right here on news 19. >>> cold outside today, jim gandy. hopefully tomorrow won't be as bad. >> well, we will see plenty of it won't be >>> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. skies cleared. a few high clouds in the prone toville area. that is it. that is it. a lot of cold air pushing into the southeast. a nast moving weather system moving through the plains, that will dive our way but will have little impact on the weather. warmer to the west but cold from the midwest to the southeast. and we are feeling that. these were the high temperatures. only made it up to 36 degrees in anderson. 38 rock hill. 40 sumter. 41 degrees in columbia. and orangeburg. right now temperatures have cooled off into the middle 30s for the most part. 31 rock hill. 33 in sumter. 35 columbia. 36 in orangeburg. the winds are beginning to diminish somewhat. they are now in the range of about 7 to 12 miles per hour and that is still producing a wind chill, feels like 25 greenville. and sumter and 28 in orangeburg. the winds will

. >>> true vieweworecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> we saw some rain this morning. but the rain moved out of the columbia area. no rain in the piedmont area. most of the rain today was in the midland. since midnight in columbia, 16/100 of rain at the airport. but you can see for the month weweave seen quite a bit of rain already. today's high temperature was after midnight last night. 66 at the airport. 75 degrees in the city -- 65 degrees in the city. dropped to 56 and then bumped up. right now cloudy skies, 57 degrees. calm conditions. for tonight it will stay cloudy but we will see light showers low temperature of 38 degrees. but it will be sunny and cooler tomorrow. high temperature of 52 and tomorrow night we will drop to 28. i will have more coming up. >> all right. thank you. >>> columbia police say they have connected a gun taken from a man who fired on police last summer to the killing of a man three days earlier. he is 45-years-old charged with murder in the july 28 killing of a 32-year-old. police say sled tested a gun that they say he used when he robbed

accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> the rain moved out of the area before day break. we saw plenty of sunshine today. low temperature of 39 at the airport. 40 degrees in the city. got up to 64 degrees this afternoon. 65 degrees at the airport. with the sun down now it is partly cloudy. temperatures 56 degrees. winds are from the west, northwest at 3 miles per hour. for tonight we expect to see an increase in clouds, low temperature of 41, a slight chance of rain. tomorrow partly cloudy, a high of 62 with clear skies tomorrow night. dropping down to 36. we will have more on the forecast coming up. >> thank you. >>> an update on the walter scott murder case. the judge is giving the defense team more time investigate evidence. attorneys asked for swabs from michael slager's taser after sled looked at new evidence found. investigators more time analyze the evidence. slayingser out on bond -- slager is out on band. >>> man is accused of impersonating an officer. authorities say he was arrested after a deputy saw him in an usc with blue flashing light at a -- suv with blue

jim gandy, how is it looking? >> the severe weather is over the rain >>> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> radar. the rains are tapering off in newberry. rain around the columbia area and then to the south. through eastern orging of burg county, that is where the heaviest rain -- orangeburg county that is where the heaviest rain is coming. rain into georgia. right here to the west of savannah this thunderstorm ahead of the line, there has been a tornado warning for that one. no warnings in south carolina. front which will come through the area later tonight. you can see all the rain along. >> the eastern sosabotages along the eastern seaboard. high pressure will be building in. 65 columbia. 64 sumpter. 65 oring of burr. -- orangeburg county. tonight a low temperature in the low to middle 50s. 53 in columbia. tomorrow upper 50s. it will be cloudy. a better chance of rain towards the coast. 59 for a high in columbia. but as we go into friday it will be sunny. 54 degrees.

. >>> true view forecast -- now, the midlands most accurate meteorologist jim gandy. >> the rainfall varied. just .67 inches of rain in the city. the rain and clouds kept temperatures down. low this morning was 56 at the airport. 55 in the city. both locations warmed up to 64. we still have light rain falling. our temperatures 61 degrees. winds from the east at 5 miles per hour. tonight a low of 53. a chance of showers tomorrow. 61. late into the day the chance of rain will be increasing with a low tomorrow night aff54. -- of 54. more later. >> thank you very much. >>> an a gop primary last weekend the democrats take center stage in south carolina this week. hillary clinton and bernie sanders going to be campaigning across the state. analysts say winning over the after a campaign against president obama in 2008, hillary clinton has worked with the president on a number of issues. bernie sanders a new name for many voters has been endorsed by some state law makers and trying to garner votes by speaking at black colleges and universities. . >> high percentage of the young vote. but whe

geometry jim gandy -- chief meteorologist jim gandy is at kroger answering your weather questions. we will send things to him now with details on what to expect. jim? >> reporter: today has been a busy day weather wise because of the threat of severe weather come there -- weather and there are other things as well. i am at kroger at two notch road and sparkleberry lane on the northeast side of columbia. i will be here through 7:30 p.m. tonight. come on out to kroger. love to see you. we have been having a weather fest today and part of that was to make available to you the weather alert radios. they are at a discounted rate. they will be on sale at all the walgreen stores through mid- may. you have to come out now. in the meantime, in addition to us being here we have had different groups here throughout the day to make you aware of things that you might want to think about for severe weather. and one of those has been the south carolina emergency management division. and andrew phillips is with us. thank you for coming out and being with us today. >> absolutely. great event. we ar

