the university of georgia. congressman carter: i did and i am an avid fan. >> how did you make the transition from being a politics -- a pharmacist and entered politics? congressman carter: right now, i am the only pharmacist in congress. -- i have always been interested in politics. growing up, i was active in my church and held leadership roles. i was president of the freshman class and very active as time went on. when i got out of school, i was working and my wife and i were starting our careers, but when i opened my own business in 1988, i knew i needed to get involved in my community more, so i served for four years on the zoning committee before he ran for city council and elected the mayor and then two years later, -- mayor have you served as where you can get something done as a pair to congress -- as compared to congress? it was verycarter: different. i often say that when i became mayor, the first thing i learned was how do count to four. you are right. you can get a lot done as a mayor. particularly

called plant scherer, it's located in juliette, georgia, and is majority owned by georgia power. each year it produces 3 1/2 million kilowatts of electricity. generating that power requires a lot of coal. over 1,200 tons of coal are burned every hour at plant scherer, and in 2010, that resulted in 2,200 tons of coal ash. and it's all dumped into a 750-acre unlined pond, meaning nothing prevents toxins from entering the groundwater. >> they built this plant an area where there's no public water access. everyone within a 5-mile radius and maybe even further, drinking on private well water. >> that includes donna and phil welch. when they built their home n 2001, they thought they were moving into an ideal countryside home. >> and we were so excited about moving to the country. um, fresh air, you know, kind of john denver-ish generation that we were from. and we were excited about bringing our children to the country. you know, building the home of our dreams. >> instead, like others in juliette, they got sick. >> several years after we moved in, i started developing some numbness i

three other suspects, cattralls carter and again were found in georgia. the four knew the family who was visiting from out of town. >> we have evidence to go through determining who played a part in what. we don't want to jeopardize that. there could be more charges. >> the three georgia suspects are facing kidnapping and child abduction charges in ashville. we are still waiting to finds out when they will be extradited from jackson county georgia back to north carolina, so with unanswered questions, the motive still isn't clear. >>> now to south florida, clemson is getting ready for the orange bowl. we are three days away from the battle with oklahoma sooners and 7 sports todd summers is in south florida with how the tigers are getting ready return during the early part of the season, defense looked as good as that defense from a year ago. it's just not been the same. north carolina scored 37

there could be more charges. >> the three georgia suspects are facing kidnapping and child abduction charges in ashville. we are still waiting to finds out when they will be extradited from jackson county georgia back to north carolina, so with unanswered questions, the motive still isn't clear. >>> now to south florida, clemson is getting ready for the orange bowl. we are three days away from the battle with oklahoma sooners and 7 sports todd summers is in south florida with how the tigers are getting ready return during the early part of the season, defense looked as good as that defense from a year ago. it's just not been the same. north carolina scored 37 points, south carolina, had 32. tape. >> good defense, ea areas are there. we got to make sure we expose it. >> reporter: productive as of late. with over 145 yards a game, last six contests, and 12 total touchdowns during the span. that is where the confidence comes from. >> our confidence comes from within our locker room. we know that we are going to make plays, we know there is no defense in the country that can shut us down

just to let you know, this is a georgia issue. this is an issue that is dealing with water issues from something that really was pretty interesting. and i want to spend just a few moments here, because this is important. this is not something that has just come up overnight. this is not something that has just been something that was not known up until today. in fact, a pretty historical letter was sent just a few weeks ago from all six teams, both republican and democrat from the state of georgia dealing with this. any language, but basically what we feel like infringes on the statesing' rights issue of dealing with the waters between georgia, florida, and alabama. this is an issue in which i on the state level have worked on for the six years that i was in the state house but also worked on while i have been here. the best solution here is for congress to stay out. unfortunately, there was language appropriated in from the senate side that directly, frankly, in my opinion and many others, including the governor of georgia and ot

