for the next hour you want to stay clear from that part of downtown columbia. >> and we are getting word from sumter county, the official word from the sumter county sheriff's office no reports of damage there. there are an neck -- annecdotal scattered reports. we have the word from columbia fire. also from richland county and kershaw sheriff's office. no damage reported just yet. the latest from sumter county as well. the storm is moving through the area right now. we will have to stand by on that. >> and moms and dads, if your children are not getting home when they normally do about this time, the reason is they are being held in some schools. like kershaw county school district is holding the middle schoolers and the high land district one. other school districts may do the same thing. we will get that word out to you. they are keeping them at school and getting a delayed start for home just because they want to protect them and not have them on the roads. if your kids are not there yet we want to let you know. we have a live shot picture of -- where is this? >> bluff road. >> in col

hillary clinton has decisive victory this evening.she spoke to a fired up crowd of supporters in downtown columbia, and she spoke about after the polls closed. >> i'm so greatly appreciative because today sent a message, that we will stand together. [ cheers and applause ] when we stand together there is no barrier to big to fight. >> charles: tonight a landslide victory for clinton who came this with 73% of the vote, 270,000, bernie sanders had 95,000, and willy wilson was considered the third place finisher, from the start, and in with about 5,000 votes. >> we are joined now from the volleyball center on the usc campus. meaghan? >> reporter: a disisive win for hillary clinton, and she needed a big win, she won in nevada and declared by a slim margin in iowa but tonight's victory was different. >> tomorrow this campaign goes national! [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: hillary clinton ready for a bigger stage after winning the south carolina democratic primary by a huge margin over senator bernie sanders. ed crowd was fired up after clinton was declared the winner only minutes after the polls c

the worst of the heavy rain has manufactured through downtown columbia, and through most of the midlands, but check out the radar display, as hopefully i can get this to move forward we have an accident first stop richland county. i twenties bound at i 77, he not a good place for an accident. to grove wilson at cooper road, and at bull swamp, it has been a very very busy afternoon, at i 20, i didn't realize there there were that many accidents, there is still some flash flooding ongoing in the fifth points area, and certainly down at main, and the rocky reasoning crap of will be coming down. and the high pressure mavs in for the next few days, and then we will have a good look and finish to the week and then some showers back into the forecast on sunday. here is futurecast with 8:30, and those are just some embedded heavy downpours, but nothing like we had. we start out cloudy with a few showersee east of south and east persist through tomorrow night, and then finally tomorrow night, friday it will become increasingly sunny on your friday. rain totals in addition to what you have had, in

it's much calmer evening over downtown columbia--and a nice weekend is shaping up. meteorologist ben tanner has a look at your overnight forecast. get ready for a nice stretch of late winter days ahead with dry conditions, cool temperatures and mostly sunny skies as high pressure builds in through the first of next week. winds will still be an issue to 30mph. today, mostly sunny, continued breezy, highs middle to upper 50s. winds west 15-20mph with some higher gust. tonight, clear lows lower to middle 30s friday sunday: mostly sunny, highs middle 50s to near 60 another road block stands in roads bill in the state house. today spartanburg senator lee bright picked up a filibuster against the bill. and he told will whitson there are enough senators prepared to keep the filibuster going. any sense of consensus on the roads bill seems to have gone out the window in the state senate- and lawmakers are already anticipating another round of filibusters next week. but- all may not be quite as it seems- because lawmakers say while the filibuster goes on- they're working on a

looking live over downtown columbia right these lil' chickies and lil' doggies are small, -but they're intense. -oh, yeah. small but intense like my niece, hannah. oh, yeah. and you, uh, take karate? yeah she does. show him how intense you are, hannah. oh, my... hey! yes! now finish him. -bow to her, peter. -i'm not gonna bow to a... bow to her, peter. (gong) big flavor in a little package. new lil' chickies and lil' doggies. and grab a burrito and drink for $3.00 delivered in two minutes-- now looking live over downtown columbia right now . let's get a check of your first alert forecast. another cold blast has settled in and this weekend will be sunny and dry with highs in the 40s and lows in the 20s. a system will approach late sunday night/early monday and produce a cold rain for most of the for the extreme northern portion of the viewing area near the nc/sc border. the opportunity for the wintry mix is from 3am - 10am, afterwards a cold rain will continue on and off until early tuesday afternoon. starting tuesday, daytime highs will climb to the low and middle 60s to end the week.

for three years it's been one of downtown columbia's main attractions. "it's kind of been a family tradition to come here each christmas season." and despite the warm temps this year, the city was able to keep the rink slick for skaters. nat pop a spokesperson for the city says a substance made up of antifreeze and water runs through pipes underground to keep the rink cool. nat pop on january 21st when crews were breaking down the rink, city of columbia officials tell me show report quote "a minimal amount" of the antifreeze substance leaked into a storm drain. but this dhec report shows the container spilled "200 to 300 gallons of the mix into the drain. was from a plastic container that had somehow been disturbed." show report and when i asked officials how the leak happened, they tell me they suspect an unknown person may have turned the valve on the plastic container while staff was not present. show report dhec checked all nearby drains, finding nothing past a two block area. the city then brought in a truck to clean up the material, dhec says there

