john lyon was at a town hall meeting in greenville tonight. john: willie wilson signs a book for someone he hopes will vote for him in saturday's emigrated primary. >> it was brought up in a way. john: you might be wondering, who is willie wilson? as a middle school dropout, and now he works for a medical supply company that makes $60 million a year in sales. dr. wilson: i am an example of the american dream. people can look up and see you can make it. john: his next goal is the presidency, bringing his modest campaign to the phyllis wheatley center in greenville. dr. wilson: people are struggling, and that is why i have dedicated myself to this cause. john: he is running against hillary clinton and bernie sanders, bringing over 5000 to his last stop in greenville. he even says the party is against him. dr. wilson: they say they have not sanction me, so therefore, i am not a democratic candidate. john: also a christian, dr. wilson is running on a he also wants to focus on america's problems first. dr. wilson: you can have far more people. that

carol: john lyon says both men spoke of their faith and try to keep any contest on the high road. dr. carson: the fact is, we are all people of faith. john: and dr. ben carson shared his faith with the audience. dr. carson: and then at that point, i said, you know what? it is not me. it is god. hands. john: there was a coalition in spartanburg, with over 2500 people listening as carson also talked about those who are dragging the campaign down without naming names. dr. carson: i would say if the shoe fits, wear it. and it could be a comment about a multitude of people, quite frankly. john: senator tim scott was writing a high road of another sort. his candidates, marco rubio, picked up the endorsement of governor nikki haley. >> he seemed to be pleased, no doubt. she is a big fish in this gigantic pond. john: maybe not such good news for ted cruz, running a distant second to donald trump and now having to keep an eye on marco rubio as he continues to showcase his conservative credentials. mr. cruz: and if you want a unapologetically, unshakable he for marriage and for life and who

john: john lyon, wyff news 4, greenville. michael: look for it in church. our sports team wil g from california, just a few days from now. you can catch "chasing a champi night. john: the people in iowa, good thing they vmajor winter storm moving in. rain change into snow in the southwestern part of the state of iowa. of snow by this ti michael: welcome back. it is interesting and i what the voters areg have already spoken. carol: donald trump falling short. ted cruz takes the republican side in iowa.trump is fighting with mike -- marco rubio. 90% of the vote is in right now. the latest numbers, these suspended his he let his supporters know by twitter. he comes in at 2%. rand paul, five percent. chris christie, 2%. b bush, 2%. carol: there, you see the numbers. mich here is where it gets interesting. of the democra is so close. look at those numbthree votes. hillary clinton leading bernie sanders by three votes. n 90% -- 90 precincts reporting. carol: also late tonight, former maryland governof race for the democratic nomination.he had seven. the explosive

wyff news 4's john lyon has an inside look at the campaign john: fans got a chance to sit in frank underwood's chair. >> it is great to have something like this in greenville. >> it is no coincidence the fictional democratic senator from gaffney opened his faux campaign office today close to the republican debate site. many here think underwood could hold his own against what the gop has to offer. >> frank needs to be frank. frank is number 1 he can do no wrong. he needs to be representative of gaffney up the street. >> do you think he could stand up to trump rubio and bush? >> i definitely think so, i think he's a strong candidate >> the underwood campaign is keeping things pretty close to the vest, but rumor has it that the candidate may be in the upstate. >> i would pass out and die if frank underwood legitimately walked in the door. >> seriously? >> yes. i would die. it's frank underwood. >> i would be really excited. i don't know. i don't think i could like think. >> the pop up campaign headquarters was a big hit with voters offering massages, free food, and opportunities for great selfie

carol: wyff news 4's john lyon says, some in the audience came looking for someone to support. john: they came, >> we the people must stand up for who we are, and what we believe in in this county. >> and we are fed up with the damage and destruction coming from the corrupt politicians in washington. john: and they crowed at the conservative convention, >> america and the world has serious, significant issues, and i'm hoping we get conservative john: sponsored by conservative review, just hours before south carolina voters go to the polls. >> i want to hear more about the military and veteran affairs, and things like that. john: erica smith was the first into the auditorium, getting a prime seat just 30 feet from the speakers. >> i know who i like, but i haven't made a final decision. john: many have already chosen a candidate, but a fair number also said they are still trying to decide. >> i haven't missed an election in all my life. john: mary ann riley has seen plenty of elections, voting since 1956. >> this has been a very contentious one, and i am sorry to say, this is too