the children are safe tonight. 3 other suspects remain in jail in georgia. krystyne bw has new information from bunkham county. >> reporter: trina weaver is facing charges for child abuse in connection to the abduction of two kids that were visiting in ashville over the weekend after given her bond, she was told by a judge monday she cannot contact the toddlers now in dss custody. >> they are unharmed and safe. >> reporter: three others remain in jail in jackson county georgia. they were also arrested sundays after an amber alert was released for r the boys in north carolina. all three are facing kinapping and child abduction charges in ashville. arrest warrant shows -- she drove them under the influence of impaired substance. the police haven't said how the chin ended up in their car in there dropped off at a fire department in swannanoa but won't say by who. the kids mother called police around 4:00 a.m., believing her children were kidnapped. and all four suspects knew the kids and their mom. >> it's not a random act of violence or random act of just, you

i invite you to stand as the georgia army national guard advanced the color. after the colors are posted, please follow me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. will you please stand. please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >>> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> please be seated. we now turn our attention to the arrival of the ceremonial casket escorted by georgia state bag piper dan bray, deputies from the hall county georgia sheriff's office and members of the united states army, navy and marines. [ bagpipe music ]. [ bagpipe music ]. [ bagpipe music ]. [ bagpipe music ]. [ bagpipe music ]. [ bagpipe music ]. [ bagpipe music ]. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> you may be seated. i would now like to invite to the podium reverend frederick a. buechner director at calvary episcopal church. his church was founded the same year that andersonville opened. reverend buechner will open our service with an invocation. >> let us pray. remember in

you can see there is more action georgia, spreading into the carolinas tonight. it should be over by early tomorrow morning. let's look at the future plus forecast. the heavier rain south of the i-85 right now. we have more action across the upstate and piedmont. the foothills will see some action, but most of the action will continue in the early morning hours tomorrow in piedmont. i will say the upstate, the south of the i-85 especially, will see more action today than the northern mountains of north carolina. 52 in asheville. 61 in greenville. those temperatures today will reach the mid-60's once again. tomorrow will be a couple degrees cooler, especially in the mountains. by new year's day, we are talking temperatures of 46 as a high in the mountains and 54 in the upstate. the colder nights begin saturday morning and continue through the first of next week with mountains and 30's in the upstate. we've upper 40's for the mountains and upper 50's for the upstate has highs. aly: a dog that gained international attention is back in the spotlight for something mor

riverdale, georgia. you were on with our guest. thank you. was involved in the filming of the movie andersonville, i was a confederate soldier. we feel the confederates were asking the prisoners to join the confederate army to get freedom and to serve with them for freedom. we all wondered whether that was a real true story or not. do you have any information about that? professor gordon: it's true. happen aed, it didn't lot, but it happened. it was denied -- in the postwar, most of the survivors would on the- and even see monuments, death before dishonor. memory, there was this compelling desire to not want to mention and remember that anybody had accepted back of offer and served essentially the enemy and accepted the offer to serve in the confederate army. it happened. the 16th connecticut, i found -- not as muchrs feared andersonville, but in florence, someone recently contacted me to show me that he had a list of a few names, pacific names from the roster of and served inted the south carolina unit. for them, it was a moment of desperati

leonard: this is the forest a part of south georgia -- of southpart georgia. the original 1600 stockade was built of posts that were square and fit tightly together. the first prisoners that arrive described as a place where their construction debris is clearly everywhere. it is a very disturbed place. there is no shelter. prisoners improvise shelter out of the degree that is present -- debris that is present. were gathering details are allowed out daily. when you're gathering that would, you are looking for two purposes. obviously, all this fire wood for cooking, but larger pieces debris and castoffs of is shelter making material. don't forget, if you're watching a home and want to contribute to the conversation, again, now is the time to do so. if you want to call, 202 -748-8900 for those of you on in the eastern and central time zones. if you want to tweet at us, you can do so. you can also post on our facebook page. mr. leonard, let's pretend i am a prisoner coming to the prison, what is my day like? in the 14 months of the present operation, the answer to

crash isn't that bad at georgia avenue. the backups are building again two miles already here this morning. outer loop before joran georg g lane is blocked. 32 westbound before bw parkway, right lynn blocked here this morning and remember all of the closures because of the officer funeral. muncaster mill shut down from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. >>> developing news now, two murder investigations. a video from the scene in glendale. and on your right, officers investigating a death in hyat hyattsville. police say a man died after a shooting at each scene. molette green will have more for us from good luck road in glendale. >>> now to the other murder last night. this one in hyattsville, prince george's county. police are offering a reward for information in the man's death. they say he died on the scene. no suspects at this point. >>> happening right now, three crew members are getting ready to launch to the international space station. we want to take a live look at the rocket. you're looking at this feed live from kazakhstan.

