with nigel robertson, gabrielle komorowski, and the cthis is wyff news 4 at 5:00 in high definition. gabrielle: an upstate beverage company ist of greenville county that some say has long been ignored. wyff news 4 was the first to bring you this announcement this morning, on our wyff 4 app. county officials say the news is huge for this part of town. this empty goodwill store building on poinsett highway near the corner of furman hall transformation. greenco beverage company will build their new flagship distribution center here. greenco distributes well-known brands like samuel adams, thomas

carol: and we continue our team coverage now with wyff news 4's gabrielle komorowski. she is live in downtown greenville joined by our political analyst chip felkel to talk about what we can expect tonight. gabrielle: that is right, we are outside the peace center talking about what we can see tonight. chip, thanks for being here. we just heard that breaking news about justice scalia's death. is that going to be a big topic tonight? chip: certainly it will come up. as people make their decisions, the president is the one that affords -- that a point supreme court justices. i am sure it will come up. is a good lesson to all of us president. gabrielle: we have the six candidates taking the stage. who really needs to do well tonight? chip: as the field gets smaller, the pressure gets higher. certainly rubio will be looked at to see if you can recover from his debate's performance. that by all accounts cost him the position in new hampshire. he will be looking for cruz andy trump to go after each other -- cruz and trump to go after each other loudly and proudly. rubio has s

and -- gabrielle: i'm gabrielle komorowski. myra: you are really here. gabrielle: not asleep in my bed. the message from the weather is to enjoy these mild temperatures. pamela: exactly. not the sunniest of days, but quite warm.

wyff news 4's gabrielle komorowski joins us live. involved. -- gabby, voters were asked to gabrielle: you may have seen this big sign right outside of the peace center in downtown greenville. it says hashtag #gop debate. people were asked to use that hashtag on twitter to submit questions for the candidates. earlier this evening i spoke with a member of the twitter team about how social media and twitter have broken down the barrier between candidates and voters. voters were able to submit questions to the candidates using the hasghtag #gopdebate. how significant is that? >> very significant. in granting twitter into the debate and the election cycle is something so unique to twitter. we have an opportunity to take advantage of the live moments in the conversation. gabrielle: doesn't allow the candidates to know what -- does what voters are actually concerned about? >> absolutely. you can follow the election on twitter, you can use the #gopdebate to see the live conversation. you can have the back and forth. you are able to follow the

with nigel robertson, gabrielle komorowski, and the weather with chief urologist john cessarich. this is -- chief meteorologist john cessarich. this is wyff news 4 at 5:00. nigel: it's cold outside. giving you a live look outside. feel it. this is greenville skycam, you can see haywood road. gabrielle: all those cars, scrambling to get home and have a nice, warm home to go to, because john cessarich joins us now, and john, it will be cold. john: dangerously cold as we go overnight. for the next several days. weekend, we will get another surge of arctic air. the weekend will set the stage for a potential winter storm monday. or about that later on. right now, flurries. a couple brief light snow upstate. anderson, through do west, making their way into laurens and newberry. we have had snow showers back into north georgia. temperatures very cold. it has been snowing off and on with flurries in atlanta. do not expect accumulations. at least not in upstate and northern georgia.

wyff news 4's gabrielle komorowski is live and local at th. gabrielle: allyson, this is exclusive information you'll only see here on wyff 4. we are here on poinsett highway close to furman hall road. downtown greenville is to my left. cherrydale is to my right. this is the old goodwill store building. you can see the sign on the door says "we are moving." we started looking into this and we found out greenco beverage company is moving here. greenco beveragea greenville-based bottling and distribution company. their client thomas creek, co, and also cheerwine. this spring, they will break ground on a restoration facility to be b here. it is expected to be completed fall. for county officials, this is huge. this is a great gateway from greenville here. right now, there are many rundown empty county officials say today's announcement i step in the revitalization of the county. we reached out and asked how many job his facility will bring. we are waiting on that and we will have tonight at 5:00. allyson: thank you, gabby. also in greenville county

with nigel robertson, gabrielle komorowski, and weather with chief meteorologist john cessarich. this is wyff news 4 at 5:00 in high-definition. nigel: the polls open to our morning in the gop primary. six names are on the ballot. six candidates hoping for big numbers. joining us now, chuck todd, nbc news political director and moderator of "meet the press." what can you think will be the big surprise? chuck: there will be a couple. one is donald trump. every private polo, public polls have been showing it. but the pope's spat with him on immigration -- i talked to the other campaigns, they are petrified of it for this region. they think it helps trump, that it stopped his slide. why? it put him back on message, talking about immigration. the history of this campaign has been anytime trumpet talk about immigration, no matter how controversial it has been, it has solidified his support with his base. it may have angered him down in first place. we are in a battle for second. the pressure is on marco rubio. he has every major endorsement in south carolina short of lindsey graham an

