i'm brad fralick, back to you. carol:, coming up in our day in phoenix. there we will find all the coaches and players from alabama and comes in. brad fralick will be live with interviews from coaches and players at 6:00 and 11:00 tomorrow. if you want to follow along, check out our facebook and twitter pages. we have you covered for anything clemson. clemson -- in phoenix with reports on sunday and tuesday. don't forget brad fralick and marc dopher will have an hour-long special monday night before the game. they will be live right here on wyff 4 at 7:00 in the evening. michael: the sun is out in phoenix while we get the clouds and rain. john, what does it look like for us? john: 50-50 for us, then it gets much colder. out to the desert. arizona is just half desert. the other half is mountains, the southern rockies. snow showers around flagstaff through the mountainous areas. no snow in phoenix. where brad and marc are, marc was doing a little weather, but is not the 50's. currently 60's. they could see a couple sprinkles. in glendale, normal highs would

live at bank of america stadium, brad fralick, wyff news 4 sports. marc: let's go back to chris for chris: the system that gave the northeast a blizzard, nearly two feet in washington dc, has moved out to sea. area. in charrtte, clear but cold at downtown. gametime temperature, 36. 30 degrees by the end. clear skies with light winds. tomorrow at home, 31 to start the day. warming into the 50's once more, partly cloudy across the area. in spartanburg, 30 to start the day, 50 two and it. blue skies in anderson, 44 by 11:00, 52 by 2:00. in asheville, warming up, 46 the high. should melt the feet of snow in some locations. mount mitchell had 66 inches of snowfall in two days. can you believe it? 41 inches in one day, yesterday. six inches per hour on mount mitchell. unbelievable. highs tomorrow across the area, 51 in greenville, 50 two in spartanburg, 53 in abbeville, low 40's across the mountains. the future plus shows we will see their skies all night tonight, a few high clouds tomorrow. the next system takes shape to the west around monday. it will he

live in scottsdale, brad fralick, wyff news 4. patrick: turning now to commitment 2016, six gop candidates made a stop in the palmetto state with the key primaries only weeks away. they were here to talk about poverty, but the event wasn't without protests against one of the candidates. wyff news 4's corey davis has the story tonight in columbia. corey: it was standing room only here at the convention center in columbia. there was supposed to be seven gop presidential candidates here, but carly fiorina wasn't able to make her flight, so she did not attend today's event. but overall candidates spoke to a room of hundreds of people about how they plan to fight poverty. [applause] >> it's great to give people a chance to get a job, but if they don't have the skills to get a job, then that's the first step. programs i think need to be revamped and certainly our education systems as well. >> they're always going to be jail cells if i'm president for folks who are dealing drugs and committing violent acts. always going to be jail cells

in charlotte, brad fralick, wyff news 4. michael: and ahead of the big game, wyff 4 will bring you a special next week. it's called "chasing a championship." there are the lads. brad fralick and marc dopher will start our live team and geoff hart will join them on thursday. it is all leading up to our special, "chasing a championship," at 8:00 on friday, february 5th. in spartanburg school district 5, a history-making electric violinist made for a lesson that really rocked. michael: mark wood, one of the original members of the trans-siberian orchestra, taught students at the district 5 fine arts center today. wood says he invented the first electric violin in history. he worked with the students on making music, and adding personality and passion to their work. >> i think it's important that not only musicians, but mathematicians, artists, physicists, athletes, come to school and empower the kids, so when they go out to the real life, they are given some amount of tools so they can survive. michael: talk about passion. wood

live in charlotte, brad fralick, wyff news 4. carol: we will preview the big game with a special show next week. our sports team will bring you "chasing a championship" live michael: a luncheon to help a charity. how many volunteers it took to pu the bon secours wellness arena is getting pretty dirty. john: what a gorgeous pic -- a gorgeous picture, live over lake hartwell. some change to the weather headed towards the weekend. the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of america's best mayors. in congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over two and a half million contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuition-free

brad fralick, news 4 sports. marc: thank you, brad. up at the break, avery holmes spends into the lane, mrs. the lay-up, but landry is there to clean it up. varying the triple, keeping the tigers comfortably in front, and a nice look inside with jaron bl high 22 points, clemson beating pittsburgh 73-60. the tigers have four top 25 wins in the last month. >> offensively, i just thought we shared the ball and moved it. we just had a lot of guys in tribute, and that is what you need. dies contributing and playing well, and we did tonmarc: another tough loss for usc upstate, spartans losing 12 kennesaw state. and you start adding all of these up, we could have three or four tournaments. the championships, super bowl. and downtown greenville, playing well also. carol: the weekend? john: i guess we should do that again. michael: perfect. john: friday is nice, and then the weekend looks fantastic. marc: so really we are just covering up thursday?john: and you can cover up the right side, too. michael: we will do that tomorrow night. carol: th

let's head back to arizona, where brad fralick is with us live. brad: we are at phoenix sky harbor airport, awaiting the clemson tigers and alabama crimson tide, both flying in as we speak. clemson will arrive at 6:26 eastern, alabama arriving shortly after. the media contingent is here. have an entire row of media awaiting these guys. there are five clemson tigers that actually play for the arizona cardinals. 5 alums that will watch their favorite team play for a national championship. , with one -- we caught up with