. >>> jim gandy is standing by now. it was kind of okay out there today but that's not the case the rest of the week? >> that's right. 62 degrees today. the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of america's best mayors. in congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over two and a half million contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuition-free public colleges. people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change! [ cheers and applause ] bernie sanders -- husband, father, grandfather, an honest leader building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in. >>> well, before we

jim gandy came through for us. a lot of baseball at founder's park, a mid week game and a they're about to finish up over at founder's park. hill getting start for the gamecocks on the mound and gets one of his mini strikeouts. chad holbrook looking on and would watch hill get another. six inning, two hits allowed, no walks and 11 strikeouts. strong debut for hill. jean cone is at the plate. he lays down a perfect bunt. co man is up on first. bases loaded for marcus moon any. he lifts one to left. we're going to have runs cross the plate. that's an error. it's 5-0 carolina as they play in the 8th ining. >> switching gores to hoops, frank martin and company are home tomorrow for a 9:00 p.m. against tennessee, a team they lost to on the road earlier this year. how do you prepare for a team that's beaten you before. he talked about what they need to do this time around against the tennessee volunteers. >> bill once said competing is doing everything the right way whether you're screening, understanding a play, cuting

jim gandy, you'll be there? >> i will. let me just add if you have an old weather radio and it's still working, bring g it in and we'll trouble shoot it. if you're having trouble with it just bring it in and we'll see if we can take care of it. no stormy weather. the radio won't be needed this week then. system though, moving through the great lakes region and it's been headed more towards the east. as the high moves out the warmer air is moving in. look at these temperatures across the country right now. basically 60s and 70s through the nation's mid section. the cold air is being push into the forth east, 36-degrees in new york city, dallas 77, phoenix is at 80 degrees. it's warm throughout the west implete going to warm-up over the weekend as well. 53-degrees in florence, myrtle beach to 48 degrees. 57 in sumter, 59 in columbia, 60 in orangeburg and augusta. tonight we'll see clear skies. towards daybreak we see the clouds coming in. tomorrow mostly cloudy and no rain. cloudy skies into sunday but a batch of rain comes

. >>> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> today we had a few clouds. the low this morning was 37 at the airport. 40 in the city and both locations warmed up to 62. at the moment we have mostly cloudy skies. 54 degrees. calm conditions. we expect cries to clear tonight with a low of -- skies to clear tonight with a low and tomorrow night a low of 32. >> all right. thank you. >>> controversial case in kershaw county made it to a courtroom today for the first time. it has to do with a. who shot and killed a 17-year-old who was stealing on his property. news 19's mary sturgill was there. >> i don't want what i am going to say condone what he did -- [ indiscernible ] however i have known him for some time. what these people said about him i concur with. i don't believe she flight risk or a danger to the community. i would not oppose a low bond or a personal recognizance bond. >> the sheriff spoke on behalf of a person his deputies arrested and the sheriff wasn't the only person who took the opportunity. >> jim is a decent and >> reporter: 1/2 of

for that outlet to jim gandy at the kroger talking about these weather radios. jim? i am here at the kroger store at the corner of two notch road and sparkleberry lane. we have been having our weather fest throughout the day. we have been making available to people here in the midlands the weather alert radios at a discounted rate. in addition we want to thank the groups that have been here, south carolili emergency management division, richland county emergency services. they have all been here with us today. the response has been great. we have a few people coming in to the store. we will be here for a little while longer. if you are in the area come on by and get your weather alert radios. back to you. >> thank you. >>> rebuilt together is an organization getting people back in their flood damaged homes. they have been busy. is now ready for her to move back in. >> it is more than just a project. it is somebody's home. you know? and -- regardless of where -- [ indiscernible ] it is our home. all we have known together since we moved in here. so to see it all put b

. >> now the midlands most meteorologist, jim gandy. today we didn't see rain but we continued to have clouds in place and our temperatures are in a narrow range. low this morning 57 degrees at the airport, 56-degree, high was 61 at both location. winds are from the east- northeast at 7 miles per hour. for tonight we're about as low as we'll get. we expect to see an increase in rain tomorrow foreigning. warm hair moves in and we'll see the threat of thunderstorms and maybe severe weather. the front will come through and it will get windy behind front. we'll see winds gusting to maybe 45 miles per hour and a decrease in clouds tomorrow night, still windy with a low of 42. more on the forecast in a moment. >> jim, thank you. our state's democratic primary earlier today bernie sanders was campaigning in virginia and now he's in columbia. hillary clinton is also here for the event. earlier today she was at central baptist church and tomorrow she'll be at morris college in sumter. complete coverage of the democratic presidential primary head

