with stops in kingstree, florence, myrtle beach and north charleston. her husband and former president... bill clinton... will also be out campaigning in south carolina today for his wife. he'll be attending "get out the vote" rallies... in rock hill, winnsboro... and right here in columbia. it's taking place at the health education complex and wellness center located on u-s-c's campus... today at 4:30. bernie sanders says he isn't writing off south carolina, even though he won't spend much time in the palmetto state in the days leading up to saturday's primary. sanders held a news conference in columbia yesterday, before heading to campaign in missouri.. he told reporters he's proud of the gains he's made in recent polls. sanders will be back campaigning in the midlands... tomorrow. columbia's top cop says crime is down in the city of columbia. chief skip officers to discuss what progress has been made... and where it's still needed. according to holbrook car break in's and theft appear to be the highest crimes right now. holbrook also says they hope t

in the columbia area we saw an inch and a half to two inches of rain but from orangeburg to kingstree, there it was frequently 3 to 4 inches of rain. now the rain is along the coast. the front moved off shore. we have clouds over the state but it is beginning to clear out in the northwestern corner of the state. and it is clear over the south east. we have cooler air coming in. we will be feeling that as we go into the weekend. currently temperatures look like this. 51 over in sumpter. 57 columbia. 55 greenwood. greenville 52 degrees. cloudy skies tonight. no rain this evening. during the morning hours we might see a brief shower come through before the clouds move out. tomorrow it will be sunny. it will be cooler. and as we go into tomorrow night, skies will be clear on saturday. high clouds moving through the upstate region. it will be sunny here. our forecast for tonight, low temperatures of 74 newberry. 36 winnsboro. 38 columbia. 40 sumpter. 41 orangeburg. tomorrow high temperatures in the low 50s. with 52 degrees in columbia. now for saturday mostly sunny, 55 degrees. on sunday 5

clinton has events in kingstree, florence, myrtle beach and north charleston. president clinton will be in spartanburg for a "get out the vote rally." it starts at 4:30 at the university of south carolina - upstate. 3 senator bernier sanders will be in illinois today. he will host a rally at chicago state university. afterwards, he will join the "m-s-n-b-c college tour" with "chris matthews" at university of chicago. 3 3 a shootout in colorado kills a deputy and injures two others. in this morning's headlines, we are learning new details about the suspected gunman. 3 wirth" opened fire as the deputies were trying to serve him an eviction notice. wirth was shot and killed, but it is not clear if it was by the deputies or by his own gun. in 1994, he was accused of shooting his neighbor to death in a drunken argument over a chess match. in 2014, wirth ran as the green party candidate for a state senate seat in colorado, and lost. 3 more than 600 animals were seized from a farm in farmersville, new york. they turkeys, chickens, sheep and dogs. animal cruelty invest

she had multiple stops in the state today including a town hall meeting in kingstree. obama will nominate a "true progressive" to replace supreme court justice antonin scalia - someone she says will protect voting rights for people and not allow corporations to buy elections. "i think you should go into politics with the idea that you want to help people and you want to help people have a better life, a better future, more opportunity. so, we have a difference in philosophy here." clinton also took the opportunity to knock republican presidential candidates who have insurance through their jobs in the senate but want to repeal obamacare. as we move in closer to saturday's democratic primary, clinton and bernie sanders are making promises to provide more funding to histotocally black colleges and universities. each candidate plans to help - a promise getting reaction from students. nationally, hbcus are struggling financially while some may be on the verge of closing. that's something we've seen in our own backyard with south carolina state university whose accreditatio

here at this "corridor of opportunity town hall" at the "williamsburg county recreation center" in "kingstree"... rallies were also held in rock hill... vermont senator "bernie sanders" was not in south carolina ... but spent some time in ohio... he held this rally in "berea".... "sanders" will return to the palmetto state tomorrow for rallies at "claflin university" in orangeburg...a nd at "township auditorium" in columbia... a new poll out today shows a big lead for "hillary clinton" ... in the latest "clemson university palmetto poll"...a survey of 650 likely voters by phone shows 64 percent will likely vote for "clinton"... and 14 percent would vote for "bernie sanders"... 22 percent say they're undecided... the margin of error is plus or minus 3 percent.... a reminder....we'll have complete coverage of the democratic presidential primary this saturday.... beginning with "daybreak" at 6 a-m and continuing at 6 and 11 on "7 news" and at t 10 on "carolina's c-w"...with updates and results... throughout the evening on our website...wspa dot com...and on our 7 news app... on the g-o-p side ..