with nigel robertson, gabrielle komorowski, and the weather with chief meteorologist john cessarich. this is wyff news 4 at 5:00 in high definition. gabrielle: take a look at this video out of north carolina. dozens of cars are abandoned on roads in winston-salem. snow fell overnight, forcing drivers who were stuck to leave their cars. winston-salem police say the phones were ringing off the hook from people involved in weather-related accidents. nigel: now, let's take a live look outside in greenville through our peace center sky cam. you can see, it's very wet out there right now as we speak. temperatures are falling. gabrielle: in western north carolina, here is a live picture from our asheville skycam. it is gray and cold. john cessarich and chris justus are in our studio, tracking the latest. john: very heavy, freezing drizzle across the area.

. >> you're watching live, local, breaking news with nigel robertson, gabrielle komorowski, this is wyff news 4 at 5:00 in high-definition. michael: let the fun continue. we are just 2 days away from super bowl 50. gabrielle: our own carolina panthers are taking on the denver broncos. our own nigel robertson is in charlotte. and wyff news 4's brad fralick and marc dopher are in santa clara. but first, nigel, let's go to you. very exciting day in charlotte. nigel: their exciting day. but listen to this, the super bowl is not here in charlotte. it's not at bank of america stadium. here is the thing, when we pulled up to date, there were crowds of people at bankamerica stadium. basically every parking lot was taken. i did a bit of investigative work to find out why so many people were here. it's because the gift shop was open. everyone, every car, everyone

. >> you are watching live, local, breaking news with nigel robertson, gabrielle komorowski and weather with chief meteorologist john cessarich. this is wyff news 4 at 5:00 in high-definition. nigel: continuing our commitment 2016 coverage. hillary clinton has just wrapped up her campaign stop in orangeburg. wyff news 4's patrick hussion spoke to organizers beforehand, who were there pulling for clinton to win the nomination. patrick: hillary clinton and bernie sanders are battling it in the midlands, visiting two historically black schools in orangeburg. with me is a student body president at claflin university. tell me why hillary clinton is the best candidate for students in chapter lineup. -- students in south carolina. >> the choice is clear. she has money set aside for her plan will become more clear. patrick: bernie sanders is at claflin. you being the student body president, what have you heard heading over to south carolina state? >> a lot of students are torn, they don't know what side they want to go to. but as president, we need to make sure we get both sides. the student go

with nigel robertson, gabrielle komorowski, and the weather with chief meteorologist john cessarich. this is wyff news 4 at 5:00 in high definition. gabrielle: take a look at this video out of north carolina. dozens of cars are abandoned on roads in winston-salem. snow fell overnight, forcing drivers who were stuck to leave their cars. winston-salem police say the phones were ringing off the hook from people involved in weather-related accidents. nigel: now, let's take a live look outside in greenville through our peace center sky cam. you can see, it's very wet out there right now as we speak. temperatures are falling. gabrielle: in western north carolina, here is a live picture from our asheville skycam. it is gray and cold. john cessarich and chris justus are in our studio, tracking the latest. john: very heavy, freezing drizzle across the area. either hold steady or fall just a little bit, especially along i-85 and north. watch out for that. some of the side roads will freeze, and the main roads will get icy. reports of accidents already. if you don't have to get outside, don't. a

with nigel robertson down -- gabrielle komorowski, and the weather with chief meteorologist john cessarich. this is wyff news 4 at 5:00 in high definition. nigel: i spent p pt of my morning on the interstate, on the marco rubio for president bus. the senator and governor nikki haley invited me on board to talk about her endorsement, and why donald trump wasn't even in the running. governor nikki haley told me her endorsement of the senator did not come easy. >> you know, it was hard, because we've got great people running for president. nigel: less than 24 hours after endorsing senator marco rubio for president, the south carolina governor joined him on stops in greenville and anderson. we talked to the senator between the two. >> obviously, the endorsement well-respected in the state, and people have seen her leadership, and it brings a lot of credibility. she everything we are standing nigel: this endorsement is a big get. in fact, after publicly saying trump was not going to get it, 5 of the 6 candidates were hoping for haley's support, including jeb bush, whose family has been working

