cam on-- 3 3 here's a live look outside gsp airport --you're watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 the morning news starts now. now. 3 the clemson tigers are hours away from arriving in phoenix to play in the national champship.we're live in arizona with a full preview. preview.clemson police say a by vandals.. again.what we know about the latest incident.. coming up. 3 good morning.... it's friday, january 8.i'm ben hill. hill.and i'm lauren elise.. here with chris scott.thanks for joining us on the morning news.we are bringing you complete coverage of the tigers' trip to the national championship. championship.meteorologist nicole papay has made it out to scottsdale.. we'll check in with her for a first look at our weather.. 3 3 mostly cloudy today with scattered showers sticking around throughout the morning. this afternoon rain will taper off as highs peak near 50 degrees area-wide. overnight lows will fall into the low cloudy skies. wet weather will likely return on saturday. 3 ((wrap up)) 3 let's send it over to chris. 3 we're watching:hwy 101@ mcelahney rdhammett bridge r

that will be at gsp. continuing our coverage now, tiger fans still waiting for the football team to return to campus. gabrielle: and that is where we find wyff news 4's tim waller, who is on campus right now. tim, are you talking to any excited tigers ready to see their team? tim: they are not here yet, but we expect they will be here in we saw the enthusiasm of the clemson fans as their team headed off to arizona, and we are expecting that same in doozy of them here tonight. on the west end zone of death valley in clemson, most fans know where that is. here is a map in case you are wondering. howard rock on that side, we are on the other side in the area known as the west end zone. looking past the pickup truck, we expect the buses to come here 7:30, 8:00 range. we are expecting a lot of clemson fans here to support their team. yes, it was a disappointment in arizona, but certainly, people have not given up on their number one tigers here. we are expecting people out here tonight. a bit of advice, you he

gsp 3 fox carolina has continuing coverage of the tigers' road to the national championship. you can catch live reports from arizona later today at four, ten and 11.and we're keeping you updated around the clock on fox carolina dot com 3 time for weather and traffic. we'll send it back out to nicole in scottsdale.. scottsdale.. 3 3 3 ((weather hit)) 3 ((weather hit)) 3 now time for traffic: 3 3 traffic:now time for 3 now time for traffic: 3 3 3 we're watching: watching: 3 here's a live look at the traffic 3 sponsored by kevin whitaker chevrolet cadillac! 3 3 3 taking a look at news you need to know..an anderson county man accused of making a bomb threat and starting a standoff with the swat team is behind bars.deputies say it started at a home on hawthorne drive around 7:30 last night.it ended when a k-9 unit went in and bit the man. 3 republican presidental hopeful jeb bush will be in the upstate today.he'll be talking with voters in pendleton during a town hall meeting at dyar's diner.that's on old greenville highway.it starts at 6:30 tonight. 3 two refugees are scheduled t

live from gsp, john lyon, wyff news 4. nigel: continuing our coverage now, the clemson campus is still waiting for the football team to return there. gabrielle: and that is where we find wyff news 4's tim waller, who is on campus right now. jim, besides being chilly, what is the atmosphere like? -- tim, what is the atmosphere like? tim: it is me and a news photographer here. we know that will change over the next couple hours. here is a good view of where it will all happen when they arrive on the bus from gsp airport and finally make it back here to death valley. of course, in case you are wondering which and of the stadium you -- we are on, we are in the west zone, the side of the stadium where they have the big ones in tiger path will -- the big clemson tiger paw lit by the sun. it is chilly out here, so if you team, bring a coat. the wind is cold and it is brisk right now. do that for yourself. it will be a great time as we expect lots of people to welcome home their clemson tigers. tim waller, wyff news 4, lighting cl

. >>> the tigers just left this afternoon from gsp airport. and we've been out with the players and fans all day. >> reporter: the airport has looked a little like clemson stadium. no coincidence that just about everybody has orange in them. staying right here wish them luck. >> from signs to cheers, to some impressive dabbing dance moves fans from all over admitted they play hookey today to send their tigers off to arizona. . >> at noon death valley was roaring as the players got into their buses headed for gsp airport. these loyal fans said they've been looking forward to the send off since the big bowl games on new year's eve. >> people from our church had a couple of alabama fans. >> well, no one is betting on score prediction? >> i do not. i just know the tigers going to bring home a w. >> yeah. >> these fans all putting their faith on the rock. >> i love my tigers. . >> he's the man, well all the rest of thh players took off from right here at 3:00. . >>> if a plane leaves gsp in the middle of the average, what they maybe over oklahoma r

after a rainy season, it was only fitting that it started misting as the number one ranked their way to gsp. no spirits here at death valley dampened as fans surrounded these players and coaches , letting them know they're not alone on their road to the title. >> we are out here rooting for them. them. the best time playing.