michael: and brad fralick is brad: for some of these players, it is still sinking in, and i am sure it is not sunken in for a lot of them, and we had a chance to talk to tre boston today, and he said he had to say it out loud to guys today that they were preparing for the super field distractions, family and friends, there get requests, but boston said they got that out of the way quickly. >> you can do that in 24 hours, so to tell family know -- no, john has got to come, uncle luke has got to come, and they have to know it is not about everybody. it is about getting the ring. >> it is a joy that only for the panthers but for their familiebrad: tre says they get 50 tickets per player, and they are not free, but it is hard for tell people that they are not free, but it may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. carol: remember, wyff 4 is the home of the panthers, and we have a special that will be next friday. we'll be live from california, previewing the b>> donald is a fragile soul. michael: the gop debate is already making headlinesjohn: a live shot looking over lake hartwell. mostly c

live in glendale, marc dopher, brad fralick. now back to you. ricardo: be sure to join us monday night for our hour-long special, "road to the title." that will be at 7:00. the carolina panthers, kicking back and watching playoff games this weekend. the team will return to the practice field on monday, to prepare for next sunday's divisional round matchup. ron rivera said it will be the only time they will be in full pads before the playoff game. they will host the seahawks next sunday. seattle surviving minnesota, as blair walsh in the final seconds missed a chip shot. seattle moving on to the divisional round, winning in the cold clemson is coming off an , 10-9. overtime victory at syracuse earlier in the week. now, the tigers look to keep things going today, welcoming in 16th-ranked louisiville. we head over to the well in greenville. the tigers offense clicking in the first half. gabe devoe and jaron blossomgame, connecting on the alley oop. second half, the tigers offense continues to score. donte grantham lines one up, and hits the 3. exte

live in charlotte, brad fralick, wyff news 4. mike fans at home are good -- glued to the tv. panthers fans cheered on the team. corey: fans here at hickory tavern say, they never doubted the panthers squad. they absolutely filled this place tonight, and now they will he able to put on the jerseys again and route on their favorite team as it heads to the super bowl. >> cam newton, my favo go panthers! we want to see them make the superbowl. woohoo! let me go dab on. corey: rinicka glenn, showing off f r dance moves, cheering on her favorite player, on her birthday. hickory tavern, the panthers' bar, filled with die-hard fans just like glenn. >> oh my goodness, this is a great time. corey: susan hill is also a huge fan of the qb. >> cam newton, he has really made this team a team to look up to. corey: but you can't forget about the defense. >> kuechly, he's the quarterback on the defense. he's the fastest guy in the nfl on defense, a young. corey: panthers fans weren't only in the front of the house. employees at the restaurant were just as excited. >> i think the beginning of

sports with brad fralick. this is wyff news 4 at 6:00 in high definition. michael: the national championship is upon us. the party is getting started at clemson. find john lyon, live and local from clemson university. i assure lots of people are excited there on campus. hi, john. john: they are excited down here. preparations are underway for tonight's game on-campus and off-campus. here at the hendrix center, they set up the buffet line and off-campus, they are pulling out all the stops there, too. >> this has been amazing for our club. we are looking to pack the parking lot and the inside of the building. john: they are over-the-top for the clemson tigers, filling up the parking lot with tables, getting ready for the big game crowd tonight. >> we have a big screen tv that will be in front of the deck, taller than the deck. waitresses will be out here. we have to fill up all thehe tablbl, people standing, packing the place for a good win. these clemson grads staked out their spot at 11:00 this morning. >> my freshman year was 1981 at clemson. it was one of

live in scottsdale, brad fralick, wyff news 4 sports. ricardo: by the weight, comes in's -- by the way, clemson's practice tomorrow will be the first one in arizona. we have a special airing monday night atat:00 entitled "road to the title." we will get you ready for putting the battle between the tigris and the crimson tide. cavorting is mourning the death of bill foster, who died in chicago at the age of 85. he replaced coach frank maguire in 1980. he also had stops at workers, utah, northwestern and duke. he led the blue devils to the ncaa title game in 1978. south carolina will host vanderbilt at colonial life arena 3:00. also chattanooga and furman at 12:30. wofford hosting samford at 2:00. usc of state and njit at 4:00. presbyterian college will be hosting as well at 4:00 tomorrow. the greenville swamp rabbits fall in overtime to the florida everglades 3-2. they play again at the well tomorrow at 7:00. carol: another look at tomorrow's weather after the marco rubio thinks it's unfair to criticize him for missing votes. "but i am go

we will talk live with brad fralick in south florida coming up.rd lemcompte with the highlights. ricardo? big night for the tigers. ricardo: michael, clemson came sooners. but by the end, the tigers showed why they should be the favorites to win a national championship. the top-ranked team in the country, facing oklahoma in the bowl season for the second year in a row. 2nd half, tigers trailed by a point, 17-16, until wayne gallman bangs it in from a yard out, to cap a 12-play, 75 yard drive. clemson back in front, 23-17. gallman with 150 yards, and 2 touchdowns on the ground. later in the 3rd quarter, deshaun watson goes to the airir finds his security blanket hunter renfrow. , he does the rest. 35-yard score pushes the lead to 30-17. watson, 187 yards passing, 145 rushing, 2 total touchdowns on his way to orange bowl offensive mvp honors. clemson is your orange bowl champs, 37-17, and move on to glendale, arizona, for the national championship game. wyff news 4 sports director brad fralick joins us, live outside sun life stadium in miami gardens, florida. brad? brad: no, you're