michael: tonight, we also heard from some people in the carol: john lyon was listening to what voters>> welcome, courageous conservatives. john: over 1500 people came to the td convention center to welc cruz. >> god bless the state of south carolina while the crowd was enthusiastic, recent polls suggest thundecideds, and those with soft support for other cand, in the audience. >> i just really just came to see what he believed in, and his personal views on everything. >> trying to find answers, figure out who i can get behind john: others listening to the texas senator are leaning towards him, and are here taking a closer look to help cement their decision after his triumph >> i was just so impressed with the obvious ground game that he had to have, covered iowa so well. >> last night was a convincing factor. i heard his acceptance speech. i liked what he said. it impressed me. john: most of the other republican candidates are spending the day in new hampcr is doing a two-fer, spending part of the day there before the rally here. hoping to gain ground on donald trump, who he trails he

wyff news 4's john lyon brings us the story from anderson county. john: the cruz campaign has kicked its effort into overdrive to try and reach every voter it can. >> i was just wondering if i could count on your support saturday. john: volunteers worked the phones, >> god bless the great state of south carolina. john: and senator ted cruz worked the crowd at the anderson civic center. >> you know, i've been told south carolinians like their guns. john: over 1000 people came up to hear the texas republican hit the conservative strong points, and his thoughts on the supreme court vacancy. >> i am the only politician on that stage who spent his entire adult life fighting for the constitution and the bill of rights, and i give you my word, every justice i put on that court who -- will be a principled constitutionalist, who will defend our rights. john: cruz has a lot of ground to make up in south carolina if he wants to catch donald trump. >> if you've lived 50 years of written done or said anything to prove you are a conservative, you ain't. john: supp

wyff news 4's john lyon says, on one family. >> it's hard to get down here. john: 6-year-old finn smith climbs down the pig's tail at the tindal park playground. >> sometimes, i play with my friends here, and i really like this park, because this is where i learned to ride a bike on the tennis court. john: it's the park his father also played at when he was a kid. >> it's a good place for parents with single kids, like us, to get out and have some sort of fun with other kids. john: the park, once an elementary school site, is no longer needed by the district. for sale signs went up, and residents started petitions and campaigns to save the park, trying to keep the playground, tennis, and basketball courts for their children. but tonight, those dreams died hard. >> it's a sad day for all of us that love that park, it's a sad day for people in this community that love green spaces. >> we aren't in the business of holding onto property. we are not in the park business. john: the district voted tonight for tindal park from new focus builders, a local company that

michael: and wyff news 4's john lyon went star gazing. on the wren lady hurricanes, he found a shooting star whose high school career started in middle school. john: wren and dreher tip off the upper state championships at the bon secours arena, and it doesn't take long to get the ball in nakol franks' hands and for her to net her first bucket. nakol: my strength is definitely shooting, i've been recruited by colleges to be a shooter. john: nakol has been playing high school ball since the 7th grade and this is her second state championship. nakol: i know what it's going to be like and i am ready, i'm excited. john: bring it on? >> yes sir. [laughter] john: head coach lynn hicks brings a senior heavy team to this game and because it is so close to wren the team considers it a home game. coach hicks: that's kind of been our motto, we don't lose at home. and there are several of those seniors who have never lost a home ball game. we're in a home uniform. we're in greenville 20 minutes away so we hope we got the home court still. john: the ch

