as for gillespie on paid administrative leave. i left a message for centra spokesperson and am waiting to hear back. >> danner: thank you, mona. >>> an incident out of madison height where a woman attacked her neighbor with a hammer. emmitt county deputies addressed jo davis and charged her with aggravated malicious upset that her neighbor manuela called compiled techtive services on davis's daughter. their alter occasion became dangerous when she hit her in the head and chest with a hammer. >> not aware there was any problem between the two neighbors. there was an issue where child protective services was notified. >> danner: abc 13 went to davis' home for a comment but the man who answered the door would not comment. abc 13 called to check on the condition, but hospital spokesperson was unable to give that information as well. >>> bedford county employees could show up to work with a concealed weapon. the board of supervisors passed passed that measure to allow a worker to bring a firearm inside county buildings when on duty. pr

gillespie is off balance, bloodied. the gun is pointing directly at her face. >> i could feel god moving my hands and feet. i've told people this before, and some of them think i'm crazy. but it was too perfect. i was there at the exact perfect second to do what i did. >> patrick dennis couglan, a musician, a former monk, and the right man in the right place at the right time. >> when i pulled into the parking lot, i could see that the officer had pulled over a man and was checking his idea. i didn't think anything about it. when i got to the front door, just as i was going in, i saw that he was slapping at her and grab for her gun. >> that's when couglan makes a decision that could have deadly consequences. >> as soon as i got out there, i saw that they were struggling. and any man who is struggling with a woman, i'm going to go help the woman, especially if he is two feet taller than she is. whatever was going to happen, it was going to happen to her. >> couglan deliberately walks into the line of fire, calmly, and al

in the release, it states warner was in an active fight with gillespie when the shooting occurred. but in the affadavit signed by detective davis, it states warner quote "ran through the center" when he was shot. in response, doucette says quote "i would conclude that the affadavit, while not wrong, is inartfully drafted and the press release is valois says he intends to find out what happened, even if it means filing a lawsuit. 15:07:33 "many witnesses have come forward, including an eye witness to the shooting, who i spoke with yesterday. so we are getting some independent information." doucette tells us as part of his office's investigation, he is waiting on the toxicology report on warner's blood to come back to see if he was on any drugs at the time. he says that could take three to six months to complete. just over a month after governor terry mcauliffe called for the closure of catawba hospital in his biennial budget... the facility says it's at full capacity. catawba currently has 106 of its 110 beds full, leaving the other four open for emergency situations. the end of dec

john gillespie magee, jr. became a fighter pilot in world war ii as world war ii began, and died in the run up to the war. but he left behind disputable poem. it ended with the words and slipped the certainly bonds of earth to touch the face of god. it just came to me. i just remembered it from seventh grade. here's the thing. i made at the end of the speech, but there was a mystery. i knew that ronald reagan would only use those words if he knew that poem, and if that poem meant something to them. and i hoped he knew and i hoped it meant something, but just be careful, the speech ended actually before that paragraph so it would be easier for the president to kill that paragraph and not say it. recap the speech done. there was no time to ruin it, by which i mean normally presidential speeches are staffed out to hundreds of people who can't help themselves. they think defensively or they think aggressively, whatever they're doing, they change everything around. sometimes i don't know good from bad and so they m

he was able to take gillespie's taser. after discharging the taser, warner rather than through the center and that was when gillespie opened fire and shot warner several times. and it's that part of that warner's attorney says proved that the officer used >> shot four times at close range. that's an excessive and inappropriate use of force. >> danner: abc-13 news got ahold of a centra spokesperson and they said they'll continue to defer all questions to lynchburg police. she says centra is fully cooperating with l.p.d.'s investigation. we have the search warrants with this story at wset.com tonight. >>> bedford county employees could show up to work with a concealed weapon today. the board of supervisors passed the measure last night to allow workers to bring concealed firearms into the facility. >> priscilla: officials tell me that the prohibition on weapons for employees is outdated. newly appointed county it's alogical progression. he says that it came largely with liberty university's approval to allow students to carr

mike gillespie reporting from clemson and a former u.s.c. athletics director out of a job today later in sports. >> all right. thank you so much, tim hill. literally, you were rolling up your sleeves today giving the gift of life. >> in fact, i'm still putting my cuff links back on. coming up, you have time to take part in the annual blood drive. abc columbia news at 6:00 continues. today abc columbia news is partnering with the american red >> today, abc columbia news was proud to partner with the american red cross in our annual new year's blood drive. and i have the t-shirt to prove it. >> look at that! >> yes. wow! >> i guess they only give you a t-shirt if you give blood. >> that's right. but your husband jacob came along and gave blood. >> you guys are officially blood brothers. >> yes. we were on the gurney. >> yes. >> he was on the gurney right across from me. >> yeah. plex where folks are literally rolling up their sleeves to donate. dave, there's still time to head out there, right? >> exactly right, alicia and i'm glad to see ben

melanie gillespie has more, melanie: from tractor-trailers to tour buses to cars and suvs, travelers were stranded on the pennsylvania turnpike for a 33 mile stretch. the national guard was called in. >> hopefully it won't take much longer. melanie: they spent 16 hours living off what was in their cars area they waiting for any sign. >> we see some vehicles, just nothing. >> we slept some. melanie: the shuttered 486 miles. most we found were in good spirits with a chilling story to tell.

