville right along i-40. we will see more of that pickup from late morning on. for the upstate, it will probably be after lunchtime before we start to see much in the way of rain. it will be like today. heavier rain coming in tonight through tomorrow and into temperatures in the 50's this morning. very mild for this time of the year. 40's for the mountains. they won't climb a lot with persistent cloud cover today. anywhere from 62-64 for the update -- upstate. for the mountains of north carolina, it will drop a little bit and rebound into the 50's were the afternoon. 56-57. we will tal

dale gilbert, we are getting the weekend kicked off. dale: cold and windy this morning, so grab a warm coat. it is in the 20's in the mountains and feels colder. 3030s in the upstate peel colder with a five to 10 mile-per-hour wind. we can show you the latest with the 25 mile-per-hour wind in hendersonville, seven to 10 from greenville to anderson and the temperatures to feel like single digits in the mountains and teens and 20's in the upstate. by the afternoon, it will reach and the mountains will reacharound 40's. 10 degrees colder than yesterday . a better weekend shaping up. we will talk more about that in a few minutes. patrick: thank you. when it comes to the superbowl, you never know who's going to show up unexpectedly. geoff hart joins us again from santa clara with more on who crashed the party. geoff: you never know who will show up at the super bowl and yesterday, it was snoop dpgg. -- snpooop dogg. from rapper to reporter, snoop dogg showed up for a press conference for the panthers and broncos. he was working as a correspo