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with nigel robertson, gabrielle komorowski, and the weather with chief meteorologist john cessarich. this is wyff news 4 at 5:00 in high definition. nigel: donald trump, the gop presidential front-runner, made headlines all weekend, for what he said and didn't say about david duke and the kkk. here is the timeline of what happened, and you can hear donald trump in his own words. friday, donald trump was asked about the david duke endorsement. >> mr. trump, how do you feel about the recent endorsement from david duke? >> i didn't even know he endorsed me. david duke endorsed me? all right. i disavow, ok? nigel: but then, when asked about on it on cnn's "state of the union" on sunday morning, trump had a very different answer. >> well, i have to look at the group. i mean, don't know what group you're talking about. you wouldn't want me to condemn a group that i know nothing about. i'd have to look. if you would send me a list of the groups, i will do research on 'em. and certainly, i would disavow if i thought there was something wrong. >> the ku klux klan? >> but you may have groups i

with nigel robertson, gabrielle komorowski, and the weather with chief meteorologist john cessarich. this is wyff news 4 at 5:00 in high definition. nigel: we are talking about the weather first up. this is just more of new orleans . a live look outside, where it is coming down rain, wind, and even reports of possible tornadoes. gabrielle: we want to show you these pictures. this is the system that john cessarich says we need to be watching as well. john joins us in the studio. john: we will have to watch it during the day tomorrow especially, and probably especially in the morning. new orleans remains under a tornado watch. there are warnings around louisiana, mississippi, and alabama. we are very stable. we have the warm front to the southwest, so we have a northeasterly breeze. we are just looking at rain showers across the area.

with nigel robertson, gabrielle komorowski, and the weather with chief meteorologist john cessarich. this is wyff news 4 at 5:00 in high definition. nigel: first up, taking a live look, a wet look, through our woodruff road skycam. any grilling this evening. it is pleasant temperature-wise. john, how is it looking for this evening? john: we will see thunderstorms of the next hour or two, in the northeastern part of the upstate, moving into spartanburg county, off to the northeast. we had a few showers with embedded heavy thunderstorms march across the area. nothing strong were severe, just heavy rainfall, a bit of lightning from time to time, maybe gusty winds. a front is pushing through and it has stalled out because of a low developing along it. when the front settles to the south overnight, the wind will shift out of the northeast area that will drive in cooler temperatures and more stable conditions. here is the front tomorrow morning. we will be wedged in with showers, rain, drizzle, fog. this will produce severe weather in mississippi tomorrow afternoon and will move right betw

with nigel robertson, gabrielle komorowski, meteorologist john cessarich. this is wyff news 4 at 5:00 in high definition. nigel: more commitment 2016 coverage now, and more from that one-on-one with current gop frontrunner donald trump. carol: wyff news 4's patrick hussion spent a lot of time with the real estate mogul this afternoon, and he's here now. patrick? patrick: before leaving today, trump told us to be on the lookout for a new poll. and sure enough, that cnn-orc poll has trump with a 16 point lead over ted cruz. we talked about that and much more today. in his first stop at the popular tommy's ham house, donald trump made a quick stop before heading over here, where we talked about his campaign heading into the south carolina primary on saturday. >> look. it's politics. i understand. and i've only been a politician since june 16. i'm almost embarrassed to say i'm a politician. but i guess that's what i am. patrick: has the transformation taken place? >> it's a big patrick: behind him in the south carolina polls is senator ted cruz, and on monday,

with nigel robertson, gabrielle komorowski, and the weather with chief meteorologist john cessarich. this is wyff news 4 at 5:00 in high definition. nigel: we are talking about the weather first up. this is just more of new orleans . a live look outside, where it is coming down rain, wind, and even reports of possible tornadoes. gabrielle: we want to show you these pictures. this is the system that john cessarich says we need to be watching as well. john joins us in the studio. john: we will have to watch it during the day tomorrow especially, and probably especially in the morning. new orleans remains under a tornado watch. there are warnings around louisiana, mississippi, and alabama. we are very stable. we have the warm front to the southwest, so we have a northeasterly breeze. we are just looking at rain showers across the area. the breeze brings in cooler temperatures. we need to get unstable for severe weather. late tonight and early tomorrow morning, we will break down the wedge. besides the potential for severe thunderstorms, we could also have the potential for flash floodin