gsp 3 lets send it back 3 out to nicole live in arizona. 3 ((weather hit)) 3 mostly cloudy on friday with highs peak near 50 degrees with rain tapering off in the afternoon. saturday will be cloudy with rain arriving late in the day. temperatures will likely peak in the low 50s and upper 40s. rain will taper off on sunday with partly cloudy skies sticking around. highs will peak in the mid-50s and upper 40s throughout the day. monday will be sunny with highs in the low to upper 40s. tuesday will be sunny and cool, peaking in the low to upper 40s ttoughout the day. wednesday will be sunny as temperatures only peak in the low 40s and upper 30s. sunshine will continue on thursday with temperatures peaking in the low to upper 3 now to pit crew traffic. 3*********hold****** 3 we are watching: watching: 3 you are taking a live look at: pit crew traffic 3 sponsored by kevin whitaker chevrolet cadillac 3 governor haley is working to make south carolina a safer state for victims of domestic violence. violence. she announced thursday she's putting in place about a dozen new reforms through exe

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their flight should arrive at gsp in the next hour or so. that's where we find wyff news 4's john lyon. john? john: we are expecting the team plane to land in the next 40 minutes. as you can barely see behind me, there are nine buses waiting to caravan the team, the players, the coaches and the support personnel, back to clemson. as we wait for the team to arrive here, fans have been coming back from phoenix, from arizona, all afternoon. i met a flight from the next that was full of thompson fans, and they were easy to spot with their clemson gear on. i talked to people, who said they had a great time. here is what they had to say. >> they hit us in the gut. we had them back. special teams is where things didn't go our way. you can't look back at that. we think we represented well. the fans gave them a good response after the outcome was over and showed support there. we love our tigers. john: they are excited about the future of the program. they said that this season showed they can play with the football big boys. they beat notre dame, fl

. >>> the tigers started their trip this afternoon leaving in from gsp airport. >> reporter: i had to wear it, a lot of people getting straight out of clemson or straight out of greenville tonight and headed for the championship. of course not everyone can fly across the entire country or pack the whole family into the minivan so some people wish them best of luck from right here. before the tigers head today gsp airport they were greeted by a sea of orange right outside death valley even furry fans braved the crowds and around noon players got on busses and headed over, but it didn't stop there. people lined the fence to catch a final glimpse. alabama! beat them black and blue!": "goooo tigers! i gotta really good feeling about this!" . i got a really good feeling about this. >> and at times this airport has looked a little bit more like clemson stadium. certainly not a coincidence that some of the flights the ones going out any way have a lot of orange on them. i wish i was one of them but i'm staying right here. should arrive there...shortly. first... we begin with . >> todd summer

nice light and moderate rain. 42 degrees the low at the gsp international airport. only one up to 47 with that wedge of chili air, five degrees below the average. the asheville regional airport started off at 40, only woman up to 49. that is 2 degrees abobo the high. it did not feel it that it was so damp and raw. live shot in laurens. 46 degrees. you can see core temperatures in the northeast with a northeast wind. warmer temperatures somewhat ranging from 44 in gaffney to 50 in walhalla. 45 in newberry. chilly weather to say the least. there is that northeasterly breeze at about 5-8 mile for. humidity levels as high as they can go. that is why we have the low clouds, and fog, and drizzle. florida looks good at 69 an orlando. 76 in miami. severe thunderstorm watch out in houston. i will be watching. there is the arctic air behind the front on saturday morning. one front remains off to the south -- warm front remains off to the south. some patchy drizzle in the morning. rains move across the area. a front passersby and it turns colder tonight into sunday morning. so

players come out of the west end zone at death valley and load the buses from here and they will go to gsp and fly to arizona and land there by about 4:10. from there, they go to the hotel and they probably will not be able to get checked in until about 6:30 because they have to unload their equipment. they will have dinner, meetings and then they will be done for the day. they will start again in the morning at media day and they will have their first practice in the morning tomorrow morning. the first practice in arizona. beside me, ms. wilson, i know you are excited. we talked earlier, and her grandson plays on the team. >> yes, i had to be here. >> words cannot express how proud i am of him. he is the light of my life. randy: you are very much a light in his life as well, i'm sure. >> i hope so. mandy: i hope so. behind me, i have milton. he went to the last national championship. tell us why you are not going this year. >> i am goininto have my son go in my place. he is going to have this championship this year. mandy: i know he appreciates it. >> i hope so. mandy: what kind of memori

that's behind gsp airport and near bmw. troopers say a tractor trailer hit a frozen patch, crossed the line, and hit a pick-up head-on. the crash pushed the pick-up into a van. troopers say one person in the pick-up and one person in the van had to be taken to the investigators in greenville are trying to figure out whether or not ice caused a crash that killed a jogger. highway 14 near stonebrook farm the coroner says 44-year-old andrew van evera was jogging when he got hit. geoff: the oconee county coroner a helmet died after a collision troopers say it happened on west cherry road at high point boulevard near seneca. they say an suv pulled out in front of the motorcycle. the 56-year-old seneca man was flown to greenville memorial where he later died. a live look now from the south carolina dot camera along interstate 85 in spartanburgcounty. this is near chesnee highway. not many wrecks to report this morning but u.s. 276 is closed north of highway 280 in brevard because of snow and ice and they hope to have an open late