. >>> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> well, today we saw sunshine. it was a chilly start to the day. low temperature of 31 at the airport. both locations warmed up to 59 degrees. right now clear skies, 54 degrees. winds at 5 miles per hour. for tonight the winds will be light. s clear. low of 31 -- skies clear, low of 31. tomorrow 63 degrees with clouds late tomorrow night and a low of 43. i will have the rest of the weekend forecast coming up. >> all right. thank you. >>> with voting on the minds of south carolinians, a foundation from silicon valley says they have the software to make voting a more transparent process. they say the state's voting machines are outdated and they seven the software to put south carolina on track away from the black box by going back to paper ballots. south carolina pays thousands of dollars in fees on voting machines. the software would be free because it is publicly funded. >> the reason it should be on dodged a bullet several times. sooner or later a machine will fail at the wrong time and you will hav

. >>> midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. would be. airport. now we have 46 degrees under clear skies and calm tonight we expect an increase of 32. tomorrow it will be cloudy in the morning and we may see some sunshine late in the afternoon with a high of 48. it will be mostly clear tomorrow night with a low of 31. we are expecting a cold weekend. moment. >> thank you so much. >>> a five year old girl was found wandering in the middle of gervais street in columbia by herself without a coat, socks, or shoes yesterday. police charged 38 year old john larry tool with unlawful conduct towards a child. tool told police he was in town for a meeting. he drove to columbia from georgia with the little girl. he says he left the girl in the car alone during that meeting. the child's mother lives out of state. tool was booked when richland county jail and bond set at $20,000. he is not allowed to have contact with his child or her mother. >>> two men behind bars after orangeburg deputies and north police connected them to a break in at a pharmacy not once

disgusting. >> sea creature according to jim gandy. that ruins hilton head for me. >> it's rubbing up against your leg and you think it's debris. >> gross. on to something so much better. today is the 19th. >> we love our teachers and we love when we can combine things. we're going to introduce you to february's buddy call survivor. >> my name is b-killer and math is what i know. hate to brag but when it bamberg: i was one of the leaders in the house to take charge and say the flag has to come down now. bernie aligns more with what i'm passionate about -- addressing issues with civil rights, criminal justice reform, income disparities. change needs to happen and it needs to happen now. we need a leader like bernie who is not afraid to go against the status quo. for years he stood up against t ong, even when it wasn't popular. she spent a lifetime making a difference for people. winning healthcare for 8 million children. benefits for families of reservists and the national guard. standing strong around the world for human rights hillary

.>>> now the midlands' most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy >> it was cloudy and cold this morning but then the clouds move down and warms up. 33 was the low at the airport and 35 in the city and 52 degrees at the airport. we have clear skies right now with calm conditions and a dry hermas. tonight we are expecting a low temperature of 31 and tomorrow it will be sunny and breezy but still chilly with the high tomorrow night it will be mostly clear with a low of 22. i want the rest of the weekend forecast coming up.>> thank you. the effects now of the october flood are still visible on certain roads and bridges throughout the midlands. the department of transportation just released their monthly updates seen 25 flood impacted bridges are being fast tracked for a replacement. that includes the bridge on congress road in for richland county which crews will begin working on next week. and the rockbridge in forest acres which is set to open june 1. a resident who lives next to the bridge says it has put a few extra minutes into his daily route. >> is a little bit of a

now to jim gandy at the weather expo. what is going on out there at the kroghers at sparkleberry lane? >> reporter: our weather fest goes on till 8:00 p.m., kroger, two notch road and sparkleberry lane. one of the people wanted to bring in and talk to, bruce jones of midland radio corporation. you are the reason we are having this because of the weather alert radios. >> crazy that we have severe weather on the day we are here. we planned this six weeks ago. >> not the severe weather. the fest. it has been a good response we sold out of the desktop radio. kroger has plenty of these, $29.99 at this store. we want to thank news 19 for your support of the noaa weather radio. official voice of the national weather service. >> that's right. they were going to be out here today but they have been busy at the national weather service because of the potential of severe weather today. these right here, they sold out but they are still available in the midland. >> academy sports and walgreen's stores carry the weather radio as well.

take your cotton t-shirt. >> that is why i have trust issues. >> jim gandy said fiber. i don't want that kind of fiber. >> if you are buying a product like milk or cheese and you are getting it in the non- refrigeration aisles think about that. [ talking at the same time ] >> i thought i knjw cheese. >>> coming up next, are you paying $150 a month for cable matt will tell you how >>> coming up tonight on wltx, the big bang theory at 8:00 p.m., life and pieces, mom at 9, angel from hell, element at 10:00 p.m. and then news 19 at 11:00 p.m.. >>> speaking of tv, cord cutting is easier than ever before thanks to a new bargain. our money man says the number one request from folks looking to cucuthe cord, hate losing now you can have the best for $19.99 including espn and other options that are bundled with crazy expensive packages. to get that deal, go to our website just head to our website www.wltx.com. >> the classic game monopole is ditching the class. it is malled ultimate banking game. players scan cards instead of using cash. >> what? had the -- >> the new game elimin

south carolina's weather man, chief meteorologist jim gandy who has been tracking the storms for us this afternoon. jim, is the worse over at this point? >> well, i think it is for much still tracking rain. that could be a concern. here is that line of showers and thunderstorms, east of raleigh, northeastern part of the state, east of columbia, all the way down into southern georgia and you can see how the thunderstorms are lined up along here and that is what is producing the heavier rain. let's focus in on the midland right now. you can see rain. the bigger concern, to the south of columbia, this area, down to orangeburg, it has had a bowing feature and that is associated with strong gusty winds. there is a severe thunderstorm warning for orangeburg county till 5:30 p.m. this afternoon and calhoun county. they could reissue this to the east and sumpter and calhoun county but they haven't done that just yet. in the meantime temperatures cooled off. 75 degrees here in columbia today. right now 65. 65 in augusta. 60 atlanta. 62 raleigh. warm ahead of the line of thunderstorms. we have rai

