news 19's joyce koh joins us from one of the hardest hit areas just outside of leesville. good evening; joyce. . >> reporter: what i am inside of is a tractor-trailer turned sideways. one of the parts of destruction on this property. this used to be a shed. it is completely destroyed after the tornado ripped how it the area. destroying much of this and destroying little parts of this property. again i said this is a logging company, which means they harvest timber. the hay was used for the horses and you can see how the walls collapsed in here. and there used to be four polls that head ulthis building and all but one fell -- poles that held up this building and all but one are fell over. this truck damaged by it as the wall fell. back there, the roof of the shed is on the ground. to the left side of it. as we have been walking through the property we have seen a lot of damage in addition to this. trailers with hoods flipped up because of the powers of the wind from the tornado. no one got hurt earn this. i -- hurt in this. i talked to the owner who said no one was hurt, not

joyce koh, news 19 wltx. >>> richland county has seen multiple shootings. two days ago a woman was smartane parking lot -- shot in a parking lot at publix and in december a man was shot and killed at the gas station. the sheriff's department says the woman who was shot saturday had no life-threatening injuries. still many who visit the area say they are nervous about the close to home. >> i don't do late night grocery shopping anyway but now that we have had an incident i will not be coming here late at night. >> the richland county sheriff's department says to always keep your keys in your hand, keep your head up and scan the area. we will have more on how you can stay safe in your community when you join us tonight for news 19 at 6:00 p.m. >>> an intersection will be named after officer greg alia who was killed in the line of duty last fall. the officer greg alia intersection. officer greg alia died on september 30 near the intersection while e sponding to a call of a suspicious person at the mall. police say a suspect shot him after a struggle there. off

dhec required testing of walter at subdivisions -- joyce koh has details. >> reporter: one of the companies that tested customer's water was carolina water service. out of the 52 subdivision they found 7 homes with elevated levels of led after going back and retesting the results came back below the epa action level. although this is common in older homes with copper pipes, it is good practice for 15 to 30 seconds before use to flush out the impurities. >> it is no different than when we go out as a utility and flush our lines. what is happening is the home owner is flushing their lines. i do this in my own home. threat run 15 to 30 second before pulling a glass to drink, before making coffee. because led does not dissolve in boiling water. >> reporter: after comparing water samples from homes to the source, the source itself was not contaminated with led. joyce koh, news 19 wltx. >> thank you. >>> today concerned residents spent 9 hours testifying before the south carolina mining counsel. they were there over a dhec permit of a quarry. residents explained why they quarry in the area. major

news 19's joyce koh has the story. >> they are not going to be willing to pay more money and wait 10, 20 years to get solutions. >> reporter: 10 years is the time line on which the department of transportation places major roads project. >> 10 year period. forecasting we can widen 70 miles of interstate systems and 85 miles of primaries and >> reporter: telling the senate they mead mosh reoccurring -- more reoccurring money to begin the projects. >> each year for 10 years. we believe we could completely eliminate the bridges. >> reporter: malfunction junction for example. >> is there any way we can move the time line up. >> reporter: the number one ranked project for a decade. so large it has to be built in phases. >> initial faces of -- initiate phases of the project. >> reporter: but it will take years to begin the phases. >> it will be an environmental impact statement. the most intense document you have. >> reporter: and only a fraction has been funded. >> right now we have $100 million of the. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: there is still no guarantee they will pass a plan. with

we're live in columbia, joyce koh, news19, wltx. >> no delegates, no delegates for ted cruz either who thought he was going to finish second. instead, he appeared to finish third tonight. >> he thanked supporters tonight. >> reporter: darci and jr, ted cruz supporters cleared out about an hour ago. though he didn't get the top spot, there was still a lot of energy and excitement in the room. when he walked in, he walked lots of audience members chanting his name. he told them they had made history. he wished jeb bush well, and he also took a moment of silence for the late supreme court justice, antonin scalia. he was at his funeral earlier today, and said he had known him for 20 years, and that was a true defender of the constitution. he said any candidate for the supreme court that he were to nominate would also be a true defender of the constitution. again, he said over and over again to the crowd that they had defied the odds, and i want you to take a listen to more of what he had to say to the crowd. >> tonight, despite millions and millions of dollars of constant nasty attacks. de

news 19's joyce koh is live from the community with more. joyce? >> reporter: that area that we are standing on was hit very hard. on the property of tracy lodging company. i am joined by the owner. tracy. you have never seen anything like this? >> never before. there was -- i have heard of some coming through had area before my time but never in my life time. >> reporter: i know it destroyed a lot of your property back there nat we showed but -- that we showed but it made its way down here. >> exactly. we have two office buildings and a shop building. and it came right by and no >> reporter: and all of your employees were okay? they are in the building? >> all employees were fine. and -- actually -- [ talking at the same time ] >> the buildings that were not hit were the ones the employees were in. that is a good thing. >> reporter: there is a lot of destruction. can you explain what it looked like earlier and after the tornado ripped through the area. >> well, i haven't seen it look like that in a long time. kind of flat. i am used to seeing my -

before last night's hall jeb bush sat down with our joyce koh ... to talk about donald trump ... governor haley and what his top issues would be if president. 3 great presidents dont push people down to make themselves look better. donald trump, could you imagine donald trump in the oval office?taking jabs at current gop front-runner donald trump....and his disappointments of presdient obama,...for 7 years, we've languished as a nation becasue this gifted man had nothing in his background that could suggest he could lead...and he hasnt florida's former leader, who's last name has been in the oval office more than once, says he's running for president to restore optimism. youve got to be prepared as a leader to deal with these unforseen things jeb bush says this is one thing he's learned from watching his brother and father lead the country. lessons of dogged determination after mistakes were made in iraq, which my brother accepted , he adapted and changed his policies then stayed with it even though it wasnt popular. bush said south carolina reflects the values he thinks the coun