outside, official high was 47 at the gsp international airport, 5 degrees below average. far from the record high of 72 setback in 1907. 49 the high this afternoon at the asheville airport. that is two degrees above average for the record high of 68 setback in 1946. shot in laurens at 46 degrees. temperatures holding steady where they were this afternoon. expect them to stay that way. we are going to drop temperatures just a few more degrees. the cloud cover and northeasterly wind will keep it stable. 43 in spartanburg. the farther west ago, a bit milder. 50 in one paula. 47 in anderson. -- 50 in walhalla. chilly temperatures outside. there is the northeasterly breeze at about 5-8 miles per hour. solidity levels remain extremely extremely high. fog and drizzle continues. rain running all the way back 50. 52 in myrtle beach. 52. in wilmington48 in st. louis. they could see-3 inches of snow as this low tracks this way. 61 in orlando. our first watch of the new year -- it includes houston with pretet nasty thunderstorms moving through louisiana. snow from colorado only to th

they arrived at gsp earlier. gabrielle: no trophy, but fans are proud. wyff news 4's tim waller was there for the welcome home. tim: never mind that it's a cold and windy night, or that the tigers are returning from a disappointing loss. the fans we spoke to said they had to be here to welcome their beloved tigers home. fight, top -- tigers! tim: long before the team arrived, >> go tigers! tim: clemson fans were getting their spirit on. >> c-l-e-m-s-o-n! find, tigers! tim: people like jean kohlmayer, here to be a smiling face in the crowd when the team arrives. >> they did a fantastic job last night, fantastic. so i'm just here to support them, and hopefully we'll have a better year next year. >> clemson tigers! tim: the tigers, weary from the trip out west and wishing the outcome of the game was different, had their spirits lifted by this sea of orange. >> it means a lot. we've got fans that support us, whether we win or lose. that's the great thing about clemson. we got a family here. tim: a family deserving of a few autographs and handshakes, and thro

********hold****** 3 we're watching this:85 constructioni-85 north &; south exit 54-57 pelham rd to gsp gsp traffic 3 sponsored by kevin whitaker chevrolet cadillac 3 3 news you need to know..after a disappointing holiday season -- macy's is eliminating 4500 positions.the company says 3 or 4 positions will be cut at each store.executives say hundreds of people will be put in other positions. 3 a new grocery delivery service starts today in greenville. the "shipt" mobile app allows customers to have their food brought to them at their convenience. membership is about 100 dollars - and delivery is free on orders more than 35 bucks.shipt will be using publix for all of their shopping. 3 ken griffey junior will soon be a hall of famer.he received the **highest percentage of votes **ever at more than 99 percent.mike piazza was also chosen to be a part of this year's hall of fame class. 3 the turmoil shaking money 3 china stopped trading for a second time this week as the country continues to worry about its economy as well as north h rea's reported h-bomb test.the dow also hit it's worst thr

main ststalled vehicle blocked hwy 14 @ gsp drive drive 3 you are looking live at: 3 3 we're following some overnight developments out of seattle. police say two people were killed and three others were hurt in a shooting at a homeless camp. investigators say they're looking for at least one person connected to the incident tuesday night. no other details have been released. 3 another story that's developing, right now --the leader of that armed group that took over a federal wildlife refuge in oregon is behind bars.one of his followers is dead..law enforcement officers say they tried pulling over two vehicles on a highway tuesday-- and shots were fired.its still unclear who fired first but "ammon bundy" and several others were arrested. investigators say the group was heading to a community meeting. you may remember the group took over a wildlife refuge last month to protest federal management of public lands. we'll of course continue to followthese stories. 3 greenville county schools are back on regular schedule this morning---but, buses won't be riding down icey roads. the school d

tim: we checked around, and found prices for a round trip ticket from gsp to phoenix, leaving on january 10th and starting at $550. however, prices have been going up and down throughout the day. taking a train-bus combo through amtrak costs $356. you have to leave thursday, and you arrive at 2:00 in the morning on to newer 11. and, you still have to find a place to stay. the bon secours wellness arena will be hosting a viewing party for the national championship game. again the game will be on january 11 at 8:30 p.m. the tigers will be taking on the alabama crimson tide. doors will open at 7:00. food and drink will be available during the game. officials say it will be free to get into the arere. the game will be broadcast on the large centralvideo board. the new year brings some new laws. here is a look at some of the changes that took effect this week in north carolina. a photo id is now required to vote. primary, most registered voters will have to produce one of several types of photo id to cast a ballot in person. civil rights groups are suing over the mandate, and a trial is set f

off to arizona to see the game in person.here's fox carolina's brookley cromer. 3 3 3 3 im here at gsp where many clemson fans are getting a once in a lifetime opportunity as they travel out of tiger territory and into glendale arizona in hopes of bringing home a national title win! win! 3 3 going. this is like a dream come true!"a dream that many tiger fans have hoped for -- since the legendary 1981 win... win... 3 "we were there in 1981 when they were there before so this has been a long time coming!" linda long is a diehard clemson fan- who owns her own travel agency--so -- she wanted to give fans the ultimate experience-- by setting up a charter flight-- directly from gsp to arizona. and as soon as the tigers won in miami-- the tickets went quickly! quickly! 3 "when we came back from florida, the trip sold out!" corey andresen is one of those fans- 3 3 "we've all been waiting on this our entire lives so we can not get there fast enough!" this is just one of many flights --that are carrying thousands of fans from the upstate- as they jet off to see the tigers play! play! 3 "i don't