wyff news 4's john lyon says, just about everybody at tonight's meeting was upset. >> i would refuse to go to a different school. john: few things rile students >> i'm heartbroken. i'm crushed. john: or even school district trustees, more than talk of closing schools. >> now, to actually turn around and close them would be a complete waste of money. >> there is an urgency to do it quickly. john: the school district of pickens county is considering doing just that. the facilities committee voted tonight to ask the full board to close three elementary schools, a.r. lewis, holly springs, and ambler, sending 600 students to dacusville elementary and middle, hagood, and pickens elementaries. >> my kids are flourishing at ambler. they do enjoy a small environment and very dedicated staff. john: the district says, by closing the under-enrolled schools, it could save almost $12 million over 5 years, and still keep class sizes at one teacher for 21 students. >> it's extra space that we are not using, and it is draining our budget, and we've got to john: parents here are upset that the proposal

carol: wyff news 4's john lyon spent this evening going out with those trying to provide comfort and shelter for the "overnighters." >> and 4 people were sleeping on the cardboard. john: randy gamble and jerry higgs spent this evening scouring ashville, checking benches and highway underpasses, looking for those with no warm place to stay, >> it's actually a sleeping bag, if you all want to zip it open. john: helping those they could, >> we got a blanket and sleeping bag, so i'm just hoping to god we'll get into somewhere. shouldn't nobody be outside tonight. john: and taking others to the asheville-buncombe community christian ministry shelter. on nights like this, abccm uses two vans, making multiple sweeps around the city, trying to get everybody inside. >> we've seen them freeze to death in abandoned buildings and underpasses. we're committed that no one has to freeze to death. john: the ministry provides meals and a warm place to sleep the overnighters, who come in on a night like tonight, when temperatures are expected to feel like zero and below. >> this place is awesome, to op

john lyon, wyff news 4, greenville. michael: turning to commitment 2016. following donald trump's win in south carolina, in the primary, many eyes turn to nevada. tonight, a shakeup in the ted cruz campaign. today, cruz called for the resignation of his campaign spokesperson. this comes after one of his campaign members tweeted a story bible. >> the news story was false. that staffer deleted the tweet, apologized, and pulled it down. although i've spent this morning investigating what happened, and this morning, i asked for rick tyler's resignation. i have made clear in this campaign, that we will conduct this campaign with the very highest standards of integrity. michael: this all happened while cruz was in nevada today. he held rallies in both reno and elko. cruz was joined by the nevada attorney general adam laxalt. carol: marco rubio is fighting back, against this. rubio told reporters in las vegas that cruz needs to hold staffers accountable for their tactics. a cruz staffer apologized sunday to rubio in a facebook posting. this, after the campaign ca

john lyon, wyff news 4, clemson. carol: jeb bush and his mother barbara bush made campaign stops in the upstate. bush attended rallies in spartanburg, greenville, and central with his now 90-year-old mother in tow. bush, who finished fourth in new hampshire, is looking for a jump start. he told the crowd in central that his opponents aren't strong enough to be president. jeb: i hope you want someone that is running for president that intends to be president and intends to be a commander-in-chief that will lead our country forward rather than divide us. barbara: they say these other men are smart. they are smart, but they haven't he's on the most amazing things as governor. he is a great son, great father, great husband. he's a great friend. he's loyal. carol: jeb bush also said he was disappointed when longtime friend, governor nikki haley, endorsed opponent marco rubio. michael: from the bush dynasty to duck dynasty. reality star phil robertson campaigned in greenville tonight with senator ted cruz. robertson offici

wyff news 4's john lyon reports on the opening of the cancer survivors park boardwalk in downtown. [applause] john: with that, the boardwalk, and cancer survivors park, is open. the almost 1000-foot boardwalk, connecting church street to the swamp rabbit trail along the reedy river. >> in the hospital, in the chemotheraphy room, the thing i looked for was getting out into nature. john: a place for tim herron to exercise, as he's dealing with the after-effects of bone cancer >> for the people that come down here, everyone is going to find a different degree of happiness, or relief, or healing. john: this almost 7 acres of land was kind of a dead zone between falls park and cleveland park. but now, the cancer survivors are giving it new life. >> this is the first phase of 4. this is like the stepping point to provide a very special place. john: future improvements will include healing and children's gardens, a water wall, also education centers, with a total cost of $7.5 million. >> there is hope, and we hope this park will help to be access to that for many people that are on that jo