yes, there were the men, the georgia militia or guards that were here. it was difficult to have that many -- the manpower question is a real one as far as the confederacy. who could they spare to guard a prison, prisons like this one. but nonetheless, there were trenches built, earthworks built and there were artillery pieces set up surrounding the prisoners so they could be fired. there were threats made. there were rumors that some of the men in the 16th talk about that they were going to be fired on, the artillery was going to be unleashed on the prisons because of behavior problems. the men were constantly looking for ways to get out. they were digging, looking for ways to get out. there were dogs that were used. and of course there's the infamous deadline. it was not an easy place to try to escape from. and of course the conditions of the prisoners themselves, they were so weak and sick to even contemplate physically trying to break their way out. this was the middle of nowhere. you know, it was a very isolated location and purposefully so. if you e

"america tonight's" sarah hoye brings us the story from warner robbins, georgia. >> it's mid morning and cherise wells is easing into her day of work. this january will mark five years since robert died. he was 19. yet she still needs answers for why a georgia sheriff's deputy shot and killed her son. >> do you think you'll ever have closure? >> only if i knew the truth of what happened. i probably would have closure. >> before the deaths of black men. like eric garner in new york, la quan mcdonald in chicago, at the hands of white police officers sparked outrage, robert chambers was shot here in the small military town of warner robbins, georgia, out of the national spotlight. despite conflicting reports of what happened that brisk january morning, those who know robert chambers including his uncle chris wells, say one thing's for certain. a good kid is gone too soon. >> he was an awesome kid. i mean, he was very fun to be around. always smiling. always full of like life. he was just really just kind of happy. everybody liked him. everybody liked him. >> in january of 2011, a housto

, that -- georgia. it's ending for the upstate region, we have rain moving through the area. let's go close in and show you what's going on. the heaviest rain is moving out of the midlands. we have a batch of rain that's back to the west extending down to the south of augusta, that's going to the southern part of for you in the piedmont area the -- rain is coming to an end. into the great falls area, radar has been estimating 3 to 4 inches of rain. once you are south of orangeburg little rain there. here's the front, stationary across northern georgia and the upstate of south carolina. the rain is shifting east into north carolina. the front is going to move our way, pushed by the area of high pressure in the central plains. as it comes through tomorrow, we'll see more of that rain shifts more to the east, tomorrow night we'll see the cooler air coming in. right now, this is what it looked like today. high temperature of 65 in anderson, but 76 in columbia, charleston 82 degrees, it's 72 in charleston. 6

, and albany, georgia. those are fairly big communities. you'll notice the prison didn't end up particularly near them. the county seat of sumter county america sits seven miles south of where we're at, and that's a fairly well established community. they didn't necessarily want the prison close to them but there's 20 people living at the andersonville station, the train stop here. those people don't have political power, and there's willing landowners, who are absolutely ready to make the -- two of them make the deal. on paper, they're supposed to receive a rent of each about $50 a year from the confederate government for leasing their property to build this massive facility. it's envisioned as a prison, 16-acre square, that is designed for a capacity of 6,000 to 10,000 prisoners. that's the number of prisoners already being held in richmond, enlisted prisoners, privates, corporals, sergeants. the intention is to move them from richmond here. construction begins in early 1864. by the end of february, priso

making their way to the georgia-south carolina line. in parts of heart county, southern oconee county getting heavy downpours. as we look back to georgia, this is south of atlanta with lightning associated. everything is talking to the northeast. all of the upstate, foothills of north carolina under a flood watch today through earl morning because of the potential of more flooding. we are already soaked and with streams and rivers full, not much room for additional water but we get it anyway. flooding in flood prone areas. we will reach into the mid 60's for afternoon highs, but cooler weather comes behind the front. mike: thank you people -- thank you. people in lander are still dealing with the effects from the rain monday night. folks at caroland farms say the pacolet river overflowed. all of the farm's cattle were moved to safety, and it doesn't look like any equipment was damaged, but farm manager matt rainey says it'll take time to know how the crops here were affected. aly: officials in newberry county say lake greenwood is in a