we know flights between atlanta and charlotte to gsp have been cancelled for the time being. being.we headed to gsp to find out just how badly things were getting for flights.since we're not the only ones anticipating serious winter weather - cancellations across the east coast are expected heading into tomorrow.we did see a few cancellations and delays as early as this afternoon - but is up to the airlines to decide whether they'll take to the sky. we spoke with airport officials about how to best prepare if you need to travel. 3 3 our facilities team has been working for the last couple of days preparing those items, preparing that machinery so that if in fact the bad weather comes, we are then equipped to deal with it so open on and functional and operational so that if airlines wish to fly they can do that. :21 :21and in preparation for the snow headed toward the northeast and mid-atlantic - major airlines like american, southwest, and delta are among those already issuing travel waivers to customers. 3 while many of us won't be going anywhere tomorrow-a lot of you spent

for a round ticket from gsp to phoenix on january 10 and returning on the 12, 500 50 dollars. prices have been going up and down. taking a train/bus combination, $350 leaving on thursday, january 7 to get their 2:00 a.m. on january 11. even after that, you have to find a place to stay. the bon secours wellness arena will host a viewing party. it will be january 11 starting at 8:30 p.m. the tigers taking on the alabama crimson tide. the doors open at bon secours wellness arena at 7:00. food and drink will be available during the game. it is free to get into the arena. the game will be broadcast on a large central video board. the new year brings new laws. the photo id required to vote. starting with the march 15 primary, most registered voters will have to show one of several types of id. civil rights groups are suing over the mandate. the trial date is this month. physicians who perform abortions after the 16th week of pregnancy have to send data to the state, including an ultrasound image of the unborn child. it is designed to ensure that doctors comply with the inception ban

the crash happened yesterday around 12:30 on highway 101 near gateway drive behind gsp airport near bmw. troopers say a tractor trailer hit a frozen patch, crossed the that crash pushed the pick-up into a van. troopers say one person in the pick-up and one person in the van had to be taken hospital. geoff: the greenville county coroner says carbon monoxide killed a couple in their home. the coroner tells us 86-year-old ruby bell and her 87-year-old husband robert were found dead at their home friday night. investigators say the couple lost power the day before. the coroner believes a running gas generator caused a carbon monoxide build-up in their home. mr. and mrs. bell were married more than 67 years. myra: it is amazing how much a difference can make compared to this time yesterday how chilly the air was. today, not as bad. dale: it is cold early but by the afternoon it will be sunny and nice like we s yesterday. temperatures will climb to the low 50's, but it is coli spoke 21 and calm -- asheville 21 and calm. county, travelers rest in the higher elevations, it will take a wild to g

they're is a live look at gsp international airport were temperatures topped out in the pretty close to average. -- a front is working through the average that will mean another cold night. mostly clear skies. hard freeze on the way. protect the pets and pipes tonight. overall quite weather on the way to the next two days in with a chance for rain showers and forecast on friday and over the weekend a chance for snow showers and that will be a possibility for the mountains. that will be the next system tracking. the satellite map shows the -- the majority of cloud cover is over western north carolina. snow came to the high mountains through haywood county and madison county. it has subsided as there are leftovers now shores along the tennessee line. a few showers upstate not many. as the wind it gets lighter we will start to cease -- see clouds go away and dropping temps as well. the main area of low pressure showers for new york state back in to virginia, lake effect snow happening as well and cold air surging southward. wednesday, 5:00 a.m., a clear and cold start to the day. we are

we're dropping in to the 20s now at gsp international at greer. little bit of wind still out there. yeah, more so in asheville. that's typically the case. we get about 10 to 15 miles per hour. here go the wind chills down in to the teens pretty much anywhere you go. higher elevations in yancey, avery county, in to watauga county. temperatures in the 20s in some places south. really no wind chill factor at this point in time. but you look here and you see towards the future and we have wind chills dropping down to the single digits at times. why? off. but the wind will start to relax more in many areas. that means the wind chill won't be as big a deal. in asheville, wind chills in the 20s. teens in greenville. we'll talk about bigger changes by the end of the week and rain rather than snow. >> tammy: many people we talked with tonight say the snow and flurries are a shock to the system. >> reporter: green now dusted with snow for the first time this winter in many parts of the mountains. >> i'm enjoying it right now because i haven't seen it in such a long time. >> reporter: most of