fight on many fronts, carol: tonight, 150 people camee to a town hall meeting, and wyff news 4's john lyon talked to a couple close to the center of the controversy. >> coming over the bridge, you can see the clearing. john: kim and robert lewis stand on the back deck of their dream home, overlooking a small pond and beautiful sunsets. >> it's just a nice, peaceful neighborhood, a good family community. john: turns out, now they are less than a half a mile from a land that might become a coal ash landfill. >> i'm just worried about our pond, our animals, our kids, our grandkids to come. i'm just worried about the future of what's going to happen. >> i'm really getting tired of liberty being looked at as the armpit of pickens county. john: over 150 people came to a town hall meeting to discuss to dump it, mrr. >> this company is trying to use a lined level 2 landfill to get around the rules in order to put in coal ash. john: people here signed petitions and gathered information, learned of legislation passed just today supporting them, and heard about a lawsuit already in the works. >> i'm

michael: ben carson and 10 crews are expected to take part, and john lyon is there. -- ben carson and ted crews are expected to take part. carol: ben carson, marco rubio, and ted creuz are expected to take part. michael: there is a tight race, not for first, but for second place. happening for number two. marco rubio and jeb bush are at 14%, all within the margin of error. all of this. carol: ted crews went on the offensive today, talking about them. there is a new nbc poll showing trump nationwide. it shows donald trump at 26%, and cruz challenge donald trump over the lawsuit he said he was going to file against him, calling it frivolous. and there was an argument about taking down a tv ad that argues about him being pro-choice. mr. cruz: both donald and marco have gone a additional step, in addition to calling liar when that both donald and marco have relied upon is utter fabrication. carol: at the seneca restaurant today. michael: and in spartanburg, before he spoke there, others spoke there, all addressing the crowd there, north carolina senator mark and south carolina representat

john lyon, wyff news 4, greenville. carol: today, students in spartanburg met 4 men who know exactly what the panthers are going through right now. the men all played in the super bowl. they all graduated from spartanburg school district seven. in their honor, spartanburg high got 4 golden footballs as part of the nfl's super bowl high school honor roll program. among the former players was stephen davis, who played in the super bowl with the panthers in 2004. he says your hometown support is very i iortant to the team. >> it makes a player proud to have that support and to be able to go out there and show your god given talent in front of a carol: the hope is that the graduates turned super bowl stars will show current students that they can fulfill big dreams. michael: we have your special here tonight. be sure to turn to wyff news 4 right after the big game on sunday. we'll bring you immediate live coverage as soon as the game ends. our wyff news 4 sports team will be live from levi's stadium with reaction from the c

john? >> thank you. mike lyons is in our studio tonight. welcome. i -- i understand the humanitarian mission here. but i don't understand how this is going to work, do you? >> no, i don't. you could say this is the most dangerous time in syria. because the rebel forces are trying to take more land. you saw one of the terms of the agreement is sides won't take anymore land. right now there is land grabs taking place. if anything one of the most violent times is taking place in syria because of this agreement. >> so the u.s., the syrians, and the russians say we're not going to fight. and then what happens? isil and al-nusra, they move ahead and grab land and take positions. they fight. >> that's right. and part of this agreement allows the united states and russia to go after those terrorist organizations. but we all know what russia has been doing is attacking the rebels, who we have been supporting, who also turkey has been supporting. if the turks to decide to reinforce that, you could see a lot more violence. >> what happens practically on the gr

john and andi. we're here at the silver springs nugget casino where the shooting happened. lyon county sheriff's office tells us there were 4 suspects involved in the shooting... one of those suspects is dead, the other in the hospital.. and the last two are in custody. a lyon county deputy is also being his hand. here's where the whole thing started. sparks police say the suspects stole a red chevy cruz at gun point... here in the 1000 block of el rancho drive... near paradise park. they say the victim was not sparks pd put out an alert to the lyon county sheriff about the stolen vehicle heading towards yerington. a deputy sheriff found the vehicle parked here at the nugget casino. the deputy attempted to make contact, one of the subjects pulled a gun and opened fire at the deputy. the deputy returned fire. killing one of the four subjects. take a listen... mcneil- "one of the suspect produced a gun and started firing at the deputy sheriff, and the deputy sheriff returned fire and at that point in time, one suspect is dead at the scene." the deputy involved in the shooting was