doesn't matter, we won't turn down anybody. >> reporter: fancy that, 1212 hampton street in downtown columbia. colby gallagher, news 19 wltx. >> thank you so much. >>> all right. the excitement in the news room is growing because look who just stopped by the wltx studios. we will find >>> 5 time world figure skating champion michelle kwan is in town campaigning for hillary clinton. this is video from columbia college where she left before stopping by news 19. her big event tonight at 6:30 p.m. we are so thrilled to have you. it is almost like a live studio audience. if the people at home could see how many people are in the studios right now to see you. >> this never happens. so many of us feel like we know you. we were huge fans of your performances. >> thank you. >> thank you for being with us. what motivated you to jump in to the political race, and throw your support this year? >> when i finished skating 10 years ago, hard to believe 10 years already, i ended up going back to school, focused on international relations, political science. went to get my masters and had the honor ththwork f

good morning, thanks for joining looking live over downtown columbia right now . let's get a check of your first another cold blast has settled in and this weekend will be sunny and dry with highs in the 40s and lows in the 20s. a system will approach late sunday night/early monday and produce a cold rain for most of the midlands and, a brief wintry mix for the extreme northern portion of the viewing nc/sc border. the opportunity for the wintry mix is from 3am - 10am, afterwards a cold rain will continue on and off until early tuesday afternoon. starting tuesday, daytime highs will climb to the low and middle 60s to end the week. 40s and lows in the 20s. a system will approach late sunday night/early monday and produce a cold rain for most of the midlands and, a brief wintry mix for the extreme northern portion of the viewing area near the nc/sc border. the opportunity for the wintry mix is from 3am - 10am, afterwards a cold rain will continue on and off until early tuesday afternoon. starting tuesday, daytime highs and middle 60s to end the week. breaking news in

troopers and smith says he's working to fix low pay. 3 3 last night hundreds of folks gatered in downtown columbia to raise money to provide support for cancer survivors. it was the fat tuesday alala gala.news19's andrea mock was the emcee of the event again this year.the chapin high school jazz band played as cancer survivors enjoyed a mardi gras cajun dinner.the alala cancer society provides who can't afford them. 3 all of the money raised will go to provide support for cancer survivors in our state. 3 the race to choose your next president is now focused on south carolina. the one group that could change the election. plus, a teacher with a special connection with her kids.why she says her students are so special. 3 and we are waking up to freezing temperatures. meteorologist efren afante will explain what time the wind will make it feel even there's moving... and there's moving with move free ultra. it has triple-action support for your joints, cartilage and bones. and unlike the big osteo-bi flex pills, it's all in one tiny pill. move free ultra. get your move on. if you're doing everything r

to the midlandsk-r-s one will appear as the headline act for the free hip-hop family day in downtown columbia on april 9....playing a full set of hip hop classics that spans 20 years live on main street. k-r-s one first appeared on the rap scene in 1986 with boogie down productions releasing hs first hit single south bronx. 3 another big name in hip hop is scheduled to perform in the headline this year's indie grits free river concert on april 16th.. the new orleans rapper has been an underground sensation for years, but recently has earned mainstream fame by appearing in beyonce's "formation" video and starring in her own reality show...the indie grits festival is hosted by the nickelodeon theatre.. this is the 10th year for the festival.. 3 3 we are expecting some beautiful weather this weekend, and with that, many of you may be heading out to our restaurants.news19's colby gallagher has your high and low restaurant scores from the week. 3 let's start with some follow ups.jin's hibachi & chinese in columbia was visited again on february 12th and received a 100.after being reported for dead

to set the challenge for me today - bruce brutschy, a personal trainer at stronghold gym in downtown columbia. this "pull-ups are like a squat for the upper body. so, it's a huge muscle group and you're engaging everything. even while you're doing back, biceps, your core is engaged, so it's an awesome exercise." awesome, but difficult. so in order to make it possible, bruce allowed me to use a spotting strap for assistance. "it enables your body to work as it's supposed to without using one of the anti-gravity machines that never will get you to the pull-ups you need to." bruce says if he can do just one upper body exercise this is it. "this is anaerobic training that fuels glycogen, elevating your heart, by- product which is lactic acid and that tends to slow you down, make it harder." toward the end of the 50, i was grunting. yes. i'm "that person" in the gym. "49. one more. 50." "one more!" "are you serious?" "yes. one more. beautiful." bruce says on pullups you're only as good as your biceps, so he taught me exercises for making my back stronger. these are skiers. bruce says if i commit t

that's located on hampton street in downtown columbia. 3 the usc women gamecocks will take to the court tonight looking for antoher win. the gamecocks are looking to earn the sec regular season title with against georiga. tip off is at 7pm at the colonial life arena. 3 3 a group of winnsboro residents are appealing dhec's mine permit allowing winnsboro crushed stone to build a quarry ..one of their big concerns is the water quality...during the hearing before the south carolina mining council - petitioners had an expert witness speak about how he feels the mining company has failed to conduct water tests in the area to ensure residents' water supply won't be negatively affected. winnsboro crushed stone questioned the experts opinion saying he had no specific data to back up claims. the hearing continues today. and killing a teen in kershaw county over the weekend will not know his bond for a few more days. jimmy methe was in court yesterday for a bond hearing. methe... is facing manslaughter charges for shooting and killing 17 year old brandon spencer when he found him breaking into his