live in charlotte, brad fralick, wyff news 4. nigel: and ahead of the big game, wyff 4 will bring you a special program next week. it's called "chasing a championship." brad fralick and marc dopher will start our live team coverage monday in california, and geoff hart will join them all leading up to our special, thursd championship," at 8:00 on february 5th. gabrielle: an upstate school district is considering doanges local in andersomandy: one of the options is to move to mount lebanon elementary. that mount lebanon option would still require son the school. the other proposal, turn pendleton elementary into a middle school, and expand mount lebanon. there are two driving issues behind this one. all anderson school district 4 6th graders go to the area elementary schools. superintendent dr. joanne avery says that cuts down on instructional time for those students because of the elementary schedule, so the district would like to move the 6th graders to the middle school. avery says riverside middle has no room for those students

we are le tonight, brad fralick. nigel: and speaking of the panthers, t-shirt vendors are flocking to charlott success. setting up in charlotte coming all of the way up from the atlanta area, and he has a license to sell on the sidewalks, but he says what he is selling is not licensed by the nfwhile it is not a knock off, it rides a fine line between legal and counterfeit pr>> we have our gray area shirts. gray area is a street design that is not licensed by anyone, nigel: all of the clothing is free of nfl trademarks and logos, and no arrests have been made, and the vendors say that police happened talkpolice say if you want to avoid any trouble, of things from the nfl and that that cheaper stuff may not be worth the risk. gabrielle: paying for everyone to go and see the panthers, team owner jerry richardson paying for them all to go to the super bowl. that is everyone from the interns to executives. he did the same thing when they played in the super bowl against the patriots in 2004. nigel: we will bring a special

wyff news 4 sports brad fralick has more from charlotte. brad: what a game by the tele-to have spared 31 answer points by north carolina how to a hugely. 24 unanswered by the seattle seahawks in the second half after that is what gray court of extra e football team -- game. the panthers were able to hold on to >> it is every thing you want yet. we played some football on the way. in all honestly, they have been the watermark in the nfc. we have an opportunity to win. now comes the next one. they are the two seed for a reason. they are a well coached blocking. theyc for escorted back. they have playmakers that we saw last night. they have an aggressive defense. this is a complete team that we will play as well and we had to be on our game.brown: the panthers advance for the first time since 2005. next sunday will be the first of north carolina has ever hosted a nfc championship. they will hand the arizona cardinals a 6:40 eastern kickoff. brad fralick, news four. myra: a bride and her best friend on her special day. this photo is going viral

lard -- live in charlotte, brad fralick, wyff news 4. mike: commitment 2016 coverage now, the democrats are getting ready to debate for the fourth time during this campaign season. for the first time, it's happening here in south wyff news 4's patrick hussion is live in charleston. patrick, what's happening there now? patrick: you can see it here, mike. the story so far tonight is the buzz. the energy a ad chanting here outside the gaillard center has been nonstop. they are chanting, i'm with her. they are chanting, feel the bern. we are still three hours out. we are in a three-day holiday weekend, so a lot of people are out here, celebrating martin luther king weekend. the supporters, as i mentioned, are energized. not missed by the democratic and republican party state chair people for the state of south carolina. >> it means so much, given that we're just a few blocks down from mother emanuel, to have the presidential candidates here in charleston, in south carolina, talking about their vision for america. >> well, tonight will be a w

in glendale, brad fralick, wyff news 4 sports. patrick: one day after the football team packed up and headed out there. the clemson band loaded up to follow suit. the full band is making the trip to support the team. they'll do a pre-game show around 8:00 p.m. eastern eastern time monday night followed by the traditonal halftime show. both performances will be aired live on espn classic and espn 360. >> something like 35 million people are going to be watching on tv and they are broadcasting our show. that's terrifying and also really cool at the same time. [laughter] patrick: the band tells us their halftime show features music from the broadway hit "wicked." don't forget, sports team will have an hour-long special for that monday night before the game. they will be live right here on chris: not only is it raining outside, but it is a cold rain. we are stuck in the low to middle 40's. tomorrow will feature clearing skies. but what about the temperatures? >> now your live supler doppler 4 hd weather forecast. chris: check out this

live england ill, brad fralick, michael: a watch party going on it clemson on campus. gabrielle: ever since the tigers won the orange bowl clemson police say they've been , planning how to keep everyone safe tonight for the championship. city police are working with university police. the city police chief says many more people live in the city of clemson now, compared to when clemson played in the 1981 championship game. and for that game, classes hadn't started up yet. >> naturally, this is the largest gathering of any sporting event in clemson. so we went back in history, and looked at different things that have happened, and compared big games and things like that, and sort of try to anticipate anything beyond that, that could happen, and plan for that. gabrielle: police will be out in