light rain over northeastern georgia and western north carolina. we will see more of this spreading to the upstate this afternoon and tonight we will see light rain today and heavy rain tonight. let watches out for a goodwill of the reason and fog advisories until midmorning. we will see the fog lasting until noon or better today. the storm system is creating severe weather possibilities in mississippi and louisiana. that is a tornado watch box area. snow generated as the cold the mixed in. we are not looking at snow, but we are looking at cold temperatures saturday, sunday, and monday. after a few more days of warm weather, but 60's will climb to the upper sixth is today -- upper 60's today in the upstate. it will cool down thursday into the weekend. we will show you that with our four-day plus coming up in a few minutes. richard: approaching 6:41 and checking the highways. we are starting to see slowdowns on interstate 85. the accident near 85 and highway 5. no injuries involved in that one. a disabled vehicle near pelham road. traffic down to 45

the good news, look towards georgia. the line of storms has moved through the -- moved through there. no severe -- no damage reports now. we are under a flood watch all week. look at all the rain headed into our area shortly. it will be a soggy evening. light showers already showing up for greenville. the heavy stuff is back towards the west. you can see it moving into north georgia, the reds, oranges and yellow. heavy rainfall will continue to move in. heavy rain. that is pushing towards shortly. watch the flood watch. river levels are high. we will see more. #winter is coming. i did a video about the weather pattern. i will explain, coming up. carol: severe weather is hammering texas, from tornadoes to blizzard conditions. this is what they woke up to in north texas this morning, severe conditions stranded drivers overnight on i-40 and closed roads in lubbock. several tornadoes touched down in dallas on saturday killing 11 people. michael: there is a significant travel impact. that system moving through the middle part

some pretty good rain coming down in eastern georgia. this will be spreading across the upstate. we will see a quarter to maybe a half inch of rain today, than three quarters of an inch of rain expected tonight. several watches out. we have flood watches the areas in green. we have dense fog advisories continuing. some of this fault will linger until noon time. going to be foggy, cloudy, rainy, across the carolinas today, tomorrow, and through wednesday. this front for thursday, friday, and saturday. we get a chance to dry out for the second half of the week, and temperatures which are very mild. 66 in greenville. 66 in asheville. we will see mid-to-upper eyes -- mid 60's for highs today. as you can see, 68, 69 by 3:00, 4:00 this afternoon. the mountains will reach mid 60's today. 64 by 1:00 p.m. tomorrow, much like today, 60% chance of rain. 80% chance of rain in the upstate wednesday. cooler temperatures start to creep in on new year's day. it will be 52 for the upstate high, 44 in the mountains, and continuing to cool through the weekend. at least it looks dry. patrick: dale,

the highest amounts will fall in the western portion of the mountains, upstate and northeast georgia. rain will move out for tuesday, leaving some sunshine for the afternoon. highs will reach the low 70s, which is about 20 degrees above normal for this time of year.a front will stall and help to bring more moisture into our area for wednesday. expect some pockets of heavy rain through the day with another half inch to an inch of rain possible. rain will push out wednesday night and make way for some air won't settle in until new year's day. highs will be back in the 40s and 50s by friday, with overnight lows near freezing, which is much more typical for this time of year. 3 3 for weather 24 hours a day, log on to fox carolina dot com and click on the weather tab 3 ((wrap up)) pit 3 crew traffic center. 3 3 center.crew traffic over to the pit now lets send it over 3 3 center.crew traffic over to the pit now lets send it 3 3 ((wrap up)) carolina dot com on to fox hours a day, log for weather 24 3 time of year.typical for this time of year. 3 3 for weather 24 hours a day, log on to fox c