. >> darcel: a spokes woman for gsp international airport urges fans to get to the airport three hours before your flight. she also recommends paying for your bags ahead of time. national cyclecross national championships are on the way. this event will draw several thousand people from all over the country in asheville. it will generate $2 million in tourist spending. >> you can see the economic impact in the millions based upon hotel revenue, restaurant revenue, anything that's a local, you know, local entertainment. things like that. people come out and they spend their week here. >> larry: they continue through sunday at biltmore estate. >>> well a light dusting of snow along the northern outer banks prompted a winter advisory today. forecasters were expecting as much as a half inch of snow. >> darcel: well another cold night tonight. temperatures will be well below freezing. >> larry: as we go in to the weekend, temperatures should warm up a little bit. >> jason: we're going to warm it up but we're going to wet it up. tyson furniture bus stop forecast. 17 in the morning. 39 by lun

said, he went to the first one, this will be my first one so hopefully more to come." come." 3 now gsp is reminding all travelers to follow the 3-2-1 rule when traveling this weekend with so many fans taking flight.check in at the ticket counter 3 hours in advance...be at security 2 hours...and be at your gate 1 departure. 3 clemson fans are getting in the spirit ahead of monday's big national championship game...and even one popular fast food chain is cooking up a special breakfast biscuit in honor of the tigers national championship appearance! the big game -- which is monday morning -- the chick-fil-ain clemson will be offering hungry fans in tigertown chicken biscuits in biscuits will be available from 6-30 a-m to 10-30 a-m ahead of monday night's national championship kickoff at 8-30! 3 now time for weather and traffic together every 10 minutes---- - 3 3 cloudy skies, areas of fog and 3 patchy drizzle will continue into tonight. temperatures will only cool to around 40 in the upstate and 37 in the mountains. saturday will begin with clouds, fog and areas of drizzle, then heavier r

carol: we checked around and found prices for a round trip ticket from gsp to phoenix leaving on january 10 and returning on january 12 start at however prices have been going $550. up and down throughout the day. michael: taking a train/bus combo through amtrak costs $$356 but you'll have to leave on thursday, january 7 and you will get there at 2:00 in the morning on january 11. and remember you'll still have to find a place to stay after that. nights big games is also playing out online. michael: news 4's nigel robertson went to the clemson university social media listening lab to get an inside look. nigel: it is the day after both big games so we came here to the clemson university social media listening lab and plugged in alabama, football, clemson, championship just to see what people are talking about. you can see the spike last night in online talk about college football, about clemson university and alabama. we wanted to know who is getting the most chatter and take a look at this clemson and alabama are , pretty much getting the same amount of chatter. you see, both are green,

geoff: the band will have a few more rehearsals before boarding two charter jets at gsp loaded with luggage, instruments, and all of their equipment. allyson: george is to an a half years old and is seen outside of the school building. the royal couple announced he would be attending school in norfolk. that's close to where the family lives. geoff: the clemson tigers will leave from death valley at about noon today. they are going to arizona for the national championship game. but our wyff 4 sports team has already landed in the desert. sports director brad fralick found himself dodging cacti. brad: welcome to the desert. this is the site of the national championship game. the clemson tigers will arrive for the game. this is not like a bowl game. there are not many activities for the team to participate in. they will arrive on friday. they will practice on saturday. then, there is a game on monday. follow us on social media. we will have stuff all day, every day we are here. in arizona, brad fralick. allyson: thank you, brad. dale: him -- am i on? we have rain falling and a temperature of 4

there's a live look at gsp enter internationallirport which will be busy this weekend. >> it looks like overnight and the first part of tomorrow conditions going to be very quiet but we'll look for patchy fog is cool temperatures going into tomorrow morning. second half of the day our rain chance will start to increase as another system pushes in. sunshine is back for the second half of the weekend. so sunday is looking very nice for us. windy but things will quiet down. tonight we still have quite a bit of cloud cover but look at all the rain that made its way across the area earlier today. the amounts were very low but most of us saw at least a little bit of rain and some areas still getting some drizzle and we have light fog out there as well. really wraps around a main area of low pressure which is pushing towards the great lakes, but higher clouds on the increase over the central u.s. didn't that's associated with the next system that is headed our way for tomorrow night. of course in arizona a lot of the systems have been pushing right through phoenix, they've had rain and some sh

this crash happened yesterday 12:30 that's near gateway drive, behind gsp airport close to bmw. troopers say a tractor trailer hit a frozen patch, crossed the line, and hit a pick-up head-on. the crash pushed the pick-up into a van. troopers say one person in the pick-up and one person in the van had to be taken to the hospital. geoff: the greenville county coroner says carbon monoxide killed a couple in t the coroner tells us 86-year-old ruby bell and her 87-year-old husband robert were found dead at their home friday night. investigators say the couple lost power the day before. the coroner believes a running gas generator caused a carbon monoxide build-up in their home. mr. and mrs. bell were married more than 67 years. very sad story there. myra: unfortunate thing that happened with weather and power outages. dale: the ice buildup on cedars and firs brought down a lot be careful traveling area as we have said many times, as you get into the mountains, and greenville county is one big school district so northern e county, still iced in, over seven inches of snow fell in trave