. >>> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> well, today we started off with sunshine but during the afternoon we have been watching a front that is moving our way and that front has been bringing some clouds and precipitation to the area as well. right now, though, we are under mostly cloudy skies in the area. and we have had a little bit of rain. one batch of rain came through, another batch is going to be coming through. you can see on the ratar the showers moved to -- radar, the showers moved off to the east. we have a little bit of rain left and then for the most part we will be seeing just dry conditions for the rest of the night but it has cooled us off. knoxville they are at 42 degrees. columbia right now our temperature is 47 degrees. we have mostly cloudy skies. winds at 6 miles per hour producing a wind chill of 44. wind chill will be a problem for us the next few days. tonight still breezy. 33 degrees for a low. tomorrow 45 and windy conditions. now let's take a look at the traffic around the area this afternoon. looking at an over

that is saturday night >>> now, the midland's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> well, we are starting to see some clouds forming in the southern part of the midlands right now. it's mostly clear outside. our temperature is 41 degrees. winds are from the east at three miles per hour. we'll continue to see an increase in clouds overnight but a low of 32 tomorrow. it will be cloudy when you wake up, but we'll see some sunshine in the afternoon. the high temperature of 48-degrees. it is going to be a cold, dry weekend. then as we go into next week, we'll see some rain. that forecast is coming up. >>> all right, jim, thank you. hundreds of richland county residents are giving their opinion now on a multimillion dollar greenway project that would run along the gills creek watershed. >> tonight, the richland county transportation penny program held a public meeting on the matter. and news 19's lauren thomas was there. >>> this is simply the feedback session tonight. to get your opinion whether it ought to go there or not. pierce and transportation director rob perry

chief meteorologist jim gandy is back with your full forecast. >>> despite their permanant location being ruined in the flood, one columbia bakery found a way to continue making these delicious we'll tell you who >>> instead of closing their doors, tonight's golden spatula winner found a what i to continue baking their goods. in town. despite all these changes, they still managed to get the perfect routine inspection which is pretty amazing. news 19's colby gallagher shows us how they did it. >> well, this week, we have a very special golden spatula award winner. it is chocolate nirvana. this is john rogers with chocolate nirvana. i understand right now this is home for you guys. >> this is our temporary home. david has been great letting us rent it for him since the flood. we have just been working out of here. we're not open on a he tail side which we are really meaning to get into. we have been unfortunate to have this right after the flood. >> how tough is it to get this perfect score in a place that is not as familiar as what you were using for the past year? >> it's difficult. but w

we're going to send things over to chief meteorologist, jim gandy, who is monitor the system. >> it's been a vigorous system already. this is a time lapse of our we're seeing quite a bit of thunderstorm activity coming off of the gulf and there are tornado watches for louisiana, alabama. there are flash flood watches out from central alabama to georgia to south carolina. we've been watching this and, as you can see as we put this into motion, everything moving to the north. right now it's just a few light showers in the midlands. not much going on at the moment. we also have a wedge of cool air over the midlands right now. 47 in greenville, 46 in newberry. charleston is at 71 degrees. the front is just south of orangeburg. right now in columbia it is cloudy. 57-degree, winds from the northeast at 6 miles per hour. go down to about 55 degrees. there will be scattered showers but most of our rain will be coming tomorrow in the form of showers and thunderstorms. there could be some of these thunderstorm that is may produce strong winds and we can not rule out a tornado for tomorrow. it's

. >>> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with jim gandy. >> we had a few light showers sunshine and it was chilly today and cooler than yesterday. 46 now in raleigh and charlotte 47 and over in atlanta, 49 degrees and here in columbia it's sunny and dry. our relative humidity is 22% and winds from the north at 8 miles per hour. 52 degrees. we're seeing clear skies and cold temperatures, 27 for a low tomorrow. and sunny tomorrow at 54 with clouds increasing and low temperature of 34 degrees. >> let's take a look at the traffic around the area this afternoon, today it's busy. you can see red and we're going to go to the northwest side and here is through the malfunction junction. there's an accident on the westbound lane of i-20. and it's slow going from junction all of the way to the blvd. and an accident here near sunset boulevard and it's improving but slow past the airport exit on the east side an accident that was on the northbound lane here in forest drive and it's backed things up so the northbound lanes on east i-77 it's slow and there's an accident not too far from clemso