lieutenant davis writes that warner attacked security officer gillespie in a building. after assaulting the officer with a discharged taser, warner ran through the center and that's when gillespie opened fire and shot him several times. warner's attorney says that the officer used excessive force. centra says it's fully cooperating with the investigation. >> another endorsement for donald trump tonight from lynchburg. the trump campaign announced that liberty university president jerry falwell is endorsing him for president. business experience that brought the endorsement over ted cruz. jerry falwell says that his support is personal and not on behalf of liberty university. >> trump's campaign manager announced that he is taking a pass on fox's campaign. >> let's see how much money fox is going to make on the debate without me. >> ted cruz says that trump dropping out of the campaign is showing a lack of respect for voters. sanders and hillary clinton's campaigns are energized. they're concerned about voter turnout on monday >> we'll win in iowa if the voter turnout is

the commonwealth's attorney disagrees saying gillespie worked in the department worked on cases at centra hospital before without his issue. take several more months.### numbers are out. 145 cases were reported in virginia last year. that's down slightly from the year before according to the national human trafficking resource center. nearly 6- thousand cases were reported across the country. the virginia breakdown includes more than 100 cases of sex trafficking... and 31 cases of labor trafficking. since 2007... the center has received reports of more than 7- hundred cases of human trafficking in the commonwealth. in total, more than 25-thousand trafficking cases have been reported since december 2007. ### researchers at virginia commonwealth university say the state recorded nearly one- thousand fatal drug overdoses in 2014. most of those involved prescription painkillers or heroin. researchers also say that the epidemic costs taxpayers $600 million every year in public overdoses increased 38 percent in virginia from 2012 to 2014. deaths from overdoses are seen more in southwest and sou

attorney paul valois representing jonathan warner says the security guard who shot him, wes gillespie, used to work in the police department, and his son currently does. he says that by itself should be interest, but he's also uncovered another connection. 15:05:14 "one of the senior prosecutors in the lynchburg commonwealth's attorney's office is married to a clinical psychologist who is employed by centra mental health services, and so again the family would prefer to avoid the appearance of any conflict of interest." the commonwealth's attorney mike ducette disagrees, saying gillespie worked in the department too long ago to matter, and he's worked on cases at centra hospital before without his assistant's marriage being an issue. he says the investigation could take several more months. valois says the family hasn't decide yet whether or not to take the issue to court. turning to your forecast ... another cool day today with some sunshine. for more on what we can expect tonight let's check in with storm team ten meteorologist jonathan kegges. jonathan ... the sun was out in a more

hi, i'm mike gillespie. in three days, carolina hosts the seahawks in a rematch of last year's divisional playoff game. excuse my phone there. last year didn't go too well in seattle. in fact, out of teams, cam newton has faced at least three times in his career, the seahawks have held newton to his lowest completion percentage and yards per game in those contests against seattle. cam newton, though, wants another shot at the seahawks. >> wouldn't have wanted it any other way, you know what i'm saying? and that's kind of the -- the muststee tv, you know, you got good players on both sides of the ball with the special teams offensively, defensively onn both teams, you know, that's why you pretty much come to the league or you look and you eye matchups like this. >> being in the playoffs like we have now the third year in a row, being in this situation, it should be a huge plus for us. we understand what playoff you know, we understand the tempo. we understand, you know, what's -- what's at stake. >> let's tal

w >>> yes, the day has arrived, i'm mike gillespie, just a few hours away from the national championship game between alabama and clemson in glendale, arizona. we go live to university of phoenix stadium, where we find tim? tichl >> tim: hey, mike, i just got made fun of for wearing neutral colors here. we have tons of orange this way. i just saw a gamecock logo -- [cheering ] and now we have a few alabama fans over here as well. i would say this is a pretty percentage of fans out here. as you can see, it's going nuts! [ cheering ] let's talk about this game one last time. >> looking to fulfill a dream in the desert, clemson pursues perfection against the program that goes for its fourth title in seven years. >> this has been, you know, great for our program, great for our team, and this is our goal, to have the opportunity to compete at the highest level, and, you know, not only are we get ago chance to do that. we are getting a chance to play, you know, university of alabama, which, you know, to me, has been the standard in college football. >> i wouldn't have it any other way. iglad i

i'm mike gillespie. >> thanks, mike. if you've ever wondered what happens to all of those ground-up christmas trees you've recycled wonder no more. keep the midlands beautiful is giving that mulch away for free this saturday. the giveaway will begin at 8:30 in the morning and last until supplies run out. to get your hands dirty, stop by seven oaks park on leisure lane or the south carolina state farmers market on charleston highway in columbia. from free mulch to free mulch merchandise, it's almost time for one of the most glamorous nights for area teens. we're talking about the prom. dressing to the nines may not be always be in everyone's budget. biggest expense is that perfect dress. young lawyers division of south carolina bar is trying to change that during the annual cinderella project. organizers hope to ease the financial burden on families by giving young ladies a free prom dress and a true fairy tale ending. not only does it give students the opportunity to obtain a free prom dress so everyone can feel like cin