we are beginning with news 19's joyce koh who got a sit down interview today with jeb bush. >> reporter: after rallying a crowd in downtown columbia he sat down with me talking donald trump, governor nikki haley and his top issues if he were to become president. >> 35 to 40% of revenue. that is a serious amount of money that is -- that is so strong and so fierce that people know, when i am president of the united states, day one, first minute, whatever happens, it happened on my watch, i will accept personal responsibility. i will be held to account. i won't blame my predecessor. and run to the challenge to fix the problem rather than figure out a way to avoid the controversy and cut and run. i hope you want a president that does just that. >> reporter: in response to governor nikki haley's governor nikki haley's endorsing marco rubio he will continue oo camp pain and not make any changes -- to campaign and not make any changes. >> donald trump is dealing with comments by pope francis. the pope says his plan to build awall is not christian like. other candidates suggested building a wal

after serious complaints about d-s-s...lawmakers have been overseeing the agency for months.news19s joyce koh attended their final meeting... where the agency talked about their new foster care system and how they're handling domestic violence. 3 "some survivors were experiening horrible issues with dss being punitive when it came to doemstic violence " last month, several people gave testimony to the failures with dss when dealing with domestic violence situations "they dont know what theyre doing "the agency's head, susan alford says she is focused on the issue, bringing domestic violence into its own division....and creating long are abused and 3 neglected dont have to have a hand laid on them. they can witness violence in their homes and its just as traumatic for them as if someone laid a hand on them " lawmakers also recieved complaints about the poor foster care system..." to have a family like the thompsons come to me and tell me this horrific story of what it was like to beome foster parents." for 1655 foster children in south carolina currently without a home..."what were aiming for

. >> joyce koh has also been busy tonight. she has been with the south carolina democratic party. she joins us with what democratic leaders are saying. >> reporter: with hillary clinton winning big in south carolina, that means she takes him a majority of the delegates here of the 59 delegates. this is a significant win for hillary clinton. we look back to 2008 when she ran against barack obama here in the state of south carolina, she ran an aggressive campaign against him. we saw a split voters that actually voted for barack obama. over the seven years, she has been able to mend fences with barack obama serving as his secretary of date. during this campaign, she is really campaigning as his successor to his ideas, the on and live out the rest of his legacy and the policies that he has championed. it is a big win in south carolina for hillary clinton. many people say there is a redemptive when. we talked to super delegate void brown. here is what he had to say about how significant this win is tonight. >> i think a win in south carolina puts her on the live have to the nomination.

we are beginning with news 19's joyce koh who got a sit down interview today with jeb bush. >> reporter: after rallying a crowd in downtown columbia he sat down with me talking donald trump, governor nikki haley and his top issues if he were to become president. >> 35 to 40% of revenue. that is a serious amount of money that is -- that is so strong and so fierce that people know, when i am president of the united states, day one, first minute, whatever happens, it happened on my watch, i will accept personal responsibility. i will be held to account. i won't blame my predecessor.

dhec required testing of walter at subdivisions -- joyce koh has details. >> reporter: one of the companies that tested customer's water was carolina water service. out of the 52 subdivision they found 7 homes with elevated levels of led after going back and retesting the results came back below the epa action level. although this is common in older homes with copper pipes, it is good practice for

he is joined by joyce koh from news 19 out in the steadman area where it looks like they had quite a bit of damage. what are you standing in front of? >> reporter: yeah. this -- behind me right now, used to be a shed. and the roof is kind of collapsed. it used to hold bails of hay. they are crushed. i am joined now by alfonzo who worked here for 44 years. tell us what this used to look like. you said the poles were up and it held up the structure. what is the difference now looking at it? >> oh, disaster now. i mean, it was -- just a -- double -- shed. a shed, hay shed. just whatever else wanted to store tin. >> reporter: this is -- in it. >> reporter: this is -- underneath this wall, this used to be his car. it is under this wall right here. if you can get a good shot at this, ralph. this used to be your car. how does it feel looking at this? >> feels like i need a be paid off. i hate it because it is my -- i don't know if ralph can get a shot of that but it is under this wall that used to be a part of the shed and it also hit this truck right here. this truck. knocked it over. more

. >> news 19's joyce koh joins us with what they have to do to get your votes. joyce? >> reporter: last weekend's primary was a much anticipated event, analysts say this saturday's primary is also important for the democratic party. the party will be paying attention to the state's african american voters who are expected to make up 50% of that democratic vote. >> south carolina is the gate way to the south. >> reporter: in the final election before states vote on super tuesday, democratic candidates will be fighting for a win in south carolina. >> it state in the nomination process makes a difference. >> reporter: with a large population of african american key. >> you ever a number of large southern states that will have their contest and so that message, the message they have to get going and moving here in south carolina to resonate with these pockets of minority voters are messages they will have to use and translate over into the other states. >> reporter: analysts says hillary clinton is likely to have the african american vote. >> any potential rift between pre

joyce koh was there when the agency talked about problems today. >> reporter: ladies, in a meeting last month, several workers have little concept of domestic violence saying they felt punished by the system. the lack of training concerning criminal domestic violence cases was confirmed today by the agency's head. when she took over a year ago, domestic violence was merely a branch under another division but she has sisie pulled it out for its own division hiring the director just this week. however, lawmakers were alarmed to learn there is no training in the department but the director said she has taken steps to change that as well. >> training a long-term solution i've asked for in our budget q you've asked for the ability to continuously do training to our staff so it is not just something they get in basic but they get through outthe time they are there. >> reporter: in that budget request to the general assembly, she is requesting about 150,000 for six full-time training positions. additional federal funds will be used to pay for the six positions as well. about the roughly 1,000