trump's lead drop, cruz had a few points...and john kasich jumped 8 points. what do these latest numbers indicate as voters head to the polls? ing closely. according to their campaigns donald trump will be in spartanburg, ben carson will be in greenville and it appears john kasich will be in massachusetts. ted cruz, marco rubio and jeb bush will have election results parties in the capital city. jeb bush and his campaign will have an election night party at the hilton columbia center on senate street. that's starting at 9pm. at 7pm, marco rubio's campaign will kick off their election night party. that's happening at carolina haven on bluff road. and ted cruz will be at the tonight. his party is starting at 8pm building. a live look now at voting underway at ballentine elementary school this morning we've seen a steady stream of voters at the polls, as well as out in lexington county at red bank elementary. again you have until 7 tonight to head to the polls. stream of votererat the polls, as well as out in lexington county at red bank elementary. again you have until 7 tonight to head to the polls. wis is the station for the most complete coverage on today's polling results. we'll also be live through

donald trump. in just about 40 minutes, cruz will take to the stage at a rally in spartanburg. in seneca this morning he slammed both donald trump and marco rubio. cruz says his campaign has received a cease and desist letter from trump's lawyers... that paints trump as being pro-choice. cruz said, if trump actually tries to sue his campaign he would welcome the opportunity to question trump under oath. "i have to say mr. trump you have been threatening frivolous lawsuits your entire life. even in the annals of frivolous lawsuits this takes the cake. so donald, i would encourage you, if you want to file a lawsuit challenging this ad... claiming it's defamation... file the lawsuit." tonight, cruz will hold a rally in spartanburg at oakbrook preparatory school. that's at 6. rally in spartanburg at oakbrook preparatory school. that's at 6. at an event in bluffton this morning the trump had words of his own for cruz. donald trump hosted a town hall where he said against are dishonest and accused cruz of lying about trumps record on gun rights. trump also had a unique call for people to go and vote. " the main thing is you have to go and vote, but if you don't vote for me

donald trump as they head do nevada. live at the spartanburg marriott, patrick hussion, wyff news 4. michael: marco rubio's campaign after a second finish place. carol: tim waller, final thoughts on this campaign? tim: as you said, marco rubio looking to hit the reset button on his campaign. he did that with second-place, barely, above ted cruz almost a dead heat between the two. marco rubio is in this race to stay. we will see him move onto super contests. marco rubio doing very well in south carolina tonight. carol: tim, thank you. again, that second-place slot goes to reveal. -- goes to rubio. closely behind is ted cruz. michael: ted cruz solos -- cruz saw large crowds tonight. that is where we find nigel robertson. nigel? nigel: senator ted cruz was hoping for a big base of support from that all-important evangelical vote in the state. senator cruz was hoping for a bump from endorsements, like charlie condon and congressman mark sanford. that did not happen. what happened was a third-place win for the senator in the state of south carolina. now his campaign and focus moves out west to the gop caucus in nevada.

donald trump will maintain his double-digit lead or someone gain traction. michael in spartanburg checking out what is happening with the trump campaign. >> reporter: trump supporters spartanburg, anxiously awaiting those results that starts at 6 o'clock, and the reporters in palmetto state covering this key race. and we know that candidates are doing everything they can over the last hours to get several votes. donald trump is frontrunners and cruz and rubio to be in second place, and rubio's stock on the rise with endorsement from governor hailey. and cruz is active and have seen tweets and bush and carson are trying to stay in this race, and see what the voters have to say. an our before the polls close in the palmetto state and live for the trump team and reaction of the results. >> thanks michael. about an hour from the polls we heard reports of long lines causing problems in the upstate. and we will have live wrap up and coverage from trump's team tonight at 11. and governor candidate jeb bush made a stop in greenville, arrived late and missed the chance of voters to wait in line, and shock hands and made hads s had -- made his way into the precinct and had h

spartanburg before heading to columbia later this afternoon. donald trump has scheduled a rally in the palmetto state today, at 7:00 at the t. ed garrison arena in pendleton. and senator ted cruz's campaign will hold an event at summit pointe in spartanburg. but cruz will not be there because of a vote in wawaington. his wife heidi is expected to be there. it statas at 5:00 this afternoon. former virginia governor jim gilmore will drop by the beacon in spartanburg today at 1:00. we have many more candidate visitstso the upstate this week and next week. 4 mobile app. leading up to the primaries, we, at wyff 4, are teaming up with the riley institute at furman university for a commitment 2016 voter focus group with peter hart this thursday. this will be an exclusive live streaming event in our wyff 4 studios with upstate voters who will weigh in on the upcoming first in the south presidential primaries. nationally known pollster, peter hart, works with national news organizations, including nbc news. you can watch this exclusive event on thursday starting at 7:00 p.m., live streaming on our wyff 4 app. covering t t carolinas a , high-speed chase across the upstate ended in cherokee county.