i'm mike gillespie. >> young mike gillespie. one last look at the seven day coming up next. >> sunny and warm afternoon. temperatures in the 60's for us for the rest of the day. cool off and cloud up tonight, rain moves in tomorrow for the friday forecast and we dry out again for saturday. more rain on sunday. >> don't have a problem with that. a little bit of rain. >> places like kalamazoo, michigan. >> at least it's not snow. thanks for watching. you've been checking in with us

i'm mike gillespie. >> turn our attention to crime now. a 39-year-old sumter man charged with 15 counts of child pornography. investigators say william phillips was sharing files containing child pornography over the internet. >> and an atlanta judge has denied bond for alleged jewel thief, 24-year-old abigail kemp. prosecutors say the diamonds and watches she allegedly stole are still missing. kemp is accused of six jewelry store robberies across the southeast including one right here in south carolina. >> take a look at this. u.s. marshalls service is searching for this man. andrew williams is a fugitive that could have south carolina ties. williams was arrested back from 2014 for possession with intent to distribute and firearm related charges. offialcis said he should be considered armed and dangerous. if you see williams, you're office, 1-877-926-8332. >> still ahead, a morning pick me up could leave you steaming. >> we'll have thatto sry ntex here on abc columbia news. gervais. >> goldman-sachs, the elite wall street bank is paying u

at colonial life arena, mike gillespie, abc columbia sports. >> thank you, mike. for the first time in the brad brownell era, clemson earns ap poll votes. jerome blossomgame, number 27 in both polls today. blossomgame earning acc player of the week honors, averaging 21 points in last week's two big wins over top racked d de and miami. tigers, three straight wins over ranked teams for the first time, four in a row tomorrow night at virginia. planning on high school highlights, plus football news coming up tonight at 11:00. >> always looking for football news. >> alicia: of course, this time of year. up next, john has one last look at your seven-day >> ben: we will be right back. >>> welcome back. i have determined, alicia, this will be your least favorite night of the year. you are a fan of snow but you hate the cold. you got nothing here but cold all night long. look how cold it is going to be. it is going to be a pretty cold night all the way through. i like the cold weather, i was thinking like if you are snowboarding. i like to snowboard. if i am going somewher

i'm mike gillespie. >> thank you. as if panther fans need another reason to smile, this latest win means a pretty sweet victory for you as well. just as they have every monday after a game win, krispy kreme is offering a dozen original glazed donuts for just $3.99. good snack. center for disease control and prevention, they say one person is dead and 12 others are in the hospital after a listeria outbreak. officials say all the patients ate packaged salads from a dole dole has since issued a voluntary recall for all of its salads with the manufacturing code containing the listeria infection. >> and close to 300 colonoscopy patients in massachusetts have been exposed to potentially deadly diseases. hospital officials there say patients may have been exposed to h.i.v., hepatitis b and c. officials admit the colonoscopy instruments were not properly disinfected. there's little chance the patients were infected, they have been notified and will undergo screening as a precaution. after snowstorm jonas, many taking precauti

i'm mike gillespie. >> thanks. switching gears, tigers, elephants, acrobats are back in town. we're talking ringling brothers & barnum bailey circus. >> if you missed last night's showing, don't worry, you have a chance to take in all that fun. shows are today through sunday. weather conditions continue to change as winter storm jonas moves up and down the southeast corridor. >> that's right. what you can expect for the news live from main and gervais. >> welcome back to abc columbia news at 12:30. it's obviously been a very cold and look for more of the same if not even colder conditions to come our way for the remainder of your afternoon and this evening. current conditions here downtown at our sky cam atop of or building here in downtown columbia. 33 degrees. light rain and winds out of the southeast and northeast around 15 to 20 miles an hour. that will make it feel much colder. the wind chill doesn't affect the actual precipitation besides blowing it around. it doesn't make it colder to make it into snow or anything like that. but it is going to feel colder for us as we'r

our mike gillespie has that and more. here's your sports minute to win it. >> t-i-g-e-r-s! >> greeted by thousands of tigers fans back in clemson, the tigers arriving he last night just 24 hours after losing in the national championship game to alabama in glendale, arizona. defensive end shaq lawson leaving for the nfl this season says there's no place he'd rather be than back in clemson. >> i feel great to be back home, just got amazing fans and i'm going to miss clemson very much. it's a family to me. second family. so it's great to be back homeme. it means a lot, you know, we got fans to support us. whether we win or lose. that's the great thing about clemson. everybody always supporting us and they all believed this year. >> in basketball news, tough test for the gamecocks tonight as they go on the road to tuscaloosa face alabama in a great conference matchup and then clemson has sixth ranked duke on the road in durham. that will do it for your sports minute to win it. i'm mike gillespie. >> thank you, mike. there may be a chill in the air but take a look behind us. the