natasha cantrell, chadwick agan and christopher carter are sitting in a georgia jail this morning. they are charged with kidnapping two boys in asheville, ages one and three, early yesterday morning. someone dropped the children off at the buncombe county sheriff's office substation in swannanoa. this was following an amber alert issued yesterday. asheville police say none of the suspects are related to the kids and that only agan has a tie to the children, because he is the ex- boyfriend of their mother. the boys are now in d-s-s custody. the three suspects in georgia could be extradited to north carolina as early as today. 3 the circumstances surrounding this kidnapping remain a mystery. authorities say the boys may have been in town mother initiated the call for help. we hope to learn more from investigators today. 3 3 investigators need your help this morning finding a missing person in the upstate. greenville county deputies are looking for this man, doyle chism. he was last seen yesterday leaving his home on green fern drive in greenville. he is driving a black 19-95 ford f-1

the georgia statute was different because the georgia statute was a recently enacted law called a reform law that had enacted various exceptions into the georgia law, so it allowed abortion to save the life of the mother, but it also allowed abortion for rape, indications of "fetal deformity," for "mental health reasons," and those three exceptions were enacted into the georgia law in 1968. it was a very recent law, and it hadn't been in effect long enough to tell what happened, but in doe v. bolton, that case was decided without any trial, any expert testimony, and was also decided on motions to and again, went straight to the supreme court without appellate review. >> we will learn that the supreme court heard arguments in and theyoe and doe, meant for the decisions to be read as a conjoined decision, correct? melissa: correct. >> the case bears the name of roe. became the lead decision. it is also worth noting that the law at issue in doe was one of those reforms, as clarke said, a reform inspired by the alllllli -- ali penal code. it marks the tension . promulgated,oe was there was a

down into northeast georgia. so, not seeing the heavy rain just yet. that's why the flood watch is not in effect just yet. but, 1 o'clock until thursday, it is pretty lengthy here. it does encompass the counties shaded in the green. we have seen already a good amount of rain so far the last week or so and even for the month, 6 hotch," so that's why we have a threat for flooding when more rain is going to fall. the ground is already saturated. temperatures this morning again unseasonably warm, 56 degrees as cool as we have gotten. 28 is normal. and look at this record back in 1925, a very chilly 0 degrees. this is an old record. high temperature record, 1889, it was 73 degrees on that day. not looking like we will be breaking any records today, staying in the 60s instead of the 7 to 0s. 58 degrees in asheville right now. it's actually warmed up a couple degrees. low 50s in the couple zones but we are talking 60s further south. middle 60s from anderson down into greenwood. the wind will start to kick up ahead of a front that will move through the region.

police had to evacuate the station along with nearby stores, restaurants and homes on part of georgia avenue and peabody street northwest. at first, families did not understand what was happening. >> it was a matter of confusion. people were coming out and we were trying to figure out why we couldn't go in. andrter: they and others enough waiting on the other side of the police tape for hours until it was safe. >> am trying to get my christmas packages sent. i worked during the week and this is my only off day. evacuation order was lifted by 2:30 this afternoon. checking the weather, a lovely end to the weekend and for the first night of hanukkah, but get ready for a cold start to the work week. devon lucie has a look at your forecast. devon: we will discuss the very -- you can catch a piece of the sunset tonight. sunset.a look at a you can catch me at abc 7 devon. -- temperatures this morning frigid and culpeper and manassas. highs, lower to mid 50's today. are set for more temperatures like this -- lowe's tomorrow out of town with washington suburbs in the mid-to upper 20's. those h

forsythe: the georgia case oe go versus bolton -- d versus bolton. again, an unmarried woman using a pseudonym. similarly, they were challenging the georgia statute but it's different from the texas statute because it was a recently enactedlaw that had various exceptions into the georgia law. it allowed abortion to save the life of the mother and for rape and indications of a field of .our midi, -- fetal deformity those exceptions were enacted into the georgia law in 1968. it was a recent law and hadn't been in effect for very long to tell what happened. bolton, that case was decided without any experts. decided on motions to dismiss and went straight to the supreme court. susan: we will learn the supreme court heard the arguments in tandem and meant for the decisions to be read as conjoined decisions. mr. forsythe: correct. the case there's the name of row. -- roe. it's worth noting the live issue was one of those were formed issue. betweencts a tension reform and appeal. at a time the statute was obligated, there was an appetite for something that