campaign 20- 16" tonight. the polls are closing. you're looking live from spartanburg where donald trump supporters are waiting for the results. in just a moment .. we're expecting an update from c-b-s. all night.. we're going to be bringing you the results.. as they come in. state officials are predicting a record turnout of as many as 650 thousand voters... in fact - spartanburg county tell us they had a 40 percent turnout! that's compared to 20 percent in past primaries. election officials are also basing that prediction on the number of absentee ballots that were returned. 59 thousand ballots - which is more than double the number turned in during the last presidential primary. but we do have some results from today's exit polls to share with you .. voters said terrorism is the most important issue to them .. followed by the economy .. government spending and immigration. some other findings from that exit poll.. nearly a quarter of republicans made up their mind about who to vote fo th twy. h pcetsei ty andtr quarters ofrsi mattraedtciear i reliss hek cntui cs jumo "7 news"... back with more of our "campaign 20-16" covera

spartanburg with the trump campaign. patrick: the results showed that it donald trump is in the first tier a result. about 1500 people. if his past rallies are in the -- are any indication, you can tonight. this was the night that his supporters -- and i was just talking to these volunteers -- they have been waiting for this night for a long time. they're competent. -- they were competent. donald trump stopped by wyff news 4 earlier. we had a look at the last eight months since he has run for the presidency. mr. trump: i'm officially running for president of the united states. [applause] and we are going to make our country great again. patrick: in june last year, donald trump begin the transformation from mogul and tv start to republican candidate in a race for the white house. the talk of the political world. mr. trump: they are bringing drugs, crime, they are rapists, and some, i assume, are good people. patrick: that was his june 16 announcement speech. mr. trump: we can't worry about being politically correct. we just can't afford anymore to be so politically correct. patrick: only december, after the tragic terr

campaigning today ahead of the south carolina primary. the event is at the spartanburg marriott. we'll have a live report at 5:00. we'll stream the event live on our website. >> donald trump will attend a gathering in clemson starting tonight at 7:00. we'll have a crew with that event as well. for information on how to get segs of our website. >> he will be at the school of medicine to discuss the new national cancer finish ty. the goal of national cancer moonshot is to accelerate cancer research efforts and improve cancer detection and prevention. >> the ongoing zika health crisis continues to grow in the u.s. with 66 confirmed cases in 19 states and the district of columbia. that story starts today's newsreel. >> five joined the list with new cases in indiana, delaware, tennessee, pennsylvania and ohio. florida has the most cases with 16. on monday, a pregnant woman in australia also tested positive for zika. hope solo says she has concerns because of the spread of zika in brazil. officials and the local organizing committee in rio have to address the outbreak. >> six people believed to be buried in a landslide caused by rains. another person was found dead after being

donald trump with a smile." cruz denied instead blasting the rubio campaign for making the accusation ... and putting out robo calls....calling cruz unethical. that was addie hampton reporting. an error in spartanburg county...led to nearly -200- people... receiving *multiple* absentee ballots... to vote in the upcoming primaries. they received -2- ballots in the mail...within a week. now... the voter registration office is asking people... to return the one they fill out... and destroy the duplicate. spartanburg county "director of voter registration" henry laye says... an outside mailing service contractor...is to blame. he says... any duplicates... will be "challenged and rejected": - ---- "so i assure the folks of spartanburg county that we do have measures in place to make sure nobody votes twice." ----- laye says... the same mistake also happened... in charleston county. before you head to the polls... make sure you know... your polling place. in spartanburg county... some polling places have been combined... for this election. and... you can only either vote this saturday... for a republican candidate... or next saturday... for a democratic candidate. and remember to bring a current picture