. >>> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> and today we had a nice day. we had some cloud that moved through this morning and we were left with a few clouds. temperatures warmed up from a chilly start. 60 degrees in the augusta area. however in atlanta they are at 50. asheville 42 degrees. raleigh 55. right now we have partly cloudy skies. 59 degrees. winds are from the west at 8 miles per hour. now for tonight we are expecting a low temperature of 35. the clouds that we have now will be moving out. it will be clearing tonight. tomorrow, sunny, cool, 58 degrees for a high and tomorrow night we drop to 32 degrees for a low. now a look at the traffic around our area for this afternoon. we will start with an over view. a few areas that were of concern in the northwestern part of the city. that is where we will go first. going on 26 through malfunction junction the average speed on you can see on 26 here coming into malfunction junction it is slow and a slow down on the westbound lanes of i-20. on the southeast side of town, not too bad out on the

. >>> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> today we have seen plenty of sunshine across the area. the air mass has been dry. a few clouds coming in but even they dissipated and temperatures have warmed up. we have been in the mid-70s this afternoon. and right now even in raleigh, they are at 71 degrees. 73 augusta. 71 degrees atlanta. here in columbia it is sunny, winds from the west at 11 miles per hour. now tonight it will be clear. we will see a low of 45 degrees. tomorrow it will be mostly sunny during the day with a high of 74. but clouds will be increasing during the evening and we expect to see some rain coming through here late tomorrow night with a low temperature of 52. now let's take a look at the traffic this afternoon across the area. first of all, an over view of what is going on. things are in good shape. a slow down already here in the westbound lanes of i-26, malfunction junction, 21 miles per hour and a slow down right here on the sumter highway heading towards pine view road, 16 miles per hour. we have a couple accidents on th

. >>> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> well, a cold front came through the area over night but the rain was slow to move out. this is a time lapse over the last three years. the rain continues in the coastal region. live radar now. the rain moved east of i-95 now. moving out of the midlands for the first time. the south eastern part of the midlands got a lot of rain. temperatures kept down by the clouds today. in the 50s. right now 50 degrees up in raleigh. 59 augusta. 50 degrees over in atlanta. it is cloudy here in columbia. temperatures 58 degrees. winds from the southwest at 5 miles per hour. tonight those clouds will stick chanan for a shower, low temperature of 38 degrees. but the clouds will be moving out before day break. expecting sunshine tomorrow. 52 degrees. it will be colder tomorrow. and tomorrow night we will be dropping down to 28 degrees. now a look at the traffic around the area for this afternoon. we will start with an over view of the traffic right now. really around the cici not too many problems except in the northweste

. >>> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> today we saw plenty of sunshine. we have also seen clouds increasing. we had rain coming in to the western part of the state. much of it was not measurable but the clouds have been left over and it effected temperatures to the west. temperatures in the upper 60s. look how warm it is, 70 degrees in augusta. 70 raleigh. columbia mostly cloudy but 73 degrees. winds from the west, southwest at 9 miles per hour. for tonight we are expecting an increase in clouds with a low of 52. mostly cloudy tomorrow. 73 degrees. then tomorrow night we will see a chance for some rain coming in. a 30% chance for rain. not a big chance. low temperatures of 60 degrees. now let's take a look at the as we do we will give you an over view. not too bad around the city at the moment. we have one accident, this one is on shop road right now. doesn't appear to be delaying traffic too much. just be alert that it is in the area. slowing down through the malfunction junction area. 378 not too bad at this time. northeast side of town, in

. >>> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> with today we saw sunshine around the area but it was still a little colder than what we saw yesterday. we started out with sunshine. a few clouds during the afternoon now. those clouds moved out, we have clear skies and it is chilly outside. at the moment 36 degrees up in charlotte. 38 degrees in atlanta. asheville 26 degrees. along the coast, savannah 43. columbia we are sunny but it is 39 degrees. winds are sustained from the that is producing a wind chill of 30 degrees and our wind chill has been below freezing throughout the day. here is what we are expecting tonight. it will be clear. winds diminish but still a light breeze, a low of 23. tomorrow sunny, high of 50 degrees. we will warm up a little bit and see an increase in clouds tomorrow night with a low temperature of 32. now our first look at the traffic around the area this afternoon. we have a few accidents to talk about. on the northwest side of town. westbound lanes of i-20. lowing it down back to malfunction junction and we have a slow d

. >>> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> today we started out with some fog but that burned off and during the course of the day we had clouds over the northern portion of the state. that is because a front came down to the columbia door step and stopped right there. we have a batch of light rain in georgia. that might come into the area this evening. most of the range is off to the west. -- rain is off to the west. greenville they are at 50 degrees. 59 degrees in charlotte. south of the front a warm day. a augusta -- augusta 76. right now we are partly cloudy in columbia. 69 degrees. our wind shifted to a northeast wind at 10 miles per hour. which means that the front has slid through the columbia area but it hasn't impacted us much. we had been in the 70s. tonight we are expecting an increase in clouds, showers later on tonight with a low of 60. most of the rain will be coming tomorrow in the form of showers and thunderstorms and a high of 72 and the rain will come to an end tomorrow night with a low temperature of 53. now let's take a loo