gabrielle: i'm gabrielle komorowski. pamela: much warmer than yesterday morning. 15 degrees warmer in asheville, hendersonville. you seem even warmer in henderson, 15-20 degrees warmer than yesterday. where does that put you? 48 in greenwood. 47 in abbeville. 46 in anderson. mild for our february morning. clemson, easy at 46. pickens at 46. the breeze will be out of the south and west. we will have clouds. despite the lack of sun today, temperatures will continue to warm up. by lunchtime, in the mid-50's. we won't stop there. here is your view this morning. plenty of clouds. no rainmakers just yet. as the day goes on, we will have a slingshot of picking up some showers in the mountains. mainly tried stay for us. temperatures warming up as the southerly wind picks up, and even more out of the southwest. we do have very light northeast. not a big deal. just show you the overall the atmosphere is warming up and will continue to do so. you see, we don't find a whole lot of sunshine. we could find some patchy fog around. near

and -- gabrielle: i'm gabrielle komorowski. myra: you are really here. gabrielle: not asleep in my bed. the message from the weather is to enjoy these mild temperatures. pamela: exactly. not the sunniest of days, but quite warm. greenwood this morning when you walk out the door. you will does that for sure. 11 degrees warmer in greenwood. in asheville, 43 this morning early on your saturday. greenwood, really quite mild. 48. woodruff road skycam making some early poll goers this morning. we have another hour. our temperatures will warm up each hour. we will be in the 50's and getting into the 60's today. there is 46 with partly cloudy skies. the breeze is pick up across the mountains as well. temperatures will be well above average for all of us. look at all the clouds. overall, dry. some spotty showers later today. look at the temperatures, getting into the low 60's. quite nice. the breeze, mainly between five and seven out of the southwest. upper 50's in asheville. well above average for you as well. big changes as we get into the work week. we will tal

geoff: wyff news 4's gabrielle komorowski spoke sean evins a member of the twitter team about how social media and twitter between candidates and voters. >> talk to me about how twitter has changed the debate and the election process. >> twitter is the live moment. it allows people to participate whether they are next to the candidate at a rally or talking to their friends about the issues that matter to them or whether they are sitting on a couch watching the debate. you are actually able, using twitter, to participate in the debate itself. like you are at the rally, every rally without actually being there. you are able to, like in some cases the debate tonight, tweak live using hashtag gopd debate. being able to have your voice heard live, something that wasn't previously accessible years ago. >> eight years ago when we knew we were going to have someone new going to the white house, it wasn't common at the time to be able to just follow your favorite candidate on social media. >> exactly right. twitter has changed and allowed for much closer access to the process. you are able to fol

geoff: wyff news 4's gabrielle komorowski spoke to sean evins a member of the twitter team about how social media and twitter have broken down the barrier between candidates and voters. collects -- >> how it's changed the talk to me about how twitter has changed the debate how it's changed the whole election , process. >> well twitter is the l le movement. twitter allows people to participate whether they're next to the candidate at a rally, or they're talking to their friends, or sitting on a couch watching the debate. you are using twitter to be able to participate in the debate itself. it is like you are at the rally, every rally without actually being there. alive using #gopdebate. opportunities for question to be asked in debate is a real thing. having your voice or live. >> eight years ago when we knew we would have someone new going to the white house, it wasn't common at the time to follow your favorite candidate on social media. >> that is exactly right. twitter has changed and allowed for much closer access to the process. you are able to follow candidates, what rallies the

robertson, embryo komorowski, and the weather with chief meteorologist john cessarich. this is wyff news 4 at 5:00 in high definition. gabrielle: take a look at these pictures of severe weather causing major damage in the charlotte area. these are from yesterday. duke energy reported that close to 5,000 people were without power in mecklenburg county. trees were uprooted, and some homes suffered serious damage. nigel: in western north carolina, a live look through our asheville skycam. look at that sunset. on this thursday in february, a beautiful day outside. gabrielle: so nice to see sunshine. john cessarich joins us from the studio. how is the rest of the week shaping up? john: seasonably chilly. if you are on the couch inside, nice and warm and looking at a live shot from asheville, you are going, wow, that is lots of sunshine. if you are outside, 41 degrees with a strong wind, it feels like 32 with the windchill. cold temperatures in the mountains. different story outside the mountains. lighter winds and temperatures warming up into the upper 50's to around 60, 60 in clemson and abbeville, 57 in spartanburg, 57 in greenvi

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