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the nam shows over half an injured of ice for the gsp area. the gfs is showing 3/10 of one inch. for the snowfall models, they are indicating that we could see nine inches. what the snowfall models don't account for is some of this moisture will be used as ice. even if you cut these totals in half we could see anywhere from the mountains will mainly have 9-12 inches of snow. that is certainly possible along the i-85, or the i-40 corridor. we could have four to six inches of snow in the asheville-hendersonville area. we could have more than one foot of snow in the high country. throughout the day friday we will get rain, snow, and ice. snow is possible friday night. things will get better late in the weekend, but not before the damages done. we will see a significant ice and of snowstorm for the upstate. next week we reach the 50's once again. allyson: and washington, the senate has voted to block the syrian refugee bill. myra: that vote was 55 to 43. it needed 60 votes to pass. it was a measure that would have impacted thousands of refugees in the middle east. but the debate is h

the latest model shows a an inch of ice in the gsp area and the ball 10th of an inch of isolated and. the snow model showing anywhere from three inches and six inches from the european model, and nine from the gfs. if you cut those in half because the moisture will be ice, we will have quite a bit of snow on top of the ice. for north carolina, most models showing a significant amount of snow, nine inches to 12 inches. a glaze of eyes and about one quarter of an inch to half an inch possible on the low end. the damaging ice storm on the high end. for the mountains, four incncs to six inches possible. keep: cash gabe gutierrez there are new : developments in that massive winter storm barreling down on the northeast, more than 50 million americans in its path. a smaller storm dumped several inches of snow here in kentucky and killed one driver in tennessee. but now, that larger storm has this weekend will be a mess. i'm gabe gutierrez in kentucky and we'll have the very latest on this developing story, as well as al's forecast coming up on "today." allyson: a look outside at our woodruff

stlte cold out there right now of there's a live picture of gsp international air where we've had a lot of blue sky around. overall just a cold and expecting a hard freeze so you want to make sure you protect those pets and also the pipes for tonight. area wide into tomorrow afternoon, it's going to be cool not terribly cold out there. our next chance for rain not until thursday night. here's a look at satellite map notice around the upstate we've had mostly clear skies but the cloudy skies and snow flurries have been up across western north carolina, just a dusting across most parts especially up near the tennessee line. we've had some snow flying asheville. a lot of that will wind down as the winds let up later tonight but snow is still coming down virginia. inttorr morng look for winds to be mainly out of the northeast. you want to a lot of kids heading back to school for the first day tomorrow rng. lots of sunshine is on the way but it's going to be a cold one. cool temperatures in the afternoon u a little bit below average for this time of year and another freezing cold start to th

this crash happened yesterday around on highway 101. 12:30 that's near gateway drive, behind gsp airport close to bmw. troopers say a tractor trailer hit a frozen patch, crossed the line, and hit a pick-up head-on. the crash pushed the pick-up into a van. troopers say one person in the pick-up and one person in the van had to be taken to the hospital. myra: the greenville county coroner says carbon monoxide killed a couple in their home. the coroner tells us 86-year-old ruby bell and her 87-year-old at their home friday investigators say the couple lost power the day before. the coroner believes a running gas generator caused a carbon monoxide build-up in their home. mr. and mrs. bell were married more than 67 years. geoff: 10 minutes after 5:00 on this monday morning. the wa up we get into the 50's will make a big difference. : anything that melted yesterday with these cold temps morning could be ice. especially on the higher elevatio of south carolina, northern greenville county into western north carolina and across northern georgia, there will be icy spots. especially on secondary ro

not quite as cold as gsp, but it was pretty breezy which kept the wind, kept the temperature up. the wind chills were in the single digits. record low on the state, negative one in 1924. life shot over laurens right now, clear skies and it is cold. current temperature already 35 degrees in laurens, 30's for -- 37 in toccoa, 33 in asheville and hendersonville. 36 it -- 26 in boone. light winds out of the northeast in the upstate. humidity continues to go down. 40 in columbia, 39 in atlanta, 38 in charleston, cold along the beaches. 36 in myrtle beach, 31 in wilmington. 31 in cincinnati, 38 in st. louis, 62 in orlando. 70 in miami. 52 in new orleans. most of the south, pretty cold. most of the country is looking like winter. a lot of clouds up here is the storm system and the planes states, we will see -- in the planes states, 24 in bososn, 40 three e memphis, 34 in kansas city, 43 in denver. cold temperatures, colder than we would normally see. not like the last couple weeks or we had temperatures above average for this time of year. the high is locked in over virginia tomorrow mo

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john: we started off this morning at the gsp international it went up to 61, seven degrees above average. for record high of 78 in 2002. we started off at 28 this morning, close to where it should be. same story for the high temperature, about 47. on this friday evening, a bit of traffic on main street. our camera on top of the peace center in downtown greenville. crystal clear skies and a chilly. 42. freezing in boone. upper 20's in franklin and andrews. 45 in dakoa. in the upstate, temperatures are chilly. that is the way it should be for the time of year. the last week and into january. hard to believe it's going to be february 1st monday. 38 in gaffney. 37 degrees in union. upper 30's and laurens in newberry. below the freezing mark in pickens. 43 in walhalla. it is cold with the breeze still in the northern and central earlier we had winds gusting over 30 miles per hour. now they are in the northwest at 8. hendersonville, northwest at10 miles per hour. that gives us a windchill of 23 in boone. 26 the windchill in hendersonville. humidity closer to the mountains. in greenville, only