johns. for decades, it was a major player in the lyon county economy. now? the old anaconda copper mine is a potential environmental threat. the federal environmental protection agency wants to put it on its priority list for clean up. but governor sandoval and the local community are asking for more time to look for alternatives. so what's going on? kolo 8 news now's ed pearce is here with some answers. simply put there's fear this new listing will carry with it a stigma which will harm property values and the local agriculture industry without offering an immediate solution. the environmental protection agency

becoming to th john: we are on verdict watch in the christopher lyons murder -- christopher line's murder trial. he is charged with killing a shaw university student in may of 1996. barbara: also developing, three suspects arrested in the shooting on capital boulevard may the first court appearance. they were both charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon. one of the shooting victims was also arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon. john: the police chief in raleigh will present an overview of a new tool that the police department may employ. the council may hear a review on the potential benefits of body cameras, as well as potential concerns about the devices. we will be at the city council meeting with a full report tarting at 4:00. barbara: remember that you can stay connected by going to abc11.com or going to the abc 11 john: last word from don schwenneker. don: temperatures nice and mild, almost 70 with more clouds tomorrow. showers tomorrow night may bring a rumble of thunder. i don't think that we will see much severe weather, but we will keep an eye on that. thu

john and andi. we're here at the silver springs nugget casino where the shooting happened. lyon county sheriff's office tells us there were 4 suspects involved in the shooting... one of those suspects is dead, the his hand. here's where the whole thing sparks police say the suspects stole a red chevy cruz at gun point... here at the 1000 block of el rancho drive... near paradise park. they say the person carjacked was not injured. sparks pd put out an alert to the lyon county sheriff about sparks pd put out an alert to the lyon county sheriff about the stolen vehicle heading towards yerington. a deputy sheriff found the vehicle parked here at the nugget casino. the deputy attempted to make contact, one of the subjects pulled a gun and opened fire at the deputy. the deputy returned fire. killing one of the four subjects. take a listen... mcneil- "one of the suspect produced a gun and started firing at the deputy sheriff, and the deputy sheriff returned fire and at that point in time, one suspect is dead at the scene." shooting was shot in the hand. he was transported to renown fo

johns. and i'm noah bond. breaking tonight... we've learned new details in the last 20 minutes about an officer-involved shooting in silver springs. the lyon county sheriff's office has identified the man man shot by a deputy as 19- year-old tristan conti mcneil tells us... a deputy as shot in the hand in the incident. the sheriff says a vehicle was reported stolen in sparks around 9-30 last night. less than an hour later, that s-u-v was spotted by a lyon county deputy in the parking lot of the silver springs nugget. as the deputy approached the vehicle ... someone in the car shot at him, and the deputy returned fire... killing conti. a juvenile in the vehicle was also shot and flown to the hospital with uknown injuries. two other juveniles ran from scene, but were later arrested. the names of the suspects, and deputy-- have not been released. ### the search for two suspects in a south lake tahoe murder has led investigators to solano county. investigators from the el dorado county d-a's office were in vallejo looking for 24-year-old domenic sean-lee randolph and 26-year- old dion jermaine vaccaro. they believe those two men were involved

wyff news 4's john lyon reports on the opening of the cancer survivors park boardwalk in downtown. [applause] john: with that, the boardwalk, and cancer survivors park, is open. the almost 1000-foot boardwalk, connecting church street to the swamp rabbit trail along the reedy river. >> in the hospital, in the chemotheraphy room, the thing i looked for was getting out into nature. john: a place for tim herron to exercise, as he's dealing with the after-effects of bone cancer >> for the people that come down here, everyone is going to find a different degree of happiness, or relief, or healing. john: this almost 7 acres of land was kind of a dead zone between falls park and cleveland park. but now, the cancer survivors are giving it new