our michal higdon joins us live from downtown columbia with an update on outages reported there -- michal? as of a couple of hours ago, several blocks around bull street had their power restored after going several hours without it. however, an entire block radius in every direction is blocked from laurel and marion street this morning after a traffic light collapsed from yesterday's high winds. take a look. there are downed tree limbs near the traffic light and one side of it is hanging very close to the ground. one will be able to get near it until crews make repairs. but that's just some of the damage we saw yesterday. there were broken tree limbs that smashed into cars, a home's fence flattened, power lines down and street signs in disarray in other parts of richland county. crews have been busy since -- working to get things back in order. especially sce&g trying to get power restored to customers who lost it when those high winds of single incidents at different homes, so some of those outages will take some more time to repair than, for instance, a large incident where you can get

not be in state for tomorrow's returns - full recap of the rally on wis news 10 at 11 also in downtown columbia tonight-- hillary clinton is capping off her palmetto state tour clinton will appear alongside her husband, former president bill clinton at boyd plaza in front of the columbia museum of art. even with a big lead here, clinton not taking anything for granted--and has been campaiging heavily over the past week. tonight's event is scheduled to begin sometime around 8. we'll have more coverage coming up tonight. the clinton campaign is taking new heat in the palmetto state for the positions of the bill clinton administration in the 1990s against violent crime. just a short time ago a protest broke out during hillary's speech at south carolina state university. one demonstrator was escorted out of the room after interrupting her he was holding a sheet that read quote "we were brought here to heel" bringing violent criminals quote "to heel" wawa a line hillary clinton used in 1996 when she spoke in favor of the violent crime control act regarding violent criminals. clinton continued to spe

basketball team puts them with a perfect record in the sec...and fans are celebrating right now in downtown columbia. our billie jean shaw joins us from the new alumni center, where a pep rally is happening right now. the pep rally just kicked off and i can tell you the fans here are pumped. they have alot to celebrate ... gamecocks women's basketball team is only the second team in sec history to finish 16 and 0. the team dominated over lsu last night in 75 to 39 victory. this is the team's third straight sec championship and the fans are celebrating at tonight's pep rally. the team will sign autographs, there's music from the usc pep band and of course a word from head coach dawn staley. tonight's pep rally giving the team great momentum as they prepare to leave and compete in the sec tournament. live in columbia, bjs, wis news with 1/4" rain totals possible. cooler temperatures with partly cloudy skies thursday.will watch for another few showers late thursday into friday morning. with 1/4" rain totals possible. cooler temperatures with partly cloudy skies thursday.will watch for another few showe

taking a look over downtown columbia--and a nice evening ahead as we head into the weekend. ben tanner joins us now with a look at your as a slow moving cool front approaches, expect a partly cloudy day saturday and partly to mostly cloudy skies sunday with highs in the upper 60s and 70s. cooler weather and showers return to the forecast monday through wednesday of next week with 1" to 2" rain totals possible. texas senator ted cruz could to be closing in on donald trump's edge ahead of the vote skies sunday with highs in the upper 60s and 70s. cooler weather and showers return to the forecast monday through wednesday of next week campaigning from the upstate to the lowcountry. right now our mike desumma is in west columbia--where cruz is speaking. charles, judi this pit stop is just the latest for cruz on what's already been a packed day across the palmetto state. earlier today the texas senator was in the low country and the grand strand. at a rally in myrtle beach this morning he took aim at president obama -- specifically criticizing his handling of the us military. late

it was the fat tuesday alala gathered in downtown columbia to raise the emcee of the event again i was v school jazz band played as of the cancer survivors enjoyed a mardi gras cajin the high alala cancer society masectomy played as bras...compression garments..and wigs for those who can't afford them. enjoyed a all of the money raised all of the >> so as a breast cancer patient, they will need a bra. there about $415 alone, so if you were uninsured, that's a high cost to have all of the with something to feel tonight will go to provide support for cancer a woman. >> that was in our state. the money will be raised to help them get those iitems for free. and i won that nice wreath. was done, so can someone (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) >>> the race for the white house is getting closer to south carolina. tomorrow, a run down on where the candid

it was the fat tuesday alala gathered in downtown columbia to raise the emcee of the event again survivors. i was v school jazz band played as of the cancer survivors enjoyed a mardi gras cajin the high alala cancer society masectomy played as bras...compression enjoyed a all of the money raised all of the >> so as a breast cancer patient, they will need a bra. there about $415 alone, so if you were uninsured, that's a high cost to have all of the with something to feel tonight will go to provide support for cancer a woman. >> that was in our state. the money will be raised to help them get those iitems for free. and i won that nice wreath. was done, so can someone >>> what? this is video out of fairfield county tonight and it's snowing out there. >> it is snowing and we got pictures from the area here, and the viewer that sent a picture of a good amount of snow in that area. moved through that area and it was only a few miles wide. >> that's it? >> yeah. >> here in columbia the clouds are already breaking . >> and some people were asking for a snow day. >> but it will be cold and windy. >

roads in downtown columbia were blocked for a while when power lines fell and traffic lights went dark. chad mills is at laurel and marion streets . at this point, the intersection of laurel and marion streets is still closed. columbia fire department is still on-scene. sce&g is out here too. drivers should avoid this area. a tree has fallen taking out several power lines "we're shifting crews from different areas...lexington and richland counties, where things were harder columbia fire department is still on-scene. sce&g is out here too. drivers should avoid this area. a tree has fallen taking out several power lines and a couple traffic lights too. "we're shifting crews from different areas...lexington and richland counties, where things at this hour there are still some outages in lexington, richland and aiken counties. power companies say more could come tonight or tomorrow as winds continue to pick up. severe threat is less as much of the dynamics lift to the northeast however, a few thunderstorms will develop along the cold front as to the northeast however, a few thunderstorms w