there have not been any criminal charges filed in this case. 3 a kingstree woman is behind bars accused of killing her son over the weekend.65 year old phyllis owens is charged with murder in the shooting death of 30 year old george mixon the third.officers say on saturday night, they got a call of a shooting at a home on hemington highway. when they went inside, they found mixon's body on the living room floor with a gunshot wound to the chest.deputies have not yet released a motive in the crime. 3 there's word this morning that charleston's mother emanuel ame church has been nominated for the nobel peace prize......the reason......forgiveness.back on june 17th....9 people were shot and killed inside the historic church....including the pastor... who was also a state lawmaker.days later.....family members of the dead forgave accused shooter dylann roof.well illinois lawmakers submitted the nomination....saying the forgiveness shown by the church and their members....could inspire the world.the winner of the 2016 nobel peace prize will be announced in october. 3 3 a community group in w

yesterday hillary was at a rally in kingstree...where she spoke about the need to fight isis. she say we have to go recruting.i will do that 3 3 bill clinton was out in winnsboro last night again campaigning for his wife. 3 clinton's compeition...bernie sanders will be in orangeburg today. he's expected to attend a rally and tour claflin university. the event is free and is open to the public..doors open at 3:30. he will also be at a get out the vote rally and concert this evening at the township auditorium. doors open at 4. yesterday, sanders was in ohio ... talking about his grassroots campaign at a rally with college students at baldwin wallace university. it's the second time the vermont senator has visited the cleveland area since november.sanders said republicans are taking too many liberties with americans' 3 to control her own body, i disagree3 clinton and sanders face off tomorrow in the south carolina primary. 3 republican presidential candidates turn their focus back to campaign trial today ..following a heated debate last night in texas. marco rubio and ted cruz to

clinton made campaign stops in both florence and kingstree on thursday. she hopes to secure a win over bernie sanders, following her nevada victory. in florence, clinton defended court's vacancy. s/ hillary clinton / presidential candidate :37 "just stop and think for a minute, do and will be until noon on january 20, 2017? they may not like it, but that is the reality." today, clinton will be making campaign stops in both orangeburg and columbia. in the afternoon, she'll be speaking at south carolina state university for an hbhb rally. that's at 4:45. later tonight, she'll be campaigning with her husband, former president bill clinton, at a get out the vote rally at boyd plaza. that begins at 8 p.m. on main street. meanwhile, bernie sanders has been campaigning in other states ahead of tomorrow's primary. sanders heard some powerful-- and emotional-- testimony from residents of flint, michigan on thursday, who were affected by the city's water contamination crisis. the forum was held at a church. somber tone as he talked about the crisis-- blaming it on

open tothe public. 3 and hillary clinton has a packed schedule today.she will be at a town hall in kingstree at 11: 30 am. then she'll be at a breaking down barriers town hall event in florence.clinton will also head to myrtle beach for a "get out the vote" event at five.then she'll wrap up in north charleston for a presidential town hall .all the events are free with registration. 3 and remember the democratic primary in south carolina is *this saturday.these are the three candidates who will appear on your ballot. ballot.the winner will face off against one of these five republican candidates. 3 3 covering our counties:a spartanburg county animal park is hoping the community will rally around them to save it from going under. under.hollywild animal park met with the community wednesday morning during a public forum.park leaders asked what changes need to be made to make the park a better place.they say hollywild is at a crossroads after a tough year in 20-15.now they're asking you to help them reach an ambitious goal. 3 3 3 "coming out to the park weekends in march and daily in april, we h

today she spoke with supporters in kingstree. clinton took a jab at rival bernie sanders on his stance on the affordable care act. "we have got to get the costs down, we have got to control prescription drugs costs, all of that can be done and we can't go back and throw our country into what my esteemed opponent senator sanders has proposed." clinton also says she hopes president obama will nominate a "true progressive" to replace supreme court jusitce antonin scalia. sanders is fighting an uphill battle to keep his nomination hopes alive as the clock ticks down to saturday's democratic primary...and today, he's focusing his attention on ohio. he encouraged young supporters to get out and vote. sanders will head back to the palmetto state on friday. tonight, our decision 2016 coverage ahead of the democratic primary continues with a live special report right here on wis. we'll have live reports from the liberty tap room, where we'll speak to experts about the upcoming vote, and have an in-depth look at the candidates. our hour-lo