donald trump will be in charleston campaigning. island and then myrtle beach. meanwhile, jeb bush is busy in the upstate hitting the road with his mother, former first lady barbara bush in spartanburg, greenville and central. ted cruz and ben carson will also be campaigning close to home. >> they will indeed. ted cruz will be holding his own rally in west columbia at the eagle aviation hangar. that will take place at 5:30 and ben carson will be making stops in north charleston and florence as well as rock hill later today. and donald trump is softening his response to pope francis who claimed the g.o.p. frontrunner is not christian if he favors using a wall to stem illegal border crossings. during last night's town hall here in columbia, trump said the pontiff's comments were a little nicer than first reported. now, trump's competition jeb bush is taking time to speak out on the pope's comments. >> i believe that we ought to border patrol. using technology and using g.p.s. technology. across the board, we ought to have a strategy to protect our border and that is clear. but that is not -- that's not an un-christian thing to do, to make sure people don't come across our board illega

donald trump will also in charleston campaigning... in addition to pawley's island the myrtle beach. meanwhile jeb bush will be busy in the upstate... hitting the road with his mother and former first lady... barbara bush... in spartanburg, greenville and central. marco rubio and ted cruz will be campaigning close to home. that's right. rubio getting a big boost here in south carolina... with governor nikki haley, representative trey gowdy and senator tim scott... all joining him at a rally at the columbia marriott hotel. that's at nine this morning. ted cruz will be holding his own rally in west columbia... at the eagle aviation hangar. that's at 5:30. and ben carson will be making a campaign stops in today. and a reminder... tomorrow is the republican presidential primary. the democratic presidential primary will take place next saturday... february 27th. stay with a-b-c columbia news for the latest on vote 20-16. we'll have live updates online and on air tomorrow. still to come... our 33 coverage of vote 20-16 will continue. we're also taking a look at some of the other stories making headlines in the midlands.a clear and cold start to your friday. expect a sunny and warm 33 here's a quick look at stories that are ma

campaigns of marco rubio, bernie sanders, and donald trump, but so far, only carson's wife has been able to pay them a visit. carol: on the democratic side, today, former president bill clinton was in spartanburg county. first, he got a tour of spartanburg community college. he saw firsthand the work students are doing with robotics. then, he made his way to greenville, where he talked to a packed room at the west end community center. the former president talked about everything from health care, to immigration, to education and gun control. >> look. this is crazy. the -- we have to talk. the greatest gift south carolina has given to this country was what those christians in that church did, that reverend pinckney did, in showing forgiveness to that disturbed young man who killed and it melted the hardest hearts in the legislature, and they took the confederate flag away. carol: just a reminder, the democratic primary is saturday, february 27th. michael: to columbia now, where bernie sanders received another endorsement. the daughter of eric garner has thrown her support behind him. she appeared with him today at the university of south carolina. you may recall, garner allegedly died at the h

spartanburg over the learned of any upcoming campaign stops ahead of saturday's primary. 3 a slightly smaller field of gop candidates is turning to nevada.. after south carolina gave another boost to donald trump. trump.winning the south carolina primary means trump gets all 50 of the state's delegates. delegates.it was a very close race for second place.. with marco rubio edging out ted cruz. cruz.a fourth place finish led to jeb bush dropping out of the race.ohio governor john kasich came in fifth.and despite being in last place.. doctor ben carson says his campaign is not over. 3 stay with fox carolina for continuing coverage of the presidential race.we'll have updates on the candidates all week long.and we'll have full team coverage of saturday's primary.. on air and online. 3 3 right now, pickens county authorities are looking for the person who killed a woman, then dumped her body at saluda lake. lake.fox carolina's ashley minelli is at the pickens county sheriff's office this morning, with what we know so far. the weapon (as far as we know) continues todaythe woman found on the boat ramp: 35 year old farah khan of townville townville investigators on scene yesterday morning:- 322 bucksk

spartanburg, south carolina. major? >> reporter: jim, donald trump has now won two primaries, news, hampshire and south carolina, that have historically propelledpu republicans to the party nomination and in some cases, the presidency. campaign. what we do know is trump encountered the most consistent and withering criticism during the week in this state questioning his conservatism andsm his temperament for the presidency, tv ads, robo calls, direct mail pieces and broadsides from his republican rivals all across the state. and guess what? he still emerged the winner, with his constituency and his message intact. here's some interesting datans from the exit polls. they show that trump won inho three crucial categories-- who can handle the economy, who was an agent of change, and who could embody voter anger with washington. in every case, jim, trump won these by two to one, in some o cases, by better than two to one. lastly, trump surprisingly won among evangelical christians, a large voting bloc in south carolina, thought to be a prime ted cruz constituency. for cruz, millions spent and many conservatives mobilized, but all it gained him was a tight battle for second with marco rubio. governor nikki haley and then rest of