that is where we find brad fralick -- brad fralick and marc dopher, joining us live from glendale outside the stadium where we will settle the national championship. brad: ricardo, this is what we have been waiting for. it has been talk and talk and talk, and finally, we are almost two game day. in the east, 30 minutes away from game day. we are so looking forward to it. clemson and alabama, clemson in the title game for the first time in 34 years and an opportunity to do something they haven't done in forever. dabo swinney says it seven years ago, when he got this job, this was his goal. he and nick saban met the media for the final time. marc: you could see that there wouldn't be any barbs thrown. everybody played nice. these guys have a mutual respect for each other, and a mutual respect for each other's programs. >> this has been great for our program, great for our team. this was our goal, to have the opportunity to play at the highest level. not only are we getting a chance chance to play alabama. >> our players are excited about the opportunity they have created for themselves to h

in charlotte, brad fralick wyff news 4 sports. geoff: thank you. ahead of the big game february 7, wyff 4 will bring you a special show nex brad fralick and marc dopher will start our live team coverage monday in california. i'll join them thursday, and then we'll have our special called "chasing a championship" at 8:00 next friday, february 5, right here allyson: it is not black friday, but these shoppers are bravingar waiting to cash in on. clear skies and cold out t the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of america's best mayors. in congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over two and a half million contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal

here's brad fralick and marc dopher with more. brad: it is finally gameday here in glendale arizona. the clemson tigers will play for a national championship tonight for the first time in 34 years. marc: it's an exciting day certainly for tiger fans you can feel the energy here in arizona. as we walk around, see about 65% orange, about 35% crimson. it looks like it's going to be a tiger-studded crowd tonight here in glendale. brad should be a fantastic : atmosphere. the news to pass along dabo sweeney was asked if shaq lawson, the all-american play against alabama. remember, he hurt his knee in the orange bowl game and sweeney said that lawson is expected to play in the football game. marc: i do want to put a bit of caution out there, lawson told us at media day that he only felt like he was about 60%. but still, i think they're going to have him go. if he can't complete the game, look to see austin bryant in there, he got a lot of playing time against oklahoma so you look at him you say this guy's a freshman, he's not really a fr

live in charlotte, brad fralick, wyff news 4. nigel: now to some panthers ulocal pictures from today. superfans. love the costumes, and the panther on that guy's shoulder. gabrielle: a little scary. and check out these kids at merrywood elementary school, doing the cam newton "dab." very cute. make sure you keep keep those panthers pride pictures coming. all you have to do is upload thememo the ulocal section of wyff 4.com. we would love to show them off here on nigel: and it's time to "keep pounding" with the panthers live wire. it's a collection of the latest tweets about the panthers, and fun posts from our staff. you can view the livewire by going to our wyff 4 app, or go to wyff4.com, and look in the "right now" bar. gabrielle: and ahead of the big game, wyff 4 will bring you a special program next week. it's called "chasing a championship." brad fralick and marc dopher will start our live team coverage monday in california, and geoff hart will join them on thursday. it is all leading up to our special, "chasing a championsh

live from arizona for wyff news 4 at noon, 5:00, 6:00, and 11:00 with brad fralick and marc dopher. they will also host our hour-long special "road to the title." you won't want to miss this area that will be live at 7:00 tonight right here on wyff 4. they'll bring you up to speed and give you a bit of what clemson player who likes to reports from there and basically wants to work here at wyff. maybe he will. we also have our live wire on collection of clemson twitter posts. allyson: taking a look at the roads this morning, 85 around highway 81 all they are on the interstate. be careful for black ice. dale house been warning us about this all morning. it is cold out there. we had some standing water on the roadways, so be careful. we have an accident in spartanburg county at bible church road. some construction continuing in anderson county at highway 76 . also looking at clear roads in asheville. looking pretty good right now. up in the mountains, could be a little icy. 85 and 385 looking good as well. patrick: we have some headlights to get to you now. rescue crews say a 45-year-o

for marc dopher, i'm brad fralick back to you. allyson: we showed you all of the excitement in phoenix. the excitement growing back your at home, as well. patrick: aly myles joins us live from cold clemson. aly: it is still quiet out here. a little more sleep before a lot of excitement today. finally, gameday. we have been getting pictures from excited clemson fans for i don't even know how long at this point. take a look at some of these. this one is from cassandra alexandra. she says she found this cleaning up. a bottle of coke representing clemson's 1981 championship season. and you can see the excitement in this picture. this is one of our director's matt cook. he's also one of the biggest clemson fans i know. and here's some clemson pride for you. the title here my permanent clemson accessory. caption says all day, everyday until the end of days. all in. fans already crowding arizona, this is a shot of the westgate fan zone, where espn was doing a show. sports director brad fralick said there's a sea of orange in arizona wait

in arizona, brad fralick. allyson: thank you, brad. dale: him -- am i on? we have rain falling and a temperature of 46 degrees. we will see shower activity until noon today. through. another system is developing in at the gulf and will bring us more rain tomorrow. will be showers of this morning as you go to school. around 50 for the high today. the mountains will go from 36 degrees to about 50 degrees today. we have some rain to start the weekend. we will get more rain late morning to the afternoon again. geoff: glad to see that you are here. in this morning's buzz. chick fil a is getting in on the excitement for monday's national championship game. allyson: the chick fil a restaurant in clemson will serve tiger paw biscuits on january 11 , the day of the title game. the restaurant tweeted this picture. geoff: the biscuits will be available from 6:00 until 10:30 in the morning. allyson: do you think they have a tiger cookie cutter? geoff: i think so. that will be a big hit, monday. allyson: i think it already is on social media. geoff: i am going to arizon