three of the republican presidential candidates, including the front-runner, will be in downtown columbia tonight for a town hall forum. the u-s-c school of law. and chad mills is there with a look ahead. this is actually part two of a town hall that started last night. the first part, in greenville, included senators marco rubio and ted cruz along with ben carson. tonight, donald trump, jeb bush, and governor john kasich will be in the spotlight. the three men have different viewpoints on some topics, and two of them -- bush and trump -- have been known to trade jabs so far during this election cycle. if it's anything like last night's town hall, the event tonight won't be a debate -- meaning the candidates won't be on stage all at once but will instead take turn answering questions from cnn's anderson cooper. last night, rubio, cruz, carson talked about a number of things. rubio and carson told the small audience they are prepared to be president. meanwhile, cruz said it was ridiculous that tump suggested president george w. bush didn't keep the country safe because 9/11 happened on his

downtown columbia wind gusts of 57 miles per hour. sumter wind gusts 55 miles per hour. east over 54. columbia, 53. all across the midlands strong wind gusts earlier this afternoon. those winds are still strong. these are current gusts across the midlands. 38 miles per hour in columbia. and sumter. 37 in orangeburg. talking about gusty winds and breezy conditions looks like over night and the breezy condition will continue into tomorrow as well. for tonight upper 30s newberry. low 40s elsewhere. a chilly start to your thursday. 58 orangeburg and manning. 56 degrees in columbia and st. matthews. this is what we are expecting for the next 7 days. not a bad forecast. 56 degrees on friday. 57 for saturday. sunday we warm up to 65 trees. 58 degrees by sunday. breezy on monday. tuesday and wednesday, partly cloudy skies. and right now expecting temperatures to climb up into the lower 70s. in the short term it will be windy tonight and tomorrow. keep that in mind if you are that is a look hmm hmm hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm-hmm let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes

jack kuenzie joins us from downtown columbia. dawndy, the son of the legendary reverend billy graham is on a 50 state tour----and columbia marked the fifth stop on that tour. america tour is part revival, partly a get-out- the-vote rally. graham says he's trying to make sure christians do not sit on the sidelines during this presidential election cycle. he says he wants them to vote for candidates who support biblical principles because he says the nation has allowed a "moral wall" to fall down. but--graham is not endorsing any particular candidate or party. in december, graham publicly declared his displeasure with the republican party and resigned after members allowed a budget to pass that provided funding for planned parenthood. he told us today he has "zero hope" in either of the major political parties. the only hope is for god and for his people to take a stand in this election and to get out and vote. before you vote. pray that god would lead you to make the right vote. q do you consider yourself independent now? independ

and all of this happened at the u-s-c school of law here in downtown columbia. both talked about decreasing gun violence, making college more affordable, and a number of other topics too. first up... senator bernie sanders, who was about president barack obama's effort to close guantanamo bay detention camp. "we look like hypocrites and fools to the entire world. what we have done is locked up people in a way that is causing all kinds of repercussions around the world. people say 'oh, you're a democratic society...' we have locked people up in an island and i think that has hurt us all over the world. obviously if people are terrorists, they need to be confined and we need to make sure that they stay in jail until whatever happens. but i think the president is right. i think we should shut down guantanamo. i think in the long run, it will help us significantly." he was also asked about why he can't seem to catch fire with african- american voters. "we started with no support. our support has grown and it has grown in the african american community and what i bel

. >> reporter: downtown columbia is where we at the hilton hotel. this is where bush supporters gathered this evening. by surprise. i sawne woman in tear. this crowd was in shock. jeb bush was often the target of donald trump's fiery speech. bush was very emotional. >> tonightt i am suspending my campaign. yeah, yeah. >> reporter: florida's former goernor announcing he is done. jeb bush suspending his campaign after a poor performance in south carolina's primary election. bush supporter devastated. >> he's such a good man. has such a good heart. i'm just heartbroken to see him out of race. we need somebody like that in washington. >> reporter: donald trump won the palmetto stateeith a huge lead in the polls. >> we've had so many incredible endorsements and getting the gatest business people to endorsement. >> reporter: miami-dade's other marco rubio did well finishing in a virtual tie for second place. boasting of his accomplishment and praising his friend jeb bush. >> he has many things to be proud of. he's an extraordinary husband, he's an extraor

this is in downtown columbia. chance to receive an autographed poster from the players. you do have to rsvp for the event. for that information, the to our website at wltx.com. >>> and the men's basketball team is hoping to get a win on thursday for the final home game of the regular-season. they are going to be taking on georgia. carolina lost to mississippi state over the weekend with a heartbreaker 68-58. the tipoff for thursday's game is 7:00 p.m. >>> on the baseball field, usc took the series over penn state. carolina won the three-game series. they take on the citadel tomorrow a a3:00 in charleston. they won the three-game series yesterday. >>> at least they had really good weather. friday, saturday and sunday -- really good weather. supposed to be 64 on average. don't be surprised if you see shorts, t-shirts -- if you smell some suntan lotion. it started off this morning rather chilly. we were in the middle to upper 40s. a few areas in the 50s. and we have blossomed. none of us are below 60 right now. it is 66 in newberry. sixty-six in winnsboro. lexington, 68. sa