. >>> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> we have been watching an area of rain coming in from georgia. you can see the rain approaching the augusta area. but also notice in this time lapse of the radar some of in the is be-- some of the rain is diminishing. all way may see is plight rain showers -- light rain showers that is it. we warmed up to 73 in the city and 74 degrees at the airport. right now cloudy skies. temperatures are 62 degrees. winds are from the east at 9 miles per hour. i am not sure how much further it will go. we are projecting 60. could go below that. we are expecting a chance for some showers tonight. more thunderstorms are expected fofotomorrow. and that is when we will see most of our rain in the afternoon with a high of 72 and rain is ending tomorrow night with a low of 52. i will have more coming up. >> thank you. >>> after trying to speed a road bill senators are now hitting the breaks on a plan to get more money to fix the roads. he wants to bring in the departrtnt of transportation and the state infrastructure bank to t

. >> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> today we've seen plenty of sun and it has been a bit cooler and the temperature is winds are from the are diminishing. it will be 27 degrees tonight and tomorrow, it will be mostly sunny and 54 degrees. off to the west there will be rain and it will be turning colder next week. we'll look at that in a moment. >> we now know the name of the pedestrian that was killed in orangeburg county last night. trooper said 45-year-old ronnie myers died after being hit by the car. the driver of the vehicle was not hurt, the accident remains under investigation. >>> deputies looking for a guy for using a stolen credit card, not just any guy, this guy. the man you see stole the woman's credit card and then use it'd to make purchases totally $1,400. call crime stoppers if you know him. >>> and a woman is facing embezzlement charges. she stoled from the elementary school where she worked. she worked at riverside elementary school and an audit showed she took several payments meant for the child care program. she's bee

this system is creeping its way closer and closer and jim gandy is here. >> we'll we're going to see an increase in the storms here. you can see rain down here in western orangeville. berry, all of this is moving northeast rapidly at about 40 miles-per-hour. now, as we zoom out, you can see the area under the gun here. western georgia and this line here is what we're concerned about in the panhandle because of the tornado potential. we don't have that potential here, we have fog forming and and our temp is at 52 degrees. we'll see the moisture increase and then for tomorrow, ahead of the front we're expecting a high temperature of 72 and then it will get windy and we may see it get up to 45 miles-per- hour. we'll have more on that coming up. >>> all right, jim thank you so we're now just four days away from the primary here in south carolina. clinton and sanders are both looking for a win here and each of them have held events all hoping to win your last vote. >> reporter: gun violence is by far the leading cause of death for african american men more than the next nine causes combin

. >>> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. thunderstorms earlier today and right now this is a time lapse of the radar over the southeast. over the last three hours, you can see more rain to the west, mississippi, alabama, georgia and south carolina. let's take a look at the latest live radar right now. you can see showers right here on i-20 in lexington county. moving to the north, northeast at 35 miles per hour. you will be seeing more rain coming into the columbia area. not as much rain in the southern part of the midland but that may change later on this evening. in the meantime, here is what we are seeing as far as temperatures are concerned. mild in the midland. 68 degrees over in augusta. macon 70 degrees. 71 charleston. notice in raleigh they are 48 degrees. there is a front moving through north carolina right now that is backing down into south carolina, we will see that front coming through later on this evening. at the moment here in columbia too far away. our temperature is 64 degrees. winds are from the east at 3

. >>> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> this morning we saw showers and thunderstorms moving through the area but they moved out quickly. we saw the sun come out. here is the second system moving through the tennessee river valley, that will be moving through tonight. you can see this. this is a three hour loop of the radar. you can see how the rain has been moving through the tennessee river valley. wintery mix in parts of the mountains of north carolina. light rain moving into the upstate. but most of this will stay to the north. we will see a slight chance for rain but it warmed up today with the sun out. in fact, raleigh 56 degrees. 63 augusta. 59 atlanta. clouds and rain, 40 degrees in knoxville. columbia we are mostly sunny. our temperature 64 degrees. winds from the west, southwest at 10 miles per hour. a slight chance ofofa shower. a low of 41 degrees. mostly sunny to partly cloudy at times tomorrow. we will see a high temperature of 62. but clear skies tomorrow night with a low of 36. now let's look at the traffic this afternoon.

. >>> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. a pleasant day. 57 degrees. calm conditions. tonight clear skies. expecting a low temperature of 31. tomorrow it will be sunny, we will see a high temperature of 63 degrees. but the clouds will be moving in for the weekend. it will be dry. we don't expect to see rain till next week. i will have the forecast coming up. >> thank you. >>> the october flood put many of us in a situation we have never been in before but they also brought communities together. more than 300 rescues, firefighters went from one call to another. each time people from the community chipped into help. faced with a water rescue firefighters found themselves in danger at times too. >> we were trying our best to figure out how to -- as we navigated the waters we stopped one time and just said look, i am going to say a prayer for the whole group. luckily prayers were answered. no loss of life. at 11:00 p.m. hear from sumter firefighters and those rescued during the floods. >>> two of three deputies injured in a car