especially at the university of georgia. there haven't been many ten-win seasons. i think there is only 20 something of them. i think guys averaging that will be huge. >>> panthers fans still feeling a little pain after yesterday's shocking loss at the hands of falcons team. they know they have to shake it off before tampa bay comes to town this sunday.>> there is no magic words that need to be said. you don't see my wave a waund. >> i'm not concerned. we will find out what type of character we have. it is a disappointing loss. we came here with every we got to go back here are tonight's numbers for the lucky for life drawing. they are 2 ... 3 .....10 ... 37 ... 45 and >>> hear are tonight's lucky numbers. they are 2, 3, 10, 37, 45 and >>> all right. so we had a record breaking day today. hoping tomorrow is going to be a little more normal or not really? >> we might break the record low temperature. >> okay. >> for the highest low temperature. i don't think we will break the high temperature. therer will be some rain, a low of 66 in the morning. a high temperature

earlier this year, hari sreenivasan traveled to the republic of georgia to take a stroll with salopek such a memorable walk that we decided it was worth showing it to you again tonight. >> there is something not in your brain, but almost in your backbone, about the rhythm of walking, this a/b, a/b. it's the pace of a heartbeat. >> sreenivasan: on a high country cool morning, paul salopek is out for a walk. but his walk is unlike any you or i might take. on this morning, he is nearing mile 4,000 of a trek that began in january 2013 in ethiopia's great rift valley, the wellspring of ancient humankind. >> this whole project is about two things. it's about the past and the future. and the past element is following our first ancestors who spread out of africa during the stone age, so, following the footsteps of some very old and intrepid pioneers. >> sreenivasan: he calls this project the out of eden walk, and he will end it some time in six or seven years at the very southern tip of south america, after logging 21,000 miles. that's about 30 million footsteps, for those of you counting you

here is the rain off to the west, northeast georgia, tracking northeast, as it continues to do so, pushing in to the up state, also western north carolina, that line extending down from tennessee to northeast georgia atlanta and spartanburg zone planner, temperature of 70 now, in to the day tomorrow, a temperature in to the 60s , the chance of rain throughout tonight and then letting up tomorrow, with another round i'm tracking coming in for wednesday in your 5 zone forecast. road. guyton in anderson county, remains closed after parts of the road collapsed. the hall was originally created when floods washed out a portion of the road in october. water main broke and haded to be repairdz. there -- had to be repaired. >>> a week from today, january 4th, is the deadline for floods assistance, anyone who suffered damage has until then to apply for help with fema or complete a small business administration loan application. the deadlinea set for this month. officials change ed that to allow for people to get the help they need. >>> clemson is basking in the sun as the team works in on getting di

you follow the situation in georgia more closely than men.did garibashvili's resignation come as a surprise to you? >> no, rumor of this has been going on for quite wall. there are elections in the fall, and it was felt among the leadership of the georgia dream and many of georgia that garibashvili was not the person they wanted at the top of the ticket. this was a change that they select an at some point, and it wouldn't have been good to do it two months before. but i didn't wake up this morning saying, i think garibashvili will resign today, so the timing was a bit of a surprise. >> the timing was a surprise. you're linking it to up coming parliamentary elections. why has his coalition popularity decline recently? >> well, the georgian dream's popularity has declined primarily because the economy has not done well at all. the georgian dream came in and overpromised. right now they and the opposition party are in a statistical dead heat. >> and to how much work do they have to do, and of course, all ice will be on garibashvili's successor.

this swath of rain continues into georgia and continues well back even towards atlanta. it's going to take some time before all of this rings on through. again, we'll have to be watching out for flash flooding right through tonight and then things and we'll get a bit of a break with that. let's give you the temperatures here. where it's raining it's cold. 63 columbia. the rest of us, another warm late december afternoon. again, mid-70s for most of us. as we look at what's going on in terms of the visibility, i want to show you in comdan, down to three -- camden, down to three miles. what's happening here, we're looking at situations where the fog will be setting in especially as we go into tonight. be careful in the counties i mentioned. salida, newberry, fairfield counties as the fog sets in especially with the rain and swollen rivers. the moisture continues to stream in from the southwest. that's going to take really through tomorrow afternoon before it's finally done with us. but the real critical time will be now through tonight. here we go. i start you at 1:00 and n