live in charlotte, brad fralick, wyff news 4. nigel: and it is time to keep pounding with the panthers and you can view the live by going to our wyff 4 app. gabrielle: and we will bring you a special program coming up nextwith brad fralick, live team coverage starting on monday, and then john will join them starting next thursday, going to be championship which will be you do not want to miss. and let's talk about the weather now, and here ise at spartanburg through our wofford sky camera, and it is relatively mild out there also. nigel: chief meteorologist john cessarich is in our studio right now, tracking the lajohn question mark john: a couple of sprinkles possible maybe even a few patches of light rain in northeastern georgia and the southern part of the upstate.partly to mostly cloudy skies, and 38 right now in boone. 50's and low 60's back into northeastern georgia. and it is in the 40's mainly in the mountains, 43 in asheville, but as i mentioned, some areas of freezing fog forming late tonigh mountains of north carolina,

in charlotte, brad fralick, wyff news 4 sports. geoff: so after the weekend, here's the schedule for next sunday's conference championship games. new england will travel to denver to take on the broncos . then, arizona at carolina. it's a homecoming of sorts for the cardinals with about 20% of their roster having ties to t carolinas. the winners of these two games meet february 7 in super bowl 50. aly: below freezing temperatures in downtown hendersonville and a lot of wind. we will tell you where some myra: another cold week is upon us as we hit the coldest temperatures so far this season. somebody out there is very cold. geoff: very chilly, especially with the wind. aly myles joins us live with more from hendersonville in just a moment, but first, a look at the cold pattern with dale. dale: we start out this week very cold. clear in the upstate. a few flurries overnight in the mountains of north carolina. it is the windchill advisory we want to warn you about. higher elevations especially near the tennessee border with high winds

the guys, brad fralick and marc dopher, are heading to the desert right as we speak. they'll be covering the tigers leading up to monday night's game. be sure to join us right here on wyff4 on game night, 90 minutes before kickoff, for "road to the title," our hourlong special, live from university of phoenix stadium.m. georgia linebacker leonard floyd is leaving for the nfl. the fourth-year junior, declaring for the draft today. round pick. the butkus award finalist led the bulldogs with 4 1/2 sacks this season, and ranked second on the team in tackles. gamecock linebacker skai moore is, however, staying put in columbia. moore will return for his senior season with south carolina, announcing his intentions on instagram today, saying it didn't feel right not finishing what he had began at usc. moore will get to play under new head coach will muschamp, who said today, he thought moore made a mature decision about returning. moore led the gameoccks in tackles the past three seasons. the clemson men's basketball team landed 6'9" transfer elijiah thomas. the former texas

brad fralick has more. brad: the story didn't and how clemson wanted it to. once in bringing a perfect 14-0 record into the national championship game against alabama and came up a few points sure. an electric atmosphere, the tigers running into a sea of orange or more than half the stadium filled with clemson fans. the game tied at seven. deshaun watson finds hunter renfro for a second touchdown catch of the game. he just had three all season coming in. third quarter, game tied at 14. sideline. a busted coverage for clemson gives alabama a 21-14 lead. later in the third, clemson down 21-17, tigers retake the lead. 24-20 -- fourth quarter, game tied at 24, alabama with the onside kick as they recovered. the tide to turn that into points. oj howard once again, again on a busted coverage the -- this one, a 50 one yard touchdown strike. howard is the offense of offense and vp of the game. clemson withdraw -- would draw it within four. a95 yard kickoff return kickoff return for a touchdown. it was just a few plays in this game that alabama may, especially on spec

and now your host brad fralick. brad: good evening. a live look at bank of america stadium in charlotte. we are inside 24 hours until kickoff of the nfc championship i'm brad fralick. could have predicted when kelvin

sports director brad fralick and marc dopher landed in the desert yesterday. good afternoon here and good morning there. brad: welcome to arizona. we have arrived in advance of the college championship between clemson and alabama. it looks warm out here. it is a little bit chilly, but get near. marc: glendale is not exactly right next to downtown phoenix. it will take a little while to get out to the game, especially if you are staying in phphnix. chilly. maybe bring next a jacket or blanket. brad: really looking forward to this weekend. we havav80 a day tomorrow morning and the team arrives this afternoon. they will practice tomorrow and media day and head coach press conferences and then gameday on monday. for the national championship, follow us on social media throughout the trip, they spoke, twitter. day long. marc dopher wyff news 4 live in glendale, arizona. you. i will be heading out tomorrow. special for you monday night on wyff news 4 beginning at 7:00 as they get you ready for the everything you need to know before it kicks off. again. you see it in