primary is weather should be >> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> today it was warm across the area. we saw plenty of sun shierntion 31 for low at the airport, up to 61 for high. 62 down in orangeburg, 60 in sumter. florence 58 degrees and air coming off the ocean kept myrtle beach to 52. it's 54 in augusta, 56 for columbia and 51 in sumter. cool never the eastern part of the state. myrtle beach is at 48. woe have clear skies right now. we have high pressure moving off towards the east. this has been producing windy we have a secondary system back in parts of new mexico. this front is trying to get in here. tonight we'll start off clear. toward daybreak we'll see the clouds starting to increase across the area. mostly cloudy tomorrow and tomorrow night, no rain. on sunday there is going to be a been of rain. this is the very test run of our computer model. it's showing the rain coming into the western part of the state. it fades quickly. for sunday we have slight chances for rain. tonight we're expected low teteerature ms. the 40s, 41 in camden,

. >>> jim gandy, we had a little bit of wind out there today. >> there are those who say we cannot defeat a corrupt political system and fix a rigged economy. but i believe we need to lift our vision above the obstacles in place and look to the american horizon. to a nation where every child can not only dream of going to college, but attend one. where quality healthcare will be a birthright of every citizen. where a good job is not a wish, but a reality. where women receive equal pay and a living wage is paid to all. an america where after a lifetime of labor, there is time for rest and grandchildren. a nation that defends our people and our values, but no longer carries so much of that burden alone. i know we can create that america if we listen to our conscience and our hearts and not to the pundits and the naysayers. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message, >>> strong winds that we have seen over the past couple of days have been ushering in. we yesterday we had a high temperature of 80 degrees and today it was 57 in columbia and orangeburg. it was 57 and sumter. the cool air has c

. >>> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> the rain has moved out of the picture right now but we in fact currently right now the rain has moved into the coastal region. for us cloudy skies. our temperature 57 degrees. under calm conditions. there will be a chance for showers late tonight. that is as a disturbance comes in from the north. cloudy skies tonight. low of 38 degrees. tomorrow sunny and chilly with a hihi temperature of 52. i will have the weekend forecast coming up. >> all right. thank you. >>> the national weather service confirming yesterday's damage near batesburg-leesville was not caused by tornado. it was a microburst. wind at 7 miles per hour. it -- 70 miles per hour. it spent debris flying -- sent debris flying. a turned was confirmed in southeast lexington county. cars and trees were damaged in that area. >>> and today is the 4th month whether you were impacted or not, a new problem couldenth your health. news 19's could effect your health -- news 19's could effect your -- news 19's -- could effect your health. mold, more com

jim gandy's back with our forecast. >>> the countdown to the gop primary in our state. how you can get up close and personal with the candidates. >>> you could be doing your workout routine all wrong and that could be obtained. three things you need to know join she spent a lifetime making a difference for people. winning healthcare for 8 million children. benefits for families and the national guard. standing strong around the world and women's rights. hillary clinton. she'll raise the minimum wage. take on the drug companies to lower the cost of prescription drugs. and give everyone the opportunity to go to college without going into debt. she'll get the job done... for us. i'm hillary clinton >>> satellite pictures showing skies have cleared over the area right now dry air is in place. we still have some clouds back in the appellations and the tennessee river valley heading north but no weather systems coming to the south east so it's clear and it will stay that way. the coolest there is right here in the eastern part of the country all the way down into the southeas

. >> e-- jim gandy. >> we have rain and thunderstorms. thunderstorms from near florence, extending through orangeburg county into georgia. we will go in closer. the heaviest rains are now along i-95. cutting to the south of orangeburg and that continues to move to the east, we are seeing rain and we have seen good amounts so far. many areas from columbia south have seen an inch to an inch and a half of rain. may be heavier amounts. that is something we will be watching. it is light rain in columbia. temperatures 65 degrees. winds from the south, southeast at 6 miles per hour. the front hasn't gone through yet. we are expecting a low of 53 degrees. rain continues in to the evening. tomorrow just a chance for showers. otherwise it will be cloudy and 59 degrees. extended forecast. we will talk about that coming up. >> thank you so much. >>> we understand there is still power outages in the coverage area tonight. specifically batesburg, leesville. that area of lexington county. news 19's joyce koh is live from the community with more. joyce?

all of the disease plays are up in wall growns, kroger and jim gandy you're going to be a part of this day. i will be there. not the whole time but i'll be there. we're also going to have someone there that if you have a weather radio already and you're having problems with it, bring it in and we'll see if we can do something. >> trying to get everybody ready for the storms in. >> right, our storm peak in may. >> no stormy weather this weekend. no excuse physician you're going to vote tomorrow. it's going to be nice and sunny? >> not so much sunny but it's going to be dry and warmer. we do have some cloud that is are on the way. right now we have clear skies outside and we had plenty of sunshine today. the clouds have move into the upstate region and we expect the clouds by daybreak. in the great lakes region and produced wind gusts to about 60 miles per hour today not a lot of precipitation around the country right now and temperatures have been warm to the west today. 77 degrees in st. louis, san antonio 80 degrees and warm erections tended northward up into the northern plains. the