open tothe public. 3 and hillary clinton has a packed schedule today.she will be at a town hall in kingstree at 11: 30 am. then she'll be at a breaking down barriers town hall event in florence.clinton will also head to myrtle beach for a "get out the vote" event at five.then she'll wrap up in north charleston for a presidential town hall .all the events are free with registration. 3 and remember the democratic primary in south carolina is *this saturday.these are the three candidates who will appear on your ballot. ballot.the winner will face off against one of these five republican candidates. 3 3 covering our counties:a is hoping the community will rally around them to save it from going under. under.hollywild animal park met with the community wednesday morning during a public forum.park leaders asked what changes need to be made to make the park a better place.they say hollywild is at a crossroads after a tough year in 20-15.now they're asking you to help them reach an ambitious goal. 3 3 3 3 3 "coming out to the park weekends in march and daily in april, we have people who can donate f

presidential candidate hillary clinton was in kingstree today to hold a town hall style meeting. she talked about backing at fordable care act today. >> all these people would don't like t i don't mow -- i don't know who they talk to. every one of those republican candidates, they all have insurance. some of them you pay for because they are in the septa of the united states. it takes a lot of gall for them to say we don't need that affordable care act. let's just turn the clock back on 19 million people. i honestly don't know who they talk to. the people i talk to thank me for defending the affordable care act, for standing with president obama on behalf of gets the quality care that he or she deserves to have. >>> meanwhile, fellow bernie sanders are taking a different path. many think his plan is to cede south carolina to hillary clinton. he will be in the palmetto state tomorrow. for complete coverage of the democratic primary, head over to wltx.com. full coverage is under our headlines tab. on saturday, we'll be bringing you all the latest as the results come in. >>> mitt ro

clinton's campaign has several events planned along the coast today in florence, myrtle beach and kingstree. clinton herself will be focusing on campaigning in other states ahead of next week's super tuesday. former president bill clinton will return to south carolina today to campaign for hillary. as part of a get out the vote push that will take him from the upstate to the lowcountry, clinton will stop through winnsboro tonight. he's expected to speak at the fairfield middle school gymnasium at 7:45 tonight. his tour through the palmetto state will continue on friday-- where he'll make stops in aiken and bluffton. south carolinians might not recognize one name on the democratic ballot. chicago businessman willie wilson is running for president. part is his campaign is focused on speaking out against corporate interests. wilson's a self-made millionaire his way up from poverty in louisiana to running an international medical supply company and his own gospel radio show. wilson told us politicians like bernie sanders and hillary clinton have caused some of the problems that america has toda

friendly audience, no protesters here, just like we found earlier today at a similar town hall in kingstree about an hour from here. base, and that room sports coliseum filled to the rafters wiwi hillary clinton supporters. she there was preaching to the choir, really. her promise of a hand up, not a hand o o. resonates with people here who are out of work, farmers we heard who are struggling. the big issues i ink we're hearing affordableh. these have been supporters of clinton since president bill was in office in thing in the. you look around, you see the average age is absolutely not 20-something, the ones who joined the bernie sanders movement which leads to the question will south carolina see a generational split saturday. >> i think a lot of young african-american voters are looking at the free aspect of bernie sanders and not really the plans of what he wants to do. i think we've got to look more at the plan instead of just the words. >> glenna: you get the sense lotf work to do here to introduce himself to the voters of south carolina. he actually has gone to ohio and michigan toda

in kingstree, she stressed one of the central themes of her palmetto state campaign: equality. >> i want to break down all the barriers, that stand in the way of people everywhere in our country, pursuing and achieving their god-given potential. because america can't live up to its potential, unless we remove the barriers to let every american to live up to the chance to live up to his or her potential. >> sreenivasan: her rival, bernie sanders, turned his focus away from south carolina today. he started things off in ohio, one of the many states that vote in march. from there he moved on to flint, michigan, the city still reeling from the discovery that its drinking water had been tainted with lead. >> if there's any silver lining out of this tragedy, is that it is my hope that the american people will look at flint and say never again can we allow a community to undergo this. >> sreenivasan: on the ground in south carolina today is our own judy woodruff, who joins us from columbia. how important is south carolina for hillary clinton's campaign? >> woodruff: hi there, hari, from across

want to bring his message to all corners of the nation. >> just now, on the campaign trail here in kingstreey clinton had to say. she is talking about gun laws, and she said the loophole that my open m my opponent voted for, we're talking about the charleston loophole, where they could not do the back ground check. your reaction? >> my reaction is bernie sanders is very strong record when it comes to gun safety, opposed assault weapons since he lost an election in 1990. what she is referring to, if she wants to indictment everyone who voted for that bill, she is welcome to do so. >> this is another shot from the hillary clinton campaign. not at you, but at the obama white house, at least the trial balloon, i wanted to play that for you. >> sure. >> i sure hope the president chooses a true progressive, who will stand up for the values and the interests of the people of this country who understands that you need to protect the right to vote of a person, not the right of a corporation to buy an election. who will understand that we still need the voting rights act to be enforced, because too ma