our mike gillespie will have a lot more on the panthers' later in sports.33 still to come... it's not all snow shovels and staying inside after winter storm jonas. it's a battle in a blizzard for some east coast residents.mostly clear and cold this morning.expect more sunshihi and highs near 60 live from main and gervais. >>> good morning. topping "america's money" -- the years. >> it's down eight cents over the last two weeks to a national average of $1.83 a gallon. much lower in some areas. >>> products shipped by truck are getting cheaper. some air fairs as well. >>> "the revenant" was number one at the box office this week end. >> hundreds of theaters were closed due to the storm. "star wars" was in second. and "ride along 2" was in third. >>> wilson tweeted these images. the game's date are on the balls. the date, of course, february 7th. >> tickets are 4,000 bucks. >> at a minimum. amazing. zprnchts and that's "america's money." if you're looking to save money on your medicare part d prescriptions, walgreens says, carpe med diem. seize the day to get more out of life an

warner was able to take gillespie's taser.. fired it.. and nearly hit another officer. detective davis writes.. after assaulting an officer with the discharged taser.. warner ran through the center.. and that's when gillespie opened fire and shot him several times. it's that part that warner's attorney says.. proves the officer used excessive force. pattie tight at last check, centra is still defering all questions to lynchburg police.. but says it is fully cooperating with the investigation. 3whit breaking news in that weeks-long standoff on federal land in oregon. investigators made several arrests overnight.. following a deadly confrontation between militia members and the fbi. pattie the confrontation happening during a traffic stop outside the occupied wildlife refuge. the group's leader is now in custody. and their spokesman.. is dead. reena ninan has the latest.... off.. turning deadly.sotjason patrick "well i've heard a couple people were shot and one person is dead investigators moving in.. taking down militia members, who have occupied federal land in oregon s

i'm mike gillespie. the last time carolina started hoops was in 1997. dave sharp was like only two years old. the gamecocks tonight at alabama. carolina and tuscaloosa tonight taking on alabama. norris averages six points a game, though he decides to hit his first fire chief three-point jots. bama feeling it early. they're up by ten. this guy puts in 18 point in the first half. look at the inbounds play and the alley-oop to dan atte hall. the three is no good but the put-back by michael kessons. passes to dozier, shot no good. bama gets the rebound, up to hall who crashes. extreme monday goes down with a gash above his eye. he's taken out of the game. rough one on the road. carolina's on an undefeated season. carolina now 15-1. 2-1 in conference play. >>> up in greenville, brad trying to build clemson to duke status. speaking of the devil himself, there he is. clemson hosting duke. tie game. nails the three from the corner. tigers with the first lead since the two-minute mark in the game. clemson up two. roper from three bucket. clemson up by five. one-

gillespie worked in the department too long ago to matter, and he's worked on cases at centra hospital before without his assistant's marriage being an issue. he says the investigation could take several more months. valois says the family hasn't decide yet whether or not to take the issue to court. governor terry mcauliffe and republican lawmakers are set to announce a major deal on gun legislation. a spokesman says .. it will be announced tomorrow. the agreement aims to strengthen some gun control measures... while relaxing others. democrats will not revoke reciprocity agreements with 25 states for concealed handgun permits. republicans will include measures to keep those with permanent protective orders against them from getting concealed handgun permits. meanwhile ... state police will checks. new tonight at 11 ... a car drives through a local dollar tree ... causing 20- thousand dollars in damages. it happened around 2:15 this afternoon in rocky mount off old franklin turnpike. police say .. a 71- year-old woman drove her 20-10 subaru forester through the front window of the store

watching that i thought something i learned in seventh grade in english class aplomb by john gillespie magee, jr. called high flight about the joy of flying and it was written at mag a time when most had nothad flown in the 30's. he became a fighter pilot in world warr ii and died in the run-up to aauti the war but itd ended with the words and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of god i just remembered it. i made at the end of thisery. speech but there was a mystery i knew ronald reagan would only use thoseho words if he knew that pollen. -- poem indefinite something to him but to be carefulgrap this speech ended the paragraph before. there was no time to ruin it by normal a presidential speeches are staff doubt the onehi handed out a think aggressively they cannotw help themselves they changing around.se they don't know good fromso bad or leave them something that there was no process ite b was me to a small group to the presidentnt we were in a hurry.nd i put on the tv he was sadoo he looked stricken.ke he did this speech and that the end he quoted the pollen -- poem

hi, i'm mike gillespie, we of this program. there's a little football going game going on right now, the national championship between clemson and alabama. currently in the fourth quarter, clemson leading 24-21, deshaun watson 19-31, 228, two touchdowns, one interception, hunter renfrow with two touchdown interception, clemson's defense has forced five sacks. we'll have a full recap tomorrow. you can always log on to wolo.com for up-to-the minute news. >>> not only is clemson football undefeated and looking to stay perfect, carolina basketball also undefeated, one of two remaining undefeated basketball teams in the country. carolina has jumped to 19 in the newest associated d ess poll with a 15-0 record. the gamecocks face alabama wednesday night in tuscaloosa. frank martin saying if alabama football wins it could be a rock atmosphere wednesday night in tuscaloosa. >> who knows what's going to be going on in tuscaloosa based on the outcome of today's game, so i can only imagine if they win tonight, every football fan and player