jim gandy's back with our forecast. >>> the countdown to the gop primary in our state. how you can get up close and personal with the candidates. >>> you could be doing your workout routine all wrong and that could be obtained. three things you need to know join >>> satellite pictures showinin skies have cleared over the area right now dry air is in place. we still have some clouds back in the appellations and the tennessee river valley heading north but no weather systems coming to the south east so it's clear and it will stay that way. the coolest there is right here in the eastern part of the country all the way down into the southeast with temperatures in the 40s. the coldest air up around the great lakes were temperatures are in the teens and 20s. it has been milder from the southern plains back into the west and we will be feeling some of that coming this weekend. is 43 degrees in sumter. -- it is 43 degrees in sumter. for tomorrow we will be seeing plenty of sunshine but it will still be a cool day and chilly tomorrow night and clear and cold. friday we will see

at some time between eight and eight are a jim gandy will be at kroger. it's saturday -- it's wednesday. it's on wednesday and we may see some stormy weather. >> we've been telling people about that. if you need to, go-getter we had some rain today and this is a live look at our radar. restrain is in the northern part of the mid-lands with scattered showers and thunderstorms running from northern newberry county all the way into fairfield county. this is looking northward -- moving northward very slowly. this is a time lapse of the radar over the last three hours and you can see the stream of more struck coming out of georgia. we've had that front coming down to a good part of the mid- lands and it will go stationary and the other part of the front in georgia has already gone stationary. we are going to be seeing and watching is this area of low pressure coming out of the southwest already producing precipitation in texas and as invigorate this area of low pressure in the western gulf region and this is going to be quite a storm tomorrow and is probably g

. >>> now, the midlands most meteorologist jim gandy. >> watching an area of rain that is moving through the tennessee river valley. moved in to western north carolina. it is moving into drier air. so there is only a slight chance we will see rain. right now temperatures across the area look like this. skies. temperatures 60 degrees. winds from the southwest at 6 miles per hour. tonight we are expecting a low temperature of 41 with an increase in clouds and a slight that will be tonight. tomorrow it will be partly cloudy with a high temperature of 62. it should be dry for the work week. we will look at the forecast in a moment. >>> governor nikki haley announced a new partnership that aims to reduce preterm births and child hospitalizations. 1200 families receive intervention. it involves pairing nurses with moms on medicaid. the nurses make home visits birthday. the new announcement means 3,200 additional mothers will years. >> this will reduce on domestic violence, this will reduce on numbers of visits to the emergency room, this will reduce on sicknesses, on so rural areas. this will

. >>> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> we ever seen some rain move through the area. right now that first line of rain moved to the east and it is moving out of the midland. we have a few showers now in the eastern part of newberry and saluda county. not sure if they will last long enough to get into columbia. 46 degrees. winds from the west, southwest that is producing a wind chill of 43. tonight we are expecting partly cloudy skies. clearing at times. low of 33. breezy. tomorrow it will be windy. we will see clouds in the afternoon with a high temperature of 45. i will have the rest of the forecast coming up. >> thank you. >>> deputies were able to avoid two head on collisions with drunk drivers over the past week. the first was last wednesday on highway 601. deputies observed a 47-year-old driving south in the north bound lanes. she was arrested and charged with dui. the second happened on friday. the sheriff says a deputy was nearly run off the road by the 65-year-old who was driving in the wrong lane. the deputy charged him with dui an

. >>> true view forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >> skies are clear. the sun is setting and the temperatures are beginning to drop. right now it is 37 degrees. winds at 15 miles per hour from the west. that is sustained wind. producing a wind chill of 28 degrees. tonight the wind will diminish. skies will be clear and we are expecting a low of 23 degrees tomorrow morning and tomorrow we will see sunshine. the high temperature of 50 degrees. we will have more on the forecast in a moment. >> thank you very much. >>> the race for the white house is smaller tonight. new jersey governor chris getting out of the campaign after he came in 6th in last night's new hampshire primary which was a tough blow considering he focused his efforts in that state. also carly fiorina dropping out this afternoon. she struggled to build support and her poll numbers lagged. she finished with 1% of the vote last night. marco rubio brought his campaign to the midland today as he held a brief campaign rally at the columbia convention center. he vowed to bounce back and says he w

. >>> now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. >>> today has warm. -- been warm. 18 degrees above normal for this time of year. right now temperatures are at 71 degrees. winds from the southwest at 11 miles per hour. partly cloudy skies and tonight we are expecting an increase in clouds, low of 52 degrees. tomorrow partly cloudy skies with a high temperature of 73. on wednesday we expect to see storms moving through the area and it will start to turn colder on thursday. more on the forecast is coming up. >>> the fir votes in the 2016 presidential race will be cast tonight in the iowa caucuses. from a trump rally in iowa that was different from what we are used to seeing. >> reporter: a surprise for the candidate who is turning out massive crowds, half of the seats here were empty when donald trump took the stage. could be bad weather, the middle of the week, but he still talked about the things his supporters love, including one that sounds like what we heard about bernie sanders. >> spending all of this money by the special interests and the lobbyi