police say they discovered his 5 year old relative by herself, wandering along gervais street in downtown columbia. toole says that he drove to columbia from kennesaw, georgia with the little girl yesterday for a meeting.investigators say toole left the child alone in the car. police notified the child mother who lives out-of-state. toole has been charged with unlawful conduct toward a childhis bond was set at $20 thousand dollars. 3 3 hundreds of richland county residents are giving their input on the proposed gills creek greenway.the four mile greenway could run from would cost about 2.2 million dollars.currently the richland transportation penny program is creek.last night residents got a chance to voice their opinions about the project. 3 "i don't believe there's been any studies done on what it's going to cost to properly police the area for the residents of columbia to enjoy to greenway safely." "i'm in favor of it if it's done correctly. i travel around a lot from a business perspective and i've seen a lot of good walking trails that are very effective in the communities they serve." 3 this

. >> reporter: after rallying a crowd in downtown columbia he sat down with me talking donald trump, governor nikki haley and his top issues if he were to become president. >> 35 to 40% of revenue. that is a serious amount of money that is -- that is so strong and so fierce that people know, when i am president of the united states, day one, first minute, whatever happens, it happened on my watch, i will accept personal responsibility. i will be held to account. i won't blame my predecessor. and run to the challenge to fix the problem rather than figure out a way to avoid the controversy and cut and run. i hope you want a president that does just that. >> reporter: in response to governor nikki haley's governor nikki haley's endorsing marco rubio he will continue oo camp pain and not make any changes -- to campaign and not make any changes. >> donald trump is dealing with comments by pope francis. the pope says his plan to build awall is not christian like. other candidates suggested building a wall too. donald trump says he is a christian and it was disgraceful for the pope to quest

emanuel 9' marked the entrance to the sanctuary at 'washington street united methodist church' in downtown columbia. encouraging dialogue on strengthening gun regulations in america. south carolina has the 11th highest rate of gun deaths per capita in the nation... and today 13 hundred congregations came together to tackle the gun violence facing our state. alexis simmons reports from charleston on how churches are looking to close loopholes in gun laws. "it is time for the faithful to unite...come together as one." the emanuel ame church shooting where 9 people attending bible study w we shot and killed last june. "we have felt the sting personally." ignited the stand up sunday movement by gun sense sc to tackle gun violence in the state. "i feel it is a need for us to go on in their legacy to do something about it so it won't happen again." "we talk about closing all loopholes that still exist in america, but it starts with us." pastor kylon middleton presides over mt. zion ame church...the sister church to emanuel. he was close friends with senator clementa pinckney, one of the nine killed in th

it feels like 24 degrees in downtown columbia. and there is a surface trough finally moving off. as it does, behind it, we will have more dry air. the upper levels of the atmosphere still have a lot of moisture. we will deal with the cloud coverage for a few hours. as we go throughout the afternoon, the model forecast shows the skies starting to clear. not just this morning but throughout the day tomorrow. friday. coverage increasing at that point. 40s. afternoon. but the wind will be a key up to 35 mile-per-hour gusting possible. as we go into the afternoon. the wind will really start to ramp up. we're looking at wind speeds in as we get started tomorrow morning, the wind chill -- what it will feel like in the teens. it will be frighteningly cold. friday. 50 degrees. a downhill slide into sunday. forty-one is the high. but as rain chances comeback have a high of 57 on tuesday. so grab the blankets. >>> coming up after the break, we will see what howard is kitchen. >> it is ash wednesday. we have a tasty fish recipe that over i something is just fundamentally broken when african

parts of lexington county and cluster of lightning strikes from gaston into lex cynthiana into downtown columbia. temperatures now rather mild. we haven't moved much, maybe a degree or two from this morning. 60 and lexington park 60 saint matthews. orangeburg 69. lots of the rain and warm air coming from the south. cold front coming through our clashing on top of each other. expecting highs in the lower 60s through all the communities but continue with showers and thunderstorms. 63 high today and wins out of the east, southeast and tonight light to moderate rainfall and low 51 as all the close range from upper 40s into the lower 50s. one thing we will watch carefully is all the rain and especially the rain tomorrow is from the area of low pressure and the cold front. it's the second stage of rain we expect. into the southern plains there is pressure in mexico expected to bring severe storms into the south. severe weather center for today in texas. as it moves into tomorrow, an enhanced risk of severe storms everywhere from southern louisiana, southern mississippi, southern alabama and parts of f

we need to act -- to foster a safe environment for downtown columbia. we want to enjoy the main street. have a meal and sit down and have the best environment possible. >> currently anywhere between four and six inmates a day, former inmates a day, are dropped off at the transit stop. one councilman says they hope to have a new plan developed by the end of the month. the system will be paid for with taxpayer money. >>> columbia police have released images of a man who they say is a person of interest in a sexual assault on the campus of usc. look at the screen. officers say the attack happened this past saturday between 3:15 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. in the 800th block up on wall street. if you have any information, you're asked to call crime stoppers at 1888-crimesc. >>> richland county deputies need your help finding a the crime happened around 1:00 in the morning on december 14. investigators say the man scene in this surveillance video broke into the food mart on park lane road. deputies say a suspect shattered a glass door and stilled $7000 worth of cash