we checked around and found prices for a round trip ticket from gsp to phoenix leaving on january 10 and returning on january 12, starting at $550. however prices have been , fluctuating throughout the day. and taking a train-bus combo through amtrak cost $356 but you'll have to leave on thursday, january 7 to get there at 2:00 a.m. o ogameday january 11. and remember you'll still have to find a place to stay after that. our search found plenty of hotels in the area with prices ranging from $31-400 $79 a night. nigel: again, the game will be on january 11 at 8:30 p.m. when food and beverage will be available for purchase. there will be no charge for admission into the arena for the the game will be broadcast on the large center hung video board. let's talk weather. this is a look outside. it is a beautiful first day of the year. gabrielle: and feeling more like a january, as well. year looking? chris: dry. and it is colder. take a look at the temperature change, we are 10 degrees cooler. and hendersonville. this will continue as temperatures plummet. currently, we are at 41 in downto

we finished over a foot above normal for the gsp airport, 8.8 while. more rain than we need. temperatures are cold. 44 in asheville, 46 in hendersonville. i say cold, it is cold compared to what we have been used to lately. a few weeks from now, this will be considered mild. it will be very cold and winter he. lows tonight will fall to around freezing in the mountains. middle 40's in the upstate. in greenville, we will see cloud cover tomorrow, topping out in the middle 50's. not a lot of movement in temperatures. cool in the morning, cold in the afternoon as well. we will see the clouds breakup tomorrow night. temperatures may get colder in the mountains is the -- as the day goes on. the high is around noon, and by 4:00, 30's and the bounds. another shot of cold air moving in as the clouds move out. the national picture, look at the clouds across the south. that is about to move out after the next peas of energy moves everything out headmans moves speaking of cold air, the whole country is about to be pretty cold. say good by -- say goodbye to the warm air. it stays cold sun

it will be rough for those average this time of year for gsp is 52. today, 41 maybe the best we get up to. a record of 71 was set back in 1928. asheville's average is 47 for this time of year. today, 27 for the afternoon. 50-20 degrees colder than what we normally expect. tomorrow morning, actually, getting colder as a blast of cold canadian air is driven down by the northwest wind. atlanta at 31 this morning. looking ahead to this coming weekend, if you are heading down to the beach, temperatures will be better than they will be in the upstate. we will see 40, 41 for the afternoon high today. asheville will see temperatures reach into the upper 20's at best later this afternoon. as we look ahead with the four-day plus forecast tomorrow, high is just 29-38. tomorrow morning, kids going back to school, it will be 20 in the upstate, teens in the mountains. gradually getting better as the we get some precipitation on thursday and friday. lady join the country in service this martin luther king junior day. geoff: last year president barack obama visited a

last night's tough loss to the alabama. 3cheering cheeringwe were there as the igers touched down at gsp the buses to head back to the university - 3 and we of course had a crew in place for the team's arrival back at school -marking the end of an *incredible 14-1 season. 3 fox carolina's rebecca atkins joins us now from clemson with the story. 3 cody and sarah, the fans out here say they didnt need a win to welcome home their favorite team they say this season alone was enough to make any clemson fan proud. 3 and by seven oclock hundreds of clemson fans gathered outside the stadium. the tigers pulled up just after 9 o'clock and the fans cheered them on loud and proud through the windy and cold weather. 3 they say last nights game was incredible, seeing the team take on alabama and hold their own till the very end. the fans out here tonight say this has been a season they wwt forget and they were more than happy to be here to welcome 3 "we accomplished a lot this was a special season for us, we made it to a national championshsh, we won an orange bowl, made it back from the ac championsh

geoff: the band will have a couple more rehearsals before boarding two charter jets at gsp loaded with luggage, instruments , and all of their equipment. allyson: our sports team has arrived in arizona and will bring you coverage of the lead up to the national game. we'll have our hour-long special we'll be live from the university of phoenix stadium with evevething you need to know. geoff: it is time to look at our timeline on january 8. on this day in 1935, elvis aaron presley was born in tupelo, mississippi. elvis grew up in a poor and religious household and developed an interest in singing and music. allyson: he became one of the country's greatest entertainers and superstars. his popularity and legacy still 1977 at the age of 42. hey, guys, it's annie. now, if you're anything like me, you're always looking for ways to save money, especially when it comes to your weekly grocery trip. well, with walmart every day low prices, saving money while keeping the pantry full... that's easier than you think. in head-to-head shopping, the total at walmart beat that of bi-lo. greenville, the

that's behind gsp airport, nea bmw. it looks like the crash involved a pickup truck, a van and a , tractor trailer. we are working to get more information on this crash that chris: check out the temperature spread. we started at 19 degrees but warmed all the way up to 50. quite a spread. that is what snow will do. at night, it cools us down but with sunshine during the day, lots of melting. more on the forecast, coming up. marco rubio. he ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty... then he flipped, and worked with liberal chuck schumer to co-author the path to citizenship bill. he threatened to vote against it. he supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. marco rubio. just another washington politician you can't trust. jeb bush. he's a leader, so you always know where he stands. right to rise usa >> now, your live super doppler chris: check out this time last today from our champion hills camera in hendersonville. not many people out and about in hendersonville with all the snowfall today. in the upstate, pe