it is the largest and best protected area in southeastern georgia.nd for us, it is a core region in which an extremely diverse range of animal species breed and raise their young before they leave the nature preserve. reporter: it is a small organization with a staff of 10. it often sends out a team from the capital to collect data on animal stocks. the next day, they will be going out early. the chance of spotting animals is greatest around daybreak. in addition, today's team consists of a biologist and a vet. the first sign of wildlife. >> the tracks here are older -- at least five or six days. it is a paw print. it could be from a small wolf. they are frequently seen here. reporter: in the autumn, it is quieter than some are. they tell us they cannot go to through the high grass without risking snakebites. but instead of poisonous vipers, the conservationists find something else. >> we always examine the size and center of the animal feces. all the animals here have their own typical sent and this one comes from the european badger. reporter: but

chadwick agan, also of georgia, is charged with abduction, and trena weaver is charged with child abuse. investigators have not released any more information about the case. greenville county deputies say they found a man who was reported missing over the weekend. they say 78-year-old doyle chism left his home sunday afternoon. he was found in good condition this morning. authorities were concerned for chism's safety because he suffers from alzheimer's disease and diabetes. dive crews say they found a car in the saluda river over the weekend. dispatchers say it was along holcombe drive near highway 8. a witness reported a car rolling into the river in greenville county. by the time dive teams were able to locate the car, it had drifted into the west pelzer area. crews say the car was empty when they got to it. a new poll released says that more americans than ever before feel that terrorists are winning the war. the cnn-orc poll says nearly 75% of americans are not satisfied with how the war on terrorism is progressing. following the terror attacks in paris and san bernardino, this numb

i invite you to stand as the georgia army national guard advances the colors. after the colors are posted, please follow me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. will you please stand? mr sellars: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it god,s, one nation, under indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> march. mark. forward. march. mr sellars: please, be seated. we now turn our attention to the arrival of the ceremonial casket escorted by georgia state bagpiper, deputies from the sheriff's office, and members of the united states army, navy, and marines. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] >> ♪ [pipes playing] mr. sellars: you may be seated. now like to invite to the podium reverend frederick buckner, inner and director at calvary and piscopo church. -- calvary episcopal church. he will open our service with an invocation. amen. mr. sellars: thank you, reverend. for the prisoners at andersonville, prayers provided comfort, community, and sometimes even solutions. the story of providen

also in northeastern georgia. all this is working its way eastern. we will see an increase in the rain showers today, tonight, and the next couple days wet. fog is the story if you are traveling south on 3854 26 or 25. these areas in green are under flood watches. that's because already saturated ground with more rain on the way today and some heavy downpours here's where the severe weather is breaking out right now in parts of louisiana and mississippi. tornado watches issued for that region because of the potential of severe weather being generated. we will get some of that heavier rain in our region tonight through tomorrow, even wednesday. so i know we've had enough rain. we've got a few more days to deal with it. mid-60's, upper 60's in the upstate. mid-50's in the mountains will reach into the mid-60's through the afternoon. average would be a cold morning and a high of 52. not today. it will be in the upper 60's for highs. still not record-breaking. the record in the mountains is 73. it was set back in 1889. average is 47. today, we will get u

that's the resignation of the prime minister of georgia irakly garibashvili.have a russian analyst live now via skype. thank you so much for being with us on the program. many newspapers and wire copies i've been reading say this is a surprise, this resignation. is it a surprise to you? >> i don't think it's very surprising. there have been rifts emerging between the ruling coalition for some time. and the prime minister has been under pressure both for political reasons and economic reasons. the political reasons i think that the current coalition is really showing the weakness that it had in the first place. this is a coalition put together by a billionaire georgian, who was actually first prime minister, but then decided to relinquish his post. this is the georgian dream, who managed to unseat the outspoken very well-known former georgian president, who is now a wanted man in georgia, and he carried out the revolution. but this current coalition was actually founded on a principle of being against being against bidzina ivanishvili. we see the resignation th