challenges, and we learned that the city is strong, and we've talked about economic development, downtown columbia. any part of the developing community is about the value of owning a home. we talked about this during the break. there's home ownership in the city of columbia. >> i would encourage everyone to go to the website columbiasc.net and we have robusta portfolio, over $120 million in loans, and with some great programs. for $500, people can get into their first home, and it is a strong program, private and public sector. we will spend more time talking about the suburban growth that we've seen over the last several decades, in the main street, and spending more time and resources to make sure that our core doors reflect the vibrancy of the neighborhoods around them. anytime you have great neighborhoods, you have a significant investment. >> it is so important that the livability of the city reflect the money circulating, and a good quality of life. is that under your community development? >> sure, it is. you guys do a fabulous job at housing, quality housing. >>> the public safety in our

precursor of what's to come today and plenty of warmth for those storms to get going. 75 degrees in downtown columbia. 75 in orangeburg. almost everybody into the 70's. couple of spots due to some rain keeping them a little bit cooler at the moment. we are expecting a very warm and humid day today. winds sustain around 15 to 20 miles per hour. gusts upwards of 30 to 35 miles per hour. 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 th

we're giving you a live look through the wis skycam over downtown columbia. meteorolgist ben tanner is in the first alert weather center looking at a surge of springlike temperatures over the next few days. skies clear this midday, highs lower 60s. high pressure comes in thursday through the weekend.we'll start out cool thursday with highs near 60 then warm to the 70s by the weekend with sunny to mostly sunny skies. overnight lows from the lower 30s friday morning to upper 40s by monday am. our next organized rain chance come early next week.until then it's a taste of spring! skies clear this midday, highs high pressure comes in thursday through the weekend.we'll start out cool primary. and the g-o-p candidates are all over the palmetto state. jeb bush just wrapped up a rally in summerville. he took questions about his toughness if he were to be resident. "i think he asked if i was an s-o-b...i will say i'll be tough. i'll be resilient." earlier in the day he met with voters in beaufort. and this evening at 6:30 he'll be in myrtle beach. prior to tonight's bi

right now, 46 degrees in downtown columbia. 42 in lexington. 45 in wagner. still a cold day for us in the mid 40's. we should be kind of generally in kind of the low to mid 50's at this point with highs nearing 60 based on our averages so we're still below normal. we're going to end up below normal this afternoon. clear skies. also good news, it's also warmer but the winds are pretty much calm for us. that's something we haven't been able to say at all during the last couple of days. it's been extremely windy. wind gusts of 45 miles an hour both tuesday and wednesday. right around five to 10. mostly sunny skies. we'll add in a few more clouds tonight. that should keep us a little bit warmer but still a cold night. lows just above freezing for most of us here locally. several spots below freezing. it looks like more cold air on the way. >> it's a good thing that it's is conducting a prescribed burn. controlled burn started at 11:00 this morning for timber improvement and wildfire reduction. today's burnings are taking part at harvest and state forest and on t

he'll join hillary for a rally at boyd plaza on main street in downtown columbia friday evening. in winnsboro, chad mills, wis news 10." a smaller field of republican candidates for president took the stage in houston tonight for the latest debate...but the fire was as strong as ever ahead of super tuesday. the biggest bullseye tonight--was on frontrunner donald trump. we get more from jay gray. marco rubio threw the first punch.. challenging donald trump on the opening topic of immigration.. s/ sen. marco rubio / presidential candidate "if you're going to claim that you're the only one who lifted this into the campaign that you acknowledge that you are the only one on this stage who's been fined for hiring people to s/ sen. ted cruz / presidential candidate donald believes that he is the one who discovered the issue of illegal immigration the two men closest in the delegate count.. and the polls.. challenging the front runner in their last face-to-face showdown n fore the pivotal super tuesday vote.. "you haven't hired one person you liar." "he hired workers from poland he had t

doors open at 6pm at the alumni center located on senate and lincoln streets in downtown columbia. attendees will also get the chance to receive an autographed poster from players. you must rsvp to the event...for that info you can head to our website 3 turning to the men's side...the gamecocks weren't able to pull off a win against mississippi state over the weekend. the final score was 68 to 58. the men will be back at colonial life arena thursday for their final home game of the regular season against georgia. tip off is set for 7 p-m. 3 3 still no word this morning on when richland county coucilman will appear in court next...after he was arrested for a felony dui over the weekend. the accident happened just before 8 saturday night. the highway patrol says washington was driving along bluff road near martin luther king boulevard when he rear ended another car as it began to slow down.one of the passengers in the car.. was transported to palmetto health richland with serious injuries. the other passenger in that car and washington were also transported to the same hospital with

lets take a break from the headlines to get a check of the weather as we take a live look over downtown columbia through the wis skycam. tim miller is in the first alert weather center with the latest. in effect for lancaster and chesterfield counties until 1pm. the air is fairly dry and needs to moisten up for us to have any action with this system from a winter perspective, look for light amounts of freezing rain and/or drizzle with up to a trace through the central midlands to a touch more in the advisory area through the early afternoon. this becomes a rain event by afternoon with scattered showers. temperatures will rise to the lower 50s by late this evening into the overnight as a warm front passes through, look for showers and scattered thunderstorms ahead of the cold front tomorrow morning, then clearing skies by late afternoon. much warmer by late week with highs in the stay with wis for the latest weather updates by downloading the wis weather app. it's free-- just search wis in in your app store. in your app store. standard messaging and data rates may apply. an update now on that fir