this crash happened today around 12:30 on highway 101, near gateway drive behind gsp airport, near bmw. troopers say a tractor trailer hit a frozen patch, crossed the line, and hit a pick-up head-on. the crash pushed the pick-up into a van. troopers say one person in the pick-up, and one person in the van, had to be taken to the hospital. now to an update on a murder case from last march. deputies now say the victim was killed by his neighbor. 53-year-old ralph kay is charged with murder. his 52-year-old neighbor died at his home in march of 2015. investigators say kay shot multiple times. evidence on kay's shoe connected them with the murder, and chris: a cold night, with ice on the roadways. 25 and hendersonville, 28 in laurens. 29, a cool night. he was rated a+ by the nra. not for his promises, but for defending the second amendment... he's a man of deep faith, who fought time and again for the right to life. he laid out a plan to destroy isis months before paris. he'll strengthen our border and use conservative principles to put washington's broken fiscal house back in order. jeb b

successful but rainy football season, it was only fitting the clemson tigers boarded buses on their way to gsp. no spirits here at death valley dampened as fans surrounded these players and coaches, letting them know they're not alone on their road to the title. >> we are out here rooting for them whether they win or not. we're here for them, but we hope they win, we pray they win and have the best time playing. mandy: the pep band played tiger rag while cheerleaders and the crowd let their tiger pride show. even the rock showed up, just not the real one. so many memories in the making undefeated tigers. the mist is still coming down live in clemson. tonight at 6:00, will see a special moment between a grandmother and her grandson who playayon the team. mandy gaither, wyff news 4, live in clemson. nigel: the clemson football team is in the air on their way to arizona. gabrielle: and arizona is where we find wyff news 4's brad fralick, who is live i i phoenix where the national championship will be taking place. nigel: look at that shot! gabrielle: hey there brad. brad: nigel, thanks so much. w

was taken into custody at a bojangles located on laurens road...police say he was found with a stolen gsp. 3 a homeowner in union county says someone swiped his rooster...worth 5-thousand- dollars--right off his property...and needs help finding him. him.phillip poole says on thursday morning he went out to feed his chickens...and that's when he realized someone plucked his bird fright from his coop overnight. he says the bird was very special to him and initially belonged to a good friend who passed awaypoole says the bird is a "cuchin" chicken...which has a very good bloodline...and is worth a lot of money...and he hopes whoever took him will bring him back safely! 3 3 "bring my rooster back and put him back in the pen because it's still down there or bring him in a crate and put him in the front yard. i don't think no one will bring him back because who got him wanted him got him because they took a chance on me doing something to him." 3 so far no suspects have been named in this case...but if you know anything about this incidentyou're asked to call the union county sheriff's departm

michael: as for the championship, we checked around and found prices for a round trip ticket from gsp to phoenix leaving on january 10 and returning on january 12 start at $550. however prices have been going , up and down throughout the day. taking a train/bus combo through amtrak costs $356 but you'll have to leave on thursday, january 7 to get there and you will arrive at 2:00 a.m. on january 11. and remember you'll still have to find a place to stay after that. carol: all the talk from last nights big games is also playing out online. michael: news 4's nigel robertson went to the clemson university social media listening lab, and listened. nigel: it is the day after both big games so we came here to the clemson university social media listening lab and plugged in alabama football clemson championship just to see what people are talking about. you can see the spike last night in online talk about college football, about clemson, about alabama. the most chatter and take a look at this, clemson and alabama are pretty much getting the same amount of chatter and you see both are green

the gfs shows one foot of snowfall for gsp and the other shows about four inches to five inches. one thinks there will be more eyes and the gfs thinks there will be more snow. the national weather service and thus are tracking possibly this gfs and it could be a trend. i don't know if we will see one foot, but somewhere in the middle. they have gotten it right that precipitation is moving in earlier and that is a trend we will watch in the mountains. both models the green that we will see almost one foot of snow fall for the asheville and hendersonville area. i latest expectation, half an inch of ice, one inch to three inches of snow. if we see less ice, tack on more snow because it uses more moisture to create i spent snow. four inches to six inches plus in the mountains with nearly one foot of snow in the north right around at night. it will continue into the overnight hours, especially getting bad in the upstate by tomorrow at lunch time and really by friday night with extreme impacts. the four-day plus shows us 100% chance of a wintry mess tomorrow, high of 32 on saturday, co

average is typically 52 at gsp, the average. in the mountains, normally upper 40's are what we expect. today more like 42. 69 set back in 1907, so we can have mild and cold snaps this time of the year. tomorrow, temperatures right about where they should be. other parts of the country in the nation's midsection, snow from missouri inside her wet and the northern plains and some flurries of snow in the rockies and it is cold for most of the its way down south. we will be chilly again tomorrow put about 10 degrees better. as we look toward the weekend, saturday is partly cloudy the beach and sending a better chance of showers. for greenville-spartanburg-anderson, 44 to 45 and by midnight, it drops down to low 30's with the asheville and hendersonville area reaching down to low 40's and dropping to upper 20'by midnight. instead of teens and 20's, more like upper 20's to low 40's for typical temperatures. 52. friday, a 70 percent chance of showers and now it looks ago 40% chance for good bit of the area on saturday. temperature wise