brad fralick will begin the live coverage monday i'll join them thursday. and then we'll have our special called "chasing a champioiohip," at 8:00 next friday right here. allyson: barbie gets a makeover. >> now, your live super doppler 4 hd for a cool start to the day. 38 in greenville, 36 in asheville, 34 in spartanburg. the upstint these and a cold day for the mountains. -- moorman to the 50's and cold a for the moun-- warm into the 50's and a cold day for the mountains. mid to upper 50's upstate, made to upper 30's in the mountains. wind will warm as it goes down the mountaiai so the upstate will be about 15 degrees warmer than the mountains.i chance for a flurry are two north of asheville and we warm-up this weekend into the 60's, especially on sunday. ramble or two of thunder on tuesday. we do cool down by late next week. chilly weather by friday. geoff: you can do whatever you want, go to the mountains to ski, nice weather here for the swamp rabbit trail. in this morning's buzz, mattel is changing the way they it creates barbie dolls. allyson: now you

brad fralick isive with interviews at 11:00. if you would like to follow along, check out our facebook and twitter pages. clemson, we have you covered. plus, lives starting tomorrow morning from phoenix. pamela: i passed a fireworks shop on the way to work, and they said they have clemson smoke. i'm not sure what that is. there is orange everything around. it is great out this morning, and we have see patchy fog around as well. nothing more than drizzly rain this morning. the temperatures are slow to pick up. we will be close to 50 today. the good chance of rain picks up by 5:00 today. it will linger a little longer in the mountains, and create a snowy mix by tomorrow in the mountains. be coming in. that will be for all of us in the upcoming week. wednesday, the coldest day. morning temperatures in the 20's. myra: it is winter. we have to remind ourselves of that. we have been spoiled. thanks for watching wyff for today. have a great afternoon. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for

in charl fralick, wyff news 4. marc: new usc football coach will muschamp, making the final hire for his new staff in columbia. former florida all-american linebacker mike peters the gamecock staff. obviously, he'll work with the defense. his exact job title, still up in the air. the new college basketball polls are out. the south carolina women's team still ranked second in the country, still trying to track down uconn for the top spot. usc's men's team is 22nd in the usa today poll, but they've fallen out of the ap top 25 aftr losing to tennessee. the gamecocks and the clemson tigers, sitting just outside the top 25, according to the associated press. furman taking the show on the road tonight, paladins playing at virginia military institutu. furman takes control of this game in the second half. larry wideman, wide open for his second consecutive three. that sparks a 13-0 run for the paladins. devon sibley scores a game-high 19. furman gets past vmi, 68-56. this is cole jansen. the sign shows the deal he's made w

in charlotte, brad fralick, news four. allyson: the next generation of parenthood goes hands free. buzz. introducing longhorn's steaks that sizzle for $12.99. like the new smoky bacon sirloin. and the parmesan crusted sirloin. only at longhorn steakhouse. pepper discovers jimmy dean delights, made with real egg whites, lean cut meats, and whole grains. an excellent source of protein, it fuels her up with energy to help power through her morning. dale: 4:57 is the time as we look at our laurens skycam. 36 degrees this morning. folks are getting ready for a new day. whether is ice on the ground, snow on the ground, watch out for black ice that is formed with anything that melted yesterday. cold enough this morning towatch out for slippery spots. we are going to get some new precipitation in the mountaithere may be a snow-rain mix in afternoon to the mountains later this afternoon for the upstate. we will see temperatures in the upper 20's and 30's climb today to normal range. upper 40's to 50 in the mountains and low 50's expected in the upstate. not a bad check bottom of the screen

wyff news 4 sports brad fralick has more from charlotte. brad: what a game by the carolina panthers. you want to talk about a tale of two hats? 31 and -- unanswered points in the first half. 24 unanswered by the seattle seahawks in the second half after that is what great quarterbacks do. russell wilson got his team back in the football game. the carolina panthers were able to hold on. >> everything you strive for, work for. it is part of our vision. we haven't accomplished what we want yet. we played good football teams along the way. seattle being one of them. in all honesty, we had an opportunity and we one. now comes the next one. arizona, the two seed for the they have a dynamic quarterback, a good coach, playmakers like we saw last night. an aggressive defense. we have to be on our game. brett: the panthers advance to the nfc championship game for the since 2005. next sunday will be the first time north carolina has ever hosted and nfc championship game. they will have the arizona cardinals a 6:40 eastern kickoff. myra: turning to our

sports director brad fralick and marc dopher will host the special live from california. the future of the nfl showcased today in mobile, alabama for the senior bowl. clemson and dorman high product charone peake getting high praises for his route running during practice this week. first quarter, peake with a good pickup. 2 catches. 13 yards in the senior bowl. drive ends in a touchdown. adams also impressing scouts during the week. third quarter, adams takes the screen for 17 yard. the drive would end in a south field goal. adams 3 catches for 49 yards in the game. fourth quarter, the alabama faithful getting to see a crimson tide player score. kenyan drake gets the corner for the 1 yard score. south beats the north 27-16. mississippi state quarterback dak prescott named the senior bowl mvp. clemson entered today alone in fourth place in the atlantic coast conference at 6 and 2. the tigers now beginning a three game road swing, visiting tallahassee this afternoon. clemson facing florida state. the tigers beat the seminoles at the well back on january 2. first half, fsu w