i'm mike gillespie. >> mike: carolina trying to stay undefeated. hi. i'm mike gillespie. the gamecock women on the road tonight at kentucky trying to stay undefeated this season and go to a perfect 16 and 0. gamecocks just 1 and 6 in lexington since 2009 coming into tonight's contest against ninth ranked kentucky. misses the hook shot. she puts it back and the foul, kentucky up 7. later in the third, down 3, carolina transitions it into a layup and foul. down one. carolina down 4. se misses the layup. wilson puts it back, draws the foul. south carolina wins 73-62. carolina with 38 points in the paint tonight, something dawn staley pleased with in the second half. >> we noticed from playing in the first half, we didn't do a great job of getting our post players touches in the paint. they have to do a better job at posting up and giving us a bigger target to give them the ball. so we just made an adjustment to make it easier to make some post entry passes, and then it balanced everything out. >> mike: over

our mike gillespie filed this report. >> mike: the week has finally come, we're six days away from the clemson and alabama national championship game in glendale, arizona. arizona friday morning. clemson and alabama facing off for the first time in post season history as the number one and number two teams in the country and the tigers would lili nothing more than to dethrone the king of college football. >> this is what it's all about they represent the best. there's really no way you can argue with that. >> mike: sweeney building a college football program like alabama has been a dream since day one at clemson. >> seven years ago, that was my goal. and i said that then, we're going to win a national championship again. >> that championship could come on monday night against the alabama crimson tide. the moddoll -- model of success everywhere. >> touchdown. >> we hope to become a team like alabama that could compete in that top 10 consistently. because, again, if you're in that mix, you got a chance every year. >> for us to be the best ever, we got to beat the best and last alabama ha

the commonwealth's attorney disagrees saying gillespie worked in the department too long ago to matter, and he's worked on cases at centra hospital before without his assistant's marriage being an issue. he says the investigation could take several more months. valois says the family hasn't decide yet whether or not to take the issue to court.### happening today... a court hearing for a chicago police officer charged with murder. a status hearing is today for the chicago officer-- "jason van dyke"--- accused of fatally shooting a teenager 16 times. van dyke is charged with first-degree murder for the death of 17 year- old laquan mcdonald in 20- 14. the indictment alleges that van dyke "acted without lawful justification"... when he shot mcdonald. van dyke has pleaded not guilty. # researchers at virginia commonwealth university say the state recorded nearly 1,000 fatal drug overdoses in 2014 .. most of those involving prescription painkillers or heroin. researchers also say that the epidemic costs taxpayers $600 safety and health care services. overdoses increased 38 percent to 2014. d

police say 26-year-old justin dunlap was driving a car they crossed into oncoming traffic on gillespie street >>> a man faces several charges after a deadly crash involving the motorcycle in fayetteville. police say 26-year-old justin dunlap was driving a car they crossed into oncoming traffic on gillespie st., saturday afternoon near the intersection of w. mountain dr. officers say dunlap hit 47-year-old -- rally who was driving motorcycle. rally died and dunlap is charged with misdemeanor death by a vehicle, careless driving and driving left of center. >>> a shooting at a bar in wilson county sent two people to the hospital. this happened after midnight on the legacy bar on us-israel one just north of the kenly city limits. it's near the johnston county line and wilson county line. one man was shot and another was beaten, kenly police say the crowd was large, chaotic and requested backup from the wilson county sheriff's office. information on suspects, the victims went to wake med. >>> possible drug overdoses reported at the harnett correctional institute, officers transported six in

the poet john gillespie magee understood that exhilaration for all who have flown and track a new frontier surely felt and understood he said only a few short days ago that i have slipped the surly bonds of earth to where i joined those clouds and those things to happen i dreamed of to suing high into silence covering their to chase to fling might eager craft up that burning blue with easy grace were never a lark or eagle flew i was silent on that sanctity of space to put out my hand to touch the face of god. with part ted the end, and if you felt sorrow for the nation's today to pay honor and tribute to to these brave young americans that extended team and to their families and loved ones and comrades in such small ways that we can to express to all the hopes the belief the sympathy of our country. >> i yield as much time is the very sad occasion to when there is no center aisle all those that are speaking in support of the resolution will speak with one voice. i reminded when i was a boy before the age of television when i was gathered around the radio with my parents listening to the la

he says that the fact that the gillespie is a former police officer and that the chief deputy's wife works at lynchburg general, is a conflict of interest. >> george: we have two more nights of temperatures dropping below freezing, which means two more nights that we'll see the snow refreezing on sidewalks and parking lots. we'll be dropping below 32. and when you wake up in the morning, most of us will be in the mid-upper twenties. 27 by 6:00 a.m. later i'll let you know how much warmer we'll be by the weekend. >> danner: this is now a live look at the conference happening right now at virginia tech. on the flint, michigan water crisis. a virginia tech researcher and his team are talking about their efforts on campus now. >> reporter: the flintwater study presentation is just about to begin. virginia tech is being hailed as heroes during the whole flint water crisis for their testing on lead levels. tonight they'll have a special guest, leeian walters. her house had the highest levels of lead in flint and one of her children had lead poisoning. >> danner: crews are out counting the