that's on hampton street in downtown columbia. 3 the usc women gamecocks will take to the court tonight looking for antoher win. the gamecocks are looking to earn the sec regular season title with against georiga. tip off is at 7pm at the colonial life 3 a little girl in maine has captivated the hearts of everyone living in her freeport community. it's all over her special friendship with her pet duck. and you're about to see just how kylie and snowflake are now inspiriing pet owners across 3 3 chat 3 and yesterday was random acts of kindess day and our us about it.chat 3 safety before and after the family a weather radio. still to come on news 19 this morning-- a peak into the weekend. efren is helping you plan for the beautiful weather. 3 plus, what's really in the parmesean cheese you like. what the fda discovered that may have you saying yuck! the while some candidates suck up to trump...or run away from him in fear... jeb bush isn't afraid. jeb bush: "that is downright wrong..." he stands up to trump for his liberal democratic positions. calls out trump for insulting women, attacki

lets take a break from the headlines to get a check of the weather as we take a live look over downtown columbia through the wis skycam. tim miller is in the first alert weather center tracking frigid temperatures that will stick around this week. prepare for a cold week ahead as we'll feel the pinch of winter over the next several days. a cold front will sweep through the state today giving us a chance of a few showers late breezy with highs in the middle to upper 50s. mix of sunnnd clouds tuesday, cooler with highs colder air filter in for the rest of the week with highs in the lower 40s, overnight lows from the teens to lower 20s wednesday friday. a little warmer friday before another shot of cold air for several days. a cold front will sweep through the state today giving us a chance of a few showers late breezy with highs in the middle to upper 50s. mix of sun and clouds tuesday, cooler with highs in the upper 40s. colder air filter in for the rest of the week with highs in the lower 40s, overnight lows from the teens to lower 20s wednesday friday. a little warmer friday before another shot

i'm hillary clinton we are just learning about traffic lights that are out in the downtown columbia area. columbia police say the intersections impacted include... two notch rd. & beltline laurel st. & sumter st. laurel & bull laurel & pickens also at rosewood dr. & assembly st. blanding st. & marion st. we're told officers are directing traffic and the engineering department is working to fix the issues. a look now at your first alert everything seems to be falling into place for a chance of severe storms today as a strong storm system makes its way towards the state. a warm front just south of columbia this morning will move through and will kick out the fog and temperatures will rise into the middle 60s as winds pick up from the south at 25-30mph as the warm front picks up steam and moves north, this is when we'll see our best chance of severe 5am noon: this is the best time frame for storms through the midlands. as of 2:30am showers and thunderstorms continue to develop in georgia and are rapidly moving e/ne. tornado watch is in effect for parts of ga, would not be surprised if one i

this is a live look at downtown columbia. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm alicia barnes. >> i'm ben hoover. the latest from new hampshire in the primaries up there in just a moment. but first we saw a few snow flurries earlier today. we know you. you are probably wondering when winter's grip will let up. >> a few is really accurate. chief meteorologist john farley joins us live now in the weather center. >> we got a couple of pictures in. this is a good one. in is from frederick in gilbert. a little bit of snow on his car. most of us saw this. i got a picture from a guy in kershaw county who had more than that. like a dusting on his car. in some spots? it's a, it's more oppressive. here is the line of snow left over. it's not gonna accumulate to anything significant. maybe a little on the car. but some snow out there tonight. the temperatures are we'll continue to dive down as that cold air continues to blow on in from the north and west. bundle the kids up in the morning. it will be a cold day at the bus stop. it will be breezy. the temperatures, way d

our cameras caught crews hard at work in downtown columbia this morning...working to make repairs and get power restored to some folks. at one point wednesday, sce&g reported about 3- thousand people without power. at last check, that number was down to about 860 in lexington and richland counties. we are still dealing with high winds across the palmetto state as we take a live look over the capital city through the wis skycam. but the sun is shining through! tim miller is in the first alert weather center with here. get ready for a nice stretch of late winter days ahead with dry conditions, cool temperatures and mostly sunny skies as high pressure builds in through the first of next week. winds will still be an issue today as we'll see some gust up to 30mph. today, mostly sunny, continued breezy, highs middle to upper 50s. winds west 15-20mph with some higher gust. tonight, clear lows lower to middle 30s friday sunday: mostly sunny, highs middle 50s to near 60 get ready for a nice stretch of late winter days ahead with dry conditions, cool temperatures and mostly sunny skies as high

it's been a cold and dreary day as we take a live look over downtown columbia through the wis skycam. meteorologist ben tanner is in the first alert weather center with the latest. the air is fairly dry and needs to moisten up for us to have any action with this system from a winter perspective, look for light amounts of freezing rain and/or drizzle with up to a midlands to a touch more in the advisory area through the afternoon. this becomes a rain event by evening into the overnight as a warm front passes through, look for showers and scattered thunderstorms ahead of the cold front tomorrow morning, then 70 stay with wis for the latest weather updates by downloading the wis weather app. it's free-- just search wis in your app store. the latest on decision 2016 coverage. this is a live look out in camden where ted cruz is currently speaking. the event started at around three this afternoon on broad camden was just cruz's second stop of the day. cruz started his day at a rally with glenn beck at usc aiken this morning. cruz will end his day in florence where he'll hold a rally at the