read fraley, -- brad fralick, wyff news 4 sports. watch out for the cactus. ricardo: brad mentioned our one hour special on monday night, "road to the title," right here on wyff 4. brad, marc, and myself will give you everything you need to know for the national championship game. "road to the title" airs at 7:00. georgia linebacker leonard floyd is leaving for the nfl. the fourth-year junior, declaring for the draft today. floyd is projected as a first round pick. the butkus award finalist led the bulldogs with 4 1/2 sacks this season, and ranked second on the team in tackles. gamecock linebacker skai moore is, however, staying put in columbia. moore will return for his senior announcing his intentions on instagram today, saying it didn't feel right not finishing what he had began at usc. moore will get to play under new head coach will muschamp, who said today, he thought moore made a mature decision about returning. moore led the gameoccks in tackles the past three seasons. the clemson men's basketball team landed 6'9" transfer elijiah thomas. the former t

in charlotte, brad fralick, wyff news 4 sports. marc: thanks, brad. here's the schedule for next sunday's conference championship games. new england is at denver, then arizona at carolina. a homecoming of sorts for the cardinals. about 20% of their roster has ties to the carolinas. the winners of these two games meet february 7th in super bowl 50. the south carolina basketball undefeated teams in division 1 women's basketball. dawn staley's gamecocks, a perfect 16-0 heading into today's game against texas a&m. a top 25 tilt at the colonial life arena, 15th-ranked a&m taking on second-ranked south carolina. this one was a naiaiiter. khadijah sessions makes a free throw to give usc a 2-point lead. a&m has to go the length of the court to have a chance to tie or win. that's exactly what they do. quick layup ties it at 58. but here's the problem. a mental mistake, texas a&m fouls sessions with no reason to do so. sessions misses the first, but drains the second. aggies out of luck at the end of this one. a'ja wilson breaks up the pass on the final play of

and wyff news 4 is following the panthers to super bowl 50, starting monday, brad fralick and marc dopher will be covering the team live from santa clara, with geoff hart joining them on thursday, then on friday, we'll preview the big game. our sports team will bring you "chasing championship" live from california. you can catch it rightwyff four next friday. things are turning wet by the state of california ca myra: we are covering the nation now. the state of california can breathe a sigh of relief now. escaped fr are back behind bars. jonathan tieu and hossein nayeri were captured this morning about 400 miles north of san francisco. a woman tipped off police after the allegedly stolen van -- after spotting the allegedly stolen van they took. one person is dead and several others are injured after a violent incident at a motorcycle show in colorado. police say a fistfight between members of two motorcycle clubs escalated, and left four people shot, another stabbed and three others hurt. it happened at the first day of the motorcycle show. the second day which was supposed to co been can

with a look ahead to the game now, here's brad fralick. brad: i'm brad fralick. a couple injured panthers returned to practice today. -- practice on thursday. defensive end jared allen, who is still listed as doubtful with a broken bone in his foot, participated in limited workouts today, and running back jonathan stewart was back at practice. he was held out yesterday as more of a precautionary measure as he continues to recover from a foot injury. josh norman says he is ready t o play this game right now. norman is one of two greenwood high school grads that will play sunday. the other former gamecock dj , swearinger, who plays for the cardinals. norman always plays with a chip on his shoulder, always has something to prove, and says the hardest thing to do right now, is wait for kickoff. >> my emotions right now, even kee. -- keel. really i am just ready for this , game to start. we have been waiting and watiing, and its time to go, but couple more days yet to play. >> josh norman is a premier cornerback. there is a reason he is going to be the highest paid fr

monday,brad fralick and marc dopher will be covering the team geoff hart joining them on we'll preview the big game. thursday. on we'll preview the bfriday, chasing a champion live from california. we want to see how you're showing off your panthers pride! you can share your photos with us by uploading them to our ulocal section on the wyff 4 app -- you might just see your photos on the air. pamela: good sunday morning. it does not get much prettier than this. we are a little hazy. a little fog. quickly warming up today. temperatures in the mid-60's for this last day of january. the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, myra: good morning. nikol for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over two and a half million contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuition-free public colleges. people are si

wyff news 4 sports director brad fralick was also in charlotte and has more on the nfc ch coming up at 6:30. meanwhile, many fans were glued to tv's in local bars and restaurants. >> cam newton. my favorite team. go panthers. we want to see them make the super bowl. >> oh my goodness this is a great time. myra: the fans said they were confident in the panthers, but they were still blown away by the score. a lot of people were. geoff: facing the panthers will be the denver broncos, who have reached the title game for the second time in three years. the broncos captured t championship game against the patriots. seconds, but the patriots needed the two-point conversion. did not happen. it was the fifth time peyton manning and tom brady have locked horns in the afc title game. manning threw a pair of touchdowns in the first ha while brady completed less than half of his passes. the broncos' defense also sacked suffocating brady. he was sacked four times. many students in the upstate this morning getting the day from school. myra: wyff news 4's aly myles joins us live from greenville county