the poet john gillespie magee understood that exhilaration for those who have flown and track a new frontier and a new place. shirley felt and understood by bill nelson experienced the very same. that i have slipped the surly bonds of earth and dance in the sky on silver wings. and a hundred things to be swung high. hovering there i chased the show atingle went up though long delirious burning. the windswept states where the eagle flew and when it was silent i would be high on the sanctity of space and touch the face of god. with heart heavy with trauma to feel sorrow the nation pays honor and tribute to these brave americans and extends its hand to their loved ones in such small ways as we can and may we express to all the hopes in the belief and the sympathy for our country. >> said gentleman from illinois. >> this is one of those very sad occasions when there is no center aisle and all the of members who are privileged to speak will speak with one voice. i reminded when i was the boy before the age of television when i was gathered around radio with my parents listening to the landing of

authorities say he crossed the gillespie street median, killing randomly on his motorcycle. >> tell your loved ones that you love them. quality time means everything because you just don't know when your time is up. you need to serve and be about community and family and country. reporter: that is how sunnyside elementary will remember him. soldiers from the medical battalion offered eye exams to more than 200 students and staff. >> a lot of you have been asking about arrangements over social media but he will be buried in full military honors. anna: tragic for that whole community. duke university faces a title ix investigation. federal regulators are looking into whether duke policy for handling sexual misconduct and harassment complaints violate the law. gender discrimination is limited in federally funded programs. it's the latest of 197 ongoing investigations coming after a duke student filed a complaint, although specific details are not being released. a duke spoke person says the duke is firmly committed to a safe and inclusive environment for all students and works across the ca

this happened to gillespie street near west mountain drive around 5:30 yesterday evening. 26-year-old justin dun lap was driving southbound when he apparently crossed into on coming traffic and hit the harley davidson. the biker was killed. dunlap is charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and careless and reckless driving and driving left of center. now, to a deadly sky-diving accident. this happened in franklin county. a former marine killed in a hard landing near the triangle north executive airport. 24-year-old james stremmel was an instructor at the triangle skydiving center. he had more than 1800 jumps under his belt. one of his students say he went above and beyond to make sure everyone was safe. the owner of the skydiving center says he had just made contact with stremmel minutes before he died. >> james was a friend of mine. that's all i can say at this point. it's unexpected, unforpttunate and a tragic accident. that's all i can tell you. caitlin: the franklin county sheriff's office is investigating and the faa has been notified. and new this morning, we're learning

hi, i'm mike gillespie. by this time tomorrow, we'll be well on our way to crowning clemson or alabama as the national champion. tim hill is in arizona and filed this report earlier from glendale. >> tomorrow night dabo sweeney and clemson put their perfect season on the line one final time. >> i am very proud of our team. to go 14 and 0 is really difficult to do, and for these guys to rise up and accept every challenge and get themselves ready each and every week is a great compliment to our team, but same thing to alabama. >> you know, our focus and attention is to try to play the best game we possibly can, which is probably what we're going to need to have success. biggest stage against a championship program won't change clemson's formula for success, one that's worked 14 times already this season. >> it's always about the same things. it's turnovers. it's winning your individual matchups. it's big plays and special teams. the same thing tomorrow night. these are two great teams that they weren't picked

hi, i'm mike gillespie. there's a lot on the line monday night when clemson faces off with alabama for the national title including a perfect season for the tigers. clemson looking to become the first college team to go 15-0 since penn did it in 1897. clemson is the sixth major college team to start with the 15-0 that holds a little bit of a different weight. >> august 3rd, you know, i came in and kind of put a bunch of numbers on the board. i kind of talked about what each qe1 represented. i gave them a t-shirt on the back says 15 for 15. there's nothing wrong with winning them all, guys. we don't have to win them all. each week we have to be good enough to win the one we're playing in. >> everybody wants to be the if you don't want to be the best, then you're cheating yourself. there's no point in playing this game, you know. you're out there just lollygagging, you're not going to perform at a high level, everybody wants to be 10-0, wants to be the best ever. we now have the opportunity. we have to embrace

this happened on gillespie street around 5:30 yesterday evening. justin dunlap was traveling southbound into oncoming traffic and hit the biker. the biker was killed. dun lap is facing charges by misdemeanor death by motor vehicle, careless and reckless driving and driving left of center. to a deadly sky diving accident. a former marine killed in a hard landing north of the executive airport. james stremmel was an instructor at the sky-diving center and had more than 18600 jumps under his belt. one person said he went above and beyond to make sure everyone was safe. before he died. >> james was a friend of mine. it's unfortunate. that's all i can say at this point. unexpected, unfortunate and tragic accident. that's all i can tell you. caitlin: the franklin county sheriff's office is investigating and the faa has been identified. an american missionary was among those killed in an attack by al-qaida in africa. he died at the cafe. he was there to meet a group that was there for a woman's crisis center. al-qaida stormed the hotel friday night leavin