little bit of activity showing up into anderson, sections of greenwood, even a few snowflakes in downtown columbia. in the mountains it is near the tennessee line. that will be the case through the evening. the highest total i can find is mount mitchell with eight inches of snow there. a winter weather advisory continues until 6:00 tomorrow morning and so that means there will be icy roads out there. there is your forecast for the evening for the up state. down below freezing and in the 20s by 11:00 with a few snow flurries left over. >> 20s, ouch. thank you. >>> we have live team coverage on the weather. that is dave jordan in henderson ville which we are told is a ghost town. >> we are guessing that's because it is too cold to be outside right now. >> reporter: we are pretty much one of the only people out here right now. i can tell you that this is what hendersonville looked like downtown most of the day with their places, not want be to be out here for an extended period of time. the people we did catch up with say they're taking the cold weather in stride. perhaps mother nature forgot it was

we're giving you a live look through the wis skycam over downtown columbia. tim miller is in the first alert weather center looking at a surge of springlike temperatures over the next few days. skies clear this midday, highs lower 60s. high pressure comes in thursday through the weekend.we'll start out cool thursday with highs near 60 then warm to the 70s by the weekend with sunny to mostly sunny skies. overnight lows from the lower 30s friday morning to upper 40s by monday am. our next organized rain chance come early next week.until then it's a taste of spring! people living near fort jackson may see still see some some smoke rising this afternoon. but no need to worry. the fort's forestry branch people living near fort jackson may see still see some some smoke rising this afternoon. but no need to worry. the fort's forestry branch conducted a prescribed burn this there are just 3 days left until voters head to the polls for the republican presidential primary. meet and greet in seneca. this is a live look at that event at the seneca family restaurant on by

we got up to 57 miles an hour here in downtown columbia. lake murray 56. the airport, 53. probably there was some in the range of 60, maybe even better. of course, judging by the damage that was the case as well. now, the other thing that you may have noticed today was it was warm. it got all the way to 80. 1 degree shy of a record. for a little while in ther iy part of the afternoon, it was sticky but things doctor have cooled off and we'll continue over the next couple of days. what's left of the storm system, not much. a few clouds blowing in from the west. the main event is drifting up to the north and east. this front is off the coast. so despite the fact there were many tornadoes. unfortunately, three fatalities in virginia confirmed tonight from one of the tornadoes that went on through, the focus of the action is now the threat of severe storms in and around new york city and on into southern new england. that's where things are in terms of any significant weather tonight. and what's down here in the south is not much. we have severe thunderstorms and also that wil

a downed power line on bull and laurel streets in downtown columbia has that area closed at this hour. crews are working to clear the scene. there is an overturned vehicle by the pole -- we're working to learn more about what happened. if you're headed downtown try to avoid the area. good evening. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm meaghan norman. all eyes shift to the democratic primary here in south carolina after last night's republican hillary clinton now comes in with some momentum after a win last night in the nevada caucus. bernie sanders had a chance to talk to south carolina voters this afternoon at brookland baptist church in west columbia. wis' mike desumma was there and joins us live from the newsroom with more. meaghan coming off that defeat to hillary clinton in nevada yesterday the question really going to do next. focus any attention on south carolina where he's already behind..or move onto other states scheduled to have primaries on super tuesday. today he did set some time on his schedule to appear in the midlands. sanders was originally going to attend a sunday wors

are working to get everything in place at spirit communications park.this is on bull street in downtown columbia. workers are putting the finishing touches on the field before they start to put down the turf.the seats are in place.when tickets go on sale today, they are expecting them to go fast. 3 (brad shank - columbia fireflies)"we expect opening night to go quickly, a lot of the other games , july 4th and some of the other fireworks games, those will go quickly as well, but this will start the progression of people buying those individual seats for games."3 you can get your tickets online at fireflies- tickets-dot-com or call 803- 726-4487.opening day is thursday, april 14th against the greenville drive. 3 not everyone in our state is getting the vaccination against h-p-v -- we take a look at the numbers.plus, in your brain. what you should be lowe's presents: how to put your foot in your mouth. man, wish my yard looked like yours. hey, the grass is always greener on the other side of the... sorry. now get 20% off sta-green fertilizer, 3 3 h-p-v is the most common s-t-i in the country... but

. >> good evening, paul, downtown columbia, south carolina, the crowd here waiting to layer from bernie sanders, you know bernie sanders was an individual in the 60s as a young activist who fought for social causes and racial justice. now some 50 years later, that message is appealing to a influence generation of younger democrats. there are road trips and then, there's a political pilgrimage. >> i just went to south carolina no big deal. >> ada and julia live in new york city but one friday night on an impulse they boarded a bus full of political idealists and driving all night end i ended un this columbia, south carolina neighborhood. making a door to door pitch for bernie sanders. >> bernie has invigorated people who have never voted before. >> by a factor of 6 to 1, in flf it was 5 to 1. here in south carolina the sanders campaign hopes to mobilize 81 voters and get the same result. sanders has been at it for fourth decades, making the same argument in the .60s and as the mayor of burlington, vermont. >> when you look at the cost of telephone bills and electric bill and housing and