wyff news 4's brad fralick will be live with interviews from coaches and players. that will be at 6:00 and 11:00 tonight. if you want to follow along, just check out our facebook and twitter pages. when it comes to everything plus, geoff hart will also be live in phoenix with live reports starting tomorrow. plus before the big game, wyff , news 4 sports will bring you an hour-long special monday night. the guys are working on it now. our crews will be live from night. we are calling this the "road to the title." it'll get you good and ready for kickoff of the college football playoff national championship. again, unless you have been sleeping under a rock or something, it you don't know it is between the clemson tigers and the alabama crimson tide. jeb bush has made his first visit to anderson county as a presidential candidate. he spoke to voters at dyar's diner in pendleton, the former florida governor wore a clemson hat and showed off his d dcing during the visit. he also zeroed in on republican front runner donald trump, who bush says isn't fit to be commander

brad fralick wyff news 4. allyson: thank you. crimson tide. alabama winning in the cotton bowl last night, 38-0. the national championship game is on january 11 in arizona. downtown greenville will have a showing party at the bon secours wellness arena and the doors open at 7:00 and it is free. patrick: you can follow along on twitter through our live choir. it's a collection of the latest tweets about clemson on wyff back in the upstate, extra sober or slammer campaign. allyson: this year 946 people roads. the extra officers will also enforce speeders distracted , drivers, and people not using their seat belts. patrick: in spartanburg county, hundreds of dollars because apart goals. one particular pothole opened up again after it was filled. this is on anderson mill road in front of the londonderry subdivision. road crews say they had to fill the hole four times this week because the material is being washed away by the rain. the department of transportation says you can file a claim on their website to be reimbursed for damages caused by pot

brad fralick and marc dopher will start our live team coverage monday in c and i'll join them thursll leading up to ououspecial "chasing a championship" at 8:00 on february 5. allyson: i am joining chris. will warm-up this wechris: there will be sunshine and 60's all around, but we do have worked to g through. we will see rain showers, especially the southern part of the upstate today you are traveling toward columbia. they will be raleigh back toward i 20 and heading toward atlanta. that is about it. we have northerly wind right g in a cool breeze. it is 25 degrees in asheville, 37 in greenville, 27 in bristol, tennessee. we will see temperatures in the upper 40's by lunchtime, topping out around 52 3:00. we will see clouds and rain move on now as we head into the overnight hours and has another upper-level system moves through.this will give the mountains north of i-40. that will make it a breezy and cold night in the carolina asheville and hendersonville. a cold breeze in the mountainstomorrow where the high will be around 40. as the wind moves into greenville and spartanburg, it w

starting monday, brad fralick and marc dopher will be covering the team live from santa clara with geoff hart joining them on thursday. then on friday we'll preview the big game. our sports team will bring you "chasing a championship" live from california. the view why ff 4 at 8:00 pm next friday, february 5. pamela: we're looking at mid 60's across t upstate. stay warm, but it will turn wet. . pepper discovers a wholesome breakfast with jimmy dean delights, made with real egg whites, lean cut meats, and whole grains. an excellent source of protein, it's a delicious way to fuel up on energy to help power through her morning run. which motivates these bikers to pedal faster, and inspires ted to land that front-side ollie. which delights everyone, including pepper's twins with jimmy dean delights, good mornings look, i know you're a cow and all. and you may not know what i'm talking about, mmmm, yoplait. hey, guys, it's annie. now, if you're anything like me, you're always looking for ways to save money, especially when it comes to your weekly grocery trip. well, with walmart every day low

brad fralick wyff news 4 sports. look out for the cactus. >> are you going to sneeze? [laughter] >> are you going to sneeze? >> no, no. >> oh, yeah. >> no problem. allyson: actor mark ruffalo tries using one of jimmy fallon's inventions. plus, a new one fallon says he's that's next. allyson: if you missed "the fallon, you missed actor mark ruffalo displaying an invention of fallon's. how it works. take a look. >> you designed this. >> i invented that. >> yeah, did you see this? [laughter] >> that's not what you do with it. >> the jimmy fallon. >> that's not what you do with it at all. >> how do you do it? >> let me see. >> you just pull 'em out of your pocket. just like >> i don't know if this is a working. it's not a working pocket, but if this was a working pocket, i would pull it out of this pocket? i'm starting this new trend. it's called half pocket, so if you want to show off what you have in this pocket, like you -- geoff: jimmy fallon being fallon. works? dale: part decoration and part utility. geoff: exactly. dale: and it works for a gag on his show. it is tim

another play ready to go, panthers quarterback cam brad fralick has more on newton from charlotte. one overall pick back in the 2011 draft for the carolina panthers. he said he wanted to get this team to a super bowl. a few short years later, the panthers are headed to super bowl l>> i think the super bowl means for us as an organization to the carolina panthers, everybody that wears carolina blue and black, everyone who believes carolina blue and black, it has been a long time coming. it is a cliche question you have to ask yourself, why not us? we are going to play this game for multiple reasons and multiple people, from the forefathers that played in the super bowl's before who didn't win and also the people who are back in the 704. brad: an intriguing matchup with cam newton against peyton manning. an interesting stat, the first time in super bowl history that will go against each other the quarterback positionbrad fralick wyff news 4. >> craziest thing i have ever seen in my life. geoff: a special guest that jimmy fallon rod out for actress allyson: if you missed "the tonight