campaign as we look forward. donald trump roars out of new hampshire and goes to south carolina where he'll have an event at clemson university near greenville spartanburg. ted cruz, marco rubio, jeb bush all likely to be in a major fight as this goes forward, and in south carolina, it won't be the end of the race. in all likelihood while the field could be winnowed, shrunk a little more, most of the campaigns now have the money and organization to continue on through march 1st when we have the sec super tuesday races where a lot of southern states will be voting and social conservatism down south will be the necessary voice and message coming out of all of them. it's not going to be over any time soon. lou? lou: and thank goodness for that. carl cameron, thanks for that report, and it looks like it's going to be quite a race going into march 1st, certainly. after carly fiorina and chris christie dropped out, there were six. seven if you include jim gilmore and i'm not including him since no one else does. the two junior senators marco rubio and ted cruz left the campaign trail today to attend to senate work, voting in washington. donald trump, governor

spartanburg over the weekend, but we haven't learned of any upcoming campaign stops ahead of saturday's primary. 3 a slightly smaller field of gop candidates is turning to gave another boost to donald trump. trump.winning the south carolina primary means trump gets all 50 of the state's delegates. delegates.it was a very close race for second place.. with marco rubio edging out ted cruz. cruz.a fourth place finish led to jeb bush dropping out of the race.ohio governor john kasich came in fifth.and despite being in last place.. doctor ben carson says his campaign is not over. 3 stay with fox carolina for continuing coverage of the presidential race.we'll have updates on the candidates all week long.and we'll have full team coverage of saturday's primary.. on air and online. 3 3 right now, pickens county authorities are looking for the person who killed a woman, then dumped her body at saluda lake. lake.fox carolina's ashley minelli is at the pickens county sheriff's office this morning, with what we know so far. 3 search for the killer... and ththweapon (as far as we know) on the boat ramp: 35 year old farah khan of townville townville investigators on scene yesterday morning:- 322 bucksk

donald trump has scheduled a that is at 7:00 this evening. marco rubio will also return to the palmetto state today for a rally in spartanburg before heading to columbia. and senator ted cruz's campaign upstate at some point in spartanburg but cruz will not be , there because of a vote in washington. his wife heidi will be there at 5:00 this afternoon at summit pointe in spartanburg. former virginia governor jim gilmore will drop by the beacon. that will happen at 1:00 in spartanburg this afternoon. will campaign today in the charleston area. we have many more candidate visits to the upstate this week and next week. you will find them on her mobile app. allyson: thank you. most of the candidates will be in greenville saturday for the latest gop debate. it's taking place at 9:00 p.m. at the peace center in downtown greenville. because of the debate, some city roads will be closed. you can see the closures in the red lines on this map. they will be closed from 8:00 the main ones in the area are around the piece -- the peace center. you are taking a look at i-85 around mile marker 192 and that is where the chase ended. all cleared this morning. on i 85 south underground white horse road

campaign swing through south carolina tomorrow. clininn will attend women for hillary events in rock hill and spartanburg. she will then address clemson university's program in women's leadership. republic candidate donald trump will be in south carolina today. he'll make two stops before the first in the south primary. tonight, he'll be at the florence civic center at 7 p.m. on wednesday the 17th, he's scheduled to be at the sumter county civic center. of course, before south carolina, new hampshire will be in the spotlight. coverage. the usc women's basketball team is battle- tested, and undefeated heading into monday night's game versus the uconn huskies. in their final game before that 1-vs-2 showdown, the gamecocks hosted kentucky in front of a packed crowd at colonial life arena. a scary moment in the first half when star senior hard, hurting her back. she would not return to the game, but coach dawn staley said that was just a precaution, and she expects her to be okay. mitchell's teammates stepped up in a big way without her, with alaina coates scoring 27 points as the gamecocks knock off the wildcats, 78 to 68. after the game, coach s sley talked about coates' performance. "i thought overall, blocked

according to their campaigns donald trump will be in spartanburg, ben carson will be in greenville and it appears john kasich will be in massachusetts. ted cruz, marco rubio and jeb bush will have election results parties in the capital city. jeb bush and his campaign will have an election night party at the hilton columbia center on senate street.