hi, i'm mike gillespie. not only do the tigers have the northwest challenging opponent in college football monday night in the national championship, they also had an uphill battle with practice this week, until announcing they will lift the women on practice time and players missing class. clemson was under this rule because clemson university's classes start this week. alabama was not under the rule because their classes start next week. either way, it doesn't really concern sweeney. >> we're student athletes. you don't change a whole university calendar because of a football game. that's crazy. this is college. this is -- this university is a lot bigger than this football team. >> let's talk about actual football now. the last time an acc team not florida state won the national title? clemson, 1981. the drought between titles is the longest for a school. there's no school he would rather face the title than his alma mater, alabama. >> if i could just script it, say, hey, you're going to get a chance to pl

belvois says wes gillespie the security guard involved is a former police officer and deep deputy commonwealth attorney's wife works as a clinical psychologist at the hospital creates a conflict interest of. but we talked to attorney mike ducette who said his office will decide if any charges will be filed. >>> happening right now, there is an urgent call to stop the spread of the zika virus. the world health organization says the virus spreading explosively. there is at least one confirmed case even right here in virginia. development and joins news the newsroom. >> mark: that's right, 20 people have been diagnosed in several states including virginia. 19 cases in puerto rico alone. president obama met with cdc officials at the white house to emphasize the need for a vaccine. they believe the u.s. cases were contracted abroad and now a travel advisory for pregnant women. they are being told to avoid 24 areas where sglishtion ka have been detected. health officials say that virus which is not contagious is less serious for others and usually causes mild symptoms such as a fever and rash. >> we

i'm mike gillespie. >> thanks, mike. keep it right here. forecast coming up. >> little bit of cloud cover but some sunshine peeking for us through this afternoon. high near 60's. chance of rain comes our way and better chance of rain likely coming our way saturday. >> no rain for today. get out and enjoy it. thanks, jonathan. you've been watching abc columbia news at 12:30. thanks for making us your choice for news.

this happened on gillespie street around 5:30 last night. police are saying 26-year-old dunlap was driving southbound and crossed into on coming traffic and hit the harley. the biker, 47-year-old rattly was killed. dunlap is charged with death by motor vehicle, careless and reckless driving, and driving left of center. and now, onto a deadly skydiving a former marine killed in a hard landing near the triangle north executive airport. the 24-year-old was an instructor at the triangle skydiving center. and had 1800 jumps under his belts. his students is saying he went above and beyond to make sure that everyone was schaaf. the owner of the skydiving center just made contact with james between minutes before he died. >> james was a friend of mine. and he was -- it is up fortunate, that is all that i can say at this time. it is unexpected, unfortunate, and a tragic accident. caitlin: the franklin county sheriff's office is investigating. and the f.a.a. has also been notified. new this morning we are learning around american missionary was killed

i'm mike gillespie. journey begins today for the number one team in college football. tigers leaving clemson for phoenix today greeted by thousands of fans outside of tigers stadium before the national championship game with alabama on monday night. now, last night, dabo swinney meeting with the media and he says yeah, this definitely now feels like championship week. >> this is it. playing in the national championship so certainly, they all get that but the game is the same. the preparation is the same. and how you've got to play to have a chance to win is the same but they all get it. it's all you see and all you hear. there's nothing else to talk about. there's two teams left. >> >> nick saban stressing the importance the need to stop their up tempo offense. tide shouldn't be too concerned. alabama number one in defensive efficiency ranked in the top five of every defensive category. saban saying earlier this week stopping clemson starts with stopping deshaun watson. >> we play against this all the time. sometimes good. sometimes not so good. so, you know, we're try

. >>> a man is dead in fayetteville after being hit on a motorcycle in gillespie street. 26-year-old andrew dunlap of hope mills drove across the center median and crashed into a motorcycle. the driver lynn rattily of hope mills died in the crash. dunlap is facing charges and being held in the cumberland county detention center on a $100,000 bond. >>> the search continues for 12 missing marines whose helicopter hads collided off and the coast guard remains optimistic stressing that this is still a search and rescue mission and search conditions are improving in the area. has expired. and the coast guard said they the search. and if they do they will notify the families in advance. >>> malitias have captured five americans in being bag. they are working to find the mornings. the three were on the way to baghdad international airport when they were taken. we'll keep you updated on wncn. >>> five americans are now free released from a prison in iran. three of them fly to switzerland and then on to germany yesterday. the five including a reporter and a minister and a former marine were r

i'm mike gillespie. carolina 48 hours away from the nfc championship game against the arizona cardinals on sunday night. carolina practicing in the sleet and snow. the panthers don't expect to be playing in the same conditions on sunday in charlotte. but regardless, head coach ron rivera says they're not going to let any conditions stand in the way of getting to the super bowl. may change but we don'n' we don't change who we are. we went out and practice. great energy. i mean, they really were, you know, focused in on what they needed to do today with the exception of a couple of guys making snow angels out there. they did. on the offensive side, we didn't drop a pass. that was good to see. in spite of the conditions, whatever it was, i thought our guys focused through it and did what they needed to do. in fact, our tempo was really good. we finished with 19 minutes left. >> all right. not great news for panthers defensive end jared allen. allen has been ruled out for this weekend's game against the card