natasha cantrell, chadwick agan and christopher carter remain in a georgia jail this morning after they were arrested there yesterday. they are charged with kidnapping the two boys in asheville... ages one and three... early yesterday morning. someone dropped the children off at the buncombe county sheriff's office substation in swannanoa. right now, it is unclear who dropped them off. this was after an amber alert was issued yesterday.... and agencies from multiple states got involved. 3 10:41-54i just thankful that we were able to coordinate with the amber alert system and georgia highway patrol and jackson county sheriff's department and locate everyone very quickly and come to a safe ending.the boys are now in d-s-s custody.the three suspects in georgia could be extradited to north carolina as early as today. 3 authorities suspect the boys may have been in town visiting relatives, and say their mother initiated the call about their kidnapping. we hope to learn more from investigators today. live in asheville, lauren brigman, news 13 3 3 an autopsy will be performed today on a six mo

light rain for the most part of georgia. it is working its way into abbeville county, so not over quite yet but by 3:00 or 4:00, most of the shower activity will be south of columbia and cooler and sunnier weather comes in for the weekend. temperatures today reach into the mid-60's or the upstate, upper 50's for the mountains and about 10 degrees cooler for new year's day with highs of 46 to 55 across the region. this weekend, cold mornings, cool days and sunshine through wednesday. our prayers finally answered with a break. mike: thank you. this morning on "today," though cosby facing criminal charges for the first time since more than 50 women accused him of sexual misconduct. he's now released on bail, but could he get serious jail time? the "today" show's live with cosby's lawyer, next. allyson: check out the greenville news. clemson against their playoff at 4:00 today. dale: i have been nervous nelly for all the games, but they have done pretty good. allyson: a careful on the roads.

in january of 1966, the assembly of the state of georgia declined to see him on the grounds that he had endorsed the snake ,osition in the war in vietnam on the grounds that he felt people who avoided the draft were to be encouraged. for those reasons, he was denied a seat on the legislature. got a nine-zero decision from the supreme court that his constitutional right to free speech had been denied and he was seated in the georgia legislature. [applause] made him not just a national figure, but an international figure as well. at the chicago convention, he was nominated to be vice president of the united states, first time that had ever happened in a major party convention? he had to decline the honor because you had to be 35 and he wasn't yet 30. he then served for 20 years in the legislature in georgia, which he said he loved to this day and would go back and do again if he could only do it for two days a week. he left that job, which i should say was also intermixed with many other activities because the legislature did not meet full time. he has been a legislature, -- a legislator,

the georgia southern eagles in the batople of theal battle of the birds and it was all georgia southeren in the second half. to the nba and a tight one in brooklyn brooklyn. nets facing the dallas mavericks. and fabbious young hits the three sending it into over time. and dirk novitski gets the and mavs win 119-118. and several nba stars, including stephen curry and carmelo anthony are lending their voices to a campaign to end gun violence. >> i heard about a shooting involving a 3-year-old girl this summer. my daughter, riley is that age. . >> we can all make a difference. >> this spot directed by spike lee and made in support for every town will run during the busy holiday schedule. >>> and edwards didn't let a hockey fight get in the way of his holiday spirit. >>. we wish you a merry christmas. we wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year i love the holidays. by play but what better way to ring in the holidays than with some carolling. >>> and jerry seinfeld has a special fest vs message. that's up next.next. olay regenerist renews from within, plumping surface cells for a drama

areas in alabama and s sth georgia could see severe weather again tomorrow. michael: you might have figured all that weather is causing , problems for people heading home from a christmas vacation. carol: right now, if you're flying out of gsp, at last check, 2 flights have been cancelled, to chicago and detroit. if you're flying into gsp, at last check, 3 flights have been cancelled, from chicago, detroit, and dallas-fort worth. wyff news 4's liz lohuis joins us live from gsp, with the latest. liz? liz: michael and carol, as you pointed out, most of the flights out of the midwest have been canceled. dozens of delays. >> we were on our way here, and then we looked up the flight, and it was delayed. and it was like, come on. liz: the writing is on the wall. hundreds late coming home to the upstate, or not coming home at all, at least tonight. >> we've been traveling all day, so it's tiring. liz: so tiring, some couldn't even muster up the strength to walk to baggage e aim. >> it's exhausting. everybody is traveling, so, you know, the airlines are doing the bes