the poet john gillespie mcgee understood that acceleration as to a lesser degree at all who have flown and tracked a new frontier and a new place. felt and understood by our own beloved colleague bill nelson, the only such short days ago experienced the very same. he wrote i have slipped the certainly bonds of earth and danced the skies on laughter, silver wings. joined the tumbling sun split clouds, and then 100 things you have not dreamed up. soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. hovering there i've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through air up, up along delirious burning blue. i've talked the windswept heights with easy grace where never lark or even eagle flew. and while with silent mind i have trodden high on the sanctity of space to put out my hand and touched the face of god. with hearts heavy and trauma and deeply felt sorrow, the nation today pays honor and tribute to these brave young americans, and extends its hand to their families and their loved ones, their comrades in such small ways as we can. and in this resolution may we express to all

i'm mike gillespie. carolina 48 hours away between the championship game against the cardinals. today, carolina practicing in the sleet, and snow. panthers don't expect to be playing in the same conditions on sunday in the nfc title game up in charlotte. regardless, head coach ron rivera says they're not going to let any sort of conditions stand in the way of getting to super bowl 50. >> mario addison said it best, you know, the elements may change but we don't. we don't change who we are. we went out in practice. i think the guys had great energy. they really were focusing in on what they needed to do today with the exception of a couple of guys making snow angels out there. um, any did. they -- in fact, on the offensive side, i don't think we dropped a pass so that was really good to see in spite of the situation and the conditions. whatever it was, i thought our guys focused through it, did what they needed to do in fact, our tempo was really good. we finished with 19 minutes left left. >> all right, not great news for panthers defensive end jared allen. allen has been ruled

lots to talk about with nick gillespie editor in chief of reason.com.stal wright author of a brand new book called "con job: how democrats gave us crime, sanctuary cities, abortion, profiteering and racial division." i guess just a few things. did you give the country all of those things? >> all of it. >> it was really the cruz and trump show at the debate. did you, mr. beckel, see signs of anyone emerging from that establishment class? >> no. i don't think much changed that night except that trump got to be a better debater. >> he did. you've got to give him some props. >> that shows you what happens. 15th of january, a critically important time to start looking at polls and start robbing votes from other people. most people are settled and then the movement starts. they're settled in the polls in december, and then when they really have to make the decision and it gets close, they start to move. you're seeing that in the sanders and clinton race. >> crystal, did you see anyone emerge in the rubio, kasich, christie, cruz class? >> no. i agree that trum

our mike gillespie has more on the sports minute to win it. 33 still to come... a potentially historic winter storm... taking aim at the east coast. we'll have the latest on winter storm jonas.a gervais. the effects of this nasty winter weather. our jennifer ready is in fairfield county... where they're expecting some freezing rain... she has an update on the conditions there. 33 thanks jennifer. we'll beurto back a little later to see how things five states declared states of emergency. for the latest on the winter barguirena 33 st ill to come... it may be hard to get your pets to go outside this morning. but we have a little guy looking to find a warm pla t home a cold and rainy start to your friday.colder and gervais. good outside this morning... you're going to want to grab a rain jacket and bundle before you step out the door... yeye there's some cold rain to start off this friday... and it looks like it may be here to stay... with more... lets turn things over to meteorologist jonathan the day. 33 we want to give you a quick and about this morning. and good

it happened yesterday evening on gillespie street near the intersection with mountain drive. police say justin dunlap of hope mills crossed the center median and veered into oncoming traffic in court -- and crashed into a harley davidson that are cycle. the driver, 47 lynn allen ratley died in the crash. dunlap is charged with his demeanor -- is in the detention center with 1000 -- $100,000 bond.>>> a house fire on meadowbrook road and garner occurred tonight. no word what caused the fire or if anyone was injured. >>> for people are being held by the red cross after a fire broke out just before 3 o'clock. the one-story home on parkland drive was heavily damaged on one side. fortunately, no injuries were officials tell wncn, the fire was started by an overloaded electrical circuit. >>> turning to weather now, a little snow today. this video was taken in rockville. meteorologist bilbray is here now. no snow tomorrow but a little bit cold. >>> very cold temperatures. it was exciting when we had some snow out there. you can see some of that snow move away. it was all gone by 12:0

he was hit by a car on gillespie street near mountain drive saturday night at 5:30. police say that justin dunlap drove across the median and crashed into the 47-year-old soldiers recycle, killing him he was a command sergeant major. he is now facing a number of charges including misdemeanor death by motor vehicle. he's being held on a $100,000 bond in the cumberland county detention center right now. >>> a driver who killed two teenagers in a hit-and-run accident remains at large this morning. state trooper say they were hit while walking on us 421 on saturday night the 13-year-old and 16-year-old were killed. family friends tell wncn that carl's mother had a heart attack on saturday night and was actually in the hospital when she learned of the death. >>> it is a shame that their this. and the other family that lost their daughter is having to through this. they are just babies. >> unbelievable. a 14-year-old was also hit in that accident here stephen condition. a family member describes the truck. >>> lit up overnight, a democratic presidential debate. the biggest